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governor. He states: “Although we
Oregon Myrtlewood
•lose our constitutional amendment
Governor Long and' some of his follow
Travel Information Department
ers are recruits for civil service.
Oregon
State Highway Commission
Whether they really believg in ' civil
service* is immaterial, becau|e/in any
Land of the myrtle woods, south
event they evidently believe that thê^ western Oregon SLiong ■■■.spee^^uE^a
made a mistake in/repealing the law shorelines of the Pacific,vsgthe nation’s
in 1948, and have now joined with
our groups in advocating the restora principal habitat of this distinctive
tion of civil service by constitutional type of tree, which growsuto best^ajâ-
amendment. We believe, and Gover- vantage in Curry and Coos countie^
nor Long publiclyÇMtated, that a ma Myrtle is an uncommon species but yet
in j suf f ^ ^ fesupply
jo rity of the people of the state want found
a merit system law.” Good ôoyërri- ^tp'Sfdrm the nucleus of an unusual in-
dustry in the manufacture of novelties,1
ment.
B B B fflE fo n d/ p anels.
isg sg a at ith ^ same time, Jh e groves as
a whole, are under the protection of
Sacramento Analyzes the
“ Save the Myrtle Woods, Inc.,” or
ganized j ust a:
assure
Sick Leave
preservation of ftii*e^tree in the years
'aliead, w ith spècial referencê^tovirgin-
This year,/for the first time, Sacra stands.
mento, • California, reported <sipk leave
time taken by city employees on the I Thdn Oregon-;myrtle^is a distinctive
dark^rich
basis of the illness involved. Six gen ~trfeè/ with
glossy
green
throughout
the
year. Most
eral categories w ere^sèd to classify
the data: (1) common aliments;" (2)/ of tbuwS|œæ|tre •syirfeh'S^ical.
pruned,
sérjous ailments, (3) surgical opera ing as if they had
tion s® ^ functional—female, (5) mis the leaves glistening in the sunshine.
cellaneous, and (6) injuries and accid Others are columnar and some with
ents not in line of duty. From a grand fantastic shapes, wide spreading and
total of ,7,449 total days of sick leave, forked, heavy with burls. They can be
array
common ailmentsi/including^nffis and seen
influenza) accounted for almost half. as they’mardi up h illsid esl^ S throRld
flankhl^ ^ ^ ^ o u cla^^aH
Miscellaneous in c lu d in g two days for the
Much of Oregon’s myrtle' is second
a bone, stuck in one employee's throat)
from
and surgical operaS ^ ^ ^ y /ere*) pragtie^
ally tied for second place. Although highp^ ^ ^ Fores^èrSÿ say’
the city denies" time off wHen sick how the original trees were cut or
leave is tnot justified in the opinion of slashed, they shape themselves gen
their visiting nurse, denial was con erally in perfect symmetry as they
sidered necessary for only 23 days. In ,gro/v back from the roots.
such cases, employees are charged with
A forest.of ’smaïl^M ^ ^^|K^Bt/M d-
leave without pay, and employment i g torists along state highway 42 entering
terminated when it is obvious a parti Myrtle Point from Coquille; Larger
cular employee is an
malihgrt myrtles are found throughout both
erer.
cities and they border the highway to
the Powers junction turn-off, with the
largest groves on the Powa||s< roŒ||i
Progress Report
about 22 miles from Myrtle Point.
Gus Gooselberry plunked down the Remnants of once gigantic myrtle for
first payment .ion a .‘ new petrol buggy ests can be observed in the v a lle y o f
the Coquille river.
last Tuesday. “How is your wife get
ting along learning t^tj^rive the car,”
Farthei^ a u th along the coast on the
we asked to know. “Not bad,” sez
Gus, “ The road is . beginning to turn and /Bankus W R Q rivaled only by the
now when she does.”
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