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Southern Oregon News Review
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March J, 187«
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MR and MRS J LOGAN WHITE
J Logan White
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Spectacular growth
The principal argument used in favor of compul
sory government health insurance is that there is no
Other way of protecting most people against the ex
igencies of illness. Yet the spectacular growth of the
voluntary health insurance plans in recent years re
futes this idea completely.
In the single year of 1943. the number of persons
covered by hospital insurance increased 16 per cent,
and the number protected by surgical expense and
medical expense coverage jumped 30 per cent and 45
per cent respectively, according to the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States. At the end of last year,
nearly 61.000,000 people had the hospital expense pro
tection, over 34,000,000 had surgical expense, and just
under 13,000,000 had medical expense.
These plans are gaining in membership by leaps
and bounds. The cost to the wage earner and his family
is low, and benefits are generally liberal. Eyeing volun
tary, they have to offer a good buy for the money or
people won’t join. That wouldn’t be true of the govern-
ment compulsory scheme. You’d pay for it whether
you wanted to or not, and you’d take the kind of ser
vice the politicans in charge decided upon. There’d be
no such thing as freedom of choice.
This country has a medical care problem. But it
is a problem which is being soundly solved through
such devices as the competitive voluntary systems.
Regimented medicine, which would be the overture to
socialized medicine, would be the most dangerous pos
sible answer.
The Most Dangerous Tree
What is the most dangerous tree in the world? Ac
cording to the National Board of Fire Underwriters,
it’s that symbol of Yuletide cheer and good will — the
Christmas tree. And the long and tragic record of
deaths, injuries and maiming» — many to children —
caused by holiday fires fully bears out that statement.
This certainly doesn’t mean that you should not
have a Christmas tree. You should. But it does mean
that certain elementary precautions should be followed
to the letter, and kept constantly in mind.
It. is recommended, for instance, that you buy a
«mall tree — it is less hazardous. It should be placed
well away from radiators, heaters, and the fireplace.
Candles should never be used on the tree under any
circumstances. Use only electric light sets which carry
the seal of approval of the Underwriters’ Laboratories
— it guarantees that the sets meet the proper safety
standards.
Don’t use paper, cotton or other flammable materi
als for decoration. If extension cords are necessary,
be sure they’re in good condition — frayed wiring is a
potent cause of electrical fires. Never leave the lights
burning when the house is unoccupied. Dispose of gift
wrappings promptly — they’re a real menace inside
the house. Be especially careful with matches and
smoking materials. And, finally, get rid of your tree as
soon as the needles begin to fall. That means it's dry
and ready to burst into flame.
Christmas isn’t far off. I t’s time now to make
plans for a holiday season which will be safe as well
as .oyous. And once they're made, stick with them.
Thursday.
Decem ber
1,
1949
J o h n D av
A n t l e r l e s s D eer S eason
(Oregon Polio
Cases Continue
Above Average
DEC 15. »o DEC 18,1949 (< n c l )
Oregon's poliom yelitis rate, al
though showing a steady d o
erease in recent weeks, is still
running 100 per cent above the
state's 1942-48 median an an
alysis of state board of heulth
statistics showed today.
Joseph K ievit, Oregon repre
sentative of the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis,
said that records for the six-year
period revealed an average of
five cases in each of the 45th
w eeks of those years. The polio
count for the 45th week of 1949
was 10 cases
The yea rly average for the
first 45 weeks of each of the
median years was 148 cases. Ki-
evitt addl'd, as compared wih
283 cases at the close of the 45th
week of 1949 H owever, he des
cribed the general picture as
"encouraging,'* explaining that
a definite trend twoard improve
ment is to be found in figures
disclosing a constant decline in
Follow ing the public hearing cessful in the drawing w ill be O regon’s case rate for more than
on N ovem ber 23. the Oregon mailed their tags on Decem ber a month.
6 Refunds to those who are un
In any event, K ievitt said, the
State G am e Commission set the
successful w ill be made during 1949 total seemed certain of top
regulations for a special antler- the rem ainder of the month of ping the 300-mark and of provid
less deer season in a section of December. No refunds w ill be ing Oregon with one of its high
Grant County to be held Decem made on tags issued, and no est all-tim e case loads for a sin
ber 15 to Decem ber 18. both group applications w ill be a llo w gle year. Lane county, with epi
ed Duplicate applications from demic incidence of 43 cases, had
dates inclusive.
The Commissioners, in setting i one individual w ill bar that per- the highest polio rate at the close
his special antlerless deer season son from entry in the drawing. of the 45th week o f this year,
pointed out that the area where A ll applicants w ill be checked although Multnomah county had
the hunt w ill be held is a w in for return of their regular seas reported - a greater number of
patients, 48.
ter range which is in exceeding on deer report card.
The Gam e Commission stated
Latest death attributable to
ly poor condition This range,
although badly overgrazed, had that all available man power i polio was recorded in Tillam ook
been making a slow recovery w ill be placed in the area in county w here a 28-year-oid wom
during the past few’ years. The cooperation with the State Po an succumbed to bulbar infantile
extended drouth this summer lice to carry out law enforce paralysis.
Recent figures on the national
and fa ll combined with the ment w ork and to see that the
infestation of grasshoppers this hunt is carried out in an order- onslought. worst in the country’s
history, disclosed that slightly
summer have placed the range : U manner.
on the extrem ely critical list
The exact area to be hunted over 40,000 cases had been
counted by the middle of N ov
At the same tim e several years is bounded as follows:
Beginning
at
D
ayville
thence
ember.
Here, again, K ievit said,
of intensive predator control in
the area have resulted in e x cel w esterly along U S. H ighway the steady decrease continued
lent faw n crops and a substant 28 approxim ately *4 mile to its
Stationery Supplies
ial increase in the deer herd junction with the Erickson Mill
Road,
thence
northerly
along
at
the News R eview
using this w inter range. In view
of these facts and in an effort the Erickson M ill Road to its
to avoid a situation such as oc end in Sec. 1, T 12 S. R 26 E.
curred a num ber of years ago on thence northerly approxim ately
the M urder’s C reek w inter deer l l2 miles to the Rudio Mountain
range, the Commission stated Road near Erickson Mill, thence
that a substantial num ber of north and east along the Rudio
antlerless deer must be removed. Mountain Road to its intersect
To do this in the best m anner ion with the M alheur National
and to allo w the sportsmen of Forest boundry in Sec. 4, T 12
Oregon the benefit of harvest S, R 28 E. thenc« south and east
ing these deer, this special seas along the M alheur Natinal F or
est boundry to its intersection
on w ill be held.
The area to be opened is with the Bear C reek Road in
roughly bounded on the south Sec 29. T 12 S, R 33 E, thence
M arb le, G ran ite. Bronze
by U S. H ighw ay Number 28 south along the B ear C reek
E
x tra L e tte rin g A vailab le
from near D ayville to the B ear Road to its junction with U. S.
H
ighw
ay
28.
thence
w
esterly
C reek Road east of John Day.
The N orthern boundry w ill, in along U. S. H ighw ay 28 to D ay
"O n the Plaza"
the main, fo llo w the M alheur ville. the point of beginning
N ational Forest boundry. The
num ber of perm its to be issued
w ill be 1.000.
Resident
licensed
hunters
wishing to app ly for antlerless
deer tag for this special season
m ay do so b y sending to the
Oregon State G am e Commis
sion. 1634 S. W. A lder, or P O.
B ox 4136, Portland 8, Oregon,
a check or m oney order for $5
payable to the Oregon State
Gam e Commission accompanied
by an individual signed letter
showing in hand printing or
typing the name, address, licen
se num ber and type of hunting
license of the applicant. A p p li
cations w ill be received until
5:00 p.m., W ednesday, N ovem
ber 30. If more than 1,000 app li
cations are received, a public
draw ing w ill be held at 10:00
A M .. Decem ber 2. Those suc-
Special Antlerless Deer Season In
Grant County Set For December 15 to 18
MONUMENTS
BURNS AGEN<V
and personality These people
Ten students from the Sou w ill he notified o fficially of their
th em Oregon College have re election within the week by
ceived the honor of being sel Who's Who
ected for Who’s Who Among
C ollege and U niversity Students
for the 1949 50 school year Ken
neth D and Ray S Bradshaw
of Bonanza, Majorie Fliniau of
Ashland. Wulter S Foster of
Klam ath Falls, Paul Nyherg re
cently from England. Marilyn
M Stereitz from Gold lllll,
Robert W eaver of Ashland, and
C lifford L and V irgil S. Wolff
of Medford and Nancy Younga-
blood of Grants Pass are the hon
ored students They were chosen
a )) 4th St
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upon the basis of high scholar
ships, effective campus citizen
ship, leadership demonstration,
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