SIX MEDFORD (OREGON)
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Al Capp, Li'l Abner'a creator, prepares to boot his concep
tion of the po'lo dub lnt0 Lower Slobbovla. "Critters" or
this type, designed and called "Li'l Polio Bugs" by the
cartoonist, will be used In carnival-type booths throughout
the country to raise funds for the annual March of Dimes
campaign. Sponsored by the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, the drive opens January 16 and rung
through January 31. Capp also will put Li'l Abner to work
fighting pol'o In a special full-page cartoon.
$814,091 Jobless Pay Goes To Jackson
County Workers During All Of 1949
Unemployed workers and vet
erans in the Medford area re
ceived compensiition of $814,091
lor 43,448 weeks without jobs
during 1040, the local office of
the state employment service re
ported today.
John Patton, official in charge
of the Medford office, said near-
Lumber Market In
Portland Said To
Be 'Tightening'
The Portland Oregonian today
quoted the Portland district of
the corps of engineers as saying
that the douglas fir lumber mar
ket is "firming up agnin" and
that pine is "continuing very
tight." Officials of the lumber
branch of the corps Thursday
completed tabulation of bids on
some three and a half million
feet of lumber sought for the
armed services.
The engineers' weekly bid
opening Tuesday brought in only
30 offers, compared with the
usual range of from 70 to 100,
and were marked by a stiffening
in both fir dry stock and pine
offerings, the engineers said.
Quotations Up
Quotations were up between
$1 and $1.50 per 1.000 feet on
fir dry stocks, which comprised
some 60 to 70 per cent of the
fir requests, it was disclosed.
Bids on offshore boat shipments
of green fir remained at about
previous levels.
Offers on the pine requests,
however, reflected the continu
ing recent climb in the pine
market, showing a rise of about
$2, officials said.
The pine supply was reported
Increasingly tight and was ex
pected to remain so until air
dried lumber again comes into
the market In a few months.
Only two bids were being re
jected as "to high." They rep
resented about two carloads, a
small proportion of the total
call.
The engineers will open bids
Tuesday on between four million
and five million feet of lumber.
The calls are for packaging and
crating material, plus some con
struction lumber, for the vari
ous armed services.
Barber Shop Quartet
Contest February 25
Forest Grove, Ore., Jan. 13
(U.R The Fourth annual All
Northwest Barber Shop Quartet
singing contest to be held Feb
ruary 25 will be aired over a
national radio hookup. Hay
Haas, general chairman, an
nounced today.
Haas said an agreement had
been completed between the Na
tional Broadcasting company and
the Forest Grove Gleemun, spon
sors of the contest, for a coasl-to-coast
broadcast of the finals.
Sixty-five per cent of the na
tion's timber is in the western
slates.
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ly half of that amount was paid
in the first three months of 1949
when bad weather and uncertain
lumber market conditions caused
high unemployment. In addition,
he said, other states paid approx
imately $170,000 to former resi
dents now living in Jackson
county.
Exceeds Other Years
Along with every section of
Oregon outside the Portland
metropolitan area, Medford ex
ceeded all previous years In un
employment payments. The high
est former record was in 1948
when returning veterans drew
$289,472 and laid-off civilian
workers received $183,927, a to
tal of $473,399.
Readjustment allowances to
out-of-work veterans ran about
$19.80 a week last year, while
stale checks increased from an
average of $17.45 during the
first six months to $20.55 after
the new law took effect In July,
Patton said.
The $505,14!) paid out under
slate law represented about 2.1
per cent of the estimated 1B49
taxable payrolls in Jackson
county. Willi an average tax rate
of about 1.6 per cent, the unem
ployment commission was forced
to draw on its reserves to meet
rising benefits.
Fund Drops
For the whole state, the em-
Sloymcnt service reported gaps
etween employers' contribu
tions and employees' compensa
tion amounted to $5,489,840 last
year but interest received from
federal sources reduced the dif
ference by $1,787,421. Oregon's
benefit fund dropped to $80,-
937,338 at the end of 1949. This
was $3,702, 219 below the re
serves on hand a year before, but
was nearly $8 million higher
than at the end of the war in
August, 1945. Patton said the
average tux rate on 1950 pay
rolls is expected to be about 1.2
per cent.
Mother, Children Die
As Auto Leaves Road
Kelso, Wash., Jan. 13-j(U.R)
A young mother and her two
small children drowned In a
roadside pond today when their
car skidded from the Pacific j
iiiKnway in a snow siorm.
The Washington state patrol
said the accident occurred two
miles north of Kalama, Wash.,
when the car carrying the fam
ily of Cpl. Walter Warner, 25.
front Pennsylvania on a transfer
to Ft. Worden, near Seattle, went
out of control on icy pavement.
Warner was driving. He said
the machine spun into the water
and submerged. He managed to
climb to the top of the vehicle
and was rescued by a passing
truck driver who spotted the I
skid marks of the car on the
highway. j
Berry Growers Group
Incorporation Okayed
Articles of Incorporation for !
the Rogue Hiver Valley Berry J
Growers association have been
approved, according to word re-!
ceived from Salem by Walter G. '
Kasworm, president of the as- !
soeiatiun and owner of the'
Shangri-la berry farm near
Rocne River. !
With plans well under way I
for this summer's berry season,
Kasworm says the association is
assured of a market for 30.01)0
crates of berries but will be able
to produce only 10.000. Last
year association members aver
aced S1.000 net profit per acre,
according to the president, lie '
said it takes about two years to
set into the business with plant
ing, fencing and staking one 1
acre costing about $2U0.
unnecessaryTaboh
Newport. Ky. lU.P.) Had the
thieves who entered a filling sta-,
lion here tried the handle on I
the safe first, they could have !
raved themselves a lot of trou-:
ble. The intruders battered the 1
combination off the safe and took 1
$22 and several checks. The safe ;
was unlocked.
Friday, January 13, I960
Southwest Oregon
Presbytery Meets
At Rogue River
Rogue River, Jan. 13 The
winter session of the Presbytery
of southwest Oregon was held
at Hope Presbyterian church
here January 10, with represent
atives present from Phoenix,
Medford, Ashland, North Bend
and Lakeview. It was reported
that representatives from -other
cities were unable to come be
cause of the storm and it was
suggested the session be changed
to spring in the future.
Dates set for the Fir Point con
ference and camp were June 18
to 24 for high school and July
2 to 8 for junior high.
The Rev. Harry Hansen of
Medford was elected ministerial
delegate to attend the general
assembly at Cincinnati, O., in the
spring, with the Rev. Oscar
Paine as alternate. Elder Wil
liam F. Jinnette of Merrill was
elected with Elder Henry
Schroeder of Myrtle Point as al
ternate to attend general con
ference. Pensions Discussed
Other business brought before
the meeting included the matter
of pensions for retired ministers
and their widows. One ease was
cited wherein a widow receiving
$200 o year pension had ap
pealed to the pension board and
the appeal was denied.
Ministers pensions are based
on one and one-fourth per cent
of their average salary multi
plied by the number of years
of service. In the case cited the
minister had served 20 years.
Since many ministers served
through the depression on salar
ies from $800 to a $1,000 a year,
it is evident some will retire
on pensions as low as the case
cited, and it was pointed out
their pensions are much less
than the state's old age pensions
and far less than adequate for
their needs.
Land Offered
An offer was brought before
the meeting of a tract of land
In southern Oregon as a pro
posed site for a home for re
tired ministers and their wives.
It was stated that 20 to 40 acres
were offered on which to build
cottage homes and when the new
dams arc built an additional 80
acres of irrigated land would be
given to help defray expenses
of the village. Acceptance of the
offer was referred to the next
meeting of synod with the rec
ommedatlon that the committee
of ministerial relations -be in
charge of the matter locally in
the meantime.
It was definitely stated the
cottages of the proposed village
should be for ministers of all
denominations and in the event
of a minister's death, his widow
would be entitled to a cottage
for the remainder of her life.
Gold Beach was chosen as the
next meeting place of the pres
bytery. A resolution was passed thank
ing ladies of the Hone Presby
terian church for the bountiful
ham dinner which they served
and for the music furnished by
them at opening of the meeting.
Thanks were also tendered to
the Rev. D. F. Bamett for the
cordial hospitality of the parish
and for the music at the dinner.
Tax Maps Expected
At Rogue River Soon
Rogue River, Jan. 13 Doug
las Buckle, chairman of the tax
payers committee which was ap
pointed by Mayor Fred Denglar
to represent taxpayers of Rogue
River who are protesting the re
valuations placed on property In
the city, has received word that
Mr. Loggan, supervising apprai
sal engineer, is coming to Jack
son county. He will bring maps
marked with all the appraisals
of land and buildings in Rogue
River, Gold Hill and Central
Point and will leave them with
the committees of those towns.
He will also bring copies of
"Manual of Apprais.il Methods
for Taxation." and "Law Re
lating to Assessment and Taxa
tion" to aid the committees In
reviewing appraisals on proper
ty in their respective towns.
Mr. Loggan will also discuss
with Mr. Buckle the making of
a map of school district No. 35
from the records of the assessor's
office, which Is considered espe
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Alfalfa Prices In
Northwest Firm,
Weaken In South
Alfalfa prices this past week
have held firm at northwest mar
kets, according to the Oregon
State college extension service,
but California markets continue
to weaken.
At Portland, the present price
of U. S. No. 2 green alfalfa or
better is $38 to $3 a ton, carlot
basis. This is unchanged to a
dollar higher than a year ago,
the service said today in its
weekly commercial feedstuffs
and hay review. Northwest pro
ducers and dealers are holding
firm at present prices. Truckers
in the Ontario-Nyssa diFtrict arc
selling alfalfa baled at the farm
for $22 to $25 a ton. Growers in
other main producing areas of
Oregon are asking $28 to $29.50.
Production Told
The extension service reported
that total hay production in 1949
for the nation amounted to 99,
300,000 tons. This is slightly un
der 1948. But production of al
falfa hay and lespedeza, which
account for over half the United
States total hay, are consider
ably above last year and well
above average. The extension
service gets its data from the
United States department of ag
riculture. The total hay production for
Oregon and Washington in 1949
was also less than in 1948. Hay
production in all other far west
ern states is above that of a
year ago.
1949 Turkey Markets
Unsettled Is Repcrt
The average turkey price re
ceived by United States farmers
reached the 1949 low in June. It
then crawled up slightly till
mid-December, when the aver
age price was 10.1 cents a pound
less than a year earlier, accord
ing to the Oregon State college
extension service.
Turkey markets continue un
settled. Young torn prices are
more steady than young turkey
hens. The paying prices to pro
ducers f.o.b. the ranch in the
San Joaquin valley are 30 to 31
cents a pound for young turkey
hens. This is 9 cents lower than
mid-December prices. Young
turkey torn prices are 25 to 26
cents or 1 cent lower than De
cember 15 prices.
The weekly egg and poultry
markets review published by
the service said live poultry
firices to producers continue a
ower price trend at west coast
markets. Heavy type hens at
Portland are an exception since
there is a short supply there and
prices have strengthened 2 to 3
cents a pound compared to mid
December prices.
An estimated 318.617 Japa
nese prisoners of war are held
in Soviet-controlled areas.
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Trans-Arctic Musher Plays Role Of
Midwife In 63 Degrees Below Zero .
(Editor'! note: The followtnr dle-somc more puppies,
patch arrived Thursday at the United, pi,vini! midwife I delivered
I're.i Seattle office. It was tent four 1 laying miawue, I neiiyerea
davi a(o by Cecil A. Moore, who u three more pups, bundled them
do(-tleddln( from Fall bank. Alaska, up in the only spare woolen un
to hit home In l.ewlHon. Me. 7iir J.. j hacl and DIaCed them
lateit account of his unique lourne:
nev!
was printed on foolscap In the llchl
of a fire. .Moore apoiocizrd lor ihe
the ij desree. "Mow zero temper;"
ture. An Indian trapper took Moore's
letter to Whltehorse where it was put
aboard a plane.) enough to feed the mother, I ate
, goodly portion of it and drank
By Cecil A. Moore a pot of tea. Even though I had
As Written for the United Press eaten and had kept the fire blaz
, . ing high, I still could feel the
Morely River, Y T. Jan. 8 : coid eating into my bones.
(Delayed) (U.R) This is the last I After feeding the dog I put
""" , , . , ' licr pups up to nurse ana cov-
to find myself in the role of mid-1 erod them all with some blan
wife. - kpi.
The blessed event occurred Later, at Nisutlin Bay, a trad
six days ago. I was halfway i ng post on Lake Teslin, I got a
down Lake Tcslin just north of I wool-lined box. Mother and pups
the British Columbia border are doing fine
when, in a matter of a few Except for frostbitten ears, I
hours the temperature dropped . fcci ine. I have onlv one suit
from 25 below to 47 below. I o( underwear left because the
I noticed one of the dogs was : other suit was ruined during the
'"8 strangely, so I stopped, blessed event. Although I'll be
pitched ent and made camp, pretty crummy when I pull into
After getting the dogs bedded Watson Lake, I don't know
down on some boughs in the whether I'll want to bathe or
snow, I warmed food and fed not. It's 58 dcerees below now
them
Slept Fitfully
I crawled into my. eider down
sleeping bag but slept fitfully
because of the cold. A dog's
whining finally got me out of
my sack and I investigated with
a flashlight.
There by the dog that had act
ed oddly and refused to eat were
two husky pups. They were
frozen stiff.
I looked at the thermometer
on the sled. It registered 63 de
grees below zero! It was deathly
still and the northern lights
were strangely beautiful as they
flashed across the sky.
I felt kind of scared when I
began thinking how far I was
from civizilation but I snapped
out of it when I looked down at
the frozen, new-born puppies
and their sad-eyed mother.
1 took a blanket and moved
the dog nearer the fire. With
sticks and another blanket, I
made a shelter. The dog stopped
shivering after a while and 1
realized she was going to have
ATTENTION CATTLEMEN!
2,500 Tons 1st class
California Seedless Raisins
For Stock Feed, $50.00 per ton delivered in Medford
These raisins are available thru the Government Price
Support Program and are for sale to certified Cattlemen
in Truck Lots only.
Write P.O. Box 131, Central Point, Ore.
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Then I cooked a big slew from
'e tw rZe" .rBbblt an?
spruce hen I had on the Sled,
j While waiting for it to get cool
and recently went down to 75
there.
Exchange Student To
Address Church Men
Methodist men will hold the
second in a series of monthly
fellowship dinners on Monday,
January 16. at First Methodist
church. Harald Stieler, German
exchange student at Southern
Oregon college, will be speaker.
Dinner will be served at 6:30
p. m. Ben Schmidt will lead de
votions and the First Methodist
men's quartet will sing. Ashland
Methodist men have been invit
ed. Men planning to attend
should telephone 3-2585 or
2-8320. Tickets will be available
at the door.
Circle 6 of the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service will ;
prepare the meal which will be j
served by high school sophomore
girls.
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Douglas Fir Market
'Firming Up Again'
Portland, Ore., Jan. 13 !U.R)
The Portland district of the U. S.
army engineers reported today
the douglas fir lumber market is
"firming up again" and pine is
"continuing very tight."
The statement was based on a
tabulation of only 30 opening
oms tnis week- on some 3,500,000
feet of lumber wanted for the
armed services. The number of
bids showed a $2 increase to con
tinue the reflection of the recent
increase in the pine market. Pine
was expected to remain tight un
til air-dried lumber re-enters the
market in a few months.
Next Tuesday the engineers
will open bids on between 4,000,
000 and 5,000.000 feet of lumber,
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COLUMNS
I Wheels, Tires Stolen
I From Automobiles Here
I A wheel and tire each from
three autos have been stolen
during the past few days, city
police have been informed
Dale M. Graham, 703 West
Clark street, apartment two, re
ported the theft from one of the
cars, and Robert W. Vaughn, 818
Victory street, from the other
two. Vaughn also said a box of
tools were taken.
Don Harvey, 304 Boardman
street, told police yesterday that
a camera was taken from his car.
including packaging and crating
material and some construction
lumber for the armed services.
So far as is known, Califor
nia's board of forestry, organ
ized In 1883, is the first such
state board to be created.
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