'Super Race' Of
Douglas Fir Being
Developed In Area
Portland, Jan. 26 A "super
race" of douglas fir trees Is be
ing planned for the west coast
region.
Calling it a "real milestone in
American forestry", W. D. Hag
enstein, chief forester, in his re
port before the annual meeting
of the Forest Conservation com
mittee of Pacific Northwest For
est Industries here Thursday,
said the douglas fir industry in
1949 made forestry history when
it adopted a region-wide seed
certification policy for assuring
superior trees from 'artificial re
forestation. "Adoption of this plan for
genetic forestry which was fol
lowed by industry in western
Washington and Oregon in
1949", Hagenstein said, is a 'first'
for the United States, although
Europe has been growing trees
from certified seed for 100
years."
Certified Seed Only
"The Forest Industries tree
nursery, at Nisqually, Washing
ton, which produces seedlings for
use through the douglas fir re
gion," Hagenstein said, , "will
hereafter use only certified seed.
Each company receiving trees
from the nursery is supplying its
own seed, paying particular at
tention to place collected, eleva
tion, form of parent trees, local
climate and proximity to area
needing artificial reforestation.'
The industry's nursery com
mittee is the certifying agency
for superior tree seed and keeps
systematic records on each lot
so that its progeny can be fol
lowed and studied, the forester
reported.
Old Watch Found
By Garbage Driver
Mrs. L. F. Eichendorf, Holly
apartments, today had nothing
but praise for City Sanitary serv
ice when one of its drivers, Jack
Hendrickson, Gold Hill, return
ed an heirloom platinum wrist
watch set with diamonds.
Mrs. Eichendorf said the watch
was inadvertently tossed into the
garbage can a week ago with
waste paper and package wrap
pings. She notified the sanitary
service which questioned its
drivers as they came in from
their routes. And sure enough,
Hendrickson had spotted the
glittering watch in the midst of
a load of lettuce leaves and
orange peels. It was returned to
its owner yesterday.
Food Prices Down
In Western Cities,
Statistics Show
San Francisco, Jan. 26 (U.R)
Food prices tumbled in Decem
ber in every major far western
city, the U. S. department of la
bor's bureau of labor statistics
reported today.
In Portland, Ore., food prices
fell to two-year lows last month,
the bureau reported.
100 Used As Normal
The agency uses the figure
100 to represent the "normal"
period of 1935-1939. Based on
that scale, the food price index
for various western cities in
December included:
Portland 206.3, Seattle 203.1,
Salt Lake City 196.6, Denver
196.2, San Francisco 210.1 and
Los Angeles 197.2.
-The December national food
index was 197.3.
Below 1948
Portland's December index
was 7.7 per cent below December.
1948. Compared with 1H4B, meat
prices decreased 12.3 per cent
in 1949, egg prices down 29 per
cent, fats and oils 24.5 per cent,
cereals and bakery products 3.3
per cent, dairy products 6:5 per
cent, fruits and vegetables 0.9
per cent and sugar and sweets
4.2 per cent. Only important in
crease during the past year was
coffee up 40.1 per cent over
Dec. 1948.
Ex-Officer Sentenced To Life In Prison
Belton, Tex., Jan. 26 !U.PJ
Sam Smithwick, former deputy
sheriff sentenced to life impri
sonment for the murder of News
caster W. H. (Bill) Masen, ate
breakfast today with a "clear
conscience."
A jury which had deliberated
three hours and 42 minutes re
turned a verdict of guilty of
murder with malice and recom
mended the sentence yesterday.
Smithwick, 62, had testified
that he shot Mason on the out-
SEEKS RE-ELECTION
Salem, Ore., Jan. 26 U.R)
William B. Morse of Prineville
this week filed his candidacy
for re-election as state represent
ative from the 26th district com
prising Crook and Jefferson
counties. He will seek the re
publican nomination at the May
19 primary election.
skirts of Alice, Tex., in solf-de-fense.
His attorneys announced they
would appeal the verdict.
Mason, an outspoken news
commentator for radio station
KBKI of Alice, was killed last
July 29 following a broadcast in
which he accused Smithwick of
operating a bawdy night club.,
5,000,000th Check For
Unemployment Benefit
Sent To Porilander
Salem. Ore., Jan. 26 (U.R)
The state unemployment com
pensation commission sent out
its five-millionth state unem
ployment benefit check Wednes
day to a Portland recipient.
The check marked a total of
more than $76,088,000 sent out
by the commission since its in
ception in January of 1938.
Besides state funds the com
mission since the war has issued
federal funds to unemployed
veterans totaling $27,400,000.
The first millionth check was
issued In 1940; the second in
1946: the third In 1947 and the
fourth in February of 1949.
Dead line Sunday Classified U al
Noon Saturdays.
Thursday, January 26, 1950
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Turtle eggs, no tempting mor
sel for appetites in the United
States, are consumed in Soutli
Americans by natives and Euro
peans alike. Eggs of the lizard
species, the iguana, are consid
ered a great delicacy by gourmets.
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VICTOR Says:
"We have been so busy lately I almost forgot to mention an
addition to our staff
MARY JO KRAEMER
Our newly married, young and attractive stylist. I might add
that I was more than pleased with one of her patrons re
marks when I asked if she liked Mary Jo's work. She said
'I am more than pleased. I was impressed by her pleasant
ness and her desire to please me'."
Craterian Beauty Shop 41 S. Central
Call 2-4830
Charles C. Peterson of Chica-1 In' 1946 the Brooklyn Dodgers
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Court Action Hoped To
Raise Butter Qualify
Eugene, Ore., Jan. 26 (U.R)
State Director of Agriculture
Ervin L. Peterson said he hoped
that a circuit court decision kill
ing Oregon's butter grading law
would cause manufacturers to
place new emphasis on selling
improved quality name brands.
Peterson yesterday told the
Oregon Dairymen's association
here that the grading law gen
erally had been abused by manu
facturers who upgraded butter
and made little attempt to im
prove quality.
He said the law could not be
enforced because grading was
based on expert opinion and dist
rict attorneys were reluctant to
take cases into court.
The butter grading law was
declared invalid last week in a
circuit court decision at Salem.
Peterson said that with the law
dead he looked to manufacturers
to place new emphasis on selling
brand names with improved
quality.
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