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6IXTEEN MEDFOFD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, February 23, 1950 !-- h (f . r W : -I cm Telephnittr LAST RIDE Convicted child murderer Fred Stroble waves goodbye as he leaves for a Los Angeles railroad station and probahly the long est and las. train ride of his life. His destination Is the gas cham ber at San Quentln prison where, If the State Supreme Court upholds his sentence, ne will be executed for the sex slaying of six-year-old Linda loyce Glucoft. Stroble's tellow prisoners, Alwyn Luse (left), forger sentenced to a l-to-14-year term, covers his face from the battery of flashbulbs. initiated by different groups, the only ones whose parentage was indicated in the voters pam phlet being the grange amend ment and bill. As a final twist the voters' approval of the eight-hour day for all public works was destined to have a very material effect in uping the costs of road construc tion throughout the state. This brings the preview up to the legislative session of J 013 and its statute setting up the stHte highway commission with Governor West, Secretary Olcott and Treasurer Kay in commnnd and Major Bowlby as the first state highway engineer as field First Organized Steps To Improve Oregon Highways Taken During 1910 (The following article Is the first in a series of "Glances at History" of the highway system of Oregon. It was prepared by Ralph Watson, well-known Oregon newspaperman now acting as pub lic relations consultant for the state highway department. The following story concerns the first organized programs of high way development in Oregon. Editor'! note). By Ralph Walson Highway Department Writer Oregon took its first decisive step to lift its feet out of the winter's mud and summer's dust in November 1910, when it adopt ed a constitutional amendment, by a majority of 18,369 votes, granting the power to counties of the state to issue bonds for the construction of permanent roads. Two years later, at the general election in November 1912, the 144,113 voters who went to the polls put on their big show. That was the year they handled 3D proposed constitutional amendments ranging all the way from woman suffrage to abolition of the state senate, together with 30 proposed measures running all the way from fixing the eight-hour day on public works, passed by 16.430 votes, to the abolition of capital punishment, which was turned down by a majority of in 07 votes. They voted, by a majority of 18,005, to issue stHte bonds up to two per cent of the assessed valuation of the state for the construction of permanent state roads. At the same time they put a two per cent limitation on the power of counties to bond themselves for county roads, by a majority of 13.400 votes. Start Voting "No" That done, the voters started voting "no." They swatted a pro posed initiative bill giving coun ties unlimited power to issue bonds for roads, by a majority of 24,913. They turned down a bill initiated by the state Grange Euttlng road construction and ond issuance in the hands of the county courts by a majority of 7,104 voles, and they heaved out a second Grange bill creating a state highway department con sisting mainly of a $3,600 a year .tnto hiohwav engineer and a $12,000 annual budget. The de-1 partment was to function in an ! advisory capacity to county ! courts who were to have control of road construction in their re- , spectlve counties. That one had I a 59,974 majority piled up against it. Thev plowed under by a 44,893 majority another Initiative bill ; proposing to set up a "state road board," consisting of the govern- or. secretary of state and state treasurer, who should appoint a state highway commissioner, at $3,600 annually, the department to be financed by bonds issued at the rate of $1 million annual ly. The counties were to get two third of the funds raised by , bonds after deducting the $12. 000 allocation to the department, which was to have absolute sup ervision of the expenditure of the remaining one-third, this to be divided equally between the , first and second congressional districts', the first district at thai time being approximately all ot Oregon west of the Cascades, the second district all of eastern Oregon. Bonding Rojectod 1 To wind up the dav's work the voters registered a 16.599 ins Jority against another proposed initiative measure giving un limited authority to bond cani ties by popular initiative vote for the purpose of raising funds for ros,d construction lo be expended by the county courts. All ot these various proposed amendments and measures were Public Program To Aid Marines Being Planned A two-day public training pro gram sponsored by the Mcdford unit of the marine corps reserve will be held in the near future, it was announced today by Har ry B. Wales, who has been named civilian coordinations chairman for the event. Tentative plans call for a two day showing of marine corps motion pictures, a display of cap tured enemy war materiel, ac tive recruiting for the reserve unit, a public open air program of music and speeches and other attractions. Plan Parada Plans also call for a parade which will include military and naval units, veterans organiza tions, civic and fraternal divi sions, floats, a labor union sec tion and a teen-ager section. Prizes will be offered for Med ford businesses which create the most appropriate show windows during the event, and an essay contest will be offered students in public schools. Expenses will be met through a military ball given under the auspices of the Medford de tachment of the Marine Corps league and other entertainments. Profits will be used to provide uniforms for members ot the lo cal marine volunteer training unit, and for assisting in the formation of a uniformed Med ford municipal band. The local unit also has plans for improving and decorating spots of historical interest in the county. Groups Invited Veterans, civic and fraternal organizations have been invited to participate actively in the plans for the affair, Wales said, and to assign one representative lo serve as an ex-officio member of the "operations detail." As plans progress, additional details will be announced, Wales said. Ninety-nine percent of Japan's farms contain less than 12'4 acres of cultivated land while 73 per cent contain less than 2V4 acres. MMHMaR MtMim I tJfW' ' lM ' Sn rssilsn i" 'Acm Tetephoto IDLE MINERS"10 contract, no work" la the byword among thes miners In Ncfls, Ohio, as they drink beer to pass the time away. They promise an immediate return to work "when we know what we're working for." Until then, neither troops nor the Taft-Hartley law will get them Into the ground is their pledge. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Robert Vogeler, whose "con fession" in a communist court the other day followed the grew- some, shivery, oul-of-this-world pattern the communists have used so long against those thev are determined to destroy, is con victed and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. The breath of clammy air from the graveyard is even clammier and the shuddery touch of spectral fingers is even more shuddery after that. What are these communists? Are they human? WE BREAK diplomatic rela tions with Bulgaria, another communist stooge, that has just accused our minister to Bulgaria of plots and espionage. History marches on. HERE is a dispatch from Wash ington which small business men should read and ponder: "Out-foxed by the republicans I on one POLITICAL issue, senate democratic leaders tried to rally their forces today . . . they were called into caucus after the republicans came out on top in a bit of political maneuvering yesterday over establishment of a small business committee. "With the help of 25 demo crats, 30 republicans pushed through a resolution by Senator Wherry of Nebraska to set up a special committee of 13 to handle small business problems. Wherry and the GOP thus became the temporary chamrJions of the small business men, as previous ly the senate had voted down a similar proposal by Democratic Senator Murray of Montana." , AS ONE small business man, I want no part of any scheme to create a federal Santa Claus for small business. It makes no difference to me whether the scheme is democratic or repub lican. I just don't want it. If small business ever ceases to stand on its own feet and be gins to accept handouts from the federal government, it will be a gone goose. BACK east, icy blasts howl down out of the frigid north at the exact moment when the supply of coal above ground is beginning to fail. That brings the coal strike to the grim stage. BACK of the coal situation in this mid-century year of 1950 lies the strange personality of John L. Lewis. I don't blame the miners for backing him to the last chip. He has done a great job for them. When John L. took hold of the business of mining coal, it was a grim affair. Wages were low. Living conditions were squalid. Safety precautions were bad. Over the years, Lewis has changed all that. He has done a great work for his men. What he has done for them has changed the whole picture of their lives. I can understand their loyalty to their leader. They would be ingrates if they didn't give him their loyalty. BUT the situation has changed. And, I Ihink, Lewis himself has changed. The change that has come over him is the change that comes to nearly ALL men who hold too much power in their hands too long. I fear John L. has come to think too much in terms of POWER and too little in terms of what is best for the coal industry and the men who work in it and are a flesh and blood part of it. That is always a bad situation. 'Miracle' Saves Life Of Jet Test Pilot El Segundo. Cal., Feb. 23 (U.P.i Test Pilot Maj. Charles Tucker said today only a "mir acle" saved his life when his twin-jet plane exploded in the air and fell flaming into an oil reservoir. Tucker was catapulted from the disintegrating XF-89 Scor pion by an automatic device at such speed that his parachute ap parently was torn. open. He didn't open it himself. Flight Engineer Arthur Tur ton, 30, Redondo Beach, was found dead in the wreckage. The plane hit a road next to the Standard Oil company re finery and part of the wreckage struck a ground-level oil reser voir, setting it afire. The flames were kept from other tanks, but firemen or dered families in six square blocks of low ground nearby evacuated. "I remember opening the can opy and flying out of the cock pit," Tucker said. "The chute Here's a traffic rule to remem ber: If you run into the rear of another vehicle, you are always at fault. If you cannot stop in time to avoid collision, you are following too closely. Leave plenty of room between you and the car ahead in case of sudden, stops or turns. opened, but I didn't open it. I'll never know how it happened. It was a miracle." Dead line on Classified Ads: 5:30 p m for following day; 10 a.m. Mon day noon Saturday for Sunday a m. Buy Tickets Now KIWANIS KAPER5 . h 8 p. m. FRI:SAT- I senior ni nuaironum jfmmi CRATER LAKE MOTORS Ford, Main and Fir COIUM1IA IRIWIItllS, INC. 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