6IXTEEN MEDFOFD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, February 23, 1950
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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.
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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."
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