Medford mail tribune., March 30, 1950, Image 16

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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, March 30. 1950
Strong Backs And
Shovels Used To
Make Early Roads
(Thii if another in a series
of "Glimpiea of Highway
Hiilory" prepared by Ralph
Watson, writar for the Hale
highway commission.)
"In the good old days" when
Oregon started to build high
ways, road building was done
with strong backs, short handled
shovels and a combination of
men and horsepower directly ap
plied on the works. Bulldozers
then were an inventor's dream.
Road scrapers were "drags'
hauled by horses and mules. Con
tractors "blew" stumps out of
the right of way with black pow
der or dug them out with mat
tocks and men. Cut were clear
ed and fills were made with
wheelbarrows, shovels, dump
wagons, slips and fresnos. .
Most of the tools they used in
those days arc museum pieces
compared with the equipment
contractors employ now. Today
one of the primary factors a
highway contractor figures on a
job is the cost of the gasoline and
diesel required to run the pon
derous machines he uses. Back
in 1913 he figured how much
hay and oats he would need to
keep his horses and mules push
inn n'.J-inKl. their dollars. And
men, lots of men, ate like horses
after they had been hitched to
the end of a short nanaica mi v-
f - Un,,t. nw mnrn Kn the
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cost of their fodder was figured
in with the hay anu me oais.
Man Power Cheap
i t,nca P,,,,rfoH nnH slow 1DOV
ing daya when Oregon's road
map wa started craw-uig
the face of the state, manpower
was cheap and abundant. A man
and his team would put in eight
hm,r sumetimes more, for
around S6 a day. Pick and shovel
men earn about as much in eight
hours as they now get in two.
That was before highway con
struction money started growing
out of gasoline.
During the first 18 months of
Oregon's highway saga, Major
Bowlby, the first state highway
engineer, had more men avail
able than the commission had
money. He tells about it in dis
cussing "the unemployment sit
uation," with "hundreds of men
unable to find work of any kind,
and every indication that the ap
proaching winter will be a worse
one for the unemployed." He
recommended the "adoption of a
comprehensive plan" which he
estimated would require $100,
000 to take care of 1.000 men for
a period of 60 days. It would not
get more than 50 per cent of the
work secured on a contract Job,
the major estimated, "but the
cities would be relieved of a
great problem that Is difficult to
solve wihin the limits of a mod
ern city."
Plan Outlined
The plan as outlined: "There
will be necessary two road camps
situated comparatively close to-
(Acme Tflfphoioi
FILMLAND'S BEST Broderlck Crawford and Olivia De Havilland
clutch their "Oscars" and cnet proud eyes toward each other after
they won top honors as the best actor mid actress of 1849 ai the 22nd
annual Academy Award ceremonies In .Hollywood. Crawford received
his trophy for portrayal of the leading role In "All the King's Men,"
and Miss De Havilland was honored for her part in "The Heiress."
It was Miss De Havlllund's second "Oscar."
Sen. Downey Quits Life As Politician
Washington, Mar. 30 (U.R)
Sen. Sheridan Downey (D., Cul.),
the old Townsendlte, who has
been battling for old age pen
sions for the past 18 years, re
luctantly retired from the po
litical wars today.
Reversing earlier decisions, he
announced that "upon the ur
gent advice of my physicians" he
was forced to withdraw his can
didacy for re-election to the sen
ate in November.
gether in a part of the state
where the climate is not too se
vere in winter. One of these
camps should be outfitted simi
lar to a contractor's camp, the
men paid a nominal wane and
furnished good board and bunks.
"The other camp should be a
stockade camp, with more or less
work for the men to do, and
board given in proportion to the
work done. With these camps es
tablished, all unemployed could
then be given their choice of
working in the first camp and
receiving a moderate wage and
good food for their work, or of
spending the winter at the sec
ond camp where thry can oe
kept at the least expense to the
public and not become a nui
sance by congregating in large
numbers in the cities, buch an
arrangement, rigidly enforced,
would relieve those who are
actually in want, and expose
those who pretend they want to
work but never get farther than
the pretension."
So far as the record shows,
Major Bowlby's successors nev
er put his Spartan remedy into
actual practice.
He urged all Californians to
support Manchester Boddy, pub
lisher and editor-in-chief of the
Los Angeles Daily News, in the
race for Downey's seat. He
hailed Boddy as a "great and ef
fective champion of true liberal
democracy."
In Los Angeles, Boddy said he
agreed to enter the senatorial
race only because of Downey's
withdrawal. He said he will file
for the senate on both the demo
cratic and republican tickets.
Two other leading candidates
Reps. Helen Gahagan Douglas
(D.) and Richard M. Nixon (R.)
already have filed in both primaries.
News of 4-H
CLUBS
Prospect 4-H group No. 2 met
at the home of Mrs. Macro March
24. Mrs. Macro is leader of this
group. Eight members were pres
ent and plans were made for an
Easter party.
Cup cakes were prepared for
demonstration by Connie Char
ley, Marcia Findlay and Laurel
Degman. ,
Next meeting will be March
30 at the home of Mrs. Merlyn
Hornbuckle. Olivia Larson and
Joanne Rinkes will demonstrate
quick breads.
Shirley Charley, reporter
HONOR ROLL
The following students at the
Medford junior high school were
named to the honur roll for the
fourth six-weeks period at the
school:
7th Grade Boys
Bash, Frank, A A A B A B
Cam, Neil, A B B B A A B
Culy, Stanley A A A A A A A
DcVorc, M. AABBAABA
Dyer, Bill A B A B A A A
Gregory, Bill B B A A A B B
Hayes, Stuart A A A A A A A
Jacobs. Loren A A B B B A A
Manley, Edw. A A A A A A A
Morris, Bradley B B A B A B B
Robinson, Don. B A B B A B A
von Ting, Dennis B A A A A B
Wyatt, John B B A A A B B
Yoakum, F. ABABAABA
Y'Blood. Tom B B A B A B
7th Grade Girls
Cox, Elaine BABBBAAB
Crum, Barbara B B B B A B A
Hamilton, Nancy B A B B B A A
Handy, Juanita A A A B A A A
Jennings, Melissa A A B B A A A
Reichstein,
Suzanne A A B A A A A
Rhymes,
Dorothy A A B A A A A
Roach, Barbara A A B A A B A
Robinson,
Florence A B B B A B A
Rukovina,
Cynthia B B B B B A A
Sorum, Elaine A A A A A A A
Watson, Leah A A B B A A A
8th Grada Boys
Antony, Joe A A A B A A
Gleason, Vernon A A A B A
Gunton, James A B B B A B
Holzgang, Curtis A B B B A A
McDonald, James A B B B B
Nye, Stephen B A B B B A
Wolff, Ronald A A A B A A B
8th Grada Girls
Allen, Mary B B B B B 100
Campbell, Harriett B A B B A A
Carr, Janet B A B B A A
Conpcr, Jane A A B B A B A
Hawley, Georgia A A B A A
Howard, Alice B A B A A
Hubbard. Sandra A B B A A A
Lawrence, Patty A A A A A 100
Lippy, Dawn B A B A A
Lubbers, Veona B A B B A A
Lynch. Shirley B A A B A A
McCulloch, Cora B B A B A A B
Merkel, Sharon A A A A A 100
Mevcr, Alice A A B A A A
Miller, Nancy B B B B A
Moore, Marianne A A A A A A
Padgham, Ann B B A B B A
Rawstern. Joan B A A A A B
Richmond. Corrine B B B A A A
Stradcr, Patricia B B B B A B A
Tunnell, Sylvia B B B B A A
White. Patsy A B A B A A
Zumwalt, Donna A A B A A A
Cantrall, Dorcne B B B B A A
9th Grada Boys
Brittson, Darrell A A A A A B
Crain, Dick A A A A B
Davis, Dennis A A A A A
Doming, Carl A A A B B
Lambo, Jerry A A A B B B
Shaffer, Paul A B B B B
Shepherd, Bob A A A B B ,
Shinn, Jim A A A B B
Sorum, Pome Roy A A A A A B
9th Grade Girls
Abbott, Vera A B B B B
Anderson. Marian A A B A A B
Barr, Tressa A A B B A
Bourne, Carolyn A A A B A
Brock. Jean A B B B A
Btiffington, Sallcc A A B B B A
Burger. Dorothy A A B A B
Cantrall, Leota B B B A B B
Cox. Dolores A B A A A
Davis, Janice B A B B B
Denman. Ann A A A A A
Doty, Marilyn A B B'A A
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Indo China Warfare
Described By Veteran
(Editor's note: How well-eaulDned is
the communist-led revolt In French
Indo-China. and how effectively do Its
troopi right? A United Press corre.
pondent on the scene reports on a
five-day Junfle battle described by
one of Hi survivors. In Ihla engage
ment the French were far outmatched
In weapons, and what the rebeli lark
ed In strategy they made up In fanat
icism and numbers.)
Bv Robert C. Millar
United Press Correspondent
Lao Kay, Indo-China, Mar. 30
(U.R) A bearded, battle-scarred
French army sergeant told in a
quiet voice today how tough this
four-year-old war in Indo-China
really is.
Roger Simonnot, 23, survived
the siege of Fort Phalu on the
Red river, where 30 French sol
diers and 60 natives held off
some 1,200 Viet Minh and Chi
nese communist troops for five
days and nights before the wall
ed fort crumpled.
Mad Fanatical Rushas
The tall Frenchman said the
bastion had rifles, a few light
mortars and some automatic
weapons. The communists threw
in heavy mortars, artillery shells
and a hail of small arms fire and
made dozens of fanatical rushes.
After' the fort was abandoned
Simonnot fought his way
through 30 miles of hot, danger
ous jungle. A wounded officer,
Jean Petchot, lived in the jungle
13 days before a French patrol
picked him up. He was eating
grass when found.
The action took place a month
ago.
Simonnot said a relief column
sent to Fort Phalu had not been
able to fight its way through.
The isolated unit sat in the mid
dle of the jungle under hourly
shellings it was helpless to
answer.
He said the communist-led
Viet Minh rebels would set up
Fenton. Beth A A A A A
Frederick. Evelyn A A A A A
Gillispie, Leora B A B B B
Oilman, Geraldine A B B A B
Graves, Bonnie A A A A A
Kelley, Loretta A A A A A
Lamp, Joy A B B B B A
Lyman, Shirley A A B A A
McAllister. Kath. B A A A A B
McDuffie, Gail A A A A A
Manning, Roberta A A A A A
Newton. Nancy A B A B B B
Overstreet. Violet B B B B A
Ragsdale. Barbara A A B B" A A
Vail, Ann A B B B B
Walden, Betty A A A A A
Williams, Betty B B A A B
an artillery barrage and then
make a bugle-led charge against
the barbed wire screaming as
they ran. The first night they
tried to break through lour
times.
Next morning the French
found 35 mangled bodies draped
over the wire, three of them still
alive.
On succeeding nights the reb
els made one charge after an
other. They did most of the shell
ing during the day, as they didn't
want flashes from their guns to
be spotted by planes. Twice they
destroyed the fort's radio an
tenna, and twice a wounded sig
nalman clambered up and re
placed it.
The shelling became Increas
ingly heavy, and after five days
and nights the French had to
pull out. The dead were buried,
ammunition and arms were de
stroyed, and the survivors waded
into the Red river in an attempt
to make their way to Lao Kay.
The commanding officer was
dead.
Simonnot and 10 comrades,
some of them wounded, fought
their way through encircling
viet minh troops. They walked
to Lao Kay, 30 miles away, in
two days.
75 Aftsnd Monday
Meeting of Gideons
About 75 members, wives,
guests and friends of the Gid
eons attended the monthly meet
ing last Monday at the Ashland
First Christian church. A pot
luck dinner was followed by a
program of music, including
chorus, quartet and violins.
The Rev. P. J. Bartram, pastor
of the Medford Nazarcne church,
spoke on "Togetherness." citing
many ways in which Christians
work together in common cause.
Residents of Gold Hill. Central
Point, Medford, Talent and Ash
land attended.
A recent session of Gideons
the name of the Medford-Ash-land
camp was changed to the
Rogue Valley camp.
CAGERS WHITEWASHED
St. Bede. 111. U.R) St. Hya
cinth's school of La Salle, 111.,
registered one of basketball's
rarest scores, a shutout. St. Hya
cinth whitewashed St. Mary's of
Wenona, 111., 30 to 0 in an I. V.
Parochial league game.
ANDERSONS TOGETHER
ijtromsburg. Neb. (U.R)
When Dr. C. L Anderson came
to his waiting room door and
said: "Mrs. Anderson, you re
next," three women stood up.
They were all named Mildred
Anderson and none was related
to the doctor.
Chicago 0).R) Downtown
workers now have a chance to
learn about Picasso during their '
lunch hours. The University of
Chicago arranged with Chicago's
Art Institute to conduct lunch
time art classes as part of the
university's adult education program.
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