FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, May 25, 1850
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Medford and Jackson County Hit
(ory from tha files of tht Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 yean ago
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 25. 1940
(It wag Saturday)
Miss Ruth Nordwich elected
queen of Job's Daughter!.
Cole en Winterhalder and
David Dawson win WCTU silver
medal speech contest.
Vacation Bible schools to open
In local churches June 3 for daily
sessions.
Kay-Marshall. Inc., new home
completed on South Fir street
with investment of $150,000 in
volved.
Local airport offered to war
department by chamber of com
merce in connection with na
tional defense.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 25. 1930
(It was Sunday)
Wednesday Study club elects
Mrs. T. W. Miles president.
YWCA board of directors hon
ors Mrs. A. J. Anderson, pres
ident ior six years.
State game bird hatchery
planned on Public Water com
pany farm, Crater Lake high
way.
Ralph J. Bailey, Medford,
chosen outstanding student in
accounting in Oregon Stats col
lege graduating class.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 25. 1918
(It was Thursday)
Official democratic count
shows N. W. Borden defeated E.
E. Kelly by 45 ballots for nom
ination as district attorney.
Artesian well in Guthrie or
chard near Jacksonville brings
in ou.uuu gmions of water daily
ior irrigation.
Superintendent V. M. Hlllis of
local schools to tt'nch in stRte
normal school at Albion, Ida.
this summer.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Circuit Court of the State ot
Oregon lor the County of Jackson.
Probate Department
In the Matter of the Estate of Charlei
H. Elflon, deceased
NOTICE IS IIERKnV RIVEN that
I have heen duly and regularlv ap
pointed Executor of the above en
titled eatale under and bv virtue ol
an order of the Circuit Court of Jack
aon County, Orr-jron, duly made, ren
dered and entered on Anrll a2nd.
IBM), and all creditors having claim
against said deceased are liert-hv notl
flrd to preient Ihe same duly verified,
and with voucher thereunto attached,
and all persons owing saul estate are
notified to pay their said Indebted
new to me at Ihe office of George M
Roberta. G. W. Kcllinglon and Ed
ward Hrant-bfield. niv altorneva. 201
20. U.S. National nnk Illitg . Med
ford. Oregon, within si monthl
from the dale ol this notice.
Dated at Mcdfoid. Orrgun, Ihli S7th
day of April, lli.to.
John H. Elson
Executor of the Estate of
Charles H Elaon. deceased
IMI'llOt rill NT Oil HIV AM K
DECLARATION OK IM'KNT SET
II, MK HIH 111. Ml I Ml
Nature ol Improvement; Sanitary
Sewer.
IxK-allon: South Peach Street.
From- Mt Put Avenue.
To: Winchester Place.
Date: Mav in. m.vi
ORDINANCE NO 4736
AN ORDINANCE providing for the
construction of an 8 inch Sanltarv
aewer line on South Peach Street
from Mt. Pitt Avenue lo Winchester
Place in the city of Mrdford.
Oregon, and for Ihe assessment ol
the cost thereof on adjacent property:
providing for a meeting of Ihe Council
lo consider prolesta against said im-
firovement and providing for Ihe serv
ng of the owners of mljacent prop
erty with notice thereof by the Re
corder. THE CITY OF MFDFORD DOTH
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
Section 1 . That It la the Intention
nf Ihe City Council to cause an 8
Inch Sanitary Sewer line on South
Peach Street from Mt Pitt Avenue
to Winchester Place to he constructed
In accordance with the olans and
specifications on file In Ihe office oi
the City Superintendent, at the City
Hall, Medford. Oregon, to which plans
and specifications reference Is hereby
made for details and estimated costs
thereof, and to asvess upon each lot.
or part thereof, adiarent lo and bene.
Sited by auaJi inipruveuicm lie pro.
Medford people gave the municipal water system
expansion program a hearty "aye" m Friday's elec
tion and water commission and other city officials are
understandably gratified.
OF COURSE, there were two other important city
maacui'aci rtn tl-is Viollnf thn fil'fl rlonartmpnf. lm-
iiimavuvo VJll vile ua.iuv n.v, fc v . ... v ....
provement, and fire department special levy which
probably helped to bring out a substantial vote for all
three.
It must be recognized, however, that the water
improvement question received the handsomest ma
jority 3,934 to 552 and that such a vote constitutes
an emphatic mandate to the water commission to
speed the new line in to Big Butte springs, install the
necessary mains, and make more city water available
to homes within the municipal area, with some for the
fringe sectors where it is so much needed.
e e e
PROM the standpoints of health, dependability and
1 convenience, there is no substitute in these parts
for Big Butte springs water. The springs, fed by snow
fall on Mt. McLoughlin, deliver a never-failing supply
of the purest water to be found any place in all the
world.
The only problem has been the cost of building
pipe lines to the source. Now that the people have
authorized the self-liquidating bonds to overcome this
problem, let's have the water for our fast growing
neighborhood as quickly as engineering "id construc
tion factors will permit. E.C.F.
Beetles and Earwigs
The recent importation of beetles to fight St.
Johnswort weed in Jackson county is another case of
man employing bugs to fight his battles. Fifteen col
onies, totalling 75,000 adult beetles were distributed
in nine Oregon counties this month as pail of a long
range control program for the weed.
THE Oregon State college agricultural experiment
! 1 1 L 1- 1. At- .1 - e
station project, is aesigneci co naic me spread ot
St. Johnswort on range lands by allowing the beetles
to devour the weed. The small green beetles feed ex
clusively on St. Johnswort while ignoring other plants
in the same field.
It is expected that the beetles, which were col
lected in Humboldt county, California, will be present
in large enough numbers to control the Jackson county
pest within three to four years. In Humboldt county
the beetles were starving as they had eaten up all of
their favorite weed. Entomologist L. G. Gentner of
the Southern Oregon branch experiment station here
aided in collection of the parasites.
Use of beetles as a control for St. Johnswort was
developed by Australian scientists. They discovered
the species now being used in France and tested them
against a wide range of crops. The beetles were im
ported into California where they have proved suc
cessful in practically eradicating the damaging weed.
e e e e
A BOUT 12 years ago earwigs threatened to take
" over in Medford yards and gardens. The loath
some, persistent and fast multiplying little bugs were
into everything and the usual poisons, sprays and
other weapons brought little relief. Actually, it seem
ed that the earwigs grew bigger and more active
when supplied with some of the supposedly lethal
diets.
Entomologist Gentner had a hand in that fight
also, helping to importing from Portland thousands
of earwigs into whose bodies a parasite had been in
troduced.
Crosstown
By Roland Coe
"No law against Just lookin' at them, b there?"
Washington Report
By Bob Dickey
Bob Dickey
sole means of
THE parasite, developing in the body of the hapless
nnru'irr finalKr Iriila ite. Vioct aato. q Vinlo in ita nntpl'
covering and makes its exit. Almost immediately, the
little worm turns into a fly which starts flitting about
looking for a live earwig. As soon as it has discovered
one, the fly lays an egg close to it. The egg quickly
hatches a tiny larva, the latter attaches itself to the
earwig, gnaws its way into the insect's vitals and the
cycle of life continues, a case of:
"Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'm,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum."
e e e e
A LTHOUGH the eradication of earwigs through
" use of the parasite sounds somewhat involved,
considerable success has been noted here as the para
site lays about 10 eggs to the earwig's one. There are
fewer earwigs in the areas where the parasitized bugs
were liberated while in the suburban and rural areas
where the parasitized specimens have not yet pene
trated the pests have flourished exceedingly. E.C.F.
ALWAYS ON JOB
Gardner, Mass. (U.R) While
attending her 21st birthday party
Miss lUooncen Maifeo, a Ked
Cross secretary, took time out
to respond to an emergency call
by dashing to a hospital and do
nating a pint of blood.
portlonate share of the coat of aalri
provemrnt as provided bv the
Charier ol the City of Medford.
Section a. The Council will meet
In the Council Chambers at the City
llsll on the Sth day of June. llis.0. at
7 311 p m at which time and place
the owners of said adlacent prouerty
are h-,-etiy called upon lo appear be
fore said Council and show cause. If
any, why said improvement should
nut he constructed, and whv said
property should not be assessed lor
e construction thereof.
Section 3 The Cllv Recorder Is
hereby directed lo serve notice here
of upon Ihe property owners alore
sald, by publishing this Ordinance
once In a daily newspaper, punted.
published, and of general circulation
sain my at leasl ten lllii davs
before Ihe dale of said meeting, and
by posting live copies of this Ordi
nance in five nubile and coosiilciinus
place In said City lor a period ol
ten i lot devs prior lo aald meeting
PASSED by Ihe Cllv Council and
signed by me in open session In au-
locoiicaiion or . its passage thla lllth
day of May, IBM).
D L FIAN. Mayor.
ATTEST-
J. R Woodford. Recorder
Approved by me Ihia ltith day of
May, 11)30.
D. L. FLY.NN, Major.
THE MYSTERIOUS EAST
Hong Kong (U.R) An arrival
from Bombay said under the
new prohibition law of the Indian
province nouoay is anowea to
drink liquor except hardened
drinkers, lie said when he regis
tered at a Bombay hotel he was
asked to (ill in a form stating his
drinking habits. Persons who list
themselves as "addicts" are per
mitted up to a bottle a day.
Dnytona Beach, Fla. (U.Rl
William Sussman called off the
clearance sale he had scheduled
for his fashionable women's wear
store. The night before the cut
price sale, thieves broke into the
store. They accomplished the
clearance by disappearing with
several thousand dollars' worth
of stock.
Allegheny State park covers
57,000 acres of dense forest land.
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Washington, Mav 25 To most
Oregonians, Celilo Falls is that
world famous tourist attraction
on the Colum
b i a river
where the In
dians spear
salmon.
But to the
small band of
M i d-Columbia
Indians who
live in the
shadow of the
aae-old fishing
grounds Celi
lo Falls is their
livelihood. With
this in mind, it is easy to see why
this little minority of vanishing
Americans are on the warpath
over the possibility of having
their ancestonal fishing rights
curtailed.
The controversy now raging
was brought about by some legis
lation sponsored by Rep. Lowell
Stockman of Pendleton. He re
cently introduced a bill which
would give the federal govern
ment specific authority to regu
late fishing rights at the falls.
Exclusive Rights
Originally only a limited num
ber of Indians from the Uma
tilla, Warm Springs and Yakima
tribes fished at Celilo Falls. Of
this group there was a small
number of the fishermen who
permanently resided at the falls,
By accepted tradition, these
permanent residents had the ex
clusive fishing rights. They had
fisrt choice as to fishing spots,
and were, in effect, the official
managers of all fishing at the
falls.
Then came the automobile and
the high priced salmon market.
Indians from all over the West
flocked to Celilo Falls to fish.
They came from such faraway
places as Alaska. Canada ana
even Mexico.
This high influx of fishermen
raised some vexing problems ol
law and order, sanitation, use ol
fishing sites and types of fish
ing gear.
Indians Acted As Boss
In the past, these problems
were dealt with by the Indians.
The Indians permanently resid
ing at the falls acted as ihe boss
ex-officio, with the assistance of
an arbitration committee which
they had voluntarily set up. It
was composed of members from
the Yakimas, Warm Springs,
Umatillas and Mid-Columbia
group.
But with the huge influx of
Indians from all over the West,
the problems which have de
veloped are beyond their con
trol. The local authorities feel
that it is a federal problem. The
federal authorities, however,
feel that they lack jurisdiction
to deal with the matter.
The Stockman bill is designed
to remedy this. It will give the
federal officials some medium
of policing the fishing grounds
and still protect the fishing
rights of the Indians. The big
controversy over the bill centers
around the fishing rights.
lo provide a means of regu
lating the fishing rights, the
Stockman bill would set up a
nine-man committee composed ol
three Indians from the Yakima,
Umatilla, and Warm Spring.-,
tribes. This committee would be
given legal authority to enforce
its decisions.
Equitable Method
1 lie bill seems to provide an
equitable method of preservinc
the rights of the local Indian.'
well as providing an eouit
able solution to the problem.
Hut there is one small minority
who feels that the bill com
pletely deprives them of the an
cestorial rights.
To the permanent residents at
the fall the Mid-Columbia
grout) the Stockman proposal
is rank heresy for it does not
give them any representation,
as a group, on the Indian arbi
tration committee. They feel
that the fishing site actually be
longs to them.
The answer given them is that
the Mid-Columbia group has no
official legal status in the eyes
of the Indian bureau. That
agency maintains that the Mid
Columbia Indians helnng to one
of the three reservation tribes
which will make up the com
mittee.
The Mid-Columbia members
argue that they may be legally
members of those other tribes
but actually their group will not
be given fair representation on
the committee. They feel that
as permanent residents of Celilo
Falls, they should have the high
est priority in the fishing site.
Member Sent East
This small minority of Indians
were so incensed over the Stock
man plan that they took up a
collection and sent John Whiz,
one of the members of their
group, back to Washington to
put their case before congress.
The ultimate outcome of their
plight is highly conjectural.
John Whiz did. however, make
a favorable impression upon the
lawmakers. It can be reported
that there are some legislators
who feel that the Mid-Columbia
group has a strong case. I
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