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BEW MEPTORP WHgaOW) MAIL TRIBUNE Wdna7, Jun 14, 1950 Fruit Crop Outlook Down, USDA Reports Prospects for a imaller pear crop in Jackson county that were reported Monday by the Rogue River Valley Traffic as sociation were confirmed today by the United States department of agriculture in a summary of 1950 fruit prospects which show that the same situation will pre vail throughout Oregon. The production of tree fruits and nuts in Oregon in 1950 promises to be the smallest in many years, the crop reporting service of the USDA said. Though pear production here is expected to be only about seven per cent below last year, the picture for the state indicates that total tonnage of tree fruits and nuts will probably be 40 per cent under last year's large crop.. Last winter's severe tem peratures were said to be the principal cause of the poor pros pects. Apricots and peaches have been hard hit in every part of the state except southern Ore gon, according to the crop re porting service. The Oregon apple crop is not expected to be as large as in 1949 except in southern Oregon where it will be larger than last year. Peach Crops Hit The 1950 peach crops around the nation is forecast at 56,151, 000 bushels three-fourths of last year's production and four fifths of average. The peach crop is short everywhere except in California and southern Ore gon. In the 10 southern peach producing states, prospects de clined further during May and the production forecast is now 5,914,000 bushels less than half of the small 1949 crop and about one-third of average. The Ore gon crop is forecast at less than a third of tire 1949 production. Winter injury was "very severe" at Hood River, The Dalles, Mil-ton-Freewater and in the Wil lamette valley but a fair to good crop is expected in southern Ore gon. The Oregon pear crop, the USDA said, is about average but only three-fourths of the record large 1949 crop. Bartletts are forecast at two-thirds of last year with the prospect varying from one-half to two-thirds of last year in the Hood River val ley and from two-thirds to three quarters of 1949 in the Rogue River valley. The reduction is said to be due largely to winter injury at Hood River and to spring frosts in this area. Rogue valley boscs are short but pros pects are favorable for the an jous and cornice. WRONG JUROR CALLED Fort Worth, Tex. IU.R) One talesman called for jury duty was excused as soon as his name was spotted on the list. He is District Attorney Stewart Hell man, who was to prosecute crimi nal cases set for trial during the jury period. Children's Playground in San Francisco's Golden Gate park was the first to be established in j a public park in America. Speaker Tells Of Bureaucratism in Civil War Times The "five percenters" of today are pikers compared with those of Civil war days, Prof. Douglas McDougall of Southern Oregon college told Medford Rotarians in a luncheon address Tuesday at the Hotel Jackson. To illus trate his point, the speaker told of the fraud, graft and corrup tion which existed in the army ordnance bureau during the war between the states, and the re fusal to accept efficient arms be cause of the stubborness of the 67-year-old bureau chief in re sisting changes. Standard arms for infantry men were muzzle-loading flint locks dating back to 1809, de spite the fact that breech-loading rifles had been invented and were far more efficient. Tactics of the armies were dependent upon this type of arm, which necessitated loading in a stand ing position. Terrific casualties up to 25 per cent of the men in action was attributed to this type of gun. Cites Red Tape Similar laxity in providing cannon of efficient type was also laid to stubborness and red tape in the ordnance bureau. As early as 1861 repeating rifles were available but little used. Pro fessor McDougall pointed out that one regiment finally out fitted with those more modern arms held off two brigades of confederate soldiers at Gettys- GIVES REAL SERVICE ' Dunnellon, Fla. (U.R) L. A Bridges, Jr., service station man aeer. found a billfold left by a Kentucky motorist. He climbed into his automobile, chased the tourist to Chiefland,' 40 miles away, and returned the wallet burg in 1863. Condemned Austrian. Belgian, Prussian and British muskets were purchased in great quanta ties for the troops. A highlight of McDougall's discussion of ordnance was the fact that tanks and flame-throwers were invented during the Civil war, but only flame throw ers were given a Uriel test. Other Rube Goldberg-type in ventions, suggested by enthusi astic inventors, were also de scribed. Bureau Powers Grow In concluding, the speaker re minded his audience that all bureaus tend to break down under stress, increase in size and seem unable to shake off firmly set and antiquated procedures and routines. Bureaucratic pow ers likewise grow in time of emergency, he said. George Milligan, head of Mercy Flights, Inc., spoke brief ly of the urgent need for $500 to purchase a new motor for the local mercy flight plane and urged public cooperation. This airplane ambulance has been pressed Into service every month since it was purchased last Janu ary and has been the instrument of saving life and relieving suf fering. Drew Pearson's recent commendation of Medford's mercy flight facilities was men tioned. Material used in construction of Navajo Bridge, across the Colorado river in the Grand Canyon, was transported down Bright Angel trail on muleback. 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