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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