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EIGHT MEDFORD (OBECON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. July 1. 1150 Cloud-Seeding Said To Be Inconclusive In Report; Experiments Will Continue Result! of last wlnter'i cloud- seeding experiments In the Rogue valley, designed to in crease snow precipitation on e 1 e c t e d mountain watercourses were inconclusive, it was reveal ed last week. The Oregon state college agri cultural experiment station and the irrigation division of the soil conservation service cooperated in the analysis of data concern ing success of the project, and issued the report. To B Continued Despite the inconclusive na ture of the data, the experi- Police Seek Cattle Thieves in Applegate Grants Pass, July 1 State po lice here are searching for cattle thieves in the Applegate area, they said Saturday, after F. A. Wells, a rancher, complained that one of his herd was killed and butchered during the week, about a mile and a half from his home. Wells told police the thief took the two hindquarters of the animal, and left the rest, accord ing to Sgt. C. R. Borgman. ments will be continued next able until the end of th Irriga- year, it has been deemed unan imously by the boards of direc tors of the three sponsoring ir rigation districts. The boards said they feel that while results of some flights were discourag ing, other flights did increase the snowfall. The experiments are being conducted by two former navy pilots, Harvey Brandau and Eu gene Kooser, and their contracts will be renewed. R. M. Kent, manager of the Talent Irrigation district, point ed out that while final results of last winter's work are not available in terms of actual run off, the irrigation districts feel that important advances were made in both technical and equipment aspects of cloud seed ing. These advances enhance the possibilities for future opera tions, he said, and in any event, any increased snow would just ify another's year's trials. Make 50 Flights The- report on the winter ex periments showed that 50 seed ing flights were made during the period from November 1 to March 31, on 36 different days. Water runoff figures from the watersheds will not be avail- tion season Dry-ice pellets were used in the majority of last winter's cloud seeding operations, Bran dau and Kooser reported. Some silver-iodine smoke was obtain ed in February and was used in some of the final flights. Proparing Hail Flights The pilots, who are now pre paring for another summer-season battle with thunderclouds following a season without hail last summer, also developed some special seeding equipment and devices during the later Strawberry Market Reported Unsettled Oregon's strawberry market is somewhat unsettled, although prices to growers are holding un changed at 22 cents a pound, the Oregon State college extension service reported late last week. Production of strawberries in Oregon this year is expected to be about the same as last year, the service said. The crops of 1949 and 1950 are the third larg est crops on record. The volume in these two years was exceeded only by the large crops of 1948 and 1941. stages of the winter's operations. They feel the devices have prom ise for the future. The winter's conditions for cloud seeding were said to be favorable during January and March, but mostly unfavorable during the cloudless periods pre vailing in November, December and February. The experiment area extends 30 miles southwest from Mt. McLoughlin, and is from eight to 10 miles wide at altitudes ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 feet. Rugged terrain in some parts of the area makes for difficult fly ing, the pilots say. Agencies Cooperate Agencies cooperation in the experiments include the Med ford, Talent and Rogue River irrigation districts, of which Ed Leach, Kent and W. D. Stead man, Phoenix, respectively, are superintendents; the experiment station, the soil conservation service, and the flyers. The Rogue River Valley Traffic as sociation, composed of fruit packers and allied industries, owns the planes used in the hail operations, and leases them for use in the winter flights on a net cost basis. Making the analysis of opera tions data, gathered from snow surveys, observers in and near the area, and from pilot reports, are Robert T. Beaumont, assist ant water forecaster at the sta tion; W. T. "Jack" Frost, snow survey leader for the state, and R. A. "Arch" Work, research project supervisor for the soil conservation office. Many Observers R. D. Church, official in charge of the weather bureau here, and his staff assist in col- Robert Burkman Back From Training Course Robert Burkman, Conger Morris Funeral home employee for four years, recently complet ed his training at San Francisco College of Mortuary Science and resumed his duties here last week. Burkman will go to Portland later this month to take his state embalmers examination. He has been an apprentice at the local funeral home. Mr. and Mrs. Burkman and their daughter are residing at 12 Mistletoe street. lection of meteorological data Observers cooperating in the trials included Leonard Ander son, Mrs. Sadie Poole, Elmer Hopkins, W. J. Beagle, Ashland; Les Marshall, Brownsboro; L. H. Wertz, Climax; Clay Johns, Fish Lake; Gus Johnson, Harriman; Elmer Burrells and C. E. Stokes, Lake Creek, and Lou Porter and MISSOURI SYNOD UNITED Milwaukee, July 1 U.R The Missouri Lutheran synod has taken the first step toward re uniting with the American Lu therans and ending a 69-year split between the two churches over doctrinal matters. New and Used Office Desks, Files, Chairs Adding Machines and Typewriters For Rent We Repair All Makes Medford Office EQUIPMENT CO. 41 S. Grape Ph. 2-4100 Buford Chllders, Hyatt reser voir. 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