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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1952)
Reapportionment Committee Slates Meeting Saturday Ward Spatz, Medford, a mem- ber of the state Reapportion ment Interim committee, left to day to attend public hearings to : fee conducted by the committee in a number of communities this week and next. ' The committee win conduct a hearing in Medford at 1 p.m. '. Saturday, In the county court house. State Sen. Philip S. Hitch cock, Klamath Falls, is chair man. ' Hearings scheduled -this week will be in Astoria and Newport tomorrow, in Coos Bay : and Roseburg Friday, and the Satur day afternoon hearing here, fol lowed by one in Klamath Falls in the evening. Hearings will also be held in The Dalles and La Grande April 18, and Ontario and Redmond April 19.. Portland, Salem Later Meeting dates in Portland and Salem will be announced later. Senator Hitchcock has invited the public to attend the hearings, and to present their views on the problem. "Members of the committee do not have any par ticular plan which they are spon soring, but wish to hear of the suggested ones in order to cor relate them before submitting the final report," he said. "From these discussion hear ings the many ideas toward re apportionment will be tabulated and given consideration by the committee. As you know the re port will be submitted to the 1953 legislature," he added.' Committeemen Named In addition to Hitchcock and Spatz, committee members in clude State Sen. Richard L. Neu berger, Portland, State Reps. David Baum, La Grande; H. H. Chindgren, Molalla, and Ivan C. Laird, Sitkum, and advisory members Jack Allen, Pendleton; George Brown, Portland; Mrs. Will Davis, Portland; N. B. Gius tina, Eugene; Elmer McClure, Portland; James T. Marr, Port land; H. S. Mersereau, Prine ville; Thomas F. Sandoz, Astor ia,: and Marshall Swearingen, Salem. Ralph W. Staley, Port land, is executive secretary of the committee. There were 36,679,316 visitors to national park and monument areas in 1951, a new travel rec ord. This is a 12 per cent increase over the record set in 1950. Pear Psylla Active; Spray Recommended Rogue valley orchard ists were warned today that pear psylla is now becoming active and is lay tog eggs. The pear psylla "over winter' 'on trees as adults and an examination of trees yesterday by L. G. Gentner. southern Ore gon experiment station entomol ogist, disclosed that there are newly laid eggs and a scattering of adult psylla in several orch ards. v- According to C B. Cordy, county extension agent for. hor ticulture, the large number of eggs which the psylla are laying shows the necessity of applying a calyx spray to pear trees for control. One spray at calyx time will ordinarily give control, but in orchards where psylla are most numerous it may be neces sary to spray a second time later in the summer, Cordy states. Politeness Watchword Of Connecticut Police Hartford, Conn. OJ.PJ rT he query "Think you're going to a fire?" is outmoded as far as Con necticut state police, are con cerned. Politeness is the watchword. Stopping motorists to warn or ar rest them, or in many cases to help them, is called making "op erator contacts." . Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity Cloudy tonight Light showers Thursday. Little tem perature change. Low tonight 38. High Friday 55. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight. Thursday, cloudy with occasional rain afternoon and night. Cooler tonight. Lows to night 34-44. High Thursday 46-56. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 79; Lowest 38. . Total monthly precipitation, trace. Deficiency for the month .05 inch. Total precipitation since Septem ber 1. 1951. 18.18 inches. Excess for the season 4.96 Inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 38; 4:30 a.m. today 92. Observations Taken At 4:3 A.M. 120 Meridian Time High Low Free. Boise Boston . Chicago Denver . Eureka . Havre Klamath Falls Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno Eugene Salt Lake San Francisco . Seattle Spokane Washington. D.C. Yaioma 57 54 60 54 51 48 60 63 62 . 69 . 58 85 49 64 57 52 60 53 51 '74 53 42 44 34 28 45 29 34 53 41 43 33 52 45 41 43 37 47 42 37 51 42 . .03 .05 .03 .01 M J7 X3 T 20 T Tomorrow Sunrise 520 ajn. Sunset 6:38 pjn. r you have your choice . . OnM to cl iiy paM ... dripping' bmb . . . i Hilda brata start Or thmU II to the iieolfc. test My application f s pray-O-Mamel DRUSHLESS PAINT AH you do press a button! As the paint emerges in a fine spray, direct the can from side to side to insure an even distribution. What could be simpler? Even irregular objects. such as radiators, can be painted m minutes. Perfect for cars, too. Cov ers TWICE the area of old fash. ioned "brush-on paints. $1179 u 11 c eon la choice of as Jon. pi USE IT Around The House O In The Shop O For Your Hobbies Paint That Old Bike or Tricycle , O T- Renew Kitchen Chairs or Lawn Furniture TRADE YOUR OLD LAWN MOWER IN ON A NEW ONE AT SOBBING SIMS 23 NORTH FIR PHONE 2-2472 "Sava At Sobbing Sims" OPEN TILL 9 P.M. TONIGHT . Wednesday. April 2. 1SS2 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN COMING UP This is an artist's conception of the projected Folsom Dam and reservoir on the Ameri can River near Sacramento, Calif. It has been superimposed on an aerial photograph of the site. 1. the dam itself, under construction by Army engineers. 2. The reservoir, which will hold a million ? acre-feet of water. 3. The power plant built by the Bureau of Reclamation. 4. The fence surround ing Folsom Prison in foreground. 5. Buildings of the prison farm. 6. One of the earth-fill wing dams. 7. The Mormon Island auxiliary dam. , . MONEY UPON THE WATERS Oshkosh, Wis. U.R) Max Fenzl lost his wallet and $61 when his boat tipped on Lake Winnebago. He got the wallet back with $61 in water-soaked bills inside. A fisherman who spotted it floating returned it intact. NOW THEY KNOW . Warren, Conn. vll.R) Litch fieTi county dairy farmers have a better idea of what happens from the time a cow is fed until it is milked. They held a meeting at which a movie was shown de picting the inner-workings of a cow's stomach. TIME ON HIS HANDS New Haven, Conn. (U.R) Po lice said a burglar will swap one kind of time for another if they catch up with him. The man with lots of time on his hands stole 731 wrist watches valued at $2,700 from a local clock com pany. ' March Building Total $219,793 in Medford A total of 73 building permits, valued at $219,793, was issued by the city of Medford during March, a report for the month revealed today. Leading the: number of permits were 21, val ued at $183,900, for new resi dences. The number of permits issued last month showed a sharp in crease from the previous month and from March, 1951, when 50 and 55 respectively were issued. Total value for March, 1951, however, was $234,560. Valua tion for February, 1952, was $216,757. Other permits issued last month included 24, valued at $18,470, for repairing and re modeling new residences; 8, val ued at $3,950, for private ga rages; 2, valued at $4,000, for new businesses; 9, valued at $8, 898, for remodeling and repair ing business buildings, and 2, valued at $575, fox minor buildings. Patient Objects Knoxille, Tenn. (U.R) It was only a temporary arrangement, but the patient let doctors and nurses at St. Mary s hospital know he didn't like being moved into the obstetrical unit. The man seemed more relaxed when, after only a few minutes in the exclusive maternity sec tion, he was moved to another floor. - "It was all brought about by crowded conditions," hospital of ficials reported. Officials Criticized For Prisoner Release Salem (U.R) Warden Virgil O'Malley Wednesday issued a criticism of officials at Oregon State prison for letting a convict go two hours earner than they should have. John H. Parker, 27, had served a two-year sentence and was re leased Monday two hours before Klamath county authorities ar rived to take him into custody as he stepped through the prison gates. . V Warden O'Malley said Park er's record clearly showed that Klamath county had a detainer on him and he said it was "just plain carelessness' that allowed Parker to be released before the Klamath officials arrived to take him into custody, r Vacuum Cleaners SERVICE & REPAIR ALL MAKES o Dust Bags, Filters etc. Phone 2-4998 MORE DAYS to invest your money and still earn dividends as off the first of April. CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE 3 Jackson County Federal SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION 126 EAST MAIN MEDFORD "Growing with Jackson County Since 1909" 1" ; . 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