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Committee Ponders
Cross-Examination
Of McGralh, Morris
Full Inside Story
Would Be Sought
Washington U.R) A House
Judiciary subcommittee was call
ed into special session Tuesday
to consider cross examining 3.
Howard McGrath and Newbold
Morris about their ouster from
the government.-
Chairman Frank L. Chelf, D.
Ky., promised an immediate vote
on the proposal of Rep. Kenneth
B. Keating, R.-N.Y., that the sub
committee go after the "full in
side story" of the Morris-Mc-
Grath feud over corruption in
the government.
Probe Under Way
The Chelf subcommittee is al
ready conducting an investiga
tion of McGrath's operation of
the Justice Department. Keating
said it is the "logical forum" to
hear both sides of the bitter
backstage controversy which re
sulted last week in McGrath fir
ing Morris as cleanup chief, and
President Truman firing Mc
Grath as attorney general.
Morris said meanwhile that he
planned to call at the White
House Tuesday to deliver a final
report to President Truman, out
lining recommendations for com
batting corruption in the govern
ment. Morris, who tried in vain
to talk to Mr. Truman after his
ouster Thursday, conceded that
he does not know whether the
President will pay any heed to
his report.
Mad Farewell Speech
McGrath formally departed
from the Cabinet late Monday
with a farewell speech to some
2,000 Justice Department em
ployees. He praised Mr. Truman
as a "great president" and said,
"I leave here with no animosity
in my heart toward any man."
Solicitor General Philip B.
Ferlman took over as acting at
torney-general, until the Senate
acts on Mr. Truman s nomination
of Federal Judge James P. Mc
Granery to succeed McGrath. '
Copco Authorized
To Revise Rates
For Industries
Salem U.R) State Public
Utilities Commissioner Charles
H. Heltzel granted the California-Oregon
Power Co. authority
Tuesday to clarify its electric
rates and bring charges for such
industrial business and sawmills
and lumber manufacturing up to
date.
The main change in the com
pany's tariff is the revision of
"Schedule Z" which the com
pany proposes to cancel and to
provide service under the gene
ral light and power schedule.
Will Mean Increases
Heltzel noted that some of the
customers under Schedule Z,
such as sawmills and lumber
manufacturing industries, would
receive increases up to nearly
100 per cent on their monthly
billings. The Schedule Z was
originally established in 1919 as
an off-peak rate to provide en
ergy at a special low rate per
kilowatt hour.
The schedule also provided
that in event of a shortage of
energy the customers served un
der the schedule could be dis
continued during the shortage.
Because of the growth in use
of electrical energy, Heltzel said,
'it has become necessary for the
company to build additional
power- plants "under present
high cost conditions and to ac
quire electrical energy for peak
ing purposes from outside
sources, and the rates in Sched
ule Z no longer cover the actual
cost of obtaining the energy
served thereunder."
It is estimated elimination of
Schedule Z will increase the
company's annual revenue by
$234,893.65 of the total adjust
ment of $289,463.82 requested by
the company and granted by the
public utilities commissioner.
Commie Negotiators Hint
Desire for Package Deal
Panmunjom, Korea (U.PJCom-
munist truce negotiators hinted
Tuesday they would like to
make a package deal on the dead
locked issues of Russia as a neu
tral inspector and the rebuild
ing of North Korean airfields.
New Formula Seen Ready
The hint came after United
Nations officers, in secret con
ference, were believed to have
completed a new formula to
solve the stalemate on prisoner
exchange. Staff officers, it was
understood, would put the for
mula in final shape before pre
senting it to the Communists.
Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang
said during a brief truce super
vision meeting by sub-delegates
that ."we suggested resumption
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Engineer Baldock
Reveals Planning
For Future Routes
4-Lane Route Plus
Later By-Pass Eyed
The State Highway Commis
sion plans to build both a four
lane highway between Medford
and Ashland and a larger, high
speed highway by-passing both
cities, it was revealed here to
day. .
' The by-pass route lies in the
future. But the reasons why both
are to be built, and why the
direct four-lane highway is to be
built immediately, were outlined
in a letter last week from R. H.
Baldock, state highway engineer.
Preliminary Work Started
The hiehwav commission has
previously made public its plans
ior me aireci lour-iane route s
construction, and nreliminarv
work is - already under way,
mostly on the section between
Medford and Phoenix.
The letter was addressed to
State Rep. Robert Root, Med
ford, in response to queries Root
naa maae 10 me mgnway depart
ment. Baldock said that traffic be
tween Medford nd Ashland has
increased to the point where the
cnnffMtinn makes it HAeiraHlo in
build a four-lane highway. "The
traffic at the mid-point is approxi
mately 6,650 vehiles per day,
while the traffic on the south
edge of Medford is 10,200 and on
the .north edffe of A.chlanri is
6,500 vehicles for an average 24
hour day. Some of this is
through traffic that does not de
sire to xtnn in either ritv nart
of it is intercity traffic and other
portions are purely local irom
the near rural area into the one
city or the other," Baldock's let
ter said.
He added:
Said 'Ideal Way'
"In cities the size of Medford
and Ashland, the ideal way is
to either widen the present city
streets or install one-way traf
fic streets to handle the traffic
that wants to go into the city and
to bv-nass the thrnuch traffir hv
a circumferentaial route around
tne city. ...
"The city of Salem is an ex
ample wherein a one-way street
system was put through the city
and a circumferential or by-pass
route is now being built around
the city. If and when the by-pass
route is put around Medford and
Ashland, the new route will, in
the main, serve the throncrh traf.
fice, whereas the present high
way win serve the local traffic.
There is too much local traffic
now for the two-lane road, and
it is necessary to widen it to a
four-lane road soon. Taking first
things first, it is more important
to serve the local traffic than
to serve the through traffic at
this time, inasmuch as the local
traffic represents about 70 per
cent of the total traffic.
By-Pass in Ten Years
"In consequence. Dlans wpi-p
made to widen the present road
Deiween Meaiord and Ashland
from two-lane to foni-.ian At
some later date, perhaps in
about 10 years, the much more
costly by-pass line will be sur
veyed and built, which facility
together with the four-lane road
serving tne local traffic, will
complete the modernization nf
U. S. 99 in the Medford-Ashland
area ..."
The highway commission has
not revealed the dates on which
it will call for bids on the first
section of the direct four-lane
Medford and Phoenix. But it has
indicated that bids will be called
soon, and . the original comple
tion date of this section was un
derstood to be in the fall of 1952.
Washington (U.PJ CoL
Emerson C. Itschner, who has
been 5th Army engineer at Chi
cago since last November, Tues
day, was named North Pacific
engineer at Portland, Ore.
of the sub-delegation meeting
to settle the question of airfield
reconstruction together with the
question of the nomination of
neural nations."
UN officers ignored the hint
Vice-Adm. C. Turner Joy, sen
ior UN delegate, returned to
Japan for a brief rest along with
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
the Allied spokesman. Rear Adm.
Ruthven E. Libby, chief negoti
ator on prisoner exchange, also
was reported on a short holiday.
There was strong speculation
that the Allies are revising pris
oner of war lists in a way that
may reconcile UN demands for
voluntary repatriation and Red
demands for forcible repatriation.'-
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MEDFORDes
Unite
47th Year 20 Pages
Early Illinois
Balloting Heavy,
Reports Indicate
Big Stevenson
Vote Expected
Chicago !U.R) Illinois voters
turned out in "heavy" numbers
in the nation's largest presiden
tial preference primary.
Balloting matched the on-the-ballot
candidacies of Sen. Robert
A. Taft, Harold E. Stassen and
Sen. Estes Kefauver against the
"write-in" possibilities of Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower and Gov.
Adlai ' Stevenson in respective
party contests. -
Warm Sun Shines
In most of the state, a warm
spring sun shone from a cloud'
less sky. Early morning balloting
ranged from "normally heavy'
in Chicago to "extra heavy" at
some points elsewhere in the
state, election officials reported.
It appeared that pre-primary
predictions of a near record 1,-
800,000 turnout might be borne
out. Polls opened at 6 a.m. and
remain open until 5 p.m.
Rockford and Moline, indus
trial cities in the northern part
of the state: Quincy. Springfield
Decatur, Marion, Murphysboro
and West Frankfort, Belleville
and East St. Louis reported good
turnouts.
Big Stevenson Vote Seen
In the Democratic primary,
Stevenson was expected to draw
a-heavy write-in vote against
Kefauver, whose name is the
only one printed on the Demo
cratic ballot, although the gover
nor has disclaimed any support
of a write-in movement.
Taft's backers, mindful of his
organizational backing in Illinois
and the turnouts which .he drew
on his campaign tours of the
state, predicted that he would
"sweep" the popularity contest
He is opposed formally by
only Harold E. Stassen and a mi
nor candidate, ex-wrestler Riley
Bender.
Vigorous Ike Campaign
But Eisenhower's backers, led
by Gov. John Lodge of Connec
ticut, have campaigned vigorous
ly for write-in support for the
general and their efforts were
expected to show results as they
have in other states.
Fifty delegates are to be elect
ed in a separate vote from the
presidsntial preference race,
They are not bound by the out
come of the popularity contest.
Ten other delegates will be chos
en later at state conventions.
Attempt To Settle
WU Strike Fails
New York (U.R) Attempts to
bring an early end to the six-day
old strike of 30,000 Western
Union telegraphers appeared
Tuesday to be headed for failure.
Federal Mediator J. R. Man
delbaum said he would report to
the Commercial Telegraphers
Union AFL that "the company
has not changed its position."
Mandelbaum met Monday
with John L. Wilcox, company
vice-president, and reported aft
er the meeting that "the picture
looks dark, indeed."
The Western Union employees
went on strike last Thursday for
a 16-cent hourly wage increase,
a 40-hour week and other bene
fits. The Medford office of the
Western Union Telegraph com
pany is one of two in Oregon
which is now open and accepting
telegraph business, it was report
ed today by the company. The
other office in Oregon which is
open for business is in Portland.
Lane County Jury
To Decide on Fate
Of Alleged Killer
Eugene (U.PJ Circuit Judge
George P. Skip worth called the
Lane county grand jury to meet
Tuesday to decide the fate of
Elmer Belcher, 15 -year -old
eighth grader charged with the
slaying of 18-year-old Mary El
len Campbell.
A district court Monday re
ferred young Belcher's case to
the juvenile court over which
Judge Skipworth presides.
Belcher remained in the coun
ty jail here after admitting to
state police that he fired his .22
calibre pistol at the girl, a near
deaf mute, last Friday because
of schoolmates' taunts about her
pregnancy.
MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8,
All-Time Records of Snow Water
Content Broken; Extremes Seen
Mountain snow cover this year
is breaking all-time records, and
will probably produce record
breaking jtreamflow throughout
the Rogue, Umpqua and Klam
ath basins, it was reported to
day. Extremes of high water can
be expected in many sections.
The report was made by W.T.
Frost, snow survey and water
forecast leader for the cooper
ative snow survey throughout
Oijegon. His forecast was made
following the 17th annual ses
sion of the southern Oregon
water forecast group, which met
yesterday in Grants Pass.
92 Over Average
Rogue river watershed snow
cover water content is 88 per
cent greater than last year and
92 per cent greater than ave
rage. Frost said. As an example
Frost cited the Annie Springs
snov course, where the watea.
content of the snow is now 77.3
inches, compared with 58.5
inches last year and a 19-year
average of 44.5 inches.
An all-time high streamflow
on the Rogue river above Pros
pect was forecast, with 445,000
acre feet of water being pre
dicted between April and Sep
tember. Last year the flow was
345,500 acre feet, and the 10
year average is 305,000. The pre
vious high was in 1933, when
the flow totaled 430,500.
Umpqua streamflow also will
break existing records by some
5,500 acre feet, the forecast pre
dicted. "Abundant" Water
Medford and Rogue River Irri
gation districts should have
abundant water, with inflow to
Fourmile lake set at 11,500 acre
feet, compared to 8,600 in 1950
and 8,100 as a 10-year average.
Discharge at Fish lake is also
expected to go some 5,000 feet
above average.
Talent Irrigation district,
which has sometimes been short
of irrigation water, should have
ample supplies. The forecast Is
9,000 acre feet into Hyatt reser
voir. Ten-year average is 5,800
and last year's inflow was 3,800.
Flow of the Applegate river
near Ruch was forecast at 300,
000 acre feet, compared to a pre
vious record flow of 274,500 set
in 1938. The predicted flow is
nearly three times the 10-yeaf
average of 114,900.
The Illinois river will also
have a "very high" flow, the re
port predicted, probably exceed
ing the 1937 record flow of
367,500 acre feet.
"Astounding Amounts"
Snow cover on Klamath Lake
basin watersheds is the heaviest
measured since snow survey rec
ords began, the report revealed.
It said:
"Astounding amounts of water
have been measured in the snow
this year and an excellent ex
ample is Park Headquarters at
Crater lake, where the rangers
Hall Asked for Draft
Exemption of Fathers
New York !U.PJ The Na
tional Manpower Council, a pri
vate organization created by
Gen. Dwight D. . Eisenhower
when he was president of Colum
bia University, has urged Presi
dent Truman to halt automatic
exemptions for draft-age fathers.
The council, which recently
completed a study of critical U.S.
manpower problems during the
present emergency, branded the
present practice "unfair" in its
report to the President.
It complained that men now
deferred as students can get out
of military service if they marry
and become fathers before gradu
ating.
The council raid this was un
fair to young men who are un
able to go to college and who are
called into serv ice upon reaching
draft age.
Medford-Area Service
Men Arrive in States
Two Medford-area men were
among 28 Oregon servicemen
who landed from Korea Monday
at the Oakland Naval Supply
center.
They are Sgt Glenn R. Rock.
who friends said is the son of
George Rock. 406 South River
side avenue, and Cpl. Joseph H.
Santos, ton of M. SUntos, 737
Jo-Jack road, and brother of
Fred Santos, of the same ad
dress. Corporal Santos was re
ported to have arrived home this
morning.
found 90.5 inches, compared
with 72.5 inches last year and an
eight-year average of 6 1.5 inches.
Low elevations, too, have a
heavy snow cover."
The mpptinff urat th last nf a
series of eight local forecast ses- j
sions, sponsored as a joint
project of the Soil Conservation
service and the Oregon Agricul
tural Experiment station. Repre -
sentatives of a number of par
ticipating agencies and com
panies attended the meeting,
each giving his own estimate of
the situation based on years o
experience and on snow meas
urements. At the same time, Robert
SHE WANTED A SISTER Mr. and Mrs. James Clark (left)
breath a sigh of relief as they embrace their 3V&-months-old
daughter, Mary Cathryn, after she was returned to them. The
infant was kidnapped from her carriage by 9-year-old Mary Lou
Wagner (right) who said she had "always wanted a baby sister."
Worst Missouri Flood
In 70 Years Forecast
Pierre, S. D. (U.R) The worst
Missouri valley flood in 70 years
was predicted Tuesday as the
Big Muddy, fed by the runoff of
melting highland snows, churn
ed south into South Dakota and
Iowa.
The river stood more than 21
Telephone Workers
Continue on Strike
New York (U.R) The -nationwide
strike of nearly 68,000 tele
phone workers went into its sec
ond day Tuesday with little pros
pect of an early settlement.
Striking members of the Com
munications Workers of Ameri
ca CIO threatened large scale
picketing Wednesday in an at
tempt to keep all 300,000 union
members employed by the Bell
System away from work.
The strike began Monday
morning with the walkout of 15,
000 installers and salesmen of the
Western Electric company in 43
states and the District of Colum
bia. They were joined by 52.000
operators, clerks and repairmen
who went on strike against Bell
system companies in Michigan,
Ohio. New Jersey and northern
California.
UN Fighter-Bombers
Blast Red Soldiers
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Allied
fighter -bombers swept low over
the Korean battlefronts Tuesday
to kill 130 Communist soldiers
near their bunkers with bombs
and napalm.
Marine Corsairs destroyed six
bunkers and took the lives of 75
Red infantrymen. Fighter-bombers
of the 18th wing took credit
for the ether casualties.
Foul weather grounded all 5th
Air Force missions before noon.
When the skies partially cleared,
American Sabrejets took off for
MIG Alley but found only six
Red fighters. There was no en
gagement. I
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1952
No. 15
Church, meteorologist in charge
of the Medford weather bureau,
gave the bureau's streamflow
forecast, which corroborated the
snow survey prediction, through
made through different methods.
The above-average precipita
tion trend continued through the
winter, it said, and in March
was generally 150 per cent of
; normal in this area except in the
eastern portion of the Klamath
drainage,
Water runoff in the Rogue,
Umpqua and Klamath basins
will be well above normal in all
cases, it said with discharge from
the middle fork of the Rogue
121 per cent of normal.
( inches above flood stage at Pi-
erre. ine weather bureau pre
dicted that by next Tuesday it
would rise 4 or 5 feet above the
levels which brought the disas
trous floods of 1943.
River Recedes Slowly
But the river receded slowly
at Bismarck where 2,000 persons
were driven from their homes.
Its tributaries also were on
the rampage.
To the east, the Red River of
the North rose almost 2 feet
Monday at Fargo, N. D. Weather
Observer R. S. Schultz warned
that the worst flood since 1943
would strike Fargo Tuesday.
All along the Missouri, the!
level rose dangerously. -Warning
Issued
The National Red Cross issued
a sobering warning of potential
floods brewing in Central Cali
fornia, New England, Utah and
the Rio Grande region in addi
tion to the Missouri valley.
The relief agency said that
continued warm weather and
any prolonged rainy periods
would bring serious flood threats
also to the Lake Erie and Hu
ron regions.
But for the moment, the great
est danger lay along the Missou
ri between Bismarck and Mo
bridge, S. D.
All residents were warned to
be ready to flee and river towns
were at work sandbagging
against the rising waters of the
river.
Experiments Recreating Rare Prehistoric
Trees Reaching Successful Climax in City
An experiment in recreating
a rare race of trees, common in
Oregon in prehistoric times but
since almost extinct, is reaching
a successful climax here, it was
reported today.
The trees have .been called
"Dawn Redwoods," and geolo
gists say that thousands of years
ago they grew in Oregon, but
since have died out. The only
place in the world where they
are now growing naturally is in
a remote Chinese valley.
John E. Cribble, 139 Kenwood
avenue, a former forest super
visor whose hobby is collecting
and raising rare trees, has suc
cessfully rown eight of them
from seed brought to this coun
try in January 1948, by Dr. E.
D. .Merrill, of Harvard univer
sity, who has distributed seeds
Midnight Walkout
Might Be Averted
New York -(UP) Wage Stabilization Chief
Nathan P. Feinsinger emerged from a session with
steel union leaders Tuesday and said, "if I were a
gambling man, I would not bet against a settlement"
New York (U.PJ Government Wage Chief Nathan P. Fein
singer said Tuesday he had "some confidence" that union and
industry representatives may be receptive to suggestions he is mak
ing in a last-minute attempt to avert a nationwide steel strike at
midnight.
Feinsinger's announcement came as President Truman sum
moned Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer back to Washing
ton from a nationwide tour, apparently to prepare for government
seizure of the industry.
Already thousands of workers were jumping the midnight
strike deadline, and 100,000 other steelworkers were idled by the
companies as they closed down steelmaking facilities in anticipa
tion of the strike.
Feinsinger reported his "confidence" after meeting for an hour
end a half with representatives of the six major steel companies.
Truck Driver Dies
When Vehicle Goes
Over Embankment
Melvin Eugene Thompson, 25,
route 2, box 82, Central Point,
was killed instantly at about 3:15
p. m. yesterday when the lum
ber truck he was driving left
Highway 227 at Deadhorse can
yon, about seven miles north of
Trail.
State police and County Cor
oner Carlos Morris, said the 1950
Ford truck he was driving appar
ently went out of control when
it hit a shoulder, possibly when
he tried to avoid road equipment
which was at work there.
The truck hit the inside bank,
crossed the highway, and went
over the outside bank. Thomp
son jumped or was thrown from
the cab, and the load of lumber,
which shifted off the truck, fell
on him, killing him instantly, the
reports said.
Was on Second Trip
The driver was employed by
his father-in-law, John Paudois,
Central Point, and" was hauling
lumber from the Southern Ore
gon Sugar Pine mill at Tiller to
the White City lumber company.
The fatal accident occurred on
his second trip of the day.
Thompson was a Navy veteran'
of World War II, and formerly
was employed by the Elk Lum
ber company. Survivors include
his wife, Lola, two children,
Daniel LeRoy, 5, and Shawna
Louise, 10 months; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Thomp
son, Central Point; two brothers,
Francis, Medford, and Wayne,
Gold Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Jane
Guss and Betty Thompson, both
Central Point, and grandfather,
Fred Triebel, in Kansas.
Funeral services are pending,
with Conger-Morris funeral
home in charge of arrangements.
DST Decision To
Be Made Next Week
Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas
McKay said Tuesday he ( would
make his decision next week on
whether to declare daylight sav
ing time in Oregon.
If Oregon does go on fast time,
it will be April 27.
Under Oregon law the gover
nor is diredted to declare day
light saving time in Oregon if
adjoining states also have the
fast time. Indications are that
this will be done again this year.
lovett Refuses Comment
On Letter From Gen. Ike
Washington !U.R) Defense
Secretary Robert A. Lovett re
fused after a White House con
ference Tuesday to say whether
he has received a letter from
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ask
ing to be relieved fram his
European command.
Lovett conferred for 15 min
utes with President Truman. It
was their usual Tuesday meeting.
.to silviculturalists in various
climates the world over. A num
ber of trees are grown by Dr.
Merrill at the Arnold Arboretum,
at Jamaica Plains, Mass.
Gribble planted the 10 or 12
seeds he raised in a special con
tainer, and eight of them sur
vived. He transplanted them to
the ground in his yard last year,
and they have since grown to
heights ranging up to 41 inches.
He said they have required no
special care, and while they are
thought to suffer from frosts, his
have survived winters here well.
They are now being grown on
this continent from Alaska - to
Honduras, he said.
Gribble has presented three of
the trees to southern Oregon
Garden clubs. The Ashland Gar
den club has bad its tree planted
Possible Settlement
Suggestions Made
"I am making certain sugges
tions to the parties as a basis for
possible settlement," he said. "I
wouldn't have embarked on that
course had I not felt some con
fidence that the parties would be
receptive."
Feinsinger said he planned
next to confer with Philip Mur
ray, president of the United
Steelworkers of America CIO,
and other union representatives.
Feinsinger, who flew here Fri
day after joint negotiations had
collapsed, said he was making
the suggestions to both sjdes. He
said Tuesday was the first time
he had begun making sugges
tions. He was smiling when he
met reporters after the talk with
industry leaders.
Won't Commit Self
However, he would not say
whether he felt a strike could
be averted.
He declined specifically to
comment on a report that he had
proposed to industry leaders a
contract longer than the 18
month agreement which the
board had suggested.
The Steelworkers union has
demanded acceptance of the
board's recommendations. These
include a "package" settlement
which- would give steel workers
an average of cents more
per hour by next January 1. The
industry countered with an offer
which it said amounted to 16
cents an hour and which the
union said amounted to 14.4
cents.
Steel workers now make an
average wage of $1.88 an hour.
Fire Hoafinn DnnP
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In Orchards Today
First orchard heating of 1952
was reported early today in the
Table Rock area, according to
C. B.- Cordy, county agent for
horticulture. Smudge pots were
lighted at about 4:30 a.m. when
temperatures dropped to a mini
mum of about 26 degrees, the
county agent said.
Orchards, which last week
were reported to be about 10
days behind normal develop
ment, have started "to catch up"
during the recent warm weath
er, Cordy states. Pears, under
present weather conditions, will
probably be in full bloom some
time before April 15, he says. In
a normal year, pears would now
be in full bloom.
Apricots, mostly centered in
the Coker Butte, Fern Valley and
Ashland areas, are just past full
bloom at the present time, Cordy
says. Peaches, in the area west
of Medford and Phoenix,
now in full bloom. ;
are
DRIVE OVER HALF-WAY
The 1952 Red Cross fund drive
passed the half-way mark today,
as campaign leaders reported
that 53.5 per cent of the $27,500
goal has been collected, a total
of $14,726.68. Some of the total
is accounted for by the first re
turns coming in from Ashland.
in Lithia park; the Medford club
has placed its in Hawthorne
park, and the Grants Pass club
is planting its in the park in that
city. Ceremonies of presentation
will be held later this spring.
A story in this morning's Ore
gonian also described other ex
periments in this area in grow
ing the trees. Gribble reported
that the tree, the scientific name
of which is metasequoia, is the
only sequoia-type tree which is
deciduous, and which loses its
needles in the fall His trees are
just now beginning to leaf out,
he said. Gribble speculates that
it might be distantly related to
the Larch. Other scientists be
lieve it may also be related to
the swamp cypress.
Growth experiments have re
vealed that it grows faster than
Douglas fir.