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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1952)
FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. July 2, 1 952 Keeping Valley's Economy One -Jump Ahead of Population Seen Major Problem by C-C Speaker Keeping our economy at least one jump ahead of our rapidly increasing population that's the major problem in Jackson and Josephine countiei accord ing to Glenn Jackson, vice-pres ident of California-Oregon Pow er company. Jackson was speaking last night to some 90 members and guests of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at a din ner meeting at the Medford ho tel. The guests included 28 col lege and high school instructors and college students who were here studying the area's natural resources. A statistical account of the re sources and economic advance ment of southwest Oregon Jackson and Josephine coun ties was presented by Jackson, Absorbs Growth "It is amazing," he said, "how the area has managed to absorb its yearly population increase of 3,600 without harming the econ omy. We aren't interested in at tracting - people to the area. Rather we must work to buid up the Industry to keep our pop ulation at a high living stand ard." Jackson described progress and the need for additional progress in the lumbering, ag riculture, mining and tourist in dustries. In each case he held out hope for a considerable ex pansion of income to the Jack son-Josephine area. Timber here is being cut at a rate double the government's an nounced allowable sustained yield cut, according to Jackson. Thus the time will soon come when substantially fewer lum bermen and fewer sawmills will be able to be used. Soon the area's private timberlands will be exhausted and only government-owned forests will remain, Then the government's sustain ed yield allowances will be en forced, he added. Two Solutions In preparation for this, Jack son advocated two solutions: Greater utilization- of timber- lands and more extensive utili zation of the logs themselves. For better use of the lands, he said, 800 miles of additional roads are necessary. "We must make the lands more accessable. This probably would result in the government's sustained yield figure being increased nearer to what we are now cutting. "Economy," Jackson added, "is forcing a greater number of man hours per thousand feet of timber produced. Much greater use is being made of the logs being brought out." Except for livestock, there have not been huge Increases in the value of agriculture here, Jackson contended, because about the same amount of land is available for agriculture as was available years before. He said the place of agriculture can not be greatly' expanded until such projects as the proposed Bear creek and Illinois valley reservoirs are accepted. (Pro posed development of these res ervoirs is now before the secre tary of the interior.) Must Develop Housing Speaking of the area's $12 million tourist income, Jackson said there are "certain notable drawing cards, but we must de velop the housing facilities to stop the tourists long enough to give the local people a chance to extract their dollars. Because of a lack of facilities we must turn down many tourist trade possibilities. Jackson told of the area's min ing possibilities in chrome, cop per, nickel, manganese and clay "In the Rogue valley, as in all Oregon," Jackson said in con clusion, there are people com ing in and those people will build industry.' But he cited the difficulties in encouraging Eastern investment in this "pioneer area." There is no long-term paying record of investment here, so investors must be found who are willing to gamble, according to Jack son. Harbor Seen Detriment "An ocean harbor would be a detriment rather than an as set to our area," Jackson said in answer to a question about a direct highway route to an ocean port. "We don't want to send out raw materials. We must de velop them ourselves. The value of a deep-water port is very def initely questionable The issue of dams on the Rogue river and their effect on salmon Guard Rail Smashed By 'Drunken' Officer Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) A dis trict court jury took six hours to reach a decision on whether Kathleen Geier was guilty of drunken driving twice the time required by laywer to pre sent the case. The jury returned a guilty ver dict. One of the trial's highlights was a demonstration of various degrees of intoxication sway ing, wobbling and staggering The demonstrations were given by Patrolman James Kontos. While demonstrating the "stag ger" Kontos fell against a mov able guard rail, knocking it into the laps of jury members. Court Records POLICE COURT Pearl Victoria Humphrey, failure to stop. $5 ball. Earl Brown, operating without license. S5. Mack Napier. Glendale, Ore., reck less driving. S23. Clynton George . Criman. violation of basic rule, $10. William Harold Ruckford, violation of basic rule, S10. DISTRICT COURT Dempsey William Smith, no opera tor's license. $10. Charles Lee Cottrell. overwidth. 55. Ed Lenderman, cruelty to animals, $15. Jerry Robert Neil, no operator's license. $7.50. Jeff Davis, no motor vehicle li cense. $5. Kay Eldon Upchurch, no motor vehicle license, $6. Stanley Edward Mayfield, violation of Dasic rule. sia. Arthur Edward Besaw, overload $22. CIRCUIT COURT Earl L. Stephenson vs. Dorothv Stephenson, divorce decree. Maxine Hanscom vs. Lloyd Elton nanscom, divorce decree. Donald R. Crouch vs. Geraldlne P Crouch, divorce decree. Rose Lee Evans vs. Mervvn L. Evans, divorce decree. Shirley Rae Cates vs. John Henry cates, divorce decree. Lawrence Leonard Graber vs. Ar- leta Graber, divorce decree. Laura L. Haskins vs. Lee Haskins, divorce complaint. Kate I. Maxwell vs. Ray Lewis Max well, divorce decree. Glenn J. Roselle vs. Anna Mae Roselle, divorce complaint. 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