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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Frida?. July 18. 1952 Truckers Open Public Relations Campaign At Meeting Held Here What is intended to be a con tinuing campaign of public rela tions and public information about the trucking industry was opened here last night, at a meeting held under the sponsor ship of the recently-formed Ore gon Highway council. As explained at the meeting, the council's objectives are threefold: 1. Safety on the high way; 2. Obtaining facts and fig ures on costs and equitable taxes, and 3. Telling the truck ers' story to the people. Bert Trask, assistant manager of the council, said the industry "is in trouble, and we admit it." He was referring to popular dis like of big trucks, and said, that the industry "interferes with people's pleasures." However, he stated, the industry has con tributed greatly to benefits of (SillersPaihts) i . FROM YOUR WJJ) 1 Siusns paint deauitj ry 100 PURR PREPARED , EXTERIOR PAINT Goes farther lasts longer. 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Each of the industry's 12 divi sions will be represented on the board of directors, he said. Trask emphasized the import ance of the trucking industry to Oregon, and pointed out that there are 82,000 persons direct ly employed in trucking, not counting those who are indirect ly supported by the industry. He added that estimates place truckers' tax total in recent years at some $18,000,000, or ab'out 39.5 per cent of highway tax revenues. Trask touched only briefly on the matter of truck taxation, which will be fought out before the general election this fall. The council is supporting a con stitutional amendment which will be fought out before the general election this fall. The council is supporting a constitu tional amendment which will ban weight-mile taxes now charged trucks, and has pro posed a combination registration fee and gas tax system. Both measures will be on the ballot this fall, one an initiated consti tutional amendment; the other a referral of a legislative act. Proposal Attacked Trask said the registration fee and gas tax system is used by many states. The proposal has been attacked from other sources as discriminating in favor of big, interstate truckers. Trask admitted that there is dis agreement even within the in dustry as to the most equitable formula. Ellery Sills, Portland, presi dent of the council, also spoke briefly, saying that the council will not sanction shifting the tax burden from one segment of the industry to another, and that the council is non-political except "when the truck industry is threatened with political ac tion." With the results of a research program now under way, and a unification of the industry, Sills said truckers will be in a posi tion to tell the true story of trucking to the people and the legislature. "We'll fight against paying more than our fair share of taxes," he concluded, "but do not ask to pay a penny less than our share." Jacksonville Sets Gold Rush Queen's Banquet July 31st Jacksonville The annual ban quet for the queen of the Gold Rush Jubilee and her court will be held Thursday, July 31, ac cording to Dr. Al Griffin, queen contest chairman. The queen, who will be chosen the day before, will reign over the banquet. Dignitaries from all over the Rogue River valley and other parts of the state will attend. The Jacksonville Lions club is sponsoring the dinner, which will be prepared by the Jackson ville chapter of the Royal Neigh bors of America. Two More Contestants Two more queen contestants have joined the contest, making a total of five. They are Miss Kay Marie Fisher, 14, of 308 Second street, Phoenix, and Miss Margie Strader, 15, Talent. The latter is a sophomore at .Talent high school, is 5 feet lV inches tall, weighs 98 pounds, has dark brown hair, green eyes, and is sponsored by the Talent Lions club and Lady Lions. Miss Fisher is sponsored by the Phoenix Lions club and has red hair, brown eyes, is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, is a sophomore at Phoenix high school, and enjoys singing, play ing the piano and swimming. Other contestants include Miss Kay Carrara, Miss Anne Weaver and Miss Donna Schrader, all of Medford. Weekly Prizes A weekly contest with prizes for the top three candidates is held. Voting is through the pur chase of Jubilee, tickets which each count for 100 votes. Miss Carrara won the first weekly con test ending July 11 with 27,500 votes. Weekly prizes include such items as a table lamp, bath soap set, camera set-and electric heat er, while the final prizes will be wardrobes from Mann's de partment store totalling $300, and $200 and $100 for the first three places. Contest blanks can be obtained by writing or calling Jubilee headquarters at Jacksonville. Valley Residents lee Large Meteor A number of residents of southern Oregon and northern California have reported seeing a large meteor over this 'area Wednesday evening. Reports in dicated it was seen from as far south as Red Bluff to as far north at Eagle Point. Guests attending an outdoor party in Jacksonville saw it, and reported it as a "flying saucer," but an airline pilot flying over Red Bluff reported it to the Civil Aeronautics administra- Polio Epidemic Reported in Local Areas of 9 States New York-U.R Polio cases in epidemic proportions were re ported Friday in local areas of Iowa, New Jersey, Illinois, Min nesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, West Virginia, Ohio and Florida by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Epidemic proportions means 20 or more cases per 100,000 population. Indications were that 1952 will be the heaviest polio year on record, exceeding even that of 1949, the record year. 5,352 Cases At the end of this year's 28th week. July 12, there were 5,352 cases. The figure for the same period last year was 3,856 and for 1949 it was 4,878. The total cases for 1949 was 42,366 and the total so far this year is 28,- 668. For the week ended July 12 L047 new cases were reported. For the comparable week of 1949 new cases totaled 1,014 and in 1951 it was 615. The peak of the "polio year' is reached in the last week of August or the first week of Sep tember. The foundation said it will not be possible to estimate the proportion of this year's epi demic until the peak is reached. The foundation was receiving and meeting requests from , va rious areas. It flew five res pirators from Boston to Omaha where 35 new cases were hos pitalized. Oregon's Bartlett Pear Crop Said Up The Oregon Bartlett pear crop is expected by the Department of Agriculture's bureau of agri cultural economics to be 10 per cent above average, it was an nounced today. The pear crop prospects in the Rogue. valley are not as bright, however. The bureau indicated an esti mated Bartlett crop of ,54,200 tons in the state. This estimate is about the same as last year's The 1952 output in the Hood river valley is expected to be better than last year, but the bureau expects a poorer Rogue valley crop to offset this. Low temperatures, it was said, re sulted in moderate damage- to the pears in the Rogue valley. Frost hurt the peach prospects in Oregon too, so an average crop is anticipated. It will, how ever, be largef than last year's skimpy peach crop, the bureau forecast. tion as .a meteor, which he watched for some 20 seconds. It was also reported from Tal ent, by H. V. Munson of Eagle Point, and by other residents of Medford and the valley. Dead line Sunday Classifieds ts at 5:30 p.m. for following day: 10 am Monday for Monday; noon Saturday tor Sunday a.m. Willi IM car exres... 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(Continuation of standard equipment mad trim thufrered it dependwt en rnnihbilHr ml malwioU 7 i?t i2&r PRICED SO WW! CLOSET YIELDS TREASURE John Sobieski (left) and Stanley ' Budnich of tayne County treas ury office at Detroit go over pile of papers and boxes that yielded more than $300,000 in cash and securities. The treasure was found in bedroom closet of 76-year-old . spinster, Miss Emma Schuknecht, ' who died July 8. Ike Leaves Spotlight To Democrat Conclave Denver, Colo. U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower left the political spotlight to the Democrats Fri day and went into a week of se clusion at a mountain retreat. The Republican presidential candidate seemed to have but one objective in mind at the mo ment to catch some trout. If he had any interest at all in what was going on in Chicago where the Democrats are gathering for their national .convention, he didn't show it. He left here Thursday with plans to spend a week fishing in the cold, swift waters of St. Louis creek. The mountain stream cuts through the 1,900 acre cattle ranch owned by Ak sel Nielsen; an old friend of Eisenhower's, near the village of Fraser, Colo. Active Club Continues Scrap Iron Drive The Medford Active club will continue a scrap iron drive it started three weeks ago, with a second day of activity slated for Sunday, July 20, President Ray Husorr stated today. The club is using the money derived from the drive for its child welfare projects. Anyone having any scrap iron they will donate to the drive may tele phone 2-4585 or 2-7141 and it will be picked up. 90 and 9 Cafe and Tavern OPENS SATURDAY In New Quarters Same Location You'll Like Our New Set-up-Come On Out And Take a Look! Jack-Don-Anne Clarence And Mildred YOU CAN'T BEAT THE HEAT BY BEING GRIM ABOUT IT . . . BUT YOU CAN Keep Your Home Cool this Summer Regardless of the Temperature INSULATE CALL TODAY EKERSON'S 38 South Bartlett Phone 3-3631 ip LIP W AWT 1 (Help wanted . . . Needed: One "Inefficiency" Expert.) 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