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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1953)
SXXTEOf MZDFOBD (OHEGOH) MAIL TMBUWE today. Anontt II. 1US Adequate Labor Supply 'Problem During Valley Pear Harvesting enough manpower ford area is concern ea, were u the Rogue valley a no surplus of pear picxera in sight. Tne local preierence ap- Dears to be for packing house jobs. These places are filled by the largest segment of tne Securing in harvest 1953 pear crop may prove ami- cult. . I That report hai come out of a preliminary survey of the labor supply made by the State Em ployment service and the Jack ton County Fruit Growers league. The big 1953 crop, which i expected to be of "excellent" quality because of favorable growing conditions has been estimated at more than 5,000, 000 lug or "orchard" boxes. Situation Difficult The labor situation has been made difficult this year by the fact that pear picking will be about two weeks later than usual in starting this fall. This means that many college and high school boys will be unable ta loin the ranks of the pear nickers before resuming their classes. Also, many migrant workers coming into the valley at this time of year may be reluctant to wait for the season to open. Plana are being made to start fruit picking around August 20 to 24. The pear industry in this area employs about 2,000 sea sonal workers. Most of this number are engaged in the pick ins: operation. The season lasts about six weeks and starts with the ripening of Bartlett pears. Fruit pickers receive good wages. The experts earn from $15 to $20 a day. The average pick per man is about 85 boxes. Local People Needed The real job' is to find enough local people to do this work. Picking pears is not an easy task, and there are some 10,000 acres of pears, plus another 1,000 acres of peaches in the valley to be picked. In recent years, local resi dents have formed "pear picking squads" to help harvest the crop on their days off, usual ly Saturday and Sunday. As in the past, the State Em ployment service will maintain an office provided by the fruit industry and staffed by the service to recruit the army of pear pickers as they are needed. The office 'also is available to other agriculture employers and employees. Among the facilities provid ed for the pickers are marked maps which are prepared if the location might otherwise be dif ficult to find. Pear picking, in general, is not suitable for women and children, although they may play an important part in other phases of the industry. How ever, there are, some husband and wife teams who do well in the orchards, and husky boys over 16 years of age can do the work. Crops Perishable Officials of the State Em ployment service have a real problem each year finding suf ficent agricultural workers to meet the seasonal demands. As one official pointed out, the crops have to be handled when they are ready since the product harvested is perishable. The local employment office reports that, so far as the Med- available supply of fruit hand lers. , . . - However, they added that more than two-thirds of the or chard workers at this time are local people. - -' rated WORLD'S FASTEST photo reconnaissance plane, this new Boeing RB-47E Is capable of speeds exceeding 600 mph, has service ceiling of more than 40,000 feet (International) ' " TEXTURED FENCE DESIGN Handsome basket weave fence design is achieved with wide strips of exterior fir plywood al ternating on both sides of posts. Plans 25 cents from Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wash. Plywood Fence Has Baskehveave Look Nothing can spoil the relaxed enjoyment of outdoor living and dining faster than too many "next door" spectators. One of the simplest answers is a windowscreen and fence around the patio or terrace in the back yard. Here is an inter esting design with which you can weave a little privacy around you and your family. It consists of wide horizontal panels of exterior plywood laced through supporting posts in a handsome basket weave effect. The panels are secured to alter nating sides of posts with a float ing spreader in between to give the fence its unusual appear ance. This is just one of six plans for plywood screens and fences IT'S TIME TO FOR FALL! with a Jackson County Federal Home Improvement Loan on IF TERMS (SSSVESSBsSSSSaBJiiiaVBSsSlsESS Jackson County Federal SAVINGS and LOAN ASSOCIATION 126 EAST MAIN MEDFORD, ORE. "Where You Are Paid To Save" Footlighters Slate Tryouts for Play Tryouts for "The Curious Sav age," Footlighters civic theater group's next production, will be Monday and Tuesday, August 17 and 18, at 8 p.m. in the little theater at the fairgrounds, ac cording to Miss Charlene Pike, president. The play, a comedy in three acts by John Patrick, author of "The Hasty Heart," is said to be different from anything yet at tempted by the group. The cast calls for six women and five men and offers some unusual op portunities to those interested in. acting, according to the presi dent. Every role is described as outstanding with a particular ap peal of its own. The tryouts are open to the public and anyone interested in and phase of theater work is asked to attend. Miss Pike an nounced that the production will be given in late September. with which you can dress up your outdoors. All are designed for building with exterior ply wood with waterproof glue. Write Douglas Fir Plywood As sociation, Tacoma,- Wash., for the descriptive folder outlining what is available. SENATOR ROBERT HOLMES Speaks at Demo Picnic Democratic Picnic Begins at lioon .The. annual Jackson County Democratic picnic begins at noon today at TouVelle state park. Sneaker will be state sen. Robert D. Holmes, Gear hart, recently named Oregon education's "Citizen of the Year.' His topic will be "The Way to Win" in 1954.- Senator Holmes was the first Democrat elected to the state senate from Clatsop county in the past half century, arid has been mentioned as a DOSSible Democratic candidate for gover nor. , . . Police Called To Quell Disturbance in Tavern Medford police were called to quiet a disturbance in a Front st. bar at 12:10 a.m. yesterday. On' arrival officers reported they found a man lying on the floor of the bar with another man standing over him. The man on the floor had evidently been "quieted" with a night stick, police said. Witnesses said he had been throwing bottles and glasses about the building. The man was taken to Community hospital for treatment of facial cuts and bruises and a police car then took him home. No com plaint was signed. New Hampshire's Mount Washington is the highest peak east of the Rockies and north of the Mason-Dixon line. 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