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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday,' January 18. 1953 v- Local Uranium Rush Forecast if Metal Discovered in Area By RUSSELL MITCHELL ' "Recently Max Shafer, geolo gist for the state department of geology and mineral industries, spoke to a group of mining people here on the possibility of finding uranium in Oregon. Mr. Shafer was for a while employed by the Atomic Energy commission. His opinions on the matter can be taken seriously. No uranium has as yet been found in southern Oregon, but Mr. Shafer says the older geolog ic formations of this area . are favorable for the fabulous metal. This is not to say that it will be found here, only that it well might be. If even a small deposit is discovered. I believe the uran ium rush will then be on. Should Get Ready . What should we do about it? ' Get ready. This means that peo ple holding claims of any kind must see that lines are secured, Mouf Hnfrlnnr finlrla iigti uuiuuui vuiut; Issued by State Highway Division Salem .Oregon's newly re vised Outdoor Guide is off Ihe presses, with a number of new park facilities listed for the coming season. The popular folder, published by the travel- information divi sion, Oregon State Highway De partment, contains a map and facility list showing locations of principal state, parks, state road side rest areas and U.S. Forest camps which are located on major state highways. Historic Markers " The folder also lists historic markers erected by the highway department in cooperation with the Oregon State Historical so ciety. The main picture page of the folder contains state parks regulations, informa t i o n on overnight camping, caretakers, "rest areas and national park areas in Oregon. - Major changes in facilities shown in the park listing show ed that camping areas will in crease from 47 to 84 at Wallowa Lake State park; ten camping areas at newly .developed i Ochoco Lake State park; 18 a. m a camping areas at lumaio oiaie park; change of Lakeshore For est camp to Detroit Lake State park, with 35 camping areas; in- ' r X Cove Palisades State park; in crease to 22 camping areas at Big Creek park on the coast south of Waldport, and increase to 51 camping spots at Cape Lookout State park southwest of Tillamook. Other Changes , - Other major changes show in creased camping areas to be available at Honeyman State paxk near Florence, from 29 to 57 at Humbug Mountain, south of Port Orford, increased camp ing areas from 18 to 48 and Siort. Sands Beach, 'south of Cannon Beach from 8 to 18 camping areas. Newly listed parks are Ban don Wayside and Fort Stevens near Astoria. ; The .folder is designed to be used as reference for motorists driving Oregon highways, seek ing recreation in parks and fo Sssts park areas are listed nu merically on the folder's map and alphabetically by highways in the list of facilities corres ponding to the map. The list in dicates such facilities as water supply, comfort stations, stoves, fireplaces, fishing, unusual for est or trees, geologic interest, historic interest, boat landings and trails. The new Outdoor Guide may be obtained by writing Travel Information Division, Oregon State Highway Department, Salem, Oregon. CO ' New Members Join Trailer Association Twenty-eight new members joined the Association of Trail er Owners of Jackson County at a recent meeting, it was report ed last week. Also, some 35 bus iness houses in Medford and vi cinity have joined the organiz ation as associate members. . . Next meeting of the group will be on Jan. 23, when plans will be made for presentation of mat ters before the legislature. The association has retained an at torney to advise it on various sociation's contention that assess ment and taxation laws affect subjects, particularly on the as ing trailers are inequitable. . that their claims are so definite that no dispute can arise. Corner posts should be clearly marked and claim locations witnessed. Don't try to laugh it off, folks, one little find this spring would touch off a rush such as is now going on in Utah, Nevada and Colorado. Uranium, although rare, is widely distributed in nature. It is found in volcanic, metamor phic and sedimentary rocks. It is also found in mineral veins, even in coal beds. The rocks of southern Oregon contain all of the metals and non metals us ually associated with uranium with one exception. That is van adium. Quite, likely proper test ing would also reveal vanadium, at least in traces. Found Here Non-metals associated with ur anium are calcium, sulphur, ars enic, phosphorous and potas sium. All of these are found here in Southern Oregon. t There are at least several doz en radioactive ores, but only a few are Economically important. The most important, include car notite, principal ore of uranium found in the United States. It is usually found in sandstone. It is always found in connection with vanadium. Autunite, a secondary mineral, is found in the weather ed zones of ore deposits and in pegmatites. Autunite is fluores cent in the weathered zones of ore deposits. It is a phosphate bearing calcium containing cop per. The geiger counter and the scintillometer are the most dra matic tools for prospecting ur anium. Since they are highly scientific instruments they will often be misused or misinterpret ed. Chemical tests are reliable though slow and costly. Will Fluoresce One interesting test for those who have black lights is to drop nitric acid on the ore and let it dry. If uranium is present the spot will fluoresce under the black light. Torbernite is an exception. Uranium may prove to be like copper, tungsten and rnef cury. These minerals are all found in rocks in Oregon where normally they would not be found. Don't overlook anything. Uranium may be found where least expected! Prospecting has become scien tific investigation. The first law of scientific investigation is sometimes called "Murphy's law." Stated roughly it goes something like this: "If anything can go wrong, it will." That is the whole prospect in a nutshell . . . If uranium can dodge you, it will. One Timber Trad Sold by Bureau The only tract of timber of fered for sale in January by the Medford district of the Bureau of Land Management was pur chased by the Robert Dollar company of Glendale at an oral auction sale held at the District office in Medford city hall. The tract, located near the head of Grave, creek, contained 5,482,000 board feet of timber. The high bid for douglas fir, which comprised more than 80 per cent of the stand, was $24 per thousand board feet, com pared to an appraised price of $15.95. Other species were pur chased at the appraised price. Magnolia Lumber Corp., Inc., of Ashland and Rogue River, was AT . -1 The bureau has announced that it will not have any timber advertised for sale in February, but expects to have approxi mately 10 million board feet of timber in four tracts in Jackson, Josephine and Douglas counties ready for sale on March 17. These four tracts will all be in accordance with the 1955 .sale plan recently released by the District Forester. . Portland Conclaves 4 Net $3,000,000 in '54 Portland (U.R) Convention income for Portland in 1954 totalled about $8,000,000 to make it the second highest year on record. ; ' C. R. Linquist, chairman 'of the Chamber of Commerce con vention committee, said 108,160 delegates attended 399 conven tions in the Rose City in 1954. They spent an estimated $7, 868,640. Average length of a conven tion was three days and at tracted between 21 and 7,500 delegates. " CITY APPLI ANCE for SYLVANIA TV .WITH HALO LIGHT CITY APPLIANCE, INC. 127 No. Central Opposite Penney's - Ph. 3-5743 t - ' ' y its- ' . ' w m "EVIDENCE" COMMUNIST VERSION This Chinese Communist picture at Peiping is supposed to show "pick up device" with which Reds say U. S. "spies" intended to pick up an agent downed in China. Poster display is Eresumably other evidence. In Washington, the Defense lepartment said the device appears similar to equipment purchased from commercial manufacturers for rescue work but that such equipment was not carried on Col. John K. Arnold's reconnaissance plane when lost over Korea. Long-Tinie Medford Resident Passes Lee Edward Hinman, 86, a resident of Medford from 1910 to 1944, died Wednesday at his home in Oregon City after an extended illness. A native of Iowa, Mr. Hinman was a railroad man much of his life, starting at 15. He was with the Southern Pacific railroad in Medford from 1910 to 1914, when he was forced to retire because of paralysis. He and his wife, who died about five years ago, moved to Oregon City in 1944 to be near his son, Laurin E. Hinman, who also was a resi dent of Medford, from 1910 to 1918. A daughter, Mrs. E. R. Van Leeuwen, Washington, D. CM also survives, as do two grand sons, a granddaughter, and a great-grandson. , v. Mr. Hinman was a member of the Masons, and was an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Funeral services were held Saturday in Oregon City, with internment following in Sunset AWARDED COHTRACT ' Portland (U.R) Army en gineers said Saturday California Steel Products Co., Richmond, Calif., has been awarded a $688,- 603 contract for furnishing in take trash racks and lifting beams for The Dalles dam pow erhouse. The equipment must be delivered by April 1, 1956.- Hills Memorial park. Bishop L. Edward Perry,: of the Oregon City ward of the LDS church, conducted the services. Mrs. Van Leeuwen came from Washing ton for the service. Samson Fuel Oil Service Under Nw Management J. C. (Pat) Kennedy "" Owner PROMPT, COURTEOUS DELIVERY Phone 2-5296 Eve. I San. 2-8174 4th & Front St. Medford, Ore. Use tribune Want Ads TB Seal Sale Reminder Cards Mailed; County Returns Up Reminder cards were mailed by the Jackson County Public Health association last week to persons slow in buying Tubercu losis seals. According to the association's president, Mrs. Chester Guches, incomplete returns from the county as a whole are at least 20 per cent above last year's sale, with Medford averaging the same as last year. Action on the part of Medford's "laggard's" Court Records DISTRICT COURT - iaunce H. - Johnson, failure to stop at stop sign. $10. . Norma nJ. Gearey, no oversiz per- mi' S10. Wayne E. Medford. violation of basic rule, forfeited $10 bail. jiowara Xi. Kusel. overheight load, $15. Albert E. Trautman. overload. $26, no oversize permit, court costs only. The government of New Yort state earns one dollar every sec d on the money it has invest ed. . -. v could bring this average above the 1953 mark, and in line with the state and nationwide levels. Most Slays Here Of funds received from sale of tuberculosis seals, 74 per cent will remain to be used in Jack son county. Mrs. Guches pointed out that all of this amount is used for the education, preven tion, and treatment of tubercu losis in the county, and there are no salaries to be paid from-it. During 1954 tuberculosis seal funds were used to establish the x-ray unit now in use at the Community hospital. A similar unit is scheduled for the Sacred Heart hospital this year. Public Health association members are expecting an increase in the gen eral health of Jackson county residents, since the x-ray pro gram will not only spotlight un known cases of tuberculosis but will show up some 20 other dis easesj including lung cancer. A program to photograph all food handlers in the county is cur rently under way. Hints for the January Bride Th Brid emc! Her Attendants: Every girl dreams of being married in white and a white gown is still the most beautiful and traditional a bride can choose. Her attendants can, of course, wear gowns in any becoming colors in a style that harmonizes with the bride's gown. ' Every bride will agree that one of the most beautiful and useful wedding gifts you can give is. sterling in her favorite Rood & Barton pattern. Prices are for 6-pc place settings and incl. Fed. tax . l! linn Sifw urvwirfy, dome Sculptor, $33J9 few, $31 " S32J0 SM-30 OfJS saw Stags H The First White M of '55 America's favorite Playclothes . . and never a gayer sight, we must say! This new eolleetion of America's favorite play clothes features new indented stitching, hideaway zippers, solids and Neapolitan stripes in gay, washable Cool Dual colors that mix or match! Here are a few from the group, in White Stag's Original Sailcloth, air-conditioned, woven to let the breeze circulate! " . Select Early! ' use our convenient Layaway Plan (UPPER LEFT) CABIN BOY JACK ET: Saucy saucer-collared with three-quarter sleeves 6.95. ((CENTER) STRIPED BLAZER: "Ivy League", 3-button blazer, long sleeves -8.95. 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