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TWELVEMEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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'Operation Icicle'
Gives Experience,
Fun; Little Trouble
The five-day snow camping
trip known as "Operation Icicle,"
which took more than 30 boys
and leaders into the Lake O'
Woods area last week, provided
a lot of fun, considerable good
experience, but little trouble,
those along on the trip reported.
One of the scouts from . the
Medford area snapped pictures
f the operation, four of which
re reproduced on this page.
On Frozen Lake
At top is shown a group of the
boys posing for their picture on
frozen-over Lake O' Woods,
which is shown in the back
ground. One of the heavy packs
the boys used, and several pairs
of snowshoes. are shown in the
foreground. It was on the lake
that a plane dropped supplies to
the group.
Second from the top is a scene
which suggests the way the boys
camped and traveled -in the
snow. It was taken during a rest
pause on a hike.
At right, top, two boys stop for
a candy bar snack in the midst of
a trek, using handy trees stick
ing up through the deep snow
for backrests. At right, bottom,
is one of the shelters the boys
constructed and used, based
around the bottom of a tree and
using scooped out and piled up
snow as protection against the
weather, together with a lean-to
built of fir branches.
Awards Presented
The last evening in camp for
each of the two groups, cere
monies were held where each of
the boys on the trip received a
snow camping award, consisting
of a leather background with a
snowshoe imprinted on it.
William P. McNeel. post ad
visor to Post 8, Medford. was the
adult leader of the Medford-Ash-land
group, which included Gary
Reymers and Kermit Thomas,
Troop 112, Ashland: Mike -Rob
erts, Troop 9, Medford; Dick
Clark, John L. Laden Jr., Der-
win Large and Bryan Schroeder.
all Squadron 14. Medford; and
Larry Hammond, senior crew
leader, and Mike Bauer. Bob
Frazier, Bob Glover. Charles
Robertson and Bobby Young, all
Post 8. Medford.
Josephine Group
The Josephine country group
George Fredeen, camping chair
man for that district, Grants
Pass, leader of the over-all pro
ject, and Robert Cotton, advisor
to Post 22. adult leaders: Bob
Allerheiligen, senior crew leader,
and Kenneth Logonbill, Myron
Caldwell, Ray Hubbard. Martin
Hillman. Dave Manary, Richard
Caldwell, Henry Burroughs.
Larry Roberts. Bill Tibbits, Bob
Ament. Floyd Rippetoe. Charles
Mansfield and Garv Smith.
FIR ORDERS INCREASE
Portland U.R) Orders for
Douglas fir lumber climbed in
February to a weekly average
of 184.634.000 board feet againsi
181.546,000 in January, the
West Coast Lumbermans' assoc
iation said Saturday.
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Chemical Control
Of Weeds Increases
Portland (UP.) Chemical
weed control was cited here
Friday as the most important
new method of cutting agricul
ture production costs.
Dwight Peabody of the North
west experiment station at Mt.
Vernon, Wash., told the annual
convention of the Oregon Feed
and Seed Dealers association
that bulb growers in northwes
tern Washington had cut weed
control costs from $1,000 to
S6.50 an acre by use of chem
ical sprays. He said farmers in
other sections of the Northwest
had reported similar success in
controlling weeds with sprays.
Edward Wyss of Portland
was elected president of the
association.
Association scholarships were
awarded to Betty Brandejsky of
Klamath Falls; Edgar Michalson
of Salem and William Riley of
Roseburg. All attend Oregon
State college.
About 36.750.000 babies were i
born in the U.S. the past 10
years.
Sunday.. March 27, 1S3S
Sfcrfe Welfare Okeys
Budget for Multnomah
Portland iU.R) The Oregon
State Welfare Commission has
approved Multnomah County's
fourth quarter budget request
of $425,000.
Approval, made Saturday,
would be subject to any alter-
ations made by a special com-
mittee of the welfare commis -
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The action raised the county's
welfare assistance funds to be-1
tween 75 and 80 oer cent of I
standard. Recent cuts in general J
assistance lowered the county's
welfare funds to about 55 per
cent of standard.
RUMMAGE
AND PLANT SALE
WED. & THURS.
March 30 and 31
Fehl Bldg.
North Ivy Street
Near 6th
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Sanitary
By Sen.
(Editor's note: Stat San.
Philip B. Lowry, of Jackson
county, is the author and one
of the sponsors of Senate Bill
434, which was written to
make possible the formation
of big, all-embracing sanita
tion districts, such as have
been proposed for Jackson
county to solve the sewage
problem of fringe areas her.
Co-sponsors include Reps. Al
Littrell and E. H. Mann, both
of Jackson county, and Sen
ators Donald R. Husband
(Lane county), and J. O. John
son (Washington county). Sen
ator Lowry has mailed copies
of the bill to a number of in
terested persons in Jackson
county, and in addition has
provided a summary of the 28
page measure. In order to pro
vide the widest possible dis
cussion of the proposal. Sen
ator Lowry's summary of the
bill is printed below.)
Summary of Senate Bill 434,
relating to sanitation in counties
and including provisions auth
orizing the establishment of san
itary authorities
1. In General
The primary purpose of the
proposed legislation is to pro
vide a means whereby incorp
orated and unincorporated areas
in counties can join forces in
an "authority" to provide sew
age disposal facilities for such
areas. It is contemplated that as
much as possible of the urban
areas of a county be included in
the authority.
One of the principal features
of the proposal is that the au
thority may, on authorization of
the voters, issue general obliga
tion bonds of the authority to
finance construction of installa
tions, and that the areas within
the authority which are directly
benefited by the installations
constructed with the proceeds
of the bonds are primarily ob
ligated to pay the bonds.
It is contemplated that con
siderable savings will be ac
complished through low cost
financing; and utilization of an
experienced central agency in
the county to administer sew
age systems in various parts of
the authority.
2. Organization
Sections 2 to 17 of the bill
relate to the organization of an
authority. The procedure is quite
similar to the procedure for
organization of other districts,
with provisions for petitions of
interested persons, hearings and
an election in the area to be in
cluded within the authority.
However, as a condition pre
cedent to inclusion of incor
porated areas, the resolution of
the governing body of the city
approving inclusion must be se
cured (see sections 4 and 9).
Also, section 17 permits the
countv governing body to in
itiate the formation of an author
ity in lieu of requiring a peti
tion.
Directors and Officers
of the Authority.
Sections 18 to 24 relate gen
erally to the selection and duties
of the board of directors, the
chairman of :he board and the
manager of the authority.. A
five-man board is required.
Members are elected from dis
tricts within the authority es
tablished by the governing body
of the county on a population
basis under section 10, each dis
trict electing one member. The
manager is selected by the board
and is intended to administer
the authority subject to the con
trol and direction of the board.
4. General Powers
In sections 25 to 27, the au
thority is given the usual gen
eral powers necessary to carry
out the specific powers granted
in the bill, including power of
eminent domain, power to com
pel connection with sewage dis
posal systems of the authority
and power to lay sewers and
drain in public streets and roads.
The authority may also adopt
sanitary rules and regulations.
It may also maintain and op
erate garbage dumps and gar
bage collection systems and en
courage in mosquito and other
insect control activities.
5. Master plan
In section 28, the board is
required to develop an over-all
coordinated plan for the pres-
ent and future development of
sewage and drainage systems for
the authority.
6. Construction, Maintenance
And Operation of Works
Sections 29 to 40 and section
57 rel.ate Primarily to the con-
I struction of works in areas of
the authority, the method of
financing the construction and
operation of works and opera-
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Authority Bill Introduced
lowry; Provisions Outlined
tion of the autnority as a whole.
Before constructing works for
an area, the board of the au
thority must prepare engineering
plans for installations in the
area, hold hearings on the pro
posal after notice thereof, and
determine the works to be con
structed, the method of financ
ing the work, and of charging
the cost to the area to be direct
ly benefited.
It is intended that areas for
which works are constructed
will actually be a separate dis
trict or unit within the author
ity. The works can be financed
through:
(1) Issuance of general obli
gation bonds of the authority
which are the primary obliga
tion of, and will be paid by,
the area directly benefited.
(2) Issuance of revenue
bonds.
(3) Issuance ef bonds or
warrants secured by assess
ment installment contracts.
(4) Any combination of (1)
to (3).
The area directly benefited
will bear the cost of construc
tion of works through assess
Corrective
In Benefits
Camp White World War II
developments contributed at
least one department of physical
medicine which assists in the
rehabilitation effort made by the
Veterans Administration for the
disabled end handicapped
This is corrective therapy. It
is largely an adjunct of hospital
treatment where amputees learn
to walk again with the aid of
artificial limbs, or where batter
ed war veterans ere recondition
ed through special exercises and
a course of training to overcome
functional difficulties.
Under the program of physical
medicine and rehabilitation in
the course of development at
Camp White, instituted by. Dr.
Samuel D. Earhart, a corrective
therapy department has been in
oneration for some time. It is a
separate unit in the program
which includes physiotherapy as
well as occupational therapy.
Therapist Here
One of the veteran therapists
in the VA came to the- domicil
iary from the Roseburg hospital
to take charge of the work. He
is Fred Pramann, and he has set
up shop across from the physical
therapy unit, where he conducts
the various exercises and a train
ing schedule for the numerous
cases referred to him by Dr. Ear-
hart.
"The prognosis is quite differ
ent here at the domiciliary from
what obtains at the hospitals.
So many of the men here have
chronic conditions that are dif
ficult to correct that the work
involves a different approach,"
Pramann declared.
"Nevertheless, we are getting
surprising results," he added.
One member was sent on his
way rejoicing, when after a little
effort he learned to wiggle his
big toe.
Not Easy
Such cases as the hemiplegics,
and those who are crippled by
old injuries or post operative ad
hesions, as well as fractures, are
not easy to correct in the men
whose years render them less re
silient to therapeutic method for
restoring the use of an arm or
leg or bodily movement.
"We have had surprising re
sults in spite of the arrested con
dition we have dealt with. This
is due to the willingness of the
patient to cooperate with the
therapist," Pramann said.
One of the cases referred to
him has been that of a man who
staggers like a drunken person,
from a multiple sclerosis, and
has been given a "medical clear
ance" card so that he will not be
apprehended by the police for
the presumption of intoxication.
Minor Handicaps
There are also a number of
minor handicaps which the
records show to be corrected in
the course of treatment pre
scribed. Resistive exercises with
a weight .strapped to the foot,
induce normal movement. Old
injuries are massaged to restore
vitality.
Amputees are trained to use
their artificial limbs and are en
couraged to walk again. Dormant
muscles in the hands are built
up so that they can function. A
fractured hip is made to be less
of an encumbrance. Stiff legs
are made to bend. And so on.
There are quite a few mem
bers who hope to get into condi
tion to do a little work this sum
mer in the fields and the lumber
camps. Another group is formed
Medford High Senior Class Play
"HEAVEN CAN WAIT"
Monday & Tuesday, March 28 & 29
8 P.M.
Senior High School Auditorium
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR
Adm. Reserved Seats 75c General 50c Students 25c
ments, sewer service charges or
tax levies (if general obligation
bonds are issued), or any com
bination thereof. The cost of op
eration of the works is to be
bcrn through sewer service
charges in the area directly ben
efited. In constructing works, the
authority may contract with any
city or district for the use of
treatment plants or sewers of
of the city or district, and may
purchase the works of a city or
district. If the works purchased
are in the authority, the author
ity is to furnish sewage disposal
service to the area served by
the works. Only general admin
istrative costs, not chargeable to
a particular area, are to be borne
by the authority as a whole, plus
contingent liability on general
obligation bonds.
7. Bonds
Sections 41 to 48 of the bill
relate to the issuance and sale of
general obligation bonds and rev
enue bonds. As stated above, gen
eral obligation bonds of the au
thority, the proceeds of which
are used to construct works for
a particular area, are to be paid
Therapy Resulting
to Many Veterans
for calesthenics in the afternoon
New Techniques
The Veterans Administration
has given considerable emphasis
to corrective therapy in the past
ten years, Pramann declared.
The result has been the develop
ment of an entirely new set of
techniques that supplement but
do not include the familiar phy
sical therapy in special baths,
light treatment and massage for
certain physical symptoms.
Miss Pat Short, who recently
completed a course at Warm
Springs sanitarium in Georgia,
is in charge of the physical ther
apy department across the hall.
Three member aids, one in cor
rective and the other two in the
physical therapy suite, are now
engaged to assist in the work.
Young IDemo (Leader
Charges State Tax
IPBan Os '(Outrage'
Portland (U.R) The presi
dent of Oregon Young Demo
crats Saturday hurled a charge
of "outrageous" at the tax bill
approved by the House Taxa
tion committee. He said it ap
peared the Legislature's intent
was to force the people to reject
it and submit to a sales tax.
Vernon Cook, in a prepared
statement, called the tax bill the
most unfair" measure to come
out of the Legislature since the
sales tax was defeated in 1947.
Fraud Upon People"
He said the proposal was a
fraud upon the people of Ore
gon and that it would place
the tax burden upon those per
sons with a net income of less
than $6,000.
The House committee's plan
calls for increases in all income
taxes, lower exemptions and a
surtax on personal income. It al
so includes an increase in liquor
taxes, a three-cent cigarette tax
and a 2Vi cent tax boost on
insurance premiums.
Plans Include Utilities
The committee's recommend
ations also include bringing util
ities and corporations which get
most of the revenue from real
property rentals under the cor
porate excise tax.
"The philosophy behind the
bill is to tax those greatest who
are least able to pay," Cook
said. "When combined with a
cigarette tax the only more ag
gressive tax possible would be
sales tax."
Salem (U.R) Here is the
way the proposed new Oregon
income tax law will affect wage
earners:
Income
$ 0to$
500 to
1.000 to
2,000 to
3,000 to
Percentage
of Tax
500 2
1.000 4i
2,000 5i
3.000 6;
7,000 7
10,000 8
7,000 to
10,000 and up 9
A surtax totalling about five
per cent would be added to the
total tax in all brackets to yield
the required income to the
state. The proposed law would
by the area.
8. Improvement Bonds
and Warrants.
Sections 49 and 50 authorize
the use'of short term financing
and the issuance of improvement
bonds and warrants secured by
assessment installment contracts.
9. Funds.
Section 51 relates to handling
of sanitary authority funds by
the county treasurer and to the
payment of claims and obliga
tions of the authority.
10. Annexation to the Authority.
Sections 52 to 56 of the bill
relate to annexation of contigu
ous territory within the county
to the sanitary authority.
11. Dissolution.
Section 59 relates to dissolu
tion of the authority.
12. Appeals and Review.
Sections 60 and 61 of the bill
relate to appeals from orders of
the county court and orders of
the sanitary authority board.
Section 61 provides for adjudi
cations to test the validity of
acts and proceedings of sanitary
authorities similar to the present
procedure used by People's Util
ity Districts.
"Corrective therapy is the ap
plication of the principles, tools,
techniques and psychology of
remedial physical education to
assist the physican in the ac
complishment of a prescribed
objective. This implies not only
education 'of the physical but
education 'through' the physi
cal." This is the way the new ap
proach to the problem of reliev
ing the handicapped war veterans
is stated in the Veterans Admin
istration technical bulletin cov
ering the subject. The therapists
forming the nucleus of this
corps have been recruited large
ly from the men who handled
the rehabilitation program in
hospitals during World War II,
Pramann emphasized.
be effective only for the 1955
57 biennium and in 1957 would
either have to be reenacted or
revised according to the state's
financial position.
Example .Given
As an example of the plan's
effect, a married man with one
child and earning $3,000 an
nually is now paying $14 taxes.
Under the new plan he would
pay $21.
A married man with one child
and making $10,000 a year is
now paying $217 in state taxes.
Under the proposed law he
would pay $284.
Each taxpayer would be al
lowed a $500 exemption for
each dependent. He now is al
lowed $600.
PURCHASE ANNOUNCED
Roseburg U.R) Medo-land
Creamery company of Eugene
has purchased the Douglas Coun
ty Creamery here for an undis
closed sum. Announcement of
the purchase was made bv Gor
don Coleman, Medo-land general
manager.
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Children Under 12 Free
New Timber Sale
Contract Planned
By Forest Service
The Forest Service will 6tart
using a completely revised tim
ber sale contract form for all
but small sales on July 1, 1955,
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture has announced. Tha
new form will be in full use by
Jan. 1. 1955.
In drawing up the new form.
Forest Service tlmrjer manage
ment officers were assisted by
representatives of the timber as
sociations and of forest indus
tries which buy national forest
timber. Timber buyers and the
Forest Service have long recog
nized the inadequacies of tha
old timber sale contract, which
had been repeatedly amended
since it was first written, to keep
pace with the changing times.
More Details
Many clauses common to most
sales which previously were add
ed to each contract have been
incorporated into the new form.
The inclusion of more detail
will save time in drawing up con
tracts and will tend to make
them more standardized.
The new contract eliminates
the fire fighting previously re
quired of a purchaser (without
reimbursement) for forest fires
within or near the sale area re
gardless of cause, although he
is still responsible for suppres
sion costs of fires caused negli
gently by his operation. His
liability for suppression costs on
fires in the sale area caused by
his operation, but not caused by
negligence, will be spelled out
in the sample contract for each
sale so purchasers will know
the terms before bidding.
The contract also provides that
the purchaser be reimbursed by
the Forest Service at Its pre
vailing rates for suppression of
fires on the sale area not caused
by his operation.
Other changes in the sales con
tract include provision for ex-:
tension in the termination data
on request of the purchaser
when not contrary to the inter
ests of the government Also,
the termination date may ba
adjusted to compensate for op-,
erating days lost because of.
abnormal occurences beyond tha
control of the purchaser.
Sample copies of the new con
tract form are available for re-,
view at Forest Service super
visors' headquarters.
Court Records
CIRCCIT COURT
Edith F. Warner vs. Ralph L. War
ner, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Holland LeRoy Breedlove. 23. of 909
South Stage rd.. and Janet Loraino
Turvey, 18, route 2. box 264. Central
Point.
RUMMAGE
SALE
MONDAY & TUESDAY
March 28th & 29th
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