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r r- I flrf 1 .W-m'1' f I J If If h "C&& ,V ill I I P' -,V-"HQ TEMPORARY DROUGHT Bureau of Reclamation of ficials are convinced that drought at Lake Mead, the South west s largest water and power storage reservoir, is temporary condition and that lake will fill up again. Water Is -7j-6 feet below normal, or the height of a 10-story building below the spillway shown to the right of the water outlet tower, the lowest level since it was bottled up behind Hoover Dam. EBarrengton Studies GDn State Pay Setup SDated tor evasion Eastern Ore GDust Storms; n n b By UNITED PRESS High winds and dry soil were combined in Eastern Oregon and eastern Washington the latter part of this week, causing what some called the most severe dust storms in this wheat raising area since the drouth of the early 1930s. Winter Wheat Loit Crop authorities estimate the easterly winds have blown out! iy severe Crop loss IKIeavy Sunday. March 27. 1953 more than 5000 acres of winter wheat and barley in Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla counties in Oregon. The area will have to be reseeded. No estimates of acreage were available for Washington wheat counties, but wind damage is widespread, according to the North Pacific Grain Growers as sociation. Morrow County Agent Nels Irrigation District Managers Urging Use Of Runoff Water Now Managers of the Medford and per cent of capacity. Filling up BY WILLIAM WARREN United Press Correspondent Salem U.R) Carl Robinson, ice-president of Barrington As sociates of New York, has in formed Gov. Paul L. Patterson and the legislators that failure of his Oregon staff to make a cross- analysis of data gathered in the Barrington study was responsi ble for inconsistencies and errors in the Barrington report. Robinson agreed to bring a man from New York to com plete the report on Oregon's sal ary structure for its state em ployees at no further expense to the state. Robinson estimated it would take about four weeks to complete the report, with two key civil service commission staff members aiding in the final work. Senate President Elmo E. Smith (R-John Day) made it clear he does not think the Bar rington report can be adopted in the present session of the Leg islature, although much data in the report will prove valuable to both the civil service commis sion and the ways and means subcommittee on salaries. He said: Overall Plan Indicated . "I do believe that the emer gency board should be given some money to enable the Civil Service Commission to correct certain inequities that exist at present in the state's salary schedules." It was indicated by the ways ands means subcommittee on sal aries that an overall salary plan for state employees, taking into consideration data on the Bar rington report and suggestions by unclassified agencies includ ing higher education would be recommended to the Legislature. The subcommittee pointed out in a statement that the report made by Barrington Associates of New York which made an ex tended study of Oregon's salary struction for its state employees, has been received back from the review boards and will serve to provide information that may be applicable to the overall state caiarv nroeram. Carl Robinson, vice-president of Barrington Associations who came here this week to explain inconsistencies and apparent er rors in the report released last month, said a recheck of the final evaluation steps is desir able before the report could be considered complete. The report cost the state $50,- 000. Statement Issued The heads of several depart ments have told review boards and the legislators that under the salary proposal in the Bar-r-incrtnn report they couldn't keep their key personnel. Wide spread objections were voicea 10 the report presented by Donald Spanier, who was field man for Barrington Associates making the study here. The subcommittee headed by Rep. Orval Eaton (R-Astoria) in a statement: "In view of the time remain- 6Q2G mg before the Legislature ad journs, it has been decided to go ahead with the development of a salary schedule by regularly es tablished legislative procedure which will have as its objective a fair and equitable salary program for all state employees. "It is not contemplated that the reorganization of the civil service department as recom mended by the report will be considered at this time, but the recommended correlation be tween jobs of classified and un classified categories will be at tempted. The Barrington people will continue their work until com pleted and turn it over to the ways and means committee." Army Sets Transfer Of Two Divisions Washington (U.R) The Army announced Saturday that two divisions, one airborne and one armored, will go to Europe next year to replace two divisions now in Germany. The movement will mark the first overseas deployment from the United States of an airborne division since World War II. The 11th Airborne Division, Ft. Campbell, Ky., will replace the Fifth Infantry Division at Augsburg, Germany, in June 1956. The Third Armored Divi sion, Ft. Knox, Ky., will replace a division not yet named, start ing in May, 1956. The divisions are being ro tated under the Army's Opera tion Gyroscope, the new system for exchanging home-based divi sions with overseas divisions instead of rotating individual soldiers. The Army has previously an nounced that the 10th Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kans., will change stations with the First Infantry Division at Wurzberg, Germany, nc; July. When the world's largest pas senger liner, the Queen Eliza beth, docks in New York Har bor she land's as many as 2,000 travelers and their baggage, gets stem-to-stern cleaning, loads enough food for 100,000 meals per round-trip voyage, and em barks another 2,000 passengers all within a normal two-day turnaround. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. Talent irrigation districts joined with the county agent's office last week to urge orchardists to take advantage of runoff water now available in irrigation dit ches of the area. It was pointed out that be cause of the extremely dry win ter, stored water will not be available in adequate quanti ties later in the summer. Run off or "waste" water is now be ing picked up and put in dit ches, and is available to irri gators. This is not charged against regular summer quotas of water for users of the two districts. Deep Soils Dry The county agent's office pointed out that although many soils are wet near the surface, two or three feet down the wat er content may be as low as 20 Oregon Said Ready To Use Vaccine in Balile on Polio Portland (U.R) Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, said Saturday Oregon is ready to use the new Salk polio vac cine if it is licensed by the feda ral government. Final Report April 12 Plans are underway to inocula tion of 84,410 first and second grade children if nation - wide evaluation studies prove the se rum is effective. Final report on health records of 1,800,000 chil dren who participated in the Salk trials throughout the coun try is expected April 12. Although only first and sec ond graders would be eligible for inoculation at Oregon school clinics, Dr. Erickson said manu facturers were expected to sup ply private physicians with vac cine to immunize others. Must Be in School For inoculation at school clin ics a child must be enrolled in either the first or second grades of a public, private or parochial school this spring or must have served as an unvaccinated "con trol" in the field trials, Dr. Erick son said. A written request from parents or guardians will be nec cessary. Vaccine at school clinics would be supplied free by the national polio foundation. Church Leaders Protest Crime Fighter's Jailing New Orleans (U.R) Two churchmen Saturday protested the jailing of a crime fighter for refusing to tell a grand jury his sources of information used in investigation of alleged po lice corruption. Plans for a "sympathy" dem onstration gathered after Aaron Kohn, former FBI agent, began serving a 10 day sentence as the only person jailed in the investigation he himself con ducted, although a number of others were indicted. Canon William S. Turner of the Trinity Episcopal church said the jailing of Kohn for re fusing to jeopardize the lives of his informants may "serious ly hamper police investigative work through out the nation." BEGINS TODAY PRE-EASTER MEETING Speaker V. E. Butterworth Professor San Jose Bible College Music by John Heberling Larry Keen Bill Heberling SERVICES - 7:30 P.M. Daily Except Saturday Special Youth Services 6:45 P.M. CHURCH OF CHRIST Third and Oak Central Point the soil -now will give a better water reserve in the soil to help carry the trees over an antici pated dry summer, the state ment said. Saturated soils also have a tendency to reduce the extremes in temperature fluctuations, and may be expected, to reduce the amount of orchard heating nec essary. Sprays Due Soon The agenfs office also said that pre-pink sprays for pear scab control can be expected to be necessary in about a week, depending on temperatures. Only one orchard heating, and that one limited, has been nec essary so far this season. MOONCUSSING . Provincetown, Miss. (U.R) "Mooncussing" was once an ac tive means of livlihood in this historic Cape Cod town. The term was given to the practice of hanging out -false lights on moonless nights - and thus caus ing ships to run around on the beaches around; Provincetown. The "mooncusser" would then strip the vessel of whatever valuables he could find. Anderson said the county has had dusty winds every day since the near-hurricane gale of Feb. 28. Ranchers have been instruc ted in blow control measures, he said, and were plowing cross wind furrows at regular inter vals. Sid Seale, Gilliam county rancher said he'd been through the drouths of 1911 and the early 1930s, but he thought this win ter was the driest he had seen. Highway conditions in the area were hazardous because of the dust storms. The easterly winds brought cold air to western Oregon, pro viding Portland with an unsea sonal silver thaw Friday and Saturday. Some power outages were caused by ice-laden trees falling into the lines, and traf fic on the Columbia River high way was slow and slippery. An optimistic note came from Union county, where heavy snow storms in the North Powder wa tershed greatly improved the farm outlook. Seattle Area Jolted By Minor Earthquake Seattle U.R) A minor earth quake jolted the Seattle area at 10:56.01 Friday night but there was no reports of serious dam age or injuries. The earthquake was felt in an area about 60 miles long and 30 miles wide between Everett, Tacoma, and Snoqualmie and Seattle. Prof. Frank Neumann, Uni versity of Washington seismolo gist, said he estimated the epicenter of the quake was some where near Everett. It registered an intensity of 6 on a scale of 12 and Neumann said a quake of that intensity causes only super ficial damage. The first pulse lasted for three minutes but the strongest tremor lasted about a minute. Callers reported the quake rattled dishes and moved furniture and many sleepers were awakened. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB Rogue River School Board Vacancy Not To Be Filled Soon Rogue River A successor to Mrs. Jessie Rae Frantz, chair man of Rogue River school board who resigned last week, probably will not be named for about four weeks. In Medford, Alf Mekvold, county superintendent of schools, said he will appoint a successor 30 days after Mrs. Frantz' resignation became ef fective, unless a successor is se lected within the school district before that time. R. C. Gail, a member of the board, indicated that no move has been taken so far by the district to select a successor to Mrs. Frantz. Third member of the board is Harold Salter. Cites Disagreement In her letter of resignation, Mrs. Frantz declared, "I do not agree in any way with the hand ling of matters regarding disci pline cases which have come be fore the board this year." Her letter also took issue with the board's attitude toward school administrators, and with hand ling of the school budget. It is understood that several Rogue River teachers have ex pressed dissatisfaction with the school's setup and have indicat ed they will not return next year. The deadline for teacher to return signed contract is April 1. NEW CLASSES Starting March 28, 7:00 to 10:00 P.M. Business Math. Business English Spelling and Vocabulary Building Robertson School of Business 40-42 N. Riverside Medford Phone 3-4264 inside lilijf outs't'e There's nothing like wonder-working Glidden paints to make your home like new again! Not only does it beau tify with a clean, color-bright finish it protects your home and adds to its value! See us for all of your paint ' needs! 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