TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. May 8, 1S33
Plea for Preservation
Of Nature's Beauties
In Oregon Ends 'Week'
(Editor's nolo: Natural Re
sources Conservation week
concluded yesterday. During
theweek. the Mail Triune pub
lished a series of articles pre
pared by various experts in
fields of natural resources and
conservation, to produce a bet
ter understanding of the prob
lems involved. The following
article, last in the series, was
written by Dr. Elmo Steven
son, president of Southern
Oregon college, who was chair
man of the Jackson county
committee for Conservation
week. In it he concludes the
series by giving the reasons
supporting conservation of the
natural beauties of the state
of Oregon.)
By DR. ELMO STEVENSON
Conservation Week Chairman
Oregon, the emerald state, is
a natural scenic wonderland ap
pealing to tourist and native.
No state offers more to satisfy
the aesthetic senses.
The setting aside of and the
maintenace of parks, research,
and recreational areas for the
purpose of preserving their
scenic, recreational, historical,
and scientific values become
necessity in Oregon. Surface fea
tures ranging from rugged to
serene ocean beaches, 90 per
cent owned by the public,
through fertile valleys, the
young rolling Coast range, the
volcanic Cascades, the high crop
and desert lands, to the old spec
tacular Blue and Siskiyou moun
tains with deep canyons, present
a unique variety.
Abundant waters furnish habi
tats for all sorts of finned and
feathered wildlife, provide elec
trical potential, both harnessed
and yet to be controlled, and
promise refreshment to life and
land.
Amazing Amount
There is an amazing amount
of recreational areas in a mild,
Invigorating, salubrious climate.
This climate combines with the
varied topography and multi
tudinous soils to provide a ver
dant luxuriant plant life cover,
Associated with the wide as
sortment of plant life is a rich,
varied animal life, as well as
cultivational opportunities not
yet fully realized.
All of this composition, archi
texture, and sculpturing makes
Oregon a beautiful land of great
potential. Can its beauty be pre
served and enhanced so that suc
ceeding generations may enjoy
it? - - ...
National and - state parks,
monuments, and ot her desig
nated areas have, been set aside
to thrill the visitor with nature'
primitive, spectacular scenery
throughout the state. Within the
borders of Oregon's 97,000
square miles are " 13 national
forest. (Crater Lake and Oregon
Caves included) and over 200
state-owned areas which are
dedicated to public enjoyment
forever. More than 54,000 acres
of nature's select areas have
been set aside in state parks
alone. Numerous wayside parks,
picnic and rest sides, Blue Star
Memorial roadside areas and
parkway strips may be enjoyed
by the traveler. The third major
business in the state is that of
tourists.
Wilderness, primitive and wild
areas have been set aside. Sci
entists consider it important that
they remain, so far as is com
patible with accessibility, in
their natural state. National and
state forests provide their visi
tors with both vocational and
avocational opportunities. More
than 200 U.S. Forest Camps are
maintained for public use, readily-
accessible, by good forest
roads and the more than 57,600
miles of primary and secondary
road system that thread nature's
wonders together.
View points with adequate
parking are conveniently located
along these modern highways.
More than 50 attractive His
torical Markers tempt the trav
eler to hesitate, reflect and drink
in nature's splendor in one of
the purest atmospheres on earth.
Glimpses of abundant wild ani
mals in the national and state
wildlife refuges and the game
sanctuaries thrill the visitor, as
do the large herds of domesti
cated animals in scenic pastures
framed by woodland and mountain.
Efforts Should Expand
The efforts to preserve for
posterity the things the present
generation enjoys should not
only be continued but expanded.
The "litter-bug", "fire-bug",
"game-hop", "vandal-bu g",
"plant - lifters", roadside-signers
and water polluters must be
decimated so that Oregon's
scenery may be enjoyed by all
forever.
Gov. Paul Patterson's Conser
vation of Natural Resources
Week is designed to attain this
goal. Aesthetic appreciations and
satisfactions make for human
happiness. Let us have more of
this in Oregon!
Strike Threat Ends
Against Producers
Of Salk Vaccine
Detroit (U.K A strike
threat to one of the nation's maj
or producers of the Salk polio
vaccine was ended Friday night
when the CIO Oil, Chemical and
Atomic Workers local 176 agreed
to a new contract with Parke,
Davis Co.
Approximately 1500 of the un
ion's 2000 workers voted to rati
fy the new pact which provides
a 13 cent hourly wage increase
and two other benefits during
the next two years.
Urged Acceptance
. Union leaders urged . accept
ance of the contract despite the
fact they originally demanded a
guaranteed annual wage, 10 cent
hourly pay boost for men work
ers and a 15 cent hourly hike
for women employees.
The new contract awards the
union a seven cent an hour in
crease retroactive to last Sun
day, when the old pact expired.
They had 'been meeting with
company and union negotiators
since last month in an attempt to
head off a strike that would have
halted production of the precious
anti-polio vaccine.
Old Pact Extended
The old contract had been
extended on a day to day basis
effective May 1 to postpone i
strike until settlement could be
reached.
Meanwhile, the company met
for four hours Friday night with
the AFL International Associa
tion of Machinists in hopes of
reaching agreement on a new
contract for some 300 skilled
maintenance men. The union ap
proved a strike vote Wednesday.
West Germany Rises From 1945
Defeat With Booming Industry
(Editor's note: On VE-Day
10 years ago Germany lay
prostrate in defeat its
armies smashed, its cities de
stroyed, its industries wreck
ed, its people starving and des
perate. In 10 years West Ger
many has surged back to the
front rank of the world's great
economic powers. The U. P.
chief correspondent and man
ager for Germany tells the
story in the following . dispatch.)
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
United Press Correspondent
Bonn, Germany (U.R) West
Germany, as it prepares to re
arm, has become the new indus
trial giant of Western Europe
just 10 years after the most
crushing defeat suffered by a
major nation.
Her industries are booming.
Her bombed cities are rising
anew and glistening from their
ruins. Her factories are working
at full capacity. And she is chal
lenging the victors of 1945 in the
world's export market.
Ten years ago this correspon
dent toured the length and
breadth of a Germany that lay
prostrate in defeat. .
Every major city and most of
the smaller ones were nightmar
ish tangles of ruins which mil
lions of people burrowed for a
shelter of some sort because they
had nowhere else to go.
There were no banks, no tele
phones, no postal services func
tioning. Nine-tenths of the stores
were closed and there was little
for sale in those that remained
open. Water, electricity and gas
services were being only slowly
Kiwanians Schedule
District Conference
- Kiwanians from 18 ' clubs in
Division 15 of the Pacific North
west district will convene here
on Sunday, May 15, for. their
annual spring conference.
The service clubs' session will
begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Pioneer
room of the Jackson hotel. A
luncheon will follow the meet
ing.' ' . ; . : 7
W.-P. Riddlesbarger Eugene,
division lieutenant governor will
be here for the session and Fred
G. Rounds, Pullman, Wash., dis
trict governor, may attend. .
From 50 to 60 Kiwanians are
expected here for the conference.
Two Persons Killed
In Salem Accidents
Salem (U.R) Two persons
were killed in separate traffic
accidents in th Salem area Fri
day night.
Allen J. Stroh of Salem was
fatally injured when his motor
cycle collided with a car at Park
ave. and Market st.
Benjamin Wedel Jr., of Sa
lem was killed when his station
wagon careened of f a curve on
N. River Road some two miles
north of Keizer.
Illusions of Meteors
By J. HUGH PRUETT
American Meteor Society
Pacific Nertweit Director
To one who has had long ex
perience in tracing the paths of
those huge and often noisy
meteors known as fireballs as
the present writer has been do
ing for the : American Meteor
society for 23 years a certain
pattern of reports becomes very
common and anticipated.
These meteors while luminous
are usually visible in their des
cent when - in the space from
about 70 miles above the earth
down to 20 miles. They come
from regions far . beyond the
earth and become heated by fric
tion and. glow, when (hey dash
into the; earth's atmosphere at
speeds sometimes as great as 40
miles per second. When they
reach the denser lower air, they
are slowed and cooled so they
cease to glow while still many
miles above the ground. There
is no authenticated record of
their burning all the way to the
surface and setting fires. But
their appearance is very decep
tive..
Three Types of Observers
While tracing the Mad March
meteor of March 9, 1955, I en
countered, as usual, three types
of observers. One said the meteor
looked close but was doubtless
100 or 200 miles away. Another
took my 'word for it when told a
Single observer had no idea just
where the fireball was and that
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Farmers' Market
Planned at Talent;
Will Open June 1
Talent A Farmer's Market, a
new addition to Seiber's Shop
ping Center at the corner of New
st.' and Pacific highway, will
open about June 1, Owner Al
S e i b e r has announced.
The market, which contains
seven rental "booths, is an open-
air rresh produce market which
will remain open until 10 p.m.
seven days a week. Seiber said.
May Rent Booths
Seiber said Farmers from the
southern Oregon area may rent
a booth in the market by the
week to feature locally grown
produets. One booth. Seiber said.
will be maintained by the Shop
ping Center as a refreshment
stand.
The building is located on the
West side of Pacific highway,
and is situated so prospective
buyers may see produce dis
played in each of the booths
while driving to a parking lot
at the rear.
$3,000 Building
Seiber said the building,
which is finished in Redwood
and knotty pine, eost about $3,
000 not including labor, which
was done by Seiber and mem
bers of the family.
The grand opening of the mar
ket will be held June 19, Seiber
said, the first anniversary of the
Shopping Center area. The build
ing covers 1,400 square feet, and
will be screened-in at night.
INDIAN GIRLS CHOSEN
Pendleton, Ore. U.R) A
group of Pendleton businessmen
Saturday selected Carolyn Mo
tanic, Yvonne Scott, and Ethel
James to represent the Umatilla
j Indian tribe at the All American
Indian beauty contest in Sheri
dan, Wyn., next fall.
only when lines of sight from
widely separated places . are
drawn on a map can the path
actually be determined. Those
of the third type were so sure
of their eye impressions that
they could not be convinced
otherwise. -
The fireball under discussion
came down at a steep slope and
ceased to glow when about over
Mt. Washington in the Oregon
Cascades. A man along the south
ern . Oregon coast reported he
definitely saw it still glowing
as it came down between him
and a nearby hill. A man and
wife 100 miles distant claimed
the same experience with a hill
near .them ". and .were sure the
meteor fell "into the river.'We
heard it sputter," they reported.
A third observer, fully 40 miles
from either of the places men
tioned above, said by telephone
the others were "crazy." He too
saw it go down between him and
a hill and wanted to take me
with him to look for it. "I know
exactly where it fell," he said.
Illusion Old Story
This illusion of seeing the mov
ing, blazing fireball against a
nearby hill is an old story with
meteor chasers. My own ex
planation is that the deceptive
impression is due to persistance
of vision, surprise and excite
ment. The object is in view only
a very few seconds. The eyes
are following it down and seem
to continue to see it briefly after
it has "blinked out," Observers
200 or 300 miles apart will often
report the same impression.
A fireball of course seems to
be near. The moon seems only a
mile or so above us in the sky
wnen actually it Is over 208,
000 miles distant.
The Twilight meteor of Nov.
29, 1945, brought me 517 reports
irom California, Nevada and
southern Oregon. A splendid
tracing showed it disanoeared in
the northeastern corner of Ne
vada. However, many observers
all over California "knew" it
landed only a mile or two from
them and said they could walk
me to the exact spot. If I had
accepted all these invitations, I
would still be walking.
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Millions Thronged Roads -
Millions of refugees thronged
the highways, heading for the
homes that orob&bly no longer
existed or fleeing from the Rus
sians as the new occupation zoue
borders were fixed.
Millions more trekked hungri
ly out of the starving cities each
morning to grub and ransak in
the neighboring countryside for
potatoes or turnips.
The only courts were Allied
military courts, and the only law
was Allied military law.
That was the ruined Germany
of May, 1945, at the end of Hit
ler's war. '
But the ruins of its bombed
out cities have long, since been
cleared away and new buildings
of steel and concrete have risen
in their place. More than 500,
000 new homes were built last
year, and the Bonn government
hopes to push that to 600,000
in 1955.
More than $3,000,000,000 of
United States Marshall Plan aid
has been pumped Into its incred
ible recovery. So, also, did the
hard work of 50,000,000 West
Germans.
Facts And Figures
Here are some facts and fig
ures that show how this nation
that suffered ruin 10 years ago
already is outstripping its com
petitors and surging forward in
an almost unparallelled econom
ic boom.
West Germany's industrial
production, according to figures
issued here, increased almost
twice as fast as that of Great
Britain, France, Belgium or the
Netherlands.
West Germany -in 1954 re
mained Western Europe's No. 1
coal producer with an output of
128,000,000 tons compared with
124,500,000 in 1953.
Raw steel output in 1954 went
up to 16,000,000 tons and auto
mobile production spurted 36
per cent over 1953 for a total
of 670,000 units. Steel output
may reach 20,000,000 tons this
year.
Campfire Girls
O-Ne-Kisu Group
A large crowd of guests and
parents attended a colonial party
held at the Teenage Club in
Eagle Point April 2. The games
and square dances were led by
Mark Hoefft.
Refreshments were served by
the Camp Fire girls. All were
in colonial costume and the party
completed one of the birthday
project requirements for 1955.
Officers were elected April
6. They are Connie Hinks, presi
dent; Dorrene Christian, vice
president; Edna Gray, secretary;
Lana McGraw, treasurer; Connie
Berryman, scribe; Connie Hinks,
song leader; Connie Berryman,
program chairman; Martha An
sted, cleanup chairman.
A "traveling basket" has been
started to raise money for the
treasury. Each member will
have the opportunity to put
something' in the basket, send it
on to another member who will
buy the food and keep the basket
going with an added pie, cake
or candy. The girls worked on
Mothers' day gifts at a meeting
April 20, and on April 23 they
started the annual Camp Fire
candy sale which will last two
weeks.
Connie Berryman,
Scribe.
Glaser Enters Plea
Of Guilty to Charges
. Albany, Ore. (U.R) Frank
T. Glaser; Tangent farmer and
seed grower, pleaded guilty si
multaneously to 200 misdemea
nor charges in circuit court here
Friday and was fined $2000 and
costs of $1300 by Judge Victor
Olliver.
Each of the 200 complaints ac
cused Glaser of selling Northrup,
King & Co., seed buyers, a sack
of rye grass seed falsely repre
sented as certified perennial Eng
lish grass seed.
Glaser waived time for senten
cing and was fined $10 on
count and required te pay $6.50
court costs on each count.
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