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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
August 18, 1945
tit was Saturday)
Gasoline rationing off and
"fill 'er up" heard again at serv
ice stations.
From? Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Sidney
Hillman. the CIO chieftain, re
ports the nations is approaching
vast unemployment and the con
ditions of 1933 depression. All
matters appertaining thereto
v.ill be handled by President
Truman, injrue American fash
ion, without any "clearing with
Sidney."
20 YEARS AGO
August 18. 1935
(It was Sunday)
New traffic regulation be
comes effective soon driver on
right has right of way at inter
section. Presently one who en
ters first has right of way.
0 Sportsmen meet with federal
officials on future of Union
Creek fish hatchery.
30 YEARS AGO
August 18,. 1925
0 (It was Tuesday)
Chief of Police Adams warns
0 autoists against "going too slow
on Main street" as they slow
up traffic.
From the Local and Personal
column: Eighty gallons of wild
; buckelberries are offered for
bale on the public market. .
40 YEARS AGO 7
August 18, 1915
(It was Wednesday)
White Star liner "Arabic"
sunk in North Atlantic by Ger
mans U-boat and the fate of 423
passengers unknown.
The Primrose minstrels arrive
by special car for a show at the
Page Theatre tonight.
What's the Answer?
Can You Gtt 4 of the 7?
Copr. ftSS, Editorial tasMtch Report
1. More U.S. war veterans are
now in hospitals because of heart
trouble, mental ills, veneral dis
eases, cancer or tuberculosis?
2. Wisconsin is east or west of
the Mississippi, or does the river
flow through it? '
3. More passengers are carried
more miles by the American Air
Lines, Greyhound Buses, N.Y.
Central R.R., Pennsylvania R.R.
or United Air Lines?
4. The Popes have always been
located in Rome; right or wrong?
5. Is a "white tie" function
more or less formal than a
"black tie" one, or about the
same?
6. "Carry me Back to Ole
Virginny" was written by a
White, Negro, or Indian com
poser? 7. Ellin Mackay married Prince
Troubetzky, Cary Grant, Leo
pold Stokowski, Porfirio Rubi
rosa, or Irving Berlin
The Answers: 1. Mental' ills.
2. East. 3. 'Pennsylvania R.R.
(1954 figures). 4. Wrong; the
Papacy was once in southern
Franca. 5. More formal. 6. Negro.
7. Berlin.
LET HIM HAVE IT
Limoges, France (U.R) When
farmer Robert Vincenzotto
heard a commotion in his chick
en house he rushed out to find
a 15-foot boa constrictor escap
ing with a live pound chicken.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Is The SP Boss of Oregon?
Public Utility Commissioner Charles E. Heltzel
announces he may appeal
of Marion County against
the "Friendly Southern Pacific, to the state Supreme
Court, or hold his own public hearing as the court
suggested, as a prelude to the commissioners further
action.
Why not do both?
TPHAT is : why not hold the hearing at once. Then
if the evidence justifies, repeat the department's
ruling that the railroad's determination to deprive
all Southern Oregon of rail passenger service, would
be against the public interest. Then, assuming the
court would again protect the Southern Pacific from
such action by the state authority take the legal ques
tion to the Supreme Court for final determination.
This would seem a sensible and proper procedure.
This much is certain :
If as Judge Sloper declares, the Oregon Legisla
ture did not intend to give the PUC power to forbid
discontinuance of passenger service, when in the
opinion of the department such action would be
against the public interest, then he must have a far
more nenetratinp; and inclusive insiarht into the minds
and motives of the members of the Legislature of 50
years ago, than the people ol the state, or the records
of that period would indicate.
rOR the original Act was passed in 1907, in the
Teddy Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson era and wras
then known as the Railroad Commission, being com
posed of three members, instead of one.
The popular demand which resulted in this en
actment at that time certainly entered around the
determination of the people of this state, that the
Southern Pacific should not rule Oregon as it had
California but the people of Oregon, should rule
the Southern Pacific.
There was at that time or since no desire to
deny the SP railroad, or any other public utility, its
legitimate and legal rights. But there was a desire
and an extremely strong one to protect the public
interest against the encroachments of the "railroad
trust," to limit its monopolistic greed and "public be
damned" attitudes, and to compel the railroad by law
to consider its obligations in the field of public service
as well as in the field of high finance.
THEREFORE it is difficult to believe the members
of the state legislature in Teddy Roosevelt's time
or soon thereafter did not wish to give the state
utilities department the power to COMPEL the South
ern Pacific or any other public utility monopoly
to fulfill its obligations to the people of the state and
if this were refused, the power to compel the fulfill
ment thereof.
H
OWEVER if through
loophole was left in the law allowing a railroad
(or any other public -utility) to disregard its public
obligations, modify its service or abandon same en
tirely, as it might wish, and disregard also an order
from the state authority NOT to take a certain action,
then as Commissioner Heltzel suggests, the problem
becomes a legislative one.
AS STATED the above is difficult to believe.
But if the Oregon courts should finally so rule
then this "insufficiency in the law" should be correct
ed at the earliest possible moment, the loophole in
the PUC act should be plugged up, and in lieu of a
special session of the Legislature, the next regular
session, would be the proper time and place to do it.
If the members of the Legislature 50 years ago
did fail to do what their constituents at that time
undoubtedly wanted them to do, and failed to give
adequate authority over the public utilities legis
lation with teeth in it then those teeth should be
supplied as soon as circumsances permit and it
would not be a bad idea at the same time to reinforce
and sharpen them up a bit ! R.W.R.
Engagement Ring for Princess?
R.A.F. Group Captain Peter Townsend,-. accord
ing to British press reports, may be among the guests
at a royal family party for Princess Margaret of
Great Britain at Balmoral Castle on Sunday, Aug. 21.
The implied significance is that this will be Princess
Margaret's 25th birthday.
By act of Parliament the assent of the Queen is
necessary to make valid the marriage of any descend
ant of George II .under the age of 25, except the issue
of princesses married into foreign families. After 25,
the royal assent is not necessary if a year's notice has
been given and if neither house of Parliament dis
approves. One barrier to the engagement of Margaret was
removed in 1953. Under the Regency Act of 1937,
Princess Margaret, as the person next in line of suc
cession to the throne who was of full age, would have
been regent for Prince Charles if Queen Elizabeth II
died or became incapacitated during his minority.
But Parliament two years ago amended the Regency
Act to make the Duke of Edinburgh the potential
regent for his son.
X7HEN the amendment was proposed, the London
' Economist stated: "The practical and emotional
reasons for making the Duke of Edinburgh the regent
. . . are obvious and sound. They have nothing to do
with the rumors about Princess Margaret's matri
monial wishes, and the amendment of the Regency
Act will leave the Princess third in line to the throne
and second in line for the regency." R.W.R.
Thurtday, August 18, I95S
the decision of Judge Sloper
his ruling and in favor of
some error or oversight this
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Teletype chatter:
At Walla Walla, officials are
probing into the cause of the
latest uprising at the Washing
ton state prison. Meanwhile, at
Tacoma, State Senator Neil Hoff
has asked for a full shakedown
at the prison and charges that
there is no excuse for prisoners
HAVING WEAPONS.
I quite agree with him.
M
ORE teletype chatter:
In Bladensburg, Md., the other
day a small cocker spaniel crawl
ed into a pipe that protruded
into a ditch and kept on crawling
until the pipe narrowed and the
little animal got stuck.
Its howls of distress could be
heard quite clearly, and after a
while its plight was diagnosed
and its location was spotted.
Workmen then tore up the pave
ment of a street to reach the
pipe and free the dog.
It was rushed to an animal
hospital with a police escort and
was pronounced hungry and
weak but otherwise OK.
TN a Pacific Coast city the other
day, a motorist swerved
sharply to avoid- a dog. that was
crossing the street and paying no
attention to traffic. The swerve
threw the motorist's car out of
control and he smashed into a
power pole.
- His car was wrecked and he
was badly battered, but will es
cape without permanent dis
figurement. pOOLISHNESS?
Sentimentalism?
I wouldn't say so. People who
are kind to animals are apt to
be kind to people.
We need MORE, rather than
less, kindliness in this world.
I
NCIDENTAL information:
Oregon ranks third in the
United States in production of
DRY ICE. The center of the in
dustry is Ashland, in our own
State of Jefferson.
nO MAKE dry ice, carbon-di-oxide
gas is compressed to a
liquid in several stages and
cooled between each stage. Carbon-dioxide
snow is made by
evaporating some of the liquid.
The snow is then compressed
into solid blocks of dry ice.
Ashland's raw material supply
for this material comes from
wells whose water is rich in carbon-dioxide.
Water from the
wells is pumped into separators
in which the gas is liberated
from the water. It is then put
through, the compression-and-
cooling process which ends up in
the ice blocks.
As everyone knows, the par
ticular merit of dry ice is that
when it melts it doesn't leave a
messy liquid behind.
nUR State of Jefferson is RICH
in raw materials of all kinds,
including strange and unusual
ones such as dry ice. In Douglas
county, there is a mountain of
low-grade nickel ore that has re
sulted in the investment of S30,-
000,000 of Eastern capital,
Chrome ore is scattered widely
over Jackson and Josephine and
probably other counties.
In Klamath county a hot water
well has been brought in whose
flow is sufficient to provide hot
water enough for irrigation of
a considerable area of land if
it should turn out that hot water
irrigation has commercial pos
sibilities. Some day some smart
operator will use Klamath's
abundant hot water to heat
cheaply huge greenhouses for
large-scale production of flow
ers and winter vegetables.
OISKIYOU and Modoc counties
have mountains of volcanic
glass. Pumice for which impor
tant volume uses will some day
be found is scattered every
where. By this time, everybody
knows about Lake county uran
ium. Keep your eye on the State of
Jefferson.
Knowland Sees GOP
Win Without Ike
Long Beach, Calif. OJ.R)
Sen. William F. Knowlandv (R
Calif.) today foresaw a Repub
lican victory in the 1956 presi
dential election "with or with
out" President Eisenhower on
the ballot.
The Senate minority leader.
at a news conference yesterday,
attacked the theory that success
of the Republican party depends
on President Eisenhower run
ning for reelection.
"A nation of 160,000,000 can't
say there's only one man," Know-
land declared.
The Republican leader said he
knew of no differences of opin
ion between the President and
himself in the field of foreign
policy.
"We both have the same basic
policy, 'peace with honor,' "
Knowland said.' "and as long as
it continues there will be no
disagreement."
POOR EXCUSE
Concord, N. H. (U.R) John
Adams of Concord was fined
$1? for speeding yesterday de
spite an excuse that he was try
ing to elude a car that was fol
lowing him. The pursuing car
was driven by a policeman.
Jackson Couniy
Eighth in Sales
Of Bonds in July
Jackson county ranked eighth
out of Oregon's 37 counties in
the July sales of Series E and H
savings bonds, and holds the
same position in the total sales
of bonds through July 31, ac
cording to Morris B. Leonard
Sr., county chairman.
Jackson county led her neigh
bors by selling S82.300 in bonds,
compared to Josephine county's
S52.562 taUy and Klamath coun
ty's $38,338 July sales. The
county failed to equal bond sales
for June, 1954 which amounted
to $98,866, but surpassed by
S142.252 the total sales through
July 31 over the same 'period
last year. Josephine and Klam
ath counties passed their half
year marks with earnings of
$46,047 and $227,367, respec
tively. Highest Increase
According to Ted Gamble,
chairman of the Oregon Savings
Bonds committee, from the U.S.
Treasury department, Oregon
continues to have the highest
percentage of increase in sav
ings bonds sales in the nation.
"Total Orego sales of E and
H bonds for the first-half of this
year were 40 per cent more
than for the same period a year
ago", Gamble said. Florida fol
lowed with an increase of 32
per cent to achieve second place.
National sales at" the end of June
were 14 per cent ahead of June
last year, Gamble added.
Annexation Plan
Study Scheduled
At Jacksonville
Jacksonville The city coun
cil this week agreed to meet
with Paul Culbertson and Lance
Pitts to consider annexation of
about 49 acres of land just East
of the city limits.
Culbertson, owner of the land,
and Pitts, realtor, requested the
area be annexed because they
plaii to build a sub-division,
construction of which is sched
uled to start in the near future.
Culbertson and Pitts said they
plan to start building about 45
houses on 15 acres soon.
To Coordinate Plans
The meeting between the
council, Culbertson and Pitts
will be to coordinate plans re
garding city water, streets and
related problems. The meeting
will be held Aug. 23. "
The council also accepted the
appointment of Mrs. Jean Hew
lett as city recorder replacing
B. J. Christianson, who resigned
because of other business com
mittments. Christianson has
been city recorder for two years.
Mrs. Hewlett's appointment be
comes effective Sept. 1.
Chris Drugs of Jacksonville
was authorized as a water col
lection agency. Previously Chris
tianson made water collections
at his drug store as city recorder.
He .was appointed to make col
lections instead of the city re
corder. Rainmaking Project
Studied af Yreka
Yreka The city board of
supervisor's discussed the pos
sibilities of carrying out a weath
er modification project to in
crease the amount of precipita
tion during a recent meeting. .
The project, actively supported
by Park R." Shelley, Yreka,
would cost about $23,000 for
one year of rain-making for the
Shasta valley. According to Shel
ley, the cost is broken down into
a formula for 15 cents an acre
for alfalfa and 10 cents an acre
for grain and other categories.
The operation would be carried
out about seven months a year.
Shelley stated that three dis
tricts in the state of Washington
had benefited from weather
modification projects. One such
area, the Horse Heaven Water
Development association in
Washington has benefited with
from six to 14 inches of rain
since their project went into
effect, he said.
Shelley added that the vast
majority of the farmers were
for a project of that kind. Last
spring Shelley passed a petition
among farmers desiring approv
al of modification work.
Legion Commends
Officials at Camp '
Camp White The Ameri
can Legion, department of Ore
gon, has commended Manager
Eugene K. Ricker and members
of his staff for the "thoughtful
and efficient operation of the
Veterans Administration dom
iciliary, Camp White, and for
ttftir friendly cooperation with
the American Legion in securing
care and other benefits for our
eligible veteran comrades."
A resolution to this effect, ad
opted at the Legion convention
held at Redmond in July, was
received this week from Joseph
P. McDonald, department adjutant.
Shady Cove-Trail
Shady Cove-Trail Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer and daughter, Jean,
from Wichita, Kan., are visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Elrod
and family of Trail. Mrs. King is
a sister of Mr. Elrod.
Dick Brewer of Trail has re
turned home from the Veteran's
Hospital in Portland where he
underwent surgery. He is conva
lescing at home.
Guests over the last week-end
at the T. M. Littlefield home on
Rogue River drive were Mrs.
Martha Soper, Mrs. Gusta Soper,
Mrs. Grace Bernard and Leland
Shankland. Mrs. Littlefield is a
niece of Mrs. Martha Soper and
Mrs. Gusta Soper. Shankland
and Mrs. M. "Soper own and
operate the Litho Art Shop in
San Luis Obispo, Calif. They
make engravings for 14 news
papers in the central part of
California as well as other print
ing. , '
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Shirey
and children, Stephen, Dale and
Juanita, Seattle, Wash., have
been house guests for several
days of Mrs. Shirey's aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Hunt of Shady Cove.
Steelhead Post No. 6881 VFW
and Ladies Auxiliary are spon
soring a dance on Saturday eve
ting, Aug. 20, starting at 9
o'clock at the Post Hall. Jim
Rhea's orchestra will play for
the dancing and the Ladies
Auxiliary will serve lunch.
Mr. . and Mrs. Dale Jamison.
Ontario, Calif., spent part of
their vacation at the Thompson
cabin, next to the Dolf Larsons
in Shady Cove. Jamison works
with the Thompsons as a printer
on the Monrovia-News Post.
Mrs. Beatrice Robinson and
Mrs. Alberta Barber, both of
Corona, Calif., are visiting with
the D. H. Barber family of Trail.
Mrs. Barber is the mother of
Harold Barber and Mrs. Robin
son is his aunt.
A social meeting was held by
members of the Shady Cove
Lady Lions at the Rogue River
Lodge recently with dinner being
served. The next meeting will be
a business meeting. Members
present were Mesdames Tom
Quail. Rov Long. Ray Chubb,
Harry Goode, Athel Dudley,
Everett Elrod, and Ray Mullen.
Herbert Clark of Shady Cove
made a trip to Sisters, Ore.,
with his friend, W. T. McKin
non of Ashland.
Al CooDer of Shady Cove and
his logging crew went Tuesday
to help fight a forest fire in "the
Siskivous. Harry Goode of Shady
Cove is also one of the men
fighting the fire.
Several Trail families got to
gether and went on a fishing and
camping party at Gold Beach
with a catch of over 100 perch
being made. Those making the
trip were Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Cushman and son, Paul, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Oliver, Mr, and Mrs.
Virgil Wilson and son, Jimmy,
and A. P. Tucker, all of Trail.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Messer of
Billings, Mont., are house guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Winslow
and family of Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nygren
of Medford spent this past week
end visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Morgan and family of
Trail.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Osborne
have moved from Trail into the
duplex owned by the Tom Quails
in Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morasco
of" Niagara Falls, N. Y., spent
enmp time visiting their niece
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Ddv and family of Trail. Mrs.
Ody and children, Vivian, Leslie
and Floyd accompanied the
Morasco's on a trip down to
Stockton, Calif., where they
visited with Mrs. Ody's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. Borelli and
other relatives.
Mrs. C W. Fitzgerald, her son,
Merton Fitzgerald and grand
daughter, Gail Fitzgerald, all
of Sepulveda, Calif., are house
guests of Mrs. Fitzgerald's neph
ew and family, Mr. and Mrs.
John Collins of Shady Cove.
Mrs. C. R. Ablard of Enid,
Okla., is visiting with her Niece
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Conway of Shady Cove. Con
way's mother, Mrs. Louis Zahn
and sister, Mrs. Harry Canaday,
both of Los Angeles, left Tues
day for their home in L. A. after
visiting the Conways.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Clifford
and sons, Mike and Pat, and
Mrs Rnse Sineler of Medford
were guests Sunday evening of!
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Watson of;
Shady Cove. j
Mrs. Ray Chubb and daughter, j
Susan, Shady Cove, are leaving :
Wednesday for Glendale, Calif., j
where they will visit relatives j
and friends. Susan Chubb was
bridesmaid for Barbara Greer i
who was married last Saturday j
evening at the First Methodist j
church in Medford.
The Shady Cove Grange will :
hold a social meeting on Wed-;
nesday evening, Aug. 24, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Travi? ;
Littlefield in Shady Cove with :
a potluck dinner to start at 7:uu
o'clock.
A meeting was held at the
VFW hall in Shady Cove on
Tnpsdav evening. Aug. 16, to
discuss oil leases for this area.
Another mass meeting will be
held on Tuesday, August 23 to
discuss and take care of the
leases. This meeting will also be
held at the VFW hall.
Ashland Council
Adopts One-Way
Street Proposal
Ashland The Ashland city
council this week adopted an
ordinance ordering a new north
bound one-way route through
the city and a wider North
Main st.
Passing the ordinance will
enable the state highway com
mission to purchase right of way
property along C st. between
Helman and Siskiyou blvd.,
which is necessary before bids
for construction can be let.
The present route of Highway
99 was declared south-bound
when the north-bound traffic
route is completed. Earlier this
week, the state authorized con
struction of the two-way route
through Ashland.
Award Contract
The council also awarded an
insurance contract to Wiley and
Reinholdt, insurance firm, for in
surance on city licensed vehicle
and unlicensed equipment. The
firm submitted a low bid of
$159.15 for fire, theft and com
prehensive on licensed vehicles,
and $511 for three years on un
licensed equipment.
Other bids were received
from Singmaster and Jones, pres
ent holders of the insurance con
tract, $165.02 and $229.50; and
Erwin insurance, S244.21 and
$958.12 on the three-year policy.
Continued until next meeting
was a request from Karl
Windbliger that city water be
supplied to an area outside the
city limits. The water committee
has been considering the pro
posal. '
Tax on Vacation
Pay for Young
People Explained
Young people working during
summer vacation who are likely
to earn more than $600 before
school starts again need not quit
in order for parents to retain an
exemption deduction, according
to R. C. Granquist, district direc
tor of the Internal revenue in
Portland.
Providing the parent has fur
nished over half the total cost of
his child's support for the year,
he may claim an exemption re-
gardless of how much the child
earns, Granquist said.
"We have reports of both par
ents and employers telling work
ing children they'll have to quit
their jobs before they earn $600.
They can work right up to the
reopening 'of school if they want
to," Granquist added. "The chil
dren, however, may have to pay
a small tax."
Graquist warned that to come
under the rule, young people
over 19 must be "bona fide stu
dents at recognized educational
institutions, or pursuing a full
time farm training course." He
added that a dependent child is
also entitled to an exemption de
duction for himself on his ewn
separate return. But, if he is
married and files a joint return
with his wife, no dependency ex
emption may be claimed by the
parent.
United Air Lines
Plans Jet Service
San Francisco '(U.R) United
Air Lines expects to provide
five and one-half hour service
from coast to coast by 1960,
using a fleet of 25 jet airliners.
President W. A. Patterson
said United will order 25 jet
transports by the end of the year
at a total cost of $125,000,000.
He said the decision to buy the
jets is the most important in the
airline's history.
"If we make a mistake," he
said, "we're busted."
The jets will be either Boeing
707s or Douglas DC8s. He ex
pects them to be in service by
the summer of 1960. Delivery
will be completed by the follow
ing year.
"We'll have some service in
the summer of 1960 and within
six months we plan to link Hono
lulu, San Francisco, Denver. Chi
cago and New York," Patterson
said.
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Why Segregation in Hospitals
To the Editor: It seems to be
more or less settled that Jackson
county is to have a new and
modern Community hospital to
be located at Medford. There is
little question about the need
for such a hospital.
The question does exist cov
ering the financing and building
of such a hospital at public ex
pense, and then permitting only
a certain group of our local
physicians to have staff privi
leges in this hospital. Yet, the
Board of Directors of this new
hospital are looking to the gen
eral public for a generous
amount of financial backing.
Hundreds of our local citizen
will never be able to find a
place in this new Community
hospital, unless they decide to
forsake their own family phy
sician, in whom they have con
fidence, and are willing to ac
cept the services of another
physician, who is permitted to
practice in the new Community
hospital, but whom the citizen
may not have met, or in whom,
for one reason or another he
may have no confidence.
We formerly lived in the
South where the question of
segregation has been an3 ever
present one for many years, but
Medford, Oregon, prides itself
on being a definitely enlight
ened community. Yet, even here,
we are forced to face segrega
tion of physicians and surgeons
regarding staff privileges in this
new Community hospital. We
cannot understand the motives
back of the move, (unless it is
definitely a selfish motive) and
we assuredly would " not favor
spending one cent for the sup
port of this'new Community hos
pital movement under such con
ditions. Two main schools of medicine .
exist today; the allopathic or
larger and older school, and the
osteopathic or newer school. The
osteopathic school was created
by an M.D. some eighty years
ago in an effort to offer the pub
lic, not only what was being of
fered by the - allopathic school,
but something entirely new to
supplement the old idea of med
ical treatment. 9
' The standards of the two
schools are now so nearly iden
tical in the subjects covered, the
years spent in study, research
and internship, that only an
expert could distinguish the dif
ference when comparing the
end product a finished phy
sician and surgeon. So why the
segregation idea in a Commun
ity hospital?
We most assuredly arg in
favor of both schools being
given staff privileges in our own
Community, publicly financed
and supported hospital. O
C. R. Adamson,
839 East Jackson,
Medford.
He Sees A Bright Future q
To the Editor:
Commenting on your editorial
on timber products of August
15th:
. Some years ago I hauled fire
fighters in my car to the fires or
to points from which they would
set off afoot carrying a limited
supply of food and tools, some
times taking a day or two to
reach the fire. In those days
more timber was burned in for
est fires than is now being
logged by our industries.
Our rnodern ways of control
ling fires plus reforestation, I am
sure will provide for my great
grandchildren here in Oregon
forest industries far surpassing
what we now have.
I predict that possibly in five
years, not more than ten, we
will see the logger going over
the mountain with a 'copter pick
ing out the prime trees, also
bringing them in direct to the
mill, limbs and all, where all of
it will be used. We will say good
bye to dozers and trucks, in mod
ern logging.
Elwood Hussey,
Cave Junction, Ore.
THEY HAD A FIGHT
Tokyo (U.R) Police nished
to restore order at the Masuyama
barber shop last night when a
free-for-all broke out. Someone
had switched the television set
from the baseball game to a
boxing bout.