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G O O O n O O o o o o O O O O G o O o O O o o o o o TWELVE MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. August 26, 1955 O o o O BLM Advisors Set Sept. I Meeting; To View New Road o A meeting of the 14-man ad visory board for the Medford dis trict Bureau of Land Manage ment is scheduled for Sept. 1. ac cording to Eugene K. Peterson, district forester. The board will view construc tion progress on the Galice access road west of Grants Pass'during the combination field trip and business meeting. Peterson said. Timber volume announced for sale in 1956 will be one of the Osubjects discussed by the group during an afternoon business meeting hat will be held in the bilster rust camp near the west end of the road construction of future timber access roads will be another discussion topic, Peterson added. A progress report concerning a land-exchange now underway involving O & C district and Na tiortil Forest lands will be pre sented to the group by the dis trict forester and staff. Members of the Jackson county court will attend as guests of the board. Medford members of the ad visory board are chairman L. L. Simpson, and members Eric Al len Jr.. George Flanagan. Glenn Jackson, B L. Nutting, Gene Ted rick and W. B. Tucker. Board members O. K. Puckett and Tim Sullivan, Klamath Falls: Tom Mehl Jr., Glendale; and J. I. Bristol, Cliff Coleman. Raymond T. Lathrop and Ralph Moore Jr., ifll of Grants Pass, will take part in the trip. REDS RELEASE DOWNED PILOT 2nd. Lt. Guy R R,,mn 2 of Jackson Miss., who suffered a fractured SB St f ace when lie was shot down by North Korean Red over the demilitarized zone, isscorted by North KoreaS nurse and officer to Point where he was turned over to UN representatives. The body of Capt Carles w. Brown of West Louisville. Ky., who was killed when they crashed, was returned with Lt. Bumpas. Crops Improved In Climate Study Washington (U.R) The De q partment of Agriculture reports that the study of microclimate (fc playing a key role in improve ment of forage crops. Microclimate is the climate down next to the ground the atmospheric environment near q the surface where plants grow. The department said work carried on five or six years at the pasture research laboratory at State College, Pa., shows that measurements of humidity and tenfperature the main con stituents of microclimate in a stand of close-growing forage plants differ to a surprising ex tent from measurements made a O few inches above the ground. q Knowledge of these differences facilitates the breeding of qual ity varieties that not only yield Oell but live longer. The scientists created special instruments and other equip ment for studying microclimate. They made practical application of their research in solving crop ping problems y developing va rities that are more disease re sistant and more suitable for success under ground-level grow ing conditions. The researchers found that weeds, such as matted chick wd in alfalfa, sometimes do Qdamaee by holding moisture and (Sowing air movement, creating a microclimate favorable for de velopment and spread of disease organisms. The department said that re search in ground-level climatol ogy raises the possibilities that q forage crops will become easier to deal with, yields per acre will Qte Higher, and unit production costs probably will be lower. 'Wall Flowers' Will Help Orchid Industry Los Angeles (U.R) A Univer i sity of California scientist is hav : ing success in growing "wall flowers'' and his technique may help the orchid industry. Austin Enright. a horticulturist I at U.C.L.A., is growing orchids on redwood boards, nailed to a ; vertical frame. The plants are strapped to the boards and tied to a nail to hold them erect Roots run along the surface of the boards. Enright feeds 48 test plants by means of a pipe that permits minerals and water to trickle down to the roots. If the technique proves suc cessful, it may help the orchid industry which has lost business because of a decrease in demand for orchid corsages. Potting for orchids has con tinued to keep orchid prices high because expensive materi als, such as osmunda, brought from the Florida Everglades, is needed for conventional potting. Redwood boards would elim inate the costly osmunda and would also solve the space prob lem in hothouses, permitting six times as many plants to be raised in the same space now used in conventional orchid houses. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.i Cattle for week 3345. Low to average choice 1.030 1.170 lb. fed steers S23-23.50. good fed steers S20-22.50. commercial! grass steers S17-18; high Commercial and low good 1.109 lbs. S20: utility steers unevenly S 1 1 . 50-16: good and low choice feeder steers S17-13.50. medium and good stockers S14. 50-17. 50; good and low choice fed heifers S19.30 22: commercial heifers S16 to S18. most grass heifers $16.50 down, util ity heifers S10-14.50: canner and cut ter cows S7.50-9.50. utility cows S10.50 12.50. commercial $13-14. young cows to S15; utility and commercial bulls S14-15. some S15.50 and one at S16. Canners and cutter bulls S9-13.50. Calves for week 685. Good and choice vealers S18-20. one at S21: good and choice calves $17-19: utility and commercial SI 1-16. culls down to S8. Hogs for week 1400. U. S. No. 1 and 2 lots 180-235 lb., butchers $19.50 20 25, early to S20.50; No. 3 lots S19 late. Heavier and lighter weights SI 7.50-18.50: choice 350-550 lb. sows $13-18: smooth sorts and lighter weights S16.50-17. Sheep for week 4850. Good and choice wooled spring lambs mostly $16.50-17.50; choice with occasional prime S78. some 114 lb. choice and prime S18.50 late. Good and choice feeder lambs $14-15. few S15.50 early: common light feeders downward to S10: good yearlings S10-12. Good and choice slaughter ewes S3.50-5; culls down to S2. Engineering With Humans In Mind Results in Saving Washington 'U.P.i Human en- els. Ordnance Corps teams con gineering is taking place in the sider instinctive civilian reac U. S. Ordnance Corps. It means tion-response to a traffic signal, good, old-fashioned common No soldier has to think that red sense and a savings in man- means "stop" and green means power and dollars. j "go." The limitations of the human j The .Army uses these colors to being necessitate the improve- convey the same meanings. Like ment of weapons and vehicles of ! wise knobs turn on the same as war. the Army announced. The ; television dials, physiologist and the psychologist i '-Human engineering in the are working along with the de-j Army helps prevent human er sign engineer to make the j rors "leading to accidents," Dr. changes. ; powers said. "... And it means Dr. Roy P. Powers Jr.. chief j more skillful and effective han scientist for the Army Ordnance j dling of the equipment should Corps here explained: I our combat troops find them- "As 'weapons become more : selves in combat." complex and modern anti-aircraft guns, guided missiles and tanks are a tangle of instru ments the soldier operating them tends to become too de pendent on the 'machine.' "Instead of 'engineering' the soldier to fit the complicated weapon . . . we must engineer the weapon to fit the human being. By revamping old weapons and designing new ones with the human factor uppermost in mind, we can increase speed accuracy and safety in performance." Too Many Dials The physiologist considers the environment in which the man will work. In cold weather when a man must wear heavy clothing, he will need a gunner's seat which will accommodate his en larged proportions. The psychologist points out that too many dials confuse the operator. He studies the motion which would be lost if the dials are poorly placed. In designing instrument pan- Inventor Waits Travel To Moon Lee who Wall Street q Mayor Finds Charity Articles on Front Lawn Ridgefield. N.J. (U.R) Mayor Ross Zogt thinks the mysterious q individual who called the town's Qre&ients asking for flood relief materials had a fine idea, except for one thing. The food, clothing and house- Ohold articles began piling up on I wZogt s front lawn, where the caller had told the residents to leave them. Zogt called a Na tional . Guard truck to get the things. Former Beria Aide Receives High Award London (U.R) The Soviet government has disclosed it is giving one of its highest awards to a former lieutenant of exe cuted secret police boss Lavrenti Beria. Radio Moscow said the Order of Lenin had been awarded to Army Gen. Ivan Aleksandrovich Serov on his 50th birthday "in recognition of his services to the state. Serov served under Beria as first deputy minister of state security. Hollywood (U.R) Dr DeForest, the scientist started the electronic age through invention of the vacuum tube, observed his 82nd birthday today by wishing that he may live to see man travel to the moon. DeForest, known as "the fa ther of radio," enthusiastically endorsed recently announced plan by the United States and Russia to launch artificial satellites into space to gather information about things as dis tant as the moon. "Communications will be no problem," the scientist said "We've already bounced mes sages off the moon with radar." DeForest perfected the radio tube in 1906 while experiment ing with wireless telegraph in a small, lower Manhattan labora tory. Since then he's helped elec tronics become an integral part cf 1200 U.S. broadcasting sta tions, 400 television transmitters, hundreds of radar sets and thous ands of gadgets, many of them highly secret vital to the well being of millions of persons. DeForest is gray-haired and deaf but he still is active foui hours daily in a small labora tory 14 floors above a busy Hollywood street. saws ,i iBillHf & -a'"':-:, f 9 HtW JsjaflH . ' g One-Fifth Nation's Land Federal-Owned Washington ,U.R) More than one-fifth of the nation's land is owned by the government. This means that more than 405.000.000 acres in the contin ental United States are under federal control, said Rep. E. Ross Adair (R-Ind.) Uncle Sam spent more than S30.000.000.000 for land, build ings and other facilities not in cluding land in the public do main, national parks and forests, he said. The Department of the In terior owns the most land 212. 000.000 acres over half the total. The Department of Agri culture ranks second with 41.6 per cent and the Defense Depart ment is third with 5.2 per cent. This information was givgn Congress in a General Services Administration survey, Adair ex plained. It was the first federal real estate inventory since 1927. Hereafter, it will be" kept up to date, he said. ATTENDS SCHOOL Frank Burch Jr., of Stevens Auto Sales, Inc., takes the controls of a Jeep-A-Tractor at the Willys training ; school held recently at Santa Rosa, Calif. Burch was instructed in operation of all types of Willys Jeep equipment at the dealers school session. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. OUR FAMOUS DINNERS Specializing in Prime Ribs of Beef and other delectable dishes ALA CARTE MENU M0N DESIR" POINT FOR RESERVATIONS - Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 Only 3 Days Left Ted TAYLOR Comedy - Ventriloquist! Tonite Through Sun. Ted is one of the best. "Elmer" is almost human, "Slim Chance" gets many a laugh and he gets the audi ence into the act. Come on out and laugh with them! 2 SHOWS NIGHTLY THE DOUBLE - AIRES For Your Dancing Pleasure STAN'S V CLUB A MILE A YEAR Burlineton. N.C. (U.R) Post man Paul Simpson plans to run q 51 miles on his 51st birthday oiext Sept. 2. Simpson first be j:an his annual long distance .(glints on his 46th birthday when he ran 46 miles. Last year he ran 50 miles. New York (U.R) The stock market moved higher again to day marking the eighth consecu tive session that prices have ad vanced. Gains throughout the list ranged to more than a point with a few selected issues show ing much wider gains. Chemical shares as a group displayed a considerable amount of strength. Steel shares also met demand. Motors, however, were backward and they re ceded small fractions. Metal shares ran into some mild profit taking after their recent sharp advance. This trend did not last long. In the last hour, they re sumed their upward course in moderate demand. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver-1 aqes: 30 industrials 463.70 up 2.43; 20 railroads 157.11 off 0.18; utilities 66.07 off 0.09, and 65 stocks 166.37 up 0.39. Sales today were about 2.200 000 shares compared with 2, 120.000 yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 178 Anaconda 745s Chrysler 85 's Curtiss Wright 23s s General Electric 52'a General Motors 128 Montgomery Ward 73 5 s Penn. R. R 27 Penney, J. C 92' Radio 494 Southern Co 201s Southern Pacific 61 1 4 S. Oil of Calif 90' 2 Texas Gulf Sulphur 393 Transamerica 433s Tri-Continental 27's United Aircraft 78 U. S. Rubber 4434 PORTLAND CASH GRAIN j Portland Wholesale Hav Prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa, baled. I i.o.b. trucks. Portland. S34.35. Prices as Reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. S3.50 ton: No. 2 white oats, .i8-lb. test. Coast dcliverv (nomi nal. $50: No. 2 Western barlev. S44.50 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast deliverv rnv bean meal. S81.30 ton, cars, prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 milo f ob. Portland. S57 ton: standard millrun $44-45, cars: No. 2 yellow corn. East ern shipments, f.o.b. Portland. S66.25. PORTLAND PRODUCE .Portland fU.P.) Eegs To retail ers: urade AA large. 63-64c: A large, 53-57c; AA medium. 49-51c: A medium. 48-50c doz: A small 33-3 c. cartons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA (trade prints. 65c lb: cartons, 66c: A prints, 65c: cartons 66c: B prints. 63c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles. 42'2-45'-c: 5-lb. loaves. 46ij-4!)"jc; Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 39'2-492c lb. YOU CAN'T GET MORE YOU WON'T PAY LESS Farm Market Corn sold for SI .75 a five-dozen ear crate today on the Portland East side Farmers market. Tomatoes brought S1.75-S2 a lug for iai ue sizes ana i.z.--.au tor smalls. Cauliflower was SI on a letteuce craxe. Topped carrots were SI. 75 a 50-lb. sack. Gravenstein apples were offered at sz.-.ao a box. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No I quality f ob. Portland!: Frvers 2', to 4 lbs. 30c: at farm. 29-30c lb: light hens. 17-19c; heavy hens, all wis., 19 20c up: old roosters. ll-14c. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 39 40c lb : whole drawn. 51-55c lb.: cut up. 56-59c lb.: hens, light tvpe. New York style. 28-29c: cut-ups. S40-46c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style. 29-31c; whole drawn. 41-44c. Turkeys To producers for A grade young hens. f o b. farm. N.Y. dressed, 33-34c lb.: heavy A grade toms. N.Y. style. 32c: livestock basis. A grade hens. 30-31 c: toms. 29c lb. to retailers: A grade young young hens readv to cook. 50c: N.Y. dressed. 37-38c lb.: a grade toms. oven readv. 41-45c: N.Y. style. 34-35c; fryer turkeys. 4-8 lbs.. 49-olc. Rabbits (average to growers f ob. killing plantsi Live white. 334-4'2 lbs.. 21-23c up: 5-6 lbs.. 17-19c: colored pelts. 4c under: old does. 10-12c lb.: a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers. 57-61c: cut up. 62-63c. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. Welcome To "1 j! I wtm II 4l Uil HI in i -r M m ' v. MODEL FH-103 Big new 10.3 cu. ft. 1955 Wbstinghouse FROST-FREE FULLY AUTOMATIC DEFROSTING " REFRIGERATOR A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY AT ONLY With Ycur Old Refrigerator WAS $389.95 COMPARE FEATURE FOR FEATURE! WESTINGHOUSE GIVES YOU MORE! 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