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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, March 18, 195S
our, Discussion Coincide With Pilot Meat Inspection Program
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INSPECTING MEAT Dr. Ray Mast, veterin
arian and meat inspector, is shown here with
part of the group of citizens who toured the
Medford Meat company plant Thursday after
noon. Dr. Mast was explaining how an inspec
tor examines the lymph glands of a freshly
slaughtered beef animal as part of the process
to determine the animal's condition and its
REPAIR WASHOUT Workmen from the
county roads department lower a "camp white
leg" into place at the spot on Jacksonville-Central
Point highway where Jackson creek wash
ed the road. The cement foundation piers'1 are
useful in tying t in the rock wall to the back
fill. The pioneer Hanley home is in the back
Jacksonville-Central Point Highway
Reopened As Works on Others Continues
With increasing pressure of
spring traffic demands, Jackson
county road and bridge crews
are well underway with repairs
of damage wrought by the Feb
ruary and December floods.
One of the worst spots, where
rampaging Jackson creek goug
ed into the Jacksonville-Central
Point highway, has been com
pleted and repairs are nearing
completion in most other parts
of the valley. '
The Jackson Creek damage
required almost 3,000 yards of
rock and fill-dirt to mend nearly
500 feet of damaged roadway.
Boulders varying from 100
pounds to more than two tons
were lifted and swung over the
bank, and lowered into the road
bed.
Carl Kite and Bill Rees hand
laid the boulders in crushed
rock. Bill Bowman operated the
30-40-foot boom crane, pivoting
so ht could watch the choker
chain set by L. F. (Slim) Cut-
htirth ntn the miarrv-nrnduced
rock.
The boulders were eased over
the side and crowbarred into
place, often being swung aside
in order to have the bed filled
or lessened so that rock could
be placed as permanently as pos
sible. . .
The crane operator was also
responsible for protecting the
workman, who must work with
faith in the crane operator.
The heavy rock wall banking
the road bed and separating it
frorrPjacksce creek is nearly six
feet high in some places. The
work, temporarily closed . the
road.
Although the highway closure
v.-as an inconvenience to drivers
in the area, workmen did not
hurry the job, partly because of
safety factors and partly because
they were attempting to do a
permanent job.
. A wide variety of the county's
modern road and bridge building
and repair equipment has been
fitness for consumption as food. Under the
pilot program of HB 434, inspection teams have
been working throughout the state to deter
mine present conditions in packing plants, and
obtain estimates of staff needed, estimated
costs of carrying out the program and other
information for presentation to the next legis
lature. (Brainerd photo)
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ROAD REOPENED Young bicyclists take advantage of the re
cent reopening of the Jacksonville-Central Point highway.- Rock
work shows the extensive repairs made after flooding Jackson
creek washed out much of the road. Paul Lynch, county roads de
partment employee, and other crewmen are shown setting guard
posts. (F. J. Clifford, photo)
used in all road repairs. The
mobile crane employed on the
Jacksonville-Central Point high
way job was moved from another
work site.
With the crane came a dump
truck driven by Earl Acorn and
a power loader driven by Bernie
Moore.
.The big diesel-powered grader
had hardly completed the repair
work when traffic streamed past.
Paul Lynch was in charge of
guard rail setting, aided by
Damon Floyd and Perc Potheir.
Crane Moved
The crane is to be moved , to
below Gold Ray dam for rock
rap work on the road there, and
then to Talent for pile driving
on bridge, unless emergency
work demands the crane else
where. The nearly 1,000 miles of
county roads and 300 bridges are
under supervision of County
Engineer Paul Rynning, General
Foreman Bill Wattenberg, and
Construction Foreman D. J.
I (Bud) Clifford.
ground with the eroded meadow toward the
foreground. Black soil extends down some
seven feet to yellow clay underpan. Gold col-"
ors, plentiful along the area, come from old
Daisy creek, scene of early mining.
(F. J. Clifford photo)
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Gonslrucjion of New
Luxury Hotel Planned
Richard King,.- San Diego,
Calif., head of the corporation
which will build a luxury high
way hotel at 722 North River
side ave., is expected to arrive
in Medford within the week in
regard to plans for building the
establishment.
The property, which consists
of about a half -acre, is now occu
pied by a dwelling and demoli
tion of the property will get un
derway as soon as the lease held
by occupants has been releasd.
The new highway motel will
consist of 34 units and the in
stallation will include a swimming-pool.
The corporation plans
to install other motels through
out the state. They now have
about 50 such units in California
and operate on a credit card
system, with reservations wired
ahead.
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Projects Sponsored
By Women Voters;
Seek Adequate Law
A citizen's tour of a Medford
meat packing plant and slaught
er house, followed by a forum
discussion at the Jackson county
courthouse was sponsored Thurs
day afternoon 'by Medford
League of Women Voters.
The projects were part of the
league's work to educate the
community ' to the need for
adequate, compulsory state meat
inspection.
The tour and forums were
planned to coincide with the
conclusion of a meat inspection
project operating under the so
called "pilot program" set up
under House Bill 434 passed by
the last Oregon legislature. A
crew of three lay inspectors and
one graduate veterinarian, is now
working in Medford and Grants
Pass and has been in the area'
three weeks.
Many Make Tour
Making the tour of the slaught
erhouse and packing plant, Med
ford Meat company, were mem
bers of the league's meat inspec
tion committee, members of a
nutrition study group of Jackson
County Public Health associa
tion, members of the legislature
and candidates seeking election,
retail merchants, producers,
plant owners and consumer
citizens. With the group were Dr. R. C.
Sexauer, assistant state veter
inarian with the Oregon Depart
ment of Agriculture, who is in
charge of the field work for the
pilot program, and Russell T.
Daulton, meat inspection analyst
with the same department. The
group observed the entire pro
cess of slaughtering beef animals,
and were conducted through the
plant by Orrin L. Brown, oper
ator. HB '434 provides for contin
uous inspection during the
slaughtering process, with both
ante mortem and post mortem in
spection. With those in the group
observing, Dr. Mast explained
how the inspection is carried
on using an animal which had
just been slaughtered. He ex
plained the conditions of the
organs and glands for which the
inspector watches, and said if
certain conditions led the in
spector to question the animal,
a more detailed examination is
made and at times the glands
may be incised.
One Abcessed
One of the beef "organs ex
amined by Dr. Mast as the group
watched proved to be abcessed
and it was explained that such
a condition is not uncommon
and does not necessarily mean
the entire carcass must be dis
carded, but pnly the infected
organ.
Later the group toured the
cold room and Brown explained
the various inpection and grade
markings on the sides of beef
and how the grades were de
termined by the inspector. It
was pointed out later by Dr.
Sexauer that many persons are
confused on the matter of grad
ing and inspection. He ' stressed
that grading and inspection are
two different services for two
distinct purposes; grading is to
determine the quality of the
meat and does not indicate, for
instance,, under what conditions
the animal was slaughtered.
The .tour at the plant also
included the room where such
products as wieners and hams
are processed.
At the forum it was brought
out that the temporary meat in
spection bill was passed by the
legislature on the demands of
citizens who believe that quality
meat should be available to all
at a fair price, and that the
Oregon League of Women Voters
and its various local leagues had
worked for several years to
ward this goal.
To Be Replaced
Since the temporary pilot pro
gram must be replaced by a
permanent program, it was said
that citizens want a law which
will provide the necessary in
spection of slaughtering, like
that observed earlier at the
plant, and of processing, grad
ing, labeling, packing, canning,
sale and transportation. It was
further said that many citizens
wrongly believe the present laws
provide these services, but that
they do not, on a state-wide
basis. '; ,
It was pointed out that Brown
had voluntarily provided federal
inspection for his plant, and paid
SPECIAL SERVICES
First Christian Church
9th and Oakdale Medford, Ore.
MARCH 18-25 7:30 P.M.
EVERYONE WELCOME!
TOUR PLANT 'pictured here is a group of
citizens who visited Medford Meat company's
plant on Table Rock road Thursday afternoon.
The tour was sponsored by Medford League
of Women Voters as part of a community-wide
information project to keep alive interest in
statewide compulsory inspection of meat. In
for the service, but that nine
other plants in the valley are
uninspected or inadequately so.
Under present conditions, ac
cording to information brought
out at the meeting, meat may be
"bootlegged" across state lines
and meat which will not pass in
spection laws in the states around
Oregon is brought into this state
and sold. '
Several Phases
Dr. Sexauer and Daulton ex
plained that the pilot program
has several phases. It not only
provides for the inspection of
the meat plants but also for a
continuous study of the neces
sity and desirability of inspec
tion which will provide material
on the conditions found in the
plants, on sanitation deficienies,
and insanitary proctices found
as contrasted to proper prac
tices. It is also to determine
what the approximate cost would
be, how extensive a staff would
be needed to carry on the in
spection and other relative facts.
It was also brought out that
the pilot program is also an
educational one as far as the
plants are concerned. The teams
have been operating in the state
since last September and are
now in the 11th area. A complete
report will be made to the next
session of the legislature.
Cost Given
Daulton explained that it is
thought an adequate program
would cost about $400,000 per
year, with about 12 per cent of
this for administration. Since
there are about 400,000 families
in Oregon, this would be about
$1 per year per family. The
present program applies to pork
and mutton, but does not in
clude poultry, and it was brought
out that many believe it should
do since since poultry conditions
are also said to need attention.
The question of financing the
meat inspection program was
discussed, and Brown stated the
industry would be unable to
bear the cost. He pointed out
that in the highly competitive
meat business, packers in Oregon
could be forced out of business
if put into an unfavorable possi
tion as compared to California
and Washington packers.
It was pointed out that some
cities, such as Portland and
Klamath Falls, have adequate
programs of city inspection and
that under the law they would
be free to retain their own pro
grams or use the state's
Plant Condition? Good
Discussion at the forum
brought out the fact that the
plant just inspected was operat
ed under good conditions, and
that, under the meat inspection
law, - it is the aim to have all
plants properly operated. It was
said that when packers are
properly educated and the law
properly implemented, all plants
could maintain year-around san
itary conditions.
During discussion of labeling
it was brought out that consum
ers should know what the labels
mean and look for them when
purchasing meat. "Consumers
must be alert," it was emphasiz-
ed, and men in the group par
ticularly spoke of the health
dangers inherent in consumption
of meat unfit for use as food.
Many dairy cows are slaughtered
for use as beef, it was said, even
though more often unfit then
are range animals.
Support Still Needed
Passage of a law is not the
signal for an end to support and
effort, league members empha
sized, particularly since HB 434
was enabling legislation and will
be reviewed at the coming ses
Medford High
Take Special
Several Medford high school
students will take special physi
cal education courses as the re
sult of Rogers Physical Fitness
Index tests recently given 200
sophomores as part of the phys
ical education program.
The test, given in response to
President Eisenhower's publicly
announced concern for the phys
ical fitness of American youth, is
designed to identify pupils who
are sub-par in physical . fitness.
The students will receive phys
ical education work suited to
needs and designed to bring fit
ness up to a desirable level.ac
cording to Superintendent Leon
ard May field; Another test will
be given in May to check prog
ress of the pupils.
The May test will include ex
aminations to determine right
and left hand grip, back muscle
strength, leg muscle strength and
lung capacity. Separate tests and
evaluation standards .have been
established for boys and girls.
Lee Ragsdale, in charge of the
physical education program, re
ported that the average score
on a national basis for students
taking the tests is 100. . .
Average score for Medford
high school boys taking the test
was 103 and average score for
girls was 94. Highest score for
boys here was 144 and for girls
163. Lowest score for Medford
high boys was 54 and lowest for
the girls was 47. Some 25 per
cent of the boys at the high
school scored more than 115
and 25 per cent of the girls
scored above 109. A total of 75
per cent of the boys scored more
than 91 and 75 per cent of the
girls scored more than 77.
Ragsdale explained that sta
tistics on the state level will not
be released for publication since
the testing is not intended to be
competitive.
Sophomores who scored less
than 90 will be given special as
signments for part of each phys
ical education class period. The
work will be selected to correct
individual weaknesses. Caie
studies will be made of several
pupils who had the lowest scores
Sarah Byers
A CORDIAL INVITATION
the group were Dr. R. C. Sexauer, assistant
state veterinarian in charge of the field work
in meat inspection set up under the pilot pro
gram of HB 434, and Russell T. Daulton, meat
inspection analyst. Both are with the Oregon
Department of Agriculture. (Brainerd photo)
sion of the legislature with
permanent features, such as fin
ancing, established. HB 434 was
based on HB 99, and is said to
have all the desirable features
which were incorporated in, the
first bill.
League members and others
attending the session are anxious
that all consumers inform them
selves ' of the meat situation and
see that adequate appropriations
are provided to carry out the
purpose' of the meat inspection
law.
Students to
PE Classes
to determine factors causing lack
of fitness.
In a recent statement to the
school board, Medford high
school officials said, "We : feel
that the 75 per cent of our boys
who tested above . 90 can, be
brought up to a minimum score
of 100 by our regular, condition
ing program. We owe it to the
other 25 per. cent to see that
their specific needs, are- met.
How well this can.be done in a
short period, of -time -will be
shown by the results of our May
revest." ' . ,' . . - a
The .Rogers test was. adminis
tered at Medford and 11 other
Oregon schools selected as "pilot
centers" 'for the Oregon -: Pilot
Physical Fitness program'. Test
ing personnel from the :Univer
sity - of .Oregan and Southern
Oregon . college worked under
supervision of Dr. H.' Harrison
Clarke, research- professor- for
the university school of physical
education.
Oregon is reported to be the
first state to respond with offi
cial action to Mr. Eisenhower's
appeal for improved physical
fitness of youth in the nation.
A recent event . to arouse na
tional interest in physical ; fit
ness was the . Kraus-Hirschland
statistics comparing fitness of
European and American chil
dren. .
The report noted that 58 per
cent of American children tested
failed one or more of the six
simple tests, while only 9 per
cent of the -European children
failed one or more of the tests.
Coming Soon ....
Easter Emphasis Week
8 Great Days
"In the Shadow of the Cross" -
; - with .
Dr. Vernon Grounds, President of Denver Seminary
March 25 through April 1
First Baptist Church Central at 5th 7:30 P.M.
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Beginning
MARCH 20 Through APRIL 1st
JACKSONVILLE
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Evangelist's Fred and Sarah Byers
Services Each Night 7:30
Except Monday and Saturdays
IS EXTENDED TO YOU!
Repair Program in
Siskiyou Started
Yreka Siskiyou county coun
ty road department has launch
ed a repair and construction
program to put roads and bridges
back in good condition by early
fall.
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Major phases of the project
include replacement of the
member bridge, repair of Scott
River rd., replacement of the
bridge across Scott river at Kel
sey Creek, realignment of a por
tion of Grider . Creek rd. to a
higher level, realignment and
raising of the old Klamath River
rd. and repairs to the Salmon
Mountain rd. from Etna to Saw
yers. '
Also on the program will be
the section from Sawyers to
Somes Bar and from the Forks
of Salmon to the end of the
road above Cecilville. Butte
Valley roads also will undergo
repairs.
Realignment on Gazelle-Cal-lahan
rd. will follow completion
of the Scott River rd. project.
The civil defense agency, has
furnished approximately $35,000
for road projects in the county
and additional funds are expect
ed from "the agency within, the
next few months.
Four Crater FFA Boys
Win State Awards
Central Point Four mem
bers of the Crater High school
chapter, Future Farmers of Am
erica, earned FFA state farmer
awards at the recent 28ti an
nual state FFA convention at
Oregon State college.
They were Norman Barnes,
Clifford Bigham, Morton Gos
sett, and William Ryan, all of
Central Point. .
The award is the highest giv
en to high school youths taking
agriculture. Boys are judged on
supervised farming projects, ac
tivities and accomplishments in
the chapter and knowledge of
farming and FFA work. .
Crater chapter adviser - .is
Leonard Kunzman.
Portland (U.R) Parker
Schram Company, Portland, was
apparently low bidder with $37,
539 for construction of McNary
power house switchyard, line No.
6 and McNary-Big Eddy tower
No. 11, Bonneville Power Ad
ministration has announced.
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Maroon buckram 6.00
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