MierOBD (OREGOH) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, July li, 1958
U Nkhol's Worth of . . .
'Comment On This and That
ly HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Pratt Pauta Writar
Washington It was you are right or left-eyed?
Interesting for a coior-bhnd n'.d '.Veil, eve men say, that sort
coot to learn that more gin . of rab:' dveip in childhood.
than boy are About 60 per rent of u allow
able to tell a the right eye to do a good part
t ; n t nrc-en r.f the worlf
from skv blue. I ve a'waya been a great hand
. -av i Arrorrim.2 to at the game of wink, playing it
experts on the with anything that passes by in
mink, nypri rano;t. or naming
sin. But I npver gave the bus
iness of blinking much thought.
V.'rH, I have learned that most
per pie do an awful lot of blink-
eyes, it 5 a mat
ter of heredity.
Martin Spal
ding, labora
torv director
Ilirmin Sirhol .
t.on outfit in Chicago has made Good readers. statistics snow.
. , in 1 n lt n.i-.ro ' n n n,ir.r rFsrir-r
ronsioeranie stuoy oi u.e . f . '
with which we view' A normal looker bunk on tne
well a average of -ri times a minuie.
of orbs
beauties of
nature
fme print.
' A boy." Spalding savs, "can
cnrr.e b- rolor blindness from
eitner parents. Mostly, girls are
not affected unless both of the
parents are color blind."
Mt boys, the eye expert has
tened to add in defense of the
frwj st. can tell a blonde from
a rein"!'
There are a lot of things I
riidn t know about my eyes. Here
fire enrne of them:
A common pair of lookers i
r.-tpable rf drawing up to 2rt per
re-; r.f the enerEv the body
peremies and controls 80 per
cent r.f nil ic-irning.
K'tfh c. c has more than 100.
noo lino v. rsiiive cells capable of
tr.-.nrmt'ing ari impression.
You're Missing Something
Your eye can hide tilings from
you. It ".sees"' a good di'.ii moie
than it tells the brain about, ;
which maybe makes the eye
sharper than the gray matter.
"You wouldn't believe it if .
you saw everything your eye j
takes in," Spalding said. "If you I
could see all, you wouldn't have j
time for anything else but look-;
lng." i
People wonder at huce tele
scopic lenses made for star gaz
ing and lookine at the moon.
But eye specialists will tell you
no man-made magnifying glass
can hold a candle to the lens
people look through. The lenses
of the eye is about the size of
an aspirin.
Doctors tell us that the eyes
are pretty tough and can stand
a lot of looking in all kinds of
light without serious damage.
But misuse can cause trouble
digestion, cases of nerves, and
slowing of the work output.
Did anybody ever ask you if
House Calls for Bill
On Flood Insurance
Washington "U.R; The House
Saturday called up for action
a bill that would set up an "ex
perimental" S3 billion federally
subsidized flood insurance plan.
House approval seemed like
!v. The Senate approved the bill
ny a fii-7 voe on May 10.
The five-year program would
prnvine for the federal govern
ment to pay 40 per cent of the
insurance premiums on commer
cial properties and as much as
(in private ones to
program feasih
iMire set the to'lil ft;d
t S.J biiiion. Hov " it.
o,i itiv President i
o $ I j billion. A S25H.- :
was placed for any j
policy holder and a
limit of $10,000 for a dwelling
unit. i
Tbe Senate also adopted a pro
vision, sponsored by Sen. Wil
liam F. Knowlandf R-Calif) call
ing for the federal and state
governments to split the 40 per
rent government share of the
insurance premiums after June
30, 1959.
I Nation's Cities
Aid Polio Combat
Chicago Cities
throughout the nation Saturday
pitched in to help Chicaeo com
bat worst polio wave of the
year.
T h year's total of cases
climbed to 245 Friday when 19
new victims were reported dur
ing the 24-hour period enriina
midnieht Thursday. At this
time last year, 38 persons had
been stricken.
The Cook County chapter of
the National Founcia'ion for In
fantile Paralysis. preparnd to
ship in hypodermic needles and
syringes from cities in different
parts of the country, to cut
down time lost by sterilizing
each needle and syringe after
every shot.
Louisville. K y . , Mineola,
N.Y.. Nashville. Tenn., Ander
son and South Bend in Indiana.
Milwaukee. Beloit and Madison.
Wis , provided the necessary
supplies.
Health officials prepared to
take drastic steps, should the
outbreak near epidemic propor
tions. Some 40 new inoculation
centers have been considered to
provide free Salk anit-pnlio vac
ripe for those who cannot afford
the she's.
Motorlog Leads to Jacksonville,
Storehouse of Pioneer Memories
ooo limit
industrial
Two Injured When
Lightning Hits Pole
Chicago-- 'U.1
were in j ' n-ri
uhen i u h t n i n i
pennant poles
' -- T u' o persons j
st ruck two small
HI Writer Field
Tugboat Cook Held
In Sex Slayings
Muskegon, Mich. 0J.PI A
31-year-old tugboat cook was
held for investigation Saturday
in the 1955 sex slayings of Jean
nie Singleton and Peter Gorham.
The suspect, arrested when
residents reported he was acting
suspiciously around a group of
children, admitted he lived at
Kalamazoo when the eight-year-;
old Singleton girl disappeared
there 14 months ago. j
He also was believed to have
been in the Muskegon area about
the time the 12-year-old Gorham
boy vanished from nearby camp
Wabaingo, a boy scout camp. i
However, the cook denied any
connection with either of the !
slayings although refusing to
take a lie detector test. i
Muskegon County Undersher-!
Iff Josph Cherney said the sus- !
pect could not be forced to take 1
a lie test at this time. 1
Heatwave Fatal to
Willamette Turkeys
Albany. Ore. (U.P) Loss of
IS. 000 turkeys out of a flock of
40,000 owned by Verle Nofziger
at Albany was reported Satur
day and there were indications
of other poultry losses in the
Willamette valley as a result of
the mid-July heatwave.
Nofziger said his turkeys, only
a few weeks away from the mar
ket, seemed to become demented
by the heat. They left shady
places and ran about frantically
in the hot sun until they col
lapsed. He said there was noth
ing that could be done to prevent
the deaths.
County agents through the val
ley tended to agree, however,
that losses in most flocks were
confined to a few dozen birds
They reported that chicken rais
ers were also suffering some
losses as a result of the near
record heat.
Rendering plants reported
they were processing a laree
number of birds killed bv the
heat.
during a storm which halted the
Cubs-Giants game.
Tiie small poles, on the roof
of the main stands, were shat
tered. Frasments hit Steve Lit
ton, 37, Chattanooga, Tenn.. on
the right, leg, and struck Fred
Ellehrt, 12 Riverdale, 111., in the
head.
Doctors said neither was in
jured seriously. Both were given
first aid at the field medical
room, to which they walked un
aided. The game, halted after one
batter appeared at the plate in
the first half of the first inning
was resumed after about a S0
minute delay as the storm
passed.
Two Boats Reported
On Fire in New Jersey j
Fdsewater. N.I. -UP Two'
boats moored off the Grace j
Boat Works were reported to
be on fire Saturday.
The craft, one believed to be '
a convert PT boat, were ap
proximately 500 feet offshore.
Firefighters, sending streams'
of water into the fires from
shore facilities, said no injuries;
have been reported.
REJECT INVITATION
Saigon. Indochina UP1
South Viet Nam rejected Satur
day a South Korean invitation
to Seoul for a three power de
fense conference with Nation
alist China.
US Said Independent
Of Foreign Rubber
San Francisco (U.PI The
United States is no longer a
"have not" nation in rubber,
according to W. S. Richardson,
president of the B. F. Goodrich
Co.
He said in a speech here that
the successful synthesis of the
crude rubber molecule makes
this country "completely inde
pendent of foreign sources of
rubber "
V n t i 1 a few years aeo "there
had always been an area where
the tree product was better."
Richardson said. But in Decem
ber, 1954. scientists announced
they had synthesized the crude
rubber molecule, and this
"moans we can now duplicate
the rubber we must go half way
around the world to get," he
said.
lie predicted that by 19fi0
there will be a 25 to 30 per cent
increase in production of chemi
cal rubber.
Herbicide Kills
Grassy Weeds
St. Louis UP A highly se
lective herbicide that kills gras
sy weeks without harming their
cousin, corn, has been developed
by Monsanto Chemical Com
pany. The new chemical, called Ran
dox, permits one-cultivation
corn crops free of germinating
grasses such as crabgrass, water
grass and foxtails, according to
company spokesmen.
One application at planting
time "results in a considerable
saving for the farmer in later j
cultivation costs," said the cur-j
rent Monsanto publication.
"Tests have shown that farm-!
ers can eliminate the use of the
rotary hoe and one of two cul-
tivations. it added.
Randox also can be used with
out damage to soybeans.
"Extensive field tests are re
ported to have shown yield in
creases of six or more bushels
of seed corn per acre and from
three to six bushels of seed soy
beans per acre through the use
of Randox," the article added.
The chemical, a liquid? is
mixed with water and applied
before the seedlings emerge
either at planting time or shortly
thereafter. It costs about S3 a
quart, which is enough to treat
an acre, spreading a 13-inch
band along rows.
Monsanto said Randox is be
ing given a limited market this
year pending final clearance for
use on food and feed crops.
Old Courthouse
In Mining Town
Used as Museum
Th following ! eondenii-
tton of motorlog appearing
In .Vorthveat rotogravure mat
arlno of Ttio Sunday Ornnlin.
It la nna of an annnnl aarlra
aponaored Jointly by 1 no Or
mnlan and tho Oregon fitato
Motor aamorlnrlon.
Br GWLADYS BO WEN
Socur isiajr. Th Oreronlm
In Jacksonville, Oregon has
a potential rival for Nevada's
famed tourist attraction, Vir
ginia City. For the tree-shaded
streets of this old southern Or
egon mining town, a few miles
" est of Medford, are lined with
the shells of pioneer buildings.
Aj we found on a motorlog
for The Oregonian and the Ore
gon State Motor association,
among many other attractions
there ace graceful old churches,
one of them the first Protestant
church built west of the Rocky
mountains.
The old United States hotel,
where President Rutherford B.
Hayes was an overnight guest
on his stage coach trip through
the Rogue River valley, was in
i's heyday the finest to be
found in a wide area.
There are other public build
lnzs. and lovely old homes,
most of them dating back to
the lS50s. when Jacksonville
was overcoming its growing
pains as an early mining town,
and becoming a well established
community.
Old Rome Predominate
Some of these old homes are
still in use; but for the most
part. Jacksonville today is just
another small community living
among ghost buildings.
One of the old buildings that
Is playing a new role In present
day Jacksonville Is the stately
red brick courthouse. This was
built in 1SS4. on the site of
the original wooden courthouse,
which had been erected in the
middle '50s and burned in the
'80s.
It served as the court of Jus
tice until the late '20s when
Medford succeeded Jacksonville
as the county seat.
In 1950, historical material
which had been collected by the
Southern Oregon Historical so
ciety, Inc., and housed In the
old hotel, was moved Into the
courthouse. Now it's the official
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Cnlted States hotel, at right In this early-day Jacktonrtlla
street scene by pioneer cameraman Peter Britt, arlll atands.
museum, open week days from
10 a. m. to 5 p. m. and from 2
to 5 p. m. on Sundays.
Most recent of its acquisi
tions are furnishings from the
home of the late Peter Britt,
early bwlss pioneer who settled
in Jackson In 1852 and became
the first photographer in south
ern Oregon.
By far the most Interesting
part of this collection is the as
sortment of early cameras Britt
used, not only in his portrait
studio, but also for his scenic
work.
Nearly all of his cameras are
Voitlanriers, ranging in size
from the 4x5 box camera he
brought with him from Swit
zerland to later models, which
include a huge 11x14 job that
more resembles a small cannon
than a camera.
There is even a stereo cam
era, with a large viewing box,
and hundreds and hundreds of
plates that may take years to
classify and identify.
As time permits. Miss Mary
Hanley, curator of the Jackson
ville museum, plans to recon
struct Peter Britt's portrait
studio in one of the museum
rooms, and have it set up with
cameras, posing chairs and va
rious backdrops.
Britt is reported to have been
the first photographer to make
a picture of Crater lake, first
discovered in 1853. He literally
had to build the road to the
lake in the early "70s. It was
not until 1874 that he made his
first photograph of the lake.
According to the story, he spent
nearly a week at the rim wait
ing for good weather and was
finally forced to make an ex
posure of several hours.
Jacksonville is just five miles
west of Medford, now a thriv-
Clouds Bring Relief
From Northwest Heat
By UNITED PRESS
A cloud cover brought wel
come relief to thousands of Ore
gonians in the western section
of the state Saturday, dropping
temperatures by more than 10
degrees, but the double plague
of fires and water shortages re
mained. The 15-day dry spell was cli
maxed late Friday with the out
break of at least 51 lightning-set
fires in the state and a residen
tial district of more than 2000
homes southwest of Portland ran
out of water.
Forestry officials said none of
the fires was considered poten
tially dangerous and all were
controlled in a short time. Only
blaze still out of control was
in the Gifford Pinchot National
Forest in southwest Washing
ton. It was burning through
steep terrain on a 60-acre timber
plot. Thirty smoke jumpers
flown to the scene and auxiliary
foot crews were unable to stop
the fire from spreading. Only
hand labor could be used in
the rugned area.
Situation Grave
Forest fire fighters said the
situation in the woods would re
main grave, despite the cooler
weather, until rainfall nuts an
end to the two-week dry spell.
Virgil HuIsp, superintendent j
of the Capitol Highway water
district, said bis district and the
Alto Park district ran out of
water at 7:30 p.m. Friday. H
hoped to restore service Satur
day by forbidding use of water
for anything except drinking
and sanitary purposes. Irrigating
was prohibited.
Hulse said the district's tanks
had been dry for three days but
the householders had been
getting by. using water directly
from the lines to the Portland
water supply. At 7:30, he said,
even the lines went dry because
of the usually heavy drain.
Nsgotiaiions Break
Up Without Agreement
Columbus, O. U.R Ne
gotiations between the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Co. and
the United Rubber Workers
broke up Friday night with lit
tle sign of progress and no fu
ture meetings scheduled.
The current contract between
the union and the Firestone
company expirei at midnight
tonight.
Union negotiators have; been
authorized to call a walkout of
some 21,000 workers in eight
cities if a new contract agrees
ment is not reached.
In
in
The first juvenile courts
the U. S. were established
Chicago as a seperate unit in
1899. The idea had originated
in Adelaide, South Australia,
about one year before that.
White motorlog car panned
amid majesty of redwonda
along Smith river to coast.
ing county seat of Jackson
county, 2S9 miles south of Port
land on U. S. highway 99.
A pleasant round trip from
Portland that can comfortably
be made in a long week end
would be down 99 to Medford,
then across to Jacksonville and
on through the Applegate val
ley to join U. S. highway 199
south to Crescent City. Cal.
and return north on scenic
U. S. 101 to Portland. A sug
gested bypass over an old high
day north of Crescent City
through the Smith River cut
off to Brookings will save a
few miles.
Another suggested stopover
on U. S. 199 to the coast is the
Oregon Caves, 20 miles east of
Cave Junction.
The road from Medford to
Crater Lake, some 81 miles, is
kept open throughout the year,
although there are no accom
modations available at the lake
until mid-June.
Greese Biggest Threat To
New Venture in Australia
The champion traveler among
birds is the Arctic tern whose
annual round- trip migration
route of 25.000 miles extends
from the Arctic to the Anarctic.
North Dakota has 101 certi
fied tree farms with a total of
38.342 acres.
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There's a State Farm Life In
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The world's longest and fast
est man-made toboggan run is
st Grayling, Mich. It's 3.000 feet
long and speeds up to 100 miles
an hour have heen reached.
Sydney (U.R; Australia has
launched its boldest agricultural
experiment in history rice.
And the biggest threat to suc
cess of the SI 2.500,000 venutre
is posed by geese.
American and Australian cap
ita! have combined to develop
some 750.000 acres in the North
ern Territory into a $75,000,000-
a -year rice -growing industry.
The area selected for the project
j is the famous Humpty Doo ranch
j which stretches for some 500
! square miles along the west
j bank of the Adecan River. Ex
I perts claim this area can pro
! due? a rice superior to that
grown In most parts of the
world.
Los Angeles capitalists S. B.
Mosher and Allan Chase are
furnishing most of the money
for the venture, while Australian
capital will comprise one-fifth
of the new company, Territory
Rice, Ltd. Already some 250
acres of rice on the Humpty
Doo ranch have been harvested,
but it will be used only as seed
for the 5.000 acres which will
be planted next season. The seed
rice was grown from seed im
ported from Indonesia, Thailand
and Burma.
Geese Persist
The developers intend to use
the most modern machinery for
planting and harvesting their
crops and say that eventually
some 20.000 people will be
brought into the sparse North
ern Territory to handle the pro
duction. Their biggest, headache to date
is supplied by the hundreds of
thousands of wild geese who
regard the venture as a delight
ful fre? lunch counter planted
the rice seed and down came
the geese. The battle has now
been joined.
The growers placed carbide
gas guns throughout the fields
to scare away the birds. These
"Zon'' guns gave off a loud bang
every 20 seconds, but had little
effect on the geese. They de
veloped their timing to a split
second would zoom in for a
landing, devour a few mouthfuls
of rice and be off with the ex
plosion. The growers then put wailing
sirens in the fields which work
ed very well during the day
light, but under cover of dark
ness, the geese ignored them.
As a last resort, the growers
have now put powerful search
lights in the fields to scare off
the night-feeding geese. All this
trouble has been with the 250
acres of seed rice being grown,
and the big question is how to
enforce the "no trespassing" or
der to geese on the larger
acreage.
Andrew Carnegie distributed
nine-tenths of his fortune in gifts,
among which were 8.000 church
organs, about 3.000 libraries and
more than 500 colleges and universities.
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Body Recovered in
North Sanfiam River
Jefferson. Ore. (U.R) The
body of William Parks, an 18-year-old
visitor from Newport.
Ark., was recovered from a
grave! bar in the North Santiam
j river here Friday.
I Parks drowned last Monday
i while swimming. His body was
l spotted by 9-year-old John Cay-
wood of Jefferson who informed
j police.
I Marion county sheriff's offie
i ers are seeking Parks' parents
j who were reported working as
! bean pickers on a Portland-area
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At Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan Association, your savings wisely
invested mean extra profits for you. Your savings are entirely safe, too
individual accounts are insured up to $10,000. The family with the saving
habit saving regularly, and leaving savings where they will be well invested
can earn good dividends within a short time dividends that mean a secure,
happy future. On June 30, Jackson County Federal investors received $133.
356.93 in dividends. At Jackson County Federal, the current dividend is 3
per annum.
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