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Pacific Northwest Wood Products
May Be Made Into Clothing Soon
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
WASHINGTON The day may
not be far off that clothing will
become a product of the woods
of the Pacific Northwest.
This is the
outlook pre
sented by for
estry and pap
er experts who
are conversant
with progress
has been unde
in research
that has been
undertaken to
BobL smiu develop a fab
ric" suitable for clothing made
from wood pulp.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. of Nee
nah. Wis., the firm which first
developed the paper handker
chief, has come up with some
thing it identifies as K-2000
a "textile" which it has produc
ed with papermaking machines
rather than looms.
Paper Product
K-2000 is a paper product
made from balsam, spruce, and
jackpine. Forestry officials here
say the same results are likely
to be realized from using species
of thesa trees that are indigen
ous to the Pacific Northwest.
They mentioned the lodgepole
pine, the Engleman spruce and
the grand and silver balsam.
Utility garments are getting
top priority in early experiments
with K-2000. Those are the hard-to-wash
items such as coveralls,
policemen's ponchos, hospital
gowns and restaurant aprons.
After that will come attempts
to develop everything from bath
ing suits to the latest Paris crea
tions of high fashion.
Inexpensive
Inexpensive as a paper bag K
2000 can be draped, printed, dec
orated by silk screen process, cut
and sewed like a fabric, its test
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ers claim. It can be made to vary
ing specifications, varying the
strength, weight, appearance and
texture.
What is possibly most amaz
ing, is that tests have shown
that it can be made both water
resistant and flame-resistant.
Looking to its commercial ac
ceptability with milady, testers
are most pleased with the man
ner in which they have been able
to duplicate the "feel" of woven
fabrics. The result is that garm
ents made of K-2000 won't have
a stiff paper quality, but will
have a softness which is felt to
be necessary for public accept
ance. Paper Garments
Paper garments, it is antici
pated, will be thrown away when
they become soiled, rather than
laundered in any fashion. Need
less to add, this would mean a
tremendously increased volume
of clothing production over to
day's level.
Reduced costs will have to be
a factor in putting across such an
idea, but experts believe the
price of paper clothing will be
substantially lower because pap
er making is much simpler than
cloth production.
By combining K-2000 with syn
thetic fibers, even washable
clothing may be developed, the
researchers believe.
Cross Web
In one form of the fabric, a
cross web of thread forms the
base. This can be rayon, nylon or
glass, held together by an adhe
sive, and it may be varied in
thickness. Onto each 'side of this
base several piles of high wet
strength cellulose wadding are
laminated to form the skin for
Ihc paper cloth's surface. The se
cret is supposed to be in this
wadding, or it is these minute
paper shreds that make the new
fabric resist wrinkling, scuffing
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and Iinting.
Paper fabrics by the yard or
bolt eventually will become
available for home use, as well
as for the mass production of
ready-made garments, research
ers think. And when mother
wai.ts to make her own dresses
from this new fabric, she can lay
aside her needle and thread
when it comes to installing zip
pers. Just get out the glue pot
and paste it on the latest thing
in do-it-yourself clothing.
Mayors in County
Proclaim Employ
Handicapped Week
Mayors of nine Jackson coun
ty communities have joined with
Medford Mayor Earl Miller in
proclaiming this week as "Na
tional Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week."
In his proclamation, Mayor
Miller cited the cost of rehabili
tating a handicapped person to
a useful job as being less than
$600 while the cost of keeping
one person in dependency costs
between $600 and $1,200 an
nually.
He also pointed out that for
every federal dollar spent on re
habilitation of handicapped per
sons, $10 is returned to the fed
eral treasury in income taxes
paid by those who have been
rehabilitated into paying jobs.
Urges Support
The mayor urged public sup
port in reaching the objectives
of the NEPH committe, not only
through the coming week, but
throughout the years. He also
urged the public to see that re
habilitation and training are pro
vided for those disabled persons
who could work if properly re
habilitated. Employers also were
urged to place job orders with
the Oregon state employment of
fice regarding physically handi
capped persons available for
work.
Mayors who joined with Mil
ler in the proclamation were
John Keaveny, Jacksonville;
Milton Steinmetz, Gold Hill; F.
E. Poole, Butte Falls; Richard
Neill, Ashland; Phil B. Engle,
Rogue River; Keith Thoreson,
Talent; Dan H. Adams, Phoenix;
Donald E. Faber, Central Point
and Don Ashpole, Eagle Point.
Farmer Killed When
Tractor Crushes Him
Sherwood (U.R) A 60-year-old
farmer was killed Friday
afternoon when a tractor tipped
and crushed him beneath it.
State police said Roland E.
Thomas was discing close to a
bank on his property three miles
south of Six Coroners. The trac
tor rolled over, killing Thomas
outright.
Surviving are his widow, Eliz
abeth, and a son, Seth of La
Grande.
Texas, the largest of the states,
also has the most counties with
254.
GREATEST SALE OF THE
Organization of Girl
Scouts Is Described
(Editor's note: This is an
other in a series of articles
describing activities of agenc
ies served by contributions
to the United Medford Cru
sade.) Girl scouting i,s made up of
team work by girls and volunte
er adults. A Girl Scout team
should consist of the girls, the
leader, assistant leader, and the
troop committee of three to five
men and women interested in
young people.
Aiding the troop team i.s the
council team of volunteers who
make tip the neighborhood ser
vice team of troop organizers,
troop consultants; and the neigh
borhood chairman with her as
sistants. Training Committee
The training committee chair
man and committee administer
local training, with money for
supplies provided by UMC funds.
They see that adult members
of the local organization get
necessary training to do the
work. Training is given by pro
fessional workers or volunteer
trainers especially selected and
trained for the work.
The Medford district training
chairman is Mrs. Lawrence
Buonocore and the volunteer
trainers include Mrs. Richard
Finch, Mrs. Maurice Ritchey,
Mrs. Al Cararra, Mrs. Wilmer
Warren, Mrs. W. H. Fner. and
Mrs. W. E. Tucker. Miss Mary
Aiancn, executive director, is
coordinator
The neighborhood chairman
coordinates work of the troops
in the neighborhood where she
lives. She holds neighborhood
meetings to give information and
aid to individual troop leaders
and assistants. She receives in
formation from the local council
as needed.
Troop Committee
The troop committee members
are adult backers of individual
Girl Scout troops.
, Girls of the troop plan their
own program with their lead
er; committee members help the
leader. The troop, committee,
when requested, helps in many
situations such as finding a pro
gram consultant, maybe a forest
ranger who can help on a con
servation program, a nursery
teacher who can help in child
care, or a father who can help
on a carpentry project. Troop
committee members help locate
such a person, or they may act
?,s program consultants them
selves. The committee helps provide
community backing for the
troop. The committee keeps in
touch with parents to help them
understand why and how their
cooperation with the leaders is
needed.
Troop Committee
The troop committee brings
to the leader additional under
standing of the parents' point of
view on Girl Scout need; and
the troop program. Each troop
must have a troop committee or
the troop can not be registered
with the national organization.
The leader of a Girl Scout
troop must let the girls plan
what they want to do, and she
must guide them to make a wise
decision. She must show them
that Girl Scouting is a way of
life and help them live it. She
help;? girls learn self discipline
YEAR I
and initiative, and develop ab
ility in representative self gov
ernment. The leader must also aid the
troop in achieving advancement
in the requirements of scouting,
give them guidance in earning
badges.
The assistant leader works
with the leader in helping the
girl,";. If the troop is run on the
patrol system the leader might
work with one patrol and the as
sistant with the other, according
to the project each patrol is do
ing. Training Dates
A series of training dates for
leader.s and assistants will be
held in St. Marks Guild Hall
starting Oct. 10 from 9:30 a.m.
until 2 p.m. Other dates are
Oct. 17, Oct. 24, and Oct. 31.
The meeting on Oct. 24 will be
held at the Bear Creek Day
Camp site and will be a cookout
session.
Each person attending the ses
sion;; should bring a sack lunch.
Coffee will be furnished.'
There will be a recess from
11:45 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Anyone-
who is interested in any
phase of Girl Scouting has been
invited to attend the training
se?,-ions.
Persons who would like to
learn more about Scouting or to
help in any way, whether as
leader, assistant, or troop com
mittee member, are asked to con
tact the neighborhood chairman.
Neigborhood chairmen for
the following district are Mrs.
J. E. Moir, Griffin Creek, tele
phone 2-9033: 'Jacksonville
Westside call Mrs. Robert Kagy,
telephone 2-4361; Roosevelt-r
Lone Pine call Mrs. LeRoy J.
Smith telephone 2-8590; St.
Marys call Mrs. Thomas Esling
er, telephone 2-9995; Washing
ton Jefferson call Mrs. Ken
neth Howe, telephone 2-9603,
and the Phoenix neighborhood
chairman is Mrs. Jack James,
telephone 3-2323.
Several neighborhoods have
not selected the neighborhood
chairman ye,t and for those a
person may contact ' Howard
neighborhood contact Mrs. L.
R. Bailey, telephone 2-9656;
Central Point contact Mrs. C.
Wayne Thompson, telephone
NO-4-2203; and Lincoln-Jackson
contact Mrs. J. J. Jones, tele
phone 2-6537. For those inter
ested in working with the junior
and senior high age groups call
the Girl Scout Office.
Former Policeman
Indicted in Portland
Portland (U.R) A former
state policeman was arrested Fri
day afternoon, the tenth person
to be apprehended on Oregon
federal grand jury indictments
charging fraudulent conspiracy
in the sale of plywood co-operative
stock.
The tenth to be arrested was
Roland Montgomery, 40, Hood
River, now a nutria salesman. He
was a state policeman for 10
years, resigning in 1954.
Earlier in the day Frederick
Alan Wright, 42. of Salem, ar
rested on similar charges, had
his bail reduced from $5,000 to
$3,500. His attorney told U.S.
Judge Gus Solomon that Wright
was "flat broke."
State Police Lt. Richard Wil
liams was arrested on similar
charges Thursday and posted
$2,5000 bail after surrending to
his old friend, U.S. Marshal Har
old Sexton here.
Commenting on the arrest of
the veteran lieutenant, second in
command at the Milwaukie sta
tion. State Police Superintendent
H. G. Maison said in Salem:
"I haven't heard all the facts.
I understand he asked for a leave
of absence. We're withholding
final judgment until the courts
have had final judgment."
Neuberger Named to
Humane Society Board
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
Saturday was named to the board
of directors of the National Hu
mane Society at its annual meet
ing here.
The Society said Sen. Neuberg
er had been a supporter of leg
islation that would require the
meat packing industry to render
animals insensible to pain before
slaughter.
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On The Side
(Distributed by Kine
Do you shave daily? Better
not neglect your shaving. It can
be grounds for divorce. Evidence
submitted by the wife in a re
cent divorce case that her hus
band didn't shave regularly
helped her win. The first man
to shave daily was the Roman
General Scipio Africanus. That
was over 2,000 years ago. Marc
Antony shaved daily. Not only
that, when he was scheduled to
call on Cleopatra, he shaved. 10
times over. I don't know what
kind of a razor he used.
Among The Married
It has been claimed there is a
higher percentage of happy ma
trimonial matings among second
marriages than first. It has also
been said when a man marries
for the second time, if he is a
widower, it indicates he loved
his first wife. On these claims I
have been unable to check com
pletely. Some observers of life
among the married have viewed
second marriages with a touch
of cynicism. As for example Dr.
Samuel Johnson who said a sec
ond marriage was "a triumph of
hope ' over experience." Robert
Herrick observed:
He loves his bonds who when
the first are broke.
Submits his neck
unto a second yoke.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. You
said there is no law in this coun
try compelling a woman to use
her husband's surname. A lawy
er I discussed this with says
there is. What now? A. I still
claim what I said is right. Q.
What is the name of the Irish
American who recently pur
chased Killarney? A. John Stuart
Robinson of Palm Beach, Fla.,
bought Killarney. However, he
is not an Irish-American. Is of
Scotch descent. Incidentally, the
population of Killarney is about
6,000, of which 2,000 make their
living entirely from the tourist
trade.
Making Movies
The massive Thespian, Victor
Mature, when on location in
Genoa, Italy, for that film titled
"Interpol," said to a -reporter
"Don't ask me why we are in
Genoa. The scenes we do here
in Genoa are meant to be in
Rome in the movie. When we
were in Rome last week we were
doing the Istanbul scene. That's
the way movies are made."
Etiquette
How well informed are you to
hit the jackpot on a quiz pro
gram with etiquette as the cate
gory? How about eating chicken
a la Maryland with the fingers?
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Is that a violation of dining eti
quette? How about doing like
wise with a chicken leg? Would
this rightly subject your table
manners to criticism?
Sidelights
Another successful man
named after a president of the
United States was Abraham Lin
coln Filene, celebrated Boston
department store owner ... If
you don't remember Graham Mc
namee, the Happiness Boys, Joe
Penner, Russ Columbo and
Major Bowes, how can you call
yourself a young old timer? . . .
The name of a deputy sheriff in
Johnstown, N. Y., is Jesse James.
Thai Island
With what 10 men would you
like to be stranded on a desert
island? That's a query asked Ava
Gardner. That's being stranded
in a truly colossal way. What 10
feminine film stars would you,
sir, like to be stranded on a des
ert island with? One that no
practical man would overlook is
Marlene Dietrich. She can cook.
Pleast Note
Ever hear of man who was
an active head of a large organi
zation when he was 95? Kokichi
Mikimoto, the Japanese tycoon
known as "The Pearl King," was
still on the job regularly at that
age. Mikimoto originated the
"cultured pearl." It is said only
the x-ray can detect the differ
ence between a cultured pearl
and a real pearl.
EVERLASTING TAXES1
Statesville, N. C. U.R) The
U. S. District Court here re
ceived a $20 check from a man
under probation for a federal
liquor law violation. The check
was made out to the "U. S. Eter
nal Revenue Office.''
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Engineers Plan to
Spend $97 Million
Portland (U.R) The Corps
of Engineers plans to spend
about $97 million in civil works
construction in the Pacific
Northwest during the current
fiscal year ending June 30, 1957,
Brig. Gen. L. H. Foote. North
Pacific engineer, reported Satur
day. Included in the list of projects
were two $10 million items in
Oregon. One, for which bids will
be opened March 15, calls for
construction of an earth and
gravel fill dam, outlet works,
power intake, detour roads and
bridges in connection with Hills
Creek reservoir on the middle
fork Willamette river, 26 miles
upstream from Lookout Point
dam.
The other project involves
construction of a rock and earth
fill dam, outlet works and pow
er intake at Cougar reservoir on
the south fork of the McKenzie
river. Bids on this job will be
opened March 28.
The other work will be spread
through the Portland, Seattle
and Walla Walla districts.
. There are 11 cities of mora
than 50,000 population in Tur
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