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I TWO MED FORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. October 17, 1958 'Man-Made' Glaciers Under Consideration By Forest Service TheyH Do It Every Time Hi 111 A proposal for "man-made1 glaciers, first made several years ago by Emmet M. Tucker, Medford, president of the Tuck er Sno-Cat corporation, is re ceiving serious consideration by the U.S. Forest Service, accord ing to reports from Nevada City, Nev. Tucker says his Idea is the outgrowth of the days of his youth when he was working in an isolated area, and wanted some ice cream during the hot summer days. The following winter he rigged up a pipe with a spray nozzle, and in sub-freez ing weather turned it on. The result was a pile of ice which accumulated during the winter, and which lasted long into the summer months. Tucker got his ice cream. In recent years, however, Tucker revived and revised the suggestion, because of the In- Do-lf-Yourself Hobby Of Therapeutic Value Los Angeles OJ.R) The best thing to ease the tensions of to day's fast-paced living is often a do-it-yourself type of hobby, according to a study made at the request of a power tool firm. A do-it-yourself hobby also of fers an answer to the growing problem of how to occupy time on the hands of the country's oldsters. J. R. DeBacher, president of a power too! firm, believes the do-it-yourself industry will have total sales of $10 billion by 1960 because of high costs of material and services. "But I think the therapeutic values are even greater than the economic benefits for city and suburban people," DeBacher said. "Harried executives pro ' fessional men it doesn't matter who they are can find in a hob by the same satisfaction a labor er or a cab driver or office work er finds. It satisfies the inner man, and that's something his work doesn't always do for him." In a 24-hour period Ameri cans suffer an average of 1,917 heart attacks, 5.260 cases of pneumonia and 65,750 cases of influenza and grippe. creasing importance of stored water to the economy of much of the arid and semi-arid west. He theorized that such "man made glaciers," if built high en ough during the winter, would provide a slow and steady run off during the spring and sum mer months, rather than a quick run-off during the spring, and then no water during the months it is the most needed. The Nevada City report quot ed Walt Hopkins, chief of the division of watershed manage ment research for the Forest Service, and Henry W. Ander son, snow research expert for the same agency. They emphasized that the idea is still only an idea, and that it has yet to be proven practicable The Sacramento Bee of Oct. 2 quoted Hopkins as saying: Water Conservation "We are neither optimistic nor pessimistic over such a de velopment, but the need of wa ter conservation throughout the year is so great we cannot pass up anything which might lead to a more gradual run-off. They described the method as follows: A deep and shaded canyon or gulch, which would receive a minimum of sunshine, would be selected. It would be necessary to have a gravity water supply at the edge or mouth of the can yon. During freezing weather. jets of water would be sprayed into the canyon where the wa ter would form layers of ice. At the end of the winter the can yon would be loaded with thous ands of tons of ice expected to melt slowly and evenly during the summer. Supporters of the plan, which apparently is under active con sideration, say water could be stored this way at a fraction of the cost of building and main taining dams, and they also sug gest the bodies of ice might be come self-sustaining. The two forest service ex perts said they plan to place their information before glacier experts to determine if it would be workable. Anderson added. "If It appears feasible, we will attempt to obtain funds for an experiment, but to date it is just something to talk about." By Jimmy Hatlo i TEi. i- you OOC ECONOMY IS 4LL COCKEYED' THE PRICE SPIfML IS F4MT4STIC HlGW COST OP LIVING IS BEYOMD COMPREHENSION.' TODJYS DOU-AR ISNT worth a 1940 "mo-err HECE.' 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A startled Chamber of Com merce successor to " the old Commercial Club honored the pass and gave him a chauffeur driven limousine to take in the city's sights. Louisville's last trolleys were retired 10 years ago. WORDS DOWN THROATS Chicago (U.R) George Blanda, the Chicago Bear's vet eran quarterback once called a "major league misnt, now kicks those words down op ponents' throats. Blanda has kicked the Bears to 11 victories and one tie in the past seven seasons and currently sports an uninterrupted record string of 154 extra points in National Football league competition. 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Disloyalty Firing By Bosses Upheld Chicago (U.R) Firing work ers for disloyalty to their em ployers has been upheld in four important decisions, according to Commerce Clearing House. CCH, national reporting agen cy on tax and business law, said the protection given work ers under federal labor law against discharge for concerted activity does not extend to acti vities which tend to injure the employer's business. A federal appeals court ruled that an employer was justified in firing an employee who act ed as an employment agent, helping engineers with his em ployer's firm to get jobs with other companies. In support of this decision, the court cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that just cause for discharge was created when em ployees in another case distribut ed handbills disparaging their employer's products. Another case cited involved an appellate court decision de nying reinstatement to workers who had established a nation wide boycott against their em ployer's products. 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