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school field trip was rained out Thursday,
Lyle Beyers, above, of the state forestry de
partment, Salem, built a model of a typical
section of terrain to demonstrate forest fire
control methods. Using several loads of gran
ite, he built miniature roads and canyons to
show where fire lines should be constructed
FIRE CONTROL The basic course of the fire foremen's
school held at the state forestry department headquarters on
Table Rock rd. Wednesday included demonstrations of how
various types of water sprays are used to control a forest
fire. A portable high-pressure pumping unit, such? as would
be used on an actual fire, took water from a nearby sump
for use in the demonstrations. In a real fire water would
be supplied by a stream or tank truck.
FiRE SCHOOL Using a portable loud speaker, District
Ranger Vern Taylor of Star ranger station, above, explained
forest fire control methods to about 80 men attending the
advanced course for fire foremen at the state department of
forestry headquarters on Table Rock rd. Thursday. The group
consisted of men from lumber and logging operations in this
area. The two-day course was sponsored jointly by the South
ern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association, the state
forestry department, and federal agencies.
Is That
Although spring has been
heralded by unthinking man as
that time of year when a "young
man's fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love," this schedule
' for the larger warm-blooded ani
mals is far from true and it is
high time to put a stop to this
frothy nonsense. '
For many of the larger ani
mals such as deer, elk, and sea
otters, courtship and mating oc
cur during November and De
cember, in the closing gasps of
the old year. For the skunk,
wolf and coyote, it may occur
late in January or February.
And in Canada, our northern
lemming may even mate under
the snow in mid-January.
Contrary to sentimental hu
mans, the" abiding objective of
the timing is to have'mothers de
liver their offspring when food
is most abundant and weather
most moderate.
To effect this appropriate
timing, a bear mates in midsum
mer; a deer usually in the late
fall or early winter; and the ro
dents, with short gestation pe
riods, in the early spring so that
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they can have several litters
with the last maturing before
snow flies. This timing has re
sulted from each species' - length
of gestation which may vary
greatly.
Length or shortness of day
light, apparently, is the built-in
timing device which triggers the
courtship "pattern for each
species.
Courted Earlier
To prove this point, one ex
perimenter exposed field mice to
extra doses of infra-red light
during the early winter and they
courted several weeks earlier
than normal. Similarly, by sud
jecting crows to long hours of
light during early winter, an
other experimenter found that
he could even chanee misratory
patterns: turned loose when the
snow was flying, these light
charged . crows headed for the
northland actually reversing
the field and flying in the direc
tion they would normally have
taken months later.
Spring maters such as fox,
marten, weasel, and .wolf have
been- readied for midwinter ro
mance by longer hours of day
light. Sensibly enough, the abiding
factor when animals are left to
their own desires is that the
young must be delivered when
both mother and infant have the
best chance to survive. Sorry
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and the best ways to fight certain type fires.
Small bulldozers gave "scale" to the model
and signs indicated the kind of fuel and other
conditions supposedly existing on the minia
ture mountain. The demonstration was con
ducted at the state forestry department head
' quarters on Table Bock rd.
County Delegation
To Livestock Show
Receive Awards
Jackson county's 4-H delega
tion to the Grand National Jun
ior Livestock Exposition at Cow
Palace returned home Thursday
with several honors.
The show was held April 12
17. Eight Jackson county young
sters attended.
Bill Hernlein, Ashland, was
named top 4-H'er and placed
third in livestock showmanship.
He was one of 10 classified as
"excellent showmen" out of
about 450 beef showmen at the
event. He also placed first in
his class with a star prime Here
ford. Dale Smith, Central Point,
was the fourth highest scoring
4-H club member in the live
stock judging contest. There
were 700 in the livestock judg
ing competition. He also exhibit
ed a prime steer. .
'Qualified Showman'
Judy Bradshaw, Antelope, was
one of 50 receiving a "qualified
showman" rating. She also exr
hibited a prime steer. Others
from Jackson county participat
ing in the exhibition were as
follows:
John James, Talent, star
choice steer; Charles Elmore,
Applegate, star choice steer:
Carol von der Hellen, Central
Point, choice steer; Susan
Wright, Medford, choice steer;
Jo Ann Mallory, Antelope,
choice steer; and Leon Small,
Sis-Q, choice steer.
The Josephine county team of
three won the judging champion
ship at the Cow Palace show.
This is the first time this trophy
has left the state of California.
Hospital Liability
Bill Passes House
Salem (U.R) The House Fri
day passed a bill making hospi
tals liable to suit for damages
for injuries caused by negli
gence. House bill 334 provides that
the charitable nature of hospi
tals will not be a defense in
such suits.
' Also passing the House was
House bill 283 appropriating
S50.231 to set up ragwee con-
trol districts in 18 counties un-
der direction of the Department
of Agriculture.
Counties included would be
Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Co
lumbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas,
Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lin
coln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah,
Polk, Tillamook, Washington
and Yamhill.
spring is mostly the time of
birth, not courtship and mating.
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PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL
The homemaking class will
hold a style show Thursday,
May 2, in the afternoon as part
of the program for the PTA.
About 67 girls will model one
complete outfit of clothing, al
though many girls have made
more than one ensemble in their
classes. The girls have made all
sorts of clothes ranging from
Bermuda shorts to riding pants.
The public has been invited
and refreshments will be served.
Pretty dresses, high -heels,
hats, and all the accessories that
go to make up an Easter outfit
will be seen around the halls of
PHS Monday, April 22.
Every year, the Monday fol
lowing Easter is "Dress Up Day"
and the students, mostly the
girls, come to school in their
Easter finery.
Agriculture classes, under the
instruction of John P. Dube, are
taking several new projects this
week. Some of the new projects
include wheelbarrows and hose
holders. There are also many
projects n e a ring completion.
Some of the projects the boys
are completing include trailers
and hay loaders.
A state unemployment typing
test was given several senior
girls Tuesday, April 16. The test
will be on record in the state un
employment agency, and will be
given to any prospective employ
er when the girls apply for a
job.
Those taking the test were
Barbara Blankenslrp, L y d i a
Plummer, Elvie Watkins, Betty
Medford, Gale Larson, and
Charlotte Stovall.
Cake, ice cream and punch
were served to members of the
"Afraid of the Dark" production
staff after the presentation on
April 17. Refreshments were
served in the Homemaking room
and records were played to pro
vide some of the entertainment.
Marva Suit, Charlotte Stov
all, and Janice Grove provided
the cakes, and the ice cream
was bought with Mask Club
funds.
Those who attended were Ri
chard A. Dickenson, Ron Daugh
erty, Henry Scott, Stanley
Zwan, Dorothy Bean, Wanda
Oetken, Charlotte Stovall, Mar
va Suit, Gail Glidden, Gayle
Larson, Nedra Harris, Charles
Swingle, Glen Bradley, Mary
Fowler, Jim James, Janice
Grove; Dale Haggard, Roxie
Shea, Betty Rupp,- Neil Gearin,
and Liz Pramman.
Campaigning for student body
offices will begin April 22 and
end April 29. Final voting will
be April 30. tudents running
for an office must have at least
a 3 average in grades and a 2 in
citizenship. The president will
come . from the present junior
class, and the vice president,
secretary, "and treasurer will be
from the present sophomore or
junior class.
The student council and
teachers will select nominees for
yell leaders April 25. The final
election of yell leaders will be
April 30.
TALENT GRADE SCHOOL
Mary Hampton and Bob Ja
cobs were chosen by popular
vote to reign as Queen and King
New Conduit Being
Placed in Alley
PacificJTelephone has started
work to increase underground
cable conduit in an area south
of its central office at 502 North
Central ave.
Excavation is under way of a
1,600-foot long trench in the al
ley between Bartlett st. and
Central ave. from Jackson st. to
East Sixth st. and along East
Sixth from the alley to Bartlett.
The conduit to be placed in
the trench, according to Man
ager Jack Creager, will provide
eight cable pathways.
New cable to be placed in the
conduit will serve the south and
southeast portion of the Med
ford exchange. The area is ex
periencing rapid residential de
velopment, Creager added, be
cause of recent annexations to
the city.
Cost of completing the conduit
work has been set at $16,500.
The cable which will be placed
in the new conduit this year
will cost an estimated $50,000.
Contractors for the conduit
project are Hamilton and Thorns
of Eugene.
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of the Seventh and Eighth grades
spring dance, held Wednesday
evening, April 17, in the school
gym.
W. B. Mearns' seventh grade
sponsored the dance. The gym
was decorated in red and white,
the traditional grade school col
ors. Music was furnisned by the
"Downbeats" a high school dance
band organized by Ralph Carroll,
high school band director.
The annual Talent school open
house will be held Thursday,
April 25. Doors will be open at
7 p.m. Following the room visi
tations, there will be a short pro
gram in the school gym.
HEDRICK JUNIOR HIGH
On Friday, April 19, an
awards assembly was held at
Hedrick Junior High school.
The orchestra and band play
ed their numbers for the con
test coming up April 27 at Med
ford High school. The awards
were later presented by John
Drysdale, orchestra director, and
Ronald Bartlett, band director.
Talent High Sports
Page Gets Rating
Talent Talent High school's
sports page was rated second in
the state for excellence by the
Oregon Scholastic Press associ
ation .according to a bulletin re
ceived Wednesday.
Talent's rating was in compe
tition with schools of 300 or less
enrollment.
Judging each year is based on
a particular phase of scholastic
journalism. The sports page was
this year's selection. The Lan
tern of Pendleton placed first,
and the White Buffalo of Mad
ras was third.
Sports editor is Jim Spangler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Spang
ler. Three issues of the paper
were chosen for judging. Points
emphasized were general cover
age of coming and past games,
sports features, athletic associa
tion coverage, makeup, photog
raphy and printing.
Honors awarded to the Hi-Life
in previous years in addition to
many first-class ratings are two
All-American ratings by the Na
tional Scholastic Press associa
tion, a first in editorial page ex
cellence and a third in first page
excellence as rated by the Ore
gon Scholastic Press association.
Editor of the Hi-Life is Pris
cilla Welch, and adviser is Mrs.
Mary Lucille Offutt.
Massey Transferred
To Eugene Office
F. K. Massey, ' commercial
agent for the Medford office of
the Missouri Pacific railroad, has
been promoted and transferred
to general agent at Eugene, ac
cording to company officials.
The change was effective April
1.
Massey and his family resided
in Medford for the past year.
Before coming to Medford Mas
sey was in Salinas, Calif. While
in Medford he was chairman of
the entertainment committee of
the Rogue Valley Transportation
club. His family will remain in
Medford until the close of the
school year.
Massey will be replaced by
R. A. Sheldon Jr., of Sacramento,
Calif.
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More Direct Dialing
Will Be Available in
PT&T's Improvements
Telephone users in Pacific
Telephone's exchanges in the
greater Medford area will be
able to dial more telephones di
rectly without paying long dis
tance charges after April 27.
That is when the company's
major service improvement pro
gram goes into effect, according
to Medford Manager Jack Crea
ger. Under the new service plan
Medford telephone users will be
able to dial directly to about 23,-
250 telephones. The total in
cludes 14,700 telephones in Med
ford, 4,050 in Ashland, 1,580 in
Central Point, 500 in Gold Hill,
540 in Jacksonville, 1,340 in
Phoenix-Talent and 530 in White
City.
Other Calling Areas
The. other expanded local
calling areas and the total num
ber of telephones in each will
be:
Ashland 20,100 telephones in
Ashland, Medford and Phoenix
Talent. Central Point 17,860 tele
phones in Central Point, Med
ford, White City, Gold Hill and
Jacksonville.
Gold Hill 16,790 telephones
in Gold Hill, Central Point and
Medford.
Jacksonville 18,170 telephon
es in Jacksonville, Central
Point and Medford.
Phoenix-Talent 20,640 tele
phones in Phoenix-Talent, Ash
land, Medford and Jacksonville.
Remain the Sam
The local calling area of White
City telephone users served by
the Columbia Utilities company
will remain the same. The area
includes a total of 16,810 tele
phones in White City, Medford
and Central Point.
When the plan goes into ef
fect, Creager pointed out, tele
phone rates for service in Ash
land, Jacksonville, Gold Hill,
Central Point and Phoenix-Talent
will be the same as those in
Medford.
At the same time the', local
calling areas are expanded, new
telephone numbers will be in
troduced in Medford, Ashland,
Gold Hill, Jacksonville and
Phoenix-Talent exchanges.
New Members
Medford's new numbers will
have the prefixes SPring 2 or
SPring 3; Ashland's MUrdock 2,
MUrdock 5 or MUrdock 9; Gold
Hill's, ULrick 5; Jacksonville's
TWinoaks 9 and Phoenix-Talent's,
KEystone 5. The NOrman
dy 4 numbers in Central Point
and TAlbot 6 numbers in White
City will not be changed.
In using these new numbers it
'Til Hide the Eggs . . .
and You Ice the MILK,"
say most wise Dads on this Easter Sunday because they know that the kids are)
going to burn a lot of energy hunting those eggs and romping across the lawn.
Youngsters need that extra pep MILK gives them ... and it's great for grownups
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So, be sure there's plenty of cold milk in your picnic thermos or refrigerator to
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is important to dial the two cap
ital letters and numeral of the
prefix and the following four
numerals.
Total cost of. the service im
provements, Creager said, has
been set at about $675,000. That
amount includes some $200,000
to establish the new Phoenix
Talent exchange.
Roseburg Students
To Discuss Problems
Five Roseburg High school
students with stuttering prob
lems will appear on station KB
ES - TV Sunday on the pro
gram, "The College Hour."
As part of their speech ther
apy, the students will discuss
their experiences as stutterers,
problems they have encountered
and help they have received in
overcoming their difficulties, ac
cording to Leon C. Mulling, di
rector of the Southern Oregon
college speech clinic.
Dick Schwerzbin, speech ther
apist in the Roseburg public
school system, will accompany
the group.
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