TWKi,VEMfcDJORl (OBEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. June 23. 1957
ilrood Aaents
usoimess Here
Establish Offices
To Provide Belter
Shipping Service
Bf ELIOTT CARLSON
Mii Tr.booe Staff Writer
Vithm ti e next vvcrtl yers.
(A'tdf (Td Will le "capitol" of th
m's; a:ie Uirn'rHT producine,
60 the Pcific coast, c
coro.C to group of railroad
(igeU'OP Who lave rt up offices
he-- e'au$ they "pct busi
ne to oe g "
Sim! this pnict, to-
13iier ith gnothor fctor in
crit8te)J competition morif riil
roacis for Oregon commodities
has brought nuie agents repre
senting Ja- Western and mid
western railroads into Medfrird.
Trie agents emphasize their
main purpose here is to provide
better service for Hi shipping
fraternity. Among tiieir services
are holding passenger reserva-1
tions on trams out of San Fran-1
Cisco, and Portland, quoting
fares, rates and train itineraries
keeping shippers advised on the
jnovent of their cars. ;
Off time offices solicit traffic
for direct shiprrtjnts and part;
of their purpose fre is to per
suade shippers to route traffic
on their lines once past me
Southern Pacific route.
Principal Commodities
Principal commodities hand
led in this area are lumber,
pears and grain. Agents estimate
their shipments to be from 70
to 90 per cent lumber, about
10 per cent pears and the rest
mostly miscellaneous shipments
of grain, barley and canned
goods.
An example of railroad com
petition is found among the five
Chicago lines, which have little
more in common other than that
their headquarters are in Chi
cago. They include the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy line.
Chicago Great Western, Chicago
North Western. Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific, and Chicago
Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific,
each of which has an agent in
Medford.
The Denver and Rio Grande
Western railroad and the Union
Pacific, both represented in
Medford. compete for SP traffic
at Ogdrn, Utah, and from there
serve as a feeder line to Denver.
Compete for Deliveries
At Denver most of the five
Chicago lines compete for de
liveries transported there by the
UP and D&RGW. The lines have
direct routes to Chicago where
they serve as feeders to the Chi
cago Rock Island and Pacific
A triangular area, from Om
aha to Chicago to Minneapolis
and St. Paul, is served by the
Chicago and Northwestern RR.
The Chicago gurlington and j
Quincy "main line" is from Den-
ver to Chicago. The line, which .
operates about 11,000 .railroad
miles in 14 states, connects with j
all eastern lines at Chicago,!
Peoria and St. Louis. 1
From Ogden the Union Pa '
cific also has routes to Omaha !
and Council Bluffs and Kansas!
City to connect with other car-j
riers, which deliver further !
east. The UP also competes for
traffic at Portland, which is the
SP's northernmost point.
Coooer.te. Suoolement i
sn ant have nnintrrf out I
the word "competition" does not
accurately describe the relation
ship one railroad has with
another, though they may ship
in the same territory. Instead,
it is reported, railroads often
cooperate and supplement each
other s operation where they
can.
A rase in point is the Missouri-Kansas-Texas
railroad.
vhich ships in the territory
south of Kansas City and St
Louis t'nrough points in Texas
and near the Gulf of Mexico.
Representatives of the rail
road, which is known as the
"Kalv" line sav its nurnose here
,, ... . ... i
is to sen wie uiLrfiisuue pi
promote a better understand
ing between the shipping fra
ternity and carriers."
According to W. Harold Pyle
CB&Q commerical agent. When
tryimt. to sell railroad service
you are in effect selling a per
Clonal service. If a shipper likes
HT service you are likely to
jCt the traffic."
Intermits Trends
Why should southern Oregon,
:hi thu- Medford. to be the an
(ticiaiteS center for the coast's
.lUBilier supply? Some interest- j
'int trends have been pointed
(out by the railroad agents.
'S'ably. tiie center of lumber
'pfoduction is moving south from age Friday when fire started by ever, served only briefly, being
'.nortii and moving north from a short circuit spread through drafted then into the federal
'.the smith. the structure. service." '
According to Robert C. Bur- Between SIO.000 and $15,000 j Boyer went on to say. "Two
nctt BRGW district freight ; worth of chemicals was stored previous directors, Erviii L. Pet
.aSCD.i. timber stocks in this area in the building and extent of erson and James F. Short, were
(ar! Ci'it'.pia.-atively undeveloped damage to them was not known both Republicans. Their claim
(arid, offer the natural incentive : immediately. The recently com-; to bipartisanship is not suppor
.'O; ligg'"s in need of a new j pleted building was designed ted by the fact that, after leav
;tnjhce frontier. specifically for storage of com-jing the job. both were assured
iTolaCon of Production bustiblcs and was built away a favored position in the Repub-
,Esp-a;niiia the evolution of from the main college buildings, j lican scheme of things. Peterson
Timber production on the coast. Inside were pesticides, herbi- as assistant secretary of agricul
. Burnett noted the first manu cides and fertilizers. ture under Eisenhower, and Mr.
'factoring mills started in Wash- The loss was covered by LhejShort as the present Republican
ingtpn and; in the vicinity o,stata restoration fund. state chairman.''
CHECKS TELETYPE Above. W. H. Pyle,
Medford agent ..for the Burlington Lines,
checks the teletype machine for car routing
information from their main office in Chi
cago. The railroad company opened their
Portland, then gradually worked
south through Salem and Eu
gene. '"Now lumber is slowing down
near Eugene," he said.
Robert Stephensen, C&NW
chief clerk, would not say lum
ber production is diminishing in
either Salem or Eugene areas,
but he pointed out upstate rail
road agencies have indicated the
lumber recession has been more
severe there than in southern
Oregon.
The shifting of lumber produc
tion centers also has been noted
as a trend in California. Where
as orginally California's timber
center was Sacramento, Burnett
observed that loggers have
moved north from Sacramento
through Chico and Redding, leav
ing Medford as the next stop.
With lumber production cycles
converging on Medford from
both the north and south, Burnett
sam there also was a lumber
movement working west from
Klamath Falls,
Fewer Small Mills
Compared with past years,
Burnett added, there is a very
small number of large mills
there and fewer smaller ones
According to agents, railroad
executive picture the lumber in
dustry in southern Oregon as
something with lots of "diversi
fed potential. Plywood mill
and utilization of wood wastes
ar likeIy t increase here, they
report. They add that the cur-
rent surveys for a local pulp
mill indicated the growing im
portance of the area's forest
products industry.
Burnett said new logging
methods are a promising factor
in Medford's prospects as a lum
ber center.
Logging timber on a sustain
ed yield basis, where timber is
cut and reforested in a cycle,
making it theoretically possible
to log an area indefinitely, is
likely to lengthen Medford's life
as a lumber production center.
Burnett said. '
The agents agreed that the
time is still far off when the
Medford area
would reach its
I peak as the coast's lumber pro-j
i ducing center. They say it will I
be many years before southern j
: Oregon, where lumber now is
"vcrv unstable. reaches "full
bloom" as a lumber oroducine
area.
i Bui they are already prepar-
ing for that day.
Chemical Storage
! Building Damaged
Corvallis 'IP A chemical
storage building on the Oregon
State college campus here suf-
fered an estimated S3.000 dam
Hells Canyon
Washington iipi The 45 to
38 vote by which the Senate
Friday approved a bill to con
struct a federal dam at Hells
Canyon:
For the bill 45.
Democrats for 40 Ander
son. Bible. Carroll. Chavez.
Church, Clark, Douglas. East
land. Ellender, Ervin, Ful
bright. Gore. Green, Hayden,
Hennings, Hill. Humphrey,
Jackson. Johnston of S. C ,
Kefauver, Kennedy. Kerr,
Long, Magnuson, Mansfield.
McClellan. McNamara. Morse.
Murray. Neuberger, O'Mahon
ey. Pastore. Russell. Scott,
Smathers, Spaxkman, Stennis.
Symington. Talmadge and Yar
borough. Republicans for 5 Aiken,
Cooper. Langer, Smith of Maine
and Wiley.
Against the bill 38
Democrats against 5 Byrd.
Frear. Lausche, Robertson and
Thurmond.
Republicans against 33 Al
lott, Barrett. Beall. Bennett,
Bricker. Bush. Butler. Carlson.
Case of N.J.. Case of S.D.. Col
ion. Curtis.Dirksen, Dworshak.
:Bob Boyer Levels
Charge at GOP
Robert Boyer, state Democra
tic chairman. Saturday charged
the Republican party with "con
sidering benefits of a bi-partisan
approach to government only
when the Democrats are in pow
er." His statement was issued after
the state board of agriculture
Thursday recommended steps be
taken to provide a definite term
of office for the director of ag
riculture. Reason for the recom
mendation was "so the director
could be removed for just cause
and not because of political
changes or whims of governors,"
Boyer pointed out.
The state chairman said, "The
present seven-member board,
lJ" - " - "
! be made "P of a majority of Re-
publicans appointed by former
Republican governors. In fact,
j in the 26-year history of the de
partment of agriculture and its
! advisory board, none of these
i Republican governors has ever
appointed a Democrat as direc
tor of agriculture.
"In the whole history of the
department, only one Democrat
has ever served prior to Mr
Steward, and that by apointment
of Democratic Governor Martin
1938. Di'.ector White, how-
Medford office, located in the D'Anjou build
ing on south Central, on April 16, 1956. Other
Burlington lines agents in the northwest are
located at Portland, Seattle, Eugene, Spokane
and Tacoma.
Senate Vote
Flanders, Goldwater, Hicken-
looper. Hruska, Ives, Javits.
Kuchel. Malone, Martin of
Iowa, Martin of Pa., Morton,
Mundt. Payne. Potter, Purtell,
Saltonstall, Schoppel, Watkini
and Williams.
Paired for the bill: Thye
(R), Johnson of Tex. (D),
Neeley (D), Monroney (D) and
Young (R).
Paired against the bill: Brid
ges (R). Knowland (R), Rever
comb (R). Capeharl (R) and
Holland (D).
Not voting but announced
against: Jenner (R) and Smith
of N.J. (R).
Roach Says Idaho
Firm Disappointed
Over Senate Action
Boise, Idaho HP Idaho
Power Company President T. E.
Roach said Friday his company
was "disappointed" in the Sen
ate's approval of a high federal
dam at Hells Canyon, but that
his company would continue its
construction of Brownlee and
Oxbow dams in the lower reach
es of the Snake River.
He added that he had "full
confidence" that Congress would
kill the measure.
The Senate Friday approved,
45 to 38, a measure would au
thorize building a federal high
dam in the Hells Canyon area.
Continue Work
Roach said his company would
continue work at the site under
its "court - affairmed Federal
Power Commission licenses."
The FPC has licensed Idaho Pow
er Company to build three dams
in the area. Work already has
started on the Brownlee and Ox
bow dams and construction of
the other would not start for
some time, if at all.
'"Although we are disappoint
ed that the Senate voted as it
did," Roach said, "we have full
confidence the Congress will ul
timately decide against the gov
ernment development, as did the
Federal Power commission and
the courts.
"The power shortage facing our
own service area, as well as the
Pacific Northwest, is real and it
is serious," the statement con
tinued. "The company's projects are
the only source of power supply
which can be made available in
time to meet that shortage,"
Roach said. "Power must be on
the line by the summer of 1958,
because this area cannot wait six
or more years of a costly federal
substitute."
COLOR CHALLENGE
Cincinnati (IP Do you
ever feel an irresistible urge to
pass a bright colored automo
bile? Color stylist Howard
Kotcham said motorists feel
more of a challenge to pass a
red, maroon, cream or yellow
car than they do a black, blue
or green one.
Physical
Gary Hankins To
By BOB VROMAN
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
To most 11-year-old boys,
swimming, going on camping
trips and playing baseball are
all part of summer vacation, but
to Gary Hawkins, who has been
in Sacred Heart hospital for
more than a year and a half,
these things are only things to
read about at least for a
while.
Gary lost the use of both arms
and legs as a result of a bullet
wound in his spine in February,
1956. The accident occured near
his home in Klamath Falls. He
was brought to Medford by Mer
cy Flights the next day and has
been in the hospital here ever
since.
For a long time he lay in a
hospital bed unable to move, but
lately things have been looking
up for Gary. After taking physi
cal therapy treatments for only !
a few weeks there has been a
marked improvement in the mo-1
bility of his arms and trunk.
He is able to sit up by himself
and turn over in bed. The treat
ments are being given by R. D
Scofield of the Physical Ther
apy and Rehabilitation center at
o24 East Main St., Medford.
The therapy was recommend
ed by his physician, Dr. Thomas
C. Bolton, but getting Gary back
and forth from the hospital to
the place where the treatments
w'ere given posed a problem.
People Volunteer
A group of Medford people
who knew of the predicament
agreed that a simple matter of
transportation should not stand
in the way of him getting the
treatments, so they volunteered
to take Gary back and forth in
their own cars.
Every Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday, according to a set
schedule, one of the group
brings Gary to the therapist.
Scofield caries Gary to the
treatment table where he under
goes stretching and ' massaging
of the atrophied muscles in his
arms and legs. The treatments
are often painful, but Gary
doesn't complain.
The purpose of the therapy is
to achieve and maintain a nor
mal range of motion in Gary's
limbs and to eventually make it
possible for him to have volun
tary control of them. Every
week the muscles in Gary's arms
grow stronger as the result of
various exercises, but he still
lacks mobility in the fingers of
his left hand.
According to Scofield, the
strengthening of his arms has
made it possible for him to sit
up by himself. One physical
achievement leads to another,
and though it may take a long
time, Gary hopes eventually to
have normal use of his limbs.
Taken to Portland
Last week Gary was taken by
Mercy Flights too the Shrine
hospital in Portland for exami
nation and possible treatment.
After examining him, the doc
tors said that the facilities there
were no belter than the ones in
Medford for treating Gary's par
ticular case, and all that could
be done for him at this time was
being done. Later, when Gary
has more mobility in His trunk
and leg muscles through the
therapy he is taking, it may be
advantagous to take him to the
Shrine hospital for treatment.
Gary knows there is no "mir
acle" cure for his paralysis, and
he was just as happy to return
to Medford where it is possible
for him to see his parents once
in a while.
Besides the physical therapy
treatments, Gary also takes hy
drotherapy baths at the hospital.
The use of his arms in turning
the pages of a book, building
models and running his wheel
chair all serve to build up his
weakened muscles.
Not Getting Behind
In the meantime, Gary is not
getting behind in his schooling.
Every weekday Richard Schuch
ard comes to the hospital to
give him his lessons. Gary is
a good student in most subjects,
but like every boy or girl, some
subjects appeal to him more
than others.
Gary is also a member of Boy
Scout troop 3, Silver Fox patrol.
He will soon take his exams to
become a second class scout, ac
cording to his Scoutmaster, Carl
Olsen. He has been a member of
the troop for more than a year,
and is well-versed on the con
tents of his Boy Scout handbook.
When a boy has certain physical
handicaps like Gary, Scouting ;
requirements are altered to con
form with his physical, ability,
Olsen said. , ;
Visits Patients
Gary has the run nf the whole
third floor of the hospital and
he rides his wheelchair up and
down the hall talking with the
nurses or anyone that is handy
and he also visits patients in
other rooms to help pass the ;
time.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Or- i
in Hankins, get over from Kla-'
math Falls to see him at least
Therapy Helping
KEEPS UP SCHOOL WORK
to fall behind in his studies, Gary Hankins re
ceives private tutoring five days a week from
teacher Richard Schuchard. The lessons are
given at Sacred Heart hospital, where 11-voar-old
Gary has been a patient for more
. v '.ym
STRENGTHENS MUSCLES Gary Hankins, who was para
lysed as a result of a bullet wound in his spine more than a
years and a half ago, is now taking physical therapy treat
ments to achieve a normal range of movement in his arms
and legs and to strengthen atrophied muscles. Physical therap
ist R. D. Scofield, is shown above helping Gary work an exer
cising device. To get Gary back and forth from Sacred Heart
hospital to the physical therapists at 524 East Main st.. a group
of Medford people volunteered to transport him in their own
cars. Since beginning the treatments several weeks ago. Gary
has gained considerable use of arm and trunk muscles. The
treatments are being given three times a week.
Phoenix Festival
Plans Under Way
Phoenix Preparations are
under way for the annual Phoe
nix festival, which wil be held
at the Phoenix Community club
grounds on Saturday, June 29.
Festivities will begin at 10
a.m. with crowning of the queen.
A parade will begin in down
town Phoenix at 11 a.m.
Concessions, booths and pro
gram features ate planned for
the day. A dance will be held
at the community hall from 9
p.m. to 1 a.m. Prizes wil be
awarded during the dance inter
mission. Festival princesses are Eliza
beth Pramann, Peggy Chisum,
Carole Anderson, Wanda Oet
ken and Glenna Smith.
Anyone desiring to participate
in the parade may contact Bob
Cocks, 507 North Main st., Phoe
nix, or phone KE 5-1615, festi
val officials said..
Riddle Man Killed in
Crash Near Langlois
Coquille HP Louis Kadas,
59, of Riddle, Ore., died Friday
when his car hit the southeast
abutmen of the Floras Creek
bridge just south of Langlois on
Highway 101.
Occupants of a passing car
who saw the accident said Kadas
had been driving' north when
his car suddenly swerved and
crashed onto the bridge. The
county coroner said the man
died instantly.
once a month, and Gary writes
to them nearly every day or
calls them by telephone.
What Gary wants most of all
right now is to be able to live
at home with his family, which
includes four brothers and a sis
ter. He thinks Sacred Heart hos
pital is nice, but there is no
place as good as home.
Move His Lim
In order not than a year
the use of his
able to write.
grade level in
Schuchard.
CON GAME
Miller, S.D. IP Two men
posing as eye, ear and nose spe
cialists fleeced a farmer near
here for SI, 297. They claimed to
treat the bachelor's eyes with a
fluid they said contained radi
urn. They extracted S600 from
him. and then persuaded him tojdoors to awaken sound sleepers
drive into town and withdraw Cause of the fire was under in
an additional amount. ' vestigation.
Off-street
Parking
: PARKING
SERVICE
STATION
MAIN STREET
Parking your car is no problem at
Conger-Morris. Here, you can park
right next door, just a few steps away
from our convenient sidewalk-level
entrance.
Conger -
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
W. MAIN AT SIXTH
Young
bs
and a half. Gary has recovered
right arm and fingers and is
He does work above his own
some subjects, according to
!-
Executive Arrested
On Weapons Account
Portland, Ore. (IP A top ex
ecutive for the Aluminum Lock
Shingle corporation here was
arrested by police Friday on a
charge of assault with a danger
ous weapon, but released on
?2.500 bail.
Lewis Korter, 47, president
of the Portland firm, was accused
by Jerry A. Tipp, 38, of threaten
ing him with a gun in a disputi
over a minor auto collision.
Tipp said Korter had damaged
his car, which wis parked in
the lot of the Portland Towen
apartment building. Both men
reside in the apartment, and
Tipp told detectives he phoned
Korter to ask him if the man
intended to pay the car damages.
When he later went to Korter'i
apartment. Tipp said, Korter
grabbed him by the . shoulder,
pointed a gun at him, and threat
ened to "blow your brains out."
Korter said the remark was a
joke. o '
A hearig has been set for
July 9 on the matter.
50 Tenants Routed
From Portland Hotel
Portland 'IP An early
morning fire Saturday forced
about 50 tenants of the Laurel
hotel from their beds. Damage
was estimated tentatively by
firemen in the "thousands of
dollars."
The flames spread through
three business establishments on
the first floor of the building
before it was checked by 14
pieces of fire equipment sum
moned to the scene. There were
no injuries although police had
to kick down some hotel room
MorHs
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