EIGHT MTDFORD (OREGON!
The Medical Roundup
The Meeting of the American
Medical Association
At the recent meeting of 19,469
doctors in New York City, I was
much interested in the hundreds
of instructive
exhibits that
filled the four
floors of the
huge Col
seum. There I
was able to
study the
many wonder
ful new ad-
v a n c e s in
Dr Alvara medicine and
surgery. Many physicians and
groups of physicians produce
beautiful exhibits with models
of organs, charts, diagrams, color
photographs, movies and tele
vised operations. Many a doctor
is helped much in keeping up-to-date
by studying all week among
these exhibits. He can learn
about the many new drugs and
medical appliances: he can look
over the new books that have
just come out, and with the help
of models, photographs, and
movies he can learn much about
the new operations that have
been devised.
During the meeting of the
American Medical Association,
Drs. E. Cuyler Hammond 'and
Daniel Horn, of the American
Cancer Society, reported on their
four-year study of the smoking
habits of 188,000 American men
between the ages of 50 and 70,
and what happened to the 11.870
who died during the interval.
Because the report has been well
publicized, I won't go into details
'here. Suffice it to say, I don't
see how anyone can now laugh
off the significance of the re
markable figures obtained. More
such impressive data can be
found in the excellant summary
published in Science (June 7) by
"The Study Group on Smoking
and Health," of the American
Cancer Society. The American
Heart Association, The National
Cancer Institute and the Nation
mi Heart Institute.
To me. there is nothing in
credible about all there figures
because in 1938 my old friend,
Professor Raymond Pearl, show
ed that the mortality of cigarette
smokers from all causes in the
leter years of life was perhaps
teice that of non-smokers. Ac
cording to the recent report, the
death rates from all causes com
bined were 68 per cent higher
for smokers than for non-smokers.
What struck many visitors to
the American Medical Associa
tion convention was an exhibit
of much enlarged microscopic
sections of the wind pipes (by
Drs. Oscar Auerbach, J. B. Gere,
H. J. Smolin, J. B. Forman, G. E.
Muehsam, J. M. Pawlowski and
A. P. Stout, of East Orange, N.J.)
showing what was to be expect
ed, namely that for years, before
the heavy smoker gets a cancer
in h's bronchi (air tubes), the
membrane lining these tubes gets
more and more damaged and
prepared for the coming of a
cancer.
After looking at these sections,
I doubt if anyone will want to
deny that great injury is being
wrought every day to the bron
chia tubes of heavy smokers by
inhaled tobacco smoke. I can
well understand now why many
heavy smokers cough, and I can
see why the more cigarettes a
man smokes the more damage he
must be doing to his lungs.
After looking at this exhibit,
many of my doctor friends went
right out and bought themselves
a pipe, so as to keep smoking
without inhaling. It is the in
haling that obviously causes the
trouble. For pipe-smokers, the
mortality rate is up only 12 per
cent; for cigar-smokers, it is up
22 per cent, for moderate cigarette-smokers,
it is up 34 per cent.
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and for heavy cigarette-smokers
it is up 123 per cent. The danger
of lung cancer (microscopically
confirmed) is 64 times as great
for heavy cigarette smokers as
for non-smokers. How anyone
with an open mind can explain
that away, I cannot see. Of all
the men examined in this study,
only four non-smokers had lung
cancer.
What interested me much was
the proof that cigarette-smoking
greatly increases the cancer rate
in organs far from the mouth
in organs such as the stomach
kidneys, pancreas, prostate gland
liver and gallbladder, and urin
ary bladder. In heavy smokers
one finds much higher death
rates for cirrhosis of the liver,
stomach ulcers, and diseases of
the arteries and heart. Some
day we must get death rates for
chewers of tobacco so as to see
how much damage these men
suffer. The many takers of snuff
must also be studied. Few peopl
even doctors realize how
much snuff is still used in this
country.
Does it help a man to quit
smoking? The researchers say,
Yes." It can help decidedly
Is air pollution an extra cause
of trouble? Very probably, be
cause the death rate for cancer
of the bronchi is somewhat high
er in cities than in the country
Also, there must be some causes
of bronchial cancer other than
cigarette smoke, because a few
non-smokers get the disease.
Dr. Eugene P. Pendergrass, of
the University of Pennsylvania
recently described the case of a
man in whom cancer of the lym
phatic system was apparently
cured in 1922. The man remained
well for 22 years or until 1944.
Then, what with grief over the
accidental death of his son, the
old disease flared up and caused
death within six weeks!
Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers
will understand that it would be
impossible for him to answer re
quests for information or at
tempt to diagnose by mail.
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Pioneer Airmen
Schedule Flight
The Pioneer Airmen's club
OX5 of , Oregon will hold a
Round Robin flight Saturday
and Sunday, July 13 and 14
The trip will start about 7
a.m. Saturday at Portland and
the route is planned to include
Salem, Springfield, Roseburg,
Grants Pass, Medford, Klamath
Falls, Lakeview, Burns, Boise
Baker, La Grande, Pendleton,
The Dalles and back to Portland.
Civil Aeronautics association
flight plan protection is being
provided and frequent "nose
counts" will be made, accord
ing to Donn Vollmer, Portland
president of the club.
The group will be in Medford
about mid-morning Saturday for
refueling and discussion for the
Klamath Falls leg of the trip.
The club expects to stay over
night in the Boise area. Vollmer
advises those planning to par
ticipate in the Round Robin
flight to bring sleeping bags. De
tails of the flight can be obtain
ed from Vollmer, whose address
is 6247 Southeast Ogden St.,
Portland.
Declares Bankruptcy
Portland 0f Raymond F.
Clark, 34, convicted last May
of violating the federal wiretap
law, Friday was judged bank
rupt. Clark, an associate of rack
eteer James B. Elkins, petitioned
late Wednesday to be declared
bankrupt. He listed total debts
of $6,454 and assets of $100.
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Garden Notes
Br
C. B. CORDY
County Extension
Agent for Horticulture
Blue Hydrangeas
Most hydrangea flowers in this
area are pink. This pink color
is due to the presence of con
siderable lime in the soil, which
results in a sweet or non-acid
condition of the soil. Blue color
in hydrangeas has been associ
ated with a slightly acid soil and
the pink color with a soil high
in lime. Attempts to turn pink
hydrangeas blue by the use of
acid fertilizeres have been only
partially successful.
This year one of our home
gardeners sprayed parts of a hy
drangea bush with iron chelate,
The flowers on the parts spray
ed developed with a very deep
blue color. Along with this deep
blue color, there was some
dwarfing of the flowers and veg
etative growth. This may have
been because the spray was a
little strong. The solution used
in this case was one level tea
spoon of iron chelate in two
quarts of water.
This was sprayed on about
June 1, when the small blossom
clusters were about l'.-i inches
in diameter. Anyone wishing to
try this should restrict it to one
bush or a part of a bush until
further experience indicates con
tinued success.
By spraying parts of a bush
which was producing deep pink
flowers, the same bush could be
caused to produce both deep pink
and deep blue flowers.
Pear Blight
The most pear blight in 15
years is causing a lot of trouble
and expense to pear growers. It
is also showing that theire is a
shortage of blight cutters in the
valley. In cutting blight, it
should be recognized that the
blight bacteria work well in ad
vance of any visible discolora
tion. In cutting off d i s e ased
branches, in is necessary to cut
at least six inches beyond any
discoloration, and if the cankers
are active a foot more of ap
parently healthy tissue should be
removed.
All cuts and cutting tools
should be treated with the stand
ard blight solution as soon as
the cut is made. Where diseased
suckers or spurs are attached to
limb an inch and a half or
more in diameter and if the dis
ease gets into the wood at the
base of the spur, an oval shaped
patch of bark should be removed
to be sure the disease is elimin
ated from the branch. For
branches less than 1V4 inches in
diameter, as a matter of econ
omics it would generally be bet
ter to cut off the limb.
New Infections
In some cases, new infections
are occurring in the new shoots,
especially on the main branch
es. In these cases the orchards
should be sprayed using Vz
pound of neutral copper per 100
gal. Spraying would be futile if
new infections are not occurring.
Where blight is prevalent in
an orchard, irrigation water
should be withheld until the
trees approach the wilting point
in order to check the blight and
keep it from moving into larger
wood.
As blight is readily carried
from tree to tree by insects,
home owners having one or a
few trees are urged to look them
over carefully and remove any
blighted twigs or branches. The
most evident indication of blight
is a dead twig with the leaves
hanging on. Twigs which die and
shed their leaves are killed from
other causes.
Portland Man Files
Suif in Court Here
A Portland man, J. E. Bartlett,
has filed a $9,000 suit in circuit
court here against Ralph Pickell,
doing business as Pick's Apparel
in Medford.
The suit is the result of an
accident in which Bartlett's wife,
Rose W. Bartlett, allegedly suf
fered injuries in a fall July 16,
1955, at Pickell's store.
The plaintiff claims his wife
suffered knee, arm and eye in-
uries, including permanent, dis
abling injuries to her left knee,
kneecap and ankle. He seeks
the money to compensate for al
leged loss of his wife's compan
ionship, assistance and other i
phases of their married life
which he attributes to her in
juries. Bartlett charges Pickell with
negligence in maintaining a de- I
gree of polish on the floor which
created a dangerous condition
and in failing to warn his wife
of the dangerous condition. He
is represented by the Portland
aw form of Weiser, Bowles and
Young.
Greenhouse, Barn Are
Destroyed in Fire
Portland (IP A large green
house and barn half-filled
with hay owned by Charles Bar
ron, Portland, was destroyed by
fire late Friday. Firemen kept
the blaze from spreading to two
other large greenhouses nearby,
however, also belonging to
Barron.
Defective wiring was believed
to have caused the blaze. No
farm equipment was lost, and
HORNBROOK
Scout To Attend Jamboree
By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
Hornbrook Eagl Scout Mike
Barnum, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Barnum, was one of the
group of Boy Scouts in the Cra
ter Lake Area council who left
Klamath Falls July 3 to attend
the fourth national Jamboree to
be held at Valley Forge, Pa., July
12-18.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Haworth
returned July 1 from Bakersfield,
Calif., where they were called a
week earlier by the sudden death
of his brother-in-law.
Miss Barbara Burns, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ardon Burns,
has been visiting the past two
weeks with her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
William Paulsen, in San Leandro,
Calif. Her fiance, Pfc. "Butch"
Pickard, son of Mrs. Norma
Pickard, arrived in San Fran
cisco from Boston, Mass., and
was scheduled to leave June 27
for his assignment in Korea with
the Army.
Mrs. Bernice Hamilton, execu
tive director of the Girl Scouts
in Chico and Durham, Calif.,
spent last week-end here with
her father, Gordon Jacobs, who
observed his birthdav June 30.
Other visitors in town last
weekend were Mr. and Mrs.
Chaunccy Anderson Wheelcss,
who lived near Wilmington, Del.
The couple called on Mrs. Flor
ence Greive and son Charles.
Wheeless' grandfather, T. K. An
derson, for many years owned
and operated a gild mine iM
miles up Empire creek, and it
was while his mother was out
here visiting her father that
Wheeless and his twin were
born at Mrs. Greive's home.
Wheeless is now employed by
the Dupont industries in Dela
ware, and while he and his wife
were here on their vacation.
they made a trip to the site of
his grandfather's old mining
operations.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh and
daughter, Sharee. returned Sun
day evening from a 17-day trip,
during which they visited rela
tives and friends in Oregon, Cal
gary, Canada, Montana, and
Idaho. Miss Sally Smith of
Burns, Ore., returned home with
them for a vacation. Sally and
Sharee have been friends since
their grammar school days in
Riddle, Ore., and both of them
graduated in June from their re
spective high schools. On July 4,
the Walshes and Sally were part
of a group of friends who attend
ed the parade in Ashland, then
had a picnic in Lithia Park.
Others in the party were Mr.
and Mrs. Lauran Paine and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Gregory and
three children, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Williams and three children, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Bennett and
three children from Yreka, and
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene French
and daughter, also from Yreka.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Cummins
and children, Loren Howard and
Jennifer, returned June 29 from
Seattle, Wash., where they visit
ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Howard. Mrs. Cummins and the
children went up by plans from
Medford earlier in the month
and Cummins drove up last week
to bring his family home.
Mrs. L. Everett Jeter returned
f ,.44 ss3
July 1 from a three weeks' visit
in the middle west. In Chicago
she visited with a friend of her
school days, and in Arcadia,
Kas., with her parents and
brothers and sisters. Mrs. Jeter
said they were fortunate in that
part of Kansas was not being hit
by any of the tornadoes that
struck the state during the month
of June. She also stated that be
cause of the heavy rain the farm
ers were finding it impossible to
harvest their what crop, and
many were plowing it under.
the Jeters son. Bill, who is
employed this summer by the
forest Service as a timber
cruiser, is spending his days off
this week with friends at Clear
Lake, Calif.
A3c Oliver Fick, who has
been stationed at Chanute Air
Force Base in Illinois, will ar
rive in Medford Saturday morn
ing on a 30-day leave before re
porting at Travis Air Force Base.
He and his wife plan to spend
part of his leave with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. "Harry Chap
man. Recent guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bear were
Mr. and Mrs. Charles LeBrun
and three children of Portland,
Ore.
Postmaster Quits
Job at Hornbrook
After 33 Years
Hornbrook H. H. Chapman,
postmaster of the town of Horn
brook, Calif., retired June 30,
exactly 33 years from the time
he took the appointment in 1924,
succeeding D. C. Earhart.
Mrs. Wayne J. Cummins, who
has been clerk in the Hornbrook
post office for the last seven
years, will serve as acting post
master until a permanent ap
pointment is made.
War Veteran
Previous to becoming post
master, Chapman, a veteran of
World War I, was employed
with the U. S. Bureau of Fisher
ies, and was in charge of the
building of the first fish racks
on the Klamath river at Horn
brook. He also worked on the
McCloud river at Baird, which
is now covered by the waters of
Shasta lake.
Chapman plans to manage his
seven-acre ranch, on which he
and his family have lived for
the past 34 years, and will con
tinue to operate the Hornbrook
Water company, which he has
owned for the past 25 years.
Relatives Here
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Chapman, Mrs. Herb Dungey
and her family, live in Medford.
A son and his family, Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Chapman live in
Lodi, Calif., and another daugh
ter and her family, MSgt. and
f rs. E. R. Burtner, make their
home at Mountain Home Air
Force Base, Idaho.
THREE BECOME TWO.
Chicago (IP) Mrs. Rose
Laux knows what she is talking
about when she says three of
her children are" two. Her girl
triplets. Dale, Daryl and Diane
celebrate their second birthday
Friday.
T reslxi xi g;
Is That So?
Of reptiles now living many
more existed in times past
the largest in the world as far
as weight is concerned is the
crocodile of southeast Asia
which may attain a length of 30
feet. For obvious reasons, few
of the really large ones have
-t-!
been weighed. Strictly meat
eaters, they will devour any
thing they can overcome. How
ever, they have been known to
live in tidal waters and have
been sighted far out at sea.
During the 160,000,000 years
in which reptiles dominated the
world, these leftovers of ancient
animals would be pygmies in
deed. Then, some 80,000,000
years ago, reptiles went into a
rapid decline. Perhaps there
were violent climatic changes
which were unfavorable for
these bulky creatures which
were dependent upon outside
sources for their body heat .in
cluding the dinosaurs. Or it may
have been due to the arrival of
mammals with their more ad
vanced methods of caring for
their young and their ability to
remain active in nearly all
kinds of weather. ,
The largest member of this
ancient reptilian tribe now liv
ing in the U.S. is the Mississippi
alligator found in the southeast
ern states. Prior to the coming
of the white man, they were ex
tremely abundant in the south
east. Early explorers described
places, such as the St. Johns
river of Florida, as being so full
of alligators that it might have
been possible to walk across,
using the 'gators' bodies as
Grange Notes
Shady Cove Grange
The regular monthlv hnsiness
meeting of the Shady Cove
urange 831 will be held Wed
nesday evenine. Julv in in the
music room of the Shady Cove
school.
The Jackson county Grange
council will meet at the Shariv
Cove Grange Saturday evenine.
July 13, at 8 p.m.
The HEC of Shady Cove
Grange and the HEC of Upper
Rogue Grange will meet at
Casey's park for a noon picnic
July 9.
Portland (IP) "Bloody July
5" was commemorated here Fri
day by 600 longshoremen.
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By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
stepping stones, had it not been
for the aggressive natures of
these "sidewalks."
Python Now Longest
During the early part of the
20th century, it was still possible
to find 'gators up to 20 feet
long; mostly those seen today
say in roadsides pools in Flori
da are seldom more than five
feet long.
The longest reptile living
and after writing this, I am
going to duck is the rich yel
low, brown and black reticulated
python. Specimens 28 feet long
that weighed 200 pounds have
been well authenticated, and 33
feet has been suggested as the
possible maximum. This snake
is found in southeastern Asia,
the Malaya Peninsula and the
adjacent islands, including the
Philippines.
Much of the argument about
the length of snakes comes from
the measurement of skins and
it is easy to stretch a 20-foot
anaconda to 28 feet! As for the
boa constrictor, although com
monly believed to be the long
est South American snake it is
exceeded by the anaconda and
that as we have seen, by the
python. Perhaps the largest liv
ing boa measured was 18Vi
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