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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, July 28. 19S7 The11 Do It Every Time "- By Jimmy Hatlo 1 V-VOU PEMEMBER BUT MOV COU-D I FOR6ET, YMAT A f' ME? B-6UT I M4VEffr I MS. GHERKIN ? HOW IS VOUR ?. MEMORY.' L I BEEM IH HERE FOR FRIEND MR.QRUELLER YOU r A. THREE YE1RS A MAD LUKM WITH TH4T 04V? I ? "S H40 LdS4N0 ? THE HE4D WAITER, NEVER FORGETS A HAME COME INTO HIS PLACE ONCE, YOUR M4NDLE IS EN6R4VED ON MIS CERE But set 4 shipment of Him 4t home TRY1N& TO INTRODUCE HIS IN-U1WS 0HER-THIS IS My SISTER-IN-L4W, WH4TS- fT ! J , HER-N4ME--UH--THIS IS AUffT MASCARA'S BOy- tf I YCO kfJ0W-WH0ZlSS-4MD THIS IS"UH--WELL-KU 7 ' 'f j-t-J II CIS, COUSMS CERT4iNly SHOULD KNOW ONE JS . CTl OTHE- ' Positions of Factions in Strike Against King Further Clarified Further clarification of the positions of the opposing fac tions in the strike against Aus tin L. King were given today. King, a trucking contractor who was hauling logs for Med ford Corporation, addresed a letter to all his employees in which he gave his version of the events leading up to the strike on June 25, and in an interview, H. E. Geiger, presi dent of Klamath basin district council No. 6, International woodworkers of America, AFL CIO, gave the union's position. King's letter follows: "The situation created by Butte Falls IWA Local 6-221 and its leaders must be completely confusing to you. You are en titled to the facts. You are en titled too, to know your em ployer's position. Among Other Jobs "Among our other Jobs, we have trucked logs for Medco. We have contracted with them, on an annual basis, for several years. At first, we had no direct contact with Local 6-221. There was indirect control of our wage rates and working conditions, exercised through Medco, by reason of the Contractors and Sub-Contractors clause in the Medco contract with Local 6-221. There were differences between Medco and the union as to the meaning and intent of the clause, particularly as to the term "working condition." Union re presentatives continually sought to extend the meaning of the words to cover every phase of the Medco-Local 6-221 relation ship. Tne situation was aggra vated by a health and welfare clause which Medco and the union adopted. "This situation was clarified in 1951 by our recognition of Local 6-221 as bargaining agent of King employes working on the Medco job. We made a 1 year contract with them which has never been renewed. We have noted that gypo trucker members of Local 6-221 have romitated our relationship with the union since that date. "The 1951 agreement recog nized seniority of leased equip ment as equivalent to that of the employe-owner. We believed this meant only among employe owners, and then only when leastd equipment was used. The employe - owners and the union leaders insisted It meant seniority on equipment over King equipment when employe owners seniority entitled them to drive for King. Mteti Situation "We went along meeting each situation as it arose until this year because we were able to keep our own trucks busy on other jobs. Because of the severe lumber market slump, however, we have ample equip ment of our own now. It was not good business to lease trucks, when our own were idle. A new contract was offered the union. It provided recognition of sen iority rights to employe-owners in assignment to King owned trucks, and eliminated equip ment seniority. "Just three' employe-owners were affected. They refused as signment to our trucks, and we no longer consider them our employes. "It appears that these three men. and union leaders, decided to picket. The picket line, man ned by these three, was located in a place that stopped Medco employes from working. Union . leaders seem to have advised ' them a picket line was sacred, regardless of its Tightness. We understand one of the pickets proiW'y proclaims he has turned divn S125 a day for the use of his truck so that he could re main on the picket line. All this when so many men are being kept from earning a living. "After nearly a month, the union called a strike against Medco. Thi. obviously, was desperate attempt to cover up for ill advised union leadership. Now, the union is attempting, by picket lines, to force Medco plant employes to aid them. In addition, our King employes have been threatened with ex pulsion from the union, and blacklisting, if they work on other King jobs. "You know the rest to date. The National Labor Relations Board is considering unfair la bor practice charges filed with them. "What the future will bring, we do not know. It can't be good for anyone. A train of events like this, once started, must run its course if history is repeated. At any rate, it must be apparent to everyone that there are many logging contrac tors, including truckers, avail able for use in the Rogue Valley. Austin L King" Arbitrary Cancellation Geiger said the strike "arose through the arbitrary cancella tion of the contract" between the local union and King, which or iginally was signed in 1951. He added that the union had asked Is That So? My fellow ranger naturalist Victor H. Cahalane, has this to say about the Wolverine: He is a lonely, bad tempered animals. He brooks no interference, even from a mountain lion or a grizz ly. It can spit in anyone's eye. It is the strongest for its size of all North American mammals. The only creature not reported to have been attacked by the wolverine is man. Apparently, only a porcupine can damage a wolverine. If a wolverine finds and takes a notion to follow a trapline, it may drive the trapper to his wit's end and ultimately ruin him. With diabolical ingenuity, it will remove every bit of bait, every trapped animal, and often hide the traps or destroy them, but is usually too smart to get caught himself. At times it has broken into cabins and eaten or destroyed a whole winter's supplies in one week. Flour and other food that it does not eat is spoiled by the vile-smelling secretion from its anal glands. I could go on like this . . . and Ranger Cahalane has studied the animal in its native habitat. Alaska. But now comes a letter from a sourdough an Alaskan, Wes ley Collins Patterson, who now lives in Albany, Calif. He writes: Supernatural Wisdom Many legends and "experi- for no contractual chanzes. but i ences" relating to wolverines that King had notified them it had been cancelled. The contract, Geiger said, pro vided that trucks owned by em ployee drivers would have seni irity in rental. He added that King 'wanted arbitrarily to el iminate such trucks, and replace them with his own. "We felt at the time, and still feel, that the old contract was in effect, and he had no right to cancel it,". Geiger stated. Observe Picket Line He also pointed out that Medco employees observed the picket line, and said their contract with Medco provides,, in effect, that they would not be required to cross a picket line nor act as a "strike breaker. Therefore, Geiger reported, the union feels there is no legal violation in vilved and that union members keep going the rounds in Alaska and, I suppose, wherever there are wolverines. This little ani mal is credited with superna tural wisdom and strength. Our experience with the wolverine is that trapwise, he is not as cun ning as a coyote (at least an adult coyote). His strength and endurance, or at. least persist ence is not out of the ordinary. The wolverine is primarily a scavenger and is not therefore ual rights to refuse to cross the picket line. Geiger added that when the King strike ocurred, about 36 members of the IWA local em ployed in Medford and along the railroad were sent home, al though there was no picket line involved as far as they were concerned, and that the union considers this to be a lockout were well within their contract-by the employer. By EUGENE BURNS Rangtr-Nafuralisr too ferocious or aggressive. In our opinion the common ermine or weasel outranks the wolver ine several times per size in ag gressiveness and ferociousness. (I'll buy this one. E.B.). This is not to say that the wolverine is stupid or weak far from it, but he certainly isn't the animal that legend has made him. We have caught wolverines in traps which were set for coyote but which the coyote would not get into until it had "aged" that is, until almost all signs of a fresh set had weathered out. Caught In Mink Traps We have caught them in traps completely uncovered and in Hi mink traps at that the mink traps have held them until they died in the trap. This seems to take care of their extraordi nary strength. (And the inhu manness of using traps. E.B.). On the other hand, we have had them harass the mink lines and repeatedly set off traps. Yet later one such animal stepped into an open trap and was held by it. We doubt the stories of wol verines "fouling" caches after raiding them at least deliber atly. It may be that they have defecated or urinated while in the process of raiding but that, I believe, is not deliberate. Yes. wolverines will ruin caches and seemingly get into impossible olaces but it should be remem bered that most animals are per sistent and being so, can find a way in. A squirrel will do as much or more damage we believe, and will enter any place that is not lined with metal. (Frankly, I've only observed two wolverines. I don't know. I'll leave it to you readers ex perienced to answer. And the best answer will win the weekly award of the 30-volume set of the Encyclopedia Americana. E.B.), (Copyright 1957, by Eugene Burns) By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume Elderly Woman In Tub 8 Days San Francisco IW A 74-year- old widow lay paralyzed in her bathtub for eight days because neighbors were unable to hear her cries for help over the blare of the television set. The widow, Mrs. Betty Schardt, was rescued Thursday night when neighbors noticed the pile of newspapers in front of her door. They called police who entered her house through a window. Officers found Mrs. Schardt lying in the bathtub, muttering, "Thank God . . . please give me a drink of water." Her Chihuahua dog Keenie .gave a feeble yelp. He had no bark left. Mrs. Schardt said she turned on her television set on the morning of July 18, then went into the bathroom. She fell into the'tub, unable to move. In the mornings and late aft ernoons when she knew the newspaper boys would be at the door, she called "Help" with all her might. But they heard only the television set. The dog ran around the house barking, but the TV set drowned him out too. Mrs. Schardt was taken to French hospital in "very weak" condition. Art Pieces On Display In SOC Library Room Ashland Fourteen water color botanical plates made by Miss Marion Ady, chairman of the Southern Oregon college are department, in 1931 for Dr. Wayne W. Wells, professor emeritus of the science depart ment since spring, and an ex hibit of 16 outdoor sketches by members of Miss Ady's summer session class in water color and tempera have been placed in the library reading room until Aug. 2. Miss Ady explained that the work of the class, though almost entirely beginner's work, never theless displayed a surprising degree of spontaneity and indi vidualism and recommended that those interested in these mediums of expression inspect them with these qualities in mind. Vancouver, Wash. (W Mrs. G. W. Philbrook told the sher iff's office someone shot and killed her flock of 24 domestic ducks. PP&L Practices To Be Investigated Salem (IPi A general inves tigation of the practices, serv ices and probably the rate bases of Pacific Power and Light Com pany was announced Thursday by Public Utilities Commission er Howard Morgan. Morgan said formal orders for the investigation would be serv ed on the company within the next few days and that the formal, general, investigation would begin promptly. Morgan said his office had been "informed during the past six months of alleged wholesale departures by PP&L from its published tariff rates." SAWDUST Phone SP 3-6297 McGinty Fuel Co. Judges' Retirement Fund Said To Total $104,761 Salem OPt State Treasurer Sig Unander has notified Chief Justice William C. Perry of the Oregon Supreme Court that the Judges' retirement fund now ! stands at $104,761, a slight gain , over a year ago. I The fund was created by the 1943 Legislature. ; There are 27i wildlife refuges in the U. S. national refuge sys tem. v set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal- craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. '0 GOING ON A VACATION? Here's A Tip! SEE us firstly FOR YOUR JJMXts VACATION LOAN Repay In Convenient Monthly Payments - LOANS FROM - 25.00 to $2,500.00 AUTOMOBILE FURNITURE SALARY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CORP. Sparta Bldg. Phone SP 3-4564 Medford Biggest Sellers. . .because they're Biggest Savers! 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