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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1957)
o O 0 rt U O O O o O n SraiffMZSroRD (HBO) MAIL THIBUNE Wednesday, December 18 1957 Sample Resolutions to Make Camp Whife Hospital Being Distributed arrle resolutions regarding the proposal for veteran hos pital) facilities- at Camp White are being distributed te Granjea Kd service cluba in th Rogue Valley area, according t Den McNeil, Jackson County Chamb er of Commerce manager. The sample resolution are intended only as guides for or ganizations intending to sand letters to the Oregon congres sional delegation. McNeil ?aid. "Resolutions passed by or- Mice Infestation Study Continued Portland W The clock was striking one today for heavy infestations of mice in western Oregon as state and federal of ficials sought ways to control the rodents. Gov. Robert D. Holmes Tues day asked the federal govern ment for help in controlling the infestation in southern Oregon which he said could spread all over the West. State Agriculture Director Robert Steward said farmers did not necessarily want restitution but biological control so that fu ture crops will be saved. Loss from mice to crops is estimated in the millions. New outbreaks were reported on Sauvies island near here where estimates ran as high as 10,000 mice per acre. The mice were blamed for about 75 per cent damage to 60 acres of two- year-old alfalfa. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger CD- Ore.) id the U.S. Public Health Service has advised him that in vestigators are being sent from San Francisco to look into pos sible public health hazards. State health official said they iwere concerned about tha poten tial hazard to humans. They said tularemia' bean found in (voire mice and that persons could get this disease through (Careless handling of dead mice. The Dalles Man, 73, ies in Road Crash Yreka, Calif. W A liquor store operator, Frank Barger, 73, .of The Dalles, Or., was killed about 1 p.m. Tuatday on icy Highway S7 whw the car in which he was riding skidded and spun into a slough. Siskiyou County Sheriff Al Cottar said tha- driver of the auto, Mrs. Delia Howard, also of The Dalles, was hospitalized in Mt. Shasta. Attendants said the woman was suffering from shock but otherwise wag in good condition. Cottar said the accident oc curred two miles north of Grass Lake, Calif., between Dorris and Weed. California patrol officers said apparently there were no witnetaes to the crash. ganixations are most effective I Heller says in his report. JTatW Tier PRESIDENT Ashland Dr. Alexander Petersen, associate professor of physical education at Southern Oregon collegej is the new vice president of the research section of the Oregon Association Jor Health, Physical Education and Recreation. when they embody the original phrasing of the group rather than that of a copied sample," McNeil said. He said the sample resolutions are being distributed by Charles Hoover, Camp White farmer. He and Eugene Orr, of the Medford American Legion post, have been spearheading a drive to use the Camp White facilities for a veterans hospital. An Eagle Point Grange com mittee toured Camp White fac ilities recently and the execu tive committee later voted to support full utilization of Camp White domiciliary facilities. The American Legion here and other veterans organization have been campaigning for a veterans hospital at Camp White for some time. The current campaing started when Eagle Point Grange mem bers heard rumors that a vet erans hospital is planned for a Pacific Coast location. Since buildings and other facilities are now capable of supporting such a hospital with few changes. Grange members be lieve Camp White should be used. Orr said yesterday he plans to attend a conference in Pho enix, Ariz., Jan. 23, 24, 25 of American Legion representatives from 11 western states and vet erans administration officials. During the last week in February he also plans to attend an Amer ican Legion conference with VA officials in Washington, D. C. The Camp White proposal will be brought up at those times, he said. Sample Resolution The sample resolution states the nearest veterans hospital of fering general medical and sur gical facilities is in Portland, 300 miles north. Veterans need ing medical care face an average waiting list in Portland of 60 persons. Oregon's veteran pop ulation of 240,000 represents a substantial increase from the or iginal number who enlisted in the state, a condition which ex ists in only five states, the resolu tion pointed out. Empty building offer com plete facilities for a general medical and surgical hospital without additional construction at Camp White. The resolution suggests a 400- bed general medical and surgi cal hospital at the domiciliary at Camp White. A total of 300 beds would be used for chronic conditions and 100 beds for gen eral medical and surgical con ditions. This would relieve the chronic bed situation in a large western area, it was pointed out. Also being distributed is a report by George E. Heller, na tional field representative for the American Legion national field service. Heller's Report Heller's report states that Camp White is about 10 miles from Medford and consists of 157 acres. The domiciliary build ings were erected in 1942 as an Army general hospital, and was taken over by the veterans ad ministration in 1948. "There are no beds for chronic or seriously ill patients, as they are transferred when deemed necessary to VA hospitals in Portland or Vancouver, Wash.," Now you can enjoy the rich flavor of real Dutch chocolate in hot or cold milk Borden's New Instant Dutch fivV DUTCH 1 Ifc- CHOCOLATE A I FLAVORED MIX f7 o The richest chocolate flavor . . . richer in vitamins and iron, too! So good ... yet it costs no more' than other chocolate mixes 1 Heller's report states the pre sent infirmary has 50 beds and a full-time staff of five doctors and eight nurses with the ser vices of nine consultants avail able. The dental laboratory is well equipped and staffed adequately for present needs, the report states. This is part of a well equipped dental clinic with three dentists on duty. Summing up his report, Hel ler wrote, "It appears to me that a general medical and surgical hospital here is a necessity if we are to give the proper medical care to not only the veterans domiciled here, but also to the veterans living in this area." "There is no shortage of train ed personnel in this area," Hel ler continued in his summation. "It is considered a medical cent er for a large area, and has five medical clinics, two hospitals, and a new hospital is planned. I am informed that personnel sufficient to man the hospital I recommend can be secured without difficulty as soon as funds are made available." o CAUSING PLENTY OF GOSSIP, Actor Hugh O'Brian, TV western marshal, and Nancy Sinatra, former wife of Frank Sinatra, attend Hollywood premiere. ( 'International) Teacher's Car Hits Albany School Girl Albany, Ore. (IP) A car driv en by an Albany high school teacher struck a 13-year-old jun ior high student at a rain-slicked intersection in downtown Al bany Tuesday, and the girl was hospitalized with a slight con cussion. Hospital attendants said the concussion was very slight and that the girl, Janet Walsh, was in good condition. David Herbrandson, music teacher at Albany high school, told police the girl had been crossing the street diagonally and darted in front of his car. No citations were issued. DEATH BLAME FIXED London W A coroner's jury has returned a verdict of ac cidental death in the case of a senior scientist who was killed at a British research station last Wednesday. The jury ruled Tues day that Douglas Whittaker, 39, died of "primary metabolic fail ure" after a fire broke out in a small furnace at the Aldermas ton Research Laboratories, 40 miles northwest of London. The jury said "there appears to be no evidence of any negligence." Dead Line on Classified Ads: 5:30 p.m. for following day. except 10 a.m. for Monday; for Sunday, noon Saturday. BABY CORNER 6TH & CENTRAL Downstairs at Medford Pharmacy Phone SP 2-6253 To please the Little Man! SUITS $795 2 Piece Corduroy Wool Jackets with Washable Pants (short or long) $9.95 -$10.95 Corduroy CAR COATS Small to 4 Years 3 69 Or choose from selection of e Robes Sleeping Apparel e Coveralls House Slippers e Tee Shirts e Sweaters e Suits e Coats e Caps OPEN EVENINGS INDUSTRY IS GOOD FOR MEDFORD, and Medford an awake and going-places community is good for industry. This Southern Pacific advertisement about the Sno-Cats of Medford is appear ing in publications read by freight shippers throughout the United States. It will focus upon Southern Oregon the attention of companies seeking Western plant sites. Southern Pacific, working through its Industrial Department and representatives throughout the United States, is an important force in bringing industries to communities served by its rails. The ad reproduced here is one example of this effort. mm imMf ."''.'-fiU. V'i I I pin i wm 1 mm w:.-.. 1 am 11 1 2mi a1" E5v 2S I 00900 OaSs lake iho trsiin IS Sno-Cats. Antarrtfsvr.hnnmJ t ? . Sno-Cats are a breed of cat manufac tured in Medford, Oregon, for travel over snow and ice. Very little snow falls in the mild, delightful Rogue River Val ley, so Medford may seem an unusual place to make Sno-Cats. Actually, Med ford, like many other Southern Oregon communities, is a fine place for any in dustry to locate. Sno-Cats are the best thing yet in vented for their tough-going purpose. Hundreds are now sold each year to power and phone companies, govern ment agencies, winter resorts, state maintenance departments and foreign countries. Recently the U. S. Navy bought 50 for duty in the Southern Polar region during the International Geo physical Year. When Sno-Cats leave Medford, they take the train -Southern Pacific. This revolutionary vehicle is but one of the huge variety of things produced in the 8-state Golden Empire we serve, and shipped initially via Southern Pacific. Sno-Cats are an example of "always something new" in U. S. enterprise another business that relies on the kind .of progressive railroad freight service . -fc.P. seeks to give. So ufthern pacific o o o sum m. o o O QTMBontonGa.
