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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.,"
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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."
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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."
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a.m. for Monday; for Sunday, noon
Saturday.
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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.
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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.
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