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o Facilities Set Sunday, December 2S, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE o m r mm - - G HOLIDAY TRAGEDY Three persons were lulled and three critically injured in this two-car crash in Sunland, Calif. According to police the 17-year-old driver of the vehi cle which caused the crash was going at 75 miles an hour when he crashed broad side into pickup truck (foreground), cutting it in half. He is being hpld for manslaughter and is himself in critical condition. Record-Breaking Tree Planting Job Being Undertaken in State Portland Oregon's forest in dustries and tree farmers have plunged into a record-breaking tree planting job. They are currently planting an estimated 11 million or more tree seedlings on burned or bar ren timberlands, an all-time rec ord for private tree planting in i ' (r Jut- fr 'ft KICK KIME Long-Tim Rvsidant Die Senior Citizen Dies Saturday Nick Kime, 82, of 511 Palm st. died early Saturday morning af ter a short illness. He was born on June 5, 1865 in Montreal, Canada when his parents were en route from the eastern part of the United States to Oregon. Kime lived in the (TjUedford area for more than 91 years. Although he had lost his sight several years ago he was very active in local activities. Kime served as Jackson coun ty road supervisor for 12 years and was in the construction bus iness until he retired about 25 years ago. He had made violins in his spare time and had taken part in some of the first live broadcasts on radio when it first came to the Medford area. Services will be held in the Conger-Morris funeral home on Thursday, Jan. 2, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. D. E. Millard will of ficiate. Committal will be in the IOOF Cemetery. TOURISTS BOOST INCOME Rome 'IP An estimated 14 million foreign tourists boosted Italy's national income by ap proximately 528 million dollars during 1957, officials said Satur day. The figures were an all-time record. The total compared with an average of $3,580,000 annual ly during the 1935-39 pre-war period. O 3 r A J?T:at LIFE TERM Former stock broker L. Ewing Scot, con victed in Los Angeles of first degree murder in the disap pearance of his wealthy so cialite wife, has been sen tenced to life imprisonment by decree of the jury which found him guilty. the state. The fi. ure is roughly twice the number of trees plant ed by companies and private in dividuals last year. Many companies are also seeding directly by hand or helicopter on additional thou sands of acres of land. Latest Phase The giant reforestation effort, which started in late November and will continue until next spring, is the latest phase in a growing tempo of industry inter est in tree planting spanning the past decade. While most forest land reseeds itself naturally, planting may speed up the pro cess, and in certain situations is necessary to establish new young stands of timber. Foresters point out that much of the planting and seeding will be done on barren land swept by forest fires which destroyed natural seed sources and on land where brush threatens to take over. Most of the planting will be concentrated in western Oregon, where forest tree types require that harvesting be done largely by logging whole "blocks" of ma ture timber. In eastern Oregon, where industry can log "selec tively" a term which means that a forester can pick indivi dual .trees in a stand for harvest ing without harm to other trees natural reproduction makes planting largely unnecessary. Big Problem One big problem with which industry foresters must cope is extensive damage to seedlings in some areas by hungry deer and rodents. The Booth-Kelly Lum ber company in Springfield, for example, reports that approxi mately 72 per cent of its seed lings were nipped by animals last year, destroying or stunt ing most of the seedlings. Virtually all of the young trees to be planted are being furnished by the Col. William B. Greeley Industrial Forest Nur sery at Nisqually, Wash., the John Woods and Son Forest nur sery near jSalem, and the state nursery near Corvallis. Companies which plan to seed their lands from helicopters say this method is faster and cheaper per acre, and has become more effective since the development of chemicals for treating seeds to repel seed-eating rodents. A poor cone crop this year, how ever, resulted in a small seed harvest and thereby restricted the amount of direct seeding which could be done. Long-Range Basis "The great bulk of Oregon for est industries which own timber land are managing those lands on a long-range basis under good forestry principles," Sam Robb, Dallas, chairman of the Oregon committee of American Forest Products Industries, said. "This is an indication of the basic permanency of the state's wood-using industries. Although the market may have its ups and downs, the long-term out look for the industry is one of growth and stability." The Oregon state board of for estry's nursery near Corvallis is supplying private landowners with 3,000.000 seedlings this year in addition to filling state needs. Next year, with produc tion from the state's new Elkton nursery becoming available, the state will produce some 20.000, 000 trees for planting by private landowners. Depufy Premier Dies In East Germany Berlin Deputy Premier Ot to Nuschke, 74, of Communist East Germany died Friday in East Berlin. He was nominal leader of East Germany's Christian Democrat Party. Church officials in West Ber lin said they had learned Nusch ke died of a heart attack. Nusch ke founded and was chairman of the Union of Christian Demo crats in East Germany and was said to have worked for under standing between the Commu nist state and Christian church es. He also was said to have at tempted to develop his party as one devoted to Christian principles. GIRLS FATALLY CRUSHED Chattanooga, Tenn. (IP) A car driven by a soldier ran onto the porch of a home here Fri day pinning two girls against a brick wall and crushing them to death. The victims were Beverly Ann Pointer, 5, and Priscilla Walker, 9. - The soldier, Pfc. Franklin Pullom, 24, was charged with murder by drunken driving. For Launching At White Sands Huntsville. Ala. (IP New facilities will be provided at White Sands Proving Grounds, N.M., for launching the Restone ballistic missile, the Army's new est and Jargest weapon system, it was announced here Saturday. Maj. Gen. J. B. Medaris, com mander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, explained the additional facilities are required for "engineering use evaulation" firing and for training technical units. The Restone is now launched at the Missile Test Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., along with other United States missiles in cluding the Army's Jupiter. An instrumental range is available there using areas of the Atlantic Ocean. The Restones launched at White Sands will not travel the full range of the missile, Medaris emhapsized. "It will then be possible to obtain accurate ground impact information, not always possible over the Florida range," he said. No live warheads will be car ried on the missile. The White Sands facilities will inrliide a missile handling build- and laboratory, vertical launch ing facilities and service structure. Rupee Notes Tossed To Waiting Beggars Calcutta (IP) A visiting Russian planning expert ' pro vided a Huge Christmas windfall for dozens of Calcutta beggars when he tossed rupee notes out of a window of the Indian sta tistical institute, officials re vealed Saturday. Russian embassy officials said Dr. Gelinovasky, vice chairman of the Soviet Union's planning commission, suffered an abnor mal stroke with high blood pressure "following heavy brain work." COBRA FEEDING Chicago (IP) Richard Reich- ert, director of the reptile house at the Lincoln Park Zoo, rescrib ed "formula" feeding from a 14 foot king corba. 1 Go to Texas, 2 catch a lot of five to six foot coachwhip snakes, 3 put them in a freezer, 4 return home, and 5 give one to the king cobra every two weeks. SWOOSH Although this might appear to be a burning church steeple, it's actually an Aerobee rocket soaring from launching tower at Fort Churchill, Manitoba, Can ada. Rocket was fired during a series of tests performed in connection with the International Geophysical Year by the U. S. and Canada. WILL BE Sales Rentals Folding VHEEL CHAIRS Open Sundays and Holidays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 E MAIN PH. SP 3-5345 1 Block East of Hawthorne Park OMPIEEJ Emcsirirs 'til 9 Sixth & Central Medford's Bargain Corner M ru rv ppy uxiiw To EVERYONE Year From Your Friendly Big Y & Oakdale Mkts. Store Hours Sunday thru Thursday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Manning lb. Best Food SMBJI OIL Quarts 00 Pixie Marsh ma Hows io ..Ptg, 2 45 Pacific Cocktail Shrimps.,.. 3 89' Market Shorten! ng o n Play Fair Dog Food m. . , 13 - $1.00 Holiday Margarine i '.,.,. 5 $1.00 Ritz Crackers i 1 39 Snowflake Sodas Mb. pkS. 1 fU Nalley's Potato Ch IPS R9- S9c box pkf. Chocolate Covered Cherries 1 55' Fancy Chocolate Drops I 39 White Lily Cheese 2 - 59 Market Cove Oysters 5-.. 3 s1.00 Pheasant Apricots (,. 5 51.00 Belmont Fruit Mix :. 5 5l.G0 Hunt's Catsup u-. 7 $1.00 Hunt's Fruit Cocktail 6 - $1.00 Apple Cider "ii i w 59 Market Peaches cam 4 . $1.00 Waldorf Tissue 3 $1.00 Market Pitted Cherries 303 6 - $1.00 0 Sunny Jim . APPLE BUTTER ..,, 12(., T (Comes 12 to a case) Stocks Limited. Big Y and Oakdale Market Will Be Closed All Day New Years Day ' (NnnGl NPnV tsPnV Southern Oregon's Largest and Most Complete Market o o O
