New Schedule Suggested
For State Legislature
Annual legislature should
b arranged so the farmer
who is "fighting it out on the
line" can be present through
out the session to see his prob
lems through, suggested Rob
ert J. Steward, director of
Oregon Agriculture depart
ment, told the meeting of the
Talent Farm Bureau center
recently
The farmer is allowing him
self to be put on the shelf,
he said.
The state department of ag
riculture wants the farmer's
problems brought in. Steward
reminded his listeners that he
helped organize the Farm
Bureau in Eastern Oregon. He
was once a center and then
a county president at Baker.
He resigned to enter the Ore
gon legislature.
The Jackson county Farm
Bureau was organized in 1951
with a membership of 62. L.
S. Tiegs of Talent was the
first president. In 1957 mem
bership grew to 264. The org
anization hopes to increase
this to 300 during 1958.
Meetings Listed
The county meetings are
held the fourth Tuesday of
each month in the courthouse
starting at 1 p.m. during the
winter and 8 p.m. in the
spring, summer and fall.
County officers are Maur-
ice Davis, president; Neil
Moore, vice president; David
Blair, organization director
Mrs. Grover T. Mulkey, secretary-treasurer
and A. L
Lemley, insurance agent.
Three centers are active in
the county. The largest is" re
ported at Talent. Meetings are
held in the Valley View
schoolhouse the second Tues
day of each month, starting
at 8 p.m. William Bagley, Tal
ents, is center president. Gil
bert Hill is vice president,
William Wroe is director and
Irs. C. V. Carmichael, secre-
Tary-xreasurer.
Next largest center is Evans
Valley with meetings held at
the Enterprise Grange hall in
wimer. uuicers are jjavia
Blair, president; James H
Martin, vice-president; Char
les White, director; Mrs. Char
les Milligan, secretary-treasurer
and Mrs. David Blair, as
sociated women's chairman.
The third center meets at
Eagle Point high school. Of
ficers are John Reid, presi
dent; C. C. Hoover, vice-presi
dent; and Maurice Davies,
secretary-treasurer.
Central Point has a strong
membership but the center is
now inactive.
What Is The Lav?
This column is prepared as a public service by the
College of Law. Willamette University, Salem, to
explain basic legal principles, sot to provide legal
advice. The reader is cautioned not lo apply these cases
lo his own problems without an attorney's advice, for
differing facts may change the outcome.
Railroad Held Responsible
For Playing Boy's Hurts
Almost 90 years ago the
United States Supreme Court
decided that a railroad com
pany would have to pay for
the injuries that a young boy
received while playing on the
railroad's turntable. Work
ers for the railroad had sden
children playing on this de
vice many times before this
boy injured his foot on it.
The court thought that a
railroad should know that
children would be tempted to
play on such a highly danger
ous thing, and that because
it was highly dangerous the
railroad should take precau
tions to prevent their being
injured.
Because of the case in
which it originated, the de
: cision is often called the
"turntable doctrine." Howev
er, it is more often referred
to as the doctrine of "attrac
tive nuisance." To explain it
simply, the doctrine merely
requires that anyone creating
or having a dangerous condi
tion attractive to . children
must take reasonable precau
tions to prevent injury to
them.
Over 40 years ago two
young boys were exploring a
vacant field on a hot summer
day and discovered what ap
peared to be a pool of water.
It actually contained a great
deal of sulphuric acid. A com
pany had abandoned its plant
there and left this pool,
knowing that it contained
. much acid. The two boys went
swimming and later died of
the effects of the acid.
At that time the Supreme
Court said that the company
was not liable for the death
of the boys because they were
not attracted onto the prop
erty in the first place, by the
pool. In fact, they could not
even see it from the road
This view is no longer fol
lowed by the Supreme Court.
Children can already be on
the premises when they first
see the "attractive nuisance"
that later injures them and
still recover for injuries suf
fered.
Some Disagreement
About six or eight highly
industrialized no r t h eastern
states-do not1 recognize the
attractive nuisance" doctrine
at all. The remainder of the
states are not completely in
agreement on it. Some still
say, as in the case involving
the two boys and the pond,
that the thing that injures
them must have attracted
them onto the property in the
first place.
The Supreme Court of Ore
gon has not heard many cases
of this nature. In 1929 the
Oregon court said "attractive
nuisance" did not apply when
a small girl was injured while
playing on a pile of bridge
timbers, though the owner of
the property knew of it and
did not object to her use of
these timbers as a play
ground. In 1936 a father received
damages from a city in Ore
gon for the death of his four-year-old
son. The boy had
drowned in an unguarded
quarry filled with water. The
city knew children played
there and that it was a dang
erous place.
Tuesday, February 18, 1858
Is That So?
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
Ever consider the protec
tive devices nature provides
her young to insure reaching
adulthood? Without them, the
species would perish.
The musk ox calf which is
dropped in the treeless, bar
ren, cold world of the far
north, when Arctic nights are
still much longer than day
and blizzards may rage, is
equipped at birth with a long
heavy overcoat of curly, dark
brown hair as far as I
know, the longest of any
mammal at birth.
The otter young, although
unable to swim until taught,
is born with oily fur suitable
for its aquatic life. At birth,
the armadillo has a leathery
but soft and flexible skin
which will not harden until
he is full grown, thereby in
suring him a "perfect fit"
throughout life.
The porcupine is born not
only with half-inch protective
spines but also with fairly
well-developed molars. With
in 7 days he can climb trees
and gnaw. As a matter of fact,
he has an appetite fop solids
within 24 hours.
And so for each animal
young there are protective de
vices sufficient to the needs.
But perhaps the most inter
esting of all is the opossum's
young because it is born only
10-14 days after mating!
Sharp Hook Claws
In size, it is no larger than
a bee 16 will fit comfort
ably into a teaspoon. Hind
legs are buds but then,
they are not necessary for
survival. Most developed are
the essential organs for liv
ing, such as the circular
mouth, the tongue, front legs
and "these have sharp hook
ed claws to help them climb.
Yet immature as it is.
locked within it is the correct
impulse to clamber against
the grain of the mother's hair
to find her "incubation"
pouch which is at least 3
inches away and for such
a tiny helpless young, this is
a fantastically long and
hazardous journey.
But it strikes out accurate
ly, using and overhand stroke
much like an Australian
crawl and finds itself in
the warm pouch where there
are 13 tiny nipples.
Once there the head swings
from side to side in the maze
of hair until the tiny muzzle
encounters the tiny pin-head
nipple. Then immediately, the
strong circular mouth grasps
it and the newborn 'possum
hangs on for jiear life, re
maining attached for 4 to 6
months to finish its gestation
while mother blithely goes
about her chores of house
keeping and searching for
food.
And what is true for any
one young, could be multi
plied for any other.
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