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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, May 18, 1958 uuspeetoir DDU IV E PRESENT STATION The California plant quarantine station' on Highway 99 at the bottom of Bailey hill, which was built in 1953, has accommodations for lines of cars and one large opening for buses and trucks to get them out of the weather while they are inspected for diseased fruit. Senior in INSPECT BAGGAGE In the early days, California state fruit inspectors had to climb on top of the big buses to go through passenger's luggage in their search for dis eased fruit. The picture above was taken at the Hornbrook station in 1929, soon I. wl " ' n 11 1 ' 1 " jf!' ' vfefej;feiii n mmmmmmKmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmH n't? II.. jiiihi SECOND STATION This inspection sta- by the California Highway department for on located just south of the Hilts turnoff, equipment storage, having been replaced was built in i932 to replace the original by yet a newer building at the bottom of station a mile or ' so to the south which Bailey hill, which was opened in 1953. was built in 1929. The building is now used 1 . t m4 1- OFFICER STOP SIGN In 1929, when the California fruit inspection station opened near Hornbrook, the stop sign in the pic ' ture above was all that was needed to stop the model "T" trafiic and lumbering "jitneys." The men in the picture are, left to right, State Inspectors Paul Gladdish and Fred Perrywho was the first senior inspector at the station and is now retired and living in Paradise, Calif. Gladdish is now an inspector at the San Pedro port station. Reynolds Cuts Back Portland IIP Reynolds Metals Company Friday an nounced 25 per cent produc tion cutbacks at both its Troutdale, Ore., and Long view, Wash., plants. About 125 employees will be affect ed at Troutdale and 96 at Longview. On May 24. one potline at Troutdale and three-qyarters .j Order Restrains Pickets at Plant The Dalles W Circuit Judge Malcolm Wilkinson has signed a temporary restrain ing order preventing picket ing of the front entrance to the Harvey Aluminum com pany. Pickets had been at the plant since May 7. The restraining order was requested by the General En gineering Corporation. The judge set May 20 as date for junction. -fa&r&tZft spector at the station now is Frank Henley and intermediate is L. E. Jeter, who are in charge of a crew of seven more inspectors that work in various shifts to keep the station open 24 hours a day. During March this year, 21,791 vehicles were checked through-the station. after it opened. The bus was one of those operated by the old Yelloway line which served most of the United States at that time. Like today, passengers often took ad vantage of the stop to stretch their legs after a .tiresome ride over Siskiyou pass. I J v 1 t 1 rr Aluminum Pctlines of one potline at Longview will be closed down "to bring output of primary aluminum into balance with commercial requirements." Reynolds said commercial demand at present was ab sorbing about 70 per cent of the firm's total production. While there is no intention of closing down any primary production plant in the Reyn olds system, market condi tions later in the year will de termine whether there will be further cutbacks or a restora tion of full production. Lumber Price Index Moves Ahead 4 Cents Portland (IP) Crow's lum ber price index moved ahead another four cents in the past two weeks, paced by green Douglas fir and kiln-dried stock. Western pine species were off slightly, the market service reported. Dr. Graham Author Of Magazine Article Ashland Dr. Alva Gra ham director of graduate stu dies at Southern Oregon col lege, has ' written an article published in the May issue of "Oregon Education." The three regional state colleges are offering, begin ning this summer, a program leading to the master of sci ence degree in secondary edu cation. The program has some similarities to the program for elementary teachers, but dif fers significantly in its con siderations for depth in a teaching field, according to the article. . Dr. Graham stressed the fact that two maior objectives are sought by the program: more subject matter strength in one major teaching field and an ability to guide the learner in his academic pro gram aiTd in his personal de velopment. , Television Plays Blamed For Urge Glendale, Calif. OP) Fourteen-year-old Thomas Edward Applegate blamed "those tele vision movies and plays" Fri day for an urge to kill which resulted in the wounding of his mother. Edward told officers he had had an urge to kill "someone . . . anyone . . . even a police man" for months. Finally, one night this week when his mother told him to stop painting his model air plane and study his spelling, he got a .22 caliber rifle and shot her in the side, he told police. His mother, Mrs. Marcelle Applegate, 43, was reported improving at Glendale Memo rial hospital. "It was those television movies and plays," Thomas told detectives. "It gave me an urge to kill." A petition was filed in juve nile court charging the boy with attempted murder. Plant Quarantine Station Built at Hornbrook in '29 By Mri. H. H. Chapman Hornbrook Every year millions of people cross the state line into California from all parts of the world. Most of them come in ve hicles arriving 'by highway, either in personal cars or buses. For all of these, one of their first contacts on en tering the state, is with a pleasant, uniformed inspector of the bureau of plant quaran tine of the California depart ment of agriculture. . For those entering from Oregon and Washington on Highway 99, this point of con tact is the station at Horn brook. First Opened This station was opened on May 2, 1929, and was then located at the top of Bailey Hill approximately one-eighth of a mile north of the present railroad overpass. This was a small, open-air shed affair, consisting simply of a roof and a floor, and with benches running the length of it on which baggage was placed to be inspected. In the middle of the road was a stop sign to halt incoming vehicles. Members of the first crew to man this station were Earl Driver, Bob Hook, James King, and Arlie Petersen. None of these men is with the service now. The first senior inspector was Fred Perry. He is retired now, and he and Mrs. Perry make their home in Paradise, Calif. The station was officially opened by E. M. Swift, who also opened in turn the other northern border stations at Smith river, Redwood high way, Dorris, Tulelake, and Alturas. Swift, the present supervisor of the Oregonbor der stations, has had his head quarters in Hornbrook since January, 1948. Outgrows Station In a few years, the service outgrew its first station, and in the spring of 1932, a new station was opened three quarters of a mile north of the old one. The year 1953 saw the opening of the present building on land which is part of the old Greive ranch. At this time, the old building was turned over to the state highway ,. department, which uses it for storing equipment. In the winter time, the build ing is warmed and sand stored in it for use on icy highways. Frank Henley is senior in spector of the .present crew, and L. E. Jeter is interme diate. Completing the crew are Tom Collister, Duane Hamner, Tom Taylor, Saul Friedman, Bill Farmer, Wil liam Nelson, and Bryan Wil lingham. Jeter, Collister, Hamner and Willingham make their- homes in Hornbrook, with the others living in Yreka. ' In April of this year, Jeter observed his 25th year with the service, and was awarded his 25-year certificate. Dur ing March of this year, 21, 791 vehicles were inspected at the local station including trucks and stages. ' Stations Never Close The stations never close. They are operated on a 24 hour basis all year. Drivers of all vehicles are asked to declare any fresh fruit or vegetables they may have with them, andor they may be requested to open their luggage or trunk of their car for inspections. The majority of persons are politely copperative, and welcome the opportunity to get out and "stretch their legs" and have a friendly chat with the inspector as to road conditions, weather, near-by points of interest, or just general conversation. In a few minutes, they are back in their car and on their way in a genial mood. A very small minority re sent the delay and what they consider an intrusion. The re sentment, in many cases, could be, and is, dispelled by an explanation of the aims and purposes of the state's plant quarantine program, which is to prevent the intro duction into or spread within the state of insect, disease and weed pests which would be detrimental to California agriculture should they be come established here. This is in accordance with the plant quarantine lav, Primary Considerations There are four primary considerations which make plant quarantine more im portant to California agricul ture possibly than to most other regions of the continen tal United States: first, the immense amount of fruits, vegetables, nuts and other food crops raised in the state and the large amount of in- v . h : - ;"v-:"-- T111"1 ' ' ;- -:':x-:;-'v:"-:":':'-:':::: 'm-: : : :' "':"':"::; ' : -v;------:-: - EARLY DAYS Back in the 1920's Cali-. fornia state agriculturists realized the mi gration of plant diseases and pests were directly related to travel trends and to pro tect the state's farm and fruit crops, the Bureau of Plant Quarantine was set up. INSPECTS LUGGAGE When the fruit in spector at the Hornbrook station undid all the carefully-tied ropes that held this trav eler's luggage to his running board in the picture above, the man looked somewhat defiant. Most persons were calmed when the state officers explained why the inspec tion was necessary in California's long range fruit quarantine program. Since Cali vestment in these crops which would suffer .an immediate and tremendous loss should an outbreak of a severe insect or disease pest occur. Second, the extensive cli mate and crop range in the state, ranging from high plateau to sub-tropical and from humid to arid in vari ous parts of the state, so that almost any pest or bug could "find a home to suit his needs" somewhere in Cali fornia. Third, farming in Cali fornia is more generally on the specialty crop basis than the diversified basis. Large areas are devoted to the planting of one crop in con tiguous areas, so that a pest of these crops if established in an area would spread rap idly to the adjoining areas. Natural Isolation Fourth, the natural isola tion of California formed by the barriers of mountain, desert, and ocean offer pro tection against the natural migration of pest species, and afford a good opportunity of keeping pests out. Records of the bureau of plant quarantine show that the danger of pest introduc tion is directly related to travel Jrends the more trav elers, the greater the hazard. But to dispel any idea that all plant material inspected is rejected, records show that roughly not more than 2 per cent of plant material inspect ed is refused entry into the state 98 per cent is passed. In fact, persons entering from Oregon and Washington are encouraged to buy pears and "apples in those states and bring them in. Only one fruit grown in Oregon and Wash ington is prohibited in Cali fornia, and that is the cherry all fruits of any variety of cherry. This is because of the prevalence of the cherry fruit fly. Restricted Entry Sweet potatoes, cucumbers, squash and cantaloupe grown in Oregon and Washington, are restricted in their entry1 into California, but are per mitted entry when accom panied with a point of origin certificate. Southern yams and Gulf state citrus available in Oregon markets are pro hibited into California. These two items, legally entered into California under permit, are prohibited re-entry when The picture above shows two of the uni formed officers at the Hornbrook inspection station as they check a tourist's car for "illegal" fruit. In the old days cars had no trunks and baggage was tied or strapped to the outside, making inspection difficult. shipped from California to Oregon markets and offered for sale to the public because they have lost their identity. As regards fruit and vegeta ble plants, nursery stock trees and plants are generally un der restrictions and require certification for entry. Any one planning to make impor tation of plants to California should inquire first of their county agricultural agent. . The inspection of vehicles for pests and "disease is by no means all the work per formed by the men of the .bor der inspection service. v Cooperative Services Cooperative services -include aid in enforcing fruit and vegetable sanitation laws; aid to the bureau of animal industry; apiary inspection; inspection for excessive spray residue for the division of chemistry, both state and fed eral; and the reporting of in bound and outbound fruit and produce shipments to the fed eral marketing service. All airplanes' arriving in California from foreign coun tries are inspected for restrict ed plant material, but all air planes arriving from other states are not inspected. At one time, all passenger trains entering the state were inspected, but this practice has been discontinued due to the small amount of restrict ed material intercepted, and it was found there was not sufficient danger of pest intro- U.S. Has three 'Moons' in Orbit Washington (ff) The United States has three earth satellites in orbit, the Army's Explorer I and Explorer III and the Navy's Vanguard I. The Army sent the first Ex plorer, America's first earth moon into outer space with a Jupiter-C rocket at Cape Can averal Jan. 31. The 'Navy launched Van guard I, a 6',4 inch test sphere,, on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, after failing in sev eral earlier attempts. The Army put Explorer HI up with a Jupiter-C March 26. Explorer 11 either disinte grated or fell into the sea. Russia's first two Sputniks have both disintegrated. T'vjv.awvw fornia was such a great producer! of. farm crops, and its climate ranged from, tropic to high plateau and humid to arid, it was susceptible to all nature of plant dis ease, which has successfully been con trolled. Only 2 per cent of all fruit going into California is rejected, the other 98 per cent is allowed to pass. duction by this means to war rant the expenditure of tax funds that would be neces sary to carry pn this work. Plant quarantines may well be compared to public health quarantines that are enforced to prevent the spread of dis eases among the human popu lation. Many people : in Cali fornia consider the plant quar antine program as a form of insurance against the intro duction and spread of new pests. . i. Local Optometrists Attend Convention Several local optometrists planned to attend the annual convention of the Oregon Op-1 tometric association this week tend in Roseburg. The conven-; tion started Friday, and con-, eludes today. t I Dr. Fred Kushner, nation- ! ally known lecturer and edu- j cation director of the Western Iowa Optometric group, will be the featured speaker at the convention. Convention activities will include business sesions, lec tures and a seminar on con tact lenses. Several hundred optome trists and their wives from the state of Oregon were expect ed. Special activities -are planned by the auxiliary to coincide with the program of the optometrists. Have youx Portr&tt drawn tjy the Artist who draws -bhi Stars Portraits as lour as $ 2 MEDFORD ARMOR? Hulef ' M'V till II Five Tfimber Tracts Are Sold Five of the six tracts of timber offered by the Med f ord district ' of the bureau of land management were sold . at an oral auction May ' 15. The five tracts contained an estimated 10,416,000 board feet and were sold for a total of $251,376.80. Mountain Fir Lumber com pany, Grants Pass, was ' the successful bidder for the only tract attracting competitive bids. This tract contains an estimated 1,240,000 board feet near Butte Falls in Jack son county. The bid of $20.50 per thousand board feet for the Douglas ir topped 'four other bidders. The -total price was $22,390.50 for the tract. The Robert Dollar com pany, Glendale, purchased an estimated 3,310,000 board feet of Douglas fir, sugar pine and other species for $74,356.40. The price for the Douglas fir was $18.60 per thousand and the sugar pine was $35.55 per thousand. This tract is lo cated near Ninemile lookout at the junction of Douglas and Curry counties. In Josephine County Bate Lumber company, Merlin, , purchased an esti mated 3,638,000 board feet on Stratton creek and an esti mated 1,534,000 oard feet along the Peavine Lookout Soldier Camp road, both in Josephine county. Prices on the first tract, consisting of Douglas fir, pines and other species included $20.90 per thotisand for Douglas fir, $36.05 for ponderosa pine, $40.35 for sugar pine and a total bid of $92,310.20. . The second tract, mostly sugar pine with Douglas fir, ponderosa pine and other spe cies included, was priced at $19.75 for the Douglas fir, $28.25 for the ponderosa pine, $36.60 for the sugar pine and a total bid of $47,545.; The last tract, purchased by Harry Steward of Wolf Creek, included an estimated 694,000 board feet of Doug las fir and sugar pine on the right-of-way of the proposed extension of the Kelsey-Mule access road in northeast Cur ry county. Prices for the tract were $15.90 for the' Douglas fir, $29.60 for the sugar pine for a total of $14,774.70. The tract that received no bids contains an estimated 8,004,000 board feet located near Cold Springs in north east Curry county. This tract, under the regulations, will remain open for bids for an additional 90 days. Next Sale Scheduled The next sale planned by the Medford district of the bureau has been advertised for May 29 when five tracts containing an estimated 27, 681,000 board feet appraised at $624,844.10 will be offered. Three of the tracts are located in the Galice area of Jose phine county, one is on Ditch Attention Business Firms! Public Relations Course SCHEDULED HERE! Enroll new! S. H. Womack, training consultant in public rela- tions, of Austin, Texas, will conduct three evening classes. Has been held in over 150 cities. Includes: How to get along with people; memory; telephone technique; speech; business psychol ogy; etc. Sponsored by Medford Retail Credit Association. HEDRICK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAY 21, 22. 23 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. For Reservations Phone Vern Bacon, SP 2-8006 by lELffl creek In northwest Jackson county and the fifth tract is near Pinehurst in southeast Jackson county. . On June 12, five more tracts containing an estimated 26,246,000 board feet apprais ed at $509,867.75 has been advertised for sale. Two of the tracts are located in the Dead Indian area of Jackson county, one is on the Butte Falls-Prospect road in Jack son county, one is in the Galice area of Josephine' county and the. fifth one ii ,on Cow Creek near Glendale in Douglas county. Information regarding the proposed sales or the two tracts which are available at present that received no bids at the regular sale may be secured at the office of the district manager in the Med ford city hall. Cherry Fruit Fly Appears on Trees All commercial and home orchardists should spray now for the cherry fruit fly, ac cording to Don Berry, county horticultural agent. The first flies emerged Thursday, he said. Those own ing cherry trees usually have about five to seven days in which - to spray before the flies start laying eggs which ( cause damage, he said. All sweet, sour or seedling cherry trees should be spray ed thoroughly using "either one quart of perthane or three pounds of methoxychlor per 100 gallons of water, Berry said. In addition, tree owners should add two pounds of malathion per 100 gallons of water for aphid control, the county agent suggested. , The spraying should be re peated in 10-day intervals un til picking is completed, Berry said. The home gardener should use two heaping tablespoons of methoxychlor in three gal lons of water plus two table spoons of malathion. Small sprayers are ineffective on large trees, but can be used on the small trees, Berry con cluded. EP Kindergarten ' Members Visit Library Members of the Eagle Point Kindergarten, with their teachers, Mrs. Edna K. Cun ningham and Mrs. Lehman, visited the Medford,- Public library Wednesday. Children who made the visit and heard stories told by Mrs. Cynthia McKay were Kay Hopewell, Margy Martin, Ka ren Martin, Ellen Pulley, Tommy Gibbons, Debbie Gris som, Mike Lehman, Margie Lehman, Keith Schoettle and Richard Brandhorst.
