12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, May 18, 1958
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.