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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, Deeemfcer 28, 195S Pork PfeuDDued t CeimteiniiniDO f - s V 1 -i5Sr Vie? v I w i ' srr 5 SCENIC WOODLAND LAKE-This like on the Gordon Kershaw property in the Camp White area with its sur rounding trees is how the chain of lakes will look when fully developed as part of a park and recreation area. The C.C. Hooker family is planning a combination park U A ' n. 5 ,v y INSPECT TREES Jack Mace, service for ester, rtate board of forestry, and C. C. Hoov er, Camp White area farmer, inspect a stand of hardwood trees being grown at the Gor don Kershaw nursery in the same area. The trees are being grown right next to a sec tion of land which the Hoover family plans America Lacks Enlightenment In Approach Toward Criminals By DELOS SMITH UP Science Editor Washington -UPD America is neither bright nr quite civilized about crime and pun ishment, ac cording to sci entific views aired yester day at the an nual meeting of the Ameri can Associa tion for the Advance- 3 of Science. Deios smitn One crime scientist took the whole sys tem apart beginning with "crime prevention" and end ing with the handling of par oled convicts. Another crim inologist said civilized nations do not impose the death pen alty but 40 of 49 United Stat es do impose it. Howard B. Gill, of the American university, Wash ington, D.C., thought the pub lic was ridiculous in expect ing police to prevent crime. Police forces should be "the terror" of criminals and should be wholly concentrat ed upon detecting them, he said. Not Up to Police The first responsibility for crime prevention is . in the home, the school, the church, "and other character-building agencies," he declared. But the attitudes of most of us promote a "big. gentle cow like concept of police work." After the crime is commit ted, there come the criminal courts and criminal law. The public thinks criminal law "a dirty sordid business" and so t 'mm r - ' I1 ' 'S to develop into a recreational area and graz ing land by planting trees and grass. The park is to be named Centennial Park. The trees being grown at the Kershaw nursery are proof that trees can be grown on the thin soil of the district. do law schools. Specialists are not trained and judges as well as the public think punish ment deters crime and crim inals can be controlled by force if they refuse to control Builders in Japan To Share Contract Tokyo - (UPB - Japan solved yesterday the embarrassing problem of the contractor who offered to build part of Crown Prince Akihito's new palace for $27.78. The Construction Ministry announced that all seven firms who bid on construction of the framework of the new palace have agreed to share the job. The move marked a retreat by Mannosuke Kanbe of the H a z a m a Construction com pany who submitted the S27.78 bid. The next lowest bid was $130,000. Kanbe, a traditionalist of the old school, had maintain ed that he wanted to do a service for the imperial fam ily just as builders used to do in the old days. He came under heavy fire, however, being charged in the newspapers with "insulting courtesy." He also was accus ed of having "excessive devo tion to the throne." Polishing cocoa beans by treading them underfoot is called "dancing the beans" in Trinidad. and cattle grazing area for property at the Camp White district. The new chain of lakes will connect with those already existing on the Hoover property. The park has been named Centennial park as recommended by Medford Mayor John Snider. themselves by "will power." Gill asked, in effect, how sil ly can you get? After the courts, the prison receives the criminal and in the prison one finds "monkey cage penology." The convict is degraded and deprived and cut off from society. Instead of "hard work" he often is condemned to idleness and is subjected to petty and debas ing rules. Yet America thinks criminals are "rehabilitated" in prison. Rehabilitation Areas On that assumption, they are released on parole and re turned to society where it is thought they'll cease their criminal ways. But some 60 per cent do no such thing, and the reason is that a prison does not rehabilitate and SHOULD not. What is needed is to take criminals from pris on and rehabilitate them in an organized and purposeful way before returning them to so ciety. The anti-capital punishment views were those of Sara R. Ehrmann of - Brookline, Mass. She told the scientific sympos ium on criminology it was a pure and simple fact that nei their capital punishment nor the lack of it has any influ ence on the homicide rate. There hardly is a scientific authority which does not op pose capital punishment. Yet in the last 43 years only Dela ware and Alaska have abolish ed the death penalty. What's wrong is massive inertia, and she urged scientists to rouse public opinion. She is director of the American League to Abolish Capital Punishment. Sen. McNamara Calls Committee A 'Sacred Cow' Washington -DPD- Sen. Pat McNamara (D-Mich) said yes terday the Senate Rackets committee has outlived its usefulness but most people are afraid to say so because it has become " a sort of sacred cow." However, the Michigan Democrat, who quit the com mittee last April after 16 months as a member, predict ed the group's life would be extended in January for another year. He also fore cast the Senate would give the committee another half million dollars or so, to be added to the $1,250,000 spent up to now. Crime and Labor J McNamara made his com ments in a speech on "crime and the labor movement" which he prepared for deliv ery to the American Society of Criminology. The society met as part of the 125th an nual meeting of the Ameri can Association for the Ad vancement of Science. The senatdr said that Con gress should enact, labor re form legislation, along the lines of last year's Kennedy Ives bill rather than continue hearings on corruption in unions. He said he thought the Senate Rackets commit tee's 1958 hearings added practically nothing to what was revealed in 1957. And he voiced . doubt that "hearings in 1959 will be any more pro ductive." t m "Sort of Sacred Cow" But McNamara said the committee, headed by Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), has "become, in fact, a sort of sacred cow, which people hesitate to criticize for its excess for fear they will be charged with giving aid and comfort to crooks." Aiken Endorses Kuchel as Leader Burlington, Vt. -UPD- Sen. George D. Aiken (R-Vy, lead er of the "liberal" GOP wing, has recommended Sen. Thom as H. Kuchel (R-Calif.), for the Senate minority leadership. Aiken said he had no per sonal ambitions to become the GOP Senate leader in an in terview over a Burlington ra dio station Friday night. He said he understood his name had been mentioned. Aiken noted that "liberal" Republican senators ; planned to meet Tuesday in Washing ton to elect officers and pro pose a candidate to run for the post of GOP Senate lead er. The Vermont lawmaker said that President Eisenhow er "has become more and more of a conservative" though he was regarded as a GOP liberal when seeking election in 1952. DOGS HAVE DAY San Jose, Calif .-(UPD - Two mongrel'dogs named Mac and George will be living the life cf Riley from now on. The relatives of their benefactor will have to wait. The dogs were bequeathed the entire 8100,000 estate of Thomas E. Shrewbridge who died early this month. After 20 years his relatives get what is left. 10,000 Trees Are included in Plans For Major Project By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer A centennial park of 40 acres including lakes and at least six different species of trees, is being planned in the Camp White' area. The park, to be called "Centennial Park" as suggest ed by Medford Mayor John Snider, is part of a mass tree planting project by C. C. Hoover and his sons, Claude and Bud. The entire project will in clude 10,000 trees on 2,000 acres or 100 trees for each year of Oregon's statehood, Charlie Hoover said. Varieties Planned Varieties planned now, are black locust, cedar, ponderosa pine, Scotch pine, Carolina and silver poplar. Other var ieties may be added after The Rev. Thomas McCamant, Med ford Congregational church, and other bird-watchers sub mit their suggestions for the trees best suited for nesting. Hoover emphasizes that he will use the area for both cattle grazing and park pur poses. He plans to run a large herd of registered Hereford cattle on pasture particularly adapted to the desert-type land with the trees to be used tor providing shade for both cattle and picnickers. By using the land for both recreational and farming pur poses, Hoover said that the park area can be maintained more cheaply than if a public agency should run as large an area for recreation only. Plant Evergreens ' After, consulting John H. Adams, landscape architect with the Crater Lake Nation al park, the Hoovers decided to plant the evergreen trees around a second chain of lakes to be developed and the de ciduous or leaf-shedding trees above the lakes. The evergreen trees will provide a continous wind break the year around and shade. The deciduous trees will provide broad shade in the summer and add color to the land in the fall. The silver poplars will have silver leaves, the Carolina poplars bright yellow leaves and if birch is planted, the scarlet foliage will form a viv id contrast around the chain of blue lakes planned for the west side of the tract. 30 Small Lakes The Hoovers figure they will have as many as 30 small lakes of varying size. At least one of the lakes will be re served for fishing by children 14 years, old and younger. "The trees, lakes and gen eral landscaping will be laid out in such a way that the expected heavy air traffic in the future "can see a pleasing sight," Hoover said. When completed the recreation-grazing area will provide forage for a large herd of cattle and natural recreation grounds for picnickers and fishermen in addition to hunt ers already using the area. Hoover estimates maintain ing such an area will cost him about S200 a month because of vandalism alone. Some trac tor tires of his were shot up last year. However, he says it isn't fair to penalize the ma jority for the actions of the few. Planted In Rows Trees will "be planted in rows about 15 feet apart. A machine will rip through the hard pan to give the roots space to extend downward. A long-shanked digging tool with a sharp point will be used to dig holes eight to 10 inches deep. Using this hand tool approximately three to six trees a minute can be planted. The ground will be proper ly sloping to ensure drainage. The ground will be ' scalped or scraped clean around each tree to prevent grass grow ing over the young trees. Five thousand trees are planted already, Hoover said. The trees are ordered through the state board of forestry, the ground prepared and trees planted with the advice of Jack Mace, service forester, state department of forestry; the Soil Conservation Service and the county extension ag ents office. Sow Pastures The Hoovers plan to sow the pastures by airplane, a technique they were the first to develop in Oregon, accord ing to agricultural authorities of the state. The pasture to be planted include a new bunch grass variety called "Little Joe" (named after Earle Jossy, county extension agent, whose nickname is "Joe"). He discov- FIR GROWS AT CAMP WHITE-Jack Mace, ment than that provided by the compara- service forester, state board of forestry, tively thin soil of that area. Mace made examines a Douglas Fir growing at Gordon the examination of the fir while consider- Kershaw's nursery in the Camp White area, ing tree species which may be suitable for Mace was surprised since Douglas fir usu- the Centennial park planned for the Camp ally requires more drainage and nourish- White area. ered the grass variety grow ing on the desert there. Legume varieties to be planted include a mixture of desert hop clover, subter ranean clover and a little lot us. Grasses to be planted in clude winter blue grass, some alta fescue, and ladino. . Winter Bluegrass The Hoovers discovered the winter bluegrass variety growing in the desert area in the 1930's. They . noticed it grew well on the thinnest soils. Investigation by agricul ture specialists revealed it was an immigrant from Turkey and semi-desert areas. The Hoovers also discover ed a plant resembling a trail ing alfalfa which grew along creeks and seepy places. This was later identified as birds foot treefoil. This plant seem ed to flourish in alkali soils. Other outstanding qualities were that it is a forage plant of weed persistence, tenacl uously hardy, resistant to drouth, is tolerant of wet soil, is a legume of quality feed value ' producing great tun- nage and sought after by stock. Planting of trees is yet another step the Hoover fam ily is taking to adapt the desert area in the Camp White sector to southern Oregon living and farming. The family hopes that the various clubs in the area will help them prevent vandalism and police the area to keep it attractive for recreation use. The local retriever club al ready keeps the present lakes and surrounding area clean and safe for hunting. Atlas Satellite Still is 'Talking' Washington (UPD- America's Atlas satellite still is "talk ing." The Defense Department said the four and a half ton satellite exchanged four more voice and teletypewriter mes sages Friday with Army ground stations. The giant missile was "interrogated and tested successfully" on four successive passes across the United States. It marked the 35th time since the Atlas was shot aloft by the Air Force Dec. 18 that the delicate outer space com munications "brain" has been interrogated. The Pentagon reported that thus far since President Eis enhower's Christmas message was broadcast to earth a week ago, the relay equipment has been loaded and unloaded with messages 29 times. Folger Announces Coffee Price Slash Portland -(UPD- A major cof fee company (Folger) Friday announced a two-cent . per pound reduction in wholesale coffee prices to stores in this area. The reduction dropped the carload price to 76 cents per pound - lowest since June, 1950. A company spokesman said the reduction was be cause of "heavy supply." Arkansas produces 96 per cent of all the bauxite in the United States - 215,500,000 tons of the mineral annually. New Radio, Radar London-CrD-New-type radio and radar transmitters being used by Britain's air force send out beams powerful enough to "cook" or seriously maim people or animals as much as half a mile away, a radio expert said yesterday. Dr. Douglas Shinn, one of a team of researchers working on the super-powerful trans mitters, sounded the warning in an article in the science magazine "Nature." He said the beams could cause internal injuries by heating the body at distances of up to half a mile. The air force hurriedly as surred Britons that trans mitters sending out the pow erful beams as part of a de fense radar network would be located at high points so Costs Bring Cut in B58 Production Washington-(UPO-Rising pro duction costs and design changes have resulted in re duced production of the B58 supersonic bomber, Air Force officials said yesterday. They said manufacture of the multimillion dollar; 80 ton planes had been cut from the scheduled 77 to "about 70" by the end of the fiscal year ending next June. They added, however, that this still will enabfe the Stra tegic Air Command to equip one full wing of 45 planes next year when the B58 is expected to become opera tional. The so-called Hustler bomb er, capable of carrying nu clear weapons and long-range attack missiles, is designed gradually to replace part of SAC's B47 medium bombers. The Hustler is being built at Convair's Fort Worth, Tex. plant. A helping hand mil It is wise to form a preference for a funeral ' NaUoeeted II I director in advance of need. Judge us by our Morticians, an as- I I reputation, complete facilities, experienced per- Sito of "high sonnel, moderate charges. . Weaii. ethical prc- I I tices and business l I , Conzer-tJtfonis x WEST MAIN AT SIXTH ' "Your TV Weatherman" I Pi -.e . 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Truman, Wife End Visit With Margaret New York - (UPD - Former President Truman and his wife left for home yesterday ending a Christmas visit with their daughter, Margaret, and her husband, Clifton Daniel, here. But the former, chief executive said he enjoyed most seeing . his " grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel. Truman, wearing a double breasted suit and sporting a cane, said he had discussed a lecture series with Columbia University officials here, but added that no dates had yet been set. Housewife's Suit Says Bathing Suit Was Transparent Muskegon, Mich. -(UPD An attractive 25-year-old mother of four who said her new bathing suit was fine until it got wet has filed a $2,500 damage suit against a Muske gon store. Blonde Mrs. Donna Dibble charged that the swim suit became transparent the first time she went swimming at crowded Muskegon State park beach July 29, 1957. I was humiliated, embar rassed and publicly disgrac ed," the trim housewife con tended. She charged "you could see through the wet bathing suit," but said she did not realize it until she left the water and other bathers began "calling - and staring and pointing at your plaintiff in a shocked manner." She said she plunged back into the water and waited for her sister to bring her a tow el. Mrs. Dibble said she then ' ran to her car with the towel wrapped around her. James Dibble, the plain tiff's husband, said "this is a big joke to everyone around here except my wife." Four-Alarm Blaze At Amusement Park San Francisco -(UPD- A four alarm blaze destroyed $250, 000 worth of merry-go-round horses and other amusement equipment Friday night at San Francisco's famous Play-land-at-the-Beach. The spectacular fire, shoot ing flames high over the beach amidst gusts of rain, wrecked a three-story ware house in which the play equip ment was stored. Total loss, including the building, was estimated by its owner at $400,000. Forty pieces of equipment and 150 firemen were sum moned to the scene and bat tled more than an hour to con trol the fire. Three firemen were . slightly injured. Cause of the fire was not determin ed. Burning of Cross Tried Christmas Eve Riverside, Calif. -(UPD- An attempt in Christmas Eve to destroy the Mt. Rubidoux Cross, the center of Easter sunrise services which attract thousands of persons each year, was revealed by police here Friday. Police Lt. G. T. Yancey said Ray Weinberg, 18, and Rob erts Mullane, 19, both of Riv erside, reported they were beaten and kicked when they tried to prevent a group of vandals from igniting the 20 foot cross with petroleum waste. Fire charred part of the lower section of the cross, ded icated in 1907 to Father Ser ra, founder of the California missions. SHOE CAUSES HEADACHE Pittsburgh-4UPD-George West, 42, was shooed off to jail today after he shoed his wife. Kathering West, 27, was treat ed at St. Francis hospital for a scalp laceration suffered when her husband struck her with a shoe.
