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u Suil Seeks $4,000 Claimed as Wages Beulah H. Richardson, 62 South Modoc ave., Medford, is eeking $4,000 plus interest from Southern Oregon Hu mane Society, according to a complaint filed in circuit court. She alleges in the com plaint that the money is for wages owed her by the South ern Oregon Humane Society. On Jan. 1, 1950, she entered into a contract with the hu mane society for employment for 10 years beginning Jan. 1, 1950. It was agreed to pay her $200 a month, it is alleged. However, on March 1, the president of the Southern Ore gon Humane Society, acting on the authority of the board of directors, discharged the plaintiff and refused to pay her since that date, according to the complaint Beulah Richardson charges that she has performed all the terms and conditions of the agreement and is still ready to perform the agreement. 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Dr. Beadle, chairman of the California Institute of Tech nology's biology division, speaking at a Resources for the Future forum, said that decisions must be mpde about man's genetic future because: Genetic knowledge we have attained "can be applied to directing our own evolution ary future, but we shall .'fail . miserably unless it is done with more wisdom than so far demonstrated." Something Must Happen "With present rates of pop ulation growth, something will have - to happen before too many generations." Questions to be answered "will be far beyond science in their im plications." "Genetics will have a great deal to say about such things as the necessity of genetic di versity in populations, the bi ological consequences of in- glr i IlillllHilBw r-x BURGLAR TRAPPER Mrs. Maria Villegas, or Norwalk, Calif., shows how she captured two teen-age burglars at her home in Norwalk, Calif. Mrs. Villegas'. home had been ransacked three times in the last month, so she took a week off from her job and laid in wait for the thieves. She not only caught them, she also took their ' picture for evidence. 4 CORNERS PHONE .Each , 1.7? 35-lb. box on bunches lbs. .'. Quart or Regular lb. ....Giant size t quik 79 toz& "rayjOT terpopulation mixing and the effect of mutation rates that will result if exposure to arti ficial radioactivity is signifi cantly increased over its pres ent levels." Dr. Beadle predicted that biochemists may, before long, be able to duplicate in test tubes the conditions under which "living" molecules arose on earth a few thousand million years ago. Citing the recent discover ies that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the primary genetic material, in viruses and prob ably in animals including man, Dr. Beadle told how this new knowledge of the stuff of the genes fills important gaps in our understanding of evolution. Objective Terms Life can now be defined in objective terms, - Dr. Beadle observed, as ability to replic ate in the manner of DNA (duplication of molecules in the image of the original one) ?nd to evolve through muta tion (change of the genes) and natural selection. Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, whose de velopment of hybrid corn was largely repsonsible for adding within a few years at the end of the thirties 20 per cent or 500,000.000 bushels to the American corn crop without adding labor or acres, declared in discussion of Dr. Beadle's paper ihaf Open NO 4-1511 SCOTT'S PURE PAK FRANKS DRY CURED LEAN SALT PORK NEBERGALL'S LARGE BOLOGNA U.S. GRADED GOOD RIB 100 PURE 29: BETTY CROCKER 4f 59 nnnmnn EW "Complete chemical and bi ological understanding of DNA and the chromosomes will sooner or later shake our social, political and religious life even more profundly than the atomic bomb." To Keep Records Wallace suggested that her editary and health records will in the future be kept of all the people of the world, listing diseases, death causes, intellectual attainments, ab normalities, the blood types of each perspn by families. These would not be used by a genetic Hitler, but would allow- choice of marriage partners to avoid hereditary disease. Wallace observed that world populations now increases at the rate of 48,000,000 a year and probably 30,000,000 come from areas where the income per capita is less than , one tenth v that of the U. S. and where illiteracy is more than 5 per cent. These millions in the future will become the most powerful political force in the world. The population explosion in the long run threatens Russia more than the United States, Mr. .Wallace believes. He is more concerned with; the in creasing lack of opportunity for these rapidly breeding people to demonstrate produc tivity in hope and joyous liv ing than he is about possible inferior genetic quality. Wonders Described The wonders of human growth were described by Dr, Beadle as follows: "It is an unending source of wonderment that out of minute spheres of jelly-like protoplasm little larger than the point of a dull pin there should develop living beings like you and me toeing built of uncountable billions of molecules intricately . organ ized and inter-related; capable of growth, adaption, memory, rational thought and com munication; able to create and appreciate art, music, lit erature, religion, science and technology; and, above all, de signed to hand down to the next generation the biologi cal and cultural inheritage that permits this near-mir acle to be repeated ,. again and again. All this from the tiny cell that is the fertilized. egg of man. "If we could but expose the secrets that lie locked within this minute sphere, we would have achieved complete understanding of man, includ ing the manner of his origin from subhuman ancestors and the nature of his destiny in an evolutionary future now unknown. Not in your time or mine, nor in the time of our sons and grandsons, will we succeed in doing this. But still the progress of modern science has been, so great in this direction in recent years that it is now possible to rede fine some of the most basic concepts of biology in terms enormously more meaningful than those used but a few years ago. MIDGET PRICES 8:00 A.M. till 7:00 P.M. Every Day . ... ...Pkg. . By the Piece STEAK FRESH GROUND BEEF CAKE M. . 3 ... 8? Hl-C PINEAPPLE . GrapelrTDrink 4! OCCIDENT HARD WHEAT FLOUR 25 JW9 BONNIE CANNED IVVE Realized Net Income To Farm Operators Higher Editor's note: The follow ing summary of agricultur al developments in 1958 and the prospects for 1959 was ' written for UPI by Esra Taft Benson, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. By EZRA TAFT BENSON Secretary of Agriculture (Written for UPI) The realized net income of farm operators in 1958 rose about 20 per cent above 1957 to the highest point in five years. , The prices that farmers re ceived for their products av eraged five per cen above 1557 and were also the high est in five years i The value of farm assets, the proportion of farms owned by their operators and the farm standard of living were all higher in 1958 than ever before. The Agricultural Act of 1958 provides more freedom for corn, cotton and rice pro ducers to plant, market, com pete and make their own de cisions. Corn producers took advantage of the act to vote almost 3 to 1 in favor of elim inating! corn acreage allot ments and accepting realistic price supports in the referen dum of Nov. 25. Sounder Legislation Lacking The national wool program, the special milk program, the Agricultural Trade Develop ment and Assistance Act were all extended by legislation in 1958. Nothing was done, how ever, to provide sounder leg islation for wheat, tobacco and peanuts. New .emphasis is being placed on the conservation reserve. If preliminary indi cations are borne out, there will be almost as many acres in the conservation reserve in 1959 as there were in both the acreage and conservation reserves in 1958. In short, 1958 was gener ally a year of sound, if lim: ited agricultural progress. What about prospects in 1959? . Because of record supplies, there will probably be some decline in agricultural prices and income from the im proved 1958 position. Even so, realized net income could still be the second highest since 1953. Total farm pro duction in 1958, including crops . and livestock: was about eight per cent higher than ever before. Output of crops alone was more than l10th above the previous record. High production is likely again in 1959, barring a severe drought. , Record Carryovers Wheat and feed grains will have xecord 1 carryovers in 1959. However, the cotton carryover is down sharply from the 1956 peak, and a further, reduction is expected in the 1959 carryover. Rice stocks also will be cut again. As regards dairy products, government stocks are pres ently at the lowest point in .....lb. - 79 . m 2$ 29 Forestry Leaders Speak at Conference Opening Centennial orvaiiis - More tnan a dozen of the Northwest's and the nation's top forestry lead ers will speak at the Cen tennial Forestry Conference at Oregon State college, Feb. 20 and 21. New Dehydrator Aids Processors Washington - A new de- hydrator that features fast, uniform food drying has been developed, the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture an- nouned here. It promises to save hours in drying time in addition to turning out a better product The new dryer also solves the problem of time-consuming removal of the wood splinters that sometimes contaminate foods dried on wooden trays. USDA scientists said. Consisting mainly of a broad, endless, moving wire mesh belt that forms a trough, the dehydrator is ex pected to contribute to com mercial .use of two new pro cesses dehydrofreezing and dehydrocanning. It assures rapid as well as uniform dry ing of the food. A product that is uniformly dried will re gain , fits shape uniformly when water or moisture is added, USDA scientists said, Several companies have adopted the dryer which was developed at the USDA's Western Utilization Research and Development Division in Albany, Calif. several years. With higher consumer in come expected in 1959, the demand for foods should con tinue to increase. And this is the basis upon which farm prosperity ultimately rests. It is now too late for legis lation to be enacted affecting the 1959 crop of wheat. But if sound improvements are made early in 1959 in the programs for wheat, tobacco and peanuts, the basis will have been laid for a more prosperous, expanding and freer agriculture in the years ahead. Farms of the U. S contain about 15 per cent of the total population, but they earn only five per cent of the gross U. S. national income, accord ing to government reports.' Bermuda banned automo biles until World War II. How is it you know you're taking no chances when you let a youngster take your shopping list? Isn't it for the same reason that you buy 70 of your family's food without actually seeing it? You know that A good brand is your best guarantee ; ; . and that the name on the label is your best buying guide. You have learned to count on good Theme will be "The Next Hundred Years in Forestry" with speakers outlining what the decades ahead will bring in forest management, en gineering, and. products utili zation. The conference is one of the major opening events of the Oregon Centennial Year program. It is open to the public. Foresters are expected to attend from throughout west ern United States and Canada. Conference Plans Plans for the conference are under the direction of the Oregon State college school of forestry staff. Dean Henry J. Vaux of the University of California will be conference leader and will be opening and closing speaker at the meetings. Research needs in the years ahead will be previewed by Robert W. Cowlin, director of the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Sta tion, and. Thomas Vaughan, director, Oregon Histoiital Society, will trace the back ground of Northwest forestry and forest industries Population pressures and their effects on forestry in the years, ahead will be discussed by Charles A. Sprague, form er governor of Oregon and now publisher of the Oregon Statesman, Salem; Thomas J. Williams, superintendent of Crater Lake National Park; and Reed W. Bailey, director of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Sta tion, Ogden, Utah Ervin L. Peterson, assistant secretary of agriculture, will be speaker for the annual Oregon State College forestry Fernhopper banquet the night of Feb. 21 HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrewt at Court Phone SP 3-9068 send a child MAIL TRIBUNE, MdW, Ortson, Hog Production On Corvallis-Hog production is on the upswing, both in Ore gon and across the nation, reports Stephen C. Marks, ex tension agricultural econom ist at Oregon State college. Oregon hog farmers pro duced 19 per cent more pigs in 1958 than in 1957, Marks found as he studied reports from the U.S. department of agriculture. The 1958 spring pig crop in the state was 8 per cent larger than a year earlier. And the fall crop was nearly a third larger than the previous fall, making it the largest fall pig crop in Ore gon in the last 15 years, Marks said. Nationally, farmers pro duced 8 per cent more pigs last year than in 1957 and only one per cent less than in 1955-a year of heavy pro duction and falling pork prices. Right now, it looks like 1959 will continue the up- About 4 million Americans now living will die of cancer if present mortality rates con tinue, according to estimates currently made by the Ameri can Cancer Society. i At jm .m- 1 TtJrrr Here's top quality, mud and mellow Kentucky bourbon. A real value at this modest price. Try it. No bourbon tastes better...none is in better taste. CANADA DRY 445fifta BOURBON 290Pln CHTtlCKT STRAIGHT MtlttOI WHISHT. 88 to the store ? brand names. You know the company stands back of them. You know they protect you. The more good brands you get to know, tho fewer buying mistakes you'll make. Get ac quainted with those brands in this newspaper. You'll get more value for your shopping money if you do. BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION Incorporated A Non-Profit Educational Foundation 87 West 67th St., N,ew York 19, N. Y. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tliur(ay, January 1 5, 1 95 SA Upswing ward trend, Marks added. A recent USDA survey of hog producers over the nation in dicated they intend to farrow 12 per cent more sows dur ing the six months from Dec 1, 1958 to June 1, 1959, than during the same period a year ago. Larger Crop Expected If the nation's farmers carry out these intentions, and the number of pigs per litter equals the 10-year av erage, the 1959 U.S. spring pig crop wiuld be 13 per cent larger than last spring and the largest since 1951, Marks pointed out Oregon farmers intend to expand even more, planning to farrow nearly one-third more sows during the six month period than during the sam period a year earlier, Marks said. The large Oregon increase will have little effect on the national supply of pork, how ever, Marks added, since the state produces only about one third, of the pork used by Oregon housewives. The rest is shipped in from other states, and local hog-market prices tend to follow cornbelt market levels. We rest pur ease on your first taste PROOF - CANADA MT COdPOSimoil. HEW TOW. 1 1 fl OURBO
