Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 25, 1959, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, Jarxrrry 25, 195 5 05 iregm's sctmsse: Oregon's First 100 Years Saw Striking Growth in Most Fields Pioneers . . . empire build ers . . . steady growth of a developing economy. This is Oregon at the Century mark. What of the next 100 years? And what can Oregonians do now to assure continued prog ress toward better living? Resources for growth and directions such growth might take are scheduled for study during the introductory week of Oregon's 1959 "Great Deci sions" program starting to day. Study materials were pre pared by Oregon State col lege and other state organiza tions and agencies in cooper ation with the Foreign Policy association. Oregon's first 100 years showed striking growth in population, industry, agricul ture, business and job oppor tunities. The state's popula tion has grown at least 14 per cent every 10 years. In the last decade it grew 20 per cent. If this trend continues, will employment keep pace? Some job opportunities are decreasing now. Oregon's greatest industry today is the growing, harvest ing and processing of timber. But lumbering has about reached the limits of its ex pansion in job opportunities unless research and technol ogy uncover new ways to use and process this natural re source. Fewer Jobs on Farms Something similar is hap- . pening in Oregon s second largest industry - agriculture. Farm jobs are dwindling sim ply because farming is becom ing more efficient ana more productive each year. Small and medium sized farms are giving way to the large, mechanized commercial farm. Thus farming is providing fewer instead of more jobs for the state's growing popu lation. What about fishing? This Industry has problems too. The salmon catch dropped for several yeaifs and only now are the runs being partly re built with the help of conser vation methods. Tuna catches vary from year to year but certainly do not promise an expanding fishing industry for the future. Shellfish, bot tomfish and other fish native to Oregon waters are plenti ful but consumer demand is slow to increase. Industry Holds Hop Where will Oregon's grow ing population turn for fu ture jobs? Industry, perhaps? Water power gives Oregon the cheapest electricity in the nation. This should help at tract new industry. But U.S. Army Engineers estimate that the Northwest will reach the limit of its potential for hydro-electric power in less than 20 years. What then? If Oregon is to grow and to provide good jobs, good pay and rising living standards for its people, then Oregoni ans will have to deal with some of these important prob lems in the near future, Some of the state's basic industries are limited in the amount they can expand. Modern technology may find new ways to use forests and fish products. But even limit ed expansion of these indus tries will require research, experimentation, new invest ment and profitable markets for the new products. Oregon farmers have prov ed, there is no problem in in creasing farm production. The problem is finding mar kets that will pay reasonable prices for increased produc tion. Cheap Power for Industry . As long as cheap power is available, Oregon industry and manufacturing can ex pand and create new jobs. Again, research and invest ment would be necessary and perhaps some promotion to attract new investors. On the other hand, many Oregonians are opposed to any large-scale industrializa tion that might destroy the state's natural beauty and pol lute its air and streams, thus Glenn Klein To Be Acting Head Of Decisions Glenn Klein, county 4-H agent, will be acting chair man of the Great Decisions . , . 1959 program this week during the absence of Chair man Wally Iverson, it was announced yesterday. Iver son is spending the week at Sun Valley. Klein reminded Jackson county residents who wish to take part in the 10-week for eign policy discussion pro gram that this is the final week for organizing the in formal home discussion groups. ' In observance of Oregon's Centennial, the program, in this state this year will begin with the topic "Building To day's Oregon," followed by Oregon's Challenge in a Changing World." j Remaining Topics The remaining eight topics will deal with United States foreign policy. Fact sheets which serve -as a discussion basis are available at the pub lic library. Fourteen groups had regis tered with Iverson last week. Approximately 200 individu als took part in Great Decis ions in the county last year. A weekly television pro gram is scheduled for 10 p.m. Wednesdays under supervis ion of Southern Oregon col lege faculty members. Ttadio Station KWIN also will carry a weekly program. Persons interested in more information on Great Decis ions may call Klein at SPring 3-6211 or write him at post office box 1069. Learn how to live i .; W- Vtr M- V Ul' Get money at MOM iYLAiM B ...where ifs almost fun to borrow money! ToaH live better with some extra cash... and the friend liest place in town to get money for any purpose is "Moneyland"- your nearby Pacific Finance office. Here you may borrow money to take a trip, to reduce monthly payments, or to buy hundreds of "live-better" items clothes, sporting equipment, furniture, appliances, musical instruments. So remember-when you want fast,' courteous financial help come to "Moxeyland"- the place to borrow money. NEW FINANCING PLAN! In addition to our personal loan service, we can now "finance" (buy contracts on) most anything you want to buy on time -automobiles, furniture, appliances, etc Investigate competitive rates available before buying. I T) d t v t s i o or peirie r i e t T)U PACIFIC.INDUSTRIAL ftXi isMONEYLAND 16 South Central Phone SP 3-5308 Jim Elbert, Manager Open Weekdays: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Mondays until 8 P.M. Closed Saturdays taking away some of the area's value as a tourist at traction. The cost of an extensive economic development pro gram is another factor to be considered. In planning future action for the state, Oregonians must consider their desires for the future. First, do Oregonians want to encourage rapid population growth? Do they want to ex pand industry and manufac turing. Do they want to pre serve the state's rugged beau ty? Then, what are they will ing to do about it? Opporluniiies for Growth A list of the state's possi milities for growth might in due the following: Production from both for ests and farms can be in creased; new industries can be based on either local or imported raw materials; trade and service industries can grow as the population grows; the tourist business can be en couraged; and Oregon can reach out to the rest of the world for expanding com merce and trade. Let's look at each of these prospects in turn. Good management and sound conservation policies is the first challenge in present commercial forest land, ex perts believe. Research ef forts to find new uses for lumber and lumber waste could mean more of this ma terial can be used profitably in manufacturing wood prod ucts Increased agricultural pro duction is useless unless the market for these products also expands. Oregon State college and Stanford Re search Institute studies sug gest that food processing is one answer. Now the entire Pacific coast ships in much of its meat. But Oregon has plenty of acreage that could be devoted to animal feed and livestock. The packing and processing of meat for distribution to West Coast markets could be expanded. Canning and freezing of fruits and vegetables is an other Oregon industry that could be increased. Processing imported mate rials such as cocoanut oil and coffee, for American markets are other possibilities. Port land already imports more coffee than ,any other coast port. Alaska Opens New Markets Alaska statehood may have direct benefits for Oregon. As the 49th state attracts new immigrants and investment it may become an important and growing market for Ore- eon products. Possibilities for expanding such industries as electrical machinery and equipment, electronics, and other light industries appear promising For one thing the state is lo cated near . large centers of the aircraft industry, which buys these kinds of products. Also, most of these items are relatively small in bulk and light in weight so transporta tion costs would not be pro hibitive. Although the tourist busi ness is seasonal with many uncertainties for those who depend on it, it can be ex panded by planning, invest ment, conservation and pro motion. If Oregon continues to build along any of these lines it appears that commerce and trade will have to expand also. Transportation Big Business Already, Oregon has grow ing transportation facilities. Portland's neV International Air terminal ranks among the nation's top 10 in total traffic. Five major railroads and 12 short lines link all areas of the state. A new $2 million rail terminal to be completed this year in Port land will be the largest on the coast. Over $1 million- of freight a year is handled by 100 truck lines in the state. Twelve Oregon ports are served by 65 steamship lines. The Oregon Centennial and International Trade Fair this year (first of its kind on the West coast) will emphasize Oregon's opportunities in world trade. Nearly $360 million in ex ports were shipped from Ore gon ports in 1957. (Not all of this was Oregon products: some originated in other parts of the country, but in volved Oregon shipping fa cilities and labor). Oregon's imports that year were only one-fifth her exports. Progress Through Legislation This comparison of im ports with exports points up a problem in expanding for eign trade. Neither Oregon Detention Is Greatest Change In Juvenile Court's Report 1 Tnnlr nn .T n timn LrKtm c-awia w . HO. 4Uf4 C ? . 1 1 4-1 1 n-n . . . Greatest change in Jack son county juvenile court's annual report as the detention picture, according to Mrs. Kay Crowell, county juvenile department director. The year 1958 was the first year the detention home has been in operation. According to the official statistics, jail detention of juveniles in this county rose from 90 in 1954 to 152 in 1957 and 45 in 1958. Those held in the new deten tion home near the National Guard armory south of Med ford numbered 209. The new home was opened Jan. 20, 1957. "Prior to the opening of the detention home, many minors really in need of detention were not detained," Mrs. Crowell said. "This was be cause all officials were reluct ant to confine juveniles in a jail in close proximity with adult prisoners." Reasons for detaining the 45 minors in jail were that no space was available in the detention home, fugitives from corrective facilities, minors too difficult-to handle in the family-type facilities as oper ated in the detention home. Average Period ' Average detention period per child for the 209 children kept in the detention home during 1958 was 15 days. This is slightly above the recom mended time set by the Na tional Probation and Parole association, Mrs. Crowell not ed. However, inadequate staff ing of the juvenile depart ment is responsible, she add ed. Mrs. Crowell said she rig idly controlled the numbers and types of cases admitted despite predictions that once available the facility would be full all the time. The detention home oper ated at maximum capacity of 12 for 89 days during 1958, Mrs. Crowell reported. Only two days were noted when the detention home occupancy was as low as two children nor the United States can continue to expand its export business unless it is willing to let foreign buyers earn dol lars in American markets. Tariffs, import quotas, export licenses, etc., are all regulat ed by the Federal govern ment. This does not mean that the people of Oregon have no influence on these matters. Oregonians can express their opinions through their con gressmen. As individuals or members of civic and "cause" organi zations or business lobbies, they have continuing impact on congress through letters, telegrams, resolutions and tes timony in congressional hear ings. Opinion ballots in the "Great Decision" series are another way to express opin ions. Interstate commerce, on the other hand, is regulated by the state. Many regulations are necessary for the protec tion of health and property. Some regulations may be un necessary and tend to hamper instead of encourage growth of interstate trade. Citizens could well examine these reg ulations. Only by the people's efforts can Oregon hope to expand commerce and trade and con tinue its overall growth dur ing the next 100-years. and no time when some mi- 78; theft, 57; beyond parental Hollywood - (IIPD - Actress Margaret O'Brien, 21, the one time pigtailed child star of the movies, plans to marry Roger Allen, a Los Angeles advertising man. nor wasn't lodged there Ten children classified as "non-delinquents" were de tained there during the year. Two other children were de tained temporarily to protect them from an emotionally dis turbed parent. The other eight were detained until Jackson county welfare commission could provide shelter care for them. Seven-Day Week The detention home oper ates on. a seven-day service basis and the welfare depart ment on a five-day week ba sis, Mrs. Crowell pointed out. Shelter care for older chil dren is not always possible to obtain on week ends and hol idays. Few incidents occurred in the detention home during its first year, the juvenile depart ment director stated. One runaway was reported, one screen in detention quarters cut deliberately, and one pane of glass broken accidentally. No clogging of plumbing oc curred, no assault or injury to staff, only one injury to a child through an accident, and only two illness requiring iso lation and special medical care occurred. The balanced meals served averaged a cost of approxi mately 30 cents per' meal, Mrs. Crowell noted. Summing up her statistical report, Mrs. Crowell noted three main factors prominent in the overall picture. This is the first full year of operation for the detention home, first full year of a regular juvenile court day each week and addi tion to the juvenile depart ment staff of one counselor assigned full time to super vise boys on probation. Department Members Two members of the de partment have been in the de partment since before 1958, Mrs. Crowell remarked. As director, Mrs. Crowell com pleted SVt years in 1958 and the boys' counselor, assigned full time to pre-court investi gation and court presentation, completed IVi years. The girls' counselor posi tion was vacated and replaced in September and the boys' supervising counselor joined the staff in August. Turnover in personnel slows down the processing of cases and de creases general departmental efficiency because of the need of training, the director point ed out. During the last five years the number of juvenile cases referred to the department has more than doubled with the total for 1958 slightly higher than those of 1957. In 1954 there were 382 cases and in, 1958, 796 cases referred. The number of cases referred increased from 382 in 1954 to 683 in 1956 probably because of the large number of re ports required by the armed forces for recruitment pur poses, the director explained. Below National Level Of the five years of 1954 through 1958 this county has remained a little below the national and state level in the number of children involved in delinquency. County ratio is approximately 3.5 boys to one girl involved in. delinquency. The highest rate of delin quency in this county oc curred with boys at 16 years of age and girls at 14 years, the director stated, sixteen-year-old boys were involved in 77 delinquent acts and 14-year-old girls in 25. Three de linquency cases involved chil dren of 10-11 years old and five of 18 years and older. Offenses most commonly repeated in Jackson county, according to official statistics in 1958, were running away, ...and for the "finest accommodations it's the Desert Shies & Casifas del JTIonfe HOTELS Choice of hotel rooms, cottage- rooms, studio cottages with fireplace or kitchen apartments. WONDERFUL FOOD " IN THE HILLTOP ROOM THREE SWIMMING POOLS (On for Children) TWO ACRE RECREATION AREA For literature, complete information and ratej see your Travel Agent or write Si Slocum,- manager. DESERT SKIES and Cosito del Mont HOTELS, PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA control, 48; burglary, 34; ma licious mischief, 21; auto theft, 14; injury to person, 6; and sex offense, 3. Malicious mischief shows an increase of from eignt cases in 1957 to 21 in 1958. Burglary shows a slight drop of 25 to 14 cases. All other cases show a slight increase or remain the same. Car Theft Drop "Car theft has dropped this year and it is notable that the preponderance of cars stolen in this county is from car lots where keys are left in the cars and privately owned cars with keys left in the lock," Mrs. Crowell said. "Incidents of crosswiring, common in other areas, are unusual in Jackson county. There seems to be no need for ingenuity on the part of the offender, because the community is careless of its property." Medford had the highest number of cases referred to the court, 3S2 compared to 397 in 1957. Ashland had 90 referrals in 1958 and 75 in 1957. Central Point cases in 19o8 numbered 55 and 62 in 1957. Since Jackson county is a border county it received a large number of children from other areas, 76 in 1958 com pared to 83 in 1957. Runaways from five states were held here in 1958, Mrs. Crowell noted. They included Arizona, 1; California, 24; Montana, 1; New York, 1; Washington, 15. This also in cluded four minors from for eign countries, three from British Columbia and one from Baja California, Mexico. Referrals to the juvenile court come mainly from law enforcement agencies with Medford police referring the most, 212. State police re ferred 97, sheriffs office, 71 and Ashland police, 27. In 1958, only 47 minors were referred more than one time, and in 1957, 103 mi nors were referred more than once, Mrs. Crowell said. The court still has an un desirably large number of re ferrals on both the official and unofficial level. "These are disposed of on the basis of dismissed at intaKe and held open without further action," Mrs. Crowell pointed out. "From these cases will come many of next year's refer rals." Since the majority of all these classifications are boys' cases, they indicate a need for an additional boys' counsel or, Mrs. Crowell recommend ed. Case Load "The case load of the sin gle supervising officer is too large already for efficient work and the additional coun selor could take a portion of the official supervision load. It would decrease further re ferrals by giving counselling and' supervision to the boys on unofficial probation," the juvenile director said. One of the bright spots in the over-all picture is that ad equate court time has re sulted in felony offenses re ceiving the juvenile judge's attention "instead of being handled by juvenile staff. Adequate staff for super vision of minors is showing a slight decrease in repeated referrals, Mrs. Crowell point ed out. Out of 18 commit ments of boys and girls to state institutions, four of the 13 boys committee were re committed for parole failure.; Year of Supervision "A full year of supervision would decrease commitments to state institutions for de linquent children and a low ering of the detention period," Mrs. Crowell pointed out. "Barring unforeseen eventj and if an adequate profession al staff is granted the depart ment, the present detention facility should be adequate for the community for the five years initially planned," Mrs. Crowell said. 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