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7 10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wednesday, April 1, 1959 Mil Authorizing Right To Suspesi Railroad Rate Reductions Blocke Salem - (UPD - The Senate Rules Committee refused to permit introduction of a bill which would have given the public utility commissioner the right to suspend railroad rate reductions. The Oregon Trucking Asso ciation had sought introduc tion of the measure. .Robert Knipe, manager of the Asso ciation, said truckers earlier had no intention of seeking its introduction but ; that the Southern Pacific Company recently filed declaration of intent to cut rates for hauling petroleum products in south ern Oregon. He described the rates as "discriminatory." Sen. Melvin Goode (R-Al-bany) opposed introduction of the bill. He said he was "not in sympathy with the sudden injured feelings of the truck ers" who he said knew rail road reductions were possible. Goode and Sen. Eddie Ah rens (R-Turner) voted against permission to introduce the bill and Sens. Jean Lewis CD Portland) and Richard Groen er (D-Milwaukie) voted for it. It failed on a 2-2 tie vote. Electronics manufactur i n g representatives asked the Sen ate Labor and Industries Com mittee to keep the best pos sible climate so the phenome nal growth of these concerns can continue. L. B. Webber, of Tektronix, Inc., located near Portland, said the firm grew from 400 employees in 1949 to 2600 in 1958. Dr., W. P. Dyke, director of the Linfield. Research Insti tute, said the electronics in dustry was the fourth largest nationally and that more simi lar industries were needed in Oregon. None of the spokesmen for the industry urged any special rate in unemployment insur ance. But they asked a return to the merit rating for indus tries which, because of the de pletion of the unemployment trust fund, are paying the 2.7 per cent rate on their pay rolls. Most of the companies have not been in business long enough to earn lower rates under the merit plan but all felt they would be able to earn lower rates soon if the plan was brought back into effect. The first call of the Senate was made Tuesday although it was lifted as soon as it was found that Sen. Ward Cook (D-Portland) was ill. The call to assemble all members not excused was made by Sen. G. D. Gleason, (D-Portland) after he had argued for passage of Senate bill 340, empowering county commissions to license certain types of businesses in the counties. Passed and sent to the gov ernor was House bill 484 which clarifies the law in re lation to use of waters of Tu malo creek in Deschutes coun ty for municipal purposes. The city of Bend has been appropriating these waters for the past 40 years, the Senate was told, and only recently some question arose as to its right to do so. The bill clarifies Bend's right to use the water for do mestic and stock purposes. A bill providing for ap pointment of fire wardens in the five grazing districts of eastern Oregon was referred to the Judiciary Committee for some amendments. Sen. Carl Francis (R-Day-ton) called attention to the fact that, as the bill is writ ten, if a fire occurs from a bolt of lightning, the owner of the property on which the fire occurs would be liable to criminal prosecution. A bill designed to allow a workman under workmens' compensation to designate his own physician was introduced by Sens. Dan Dimick (D-Rose-burg) and Carl Francis (R Dayton). The bill provides that if the Workmens' Compensation Commission refuses the work man's request for his own physician, an appeal can be made to the entire Commis sion and then to the Circuit Court. - Coneress is reauested to provide increased pay for re tired service men in accord ance with recent pay increases passed by Congress in a mem orial introduced Tuesday. Sen. William A. Grenfell Jr. (D-Portland) said that re tired personnel of the services were not included in the pay increases granted. He urged that either the pay will be amended or new legislation introduced to attain the de sired end. NEW LOOK FOR OLD SOL The sun shows a new face in this photo made from a Naval Research Laboratory rocket 123 miles above the earth. Just released, the photo presents the sun as recorded in detail in the extreme ultraviolet region of the spectrum. This is one of a series of rocket astronomy experiments being con ducted by the NRL under auspices of the International Geophysical Year. Non-Surgical Method Cures Hemorrhoids Painlessly A relatively painless, non surgical method of treating hemorrhoids (piles) is work ing therapeutic miracles for thousands who suffer from "rectal and colon disorders. A recently developed elec tronic treatment is proving more effective than surgery, with none of the after effects of surgery." - The relatively new tech nique requires no hospital ization or confinement. Pa tients show marked im provement almost immedi ately, and uncomplicated cases can be frequently cor rected in as little as 10 days. Further information with out obligation may be ob tained by writing the Dean Clinie, Chiropractic Physi cians, 2026 N. E. Sandy Blvd., Portland 12, Oregon. Di. ww' Damvc News and Notes r it Kin rears From Camp white By SID HOLLINGS WORTH The VA Domiciliary at Camp White was listed 13 in the top 50 stations in the United States qualifying for maximum safety in perform ance, according to Veterans administration records for the year 1958..- The report is based upon a 4 per cent accident frequency rate. There are 110 stations which failed to meet this re quirement. About 60 con formed to the standard. . .The Camp White record was 850,477 hours or 4 6 8 days since the last disabling accident up to midnight Dec. 31. Employees at this staation were especially commended by Manager Henry Herzog for the safety record. "It is gratifying to find that the precautions taken have ma terialized in this splendid re cord of performance," he pointed out. Accidents which cause loss of time occur occasionally in the kitchen and engineering where the hazards are great est. A daily record of the numb er of days without crippling disability, and the location and date of the last accident, is kept and posted on the bul letin board at the entrance to the domiciliary. AdvwftMmMit Herzog and Assistant Man ager Banks I. Paul have re turned from the area budget conference in San Francisco with assurances that the plans they outlined for the domiciliary at Camp White will receive favorable attention. "It was my first meeting with many of the VA officals in this area, Herzog stated. "An opportunity - was afford- BEE OKIE A-PARTNER IN JACKSON COUNTY'S WELCOME STOCKADE ON THE SISKIYOUS Clip and Mail Coupon ed to exchange ideas and be come acquainted personally with those in the region who are in daily contact with this office." Herzog was much impres sed with the interest shown in the program of benefits provided at Camp White and the work that is being done. Arrangements are being made for the Hobby Fair to be held in the arts and crafts section Sunday, April 26. This annual d i s pi a y is a VAVS undertaking under dir ection of special services. Opportunity is afforded for members who show talent in this field or whose activities include unusual hobbies, to compete for prizes or to sell such items as mats and rugs, wood work, leather work and novelties. George Butts, who has sparked the creative urge in the wood and metal working wing of arts and crafts during the past two years, as recrea tion assistant, will not be on hand for the show this year. He is making a grand tour of the western states and Mexi co. He has friends in most of the places he will visit, in cluding California, Arizona, Colorado and the northwest. A new experience awaits him on this trip to Mexico. "I am going to spend some time on the west coast, which I have never seen. I have al ways been on the east coast in Mexico oh previous visits," he says. George plans to return lat er to take up residence at Eagle Point. He is a cabinet maker and has a hobby in the designing of old model pistols and guns. August Lovy, who has been making flags out of inlaid wood, is going to wait until congress finishes admitting new states before he tries an other "star cluster" for Ha waii. He is going home next month for the summer and may try the 50 star flag on his return. He will again wait for the official design, he says. WEAR WITH PRIDE A citizen's symbol of Jackson County Centenniol Hospitality. Display this replico of the gold, rush days to prove your participation in the Jackson County Centennial effort. You will be a pioneer stockholder in the welcome stockade on the Siskiyous. The 59er badge symbolizes the warmth of frontier friendliness for our most .welcome anniversary guests. TWO EASY WAYS TO BECOME A 59er ' 1. Fill in this application and send $1.00 to Jackson County Centennial Headquarters, 1959 Oregon Avenue, Medford. Your pin will be mailed promptly. 2. Obtain a pin at any bank in Jackson County. Pledge of the 5 9 en Name Address- City- lie'ie MtiHf VUey'tt Gome BacA U faction Comity MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE , Alonzo Eastman, although crippled with arthritis, loves the outdoors and the open road. He has acquired a "house on wheels" and a large boat which is lodged on top when it is not used to cruise over Oregon lakes and rivers in pursuit of the fish to be caught in these waters. Alonzo has been busy at the domiciliary this winter putting his huge van and him self in condition for his an nual trek over the highways of the coast region. He ac quires enough food, which is canned and then stored in side, to subsist in his travels. Eastman took the big bus but for a trial run last week and ran into trouble, of all places, t the entrance to Camp White. A minor crash with another vehicle makes it necessary for him to do a little more work on the job, before he sets out for Gold Beach and the mouth .of the Rogue for his first catch of fish. The Rev. Perry Johnson, Medford minister who served as chaplain at the domiciliary for a number of years, drop ped in to say hello to the members, and possibly good bye. He is considering a pastorate in Klamath Falls, but likes Medford too well to make a final decision at this time. Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins A Gizzard is Important Ask the Bird Who Owns One A very important part of the internal machinery of a bird is the gizzard. Actually a gizzard is a sort of second stomach, a muscular organ that grinds the bird's food. Of course gizzards come in mighty handy to a bird who, having no teeth, has to swal low the food whole and let the gizzard do the grinding work. To be effective the bird has to swallow some gravel, some stones or pieces of other hard, , sharp material which acts as an abrasive and assists in grinding the food. No one ever explained just how the hen or song bird knows when it needs another batch of sand but somehow without our understanding, they manage. Like A Washboard The inside of a gizzard is built and looks like a wash board. The contraction of the muscles squeeze and pinch the Capt. William Ricken, of the Salvation Army, had ex hausted his supply of induce ments to get the men to sing at the Sunday coffee hour services. He divided the sides to see which would sing louder. No 'response. "That fellow with the blue shirt is-the only one singing," he remarked. Since there were 20 in blue shirts, they all started singing. Members of the young ladies' choir of Sacred Heart church, Medford, sang the Easter mass, celebrated by Chaplain Lawrence E s k a y, Sunday morning. The group included Sim mon Petard, Ann Spears, Katherine Parlier, Fran ces Thrum, Vivian De Lisle, Edith Dugan, Patricia Scher inger, (sopranos), and Jackie Hackett, Donna Kaufer, Bee Horton and Mary Mauroni, (alto s). Barbara McFarland was organist. contained food until it is di gestible. The muscle contrac tion rubs the grain or other food against the contained gravel or sand until it is broken. Of course there is always the question, "How does the gizzard grind the food .with out wearing a hole in itself." The answer is, it does. But Nature arranged for this too, for the gizzard has the happy faculty of replacing new tissue as fast as the old is worn out. Most of the, insects have giz zards, too, as do the mollusks such as the oyster, clam and a host of others. The insides of the mollusks' gizzards are armed with hard, limey plates. In some instances the gizzards of some mollusks are strong enough actually to grind up hunks of limestone. These limey plates are secreted by the mollusk from; sea water. It's a good thing Nature ar ranged it this way because an oyster would certainly look silly going around eating small pebbles and gravel like the chicken. Tiny 'Teeth The insect gizzard is differ ent from either the bird or the mollusk. It is lined with tiny "teeth" so small they cannot be seen with the hu man eye. If you think that the "cutest gadget in the world is a bug's ear," you would change your mind in a hurry if you saw a bug's gizzard. It's about the world's" smallest grinding apparatus. Probably however, you don't care if you ever see one or not. It is sufficient that you have to be bothered with gizzards when you have chicken for dinner. Usually, gizzards are shaped like tiny purses. They are carefully cleaned by the housewife and cooked along with the rest of the fowl. Then they are often thrown away because of all the many people who like chicken, turkey, ducks, squabs, or water-fowl, Asian Newspapers Attack Peiping in Outspcken Terms Tokyo - (UPD - Red China's image as a friendly model for neutral Asian nations was crumbling today under with ering criticism of its bloody tactics in Tibet. Editorial writers from India to Indonesia attacked Peiping in unusually outspoken terms. The restraint once shown in criticizing the Communist giant on the mainland was gone. "Forced conversion to Com munism at the point of the bayonet will not go down well in the neutral countries which only a few have ever acquired an appetite for such a funny thing as a gizzard. (Released by Th Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) are China's mainstay in inter national politics," said the in fluential Times of Indonesia. "The ruthless suppression of the Tibetans . . . will be re membered by the peoples of Asia and the world and Pei ping's action will not rebound to its advantage," said Japan's nationally circulated Mainichi Shimbun. Ask Who Is Next In New Delhi, Ashok Meh ta, parliamentary leader of In dia's Praja (Socialist) Party, gave voice to a fear that hangs over many Asian nations: "Today it is Tibet. Tomorr row it may be Nepal, and the day after it may be us." - Asia's swift and negative reaction to the Tibetan revolt added up to Peiping's worst AVIATRIX DIES New- York -(UPD-Mrs. Luba Galanchikoff Phillips, 71, an early woman aviator, died Saturday. beating since it blossomed out as an Asian power at the Bandung Conference of 1955, and possibly since the regime came into being 10 years ago. Whether this signals a re vision of past policies of neu trality, however, is doubtful. Goodwill Drying Up All of these nations sit prac tically on Red China's front doorstep, and they will think for a long time before aband oning an attitude of cordial if not particularly friendly intercourse for one of hostile defiance. But what is clear is that the reservoir of goodwill Red China has assiduously built up among neutrals, especially since the Bandung Conference in Indonesia, is drying up fast. 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