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Price 1 0 Cents Medford 54th Year Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1959 10 Pages 18 Minimum Age For Logging Jobs Portland-'Summer jobs in logging and sawmilling can lead to serious accidents when boys are hired in viola tion of federal child labor provisions," according to Mad ison R. Smith of Portland, wage-hour representative for the U. S. Labor Department. Pointing out that an 18-year age minimum applies to work in mos logging and sawmill ing jobs, Smith urged Oregon lumbermen to make sure of the ages of the youth hey are hiring for summer jobs. "With school out, many boys want to work in lumber ing. If both employer and teen-ager . remember the law, serious and even fatal acci dents may be prevented," he said. The Fair Labor Standards Act, which is administered by the Labor Department, sets the 18-year age minimum for occupations declared hazard ous by Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell. Practically all jobs in logging and saw milling are covered by Haz ardous Occupations prder No. 4, copies of which are avail able without charge from the Wage-Hour Regional Office at 329 Appraisers building, 630 Sansome st., San Francis co, Calif. "The easiest way to avoid unintentional violation of the law is to require an age or employment certificate for each young boy hired," Smith said. "This certificate serves as proof of age under the law. Youngsters can get the certifi cates through their schools." Madrid- (UPD -Prince Ranier and Princess Grace of Monaco are motoring through the countryside north of here on a second honeymoon. They visited 1 Escorial, traditional burial place of Spanish royal ty, and toured ancient castles. Pendleton Youih Gets Academy Appointment Pendleton-(UPD-Dan Eckles, 17-year-old star athlete at Pendleton High school, has been appointed to the Air Force Academy by Rep. Al Ullman (D-Ore.). Building Halted On Portland Homes Portland - (UPD - Construc tion of new homes in the 100 acre Raleighwood suburban residential district has been halted until requirements on sanitation are met, according to R. E. Caldwell, director of the Washington County Plan ning Commission.' Glen Snyder, county sani tarian, said the requirements are: Correction on an incom plete legal description of the boundaries of the sanitary dis trict so that all the area is included; and a larger or addi tional lagoon to correct over loading of a lagoon into which sewage is dumped. Orchard Cover Crops Should Be Plowed Clifford B. Co?dy, county horticultural agent, reminded orchardists today that it is time to plow under cover. He explained that if pots are still in the orchards weeds should be worked down around them and the trees. Cordy stressed that pots should not be removed simply to plow under the weeds. The agent explained that in orchards containing young trees owners should be par ticularly careful to get close to the trees. He said that this could be done the best with a hoe and stressed the need to clean out all grass and weeds. One large weed next to a young tree can; keep it from growing, he explained. ' RUSSIAN DELEGATE Russian delegate to the Geneva conference Andrei Gromyko (wearing hat) has dashed hopes of an early agreement on Germany. Here he is 'shown talking to newsmen as he leaves the British for eign minister's residence in Geneva following an agree ment regarding the seating of East Germany at the conference. 1 3 TOSS FASTER WITH NEW EXCLUSIVE 1lhra-Bcat PLUS POWERFUL SUCTION CLEANING ACTION Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins NEW EUREKA MODEL 1010 Beits! Smtps! Suction Cleins! ft Hi Ant Mm, pwrfwl alr-4riva Vibfo-B.of.rs' shake the rvg l.et.n, dflodg am bedded dirt. CI nt 3 Hints fatter. Leonard's EASY TERMS! Deluxe 10-piece set cleaning foals SALE! 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And that' aside from the fact that the young opossums do use the mother's tail as a paw-rail while they are young. Same Stories Several opossum hunters have told me the same stories. They all believed, many claiming to have seen with their own eyes the reenact ment of what folk-lore claims to be true. "When mama-opossum de cides to make a nest she gath ers leaves, grass and moss into a neat little pile. With her hind feet she rolls the material up in a ball, then she wraps her tail around it and drags it to the nesting site." Even this behavior, strange as it is, seems simple beside the' other version. In this per formance both mama and pa pa opossum take part. Mama opossum lays down on her back and papa piles the leav es, moss and grass on her stomach. When, enough has been piled on mama wraps all four legs around it to hold it m place and papa opossum grabs mama by the tail and pulls her along, sled like on her back, to the pre viously selected nest-site. This impossible and ridiculous performance is said o be usual with these animals. Superstition dies hard. Other folks, also claiming to know the opossum well, claim to have seen the animal hanging head downward from a high tree branch in order to reach into a bird's nest or a lower branch. Old time drawings of the opossum pic tured the animal in this posi tion. Peculiar Trait Another peculiar trait of this animal's tail was the claim the tail sometimes coil ed and uncoiled, like a snake, when the animal was angry. This was supposed to be a warning signal to a would-be predator. ' Unfortunately, however, few of these performances have ever been observed by serious students. Exceptional opossums might, under cer tain circumstances, perform Pressure Applied To Formulate o, Bonneville Power Tie-in By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) - While further study is being given the idea of a power i n t e r tie be- t w e e n the Bonne v i 1 1 e system and Calif ornia, new pressure has been ap plied , from Congress t o bring about an integration of federal of southern xaano ana bva. i Sen. Frank Church (D Idaho) 'has introduced a bill that would require Idaho Power Co. to wheel Bonne ville power over its trans mission lines which cross pub lic lands from Brownlee dam on. the middle Snake river to southern Idaho. Idaho Power has been stall ing for about two years in negotiations over terms, first A. Bobb Smiu power systems PUC Grants Firm Impaired Clearance The public utilities commis sioner has granted Ross Lum ber company, White City, au thority to impair standard railroad clearances at six loca tions at its plant where the White City Terminal Utility company operates switch en gines. , The locations are the chip loader-rader pneumatic verti cal lift device, pneumatic pipe and substation wire fence, gar age and machine shop, mould ing shortage shed, and loading shed. The structures were built during World War II when Camp White was constructed. Ross Lumber company took over the buildings after Camp White was disbanded and the area became industrial. The impairments were dis covered when the Public Util ities commissioner investigat ed the area. The impairments do not hinder operation of the switching engine, the company pointed out. Supersonic Bomber Explodes in Texas Fort Worth, Tex. - UPU - A supersonic 1B-58 bomber ex ploded on the Carswell Air Force base runway Thursday. First reports said eight per sons suffered injuries. Mount Adam, highest point in the Falkland Islands of the south Atlantic, rises 2,313 feet above sea level. some peculiar stunts, but it is doubtful if the "tail-acts" are anything but legends, myths and folklore. The opossum is a mighty peculiar animal. So unusual in fact that not all of them will' even attempt what they are supposed to do that is "play 'possum" even when they are scared half to death. So it is only natural that folklore and legend should keep alive so many of the old superstitions or should i em bellish this pouched animal with so many strange man nerisms. ELECTKDC C. Medford's Leading Appliance Dealer for the Past 28 Years 309 E. MAIN PHONE SP 2-4427 I I MEDFORD SPECIAL SELLING i regular 9.95 famous brand punched leather CASJUAILS v mmmmm: ifff fc 7 now Wjfyy 0NlY The new punched-for-air textured leather on the mid-way wedge . ." . what softly wonderful walking pleasure throughout summer. In fashion - preferred BLOND AND WHITE. with BPA officials, then with the Bureau of Reclamation. The benefit of integrating southern Idaho with the Bon neville system has been de scribed as mutual for both areas. Southern Idaho irriga- tionists need more energy in the summer for pumping when the Bonneville system has its greatest surplus due to high water on the Colum bia; and the Northwest needs extra power in the winter when southern Idaho enjoys a surplus. Extensions Fought Idaho Power, long before the Hells Canyon case was decided in its favor, fought proposed extensions of Bonne ville transmission lines in eastern Oregon in order to prevent any integration of the two systems. A line from Baker to LaGrande was often at issue but never built by BPA. When the Boise utility won its case at the Federal Power Commission, the license re quired it to integrate with the northwest power pool. The company then built the Baker - LaGrande line about two years ago. Since hooking up with BPA, Idaho Power has purchased surplus power from Bonne ville - but it has not wheeled any power to rural electric co-ops in southern Idaho who would like to take advantage of this cheap surplus power from the Northwest. Bonneville officials tried get Idaho Power to agree to reasonable terms but were un successful. With Bureau of Reclamation officials still try ing, interior last month sent the FPC.a request that it impose a requirement on the company that it wheel power over those lines licensed by the FPC. Mentioned specific ally was the Baker-LaGrande line. , The whole issue of private companies being obligated to wheel power over those lines of theirs which cross public lands was battled by Idaho Power for years in the courts in the Bliss case. The Supreme Court settled it in favor of the government, against- the utility. Passing the Buck, Sen. Church now claims that Interior is passing the buck when it asks the Power Commission to clamp down on Idaho Power. He says the courts have ruled that Inter ior has ample authority to in voke regulations that were once in effect. at the Depart-! ment to require utilities to wheel power to preference customers. Church says his bill would do what Interior already has the power to do but hasn't done. He said unless Interior acts, he will press for action that will reopen the whole question' in committee hear ings. Last year the Senate Inter ior Committee looked into this question in hearings that brought out the government's side of it, but Idaho Power officials declined to come in and tell their side or submit to questioning. Sens; Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger and Rep. Al Ullman have all fav ored letting BPA serve tie rural electric co-ops in Idaho with excess energy. BAY Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Til Bricks, Fluat 727 W. 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