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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.
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Strange Legends Have een
Formulated About Opposum
Without its consent- or
knowledge the opossum be
came the basis of much of the
folklore of the south. About
this unusual animal many
strange legends and super
stitions were formulated.
Many of these legends persist.
The opossum is still somewhat
of a mystery.
Those folks who have lived
in the areas where the opos
sum is still plentiful, those
who have hunted it, and
should be familiar with it,
are prone to believe the le
gends and myths. Much of the
folklore concerning the opos
sum has to do with the ani
mal's tail and the part it is
supposed to play in the life
of the animal. 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.
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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.
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