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In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
The Portland Oregonian has
opened up an interesting line
of. inquiry as to Oregon's
somewhat unique weight-mile
tax plan for charging heavy
trucks for the privilege of
using Oregon's tax-financed
highways. It cites the growth
of rail-t r a i 1 c r "piggyback"
service as a transportation de
velopment that may rob Ore
gon of a lot of truck tax
money unless the state's
weight-mile system of truck
taxation is revised.
THE Oregonian says:
"Each time a 40-car
"piggyback' train leaves Port
land for California with the
equivalent of 60 loaded truck
trailer rigs on board, the Ore
gon state highway department
loses about $3,000 in weigh
mile fees.
"Other Western states have
less immediate concern about
'piggyback' trend because
their truck tax methods are
based on combination of ve
hicles weights, registration
fees, estimated earnings and
ad valorem. They collect from
the truckers, whether the
trucks roll on their highways
or not. Oregon, it is obvious,
does not."
TTadds:
a "No matter how much one
admires the weight-mile plan,
and uW Oregonian has been
among its supporters, it can
not be denied that relating
truck taxation to truck mile
age is going to be progressive
ly more impractical as the
popularity of 'piggyback in
creases. "Existing high weight-mile
rates on large commercial ve
hicles actually serve as a sti
mulus to the growth of trail-
r-on-flatcar traffic. If the
Taw stands as it is, and the
trend continues, truckers most
certainly over the years will
nay an increasingly smaller
share into the highway tand,
nHIS thoueht occurs:
How much will the state
of Oregon SAVE as a result
of taking large numbers of
heavy trucks off the roads if
"P i S y back." transpt rtation
grows and grows? a
As I recall it, the weight-
in i 1 truck-tax which is
bftsed on ton-mile haulage
at devised to reimburse the
state of Oregon for additional
wear and tear on its highways
by heavy trucks, which at the
time the tax was adopted were
getting heavier and heavier.
The thinking was that the
heavier and more numerous
th trucks the greater the
damage to the highways. The
- idea was to compensate the
state for the added expense
of building and maintaining
highways adequate to stand up
under this type of heavy
traffic.
The economics of transpor
tation, , it seems to me, enter
into the situation. If it turns
out to be cheaper for the
heavy truck-trailers to go by
"piggyback," they will go by
"piggy back." Comparative
costs have to be watched close
ly by business of all kinds in
these days.
It might easily be that if the
"piggyback" service offered
by the railroads turns out to
' be cheaper than moving the
trucks over the highways, the
. state of Oregon may save
more in highway construction
and maintenance than it loses
in truck taxes under the
Our V -vCa.
Correcting Air Pollution in
Valley Discussed at Meeting
What has been done and
what can be expected of the
valley industries in combat
ting the air pollution prob
lem in the county were elab
orated on at a public hearing
Thursday morning.
The hearing was called by
the county court which sent
invitations to representatives
of the lumber and fruit indus
tries and the City Sanitary
Service, as well as represent
atives from Jacksonville and
Medford and other interested
valley residents.
In opening the meeting,
County Judge Earl Miller ex
plained that the meeting was
called to hear reports by area
representatives on the prob
lem. Progress in the inventory
of orchard .heaters as to their
type and number was men
tioned by Dunbar Carpenter,
speaker for the Fruit Growers
League.
Partial Return
He mentioned that a partial
return of the requested infor
mation from drchardists, cov
ered 54,000 beaters of which
approximately one half were
open pots.
He added that the best time
for orchardists to compile this
information is when the heat
ers are removed from the or
chards. This will be complet
ed this month, he stated.
Carpenter mentioned that
several years ago a survey
would have showed that, the
majority of Jhe heaters were
of the open type. Eliminating
this type heater would make
a substantial change in the
amount of smoke, Carpenter
stated. .
He added that the majority
of the orchardists are gener
ally in accord with a five-
year progression plan.
Questioned By Miller
When questioned by Miller
as to the completion date of
the inventory, Carpenter stat
ed that it was "hoped" it
could be completed within 30
to 60 days, although it would
coincide with the harvest sea
son. He stressed that the
League would keep the coun
ty court informed as to the
report progress.
- An organization, formed by
the lumbermen in the immedi
ate vicinity, has studied the
air pollution situation from
the lumber industry stand
point, according to George
Flanagan, chairman of the
group.
He explained that recent
meetings had been held to
determine what could be done
about the problem.
Additional Steps
The lumberman explained
that the industry agreed that
additional steps could be tak
en by each company to elimi
nate part of the air pollution
problem. But, he added, it
would cost money.
.Biggest problem faced by
the lumber industry in the
valley is the distance from
the market, Flanagan explain
ed. Local producers of chips
weight-mile system of taxing
trucks.
At least, we need some
pretty careful figures before
making up our minds to
change the present system.
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and lumber waste products
have no local market. The
Rogue valley is not large
enough to use the quantity of
such items as logs pressed
from lumber waste.
He cited as an example one
mill which offered to give
away the lumber wastes if the
freight costs were paid. The
offer was refused.
Sees No Need
Flanagan stressed that there
was no need for additional
mills to spend a quarter of a
million dollars each to install
chippers or barkers when
mills that currently have
them can't give the products
away.
The solution to the prob
lem will, take considerable
study and time, Flanagan ex
plained, since no two mills are
alike. He stated that the group
had asked each mill to out
line a plan as to steps it has
taken and what could be done
in the foreseeable future- to
eliminate the problem.
Some of the ways in which
lumber waste could be utiliz
ed would be through the sale
of. fuel wood, sawdust, hog
fuel, chips, and power, the
giving away of trims, the use
of more kilns, gang saws so
that less sawdust is produced,
and more utilization of edg
ing and trims. .
Some Steps Made
During the past five years
each mill has made some
steps, Flanagan said. He also
mentioned some problems en
countered by local mills. One,
for example, installed a bark
er which mixes the bark with
water and then mashes it. The
resulting mixture burned with
a hotter fire and made more
smoke, Flanagan stated.
Another mill, he explained,
never dreamed that chips
couldn't be given away. He
added there is some hope in
this field when pulp and pa
per mills increase in the
Northwest.
Two . other mills have in
stalled cinder collectors in the
smoke stacks, it was stated.
These collectors remove the
cinder particles from the
smoke and returns them to a
boiler. Approximately 90 per
cent in smoke reduction was
gained by this process, Flana
gan explained, but added that
it was quite expensive as a
new boiler had to be installed.
Power Plant Units
, .Two other mills have con
structed power plants to use
the waste surplus to generate
electricity while two others
have installed gang saws. One
mill has torn out a sawdust
burner, he added
All of the mills in the val
ley with the exception of one,
which also plans .to in the
immediate future, have in
stalled cyclonic vents which
whirls the smoke causing the
heavy particles to fall back
into the burner.
Flanagan said it will take
time and money to solve all
of the air pollution problems
caused by the mills. He men
tioned that the group was will
ing to. help, but did not plan
to immediately make unrea
sonable requests for smoke
less incinerators. These incin
erators would eventually be
obliterated as soon as uses for
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the waste products were intro
duced.
Stuart McQueen, Kogap
lumber company, stressed that
utilization of lumber wastes
is the key to the smoke pro
duction problem, but he add
ed that the industry was de
pendent upon federal forests
for the timber.
The matter of the industry's
existence is keyed to the find
ing of niew markets for the
waste products, he explain
ed. With the high cost of
stumpage, the industry is not
in a position to pay these
prices while burning waste.
. Flanagan added that smoke
production is at its worst in
open burning - and decreases
in amount when a burner
without cyclonic action is
used followed by a burner
with cyclonic action, Dutch
ovens, cinder extractors, and
utilization of wastes so .no
burning is required.
Speaks for Medford
Speaking for Medford, Bob
Van Sickle, city councilman,
told of plans to hold public
hearings this fall on a pro
posed air pollution ordinance.
He explained that the ordi
nance would be mainly to con
trol new industry in the val
ley and give credit to volun
tary programs underway.
T. M. Gerow, Grants Pass,
state board of health, told of
xne air pollution tests con
ducted in the valley during
the last'three months. He ex
plained that tests so far show
little or no smog condition in
the valley. '
He added that data collect
ed so far in Medford shows
that the area is at the edge
of the situation where air pol
lution is becoming a nuisance
condition. .
He said that the tests are
conducted by open jar, filters,
and gas supplying methods.
Suspended Particles
He cited the average amount
or suspended particles in the
air is 150 milligrams per cubic
meter. Highest recorded was
480 milligrams on April 15
followed by April 7 with 443
milligrams recorded. But, he
added, the lowest recorded
was 22 milligrams on May 26.
Gerow explained that the
survey will show what indus
tries should not be installed
in the valley. He commented
that the tests taken in June
were not indicative of the
area as people weren't using
furnaces. He said that tests in
the fall would correct, or av
erage, the results.
Should Not Worsen
The health board official
stated that the air pollution
problem in the valley should
not be allowed to get worse.
He believed that local agency
should monitor the program
to establish some objectives
to be reached. The speaker
added that he thought state
ordinances at .the present
were sufficient but enforce
ment was lacking.
Population growth is also
a contributing factor to pollu
tion he added. '
Gerow, in speaking of the
Jacksonville problem regard
ing smoke from the dump, ex
plained that the air currents
are such at the site to carry
the smoke into downtown
Jacksonville.
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Charles Bottjer and - An
thony Boitano, City Sanitary
Service, explained that the
company had checked into
various methods of garbage
disposal. Bottjer explained
that they are currently check
ing into the use of incinera
tors. Reviews History
E. W. Hogan, city attorney
for Jacksonville, gave a his
tory of the dump, explaining
that although the residents
had been opposed to the dump
ing site from the beginning,
it had been their understand
ing that a sanitary . landfill
method rather than burning
would be used.. .
Company officials explain
ed that the sanitary landfill
method had been originally
planned, but was later found
to be not suitable due to
moisture ccatent in the area.
John Niedermeyer, Jackson
ville area farmer and speaker
for area residents,- complain
ed not only of the smoke in
the town and surrounding
areas, but also of the odor
and fruit flies. He comment
ed that an incinerator would
not be the answer to the prob
lem as the air currents would
still bring the smoke into
Jacksonville, although it may
eliminate the flies.
He added that the smoke
from the dump was "not sea
sonal as is orchard heating."
Requests Official Check
Robert Duff, Medford city
manager, mentioned that Med
ford had requested through
the U.S. Public Health Serv
ice for an official to check
the area regarding the use
of sanitary landfills.
Deputy District Attorney
Jerry Scannell, in speaking
on the dump situation, stress
ed that the county court does
not have control over garbage
disposal but they do have the
authority to set up rules and
regulations as to how sanitary
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He stated that the city Sani
tary Service does not create
the garbage and mentioned
that any improvements in the
disposal process would most
likely cause higher rates.
When this happens, he con
tinued, some subscribers drop
the service and then more
dumping occurrs along county
roads.
Several persons of the near-
& 40 "fdrt wh? attended
the meeting questioned sev
eral of the speakers.
Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr.,
Medford, suggested that a le
gally constituted committee be
set up to control the air pol
lution problem. She question
ed the lumber industry's meth
od of bark removal at the
mills rather than having the
process done in the woods
where it -could be used as a
ground cover.
She also suggested low in
terest federal loans to local
industries to speed up con
version programs to reduce
the air pollution problem.,
Mrs. Bosworth also present
ed the county court a peti
tion which requested that
residents near orchards be no
tified in advance when toxic
sprays are going to be spread '
by airplane. The petition call
ed the current practice an
"invasion of personal rights."
Miller Asks Patience
Judge Miller asked patience
of the residents in summar
izing the hearing. He stated
that the economy of the val
ley was a major factor in
deciding the solution to the
air polluting problem and
stressed the need for a syste
matic and voluntary ap
proach, before the enactment
of any ordinances. ,
In concluding, Miller ex
plained that since Both Boi
tano and Bottjer had actively
supported him in his cam
paign he had been accused
of "playing politics" regard
ing the dump situation in the
Jacksonville area. He stressed
that he had checked into the
situation and was amazed at
the 35 tons of garbage collect
ed by the service in an aver
age day.
He said that he personally
would hesitate to try; to tell
the firm what way would be
best to dispose of the garbage.
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REVENUERS CAUSED IT
Tel Aviv, Israel-(UPD-A man
accused of beating his wife
while she slept told police
Thursday it was unintention
al. Police kept the husband
in jail although he contended
that he had been dreaming of
"revenue men sequestrating
our property. I waved my
hands excitedly and apparent
ly my wife's face got in the
way."
ROGUE
LOANS AND DISCOUNTS
Less Reserve for Losses
United States Bonds :
Municipal Bonds and Warrants :
Banking House, Fixtures and Equipment..
Cash and Due From Banks 1
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank
TOTAL
Capital Stock
Surplus .
Undivided Profits
DEPOSITS 1 .
Interest Collected, Not Earned
TOTAL
OFFICERS
Clarence H. Yourig
Ralph E. Pierce - -Neal
A. Curry - -Gertrude
F. McCorkle
Ron E. Cordon - -
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Serving Jackson County Sinee 1911 - Local Ownership and Control
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BERLINERS SHOW FAITH
. Berlin- (CPD -West Germany
has demonstrated again its
confidence in the future of
West Berlin by giving the na
tion's president an official
residence in the beleaguered
city. West German President
Theodore Heuss took posses
sion Thursday of the 18th
Century Bellevue Castle
which overlooks Communist
East Berlin.
VALLEY
MEDFORD . .
STATE
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CONDENSED STATEMENT JUNE 10,
RESOURCES
.$1,778,252.95
18,639.49
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Far Eastern Forces V
To Continue Patrols
Washington -fiJPD- Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy has
ordered Far Eastern forces to
continue unescorted patrol
flights despite last week's at
tack by Communist jets on an
American Navy plane off
Korea.
BANK
1959
1,759,613.46
1,793,576.09
277,012.48
67,326.51
920,565.76
7,800.00
$4,825,894.30
$ 150,000.00
110,000.00
.38.001.92
4,483,000.69
44,891.69
$4,825,89.30
DIRECTOR!
H. Young, Chairman
Clarence H. Your
Leonard Bradshaw
Ralph E. Pierce
J. H. Stanley
Frank P. FarrtJI
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