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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1959)
i MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 1 B Thursday, August 6, 1959 Pilot, Skipper Rent Equipment San Francisccr-fUPB-The pilot of a twin-engine transport plane in Colorado and the skipper of a barge off the Vir ginia coast have one thing in common. The craft they command both belong to a behind-the- scenes enterprise in the busi ness world, the United States leasing Corp., an eight-year- old firm that rents out every thing from bulldozers to cash registers. Unlike the leasing of prop erty, and even fleets of auto mobiles, the leasing of a wide range of machines, store fix tures and equipment is fairly new. Leasing became feasible be cause of "tight" money poli cies and .because companies sought to avoid being saddled with equipment that became. obsolete before it could be depreciated. , Lt. Gen. Charles B. Stone, USAF, Ret., chief executive of ficer of U.S. Leasing, points out that "some fii?ns in the electronics and missiles fields lease all equipment, right down to the stapler on the sec retary's desk." In leasing business equip ment, the firm needing it spe cifies whose material it wants and then makes a lease agree ment for a reasonable period. U.S. Leasing than pays the seller at the standard price when the equipment is deliv ered to the lessee. When a lease is up it may be extended at a lower rate. Gen. Stone adds that while leasing costs more than out right purchase, the cost must be. weighed against the in creased earnings that result from keeping working capital liquid. . , Some trees consume 200 gallons of water a day. SOLDIER OF THE FUTURE Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer (left), U.S. Army Chief of Staff, examines the uniform' .. and gear of the "soldier of the future" being modeled by Sgt Donald H. Kinige, ow Wacanda, HI. The im promptu "inspection" occurred during the annual meet ing of the Association of the UJS. Army, at Washington, D. C. The gear consists of infra-red devices, jump belt, radio helmet and M-14 rifle. Behind the two men is a model of a space vehicle which Boeing Airplane" Com pany claims would be capable of carrying man to other planets. Earth Injections Control Tiny Mites Washington r (Science Service) Tiny mites that in fest apples trees can be con trolled by a "shot in the dirt." Injections of a systemic miticide effectively reduced populations of the insects, the U.S. Department of Agricul ture reported here. In two orchards, Thimet, an organic phosphorus compound was injected into the soil around mature apple trees at a dilution of 12 ounces per 100 gallons of water. No harm ful effects were noted, USDA entomologist Merrill L. Cleve land said, . although some trees received 36 gallons and others. 120 gallons. , , " Cleveland, who developed the injector device, said spray control of the mites was "somewhat more effective" than the soil injection method. About 80 per cent of all bicycle fatalities in the U. S. result from collisions with automobiles. About 70 per cent of the victims are young people of ages 6 through 19. The Amharas, the largest tribe in Ethiopia, were con verted to Christianity in the fourth century. State's Fruit Industry, Once in the River, Now Leads to United States Corvallis It was a dark moment for Oregon's infant fruit-growing industry more than 1-00 years ago-at least in the eyes of Dr. J. R. Card well who watched his plans, a- d plants, literally, "go down the creek." The ' good - doctor belonged to a special breed of "forty niners" who branched north to Oregon instead of following the trail across the Sierras to the California gold fields. . But the Oregon-bound pio neers farmers, clergymen, doctors, small businessman were equally intent on find ing the pot of gold in the "salubrious climate of .the Oregon country." Unlike the gold miners, many Oregon pioneers brought their source of ex pected wealth with them: oxen-drawn wagons of nurs ery stock. Nursery Stock . Dr. Cardwell took to the trail in 1852 from Decatur, 111., with a wagonload of nursery stock planted in the rich, black soil of the prairie. Six months later, as his oxen drawn wagon groaned on to ward Oregon, it skidded, and rolled on a sharp bank of the Snake River, dumping the precious cargo in the swift current. Dr. Cardwell re trieved only one rose cutting. But the idea of fruit-growing in Oregon was deeply in grained in this Portland den tist and a hard core of others aw WHEN TRADED IN ON ' YOUR CHOICE OF THESE MMw WM LESS TRADE IN 10.00 I i watch i g J$w wmm mm 122 E. Main St. Medford Phont SP 3-5348 Store Hours: 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. like him who weathered boom and bust days in establish ing the state's multi-million dollar horticulture industry. Today, horticulture ' rates second among agricultural enterprises in Oregon in gross sales by farmers, exceeded only by the livestock indus try. Tree fruit, nut and berry crops now have a value of about $100 million annually when processed or packed, according to Oregon State college agricultural econom ists. Winter Pear Production Oregon winter pear produc tion, tops in the nation, is ex pected to reach 97,500 tons this year, 22 per cent above last year and 16 per cent over average. Oregon rates' third in the U. S. in production of Bartlett pears with prospects this year for 60,000 tons, ex ceeded only by California and Washington. Oregon promises to lead all states ia sweet cherry produc tion this year with an estim ated crop of more than 25,000 tons. The state's famed cherry varieties dip deep into his tory. The 1887 records of an Oregon fruit show,, for exam ple, note that "Seth Lewell ing exhibited two varieties of cherries, both fine. The State Horticultural Society named one of them Lewelling, and the other Lewelling named the Bing' after his favorite Chinaman." Oregon peaches go back to 1844 when the Rev. Edward Evans Parrish brought a sack of peach pits from. Ohio for planting in Oregon. Produc tion in Oregon this year is ex pected to go better than aver age, reaching 500,000 bushels, report OSC marketing spe cialists. ' . Other fruit crops yielding above average this year in Oregon include strawberries with more than 80 million pounds expected from about 15,000 acres. Oregon grows practically all the nation's filbert nuts and looks for a yield of more than 9,000 tons this year or about 18 per cent above average. Oregon apple production this year is likely to run a little below average but slightly larger than last year's 2V4 million bushels, accord ing to crop estimates. The state also produces some 30 million pounds of cranberries annually with blackberries and red rasp berries the leading crops. Ore go claims a big chunk of the nation's prune production, most of the U. S. gooseberry crop, is rapidly,' increasing blueberry production, and is one -of the five -states with commercial cranberry pro duction. " - J The Appalachian Mountain club, which maintains hiking trails and other facilities in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is believed to be the oldest mountaineering or ganization in the Western Hemisphere. .- Some 12 million Americans are believed to be sleeping in air-conditioned bedrooms this summer. - ffOj ipi at WE'LL GIVE YOU A BEAUTIFUL V loupe! 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