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School Election Method Getting Responsible Vote Eugene - Evidence about the characteristics of persons usually voting in school elec tions shows that Oregon's present system of voting re quiring only a simple major ity is a good way of getting a responsible vote. This conclusion is an out come of work by the Com munity Studies Project of the University of Oregon on prob lems of community life. The findings on voting have been published in an Oregon School Study Council bulletin entitl ed "Characteristics of Voters and Non - Voters in School Elections' by John M. Fos kett, professor of sociology, and Keith Goldhammer, as sociate professor of education. They state that suggestions such as the report by Dr. Sly of Princeton, who recom mended that in order to get a more responsible vote a cer tain percentage of voters must cast ballots on an issue to pass it, "are not at all likely to accomplish their purpose." Substantial Interest Shown In fact the likelihood is that such legislation "might tend to thwart the community's se curing" adequate services" than to result in a more intel ligent sampling of the com munity's interest in the par ticular issue involved. The study shows that most individuals who vote regular ly have a substantial interest in the community, stemming from high income, home own ership, and high educational attainment. They are active in school affairs and have a deep concern for them. But most non-voters, accord ing to the study, are not great ly interested in issues and lack deep concern relative to the outcome of the election. And these are the people who would be asked to vote if re strictions were made setting a certain percentage of votes that must be cast. The two professors say that , Price 10 Cents Medford 54th Year Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1959 Pages 1-8 Uncertainty of Stock Market Has Many Experts Buffaloed v-f By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York - (DPD - This stock market has me buffaloed, said a noted market expert today. H e admits the market has done much better than he thought it would. Not a few others in the financial com munity take a similar view eimer Waizer of the current trading. They note that the institutions are sitting quiet ly by waiting to see which way the cat will jump. But there doesn't seem to be a great deal of selling. The steel strike is one of the big uncertainties just now. Some of the market commen tators hold that if labor wins the strike - gets a fat pay increase - the settlement will be bullish. If industry wins -holds the line on wage in creases and fringes - they hold the settlement will be bearish. That's another way of say ing if the settlement is in flationary the market will rise, and if it is deflationary it will fall - or, at least, it will not rise. There's this to be said about the strike settlement coming ahead of Nikita Khrushchev's visit: Even if the strike is over in another week the steelmills cannot get back in to production before Sept. 15. Steel experts hold that the central issue involved is that of securing greater gen eral interest, which should follow upon a broadening of general community participa tion in school affairs. another week of the steel walkout will leave the mills in such shape that it may take two to four weeks to get them back into production. The reason for that is the longer the furnaces are idle the more damage is done, and the long er the resumption will take. The money market is firm and there's a chance the Fed eral Reserve will raise its dis count rate which currently is below the bill rate. Also the re-examination of defense pro duction is causing some worry. What this market needs is inspiration, one expert point ed out. The inspiration of the past the type that made this market in the first place -was inflation. What the market will doNjdthout it is the prob- Pierce fo Work With Chamber Jennings Pierce, of Pierce Associates, Medford, has been named to work with the Med ford Chamber of Commerce on membership relations, Don McNeil, manager, announced today. Pierce's activities will serve as an extension of the cham ber's regular membership committee in the , .field of membership contact, new member prospects and past due accounts, McNeil said. The position is a temporary one, McNeil said. He will work with the chamber in coordinating a television presentation to keep valley residents posted on progress of chamber projects. Pierce is past president of the chamber, and served as chairman of the greeters and agriculture committees. JVJ TO BUY F mi. Is The RIGIDAIREI. 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It is just waiting to see what will happen. It is recalled that the mar ket got worried and fell sev eral points when the visit was announced on the theory it might cause cutbacks in de fense spending. But that phase doesn't seem to carry much weight now. The approach of Labor Day, it is noted, always brings per iods of market hesitation. La bor Day to' Wall Street marks the end of summer and the end of vacations. Things set tle down and industry goes ahead. Wall Street still holds to the belief that the steel strike is only postponing the business upsurge. Once the steel mills are humming again, it is held, things will brighten up all over and earnings and divi dends will rise. Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins Not All Animals Are Able To Perspire The human skin, as well as that of the horse, is literally perforated, like a sheet of acoustical board, with thous ands of tiny openings called pores or sweat glands through which moisture oozes. The evaporation of this water or sweat cools the body and as sists in keeping the body temperature to a normal 98.6 degrees. Most of the higher orders of animals also sweat. Those living in a hot, humid region perspire 'freely whenever the temperature is high. Others also living in similar condi tions do not have sweat glands, so must resort to other means of controlling body temperatures. The dog is one, These ani mals actually "sweat through the tongue;" moisture drip ping from their mouths is perspiration. The lolling, which pulls fresh air in the mouth, accomplishes what sweating does for us. Old Remedy The ox -teams that played an important part in the set tling of early America had a pretty rough time of it when weather was warm. The driv er had to rest his "span" at frequent intervals as the poor creatures couldn't sweat. An old remedy for over - heated oxen was to force a live frog down the animals throat. The "cold-blooded frog" was supr posed to drop the oxen's tem- usually live in the ground. The porpoise, whale and sea-lion depend on the cooling action of water. The porpoise and the whale live in the water, the sea lion always close enough to dip in any time its ' body temperature reaches a point where most Minneapolis, Minn. (DPD Martin B. McKneally, 44, a Newburgh, N.Y., attorney, is the new national commander of the American Legion. warmblooded animals start to sweat. Portland -fllTO- Attendance at the Oregon Centennial Wednesday was 11,933, bring ing the total to date to 1,056,912.' Sweet Home -OJPD- The Ore gon Plywood Mill, destroyed by fire in June, will be rebuilt. perature to a safe level. A shortage of sweat glands forces all cattle to seek shade when the sun is hot. The ex ception is the Brahman, or so called "sacred cow of India," which is equipped with sweat glands and feeds with little discomfort even in the boiling sun of the tropics. With the other species of cattle however, it's not a question of sweating or not sweating, they couldn't any way. Maybe that is why cows stay so "contented." By not getting themselves "worked up in a lather" they remain placid and very calm. Birds, too, are short of sweat glands. Like . the dog, wolf and fox, the bird lolls, pulling in fresh, cool air over the protruding tongue. . Glands Unnecessary Sweat glands are unneces sary too in a fish, turtle, worm, reptile or insect. These creatures being cold-blooded, don't need to perspire. Their body temperatures remain slightly above their surround ings. However, they have to j exercise caution. A cold-blooded snake would "blow its top" and die in a. short time in the direct rays of a hot sun. The frog would dehydrate in a hurry if water or moisture were absent for some length of time. The in sect is protected, something like the desert cactus, by its hard outer covering. 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