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
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2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1959 Pages 1-8
Uncertainty of Stock Market
Has Many Experts Buffaloed
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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.
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lem that is worrying Wall
Streeters.
One thing this market has
that the market of 1929 lacked
is sounder investment. There
isn't the shoe - string margin
trading. But the lack of that
type of activity makes for a
shortage of stocks and thin
markets. These thin markets
in turn hold the prospect of
wide drops on small selling;
Puszled Over Visit
Wall Street admits it is puz
zled on interpreting the im
plications of the Khrushchev
visit. 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
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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.'
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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. Those
insects without the hard shell
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