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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1960)
- I,, l(r , - HEW ARMORY Above is the new Army reserve armory under construction on Columbus ave. on property form erly belonging to the Jackson County Housing Author ity. The building is expected to be completed soon. Report on Pear Decline Study To Be Presented in February :A complete report on the pear ' decline study will be given by Prof. Henry Hart man, Oregon State college horticulturist, in February. Paul Culbertson, experi ment station committee chair man, said at the annual meet ing of the Fruit Growers' League of Jackson county Fri day that another general meeting will be called at that time to hear the report. Hartman is in good condi tion following his heart at tack early in December, and has been compiling a report of the study since Christmas, The horticulturist expects to carry on his pear decline re search in the Eogue valley in the same manner as before, Culbertson, a Medford jear jprower, reported. ' 'Hartman is considered the outstanding research horticul turist in the United States and perhaps in the world, he add ed. Unlikely of Program It is unlikely that a federal horticulturist or a federal horticultural program will operate from the Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station here, Culbertson pre dicted. No federal horticultur ist has worked at the experi ment station since Dr. Roland Blake was transferred, he ex plained. Federal participation in hor ticultural research has been discontinued at the Hood Riv er station, also, the commit tee chairman said. The f eder al program now, operates at Wenatchee, Wash., for Oregon and Washington. The joint tate-federal horticultural re search program as formerly operated at Hood River and here "actually was not pro ductive of results and experi mental studies we were en titled to," Culbertson said. A good working relation ship has been established with Dean F. E. Price, Corvallis, Oregon Experiment station head, Culbertson noted. Current Funds Current funds carry the pear decline study to June 1, Culbertson noted. The experi ment station committee will present a request for funds at the Feb. 9 meeting of the state legislature's emergency committee. If granted, emer gency funds would carry the study through June 30, 1961'. More money may be request ed when the state legislature meets that year ' if further pear decline study is needed, Culbertson explained. Robert Minear, South Stage rd., immediate past president of the league, noted that the organization has committed $28,000 for two years of the research. OSC has contributed but should contribute more, he added. Lyle Kinney, Bear Creek orchards, labor committee chairman, said pear picker shortages may be recognized earlier this year. Kinney said he thought state and federal labor departments now realize Medford pear district's prob lem. Last summer the league's labor committee and pear growers attempted to follow every suggestion made by the two agencies and to meet every criticism. Experience Noted Last summer's experience proved that Mexican Nation als were the most dependable and best pear pickers, Kinney indicated. . ' Chief charges against the Medford district pear grow ers Lave been that growers do not attract the family type of migrant worker, working wage scale is too low, no ad vance transportation arrange ments are made, housing is inadequate, no social benefits such as special schooling for pickers' children, hospital and medical benefits are planned, growers do not present their labor needs early enough, growers get Mexican Nation als without attempting to use other labor supplies, - and using Mexican Nationals to stabilize wages. . Kinney acknowledged that the local office of the Oregori State Employment Service helped considerably to at tempt to ease the picker short age. Growers left their pears on the trees longer than norm al to gain larger sizes. How ever, strong winds and short age of harvest help caused a large pear drop. - Another criticism of pear growers has been that migrant labor hiring should be timed so pickers can be given al most continual employment. To meet this criticism, labor committee members arranged for contract migrant labor at Dayton, Wash. Became Discouraged A group of 192 workers from Texas completed the Washington pea harvest two weeks before the Medford district's pear harvest started. Of the 192 workers hired only 77 stayed until after August. The Texans became easily dis couraged because they were not used to the heavy orchard work, Kinney commented. The labor committee also conducted a full-scale picker recruiting program in Califor nia. A total of 118 workers were recruited from the en tire state, the chairman noted. Of these, only four men stay ed to the season's end. The 418 Mexican Nationals obtained compiled 100,000 picking hours. The whole D'Anjou pear crop could have been saved if the Seattle of fice of the U S. Employment Service had allowed importa tion of Mexican Nationals sooner, Kinney said. Kinney noted that he and Committee Cochairman How ard Bush, Medford, and the rest of the committee held al most continuous meetings to attempt to solve the picker shortage. Dunbar Carpenter, Med ford, ah pollution committee chairman, said the county court and the State Air Pol lution authority will let the fruit industry work out its own problem of air pollution from smudging. However, he warned that the air. pollution authority has the power to step in and enforce regula tions. ,? Return Agreements About half the growers have returned signed agree ments to retire 20 per cent of Slide-lid or open type heaters each year, Carpenter noted. More than 75 per cent of the growers are . expected to re turn agreements, he added. These are all large holders. Of the estimated total of 113,500 heaters in the valley about 46 per cent are of the slide-lid or open type. The agreement becomes binding when 75 per cent of the grow ers having open-type heaters or 75 per cent of the total acreage is signed up. Steve Nye, legislative com mittee chairman, explained that the committee is a new one for the league. He urged all fruit growers and farmers in general to take an active interest in state legislation. Minear pointed out there are only 300 fruitgrowers in the valley. Growers and farm ers, generally, must combine their, efforts to combat legis lation harmful to them since they, are in the minority, he urged. Interested in Bills Last year the league had an interest in nine bills and "oth er directives," Nye noted. These were bills from non farmers people living in metropolitan areas. Attorney fees for sending people to the state legislature in Salem cost an estimated $5,000 to $6,000 last year, he said. So far the fruit growers have been suc cessful, he added . Harold Holmes, Rogue Riv er orchards, -repre s e n t i n g packing plant sales managers, noted some developments which helped stabilize the pear marketing picture. A meeting with packing house sales managers and a cannery buyer early in Aug ust before the pear harvest resulted in a guaranteed price level. The buyer also agreed to take different grades than in the past. This allowed packing houses to get rid of all grades and a lot of smaller sizes. bales managers were way off on crop estimates, Holmes noted. A little larger per centage than usual was sold the cannery last season, he noted. . 50 Per Cent Normal Last season the Bosc crop was 50 per cent of normal, but this variety did have good color and market acceptance, Holmes said. Foreign export took a larg- Hospital Employee Stabbed to Death Portland - (DPD A hospital employee who was a devout church worker was found stabbed to death late Friday in an old model car in North Portland. Police identified the victim as Mrs. Elizabeth Ella Joiner, 34, and said they were seek ing her husband for question ing. . er percentage of the crop than normal. At the same time domestic consumption was not up to par, Holmes noted. Starting in late October, the sales managers met each week to give true inventories of grade and size in their packing houses to avoid being left with too many pears of any size or grade. One large chain-store buyer took seven carloads of fancy grade and another chain buy er took one car. Both chain buyers admitted the pears were good, Holmes said. The chains will be back probably for fancy grades later, he predicted. 6 MAIL TRIBUTE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Jan. 17, 1960 Senator Outlines Education Trends Salem-UPD-State Sen. Mon roe Sweetland (D-Milwaukie) chairman of the Oregon Sen ate Education committee, Fri. day night forecast what he termed major trends in Ore gon education. .Addressing the Marion Polk. Democratic club here, he said the list included: -Establishment of commu nity colleges and post high school vocational schools in a dozen or more communities. -New and expanded Oregon industry which will build up around higher education re search centers. -Federal financial assist ance to schools and a shift from local real property taxes to state income taxes in meet ing school district costs. -Marked increases in teach ers' salaries. -Tougher admission stand ards at the University of Ore gon and Oregon State college. Neuberger Says Work On New Dam to Start Washington-(UPD-Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger said Friday he understands President Ei senhower's budget message Monday would recommend $1,400,000 for a start on Green Peter dam in Oregon. The proposed Santiam riv er project would cost 63 mil lion dollars. 40 Students Unhurt In Salem Bus Crash Salem (OPD - Forty junior high and high school students escaped serious injury late Friday when a Salem school bus left Fletcher road north east of Salem and went half way over in a ditch. Washington (DPD- Mrs. Isabel S. Draper, sister of President Eisenhower's physi cian and widow of a former federal power commissioner, died Friday at the age of 84 I nd ian Reservation Termination Act Is Reviewed for Group Terms which make it vir tually impossible for small timber companies to purchase land under the Klamath In dian Reservation Termina tion act were reviewed Fri day night at a meeting of the Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm association. Bob Mezger, chief forester of the Klamath Falls branch, U.S. National Bank of Port land, trustees for the non withdrawing tribal members, said a company must meet the realization value of the piece of property being con sidered for purchase. Reservation holdings being auctioned through sealed bids comprise the major part of the reservation. About 22 per cent of the reservation was set aside for those Indians who elected to remain, Mez ger said. Sustained Yield Units With the exception of those lands and certain fringe area lands, the rest has been di vided into sustained yield units which range in value from $1 million to more than $13 million. In order to purchase the units, a sustained yield man agement plan has to be sub mitted to the forest service for approval. If approved, the prospective purchaser sub mits a bid which meets what has been decided is the mini mum realization value. The bidder must deposit 5 per cent of the realization value, and within 90 days complete the transaction. Mez ger cited one example of a unit with a realization value of more than $6 million, bids for which will be opened Wed nesday. - - In addition, Mezger said, specifications and manage ment plans provide that the purchaser harvest 150 board feet per acre per year on the tract example Mezger cited Not more than 30 million board feet can be harvested within a five-year period from the tract, he said, which fig ures out to about a 2.1 per cent return on the initial in vestment. Turned Over lo FS If no bids are received on the sustained yield units, of which there are 11 in the res ervation, the land is turned over to the forest service for management. The forest serv ice also inspects the units after purchase to be assured the purchaser is carrying out terms of the contract. If the purchaser is not op erating under contract terms, the forest service assumes management under a forfei ture clause. Mezger said the bank was made trustee of the 145,000 acres which were set aside for the tribal members who elected to remain. Of the 145,000 acres 135,000 are tim ber land, and 10,000 are graz ing land. A trusteeship, he said, was considered the most advantageous for management. About 20 million board feet of timber a year will be harv ested off the trust land on a sustained yield basis under the contract. Fire last sum mer spread into the trust area, affecting about 2 million board feet. That is going to be harvested as soon as pos sible, he said. Cattle Herd Increased The cattle herd on the trust area grazing land has been about doubled, Mezger said, to better utilize the land. Mezger was forester for the Indian service at Klamath Falls for several years before going into private business, and then to the bank as its forester. He noted about one- fourth of the timber in the Klamath basin comes from the Indian reservation. Prior to Mezger's discus sion, SOCTFA members elect ed Bruce Blew, Al Smith and Bob Kline to the board of di rectors and heard reports of activities during the past year from Dale Prentice, secretary manager, and committee chairman. Officers elected . by . the board include Glen Duysen, Kogap Lumber Industries, president; Dick Swan, Ross Lumber company, first vice president, Medford; Bob Kel so, Southern Oregon Ply wood, second vice president, Grants Pass; Kline, Kline Log ging company, treasurer. Prentice was reappointed secretary-manager. Learn how to live V I V" v- Set money at . . . where if s almostfun to borrow money! Yooll live better with some extra cash...and the friend liest place in town to get money for any purpose is "Monetland" your nearby Pacific Finance office. 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THURSDAY Swimming Exhibition if pool is completed 7:30 p.m. Men's Volleyball matches FRIDAY 7:00 p.m. Camping movies, games and songs for all those who are inter ested in our Diamond Lake Camp, followed by a swim if you wish. SATURDAY Pals Day at the Y.M.C.A. Our regular Youth Schedule.. . . ' 7:30 p.m. Jr. High Social Night for all Jr. Hi Youth. Mixers,- Games in Gym, Swimming, Folk Dancing. SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL for TUESDAY EVENING. January 19th 7:30 p.m. Annual Meeting An informal Pot Luck Din ner for all members. 6:30 p.m. Elec tion of 9 Directors for a 3-year term. Entertainment and recognition for volunteers. . Movies and games for the children Bring a Meat Dish (How about fried chicken?), and salad or vegetable or dessert. Place settings will be furn ished. Mrs. Chairman . . . Virginia Wickersham, SPECIAL for SUNDAY AFTERNOON. January 24th Open House Come from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at your conven ience. A chance to visit friends and show them your YMCA filled with activity in all departments. DR. EARL T. JOHNSON. Arrangements. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Chamberlain, Refreshments. The Philharmonic Society of Southern Oregon Will Present Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" Sunday, January 17th 3 P.M. Medford High School Auditorium Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra Tickets available at Box Office This message for the Medford YMCA is brought to you by your friends who produce your favorite ice cream . . . 7T rr MM h o o o o It's a SURE HIT with the youngsters and oldsters, too this delight fully falvored and nutritious Fiesta Ice Cream! It's made extra-good with an added nutrient NUTRI MIX and comes in everyone's fa vorite flavor. Keep lots of the convenient-size Fiesta cartons in your refirgerator for wonderful desserts party snacks between - meal treats! ' " SNN At Your Favorite Fountain or Grocer
