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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.
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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.
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MONDAY
12:00..Noon Special Businessmen's
Lunch
Church Basketball
7:00 p.m. Episcopal vs. Nazarene
8:00 p.m. Presbyterian vs. Sacred Heart
9:00 p.m. Christian vs. Baptist
8;00 p.m. Square dance instruction
TUESDAY
10:00 to 12:00 Noon Demonstration
of Women's slim and trim
6:30 p.m. Pot Luck Dinner
8:30 p.m. Women's Volleyball .;
YMCA Week
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Gym. Free Basket
ball Throw Contest for boys 8 to 18.
Trophies for winners and runners up.
A Race for most baskets in one
minute also. Anyone may enter.
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
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