Hartman Resigns
Post After 40 Years
Corvallis - The man who
did most to make pears into a
$20,000,000 business for Ore
gon, Henry Hartman, has re
tired from the Oregon State
college staff after 40 years
teaching and research that
brought him the state's and
nation's highest awards in
horticulture.
Hartman developed special
rot prevention wraps and new
o shipping techniques that put
Oregon pears on eastern fruit
markets and put the state
pear industry on its feet in
the 1930s.
Much of his research for
Oregon pear growers was
done 3,000 miles away in New
York City. Hartman went
east to study and solve
some of the shipping and
handling problems that were
Keeping me Oregon pear in
dustry from realizing its full
market potential.
Develops Wrap
i
From those studies, Hart
man found that the serious
scald, or blemish, problem in
Anjou pears could be control
led with an "oiled paper
wrap and tnat the problem
of gray mold decay that
wrecked entire boxes of pears
could be overcome with
special "copperized oil wrap'
that kept decay from spread'
ing from pear to pear. The
wrap is now known as the
"Hartman wrap."
The devoted researcher also
developed paraffin liners for
pear boxes that all but elimi
nated costly friction bruises
in the long cross-country ship
ment and worked out proper
harvest and storage times for
various pear varieties.
The work with pears and
his leadership in the field of
horticulture were cited in
19d8 when Hartman was se
lected to receive the top na
tional award of the American
Pomological Society.
Hariman Honored
In 1954, the Oregon Horti
cultural Society honored Hart
man with establishment of
the "Hartman Trophy" that is
given each year to the state's
No. 1 horticulturist. Hartman
was named first winner.
Hartman was head of the
OSC horticulture department
from 1942 until 1955 when he
reached age 65. He continued
with full-time teaching and
research until mandatory re
tirement age came this win
ter. Recently, Hartman was
hospitalized with a heart at-1
tack but is now recovered suf-
on pear decline - the disorder
that has seriously cut pear
yields in the past three or
four years.
Hartman's work on pear de
cline is financed by the Fruit
Growers League of Jackson
county, a major center of the
Oregon pear industry.
on
Hartman will continue his
study of the pear decline in
the Rogue valley, according
to Medford sources. He is ex
pected to be in this area about
March 1 to submit a report to
the Fruit Growers League in
connection with his study.
Bachelor Heads
PTA Organization
Chicago -(UPD- One-third of
the nation's PTA members to
day are men, including a
small-town bachelor who
serves as president of the par-ent-t
e a c h e r association in
Guthrie, Ky.
The bachelor president is
Logan Webb, a middle-aged
insurance agent who just
likes "to do for other people,
especially kids." During his
two terms as president, mem
bership in the Guthrie PTA
has grown from 287 to 425
members.
Aware of the nation's need
for scientists, Webb and other
PTA members took the lead
in reinstating its high school's
chemistry department. Webb
has also promoted more em
phasis on curriculum study,
urging parents to coopsrate
more with school authorities
to insure strong study courses
for their children.
A Navy instructor during
World War II, Weoo says he
always had inclinations to
ward teaching" and feels that
"schools are important to all
of us in a little town."
Wall Street
Chatter
New York (UPD Yields
most common stocks have 1
risen substantially since New
Year's Day, notes Eldon A.!
Grimm of Walston & Co.
"Happily," he adds, "there
are a lot of pretty good
yields around now which
should help common stocks to
better compete with high-
yielding bonds.
He says that perhaps we are
pretty close to a level which
should bring in some fairly
concentrated buying based on
"yields" and "values" rather
than on exaggerated hopes as
to what might happen by
1962 or 1963.
Oregonians Want
To Attend Demo's
National Conclave
Although not usually
thought of as a trading ve
hicle, American Telephone
has put on an exceptionally
strong performance in the
face of a weak market, ac
cording to Bache & Co. "Ac
tion of this sort usually pre
sages a more dynamic move
once the general list reverses
itself."
Reynolds & Co. notes Pitts
burgh Glass is reasonably
priced for a growth company.
Pittsburgh Plate is a quality
company with strong posi
tions in the plate and window
glass, paint, chemical and ce
ment fields, the firm adds.
regis-
Several Items Are
Taken From Motel
A man and woman
tered at a local motel Monday
evening and left shortly after
wards taking numerous items
from the motel unit, city po
lice were notified Tuesday.
Missing are a table model
television set valued at $200,
towels, water tumblers and an
ice bowl. The couple register
ed by the name of Keith Pul
ven or Pulver of Portland
and were reported driving a
Men Blamed for
Market Efficiency
Chicago - (UPD - Supermar
kets are getting too efficient
for women, in the opinion of
Mrs. Marie Kiefer, executive
director of the National Asso
ciation of Retail Grocers of
the United States.
Mrs. Kiefer, writing in the
association's National Bulle
tin, blamed it all on men.
"The male architects, en
gineers and owners of grocery
stores like things logical, or
derly and organized," she
said, while women are ac
customed, to the chaos of child
rearing, meal preparation and
general, family life.
"Women feel more at home
in stores where there's a little
happy confusion," Mrs. Kiefer
said. '
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
Salem - (UPD - Because the
Democratic national conven
tion is so close to home this
time, a higher number of Ore
gonians want to attend an of
ficial delegates.
Filings for delegate in the
state elections office have
been steady in recent weeks
and they are expected to come
pouring in as the March 11
draws near. The fact remains
that Oregon can elect only 32
out of the multitude to go to
Los Angeles.
One effect of the greater
number of candidates for dele
gate will be a much longer
ballot - and a bigger counting
headache.
I Chevrolet automboile with
f iciently that he is doing work Oregon license, police said.
Deland, Fla. (UPD Two 15
y e a r-old would-be cowboys
had a Wild West spree at the
expense of 75-year-old Amos
Hare. Police said the teen
agers, whose names were
withheld, stole $419 from
Hare, then filled up with
hamburgers and rode taxis to
spend all but $80 of the
money on cowboy boots, west
ern jackets and ten-gallon
hats.
Those who serve as acting
chief executive of Oregon
when the governor leaves the
state not only get their ex
penses these days, but the
salary to go with it.
A new law provides money
on a per diem basis for as
long as the governor is gone.
Senate President Walter J.
Pearson is the first to benefit
from the statute although he
says he doesn't put in for the
money every time, only if
something actually comes up.
Ponying-up for acting gov
ernors was a regular thing
until 1951 when for one rea
son or another the salary part
was done away with.
But bv 1959 it was clear
that some acting governors
had taken a financial beating
through the years.
Speaking of acting gover-
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Charles A. Lewis, driving while
encumbered. 56.
Monty L. Riddell, failure to stop,
$10.
Robert H. Gripp, overload, $129.
John D. Mizell, no chauffeur's li
cense. 10.
George R. V. Bolster, violation
of basic rule. S15.
Velda E. Dahlke, failure to dim
liehts. $7.50.
Antnony J. jvuuer, overload, tx.
Patricia L. Fueston. failure to
stop, $10.
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Vivian M. Wolf vs. Kenneth
Wolf, divorce comrtaint.
Jack . lnman vs. Betty Jo in-
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nors, the person in that un
organized fraternity who has
logged the most time is How
ard C. Belton, new state treas
urer. He put in 93 days as acting
governor when he was Senate
president during World War
n.
Two other ex-Senate presi
dents - the late former Gov.
Paul Patterson and William
Walsh each chalked up 81
days.
One of the briefest tenures
as acting governor on record,
maybe the briefest, is that of
Secretary of State Howell
Appling Jr. When The Dalles
dam was dedicated Nov. 10,
both Gov. Mark Hatfield and
Sen. Pearson were on the
Washington side of the Co
lumbia river. House Speaker
Robert Duncan also was out
of the state.
Appling was acting chief
for about three hours.
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MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Or.
Thiirsdjy, Feb. 11, 1960
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PLAYS IT SAFE
Tokyo (LTD Fugitiv Kim
Duk Man gleefully called
Tokyo police and suggested
they come and get him if they
could. Kim, who jumped bail
on a five-year sentence, was
phoning from Seoul in Korea,
which has no extradition
agreement with Japan.
DAMAGE EXAMINED - Paul Parson ex
amines windows and damaged front of an
exclusive beach frontage home at Rio Del
Mar, Calif., that was wrecked by high tides
and pounding waves this week. More than
$70,000 damage to property was caused by
wind and waves. (UPI Telephoto)
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Spartanburg. S.C.-d?D-Pro-bate
Judge William Daven
port's grey hair is turning
black. The judge Wednesday
ascribed the change to his
health diet which includes
vitamins and sunflower seeds.
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