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O O o 8 o TUESDAY. AUGUST t, I960 o o o o Bee Inspections Hit Disease Snag, State Dept. Says Salem Oregon's ppwram io control American foul brood and other diseases in honey bees is entering choppy seas. On the one (fSSS buffeted by alarming findings of a heavy incidenaf the disease in some areas inspect ed so far this year. On the oth- or, it is buffeted bv lack of funds to handle the situation Hie state department of ag riculture stepped up its bee inspections this year, put 16 qualified inspectors in the field including some recruit ed from department personnel whose work is slack when bees are busy. Probabig)three times more manhours will be spent in bee inspections this year than preusly - which may account in part ior un covering mare disease. At the efra of (J.ine, the de partment made this rerjort on American foul brood infi tion: Hood River county, covered completely, showed almost 40 per cent of the colonies were diseased. Yamhill Incomplete Yamhill county, not jm re, 13 per e.it infection with the Sheridan district showing 75 per cent infeQion. Polk county, not complete, 8 per cent infection. Marion county, not com Cplete, 6.5 per cent infecticO. o Jackson and Klamath coun ties, not complete, in each over 5 per cent infection. Preliminary reports from other counties indicate a simi lar high infection. Kenneth Goeden, apiary su pervisor for the department, says 1 per cent is a realistic county average. O American foul brcQjl, by the way, is a deadly disease that not only kills colonies but lin gers on for years in equip ment, thus reinfecting bees. For this nson, state law re quires burning unds-ytate su pervision. While the bee industry it self (sales of honey, beeswax and bees) adds about a half million dol'rs annually to state gross income, tft real concern over the present sit uation lies in the estimated $100 million dollar value of honey bees to fruits and many other farm crops. Modern farming methods have i.tJhe honey bee on a pedestal as the prime pollina tor, a role enjoyed in earlier days by the wild bees. At the same time, modrn farming with its quick transportation means and widespread move ment of bees and equipment, has created some of the seri ous bee disease control prob lems. The department is now studying every possible way to seeQe enough funds to keep the progra in the high gear attained this season. The inspection service is support ed entirely through apiary registrations ($1 for the first six colonies and 15 cents for each additional) and a 1959-60, legislative appropriation of $24,000. By the Qnd of fc'ie current registration ycOr, the depart ment says between 35,000 and 38,000 registered colonic will be involved in tin inpc tions. The coXDlo maintain ! quale inspection progrtsi un der present condition, is more than the fund tviil able. The department is Jiving throat to asir.n tdvjsory grf?'0i to meetwi'it to Study means of solvr?itne p?oblam. Phair To M Farm Problems PenQHon SBS Ron Phair, Republican Congressional can didate from the 2nd District, said today he would "pork, pone all other campaign piaffe! until completing an area probe of farm problems." Phair returned from Chi (Jjlfi Monday where heon ferred with Vicgfesident Richard Nixon on Oregon farm problems. Phair said he would call non-partisan meetings of farm ers in the 2nd district start ing this week to find out how they feel the present farm problems should be ap proached. f The candidate said he hopes to hold meetings in Pendleton Wednesday, in Milton-Free-water Thursday and in La Grande Friday. Blackberry Problem? Gall... RAYSPRAY SP 2-9279 oo Wheat Reports Climb for Year Salem - Kxport of wheat from Portland terminals reached 71.7 million bushels for the year ending June 30 to climb 11.7 million bushels above the preceding year. On a cargo basis the total 1959 60 export represents 240 ship loads. The 1959-60 overseas move ment of wheat loaded at Port landQvas 1.9 million bushels under the record 1956-57 ship ments of 73.6 million bushels, ravonrHIn tn t r cu . j: pector or. apiculture. fti Astoria, export grain business slowed to aboutj.93, 000 bushels, jusLunder Slkper cent of the p.'ious year's loadings from that point, wfleat moving into Astoria, the state inspection records show, stood at 3.3 million pounds, just half of the year earlier. Total wheat movement into Portland the past year was 95.8 million bushels, less than aOialf million bushels under 1958-59. Only 1.5 per cent of the whca receipts at rtland COntJUApH Smilt a cnKctantial drop from mparable 4.4 pt(F) icut in laoo-oy. Jap Beetles Come Here-Fortunately regon Approves Salem-This may splinter all the rules of good report ing, but . . . The Japanese beetle is an attractive lime creature, with its co;er colored wines over a shimmering, metall grftn body. It s about one-half inch long and roughly as wide. But it has some vicious habits. Like eating a wide va riety of vegetation, including the voracious nibbling at fruit tis and lawn grasses. It likes seed grasses, too, and would revel in the luxurious grass fields of Oregon's coun tryside. In fact, it will take on any of 275 cps and fruits. Because of these ungentle traits, many states and the federal government have erected barricades-in the form of quarantines-against it. That started years go when the beetle first came to this coun try on a shiDmoftt of mate rials from Japan-which eP plains -riy in this country it is known as the Japanese beetle. Ignje Sums SpenP Large sums f money have been spent to erase it from the face of eastern seaboard and southern states. (Michigan spent $150,000 to treat about a third of its 90,000-acre in- tact t ) i n n A nnt a tro f rt ffraccne ioi i'u, . '-V. in Kentucky reached $3 lion). The beetle manages toja keep chewing away, either as a grub in the spring of the year or as the handsome adult in the summer. By hook or crook it keeps alive-in far too many numbers - chiefly due to an increase in adult members in the East. So far, though a biological control through milky disease -a bacO.rial organism that at tacks the grubs-now appears promising, attempted controls have com off second t3st. Xtthou th state defSirt mnt of tfricultur lit b trri tirp"! ' Ori son for 15 yr, Do fir real alio c tivj Mtt nit0ad ul t. On iul 11, tSB 0lOrt nnt httf tMr tch on 11 crrsccjtry airplanes landing tt PortlsQd Klamath alls. It hfd also ranged Vith the Air Force for inspec tion of military planes TV.!.. (.... cmac tn chmir tn- i iiwa just (t - rpartment reaction when Hugh Taylor, its piaty division ciuei, heard many live Japanese beetles hat beqa found c ctinental planes landing in California and Washington. Results of Oregon's watch? To July 22, department in spectors had Pick?d from planes landing at Poraand 11 Japanese bef.les-all dead. "We hopiy'we never see a live one in Oregon; realisti cally, that's almost too much to expect", comments Taylor. If any live beetles should be found, by the way, airport officials are required imme diately to "bomb" the plane with an insecticide. Big Damage Suit Q Held in Abeyajice Portland - (UPD - A S52.000 damage suit filed against the Richland Water district and its individual directors by a Portland Negro couple has been ordered held in abeyance until after the appeal of the discrimination part of the ease is heard in the circuit court of appeals in San Fran cisco. The decision was announced here Monday by United States District Judge William East after a motion for dismissal for damages was brought be fore the court by directors of the water district. The suit was filed by Mr. and Mrs. Rowan Wile. o NEW COMPACT CAR The station wagon model of the F-85, Oldsmobile's entry in the compact car field, gets a road test at Lan National Safety Council Gives Tips on Farmers and their families should provide for fire pro tectiorfj the National Safety Council suggests. Farm families should un derstand the different types of fires, their behavior and methods oPsuppression. Home fire-fighting equip ment should be available and kept ir.CX handy place for in stant use, the National Safety Council notes. This inludes axe, waking bar, rope, lad d, sand, water buckets or other extinguishers. o Family first aid supplies shouldQe available and easily accessible. q Water should be aOailable from a supplemenv.ry supply, and in suffic'. volume for fire-fighting. Strong Ladders Ladders and ropes should be strong enou to support a person's weight and reach to the top of all farm build ings. Farm plows, discs and or chard spray machines should be kQDt irOreadiness for lOe fighting. Signs Depicting Value0oftiralar In Ares Planned Road side signs depicting the value of lumber to south ern Oregon economy and gt plaining various logging oper ations will be tried on an exploratory basis in the near futurg) according to the South ern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association. Al Smith, public relations chairman for the association mil-f3310 lne move was maae as ., ,, resuu OI a recent iiiums of the cogimittee to discuss ways of carrying the story of lumber to the general public. Other methods wh''i will be used include a facts and figures folder for distribution to chambers of cononerce, a speakers bureau made up of industry representatives who will b available to service clHbs, ana assistance irom Hoo Hoo International in pro moting "Forest Products Wek" ltr this fall. Lontrtf Ho, chairman of tli subccQmitt9 (i fx- rC0 for picture and items of hiatorical intrS'. in the lofajinB indtS'.ry for display in a special seciionin) me Souther Oregon Hfstorical museum in Jacksonville. He said those having pic tures of personal value will have the pictures returned Hiter me committee iui uau copies made for exhvgt. Ad ditiol information concern- Ined by contacting the SOCO c tne exiiiuit niaj ul w A Kf 17a cl Ma n nt . Medford Glenn Dysen, president of the association, compliment ed the committee on its ac complishment since it was formed about a year ago, and pledged to continue efforts in the lumber indusvfy to pro mote better forest practices and forest management of re newable timber resources. SOC Graduate Has Poem Book Printed Ashland - Clyde E. Smith, a recent graduate from South ern Oregon college after re tiring from a careenjof postal service, has now added to his accomplishments by compil ing a book of his own poems which has been published by Iverson's printing under the name of "The Spirit of the West." His book is divided into three sections: poems concern ing Oregon, California, and miscellaneous. In dedication to Dr. Elffio Stevenson, SOC president, the book represents many years of effort and re search into the history and folklore of the area. According to Smith, h I s hobbies include an extensive stamp collection for which he has won a number of prizes. C3 Fires Lach member of the family should have a specific job in case of firk- Fire resistant .Qistruction and safe spacing should 6used when possible tor new buildings, the council said. The farmer should ;(s) know if there is sufficient organization firepriiictioii planned for his rumiTTunity, and whether definite arrange ments havrQbeen made for assistance from neighbors in lieu of organized community protection. Telephone num- other 0)-.irces of assistance should be posted near the telephone. Eugene, Pass S)tate Ssirfef Or Mill Serf m Salem - Eugene and Med ford have come through the searching state survey of their city milk inspection services in good standing. O. K. Beals, chief of the division of foodiOand dairies, state department of agricuP Hire, has advised resuective ,;ty officials of the state's approval. Under state law, cities elect ing to continue theitu own m i yc inspectiiO, programs must, meet state minimum grade A standards. Cities with their own system are inspect ed biennially by the slate. Portlanrt) is the only other city with its own inspectors and will be surveyed by the state in 1961. Q The Medford survey, made by Dairy Specialist Joe Gray, shows 44 graie A producers, two retail raw milk dairiO and three milk plants. The only change from the 1(9.)8 survey is a loss of six pro ducers. EugenO Covered At Eugene, 109 producers and four milk pOints were covered this year, whic) co. nares with27 producers and five milk plants twS5 years ago. The Eugene survey was made by Alvft Tcsdal o? the department headquarters da iry staff. Eugene, incidental ly, is tha only city in Oregon which prohibit th talc of rW milk within tha city. Both Qry tnd Ta.alil, in addition to thair departmant fn..ng. .re -ccni,.d by the U. S. Public Health serv ice as officiaD.nilk shed ratinS officers. Principal proiwems the sur veyors found in both ars are manure disposal, fly con trol and installation of pipe line milking equipment not fully in line with state stand ards. 0 Besides the tyjinial physi cal survey, the state milk J 3 ireS city inspecto cn.i-i.iiu uic n,. refreshed course held jointly by the department and state college. The lawmakers set up this schocjKto assure uni formity in ifiipection proce dures throughout thcjStatc, Two Shelton Boys Take Bath in Tar Shelton-WPD-It took.veral hours to remove a heavy coat ing of tar from two young Shelton boys who t(i a bath in tl()sticky stuff Sunday. Stanley Watters, 8, and his brother Gerald Jr., 9, became mired down in a small "lake" of the tar at the Shelton air port where they had been playing. Their predicament could have become serious had not a young cousin happened by. Virgie Watters, 7, ran to the nearby family home and sum moned help. The boys' father and two other men succeeded in ex tracting the brothers from the tar pit after about 30 min utes, then applied a potent mixture of road oil and wax remover to clean off the tar. A sheriff's deputy said the tar pit was a remnant of a former mill operation at the airport. MEDjSbRD MAIL TRIBUNE, sing, Mich. Official unveiling of the new entry has been scheduled for later in the year. (UPI Telephoto) Corona; Rules Death Accidental Olvmoia-lUPll-Ataeationinir i California woman who Pas , . . . , 0 . . 1 lm'"f J0?10 SaU,"dafy ! "'K'U dlod accidenta sui location, a coroner's autopsy; Highest harvesting priori revealed Monday. ties are given to stands which Qhe dePd woman was Mrs. have been damaged by fire. Eleanor R. Main, 60, Santa jwiad. insects, or disease and Monica, Calif. She and her toihose stands which have! luis'tfa)id were vacationifii in the Johnson Point area near here. Mrs. Main's body was found face down on a sandy beach late Saturday by a passing fisherman. 1'hc coroner's report dis closed that suffocation was the ifajise of death, probably after Mrs. Main suffered sonQ type of attack. Ccp$ Bad Chegk Chargs( Woodburn-IUI'IiyLce Kastler of Hubbard was arrested on a bacheck charge here Mon day after his wife admitted passing 31 of the checks in various western Oregon towns. Kesller was charged in con nection with passing a bad check at aoWoodburn service station. His wife was arreted ear lier for passing a simffiir check at a market. She plead ed guilty to the bad clSck charge and said she had writ ten 3y others within the past two month rMMrr uMim-"-j. inutimm "-of0-0-- -,-----: "iiii"mniwiiw.ail i I'm at-". ia U-Jtt. location We Hope You Hav & Wonderful VACATION MM ? o J q Ve will hold the Tribune whilyou aren your cation. Each issue will be held in our office while you are away and will be delivered to you personally by your carrier u,n your return It's'. FREE! No papers to pile up on your porcii. You will beoahle to cajpup on all local news and spefrlCatifQls when you return. Whenyou leave on youryacation iQ com p life this handy order, and cither give it to youcjearrier . . . mailSr ... or just bring vJ it in to the office. WE WILL DO THE REST . . . Medford Mail Tribune VACATION Circulation Department PAK B a Medford, Oregon ORDER g Please lave mv Mat! Tribune while I am on vacation, beginning Q I and deliver all of them to me gj when I return on (If date un a ' certain, please call Mail Tribune when you return!) " ! Name " I Address City MEDFORD, ORE. O Timber Sal Plan0 ForBLM for 1962 To Be Made Sqpn Development of the Med ford district timber sale plan for fiscal year 1!'H2 encour ages the cooperation of pro spective pufQasers and Jjii reau of land management tjj). esters. according to Ross A. Younghlood. Medford district manager. He announced that sugges tions Jor timber tracts to be inchtid in the sale plan for the year commonilfii; next July will be accepted until Sept. 15. Although plans for timber j harvests, including fyocfirj)-! men! of riglnO.it'. v!!"f eai.- ' ments and road constructiiW. are tffftialively prepared sev eral yVfirs in advance by bu- ; reau foresters, special cmpha-: sis is now being given to for mulation of the plan for fiscal year 1962. The 1961 timber sale plan ys published last June, YounvlJ.ood said. j Highest Priorities . .Teachcd maturity w conse quc(j$ reduction of growth rates. Cutting (Rliontics for ! timber on the 905 thousand j acres of O and C and publ domain land in the Medford district are established by the strict manager and his staff after consultation with the dis rict advitory bi.d and other interested perso'jj. The advisory board is com prised of reprsecnlatives of Qhe forcG) products industries, agriculture, mining, livestock industry, 1 a b o ro recreation, and the general public. Q When completed, the lim ber sale plan presents esti mated volumes of some 65 to 100 tracts located throughout the five forest management areas: Glcndale, Galicfi Ap plegate, Trail and Green springs. The approximate times when the tracts are to be offered for oral auction bidding arc also given. Management Practices 0 Harvests embody sound for est management practices and are based upon the principles of multiple use and sustained yield, according to Young blood. No timber will be ad- 'vcrtiscd for sale unle.o the but before you I a? ask for this Mail TeiWia bureau can assure equal ac tor all prospective pur chasers, he said. 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