MCDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
- !- SUNDAY. AUGUST 14, I960
Valley Hail Study Dependent On
Volunteer Hail Stone Collectors
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
High atop a hill in the Mo
doc orchards off Table Hock
rd. radar machines whir as a
black mass of anvil shaped
clouds pile up over the valley
A secret radar installation
alerted against a possible
sneak attack? No. This is
the heart of the hail research
project co-sponsored by the
Medford Pear Shippers and
Oregon State college.
Operating1 with the radar
are three moving picture
cameras. One set some dis
tance in front of the lauar
takes a continuous picture of
cloud formations as a 100-foot
roll of film exposes a frame
every ten seconds. Inside the
two former U.S. Marine Corps
radar machines are movie
cameras attached to the view
er scopes which records the
pattern made as the electronic
fingers of the radar probe
through the heart of the thun
der storm.
One machine is set to probe
into a horizontal slice of the
storm cloud mass and the sec
ond to probe it vertically.
Both machines have their own
scopes and cameras. .
When Is Hail Produced?
Purpose of the local study,
now in its second year, is to
discover at what step in the
thunderstorm hail is pro
duced, according to Dr. Fred
W. Decker, Oregon State col
lege meterologist: He is work
ing with Jud Parsons, Med
ford orchardist, and local co
ordinator of the study. .
"When people hear the roll
of thunder and see the flash
of lightning, they think of it
as one storm," Dr. Decker ex
plained. "Actually, it Is a se
ries of storms which bubble
up from the anvil top cloud
system. As one rumbles
across the sky, another is
building up."
As the movie camera out
front records the cloud evo
lutions, a clock with slate in
dicating the date, records the
exact minute of each cloud
pattern. These pictures, the
recorded radar probes, in
dentations made by the hail
striking the hail recording
aluminum foil sheets and hail
samples are all studied and
observations cooreiatea
Definite Patterns
' From these various clues
the researchers hope to estab
lish definite points. When
they know when the . hail oc
curs in the cloud pattern,
then they can get a lead on
how the hail is developed and
at what point it is easiest and
most effective to artlflcally
stop the hall.
Over a periqd of years hail
has caused considerable loss
due to pear marking. The
pear growers tried "seeding"
the clouds with generators
sending crystals of silver
iodide into the storm cloud
formations. Sometimes it was
successful and sometimes it
wasn't. But it was always ex
pensive. Now they are trying
to find out just what is the
best method of weather con
trol on which to spend their
money and when such artifi
cial means should be used.
The current research re
cently received $30,400 from
the National Science Founda
tion for a two year study in
hail research.
Hail Stone Collectors
Heart of the program are
the vital volunteer hail stone
collectors. These are local
citizens who gather the hail
stones in cottage cheese car
tons, tin cans or other con
tainers and immediately pop
them in their deep freeze
boxes or refrigerators. This
can be anybody who sees the
bail stones fall. They are
asked to call SPring 3-4088
so the stones may be picked
up. The stones are studied as
to structure and cross section,
so the researchers may Jearn
how they were formed. This,
too, is a vital clue in learning
how hail develops in storms.
Backing up the hail col
lectors are 500 hail recorders
distributed throughout the
valley. These consist of alum
inum foil sheets wrapped
around a chunk of styrofoam
pad for a cushion, and mount
ed on pear lug boxes. By ex
amining the dents made by
the hard hail stones in the
soft foil, researchers can de
termine the density of the
hail storms and, perhaps, even
me general size of the hail
They like to know, too, the
minute when hail is nhanruarf
and rely on the hail collectors
ior inia information.
Electric Observations
"We have plans for develop,
ing the site (in Modoc or
chards) for- atmospheric elec.
trie observations, too." Dr.
Decker said. "We have been
taking a plane up and looking
at the clouds from aloft with
a movie' camera. This fa an
attempt to look at the clouds
wmcn migm De producing
precipitation down in the
vallev.
Information gathered
through this local study could
have wide-ranging effects on
all weatner studies. The for
esters may learn how to fore
cast where lightning will
strike and exactlv when. It
may even be possible to pre
vent lightning storms. In
stead of orchard heaters a
cloud laver of tinv Dlaslic
bubbles may be spread over
the valley orchards to prevent
frost damage. Possible devel
opments from a successful
study are limitless, the re
searchers point out.
' '
CHECKING CAMERA Dr. Fred W. Decker, OSC meter
ologist, examines the cloud camera during one of his frequent
Inspection trips to the Rogue valley to check on the research
being done In the Rogue valley.. Dr. Decker plans to spend
most of the winter going over research notes and compiling
a report of the programs second year.
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a daylight to dark recording of cloud patterns used as pnrt
of the local hall research project. A clock and slate show the
date and minute each picture is taken. Far below the camera
may be seen the rows of penr trees.
Durno Reiterates
Medical Aid Stand
Santa Clara - Sen. Edwin R.
Durno, M.D., Modford, Thurs
day reiterated his stand in
favor of medical aid for the
aged. Durno, candidate for
Congress from Oregon's 4th
district, spoke at a. meeting at
me urange hall in this Lane
county community.
"As far back as April' 16,"
Durno said, "I proposed a posi
tive, constructive plan for
medical aid for our Senior cit
izens. This plan would call
for Federal .funds made avail
able with matching State
lunns to De administered on
the basis of need by local
agencies at the local level.'
The Republican candidate
went on to say, "Since I made
this proposal, an almost Iden
tical plan was incorporated in
to the Mills Bill which passed
the House of Representatives
In this year's Congressional
session by a vote of 381 to 23,
nn overwhelming indication
of support from Republicans
and Democrats alike."
Durno further stated that
he was opposed to the Forand
bill because it does not cover
even a majority of our aging
citizens, lie said, "It's a real
shame that a social and eco
nomic problem of this magni
tude should become a political
football In this olection year."
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CHECKS RADAR Bob Mathews, Oregon One has been modified as a horizontal scan
Slate college undergraduate, is acting as ner and the other scans the sky vertically,
radar technician to keep the two former U.S. Operation of these machines from atop a
Marine Corps radar machines in operation, hill in Modoc orchards gives the researchers
These two machines were formerly used by valuable data through electronic probing of
the Marine Corps for beachhead operations, storm cloud formations.
Low Rent Public Housing Projects Due in Portland
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Portland - Sites for two,
new, low-rent, public housing
projects have been selected,
and plans for immediate con
struction are in final prepara
tion, according to Gene W,
Rossman, executive director of
the Housing Authority of
Portland.
A housing project primarily
for elderly persons of low in
come will be built in the area
bounded by NW 19th ave.,
Everett and Flanders sts. This
will feature a 13-story con
crete building containing 150
apartments. It will include a
special area to be used ex
clusively for a community
service center. In addition to
the 13-story structure, there
will be an adjacent three-story
building for 39 low-income
families with pre-school chil
dren, and a court yard with
play area separating the two
buildings.
A second public housing
Woman Has Baby
'On the House'
Richmond, Calif.-IUPB-Rich.
mond Hospital Administrator
George Wacker, who knows
a good customer when he sees
one, told Mrs. Eveline Good
man, 35, she would not have
to pay her hospital costs.
"Have one on us," Wacker
said after the birth of Mrs.
Goodman's 12th child Friday.
project will be located within
the area bounded by SE Pow
ell, Division, 14th and 26th
sts., and will be devoted main
ly to the housing of large
families of low income. This
second project, tentatively ti
tled the "Brooklyn" Project,
will be a "scattered sites" de
velopment utilizing vacant
Ints and lots on which sub
standard or unoccupied struc
tures are presently locaiea.
' The financing formula of
the two projects will involve
a relatively small federal sub
sidy; long-term, low-cost fi
nancing in the private bond
market; and sponsorship and
operation by the Housing Au
thority of Portland under its
cooperation agreement with
the Citv of Portland and its
program reservation with the
public housing administration,
Rossman said.
ciimainH post of these proj
ects, exclusive of land costs,
e-mnn r unit for the north
west apartment project and
$8500 per unti ior uie dfour
lvn project. Both public hous
will be the first
of their respective classifica
tions to be consiruciea on uib
Pacific Coast.
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0 and C Money
Used for Roads,
Reforestation
Receipts from timber sold
during the last fiscal year on
the O and C railroad grant
lands in the Medford district
paid for work on several ac
cess roads and bridges, ac
cording to bureau of land
management officials.
Jackson county will receive
$2,549,345.14 as the net pay
ment after deduction of the
county's contribution toward
construction of forest access
roads and reforestation of
cleared forest lands.
Under the agreement with
the federal government, the
county makes available about
one-third of the 75 per cent
share of receipts to which
they are entitled for road
building and. reforestation.
In the Meford district these
road funds were used last
year for work on the Thomp
son Creek bridge and seven
miles of access road construc
tion in the Galice area In
Josephine county.- Also for
construction of the Cantrall
bridge and surfacing of 16
miles of the West Fork Evans
creek access road in Jackson
county, In addition, bids were
let late in June for construc
tion of nine miles of road in
the Deer creek area of Jose
phine county.
Reforestation
Reforestation moneys made
available by the counties were
used in the Medford district
during the fiscal year for
planting 1,840 acres with tree
seedlings, 314 acres with tree
seeds and for brush eradica
tion work in preparation for
reforestation work on 616
acres.-
Total payments to the coun
ties of $16,258,578.71 are up
more than $1.4 million over
a year ago. Both BLM and the
forest service topped their
previous high timber sales
mark with an increase of
more than $4 million over last
year's sales. Total forest serv
ice timber sales on the half
million O and C acres under
its administration grossed $4,-
306,625.55. BLM receipts to
talled $28,210,531.86.
U.S. vehicle operators paid
a record $8.5 billion in state
and federal highway taxes in
1959.
More than 1,700,000 per
sons own stock in motor vehi
cles and automotive equip
ment manufacturing companies.
Demos Will Name
Electors Aug. 20
Portland - (UPD - Democratic
candidates for presidential
electors will be named at a
Democratic State Central
committee meeting here Aug.
20, according lo Robert
Straub, state chairman.
Straub said the six electors
would be chosen by the cen
tral committee. He said they
must be certified by the sec
retary of state by Sept. 8.
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