SUNDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1960.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
Aiedlfird Mtheir Turns 4b Caiimig Tokyo;
Three Tracts of
Timber Are Sold
By BLM in Area
' Although all three tracts of
timber offered for sale by the
Medford district of the bureau
of land management Thursday
were sold, there was practi-
, cally no competition during
the oral auction sale, accord
ing to John. A. Carnegie, BLM
sales officer,
The three tracts, which con
tained 11,022,000 board feet
of timber in Jackson and Jo
sephine counties, were sold
for $234,654.25.
The only tract in which
there was any competitive bid
ding was one containing 908,-
000 board feet of timber lo
cated on West Fork Evans
creek in Jackson county. The
high bid of $28 per thousand
board feet for the Douglas-fir
was submitted by Timber
Products company of Medford
Their total bid was $24,771.15,
Elwood Harvey was the un
successful bidder.
Kogap Manufacturing com
pany of Medford purchased
9.078,000 board feet located in
the Dead Indian area for
, $184,499.70 without competi
tion. The prices for the two
major species were $23.70 per
tnousand for the Douglas-fir
ana $14.50 for the white fir.
Brown Brothers Lumber
company of Williams also had
no competition for the 1,038,
000 board feet which they pur
chased for $25,383.40. The
Douglas-fir in this sale was
priced at $23.90 per thousand.
-The tract is located in the
West Fork Williams creek
area of Josephine county.
On Nov. 10, ihe Medford
district plans to offer for sale
four tracts of timber with a
volume of 16,938,000 board
feet appraised at $322,529.05.
One of these tracts is partially
in Douglas and partially in
Josephine counties and the
other three are located in Jo
sephine county, according to
Carnegie.
Baptists Forbid
Newsman's Notes
Salem-(UPD-A newsman for a
Salem newspaper said Thurs
day he was asked not to lake
-notes at the opening session
of the Oregon Baptist conven
tion here during a presenta
tion titled "Is the Religion of
a President Relevent?"
Bill Mainwaring, assistant!
managing editor of the Capi
tal Journal, said he was told
he could remain during the
discussion but he could not
take notes. He left.
Dr. Dwight Dodson of Port
land, executive secretary of
the convention, confirmed
that he had so advised the
reporter. "We didn't feel that
this discussion should be re
ported," he said. "This sort
of thing is misinterpreted."
The convention, attended
by about 40 pastors and repre
senting about half the Bap
tist churches in the state,
opened Thursday morning in
Calvary Baptist church here.
Dallas, Tex. - OJPII - Greg
Dunn, 11, explained Thurs
day how a friend had' solved
the problem of having enough
. to spend at the State Fair
My five dollars Isn t enough "
he said. "Jack's taking $6
Tommy has $7. And Bob is
taking his dad."
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CAR THANSMITTER-If the power should
ever go off in Medford, communications
will still be available. Mrs. Barbara Sven
sen, amateur radio ham, shows the powerful
transmitter she and her husband, Norman,
Farm, Home Loans
Reported Down
Farm and home loans to
Oregon veterans dropped two-
thirds during the first quar
ter of this fiscal year, accord
ing to the state department
of veteran's affairs.
Last year 1,302 veterans
borrowed $14,105,400 be
tween July 1 and Sept. 30.
Only 449 loans totaling $4,
780,900 were issued during
the same period this year.
Jackson county veterans re
ceived 19 loans totaling $200,
000 this quarter, compared to
47 loans for $489,500 for the
same period last year.
The department of veter
an's affairs said the reason
for loan reduction is that the
department has reached the
limit of bonds it may issue
to obtain more loan funds.
The department said meas
ure 13 appearing on the No
vember ballot would give it
authority to issue another
$135 million in self-Haul-
dating bonds to make more
loans.
Jackson county would re
ceive about $5,170,500 in
loan funds for veterans' pur
chases of homes and farms
from the $135 million the
measure would provide, tile
department said.
HE PLAIN FORGOT ,
Galax, Va, - (UPD - Dixie
Bedsaul, who is riding 225
miles to Washington aboard a
mule to plug the Democrats
and urge everyone to vote, ap
parently has dctermina t i o n
but a poor memory.
A county official said Fri
day that Bedsaul forgot to
pay his poll tax and is in
eligible to vole.
HITS CUBA POLICY
' Miami Beach - (UPD - Ameri
can Legion National Com
mander Martin McKncally, of
Newburgh, N.Y., said Friday
night United States policy to
ward the "Communist-oriented"
Cuban revolution has
been unsound and called for
"termination" of U.S. rela
tions with Cuba.
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Polk County Retains
Republican Majority
Dallas - fUPD - Polk county
clerk Betty Adams said Fri
day the county has retained
its Republican party, voter
edge. i
Final tally of voters regis
tered for the November elec
tio nshowed 6,819 Republi
cans, 5,898 Democrats and
272 Independents.
Girl Scout Official
Now in Idaho Falls
Miss Ruth Kilbourn, who
recently resigned as executive
director of the Rogue Valley
Girl Scout Council, is now
working in the Syringa Girl
Scout council, Idaho Falls,
Idaho, local Girl Scout offi
cials have announced.
Those wishing to write her
may write in care of the coun
cil, box 722, Idaho Falls, Ida
ho, a council official here said.
Miss Kilbourn was em
ployed by the Jackson County
Public Health commission
from 1051 to 1953. She was a
caseworker for the American
Red Cross in military hospital
for three years. In 1956, she
returned to Medford and was
employed by the local welfare
commission. She did volunteer
Girl Scout work until she
joined the Rogue Valley coun
cil in June, 1957.
Navy Band Concert
Scheduled Today
Grants Pass-Guest artist
for the U. S. Navy band con
cert at Grants Pass High
Bchool today will be Gordon
Finlay, solo cornetist of the
Navy band.
Band performances will be
given at 2 o'clock this after
noon and 8 o clock tonight.
Finlay will appear in concert
with the band and later con
duct a brass clinic for all in
terested musicians.
Finlay's concert appearance
and clinic will be sponsored
by the Purucker Music House
of Medford.
L. G. "Lew" Mile
O Cemetery Manager
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have installed in their automobile. Mrs.
Svensen is emergency coordinator of the
American Radio Relay League in the Med
ford area. (Knackstedt Photo)
HERB ALSTADT
Speaks to Realtors
Title Company
Losses Reviewed
By Firm Official
Herb Alstadt, senior vice
president and chief counsel
for the Title and Trust com
pany of Portland, spoke on ti
tle company losses at Friday's
meeting of the Medford Board
of Realtors in the Jackson
hotel.
Two main classifications of
losses are those arising from
things of record and losses
arising not from the record,
Alstadt said.
Losses from things of rec
ord may be due to inaccuracy
in county records, human er
rors by title employees such
as delinquent taxes missed by
title searchers. The title com
pany many times pays these
taxes without property own
ers knowing it, the attorney
said.
One cause of losses arising
not from the record is that
from careless use of the no
tary seal. If the seal is left
around carelessly a name may
be forged on the deed, the
deed stamped and the notary
public's name also forged.
Another error is notarizing
the name when the notary did
not see the person sign, the
title company official said.
This may be forgery. A hus
band may forge his wife's
name, the husband dies, the
wife then can assert her in
terest. If the title company
has insured the purchaser he
must pay the wife.
Title insurance during the
lifetime of the property
should be raised to meet the
value of the property as it is
improved, Alstadt said. Too
often, a loss 10 years later
will find the property owner
insured for only a fraction of
the property's value. The title
insurance Issued to the owner
or purchaser is good for as
long as the person owns the
property.
Bankruptcies at
All-Time Record
Portland -(WD- Judge Estcs
Snedecor, Federal bankruptcy
referee, said Thursday night
that installment buying and
bankruptcies have reached an
all-time high throughout the
nation and in Oregon.
Judge Snedecor made the
statement in a speech to the
Portland Retail Credit Asso
ciation. Judge Snedecor said there
was every Indication that both
installment buying and bank
ruptcies would continue to
spiral upwards.
He warned that low down
payments and extended time
payments were at least parti
ally responsible for the un
precedented number of bank
ruptcies in the courts today.
Radio Operation
Turned Into Good
ic Service
By JOHN STAFFORD
Mail Tribune Stiff Writer
"This is Barbara at K-7JQS
calling Tokyo, come in
please."
Who is Barbara? And what
is K-7JQS? Well, if you hap-
pened to be in Tokyo when
this call was received, you
would know that Mrs. Bar
bara Svensen, 416 Willamette
ave., Medford, Ore., was call
ing. And you had better ac
knowledge the call quickly,
because Mrs. Svensen's mes
sage is probably important.
This mother of three chil
dren has turned an interest
ing hobby, , that of amateur
radio operation, into an im
portant and helpful public
service.
Emergency Coordinator
Mrs. Svensen is emergency
coordinator of the American
Radio Relay league in the
Rogue Valley area. League
members are dedicated to
public service. In the event of
failure of regular communi
cation facilities due to storms,
floods and similar disasters.
league members offer the use
of their amateur stations to
their country and communi
ty. In addition, the league of
fers radiogram service free
of charge to any persons de
siring to send emergency
messages to any area of the
United States. Messages are
handled by radio amateurs
solely for the pleasure of op
erating. No compensation
can be accepted by a station
owner.
Mrs. Svensen, or Barbara
as she is known to her friends
on the receiving end of her
messages, first got interested
in amateur radio in 1955.
Lived in California
She and her husband were
living in Crescent City, Calif.,
at that time. The city was hit
by a major flood, cutting com
munication lines. The only
communication channels out
of the area were amateur ra
dio stations run by operators
known as "hams."
Dick Davis, then of Cres
cent City, but now living in
Medford, started Barbara and
her husband, Norman, in their
new hobby.
In 1956, the Svensen's se
cured novice licenses from
the Fedefal Communication
commission.
Novices must be able to
send and receive five words
of Morse code a minute.
Apply for License
,In 1957, the Svensen's ap
plied for a conditional class
phone license from the FCC.
This license requires that op
erators be able to send and
receive 13 words a minute. It
also authorizes microphone
broadcasting.
With their phone licenses,
the Svensen's became regu
lars on the ham circuit. Their
interest has risen , to where
they now have a 120 watt
transmitter in the kitchen of
their home. They have also
installed a 50 watt transmit
ter in their automobile. If the
power in Medford is ever cut
off, the Svensen's still have
communicaiton facilities aval
able. "When conditions are right,
you can talk to almost any
part of the world," Barbara
says.
Her broadcasts have been
received from as far away as
Viet Nam.
Handle Radiograms
Barbara calls her biggest
thrill, "handling radiograms
for servicemen all over the
United States."
When Barbara was showing
her automobile transmitter, a
telephone dial was visible on
the dashboard. When asked
what this was for, she dialed
"O" and four short blasts fol
lowed by two more short
blasts came from the horn.
She explained that this meant
"hi" in Morse code.
All amateur operators have
their call numbers displayed
on their automobiles. "When
ever hams see these call let
tels displayed, it is tradition
al to exchange hi's in Morse
code via the horn," Mrs.
Svensen said.
An easy way to locate the
Svensens is to tune to 3.84
megacycles on the 80 meter
short-wave band. When you
hear "this is Barbara of K
7JQS calling," you'll know
who you're talking to.
POLIO DECLINES
Washington - (UPD - The
number of new polio cases in
the nation dropped again last
week, to 131, indicating the
peak of the 1960 season may
have passed. The U.S. Public
Health service reported Fri
day there have been 2,435
polio cases this year, com
pared to 6,652 for the same
period last
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Vit USUAL HOBBY-Mrs. Barbara Svensen
of Medford is a lady with an unusual hob
by. Mrs. Svensen is an amateur radio opera
tor. Her call letters K7JQS are shwon on
top of a transmitter in the Svensen kitchen.
Two Are Injured
In Two Accidents
Two persons suffered appar
ently minor injuries in two
traffic accidents reported to
Medford police Thursday.
Injured in one of the acci
dents was Mrs. Lucille Deloris
Harding, 1905 Hazel st. Po
lice said she complained of
pains and was limping, but
she declined medical aid.
Mrs. Harding was a passen
ger in a car operated by Wal
ter Louis Jansen, 58, of 2400
Howard ave. Police said the
Jansen vehicle pulled from
Summit st. onto McAndrews
rd. and collided with a car op
erated by Leonard Chandler,
33, of 620 Benson St., about
4:14 p.m.
Police said both vehicles
sustained heavy damage. Po
lice cited Jansen for failure
to yield the right of way to
a vehicle on the right.
Injured in a second Thurs
day afternoon accident was
Mrs. Margaret Matilde Bert
ram, 62, of 911 West 11th st.
Police said Mrs. Bertram had
a cut knee and said she had a
pain in her chest, but said
she would seek medical aid
on her own.
Mrs. Bertram was the ope
rator of a vehicle that collid
ed with a parked car register
ed to Charles Arthur Hendry,
1172 Hilton rd., on North Riv
erside ave. between Maple and
Jackson sts. about 4:28 p.m.
Damage to both vehicles
was described as moderate. No
citations were issued.
Residents .Warned
Of Unusual Sales
Medford residents were
cautioned recently to be wary
of offers which cite unusual
circumstances as reasons for
making extraordinary price
reductions.
Don McNeil, manager of
the Medford Chamber of
Commerce, warned that al
though genuine bargains of
ten result from unexpected
events, false situations have
been used recently to lure
buyers into thinking they are
getting a great bargain.
McNeil said that the Better
Business Bureau has warned
consumers to beware of un
usual appeal sales.
"Prospective p u r c h asers
should take lime to investi
gate, for it is quite possible
that the alleged bargain of
fered is selling locally for an
even lower price," McNeil
said.
JOHN
DELLENBACK
FOR
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
REPUBLICAN
"DO YOU WANT TO PAY HIGHER OREGON INCOME
TAXES? The simple truth it that if ballot measure No. 14
passes vou and I will be forced to pay higher Oregon in
come Taxes. One of the leaders pushing this bill was and
is from right here in Jackson County Ht.ii my Demo
cratic opponent
I AM AGAINST THIS UNNECESSARY
INCREASE. I am against taxes being
any higher than absolutely necessary
and as your representative I pledge
to work for you toward that goal."
Pd. Pol. Adv. Dellenback for State
Rep. Comm. S. V. McQueen, Chnv,
2136 Hillcrest Rd.
Man Has Invention
To Destroy TV Sets
London - (IPI) - Television
star Chan Canasta told his
audience Friday night, "I
have here an infernal ma
chine which destroys TV
tubes."
Canasta then blew into
an instrument and thou
sands of television sets
around London went black.
They all came back on
again about 40 seconds later
with Canasta explaining it
was all a gag. But not be
fore 47 viewers had phoned
ihe British Broadcasting
corporation to com plain
that "you've - ruined our
sets."
SOCTFA Schedules
Thursday Meeting
A business meeting of the
Southern Oregon Conserva
tion and Tree Farm associa
tion will be held Thursday,
Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in the new
Port iO' Call restaurant at
Fourth and Front sts., Med
ford, according to Dale C.
Prentice, secretary-manager.
Business will consist of dis
cussions of radio communica
tion improvements, air pack
age delivery, a new radio
share set up for the Sexton
system and discussion of a
possible new radio system for
associate members, Prentice
said.
"This meeting will be im
portant to the future of your
radio communications and
down time in the woods, Pren
tice said. He stressed the im
portance of attending.
Pinching Sicilian
Males Thwarted
Catania, Sicily (UPD Har
ried police Friday came up
with a solution to the problem
of hot-blooded Sicilian males
who pinch women on public
conveyances-segregated buses.
Buses have been designated
"for women only" to prevent
young men from engaging in
the traditional Italian sport of
pinching and patting attrac
tive girls on their backsides.
Women traveling into the
.industrial suburbs got so fed
up with male passengers with
wandering hands they just
quit riding the buses.
Bus company officials re
ceived so many complaints
that they called on the police
to come to their aid.
Segregated buses was the
police answer and the deadly
hand has been paralyzed - at
least for the time being.
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She has been a ham operator for about four
years. She shares her hobby with her hus
band, Norman, whose call letters K7JQO
are also shown. (Knackstedt Photo)
Misread Court Date
Results in Error
A misread court date by
Medford's Municipal Judge
Alan B. Holmes led to
error in a story published in
the Mail Tribune Wednesday,
Judge Holmes said Friday.
The story said that Robert
Lamb, 43, of 1211 West 10th
st., had forfeited $85 bail in
municipal court Tuesday to
charges of assault and battery
and disorderly conduct arising
out of a Friday night alterca
tion.
Judge Holmes said he mis
read the date on which Lamb
was to appear in court. The
right date was Oct. 14. Holmes
read the date to be Oct. 11,
he said. So when Lamb did
not appear in court Tuesday
Holmes ruled that Lamb had
forfeited bail.
Lamb, however, pointed out
to Holmes Friday that the cor
rect court date was Oct. 14.
Judge Holmes then rescinded
his bail forfeiture order and
Lamb was allowed to enter a
plea of innocent to both
charges.
Lamb's trial date has been
set for Nov. 2.
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Nez Perce Fish
Solution Found
Portland - (UPD - Owen W.:
Hurd, managing director ol .
the Washington Public Power;
Supply system, said Thursday;
the group believes that it has
found a workable solution to"
fish passage problems at it
proposed Nez Perce dam on
the middle Snake river. ;
Hurd said direct testimony:
has been filed in Washington,
D.C. with the federal power,
commission in behalf of the.
system's application to build
the dam.
The commission also plani
a hearing next month on a
private power group's request
to build Mountain Sheep dam '
on the Middle Snake. ;
Harlan Holmes, fisheries bi
ologist consultant, expressed;
confidence that the collection;
system for handling upstream
migrants would work success-1
fully at Nez Perce. 2
Estimated total direct con
struction costs of upstream
and downstream fish passage"
facilities for Nez Perce ha
been set at $28 million.
Tappin Honored at
Retirement Dinner
Arthur Tappin, retiring
member of the Oregon Stata
Game commission, was honor
ed at a potluck dinner recent
ly by the Oregon State Em-
piuj-cc ft aasutmuuu.
The Crater Lake chapter ol
the association sponsored tha
dinner. Tappin has served on
the game commission for IS
years.
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ne lias oeen a inaciiiiiisi a.
the Hpntral Point Rpreen nlant.
Tappin lives in Eagle Point.
Come, meer your candidates! Frot
refreshments and musical enter
tainment. Sponsored by Jacksoa
Co. Young Rep. Club.
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