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1 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1961 Tablets By R. E. NEALON Table Rock - As we entered the recent meeting of M.T. regional correspondents in the Jackson hotel we heard a lady scribe say, "we wondered if he would wear his white shirt," which we didn't. The little woman didn't insist on it this time. Allen and Staf ford were glamorous with white shirts and lies. Come to think of it, we weren't there at all. We see in the personally speaking column that there was only one male correspondent there, and that was R. K. Nelson. During the discussion on how to keep the news to the size of the paper, we told them we wouldn't have another Lincoln inaugural address for four years, ' which would be when he began his second term, March, 1865. At the meeting we correspondents took away more news than we brought. We learned that from managing editor, to news boy, it takes 238 people to Radio Dispatch System Nearing Final Completion .' Hornbrook The Pacific Telephone Co. will have a complete radio dispatch sys tem in operation in northern California when a repeater station is completed in Horn-brook. Work is now under way on the Hornbrook station. It is located on land acquired from Frank Cardoza and is situated on the top ridge of hills east' of town. Other stations in the system are located on Pythian moun tain south of Yreka, and in McCloud. The area serviced by the network extends from Voll mer's in the south to the California-Oregon state line in the north and as far east as Ten nant. The dispatch center is In Yreka. Used by the com pany in its day-to-day opera tions in Siskiyou county, the system is expected to be an important factor in expedit ing the installation and repair of their services. Enthusiastic ; In describing the new sys tem, Floyd Dill, manager of Pacific in Yreka, is enthusias tic about its possibilities and potential. "For instance," he explained, "before, when man was sent out contact was lost with him until he him self called back to the plant servicing center by telephone. With the new two-way radio system, the man may call at any time, or be contacted by the center. The system will be particularly valuable," Dill said, "at a time when a great amount of repair work is ne cessitated, or when a large installation job is underway." At the present time, the Yreka center has 17 two-way radio equipped vehicles. Four more will be added later to bring the fleet to 21. bring the M-T. to 17,815 door steps. We went through the big modern plant and saw the many machines operated by experts, rolls of paper, weigh ing close to a ton and pictures ready for the press taken in New York on the same day. It seemed that our task of supplying news from our dis tricts is only a drop in the bucket compared with this gigantic enterprise. Jack Peek, student of Central Point Junior High school was among several students of southern Ore gon winning honors for art work at the Oregon Scholas tic Art exhibition last week in Portland. Jack is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benny Peek of the Table Top Ranch. Jack won a gold key. Donald P. Quesenberry, rep resenting Niagara chemical division of Food Machinery Corporation, was a business visitor here Wednesday. He is selling Niagara products through the Grange Coop. Quesenberry with his wife and two children, came to Med ford recently from Modesto, Calif., and like many from that state, like it here much better. He seems to have had much experience with farm and orchard pests, and the proper methods of controlling them. Speaking of pear de cline, he says in California they know what causes it, but so far haven't found a positive remedy. :JU 111 if )4r;i WH f' Siskiyou Hospital Head Denies Charges Patients Are Being Mistreated B Yrvka-Siskiyou County Su-! nllegi-d discourtesy to patients r,o,-vir- w , r.-ii-i- l.-vrlpH a I by a hospital worker. blast at the Siskiyou County MvcKan said the incident nhiri llm hnttnillll ill nil fill- General hospital Tuesday af- , n(! m)Sition. He said alleged slapping incident N. California Television Log Programs listed below are received from the television stations and the .Mail Tribune assumes no responsibility except to make chances as supplied CHAMBER DIRECTORS Directors of the new Rogue River Chamber of Commerce were installed recently by Howard Hansen, past president of the Grants Pass and Josephine county chambers. Rogue River chamber direc tors are left to right, bottom row, Col. Ted Hopkins, Max well Thayer, Walter Weaver and Ed Schrecengost. From left in top row arc Larry Shcehnn, Dr. Richard Camden, Richard Shontz, Dr. Cedric T. Rambo and Hansen. Richard Niquettc, director, is not pictured. Exchange Student Describes Italy The Bible crusade meetings held by the Rev. Roy Sprague of Happy Camp, Calif., are being well attended by local people and others from near by districts. The meetings close tonight. Roy Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sprague who were here several years ago. They held meetings in a motor trailer called a chapel on wheels. A lady with a very pleas ant voice called on the tele phone the other day and asked if we wroto Tablets. When we said we did, she proceeded to tell us how she enjoyed them, then asked us if we had a certain type of insurance which she sells. When we said we did, the conversation ended. Great Decisions Group Is Formed -Applegate Valley - Mrs Harlan P. Bosworth is leader of a Great Decisions group in the Ruch area. The group will meet at the home of George Sample Monday evening, when Lloyd Shannon will lead the discussion of French foreign policy. Two previous meetings were held at the Larry Tweedy and Bosworth homes, when Mrs Bosworth led the study on Germany and Russia. Around 16 persons are attending, Mrs Bosworth said, and a dinner at her home opened the series of eight meetings. Grand Jury Makes Recommendations Yreka - A. J. McMurry, foreman of the Siskiyou coun ty grand jury, has said that its recommendations will not be filed and forgotten. Two recommendations made by the jury were that a por tion of the jury be held over for service on the next year's jury to insure continuity in its affairs, and that the board of supervisors meet annually with the grand jury to com ment on each recommenda tion made by the previous jury. Some other recommenda toins made by the jury are: That the county jail be re modled and the women's quar ters and kitchen facilities be changed to a new location; the work furlough rehabilita tion law proposed by Sheriff A. A. Cottar be implemented: Fort Jones and Etna justice courts be consolidated; plans should be made to relieve unsafe and crowded condi tions at the Dunsmuir Ele mentary school and the library department handling school books be transferred to the jurisdiction of the county su perintendent of school and the books moved to the coun ty school offices. O. T. Wilson's little dog Shorty, is taken along some times in the pickup. He has learned how to remind O. T. when it's time to go home when he is visiting some neighbor's house. When Shorty decides it's time to go home, he Duts both fore paws on the horn and pushes down The resulting blast brings O.T. in a hurry. Elgin Robinson and Glenn Rains of Oakland, Lain, spent the week end here with Elgin's home folks at the E. E. Robinson home. In the Harper's Weekly of 1861 where we got Lincoln's inaugural address, there was a large picture of Sam Hous ton, one-time senator and later governor of Texas, said to be noted for his whittling. While in the dining room waitine: for the serving of the potluck dinner at tne lasi meeting of the Sams Valley Grange, we listened to some interesting conversation. One farmer said that experiments are being made with insemin ation of cattle to see if con trol of sex in the off-spring can be possible. We also heard a lot of complaining about the new appraisals of property by the assessors. One party told of a parcel of land on his farm being appraised much higher than the rest because the appraiser said it was a good building site, Another said land adjoin inn his, of the same grade, but not being farmed by the owner, was appraised for about half that which he was farming. According to those present, the new ap praisals are far too high, REGIONAL NEWS John Stafford, Regional Editor Correspondents: Upper Applegate Valley Maude Zlcpler; Lower Appleeate Valley Jeanette Head; Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris; Central Point Dolores ArmstroiiK and Flo Vincent; Eagle Point Dottie Harbison; Gold Hill-Sams Volley Mary Kell; Grniiclvievv. Lone Pine Dot Simmons: Happy Camp Hazel Davis. Betty Reedy; Hornbrook Kathenne Chapman: Illinois Valley Kathcrine Seott; Jacksonville Bettc Haskins; McLeoil Caroline Harding: Murphy Mrs. R. J. Millemann: Phoenix Mrs. Leo Furry: Prospect Velda Barr; Shady Cove Evelyn Watson; Table Rock R. E. Neolon; Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers; Yreka Doris Robinson and Betty Calkins. National PTA monthly bulle ton. The poem brought out the fact that the National Murphy-The Murphy PTA meeting Tuesday, Feb. 14, featured Miss Franca Mar-: gini, Italian exchange student living in the area, as main speaker. She described her home town and its location very briefly and then the rest of the discussion was conducted on a question and answer basis. She described her home town as being an agricultural and farming community situ ated in the valley of the river Po. However, unlike our Applegate valley, there are no farms of large acreage The larger pasture and graz ing lands are in the high mountain plateaus surround ing the valley. Her family s farm is typi cal. It consists of six acres which are devoted to raising sufficient food to make the family self-supporting and a few dairy cows for. each fan ily's use. She explained that due to the population prob lem in Italy, these small self- sustaining farms are the aim of the people and every avail able piece of land is in steady use producing some type of crop. Farmers do not own the type of equipment common in this area but hire labor for the work that needs to be done. Much of the farm labor is done by hand with primi tive equipment. In answer to questions about the difference in schools between the two countries, she explained that, although there is a six-day school week in Italy, the school days are shorter than ours are and the year is shorter with school starting October and ending- in May. . Travel on Trains Traveling to and from school is no new experience to her, but in Italy travel is on a train rather than on school busses. Transportation is not publicly provided, al though the schools are tax- supported in much the same manner as American schools She revealed that English is compulsory subject and a study of another foreign lan guage is strongly recom- mented. She felt that Italian schools presented a more dif ficult curriculum since from eight to 10 subjects a year were taken. An interesting fact, from a standpoint of PTA interest, is that although teachers try very hard to arrange meet ings and contacts with par ents, they have not been suc cessful in establishing any regular meetings. Miss Mar- gini felt this was due to the problems presented by trans portation facilities. One com ment she made on the differ ence between people in her native land and in the United States was that, although everyone in the U.S. seemed busier, they also seemed to find the time to devote PTA is 64 years old and was founded as a mothers' group in Washington, D.C. ternooti and hospital officials returned the shot Tuesday night. At the board of supervisors meeting Tuesday Barr said he had received complaints that patients at the hospital were being treated discourteously. Barr said he had been told that one woman had been slapped by a worker and ask ed to sign a lien on her prop erty while in serious condi tion at the hospital. Barr re marked to hospital adminis trator Robert D. McKcan, "This has been going on and you know it." McKcan said he didn't have any information that the inci dent had occurred. The same night the hospital board of directors criticized Barr for making an issue of an unfounded incident. The directors absolved all hospital workers of the alleged "slap ping incident." "I can't under stand how any sane man could make the statements that Barr did," John Foster, board member, said. Dr. James B. McGuire indi cated he didn't think Barr had any basis for his attack on the the Barr referred to probably developed from a recent situ ation where a hospital worker awakened an elderly patient by shaking her and patting her on the back. "These particular incidents brought before the board of supervisors are unfounded." Supervisor S. C. Jackson said. KIKM TV tChaimel 3) SATUtOAY ISO Sanla Anita Races 5.00 Reading Out Loud 5 30 Why Teacher? ti:flo Dan Smoot Report 5 15 Industry on Par.ldc 6 3(1 Price is Right 7:00 Tali Hunter Show 7:30 Perry Mason H:30 Checkmate 0:30 Show of the Month 11:00 News & Weather Brecikfasf Canceled By Granfs Pass PTSA Grants Pass - The Grants Pass high school PTSA has announced that, due to diffi culties encountered in arrang ing the breakfast scheduled for Sunday, Feb. in, the breakfast will not be held as originally planned. A fund-raising dinner for the evening of March 10, prior to the talent show being planned by the senior class of the scliool, is being planned tentatively and will be ex plained at a later date, ac cording to high school ways and means chairmen, Mrs. Kenneth Suhr and Mrs. Hazel Govrcau. KV1P-TV (Channel 7) FRIDAY 5:00 Death Volley Day! 5:30 Hin Tin Tin f,:00 NYwsbeat Northstata (1:15 N11C News 6:30 Shotgun Slado 7:00 Pony Express 7:30 The American 8:30 Fltntstones 11:0077 Sunset Strip 10:00 Detectives 10:30 Law & Mr. Jones 11:00 11th Hour News 12 45 Late News and Sign Off SATURDAY 1:00 Why Teacher 1:30 Film Fare 2:00 NCAA Basketball 4 :00 Robinhood 4:30 Enforcers 4:45 Film Fare 5:00 Disc Date (5 -AO Lawrence Welk 7:00 Fight or Week 7:45 Make That Spare 8:00 Interpol Calling 8:30 Tall Man 9 :00 Untouchables 10:00 Roaring Twenties 11:00 Stage 7 12-45 Late News und Si:;n Oft Murphy - A donkey basket ball game sponsored by the) Grants Pass FFA will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Murphy school. to things in which they were really interested. Committee Elected At the business meeting conducted by Mrs. John White, president, election of a nominating committee took place. Mrs. George Bretz was named chairman .of the com mittee '. consisting of Mrs. Clarence Rosa and Mrs. Ei leen Mallery. They were in structed to return a slate of proposed officers at the next meeting. Ways and means chairman Mrs. Rosa an nounced that the Mexican dinner held recently at the school had been a financial success. It was decided that the unit would serve refreshments of home-made pie and coffee at the donkey basketball game to be played at the Murphy school Saturday evening, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. This game is being sponsored by the Grants Pass chapter of FFA as a fund-raising event for the chapter. In honor of the fact that February is tra ditionally Founders' Day time in the PTA, Mrs. Carl Haynes, program chairman introduced Mrs. Al Fay who read a poem commemorating this event, taken from the EP Planning Commission Commends City Council According to a letter, and clipping received by relatives here from Kansas City, Bill Bishop, a former local resi dent, narrowly missed being suffocated in a 10-foot sewer line excavation, while inspect ing joints in a sewer ditch. It was only by the speedy action of a helper who drove a ma chine to the slipping bank and held it with the blade that Bishop's life was saved. Christian Sin To Be Subject of Sermon Gold Hill - "The Christian's Greatest Sin" will be the ser mon topic by Miss Jean Cun ningham, minister ot tne uoia Hill Christian church, Sunday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. The Bible studv and prayer meeting will he held Wednesday. Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. The minister will lead the lesson. A study on Christian church missions in Africa will be pre sented by Mrs. Leonard An drews during the missionary study of the Golden Circle Women's group on Friday, Feb. 24 at the Andrews home. Eagle Point - The Eagle Point City Planning commis sion made several recommen dations to the city council and elected a new chairman at their meeting last night. Johnny Johnson resigned as chairman of the commission effective Feb. 17. Johnson gave personal reasons for his decision. He will remain on the commission. Larry Davis was elected to fill the vacancy. A letter is being sent to the city council commending their stand on the Medco Logging road. The council went on rec ord at their last meeting as being in favor of the railroad over the log road. A recommendation that walk ways be designated along B and C sts. was also ! made. Particular emphasis was placed on C st. since it will be used as a highway to Lake of the Woods. A recommendation w a s made that the city council accept the Lions club offer to furnish street signs for the city and express appreciation to them for their civic help. Zoning problems in the area were discussed. Action was deferred until ordinances of similar towns could be studied for use in formulating a com plete set of zoning ordinances for Eagle Point. Annexation of some areas adjacent to the city was discussed- Further study was recommended. The planning commission Is asking the Garden club to make recommendations for placement of trees offered to the city by C. C. Hoover in behalf of the Eagle Point Grange. The commission set the third Thursday of each month as their meetingdate. They will meet at the city hall and anyone having a problem to discuss is, welcome to meet with the group. 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The idea is to seed a new crop of trees each year td replace the old growth timber we harvest. In the meantime, we must make the old-growth Last until the new crops begin to reach harvestable age. When the first new crop is about 80 years old, it can be harvested ... and there'll be another crop ready every year after that. Sure, the trees . won't be as big as today's giants, but there'll be more per acre. That's sustained yield ... a constant, fairly even flow of logs year after year, forever. It's the kind of forestry that will keep mills running steadily and pay checks and employment stable. This is good for forest industry communities ... in fact, for the whole Pacific Northwest Weyerhaeuser Company
