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10 A- SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1961 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo FlDDLECASE, CENTS' SHOE SALESMAN, RANTS ON AND ONABOUT LENGTH AND WIDTHAND ABOVE ALL, COMFORT- Oh.VEAH? BUT THE WAV HE TIES THOSE LACES.' BROTHER, IS THERE-ANY I X WHOEVER SOLO VOU X TxY THIS SHOE SHOULD BE lBll,IISU" LsALrrVr.,. r HORSEWHIPPED. MUCH TOO oapHtTWblXf 'WWxJr' SMALL-MUCH TOO Tl&HT.' VOUR I TU& TUG J -- HEALTH DEPENDS UPON THE rf?? JVilEZu -5LLf5S O CIRCULATION OP THE BLOOD J JUST"US"?Hv,,oK l JW- I IN VOUR FEET.'.' NOW LET OVER TO THE MIRROR l V"9 VI , ME SHOW VOU REAL V AND (PUFF- PUFF) 0 CHINESH GTS " 3-25 MM f""8" ei..Cu.ta. jack5oh.cmT 1 M v,i"u tlg)'u rm,t . . ' " . i Welfare Work Program in Area Said Success; To Continue Plan By GREG NOKES Mail Tribune Slaff Writer Jackson county's welfare work program has passed the experimental stages with fly ing colors, and seems destined to play an important role in the county's welfare program . from now on. This is the opinion of a re porter who talked Friday with County Judge Earl Mil ler and County Welfare Ad ministrator James Pullman. Both men agreed that the pro gram has been a success, and that it should be continued as long as the need for It exists. Jackson county is one of 16 Oregon counties to adopt the work program since Polk county first started It in Sep tember, 1959. Outside of Oregon, only Salt Lake City, Utah, and Sis kiyou county, Calif., have similar programs. And Siski you county only recently started the program after looking northward and seeing the success with which it has been met here. Looking to Experience Jackson county entered the program In October of last year, after Polk county'i In itial experiment received the approval and encouragement of both Gov. Mark Hatfield and the state public . welfare commission. The work program l a co operative effort of the county and the welfare commission. The commission supplies the workers and give them their assistance checks, .and the county assigns the men to work projects and provides transportation, Insurance and supervision. Averages IS Per Day The size of a welfare work crew lias averaged shout 16 men a day. Since the pro gram's start, approximately 1,500 work days have been assiened to welfare recipients. The kind of work done by the welfare crew ranges from cleaning up the Jacksonville cemetery, to cutting firewood at Howard Prairie lake; and from clearing weeds and de bris from county roadsides, to removing snags and stumps at Savage Rapids dam. The essence of Ihe program Is that Instead of slmnly re eclving a welfare check once a week, the welfare recipient. If able, will work for that check. Welfare A d m I n I s t r alor Pullman listed the objectives of the program: Provides Opportunity "It provides an opportunity for men to work for the assist ance they're given. "It provides an opportunity for us to eliminate those men who refuse to work. "It provides an opportunity to do something useful for the community for the money that's distributed. "It provides an opportunity to temporarily find work for men who find It very hard to compete In the labor market. "And It eliminates some chlselcrs." Accomplishes Objectivei Pullman said the program Is accomplishing all of these ob jcctlves. Welfare laborers receive - Just what they're entitled to under general welfare assist ance, which usually amounts to $1 an hour. The laborrr must, of course, first qualify for welfare assistance. Pullman said one example of the success of the program li the "great turnover" among laborers on the welfare crew. Most of them soon find other jobs, he said, and added that only two men have been on the work crew continuously since its start In October. Pullman feels that most of the men appreciate the chance to work for the money they receive. It Is a lot less like charity, he said, since they are earning what they get. The welfare administrator said all reports indicate that the welfare laborers work ,5 ' "exceptionally well," every thing considered. Judge Miller pointed out that the prime object of the county's participation in the program is not to create em ployment, but to assist and work cooperatively with the welfare agency in order to re duce welfare costs and to do something beneficial for the county at the same time. Miller indicated that when there is no longer any need for the program, it will be slopped. In a recent broadcast, a na tionwide radio commentator noted Oregon's welfare work program and likened it to the Works Progress Administra tion (WPA) of depression-days fame. Asked about this, Pullman said the two programs are en tirely different. The WPA, he said, provided jobs for unem ployed people, where the wel fare work program gives men a chance to work for welfare assistance that would be given them anyway. Jackson County Has Lower Cancer Death Rate Than Country New York - Prospects for a reduction In the heavy toll taken by cancer each year In Jackson county are seen in the encouraging reports com ing from the research laboratories. The outlook for cancer pa tients who receive early and adequate treatment Is better than it has been at any time and is improving steadily. Even now, although the re searchers have not yet attain ed the major breakthrough they have been seeking, it has become possible to save half of all cancer victims, slates the American Cancer Society. Attracts Special Attention The subject is attracting special attention at this time because of the approach of April, designated Cancer Con trol Month. Jackson county has been experiencing a somewhat low er rale of mortality from the disease than have most areas of the United States. This is shown In the latest comparable figures, covering the entire country, released by the U. S. public health service for the year ending Jan. 1, 1959. It attributes a total of 72 deaths of Jackson county res idents In the year to cancer and other malignant growths. Not included are deaths in Jackson county of non-resi dents. It represents a rale of 100 cancer deaths per 100,000 pop ulation in Jackson county, a lower rale than was reported for the United Stales as a whole, 148 per 100,000. The local figure was also under the Pacific states rate of 139 per 100,000. Although cancer holds its position as the nation's nunv ber two affliction, topped only by heart disease, it is showing a gradually improving cure rate, due partly to earlier and better diagnosis. A still better result would be obtained, say the authori ties, to the extent of an addi tional 85,000 lives saved a year in the United States, if people would take advantage of what science has to offer. They mean annual physical checkups for people over 35. The form of the ailment most discussed in the last few years Is lung cancer, which is now the leading cause of cancer death among men. In Jackson county, in the year covered by the report, 16.6 per cent of the cancer mortality was due to lung cancer, compared to 13.9 per cent nationally. WHOLESALE HUB New York - About 60 per cent of the natlbn's wholesale trade is handled in New York state, especially dry goods, clothing and furnishings, jewelry and some other mer chandising lines. VH- VP AUTOMATIC IMPULSE STARTING! A. V 1 "" M w,ninR yur watch I I V SAFEST ROTARY MOWER! Completely 1 & i enclosed cutting clumber, downward IVW ' f Vl discharge, toe guards front and fear. 1 C FINGERTIP CONTROLS! 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