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SUNDAY, APRIL 29. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
State Constitution Amendment Tough Under Proposals
Salem -IUPH- The Oregon
Constitutional Revision Com
mission lias voted 10-4 to
make it tougher to amend the
state constitution, and get a
law passed b" the legislature
referred by petition to the
ballot.
After a long discussion, the
commission tpproved the mo
tion of Mrs. Esther Lewis.
formula fjr figuring out the
number of signatures required
on initiative and referral pe
titions. At present, the number of
signatures required is a cer
tain percentage of the total
vote cast for State Supreme
Court justice. If more than
one justice race is on the
ballot, the highest number of
Portland, that sets up i new yes and no votes in one race
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Register and Tribuni
Syndicate 19621
Pitch Prttty Important
To Piont.r Woodim.n
Years ago the man, alone in
the woods, injured by an ax
or a gun, had to treat himself,
or be treated by someone who
know little more about it than
did he. So remedies had to be
secured from the woods and
fields. Serious injuries had to
be doctored quickly or the
victim bled to death, or died
later from infection.
But either by accident or
application most of the pio
neers, as well as the early In
dians, found that the pitch
from fir, balsam or pine trees
seemed to be helpful; the
pitch from some trees was
more beneficial than others.
In the more serious wounds,
the pitch from the fir trees
was frequenty used.
Houtawif Too
The pioneer housewife, also
dependent on what remedies
she could gather from the for
ests, knew the value of pitch.
She, or some member of her
family, gathered the globules
of gummy material and stored
it for future use.
Many years after the pio
neers, the small boy found a
use for the pitch of fir, bal
sam and spruce trees. He gath
ered the blisters, popped them
into his mouth and chewed
them like gum. The pitch had
a strong, piny taste and was
gummy enough to tire small
jaws in only a few moments
of chewing.
Some of the yougsters, fa
miliar to woodland ways,
even used a pilch-blister for
an application on a stubbed
toe. It was sticky enough to
adhere and was impervious to
water.
The pitch the woodsman
gathered from the nearest fir
tree to seal or to sterilize a
wound was in reality a result j
of a minor Injury to the tree i
itself. Actually the tree bled
a little. !
As the sap oozed from the ,
tree-body it solidified on con
tact with the air, forming a I
blister or a trauslucent bub-;
ble. From the "bleeding" tree, j
the material had a tendency I
to stop the bleeding in an
animal body.
Gummy and Sticky j
The pitch-blister, In the'
form of a globule, was usual-
ly of a dark yellowish color, i
gummy and very sticky. The!
Student Council j
Acts on Agenda
During SGD Here
The Medford student city
council met Thursday in the
council chambers In city hall ;
and acted on a one-page agen-;
da of items connected with
city government.
The meeting was presided
fiver by student Mayor Doug
Robertson, and all eight stu
dent councilmcn were pres
ent. Among other Items on the
agenda, the council voted to
reverse a planning recommen-,
daliun and granted a variance
to Siskiyou Memorial park to
allow the construction of an
illuminated sign at the en
trance to the park.
A proposal by the student
administration to establish a
department of planning In
city hall received the nearly
unanimous endorsement of Ihe
group.
Vole Down Proposal
After voting down a pro
posed air pollution rnntrol or
dinance, the council ordered
the installation of a number
of traffic signs at various in
tersections in the city
The meeting was concluded '
with a discussion of ways and
means by which new industry
might be attracted to Med
ford. Council members Included
Bill Dames and Kathle Fitz
patrick. Ward I; Jim Burke
and Wally Huffman. Ward 2:
Dhvc Elmgrcn and Bruce Nie
dermeyer. Ward 3, and Paul
Bauer and DrEtla Lawson,
Ward 4.
Carl Washburn served as
city manager, Darelyn Huson ;
ns recorder-treasurer, and Pat
Meeker as city attorney at
the meeting.
globule looked very much like
a gob of plastic looks today.
The blister was squeezed to
break the outer, slightly hard
ened skin that formed when
the pitch dried, the softer,
gummy material spread over
the wound, and like turpen
tine which, of course, it is in
its crudest form, tended to
prevent Infection, and was ex
pected to seal the wound and
stop the bleeding.
There are many folks, even
in this day of the miracle
drugs, who use refined tur
pentine in the treatment of
wounds of a minor nature.
The use of pitch is, of
course, in disuse today but at
one time it served a purpose.
Even if It lacked the curative
qualities of modern drugs, the
pitch did seal off the wound
from outside contamination
At least that was "the pitch."
are chosen, and the total and
percentages pertain to the
number of signatures needed
on petitions at the next elec
tion. Present Situation Explained
As it works under the pres
ent constitution, the whole
vote cast for justice in No
vember. 19B0, was 530.367.
Since 10 per cent of that is
taken. S3.037 signatures are
needed this year on a petition
to put a constitutional amend
ment on the November, 1962
ballot. Lesser signature totals
are needed to get laws re
ferred and measures dealing
with non constitutional ma
terial on the ballot.
The reason the commission
wants to require more signa
tures to get a measure on the
ballot is that often a special
interest group faced with a
hostile legislature gets a pe
tition, rounds up the signa
tures from voters, and gets
its pet project on the ballot
and sometimes in the consti
tution. At a previous meeting the
commission voted to change
the base for computing signa
tures needed from the vote
for justice to the vote for gov
ernor. This is because the total
voles cast for governor is al
ways higher thi.n that for justice.
P.rc.ntag. Sat
The motion, made by Mrs.
Lewis, augmented the earlier
plan, setting percentages of
8, 6 and 4 of the total vote
for governor. The 8 per cent
pertains to petitions for con
stitutional amendments.
The commission is making
the proposal because it wants
They'll Do It Every Time
- By Jimmy Hatlo
new state constitution to be
basic but lean, not larded up
with items it says belong in
the statutes.
Commissioners arguing
against the change said that
hiking the number of signa-
ituros wouldn't faze special in
terest groups with money, but
it would hindi.- unorganized
citizens trying to get some
thing on the ballot.
The signatures action was
the first the commission took
as it waded through a 39 page
agenda covering 37 proposed
changes. The 1983 legislature
will have to okay all recom
mendations, and so will the
voters in 1964.
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