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TRANSPORTATION 'CRISIS' CONTINUED-I
This nation's transportation system is in a state of crisis
because of a chotic patchwork of inconsistent legislation and
obsolete restraints on free competition among the different
types of freight carriers. David I. Mackie, chairman of the
Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference, charged in an inter
view in this column a while ago. A solution is "greater
reliance on the forces of competition and less reliance on
the restraints of regulation," President Kennedy told Con
gress in 1962 and again this spring. Specifically what the
. railroads want is removal of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission's minimum rate regulation on bulk commodities and
agricultural products shipped by rail (these are largely car
ried without regulation by barges and trucks).
' Immediately after my interview with Mackie appeared,
the roads' irate competitors barges and trucks demanded
"rr.ual time" to give their side on this vital and controversial
subject. Here, therefore, is the view of the barges, as present
ed by Jacob W. Hershey, president of the Inland Waterways
Common Carries Assn.
Porter: Do you agree we have a transportation crisis?
Harihey: There is no crisis from the standpoint of re
quiring panic legislation. However, from the standpoint of
the railroads operating with less than 2 per cent profit on
their investment and in some cases with hardly more than
2 per cent on their operating revenues, the problem is
critical. Why shouldn't transportation have the same level
of profit and the same pricing policies as industry generally?
Until they do, railroads will have government-guaranteed
loans, maybe government takeovers and deterioration of
service.
Portart What's the source of today's railroad problem?
Harihay: The source is that when railroads were a mo
nopoly it was decided rightly or wrongly, that they should
move agricultural, bulk and food products at less than cost
and move high value manufactured products above cost. This
is the "value of service" theory of rate making. But then
came trucks, offering great service, and they picked up
much of the high rate traffic. Then came barges, which
when hitched together in modern tows can move as much
steel pipe as 200 railroad cars and at a fraction of the rail
roads' cost.
The truth is the monopolistic structure is at an end, but
we're still acting as if it existed.
Porter: What do you propose to ease the transport
problem?
Harshty: We are in thorough agreement with President
Kennedy about the necessity for removing present inequities.
But the legislation offered last year and again this year has
completely inadequate descriptions of the safeguards against
a possible cut-throat rate war between the S10 billion rail
road industry and the quarter billion dollar water carrier
industry. If all regulation is removed, no one seriously ex
pects the small, low cost water carrier to remain afloat.
We would rather give up our present exemptions and
have all means of transportation regulated equally. This
legisiation has been defeated year after year because of op
position from shippers, who prefer a situation in which there
is a maximum of confused competition.
. Potter: Are American taxpayers currently subsidizing
water carriers, another of Mackie's charges?
Hershey: U.S. Corps of Engineers studies show that many
federal expenditures on waterways go for harbor improve
ment and flood control rattier than navigation. Many more
waterway projects have a multiple purpose. User taxes for
barges have been proposed for years but communities have
fought against the taxes because of the general public bene
fit which barges have brought through reduced electric
' utility rates, low cost grain shipments to livestock producers
and the like.
While railroad shipping rates have increased from 50 to
110 per cent since World War II, the inland barge lines
actually have reduced their revenues slightly per ton mile.
Barge transportation has played a key role in keeping down
prices of basic commodities and in helping exporters reach
foreign markets in an economical way.
Porter: So you're against Kennedy's transportation rem
edies"? Hihey: This is slapdash legislation.
Next: "Equal time" for the truckers.
Court Records
JUSTICE COURT
Cold Hill Dlitrltl
James Bertlum Hobinjon. viola
tion of basic rule. $25.
Glenn Lee Weill, no vehicle 11-
,eSu!.neS'Aldn Wolte. violation ol
b"j!.Cme."!6e.l.nd Shepherd, vlo
lauon ot bailc rule. $20
Ray John Sweeney, violation o
"'Clyde" Jo'ph Truuell. violation
of basic rule. 110.
Robert Bruce Fosbers. violation
"'eVrU "a' Chandlre, disobeyed
'toJohnWll"'.n Bullette, failure to
flredVeR0h.'n'D.mv.ndl. viola-
UovV.' bJ.n rsUu.emto- no vehlc.e
UCwmiam5' Victor Kidson, truck
,PArnold C.rl Thompson, truck
,PBertnfionald Wilson, violation ot
taWUm "rtoyd Charley, violation
of basic rule, $23.
Gerald Garth Johnson, violation
of basic rule. $15. ....
Obeyed stop sign. $10.
Eugene Burke, truck specdlns
"Raymond Otto Schumacher, vio
lation of basic rule. $10.
Robert Clifton Brown, no opera-
E-rKi Wampler. d
obeyed stop sign. $10.
Everett Thomas Lawless, no
"Robert E.rl Neet. failur. to dis- ;
play PUC permit, $100.
MEDFORD MUNICIPAL COURT
David Earnest Clurg Jr.. defec
tive equipment. $10 upended.
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Industrial Group
Reelects Officers i
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Grants Pass-Officers of In- j
dustrial Development, Inc.,
were reelected at the group's I
annual meeting here recently
with about 65 per cent of the ;
itockholders represented. i
Officers are Len Grover,
president; Jack Brownell,
vice president; James Basker,
secretary; and Elton Dunken,
treasurer.
, Elected board members for
the coming year were Tyler,
Cudd, Earl Hall, Keith Row-;
land, Gene Whittier. Gene j
Brown, AI Lent and W, Stew-;
art Orr. i
Stockholders were unani
mous in approving board ac-;
tlon during the past year and
were encouraged to learn that
several prospects have indi
cated interest in the aira1
pending final decision on
sites and financial arrange-.
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tinunrd Harrv Dunlan. no oocra-
tor's license, 5 suspended.
Whlteman Keegan Tounsend.
violation ol basic rule, $10 sus
pended. William Derrell Williamson, vio
lation of basic rule. $20. .
George Lawrence Johnson, dis
obeyed stop sign, $10.
Ted Ravmond CrHndell. dis
obeyed traffic stcnal S10.
Marvin A. Wilsbacher, violation
of basic rule. S10.
Alethea Dale Furcuson, dis
obeyed traffic signal, $10.
Dan Stanford Whisonant. defec
tive equipment, $10.
Kenneth Martin Fletcher, viola
tion of basic rule. $25.
Charles Meredith McHcnry, vio
lation of basic rule. S2.V
Anna Pearl Sieg. driving wrong
way on one-way street, $10.
Harriet Josephine EitemiHcr,
failure to yield right of way. $10.
Eugene Howard Vincent, viola
tion of basic rule. $10.
James Ralieehey Cratty. viola
tion of basic rule, $15.
Frank Carter Price, defective
equipment, $10 suspended.
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Gem, Mineral Show
Scheduled at Local
Armory on Week End
The Southern Oregon Gem
and Mineral show sponsored
lv Roxy Ann Gem and Min-
! eral club scheduled Saturday
and Sunday in the Medford
Armory will include a display
of nature's crown jewels
which have been publicized
for their rare beauty through
out the nation.
In the collection is a car
ousel of rock, including 752
pieces of agate and 16 pounds
of sterling silver.
Made by Glenn Moreland
of Grants Pass, the carbusel
is described in detail in tne
March Issue of Gems and Min
erals, leading gem and mii
eral hobby magazine.
The frame of tho carousel
is described as an engineering
feat in itself. A year was spent
in designing and building a
mockup in order to determine
the proper proportions. This
was followed by 18 months
of concentrated work to
achieve the final carousel.
Seven Agate Varieties
In the 24 horses there are
seven varieties of agate, five
of petrified wood, four of jas
per, and wonderstone. Eyes
are round cabochons of zebra
agate and black Bruneau jas
per. The saddles and blankets
on the horses are made of jas
pers, bloodstone, petri tied
wood, bog and turtlcback and
Brazilian agate. The stirrups
are sterling silver and the
bridles and reins are made of
leather lacing.
Yreka Teachers
To Attend School
Yreka-Four teachers of the
Yreka Union High school have
received scholarships to at
tend summer school sessions
in their areas of specialty.
Warren Doty has been giv
en a grant under tho National
Science Foundation to study
chemistry at the University of
Montana.
David Korwin will attend
Humboldt State college with
a National Science Founda
tion award in biology.
Gerald Kubli has been
awarded a National Defense
Education Act Fellowship in
counseling and guidance at
the UnivcrsHy of Kentucky.
Dennis Ray has been given
a grant under the National
Science Foundation in the
field of mathematics at Ore
gon State university. '
Other faculty members indi
cating their intention to at
tend summer school are Miss
Ronnie Mae Barnard, John
Ravenscroft, Daniel Soares,
Mrs. Audrey Tyler, Robert
Berg, Mrs. Vivian Wilson.
Robert B u c k n e r, Michael
Grensted, William Kleaver,
Mrs. Estclle Greene and Ralph
Akana.
James Elsea will attend the
annual conference of agricul
ture teachers at California
Polytechnic school and Mrs.
Gloria Loudon will partici
pate in a social science con
ference at Stanford univer
sity. STILL A YOUNGSTER
Augusta, Ga. -lUPli- The
ocal Young Republicans club,
laced with a membership
shortage, Monday said it had
signed its 36th member - for
mer President Dwight D. Ei
senhower, 72. "In this pre
dominantly Democratic area,"
the group explained, "mem
bership is open to anyone up
to 88 years of age."
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Moreland, in reviewing the
construction feat for the maga
zine, revealed the many prob
lems encountered before the
carousel was completed. Sev
eral times he seemed to be go
ing up a blind alley in search
ing for the particular tools and
parts required. Each time,
persistance won out.
Then when Moreland and
friends had the carousel turn
ing, a child picked up a brass
rod and stuck it in the special
ly geared motor and shorted
it out.
Moreland could find no one
willing to tackle a repair job
on the motor. After much run
ning around, he reported, he
found another type of geared
motor and rebuilt the reduc
tion train completely to obtain
the speed of four revolutions
per minute. He now has a
spare motor.
The carousel is supported
by and turns in a front auto
mobile hub and bearing. The
framework is made of brass
rod and will support over 500
pounds without springing out
of shape. The crank rods to
make the horses move up and
down are also made of brass
rod. There are 13 pieces in
each crank rod and they are
silver soldered together.
Two contacts spaced on op
posite sides pick up the elec
tricity for the lights. There
are 104 sixteen -volt bulbs
used for lights and a special
transformer to provide proper
brilliance
The carousel was exhibited
at the Seattle show in Octo
ber. It is scheduled for show
ing in New York City in 1964
and at the '63 Gemboree in
San Jose, Calif., July 12, 13
and 14.
It will be here this weak
end only with many other
dealers and commercial ex
hibits, the viewing of which
is schedule! for 10 a.m. to 10
p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. Sunday.
Blowdown Timber
Being Harvested
Portland - The U.S. forest
service has sold more than 40
per cent of the timber blown
down in the national forests
of Oregon and Washington by
the Columbus Day storm.
Sales to April 1 totalled
484,147,000 board feet involv
ing 533 sales on the forests of
the Pacific Northwest Region.
Approximately 709 million
board feet remains to be sold.
The forest service will sell
the bulk of this volume by
July 1, according to J. Her
bert Stone, regional forester,
Portland.
Actual harvest of the blow
down reached 145,769,000
board feet on April 1, Stone
reported. Salvage logging has
been aided by mild weather
in many areas, and a prepon
derance of small sales in ac
cessible areas has speeded up
the effort to remove the dam
aged timber.
An estimated 1 billion, 192
million board feet of timber
was felled in 17 of the 20 na
tional forests of Oregon and
Washington where the Octo
ber storm struck. The forest
service goal is to remove all
salvable timber from the
woods by May, 1964.
An additional 40 million
board feet of timber was
downed by a storm on March
27, Stone said, but this is little
more than would result from
a "normal" winter storm.
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Ralph Browning has returned from an extended birding
trip covering the perimeter of the United States. The Mc
Camant Bird Society and the Rogue Valley Nature club are
sponsoring a program that will permit the public to hear
Browning lal.i about his trip and to view the colored slides
he took en route.
The program will be given at 7:30 p.m. Thursday eve
ning. May 9, at the Medford High school lecture center.
Everyone is welcome. No admission will be charged.
There was a fine turn-out April 12. when David Marshall
told aoout wildlife in the Northwest and Hawaii. His color i
slides of sandhill cranes, pelicans, owls, ducks and geese
were outstanding. Also of special interest was his trip on
a LST and helicopter to the Hawaiian Islands of Nihoa and I
Laysan. Color slides were shown of the very rare Miller
bird, endemic to Nihoa and the Laysan duck and blue faced
booby which are found on Laysan Island.
My notes show that there were migrant spring birds
in late March and April, although the first three weeks of
April were cold and stormy. On March 24 there was a log
gerhead shrike on the Rogue River rd. On March 25 the
ospreys returned to the nest along the Rogue that has been
used by ospreys for almost 20 years.
A ringbill gull was seen on the game commission pond
March 26. At Hoover lake, Mrs. L. Tompkins saw three
greater ycllowlegs and a horned lark. An early migrant
orange crown warbler was
Between April l and April 23 there were unusually large
flocks of pine siskins, white crown sparrows, and band tail
pigeons sighted at various locations in the valley and foot
hills. Also early in April, F. Sturges reported a Dair of
Townsend solitaires evidently
mils west of Ashland, tach spring someone reports sight
ing a mockingbird. Last yopt a mockingbird stayed near
O. Bendure's home for about three months. This year in
mid April, R. Browning reports seeing a mockingbird near
Phoenix, and hearing its beautiful evening song.
,
Some of the spring nesting species hatched out their
young very early this year. At Klamath Falls, young Can
adian geese were seen on March 9. During the first week
in April, young feathered doves were seen in the nest. On
April 6, W. Cavanaugh and Mrs. L. Thompkins both re
ported young killdeers that had already left the nest.
On April 18, F. Sturges reported hearing the song near
Ashland of a warbling vireo. On April 22 at Hoover Lake,
A. Butler and I saw cinnamon and blue wing teal, white
fronted and Canadian geese, western sandpipers, a dowitchcr,
i minim ana i greater ycllowlegs.
The biggest surprise to me was finding a Townsend's
solitaire at Hoover lake acting almost like a shore bird.
It was working the edges of
for insects and bugs. Normally this bird lives in the moun
tains, canyons and brushy hillsides. It is reputedly our
finest singer; however, they are so scattered in inaccessible
locations that they are rarely heard. -
At Switzerland the following day, there were pine sis
kins, Audubon warblers, a pair of pileated woodpeckers.
and a pair of red crossbills.
the crossbills are nesting in that area.
Mixed flocks of migrating Savanah sparrows and vesper
sparrows were seen along Rogue River dr. on April 25.
In one location where the mixed flock was feeding on new
field growth, I noted a few
finch and a pair of Cassin s
Many times when I am
take slides of them. However,
of these flowers for fear that
of the public will induce their gathering of them. It is.
of course, against the law to
My own feeling is that the
deprive our children and their children from ever having
them to enjoy. A. Butler tells me that formerly the April
flower called red bells (fritiilaria recurva) was profuse
around the valley. Each year they are less abundant, there
fore, this beautiful flower should be conserved or in time
we may lose them from this area.
April and May are excellent months for wild flowers
on the valley floor and around the edges of the valley.
In addition May is probably the best month of the year
to find birds. Migrants arrive throughout the month and
birds are busy establishing nesting locations.
For birding during May I recommend trips to the Hoover
lakes, Grcensprings-Howard lake, Hyatt lake, Mt. Ashland,
Klamath Falls,, the Oregon coast at low tide, and Malheur
Wildlife Refuge. The small yellow green birds with the
cheery songs that you will sec during May are the return
ing migrant warblers.
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BiRDING
By JOSEPH HICKS
seen in Medford on April S.
planning to nest in the foot-
the lake presumably hunting
From their actions, I believe
chipping sparrows, some house
finch.
birding I find wild flowers and
I am hesitant about writing
calling1 them to the attention
pick or dig up wild flowers,
taking of these flowers may
are ROCKETING!
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The Medical
Tht Abui of Beit
Years ago, when I was a
young physician, the rule was
to keen frail or sickly per-
Pr""t3""" sons in bed
f - I for weeks or
"! months. Also,
j persons who
Jf 1 hd been ou-
f Jm t -01 usually kept
I ' -r ' ij I in bed for two
or three weeks
or more, and
.iivarei women who ,
had been confined were kept
in bed for perhaps two weeks.
Then it was discovered that i
an uncomfortably large num-1
ber of the people who were
kept in bed - especially after
an operation or a confinement
- developed a phlebitis (in
flammation of the big vein in
a thigh and leg) and if they
survived, they had to wear i
an elastic stocking or bandage
for the rest of their days.
A few who got a phlebitis
died suddenly because some
of the blood clot in the vein
washed off and went up !
through the heart to plug up I
a big artery in the lung. j
Fortunately, some 20 years i
ago a few drugs were found
which tend to prevent this
clotting of the blood in the
veins after an operation.
These drugs have helped
much. But, along the way,
many physicians and sur
geons decided to see what
could be done by getting their
pationts out of bed quickly.
For instance, after my big
operation 3 years ago, I was
up and walking around on
the third or fourth day. Sis
ter Kenny did much to get
children with polio out of bed
and moving around the ward.
Activity Preferred
When I was a young man,
the Weir Mitchell "Rest
Cure" was often prescribed
for women with a "nervous
breakdown." Today, I think
most psychiatrists would pre
fer to have such a woman sit
ting out in the garden or play
ing tennis.
A good article on this sub-1
ject is by Dr. Sedgwick Mead
of Vallejo, Calif., who speaks
of "The Abuse of Rest," Dr.
Mead thinks that the .old ten
dency of physicians to order
must ailing people to bed was
a fart ojlili'li fnrlitnntnlv ie
I now on Its way out. Obvious
ly, ii is oi course unavqioaoie
in the cases of m&ny serious
diseases; but we now know
how much harm bed rest can
do to some people who do not
need it; it interferes with the
circulation of the blood, and
changes for the worse the
chemistry of the body.
As Dr. Mead said, when In
1938 ha was a medical stu
dent, a woman was supposed
to stay in bed for 18 days aft
er a confinement. Today, as
he says, she may be sent home
in three days. And, perhaps as
a result of this, her chances
is
of
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TUESDAY. MAY 7.
Roundup
Emeritus Consultant In Medicine
Viyo clinic
Emeritus Pt oft nor or Medicine
Mayo Clinic
(Register and Trlbuns Syndicate,
1963)
of getting a milk leg (phle
bitis) are small.
Today, when a man gets a
heart attack, many doctors
will order him to stay abed
for weeks; but a distinguished
heart specialist may say. "Get
him up and into a chair, or
even let him move around in
his room."
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15-Year-OId Is
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A 15-year-old Rogue River
boy charged with assault and
rape of an 18-year-old girl
near Rogue River April 27
was committed to MacLaren
School for Boys in Juvcnlla
court Friday.
The boy at one time threat,
ened the girl with a knife and
hit her on the head with a
rock near Savage creek. She
had been riding her horsa
through the woods.
A 14-year-old boy Friday in
juvenile court was released
on probation for attempted
rape, according to juvenile
authorities.
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