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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1963)
Medford Ranked High As Retail Market On the basis of its economic strength, as exhibited in the past year, Medford is ranked high as a retail market. Personal income and per family spending proved to be at a higher level locally than in most sections of the United State. The city's market standing, relative to that of other com munities, is indicated in a new, copyrighted "Survey o Buying Power," released by Sales Management. It shows that business activ ity reached new heights in the year, with local stores chalk ing up sales totaling $75,079, 000, topping the previous year's $69,555,000. Amount Was Greater The amount was much greater than might have been anticipated on the basis of population alone. From that itandpoint, retail business lo cally should have produced only .0138 per cent of the na tional volume. Instead, how ever, it accounted for .0319 per cent. The advance was not limit- ed to any particular retail lines, although the automobile business was a star performer. People spent more money for soft goods, such as food and clothing, as well as for dura ble goods, like air condition ers, household appliances and refrigerators. The gains were achieved despite warnings of a proba ble business slump and despite the stock market break in the Spring. To these the public paid little heed. Their confidence was high and they displayed it in the way they spent their cash. Better incomes was the rea son. They made possible the large-scale spending. Met Earnings Locally The survey shows that net earnings locally, after deduct ing personal taxes, came to $55,392,000, an increase over the prior year's 552,862,000. It was equal to $6,295 per household, an arithmetical av erage obtained by dividing the local income by the number of households. The relative standing of one I and business vitality is shown community to another, with through an "index of sales respect to purchasing ability j production," which considers population, income and spend-I rating of 231, which is 131 per ing. I cent higher than the national Medford is given an index average. , Medford Tribune SECTION D MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 4. 1983 PAGES 1 to S PET TALK By M. I. L. OUR NATIONAL EMBLEM The bald eagle, symbol of democracy, is vanishing. The census, thus far, taken by 1,100 volunteers under the di rection of the National Audu bon Society indicates that there are about 4,000 bald eagles in the United States, excluding Alaska. On nesting success, the most alarming find that only one out of ten attempts by bald eagles to rear young on the Atlantic Coast appeared to be successful in 1962. Observa tions in South Florida, where conditions are at their best, indicate the rate of nesting success should be close to 60 per cent instead of 10 per cent. Under mandate from Con gress, a project has been un der way at the Federal Wild life Research Centers in Mary land and in Alaska lo deter mine the effect of DDT on birds, and specifically the bald eagle. The poison spray has been applied in great quanti ties for mosquito control in the coastal areas which eagles in habit and has been found still effective ten years after it has been- sprayed. DDT occurs widely in fish and eagles feed largely on dead fish, so eagles potentially have access to DDT. Also, it has been definitely determined that sub-1 e t h a 1 doses of DDT reduce the ca pacity of pheasants and quail to reproduce, but still the re search goes on with captive eagles tied to a pole with their eyelids closed by sutures and fed varying amounts of DDT with their food in the name of science. In the meantime, the bald eagle, our national emblem or more than a century and a half, is fast fading along with other wildlife because of the wide use of pesticides, forest clearing, wanton shoot ing and forced poisoning for experimental purposes. In-, sects have been building up a tolerance to most pesticides , which is passed on from one generation to another. Most animals have a low tolerance to poisoning effects of pesti cides, and in the case of birds a zero tolerance. Many pet animals may be unwittingly poisoned through the use of weed and garden iprays. Dogs and cats fre quently eat grass on which the sprays have fallen, and the cat's habit of washing its feet may also lead to serious poisoning. After weed k i 1 1 e ? s have been used water thoroughly with a hose before pets arc allowed to walon the treat ed area. HUSBAND DETAINED Portland - HTD - Susannah Hale, 31, was killed here Thursday night and police were holding her husband for questioning. 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