Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1963)
6 B - VIEWED PRACTICE ASSAULT U.S. Senator Maurine Neuberger chats with Army and Navy personnel atop am phibious landing vehicle off Camp Rilea, Ore., Monday. Senator Neuberger viewed practice assault staged by 4B8th Feathered Dynamite Held In Eight-Foot Eagle's Nest It was a long, hard climb up the tall pine tree. We were out of breath when we finally pulled ourselves up over the edge of the bald eagle's nest and grabbed a dead tree stump that extended a few feet above the huge pile of ticks that was the nest. We looked down. The ground was a long way off. Then we began the examina tion of the surface on which we were perched. It was a strange and sur prising sight. The nest had been there for several years nd had been added to and enlarged every year by the addition of more sticks, until now It was nearly eight feet across the top and probably that much in thickness. It seemed that the pile of old sticks was about all the tree could support. We were glad we had se lected a time when the nest was dry, for an increase in weight, after a rain, would have added to our weight and would have been too much. For the past several years the eagles had raised one or two eaglets every other year on this old platform, and this year was no exception. On the nest was an unusal assort ment of articles brought home by the big birds, including golf balls, an electric light bulb, a silver spoon, and a half dozen fishing lures that some human fisherman had lost. All this wp- mixed in with various sized bones and fish skeletons. Most of these articles are common and caused no sur prise, but in this nest there was a sour note. The baby eagle, partly feathered out, op ened his beak and glared an grily at us. At least he was an accepted part of the nest, but there, about four feet from him and near the outer edge of the nest, was a pair of "squatters." In fact they were intruders two baby great-horned owls. They, like the baby eagle, forgot for a moment their resentment for one another, if any existed, and faced us the new enemy. NOTICE! The Following Firms Will Be CLOSED SATURDAY So Their Employees May Enjoy a 3-Day Holiday! 0 Medford Plate Glass & Mirror Co. Padgham Glass Company 0 Selby Glass Company Farrell's Glass Service WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28. 1963 Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Regliter and Tribune Syndicate. .9J) Here were two families, or at least the children of two different parents, occupying the one nest and separated by only a few feet. It was obvious the children didn't get along very well, for even as we watched they glared at one another when they weren't staring at us. We could see, too, where scraps of food had been taken away from one side or the other. The owls helped themselves when the eagle looked the other way. It couldn't have been a more ridiculous situation. It was silly, not because the main actors In the drama were so dissimilar, but be cause the possibilities seemed to be so loaded with feather ed dynamite. It waa like a time bomb ready to explode. The original homesteaders, the eagles who had built this platform, were sheltering a family of squatters. No Body Contact The situation must have ex isted for some time, but an- parently there had never been an actual bodily contact be tween the owners and the in truders. There had been no crowding or pushing, other wise one side or the other would have been disloged. Each family remained in its own corner. Mrs. Eagle must have wondered where In the world Mrs. Owl went every nlgiu. Probably thought she was out gallivanting around. We left the two sets of youngsters there, glaring at one another, for neither un derstood the other any more than we did. Maybe squatters have their rights as well as their troubles. Creswef Firm Is Awarded Contract Washlngton-WPll-The Bonne ville Power Administration has awarded a $48,900 con tract to Spragucs, Inc., of Creswell, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Orc.) announced Tuesday. The contract was for clearing of right-of-wny In Hood Rivci and Clackamas counties fur the Parkdalc section for transmission lines from tile John Day Dam. AUGUST Engineer amphibious support command as part of Opera tion Cascade Columbia I. Members of regular Army, Army reserve and Navy took part in the exercise. (UPI) 442 New State Laws Scheduled to Go Into Effect Salem (UPB At 12:01 a.m. Monday 442 new state laws will go into effect in Oregon. One the 1963 legisla ture's $60 million tax hike measure has been referred to a special election Oct. 15. Another 202 carried either the emergency clause or a specific effective date. The emergency clause measures went into effect as soon as they were signed by Gov. Mark Hatfield. Most of these were appro priation measures which al lotcd money for operation of state agencies and depart ments for the 1963-65 bien- nium. Depatrment budgets became effective on July 1, the first day of the bienmum. A total of 1,413 bills were introduced during the 141 day 1963 session. Of these, 654 were approved by both houses and sent to the gov ernor for signature. Hatfield vetoed nine, and allowed 25 to become law without his signature. In addition to the 645 bills that were passed by the leg islature and allowed to be come law by the governor, lawmakers approved three proposed constitutional changes, and 67 other meas ures such as resolutions and memorials. The flow of bills into the legislative hopper rose stead Eagle Point Schools Will Open Eagle Point All schools in the. Eagle Point district will open Sept. 9 for a full day of school, Glenn D. Hale, super intendent of Eagle Point Pub lic schools has announced. Schools in the district in clude Elk-Trail, Shady Cove, Eagle Point primary school, Eagle Point grade school, and Eagle Point High school. Buses will operate on regu lar schedules, and all cafeter ias will serve food. Parents who have children entering first grade this fall are asked to register them be tween 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Fri duy, Sept. 6, at the primary school. A physical examina tion and denial check are re 31 Monday ily in the early part of the session from 150 the first week to the high of 235 the sixth week. Flow Dipped During the remaining 14 weeks of the session the flow dipped sharply, and only one measure each was introduced In the 19th and 20th weeks. i n e legislature s major measure, the tax Increase bill, was the center of atten tion and heated controversy, and finally emerged as a compromise which Hatfield would not sign. . Public opposition was cli maxed with circulation of re ferral petitions, which re sulted in the call for the spe cial election. The big measure which did not survive the legislature was a proposed new state constitution. It won house approval, but died In the senate. Oregonians will vote next year on a proposal to remove the death penalty from the state's constitution. Among the more significant laws was a new subdivision regulation measure designed to curb fraudulent and mis leading land promotion schemes. Other measures approved ran the gamut from new laws to revisions of technical working in present statutes. Sept. 9 quired prior to registration The forms may be obtained at the primary school office. Verification of age in the form of birth certificates should be presented when reg istering children. Elk-Trail and Shady Cove first grade students will register on the first day of school Sept. 9. All high school students new to the district are to pre rrgistcr in the high school of fice Sept. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m., or 7 to 9 p.m., and Sept. 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. High school students who plan to work in the fruit af ter Sept. 9 should contact the high school principal, Hale pointed out. MZDrOMD MAIL TIIBTTME, MIDrORD. OREGON Portland Consumer Prices Set New High Portland - (UPB - Consumer prices in Portland rose to an all-time high in July, accord ing to U.S. Department of La bor's Bureau of Labor Sta tistics. Food costs were the most important factor in the ad vance, rising 1.2 per cent. Housing costs were up 0.8 per cent and medical care, and other goods and services also increased. Transportation, apparel prices, and reading and rec reation costs dropped, the bureau said. Eartha Kitt Sues Husband for Divorce Santa Mnnira. Palif nrpn Divorce action was under way today between singer Eartha Kitt anri rpal estatn investor William O. MeDnn. aid. The Nearo singer eharrprl mental crueltv . in the suit filed Tuesday aeainst her hus band, a Caucasian. They were married June 1, 1960, and have a 21-month-old daugh ter, Kitt. Get a New Refrigerator-Freezer That's ENTIRELY FROST-FREE! YOU'LL NEVER NEED TO DEFROST AGAIN ! It's true! New frost-free electric Refrigerator Freezers simply do not form frost! There are no ice-jammed freezing compartments ... no stuck-tight ice trays . . . and best of all, no messy defrosting, ever again! You gain more food storage space ... no frost build-up on freezer walls to rob you of usable room. Your refrigerator-freezer will function more efficiently, too, in a frostless atmosphere which allows freer air circulation. Confused With Ethiopia West Ponders Danger of Possible Euphoria If By DICK WEST United Pfest International Washington 0IPH During recent Senate hearings on the test ban treaty, a couple of witnesses cautioned was some danger it might lead to "euphoria." At first, that part of the testimony did not make West much of an impression on me. That was because I had euphoria con fused with Ethiopia. I thought the witnesses were warning that Ethiopia micht start nuclear testing. Which didn't seem very like ly because Ethiopia had al ready signed the treaty. Besides that, I wasn't aware that Ethiopia had any nuclear weapons to test. Upon reconsideration, I concluded that euphoria must "T-TV.l li V rffev Pacific Power & Light Company Test Treaty be some kind of atmoepherie condition; that when you tested you got fallout, and when you didn't test you got euphoria. Curious to know whether euphoria was as harmful as fallout, I consulted a diction ary and learned that the word means "a feeling of well-being." That confirmed my worst fears. Since then I have been keeping a close watch to see if I could detect any signs of creeping euphoria. My vigi lance may have hit pay dirt. Assuming that I can recog nize euphoria when I see it, then Vi'-e President Lyndon B. Johnson scattered some of it around in a speech before an AFL-CIO convention at Houston, Tex., Monday. "I feel good today," John son said. "Our nation was never stronger. Our economy was never healthier. I am j here in my home state. My 1 friends are in this room. It j rained last night in the hill I Signed country. And tomorrow'- my i birthday. Its Full Effect If Johnson has that much euphoria even before the treaty is ratified by the Sen ate, I shudder to think how well he will feel when it is in full effect. Clearly, some sort of coun ter measures are called for before euphoria begins to run rampant. Let it never be said that I'm not doing my part located Advantageously Near the final resting place in Mt'n View Ceme tery. Eliminates proces sions thru congested streets. M. Litwiller Off-street Economy Ambulance Service, Non-Emergency for Medford! CALL LITWILLER 1811 Ashland St 482-2816 FUNERAL Secret for of Accumulated Nii to step the tide. I feel lousy. Also apprehensive. The lace bugs are ruining my azaleas. Over the week end my son, who is home from college, banged up the car. It hardly rained here at all this summer. Then came a flood and washed away near ly everything that wasn't killed by the drouth. The rest undoubtedly will succumb to an early frost. There is blight on the to mato plants and mildew in the basement. The furnace needs fixing before cold weather comes. I think the house has termites. In short, the way it looks now I will be able to stave off euphoria indefinitely. .V''r'j parking. Mrs. Litwiller HOME Ashland Prevention Frost LOOK FOR THIS TAG on the new frost free refrigerator-freezers at your appliance dealer's today! "mm. j.uMinA11 "
