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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1948)
S outhern Oregon News Review. T hursday, A pril 8, 1948 Leading Freight Item Bituminous coal ranks first In cant loadings and tonnage of any freight commodity handled by railroads of the United States. Approxim ately one-eighth of the freight revenues of American railroads Is derived front bituminous coal traffic. IN THESE UNITED STATES Revival of County Fairs Features Harvest Time New Device Controls 'Cancer' of Buildings Pipes Enable Chemical To Reach Termites Term ites, the ‘ ‘cancer" of build ings. now can be controlled. Through ell the ages the tiny insect thut leasts on wood In homes, fa rm build ings and other structures has been h constant destroyer. Annual prop erty losses run fa r Into the millions. O rdinary control measures could not get at the intricate tunnels hid den away in difficult and Impossible to reach places. A new device, hailed as an effec tive means of com batting the de structive pest, was demonstrated at the annual convention of the N ation al Association of Home Builders in Chicago by W. B. H ill of Memphis, Tenn.. nationally known as a term ite expert. UNIQUE FORMATION . . . Among the many spectacular rock forma tions abounding in Mammoth Cave National park Is this “ Wall ol China." MECCA FOR VISITORS Distinctive Cave Formations Abound in New National Park His method consists of installing a series of slotted pipes at the tim e of construction in a ll inaccessible areas. Including dirt-filled porches, sun parlors, stoops, steps and fire places. Annually a perforated pipe is slipped into the allotted pipes and a ll hidden areas are treated with a powerful chem ical toxic blown WNU F euturen Ixing an adjunct of harvest-tim e festivities throughout the nation, the county fair showed a marked revival this fall a ite r removal of wartime entertainm ent restrictions. American fairs were born at a time when farm ing was the country's predominant'fciterest, explaining the agricultural character which has prevailed a t the events. Fairs are older than the nation itself, Delaware's llrst fair having been held in 1690 a t New Castle. I --------------- —---------------------------- A fair at Baltimore opened in Housewives vie for ’ P1 prizes for the 1745. best cukes, canned fruits and Halted by Warn The W ar of the Revolution vegetables, jellies and pickles, stopped many fairs, including that quilts and other needlework. Sideshows Popular at Lancaster, Pa., but some were Before the 20th century, fairs resumed in later years. Fairs held at P arrot's Grove in the suburbs were selling concessions for lunch of Washington, D. C„ were a t rooms, ice cream, candy, peanuts tended by President and Mrs. and popcorn. These helped to pay Jefferson, cabinet officers nnd the prize money and other ex diplomats, but they ended with penses. Sideshows behind great I pictured canvases lined the "mid- the War of 1812. Those early fairs lacked tho ' way." carnival attractions of today. “ Rosco Basco, the wild m an” Agricultural and trade exhibits supplied the barker with a mouth- were dominant. Entertainm ent filling name. Machines thut meas features were incidental—itiner ured sledgehammer blows, the ant. Punch and Judy shows, boxing kangaroo, the strong man, wandering Scotch and Irish bag the bearded lady, und high divers pipers. Peddlers, then covering into shallow tanks proved popular. the country in great numbers, Away from the noise of the brought their entertaining patter fast-talking ticket sellers, the to the fairs. music of the hurdy-gurdy on the The farm exhibits have con merry-go-round ground out its tinued through the years. Horses, limited rejiertoirc of gay 90s fa cattle, Bheep and other live stock vorites — “Sweet Marie,” "Com still compete for blue ribbons. rades,” “Daisy," Painting It louses - Is New Pastime For College Coeds Co-Ops Are Big Business Membership In farm cooperatives has passed tho five million m ark, and the business handled totals more than six billion dollars an« nually. Grain cooperatives have the dollar ‘o‘ul WHY BE FAT Cef slimmer without dieting You nu»y h « r ¡xnind« and have a more d rix irr, rrnerfuJ liguie N o r a n rising N o Uaaltvra <x drug« w ith A Y D S Fomt C andy lla rt a IM X r iO M 'N A M A Z IN G | ) | » . ( X IY k K Y . You don't cut out any tnrala, « all (lie tiling« ytiu like. You aini|tJv take A Y D S before meal«, which nutom alkally curl« a p iw lilr. Hrault n you m l feaa and li*»r weight. A l»*4ulrly liarrttlrtwl P R O O F I ’O f t l T IV K t I minent mine phyak u n a •111»fviard tllo i,.d |I-«H anti quirk (Ork «n<| a ru j Ml’ l<~« W i l l i over I0U Uw I n W'llY X X « E X K lM X N T t C a t A V I> S T o d a y. O n ly «3 R9 lo r _ 35 day» aunply - puaaibly n w i ifkin you u Will! w n l. You I«»« w n «h l <» your money trfund undent uo (lye .try ft,at I k , a Cum» In, phunr, at w u tR j Wherever Drug* Are Sold Let the Ads Guide You When Shopping Easily Ruilt Cottage Solves Housing Problem F you have a hounlnjr problem build this rottngo now. Total I eoat of material« runs well under $1,000.00. Tho iiiniplifipd Pattern Method of Conxtruction take* nil tho myntery out of building. Pat tern tell» what materials to buy nnd where to uxe them . . . specifies size and quantity of nulla and other hardware needed. WNU Features One of the nation's oldest tourist attractions and ranked second only to Niagara Falls as a mecca for visitors, world-famous Mammoth ’AVIATION NOTES DELAWARE, Ohio—Coeds of Cave in Kentucky has been dedicated as a national park. Ohio Wesleyan university gazed BOOMING BUSINESS Mammoth Cave, which boasts more than 150 miles of explored longingly a t those intriguing Servicing und supplying the corridors, has been visited by millions of travelers during the past hand-painted blouses in shop swarm of private airplanes now windows. They gazed longingly buzzing in American skies is be 125 years, according to the national park service of the departm ent until a peck a t the half-hidden coming a big business. Some of interior. i ---------------------------------------------- In this novel display, a colony price tags assured them a college 2,000 airplane sales and service Earliest reference to Mammoth bleaching the nitrate was con of term ites is feasting on the budget would permit no such stations already have sprung up fram ew ork in a model home Cave is dated 1799. Ju st how structed in the cave in 1812 and structure. It provides d ram atic extravagances. a t airports large and small long before th at date the cave was operated from then until proof of the destructive ab ility of With typical college girl in- j throughout the country. Their was actually discovered is not 1814. Saltpeter from Mammoth r.u n p lH « In fo rm a tio n la provided f o r known. According to legend, a Cave contributed largely to Amer the tiny insects. genuity, the coeds solved the services are not confined to gas layinir «ut ru ld e lln w . dlffirinir foundation« Green river pioneer named Hou- ican successes in the war. problem. Now, by the simple and oil checks, the major jxirtion and putt in a In footing«. F ra m in g and through openings in the pipes. instruction« ere atao included« chin discovered the eave while Discover Form ations expedient of brush-wielding, the of their income being derived sheathing Assembly Illustration« «how exact loeutloa H ill, who has spent 20 years figur pursuing a wounded black bear During the early mining opera ing ways of waging w ar on the te r coeds not only m atch the original frotn sales of planes, flying in <*f a ll fra m in g member«. A fte r the n b - 1« nailed to the folate. thu th a t took refuge in the cavern. tions considerable exploration was creations of the store windows struction and replacing of worn- flooring fou r w a ll fram es are bu ilt r<«mplet» on th e Many evidences of earlier habi done inside the cave, which led m ite, also has devised a display but also add a touch of original out parts. W orking platfo rm . Ka^h 1« then raised and nailed In (« «Ilio n . tation and use of the cave by to the discovery of strange for showing live term ites at work. E n ity by using their own designs. Pattern« ere provided for m aking a ll a n g le With the present wide interest Indians have b e e n observed. mations and many miles of pas closed in glass, his sm all scale mod eut« on «tud« and rafter«. .Step by etep d i in personal planes, particularly rection« are w ritte n • th a t any 17 or 19 Among these evidences are sev sageways, and in 1816 the cave el home has an a rm y of hungry te r year old boy ran follow end understand among ex-servicemen, these oper- th eral mummies, moccasins, pieces was opened for the first time to mites actually at work constructing e procedure outlined. of cloth, bundles of reed torches, the public as a scenic attraction. th eir intricate network of mud tun I ators exjiect plane sales to be Solve your housing problem by bu ild in g nels or shelter tubes. I t shows the thi« cottage y o u ra d f Just as our pioneer ladders, pottery, wooden bowls their biggest Revenue Bource for forefath In 1838 a Mr. Gorin of Glas worker, the soldier on guard and the ers solved their«. and various stone and bone gow*, Ky., purchased the enter several years. In fact, they ex im m ature, young potential queeo 92.00 fo r C ountry Cottage P a ttn ra implements. pect to chalk up 256 million dol N o. Send prise, and in the following year who swarms in the spring. Ml to fa s t-litId P a tte rn < era psay, De» The mummy of an Indian lars worth of sales from their g a rtm e n l W , Tlsaaant » III« , N . Y . Mammoth Cave received interna miner, which was found a few one branch alone before the end tional fame when the owner’s years ago, probably dates of 1947. nephew became lost in the under from the time of Columbus, ground maze for 39 hours. Pri Beware the ‘New Look/ Total income for the service but certain shell implements vate ownership and exhibition of Crop Specialist Advises firms will reach the 350 million which have been discovered the cave continued for nearly 100 dollar m ark by the end of next Beware the "new look,’ ’ espe in the cave, indicate th at it years. Dr. John Croghan, a Louis cially in crop varieties. T h a t is the year, it is expected. The estim ate was used by the Indians per covers the multitude of stations, ville physician, acquired the prop advice of Joe Robinson, Iowa State haps 1500 years ago. erty in 1839 for $10,000, and college agronom ist which range in size from small The real origin of the cave long upon his death 10 years later, outfits employing one or two men "N e w varieties seem to hold antedates m an's history and goes the cave was placed in trustee up to mammoth enterprises like back to an early geological era. ship for nine nephews and niecesc some sort of m agic charm over Pacific Airmotive corporation, m any fa rm e rs ,” stated Robinson. The cave’s passageways and which has 700 employes on its Meanwhile there was a “I am happy to see the fa rm e r rolls. formations present many distinc growing desire on the part of change to new varieties whenever tive features. On the fifth or Kentucky citizens to remove Although new plane sales will they can increase his yield but just /tf/r heaMifu/ hktv - lowest level in the cave is the the celebrated cave from pri continue to soar for several years, because a v a rie ty carries a new Echo river, 360 feet below the vate ownership and preserve the operators expect plane main The juice of a lemon in a glass of name is no indication of its value.” j ground’s surface. Only a small NEW COED ACTIVITY . . . tenance to be a m ajor factor in water, when taken firxt thing on «ris it for all time as a national Robinson pointed out th at per- J part of its course has been ex Brash-wielding coeds of Ohio their future operations. Main- ' ing, is all that most people need to park. formance records are m ore im po r insure prompt, normal elimination. plored. Blind fish inhabit the Wesleyan university finds the new tenance men estim ate th at upkeep In 1924, tho Mammoth Cave tant than newsness. river. Strange names, such as National No m ore h a r.h loaativo« that irritâ t* craze for hand-painted blouses and servicing costs on a light, Park association was Selection of suitable hybrid corn both pleasant a n d the digestive tract and impair nutri the Frozen Niagara, the Hindu formed a t B o w Iin T creen Kv profitable single-engine plane will average tion! Lemon in water is good for youl varieties creates another problem. I From a small beginning, the $900 yearly for the first five years U nlike other crops, some hybird i G e n e ra tio n , ol A m eric a n , have taken of its life. A fter that, yearly corn varieties are produced by only ! blouse-painting craze has devel- lemons for health—and generations upkeep will be nearly half the of doctors have recommended them. one concern. E lig ib ility of both the oped in to an im p o rta n t “ e x tra Ouned ta x e in 1799 properties. A bill introduced in p rivate hybrid lines and the expert- ; c u rric u la r" a c tiv ity , p a rtic u la rly original price of the craft. Their They are rich in vitamin C; supply First owner of Mammoth Cave congress by Representative Mau- m ent station lines for certification in th e hom e economics and a r t average price is $3,000. valuable amounts of Bi and P. They alkalinize; aid digestion. was a man named Valentine rice H. Thatcher, authorizing the depends on the perform ance rec- j d e p a rtm e n ts o f O hio W esleyan. Not too thorp or «our, lemon in water Simmons, who was in possession acceptance of the area by the fed- Bettie Jane Buchanan of Bar has a refreshing tang — clears tho of the cave and 200 acres of sur- eral government was signed by ordr in a corn yield test. berton, Ohio, is credited with mouth, wakes you up. I t ’s not a rounding land in 1799. A patent President Coolidge on May 25, originating the idea on the purgative — simply helps your sys to the 200-acre tra c t was issued 1926, and boundaries for the pro campus. An a rt m ajor, Miss tem regulate iteelf. T ry it 10 day*. to Simmons in 1812 by Gov. posed park were set. Buchanan started the trend when Mosquito Control U t l CALIFORNIA i U N K I i r U M O N t Charles Scott of the Common- --------------------- she made the first hand-painted wealth of Kentucky. blouse as a gift for her mother. Big Cattle Contract July 9, 1812, was a busy day for speculators a t Mammoth Cave. Scrawled in Pencil On th a t single day the caverns W isco n sin Firm LUBBOCK, Tex.—Scrawled in changed hands three times. The pencil on a piece of tablet paper, first sale price H a s B o o k k e e p in g •. was $116.67. u « Later I a million dollar contract recently in the day, it was sold for $100, signed here represents one of the o£d io?oin ®n. i largest cattle transactions for Service by M a il 25, 1812, one-half interest m the i m any years KENOSHA, Wis.—Designed to man C r ^ ° n f P w S f f i ? K I In an effort to helP restock rescue the struggling small busi man Gratz of Philadelphia. The Texas ranges, Sam C. A rnett nessman from accounting con ?.ther..half was then owned by a gr ., banker-rancher, and Tobe Mr. Wilkins of Lexington, Ky. fusion, a "bookkeeping by m ail” Foster, oilman-rancher, both of Use of D D T , 2,4-D and other 1 service is making headway here. Recommend«il The unusual interest in this Lubbock, purchased between 12,- newly-developed weed killers is Organized less than a year ago property indicated by these 000 and 13,000 head of cattle by Many with three clients, Kenosha Busi rapid transfers in ownership valued a t approximately one mil aiding efforts for mosquito con DOCTORS trol. Cost of some of the new in ness Service now is helping more a t great increase in price was lion dollars. secticides, however, makes their than 30 varied enterprises solve due to deposits of nitrate Scott’» EmuUloo The cattle were bought from use prohibitive on large mosquito tangles over profit and loss, in known as saltpeter found on 1» * (Treat HIGH ____ 1 the Red River Cattle company of KNEROY FOOD come taxes a n d government .J the floors of Mammoth Cave. Tucumcari, N. M., through Al breeding areas. Ditching and TONIC for all ■««• I other more perm anent methods forms. AIR PHOTOGRAPHERS . . . Us« Saltpeter, one of the principal bert Mitchell. All of the stock Help» ton« up adult Charles E. Goodell and Earle ing one of their eight F-1S photo still must be resorted to In those I • yatem» low In A A D Ingredients in gunpowder, was was bred by the ranch and bears Munger are operators of the serv- graphic planes as a background, V itam in «. H elp« areas. given an extraordinary value in its brand. children build »ound Photo, from the New Jersey I ice. Clients now include restau photographers of the army air 1812 first by the French and A rnett and Foster plan resale t«*th, »tron* bon««. rants, filling stations, bowling forces’ air photo unit a t Bikini British embargoes, which cut off of the cattle to ranchers of this agricultural experim ent station, alleys, drug stores, retail m er shows an aersol fog generator supplies from Europe and later area in small lots to "restock atoll line up a few of the many chants, taverns and night clubs, types of aerial and movie cameras when the United States fought some of these dry ranges out used by 3. mosquito exterm ina i automobile dealers and garages, u s e d for the atom b o m b Great Britain. Equipment for here.” tion commission. and a printing firm. explosions. ont use Harsh Laxatives M o re than just a TO NIC- it ’s P o w e rfu l nourish m en t! Coins Replace Stones in Wishing Well PHILADELPHIA — Boys and girls—and adults, too— now toss coins instead of stones in a "wish ing well” located in northeast Philadelphia. The pond, 36 inches deep, was originally constructed by Clifford A. Payton as a landscape project on his property. He put a few fish and tu rtle s in the pond but, to his dismay, found the pond was the keystone of attention for Income From Poultry Increases in Nebraska SCOTT'S EMULSION Man Pits Strength Against Horse Team neighborhood boys and girls who threw stones into the water. Sa,e of pou,try and eggg has been Payton removed the fish and accounting for 9 to 12 per cent of turtles. Much to his curprise, he the cash farm income In Nebraska, CENTRALIA, III.—There’s still found children — and frequently according to figures compiled by some dispute on the question of their parents — returning to the J- H. Claybaugh, extension poultry- w hether a team of horses can dis pond to toss in coins instead of roan- lodge a 200-pound man bracing rocks. Yearly egs sales have been more himself with his heels in a hole On the first day after the fish than 50 mlIlion d°llars and aa high In the ground. In the first test, were removed, Payton fished out 88 57 miUlon ,or the past five years- Bob Hill, 254-pound, 6 foot 2 inch Sales of poultry have averaged $6 from the pond. Since then, more than 20 million, reaching a tavern operator, won a $109 wager. On the second trial Hill proceeds have averaged $3 a day. peak of 27 million was seriously injured. A V tf/f ENERGY T O N IC ILLINOIS ADVANCES ________ During the past year the num- ¡' i q ber of certified civilian airports - 2 - — Z and landing areas in Illinois h a s ’ doubled, according to Robert Dewey of the Btate departm ent of aeronautics. Progress also has For Quick Relief been noted in the Improvement DON’T ANY LONGER! Now. a of existing fields and construc doctor'« DELAY formula you cun u»o at horn« to tion of new airports. Dewey re r«ll»va dl«trc»ainK dlaromfort of palq— Itch—Irrltnth n do» to pile». Tend« to «of ports th a t there are now 152 ci ten nnd «hrlnk «wolllng. U»« tbl« provaa vilian airports and 92 landing doctor’« formula. You’ll be nmnxed at It* »peody Action r«1l«f. _A«k your dru«xl«t areas certificated or in the process today for Thornton A Minor’« Rectnl i of being certificated in the state. ment or Suppoaltorlea. Follow Inti». PILES TROUBLE? •Unction*. For •«!• at *11 dru* « t o r *
