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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1928)
A O o o o MEnFORD AfATT, THrRTTNT, MrTDFORP,' ORKfiOV. THURSDAY, o AUfirRT 2. 1028. LEGION CONTEST of interest lo every Incitl nii-ni her uf the American I.clon lnuny other citizen Ih the follow ing Htinouneenicnt, which wan re cently made: "Oregon has won the tro jihy which was the slate In mom 1 1: rship contest wit )i Ihe I d a h o depnrimenl. of tlie American l.eu'hm according l.i figures that have been re ceived from i he nutioinl hnd Miiarters liy Carl l. Moser, department; ndjiilant. "Oregon attained a pcr eenlnuc of 1 24. lift and Id. .ho hud ll't :tO rating In the fou lest, l-'rnnk J-:. Samuel, as sistant to the untionn I adju tant, reported. Thi onuh I he contest Oregon attained lite largest niemiiershlp ever had for any single year, li,?."ir, Willie liiaho had ahoilt 4.100 veterans enlisted in the 1-e Blon. "The contest was hawed on pen -en t age am I lie win IK determined on the hasis of percentage of gain In mem hershjp over the average of the past four y e u r s. The trophy will he presented hy a representative of I lie Ida ho depart nieiii at l he Med ford eonenllon. The race started January and closed .1 nly 7. I 'or two years re gon has defeated Washing Lull In simflar contests. " Medford post played a most im portant part in the winning if this victory hy Increasing its nirm hershlp from ;S lust year to tis K In 1 ! L' M . This new figure is more than donhle the -1-year average f.f .Medfonl I'osi which is :i t !. Mahu will of ticla lly recognize I he Oregon victory hy presenting the trophy iit the .Med ford convention this week. That tlie efforts of Oregon Le gionnaires in winning ihls contort were duly appreciated hy the Slate department Is evidenced hy the following letter received hv 1'ost Commuiiiler liromley from State Adjutant Curl Moser; Huddles; Itellevo It or not, "gang" hut it Is the honest lo goodness truth. ,uHt received the fal lowing wire from National headiiuarters. and I am drop ping everything to let you If now; CAUI, I;. MONK IE. (iT!t I'lT TOCK IthOCK. I'OltTI-ANIi. Olt K( !l )N 1' K It C I : X T At!K 1L' I.:!I; I DA IK 11 It. 3D. CON- illATCl.ATlONS. Kit ANK K. HAM IK I.. Tlrs victory, to me, Is the great -esl one that can ever he won hy uur stale, for flghtlm; under heavy Kids from t he si ail. ( hegoii (merged the victor. Itnddies, nil If you. you are the ones making osstlde lliis success and there can le no one more appreciative of Unit fart than Comd'r !eorge and I. Kvcry reouest made tf you ll.-ilie this contest was answered u hole-h carted ty and 'we thank ou a million times. Let's all he in Medford ami make the rafters i Inn when Ida ho presents the trophy. As ever, j CAUL., j U. S. OLYMPIC BOYS A CLOSE SHAVE IN THE CLOUDS 1 '4t fV'Kr r "ft. -J 7, , 1 -62- Just to show it could b(- dono, Glenn McLcod, Seattle, Wash, barher, him given led (iambic, theater manager, a "close shave" In an airplane. They took Guraliline Kesslar, miinicuriil, nlonj?. All went well until a bit of lather llew Into the face of Pilot Harry Carney and the plane fell a couple of hundred of yards, nearly causing Gamble to lose a freckle. Above, the facial operation in progress. Facts Concerning the Latest Rogue River Fish Bill existing ) da nls is suf ffeicnt to 'meet the pro ha hie require me nls of Oregon industry for ;i limy time lo I'Mii'Q The prnhleni to day of tlie numerous chamhers of -iiiiinen-e and land yt t lenien. organizations of our state is "not the irriatitoi of mmT'- limd, hm one of lindim; settlers for wha'. we have. Wli'-n the tinie coim s ttiat the interests of the slate at la ire will lie h't served hy restoration to appropriation for furtloji irriuatior. or power de velopment of some pa i t of the waters hy these hills sought to he reserved, orf-a nled sport sm en p.- the first to ask Tor and consent to such restoration. I'end liox that ' time, and to the end that the whole of our creates' capital asset mas' not he forever given a way to private ownership for purposes of private gain, and that our visitors and otir posterity may enjoy muiic measure of the wonderful reereat ional opportuni ties thai have heen ours, we urge an affirm.tlive vote upon these measures. , That these measures will he hit terly opposi'il hy selfish and grasp iiikr power groups and puhlic utili lies is certain. They have much at st a lie ill the way of persona 1 and private wain. They will inas much of the hiiKiihoo of "lllti ilered prou'iess." They have too long heen parlies of privilege not to keenly resent any interference with their right s to help them selves to whatever they Wan?, whciever ihey want it. and with out the consent of any representa tive tl( the puhlic. The state eii i'ine.T can now deny tlodr appli cations only where the project is shown to he in conflict "with determined rights,- or is a menace to the safety or welfare of the puhlh." The methods of propa ganda of these interests, und the measure of their domination of tlie press of the country is now a national scandal, and the suh jeu of an investigation hy the oniKiesa of the I'nited Slates. It is therefore of Interest to note in the editorial column of a recent Issue of one of I heir leadiPL- puhlications (The Klee trical World) that: "Ardent con servationists, as well as some others, who espouse the cause of natural i eomve development he caus they think it popular, have distorted cse of the value of water power. . . - Hen lire millions of horse-power running to waste, ile-y reason, which some one, if not private enterprise, then the government, ought to harness for the sake of humanity. What th"V do nut comprehend hecause of lack of experience, is that hu manity will he hetter served hy permitting these nlcr-Muer sites lo remain scenery." Ilespectfully suhmltted hy the Oregon dame Protective Ass'n. K K. PJASKCKI, l-resideiit. Dallas, Oregon, c. i:. I'HIMJI'S. Kecretary. Sulem, Oregon. Sell Sliipv OcPdier I W ASH I N : T N . A u g. -. f Pt The shipping hoard tMhty set Oct oher 1 as the date for opening of l.ids for the proposed sale of the I'nited States Lines and American Merchant Lines. AS HEARTY EATERS (Tout I ihitled ; I Tin- iM'opoiicnts of tlH-se meas ' ures seek therehy to sa e to all ! tin' people of Oregon for recrea- tional ami for food ami kuimc fislilng purpose'., what yel re in a i u s of tin- unappropriated waters of the four most widely 'advertised and e-.-a known streams to' tile .-tale. Til" proeedurc adopt - ed is neither new nor non-1. Our legislative session of I !M f. hy a J like act, withdrew from appro jpliailon or ( olidemuation til' waters of tlie se ei a I sli a ni.; lot oi.ng I alls and scenic Peaui along the Columhiu river hi h way. The propriety of so doing can not he seriously ipicstioncd, in view of ilie vast sinus of money impended in advertising this sin gle asset of tile Mule, and the handsome returns paid upon the Investment hy tourist travel. Cali fornia lias reserved for reereii -tloil.il use tile hesl of lie!' I'eW streams -the Klamath river. Tour ist revenue paid to the stale oi California now amounts to lour hundred million dollars per an num well over a million dollars a day. The mountains and streams of tlie slate of Maine, hecause of the proximity of this district In large 'enters of populat ion. arc hi inning more millions of tourist 1 dollars into tlie Mate each year than that state has ev.i hereto lore derived from all other sources 'id' tmi us trial re While combined. The recreational facilities of the I 'ail Mr nordiuest, mid the state of Oregon in particular, are unex celled. Their money value is as yet scarcely guessed at and less apiirecJated. They constitute hy far the g red test single capital as set of the stale. The four stream.: In question are k nown to sports men and nut ure jo,vers the world over. Thousands dpon thousands of dollars have heen spent in ad vertising the sport fishing they al io id a mi In stocking tin-m with hot h food ami ga me fish. Mir fish pack lug hiislness lias long heen Ihtrd in slate Importance, producing millions of dollars, an nually, it (annol exist u ilium1 hrood si reams. The four hioed are of vital importance to this industry. Kspecinllv s., Is 1 h McKenn llie gie.ilcsl Oregon 1 hrood stream of our chiuind. sat- iii'iu, it is welt known t hat a I large proportion of the chinool. allium pack id' (he Columbia river Ireqiilied for oUKCON JXOIS TUI10S. Tlie rental paid the slate for the use of state -owned waters in power development Is ridiculously small, and any po tential loss thereof is offset many .rimes over hy tourist revenue and returns from the salmon in dustry. It is not sought hy these meas ures to for all lime w it hdi a w these waters from appropriation. Had that heen the purpose, the measures would have heen pro posed as const it ui ional a mend -intents: not as legislative acts, and i as such, capable of amendment , in proper in umstances at any session of the legislative assem- i The stale of Oregon, as shown hy i ecent feth-ra I survey, has a j potential a ml undeveloped hydro electric energy in measured horse power of approximately one-half of the total developed electrical horsepower of the entire I'nited Stales, ,',,!IHI,IIIMI potential ami un developed horse power lies in Oregon streams and water-courses. The total power now developed ill the entire I'nited Slates I in cluding Oregon ) is hut CVJlHi.mm. as of January 1, l!t-,v. out of our abundance, some streams may surely be spared for puhlic use. The fact Is that power i heing developed in Oregon stiltu tur bine plants today at a less i'u;;l per horse power than in any of our hydro-electric projects. il is claimed hy p.jwcr company oi fictals that the electrical energy HOW developed ill the -dale hv WELCOME 4$SI$fe We Extend a Hearty Welcome to the American Legion Personal .Attention Prompt Service Phone H. E. MARSH . Phone GROCER 253 ( It) Crank King. AsMH-imcd lre Sports l iter.) A.MSTi;i;lAM. Holland. Aug. Ml a ..,.. .,ilii.. ..-I... !.. ir.dll.le keeping healthv youngs.ers I''''" " "''' ' '' l'K'ir. from being hungry will svmpathiy.c! llllH s",l,v'' 1,1 lv wM1 with Chief Sleuard Charles Me- tu if dorn of the President lloosevelt, j re perm.ttcd. Who may who Is resnonsible for Ihe feediuu "" 1 Mai iuuusu of nearly :pui A mericau oiympl girls ami youths on the liner which 1 Is moored s ingly in an lnh t of , Hie Zuyder X.ee here. Ih-idoi ii provides real Amci h nn i (Ilea If. fur the at llleles from 1 he I Cliil d States. II.- ua- fac-d w ilh the ttialor crisis of his career es teiday - one that am mother Ulinw. - - when (he ('resident 1 Roosevelt experienced an ice cream famine A chewini; gum ciM occurred idily a few dajx out from New York hut didn't prov nearly a- serious a the pi e.-nt otic. Meitloni spent a ftanll. day find ing a new MMirce ot supply and he finally contracted with an Am slerdaui caterer to meet the liooc Veil's j,-,. cream needs If It takes ll ton dally. Till- morninu he was as relieved us a quartermaster gen eral ho has found an hicxhauM ilde food supply for his arm. "I've been at sea tor -." e.iis' and never hae seen such appe tites." declared the chief stewald iis he tallied up a poiiioii" of Ice cream and steaks ser ed al one dinner. "There is only the team at"ald figure il out for mn-fir Some of our fellous ceitntulv- aie lc peaters." Hlliee the arrival --f the l'ic-1-(lent lloosevelt at A nwtcna in i lo1 Olympians ha e consumed vc et a) tons of fresh Vegetables: I'-ii ttotimls of Putter, i;,tt doetl r.K besides a large quantity of n-h ami fruit. Kvery morning the -upph ha rue pulls along-ttle the ttner from Kotterdam the produce c-tc ter of Holland .and to come up to Ihe American Ma inlaid the fund must he of the freshest. The first day the ltoo-ev. dt Went niiti ket ing surprised I he seagoing J Ml ted huckster.'", for I leblorn a nd lliit chief chef sent the Large hack with more than half of tlie si off It brought. S:uch an Incident lots not occurred since. Olympic coaches Ihlnk the team' fate rests In their hands, hut I -t -dorn and his staff know that the lit hides. like apoleonK arm v. fight on (heir stomachs and Uut figured to prove 11. land natural resource shall be de stroyed for the promotion of an other'.' The quest ions procul cd hy (he proposed hills are there tore, fir.st, whether the waters involved are. for Ihe time being more xaluahlc to the stiit,. at large ami lo our salmon cinniiiu in duMry, tor recieational ami (ih piop., nation pittpos.-H than for purposes of hdro-electtical oi I ui t her 1 1 i i a I ion development; and second, whether the remain ing water pow r si (It i ana Lie of dev ebq.mcnt tit I he?-e slre.i ins ater in (b.- hands of the M.M,, ( Oregon than for all time given away into private owneislup. The ineni bel ship of t he Oregon Came I'r.de.-live association Is Mil. Hv i. pi I'm n!atie of the eitf. .envhip of the Mat.-. It iiumLeis a- loam bankeix uteri hauls, man- Ms i l(m hers and profes-m-n as aitUans and la The tnciiil.erslup has mi. I lit i Mil I tjiunal l.oicv The the, d--Multi.- ord i lv ' '.lle. Th-n l to nil m-i imt Ml. b d- elopnient ,.f the pi o H'l 1 - utl M e-tn ! M I ctlMderalde , a p.dj. . :m Ihev p.d,es pnldi. an. "Il:: iv fct 1 t ha t h IM es ol Hi, -.t.ile of Oregon oil- To ot'KHoV when- tloy nhl he Kept ,,,! d.-el..p,-d fur i:i:.M-:rir or ti:i:ooN. The it -in-, s pl.ded We-.- ptecipl- rr'Tn llie t" C.i t'foi nia d In plans r Klamath -late i .t t,..- a "pi .!i la'.- ton own Co- lie ! I V i I t'.'l 1 he .Itl.l 1 I. Mi p. i-,.. ,.V ida .mum an ele. - , f l l.-.tl elie.tfV I .. W tl ,t ' To I lake Int.. I ihf,.i i,m. for sale in i "Hlifot IM l. .Hid t.r the de. hq, 1 infill in i 'alilol 111,1 nf indll-tl it -then- leqtinilli; low -! elt.tn- a I power. The live hn;h dam planned for Iji.g m rive) i oil -st ruction will. Levond qui -a nm ruin for all time tlie recreational alne of this gie.it Mteain a- w.U a- if t ..lomei, , ,t le luc: . an 1 should Ili'Ver .e pel m P ! t d tl 11 i 1 1 Hotel Holland C. L. REYNOLDS, Proprietor MEDFORD, OREGON A Hotel With a Cheerful and Homelike Atmosphere Corner Fir and Sixth Street Commercial and Tourist Headquarlers Welcome to American Legion and Ladies' Auxiliary mm ira WELCOME Legionnaires nd Members of the American Legion Auxiliary GROWERS' EXCHANGE INCORPORATED The Growers' Exchange, Fruit Packers and Shippers, organized in 1924. The Exchange membership is composed of fruit growers. Each member holds one share of stock, al lotted to each 5 acres of orchard. Fruit growers under this plan own packing houses and equipment at Medford, Talent and Gold Hill. Dividends on capital stock are limited to 8 per cent, balance of net earnings are de clared as dividends on a packed box basis. All Producers of High Quality Fruit are Welcome as Members of the Growers Exchange The Exchange markets its fruit through Myron E. Root, who has his office in Med ford, and with experienced sales represen tatives in principal eastern markets. Ail money received from fruit handled is placed in a Trust Fund in First National Bank, Medford, Oregon. Within four years the business has provided practically all funds required to finance several plants and their equipment, in addi tion to substantial dividends paid its' more than 80 members. GROWERS' EXCHANGE INCORPORATED MEDFORD, OREGON O 4 ft u N 1
