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dford Mail Tribune I si Section Second Thirtieth Year BEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1935. No. 48. E IDEA OF EDUCATOR Public System Would Sup plement, But Not Sup plant Present Private Sys tems Boards Would Rule WASHINGTON. May 17. vTt The federal communications commission had before It today a recommenda tion for the establishment of a pub lic radio broadcasting system to sup plement but not aupplant the pres ent private systems. The recommendation waa made by Dr. Arthur G. Crane, president of tivs University of Wyoming, apeaKing on behalf of the national committee on education by radio. Establishment of the aystem was recommended after four year of study and investigation made by tha committee. Under the plan, programs free from advertising would be made available to American listeners and also programs presenting entertain ment 'and Information "to promote the general welfare." It was suggested the management of the proposed public system be vested In a series of boards, national, regional and state, with suitable pow ers to insure service to both national and local needs. The boards would be non-partisan, "the members carefully selected from leaders active In fields of public wel fare, such as agriculture, labor, mu eic. drama, schools, religion, science, medicine, law, the arts and other civic interests." It wa further suggested the ap pointments to the national and reg ional boards be made by the presi dent and confirmed by the senate with appointments to state boards made by governors with appoint ments made from lists of eligible per sona nominated by the supreme courts of the statos. OCC LIFE RENEWS SALEM. Ore. CUP) "The CCO camps have re-eatabltshed the ideals, rourape, patriotism and the spirit ot Lean years ma) come . . . and fat years may go.,. That's why we have close to a hundred million dollars worth of tobacco packed away in 4-J miles of warehouses to grow mild and naturally sweet. To make sure that Chester fields will be uniform in taste and mildness, we have in stor age mild, ripe tobaccos from the crops of four years 1931-'32-'33 and '34. C 1. Lik-itt & Miijlj Toecco Co. DUCK SHORTSTOP t I J r.- IE. Joe Gordon, shortstop of th University of Oregon baseball nine, Is one of the main reason! the Webfoots won the northern di- I vieion title in 1934 and are mak ing a strong bid again this spring. He is easily the outstanding short stop In the northwest and is the object of close attention by major league scouts- 'I can lick the world' In more than half a million young Americans," said Lynn F. Crouemlllor, Oregon state forester. Cronemillcr said the CCC organi zation and continuation was the most popular of Franklin D. Roose velt's recovery experiments. "It ts the man-building side of the CCC that Is the fundamental objective of the program, " he said. "I have seen the sheer despair and dejection of these youths as they entered the camp and a few months later have seen their confident stride and the light of hope and ambition rekindled in their eyes. "The accomplishments of the CCC are generally listed in terms of miles of roads, telephone lines, trails, 'ftre breaks, lookout and ranger sta 1 tlons and flrc-fighting sen-ice. But I it is the less tangible social benefits 'that renlly count." h f 4 7A t- fo f m s -AT f I i I 4 3 I 1 I i You remember how in Egypt, hack in the days of the Pharaohs they stored up grain during the seven good years so as to be ready for the seven Iran years to come ... . FAMILY FLEEING OKLAHOMA DUST DELIGHTED HERE Thousands Preparing to Leave Drought Sections Says Larence Kirtley, Gold Hill Area Newcomer GOLD HILL. May IT. (Spl.) A substantial shift in population from the drought and dtist stricken arer.s of the mid-west and southwest to the Pacific coast suites Is destined to take place In the next few months, according to Larence K-lrtley of Say re, Oklahoma, who has Just taken up residence on Sardine Creek, north of here. 1 A - Virllon Visa hAilffil til nrntUF. Situated on the right fork about half a mile above the point where the ! two forks of the creek merge. It con - I sista of 100 acres, a small house and a few outbuildings. The new owner ; plans to produce garden truck and cattle on a commercial scale, raising only pure-bred white-faced Hereford stock. Many Would Migrate "Already hundreds of persons have pulled up stakes and left my part of Oklahoma for the Pacific coast and thousands of others are preparing to leave as soon as they receive Infor mation about conditions in other parts of the country." Mr. Kirtley said in referring to the exodus of residents from the mid-west and south-west. "The farm situation back there is bad and there Is no Imme diate hope for Improvement. Why. It would take at least 40 years to get those sections back to their former shape" even if the federal govern ment began the work of reclamation and rehabilitation right now." Because so much publicity has betfii disseminated about the scenic an1 recreational charms and bounteous productivity of California, most of the emigrants are heading for that state, particularly the southern part, Mr. Kirtley stated. They know prac tically nothing about Oregon, where as they have heard and read so much about southern California they be lieve they are familiar with condi tions there, he said, adding that "a person always likes to go to a place he thinks he knows something about." "Now that you have seen this part of the country, do you think that If pjfW r - "Its! r it 'W?r&' people back In the mid-west and I south-west had a better knowledge of ! southern Oregon they would be In-1 cllned to come here?" Mr. Kirtley was asked. rites Own Case "I am sure of H." he replied airi cited his own case as an illustration The Kirtleys set out from Say re in their motor cars a little more than a month ago. In the group were Mr. and Mrs. Kirtley, their son Arnold and his wife and baby and their daughter and her husband and child The son-in-law and his family have since returned to Oklahoma but Mr. Kirtley believes they will soon be back here. Another son who la In business in Sayre Is expected to come to southern Oregon also. "Like so many others we had heard a great del about southern Califor nia and so we went first to Los An geles." Mr. Kirtley related. "I didn't like it there, however; It looked too much like the desert to suit me. "Then we decided to travel north and settle around Portland. As wo passed through southern Oregon f was impressed by the climate and the apparent fertility of the land. The at1: did something to me; It perked me up and made me feel better than I had felt in a long time. Somewhere between Medford and Central Point I saw a farm for sale and I stopped to investigate but It wasn't exactlv what I wajited and we went on through to Portland. "Up there I was told about the rains and I didn't like the Idea of settling in a place where they have a rainy season of several months each year. I'm going back and look around southern Oregon, I told the family How It Happened "Along the highway, somewhere be tween Grants and Gold Hill. I saw a little real estate office that had a blackboard outside with some list ings on it. I stopped there and that's how I happened to get in touch with Mr. Ritter and buy this place." "Then it was more or less of an ac cident that you settled here?" Mr. Kirtley was asked. "That's exactly what it was," he re plied. "Have you written to your friends back In Oklahoma about conditions here?" "I have," Mr. Kirtley said. "I've told them all I'd rather be out her a broke than back there with money And that's the truth. The climate here la wonderful. It does something to you. Back there I used to have stomach trouble a lot but I haven't had a bit of trouble since I cam? here, I like the cool nights you hav4 here. Back in Oklahoma the night:. are as hot as the days and you ge: up in the morning feeling almost tired aa when you went to bed. He. you are sure of a good night's sleep and when you get up you are ready for a-Jiard day'a work." - Used to the vsst sweeps of the prairies, some of the mid-wen and south-west residents probably noul 1 not like It here because of the hllli. mountains and winding highways bu. most of them. Mr. Kirtley believe, would find southern Oregon ss ac ceptable as he does. It la his belter that they would be favorably lm- pressed by the fertility and sheer beauty of the country. Urrldrd To Move 1 For years Mr. Kirtley wo a suc cessful farmer In Sayre. Oklahoma. He raised cattle, cotton, corn, mair?. wheat and other grnins. Then four successive years of drought deprlvel him of his two farms, one a half sec tion, the other a quarter section, he explained. He was attempting to bull-; up another farm when, this sprlnc. the devastating dust-storms swept through the middle-west and south west, leaving farms stark and nake:1 In their wake. "I decided then that it was time to move." he said. Mr. Kirtley plans to Improve the land he has boight. It will be a long, slow Job. he explained, as there arc only two acres cleared and the first task will be to clear another 40 for the growing of fel for the stock he plans raising. "I'm confident I'll make a go of It here." he said, and Mrs. Kirtley af firmed his confidence. "We love It here." she beamed. "There are bo many beautiful flowers and trees and shrubs; It will take me a long time to learn all their names. We're going to enjoy It here and get a lot of pleasure and satisfictlon out of de veloping this land." School htldrcii Clan Movie SAN DIEGO. Cal. (UP) Young people of high school age In the Marlborough Drive neighborhood banded together into a motion pic ture company and will shortly begin production on a film written, dir ected and acted by themselves. Philip Vander Horck got the Idea and formed the amateur company, known as the Junior Motion Picture Artists' cltib. Gulf Stream Mlto, STRAIGHT "TIT M FUU No. No. M FUU No. CI. ,7iA H Pint 40' Gal.2.75 OREGON'S FAVORITE - . UY II TODAY SEE WHYI 7T the VETS' SACRIFICES ARE SYMBOLIZED BY BUDDY POPPY Contributed Buddy popples, symbols of the . sacrifices made by America's dead and wounded in the World war. have come to occupy a warm place In the ' memories and affections of all pat-' rlotlc citizens. First organized sale of popples on a nnt Ion-wide basis, was conducted In America In 1021. when the Franco- American Children's league sold pop- j pies ostensibly for the benefit of ; children in the devastated areas ol i France and Germany. Madam Ouer in. "The poppy lady from France." j sought and received the cooperation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of the United States early In 1922. af-! ter the Franco-American Children's i league waa dissolved. Using only pop- i pies which were made in France, the i V. F. W.. with Madam Guerln's as- ! si stance, conducted the first national distribution of poppies shortly oe fore Memorial dny. May 30, 1923. The following year, the V. F. W. used popples manufactured In this country, due to the delay and diffi culty in importing them from France. It was during that years sale that the V. F. W. evolved the Idea which resulted in the V. F. W. "buddy poppy" fashioned by dis abled and needy veterans. This plan, which provided a practical means of providing assist t nee to the veterans by paying them for their work in assembling the flowers, was present ed to the V. F. W. 1923 encampment WHISKE I 1 I mil Gal. '5.25 4 w y S f Mild Ripe Tobacco... Aged 2 years or more... farmer who grows the tobacco . . . the warehouseman who sells it at auction to the highest bidder . . . every man who knows about leaf tobacco will tell you that it takes mild, ripe tobacco to make a good cigarette; and this is the kind we buy for CHEST ERFIELD Cigarettes. All of the tobaccos used in CHESTERFIELD Cigarettes are properly aged to make them milder and sweeter. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. at Norfolk, Va. It was adopted and the V. F. W. buddy poppy factory at Pittsburgh, Pa., was established. Oeueral Frank T. Hines, director U. S. Veterans' bureau, endorsed the plan and pledged cooperation of his department. All men employed In the making of "buddy poppies" for th? 1924 sale were sent to the V. F. W. poppy workshop by the U. 3, Veter ans bureau. The designation "buddy poppy ' which originated with the men theselves, was adopted at that time. SAY THESE BOOSTERS ENGINEER "In all my life, and traveling all over trie country, I've never met any gin with a flavor at swell at Old Mr. Boston. It's the engineer's favorite. Personally, I like it STRAIGHT as a plumb line. It goes to the right spot, ana quenches a thirst like magic." i t t OLD Kf:f!TM msToflfl Since then, this plant has beett abandoned In favor of having th bv Idy popples made by disabled vet erans in various governmental hot pltals throughout the country, and in a few soldiers homes. The buddy popples to be sold Ift Medford. May 24 and 25, by the Veterans of Forelsn Wnrs and their auxiliary were made in the Roseburg government hospital. "KJCKKItNICK" Undergarments that fit e Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann's fttirf i lit CHEF "I know flavors, because it's my work. I have a trained tongue. And I think I speak with some authority when I say that Old Mr. Boston Dry Gin is positively delicious. It's full and round a flavor that tells me experts made it." Old Mr. Boston bears a grand old name. It is distilled within the shadow of Boston's historic spots, respecting the fine old traditions. if"
