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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1939.
Sport
Graphs
Billy HuIcd says:
Beavers Remain
In Running for
Rose Bowl Bid
As a result of Saturday's grid
happenings, Lon Stiner's Oregon
State Beavers became the north
west's last Rose Bowl hope.
Washington and Washing ton
State were previously eliminated
from contention, and when U C
L.A. trounced Oregon 16 to 6,
that left the Corvallis team the
lone unbeaten club north of the
Siskiyous.
Next Saturday's clash In Port.
land between the Orange and
Southern California, therefore,
has taken on a decided confer
ence championship tinge, ny
way you look at It, the game
figures to be the most important
of the season. A victory for the
Beavers will place them in the
favorite's role for the lorp title
and Pasadena bid, while a Tro
jan win will practically clinch
things for Howard Jones and his
four-deep machine.
Oregon's defeat at the hands
of the U.C.L.A. Bruins was
hard one to take, especially after
the Webfoots turned in such a
superior all-around performance
They outgained. and out-first-downed
the Bruins by a wide
margin, but those two colored
gentlemen Kenny Washington
and Jackie Robinson proved
too good at making points.
Washington's forward
pass to Robinson, by the
way, traveled exactly 52
yards through the air, it
was revealed by a "miracle
eye" camera shot of the
play. Washington stood on
his own 25-yard line and lei
fly to Robinson, who caught
the ball on the Oregon 23.
The play gained 66 yards.
Tho pass wasn't so long as
that which Washington
threw against U.S.C. last
year, which sailed 62 yards
In the air.
The Medford high Tigers
travel to Eugene next Friday
night to meet Frit7. Cramer's
Axemen, and if the Bowcrnian
boys get over this hurdle they
stand a good chance to end their
regular schedule undefeated.
Following Eugene, the Tornado
meets Ashland and Mac high of
Milton - Freewatcr, and neither
has hung up records to write
home about.
In Eugene, though, the locals
will be facing one of the state's
most powerful prep aggrega
tions. The Axemen have lost
only one game this year, to Van
couver, Wash., by a 19 to 0
score, and are unbeaten and
untied in Oregon. Cramer's
club has beaten Tillamook, 2fl to
0; McMinnville, 21 to 0; Oregon
City, 1!) to 0: Corvallis, 37 to 6;
and University high of Eugene,
6 to 0. In comparing Eugene
and Medfurd, Corvallis serves
as a common onponcnt, and the
Axemen seem to have a slight
edge. Medford beat Corvallis.
31 to 14, which makes Eugene
two touchdowns belter, ON PA
PER, than the Tigers, Thank
goodness "paner strength" Isn't
actual strength.
If it could be called such,
there is one consolation for a
sports writer in brainstorming
a silly error into his scribbling..
After one of tlioe mental mis
rues he at least discovers that
several prison'; manage to read
through his colvuni.
All wo can soy, nftor writ
ing something about Pop
Warner being tho coach ut
Stanford, is that time cer
l.iinly flies and we are sorry
to have, fired Tiny Thorn
hill before letting the Stan
ford alumni ctet around to
it. And thanks !o you boys
and girls who telephoned,
wrote letters and collared us
on the street. Also to Sid
Smith of The Dalles Chron
icle. Flash! 1. Pit-kem
gees over
".' "c '""'I-
...... ..... K,, ,..,,, nisiiramr am I
going to look
on out.
nacK irnm
here
Piekeni rapped eight game
squarely on die nose over the
week end, inlseed three and hart
one end in a deadlock. And
included in the pickstcrg peer
less picks was an unset, believe
It or not. Cornell over Ohio
State. And he almost called an
other ono. Carnegie over Notre
Dame, but inst.-nd of Carnegie
winning. 7 to 0, the Irish cop
ped by that margin, which is
pretty close, anyway.
Correct rails were Medford
over Henri, Klamath over Grants
Pass, Oregon State over Wash
fn'iton State, Trojans over Bears,
Santa Clara over Purdue, Michi
gan over Vale, Tenii"see over
Mereer and Cornell over Ohio
State, m;.,,., VV0-,, on Oregon
V.C.I, .A , V.'.-tihiivlun Stanford
and Kulre Dame Carnegie Tech.
Belcastro, Schulz
NO IE LIU
PUT ON MATCH;
BOTH CONFIDENT
Chick Meets El Pulpo in
Middle Event King Kong
Clayton Faces Pettigrove
Pete Belcastro and Hans
Schulz, a pair of super collosal
grappling toughies, face off in
the Medford Armory tonight
bent on wreaking terrible de
struction on each other.
To further their little anhilia
tion program, it has been ar
ranged that no reference will
be in the ring to hinder their
respective activities, and that
there will be no time limit to
the match.
In other words the two wrest
ling "villuns" will simply stand
in there and club each other
until one or the other has had
enough. The referee will be
stationed outside the ring for
tho purpose of keeping both
inside, and to award falls only
when the fallen has so signified
that he is down. The first guy
to win two falls wins the match.
Good. Prelims.
Supplementing this main
event, which figures to lay ev
erybody in the aisles and pos
sibly lay one or both of the
grapplers on a hospital cot, will
be two excellent preliminary
matches. .
In the middle affair, a six-
rounder, El Pulpo and Cowboy
Dude Chick will match legiti
mate holds. In the opener King
Kong Clayton, a 200-pound ne
gro cleanio from Birmingham,
Alabama, will tangle with Duke j
Pettigrove of New Orleans. The
latter Is rather rough, so fire
works can be expected in the
curtain-raiser.
There will also be a vote tak
en on whether to continue the
starting time for Monday
matches at 8:30. or move up the
opening gong to 8:15 or the
nice, logical time of 8 o clock,
which would enable everyone
to get home by 10 p. m. The
vote will be taken by hand-clap
ping and hoots and shouts.
Pete Two Down.
The no-referee and no-tlm"S
limit angle in the main event
was Belcastro's own idea. He
believes if he can get the giant
German In the ring without an
official hovering around he can
make up for the two defeats
Schulz handed him the past
month. Strictly an nlley-browl-er,
Pete plans to knock the
nazi loose from his moorings.
Schulz, who has won seven
straight brawls in Medford and
has an unbeaten nnd untied rec
ord In southern Oregon, is de
termined to get rid of the Bel
castro person once and for all.
He figures that by beating Pete
a third time the Weed Italian
will at last discover he has had
enough.
IW01TES GET
Medford persons angling for
salmon at the mouth of the Chct
co river enioyed remarkable suc
cess over the week-end, with no
less than eight beauties being
landed by two fishing parties.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. A. Hooker
and son Al trolled fron. a boat
Saturday and Sunday and caught
three Chinook. Al landed a 12
pounder Saturday, and Mrs.
Hooker, on Sunday morning,
caught two huge fellows weigh
j ins 12 and 48 pounds within
! the spare of three hours. The
j 4(1 pounder was one of the larg-
est taken from the Chetco this
j year. The Hooker family nil
.used the same kind of spinner.
Mr. and Mrs. .tinimh Vnli-n-
tine, trailing from a boat Friday, j
j caught four ehinooks and one i
! silverside. ranem In ,.,,i.M !
fom 20 to 45 pounds
Mrs. Val- !
ontme i.-h,h,.h
the 4.Vnonnrl ehl. i
i nook while Mr Vnlr.ni ;.-. n, 1
, the four others. !
DOC WELLS VICTOR IN
Dl IMn oaerv Tnnnuri,
n tv u ' ' UUnn,C'
I'or Wells won the blind
bogey tournament nt tin, n,
onirnameni nt the
Vnll.-... f- .1 ., .
....., itiui i-inii over the week
1,1111 ieeeiveil lour golf halls
as a prie. nob Hammond Jr.
was second and Ivan Harrington
third.
Other winners of golf hall
prizes were H. Prmgle. Hert
Orr. Bell Thompson and H
Smith.
The tie was Ashland Ounsnuur
The average, to date:
Won Lost Ties I'rt
35 23 8 .(103
Closing time for Too Lt to CI.
sty Ails la 1 jo p m
I'M Mill 1'IIDUIH U)l J.
Dusky Wrestler
Ur' ?
King Kong Clayion (above),
great Negro grapplor from Birm
ingham. Aalabama, makes his
first appearance in southern Ore
gon tonight in the Medford arm
ory, meeting Duke Pettigrove in
the opening event. Clayton, ono
of the game's finest legitimate
workmen, weighs about 200
pounds.
George Ends, with an average of
184, was high man at the end of
the first week of the Elks bowling
tournament. Ho also had the high
Individual score with a 007, Includ
ing handicap. High team for the
week was Ptche. with 2,742. Indi
vidual scoring and team standings
follow:
Elk Howling Tournament
(Week ending Oct. 2n, 103D)
Games Total
Played
Bads .... 6
Plena 3
Points
.1103
1003
987
008
981
948
929
922
910
898,
82'
878
818
607
809
877
8B2
BIS
839
830
844
838
833
815
732
794
788
701
778
781
771
772
770
72S
722
684
6ti0
671
663
604
Avg.
184
167
16S
161
160
158
165
154
153
150
147
146
Paske ... 6
Achesori .......
Lantls fl
Guenthcr 3
Kresse 6
Blerma . 6
Hohlweg .. 6
Tollefson 6
Kuehle a
Sabln 3
Ekerpon 6
Hall 6
Van Pelt 6
Sanderson 3
Bowman 6
R. Johnson 3
Clement ..... 6
Heyde I 8
V. Strong 8
Aridcrson .... 6
Weeds 8
Trill 3
fteaney 8
n. Lewis 8
Ft. Williams ..... 8
Holmes 8
Leonard 8
Kunz 8
trwln 8
Winkle 3
Baclianan 3
Binder 3
Gardiner 8
Raw 3
Norrls 3
Rnwrrmnn 3
Boyo. 8
E. Strang 8
146 !
130
150
148
147
141
140' 1
140 !
Ill
139
136
136
134
13?
132
132 '
130
130 '
120
129
123
121
120
117 i
i ia
112
111
108
Team Ratings
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Team : Won
Kresse 2
Hohhvog 3
Paske 3
V. Stran,; . 0
Ends . l
Sanderson 1
Anderson 4
Plehe '
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PRO BASEBALL
Salem. Oct. 30. John
"i.," ii ....i. i n.
mentioned ns manager o' j
lein's new Western International
league baseball club, said Sat
nrrl.iv hr- bad h.-en nniifir-rl of1
! reinstatement in organised base
; Ivill
t .1... ,
tiauaiigu, i o r m e r i oruano
Coast
league outfielder, was
blacklisted when he joined an
outlaw club in Canada. His r,v
Instatetv.ent still leaves him
member of the Portland club.
FOOTBALL
I By the Associated Press
! LaSalle 31. St. Joseph 0.
Canisius 14, St Vincent 0.
St Houaventiue 7, Mount St
Mary s 0.
Portland 11, St. Mai v's (.Calif '
12.
Grapple in No
ST,
San Francisco. Oct. 30. JF)
This dizziest Pacific coast foot
ball season in years was all the
dizzier today after the surpris
ing defeat of the big and tough
St. Mary's Gaels by a Portland
university team which was ex
pected to lose by at least three
touchdowns.
The Portland boys, who wore
faded blue uniforms and called
signals without a huddle, upset
the Gaels, 14 to 12, before about
5,000 Sunday customers who
were treated to one of the best
pigskin thrillers of the season.
Each team scored once in the
second and fourth periods, but
Portland converted both times,
thanks to the good place-kicking
right foot of Fullback Joe Enz
ler. His second kick hit the
top of the crossbar and toppled
over.
A field goal attempt by Katz
meyer from the 22-yard line
failed, ending a St. Mary's scor
ing threat in the closing minutes.
The St. Mary's freshmen also
lost by a 14 to 12 score yester
day to the Loyola university
frosh at Los Angeles.
OREGON STATE-TROJAN
OF
By Russell Nowland.
San Francisco, Oct. 30. (IP)
Rose Bowl hopes will be riding
on the outcome of two Pacific
Coast conference football strug
gles this Saturday.
University of Southern Cali
fornia, the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles, and Ore
gon State college are the hone
fills. Probably two, possiDly
only one, will be running down
the backstretch toward the New
Year's day classic of the No
vember competition.
Tho big clash of the week
brings together an Oregon State
team with an unblemished rec
ord and the once tied Southern
California Trojans. The game
will be played at Portland.
In other conference contests,
Oregon meets Washington State
and Washington takes on Mnn-
I tana, the latter having no bear
ing on the standings. Oregon
and Washington will be the log-
teal lavontes.
St. Marys, upset 14 to 12 by
: Portland university Sunday in
one of the biggest surprises of
the year, plays the University
of Dayton in an intersectioiial
affair in San Francisco next
Sunday,
Undefeated San Jose State col
lege moots Willimette Friday at
Salem, Ore. Other engagements
Saturday include Centenary and
Arizona at Tucson; Utah Aggies
and Idaho at Moscow and Col
lege of the Pacific and Fresno
State at Fresno.
Coast conference standings:
Ons.
1 cam V
Oregon State ... 3
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0
0
1
2
3
3
3
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38 7
GO 7
44 27
29 23
13 39
13 53
22 38
19 44
soumern Lain. 2
i U.C.L.A 2
Oregon
California ....
Wash. State..
Washington
Stanford
4 I (Southern California tied Ore
4 I gon, 7-7; Stanford tied U.C.L.A.
3 j 14-14. Ties do not count ir
3 ! standings.)
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UNDER SCRUTINY!
Chicago. Oct. 30. (UP1
Chairman Joe Triner of the 1111
nois athletic commission an
nounced last night that his com
mission would investigate rc-
ports that llarrv Thomas Min
i ncsotn heavyweight, allegedly
had "thrown" fights in New !
York nnd Philadelphia. j
inner sale; ins commission
, s 'nested in the reports be ,
cause Thomas had fought Joe
i Louis in Chicncn.
I lome nerc o,
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i cou1'1 ,,ot be ro;,cl,ed h'r c'
mem.
Ponce do Leon was the first
governor of Puerto Rico before
starting on his Ill-fated search
for the Fountain of Youth.
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Possible Shift of Olympics
To Detroit Causes Surprise
By Judson Bailey
New York, Oct. 30. tip) The 1940 Olympics became an
international guessing game today because of an announce
ment from Olympic headquarters in Switzerland that they
might be transferred from Helsinki, Finland, to Detroit.
Nobody could be sure what I
it was all about, inasmuch as
Finland still is planning to hold
the games and Detroit has not
asked for them- recently, and
isn't sure it wants them on such
short notice.
There perhaps has been no
more startling communique"
since Europe's war began than
the proclamation of the inter
national Olympic committee in
Lausanne yesterday that the
1940 games would be held in
Detroit if Finland renounced it3
right to stage them.
The committee's communique
said all national Olympic com
mittces had been polled as to
whethey they would send teams
to Helsinki and that if their
replies were negative, as many
were expected to be, Finland
would renounce and clear the
way for removal of the Olym
pics to the United States where
many of the neutral nations
were certain to compete.
The consternation this caused
was something to behold.
Avery Brundage, president of
the American Olympic commit
tee, retorted, "There must be
some mistake. The committee
would not award the games to
Detuit without consulting us
and we've heard nothing
about it."
ARMSTRONG TO FIGHT
BOBBY PACH0 TONIGHT
Denver, Oct. 30. (IP) Henry
Armstrong breathed deeply of
mountain air today to acclimate
himself for a high altitude de
fense of his world's welter
weight title against Bobby
Pacho of Cleveland in a sched
uled 15-round bout here tonight
Communications
Park Shadows
To the Editor:
There is an adage which says.
"Never buy a pig in a poke,"
which should be paraphrased,
Never buy a park in the dark.
A gloomy shade is cast over the
proposed park site, even before
any trees are planted, and the
lights should be turned on for
guidance to Medford voters.
Who is to receive the proposed
520,000 for this floating penin
sula? The record owner is the
Olds estate. Docs Mrs. Olds,
who lives in a distant state, re
ceive all this consideration, or
has she "optioned" it for a much
less sum to a group of our local
citizens who are showing so
much activity in putting over
the bond issue? Open the closet
and let us see if there isn't a
skeleton in it.
It is known that Mrs. Olds has
for a long time been most
anxious to sell this property, and
has urged local residents to sub
mit an offer for it. It is also
known that considerable money
has been spent in making em
bellished plats and printing and
circulating hand bills, etceter?,
urging people to vote the bonds
The voters have a right to know
whether Mrs. Olds is paying this
expense, or whether it is being
done by local citizens.
In fact, as I previously pointed
out, this secrecy is a violation
of law. The expensive hand bills,
urging people to vote these
bonds, circulated October 21, did
not bear the name of any spon
sor or printer. It does not lessen
the offense to explain in a news
item afterwards that they were
sponsored by "Park Develop
mcnt League ", whatever or who
ever that may be.
Sec. 36-24:14, Oregon Laws,
commonly known as the corrupt
practice act. provides: "It shall
be unlawful to write, print or
circulate . . . any letter, circular.
placard or poster relating
ny election . . . unless the
same shall bear on Its face the
home and address of the author
i "nd of the printer and publisher
j thereof". This section further
' provides a heavy penalty for its
violation.
Is a "league" any more inv
.mine from the law than an indi
vidual? We at least ought to
know who constitutes this secret
organization. If for no other
reason than this cover-up, secret
dealing, the voters ought to
snow under these bonds next
Tuesday.
HAVE YOU TRIED THE
SHAVEMASTER AC MODEL M?
WITH THE FAMOUS "475" HEAD
HUBBARD BRC
-Referee
Don't forget the day, and don't
forget to vote. And remember
if you fail to vote, and these
bonds are voted, you are as
much at fault as if you had voted
for them. WM. E. PHIPPS.
Invisible Government
To the Editor:
The question Is not whether
we want a beautiful park in Med
ford or whether we want to pro
vide work for the needy unem
ployed. The main question in Tues
day's election is whether we citi
zens want to retain the Demo
cratic form of government m
our country and our city.
It is now transparent that this
park plan was concocted in star
chambers, that the city council
called the special election with
out ever stopping to devise a
development plan or to prepare
estimates of cost and that an in
visible government is at work
trying to put this proposition
over whether the people want it
or not.
I do not question the motives
of the men who are trying to
put this plan over. I will con
cede that their intentions are
honorable and that they believe
sincerely in the merits of their
plan. Yet, if we bow to invisible
government now we will have
to bow to it again later whether
intentions are then honorable or
not. If we bow to invisible gov
ernment now, we are encourag
ing the breakdown of democ
racy and the establishment of
government by dictatorship.
This invisible government that
is at work has had speakers who
have given one-sided pictures of
this park plan before organized
groups and over the radio and
i has distributed an unsigned leaf
let in direct violation of the law
and has got away with it. That
is the sort of Nazi conduct that
we American citizens must guard
against constantly.
Fellow citizens, if you want to
retain our democracy, if you
cherish democratic institutions
and procedures, go to the polls
Tuesday afternoon and vote an
emphatic "No."
Very truly yours,
RALPH L. COOK.
Bear Creek Clean
To the Editor:
Several requests have come to
me for information in regard to
the sanitary condition of Bear
creek at the site of the proposed
park.
Ashland and Talent have had
in operation, for several years,
complete treatment sewage dis
posal plants which successfully
eliminate all solid and dissolved
material from the sewage, which
could in any way possibly con
stitute a nuisance.
The result is that above the
city of Medford, on Bear creek,
there exist only a few private
septic tanks, which condition
must of necessity be cleared up
within the next few years.
The water of Bear creek has
been relieved of its large sewage
load of past years and so is not
capable of forming a nuisance
During the summer the flow is
low and sluggish due to the large
amount of water diverted for
irrigation purposes.
L. D. INSKEEP, M. D.
Thumbs Down
To the Editor:
J. C. Mann, in his communica
tion, states in part: "With the
understanding that the WPA
would approve an employment
program for the developing of
this park requiring no cash con
tribution from the city during
the coming year." This don't
spell much to the taxpayers in as
much as we have been given no
positive assurance there would
be any help coming from the
WPA now or in the future.
And the $3.75 per thousand
increase in taxes over a period
of three years is only guesswork.
Once the city starts to make a
park out of that piece of ground
the city will be called on for
more money than anyone has
guessed so far.
When the people on the east
side wanted to put the court
house on that same plot it was
said Bear creek overflowed it
annually and it was a frog pond
in the early spring and many
other objections were made.
Match
If Jackson county could notj
fill in that plot of ground ana
make a site for the courthouse,
how in the name of common
sense can the city of Medford
fill it, put water pipes all over
17 acres of park, plant trees,
and do scores of other things
that go to make a park?
Who of you would pay $10,000
for that 17 acres as an invest
ment? We have a nice park now In
Medford and I have never seen
it full of peojjle, except perhaps
on some special occasion. There
is a children's playground at the
Bear creek bridge and a small
park at the fairground, but how
many use them?
I would love to see all of Bear
creek parked if the taxpayers
could pay the expense, but until
more taxpayers get able to pay
the present high taxes so they
won't lose more of their prop
erty, I turn thumbs down on
any more bond issues.
Voters, remember it takes a
long time to grow trees, to make
cool shade you are thinking of.
It can't be done in a year or so.
But what of Prescott memo
rial park and the recreation we
were promised? Thousands of
dollars spent and what has the
city got out of it, or ever will
get out of it, unless someone is
granted a concession for a soft
drink establishment?
M. L. MEADOWS.
Think Sensibly
To the Editor:
Parents have been implored to
vote for this bond issue so that
children may have a safe place
where they can find wholesome
recreation, where they can play
in safety, where they can secure
happiness and where their char
acters may be properly de
veloped. In passing we might Inquire
how many children use the play
ground that is already in exist
ence just across the street from
the site of this proposed park.
So far as safety is concerned,
children from the west side of
town would have to travel all
the way across the city to get
to this proposed park, thus ex
posing themselves to traffic acci
dents all the way. If we have
supervised play, as has been sug
gested by a Parent-Teacher asso
ciation speaker, we must have
supervisors and supervisors cost
a lot of money. If we have a
swimming pool, as Mr. Cleland
said the park would have, we
must have life guards and life
guards cost a lot of money And
I think it will be found that in
parks where small children
gather, guards have had to be
employed all the time to protect
the small children against sex
maniacs.
As for character-building, it
is a trifle absurd to contend that
a park will aid in character
building. After all is said and
done, character is built in the
home.
Before we vote a lot of money
for a park, we ought to think of
these things sensibly for our
selves and not be guided by
speakers who have only a super
ficial knowledge and a miscon
ception of park purposes and
park costs.
(Name on File)
Bsrnum Was Right
To the Editor:
There still seems to be some
that believe that Barnum was
right after all.
But to those acquainted with
real estate values in our fair
city, it brings a smile, yes, even
a hearty guffaw here and there
to be told by the advocates of
the park project that probably
the owners of said tract might
any moment withdraw their
grudging offer to sell for the
paltry sum of $20,000. Imagine
if you can, anyone on the verge
of turning up their nose at a
S20.000 offer for 17 acres of
rocky flood washed bottom land
You know, it's been hinted by
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STARRING RUBINOFF ARTHUR BORAN
GRAHAM McNAMEE BUDDY CLARK
BASIL RUYSDAEL
KMED. TUESDAY, OCT. 31. 8 P. M.
THURS., FRI., SAT. 1:45 P. M.
West Side Pharmacv
WEST MAIN AT GRAPE STREET
Tonight,
members of the "Royal Order
Mud Daubers, Inc." that in thli
deal to promote the purchast
of this land and build
Park
that someone was fixing to
himself a neat little nest egg out
of the deal by the simple expe.
dient of reaching into the hip
pocket of the victim while di.
recting his gaze toward more
ethereal sights, such as beau,
tiful parks over the horizon of
nowhere in the land of unful.
filled dreams. I don't think that
we have any snakes like that,
I hope, but I do think that some
of the members of the group
urging this bond issue should
give a moment to the careful
study of values and to the ulti
mate cost of their goal. So far,
little in the way of constructive
plans has been presented, and
certainly nothing that tell what
to expect for our tax dollars.
Why should Medford, just to
"keep up with the Joneses," go
further in debt for a Rolls Royce
for which we couldn't even buy
gas when we can hardly pay for
the horse we're now riding? (Or
is it riding us?)
I sincerely hope that the
voters for once will not sit idly
by, twiddling their toes on the
hearth stones, but will HERE
AND NOW resolve to invest 15
minutes in the better interests
of civic welfare and be at the
polls October 31 to vote to keep
down their taxes and mine, thus
encouraging more business and
new industries to enter our city
and help build it to a BIGGER
AND BETTER TOWN IN
WHICH TO LIVE.
REMEMBER, OCTOBER 31 IS
THE DATE. DON'T LEAVE IT
FOR A LITTLE HANDFUL TO
DECIDE. IF WE ALL VOTE
THE WAY THAT WE BELIEVE
IT'S BOUND TO COME OUT
RIGHT, PARK OR NO PARK.
Yours truly,
H. R. G.
(Name on file)
Park Need Seen
To the editor:
We really need a recreational
center, an out-of-doors meeting
place for every member of this,
community. From Scout head
quarters we can observe the
constant use made of the present
inadequate playground.
Frequent inquiries come to ui
concerning the parks and play
grounds in Medford, from new
comers to our community, such
as:
Are the playground facilities,
to be used only during the three
summer months? Where are the
rest rooms? Is there a place
in Medford where one can eat
their lunch at noon in the
shade? Is there a shady or shel
tered Pif toJJttcs. to wait
while 1 1 lili !lL?ren play? Do
reservations have to be made
in advance
for group picnics
here? Will there
and parties
ever be a
suoervised nlav.
ground.' And more and more
questions, all showing the actual
need of an adequate, supervised,
recreational park.
As we understand It, the pro
posed park will not only be "a
thing of beauty and a joy for
ever,'" but will be so constructed
that children can actually play
there, families can gather for
games or to rest in a shady spot
to read while their children are
enjoying the companionship of
other children in wholesome
recreation.
Because our organization Is
interested in every civic and
community enterprise which
will improve the opportunities
offered for child development,
as Girl Scout director, I recom
mend a vote of yes on the park
bond issue.
Marjorie S. Pena.
WATER WELL DRILLING
NEW ALL STKKI. MACHINE
MOIlKlt.ATE PKICES
ROBT. BURNS
II. 1, Grants I'uss. I'uelflc Hlghwa?
Tel. 51
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