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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON1, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1939.
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LARGER
OUT OF
McNary Would Tax Federal
Revenue Producing Land;
Private Owners Burdened
By Paul W. Harvey. Jr.
Salem, Ore., Dec. 22. (IP)
Plans to get more revenue out
of Oregon's vast timber domain
now are being made, and if
they are successful, it might
mean the salvation of both the
taxpayer and the common
schools.
There are two ways this
might be done. First Is Senator
McNary's proposal to tax fed
eral revenue-producing lands,
and second is the 1939 law
which gives the state authority
to take over depleted forest
lands from counties.
Uncle Sam Owns Much
Of the 29,000,000 acres of
forest land in Oregon, the fed
eral government owns 58 per
cent. The federal land is tax
free, putting the burden on the
private land owners.
Much of the federal land pro
duces revenue through the sale
of timber. McNary's idea is to
have the federal government
pay the state taxes on these
lands, and there isn't much op
position in Oregon to the pro
posal. He wouldn't tax federal lands
being used for agricultural pur
poses, 'lands in national parks,
or in Indian or military reserv
ations. The second plan, passed by
the 1939 legislature, provides
that the state may take over
cut-over and burned-over forest
lands from the counties. The
state would develop these lands,
and use them either for timber
or grazing purposes. The money
would be returned to the coun
ties. Schools Need Coin
Common schools in counties
which have lost their timber
resources through fire or log
ging are in a bad way, but the
two plans may save them.
If the federal government ac
quires any more forest lands in
Oregon, the state would become
"virtually a colony with author
ity vested In Washington, D. C,"
Governor Sprague said. He sug
gests that the state might be
able to do a better job taking
care of the forests than the fed
eral government can.
Of the total amount of timber
lands In Oregon, the govern
ment owns 41 per cent in na
tional forests and 17 per cent in
the public domain. Private op
erators hold 39 per cent, coun
ties two per cent and the state
and cities less than one per cent
each.
The value of all timber re
sources in the state is about
$500,000,000, while mills, ma
chinery and capital" equipment
add another $200,000,000. Yet
the assessed valuation of all this
property is only $50,000,000, the
figure being so low because such
a large amount is tax-exempt.
Finns Mourn Bomb Victim
This picture, telephoioed from Amsterdam to London
and then radioed to New York was described by the Finnish
authorities at Helsinki as a Finnish soldier and his wife
mourning at the grave of their nly child who was killed in
an air bombing raid on Helsinki.
ployes have enough days off already.
Capitol sidelights It took
two workmen four days to dec
orate the huge Christmas tree
in the capitol rotunda. It's sure
pretty, too . . . state officials
are going to miss the whisky
that the state liquor control us
ually passes out every Christ
mas. The commission abolished
the custom.
FIRST FEDERAL LOAN
Over $5,000 will be distri
buted to saving members of the
First Federal Savings and Loan
association of Medford in divi
dends, according to action taken
by the board of directors at the
December meeting. Substantial
additions to the various reserves
were also provided for from the
current savings.
The dividend, at the rate of
4 per cent, will be paid as of
December 31 for the current
semi-annual period.
A week ago this typewriter
turned out a piece about the
fact that the state land board
has $250,000 it wants to invest
in loans to Oregon property
owners.
Since then, the mail man has
been bringing a dozen letters
on each delivery to the board,
these letters being from persons
who said they read the story
and wanted loans. In fact, most
of them never had heard of the
land board before.
The board said many of them
are good loan risks, too.
Governor Sprague- agreed
with President Roosevelt as to
when Thanksgiving day should
be observed, but when it comes
to giving employes vacations on
the Saturdays before Christmas
and New Year's day, the gover
nor can't see eye to eye with
the president.
The president ordered all fed
eral offices closed on those days.
The governor thinks state em-
Bucs Climb Close
To Lion Hockeyists
By the Associated Press
With Aubrey Webster and
Eddie Oulette pacing the attack
the Portland Buckaroos defeat
ed the Pacific Coast Hockey
league leading Vancouver Lions
3-1 in Portland last night.
The victory put the Bucs
within two points of the leaders.
ARIZONA ST. FAVORED
IN SUN BOWL FRACAS
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 22. (IP)
Because of the sun in the Sun
bowl or maybe the altitude
the Bulldogs of Arizona State
of Tempe carried slight odds
over Catholic university today
for their New Year's day clash.
The weather, Arizona fans
confided, will get 'em when the
Cardinals get out here in the
balmy sunshine after that low
winter fog of Washington. It
was so hot in the Sun bowl
last year that spectators shed
their coats and the players were
sunburned.
To Grow Corn
London (U.PJ The hundred-year-old
velvety lawns of
Bushey park have been plowed
as a war-time measure and corn
will be sown in the spring.
Probably the last time it grew
corn was in Napoleon's day.
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Chicago (U.R) University of
Chicago professors have pro
gressed another step toward
solving the riddle of cosmic
rays with discovery that meso
trons, heavy components of the
rays, disintegrate as they dash
toward earth.
What becomes of the meso
tron fragments after they disin
tegrate remains a mystery. The
oretically their energy cannot
disappear. Dr. Bruno Rossi,
head of the university's expedi
tion to Mt. Evans Colo., said
they probably break up into
electrons and neutrinos, as un
known. The expedition conducted
tests with carbon and lead
"blankets" over their instru
ments at various altitudes to
learn whether the mesotrons
died a "natural death" or dis
integrated from collision with
the atmosphere. The tests con
vinced them that the natural dis
integration theory was correct.
Scientists already had de
cided that the mesotrons ori
ginate in the earth's atmosphere.
PURDUE BEATS COUGAR
CAGE TEAM, 38 TO 26
LaFayette. Ind.. Dec. 22. IJP
The second hnlf nfffncU,
gave the Purdue university
quintet a 38-28 victory over the
Washington State college bask
etball team last night. The vis
itors took an early 7-3 lead but
at the half Purdue was leading
15-14. Bern Butte, Washington
State guard, was hinh senrnr
for the visitors with seven
points.
Wild Ponies Interned
New Forest, Eng. (U.PJ Hun
dreds of wild pones which have
roamed at will in the New For
est for 800 years have been in
terned to save their lives dur
ing the blackout. Painted white
stripes failed to save them from
automobiles.
Mrs
went
Faints
Cleveland, O. (U.R)
Catherine Merman. 45
before the Ohio board of liquor
control to pleatl her side of
charges that she had had un
licensed gin In her cafe. The
board revoked her licenu. Mr
Merman fainted.
Saves Three
Youngstown, Ohio (U.R) John
A. Lynch, 45, dashed through
flames three times to rescue
three of his children when fire
destroyed his home. '
GLASSES
Dr. R. M. Hood Optometrist
Sparta Rldg.
Main and Riverside, Medford, Ore
Skillful gerrlce Rrasnnnnle Prlret
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BANKRUPTCY SALE
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EVERY ITEM IN THE STORE SATURDAY
CL(D)SHKf (DOT
Entire Stock of the
Medford Central Market
G. W. K ELLINGTON, Trustee in Bankruptcy
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Lumber Association Chief
Optimistic Over Negotia
tions for Heavy Buying.
Seattle, Dec. 22. P) Late
developments led Col. W. B.
Greeley, secretary-manager of
the West Coast Lumbermen's
association, to express today the
belief that a plan by which
Great Britain would make large
purchases of American lumber
might materialize.
Colonel Greeley said he felt
"more assured" that the buying
program, contingent upon the
purchase by Great Britain of
American shipping bottoms,
v . jld go through.
"If the government decides
that the transfer nf U. S. ships
to British interests agrees with
the neutrality law." he said, "the
proposal should go through.
"We hope very much the deal
will be consumated," Colonel
Greeley said. "Britain needs the
lumber badly, especially since
its Baltic supply has been cut
off and Canadian mills can't
keep up with orders.
"West coast lumbermen would
be very glad to sell the lumber."
The association's leader said
the sale had been rumored since
last May, when Great Britain
began making war preparations.
At Washinfjton official sources
disclosed Great Britain had of
fered to buy between $15,000,
000 and $30,000,000 worth of
lumber in this country if at the
rame time she can purchase
ships in which to transport it.
Between 9.000 and 12.000
elephants are killed annually to
supply the world with ivory.
fcacn tusk weighs from 60 to
170 pounds.
Intelligence Won't Help
Co-Ed Win Man, Finding
Flagstaff, Ariz. (U.R) Being
intelligent is fine for the co-ed
who wants to get good grades
but it won't help her get her
man, according to tests in popu
larity conducted by psychology
students at Arizona State col
lege here.
Instead, the tests revealed,
she should develop herself in
the art of entertainment if she
expects to make headway in a
man's affections
The tests, conducted in a
class of more than 50 students,
showed that ability to entertain
was the most sought-for trait
not only in women but in men
as well.
Dr. John J. Harton, head of
the psychology department at
the college, said the most amaz
ing part of the survey was not
that., ability ..in., entertainment
was found to be the most desir
able quality but that intelli
gence was ranked as the least
important trait in the list of
eight.
"This test at least," Dr. Har
ton said, "seems to explode the
theory that male college stu
dents more and more are com
ing to prefer intelligent com
panions in the opposite sex over
the glamour girl type."
In rating themselves, the men
listed cheerfulness as the most
desirable quality, with the en
tertaining man placed at the
foot of the list.
The men students expressed
extreme vehemence against de
ceitfulness in both their own
ranks and among women but
the women disclosed no partic
ular admiration or aversion for
the deceitful person, man or
woman.
As far as men were con
cerned, a woman's physical ap
pearance was an all-importnnt
factor. But the co-eds, on the
average, indicated they weren't
impressed too much by hand
someness alone. The girls also
appeared to have no set ideas
on jealousy, stupidity, mercen-ary-mindedness
and unfairness.
"A very Important consider
ation of the results as a whole,"
Dr. Harton said, "is that most
of the traits which popular per
sons possess can be acquired by
anyone who seriously attempts
to do so."
Conversely, he pointed out,
most of the unpopular traits
could be eliminated from the
personality makeup of anyone
West Touchy About
Reciprocal Treaty
Washington, Dec. 22. (JP)
Senator McCarran (D., Nev.)
said today that if administra
tion leaders succeed, in renew
ing the reciprocal trade treaty
act which expires June 12, "the
Democratic party is very likely
to lose the west."
Just back from a visit to his
Nevada home, McCarran told
reporters that he had found
strong sentiment in agricultural
and mining districts against
continuing the trade treaty program.
Hot Dog Stand Is
Boon For Airmen
Bedford. Ind., Dec. 22. (P)
The proper admixture of enter
prise and imagination pays divi
dends. Arnold Paolini has
learned.
Paolini, who has a gasoline
station and a hot dog stand south
of here on the Dixie highway,
decided to expand. He opened
a "parking lot" for airplanes in
a field just across the rand.
Now many Southern Indiana
plane owners stop at Paolini's
and take on fuel and food.
OF REST
FOR WORKERS ARE
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Pittsburgh U.R) When
things don't seem to go right
about the middle of the morn
ing and again in the afternoon,
it won't do to go around with
a chip on your shoulder in the
office or factory, wherever you
happen to work.
Instead, try to relax, get your
mind off your work for a few
minutes, because, says Dr. Rus
sell R. Jones, industrial medical
officer, chances are you're suf
fering from "occupational chnr
lcyhorse." The same thing can happen to
industrial and office workers as
occurs when an athlete is over
worked without supplying his
muscles with the proper nutri
tion, according to Dr. Jones.
"For some reason which sci
entists haven't been able to
determine accurately, most peo
ple go into a slump somewhere
Deiween lu and 11:30 a. m." Dr.
Jones said. "They'll repeat dur- j
Ing the latter part of the day j
usually twice."
Usually, the best remedy is
rest or diversion which may ;
subtract from the working day
but which usually results in
more being accomplished when j
quiuing lime rolls around. One
Pittsburgh firm has found that
it pays to give employes two
recess periods a day. '
'They were eiven 15 minutes
off on company time In the
forenoon and mid - afternoon,
With the result nrndnrtivirv w
stepped up 12 per cent in the
snorier aay, ur. Jones said.
"Actually work one-half hour
less time, 88 employes with rest
periods were able to accomplish
as much as 100 did under the
former system of banging away
without interruption through
the day."
Sub Skipper Claims
80,380 Tons Sunk
Berlin, Dec. 22. (JP) DNB,
the official news agency, an
nounced tonight a German sub
marine commanded by Lieut.
Commander Herbert Schultzc,
which has just returned from
its third trip into enemy waters,
has sunk a total of 80,380 tons
of enemy ships.
Several foreign plants flour
ish wild on the Outer Banks of
North Carolina, the seeds
brought there in dirt clinging
to ship ballast rock.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
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local chapter of the Cigar Mak
ers Union of America. He is the
only active member of his trade
here where 153 men once made
cigars.
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