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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17. 1940. . BY RECIPROCITY Statement by State Depart ment Misleading,' Does Not Reveal Injury, Claim Washington, Jan. 17. VP) A state department review of "benefits to Oregon from the reciprocal trade agreements" brought sharp challenge from Senator McNary (R-Ore.) The department reviewed the decline in foreign trade from $5,241,000 in 1929 to $1,675, 000 in 1933, a year before in auguration of the trade agree ment program and said "Ore gon is both directly and indi rectly dependent upon foreign commerce for continued econo mic development and sustained prosperity. "Ttotal exports reported as originating in Oregon fell from $70,000,000 in 1929 to $16,000, 000 in 1932," the review said. "As the volume of exports from Oregon, and the United States as a whole, dropped, pur chasing power throughout the state was reduced, large sur pluses accumulated and prices fell. The total accountable in come of Oregon fell from S606, 000,000 in 1929 to $326,000,000 in 1932 and cash farm Income declined from . $136,000,000 to $54,000,000 between the same two years." Injury Unrevealed, 'This statement is very mis leading and does not reveal the injury done to Oregon by vir tue of the reciprocal trade agreement program," McNary laid. "Twenty - three trade agreements each reduced the tariff on our agriculture com modities but each foreign gov ernment lowered its duties only once. By virtue of the trade agreement with Great Britain and Canada the lumber market for forest products has been crippled to the point of help lessness." Senator McNary recalled a petition to the state depart ment by more than 90 lumber firms in the west which said "today, with the discount in exchange, the American lumber industry is altogether helpless to meet western Canadian com petition in the markets of the United States." The petition asked for re opening of the Canadian agree ment to propose its modifica tion. OEM0LAYT0SEAT T Jerry Vawter will be in stalled as master councilor of the Medford chapter of De Molay for the 1940 term, in the Masonic temple. 218 West Main street, at 7:30 tonight. The public is invited to at tend the ceremony. Other officers to be installed re Edward Evanson, senior inris.ii'ai 1R 4 -.iiii lain' i J&iaULLiU.'mhl Scitraiu'. King Arthur Distilled SCI il i irv-"s,i v lip. a wm w l L i2 vk!? 1 1 '7 Al l M . tj fTt 1 I Art h u "V "-S councilor; Den Hathaway, jun ior councilor; Don Wimer, sen ior deacon; Bill Townes, Jun ior deacon: Don Woods, senior steward; Mickey Miller, Junior steward; Wilson Church, chap lain; Bill Littrell, marshal; Kenneth Barrett, standard bear er; Bud Hoover, almoner; J:.m Elliott, orator; and Bob CM1 ders, sentinel. The following will be in stalled as preceptors: Frank Dixon, Bob Lee, George Cod ding, Jr., Bob Bryant, Ernest Ludwig, Bill Thorndike and Arthur Satterlee. 100 YEAR MARK Frank Mingus, of Jackson ville, now wintering in Texas, celebrated his 100th birthday today. For years it has been his boast he would live to be 100 years old. He is a G. A. R. veteran. The centenarian is mentally and physically alert, smokes cigars, is not adverse to an occasional nip, friends say, and takes a lively interest in life and world affairs. He attrib utes his longevity to no especial course. For many years he engaged in mining and prospecting in southern Oregon hills, and can still set a lively pace on the trail. Attorney Hebert K. Hanna, a friend of many years, says he recently received a letter from Mingus saying he was spending the winter with relatives in Texas, and would be back in the spring. OF FAILS TO ALARM Though there is little snow in the high hills at present, Ed N. Judd, general manager of the Medford Irrigation dis trict, sees no cause for undue alarm. Judd was cheered over the irrigation prospects recent ly when in looking over the records he found that in 1938, one of the best water years in the valley's history, there was practically no snow in the mountains in January, but it piled up in February. Today there was two and one-half inches of snow at Fish lake, with the weather clear and freezing. Births Born to Mr. and Mrs. Byron Murdock of 1126 West Tenth street, a girl weighing seven pounds and two ounces, In Sacred Heart hospital yester day afternoon. Tuesday, Janu ary 16. The baby was named Jeanette Marie. Born to Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Lewis of route 2, box 304, a girl weighing seven pounds and 12 ounces, in Sacred Heart hos pital yesterday afternoon, Tues day, January 16. The baby was named Glenna Lee. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Green of Central Point, a boy weighing five pounds and five ounces, in Sacred Heart hos pital January 13. m im - - - -Ba d -ijts 8 fXJ m if Prove It yourself. Skimp a little on the gin when you mli a cock tail or a tall, cool drink with Seagram's King Arthur Gin. The flavor of this "soft-stilled" gin comes through rich and mel low as ever to the last sip. One of the few gins that can he enjoyed straight. Snr(m.rittilKnCorp.,BtKuUnOfBo: New York London Dry Gin. 90 Progf. DiiUlled from 1003 Grain Neutral Spirits. OF DURINGJAST.YEAR Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Worth $300,000 More Than Output in '38. Washington. Jan. 17. W) Value of gold, silver, copper and lead produced in Oregon last year was $3,268,134, an increase of more than $300,000 over 1938, the bureau of mines reported today. It was a record annual total since mining began in 1852. The state produced 91,100 fine ounces of gold worth $3, 188,500; 101,000 ounces of sil ver worth $68,558: 94.000 pounds of copper worth $9,776 and 26.000 pounds of lead worth $1,300. The gold production In 1938 was 81,728 fine ounces, silver 100,507 ounces, copper 76,000 pounds and lead 46,000 pounds. Gold mining in Baker and Grant counties was more pro ductive than in 1938, the re port said. There was no ma terial expansion in Josephine and Jackson counties, however. No mine was operated for silver, copper, lead or zinc. The metals were recovered en tirely as by-products. Three fourths of the silver output was recovered at the Cornu copia gold mines. The Benton mine in Josephine county was credited with be ing the leading lode gold pro ducer in western Oregon. The Cornucopia (Baker county) was the largest in the stale, turn ing out two-thirds of the state's lode output. Portland, Jan. 17. (IP) Pro duction of quicksilver and non metallic minerals added nearly $6,000,000 to the $3,268,134 in metallic minerals mined in Ore gon last year, Earl K. Nixon said today. Nixon, director of the state department of geology and min eral industries, declared the price of quicksilver, of which 5,000 flasks were produced last last year, had doubled. The value was between 500,000 and $700,000. Building stone, gravel, clay and other non-metallic products brought the total mineral pro duction for the year to approxi mately $90,000,000, Nixon added. BUTTER GRADING MEET POSTPONED Meeting of agricultural de partment officials of Oregon and California scheduled for yester day was postponed to Friday because of the illness of J. D. Mickle, Oregon director. The meeting is now set for 1 p. m. Friday in the Jackson county courthouse court room. Objective of the conference is closer coordination of butter scores or grades between Ore gon and California. d a fifth U Happy Now - www Mrs. Bessie Owen, 47, of Los Angeles won a race against death by becoming an Ameri can citizen. Told by physician that a malignant disease would cause her death within two months, Mrs. Owen, a native of England, determined to become a citizen of the United Slates. She is shown shortly after she took her oath of fealty. VIERGENCY CROP AND FEED LOANS E AVAILABLE Emergency crop and feed loans for 1940 are now avail able to farmers in Jackson county, and applications for these loans are now being re ceived at Eugene, Ore., by V. N. Freeman, field supervisor of the emergency crop and feed loan section of the farm credit administration. Early opening of the loan program in Jackson county is part of a plan recently an nounced bv the fnrm rreHit administration whereby emerg ency crop and feed loans are being made available immedi ately in all areas where farm ing conditions are seriously af fected this year by drought or flood. Loans will be made, as in the past, only to farmers whose cash requirements are small I and who cannot obtain a loan from any other source, includ ing credit associations, banks or other private concerns or individuals. Application forms and full information are available at the office of the county agent here. CLEMEiCYllVEN ADMITTEDFORGER Ted Smith, of Butte Falls, who plead guilty to charges of forgery, was granted a six months suspended sentence when he appeared before Judge H. D. Norton yesterday. Smith, who has acted as mar shall of Butte Falls, was accused of issuing a number of checks to which he signed the name of his uncle, Uriah Gordon. Under the terms of the sus pended sentence Smith must report each month to the dis trict attorney. William E. McCrory, 19, who plead guilty to larceny from an auto, was nlso given a six months suspended sentence. Mc Crory, who lives in the Mc Andrews Road district, admit ted in a statement the taking of numerous articles from parked cars here the past several months. IMS M GANNETT ENTERS NEW YORK FIGHT Publisher's Race for Nomin ation for President Spon sored by Up-State Bloc Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 17. (AP Abattle for New York's powerful bloc of 92 votes to wards the Republican presiden tial nomination is assured with the candidacy of Publisher Frank Gannett. Several weeks after Manhat tan's district attorney, Thomas E. Dewey, entered the race, the upstate Republican leader, for mer chairman of the committee to uphold the constitutional government, announced that he would run at a civic testimonial dinner last night. "My answer is yes," Gannett replied to several speakers who urged him to run. "I realize what it means to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for president yet it is a call to duty that no citizen can ignore." The publisher's candidacy is backed by a bloc of upstate "grass roots" Republicans head ed by Thomas E. Broderick, a member of the state executive committee. An avowed oppo nent of the new deal, he con tinued his attack in his address last night declaring: "The only way to stop them (new dealers) is to get rid of them." New York, Jan. 17. (IP) Frank E. Gannett, who an nounced last night his candi dacy for the Republican nomi nation for president, has re signed as a member of the board of directors of the Asso ciated Press. The resignation is effective at once in conformity with the by-laws. L DINNER TONIGHT The First Christian Church of Medford will Join with Christ ian Churches around the world in observing their annual Broth erhood Dinner this evening at 6:30. R. W. Coleman, pastor, will be the toastmaster. Mrs. Lois C. Young and daughter Joyce will sing and Marme Ol sen will lead group singing. A radio address by H. B. Mc Cormick, president of the In ternational Convention of Dis ciples of Christ, from 8:00 to 8:15 will be one of the features of the dinner. Messages of greeting from churches of former affiliation will be presented by the follow ing members of the First Christ ian Church: L. G. Gentner, Lansing, Mich.; A. H. Gregory, Ogden, Utah; H. Sims, Eugene, Ore.; Mrs. P. C. Latham, Lath am, Mo.; B. E. Ford, Portland, Ore.; Allen Curry, Norton, Kan sas; Roy McConnell, Portervllle, Calif.; Ralph Cook, Yakima, Wash.; Mrs. R. W. Coleman, Berkeley, Calif.; Mrs. A. H. Gregory, Chico, Calif., and L. B. Mayfield, Grants Pass, Ore. Mrs. Arnold Bohnert of Central Point will respond with a mes sage of appreciation for the con tribution which those who have come from other churches have made to the Christian Church of Medford. A number of messages have been received from foreign countries which will be pre sented by different people at the dinner. Bea Corum is gen eral chairman, assisted by Mabel Sims, Oletha Olsen, Delia Charles, Eunice Smith, Lois Young, Allen Curry and Mrs. A. Brown. Weather. Northern California: Fair to night and Thursday but increas ing clouds Thursday; local morning fogs and frosts in the valleys; light variable wind off the coast. YickSoHerbCo. Hours 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. Monday, Tuesday, Wdn day Only Chinese herb rem edies ire very won derful for tumor, dropsy, pllea. rup ture, stomach ulcer, lung, heart, liver. stomach, kldnty. b 1 a d d t r troubles. asthma, irtimi, blood, gallstones, yellow feter, epi lepsy, rheumatism and female com plaints. Call or write. Jackson Co. Bank Bldg. Central and Main Mcdfnrd. Ore Main office Roebarg, Oregon J. H. Onn; Herbalist. S4 Years Experience ALL DEPARTMENT HEADSR1R YEAR fcontuiueo tKHn page one) during 1940 the council con tinue to give consideration to: 1. Efforts to procure federal or other aid for further develop ment of the airport. 2. Creation of a sinking fund to maintain the equipment of the fire department and other departments. 3. Solution of traffic prob lems, narkine rpcnlatinnc and effective control of bicycle rid ing. It was brought out that numerous complaints had been received of late regarding bi cycle traffic and the mayor called upon parents and the schools to help again in reduc ing carelessness to a minimum. 4. The practice of closely scru tinizing all applications for beer and cardroom licenses. Mayor Voices Thanks Mavor Furnas thankeri tho councilmen, city committees and various organizations for their cooperation during the past year. Annual reDort of the land an. praisal committee, of which George T. Frey is chairman, showed the sale of 18 parcels of city-owned realty for a total of $7,617.50 in 1939. Mayor Furnas said that few foreclosures were required in 1939 because of the work of the real estate department, headed by Joseph O. Grey. A reDOrt rend hv Pnimcilm.n J. Frank Reinhart showed that Medford municipal airport was usea more extensively in 1939 than ever before. The rennrt which elicited the praise of Mayor Furnas, was prepared by Thomas A. Culbertson, Jr., su perintendent of the airport. Port Use Increases Last year, the rennrt said dm airport was used by 2,633 planes as compared with 2,251 in 1938, an increase of 382. Planes using the field last vear wr nlncsi- fied as follows: 1.664 United Air Lines, 471 U. S. army, 76 national guard, 104 U. S. navy, 314 private and 4 coast guard. In 1938 the planes were: 1,460 United Air Lines, 251 private, 435 armv. 41 national oimrH 50 navy and 14 department of commerce. Considerable interest in nlnnc- ure flying is being manifested here, Mr. Culbertson's report indicated. Two private flying clubs are functioning in Med Millions drink Coca-Cola every day for its delicious taste. And millions, too, enjoy the happy after-sense of complete refreshment that Coca-Cola always brings. Get a Coca-Cola, and get the feel of refreshment. BOT .LED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA CO. BV COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., of Medford-601 No. Grape St. Phone 77S ford with a membership of 50. Thirty-three members of the clubs were soloed during 1939, a number procuring private pil ots' certificates, the report stated. In 1939 hereabouts there were 23 more deaths and 40 fewer births than in 1938, it was shown by the annual report of Dr. L. D. Inskeep, city health officer. The figures were: 293 deaths and 420 births last year as compared with 270 deaths and 460 births in 1938. The area embraced in Dr. Inskeep's report includes all of Jackson county excepting Ashland, Gold Hill and Rogue River. To Renew Copco Contract The building and light com mittee was authorized to nego tiate a renewal contract with the California Oregon Power company and to report back thereon to the whole council. Councilman C. H. Herman read a report from the civil ser vice commission showing that Al H. Geren stood highest on the list of men eligible for em ployment as a city fireman to replace the late O. J. McNeill, The council authorized employ ment of Mr. Geren. Mr. Geren, now employed by the Woods Lumber company, has been a : T1 P iaaaawMunwaiaa THURSDAY ONLY! 81x99-inch Finest Quality PERCALE SHEETS We are over-stocked on this one number in Percale Sheets. Hence the Blue Ribbon special. Our loss your gain. Buy these fine bed sheets tomorrow at Mann's. Perfect In quality, guaranteed to give years of ser vice. . , Buy at least holt a dozen. This Is A Regular ids jt08$$'i' THE PAUSE THAT volunteer firefighter for tour years. The council authorized sale of a lot at the southeast corner of North Oakdale avenue and West Fourth street to Frank Howell. It was understood thai Mr. Howell plans to build a house thereon immediately. He has built a number of houses for investment in the past year. At the suggestion of Council man Frey, the council adopted a resolution accepting the offer of the state highway commission to erect a standard post and bracket for the signs of all ser vice clubs in Medford. Existing signs along the highway into town are to be removed, Mr. Frey explained. The BUILDING BUG is "ffi Coming Tto wM Town ,s;j3J Wood's Lumber Co. BLUE RIBBON SPECIAL $1 27 e ' each $1.49 Percale Sheet. REFRtS
