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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Happy Now
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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.
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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.
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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
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We are over-stocked on this one
number in Percale Sheets.
Hence the Blue Ribbon special.
Our loss your gain. Buy these
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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
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Town ,s;j3J
Wood's Lumber Co.
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