Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 28, 1940, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TEN MEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1940. ALL RESERVOIRS DRY; NO SERIOUS CROPJSS SEEN Eagle Point District Has Creek Flow Extreme Hot Weather Feared. Storage reservoir! of the Med ford. Talent and Rogue River Valley irrigation districts are now dry but, unless extremely hot weather prevails, no serious crop damage for want of water is anticipated Of the four major irrigation districts in Jackson county, on ly the Eagle Point district still has ample water. The Eagle Point district has no storage fa cilities but gets its supply from the natural flow of the Big Butte creek Water, to the extent of eight feet, is running into the Med ford irrigation district canal as a natural flow from Little Butte creek but this would not la.it long If drawn upon, said E. H Judd. manager of the Mcdford and Rogue River Valley irriga tlon districts. The reservoir, he added, went dry Monday. The 1941 crop of sugar beet seeds Is liable to suffer serious damage for want of water, Rob ert G. Fowler, county agent said. Other late crops, he added, might suffer slightly, lie speci fied that some damage might be done to late alfalfa and pastur age crops and possibly a little to tomatoes. Orchards, however, will not be affected, he stated. This is the first year that the Irrigation reservoirs have been exhausted since 1934. Condi tions this year, while somewhat comparable, are more favorable than in 1934 and in that year only slight crop damage was done. The storage supplies were exhausted three weeks earlier in 1934 than this year, it was point ed out, and, unless a hot, dry spell ensues, Mr. Judd and Rob ert M. Kent, manager of the Talent Irrigation district, fore saw no serious crop damage. Mr. Kent raid, there might be some damage to clover and late forage unless the autumn rains came early. Last delivery of water in the Talent district was made August 22. Are the People Too Damned Dumb' (Spokane Spokesman-Review) At press conference in the White House Tuesday, President Roosevelt told reporters he would not debate the issues be fore the country with Wendell Willkie "because things were in such shape this year that it was perfectly obvious that he could not do any political campaign ing." On Thursday the White House announced that "President Roosevelt woiiW leave Wash ington next Tuesday for an eight-day trip through the east and south during which he would deliver two brief speech es and inspect a defense unit in West Virginia." Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's closest adviser, who lives with him in the White House, is on record as saying that "the American people are too d dumb" to understand the obvious, but they are not too dumb, despite his low opin ion of them, to understand that this Is a campaign trip and that the two "brief speeches" will be made for political effect. The White House is only kid ding Itself if it thinks the people are being fooled by the pretense that Mr. Roosevelt is taking no interest in the campaign for his election to a third term or that he is too busy "fighting the bat tle of Britain" to think about politics. The pity of it is that all this dissembling is absolutely un necessary. The people expect the President to discuss the Is sues before the country. They know that Mr. Roosevelt is not only president, but a candidate for reelection, and they regard it as his duty to tell them why he thinks he is the one man in the history of the United States who should be permitted to break the third-term tradition and why he thinks he is the only man in this nation of 130, 000.000 souls who should be trusted in the presidency. Nothing that Mr. Willkie said in his acceptance speech was truer than that "candor in these times is the hope of democracy. We must not kid ourselves any longer. We must begin to tell ourselves the truth right here and right now." And that ap plies with greater force to the candidates for president than to any other persons in the country. ESPEE SPEEDS OP T 20-30 CLUB HEARS I NEW PHONE South-bound schedule of The Rogue River, overnight passeng er train which operates nightly serving points between Portland and Ashland, will be shortened 50 minutes, effective Septem ber 1, according to advice re ceived at local Southern Pacific offices today from J. A. Orman- dy, general passenger agent, Portland. The train will continue to de part from Portland at 7:15 p.m. as at present, but will arrive Medford at 7:25 a.m. Instead of 8:30 a.m. and will arrive Ashland at 8:15 a.m. instead of 9:05 a.m. The northbound sched ule will be unchangd. Speeding of the schedule of The Rogue follows a recent an nouncement of a reduction in coach fares between southern and northern Oregon points good on this train. Drownings in New York City have decreased 40 per cent a year in the last ten years. All stone fruit trees should be treated with pnradlchloroben rene (PDB) for control of root borers, according to C. B. Cor dy, assistant county agent. Use from one-fourth ounce on very small trees to one ounce on very large trees. Normal bearing trees require about three-fourth ounce. Scatter the crystals on the ground in a circle around the trunk and two Inches from It. Cover the crystals with a six inch mound of soil and compact lightly. Do not disturb the soil around the trunk before plac ing the crystals. This treatment should be made at once for in order to be effective the soil must be dry warm. E Jackson County Chamber of Commerce today counseled the public to he wary of aviation courses offered by hlt:h pres sure salesmen with promises of Job placement. "It is unfortunate but It Is true that an effort is being made to capitalize unscrupulously on the interest created by our na tional defense program and par ticularly on training in avia tion.'' a chamber of commerce spokesman said. "Courses In aviation should be thoroughly investigated before any money is paid out for them." The public was asked to noti fy the chamber of commerce of any suspicious aviation school salesman. A complete and detailed ex planation of the operation of the telephone and of the recently installed automatic exchange for the dial system was given by Jack Creager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegram com pany at last night's weekly dinner-meeting of the 20-30 club in Hotel Jackson. Through the efforts and cour tesy of the company, special equipment was obtained from Portland to further illustrate the complicated mechanical function of the modern automa tic telephone exchange. By use of this equipment, which is the same as that installed here, Mr. Creager showed the club mem bers what actually happens when a telephone receiver is removed from the hook, and how the dialing operation auto matically and mechanically se lects the right line. In addition to the demon stration, Mr. Creager cited in teresting statistics on the world wide use of the telephone. He told of its rapid development and of the important public service it is to Americans. Earth is the fifth largest plan- (MM 51 BLUE RIBBON SPECIAL' THURSDAY ONLY! Schaeffer Pencils Regular $1.00 and $1.95 Attention Student.!! World fam ous Schealler Ptncils en sale tomorrow at Mann's tor juit 59c ta. Included in this Blue Ribbon Special are regular $1.00 and $1.95 Ptncils in various colors and Black. Get your long lite Schealter tomorrow at Mann's. 59 IT'S AN ART! QUESTION "1. it true that the beet oils come from the East?" ANSWER Nol You can't use geog raphy to pick the beat oil now-a-days. 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Mr. Connelly, who was woun ded three times during the last World war while doing exten sive service as a minister, said he was firmly convinced that at least 75 of the soldiers in the current conflict have turned to the church for guidance. Coming from the blackout of England's war torn foray, on landing in this country recently, Mr. Connelly stated he appreci ated licht more than ever be fore: "When I arrived in New York I could hardly conceive such brilliance. For two nights I stayed up enjoying the lights." Waving his hands, the Irish evangelist demonstrated the way big planes zoomed down for bombing raids. He said that even the children can tell what kind of plane is flying over head by its sound. "Spitfires sound like bullets," he said. Mr. Connelly is informed of the political situation in Eng land, the war, and the field of religion. He avers that the present European conflict resulted from the Versailles treaty and the League of Nations. "We could not arm because the League of Nations forbid it. In the peace treaty of the last war, we could not give Italy what she wanted so she became our enemy," he said. Tonight Rev. Connelly speaks from the topic, 'The Futility of Hitler's Dream." Thursday night will conclude his appearance, at which time he will speak from the topic. "Three Things Worth Knowing." Tonight and tomor row night he will devote twenty minutes to answering questions from any phase that the pub lic desires to query him, per taining to the current European status, beginning at 7:30 p.m. AWARDED STUART Salem. Aug. 28. (Pi Con tract for providing 15,100 cubic yards of crushed rock on the Gold Hill rock production pro ject on the Pacific and Sams Valley highways In Jackson county was awarded by the state highway commission today to R. I. Stuart and Sons of Med ford, who submitted a low bid of $18,940. There were six oth er bids. NEED 10 ACTORS" B0Y, 14, HELD AS TO PRESENT PLAYi PURSE SNATCHER Aesop, author of the famed 560 B. C. Robert Stedman, Medford school drama coach, announced yesterday that five scripts of "Pettycoat Fever" by Mark Reed are available now to persons in terested in trying out for the play on September 16. The scripts may be read at the pub lic library. Ten actors are required for the play and Mr. Stedman said that they would be chosen from the entire community. It will be presented here in mid-fall. Mr. Stcdman's initial commu nity project, "Hay Fever" by Noel Coward, was presented last winter in the Medford high school with great success, many persons claiming it was the finest amateur performance ever given here. Mr. Stedman will direct "Pettycoat Fever." The play is similar to "Hay Fever" in the fact that it is comical, enter taining and fast moving with similar dialogue. The mystery of the Identity of the young purse-snatcher, who has roamed Medford's dark was soivea mis morning wnen the arrest by city police of James H. Brinson. 14. who ad mitted, according to Chief Clat ous McCredie, that he moisted six women. Young Brinson who will prob ably appear in juvenile court Friday, was picked up following information given police by a girl who was grabbed by the boy this week. She recognized him and revealed his identity to the authorities. DIAL 4923 lor Quick, prpendahlt Service Unique Cleaners llolrl Alton Bills Bod Lavrenti Sa-7 Paint SALE ! --- WESCOTE Outside ;fcj1i House Paint ' 111 infill! P durable, high erode paint that kBMa L!4a?n-A' i covers well. Pepuiaf color. P Tamd"L UART OAUOM ? ilgpi S9 2 c : t j QUICK DRY Enamel H I' 1 Easy to apply, qItoi smooth, lus f i trou baia. Finest quality. 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