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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.
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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.
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Rev. Peter Connelly, from
Perth, Scotland, delivered his
first of three discourses In the
Medford Church of the Nazar
one. Holly at First, last night to
a most appreciative audience.
The Irish evangelist comes
from a military center of Scot
land, where 35.000 soldiers are
concentrated. When asked what
attitude the British would take,
in case of defeat, Mr. Connelly
declared, "I can't conceive of
the defeat of Great Britain. You
must know that the British will
never accept defeat. We live in
the light of past history. Ours
is a history of victory."
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.
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