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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON," TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1941.
Fred MacMurray of Screen
Proves Adept Fisherman in
Vacation at Diamond Lake
Br BUI Walker. Jr.
Diamond Lake, Ore., June 30. (Special Correspondence)
Although staunch In upholding the beauty of her own itate, Cali
fornia, Mrs. Fred MacMurray commenting upon Oregon said,
"Mr. MacMurray and I both like Oregon very much. We think
It a beautiful state, and next to California we like it best."
Vacationing at Diamond lakel
for the last week, the Mac Mur
ray! came to Oregon from Can
ada, where they had been for
two weeks. Fishing, being the
main object of their extensive
travels, Mr. Mac Murray fished
every day at the lake, and made
. several trips back to the sur
rounding streams in the Dia
mond lake vicinity.
"Fred fishes every stream that
we come to," smiled Mrs. Mac
Murray. "And at home when
he has a few hours off, he im
mediately gets his tackle and
goes to one of the lakes near our
home,
Asked about his latest picture.
uive Bomber," Mr. Mac Mur
ray replied, "I enjoyed making
the picture very much, and
learned a lot In the actual pro-
auction 01 it.
The picture concerns the elim
ination of black-outs in a power
aive and is a technical aviation
picture. Playing with him in this
latest Paramount production,
which has not been released as
yet. Is Errol Flynn.
The Mac Murrays were quiet
anxious to get home when they
left Diamond lake Susan, their
13 months old daughter, had
lust begun to "toddle"' as Mrs.
Mac Murray described it, and
that was a major event in the
daughter's life, as far as they
.were concerned.
The minute I mentioned
stream fishing, Mr. Mac Murray
listened for all the details and
was ready to go we went to the
outlet of Diamond lake. Lake
Creek, and fished from there
downstream. I took a look at
all of Fred's equipment and
thought to myself, "Another
Californian with lots of expens
ive tackle, but can he use it?"
My question was answered soon
after we started downstream. He
casta a beautiful fly, has per
fect control, and probably knows
his river fishing as well as any
ardent Rogue river nimrod.
Although the dav Was atnrmv
(hail stones as big as marbles,
and they could have cold-cocked
a trout if the fish raised far
enough), we caught a few fish.
Later he went down on the same
stream and caught his limit.
All the time we were on the
creek, 1 noticed how natural he
looked. Having seen all his pic
tures such as, "Texas Rangers"
and 'Trail of the Lonesome
Pine" he appeared doubly well
suited for his primitive setting.
He got a "kick" out of the
weather and took It all with his
usual smile. I certainly enjoyed
fishing with him. not Just be
cause he was Fred Mac Murray,
but because he was such a fine
fellow.
E
IN WEATHER LEDGER
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
June tried to be an outstand
ing month, as far as weather
records were concerned, but
failed to make the grade,
weather bureau reports showed
today. With the exception of
1913 the past June was the
coolest since 1911. Average
temperature for June 1941 was
82.8 as compared to 62.0 In
1913. Highest temperature reg
istered was 102 on June 11
only to be put to shame by a
record 109 in June, 1911.
Despite rainy days scattered
through the month June was
not particularly conspicuous as
a wet month either. For
weather bureau records show
total precipitation for June
1941 to be only 1.69 inches as
compared to 3.49 in 1931, wet
test on record; 2.S4 in 1929 and
3.09 in 1913.
Season precipitation from
September 1, 1940, through
June 30, 1941, shows an excess
of 3.12 as compared to an ex
cess of 4.92 for the same period
a year ago.
SCOUT LEADERS
MOST OF STORES
TO CLOSE FRIDAY ELEANOR I. JONES
PASSES. AGED 58
It was generally believed
among business men today that
In general most of the stores of
Medford would be closed all day
Friday, the Fourth of July.
All stores will be open for
business Saturday, the usual
Saturday hours prevailing.
Stores that ordinarily remain
open all the time, such as phar
macies, and some groceries,
probably will not close on Fri
day, it was indicated. Retailers
here no longer have an organi
zation and so there is no uni
formity in closing hours or in
observance of holidays. It was
pointed out.
AT SEASON PEAK
The berry crop of the Rogue
River valley is now at peak
with raspberries, youngberries
and boysenberries plentiful.
Most of the crop Is used locally,
with some shipments to north
ern California points and Klam
ath county.
The warm sun of the past
three days has caused all crops
to grow, after the rain and cool
weather of last week. Corn in
many sections of the valley has
started to tassel and tomatoes
to flowei.
Fifteen Senior Scouts and
Scout leaders left Medford today
to enter a 9-day period of train
ing at the Boy Scout camp at
Lake O' the Woods under direc
tion of Kenneth Wells, local Boy
Scout executive.
The second period of camp
will open July 6 with the first
contingent of about fifty Boy
Scouts spending a full week in
the camp. The entire season of
five weeks lasts until August 3.
According to Wells, the third
and fourth weeks of the camp
are already neartng capacity in
advance registrations.
Leaving today for opening of
camp are Kenneth Wells. Chris
Barker, Dick Sleeter, Charles
Davis, Bob Holmes, and James
Hoey of Medford; Roger Zwan
ziger, and Delmar Kolda of
Weed, Bill Jones of Yreka.
George Schrader of Mt. Shasta.
The kitchen staff will consist of
George Corum and Bob Dager of
Medford and Alvis Winn of Gold
Hill.
OKLAHOMA POLICY
WILL ERASE DEBT
WITHIN FEW YEARS
Hard-Boiled Fiscal Plan For
bids Spending Unless Coin
On Hand for Payment
Eleanor I. Jones, 68, wife ot
Herbert Jones, and for the last
12 years a resident of near
Rogue River, passed away in
Medford at fl 55 p. m. Monday.
Mrs. Jones was born at Cross
Timber, Mo., Feb. 23, 1883. She
had been receiving medical
treatment in Medford for the
last four months.
Besides her husband, she
leaves two sons, Sidney M. Jones
of Prospect and Glenn F., of
Medford. Also two sisters, Mrs.
I. N. Cooper, of Lincoln, Mo.,
and Mrs. Estella Robins of Hot
Springs, S. D.
Funeral services will be held
at the Conger chapel at 3 p.m.
Thursday with rider Curtis of
the Seventh Day Adventist
church, ot which deceased was
a member, officiating. Inter
ment will -be in Siskiyou mem
orial park.
SATISFACTION FILED
IN AUTO DEAL SUIT
Satisfaction of Judgment In
full was filed in circuit court
yesterday In the suit of the
Medford Garage against George
W. Field. A circuit court Jury
10 days ago returned a verdict
awarding the garage the return
of an Oldsmobile and $32 30.
The action was based on an
automobile trade-in sale and
deal.
NEW STORE HOURS
DAILY
7:30 A. M.-5:30 P. M.
SATURDAY
7:30 A. M. 8:00 P. M.
HUBBARD BROS.
By Schuyler Allman '
Oklahoma City, July 1.
Oklahoma's state government
approximately $39,000,000 in
debt embarked today on a
hard-boiled pay-as-you-go fiscal
policy that may be used as a
national model.
No salaries can be paid, noth
ing can be bought, unless the
cash Is at hand.
Officials who exceed the
amounts apportioned to them
become personally liable and
may be removed from office.
The voters, at the insistent
prodding of Gov. Leon C. Phil
lips, drew the public purse
strings tight with a constitution
al amendment last March out
lawing deficits. It became effec
tive today, with the new fiscal
year.
Debt-ridden states have writ
ten for Information. Copies of
the amendment will be sent to
every state by the National As
sociation of State Auditors,
Comptrollers and Treasurers.
Like Alabama
Roger Phelps, assistant state
auditor, said that as far as he
knew only Alabama had a com
parable debt-limit law.
Change to a cash basis was
easy. A $3,500,000 cushion of
frozen income taxes, paid In
March but withheld from the
general fund, absorbed the
shock.
Briefly, the amendment works
like this:
The state board of equllizatlon
estimates total revenue beyond
which the legislature cannot ap
propriate without first levying
new taxes.
Each division gets monthly
statements of available cash
from the state auditor. If these
indicate revenue is sufficient, di
visions are free to obligate the
full appropriation. If revenues
run behind, each department or
institution takes a pro rata
monthly reduction.
Oklahoma will be out of debt
by 1956, Phelps said, if the state
decides to fund the overdraft of
the last biennium about $17,
000,000 over a 15-year period.
NOVICE ANGLER GETS
DIAMOND LAKE GIANT
Dr. Kenneth Palmer of Berk
eley, Cal., fishing for the first
time in his life, hooked and
landed the second largest rain
bow trout ever caught in Dia
mond lake recently. The fish
was 36 inches long, weighed
22 pounds, and had a 22-inch
girth. It took half an hour to
land the piscatorial wonder and
two men to get it into the boat,
as the fish net was too small.
Alaska has but eight incor
porated cities.
Russian Resistance Powers
Undecided in Ten Day War
Br OeWitt MacKensle
Ten days of fierce and destructive warfare along the two
thousand mile front between the mighty German and Russian
fighting machines has failed to produce conclusive evidence as
to the Bolshevist powers of resistance to the most powerful
army ever sent Into action. .
This is to say that while the
nazia have driven deep into en
emy territory, and claim that
along the strategic Minsk high
way in the center of the Rus
sian line they have thrust their
mechanized column something
like half way to Moscow, they
haven't yet won a decisive en
gagement They have laid the
foundations for what may be a
great and quick victory, but
they still have to capitalize
them.
However, Britain and her al
lies will be rash to gamble that
their respite from heavy Ger
man assault In the western
theatre will be long. Judging
from , past performances, and
from present progress. Hitler
may be in Moscow in short
order. He may also have attain
ed his other objectives, includ
ing the rich Ukraine.
That is still a matter of spec
ulation. We lack information
regarding the real strength of
the much advertised Red army,
and the stability of the vast
Soviet Union with its hetero
geneous population of 170,000,
000 or more. One wonders
whether communist chief Stalin
himself has any idea of Just
how much power he has back
of him, or whether he can har
ness and utilize what there is.
Civilian morale in Russia will
have much to do with the ulti
mate outcome, as I see it.
While touring Europe and the
Balkans a few months before
the European conflict broke
out, I found that official opin
ion everywhere held Russia to
be Impotent in the matter of
war. The general belief was
that, while the Soviet had great
numerical strength in men and
mechanical equipment, there
would be danger of a political
upheaval In event of war.
In every instance, however,
it was admitted that the truth
of these guesses never would
be known until the Bolshevists
actually - went to war. Since
then we have had the Russian
adventures in Finland and Po
land, but neither of these ac
tions produced much conclusive
evidence.
Thomas R. Keaton was fined
$10 and costs in Justice court
yesterday on a plea of guilty
of having no declared truck
weight receipt.
Edgar Lee Coghill, route 1,
charged with having only one
headlight on his car, was as
sessed $1 and costs. Orvil A.
Hunter was fined the same for
having no muffler.
James C. Stelle, charged with
failure to stop at the Sixth and
Central avenue stop-sign, was
scheduled to appear in court today.
Winters in the temperate lat
itudes of South America are
warmer than in North America
and Asia, and the summers are
cooler.
ON LOCAL FARMS
SEEN IN OFFING
Employment ' Manager Ex
1 pects Situation to Become
Acute Draft Deferment
Technically speaking, there is
no unemployment in Jackson or
Josephine county now, there is
no acute shortage of farm labor
at present but there will be in
the near future, Lewis Ulrich,
manager of the state employ
ment service for the two coun
ties, stated today.
When Mr. Ulrich was Inter
viewed by the Mail Tribune this
morning, waiting in the office
were half a dozen men who he
said were available to fill farm
Jobs. It is only through this cur
rent flow of unemployed men to
the office that applications for
workers can be filled immediate
ly, Mr. Ulrich said. The registry
of unemployed men is not truly
indicative of the present situa
tion as most of those registered
probably have temporary or
seasonal Jobs and have not yet
notified the office, he explained.
Nevertheless whenever an order
for workers is received, the reg
istry is combed in an effort to
fill the request, Mr. Ulrich re
lated, adding that this sometimes
requires days.
Draft Deferment
At selective service local
board headquarters it was stated
that recently authorization had
been received to defer regis
trants for agricultural work. It
was emphasized, however, that
such deferment is based on a
complete study of each individ
ual case.
Mr. Ulrich said many farmers
are availing themselves of the
free services of the employment
office and he invited all of them
to do so and keep in close touch
either by telephone or personal
calls with the office. There is no
charge for the service to either
employers or employes, he point
ed out.
Mr. Ulrich foresaw a shortage
of farm help for the near future
when orchard work starts in
earnest and a little later when
the hop crop Is to be harvested.
So far as women were con
cerned, the employment office is
unable to fill the calls for do
mestic help, Mr. Ulrich stated.
Twenty-seven signers of the
Declaration ot Independence,
almost half, were college graduates.
Spiritual Lecture
Ordained fptrttu
xllst and Psychol
ogist will privately
Interview those In
terested In tplrlt-
rfM.lonm,nL 1 -JbV7w
r .-SSS 1
Friends declare mT;- , -.1
Rjmt iLva tn III I -v
specially gifted person. 6 he has
gained an enviable reputation and
amazed a host of frier ds In every
wall- ot lire. Will be her just a
tew days longer.
Located Orind Hotel, Boom JOT.
Hours 9:30 a. m. to 8 p. m.
SDonnMe Load
It" or II" tn&
Green Pine Slabs s75
Valley Fuel Co.
Tel. 3376
26 W. Main
JUNE MARRIAGES
UNDER YEAR AGO
Marriage licenses Issued In
Jackson county during June
numbered 34, one less than in
June 1940. Licenses issued dur
ing May totaled 29, according
to the county clerk office rec
ords.
This week was expected to
bring the Fourth ot July busi
ness a popular time for launch
ing matrimonial ventures.
Cee Mall Tribune want ads.
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of North Central Ave, and McAndrews Road
Timber Pro&t Company
Phone 2121
STORE CLOSED
FRIDAY, JULY 4th
WACO'S
OPEN SATURDAY
EVENING UNTIL 8:30
5 BIG SPECIALS
FOR WEDNESDAY SELLING
New Play
SHOES
For Your 4th
Celebration
Here's a Big Before-the-4th
Special on Women's and Misses'
leather sole wedgie style Play
Shoes in new summer patterns
and popular colors for just S1.98
pair. Also in this Super Special
are nationally advertised Ked
ettes. Shop this Shoe Special
tomorrow.
Regular Values
To $2.98 Pair
SPECIAL
$198
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U i IS
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SUIT
(Tlfl Special
r TTJ You Cannot
New. Slip
SOCKS
A Composition Sole
Sox With Terry
Cloth Uppers
Something new in the Hosiery
Department . . . "Slip Socks" . .
a cool, comfortable terry cloth
sock with a bullt-on composition
sole. Perfect to wear with
slacks, swim suits and around
the house. These new summer
altairs come in Biege and Tan
and Red and White.
These Are Regular
$1.25 Value
SPECIAL
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Tomorrow the Suit
Shop will place a
limited number oi
good-looking Summer
Suits on Sale for just
$10.00. Suits bought
especially for vaca
tion and travel wear
and marked regular
at $14.93. These are
in solid colors and
plaids. They are in
both casual and
dressy styles. With
skirts that have front
and back pleats. Sises
12 to 20.
Regular
Value in
This Group
to $14.95
o
Suit Shop Second Floor
22x44-Inch
TERRY
TOWELS
Summer days are Towel days.
Have plenty of these absorbent
double thread Terry Towels for
summer use. Tomorrow you
can buy the regular 35c and 49c
Terry Towels for just 25c. All
are 22x44 and come in whit
with colored borders and all
white with colored over plaid
and pastel borders.
35c To 49c
Values
SPECIAL
25
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Cold Cream
CLOTHS
Now you can keep your eom
plexion clean and fresh by
quickly removing all traces of
grime, anytime, anywhere car
ry 'Tecor Liquated" Cold Cream
Cloths in your purse. They are
non-drying and non-greasy. Each
cloth is sealed in a moisture
proof foil envelope and will not
dry out.
Regular $1 Pkg.
of 60 Cloths
SPECIAL
00 Pkg.
Take a Package
On Your Vacation
End North Central'
MEDFORD'S OWN STORE!