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PAGE TWELVE WFDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1941 wb Im MU TriteuM.- MBtfV)Rl PR1NT1NO CO. HH II North ru (. fboiM till HOUKHT W RltHU B4itor RN F OIUITttAP. Hnf EnfM u aai aiaaa nKUf at ter-4, Ormgon. wort el ff Marefe t. 11 mm iiSLiilM Al)tBMl Dally aad unrtaf aa rar MM Dajlf o4 i-itdar an mootha... H Daily and Sunrfar thraa moolhej. I. Dally niay month... II 9f Carrlar la A 'H-aoca Watford. A.b land. CantraJ poiau JaekaoovlUa, Oold UltL aVua Rt war. PhoaoU. TaiaaL and aa aiotar rootaai Dally aad unday ona yaar t.M DaJIt aad Sunday ona nootb.. .la All carma la adaua. mdal rao a Ofrtatel faaav lit City a Madfar af Jarhaoa) cata H KM HUH O rut AMMMJIATfcD !( aeat flag rvU IsWPSJ wira maa, Tha Aaaoeiaiad Press W asoluaivaly tit lad ft tha aaa fei publieatiaa at ail aawa diapaiohaa aradliad to tt ar athar viaa araditad la tnia aapar. aod aiaa ta tha laeai xawa aobiiahad haraia. Ail riahta (or aubltoatloa af tlapatahaa haraia ara alao raaara4- MB at BUM UV UN 11 DO VRKM UBUBICR ur AUDIT B'lRBAO Or CIRCULATIONS Adaartiaios RapraaanUtlvaa ffUMIULLIPJIt CUM HAN I. I NO. OmaM ia Now fork. Chioaso, Datrell. aa rranelaea Loa Angaiaa. Baaitl. raxtlAAC L iaaia, AtiaJiia. B C Ye Smudge Pot with F. F. (Retch) Fish of Phoenix. Punsmtth and Ex-Tenor, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR I Kn.w Him WHEN Today It 1 my privilege to Join the distinguished group of contributors who, beguiled by tha PROMISE of a box of pears, pull the chestnuts out of the fire for Art. This column will not be witty or facetious, but rather a thumb .nail sketch of the dim, distant past that saw the birth of the Smudge Pot. Years ago when' Medford, Central Point and Jacksonville were padding their census fig ures to achieve supremacy, one over the other, for population, a freshly made bridegroom from the middle west got off the train to buy a package of cigarettes end before he got back the train pulled out. So he decided to start a newspaper, and there being an evening sheet, he decided the field was fertile for a morning dally which ap propriately enough was named the "Sun." Upon the advent of the first edition we had six straight weeks of fog and no one saw the sun. A callow youth, who, at the request of the authorities, had terminated his residence In Spokane, rolled off an Espee train, smelled the Ink of the overheated press in the Sun of fice two blocks away, and the law of gravitation did the rest In other words, he sank com fortably Into swivel chair be hind a battered desk which post he has not relinquished for the past 30 odd years. (I use the term ODD deliberately). One aay the classified ad column was only half full and Art couldn't wheedle any more space out of the three local merchants so he dashed off a space filler and he's been doing It ever since. , Art saw the lob-lolly of Main Street replaced by new tangled pavement, the Union and Masn livery stables supplanted by garages and machine shops,' the horse drawn fire wagon super seded by gasoline and he and I stood on the corner and watch ed the old Wilson opera house go up In smoke, the last link connecting Medford with the golden era of road shows at S3 a throw. Through all these years Roxy Ann has stood guard over the valley and Art has SAT brood ing over his antiquated Smith Premier typewriter, production of which was suspended about the time they quit making the aged model car that the vener able columnist drives. Yet both Roxy Ann, funny to look at, and Art, ditto, symbolize some thing that is peculiar to the Rogue River Valley and I use the word peculiar deliberately, too. (Last of Guest Series) Rain Slows Logging Sweet Home. Sept. 8 (,4V Logging operations In this area have been slowed and In some Instances suspended as a result of heavy rains. Many operations are on dirt roads where heavy equipment has been unable to move. The Dalles, Sept. 9 (Pi Bids on $18,000 general obligation The Dalles airport bonds and $10,000 industrial bords have been accepted by the city coun cil. Seaside, Sept. 8 "0 About 20 planes owned by members of Oregon Sportsmen Pilots of Oe gon. Inc.. are expected to fly her Sunday Editorial Correspondence Portland, Oregon, September 4, 1941. Portland back to normalcy, raining steadily and has been for three days! Perhaps it if no better In the Rogue River valley for rain was predicted for today, on the other hand when the "Cannon ball" pulled out, stars were sparkling In crystal clear sky, and we surmise the Medford weather man was "wrong again." .... . Into tha Union station here half an hour late, being held up at Oregon City by a troop train. As usual the Cannonball (relic of the war of 1776!) had grown like the famed snake of Angora, from a stub of five cars to a train of 19, mostly fast freight. A Pullman rom Marshfield evacuated a golf fan, who predicts Dick Hanen will be national amateur champion before he Is 21. (To non-golf fans might add Hanen recently won the Southern Oregon golf championship at Medford for the second time.) Well, hope he does, that would even beat out the late Chan Egans' record who won the national title (if we remember correctly) at the age of 22. ... However not having been inoculated with similar local pride, we wouldn't advise anyone outside of Marshfield to risk any cash money on such a circumstance. Up here with several other Oregon citizens. largely from the Fourth Estate, to advise the State Highway commission on next year's advertising campaign. . The travel department of the commission has done a marvelous job in this direction for a number of years, even California Incorp., praises it and in cer tain directions has followed Oregon's example, which Is cer tainly the plus ultra in orchid pinning. The question before the house is not so much on how the work can be Improved, although of course that is always desired, as to how to sustain the high quality established. (Incidentally this praise can be showered with all due modesty, for the advisory committee by no stretch of the imagination can take any credit for the results). - e If you .care to hear the latest political gossip, take a seat in the lobby of the Imperial hotel, and keep your ears open. There '. a strong underground effort in state COP ranks to persuade Earl Snell to forget the governorship and run against Walter Pierce for congress, but nothing has jelled as yet. The Oregon Commonwealth Federation which had such a high batting average in the last state election, will probably endorse Attorney Roy R. Hewitt of Salem, as gubernatorial candidate on the democratic ticket. Lawyer Hewitt, Is Earl Fehl's attorney, and speaks the language of certain other former officials of the Good Government mnarmm Wet wnnflpr If thm Rpmihlirnn nrffantyntlnn fnuirt Via n fnrtnnatj fwn tlme In iiiprMtlnn mm in hflv thm Tkmnrrnf ' choose a gubernatorial candidate Small things are often more newspaper friend here finds a recent photograph far more cheer ing than all the optimistic Russian talk from G.H.Q. The picture showed Mussolini, Hitler and Goering somewhere on the eastern front, and "if ever a crew of crooks looked beaten that crew did!" Readers of the M.T. probably on Page One only a few days ago. trast to all the other pictures of THING encouraging in the present guised the fact. There are over 6,000 persons on the W.P.A. rolls In this state. And yet hop growers of the state, can't get enough pickers to harvest the present crop, it Is even stated they are 30,000 short! We see no reason why that 30,000 can't be reduced by 6,000 at least, and the tax payers benefit as well as the hop growers! e Straight from the feed box: Earl Snell will run for the Republican nomination regardless. R. W. R. The War News Today By Dawitt Confucius In his boundless wisdom doubtless would advise us to take it easy In reaching conclusions about the mystery of the submarine attack on the United States destroyer Greer. If for the sake of argument we adopt the British idea that It was a German U-boat which fired the torpedoes, then the question immediately arises whether the action wasn't the result of a mistake. There has been no Indication that Herr Hitler wants to see America In the Fnrnnesn war although he might be praying that we become involved In the orient. In fact, all the signs have been that he hopes we won't Intervene In the western theater. The point Isn't that the fueh rer loves us the more but that he likes the idea of the United States navy getting Into action pt this critical Juncture the less. His reason is that he likely will undertake major operations in the Mediterranean In the near future; he presumably will In tensify his U-boat campaign in the battle of the Atlantic; and he doesn't want American war ships supporting the British when the allies invade the continent. In short, the Nail chief has plenty of trouble on his hands already and so much for that. The British Invasion, by tl.e VMsrt ' 'f l5ju : i - Zr Ml "Mb $0 CO 00 IT HURTS-TleittS "Boon- Poffrnberger Mmirlf Is authority fr lite s.atemrnt tin: he's n r?er hje bail s Bad Rov. He has rnorrr.-d. us he, j-.m.j" ng '.idicnce feeckling stance, tit pitches for Buford, I, a- tears. of that stripe! Important than large ones. A war reports, added to the sales recall the picture. It appeared Certainly it was in marked con the same trio, if they see ANY situation, they completely dis MacKansie way, probably Wont be tried ' before spring, unless. unexpected I developments in the Russo-Nazi ' war make it advisable for Bri-I tain to strike sooner. Meantime! the bloodletting which the Nazis are undergoing in Russia is pav ing the way for the allied as sault across the English channel. Sanguinary fighting continues! throughout the entire length of; the great battle-line in Russia, but there seems to have been little change in position during the past 24 hours. The au thoritative German commentary Dienst Aus Deutschland says the reds apparently are carrying out extensive attacks on the central front, but belittles their effec tiveness. . . I Dienst misses the point. The significant fact Is that the Bol shevists are able to Inaugurate big-scale attacks at all. after standing off such a violent as sault. It is indicative of reserve power and good morale. It Is interesting to see the Germans again resorting to what the Muscovites describe as the "psychological attack" a sort of stage-play which is cal culated to confound the enemv. In the case in hand the reds report that two companies of picked Nazi troops advanced In close formation, "preceded by a band as on parade, kettle drums rolling and bass drums thundering." Moscow says the attackers were annihilated.' Personal Health Service By William Signed let term pertaining ta perianal health and hygiene, not ta dimes diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady It a stamped self addteseed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written la Ink. oalng to the large n amber of letters received only a few eaA be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Addres Dr. vYUIIam Brady, zss El Csmino, Beverly Hills, Calif. CAUSE AND CUR All babies are clubfooted be fore birth. The position and form of the feet are similar to the position and form of .the common type of clubfoot which physi cians call pes varus which means, foot bent or grown or turned In ward. The cause of clubfoot Is not known. Some physicians be lieve it may be due to crowd ing or Insufficient room for normal growth, cramping of the infant in a narrow gpace or loop, especially when there is not enough water to keep the infant afloat and free to de velop in the amniotic sac. To such faults or defects of the mother some physicians attach the theory that clubfoot may be Inherited or the tendency may be inherited, and so they would explain the occasional instances of several successive generations of clubfooted mem bers in a family. But that is a mere speculation. There is no good reason to think that club foot is hereditary. However, there is another notion of the cause fo clubfoot that it is due to "marking some unpleasant emotional im pression on the mother in tne course of pregnancy. This is a free country and any one so disposed may take stock in such tales if only he be ignorant and superstitious enough. Not all clubfoot is congenital (present at birth). In some in stances the deformity results from paralysis (usually polio myelitis, infantile paralysis) in early childhood). Characteristic o f ordinary clubfoot is the position of the foot, exaggeration of the normal position of the feet of the new born infant. The foot is turned inward, the outer border low ered, the inner border elevated, the sole sharply flexed so that the arch Is greatly exaggerated, the toes point downward and inward toward the opposite foot, sole turned inward. If the child is permitted to walk on the foot, he or she walks on the outer side and back of the foot with the toes curled up near the inner ankle. Of all curative measures for clubfoot manipulation is most important. This means regular handling, as carefully adminis tered three times a day as tho it were the most imperative medicine, under the instruction of the physician or orthopedic News Behind The News By Paul Mallon (Continued Prom Page One) certainly be nothing greater for the country as a whole than a farm price of 110 percent par ity, which is the point at which congress now is trying to fix it There would be nothing bet ter from labor's standpoint than a wage which gave it a similar superior hold on the economic system. But what about us other peo ple? What about the consumers? You can't fix a farm price at an astounding degree of pros perity, and a labor wage at what labor thinks it should be. and still have a functioning eco nomic system. That's' simple common sense. In a runway situation, such as we have now, it is obvious that someone has to step out and exert some measure of con trol. You Just can't let a de mocracy run away with itself. There are fundamental ' things that you must correct, in their inception. And as a columnist here, writing about what I see and hear. I think the time has come when Mr. Roosevelt should stop asking the farm and labor blocs what he should do. and step out and assert the lead' ership which we know is for the common good of all. Unless he does, the country is sure to arrive at the destina tion which he and Mr. Hender son have so gloomily forecast. Defense expenditures now are running about $1,300,000,000 a month. The government wants to get them up to $3,000,000. 000. They tried a tax bill to siphon some of the superfluous defense spending back. They are trying to sell bonds, but are not selling very many, because you can't sell bonds against an in flationary situation. They are trying to curtail the availability of credit to effect the same re sult. The results so far are nil. They are laced with a predica- Brady. M. D. E Of CLUBFOOT surgeon. The manipulation may be carried out by mother, nurse or any intelligent, reliable mem ber of the family. The general purpose is to bend, mold and train the foot in- the way it should grow. . The physician should administer the manipu lations daily for the first week or so, and then the person who is to carry out his orders may assume the responsibility, with the continued supervision of the physician and at least weekly visits, when the physician looks on while nurse or mother goes thru, with the manipulation. Thus any mistakes are correct ed. This is not massage in the ordinary sense. It would be unjust to the child to subject clubfoot to the most expert massage without benefit of med ical or orthopedic supervision. QIE9TIONS AND ANSWERS shopping List Sometime please give me a list of doctors who can give the Injection treetment for varicose veins, hemor rhoids, hernia, etc. (L. E. M). Answer On request, if you pro Tide a stamped envelope hearing your address, Z wlU name a physician in your vicinity (If I know of one) who Is skilled In the injection treat ment of varicose veins, or the other conditions. I cannot furnlah llsta of names and t cannot give names In this column. - Preparing for Maternity X am 20. weigh 95 pounds, mother died at my birth, at age of 10 I was In sanatorium with what doc tors called childhood type of tuber culosis. I am married, dearly lov children. Have had two years of college and courses taken there would enable me to take better -are of myself than some mothers. Would I survive childbirth? (Mrs. R. E.) Answer Nothing you mention would Interfere with raising a fam Uy. But dont conjecture about It ask your physician. In fact any woman contemplating maternity should seek the advice of her phy sician and no one else. Send 10 cent and stamped envelope bearing your address, tor booklet "Preparing for Maternity. ' Why Do Dentists Shirk Servicer Daughter, 14. has very Irregular teeth. Her health Is good. Dentist told me to wait until she matures. Then he said she'd have to go to a specialist, for no Ordinary dentist could straighten her teeth and It will cost at least. . . . (Mrs. M. L. C.) Answer The earlier in childhood or youth the straightening of irregu lar teeth is undertaken the better the ultimate result will be. The den tist who would defer treatment until the patient reaches adult age carries the let-alone police to a deplorable extreme. (Copyright 1M1, John T. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persona wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D, 26.1 El Carat no. Beverly Hills. Calif. ment that apparently they don't dare to face. They must take steps, which the farm bloc and the labor bloc do not like. They are being crowded into a polit ical dilemma. But as everyone else knows the answer, it will not be long delayed. Hop Dryer Burns Independence, Sept. 5 V- Fire destroyer a hop dryer, 400 sacks of late hops, 65 bales of early hope and a supply of bur lap and twine owned by Sloper, Patton and Gooch, growers, yes terday. Origin of the blaze was undetermined. The loss was re ported covered by insurance. V lava m.e.v"-i' I Lieutenant Commander Lsur : ence Huqh Prost (above). 31-year-old Washington resident. Is the commander of the United States destroyer Greer which the nary department reported was subjected to an nsuccess ful torpedo attack by sub marine while enroute to Iceland with mail. Frost, a native el FayettviUe, Ark- became com mander of tho Greer a month : ago. i t se Mail Tne una want ads. 1 His Ship Attacked rsr i mm 7 Kelly's ' Comment From Washington Bonneville Boas Drops Bend Line Left Hand Don't Let Other Know Wage-Hour Law Takes A Beating :Br JohaW. rellf. (Note: During the absence of Mr. Kelly on vacation his daily column will be written by Mr. Paul Dunham, member of our Washington. D. C staff). By Paul Dunham Washington, D. C, Sept. 8 Paul J. Raver, Ponneville ad ministrator, has no Intention of stringing a transmission line in to Bend unless there tt more demand for th government- owned power. No final reports has been made on the project, but the administrator is shoving it into the background for the present and giving his attention to what he considers as more important things such as na tional defense industries. Owing to the government pol icy of not letting the right hand know what the left hand is do ing. Mr. Raver has been unable to learn from the war depart ment whether or not a military cantonment or an army air field will be located in the Bend vicinity, although he has made inauiries. If a military acti vity is situated in or around Bend then. according to Mr. Raver, he will run a line from the Columbia river up the Deschutes, but it :will require something of the sort to Justify building the line. A horseback estimate by Raver's men indi cates that the cost of such a line, towers, wires, etc;,- will be in the neighborhood of $1,500, 000. a e e ADMINISTRATOR of the wage-hour act has thrown up his hands over the situation in the Pacific northwest. There appears to be a desperate need for men, women ana cnnaren to harvest the crops; wages are high; canneries are operating day and night. Two highly per ishable crops are now being gathered, with another ready for the harvest. The bean crop, which has come into prominence in recent years, has been of bumper proportions, but help has been scarce and several towns have been railed upon for pickers. Farmers paid l' cents a pound. By. raiding stores and banks sufficient help was ob tained to salvage practically all of the bean crop. Canneries are now working on the beans and no one pays any attention to hours. - Thousands of hop pickers are needed in the yards of Oregon and Washington and in a- few places the opening of schools has been delayed in order to per. mlt school children to help in the hop yards. Prices have jumped to two cents a pound, with a bonus if the picker stays to the end of the season. It is the highest price ever paid ioT picking hops, but the growers have been forced to up the price to attract pickers. Almost all of the hops grown in the United States are raised in the Wil lamette valley of Oregon and in Washington. Next ctoo ready for the har vest. Is prunes. This fruit will be bought in large quantities by ih. eovernment tor tne army navy and-for relief of the Brit i.h Where the pickers will come from no one knows. Chil dren will be in school; able knHipH men will be in war in dustries and women will be in canneries rather man in tne or- rhards. There is a new angle rteveloolna in the northwest; women work in the canneries nH their men folk wait for them outside in good automo biles. The lid is off on wages and hours until the perishables are processed. AS a sidelight on the oil con trol situation it may be noted that of the 204 members on dis trict oil committees to consult with and advije Secretary Ickes been found guilty of violating federal anti trust laws or are now being suea as vio- i.tnr. r,f that law. wnen nir. Ickes extends his control to the Pacific coast the percentage of convicted or sued advisers win be higher. This sounds terrific but the oil men were sued for following the NIHA oil code; first thry were uiged to follow the code, then another federal agency indicated them for doing ! Trail. Sept 9 Spl.) Dr. I and Mrs. Mallery entertained at 1 ,r.n.e Mnnrlav evening Thofe present were Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Staples and daughter. Sally Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee and children, and the Staples house guests. Mrs. rrancis Ash aad eon Lowtu. visited with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ash Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. a A. CnambarUn so. Trail and atra. Lula Marble, from Vancou ver. Wash., visited Mrs. Chamber tin's son Bob, and wife for several days. Mrs. Marble Is Bob's aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Buser spent the three days vacation at Estacada. Ore. Mrs. Lyal Tucker has (one to Treka to visit her daughter, Mrs Henry Prick and family. Mr. and Mrs. P. . McBroth and Mr. and Mrs. John Boas left for Ban Diego the latter part of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Prank Oolenahek spent tne past week-end at Corval lla. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Tancey and Mr. and Mrs. WlU Ounther, from Los Altos, are spending the week at the Yancey cottage here on- the river.. They all motored to Crater and Diamond lake Wedneaday. Mr. and Mrs. John Snook and daughter. - Mr. and Mrs, Dean Lay and son from Weetwood. Cel. were week-end guests of their relatives here and at Cascade Oorge. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oreen of Med ford were calling In this community Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie McMillan of Ben Prancieco are visiting at the Mallery home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Oamer, who have been at the Rogue Elk store and station the past summer, are leaving this week for Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Irven ' Sagner and daughter DarUne. and Mr. Edward Schwlst spent Labor day visiting rel atives at Estacada, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Buff a ' and boys left for their home in Loa Angeles Tuesday, having spent the summer months - In their cottage below Trail. Mrs. Eva Begessman and daughter Mary, drove to Eugene last week end. Mary remained with her aunt there while Mrs. Segesmman drove on to Portland. on business, then on to Seaside where she visited Mr. and Mrs. W. Abbott. The Abbott are former Medford people. Mrs. Mary Burk and eon Martin, returned from their trip to Leaven worth, Wash, Tuesday where Mrs Burk's parents celebrated their 00th wedding anniversary. They were 90 relatives from five different states present. . The following persons were seen shopping In Medford Tuesday: Mee- damea Ann Batenger, Rena Howe and daughter Wanda, Erelln Conley and daughter. R. L. Swanburg and daughter. Nettle Shuff and daughter Basel. Alma Mallery, Jennie Hutchin son. P. Orual. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Orm. and Miss Mable Ragsdale. The Trail -Shady Cove extension union will meet September 11 at 1 SO p. m. at the home of ' Mrs. Vera Ebbert. The new agent. Miss Terrell, will bo present so all should attend. The chairman of the ways and means committee of the exten sion ult. Mrs. Eva Segeaaman. would like all those that have books on the quilt to bring them - to the meeting as the quilt will be dis posed of at that meeting. The new officers will preside and would ' ap preciate all the members support by attending each meeting. Fear Prune Loss McMinnville, Sept. 5 P) Yamhill county prune growers, with some 8000 acres of un picked trees, feared today that the crop loss would be heavy unless rains halt. Is S W"- . jg?.' -'v...itr ti I -' - .tte. . Yir If ' liiiil saaaaaassaeiaT A YANKEE AIDS THE U. S. O .-Joe DlMaggto au tographs bat he used in breaking record of hits In consecutive games. Air Stewardess PoHy Ann Carpenter waits to take it to Frisco, where It will be sold July 13. Proceeds go to the V. S. O. km- WiLJ Xji m W 6 WORKINC CIRl S Aalta Ehms snd Carol Lynn (right! w ear mstnmes designed m the N.T.A. workshop. Chicago to rom iot cfcar with atilliy for working girh' garb. Left: a welder s ant Jorge.; right, eed war s er s. Both are of re tie a, . Flight o Time Medford and Jackson Coonly'w History from the files of the Mali I Tribune to and to years ago TEN YEARS AGO TODAY September $, 1931 (It was Saturday) Homes and work on waste lands of state proposed as curs for unemployment. Rain , upstate lessens forest fire dangers. Autoists) of nation warned to drive carefully next Monday, Labor Day, as thousands depart for last summer holiday vaca tion. , . . Auto and SO gallons of moon shine seized on Siskiyous. Revival meeting to open si Baptist church next week. Warmer weather predicted for coming week. Rain deficit here for past year 4.41 inches. f Oregon Reclamation congress to open 25th annual meeting here Monday. - TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY September 5, 1921 (It was Monday) Secretary of Labor Davis In Labor Day speech urges public improvement work to relieve unemployment. Leader of the Irish Sinn Tela threatens war on Ulster, in sen sational speech. Ben Sheldon drives his auto to Diamond Lake, over route be tween Crater Lake and Diamond Lake. Typhoid fever is raging among starving thousands of Russia, and America will rush food and medicine. Roy Gardner, notorious mailO robber escapes from McNeill Island prison during Labor Day ball game. One companion killed, another wounded. Fair and warmer weather cor tlnues with a high of 85, and low of 43. Auto Hits Tot Milton-Freewater, Sept. la iP) Robert Perkins, 4, was in serious condition today from in juries suffered Wednesday when he was struck by an automobile. The child, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Perkins, suffered skull fracture. Housing Bids Called Oregon City, Sept. 5 (IP) Bids on a 100-unit, low-rent housing project will be opened here Sept. 26. The project, ex pected to cost about $346,000, will be financed by a federal loan.
