Communications
Phil Metschsn Beads Poem
To the editor I am enclosing
herewlth copy of a poem en
titled "The Feast of Apple
Bloom", written by the famous
Oregon poet, Samuel L. Simp
ion. It should be of particular In
terest to the people of Jackson
county, because, according to
Mrs. E. B. Watson, native
daughter of Jackson county,
born in Jacksonville, Oregon in
1859, and now living in Port
land, its author conceived and
wrote it when a visitor at the
home of his sister, a Mrs. Huffer,
at Jacksonville, in the year 1873.
There is no doubt, therefore,
that it is the first advertisement
ever written of the beautiful
Rogue River valley, and part of
J Its inspiration was the blooming
orchards of this famous section.
PHIL METSCHAN. .
P.S. The poem was published,
along with others of the author,
In 1910 by W. T. Burney In a
book entitled "The Gold-Gated
West".
The Feast of Apple Bloom
When the sky is a dream of
violet
And the days are rich with
(old.
And the satin robe of the earth
is set
With the Jewels wrought of
old!
When the woodlands wave in
choral seas
, And the purple mountains
loom,
It la heaven to come with birds
and bees
To the feast of apple bloom.
w For the gabled roof of the home
arose
O'er the sheen of the orchard
snow.
And is still my shrine when
storms repose
And the gnarly branches blow;
While the music of childhood's
singing heart,
That was lost In the backward
gloom.
May be beard when the robins
meet and part
At the feast of the apple
bloom.
And I think, when the trees dis
play a crown
Like the gleam of a resting
dove,
Of a face that was framed in
tresses brown
And aglow with a mother's
love;
And the end of the orchard path
she stands, '
While I laugh at my man
hood's doom,
OAs my spirit flies with lifted
hands
To the feast of apple bloom.
When the rainbow paths of fad
ed skies
Are restored with the dia
mond rain,'.
And the Joys of my wasted
paradise
Are returning to earth again,
It is sadder than death to know
how brief
, Are the smiles that the dead
assume;
But a moment allowed, flying
leaf
From the feast of apple bloom.
But a golden arch forever shines
In the dim and darkening
past,
Where I stand again as day de-j
dines,
f, And the world is bright and
W vast;
For the glory that lies along the
lane
Is endeared with sweet per
fume '
And the world is ours, and we
are twain
At the feast of apple bloom.
She was more than fair In the
wreath she wore
Of the creamy buds and blows
And she comes to me from the
speechless shore
When the flowering orchard
glows;
And 1 sigh for the dreams So
sweet and swift.
That are laid in a sacred
are nothing at last but frag
rant drift
From the feast of apple bloom.
CMr. Burch Supports the . P.
To the editor
This will not be a very pop
ular letter, but I hope that it
may interest you.
I have been away from home
most of the time during the
controversy over the abandon
ment of the "Shasta" by South
ern Pacific company and since
my return have been reading
the back numbers of the paper.
The topic is interesting to me
because there are few people in
Clean Sea Flavor
Have iht Rett'.
Warrenton Clams
lk 1 t Jfeser
Rogue River valley who will
suffer greater personal incon
venience from the change than
myself. My trips to northern
California are freauent and I
can hardly afford to make them
by private car, airplanes do not
land at many of the points
where my business calls me and
I dislike buses intensely. The
seat which appears to have been
designed for a 130-pound girl
la not comfortable for a 300
pound man, and while such a
man might get along all light.
u the other half of the seat
were occupied by a girl of that
size, it is frequently my luck
to find the other half of the
seat well filled by a larger man
than myself.
It is true that for many years.
Southern Pacific has appeared
to treat Rogue River valley as
a step-child, but let us give the
devil his due. How much pas
senger traffic have, those trains
had during the past 10 years?
Frequently, I have seen no mora
than two Pullman passengers
besides myself on the train and
I have sometimes suspected that
those two were traveling on
passes.
As to freight, it is not many
years since a prominent Med-
ford merchant told me that he
did not route a pound of freight
over that road if he could avoid
It. I do not know how many
others-have the same attitude,
but perhaps Rosle could tell.
I believe that Southern Pa
cific's plea for more locomotives
to move defense material is gen
uine. Recent press dispatches
tell of- west-bound defense
freight backed up as far east as
Salt Lake and of the desperate
struggle of American railroads
to buy rolling stock in compe
tion with the British, who are
trying to equip their new road
in Iran for the aid of the Sov
iets. Finally, I quote from a let
ter written by a mine manager
in California on January 10, to
his principal customer. He said:
"All the urging In the world
will be without effect in obtain
ing the extra cars and getting
service. Already we know that
the Southern Pacific is short of
LOCOMOTIVES as well as
cars.
The letter was In reply to a
request from a chemical plant
to increase shipments by six
carloads per day. That ore Is
used for the manufacture of sul
phuric acid, which in turn is
used for oil refineries manufac
turing gasoline needed for oul
airplanes.
We are In the war and why
not take it even though suffer
ing minor inconveniencel
Albert Burch."
January 33, 1943.
(Ed. note: There has been no
opposition by the Mall Tribune,
or anyone else, to abandonment
of the one-horse passenger serv
ice to and from California If
that second-hand rolling stock
is NECESSARY FOR MILI
TARY PURPOSES. To date no
evidence has been produced that
It is, while General DeWitt, In
command of the area affected,
expressly denies he ever re
quested such action by the
Southern Pacific).
Riviera
Riviera, Jan. 33 (Spl ) Mar
vin Dole of Trinity Center spent
several days here last week with
John Fleming.
wore wu received by mends that
Donald Bkelton was with the croup
of marines on Waae Island when it
was attacked by the Japs.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Van Undt of Kla
math Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Robertson and Mrs. Helen Fleming
of Oranta Pan war Tl titers at the
Sllaa Fleming boms Jan. 16.
Mra. Jim Furrier of florbank. Calif..
called on friends hen slat week. Mra.
Furrier will be remembered aa Marie
Korta.
Keith Barnes Till ted hla parent
Monday and re porta hla wife la soil
confined to her bed.
Mr. and Mra. Walter Tordoo and
daughter. Patrtela. vera Sunday din
ner guetta or Mr. and Mra. R. L.
Millar, the occasion waa In honor of
Mlas Patricia's 18th birthday.
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The Edwards Ladies' Evang
elistic quartet will direct a
southern Oregon evangelistic
campaign under auspices of the
Methodist Church of the Naza
rene. Holly at First streets, be
ginning Sunday morning and
continuing nightly to and In
eluding Sunday. February 8.
The quartet Is exceptionally
talented and ranks as outstand
ing in the nation, in the field of
gospel music. Besides vocal ren
ditions they play saxophones
S
News
By Frank Jenkins
TPHE British concede today
(Wednesday) that Jap troops
- -apparently arriving in small
boats that hug the shore con
tinue to land along the Malay
coast.
These relatively small forces
work AHEAD of the main Jap
invading army. They land in
the REAR of the British defense
line and go to work immediate
ly disrupting communications
and otherwise hamstringing the
defending forces.
Their job is essentially the
same as that of parachute
troops. Parachute troops JUMP,
OVER. These boat-borne Japs'
sneak around the end. The dif
ference is merely one of dimen
sion. Both are variations of the
ages-old maneuver of outflank
ing. CROM Tokyo today comes
news that allied warships
are operating in the Strait of
Malacca (consult your map
here), pounding these Jap flank
ing operations whose results
have become serious enough to
make it necessary to risk allied
naval forces In waters domi
nated by Jap planes. ,
.
JAP warplanes are ranging
over the Islands of the Indies
as far as New Britain, east of
Day'
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full strength sad flavor of qual
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for useful, appetising goodness.
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TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
and accordions, also the marim
ba. Rev. Grace Edwards, preach
ing evangelist of the quartet, is
exceptionally gifted as a public
speaker.
The quartet Includes, (from
left to right, above) Mis Lewis,
Miss Chaffee, Rev. Edwards, and
Miss Gilbert.
' The public Is extended a cor
dial invitation to hear them
nightly during the evangelistic
series.
New Guinea and slightly north
east of Australia. The Japs are
hurrying to close the entrances
to the South China sea against
allied reinforcements they know
are sure to come sooner or
later.
Consult your map again at
this point. It tells the story
much more clearly than words
can.
Australia is worried. Premier
Curtin says today: "These mass
attacks (of Jap planes) show the
peril to Australia la nearer,
clearer and deadlier than ever."
"TTIE Jap navy minister. Vice-
Admiral Shigetara Shimada
(heard on the Jap radio) says
today: "The Japanese navy vir
tually commands the Pacific
from the Indies and Malaya to
the west coast of the United
States."
He is echoed by Premier Gen
eral Hidekl Tojo, who puts in
this as his two bits worth:
"Japan plans increasingly vigor
ous operations In the Pacific and
will continue fighting until the
U. S. and Britain are brought
to their knees."
THAT, of course, Is pure boast-
ing. Intended to make the
Japs at home feel good. If Japan
really did have command of the
Pacific and really did,plan vig
orous operations clear up to the
coast of the U. S. her big shots
would be keeping quiet about
it, hoping to take us by surprise
when they did strike.
IN Burma, where a few days
ago heavy Chinese forces
were supposed to be gathering
to take the Japs in the rear,
the Japs are reported to be tak
ing the offensive.
(Recalling the ancient story
of the horse with the epizootic,
the Japs appear to have "Mow
ed first")
There's a screw loose in Bur
FROM - THE - OVENS
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OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1942.
ma, whose premier U. Saw has
Just been arrested by the British
and charged with treason. When
he failed to get dominion status
from the British government.
he is said to have started dick
ering with the Japs.
Burma la important, both as
a gateway to India and as the
southern terminus of the Burma
road. There will be hard fight
ing there sooner or later.
CROM Cairo cornea the story
, that the worst rain and sand
storms seen In ten years are
hampering the movements of
British land and air forces in
Libya against German General
Rommel's African forces.
There is probably more be
hind British caution In Libya
than meets the eye at the mo
ment For days there have been
hints In the news that the axis
Is getting ready to lay a new
egg somewhere.
Africa is the likelist Dlace for
this egg laying feat and the
British are doubtless preparing
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Mozhaisk' is the apex of a
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