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TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
tfunday, July SO, 1944
ASHLAND HIT BY
SEN
Power Off Most of Night;
Full Force of Storm Was
Missed Here.
Fourth of a series of thunder
nnd wind storms struck this dis
trict Friday night, with the Ash
land area receiving the brunt of
the storm s fury. Power and tele
phone lines were damaged and
almost the entire city was in
darkness from 0:45 p. m. until
6 a. m. Saturday morning. Dam
age, however, was much less
than that In the Grants Pass and
Rogue River areas from the
Thursday night squall, consider
ed to be one of the worst in re
cent years.
Lightning In the Ashland area
was particularly severe and one
of the flashes blew out main
switches ' in the Ashland sub
station of the California Oregon
Power company. Crews worked
throughout the night and re
stored complete service by
morning. Some 21 telephone
lines were also out-of-order, it
was reported, and were being re
paired Saturday morning.
Louis Dodge, Ashland weath
er observed, reported a rainfall
of .45 inches there and at the
Southern Oregon Experiment
station, la.'ent, .49 Inches was
reported. Thursday night .10
inches fell at the station.
Four additional fires were set
In the Rogue River National
Forest service, bringing the total
in recent days to 54. All were
small, however. Two of the new
fires were in the Applegato and
two in the Union Creek district.
Forest service crews repaired
the forest telephone ,lines Fri
day, after Thursday's slorm, only
to have them put out of commis
sion again. Saturday afternoon
only partial service was avail
able. Full force of the storm missed
the Medford weather bureau,
where little wind and but .04
Inches of rainfall were reported.
Friday's tempernturo of 03 de
grees was the 15th consecutive
day of 00 degrees or higher for
this district, but Saturday was
r ,'5'T".,!!'WF,' T "2-!
Under
Difficulties
Overseas doing the laun
dry can be a very hazard
ous Job, but loldiera do It
Jutt the same lometimea
under the protective eye of
a watchlul gunner. No
auch problem la present on
the homefront, but the bur
den of laundry atill re
main!. It need not trouble
you though if you take ad
vantage of our laundry ser
vice. BUY WAR BONDS
somewhat cooler. Additional
storms may occur over the week
end, the bureau reported and
Rogue River Forest service of
ficials stated that all rangers
and fire fighters had order to
stand by to handle emergencies.
Scth Bullis of the California
Oregon Power company stated
that crewmen were still at work
in the Rogue River area repair
ing the extensive damage from
the storm of Thursday night, but
that little additional damage re
sulted from the Friday storm.
While some grain, corn and
tomato plants suffered from the
wind and heavy rain, no com
mercial damage to crops has
been reported.
Superintendent E. A. Leavitt,
of Crater Lake National Park,
was in town Saturday and re
ported the heavy rains had dam
aged roads in the park to some
extent but all are passable.
Lightning which accompanied
the storms kindled a number of
fires, the superintendent said
These, he explained, were main
ly extinguished by the rain
though in some cases it was
necessary for rangers to add
their efforts where large dry
snags had been fired.
Park Bear Invades
Official's Garage
To Get Cantaloupe
When the bears of Crater Lake
National Park smell something
good to eat they show no respect
for property rights, rank or title.
As one of the scenic wonder's
loss-inhibited bruins strolled past
the headquarters home of Super
intendent E. P. Leavitt last
Thursday his nose suddenly reg
istered the delectable odor of a
cantaloupe. Cantaloupe being
one of the things bears are fond
est of, Mr. Bruin immediately
lost interest in his stroll and pro
ceeded to the Leavitt garage
where, In the rear of the offi
cial's auto, reposed the source
of the beckoning, nose-ticklnig
scent.
Standing on his hind legs, the
huge animal lumbered about the
vehicle with forepaws on the
windows until he came to one
open a few inches on the driver's
side. Hooking a catcher's mitt
sized paw in this opening, the
fur-bearing burglar proceeded to
rip the glass out bodily and fish
for the cantaloupe, leaving the
Interior a shambles.
Park service attaches were
surprised by the incident as the
superintendent has long empha
sized the danger of leaving any
thing to cat where the bear pop
ulation may be tempted to vio
late the "break and enter" law.
T
NEXT WEDNESDAY
The Medford Experiment Sta
tion is inviting all pear growers
to visit the station and inspect
their experimental plots next
Wednesday at 1:15 p. m., an
nounces C. B. Cordy, assistant
county agent.
Plots receiving moderate
amounts of ammonium sulfate
over a period of eight years will
be compared to plots receiving
no fertilizer. Yield records have
been kept each year on the plots.
More recently the effect of
heavy applications of ammoni
um sulfate, alfalfa hay and
straw have been studied. These
plots will also be inspected and
the results discussed by Dr. E.
S. Degman, horticulturist In
charge of the station.
The long time results of heavy
pruning, moderate pruning and
no pruning will also be shown.
These plots are the basis for the
bulletin on pruning recently is
sued by Dr. Degman. Anyone
having read the bulletin will be
interested in seeing plots first
hand, Cordy said.
Larry Swarner assisting with
the soils and the irrigation part
of the investigations will illus
trate recent developments in the
soil moisture field. Plots show
ing the results from continued
heavy and light irrigation over a
period of years will also be iiv
spected.
As some of the experiments
arenearing completion, the field
day will afford growers an op
portunity to examine them and
question the experimenters at
first hand before the tests are
discontinued.
OBITUARY
- LUTHER O. MARTIN
Luther C. Martin of Central
Point passed away at the Com
munity hospital at 12, July 20,
after suffering a cerebral hem
orrhage. He was born near Har
risburg, 111., July 13, 1882, and
moved to Kansas when a boy,
where he lived the early part of
his life. In December, 1918, he
was married to Helen H. Hend
rlckson and one son was born
to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Mar
tin moved to Eugene, Ore., in
1923 and to Jackson county in
1942. He leaves to mourn his
passing his widow, Helen Martin;
one son, Monroe, of Fresno, Cal.,
and a nephew, Clawd Reily, of
Dallas, Texas. The Perl Funeral
Home is in charge of the funeral
arrangements, which will be an
nounced later.
TIN CAN SALVAGE
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CASH J. ROGERS
Cash Jerome Rogers, a resi
dent of Medford for the past
month, passed away at 1715 N.
Riverside Ave. on July 28, after
a short Illness. Mr. Rogers was
born at Madison county, Iowa,
on Aug. 23, 1880, being aged 63
years. He formerly lived in Pro
vo, S. D. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Opal Rogerts; two
children, William and Jewel;
three sisters, Mrs. Georgetta Car
son, Mrs. Maud Bradley of Ed
gar, Mont.; Mrs. Alice Bradley
of Edgar, Mont.; one brother,
Herbert Rogers of Washington.
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of the Perl Funeral Home
and will be announced later.
Closlnff time for Clarified ads 9
a. m. Too Late to Classify. 12:30
p m
Salvage operations In the coun
ty are to be speeded up in the
next few weeks, with drives
planned for both tin cans and
paper. Reorganization of the
county salvage committee, now
headed by Wayne Jamison, has
been completed and further
plans for drives were made last
week during the visit here of
Floyd H. DeCamp, Portland, as
sistant executive secretary of the
Oregon State Salvage commit
tee. August 7 has been set as the
date of the tin can drive, Jami
son stated yesterday, and serv
ice stations have been designated
as collection depots. Citizens are
asked to deliver cans to any sta
tion in Medford and trucks will
transport them from the stations
to Camp White where they will
be disposed of through the army
salvage depot. The cans should
be washed, the ends cut out and
put inside and then the can
should be thoroughly flattened
to conserve shipping space.
Since the last drive resulted
in a considerable collection of
broken bottles and other gar
bage which had to be sorted out
at much loss of time, the com
mittee states that service station
' operators are to refuse to accept
anything but properly prepared
cans.
Cooperating In the tin can
drive are all local oil firms, in
cluding General Petroleum,
Standard Oil company. Signal
Oil company, Shell, Gilmore,
union, Tidewater Associated
lexaco and Richfield companies
It was further announced that
plans are underway for designat
ing a central collection depot or
waste paper; The need for paper
is very critical, DeCamp stated
and he urged citizens to save as
much as possible. Paper must
be bundled. Newspapers are to
be laid flat and made into
bundles about a foot high while
magazines and books may be
tied in 18-inch bundles. Card
board boxes should be flattened
and bundled, one-foot high.
Small waste paper, such as that
consigned to office waste-baskets,
is acceptable if it is boxed
and the containers tied.
In order to cover rural areas.
rural mail carriers will cooper
ate in the waste paper drive.
Frank DeSouza is conferring
with his rural carriers and spe
cific instructions will be issued
later. Some 1200 families are
served by the rural carriers, Mr.
ue&ouza reports.
Working with Mr. Jamison on
the re-organized committee are
Mrs. W. Alex Kuehlthau, co
chairman; A. M. Cannon, D. O.
Frederick, Herb Grey and
George Green of Ashland.
The Edict of Milan in 313 A. D.
proclaimed the principle of re
ligious toleration for the first
time in history.
10,000 AWARDED
N NATWIGK CASE
A circuit court jury returned
a verdict for plaintiff for $10,000
damages, the full amount sued
for Friday afternoon. The case
was tried before an 'all woman
jury, probably the first to be so
tried in circuit court in this
county. The case was like
wise the first one tried in
this district in which a soldier
was involved in an action for
damages in which the trial was
had in his absence. The court
permitted the case to be tried
only after the interests and
rights of the soldier had been
thoroughly protected.
The evidence disclosed that
five soldiers other than the de
fendant, Kenneth John Moyer,
were riding in his automobile at
the time of the collision, which
occurred about one mile south
6f Camp White on the Crater
Lake highway, and resulted in
the death of Natwick. The de
positions of the soldiers were
taken last April and were read
in court at the trial of the case.
These soldiers were the only
eye witnesses to the accident.
Newbury and Newbury were
attorneys for the plaintiff and
Charles W. Reames was attorney
for the defendants.
GARAGES SINGED
A grass fire which started late
Saturday afternoon near the E.
G. Soseborough home, Sixth
street and West Main, spread to
two garages, the fire department
reported. An open garage was
considerably damaged while a
few shingles on the second build
ing were destroyed. Fire Chief
Elliott stated that cause of the
fire was unknown.
Russians Commend
Cpl. William L. Hull
Cpl. William L. Hull recently
received a special commenda
tion from a Russian officer and
also from him own command
ing officers, according to a let
ter received by his wife, who re
sides at 556 Haven street. Cpl.
Hull, stationed in Persia with
an engineer's unit entrusted with
duty in connection with the Rus.
sian-American supply line, stat
ed that the nature of the com
mendation could not be revealed
at this time.
The corporal has been in
Persia for nearly two years. He
formerly was employed in Klam
ath Falls with the Southern
Pacific Railway -ompany. Mrs.
Hull is making her home here
for the 'duration with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gist.
$300,000 FIRE
Galesburg, 111., July 29 J.
A naphtha explosion, caused
$300,000 damage early today at
the plant of the Butler Manu
facturing company, a war fac
tory producing steel hangars
and pre-fabricated buildings for
the government. , Firemen
fought the blaze for six hours.
No one was injured.
Osa Mall Tribune Want Ada.
LT. AARON AYRES
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SILVER STAR IS
The Silver Star, for "gallantry
In action," has been awarded to
MaJ. Gen. Charles II. Gerhardt
former commander of the 91st
Infantry Division, Camp White,
and now commander of the 29th
Division in France. Word of the
honor was received here In
letter from Mrs. Gerhardt, who
Is In Macon, Ga.. with relatives
Gen. Gerhardt arrived at
Camp White In July of 1H42 and
was hero when the new 01st
Division was activated in August.
He remained about a year, leav
ing early in July of 1043 and
later that month flew to Eng
land to Join American forces
overseas.
Dispatches released in tills
country June 30 stated that the
general was In France as com
mander of the 2!)th Division.
BIRTHS
CATE To Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus, 1007 Roddy, July 29,
1944,, boy, seven pounds, at
Community hospital.
SMITH To Mr. and Mrs.
George, Ashland, July 29, 1944,
girl, eight pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital.
At Eighth AAF Bomber Sta
tion, England Second Lieuten
ant J. Ayres, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward A. Ayres, and hus
band of Mrs. Violet W. Ayres,
all of Jacksonville, has been
decorated with the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross, It was an
nounced by the commanding
general. Eighth Air Force.
The citation which accom
panied Lieutenant Ayres' dec
oration read: "For extraordi
nary achievement while serving
as a pilot of a B-17 Flying Fort
ress on a number of bombard
ment missions over Germany
and enemy occupied Europe.
Displaying great courage and
skill, Lieutenant Ayres has ma
terially aided in the success of
each of these missions and his !
actions are an inspiring exam
ple for his fellow flyers. The
courage, coolness and skill dis
played by Lieutenant Ayres on
these occasions reflect the high
est credit upon himself and the
Armed Forces of the United
States."
Prior to his entry Into the i
Army Air Force, In 1942, Lieu
tenant Ayres was employed as
a bookkeeper by the Medford
Lumber company.
BROUGHER AT BAPTIST
The Rev. J. Whitcomb
nroughcr, Jr., pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Glendale,
California, will occupy the pul
pit of the local Baptist Church,
this morning and evening, In
the absence of the regular pas
tor, the Rev W. A. Dawes, who
Is on his vacation. Dr. Brough
er's sermon topic for this morn
ing is "The Philosophy of a
Setting Hen" and this evening
"They ore cither too young or
too old."
One Mnll Trlbuna Want Ada.
Learn to Pack Pears!
EARN GOOD MONEY
Right Here at Home -Enroll NOW in the
PEAR PACKING SCHOOL
Sponsored by the State Board of Vocational Education In
cooperation with the Medford Public Schooli and the
Fruit Growers' Lcaguo of Jackson County,
OPENS MONDAY, JULY 31
Enrollment Fee $1.00
Apply at any Packing Houto or at the Farm Labor Office, 1 23 West Main
Street, Medford, if you are between the age of 16 and 30 yeart.
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Here's YOUR
Chance To Pitch
In And Help To
Harvest" Our
Fruit Crop
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forvfreedom
ajaajajVERYONE who can possibly spare the
22 time should lend a hand in picking and
packing Rogue' River Valley's great fruit
crop our greatest industry! Orchardists and
fruit packing plants sorely need help as many
experienced workers have gone to the armed
forces and war-production plants. Food is a
vital war commodity and Uncle Sam expects
his young nieces and nephews to do their share
in harvesting it. Here is YOUR chance to really
aid the war effort and, at the same time, earn
good money for war bonds. The nation and
YOUR community will profit by your cooper
ation. Will you do YOUR part?
Where to Enroll -
Vitit the EMERGENCY FARM LABOR OFFICE in
the Jackion County Chamber of Commerce building
aeroit from the Rialto theatre. Do it TODAY.
Enlist in the army of fruit workers who will harvest
and pack the Rogue River Valley fruit crop this yeart
Published In Cooperation With Rogue River Valley Fruit Growers and Packers by
The CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY