.1 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Sept 13, 1944
LOCAL OPA
HAS FINE RECORD
AUDIT
the agate was found by her hus
band while ho worked as a gov
ernment gravel Inspector during
the construction of Camp White.
Mr. Waite has collected agates
for some time as a hobby and
this one came to his attention as
he was at work one night. Turn
ing his flashlight against the
stone, Mr. Waite found that it
was almost completely clear with
but the one marking through the
center. When cut the marking
was discovered to bo the per
fectly formed "V" which has
been the victory symbol of the
allies since early in the war,
FSA PROGRAMS
L,
A recent audit of all ration
currency at the local war price
and ration board resulted in a
nerfect record, with no short-
, ,-, I n 0 ' 1 BgaiC, W
I a (mm tHp i Inally about the size of a small
l" "V,'T., "r.r h. he egg, was taken to George A
Greive of 32 S. Central for pro-
check. The district officials con
sider this most unusual and com
plimented the board staff upon
the splendid record.
Reporting on the physical
count of the supplies, Arthur D.
McCrea, district accounting ex
ecutive for OPA, wrote: "The
audit checked out to the Item.
This board has been In the habit
of taking their own physical in
ventory at the end of each
month and from observations it
Is very efficiently operated. This
board serves approximately 40,
000 people."
Commenting on the report and
letter Leonard Carpenter chair
man of the board said "The lo
cal OPA gets plenty of 'brick
bats' hurled In its direction, so
we are very appreciative of the
occasional 'bouquets' like this
report and letter. When one con
siders the gallons of gasoline and
of fuel oil, the tires sugar, foods,
shoes, stoves and every other
rationed product covered by the
term 'no shortages and no over
ages', this record is something
to be proud about.
"Ration coupons are Just like
rash in a bank and every sin
gle one of them must be account
ed for. Every gasoline stamp
which each motorist has, for in
stance, is on record at the local
office and it is possible to tell
to whom each was issued. When
it is understood that a great part
of the issuance of all ration
coupons is done by volunteers,
the nature of this record made
by L. L. Ternahan, chief clerk,
and his assistants is remarkable.
"Also at this time I should
like to compliment the many
volunteers -who have made it
possible for the huge load of
work to go forward in an order
ly manner. Many of the volun
teers are as regular In attend
ance as any business man or
woman In a paid position. Liter
ally hundreds of hours per week
are given to this war-time ac
tivity. At present an extra load
nf work has built up because of
the re-issuance of 'A' gas books
and the renewal of truck and
off-highway rations."
fcssional shaping and polishing
into the pendant which Mrs
Waite now wears.
JOHN APPLEGATE
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After training in three differ
ent types of army service, Lt.
John L. Applegate of Medford
was graduated from the AAF
liams Field, Chandler, Ariz., as lence nnd slow inability to fi-
an army pilot. . He is the son of I
Family-type, small and part-
time farmers unable to place
their operations on a sound basis
through other credit sources can
secure counsel and assistance
through farm security admini
stration programs, reports Bruce
E. Stewart, county FSA super
visor for Jackson county, 211
Fluhrer building, Medford.
Funds for another year were ap
propriated by congress to sup
port war food production and
operation of family-sized and
smaller farms.
FSA services Include farm
management and loan assistance
to help bring smaller farms up
to full production capacity
through providing needed live
stock, machinery, feed and seed,
building repairs, small water fa
cilities and other essentials to
efficient operation, explained
Stewart. Loans are limited to
$2500, repayable up to five years
and bear five percent interest.
Farmers eligible must be resi
dent operators or owners of family-type
o smaller farms, have
a background of farm cxper-
made at a meeting of the lodge
held last Friday and those at
tending are asked to assemble
at the lunch tables in the park
at 10 a. m.
Regular meetings are to be
held by the lodge the second
and fourth Fridays of each
month at 8 p. m. In the Phoenix
Grange hall. Next meeting will
be Sept. 22 and it is to be pre-
ceded by a pot-luck supper at
7:30 p. m. Women of Moose will
be in charge of the kitchen.
At the last meeting refresh
ments were served and an hour
of dancing enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Apple-
gate, 615 South Oakdale avenue
Lt. Applegate first entered the
army as a private in the medi
cal detachment in September of
1940. Later he transferred to in
fantry and entered the Infantry
Officers' Candidate school at Ft.
Benning, Ga., receiving his com
mission as a second lieutenant
in September of 1942. While
stationed at Camp Robinson,
Ark., he was promoted to first
lieutenant. About a year ago he
entered the AAF for pilot's train
ing, graduating from Williams
Field Sept. 8.
The pilot is a graduate of St.
Mary's high school In 1937 and
attended Mt. Angel College, St.
Benedict, Ore., the following
year. His wife resides In New
York.
40 MILES ROADS
More than 40 miles of heavy
duty maintenance work has been
done on the roads of Jackson
county the past summer. County
Engineer Paul B. Rynnlng re
ports. Asphalt was laid on roads
that were showing signs of the
heavy traffic, In the shape of
repairs and patching. There was
no road program this year and
practically no oiling to subdue
dust.
Work on the timber access
road In the Ramsay Canyon
country will be completed in an
other month. Lack of labor has
delayed its completion, the coun
ty engineer said. The road is be
ing built with the government,
county and timbermen contrib
uting. It will shorten the log
haul to this city.
AGATE PENDANT
HAS "V" CENTER
Mrs. E. H. Waite of 730 South
Holly street has been wearing
for the past several months a
necklace which creates much In
terest, for the pendant is a clear
agate stone with a perfectly
formed "V" In the center.
Mrs. Walte's pendant has an
Interesting history, as well as
being an Interesting object, for
,,, ,
PEACHES
Large Well Colored
HALES
c
lb.
2 miles out Jacksonville
highway lo Oak Grove
School turn south Vl milo.
Look for large sign. Bring
containers.
DENNEY
T0UVELLE APPLE TREE
AID TO JELLY MAKERS
The Waxen apple tree owned
by Col. F. L. TouVelle of Jack
sonville is again the mccca of
Jelly makers of that area and
this city. Due to the high pectin
content of Waxen apples they
are in heavy demand for Jelly.
This year the tree thought lo be
the only Waxen tree in the coun
ty, will yield about 40 bushels
of apples. Many old residents
for years have made Jelly from
the apples.
regular commercial credit
sources. Practical farm and
home plans are worked out by
the farmer with the help of the
supervisor and a county commit
tee of resident farmers. Farm
tenure Is expected to cover the
loan repayment period.
Loan application forms and
information may be obtained at
the county FSA office, Med
ford,' Oregon, or from the follow
ing county FSA committeemen,
Edward R. Chamberlian, Eagle
Point; Earl Ulrich, Trail; ancj
Edward P. Vilas, Medford. Com
pleted applications are reviewed
by the county committee and
approved when they are prac
tical, help war food production
and make for sound farming op
erations. Special consideration
will be given applications of re
turned veterans with farm back
ground.
TO
Members of Moose Lodge No.
178 will hold a picnic Sunday,
Sept. 17, in Lithia Park, Ash
land. Plans for the affair were
ON PRICE PLANS
Washington, Sept. 13 CJ.R)
War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes and Price Chief
Chester Bowles today were re
vealed to. be In disagreement
over prices that consumers will
pay for civilian goods which go
back into production after the
defeat of Germany.
Byrnes proposed a method of
pricing which, if carried out,
would mean a blanket increase
over prewar prices for virtu
ally all items returning to the
market. Bowles favored a plan
whereby many major items,
such as automobiles, would not
be any higher.
In his report to President
Roosevelt on reconversion last
Saturday, Byrnes said "it
would be feasible" for the OPA
to set a general ceiling for ar
ticles out of civilian production
for some time "at a fixed per
centage above the prices charg
ed for such articles before ci
vilian production ceased.
Bowles made his stand clear
in a recent report on reconver
sion pricing, in which he said
that "while some 1 commodities
arc going to come back at high
er prices than when they went
out, not all of them will be
higher."
Byrnes did not consult Bowles
before issuing his report, it was
learned, but did confer with
Economic Stabilization Director
Fred M. Vinson.
BLUE LEDGE MINE
REOPENING SLATED
Exploratory work Is now un
der way at the Blue Ledge mine
in the upper Applegate country,
near the California line, accord
ing to Andrew Jeldness, a veter
an miner of that section A dia
mond drill is in operation on the
property and engineers are clear
ing the shafts and blocking new
copper. Jeldness understands
that the work is being conducted
by a southern California syndi
cate, with government funds.
The mine, long regarded as
one of the richest copper proper
ties in this section, has not oper
ated for several years. It was
formerly owned by the Guggen
heim interests.
During the early '30s, plans
were launched for opening the
mine, but they never material
ized. The mine operated full
blast around 1910-1911.
Huckleberry Champion Not So Good
At Routing Black Bear Intruder
The first Canadian steamer
ran from Montreal to Quebec
on Nov. 4, 1809.
The Yukon rivpr mnncuroc
2,800 miles in length.
Dae Mall Tribune Want Ada.
Alice Hamilton, champion
huckleberry picker and efficient
fire guard for the Rogue River
Forest Service, turned out not
to be so handy with a gun. Last
night Mrs. Hamilton, colorful
part-Indian Klamath Falls resi
dent, came face to face with a
black bear and in her efforts to
drive off the intruder into her
camp, shot herself through a
toe.
Mrs. Hamilton, who has camp
ed every year for 56 consecutive
years on Huckleberry Mountain
has been serving as forest service
fire guard for the last week, the
regular guard, Norman Sting,
having returned to his teaching
position in the valley. Mrs. Ham
ilton had completed her yearly
huckleberry picking activities
and so was able to take on the
fire guard work.
Last night she was awakened
by the noise of a camp prowler
and going out to investigate, dis
covered the black bear. Secur
ing the gun, Mrs. Hamilton was
about to aim at bruin when her
dog entered the scene and dash
ing up, jostled the woman and
snnileH her aim. Result, one
maimed toe. Near-by campers I
were summoned and Mrs. Hamil
ton was taken to Klamath Falls
this morning for treatment.
Last year Mrs. Hamilton ser
ved as lookout at the Mt. Stella
post for the forest service, but
with the arrival of the huckle
berry season left her work to
pick the luscious fruit. Mrs. Ham
ilton's parents first brought her
to the mountain when she
was Just a toddler, and
each year the family returned
during the berry picking season.
The Klamath woman has con
tinued the custom without fail
each year and without doubt will
be on hand next year, bears or
no bears.
BOEING CHIEF ILL
Wichita, Kan., Sept. 13 (U.R)
Philip C. Johnson, 50, presi
dent of the Boeing Aircraft
company of Seattle, was in
critical condition in St. Francis
hospital here today from a sud
den illness suffered in his hotel
room last night.
BLAMES CRABS
Small Point, Me. (U.R) Nich
olas Sewall, 7-year-old son of
Main's Gov. Sumner Sewall, is
the state's youngest and least
successful licensed lobster
fisherman. However, young Se
wall believes it will be just a
matter of time when crabs and
periwinkles will stop Interfer
ing with his lobster catches, and
the traps will begin to pay off.
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