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fOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wadnaadey, Jan. 3, 1141 Dill; IbwIUWW ITERB CKITV. AdaarUetps C FERGUSON. Waralr Itf lMr ARTHUR PERRY SunJ.r dlWr MRS OLIVI ST ARCHER. Soc etfltoa GERALD LATHAM ClrculaUn. MP An Independent Me.epapar. Entered ae second llut matter .1 atediord. Oregon, under Act m lurch 1, 1B7. SUBSCRIPTION RATH Br Mall In Advance Dally and Sunday on raar Dally and Sunday all months 4 00 Dally and Sunday Uu-M moe t.10 Dally and Sunday ona month TS By Carrier In Advance Medford Ahland. Central Point, Jecaaon ilia. Gold Hill. Phoardx. TeMnL and on motor routaa: Dally and Sunday ona rear. .1 00 Dally and Sunday ona month .76 AU Icrnu oaan la advance. Official Papar at tha City af Master Ofliclal Papar af aehaa Camty United Praia Tall Lanad Wlra MEMBER OF AUDIT BUKKAO Or CIRCULATIONS Advertlalnf ftepreeartatt WEST-HOIXIDAV COMPANl INC Offlcaa In New York Chlcaio. De troit, San rranekKO, Loa Angola;. Se aula. Portland. St Loula. Atlanta. Vancouver. B. C. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry On the Western Front, in the Battle of the Bulge', victory rides with the Allies. The con flict at no time had anything to do with the dieting of fat Nazi generals. In the annual contest con ducted at Burlington, Iowa, a woman won the national title of champion liar of the year, over a large field, that did not In clude any leading statesmen, bureaucrats, and politicians, or the Radio Tokyo broadcasters. a The ODT. hints it will take early action to curb train travel. Cynics hold to get any results worth mentioning, It will be necessary to tear up tha rail road tracks for five miles each side of the depot. A Silverton, Ore., soldier In I the Dutch East Indies, writes his folks he recently tasted beef steak for the first time In many moons. He enjoyed the steak, though It was so tough, a bay onet could not be Jabbed In the gravy. . ' The Hale Wheeler boy Is seven months old today. He re ports he feels as young as he ever did, and still likes to hear watch tick. a . a Eastern Oregon (Malheur county) onions, sent to many governors, in sack lots have brought much favorable pub licity, the Burns C of C. reports. They would have been smoth ered with compliments, by send ing along a Malheur county teak, for the onions to smother. PROGRESS REPORT (Press Dispatch) "I knew him when he had no seat to his pants. Now ha comes up here with his fine words and sports two butlers." a a London' reports that Sweden hears a British Sir and Marshal will be named supreme com mander of the seven Allied armies on the Western front, to handle all ground operations. Reason: Gen. .Elsenhower has been saddled with too many 'economic and political prob lems'. Sweden heard nothing of the kind, any first grade propa ganda student with one eye can see without looking. If the American chief needs a deputy supreme commander, a fine cnoice would be Gen. Patton. He leaped from behind the eight ball to a hero's role. ' A Maine high school boy, 17, driving home from a school dance at 11:40 pm. in a snow storm provided the FBI. with a tip, that lead to the capture of two German trained sabo teurs, latter arrested with ample funds In New York City. Two angles have not been dis cussed. What was the lad doing out after curfew hours, and where did he get the gasoline for driving in a snowstormt a STICK OUT YOUR TONGUE) "A physician at each end of the telephone between Pendle ton and Milton and each physi cian as mad as a hornet That was the situation, and tha rea son for those medical gentlemen getting so angry was that dur ing the discussion of a case, the Milton physician applied the term of prevaricator to the Pendleton physician, who re plied: 'Any manv who caila m a liar when he is 38 miles away u no genueman, and is a coward.' At this tha Milton doc tor pulled off his outer gar merits, jumped up and fell down ward, swore In the language of the layman, and promised dam age to the optics of the Pendle ton physician in tha near future. There is now flna opportunity for tha 'white rlova get in Its work." (SO Yrs. Aga Cod. Pendleton East Oregonian.) vnwjig win, ii. wtaaeineej Aoa V a. ra, Too Lata la Uaaelfjr UJO ''Local Boy Makes Good" " Major Roy D. Craft, according to an article in last week's Saturday Evening Post, is "The Army's Screwiest Editor." but to the major's friends in South- rirorrnn tVio fnrmpr CCC Dublic relations officer who with his wife Gracie three years while he edited the district puDiicauon of the Conservation Corps, is a plenty smart opera- t0 Out of the scores of army and navy publications, some devoted to comparatively small units and some to entire branches of armed service, those guided by fltflinpri nation-wide prominence while most of the others are scarcely known outside of their immediate sphere. And the main reason Craft's news papers have been repeatedly written up in 'Life is that instead of f ollowine the conventional pattern of service papers, he has made his different "screwey," as ecu arnea, me mot, o writer term's them but appealing to both G.I. s and civilians. ....' ... BESIDES his CCC duties during his tour or duty here, Major Craft found time to promote civic ,..,. anri Viaiiaf Yirnorrsimfl nnri ha was one of the organizers of the Southern flourished for a numoer 01 years, mrs. vran, member of the Mail Tribune staff during part of their sojourn here. ' On completion of his CCC service, Craft was em ployed by the San Francisco Examiner, his work for that newspaper giving him many contacts with ar tists of stage and concert hall. At the outset of the army expansion program in 1940, Craft was recalled to duty and one of his first tasks was the f ounding of the Fort -Ord "Panorama." Vi..m vnr Dt-ri Rnv wan nrd (ren to Alaska where he established the "Kodiak cation, which has done mucn to maintain moraie among the men serving in the bleak northland- gain ed nation-wide fame because of its "screwy" antics. LATER Craft established an army paper oil Kiska flnri R9QT ncMnn in the Marshall Islands, winning a Vitr.vif7a afar in f ha .offer 0 UiUlltaC DW vwwwa -J-v quently transferred to the European theater in March, 1944, serving as aide to ma, uen. naries n. tjur-ew Via hnri nerved in Alaska. In addition to the bronze star, Major Craft merit. On the Western front, Major Craft publisned "tie TnmohomV" a mimenoTfttihed tjaner for the 19th corps, until a few weeks ago when he was ordered to the states to prepare for new duties the nature of which has not yet been disclosed. - Major and Mrs. Uratt visited in meaiora Dneny on their return a few days ago, the major joining Mrs. Craft at Uarmei, wnere sne is maxing ner norae for the duration. Friends here are eagerly awaiting news of) the officer's new assignment and they are confident he will be given even greater opportunity to exercise his unique gift for army morale building. TT1 "I T7 The C. ofC. Year Th To Mr arm Pnunrv Chamber of Commerce has fa AIV 1 V-"-' w just completed another year Of course, tne usual opportunity ioj- oruaucaBuns far and wide the praises of southern Oregon's sap phire blue Crater Lake, her majestic mountains, rush ing rivers and trout-filled lakes has been lacking these turbulent days, to continue tnis normal peace time activity of a chamber of commerce would only create loneriners that could not be satisfied with war time ration restrictions. There are, however, many inquiries from vaca tionists and sportsmen who have a visit to this section of the state as their post-war "proieci. lempung literature is. of course.freely provided for them. B UT just the same, the local Chamber has had. a 1 hnav nnrl useful vear. Hundreds-of inauiries have been answered and . - J. J 1 lng crop oi umrisia ana a guuuiy iiumuer ui peui.ttii anf cot flora offer the rar. Tn the latter PTOiin. the Chamber is wisely discouraging "shoe-string" home- a a . all tie. jijt . l. . 1J seekers who might tind it aiincuit to Decome sen suntaining and would contribute little to the economic upbuilding of Jackson county. DECOGNIZING the importance of farsighted plan- ning for veterans after the war, the Chamber's post-war committee has completed a survey of the needs of more than 4,000 service men from this coun ty in regard to jobs and schooling. Careful study of the results will become the basis tor intelligently or ganized and practical assistance to Jackson County s soldier sons when the war is over. A SPECIAL committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce has been on the job in an effort to secure fuller utilization of facilities at Camp White. There is reason to anticipate the suc cess of this effort during the ensuing year. The Chamber has further interested itself in legis lative matters affecting business and industry in this area, and has acted as economic life of southern Oregon and the many al phabetical bureaus whose influence is felt here. Add to this the contribution of the Chamber's help and facilities to countless drives and group meetings and it spells an unusually busy year for this organi zation. ...... IN VIEW of difficult wartime conditions, the Jack- son County Chamber of Commerce has well justi fied the support of the 330 members who sustain it The need for even greater support In the future is apparent in the light of continued war activities and the importance of planning now for immediate ex pansion of industries and payrolls when the war is over, H. G. lived In Medford for oyer Oregon Press club which Bear." The latter publi nnpration. Ha was aubse- now holds the legion of . 1 - of real accomplishment all point to a record-break- u.J1.a ...aMU.e nAHmn M liaison agent between the News Behind The News By Paul MalloD Washington, Jan. 8 Tha Ger mans may have one more good punch left in their Belgian bulge. They have been try ing to organ ize a counter attack. Heaviest concentrations of their troops the past few days have been observed on the north ern side of the salient They rani Halloa had two full armies lit their spearhead and a third on the two shoulders at the entrance to it Not even they know yet how much power is left If they cannot muster strength to try another break-through, they probably will retire into Germany, announcing they up set our offensive plans and have thus won a victory. At only one point have they indicated any intention so far of trying per manently to hold the ground they gained. ... COUTH of Bastogne they start J ed digging trenches. On the quiet Dutch front far to the north they have exploded a few violent local attacks, which hint they may try the Russian trick of starting something new on a different front to cover their defeat on this one. Future operations on their side and ours, however, will de pend on what the terrific losses of this great struggle will per mit. Both sides put in just about everything they had from every other sector of the line. The situation demands a counter attack by us, say on the Aachen front to move on to Berlin, but we may not have the power left there. a a a QUE jame certainly will be to destroy every German and every possible weapon in me salient now, ana the size of Our vlctnrv will ha mnnanrr1 by the extent of the damage we ao irom now on. in fact, the duration of the war depends on this factor. So far it rina hr-en nna n' ti most heroic stands of all Amer ican arms .in history. The tide turned on Chrlstmna rlnv. Than the Germans reached the farth est point of advance, to Celles, within four mile nf tha Msnu In the north and to St. Hubejt on their less advanced way to Sedan. Then their tank atnrtaf rim. nlng short of gas and their air coverage had diminished. Two days earlier the covering rain had cleared and our great air armadas of 2S00 and 800Q planes got In great work of deitruetinn. Tnriaa fliM m ah eight days thereafter were ciear. What greatly helped (or caused) this shortage of Ger man gas was the valiant stand of our 101st air-borne division at BastOETnn. Il nnlnr rVti.arlna six highways and a railway. ine aivision was not parachut ed In, but was marched to the breach and fought as infantry. Glorious also was the stand of our 7th armored division at St. Vlth, which held like a rock ae. thn Rprman (ul.l i Ul I .O.UllO streamed past. The names of thesa divisions will live forever. Their stand was vital because they hindered the advancing of gasoline to the German tanks at the westward movement front The Germans no doubt in tended to strike at Liege, which Is the focal point of our sup plies behind the Aachen front. They may have told their sol diers they were going to Paris, but their primary objective was to cause our withdrawal from the Aachen front by cap turing its supply line. Thev wpra fnnwi .n..v.. of their objective by the mag- ...i.i-cm aeiense or our original line on the. northern shoulder of the bulge, near Monscheu. This was the work of our 1st infantry division, which had the hard battle of Tunisia. Sicily and Normandy under its belt - v m QEN. Patton did all that has been said and more. On the third day after the German break-through he was called in and ordered to make the attack rrom the south. Before that night fell he had anma i. on the road northward from his front His 80th division performed a feat as remarkable as any of Stonewall Jackann'e r "... fr,, I'.T". ready t0 80 Into ' "unung line south of Saar brucken when orders came to go northward and it went ISO miles swiftly to get into action. Patton got his orders the 19th; by the 26th his drive had Gas on Stomach Rt4ki4 I mm ttMt toft ttht mxm Mot) etO mum Mrul tutT.v tti ti imi nwittk tnJ MarltuiTrL Jr-or moill irtsKnh th ftttMl Mttnc tMdaflrMi krviru fol ?ms t-vi tit- nllr-f .'iirv ik im in (Uil an tit V Im'it fUll in trtt roTRft Hi MSI MM! IWtIM MNl twtjM WMf kMft. relieved Bastogne, broken the German pressure and saved Luxembourg. His citations no doubt will say "he moved "promptly," which word re flects only half tha brilliant swiftness of his Inspired men. On the 26th, also, the 1st army bit off the extreme tip of the German drive at Celles, cut off and eliminated tha Ger mans there, then badly mauled two panzer divisions. AU that the Germans were able to show thereafter was a counter-attack upon Bastogne. BUT, as I have said, the strug gle left both sides so greatly weakened (casualties have not been given out) that the final turn of the battle, the decisive ness of our victory and the fu ture trend of the war depend upon what strength now can be mustered from a costly melee. Flight o' Tune Mediord and Jackson Co. His tory (torn the files oi the Mail Tribune 10. 20. and 34 fears ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 3, 1935 (It was Thursday) Col. Lindberg on stand iden tifies voice of Bruno Haupt mann as that of man he paid ransom money to in Bronx cemetery for return of son. Roosevelt urges new and en larged relief program for Job less of land. Rain. High 51, low 32 degrees. President's son, charged with speeding, to stand trial In New Jersey. December was a mild month with many cloudy days reports show. Oregon corn-hog campaign to open February 1. Sheriff Syd I. Brown names new deputies. Sons frosh defeat Medford high 37 to 21 in first basketball game of season. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January 3, 1925 (It was Saturday) 'Commercial Finance corpora tion is formed here. Extension of railroad from Bend to Klamath Falls near agreement. - James J. Crossley of Port land, first entry in senate race, well known here. Cloudy with probable show- Public schools of city to re sume Monday after Yule vaca tion. Robert and Lawrence Duff return to Santa Clara univer sity to resume studies. . Three men arrested for In toxication during December paid $45 in fines. Judge McKenna, dean of U. S. supreme court, resigns. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY January 3, 1911 (It was Tuesday) University club to have rooms In new Mail Tribune building. Check artist stings local busi ness men. Chinese to cut off their queues January 15. Funeral For High ' Mason Official To Be Held Thursday Portland, Jan. 3 Funeral services for D. Rufus Cheney, grand secretary of the Masonic lodge of Oregon since 1922, will be held at the Masonic temple at 2:30 p. m. Thursday. His death closed a long career In Masonic activity. He was a 33d degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Al Kader temple, Shrine, and was associated with many other branches of the or ganization. In 1938 he became the third Mason In Oregon to be honored by the grand lodge by being made an honorary past grand master. R. & S. Livestock Transportation Serving Southern Oregon and Northern California With the FINEST oS TRANSPORTATION New Equipment, 1944 149 Horsepower INTERNATIONAL With 35 Foot Semi -Trailer Phone 550 Office - - After 5:00 p. m. 587J Russy Stevens .... Yreka, California Journal's Historian C. C. Beekman. Expressman. Banker In Booming Days By rre4 Lockley la Tha Oregon Journal A few years before World War I say about 1911 or 19121 dropped in to visit a long-time friend of mine at Jacksonville, C. C. Beekman. Knowing of my interest In old books and old coins, Mr. Beekman said: "Did you know that the U. S. mint has recently been coining silver coins three of which equal a dollar?" : "I have three cent silver coins, and a three dollar gold coin, and I have seen fifty dollar gold slugs and also tha five ana ten dollar Beaver gold pieces coined at Oregon City in 1849, but I believe you are mistaken about tha United States ever coining a 33 13 cent silver coin," I said. "As matter of fact silver coins three of which equal dollar are quite common," said Mr. Beekman and he produced from his pocket a silver half dol lar and two quarters. There they are," he said, "a half dollar and two quarters, those three equal a dollar. I ought to know something about coins and gold dust for my bank at Jacksonville was the second bank to be established In Ore gon. I didn't pay interest on de posits but instead I charged one per cent per month for the safe keeping of the depositors' money or gold dust. "My father, Benjamin B. Beekman, was born In 1804 and was married in 1827. 1 was born January 27, 1828. I came to San Francisco In 1850 and work ed at my trade as a carpenter for an ounce of gold a day. For the next two years I prospected or worked at my trade at Scotts Bar and Yreka. In 1852 the Cram-Rogers Express extended its service from Yreka to the newly discovered gold diggings at Jacksonville, Ore., and em ployed me as a messenger. I also made trips from Yreka to Cres cent City. "In 1855 the Cram-Rogers Ex press company went out of busi ness so I started the Beekman Express service. . I made two trips a week on horseback from Yreka to Jacksonville and from 1855 to 1863 carried millions of dollars in gold dust At first I was paid 5 per cent for carry ing gold dust and I charged a dollar for carrying a letter or a newspaper. No homesick miner or news-hungry prospector ever grudged paying a dollar for a letter or a copy of the Sacra mento Union. "In 1863 the Wells Fargo Ex press extended its lines to Jack sonville and appointed me local agent. I served as their agent zor ine next 42 years. In 1865 I opened at-Jacksonville an of fice dealing in gold dust. I hired U. S. Hayden to run this part of my business and almost without any intention of doing so I was operating a private bank. An other profitable part of my busi ness was serving as agent for the Oregon & California stage line That worn old bench you are sitting on was one of the things I Installed when I started book ing stage passengers. Thousands of people have sat on that old wooden bench while awaiting me coming oi tne stage. "I officially retired from the banking business on mv H4th birthday, but while I refused to accept new deposits I continued to take care of my old-time customers. During the Black rrtday days of 1873 a lot of banks folded up and others were hard pressed. I helped out a number of these hard pressed banks, just as I did during the depression of 1893. I voted for Lincoln for president, for I was an anti-slavery man. 1 served as member of the school board nnri also as mayor of Jacksonville. If you will look up the old-time records you will find that In 1878 I lost out by onlv 69 votes. to W. W. Thayer, when I was running for governor of Oregon "I was married January 29, 1861, to Julia Elizabeth Hoff man, whose father, William Hoffman, was for many years Writes Of Of Jacksonville on of Jackson county's officials. She came with her parents across the plains In 1853. Our first child named for my father, Benjamin B. Beekman, was born August 3, 1863. Our daughter, Carrie, was next, then Lydla, who died when she was 8 years old. Mr. Beekman died on Wash ington's birthday, 1915, and Mrs. Beekman on July 27, 1931. On leaving Hillside and com' lng to the Big City, I actually felt, I really did, that shaking the hayseed out of my hair would be a minor matter. Well that was before I met an esca lator. But more of this anon. I felt I got rid of quite a lot of hayseed the day I discovered how to get a seat in a full bus. All I had to do was let rrly poundage be swayed in time to the lurching of the bus. If the bus, on turning a corner, tried to toss me Into the laps of the two chaps seated in front of me. way, Instead of trying, to keep my balance, I went where the bus wanted me to go. I never stand in front of just one pas senger. Either standing or sit ting, I take territory. After the second toss, both passengers always urge me to sit and give me room to do it In. I lost more hayseed when I learned to cross streets with, in stead of against, traffic. Some thing told me right off my bus technique wouldn't work with trucks. Toss yourself at a truck and It's you, not the truck, which Is the worse for wear. Then I met an escalator. An escalator is a stairs which does your climbing for you. That Is, if you can stand on it. It will take over your climbing but re fuses to do your standing. I've tried to date one several times but so far they've slithered off without me. An escalator Is what you might say ruthlessly coy that way. It's like a dancing part ner you don't get anywhere unless you slide when it does. Children, however, are escala tor addicts. They've played hop scotch and regard an escalator as hop scotch with a college edu ation. I've seen them and their unwilling parents ride up and down, up and down, leaping off at each landing but, leaping on again before the less agile par ents could drag the children away. But I'll learn. I'm taking prep school training in escalator ac tivity. This Includes not only a review of hop scotch but also tight rope walking, toe dancing and standing up exercises. By the looks of things, I'll enter the escalator riding profession some time late in 1947. Singing Cowboy In Washington To Be Solon, Not Yodler Washington Jan. 3 (U.R) Glen H. Taylor, the singing cow boy, formally becomes the sen ator from Idaho today and he is not going to yodel as he works "I didn't come here to play the guitar I came to be a sen ator," said Taylor, who brought with him from Pocatello not only his guitar, but a banjo, a saxo- phone, a trombone, a clarinet! and a piano. 1 "The family likes to sit around after supper and have a jam session," Taylor explained. The Taylors are a tuneful fam ily. He sings baritone and strums his guitar or banjo. The Mrs., a pin-up brunette, sings contralto and operates saxophone and trumpet. Son Arod, 9, is both clarinetist and pianist. Ml Barber's Observations Oie Mall Tribune Want Ada. 1 M JAYCEES PICK FIRST CITIZEN IN Jl Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to select first Junior citizen at their regular meeting held last night A com mittee composed of Vic Mllnes, chairman; C. Lyall Fldler, Bill Chrysler, Ray Ish, George Davis and Wallace Brill will contact other organizations and groups for suggestions. When these con tacts are completed Paul Selby will appoint a committee to make the final selection. . Selection of a junior first citi zen is a nationwide undertaking for the national Junior Chamber. A distinguished service award key will be presented to the per son selected at a banquet Jan uary 20. The national organiza tion provides the key and the state president will present the award at the banquet. He will also present the charter to th local club at that time. Clarence Schmidt Is in charge of banquet plans. Members of the Medford Chamber received an Invitation to attend a meeting at Klamath Falls January 6 at which Mearns T. Gates, president of United States Junior Chamber of Com merce, will speak. Navy Spends Much In Klamath Falls Klamath Falls. Ore.. Jan. 3 (U.R) The $11,693,000 the V. S. navy spent on two naval pro jects in Klamath Falls during the past year more than equals the total assessed valuation in the city, according to official re ports issued today. The Klamath naval air station cost the navy $6,353,000, while the marine barracks called for an expenditure of $5,340,000. In addition the naval auxiliary facilities at Lakeview cost $300, 000. WEATHER Northern California Fog or low cloudiness interior valleys today, tonight and Thursday and In coastal valleys during morn ings. Otherwise clear. Little temperature change. 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