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EIGHT MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, March 4, I84S medford. .Every... J if'V DlilJ Exe.pl aturdar PuMlehed D bobkiit W BUHL. Editor. HEKB OKEY Adveruains " E C' TEBOUSON Managlna ARTHUR PERRY Sunif.v dltoT MRS OLIVE ST ARCHER fc . K-S-Tn I.AIBAII Circulation MET An independent New.paper. Enured u eoond elaa. Medford Oregon, undei Act of March 3. S7. EUBSCRIPTION RATM BT HUll -In Adv.nc ' tally .nd Sunday-one )m ...0 Dally and Sunday -el month. 0 Daily and Sunday-three mo. t.ie ' Daily and Sunday on. munth n By Carrl.r In Advance ModforO Aahiand Centr.l Point Jackaor, ' iill.7fiol Hill PUnenlx Talent enr. , on motor route.: , Dally and Sunday--one rear, saw Daily ud Sunday one montn 71 All lerme eaah in advanc. Official Paper .( th. City if Median ' Ollicl.l Paper of Jarkme Cu.tr ' "united Preae full teaaed "Ira ? "MEMBER OF AUDIJ BUBEAU OT CIRCULATIONS AdvertUlnt RepjrwptaUve WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC Office! In New York Chlcato De troit San rranclaco U Anselee Mtle Portland. St Louul Atlanta VancouyeiJBCJMM Munis 0iclo(Otys(MPi . Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry May 1 Is now forecast by ex perts as the date for nazl mill' tary resistance to end. The pre diction is based upon word the war department has " requested the house appropriations com' mlttee to postpone until that date, hearings on the budget for army 'needs, the remainder of the year, a a a March came In Thursday with out impersonating any member of the animal kingdom. . . Stray bullets fired by stray boys with .22s hit houses and other objects, unable to get out of the way the past week, the police hear. e Tree surgeons have been op erating on the limbs of trees all week. Some of the patients are old enough to be logged off to make room for gas silos. i A number of the fair sex have new spring hats they are sav ing for Easter, Many men can hardly wait to see what they don't look like. -a a' a i The Elno Hemmlla boy Mike I. .4111 ilium In tKa MAtfaH. Hna. ert, soaking, up sunshine and reading the funnies, , ' a' a... a ' Royal Brown of the E. Pt Browns towned alone In mid week. They generally come over, en bunch. . s a a a - Jen Jensen was seen skedadd ling down the Main stem Friday with a fistful of cash big enough to choke a mule, ox, or the best horse in the Sheriff's Posse. His boy John is now in Der Reich, (pronounced Wreck). a a a . Farmers rtlan tn etnmn nut th wild nnta Thov wnlilH lilra in catch the rnffuea. whn enured them. a a a Abe Kumllng, 72, the Applo gate paperhanger, coyote exter minator, and prospector, Is spending the long late winter evenings reading the Saturday Evening Post serial about pio neer days in J'ville. One of the characters is "Bob" Harmes. Some -of the old timers recall a man by the name of Harmes, but bjs first name was Henry. e a e . A goodly portion of the popu lation assembled at the Crate Fridays eve to see the commun Hy tots shake a foot, with ar tistic cuteness. ' e e The legislature is now en grossed trying to get the straight, of the Durchnse nf 20 377 h armlet of straight whiskey, upon which it is expected me state will make a prom oi $4,300,000 eventually e e The Black Tornado, district champs, saw no action last week. They will meet the District 3 champs the coming week, fot the right to go to Salem, where eight A teams will clash In mid month, all looking for blood, bear and baskets. e e a Strikes In the Detroit area are delaying the production of vital war material. The public did not vote for this in the November mandate, and are getting sali vated with the frequency of strikes. Upon this point the S. F. Chronicle notes: "If a large proportion of American workers followed that example, t'! Prexlfiont and !.. Nation would shortly have no important world affairs to settle. The war would stop, with the enemy victorious. These labor disputes are in what the Presi dent has made his special, per sonal province. W do not be lieve any group of American labor will defy the President if he means business and doesn't mean politics." Editorial Correspondence Brawley, Imperial Valley, Calif., Feb. 28. Here Is another un expected stop, not on our original itinerary at least. We are comfortably ensconced however in a clean, little hotel called "The Planters", directly on the "Diamond Plaza". For how long remains to be seen. For like practically every other decent hotel in the U.S.A. The Planters' problem is not getting guests but taking care of those who wish to get in. We tried the "Barbara Worth" in El Centro first. That Is where we enjoyed our first encounter with a REAL earthquake many years ago. Not only were no rooms available, none would be for two months or more. In fact the room-clerk at the other end of the line got quite snippy about it. (Some day we hope to meet some of these snooty hotel clerks, when the hotel business is a com petitive one again and they are as eager to get customers, as they now are to turn them awayl What joy to tell them to jump in the lake as we go blithely to their nearest competitor!) t n m This place, too, Is In the earthquake belt. And one Is about due for they have had none for three or four years. The last quake gave Brawley a good work-out and practically wiped out Imperial, former county-seat, a few miles south of here. The hotel clerk assures us, however, this Is NOT earthquake weather, hope he is right, one quake was enough for us. " eeeea What kind of weather Is ltt According to the chamber of commerce where we sought sanctu ary between showers it Is "UNPRECEDENTED". (We expected the familiar word "unusual", but like Frank Hull, the local C. of C. factotum, has a vocabulary that shuns the stereotyped.) However the Idea we admit Is much the same. ' The average rainfall here is less than three Inches a year, and we should say, judging by the pools of water now on the Plaza lawn, about 35 percent of the year's supply has been delivered in the past 39 minutes. However, some of that water may have seeped tn from the surrounding hills, for Brawley it seems is over 100 feet below sea-level. One reason the valley Is so crowded, this Is the season for lettuce and cattle brokers to come in. There are over 10,000 acres of lettuce in this valley and over 73,000 head of cattle, money is plentiful and everybody WANTS to spend it. One of the brokers was In the lobby when we arrived late last night, we don't know why we should run into so many of the type but he also was without either upper or lower plate. That deficiency however was no damper on his spirits or his volubility, he was feeling fine In fact and grabbing the stranger by the arm inquired genially if he (the stranger) wanted to make some money, The answer being in the affirmative Comrade Cattle Buyer said he would buy our steers sight unseen for $300 per head. We refused to show our Ignorance of cattle by accepting or declining the offer, but the incident reminded us of our first visit to the Nash Hotel in the summer of plentiful and Bar Bourbon even One reason for coming here Diego, Arizona and Eastern railroad. In the old days we rode to Tijuana on it to the races (horse-races every day but Monday then). And as railroads have always fascinated us, particularly one that winds off Into the unknown (at least unknown as far as we are concerned) we hoped then to ride on the S. D. A. & E. to the destination someday. We knew the railroad had one pe culiarity the only one In this country to run east and west south of the Mexican border, so it looked like a simple and convenient way to see something of northern Mexico. Moreover tt was said to be one of the shortest independent railroads in the United States (Second to the old Barnum railroad to J ville no doubt). ee.ee At any rate we bought a ticket on the San Diego, Arizona and Eastern for El Centro and discovered In the process that while th. B. r A. A E ooerated three trains daily a few years ago, they operate but one now, that one ing El Centro about liu miles aisiam. ai o.ta p. uu ou v6 of less than 20 miles an hour. ... That probably SHOULD have aroused our suspicions but didn t. tn faci not until we had boarded the train and had ridden to TUuana a distance of 14 miles in - .... . . thing about the starts, stops ana general eimospnere m u w, remind us so forcibly of another short train trip between Port land and Oregon City that, in spite of the belief the S. P. did not operate south of Los Angeles, we asked the porter if we were riding on the San JJlego, Arizona ana eastern or me somneru Pacific. "You Is right both ways boss" was the reply, "the S. P. bought over S. D. A. & E. some years back!" a a a a a So that was that. . BUI a very imcicsuus . .. i . ,l. ana fuuman, ana mi ui. uuiuw, hp- Mexico got on the train bags, baggage, babies, baskets and blan kets! One brown-faced, rea cneenea senorun, mm im.mns pu...- i . I . . 1 1 . , L. n HMnM nlntfnra, artA TriAa ffPA t H setta in ner nair cuukui ma Hit,v.u,.. ... . Tecate because she wasn't going to be left behind, her sister and her new brother-in-law aboard. (We trust this won't get the con ductor Into trouble, we saw enough of him to realize he Is a very fine official, a strong silent kindly type of man, something rare in the railroad business these parlous times.) He couldn't kick the little girl off. We were the more impressed by him because he was so un like the MP on the train, a middle-aged, bull-necked paunchy in dividual, surly and overly officious who strong-armed one of the little middles on the train, because he got off a good natured crack about "flat-foot." The navy group bound for a naval air base near here were in a mood to gang up on the MP and we rather hoped they would but the navy policemen on board scent ed trouble and persuaded them to "forget it." We predict that MP is going to get his however before the war is over, and he will right well deserve It. Picking on a boy one-third his size. The little girl's sister and the new brother-in-law were di rectly In front of us, and said goodbye to the family stowaway at Tecate the latter understandably greatly relieved. The bride was rather attractive, somewhat on the Eskimo line of build and physiognomy, but neat and smiling. Can't say so much in fact nothing at all for the groom. He was one of the fat, oily, overdressed types of the Mexican "jeune doree with Juicy red lips and moist oozy "chok-cherry eyes" an all around no-good If we know anything about looks, (which of course we don't!) But a grand provider, judging ever the news butcher (there were really two of them) offered. Apples, oranges, peanuts, candies, 50-cent box lunches, orange Juice, grape Juice, figs dates even photographic views of the trip the young man about Tijuana town didn't miss a bet. The two news butchers hovered around him like bottle flies around a beer barrel and he never disappointed not once. e e e a a Across the aisle was "Auntie" en route lunch-box, card-board suitcases tied with clothes line and all, for El Paso all-night-and-then-some In a day coach! And again if we know anything about faces about looks here was a real person, more Indian than Mexican, white, straight hair neatly but plainly combed back in a knot at the back of the neck, high cheek bones, lean muscular frame, a profile more masculine than feminine reminded us of the portrait of Sava narola in a certain old history book. But strength and quiet dignity throughout and interested and nice but not bothersome regarding the newly weds. "Auntie" shared her dessert with the bride we have a hunch she had no more use for the groom than we did. A new dish to us, but probably well known in Mexico It looked like honey and hot tea stirred together in a tin cup. Aunty seemed to relish th steaming dish more than the bride however. R. W. R. P. 8. The President has Just concluded his speech reporting the Yalta conference via the radio down In the hotel lobby. He had an audience of 18 at the start Including two women: at the end only the two women and ye editor remained. We Imagine Xor the same reason search of information. At least they looked 1910,' when money was just as more sol was curiosity regarding the San leaving at 2:45 p. m. and reach exactly one hour flat, did some- X I A , 1 . I - ............ . - - Unir v,a nnrtnlntlnn nf northern by the way he Invested In what like school teachers, though the long cigarets Mexican perhaps. The men were all cattle or lettuce ranchers at least of that type husky, deeply tanned, wearing expensive cowboy outfits, tight cords, high-heeled boots, light tan Stetsons, colorful flan nel shirts, obviously NOT) New Dealers. One of them and nearest the radio promptly went to sleep and slept soundly until about three minutes before the finish, when he awoke suddenly, looked about him, wiped a muscular fist over his eyes looked again, and seeing himself deserted, hastily beat it. It was rather like the old ditty about the pickaninnies on the fence one dropped off and then another until there was none. We wonder if that group could be at a' typical of the country at large? Probably not at least they were all of the prosperous, employer class busy men too and clearly not interested in the details of peace or international politics. Moreover they started out in a more or jess hostile mood as one of the older men re marked, as he pulled out his pipe and inspected the bowl of it "i aon't know whether I can He did better1 than some of the dent said a certain point had been agreed upon by Russia, Great Britain and ME the old boy pulled himself to his feet, grabbed his neighbor by the arm and said: - "Come on Pete I can't stand the stuck-up so and such (they here!) We did not share the general There was a rather soporific quality to the address, the President sounded tired and talked down to the congress too much but what we wanted was the official summing up of the Yalta con- ierence irom we u. s. standpoint and that we got. Why the President should persist however, in the "unconditional surrender" term and proceed immediately thereafter to name the mnriitinn. of that surrender, is more than we could make out, or can any one else to whom we have talked. It is a dictated surrender and witn &iivi!,KJ!; conditions but certainly not a surrender without them. R. W. R. Flight o' Time Madiord a.irt Jackion Co His tory 'tarn the files ot the Mail Tribune 10 20 and 34 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY March 4, 1S35 , (It was Monday) Snow Dredicted fnr tonioht nnrl Tuesday in valley. High 50, low 31 degrees. Five injured over week-end on local roads auto accidents. Sen. Huey Long's charge Post master General Farley to resign is denied. Plowine nf snnw frnm Prntor Lake pirk roads to start April 1. Greek revolutionist hpmmrl in, as navy takes prompt action. One thousand nrnwi Irlllad hv dynamite at Gold Hill roost. Gov. Martin nrdnre 1oalDlat,,f.a to get busy on major legislation. CroD loans at cost are readv for new season. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY March 4. 1925 (It was Wednesday) President Coolidse. in innncn- ral address declares "for peace aDroad, and prosperity at home. Gov. Pierce stems Ashland normal school bill. Unsettled. High 67, low 37 de grees. . , Council requested to improve road to Sacred Heart hospital. City to install refuge cans as aid to spring clean-up campaign. Skirts above the knees, and red rouged ears are latest Paris style. Prince of Wales excites Brit ons by dancing until four o'clock in the morning. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY March 4, 1911 (It was Saturday) Sceley Hall, student, and Prof. J. P. Cudthy, History teacher, have fight at school, and both sustain black eyes. School board to probe affair. Harry Treat, arrested for speeding 35 miles per hour, de clares car can't make that speed. Butte Falls to have new Pres byterian church. NEW KOOS CHIEF Coos Bay, Ore., March 3 (U.R) Fred F. Chltty, former general manager of the Dally Olympian, Olympia, Wash., will succeed Ben F. Stnne, as manager of radio stations KOOS and KVAN, it was announced today. LAUNCH CARGO SHIP Wilmington, Cal., March 3 (U.R) The M. S. Short Splice. 15th in a series of new-design long range cargo ships was launced today at the Consoli dated Steel Corp. shipyards. WISCONSIN Air-Cool MOTORS Sales-Service EATHERTWS FARM STORE 808 So. Riverside. Phone 3146 more severe of the two smoked stand to listen to this or not!" others, however. When the Presl- any more of that Jehovah stuff. don't pull punches verbally down sentiment of the local lettuce hplt. SINATRA NOT FIT DUTY Jersey City, N. J., March 3 (U.R) Frank Sinatra, crooner, is a 4-F In a necessary job, the singer's draft board decided to day. x Sinatra was r1amH In draff classification 2A-F for six months by his draft board after army physicians at Newark Induction Center and Governor's Island found him disqualified for com bat service because of a punc tured ear drum. His case was re viewed by Wt Department au thorities in Washington and their classification of 2A-F was mailed to the singer's local draft board today. "This does not mean Sinatra cannot be drafted for war work or limitedxser vice with the army," Ira W. Caldwell, draft board chairman, said. "It simply means Sinatra is not physically fit for combat, and that his sing ing is a necessary Job." . Sinatra's singing, paid off in taxes to the Treasury about $700,000 last year. TMFFOEATHS IN STATE AT 98 Salem, Ore., March 3 (U.R) A total 'of 98 traffic fatalities throughout the state last year, an increase of 20 over 1943, was reported today by Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr. Portland had the largest num ber of traffic deaths, but show ed a decrease from 1943's 52 fa talities to 45. Astoria was the only Oregon City of more than 10,000 population with a per fect score for 'the year. What's Doing at U.SeO.'S The Lady Elks will prepare and serve a hot dish buffet at 5:00 Sunday afternoon. Begin ning at 4:30 Kay Gentner will entertain at the -piano through the supper hour. Later in the evening Eve Prentice s Accord ion Girls will present a program of lively numbers. Monday, March 5, there will be dancing in fireglow from 8 p. m. Ctoetn time for Classified Ad. a am Too Lata to Claulfy li au POISON OAK? Try a bottle ot ZEMACOL Voa nutt be uuified or your monoi cheerfully refunded Oet a aotue to dT at WESTERN THRIFT GIVE SANCTIONS FOR LATIN LANDS - Mexico City, March 3 (U.R) The United States agreed today to use diplomatic and economic sanctions or its armed forces Jointly with the other American states when necessary to "pre vent or repel" aggression any where in the hemisphere. The new hemispheric collec tive security system adopted here represents the most radical change in inter-American policy In the history of Pan-Americanism. It is a prelude to the world security system which will be created at San Francisco next month. "The Act of Chapultepec" which embodies the western hemisphere agreement, to guar antee the boundaries and politi cal independence of each Ameri can state, by force, if necessary, was described by Chairman Tom Connally (D., Tex.) of the U. S senate foreign relations commit tee as a beacon on the path to the world organization confer ence in San Francisco next month. . The act was approved unani mously by the full committee on the Inter-Amercian system of the Inter-American conference It requires only formal confer ence action and the signing of the document to make it final and effective. ' It represents a reversal of pol icy by the Latin American na tions that has prevailed for 100 years their fear that the Unit ed States would Interfere with their disputes. CpL Lome Cox, Jap Prisoner, Home Soon John Cox, 518 Jackson boule vard, received a wire yesterday from his son, Cpl. Loren B. Cox; among the military prisoners re leased from the Cabantuan prison camR in the Philippine islands early in February. The wire read "Am free and safe. Will be home soon." Cpl. Cox was on Corregidor when the fortress fell to the Japanese and only a few brief messages had been received by his parents during his intern ment. He is a graduate of St. Mary's academy. THE GRANGE Talent Grange' At the last regular meeting of the Talent Grange two new members were added to the membership, they being Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hart. Mrs. Sylvia Bates, chairman of the HEC an nounced that the next regular meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Florence Hartely, Tues day, March 13. The program opened with all Joining in signing "Oregon Suits Me." A brief resume of the his tory of Oregon was given by Elton Petri. Mr. M. W. Wheeler followed with a reading of the life of George Washington as written by Rupert Hughes. A recitation "Somebody's Mother ' by Bob Bates was greatly en Joyed by all. The program closed wnn tne cnoostng of sides and Dlavins eames. Th wtnrpr Mrs. Ethel Lacy, asked all to be prepared to tell some Irish story at the next regular meeting. After the serving of refresh ments by the committee, music and dancing was enjoyed for the remainder of the evening. The Navy's new ordnance de pot and training ground on the Mojave Desert is larger than the State of Rhode Island. BRILLIANT Plasti-Kote will far outwear ordinary varnishes and lacquers does O Easy to Clean O Non-Skid O Alcohol Proof O No Waxing Necessary For Furniture-Stairs-Woodwork PLASTI-KOTE IS AVAILABLE IN MANY BEAimrni COLORS AND FOR EVERY PURPOSE UL John Cupp Furniture Co. Sixth and Barrlett phone 4848 STATE SENATOR REAPPORTION ACT UP COMING WEEK Salem, Ore., March 3 U.R) The Oregon legislature tonight wound up its first week of "pay less" session by putting over un til next week consideration of two vital measures a bill to re apportion the state's senatorial representation and one to re codify the motor transportation act. Working overtime since Mon day midnight, when the legis lators' salaries stopped, the sen ate set as a special order of busi ness Tuesday afternoon tne re aportionment bill by Sen. Mar shall Cornett of Klamatn Falls, while the house on Monday afternoon will take up a divided committee report on HBB9. Cornett asked postponement of his measure, presumably be cause several senators were ab sent. Sen. Rex Ellis opposed the motion, which received ten no votes. The bill reported without recommendation from commit tee late Friday. It seeks to eliminate the 19th senatorial district and have one senator represent Klamath coun ty alone, instead of sharing one with several counties. Cornett contends the bill will pass on pledged votes, while Ellis, whose district would be eliminated, promised a good fight. The transportation measure drew a favorable report from the majority of the highways and highway revenues committee. but a minority recommended that it do not pass. The bill would change tne charges against commercial ve hicles to a uniform rate based on combined gross weight of ve hicles and miles traveled on pub lic highways. 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