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PHOENIX, TALENT WOULD VOTE ON Boards of Two Fast-Growing Communities See Need For Expanded Facilities. Petitions asking the Jackson county school district boundary ooara to call and set the date for an election on consolidation of districts four, Phoenix, and 22, Talent have beer, prepared following a joint proposal of the two school boards, at their meet ing m Talent Tuesday afternoon, to inaugurate the movement at once. (n Phoenix circulation of the petitions is already under way and circulators who may be con tacted are Gt G. Skinner, Mrs. Bert Stancliffe, Mrs. E. W. In man and .M. Dale Newton ac cording to Lyle Lindley, school superin'endent. Talent School Board Chairman Frank Dunkin said copies of the petition will be passed among residents there shortly. Signatures of at least 50 legal voters from each dis trict must be obtained, Lindley declares. He explains that a legal voter is anyone who can vote for a school director and that U. S. citizenship, residence in the district for 30 days and age of 21 years or over are the re quirements. Expansion Needed Marked increase in the en rollment of the two schools and indications of further growth which mean eventual expansion of the schools' facilities brought joint discussion of the problem by the boards last November Decision to submit the consoli dation question to the people was reached after three subse quent meetings. Ultimate outcome of consoli dation would be construction of new high school and mainten ance of the districts' present structures as grade schools. Recognizing that future decis ions rested in the hands of the people and in the board that would be chosen for the larger district, the joint boards Tues day, however, went on record as recommending that if con solidation is voted "a suitable lcci tion be selected as near half way between the present schools in Talent and Phoenix as is teas ible and possible; and that ac tual building operations on such a new site be postponed until building conditions become more nearly normal unless the school enrollment of such consolidated district increase ta the extent as to make building operations im perative in.order to provide ade quate educational facilities for our youth." Petition Circulate Lindley said the petitions will be in the nands of Phoenix cir culators until Monday or Tues day of next week. The school district boundary board is composed of county of ficials including the school sup erintendent, the judge and the two commissioners. County School Superintendent C. R. Bowman met with the com bined boards Tuesday to explain points of law. Talent Man Beats Phone Shortage By Building Own Line Talent, Feb. 1 U n a b 1 e to purchase telephone equipment a year ago to connect his home south of here with that of his mother a quarter-mile-a way, Frank Dunkin acquired and in stalled an office inter-phone system and now claims he wouldn't part with the arrange ment "for anything." Dunkin, chairman of the local school board here, says that he and his family are able to converse with his mother, Mrs. Mabel Dunkin, from any place in their spacious home and that it seems, almost, that she is in the house with them. Because the wire extending between the two homes is not insulated, calls from airplanes to the Medford airport are often overheard and music of some military band is picked up in the morning. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with showers tonisrht and Saturday. Little change in tempera ture. Oregon: Mostly cloudy with show era or snow flurries north and west portions throughout state tonight and Saturday. Little change in tempera ture. Gentle to moderate aouth to southwest wind. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year vago today: Highest 60. Lowest 39. Total monthly precipitation 3 inches. . Excess f6r the month .69 inches. Total precipitation since Septem ber 1, 1945, 1401 inches. Excess for the season 4.42 inches. Relative humidity at 4:30 p.m. yes terday 68; 4:30 a. m. today 95. Tomorrow Sunrise 7:23 a. m. Sunset 5:27 p. m. ObservaUons Taken At 4:30 A. M. 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec. Boise 38 2 Boston I 25 23 .04 Chicago 22 12 .01 Denver 40 29 Eureka 50 35 Havre 18 11 Klamath Falla 33 14 Los Angeles 68 41 Medford - 43 27 New York 53 30 .09 Omaha 31 23 Phoenix . 62 26 Portland 45 42 .35 Reno ..... 51 14 Roseburff 50 37 Salt Lake 33 22 San Francisco - - -.. 57 34 Seattle 46 40 .03 Spokane 39 30 Washington. D. 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Saturday at which time Ralph Koozer, manager of the Bagley Canning Co. of Ashland will dis cuss a profit sharing plan. Although full details of the plan were not revealed, it was indicated that peach growers will be asked to reserve a certain per centage of their crops for the cannery, diverting it from the fresh fruit market. It was under stood that the cannery would re quire only a small per cent of profit and the balance would go to the grower. An effort to increase the to mato acreage to 300 acres will be made, Koozer said. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to uie editor most soai the nam and address of Uie writer although the ose ol a pen-name or Initials for publication It permls Ula the Mall rrlbune reserves the right to edit all tetters with a view to elarlrj and enndensaUon . Why They Hide To the editor: Many times I have noticed the publication of objections to "Name on File" signatures, the latest in yester day's paper signed by Ray Of fenbacher. I can think of many legitimate reasons why such a practice may be preferable to one's own name besides my own reason to-wit: My family is very sensitive to any kind of publicity and would be embarrassed to death if I were to sign my name and they had to admit to any relationship to the writer. However, you have no idea how much wit and humor and yea, even sage comment you and ycur subscribers miss because of this particular family's aversion to seeing their name in print. I and many other "Name on Fil ers" are between two fires, our own particular problems on one hand and ridicule by Mr. Offen bacher and followers on the other. Many communications are written and never sent. Alas, what a loss to humanity. Well, again here goes nothing. (Name on File) Dr. Durant In Error To the editor: In Dr. Durant's lecture in the high school audi torium he made two statements that are quite erroneous. He said, as per Mail Tribune report: "Religion is the greatest force for civilization of all." How a man of Dr. Durant's men tal calibre, who poses as an historian (and a "great" one ac cording to the Report) can make such a false assertion is surpris ing. The greatest force for civiliza tion is science. Religion has al ways lagged behind science and history show's that times with out number it has persecuted and gaged science In it's blind intolerant zeal. This has been the case not only in Christian dom, but also among the ancient Greeks and Romans. Religion al ways tried to block the way to science and truth-seeking phi-, losophy until forced to concede. Galileo's career is an example. : Owing to the church he barely! escaped with his life. All through ! the dark ages for centuries the churches would allow no free speech that tended to doubt their j religious doctrines. Where would : our modern developments bej without science All our great industries and modern comforts; are based on scientific discov-i eries. One might argue that this isj all material welfare, not civtliza- tion in the highest sense. This is because religion has failed to attain a universal high moral standard. It is not the fault of science that materialism is so prevalent. Dr. Durant said that the fear of starvation Is the urge for a high civilization and makes men rich. Thanks to science there is practically little or no fear of starvation in the United States. The same may be said of New Zealand. Yet these nations are the most advanced in civiliza tion. India and China are ex amples of where for centuries starvation and the fear of it, is the great curse, and their civili zation is the lowest. It is because civilization has almost eliminat ed starvation and the fear of it that progress Is made. Fear of starvation never helped civiliza tion, although it may have been an urge In some Individual cases. Youth and young manhood is not obsessed with the fear of starvation. He looks much higher than that. He dreams of great H i . Wmts Her Mama I m ax 5 , " 'is .11 .. ,3E2 X . ft. 1 1 (Acnit Ttlephoto) Six-year-old Margaret Miller struggles In arms of woman deputy In Chi cago court, reaching for mother, at right, alter court gave custody of tha girl to father as he filed divorce suit. achievements, honor, fame and the glories of emulation; he longs for adventure, he revels in and dreams of great enterprises. Dr. Durant states: "There is nothing in history that gives promise of eternal peace." That is absolutely no reason for as suming that eternal peace among nations is unattainable. Sydney S. Barker Central Point, Box 217 NAVY VETERAN DIES ON WAY TO HOSPITAL Roseburg, Feb. 1 U.R Re cently discharged navy veteran Edwin L. Donnelly of Portland collapsed on a Greyhound bus near hero and died en route to a Roseburg hospital. Coroner H. C. Stearns said death was due to a heart ail ment, Donnelly was on his way to the hospital at Camp White near Medford. FAITH REWARDED Eugene, Ore., Feb. 1 (U.R) City Recorder John Fields' faith in humanity was higher today. Opening his mail Fields found a money order for $50 from a man who was fined that amount and set free to raise the money 18 years ago. 'Ashes Of Trainer Scattered On Turf Of Harness Track Goshen, N. Y. (U.R) The beat of the hooves and the sharp "hi yi" of the silk coated drivers gets into the blood of a harness man. He wouldn't rest real well if he couldn't hear the Morgans pounding down the stretch. That's why the death-bed re quest of Jack'Matthews, veteran groom and trainer, didn't seem strange to those who know and love the standard-breds. A score of old friends stood re cently at he finish line of fam ous Good-Time track here scene of the great Hambletonian race as the ashes of Jack Mat thews were scattered on the turf in front of the grandstand; on the turf where Greyhound and Rosalind and Billy Direct and all the Hanover horses trotted and paced their way to glory. AMBER CHOSEN Hollywood, Feb. 1 (U.R) British Actress Peggy Cummins, 20, was chosen from 215 contest ants today to make her Ameri can screen debut in the title role of a $3,000,000 movie production of "Forever Amber." Opposite her in the male lead role of Bruce Carlton will be screen hero Cornel Wilde, removed from suspension to take the part. This nation's imports of black pepper reached about two mil lion pounds last summer. Be fore the war the total imports usually ran 60 million pounds per year. Friday, Feb. I, IMS MEDFORD MAIL TRIBDrTE SZTZII OREGON INFANT DEATHS SHOW HEAVY DECREASE Porfland, Feb, 1 (U.R) Ore gon's Infant mortality rate de clined 24 per cent between 1933 and 1943, the state health com mission reports. The commission said Oregon's infant death rate has been long among the lowest and often the lowest in the nation. Babe Ruth was near-great left handed pitcher before he won fame as a home-run king. iWICt as MANY...TW1CI e OOOD BLADES ouiit ioi sinoii tees MtarlM Star 14 Distributed by MrOonald Candy Cej, and sold by aU Uv dealers. at the SATURDAY NIGHT, FEB. 2 Continuous Lunch Service, 9 to 1 DANCING 9 to 2 POPULAR PRICES The Only Spring Floor in Southern Oregon CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY 11 Miles From Medford CIVILIAN JOBS OPEN AT TORT LEWIS, WASH. Fort Lewis, Feb. 1 (U.R) Army officials announce 300 jobs are open immediately at Fort Lewis, because of the rapid .discharge of military per sonnel assigned to the fort. Janitors, hospital mess at tendants and ward attendants, clerks, typists and stenograph ers are among classifications of employment open. ' LUNCH AT TALENT Talent, Feb. 1 Lunch service will be resumed Immediately at the S. and D. service station at Talent function according to George Sasek who is operating the counter for the owners, Lee Sitts and Jud Davis. The lunch room has undergone recent re modeling and enlargement and now has accommodations for 14 persons. Twenty-four hour serv ice is planned by the owners. ICKES NAMES AIDE Washington, Feb. 1 (U.R) Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes today announced the ap pointment of John H. Provinse as assistant commissioner of In dian affairs. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. WASHING MACHINE REPAIR FOR ALL MAKES Alto Refrigeration Service Younger' Appliance 31 N. Bartl.tt Phone 2419 To Landowners ol the Irrigation District The Talent Irrigation District Board of Directors,, in response to a growing sentiment throughout the District, and with the object of making more economical and ef ficient distribution of its never-too-plcntiful water supply, hat decided to take over maintenance of farm lateralt in the District. Unlike most other Oregon irrigation districts, the Tal ent District hat always maintained only itt main canalt leaving up to the water utert themselves all maintenance of ditchet leading from these canalt .to the individual farmt. Thit tystem, while resulting in lower water assess ments, hat never been satisfactory. Leaky flumet, ditchet cleaned poorly or not at all, and divertion ttructuret con silting of piles of rockt or mud caute a serious lost of water. Laterals on too steep ground wash deep gullies, undermining fencet and buildings, and in many catet the water utert served by tuch lateral! have neither the time, equipment, experience or finance! necessary to put and keep them in proper shape. It it felt by the Board that the increased efficiency in water distribution, and the water saved by proper im provement and maintenance of the farm lateral tyttem will be well worth the added cott of thit service. Thete cottt run. In other Dittrictt where tuch mainte nance hat alwayt been carried on by District crewt, to approximately $1.00 per acre per year. They may be somewhat higher in thit District, during the time the badly run down farm lateral tystem it being rehabilitated, but wilt be about the tame thereafter. It mutt be noted that, tince no astettment hat been made for farm lateral maintenance during the pretent tax year of 1945-1946, no cleaning of tuch lateralt can be done by District crewt thit Spring. Thit mutt be done, at in the past, by the water utert themselves. However, there are sufficient fundi in the District treasury to keep a small crew buty throughout thit teaton Installing divertion ttructuret, replacinq flumet, installing tile where neces sary and, in general, Improving the physical condition of the farm lateral tyttem. Thit it it expected will affect at leatt tome saving of water during the coming year. BOARD OF DIRECTORS TALENT IRRIGATION DISTRICT. 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