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TEH MEDrOHD MAIL TRIBUNE rlday. rb. 22. 1948 MetfordUTribuni Cverrene la Southern Oresjol Reads the Hall Tribune" Dally Bxeepl Saturday Published by UEDrORD PRINTING CO. 17-29 North m St Phone 1141 ROBERT W RTJHL, Editor . KRNEST R CILSTRAP Manager KERB GREY, Advertlalnf Mr. c rERGUSON. Msnaalnf Editor ARTHUR PERRY. Sunday Editor MRS OUVE STARCHER. Soc Edltot : GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Kntared a. second class matter at Madford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mr Hall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one yeer.f7.80 Deny and Sunday el monthe 4.00 Dally and Sunday three moe. 1.10 Dally and Sunday one month .78 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Aihland, Central Point. Jackson. Tllle. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Talent and on motor routea: Dally and Sunday one year... 00 Dally and Sunday one month .70 All terme caah In advance. Official Paper of the City of Madford Official Paper of Jaekaon Connty United Preta Full Leased wire MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS Advertlilng Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC. Office In New York. Chicago. De troit, Sen rtandico. Lee Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver, B. C. Mtmkt 0lt(!0(tisOPtr. P a i l i s nl e m 'M:s"oc)i A T 1 0 II Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry Naval experts predict Allied and captured enemy warships slated for atomic bomb attacks In mid-Pacific next summer will survive the tests. In such an vent, it may be necessary to give them to one of the late aggressor nations in order to get rid of them. The ruling of Washington bureau that nightgowns are "frills" and "non-essential" has caused considerable of a furore In the metropolis, among the fair sex, who admit there. Is short age of reasonably priced sleep ing attire, but plenty of synthe tics retailing at $39.50. There was a time in Oregon when nightgowns sold for $18.80, and was split three ways, the Grand Imperial Wizard of Atlanta. Ga., getting' the biggest cut. The buyer also got a mask to wear wili his nightie, who when en route to hang a sinner, could only be Identified by his feet and walk. PROBLEM Or PEACE (Woodlawn (Cal.) Democrat) "In the way of a civilian Job, what does anyone suggest as suitable for 22-year-old x-captaln who has been called the old man by kids of 207" The bleak and chilly winter bas reduced most of the valley woodpiles to a shadow of their former selves. None of the woodpiles were mixed up In poli tics and charged with being the hiding place of colored gentle man, The London report a woman In Paris had become the mother of seven babies, turned out to be hoax. A French policeman pulled the wool over the eyes of a reporter, instead of the diplomats of one country doing the same thing to the rest of the world, ... This is the birthday of George Washington, first president, and many of the things he advised gainst in his farewell address, have gone unheeded and are what ails tho nation today. He was against "foreign entangle ments," and America now has plenty of them. Today many will read his words of wisdom spoken 150 years ago and highly applicable to affairs now shap ing, with a golf stick or a fish ing pole, ... The sister city of Salem Is xulted no end by the victories of Its quint over the B. Tornado this week. It is hoped being hit by an unexpected shower of horseshoes will enable the "pow rful Vikings" to screw up suf ficient courage to tangle with the losers next fall, In an already scheduled football game. They sidc-atepptM this honor last fall nd practically the same thing confronts them come October, a a The army announces It will put on sale next Monday. 434.000 surplus washboards. No grand rush Is anticipated, , wash boards are more out of date than buggy whips. . Car chains are still needed on many Oregon highways, due to snow and Ice. This is not the way some state scribes tell It On journeys over notoriously slick and stormy routes, they ex. perlenced no rigor,. Everything trick to stop suddenly In the ba'my air and pick a bunch of rl;m bananas, they infer. Dude niching is a major """' in Wyoming. Closing time tor Sunday Too Let George Washington This is the anniversary today, not just of the birth of a great man, but of the historic beginning of a froo' America. Ofinrce Washinelon. the father of this countrv. could have been a kinff. He could nave made America a monarchy. But because he had the vision and the pnnrarA to loresee tne aesunv ui rlomnwnfv nnrl ri wisplv lead the first falterine foot- stens of the 13 polonies, he stands todav in a place in which no king has ever stood. It is a place of dignity and grandeur never before attained oy any man, a lofty pinnacle that will never be surpassed in ages to come. IT will be recalled that a certain Colonel Nicola, commander of a Pennsylvania regiment, was so the virtues nf rlemocracv that he candidly wrote to General Washington suggesting that he sup port a royalist movement. He promised, and prob ably could have delivered, military backing for the movement. Washington's abrupt and scathing reply was: "If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable." TU nnnnmsnf noinidforl VlfYU7PVPr. nilfl On DeC. X11C lliUVClllUiil .lHlu.vuj ..w. - 4. 1783, a great company of military leaders met at hraunce s Tavern in new i-uy u uiier vicuiuiigwH Ptnf rlpfprmination to retire i kin unc anu v, j a. - prompted this simple and democratic statement by George Washington and put an ena w me maicei that time and for all time : "With a heart full of love and grattitude, I now take leave of you. , . "I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious nd honorable. "I cannot come to each of you to take my leave, but shall be obliged to you if each will come ana lane me oy inn iiouu. "I IBERTY or death" was no mere catch phrase - tin'tVi tVio i-Qo-orerl rnlnnists when thev faced the Viav1oViira anr hittpt sacrifices of Vallev Forffe davs. Theirs was a one-way road in their fight for inde- l r tV, D..,f!aVi ivmiin fTiotr lrneur that JJmiUCIlCC 11U1I1 W1C J-Iiiwoii wvnii, - "J ....... . there was no turning back, for at the end of the road thev must either achieve victory or face a firing squad as traitors. Washington had to battle a stronger, better equipped enemy, had to withstand the discouragement and despair that so frequently confronted him, had to inspire his loyal followers to fnnr.incr with t.hft iealousv and m- trigue of those Americans who sought to discredit and remove him. For a less dauntless leaaer evemuai triumph at Yorktown could not have been attained. 'As he was first in war, so was he tirst in peace. His wise counsel at the Constitutional Convention and in nf a vouthful nation laid a sound foundation for America's greatness today. . GEORGE WASHINGTON, historians say, was a fellnw" vvVin loved to p-ather with his neighbors for an old fashioned clam bake or trip the liVVit fantastic. He was a scientific farmer, a distiller of fine liquor and a breeder of thoroughbred horses. He was an enthusiastic tisnerman, an araem uuen hunter, a clever billiard player and liked a card game with his cronies. He was first in the hearts of his cninnial neiVhhnvs. iiist na he is todav first in the hearts of 140 million grateful and free Americans. Abraham liincoin was ngnt wnen e uu. "Washington is the mightiest name on earth." -H.G. MIMIIUMIMIHMII On The Side By e. v. Darling (Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.) Wlten nod was maklni nowers. Was the time he vision, you Than made yon from the pat terns That were within his view. Ha lava to you the brauty. And the franarances of the rose, The grarafiiliieM and lnvrllness That all the flowers dUrloae. W. H. Fersuson. (Above is an excerpt from a poem written by the author as a tribute to his daughter Joy, on her ninth birthday. Mr. Fergu son is the father of two daugh ters, and six sons but Joy is the only child he has written a poem about. Apparently this young lady la the apple of her papa s eye.) "Today I heard plump fe male of 40 or thereabouts say 'I lost my hankie.' " That's what I reported several weeks ago add ing It seemed little silly for grown-up ladles to continue to talk like babies. The comment, of course, was made In a spirit of constructive criticism. I am amazed to find It has en raged a number of our feminine subscribers one of whom, a resi dent of Champaign, 111., writes: 'One can hardly Imagine a worse shock than the one you received on hearing female of 40 saying 'I've lost my hankie,' and especially a plump temalel Perhaps you could make some suggestions as to the proper age for plump female to leave oft saying "hankie' and panties.' Maybe some method of tapering off could be arranged in order to avoid such an abrupt change In the life of the (at, fortyish fe male." (Note: This communica tion Is signed "Fair, Fat and 40.") Asking Queries from clients. Q. You onct: mentioned book by Con an Doyle you had read nine times. The title plraso. A. I read it 19 times. TiUe Is "Rod ney Stone." By no means clas sic. Just something that hap pened to appeal to me. Q. Please nama few good writers among veston, Tex. A wife ran away with a nylon hosiery salesman . . I am informed that on East 57th St., Manhattan, is an establish. ment called "Salon for the Man icure." Some class, what? . . . Who is the oldest practicing phy sician In the United States?. A Californlan claims it is Dr. F. M. Watson-Reeves of Los Angeles. Dr. Reeves, a woman, is 90 years old. She is a homeopathic phy sician and has been practicing for 53 years. Says He "I see some secretaries are pro testing regarding cartoons and Jests dealing with secretaries sit ting on the laps of their bosses," writes a Chicagoan. "These young women indignantly deny such a thing happens and claim it gives secretaries a bad name. I am an executive and a bach elor. Being in my thirties it is necessary for me to have a strict policy of business before pleas ure. I can tell you it is very dif ficult to get a secretary who doesn't try to climb on your lap. These women figure that is a way to make their jobs more se cure and easier. Furthermore, the boss usually has a good in come or salary snd is able to take a girl to high class places of entertainment if she can manage to inspire his affections. Of course, if he is a bachelor like myself, she will try to marry him." Please Note Regarding that claim of some men of science that children born and brought up near radio broadcasting stations are likely to be taller than the average: I have Just heard of a boy living near WJL's transmitter in Lodi, N. J. This lad, who is 17 years old, is six feet, seven inches tall! News Behind The News By Paul Malloo m r L.iifaVilufc.Mi Paul wtallnn newspaper men who are not col lege graduates. A. Damon Run yon, one of the greatest of all writers among newspaper men, is not a college graduate. Neith er is Arthur "Bugs" Baer. Nor was Arthur Brisbane or O. O. Mclntyre. Passing By Phil Cavaretta. First sacker of the Chicago Cubs. Phil broke into Major league baseball at the age of 16. When I was 16 I was still having tough time holding my position on the high school nine. Other Major leaguers who broke in at the age of 17 or under were Freddie Ltndstrom, Mel Ott and Jack Knight. The latter was the first Major leaguer to be nicknamed "Schoolboy." Lucia Chase. One of the coun try's most Interesting young wid ows. When her husband Thomas Ewlng Jr., died, he left her $19, 000,000. Scorning life of in activity Lucia resumed her ca reer as dancer with the ballet theater for which she also acts in an executive capacity. Horses St Women Brooklyn wives are patient and long suffering. It is remark able how much some of these ma trons will stand from husband. This Is also true of Boston, Phil adelphia, Baltimore, Toledo and Chicago wives, and generally the same wives living in the country. But Manhattan wives can be pushed just so far and then they act, as Indicated by the follow ing communication from New Yorker "I have Just celebrated my 85th birthday by throwing my husband out His heavy drinking, sarcasm and cynicism was getting on my nerves. Be sides he was giving ma an In feriority complex. I am fairly good looking, lively and gay but quiet." (Note: The young woman doesn't say Just how she threw her spouse out. In quiet way I suppose.) Almost Confidential It happened recently In Gal-j Miami, Fla. Feb. 22 The mad rush of the people to spend and throw their money around freely is visibly ac centuated here in the nation's winter p 1 a y ground. Bet ting at the Hi a lea h horse track is running nearly doubles 1 943 44, the last previous r a c- ing year. Daily an average of $ 4 0 0,0 0 0 Is poured through the mutuels by 20,000 to 30,000 persons. Three nightly dog racing tracks in this area reported $15,800,000 was bet by people during the first 113 nights of their season, a 50 per cent Ifi crease over the war-betting year. Gambling casinos in this area have been pushed out across the county line by official action, but so much money has been lost in the most lavish of these establishments, its activities may get into the national wire news before the season is closed. a e a INSIDERS tell me this gambling spree has been inspired most ly by black-market money, the untraceable, untaxed cash which operators in tires, butter and shortage materials manage to extract In the large cities. But the common man is spend ing his, too. Every imaginable archaic form of Jalopy and trail er hit the highways this winter for this massive sunny sandbar which is the state of Florida Practically every trailer camp has a sign in front; No vacan cies." One woman started a sit down picket demonstration of 24 hours or more in a hotel lobby In protest of her inability to ob tain lodgings. What is not being reported is that these eager people, some with their war savings, or vet erans with their discharge al lowances, are gladly paying 40 to 80 cents (or a hamburger; $30 up for Inferior tires; $2.85 for a fast haircut and wash; $70 a week for medium-class hotel room and board; $3 and up (up to $30) for dinner without drinks; $8000 for a cottage for a few months and commensur ately for other items of living. Money Is flowing fast and fur iously. This condition, as I say, is not unique in Florida. The na tion is on a spending spree. You can merely see the flow in closer focus here, where money was never sticky, yet never so slip pery as now. ... 1IHAT happens when the " money runs out? What comes next when the war bonds are cashed and spent, the dis charge allowances gone, the black markets dispelled by nor mal supplies of living materials? Will the populace not wind up one day broke and shriek to the government again: "Save me ? Wise men of knowing repu tation, to whom I have put these questions have not given me ihe answer I expected. They figure the spending spree is a temporary Interim postwar con dition, which will soon sop its own causes and effects and leave no disastrous results. It is true, however, these days rfr semble 1929 In their surface aspects. People are bidding for .goods and services rather wildly, an ticipating even higher prices.! But there Is one great differ ence now. In 1929 peoplfe bought with debt, they bought on the installment plan beyond their ability to pay (corporations as well as individuals). Today peo ple are spending cash and are not acquiring debt. Logically, then, they expect to escape the former conse quences of their folly. a a a THERE is another escape to which they look forward. If the nation goes to work and pro duces goods for the vast shortage-markets, the present flow of cash may be expanded. If the sales of all the autos, radios, ice boxes and what-nots are ef fected, this current spending spree might be followed by a boom for two, three or five years. Personally, I am not so sure of this, as most authorities seem to be. I am beginning to won der if the , people will have enough money left to buy all the things they need. I am not certain that the strikes have not drngerously delayed production while money went elsewhere, and I ask myself (without get ting an answer) If the increased prices required to satisfy the unions' demands will not be a deterrent to boom buying and snendlne. as wages generally have not increased sufficiently I to give permanence to current j war-bloated buying power among the great mass of the people. 14; Tornado defeats Koseburg 28-16. with Sam Van Dyke throwing 17 points. High wind hits valley and rips down signs. TWENTY YEARS AGO February 22. 1928 at Was Tuesday) Fight opens In senate over America's entrance into World Court. chosen Jacksonville candidates for city council. Time to clean up orchards, county agent warns. This Is Colonist Day In Oregon. Closing time tor Ctaaslfled Ads Br30 a m Too Late to Claailfy 12:15 pm ADMIRAL DROWNS Norfolk, Va., Feb. 22 U.B Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wil kinson, former chief of naval intelligence, drowned today when his automobile crashed through the gates of the Norfolk Portsmouth ferry Into the bay. Os. Mall TriDune Went Ada Unsettled. High 49, low 31. Irate citizens tell police two girls on horses riding on sidewalks. Medford five to play Klamath Falls at armory tonight. Audrey Eggs gets powder burns on neck, when he inter rupts burglar trying to open transfer office safe. THIRTY FOUR YEARS AGO February 22, 1912 at Was Thursday) Rogue valley pears favorite fruit of British. Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson Co His ory from the files of th. Mall Tribune 10 20 and 34 years aqo TEN YEARS AGO February 22. 1938 (It Was Saturday) Postmaster General Farley de fends New Deal spending at To peka banquet. Unsettled. High 55, low 47. 47. Charles Wings buys prize Guernseys for his dairy. Ashland defeats Medford 21 to own BAM6E at the A Every Saturday Night 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 Accurate. ADDING MACHINE and TYPEWRITER SERVICE ALL MAKES OFFICE EQUIPMENT REPAIRED WORK GUARANTEED JOHN W. CLARK 602 S. Riverside Phone SQ53 Fred Fick and Lewis Ulrlch 1 aM, I 'M Yl 'ainaa-yrj-u- . ,;?rx, ....ay a UHMtT I NITM, aaa SCHOOL SUPPLIES Typewriter Paper 9c Big 5 Tablets 5c Parker's Quink 10c No. 16 Crayola 15c Simplex 1 2" Ruler ......... 10c LePage's Paste 10c 5c Pencils 3 for JOc Art Crayons 18 for 1 3c LePage's Glue IQo Reader's Edition HOLY BIBLE King James $4 MQ Version. Each TOMATO PASTE & .,9' PIUNE JUICE QUART BOTTLE 25 ICE CREAM Quart-All Flavors 35 PEAKUT BUTTER fct. 59 I . i I I Corned Beef Pound Tins 2 for 9C FRESH SHIPMENT EVERY WEEKI POPULAR BRANDS CIGARETTES Don't be satisfied with dry Cigarettes from ware house stocks. Buy them fresh. 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