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i El TEN MEDFORD (OHECOM) MEDFORDjfeTRIBUNE "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reada The Mail Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Publlihed by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 21.29 North Fir St ' Phone 2-Hl ROBERT W BUHL, Editor ERNEST B GILSTRAP Manager HERB GREY, Advertlalng Mjr t C FERGUSON. Managing Edltol ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph fcdjtoi HENRY L GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgl An Independent Newepaper Entered ai aecond claaa matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act ol March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Mall In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year....oo Dally and Sunday-eix montha 4.75 Dally and Sunday three moe .SO Dally and Sunday one month l By Carrier In Advance Medlord Aahland, Central Point, Jackaonvllle Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor routea: .,.,,, Dally and Sunday one year. SU.UO Dally and Sunday one month t oo All Terma Cab In Advance Olllclal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackiun County United Preaa Full Leaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repreeentatlve: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Offlcea In New York. Chicago. De troit San Franclaco. Loa Angelea Seattle. Portland. Bt Loula Atlanta Vancouver, B C. PULISHElS'4hlsMTI0p MATIQNAl IDITOilAt 7 -T 77 Flight o' Time Medford and Jacktort County Hif lory from the fllat ol the Mail Tilbune 10. 20 and 34 reari age 10 YEARS AGO TODAY January 12. 1940 (It Wa Friday) Automatic traffic signals at Sixth and Central go into op eration. Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, Rrants Pass, announces candid acy for re-nomination in first Judicial district- Intermediate Teachers council to hear Miss Marion Ady of Southern Oregon College of Edu cation. Royal Neighbors club, Rogue River, elects Mrs. Fred Dengler president. V. T. Wilson, local telephone company employee, honored for iu years continuous service. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY January 12, 1930 (It Was Sunday) Jackson county fair to be held September 10 to 13. Boundary board cuts salaries Putte Falls teachers and over rules plan to add to teaching lorce.V More snow falls in valley and city to bring total to five inches, no relief in sight. ' . Grants Pass residents to op pose planned Williams creek road at highway meeting. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY January 12, 1916 (It Was Wednesday) Dr. J. M. Keene, Dr. J. J. Em mens and C. W. Davis elected city councilmen with ,1,423 peo ple voting. W. F. Qulsenbury. George Col lins. P. C. BiKham and Jerry Jerome are end men on Elks minstrel team here. Rogue Valley being studied by at least one motion picture com pany for film location. Potato Allotment For State 29,600 Acres Portland, Ore.; Jan, 12 (U.P.) Oregon's commercial potato al lotment for 1950 hns been set at 29.600 acres, E. Harvey Miller, U.S. department of agriculture production and marketing ad ministrator for Oregon, an nounced today. Miller said the 1950 acreage allotment was about nine per cent less than last year. Acreage allotments by coun ties include: Baker, 580; Clackamas, 180; Crook, 3500; Deschutes, 3550; Hood River 20; Jefferson 1940; Klamath, 10,290; Lake, 200; Malheur, 6757; Marion, 261; Morrow, 120; and Multomah, 1358. Miller said the county allot ments did not constitute the to tal acreage available for Oregon. He explained that some acreage had been held to be used in counties not included on the list and that some requests for acre age assignments migbt be made later. DON'T WORRY DUCKS Tallahassee, Fla. U.R) F. W. Dougherty, caught rounding up ducks with a motorboat, proved R tough case for officers who couldn't decide what to charge him with. Finally he was tagged for "worrying ducks." Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mall Tribune phone i-tMl before 1:15 p.m. dally and 10:30 a.m. lunday. If regular delivery arrive ahortly after you call, pleaie uotlfy office, Utui ellmlnaUng special tueaaeager aervlcc. - MAIL TRIBUNE Well Done, The basic resources of the Rogue River Valley are, of course, our fertile lands, forests, minerals, water power and scenery, to which we might add Glenn L. Jackson, retiring president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. A glance at the rec ord of his seven terms in this office provides ample and convincing proof that Mr. Jackson IS an asset of no mean proportion. TTHE vigor and vision with which he attacked the economic problems of this area when he first as sumed the post back in 1938, and the tremendous amount of time and effort he has put into the job have won for him the wholesome respect and deep gratitude of his fellow citizens. His dynamic and able leadership has helped to mould the chamber into an efficient and flexible tool in the public interest, meetintr effectively the immediate critical problems of post-war population increases affecting this entire area. THE last important chamber project before the start of World War II was bringing Camp White to the Rogue River Valley. Then Mr. Jackson s com munity service was interrupted by a greater, more Dressing iob with the United States Army Air Corps, and he left for service in both England and Italy. His leadership and ability were Colonel Glenn Jackson who campaign with the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces on the staff of Lieut.-Gen. Ira C. Eaker. Honors were conferred upon him for outstanding war service, among them the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Order of the Crown of Italy and Order of the-British Empire. IT WAS Francis Beaumont who said : "It is always good when a man has two irons in the fire." It must, then, be good for Glenn Jackson with many "irons in the fire." His chamber tasks were perform ed while serving as vice-president and director of the California Oregon Power company. Somehow he found time to actively engage in the lumber manufac turing business, with the, fast-expanding Southern Oregon Sugar Pine company at Central Point and Tiller, and in the far-reaching industrial development at White City. TWELVE concerns are now engaged in remanufac tiivinfr liimVior anrl mill wnsto intn finisViprl nv semi-finished products in this new White City indus trial center; contracts have been signed with several new firms, which will be in production this year. Al ready employment for 350 men has been thus created the direct result of long range planning for new in dustries initiated by the chamber of commerce under Mr. Jackson's leadership in the days before the war. The construction and successful operation of the Rogue Valley Country club is but another of his many undertakings. e e a ALTHOUGPI Glenn Jackson is handing the cham " ber presidency to new and able hands it is fortun ate, indeed, that his work ber one project, the Rocrue gram, will continue. More necessary if the economy to be sustained and kept in balance. This community will not be inclined to let him rest until this urgently needed reclamation development materializes. 1YIANY public spirited men and women have con T tributed much through service in Medford and the Glenn Jackson s share has As he retires from the presidency of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, he can take with him not only the satisfaction of having done a difficult task supremely well, but of having a host of friends who are grateful tor his eitort. What greater reward can there be? H.G. Editorial Comment Stitches in Time The quick action of the state highway depart ment in announcing temporary reductions in the load limits for trucks using state highways should meet with wide approval as a step in the public interest. It is good to know that the Coos county court stands ready to take similar action in regard to the use of county roads should conditions indicate the need. There is no denying that reductions in load limits, however temporary they may be, are incon venient if not financially painful, to trucks basing their operations on carrying maximum loads. Neither can it be denied but that such temporary steps may oe trie means ot averting much more serious losses both to the state in heavier repair bills for the high ways and to the operators in to equipment. The severe winter of dollars in road repairs and construction programs which would have meant a greater amount of improved highways completed this past year. Much of the damage to roads in winter can be avoided if they are not subjected to heavy traffic pounding while still sott following a freeze. This is accomplished to a great extent by the imposition of temporarily lowered load limits. For the good of the roads and the people who use them the benefit from such practice, although it may not be immediately ap parent, should outweigh inconvenience that may be felt now. Coos Bay Times. Ben Day from Gold Hill has announced he will seek republican nomination for state senator from Jackson county. He was in the house last year and gave state Grangemaster Morton Tompkins a pain in trie nee, in mis case, you ment ot tne similar name. It wrong way, you see. uregon (, Salem) Statesman. Thursday, January 12, 19S0 Mr, Jackson! again recognized. It was served through the Italian on the organization's num River Reclamation pro water for more land is held of this fast-growing area is the years to community Rogue River Valley, but been especially noteworthy loss of time and damage last vear cost millions of seriously interfered with wouldn't call for the lini would rub Tompkins the , i Crosstown "No the cat hasn't got my tongue! I'm trying to think of an answer that's as stupid as the question!" Washington Report By Bob Dickey 16 Million Dollar Jackpot Washington, Jan. 12 The Great White Father here in Washington announced last week that four Oregon Indian tribes had hit a 16 million dollar jack pot. The news came in a U. S, court of claims decision which was the finale to the 95-year-old question of whether the govern ment owed the umamooK, io quille, Too-too-to-ney and Chetco Indian tribes for land taken irom them back in pioneer days. In 1885, the Tillamook Indians claimed a little over a million acres of tribal land. It embraced the southermost Dart of Tilla mook county, practically all ol Lincoln county and small por tions of Yamhill, Polk and Ben ton counties. At this same time, the Coquille Indians were asserting their rights to about 4 million acres of tribal land located in Coos and the western part of Douglas counties. The Too-too-to-ney and Chetco Indians likewise had claims staked out at this time. The Chetco Indians claimed approxi mately million acres of south ern Curry county with the north ern portion of the county going to the Too-too-to-neys. In 1855, all of this nearly 3 million acres of land was taken bv the U. S. government. Ninety years later, the U. S. court of claims decided that this land rightfully belonged to the In dians and the government should pay them for it. The big problem then became How much was the land worth? In this present suit brought to determine the amount of com pensation, the court of claims held that the fair market value of the land in 1855 was one dol lar and 20 cents an acre. This means that since 1855 Uncle Sam has owed these four Oregon Indian tribes over 3 mil lion dollars .So, with interest at the going rate over these 95 years, the bill is now in the neighborhood of 16 million dol lars. Funds For Rogue Basin Promotion Said All Collected Time Is an essential element in getting congressional action this year on the Rogue River basin water development pro posal, Glenn L. Jackson, promin ent Medford businessman, told Medford Kiwanians yesterday. Hen menloned the need of getting the matter before con gress in its early session because of other similar projects that may take legislators' time. Jack son reported that the presenta tion of testimony by Rogue val ley groups may take considerable money and that all funds requir ed at present, previously an nounced as $20,000, have been contributed or pledged. Compromise Project The speaker brought out that Rogue development will be a project compromising the Inter est of irrigation and power groups and those of fishing par tisans. Jackson said that local groups supporting the develop ment may have to ask for excep tions to certain reclamation law stipulations such as acreage limitation. He said that irriga tion groups may have to reorgan ize or refinance to meet the water costs. Jackson addressed the Kiwanis noon luncheon at Rogue Valley Country club. Seven new Kiwanians were In ducted by Paul Sclby. They were Fred Bohling. Victor Califf, Lar ry Hansen, Leonard Stecklein, Larry Barnes. Chandler Drew, and Dr. G. A. Dierdorff. Woman Getting Better After 20 Days In Coma Wheatland, Wyo Jan. 12. (U.PJ Doctors at the Wheatland hospi tal said today there was a "slight Improvement" in the condition of a Laramie, Wyo., woman who has been unconscious since a Christmas eve auto accident. As Mrs. Earl Gaskill entered her 20th day of coma, physicians announced that she was slowly responding" to treatment. by Roland Coo Oregon's rancher-turned - con gressman, Rep. Lowell Stock man, waded into controversial waters today by implying that the United States should re-arm Germany. He forecasted that a "re-educated and rearmed West Ger many may be our most substan tial bulwark against Russian ag gression." Stockman further predicts that we will not have a Russian caused war in the foreseeable fu ture due to our current mailed fist1 policy in Germany. He qual ifies this belief, however, with the statement that the relaxing of this policy could quickly sweep us into war. Consequently, concludes Stock man, let us insure a firm stand on our European position by re arming Germany. But the Stockman policy is not just limited to giving the Germans back their guns. He wants to educate as well as arm them so they will use their guns on that mad Tartar horde from out of the East instead of having them turn on us. How does he propose this? Simply by leading them "into a simple philosophy of live-and-let-live" and by "promoting ideas j of democracy." In 1950, the reasons for moving up to Cadillac will become so great, that if you contemplate the purchase of any car outside the lowest-price field you should see the new Cadillacs first! Here are some of the things you may look forward to seeing when America's most renowned motor car builder unveils its offerings for the ensuins? year. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The foreign office of the Chinese Nationalist government (which is making a last stand on the big island of Formosa, just off the China coast) issues a formal statement in which it expresses the hope that the Fly ing Arrow incident will not af fect the "friendly feelings be tween the Chinese and American peoples." MAYBE we'd better get "incident" straight in this our minds. The Flying Arrow is an Amer ican ship. It is loaded with goods that the COMMUNIST govern ment of China wants very much. It is headed for the port of Shanghai, which the Chinese communists now control, along with most of the rest of main land China. It has been attacked and shot ud bv the naval forces of the Nationalist government which has declared a blockade of com munist China. The Flying Arrow, therefore, rates as a blockade runner. 1IELL, In such cases, you never .can tell what may happen, During our own war between the states, an exactly similar sit uation brought the government of the United States (the North) and Great Brittain to the verge of war. THE South then wanted British goods. It wanted them ter ribly. It needed them terribly. The bulk of American manu- Lake County Rancher Located By Searchers Bend, Ore.. Jan. 12 U.R Walter Kittredge, Lake county rancher, missing since Tuesday morning, alter his light truck stalled in a raging snowstorm. was found shortly before noon yesterday in the rugged Devils Garden region, east of "Buzzard rock. Information to this effect was telephoned to Bend at 2:40 p.m. yesterday by forest ranger Hen ry Tonseth, from the Cabin Lake ranger station. Tonseth said Kittredge's condition was good, despite the fact that he had spent a day and a night in the open, with temperature well under the freezing mark. Kittredge was rescued when he heard the shots fired by a search party, and made his way to where he could see them. He definitely was lost, Tonseth re ported. After being returned to the ranger station Kittredge con tinued to Silver lake yesterday afternoon, Tonseth said. Dead line Sunday Classified Is ai Noon Saturdays. Within a Short aise the World's Standard You will see four wholly new scries of cars all with entirely new bodies gorgeously restyled. You will see cars whose per formance is so outstanding that to drive one of them for a single hour is to want it forever. You will see scores of advance ments and improvements which add to quality, endurance, econ omy and dependability. SKINNER'S 143 SOUTH RIVERSIDE facturlng Industry was located In the North. The South was aris tocratically agricultural. Then, as now, manufacturing industry was the backbone of war-making power. If the South could get war munitions from Britain, it stood a good chance to win. If it couldn't get them, it stood to lose out. Britain wanted to SELL TO THE SOUTH. The North declared a blockade of Southern ports. British merch ant ships ran the blockade when they could. The North's navy stopped these blockade runners, with gunfire, if need be, when it caught them. The resulting tension between the North and Britain was so great that war at times seemed only a matter of hours or days. N OW for the payoff: WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH AND BRITAIN WAS PROB ABLY AVERTED BY RUSSIA. WHICH SENT ITS FLEET TO OUR SHORES ON "MANEU VERS" AND GOT THE WORr TO BRITAIN THAT IN THE EVENT OF WAR RUSSIA WOULD BE ON THE SIDE OF THE AMERICAN NORTH. yHAT was Czarlst Russia. At this point, we should re member the cause of the war be tween the states. The South was fighting to retain HUMAN SLAVERY. The North was fight ing to END human slavery. Czarist Russia, never any friend of the common man. in tervened on the side of the North, which was engaged in a bitter and bloody war to end human slavery in the United States. 'J'HE point? If there is any point at all, the only one I can see is this: WAR IS SCREWBALL. Just that. WE fought a bitter and bloody war (with Russia as an ally) to END Hitler and when Hitler was finished off we discovered that Communist Russia was a worse menace than Hitler had been. War seldom makes sense. Incident makes no sense what- Drapery & Curtain Clearance Lengths Suitable for Draperies or Slip Covers, from 2'i yds. to 15 yds. Yardage of Curtain Material in Rayon and Cotton Also Panels and Ruffle Curtains HARDEN'S DRAPERY SHOP Weeks & Orr Furniture Bldg. 114 WEST MAIN PHONE 2-245 Time And, finally, you will see all this in a car whose lowest-priced model will actually cost less than certain models of numerous other makes! By all means, see the new Cad illacs before you act in 1950. They will give you the new yardstick for motor car quality and value. It won't be long! So please stand by for the presentation date for this community. GARAGE PHONE 2-6264 ever. A while back wa were sup posedly helping the National! , Chinese in every way we could k short of war. Now they are shoot ing at us. It's all a part of the screwball institution that we call war. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10:30 P.M. For Complete Prescription Service 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood Hudson Medford's Own Modern Pharmacy FRESH HEARING AID BATTERIES For All Aids Medford Beltane Hdqi. 214 lavererte Bid., Ph. 1261 r gam DAY hAh Night and WSSirlj Ca" 01 J
