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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordTribune "Everyone tn Southern Oregon" Reads Tha Mll Trlbuna" Dally Except Saturday Published by 7.J0 North Fir St. Phona a-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor ERNEST R GILSTRAP. Miu HERB GREY Advertising Mf C FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC Al.l-EN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor HENRY L GREEN, Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MT An Independent Newspaper Entered af second class matter at Medford. Orenon. under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES D Mll In Arivunca: Dally and Sunday one year... 00 nallu mnA KitnrinV Six mOntht 4.76 Dolly and Sunday three mos i tu Dally ana ounaay -one munm . By corrltr in Aovance mwiu -Ashland. Central Point. Jacksonville Guld Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on mnlnr routes: dally and Sunday one year. 112.00 Dally and Sunday one month 1 00 All Terms tasn in sovmci OfllclaJ Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper or jacKion i.ouniy United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC Offices In New York. Chicago De troit, San Fancisco. Los Angeles Se.ittle. Portllmd. St Louis Atlanta Vancouver. B C. ORECIOIN INLrVS PER Publish erj Mi-sto ATI 0 NATION A I lOITOIIAt ASOCflON Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory from the files of the Mall Tribune 10, 20 and 34 rears age 10 Yeara Ago Today January 17, 1940 (It Was Wednesday) Southern Oregon Osteopathic society hears Dr. William Cran dall, Ashland. Six of 26 students on honor roll at Southern Oregon college of Education are Medford resi dents. City water department reports net income of $40,375 in 1939. Ernestine Tracy and Janice Ctnrk, both Central Point, in jured in auto crash. Jacksonville Businessmen's as sociation elects Ray Wilson as president. 20 Years Ago Today January 17, 1930 (It Was Friday) Robert Norris assumes duties as pathologist for Pinnacle Pack ing company. Mayor Pipes issues urgent ap peal for residents to clear snow off sidewalks; slow thaw con tinues in valley. High hopes expressed nations of world will agree to naval limitations treaty. Senate prepares to vote on re peal of Volstead act. 34 Years Ago Today January 17, 1916 (It Was Monday) Mrs. Jennie Merritt installed worthy mntron of Nevlta chap ter No. 93, Central Point. Christian church congregation elects R. Sehuler, J. W. Driskcl, and J. T. Carpenter deacons. B. W. Meadows reports bag ging seven coons from single tree. Battleship Missouri Aground Off Virginia Norfolk, Va., Jan. 17 (U.R) The battleship Missouri ran aground today in Hampton Roads, the navy announced. The navy said there was no serious damage to the battleship and there were no reports of casualties or injuries. The Missouri, only battleship in the navy still on active serv ice, ran aground about 8:45 a. m. off Thimble shoals, about a mile and a half from the Old Point Comfort light in Hampton Roads. A dozen tugboats were sent to her aid. The accident occurred at ebb tide, the navv said. The 45,000-ton "Big Mo," on whose decks the Japanese sur render was signed, went aground on the left side of the channel. Junction City Woman Dies As Home Burns Junction City, Ore., Jan. 17 (U.R) Mrs. Maude Alice Walters, 64, was burned to death yester day when fire destroyed her home seven miles northwest of . here. Deputy Coroner Howard Ram sey said the woman apparently was trapped in a bedroom while attempting to remove furniture ' from the burning house. Ramsey said cause of the fire was unknown. Subscribers Tj raport Improper or notv 4 Ml very or th MU Trlbunt phone fe-M1 before p.m. dally and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive! hortly after you call, pleait notify offlre, thin eliminating special men enter service. Wanted: Small Industries Oregon, where long-haul transportation problems and absence of coal and iron resources make indus trial expansion difficult, might well take a leaf from Florida s book in promoting payrolls. HILE the Peninsula largely upon agriculture, we, fortunately, also have lumbering as a major industry. Both states pro fit greatly from the tourist business, with Florida hav ing a considerable edge in that department. Instead of seeking industries of the "smoke stack" variety, which Florida knows it hasn't the raw materials to supply, that state is going after smaller enterprises, such as require minimal amounts of raw material and the work of many technicians and crafts men. e e e e e pOVERNOR FULLER WARREN not long ago formed a Florida Industrial Development Coun cil, staffed with nine of the state's outstanding indus trialists to work with the heads of various public and private research agencies. The best men possible were picked for the coun cil, regardless of political affiliation. A LREADY their efforts are bearing fruit with sev " eral payrolls coming to the state. Industry, agri culture and the tourist business are being locked to gether with the objective of giving Florida year-round stability of income. "OREGON'S state highway commission travel infor- mation division is doing much to aid this state's tourist and resort business but there is room for more state-sponsored effort along that line. There is also room for a great deal more invitation to small, non-smoke-stack industries such as Florida seeks. E.C.F. Out Of This World Of life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road." Burns More and more neonle are finding the nresent- day, fast-moving world with its tensions, trepidations and temptations just too much for them and they are leaving it by one exit or another. MOT all of the overwrought or tired souls are taking the self-destruction route. Some are content to bury themselves in monasteries there to meditate upon the evil ways of man and seek peace of mind through penance and prayer. A few days ago a successful San Francisco busi ness man announced his intention to renounce the world for life in a Catholic order. Selling his business he told his wife goodbye, and at last report had entered a Minnesota monastery. A YOUNG priest serving a Hollywood church as as sistant pastor has also decided to adopt the plainest life possible by becoming a postulate in the Trappist order. Father Joseph J. Spillane, who had become a friend of many of the movie capital's most glamorous personalities, will swear to remain in a monastery the rest of his life. , One of his first duties will be to learn the sign language as the monks are not permitted to speak one with another. A rigid schedule of worship and manual labor will be his lot, his body kept alive only by coffee, dry bread and vegetables. E.C.F. Work Privilege Tax The suggestion by Portland's mayor, Mrs. Dor othy M. Lee, that non-residents gainfully employed in the city be taxed $25 a year, is still "repercussing" and no wonder. MO DIFFERENCE how desperately Portland may ' need additional income for municipal expenses, a tax such as Mayor Lee proposes would be one of the most unpalatable it would be possible to levy; and one of the most unfortunate from the standpoint of good public relations and community feeling. The life of the average commuter is hard enough, what with riding for an hour or so daily in crowded and uncomfortable buses or taking life in hand to drive an automobile through congested metropolitan traffic. Forcing payment able privilege would add Af AYOR LEE might better think of the surrounding suburbs as part of her city which they are and work for better feeling between suburbanites and townspeople. State employment service officials-here inform us a very considerable percentage of the neonle draw ing paychecks for work inside the Medford city limits live in surrounding towns and suburban districts. Imagine the yowl that would go up if the city at tempted to tax them. ACTUALLY, the privilege of employment is not tuimiicu w nuj wuc k i,y ui n m a given area. The same employment officials say a large number of people living in Medford ride as much as GO miles iv uwui aw iniit-i juwu;j. (. uuuoi u anv OI them would be willing to pay a work privilege "tax, 752 Students Sign For Ashland. Jan. 17 A total of 752 students had registered by lost week-end for the winter term at Southern Oregon col lege, according to Mrs. Mabel Winston, registrar. She estimated that 760 stu dents will be signed when enroll ment is complete but the early figure was already 7 per cent greater than for the winter term a year ago. The number was un Tutiday. January 17. 1950 state, like Oregon, depends of a tax for such question insult to hardship. SOC Winter Term der the 782 tally for last fall. Kcononnc, personal and academ ic reasons were given for the drop. Of the present number 486 arc men and 268 women. Of the to tal 38 are taking teacher train ing, 324 lower division work and 3!l semi-professional and busi ness courses. There were 42 per cent more students in teacher training than last vear. Veteran attendance is off about nine per cent. Crosstown kf OMwIMatM If FadUareaO I -17-to C-ryS I "Don't mind ME1 I don't understand baby talk anyway.' In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS As these words are written. there appears to be nothing much in the news worth talking about but the weather and China. We can't do anything worth while about either of them, but as be tween the two evils I think I'll talk about China again. THE American blockade run ner Flvini? Arrow fnilpri tn make it into Shanghai, and had to go on to Tsingtao. Informed sources in Hong Kong (where the Flying Arrow sailed from) say her experience was a show down IN WHICH THE CHINESE NATIONALISTS NAVY WON OUT. The point seems to be that her cargo was needed in Shanghai and wasn't needed in Tsingtao and to get it back to Shanghai the commies will have to ship it Western Union Office Hours To Be Shorter Shorter office hours, involv ing no reduction in service, will go into effect at the Medford branch of Western Union Tele graph company Friday, January zu, it was announced today. On that date the local office will be open from 7 a. m. until 12 midnight on weekdays and from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. and 5 p. m. until 9 p. m. on Sundays and national holidays. During the hours the office is closed, a complete message center for both outgoing and incoming telegrams will bo maintained in the office of the Red Top cab, 10 North Front street. Messages may be phoned into the alternate office by calling 2-4400. Table Rock Table Rock, Jan. 17 At the next meeting of Table Rock Community club Friday night, January 20, Miss Donna Nealon, Mrs. Frank Myers and Wayne Smith, 4-H leaders will be in charge of the program which will be furnished by 1-H club members with some outside fea tures. Among them will be mov ing pictures shown by Rufus Cate. 4-H club agent, and whist ling numbers bv Mrs. Norman Gail of Gold Hill. Milford and Lloyd Vander pool left Monday for Spring field, Mo in response to a tele gram telling of the death there of Chester Vanderpool, a neph ew who's body was found in his car. Among victims of the frozen condition here, is Mrs. Orvillc Hamilton, who suffered back injuries when she slipped and fell on the back porch of her home last Saturday. Orchard pruning is going ahead here despite the tough weather and the snow covered ground. The big shot heard last Friday on Upper Table Rock, accord ing to report was set off by treasure hunters, trying to un cover the treasure chest of gold supposedly hidden by the In dians before they were driven out of the valley. Many persons in the past have searched for thus legendary fortune but as far as known no one has ever hit the jackpot. Much hay is moving from this district since the blizzardy weather began more than a week ago. Jack Cleaves and wife spent the New Year holidays visiting Mr. Cleaves' relatives in Port land. Regular monthly meeting of Tahlc Rock Ladies club was held Friday at the home of Mrs. Edwin Taylor with 24 ladies and 12 children present. Lester Lewis, the well known bear hunter, passed through the community one day last week headed toward the Evans creek mountains with his jeep load of hounds, who were making quite a little noise and seemed to be more than eager to get to the hunting grounds. Not Real Fire Alarm, Just No Blaze There Logan, O. ,U.rV You really can't say it was a false alarm. The alarm bell at the fire de partment sounded. Oakie Hysell. assistant fire chief, shut off the alarm, dialed the operator. Si lence After a brief pause he heard just four words: "Never mind. It's out." by Roland Coa by rail and river steamer which will cost quite a little in money and time and even more in "face" that mysterious Oriental com modity that seems to be more precious in Asia than gold and diamonds. In other words, the Chinese Nationalists seem to have put one over on the communists. IN Formosa (about all of China thev have leftl the National ists, according to a dispatch from the city of Taipei, are "giving formosans a chance to fight in defense of thus rich island." That, I'd say, is a good one maybe one for the book. I'll bet my last summer's hat that nine Formosans out of every ten would trade this "chance" for a plugged American nickel and feel they had made a good deal. (I see that in my eagerness to finish this piece by deadline time I got ahead of myself. The "chance" the Nationalists are giving to the Formosans is CON SCRIPTION into a sort of For- mosan home guard.) The drawing is by lot about like ours was. Families deprived of wage earners will get com pensation both in cash and in rice. That brings up another question. If you were in For mosa, which would you rather have cash or rice? Me. I'd take the rice. You can cat the rice. The Nationalist government of China has shown a disturbing tendency to make its money on a printing press. There isn't much nourishment in printing press money. (By the way, I fear we'll find that out to our sorrow over here if our government persists long enough in spending more than it takes in). THEY'RE giving the conscripts quite a rush. Every day there are parades in honor of those whose names have been drawn. Loud speakers play lively mu sic. Firecrackers are set off by the thousands. Altogether, tne dispatches say, the "scene is one of gaiety." The $64 question: How gay would you be feel ing if you were one of those conscripts? A T least the Nationalists have have introduced a new wrinkle into their Formosa draft. NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO BUY HIS WAY OUT OF CON SCRIPTION. Over on the mainland, when you get tapped for the draft, you could buy your way out if you had the dough. That is prob ably one reason why the com mies licked the Nationalists so thoroughly. A government that permits rich peoole to buy their way out of the draft isn't worth fighting for. Adversity seems to be teach ing the Nationalist big shots something. MADAME Chiang Kai-Shek ar rives in Formosa (she has been living over here for quite n crtnll nnrl i ffrpptprl bv her husband, the generalissimo. Na tionalists say ner presence in Formosa will "boost morale." I reckon it will. Anvway. if she had stayed over here living in luxury while her people were claroino nnH rtvino in thpir Inst stand, it WOULDN'T have boosted morale. LIKE everybody else, I went ea-ea over Madame Chiang when she came over during the war. She's clever and beautiful and fascinating. Gradually, though, I began to lose my ad miration for her as a patriot. I think what started it was the lavish way in which she wore her furs and her jewels wlrle her people were starving and fighting the Japs. I think her show would have been better and more convincing if she had worn a faded cotton garment set off with a few dime store ornaments. Are you going throiuih the functional 'middle age' period peculiar to women (38 to 51 rs.)T Doos this make you suffer from hot flashes, feel so nerr out. huh-strunn. tired? Then so try Lydla E. PUifcham's Vegetable Com pound to rellee such symptoms. Plnkham's Compound also hs wh.it Doctors call a stomachic tonic effect : LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S SmlZl CHANGER ofLIFE? Mavor Flvnn Join 1950 March of Dimes Mayor Diamond Flynn today issued a proclamation calling upon all residents of Jackson county to join the 1950 March of Dimes of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis so that the organization may draw "renewed strength to continue its work of mercy for all whom infantile paralysis may menace." The city's chief executive in his message revealed that the 1949 polio toll was upwards of 40,000 cases and that the cost to the national foundation for care of patients in 1949 alone will approximate $31,000,000. The two-weeks March of Dimes appeal opened yesterday. Text of the proclamation fol lows: WHEREAS, at no time before In the history of the United States has infantile paralysis placed so heavy a burden on community after community, striking down Joved ones in fam ily after family, and, WHEREAS, so severe were the epidemic outbreaks, that the toll lor 1949 was upwards of 40.000 cases most widespread of all time: ano, WHEREAS, the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis in performing its heroic work of salvaging the stricken, exDended 8100.000 daily at the height of the epidemic to pay for aid needed by polio patients, and, WHEREAS, the bill for polio care for those attacked by this disease for the year 1949 alone will approximate $31,000,000, and. WHEREAS, the national foun dation's funds are now virtu ally depleted and the organiza tion is dependent upon the 1950 March of Dimes for sufficient money to carry on the fight against this enemy of our loved ones. BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that each and every one of us do all in his power to make the 1950 March of Dimes a fountain of financial aid from which the COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor mutt beat the name and address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name ol Initial for publication Is permis sible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub llcatlon must not exceed 400 words. Cool Reception Irks To the editor: I had the pleas ure of attending the concert of the Medford philharmonic or chestra Sunday afternoon. The entire performance was excellent and a real treat to we who love good music. Richard Werner de serves great credit for develop ing such a worth-while organiza tion and each musician should get much satisfaction from their part in making it possible. I, for one, appreciate it. There seemed to be consider able complaint about the high school auditorium being cold. I was not cold. I had on my long woollen underwear, three pairs of socks, heavy shoes and my wool suit and overcoat. I can't imagine why the audience was kicking about the cold. The temperature must have been at least 45. What do these music lovers expect from a poor little back woods village like Medford? After all, the place only has some 20,000 population and the reputation of having one of the best high school plants in the country. It is just downright unappreciative of the handful of cultural minded citizens who showed up for the concert. And speaking of the handful of real music lovers who braved the Arctic exposure of the high school auditorium. I wonder if that actually is the sum total of those who do aopreciate good music? I understand there are some 1,200 civic music associa tion members. I wonder what hanrjened to the other 1.100? To Mr. Werner and the mem bers of the philharmonic or chestra, all I can say is "thank you" for a fine performance under most "chilling" auspices. As a former resident in fact, a native of Medford, I tender you my regrets and humble apologies for the manner in which your fine efforts were re ceived. A. C. ALLEN Jr. Central Point, Ore. Lippert Chain Plans Drive-In In Yreka Yreka. Cal., Jan. 17 The Rob ert L. Lippert chain of theaters will construct a drive-in theater here, it has announced by Matt Freed, district manager. Freed said the project will cost be tween $65,000 and $70,000 and the company hopes to have it op ened by April 1. John and Frank Perl FUNERAL DIRECTORS 40 Years of Continuous Service Reasonable Prices Yes the cost of an impressive service in Perl's fine funeral home is surprisingly moderate . . . you'll find it attractive in so many ways to de pend upon Perl's time-tried service in time of need. Rogue River Valleys Oldest AMBULANCE SERVICE Always At Your Service PERL FUNERAL HOME 624 West Sixth Street John A. Asks All to Henry NO MATfe WO you IPoK AT IT, Savm now smart but SAVNfl uves 15 MXM SMAffTH.', national foundation may draw renewed strength to continue its work of mercy for all whom in fantile paralysis may menace, SO, THEREFORE, I, Diamond Flynn, mayor of Medford, Ore., do proclaim and endorse January 16 to 31 as a time for every citizen of Jackson county to con tribute to the success of the 1950 March of Dimes and the health and welfare of our children. Signed, Diamond Flynn, Mavor. January 17, 1950. Closing Of Nome Air Base Would Be Error. Envoy Says Washington, Jan. 17 (U.R) Alaskan Delegate E. L. Bartlett said today that closing of Marks field at Nome would be "economy purchased at too great a price." He said the field Is "our Clos est base of all to Soviet Siberia." "It stands there alone and unique as a symbol of the power and prestige of the U. S.," Bart lett wrote to Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and Air Force Secretary W. Stuart Symington. Economy Reasons Bartlett said he understood the field was to be closed for econ omy reasons. He said the field is the only military post in north west Alaska. "If that field is abandoned," he said, "there will not be a military plane stationed along the length of the Arctic coast. There will not be a man sta tioned there in the uniform of the air force or the army. "I certainly question whether all this would not be economy purchased at too great a price" Small Saving He asked Johnson and Sym ington to look further into the order. Ho said the only saving would be a "relatively small sum" for field operation. "... I feel confident that the factors outlined here can be found to be infinitely more im nortant than any plus sign on the ledged which might be writ ten in on account of closing the field," Bartlett said. Several Retailers To Attend Trade Shows Several Medford retailers will attend trade showings in San Francisco this week and next, and others are planning trips to the bay city within the next month for trade events in the fields of men's and women's ap parel, gifts and art wares, and home goods. The Manufacturers' and Whole salers' association of San Fran cisco will hold showings in the Fairmount hotel January 22, 23, 24 and 25, for retailers of wom en's coats, suits, sportswear, eve ning and casual dresses, lingerie, millinery and accessories; men's sport coats, shirts, neckwear, nightwear, swimming trunks and furnishings, and children's and infants' wear. Highlight of the event will be the fashion show January 23. Showing of gift and art wares and home goods are scheduled for early February in the civic auditorium and western mer chandise mart in San Francisco. Trained Horse Dunks Rancher Info Pond Madras, Ore., Jan. 17 UI.R) Rancher Claude Wilson taught his horse "Tony," to paw the ground whenever Wilson went to get him a pail of water. Wilson walked out on an ice covered pond and started to kick a hole in it in order to fill the pail. So did Tony, cra"cking the ice and dropping his master into two feet of icy water. f ) 8 I B I aJaiNTHBSdJ Telephone Day or Night 2-6675 Perl Frank Perl Printing Industry V Honored By Week. Sponsors Named Members of the printing in phnnt the United States and Canada this week are observing International Printing week, sponsored Dy tne interna tional Association of Printing House Craftsmen, National Graphic Arts Education associa tion and the Printing Industry of America, Inc. Tribute is being paid to the progress of the printing indus try and Its allied processes and ,i oiitl, anniupi-carv nf the birth date of Benjamin Frank lin "father ol American print ing," is being commemorated. He was born Jan. 17, 1706. Aided Advance Since the day in 1440 A. D. when Johann Gutenberg is cred ited with the first invention of movable type, printing has done more to advance mankind's ma terial and spiritual progress than any other form of human endeavor, according to the spon sors. They point out tnat in me scarcely more than 500 years that have elapsed since printing has made easy the dissemination, of ideas and education, the peo ple on tne eariu nuve aauiii iiclA.4 mnrp than thev hnrl achieved in the entire history of mankind Dciore inai iiini--. The industry pays the highest salaries and hourly rates of any industry, and ranks fifth in the nation in importance and volume of production, according to A. R. Tomasini, public relations chair man of the International Associa tion of Printing House trans men. News Of Three Navy Men Given By Center News of three Jackson county men now serving in the peace time navy was received here to dav from the fleet home town news service at the Great Lakes naval training station in Illinois. The center reported that James Roland Hughes, aviation electronics technician, third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hughes, route 2, Medford, has been assigned to patrol squadron 28, a unit of fleet air wing 2 based at the naval air station, Barber's Point. T. H. Edmond G. Bailes, seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bailes, Gold Hill, has also been assigned to the station at Barber's Point. Theodore T. Kenton, seaman apprentice, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Holman, 81 Marshall ave nue, Medford. is completing a cruise in the Mediterranean and northern European waters. Hampton Roads, In Virginia, is one of the finest harbors on the Atlantic coast. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. - 10:30 P.M. For Complete Prescription Service 2-6253 If No Answer Cell 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood Hudson Medford's Own Modern Pharmacy 0NIY ! ACfTte HARDWARE CO. "Specialists in Hn. w...." 3 West Sixth Phone 2-5201 RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive and 80DY and PAINT SHOP Southern Or"on' Oldest and Finest 29 So. Bartlett Medford DAY N.ejM and Call m SELL mi SENSATI0NA1 ""miracie wau hnish $3 uo
