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10 YEARS AGO TODAY
January 22, 1940
(It Was Monday)
Medford high gridders net
$469.63 last season; 20,000 saw
six home games.
C. J. Hunter elected president
of Rogue River Jersey Cattle
club which includes Jackson and
Josephine counties.
More than 300 register for sec
ond quarter at Southern Oregon
college of Education.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelly
and son Jimmy to leave soon
for Alaska to spend six months
to a year.
Auxiliary to Siskiyou lodge
- No. 16, l.O.U.r., installs tmei
' Pease as president,
! 20 YEARS AGO TODAY
January 22, 1930
(It Was Wednesday)
. City council decides to Install
sidewalks and assess costs to
property If owners do not make
repairs.
Snow flurries and mild weath
er nit valley; brenk-up of cold
. wave In Oregon foreseen with
warm wind and rain.
Samuel T. Mather, former na
tional parks director and well
known here, dies.
Secretary of Treasury Andrew
Mellon maintains silence when
assailed by democrats on dry
law enforcement.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
January 22, 1916
(It Was Saturday)
C. J. Carstcns purchases inter
est of John Sheridan in Nash
hotel and will be associated with
J. D. Bell in management.
Chime clock installed on front
of First National bank building
at Ashland.
Medford high cagcrs nip Eu
gene 8 to 2 in game here.
Wall Street
New York, Jan. 21 (U.R)
Prices held steady on the New
York stock exchange today in
moderately active dealings.
The market opened generally
lower, but shortly uftcr the end
of the first hour of trading, de
mand came into the mnrket for
high priced issues which helped
to bolster the market generally.
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages: 30 industrials, 200.97, up
0.84; 20 rails, 55.18, off 0.08; 15
utilities, 41.86, up 0.12; and 65
stocks, 72.08, up 0.19.
Volume today receded to 550,
000 shares from 1,180,000 last
Saturday.
Margaret Truman Files
Marriage Intentions
Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 21 (U.R)
Margaret Truman has filed mar
riage intentions at the city
clerk's office here.
Miss Truman a 24-year-old
secretary from Yonkcrs, N. Y
will marry George W. Whitney,
Fitchburg contractor.
DELAYED REACTION
Lewiston, Ida. (U.R) Sundy
McDonald, nurse at the North
Central Idaho health unit, coin
plRincd of headaches for 10 days
after she had fallen against a
dresser while making a bed. An
x-ray examination provided the
reason: a fractured skull.
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office, thui eliminating special
tnestppier service.
The County Fair Proposal
Tho r-psnlnr.inn fldonterl last week bv the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce board of directors requesting
the Jackson County Court to resume this year the
holding of Jackson county fairs should be carefully
. . . ,i , i 1 . i i i i
weighed not only Dy trie court, ana iair Doara dut. Dy
every taxpayer of the county.
The resolution sets forth that for many years Jack
son county held an annual fair, that such affairs
"proved of great educational and economic value,"
and that the need for annual fairs is "now very great
because of the heavy increase in population through
out southern Oregon and Jackson county in particu
lar."
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COUNTY fairs undoubtedly had an important place
in the American picture back a couple of decades
or so, however, the fact that in later years they have
pretty largely disappeared from that picture would
seem to prove that the need for or advisability of
staging such expositions no
Originally the county fair was a time and place for
displays of fine livestock and poultry, products of
farm, garden ana kitcnen,
and incidentally a bit of
other forms of diversion not
of the year.
COMING of the automobile and good roads, devel
opment of 4-H shows and other community ef
forts has somewnat ciuneci tne attractiveness 01 tne
big once-a-year get-together.. What with Grange
meetings and other attractions, rural dwellers now
see each other almost as otten as do tne urban dwel
lers. The town theaters, suburban drive-ins, several
carnivals a year and the
'every cross-roads, largely
tainment ot tnat nature.
IT IS true that a county fair would provide a fine op
portunity for showing the world what Jackson
county can produce, but there again, a bit of consid
eration should convince most that no great influx of
outside visitors can be exn'ected. Certainly not
enough to warrant the outlay of effort, time and
money necessary.
And while we are on that last item money it
should be thoroughly understood that county fairs
are not a financially profitable venture, tar irom it.
IT DOES seem that Jackson county might be able
to make better use of its fairgrounds than it does
at present. The badly run-down buildings and gen
eral unattractiveness of the site fronting the south
highway is a poor advertisement for this region, but
there again the cost tactor has to be considered. 1 ne
grounds could be landscaped, trees planted to screen
the piled lumber, unsightly and obsolete buildings re
moved much could be done if the taxpayers were
willing to foot the bill.
And the same holds true of resuming county fairs.
It's a question of whether the people wish to spend the
money for that purpose. E.C.F.
Long Range View Disappoints
Decision of the civil aeronautics board to hold
hearings in Washington, D.C., instead of in the west
on petitions concerning proposed air line changes in
this area, is a big disappointment to the Jackson Coun
ty Court and the Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce. CAB, incidentally, has postponed to February
20 the hearing on a request by the two bodies that
some air line be permitted to inaugurate service be
tween Medford and Klamath Falls. It had been con
fidently expected that the hearings would be held
somewhere near the points
"THER petitions to be considered by CAB on the
above date include the proposal to switch Salem
from the United Air Lines to West Coast Airlines, a
matter which vitally concerns Bellingham, Prineville,
Redmond and Bend. These points are reported to be
also disappointed in the plan for long distance con
sideration of their problems.
rHAMBER OF COMMERCE and county court of-
ficials point out that it is difficult to find people
here and in the other cities interested to make the
long and expensive trip back to Washington. These
officials also doubt that the CAB can gain a complete
understanding of the local air service needs without
visiting the scene. E.C.F.
III i.lfcaV ii i. VvSai
'GOVERNMENT CASE WEAK'-After the Government ttm
and abruptly rested Its case against him. Harry Bridges (center) tells
reporter! that thla case la weaker than any of the others In which
the Government sounht to deport me." Lonsshore Under nndqes Is
on trial Ui San KraucLKo oa perjury ana conspiracy charges.
Sunday, January 21. 1950
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longer exists.
neecueworK, art worn, eic,
horse racing, carnival and
available during the rest
weekly dances at nearly
meet the desire for enter
affected.
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"Tht price IS little high but our cars are on hundred
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Editorial Comment
No Time For 'Me Too'
At long last there is a candi
date in the field to joust with
Sen. Wayne Morse for the repub
lican United States senatorial
nomination next May.
The candidate is Fred E. Rob
son, Medford, clothing mer
chant, who Monday filed his of
ficial declaration.
We do not know Mr. Robin
son, but our first impression
gained from his ballot slogan, is
unfavorable. This gentleman has
filed, according to press dis
patches, his intention to seen tne
nomination under the slogan,
"Elect a man who will vote with
the rest of our delegation."
This is, In our humble estima
tion, the same as saying to the
voters "I'll let the rest of the
Oregon delegation do my think
ing for me."
We do not want any senator
representing Oregon in the na
tional congress who is so im
bued with the desire for unity
that he will vote as do his col
leagues, no matter what his own
views may be.
We' can understand the reason
for a candidate announcing such
a slogan as Robinson's. Senator
Morse has not achieved a repu
tation for putting party unity
above other things and we ad
mire him for it. We believe the
senator docs his own thinking,
and speaks what is on his mind.
He could do worse than adopt
for his own slogan "Elect a man
who doesn't vote with the rest
of our delegation unless he really
believes in the delegation's
stand."
We need more clear. Independ
ent thinking these days, instead
of more of the rubber stamp
type of political activity. hph.
coos Bay rimes.
Morse's Announced Opposition
Oregon s Senator Morse, self-
styled "constitutional liberal,"
now has an announced opponent
in the republican party.
For months there were under
current rumors that certain pro
minent individuals in state GOP
circles were planning to fight
Morse's renomination this spring
the rjnmarv. The names of
Vice Admiral Tom Catch, Dor
nthv McCullough Lee and Bill
Walsh were mentioned as pos
sible contenders. But, instead of
any of those, a men's furnisher
from Medford, Fred E. Robin
son, files first.
In Robinson's stated reason
for running, one finds why It
will take more than a listing of
"political convictions" to beat
Mnrso p his own party.
Take this excerpt from Robin
son's "political convictions":
". . . If ever there wns a time In
the history of thla Brent country of
ours we needed men of conviction and
with conrnpe nnd hnckhone enonch to
;tand un for their convictions regard
less of the outcome. It is now . . ."
How better could Robinson de
scribe Morse?
Here's another from Robin
son's statement:
"We need men thnt helleve in
America, thnt helleve In the very
rundnmentnl prlnWoles upon which
thi- "nunlrv wns 'nunded . . ."
Morse's nosilion as n "consti
tutional liberal" qualfies him
for this description. Morse has
reneatedlv stated In Salem his
conviction that orooress of the
nation mit be based on the prin
ciples outlined In the constitu
tion. For instance in opposing
the fVA hill, Morse said: "I a'"
sntisfied that under the . . . bill
t'ree men 'as directors) cou'd so
nbuse . . . power that, to all In
tents and purposes, thev could
Five Perish As Blast
Sets Fire To Trailer
Woodstock. 111.. Jan. 21 UP
A family of five perished on Fri
day when an explo?ion blew
the roof off their makeshift trail
er home and touched off a fire
that trapped them in their beds.
Coroner Harrv L. Ehorn Iden
tified the victims as Ralnh
Schmitz. 49: his wife. Inez. 36.
and their three small children
Jimmy, 7: Laverne. 5, and John
ny. 2.
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administer the law so that the
government which would flow
from it would be a government
of men, not a government of
laws."
More from Robinson:
"We need men of courage that will
not take a fatalistic viewpoint that
the wave of socialism has sone 80
far that nothing can stop it."
In his elaborate statement of
position on CVA, Morse allied
himself to this description of our
state which he represents: "In
my section of the country a high
degree of individualism and fron
tier independence characterizes
our people." That is the opposite
of socialism.
As Robinson will find during
the primary campaign, Wayne
Morse has developed himself into
more than a run-of-corridors sen
ator in Washington. Morse has
assumed stature an as individual.
When Robinson tries to use
words like "betrayer of his
party" against Morse, such de
scriptions are meaningless in
Morse's case. They fall flat.
Morse is a leader of Oregon
background who can be describ
ed as an asset to the republican
party, both in the state and na
tion. His record, although not en
tirely pleasing to any one group,
does express the outspoken view
point of Wayne Morse, the con
stitutional liberal.
Salem Capital Journal.
Medford Officer Tells
Of Italian Christmas
The thrill of an Italian family
in Trieste over a toy climbing
tractor from the United States is
told in a letter from WO Harley
U. Munsel to Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Waite, 730 South Holly street.
Munsel, son of Mrs. Waite, is
serving with the army headquar
ters at Trieste where he has been
for more than one year. The war
rant officer said that he and oth
ers got together and ordered the
tractor for a boy residing in the
villa that they live in. As usual
the grown ups had more fun with
it than the boy.
Munsel, who said he had about
18 or 19 months to serve in
Trieste told also of a trip to
Venice. His father was killed in
the first world war, it was re
ported here.
2,000 Sfofe Employees
Get Pay Raises Soon
Salem, Ore., Jan. 21 OI.R)
More than 2,000 state employees
will get bigger pay checks at the
end of this month.
They are earmarked for an
nual merit salary increases aver
aging about $10 a month, James
M. Clinton, acting director of
the state civil service commis
sion, reported today.
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San Francisco, Jan. 21 (U.R)
The weather bureau ordered
small craft warnings hoisted, this
morning at 8 a.m. for 24 hours
along the coast from Cape
Blanco to Cape Mendocino.
Winds of 20-30 miles per hour
were forecast.
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Lumber Industry
Problems to Be
Meeting Subject
What's ahead for southern Ore
gon lumber manufacturers in
1950? What are Informed indus
try and government leaders pre
dicting? Can increased coopera
tion and participation by a larg
er segment of the west coast
lumber industry in nation-wide
lumber advertising and promo
tion projects help maintain pres
ent high levels of sales and em
ployment? These and other questions
will be discussed when local
lumbermen gather in Portland
January 26 and 27 with millmen
from the entire douglas fir re
gion for the annual meeting of
stockholders of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association.
Local Men Going
George Flanagan, Medford,
asociation director and Elk Lum
ber company general manager,
will head the Jackson and Jose
phine county delegation. B. L.
Nutting, Medford corporation
general manager, will lead a
special car supply committee.
Work committees will make
plans for promotion and mer
chandising. Senator George W. Malone,
Nevada, will tell about proposed
federal legislation and its effect
on lumber and will discuss the
government's proposed "free
trade" program and its Impact
on lumber.
Arthur Clifford, Bridgeport,
Conn., retail lumberman, will
tell the local delegation and oth
er lumbermen what they can ex
pect in selling and competition
..pina tho pnminff vear. "Lum
ber Exports Under ECA" a sore
point witn many iochi mms, win
be given an airing by another
retail lumberman, Martin S. Mc
Donnell of Chicago.
Bonneville Plan Is
For Line to This
Area, Mayor Says
Ashland, Jan. 21 Mayor
Thomas Williams has found an
item in President Truman's new
budget which he says reveals the
plans of the Bonneville power
administration to string a trans
mission line through the Rogue
river valley.
Mayor Williams has reported
to the Ashland council on sev
eral occasions that Bonneville is
looking for a southern Oregon
market for its power and he says
a $2,000,000 entry in the power
administration's budget is evi
dence of federal power's inten
tion to expand into this area.
Loop Said Planned
A transmission loop would be
extended from present Bonne
ville lines at Eugene through a
southerly circuit including Rose
burg, Grants Pass and Ashland,
crossing the mountains to Klam
ath Falls and then north through
Bend and Redmond, the matter
said. The lines would transmit
power from McNary dam, he as
serted. Williams said he has been told
by a Bonneville official that the
ohlv bottleneck of public power
for southern Oregon is the lack
of transmission lines, not lack of
power. McNary generators are
scheduled to produce their first
power in 1953.
Southern Oregon's power
needs are principally served by
the California - Oregon Power
company which is now in the
middle of a $50,000,000 expan
sion program to about double
its output. The Ashland council
has proposed that representa
tives of both Copco and BPA be
invited to meet with the council
for a discussion of public and
private power interests in this
area.
Deschutes Irrigation
Project Earnings List
Boise, Ida.. Jan 21 (U.R)
Farmers on the north unit of
the Deschutes irrigation project
in central Oregon earned a
gross of $118.39 per acre in
1949, the bureau of reclamation
regional office here reported to
day. The annual crop census show
ed a gross return of $4,944,685
for the 41.767 acres under culti
vation. The project gets its wa
ter from the Deschutes river
through Wickiup reservoir.
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In the Day's News
BY FRANK JENKINS
The federal oleomargerine
UIACS mi. W.I m.i.
gress have Just voted to repeal,
l 1 1. U 1QQA
were nrsi tevieu ut m uu
aA ..nH. .an Thou warn rlpaicned
to help the dairy farmer by tax-
ing m cumjjemur w mc j
farmer.
Over the years, repeated ef
forts have been made to repeal
the oleo taxes, but up to this
week they were unsuccessful.
THAT raises a quite interesting
Question:
Why did we finally abandon
this effort on the part of the fed
eral government to aid the dairy
f .. - U . . la.r.rinM rtllnifivA IflV-
xBiiiici u " ' - -
es on his competitor, the marger-
me maker?
I don't know, of course, but I
ccnant I urn. rippnimp consum
ers became irked by high prices
01 PUlter, wnicn resuneu nisi
from war conditions and were
ma intained after the war by
artificial price supports.
Turning to margerine as a re
lief from high butter prices,
th wpr fnrthpr irked bv the
fact that margerine prices were
kept arbitrarily higher by a dis
criminatory tax.
pHIS is the point:
Consumers are VOTERS,
They are very NUMEROUS
voters.
When any policy of govern
ment loses the sympathy and the
support of the most numerous
class of the electorate, that
policy is on its way out.
Federal taxation of margerine
is OUT now.
THAT starts another train of
thought:
' What will happen if, as and
when consumers become con
vinced that our present system
of parity supports results in
keeping food prices artificially
high?
HERB is an interesting para
graph from an interpretive
dispatch on the food situation:
"Plagued by mountains of sur
plus food, the department of
agriculture is opening a big
clearance sale. Millions of dol
lars worth of government-owned
surplus farm products are being
tossed ONTO THE EXPORT
MARKET at prices below cost.
The dispatch continues:
"FOR EXAMPLE, UNCLE
SAM IS OFFERING 100
POUNDS OF POTATOES (on
the export market) FOR ONE
CENT."
To get the full impact of that
item of news, you must keep
clear in your mind the fact that
these bargains in food that are
being offered by our kindly old
uncle in Washington are offered
TO FOREIGNERS ONLY.
The consumer here at home is
going right on paying the high
prices necessitated by the parity
system.
It is the foreigner who gets
the bargains,
pHIS is the $64 question:
What will consumers (who are
the most numerous class in our
population) do when they begin
to get irked over this situation
as they got irked over the mar
gerine situation?
THERE are two things they
might do:
1. Invite in the Brannan plan
which is a straight treasury
subsidy with fantastic possibili
ties of increased taxation for
everybody.
2. KICK OUT THE WHOLE
PROGRAM OF FARM SUP
PORT. Blaze In Big Inch
Line Burns Self Out
Caldwell, O., Jan. 21 (U.R)
A raging fire in the "Big Inch"
natural gas pipeline three miles
north of here burned itself out
within three hours Friday after
destroying a vacant farm house
nearby.
No one was injured in the
spectacular blaze, which was
touched off by an explosion.
Valves at Summerfield and
Somerset, on either side of the
point of the explosion, were
closed and the fire burned it
self out as firemen from Cald
well and Cambridge stood by.
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