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Tuesday, January SI. 1150
American Business Activity Remains
Firm In First Four Weeks 01 1950
W..klntf(nn .Tan. 3 (U.R)
American business activity to
day confirmed tne optimism 01
most economists by remaining
firm during the iirst four weeks
of 1950.
What happens in the next four
or eight weeks will depend large
ly on the outcome of several la
bor disputes notably coal.
Several government agencies
report that since January 1 in
dustrial production, retail sales
and financial developments eith-
er held their own or showed con
tinued recovery from the mild
recession of 1949.
Highest Mark
The federal reserve board s
industrial production index for
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December reached Its highest
mark since April, 1949, and con
tinued to rise in January. It
showed that several industries
are producing more now than
thev were a year ago.
The board also said that
money in circulation continued
to decrease, indicating that
hoarding is down with the
money flowing back Into banks.
According to the commerce de
partment, steel production rose
steadily during the first three
weeks of January. Output went
up from 192.3 per cent of the
1933-39 average at the end of
December to zoz.B per cent in
the week ending January 21.
The reserve board said sched
uled production of steel ingots
during January is 94 per cent of
capacity. This was 3'4 per cent
more than last year.
The dollar value of depart
ment store sales, while remain
ing steady in the week ending
January 21 compared with a
year ago, did not reflect lower
prices which helped the con
sumer. Retail Prices Down
The labor department said
that retail prices were 2.3 per
cent lower at tne ena or miu
than they were 12 mpnths be
fore. Textile production, the re
serve board said, was 10 per cent
ahead of a year ago. 'textiles
were among the hardest hit in
the early stages of production
cutbacks during 1949, but were
among the first to recover.
Other industries which showed
higher production at the begin
ning of 1950 were lumber, meat
packing, construction and paper
board. The index covering all non
durable goods production was
up fractionally from a year ago,
but durable goods manufactur
ing still was lagging.
Gold Hill
Gold Hill, Jan. 31 Roland
Bell was a business visitor In
Gold Hill last week and stayed
at the home of his brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bell.
He returned January 27 to his
home in Pasadena, Calif.
Mr, and Mrs. Barker and fam
ily have moved Into the Leonard
Andrews house on Fifth avenue.
They formerly lived in Talent.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baldwin
of Los Angeles and Mrs. Jane
McCallum and Mrs. Vera Van
Lydegraf, of Reno, Nev., called
at the home of Mrs. Minnie By
erly on January 26 as they re
turned to their homes after be
ing in Portland several days.
They were called there by the
death of their mother, Mrs. Ida
Baldwin. Her funeral was held
on January 25. Mrs. Baldwin
was a sister of Mrs. Minnie By
erly. Mrs. Dave Ennis has gone to
California to spend some time.
Miss Laurene Kell will take over
duties at the S.&R. Milling Co.
when the mill resumes opera
tions. Now there's a can-stretcher to
simplify thinning and coloring of
paints. A metal extender fits into
a gallon paint can, reports The
American Magazine, and not only
adds an extra one-third capacity
but allows freedom of manipula
tion without spilling or the need
of double mixing.
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Tax Committees
Discuss Plans For
Fair Valuation
Gold Hill. Jan. 31 A meeting
of the tax assessment protest
committee was held at the city
hall here on January 27 with the
chairman, Mrs. D. H. Stewart,
presiding. The committees were
from Central Point, Rogue Riv
er, Blackwell Hill and Gold Hill.
PurDose of the meeting was to
discuss plans for achieving fair
and equalized valuation of prop
erty within each town or dis
trict represented.
All agreed that the principal
objective was the matter of
bringing the valuations of coun
try property in their school dis
tricts and the rest of the county
to the point where they would
be in line with valuations re
cently placed on property in the
above mentioned localities.
Increases Cited
Central Point, Gold Hill, Rogue
River (exclusive of public utili
ties property) showed increases
in assessed valuation over last
year of 76, 50.4 and 43.9 per
cent, respectively. An increase
in valuation of the entire remain
der of their respective school dis
tricts showed an Increase of less
than half these percentages. The
entl"e taxable valuation of all
Jackson county was increased
only 10 per cent of last year, it
was pointed out by committee
members who argued that the
statistics seemed to prove that
Central Point. Gold Hill and
Rogue River and Blackwell Hill
had been increased far more
than their fair share.
Plan Adopted
A general plan was agreed
upon for achieving equalization
of valuations and the committees
decided they would be ready to
meet with the members of the
state tax commission at any time
after February 15. Harry J.
Loggan, supervising appraisal
engineer of state tax commis
sions was to be notified to that
effect by Stewart.
Committees present were
chairman, Stanley Jones Aar
den Pinkham, Gene Waterman
and" other members from Cen
tral Point; Douglas Buckle and
others from Rogue River; Earl
Kelley of Blackwell Hill and
chairman, Mrs. Stewart, Leon
Wise, R. E. Bowdcn and A. A.
Walker of Gold Hill.
Bond Redemptions
Exceed Purchases
Bond sales In Jackson county
In 1949 failed to keep pace with
redemptions, it was revealed to
day in a report from George W. ;
Mimnaugh, state director of the !
treasury s savings bond division.
Sales for the year totaled $1,
223,739 but redemptions during
the same period amounted to
$1,510,702. The same case held
true In 1948 when Jackson coun
ty residents bought $1,389,343
worth of bonds and cashed in
$1,573,141 worth.
San Francisco, Jan. 31 (U.R)
The Coastwise lines i freighter
Joel Chandler Harris was dam
aged yesterday when she was hit
on her port side by another
freighter which wandered off j
course in a tlnck ban urancisco
bay fog.
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In Manhattan the other day it
was May in January. And I mean
tne last or May. I put on my lignt
coat in the morning and had to
discard that after walking a
block, this might be a beautiful
day to some people, but I don't
care for this kind of weather at
this time. Give me January in
January and May in May. If it
keeps on being May here in tea
ruary I am going to fly up to
Montreal or some, other place
where they are sleigh riding, ski
ing and ice skating and stay
there until it really is May:
Pleaie Note
While it is generally believed
the far west produces the tallest
and huskiest men ip this country,
the records of both World War I
and World War II reveal that the
tallest and huskiest men in the
United States armed forces came
from Michigan. No wonder
Michigan has so many football
"wonder teams."
Amono The Married
Onlv 32 per cent of married
women are married to the man
thev loved most. When the aver
age woman finds she cannot mar
ry the man who is uppermost in
her mind she is inclined to view
the situation philosophically.
She then marries whom she can
and follows the immortal advice
of Bussy-Rabution, namely:
"When we can't get what we
love, we must love what we
get."
Asking
Queries from clients: Q. I claim
the first feminine western film
star was Texas Guinan, who was 1
billed as 'The Two-Gun Girl."
Right? A. Wrong, sir. First wom
an to star in the "horse opera"
type of film was Louise Lester,
who portrayed a character
known as "Calamity Ann' in a
series of westerns made long be
fore Texas Guinan's bow as a
film star.
Palling By
Mickey Walker. Erstwhile
ringman known as "The Toy
Bulldog." One of Mickey's minor
engagements entertained me al
most as much as his important
bouts. That was when he met a
heavyweight named Arthur de
Kuh. This DeKuh was about
6 feet 4 inches tall and he out
weighed Walker about sixty
pounds. But in the first minute
of the first round the Tov Bull
dog reached up and knocked De
Kuh. This DeKuh. was about
pancake. An outstanding exam
ple of the old saying: "The big
ger they are, the harder they
fall." . . . Gypsy Markoff. Tal
ented night spot entertainer. At
the time Uypsy miraculously es-;
caped with her life in that air
disaster in Lisbon she was wear- j
ine a St. Christopher's medal. I
! As you know, St. Christopher is j
the patron saint of travelers.
! Horses And Women
I "The feminine brain is clever :
and resourceful. The greater the !
cleverness, the less it is suspect
ed." Such is the wise observation I
made by Howard D. Stewart. Re- j
minds me of the advice my Uncle
Al gave me the day I graduated j
from high .school. Said he: "Ed- i
gar, no matter how dumb, how
innocent, how naive, how unso
phisticated a woman appears
when you first meet her, always
assume she is smarter than you
are." I always have. Incidentally, '
take these young women who i
write in to me to ask: "What are j
the chances of a successful mar
riage between a Capricorn man
and a Saggitarius woman?" Do I
Education Board
Approves Buildings
Portland, Ore., Jan. 31 U.PJ
The building committee of the
Oregon state board of higher ed
ucation today approved construc
tion of three buildings on three
Oregon college campuses at a to
tal cost of nearly $2,000,000.
Plans were approved for a
you think they really believe In
astrology? Certainly they don't.
They want to get me to print the
answer so they can playfully
show It to the man on their mind
and thus turn his thoughts
toward proposing matrimony.
Yes, sir, women are smart peo
ple. Very few women know how to
boil potatoes properly. That's be
cause they harbor the erroneous
belief that boiling a potato tne
rieht way is a simple matter.
Said Charles Dickens: "In boil
ine a potato the profoundest
chemical laws are involved."
Dickens was so much interested
in the proper boiling of potatoes
he once wrote an article on the
subject.
Man Denies Right To
Life Insurance Policy
Tarzana, Cal., Jan. 31 U.R
Martin Oscar Olson. 85. insisted
today he wasn't entitled to $50,
000 from an insurance company.
A report from Vancouver,
B. C, said Olson was being
sought by an insurance com
pany to pay him the money on
a $20,000 policy he took out 50
years ago.
"It isn't mine," Olson said.
"I did buy a policy In 1893 or
1894 but it was only for $105.
$1,500,000 science building at
University of Oregon, a $250,000
library at Oregon College of Ed
ucation at Monmouth, and a
$200,000 library-museum at East-
em Oregon College of Educa
tion at La Grande.
The committee also approved
a tentative location near the
present University of Oregon
medical school for a 350-bed
teaching hospital. Dr. R. E.
Kleinsorge of Silverton, commit
tee chairman, said the board had
about $2,000,000 on hand for the
hospital and hoped to acquire
additional funds. Plans for the
proposed six-story building have
not been drawn.
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Hollywood, Jan. 31 (U.R) Ac
tress Ona Munson honeymooned
today with Eugene Berman, well
known artist and ballet designer.
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