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TCM MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MedfordJSITribuue "Everyone in (southern Oregon" i Rudi The Hall Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Publlihed by MEDrORO PRINTINO CO. 7-lB North Fir St. Phona a-ll ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R GIL8TRAJ" Manager HERB GREY, Advertising Mgr. f c FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN, TelegrapB Editor HENRY L GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MgT An Independent Newipaper Entered aa lecond clan matter at Madford. Oregon, under Act of March . 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance; Dally and Sunday one year....W 00 Dally and Sunday el month! 4.75 Dally and Sunday three moi f ill Dally and Sunday one month 100 By Carrier In Advance Medlord Ashlsnd. Central Point, Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor routei : Dally and Sunday one yeer. SlilOO Dally and Sunday one month 100 All Terme Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Msdford Official Paper of Jackson County United Praia Full Leaead Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repreientatlve: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC Oflicei in New York Chicago De troit, San Francisco Los Angelea Seattle, Portland St Louis Atlanta VancouverJC f NIWSPAPft UlllSHtti ASSOCIATION NATIONAL IOITOIIAI :n Flight o' Time Madford anal Jackson County His rory from the files af the Mall Tribune 10, 20 and 34 yean ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY February 2, 1940 (It Waa Friday) Air mail business in Medford increased 1S2 per cent in Jan uary over year ago. Improvement of highway over Slskyous to cut driving time from Medford to Yreka to about an hour. I. E. Schuler to file on demo cratic ticket for county Judge. More than 700 adults and 300 children attend annual dinner of Elks lodge here. Drinking fountain installed near Eagle Point post office. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY February 2, 1930 (It Was Sunday) Rainfall settles snow in Crater lake area, now 82 inches deep at rim. January in valley was cold and wet with IB days on which snow or rain fell; plenty of mois ture assured for farming. Charles Evans Hughes to suc ceed William Howard Taft, re signed as chief justice of U. S. supreme court. Ice Jam in Columbia river damages docks at Vancouver, Wash. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY February 2. 1916 (It Was Wednesday) Norllng mine west of Jack sonville, owned by B. F. Forbes and associates, Medford, being developed. Howard Frame, 19, seriously injured in coasting mishap. Miss Frances Anna Henry and Max H. Stofford married at home of bride, North Talent. Army Team To Test New Ration In Alaska Washington, Feb. 2 (U.RI The army announced today that it will assign a 50-man team in Alaska to test a new trial ration February 12. The ration Is designed for use In extremely cold weather by search parties and other groups who must travel on foot and carry all their equipment and supplies. The new ration provides 5,324 calories a day compared with the 3.600 calorics supplied troops in temperate climates. Half of the test party will be supplied the standard C ration with an extra food packed to supply 5,400 calories daily and the other half will get only the new ration. The new packet weighs three and a half pounds, about half that of the C ration plus the caloric supplement. It includes dehydrated meats and other dried foods. Judge Rules Divorce Not Set Aside By Death Milwaukee. Wis.. Feb. 2 (U.P.i A circuit judge ruled thRt a di vorce cannot be set aside after one of the principals dies. Mrs. Mary Junker, 40, asked Judge Otto Brcidenbach to set aside a decree granted her In November, 1941, from her hus band, Joseph. She said they were reconciled on the day of the divorce. Junker died in September, 1948. Breldcnbach ruled that a di vorce becomes final one year after it is granted. He said no motion was made during that year to set aside the decree. Km Warning To Medford What happened to the Coos Bay-North Bend water supply during last week's storm should serve as a warning to Medford and its adjacent commu nities which depend upon the single pipe line from Big Butte springs. AT 11 o'clock one morning a 16-inch pipe broke " when rain softened the earth which supported it in a fill. The break forced closing of the city s schools, water heaters had to be turned off and sawmills were forced to shut down by the lack of water. Repairs were made more easily in the case of the Coos Bay interruption than would probably be possi ble in case of a break in the line which supplies the Medford system. Our pipe runs over thirty miles to the foot of Mt. McLoughlin where the springs which feed it gush forth. Much of that distance is through rugged and hard-to-get-at country. a a a e e TT HAS been felt for some time that an additional line to the springs is needed not only to bring a larger supply of water to the fast-settling-up area around Medford, but to give a margin of safety in case of a break. The present gravity supply line is well past Its middle age and in the natural course of events can be expected to give increasing trouble even though no major break occurs. A second line, not necessarily closely paralleling the old route, would be good in surance, good business and good sense. E.C.F. Fred Robinson Advised Fred E. Robinson's recent plunge into Oregon's political pool has brought some interesting reper cussions including a flood of letters from voters who profess much interest in the Medford man's avowed aim to defeat Senator Wayne Morse in the, forth coming republican primary. e e e e 1M0ST of the letters are of a congratulatory nature and strictly on the serious side; a few are in lighter vein, among them being one from F. S. Emery of Elgin, Ore. The latter states he has read Robinson's statement of qualifications and wishes to cite a few flaws therein. Emery's letter follows in part: In the first place you are a clothing merchant, a very commendable occupation; however, the article implies you are a successful merchant. This, in itself, is enough to dis qualify you for any political job, and especially in Wash ington. Between now and Spring you must fail and go into bankruptcy. The better you fail the. better your chances, If you should get elected, of being a big shot in Washington. It might pay you to take a trip to Washington at once and interview Harry. He is a past master at failing and passed this test with high honor. You stated in your interview with the Oregonian re porter that you were in favor of getting on a pay-as-you-go plan. Now what kind of philosophy is this? Have you been sleeping like Rip Van Winkle, the past 20 years? For your information here are a few changes that have taken place while you stumbled along making a success out of your business. It is wrong now to talk or even think about living within your means. It is treason to save any thing for a rainy day. To be called conservative is a dis grace, equal to a skunk, crook or an Ignoramus. Why, even Mortimer Snerd would resent being called conservative. I saw nothing in your article about riding horses. It ig Imperative for you to get a horse and start riding at once. Riding a horse will make you bow legged and spread your legs, the better to straddle fences. Take a lesson from your opponent. I notice from the article you had the misfortune to lose a leg as a young fellow. What a pity you fumbled the ball on this. It could have been lost in the Marines while fight ing a hundred Japs in the South Pacific, single handed, I mean. Don't you ever read the political news in Multnomah county? You graduated from Medford high school. What a laughl Unless you can claim Michigan university and being a star football player there, you haven't a chance with the Port land voters. Take my advice Fred and drop out of the contest before it starts. Your qualifications are no good today. You have never stood on the street corner and given away ten dollar bills: why, I bet you never even touched the hand of Pendergast. You are living the days before 1930. This Is the era of "give-away programs," "spend yourself rich" and take It away from the industrious and give it to the shiftless. Too bad you are so young. You would have gone over big before the days of "Hair-brained Harry." Anyway, good luck from a lonesome brother Republican. E.C.F. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to ths Editor must beat the name and address of the writer althotisb under certain circum stances ths use of a pen name or initial for publlritton ts Dermis Ibis. Ths Mall Trtouns reserves the right to edit ell letters with a view lo clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words Against the Rogue Dam To the Editor: I want to raise my voice against the proposed Rogue River Basin project. I have never attended a Lincoln day dinner but I have read the newspaper account of the speeches and in every case where the speaker objected to the boon doggling tactics of the party in power I have agreed with him. It is surprising to find some of the most vocal republicans making every effort to have the New Deal government spend an enormous amount on a gigantic boondoggle which would put money in local pockets. Government economy, like charity, should begin at home and if we, as taxpayers, claim the right to raise our voices, against government waste we had better not have a great mess of it right in our laps. The Medford and Talent Irri gation districts were organized about 1914 at a cost for construc tion of approximately one hun dred dollars per acre but with the coming of the depression it was found that the land could not pay any such an amount. A new deal was set up in which the cost per acre was reduced to about forty dollars and even with this reduction it took a world war to get prices of farm produce up to a point where the owner of the land could meet his payments. The land In the present Irri gation districts is probably the easiest to Irrigate of all the 'lands In the valley and now it Is pro posed to put all the rest of the farm land in the valley under water at a cost that is simply fantastic. On top of all this there is a Thursday, February 1, ItSO move on foot to put two and one half million acres under water In the Columbia valley. The business men and specu lators in Medford and Grants Pass propose to raise a war chest ot szu.uoo to lobby for passage of the Rogue Valley project and I feel that it Is time for the land owners who will pay the bill to stand up and Be counted. I wish every taxpayer would get a copy of the February issue of the Readers Digest and read the resume of John T. Flynn's book "The Road Ahead." It tells you what will happen if our gov ernment gets its stranglehold on every phase of our life. Planned economy (or social ism) has brought England to her knees and Is reaching for us. It Is later than we think. W. B. Barnum. Achtion Criticism To the Editor: A lot of criticism seems to have attached to Sec retary of State Acheson because of his defense of Alger Hiss, even in the face ot a jury of 12 good citizens pronouncing him guilty of perjury. what is the matter with these thin-skinned republicans In con gress? Don't they know that Acheson's action is based upon precedent from high position? Don't they remember that Harry S. Truman flew to Kansas City to be present at the funeral of the nationally known crook, Pen dergrast, who was the benefactor of Truman? And don't they know that Truman's feelings were so wounded bv indictment and conviction of his old cronv, Pendergrast, for violation of U. S. laws, by the U. S. district attorney of Missouri that Tru man refused to re-appoint this competent U. S. district attor ney? And don't these fellows in congress know that Admiral Den ham, capable U. S. admiral, was recently demoted because Den ham had the temerity to testify to the truth before the senate investigating committee? And don t these fellows in con-1 gress know that the Roosevelt! administration sought to pack Crosstown -- pes teaMMSwawtiertweniUMUwi f "Thii probably won't happen to ma again this year, to I'm gonna us this good report card to hit Pop up for a rail in my allowancol" the supreme court with judges that would sustain any new deal legislation whether constitution al or not? And what about General "Deep-Freezer" Vaughn? These republicans in congress who are inveighing against Acheson know that the general was sus tained in his corrupting acts of "Deep-Freezer" generosity, by Truman in retaining the general in his present position. Don t thev know that a new code of political morals and ethics came into being with the Roosevelt regime and has since been sustained by Truman, and that this is a new era which has outmoded the old and long-stand ing standard of integrity? Don't they know that the last 20 years have made "ancient good uncouth" and that the standard of political integrity established by Washington and Jefferson, sustained by Jackson and Lincoln and Cleveland and Hoover is no longer the criterion to be observed by men in high public position? And now, you have the brazen proposal by the administration for an additional two billion dol lar deficit spending, purpose of which is to buy the congressional election of 1950 and the presi dential election of 1952 by gener ous distribution of the said at a clunking . . . because either by you or the no guj-wasiing slippage ai cruising speeas. Pew safety no risky down shifts on slippery roads. by Roland Co monumental appropria tion throughout the various states having the big volume of votes. It contains such a bald faced political purpose that certainly the voters ought not to overlook it. And don't forget the taxpayer pays for the votes. But such is the code of morals now prevalent and the slogan is: "The ends justify the means." GUS NEWBURY Against Mercy Death To the Editor: I was interested in Mr. Jones' recently published appeal for a mercy court. How ever, I am very much against such a court. Human life belongs to God and it is not ours to dispose of as we see fit; thus the command: "Thou shalt not kill." Mr. Jones seems to believe that as soon as a person dies he immediately is transported to a realm of bliss. This is not ac cording to the Scriptures. "The dead know not anything" Ec clesiastes 9:5, and again: "And no man hath ascended up to Heaven, but He that come down from Heaven, even the Son of man which is In Heaven" John 3:13. Patient Job has this to say: "So man dieth down and riseth not, 'til the Heavens be no more, NOW! Packard brings you -the last wort in automatic, NEW LOWER CHECKlThemi no jerking, no there's no gear-shifting, transmission. ieW eCOnOmy because there's LEEVER 317 Virginia And Truckee Railroad To Quit Carson City, Nev., Feb. 2 OJ.PJ A landmark of the gold rush days moved toward oblivion to day as the Nevada public ser vice commission said the ancient Virginia and Truckee railroad could abandon operations forev er. The line now operates a single train daily between Reno and Minden, via Carson city, the state capital. The distance is SO miles. Once, the railroad ran to fab ulous Comstock Lode and Vir ginia city. Its old-fashioned wood burning locomotives with their balloon smokestacks carted away more than $800,000,000 worth of gold and silver ore. they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep." Job 14:12. If those who die here on earth go immediately to Heaven, then there would be no need of our Saviour coming the second time. Let's obey God's great com mandments and spend our time and energy in relieving the suf fering of the unfortunate until God sees fit to lay them in the grave for a short sleep. Tom Kennaday naffSlng eke lifee instant change from forward to reverse, without clash ing. Yes, you can rock the car in snow. evv responsiveness no lag, waiting for gears to shift (because there's no gear-shifting any where). For instant bursts of "safety sprint" acceleration just tramp down! MOTOR COMPANY East Fifth Street Phona 2-6719 Chuck, The Punxsulawney Groundhog, In Annual Weather Prognostication Canoe Ridge Weather Works, Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb. 2 U.R) An indignant Punxsutawney groundhog made it clear today that repercussions from the Mighty Mo did not shake him from his burrow. "Not even the H-bomb could do that," Chuck told newsmen. (The groundhog is also a wood chuck, hence the nickname.) "You know full well that this is the annual date of my emerg ence from hibernation to prog nosticate the vernal season." "Look, Bub," said an impat ient newsman, "the facts. Forget the John L. Lewis lingo. How much more winter?" Chuck Scornful Chuck looked scornfully. "Very well. For the unlearn ed, the untutored, the unletter ed, I'll clarify. I didn't see my shadow today. That means no more winter weather. Spring is just around the corner." Chuck edged back toward his winter quarters. "You make me sick," he said over his shoulder. "If it weren't for my fur coat, I'd move on out to California where I could get a movie contract." The newsmen laughed. "You forget that you're already in one Haver One sip of Schilling tells you here la richer, better-tasting coffee. Thermo Regulated roasted for uniform good ness, always delicious, always satisfying. TWO KINDS DlrOPtCOlATO no-shift control PRICE if! Available now 4twh lofer exfrg co&- on all iWtk of-fta i t950 Rackarti Line.' , ASK TNI MAN WHO OWNS ONI picture, and you're a West Vir ginia hillbilly at that." Town Misplaced He referred to the fact that the movie makers mentioned Punxustawney but misplaced the town In the neighboring state. Chuck groaned. "You're right," he said. "But don't forget. The premiere will be here Saturday night and they've promised to make amends by putting my name in lights. "Anyway that's Hollywood for you," Chuck said. "Trying to right a wrong with a right. I mean trying to make a wrong right. Well, you know what I mean." This was the cue for the illit erate newsman. Make It Right "You mean, Bub, they're try. ing to make things right after making something wrong." "Yes, that's right," said Chuck. "Well, there's one thing you can do to make things right," advised the newsman. "Yes?" said Chuck. "Just go right back into that hole. It's bad enough we gotta do this story every year without you trying to stretch it out." ! - :
