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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. February S, 1950 Medfoi .Tribune "Iryon In Southern Oregon" . Rudi Th Mall Trlbuna" Dally Cxeapt Saturday Published by MEDrORD PRINTING CO. S7-J9 North Fir St. Phona 2-8U1 PST or DST? ROBERT W ROHL, Editor ERNIST R GILS TRAP Managar urnn finrv Arfvartiiina Mar. I C FERGUs6n. Mnln Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, TalegTapn td'toi HENRY L GREEN Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Boclaty anrnrr GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mai An Independent Navripapar Entered aa aecond claee matter at Medlord. Oreaon. under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATE Bu Mail In Arfvanca: Dally and Sunday one yaar....0U Dally and Sunday ai months 4..7S Dally and Sunday three moe iM Dally and Sunday one month 1 00 ay carrier in Aavence Aihland Central Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix Talent and on mnlnr rnulci! Dally and Sunday one year lil.00 Dally and Sunday one month 100 All Tormi Calh In Advance Official Paper of the City ol Med for Official Paper of Jackson County United Prei -Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLL1DAY COMPANY INL Olflcea In New York Chicago De troit Sap Francisco Loe Angelea Seattle. Portland. St Louis Atlanta Vancouver. B C 1" NEWSPAPER PUSIISHIM ASSOCIATION &ATIONAI IDITOBIAI Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County Hil lary from the tiles ol Hit Mall Tribunal 10. 20 and 14 rears eo The familiar quandry with which mayors, county courts and governors find themselves plagued annu ally, is approaching. Shall we, or shall we not, have daylight saving time? NEWS dispatches from Portland indicate that it will switch over to fast time on April 30. California will also adopt daylight saving time this summer. What action will be taken in Washington, Idaho, Nevada or for that matter in other individual Ore gon cities remains largely unknown. As usual, anmments will wax hot and heavy over the Question before it is finally resolved for another year. And by the looks of things at the present, Ore gon probably will degenerate into a hodgepodge of different and confused time zones again, unless a miracle of cooperation is achieved. IT WOULD be a pity if tlie situation 01 two years ao-nwhen the citv offices and businesses ran ac cording to one time, and county offices according to another were repeated. Rut it's easv to sav "tut. tut." It's altogether dif- rWont fn hp in the snot that Mavor Diamond Flynn and the city council will find themselves soon, with j urban interests pressing nai'ci ior tne iasi wine, nnu rural resident and farmers Dressing with equal en thusiasm for the retention of "regular time." Crossfown by Roland Coa "I Ilka a good WEEPY picture)!' THE mayor frankly admitted last week that he is puzzled and that no solution will please every one Rut he. did sav that he would appreciate residents 10 YEARS AGO TODAY ' February S, 1940 (It Was Monday) Samuel T. Young, Harold Lar son and Mark Taylor, all Med ford, injured Sunday at Crater lake wntle skiing. Medford district CCC training and educational conference here drawl 160 men. Edwin W. Kubli. Applegate rancher, files for GOP nomina tion as county commissioner. Barney Beaton takes over as manager of gasoline station at Eighth and Riverside. Elk Creek Social club installs Stuart Ditsworth president. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY February 5, 1030 (It Was Wednesday) County Jailer Ike Dunford thwarts attempted Jail break when attacked by prisoner. George Neuner announces can didacy for governor on Republi can ticket. County court offers humane society site near Cokcr butte. New city dance ordinace pre sented to city council designed to halt turmoil over appointment of matron. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY February . 191 (It Was Saturday) Westerlund Orchard company to move from Medford National bank building to room formerly occupied by Holland cafe. ' Roscburg high defeats Medford in basketball 22 to 13 but loses hiiih school building there to lire. Ashland school district lets wood contract for 1 60 cords to E. J. Arant for $4.85 per cord delivered at tho schools. Editorial Comment Let's Stay On Standard Tim Portland has set the pace again with adoption of an ordinance for daylight saving time, to run from April 30 to September 24. This time please "include us out." We've had enough of day light saving unless It's all day light .saving. Things are thrown squcw-gec when one town has it and the next doesn't. Farmers don't like It. Malls are off register. Radio programs get balled up. Last summer's experience with half- on. half or f was enough for us. When all go for it, railroads, mulls, airplHncs, buses, okay; but not the mixed up mess we had. Oregon (Salem) Statesman. MEN LIKE POETRY Chicago (U.Pl) The favorite reading of condemned killers in Conk County Jail Is poetry. The other male prisoners prefer books dealing with the wide open spaces of the west and about life in prison. Women prisoners pre- icr love atones. giving some thought to the problem, and then ex- pressing meniseives iu nun, ui iu uwci .uu.. ...... ...... WHILE we're on the subject, it mignt oe pertinent to remark that it seems too bad that a petition has referred to the voters and thus postponed by turn vears the law Dassed at the last legislature which would have provided for uniform observance (or non-observance )vof daylight saving time through out the state. This measure would have permitted the covernor to proclaim fast time but only if it would have allowed the state to fall in line with the prevail ing plan in use at the time on the Pacific coast. AND, also apropos of the general subject, one argu ment atrainst davlierht saving time which has al ways impressed us as specious and slightly sacreligi ous is the one which argues that Pacific Standard Time is "God's time." , Time, that priceless and irreplaceable, stuff, is strictly the creation of mankind together with its appurtenances such as alarm clocks and singing com mercials every hour on the hour and any attempt to pass the blame off on the Almighty is a pretty shoddy trick. E.A. Table Rock Quail Tale The Mail Tribune's rural correspondents arel mostly pretty matter-of-fact in chronicling the goings and comings o; their neignoors ana tne social arm ..I 1 .1.-! l ..'n...ll.r Lnmtltm- oilier activities 01 ineir area, vjixasiunuuy, nuwcvti, there is forthcoming a bit of news deserving of more than casual attention. Such an item was the recent paragraph from Emmett Nealon of lable Rock. PMMETT told of the sad experience of some of the " members of the Table Rock quail colony. The picturesque, clannish and highly interesting little birds had a rather bad time dining the "way-down-east" weather which plagued the region last week, but their worst time came the night their tail feathers stuck to the tree branches upon which they roosted. Correspondent Nealon explained that during the night the air was full of moisture and this congealed on branches and feathers with the result that when the birds bestirred the next morning to resume the business of life they found themselves unable to take wing. STRUGGLING and straining they finally regained freedom though only at the expense of most of their tail feathers "a revolting development," as Reilly would say. The "city slicker" quail contingent appears to have escaped the bad luck which befell their Table Rock cousins. The several large coveys which spend their time in the Siskiyou heights residential area are observed going about their business as sprightly as usual, their queer little top-knots nodding proudly and tail feathers intact. E.C.F. Your Health and Its Care By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, M.D. Readers should address inquiries to: Dr. William Brady. 265 II Cimlne, Bavarly Hills. Calif. COMMUNICATIONS LttUrg to thf Kdltor muil bei th nam and addreii ol th w run although uodtr or tain circutn Unci th ui ot a pea nam of tnitiaj (or publication It permit ftble. The Mall Tribune reierve the right to edit all letteri with view to clarification aod conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication mutt not exceed 400 words WHEN IS A BABY HAPPY? Bathe the baby every after noon at 4 to 4:30 o'clock, with topid or even cool water in very Dr. Brady hot weather. with agreeably warm water and before the fire, stove or radiator in cold weather. Dry with soft tow el. Powder with plain tal cum. Put on clean didy and nighty longer than the baby in cold weath er, as brief as the baby likes then nurse or WAS WELL OILED Falls City, Neb. U.R A thief stole four 32-gallon barrels of cylinder oil, five gallon cans of gear oil, and 75 pounds of grease from a bulk oil station here. In terms of money, tho loot was valued at $1.10. Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mall Tribune Phone 2-9141 before 5 p.m. dally and 10:10 a.m lunday. If regular delivery arrive hortly after you rail, please notify office, thus eliminating special messenger servlco. i HOW MUCH . . . Does a Funeral Service Cost? An increasing number of thought ful persons are investigating prices, arrangements, and facilities in ad vance of need without obligation. Chapel Mortuary Frank Morgan - - Harold Snodgiass Funeral Directors Across from the Courthouse PHONE 2-S030 ill hot weather, feed the baby, cudding in your arms ana numming a soft lullaby the while that's what every mother, whether she be a real mother or just a modern stream lined imitation, owes her baby, and It is what every baby needs as assurance that this is the right world. Then tuck the baby into bed for the night never later than 5 p.m. In the first year of infancy. I forgot one part of the rou tine. From the time the baby is J or J'l months old, after you have bathed and dried and pow dered him, let him lie on clean pad or mat while you gently rub his back and permit him to kick and squirm and play for five minutes before you put on cuciy and nighty. Well fed. perfectly clean, air ed, exercised and comfortably dressed, the baby is satisfied, se cure, happy. Comfortably dressed means just enough clothing or bed cov ers and not omp ounce more. Excessive clothing or bed cov ers make a great many infants and young children unhappy. Although I am conscious of the futility of trying to teach every one who wanders Into this col umn the principles of hygiene when these principles do not coincide with the fancies or superstitions picked up from the almanacs, nostrum ads and testi monials, I am heartened to keep hammering away at the job by the occasional reports received irom mowers, sometimes from fathers, who have been enlight ened in time to give their chil dren a break. As long as you believe, fear or suspect that such conditions as cold, dampness, draft, sudden changes or bad weather either causes or predisposes to any ill ness (other than chapping, chil blain, frostbite or freezing) you will not accept my teachings. You think you know more than I do about it. Your own personal experience with drafts, wet feet and the like outweigh, in your own mind, the experiences of polar explorers, hunters, fisher men, soldiers, sailors, rangers nd others who know what real exposure means. Lucky the infant or vnunir child who is not kept in a sweat Dy excessive clothing or bed cov ers while asleep or trvine to sleep. Lucky is the infant, child or adult who wears just enough clothing for comfort and sleeos under the lightest covers con sistent with comfort. Not that the abnormal sweat ing itself does any harm or makes the Individual any more susceptioie to illness of any kind, but just that one simDlv can't sleep soundly and restfully if one is not comtortaoic. So far as the baby or very young child is concerned there Is always one reliable test which shows whether the child has enough clothing or bed covers. Feel of the feet if the feet are not cold to your touch the child is comfortable. There is no bet tor way to answer the question in any circumstance. Scratching And Farming To the Editor: Mr. Barnum's recently published letter is in teresting only to the extent that it shows a lot of hind-sight. His reference to some of the repub licans is more interesting, for it shows that some of them are in various stages of awakening in stead of burying themselves in obscurity with the majority of the G. O. P. Albert Carr said, "So long as we give our country something more than words, something of ourselves, American democracy will continue to grow and bear fruit, and our future will be bright with promise." Now the continued knocking of every pro- posal to expand and improve conditions for the majority of the citizens instead of favoring the chosen few, is a favorite method of the republicans. Why is it good politics to knock the other , fellow's proposals? A lot of the fellows do have , water and are paying for it, and everyone is helping pay for it, i too. Customers help an awful lot when one has something to sell. Well, a lot more of us would like to have water so we would have something to sell a few cus tomers. This land Is all good and water makes the difference between scratching and farm ing. I believe that the concerted efforts and cooperation of all the people In the valley, for all the people in the valley would give the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce something to ballyhoo about besides a fishing stream that has few fish. Nature has done her part by putting everything here within our reach. It is up to us to use foresight and prepare the way by making use of it today. There will always be opposi tion and good healthy construc tive criticism is helpful in iron ing out the wrinkles, but let's do it the democratic way. Let's do the most we can in the best way we can for the most of the people. Sam Mallon, Rt. 2, Box 192, Central Point, Ore. Wall Sfreef Odds are 20 to 1 that a child's speech will be normal. New York. Feb. 4 U.R Stocks moved irregularly on the i New York stock exchange to day in moderately active deal-! ings. ! Price changes throughout the ' list were in the fractional zone j with a good part of the pivotals holding at their previous levels. Dow Jones closing stock av-1 erages: 30 industrials 205.03, up 0.50; 20 rails 55.53, up 0.01; 15 j utilities 42.57, up 0.02, and 65 stocks 74.08, up 0.12. I Sales today totaled 730,000 shares compared with 740,000 1 last Saturday. SMITTY'S Ranch House CENTRAL POINT CLOSED For Redecorating, Remodeling WATCH FOR RE-OPENING DATE A Loan in Guaranteed Confidence! PRIVATE Strictly a personal matter with you strictly a personal matter with us this is how we handle every loan. It's Yes to 4 out of 5 at Oregon Finance! The next time you're in need of ready cash, See Stan Stark, Yes Man, for fast service V Oregon Finance Co. Phone 2-4433 Craterian Bldg. 45 S. Central Lie. S-211 M-217 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS That nam Relative GOP ISSUES WARNING Washington, Feb. 4 (U.R) State socialism will become a "legislative reality" if repub licans lost any more congression al seats in November's election, GOP National Chairman Guy George Gabrielson warned today. Daughter, 7, hns had bronchial asthma since (the wai a year old. She caught cold while In a draft at a rela tives house and this turned into . . . (Mtk. G. K. B.) Answer At I am certain no one ever catches any illness from a draft and one illness does not "turn" to another, my advice would be of no use to you. Ma'am. On written request, however. I'll send a pamphlet on ASTHMA. Inclose a stamped envelope bearing your address. Quaint Uric Acid Obsession Husband. 60. laid up two months with lame knee, which the doctor diagnosed as calcification or the cartilage- He has been kept on low purine diet consisting of certain meats, cer tain fish. etc. On a visit here he con sulted another ' doctor, who saya he can have no meat end no fish. (Mrs. M. H.) Answer If T had that or any simi lar "rheumatic" condition I'd eat a reasonable amount of meat. fish, shell fish and any and every other whole some food 1 liked. That "low purine" diet is sheer bunk. In my opinion, and so is the quaint notion that "uric acid" Is responsible for any kind ol rheumattz or "gout." , (Copyright 1030 by John F. Dllle Co.)' BEFORE YOU RENEW INVESTIGATE FARMERS MONEY SAVING PLAN Over 400,000 satisfied policyholders . . . twenty years of service and stability , . , National Standard, Non Assessable Policy with no mileage restrictions. 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