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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDvWTRIBUNE "Everyone id Southern Oregon" lull The Mill Tribune" Dally cpt Saturday Published by . .. r-. FlUrHTlWn ffl North Fir St Phone a-ll ROBERT W RUHL, W''"' ERNEST A OllSTBAP Manger iiwn RitEV Advertlsinl Mir Erirtoi inic ALLEN JR.. City Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Nawipeper Entered second elw rnetter at Mediord. Oreson. under Act 01 March 3 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES "W&s fiasKs sn Da ft and Sund.y-U.re. mo. J JO Dally and Sunday on. month I 00 By Carrier in vavnK A.hlsnd. Central Point. Jck.onvlll. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor ioui. -,., Dally and Sunday one y"f'lf JJS n.iu nH Sunday one month 100 AU Terma Caih Ui Advance oiiiri.i Finer ef the City o Mediord Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Advertlsinl Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC Office. In New York Chicago Da- troll San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Loula Allenla Vancouver, B C. V NEWSPAMR PUBllSHEkl ASSOCIATION MATIONAl lOITOIIAl TgN 1 Flight o' Time Mediord tnd Jackson County His tory from the Hiss et the Mall Tribune 10, 20 and 24 rears eoo 10 YEARS AOO TODAY February 21, 1940 (It Was Wednesday) Nineteen persons residing In vicinity of new garbage dump protest at meeting of city coun cil. St. Mary's high school basket ball team upsets Grants Pass, 30 to 29, as Jim Lewis stars for locals. Chief McLean suggested as possible manager for Medford Craters In State Baseball league this year. Vernon M. Evans placed In charge of Eads Transfer here, Dr. Edwin B. Durno elected president of Southern Oregon Medical Service association. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY February 21, 1930 (It Was Friday) Beck's bakery, North River side avenue, holds open house. City to observe Washington's birthday tomorrow with closing of banks and barbershops, and a golf turnamcnt. Chicago Jobless start riots and ninny heads bumped In battle with police. New Medford booklet planned to give data on city's water pur ity and taste. Council expected to modify city milk ordinance shortly. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY February 21, 1916 (It Was Sunday) Old Brantner placer mine on Applegate river again put in op eration: rich strike reported along Blrdscye creek. OAC basketball team, one of the best on the coast, to play local high school quintet Monday here. Peter Applegate, son of famous Oregon pioneer and for long time a county or state office holder, dies in Central Point. Alternate Capital Plans Disclosed Washington, Feb. 21 U.R Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D., Md.) today disclosed existence of plans to set up an alternate capi tal that could take over if Wash ington was wiped out In an atom ic blitz. Chairman of the senate armed services committee, Tydings snid the proposals are being studied by military experts and that he would like to see them brought forward "in a concrete form." He said this might be done in a resolution Rep. Chet Ilolifield (D., Cal.) planned to introduce today. It would authorize crea tion of a special commission, rep resenting all branches of the gov ernment, lo study proposals for an alternate capital and plans to replace key officials who might be killed in an attack. Descendants of 11 chlnrhlllns brought with great difficulty from the high Andes to the Unit ed Slates in 1923 are now so nu merous that thpy stock hundreds of chinchilla ranches currently operating In this country. Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mail Tribunt phone 2- 1 4 1 before :4S p. m. dally and 10:30 . m. Sunday. If rtiuiar 4llTr? arrtvM shortly aftvr you call, p least notify of fire, thus etlminattnf pacta raantngar arrica. State Office Selection of the site south of Medford for the Secretary of state's build ing, as announced yesterday will, we believe, meet general commendation. The selection was made after long and careful consideration of available locations and it is doubtful if a more convenient spot could have been chosen. ANNOUNCEMENT that it is planned to speed con af m i.f. nn q n rl Vi.ra t Via nf f ina nnm nlnf orl and ready for operation by May 15 will also be received with general satisfaction. Kegistration of automobiles, renewal of licenses, driver license examinations and other matters per- taininc to motor vehicle have been handled under heretofore, due to lack of adequate and easily ac cessible office facilities. e e e 1X70RD from Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry is that the new field office will also serve as a clearing house for tourist information for this region. This is a matter which should be well publicized, up and down the highway, for there has long been need for such an easily reached, official information source. Correct and easily obtained information can play a major pari in cultivation of the tourist crop m this region. Travelers are prone to spend more time where attractive side trips are offered and in this connection the Jackson merce and other neighboring chambers can aid by making available maps and booklets detailing recrea tional and other attractions. E.C.F. Many Interested In Medford There's a touch of spring in the air, the wander bug is attacking citizens in try and if the flow of letters to the Mail Tribune is any criterion many of the bug's victims will soon be moving in this direction. MORMALLY this newspaper receives subscription ' orders from various parts of the nation in rather steady volume not many at any one time, but a few coming in all the time. The new subscribers usually explain that they are thinking of moving to this par ticular locality, or at least some place "out west." By perusing the paper they hope to gain an idea of property prices and general living and business con ditions here. Recently, however, the tions has markedly increased, according to Circula tion Manager Gerald Latham who has submitted a few of the more pertinent ones received Saturday. ONE from a man in Fallon, Nev., states that, having Tiiaf arlr1 Vtia vnnrtVi a ia tVnnlri n iy nf Innntivtrr in JUQV ilia IH1IVI1) ,1V. o vatiwi, J 4. ivvuvtiig ,11 Medford. A Chicagoan who subscribed some time back, must have been impressed by what he read for he writes : "Please discontinue my subscription February 19. We are leaving Chicago soon and expect to be in Medford by May 1." A Los Angeles woman wants the edition "with all the ads in it," as she is interested in the real estate situation here. From nearer home is a subscription order from a Portland man who hopes to gain an insight on general conditions through reading the local paper. COME of the subscription letters include questions which require personal answers, and some are turned over to the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce for answer. E.C.F. Goodbye Garbage Man? . Jasper, Indiana, a town with 6,800 population, has given the "garbage man his walking papers," we read in a publicity release, and henceforth all gar bage will be disposed of electrically. The release goes on to say that the Jasper City Council voted to sus pend all municipal garbage collections and accepted a bid for installation of garbage disposal gadgets in the sinks of Jasper homes. At the same time the coun cil passed an ordinance forbidding storage of gar bage outside homes within the city limits. A CCORD1NG to the publicity writer Jasper be " comes the first municipality in the world to sub stitute electric garbage disposers for garbage cans and collection trucks. The disposers, it is claimed, will shred food waste into small particles which may then be flushed down the drain and carried away through regular sewage lines. The new method is expected to save the town $13,000 a year in garbage collection. JASPER'S bold experiment in garbage disposal sounds very fine until one remembers the many things which find their way into the garbage can be sides potato peelings, egg shells and burnt toast. There is, for instance, the metal bottle caps which have completely supplanted the old fashioned cork stoppers for medicine, pop and practically all other bottles. What about the tin cans, the frozen food cartons, the bones which Rover drags in, the piles of old magazines and papers, the old shoes which Aunt Minnie left the last time she paid a visit? In fact, what about the million and one tilings which accumulate about a house and eventually find their way into the garbage can? E.C.F. Budget Will Reduce Rated Pilot Strength Washington, Feb. 21 (U.Ri The air force disclosed today that past and proposed bud got reductions will cut Its rated pi lot strength from 30,000 to 24. 000 by next June 30. Tuesday, February 21, 1130 Site Favored on the Pacific highway just ownership and operation a considerable handicap County Chamber of Com various parts of the coun number of such subscrip Some pilots have been or will be separated from the service and some will be converted to non-flying activities, the air force said. Including pilots, bombardiers, and non-commissioned personnel with Hying ratings, the overall I reduction will be from about! 35.000 io 44.uuu 5ponr5mauus now to nv said Cross town r V"c r'iaerJi trf C elMixrl fetiiwn 7 "On good ihlng ibout makln' inowmin out of sand It won't meltl" MiiifiiiimiiMiiiHimiisiiiisHMiiimttis On the Side"8" f v Dur,'n (Distributee' by Kins features Syndicate, lac.) Ilere'i to the hostesi who hai worried all day And trembled leit everything go the wrong way, May the grace of contentment pos ses! her at onre May her guests and her ser vants all do the right stunts. Francis Wilson. (How about the first time you had guests to dinner after you were married? Did everything go all right? And how about the time, if ever, you had the boss and his wife for dinner? Do you remember the clever treatment of the latter situation in Frank Craven's hilarious comedy, "The First Year"?) Seems to be no end of the variety of the things to be sold by slot machines. Now Jane Bur gess, an Indianapolis housewife, has invented an umbrella that can be sold by the slot machine method. It is designed to bo used by those poor wretches who are caught in the rain minus an um brella. It is made of waterproof paoer. It is supposed to be used once and then tossed away. What the price will be I have been unable to definitely ascertain. Probably a quarter. Oomph Girl ho some of your women read ers say that though they are in inelr middle thirties they still get wolf whistles," writes a fem inine subscriber of Milwaukee. "And so what? With all the artificial aids there are to beau ty now, there is no reason why a woman in her middle thirties, providing she has strength of character enough to retain her schoolgirl figure, should not get wolf whistles. I maintain, how ever, that my case is unusitnl. I am 52 years of age and still get wolf whistles. Maybe I am this country's oldest 'oomph girl'." Asides It was Cicero who advised lawyers as follows: "When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff . . . On the stamp honoring Will Rogers, he is quoted as saying, "I never met a man I didn't like." I doubt Will ever said that. Anyway. I know of two men he definitely didn't like and he told me so in no uncertain terms. Asking Queries from clients. Q. You say you spent eight years in New England, so tell us which is correct: "codfish cakes" or "cod fish balls?" A. Both are correct. They are differently shaped. A codfish cake is flat. A codfish ball is round. Elementary, my dear sir. elementary. Q. Do you know a poem advising a young man lo take up what he likes as a career, regardless of what oth COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and add r esse of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or Initial (or publication Is permls slbic. The Mall- Tribune reserves the rliht to edit all letters with a lew to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub ligation must not exceed 4QQ word Freedom of Speech To the Editor: For the past several years, at frequent inter vals, I have noticed letters in your paper by Ira C. Jones, self styled authority on all of the ills of mankind, and with a glib solu tion of all of them. He Is clearly one of those Individuals who hates labor and everything connected with it. Ac cording to Mr. Jones, the world is going to pot but fast, and unless we all adopt his view point, all is lost. Freedom of speech is our na tural heritage in this country of ours, but when that privilege is abused as he has abused it through your columns, I. for one, feel that someone should protest. As to his statement that he would prefer to live in England or Russia rather than in a coun try ruled by "organized selfish groups." (referring to our labor unions, of course) it makes me laush. Perhaps he might get by as a soap-box oralor on Picadilly Cir cus but Russia? Well, you tell me how long he'd last over there, unless he could take Joe Stalin's place. When Mr. Jones learns that there are two sides to every question, and then learns to studv the other side ne win 00 in a much better position to tell our lives. Frank H. Caster. by Roland Co ntMiiMllliiilsisoiiiiitiiiitHKisiiiitinstsitsisi tlM It I II SI 1 1 III II4II M Itt , , MIMIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIK ers say-1 want to enclose it with a gift to my son. A. I assume you have in mind the following by Kenyon Cox: Work thou for pleasure, paint or sing or carve. The thing thou lovest, though the body starve. Who works for glory misses oft the goal: Who works for money coins his very soul. Work for work's sake, then, and it may be. That these things shall be added unto thee. Horses and Women A Brooklynite, who claims un usual skill as a dressmaker, says she is considering opening a shop in her neighborhood to ca ter exclusively to women with "difficult figures." Sounds like a noble experiment. But, of course, it might be better in the Bronx where there are so many more women with "difficult fig ures man in Brooklyn. I have heard that practically every neighborhood in Paris has a dressmaker who specializes in making the females with diffi cult figures look smart and streamlined. That's why you see so many smartly attired women in Paris. Even in the so-called "working class' neighborhoods. Briefly Alice Roosevelt Longworth was married nineteen years be fore she became a mother ... As to songs about Philadelphia, only two I can unearth, for client re questing same, are "I'm Off to Philadelphia in the Morning" and "There's a Quaker Down in Quakertown." . . Am asked what was the easiest job I ever had. Answer is: baseball writer. But I didn't care for it. The dia mond sport can get very dull when you have to look at it day after day. The Grange Gold Hill Grange There was a larae turnout for the regular meeting of Gold Hill Grange on February 16. Three officers, Mrs. Earl Edwards. Mrs. Charles Askin and Mr. Askin were absent, due to illness. Master John Gray presented Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Bradficld with a pen and pencil set, a gift from State Grange, tor bringing in the most members in Gold Hill Grange in the past three months. Mrs. Dale Collins, re ception chairman, was presented a guest book to be used in her work. First and second degrees will be given at next meeting, March 2. Master Gray announced degree practice for Sunday, February 26, at 2 p.m. The tableau and chorus are also to be there. The Red Cross drive commit tee includes: Sardine creek, Nora Waite; Galls creek, Mary Estra mada; Old Stage road, Glenn Miller: Blackwell hill, Mrs. Reid McKay; Upper River road, Rev. H. A. Dierdorff; Lower River road, Roy Cameron. Literary program included tableaus with songs on the se quence of life by Mrs. Albert Beman, Donna Eskew, Gail Col lins, Larry Eskew, Sammy Col lins, Anne Christensen, Glenn Miller, Rev. and Mrs. Dierdorff; Grange chorus, Marie Louise and Billy Jones, Verbia and Ronald Beman. H.E.C. met at the hall Febru ary 9 with potluck lunch at noon. One quilt was finished and an other started. Lucy Eddington acting chairman, presided. Word was received that Mrs. Charles ; Askin, H.E.C. chairman, is great ly improved and will be home soon. Cards were sent to Mr. i Askin. Mrs. Mary Moore, of Wi mer, who was reported in a Grants Pass hospital. Mrs. Fran cis Spurlin and Miss Ruth Kelly. ; Each Grange lady is asked to bring a few sandwiches to the March meeting degree night. PLAN CAMPAIGN Ashland. Feb. 21 Ted Woods, area manager for the Reserve Life Insurance company of Dal las. Tex., said that plans are un der way for a community enroll ment campaign here. It will in clude a county-wide canvass of residents of Jackson county by accrediated salesmen of the com pany. Woods said that local men are being sought as company representatives. Dtsd line Sunday Clssslfied to Noon Ssrurdavs Letter From Washington y HARRIS ELLSWORTH Msmber et Cenfress From Oreae During the last 10 years Ore gon has grown In population more rapidly than any other state. The last census estimate available Is the 1949 figure which placed the population of our state at 1,735,000, a per centage gain of around 60 per cent over 1940. The constitution requires an enumeration to be taken every 10 years but it was not until the passage of the law approved March 6, 1902 that a permanent census office was es tablished. Subsequent laws dealt with the problem of census tak ing but in 1929 a basic census law was passed which, with minor amendments, is the legal authority for census taking now. The 1929 law also spelled out exactly how members of the house of representatives are to be apportioned among the states. In the first congress the mem bership of the house was 65. The constitution set this figure spe cifically, apportioning the mem bers to the states. The consti tution does not, however, specify regarding the membership of the house for the future. It mere ly says, "The number of repre sentatives shall not exceed one for every 30,000, but each state shall have at least one repre sentative." The house grew pretty much on that basis until the membership reached 391 in the year 1900. After the 1910 census the membership was peg ged at 435 where it has remained. IN 1920 CONGRESS faced the problem of what to do about representation from states hav ing lost population as compared with those with substantial gains. Nothing was done following the A Nichols Worth of Comment On By HARMAN United frees Washington, Feb. 21 (U.R) Edward Walsh Mehren, president of the Squirt company, hopes Emmum ms idea does j SZh n't fizzle. r J At any rate. P j Ed has the as surance ot at least one sena tor that it will get a hearing. S q u i rt is a soft drink. Ed's idea has to do with money 2V4 and T.i cent coins which he thinks the gov ernment ought Uarrnan Nichols to mint to "save the public be tween five and eight million dol lars a year." Sen. Sheridan Downey ,(D., Cal.) said he had requested the senate banking and currency committee to hold hearings on several bills for intermediate coinage sometime in March. Mehren, a handsome, strap ping fellow who used to be a football player, hopes the start of the hearings will come around March 15 the day we give Uncle Sam his income tax dues. "It would point up the issue," he said. Ed really gets to fist-pounding when he starts talking about his pet subject which is the odd-sized coins. Significant Advance "If these coins are added to the minor coinage, they will mark a significant advance in enabling Americans to buy more goods with current consumer in come," he said. "Thus," he said, "American business could price goods close to value and diminish over charges based on convenience." The Squ'rt man is hepped on the matter of convenience. He maintains that it costs us around $55 a head a year because we have no in-between small coins. He goes even farther than that. "The biggest chief in Ameri can business today," the busi ness man said, "is an appealing thing called 'convenience.' A big percentage of the goods we buy Is paid for with small change coins which are convenient for the buyer and the merchant to handle. As a result, the pric ing of many popular commodi ties is based more on conven ience than on the actual value of the commodities." Goes Deeper Ed looks at it a little deeper, , even. ! If we were to eliminate the J nickel, dime and quarter and use only pennies for all sales I under half a dollar, many prices 1 would be changed immediately. John and Frank Perl FUNERAL DIRECTORS 40 Years of Continuous Service Remember! It's This Week! KIWANIS MINISTREL SHOW.... ... at the Medford High juditonum February 24 and 2b. Medford Kiwani ans contributed $578 just last month alone to underprivileged children work. This benefit show, truly fine entertain ment, will further that worthy work! PERL FUNERAL HOME 624 West Sixth Street Telephone Day or Night 2-6675 John A. Perl - Frank Perl 1920 census. The population of the country had both grown and shifted, but the house member ship remained at 435 and the apportionment of members was unchanged. In 1929, however, congress faced the problem, fought it out, and settled it. In 1830 and 1940 redistribution of the 435 house members to the states was made on the basis of a mathematical procedure known as tne method of equal propor tions which is called for in the 1929 act. Some states gained members, others lost but the total remains 435. The same pro cedure and formula will be fol lowed after the 1950 count. Applying the eaual propor tions formula to current popula tion estimates reveals that the three Pacific coast states will gain a total of 10 members in the house. California which now has 23 congressional districts will have 31; Washington will have seven instead of six, and Oregon will lain one seat in creasing its house delegation of four members to five after 1951. CENSUS TAKING Is going on now. The work must be com pleted in eight months. During the first' week of the next con gress (January 1951), the alloca tion of house members to the states will be formalized and the state legislatures notified. There- unon it will be the duty of the Oregon legislature to re-make present congressional district boundaries so as to provide five districts instead of four. It is pos sible for a house member to be elected from the state at large. A few states elected one or more members at-large. This practice has been generally discontinued This and That W. NICHOLS 'eertire Writei The people would see to that. Most prices, by popular demand, would have to be in odd penny amounts, rather in five, 10 or 15-cent amounts In order to sell. "This," Ed says, "would elim inate the general business ten dency to over-price items in or der to use convenient coins." The Squirt man already has coin names ready for Secretary of Treasury John Wesley Snyd er, in case the congress approves the proposed coins. A 2 cent coin would be called the "Ben" after the thrifty Ben jamin Franklin The 7VS cent piece would be the "Link" for "Honest Abe" Lincoln. Ed goes on and on if you let him about the convenience of having tokens for the transporta tion systems with a half cent denomination. And so on and Healy To Speak At Safety Council Here William Healy. assistant sec retary of state, will be principal speaker at Medford safety coun cil dinner meeting at 6:30 p. m. Monday, February 27, at which time new officers will be in stalled. School safety patrol members will be recognized at the meet ing and about 70 of these youths will be guests. They will be pre sented with insignia. Safety awards will also be presented. The public is invited. Those planning to attend should tele phone 2-5249 or 2-6504 or write to post office box 205 to make reservations. Officers recently elected were Miss Hazel Swayne, president for a second term; Robert Rucker, vice-president, and Chan Drew, treasurer. Mrs. Mildred Hart is appointive secretary. Pray Appointed As Director Of Defense Portland, Ore.. Feb. 21 (U.R) Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee has appointed Police Chief Charles P. Pray as director of civil defense for Portland. Mrs. Lee said it would be Pray's job to develop an organi zation to handle civil defense for Portland in accordance with the civil defense law passed by the last Oregon legislature. FRESH HEARING AID BATTERIES For All Aids Medford Bertone Hdqt. 214 Lovorette Bid., Ph. 2-422 IP' Too many Americans think that the most appropriate place to demonstrate their freedom and independence is in driving their automobiles. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10 30 PM For Complete Prescription Service DAY and Night Call 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood Hudson , Medford't Own Modern Pharmacy 17 Powell at Market LOCATED IN THE CENTER Of SHOPS AND THEATERS RATES FROM $2.00 m; sell M SENSATIONM nmiunsis W MIRACU WAU flNIM oniy joeg AUOI Acme HARDWARE CO. "Spscialiirs In Horns Warts" 3 Wait Siirh Phona 2-5201 SUFFER FROM RHEUMATIC PAINS OR ARTHRITIS? TKlf MEDICINE ROCK Reliat at last in new local diicovtrr, gaining nation-wida sttantisn. A fam ous clinical laboratory's tihaustir tasts show It holds groat hop for rhaumatilm and arthritis suifarors. Many local people greatly benefitted. Your Favorite Southern Oregon Drug Store Hat Itt RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive and BODY and PAINT SHOP Southern Orenon't Oldest and- Finest 29 So. Bartlett Medford Now She Shops "Cash and Carry" Without Painful Backache. At w rt older, itrm and itrtln, ott -rtfon, exreMive nmoking or exposure t cold tome time flows down kidney funo tlon. ThU may lead many folks to com plain of natTEintT backache, low of pep and cnerry, headaches and dininen. Getting up nifhu or frequent pasr may result from minor bladder Irritations dut to cold, dampness or dietary indiscretions. If your discomforts art du to theaa causes, don't wait, try Doan's Pilln, a mild diuretic, lined successfully by millions for over 60 years. While the symptoms mar often otherwise occur, it's amazing how many times Doan's give happy relief help the 15 miles of kidney tubes and filters flush out wast. Get Doan's Fills todayl Relieves Distress of MONTHLY FEMALE I'EAKIllSSik Also Helps Build Up Red Blood! w icuiai luncuonal periodic dle turbSDces make you suffer d1d. feel M nrrrout. Irritable at ,uch times Then try Lydla E. PlnKitrrTa TABLETS ta rrtlere such lymptomj. Plnkham'a J Tbleta sre also very eSectlre to bei.--bulld tip red blood in simple anemia. Lydia E. Pinkham's TAtUTt
