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Newspaper Page Text4 TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday March 5. 1950 MedfordJ&Tribune "Bveryont ID Southern Oregon'' Reads Tht Mall Tribune" Dally Eicept Saturday Publlshe-I By MEUf ORD PRINTING CO JT-SB North fir St Phone J-141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R GILSTRAP Manatet HLRB GREY. Adverllelne Msr B C FERGUSON Managing Edltoi ERIC ALLEN JR. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. lelegrapn Eoitoi HENRY L GREEN Sunday Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM Cirnulation Mgl An Independent Newspaper Entered as lecond class matter at Medford Oregon under Act ol March 9 1807 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Dally and 8unday one year... M uu Dally and Sunday at month! 4.75 Daily and Sunday -three moa till Dally and Sunday one month 1 UO By Carrier In Advance Medlord Aihland. Central Point Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix Talent and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday one year gliluo Dally and Sunday one month 1 00 All Terms Cash In Advance Otllclal Paper of the City ot Medford Official Paper of Jacksun County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative. WEST-HOI.LIDAY COMPANY INL Offices in New York Chicago De troit. San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle. Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver, B C NATIONAL NIWSPAPSR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION EDITORIAL AsTbcfaTJOlN 7 W fclHsl Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY March 5, 1940 (It Was Tuesday) Phoenix to institute night cur few again in effort to curb Juve nile misdeeds. Pro-America here elects Mrs C. M. Hurd as chairman of group to organize county units. Greatest February precipita tion on record at Crater Lake park with fall of 17.58 inches. State Rep. William McAllis ter files candidacy for repub lican re-nomination. Medford becomes army rc cruiting center for Jackson Klamath, Curry, Lake and Jose phine counties. 39 YEARS AGO TODAY March S, 1930 (It Was Wednesday) Henry Ford and Thomas Edi son come out against liquor. Sams Creek residents ask county court for better roads. Valley fruit trees reported In good shape for coming crop. City council votes $500 for repairs at airport. Nation warned time Is ripe for demagogic agitators to siir turmoil. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY March 5. 1916 (It Was Sunday) Local Elks lodge elects Carl Heilbronncr exalted ruler. Hotels here report improved business; Holland hotel full ev ery night. Mrs. T. G. Heine, president of Arts and Crafts league, to start series of lectures. Soil Conservation Urged The belief that soil conservation should be given more consideration in this area has finally reached the action stage and formation of a soil conservation district is expected to result when land owners vote on the matter on March zz. OOUNTY AGENT BEN TUCKER invited all inter ested to attend a meeting in Phoenix a few weeks ago and those present at that time voted to go ahead with the preliminaries. As a result of that decision, meetings for land owners have been scheduled at the Central .Point orange nail at 8 p.m., Marcn lb and at Eagle Point the night of March 16. At these meetings, owners will become better ac quainted with the benefits to be derived from forma tion or sou conservation uisincis. e e e THE practicality, and indeed, the necessity for soil r'miKPrvah'nn nn a flistript eoonerative basis has long been recognized in the more enlightened farm regions of the country. As long as there was plenty of unsettled land, soil saving did not seem important in this vast country, but back in the 19uU s the matter of conservation De- can to gain a bit of attention. A few farmers took good care of their land, but many let it erode until it was worn out and then simply moved to otner land. The moving process began to slow up as good land became less and less easy to find. e e e e T"HE Soil Erosion Service was created in 1933 as an emergency agency in the United States De partment of the Interior, and in 1935 Congress passed our first soil conservation act. It transferred the Soil Erosion Service to the Department of Agriculture and named it the Soil Conservation Service. e e a DY 1937, the various states had begun to pass laws that permitted farmers to organize their own soil conservation districts. The Soil Conservation Service then began to do its conservation work in coopera tion with these districts. By 1948 all states and ter ritories of the nation has passed soil conservation district laws and more than 2,000 districts had been organized. The districts so formed included more than half of all the land and more than three-fourths of all the farms. IMOST soil conservation districts have both short time and long-time plans. Some erosion prob lems are so acute that they cannot wait. Work on the critical areas must be carried out as quickly as pos sible to prevent further severe damage to the land. For that reason, the supervisors of a district usually plan to work first on those farms which need help the most. Crosstown by Roland Coo N Cepv ,,,1 cwwisiw WW rwnml I "I don't see why we have to spend so much time lookinq for a cheerful paper for your mother's room. She counteracts any note of cheerfulness." I HllflMI IIIIIKIIIIII On the Side"8 e- v Dur,in (Distributed by Kino Futures Syndicate, lac.) i llfMiliilltHMiilMIIMimiii Today's your natal day: Sweet (lowers I bring; Mother accept, I pray, My offering. And may you happy live And long us bless Receiving as you give Great happiness. Christina RossrtU. (Above wai the first poem written by Christina Rossetii. She wrote it when 12 years old, Title is: "To My Mother on the Anniversary ot Her Birth. AS explained by those fostering the effort here, soil conservation distrii Republicans Hear Of 'Suitcase Spying' Washington. Mar. 3 (UP ItPptiblU-an members nf thr house un-American activities committee today h.icl their op portunity to hear (.ieorce Maeev Jordan retell his story of "black .suitcase espionage." At the insistence of members, the committee recalled Jordan, a former air forct ma jor, for cross-examination on his testimony lust December that vital information on American Industry and knnw-linw, cram med In some "1,000 black suit cases" was flown to Russia In lend-lease planes. The republican jnembers had protested that they were itiveii no chances to attend the Decem ber hearing. The committee heard one ot Its Investigators. Donald T. Appel. say yesterday that gov ernment files "tended to sub stantiate" Jordan's statement that voluminous records were shipped through the Great Falls (Mont.) air base on their way to Russia. the conservation icts are formed by farmers to enable them to work together for the best use of their land and water. Five supervisors, who are resident land owners, conduct the business of the organization. Operation of a district is provided for by the Oregon state laws ma uisiricis are icgai siiuuivisiuus 01 me siaie. ' THE district officials and members concern them- Oil V CO 1 1UI HULIIIU V UIIOL I HtUUIl J.CT.1 I II 11 1 J' I V HVVU, the districts, in general, being authorized to do everything that needs to be done to achieve the pre vention and control of soil erosion and the conserva tion of soil and soil resources. Broken down into detail, the problems may in clude proper crop rotation, pasture and forage im provement and utilization, maintenance of soil fer tility, determination of fertilizer needs, improvement of irrigation systems, drainage, land leveling, erosion ontrol and other related matters. e I AND owners in soil conservation districts have no financial responsibility other than the expense of putting into practice those recommendations which they voluntarily accept as best for their farm pro gram. As a member of the district, it is expected, how ever, that the individual will, on a voluntary basis, make an effort to develop a farming program that will make the best use of his soil resources. see TT should be thoroughly understood by those in- tcrested that land owners in soil conservation dis tricts are not subject to taxes or assessments on that account. muck i rop,001) progress has been made in other parts of ailed! thp country since the national soil conservation program got under way. Many land owners here are eager to join in the effort. E C.F. Know any man who has been working tor tne same organiza tion for seventy years and is still on the job? I do. He is a reader of this column, too Writes to me quite often. I am referring to that grand old fel low, Joe Weller, who has been working for the White House department store, in San Fran Cisco, for seventy years, and is still very much on the job. Joe, who is 82 is a bachelor. When I asked him last spring why he hadn't married he said: "I'm waiting for the right girl to come aiong." Mules 8c Men. "Some of the girls at the of fice have been discussing the question as to whether 'all men pieicr tall girls or the cute, lit tle tricks," writes a Bostonian. "Anything In your Mules & Men files on this?" 1 do not believe height has anything to do with the average tall man's prefer ences as to females. The six footers go for the statuesque beauties and the petite charm ers with equal enthusiasm. They are usually seeking a sincere, sympathetic girl with a sense of humor who Iras a great capacity for affection and does not re strain it too much. Of course, there Is a lot of competition for the six foot males. The cute, lit- Wall Street New York. Mar. 4 (U P) Set tlement of the soft coal strike bolstered prices on the New York stock exchange today with prices moving up to new highs in more than three years. All sections of the list took part in the advance. The abbre viated trading session was iflso one of the most active of the year. Dow Jones closing stock aver age: 0 industrials, 204.71, up 0.23: 20 rails. 56. eo, uo 0.18: 15 utilities. 411.01, up 0.12, and 65 stocks 74.49, up 0.15. Sales today rose to 940.000 shares from 620,000 last Saturday. Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of tht Mull Tribune phone 2-6141 before 11:45 p. m. dally and 10:30 a. m. Sunday. If regular deliver? arrives shortly after you rail, pleas notify office, thus eliminating special messenger service. HHIMMIMIIIIIIIIIftlllMIIIM-' tie tricks like the big guys and the tall girls want somebody they can look up to when being kiss ed good night. But the little girl has just as much chance of win ning the regard and affections of a six footer as a tall girl. Such is the opinion of our Mules & Men experts. Asking. . (queries from clients. Q. Are you familiar with a sone titled "The Sweetheart of Private O' Reilly?" A. Never heard of it. Q. What is the longest highway in tne u. 5.7 A. It is Highway 50. From Los Angeles to Annapolis Md. Q. I expect to be married in March or April. Isn't there something called i the "Brid Prophecy" dealing with best months to be married in? A There is some ancient verse titl ed "The Bride's Prophecy," but it doesn't present a very pleasing picture of March and April mar riages. An excerpt from same follows: Married in January's hoar and rim Widowed you'll be before your timt Married in February's ileety weather Lifo you'll tread in lime together. Married when March's winds shrill and roar Your home will be on foreign shore Married beneath April's changeful skies A checkered path before you lies. Blessed Event Mr. and Mrs. C. Luther Roms bcrg, of Middletown. Md., who have been married twenty-five years, have just had their first child. Imagine a woman having her first child and her twenty fifth wedding anniversary in the same year. That is something I am sure California cannot top. Asides. Baldness is hereditary. If your wife's father is bald it is probable your son will be bald when he recahes manhood . . . It was R. G. Ingersol who said: "The true civilization is where every man gives to every other man' everv right that he claims for himself." . . . The most popular strong alcoholic drink in Norway is not gin but aquavit. My informant states: "Aquavit looks like gin, but is a much nicer drink and more potent." Alumni.' Noted in magazine article. Hyde Park High School, Chi cago, boasts among its alumni Amelia Earhart and Milton Sills." Quite so. Hyde Park can also boast that Walter Eckersall. the third greatest football play er of all time, was among its alumni. Incidentally, Eckersall; played on the Hyde Tark High School football team that beat Brooklyn Poly Prep by a score of 105 to 0. And that year Poly Prep was the champion high school team of Greater New York! A NichoU' Worth ot Comment On This and Thai By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press fsalyre Writer PSKW Sut" Harman Nichola Washineton. Mar. 4 (U.R) A man who has treated a lot of aching backs on the farm has come up wun or tne over- on a Birdie! Dr. L. T. Fru in, who patches up backs and busted collar bones out in Normal, 111., near my home town, theorizes that the farmer isn't physically able to keep pace with the speecty vehicles science has pro vided for him. He said as much the other day in a speech before the farm ers adult education class in Normal. Dr. Fruin started out with a lot of professional double-talk about "those of us who see farm ers rather frequently in a pro fessional capacity are struck with the multiplicity of com plaints and definite lesions which we have felt were trace able directly to the violent shak ing up that a farmer gets riding high speed tractors over rough ground." Later he got down to eartn, or almost. The tractor and other mechan ized farm imDlements. the doctor finds, give a man a heck of a go ing-over because of the "thud ding, jarring action Imparted to them by the seats of their trac tors in fast activity over irregu lar ground." The Normal,- 111., physician said he was aware that among truck drivers, motorcyclists, aviators and racing automobile drivers, some rather "amateurish and feeble" remedies have .been tried. Like costly shock absorb ent seats. "These," he said, "alter the timing and rhythm, but don't absorm the shock. What's wrong with an old-fashioned girdle not a two-way stretch thing, but one that a man could lace up and tuck himself into?" The doctor asked if we all hadn't heard about cases classi fied as "visceroptosis?" That's a term indicating a dropping of the abdominal organs. This, said he, is particularly true with refer ence to the kidneys. Jarred From Moorings Dr. Fruin concluded thai things like the kidneys and liver often are jarred from their moorings inside us by "constant jarring, and jolting upon the stomach and intestines." "All of us occasionally see, and there have been multiple re ports of collapse of the inter vertebral cartilaginous discs with resulting pressure on nerve roots and extreme disability, and often-times subsequent major surgery." Dr. Fruin said. The doctor said that he advised COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and addresse of the wrltet although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or Initial for publication . Il permis sible. The Mall Tribune reserves the risht to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 4n words per cent of real cost. The aver age farmer is willing to gamble and can diversify if protected. Ira C. Jones his audience In Normal, HI., thai the most sensible thing would be to slow down progress. To put the brake on those high-powered machines that plow the corn faster than a couple of horses could and bump the hay wagon over the clods behind a tractor Doctors Give Up But the doctors have given un trying to get the man in blue jeans to slow down. "So," said Dr. Fruin, ". . . we must reach into our armamentar. ium of surgical appliances and come up with a supporting tvn. elastic, snug, well-fitting abdom inal girdle for these men to use as a protection against at least some hazards of their occuna tion." Dr. Fruin, lot it be said, Is no inventor. He's a doctor with a fine record in the navy and 15 years In medicine and surgery There seems to be an open door now for some cagey invent, or who knows something about girdles and farmers. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10:30 P M. For Complete Prescription Service The New Deal Harvest To the Editor: We are now in the midst of the harvest of the new deal brain trust. Suffering in the winter cold for food and fuel, paying interest on debts amuunting to more than the en tire cost of the government. when they took over in a cam paign of economy, against the Hoover administration. The president says they have just begun to fight, his aim is $12,000 income for every family. What matter if a little blood is spelled in the transfusion from one arm to the other of the tax payer, doesn't he have about three million bureaucratic blood hungry voting employees thirst ing for that blood? The big question now being debated in this transfusion is the Brannan plan. In all the debates I have read pro and con, it seems to me the most important matter was never mentioned, "getting reasonably cheap food to the hungry poor." During the 50 years before the New Deal took over, while this country was buildiog up to be the richest in the world, before the idea of transfusion from one arm to the other occurred, bread was five cents a loaf, and quite a bit larger than at present, milk was five cents a quart, potatoes 40 and 50 cents per bushel, every family put in 15 or 20 bushels every fall: eggs at Easter about 15c per dozen. Do you think there would be millions of eggs spoiling now if we could afford all we want, or potatoes rotting if we bought them by the bushel instead of the 10 pound sack? Just remember wc have paid for these high priced foods and couldn't afford to eat. I was raised on a farm, I know their problems. All farming is a gamble, and as long as wc need the fruits of the field, it is only right that we should give them a measure of protection, but not a graft as at present. The proper solution tshould be the Brannan plan, let supply and demand fix prices to the con sumer, then since the public has had the benefit of low prices, it would be only fair, to reimburse the farmer at actual cost, but In order to cut out the big graft, guarantee only about 80 or 90 Veterans Explain Stand To the Editor: The local chap ter Disabled American Veterans believes the "loud outcry" of veterans, as mentioned in your editorial, "Hoover Report and DO A, should be explained. Being in accord with the gen eral idea of economies and more efficiency in government, we ob ject to no part of the Hoover commission's report, except in the case of recommended changes in civil service regulations wherein the present system of one examining body for all agencies is to be decentralized by allowing every one of the 140 government agencies to conduct its own examination. We fail to see the economy or efficiency in such a set-up, since today, civil service exams and their administration are costing between four and seven million dollars. The new system would cost between 40 ancle 50 million. My information on this is from the DAV national legisla tive committee. The bills before congress now, ask that instead of grading each applicant, there be sot up a four category system, "outstanding," "well - qualified," "qualified," "unqualified." The veterans' preference act of 1944 Is a point advantage, and not a guarantee of being placed in a certain category. Since these Hoover bills, in so far as they concern the civil I service rating boards, will not provide either improved effi ciency or economy, the DAV can reach only one conclusion, and that is, that this proposed legislation is aimed directly at elimination of any special consid eration or preference for the veterans. We believe this Is the spearhead of a campaign, engi neered by the same groups that were responsible for the atro cious economy act of 1933, which cut thousands of deserving vet erans from compensation lists. Our government, which spon sors National Employ the Phys ically Handicapped week each year to spur employment of dis abled veterans, is now consider ing proposals that would wipe out what chance they might have of obtaining government employment. Why should economy cam paigns always begin with the na tion's disabled war veterans? J. P. (Pat Graham, Publicity Chairman, DAV No. 8. 2-6253 .If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood Hudson Medford' Own Modern Pharmacy MEDFORD mn co. OUR NIGHT PATROL SERVICE SAVES Designers and manufacturer! et- Quality Neon Displays 527 Putman St. Phone 2-2276 Central Point Home Purchased By Couple Central Point, March 4 Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Anhom have purchased the home on Freeman road belonging In Mis. W. W. Jermark, who will move to Ash land where she owns and oper ates an apartment house. Mr. and Mrs. F.verell Faber have bought a part f the land. The house and the uid arc the old Freeman properties. Mrs. Jermark will continue her work in local groups until her terms of office are over. She holds the pre.Mileucies of the Woman's Christian Service circle roast guard enlistments, limited;0' "'f Presbyterian church Hiid un- irmrHi ruiiii iiitrocn ciuu, is a member of the guardian council of Job's Daughters and is active in Nevlta chapter, Ore gon Easter Star. Enlistments In Coast Guard Again Accepted Seattle. Mar. 4 United Stales for a time to a few men each month, are again open to men oeiween ine brcs of i f ann 23. the 13th coast guard district headquarters here has an nottneed. Veterans up to 35 years of age will be accepted if otherwise qualified. Information may be obtained by writing to the Se attle headquarters. Dtad line on Classified Ads fl 3 pm for followlns day, in am nfon day, noon Baturdajr for Sunday am 1 MAN FALLS TO DEATH Seattle, Mar. 4 lU Pi Wallace E. Payne, 55, I.os Angeles, elec trical worker, fell 50 fret down an air shaft to his death vester dav in the New Public Safety building under construction here. Ashland Insurance Awarded To Langlry Ashland. Mar. 4 A bid of $2. 451.08 won for the American Automobile Insurance company the liability policy of the city of Ashland at a council meeting here last week. The bid was sub mitted bv J. A. Langtry, com pany agent here. While the bid was not the lowest submitted, councllmen said they felt that since Lang try had handled the cltv's in surance for some years, con siderations of servire and satis faction should be noted. NOTIt K or IIISSI1I i tion or P MtTSMSIIir TO AM. PFRSONS TO WHOM II MAY CONlFRN NOTit'f. is urnrBY c.ivin tnat tna partnership known as Associated Fruit Company, consisting of J. H Nannies and David B Lowrv as part ners, was dlMlved on February 118 ltso, and from and after said date, said partnership no loner exists All persons or parties who have dealt with said partnership tn am way and any other persons or parties interested therein tn any way, should laae notice ot sstd dissolution and be fwverned arcorrilnfftv. Dated this Jrd day of March 19.10 J P NAHM'S DAVID B. LOWRY. Yes! YES! YES! EmD'Oved men or .onifn married or single welcome' Outsiders not involved! Loans rruJe (or any good purpose l.kt paving bills, medical or dental expenses'. home repairs, seasonal needs, etc. VpCf Phone fir' nd everything, will be reidv I Lwi when you come in. Call today. STAN STARK, YES MANiger Oregon Finance Co. Phone 2-4433 Craterian Bldg. 45. S. Central Lie S-211 M-217 A SENSE OF FAIR TLAY it deeply rooted in Americans. In baseball, football or any sport, the slightest tinge of unfair ness can run a team or a player. This sense of fairness also extends into business and politics. However, sometimes when our emotions overcome our reason, we forget to be fair. For instance, if "Freedom means government by content of the governed"-any far reaching changes, such as sug gested in Compulsory Health Tax Bills, these facts should be considered: Surveys show that the vast majority of our people do not want Federal control of medi cal service, schools or church es; the vast majority of our Doctors want no Federalized controls, to hamper them in service to their patients; great numbers of our people closely ally their religious beliefs with the handling of their own per sonal health, and should cer tainly not be compelled to "buy" a service they would not use. American sense of fair play sayst Allow no minority pres sure groups to force through legislation that IGNORES these facts. PHONE 2-6119 FOR TOWING or WRkCKER SERVICE R3GUE SERVICE and Supply Co. Anywhere Anytime SUFFER FROM RHEUMATIC PAINS OR ARTHRITIS? U. MEDICINE ROCK Relief at last in new local discovery, gaining nation-wide attention. A fam ous clinical laboratory'i exhaustive tests show it holds great hope tor rheumatism and arthritis ' sufferers. Many local people greatly benefitted. Your Favorite Southern Oregon Drug Store Has It! POISON OAK? Try a Bottle ot ZEMACOL too must be satisfied or veur money cheerfully refunded. Get a bortta to day at WESTERN THRIFT. iSTAOFF) CORN REMOVER Olvcs Instant rlif from pie nd pM I.TtiY rmoTi turd corn, oft com botweca- lh tett. alluis. wuts, papiUomi. club nails. II contains ral diilrnl oils lhal sofltn, loosta tnd dots not caul Ibo Irritation d strong acid ralxturtt. Whan ail others tiav Ulltd try this eaa. 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