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Medford and Jackson Caunry Hh
rory from the files of rise Mail
Tribune 1 0. ' 20 and 34 years ago
10 YEARS AGO TODAY -March
21, 1940
(It Was Thursday)
Fifteen CCC enrollees Injured
In accident on Redwood highway
while en route here.
About 130,000 boxes of pears
remain in storage in Medford.
C. K. Gates, Medford, re-elected
vice-president of regon Motor
association.
Pacific Plywood corporation
explosion and fire seriously dam
age part of plant; one employee
injured.
Junior high boys to present
athletic Jamboree March 28.
20 YEARS AO TODAY
March 21, 1930
(It Was Friday)
Special prosecutor named In
Rogue river fish cases.
Al Capone, Chicago gangster,
offers to surrender to police if no
Jail term imposed.
Cloudy weather aids frultmen
who have smudgepots out for
first expected frost of season;
buds developing rapidly.
Upstate revolt against Sen.
Charles McNary subsides after
enate passes tariff on lumber.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
March 21, 1916
(It Was Tuesday)
McCurdy Insurance agency
moves from Sparta building to
Medford National bay building.
Jackson county fair reorgani
zation started with proposal to
sell 150 shares of stock at $10 i
share for refinancing.
Misses Rose Wlckman and
Lona Dunlap, both of Grants
Pass, walk to Medford in 11
hours.
Navy Reservists To
Meet Here Tomorrow
Medford's naval reserve com
posite unit 18-11 will meet at I
8 p. m. Werinesdny in the Federal
Office building, 33 North Riv
erside avenue, according to Lt.
R. William Clark, commanding
officer. The meeting will be
open to all ex-members of the
naval service.
Lt. Ted Pierce, from 13lh na
val district headquarters in Se
attle, will attend to discuss re
activation of the Medford unit.
A film, "Marianas Operation,"
will be shown.
Complete information for re
servists who plan a summer
cruise this year will he avail
able, and a report will be given
regarding the future of the na
val reserve program.
Dominews Observes
First Anniversary
Camp While, Mar. 21 The
Dominews, twlcea-month publi
cation of the members of the
veterans domiciliary center here,
celebrated Its first anniversary
of publication last week.
The mimeographed newspaper
la edited by Franklin Girard,
and has subscribers and readers
scattered throughout the world.
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New York City, N, Y., Mar. 113 St. Patrick'! day is a great
occasion In New York.
And properly so, for the Irish really built the place, laid the
bricks, put down the cobblestones, dug the subways and the sewers,
and for many years kept law and order. Today the mayor is a
native-born son of the "auld sod." O'Dwyer by name; the chief of
police is none other than John O'Brien; the Catholic bishop of New
York is Joseph Donahue (who reviewed the parade from the steps
of St. Patrick's cathedral), while the master of ceremonies was
none other than John Sheahan.
It was, as everyone said, a great day for the Irish! .
For a wonder it did not snow. "Old Sol" beamed in a clear
blue sky. A wind came up, however, about the time the parade
started and the mercury dropped somewhere in the thirties. This
made it about right for the marchers, but tough on the spectators.
The latter sat on the temporary bleachers lining Fifth avenue,
resembled a football crowd wrapped up in muffler and blankets,
children in snow suits, pet dogs in their green knitted sweaters,
some (not the dogs) eating their box lunches as the parade, which
started at noon and did not end until 4:30 p.m. passed by.
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When we first came to New York the police force was 100 per
cent Irish. Yesterday all the Irishmen on the force were put on
the Fifth avenue beat, but there were not enough to go around,
there were also Italians, Negroes fine looking ones too, and a
sprinkling of muscular Israelites. According to newspaper re
ports there were 100,000 Irishmen in the parade and 2,000,000
spectators packing the curbs from 44th to flOth streets. We would
not vouch for the figures but after walking from 44th to 72nd
while the parade was on, we agree the crowd was terrific. It was
like trying to get through a Saturday basement bargain sale at
Kleins.
We gave up trying to count the bands, there must have been
100 of them, ranging from prep schools to Fordham's varsity. The
most popular of the tunes were "Wearin' o' the Green" and "Finne
gan." What appealed to your correspondent most were the local
Hibernians In their top hats and long-tailed morning coats with
canes and green-and-white sashes draped over their shoulders,
talk about your struttin' drum majors, these lads from the Emer
old Isle surpassed anything we have ever seen for pure cockiness.
Nor have we ever seen so many green tics and red noses, the
latter from the cold not pocket flasks, though there were plenty
of good-natured drunks along the right of way. An Irishman who
doesn t drink a nip on St. Patrick s day just doesn t belong.
We did not know before that the Irish wear kilts and play
bagpipes. That, we had supposed, was exclusively Scotch. But
such a contingent was headed by a brawny lad named O'Reilly
and we were informed by an elderly spectator with a huge green
rosette In his buttonhole that bagpipes originated in Erin, the
Scots are just copy cats at least on St. Patrick s day!
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Of course, St. Patrick's day without a fight wouldn't be St.
Patrick's day. The one we witnessed from afar was near 44th
street when a rosy-cheeked matron came prancing up on a dashing
"hunter" with a basket tied to the rear of the saddle in which a
dog of uncertain breed reposed nonchalantly in spite of the bounc
ing. Another gal on a beautiful chestnut horse, a blonde in a
smart habit and derby hat, rode up and told the "mistress of the
kennels" to beat it, that no dogs were allowed in the parade, and
she did not qualify either. We did not get all the conversation but
it was hot and heavy for several minutes until a police captain
(mounted) clopped up alongside and calmed the troubled waters
in a rich resonant brogue. The middle-aged woman got her way,
and made quite a hit in the parade although why she insisted on
packing the pup no one seemed to know.
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Handbills were distributed along the line of march by young
boys wearing green Kilkenny hats and sprigs of shamrock. The
handbills announced a mass meeting of protest against "Public
Bigot No. I," Sir Basil Brooke, who has suppressed all Catholic
freedom in northern Ireland, has "out-Hitlereri Hitler," and is a
"bigger 'scoundrel" than Joe Stalin. The meeting will be held
March 24 under the auspices of the "American-Irish Minute Men,"
the chief address to be given by the Honorable United States Con
gressman John J. Rooncy, sounds like a nice little PICnIc!
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Apparently all the schools let out for the day including the
girls' private school "Norfleet" on 67th near Madison. One of the
scholars in the group attracted almost as much attention as the
Color Guard of the New York fire department. She is known here
as Margaret Smith but her real name is Princess Lyngdoh, and she
hails from East India where she lives in a maharajah's palace. It
was Diner cold in tnc wind out tne princess had a leopard-skin coat
and leopard-skin mittens, with a heavy veil wrapped around her
head and face, only her eyes and WHAT eyes, showing. She was
not marching, she and her class mates were spectators near the
famous Seventh regiment war statue: but the bovs in the Darade
and the nearby groups-were as fascinated by Her Highness, as she
was by the marchers, the flags and the bands.
Probably Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin marched in the
Washington parade, he loves the limelight. We wager if St. Pat
rick could return to earth, however, and secure all the facts about
McCarthy and his war on Secretary of State Acheson, he would in
vite "Mac" to join the snakes and be driven wherever it was the Cel
tic serpents were driven. St. Patrick not only knew snakes, he knew
human nature, and the frequent relation between the two.
The Pulitzer prizes In drama will be announced in a few weeks.
We know the musical we would give first place, no doubt what
ever. It is "Lost In the Stars bv Maxwell Anderson basjd on the
hook "Cry, the Beloved Country." It is miles ahead of anything
else In tewn, dramatically and musically speaking as far ahead
as "The Hasty Heart'' is ahead in the line of the Hollywood movies.
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by Roland Co. VWWUIU iUJIdll
On Oil Property
In East Of State
"Tha data we've set for our fishing trip fortunately is the
am one the wife has set down for housccleaningl"
Oregon Crops Assisted By
Winter's Protective Cover
Great Pete!
Spring officially begins day after tomorrow. March 20 at 1L30
p.m. Well, it would be Just like the cock-eyed Weather Man to
turn on the heat and bring out the blossoms 48 hours hence al
though as this is written the wind is howling through the Broad
way canyon and the mercury is close to freezing. There was a
time when the New Year started on March 25 not so long ago
either, If we recall correctly, 200 years or so. We don't know why
a change was ever made. There seems much more sense starting
the new year when Nature starts, than when old Mother N. holes
up for the winter, as January begins. R.W.R.
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I funds, more personnel and more
'. sympathetic public support.
! That is what the Easter Seal
drive seeks. I hope my fellow
', citizens will help us realize our
! goal.
I Hazel K. Swayne
Why Easter Seals?
To The Editor: I am a volun
teer worker in the annual East
er Seal campaign being held in
our city from March through
Easter Sunday, April 9. Many
people have asked me the pur
pose of Hie drive and some have
suggested that I should write a
note to the? newspaper stating
just why the drive is held. This
letter contains a few of the an
swers. First of all, there are In our
state many crippled persons,
among them crippled children,
To help them overcome their
handicaps and become self-sustaining
citizens of our commun
ity, we need continuing research,
Increasing professional person
nel in medical, theapeutic and
educational fields, and an en
lightened public which will un
derstand that the crippled can
do constructive work in busi
ness, professions and Industry
and see that they are given suit
able jobs.
Obviously all these numerous
objectives cannot be obtained
without a great concerted effort
on the part of all of us not
only here In Medford but
throughout the United States,
We have made tremendous
The Gimmy Ailment
To the Editor: Referring to
H. E. Conger's recent communi
cation In the Mail Tribune will
say that we too have bet in this
valley a long time, in fact we
Krew up here, and would say
that the acre tonnage of produc
tion has Increased in the last fif
ty years at least ten fold on all
lands and much more on irri
gated lands.
This is to the credit of our
farmers who have done this
without help of any engineers
from Washington.
They tell us that if we don't
ask for this help some other
place will get It.
They might take my share and
see what they can do about settl
ing the dust in the various dust
bowls.
The way the conservation law
is drawn up, outlet drain ditches
may be, and probably would be.
put through lands of those who
do not need them and then could
Portland, Ore., Mar. 21 (U.R)
County extension agents in a
"first day of spring" report to
day said the' winter's heavy
snowfall actually helped Oregon
crops by providing a protective
cover.
They said crops planted last
spring have come through the
winter in surprisingly goo d
shape and look better now than
they did after last year's severe
winter.
Some Damage Done
Some damage was done this
year to certain tree and trailing
cane fruits. But Yamhill County
Agent Jack Hansell said wheat,
oats, barley, Austrian field peas
and common and hairy vetch
came through the winter in the
Willamette valley in far better
shape than last year's crops.
However, Hansell said the
winter showed its effect on some
fruit crops, especially peaches
and boysenberries.
Oregon farmers are happy
over the large amount of snow
that fell throughout the state
this winter because it improves
irrigation prospects, the report
said. Tremendous quantities of
snow are still stored in water
sheds. The only weak spot for
irrigation noted so far is in Lake
county, northeast of Lakeview.
Lake and Harney counties are
expected to be threatened by
grasshoppers this summer, ac
cording to Entomologist R. W.
Every of the Oregon State col
lege extension service.
Wheat Killed
In Umatilla county, Vic John
son said there was some winter
killing of winter wheat at the
northern end, but he termed sur
face moisture prospects good.
Wasco County Extension Agent
E. M. Nelson said sub-soil mois
ture is lacking in his county and
in Umatilla county.
Nelson thought Wasco county !
farmers would plant 10 to 15 per
cent more spring wheat than us
ual this year because of dry soil
conditions last fall which post
poned seeding.
Agents indicated that weeds
will be more than the usual prob
lem in the Columbia basin this
spring because the dry fall of
1949 stopped seed germination.
On top of that, adequate spring
moisture Is proving to be a boon
to weeds as well as wheat.
Klamath County Extension
Agent C. A. Henderson said "fur
ther drastic acreage reductions
In Klamath county and chaotic
marketing conditions have left
potato growers in a dilemma."
Acreage May Decrease
Henderson said Klamath coun
ty might have a decrease in po
tato acreage and a slight increase
in brewing barley. More alfalfa,
clover and irrigated pastures are
also being planted, Henderson
said.
Malheur County Agent Harry
R. Sandquist said livestoekmen
indicated they weregettlng
ready to turn their cattle and
sheep onto range. Potato acre
age in Malheur county is ex
pected lo be less this year.
Curry county's Easter lily
crop fared badly in this winter's
freezing weather. In Columbia
county, W. G. Nibler said 1949's
dry summer and severe winter
caused hay shortages.
O. E. Kimesell of Linn county
thought there would be a record
breaking harvest of common rye
grass this year. L. J. Marks said
cattle survived the winter in
Wheeler county very well, es
pecially because the county had
a dry season in 1949.
Josephine and Jackson coun
ties report fruit and general
crops escaped excessive winter
damage. Good weather has help
ed Josephine farmers to get early
spring work underway.
Festival Plans
Talked By Board
Ashland, Mar. 21 Ideas for
the promotion of Ashland's
Shakespearean festival's 10th
annual presentation this summer
were discussed at a meeting of
the association's board of direc
tors over the, week-end. Gene
Malecki, Salem, who has re
tained as promotional represen
tative, attended the session.
Plans include sending personal
invitations to the nation's lead
ing Shakespearean actors, dis
tribution of brochures, an en
larged printed program this year,
and other publicizing schemes
including an opening day pro
gram and parade.
Ashland Soroptimists said
they would call attention to the
festival when they attended the
national convention of their
group in Seattle July 2 to 8.
The board of directors will
meet Monday in Medford.
pect to get a number of federal
engineers to map out projects
and tell farmers which way the
water should run. Most farmers
have the old fashioned idea that
it would run down hill. Then
the AAA will pay for dirt moved
and tile used and another feder
al agency will buy the surplus
spuds, pears and other crops
grown.
We suggest that before they
seek more members for the U.S.
H.C. tUncle Sam's Handout club)
they look for a cure for the
"(jimmy ailment." It may be lat
er than they think.
We are not snvine that these
be abandoned and the land own ! things are all bad and may not
er on the lower end left to hold
tne sack.
We have that situation right
at home, open drain ditches were
put through our fields by other
land owners who later sold out
with no stipulation made about
these to the new owners.
So It is up to us to maintain
these or let them grow up with
willows and trash, and all it has
be necessary. But we do wish
that some people we know would
either quit asking for more gov
ernment money or quit griping
all the time about high taxes and
federal spending.
R. E. Nealon
progress In the past 25 years or; done for us Is to lower the water
so and 1 think no one will dial
lenge my statement that the Ore
gon Society for Cripple Children
and Adults. Inc., and the Na
tional Society for Crippled Chil
dren and AilulLi with which it
Is affiliated have been leaders
In this progress. Hut to keep on
making prcgrew we need mora
table on some of our best land
making It necessary to pump
water and Irrigate many crops
we used to grow without water.
From the heavy barrage of
publicity going on now for
month, some people must want
tliis pretty bad.
W hear that the sponsor j x-
Eagle Point Students
In News Competition
Forest Grove. Ore., Mar. 21
Eagle Point high school is among
the first registered for Pacific
university's fifth annual north
west high school journalism com
petition, to be held here Satur
day, March 25.
Students from Eagle Point en
tered in the competition are Pa
tricia Lucas, senior, news writ
ing; Ralph Humphrey, senior,
speech reporting: Virginia Flee
man, junior, editorial writing,
and Lois Nelson, senior, sports
reporting.
Last year 120 students from 34
high schools in Oregon and Wash
ington competed for first place
trophies awarded by the Hills
boro Argus for news writing.
Forest Grove News-Times for
news-feature writing. Oregon
Journal for sports reporting. Van
couver Columbian for speech re
porting, and The Orcgonian for
editorial writing.
GROUP INVITED
Minneapolis, Mar. 21 fU.Rl
A spokesman for the Youth for
Christ movement says Gen.
Douglas MacArthur has invited
Ihe grouo to curry its evangelis
tic work to Japan.
wells had been drilled in struc
tural lows while oil flows in
structural highs. Three highs
were found in the study, accord
ing to reports.
I. W. Love Drilling company,
Shreveport, La., was to resume
oil drilling operations today on
the 12.000-acre Vogler lease
about 15 miles southeast of
Burns, Love reported here yes
terday during a conference with
officers of the United Company
of Oregon.
Accompanying L,ove nere was ,
an associate, Zeke Lohman, rep-1
resentative of the Hurley Oil
company, Shreveport.
Last fall Love, a contractor,
brought in about $135,000 worth
of equipment to the Harney ba
sin. He was halted by cold
weather after reaching a depth
of 515 feet.
Company Cooperates i
United company, which has
drilled two wells in the basin i
without getting flows, is cooper
ating with Love in every way,
according to J. Verne Shangle,
first vice-president. United has ;
leases on about 65,000 acres and !
is waiting now to see what j
comes of Love's drilling opera-;
tions.
If Love should happen to get t
a gusher. United would go to 1
work, it was said. The firm was j
temporarily halted in its activ-1
ity by a fire at well No. 2. i
The Louisiana contractor be-!
came interested alter siuaying i
reports of the Oregon company s
operations. He obtained leases
and engaged Gravity Meter com-1
pany to study, the ground, the
investigators found that earlier 1
FUR TAKE DOWN
Juneau, Alaska (U.R) The U.
S. fish and wildlife service es
timates that southeast Alaska
trappers had a "very low" take
in furs during the last season.
The service based iti estimate
partly in the fact that extremely
cold weather froze bays, prevent
ing trappers from getting to their
regular trapping areas.
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