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'i TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) Mtwimiii.fciii f. m iuuaMi'aM.aaaMa,-saM , f Aetna Telepholo t DEATH OF A HIPPO HERD When nature's cycle of weather Is disrupted, man builds dams, constructs Irrigation project and calls on scientists for rain-making experiments. But lower creatures are helpless before the whims of clouds and wind and neat. In the Rift Valley of Tanganyika Territory, Africa, lies Lake Rukwa, where Ufe became a desperate struggU for a herd of hippopotami when, for two years, the rains didn't fall and the lake's 13 feet of water gradually dried. Here, trapped in muddy we, the living hippos huddle with dead mates, too weak to struggle from the muddy trap. The rains came this winter and covered the skeletons of the beasts. On the Side-8 E v -Durlin (Distributed by Klni Future Syno'icare. lac) flHIIMIMMIM, I t You aik bow long my love thill lay When all that's new U past? How Ions? Ah, darllns ran i say How lone my life hJiall last? Drv be that tear, my gentlest lovt, Be hushed that alruaf ling slsh; Nor seasons, day, nor fate shall prove More fixed, mora true than 1. Sheridan. Texas appears to have come through with something that has silenced both California and Brooklyn. 1 am referring to the case of 71 year old bdgar Torres, of Lamcsa, Tex., who is the fa ther ol thirty-nine children Dy seven different wives! His sev enth wife recently presented him with triplets. Proles!. Patricia Thorpe, charming wife of the great Jim Thorpe, takes Issue with my claim that George Gipp was a greater loot ball player than her husband. She aays there wasn't sufficient basis for comparison. As for Pop Warner stating that he consider ed Ernie Nevers a better player than Jim, Mrs. Thorpe says that Isn't so. What Pop did say was that Ernie was more co-operative than Jim and always played to the best of his ability, while Thorpe often did not play one- lourtn as wen as he could nave Mrs. Thorpe points out that Jim was still playing football at the age of 45. She also suys he has agreed to appear in an exhibition In Philadelphia next fall in which he guarantees he will make ten yards against any line he faces in four downs. Jim is now 62 years old. There are over 300.000 dogs in New York City. It seems dif ficult to believe, but on the aver age city dogs are much healthier than country dogs, and live long er .. . Peter Lawford, the film atar, speaks five languages, A subscriber recently asked me: "What is the hardest major lang uage in the world to learn?" The query baffled me. What do you ay? Asking. Queries from clients. Q. What is the national sport of England ' A. Horse racing. That is why the king and members of the roval family own and race thorough breds. Q. Was it Marcus Locw or Adolph Kukor who started the first nickelodeon In this country? A. Don't know about the whole country, but the first nickelodeon In New York Cltv was started by the late Arthur Hopkins at Eighth Avenue and Thirty-second street around 1005. Zukor later opened a nickelodeon on East Fourteenth street. Asides Among the innumerable privi leges enjoyed by Congressmen Is that each gels sixteen free seats annually lo the Army-Navy foot ball game . . . Now 1 have a rend er in Propliclstown, 111. He says the farmers around there used tatooini for chicken identifica tion and protection against Iheft many years ago, but have since given up the practice owing to the chicken thieves turning hon est and switching to holding up hanks and filling stations. Sidelights. In the United States congress there arc 4;)5 representatives and ninety-six senators, and over 50 per cent of them are lawyers . . . Jack Doyle, the Irish heavy weight, who was flattened so fre quently during his boxing ca reer, has become a wrestler in England and is doing all right financially. The British sport scribes refer to him as the "Gor geous Gael." He is lo be matched to meet "Two-ton" Tony Galento in London shortly. Literary Not. Note it reported that a French novel titled "Caroline'' has startled Paris as "Forever Amber" startled the United States. It must be quite a startler to arouse the extremely sophis ticated French reading public. I understand "Caroline" is to be translated into English. So if you YOU CAN HIGH SCHOOL Now At Home Low Payment No Classes DIPLOMA AWARDED It Yu Are It r Ovtt Writ tot Fra SooVlat AMERICAN SCHOOL Dt. MID.-J-27 1440 rcao'i.a,, Oakland 11, Cahl, N"-. A. Hftxt Minn , MAIL TRIBUNE .niiMHMiiiiiiiiHiiiii iiimiiimiiii nittNiuiiii like to be slartlcd by novels you evidently hot-cha have a treat in store. Horses (t Women. It has been claimed that dur- ine the Victorian nerinH in Fno. I land manv women had gpvpnteen and a half inch waistlines. Doris Langley Moore, fashion expert, wno nas made a study of the period, doubts this claim. Mrs. Moore has a collection of over 600 gowns and the smallest waistline among them is twenty two and a half inches. Kathar ine Hepburn is supposed to have the smallest waistline of any film star, but we do not have her measurements in our Horses & Women files. I have heard Miss Hepburn has an elghteen inch waistline. Talent Talent, Mar. 27 Mothers of the fourth grade Brownie group are asked to attend an important meeting on Tuesday, March 28, at 3 p. in., at the home of the leader, Mrs. G. W. Gleim Jr., on Wagner Creek road. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Btirdcll and Mr. and Mrs. P. J. McAbec re turned March 17 from a 10-day trip through Nevada, New Mex ico, Mexico and California. A group of Girl scout leaders attended the Rogue valley area luncheon In the Ashland Elks club March 22. Attending from Talent were the Mcsdames For rest Jennings, LcRoy Welch, Ce dric Scharfc, Charles Barnes, Wayne Rcichstein, Earl Wcin hold, William Gleim Jr. and Firman Roy. Jack Wlthrow spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. May Withrow, and his sister, Mrs. Don Montgomery. Lady Lions will hold a ruin mage sale in the Talent city hall the latter part of April. Those having articles to donate may leave them at the home of Mrs. Harold Strauss or at the Acme Cleaning shop. Talent Lions club and Ladies' auxiliary met for a ham dinner at the Wagner Creek school house, served by the 4-H Live stock club. Later the Lions and ladies assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph "Pop" Reed for their regular business sessions. Guests for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chris tian, members of the Myrtle Creek clubs, who have recently bought and moved into the Wal den property here. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bushy and family of Eugene are visiting here at the home of Mrs. Bus by's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Busby's parents, Mr. Riid Mrs. Charles Young. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Sparks left Wednesday to visit relatives In Portland. Dr. J. A. Bradshaw of Ashland was a dinner guest March 22 or Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Wclburn. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cundiff have sold their ease to Mr. and Mrs. Turner and have left for Arizona. Wagner Creek 4 11 Livestock club will net over $100 on their ham dinner held March 23. Tart of the money will he used to pav expenses of the members attend ing summer school at C'orvallis. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wclhuin have a new daughter named Al ice, born March 10 al the Ash land hospital and weighing seven pounds. There will be a free movie and other pictures for a full evening of entertainment at the Talent school gymnasium Mnrch 31. It is to be a benefit for the Crip pled Children fund and is spon sored bv the Lady Lions. Charles Schiller has been con fined to his home with influ enza the past week. The John Davis children have the mumps. The Lions are erecting take down bleachers at the Talent school. They are to be built in three sections and will seal 75 people to a section. COMPLETE All Booki Furnished Monday. March 27. 1950 The Grange Gold Hill Grang Gold Hill Grange H. E. C. met March 22 at the hall with 17 members and three brothers en joying a covered dish dinner, j Meetings are held on the sec ond and fourth Wednesdays of each month starting at 10:30 a. in., witli quitters quilting and the kitchen crew preparing din- ncr- 1 wo more quilts are in frames. One was donated to H. E. C. by Sisters Wise and Shaw and will be sold to Brother and Sister Collins. Next meeting. April 12. is to have an Easter theme and Flora friends will be remembered and exchange of cards. Ethel Martin, Carrie Dierdorf and Frances Steiber were re ported ill and cards were signed by all and sent to them; also one to Pearl Lcndcrman o Live Oak and a card and fruit were sent to H. H. Vanlloutcn. Blanche Marriman became a member of the club. Dancing classes were started March 25 in the city hall under direction of Carlntta Winkel. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Kennedy, their three daughters and son of Hamilton, Ohio, and Mrs. My otte Steep of Los Angeles are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Faye Ken nedy. Forrest and Dave are brothers and this is their first meeting in 16 years. Talent's first hobby show, held at the city hall March 18 under sponsorship of the Talent Camp fire girls and Bluebirds, was very successful with several hun dred people visitin the show during the afternoon and eve ning. Those displaying items in their hobby collections includ ed Mrs. Ira Culver. Mrs. Jack Sucksdorf, Mr. and Mrs. Loring Martin. Mrs. Chester Zcdikcr, Mrs. Kenneth Porter, Lcannis Burnetle, Mrs. Vic Mason, Mrs. May Hamilton, Terry Burnetle, Lawrence Burnetle. Joe Cham- Eion, the Lutz brothers. Mrs. awrence Brink, Mrs. C. W. Holdridge, Mrs. George Gal brailh, Mrs. Lucille Jackson, Girl scouts, Campfire girls, Min nie Kyniston, Mrs. B. B. Clark, Mrs. Archie Estes. Mrs. C. O. Long, Mrs. Roy Redman. Dits worth brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Al fred Culver. Mrs. John Sample. Mrs. Rudy Conner. Mrs. A. T. Newman, Bob Lowe, Mrs. Vic Phillips, Mrs. Andy Anderson. Mrs. Kenneth Miller, Mrs. C. A. Brown, Mrs. M. E. Grimes. Mrs. Mary Kenyon, Tony Kenyon, VVevhurn Kenyon. Ethel May Culver, Kory El len Sucksdorf and Monty Lutz entertained with accordion num bers and Gaylc Thorcsen with piano selections. Eve Prentice and her Accordion band of 35 members presented a diversified program in the evening Carlotta Winkel presented a group of dances. The Campfire girls thanked exhibitors and enter tainers who helped to make the event a success. The show was under direction of Mrs. Jack Sucksdorf assisted by Mrs. Ira Culver. Mrs. Hoy Burnetle, Mrs. Lawrence Burnetii and Mrs. Beryl Settlemicr. Dead line on Classified Ads: S 30 p m for following- clay: 10 am Mondiiv tor Monday, noon Saturday for Sunday a m Thebtre and si mi Newctcmct Serfm II KM ISP OREGON 1 B.,.,,,,, I J,1,A-, Attorneys To Confer Hollywood, Mar. 27 (U.R Attorneys for Ingrid. Bergman and Dr. Peter Lindstrom make another attempt to settle their marital tangle in a round of con ferences this week. Miss Bergman's lawyer. Greg son Bautzer. and Lindstrom's at torney, former Judge Isaac Pacht. will resume conferences that started last Thursday in an effort to avoid a bitter court fight. Chief, stumbling blocks in volve custody of the couple's 12-year-old daughter. Pia, and an accounting of their community property. Lindstrom refused to recognize a Mexican divorce Miss Bergman got a week after the birth of her son, fathered by Italian Screen Director Roberto Rosscllini. He threatened to file a divorce suit and custody action here. Lindstrom has until April 15 to answer his wife's suit seeking Pia's custody and an accounting. He is expected to give a deposi tion April 12 regarding property that Miss Bergman claimed. Cajon Pass Clogged By Rail Rerailment San Bernardino, Cal., Mar. 27 U.R) Emergency crews worked todav to clear a railway track in nearby Cajon pass where six cars of a 90-car Union Pacific freight train were derailed. No injuries were reported wncn the west bound freight left the tracks last night. Cause of the accident was undetermined but damage was slight. The 11th car behind the en gine left the tracks first, drag gin five more with it. Limited traffic moved over one of the double-tracks within a few hours and the other track was expected to be cleared today. St. Louis Squirrel Tested For Rabies St. Louis. Mo.. Mar. 27 U.R A squirrel which was believed to have bitten four persons was tested for rabies today after 300 persons joined firemen and hu mane society agents in captur ing him. Agent Lee J. Potter, who had urged that Ihe animal be taken alive, so the tests could be made, finally cornered the animal yes terday after io had been "winged" by an air rifle. He reached under the eave of a house, seized the squirrel and hung on despite the fact that the animal bit through his heavy glove. AutomobiieTIirplane Collide On Runway Concord. Cal., Mar. 27 (U.R) An automobile and an airplane collided yesterday when a con-f.--H moior'st drove onto an air port runway in front of a speed ing plane. No tine was injured in the freak crash. Sunday driver Joe Dambrosio, Los Banos, Cal., drove into the path of a plane piloted by Dr. Charles H. Gray. 28. Berkeley. The plane's wheels ripped through the roof of the car, but the plane staggered into the air. TO REPRESENT SALEM Salem. Ore . Mar. 27 iU P Robert Letts Jones, assistant publisher of the Capital Journal, will represent the city of Salem and the Salem Chamber of Com merce at a CAB hearing open ing in Washington. D. C. today. He left Salem by plane Sunday. Phone Mcdford 2-5851 sorting ffg WEST J f COAST i?J CITIES total wdrtowl Bath . . $3.00 wp In the Heart of the Shopping District Jackson County Farm Notes Compiled by County Office 0. S. C. Extension Service Fresh Sawdust Should Be Used On Gardens Sometime ago we suggested the use of sawdust on gardens and as mulches around shrubs. Since then we have had a report that the sawdust burned off the lawn and the hcrbacious plants around which it was put. On investigation it was found that the sawdust had been in the pile about six years and had heated. During this heating proc ess some chemicals had appar ently been libreated which were toxic to plants. This is the first condition like this that has ever come to our attention, but it would be well to be on the lookout for it in the future. If fresh sawdust were used this danger would be avoided. Many people prefer to use the old sawdust, thinking it would be more beneficial. This is not the case, but it would be suitable for use provided the pile had not heated. In this particular case tne saw dust had a rather strong and un ,,,,'jl nnnr which would serve as a warning. We are still rec ommending the use or sawaust, but if old sawdust is used this caution should be observed. C. B. Cordy. County Extension Agent, Horticulture. Clear Weather Waited In Airplane Search Williams Air Force Base. Ariz., Mar. 27 -U.R) Air force planes awaited clearing weather todav to search for a missing F-47'Thunderbolt fighter plane. The plane, a Rhode Island na tional guard ship piloted by Lt. Col. James G. Thorsen. 32. of Portland, Ore., disappeared Fri day after Thorsen radioed that he had hit bad weather. Search planes criss-crossed the mountains near Prescott. Ariz., until rain and snow forced post ponement of the hunt. The re serve crews boped to search be tween Prescott and Kingman, Ariz., today. Thorsen was last heard from when he radioed that bad weath er prevented him from landing at Las Vegas, Nev. He had two hour's gas supply and said he would fly to Phoenix, Ariz. A veteran of more than 200 fighter missions in the European theater during World War II, Thorsen was on a flight from Providence, R. I., to San Luis Obispo, Cai. Considerate Bandit Notifies Police El Cerrito, Cal., Mar. 27 (U.R) A considerate bandit held up a night club yesterday, locked Bandleader Lu Walters and two club employees in a refrigerator and then called police so they wouldn't "smother." After escaping with $2,500 in cash, the holdup man called of ficers and said. "You'd better hurry or they'll smother in there." Police arrived just as the men escaped through an emer gency door. You'll put your prettiest foot in - A.K Air Step's Bjjl platform $11.95 . We're adding a glamorous look to the season's feminine silhouette with our graceful, high-hcelcd platform . . . designed by Air Step ... crafted of fine materials by expert workmen. m4 trll IHOI WltH 1MI VOUtHPUl Mil Buster Brown FLUHRER BLDG. Butter Brown Shoe Store Grants Pass Eggs Mutt B Imported To Supply Oregonieni Oregon's population is consum ing about two per cent more eggs than are produced in the state. California is consuming 40 per cent more than that state produces. Oregon producers have the ability to produce as good quality and as large a produc tion per hen as poultrymen in other areas. There is one limiting factor that favors the midwest produc er at this time. It is the feed cost differential. Oregon poul try feeds cost approximately $1 per 100 pounds more than the same feed in the midwest states. Oregon growers believe this price differential may be nar rowed or equalized if a federal two-price program on wheat should be adopted. It is suggest ed that the parity support price for wheat be applied only on that wheat used for human consump tion and that all surplus wheat be on a non-support basis or on the same basis as corn, barley, oats and other feed grains. Since a dozen eggs will pur chase less feed than in any re cent year, poultrymen must adopt measures that tend toward lower costs in production. The 100 per cent flock replacement each year with chicks is one such step. Rigid day to day culling is another. Maximum size flocks to the limit of available labor and equipment is a third. Sanitation and disease prevention is a fourth. There are many others that the experienced poultryman wili recognize. The poultry program planning committee last week advised in experienced or new poultry pro ducers to investigate carefully the market outlets, feed costs and the yearly cost of operations prior to starting a poultry pro gram. W. B. Tucker. County Extension Agent. Efforts Made To Save Astoria Dwellings Astoria. Ore., Mar. 27 (U.R) A Portland house-moving firm will begin operations today to have four of the dozen dwellings being carried slowly to destruc tion by a two-block section of Coxcomb hill here. The hillside began its uneven downward march three weeks ago at an average rate of a fool a day. Almost continuous rains dur ing the period have increased the job's difficulty. If measures to stop it are ineffective, the slid ing earth may endanger build ings below. The dwellings presented a nightmarish sight as they twisted and appeared to writhe on the mobile hillside. Residents have moved belongings and all de tachable tixturcs to prevent their destruction. Approximately 145.000 mem bers of 3.152 farm youth clubs in new Japan are now actively engaged in pursuits similar to those of American 4-H club members. JZA forward In Red Blue end Black re Shoe Store MEDFORD Weiticlt Dept. Store Ashland 'Acme Televhoto, CRUSADE FAVORED -Sen. Jo seph R. McCarthy (R., Wis.) poses in Washington with some of the letters he has received from all over the country favoring nis crusade against bad security risks in the State Department. He has received an average of 5000 to 6000 letters a day. President May Call Fight For Acheson Key West, Kla.. Mar. 27:U.R) President Truman may call the signals today for an administra tion fight against senate repub licans who want, to oust Secre tary of State Dean Acheson. Mr. Truman this morning will talk via long distance telephone with his congressional leaders, his second such conference since he left Washington, March 12. The White House disclosed no agenda for the chief executive's talk with his congressional "big four," but they were certain to touch on most of the major prob lems currently confronting the democrats in congress. Republican threats over the week-end to unleash new attacks on Acheson during the next few weeks produced little noticeable reaction at the winter White House here where the president has been vacationing for two weeks. FUEL ELECTRIC BAKING COMBINATION tANoi .. . ' , this marvelous Monarch Range takes ALL the guess work out of electric and fuel baking. If your recipe calls for 425 degrees heat you just set the dial at 425 degrees and your oven is automatically held at that temperature. You no longer need to keep close watch over your fuel fire or over-hcat your kitchen the control does all the watching and baking results are PERFECT cither with fuel or electricity. ZACK'S APPLIANCE CO. 220 WEST MAIN PHONE 2-5970 Renewed Air Search In Canada Called Off Vancouver, B. C, Mar. 27 (U.R) The Royal Canadian air force today called off a renewed search for a United States C-54 transport missing since Janu ary 26 with 44 persons aboard. Hope that some of the 44 still were alive was raised last week when crewmen of an American C-47 transport reported what looked like an international dis tress signal marked in snow southeast of Fort St. John, B. C. The RCAF and members of a ground party searched the area without success. Similarly nega tive reports were relayed here by members of a ground party. Sulfur is said to modify bac teria in the soil. CT Star "G BROADWAY AND WASHINGTON
