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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfordTribune Everyone to Southern Oregon" Read! The Mill Tribune" Daily Except Saturday Published by tvrtnfn pulNTINn CO. 27.29 North Fir St. Phone J-141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor ERNEST R GILSTRAP Manager f c FERGUSON. Managing Edit" ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor . ...... 1 1 1 1 1 M A W Talamnh Kfl I till HENRY L GREEN Sunday Editor OLIVE STAMUHfcll oocicu cww. GERALD LATHAM. ClroulaUon Mgl An Independent Newipaper Entered ai second class matter at Meoford. Oregon under Act of March 3. 1887 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Da Mall In Advance: Daily and Sunday one year....I900 Dally and Sunday six months 4.7a Daily and Sunday three mos il.50 Dally and 8unday one month 1.00 By Carrier in Advance oieaiwu Ashland Central Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on tnnlm routes: Dally and Sunday one year.Jia.00 Dally and Sunday one month I -00 All Terms iasn in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper oi jexason uoudij United Press Full Leased Wire) MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WKST.Hm.l.mAY COMPANY INC Offices In New York Chicago De troit. San Francisco Los Angeies Seattle. Portland. St Louis Atlanta Vancouver, B C. NEWSPAM UBUJHII ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL a i a v-v r "v a XrkS I I AtSOCt-ATJOlN I J- - -r - r j - Flight o' Time Medrora' anal Jackson County His fory from the files of the Mail Tribuna 10, 20 and 34 years ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY March 30, 1940 (It Was Saturday) . Al Wlmer, senior at Medford high, wins first place in finals of atate American Legion orator ical contest at Portland. Everett Brayton successful bidder on concession at Fair grounds ball park. Road to Fish Ink reported closed by snow and will not re open until fishing season starts In April. Ninety-three knitted articles among items sent by local Red Cross overseas. Eagle Point Townsend Youth association elects George Peach ey as president. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY March 30, 1930 (It Was Sunday) Fire destroys Coy and Rob inson restaurant, Gold Hill. President Hoover signs $100 million public housing bill to id employment. First smudging of season last night light; no damage reported to trees. England and France stalemate over mutual security pact. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY March 30. 1916 (It Was Thursday) Arizona's champion mountain Hon exterminator, Giles Gos wick, has just chalked up lion No. 557. aarveBvasBrsanTTW se aai Washington Report By Bob Washington. Mar. 30 The backers of Dave Hoover who engineered the strong-armed at tempt to force John McBride lo withdraw from the republican primary contest for the United States senate seat now held by Wayne Morse may find their highhanded methods coming homo to roost. Originally there was a host of conservative candidates all pit ted against the liberal Morse, But the Hoover backers reasoned their man wouldn't have a ghost of a chance with the conserva tive republican vote split among so many candidates, so they went to work limiting the field. The strategy of the Hoover supporter worked fine until they got around to McBride. He didn't succumb to their reasoning. To the suggestion that he withdraw tn avoid splitting the conserva tive strength, McBride replied that If they were so concerned over the split, then let Hoover withdraw. McBride's attitude didn't par ticularly appeal to the Hoover forces, so they changed their tactics. First they accused Mc Bride of being a Morse stooge When this failed they threatened to force him out of the race by court order. Apparently McBride let his republican registration elapse and the Hoover men were going to get him off the ballot by an injunction. After a series of middlc-of-the-night long distance telephone calls, the adamant Mc Bride became the Irate McBride. The net result Is that he tj still on the ballot. McBrlda the Man Hut Just who is this John Mc Bride? Some know him as an Idaho miner. Others know him as an Oregon farmer. To still others he is that fanatic on sound currency who wrote the highly critical book on money and economics entitled "Money Makes the Mare Go." At present McBride If secre MAIL TRIBUNE Ashland's Late in the afternoon there was a gala gathering from Oregon and California, Southern, Pacific ollr cials and lesser lights from present for the driving of the golden spike signal izinp- completion of the north and south railroad line Robert O'Brien, writing recently in the San Francisco Chronicle, describes the ceremony and speculates as to what became of the spike. e e e e e THE evening before the Ashland celebration, ac ni'rlinnr tn fVRtMAn a tcn.iar ovpiii'einn trnln lpft Oakland for the festive journey north. A large crowd had gathered at the station to the music of a brass band and ringing cheers irom the onlookers. The train, with Engineer Phil Garrison at the throttle, included five first class Pullman Palace sleeping cars; special cars carried Governor Water man, a number of mayors, and J. A. Fillmore, general superintendent and Charles Crocker, vice president, of the road. PASSAGE of the train through Sacramento, Rose trilla MaiMrctnllo Prnnn PorMinG artr nthor tnwns was witnessed by large and jubilant crowds. Flags waved, firecrackers popped and hats were tossed in the air as the excursion puffed grandly on its way. e e e e TPHE sun was just setting the next afternoon as the train reached Ashland where its passengers were greeted by a similar group citizens. The commemorative once with one orator hailing the thrilling occasion as an event in western history second in importance only to the northward march-of Gaspar de Portola in 1769 and the discovery of gold by James Marshall in 1848. e e e e "LIMAXING the ceremony, Vice President Crocker stood over the last rail and, as the crowd ap plauded, swung a silver hammer three times, striking the golden spike squarely on the head. The three blows were special telegraphic hookup which included instru ments on the Southern Pacific lines from Portland to New Orleans, and by the fire alarm bells of Sacra mento, San Francisco and New Orleans. The signals touched off "wild and exuberant" demonstrations in dozens of communities. In Albany church bells pealed and in Chico where the celebration was more boister ous, thesudden detonation of commemorative bombs frightened the horse of Supervisor E. T. Reynolds which ran away spilling Mrs. Reynolds and her two children into a ditch. VICE President Crocker Hrivinrr plimKorl nnnn platform beside the tracks speech. According to O Bnen ings, Crocker declared he was taking the golden spike home with him to be given to his son and to be driven by the latter "when the United States is con nected by railroad with Alaska." A DAY or so later, Crocker displayed the spike be fore a crowd of 6000 at a reception in Portland, and then, turning away, slipped it into his coat pocket. 1 he Chronicle account track of, and "what became of the Ashland spike after that, and where it is now, are things that nobody knows." To this we might built another line on the between Dunsnuiir and Eugene, the people along the old original line sometimes wonder what became of their entire railroad. E.C.F. Dickey tary to Idaho's republican-like democrat congressman, Comp- ton White. He is leaving this post, however, and will be out in Oregon to start his campaign during the first part of April. Politically speaking, John McBride Is an ultra conservative republican, He is, among other tilings, an advocate of strong protective tariffs. The McBride campaign doesn't promise to be any mud-raking, rip snorting affair. By his own confession, his only hope Is to carry out an "educational cam paign on sound economy." The site where the hydrogen bomb is being constructed Is the most closely guarded secret in the United States today. And while there isn't anything ap proaching an official announce ment on this subject, there Is ample reason to believe that the construction site might very well be In the Northwest. In the first place, we all know that atomic works are always located near a hydroelectric power supply, Onkridgc Is near TVA, the New Mexico plant is near Hoover dam, and both the Hnnford and Arco plants arc within the range of the Bonne ville grid system. Standing alone, the fact that Ihcre is ample power In the Northwest is not very indicative. But several recent moves by the department of defense arc. it was only a few months after the official annuoncement that we were going to construct the hydrogen bomb that Secretary of Defense Lou Li Johnson sug gested to the Northwest gover nors that they reactivate the civil air warning system. In addition, last week the air force announced that two squad rons of Jet fighters were being ordered from Albuquerque, N M to Moses Lake, Wash, And only a couple of weeks ago It was released that anti-aircraft units will be deployed In the country around Hartford, t pre- Thursday. March 30, I9S0 Big Day of December 17, 1887, in Ashland with notables the more immediate area and the special pulled out of Oregon officials and program got under way at echoed by three taps on a having finished the spike o tohln nn tVio cnoulforc' and delivered a short s account of the proceed claims the snike was lost add that since the S.P. east side of the mountains ent atomic plant site. Shortly after Sen. Wayne Morse returned from his recent Oregon trip, he had a project thrust upon him which may prove to be one of the most im portant events in winning tne cold war. It was interesting for this re porter to sit in Morse's office and hear the telephone conver sation between the senator and a news commentator who was in Cologne, Germany, studying German conditions. The advance Information which was relayed by the com mentator to Sen. Morse and another senate colleague is of such a nature that It cannot be revealed at this date. But if the plan materializes, it will be writ ten in present day headlines and in the next generation's history books. Oregon1! Gov. McKay may not realize It. but he is officially on record as being basically for the highly controversial basin account provision now before the senate. While the Governor may, in reality, be opposed to the pro viso, in the interior and insular affairs committee's report on the O'Mahoney amendment has has been placed on record as favor ing the account. What really happened was that the governor testified In support of the Bu-Rec-Knglneers agree ment last year. And one of the little publicized provisions of that agreement was the basin account. Now the proviso Is in the limelight and the authors of th report have placed McKay, as well as three other Columbia basin governors on record for the account. On page 3 of the committee report on the O'Mahoney amend-1 mmif u-hlfh InlnHfl. tlta haiin ' account, it Is stated that, "dur ing the course of these hearings, bs well as during the hearings of the senate committee on public works which preceded them, ex tensive testimony was received from the four Columbia basin Mate governors .... all favoring basically the proposals under consideration." Crosstown "These 'Child Psychology' books for parents are ihere any kind of a book that counteracts them?" In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Over in Klamath country, where the potato is strictly Big Medicine, they're trying out an interesting market experiment. They're seeking by better meth ods to get back markets that were lost by poor methods. THERE was a time when the Klamath potato commanded a premium of ten cents per hurt dred pounds in the San Fran cisco bay area over any other potato offered for sale there. This price premium wasn t pea nuts. In a 10.000-car year, it amounted to $360,000 additional cash to the growers. It was based on superior quality. The quality hasn't deterio rated. As the Klamath potato comes from the soil, it is a su perior food product. But in re cent years it has suffered in marketing. Damage in nananng and transit has been running up wards of 40 per cent. Much of this damage happens Arli.it grading. The result has been inferior aualitv at the consumer level. In addition, the Klamath Dotato has been marketed chief ly in 100-uound Jute bags, which is too big a package for the aDartment house trade. Ur, lor that matter, for the modern small home. This spring, four experimental carloads are being marketed in the bay area under a new packaging system. THE new system is simple. The i nnnininari in ipn. JUlUlUl-a MIC tUIHIlHILU ... ..... pound paper bags. The bags have nannies, so mm nicy uciu uc va ried easily. These individual narknees are shinDed in cartons 1. ........... nnnt.ininl Ml If hi tcllll tUlUIII iuiliaiii.nl, packages. The purpose of the 1 . , ,i i ... In transit. ti,o uihnls Irlpn is to make .......... . . nn?l in.vnnncivP JulHiin.-3 rp.v onu 11,1.....,- for the grocer to handle and con venient for tne customer to uuj ana carry iiume. BACK of that idea is another one: GUARANTEED QUAL ITY of the potatoes in the pack age. When von buv breakfast cere als, you don't even think of ask ing the grocer to open the pack age so vou can inspect the con tents. You KNOW the quality will be OK. If. by any chance anything should go wrong, you know that all you'd have to do would be to return the package and ent vour money back. Knowing all this, you BUY WITH CONFIDENCE. THAT'S what Klamath hopes to accomplish with these new ciiarantped-niinlitv Dackages. They're making it possible for their customers to ouy wnn com plete confidence. If that can be brought about, they think they can restore the Klamath potato to Its o d premium position in the all-Important Bay area mar ket. THAT brings up something else: If the Klamath potato Is to be re-established as a premium- price food product, they must see to It tnal only TUr-yuAL-1TY potatoes 'get Into the Bay area market That poses this Question: What is to be done with No. 2s and culls? "OLD storage men say that frozen French-fried potatoes are one of the hottest items in the frozen food markets at the present moment. The potatoes are rrench-fned and then frozen and packaged. All the housewife has to do is to open the package, heat the contents and serve. It's quick and simple, and peo ple who have tried them say they re GOOD. Just Bs good, a lot of people say, as potatoes that have been lugged home from the market, washed, peeled, sliced and expensively cooked in deep fat. Another point: There's no used fat to be either wasted of kept around the kitch en until French fries are served again. 1S0PURE... eX-Til,! INDEPENDABLE J IT'S ASPIRIN I w n.ttV" 1 ;vviij L 1 I AT ITS BEST J I woaiO'l laRCtST I Orange flawird l' grain tab !tfl Easy tot molhrr i rive, easy for chm! lo UaA Uoly fcfc stills AT IOC I by Roland Coa H ERE'S another one CANNED, BOILED potatoes are making quite a dent in the market these days. All there is to do is open the can, heat the contents and serve. No washing. No peeling. NO PEELS TO CLUTTER THE SINK. I TRIED that idea out the other night on a strictly modern young housewife. She listened, with a far-away look in her eyes, as I described it. When I finished my sales talk, including the speed and the CONVENIENCE of the system, she said: "Not bad, I'd say. Here's the way 1 figure it: Every minute I save in the kitchen is a minute subtracted from death and added to life. If these canned potatoes were easily available, I'd go for 'em." THERE'S the story in a nut shell, as I see it. You can sell whatever customers WANT. In these days, people want foods that are quickly and easily pre pared, with a minimum of mess and bother. That's why frozen peas have swept the markets. Potatoes are slow and messy to prepare. So, naturally enough, the modern housewife dreads to serve them. That may be one t2k v The most powerful gasoline 1 1 0 Activation makes the difference Shell scientists using the finest avail able crude, activate the molecules bj splitting and rearranging them accord ing to Shell's formula for a perfcctl balanced gasoline. The result Shell Premium, the most powerful gasoline Tour car can use! COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and addreise or the writer althoiiEh under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mall Tribune reserves the rlrht to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub-J in i mult dui eaceea woraw Like Harry James To the Editor: This in reply to the absurd letters from Shady Cove. The belief that the recent amateur show should have been reason why per capita consump tion of potatoes has fallen NEARLY HALF In the past dec ade. Here's the other point: Canned, boiled potatoes and frozen French-fries can be made out of No. 2s and culls. Canning and freezing potatoes create more man-hours of employment in the community. And what goes for potatoes goes for all other foods. A Open Monday, April 3 Complete Line of Artists and Hobby Supplies s, many of today's engines hare No wonder Shell is winning more been stepped-up . . . they call for more new customers every day. Get a tankful powerful gasoline! Now Shell gives you of "activated" Shell Premium today, the most powerful gasoline your car can Your Shell Dealer is the man to see. pi , ri . h use aneu rremium it s activated. Actually, Shell splits molecules to get more power for today's more powerful engines. So you get a gasoline that's "activated"! SHELL PREMIUM GASOLINE, won by their local cowboy singer is as absurd as their highly prej udiced letters. Although "The Kentucky Waltz" is a cowboy-stomp favor ite, it is not generally considered great in the field of music, and since the contest was judged nn the best musical talent we be lieve that the majority of the people were satisfied with the choice. The so-called flat-notes played on the "coronet" were really a fine imitation of the Harry James style. This information is submitted to enlighten the in dignant residents of Shady Cove to the facts of real musical talent. Bill Grant Jim Grimm ONE JAIL ENOUGH Simpsonville, S. C. (U.R) This town Is advertising one of its two jails for sale, with the explanation that one lockup is enough. Simpsonville put its 53-year-old city jail, a 20x20 one room building with one window, WE ARE TO EARTH mm flol. 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