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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.
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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.
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"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
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pound paper bags. The bags have
nannies, so mm nicy uciu uc va
ried easily. These individual
narknees are shinDed in cartons
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packages. The purpose of the
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transit.
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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.
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by Roland Coa
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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
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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.
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is as absurd as their highly prej
udiced letters.
Although "The Kentucky
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ite, it is not generally considered
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since the contest was judged nn
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