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Thursday. March 30. 1930
Jacksonville Conclave
Set Saturday by I00F
Odd Fellows from Lake, Klam
ath, Jackson and Josephine coun
ties, and possibly from Roseburg
and Canyonville, will attend a
one-day convention of Districts
10 and 15 at Jacksonville Satur
day. Visiting IOOF members will
be conducted on tours to spots
of historical interest in Jackson
ville starting at 10:30 a.m., and
business sessions of the conven
tion will start at 2 p.m. In the
IOOF hall.
A dinner will be served by
Rebekahs at 6:30 p.m.. followed
by home movies of the last two
Gold Rush jubilees at Jackson
ville, and of hunting and fishing
scenes in the Rogue valley.
The convention will be con
cluded by a dance at 0 p.m. in
the U. S. hotel.
TALENT WASTED
Cambridge, Mass. (U.R) Har
vard University's only bagpipe
player leads a lonely life. "My
roommates often put cotton in
their ears when I start playing."
confesses Byam Whitney Jr., 23,
of Milton.
Cortisone Claimed
Worth Many Times
Its Weight in Gold
By Paul F. Ellli
United Press Science Editor
New York, Mar. 30 (U.R)
Cortisone, the wonder hormone,
is worth 100 times its weight in
gold.
An ounce of gold sells for $35
if you can get it. An ounce of
cortisone costs $3,500 and the de
mand is increasing every day as
medical scientists discover its
effectiveness against disease.
Cortisone, now made synthet
ically to a degree, originally
cost $200 a gram, then $150 and
now $135. More reductions un
doubtedly will be made when
a complete synthesis is com
pleted. Price Declines
Research scientists at Merck
& company, Railway, N. J., hope
that the story of cortisone may
compare to that of two of the
wonder drugs penicillin and
streptomycin. The initial price of
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penicillin was $20 for 100.000
units. The wholesale price is now
12 cents. Streptomycin sold or
iginally at $15 per gram. It is
now less than 50 cents a gram.
The reduction in the cost of
penicillin came as a result of im
proved and more economical
ways to produce the drugs.
The first quantities of corti
sone were made available by
Merck late in 1948. In those days,
supplies measured only a few
grams. During 1949 production
steadily increased and the sup
ply was measured in hundreds of
grams. Today, the supply can
be measured In thousands of
grams produced monthly.
Shortage Continues
But the shortage of the hor
mone continues: in fact, is great
er in a way because of a scram
ble among medical men and lab
oratory experts to got their
hands on any amount of the sub
stance. Discovery that cortisone
and another hormone, acth. has
an apparent significant role in
the health of man has brought
medical science to the threshold
of a new era.
But why the difficulty In get
ting cortisone on a mass produc
tion basis?
Bile of Cattle
In the first place, the only
known practical method of mak
ing cortisone starts with two
chemicals, known as cholic and
riesoxycholic acid. They are ob
tained from the bile of cattle, and
it has been estimated that 40
cattle are required to make
enough cortisone for one aver
age dose.
But even with the starting ma
terial, the road to cortisone still
is long. The Merck scientists are
now concentrating on ways for
a total synthesis of cortisone,
and they believe they will suc
ceed. Meanwhile, potential starting
materials other than that from
bile of cattle are under investi
gation1: They include vegetable
sources, cholesterol from wool
fat and substances from various
species of plants, including the
Mexican yams.
LIGHT ON PRESIDENTS
Rapid City. S. D. (U.R) Tour
ists to South Dakota's Black hills
will be able to see the four stone
faces on Mount Rushmore at
night next summer. The national
park service has installed 54
searchlights to play on the moun
tainside where Gutzon Borg
lum carved the faces of Presi
dents George Washington, Thom
as Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln
and Theodore Roosevelt.
T)rA tine Sunday Classified U at
Noon Saturdays.
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McKENNEY DIES - f
MiKenney, "Mr. Bridge' to mil
lions of American card players for
the past quarter century, died of
heart disease at his home in New
York. He was 59. McKenney waa
one of the founders ot the Ameri
can Contract Bridge League, Its
executive secretary for 18 years, a
director of tournament play
throughout the O. S. and one of
the natior's top authorities on
card games. For more than 30
years he wrote a daily orlrige col
umn distributed by NEA Service,
Inc., to more than 550 news
papers. Only one thing was more
important in Bill McKcnney's lite
than oridge his charitable work
for crippled children, young can
cer victims, underprivileged chil
dren and war orphans. As presi
dent of War Orphans Scholar
ships, Inc., ne conducted two na
tionwide fund-raising contests
and provided educational help lor
more than 200 children of slain
servicemen.
Baker Parking Meters
To Be Paid for Soon
Baker. Or.. Mar. 30 (U.R)
Mayor Min McKim said the city
was looking forward to June 1.
when it was expected that the
last payments would be made on
Baker parking meters.
The announcement followed a
decision to pay the meter com
pany all money taken in by ma-
cnines instead of a ou per cent
take as had been done in the
past.
More than $8,700 has been
collected from meteii during
the last six months, McKim said,
but slightly more than $5,000
still is due to the company.
HE'S ANNOYED
Portland, Me. (U.R) Angered
by a $600 burglary and what he
considered lack of police protec
tion, an electrical supply dealer,
Richard E. Curran. placed a
flood-lighted sign over his shop:
"Robbers' Row."
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A SCIENTIFIC PR0DUCT
Unemployment Tax Savings
Will Total $11,000,000
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Salem, Ore., Mar. 30 U.R)
Savings shared by 8,208 Oregon
firms in unemployment taxes on
this year's pay rolls will total
more than $11 million, the state
unemployment c o m p e n sation
commission said today.
That sum is nearly $3 million
more than for any year since
experience rating started in 1941
the commission said. Average
contribution rate for 1950 was
estimated at 1.305 per cent
against last year's 1-69 and the
normal of 2.7 per cent.
The new tax schedule enacted
by the 1949 legislature and just
becoming effective provides for
nine rate groups equally spaced
down to .3 per cent.
Reserves Lowered
Other changes included the
lowering of employers' reserves
necessary for reduced taxes, vol
untary contributions and a lim
itation on annual rate changes.
Although 7,948 or nearly half
of the covered firms will con
tinue to pay the normal 2.7 per
cent tax, their combined pay
rolls are estimated at only 21.2
per cent of the $819 million ex
pected to be subjected to unem
ployment contributions. Most of
these concerns have not had the
required four years' employment
experience, and 380 others failed
to acquire the minimum reserves
of 3 per cent of their average
annual pay rolls.
Voluntary contributions made
by 189 firms before the .Dec. 15,
laia, deadline resulted in sav
ings of $55,320 in 1950 taxes. By
adding to their reserves, these
concerns qualified for the next
lower rate group.
Of the 18.157 liable firms
whose records were examined to
determine new rates, 5.200 or
32 per cent qualified for the
three lower groups or nearly 80
per cent of the total. About 571
others were kept from these
groups by the general limitation
on, rate changes (two groups in
one year), but their places were
taken by 407 firms rated for
the first time. The latter group,
made up mostly of post-war op
erations, will save more than
$400,000 this year because of
this new provision.
Rate Groups
Cumulative savings of employ
ers will pass the $50 million
mark this year. Nearly $72 mil
lion remains in the trust fund.
State payments to the unemploy
ed in the past year totaled some
$24 million.
Here are the various rate
groups with number of firms
and their taxable pay rolls, based
on 1948-49: 3 per cent 1,352
firms, $62,943,111; .6 per cent
1,604 firms, $139,772,000; .9 per
cent 2,244 firms, $245,801,968;
1.2 per cent 421 firms, $30,765,
272; 1.5 per cent 1,446 firms,
$102,147,993; 1.8 per cent 257
firms, $16,932,637; 2.1 per cent
589 firms, $28,271,204: 2.4 per
cent 295 firms, $18,383,703: 2.7
per cent 7,948 firms, $173,938,-044.
Seaside To Go On
Daylight Saving Time
Seaside. Ore., Mar. 30 (U.R)
An ordinance passed by the city
council will put Seaside on day
light saving time from April 30
to September 24, it was an
nounced today. The time change
conforms with the proposed
clock shift in major Pacific
northwest cities.
One-sixth of all the copper
used in the world has come from
the mines of Butte, Mont.
A small diamond was report
ed recovered from a gold placer
in Yuba county in 1947.
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IAYS MRS. OIOR1A OUT, DITIOIT, MICH.
"The grandcBt thing that ever happened to waahday
is Tide without rinsing! The time it saves! Best of
all washes come out clean and dazzling white!"
WOMEN EVERYWHERE say It's the best washday
news ever! They love the time and trouble and
water they save by skipping the rinsing! But most
of all they love the way their clothes come dazzling
clean. You already know how clean .Tide gets
clothes with rinsing cleaner than any other w ash
ing product known. Now try the same wonderful
Tide without rinsing, and compare the results.
You'll be amazed to see how bright and clean your
wash comes right from the wringer. Get Procter
& Gamble's Tide today. Every package of Tide
on your dealer's shelf right now will give you a
dazzling clean wash without rinsingl
1. How can Tide get clothes clean without rinsing? Tide
keeps the dirt suspended in the sudsy water. When you
wring out the clothes, the dirt runs out with the washwater
clothes come from the wringer CLEAN, and dry as bacteria-free
as rinsed clothes.
2. Will clothes come white? Yes, clothes come dazzling
white! Just see If you can possibly tell the difference between
a rinsed, and an unrlnsed Tide-washed shirt!
3. How about ironing unrlnsed clothes? When you use Tide
without rinsing, clothes dry soft and fluffy . . . Iron easily.
4. Is this method safe for fabrics? Yes, It Is safe . . . skipping
the rinsing and eitra wringings actually saves wear and
tear on clothes.
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