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FOUR MEDFOHD (OREGON) Medfowv! UNI "Everyone fn Southern Oregon" Delly Except Saturday Published by MEDFORD PRIN' ITU NO CO. 97-39 North Fir St. Phone a-ll ROBERT W RUHL. Editor ERNEST R GILSTRAP MaJUgs HERB GREY. Advertising Mgr C C FERGUSON, Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. TelegrapB Eoltoi HENRY U GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. CiroulaUon M An Independent Newspaper Entered as second elm matter at Uedford Oregon under Act of March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai! In Advance: Dolly and Sunday one year....9 00 Dally and Sunday six months .7 Dolly and Sunday three mos i.SU Daily and Sunday one month 1.00 By Carrier - In Advance Medlord Ashland Central Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday one year. gia.OO Dally and Sunday one month 1.00 All Ternu Caib In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jacklon County United Presa Full Leaied Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC Otficei In New York Chicago De troit, Srp Francisco Los Angeles Bottle. Portland St Loula Atlanta Vanrouver, B C C NEWSPAPlR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION EDITORIAL 1 ASSOCNATJOIN Flight o' Time Medford and Jacklon Courts His tory from the (ilea of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 and 34 vaars ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY April 3. 1940 (It Was Wednesday) County school plan defeated by overwhelming margin among Jackson county towns. Dr. C. I. Drummond and Mrs. Moore Hamilton elected direc tors of state tubeculosis associa tion. Five of 185 students at Uni versity of Oregon making win ter term honor roll are from Jackson county. Ward Hammond elected presi dent of Medford Rotary club. Merrill A. Beneka re-elected commander of VFW post here. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY April 3. 1930 (It Was Thursday) First forest and brush fires of geason In county reported. Business and Professional Women's club elects Mrs. Maud K. Chapman president. Dairymen of area organize association to establish cheese factory in Central Point. Veterans of Foreign pos t organizer to meet veterans here tomorrow. Wars with 34 YEARS AGO TODAY April 3. 1918 (It Was Monday) W. T. Shoultz takes over ghoemoker work of C. B. Wat kins who is vacationing. Large storeroom on Front be tween Main and Sixth streets be ing remodeled for Hall and Young garage. George Owen Installed exalt ed ruler of Ashland Elks. Rogue River Rogue River, Apr. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kenton of Portland are spending a few days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence cooper of Vicst i.vans creek. T, Sgt. and Mrs. Howard A. Brown Jr. from Hamilton Air Force bast? are visiting Mrs Brown's father, Edwin Sowles. Brown has just returned from Howard air force base in Pana ma where he was stationed for 21 months. He states they arc glad to be back in the Slates and they expect to be frequent visit tors In Rogue River, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hughes re turned Tuesday from a ten-day visit at San Jose, Calif. The complete map of the City of Rogue liner which whs fur nished by the state tax commis sion, has been posted in the win dow of Art Pratt's variety store on Broadway .The map shows valuations for 11150-51 and be side it are the instructions for figuring tax valuations. Mem bers of the local board stale that C. A. Myers, county assessor, and A' A. Selander, Harry Loggan and Mr. Hillman of the slate tax commission have cooperated with the local board to the full est extent and have devoted con siderable time to equalizing the property valuations of the City of Rogue River. Any property owner dissatisfied with their new valuations may appeal to the county equalization board which meet a in Medlord from May 8 to 19. A short business meeting was held during the Mariner's monthly dinner in Fellowship hall on March 27. The dinner wag attended by 32 members and six guests. New members Joining were Mr. and Mrs. Larry Myers. Theme of the meeting, Garden ing as a Hobby, was carried out In the table decorations of trow els, garden seeds and potted lower gardens. Mr. and Mrs- Harry Rose were speakers of the evening, lie give NATION A I MAIL TRIBUNE Water The Cleanliness, a peculiarly American trait, may be next to godliness, as John Wesley wrote, but it is also helping to accent the need for increased water sup plies in most cities and towns of the country from vast New York to the small hamlets. a e e A LTHOUGH population growth and more indus " trial use are, of course, the major causes of short ages, there are many new household gadgets which help to use up gallonage. For example, in Grandma's day the dishes were washed in a dishpan and rinsed with a couple of cupfuls of hot water from the tea kettle, the whole operation requiring only two or three quarts. Today, with automatically heated tanks supplying plenty of water, and automatic dishwash ing for the more affluent, it takes literally gallons to do the job. Electric washing machines, and more lately the automatic kind which turn on and drain out several changes of water for each tubfull of clothes have also upped water consumption from the days when a tub and a washboiler did the business. The washtub, which Saturday nights of earlier ful than the present day daily bath, especially in the case of larger families. Nowadays we like to splash around in at least half a tubfull or in taking a shower, gel plenty of volume. HAVE cited only "a few of the modern conven " iences which eat up water supplies, but the fact is, installation of the many such contrivances is in creasing per capita consumption at an alarming rate. Water use in the nation has grown almost 50 per cent since the turn of the century. Public water works now supply the incredible total of over 12 billion gallons daily for use in homes, stores and factories. e e e e I UCKY is the city with a not-too-distant, reliable source of pure water for such happily situated spots are few and far between. Even here in Oregon where rainfall is supposed to keep us fairly moist most of the time, a number of growing towrns are facing difficulties. Engineering and construction problems can , be overcome but where water sources are lacking there is real cause for viewing with alarm. Take the situation at Bend, over in central Ore gon, for instance. We quote from the always informa tive editorial column of the Bend Bulletin : "In the summer of 1949 there were many days when the water in the city reservoirs was pulled down to the danger point. On any one of those days had there been a fire calling for the use of great quantities of water by the fire department the reservoirs would have been emptied. It is not necessary to dwell on all the dangers there arc in an inadequate water supply nor on the extent of the damage that can result from empty mains and supply pipes or mains in which the pressure is at a minimum. Annually, indeed, the city will face this problem of an Inadequate supply and the attendant dangers. Annually, that is, unless steps are taken to remedy the situation. This Is a call for action. It is a call for action that will meet the needs of the city of today, that will provide water for industrial as well as population growth and that will make it possible to offer water to surrounding additions that now lack an Independent domestic supply. Bend's water now comes from the South fork of Tu malo creek. There is a small surplus in the stream even in low flow periods. That surplus is the full amount of water that can be added to the city supply from this source. In terms of water supply Bend, if it relies on the South fork source, cannot grow beyond the limits imposed by that small surplus. Drilling to find an artesian supply has been under taken with the contractor now on the third location and with no greater promise of success than that met on the first two tries. While the milky condition of Tumalo creek, itself, at any point below the Middle fork junction makes the use of the water Impossible there is an ample supply In the North fork. Use of North fork water in, perhaps, a new main to the city would answer the supply problem. ... It would doubtless be necessary, also, to resort to chlorlnation in a high degree. The other supply possibility is to go to the Camp Abbot supply that was developed by the army. This, too, is ade quate and safe but very costly for there would be a long pipe to put down, there would be pumping expense and the possibility of having to meet conditions caused by the de velopment of the upper Bcnham falls reservoir, an under taking that some day may come to pass. To our mind it's either North fork or Camp Abbot and It's case of doing something now. Let's have action. e TTIE EDITORIAL on " nitfitiirl in Hurt Vtrti'n Knnnnca if nllrwi'tj nc fci cno VirtUf VjHUU tl III . Ill It V'tVClirt It. O I I V tt CI VI d H iTIVV Hi-J" simple JUedlorci s problem speaking. Here we nave the failing supply, ' pure, cold forth from the Big Butte springs at the loot of Alt. McLoughlin. At present we are using only a portion of this God-given supply of water, water which constitutes one of the city's greatest assets. It is unthinkable that there should be any hesitation at all in providing an other pipe line to 'bring in the additional Big Butte spring water which this fast-growing community needs now and will need in ever-increasing amount." E.C.F. timely warnings to the husbands of flower enthusiasts and Mrs. Rose spoke on flower gardening. Mrs. Rose is an able speaker and well qualified by having consid erable training in adult horticul tural classes in California as well as the actual raising of flowers of all varieties in her terraced gardens as Rose Acres. She end ed the discussion by answering questions of the group Following a well" performed musical skit presented bv Mr and Mrs. Robert Worrall, a kitchen shower was held to fur ther the clubs project for the year, A sale of flowers netted $14 for the cargo fund Folk games under direction of Mr and Mrs, Dave Blair completed the evenings entertainment. Boy Scout News Troop IS Boy srout Troop 15. Phoenix, and the Lion's cluh will hold a Jamboree Fun carnival on Sat urday, April 8. at the Phoenix grade school gymnasium, from 7:30 to II p.m. An auction, with Col. A. H. Dudley as auctioneer, till be held In connection with he carnival. The proceeds will be used to tend delegate to the national Monday, April 3. 1950 Modern Need doubled as a bathtub on days, was much less waste Bend's water situation is really is comparatively water, a plentiful, never- and sparkling, gushing jamboree at Valley Forge. Pa . this June. At the troop's court of honor last Thursday the dele gate was elected. The selection was made on the basis of leader ship ability, citizenship and as an outstanding scout. The name of the delegate will he revealed at the carnival Fndav night. The events of the evening will be comprised of rcculnr carnival booths. Including refreshments. Anyone uaving wnue ele phants for the auction is asked to leave them at the Haggard Lumber company or bring to the carnival on Saturday night Leaders ask that this affair not be confused with the "Scout ing Adventure" exposition to be held In the Medford armorv Saturday, April 15. DONXAMBIi We ty Jim Mtkit W iVhr 1m- fW.4?T'l Crosstown isiieirt tt c iisim k i hwMi "I slarted home with my report card. Then, just as I got in front of the bank, a gang of guys came bustin' out with guns blasin'. One of 'em said 'Gimme that report cardl' so what could I do but hand it over?" Babson Discusses Over-Age Workers By Roger W. Babson New York City, Apr. 3 (Special To Mail Tribune) With a downward trend in the busi ness cycle in the not too dis tant future, I am concerned about what will happen in the employ ment market to workers over 40 to say nothing of those 65 years anri older. As. " suming our present attitude and nolicv to ward men over 40 continues, we will have a real social problem. une nunared years ago, we were a nation of youngsters short pants. Our population is. however, gradually growing oiner. Mortality tables show that the average life expectancy has increased from about 48 years in iuuu to around Ba years 1946. For example, the U. S. Bu reau of Census reports indicate mat at the turn of the centurv only one in 25 persons was 65 or older, or about four per cent of the population. By 1940, the 65 and over group composed almost seven per cent of our population. ine idhu census will probably reveal a good nine per cent of our population in this older age bracket. Assuming normal fertility and mortality and with immigration laws remaining constant, this has serious possibilities. Add to this, those between the 45 and 65 bracket, project to the year 2000, and you will find 40 per cent ot the population over 48! This maturing of our population is the result of advances in medi cal science, a declining birth rate, a markedly reduced num ber of young immigrants com ing into our country, higher liv ing standards resulting in a less hazardous physical life, etc. Economic Problems Of Over-Age Workers There are already today a number of men over 40 who are jobless and tramping the streets. The Forty Plus club can give you some soul-shaking stories. In 11)00, 65 per cent of the men 65 or over were employed. In 1949. there were but 45.6 per cent with jobs. This is largely the re sult of so-called "welfare legis lation" due to which employers don't want to get loaded with older men who demand more un employment insurance and who are more liable to accidents and sickness. Back on the farm, the older worker could assume the role of manager and let younger hands do the more arduous tasks. The basic employment problem of old-age workers is something more than a problem of business cycles. It is the problem of the slowing down of physical and mental powers after 40: loss of dexterity. poor coordination, weakening eyesight. greater fatigue. But the conveyor belt continues to move just as fast whether you are young or old. Oldnen Identified With Certain Fixed Age Too many employers seem to identify oldness with a certain fixed age regardless of Indivi dual differences. There is no question but what the various compensation plans set up to protect the worker often militate against him because, in the words of one official, "Older em ployees add substantially to the cost of workmen s compensation, group insurance, and other wel fare plans." Employment man agers also tend to look upon older workers as unable to learn DO YOU HAT som THMUSH fto mtny worn ft. btn tht un of 3S tnd 43 hiv toi r?n to 'chs.n.ft of Mr th tim hn fertility bta iwy when mbtrrtuinc srmptomt f this Mturt mar btrmy your tl If thti function) pvrlorf mult ymi auflr fmin hoi fiiishM or mk you ffl to wmk. tiM-voos, rwttM, turn to Ht tntl work with try Ldi I Piukhmm i VeUt)t Compound to rllvt LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S by Roland Co new methods, hence they poor employment risks. are Psychologists tell us that while there is some slight de cline in motor reactions and manual dexterity, the capacity to learn at rju is as great as at 12. This suggests that the older worker may not be such a poor investment after all. As a matter of fact, the bureau of labor sta tistics claims that the older worker has a lower absentee rate, is less prone to accidents, and is more stable, and more loyal to his firm. Further, the older worker possesses a back ground of experience and matur ity that often cannot possibly be matched by the younger worker. What would help men over 40 years of age most, is to have the unions revise their seniority rules. Certainly this whole prob lem could well become an ef fective political football. and In fact already Is. If private enter prise does not solve this prob lem, then the government surely will step in. Here then is anoth er challenge for management! Let's hope management takes some constructive measures be fore it is too late! In the Day's By FRANK JENKINS General Eisenhower again: He wants our colleges to un dertake a study of why so many American men were rejected for military service in World War II because of mental defects there were TWO MILLION of them, he says no other nation involved in the war, he adds, had a percentage of mental defect rejects even one-fourth as large as ours. IN Akron, O.J the other day an attractive 19-year-old moth er was bathing her baby. Sud denly she held It face downward in the bath water until it was dead. Her husband found her crying hysterically when he came home. YOU'LL recall, of course, the young man who went on a rampage with a gun back East a while ago and left a trail of dead and wounded behind him. And the other young man who went berserk with a butcher knife and left a similar trail of death and injury. And the Iowa City college boy who is on trial for killing his attractive sweetheart. Gee Gee. His defense is that his mind just went blank, and when he came to it had happened. THERE is Dolly, the Ringling circus elephant. Over her long life, she had been kind and friendly to children, the story goes. A little 5-year-old boy was feeding her peanuts. Suddenly she seized him with her trunk, threw him on the ground and crushed his head under one of her huge feet. They promptly put Dolly to death with cyanide. LOOKING backward over the years, it seems to us who are older that there are more of these things now than when we were young. Is that true? Or are we misled by the glam our that always attaches to the olden, golden days? OR is it because communica tions are now so fantastically far advanced over the communi cations facilities of a few gen erations ago? In these days we I ttifh frmptomi. Women by th thousands hr rtportPd rmar aolt btntflt No other median of thla type fey women has iucq lonf rtcord of auoceM. Rofuttr ua a Lytlta Plnkham! Compound helps build up mist nr acAlnat such mlddle-ag dlatrMS, Tht woman' friend! XOTKi Or frrr Li. k, r.i..', ilium Vegetable Compound Hereditary Units Of Living Matter Carried by 'DNA' New York. Apr. 3 U.R Columbia university researchers, with the aid of a complicated new machine, have found that a substance known as "Dna" is the probable carrier of heredi tary units in living matter. Prof. Arthur W. Pollister an nounced the results of a long term research project in Colum bia's cell-study laboratories. Using a complex machine, built on the principle of photo metric chemical analysis, the researchers probed into the sub stance called desoxypentose nu cleic acid or "Dno". Pollister said the experiments helped to clear up an international dis agreement over "Dna" by show ing it to be a fixed and coastant substance found only in the chromosomes of a cell. Pollster said the new machine tests, giving the university re searchers access to the single cells of living matter "to a de gree never before attained," showed that the long thread-like molecules of "Dna" match in amount with the number of sets of chromosomes and genes the hereditary units. Canadian Warships Will Visit New York New York, Apr. 3 (U.R) Ken neth A. Greene, Canadian consul general announced today that three Canadian warships will pay New York a courtesy visit from April 7 to April 12. The vessels are. HMCS Magni ficent, a light fleet aircraft car rier carrying 100 officers and 800 seamen: HMCSC Micmac, a destroyer carrying 14 officers and 185 men and the HMCS Swansea with eight officers and 76 men. The three vessels, which par ticipated in recent anti-submarine and air defense exercises with the U. S. Atlantic fleet and British naval units, will arrive on the morning of April 7. Rear Admiral Walter S. De Lany, U. S. naval commandant of the third naval district, will act as official host of the group. Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Little Royce Edmondson watched the teacher point the guilty finger at several class mates, then leaned close to her and whispered "it's chair chair that's squeaking." News hear almost everything practi cally instantly. In the olden days, news traveled slowly. GENERAL Eisenhower tells us that in Europe in World War II the percentage of military re jections for mental defects was far under our percentage. Are European males mentally sounder than American males? Or did the Europeans, scrap ing the barrel for cannon fodder. just OVERLOOK more mental defects than we did? H ITLER was a mental case. Hitler STARTED World War II, which nobody else wanted. . When they go sour mentally in Europe, do they go sour in a BIGGER WAY? Personally, it seems to me that the men in the Kremlin are mental defectives. How else can we explain their actions. pHESE are all big questions. Significant questions. I can't answer them. But it does seem to me that if SOMEHOW we could bring about straighter thinking in this world a lot of the terrible evils from which we suffer would vanish. Safe of Easter Lily Plants Needs License Salem. Ore., Apr. 3 UR The state department of agriculture cautioned today that anyone in Oregon selling Easter lily plants must have a nursery dealer's li cense before they may legally make such sales. This is required under the state nurserymen's law which estab lishes a cost of $10 for a nursery dealer's license plus $1 for the state research assessment fee. Woonsocket, R. I. U.R) Seven children were injured when a pile of school books fell from their dashboard perch and be came wedged under the foot brake of a school bus. Ambulance Service The "Black & White" Ambulances E & J Resuscitator Blood Plasma Oxygen MABEL CARLOS CONGER-MORRIS FUNERAL DIRECTORS "Preferred by so many" Wesr Main at 6th Phone 3-1031 Office of the County Coroner utiMiiitiiiMiiniiMiMiitmnntRi On the Side-8' v Durlin (Distributee! k Ki feature Syndicate, Inc.) IHIIHIIIIIIIMIHIIIIelllMIM Miami claims the sun shines on that city 359 days a year. Maybe we should put that Mil waukee checker-up to work on this claim. The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Independent gives away its entire home edition every day the sun fails to shine on the city before press time. That offer was originally made forty years ago and continued ever since. During that period the Independent has only had to give away an -average. of four and one-half editions a year. Please Not "Doc" Webb, the St. Peters burg druggist, seems to have abandoned the slogan "The World's Largest Drugstore." He now refers to his establishment as "The World's Most Unusual Drugstore." To that slogan it certainly seems he is entitled. The Webb place Is really forty three different stores under one roof. When It started in 1925 it had two employees. It now has 1,200. New Shirt My girl friend went to Palm Beach this morning and did some shopping on Worth avenue. She savs she saw the Duchess of Windsor strolling by. My matri monial mate bought me a snappy sport shirt. When I put It on and tucked it into my trousers she said: "That's not the way to wear it. All the best dressed men in Palm Beach wear that type of shirt outside the trousers." I don't care what the best dressed men in Palm Beach do. I think wearing a shirt hanging outside the trousers is a sloppy style. Passing By Fuller Warren. His Excellency, the Governor of Florida, started his office holding career at an early age. When only 20 years old and still a student at tne uni versity of Florida he was elected to the state legislature. Govern or Warren does not smoke nor drink alcoholic liquors. His fav orite drink is orange juice. He has made this Ihe official drink of Florida. Briefly Five million people a year vis it Florida and 80 per cent come here by automobile . . . Florida is larger in area than Pennsyl vania New York or Illinois. It is seven times larger than Mass achusetts. It was purchased from Spain in 1821 for 14 cents an acre . . . Looking out the win dow I note it has started to rain. If the rain doesn't stop soon I am going to complain to tne chamber of commerce. I came down here for sunshine. Divorce Florida has a ninety-day di vorce law. those seeking ai- vorces usually come down here during the three winter months. Seems very popular with di vorce seekers. In fact, there are nearly as many divorces in Flor ida as there are marriages. In 1947 there were 23,959 mar riages in this state and zu.uj divorces. The minimum attorney fee for a divorce is S200. There are. of course, many other in cidental expenses. Lakes Lake Michigan is the largest lake located entirely in the United States. What lake is sec ond in that respect? If I had been asked that question yes terday I would have been baf fled. But now I know the an swer is Lake Okeechobee, Flor ida. Incidentally, there are over thirty thousand lakes in Florida. By the way, what state would you say had the most lakes? I don't know for certain, but my guess is that it is Wisconsin. What's yours? Speed Laws Speed laws are strictly en forced down here. Or so I have been told by friends of mine spent considerable time in the section. The Florida speed law is twenty-five miles per hour in residential sections, sixty miles per hour on open highway during the day, fifty miles per hour on open highways at night. I sure am going to be careful if I do any driving while here. I don't care to end up in the chain gang. Sewing Contest A recently well attended event in the Miami city auditorium was a sewing contest. That's a fine idea. An event like that gives a housewife a chance to hit the limelight. A great many women view their household tasks as drab routine and thus develop an inferiority complex. The winner of a sewing contest could get the Idea she amounted to somethins. That she was a celebrity in a small way. Besides, a sewing champion might be able to use her reputation to establish a IHMIIIMIIIIIIMIniKllllllllliit profitable dressmaking busines Asides Jai-alai Is very popular In Mi ami. I haven't visited the front on yet, but I note the name of Equibar in the entries. I used to see Equibar perform at the jai alai fronton in Tijuana, Mex ico. He's a wily player. , . Al though milk is 26 cents a quart In Miami that is not the top fig. ure for the country. In Key West Fla., Grade A milk is 30 cents' a quart. Sidelights Note offered for sale "a range with a month's supply of bottled gas furnished free." That "bot tled gas" Is a new one on me. Sometimes I have the feeling I really don't know as much as I think I do ... We have been told that in the section we are domiciled it is better only to drink bottled water. However, all the natives around here drink the regular water from the tap and they look pretty healthy to me. Still, what water you drink is extremely Important and I am checking on the matter. San Francisco Peaks are tht highest mountains in Arizona. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. . 10:30 P.M. For Complete Prescription Service 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgooc Hudson Medford't Own Modern Pharmacy SENATOR SPARKLE ' SAYS When t women gets ill of man's money, he then hjs a 4efinire address of hit goat too. "To Serve But Onee It Not Our Aim. We Strive to Serve, to Serve Again" Your Friendly Jeweler Andy's Jewelry Shop 15 North Central RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive end 80DY end PAINT SHOP Southern Orcnon't Oldest end Finest 29 So. Birtletf Medford DAY Night