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Flight o' lime
Mtdford and Jackson County His
tory from the fiUs of th Mjil
Ttibuno 10. 20 and 34 roan ago
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
April 16. 1940
(It Was Tuesday)
Dclroy Rynning, Med ford,
pledged to Thcta Delta Phi at
Southern Oregon College of Kdu
cation. Mrs. Stella Henderson appoint
ed matron at Girls Community
Club here.
Ken Lindlcy fans 19 and al
lows one hit as Lincoln school
beats Jackson in baseball.
C. A. WriRht home near Eagle
Point destroyed by fire.
Smudge pots lighted in valley
orchards for first time this
spring.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
April 16. 1930
(It Was Wednesday)
Elimination of parking on East
Main street bridge and nearby
fuggested as means of eliminat
ing traffic bottleneck there.
William Warner chosen presi
dent of board of Southern Ore
gon Dairy and Cheese Coopera
tive association.
Bee owners urge county court
to name bee inspector.
Siskiyou heights residential
rea sewer at cost of $58,570
okayed by council.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
April 16. 1916
(It Was Sunday)
1 Ashland to be scene of South
ern Oregon district federation of
Women's clubs convention late
this month.
Mrs. W. F. Shiclder to preside
at meeting of Women's Presby
terial society of Southern Ore
gon April 19 at Medford.
Medtord Ministerial associa
tion to sponsor social service ex
position at Natalorium.
Dead line on Classified Ada:
ft-30 pin. for following day: 10 am
Monday tor Monday; noon Saturday
for Sunday a.m.
In the Day's News
Bv Frank Jenkins
At a meeting of the chamber
of commerce over in Klmuiith
(lie oilier day, Hank Scmnn,
Vern Owen and 1 were grousing
about the weather, it's too wet
to suit us That brought us
around to the subject ol other
and welter times.
liiink dug out of his memory
a vear (11)12, he thinks maybe it
was) when we hiid SIX INCHES
OF RAIN IN JULY, lie says it
rained so hard the hay shocks
floated off into the low corners
of the meadows. (Remember,
that was in the Klamath country,
which claims to be semi-desert.)
Vern and I couldn't beat that
one. so we dropped the subject.
WE went from there to plow
ing, with horses, in the old
davs.
Hank had a three-horse learn
that included one named Old
Dan. Old Dan was a smartif. He
discovered that when he hung
back on the cqualicr he could
take the load off his own shoul
ders and slnlt it to the other two.
So he did just what you'd expect.
"I decided to fix the old dev
il," Hank said. "1 got me an old
belly-band, drove II full of sharp
pointed tack and ran a heavy
string from one end of it up
through a ring and hack to the
plow seat so that when I pulled
on it the belly-band would flap
up against Dan like a cowboy's
purs.
"The first time the old cuss
let back in the harness I yanked
the string. The tacks smacked
Old Dan where the hair was
short. It so took him by surprue
Oregonians Thrifty
Oregonians are thrifty and exceptionally saving
minded judging from the way they are stuffing their
money into savings and loan associations of the state.
A compendium of savings and loan statistics in the
current issue of the Oregon Voter shows the 27 as
sociations in Oregon had a total of $116,390,872 in
assets at the end of 1949, an increase of 10.06 per cent
compared with the 1948 total.
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MEMBER savings during the past year, it is shown,
have been relatively greater than the asset gains,
the total being $98,537,998 for a percentage-wise in
crease of 13.99.
THE rapid and sustained growth of thrift accounts
in Oregon's savings and loan associations is
astounding those interested, according to the Voter
which notes the fact that eight associations registered
gains of over 20 per cent last year. - The Portland Fed
eral led the parade in this department with 41.22 per
cent gain, the Jackson County Federal of Medford be
ing second with 30.74 and the First Federal, also of
Medford, fifth with 25.45. E.C.F.
Really Hails in Oklahoma
A friend brings in a copy of the Stillwater Daily
News-Press, of Stillwater, Okla., which carries ac
counts of the damage done by a recent hail storm, the
worst ever to strike the region.
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TT IS hard to realize that hail can be so terribly de-
structive. In the Stillwater storm the loss is esti
mated in the millions of dollars with nearly every
building in town damaged as well as several thousand
automobiles.
Hail stones larger than eggs pelted the region
for an hour and to make matters worse, 1.12 inches of
all 1 i i t I' ll 1 1 1
rain iouowea, penetrating
dled by the hail.
Pictures include a huge greenhouse in which
every pane of glass had been broken, and a number
of n'ine-inches-around hail stones grouped about an
egg to show the comparative size of the heavenly ice
balls.
ALONG about this time of year there is possibility
of hail in the Rogue River valley, but such visita
tions do not, as a rule, inflict great damage. There is
always the chance that pear buds, and later, the newly
formed tiny and tender pears may be mauled by the
icy pellets with costly results.
With anti-hail pilots Harvey Brandau and Eugene
Roomer ready to do battle'aloft here with any threat
ening hail clouds, fruit growers and others whose
crops are in a vulnerable stage feel fairly secure. One
wonders what the fliers would be able to do with a
storm such as hit Stillwater. E.C.F.
Happy Man No. I
President Harry Truman ended his fifth year in
office last week, in what his friends described as a
confident, happy frame of mind. Strangely enough,
that happy mood has persisted throughout one of the
most violently criticized and otherwise turbulent ad
ministrations this country has seen in many years.
PICTURES of the president, taken on his recent re-
turn from a Florida vacation show him with an
even wider smile than usual. Could it be possible that
Mr. Truman censors his photographs, as do many of
the film stars, permitting publication of only those
showing a smile-wreathed countenance.
PROBABLY the best explanation of the executive's
unruffled outlook comes from one of his friends
who declares that problems, regardless of how large
they may loom, never get him down. As the friend
put it, the election of 1948 did something for Mr. Tru
manit gave him a superiority complex which is ex
tremely hard to dent.
THEajMedford promoters of the "Are You Happy
Club" may have already attended to the matter,
but if not, they should tender President Truman a
special invitation to join. E.C.F.
that he literally let go all holds
and fell flat ill the furrow. After
that all 1 had to do was yell
DAN! and the way he'd throw
himself into the collar was some
thing to see."
The picture struck Vern so
funny we nearly broke up the
meeting laughing.
LATER It occurred to me that
what Old Dan was doing is
precisely the thing that ultimate
ly will wreck the Welfare State.
He learned that bv hanging back
in the collar he could LET THE
OTHEH HORSES DO HIS
WORK FOR HIM. That's what
happens when we moderns go on
relief when we really could get
out and scratch hard and make
ourselves a living.
Or when we retire on a politically-provided
pension and
let somebody else do the work.
Or when we const and take it
easy while we're living upon
our unemployment Insurance
when maybe we COULD go out
and get another job.
Old nan was quickly cured
by Hank's tack-studded "per
suader." The trouble with the
politically promoted Welfare
State is that nobody dares tit use
a persuader on the hanger-backers.
That would be political sui
cide. MOSTALG1C thought:
1 wonder how many of the,
younger generation ever heard j
of belly-band. Not many, I
reckon. For their information, j
it was t heavy leather strap that
went aniund the hole's tummy
and held the harness on. 1
Sunday, April It. 1950
roois wnicn nau Deen rid
Harness was stuff you put on
a horse to do his work in. You
put it on after you'd fed him his
grain and hay. cleaned out the
stall and curried him. (Currying
was combing his hair out straight
:md nice with a curry-comb and
brushing it down with a heavy
brush.)
You did all this before day
light. By the crack of dawn, you
were supposed to have your team
all hitched to the plow and be
lolling over the furrows. Horse
nlowing was so slow you had to
work from dawn to dark to get
the Job done in time to plant
your crop.
In those days there was no
recreation problems for the chil
dren. By the time the chores
were done (the cows milked, the
olgs slopped, etc.) rolling into
a nice soft bed was recreation
enough for a tired farm kid.
WITH that thought in mind.
Vern sighed. "Ah me," he
said reflectively, "if tractors had
just been Invented In time, I'd
probably be a farmer vet. Farm
ing must be a great life in these
tractor and gadget days."
(Vern grew up in the flat east
of Medford, and the stories he
tells about the gumbo soil tn
what later became the Camp
White reservation make your
hair stand on ned.)
SALE OF FUEL
Phone 2-6123
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Babson Discusses Failures
New York, Apr. 15 I like to
see men and women have a lit
tle business of their own. If you
can keep out of
debt, it gives
security and
health. You
have no fear of
being "fired"
or laid off on
account of mis
takes of the
management. If
your little
business turns
out not to be
good, it then
will be your fault and not your
employer's fault. You know that
some of your competitors always
do well.
Whether or not this is the
time for a young man to leave a
good job and go into business
for himself, is debatable. The
Good Book says there is a time
for everything (read Ecclesiastes
3:1 to 8), which includes a time
to buy and a time to sell. God
gives us a brain to use. Let us
not try to buck his law of sup
ply and demand.
This does not mean that we
should not push forward. We all
should help the world's great
problem of how to provide the
needs of all in the midst of
plenty. So long as any able per
son willing to work is unem
ployed while the government is
dumping potatoes into the sea,
there should be opportunities
for shopkeepers and salesmen to
bring these loose ends together.
This is the kind of "socialism"
and "planned economy" in
which everyone should believe.
New Businessmen Lack
One or More Requirements
To perform the above service
requires character, brains, indus
try and some capital. Statistics
indicate that a large number of
those who have gone into busi
ness for themselves since World
War II must have lacked one or
more of these requirements. I
say this because 60,000 fewer
firms are operating today than
a year ago. It is estimated that
today there are ZUU.000 fewer
conrens mostly among the
small retailers, service operators.
etc. than in 1046. That is true.
in spite of the increased popula
tion and the fact that there is
more money about than ever be
fore, indicates something is
wrong.
The above is not only a disap
pointment to nearly a million
people, including employees but
to the owners of a large number
of vacant stores, unused plants,
ia ic trucKs. an ol wnicn are the
result of these failures. Those
who have been forced out of
business are. moreover, both dis
appointed, and perhaps bitter.
They claim America should not
permit such sad results in the
world's best country.
Business Failures
Significant Barometer
Every month my statistical ex
perts compile for me compara
tive figures on over 30 basic busi
ness barometers. In my 40 years
of studying business conditions I
have always said the most signif
ican figure is that for business
failures. Heretofore, a very low
failure figure has indicated ex
cellent present business condi
tions, but such figures usually
forecast that business troubles
are coming.
with double the national in
come failures have, during the
past 10 years, actually been less
than before 1R40. But at last we
sec a change for the worse. The
greatest increase in bankruptcies
is in the retail store field where
there has been an increase in
failures of 12 per cent. In the
case of manufacturing this fig
ure is 9 4 per cent, while in min
ing, farming, etc.. there are S 4
per cent more failures. Although
the failures in the retail field
show the greatest increase, yet
enough new firms come into be
ing so that the total is now only
2 per cent less than at the peak
More Concerns tn
Business Than in 1939
A. a result of all the above 45
Kirk's Cafe
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Beginning April 16
OUR SPECIAL
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has done away with rug beating?
per cent fewer new concerns
were incorporated in 1949 than
in 1B4B. the number of independ
ent concerns is now about 3,900,
000 compared with nearly 4,000,-
U00 in 1948. Yet, there now re
main about 18 per cent more
concerns in business than in
1939. The present failures aver
age about 200 a week com
pared with 100 a week in 1948.
Further details will be sent free
ly on request by the world fa
mous authorities. Dun & Brad
street in New York city.
There is one cheering feature
to these figures. The bankrupt
cies were not all among young
uis. in tact, vu per cent of them
were of old concerns which had
been dying of dry rot for many
years, with age comes poor
neaan ana a loss of energy.
Young men have this energy
which we older ones lack. This
is worth more than capital or
customers. Hence, no young peo
ple should be discouraged by
the above figures on failures.
But I do say that if you now
have a good job, hold it and
make the most of the opportu
nity it gives you to learn. This
is not the time to start in busi
ness for yourself.
The Grange
Gold Hill Grange
Gold Hill H.E.C. met at the
Grange hall April 12 for a cov
ered dish dinner with 21 mem
bers and eight brothers and
friends including Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Walker, Gold Hill marshal,
and Mildred Wright as guests.
Later for the meeting Millie
Walker of Live Oak Grange, was
present. Table decorations for
Easter were by Mary Shaw and
Elinor Ganong.
H.E.C. Is to put on the pro
gram at next Grange meeting,
April 20. The club women are
enjoying the abundance of hot
water since installation of a new
water heater. Easter cards and
handkerchiefs were exchanged.
Flora Friends remembered and
cards sent to the sick. Another
quilt was finished and one is
ready for frames. Plans for
H.E.C. giving a dinner in the
near future were discussed.
Pomona Grange
Jackson County Pomona
Grange will meet at the Lower
Applcgate Grange hall April 22
at 8 p.m.
there is important Business
to be transacted, and the annual
memorial service will be held.
All Fourth degree members are
welcome. Refreshments will be
served by ladies of Applcgate
Grange,
Midnight Last Evening
Income Tax Deadline
Portland. Ore., Apr. 15 (U.R)
State tax agents said today that
and 11-hour rush to file state in
come tax returns had failed to
materialize but reminded late
filers that midnight is the dead
line. Mailed returns must be post
marked before April 16 to es
cape penalties.
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Pickin' Pears
(The Mill Tribune is glad to
introduce to its readers one
L. J. "Tick" Malarkey. self
styled private N. E. F. C. (not
even first class), one of the
more recent additions to the
membership at the Camp
White domiciliary center.
"Tick" arrived here recently,
as a result of an argument with
log which rolled up hill over
him. and while enjoying conva
lesence in the Rogue valley, he
will, from time to time, sub
mit a column of folksy chat
ter and lid-bits about Camp
, White for the approval of The
Mail Tribune's readers. He
wrote similar column for
the Roseburg News Review
while at the veterans' hospital
In Roseburg. He has picked
"Pickin' Pears" for the title of
his column. Editor's note.)
By L. J. "Tick7 Malarkey
Less than a week ago Private
Malarkey NEFC meaning not
even first class departed the
Valley of The Urnpquas. bussed
into the Valley of The Rogues,
and checked into Camp White.
An Industrial accident last July
14 a log rolled up hill instead
of down. As a result the VA doc
tors at Barnes. Portland. Rose
burg and White say that my days
as a "timber beast are over ana
from now on must take it easy.
Too old to log anyway.
So if you good people from this
part of the state will De pa
tient, perhaps a few pieces about
the Bamboos, Greybeards and
Kids, plus the employed person
nel, will perhaps be of some in
terest. We are more or less of a
little city out here and from ex
perience in three other veterans'
hospitals the writer finds many
little human yarns that he would
like to try and spin.
"Write about earthy things,"
is the advice that Ruth S. Bloom,
chief nurse, advised when
"Tick's" Tips was published by
Charlie Stanton's News Review
beginning September last. So
here goes:
Down in the barber shop is one
Herman Priem.
This tonsorial master of the
razor, shears and clippers has
been around quite a spell and
when asked if he knew the
Gates. Garretts, Newburys and
Farrells his answer was an em
phatic yes.
Herman has been in Medford
since 1906. He is a proud grand
dad nw. and gave me leads that
will help as the first steps are
taken to write about the
Friendly Folks from Over Town
who help to make the stay at
Camp White more pleasant for
the disabled veterans of three
wars wars that not one of them
asked for but fought just the
same.
Fred Sears, recreation direct
or, is about the first of the em
ployed personnel met after ad
missions had put this recruit
through the mill. Fred is a kid
from the air corps, in Argument
II, and some "yak yak" about his
friends in Roseburg was enjoyed.
The lad used to live there and
work at that VA. Also is quite
croud because he married one of
the city's loveliest belles. More
about Fred sometime. He was
too busy today because the Med
ford Legion and its auxiliary is
DUtting on an open meeting fol
lowed by entertainment and re
freshments. Before the rains came, the
loggers' habit of getting up at
5 o'clock in the morning prompt
ed a limp around the barracks.
A sun was just peeping over a
mountain which the guard on
duty at the main gate said was
called Pitt. The sight was beau
tiful. Kind of reminded me of
Mt. Hood when she is in all her
glory as the sun rises, viewed
from the VA hospital. Sam Jack
son Park, Portland.
Tony is the guard s name. And
he used to be a loeeinB canm
cook for the Crown Willamette
down Astoria way my home
town. Greybeard Kebcr saw it
all from '17 to 18. It was good
to get some timber down for a
few moments with him.
A block or two away lights
were on in the White City cafe.
A cup of coffee would go good.
eacx oi ine counter was one Ed
Hudson, proprietor, who has
been around the Rogue for bet
ter than 20 years. Spent 10 years
with the forestry department as
a cook out of this district.
Had a long hitch in both the
army and the seabees during our
more recent adventure beyond
two oceans. About six weeks
ago Ed and wife Mildred opened
up the White City cafe and a
better restaurant would be hard
We Like
To Dig
In Our Sock
to find. There is seating capacity
tn an nrcnn and it is beauti
fully decorated with knotty pine
as a background. Might add
and this is not a plug their
hnme-made Dies are really out
of this world. In fact everything
about White City cafe is good,
particularly Ed and Mildred.
A word about Mona Brewer,
secretary.
She is just as charming as her
poems. For months past on the
exchange desk of Umpqua News
would be the Dominews, Camp
White's publication. In every
issue would be verse by Mona.
Always enjoyed reading every
line, and often wondered what
the author was like. Know now.
Am going to like it down this
way. Admit homesickness is
one hell of a disease. The lower
Columbit, where it is eight
miles wide as it weds the Pa
cific, is home, Astoria the town.
Can't help but have a yearning.
Medford is all right. A sister,
Genevieve, who was stationed
here with her husband Ray, just
wrote me from Fort Ord, where
they are now doing a tour of
duty, that they liked Camp
White and the Medford people
better than any other post and
town that they had been in dur
ing the major's 20 years of army
duty.
Want to meet Jack Morris. In
this writer s book he was an all
American back the night that
we saw him run and pass to four
or five touchdowns against Rose-
ourg an evening last fall. About
all we won up that way that
night was the band champion
ship when Jack and. the Black
Tornado had quit blowing. Some
even disputed that Roseburg
won mis event.
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor muat beat
the name and addreaie of the wrltei
although under certain clrcum
atances the uae of a pen name Of
Initial for publication la permis
sible. The Mail Tribune reaerves
the right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and conden
aatlon. Letters aubmltted for pub
Hratlon must not exceed 400 words
Things Need Attention
To the Editor: Have just read
Mr. Guches' complaint against
Mr. Goodman thinking that
Front street could be cleaned up
by our officers. Of course, Mr.
Guches makes his living from
the ones who frequent Front
street, Mr. Goodman makes his
from men and women who must
have a place to park and don't
care to walk two or three blocks
out of their way to avoid this
street, and most women do just
that.
Maybe Mr. Guches can close
his eyes for the sake of his
profit, but I doubt if it's pride in
our officials or our city that he
aeicnas.
But why stop at Front serect?
Our future robbers are now in
our Junior high and high schools.
Most of the youngsters at these
schools are honest, but the few
who are not are doine a wonder
ful business. I know articles
valued at $50 or more were
stolen in the past 10 days from
these two schools. I think a great
deal of this could be controlled
if more interest were taken, not
only by the parents, but by the
teacners and our police force.
The children who have things
stolen are always guilty of care
lessness because they don't carry
locks and chains to protect their
property. Eeyond that we cannot
go. it seems.
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You hear "Service" shouted 'most
everywhere . . .
We believe it means:
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ly with the very highest quality
ingredients it is possible to ob
tain. Delivering it when you desire.
Qu'ick, courteous attention to
telephone orders.
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A definite personal interest in
your welfare.
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but our children must go to
school at the risk of coming
t hike, wallet.
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not nanea uown. uiuns
culprits at the schools might
eliminate some of our future
crimes. .... , .
I have lived in Medford for
20 years and would like to con
tinue my pleasant life here but
I think there are some things
that neea attention.
Mrs. u. tl. senraaer.
SEWER WORK PLANNED
Forest Grove, Ore., Apr. 15
(U.R) Construction of an inter
cepter sewer, a major improve
ment in Forest Grove's sewage
disposal system, will begin May
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