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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1950)
I I ilX MEDFORD (OHECOW) MAIL THIBUNg Medford Fortunate Among Other Cities, Councilman Tells Methodist Gathering . I . ll.JI I I iLa .iw naK Hint limit Twlarinn that Medford ii rec ognized ai "tha fairhaired boy" by upstate communities because of lti sound financial condition, City Councilman Dwi?ht Hough ton last night outlined the cityl financial problems and water and fire department needs in a talk to Methodist men and wom en at (he First Methodist church. Medford's monetary problems arise from the city's growth and increase in costs, and the six per cent tax levy limitation, Hough ton brought out. He pointed to Medford's growth from a city of 10,000 people to one of 18,000 or 20,000. At the same time costs have more than doubled, he said. Been "Peanuiting" The city has been "peanutting along," he remarked. Medford has been taking advantage of StratjrM Bourbon Whisker 86 Proof Rational Distiller. 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Other sources of revenue include bond issues and extra levies which can be voted, he added. He re ported that Medford's present bonded indebtedness is $1,200, 000. The city of Medford bor rows money cheaper than the United States government, Houghton stated. Pip Plans Told Plans for constructing a sec ond water pipeline from Big Butte springs to Medford were outlined by the councilman. He said that there is no increase in nvrc nr water bills contemplat ed for the improvement. Hough ton brougni oui mai ine oia wat er bonds are scheduled for rc- tiromont in tlUn VPftTS. fOllf VCBTS ahead of schedule. mnnu nniri In hv outside Users has helped much in paying for the old waiur line, nuusmuu indicated. As a health measure, it is only good sense to take wat er to outside users, he main tained. Medford's water supply prob lem, Huughton reported, is acute to the point of danger. Citizens for the most part use all the wat er they want, and Medford con sumes three times as much water as any city its size. Ditcui.es Fir Ndt In telling of the need to ex pand the fire department, the urujnL-er pvnlainpd that the mat- ter ties into the water problem. I vujfn,j tina lira Hpnarl- liiuuiuiu iiao ''- - . ment for 10,000 people he said. As the city has grown, the mistake has been made of -starving" the fire department in cav finances. No one man is to blame for the shortcomings; "we are the ones 10 Diame, Houghton told his audience. He tunrnnrl nf inprPASed fife illSUr ance rates if the situation is not corrected. Houhton praised his fellow councilmen, the board of water commissioners and the police de partment. He said he was sure every member of the council is a Christian man who wishes to see the city progress in a clean orderly way. He expressed the opinion that the water commis sion could not be operated any better than it is. Police are doing a good job, Houghton asserted, and Chief Clatous McCredie has an outstanding reputation in Oregon. He told of the handicap of a big turnover in police personnel. JOIN DAYLIGHT SAVERS Delake, Ore., Apr. 18 (U.R) Two Lincoln county towns. De lake and Taft. today joined the northwest cities adopting day light saving time April 30. HAVE COOKING" PRICE AT THE TIMESAVING, MONEYSAVINO FEATURES YOU N.w Hlipaad Clr.W Hnh L. Uniiil l-'iv. conking ipeetli, preciie heat (nr every cooking (oh! Eco nomical, durable. Stays clean, ipiltt burn away. 110 THIin COOKIII Built in. six-quart, aluminum Thrift Cooker! More than 4J tatty dishei can be cooked on thnftv 1 o heat. Easy to me economical. SEE the Tuatdar. April II. 150,A ,1 I ZTT, Physician ii i i nedtord rnysician Scores Socialized Medical Planning Ashland, Apr. 18 Speaking before the Ashland Kiwanis club at their noon luncheon Monday, Dr. Russell Barnes, Medford, de scribed socialized medicine as an impractical, costly program which has never provided better or cheaper medical service for any individual in any country. The Medford physician told as sembled Kiwanians that the com pulsory health insurance bill drawn up by Oscar Ewing would be financed and apply only to employed persons who come un der the social security act. The cost has been estimated at a six per cent payroll tax on em ployees' wages and an equal six per cent tax on employers. Re cently, this has been changed to a three per cent tax for both parties, with the remaining six per cent to be raised from taxes, Barnes said. One of the weakest points in the proposed bill is that it doesn't cover the people who are said to be receiving sub standard medical treatment, he added. The program would be administered by a government bureau, run by the federal social security agency, and the huge number of offices required would naturally add to the administra tive cost, the speaker noted. Cost Said nigh Dr. Barnes stated that social ized medicine has cost more in every country where it has been tried. The average doctor in England today must see one patient every four minutes, he said, while in this country, under the present system, the average doctor can devote at least 17 minutes to every patient. A doctor cannot practice adequate medicine un der a system of socialized medi cine, the speaker emphasized. In England, where medical care is supposedly free, more people demand medical treatment, he said, and many of these persons can be classified as neurotics and hypochondriacs, who have filled English hospitals to overflowing. The result is that a person in England must wait eight months to gain admittance to a hospital, while because of the low salaries paid to hospital employees under the socialized set-up, many hos pitals have been closed, Barnes said. Research Lack The speaker noted that be cause of high administration costs, the English do not have adequate money to spend on medical research. Wlule socialized medicine of fers a person the security of knowing that he will receive some medical care, Dr. Barnes said, that same person can re ceive better care for less In this country today, for the price of a fiackage of cigarettes each day, le said. 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Smallpox Rporld Unusually large numbers of smallpox and meningitis cases have further loaded the wards of Calcutta hospitals and over taxed the inadequate staffs. One hospital designed to ac commodate 230 patients has checked in more than 800 dying of cholera. Victims are dumped unceremoniously on the floor of Truck Driver Held In Woman's Death San Jose. Cal.. Anr. 18 lU.Rl A murder charge will be filed today against Truck Driver Henry A. Wilson. 29-year-old ex- convict who confessed slaying a red-haired waitress with a tire hammer. Wilson said he killed Mrs. Helen Mae Piper, 27, mother of three children in a quarrel over driving his car last Wednesday night at the Highway bar where she worked. Wilson said the quarrel start ed when he refused to let her drive his car. ' He said she was too drunk. Wilson said he hit her with fists, knocking her out. He helped her come to, he said, but she again insisted on driving. Wilson said he knocked her out again, put her in the back seat of his car and began driv ing. "She came to and started yell ing, so I hit her on the head with my truck tire hammer," he said. He said he took her to a lonely ravine and tossed her bodv down a 25-foot bluff. The body was found that morning in the branches of a prune tree. Russia Zone Germans Dislike Soviet Rule Milwaukee, Wis., Apr. 18 Germans in the Russian zone ad mit frankly that they dislike So- viet rule, says Lyle C. Wilson, general manager of the Wash ington bureau of United Press. Wilson said that when he vis ited the Russian zone during his recent two-month trip to Europe, some Germans "asked to return with me to the western zone." Wilson was the principal speaker last night at a founder's day dinner of the Milwaukee professional and Marquette uni versity chapters of Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism frater nity. The dinner observed the founding of the fraternity in 1909. Economic recovery in western Europe appears "well advanced," Wilson said, but the sale of Ger man goods to other countries has been hurt because the German mark is valued so high. Wilson said he observed, while attending the Leipzig trade fair in Germany's Russian zone, that factory products were of high quality but that there were few sales. Benson Radio Station Gets Power Increase Washington, Apr. 18 (U.R) Benson Polytechnic high school of Portland, Ore., was today au thorized to increase the broad casting hours and power of its station KBPS by the federal1 communications commission. Involved in the FCC decision was the denial of an application by Hugh Francis McKee for a new Portland station. KBPS was authorized to raise its power from 100 to 250 watts and Increase its hours from 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. to 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Fridays. 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"Most cases are too far gone by the time they are hospitalized and we haven't the facilities to give them adequate care. Wards reek with the nauseat ing odor of stale vomit, and un washed bodies as patients lie on bare, dirty mattresses, some rigid in death, others twisting and moaning in pain. Attendants are too busy try ing to relieve pain to answer pleas for water to clean up pa tients, most of whom are too weak to move. Agonies Wort In Day few are able to accept the pain, and the moans of the dying tear at the heartstrings! of the well. Sometimes it is hours be fore a dead bodv is removed to make way for one of the dying. The victims range from young children to furrowed aged. Dur ing the day, with temperatures near 100 degrees, their agonies are worse. Doctors expect the situation to remain at least as bad as now until the monsoon rains later this year. Health authorities have ap pealed to all persons to get vac cinated. Large advertisements for inoculations appeared in all papers during the past few days. But the number of new cases appears to be growing larger daily. U. P. Stage Employees Set Strike Thursday Portland, Ore.. Apr. 18 (U.R' The Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Mo tor Coach Employees (AFL). no tified Union Pacific Stages, Inc., Monday that its members will strike at midnight Thursday. Union Pacific is a division of the Overland Greyhound lines. General Manager G. E. Motz said here that a strike would discon tinue service in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Utah. Motz contended the company has offered the highest industry wage to its employees plus a S50 monthly, company-paid pension. Union demands are for condi tions equal to those on other Greyhound lines in the north west. They involve wages, a re vised pension system and im proved working conditions. Service of other Greyhound lines serving Portland and Spo kane would not be affected by a walkout. Buddhists Give Thanks For Saving Valuables Portland, Ore., Apr. 18 (U.R) Japanese Buddhists here offered prayers of thanks today for sav ing valuable statues, vases and other furnishings when fire swept their temple's upper story Monday. About $4000 damage was done to the Henjyoji temple but the loss was covered by insurance. Firemen protected valuables by covering them with canvas be fore turning their hoses on the blaze. Rev. G. Y. Kimura. bishop of the temple, was away at the time. His wife and six children got out of the temple unscathed. lovers' lane Romeo Turns Out To Be Cop Vancouver, B.C., Apr. 18 iURi James Windrim tried to frighten a lover's lane couple last night by rapping on their car window and announcing. "I'm a policeman." Constable E. H. West, getting some off-duty romance, stepped out of the car and arrested the youth for impersonating an officer. lnito)lHfi. pick, up Ftd 4lirf todsy yotir , Youngest Composer Plays Concerto Solo Beverly Hills. Cal., Apr. 18 (U.R) Chubby Fred Myrow laid aside his baseball bat last night to play a piano solo in the first orchestra performance of a con certo he composed. Fred is It. He is believed to be the youngest composer ever to draw royalties from the Amer ican Soicety of Composers, Au thors and Publishers. "He takes it in his stride," his father, Joseph Myrow, reported. "When I showed him a story about the concert, he turned to the funnies." Fred, who belongs to both a Cub scout pack and a neighbor hood ball team, started pecking out tunes on the piano when he was three. He was "inspired" to write the five-minute long "Palm Canyon" miniature concerto aft er a vacation in the movie mecca of Palm Springs. 0 tiMM CD LOWEST PRICE EVER Oi V- 6.00-16 t(n00 &F AND Y0UR uyyA PI 0lD TIRE I jj DOWN Ym!m J Mer Sizes 1 ,$100 t v y Also 10W .... m X. 5 ZE 00-16 y en Your Carr ACCLAIMED BY MILLIONS. 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