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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TuMdey. AP'tI It. 1M0 MEDFORD, .Tribune "Everyone id Southern Orefoo" Reads The Mall Tribun" Daily Except Saturday Published By Lnnmnn PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St Phone 2-ll ROBERT W ERNEST tt RUHL. Editor GILSTRAP hrr n r:REV Advertlatn Mar. C C FERGUSbN. Managing Edit ruir aluen JR.. CIO Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. Telegrapb Editor HENRV L. GREEN Sunday Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Ma An Independent Newspaper Entered aa aecond claaa mattar at Medford. Oregon under Art m March t. 187 SUBSCRIPTION RATES n Mll In Advanca: Daily and Sunday on year.... 00 Dally and Sunday U month 4.75 Dally and Sunday thra moa iM Daily and Sunday on month 100 By earner in Advance aieaiora Aahland. Central Point, Jeckaonvlll Gold HU1. Phoanla. Talent and on mnlnr rmitea: Dally and Sunday on yaar..I2.00 Dally and Sunday one month lau All Terma Caab In Advance Oftlclal Paper t the City ol Mad for Official Paper or jaeaeoo vouar United Prase full Uaaaad Wlr MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertiiing Repreaentatlv: WEST-HOLMDAY COMPANY. INC Offlcea In New York Chlcafo De troit. San Franciaco Loa Angalea Seattle Portland St Louie Atlanta Vancouver, B C V NIWSPAPIR k PUtllSHf RS "ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL 1IAS)C5TN Flight o' Time Medford ead Jack Canary "sa lary trees Hm file at rk Mai Tribam 10. 20 aevj 14 rar 10 YEARS AGO TODAY April 18, 1940 (It Was Thursday) Jackson school fourth, fifth and sixth grades to present April frolic tomorrow. Southern Oregon Sugar Pine company starts logging opera tions near Prospect. Senior class at high school be gins rehearsals on annual play "Seven Keys to Baldpate." Talent group organizes First Aid club and selects Mrs. Har riet Bates as president. Bidding slated on surfacing of Tiller-Trail highway. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY April 18, 1930 (It Was Friday) High school commencement txercises may be held on lawn instead of Indoors. Hunting and fishing lodge to 7)e constructed near Prospect by Northern Pacific Fox and Fur company. E. R. White Machinery conv pany to hold open house in new building on south f ir street. Endeavor societies of county to hold Easter sunrise service on Rader hill. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY April 18. 1918 (It Was Tuesday) Amona class of Baptist church to meet with Mrs. E. J. Stewart on Wednesday. E. G. Trowbridge Jr. awarded contract for building Judges' and and clerks' benches and desks in new federal building court room. Southern Oregon Athletic as sociation to hold field day at Talent April 26. Butte Falls Butte Falls. Apr. 18 Mrs. Ruth Capello, Mrs. Mildred Fraccy, Mrs. Clyde Wilson and diiuKhtcrs attended a Stanley parly in Medford Tuesday. They also visited Mr. Wilson In the Community hospital. He was Injured recently but Is greatly improved. Mr. and Mrs. K. Ellefson of Medford spent Easier Sunday here with their son Elmo, and family. Members of the Society of American Forresters, who are planning on attending the monthly regional meeting in Coos Bay are Bill Roniayne, Robert iiceman and Hoss Howies Butte Falls Boy scouts of troop 48 had a booth on "Out' door Camp Fire Setting," In the Medford armory Saturday in honor of the Boy scout Jamboree. Mrs. Capello motored the scouts to Medford. Shirley Irwin and Chnrlene Ferguson represented Butte Falls at the Junior Red Cross luncheon meeting Tuesday. The Girl scouts' recent cookie sale was a huge success. The Girls' liccreution club, a newly formed "Teen club. Is boosting their clubs treasury by selling home made candv. Mt. Pitt club met Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Tungate. Plans for the card party which the club plans to give later this month were discussed. Gifts were brought by members which will be sent to Ellen Menteer later this month. After the short business meeting members wrapped the gifts. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Next meeting will be April 27 at the home of Mrs. Bob Drlskcll. Mrs. Josle Johnson of Medford celebrated her birthday Sunday t the horn of her ion and fam- Phone Rate Hike Asked The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company's application for rate increases in Oregon while not unexpected comes as something of a shocK in view of the fact that if granted, the raise will be the third in three years. THE plea for the latest boost is based primarily on the need to assure a level of earnings which will enable the company to attract sufficient new capital The additional capital is required for expansion of service, it is pointed out. HTHE telephone company argues that while present monthly rates meet the current service costs they do not orovide funds with which to build new lines and install equipment which must be done it tne serv ice is to keep pace with demands. An increase of oou.uuo or &y per cent in popuia tion since 1940 has placed a heavy burden on the telephone company and more people are coming, an i i j ! t i mi: l a . i j j additional nail inuiiuii pupuiawuu uemg ijicuicteu by 1960. IN the effort to keep pace with demand for telephone service more than 130,000 instruments have been installed since V-J day. The company now boasts 345,000 in the state with 85 per cent operating through dial equipment. In addition to higher operation costs wages alone have practically doubled since 1939 the com nanv has been plaeued by inflation. The cost of eaumment to serve each telephone, which was figured at $250 up the end of the war, is now $400, and still going up. MOT all of the new money will directly benefit the ' company for of the $250,000 per month addi tional which the proposed rate hikes will produce, approximately $100,000 will be paid out by the com pany in federal corporate taxes. Actually, taxes con stitute a very sizable portion of every telephone user's bill. fXF course, the Public Utilities Commission has yet to rule on the rate changes, but our guess is that the increases which will approximate ten per cent, will be permitted, effective in about one month. E.C.F. Baseballs Gorgeous Georges Shorts for baseball players the nutty notion which Hollywood's club originated this season are here to stay, according to such erudite sports com mentators as the Oregon Journal's Marlowe Brana gan. If this observation is correct, baseball is due for its worst setback in many years, at least in the opinion of some long-time devotees of the national pastime. QHORTS unquestionably have their place. They look veiy good on a Film Town cutie in cheese cake routine. - But they were never meant to drape the bony extremities of professional baseball play ers. Imagine the reaction of such all time greats as bowlegged Honus Wagner, or spidery Connie Mack had they been told to don such raiment. e TIME was when baseball players went forth to battle with a cud of eatin' tobacco tucked into one cheek, the sleeves of a grimy undershirt dangling wrist length, and pants legs drooping half-way be tween knee and ankle. There were no Gorgeous Georges of the baseball diamond in those days and what's more, the rough and rugged boys could play ball. e a e A NOTHER thing which has done nothing to en " hance interest in the game in recent years is the growing number of rule book lawyers among the players. Time after time proceedings are halted for interminable squabbles between players and um pires, punctuated with all the histrionics of arm wav ing, glove throwing and tough talk. By the time play is resumed spectators and a ma jority of the athletes have forgotten what the beef was all about and most of the fans, at least, have ceased to care. E.C.F. Cross town by Roland Co ; . I ' 'Smt to b in good shap, but we'd need to gt a new squirnl's tail." Letter From Washington I. HARRIS ELLSWORTH Mmbr f Congress From Oregon The recently pending housing bill which cleared its final legis lative hurdle In the house with the adoption of the conference report, extends housing loan pro visions and authorizes some more funds for such loans. When it finally become law the bill will also carry a section which we put in when the bill was be ing acted upon in the house. This section will enable cities or other local units to purchase govern ment temporary and semi-permanent housing. This amendment will, I believe, enable the city of Lebanon to make satisfactory arrangements regarding the two federal projects which have been a worry to the Lebanon city ad ministration. a a GOOD WEATHER for Eas ter Sunday here in Washington brought out so many automo biles that traffic down Connecti cut avenue and in the vicinity of me liclal Basin, where the fa mous cherry blossoms are in bloom, was almost completely tied up for hours. I managed to get caught in both jams and I can assure you that there are better ways of putting in time on a beautiful Easter Sunday afternoon! COMMUNICATIONS Lettere to the Editor must bear the name and addreise of the writer although under certain clrcum stances the use of a pen name of initial for publication la permls slble. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub llratlon must not exceed t" words ALTHOUGH THE subject is not of immediate concern to Ore on people, I expect you have felt the impact of the barrage of propaganda being let loose against those who voted for the natural gas bill. Apparently this has been grabbed as ideal for a hot campaign issue by the left wingers and socialist minded writers, commentators and politicians. The gas bill would seem to be ideal for their purpose. It in volves a complicated problem which only a few experts really understand, so the truth about it can be distorted without much fear of refutation. Therefore, the nropagandists are having a field day in this darkness by attempt ing to frighten people with a hob-goblin of their own making labelled: "Money grab by the big interests." This bill was the subject of many weeks of hear ings before our committee. I hap tea to know some of the facts about it. Here are a few, if you are interested: In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Washington "The weather will probobly continue chilly in the eastern part of the nation for at least another month BUT THE WEST WILL BE WARMER THAN USUAL. "That was the gist of the latest experimental 30-day fore cast issued yesterday oy Jerome Namias. chief of the weather bureau's extended forecast sec tion. w I'M GETTING so I discount in- 1 stinctively anything that is said in Washington, but I cer tainly hope that one is true. ASHINGTON. bv the way. is hist kicking off a seven- months-long birthday party com memorating the estaonsnmeni there of the federal government 150 vears aeo. It will De Known s thi Sesauicentennial Celebra tion. and tne commission inm will run it says it will be the most snectecular Datriotic page ant in the nistory 01 tne nauuu since the inauguration 01 vvasn- ington.' THIS would be a good time to remember that Jefferson was ho first Pres dent to be inaugu ration in the new caDltal city of Washington. It was jeiierson uhr, cnirtr I nlace economy among tne first and most lmDonam vinuca nH nnhlic debt AS THE GREAT- a .T T7T CT fTrt DIP EST Ur LniNULna xj an fttapfd ... To nreserve our nHpnpi.ripnce. we must not let mir rulers load us with perpet ual debt. . . we must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servi tude. "if we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat ond Hrink in nnr necessities ana our comforts, in our labors and our amusements. . . If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people nvnFR THE PRETENSE OF CARING FOR THEM they (the people) will be happy." PERSONALLY. I think it would be a good idea during the Sesquicentennial to dramatize this prophetic utterance of the first of our Presidents to take office in the city of Washington. But I doubt if it will be done. HACK in Passaic, Mcleod McLEOD, Apr. 18 Dick Bll- llngMcy spent taster Sunday vis iting relatives in Oakland. Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding sr., spent the weeR-enn or April 8 with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Vaughn and son Wayne at Pros pect. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alworth entertained Mr. and Mrs. Glen Anrierton and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Tati-s at Easier Sunday dinner. Mrs. Lucile Prlchard went as far as Richmond. Cnlif.. with Mrs. voce! and Mrs. Vosel con tinued driving on to Los Angeles. Mrs. Dorothy Hume was a din ner guest of Mrs. Nan Billings- iry on April 1. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lawrence were Easter dav suests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shere on Butte Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnv O'Con- nor and family have moved to curcKa, Lain. The rommunitv extends ivm. nathy to the family of Grandpa Vaughn who passed awav at a local hospital Anril 12. Ho very well known here having nvcii in rrospect ann Trail. ily. Albert Hartlernde. A hlrth. day dinner was held In her hon or with her other daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Rulph Gill more, and daughters attending. Mrs. Carl Blair has anno in San Francisco for medical treat ment. While there she stays with her sister. Dead Una flundav daealtiarf u mt Mood Saturday. The Grange Llv Oak Grtng At the regular meeting of Live Oak Grange, April 13, several candidates were initiated in third and fourth degrees, and visitors from Sams Valley and Gold Hill Granges helped welcome the new members. Frank Hall stated In the agri cultural report that farmers may now register for the AAA pro gram at the court house in Med ford. Master Carl Christenson re ported the rural fire district be ing formed has been advertised and gave a list of the personnel to be chosen for the fire depart ment. Juvenile Grange members cel ebrated Diana Dixon's birthday party at their last meeting. Recreation committee report ed proceeds from the last dance completed payments on the hard wood flooring of the main hall and announced the dates of the coming dances as April 29. May 13 and 27. and June 10 and 24. Literary Chairman Kathryn Christenson announced the wed ding anniversaries of Mr. and Mrs. Art Robinson, newly in itiated members and of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hughes. Solos by Betty Carroll completed the program. QUEST OF HONOR Philadelphia. Aor. 18 nU.R) Margaret Truman was the guest of honor last night at the 21st anniversary dinner of Robin Hood Dell. Miss Truman will appear as soloist In the outdoor concert hall hr on July 37. Serious Tthinking To the Editor: Richard Le Fluer is right. We should all net our heads together over a glass of beer and do some serious thinking. The more beer, the more profound thoughts come to mind, and we can expound our troubles to those alwavs willins to listen. What the heck do we care if Medford has such a hich ner- centage of loafers, winos, rapists, juvenne delinquents and even murders. What the heck do we care if little children are ragged and hungry because their par ents must have that "one for the road" the road to hell for the kids. What do we care if children are dragged around the country from pillar to post when their transient worker parents can find no other hitching post but the Front streets of America? Why worry if the welfare board has so many to care for the task is overwhelming? Why worry if the juvenile department is so overburdened with delinquent children they have no place to put them except jail where the parents should be? If Mr. LeFuer and others must take sly digs at George Good man, why not come out in the open Instead of beating around the bush by calling him "some one" (if the shoe fits). We all know' who they mean and why. Let's all take down our hair and cry in our beer because a man with a few principles of decency speaks his mind. Let's keep our Skid Row so our jails and courts can stay busy as they have been with cases of assaults on little girls, bawdy teen-age parties with the young left on their own to fol low adult examples. It's really a shame that the good Joes must suffer in their "havens" because some nasty old dictator wants things cleaned up. Let no dictator such as this dare to come nut in the open with any suggestions for making Medford a more decent place for its children. Have another beer, boys. We have some serious thinking to do. ' Carina McCarty, Trail, Oregon. (1) Long experience under the existing law pretty clearly indi cates what may be expected in tne iuture. mere is no honest reason tej believe the passage of the recent bill will cause an in- crease of gas prices to the con sumer. (2j me bin just passed means that the Gas Act of 1938 will continue to be administered as it has been for nearly 12 I years. (3) The recent bill does J nothing new but merely clari fies the 1938 statute after its meaning became questionable as the result of a court decision. (4) Natural gas is about the only commodity of general use which has decreased in price over the past 20 years. (5) The nrice nf gas at the well represents only I a minor traction ot tne cost of gas to the consumer. a e e THOSE WHO HOPE to see most of the recommendations of the Hoover commission made in to law. and I am one who does, must watch out for administra tion tricks. For example, the Truman reorganization plan number 12. submitted as one of 21 such plans supposedly carry ing out the Hoover commission suggestions, would abolish the independent general council of the national labor relations board. This would make NLRB prosecutor, judge and jury, just as in the bad old days. There is nothing in the Hoover commis sion report recommendnig such a change. Car Damaged at Power Pole, Fence Struck Considerable property damage resulted when a car operated by Robert C. Cocks. 417S Cedar lane, left South Central avenue near Riverside avenue about 10:15 p.m. Saturday and struck a power pole and fence, city po lice reported. They said that the pole was sheared off and broken In two, that three fence posts were dam aged and that the car was badly wrecked. Cocks apparently was not hurt. Cocks posted $10 ball on a charge of being drunk on a pub lic highway, police stated. They reported that witnesses Indicated the car was traveling at a high rate of speed. New Jersey, Anartmpnt House Superin tendent Angeio rainer coneticu $2100 in rentals and put the money in a paper bag. His wife was away, so he decided to clean their anartment and surprise her when she returned. He tossed a oaten oi reiuse iniu mc mv-m-erator AND WITH IT THE BAG OF CASH. QUESTION: How ya gonna legislate secur ity (which everybody wants) for a guy like that? ALSO: In legislating equal security for everybody, how are you go ing to get around the fact that the fellow who is a good man ager can live well and put aside BE GLAD YOU WAITED! Ihaal hiri I Terms Only $3.45 a week Newest and biggest G-B Horn Freezer hokh rap to 389 Ra of frozen foods! J rat the thing for farms, suburban borne' and targe families! Ask in to pro bow yarn caa Hwj better far lesaf something for a rainy day on $50 a week while the one who isn't a good manager will be per petually broke on $100 a week? IN DETROIT, a d 1 z z y blonde named Gertrude Knycz (suit yourself as to pronunciation) gets a ticket for doing more than 60 mph on a city street. When she came up before the judge, she said to him: "Just let me say this, judge. If I wanted to, I could have gone up to 130 miles an hour." At this point, the judge banged his gavel, fined her 25 smackers, placed her on pro bation and suspended her driv er's license. ANOTHER good example of the fact that a whale of a lot of the troubles we face in this world arise out of talking too much. JET'S close on this one: In Atami (Japan) a couple of workers were filling a container with gasoline. One bet the other that a lighted cigarette dropped into the fluid wouldn't start a fire. To settle the bet, they tried it. Result: A fire in which 200 persons were injured, 19 of them critic ally; 1500 houses were destroy ed, leaving 6,000 people home less, and most of the business district of the city of 35,000 was wiped out. The reason so many strange things happen in this world is that the world is filled with so many strange kinds of people. Dead line on Classined AOs: 5:30 p.m tot' following day; 10 a.m. Mon day noon Saturday for Sunday a m MEW CHAIRMAN Santa Cruz, Cal., Apr. 18 (U.B The California Association of Employers has elected Harvey Sewell, Reno, as chairman of the board to succeed Gordon A.. White of Modesto. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th just Off Central 9 A.M. 10:30 P M. For Complete Prescription Service DAY and Night Call 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery . Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood Hudson Medford't Own Modern Pharmacy TITII INIUIANCI I I MT I itCIOWt il IKE.!' 'rroSr 7i MISSING HEIR Mary and James Blank were listed as the sole heirs of their father, John Blank, in the petition for probate ol his estate. Shortly after the estate was dosed, the prop erty was sold to a grocer in the community. Several years later, Richard Blank appeared and proved that he, too, was a child of John Blank, The owner of the property was ordered to pay Richard Blank his share of the estate, which was one third of the purchase price. Since he had wisely in sured his title to the property, the title insurance com pany paid Richard Blank his share of the estate. Your best protection against lost because of defects not shewn in the record is Title and Trust Company title Insurance policy. COIH FK 1 1 TrHe I Trast fcrikfinf - 32S S.W. Feerrh frr. . Partial 4. Oreta raac mmi Associate OMcaai Mean CRr SsNMI fesMsae Tke MfcM Tamil. TeWe . CAPITAL SUIPIU AND IllttVII OVII I1,S0, See Your Home Owned . . . JACKSON COUNTY TITLE Cr ABSTRACT CO. Representing Title & Trust Company 121 E. Sixth ' Phone 2-6402 TITLI INSURANCE ABSTRACTS ESCROWS CElERAtQ ElECTIIC . HOME FREEZERS You Can Put Your Confidence In General Electric and the HOME APPLIANCE CO. 115 E. 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