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10 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 11. 1940
(It Was Saturday)
French repulse nazi attacks
on Maginot line; bombs rain on
Lowland capitols.
North Umpqua road from
Roscburg to Diamond lake to be
opened on June 21.
Medford high qualifies 16
entries for state track meet.
Medford first in southern
Oregon in sale of United States
savings bonds last year with
total of $151,012.50.
Adult's Missionary society of
First Christian church elects
Mrs. Julia Gregory president.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
Mar 11. 1930
(It Was Sunday)
Estimated 33 per cent of reg
istered .voters to cast ballots in
county May 16.
Mrs. John F. White and R. Li
Clark report owning coins dated
1776, and Mrs. White has $3
note dated 1777.
State convention of Business
nd Professional Women's clubs
to open here Friday.
Vera Marshall reelected to
board of directors of Fruit
Growers' exchange.
94 YEARS AGO TODAY
Mar 11. 1916
(It Was Thursday)
Two days battling snow four
to eight feet deep finally brings
party in auto to Whiskey Creek
near Crater lake.
Misses Louise Wilklns, Cath
erine Wagner and June Shelby
among those attending freshman
prom at University of Washing
ton. Medford high first, Grants
Pass second and Ashland third
in field and track meet held
here.
News of 4-H
CLUBS
Valleyview Club
The Valleyview 4-H club had
Its regular meeting May 5. The
president was absent so tne vice
nresident took over the meeting.
There wore 16 members present
and eight parents. We had one
new member.
We discussed having a float In
the Memorial day parade in Ash
land. The local fair will be held
on Thursday. August 10, at Bell-
view. Mr. Williams wild that he
would like to have a couple of
meetings at different member's
places. Mr. Bighorn said that he
would like to have the meeting
at his niace. .
The refreshment committee Is
Mrs. Twedell and Mrs. Keating.
The next meeting will be on
June 2. 1650.
Reporter, Aria Williams
Lotus Major Will Be
Known as Big Trefoil
Astoria. Ore.. Mav 1 1 (U P.)
Lotus major, the long-lived
legume introduced into Oregon
and developed by the Astor ex
periment station a quarter of a
century ago, has been officially
renamed.
In the future, the common or
fuzzy variety of this nitrogen
producing legume will be known
as beaver big trefoil and the
smoother type will be called
Columbia big trefoil.
"The name big trefoil is to be
used rather than lotus major
Water: Adequate
W. T. "Jack" Frost came into the office yester
day to bring the latest and last snow survey and fore
cast for the 1950 season. A report on the survey is
given elsewhere in today s
THE outlook, he said, is favorable, and "If normal
snow-melt and precipitation conditions prevail,
there should be no late season deficiencies of water
anvwhere in the state.
Rogue valley farmers have good reason to be
pleased with this report, for water is the one absolute
ly essential resource for them. Without the irrigation
water stored in the hills and reservoirs, the fertile
land of the valley would lie idle, or at best would pro
duce far below its capacity.
see
THE federal soil conservation office south of town
is the headauarters for the snow survey for the
entire state, and the activities of the hydraulic en
gineers are of importance
ion, giving advance miormauon on tne irrigation
water supply forecasts, and in some instances giving
warning of flood potentials. As an example, this year
it is predicted that the run-off on the upper Deschutes
river may establish a new record. While it is entirely
possible that flood conditions will not result, it is well
for the authorities to have the advance warning so
that they may take appropriate action.
The accuracy and success or tne snow survey ae
pends upon the cooperative endeavors of a great many
people, in all parts of the state. State and federal
agencies participate, of course, but it may not be
known p-enerallv that manv private concerns also play
a part in the final preparation of the forecasts. It is
interesting to note just how many groups are involved.
Here is a list of organizations which cooperate in the
snow survey work :
STATE: Idaho cooperative snow surveys; Nevada
cooperative snow surveys, Oregon agricultural ex
periment station; Oregon state engineer and corps of
state watermasters; Oregon agricultural experiment
station, and Oregon state highway engineers.
EDERAL: Department
forest service and soil
partment of commerce and
partment of the interior, through the Bonneville pow
er administration, bureau of reclamation, fish and
wildlife service, geological survey, Indian service and
national park service, and the war department,
through the corps of engineers.
PUBLIC Utilities: California-Pacific Utilities com
pany; Portland General Electric company, and
California Oregon Power company.
MUNICIPALITIES: Baker, Corvallis, La Grande
and The Dalles.
IRRIGATION districts: Associated Ditch companies,
rocriiitoa niintu ATmiiVi'nnl irrmrnvpment. district.
Lakeview Water Users Incorporated, and the Central
Oroirnn tfnst Fnrlr. HrnnKs Pass. Jordan ValleV. Me(l-
ford, Ochoco, Rogue River,
Warmsprings irrigation districts.
PRIVATE organizations: Amalgamated Sugar com
pany, South Wasco Soil Conservation district, and
The Crag Rats of Hood River. E.A.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
One hears more or less every
where these days the casual.
not-thought-out statement that
we are headed for socialism. We
may be headed in that direction
at the moment, but 1 don't think
we're ever going to get there.
Americans just naturally
aren't socialists at heart.
DID you ever hear of a GI who
reallv liked the army?
Thpre mnv hnve been a few.
but not many. Well, the armed
services are about as Close an
approach to pure socialism as
you can get in these days, in
the armed services, everyoouy
is working together for a com
mon cause. The common cause
is to beat the enemy. 10 Deat
the enemv. everybody HAS to
work together under rigid dis
cipline. Nobody's personal likes
count for anything. Everybody
has to take orders. Orders take
precedence over everything else.
In a moderately wide ac
quaintanceship with GI's and ex
Gl's, I've never found anybody
who really liked it.
SOCIALISM Is based on share-and-share
alike. It sounds good
in theory, but In practice Amer
icans don't seem to go for It.
Within the limits of rank, (..i s
hnred and shared alike. Every
GI's clothes were like everybody
else's. Did he like it? I'm In
clined to think an honest, heart
felt answer to that question
wnuldn t be practicable.
Then there was the GI's food.
Basically, it was good food.
But (I speak here with great
moderation) it was MONOTON
OUS. When you came to the
table, there was no chance for
the display of any originality
Did you ever go out to dinner
at a good restaurant where it
because of the wide acceptance
of that name in all other parts
of the world, an announcement
received at the experiment sta
tion here from Oregon State col
lege said.
WEATHER
Br United Press
Northern California: Fair to
day except local coast il fog and
cloudy extreme north portion.
Partly cloudy tonight and Fri
day with a little rain from
Eureka and Mt. Shasta north.
Cooler Friday. Northwest to west
wind 12-25 mph off coast except
southwesterly 12-25 mph tonitiht
from I t. Keyes north.
Thursday, Mar " 19S0
edition.
throughout the entire reg
of agriculture, through its
conservation service; de
its weather bureau; de
Talent, Vale-Oregon and
was free choice for everybody
from an excellent menu? If so.
dirt vnn ever see all the EUestS
order the same thing? I
Not often, I'll bet. Among
eight or 10 people at such an
affair, there will usually be half
a dozen DIFFERENT orders. We
Americans like to do our own
picking and choosing. In the
armed services, you did no pick
ing and choosing. You took what
was set before you.
WHEN you got a week-end
pass, what did you do first?
The chances are you hit the
nearest village and bought your
self a meal that you picked out
all by yourself. And paid for it
wim your own dough.
DID you ever live at a board
ino hnusp?
I did. I'll never forget the first
one. It was run by a Southern
gentlewoman who had come up
on evil days. We came for our
meals to her beautiful old white-
pillared house. What did we
have to eat? Hold fast to your
seats. We never had less than
two kinds of meat, one of which
would be fried chicken. There
would be BOTH beaten biscuits
and corn bread. Either game
laws hadn't been Invented yet
or a lot of people didn't know
about them. We had game or
fish every few days. Including
stewed squirrel. Did you ever
eat stewed squirrel? It tastes
better than It sounds.
We always started off the
meal with a couple of quart
pitchers of cream the kind of
cream that drips slowly off the
ladle. There were never less
than throe kinds of pie, and if It
was fruit pie we burled It in
cream rich, THICK cream.
I'd go more into detail, but
I Just can't stand it.
D
iID we appreciate it?
I hate to do it. but I'll have
to confess that we were the
darndest group of grumblers
who ever assembled in a lovely
old dining room. When we Just
COULDN'T stand it any longer,
we'd go down to Nick the
Greeks, we could ORDER
WHAT OUR FANCY DIC
TATED. At Mrs. Tobey's board
ing house we shared and shared
alike from her kitchen. Every
body had what everybody else
had! There was no chance for
Individuality.
I don t think we'd like social
Ism We Just aren't built that
way.
Cross town
'Come in hart anytime just to gat out of the rain and rou have
waiters falling all over youl"
On the Side- f v Du
(Distributee1 b Kief Features Syndicate, leaJ
mxilltllltlMIINMIIII,
Shoe stores catering to women
have an unusual number of sizes
so as to be able to take care of
females with difficult feet to fit.
But how about the man with the
difficult foot? How many differ
ent sizes are available for him?
Being a big boy I have big feet.
But not unusually so. I can al
ways find the right length and
width, but my difficulty is get
ting something to fit the instep. I
may have to get made-to-order
shoes. I know quite a few other
fellows in similar difficulty.
Asides
"Regarding your statement
that the best English was spoken
at some place in Scotland,"
writes a Seattle subscriber, "I
wish to call your attention to the
fact that the great lexicographer,
Vizctelly, maintained the best
Englisn was spoken in Dublin."
What is your favorite fish?
Do you like perch? If so, next
time you are in Detroit look up
Lou's Perch House, which I am
Informed, offers All the perch
you can eat for 75 cents."
That Club
Suggested for membership In
the My Name Is a Poem Club
was Cecil Feasel, of Seattle,
Wash. "Cecil is properly pro--nounced
ses-sell, not see-sell, as
some people seem to believe,"
said MNIAPC President Hugh
Blue. "Therefore I regret to say
Mr. Feasel is not eligible."
Chartreuse
A Bostonian wants to know in
what year chartreuse was first
made and where. The first char
treuse was made from a secret
formula at Fourvoire. France,
bv the Chartreux Fathers over
540 years ago. In 1407. to be
exact. Green chartreuse was not
perfected until 1735. however.
and yellow chartreuse shortly
after. The formula still remains
one of the world's best kept sec
rets.
Asides
Joe McCrea, the Hollywood
ian, denies he smokes 20 cigars
a day as reported. "I was once
quite a cigar smoker," states
Joel, "but haven't smoked one
for 15 years. ... At the airport
the other night I was looking at
the Overseas airline schedules.
The board revealed one plane
was about to put off for "Hong
Kong, via London, Brussels. Da
mascus, Karachi, New Delhi,
Calcutta and Bangkok." Some
trip, what? i
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. What
sportscribe said: "Ping Bodle
covers move ground than any
outfielder In either league, sit
ting down?" A. Believe it was
W. O. "Bill" McGeehan. . is II
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difficult for a woman over 30
to get a position in New York
City? A. I never heard it was,
provided she possesses the nec
essary qualifications. I under
stand some department stores fa
vor women over 30 as saleswom
en. They say women in that age
group give the customer more
careful and considerate service
than the younger ones.
Passing Br
Gene Tunney. The well-known
millionaire. He certainly looks
gofcd. Keeps himself in perfect
shape. Have heard Mr. Tunney
described as "the best looking
heavyweight boxing champion
of all time." The old timers
might argue that "Gentleman
Jim" Corbett was handsomer. In
cidentally, they say John L. Sul
livan wasn't such a bad looking
fellow in his youth. . . . Nicholas
Farley. Irish tenor. A brilliant
singer of Irish ballads. John Mc
Cormack was, of course, the top
singer in that line. But Chauncey
Olcott was good. So was Fiske
O'Hara. Morton Downey can do
a lot with an Irish ballad, too.
Also with other types of Irish
ditties. He knows about a thou
sand of them.
That Club
Jean Bean, of New Orleans,
recently married and is now Mrs.
William Wesley Bryant. How
ever, Miss Bean retains her mem
bership in the My Name Is a
Poem Club by virtue of having
a maiden name that rhymes.
However, if a girl named Jean
Brown married a a man named
John Bean and so became Mrs.
Jean Bean that would not make
her eligible to the MNIAPC, ac
cording to President Hugh Blue.
"If we permitted that," said
President Blue, "girls named
Jean would marry men named
Bean, or girls named Mary
would marry men named Carey,
and so on, just to get into the
club, and that might result in
some unhappy marriages."
Young grandmothers
Feminine subscriber of Seattle
says her dearest friend became
a grandmother at the age of 31.
"Can Brooklyn top that?" she
asks. Don't know about Brook
lyn, but it has been topped. Last
time we had the subject of young
grandmothers up we unearthed
a woman who became a grand
ma at the age of 28. But now I
forget her name.
Get It Right
As for that ditty "Under the
Bamboo Tree," it was intro
duced by Marie Cahill in a show
called "Sally in Our Alley," in
1902. It was written by Cole and
Johnson, who also wrote "Didn't
He Ramble?" Remember that
SCENT-IMENTA L
A GIFT SHE ALWAYS ENJOYS!
Select From These Choice Lines
O Lucien Le Long
O Yardley
O Dana
O Elmo
....AROUND
VIRGINIA
(Jailed Press
Hollywood, May 11 (U.PJ
It's possible, Evelyn Keyes said
today, to be a movie queen with
out getting neu
rotic. You just
turn a deaf ear
to all the phony
corrmliments.
"That's what
I do," the pep
py blonde beau
ty said. "And I
have yet to
fortune on
some psychia
couch." Vhftnlt
KacThenea
Miss Keyes
says she will be
the first to ad
mit a glamour girl's path is
plumb full of chances to climb
on a temperamental high-horse.
"When, you're acting, every
thing's focused on your own in
significant body," she shrugged.
"The camera ... the other ac
tors . . . the make-up man ev
erybody's concentrating on mak
ing you look good.
"And it's awfully hard some
times to remember you're not
worth it. Every once in a while
I have to stop and think how
small Evelyn Keyes is in com
parison with the rest of the uni
verse." After hours there always are
the glad-handers who hang
around every actress who ups
herself to the swimming pool
Cadillac convertible brackets.
Temptation To Believe
They bow, they scrape, they
"yes" her every moment. They
tell here shes witty, beautiful,
brilliant, and desirable. So do
press agents and restaurant
headwaiters and shopgirls."
"It's a great temptation to be
lieve all this," Miss Keyes admit
ted. "But the minute you do,
you've taken your first step to
wards that expensive couch."
She thinks glamour gals would
do well to act a little more sen
sible about their love lives, too.
She thinks most of 'em get a
little two passionate in their
front-page antics. -
one? If so, how are you feeling?
Hope the old rocking chair hasn't
got you.
Dog Fights
Am asked what breed of dogs
is used in "dog fights" and
where such fights are held.
American "pit" bulls are used
in these fights. Dog fights are il
legal in every state in the union
but are held in many places un
der cover. The fogs fight to kill.
An extremely cruel sport.
Please Note
A Manhattan haberdasher was
arrested recently for selling a
couple of shirts on Sunday. It
is against the law for a haber
dasher to do business on Sunday
in New York City. Seems an in
justice. If it is all right to sell
liquor on Sunday, it should be
all right to sell haberdashery on
that day.
TREASURES
3
Mil? jjj
HOLLYWOOD
MacPHERSON
Cerrespoadeat
"Live for today," she shrugs.
"Don't worry about yesterday
you can't change it, and forget
about tomorrow it's not here
yet."
Has Fun with Men
Miss Keyes, who's been
through two divorces (Charles
Vidor and John Huston) and just
wound up a romance with Kirk
Douglas, says she has fun with
her men while it lasts.
"But when it's all over it's
over," she added. "I don't brood
about it. And I'm always good
friends with them afterward.
"I use my experiences I don't
let them use me. Many things
have happened that come in han
dy to me as an actress. And lots
of things have happened that
could keep on bothering me
if I'd let 'em. But I don't."
She thinks all actresses oughta
get an outside hobby. And that
doesn't mean ways and means to
snag more camera close-ups or
handsome hemen to drag 'em to
Ciro's. Miss Keyes currently is
studying up on famous bridges
in history.
"They should read the news
papers, too," she says, "and find
out what's going on in the world.
That's a swell way to convince
yourself how insignificant you
are."
Rattlesnakes are the "gentle
men" of the reptile tribe, accord
ing to Arizona sheep herders who
frequently encounter them on
mountain trails. They strike only
with some provocation and al
ways give fair warning.
An Open Letter!
MR. WALTER H. LEVERETTE
P. O. BOX 32
MEDFORD, OREGON
DEAR WALTER:
My association with you during the last two years has
so thoroughly cemented my friendship and high regard for
you that no political issue could ever even slightly dent this
relationship. This applies to all of my friends who are sup
porting Morse and it is the sentiment of the entire Hoover
Committee towards their friends who may be supporting
Morse.
I think it was an excellent gesture on your part to write
me your letter of May 6th setting forth in detail the various
reasons why you favor Wayne Morse and I appreciate it very
much. I will reciprocate by giving you my reasons for fa
voring Hoover. In order to do this I have summarised your
letter as follows:
YOU FAVOR WAYNE MORSE:
1. Because you do not want to jeopardise the coming
success of the Republican party by placing some unknown
candidate on the ballot in place of Wayne Morse.
Assuming the 2 poll of the Oregon Republicans re
ferred to by Mr. Rodman is correct in showing 77 to 23
against Morse's record and the Democratic poll reflected 50
50 then isn't it true that there is greater danger of electing,
the democratic candidate with Morse running in Jhe finals?
Let me tabulate this poll:
For For
Morse Latourette
Republicans , 23 77 Potential protest votes
Democrats 50 50
Ratio 73 127
73
Over 39 more votes than Morse 54
Therein lies the future of the Senate seat. There is noth
ing you and I could have done to prevent the grassroots pro
test against Morse. Press reports indicate that a lot of anti
Morse labor sentiment is developing. Political dopesters tell
me that labor will be lukewarm on Morse and that it is pos
sible for them to completely change before May 19th and
fhayat any rate, after the primaries they will back the demo
cratic candidate.
The primary issue of labor is the Taft-Hartley Law and I
understand Latourette has agreed to its destruction and from
Morse's record he has also. Therefore, I believe Hoover is
the candidate to ave the Senate seat for the Republicans.
Hoover will have the support of the entire Republican party
if he is nominated which is doubtful in the case of Morse.
Hoover will be well known after this campaign.
YOU SAY:
2. That Wayne Morse is considered a top man and high
ly regarded in political circles.
If you arrived at this decision because of the recently
published Republican Senators letters of praise. I might
point out the U. S. Senate is a closely knit fraternity. No
Senator asked for a recommendation by a fellow Senator
could gracefully refuse. However, it is considered cheap pol
itics by one in distress. It seems apparent to me that Morse
himself knows he has slipped. Morse made his own record
and it makes me disgusted to know that he has failed to keep
faith with the Republican majority that placed him in office.
The C.I.O. record of voting tells a graphic story of the lack
of coordination between Morse and his Republican col
leagues and constituents. Good legislators stand on their
record.
YOU SAY:
3. That you do not agree with all that Wayne Morse has
done and said and that his philosophy of politics is quite dif
ferent from yours and mine, but, nevertheless we should
support him because of what he has done for the Rogue
River Valley.
Let's be specific. What has Morse done for the Rogue
River Valley? A check-up discloses that our other members
of Congress have been active in our behalf. How can the in
dividual efforts of Morse be credited with any benefits de
rived. We know from the record that Morse has fought the
Republican National policies 70 of the time. It appears
that other Republicans in Congress have the same political
philosophy as you and I. We can't all be wrong 70 of the
time except in the opinion of a Democrat.
YOU SAY:
4. That perhaps you and I are too fixed (maybe too old)
in our political philosophy to understand what is needed in
this changing world and in view of the fact that you consider
him one of the top Republicans in the nation and the fact
that "who can say exactly what is best" we should support
Wayne Morse in spite of the fact that Morse is semewhat
more liberal minded than you and I are.
Can it be true that a man of your qualities and standing
in our community in this land of freedoms must subordinate
his political philosophy and thinking to Morse (a public serv
1 ant). Morse is a top Republican in the eyes of people like
Norman Thomas who said to Morse "you are my favorite
Republican Senator" also he is highly recommended by
President Truman. There is no doubt that he is the Top Re
publican in the eyes of Truman and Thomas.
In closing, I realiie that you as a good citiien wanted to
challenge my decision to support Hoover for Senator. I am
indeed happy to see such capable persons on Morse's defense
as it assures him a fair trial before the Oregon electorate.
Personally you and I have no deferences of opinion
however, I cannot understand how we can reconcile our
opinions with the record of Wayne Morse.
Before signing off I must say that Wayne Morse's po
litical fences are built with rails, pickets and corner costs of
my friends like you and Eddie Sammons and Herb Cox and
I am irate at Morse for creating a political situation here in
Oregon which makes it impossible for us Republicans to be
in full harmony. With your permission I would like to send
a copy of this letter to all of my friends who are on Morse's
band wagon with full reservations for preserving yours and
their continued friendship.
As ever. Yours
A. A. (Tony) Lausmann
AAL:LD , (Paid Adv.)
(Published by agreement between Mr. Leverette and
Mr. Lausmann).
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III - J
ROBERT P.
lYIAGUIRE
OREGON LAWYERS CHOICE
for Supreme Court Justice in a recent
poll of members of the Oregon State
Bar. Maguire received more first
choice votes than both his opponents
combined. His fellow lawyers recog
nize his ability.
APPOINTED BY
THE PRESIDENT
In 1947 as one of four judges from
the West to try Nazi war criminals at
Nurenberg. Germany. His nation rec
ognizes Maguire 's outstanding ability.
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