Medford mail tribune., May 19, 1950, Image 12

TWELYE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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M. C FERGUSON. Managing Editor
ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor
HARRY CHIPMAN, TelegrapB Editor
HENRY L. GREEN, Sunday Editor
OLIVE ST ARCHER. Society Editor
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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackaoe County Wa
tery from the (ilea e the Malt
Tribune 10. 20 end 34 yean 090
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
Mir 19. 1940
(It Was Sunday)
Arthur E. Powell wing GOP
nomination lor county commis
fioner; C. R. Bowman nominat
ed county school superintendent
on non-partisan ballot.
Max Milholin named man
ager at remodeled Sixth street
Safeway store.
Cor ring Harwood, Medford,
elected secretary of student
body at Southern Oregon Col
lege of Education.
Stanley Friend wins stock
car race at Daily's speedway.
Mrs. John E. Doerr Jr. elect
ed president of Women of Ro
tary at home of Mrs. Martin E.
bands.
We re Getting Bigger
Editorial staff members are not unaccustomed
to complaints of one sort or another and usually
take them in good humor and continue to try to do
better in the job of collecting and writing news. One
was entered the other day, nowever, that to put it
mildly amazed us.
The lady who 'phoned was objecting to what she
called the smaller papers and lack of news."
e
LJOW do you answer a statement like that when
you know dam well that it's based on either mis
information or a lack of information?
We don't claim that we get all the news that
happens, lhat would require a tar more extensive
organization than we have. But the amount of news
we print has been continually increasing in recent
years until it is now at the largest point in the history
of The Mail Tribune.
WE WERE sufficiently interested In the lady's re
marlro nnrl innirlpntalhr crto waa oYrrpmp.lv rrnr-
teous about the whole thing that we went to the
files and compared the papers produced during April,
1949, with the papers put out last month. The review
bore out our contention that the paper is getting
bigger.
During April last year a total of 422 pages were
printed during the 25 days of publication a daily
average of 16.88 pages. During April, 1950, 456
pages were printed, also on 25 clays of publication, an
average of la.24 pages each day.
TTHIS means that the average April 1950 paper had
1.36 more pages than the average paper of the
year before or about 10 and two-thirds more col
umns. Between the two months, a year apart, adver
tising also increased, but not in proportion. The aver
age increase in advertising volume amounted to ap
proximately 10 column inches slightly less than half
a column.
Using simple arithmetic we see that there was
more than one full page of news space last month
than there was during the same month last year.
We had never figured this out before, but knew
that something of the sort was going on, simply be
cause of the increased demands made upon the news
and editorial departments.
XE ARE grateful for the 'phone call the other day
because it gave us a chance to make a rough
measurement of our growth during the past year.
(Incidentally, the paper has also kept pace with
the population increase in its circulation figures. We
are now printing and distributing a little more than
twice as many papers as we did in 1940, when the
population was about 11,000.) E.A.
Crosstown
I IT
fr i i n '
By Roanjcoe i eacners ray.
Requirements, on
Increase in U.S.
"Aw, runnln' away from home to seek your fortune ain't
worry sooui. i ao n every week or 10.
In the Day's News
BY FRANK JENKINS
From Chicago:
"The nation's railroad trans
portation was almost back to
normal today after the short but
costly locomotive firemen's
strike against five big carriers
. . . The six-day walkout set
tled yesterday took a solid wal
lop at business and labor. The
loss in business and wages is
estimated up to 50 million dollars."
M YEARS AGO TODAY
Mar 19. 1930
(It Was Monday)
Congress appropriates $177,000
for administration of Crater
Lake park; improvements to rim
wad planned.
Mlif Evelyn Noland reported
first to reach Crater Lake this
pring, finds raging snowstorm
st rim.
Frank Howard taken to hos
pital for treatment after frac
turing knee in fall.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Lawton
mark 55th wedding anniversary.
4 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 19. 1916
(It Was Friday)
Thirty-four graduates at Ash
land high hear Dr. Edmund S.
Conklin of the University of
Oregon psychology department.
Actress May Robson appears
In play at Page theater here.
Commencement exercises at
Page theater tonight to see 49
young people graduate.
COMMUNICATIONS
Lflttert to th Editor muit tieai
the name and aridresi of tha writer
although under certain circutn
Laurci tht mo ot a pen name 01
Initial for puhllratlon li prr mu
table. Th Mall Tribune reaervet
the right to edit all letten with a
view to rlarlflrallnn and conden
sation. Letters itihmltted tor pub
Hrm.nn mint not axreed Ittn word
Tourist Host Week
There will be 2,250,000 more vacation visitors in
Oregon this season than last year, according to esti
mates by the Oregon Advertising club.
A S BASIS for the figure, the club's tourist promo
tion committee cites the great number of inquiries
being received by the Oregon Highway commission s
travel information department. Letters requesting in
formation on Oregon vacation attractions have run as
high as 7,000 some weeks this spring.
CTATISTiCS on the tourist industry show the de
sirability of encouraging travel to Oregon in every
wav possible. Visitors to the state last year lingered
an average of 6.8 days. They traveled an average of
832 miles during their sojourn and the average ex
penditure per automobile, carrying z.y passengers,
was $113.36. The tourist business, Oregon's third
largest income source, brought about $110,000,000 in
to the state in 1949.
NFORMATION on the tourist outlook was given by
the Oregon Advertising club in connection with
announcement of plans for this year's Tourist Host
week. Governor McKay has designated the week to
start May 22 during which every effort will be made
to impress upon Oregonians the importance of help
ing tourists to eniov their stav within the state. Visi-
j tors who have a good time here will stay longer. The
I state's income from tourists will thus be increased, and
; our guests will be encouraged to return another year
and to recommend Oregon's vacation attractions to
! others. E.C.F.
V recent months we've had a
long series of strikes first
the steel strike, then the coal
strike, then the Chrysler auto
strike and now this relatively
short-lived railroad strike. After
each of them, we have been told
of the losses involved. The fig
ures have been staggering. In
the Chrysler strike alone, the
loss estimates ran above a bil
lion and a half dollars.
Yet the crystal ball gazers
tell us we are well into a Wtw
BOOM at a time when we had
expected to be well into a busi
ness backset. The latest figures
on national industrial produc
tion (measured in DOLLARS)
indicate a new all-time high if
the present rate can be contin
ued throughout the present year.
J-JOW come?
What is happening to us?
I
Keep Oregon Green, Clean
To the Kditnr: Once ngain It is
summer. The time we all love
to travel the highways and by
ways to rest and enjoy the beiiii
ty and serenity of our beautiful
country.
We arc fortunate In that we
have many streams which pro
vide a multitude of Just such
places as we are seeking in
which to fish, picnic or Just to
relax and enjoy the scenery.
Please, fellow-travelers, let us
keep our beautiful playground
safe and clean. Let us not litter
our countryside with trash.
Many ideal picnic spots are
no longer enjoyable because of
those who say to themselves
"Who cares if we throw our
garbage and tin cans about?
There are other places to go
next time and we need not re
turn and sit amid our own filth."
Some people are thoughtful to
the extent that they either dis
pose of cans and bottles in avail
able receptlcals or return with
them when such facilities are
not present. Often, however,
they cast aside the garbage
which lies in decay for weeks
and months drawing flies and
vermin.
It takes but a few moments
to bury It.
Could we possibly feel lhat
by throwing our garbage about
on tb dining room floor, that
we were adequately disposing
of it?
Also our streams are fust be
coming a hnznrdous place to
swim or even (or our children
to wade. Who knows where.
Just below the surface of the
sand, lies a Jugged or broken
bottle with razor-sharp edge up
turned? Some are deliberately tossed
Into the water as a means of
discarding them. Others, per
haps, have been flouting targets
when a small piece of wood
would have served the purpose.
Let us he thankful for our
vast recreational area and all it
means to us.
Let's keep Oregon green and
let's keep Oregon clean!
Mrs. Put Grant.
Action Needed
To the Editor: Concerning the
letter of Mrs. A.M.D., the mother
of a boy with problems, pub
lished In Sunday's Mail Tribune.
Her appeal to the United
Council of Church Women and
her revelation of the mistreat
ment of her son at Woodburn
must have touched the hearts of
ninny mothers and fathers. It
isn't enough for us to sit In
pious indignation. We need to
know more and do something.
Since reading the letter I de
termined lo find out if on visit
ing her son In the school of cor
rection she had exaggerated the
conditions because of remorse
and pity. So 1 Interviewed
public agency concerned, an ex
legislutor familiar with our state
institutions and the visiting leg
islators here for the recent tax
clinic.
These farts were determined:
1. The son was a good boy,
with one serious fault, klepto
mania. 2. The mother and father
tried, but perhaps too late, to
break him of this habit and per
haps too late tried to compen
sate (or a feeling of not being
loved enough and provided for
adequately.
3. He did stay in the home of
a Christian friend where he
proved he was tractable and
obedient, and could be guided
Into new habits.
4 The Juvenile office, lacking
facilities here, sent him to Wood
burn where he would have psy
chiatric help and sterner dis
cipline. 5. The mother went to see
him and found conditions such
that she wHics to tell citizens
so they can Investigate.
8. An ex-legislator says that
the gnnstcrism and perversion
are there now as in the past and
that the administrators say they
can do nothing about it as long
as really bad boys are with boys
of curable ills. So the latter will
be made worse rather than re
generated and returned to the
community as solid citizens.
7. Senator Howard Belton said
yesterday that the legislature did
appropriate tne money wntcn
we citizens voted in November,
1948 election for a pre-delin-
ouent bovs camp. The money
presumably is waiting for the
board of control to direct its
use. Delay began when the site
at Timber was abandoned in
search of a better location.
Two solutions suggested are:
l.-That citizens write letters
to the board of control, urging
action on a pre-delinqucnt
school.
2. That citizens visit Wood
burn and take greater interest
in it.s needs.
Many more long-time solu
tions may- develop out of com
munity thinking over this one
case.
I sincerely hope that the
mother's courage in bringing the
matter to attention will be re
warded.
Mrs. H. P. Bosworth.
Dream House Built on
Someone Else's Land
Chicago (U.R) Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Ciszek built a dream
house and wound up with a
nightmare.
It was built on somebody
else's property by mistake.
After living for three years
with Mrs. Ciszek's parents, the
couple hired Harry Ryan to plot
lots 25 and 28 in suburban
North Elmhurst.
When the house was finished
and the Ciszeks were set to
move in with their two-year-old
son, they sought a loan.
Their they learned that their
house stood on lota 22 and 23.
about 75 feet from where it
should have been.
THAT raises
1 i
a significant
Question:
Are artificial stoppages of
production, such as strikes,
GOOD FOR BUSINESS?
PERSONALLY, I don't believe
it.
I think if you'd balance all
the losses sustained oy stocK-
holders, managers and workers .
in the steel strike, tne coal
strike, the Chrysler strike, the
railroad strike and all the lesser
strikes and add to the total thus .
ohtained the losses sustained by
the rest of us in the form of
higher prices which have follow
ed the stoppages of production,
you'd find that we're ALL worse I
off than we would have been if
production had continued at a
normal, uninterrupted raie.
OUT then I'm an old fogy. My
O business experience was all
gained back In the days when
wealth was created by the ap-!
Dllcation of human labor to ;
natural resources.
If hard for an old dog to
learn new tricks, and I have lit
tle confidence in these new tech
niques of creating wealth oy
waving wands or increasing
. .... i I- T"l T
the level oi prosperity oy oi WI
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Are we entering a new era
when INTERRUPTIONS TO
PRODUCTION actually in
crease our prosperity instead of
seuing it DacKY
BEFORE the steel strike, de
mand for steel was slacking
off. Production as measured in
percentake of theoretical mill
capacity, was down in the 80's.
Came then the strike and the
resulting stoppage of produc
tion. While it was on, no steel
(or at least very little) was produced.
SO
While the strike was on. sup
ply of steel fell behind demand
When the stoDDaee ended, every.
body wanted steel. The steel
mills have been roaring wide
open ever since. According to
the last fieures I've seen, pro
duction is now slightly ABOVE
tneoreticai capacity.
IN the late months of last year I
and the early months of this j
year, the supply of automobiles I
was reaching a point of approx- i I
imate balance with demand. 'I
With a few exceptions, you could
walk into more or less any sales
; ,n,,eal not dor
Art.., it UnmA I
Came then the Chrysler strike, !
which stopped production in the
Chrysler factories. In a little
while, the sales floors of Chrys-1
ler dealers were emptied. The
result was a SHORTAGE of
cars. The factories other than
Chrysler were running wide
open at top speed but supply
was tailing penina aemana.
Everybody was happy but ;
Chrysler.
IN 1949, prices were generally j
stationary or FALLING.
When prices are stationary or
fal ine. vou and 1 are in no
hurrv to buv. We sav to our
selves: "What's the hurry? If 1 j
don't buy it today, the price may ,
be lower.
When prices are rising, we all j
RUSH TO BUY: We say: "We'd I
better buy it now or we may
have to pay more.
Under this forced draft, we
now have a new boom on.
Chicago U.R) Teachers' pay
as well as their job requirements
have gone up, it was shown in a
survey by the Civil Service As
sembly. Four of the 13 U. S. cities with
more than 500,000 population
boosted teachers' pay last year,
and nine cities raised their sal
aries in 1948, the survey showed.
It also showed that all the
large cities now require a bach
elor's degree or its equivalent,
and New York, Chicago, St.
Louis and Boston reauire a mas
ter's degree for high school teach- j
ing. Most of the cities allow sal-1
ary differentials on the basis of
preparation or professional ad
vancement as well as on leneth
of service.
Teachers' salaries varied wide
ly among the large cities, how
ever.
Starting salaries were $2,200
a year in Pittsburg and Buffalo,
while some New York teachers
received as much as $5,325. Only
Boston, Chicago, New York and
Los Angeles differentiated be
tween high school and ele
mentary school teachers' pay.
Range Given i
Minimum salaries for elemen-.
tary teachers ranged from the i
low of 52,200 in Pittsburg and !
Buffalo to a high of S3, 048 in De-:
troit. The median minimum sal
ary in the 13 cities was $2,500 for
elementary teachers with bache-1
lor's degrees and $2,784 for those :
with master's degrees. i
Cities paying over the medians ;
were Detroit. Los Anceles.
Cleveland. Baltimore, San Fran
cisco and Milwaukee.
The maximum for elementary
teachers with bachelor's deerees
ranged from S3.924 in Boston to
S5.125 in New York, with the me- i
dlan top salaries for elementary
teachers with B.A.'s at $4,500
and for those with the master's
$4,790.
Seven cities had maximums
over the median level: New
York, Detroit, Los Angeles,
Cleveland, Baltimore, San Fran
cisco and Buffalo.
California's total lead produc
tion since the metal was first
mined in the 1860's has amount
ed to about one-half of one per
cent of the national total.
The observation gallery of
Coit Tower on San Francisco's
Telegraph hill is 540 feet above
the waters of the bay.
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SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS
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"TiiAAl
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CRISCO
lbs. 85c
OXYDOL
Large 27c
Giant 73c
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LOCAL DEEP RED
RHUBARB .. lb. 5c
GREEN
ONIONS 3 bun. 10c
LARGE SOLID
LETTUCE' 2 for 19c
ASPARAGUS 2 lbs. 29c
NO. 1 MESH BAG
POTATOES 10 lbs, 39c
ARIZONA 54 SIZE
GRAPEFRUIT .... ca. 5c
FRESH TASTY
STRAWBERRIES c2P. 59c
POPULAR BRANDS
COFFEE lb. 75c
IVORY
Medium Large
325c 225c
CRISPY CRACKERS
HI HO . . lb. 29c
46 OZ.
STANDBY
JUICES
Orange
Grapefruit
Blended
37c
KRAFT
MIRACLE
WHIP
Qt. 53c
ROYAL
CLUB
CORN
CREAM STYLE
2 SSi 29c