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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDvmlWTRIBUNE "Everyone la Southern Oreeon" Itudi The Mail Tribune" DeUy Except Saturday PubUahed bjr mwr rrri ri do IMTIMn Pft S7-2S North rtr St Phona I-SMI ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST a QILSTRAP Manaief HERB GIiEY, Aaverueins E. C FERGUSON, Manasini bdltof ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY UHll'MAN . Teiefrajb Eaitor HENRY L. GREEN. Sunday EdlUM OLJVB a 1 ftm.nr.n outioij GERALD LATHAM. ClroulaUOD MP An Independent Newapaper Entered BJ aecond cUaa matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of Marcb S. IBM SUBSCRIPTION RATES By man in imii"-"' Dally and Sunday one year.... 00 . Dally and Sunday aUc roonthe . DeUy and Sunday thraa moa iM Dally and Sunday one month 1-00 By carrier in Advance - mnu.u.w Athland, Central Point, Jacksonville . Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on motor ruuica. -,,,- Dally and Sunday xne 7aw.4u.OO ualiy ana ounaej vuw mviiui All lerma cam uj Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper oi aacaion wunv United Preae t"ull Leaaed Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU . or CIRCULATIONS AdverUiInt Repreeentatlve: WEST-1IOLLIDAY COMPANY. INL Offlcea In New York Chicago Da. troll, San rranclaoo Loe Angelea Seattle Portland St Loula AtlanU Vu ncouver. B C NIWSPAMR FUBLISHIll ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Madiord and Jackson County Ma lory from the film sf the Mail Trlbuna 10. 20 and 14 yam ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY May 21, 1940 (It Was Tuesday) Nazi invaders near English channel and Paris; French pre mier blames high command lor breakthrough. High ichool graduation class of 198 to hear Dr. Bruce Baxter, president of Willamette univer sity. Mrs. Leonard Carpenter re elected president of county league of women voters. Phoenix high to graduate 13 at Friday commencement. McLeod extension unit elects Mrs. ZellB Tullis president. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY May 21. 1930 (It Was Wednesday) Deuel building including Rus sell's department store, destroy ed by blaze; damage estimated at $50,000. Walter Bowne purchases large tract and will build fishing lodge along Rogue river near Peyton bridge. Esther Frohreich poster In lo cal drink more milk contest judged best. Opening of Eighth street over Southern Pacific tracks urged on city council. 30 YEARS AGO TODAY May 21. 1916 lit Was Sunday) Roosevelt school parent-teacher circle elects Mrs. George Lind Icy treasurer. Talent voters approve irriga tion district 105 to 11. The Medford Choral society to present conceit on May 29 in 1'ngc theater. News of 4-H CLUBS Proipecl 4 H Clan j The Prospect 411 clubs held an achievement day at the com munity club Thursday, May 18. The program consisted of songs, yells and demonstrations on drop cookies and muffins, un der the direction of Mrs. Flor ence Shalcr and Mrs. Ella Macro. The guests were served coffee, punch and cookies by the cook ing classes. The sewing class under the leiidship of Mrs. D. M. Chandler modeled dresses they made for tlieir projects. If tifiiK Cale, 411 agent for Jackson county, was guest speaker. Central Point Cooking Club The Central Point Cooking club met at the home of Mrs. W. T. Parsons, May 18. President Ciail bkyrman called the meet ing to order. After the meeting Lois Parsons demonstrated how to make a "tea ring." All mem bers present made various shap ed rolls, twists, etc. Reporter, Esther Snook. Youth for Christ Sets Rally Here June 13 First rally of the newly or ganized Youth for Christ group here will be held on Tuesday, June 13, at the Junior high school. Don Lonie will be sneaker Bill Armstrong, (inld Hill. Is president of the local group and Ray SlonrUer, Medford, secra-Ury-treasurer. MAIL TRIBUNE Editorial Correspondence Mohonk Lake, N. Y., May 15 This is it! Here that unfulfilled wish of turning tht clock and the world back to one's youth is realized. One has to pinch oneself, in fact, to be certain one la actually awake in the Year of Our Lord 1950, and not about to awaken in the same old hotel bedroom, and find it was all a nostalgic, pleas ant but evanescent dream. For here is the Lake Mohonk Mountain House, huge ram bling hostelry, with its "Gay Ninety" stone towers and turret, its original fire-trap wooden sections painted an impossible pea green as quiet, comfortable, secluded and reminiscent of bygone horse-and-buggy days, as that well-known iway-back surrey "with the fringe on top." For once the New York Weather Man nodded and failed to ruin the week-end with his usual drizzle and leaden skies. In fact he put on two of the most salubrious and delightful May days in many a year perfect in fact, warm enough to be comfortable in a rocking chair on the huge piazza, yet cool enough to encourage a hike to the Sky Top tower about 1500 feet above water level, which most of the family seven In number negotiated. e e a e a And what a view for the bovs and girls! "Sky Top" is well named for It Is far up in the skies straight ud with an unobstructed 380 view of New York state from The Hudson to the Delaware and from ALMOST! Also one could Jump off and if sufficiently springy in the leas, clear any obstruction until one hit the surface of the min iature Crater Lake below with sults than If the take-off had been building! The Lake Mohonk Mountain the Civil war bv a wealthy and whose great nephews Albert and much as their great uncle ran it is wnai manes Lane mononx sucn a cnarming, aengnuui ana unbelievable resort. In everything but area the hotel itself has grown the regulations and by-laws, the methods and atmosphere are undoubtedly the same as during the administration of General Grant. Sunday, for example, is literally a day of silence and of rest. There is morning worship, but in fact, although 10 minutes from esting and intriguing 18-hole course. Nor is there tennis, or bowl ing, fishing or rowing there Is but walking the "bird-walk" starting with a guide at sunrise and the flower-walk, a tour of the greenhouse and gardens, a couple of hours after breakfast. All very interesting, improving and educational. Nor is there a bar anywhere of any kind has been served in all the 83 years, and none will be as long as the Smileyi are in control. And as there are plenty of little Smileys running about it is likely the family, will be in con trol for the next eight decades as they were for the last (The undersigned hopes so for the Lake Mohonk Mountain House with out the Smileys would, we imagine, be like Hamlet with Hamlet left out worse In fact. The place would completely lose its char acter, its charm and savor.) Therefore Brother Hilton keep off! However, the Medford party arrived on Friday so we had Saturday to play golf, which was an experience in itself. No one had told us there was a golf course so we arrived without clubs, balls, picks, shoes or anything else. We were soon Informed, how ever, we could secure all the essentials at the golf course, only a 10-mimite motor trip (at 13 miles an hour) down beyond the checking station spot known as "Mountain Rest" (Everything in the eleven square miles of hill and woodland, In fact, is named, all samee as Reg Parsons' layout at Hillcrest). e e e e And they were right. We did get everything needed except spiked shoes. And we met one of the famous golfers of all time who was in charge of the course, Alex Simpson, who still holds Scotland's record for nine holes of 27, and is one of the few golfers ever to play his age. Like many others he isn't as young as he once was, but while he no longer competes as a professional, he can still break par frequently enough to keep any Scotch pals at a distance, as far as heavy wagers are concerned, and give the itinerants a nice trim ming If they think the "old man" is a set-up. e e e e e "Alex." a true Scot, gave us the clubs and a moth-eaten bag to hold them. After looking us over Just two, father and daugh ter he opined that one bag and five clubs brassle, spoon, 2-lron, mashle and putter would be enough he was sorry there was no caddy available all of them (3) were out. When we asked what the charge was, Alex, as is proper for a true Scot, turned all regular business arrangements over to his wife, who also isn't as young as she once was but has a bounce and a Scotch "burr" that probably hasn't changed materially since she set sail from the Highlands and St. Andrews some 30 or 40 years back. Mrs. Alex was good at arithmetic. The bag was so much, the clubs ditto, then the balls she had no cheap ones were three for $1.95 and the picks were 35 cents that added up to, with the green fees let's spo exactly so much. But we protested three golf balls would not be enough, we should have at least six for nine holes to be on the safe side. Whereupon Mrs. S., in her richest brogue, suddenly discovered she DID have some "used" balls after all, and would sell them at a bargain for two-bits apiece and if we played the first five holes and then switched over to No. 15, we could come home via 16, 17 and 18, and only be charged for nine holes instead of 18. e That was the deal. And considering everything, it wasn't bad. The nine holes proved to be up-hill and down-dale (not a flat space of more than six linear feet in the entire set-up) but in view of the fact it was the first golf since last September and the com bined scores did not exceed 100, a good time was had by all. When we stagKcred in at the clubhouse Alex, with one bloodshot eye, but otherwise irreproachable in plus-fours and a delightful Scott ish accent, remarked that his girl friend who saw the Medford purly tee-off had remarked: "What a sweet swing that little girl has!" e e e That was enough to make the day a great success. When the car from the hotel came to take us back, Mrs. S. asked if she could ride back, and we were glad wen the "official guide" agreed, for the Lake Mohonk Mountain House has certain rules and regulations, and they prevail, regardless of any pressures that may be exerted from any source. She proved to be an enlivening travel companion. She said her father (in Scotland) somewhat disappointed by the UNprofit ahle activities of her sisters, insisted that she become a "reciter of verse," which she did, mastering 52 verses of one type and another, most of them, since she married one of Scotland's premier Rollers, concerned with the great Scottish game. e e e She recited many but we present herewith the only one we set down, to-wlt: The GOLF WIDOW (Scottish version) "Who is the stranger mother dear, look he knows us, ain't that queer?" "Hush my own, don't talk so wild, he's vour father dearest child." "He's my father, no such thing. Father tiled away last Spring!" e "Father did not die you Dub, Father joined a t m.; club. "But they have closed the place, so He, Has no other place to go you see, No other place else for him to roam, That Is why he's coming home. So kiss him he won't bite you child for All those golfing guys LOOK wild!" R.W.R. Harvest Help Demand Siilcm. Ore. May "0 (U R A strong demand for farm harvest help Is not looked for until the second week of June, because of the Inte spring, the state employ ment service said today. Local nffhes of the service said local labor supply is expect ed to be adequate 111 most sec tions of the stale during the early summer season, mainly due to curtailed crops. Favorable weather conditions in the past week or two speeded up demand for farm workers In the Willamette valley and other arras, but no shortages were re 'orted. Mend. Ore., May 20 Bend's new national guard armory was dedicated Saturday to highlight the rily'a observance of armed forces day. Sunday. May 21. 1950 Albany to Manhattan Island probably no more disastrous re from the top of the tmpire Mate House was built three years after benevolent Quaker named Smiley, Francis now run the place and over 80 years ago. In fact, that no morning golf no golf at all, the hotel is an extremely inter notntng or a recreational nature on the 7.500 acres not a drink Expected In June Hoeing of berries, hops, sugar beets and other crops, and plant- ng of beans, potatoes and other field crops kept manv busy. The rhubarb harvest employed many workers around Salem and En- ne. 'tr.XT QUESTION Milwaukee tURi The new owner of one make of motorcycle is asked to fill out a registration card for the company file, and among other questions Is, "what uotorcycle or auto does this re llace?'' Recently one new owner plied, streetcar." GETS LOFTY HAIRCUT Atlanta (U.P.I Odell Smith, flagpole sitter who is out to reak the 1 17-day record, has tad Ins lint haircut aloft The t'urher, ,lniee Faucrlt. had to be hauled up 60 fett to do tht job. Crosstown ItVeU 4 W Oll P-llf I a ggTeW "I don't think ituy wr impolitt, thiy TRIED to stay awako." Babson Discusses Labor Strikes By Roger W. Babson New York City. May 20 (Spe cial to Mail Tribune) There is no easy way of settling strikes. Strikes signify what workers want ana now they hope to get it. I am remind ed of the old story about Samuel Gomp ers, one time head of the A. F. of L. Once when someone asked him what labor really wanted, he re plied, "more." The question is: More what? Many labor econo mists, as well as newspaper col umnists and psychologists, seem to think most strikes are for only one reason: more pay for less work. As a matter of fact, the May 1948 issue of Monthly La bor Review reported that only 74 per cent of all out strikes in volved the Issue of higher wages and shorter working hours. It is a mistake to say that strikers want only more money. Strikes have cost not only me employer but the employees huge sums: It will lane years lor many employees to make up the money they lost through strikes. If money were the sole underly ing motive, why, then, do iu,- 000 per year workers, such as script writers, airplane pilots and locomotive engineers, sirine: In many instances workers get angry because they are not re ceiving the "psychic" satisfac tions necessary to wholesome Editorial Comment Marion County District Judge Felton has proof that in addition to large pears Medford also grows big-time diplomats . . . Medford man recently cited into Judge Felton's court here on charge of speeding and having no driver's license sent letter of ex planation . . . first of all. he said, too busy with Lions convention to appear in court personally . . . secondly failed to renew driver's license because he didn't have time and his boss wouldn't let him off . . . thirdly, he sobbed, he works 12 hours per day seven days per week and one day came lome and found wife and daugh ter gone to Longviow, Wash. . . . believing his frau was consider ing divorce he took off in mad oursuit . . . got as far as Gervais when state trooper clipped his wings . . . p.s. it was all a mis take, his wife was not contem plating a Hollywood misunder standing and his family is living happily now except for that dang fine, judge. "Comes the Dawn column in Oregon (Sa lem) Statesman. Alleuan. Mirh (II PI Hnui.rJ Rnropwell ran Inv elnrlr nt WQ son township last year, tied and lost out on the flip of a coin. A vear later he onl Mia lrh otivumu Seven ballots were thrown out in a recount. IP aaaaaaaaaaCaaaaai aW - We are Pleased to Announce the Appointment of GLENN H. UTZ As an Associate in the Oregon Agenc of THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. WITH OFFICES AT 843 EAST JACKSON MEDFORD The NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL Life Insurance Company, chartered in 1857, has over 6 Billions of Insurance in force. Nationally known for its un paralleled record of furnishing life insurance at low cost. It has been repre sented In Oregon since 1875 with over 60 Million of insurance in force here. L. J. EVANS GENERAL AGENT PORTLAND By Roland Cot manhood. They flare-up, go on strike, then look around for something to demand. More wages and shorter working hours usually is a simple formula. But, fundamentally, inadequate "psy chic" compensation is the root of most of our industrial con flict. Psychic Compensation Helps To Keep Workers Contented Psychic compensation is the inner satisfaction and feeling of well-being derived from individ ual recognition, praise for work well done, fair treatment, and a steady job. This soul-satisfying compensation does not, of course, supplant an adequate wage, but it is very important in keeping workers contented. Interestingly enough, the busi ness executive's inner wants closely parallel those of the workers. He wants power, inde pendence of action, a free hand to carry out ideas, recognition by associates and community. Psy chologists, economists, and col lege professors have all been wrong with their notion that eco nomic factors are the sole moti vators of men. Except in eco nomic depressions, neither labor nor management is motivated primarily by dollars and cents. Both groups want certain "psy chic" satisfaction of recognition, respect for the individual, rea sonable personal power and pres tige. It is the inadequate satis faction of these wants and needs that drives men into confict. 'Psychic' Salaries of Workers Must Be Incrased We live in a highly competi tive society which stresses and rewards individual achieve ments, prestige and power. Ex ecutives and workers are all moulded from the same clay. They have attended the same schools. They have the same phy sical make up. There is no rea son to believe that the economic and "psychic" motives of one group differ markedly from those of another group. It would be pretty difficult for union leaders to develop strike activity if the workers' "psychic" wants, as well as economic, were satisfied. The trouble is, most execu tives know so little about human relations that they don't know where to begin. If the average executive would sit down and analyze his own basis "psychic" job needs, recognize that his workers crave the same "psy chic" satisfactions, and develop ways to share these satisfactions, I believe he would be on the road to resolving his industrial strife, provided labor leaders woul dfairly co-operate. We must jack up the "psychic sal aries" of our workers. The unfortunate fact is that in nocent Investors are the real suf ferers because of this phychic conflict. I, therefore, am coming to the conclusion that they from their independent posi tionmust soon wake up and take an active hand in settling this problem. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to lai editor asuit keai toe name and addreiee of the wrltei although under certain clreura itancti the use of a pen name al Initial for publleaUon ta permis sible. The Mall Trlbuna reaervoa the right to edit all letter! with a view to clariflcaUon and eonden aUon. Letters lubmltted for pub llcatlon must not eaceed 400 worda Gas Overflow Irks To the Editor: Recently there was a police item In the Mail Tribune which lias been the sub ject of a thorn in my side for many years. Perhaps I should have said fire department article. I refer to the fact that both po lice and fire officials have been called many times to mop up overflowing gasoline from the gas tanks of automobiles. There is no nolnt in telling ?eopIe not to fill their tanks too ull. Mr. or Mrs. or whoever drives and tells the station at tendant to cas her uo and oil her up, and goes on a shopping tour In the interim: can you blame the attendant for over flowing the tank? The real solution lies witn ine automobile manufacturers asso ciations. Get them to provide a vent on the oppposite end of the gasoline tank from the filling end and this trouble will be at an end. The filling pipe on my car is on the right sand side, which is the world's worst place for it and when I park on the right hand side of the street with a crown in the street and a full tank of gas. Now that we have so many one way streets in our cities it works both ways. An explanation may be in or der; there is a small hole in the cap to the gas tank which is sup posed to allow for expansion of air in the tank as the sun heats the tank and contents. When the tank is full and due to the slope of the car, the gas covers the inner end of the filling pipe, the gasoline, instead of air or vapor, is forced out through the vent hole in the cap. An ade quate vent at the other end of the tank would prevent this. And that is the only solution to the problem. C. L. Perkins, O. D. Seeks Old Tree To the editor: Several months ago I became interested in oddly formed trees, and am gathering information about them for a book, to contain history, descrip tion, location, etc., about these forest freaks and curiosities. In your locality there are prob ably persons who have a wealth of knowledge about such trees. Here is an example of one tree I was given information about last week: Just a few miles south of Gold Hill, Ore., not more than 100 feet from the highway, there is a sugar pine and an oak tree grow ing symbiotically. A branch from the pine tree has joined with a branch from the oak tree so that they look like one branch nour ished by both trees. No bit of information will be too small or disregarded. 1 would appreciate hearing from any one who has informa tion about other such trees. H. J. Kaiser. 224 North 26th Street, Corvallis, Oregon. 'Grim' Fire Season Seen in Northwest Washington. Mav 20 (U.R) The government is preparing for a "pretty grim" fire season. Bureau of land management officials report that two areas the southwest and the Pacific northwest are in dangerous shape and may experience fires mis summer. But the high plains states of Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas are reported to oe in excellent condition que to heavy rain and wet snow dur ing April. Bureau officials expect the situation this year to be "much worse" than in 1949 when 177, 000 acres of range and forest lands were burned over by 1.054 fires. Rangeland in many areas is even drier than it was last year, and, officials say, should grow worse. Already there have been three or four fires. ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE Westerly, R. I. (U.R) James McConnville went to jail for five days for sending flowers to a girl friend He ordered the flowers from three florists and had the hills sent to a love rival. In the Dav's By FRANK JENKINS For a week we've been reading vague and speculative stuff about U. N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie's visit with Uncle Joe in Moscow'. He finally comes through with something definite. After talking for an hour and a half with Stalin, he tells report ers: "The generalissimo It as heal thy and lively as he was in 1948. All these rumors about his health are lies and false. Maybe they are wishful thinking on the part of some people." ABOUT the only comment I can think of is that his re marks were PASSED BY THE RUSSIAN CENSOR. That must mean that the Kremlin wants the world to believe that Stalin is as husky and tough at ever. "pHIS one from Washington: "American officials expressed hope today that a $125,000,000 credit to Argentina WILL PER SUADE PRESIDENT PERON TO GRANT MORE CIVIL LIB ERTIES IN HIS COUNTRY!" Did you ever hear of a bad man being permanently BRIBED to be good? I FIND myself wanting to ap plaud vociferously the per formance being put on for us American.-: by Princess Fathla and her mother, Queen Nazli of gypt. You will recall that 19-year-old Fathia up and got herself en gaged to an Egyptian commoner in San Francisco a while back, whereupon her brother, the king, abolished her title of princess, impounded her fortune, impound ed the fortune of her mother, the queen, and ordered them both to Egypt within 60 days. Fathia tells her kingly brother to go jump in the lake, that she'll marry whom she pleases and her mother announces that she will NOT return to Egypt until her fat-headed son, the king, accepts and approves the marriage. She adds: "Nothing matters to me except the happiness of this voung couple." YOU'D almost think Princess and Queen Nazli are running for office here in America. Just a thought: These royal bloods of the Old World have had guaranteed se curity AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOWED THE RULES. But when they kick over the traces and assert their independence, their security (fortunes, titles, etc.) is TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. I think there's a moral to that. Those of us who seek political security by government handout will probably learn in time that as long as we obey all the rules Harold McCormick Buys Lumber Firm Harold . E. McCormick, who has been yard manager of the Porter Lumber company for the past six years, has purchased the Hi-Way Lumber Co., Inc., on the Jacksonville highway. He took over management of the firm this week. McCormick plans to carry a large stock of lumber, paint, hardware and builders supplies. Hi-Way lum ber is located just past the Med ford city limits. SEE US FOR EASY LOANS No matter your need, you'll find that our quick, easy cash loans solve your problems in a jiffy. Here is the friendly loan service that helps you solve your knotty money problems easily. Oregon Finance Co. Phone 2-4433 Craterian Bldg. 45 S. Central LicS-211 M-2I7 PARK VIEW NURSING HOME 906 West Main Street Medford, Oregon Phone 2-6938 Completely equipped Nursing Home for chronic and convalescents. Hot water heat throughout building. Licensed by the State of Oregon. 24 HOUR NURSIHG GARE Registered Nurse in Charge HAGEN'S Al P. Hagen FRESH VEGETABLES DAILY FREE DELIVERY Reasonable Prices 534 E. Main We Give S & H News and meekly do everything gov ernment tells us to do we'll be all right but if we ever start as serting our independence our names will be mud and our candy will be taken away from us. ALL down through history, that has been the trouble with political security. The cain with which you have to buy it is your freedom as an individual to do as yuu please. MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E. 6th Just Off Central 9 A.M. 10:30 P.M. For Complete Prescription Service 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bldgood Hudson Medford'i Own Modem Pharmacy THERE'S NO MORE TASTY DESSERT An Ice Milk Product At Your Favorite DAIRY QUEEN STANDS WEST MAIN and SOUTH CENTRAL GROCERY Bill C. Hagen Phona 2-6217 Green Stamps DAY ffAH Night and WvGf Ca"