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Medford and Jackson County His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years ago
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
June 2, 1940
(It Was Sunday)
Mlse Linnie Hanscom named
County assessor to succeed J. B.
Coleman, who has been named
county Judge.
Frank Hull Jr. elected presi
dent of Jackson County Oregon
Boosters club.
First Baptist church reports 78
reKistered for summer Bible
achool opening today.
More than 10,000 visited Cra
ter Lake park last month.
H. Crolsant, Grants Pass wins
Mail Tribune trophy In annual
trapshoot here.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
Jun 2, 1930
(It Wa Monday)
Larua Drury and Willard
Dougherty announced as out
atanding boy and girl at high
chool past yew.
President Herbert Hoover ox-
B acted to visit Crater Lake some
me this summer.
Klamath Falls baseball team
defeats Mcdford Craters in 12
lnning league game.
C. E. Gates elected president
of Jackson County Fair associa
tion for next year.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
June 2. 1916
(It Was Friday)
Road to high banks where
Bear creek empties into Rogue
now ready for picnickers.
Water Superintendent Karl
Hosier, Ashland, announces lav
ing of four-inch main under
Church street.
Overland Auto agency moves
to corner of Bartlett and Eighth
streets.
Berry Quality Good;
High Prices Forecast
ThoiiRh killing frosts destroy
ed about half of the season's
strawberry crop, the quality or
berries this year will he good
and production is reaching heavy
volume now, according to Wai
ter Kasworm, secretary of the
Rogue River Valley Berry Grow
ers' association.
Most of the berries will he for
local consumption but some will
go to Klamath Kails, Yreka and
Coos Hay. They will appear In
markets for the first time in the
new crates made for the associa
tion and marking them plainly
as a southern Oregon product. '
Kasworm warned that con
sumers can expect high prices
on berries throughout the season.
Due to the weather-created short
age, processors are paying pre
mium prices this year that are
as high as 22 cents a pound and
a good manv tons of the crop
will find their way out of the
fresh fruit market into pies and
ice eream.
The season will last for most
of the month of June.
MAYBE NO NICKELS
Paterson. N. J June 2 U.R
Harold Shapiro. 33, a $22,000-a-year
toy salesman of Preakness,
N. J., drew a six-months sus
pended sentence yesterday for
using slugs to call long distance
to Oklahoma. Police said he had
$700 in his pockets at the time.
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Lumber Demand To Hold
The building boom looks good for two or three
more years, and it could become permanent, accord
ing to a recent Fortune magazine article which is of
special interest in lumber
this.
D1
ESCRIBING the upsurge in building as the crucial
nroD beneath the great postwar boom as a whole,
the magazine asserts that
for some time.
Although some phases
mercial, industrial and utilities construction are ap
parently past their first postwar peak, road building
and housing are still going strong, if not actually
gathering momentum.
THE $7 billion worth of
A okl-ir r.nf Tin f Vii'a lmai
ble for as much as $3 billion worth of new neighbor
hood shopping centers, streets and highways, power
lines, schools and churches. All of this activity, it is
pointed out, is a prime influence on industrial plant
expansion, from the carpet business to copper production.
THE U. S. building industry has delivered about
2,500,000 new houses and apartments in the last
two and a half years, Fortune states, and by so doing
it has confounded prophets in several camps the
real estate spokesmen who declared there could be no
upsurge in building with rent control, and the labor
and government representatives who charged that
private enterprise couldn t
priced for a mass market.
rESPITE the great flood
ing shortage has not
adds, estimating that it would take 3,000,000 more
dwellings to work off the backlog of demand inside
three years. Starting at that time (1953-56) the bulk
of the country's $34 billion worth of E bonds come to
maturity and then the builders may get a shot at a
real replacement market.
In regard to long time continuation of the con
struction tide, Fortune concludes that if the United
States were to replace only one per cent of its housing
supply every year, the builders would have an annual
market for 400,000 replacement units, as well as 500,
000 dwellings for new families.
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CONCERNING the outlook for lumber prices as re-
fleeted by home building costs, Business Week
magazine brings the information that reports from
the Chicago metropolitan areas show costs rising
rather ominously again.
Average cost of a single-family dwelling in 1948
was $9,800. There was a downtrend early in 1949, but
that was soon reversed and by March of this year the
average was up to $11,500. E.C.F.
A Nichols' Worth of
Comment On
By HARMAN
United Press
Washington. June 2 (U.R)
This modern fancy soap will do
anything including fill a base-
m e n i wnn
suds.
That is, If
you don't
know how to
use the stuff
or don't read
the directions.
I didn't know
how to use it
and I failed to
read the direc
tions. Mama is out
of town at the
moment and 1
thought it was
foolish to waste money sending
laundry out since there was a
fine machine in the basement
which is advertised to do every
thing to your wash except put
It back In the drawers.
Work in a laundry. I discov
ered. Is no job for a tired old
newspaperman. L,eave that to
somebody else and consider a
lesson learned. I ran Into all
sorts of trouble.
First of all I gave by duds a
good soaking. While I was at it
I dropped a bottle of blueing
into the tub and the label came
off. I rescued the bottle, pitched
me laoei away and went upstairs
to iook at the evening papers.
Maybe there were some direc
tions on the label that I should
have read. But, 1 dirin t.
Better Performance Eyed
Later, 1 went back down to
give the wash the soap treat
ment in the washing machine. I
understand that a cupful of the
flakes Is enough, but my things
were pretty soiled. So 1 thought
that if a cupful was normal for
normal people, a whole junior
box would do a better perform
ance.
I dumped It all In. turned the
machine on and then picked up
the jar of blueing, which is sup
posed to the best of authorities
to make things white, Iresh
smelling and fluffy.
This particular machine
washes, rinses, gives the things
a fast whirl and wrings them
out, ready for the drier.
I was saving time and mnnev.
The Job was almost done. Mania
couldn't give me any sass about
Harman Nichols
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producing areas sucn as
present prices will prevail
of building such as com
new housing that will prob
iyiqtt Ina rlirppt.lv rosnnnai.
or woman t build nouses
of construction the hous-
been abolished, Fortune
This and That
W. NICHOLS
Feature Writer
what a back-breaker washing is.
I was learning how easy the
task is.
Shouldn't Have Started
Upstairs and back to the
papers.
1 waited what I thought was
a reasonable length of time and
then went back down to have a
look at the handiwork.
I should have stayed behind
my papers.
Suds was pouring out of the
basement door and the machine,
like old faithful, was pumping
out more by the minute. There
was at least two feet of foam on
the floor and more coming up.
With the machine finally turn
ed off after I had rolled up my
britches, there was a half hour
session with the mop.
The situation finally drained
down to normal and I turned the
machine on again. The rinsing
and fast whirl took place, as
advertised.
Then I took the stuff out. I not
only had overdone the soap prob
lem, out also tne oiucing.
1 now am wearing royal blue
underwear and have pretty blue
hankies dyed beyond any
chance of whiting.
The rest of the stuff like sox,
etc., I had to throw away.
I'm going shopping today.
Orders for Lumber
Jump 17 Per Cent
Portland. Ore., June 2 (U.R)
The Western Pine association to
day issued the following report
of comparative figures on lumber
orders, shipments and production
for the week ending May 27,
based on, information for 92
identical mills.
The report covered Idaho
white pine, ponderosa pine, su
gar pine and associated species.
Others totaled fl0.fll7.000 feet,
compared with 63.0S2.000 feet
for the previous week and 5.2,
BOS, 000 feet for the correspond
ing week last year.
For the year to date orders
are 17 per cent more than for
the same period in 1949. Ship
ments show an Increase of 28
per cent and production an in
crease of nine per cent.
Crosstown
"If you haven't any change I can cash a check!"
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Prayer Is the burdrn of a sigh
The falllns of a tear,
The upward Rlaiirlng of an eye
When none but God Is near.
Montgomery.
Ever know anybody owning
a dog named Sheba? I never
did. .seems quite a cute name for
pup. Strange more people
haven t thought of it. Anyway,
the "Little Sheba referred to in
the smash hit play titled, "Come
Back, Little Sheba," is a dog.
This play is cleverly written and
brilliantly acted, but it certainly
presents an extremely grim pic
ture of life among the married.
I don't know exactly how many
major misfortunes a married
couple can experience, but the
man and wife in "Come Back,
Little Sheba" must have suf
fered from at least 99 per cent
of them. To top all tins hard
luck they lost their dog "Little
Sheba." Why is it when play
wrights go in for "realism" they
nearly always depict the tragic
side of life? Plays where the
people portrayed are happy can
be realistic, too. I am weary of
these grim plays and films. I
come In contact with too much
sadness in real life to enjoy see
ing it depicted at the theater.
Vacation Spots.
Where are you going to spend
your summer vacation? I have
just been thinking of wonderful
places where I have lived or
spent vacations in the good old
summertime. The names of some
of these enjoyable spots follow:
Walker Valley. N. Y.; Pleasant
ville, N.Y.; Lake Luzerne, N.Y.;
Asbury Park, N. J.; Allenhurst,
N. J.; Santa Monica, Calif.; San
Clemente, Calif.; Coronado, Cal.;
Saratoga Springs. N. Y.; Bretton
Woods. N. H.: Mosehead Lake
(Kineo), Me.; Nantasket Beach,
Mass.; Milford, Pa. (on the Dela
ware river); Lake Waccabuc,
N. Y.: and Cannes, on the French
Riviera.
Passing By.
Ethel Waters. Highly versatile
singer and dramatic actress.
Now featured in one of the best
plays on Broadway, namely.
"The Member of the Wedding."
Ethel certainly has had a long
and brilliant career. If you can
remember in what moving pic
ture she sang "Am I Blue?" I
may be able to get you into the
Young Old Timers . . . Tallulah
Bankhead. The Alabama fire
brand. Still appearing in Noel
Coward's play, "Private Lives."
Maybe it isn't such a bad idea
for an actress to stay with a good
part as long as she can. I believe
the record for playing the same
Kart for the longest period is
eld by Joseph Jefferson who
appeared as Rip Van Winkle for
over forty years.
Wedding Rings.
When a woman wears her
wedding ring on the third finger
of her right hand it indicates
she is a widow. That's what a
New Yorker claimed and a num
ber of widows who wear their
wedding rings in that fashion
agreed with him. Now a Chica
goan points out this practice if
not confined to widows. She saysi
in the Greek Orthodox wedding,
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usually a double ring ceremony,
the ring is placed by the minis
ter on the right hand of both
man and wife. They usually con
tinue to wear the rings that way.
Concludes the Chicagoan: "My
mother and dad have been wear
ing their wedding rings on their
right hands for forty-six years!"
Asides.
It is against the law to serve
free lunch at a bar in Milwau
kee. Too bad. Maybe the bars
could sell the lunch and serve
free beer. ... A Bostonian says
that in 1906 he attended some
ostrich races in Jacksonville,
Fla. The jockeys were little
Negro boys. He says that during
one race an ostrich stopped to
lay an egg and then continued
to race.
Asking.
Queries from clients. Q. Isn't
Eddie Arcaro, often called by
you "America's greatest jockey,"
noted for strongly applying the
whip to his mounts? A. Arcaro
doesn't apply the whip much. He
just waves it at the horse. It is
another well-known jockey who
is noted for really applying the
whip. Incidentally, the King of
England will not permit any
jockeys riding his horses to
carry a whip.
Triple-Threat.
New Yorker says while In the
service in the recent war he met
a U. S. Air Force private named
James James James. "Ever
know of another fellow with a
triple-threat name like that?" he
asks. I have. There once lived in
Los Angeles a man named Jer
ome Jerome Jerome. There also
was a U. S. Army private named
Solomon Solomon Solomon.
Show To Conclude at
Phoenix Saturday
Phoenix, June 2 Imperial Ex
position shows concludes a five
day engagement here tomorrow.
Under the auspices of the Phoe
nix volunteer fire department,
the show will continue to pre
sent an array of rides, conces
sions and side-show features un
til tomorrow night.
The show will open a six-day
stay at Central Point on Mon
day. Roque River
Rogue River, June 2 The
Rogue River fire department
will hold a demonstration Satur
day at 2 p.m. in the business dis
trict to promote the annual fire
men's ball scheduled at 9 p.m.
that day in the high school gym.
People in the Rogue River
district and the city were re
quested to contact the district
census supervisor. Mayor Fred
Dengler or Fay Stiehl if they
have not been counted. The
mayor said that this is essential
so the city may get its full share
of gasoline revenue.
Dead line on Classified Ads:
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Monday for Monday: noon Saturday
for Sunday a.m.
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
State Secretary Acheson to a
joint session of congress:
". . . the growing power of
Russia can be met ONLY by or
ganizing the military might of
me west (meaning U.S. and
western Europe) into balanced
collective forces . . .
". . . The western nations have
reached another TIME OF DECI
SION in which they must either
strengthen their North Atlantic
treaty and their western Euro
pean partnerships or risk falling
backward into total failure . . .
". . . The president has author
ized me to say that he supports
Defense Secretary Johnson and
me in our view that we MUST
MAKE THIS PRINCIPLE
WORK . . ."
IN ANOTHER time of crisis, the
1 same thought was put in this
much briefer form:
"EITHER WE MUST ALL
HANG TOGTHER (in this emer
geny) OR WE WILL HANG
SEPARATELY."
PRESIDENT James R. Killian
1 Jr., of Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, to the 59th an
nual convention of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs,
in Boston:
"If science is freed from the
restrictions and suspicions of the
cold war, I expect (among other
tnings).
"... A new stream of ideas.
products and processes to im
prove health and living stand
ards . . . flicker-free color tele
vision, probably three-dimension
al .. . air travel at speeds up to
1000 miles an hour or more . . .
synthetic foods and better ways
of preserving foods . . .
. . . Increased use of solar
energy to heat our homes . . .
possible use of the earth's heat
as a new source of energy . . .
efficient conversion of sea water
into fresh water" (thus, maybe,
preventing dry southern Califor
nia from stealing our Klamath
basin water.)
MIT's President Killian, speak
ing from the standpoint of
the physical sciences, laid it on
on the hopeful side. He was fol
lowed before the women's club
bers general federation by Har
vard Anthropologist Ernest A.
Hooton, who spoke from the
standpoint of the SOCIAL SCI
ENCES and took a dimmer view
of the next half a century.
Hooton said (in part):
"Man has acquired control
over some of the forces of na
ture, but he has acquired no
more SELF CONTROL AND NO
MORE INTELLIGENCE with
out which human behavior can
not behave , . .
". . . Scientists are paying the
penalty for spending our brains
on IMPROVING MACHINES
rather than ON IMPROVING
MAN HIMSELF . . .
". , . Irresponsible science al
ready has obliterated geographi
cal barriers . . . and also has put
into the hands of predatory man
terrible destructive weapons to
arm the ignorant hordes these
predatory men dominate . . ."
GETTING into his stride, Hoot
on went on:
"If we could teach mankind to
STOP OVERBREEDING. most of
our domestic and international
problems would disappear. We
could then GET RID OF WAR,
because (with fewer people)
there would be room, food and
employment for everyone.
"The basis of warfare, apart
from competitiveness and stupid
ity, is OVERPOPULATION.
PRETTY hot stuff. Most of It
over my head. This is the
way I put it to myself:
We have fantastically perfect
ed machines with which to de
stroy each other.
At the same time, we have fan
tastically perfected our tech
niques of argument, disagree
ment and group conflict.
It seems to me that unless we
pay more serious (even prayer
ful) attention to the techniques
of getting along with each other
we are headed for bad trouble.
BY THE NAME
1
Oregon Will
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ELEPHANTS Elephants are elephants but they have a
high-voltage attraction for kids, as any parent can testify. The
above pictured pachyderms are staff members of the Clyde Beatty
circus, coming to Medford for two performances Sunday, at 2:30
and 8 p.m., at the fairgrounds. Beatty himself is star of the show,
with his wild animal training act, and in addition attractions in
clude the usual circus fare, with aerialists, animals, clowns and a
variety of other acts.
Work Being Pushed on
Super Hydrogen Bomb
Washington. June 2 (U.R)
This country is pushing work on
the hydrogen super bomb de
spite fears of some experts that
in so doing it may be wasting
atomic resources.
Recently Dublishod sugges
tions that the atomic high com
mand has just about decided to
abandon the H-bomb project are
not true, an authoritative source
said today.
Plant Being Converted
Ihe fact appears to be that
the atomic energy commission
is converting at least one of its
mammoth production piles at
Hanford, Wash., to the manufac
ture of tritium.
Tritium is a form of heavy
hydrogen which scientists say
can be made to unleash nuclear
forces on an unimaginable vio
lent scale.
Three atomic reactors were
built at Hanford during the war
to manutacture plutonium, the
man-made explosive used in the
most up-to-date atomic bombs.
Since the war, it has been offic
ially announced that a fourth
production pile has gone into
operation at Hanford. Additional
reactors may be going up.
Neutrons Turn Trick
The same piles which manu
facture plutonium can be rejig
gered to manufacture tritium.
The trick is turned in each case
with neutrons, nuclear particles
released by splitting atoms of
the rare kind of uranium called
U-235.
A former atomic energy com
missioner. Dr. Robert F. Bacher,
doubts that the H-bomb will be
useful enough from a military
standpoint to justify diversion of
precious neutrons away from
Cat Fancier Shoots
Prized Racing Dog
Portland, Ore., June 2 (U.R)
A racing dog was shot and killed
by an irate Portland cat fancier
yesterday when the greyhound
chased a cat under the house
of Glen E. Baton.
The dog, shot by Baton when
it chased one of Baton's cats un
der his house, was valued by his
owner, James F. Gutherie. at
$1000.
Gutherie told sheriff's depu
ties that his dogs broke out of
their kennel when Baton's cats
came into the yard and stirred
them up.
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production of plutonium bonds.
The H-bomb theoretically
might be hundreds of times more
destructive thn the P-bomb. But,
atom for atom, more energy can
be extracted from the original
source (U-235) by using its neu
trons to make plutonium.
No Limit
The H-bomb's greater poten
tial derives from the fact that
theoretically there is no limit
as there is in the case of the plu
tonium weapon to its size.
But Bacher's view is that 10 P
bombs, say, would be more ef
fective in war than a single H
bomb of as great or even greater
explosive power.
The military, however, wants
the new weapon. And a compel
ling argument in favor of mak
ing it is that Russia probably
also is embarked on an H-bomb
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