TEH MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, June 27. 1950
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Tribune 10, 20 and 34 reart ago
10 YEARS AGO TODAY
Juno 27, 1940
(It Was Thursday)
Dewey leads, Taft second,
Wlllkie third on first ballot at
republican national convention.
Tree Mining company starts
operations in Upper Applegate
district.
Jim Rego allows two hits tor
Craters and Alan Wray singles
in winning run as local club
downs Grants Pass 3 to 2.
New warehouse, water sys
tem and gasoline station planned
at Union Creek.
Clarence Buck, Big Applegate,
breaks ankle in fall,
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
Jum 27. 1930
(It Was Friday)
Gus Samuels to assume city
(reasurership on Tuesday.
Ashland to hold pioneer cele
bration in conjunction with
Fourth of July celebration this
year.
Forests of area to be closed to
smokers on July 1.
Premier Mussolini orders It
aly to be taxed for bigger army
and navy.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
June 27, 1916
(It Was Wednesday)
County fair to be hpld Sep
tember 13 through 18, with
M, A. Lowe In charge of secur
ing exhibits.
Ashland attempt to oust Bert
R. Greer, chairman of springs
water commission, fails at election.
C. T. Noe, O. A. C. Crowe,
H. D. Ellis, C. D. Wowmnn and
William Schultz hike to Lost
lake for fishing.
Five 0 and C Tracts
Sold by Sealed Bid
Five tracts of O and C land In
the Medford distlrct, three of
them in Jackson county, were
sold to logging firms through
sealed bids at the Portland of
fice of the bureau of land
management, District Forester
E. K. Peterson reported today.
The tracts, totaling about
million board feot, were
sold for a total of 3138.000.
somewhat higher than t h e
3120,000 appraisal. Robert
Chamberlnin, Medco and Kogap
were the high bidders on the
Jackson county tracts.
On ol the six tracts offered
was unsold, Peterson said, and
he explained that bids on this
tract may still be made for 30
more days. It is in the Cougar
creek drainage of the Big Ap
plegate river area, and contains
some 6,100.000 board feet, ap
praised at $95,000. Bid inquir
ies should be made at his of
fice, Peterson said,
CONSCIENCE AWAKENS
New York (U.R) A conscience
stricken former streetcar con
ductor, who worked In Yonkers
between 1902 and 1D04, gave
the Third Ave. Transit system
$300. He said he was guilty of
"nickeling" while working for
the car line and now that he was
prosperous wanted to ease his
conscience.
The Road To Security
President C. E. Wilson of the General Motors
Corporation speaking before the National Press Club
in Washington recently listed some of the things his
concern is doing for the welfare of its employees. The
overall objective of the program is to promote the
workers' feeling of security, for, as Wilson pointed
out, insecurity worries people and when they worry
they are not able to give their best for their own inter
est or the interest of their employers or their country.
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THE INDUSTRIAL leader enunciated a simple
truth and it is too bad that his company's policy
is not followed more generally throughout the nation.
Of course, all the people cannot get jobs with
G.M., but whether they work under similar benign
conditions or not. there is a sure way by which a ma
jority can achieve at least a measure ofpersonal and
family security and independence, lhat way is
through the systematic accumulation of a safe back
log of savings.
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A S GOVERNOR DOUGLAS McKAY points out in
"a proclamation published in another column to
day: "The thrift of the individual builds the thrift of
the community, the state and the nation, through
building the personal and family security upon which
the nation's economic strength is based."
The Governor calls upon Uregomans to devote
the period from June 27 to July 4 to the state's First
Annual Community Thrift Campaign, "a time of
personal rededication to the cause of thrift and se
curity in their daily lives by resolving to save regu
larly in a savings account, protect themselves and
their families with life insurance, or buy U. S. Sav
ings Bonds regularly."
THE community thrift campaign, which in addi-
tion to Governor McKay has the backing of
banks, savintrs and loan associations, life insurance
agencies and the Oregon office of the Savings Bonds
Division of the U. S. treasury, has a solid lounaauon
on which to build as the following figures show:
During the past 10 years Oregonians increased
their bank savings deposits from $133,072,000 on
December 31, 1940, to $390,121,000 as of June 30,
1949. During the same period deposits in savings and
loan associations jumped from $23,799,176, to $92,
4')6,470; postal savings, in Portland only, from $8,
378,455, to $18,587,542, and life insurance, not in
cluding fraternal or annuity policies, from $756,087,
530 to $1,607,111,981. In addition there was a mat
ter of $500,000,000 in U. S. Savings Bonds A-G own
ed by Oregonians on June 30, 1949 and a large sum
in "E" bonds, although the exact latter total is not
available.
IMPORTANCE of building a reserve through per
sonal thrift has been graphically illustrated many
times in this state since V-J Day by a comparison of
cash-ins on war bonds and unemployment figures.
Throughout the area the story has been the sameas
unemployment has risen those who have been thrifty
have been able to maintain their living standards by
using their bonds. On the other hand, as employment
has increased, bond buying has resumed.
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Conditions are now favorable for maximum sav
ings and those who are wise will take advantage of
the opportunity. E.C.F.
Three Strikes and Out
Oregon records show that during the fiscal year
which ended July 1, 1949, a total of 3,672 drivers
licenses were revoked upon conviction of driving
while intoxicated. That was an average of 300 per
month.
Each of these drivers might be classified as a
potential slayer, for anything can happen when a
drunk man takes the wheel and goes careening down
a highway.
TN AN effort to discourage drunk driving, and aim--
ing particularly at habitual violators, Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry will propose to the next legis
lature that more stringent penalties be fixed. Under
the planned amendment, the first conviction would
draw a 30-day license suspension, the second a 90
day suspension, and permanent disbarment would
automatically follow a third conviction.
1MAIN reason for favoring the all-time revocation
for those guilty of a third offense is that under
the present law judges are subjected to so much
pressure on the part of the person whose license has
been revoked and often-times friends and business
or other associates also intercede in his behalf.
The law now provides for revocation following
conviction but permits the person involved to reapply
for a driver's license at any time after the conviction,
provided his application carries a recommendation
from the convicting magistrate.
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THE secretary should go a step farther and seek
penalties for those who try to pressure judges
and justices into lightening penalties for driving
while intoxicated. E.C.F.
Crosstown
By Roland Co
Festival of Lillies
Slated at Brookings
Brookings, June 26 The
world's only lily blossom festi
val will he held here July 2.
3 and 4 with the Azalea Gardpn
club staging a flower show all
three dnys.
Non-garden club members
may submit entries in the show
which is governed by National
Garden club rules making It
eligible for the purple ribbon
award. The show Is confined to
outdoor grown entries, which
will be received from southern
Oregon and northern Califor
nia. Other features will be a
parade, art show and period
tor photographers.
Executive of the National
Council of Gardpn Clubs con
siddered last year's lily festi
val a highlight of their tour of
the country.
, , ,,. a'('ft'f.f owmwii ww riwt fr-" -j,
"The olher driver was very nice. He just told the
policeman it was my fault and let it 90 at that."
A Nichols' Worth of
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Pratt feature Writer
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Uarman Nichols
Washington, June 27 (U.R)
You can't keep on army going
on a bowl of rice.
That's what
Col. Robert
Brooks Ennis,
believes, and
he spent four
months behind
the "bamboo
curtain," the
area taken
over by the
reds in China.
The colonel,
now retired,
thinks that we
lost the chilly
war in China
because we
didn't get up enough American
dollars. A little more later about
the situation in China: right
now, something about the colo
nel. Ennis claims San Antonio,
Tex., as his home town. He went
into the army in 1917 and re
mained in the service until
1945.
When World War II came
along it wasn't long before he
was heading up a group of men
in America. He ran afoul a slug
at Oran and spent a year and a
half under hospital sheets and
then was shipped off to Kun
ming, China.
In 1946, after retirement, he
latched onto UNRRA. in China.
That's how he learned about
China and how the Chinese peo
ple live.
Not Very Pleasant
"I was in Shanghai when the
commies took over," he said. "It
wasn't very pleasant. Since then
I have been dedicating myself
at my own expense to plead
the cause of China. And to prove
to the American people how im
portant it is to save that coun
try, and this one, from the reds.
We have something at stake,
too."
Ennis said he wanted to make
it clear that ordinary Chinese
coolies, mostly never have
lived very well.
"But I observed them before
the Russians took over, and af
ter." he said. "They're much
worse now."
Let's keep on quoting the colo
nel, who was there and saw it:
Rice on Friday
Before the Chinese commu
nists pulled their bloodless vic
tory over Shanghai, a Chinese
merchant could go his way.
Okay, maybe he lived a little
better than the beggar on the
street, but at worst he had rice
and a bowl of noodles on Fri
day. Today, if he displays any evi
dence that he has more than is
necessary for skinny existence
he is required to buy red gov
ernment bonds or donate any
thing over essential "take-home"
to the "party."
"Being a communist in Chi
na," said the colonel, "is like
Ex-Local Pilot Now
Spraying Poison
On Spruce Budworms
Spraying for spruce bud-1 ing in "Operation uuoworm
worms in Oregon forests isn't has something of the fate and
all its cracked up to be, ac
cording to Farrel Snider, form
er Medford ptiot wno is now
engaged in spraying some 90,-
000 acres of highly infested
timber.
Snider, who with Cliff Pat
ton of Patton Air Service, Har
risburg, recently finished spray
ing 30,000 acres of budworm-
infested fir and spruce in Lane
and Douglas counties, said fly-
being a horse. You have a sta
ble and a bale of hay, and
you're cooped in. No freedom.
They separate families to cre
ate unhappiness and confusion.
The little woman is left to shift
for herself and take care of the
kids besides. The communists
in China have less interest in the
common man than any group I
have ever seen and I have been
around the globe several times."
High Wheel
When the colonel was allowed
to remain behind the bamboo
curtain he was under diplomatic
immunity, so to speak. He was a
high wheel in the American
government.
"But that didn't amount to
much," he said. "Once I wrote
a letter of protest to the com
munist authorities about the de
plorable situation. I pulled out
the stops about the confiscation
of gasoline, trucks, ships and
everything else that was against
the agreements already signed.
And what happened? I got the
letter back in a matter of min
utes. "Torn to little pieces and seal
ed in a new envelope."
Rogue River
Rogue River, June 27 G. C.
Wohgen of Rogue River Junc
tion has been appointed zone
chairman of the Lions club In
this district comprising Cave
Junction. Grants Pass. Rogue
River, Gold Hill, Jacksonville
and Prospect clubs.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Culbert
son and family of San Bernar
dino, Cal., were recent guests of
his uncle, James Wiley, and
family, at the Wiley-Carter
ranch on East Evans creek.
Lee F. Jacobs of Grants Pass
has announced he is leaving Bra
dens to establish a business and
will open the Cave City Parts
and Supply company at Cave
Junction. I
Mrs. Henry Gilbert and daugh
ter, Mrs. Rex Nichols of Aber
deen, Ida., returned home Fri
day after several weeks' visit ,
here with her brother and fam-1
ily, the Carl Christensons.
Ernest Lewis of Los Angeles, I
an old friend and fellow crafts- J
man of Paul Hughes, was a ;
guest at the Hughes home here j
two days of last week. I
West Evans creek neighbors !
and friends attended a farewell j
party for the R, C. Miller, given !
at the Al Ebeling ranch Satur-j
day evening, June 17. Mr. and ,
Mrs. Ralph Tison assisted the 1
Ebelings as co-hosts. The Millers
recently sold their ranch and
plan to visit in Burbank, Cal.,
before purchasing another home.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Stock-,
ing, who recently sold their
home on highway 99, have, for ;
the past two weeks, parked their
luxurious house trailer at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fuhr
man. The Fuhrmans are visiting ;
in southern California and while
there attended the wedding of a
niece at Kingsburg.
Mrs. H. C. Chapman of Los
Angeles is visiting her daughter
and family, the Ralph Frantz of
Foots Creek.
R. L. Hollins and son, Bobby,
of Post Falls, Ida., spent two
days recently at the home of
his nephew, Lloyd Smith. They
were en route home from Con
cord, Cal.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bonney
and son, Edward, of Alhambra,
Cal., have arrived and are get
ting settled in their newly pur
chased home on East Evans
creek. The Bonneys were friends
and neighbors of the John Dixon
family at Alhambra several
years ago and while visiting the
Dixon home on highway 99,
chose a home in this area. They
purchased the Ray Benner property.
Mrs. Lural Hayshp of La Can
ada, Cal., has purchased the Carl
Pomeroy ranch on East Evans
creek.
Charles White returned Fri
day from a two weeks' trip
through the western states. He
motored to New Mexico as guest
of a classmate who resides in
Albuquerque, then flew to south
ern California. He visited in Los
Angeles, Sacramento, San Fran
cisco and at the agricultural col
lege at Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Covell and
son, Gary and Ronnie, of San
Jose, Cal., arrived Saturday for
a two weeks' visit with Mrs.
Covell's aunt, Mary Moore.
Mrs. J. B. Bangert of Salem
spent last week with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Garfield
Laws, and attended the Eagles
convention at Grants Pass.
Mrs. Margaret Irwin of Oak
land, Cal., sister of Carl Chris
tenson, is a guest at the Christen
son home on highway 99.
The Clifford Johnsons have as
guests from Los Angeles, their
nephew, Bob Johnson, and their
grandson, Ronnie Winchell.
THIS TIME TO PRAY
. St. Paul (U.R) Ed Janssen
says he wasn't stalling when a
bandit accused him of being
slow in opening his liquor store
safe during a robbery. He was
praying. "I was sure he'd let me
have it in the back when I was
kneeling there, Janssen said, "so
I took a little time to say my
prayers.
finality of walking on thin ice
In Four Operations
The former Medford pilot,
who was an instructor and CAA
examiner here prior to taking
up budworm spraying, Is prob
ably the top-ranking pilot in the
battle that began last year.
Snider has flown in four bud
worm operations and is destined
for several more this year.
"When you're in the middle
of many acres of timber, flying
at less than 100 feet and your
engine goes out, all you can try
to do is hit the trees at the
right speed," he said.
He explained that a crash
landing in dense timber is
tricky, if not disstrous: "You
try to hit fast enough so that
you don't stall and flutter down
and slow enough to keep from
getting gilled by the initial im
pact about 70 m.p.h."
Hot mushy air, flat turns at
tree-top level and heavy loads
in small planes which all go
with the business combine to
keep a pilot on his toes, Snider
said. The worm !i eut only,
about two weeks a year and
spraying has to be done when
the temperature is under 70
degrees and the wind six miles
an hour or less. As a result.
Snider says, you fly without a
minute off when things are
right.
In Plan Constantly
It takes less than 10 minutes
to unload a tank of poison on
the bugs and only three minutes
to refuel not even time to get
out of the plane. Snider pointed
out.
Snider and Patton recenUy
completed spraying 4,500 acres
southeast of Springfield and
25,800 acres near Roseburg.
Snider explained that small
metal plates are tied to infested
trees about to sprayed, usually
in a straight line through the
tract, about six or so to the
mile. After spraying, foresters
go through and examine the
surface for the concentration of
DDT and diesel oil. So many
drops to the square inch and
the pilots have fulfilled their
contract. "You never know
where the plates are," Snider
said, "so you do a good job."
Budworms were first seen in
Oregon in numbers in 1947.
Left alone, the prolific bug can
kill a forest in three years.
Some estimate the spraying pro
gram will continue for as much
as 15 years, concentrating on
the worst areas each season.
TONIGHT
tNOUK TOWN
They'll
Rally
'Round
HEAR
r.t. McNeill
MEDFORD JUNIOR
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