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FOUH MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tweedey. ML ItU Ancient Wood-Burning (Engine, Pride of Rogue River Valley Railroad, Now in California An 1891 wood-burning locomo tive that once hauled passenger trains on the Rogue River Valley railroad and which was finally put out to pasture two years ago, recently arrived in Pasadena, Calif., as a birthday present for s Pasadena electrical design engineer. ' -1 The rusty old engine, one of the smallest wood burners ever built -for passenger, service, served for many -years between Medford and Jacksonville short ly before World War I. When the Rogue River line went out of business the locomotive was sold to a Cottage Grove lumber com pany, which until two years ago used it to haul logs. Wanted Such Engine While working hear Cottage Grove in 1949, the locomotive was seen by Chadwell O'Connor, chief design engineer for the Pasadena city department of light and power. O'Connor, an amateur railroad and camera enthusiast, photographed . the one-time pride of the Rogue Val ley Railroad from all angles and expressed the fervent desire someday to have such an engine for his own." O'Connor's wife, noting the far-away look in her husband's eye, immediately started nego tiations with the owners of the locomotive. She soon reached an agreement with them $10 a month on installment payments. Two weeks ago O'Connor took delivery on his paid-up birthday gift with a 7 '2-ton truck and semi-trailer outfit. It took him four days to jnake the trip from Cottage Grove to Pasadena and en route he had to cut the en gine cab off with a torch to pro vide legal clearance. Now the rusted engine rests on a spur track in Pasadena, awaiting restoration. O'Connor and his wife expect to spend ICE CREAM "0. most of their week-ends for the next year or so getting the loco motive back to running stand ards. O'Connor says he hopes to have it ready, cab and all. In time for the 1953 Tournament of Roses parade. The story of the O'Connor's new pride and Jcy was told recently in the Los Angeles Times. The midget locomotive is one of the few remaining evidences of th existence of the Rogue River Valley railroad. Although many persons new living at the Rogue valley mall the line, and some have ridden on It or work ed on it. the ny tangible re minder of Its presence is a short piece of track embedded ia the sidewalk in front of Crater Lake Motors on West Main street. Secret To Discovery Of Synthetic TD Drug Contained in Coal (Editor's note: Following Is the second la series ef eta articles on discovery of a drug which apparently wage successful battle against the tuberculosis germ.) By PAUL F. ELL13 United Press Science Editor New York (U.fi) A lump f ordinary coal contained the key that unlocked the secret to dis covery of two synthetic com pounds that may give man com plete victory over tuberculosis. Coal is used to make artificial cooking and heating gas. The by-product is coal tar deriva tives. One such derative can be converted into the life-saving compounds. Two Major Chemical Steps It takes only two major chem ical steps. That's why the new anti-T. B. -drugs may eventually cost no more than aspirin tablets. Research scientists who work like Hawkshaws tracking down a criminal have been knocking on the doors of . success for years. They have long had a suspicion that certain coal tar derivatives would have good ac tion against the tuberculosis germ. In fact, some compounds had been tried but none with a telling and lasting effect In 1912, an Austrian synthesized one of the two compounds. It was an academic procedure that is, "just to keep in prac tice." i In 1942, scientists of the Hoff-mann-Laroche laboratories in Nutley, N. J., first synthesized the same compound. It was used then in research with sulfa com pounds. Some six years ago, the Roche scientists reopened their own in vestigation of apossible anti T. B. drug. The detective team was headed by Dr. John Aeschil mann, director of chemical re search and discoverer of pros tigmine. One of his crack detectives. Dr. Herbert Fox, completed a synthesis of a compound very similar to the one the Austrian had - reported. Fox's synthesis was known technically as 1-ison-icotinyl - 2 isopropylhydrazine, and for short is now called mar silid Its action against tuberculo- By BOB AND JOE A Fabric That Sheds Spots and Stains " A fabric that sheds spots and stains! Sounds fantastic, doesn't it? Many fabulous claims have been made about fabrics that arc treated with a finish to make them stain and spot resistant. One claim states that such finishes will result in a saving of "one billion dollars a year in drycleaning bills", for Mr. and Mrs. Q. Public. To show the absurdity of such claims, the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEANING AND DYEING points out that the total volume of all 28,000 cleaning establishments in the country is one billion dollars. Fabrics treated with stain resistant finishes become soiled with wear and use as do other clothing and household items. They will require clean ing to keep them in a wearable condition. , The stain resistant finishes are not new. They are the same water repellent finishes we have been buying for years. The change has been one of emphasis . . . from water repellency to stain resistance. ' We suggest that when you purchase a fabric that is treated with a stain-resistant finish, check the claims. Keep in mind that fabrics treated with these finishes make the fabric resistant to water and non-oily type stains only. They do not resist stains that are carried in an oil base, such as salad oils, hair oils, cosmetics; stains that are carried in an alcohol base such as cocktails or perfume; nor the embulsion type stains suchas cream or salad dressings The type of stains to which these finishes are resistant include those that have a water base such as soft drinks, tea, coffee. ' Labels that read, 'Dryclean only in solutions net containing soaps, detergents or reclaimed solvent" are not realistic. The use of dry cleaning soap or a detergent is necessary to remove dirt and soil from fabrics. MEDFORD CLEiUIBnO 34 N. HollyPhone 2-6500 for Free Pickup and Delivery Joe E. Barrett POLARIZED FUR STORAGE Ret. C Wriflkt sis germs In the test tube and experimental animals was quick ly determined. Dr. Tox went a step further. He modified the structure of the compound's molecule. This time be got a compound known as gluceeyl. It too, had definite antt-T. B. activity. It was actually the first of the new compound to be ueed in a human patient. Meanwhile. Dr. Tox also bad synthesizes isonicotinic acid hydraiide known as rim if on. Within a short time, the sci entists learned that glucosyl de composed or changed Into rtml fon. Thus the production of glucosyl In the laboratory was stopped and efforts were con centrated on making tnarsilkd and rimifon. The production speeded up as clinical doctors pleaded for more of the com pound. The drugs were working on human cases, and with start ling results. In laboratories of the E. R. Squibb & Co, only a few miles away in New Brunswick. N. J scientists also had synthesized isonicotinic acid hydraxide and called their product nydraxid. It was furnished for clinical trials at another hospital. As pointed out by Dr. Aesch imann. the synthesis of either marsilid or rimifon is easy. Actu ally, it requires only two major steps. The first starting mate rial is a coal tar derivative known as gamma picoline. It Is a liquid, looks something like lubricating oil. By chemical means it is quickly converted into isonicotinic acid. One more quick chemical step and the life-saving drug Is made. Within a matter of hours it can be at the bedside of a T. B patient County Defense Bond Sales Total $72,021 Sales of defense bonds in Jackson county amounted to $72,021 during January, accord ing to a statewide report for the month released today in Portland. The figure includes $67,744 in C bond sales. $777 in 1 bond sales and $3,500 In G bond sales. Jackson county rated 11th among Oregon's 36 counties In bond sales during January. Multnomah county was first with $1,239,433. Lane county was second with $241,698 and Marion county was third with $141,089. Totals for other South ern Oregon counties 'include Klamath. $64,298, and Joseph ine. $48,781. The ratio of Series E bond sales to redemptions during Jan uary was "extremely encour aging." according to Morris B. Leonard Sr., county defense bond chairman for Oregon. Leonard pointed out that throughout the United States, purchases of C bonds exceeded redemptions by $21 million. ttECTROli7cS IlfTO DITCHES Parkersburg, W. Va. 0J.I0 Electronics is aiding the city water department and throw ing ditchdiggers out of potential jobs. The department is using a "pipe locator" device to trace lines and valves located as deep as 12 feet underground. It saves costly digging. IbvfRdioPrcsrcn FcrVc!:-rc:is7ill C:c:nll:rcS::n Camp White The Veterans' Hour, a new radio program oa which disabled vetrreno wUl ap pear and compete (or arts, will be heard aw the firs, tone starch ! front the Camp White Veterans' Domiciliary eeater theater. It was reported today by Paul A. Itattoa. ai onager of the domiciliary renter, and BUI Keinar. rvhebillteliMi cbairmea of Myera-Hotland American Le gtea past. Central rotni, sors of the eeejevt The program wtH be a tar monthly feature aa radio station KYJC wtth Station Man ager James Dustier? acting as moderator, they staled. j Rules for the prograai rail for sta contestants to be WtV ed from among Camp White veterans oa a besia of the moot interesting rvplwe to question naires tiled out by contest can didates, first round wmners wtU metre prim and wia be given aa opportunity to ta a grand prise. Each contestant wtll be given a choice of sub jects. "The program." according to Hatton. -wUl be valuable aa a form of educational therapy and can be a worthwhile factor la the rehabilitation of disabled veterans." Krirur stated aVrmal Hol lywood stars hare been cwetart- j ed and we hope to hare Chubby joonsoe. m porurayea we steamboat captain m the motion picture 'Bend at the River.' pres ent to take part fen the first broadcast' He added that "Un der present plana we will hare a celebrity present each month to take part in the pre tram." POBUSHCS ARTICLE Ashland Aa article entitled The Businessman Says No" written by Alwia V. Miller, as sistant prvfeseor of secretarial science at Southern Orrcon col lege appears in the current have of the mataiine Balance SVet a publication of the Southwest Publishing company. Cincinnati. Professor Miller describes meth ods used ia overcoming sales resistance. 'Card Detective' Keeps K-F Members Popeycd With Fast Demonstrations of Tricks While Michael Mac Dou rail, UurM Ms audience how to spot kept members of Rogue Valley Knife and fork ctub pop-eyed by his demonstrations of card skill Monday night he handed out ad vice about how to detect card rwtndkrs and emphasUed how wtoVprrad gambling la la this aetaa. MacDoucalL considered the country's top-flight card dctee tne. told how he aided the Ke tacrvr committee by gathering evdence about crooked gambling sa Calumet City, a swburb of Chi rare. As a result the gambling bouses were closed for about two weeks, but now are operating agam m full force. MarDoucsIl declared. The speaker said little real good had resulted from the opuws of gambling and added, tumblers are more powerful this year than last and they will soon he as powerful all over the United States as they are In Calu- City, unless something Is Meaeeete rwecrthed Cruise thips and resorts are the hangouts of many big-time (amblers. MacDougall said, and he added. 'If you've played cards with strangers on cruises or at rewwta. yew ve been cheated." Sometimes representatives of firms an legitimate business spend their spare time as card rwtndkrs. he said, and declared that one of those, who from time to time oprrated here In Medford as a rrrresentative of a liquor manufacturing firm, was at Vmsnh esposed and confessed to fcavtnf made St 00. 000 ta seven ears. MacDovgalt using decks of cards provided by the club and taken from their wrappings while the audience watched, demonstrated literally dozens of wajs in which the card shsrp swindles his opponents by crook ed shuffling, dealing and other devlee. He said that bridge is the favorite game of crooked gamblers, since people with the most money to spend usually play bridge rather than other game. Using two guests from the audience, bridge hands were dealt and played to demonstrate the Ramblers' methods and tricks at this game. MacDougall also The Wert's ef Aero rMcnDTKutTaTlaaTiw i;:e;EST quality at lowest rcas Thrifty All-n:one Cj Tired of fish on fast days? Serve tasty Shrimp Cas serole made aasssr wan ever wiia iwwj luuaw Blue PUta Canned 8hrbap. No awasy pseliag. No waste. Real deep aaa. fresh flavor. Ready to seres in cocktails, salads, main dishes. A 5-as. eaa cf Blu Plait Shrimp asaei to 1-lb. awols raw thrimp. 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