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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County His
tary from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years
ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 17, 1942
(It was Tuesday)
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright
takes command of embattled
troops in Philippine Islands as
Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives
in Australia to take supreme
command of United Nations
troops.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Today is
the 17th of Ireland with, an in
all, more acting of the green than
wearing it, De gorry:
20 YEARS AGO
March 17. 1932 '
(It was Thursday)
City announces widening of
Oakdale avenue at 11th street
will end municipally sponsored
relief work until next winter.
George Brown and Sons store,
Eagle Point, reported to be the
oldest in Jackson county, under
goes extensive remodeling.
30 YEARS AGO
March 17, 1922
(It was Friday)
Rogue valley orchardists an
nounce that local pears are being
served on ocean liners to the
Orient for the first time.
Police report many rumors of
increased Ku Klux Klan activ
ities here.
40 YEARS AGO
March 17. 1912
(It was Sunday)
State efforts to control blight
In Jackson county orchards op
posed as "saddling more taxes
on the people."
Wisconsin Sen. Robert M. La
Follette schedules Medford stop
on tour of northewst during
campaign for election as presi
dent. Fire Fatal to Man;
Officials Investigate
Seattle (U.R) Officials
Monday were investigating a
fire which cost the life of Earle
Frederickson, 51, a Seattle pub
licity man and writer.
Frederickson 's body was found
Sunday in. the Ballard Pattern
and Brass' foundry after firemen
extinguished a $3,000 blaze. The
fire was believed to have started
from a wood stove, near which
the body was found.
. It was not known how Fred
erickson had entered the build
ing. H. W. Rowe, owner of the
foundry, said he had locked the
building before he left. Fire
Chief William Fitzgerald said
firemen found the door closed
but unlocked.
Frederickson once edited the
American Viking Review, a
Scandinavian newspaper.
Mongrel Dog Blamed
For Fire at Seattle
Seattle U.R) A little, black
mongrel dog was suspected of
arson here Monday.
Firemen Sunday night put out
a fire in the apartment of the
dog's owner, Miss Leona Klop
penburg. Suspicious and disap
proving stares were turned on
the flop-eared mutt after his
owner told' firemen the dog
liked to chew match folders.
Fire Chief William Fitzgerald
said if the dog wasn't guilty, the
probable cause was a cigaret left
burning. I
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ASSOCIATIOM
MAIL THIBUWE
Editorial Correspondence
San Francisco, March 14 Another REAL rain. And a 60-knot
gale with it, the' latter so strong it drives rain through the -hotel
window cracks and whirls icy-air
Nice day for a ball game! and
tonight between the Seals and
Because of the weather the Seals have had to practice inside
the Cow Palace, or not practice at all, a good share of the time. If
you think this is a joke you are sadly mistaken. Not only "Califor
nia Inc." but every business man in the place is worried sick over
the "unusual" bay-area climate. As for Mr. Fagan who tried to
sell the Seals last year but failed,
Miles would like to buy a ball
Fagan intends to return to Hawaii and STAY there.)
We finally attended the highly-touted Sugar Ray-Bobo Olson
boxfight which a few days ago
chief, invited "Ye Editor" to be his guest, and it would of course
have been MOST discourteous totfnave declined. So without "great
expectations ' we went. And we
sporting event it was a nice polite square dance.
But nof according to the local press. MERCY NO! When we
returned to the hotel at 11 pjn. both the Examiner and Chronicle,
had front-page banners in super-gondolo type, announcing Sugar
Ray's "hard-fought victory"
weight champion of the world,
Shades of Bat Nelson and Mickey Walker if that contest was
"hard-fought," the recent chess
Cuba was one of "the ten decisive
Ever since, we have been
ness would do without the newspapers? In some directions the
"power of the press" is greatly exaggerated, but surely not in the
"manly art of self-defense," department. The local press got the
fans to pack the Civic auditorium to the skylight, and then showed
by pictures and text, how they got their money's worth. Nice work
if you can get someone to do it
Our guess, however, is a
were right. Not that we would
Journalistic Ethics" it was a
cer Fund) and a perfectly respectable EXHIBITION but it WAS
an "exhibition." And all this buildup about Sugar Ray's legs being
gone, and Bobo's great chance of winning the world title by a
knockout or the narrow escape Sugar suffered from the rough
and rugged Bobo was a lot of hooey and hokum, and all the boys
really on the inside know it.
The only trouble Sugar had was with his wind hotel tap
dancing and night club whoopee, strange to say, had not improved
it. The only trouble with Bobo was that he is an enlarged, muscle
bcund edition of Bat Nelson, without Bat's one fistic asset a
REAL PUNCH.
He kept wading in like Bat, with his head down and short,
thick arms jabbing, but if Sugar was ever hurt he never showed it.
However, the crowd standing room only liked it, so did the
management with $75,000 cash money to distribute and so did
Bobo with a record check for $5,000 in his pocket, and not a
scratch to mar his non-photogenic countenance.
As for "Sugar the Magnificent," who travels with a larser
entourage than the Duke of Kent, and has only one real worry in
life (the size of his income tax), he will get his usual bunch of
crchids from his favorite press agent, Walter Winchell, this coming
Sunday. Walter will relate all about the handsome colored
champ's public-spirited generosity,
sacrifieing nature, risking his title here in San Francisco for only
one dollar, giving all the rest of his purse (around $25,000 or
$30,000) to the cancer fund!
Which is ok and deserved, but
appears to be. For the truth is
exhibition will be greater than
three times as much, in fact.
How come? . .
Well, old Doctor K. (or P. Meyers) or any of the other Medford
income tax experts could explain
As stated above Sugar s only
Unlike most of the fistic champions, he has not only made a lot
of money but saved and skillfully
ot income properties from hotels
ments and cleaning establishments
In short "Sugar" is a member
times envied) group who are in
aam takes a cut of 50 per cent
for example, to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, that is a proper
deduction from his gross, and will reduce the amount he has to
pay on or before Monday the
isia.uuu. as "a penny saved is a penny EARNED,' it should be
clear that Sugar was not QUITE as self sacrificing and charitably
inclined as the Winchell build-up has always made out and un-
doubtedly will again the approaching Sabbath. As we figure it he
gov ms expenses ana nas around ten or fifteen thousand more dol
lars in the bank, than he had yesterday. Not bad for an hour and
a nan oi work!
There were three other bouts
uiic saving us amusing
the color scheme for the evening
sians, ana m every case proving their fistic superiority.
The "White Hope" in the final number was from Arizona,
whose one idea was to keep on his feet, and protect his Barrymore
profile. He succeeded in both directions, but it took some smart
footwork, and artful dodging much to the distrust and frustration
ui ms weu-musciea ana "dark complected" opponent, whose name
was ounes.
it all reminded us in reverse
Diego, when the Medford colony
weeiciy oox-fights there, and the
lOngg. No exhibitions in THAT
and probably ten bucks for beans.
opening gong to the final "goodnight."
une night Dr. Salade we
brush several bicuspids from his
new auuns cuai naa to De sent to
moval of incriminating blood stains.
Ah them WERE the days, when men wm mm rA r,
least of all box-fighters worried
mote and out of reach as an INCOME tax! R.W.R.
Return of Christ Seen by Evangelist
Speaking twice Sunday at the
new Bible auditorium, 910
South Central avenue. Evange
list Harold E. Metcalf declared
that the personal return of
Christ to this earth is the only
solution to the complex prob
lems of a world grown weary of
wars, atomic weapons, inflation,
strikes, crime waves, disease
epidemics and housing short
ages.
"The cry of millions today is
for a leader who can guide them
out of the morass of social, poli
tical and spiritual confusion,"
Mr. Metcalf said.' "When the
giant liberty bell was hung at
the Schoenberg Rathaus, West
Berlin, in 1950, the entire city
turned out to see and hear this
symbol of humanity's deep-seat
ed longing for world brother
hood and the cessation of war."
Pittsburgh (U.R) John A.
Stephens, head bargainer for U.
Steel Corp. in the CIO-steel
industry wage dispute, said to
day that his negotiating team
will be ready to resume negotia
tions within three days after the
government recommends a
settlement.
Moa!ay, March 17, 1SJ
down the bathroom ventilator
that's just what is scheduled for
the Cleveland Indians.
he is fit to be tied. (If "Shorty
club cheap, here is his chance
we spurned, with various and sun-
were right in the first place. As a
"the winnah and still the middle
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON!"
match between Casablanca and
battles of the world."
wondering what the box-fight busi
for you and for free to boot!
majority decided the newspapers
file any protest with the "Board of
worthy cause (Damon Runyon Can
his many charities, and his self-
not QUITS as magnificent' as it
Sugar Ray's net profit from this
Bobo's it might be over two or
it.
real worry is his income tax.
invested it. He owns all sorts
and night clubs, down to apart
or so the grapevine reports.
of that unfortunate (but some
the upper-brackets, where Uncle
or better. If Suear erives $25 nnrv
17th by around $10.000 nerhans
also nice nolit "ovhihitinn.
iea lures. rjiacK ana wnite was
colored lads tackling the Cauca
of th "aonA nM riaV in con
the male portion attended the
gals stayed home and olaved mah-
"saiiarpri.MwIo" it
But WHAT a show from th
alwavs had rlni?M rc y,a
mackintosh and John Tnmlln.
the cleaner Vnm nvt inv .
about anvthino- as forpis-n r.
The evangelist stated that the
day and hour will be the only
surprise element of the return
visit of the greatest figure in
human history, for in the 260
chapters of the New Testament,
it is mentioned 318 times. He
said one verse in every 25 deals
with the topic.
Services will continue Tues
day through Friday and Sunday
evenings.
Key Case Found in Shoe;
Feet Always Hurt Anyway
Mound City, ni. (U.R) George
Martin, after an all-day search,
found his flat key case when it
dropped out of a shoe as be pre
pared for bed.
"My feet usually hurt so bad
ly that I didn't pay any atten
tion when they hurt a little
worse," he explained, adding he
puts his pocket belongings in his
shoes each night for safekeeping.
STATE DRAWS TOURISTS .
Pullman, Wash. (U.R) More
than 3,000,000 tourists visited
the state of Washington during
1951 and spent about $119,000,
000, a survey made by Washing
ton State college revealed.
Crosstown
"I'm pro-ratin' my allowance,
suppin to lass than 100
a hunk of
Matter of Fact 'artc'
TWO HORSE PARLAY I no means unpopular with the
Washington There is good
reason to believe that President
Truman, as he ponders his fate
ful decision under the Florida
sun, is now turning over in his
mind a rather -astonishing idea
This, is the notion of a Demo
cratic ticket headed by Adlai
Stevenson, who is the Presi
dent's favorite for first place if
he does not run himself, and-
here the element of surprise en
ters with Sen. Richard Russell,
of Georgia, in second place.
This idea is not really so
astonishing as it appears at first
blush. It becomes less astonishing
when one begins to understand
Russell's real motive in formally
entering the Presidential race,
and his relationship with both
Truman and Stevenson.
Russell has been represented
as being determined to bfclt the
Democratic party and head up a
splinter Southern party unless
the South has its way at the
Democratic convention. Actual
ly, Sen. Russell, who is both an
able man and a Democrat to his
fingertips, finds the thought of
breaking up the old Democratic
coalition, and splitting his party
perhaps permanently and fatally,
entirely abhorrent. Gov. James
F. Byrnes, of South Carolina,
and Sen. Harry Flood Byrd, of
Virginia, have both labored long
and hard to persuade Russell to
promise to run on a splinter
ticket if Truman is renominated
Russell has steadfastly refused.
ACTUALLY. Russell's Presi-
dential candidacy is intended
primarily as a sort of friendly
warning to President Truman
The word "friendly" is used ad
visedly. Russell has never been
the typical Right-Wing Southern
politician. On the contrary he
has supported many New and
Fair Deal measures, and he is
not and never has been a dyed-
in-the-wool Truman - hater. On
the other hand, Truman is known
to be grateful to Russell for his
able handling of the MacArthur
inquiry, and Russell's name is
always mentioned with respect
and even admiration in White
House circles.
Yet Russell, in announcing for
the Presidency, wished to warn
Truman that he will split his
party wide open if he runs again.
And this is demonstrably true.
The pressure on Russell himself
to lead a splinter ticket will of
course be very heavy indeed if
Truman is renominated. If Rus
sell does change his mind, and
agrees to head a Southern party,
most Southern leaders believe
that he will take every Southern
state right around from Virginia
to Texas without a break.
Yet even if Russell stays regu
lar, according to his present in
clination, the Democratic party
will be broken in two all the
same. For Byrnes and Byrd and
the other Southern leaders are
absolutely determined to run a
Southern candidate if Truman
runs. And they have already
picked on Gov. Alan Shivers, of
Texas, as second choice. Shivers
would meet opposition in Ala
bama, North Carolina and Ten
nessee, since Alabama's Sen. Hill
and John Sparkman. North Caro
lina's Gov. W. Kerr Scott, and
Tennessee's Sen. Estes Kefauver
are accounted sure to stay reg
ular. see
EVEN in these states Shivers
would give the regulars a
run for their money, however,
and he is accounted strong
enough to take at least eight or
nine Southern states in all. Thus
Truman is confronted with the
near certainty, if he runs, of his
party being broken again as it
was -in' 1860 in the Douglas
Breckenridge split, which put
the Republicans in power for
more than a generation. Truman
is a Democrat to his fingertips
also, and this prospect must sure
ly give him pause.
The idea of a Stevenson-Kus-
sell ticket as a way out of this
danger to Truman's party may
seem strange. But actually, Ste
venson, despite the fact that ne
is a Northerner and a proponent
oi civil rights legislation, is by
back to whan a dollar started
cants. Gael You sura ewa ma
change. Pop!"
Southern leaders. He is an old
friend, of Gov. Byrnes, and he
is actually a cousin of Sen. Rus
sell's. Moreover, he has strong
feelings about both states' rights
and government economy, and
these views are welcome in the
South.
Those Southern leaders who,
like Russell himself, do not real
ly want to break up their party,
realize that the convention can
hardly wholly repudiate the 1948
civil rights plank. But, they say,
if Truman himself does not run
again, and if the South is given
representation in second place
on the ticket, the South will stay
regular, civil rights and all.
Moreover, as a matter of prac
tical politics, there would be
much to be said for a Stevenson
Russell ticket. Sen. Robert A.
Taft is known to oppose compul
sory fair employment legislation,
and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
is believed to oppose it. Thus the
Northern racial vote would have
nowhere else to go but to Steven
son. e
MOREOVER, Russell's pres
ence on the ticket would re
insure the South absolutely
against a Republican invasion by
a ticket headed Dy ran, ana
probably even by a ticket headed
by Eisenhower. Of course cer
tain rather obvious questions
need to be answered: for ex
ample, how could a Presidential
and Vice-Presidential nominee,
diametrically opposed on a basic
issue like civil rights, work in
harness? Even so, a Stevenson
Russell ticket remains an inter
esting outside bet for the coming
campaign.
(Copyright, 1952, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
One Tough Tree
We've got the toughest Doug
las firs ever heard of, hard to
fall and tough to kill," said the
man from Morton. "Totner
day me and my partner buzzed
a powersaw through one that
looked to scale around 8,200
board feet Well, sir, it was such
a cross trained tree it went to
whirling, and it spun like a top
as it fell.
Friend, that tree dropped
in a tailspin that shot it down
the hill, out over the rim of a
bluff and down in a dive that
drove its top 20 feet into the
bed of the creek 200 feet be
low. Then up above, there its
butt swayed, level with our eyes.
Then it settled and stood. We had
to track around and down two
miles to pack our gear to the
tree and fall it a second time.
"Yes. sir. we had to fall that
fir twice. Toughest tree I ever
did see."
Cougar Kittens
The cougar stories that have
come to rest in this space keep
having kittens. The Morton man
obliged with one about a young
forester who came up fresh
from college and tried to talk
the Tarheels Into forgetting how
grandpappy had always burned
dead fern and other weeds in
the spring and to teach them how
money grows on trees and on
nothing else up in the hills.
Nice big feller name or Sher
man Grant a poor kind of tag
for a man among Tarheels,"
said the man from Morton. "His
name and nothing else was the
cause of the dislike old Pret
Holley took to him. Fret is an
, . - 1 U -.lit
oia-ume cougar nunicr wng nui
runs hounds. His pappy was a
Confederate vet. he claims. A
lot of the folks follow his lead
on things, for he has a good 37
votes in his clan and twice as
many guns. Old Pret sure did
get down on poor Sherman
Grant
"The new forester had been a
track athlete in college, power
ful on the abotput and hammer 1
On ThO Side
(Distributed , King
that will wee a widow most
at tally
e saust make ay while the
sua fota shine;
e most net staat with her shall
L shall L
Bat ntnit boldly say, Widow
yea most be saine;
Brooks.
Neither the Scotch nor the
Irish originated the bagpipes,
Nero played the bagpipes. The
Romans brought the instrument
to England. Shakespeare re
ferred to bagpipe music as "the
vile squeaking of the wry-
necked fife." The English taught
the Scots how to play the bag
pipe. The first Queen Eliza
beth was a fan for bagpipe
music, she thought it was too
good for the Irish and ruled no
bagpipes could be played in Ire
land. So the Irish invented a bag
pipe of their own which could
be played indoors in secret and
could not be heard by the police.
I was presented with a small
type of bagpipe, easily mastered
I learned to play the instrument
to use when that soprano next
door began to shriek her ver
sion of "The Land of the Sky
Blue Waters." But she moved
away. So I gave my bagpipes to
a friend who was being annoyed
by a neighbor who is a loud
radio player.
Anions tha Married
Women certainly have a wide
variety of highly impertiment
questions tossed at them by al
leged experts on life among the
married. As for example: "Could
You Get Another Man?" which
is the title of an article by Ro
berta Fleming Roesch. Roberta
warns wives to be careful how
they handle their matrimonial
mates or they may find them
selves living alone and not lik
ing it. Perhaps some wives need
to give this thought careful con
sideration. However, according
to the research of our experts,
the number of ex-husbands car
rying the torch greatly exceeds
that of ex-wives sorrowing for
erstwhile spouses. It would.
therefore, seem fitting that some
body should write an article
titled: "Could You Get Another
Woman?"
Asides
It was Samuel Johnson who
said: "My diseases are asthma
and dropsy and what is less cura
ble, seventy-five." . . . Note it
stated Joan Crawford is a col
lector of jewelled cigarette boxes
and has "several designed by La
Bouchere, famed eighteenth cen
tury goldsmith." I thought cig
arettes were not invented until
the nineteenth century. But I
could be in error.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. What
star played the Queen of Sheba
in the silent film of that title?
A. Betty Blythe. Q. How do you
pronounce the name of the town
of Yreka, Calif.? A. Wy-ree-kah.
Q. I claim Elinor Glynn, author
of that hot-cha novel, "Three
Weeks," was the red-head. Right?
A. Quite right, sir. Elinor was a
natural strawberry blonde. Q.
For a carefully wrapped stogie,
name the play in which the fol
lowing was the last line: "Never
Give a Sucker an Even Break."
A. Easy question. That was the
last line in the stage hit "Pop
py." It was delivered by the
throw. That there finally stood
him in stead. For he joined in a
cougar hunt with Pret and his
hound pack and some other
folks, and it came out a cougar
was shot down from a tree, bad
hurt yet able to kill a couple
of the hounds when they closed
in.
"Next thing, before anybody
else had lifted a finger, in leap
ed Sherman Grant, caught the
cougar by the tail, and quicker
than you could see, swung the
critter up like he was starting
a hammer throw.
"What a sight it was, that big
young Sherman Grant with a
cougar by the tail, swinging him
in a circle once, twice three
times seven the remaining
hounds howling around him,
while he worked for a hemlock
tree and there he slammed the
cougar's head into the trunk and
batted his brains out.
That was all Sherman Grant
had to do. Ever since he has had
fern burning stopped and tree
growing started among the Hol
ley clan like nobody's business."
Away back in Idaho when
homesteads were still to be had
a meek and mild little man with
a big family took up a moun
tain timber claim that stockmen
wanted to hold open for graz
ing. He started splitting ties for
the P. & I. N. railroad. Every
body expected him to be run
out soon or late. But he wasn't.
There's no big story or tall
tale about it A cougar simply
ran over a log with a wedge in
the split, knocked out the wedge
and got a foot caught in the
crack as the log snapped shut.
It was one of the homesteader's
tie logs.
Pure accident But the story
grew until it had the meek and
mild homesteader catching the
cougar with his bare hands. And
it served to keep people from
bothering him.. The stockmen
decided they had just as well
leave him alone. He kept his
claim and lived peaceably ever
after.
By E. V: Duffing
Feature todlcate, lacJ
star W. C. Fields to Madge Ken
nedy, playing the part of his
daughter.
Sidelights
An interesting example of par
ental objection that failed to
click was that Whistler's mother
did not want him to be a painter.
Truly a terrific set-back for the
claim (that mother knows best.
. . . In the matter of mastering
tricks the fox terriers are bet
ter than any other breed of dogs.
Incidentally, I know some people
who had a fox terrier who
would follow them walking on
two legs like a human being. A
most amusing sight.
Horses and Women
Cleopatra was an early riser.
She was up at daybreak. This
was in the interests of preserving
her youth and beauty. That Cleo
was one of the greatest charm
ers of all time was not - by acci
dent. She spent considerable
time keeping her male attrac
tion features in order. -Her first
move was to jump into her swim
ming pool, following which she
placed herself in the hands of a
battery of beauticians. First,
superfluous hair was removed
with pumice stone. Then came
the masseur, the hair dresser,
the cosmetician and the manicur
ist. Every morning Cleo devoted
at least three hours to the pres
ervation of her beauty. No
wonder Shakespeare said: "Age
cannot wither, nor custom stale
her infinite variety." Cleopatra
was a brunette. She never had
her hair dyed or bieached. When
she was in the mood to be a
strawberry blonde she wore a
wig. '
Jackson County Farm Notes
Compiled by County Office
Examine Rosebushes
For Large Cankers
Many rosebushes are devel
oping large, oval cankers on the
canes. The cankers are brownish
to black in color and may be
only a small spot around the
bud, or they may be up to 3
or 4 inches long and completely
encircle the cane. Where the
cankers are large, the cane will
either be killed or so weakened
as to be rather worthless. The
trouble present for years, but
in the last two or three years
it has become increasingly se
rious. As it is rather evident
at this time, it would be well
to examine rosebushes and see
if it is present. It is almost en
tirely confined to young, vigor
ous canes.
Where any of it is noticed, it
would be well to prune out the
infested cane to a point well be
low any evidence of the . dis
ease. The busnes snouia also De
sprayed with Parzate or a fixed
copper. Parzate is more effec
tive, but the fixed coppers will
do. Use V4 pound in 3 callons of
water and thoroughly soak the
rosebush. The spraying should
be done after the diseased canes
Generators at Dam
Back in Operation
Coulee Dam, Wash. (U.R)
Seven giant generators at Grand
Coulee dam were back in opera
tion Saturday after engineers
shut them down and curtailed
electric service when water ac
cidentally made its way to the
bearings of the dynamos Friday.
The Bureau of Reclamation
said that the shutdown forced
the world's largest power plant
lo run at 61 per cent capacity
during a two-and-one-half-hour
period
Loss oLan estimated 700,000
kilowatts of production created
an electricity crisis in the en
tire 'Pacific Northwest.
Some of the region's heavy
electrical users were without
power for several hours as 250,-
000 kilowatts of interruptible
electricity was shut off.
Virginia built the first toll
road in the United States in 1786,
the Little River Turnpike from
Alexandria on the Potomac to
Singer's Gap across the moun
tains east of Winchester.
STAFF
MEMBER
Roy H. Brown
Licensed Funeral Director
and Embalmer
A. R. C. First Aid Instructor
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Veteran World War II
Vice-Chairman Medford
Safety Council
Deputy Coroner
CONGER-MORRIS
Funeral Directors Ambulance Service
West Main at Sixth Medford
Member National Selected Morticians by Invitation
Germ War Inquiry
May Be Demanded
United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
The United States has announc
ed it may demand a United Na
tions inquiry into "false" Soviet
charges that the U. S. has been
waging germ warfare in Korea
and China.
American U. N. Delegate Ben
jamin V. Cohen called a special
news conference to answer tha
charges made yesterday by So
viet Delegate Jacob A. Malik
and said:
"We do not intend to let him
get away with it. We will not let
him get away with these dis
honest, absurd and monstrous
falsehoods."
Wordage put out by Peiping
on the charges has not been
matched by any single subject
since the days preceding Chi
nese entry into the Korean war,
when it accused the Americans
of aggressive intentions against
China.
Cohen said the U. S. proposal
for an impartial Red Cross in
quiry still stands. But he added
that this country is studying
with its Allies the possibility of
seeking a U. N. inquiry if the
Communists continue to snub
the Red Cross proposal.
SOLDIER ARRESTED "
Pvt. Russell James Smith, who
allegedly desertedb from the Ma
rine Corps at Treasure Island,
Calif., on Dec. 15, 1951, was ar
rested at his home above Shady
Cove by state police Saturday.
He is being held in the county
jail for Marine Corps author
ities. '
O. S. C. Extension Service
have been removed so that the
cut will be protected against
further infection. All diseased
canes which are removed should
be burned to destroy the dis
ease. The trouble is caused by a
botrytis rot. The disease gener
ally attacks weak growths or
dead twigs and leaves. The hab
it of attacking young, vigorous
shoots is new, and in view of
its past history is difficult to ex
plain. It is possible that the dis
ease is attacking the leaves in
the fall after a frost. Leaves at
this time would be very weak
and ideal for botrytis infection.
After becoming established in
the leaf, the fungus may be able
to invade the stem tissues and
cause the cankers that are so
visible.
It would be well to spray the
rosebushes thoroughly in the fall
about the time of the first frosts.
If protected against infection
at that time, there should be no
trouble in the spring.
C. B. Cordy,
County Extension Agent,
Horticulture. ,
Drew Up To Curb
!?Y GEO. N. TAHTLOR
The car of the college men
pulled up to the curb and there
in the early morning, all bowed
their 'heads . as ,
prayer was lifted
to God for safe
passage - to the
camp, 3000 miles
back east. God
gave them safe
passage and ne
also did a mighty
work among the
college people
there at the camp.
So it was that the Gee. N. Taylor
prayer in the car there by the
curb brought reward, for "He
that cometh to God must believe
that he rewards them that dili
gently seek him see Hebrews
11:6. - '
And note also how a Portland,
Ore., church calls its men to
prayer at 6:30 a. m. daily. They
pray that the lost may accept
Christ as their Lord and Saviour
and God is giving them at least
one convert a week. These men
believe the Bible that as they
pray, feod works. What is your
faith? Without faith it is impos
sible to please God Heb. 11.6.
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