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roUSTEEH MEDFORD (OMOOm MAIL TWBTJHI MEDF0ai)U!TRISU5CX Everyone in Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MZDTORD PMNTTKa CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-4141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor ERNEST R. GtLSTRAP. Manacar HERB GREY. Advertising- Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class nutter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Daily and Sunday one year 112 00 Daily and Sunday aix months 6.50 Daily and Sunday three mom. 3.50 Daily and Sunday one month 139 By Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford. Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenls. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent Daily and Sunday one year $15.00 Daily and Sunday one month 139 Ail lerms t,aan in Official Paper of the City of M ester Official Paper or jacawra i""i United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: idtct w1 t in . v rnuPANT. INC Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit, san rrancurcu. u r . Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL IDITOIIAl lAsVocUTrdN Zf l )PASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medfefd and Jackie) County His tory from the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years 10 YEARS AGO March 23. 1942 (It was Monday) First section of trailer camp for workers at army cantonment near here is completed; offers space for 1,000 trailers. From Arthur Perry'i Ye Smudge Pot column: A campaign has been launched to prevent for est fires in Oregon. When strik ing matches in the woods this summer, use your head, the for est service asks. 20 YEARS AGO March 23, 1932 (It was Wednesaay) Two nersons with "strangely mottled" teeth reported here; lo cal dentists believe "affliction may be caused by fluorine in drinking water from deep wells near Talent. County court announces that carload of Indiana limestone is scheduled to arrive here soon to be used in construction of a new county courthouse at Oak dale avenue and Main street. 30 YEARS AGO March 23, 1922 (It was Thursday) Chamber of Commerce and Greater Medford club petition city council to form permanent planning commission here. United States house of repre sentatives approves bonus for veterans of World War I by 333 70 margin; bonus expected to be killed by senate. 40 YEARS AGO March 23, 1912 (It was Saturday) Federal government conducts funerals for 34 victims of the ex plosion of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor in 1899. J ackson county Theodore Roosevelt club organized; politi cal groups favoring William Howard Taft and Robert LaFol lette also active. Vets Offered Former Grades in AF Reserve Capt. Robert Roman, Air Force liaison officer of South ern Oregon, said Saturday that is is possible for prior service enlisted personnel to enlist in the United States Air Force re serve in a grade equivalent to that formerly held, regardless of prior branch of service served. Veterans also may return to active duty voluntarily with the regular Air Force in their form er grade in any branch of the service, regardless of length of time since last separation. Veterans- interested are requested to bring thir last discharge papers with them in applying for enlist ment. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Capt. Roman, 33 North River side avenue, or calling 2-9704. 4-H Club Hews Sams Valloy Club Sams Valley Thimble theater met March 18 at the home of Vernale Hutchinson with 11 members and four visitors pres ent. A demonstration was given on needles by Beverly Sander son, 4-H calendars were passed out and refreshments were served with a birthday cake for Patty Straus. Verity Day, Reporter. Editorial Correspondence San Francisco. March 19 this is the third consecutive abetted early this morning hy hail and thunder. The Eisenhower headquarters is not the only beehive of activity hereabouts, think of the scurrying and running about in the main office of Jupiter Pluvius. The imps up there must be pulling all the wires and gadgets, having one "L" of a time, making the poor humans down below miserable. lfl.U - -1- 1 ilr a iiMf If General Eisenhower is not nomination, and even a greater ..iv. v. . . im Mini in mvnuuj HCMV.C, uinc - - bunch of ecstatic "Ike" enthusiasts, now cavorting and celebrating over the bay-area. m.. nr.... Timf,lM Mi1t A 11C A."0". - morale, but nothing compared Minnesota. , . When a man ANY man Europe, not even have his name Tirorrp txt .... 4nr TniHnt niuicrui - tv. - like Stassen that's NEWS in fact that, added to the victory in New Hampshire makes General Eisenhower the most phenomenal vote-getter in the presidential class, this country has ever seen. We wouldn't advise our old "shanking-pal," E. T, to under write more than a million on it, but if this doesn't make Robert Alonzo Taft a "dead duck", PRESIDENTIAL!, Y speaking and Mr. Truman also the skipper of this department would be will ing to roll a peanut, with his nose, as far as he can hit a croquet . T. ... . i t . . it nmnvn ball witn a o. iron, unais a e Not that "Ye Editor" is making any formal political predic- .... . a mmmi j : 1 J i 1040 4V. lions NO, no, Naneue: ine unaersignra vuwcu iu - .rM,.ii k mato in thtfz rnlumn after President. Truman 1JU C UU1U kXi Jliwuv ua, s made such monkeys out of 'the ..... and wise-guy pontuicaiors. ui uniess u signs u, ie ucvwi u;. jii.iit miila uveral mnnth afo that the POLlTl 1 UUB UEyaiuiiM.. CIANS want Taft but the PEOPLE don't, will be so generally acknowledged to De true wnen ine vn-r- cvnvmuwi vywa, u" the overriding problem then will be NOT how to beat the Senator from Ohio, but HOW to beat the U. S. Commander-in-Chief in Paris by those who don't want him. ., ' Tvi Sn nitv tiaa um advantages -not manv. We enjoyed one of them yesterday when we took in 'Town ifiuin at Via rui-rnn theatre featuring an 11 a.m. address bv it&t; .1.15 . - u..w. i . - Vincent Sheehan, well-known author, traveller, radio broadcaster and Yogi addict. (Ah there Alice!) nr. h.it. roaA Shuhin'i hnnlra ever ainre he graduated from the University of Chicago, and followed his career at home and abroad, after a fashion, but never before had seen him "in person." Well, he looks much more "ould sod" Irish, much older, and in manner is far less charming than we had imagined. But he ...... intaretino uroll-infnrmed and the undersigned had a SDecial reason for not begrudging the practically an oi me oeueis icgaiums j-uicign auiuu.ni jj this aepartmeni, ior ine pasi xnree or lour years. .... . The theatre was packed only member of the audience present, who wore pants or if you are a stickler for accuracy, make it TROUSERS with perhaps half a dozen exceptions. From where we sat in the front row, we couldn't see a male in the place, but the ticket-taker claimed there were "a few" he couldn't tell how many. There is no doubt of this: it would have taken a fine-tooth comb and a flasl: lieht to have found them. (Not many men in San Francisco can- or if they could would care to at 11 in the morning.) Mr. Sheehan has a high left is thick but receding, well-manicured and pomaded for this occasion. He was not ill at ease exactly, but we did get the impression that he was not enjoying himself particularly and would be glad when the session other high forehead and glasses acted as moderator apparently a regular job for he seemed on very informal and chummy terms with members of Town Meeting, making a number of facetious remarks, and more original and amusing ones than such occasions usually produce. The chief point Mr. Sheehan He believes there is very little chance of a world war in the foreseeable future much less danger than there has been at any time since the Korean war The chief reason for this belief is not the Truman-Acheson doctrine of establishing "positions-of-strength" although that has been a factor and the policy should be continued and ex tended, but Because Soviet Russia, as a secrets from the U.S.A., has at devastating possibilities of this wish to run any risk of starting open to atomic attack. Sheehan's explanation of the was particularly interesting and Until Russia herself got into secrets she pooh-poohed the idea thing to boast about or be afraid American bluff and buncombe. But when the secret formula had been stolen and the German experts had been imported to develop it, the Kremlin soon be came convinced as the work progressed that, not only had a new and terrifying weapon of destruction been developed, but its possi bilities, in the way of destruction not of any one group or coun try, but of the world (including Russia) that the order came down from the All-Highest not to run any risk of any other country using it which, of course, any all-out aggression by Russia would bring about' ' ' ' Too bad Senator Taft could have suspected his foreign policy as popular with the people as he has imagined. At least it was quite apparent this large audience of representative women in the bay area, as a whole, agreed with the speaker when he de clared Senator Taft's views of the Korean war and the Far-Eastern situation were fantastic and unrealistic enough to be danger ous if ever an attempt should be made to put them into effect. a The Korean war, he pointed out, was not Truman's war, not a war of any political party except the Politburo party, and had the North Korean attack supported by Communist China and Soviet Russia not been resisted as it was by prompt action by this country supported by the UN, the free world might have suffered such a blow to its prestige, and the Communist world gained so much, that it might have taken a decade, and a far larger and more costly war than the present one in Korea, to have regained the lost ground. Taft's suggestion that Chiang Kai- shek's army in Formosa be used against Red China on the main land or in Indo-China, he added, was simply "madness." Chiang could not leave Formosa without Mao taking the island over," Sheehan explained, "and where would that leave the U.S.A.? It may be true the morale of Chiang's army is better than it was during the last days of its mainland demoralization and collapse. It could hardly be worse. Also this country has aided Chiang materially in arms, and training. Even so, anyone who thinks his army of 500,000 men could be transported to the Cninese coast, establish proper bridgeheads, and drive back Mao's trained army of three or four millions, aided by Russian tanks and airplanes, just doesn't know anything about the subject. I was in China during the last year of Chiang's retreat and I saw with my own eyes 700,000 of his troops with their new U. S. equipment go over to the enemy, bait, hook and sinker. "wnat does Senator Taft wish and Russia behind Mao, but hand ' over more men and more guns to the Red army? That is what would happen if anything as foolhardy were carried out" As to the suggestion that Chiang's army be used to aid the French in Indo-China, the objection to that, in the opinion of the speaker, would be the refusal of France to accept Chiang's army or his leadership France would welcome American support he declared, but knows too much about Chiang and his defeated forces, to want him on their hands, in Indo-China or anywhere else. ' . -- . f . . a The net result of Sheehan's signed was concerned, was increased regret there are so many politicians in the country who talk so much about what should be done, that isn't being done regarding our foreign policy, who don't know what they are talking about. R.W.R. . Kaxch S3, II3J The weather still gets top billing day of rain and wind, aided and a sure winner for the Republican cinch for the White House 10 ha a aiirnrisnri and disanoointed was a terrific boost to their - " with the result yesterday In can stick to his job in far-eff on a naiioi, ana yei gei emmgn tn nparlv defeat a favorite son iair cnougn au i , "w- e e - newspapers, dopesters, pollsters 1 1 I AU . JAn1ara entrance fee, as Vincent upheld and your correspondent was the attend a lecture at the Curran forehead, his grey hair what is was over. A little man with an made was this: started. result of stealing atomic-bomb long last become wise to the super - weapon, and simply doesn't an all-out war, and lay herself change in the Russian attitude convincing. possession of the atom bomb that this new weapon was any of it was all written off as not have been there. He might or what passes for it is not to do? Not only solidify China o a address, as far as the under Crosstown KEF! O Zr "Caa you let me have some of that pain-killln stuff. Doc? I got a thrashin' eomln' when I get homo." Matter of Fact KEY WEST AND SPRINGFIELD WASHINGTON The favorite political parlor game these days is guessing what is going on in the mind of President Harry S. Truman as he suns himself at Key West. Yet there is a good deal of evidence which suggests that the guessers are playing the wrong game. They ought to turn their attention instead to what is going on in the mind of Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illi nois, as he carries on his state's business in Springfield. For the known facts point rather directly to four conclu sions, which can be simply list ed as follows: First, President Truman real ly does not want to run again. Second, he will not run if he can be reasonably sure that Gov. Stevenson will be nominated in his place. Third, Truman will run again rather than see any contender other than Stevenson nominated Fourth, Stevenson is honestly and deeply reluctant to make the race. Consider the facts. In the first place, . at least three persons. who undoubtedly carry far more weight with Truman than any number of White House hangers-on, have consistently urged him to bow out. These are Mrs. Truman, reportedly still adamant; Truman's trusted friend, Senate Secretary Les lie Biffle, and Chief Justice Fred Vinson, whom Truman in tensely respects. It is also known that Truman tried over a peri od of a year to persuade Vin son himself to make the race, in itself sufficient evidence of the president's reluctance to run again. ' a N THE second place, there is no doubt at all that Truman, in his long talk with Stevenson at the White House on January 22, discussed most seriously the possibility of Stevenson's run ning in his stead. And there is very little doubt among knowl edgeable political observers (who could, of course, be proved wholly wrong) that Stevenson would be nominated, provided he and the, president agreed on a joint strategy in the fairly near future. Among Stevenson's potential rivals, Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia, is credited with about 275 votes at the convention, Tennessee's Sen. Estes Kefau ver (now that he is likely to win California by default) is given 175 or so.'And Sen. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, it is believed, might pick up a hundred. These figures are of course the roughest sort of guess, but they are enough to suggest that Stevenson's rivals, even all to gether, are not likely to have the 616 votes necessary for victory. And given a decision soon, and a real campaign by Stevenson, the Illinois governor should rather easily collect the bulk of the delegates in such big states as New York, Illinois, Pennsyl vania, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Indiana and New Jersey. With this sort of initial strength, it is almost impossible to see how Stevenson could be stopped. Third, with Vinson refusing to run, there is really no one but Stevenson for Truman to turn to. His feelings about Sen. Kefauver are well known. Tru man could hardly support Rus sell, much as he respects the Georgia senator. And the presi dent has told at least one recent visitor that although he likes Kerr, he cannot possibly sup port him, in view of Kerr s oil connections and his civil rights record. Rather than allow one of these contenders to win by default, Truman will very prob ably take the nomination him self. a a a . . rpHUS the fourth point Ste- venson's willingness to run is the most crucial. It can now be reported with assurance that Stevenson had another talk with Truman, this time by telephone, shortly before Truman left fori By ftoomf Cot HU?0AD By Joseph sag Stewart Also? Key West. And it is significant that Truman rather plaintively remarked to another White House visitor, after this talk, that he could not see why he should be the only man among 150,000,000 people to take on his job. As this remark suggests, Ste venson is anything but eager to run. His reluctance is not mere coyness. It is perfectly under standable. Since his wife di vorced him, Stevenson has been a lonely man. Truman's own rather touqhing complaint in his diary "I'm always so lonesome when the family leaves" would apply twice over to Stevenson if he achieved the terrible iso lation of the White House. The fact is that Stevenson is cursed with an imagination, and per fectly aware of what might be in store for him if he won. The increasing evidence of Gen. Dwight D. . Eisenhower's strength has not decreased Ste venson's reluctance. Stevenson is intensely interested in his job as governor, and although he would be stoutly tempted to take on Sen. Robert A. Taft, he is not eager to surrender the governorship in order to face probable defeat at the hands of a man he admires. These hesita tions, in turn, are certainly having an effect on President Truman, an uncomplicated man who likes simple, uncomplicat ed decisions. Meanwhile, the country can only wait patiently to see how this curious, historic human drama will play itself out in the end. The answer cer tainly, lies as much in Spring field as in Key West. (Copyright, 1952, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Editorial Comment Junction City Future "Football Capital?" At the last meeting of the State Board of Higher Education Frank Van Dyke of Medford made the suggestion that the Uni versity of Oregon and Oregon State ought to get together and build a great football stadium for joint use at some midway point between Corvallis and Eugene, presumably Monroe or Junction City, instead of staging hercu lean campaigns to bite the alum ni for separate stadio. These trinkets cost in excess of a mil lion dollars apiece, depending on size. "The actual midway point would be about on the Benton- Lane line. The highway distance is 39 miles and the midway point would be 19 VS." As might be expected, there have been immediate objections: "What about homecoming for the big games?" - "What about destroying the feeling of Tiominess' which at taches to having the great games played right on each campus?" "What about the inconvenience to patrons and students and players?" ' . ; All these are proper questions but Mr. Van Dyke's suggestion really deserves serious conside ration. The erection of any large stadium assumes that college football will always attract vast crowds, that it will never be completely "de-emphasized" and that major games will continue to attract anywhere from 30,000- 100,000 people, most of whom will travel at least 50-100 miles to see the game. Many of them will use trains, buses, planes and public conveyances, but most of them will use their own cars. If these facts are assumed, then you have these questions: Is it possible to. build any large stadium in Corvallis or Eu gene which will have proper traf fic handling?" It might pay to study what happened at Berkeley last fall on the day of the "crucial" be tween California Bears and the Southern Cal Trojans: Although every municipality in the Bay Area contributed police, the traf fic became a complete snarL Hundreds never reached the game at all. Thousands could not get out of Berkeley until Sun- COMMUHICAMIS Latter to the Ml tar anst kear die oasae aael aggress at she emtei altaeuga eager certala orcsssa stances the ose of a sea oasae of taiUal ter pakUcatlea ss swrstls sikle. Tee Mail Trihaae reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to elarlficatloa aag eaagea atlon. Letters sahosltteg for poo Uratieo most oat exeeeg 4t weraV Why Taxea Not Cut To the Editor: H. A- Stevens of Phoenix infers that the citi zens can cause a reduction in taxes by writing to their con gressmen and telling them they don t like the high taxes. If Mr. Stevens were a con gressman would he reduce taxes? When the Bureau of the Budget sends to the Congress an item ized list of the needs of the armed forces to support an army in Korea, to build some new airplanes to support our bor ders, some new submarines to prevent a seaborne invasion, will he say no? If $6,900,000,000 for European aid is requested so that the Europeans may defend their borders with their own sol diers so that Oregon soldiers would not be needed, would he say no? If the taxes are not raised to support these expenditures and yet we provide the soldiers, the airplanes and the submarines, the money would be borrowed from banks. On the money bor- rowed irom DanKs, currency would be issued to the total amount. This issue of currency is inflationary. Do we want an unbalanced budget? - If we reduce our armies, the Communist forces create an in cident. The Korean incident oc curred when we were militarily weak in that area. The Commu nists now, according to the lat est reports, have their eye on the occupation of Japan. Can there be any doubt that the Com munists have their eye right on us, our factories, our modern farms, our wealthy residential sections? Whenever there is a reduction in government aid to farmers, to old age pensions or any other aided groups, let us not omit government aid in home build ing, then the letters to go to the congressmen. In the case of re duced aid in housing, the pub licity will state that the govern ment is blocking home construc tion. I submit this writing, not in support of high taxes, for sure ly some day they must be re duced, but in the hope that re duction of taxes must come about with due regard to the obliga tions of a nation harassed from without. It must be doubted that any reduction in taxes can be ob tained by petitions unless those petitions contain itemized lists showing how savings in govern- men may take place. Would we be unselfish enough to petition our congressmen that Camp White should not be reactivated because of unreasonable expense in government, or bold enough to say that a certain camp in Florida does not serve an ade quate purpose for government expenditure? Every reduction in government expenditure hurts some group to the extent of mak ing those hurt appeal to their congressmen. (Name on file.) Wanted More Skunksl To the Editor: Most likely Jean Jacques Rousseau has had too great an influence and Voltaire has not had enough influence in American politics. I am glad that you can agree to disagree and I must admit that you use some choice English to describe what you do not like. Personally I think that pole cats are a very important ani mal. God does not create ani mals lacking in value. You de scribe one senator as a polecat because he does things you do not like. Now I'll admit a pole cat has an awful smell but a lot of ' things in Washington smell awful. You certainly know that one smell can chase out an other smell. That is why p- fume is used and why it was in vented. I hope that you will see the truth and realize how much we need a few more polecats in Washington, D. C. They have tried perfume as you well re call Vaugn had something to day morning. In most situations a football stadium is a peculiarly "uneco nomic" institution. Sometimes a stadium can be used for track and field sports or for occasional public spectacles, but as a rule it is a one-purpose structure which sits idle between games. Even football practice must be held elsewhere to preserve the sacred turf. Of course, if college football ceases to be a popular spectacle either through de-emphasis or through the competition of tele vision, then any vast expenditure for stadia will be f utile. If foot ball is to continue as is, there are economic and traffic reasons to consider "joint user" be tween UO and OSC. (The census bureau says that the Eugene-Springfield area alone will have 300,000 people by 1990 and the increase throughout the Willamette Valley will be in pro portion). If college football continues to be a big gate spectacle, then the location of a stadium be comes a problem in traffic han dling . In many metropolitan areas numerous colleges use the same facilities for football. Dis tances mean little these days. Eugene Register-Guard. Slight: I improvement In Nevs From Korea Noted During Week eaj OjsW Srlssa at a . Bt PHIL NEWSOM UP Foreisa News Editor The week's balance sheet be tween the eood and bad news in the hot and cold wars: The Good 1. The news from Korea turn ed from black to a tell-tale gray but any change was for the good. uim and communist truce nego tiations reached virtual agree ment on ports of entry for troops, reducing points of difference to the questions of Russia as a neu tral, prisoner exchange and con struction of military . airports. There was a possibility the talks will so behind closed doors tn give the negotiators greater free dom of discussion. 2. The Allies were taking their time in replying, to Russia's nro- posal for an early Big Four meeting on a German neace treaty. The Russian proposal seemed an obvious attemDt to prevent West German nartirina. tion in a European army, but the encouraging thine was that nei ther the Western Allies nor the Germans were falling for the bait. France and Germanv reach ed preliminary agreement on one of the greatest single issues pre venting whole-hearted West Ger man cooperation with the rest of Europe. It seemed possible the two WOUld agree on "internatinn. alization" of the coal-rich Saar area, traditional sore spot in re lations between the two coun tries. The Bad 1. After some hope for earlv reopenine of the Iranian n fields, settlement this ureelr lug. farther away than ever. Iran's premier, Mohammed Mossadegh, accused President Truman of try ing to blackmail him intn n set tlement with the British and chal lenged his own parliament to vote "no confidence" in his han dling of the international issue. wiin the situation still at stale mate, the Iranian narliament ad journed until after the Iranian new year. 2. Despite heated official and unofficial denials Cnmmunict nations continued their charges that the United States was using germ warfare against the Rede in North Korea. Ri charge official by bringing it up hi me united .Nations, but the Allied reply was a suggestion that the Reds allow an Interna tional Red Cross team to investi- do with that. Perfume merely makes it endurable. What we need is more polecats. Why can't you understand this aimnie truth? John M. Bush, 230V4 S. Central, Medford, . Ore. Seeks Old Friends To the Editor: In mv nhntn- graph album I have a prized picture of a little group of school children and their teacher. The school was old North Phoenix school (District No. 24). The teacher Mrs. Gladys Sloan. The year 1928. For some time T have wondered how to get in touch with each of the students with the idea of obtaining a snapshot of each one and his r her family at the present ti: . It would be fun to see what time has done for all the "kids of yesteryear." Enclosed is a list of the eighteen pupils in . the photo. Could you print this let ter and list in vour "Letters to the Editor" column? It would like each of the folks listed to get in touch with me arirl en close a snapshot of him or her- seiz and tamily. I will be glad to reciprocate. Thank you sincerely, Mrs. Joan Johnston-Vistaunet, 4780 Bryant Way, Santa Clara, Calif. The list: Mrs. Glarivs Slnan Mildred, Marjorie and Gweneth Poling, Carol Furry, James and Robert Thomas, Lorena, Walter and Paul Atkins, Bill and Elea nor Sheets, Truman, Rosemary and Janet Bishop, Lois Yost and Wanda Davis. OREGON FINANCE CO. Craterian l!dg., 45 S. Central Phone 2-4433 Lie. S-211 M-217 gate. It was not likely, the Reds would permit such an investiga tion. 3. It aDDeared the Russians an ticipated failure of their latest uerman "peace" proposal, and that their answer would be t organize an East German army ' oi ouu.uuu men, the first units of which would be activated by August. 1953. It was helieired th Russians had decided in advance to refuse any Allied stimilatinn for free elections in East Ger many, under the eyes of UN in-, specuon teams. Seed Certification Objectives Told By County Agent The purpose of seed certifica tion in Oregon is to maintain and make available high grade seeds, according to W. B. Tucker, coun ty extension agent. He states that only superior varieties are eligible for certification. Eligible varieties may have been in use manv years, or thev may be new varieties produced recently by plant breeding, the county agent says. Anv varietv may be lost unless it is carefully nanaied tnrough growing, har vesting, cleaning and marketing. Tucker points out. The rules of certification are set up to make sure seed is pro perly grown and handled. Tuck er says, and seed is not certified until the tag is sealed . on the container. Purity Important The county agent states that varietal purity is the most im portant point. Certified seed must be true to variety. It must also have high germination and be free of weeds and diseases. Weeds and diseases are Often spread In low grade seed, Tucker says. Certifications in Oregon, is conducted under state law by Oregon State college. The agri cultural extension service di rects and carries on the inspec tion work. County extension agents act as certification au thorities in their respective counties. Standards for all crops certi fied are on file in the county ex tension office. Tucker states. All applications for certification snouid De filed in the county ex tension office. Central Point Seaman On Rescue Vessel Steward W. Richards, a Navy- seaman and son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Richards, Route 1, Central ' Point, was one of the crewmen of the USS Gloucester when it rescued two Air Force men " forced to parachute from their " plane into the water off the East coast of Korea recently, accord- ing to a Navy release. A flashing light made by hand mirror in the hands of one of the men in a life raft signaled ' the ship to his rescue. Later they ' sighted another man in a life' raft and took him on board. Meanwhile a third man was picked up by an oiler fleet ship. The only tin mines of North, America are in Alaska. MEDFORD HOTEL BREAKFAST - LUNCH DINNERS 7 A.M. to 2 P.M. 5:30 to 9 P.M. BRING THE CHILDREN Tky Arc Always Walcocae FREE PARKING CASH IN A HURRY? THEN SEE US FIRST! STAN STARK Yet Mae Borrow the cash you need, here, quickly and easily with no co-signers. Our loans can be repaid on easy, monthly terms. Stop in. V
