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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County His
tory tho 'il" M,h
Tilbuu 10. 20, 30 and 40 yaan
10 YEARS AGO
Juna 25. 1942
(It was Thursday)
Net taxable value of Jackson
county property up $2,174,280
over 1041; total now $28,388,
'. 340.
' From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The water
melon crop of the valley is be
: ginning to shape up but is still
. too small for profitable stealing.
20 YEARS AGO
' Juna 25. 1932
(It was Saturday)
A. W. Pipes, former mayor of
Medford, announces independent
, candidacy for Jackson county
Judge.
State game warden reports fish
; going over fishway at Savage
Rapids dam at rate of five each
minute.
30 YEARS AGO
Juna 25. 1922
(It was Sunday;
.Frank G. Owen, Medford lum
ber dealer, dies in accidental fall
from Chicago hotel window.
Modford baseball team defeats
Grants Pass, 25 -.o 2; Grants Pass
team becomes discouraged in
eighth Inning find leaves field.
40 YEARS AGO
Juna 25. 1912
(It was Tuesday)
Two supporters of Theodore
Roosevelt for the Republican
presidential nomination submit
their resignation to Jackson
county GOP central committee
because' -ot dissatisfaction with
national convention, which nom
inated William Howard Taft.
Medford Mayor W. H. Cannon
announces the city council will
consider an ordinance regulating
the maximum speed of trains
passing through town to 10 miles
an hour.
Ingrid Bergman Loses
Plea for Child Visit
Hollywood (UP.) Actress
Ingrid Bergman was denied per
mission Tuesday to have her
pretty 13-year-old daughter by
her marriage to Dr. Peter Lind
Strom spend a summer vacation
in Rome.
Superior Judge Mildred Lillie
who heard the three-week trial
during which Miss Bergman,
through Attorney Greg Unutzcr,
and Dr. Llndstrom buttled over
the summer custody of the child
ruled that the visit "would not
be In the best interest of the
child."
Bridge Work Finished
Over Pleasant Creek
The county bridge over Pleas
ant creek above Wliner was com
pleted and opened for travel on
Monday, according to County
Engineer Paul Rynning.
Elsewhere in the county, the
bridge near the Butte Kails
hatchery will be completed by
next week, Rynning said; and
construction will begin this week
on a bridge near Prospect over
the Middle Fork of the Rogue
River as soon as the crew and
equipment that finished the Wi-
mer bridge can be moved to that
location.
Mission Dolores at San Fran
cisco is the sixth in the chain of
California missions founded by
the Franciscan Fathers.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Lumbering Payrolls
Jackson county cannot take too much comfort
in the fact that it is sixth
payroll for lumber and wood products industries, but
at least we have the satisfaction of knowing that we
are vastly better off in this respect than we were only
a few short years ago.
ACCORDING to figures
' Unemployment Commission and published by
the Eugene Kegister-Guard, Lane "county leads the
procession with 14.3 per cent of the industry s payroll
Douglas is secor.:l with
third, 9.8; Coos, fourth, 8.4; Linn, fifth, 7.6; Jackson,
sixth, 5.0; Klamath, seventh, 3.8; Lincoln, eighth,
3.3, and Clackamas, ninth,
The R-G goes on to
challenge to Lane county s leadership is coming from
Douglas county, the latter having advanced from
sixth place with 4.4 per cent of the payroll in 1943 to
its present position.
IACKSON county wasn't
of the state's lumber
wasn t among the first ten, which lined up like this:
Lane, Multnomah, Klamath, Linn, Coos, Douglas,
Polk, Deschutes, Columbia
WHAT happens to payrolls when forests are de
pleted is graphically shown in the commission's
figures for Klamath and Deschutes counties. In 1936,
Klamath was second only to Multnomah; by 1943 it
had slipped to third place, with 8.9 per cent of the
lumbering industry payroll. Now it is seventh with 3.8
per cent.
In 1936 Deschutes was on the tilth rung ot the
ladder. In 1943 it had slipped to the eighth and by
last year it didn't even show among the top 18.
WE HAVEN'T the figures to prove it but we'd like
to wager that one of the principal reasons Lane
county lumber payrolls total the highest in the state
is that more remanufacturing of the raw product is
being done there than in the other counties. E.C.F.
Action
"What has become of the civic auditorium proj
ect?" "Why doesn't some civic or other group get busy
on the auditorium proposal?"
Those are questions which people have been
asking The Mail Tribune with increasing frequency
lately. The renewal of interest in the possibility of
building a structure to house conventions, entertain
ments, sports events and other large, and small,
gatherings probably stems, in part at least, from the
fact that Medford and Jackson county are playing
host to a considerable number of conventions this
year with more to come next year and our residents
in general are becoming move and more interested
in efforts to attract an even greater number of these
dollar-bringing visitors.
I ONG before the armory burned last September
it was realized that this area should have a large
auditorium, located in a site which would permit off
street parking of several thousand cars. The old arm
ory had passed its usefulness as a place for public at
tractions years before, due to its small size, poor, in
terior arrangement and the fact that those who went
there in automobiles had to park their machines
sometimes many blocks away.
I TNDOUBTEDLY the greatest obstacle in the path
of those who are anxious to get on with the audi
torium planning is the matter of financing. There
shouldn't be much trouble
enoutrh land in the fairgrounds area to take care of
that angle. And if some group will get busy on the
money problem there is no question that it can be
solved the main thing needed is action. E.C.F.
Residents of Disaster Areas
Should Remain in Their Homes
(Editor's note: In coopera
tion with the local civil de
fense organisation. The Mail
Tribune presents a series of
articles about Oregon's emer
gency traffic control plan. In
the event of any large-scale
disaster, hundreds of lives will
ba saved if roads are kept
open. These articles are direct
ed to all motorists.)
Why is a person better off at
home following a large-scale
disaster?
If people who are not members
of organized disaster relief teams
"stay put" during an emergency
period, there Is less chance of
touching off a panic. Unneces
snrv deaths and confusion result
from mass hysteria. An enemy
considers it his best and most In
expensive weapon. It often
strikes at a time when all possi
ble energy should be channeled
into restoring services and tak
ing care of the Injured.
If cities arc deserted, produc
tion fails. The armed forces, no
matter how proficient, are de
feated when the supply lines to
the home front are cut off. Pro
duction is not limited to factory
workers It includes everyone
who contributes to our basic
economy, such as farmers, re
pairmen, food distributors, and
hundreds of specialists. That's
why It Is Important tt stay on
the Job, whether one lives in
Jackson county or New York.
By remaining at home, the
welfare of an individual and his
family is improved. If motorists
.get out on the highway during
Wednesday, Jim 23. 1952
m Oregon in point of total
obtained from the State
10.0 per cent; Multnomah,
with 3.3.
say that the most impressive
getting a very large share
payroll in 1943, actually it
and Clatsop.
Needed
about a 6ite the city owns
an emergency, they will find a
shortage of food, lodging and
other necessities. Gasoline and
major roads will be allotted for
emergency vehicles only, which
would make traveling difficult
for private automobiles.
Medford Elks Lodge
Qualifies for Award
Medford Oregon Elks Lodge
hns qualified for a Certificate of
Meritorious Achievement as a re
sult of its participation in the
Elks armed forces blood cam
paign, V. Aubrey Norris, axalted
ruler announced today.
The certificate honoring Med
ford Lodge for its achievement
will be presented by Howard H.
Davis, Grand Exalted Ruler of
the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, during the 88th
Grand Lodge Convention In New
York July 13-17. Medford Lodge
collected 3,026 pints of blood for
the armed forces in the national
drive. The quota for the lodge
was 807 pints. The local Elks
blood bank committee was head
ed by Frank Hussong. Other
members of the committee were
Ernest Barnes and Ed Barry.
The Elks armed forces blood
campaign was inaugurated last
November In response to an ap
peal for help from the Defense
Department. At that time the
Elks pledged to procure 1.000,
000 of the 3,000,000 pints o'
blood sought from the entire
country for the armed forces.
Crosstown
HUBBUB
"It was Black Bart. Mama.
both guns blatln', hald ma
your nice
On The Side
(Distributed by King
She tan dress her eyes In love,
And her lips can arm with kisses.
Angels listen when she speaks.
She's my delight, all manklnd'i
wonder;
But her constancy's so weak,
She's so wild and apt to wander,
That my Jealous heart would
break
Should we live one day asunder.
. Wllmot
(Consider the state of the
mind expressed above, young
fellow. Try not to marry a man
kind's wonder," get yourself a
nice looking, sympathetic girl
with a sense of humor and live
a peaceful life.)
Are you a fourth child? Have
you any friends who were fea
tured at their mother's fourth
blessed event? It is said the
fourth child lives longer than
any of the other offspring. This
is one of the rare occasions when
I get a break from the experts,
I am a fourth child.
Feet
Who has the most beautiful
feet in the world? The answer
is Marlene Dietrich. Or so says
Ferragama. As you know, Signer
Ferragama is the world's most
famous shoemaker and he is
familiar with the appearance of
the pedal extremities of prac
tically all the celebrated beau
ties. The good signor's claim is
very interesting. 1 know Marlene
well, but don't remember ever
looking at her feet. I'll make a
note of it to do so next time I
see her. . Signor Ferragama has
also made another extremely in
teresting statement. He says Gre
ta Garbo's feet are not at all
large, as is so often alleged.
"Miss Garbo has very fine feet,"
says he. "She takes a size six,
about right for a woman of her
height."
Get It Right
An Urbana, 111., subscriber
maintains a cat is smarter than
a dog. . This is, of course, an
erroneous claim. All research
indicates dogs are far more in
telligent than cats. In fact, while
the dog is rated the fifth most
intelligent animal, the cat is
rated tenth in that respect The
rating of animal intelligence is
as follows: 1. Chimpanzee; 2.
Orangutan; 3. Elephant; 4. Go
rilla; 5. Dog; 6. Beaver; 7. Horse;
8. Sea Lion; 9. Bear; 10. Cat.
Please Note
Joe Sacks, British theatrical
producer, once had six hit plays
running in London at the same
time. His greatest hit was the
musical show, "The Lilac Dom
ino." from which he made a
pre "it of nearly a million dol
lars. The interesting thing
about Joe was that he could
neither read nor write. Yet he
became a millionaire as a the
atrical producer.
Irish Patriot
When that slightly wild Irish
Rose, Maureen O'Hara, who was
born in Dublin, applied for
United States citizenship in 1946,
she refused to renounce allegi
ance to Great Britain. Maureen,
who comes from a long line of
spirited Irish patriots said: "I
cannot renounce allegiance
where none is owed." So, after
some discussion, she was allowed
to skip that angle. Maureen's
real last name is Fitzsimons. She
changed it to O'Hura for profes
sional purposes as she figured
a snorter name would be easier
to get in electric lights on the
ater marquees.
Getting Married
The best type of girl to marry
is a sympathetic young woman
with a sense of humor who has
had some business experience.
That has ever been the claim of
our Horses tc Women experts.
A commentator on life among
the married, while agreeing busi
ness girls make the best wives,
says it is only true of those who
have held one position three
years or more. Keep this in
mind, young fellow, when giv
ing consideration to some young
woman's proposal of marriage.
Also remember it is advisable
she have a diploma from a school
for brides where she has studied
cooking, home managing. Infant
care, e t e. Incidentally, our
Horses U Women experts are
always at the service of any
young man who is selecting a
bride. No extra charge for this
service. All that Is required 1
By Roland Cot
rr'm
Ha cama roarin' in hara with
up and cut himself a piece
naw cake."
by e. v. Duriing
Fathitas Syndicate. Inc.)
an agreement that if the first
child is a boy he will not be
named Edgar.
Passing By
June Havoc. Conscientious
and energetic exponent of the
drama. Her sister is Gypsy Rose
Lee, the daring danseuse. June
is quite a dancer herself. She
once specialized in marathon
dancing. In a contest in Florida
she displayed such energy and
endurance that she collected over
$3,000 in "floor money." That
is money tossed to her by the
spectators. . . . John Kieran.
World's greatest "Ask Me An
other" expert. John first attract
ed Widespread attention when
on an "Information Please" pro
gram he successfully answered
all the following queries: "What
a dodo? A zobo? A koto? A
bolo? A loco-foco?"
Sidelights
To accurately Judge a wom
an's age look at her elbow,"
writes a feminine subscriber.
"Once the neck and hands were
very revealing in that respect,
but most women now have that
situation under control." . . .
The roar of the Paris subway
ttne Metro) is as nerve-wracking
as that of the New York subway.
But changes are to be made. The
Pans subway cars are soon to
nave rubber wheels. This type
of wheel is already in use on
some French railroads.
COMMUNICATIONS
Lettera to the Editor must beat
the name and address ot the wrltei
although under certain circum
stances the use of a pen name or
Initial for publication Is permis
sible. The Mall Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters with r
view to clarification and conden
sation. Letters submitted for pub
UcaUon must not exceed 400 words
The Coast Road Proposal
To the Editor: A month or two
ago there appeared in the Mail
Tribune an editorial concerning
tne desirability of opening a
road from the Applegate High
way to the Oregon Caves, thence
to Cave Junction via the Caves
Highway, and thence to the
coast via the Redwoods highway,
or possibly via a new cut-off to
be constructed directly from
Cave Junction to Brookings. The
chief argument advanced for
such a road was, as 1 recall, that
it would shorten the distance to
the coast from Medford and vi
cinity. This is an old idea, of course,
and has much merit, but the
argument regarding shortening
the distance to the coast will not
hold up, except with regard to
the Cave Junction to Brookings
cut-off. A recent trip over the
Redwoods highway caused me
to do some checking on distance.
As nearly as I can figure, the
distance from Medford to Cave
Junction would be practically
the same, approximately sixty
miles, for either route.
I think the reason many peo
ple get the idea a saving In
distance would be made via the
Oregon Caves highway is that
they think of Grants Pass as
mostly north of Medford. Actu
ally, as map study will reveal,
Grants Pass is mainly west of
Medford; to be exact, 23 miles
airline west, and only about
seven miles north. Hence one
does not go any more out of the
way to Cave Junction via Grants
Pass than via the proposed route,
which would have its- own un
avaidable curves, besides rising
to a considerably higher eleva
tion.
I do not mean to oppose the
idea. I think the new route
would have many attractions
and I look forward to exploring
the beautiful country around
Oregon Caves and Grayback
Mountain. There is no doubt that
the distance from Medford to the
Oregon Caves would be consider
ably shortened. But in urging a
new highway we would be onlv
hurting our case by using a spe
cious argument.
Almus Pruitt
119 N. Central
Medford, Oregon
Workable Anti-Trust Legislation
Credited for Production Success
By WILLIAM WARREN
Salem (U.PJ The United
States can thank its guiding
stars that it has anti-trust legisla
tion that works. It is one of the
By FRANK JENKINS
At Dallas on Saturday Gen
eral Eisenhower charged in a
hard hitting speech that at the
GOP state convention at Mineral
Wells several weeks ago Taft
backers STOLE Texas' 38 Re
publican national convention
delegate votes "as brazenly as
cattle rustlers.
The charge brought a quick
comeback from Taft forces, who
asserted immediately in news
paper advertisements that "the
Eisenhower" managers are
screaming 'we wuz robbed be
cause they know they have lost
the fight."
'Those are rough words. What
their effect will be, l don t
know, for I am regretfully con
vinced that in these days nobody
any longer believes a politician
and the men who wrote these ad
vertisements are very political
politicians. It is hard to escape
the conclusion that they are
planning to use POLITICAL
power to sew up the Chicago
convention for their candidate.
It seems likely that they
HOPE to use in Chicago the
same methods that were used at
Mineral Wells, in Texas.
Just what were those methods?
Thfiro am (hr0AG nnH rniin.
ter charges as to what happened
there and how and why. Person
ally, I'm inclined to rely on an
objective and unprejudiced ac
count of the Mineral Wells af
fair written by Roscoe Drum-
mond, chief of the Washington
news bureau " of the Christian
Science Monitor. In his summing
up, he cites this significant inci
dent:
'J. L. Thomas, chairman of
the Brazos county (Texas) Re
publican committee, wearing a
Taft button, gave this reason to
the convention when he disre
garded the Eisenhower votes:
'I didn't recognize any of the
people who voted for Eisenhow
er in the county meeting, so I
THREW THEM OUT.' "
Tt was things like that Ike was
referring to when he charged
on Saturday that Taft backers
stole the Texas delegation to the
Chicago convention "as brazenly
as cattle rustlers."
This Brazos county incident
certainly looks pretty brazen to
me.
T have great respect for Senator
Taft. I refuse to believe that
if he had been present IN PER
SON at Mineral Wells he would
have sanctioned any such high
handed methods. His sense of
fairness, which has been dis
played repeatedly throughout
his political career, would have
rebelled at such tactics.
But it is fundamental in law
that a principal is responsible
for the acts of his agents. So
Senator Taft can not escape re
sponsibility for the things that
are done by his backers through
out the country.
Bluntly, what happened at
Mineral Wells was this: The
Taft men controlled the political
machinery to see to it that Taft
delegates were chosen and Eis
enhower delegates were thrown
out.
Tf Texas alone were concerned,
I suppose we could shrug It
off. Texas is a Southern state. It
is expected to vote Democratic,
and barring a miracle it will.
Besides, organization control of
the Republican party machinery
in the South has always been a
scandal and it will remain a
scandal until the time arrives
when the South comes back
POLITICALLY into the United
States and accepts again the two
party system.
But it is obvious that the Tart
organization controls the NA
TIONAL machinery of the Re
publican party, and evidence is
mounting that it plans to use
this control to the fullest extent
at Chicago to insure the nomina
tion of its candidate. Barring
spectacular Intervention by Sen
ator Taft himself in behalf of
fair and open methods at the
convention, it is hard to escape
the conclusion that that is exact
ly what is going to happen.
lyill it succeed?
" That is another question
one that can be answered only
by the convention Itself. We
must remember that a very
large number of the delegates
will be average American citi
zens who will resent steam
roller methods. Also there will
be plenty of conviction there
that General Eisenhower IS
THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN
CERTAINLY BE ELECTED IF
NOMINATED.
All politician? share the de
sire to be on the winning side.
Steam-rollering a candidate
through to the nomination will
provide the opposition with most
effective ammunition. Nobody at
Chicago is going to want to hand
the election to the Democrats.
In the Day's News
reasons, says Daniel G. Goldy of
Seattle, why man-hour produc
tion in this country is considera
bly ahead of man-hour produc
tion in Europe.
Goldv. new regional director
of the employment security
agency of the U. S. Department
of Labor, said- industrial devel
opment of Europe had slowed
up, not so much by lick of na
tural resources as by the cartel
system in most countries, hold
ing down production, prices,
wages and materials. The cartel
system is similar to what we call
in this country the trust system.
Europe Conditions Studied
Goldy, former director of the
labor section of ECA, was in
Europe for a year and half mak
ing an intensive study of condi
tions. As new regional director
of new region 13 he Is in charge
of employment security in Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and
Alaska. He was here recently to
visit members of the Oregon
State Unemployment Compen
sation Commission, one of the
agencies with which he will
work, and Gov. Douglas McKay.
He said:
"Resources in Italy, for one
example, are equal to similar
areas in our country. But they
are undeveloped because of lack
of incentive. About 2,000,000
now are employed there and
probably 2,000,000 more are very
rarely employed."
Free Enterprise Credited
Goldy said development of re
sources in this country helps the
entire economic system because
of free enterprise. He said our
Northwest has resources and also
las scenery that dwarfs that of
Italy and even Switzerland.
Man-hour production in Eu
rope now is one-fifth of that in
this country now. Forty years
Kennan's Conference
With Acheson Viewed
From Two
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
It seems a bit unusual that
only about six weeks after
George F. Kennan took over as
u. s. ambas
sador to Mos
cow he is fly
ing out again
to confer with
Secretary of
State Dean
Acheson.
Two possible
conclu s 1 o n s
come to mind
at once. '
One is that
I'hil Newsora
since Acheson
will be conferrine with tho Brit.
ish and French foreign ministers
in i,onaon and since the ques
tion of a four-power conference
with Russia is among the sub
jects to be discussed, the U. S.
secretary simply wants his am
bassador to be acrjuainteH with
the proceedings.
The other is that Kennan the
U. S. diplomat best acquainted
with Russia and author of the
plan to confine Communism
has something to report he won't
even trust to the diDlomatic
pouches.
Far-Fetched Idea
The latter idea is probably far
fetched. But Kennan is reported
very disturbed by the increasing
virulence of the anti-American
attacks carried by the Soviet
press and radio.
whats more, Washington is
equally disturbed.
A United Press dispatch from
Washington Monday said that
the Russian campaign surpasses
"even the wildest and most ter.
rible" charges the Russians ever
made aeainst the Na?i. In Wnriri
War II.
American officials
said the Washington dispatch, "if
the Soviet people are being "con
ditioned' for war with tho TT o "
Germany Tinder Box
oo far as Europe is concerned,
the tinder box most likely to sup
ply the spark continues to be
Germany.
The state of nerves there mnv
be ludaed from the fact that the
Russians charged that American
soiaiers tired from a military
train on a station master and a
policeman at a railway station in
the Russian zone hist outside
Berlin last Thursday night, I
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ago it was practically the same.
Goldy observed:
'The old system of controls
can't cope with industrial rev.
olutlon and changes brought
about in the United States. Only
in the Scandinavian countries
and England is production pick
Ing up and very slowly merely
distribution of low wages. Man
power is the least expensive
item in costs, so not much in
centive is there to install ma
chinery. Much of the effective
ness of the Marshall Plan aid
is lost because of trying to
change parts of the old system
when only a complete overhaul
will accomplish real progress"
Insurance Costs Heavy
Social insurance costs are
heavy in parts of Europe because
of political pressure up to 38
per cent of weekly wages are
taxable for society security in
some countries. The Marshall
Plan is trying to build up middle
parties and stop pressure from
the right and the left but is not
always able to do this. If new
machinery is installed in coal
mines, for example, bottlenecks
develop at the shaft, as old mines
are not engineered for modern
machinery. Sometimes when im
proved machinery is installed,
industrial plants are forced to
shut down, causing unemploy
ment. Employment offices in Eng
land handle all hiring and also
all social security measures. So
cialists have made few change
in systems and said Goldy:
"They have no chance for real
changes such as we have had In
this country under free enter
prise and democratic controls.
The entire difference is in the
attitude toward manpower."
Goldy said great opportunities
in the Northwest can be devel
oped by labor-management co
operation. Directions
The "shots," an Investigation
disclosed, actually were explod
ing firecrackers tossed from the
train by Boy Scouts on their way
to a jamboree.
Berlin Incidents Numerous
However, more serious and
reminiscent of the tension-filled
days just prior to World War II,
have been numerous incidents In
Berlin itself. '
There, Russian-led East -German
peoples' police have kid
naped West Berliners, an Ameri- ,
can soldier has been wounded by
a shot fired by an East German
policeman across the East-West
line of the divided city, Allied
territory has been seized.
Barbed wire and log barriers
have been set up along the line
dividing East and West Germany,
and any persons attempting to
cross are threatened with being
shot.
Could Be Wrong i
It could be that the Russians
simply are withdrawing into
their shell; that the Russian peo
ple are being told how happy
they should be that they are not
in the United States; that East
Germany simply is being pre
pared as another Russian satel
lite inside the Iron Curtain.
But the spy trials in both Brit
ain and Sweden; the shooting
down of an unarmed Swedish
plane over the Baltic and-the
continued charges of germ war
fare and asserted atrocities
against the United States do not
add up to a reassuring picture.
SCOUT LEADERS NEEDED
Central Point Persons inter
ested in helping with the leader
ship of Central Point Troop No.
40 today were requested to con
tact Donald Burelson, chairman
of the Lions Boy Scout commit
tee. Burelson invited any parent
"who can cooperate in building
our boys into better Americans"
to attend a meeting Wednesday,
June 23, in the Lions club room
above Alexander's Hardware .
store starting at 8 p.m.
Court Records
Rollln Duane Johnson, failure to
atop, $10.
Ernest Leon Roth, violation of basic
rule, $10 bail.
Norman Wallace Vance, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Alvin G. Edwards, inadequate muf
fler, SS bait.
Donald Richard Andrews, violation
of basic rule and failure to stop at
stop sign. $19 bail.