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C Bl9BlE9XBCBeSS9BaaBBBBBBBBl NATION Al E0ITORIAI O4" NEWS'AMK .SBbh UIIISHIIS ''ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the tiles of The Mail Irirune 10, 20, SO sad 40 year. ago. 10 YEARS AGO August 5. 1943 (It was Thurdsay) Milk producers testify in de mand for price boost. From Arthur Perry's Yt Smudge Pot: Rationing of food nd gas has failed to put a crimp in the summer outdoor pastime, viz: weiner roasts on a river bank. Most of the year the wein er associates with sauerkraut and mustard.' Now it is up the social ladder a bit, and is known to society editors as "a tasty tid bit." 10 YEARS AGO August 5, 1933 (It was Saturday) County judge found guilty of ballot theft by Klamath county Jury in record time. Jury delib erated 12 minutes. County leaders scanned for leaders to county Judge post. SO YEARS AGO August 5, 1923 (It was Sunday) Churches of city and valley to hold memorial services for President Harding. Nearly 1,000 tourists week end In city. spend 40 YEARS AGO August 5. 1913 (It wss Tuesdsy) Lack of sufficient binders slows cutting of Table Rock grain. Porter J. Neff has been at Gold Hill several times lately, acting as city attorney to clear up the legal muddle that mun icipality has been in for some time. COMMUNICATIONS Lettera to fha Editor most bear the nama and addreai of tha writer although under certain circum stances tha usa of a pan nama or Initial for publication ia permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserve the rlht to edit all lettera with aa eye to clarification and conden sation. Lettera submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. Footlighters Give Thanks To the Editor: This is to ex press our deep appreciation to Ttie Man Tribune for the gen erous space given Medford Foot lighters in publicizing its recent production of 'Papa Is AM,' played at the Fairgrounds Theater. If it were not for the kSidness and cooperation of our favorite daily newspaper, (the accent ours) and contributions of time donated by KYJC, we would not now be able to boast that we nave enjoyed our greatest suc cess to date. Since Medford Footlighters is a truly non-profit organization open to all interested in theater work, your contribution was a genuine public service. Thank you ever so much. By Charlene Pike, President Medford Footlighters. Surf Filed in Portland Portland (U.F0 Second damage suit arising from the 1948 Vanport area flood has opened in Federal District court here before Judge James Al ger Fee. xne xnai represents 52 con solidated suits seeking more tnan $1,000,000 in damages from the federal government for flood No. 2, adjoining the city of Van- . port. Plaintiffs include Portland Meadows race track, motel own ers, stockmen and homeowners. KMC ALLEN flLCi dit HARRY cmPMAN. WH I jiwitT. 8 Darts Editor Mosquito Control Big Job Anv Droeram looking toward the elimination or at least control of mosquitoes in Jackson county will a a a 1 5 L aL. require consideraoie more man merely spraying me most heavily infested areas with DDT or other, in secticides. If those who have peGtioned the county court to make war on the the Oregon State College Experiment Station bulle tin No. 507, they will gain valuable information and pointers as to what measures will be necessary lor really effective, results. THE O.S.C. .bulletin points out that so far as Oregon is concerned mosquitoes are largely a rural prob lem. They affect the farmer,-his family, his em ployees and his livestock. They cause important financial loss to the stockman, dairyman and general farmer. The winged abominations are blood suckers and cause loss of weight and reduce the milk flow of livestock. Because they often drive animals from lush pastures to barren hillsides flesh gains are re duced and in some cases weight is actually lost. In addition there is the annoyance to agricultural work ers with loss of time and efficiency. Of the 35 species of mosquitoes known to be pres ent in the state, however, only about a dozen are plentiful enough or widely enough distributed to cause monetary loss. Not all of them are found in the same locality or at the same time of year, and in a given locality only two to four species may givej trouble. Although the numerous species vary greatly in their requirements and habits, they all have one com mon characteristic they breed only in water or moist spots where water has stood. This trait, shared by all mosquitoes, makes the whole tribe vulnerable to control where efficient and thorough methods are employed. AS to a control program, bulletin 607 says breed lniv t1oaao on1 otoaiao vnimlirAJ miicf fitxrfr Ka eVIl iavvw OlVO determined, standing water sible through ditching, diking, filling, leveling, brush ing, and clearing and control of irrigation water so that water will not remain in a. pond or ditch for over a week or ten days during Where water cannot be be applied. Spraying does not give adult mosquitoes, according applied by airplane or by relief for several days at a DECAUSE mosquitoes travel considerable distances with favorable winds: because no narticular con trol method is sufficient in itself, and because spray ing the whole country from the air would be pro hibitively costly, it appears that community - wide action and cooperation employing at least to some extent all possible eradication steps will be necessary ti-Ji1 1 .-1 r -ri ii reuei is to oe general. Two New Books Verne Athanas, Ashland Proud Ones" was so well Xl i. Al wiui anuuier western, iius one. Deannp- tne tiue Rogue Valley." A CCORDING to advance cerns a couple of free-thinking brothers who went away to espouse the lost cause of the Confederacy and, returning to the home place in Oregon, found xamuiar iaces displaying The latest Athanas offering, say the publishers, is a rough even brutal story, but one which should meet with considerable portrayal of a time that is A l 11" s pungent, nananng 01 types Extra good dialogue, a provocative skill in the v aiiey uramauc ana completely engrossing reading. ANOTHER new book, "The Bonanza Trail," also deals with the old west. This one fact, not fiction tells of ghost towns and mining camps. Writ- ten Dy munei omen wone mtuana university rress. In reviewing the volume for the New York Herald Tribune, Oregon author Stewart Holbrook says in pan: "This is the big book that many of us in the west have been praying for, a panorama of ghost mining towns in twelve states, with fine maps, capsule histories, more than a hundred contemporary illustrations and as many Individual reports of the current conditions to which time and changing fortunes have brought the old camps. The camps range from such flourishing cities of today as Butte, Globe and Deadwood, to wraiths like Silver Reef, Utah, and Cornucopia, Ore. "For 26 years the author has been teaching art at the University of Colorado. For almost as long she has been tour ing and sketching the fading remains of the big and little Golcondas that rose and shone and fell during -the last half of the nineteenth and the first decade of the present centuries. "In her introduction, Mrs. WoUe discusses the several categories of ghost towns. There are those like Tombstone, Ariz., and Jacksonville, Ore., which started as mining camps and today are largely dependent on other things such as tourists. ' "Mrs. Wolle bids (her readers) to go see these places for they are gallant monuments of faith and daring." E.C.F. BOOMERANG HAT Paducah, Ky. OJ.FO A gust ot wind, part of a severe storm, whirled into G. L. Peeler's fruit snd vegetable stand and flipped Peeler's hat from his head and out the door. Peeler stepped outside later to survey the dam age. His hat came rolling down tbs sidewalk toward him. VWaidtr. August I. IMS pests will secure copies of 111 1 Ul UlllOV AU ww AS w eliminated wherever pos midsummer. removed larvicides should permanent relief from to the bulletin, but spray hand pump, does promise time. author, whose novel "The received, is off the press 1 . . , word from the publishers, anyimng out welcome. approval for its excellent gone and is restrained yet . wnicft are still with us. emphasis on character and use of prose make "Rogue it was published by the NO FREE RIDES Greenwich, Conn. (U.B Del Capt. James Healy said that State's Attorney Lorln Willis had declined to extradite Joseph King, arrested in Houston, Tex. and wanted here for burglary, because he said , all King wanted was "free transportation" back to Connecticut. In Ihe Pay's llewsf Br frakx jzirxnrs The communists in East Ger many suddenly PROHIBIT TRAVEL. Why? Here's why: So the hungry East Germans (made hungry by the inefficiency of communism) can't go to West Berlin to get tin food the United States Is pro viding for hungry people. The commies even turn back bicycle riders who are headed toward Berlin. EAST BERLINERS (East Ber lin Is under communist rule) continue by the thousands to go to West Berlin for food, but when they returned to then homes their food packages were CONFISCATED by the commu nist police. The commies sdded Insult to injury by using the confiscated food to open IN EAST BERLIN what they call "aid stations for the WEST BERLIN unemploy ed." No East Berliner need apply at these places. He Is told that since he Is so fortunate as to live in communist territory he doesn't need food. MORE power to 'em (the com miaa I mean.) Thev're heh ing immensely to prove to the world how foul a thing commu nism is. ND Practically for the first time since the "cold war" began We're throwing stuffed shirt propaganda out of the window and are just being our own warm-hearted selves thus mak ing friends for America instead of making everybody suspicious of us. rpHE senate finance committee (after wrestling manfully with aU the problems involved, including the political ones) re fuses to UP the debt limit from 27S billions to 290 billions. That. also, isn't TOO bad. It brings us face to face with the need to cut the cost of govern ment drastically so that we can cut our present drastic level of taxation. If taxes go much high er, the people won't have enough left in their pockets after the tax collector has dipped in and taken bis toll to buy and consume the output of our factories and our farms. If that happens, we'll have REAL depression. E current congress has done really good job of cost cutting. It knocked nearly 20 per cent off the Truman budget, The reduction figure in dollars will be close to FOURTEEN BIL LIONS. That isn't peanuts. If you ac cept the rough figure that each billion spent by government costs YOU as an INDIVIDUAL about seven dollars, the cost- cutting Job done by congress on the Truman budget has saved you 98 of. these little green pieces of paper that we call dol lars. If, perchance, you are the sole bread-winner for a family of four, it has saved you $392. That would amount to the down pay ment on a moderately good used car. Not bad! B UT, you say If the present congress has cut 14 BILLIONS off the Truman budget, how come we're stiU so deep in the hole that we have to put an additional 15 billion dol lar mortgage on our federal house? IT'S a long story and as full of politics as a raisin pudding is of raisins. The Republicans say that Tru man OVERESTIMATED tax col lections for this year by about three and a half billion dollars. They claim he did it on purpose Just to put the incoming Re publican administration in the hole. The Democrats retort that the Truman estimate was made by the same tax experts in the gov ernment who are now working for the Republican administra tion. These people, they say, are civil service people, mostly be low the policy level. The Democrats hoot st the idea that the overestimate made for political reasons. was T is the truth? I doubt if the truth will ever be known. Hunting for a grain of truth in a binful of politics is like hunting for a cambric needle in a stack of hay. But without impugning Harry's char acter I wouldn't put it beyond him to do a little finagling with tax income estimates with the idea of putting the wicked Re publicans in a hole. He would have looked 'at such an enter prise as something wholly laud able. ANIMAL CORNER Weirs Beach. "N. H. (U.F0 Policeman Henry C. Brunnefl got a huge surprise when he checked a report of a midnight prowler at a camp ground. The officer came face to face with the "prowler." The big buU moose also was surprised. 1 Crosstown know, lady. You On The Side (Dittriaattd ay KJag Who is America's youngest grandmother with the most grandchildren? How about Mrs. M. West of Detroit? Mrs. West is 57, and has forty-one grand children. What a Christmas list she must have! StiU she must do all right by herself on Christ mas and on her birthday with thirteen children and forty-one grandchildren giving her pres ents. Asking Queries from clients. Q. What is the largest city in the world? In answering that question on a television quiz program a man said it was New York City. His answer was called wrong. The right answer was claimed to be London. A. The man was right. New York is the largest city in the world. Horses at Women Some criticized for featuring plunging necklines that alleged ly take too deep a plunge. Tne criticism is unjust The deep nluneins necklines are worn in self-defense, since the so-caiiea falsies" or "gay deceivers" cume into general use. many young women, naturally blessed with that thing called "oomph,' have been suspected of using artificial means to build up their figures. To prove such is not the case, these young women oc casionally feature the plunging neckline. Incidentally, this u the cause of embarrassment to the users of "gay deceivers." It is probably the "gay deceivers" users who nave spread props ganda questioning the use of the plunging neckline. - Please Note Am asked if whisky made in the United States can rightly be called "Scotch whisky." If it contains 20 per cent Scotch malt it can be called Scotch whisky no matter where it is made. And legally so. This again recalls the instance of the Scotch whis- kv made in Japan and sold in Glasgow. The Scotch distillers protested in court that whisky made in Japan could not be called Scotch whisky. The judge dismissed the case. He said the Japanese product could be labeled Scotch whisky, adding "To say Scotch whisky can only be made in Scotland is like say ing Irish stew can only be made in Ireland." Sidelights Married women make the best golfers. Most bachelorettes lack the talent of concentrating on the game. They think of love and things like that while play ing . Admission is free to the Epsom Derby, the world's great est horse race . . . Add to mem bers of "My Name Is a Poem Club" Charles . Karles of Chi cago, 111. . . . Is the nickname "Bobo" feminine or masculine? On the male side, there is "Bo bo" Olson, the boxer. On the female, there is "Bobo" Rocke- feller and "Bobo' MacDonald. "Yeah. I Nothing FINER Than A Stromberg - Carlson TELEVISION VALLEY MUSIC CO. 523 CRATER LAKE AVENUE FHONE 2-5325 613 EAST MAIN (Olson Furniture Co.) PHONE 2-4207 Cy Roland Co want the bird guide again." By f . V. Durling 'aitares Syndicate, lac.) Who is "Bobo" MacDonald? She is the personal maid of Queen Elizabeth of England. Champions wnen John L. Sullivan was knocked out by James J. Cor- bett, he rose unsteadily after the count and said, "If I had to be beaten, I am glad it was by and American. Yours truly. John L. Sullivan. You knew that, of course. Now, if you consider yourself a weU in formed sports fan. teU us how many men. other than Ameri cans, have been heavy-weignt boxing champions of the world since the title was held by James J. Corbett? That is, how many men, not only ot foreign birth but of foreign residence? Overe There Number of GI Joes in England being lured into matrimony by British girls continues to in crease. About fifteen such mar riages now take place every week. In explanation ot the at traction the British females have for the American boys, one United States Air Force man said the English girls are "nat urally inclined to be contended.' That they do not insist upon be ing pampered and are not given to complaining about household or lack of luxuries: No United States soldier stationed in Eng land can marry an English girl without the consent of his com manding officer. Also he cannot marry until three months after he has stated his intention to do so. He must have at least $840 in the bank, which he can prove be saved himself. The pro spective bride must have an ex tensive medical examination by United States Army doctors. Al so her oast is checked by the orosnective bridegroom's com manding officer. Welcome Awaits Oregon Returnee Seattle U.K Korean Vet eran M-Sgt Floyd W. Porter, Corvallis. was scheduled to ar rive here today amid a welcom ing narty that wUl include Gov. Paul Patterson and Porter's wife, mother and a brother. Porter, 31, who expects to make the Army his career, en listed at the age of 17. He is the son of Mrs. Lydia Porter, formerly of Corvallis and now of Baker. He is married to the former Mary Batty of Tacoma, Wash. Both his mother and wife and a sister, Mrs. Norma Trawell, Baker, nlan to welcome Porter home. Governors from over the Unit ed States attending the Gover nors' conference along with Gov. Patterson each will wel come home a serviceman from their state. .LOW DOWN PAYMENT 24 months to pay Installation by Factory Trained Technicians 30 Day Unlimited Sarvico . included with tha pure ha se of any STROMBERG-CARL SON TV SET! SAT ISFACTORY RECEF TION GUARAN TEED or MONEY REFUNDED! Little-Known Italian Political Figure Has Gigantic Task Ahead Br PHIL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst - A man unheard of outside his own country is trying to form a new government in politically ally poor Italy. He has at least two strikes against him, and any forecast for a government he might form must be for a short life. It Is a matter of serious con- f a r rt frt 4Ka w m, v n . ran naw world, and for Italy- a tragedy. The man selected to try to fill the boots of former Premier Alclde De Gasperio is 61-year- old Attilio Piccloni. Christian Pamocrat Like. De ' Gasperi, the new Premier-designate is a member of the Christian-Democratic par ty and is a strong anti-Commu nist. De Gasperi, in his ill-fated attempt to for his eighth gov ernment since World War IT, name Piccioni his Vice-Premier.1 Piccioni, in turn, is expected to name De Gasperi as Foreign Minister in his own attempt to form a government. His close ties with De Gasperi may wreck bun. However, Bequest1 to Library For Smith Memorial Totals Some S8500 Receipt of the residue of the estate of the late Ella Juliet Smith. was acknowledged this week by the board of the Med ford' Public Library. Mrs. Smith, who died April 9, 1952, willed most of her estate, after token bequests to relatives, to the city of Medford for the library, to be devoted to some improvement of a perman ent nature which would serve also as a memorial. The estate settlement was completed re cently. . The board announced, after taking inventory, that the gift amounts to nearly $8,500. The purpose for which the funds will be used has not yet been an nounced by the board, which'is currently studying several plans. Long-Time Patron Mrs. Smith, who was 96 years of age at the time of her death last year, was a long-time patron cf the library, and had told friends before her death that she felt libraries are important in stitutions in any community, furnishing, as they do, access to a world of varied information. Active and alert until only a few days before she died, Mrs. Smith was an avid reader, and an advocate of each person ac quiring knowledge. Even in later years, when her eyesight began to fail, she read constantly with the aid of a large magnifying glass. Long-Planned Gift ' Her intention of giving most of her estate to the library was first indicated in a will she had drawn up 17 years ago, and that decision was confirmed in sub sequent wills. ' Mrs. Smith was the wife of the late George N. (Yankee) Smith, who died in 1922. The couple lived in the Antelope area, on Yankee creek, for many years, after moving here in the 1890s. They came across the plains from the east Mrs. Smith was a native of New York. After 1948, she lived for some time on Bennett st, in Medford, and GENE THOMAS YES MANsger Fast service. Money same day. loans en signa ture, car or furniture without endorsers. Oregon Finance Go, 45 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE Your Home Owned and Managed Company 25 Years In tha Lean Business In Medford Gena Thomas, YES MANager Lie. S-211 , M-217 Loans over $300.00 made by Medford Industrial Loan Co. Under same management where De Gasperi refused te bow either to rieht nr u is expected that Piccioni "will be a compromise. s Piccioni was born July 14, 1892. in the villa ?a nf pn..in Dustone some 40 miles north of Kome, one of 10 brothers and sisters. In World War T. hm t-.m. . one of Italy's first combat pilots. He entered politics in the early 1920's as a member of tH Tt.i. . Ian popular party, forerunner OX tne Christian-Dafnnm-atii. party, bu dropped it when Benito Mussolini's Fascists came to Dower. i Successful Lawyer For the next 20 years he car ried on successfully as a lawyer m risioia ana Florence. At the end of World War H, Piccioni became a leading fig ure in De Gasperi's Christian Democratic party, becoming Sec retary General in 1044 and nia. lng a major role in drafting the policy tnat neat the Communists in the 1948 elections. He served as Vice-Premier in De Gasperi's fifth cabinet and as justice Minister in the sixth. Thus the close ties with the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization maintained by De Gasperi may be expected to continue under Piccioni, assuming he is success ful. for a time at the Sacred Heart hospital, before her death. The library board also an nounced plans are under way for the painting of two murals in the children's department of the library in the basement Funds for materials for the paintings have been donated to the library by a donor who wishes to remain anonymous, and the work will be done by Miss Maccine Titus, senior as sistant at the library and an art ist well-known in southrn Ore gon for her work. She is a mem ber of the Southern Oregon So ciety of Artists. The murals' subject will be Snow White, and Cinderella, and they will be painted on walls which are now blank on the east end north sides of the main room in the children's department , Small colored drawings of the planned murals, also done by Miss Titus, are now on display in the children's department Work will be done during the falL OregonllalionalGuard Receives High Rating Salem (U.R) Units of the Oregon National Guard have reached an all-time high In ef ficiency ratings during field training. Ma. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, adjutant general of Ore gon, said yesterday. Inspection reports received from the sixth army inspection teams showed that the units from the 41st infantry division at Fort Lewis, Wash., during the period June 13-27 this year t received a total of 47 superiors and 13 excellents. There were no unsatisfactory or satisfactory reports received by any unit For those units of the 237th AAA group and the 2670th ORD com pany and 234th Army band who trained at Camp Clatsop, a total of seven superiors and 10 ex cellents were received. Loans $50 to $1500 ' t
