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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MZDFORD (OREOOH) "Everyona in Southern Oraaoa Baada Tha Mail Tribun r Tublimhed" Dally Kwpil Bsursj W MXOrORO PsUNTINO CO YT-M North Fir St. Phena S-S14J robzrI' W 1UHL tditS PWEST R. GILSTRAP. Msnssar E. C. FERGUSON. aUnasina aVUtae ERIC ALLEN JR, City .Editor HARRY CHIP MAN, TalegTapb UH RICHARD JEW1TT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER, Society Editor CEHALP LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. Entered as second elase matta at' StASCRIPION RAT By Mall In Aavanca: Daily and Sunday ona yaaf tUM Daily and Sunday ai months 630 Drily and Sunday thrss moa. M Daily and Sunday ona month 1.23 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point lagla Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday one year f 19.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1 M All Terms casn in Advance omclal Paoer of the City ef MeJfere Official Paper at Jaeksoa Ceasty United Press full Leased Wlra" 'MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WZST-HOLLLDAY COMPANY. OfC Offices In New York. Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland. a. Lome. Atlanta Vancouver. B. C isas aisnri (NATIONAL EDITORIAL n NEWSPAMt PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackaoa County History from the dies of The Mail Tritune 10. 20. SO and 40 year. ago. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 7. 1943 (It Was Saturday) Mexican workers arrive to help in pear harvest. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Cowmen have been busy the past week packing salt to the well-known alleged beef shortage summer ing in the high hills. S3 YEARS AGO Aug. 7. 1933 at Was Monday) Earl B. Day of Sams Valley is named county judge following conviction of incumbent for bat lot theft. Lions club soup kitchen fed 13, 397 last winter, report shows. 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 7. 1923 (It Was Tuesday) Screen Commissioner William R. Coleman reports thousands of trout killed in Applegate dis trict by recent landslides. City to pay its workers twice ' monthly hereafter. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 7. 1913 (It Was Thursday) Petitions request county court to call special election for Issu ance of $500,000 in bonds for paved highway from California line to Josephine county line. General Felix Diaz, Mexico's special ambassador to Japan, passes through Medford. LOGGER KILLED McMinnville (U.R) Wil liam Robbins, 40, Carlton log ger, was killed yesterday when a log rolled on him during an unloading operation in Elkhorn canyon, 18- miles northwest of here. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE No. tll IS THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF JACKSON IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF H. W. SNYDER. Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the nnaersignea nss ruea ner rinai Ac count herein, and the above entitled Court has set the 24th day of August, 1933. at 10:00 A.M. as the time for the hearing thereon, and all persons hav ing any objections to said account are to appear and make known the same Before the above enUUed Court at said time. DATED this Sand day of July. 195. Edna C. Skinner Executrix of the estate of t n. w. snyder. deceased. NOTICE In the Circuit Court of the State el Oregon for Jackson County In the Matter of the Estate of Wayman Warner, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned hss filed her Pinal Ac-eoi- c in the above entitled matter, and the above enUtlad Court hss fix ed the 28th dsy of August. 18SS, at 9:00 o'clock in the forenoon, in the Circuit Court Room, in the Court House In Medford, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objections to said Final Account, and lor the settlement thereof. HELEN HEREFORD Administratrix Skyrmsn. Ouellette A Heiset Attorneys for Administratrix NOTICE OP SALS To SaUsfy Warehouseman's Lien The following goods belonging to one Mr. Wsyne Glenn, last known address to be 1307 Nlantic. Medford. Oregon will be sold at Public Auc tion at Davis Transfer A Storage Company. 40 South Fir. Medford, Oregon on August 11, 1933, sale be ginning at 10:00 A-M. until such lien is satisfied: One Rug One Pad One Davane One O.C. Chair One table One S B. Chair One S B. Chair One S B. Chair One S.B. Chair Davis Transfer At Storage Company 40 South Fir Street Medford, Oregon Phone 2-6273 Dead Una for Sunday at noon Saturdays. MAIL TRIBUNE What Happened to Prunes Low prices, decline of export and domestic mar kets, unreliability of production and neglect in main- tabling proper quality standards have all figured in the disappearance of the Oregon prune, accordmg to the Oregon Statesman which is published in Salem, the center of what was, some jrears ago, a major prune producing region. THE Statesman's editorial - recent comment that California prune growers are spending a considerable amount of money in popu larizing their product, whereas the once flourishing Oregon industry has dwindled and all but disap peared. The Salem paper adds that too few prunes are now being grown in Oregon and that it is sometimes hard to get good Oregon dried prunes right in an area which formerly grew the fruit in such quantity. The Statesman editorial follows: The Medford Mail-Tribune wonders what happened to the growing of prunes in Oregon. Lots of things happened, chiefly low prices, which resulted in the pulling up of prune orchards. Lou of export markets in Central Europe and the Middle East due to lack of dollar exchange; loss of domestic markets like the lower East Side in New York due in part to competition from citrus fruits and juices; unreliability of production due to weather damage (frost, rains in blossom-time); neglect in maintaining proper quality in prunes offered for sale. As the M-T says, Oregon prunes are excellent for food, nutritious and well flavored, though the Eastern trade always preferred the sweeter California prune rather than our tart sweet product. The prune was given an inferiority status in boardinghouse days when stewed prunes were served so often the dish became a joke "you're full of prunes." There still is a sizable market for canned and dried prunes. In fact the growing of prunes has been contracted too much in Oregon sometimes it's hard to get good Oregon dried prunes here. But it is doubtful if a promotion campaign such as the M-T says is planned for California prunes will lift the Oregon prune industry to its former dimensions. e e e e THE Eugene Register-Guard, noting the Medford and Salem editorials on the passing of the Oregon prune, ventures the opinion that the fruit could be restored to popularity by better processing and skil ful marketing. Says the R-G : Down in California, energetic fruit growers are launching a big advertising campaign to renew the popularity of the prune and this has inspired the Medford Mail-Tribune and the Statesman (Salem) to offer some comments on the decline of Oregon's prune industry. They enumerate a number of dif ficulties: Loss of export markets in Central Europe and the Middle East due to lack of dollar exchange. Loss of domestic markets in great American cities due to the competition of other fruits and fruit juices. Production hazards in the Northwest weather uncer tainties, blights, and pests which make it difficult to maintain quality. The mysterious preference for California's sweet and flabby, over Oregon's tart-sweet prunes. Thirty years ago, the prune industry flourished in the Northwest, especially in the Willamette Valley. The prune drier, lifting its tower out of the orchard branches, was a familiar sight in the region. All this has disappeared. A few prune orchards remain (mostly up in Polk County) but most of them have been pulled up by the roots to make way for more profitable crops. A few farmers specialize in the luscious Miller sweets but it is necessary to hunt through the markets to find the genuine, tart-sweet, blue prune. In our opinion, the tart-sweet prune had no equal. Prop erly prepared it had a form and flavor which made the mushy giant from California tasteless by comparison. Part of the difficulty in cooking any prune is in the preparation. So many cooks refuse to take the trouble to soak them properly and they boil them to a messy ruin. It has always been our belief that the Oregon prune could be restored to popularity by better processing and skilful marketing. Most of the time we merely ride California's coattails in marketing our own. E.C.F. Its Tougher for Firebugs Times are getting tougher for arsonists. Although there has been no appreciable increase in the number of fires, arrests and convictions of adult firebugs in the United States have risen fifty per cent in the past year, according to the National Board of Fire Under writers. THE increase in arrests is believed partly due to the greater interest being displayed by state and municipal authorities in crimes of this type, and partly to more efficient work in investigation and prosecution. A year ago the National board reported a sub stantial reduction in the number of arson cases. In fact, arrests and convictions then were at a possible all-time low. Arson cases brought before the courts have risen markedly of late, however, due to more careful scrutiny where any slightest suspicion exists. e a e TPHE large increase in convictions this year is ex- pected to prove a deterrent for those contemplat ing "selling out to the insurance company," and also for those peculiar characters who set things afire just for the heck of it. E.C.F. Blowout Blamed In Hyiro, Okla. (U.R) In vestigators said today a blowout evidently caused a car and a bus to plunge into a 30 foot can yon, killing six persons and in juring 25. The Greyhound bus, carrying 38 persons, and an Illinois car pulling a house trailer collided one mile west of here yesterday. The vehicles locked and spilled off a bridge into a rocky creek bed. The Highway Patrol called the accident the wont traffic mis hap in Oklahoma history. Deputy Sheriff E. W. Lewis said tire marks indicated the car driven by Manuel Wilkey of Springfield, 111., had a blow out, and that the vehicle swerved into the bus. The vehicles then plunged off the bridge Into the creek, fall rrfdar, August 7. It S3 was called forth by our Bus - Auto Crash ing into knee-deep water. Wilkie was the only person In the car to survive. He was seri ously injured. Bogus Check Suspect ' Confesses To Murder Atlanta (U.R) A man picked up on suspicion of passing bogus checks confessed killing a woman in Lancaster, Calif., near Los Angeles, police said today. Police said the suspect, iden tified as William C. Peppers, 23, suddenly claimed he killed the woman last June as police ques tioned him about his alleged passing of bad checks yesterday. RADAR NABS SPEEDERS Salem U.PJ Six motorists were arrested here yesterday. In Salem's first traffic enforcement by radar. , - Crosstovn is I w tin iiisiiii in riesal -? rarl "1 STECTED there was something wrong with Your eyesight when you started makln dales with my slitar!" COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The Mosquito Problem To the Editor: And all persons in Medford and vicinity who are interested in mosquito control. I had written to Senator Wayne Morse to see if the gov ernment would supply this sec tion In and around Medford with free insecticide for the spraying of mosquitoes. No, our government in Wash ington has no free DDT for our use. But Senator Wayne Morse has sent me all the books available on mosquito control which I will give our committee on Table Rock rd. to study. On August 4, I received the following telegram from Sen. Wayne Morse: "Mrs. James H. Morrison Rt. 2, Box 240, Medford, Ore. "Am advised by Dept. of Agri culture that DDT is only insecti cide that has been sent to for eign countries for use in mos quito control work. Letter fol lows. Regards. "Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator. Soon as this letter is received I'll also give this information to all who are interested in ridding this section of Oregon of mos quitoes. Surely if everyone would do their fair share we could be en tirely free of these pests and then be able to enjoy the great outdoors in peace and comfort. And the children be able to play in the open without being bitten by these awful pests, mosquitoes. Mrs. James H. Morrison Rt 2, Box 240 Medford, Ore. Was T. R. a Socialist? To the Editor: George Norris, famous father of TV A used to rise in the Senate of the United States and say, "The water comes from the air which be longs to all of us to make the rivers which belong to all of us, which should be developed for the benefit of all of us." Theodore Roosevelt believed that. Gifford Pinchot believed that. No one ever accused any of these famous Republicans of leaning toward Socialism. NO' one ever accused the founding fathers in attendance at the Con stitutional convention of at tempting to set up a Socialistic state when they wisely inserted in the Preamble to the Constitu tion the requirement, among other things, to provide for the general welfare. As if he were aware of this, the leader of the great crusade on Oct. 6, 1952, in a speech at Seattle, said: "Power develop ment in the northwest must and will go forward. In this continu ing program the Federal govern ment will play its full part." Strange, is it not, that a few months later the man who made this positive statement, now the President, looks the other way while his hatchet man, the Sec retary of the Interior, abetted by a loaded jury sitting as the Fed eral Power Commission, pre pares to render a verdict that will turn one of the last great natural damsltes over to private exploitation for private gain. This, of course, in the name of free enterprise. That the power starved areas of Washington and Oregon will get none of the power to be generated at the pygmy dams contemplated by the Idaho Power company is beside the point. "Creeping so cialism" will have been stopped dead in its tracks. Therein lies the victory. Somehow I have the feeling that in the end the people wiU win. Somehow our able friends in the Congress, Wayne Morse, Henry Jackson, Warren Magnu son, Grade Pfost, will find a way to block this latest raid on the pubUc domain. The domain Douglas McKay swore to pro tect and defend now abandoned to the power predators for there to despoil. Hell's Canyon de serves a kindlier fate than to became the grave of an unful filled pledge. Hell's Canyon is By Jtofcrncf Co entitled to proudly take its place beside the other marvelous crea tions for and by the people such as Hoover, Grand Coulee, Bon neville, Shasta and others. ' L. Peers Wilmeth 794 Blaine St Ashland, Ore. Fluoride Vote Urged To the Editor: Twenty-six years ago the people of Medford were fortunate in having a group of city officials that had the initiativeness and foresight to install what was known as our million dollar water system and also called a mountain spring In every home. For a quarter of a century we have been grateful for our wonderful water. Now we have a small group who feel that fluoride must be added to our water to protect the health of the people. In the past year there has been many articles written on this subject both for and against the use of this chemical, and they all felt that they were speaking with authority. It leaves a big question in the mind of most people, is it beneficial or harmful? Wouldn't It be wisdom on the part of our city officials, in view of the fact that they are only representatives of the people, to first consult the people before they took such drastic action as to tamper with this wonderful water that we have? For not too many people care to be used as human guinea pigs. Let us put it on the ballot and let the people speak. (Signed) Frank Howell, James Robins, W. F. Chapin, J. A. Ken nedy, J. D. Fleming, G. W. Howard, A. L. Cook, H. N. Lof land, F. J. HaU, W. R. Holman, T. E. Parks, Homer C. Hight, Lottee Howard, Mrs. Burnhem, Harold Heavilin, W. H. Adams, A. E. Andrews, C. E. Schlelgh, Alberta L. Haas, A. B. Hall, Her man Offenbacher, J. C. Lang ston, Charley Oyler, S. M. eleven. Dr. Kinsey Says Majority Violates Nation's Sex Laws Chicago U.R) Dr. Al fred C. Kinsey said today that 85 per cent of all American women, and 95 per cent of the men, sooner or later engage in sex acts that would land them in jail If the laws could be en forced. On the other hand, the famed sex scientist and zoologist said only about 1 per cent of the population ever goes to Jail for sex offenses. "Our sex law are so com pletely at variance with actual behavior that fuU enforcement is impossible," he told a news conference yesterday. "A great deal of everyday aex behavior is illegal." The Indiana University pro fessor, author of "Sexual Behav ior in the Human Male," and the new, unreleased "Sexual Be havior in the Human Female," addressed a refresher course for prosecuting attorneys at North western university. Would Overflew Jails At a news conference, Kinsey said that police and prosecutors commonly refuse to enforce sex laws to the letter since such ac tion, coupled with good detec tion, would overflow the na tion's jails. Market Lavington, Eng. 4U.R George Dobson, will have to wait until he is 98 years old be fore he can ride his motorcycle again. Dobson, 95, got a three year suspension of his drivers license after he collided with a car while trying to hang on to a botUe of liquor slipping out of his pocket - In the Day's Hens By FRANK JENKINS Cold war note: Riot gangs of communists some 8,000 strong storm across the West Berlin border and attack the stations where American food is being given away to hungry Germans living behind the iron curtain. West Berlin police beat them off with clubs and water guns, but say they expect more efforts to break up the food distribution system. rOODY! Goody! It always pleases us when an enemy makes a BAD mistake. pONGRESS adjourns and starts home for what it fondly hopes may be a five months va cation. Its last act before ad journment was to refuse to lift the debt ceiling so that our spendthrift old uncle can bor row up to 15 billion dollars more it tie runs out ox cash. The consress. of course, mizht be called back in special session to wrestle again with the debt problem. If not the ceiling lift ing operation will be given fur ther consideration next January, when congress assembles again. HHA T should be done? Well, I used to know a tough old character who had been in several times up to his suspender buttons in the financial bogs and morasses but had always suc ceeded in puUing out to dry ground. I asked him one day how he managed it. He answered. "It's perfectly simple, son. Just work like hell and never spend a cent, and the fust thing you know you'll get outa the hole." He was weU upholstered when I knew him. I COMMEND his advice to con gress. If our government will work hard and cut expenses to the bone, I think we will find that we won'jt have to borrow any more money. We may have to scrape the bottom of the barrel, but in the end we'll all be better off for it. The last report I saw, the government of the United States had about six billion dol lars of what merchants call "money in the till." With care ful management, you can do a lot In the way of paying bills with six billion dollars. I have an idea that when the members of congress get back home and start circulating around they'll find that a lot of common, ordinary taxpaying citizens are in the mood to give it a trial. SPEAKING of cutting govern ment expense to the bone, a lot of so-called economists insist that if the government cuts its spending business will suffer. ' I can't make myself agree with that reasoning. All the money the government spends comes out of the people's pock ets. If the government takes less out of the people's pockets, the people will have more to spend. PRESIDENT EISEN H O W E R asked congress to increase the debt limit so that more money could be borrowed to meet commitments that are com ing due. Don't hold it against him. Ike has lived all his life on a sol dier's pay. When he thinks of BILLIONS of dollars in debts that have to be paid, he probably gets stage fright. At any rate, I can't help think ing it wiU do us no harm to do a little wondering about where the money is coming from to pay our national bills. When you start wondering where you're going to find the money to pay your bills with you're apt to GET ECONOMICAL. Arizona Prepares To Extradite Polygamists Phoenix U.R) Arizona moved today to extradite poly gbmists who escaped into Utah when authorities raided a poly gamous colony in Short Creek, , Arizona authorities disclosed yesterday that tney nave formal extradition paper to make the runaway polygamists return to Arizona to face legal action. Hawaii is made up of eight major islands and a number of smaller ones. More Days Funds invested hart by August 10th will tarn Dividends from August 1st 3 Current Dividend Rare JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assn. 126 E. Main Medford "Where You Are Paid To Save" THREE News, Propaganda Claimed Synonymous To Russian Leaders By PHIL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst One of the basic differences between the Western world and Russia Is the attitude toward world news. To the Rus sians, news and propa ganda are syn onomous terms designed only to promote the ideas of the few men in charge of the government fin 4m h Phil Nswmss. i communist or Russian mind, the measure of news is not whether it is true or false but rather the purpose it serves. Often, then, western observers must take into account the things the Russians do not say or do in order to have some understand ing of the things they do say or do. . It was a slim bit of evidence, but on June 27 western observ ers wondered if there was sig nificance in the fact that No. 2 man and chief of Russian Secret Police Lavrentl Beria had failed to attend the opera with other Russian government heads. It turned out that it was sig nificant indeed. Babson . . . Business Worries By ROGER W. BABSON Gloucester, Mass., (Special to Mail Tribune). It is a beautiful summer day and I have had time to think of the great changes which have taken place since my boy hood and the foolishness o f worrying about what c h a n g es can do. The sailinz Bsgar w. Bakaas, s h i p s are all gone and my father thought this was the end of the fishing industry. Worst of all. the old New England families began to fade away. The old-timers then certainly felt this would be the end of Gloucester. Yet, the fishing business to day is greater than ever. The sailing vessels have been re placed by power-driven draggers bringing in. a million pounds of fish each day. The old families are gone, but the population is families larger with industrious Italian families taking the lead. Certainly, my father and his friends lost much time in use less worry. I am sorry that the churches have not grown with the in dustries. I see nothing here which can take their place. Gloucester has a splendid sym phony orchestra consisting of local people. It has an active literary and historical society. It has become an important art center. Whether these cultural developments will take the place of the religion of my youth is doubtful. Liquor continues to be a curse, but I see no drunken ness on the streets. Many People Worrying About Next World War Although the Korean truce has been signed, most people here feel that it won't amount to anything. They are still wor rying about World War III. I can't see what Russia could pos sibly gain by war now. The Chi nese would like to use their time and money in building up their own country. I believe the time is approaching when a foreign army will refuse to fight any free nations. More likely, na tional armies are apt to strike at home to correct conditions in their own countries. In fact, the military and veterans may someday control the United States. Being a veteran already counts more in getting a posi GENERAL &' ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY A Division of General Electric Distributing Corporation proudly announces the opening of our new Medford office and warehouse AT 121 West 4th Street Medford, Oregon Phone 3-2423 Featuring Complete Lines of GE Wiring Devices GE Traffic Appliances GE Television GE Radios GE Lamps GE Controls GE Motors Wholesale Only On July 10, it was disclosed that Beria had been deposed and arrested, for plotting to take over the government Since then, other shreds of evidence have been studied care fully to determine where the seat of power really restswith Premier Georgi Malenkov, with Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, with the army or with a possible combination. Heavy Interest So this week's meeting of the Supreme Soviet the Russian Parliament was awaited with more than the usual amount of interest Again, the Interest was divid ed almost equally between those who might not appear as those who would. One question was answered immediately. , Malenkov still Is among those very much in charge. Flanked on the one side by Molotov and on the other by Stalin's one-time father-in-law Lazar Kaganovich, first deputy chairman of the Council of Min isters, Malenkov received a standing ovation from the 2,000 members of the two houses. There appeared to be no im portant absentees. Indicating the current purge so far has gone no further than Beria and bis lieutenants. tion than being a college grad uate, although those who enjoy both have the best chances. Surely, those who live on farms or in small cities have little to fear. Parents who have been wor rying about their boys in Ko rea should realize that the last 20 years of war have not had so many casualties as a similar previous period suffered from scarlet fever, diphtheria, ty phoid and pneumonia. Your sons may be safer in Korea than racing about in an automobile here at home. If you are wor ried about juvenile delinquency, just see that your boy works hard all day so that he wants to go to bed after supper instead of running about town. Most juvenile delinquency could be abolished by merely changing the laws as to boys and girls working. Although I sometimes think that even the driving of automobiles by kids may be bet ter training of their brains than some of the subjects which they are taught at school. Keep in mind that a certain proportion of the taxes paid by businessmen will help business during a depression. Taxes paid for the support of farm prices, payment of minimum wages, old-age assistance, and the cost of schools will come back to us. Hence, don't worry so much about taxes. I recently attended a meeting protesting high prices, which the speaker blamed on the money paid out by manufacturers and retailers for advertising, re search, etc. Still millions of peo ple today owe their jobs to such expenditures. If any reader is out of a job, it is probably be cause some penny-pinching em ployer cut off advertising. Bible Verses Suggested As Cure for Worry I have a very old Bible (1477 before Columbus discovered America); every word penned by hand. I find that certain por tions show excessive use. It looks as if the owners during the past 400 years used it to cure them selves of worrying. For those desiring to take such a "cure" instead of pills or psychiatry, I suggest the following: Matthew 5; verses 5,7,9 and 44; Matthew 6: 34; James 5; 16; and John 15: 7. These are the pills that do me good when I am tempted to worry, but I sometimes need to read them many times before they really sink in.