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C. iNATIOKAl NEWSPAMt PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATrOH Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson lounty History from the files of The MaU Xnune 10. 10. SO and 40 year, ago. 10 YEARS AGO I Aug. 26, 1143 . (It was Thursday) Russian, German tank battles rage in Ukraine. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot colmun: A - con gressman fooling around a Wis consin dairy farm was chased by a bull and pursued just did make it over the fence in time. The bull was trying to get re venge for being thrown so much by the statesman. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 26. 1933 (It was Saturday) City and county to be 'check ed for blue eagles. Annual Southern Oregon golf tourney opens. tO YEARS AGO Aug. 26. 1923 at was Sunday) Reginald H. Parsons to exhib it fancy stock at state fair. Business on Pacific coast hows steady increase. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 26. 1913 (It was Tuesday) Rich strike reported at Kane creek mine. Prosperous year predicted for fruit growers. Potluck By M-T Staff and Contributor "I simply can't subtract.' said the customer in Lawrence's store while writing a check for a wedding present. "I can add, but I can't subtract!" "Well, at least put ail the figures down." said Elsie But ler, who teaches mathematics in Medford Senior High school when she's not tending counter at the family store. "I know one Medford woman who never bothers with the odd cents when she uses her checkbook. She claims the 'round figures' are so much easier to keep track of, and that her balance isn't really so very much different from the one the bank has. The calendar say August. But the evenings say fall. The maple tree out the window does too. Fall, when the leaves turn bright and brown, and rustle like taffeta skirts when you pass. One of the most beautiful times of the year. One of the most in vigorating too. There are lots of things that come to mind with autumn. Maybe just nostalgic thinking but what has become of all the spicy, fragrant, mellow apple butter we used to know? Do we just not know the right per sons, or has it, like other little arts, given way to march of time? MMMMmmm! On hot cakes on a winter morning. Huckleberries Ripening In Forests of County Huckleberries are rapidly rip ening in the county's forests, it was reported today from the of fice of the Rogue River National forest. Berries are now ready for picking in the Rustler peak, Blue peak. Upper South fork region, it was reported, and they are expected to be ripe on Huckleberry mountain about the second week in September. It appears to be a good crop this year, the report said. Landmark Threatened . Anvone visitine Jacksonville, one of the West's oldest towns, must be impressed by the fact that practically all of the buildings in the downtown sec tion are made of brick. A majority of these structures are in fairly good state ' of preservation, mainly be cause all except a very .few were constructed, after the fires of 1873 and 1874 which laid waste nearly all of the wooden business Old Jacksonville has those in the 70's but time, weather and man's under ground quest for gold have taken their toll and some 01 me DUCK DUlluings which bluuu xui ui su uiipusuigi v three-quarters of a century ago are now beginning to come apart in places, their cracks and sags foretelling eventual total disintegration unless early, extensive and in some cases expensive repairs are made. AMONG the buildings beginning to show the weight of their years is the U. S. Hotel on California street Built in 1880, the U. S. Hotel occupies the site where an earlier hostelry, the Union Hotel, burned in the great fire of 1873. It would be a shame for Jacksonville and for Oregon to let the old U. S. Hotel become a heap of rubble for it boasts perhaps the most colorful history of any of the structures in the former southern Ore gon metropolis. According to the most generally accepted story, it was built by a lady of French origin, known as "the Madam," who, evidently with an eye to business, married a local stone mason so that his skill and bricks might be utilized. Holt was the man's name and thus the French lady became known as Madam Holt- e CYNE of the first guests of the new and resplendant stopping place was President Rutherford B. Hayes. On receiving word of his forthcoming visit, Madam Holt went to elaborate pains to decorate her best suite in the manner she felt would become a United States president The party arrived, washed the stains of stage travel from their persons, enjoyed the evening's bill -of -fare and in due time were bedded down. It was only an overnight and in the morning the President was shocked upon presentation of the bill by the Madam. History does not record the exact total, the stories running from $100 to $300, but the chit is understood to have in cluded the cost of much of the room's furnishings for the special occasion. Whether the President there or whether it was ever paid in full is not clear at this late date, but a letter from John Sherman, then secretary of the treasury, states that: "Madam, the President merely desired a night's lodging and iiau no iiiieiuiuii wnaiever oi purcnasing your prop erty." The President himself, had a word to say about the bill, legend having it that after battling an army of bedbugs throughout the night, he remarked the next morning that he wasn't so much put out by the excessive charge for the presidential suite, but he did object to "sleeping withtne entire Republican party." THE grand ball room of the hotel was the scene of cav social life, the heautv and tha rhivalrv vf f ha Ro?ue countrv dancinc and too the traveling theatrical ine u. is. notei Duiicung eventually passed into the hands of the countv aa did manv nf f Via nfhar -gj ' -y el v vvuvi buildings of the town when gold mining died, de- ViWAOfil AOTM lejfA J 4Vl Aiajh we a m . 1. .1 picaoxuiia mu uiu uieie was to pay taxes. Deeded by Jacksonville in the 1920's. used by fraternal and social quaners, ior town meetings, ana lor some years it housed the Jacksonville Museum. But now the historic landmark has been con demned as a fire and safety hazard. Large cracks have appeared in the rear walls, jjerhaps as a result of mining tunnels driven underneath, and an inspect ing architect said he found indications of "lack of laierai siaomiy. JACKSONVILLE'S city council faces something of a problem in seeking ways' and means of saving the old building for the deed from the county stipu lates that it cannot be rented or leased and there fore there is no revenue to cover repairs and what with other municipal expenses the city itself cannot furnish the considerable sum required. It has been suererested that Jaoksrmviiio property to the county and that the latter negotiate with some private individual or interest for its pur chase or lease for exploitation purposes. It is be lieved that the old hotel could return a nice profit if the interior was refurbished with some resemblance to the original and gift shops or other attractions were installed. Such use of the building would not only make a profit for the owner or renter but would help to attract visitors to Jacksonville- CINCE establishment of the Jacksonville Museum 37 months ago, it has been' visited by an average of 3,396 people monthly. With additional attractions and publicity there is no doubt that many more would visit the historic town, and, incidentally, spend a little monev if the latter nnnnrtiinifv r. j We are somewhat slow x vamauiiviiie wim us siage coacn era build ings and Colorful rnlH mart an1 Tn'ov, L.'-i. . , r - - - were located in California substantial J,nH , ". ir, ri? 00 iore tnis. E.C.F. Woman Engrossed in TV St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. William McDowell was so intent on a television program she didn't notice the burglar who walked through her living room into a bedroom. Wednesday. August St. 1S5S area. had no major fires since stop for the Hayes party! settled the hill then and flirtintr therp snrl tWa groups put on their shows. no ousiness ana no money the countv to the CAtv nf the structure tins hoon groups, as public library about such things in Ore- "'iou n at History it would have been paying .u WUiBl a in action long De- Doesn't See Burglar one tnougn the man rummag ing around in the bedroom was ner nusband. When the program was over she turned on the lights and found the man gone also her wallet with S32 and sport coat Crosstown PEEYVEE LEAGUE 111 shadow box and punch the bag. I don't do any skip-rope tuff."' On The Side (Distrlevtea' by Kief According to Sir AUan .Her bert, a man enjoying a quiet drink at a London pub was ap proached and harassed by a total abstainer who lectured him on the evils of drink. The drinker listened patiently for a period but the nagging of his critic fi nally became unbearable. The drinker then said to the lectur ing abstainer, "Listen, my father began the day with tirandy and a cigar. He had beer for break fast, whisky for lunch, port wine for dinner. He smoked all the time. He lived to be 93, and after he had been dead three days he looked a lot better than you do now."' Old Firm Not many manufacturers of homemade cigars are active these days. However, there is one in Louisville, Ky., that has been in business 69 years. It is still managed by its founder, Ed ward Reiss, who is 86. One of the first cigars Mr. Reiss made was called the "Marvin Hart" in honor of the boxer of that name. The company's slogan is "Made for the Smoker Who Knows. Incidentally, I am partial to hand made cigars. I think they draw better. Also the leaf used is often selected more carefully by the handmade cigar people. Stormy Weather There was a terrific thunder and lightning storm down our way. I don't care for 'lightning. Especially that New Jersey lightning. However, it Is said the chance of being struck by lightning, even when you are in the open, is 1,000 to 1 Light ning does strike twice in the same place. If a spot has been hit by lightning once, the odds that it will be hit again remain the same. There were two dogs at our place during that storm. One dog barked at the lightning. The other ran under a bed. Variety How about your favorite "pub"? Is it an unusual place? Johnny and Joe's Brentwood Inn is the name of a Baltimore Congressional Quiz Qvectieat and Answers ea What Geea Oa at the Capital Famished hy Ceaf reuioaal Quarterly Newt Features Q Aside from Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, who drew the largest vote ever cast for an Individual running for office In this country? A According to a study oi Rep. ' Gordon L- McDonough. (R-Calif.), Sen. William F. Knowland, (R-Calif.), holds that distinction. Unopposed by a major party, Knowland received 3,982,448 votes for Senator in 1952. Q To what levels of taxa tion wUl we return if scheduled repeals and reductions take ef fect? A In most cases, excise, cor poration and personal income taxes would revert to levies in effect in 1950. The Revenue Act of 1951 Imposed "temporary" in-, creases to pay for the Korean war. GerieraUy, the increased personal income taxes were lim ited by the Act to Jan. 1. 1954, while the new and higher excise and corporation taxes were scheduled' to expire March 31, 1954- N Q Why are Congressional committee chairmanships con centrated regionally? A Under the seniority rule, tne chairman of a committee generally is the member of the majority party with the longest continuous service on that com mittee. Members of Congress from states which habitually vote for one party tend to build up the greatest continuous senior ity. Under Democratic control, most committees were headed by Southerners and Members from Democratic strongholds in the West In the 83rd Congress, the bulk of chairmen are from "safe" Republican states in the Eastern, Central, and Western regions. Q Are private contractors fiy ftofancf Cot y -v. burling Feareres Sye4Jcre, he) neighborhood tavern. This place offers over 1,400 different items. Among these are 14 brands of imported beers, 257 brands of whiskies and cordials and 47 brands of local and nationally known beers. That's quite an as sortment. Brings to mind that there is a liquor store on Madi son ave., Manhattan, that offers for sale over 200 different brands of whisky! Kiwis Know what a kiwi bird is? It is a bird native to New Zealand that once could fly but now can't. That s why former Ameri can airline hostesses, grounded because of marriage or because of change of occupation, call their organization the '"Kiwi Club." There are 21 Kiwi clubs in the U.S.A. The Kiwis will have a convention next year in Chicago. That should be quite an assemblage of beautiful fe males. Eye Catcher Know what an "eye catcher" is in advertising parlance? It is a cleverly worded line that catches the eye of the reader and inspires him to read what is below it. One of the most ef fective eye. catchers of aU time appeared at the top of dancing teacher Arthur Murray's first advertisement at the time he was selling dancing lessons by mail. It read, "How I Became Popular Over Night." That advertisement started Murray, currenUy a mil lionaire, on the road to fame and fortune. Asides My campaign for larger cuts of pie in restaurants seems to be getting somewhere. I am im formed that Jones' cafe, Ouray, Colo.,, cuts pie into four large pieces. Price per cut, 20 cents. . . . World's greatest patrons of the daily double are the New Jersey horseplayers. The world's record for money bet in one daily double is held by Mon mouth Park, N.J. Amount bet was over half a million dollars. To be exact, $513,516. working for the federal govern ment aUowed to practice racial or religious discrimination against employees or job appli cants? A Not according to law. Most federal contracts contain a pro vision forbidding discrimination. Agencies letting the contracts are responsible for enforcement using contract cancellation as a weapon. The Committee on Gov ernment Contract Compliance reported that enforcement has been ineffective. President Eisen hower Aug. 13 established the new Government Contract Com mittee to help the agencies en force non-discrimination provi sions. O Was ammunition rationed to combat units during the last months of the Korean war? A In a report released Aug. 12, a Senate Armed Service sub committee said rationing was not resorted to, even during the July Communist offensives- The subcommittee reported consider able progress in overcoming am munition shortcomings, in con trast to its report last May, in which it charged that shortages had resulted in "needless loss of American lives." (Copyright 1953. Congressional Quarterly) Women and Children Butchered by. Raiders Port Moresby, New Guinea 0J.R) A jungle patrol lead er told government officials to day that raiders had butchered women and children and eaten young men of a rival tribe in a massacre. W. J. Johston said his patrol had found the bodies of women and children and remains of the young men. In the Day's Kens' By FRANK JENKTJfS President Eisenhower has made public a special report on world trade which urgently calls for a low-tariff policy. It says the unity of the free world wUl be uncertain ' unless the United States accepts more foreign prod ucts. The report which was pre pared by Lewis Douglas, a for mer ambassador to Britain and a former director of the U. 8. bu reau of the budget adds that the United States it the world's greatest creditor nation and can not foUow the protectionist poli cies of a debtor and hope to escape discrimination by others. LETS'S go back into history. .There was a long period at the height of Britain's greatness when Britain was a FREE TRADE country. Why?, : What we caUHhe Mechanical Revolution (making goods in large quantities by machine in stead of making them in small quantities by hand) originated in Britain. As a result of it Britain became the world's greatest cred itor nation. That is to say, Brit ain "SOLD GOODS to aU the rest of the world because by ma chine Britain could make goods cheaper than anybody else could make them by hand. The time when Britain was selling more goods abroad than her foreign customers has pounds or GOLD to pay with. The result was that British trade suffered. In order to go on trading with the rest of the 'world, Britain had to accept IN TRADE the products of other countries. Trade, you know, is a TWO-WAY street. It can't function as a ONE WAY street. Hence Britain's free trade pol icy. nr"HTS Is the noint: We have reached the place reached by Britain when the Mechanical Revolution enabled her to seU more goods to the rest of the world than the rest of the world could pay for. FDR YEARS, we've been kid ding ourselves. WE'VE BEEN GIVING OUR GOODS AWAY. Thus, at the expense of the American taxpayer, we've been able to maintain a ONE-WAY STREET economy. But that time is about over. For one thing, the American taxpayer is getting extremely tired of it. The time is near when our tax payers will rebel at giving our goods away to foreigners in or der to maintain a one-way street THAT is to say: The time is about here when, in SELF-PROTECTION, we shall have to lower (if not abolish completely) our tariffs in order to go on trading with the rest of the world. As Britain did at the peak of her industrial greatness. LET'S put it this way: If you're in business and a time comes when everybody owes you and has no money to pay you with, what do you do? Why, you TAKE IT OUT IN TRADE. Historically, the American newspaper (especially in the smaller communities) is a shin ing example of that situation. If a newspaper can't get cash for its- subscriptions, it takes chick ens, pigs, garden truck and what have you. I know, for I've done it. No longer ago than 1933. WE'RE not going to like it of " course. Industry is going to yeU bloody murder if it has to compete with lower-cost foreign products. Farmers are going to howl like a wounded wolf if they have to compete with lower ccst agricultural commodities. And labor is going to wail like a banshee if it has to compete with lower foreign wages. But the alternatives are so terrible that we wiU be forced, at the peak of our industrial greatness, to do what the British had to do at the peak of their industrial greatness. If we can't get cash for what we have to sell abroad, we'U have to take it out iii trade, as the British did. We can't go on forever giving our goods away to foreigners. Our taxpayers won't stand for it. rr should be added here that free trade didn't bankrupt Britain. As long as Britain re mained Industrially dominant In the world, FREE TRADE MADE. HER GREATER AND MORE PROSPEROUS- Two Jef Planes Collide Off Southern Japan Coast Tokyo Cu.R) Two u.s. Air Force F80 jet fighter planes collided off southern Japan to day and crashed into the sea. An Air Force spokesman said one pilot bailed out and was picked up by Japanese fisher men. Ships and planes are searching the area for the sec ond pilot Court Records DISTRICT COUKT Bobby D. Clark, no emergency brake, S6. i Jesse T. Barnes, no motor vehicle license. e. . OrvUle A. Williams, overload. SI88. Jerry B. Morton, overload. $42.90. William L. Saylor, overwidUt load. $15. overload. $91. Dead Una for Sunday Classified is t noon aaturaays. Communist's Beaten By Narrow Margin In Iranian By WALTER O. RUHDLE United Press Foreign Analyst Now that the dust and the up rooted statues have settled back into place In Iran, one thing has become uncomfortably clear: Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and friends beat the Communists to the draw in that mid-Eastern hot-spot by the narrowest of mar gins. Mossadegh, who gave his na tion blood and tears without the sweat had run the situation so far into the ground that some thing had to give. The British, who have the big gest direct stake in the situa tion, admit now that they'd just about written Iran .off as lost when the Shah and his chosen successor to Mossadegh, Maj. Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi, appealed to the Army to disobey Mossa degh and his "illegal govern ment" Desperate Shah The desperation of the situa tion can be understood when It is recalled that Zahedi was in hiding for fear of his life and the Shah was in Iraq, en route to Rome, for similar urgent rea sons of health. The beginnings of the mop-up of ringleaders of the Tudeh (Communist) party this week have given a hint of the ex tensive preparations by the other 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 ebit all letters with e view to clarification nd condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Why Worry About An Old -Wino?" To the Editor: Yes, Oh, Yes!! Let's investigate the Medford Police Department Let's reor ganize it Let's fire the old chief and get a know-it-all big-head to take his place.. The "young brats" have more sense than a man of maturity and judgment anyway. He is bora that way, and can't help it if his head is swelled beyond normal. The chief does not amount to anything and must not be con sidered. Thus all is settled quietly. Only, he has given 24 years of honest, dependable service to an ungrateful public which does not appreciate such integrity. Squibs in the omnipotent M.T. seem to indicate he has stepped on some toes. Fine. He should have stepped on more, and hard. As to Hurley, the unfortunate who died a couple of days after being "picked up" by the police. We'll not gloss things over. The police department has no doctor and never did have one. Welfare? Phui! A joke. He woulci maybe have re ceived care next summer at 6 o'clock, or some other time. Always tomorrow there. Al ways! I am a veteran,' 74 years old, Spanish war, and I know vet erans. The veteran who, regrettably, caused all this rumpus, so far as I can learn was a "wino." And anything can happen to a "wino" and often does. With a man reeking with alco hol, the every day run-of-the-mill officer is not likely to look very closely for injuries to a drunk.' So why all the furore? It is not justified. Clatous McCredie I have known for twenty-eight years. For solid honesty, sobriety, in tegrity and attention to duty no d d young buck can do better. Keep the old chief and know you have a MAN, not a martinet and smart aleck. Andy Unger, 634 Penn. Ave., Medford, Ore. He Wants a Larger Hall To the Editor: At a recent council meeting I got the im pression that it was decided to hold a public forum on the question of fluoridation. The Chamber of Commerce under took to engage speakers to rep resent each side, pro and con. This was planned so as to reach as many people as possible. Now I understand the meeting has been changed from a public forum to a small Chamber of Commerce affair, to be held at the country club. This meeting will accomodate about 200 peo ple at $2.50 a plate for dinner. With 800 or more members of the Chamber of Commerce, how will this represent all the citi zens of Medford who are vitally concerned and should be given the opportunity to hear both sides of the question from such outstanding speakers? It is not too late yet .to re serve the high school auditor ium or some such suitable place, and give this debate the public ity it deserves over the radio and in the newspaper. In that way the greatest number of peo ple in Medford interested in the matter can hear both sides of the fluoridation issue aired, and from this, decide for themselves whether or not they want to have their drinking water al tered in any way by the addi tion of fluorides. Uprising side to rash in on the heritage of woe Mossadegh had accumu lated for his people. The actual strength of the ouUawed but openly active party remains one of the Communism's best-kept secrets. But the best available estimates put its mem bership at between 25,000 and 30,000 with a large following of sympathizers. Strongest Party The Communists now art con ceded to have had the best or ganized apparatus of any Iranian party, with strong discipline over their members. Russia was smugly watching Mossadegh's activities convinced that the country had reached a position where it would fall, like over-ripe fruit into the Soviet garden whenever the Kremlin shook the tree. The real test whether the dan ger of a Communist take-over is past or simply delayed rests on the ability of the new regime to: Hold the Army's loyalty by lifting the pay of its soldiers above the present 17 rials (20 cents) per month leveL Get the nation's economy go ing fast enough to put Iran's hordes of unemployed back to work before the Reds recover from last week's shock and sur prise and push the nation over the brink it so narrowly escaped last week. In view of the widespread in terest in this matter, and its vital importance to every citi zen of Medford, I think the coun cil should have gone through with its original plans for a pub lic forum and made it possible for the greatest number of peo ple to become informed by open debate.. Frank Howell, x Edward Danrich 205 Laurel St, Medford, Ore. Vacuum Tube Inventor Has 80th Birthday Los Angeles 0J.PJ Dr. Lee de Forest whose vacuum tube made radio, television, radar and talking- pictures possible, celebrated his 80th birthdav to day and looked forward to "10 more years of hard work." The "father of radio" was honored at a luncheon given by the National Association for Bet ter Radio and Television. ' The famed inventor is still working in his laboratory in a Hollywood office building, but he is not working to improve the electron tube. "I'll let the new men take over that work," he said. Dr. de Forest has spent the last few years experimenting on ways of obtaining usable electric cur rent from the heat of metals. WEATHER By UNITED PRESS Northern California: Scatter ed shower from near San Fran cisco and Sacramento north to day, tonight and Thursday. Someti listening to radio or watching television, we find ourselves getting annoyed with the commercials. One thing we don't alwtys realize, though, is that sponsored TV and radio is the reason we have the va riety of pro grams we en joy. In - other countries where the government controls radio Georee laker and televsion, the viewers have to take what the government otters. There isn't the same kind of com petition among the networks to capture the audience, and there isn't the wide choice we have. What led us into this was an article saying that the British are going to try sponsored programs and the French are testing sponsor ship for a station at Monte Carlo. One thing is sure ... there won't be any privately sponsored video programs behind the Iron Curtain! That's a thought to keep in mind when you get a little tired of com mercials. Here's another Item about Brit ish TV. It seems that over there the famous Big Ben is a symbol of the right time . . . and on video screens there's always a picture of Big Ben to announce the time. But one night somebody forgot to set the little studio model which was flashed cn the screen ... and half the country phoned m. Big Ben was two minutes late! Over here the name Admiral has kma been a symbol of quality in TV. You're in for a treat when you see the beautiful new models on dis play at YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE STORE, 31 N. Bartlett. Phone 2-6419. m
