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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedforivCTribuxi "Everybody ta Southern Oregon Reads Hie Mall Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by 87-29 Worth fir St. Phone 3-6141 ROBERT W. RUEL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager Z. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ZRIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor BARRY CH1PMAN. Telegraph Editoi RICHARD JEWET1. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at . Medford, Oregon, under, Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES m 8y Mall In Advance: Per copy 10c. . Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months - 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3 JO Daily and Sunday One month 1-23 Sunday Only One year 330 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue River, Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 125 Carrier and Dealers 5c pet copy Official Paper of the City of Medfore Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire" MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representativs: WKST-HOLLTOAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago, De troit, San- Francisco, Lee Angeles Seattle. Portland. St Louis, Atlanta Vancouver B.C. nationalT edit EDITOtlAt NIWSPAPEt PUIHSHIIS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Nor. 12, 1944 (It was Sunday) Nancy - Ellen Wilson, whose daughter was the first white girl born in Klamath county, dies in Medford after brief illness. - From Arthur Ferry's Ye Smudge . Pot column: The FBI plans an inquiry Into the ciga rette and cigar "shortages" on .the Pacific coast. "There is a bad odor in both situations," a San Francisco paper reports. 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 12. 1934 (It was Monday) Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes gives approval to - work next spring on road to Crater lake. Medford high school football team defeats Chemewa Indian 6chool, 47 to 0, to remain one of the few undefeated teams in the state. 30 YEARS AGO Not. 12, 1924 (It was Wednesday) Eight cases of liquor found in automobile that plunged off Pa cific highway in Siskiyous, kill ing driver. - Georgia .Minstrels open at Medford's Page theater. 40 YEARS AGO Not. 12, 1914 (It was Thursday) Total of 35,000 cans of Rogue valley fruit canned by R.-D. Hoke cooperative "cannery in Medford. From the Local and Personal column: The matter of enforc ing the city ordinance prohibit ing the sale of tobacco, cigarettes or the "makins" to boys will be taken up at the next meeting of the city council. The ordinance was passed a year ago and en forced for about three days. The youngsters and the dealers soon recovered from their scare, and the ordinance has been lax ever since. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 br ibe 7?) Copr. 1954. Editorial BesearehBeport 1. Which of these governments- favors negotiations now "with Russia on ending the Cold War American, British, Italian, trench, or west German? . 2. The Senate has' never , be fore met in special session with out the House; right or wrong? 3. More than three-fourths of all U. S. farms now have elec tricity; right or wrong? 4. The unemployment compen sation tax in social security is paid equally by employer and employee, all by employer, or all by employee? 5. More women s shoes are sold of the AAA, AA, A or B width?. 6. Greece is or isn't one of the countries behind the Iron Cur tain? 7. In the city of Chicago there are more TV sets than tele phones, or more phones than TV sets? The Answers: 1. French 2. Wrong. 3. Right. 4. All by em ployer. 5. B. 6. Isn't. 7. More TV sets than phones Playing cards rank among the oldest printed matter on earth Block-printed playing cards were in use all over Europe by 1400, more than half a century before the Gutenberg Bible was printed. ssaKMssasaaMi MAIL TRIBUNE Illinois River Dam Opposed Another chapter is being written in the long-, drawn-out feud between those who would dam our streams for power generation and those who would keep the waters free of hinderances to fish life. This time the battle is fairly close to home, the Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Inc., having applied for a pre liminary permit to construct a power dam on the Illinois river a few miles above its confluence with the Rogue river, and the State Game commission hay ing announced that it will oppose the project. .. -The proposed dam would have a maximum height of 100 feet and aiength of 400 feet and would divert water into' a tunnel approximately four miles in length. ''. EXPLAINING its opposition to the plan, the State Game commission has pointed out that the Illinois is the most important spawning tributary of the Rogue system. It is popular for steelhead as well as silver salmon angling. ' . The commission said it has expended considerable money in screening irrigation diversions on the stream and that plans are under way to improve the Illinois for fish passage. ; Such a development . as proposed would raise havoc with the runs of fish in the Illinois and would have an adverse : effect on the fishery resources of the entire Rogue basin, the commission contends. EC.F. " ' Kids-Learning About Cops Medford kids are learning that policeman aren't the blue-clad-ogres they are sometimes thought to be and that, instead, the officers are really their friends, more interested in helping them to avoid accidents and trouble in all xf orms than in giving them a bad time when they get out of line. . TPHE new conception is being helped along by the safety program which the local police department has been carrying on in cooperation with school au thorities. Four members of the force have been visit ing classrooms in each of the city's grade schools, giving brief talks on bicycle safety, the necessity for" observing traffic rules and, among other things, the advisability of refusing to accept rides, candy or money from strangers. In the course of the talks perhaps visits with the students would more accurately describe the police officers' classroom calls the youngsters have not only heen given some highly valuable advice but also been encouraged to discuss any safety or deportment matters concerning which they feel the opinion of the law men might :be helpful. According to Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin the students have shown so much interest in the talks by officers that he is now planning to invite groups to visit the police.station, watch operation of the short wave radio, the various routine duties of the force and inspect the extensive filing system by means of which records arekept of every incident coming under police attention, ... ; . The program will undoubtedly help to make the children more safety minded and should also prove to be a helpful influence in promoting desirable be havior patterns. E.C.F. A Song Have you ever wondered who dreams ud the so- called popular songs one shouted on radio, juke boxes and TV? The songs are blared into the public c'onsciousness almost over night, are repeated over thoroughly sick and tired denly-as they came, they know who wrote them or OUT of curiosity we read through a press agent's just to see who wrote the ditty, and discovered that it was none other than Stuart Hamblen, - the 1952 candidate for president on Hamblen, according to his press agent, has had a somewhat fabulous career having been a school teacher, cow puncher, rodeo champion, radio singer and race horse trainer, in addition to his excursion into politics. ? . V , ., The "Ole House" song was born about four years ago when its author was returning from a hunting trip in the- Highierras. Riding along a trail, he came on a little old cabin, that looked like it, was just about to cave. in. On the porch was an aged hound dog, just lying there , and not barking. Hamblen, being a hound dog man himself, sensed something was wrong so he dismounted and went into the broken down shack. There he found debris all over the floor and cans that the poor old dog had been gnawing at, trying to find some food ... . and in the bedroom, an old prospector lying dead. " ' : ,: : The song writer, took the dog and rode into town and notified the sheriff and while on the way home jotted down the words of "This Ole House" on the paper sack in which he had brought his lunch. "VF course, that wasn't the only song hit from Ham len's pen,: his ."It Is No Secret" has been a big favorite' too. He has written hundreds of songs since starting in show business way back in the early days of radio. ...... In addition alLthis, is according to the press agent Hamblen for some years had whatever in spiration one may gain from the flowing bowl, hav ing been a confirmed alcoholic until joining the pro hibition ranks. : : -: So now we know how at least one popular song came into being, if the press agent's version is ac-cepted.--E.CF. - . Friday, November 12, 1954 Is Born ; hears .played, sung and and over until everyone is ot them and then, as sud are gone and few people care, for that matter. the Prohibition ticket.' Is That So? Answer 12 out of these 15 na-i ture quiz questions correctly and ! you are an expert; nine is good; ; six only fair. Answers follow questions. . 1. When squirrels . lay up a larger store of nuts, beavers put on a heavier coat of fur, and bees put up more honey, a hard win ter is in store. Is this' true? .2. Which of these animals cats, sheep, .hogs, cows can supply all of the following pro ducts: catgut, lanolin, drum heads, beeswax? ' - .- : 3. All professions have their jargon. As for us naturalists, what do these words have in common: sett, redd, form? . , . 4, Does the vampire bat suck blood from its victims? 5. Do monkeys form chains to swing across raging torrents? " 6. Do animals such as' the snowshoe hair, ermine and Arctic fox change the color of their fur from brown to white to fit the appropriate season? 7. Which of these creatures is able to assist plants in cross pollination: bees, bats, humming birds? : ' 8. In the bat family,-which of these statements is false? It can not walk on all fours?. It cannot mate in the fall of Ihe year and avoid pregnancy until spring? It does not have a supersonic radar system which assists it in flying? It cannot see by daylight? 9. Which mammal has longer front legs than hind ones? Which has no hind legs at 'all? 10. Do vines north of the equator twine from left to right; and south, right to left? Work of Human Heart 11. In the course of a day, the numan neart pumps approxi mately the following amounts of blood: enough to fill'' a 500-gal-lon tank; to fill a railway tank car; to fill an oil tank on a tank farm? 12, When a day old, which of , the following animals can ex ceea a speed of 20 miles an hour; antelope, megapod, rabbit? 13. In which of these animal groups does the male predomi nate beyond the mating season: wasps, deer, pheasants? 14. What do these animals have in common: phoenix, uni corn, basilisk? 15. Which of these attributes are true of . the hummingbird family: It can fly sideways? It is native alone to the New World? It can eat twice its own weight in a day? Its wing beat exceeds 3,000 vibrations a min ute? It flies 500 miles nonstop over water? Only the -female which is larger sits on the eggs? Answers Listed Answers: 1. No animals are clever interpreters of the pres ent, and the immediate future, but they cannot predict what is going to happen months ahead 2. Sheep alone can supply all Editorial Comment ; L DETENTION HOME FOR ' JACKSON COUNTY You will remember that Mar ion County voters decisivelv re jected a proposed detention home in the May primary. Jack son County in Southern Oregon iws juii voiea ior a similar proj ect and bv a ripoisiwn m-itni-ifiF v ,unjvii,j. The Jackson project is modest sized compared with the one we voted on, but not far off -when population differences are con sidered. The conntv inri one county commissioner-"made iiu imiucuiar secret ot tneir DOSition." thf TJ!tAtnr HIT Tribune said after the election. It suDDorterf the Of course an important factor, m ivianon county's opposition was that we had already spent a good deal of money providing such a. facility in the new court- V. . T ; uuuse, wiutu was not yet oc cupied then. We might have voted differently under other circumstances. " Meanwhile we are glad" to see another Oregon county go ahead with' the idea. Its experience wUl be helpful to other counties, for we aU have substantally the same , problem. Salem Capital Journal.' , : f :- - - The seal refuge on the Pribilof Islands in the Aleutians is ad ministered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. . 2 3 1 PORK 111 LIVER By Eugene Burns ' . . . Ranger-Naturalist these products. ' " ' - - 3. These are all nests: the sett is a 'den; redd a fish's nest . such as salmon's; the form is a rabbit's hollowed out resting place, and sometimes its nest. 4. No. The vampire bat laps up -its blood. The bite, inflicted with its razor-sharp teeth, is al most painless a person can sleep through it, and its saliva contains a - noncoagulent so the blood keeps flowing. . 5. No, Monkeys like most ani mals, are good swimmers. Be sides, think of the poor "end" monkey, supporting that impos sible chain. 6. No. These animals erow two sets of hair shedding each in the appropriate season. All Members Assist 7. -Members of all these ani mals assist in cross-pollination of some plants. 8. In the bat family, every one of these things is possible. 9. The giraffe and moose have longer front legs than rear, Among those having no rear legs are whale, porpoise, and dol phin. 10. Right, vines north twine left to right; south, right to left. 11. The human heart pumps approximately the equivalent of a railway tank car full of blood every 24 hours. 12. Only the rabbit cannot cover 20 miles an hour within 24 hours of birth. The antelope can make about 24; the South Seas megapod flies the day it is born. i 13. Only the pheasant the cock dominates the roost. .14: AH are imaginary animals and never existed. 15. Members of the humming bird family can do all these things. ' (Copyright, 1954, by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best question on nature and wild' life a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcrafi binding. - Each week, new ques tions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please: address your questions to: IS THAT SOI care Medford Mail Tribune. Box 575, Sausaliip, Calif. , - Malenkov For Easing ews ' ' : By ' CHARLES ' M. McCANN . ; United Press Foreign Analyst . The week's good and bad hews on ' the " international Jbalance sheet:" ' THE GOOD - . - . . 1. A few hours after a. United States reconnaissance, plane was shot down by Russian MIGs over northern Japan, Soviet Premier Georgi M. Malenkov . suggested to the American and British am bassadors in Moscow that old- fashioned practical diplomacy be used to ease East-West tensions. Later President Eisenhower dis cussed the attack on the B-29 with great moderation in a press conference. He said also that he detected a softened attitude in a Soviet reply to a State Depart ment protest against the attack. As a result, it was expected that a new American note will be tempered down considerably. There seemed some reason to hope that the Kremlin '. itself might try a little moderation for a change. v I 2. Premier Pierre Mendes- France won a vote of confidence by 320 to 207 on the budget in the French National Assembly with the aid of the Socialists, who hold 104 of the 627 seats. Two days later the Socialists threw their support behind the arming of Western Germany. Their , decision practicably en sures French ratification of the Paris .and London . treaties by the assembly. 3. The United States and its allies, with the aid of free coun tries aU over the world, moved in" the United Nations to get President Eisenhower's "atoms for peace" plan going. The West ern atomic powers- introduced a resolution calling for an inter national scientific conference on the plan to be held not later than next August. Russia's participa tion was not yet sure. At least, the momentary attitude of Soviet Delegate. . .Andrei- Y . ..Vishinsky was friendly. EAST SI XTH ST. Tbps VEAL STEAK or I BEEF ROAST STEAK Communications Letters' to the Editor must bear the name end address of the writer although under .certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or Initial for publication is -permissible. The Mail -Tribune . reserves the riRht to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed -400 words. Calls It a Crow Sandwich To the Editor: Do you recall the VMorseburger" sandwich the Republicans were having so much fun talking about before the election? Well it turned out to be a Hamburger sandwich filled with crow, made especially for Re publicans. ;' ' v C. T. Hamilton, Route i; Box 790, Central Point "- , - ' t Paper Drive ' ' To the Editor: Local Voiture, No. 165 of the 40 et 8 will hold a paper drive Sunday, Nov. 14. Paper is desperately needed to fill present orders. The 40 et 8 has made arrangements to fur- nish aU the paper for Bliss Hei- nie's junior drum corps. Many of his pupils earn the money for their tuition by . bundling and shredding this paper. . All . the money earned from the paper is used for child wel fare in Jackson county. These funds go into a special bank ac count administered by our child welfare chairman, Clyde Ficht ner. In order to carry on this pro gram we must have more papen AU . residents of Medford are" urged to bundle up their paper and have it on the front porch or at the curb. ' If you have a large amount stored in a garage or some such place call us on the phone and we wul pick it up. All calls should be made to Weeks and Orr Furniture Company, phone 2-9351. If you live outside the city limits and have a sizable amount of paper we will be glad to pick it up on your cau. ' A paper club.wUl -be set up in the near future and papers wUl be picked up at all homes registered every two months, However, it is urgent that we have paper now to ful the pres ent orders and to replenish our child welfare fund. The 40 et 8 is the honor or ganization of the American Le gion and has as its sole program the child welfare project. Gene Orr, , Chairman.' Suggestion Tension for Week THE BAD 1. Six Arab ; nations accused the United -States and Great Brit ain of a "flagrant breach9 'of U.'N. resolutions by permitting their new ambassadors to Isreal to present their . credentials in the holy city of Jerusalem. The Arab governments pointed out that the U. N. has decided re peatedly that Jerusalem shall be an international city under U. N, control. The Israelis nevertheless have established their capital in Jerusalem. Heretofore, the Unit ed States and Britain have re fused to recognize this action. 2. Chancellor K o n r a d Ade nauer was stiU beset by. West German parliamentary opposi tion to the concessions he made to France over the Saar terri tory in order to get French ap proval of the agreements to re arm his Bonn Republic. It was indicated that Adenauer would be able to forge through ratifi cation of the treaties, but only after a big fight.- 3. The situation in Indochina was complicated when the new Communist government of north ern Viet Nam, in violation of agreements, tried to keep Catho lics from fleeing to southern Viet Nam. France sent warships to rescue refugees who managed to escape in small boats along the Red river delta. The Reds protested angrily. BALDOCK REELECTED Seattle U.R) George T. Mc Coy, California state . highway engineer, was yesterday 'elected president of the American Asso-. ciation of State mgnway umc- ials for next Sear. Oregon high way Engineer R. H. Baldock was reelected to- the Executive -committee... I ., .'.' : Four years after the American flag was . raised. ; at Monterey, Calif ornia was admitted' into the Union, thereupon becoming the 31st state: SLICED BACON Babson ...Monte Carlo By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., (Special to Mail Tribune) Last week the Babson Organization celebrated its 50th anni- versary. Fa mous speakers and about 2,000 cli e n t s, friends; and guests- were present. Read ers have seen references to these addresses onr W. Babssa m the press, but I have saved my remarks exclusively for this column of my 418 newspaper clients. Here is the story: When I last visited Monte Carlo, Monaco, to look on as a spectator, I was required to give my business card before entering. The only card I had referred to me as a statistician. As a result, I did not get into the gambling casino. I tried a second and third time, but with no better results. I then went to the general offices of the com pany to find out the reason why I was not admitted. This is what I found: The French ' government 'had learned that the German Chiefs of Staff, just before the German armies collapsed in 1945, had made marked studies in what is known as psychological strategy. It is said that this is what en abled the Germans to nearly break through at the time of the famous "Battle of the Bulge," which was stopped by Mont gomery and Patton. The super- super mathematicians of Ger many had figured out in advance that it would be possible to break through at that time, in view of what the American gen erals were thinking and count ing upon. What -the French, Russians Are Doing . . The French are. now making great progress in such studies. It was because of these known studies that the "Bank" at Monte Carlo was becoming frightened of statisticians and mathemati cians. I now learn that the U. Navy and Air Force have taken up these studies, with the help of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. In fact, from this Institute, President Eisen hower has just taken the super super - mathematician John von Neumann and appointed him to the Atomic Energy Commission. While these 'super-super math ematicians have been studying how to ascertain in advance what the Chiefs of Staff of enemy armies are thinking and plan ning to do, a group of younger statisticians led by J. C. C. Mc Kinsey has have been studying games from poker to chess. Mc Kinsey has even written, a book on the subject entitled "Intro duction to the Theory of Games." Next to the possibilities of urani um, -this ability to figure out in -advance what your enemy is going to do is the hottest sub ject in Washington today. Forecasting Business And the Stock Market - The past 50 years I have given to the study of charts, tables, earnings, and other tangible rec ords of past events. From now on my able associates, who now know more about such things than I do, will carry on this orthodox work. I will devote the next 50 years to the study of the fundamentals. .' While the super-super mathe V, : :."'.'.- v It Wouldn't Bt A Real OldFaihloned Without.. mm mM m There's one fragrant above oil ethers that she's hoping for.. .Tweed, of course. Be sure to Include it amongst her very-special presents. WainscottV Pharmacy Main and Riverside maticians are learning how to tell what enemy admirals, gen erals, and strategic boards are thinking and going to do, I want to learn what consumers, in vestors, and labor leaders are x thinking and what they are go ing to do. This will enable me and my successors to forecast correctly what business, com modity prices, and the stock mar ket will do. It will also enable the forecasting of style changes, political events, and even crime waves. '' - -' National Business - ": Cycle To Flatten Most present forecasting will be scrapped. The stock market' will then fluctuate only a little' more than the bond market does today. Individual corporations. separate industries, and even some localities will continue to suffer from the law of cycles. These will have big ,"ups and downs" but, with this' advanced knowledge, the national business cycle will be flattened out. : Remember: Newton's Law of Equal and Opposite Reaction does not state when the reactions will come or -how big they will be. His law simply says that to the extent that we go above normal mechanically, chemical. ly, socially, politically, and eco nomically we must rest a cor responding amount in area. This will continue to be true. Merger of Oregon Lumber Firms Told Portland U.R) Merger, of Oregon's two oldest operating lumber firms was reported yes terday in Chicago. Charles M. Hines, president of the Edward Hines . Lumber company, announced that his firm this year would purchase the capital stock of the Oregon Lumber company. Financial consideration was not re vealed. The Hines firm will acquire four Oregon lumber installa tions, a hardboard plant and douglas fir sawmill at Dee in Hood Rriver county; a ponde rosa pine sawmill at Bates and a fabricating plant at Baker. ' Ford Boosts Most Automobile Prices Detroit (U.PJ Ford Motor company hiked the prices of most of its models today in an nouncing prices for its 1955 automobiles. . ' , The price of two of Ford's sta tion wagon models was cut . slightly. . But the - low-priced Mainline and Customline passenT ger cars were hiked' from $30.66 to $36.97. Biggest price jump was on the eight passenger coun try sedan station wagon which was boosted $64.32. - Remington Portable TYPEWRITERS $1.00 a Week Executype type stylet - new are available at no extra cost! -Tri-Cou nfy Office Machines ; - ; Authorised Remington Rend Aicy. 20 S. Fir Phone 3-3175 Across from Ford Garafo en S. Fir ' the world feemw porrewel feeeoa,550 MUrtTeVetWetw 2 : et.lvoe'59 mkmglmtu ' Medford, Ore.