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I FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MfDFORIvQITRIBimi "Everybody id Southern Oregon RMdi The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by ' MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 17-29 North Fir St Phone 3-I4I ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY, Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN J City Editor BARRY CHIP KAN. Telegraph Editct RICHARD JEWETT. 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 ox taaicn o. ioai - SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per copy l&c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 - Daily and Sunday Three mo 3 JO Daily and Sua day One month 1 .23 Sunday Only One year 3J50 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 lis Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance ' Cfaeial Paper of the City or MeaforJ Official Paper of Jackson County ""United Press Full Leased Wire ' TurrvrRTTR OF AUDIT BUREAP OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLTOAY COMPANY. DJC Offices to New York, Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland. St Louis. At'nnU. Vancouver. B.C. 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 Dec. 1, 1944 (It Was Friday) Dr. William W. P. Holt resigns as Jackson county physician after having served in that posi tion for eight years. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column:,- A maga zine scribe writes "Unrest al ways prevails among the na tives in Puerto Rico." Local citizens who have tasted their rum and smoked their ,- cigars don't blame the natives. 20 YEARS AGO Dec. 1. 1934 ' (It Was Saturday) Medford High school football players scheduled to graduate in June, 1935, include Joe Pierce, Bob Hinman, Leo Ghelardi, Bob Fowler, Burdette Kindred, Ben nett Lewis, Russ Brown, Don Steuart, Walt Young, Bob Ot tomen. Earl Harrison, Ole Sever 8on, Bob Smith, and Keith Estes. " Committee - headed by Ethel wyn B. Hoffman announces plans for big Christmas opening par ade in Medford. 30 YEARS AGO Dee. 1, 1924 (It Was Monday) Two Medford area women cue their husbands, charging the man used profane language and "associated with bad people." , From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Portland is suffering from a recurrence of the world fair notion. Some think the metropolis ought to concentrate the civic energy on the procuring of a bari team that can win at least one game a week. 40 YEARS AGO Dec. 1. 1914 ' (It Was Tuesday) . Prof. F. C. Reimer of South ern Oregon Experiment station, Talent, scheduled to speak in Medford at state meeting of Ore gon Horticulture society. . . From the Local and Personal column: Considerable of a crowd gathered in the alley back of the It theater last night to hear an argument between the entire force of the Don Carlos Dog show and the managers of the theater. The - argument waxed o warm that Officer Crawford was called, which did not lessen the pitch of the voices. Charges ' and counter charges were hurled back and forth. The debate seemed to be over the replacing of a curtain. No arrests were made. The manager of the thea ' ter maintained that Don Carlos struck him twice in the face without provocation. What's the Ansver? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1954. Editorial Research Eeport 1. Sen. McCarthy's first anti Eed speech getting nation-wide attention was made before or after Alger Hiss was convicted? 2. Holiest city for Moham medans is Jerusalem, Mecca, Cairo, Damascus, or Bagdad? 3. The root of all evil, accord ing to the Bible, is envy, un cleanliness, idolatry, drink, lust, or love of money? 4. Brittany is a part of Eng land, WalesNorthern Ireland, Southern Ireland, Scotland, ' or France? 5. About half, many more than half, or many less than half of all prospective buyers say they want automatic transmission in a new car? 6. The Arabian Nights were written by Omar Khayyam, the prophet Mahomet, his wife Fati jna, various unknown authors, or a sultan of Turkey? 7. Which one of these is not an apple: Grimes Golden, Delici- MAIL TRIBUNE G. C. C Building Needed Announcement of plnns for a new Girls Commu nity club building on the present North Bartlett street site is a matter of interest for all who are at all ac quainted with the services which the organization has rendered here for over twenty years. TTHE main portion of the club's building was con- structed as a private residence over seventy years ago and was located on Apple street. It was later moved to the Bartlett street site and in the early 1920's was sold to the Young Women's Christian asso ciation. The latter organization passed out of the picture eventually and in 1931 the Girls Community club took over the quarters. From time to time addi tions were made in an effort to keep up 'with the need for accommodations for the many young girls coming to Medford from the surrounding towns and rural communities in search of employment or to attend schools. In addition to serving as a home for teen-age girls trying to find a place in the business world, the trirls Community clubhouse has for many years provided a meeting place for small groups, and or ganizations. Some 45 such the quarters m recent years with more than 1,000 persons a . month passing through the doors. Most of these organizations have only limited funds with which to defray rent costs and would be hard pressed to find quarters were it not for the very small charge assessed. ' TTHE old building has long been frowned upon by 1 those charged with enforcing state and city reg ulations against fire hazards and on November 1 the club was forced to close the dormitory portion. The Girls Community club directors have always felt that, the major objective of the organization should be in the direction of making a home for young girls more or less on their own and needing not only inexpensive shelter but a place where they could have some of the protection and interest such as might be found in their own home. It is in following out this long held pnncipal aim that .the club' leaders have now determined to con struct a new building, one which will include ac commodations for working-girls. It is also planned to have meeting rooms for such small groups as may wish to utilize them. In addition there is a possibility that kitchen and dining room facilities may be in cluded so that groups wishing to do so may both meet and dine there and social gatherings may also be better accommodated. "THE matter of financing, leaders, but thev have hones that some of the com munity's people, mindful of the great need of a place where srirls mav live inexnensivelv and in nrnner ai x jr sr mosphere, will help by endowing memorial rooms in the dormitorv section insomewhat the same man ner as such gifts are made Oregon Oil Hunt Expands Another nortion of Oregon's surface fa t.n be punctured in the hope of striking oil. The latest re port concerning exploration plans comes from the central part of the state where the Standard Oil Co. oi uaiiioniia nas leased around ZU0,UUU acres in Deschutes and Crook counties with the announced intention of drilling next jyjUCH of the area to be sreolosists . because nf that millions of years ago, tne age oi iisnes, to tne Mesozoic, the age of reptiles, seas washed the headlands there. What are now rim rocks in the Crook-Grant county highlands were once old beaches and atop eroded hills of the region coral reefs have been found. Though the presence of ancient marine forma tions has long been considered an indication that oil might be found somewhere far below; the scientists have been somewhat skeptical in the case of central Oregon. They have reasoned that the hot lava which flooded the region in Tertiary times must have come up through and burned out whatever oil-bearing formations may have once existed. Several wildcat wells have been drilled in central Oregon in years past by small companies. Some of these concerns, operating prior to the days of state tuuuui, vveie mum uueiesieu in siuck. selling man in actual drilling, it has been surmised. None of them drilled many holes or went very deep. MOW that Standard intends to have a look see at A what may be hidden down below it may be ex pected that the oil, if any exists, will be found for the big company has the means to do a thorough job of exploring. -In the meantime locally financed drilling has been going on at Melrose in the Roseburg region where it is reported, favorable indications have been encountered at various levels as the bit went down. E.C.F. Oregon Physicians, Doctors Wajt Draft Portland U.R) Between 10 and 12 physicians and eight to 10 dentists from Oregon are ex pected to be caught in the "doc tor draft" from .April through ous, Jonathan, Seckel, Northern Spy? - The Answers: 1. After. 2. Mec ca. 3. Love of money. 4. France. 5. Well over half. 6. Various un known authors. 7. Seckel , (it's a pear). Wednesday, December I, 1954 bodies have been using the construction project to colleges and hospitals. summer. V tested has long interested forrnat.inriR whiph timvo from the Paleozoic time, June next year, according . to Dr. Ernest L. Boylen. Dr. Boylen, chairman of the Oregon state ' advisory commit tee to the selective service sys tem said his estimate was based on population percentage. Some 1300 physicians and 900 dentists throughout the nation are sched uled for military service, accord ing to a recent selective service announcement. Is That So? Here's another boiled - down potful of Facts vs. Fancy. Fawns, whales, stallions and lone wolves make up the dish. FANCY: A stallion taken from a herd of wild horses is poten tially a super-horse in strength, speed, stamina and structure. FACT: Movies and literature notwithstanding, lack of selec tion in breeding has made most of these wild horses which stUl run in herds in our west, an in ferior, undersized animal of pretty poor quality. However, because they have withstood . the rigors of severe winters, draughts and food short- !n the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Shipping off the British Isles is taking a terrible beating, as this it written, from a storm with hurricans - force winds. Ashore, southern and central England are threatened by the Worst floods in 30 years. FOG and smog in Southern Cal ifornia. People coughing and wiping their eyes and probably uttering some bad words. In Los Angeles, a man got lost in the fog while taking his wife to the maternity hospital and while stiU lost in the fog their baby was born in the car! AS THESE words are written the sun s shining bright and warm and. the weather bureau promises sunny weather for Southern Oregon. (Hold your applause, please. Nothing is riskier at this time of year than bragging about the good weather one is enjoying at the moment.) BOUNCING from the weather to politics, Democratic Sena tor Mike Monroney of Oklahoma pulls in his belt, takes a deep breath and says he expects the new Democratic congress to re peal the Eisenhower administra tion flexible farm support bill, restore rigid high-level farm price supports AND SET UP A FOOD STAMP PLAN TO DIS TRIBUTE SURPLUS FARM CROPS AMONG THE UNEM PLOYED AND NEEDY. IET'S leave it there. J- If the people of our country want a farm economy like that, I suppose that's what we'll have. But I'm not going to believe that's what we want until I see it happen. TN GENEVA, a Swiss jury con- victs Whitey DahL an Ameri can flier and soldier of fortune, of stealing $33,000 in gold bars from a Swiss plane he was pilot ing from Paris to Geneva. He was accused of carrying the gold off the plane when he went off shift at the end of his run. ' The prosecution charged during the trial that he used a part of it to finance a fling at Monte Carlo. (He is alleged to have lost heavily in his gambling binge.) Witnesses testified they saw him carrying a bundle when he left the plane. He says the bundle wasn't gold it was two bottles of cognac. rpHE SWISS jurymen declined r.- to accept his cognac story. At any rate, they convicted him and sentenced him to . two years in the Swiss equivalent of the clink. Also (suspecting, per haps, that he still has some of the stuff hid out) they ordered him to pay the costs of the trial. These Swiss taxpayers are frugal. FJAHL CLAIMS he is innocent and has been done dirt. ("No thief e'er felt the halter draw with good opinion of the law.") rTHAT brings uo Alger Hiss. recently released from the federal penitentiary at Lewis burg, Perm. He was met bv his wife son. two lawvers anH AT.TVTOST 100 NEWSMEN AND PHOTOG RAPHERS. He told the new men there was no truth to the charges on which he was con victed. He added: "I shall renew mv ffnrt . . , Vi vv dispel the deception that has been foisted on the American people." . v Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 ajn. Monday for uiuiiuaj. umer umym o .ou previous day. DR. THOMAS C. ANDERSON ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICE . FOR THE PRACTICE OF, OPTOMETRY AT '.".. v ' 209 MEDICAL CENTER BUILDING - PHONE 3-5522 HOURS 9:00 TO 5:00 EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT Practice Devoted to Complete Visual Services -Including Examination of Eyes, Fitting . of Glasses, and Visual Training By Eugene Burns Ranger-Naturjiist ages, they are well-adapted to a rugged existence, their main quality really. Occasionally one may run across a fairly good specimen but very often they are so poor that they are slaughtered for dog meat in order to preserve the pasture for more valuable ani mals. Incidentally, these wild horses are descendants of the mustangs which, in turn, descended from the Spanish horses imported by Cortez to subdue the Aztecs and subsequently the Incas. Natives seeing the armored mounted calvary for the first time thought the riders were part of the ani mals, centaurs, and were over come with fright more than might. FANCY: Fawns give off no scent hence are protected from predaceous cougars, wolves, coyotes, and even hunting dogs. FACT: When young, the strong musky scent glands of the adult are not developed, hence the fawn cannot produce this par ticular scent, but a newborn fawn does have an unusual sweetish odor which I have de tected. Mother's Scent Rubbed Off . Beyond this, in suckling its young or while sleeping along side it, some of the mother's strong body scent must inevi tably be rubbed off on the fawn. Too, there is the matter of body wastes. To prove the point, dogs can be trained to hunt down hidden fawns. Rangers on some federal lands have done this, capturing the fawns so that they could raise them by hand for experi mental feeding purposes. Lying quietly and without movement, too, protects the fawn in doing so, it gives off less scent than when moving around. Also, many predators do not recognize a silhouette or form. Movement catches their eye and discloses their prey. Fancy: When a whale rises to the ocean's surface to breathe, it spouts water from its nostrils or blowholes, to clear its lung. Fact: Nothing of the kind. Sea water in the lungs would be as fatal to a whale as to any other mammal, including man. What happens is this: a whale on rising to the surface merely expels the exhausted air from its lungs with an explosive puff. (Where a human has a 10 per cent turn-over of air, the whale has a 90 per cent turnover). As this vast amount of expelled air is much warmer than the outside air the moisture that it contains immediately condenses into mist which is shot upward in a small spout-like cloud, varying in size and direction according to the kind of whale. t Spout Appears Larger Should water be washing over the nostrils at the moment of discharge, it is also blown into mist and added to the condensa tion making the spout appear larger. Fancy: The expression, lone wolf,' is sometimes applied to humans in slang to' convey the idea that a certain predatory male supposedly is trying to prey upon unattended females. Fact: Again, the wolf is slan dered. Lone wolves are usually old, worn-out, tired beasts who are no longer able to keep up with the -younger and more ac tive wolves. Along with it, their teeth are so far gone that they can no longer, fight and subdue their prey effectively. Far from attempting to court stray she-wolves, these ancients are almost ready for death and their end is a pitiful one. They must content themselves with eating game that has been left behind or find food caches. Death usually comes from star vation. (Copyright, 1954, by Eugene Burns) (Released by McClure News paper 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 wildlife a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week," new questions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your questions to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sauslito, Calif. OREGON INCOME Salem, Ore. -U.R) Oregon farmers marketed crops worth $403,396,000 cash value in 1953, revised figures show, state di rector of agriculture E. L. Peter son reports. This is the third highest income in Oregon farm history, exceded only by $419, 502,000 in 1952 and $437,896,000 in 1951. ' SUGGESTED BIBLE READING The American Bible So ciety, the Medford Ministerial Association and the Medford Council of Church Women are cooperating in sponsoring daily Bible reading in the pe riod between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The suggested scripture reading for today is: : Psalms 51. Editorial Comment KNOWLAND'S COURSE HARMFUL Senator Knowland of Califor nia is rapidly becoming the No. 1 problem child of the Republi can party. His demand for an American naval blockade . of Communist China, a proposal re jected when we were . fighting Red China in Korea, may be one of the stronger steps under con sideration by the Eisenhower ad ministration. But Knowland's demand, coming at this time and without consultation with Presi dent Eisenhower or Secretary of State Dulles, is untimely and in appropriate. As we have pointed out be fore, Senator Knowland's words are interpreted in this country and abroad not as those, merely, of a senator but as those of the majority leader of the senate. He is traditionally the spokes man for the administration. But he has been disagreeing with the administration frequently of late. In a smilar situation, Alben Barkley of Kentucky of fered his resignation as major ity leader when he disagreed flatly with President Roosevelt. Senator Knowland's preoccu pation with the Chinese Nation alist regime, his "guiding policy of helping Chang Kai-shek re gain control of China, and parti cularly his independent assump tion of foreign policy making are disruptive and harmful. If he plans to continue this course, he should not be minority leader when the senate is reorganized in January. Oregonian. Communications Letters -to the .Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use-of a pen name or Initial for publication is permis lible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Miners Need Help To the Editor: I would like to know why they don't try to help the little miner develop his min erals like they do the Al Serena, and the nickel mountain near Riddle. They gave the Hanna Nickel Co., $28,000,000 to build a smelter for ore . that doesn't run 10 cents a ton. The Al .Se rena claims thousands of acres that do not run 25 cents a ton. Why doesn't the government put a smelter here in Medford or. close by, where the little miner could develop his prop erty and help this community out a whole lot? . I have ore that will run $100 to $200 a ton. There are a lot of other little miners in the same shape I am. Let's all of us little miners get together and write to our senators and congressmen and see if we cannot start the ball' rolling for a smelter here. Samples of my ore and those of a lot of the other little miners are on display at Carl and Ollie's barber shop at 31 S. Front st. in Medford. Let's hear from some of you other little miners now. Leon E. Miller 33 So. Front st . - Medford, Ore. Inrestments made ty the 10th 'of the month earn divi dends es of the First. OPEN A Soviet Leaders Going Out of Way To Give Friendly Impressions By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst -.v Soviet Russiaja '. leaders are pouring on the charm these days in their personal contacts with representa tives of West ern countries. They are go ing out of their way . to- be friendly not only to foreign diplomatic en--voys 'but to represe nta tives of the Western press. Charles Mclann ; . The reason is a minor diplomatic mystery. Of course, it fits la with the Communist campaign for "peace ful co-existence.". It also could reflect the anxiety of the Krem lin over the prospect that rati fication of the treaties for rearm ing Western Germany is in sight at last. At the reception given in Mos cow on Nov. 7, anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, Pre mier Georgi M. Malenkov talk ed for nearly 40 minutes with Umted States Ambassador Char les E. Bohlen It was the first time Bohlen had met Malenkov since his ar rival in Moscow in April, 1953 Urges Quiet Settlements Malenkov urged that the big powers use secret diplomacy to settle international incidents which might become big issues if they were made the vehicle for mutual public denunciations. Bohlen's report to the' State Department on this conversation $31,371,000 State Building Program Salem U.R) The 1955 Ore gon Legislature, will be asked to approve : a $31,371,000 state building at its next session. The program, involving new college and institution . struc tures, was announced yesterday by the state budget department. Projects included are the 14 mil lion dollar mental hospital to be located in the, Portlwid area, and ; the .intermediate penal In stitution, costing 4,800,000, to be located three miles south- of St. Paul. . . Largest Share ;-' :;. : Largest share of the funds,' some $25,706,300, would go to ward a six-year institution build ing program. Construction plan ned by the state boad of high er education, would cost $7,665,000. . i :. : ; Budget' officials predicted only appropriations required for institution construction during the next biennium would be au thorized, by the Legislature. However, the entire educational appropriation would probably be sought. . ; . - - A recent financial report of the state tax commission and state finance department : indi cated a general fund deficit of 22 million dollars. for the next two years, not including funds for new buildings. Washington One-fourth of the U. S. traffic accident victims are pedestrians. Lt aflir fx-' -rSr Faces Legislature Worts w YiEfl! Invest Where Sayings Accounts Gain All Three 1 SAFETY . lo to $10,0 SAVINGS ACCOUNT NOW I silo at Vmuimuuriia sff)lfna Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford Jl 97 KlAh Hnllv Telechone was regarded as so Important that he was called home for con sultation. At the same reception, Malen kov and Nikita S. Khrushchev, first secretary, of the 'Russian Communist party, warmly prais ed President Eisenhower In talk ing to visiting Rep. Victor Wick- ersam of Oklahoma. Malenkov send good . wishes to the Presi dent and the American people. - The late Andrei Y. Vlsblnsky, Soviet chief delegate to the United Nations, also gave a Nov. 7 reception in New York. Bruce Munn, chief of the United Press bureau at U.N. headquarters, at tended. He was somewhat sur prised when Vishinsky said, after he introduced himself: "The United Press! You are welcome!" John Heffernan, chief of the U.N. bureau of Reuters, then In troduced himself. Ah, yes," Vishinsky said, "You are both welcome, indeed. Eat and drink and have a good time. I am indeed glad you are here." Aggression Denounced Clifton Daniel,- chief of the Moscow bureau of the New York Times, reported his experience at a reception at the Yugoslav Em bassy in Moscow last Sunday night. . - Soviet Deputy Premier Maxim Z. Saburov made a point of ap proaching Daniel and chatting cordially with him. When Daniel said the American people had no aggressive intentions toward anyone, Saburov replied :"That is true, Saburov added: "We will not touch you if you don't touch us. But be sure .that if you touch us it will be dan gerous." That could hardly be called effusive in friendliness, but the tone of Daniel's dispatch seem ed to make it plain that Saburov meant to be friendly. It all adds up to a new look of some kind in the Kremlin. 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