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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
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Faces Legislature
Worts w YiEfl!
Invest Where Sayings Accounts
Gain All Three
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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.
But the Kremlin can hardly be
surprised if the West takes . it
with a grain of salt. . ;7
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