A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Prett FoMr Wriw
Washington (U.P.) Skeptics
during the maiden days of Amer
ican railroading preferred to
stick by Old
Dobbin. As one
wag put i
"horses don't
blow up."
The first rail
road charter in
the country
was granted in
1815 by the
state legisla
t u r e of New
Jersey, but the
human fticnois charter expir
ed before any rails were laid or
anv wheels rolled. It was a be
ginning, anyhow.
Fascinating Volume
The "story of early railroading
is told, mostly through old-time
prints in a fascinating volume
called "Steel Trails and Iron
Horses." comDiled by Lamont
Buchanan.
Actually, as early as 1807 Silas
"Whitney operated a tramway on
"Rparon Hill in Boston. Steam
engines, according to Buchanan,
were tried out in Wales as early
as 1804.
In America, railroading, which
began in the East, moved with
' the pioneers as they went West.
The rails, to be sure, couldn't
keep up with the horses and
oxen, but they made a try at it.
First Mail
Along about 1830, the South
Carolina Canal and Railroad
rnmnanr was toting mail, but
the doubting Thomases let it out
in advance that "there probably
wouldn't be a sackful left intact
after the first trip along the
You Don't, Need a
Sign If You Live
On a Desert Island
-2S
: but if you're competing
In business today
You Need Signs!
For Fast Service
Signs of All Kinds
Phone 2-7448
Johnnie's Signs
'214 EAST 4TH .
rails." Turned out the mails
were delivered in original cov
ers, a little late, but they made
it.
This same company, a year
later, came out with a locomo
tive and train called the "West
Point." There were hazards of
travel, of course, and a car with
bales of cotton strapped on was
known as the "Barrier Car." The
cotton was supposed to protect
passengers, sitting in open cars
to the rear of steam or boiling
water, "in case anything hap
pened. To keep up the morale of the
paying customers there was a
band, which played the tunes of
the day. The passengers enjoyed
the music and the passing scen
ery. They had time to count the
bugs on the leaves since they
were traveling only 10 miles an
hour.
Scouting Leaders '
Conduct Overnight
Training Session
Seventy five men from Crater
Lake area council, Boy Scouts of
America, took part in an over
night training course Saturday
and Sunday west of Kerby, in
Josephine county. The atten
dance was the largest in the
six-year history of the event.
John Patton, council training
chairman, was in charge of the
sessions. Sherrell Doty, Big Pines
district training chairman, con
ducted Explorer leader meet
ing; Gene Pulley, Cave Junction,
was senior patrol leader for Boy
Scout groups, and Fred Kitter
man and William Roy Clary,
both of Grants- Pass, were in
charge of arrangements.
Adult Level Work
Instruction was on an adult
level, but was aimed at showing
leaders how to instruct boys.
Those attending cooked their
own meals, and worked with
axemanship, rope work, and na
ture study. Sunday services were
conducted for the group.
At the Saturday night camp
fire, Pulley discussed the history
df the area, including the town
of Napoleon of gold rush days,
which was the site of the train
ing course.
This weekend, Big Pines dis
trict, will conduct its camp-o-ree
at Old Military bridge, on Butte
creek. . ...... . .
The United States has about
3,300,000 miles of roads.
About 2,000,000 miles of U.S.
roads are surfaced.
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Music Valued as Medical Weapon
But Scientists Unsure of Control
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Edilor
New York (U.R; The scien
tists devoted to making and
keeping people well agree that
music does powerful things to
minds and, perhaps, even to
bodies. What they haven't fig
ured out as yet is what those
powerful things are and how
they work.
Music is a medical weapon,
all right, just like an aspirin
tablet or a tonic. But the trou
ble with this weapon is that no
scientist is sure of when to apply
it to a given patient or sure that
he can control the weapon once
he starts using it.
Music As Medicine
Many medical scientists are
trying to figure out what music
does and how to use it to help
the ill, especially the mentally
ill. Dr. Jules H. Masserman, of
the North-western University
Medical School, came to this
alarming conclusion:
"Playing a song of childhood
to the nostalgic or a love . re
frain to the lovesick can deepen
melancholy and precipitate sui
cide or perhaps, in extreme
cases, justifiable homicide."
On the other hand, a classical
experiment with music was that
of the Army Medical Services.
To an audience of soldier-pa
tients" ill with mental '.'depres
sion, the doctors played such
music as "Home On The Range,"
"I Dream Of Jeanie With The
Light Brown Hair," DeBussy's
Claire de Lune," and Schu
bert's "Ave Maria."
Some Wept
Many of the soldiers wept.
After the music ended, many
of them were relaxed, and
opened up for the benefit of
psychiatrists trying to get at the
roots of their mental troubles.
But there never was any final
Statement of Condition
APRIL 11, 1955
THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
of Portland
RESOURCES
Cash on Hand and Due from Banks $1 58,348,622.1 S
United States Government Bonds 287,302,756.37
Municipal and Other Bonds 72,944,505.56
Loans and Discounts Net . 277,849,699.77
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank 1,080,000.00
Bank Premises (Including Branches) ' 1 8,518,992.90
Customers' Liability on Acceptances . . .' 31 2,91 6.24
Interest Earned 2,501,680.39
Other Resources . 966,698.49
$809,825,871.87
LIABILITIES
Capital $ 18,000,000.00
Surplus 18,000,000.00
Undivided Profits 18,211,125.79
54,21 1,1 25.79
Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc 4,396,403.82
Acceptances . . . 3 1 2,9 1 6.24
Dividends Declared 585,000.00
DPsi,s 746,670,830.97
Interest Collected Not Earned 3,627,165.86
Other Liabilities 22,429.19
$809,825,871 JJ
This Statement Indudes 59 Branches h Oregon
Head Office: Portland, Oregon
MEDFORD
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DIRECT BRANCH OF
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MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
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Second Trial Opens
In Newport Assault
Newport (U.R) The second
trial of Richard Thompson, con
victed of the attempted murder
of his heavily-insured business
partner in February, 1953, was
to begin here today.
Thompson was sentenced to 20
years for knocking his partner,
James Meuler, unconscious and
rolling his car over a cliff. Meu
ler lived to testify against
Thompson.
The Oregon supreme court re
versed' the decision Dec. 15 be
cause the trial court had been in
error in admitting as evidence a
record" showing Thompson's ori
ginal plea of guilty.
Future Business
Leaders in Conference
Cbfvallis (U.R) The, future
Business Leaders hi America
concluded their two day meet
here Saturday by electing Do
lores Barell of Eugene's Wil
lamette high as new president
of the high school organization.
Darlene Syverson of Willamet
te was elected vice - president;
Rosalie Zweifel, Tillamook, sec
retary; Joann Lunas, Creswell,
treasurer; and Patty Smith,
Grants Pass, treasurer.
Three-fourths of Brazil's 57,
098,000 people crowd within a
100-mile-wide coastal strip.
conclusion on whether the men
had been helped permanently.
On the other hand, there is
definite evidence that people "go
under" in response to anesthetic
drugs more readily when soft,
relaxing music is audible to
their ears. Music has been used
in the clinics of the University
of Chicago for seven years, and
the doctors are impressed that
the doses, of anesthetics are
much lighter than they used to
be.
But another scientist had the
Funeral March from Chopin's
B flat minor piano sonata
played to 19 persons and then
asked each one what it meant jto
him. He got 19 different answers.
Two Youths Picked Up
In Stolen Automobiles
Two teenaged boys were ar
rested here yesterday while each
was in the possession of a dif
ferent stolen Cadillac car, ac
cording to state police.
One, a 15-year-old Medford
boy, was picked up by officers
while in possession of a car
jowned by Gordon R. Green,
Plaza apartments. The youth is
scheduled to appear in juvenile
court.
Medford state police officers
chased a 16-year-old Seattle
youth from Jacksonville to Pro-
volt, where he was stopped by a
road block set up by Grants Pass
state officers. He was in posses
sion of a car stolen from N. G.
Palmer, Valley Center Trailer
court. The car was taken from in
front of 1146 West McAndrews
rd., police said. The youth was
jailed.
About 75 per cent of Ten
nessee's land is in farms and
about 60 per cent of the people
engage in agriculture.
Monday, April 18, 1955
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A BUILDINGS THAT
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Casablanca, Morocco, claims
the world's biggest municipal
swimming pool, 1,575 feet long
and 246 feet wide. Moorish girls
often arrive at the pool in robes
and veils, disappear into dress
ing rooms, and emerge in brief
bathing suits.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
COMPLETE LAWNMOWER & SMALL,
ENGINE SERVICE. Work guaran
teed. SISKIYOU HARDWARE.. Medford
ALEXANDER HARDWARE.
Central Point
Evenings. Ph. 2-7026
WELL ROOTED GIANT GEM EVER
BEARING STRAWBERRY PLANTS.
2c each. Pleasant Creek Berry Farm
(near Wimer) Rt. 1, Box 169. Rogue
River. Oregon.
CLEAN HM. in nice home. Coffee priv
ileges. Employed person. Ph 3-4740.
RED FRYERS. $1 each. Kenneth Muse.
4 mi. N. of Central Point on Old
Hwy 99 & Kirtland Rr. NO 4-2784.
EUGENE home owner. references,
wants to rent 3-bdrm house, unfurn.
1 ,2 baths, double garage preferred.
Prefer East side. Ph. 2-7459.
FOR SALE TWIN BEDS. Complete.
Almostvnew. Ph 2-4863 even.
PAPERHANGING and painting. $1.50
per roll or SZ.50 per nr. Ph 2-6097.
NOTICE Tree surgery of all kinds. Ph
z-0376 or 2-5327. witnrow.
FOR SALE Business corner on one
acre, including bldgs, on the Crater
Lake Hwy at the 4 corners. Jesse L
Richardson. owner.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON, FOR JACK
SON COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF MARTHA A. MILLER. DE-
CEASED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned. Elsie M. Grove, exe
cutrix of the above estate, has filed
herein her final report and account,
and that Monday, May 23. 1955. at
9:30 o'clock A.M. at the courthouse
in the city of Medford. Jackson Coun
ty. Oregon, has been fixed by the
above named court as the time and
place for hearing objections to said
final report and account nnd for the
examination and allowance thereof. .
Dated: April 15. 1955.
Elsie M. Grove, Executrix
Walter D. Nunley
Attorney for Executrix '
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
W. BENTON SMITH and FRANCES
ELLEN SMITH have filed with the
board of directors of MEDFORD IR
RIGATION DISTRICT their petition
to have excluded from the boundaries
of said district the following de
scribed tract' of land, to-wit:
Commencing at the northwest
corner of West Side Heights Sub
division, said point of beginning
being north 512.29 feet, and west
915.80 feet from the northwest
corner of Donation Land Claim
No. 84, township 37 south, range
2 west of Willamette Meridian,
Jackson County, Oregon; running
thence north 171.77 feet to the
true point of beginning: thence
continue north 160.23 feet; thence
south 89 56' east 384.83 feet to
the northwest corner of West Side
Heights Addition No. 1; thence
south on the west line of said
addition 171.77 feet; thence north
89 56' west 384.83 feet to the
true point of beginning, contain
ing 1.52 acres.
All persons interested ' in or who
may be affected by such change of
the boundaries of said district are
hereby required to appear at the
office of said board of directors. No.
205 Holly Bldg.. in the city of Med
ford, Jackson County, Oregon, on the
3rd day of May, 1955, at the hour of
1:15 o'clock P.M., and show cause, if
any you have, why said change in the
boundaries of said district should not
be made.
MEDFORD IRRIGATION DISTRICT
BY J. A. Hoffbuhr.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
BEAUTIFUL dark yellow. 2-yr.-old
singer cage stand, $18.00. 12 West
ern Ave.. 2-5417.
ILLNESS forces sale of small business.
Write Tribune Box 5236
FOR SALE OR TRADE for calves or
pigs Model A Ford truck and a
garden tractor. Kenneth Muse. 4
mi. N. of Central Point on old Hwy
99 & Kirtalnd Rd.. Ph. NO 4-2784.
WARD'S vacuum cleaner, like new
$55. Call 30-98249 after 4 p.m.
30x40 FRAME building and lot. Us
blocks off Pine St.. in Central Point.
Suitable for shop, warehouse, or re
modeling into residence. Priced to
sell. Ph. NO 4-1323. Central Point.
FOR "SALE Bed, spring, mattress,
kitchen table, vacuum cleaner, wash
ing machine, tub, medicine chest,
ironing board. 314 Jeanette. Phone
3-3960.
MY PROPERTY at 1060 Shafer Lane
is off the market. Mrs. Jack Hartley.
WESTINGHOUSE tank-type vacuum
cleaner 1951 model, good as new,
phone 3-1539.
SURGE milking unit, complete. Ph.
2-7722.
HAY. grass and alfalfa $1 bale. Ken
neth Muse, 4 mi. N. of Central Point
on old Hwy 99 & Kirtland Rd. Ph
NO-4-2784.
ELECTRIC STEEL FENCE POSTS 50c
each. Complete with insulator.
SAMSON FEED & FEED CO.
DAVENOS $39.50 Md up
Completely re-built and newly
re-covered.
SHAMROCK FURNITURE
602 S. Central Ph. 2-7200
MFRRY TILLERS POWER LAWN
MOWERS. PrTone 2-5295 for a free
demonstration at your home. Terms
to fit your budget.
SAMSON FEED & SEED CO.
5 H.P. Johnson outboard motor, $85.
Ph. Ashland 3577.
FURNITURE MOVING & STORAGE
Padded Van Service. Reasonable
rates. Phone 2-5295.
SAMSON MOVING & STORAGE
RING JOB COMPLETE $55 for Chev.
$65 most other cars. Brake reline
$18. Champ's Garage, 1114 N. Cen
tral. Ph. 2-4109.
LAWN FERTILIZER Golden Vigoro,
Morcrop, Sheep Guano. Etc. We
have spreaders for your use.
SAMSON FEED & SEED CO.
2-BEDROOM house,, spic and- span
clean, for rent. Ph. 2-5845 after
2 p.m.
ELECTRIC FENCE units, smooth wire.
Insulators.
GRANGE CO-OP
Central Point Ashland
MOTORCYCLE for sale. 1953 Excelsior
twin, light weight. 250-CC. Excel
lent. $275. Phone 3-3843. 524 Pearl.
Water Heaters
Only $420
. AH the
HOT WATER
You Want
Whenever Ton
Want It
No Down
Payment on
Approved Credit
A Month
"Medford"! Exclusive
Hotpeinl Daaltr"
City Appliance, Inc.
127 North Central Phone 3-S743
Across From Penney's
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
N O T I C E I Commercial spraying.
Withrow. Phone 2-5376.
SAVE AT NORTON'S
31 Sq. Used galvanized roofing
45 Sq. Used aluminum roofing
End of 5th St.. Phoenix. Ph. 3-2888
LAWN SEED 95c per lb. Samson's
Special Mix. We have rollers and
seeders for your use.
SAMSON FEED & SEED CO.
SAWDUST TO BURN
Also for Gardens
MEDFORD FUEL. Tel. 2-2111
BIG DOUBLE LOADS
Fir slabs green
MEDFORD FUEL. Tel. 2-2111
TRUCKS - FOR HIRE For furniture
moving, with experienced driver.
Reasonable rates.
SAMSON MOVING & STORAGE
BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS for
sale. 20c each. Mail Tribune Offica.
27 N. Fir.
MEDFORD FURNITURE
2ND HAND STORE
USED Furniture and Appliance
2502 W. Main Phone 2-8355
WE FIX -EM while you sleep
tiawiuns Mite oarage
616 S. Central Ph. 3-1534
PLANED BLOX
quick hot clean
MEDFORD FUEL. Tel. 2-2111
GARDEN INSECTICIDES, livestock
sprays. See us, we have it.
GRANGE CO-OP
Central Point .Ashland
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your financial journey is far more difficult
than an auto trip, many persons fail to re
alize that a map (or plan) is needed. An In
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reflect your "needs" and your "aims." The
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Your Investment Program can best be pre
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you may desire only the safe employment of
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