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A NUhol's Worth of ...
Comment On This and That
y HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United ree "eerere Writer
Hitman Nichols
Washington 'U.Rj I can
(Pardly wait tcvsit down in the
(fciazzy press room at the new
building put
!' y N J ud bv the Na
tional Associa
tion of Home
Builders.
It has every
thing a news
man could ask
for but hot and
cold running
bartenders.
The housing
people are
moving into
fiVipi S2.500.000 hom thia very
(f y,ndtb gawking public will
S a Jffafc at the finished prod-tttrly-in
October at the offi
?ninf. The worker who
9f putting on the last touches
f Jin and wax for the floor
tisil fh home buildera would
liotia.ff 0 few years. The lathers
(39 h paintera and tha elec
lci rwver had it to food.
Jli! Conditioning
Ai conditioning had to be
Jut ahead of the touches that
ifcjiish off a building. As Billy
J?Mell, 1" electrician who
wa Sigginj some cables for
(fbmeiights, put ft:
'6u don't have it ao good in
f$is ind of weather nowhere
ph9re i hav ever worked."
3 a)the press room
Xo'fdy, me! There 'are half a
aJozen"desto, with new chairs. A
Seleyhone at each spot. An ice
Dg. stove for cooking. A place
la hang the coats. And better
Oll, during the day-daylight. No
;Seei, to put on the soft lights
jMtthiad.
Ijghetfc IS a little sound - proof
(loom off stage with the news
Ackers of the world's great news
Sgenci. A Man can sit there, if
he is of a mind, and do tois chore
ithout stirring much.
Colors are nice, too. Every
fing done up in a symphony of
ijitfc yellow and black. Nothing
'to' hurt the eye. Of course, pave
ment pounders won't find much
Lewis-Clark Caravan
Bound f or Astoria
Pomeroy, Wash. (U.R)
TTi Lewis and Qark motorcade
hich started in North Dakota
uly rgftor Astoria, will arrive
here tomorrow.
About 100 members of the
'group, which has been follow
ing the route Merriwether Lewis
and William Clark took in their
1805 expedition, will be guests
of the Pomeroy Kiwanis club.
They will breakfast at the city
nark near the leeation where
Nez Perce Chief Big Horn met
Lewis and Clark.
excuse to sit and slumD on this
sixth floor retreat of the newest
building in the capital. But the
lads who sweat for the housing
trade papers, many with no of
fice bf their own, "will find at a
haven. You also can save a lot
of dimes if you have a free
phone at your shirt-sleeve.
Furniture Costly o
Furniture for the new building
set the builders back a neat $80,-
000.
Robert F. Loftus. the builders
public relations chief who used
to be a newsDaoerman himself,
would have us know that some
10,000,000 people look at some
thin? resembline housing each
week. Knowing Bob, who can
disDute it? And who among us
can count by ones up to 10,000,-
000.
Bob, bless his bones, has a
nir little hovel of his own.
When the delivery man came,
just before we completed the m
snection. he was worried be
tween a burnt orange or some
thing speckled in black tor a
rocking chair. Bob is from the
old school. He rocks while he
types. He claims rocking leads
to good, solid thinking.
Grandma, Donkey
En Route To Glacier
Spokane U.P.) Grandma
Walker and her Donkey "Uran
ium," who hiked from Pasco to.
Spokane this year, left Spokane
today for a trip to Glacier Na
tional Park.
Grandma Walker, who is real
ly Mrs. Tom Court, will take
Uranium in a trailer as far as
Kalispell while she and her dog
"buck" ride in a truck with her
husband.
From Kalispell Grandma, the
donkey and the dog will begin
walking. Uranium will pull a
small covered wagon and artist's
materials with which Grandma
will paint landscapes.
Grandma was told by forest
officials she can not walk along
the park highway but they have
scheduled a route for- her along
park horse trails. Or she may
follow U. S. highway 2 which
borders the southern tip of the
park.
CLERICAL GOLF
Minneapolis (U.R) Mayor
Eric Hoyer, who recently vetoed
a proposal that the park board
let clergymen play golf free on
week days, suggested instead
"passing" the plate" at Minnea
polis churches for "golfing
money." He also suggested giv
ing clergymen reduced rates one
or two days each weeK.
Dead line Sundae Classified is t
noon Saturday: 10 a m Monday toi
Mondav: other days 5:30 previous day
Changes in Potato
Regulations Delayed
Ontario f'J.P.) Members of
the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Potato
Market Control committee voted
in Ontario yesterday to post
pone any changes in marketing
regulations for potatoes at this
time. ;
There had. been talk of with
drawing number two potatoes
from the market in an attempt
to- better seriously depressed
prices. However, some 100 grow
ers from Idaho and Eastern Ore
gon recommended no changes be
made.
The action rules out a possible
cooperative effort with the
state of Washington to withdraw
certain grades to up prices.
Washington has already with
drawn number two spuds from
the market.
Growers said they have not
yet given up hope for this year's
crop although prices are so low
they wouldn't cover the cost oi!
digging.
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LOGGER DROWNS
Reedsport IU.R) John Frank
Mihulke, 34-year-old logger from
North Bend, drowned yesterday
in Tahkenitch lake between
Florence and Reedsport. Police
were still investigating today.
SUCCEEDS MRS. HOBBY Pointing to his seat at cabinet
table, Pres. Eisenhower congratulates Marion B. Folsom
.who was sworn in as secretary of health, education and
welfare at ceremony in White House cabinet room. Folsom
succeeds Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby who resigned.
THEY FLIPPED
Providence, R.I. (U.R)
Trailer trucks apparently have
an affinity for Providence Pub
lic Library. Two fJipped over
ii. front of the library in one
month.
Tuesday, August 2, ,1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUI FIVE
DOUBLE CELEBRATION
Marcellus, . Mich. (U.R)
Charles Decker, a retired bar
ber, had a big day recently
when he observed both his 75th
wedding anniversary and 100th
birthday on the same day.
Bit of Home
Going To Fliers
Tokyo (U.R) The Au-
Fcrce is flying a little bit of
home to Hong Kong for the 11
American airmen on their way
to freedom.
The Air Force announced it
is sending two transport planes
to Hong Kong with three doc
tors, steak, ice cream, soap and
shaving gear. ' .
In Hong Kong, the United
States consulate said the men
due to arrive Thursday will
start home to their families
within three hours after they
cross to freedom.
An Air ' Force liaison officer
will meet the fliers at; the bor
der and take them to the plush
Hong Kong Jockey club for
baths, driftks and clean clothes.
If everything follows sched
ule, the men should cross
through the bamboo curtain be
tween 8:30 and 9 a.m. (PST)
Thursday.
The families of the 11 men
probably will meet their loved
ones in Honolulu. President
Eisenhower promised that the
men and their families would be
Harriman Predicts
Stevenson Election
Dublin. Ireland (U.R) Gov
ernor Averrell Harriman of
New York predicts that Adlai
Stevenson will be elected presi
dent of the United States next
year, even if he has to oppose
President Eisenhower.
Harriman said he himself
would not seek the 1956 Demo
cratic nomination.
HarrimarO told a news con
ference in CDublin that he is
satisfied the Democratic party
will win next year's presidential
election and that Stevenson
will become chief executive
'"regardless of who runs under
the Republican banner."
!j Harriman is on a months-long
European' tour.
SALMON EGGS
Sacramento, Calif. (U.R)
The state's fish and game de
partment expects to take and
average of 47,000.000 salmon
eggs annually at the Mimbus
Hatchery, now under construc
tion on the American river near
here.
RETIRES Norman L. Hawk,
1709 East Jackson st., retired yes
terday under the Harry and Da
vid's Employee Retirement pro
gram after 25 years of contin
uous service as superintendent
of the firm's plant maintenance.
He will continue to work for the
firm until Jan. 1, 1956, in an ad
visory capacity. HawKD 65. came
to the Rogue valley in 1905 from
Pennsylvania. He will be suc
ceeded by Al Foreman.
reunited "as soon as humanly
possible." 7
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