FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Writer Finds
Dictionary Talks in Strange Tongue
By H. D. QUIGG
United Press Correspondent
New York (U.R) There's a
shiny new giant of an un
abridged dictionary in our office.
Im scared of it. It has peculiar
ways.
How can you look up things
when the dictionary keeps talk
ing to you in a strange tongue?
Its greeting to me as a reader
was downright surly. I opened
it, rather gingerly, into the Gs.
"Grr," said the dictionary,
growling from the top of the
It defined "Grr" as "an excla
mation expressing dislike."
All right. Go ahead and Grr
all you want to. I'll look farther
down the page.
"Grum," said the dictionary.
It added that this was an adjec
APPLEGATE-JACKSONVILLE
Nurserymen's Plaque Given
By HELGA MITCHELL
Applegate-Jacksonville Mar
cel Le Piniec of the Applegate
received a letter this week from
the Nurserymen's Association of
New Jersey, stating that he has
been awarded a bronze plaque
for his services as the first presi
dent of the association.
Le Piniec was asked to come
to Atlantic City this month to
receive his plaque, but due to
business reasons he cannot at
tend. Gene Boerner, who is a
' hybridizer for Jackson and Per
kins, the largest rose growers in
the United States, will go to At
lantic City and accept the award
for Le Piniec.
The recent March of Dimes
Playnight between the Ruch and
Applegate schools was a huge
3 success, according to Boyd Gib
son, principal of the Ruch
school. A large crowd attended,
and the Ruch gymnasium was
filled to capacity. Ruch Grade
school boys won; Applegate
Grade school girls won; Ruch
women won, and Applegate men
Won. But, as Boyd Gibson stated,
"The real winner was the March
of Dimes." A total of $248.30
was raised.
A March of Dimes benefit
dance was held at the Williams
Creek Grange hall, and $62.25
was collected. Mrs. L o r a n
Cooper requested acknowledge
ment be made to the Williams
o Creek Grange for donating their
hall. -
For the past month, the Hun
ter and Best sawmill at Ruch has
been working on improvements
of the log pond facilities. One
old house has been removed
from the new pond site and
equipment is in the process of
digging out the new pond.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Beck of
Forest Creek road have left for
a ' winter vacation to Mexico.
They are driving to "Phoenix,
Ariz., and from there "will take
an 18-day bus tour to Acapulco,
Mexico. They anticipate being
gone for. a month.
Neighbors of "Top o' the Hill'-'
welcome as new "Hill Toppers"
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Walker
and family, who lost their home
in Jacksonville during theTrecent
flood. The Walkers are now re
siding at the Sikes home.
Recently, Mrs. Clarence Krie
ger, former resident of "Top o'
the Hill paid a visit to Mrs. So
phia Demmer who now resides
O on 823 Sherman st. in Medford.
Mrs. Kreiger remarked that al
though Mrs. Demmer had recent
ly celebrated her 94th birthday,
she had baked a cake and served
coffee for this occasion. To many
of the older residents of the
Jacksonville area, Mrs. Demmer
will be remembered as residing
on Top of the Hill west of Jack
sonville, which is still common
ly called "the old Demmer
place."
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hunter
and family, of Ruch, are plan
ning a trip to Portland next
week to attend the Missionary
Emphasis week at the Multno
mah School of the Bible.
Glenn Hunter and his son, B
J. Hunter, recently returned
from a trip to Topeka, Kan.,
where they stayed for a few
days, due to the death of a rela
tive. Mrs. Mario Bortolazzo, who
resides on Highway 238, had her
sister's children for week end
guests while their mother and
father, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Learning, went to Portland. The
object of their trip was to at
tend a bowling contest, in which
Learning was to participate.
Twelve Southern Oregon col
lege students took a trip to Cra
ter Lake last Sunday. Floyd
Pawlowski,. Highway 238, Vickie
Tweedy of Jacksonville, and Jim
Tizekker and Georgia Brown of
Medford were among the group.
The day was spent tobogganing.
throwing snowballs and a picnic.
There was a recent reunion
between C. O. Bench of'Sterling
Creek, and his brother. Herman
Bench of Dover, Ark. The broth
ers hadn't seen each other for
seven years.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Dewey of
Sterling Creek, together with
Mrs. Edith Schrammeck of Jack
sonville took a trip to Los An
geles for the holidays and stayed
for five weeks. Mrs. Dewey
visited her sister, Mrs. Lee Huhn,
and Mrs. Schrammeck visited a
friend in Glendale with whom
she had grown up in London,
England. Mrs. Schrammeck, a
He's Not a Smuy; Latest
tive meaning "morose, sour,
surly, glum (prob. a blend of
grim and glum)."
Okay, okay. Only I don't be-
lieve there's any such word.. I
never heard of it, and I'm a
pretty smuy guy myself. Smuy
that's a prob. A blend of smart
and guy. If you can do this blend
stuff, so can I.
Let's flip a stack of pages and
see what comes next.
"Shamateur," said the diction
ary. What. Are you crazy?
Come Again?
"Shamateur, N. (sham plus
amateur) one sham plus one
amateur, explained the , diction
ary, deadpan, without even class
ifying this hideous prob. blend
of a word as slang or anything
Now, come on. Look. . . die-
I native of England, said she
hadn't seen her friend in two
years.
The Little Applegate Sewing
club will meet at Mrs..Rolland
Smith's home on Yale Creek Jan.
26 at 2 p .m., according to Mrs.
E. Cox.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Black on
the Applegate road had their son
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Black, for week end visitors.
They came from Klamath Falls,
where Leonard Black is attend
ing O.T.I. . . ,
Mrs. Marvin Joslin of San
Fernando valley, Calif., daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Couch,
has been staying at the Couch
residence since Christmas. The
Joslins recently purchased a five
acre tract on Highway 238 and
hope to make their home in this
vicinity.
For the last couple of days,
some light snow has fallen on
"Top o' the Hill" and the coun
tryside looks like a winter won
derland. It is interesting to
observe how tame birdlife be
comes in their search for food.
They will draw close to one
feeding them.
Reward Offered in Theft
Of Gold in Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland (U.R)
Insurance companies today post
ed a reward of 100,000 Swiss
francs ($23,360) for information
leading to the recovery of $280,
000 in gold ingots stolen here
last week.
The thieves made off with a
truck ; ca rry ing - the gold - while
the driver was drinking coffee
in a cafe. The truck was found
empty near the French fron
tier. Neuberger
Health Maj
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), i
is telling constituents that a sec
ond term bid by President Eisen
hower would make the Presi
dent's health a . campaign issue
overshadowing all others.
Neuberger wrote that millions
of Americans might assume the
President was stricken seriously
again if a mere virus infection
forced - cancellation of campaign
engagements or speeches.
"That might decide the elec
tion then and there," Neuberger
said. "There even exists the
danjjer that panicky politicians
. . . might try to have him prop
ped up unwisely with drugs and
other such aids so that he could
fulfill speaking and TV commit
ments to the permanent detri
ment of his well being, just to
get by election day."
Neuberger discussed Mr. Eis
enhower's health as a possible
campaign issue in his current
weekly news letter to explain
why, he believes the President
will not seek reelection.
"Much as I disagree, with the
President on major issues," he
said, "I have. faith in his com
mon sense on so personal a mat
ter as his own health. I doubt
if he would want a presidential
campaign to take place in which
his physical well being would
dominate the other great ques
tions facing our' country and
the world." '
The Oregon senator thus said
publicly what many Democrats
have said privately, that be
cause of his heart attack last
fall, .Mr. Eisenhower's health
will be a significant issue if he
runs again. Democrats . know
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tionary let's level with each
other. Both of you and I know
theres' no such word as shama
teur. -Honest,- now, did you ever
hear anybody say it. And if you
did, did anybody know what they
meant?
'Shake-hands," said the dic
tionary. Was this an offer of
amity? It was - not. "Shake
hands" turned out to be (in the
dictionary's opinion, not mine)
a noun meaning a handshake.
Whoever heard of a shake
hands? '
Dictionary. . . old fellow. . '.
let's forget the whole thing and
go have a drink. . .
"Martini cocktail," said the
dictionary. "A mixed drink con
taining gin, orange bitters, and
vermouth."-
"I'll take a rain check on that.
On second thought, please tear
up rain-check and throw it in,
and leave out the orange bitters.
Okay?
"O.K." said the dictionary.
"Colloq. exc. in endorsing docu
ments." Say, what is this, anyway? I
ask you okay, and you accuse
me of colloq. practices. If okay
isn't O.K. language, then what
is okeh in this world? Colloq.
indeed! Get with it, boy. Let's
flip some pages before I flip per
sonally. Common Word
"Pitipatation," , said the dis
tionary. Well, folks, you won't
believe this one. Pitipatation, in
the strange never-never world
of unabridgement, is a noun
meaning the state of going pita
pat, which is a quick succession
of pats or beats "as, her heart
went pitapat."
Okay, - dictionary, let's ex
change shake-hands and come
out fighting, and may the better
shamateur .emerge triumphant
amid a pitipatation of . spectator
hearts. I .don't want to seem
grum about this,' but anybody
who puts orange bitters in mar
tinis. ....
"Pooh," said the dictionary.
What's that?- .
. . .'pooh-pooh, N. An utterance
pooh. . . . Pooh, to say pooh to;
to pooh-pooh . . . pooh-pooh,
inter j. A reduplication' of pooh
... . poh-pooh, N. An utterance
of pooh-pooh; also,' one who
pooh-poohs . . pooh-pooh theory."
Pooh-pooh 'theory? What's
that? ; '
"See bowwow theory," said
the dictionary.
I did. You know what.it said
under bowwow- theory? It said
"See dingdong theory."
That's all, brother. No more
definitions, please. Me, I've got
a ga-ga theory, about you-know-who.
Ta ta. . ;
Sees Ike's
or Issue
making an issue of Mr. Eisen
hower's health makes the issue
and makes it unnecessary for
them to do anything about it.
The President himself . has
helped this publicity along by
his frank news conferences, dis
cussions of his health and the
part it will play in the decision
he makes.
Writer Doubts Ike
To Seek Reelection
Athens, Ga. (U.R) Merri
man Smith, United Press White
House reporter and dean of the
presidential press corps in Wash
ington, said today that he and
most of; the other' reporters who
have been covering President
Eisenhower since his heart at
tack "have a feeling that he
will not seek reelection."
"Until we see or hear some
thing from the President much
more affirmative than any of
the evidence ; now at hand,"
Smith said, "Mr. Eisenhower
seems to me to be preparing his
party and the country for a "no"
verdict.
The veteran U.P. reporter,
author of .'Meet Mr. "Eisen
hower" .and other books deal
ing with ; presidents and the
presidency, spoke at a session of
the Georgia Radio and Televi
sion Institute . here. -
NO 'HOME ON THE RANGE'
. Ft. Polk, La. (U.R) '"Home
on the Range" doesn't apply to
the rifle, range at Ft. Polk, the
Army said today. It warned
farmers to; remove' their cattle
from the range by Feb. 10.
Gold Regulation
Hearing Scheduled
Portland . (U.R) A Grant
county widow's suit to upset the
gold regulations of the United
States will be heard in the Ninth
Circuit court of appeals in San
Francisco Feb." 9, attorneys said
today.
Mrs. Gladys Layclock of Prai
rie City owns a gold mine in
herited frqm her father. She
complained in an appeal that
she cannot afford to dig some
S40,000,000-worth of gold still
in the mine because of laws and
regulations making the govern
ment the sole purchaser of newly-mined
gold at a price of $35
an ounce.
Norman Easley and Stewart
Whipple, her attorneys, said oral
arguments would be heard on an
appeal from dismissal of her suit
by Federal District Court here.
'Bucket of Bucks
Dances Scheduled
Three "Bucket of Bucks"
dances have been scheduled for
the night of Jan. 31 with pro
ceeds to go to the March of
Dimes, it has been announced.
The. dances, sponsored by St.
Mary's Parents Club, Medford
Central Labor Council and Jack
sonville Lions club, will start at
9 p.m.
Phil Anderson's orchestra will
play for a modern dance at Jack
sonville tjommunity club, .belle
Van Dyke's orchestra will pro
vide the music for a modern
dance at the Jackson hotel Pio
neer Room and the Melody
Wranglers will olav for a
ern dance at the Rogue Valley
ballroom. Admission to any of
the dances will be a contribu
tion to the March of Dimes and
everything has been donated for
the events, sponsors said.
The "Bucket of Bucks", idea
was originated several years ago
by Russ Jamison to raise March
of Dimes . funds and he is coop
erating with the committees in
sponsoring this year's dances.
Portland Gas Hinted
Within Next 180 Days
Portland (U.R) If the pres
ent rate of building is maintain
ed,' natural gas can be piped to
Portland within 180 days.
That was Tevealed yesterday
by James F. Bell, executive vice
president of Portland Gas and
Coke ' Company. He said 975
miles of the 1500-mile route
from New Mexico already was
laid in pipe.
At last estimates, Turkey had
116 daily newspapers.
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Background on IBM,
American Telephone
By UNITED PRESS
Background on IBM Anti-trust
Both International Business
Machines Corp. and American
Telephone and Telegraph Co.
agreed to decrees this week end
ing anti-trust litigation brought
against them by the Justice De
partment.
IBM does a gross volume of
business approximately $500,
000,000 and A.T.&T. is in the
$5,000,000,000 bracket.
Under the decrees, both com
panies agreed to release impor
tant patents held by them some
on a royalty free basis and
others for a "reasonable" roy
alty. Coyeted Ey Cast
Businessmen, p a r t i c u larly
competitors of these firms, cast
a coveted eye toward the free
patents.
.- In the case of A.T.&T., the
government indicated the patent
provision settlement might lead
to further expansion in elec
tronics. The IBM settlement calls for
the giant firm to break up its
vast .business of renting out
instead of selling its tabulat
ing and other office machines.
The suit against A.T.&T. was
pending for seven years and that
against IBM for four years. An
other major anti-trust case still
is pending against Radio Corpor
ation of America, involving its
patents.
Thomas J. Watson, president
of IBM, said his company's con
sent to the judgment settling the
anti-trust suit was not an admis
sion of guilt. '
No Major Effect Seen
Both IBM and A.T.&T. said
the decrees will not ' have any
major effect upon the companies'
success.
The government estimated
IBM owned 90 per cent of all
tabulating machines in use in
this country and that it had ob
tained a strangle-hold on the sale
of tabulating cards.
. Another suit a civil anti-trust
action brought against IBM by
one of its chief competitors,
Sperry-Rand Corp. still is
pending in district court here,
This suit seeks treble damages
NUMBER ONE THIEF
Tokyo (U.R) - Yoshio Yu-
sawa, 41, serving a six-year pri
son term for 397. robberies, to
day asked a judge to reinvesti
gate his case. Yusawa said act
ually, he committed only 37
crimes but confessed to the ex
panded number when police
asked him: "Why. not become
Japan's number one thief?"
of $90,000,000 on the grounds
IBM "has interfered" with
Sperry-Rand's operations.
Stanley Barnes, head of the
Justice Department's Anti-Trust
Division, said on Tuesday the
A.T.&T. decree was "the largest
and one of the most important"
patent settlements in the depart
ment's history.
The A.T.&T. patents which
will become generally available
include its basic patents on the
transistor and its patents in the
color television field.
Eden Studies Ike's
Letter From Bulganin
Aboard Queen Elizabeth
(U.R) Prime Minister Anthony
Eden conferred today with his
aides and U.S. Ambassador Win
throp Aldrich on the still sec
ret contents of 'the Bulganin
letter to President Eisenhower.
Contents' of the letter from the
Soviet Premier were wirelessed
in code to the Prime Minister
who arrives Monday in Wash
ington for talks with Mr. Eisen
hower and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles.
Today's meeting with Aldrich
was the second. They conferred
at dinner last night after both
had received coded messages
from London and Washington.
Eden was following a proce
dure set years ago by his prede
cessor, Sir Winston Churchill.
He stayed in bed until after
lunch studying piles of official
documents loaded aboard the
ship in 24 red dispatch cases be
fore sailing.
Ashlander Submits
Low KF Armory Bid
Klamath Falls (U.R) An
apparent low bid of $198,700 for
construction of a military type
National Guard armory here
was submitted yesterday by W.
Wiley of Ashland, architects an
nounced. Award of a contract is sub
ject to approval by the federal
government which will pay 60
per cent of the cost. The state
pays 40 per cent.
Construction is scheduled to
start next spring. Bids were
opened in Salem. Architects are
Morrison and Howard, Klamath
Falls. There were four higher
bidders.
Tibet has about twice the total
area of Texas. - - -J
Speaker Gives Clue
To Defeat of Morse
Portland (U.R) An industry
president told a . luncheon of
lumbermen yesterday: "If you
are going to be content to sit
around the Arlington club you
are not going to beat Wayne
Morse." ,
Ernest G. ' Swigert, president
of the Hyster company and na
tional vice president of the Na
tional association : of Manufac
turers, made the remark in a
talk at a luncheon of the Lumb
ermen's Industrial - Relations
committee.
Swigert, referring to the Re
publicans' campaign to defeat
Sen. Wayne L. Morse, (D-Ore),
said "he can be defeated, but
only if everybody gets out and
works.
Swigert warned that little by
little freedoms are being taken
from Americans today and it
would take a lot of courage to
win them back. '
Ashland Firms Buys
Timber in Siskiyou
Yreka, Calif. (U.R)' The
Lithia Lumber cbmpany of Ash
land, Ore., yesterday - bought
3,000,000 board feet of timber
damaged by last fairs fires in
Klamath national forest.
The Oregon firm was the
sole bidder at the U. S. Forest
Service auction. Its bid. was
$26,230, the appraised value of
the timber. The stand is in the
Humbug area of Siskiyou coun
ty. . Indiana's coal reserves total
about 17.600,000,000 tons.
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Portland Building
Damaged by FJames
Portland (U.R) ' Fire last"
night caused an estimated $25,
000 damage to a two-story buil
ding adjoining Fleck's orchid
farm here. Owner Harold Fleck,
said some $110,000 worth of or-?
chids in an adjoining green-
house also suffered possible
smoke damage.
The fire was believed to Tiave
started in the basem'ent of the
frame building. The fire broke
out about 6 p.m. Floral equip
ment, an office and a three-room
unoccupied apartment were
damaged.
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