IS-rtDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
C of C Reviews Some
promotional Schemes
variety of different promo
tional and selling schemes have
started operation in Jackson
county, it was reported today.
Some of them are of an out-and-out
"racket" variety but dif
ficult to check and curb. Others
are quasi-legal, while still others
are entirely within the law but
have aspects which makes the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce caution residents
about them.
In some promotional opera
tion: the promoters, working
for entirely legitimate purposes
tfflte a high percentage of the
gross rSteipts.
Don McNeil, manager of the
chamberpsaid the American buil
ding induftry has launched a
promotion campaign "Opera
tional Home Improvement"
which will be conducted through
"the year. He said the reputable
industry is undertaking the
promotional campaign for peo
ple remodeling operations which
may be necessary for homes.
NBBB Recommendations
But McNeil also said the Na
tional Better .Business bureau
j has furnished a set of recom
mendations for persons who plan
home improvements. He said he
would discuss the recommenda
tions with any interested county
resident.
He urged participation in "Op
erational Home Improvement"
but suggested that residents con
fine their dealings to reputable
firms.
McNeil noted that a recent
National Better Business bureau
bulletin warned against some
promoters of "display houses,"
roofers, bait advertising of storm
windows and doors, furnace re
pairmen, and problems arising
from using certain types of mas
tic paint.
The bulletin noted that some
promoters of "display houses"
approach home owners and ex
plain that in the company plans
to start remodeling operations
in ,the community.
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The bulletin noted that some
promoters of "display houses"
approach home owners and ex
plain that their company plans
to start remodeling operations
in the neighborhood to show
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prospects before actual remodel
ing activities start. An offer for
new roofing or siding for "less
than cost" is presented along
with a commission for each job
resulting from showing the "dis
play house" to customers.
M. Neil said the promoter ac
tua; f has no intention of using
the house for display purposes,
and the actual cost to the home
owner is exorbitant for an in
ferior job.
He mentioned that "itinerant"
roofers park trucks near a home,
tell home owners they have
completed a job nearby and
have material remaining. They
offer to repair the roof at a
small price to dispose of 'mater
ial, he said. McNeil added that
many times such projects often
damage roofs for excessive pric
es. Residents should avoid "bait
advertising" for storm windows
and doors, McNeil said. Adver
tisements, he said, claim prices
ranging from $7.95 upward to
more than $10, but when a com
pany representative approaches
prospective customer, he points
out that such windows or doors
are inferior, and offers a
"switch" to one which costs up
to 545.
Furnace 'Repairmen'
McNeil said the furnace re
pair field-many offers arise at
tempting to sell new furnaces
where they are not needed. The
"repairman" makes an "inspec
tion" in the owner's home, and
"discovers" it cannot be repair
ed. McNeil said usually the fur
nace is dismanteled and "re
pairmen" are not willing to re
assemble it because it is "worn
out."
The chamber also warned
about "mastic paints" which are
advertised to have a high de
gree of permanences and depen
dability, but which many times
have been known to chip, crack,
discolor, peel or blister soon aft
er application.
McNeil pointed out, however,
that such itinerant promoters
in almost all cases are from out
side the area in which they op
erate. McNeil said the Chamber of
fice on South Riverside ave., will
be cooperative in discussing
recommendations by the Nation
al Better Business bureau con
cerning firms and home repairs.
Magazine Salesmen
Magazine salesmen operating
in the Medf ord area are believ
ed to be misrepresenting them
selves as being related to Med
ford citizens, it was reported
today. One such case is that of
a young lady who represents
herself as either a daughter or
a niece of Postmaster Moore
Hamilton. ' ;
"To the best of my knowledge
I have no niece here who is
selling magazines," Hamilton
said, "and my daughter, is ' now
in Eugene. I am certain that if
any of my relatives were selling
magazines and' using my name
as reference, that they would
have so informed me." '
McNeil said instances of itin
erant promotion schemes have
increased since the Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital fund raising
campaign started. He said in
stances have been reported of
solicitations by persons who are
believed to be members of mag
azine sales crews posing as col
lectors for worthy causes.
Telephone solicitations, Mc
Neil said, have increased in re
cent months. He pointed out
that the chamber never ap
proves telephone solicitations
"regardless of the worthiness of
the cause."
McNeil said many telephone
solicitations are made by pro
fessional fund raisers who re
ceive a percentage split with the
sponsoring agent, which in many
cases might be church or veter
ans groups or other organizations.
Klamath Falls W.R) District
Attorney Richard Beesley has
announced his intention to seek
nomination to that post ' in the
May primary.
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Friday, January 27, 1958
Curiosity Keeps
Repair Man Busy
Wayland, N. Y. (U.R) At
the age of 15, C. Edmund Dens
more first took an active inter
est in what makes a clock tick.
It started him off on a career
that's kept him busy for more
than three-score years.
Densmore, whose father oper
ated a clock repair shop in near
by Springwater for some 50
years, is one of the compara
tively few clock-fixers left
around the country who are able
to turn out and replace parts in
old-fashioned timepieces as well
as the up-to-date kind.
The elderly craftsman says
that nearly every week an an
tique clock of a kind no longer
manufactured reaches his shop
for repair. Then he usually has
to go to work improvising. "
,The clock of which he is fond
est is an old wooden timepiece
owned by a Corning, N.Y., resi
dent. It gets his best care. The
clock dates back to 1798 and has
a wooden mechanism, instead of
brass. The weights are made of
scrap metal, lead being a some
what scarce commodity in the
colonies in those days, and the
face bears a picture of the Am
erican eagle and 14 stars.
Densmore contends that a
wooden clock will give nearly as
satisfactory service as the mo
dern kind, provided it receives
good care. While he loves the
antique makes, he admits, with
reluctance, "that the modern
ones are' the more reliable
time-keepers.
Students Suspended
At Oregon State
Corvallis (U.R) Oregon State
College today suspended two
sophomore students from Cor
vallis for attempting to pilfer
final examinations for last term.
Dean of Men Dan W. Poling de
clined to identify the two men.
The two were students in the
business and technology school
and were among a group of stu
dents found by campus police, in
the Agriculture building early
on the morning of Dec. 13.
Police said the pair was picked
up when a desk set belonging
to a professor in the building was
found in possession of one of the
youths. The set had been miss
ing since Dec. 13. School authori
ties said they believed no exami
nations had been taken in the
raid".
ROYAL PORTRAIT Taken
by Cecil Beaton, British Royal
family photographer, especially
in connection with the forthcom
ing Royal tour of Nigeria, this
portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
shows her in the blue drawing
room of Buckingham. Palace in
London. With the white and gold
tulle dress, the Queen wears the
Order of the Garter and minia
tures of other decorations.
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ASSAULT IN COURTROOM
Tokyo (U.R) Two men on
trial for robbery were rearrest
ed in court on an assault charge
wjien they took exception to'the
prosecutor's remarks by wreck
ing the court room and throw
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Political Science
Said Withering Away
Chicago (U.R) Political sci
ence mav be witherine away
while the other social sciences
flourish, a University of Chicago
sociologist believes. .
Prof. David Riesman said
political science is on the decline
because the study pf the state in
isolation is no longer a fertile
field of research.
A new tvDe of sDecalist is
tending to replace Dure nolitical
scientists, Riesman told an in
ternational audience of fellow
social scientists here recently.
inese specialists are students
of political behavior rather than
of institutions, he said, and they
take their methods from psy
chology and sociology.
Political science as such
seems already to be in need of
price supports or fair trade
laws," Riesman said, "and if the
boom in , the social -sciences
should ever burst, it mieht be
come a depressed area."
SAC Will Convert
To B52 Jet Bombers
Washington iU.P.) The Air
Force has announced, that the
Strategic Air Command will be
gin switching this April from
B36- Superbombers to 650-mile
an hour B52 jet bombers.
The famed B36s have served
for eight years as SAC's Sunday
punch.
Both planes can carry the hy
drogen bomb.
Center of a raging Navy-Air
Force controversy in 1948 and
1949, the 435 mile an hour B36s
will be retired over a period of
several years as growing' num
bers of the .all-jet. B-52 Strato
fprts are produced.
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Lawsuit Asks $12,000
Portland (U.R) Owner of
some Portland west hills prop
erty that slid onto the place next
door during recent heavy rains
has been sued for $12,000 by his
neighbor.
Stella A. Fording, owner of
a tract, charged that D. D. Mad
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Washington (U.R) Rep.
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nounced today he will be a cand
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attorney is serving his sixth
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