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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE JS1 IIP Growth of lhe Grades The first primitive, effort at .segregation of West Coast lum ber into specific groups of grades was made at the Simpson saw mill, Gardiner, Ore., in 1850 The grades were termed "floor ing," "selects" and "refuse." Tne latter grade term was applied to dunnage lumber for the cargo shiris in Pacific trade of that era - In the period of 1849-1852, the great gold-rush boom brought up a variety of uncontrolled con struction at San Francisco, ana many fires. Five of the fires be came major conflagrations. The last, in 1852, reduced 25 blocks of the new business district to ashes, and burned docks by the mile. Soon lumber was selling at $500 .per thousand board feet. Sailing, ships swarmed . norm from the Golden Gate for the Columbia river and P u g e t Sound." Not a few carried saw mill machinefy in their holds. Muley Sawing By the end of 1853 the popu lation alone the Lower Colum bia and Willamette rivers had increased three fold over the 1849 number. Portland was booming. There were 14 saw mills at work on the shores of Puget Sound, from Bellingham to Tumwater. Four were steam plants. One of these was the Yesler operation around which Seattle grew. Another was that of Pope and Talbot on Gamble Bay now in its 102nd year. Most of the lumber that was dumped from ' the clippers, schooners and barks for the re building of San Francisco in 1853-1855 was a conglomeration of random lengths and widths, shapes and grades, all cut from primitive muley or sash saws, mainly powered by water wheels. ' 'Tapering boards and scant lings, planks with waves that would put the thickness at three inches in the middle and a half Inch at each end, with many rip ples between bulges and tapers, left carpenters fit to be tied. The demand for lumber standards of manufacture that rose from the rebuilding of San Francisco was prolonged. Mississippi valley and Wis consin lumbermen wr,ote a set of grading rules in 1891, and three years later they were re vised and adopted by manufac turers in the white and Norway pines of the Lake States region. The first lumber grade rules publication of the Puget Sound region was an eight-page book let sponsored by the Seattle Lumber, Manufacturers - Ex change in 1902. The main region ( Your Perfect Servant; , - In t's easy JIH STEVENS of American lumber production was then the southern pine re gion but its trend was already- pointing toward the Douglas fir region of Oregon; Washington, northern California and British Columbia. New 'Rule -15' : Lumber is a national product that today streams into 31,000 U.S.A. retail lumber yards from 60,000 sawmills in the nation's comjnercial forest regions. There are about 100 commercial tree species in the United States. Each species has its individual properties and characteristics Through the years these quali ties have been tested in forest products laboratories and in long term use. Herbert Hoover, when Secretary of Commerce, carried through a campaign of product standards, which includ ed the standardization of lum ber sizes. -' Now the West Coast lumber industry, ; through its trade and technical organizations, has started a giant new forward movement in lumber merchan dising -rules and practices that are of - vital concern to consum ers nation-wide. For many years now the great er volume of West Coast lumber production was graded and s61d by number No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4. After March 15, with the publication of new "Rule 15," by the West Coast Lumber In spection bureau, these four grades -will be sold by name: - No. 1 becomes construction. No. 2 becomes standard. No. 3 becomes utility, No. 4 becomes economy. Lumber is to some degree everybody's business in the Pa cific Northwest. You are going to see mbre about' the new look of West Coast' lumber grades in this column. . Elizabeth Observes Fourth Year of Reign Engu," Nigeria (U.R) Queen Elizabeth II today observed the fourth anniversary of her acces sion, to the -. throne by touring this capital of Northern Nigeria with the Duke, of Edinburgh. - She was with the duke four- years ago -in Kenya colony in Africa when she received word. of the death of her father, King George VI, and that she no long er was a princess. She was standing in a tree house in, Kenya watching animal 'lifewhen the words were utter ed in Buckingham Palace "The' King is' dead, long live.. 4 the Queen." . y '';;. Between that day in Kenya myr part of the great Northwest, 'many young mothers to see howM got this reputation. ust visit any modern home with babies in it. Watch me washing, and drying diapers -and other such essentials - day or night, - in any kind of weather. I I others' really like the ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYERS J operate. With them, laundry, can be done ; . . . any time . No more packing into the busiest morning hours. Instead, most mothers have me . drying , TALK THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY 4 Western Company owned and operated by Western People Monday, February 6, 1958 They'll Do It Every AlEET KILOQU4T TURSlNE, GENilUS OF 4irrOM4TION"'HE CAH MAKE A JET r ENGINE SIT UP 4ND S4y ElMSTElM LOOK, KILO HERE'S A SET OF DFS4WINSS FOR AH TEN TO INVEMTIOM OF A NEW SUPER-4ERO-64LV4NIC REPULSIFr R-1 KNOW rr'S4TOUSHONE,Bl. HOW SOON COULD YOU TURN" OUT 4 WORKING MODEL?, km 1M. KING rEATCTES STNDICATE. lae.. Warm Front Brings Relief To Europe London (U.R) A "warm front' descending on Europe from the southern tip of Greenland brought relief today from a week-long cold wave that took at least 171 lives. Cause of death ranged from traffic ' accidents on icy. roads to suffocation from fauity heat ing devices. At least eight sea man are feared lost in a storm off Portugal. France had the heaviest- toll with 46 dead. There were 32 deaths in Italy, 29 in.Britain, 20 in Germany, - 11 in Denmark, eight each in Hollarfd and Portu gal, seven in Sweden,- five in Switzerland, three in Austria and two in Yugoslavia. .. f: " " The warming weather brought new perils. Pipes that froze and burst throughout Britain in the record cold began spewing forth water today as the ice melted. Officials reported 50,000 plumb ers ' "working - overtime. Water shortages developed in many areas. ..' -" :r '. Looking for quick, easy recipes for tasty dishes? The Medford Public Library has a number of excellent cook books with tested recipes for meats, soups, salads and desserts that can be pre pared in a short time. and this one in Nigeria the calm young sovereign has visited near ly all her people in their native countries throughout the world. ca it s necessary. . everything , clothes in the early afternoon. . . or late evening --while they .rest! ..JUST FLICK A SWITCH, . Jm. automatic. TO YOUR APPLIANCE DEALER ABOUT AN ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYER TOMORROW run Time BUT IMST4LLJNG A GADGET IN MIS OWM ' MORTGAGED KITCHEN -HIS FAMIU HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN HlM,WH4T50LUTELV7 WwLOQUATf ARB TmVTA MINUTE, 1 f VOUSUREYOU KNOW D4DHOLD TT.- J WH4T YOU'RE DOING? HOLD IT.' HOW'S THE DIRECTIONS SAY J THAT CR4NK GONNA SCREW4"SHOULD BE f- CLE4R THE REFRIG" IN AUBUMEhtT WITH "fT ER4TOR DOOR, J -- MMM TENSILE CR0M4GNETIC 84ND H?4MMSGE4R R4TIO ONE-ELECTRON ST4TUS SIXTEEN TONS ON THE ACKMARACAS- OKdy HAVE. TOMORROW WORLD SIGHTS BESERVEO. On The Side (Distributed by King Love's dearest joys they never know. Who free from quarrels live; 'Tis sure a Godlike part of love Each other to forgive. - .... Sheffield.. Thirty-four' per cent of the 18-year-old girls in -this-country are married. The - eagerness to be come brides on the- part of teen agers is certainly widespread. Nowadays,, if a. girl is 21 and not yet married, she, begins to think of herself as an old maid. Asking Queries from clients. Q. What were the measurements of the Brooklyn beauty, Bess Myerson, when she won the Miss Americi title about 10 ears ago? A. Bess, who was Miss America of : 1945, is not a Brooklyn girl. She was born, in the Bronx. Her measure ments at the time' of her triumph at Atlantic. City were 36:26-36. .-. i Ql How many years ago did Lynn Fontanne make her first Broadway r stage appear ance? A. About 45. She . made her Nw York bow in -19-10 in a play called "Mr. Preedy and the Countess." ' ." Asides-' . . Astrologers should avoid pre dictions as to the outcome of sporting events. The stargazers are definitely weak in that field. For example, 50 astrologers flat ly predicted Dempsey would knock out Tunney in their first fight in Philadelphia. . . . When a man dies on the island of Yap, his brother inherits his wife. How would .you like to. inherit your brother's wife? .7 r W to) ioruou. e By Jimmy Hatlo 1 By E. V. Durling Failure Syndicate, IncJ Please Note -Sixteen years ago in Lima, Peru, a five-year-old girl named Lina Medina gave birth to a son. When I first read of that happening . I didn't believe it. It still is difficult ' to believe. However, Lina Medina, now 21, is a. nurse in a maternity hos pital in Lima. This hospital is conducted by Doctor Lozada, who delivered hr.baby. That baby, now 16, is also in Lima, studying to be a. doctor. Almost Confidential .In her heyday as a stage beauty, Lillian Russell weighed 165. Lillian found much form compressing necessary. She. al ways had about 200 corsets on hand., . . '. Am asked if aspirin was ever patented. It was. How ever., the patent expired in 1917. Sidelights . ; '' ' It was none other than the famous restaurateur George Rector, who observed, -"A cap tain of waiters is a man who is not a maitre d'hotel but is too proud to be a waiter." . . ine largest, tunerai mat ever took place in New -"York City was that - of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.- The' funeral ' proces sion was four miles long. Over 35,000 people "passed Robinson's bier. ; Passing By. . ... - ;" ' Rosemary Clark! Beauty from Britain who is now one of New York's most sought after mod els. It has been , said '-.-British girls make the best models. Miss Clark's career seems to indicate that may be a fact. For posing, she is paid $25 an hour. Briefly -'.'-. Doe$ your wife claim to be a speedy dresser? How quickly can she make a complete change of costume, including shoes and hat? The world's record for such a change is two . minutes and 30 seconds, held by Barbara Goalen, British model. Get It Right Note it said that the title role in "Salome" was first played here by Mary Garden at the Metropolitan Opera House. That is wrong.. Mary Garden never appeared at the Metropolitan. Olive Fremstead was the first to play "Salome' at the "Met." Olive was very" well endowed with what is referred to as "oomph." She . had more male appeal than Jane Russell, Mari lyn Monroe and Sheree North have together. And, you can add Mamie Van Dor en to that: One critic described Fremstead as she appeared in "Salome" as "a sleek tigress with seduction speaking in every , pose." ' :' Tips . X ;" 'The statement of that 'mani curist that the minimum tip for manicurists should be SI is very amusing,." writes a New Yorker. "Manicurists are notoriously tight and cheap when if is their turn to tip. As a waitress of long experience, I can tell you that the worst tippers are manicur ists, barbers and taxi drivers." Husbands - Excess weight 'shortens life. Of that there is no doubt. Many men are much overweight be cause their wivfe know nothing about diet. That is also why many married1 men suffer unnec essarily from minor ills. A wom an, who really loves her hus band, will make a study of what is good for him to eat, and then see that he eats it. Hammarsk'ioid Favors Delay of UN Session New Delhi, India (U.R) The United Nations Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold told a news conference ' Sunday the next session of the if.N. General Assembly should t be postponed because of the American presi dential elections. Hammarskjold said the presi dential campaign would be at a fever peak when the assembly meets Sept. 20 and that tins would cause "complications." He indicated such "complications" might be -a dispute over the ad mission of Red China. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 ajn. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 orevious day. Quiz Show Winner To New York (U.PJ Teen ager George L. Wright III, will re ceive the original manuscript of 'Me and My Shadow," the song he identified to win $100,000 on a television quiz program. Musician Ted Lewis, who im mortalized the song on Ameri can vaudeville stages, 1 said he will "give the mianuscript to' the I FOR A LIMITED TIME WE WftL ALLOW YOU 1; : F0R Y0UR ID: WASHER" !" ion fhh rv : I Model F-701 (reg. price) $179& If 11 I S Your old washer . . . $4Q0Q SI IJgpJ, f J . - I you -A only 39 -j Jj;:; ? I LOOK AT THESE FEATURES: J I ILN f I B DOUBLE-WALL CONSTRUCTION . j j " I -If' BOWL-SHAPED TUB "r "j )$'''' It - . I '! , 1 TANGLE-PROOF AGITATOR ' ' ft U 1 1 SUPER-DUTY ALUMINUM WRINGER W I i f SPEED QUEEN "TIME-TELLER" ferns to suit yotit bufyet I I II. MAXIMUM WASHER GUARANTEE. . NOW Cttd SAVE I I I phone I c u eys i j I 3-5433 1 APPLIAHCE St QBE p" ""j I How can you afford to 70 of You do 70 of your grocery buying "sight . unseen". The products are in packages. Only the label outside guides you. How can you afford to buy without looking inside each package? What makes you so sure you're, getting what you pay for? In' fact, what makes you sure about anything you buy? ,; Isn't it simply that you've learned the .basic rule of safe and sound buying: A good brand , i. is your best guarantee No matter what you want to buy, you MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Get Manuscript freckle-faced high school honor student. George, whose ukelele - play ing hobby came in handy in identifying the question based on jazz of the 1920s, hit the jackpot on NBC's "Big Surprise" after nearly muffing questions twice in earlier program appear ances. - your groceries know you can count on a good brand When you pick one, you know you're right. -The more good brands you know, the surer you are. Get to know them in this newspaper. They can help you cut buy ing mistakes, get more for your shop ping money; BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION ' Incorporated A Non-Profit Educational Foundation. 37 West 57th St, New York 19, N.Y. How much do you know about the important issues facing Con gress? The, farm problem? For eign aid? Taxes? The Medford J Public Library has . books and f magazine articles on these and '; other significant present-day topics. The vast swampy plain known "V as the tundra, bordering on the Arctic ocean, has been called an ; Arctic desert. . . -l buy ..j
