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V EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Hotel (Reservations Becoming Jlard tb Get in San Francisco San Francisco, (U.R) Plan- That is, unless you're a mem ning to be in San Francisco ber of the official Republican next August? If so, you'd betterfamily attending the GOP Na get your hotel reservations nowtional Convention which opens ' or you may wind up sleepinghere Aug. 20. in the park.. Officials responsible for mak- MJ " , ' lwt at i i BIG JOB AHEAD CBS television executives from New York pay a visit to San. Francisco's famed Cow Palace to check-plans for television coverage of the i956 Republican convention. Left to right are Sig Mickelson, vice president for news and public affairs, Nye Wilson, Cow Palace gen eral manager, Elmer Lower, CBS director of special proj ects, and Paul Levitan, production chief for the convention. They are in San Francisco to arrange for camera posi tions and installation of more than $10 million in electronic equipment to beam the convention across North America. The Blue Ox League . . . ' A hundred years ago "Sacra mento" was yet ringing, as -a golden bell to young men of ad venture around the globe. There was gold to be prospected all the way to the Sierra-Nevadas, and as far north as Gold Hill and the Blue Mountains in Oregon. The historic word, 'Sacra mento,'? today means lumber sales to a sizable segment of the fir and pine industries of Ore gon and to not a few mills in Washington. Nowadays the valleys of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin are centers of the ceaselessly growing building boom of the Golden State mighty markets for rail lumber shipments from the northern" lands of Paul Bun yan and his Big Blue Ox. This fact has been -graphically dramatized by a group of Sacra mento wholesale lumbermen un der the title of "The Blue Ox League." The 15 firms have com mitted themselves to a code of business conduct that fits in handsomely with the principles and practices of West Coast lum ber manufacturing. In fact, the "Blue Ox Code" of the Sacra mento wholesale lumber distrib utors is a fine one to adapt to any line of American private enterprise. A Code of the Hills ... Let me say that I commonly try to practice what I preach. I've already drafted an adapta tion of the "Blue Ox Code" to the business of concocting and distributing big timber tales about Paul Bunyan who never in all this world found a tree tall and strong enough for him to lean on without its falling over. My code of the timber tales is offered to my old friend, C. D. LeMaster, Sacramento laird of Hob-Hoo and editor of "Western Building Review," who has made a fine featuure out of the "Blue Ox Code" of the whole sale lumbermen in his, February issue. ' ; . Their principles are stated in six paragraphs, each preceded by one letter from the name "Blue Ox." They deal with tech nical lumber trade practices. My adaptation is not so technical. The Bunyaneers ... Any man who packs a card of membership in the "Tall Tim ber Bunyaneers" must sign up on the following statement of belief and trade practices: B . . . that truth is stranger than fiction any day in the week; U . . . that Paul Bunyan was a giant . of the timber country, .heart, soul and hide, and noth ing else; N . . . that the tall tale teller who can't or won't stick to the Unusual Aurora Seen In Alaskan Skies Fairbanks, Alaska U.R) An Aurora Borealis of the type seen only four times in the past 40 years stretched across the northern sky here early Satur day, University of Alaska geo physicists reported. Dr. C. T. Elvey said the nor thern lights which flashed at 12:15 a.m. (Alaska time) con tained a pure red arc. Such a phenomonen is so unusual, he said, that Norwegian geophysic ist Karl Stromer has received only four reports of the arc in .40 years of research. MAIL TRIBUNE tut dia STEVENS 3EH above prime and fundamental truth and fact should be made to go climb a tree; . . Y . . . that the unethical Si wash of bunkhouse or campfire yarn-spinning who tries to tell how Paul ' Bunyan dug a mine or drilled for oil ought to be tied down and given a flat-top haircut with dull sheep shears; A . that tales about the old time Paul Bunyan, who . repre sented the pioneering lumber in dustry, should show him not just as a logger but a land-clearer for farmers., " N . . . that tales about the new Paul Bunyan of the lumber woods must , be tagged with the truth - that the modern' lumber man prevents forest fires, grows new tree crops amid the stumps of the old. ;. - - - I know this code calls foi much working over. Suggestions from Sacramento and elsewhere will be welcomed. ' Five File Intentions In State Politics - Salem U.R) Ward H. Cook, Portland, filed Friday af ternoon for the Democratic nom ination for state senator from the 12th district (Multnomah county). Other filings were: Wayne R. Giesy, Monroe Re publican, for representative from the 11th district (Benton county). S. H. Burleiglj, La Grande, for judge of the Circuit ' Court, 10th judicial district. Eddie Ahrens, Turner Repub lican, for representative from the 12th district (Marion coun ty). . ;.- Jack R. Quinby, Portland Re publican, for state- senator from the 12th district (Multnomah county). HANGING TOO GOOD For the meanest robbers who way laid 10-year-old Gerard De schenes in the dark at Mon treal and robbed him of hard earned $17. Gerard, being comforted by bis mother, helps support his needy fam ily by delivering groceries. Besides the baby there are two other small children in the family. Use Tribune Want Ads Monday, February 27, 1956 ing hotel arrangements for the expected 30,000 to 40,000 GOP visitors and newsmen said there would be no problem. The hotel situation will be a bit tight, of course, but no body feels it will be necessary to lodge delegates in Pullman cars or aboard ships in the bay as some pessimists predicted when San Francisco was chosen as the convention site. (Franklin D. Roosevelt, had headquarters aboard the battle ship New York when the Demo crats held their convention here in 1920, but he was assistant secretary of the Navy then.) Harold M. Strong, secretary of San Francisco's convention and visitor's bureau, said be tween. 9,000 and 10,000 rooms already have been contracted for in more than 150 hotels. Allotment Problem He foresaw no trouble lining up the few remaining rooms needed for the 10,000 total guar anteed by the city when it made its successful bid for the conven tion last year. . . "The only difficulty will be over the allotment of rooms," Strong said. "Convention head quarters will be at the Fairmont and Mark Hopkins Hotels on Nob Hill, and everyone is going to want to stay at one or the other." That's not Strong's problem, however. It belongs to Ted Dalton of Radford, Va., chair man of the convention's housing committee. Actually, the hotels lose money on a big convention such as the GOP jamboree, Strong said. During a normal tourist sea son they are 99 per cent full. But when they contract to have a block of rooms ready at a cer tain time it means that many rooms stay empty for several days before the deadline " be cause the management can't ac cept any long-term guests. Nor can it force paying guests : to. leave against their will. And when the convention ends, the hotel ' is " suddenly left with a flock of empty rooms which take several days to fill up again. It will be more profitable for the huge Cow Palace . where the convention meetings will be held. The state-owned building will cost the. Republicans $1,000' a day for rent alone. The man agement also has reserved all food and drink concessions (no liquor). -Rebelled at Name The Cow Palace built by the WPA in the late 1930's, is note worthy for both its name and size. ' Jts name is a controversial topic in newspaper letters-to-the-editor columns. Some San Fran ciscans think it undignified. It was coined many years ago by a brevity-minded ' reporter who rebelled at writing' "The Grand National Livestock Exposition Building of the No. 1-A District Agricultural Association." As for size, the management says the huge Quonset-like struc ture could lose Madison Square Garden inside. Hard-top auto races were run there last year, marking the first time they, had been held indoors anywhere. ' About 17,000 seats will be available for the convention and therein lies a big headache for the management. Apparently all tickets for the individual" ses sions will go to the various dele: gations for re-distribution. ;. . The Cow Palace, which, in cidentally, is a few feet outside the south city limits, is situated in Visitation Valley in the path of cool ocean breezes. The climate factor found favor with President Eisenhower and other GOP veterans who sweltered at the Chicago convention four years ago. .$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$' ! i 0 the answer... to your money needs. ..PF QUESTION: How can I pay-up my bills and reduce my monthly -payments at the same time? HAPPY ANSWER: Tell your money needs to Pacific Finance. The manager can give you good financial advice, can often re duce your monthly payments by as much as V4, while paying off your bills, and can often give you extra cash besides. the happy answer tmsxm er Mene I PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL"" Frank Wilkinson, Manager PHONE 3-5308 16 S. Central Medford happy s hf3 Storm Toll Reaches 873 In West Europe London (U.R) Western Europe' Saturday counted at least 873 persons dead in its worst winter of the century and weathermen-predicted more cold and snow for the weather-beaten continent. There has been virtually no break in the cold since a Siber ian icy front swept over Eur ope 25 days , ago. Weathermen said the cold is likely to hold over most of the continent for another 10 days. Authorities were openly con cerned over the prolonged siege of snow, ice and sleet. The cold wave, in addition to its tragic toll of dead, has wreaked heavy damage to crops and depleted food an'd fuel stocks. In hard-hit France, the gov ernment imposed "emergency measures tb prevent food short ages from sending prices sky rocketing. Stores in London applied vol untary rationing on potatoes and green vegetables. Smith Addresses ' Ontario Chamber Ontario (U.R) ' Gov. Elmo Smith, addressing the Ontario Chamber of Commerce at a noon luncheon Saturday said he was well aware of the battle that was ahead of him as he seeks the Republican nomination to succeed himself in the May 18 primary. Smith, making stops at several eastern Oregon cities, said that until May of this year he will be primarily interested in get ting acquainted with the people of Oregon, particularly those living in the western part of the state. ,. '. . The governor, who publishes two eastern Oregon weeklies, already is quite well known in the eastern part of the state. He was a comparative unknown fig ure in the more densely populat ed western section, though, un til his recent sudden succession to the - state's chief executive post upon the death of Gov. Paul Patterson. - Ministers Pledge Support of Boycott UMontgomery, Ala. ."(U.R). Ministers of four large . popula tion .centers pledged their sup port Saturday to a nationwide "deliverance day" sitdown on March 28 to protest the prosecu tion of Negro leaders of a bus boycott here. , ' The demonstration suggested by Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Negro congressman from New Y o r k, gathered momentum across the country. In this Alabama capital, . thou sands of Negroes' completed the 11th week of their . boycott against the" segregated city bus system undaunted by the arrest of 90 of their leaders. Communists Submit Allied Troop List Panmunjom, , Korea (U.R) The Communists handed a long list of names to the United Na tions Military Command Satur- da as their explanation" of what happened to 2,698 Allied troops still listed as missing.; ";- The list was 22 short of the U.N. list, which : includes 450 Americans, 2,224 South Koreans and 46 men from p other U.N nations v which fought in . the three-year Korean war. Berlin, Germany -(U.R) The Russians Saturday -rejected a Western Allied protest against the formation of a? workers mil itia in East Berlin." ' ALWAYS TIRED! You may be dangerously taxing your ontiro system when you allow fatigue, nervousness poor appetite and sleepless nights to drag you down because your, body $ vitamin and Iron starved. T1wm tymatomc may hava attiar aauaas er M 4u t functional dlaortor. Bexel Helps Build Rich Red Blood mil Each high-potency BEXEL Special Formula capsule gives you 5 times the daily minimum requirements of iron; more than the. daily minimum require ments of all the B-vitamins that doctors will tell you are essential for proper nu trition; plus Vitamin B12 and trace min erals. These wonderfully strengthening capsules are recommended for mothers to-be, when a sufficiency of iron and vita, mine is vitally important to their health. Bezel Special Formula is especially im portant if you are over 40. Take 2 cap sules daily for double potency! 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Other limes, I feel as if I weren't want ed and go home and try to for get being with them again, like to go places once in a while without the feeling that I am not wanted there. What is the mat ter with me that people . treat me this way?" i M.L.W. " (A) Do all people you come in contact with treat -you this way or does it happen only oc casionally? That is important for you to answer because it will determine whether you or the other people are to blame. . If everyone ' treats, you this way, it suggests your methods of approach antagonize them. Do you literally "butt into" other people's ,. conversations k without Because P ? ' ' Dr. Hurlock f, - - ..... ' We Are. Installing THE NEW ZEPHYR ACCROMATIC CHECKOUT, SYSTEM , m -. v to complete . "....-... . You'll have no long Impatient waits. The wonderful thing about this system is that every 'customer helps speed up the checkout for themselves. It's so effortless-you're sure to appreciate it You'll be pleased with the accuracy.' This' automatically controlled system does not crowd or rush our checkers -so they're less apt to make errors. And a control bar assures that the same item can't be charged twice. You'll latches and a shatter resistant rear view mir ror. Optional safety equipment includes seat belts and shock absorbent cushioning for the , instrument panel and sun visors. The Thun derbird is now on display at the Crater Lake Motors, West Main and South Fir sts. .. - By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. waiting for them to ask you to join them? When , you see . two or more people talking together, you should not join them unless they make" it clear they want you to. They may be talking about something rather personal and would not want someone else to be there. . -. Should Be Courteous If , on the other hand, this experience happens only 4 oc casionally, then you may safely conclude the other people are being rude. Even if they were talking about, something person; al when you joined them, they should have been courteous enough to switch the conversa tion to something you could join m. When people are rude, espe cially at social gatherings when everyone is expected to be on friendly terms and polite . to everyone else there, then those who are rude should be ignored. It reflects on them, showing that they have neither good manners nor the right feelings about their social obligations. Under such conditions, ignore them in. the future and devote your time to people who are more , courteous and gracious in their behavior. Algiers, Algeria (U.R) French forces disclosed Saturday they killed 27 terrorists inV an attack on a strong rebel band spotted by helicopter in the Soumman Valley. ; .... : . . . . your last stop in our Supermarket is the most important This Modern System of Checking Your Purchases Gets:You .Through Faster ... 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