Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 13, 1956, Image 19

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Newspaper Page Texto "Blu Jeans ..." This story of the great saw mill melodrama of the 1880s, as presented by a traveling com pany in Portland, belongs to Stewart Holbrook. Why he has never included it in one of his books I can't imagine. It happened, according to Hols, in Portland's Marquam Guard theater, long since razed. It was in a Tay when pictures of fat burlesque queens were to be found in every package of Sweet Caporal cigarettes. In those days the drama was a t5ig of flesh and blood, and the blood was very red and often flowed copiously. It was the hey day of melodrama, the high noon of "East Lynne," of "Hazel Kirke" and, Smong countless others, of "Blue Jeans." This was the great sawmill drama of the time the first in which the villain conspired to saw the hero in half, like a log And at last the great and moving drama of "Blue Jeans" came to Portland, the city of big sawmills and a population of mill men who knew their stuff from bullchain to greenchain. Haywire Plus ... The action of the show went smoothly forward through two acts, at the Marquam Grand, but there was only passive interest in the audience. It was apparent why folks had come that night it cas to see the widely ad vertised "Great Sawmill Scene Mechanically Perfect in Every Detail." And at last when the curtain arose on this scene, the crowd sateup in their seats, ears wide, eyes bugging. Then every man's jaws went slack in astonishment, or something mighty like it. There were whisperings, next, and ominous mutterings. And no wonder. For the "mastodonic" sawmill of "Blue Jeans" was revealed by the searching glare of the footlights to be nothing more or less than a stage whereon rested a very srKall sawmill carriage made chiefly of No. 4 (Economy) boards, and a pitifully small cir cular saw attached to a very wobbly frame. The saw was turning so mod erately that it was possible to count the teeth as it turned, and to note they looked right rusty and snaggled. The log on the alleged carriage was no "giant of the forest," as advertised, nor anything like a giant. It was a sickly, puny cull, approximately ten feet long and maby 12 inches thick at the butt. There were no dogs. The crummy cull log just lay there on what one man in the audience termed, audibly, "a mess of roller skates." A titter rippled through the theater. Nor were there any levers, pedals or pull ropes to be seen. Old sawyers in the crowd puck ered their brows. How th'ell could that log be cut without no dogs and no log-turner or carriage controls? The lads with sawdust in their hair had never seen the like. A mild buzz should have warned the "Blue Jeans" company that the "sawmill" was in for a "Raus mit 'em'" or worse, from all hands present. The Genteel Touch . . . Anyhow, the action of the great third act went forward. In due time the handsome blond youth got into the clutches of the mean devil with the silk hat, coaly mustache and riding crop. The luckless hero was tied to the cull on the carriage. The log roll ed uneasily. The saw continued to whirl, even if but moderately fast, and the log moved creepily in the general direction of the saw The silk-hatted desperado made one more shrewd-seeming adjustment to a wheel attached to the log something new in the sawmill line and laughed a sneering laugh at his brave help less victim. "Die like the dog that you are, you ," he began. And then, gentle and kind, but loud and penetrating, a slightly alco holic voice rose from the audi ence: "Set over your blocks, stran ger! You set over your blocks or you won't get NO CLEARS outa that log!" This technical, professional and brotherly admonition brought down the house. The Marquam Grand was all but shaken into collapse by the stomps, cheers, yells and catcalls. The manager of the "Blue Jeans" company As We Live By ELIZABETH HU9LOCK. PH.D. Impartial Viewpoint Is Often Necessary An impartial person usually can see a problem from a dif ferent angle than is possible when one is personally involved. fySf (Q) I am very much in love wilh . a girl who is 21. We were lo be married in a few weeks but now we're not. We often have family trouble and arguments. Dr. Hurlock Every time we break up, I al ways get sick, can'i eat and never sleep well. We have brok en up many times, just for silly misunderstandings, but we have always gone back together. This time is seems hopeless. We talk ed to our minister and he ad vised us to break up and see if we are really In love with each other. I know we love each other and I'm afraid I'll lose her if I follow his advice. What do you advise me to do?" L.T. (A) Follow your minister's advice and see how things work out. He has given you good ad vice and no one should urge you to ignore it. As an impartial person, he can see your problem in an objective, impersonal way which would be impossible for you or your relatives. If you do lose this girl by breaking up, it is definite proof she does not love you enough to consider spending the rest of her life with you. Under such circumstances, it is better to know it now than have a life time of unhappiness because you married the wrong person. Headed for Trouble The very fact that you have so many arguments, misunder standings, family troubles, and break-ups would suggest you are headed for serious trouble in marriage unless you can solve these problems now, before you lost little time in bringing down the curtain on the greatest saw mill drama ever staged. It goes without saying that "Blue Jeans" was never staged again in Portland, Oregon, the sawmiil town. News About Books From the Library Tuesday, March 13, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB By MISS HELEN WEBSTER Medford Librarian Advertisers spent an esti mated S9 billion last year, up nearly a billion from 1954, and produced the biggest advertis ing year on record. Increased costs of TV advertising and the rise of newsprint prices were two of the principal factors in volved. A stgment of business which spends this much money is ob viously extremely important, and books on advertising are always popular at the Medford library. Books in this field are used by professional advertis ing men and by small store owners and publicity chairmen who want to pick up some poin ters on a highly specialized pro fession. Indroductory Work "Invitation to Advertising," by Kenneth Grosbeck is a good general introduction to the whole field of advertising, as is "An Outline of Advertising," by George Hotchkiss. Both books have examples of adver tising copy, ad layout and out door ads. An increasingly important as pect of advertising is layout, which is considered in "Layout in Advertising," by William Ad dison Dwiggins. Special Aspects For special aspects of adver- are married. If the parents on either side object to your mar riage, or if you and she cannot discuss matters without argu ments and break-ups, your mar riage would be doomed to fail ure from the start. During the next few months, try to get a perspective on your romance and see who is to blame for the trouble between you, what is the most common cause of this trouble, and how you could correct it. Then, if this girl decides she wants to come back to you, you will be pre pared to avoid repetitions of the quarrels you have had in the past. (COPYRIGHT 1956, GENERAL FEATURES CORP.) O .':-:::'::-:':-:-i::: :&-- Yyyy- :: " ';: fvy'fe:!"'"''"';:'.: -.:.'::'; :-:":-?::; r-. y::::::;:':.;::s. '':y.' -yyyyy:- '56 DODGE Coronet it's your King Size Buy ! Luxurious new '56 "DODGE CORONET is bigger by far than other medium -priced cars! Bigger in size, comfort, performance, style! Yet it is priced right down with the lowest-priced cars. A big Dodge Coronet V-8 Lancer hardtop costs only 95 cents a week more than "hardtops" in the small-car field! Ira Size It up with others In the medium price field Car "B" Dodge is 6.9 inches longer Car "M" Dodge is 5.6 inches longer Car "0" Dodge is 7.7 inches longer Car "P" Dodge is 6.4 inches longer Price It against small cars in the "low price field" Car "C" Dodge is 14.5 inches longer Car "F" Dodge is 13.5 inches longer Yet Dodge costs only $4.11 a month more (less than 95 cents a week!) Why settle for a small car, when a new '56 Dodg Coronet brings you so much more for so little more.' Here's big-car ride and roominess, big-car luxury and locks in a full line of King Sin Coronets, priced right down with the small cars Comparing price of Dodge Coronet V-8 Lancer against average price of some body style of the low prkm 3." Price difference based on 24-monrh financing after 'a down payment. More egroom front and rear? More friproom front and rear! Wider doors! Greater steering wher clearance.' More rear decfc space! New '56 Dodge is bigger inside and out! looks bigger! Rj'des bigger! Is bigger! Push-button driving and record-breaking performance! At a touch of your finger, you command the greatest perform ing car on the road today bar none! The new '56 Dodge shat tered every record in the book including world records held by expensive foreign models in its sensational 14-day official run on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The '56 Dodge V-8 hoids more performance records than all other American cars combined. Value Leader of the Forward Look Dodge Dealers present: Danny Thomas in "Make Room for Daddy," Bert Parks in "Break the Bank," The Lawrence Welk Show-all on ABC-TV EViO 315 E. 5th St. (NEXT TO GREYHOUND DEPOT) TORS Phone 3-3687 Using, there are special books. Many retailers will be interest ed in Newel H. Cornish's "Small Scale Retailing." Also of in terest will be '"How to Market Your Product Successfully," by Walter Guild. It gives basic marketing techniques for esta blishing a product. The "Public Relations Hand book," edited by Philip Lesly, is standard equipment for every public-relations-minded business concern "Blueprint for Public Relations," by Dwight Plackard and Stephen E. Fitzgerald's "Communicating Ideas to the Public," are other books in the general field of public relations. For Publicity Chairmen Of special interest is a re cently acquired pamphlet, "So, You've Been Elected Publicity Collector of Clocks Has Over 100 Pieces Burlington, Vt. tU.PJ Mal colm S. Patton goes to the source when he wants to learn what makes things tick. An avid collector of clocks, Patton has built up a collection of over 100 timepieces since he started his hobby 25 years ago. His collection includes clocks ranging from 99-year-old grand father clocks to clocks that won't run and clocks that have run on and off for 100 years. A retired U.S. Internal Rev enue Bureau employe, Patton spends much of his spare time tinkering with his collection, or at auctions seeking worthwhile additions. Chairman!" especially pointed to getting news of organizations into the newspapers. All the above books are avail able at the central library in Medford or any of the branches of the Jackson County library. Inferior Department Employees Honored Washington (U.R) The De partment of Interior Monday honored 25 employees with dis tinguished service awards. Four employees received the award for rescuing persons in danger of drowning. They in cluded Sylvia S. Reeves, Mont bello, Calif.; Mrs.' Ruth M. Heard, Henderson, Nev., and John R. Herse, Boulder City, Nev. Parks Director Conrad L. Wirth was honored for his con tributions to the development of the national parks system dur ing his 28 years' service. Others receiving awards in cluded Cleora C. Helbing, Port land; Edmund R. Greenslet, Reno, Nev.; J. Bruce Clemmer, Salt take City. California occupies more than one-half the Pacific coastline of the U. S. Invasion of U.S. Is Completed by Rats Boise (U.P.) Rats have con pleted their invasion of the Uni ted States. The U.S. Public Health Ser vice said Monday Idaho, eastern Oregon and eastern Washington here-to-fore the last mior area in the United States that was free of the vermin-ridden rodent, are free no more. Joseph W. Hunt of the Health service's sommunicable disease center in Atlanta, Ga., said rats have taken a particularly strong toehold on the Boise valley. Rats are prolific. 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