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"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.)
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'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!
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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
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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. The female
is' ready for her first litter
when she is three months old
and in a typhical lifetime a
female will have five to nine
litters of seven to 10 rats each.
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Dead line for Sunday Classified is
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