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A Nichol's Worth of ."V. Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Future Writer 1. 1 r- f l - 1 Washington (U.R) A century ago, of course, it was election year, too. But you wouldn't know it from reading the pa pers. The New York Times and thp Wash- ; j ington Intelli gencer and tne Star were aim ing edito rial barbs at the leader of the .1 r-i : .j Harman Nichols r''u,rul' Franklin Pierce, who had the temerity to veto a rivers and harbor bill. Sponsors of the bill were bit ter in their attacks upon the New Hampshire Democrat and let it be known they were not sorry Mr. Pierce was about to wind up a tenure which the man himself did not want. Pierce had strong Southern sympathies. The South liked him and because of an accident of birth the North "tolerated him." He didn't campaign at all in 1852. Politics Out The public prints of the day paid little heed to politics except on the editorial pages. Historians today have to go to the record to find out what was going on because the papers were split for and agin'. Actually in 1856 the papers were more concerned with paid advertisements which always populated a great part of page one. Texas Land The old Intelligencer, a lead ing local print of the day, car ried an ad which read: "1480 acres of Texas land for sale within 18-20 miles of Corpus Christi, Tex., well timbered and rich land having special public roads passing through. We will sell this land for $1 per acre or any part thereof for $1.50. Taxes all paid." And the Star printed a sample of the humor of the day, thusly: "At a hotel the other evening a young fully mustached dandy from Squankun, N.J., was seated at a tea table at a rather late houre. A barkeeper came in and took a seat opposite. The dandy dropped his knife and fork, tipped back and gazed at the barkeep and said: "Fellah, does the servants sup with a gentle man in this house?' 'No sir,' was the reply. "Are you not the bar- keep?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Well a barkeep is a help as much as the scrub girl.' Man of the toddy stick said 'True, but I did not enter until I looked in and saw there was no gentleman at the table. Ahem' poor Jersey vanished behind his shirt collar." US National Bank Deposits Reported The Medford branch of the United States National bank has reported deposits totaling $22, 045,272.41 as of June 30, 1956, according to Allan Perry, mana ger. Loan and discounts for the Medford branch now total $10 550,828.57, Perry said. The U.S. National Bank of Portland has showed deposits to taling $734,360,620 as of June 30, according to figures just re- leased. Loans and discounts for the home-owned statewide banking system increased more than 55 million dollars during the past year. The 12-month gam now gives U.S. National a loans and discounts total of $343,145,885, it was announced. Last year at this time U.S. National's loans and discounts totaled $287, 301,100. Total resources for the U.S. National bank at the end of this 12-month period are $808,197,- 869, up more than five million dollars over this time last year, it was reported. Grange Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange will meet Tuesday, July 10, at 8 p.m. Shady Cove Grange The Shady Cove Grange HEC ladies and their families will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Motschenbacher Tuesday, July 10, at 6:30 p.m. for a potluck dinner and a so cial evening. Those who are in terested in the Grange are in vited. The ladies are asked to bring table service for their family and guests, a main dish and a salad or dessert. The regular Grange meeting will be held July 11 at 8 p.m. in the Shady Cove school band room. Sams Valley Juvenile Grange Two delegates went from our Grange to the state Grange ses sion at Pendleton, Master Mickey Duggan and Assistant Matron Anne Carley. They reported hav ing a wonderful time. They saw part of the Hose Parade at Port land on the way home. Mickey was elected to an office in the Juvenile state Grange, that of assistant steward. We were awarded the red ribbon for second place in the state achieve ment program for the Good of the Order, third place in the his tory scrap-book contest, and a pennant for all 1956 dues paid. We have a new juvenile member, Virginia Michaels. All members are reminded to save their sales slips, the Sams Valley subordinate Grange have promised to help us. Turn your slips .over to Ralph James who will send them in to headquar ters. . We are planning a picnic soon. Some of our members are going to attend the state juvenile camp at Bend. The dates are from July 22 to Aug. 4. Swing Admits Trips On Federal Money Washington U.R Immi gration Commissioner Joseph M. Swing has admitted he used government equipment on hunt ing trips in Mexico and Canada. But he said the trips were to establish friendly relations with officials of the two countries. Swing told a house govern ment operations subcommittee: "I say openly that I have used government equipment, jeeps, trailers, a plane. I have gone hunting.", But he said the main purpose was to confer with officials of Mexico and Canada on border problems. He added that the hunting was only an "inciden tal." Swing, a retired lieutenant general and West Point class mate of President Eisenhov.-er, said informal social relation ships are important to get co operation. House Passes Bill For Aid to Schools Washington (U.R) The House Saturday passed by voice vote and sent to the Senate a bill to grant $378 million in federal aid to schools crowded because of military and other federal ac tivities. The money is for two years. Passage came after an unsuccess ful effort by Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey (D-W. Va.) to ressurect the $1.5 billion general federal aid to education bill beaten ear lier this week in a wrangle over classroom segregation. Bailey sought to amend the legislation by adding the aid bill. Rep. S. Noah Mason (R-Ill.) and Clarence J. Brown (R-O.) object ed on grounds the amendment was not germane and Rep. Mel- vin Price (D-Ill.), presiding at the time, ruled it out of order. Read and Use Classified Ads . . Memo-fromgcldy . A- zC$$r' rn No Injuries Result From Two-Car Crash No injuries resulted Sunday afternoon when a car operated by Ralpn Thomas Howard, 61, Klamath Falls, and another car pulling a house trailer, operated by Lloyd Chester Hull, 35, Port land, collided on Highway 99, north of the Phoenix city limits. State police said both cars were southbound on the high way, when Howard turned left from the inside lane of traffic to cross the outside lane. Hull's vehicle, in the outside lane, struck the right front door of Howard's car. Both cars and the house trailer were damaged. No citations were issued. DUELS KILL ONE Tokyo (U.R) Radio Peiping said today that one woman was killed and several persons in jured ou Communist-held Hsiao teng island in a series of week end artillery duels between Na tionalists and Communist Chi- London Storm Leaves Thousands Stranded London (U.R) The worst storm of the year snarled traffic in London and stranded thous ands of commuters in flooded subways today. Low lying roads leading into the center of the city were re ported by police to be blocked by pools as much as two feet deep in places. Subway services at Epping and at Chiswick were suspended because the tracks were flooded, and thousands of commuters had to be rerouted onto already overcrowded bus lines. Medford Corporation Workers Take Leave All departments at Medford corporation are now back in operation after several closed last week to provide vacations for those entitled to the week off. The departments that closed down were the sawmill, forest and railroad. Compromise Plan To Be Offered This Week Washington U.R) Senate Democrats will offer a new com promise plan this week to lib eralize social security benefits for women and disabled work ers. Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) said he will introduce half of the two-part compromise today. Sen. Robert S. Kerr, (D-Okla.), will follow with the other half. George said he is "very hope ful" about the chances of pas sage. Other Democratic sources said the plan clears the way for Senate action on the delayed legislation possibly next week. Hoy Baler Sparks Start Fire on Medford Farm Sparks from a hay baler start ed a fire which covered 100 square feet of stubble on the Frank Hibbs farm on South Stage rd. about 3:30 p.m. yester day. 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