A Nichol's Worth of ."V.
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Future Writer
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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
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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.
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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. Firemen, who took the ru
ral pumper truck from Medford
Monday, July 9, 1958
MEDFORD (.OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVER
Overheated" Refrigerator
Motor Starts House Fire
An overheated refrigerator
motor ignited the floor, a wall,
to the scene, said that five bales
of hay were destroyed. Only
slight damage was done to the
baler.
the ceiling and cabinets in the
kitchen of the Wilbur Hayworth,
residence, 502 Maple st., about
8 p.m. yesterday, firemen re
They said that considerable !
smoke and heat damage oc
curred to adjacent rooms. Two
pumpers were dispatched when
the house fire was reported.
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