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52nd Year Medford United Prsi Full Leased Wire Price -10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Third Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1957 Pages 1-6 mmwmmL Tm..-Mm) 11 mumnx-lt j y .nil THE BANDITS FOUND ANOTHER EXIT Police surround Old Poodle Dog Restaurant in San Francisco where four armed robbers wearing silk stockings over their heads herded guests and employes into storage cabinets while they collected $1000 in loot A waiter escaped and called police, but the bandits eluded their cordon fc through a skylight, leaving their sack of loot behind. Thousands of American Mothers Fear Television Has Bad Effect on Language By BERGEN EVANS Written for United Press New York an Judging from letters that we receive at "The Last Word" office, hundreds of '.nousands of American mothers are afraid that TV is having a bad effect on their children's language. . What with the slop of croon ers, the tough talk of the private eyes the pardner-prattle of the westerns and the imbecilities and sinful syntax of the co medians, the messages of mom and the schollmarm are pretty well drowned out. It's probably always been that oway Popular entertainment sim ply wouldn't be popular if it weren't in the vernacular and if it didn't carry some element of defiance of the rigid prop erties. One can imagine the concern of a Hth Century countess whose son -was listening to the stuff that fellow Chaucer was reading aloud. The man was definitely middle class. You could hear the London -dialect in every word he spoke. And even if you couldn't, it didn't matter; all all, it was English he spoke. Aristocratic people sr.ake Norman French. Shakespeare Appears Then 200 years latter it was Shakespeare. The man was al most illiterate. He had little Latin, they said, and less Greek. And apparently, no knowledge of grammar at all. He had queens say it's me" instead of "it is I" and princes remark that this would "learn" us. After Shakespeare's death, the better - thinking element closed the theatres and saw to it that there were plenty of moral diatribes for the young to read. But somehow they didn't take to them and seemed actually to enjoy the indecent comedies of the restoration. Even the great Dr. Johnson couldn't stop it. He tried to, poor man. Worked seven long years on a huge dictionary. Published it in 1755 in two immense vol umes. You could have knocked a horse down with either vol ume. But he admitted in the pre fix he was licked. He said the language couldn't be "fixed." It was changing all the time and would keep on changing. It seems that people who speak Pinball Machines Target of Attorney j Eugene (IP Lane County Dis trict Attorney Eugene Venn said j Wednesday he would attempt to , have pinball machines outlawed in Oregon as gambling devices. Venn said his office was pre- paring a "friendly" test case to ; be filed in Circiut court. j Venn cited a Lane county case in which $100 bail was forfeited j on a charge of operating a game of chance. "This case is further , proof that pinball machines are actually gambling devices and as such should be seized and de stroyed on sight. However, until the Supreme court declares that they are such, we are powerless to do anything." he said. the language every day account for 99100 per cent of its use. And all they want is to make their meaning known and make love and make money and get a laugh when they want to be funny. ; Whereas those who write and those who read and especially those who formulate "rules" of grammar account for only 1-100 of one per cent; and although they are "right" and everybody else is "wrong", the odds are against them You could trace the thing right on down through Dickens and that awful book, "Huckle berry Finn." There were lots of fine people writing wonderful English like Walter Pater and Henry Van Dyke. But for some reason the young didn't profit by them. They seemed to prefer George Ade and W. C. Fields and Sinclair Lewis And now it's television! Will it never end? Drawing Decides Owners Of 145 New Idaho Farms Rupert, Idaho fTPt The own ers of 145 new Idaho farms wiil be determined July 5 when the doors of a rolling barrel are cere moniously opened in th town square here. From the barrel will be taken capsules containing the names of men most of them veterans who will be allowed to' take up homesteads on the North Srd?j Pumping Division of the Mini doka reclamation ' project. Getting their names pulled from the barrel from among the many applicants for the 145 farm units being opened this year will only be the first step for the new Idaho farmers. Once they take possession of their land, the homestead win ners face the task of clearing the sage-brush from the desert, leveling the earth, completing irrigation facilities, planting their crops and building homes and farm buildings. But Bureau of Reclamation of ficials in Rupert know this can be done. The area around Ru pert has been settled by home steaders and by farmers getting land through private purchase for more than 50 years, and it is already one of the most pros perous agricultural districts liu the Mountain, West. . Underground Water The 145 units being made av aiable this year will be awarded ii. the fifth of a series of public land openings to be held on the North Side Pumping Division Since 1953, 445 other units averaging 120 irrigable units averaging 120 irrigable acres have been settled. By the time the project is completed, about 700 new farms totaling 77,650 irrigable acres will be opened. Water for the crops mostly sugar beets and potatoes will come from 180 wells drilled into the soil-topped lava rock, tap ping a vast supply of ground water underlying the area, and from pumps on the Snake River ' The wells, with an average lift1 of 200 feet, will irrigate about 64,000 acres. The pumping sys tem, with five pumps, totalling 6,000 horsepower and lifting 240 second feet of water an av erage of 163 feet, will irrigate 13,650 acres. Trie deadline for filing appli cations for this year's farm un its is 2 p.m., MST, June 27. when the requests must be in the hands of the bureau of Rec lamation office at Rupert. R. T. Pittard, assistant bur eau office engineer, estimated in an interview with United Press that the average farm would gross 15,000 to S20.000 a year after the crops are in. . Out of .this, the farmers must pay their development costs, and, over a 60-year period, repay the' gov ernment for the irrigation fa cilities construction, as well as their operation and maintenance. Daily's U-Drive Medford AJrnort j ENTE RHlHry I 0 Dick Fanger 1760 North Riverside SP 2-5868 Walt Kingman, mgr. 144 South Central SP 2-8761 Auctioneer Board Members Appointed Salem W Five members of the newly created state board of auctioneers were appointed Tuesday by Cov. Robert D. Holmes. The board was created by the 1957 Legislature to govern the rapidly growing auctioneer busi ness in Oregon. Appointees were Lane Sudtell, Salem, representing the first congressional district; K e r m Decker, Vale, representing the second congressional district; Dan Roth, Albany, fourth dis trict; Carl W. Reed, Portland, third district; and Isadore Win kleman, Portland, representing the state at large. . -Winkleman was given a five year term. Roth a four-year term, Sudtell, three years, Deck er two years and Reed one year. Man Surrenders on Negligence Charge Ontario, Ore. HP) Richard Newlan, Payette, surrendered voluntarily to Ontario Justice of the Peace Dee Peters to face charges of negligence in the traffic deaths of five persons in a wreck north of here July 3. Newlan was arraigned imme diately and posted $5,000 bond. Officials said the next step would be up to' the Malheur county district attorney. 1 The coroner's jury which held an inquest into the fatal wreck has recommended that Newlan be charged, with involuntary manslaughter. Newlan was the driver of one of two cars which collided head on 20 miles north of here early July 3. Two passengers in his car and three in the other auto mobile were killed. Correct Dress, Talk, Manner of Work Good Tips on Keeping Cool in Summer Editor's note: Hrre. as a vublir srrvirt. is our annual advire from our man who gMs led up with th usual rules on how to behave In hot weather and proposes a new keep cuol list. By DOG QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York OH How to beat the heat sensible steps you may want to consider. Dress correctly. Clothing holds heat. Discard it and don Presleyesque ensemble. Go to work wearing only sideburns and a low-slung guitar. If your co-workers get all shook up, their cool stares will help low er the office temperature. Talk correctly. Avoid hot Survey To Study Cost Of Milk vs. Coffee Corvallis OP) Economists at Oregon State college want to know why a Brazilian beverage (coffee) is served free with meals in most Oregon restaurants while Oregon produced milk costs extra. ... .' S. Kent Christensen, professor of marketing at the college, said the first survey of its kind in the United States will be con ducted this summer in Portland and Corvallis restaurants to de termine the relative costs of serving milk and coffee. . Marys Peak Trek Scheduled Aug. 4 Corvallis OP) The 12th an nual Marys Peak Trek will be held Aug. 4 in Benton county to benefit the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Portland. Following the drive to the top of the peak, trekkers are to be treated to barbecued lunch, at 50 cents a plate. Shriners said the treks have netted a total of $167,554 for the hospital. . - Washington HP) The Public Health Service says it is not ready "at this time" to recom mend slapping a government cancer-warning sticker on every pack of cigarettes. words and phrases like income tax," "brush-off pitch," "Khrush chev," and "Sonali Das Gupta." Say easeful, cool, lulling things like "vacation in Norway," "Mar ilyu Monroe's skin tone," "hammock-time in Little America," "ho-o-o hum." Work correctly. Sit down. Lean back. Put your feet on a desk. Stare vacantly. Avoid pursing your lips (any muscle flexing produces heat). Don't even flex your brain. Jazz Records Cooll Be clever. "When outdoors, take along a personal air condi tioner. Tie a small record player atop your head and keep your self drenched with modern ad vanced jazz. It's, cool, man. Try psychology. Withdraw from the hot world. Try to imag ine you're a cucurnber in a shady glen. If your friends remark that you're turning green, you're a success. Tell 'em, it's only your chlorophyll showing. Be scientific. Use simple hy daulics. Keep a pail of ice water at your feet. Your blood makes ' a complete circulation of your j body every 20 minutes. From time to time, put your toe in I the pail and hold it here 20 minutes, icewatering your sys- j tern. . . Teacher Shortage Blessing in Disguise Portland 11PI Gov. Robert D. Holmes Tuesday called problems of teacher shortages and rising enrollments in higher education blessings in disguise. j Holmes said the problems force a critical examination of our colleges and universities. The governor said that the 1957 Legislature took the most i important step toward the imme diate problem in state colleges ' by raising teacher salaries. This j gives Oregon "a fighting chance j to ' maintain stable, excellent ' staffs of teachers ..." he said. ' He also praised the setting up of framework by which local school districts can establish junior colleges. He spoke at a Rotary club luncheon. Be calm. Particulary at the beach, with all those Bikinis sauntering around. Excitement only makes you warmer. Save it for next winter. Avoid Any Food Eat properly. Food is heat. Avoid it. Instead, take frequent baths in a solution of water and equal parts of tranquilizer and pep pills. Save the solution for repeated use. Drink properly. Sample the air conditioning before you pa tronize the bar. Select a very cold bar, slap down a dollar, and order a hot buttered rum. The bartender's reaction may send you both to the cooler. Be a scream. Meet a friend and say. "Know why it's warm ing up in Siberia? Because Krushy turned on the heat in the Kremlin." This kind of thing will cool off any friendship. Federal Hells Canyon Advocates Block Vote Washington (W Demo cratic advocates of a federal Hells Canyon Dam Wednesday again blocked a vote which al most certainly would have killed the controversial measure. They did it with a series of parliamentary maneuvers that consumed an entire two-hour meeting of the House Interior Committee. cashi I PACIFIC. 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