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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) WwordTribune t "Xveryone in Southern Oref on Read! Th Mail Tribune" Published Daily Excetst Saturday by MXDFORD PRINTING CO 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editr HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OIJVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act ox March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three mos 425 Sunday Only One year S4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: o Daily and Sunday One year (IB 00 Dally and Sunday One month 1.50 o Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Kress Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY DfC Offices In New Yorts Chicago. De troit San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL IDITOHAi lASSOCiA'feN v. FTTsTTTTTl Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 2. 1947 (Thursday) The fate of western civiliza tion lies in the hands of America, and as long as she maintains a firm policy towards Russia, that country will not dare any ag gression, Kurt von Schuschnigg, former chancellor of Austria, tells Rogue Valley Knife and 9Fork club. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The park ing space and dollar famine is till noticeable with no relief in sight around here,." 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 2, 1937 (Friday) Salvation Army to observe an nual harvest festival. Ashland Printing company, Inc., publishers of the Ashland Daily Tidings, start construction of a new newspaper building on East Main st. next to Fortmil ler's store. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 2. 1927 (Sunday) City council faces building code problem due to lack of per mit for converting house to apartment. An accidental charge of buck shot shatters two windows at the 0 Medford YWCA and almost hits religious worker. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 2, 1917 (Tuesday) Drive to sell second liberty loan bond issue of three billion dollars starts throughout the United States: no campaign scheduled in Medford. Eagle Point youth writes to parents from France requesting chocolates. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is excellent: five or six Is good 1. In which city is the Univer sity of Pennsylvania? 2. Which is the only U. S. cabinet post that is for a definite tenure? 3. Bible: "Who was the last of the prophets? 4. A lactovegetarian would.jn elude which beverage in his diet? 5. The magpie is a fish, bird, or butterfly? 6. Which is the' hardest of all jewels? 7. One who rules on the plays of a baseball game is called a vampire, an umpire, or an em pire? 8. The only child of a U. S. president to beb orn in the White House was a daughter of Grov er Cleveland, Theodore Roose velt, or William Howard TaS? 9. What letter should be omit ted: "The unwieldly way sh swung the axe was amusing."? 10. "Though I have patches on me pantaloons, I've ne'er a wan on me intestines." F. P. Dunne, in "Thanksgiving." To what is the reference? Answers: 1. Philadelphia. 2. The Postmaster General's (for the term of the President and one month thereafter). 3. Malachi. 4. Milk. 5. Bird. 6. The diamond. 7. An umpire. 8. Grover Cleve land, (his daughter Esther, born Sept. 9, 1893). 9. "1" (unwieldy). 10. Medical operation. o MAIL TRIBUNE Th e Americans always- t fee ifeappy t fetve a chance to ceMrU - iffafiyi4ully r collectively. No matter whit, ifat ertkm, the fettter-organ-ized the celebration, iffee csr fuaa it is, md tht more accomplished In a little mcr 1 f&m from now, Orcfoni ans will have a Me':efiit txc-us t clbrtt th 100th anniversary f Itiitteoi for Ortjon and plans are nov ilii t f&kt it aa occasion to remember. i o TTH&big s&qti? $ptm &t a tfce setl of th vorld fairs of C&ksgo- as Sm Francisco, or tvn tht 1915 Exposition $& ferU4 vfcich did so muck for Oregon's prog? But it vill is trent, nyway, and tht typ of celebration tueistg u-tlintd in conference nov may even do -gStaie wiort lagtiny, constructive good than all ImUafeafao of $ "world' fair." The celebraJiea iscS rather imposing title, "Oxy gon Centennial imposition and International Trade Fair," but for poetical purpo? probably will b known simply as denUfiniai" s peopit become more aware of ii, Plans now call ttm It to do a two-fold job, includ ing the focal point -i t& larjt-sctle exposition itawlf, in Portland, and &. ftatefrid "tie-in" af elbr tions and event, o " TTHE centennial vflJ &r goodj may &esciicu? effects, if all 0 weli It will serve to ttraet Mttionwid attention io this state publicity wMt has ben estimated-to lb worth between 6 and million in advertising equivalent. This attention irill eomt Hot only from those thinking in term ei e-sUb-lishiisf heme on the west coast, but also ot teuris&s from all parts of this country and abroad ; fonfusUialigis who eaa uas Oregon's wealth of raw mttii; of business lead ers both in manufacturing ad dikfikutiefc who are on the lookout ibrnr$r m rpte rat aew sites. The most immediate tnd asicgsfc obvious effect would be that on tfU touiisf fefs&e, iai flane can be expected to t&ing piSsac cf 4P3itP state. . (,(, DUT the long rtnft- BraeS e& fo tfj& ifSb- portant. Oregon's ssfcca-y maisds teSlss, gj&d it not always been told veil tryaj?& ieoUy gas&iig& Oregon's history is (Sysjaaiit icga - SitiLe known chapter in tlte xvoisih e$ ts &Y&e shadowed perhaps by CsJifeomia Alassi rushes, and mostly by-pss& by 4&s popularity ci "westerns" usually fcoui cowhoy fe- n gtate? which do NOT border Gcft ie fifia. It will do u no Aaraia M t3e rojri 'kuow tiHai, despite the glamor o$ 4iSosfal th va&us&y of Washington, Oregon is $ s&ate with favorable and equable climate ; inteilgieM fole ; s excellent cul tural and educatioaai iasJ&utiQJSiS, ikJ Fid t riety of attractions ceeaMaatioa nsriiid matched by few other pl&sGss ia i&t voi'ld, aad Yrie make ordinarily ussssraarag Greoaiff w an q it as a place in vMeih Jiyc. The National Audj5oa SGtek-ty mA y$ ihtix semi-annual notice ihut t rhm$$vg cz'g&,z& cm the move again. These bij birds, stoctsS e$ime du to m&ke their unorganised iaifratioia rosa Oiei? ssummer haunts in Canada' Ptme4$ nmiheei territories to their wintering yoijads af ih& Arx NftioKJ Wildlife refuse ia T$& In the Iprin pysay tg eAer way. And on etc& aevcdkM Us Audu?oia iocieiy mails oufc pie to 11 comctmed is kt them g o, let them pass, for tiey s?p e kt& mtmh? e anc mighty flocif. & "THE bif bird yahjiftictM 1 the flofthern and wutAera Jis e t&e i,800-mil flight, but predator ekie&y mm armed with shotguns constitute tAt bvng ear ia between. Th floci sussaWs 2$, as nearly as can be dettwnintd, mthz&mg three youngsters who were succefully liaeii this sammer. Wildlife enthusi asts hop that, slowly, t&e flock can be built up to a point vhert ffc.t fe- J&ag er any serious danger of extinction. Tha Auduloa nfcie4y $$ys; "Th Vvb A iafee ia fw large flek, feut 9 small gsouj ajS" isiriftate. Those foir&s which did not nest, or S?re too youni to have mated, usually migrate aheai of the family jruc. TTisae fiFst migrants usually appear ia the Daotas tfter the first ef September. Parents with young travel much more siwly, stopping to f$ed and rest along the way. The last ei these family groups may still be along the '"flyay" duriag early December. '"No one could gossibly mistake a whooping craae for a duck or a goose, and yet in the past many of them have been shot by hunters along the "fly-way." Th.e adult whoop ing crane is a large, white bird, with a red crown n his head and jet black wing tips. It stands about Z'z feet tall. The young cranes are usually a brownish color, splotched with a few white markings. Their call is similar to the sound of a bugle, or a wfoaop." We hope, with the Audubons, that the "bugle, or whoop" noise will not fee stilled forever. E.A. iffeWor oftffajer 2. 1957 O0 mm "IssssssssMSjsjMSjSjSjsj ssa roan m Congressman Quitsj Signs Indicate Hot N,W, Political Fight B? A. B6BEET SMITH tiil TribtuaoB CJeapAe4 Wasiiagtcsi. Whe eon eressma resigns froa eifice, s feep. Mai Holmos (E-Was4.), this week Etajsjivc-d be v&s Aoing, 5hat is u&ique sWrs ut Ue a tum's eaital ia reft years estly e )aiv& ul s sittiftg la-arsaakers have veJuatarily -witMrawa frora wi dee, west tfeea kofer e cci gress4eal salarws went up te $2,ii, usually egre9mcn who latch4 oata seaet-hin hei-tfi-r pajitLg ia private feusine-ss. Usually e&ly the kazarde c teealti ao4 elections hav iorced Uuk to the aULelistes. Tke ease t Ceigfessnaa Motoes, dean f ihc Ewrgreca sate ?lcgatic, is g l&t tttcgEV Closest itwTSRj ija Ike la feaetkeB (Bodm-S g$iee.fe4 tbreHg ' Ijs ve4ry Jjy tfae closest xswgiw ia enat Bistorjf 13 votes out erf 6aa vsfces east. TSais wag ia to the ssHtfe H&lmies' $fetfri$ LeMess to the EJ saast taas ie ae scd adaeess of the 'HM oltheaeii . wtater oortasn eirem Stances tkw ase at a warn name ajr teitiai fwr sMieaiii S3 pertaols tWe be fttail TritMsiase resnrv3 tfao eiptsat tw esUt ail lettess vrtitt ten ese t elarcfatiiui awd ciifen satJon kettecs sttsMnitled far pn KcaUon rmst nfg ette4 4KW i;bw press kjt 8$vpFeeaiBa ei your sesaect editorial i g a e by headed "I&p Is Eigk." Ale3 iSt is s;gLeedid to tuu&gr t&at wbei preB)iHt Demeerats s A41ai Stevenaeia, Heuberge? a&A Por Faabati, tit &k tiWiik ecssapLainte bcius tfw Fresi used tfes efficipat soldiers to uphold the lav, s&aaas total ly u&aware tlaat a Kfean ! brands, eawragp' ami bor c&uld As b bws. Aay AmerieaB suLd kaw tJsat tfee Congrees, tcs$ctkr T?itk tko savereiga stat&s, maSe tfe constitution, vhils te Supreme Court explains kJiy it applies, Vwt tfee Presieat is beusril Jsj" kds eatk e office ts uphold it. If Jaubus kal used his state's (roops to ftscort tha eelered pupils safely to schol, instead f using them eteliheratcly to kweak the lav by preveatig those colored pupils fron eater ig tha high schosl, th Faubus yull appear leas silly. I do Beat see how oe ia so reepoKsi1le a position could have- done a greater disservice t his euntry in the eyes tfee vorld, or play ed more directly it thao hands ei Susia. Horace V. Thompscn . 3642 Hilsinger Jtd. Medford, Ore. Two Coffee Roasters Bring Prices Down White Plains, N.Y. W Gen eral Foods Corp., and Standard Brands Inc., leading coffee roast ers, today lowered the prices n their regular ground coffees from two to three cents a pound. General Foods cut its regular ground Maxwell House and Sank a coffees three cents a pound at the wholesale level. It also reduced its regular Yufean and Bliss coffees two cents a pound. Standard Brands lowered the wholesale price of its regular ground Chase Sc "Sanborn coffees three cents a pound at wholesale. General Foods said the action brings the prices of its regular coffees to a two-year low. Whole sale price reductions customar ily are reflected almost imme diately at the retail level. A Tbm-A MY. a meath age reportedly to take suffieiat swusdiRgs to fi&d out vhich fy the political winds wr blowiag ia th big -wheat country. Mis annucemnt that h is bowiag out is 'taken here as an idicatr that he found Re publican pcesjsccts unimproved K1ts, a sensitive, intelli gent, o-eomtetiv typ, wita a liberal GOP outlook, had the nofit consistent record of sup porting the gisenhewer program at. any X&rthwest Raenaber e Cowgress. But the iwarly SO, 808 ve4e margin by which he won in IS 52 fell away so sharply that it teee-sBe aareat that he was ialliRg vktMs to the ?aF-n unrest which is ee f tfes Ea pmbliean perty'6 a&aj$ $ssJitiJ problems. Holmes mnfiowS BaBejllisis cniee et tine ossd ttjt kits pureamt torn. Perk.ps top mmk itA&'fr ewtial persnaaal Cfjasai iyaas e6 pJjBiBiad hir emspesfitsamk feiisnseli te a tnnllaibgm mss tews Ta j'at Bus tesMgsaessSBEaata&Iy KelDUoas -w6(wla xwoifia'flBlS' atStanit outnem fciao Political Isolation & aeki&gie& ( Tfcra evi fteresag is palimg "up thiat s.etfe5n teseps aae t&kakkag hard abewt tfeqe Jfaist tJae Ssth its 6jeiRg ewt fcS Pit:!K3oLly. The iffi&ur ee e stiuth c?kim?s ia t3oe eauHeiis eif fhe Demoeratie ly has b e a pinehed oii. I.yle . rt'llsoo Southern rotes east im Regbiir ean presidential candidates kave gained no i-nfluesce tksr fos southern point f view. TgTkat to 9a about all c4 t&is is something sutfern DsKsoeTefctss spokesmen and etffiee kol'oisFS must now easside? eleeig wita the significant fact that tfeie Kiey Negro vote in th South x&ay tee eoraing up with ew leasees aS nw office holders. The directiora ti speitbm ?58 litical thinking was issndicatod last week by Jasss I". Eyras-s erf South Carolina, qualified spokesman joe his s4ate. EoatS Carolina is one e ttesss in tfeie Suth committed bjr its Jfegisla ture to defy rcial intftgjpatioiM i the schools by every legal swans, gyrnes Lists hjefUvs He served w the Htsse gsd Senate, as associate justise 6f the Supremo Court, as seeretairy of state and, more recently, as governor of South Carolina. At Bennettsville, S. C, week, Byrnes snipped wt a Fat-t-ern for southern political atfffcawa and objectives, as follows: "Notwithstanding the politi&aJ gloom which now surrousds vs, the South may fee restored to it place ia the councils erf tlae na tion if its leaders, forgetting aJl political differences, will now begin- to organize for q united South. "You may be sure that, unAer 1952 NASH STATESMAN SUPER 6 WITH OVERDRIVE In Very Good Condition 574500 LEA MOTORS 5th at Bartlett Phone SP 2-6185 France Nea Where 'St By CHARLcES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent France appears to be ap proaching a point at which it inust seek a radical solution for its chronic cabinet crisis. Its National Assembly, the control ling House of par liament, has just thrown out Premier Mauric Bour-ges-Maunoury. Vates atMSioS leader of its 32-rd government since the end ef World War II. the floor of the House, where he vould sit long hours through th debate trying to make up his mind. He steered away from taking sides in a hot contro versy, like Hells Canyen, for fear of adverse public reaction. Contrary to the prevailing prac tice in public life, he seemed to try to keep his name out of the newspapers. A, iormer .college professor with a Jhi Betta Kappa key, Holmes became a student of law on the powerful House Ways swl Means eommittee, from vhich all tax bills emerge. Though in IS years of service he inch4 clow to the top in com mittee seniority, this helped Holmes little when his opponent ma4e a major issue out f the contention that the congress man for that area should better have been en the agriculture eommitte-e. ! Political Curiosity In the past few elections w'hera the Democrats were rolling tup triumphs in Oregon, Washing ton state remained a- political curiosity it elected D.emoerats in statewide campaigns for ses- ator, governor and congressmaa-at-large, b-ut stuck by the Retpa-b-liean congressmen from M$ six eegressieal districts. Tfee aly Northwest s&aator rha be up f?r eieetioa next yea? will fee Heary M. Jialsen askisgtea, which wiU mean gcaaaVer e-stsieentratioa ea Iscal x&d eoMgressietaal Ske. In t&e Ksarty keasiqua-rt'es ei both Sublkas sava , Efeesaocrats, ?ere strategy is mapped for etss5aefsKat&a eots iamarginal etistekts. SfraiablKans vill un- toalsaaiy pt e a drive to try sm& via back the Democratic s&ate tJsoey'e recently lost in saagaa, j as the Democrats ligntfe to g all out to cap tee tke sgaat ylich Holmes will &g vaj&atias. Sit te icifie Northwest will lifeeiy' be awtlser tougJa political SpttJjgrJid m 1958. e peesettt eadatkHss, bo man, South oi toe Fe4sa-a will be placed eca H pfesisietial ticket of eithte party walass that man is willing to btray his people. "Ewt, if ywu organize a&d let tkie peoigiite know tfee southern stamps aFe not in tfeie bag for eitJst&r ipvsiitical party, we may Eane same elurice ei spscurintg wrSttea piedes that will assure s,ije resjaect fisr the U. S. Con s4itutis a&d a greater respect' t&c leeal gorernmeht." That's about it. Byrnes' pre scription is that the South find a gtfiitkal alliance within which it stay regaia a sbstatial voice ia Vm eaaking of national policy. K seenas s&mca likely that the &th will ga it aJoae politically than etabliek the pelitical alli aKe Byrnes suggested. fiuWs KTa-spal E-olie? Th aatural peliey "which the South Ksot urgently desires to eata&iisfa would rebate to the eTer-all gj-&blsa oi race rela t9ws, what Sen. Richard In. Rus s.e?l (D-Ga.) termed the cQ&imin gikag si the white and -Negro Eases. Neitfcer th Republican Party nas the noa-southern elements of the Deaiecratic Party would be Hkely to welcome an alliance on these terras. The Negro vote out sMe the South is too important 4r eitBer party to dicker with iAre Ssuth on civil rights or on spate's rights, either. U. S. News and -World Report estimates in its current issue that feu-r-million Negro voters hold a balance f power in 14 states ssatsii'e the South. These 14 savage frera Maryland with 15.6 psr eent to California with 4.6 psr eent of Negro voters. The rth-ers are Delaware, Illinois, In diaaa, Kentucky, Michigan, Mis souri, 5Jew Jersey, New York, CWsio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania a-sd West Virginia. These 14 states ca'St a powerhouse of 261 presidential electoral votes. Nee&ed to win: 266! ring Point of Crisis Man' Said Needed Whoever succeeds Bourges-1 Maunoury will inherit two big problems the future at Algeria and the threat of inflation. It is most unlikely that the successor will be able, any more than was Bourges-Maunoury, to command a solid majority in the assembly. The life of French govern ments since the end of the war has averaged a little more than five months. Bourges-Mau-noury's cabinet lasted 109 days. The only remedy for this situ ation in sight at the moment is for the multiple political groups in parliament to seek a strong man" as premier. De Gaulle Only "Strong Man" But the only candidate for the "strong man" role now in sight is Gen. Charles de Gaulle, war time leader of Free France who headed a provisional government from Sept. 10, 1944, to Nov. 27, 1945, and then became the first constitutional post-war premier. There is strong opposition to de Gaulle. For one thing, he is too streog to suit a lot of politi cians. His opponents mentions in discussing him, the danger of a dictatorship. But it looks as if ssmething has got to be done, and more and more Frenchmen are dis eussing the possibility that de Gaulle may be called upon aogain to lead France. Some French leaders distrust Roseburg Editor Sees Competition for Rails In Highway BY CHARLES V. STANTON Editor, Roseburg News-Review Many thousands of people are moving into California every day, according to news reports. California's population will be increased by almost eight mil lion people by 1970, according to recent estimates. California in late years has overbuilt its hous ing needs. Housing projects were developed in every part of the state. Recent reports rapid growth of population; that Cali fornia soon will be short on hous ing and will pick up its tempo of home construction. Southern Ore gon, and par ticularly Douglas County, is the area with the largest lumber production of any spot on the Pacific Coast. The products we have for sale will find a ready market in California. There is only one major obstacle. We must get our products into Calif ornia at competitive prices. Cost Differential Mills in northern California now can get their lumber into Los Angeles and San Diego at a cost far below ours. With com petitive rail transportation be tween southern California and the southern pine belt, we can anticipate that the producers in the South will be striving for a competitive freight rate. We're not apt to get any sort of concession from the "Friend ly" Southern Pacific unless we can force it. I'm skeptical of getting a competitive rail line or joint-user arrangement. At least we will get neither in time to hit the burgeoning California Market, I predict. Water Routes Needed A method of water shipment through use of barges is develop ing rapidly along our coast. Barges can operate in and out of shallow harbors. Thus every Oregon bay can be turned into a shipping center for coastwise trade. While freight rates on deep water cargo carriers are not much lower than rail rates, barges, it is reported, will be a b 1 e to handle cargoes at a much lower rate than now avail able. Through the use of barges we probably can get our lumber products into southern Cali fornia at a rate in fairly close competition with those of north ern California mills, or the rate we may anticipate will be ob tained by southern operators. Sees Handicap Unless we do achieve such rate competition, we'll be badly handicapped in getting into this market, which promises to be the best in history. Before our inland mills can Serving All Who Call With sincerity and deep re spect to the departed, Litwil lers have served faithfully for 22 years, at prices exception ally moderate. I a4 ittfHti ii ii C. M. Litwiller r-owi i awi Remember . . . We are Ashland's only locally owned funeral home. We have fio branches. We devote pur full-time to give the finest funeral service, at less cost than obtained elsewhere. hiisi LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND . We Never Close him on the ground that he is too ambitious, and would rule with an iron hand. But there are others, and their number is growing, whod eny that. They say that de Gaulle is not personally ambitious, that he is dedicated to the French Re public, and that he really is democratically-minded. Proposed Self-Rulo . Bourges-Maunoury sought to end. the Algerian rebellion by sponsoring a plan which would have given the Arab natives a great measure of self-rule, but at the same time would have pro tected the interests of the 1,200, 000 Frenchmen in the country. Bourges - Maunoury was thrown out on the Algeria issue. Leftists said his plan did not, go far enough. Rightists said it went too far. Had he survived the Algeria vote of confidence, he would have found himself confronted by the equally controversial price control issue. At the moment, the prospect is for the formation of another shaky coalition government which would be at the mercy of contending parties. De Gaulle is the sole strong political figure in France. Unless another candidate for the "strong-man" role appears un expectedly, the politicians sooner or later may have to call upon him to give France real leadership. Building take advantage of the coastwise barge system we must have tran sportation facilities between our mills and our ports. That means roads. It means roads capable of handling commercial loads. It is a peculiar situation that even if we build such roads they might not be used to any great extent. But the fact that they would be in addition to stimu exist and the fact that we can get lower rates into the south ern California market than cur rently charged by our monopo listic railroad, will force the rail road to bid for the business by putting its rates in line. Roads Worth Millions Thus, even though the roads never carried a load, they would pay back their cost many times over. A frieght rate reduction of even a few dollars on each car of lumber between southern Oregon and southern California would put many trade dollars into this area every year. That would be in addition to stimulat lating new industry and creating l more jobs. Roads between the coast and the interior, however, doubtless would be very liberaly used. They would be used for both import and export. Barges taking lumber south could bring back fruits, auto mobiles, fuel and lubricating oils and many other products to be trucked to inland distributors. Some Competition I believe we can give the "Friendly" Southern Pacific some competition in this area. Southern Oregon is the largest industrial area of the state with out rail competition. Consequent ly, I believe, inasmuch as com petition is a vital element to in dustrial growth, the State Dept artment of Planning and Devel opment should e n c ourage the earliest possible opening of im proved traffic facilities to the coast and development of coast wise water transportation. Actually competition would be helpful rather than injurious to the 'Friendly" Southern Pacific. A cheaper rate into the tremend ous C a 1 ifornia market would stimulate a lot of new industry to come into this area where the bulk of the raw material supply exists and thus produce greater cargo volume for both water and rail transportation lines. WALSTON & CO., INC. Members N. Y. Stock Exchange 127 7. 6th St. Medford SP 2-7194 Mrs. Litwiller ,v i ,M '1 r 'It is better to know us and not need us, than to need us .and not know us,"