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Editorial Comment ANNIVERSARY Among the anniversaries celebrated this month is a double anniversary of both the birth and the marriage of Dagwod and Blondie Bum itead. It was in 1933 that com ic strip readers first got ac quainted with the young man who, in that far-off day, had rich father, and the rather dumb secretary whom h e married. The years have dealt kindly with the Bumsteads, but as people they have changed. Blondie, now far from dumb, is smarter than Dagwood, a fact Dagwood refuses to con cede. And Dagwood, a play boy 25 years ago, is now com pletely respectable and middle-class and, we always thought, rather uninspiring. Cne of the outstanding fea tures about this comic strip, which appears daily in this newspaper, is that it is con sistently funny. Chic Young doesn't moralize or sermonize. His characters don't have blood-chilling adventures, save as Dagwod may dream them after a pre-bed sandwich of the type now known as "a .Dagwood." It is not a contin ued story; each day is unto itself. We think of no other major comic strip that has lasted so long with such an attractive formula. And those children! Alex ander, born in 1934, is, we surmise, about ready to enter high school in 1958-Eugene Register-Guard. Reservations Being Taken for Elks Trip Reservations are now being taken for the Oregon State Elks association tour to Ha waii which will leave Port land Jan. 2. Wrex Cruse, Port land, chairman of the Hawaii committee, has announced. The tour will include air transportation and several trips in Hawaii. The tour will end Jan. 14. Information and reserva tions may be obtained from Cruse or the Cruse-Kuhn Travel bureau, 532 SW Yam bill st., Portland 4, Ore. , 9 4, SJ ' M U B 0 S s s " www HmiHtgi IMPLEMENT. STORAGE BUILDING-Shown above is the new implement and storage building on the new Southern . Oregon Branch Experiment station property. Overhead trusses from the old Rogue Valley ballroom were used to reduce cost. Tractors and implements are now stored in the building, where equipment maintenance work will be done. A raised wooden platform contains racks for the storage of field samples from the various experimental projects. Freeway Opened North of G. Pass Salem - (UPD - Six-and-a-half miles of four-lane freeway north of Grants Pass were to be opened at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The northbound lanes of the section, located between J u m p o f f Joe and Louse creeks, were opened last Wed nesday while southbound traf fic continued to use the old Highway 99 which was con structed in the early 1920's. The section to be opened cost $2,100,000. Landscaping will be done next year. The department also an nounced that the interstate freeway project between Can yonville and Myrtle Creek, in cluding the Myrtle Creek by pass, will be opened about Nov. 20. Traffic-Proof Suit Fails To Faze Owl Bournemouth, England-IUPD-An own attacked long-distance runner Ken .Baily - Friday night as he ' ran - through Bournemouth in a luminous track suit designed to protect him from traffic during night time practice runs. The big bird ripped open the front of the suit before it retreated to its perch in the trees. - "If the suit attracts owls like this I prefer to take my Chaplain to Assume Duties November 12 The Rev. Roger A. Pryor, recently appointed Protestant chaplain at the VA Domi- ' ciliary, will assume his new dutes Sunday Nov. 16. " He is beng transferred from the VA hospital at Albuquer que," N. M., and will live in Medford. He is accompanied by his wife and her mother, Mr.' Pryor s a native of Tex as and a veteran of both world wars, having been a private in World War I, and chaplain for the four years of World War II. He attended Baylor univers ity and the Baptist Theolog ical Seminary, Forth Worth, Tex. He was chaplain at the Sheridan, Wyo. VA hospital for' five years and at the Al buquerque hospital seven years. i n LABORATORY. OFFICE BUILDING This office and laboratory building was recently completed at the newly acquired Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station prop erty on Hanley rd. near Jacksonville. The lawn around the building has been seeded. Horticulture and entomology department moved in this week. The agronomy section is to move in soon. In the foreground is the parking area for the new experiment sta tion site. Final Touches Being Put on Branch Experiment Station Final touches are now.be- air core in the blocks, White will store the records. Five thousand of the 6,000 grizzly bears officially report ed as living in areas owned by the United States are in Alaska. chances with Baily said. the traffic," ing put on the new Southern Oregon Branch Experiment station buildings on the prop erty on Hanley rd. near Jack sonville. Low cost utility has been the feature of the three build ings erected on the 81.4 acres at a total cost of $61,768. Pur chase price of the property acquired approximately a year agu is $50,875. The office and laboratory building consisting of 3,644 square feet of floor space is $26,294 or approximately $7.- 20 a square foot, according to Harold White, experiment sta tion superintendent. , This" is $3 a square foot under the cost of comparable buildings. Concrete Floors The concrete floor in the offices is overlaid with asphalt tile and the building itself is constructed of pumice block. The roofing is of asphalt shingle. This permits 70 per cent insulation because of the -i,:,iifi4- ' : . . . : - Your new car can cost up to $500 less ...the Insured Savings and Loan way You can buy your next car for as much as $500 less if you buy it outright with savings instead of buying it on the installment plan. You save two ways because your savings earn extra money, and because you eliminate the financ ing cost. Save at our Insured Savings and Loan Association, and here are four reasons why: (1) Your money earns excellent returns, (2) You get back what you have saved plus earnings. (3) There are no charges for putting your money in or taking it out. (4) Your savings are insured up to $10,000 . by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. explained. The laboratories have concrete flooring. Only the ceilings are plastered . in this building. The building is heated by two gas-fired hot-air furnaces. This way the offices can be heated and the laboratories left unheated when not in use White explained. The building is so con structed that it may be built onto if expansion is necessary in the future. Each of the ex perimental sections is a com plete unit. The horticulture department has a lab and of fice ' plus storage room, and the agroiiomy section also had an office; a' laboratory and space for cleaning and storing seed. Entomology will use the horticulture lab facilities. This section, too, has an office. Added Featur An added feature of the seed claning room will be the movable hood and flexible hose which will connect with an outside exhaust fan to blow the fine particles of dust out side Adjoining the other agronomy facilities is a soils and fertility room wheh in-, elude a drying oven and gen eral type of technical equip ment necessary. A fireproof vault near the superintendent's office and ad joining the reception , room Investments made by the 10th of the month earn dividends as of the first RETIRES Earl H. York, assistant postmaster at the Medford post office for the past two years, retired from the postal service Oct. 31 after more than 40 years service. York served in all depart ments of the post office dur ing his career, and is a veteran of World War I. During World War II he managed the postal facility at Camp White. ; The implement and storage shed houses. the tractors and implements. A raised wooden platform just over the imple ment storage area will hold storage racks for field work. Each of the specimens will be labelled and stored in the racks. Then sorting and clas sifying of these specimens can De done during bad weath er when field work is impos sible. This way full time em ployment is provided all year, White said. Lawns Seeded The lawns around the build ings are already seeded. Gran ite walks will be used instead of cement walks between buildings to further cut costs. A total of 4,000 pear trees have been planted at the north end of the experiment station property. More trees will be added each year until they come into fruiting, White said. This will mean an ex pansion of the horticulture Sheriffs Deputies Answer 181 Calls A total of 181 complaints were filed with the Jackson county sheriff's department during October, compared to 144 last month, the sheriff's office has announced. Of the complaints reported, 102 of them were closed. Eight were unfounded, depu ties said, and 41 of the 181 were complaints of felony of fenses. There were 20 misde meanor offense , complaints, and 120 miscellaneous com plaints. The sheriffs office handled 55 arrests, including 25 for felony offenses and 26 for mis demeanors. 7 Sheriffs deputies served 31 warrants during October, and issued 21 warrants. Rural Fire Department To Name Directors The Medford Rural Fire Protection District will hold its annual election to fill two vacancies on the board of di rectors Monday, Dec. 1, be tween 2 and 8 p.m. at the Oak Grove school, Dorothy F. McOuat, . secretary, has an nounced. One term is for five years, and the other an unexpired term of four years. Petitions have been filed by J. Asher Neff and Glen V. Allen for the terms. Petitions must be filed with the district secretary by Nov. 15. FIRST FEDERAL havings & Loan Assn. of Medford tmllll 29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager fifty Convenient Street Parking 3 In Order To Serve You Better the new office of Dr. Robert J. Uric OPTOMETRIST is now located at 820 East Main ' Vi Block East of Cottage Street Parking Area Entrance on East Main at Corning Court plot for six to eight years. After that the less desirable hybrids will . be culled out. Rest of Area The rest of the area is plant ed to general agronomy and truck crops. These include fertility and "variety trials. Indicating the importance of the work of this station and similiar stations in Oregon is a large sign oh the wall of the conference room. 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