Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
rpHEY DO SAY that a Mrs. O'Connor is the most philosophical
X woman in all Ireland, still cheerful and smiling despite all
kinds of miserable luck. To cap the climax, a miscreant broke
;into her house and stole
vervthine she treasured
most highly. Mrs. O'Connor
told Father Donovan the
next morning, "I know the
good Lord doesn't plan to
send me more trouble than
I can bear but I just do
wish He didn't have such a
powerful good opinion o'
mei"
,
I have It straight from Ollie
James, in Cincinnati, that the
skin of a zebra is black and
that it's the stripes that are
white a bit of information I
admit Tve been puzzling over for the past fifteen minutes.
Frank Lloyd Wright's definition of a pro: "A person who does his
best work when he feels least like working."
O 18, by Bennett Cert retributed by KinS Feature Syndicate.
ln the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In these pieces from down
in the Sacramento valley
gleamed in tne course of a
hasty trip to San Francisco
I've been talking about
CHANGE. The change in Red
ding is from a one-time roar
ing gold camp, living by sup
plying the miners from the
surrounding area, to the be
ginnings of a modern indus
trial city, with growing pay
rolls arising out of the pro
cessing of the adjacent forests.
The changes in Red Bluff
are from the quiet, peaceful
everybody-knows everybody-
else, at times sleepy capital
of a century and a half old
cattle empire to the budding
status of a modern half agri
cultural, half industrial com
munity. The changes in Corn
ing is from a few olive groves
to a lot of olive groves. And
so on.
It is all a part of the cycle
of growth and change that is
taking place from the Mexican
border to Canada. The statis
ticians tell us the 11 Western
states are growing twice as
fast as the rest of the nation,
and the three Far West states
are growing twice as fast as
the remainder of the West.
THIS process of growth is
creeping steadily north
ward as it has been doing
ever since the dusty Pueblo of
Los Angeles began to grow
into a metropolis that bids
fair to become America's
largest. Already it is Gargan
tuan. As standing room gets
scarce south of Tehachapi,
people move on northward to
the San Francicso Bay area.
As the Bay area becomes
crowded, people step over the
edges of the congestion into
the opener spaces to the north.
Southern Oregon and far
northern California are in the
line of march.
TUT enough of the big
changes.
Let's talk about some of the
smaller ones.
Down below Corning, there
was for many years a snake
pit It was located at the side
of the road in a little draw
between rolling hills. Signs
stretched in both directions
from it. The signs were dillies
They made your hair stand
on end. Fop years this snake
pit sat there by the highway
and ladled out horror in big
helpings. Always there was a
cluster of cars around it.
Then
Suddenly
Its proprietors tired of the
snake pit business. Maybe it
got on their nerves. Possibly
they took to dreaming dreams
of awkening in the middle of
the night with the doors of
the reptile cages all wide open
and the bed full of scaly,
slithery monsters.
Anyway, they closed out
their stock of snakes and
opened up, of all things, an
ANTIQUE SHOP!
FOR several years life was
Deaceful in that neighbor
hood. You could drive along
the highway without having
your hair rise up and push
your hat right off your head.
It was wonderful.
But
It couldn't last.
THERE came the day when,
on the gentle rise just to
the south of the old snakepit
now turned antique shop,
there arose ANOTHER snake
pit.
And, not long after that,
another one set. up shop.
The final step was a horror
shop entitled Hell's Angels,
guaranteed by the signs to
send you out shivering like a
bowl of jelly and gibbering
like a sheeted ghost or your
money cheerfully refunded.
A H, ME. These horror shops
and horror shows. Isn't
there, horror enough that
comes for nothing without
setting up horrors that have
to be paid for?
About the only explanation
that occurs to me is that pro
vided by the old colo'ed boy
who had the weird habit of
butting his head against a
wall until his wits were clab
bered and then leaning back
against the wall with a bea
tific smile on his wrinkled
face.
Asked how come, he an
swered: "It feels so good when
you quit, boss."
Court Records
MUNICIPAL COURT
Levi Anson Lewis, transient,
drunk in public. $25.
Harry Hursh, Camp White, drunk
in public. $10.
Andrew Dooney. Carrip White,
drunk in public, $20. .
FAMILY AFFAIR
Westerly, R. . -OJPD- After a
car driven by police officer
Peter Comforti of Westerly
collided with one driven by
police officer Floyd Culhane
of Bethel, Conn., the off-duty
policemen did the most- logi
cal thing. They called another
cop to investigate.
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Lumber Industry Depending
On Congress for Good Business
VJr f
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington (Special) The
lumber industry appears to be
depending on the newly-elected
Democratic 86th Congress
SfafZ. to pump more
federal funds
into housing
next year to
make the in
dustry's pre
dictions of a
good business
year come
true.
This was the
a Robt smith maicauon mis
past week here during the an
nual meeting of the directors
of the National Lumber Man
ufacturers association.
The one gloomy note in the
outlook, the lumbermen
agreed, is the tightening mon
ey supply, making mortgage
loan financing more difficult
for home buyers and builders
to get. Nevertheless, the indus
try said it expects to see home
building next year equal this
year's building, and possibly
beter it.
Figures Outlook
An economist, Edwin W.
Magee Jr., of F. W. Dodge
corporation's construction
news and marketing service
figured the coming year look
ed like this:
"A tightening of the mort
gage money market, making
it difficult in many areas to
obtain FHA-insured and VA
guaranteed financing, should
exert a downward pressure on
home building during the ear
ly months of 1959.
"At the same time, the new
Congress is expected to take
prompt action to pour more
funds into the leading stream
and the result should be a
moderate . upsurge in home
construction during the second
half of 1959.
"With these factors more or
less balancing each other off,
we look for next year's hous
ing starts, public and private
combined, to show very little
if any, change from this year's
expected total of about 1,
160,000." Construction Generally
Construction generally
should hit an all-time high in
1959, Magee said. He antici
pated an increase of about
three per cent in construction
contracts over 1958, which in
itself was a seven per cent rise
over 1957.
A nationwide survey by
NLMA of some 400 lumber
and wood product manufac
turers showed that the indus
try shares this optimistic out
look. More "than 95 per cent
of these companies reported
they expect to sell as much
or more lumber next' year
than in 1958.
According to a weighted av
erage of replies, the industry
Drivers Licenses
Suspended Listed
Salem The department of
motor vehicles has. released
names of 254 drivers whose
licenses were ordered sus
pended during the period be
ginning Nov. 3 and ending
Nov. 7.
Length of suspension varies,
depending on 'charges involv
ed, recommendation of court,
discretionary action by the
department or requirement
of Oregon law. The depart
ment said some of the licenses
involving financial responsi
bility and court recommenda
tions may have been re-instated
after suspension was
ordered. .
The department warned
drivers that the penalty for
driving while suspended is a
jail sentence of no less than
two days and up to six
months, and there may be im
posed a fine up to $500. Un
der licensing procedures, this
will also result in an addition
al year of suspension.
Those suspended in "Jack
son county were:
Financial Responsibility (Failure
to show proof of financial re
sponsibility) Gartin, Frances Virginia, 2792
Buckshot rd.. Medford.
Gartin. Harold Richard. 38, of
2792 Buckshot rd.. Medford.
Magruder. Robert Malcom, 19, of
313 Granite St., Ashland.
Simpson Donald Jason, 36, of
6154 Downing rd.. Central Point.
Medford Man Gels
Suspended Sentence
Theodore Roosevelt Wheat,
route 4, box 308, Medford,
was given a six months sus
pended sentence to the county
jail Thursday on charges of
indecent exposure. He plead
ed guilty to the charges.
Richard Earl Smith, Phoe
nix. John Arnold Simmons,
Camp White, and Johnson
Cread Sells, Eugene, all plead
ed guilty in district court to
charges of petty larceny.
Smith was sentenced to y3
year, Simmons to six months,
and Sells to six months, all
in the county jail. All were
charged with taking S75 from
Charles M Turner on Nov. 3.
Sells has been released by
district court order.
expects lumber output next
year to be up 3.8 per cent. On
other points covered by the
survey, the consensus was
that:
Gross Sales
1. Gross sales of lumber
manufacturers next year will
be up 6.6 per cent from 1958.
2. L u mb e r consumption
next year will total about 35.8
billion board feet. The 1958
level is expected to be 34.5
billion.
3. Demand for wood panel
ing will be up 4.7 per cent.
4. Net profits after taxes
may increase 5 per cent.
5. Total costs of lumber
plants will show a rise of 4
per cent.
6. Employment in the indus
try will be about the same as
1958.
7. Prospects for an adequate
supply of raw materials next
year are good or fair.
8. Lumber' manufacturers
will spend about the same
amount for new plants and
equipment next year.
9. Demand for lumber in
non - residential construction
will be up 2.6 per cent, farm
demand for lumber will rise
by the same percentage, use of
lumber for furniture will in
crease 3.9 per cent, demand
for lumber and wood products
bv the railroads will shnw a
gain of 1.6 per cent, and the
use of lumber for wood con
tainers will be about the same
as this year.
10. Exports of lumber and
wood products will be about
the same.
The industry appeared to be
solidly behind the NLMA cam
paign to promote wider use of
wood products. When NLMA
asked in its survey for sug
gestions to bolster industry
prospects next year, lumber
manufacturers gave top prior
ity to "advertising, wood pro
motion, research and related
activities."
But they thought "tight
credit" was the economic fac
tor likely to affect the indus
try the most in 1959.
Eagle, Other Awards
Presented at Meetina
-Dick Swinney was present
ed the Eagle award at a Boy
Scout court of honor of Troop
8 at St. Marks Episcopal
church last week.
The Eagle palm award
went to Jerry Swartzley, and
Steven Swartzley received the
life award.
Other awards included star
award, Joe LeFaive; first
class, John Moir; senior patrol
leader, Tim O'Mara; assistant
senior patrol leader, Bill Ed
wards; patrol leaders, Jim
Moir, Larry Humphreys, and
John Moir; and assistant pa
trol leaders, Terry Phillips
and Bob Bennett.
Perfect Attendance
Perfect attendance awards
were presented to Bill Ed
wards, Tom LeFaive, Steven
Swartzley, two bars; Gary
Dawson, Tim O'Mara, Jim
and John Moir, one bar; Bill
Edwards, Tim O'Mara, Steven
Swartzley, two stars; and
Gary Dawson, Jim Moir, Don
Kingla, Bob Bennett and Tom
LeFaive, one star.
Merit badges were present
ed to Joe LeFaive, citizenship
and community, archerv.
woodworking, home rerjairs:
Bill Dahlstron, mechanical
drawing; Gary Dawson, wood
working and home repairs;
Bill Edwards, Steven Swartz
ley and Tim O'Mara, safety;
and Den chief cord. John
Moir.
All members of Troop 8
were presented 25-year pins
for being a troop which has
been registered for that
period of time. The tenderfoot
investiture was. given to Jim
Cotton, Ward Conger and
Him Brinson:
New Office Manager
Named in Medford
Gerald (Jerry) Neidergall,
1331 Vawter 'rd., Medford,
has been named manager of
the American Finance cor
poration office in Medford
He came here from Santa
Rosa, Calif., where he was as
sistant office manager.
Niedergall has been with
the corporation about two
years. -
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, November 1 6, 1938 S
Suit Challenges Jury Indictment
Portland-OJPD-Walter Evans
Jr., attorney for James B.
Elkins, has filed proceedings
in the Oregon Supreme Court
challenging the Multnomah
county grand jury indictment
of Elkins and six co-defendants.
The seven are accused of
conspiracy to commit the
felony of safe burglary.
Evans filed a motion in cir
cuit court here Friday seek
ing to quash indictments. The
motion will be argued Mon-.
day.
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