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MAIL TRIBUNE, MadforJ, OrM, Tuesday, January 20, 1 959 Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- JOHN RIXGLXNG NORTH, the big circus man, claims that he contributed a whooping crane to the zoo in Barcelona, but that when the airplane landed there, the fool bird flatly refused to debark. This proved, to Mr. North's satis faction at least, that the crane in Spain stays mainly in the plane. Publisher Bich&rd Simon drove a golf baH off the first tea at his country chib that hit A tree, bounced off a rock, felled a caddie, bopped over a trap and landed two Inches from the cup. "Dawgone," mourned Simon. "If only I bad bit that ball a little harder!" Toughest gangster moll ta the turbulent '20, estimates Harry Hershfleld, waa the one who noticed a handsome stranger at a dance and wanted to learn his name. Nobody seemed to know. So aha shot him In order to read his name in the paper the next morn fag. C 1369, by Bennett Cert. Districted by Xtac Features Syadieatt. ILLINOIS VALLEY District Officers Named By RUTH RAUSCH Cave Junction At the meeting for the election of of ficers of the Illinois Valley Rural Fire Protection district, Hal Moore was named presi dent; Bob Martin vice presi dent; Ivan Burr, treasurer and Karl Preston, secretary. William J. McLean resign ed as director and was ap pointed executive secretary for the coming year. No re placement as director was named. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Doran were with their son, Russell, Jr., and his family, in Eugene recently for a delayed Christ mas visit. The families were unable to be together during the holiday season. I n the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In its current issue, U. S. News & World Report, head ed by David Lawrence, mag azine editor and columnist, prints a piece about newspa pers. Casual reading of "It-leaves the impression that the news-4 paper and the passenger pi geon are in the same class... "JtTR. LAWRENCE'S maga " zine is troubled by ' the thought that newspapers are shrinking in number and be coming from the reader stand point a non-competitive mo nopoly. It says: "More and more there is a trend to single ownership of newspapers in a city, particu larly where the city has a population smaller than 200,- Legislative -Minority Urged To Gear Schedule Salem - (CPD - Sen. Anthony Yturri and Rep. Robert L. Elfstrom, Republican minor ity leaders, said Monday they were asking the Democratic legislative minority-"to gear the legislative schedule to a speed that will allow Gov. Mark Hatfield to present his tax program to the Legisla ture." The two GOP leaders said that in 1957 the Democratic administration did not appear until about March 18. "Gov. Hatfield will, be ready with his recommenda tions about Feb. 14, a full month ahead of Gov. Robert D. Holmes," they said. '. Sam Courtesy "Gov. Hatfield should re ceive the same courtesy as the chief executive of 1957,' Yturri and Elfstrom said. "A Republican occupies the state house today, but this is no reason to give him less cour tesy than his predecessor. The two men expressed con cern that more than 100 bills already had been introduced by the Joint Ways and Means Committee. "It appears that a tax pro gram may be rammed through without benefit of Gov. Hat field's reconme ndations," they added. They suggested that matters such as unemployment com pensation and highway prob lems be considered now while Hatfield is considering his budget recommendations. . Man Arrested for Burglary in Cafe Wain Charles Johnson, 21, of the Grand hotel, was lodg ed in Jackson county jail after admitting the burglary of Dick and Dot's cafe, 21 North Bartlett st., Friday, Medford police reported. Johnson had been in Med ford about two weeks and was employed at the Grey hound bus terminal restau rant, 202 North Bartlett st., as a dishwasher. He admitted the burglary in a signed statement after police apprehended him in side the cafe, according to the report. GOOD ADVICE Chicago (UPD The Bicycle Institute of America today of fered this advice to parents teaching their children to ride: Grasp the bicycle seat with one hand, simultaneous ly pushing and balancing the two-wheeler, but stay out of the pupil's line of sight and out of the way of the bike. EISENHOWERS HOSTS Washington -DP&- President and Mrs. Eisenhower held a 70th birthday party at the White House Monday night for the President's brother, at torney Edga r Eisenhower from Tacoma, Wash. 000 . . . At one time, more than half the cities in the country with newspapers had COMPETING papers. Now, of 1,450 cities with daily news papers, only 75-or a little more than five per cent-have competing papers, in more than J.200 cities, there is only a single aailynnewspaper. ' TS THAT situation peculiar to the newspaper? : . It is not. There was a time, not too long ago, when .the businessman , in the average city or town had to have up to four competing telephones on his desk. Now he has only one-with which he can reach nearly EVERYBODY. , . Would anyone ' want to go back to the multiple telephone nuisance? I doubt it. - TTOW about the reader? Is " he being forced to. read only one newspaper? Of course not. There was a day when average people DID read only one newspaper. But that day is gone. In these days, in any town , you can mention, half a dozen news papers are available ' to the avid reader. If you get out a search warrant and backed it up with deputy sheriffs, you'd have a tough time finding any person who reads only , one newspaper. ' . v ." rIE U. S.. News piece -laments that "many famous newspapers either have dis appeared completely or have been merged with others and discontinued as separate pub lications." It mentions among others the New York Sun, the Boston Post, the Washington Times-Herald and the Brook lyn Eagle. Let's mention some pther famous names that have dis appeared. In the automobile world of yesteryear, there was the Stutz Bearcat.-And the Deusenberg. And the White Steamer. AND THE LORDLY PIERCE ARROW. ' They are gone where the woodbine twineth. But the au tomobile INDUSTRY rolls on. It is fabulously more impor tant than in the days when those famous makes were household words. So it is with the newspaper. rpHETr.""S.NeWs goes on to -- av that because of in creasing ' competition from other forms of advertising tne newspaper's share of TOTAL advertising has shrunk. That is true enough. But let's look at the picture in its proper" light. In those good old days the article refers to so feelingly, the newspaper was about the only medium available to the average ad vertiser. There was the maga zine, to be sure. But the mag azine, with its nationwide cir culation, was available only to the advertiser with a na tional market. The local advertiser-meaning the advertiser who does business in ONE city and its surrounding trade territory had to fall back on the news paper. Under such circum stances, the newspaper's share of the total was naturally large. In these days a wider range of media is available. BUT the newspaper is doing all right, thank you. In these days, according to accepted authorities in the ad vertising world, advertisers invest more advertising dol lars in newspapers than they do in TV, radio, magazines and outdoor COMBINED. The newspaper ISN'T ' passenger pigeon. VERY SIMPLE Los Angeles -fliPD- Mayor Norris Poulson, noting that both political parties use the same decorations and bunting for their national conventions, offered another reason today for the Republicans to hold their convention here next year. "All they would have to do, he said, "is take down President Wilson's picture and put up one of President Lincoln." Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hen ry, sister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Harold Mackey, stop ped at the parsonage Wednes day and Thursday of this week on their way home to Medford from San Francisco, where they had been vaca tioning. . The Illinois Valley Civic Women's League met at the home of Mrs. Lee Anderson of O'Brien Wednesday for the regular business meeting. New projects under consid eration included plans for a home-baked food sale to be held during the Easter sea son. Also discussed was a pro posal to adopt a local needy family of children to clothe and care for. ""''A dutch auction and a birthday party, honoring Mrs. Jim Cook, is planned for the social' meeting night next Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the nome u Mrs. Carl Jolly in Cave Junction. ' Guest for the evening was Mrs. Edward Hare. Refresh ments of cake, jello and cof fee were served by the host ess. Ronnie Green, Airman 3c, has entered the academy at Kessler Air base in Mississip pi. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Les Henry. , Western Star chapter East ern Star will meet Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Masonic tem ple in Kerby. Hal Moore Sr. is reported to be on the sick list this week, suffering an attack, of pneumonia. . The Community church clothing bank is' still in oper ation and " chairman, Mrs. Harold Haslock, urges anyone in need of clothing to contact either Mrs. Art Drews or her self. All items, in the clothing bank are free for the asking. Mrs. Harry Causev of O' Brien, suffered a broken arm as a result of a fall while on an outing during the holidays. The Dale Ehlers are home after a ten-day vacation in Shelton, Wash., . where they visited Mrs. Ewer's parents. On the return trip, they visit ed the Vern Cadys in Burns, Ore. After an aDnroximatelv six weeks' shutdown for the an nual overhaul and repair, the Cabax ' mill reopened Mon day, Jan. 12. A new adult education class in veterinary medicine ia scheduled to start Jan. 28, a ten-weeks' course, with a re gistration fee of S7. The class es will be held at 7:30 pjn. every Wednesday night in the high school vo-ag building. Registrations are now be ing taken bv either Wallv Eichler. vo-ae instructor, or Vernon Larson, high school principal. Home from a three weeks' vacation in Riverside and Local Man Bound" Over to Grand Jury Willis James Shanks, Med ford, appearing in district court Friday, was bound over to the grand jury on "charges of uttering and publishing a raise cneck. Shanks is charged with is suing a false check to Oakdale market for $146 on April 23. He is being held on S3.000 bail. A sheriffs deputy recently brought him back to Jackson county to face the rharpp after Shanks completed a term in tne Wyoming state penitentiary in Rawlins, Wyo. Elbert Lionel Hawks. 1017 West 10th st., Medford, was unea $ou in district court, given a 30 day suspended sen tence, and placed on nroha. tion for two months, for petty larceny. Hawks was charged with taking a number of groceries irom the Groceteria grocery store in Medford on Jan. 12. CHILE OFFICIAL RESIGNS Santiago. Chile -fliPH- Tnt-. ior Minister Enrique Ortuzar iLscooar nas resigned "for reasons of health." it was an nounced today. He will retain his post as secretary general of the government. - Torrance, Calif., are Bob and Helen Bottel and their four youngsters. While in River side, a family reunion was arranged at the home of Bob's mother, Mrs. Nina Bottel. In Torrance, the Bottels were guests of Helen's sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Waller. A. Lemley of Ashland, Farm Bureau district insur ance agent, was guest speak er at the regular Illinois Val ley Farm Bureau meeting held Thursday evening in the high school vo-ag building. He addressed the 23 mem bers present on the subject of compulsory insurance. Wally Eichler, vo-ag in structor showed a film on sheep raising. Refreshments of homemade pie and coffee were served. TINY ATOMIC POWER PLANT Fountain pen (left) scales two five-pound atomic powered generators unveiled at the White House by the Atomic Energy Commission. Powered by Polonium 210, the unit could be produced for about $200. Covered de vice (right), in demonstration for President Eisenhower, operated small wooden pro peller and light bulb (center). At left is similar unit without cover. - Bigger Frozen Food Business Expected Portland -0PD- An official predicted Monday that the frozen food business will. be come a $314 billion industry in three years and the North west would play an important part in its expansion. The prediction came from Harold J. . Humphrey, vice president of the National As sociation of Frozen Food Packers. He spoke to dele gates at the third annual con vention of the Northwest Canners and Freezers associ ation. Humphrey said the North west should benefit because it is an important producer of fruits and vegetables used GRANT RESEARCH FUNDS New York UPD The tobac co industry research commit tee Monday announced a new appropriation of $500,000 for scientific research. for frozen foods. "I don't be lieve I am being overoptim istic in saying that in the next three years total frozen food production will be 10 billion pounds retail weight and valued at $3Vfc billion," he said. SHORTEN CONVENTION Tokyo -flJPD- Socialist Party leaders decided to end their two-day convention here after only one day. Too many party members were off in the prov inces campaigning for local elections. EASIER FOR WHOM? London -(UPD- Singer Jonl James, 5 feet 1 inch tall, left for New York Monday with a trunk 5 feet 6 inches high that staggered a team of porters. "It's easier with one piece of luggage," she said. 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