Homeowners Asked to
Guard Against 'Quacks'
Don McNeil, manager of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, has reminded
homeowners in this area to
fuard against "self-styled ter
mite control experts."
He said such "experts and
quacks" annually take an esti
mated $100 million from the
public
McNeil emphasized there
re many termite control
iirms which offer honest and
competent service, but public
ignorance of termites and
their control have made it
"relatively easy for the mi
nority of swindlers in this
field to get away with their
worthless treatments."
Vs Fear Approach
Such operators, he said,
often use the fear appeal to
care homeowners into using
their services before a check
can be made into the firm's
reliability. "Emphasis upon
fear and the need to hurry
lire the racketeers chief per
suaders," McNeil noted.
The chamber manager point
ed out that presence of ter-
Effective Weaving
mites in a house seldom constl
tutes an emergency, and any
additional damage done in a
few weeks or months will
make little difference. Home
owners, he said, "have plenty
of time to buy termite con
trol service with the same
care and discrimination that
is necessary in the purchase of
any other home maintenance
service.'
"There are many companies
which offer the public an hon
est and competent program
of termite control, he con
tinued. Reliable information
may be obtained from such
sources as the department of
agriculture, the department of
entomology at Oregon State
college, the county extension
agent, and the chamber of
commerce, he added.
Varied array of huck-weav-
ing Ideas everything from
potholders P to- p 1 1 1 o w s to
aprons.
' Beginner's delight! Make
countless articles of beauty,
practicality, with huck weav
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Send Thirty-five cents
(coins) for this pattern add 5
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Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, Old
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11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME,
ADDRESS, PATTERN NUM
BER.
Our new 1959 Alice Brooks
Needlecraft Catalogue has
many lovely designs to order:
crocheting, knitting, em
broidery, quilts, dolls, weav
ing. A special gift, in the cat
alog to keep a child happily
occupied a cutout doll and
clothes to color. Send 25
cents for your copy of the
book.
Miss Kirtley Takes
Part in Conference
Miss Josephine Kirtley, vice
principal, represented Med-
ford High school at a series
of principal - student inter
views at Oregon State college
in Corvallis Saturday.
Student chairman in charge
of arranging the interviews
on campus was Milton J.
Smith, 115 Newtown st., Med-
ford.
The interviews are design
ed to point up strong and
weak points in high school
preparation for college and
OSC's orientation program for
new students.
Following the interviews,
principals meet with college
leaders and review comments
and recommendations of the
students.
Olson-Ross Bids
Low on Timber
Olson-Ross Lumber com
pany of White City was the
successful bidder for a tract
of 1,872,000 board feet of tim
ber along the Tiller-Trail
highway in northern Jackson
county which was offered for
sale by the Medford district
of the bureau of land manage
ment last week.
The bid of $70,655 included
an offer of $46 per thousand
board feet for the Douglas-
fir, which was the major spe
cies in the sale. Eight other
operators qualified to partici
pate in the oral auction sale.
On March 12, the Medford
district of the bureau plans to
offer six tracts for sale. The
tracts, which vary in size from
15,000 to 5,699,000 board feet
have a total estimated volume
of 12,178,000 board feet which
is appraised at $261,545.05.
Three of the tracts and 11,
968,000 board feet of the vol
ume is located in southern
Douglas county, two tracts
and 34,000 board feet are in
eastern Jackson county and
one tract containing 176,000
board feet is located in south
ern Josephine county.
Additional information re
garding the proposed sales is
available at the office of the
district manager at the Med
ford city hall.
Substantial deposits of high
grade iron ore have been lo
cated in the south-central Rio
Neero Drovince of Argentina.
The deposits are nearly 40
leer, deep, witn an iron com
position of 55.6 per cent.
Expecting Centennial Guests?
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Try and Stop Me
-By BENNETT CERF-
F1BIBING POETRY from an Oklahoma (dry state!) rumpus
room:
"A Frenchman drinks his native wine,
A German drinks his beer.
An Englishman quaffs 'alf
and alf
Because it brings good cheer.
The Scotchman drinks his
whiskey straight
Because it brings on dizzi
ness, But we dry ichmos can't
choose at all
So we drink the whole darn
business!"
o e
Stableman with a bandaged
hand explained it in this man
ner: "Just as I put my band
in a horse's mouth to see bow
many teeth it had, the dam critter bit my hand to see how many
fingers I had!"
0 1959. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
Between High and Low Tide,
A Host of Hardy Creatures
Probably no more compe
titively or highly contested
strip of ground exists upon
the earth than that disputed
area of beach between high
and low tide.
In this comparatively nar
row strip of shore along the
aceans of the world lives,
loves and dies a host of
strange creatures as varied in
their structure and habits as
they are multitudinous in in
dividuals. One thing, they
must all have in common is
adaptability.
They are specialists in re
adjustments; to survive they
must, scurry hurriedly from
incoming water or dig frantic
ally to secure damp escape
from a burning sun.
Several hours of every day
their habitat is covered with
water, other hours it is dry
land? They must be both
aquatic and terrestrial, at al
most the same time.
In this area live many
members of the huge family
of Crustacea. Crabs, sand-fleas
and thousands of others know
this as home. The family of
crabs alone comprises hun
dreds of species with habits
characteristically peculiar to
itself.
Sand Is Home
Not only has the surface
its complement of life, but
the sand itself is home to
thousands of animals that live,
out of sight, in its dampness.
Here are the send-fleas (used
as bait for pompano) who be
long to the family crustacea.
These little fellows are short
and almost round with a pear
ly white, iridescent exterior.
They're very active and spend
their life in the sand just at
the edge of the water.
It resembles a true flea in
general bodily characteristics.
The only dissimilarity to the
lowly insect he is named after,
is his size which is about that
of a small pecan.
Damp Retreat
Down in his damp retreat
he rests securely, temporar
ily safe from his enemies. At
the merest vibration of the
sand, other than that of the
breaking wave, he digs deep
er. A sandpiper or plover,
weighing only a few ounces,
49 Measles Cases
Reported in County
A total of 49 cases of meas
les were reported in Jackson
county last week, according
to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public
health physician.
Of the total, 27 cases were
reported in Medford, 18 in
Phoenix, and 1 each in Ash
land, Camp White, Central
Point and Butte Falls.
Seventeen cases of influen
za were reported last week,
Dr. Merkel noted. Eight were
in Mdford, 6 in Ashland and
3 in Butte Falls.
Other communicable diseas
es last week were German
measles, Medford 8, Central
Point 3, and Phoenix 2; pneu
monia, Ashland 2, and Central
Point, Phoenix and Medford
1 each; chicken pox, Medford
5, Central Point 3; mumps,
Medford 3, Phoenix 2; strep
throat, Ashland 1; and whoop
ing cough, Rogue River 1.
Savings Bond Sales
Show Rise in Area
Savings bond sales in Jack
son county last month showed
an increase of $58,386 over the
same month in 1958, Morris
B. Leonard, Jackson county
chairman, has announced.
Sales last month totaled
$168,139, compared to S109,
753, in January, 1958, he
said.
Sales throughout the state
showed an increase of -7 per
cent last month over the to
tal sales for the month in
1958. '
makes very little vibration on
the sand, but it is enough;
the sand-flea's armored body,
driven by his powerful legs,
literally drops him to a depth
below the length of the birds'
probing bill.
This narrow strip of land,
which is alternately wet and
dry years without end, is actu
ally the very edge of the
world for both the sand-flea
and man himself.
The sand-flea knows it as
home, the man knows it as
the outer edge of his domain.
Beyond it rolls the sea upon
whose surface he is tolerated
for intervals but over which
he exercises no control. Man
and crustacea stop at the
water's fluctuating edge.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1959)
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many others. .
GIRLS' BABY DOLL
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Reg. $1.00
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67
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Magic crepe fabric. Assorted styles
and prints. Shorty gown and panty.
Sizes 1-2-3-4.
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LIGHTING THE WAY
Brockton, Mass.-(UPD - This
city is marking the 75th anni
versary of an unusual distinc
tion it enjoys in the field of
illumination. In 1883 Brock
ton became the first place in
the world to possess an un
derground, three-wire system
for the distribution of elec
tricity. The city soon boasted
the first theater and first fire
station to be .lighted by Thom
as A. Edison's incandescent
system with power supplied
from a central station. On the
evening that the switch was
thrown, one witness of the
experiment was described in
newspaper accounts as being
especially delighted with the
results. This was Edison himself.
'58 State Forestry
Sales Totals Told
Salem-flJPD-The State Fores
try Department sold 172,984,
000 board feet of timber in
1958 at bid prices which to
taled $2,305,698, State For
ester D w i g h t Phills said
Thursday.
Sales included 65 separate
blocks of timber.
Main activity centered in
Forest Grove where the man
agement section sold 28 sep
arate tracts for $681,379. A
large part of this timber con
sisted of snags from the Tilla
mook burn.
Prince Rupert in British
Columbia is 500 miles nearer
the Orient than any other rail
way terminus on the Pacific
coast.
Temporary Judge
Measure Approved
Salem - (UPD - The Oregon
House Friday passed Senate
bill 77 permitting appoint
ment of circuit judges and re
tired supreme court judges as
MAIL TRIBUNE, MedW, Oregon, Sunday, February 15, 1959 9
temporary judges of the State
Supreme Court.
The bill now goes to Gov.
Mark Hatfield for signature.
At the general election last
November, the people ap
proved a constitutional
amendment permitting such
judges to sit with the high
court temporarily to clear up
the backlog of cases.
A companion bill appropri
ating money for the purpose
also passed.
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