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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Unity, July 12, 193t
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
'Usee and Abuses of Dandelion
The teit never teemed very
accurate. The golden yellow
reflection always appeared
; under the chin of the child
-when the dandelion blossom
-was held there, even when
'the child claimed "he hated
butter." But the test was
standard procedure among the
children who picked the bril
liantly yellow blossoms by
-handfuls and held them one
by one under a companion';
.chin.
- "What was much more fun
.was gathering the long, hoi-
.low stems that hold the indi
-vidual blossoms and pushing
. childish tongue, against the
'end which caused the tissue to
split. Each strip would then
- curl beautifully and retain its
position. Some children, with
;a little practice, educated
their tongues to the point
where they could fashion,
and arrange the curls into al
most any combination.
Like Soda Straw .'
Early In their experience
with dandelions, children
learn that the flower stem is
exactly like a soda straw. The
fun with the dandelions last
ed all summer. When "the
-golden floret turned to silver"
the fluffy, bail-like "needs,
containing hundreds of airy
little parachutes, each equip-
. ped with a tiny seed and ready
to drift to far-off places, were
blown with a puff of breath,
:the white, silky parachutes
sprayed out like hubbies.
Some children would run
with the flower head in one
: upraised hand, the seeds
streaming out behind. .
would run with the flower
head in one upraised hand,
'the seeds streaming out be
hind. ' .
; Left to themselves, how
: ever, the dandelion is far from
helpless. Every breeze that
blows helps the plant distrib
. rate its seeds. This is probably
- one. reason why the children
often called them "blowballs"
or "clocks."
:Pa!nlntbKeck'
To most adults, the "test for
liking of butter," the
."curls" or blowing on the
'flower-heads to watch the
: seeds waft away, are of little
Interest. To them the golden
. yellow flowers are a "pain in
the neck" in the front lawn.
To some thrifty folks the new,
'tender leaves of the dande
.'lion, in the early spring, be
come "greens." Cooked with
bacon, or some other form
I of smoked meat the mild bit
; terness is appetizingly de
licious. Grandmother called
- dandelion greens, "pot herbs."
Some adults gathered bas
. ketfuls of the yellow bios
' soms and . made - dandelion
-wine. Perhaps some still do.
'.Others gathered the roots,
which were later sold to
pharmaceutical plants, to bc
come ingredients In various
"medicines. Some early 'Amer
icans used the dried roots of
the plant as a substitute for
coffee.
But, in spite of all the uses
and abuses to which the dan
' delion is subjected, it displays
a wonderful executive ability.
' It takes advantage of all
. agencies to better and bolster
' its own survival. Blossoming
early in the spring, before
. other flowers are in bloom, it
attracts over a hundred varl
eties of insects, thereby tak
ing advantage of various
means of pollination. It grows
in nearly every country in the
world, flowering almost every
month somewhere.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1939)
Police Records
Show 80 Major
Offenses in June
Reports of 80 major offenses
were received during . Juno
according to Medford police,
The monthly police depart
ment record shows this figure
to represent an increase of 10
over May's total of 70 but
decrease over the 97 cases re
ported in June, 1958.
Among the major offenses
reported last month were 14
burglaries, compared to 13 in
May and 18 a year ago; 15
cases of larceny involving
more than $50, against 5 such
cases in May and 9 last June;
and 47 cases of larceny under
$50, against 42 and 63 in the
other months.
One case of robbery and
three auto thefts also were
reported last month.
A total of 684 for miscella
neous offense reports in June
compares favorably with fig
ures of 804 in May and 709
in June, 1958.
Within this total, miscella
neous assaults rose to 11 from
in May and 6 a year ago:
forgery and counterfeiting
cases fell to 4 last month from
9 in May, while only one such
case was reported in June,
1958.
Embezzlement and Fraud
Embezzlement and fraud
reports soared to 24 last
month against 17 in May and
13 a year ago, while miscel
laneous sex offenses rose to 7
from 5 and 4 in other months.
There were 50 drunks in
public, 9 disorderly conduct
cases and 9 vagrancy cases in
June compared to 39, 3 and 5
in May, and 36, 7 and 6 in
June, 1958. A total of four
intoxicated driver cases were
reported, while 2 were report
ed in May and 6 a year ago.
- Totals of 134 road and driv
ing law violations and 298
traffic and motor vehicle law
violations were reported for
June. The figures for May
were 184 and 416 and for
June, 1958, 94 and 430.
Citations for basic rule vio
lations totaled 76 in June, of
which radar checks account
ed for 13. There were 116
such citations reported for
May, with radar accounting
for 36.
Annual County Treasurer's Report Lists Fund Sources
Cigarette Causes
Fire in Apartment,
Medford city firemen were
called at 2:02 a.m. Saturday
to a house fire at 517 South
Grape st. The fire, confined
to an apartment rented by
Thomas Mooney, burned a
mattress, bedding, and the
wall from the bed level to the
ceiling. Smoke damage
throughout the upstairs was
also reported.
Firemen stated that the
fire was started from a burn
ing cigarette.
A Tribute To
Our Railroad Men
The fine men you see sitting up in locomotives'
cabs, heaving coal, setting switches and punch
ing tickets aren't ordinary workers. There
transportation specialists, chosen to perform
highly-important jobs. Old Joe, who's been pul
lin' those heavy freights for 40 years. Happy
Bill who's been on his run since this town start
ed. Faithful Fred who's been brakin' just Lord
knows when. These are' family men, good citi
zens, excellent providers. Casey Jones has been
Immortalized in song and story because he. and
ALL railroad men typify the ever-rollin' ramblin'
caboose-and-cab-lovin, personalities so important
In our lives. ALL ABOARD!
Medford Pharmacy
101 North Central, Corner 6th Ph. SP 2-6253
Week Days: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Open Sundays Holidays 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
We Salute Our Town!
Jackson county received
$2,061,017.92 from the feder
al government during fiscal
year 1958-59, according to the
annual report of Treasurer
Karl Janouch.
The federal funds included
$1,720,960.67 from sale of
timber from O & C lands;
$326,805.03, chiefly from sale
of timber on U.S. forest lands;
$12,285.63, public law 874
schools; and $966.59, Taylor
Grazing act.
A total of $835,503.93 came
from the state of Oregon last
year, topped by $515,249.39,
motor license fund; $132,107.-.
06, school tax offset, and $74,
360.05, basic schol support.
Other receipts from the
state were liquor funds, health
department reimbursement,
gas tax refund and various
other reimbursements.
Jackson county sources of
receipts Included fees, dog li
censes and miscellaneous
fund from the county clerk
totalling $76,492.93; land
sales, rentals and other items
from the county court. $16,-
049.10; reimbursement for
services and supplies, map
sales, plat checks and sale of
equipment " from the county
engineer, $22,880.72.
Health Department
Receipts of the health de
partment totaled $14,139.75;
and of the sheriff $5,878.88,
excluding taxes,
The treasurers office listed
a total of $1,504,672.05 re
ceipts, coming mostly from
irrigation districts deposits
and school bond sales. Inter
est on investments for all ac
counts was $54,457.23 most of
which went to county budget
funds.
The remaining receipts
were derived from miscellan
eous deposits from the coun
ty school superintendent, con
stable, county farm home, dis
trict court and justice of peace
courts
Total tax receipts for the
year amounted to $5,418,744
32, including $2,324.69 inter
est payment on past due ac
counts. A total of 89.3 per
cent of the current tax levy
was collected. Rebates
amounted to $149,529.31.
Delinquent tax payments
totaled - $798,728.99, includ
ing $57,845.25 interest.
Budgetary Receipts
Budgetary receipts for op
eration of the county govern
ment, including the relief
fund, totaled $2,906,304.40,
compared with $2,674,123.19
last year. The federal govern
ment contributed $1,966,054.-
96, or 67.6 per cent of the
total and the state of Ore
gon contributed $592,194.37,
20.4 per cent of the total.
Janouch listed the county
government budget balance
at $1,116,935.86, including
$222,650 to cover outstand
ing warrants' and leaving
$894,285.86 to apply to cash
receipts for the ensuing budg
et year.
Disbursements through
county clerk warrants last
year were headed by the gen
eral road fund, $1,378,544.08.
Other major disbursements in
cluded the general county
fund, $1,265,726.02; agricul
tural and horticultural sta
tion $86,520.07; libraries, $33,
736.63. Others issued through
clerk's "warrants were for as
sessor's map, building con
struction, Child Guidance
clinic, civil defense, county
fair operation, dog license,
emergency, law enforcement.
farm home trust, juvenile
home and Taylor Grazing act.
Disbursements
Disbursements made by the
treasurer's -office were led by
school district general war
rants, $3,952,211.51; school
building fund warrants, $1,
407,204.56; city remittances,
$1,036,839.77; school district
bonds and interest, $588,709,-
iiiiaiiiSiiiBsaitiiisi
Domestic Employee
Wage Tax Tips Given
When to report or not to
report the wages of domestic
workers for social security
purposes is a question which
continues to perplex many
householders, according to Ed
ward jacoDson, district man
ager of the Medford Social
Security office.
'Many cases of misunder
standing come to our notice as
a result of the filing of claims
for social security benefits,"
Jacobson continues. "Because
this often involves wages paid
in past years, the employer is
put to the inconvenience of
locating and verifying the
amounts of past wage pay
ments."
, Social Security reports
and tax payments must be
made on wages paid to do
mestic employees if they
amount to $50 or more cash
wages in a calendar quarter,"
he added, "and this includes
wages paid to baby sitters and
day workers."
"The simplest way to avoid
such difficulty," he concluded
"is to report' the wages
promptly at the end of each
quarter when they are due.
Forms and instructions may
be obtained from the Internal
Revenue Service.
.44; and school superintend
ent warrants, $776,602.93.
The reminder included war
rants for the Southern Ore
gon Historical society and ir
rigation, rural fire, sanitary
and water districts.
State game and fire patrol
remittances, special deposits
and tax refunds complete the
list.
By county court orders and
or district attorney's opinions
the treasurer closed out in
active accounts of the juven
ile detention some develop-
ment, tax refund, and Oak
Grove Improvement, Valley
view hospital. Table Rock
Sanitary and Evans Creek Ir
rigation districts.
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MEDFORD
GROCERIES
Cernei1 Grocery, 221 1 Table Reck Read
Court Street Grocery, 940 North Central
Ellis Market, 820 Crater Lake Avenue
Grand View Market, 2330 Crater Lake Avenue
Manning Market, 5010 Crater Lake Highway
Oak Grove Store, 2809 Jacksonville Highway
Piggly Wiggly Store, Stewart and King
Rose Grocery, 201 West Jackson
. Norton Food Market, 4223 South Pacific Hlghwsf
' MftM Market, Griffin Creek Road .
Tom Thumb Market, 5017 Table Rock Road
Whitlow Grocery, 2475 Stewart avenue
DRUGS
'Cash Davis Pharmacy, 135 Wert Main
Central Rexall Drug, Main and Central
Wainscott'a Pharmacy, 400 East Main
CLEANERS, DYERS &
LAUNDRIES
Big Y Cleaners. 1928 Table Reck Road
Crystal White Laundry,
811 North Central and 101 last Main
Modern Cleaners, 211 West Main
APPAREL SHOPS
Barker's, 206 East Main Street
Pick's Apparel, 112 East Main Street
Pick's Shoes, 102 East Main Street
DAIRIES
Gilman's Dairy Farms, Inc.,
462 Bead Lane Phono NO 4-2640
FURNITURE, HARDWARE,
APPLIANCES, RADIO and
SPORTING GOODS
Davenport Appliance Shop, 40S North Central
Floyd Hibbards Hardware, 310 East Main
Flynn Electric Supply Co., 131 West Main
Voight's Medford Office Equipment, 41 S. Grape
Moore's Patio ft Toy Shop, 116 South Riverside
Music Mart, 1 1 1 West Main Street .
Rogue Sportsman, 1080 South Riverside
Siskiyou Hardware, 225 West Main
Stark'a Vacuum Sales and Service,
1109 North Riversido
S&W Floor Covering, 709 South Riversido
FLORISTS & GREENHOUSES
Rogue Valley Greenhouses, 62S Franquette
Walden Floral, S48 McAndrewa Read
PAINT, WALLPAPER
and ROOFING
Ekerson Paint ft Roofing Store, 419 East Jackson
Frake ft Smith, 215 East Main
Medford Paint ft Wallpaper Co., 4th ft Holly.
GARAGES
DeLeigh Motors, 134 South Riversido
Jim Clark Signal Service. 6th ft Grape
Medford Tire Service, 123 South Riversido
AUTO COURT and
TRAILER SERVICE
Bames Trailer Rental, 61 S West Main
BULK GAS & OIL
Frisbie ft Renner, Motor Fuel and Oil,
103 McAndrewa Road
FURNACE OIL
Medford Fuel Company, 265 East McAndrews
Olympic Petroleum ft Equipment,
1050 South Riverside
SERVICE STATIONS
Barnes Shell Service, 611 West Main
Bud'a Eastside Texaco Service, 529 East Main
Chuck Risse's Central Service, 9th and Central
Crosby's Chevron, McAndrews ft Jackson
Desert Service, 6779 Crater Lake Highway
Ed Ross Mobil Service, 11th ft Central '
Hobb's Texaco Service, 1116 West Main
Hal's Flying "A". 836 Crater Lake Highway '
Jim Clark's Signal Service, 6th ft Grape streets
Hopkins Richfield Service, 1175 Court
Jim's Signal Service, 3000 Crater Lake Highway
Kennedy's Union Service, 12S1 S. Riverside Street
Loam's Service, 3628 South Pacific Highway
99 Chevron Station, 816 North Riverside
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Medford Truck Terminal, 1030 South Riverside
North Riverside Union Service, 201 N. Riverside
Pruitts Mobil Station, West Main and Ivy
Read's Mobil Service, 700 Stewart
Richfield Truck and Auto, Service,
2390 North Pacific Highway
Reethlere Shell Service, 6th and Front
Sandys, 1304 North Riverside
Singlers Mobil Service, Central ft Jackson
White's Flying A Service, 602 South Riverside
MISCELLANEOUS
Anders Phete Shop, 232 East Main Street
Barnes House Trailer Sales, 619 West Main Street
Burk's Tent and Awning. 314 East Main Street
DeLeigh Motors, 134 South Riverside
Desert Sporting Goods, Crater Lake Highway
franklin Van and Storage, 340 North Fir Street
Goff Bros. Well Drillers, 225 West Main Street
Moore's Patie ft Toy Shop, 816 South Riverside
SftW Floor Covering, 709 South Riverside
ASHLAND, OREGON
Ashland General Hardware,
90 North Pioneer ft C Street
Ashland Laundry, 41 3rd Street
Ashland Sporting Goods, 1350 Siskiyou Boulevard
B ft J Jewelry, 283 East Main
Ben Basaar, 1475 Siskiyou Boulevard
Carole Ann Dress Shop, 285 East Main Street
Duffy's Unean Service, 493 North Main
East Side Pharmacy, 264 East Main Street
Frisbie ft Renner, Highway 66 and Clay Street
Frost Fuel, 2280 Siskiyou Boulevard
George B. Icenhower (Used Furniture)
389 East Main
Herndebler Furniture, 125 East Main
Hillside Garage, Bellvitw
Klamath Junction Service, Highway 99
Laundromat at the Campus
Lees Mobil Station, 1307 Siskiyou Highway
Malone Shell Service, 449 East Main
McNair's Toiletries Variety, 29 North Main
Mt. View Camp, K.F. Star Route
99 Market, 1725 Siskiyou Boulevard
Oregon Food Store No. 1, 147S Siskiyou Boulevard
Plaza Grocery, 59 North Main
Plaxa Market (Meat), 57 North Main
The Mart, 270 East Main
The Rogue Shop, 62 East Main
Union Oil Co., Fuel Oil, MU 2-7676
Wardrobe Cleaners, 45 North Main
Wick's Furniture Store, 297 East Main
Wolff Bros. Chevron Service, 105 North Ma.e
APPLEGATE, OREGON
Applegate Shopping Center
BUTTE FALLS, OREGON
Butte Falls Shell Service, Bread ft Fr Streets
CENTRAL POINT, OREGON
"Alexander's Hardware, 317 Pino
Bob Stewart Chevron Service, 441 South Front
Central Point Cleaners, 40 West Pino Street
Central Point Pharmacy, Pino Street
Glass Grocery and Service Station, Route 1
Krupps Associated Service, 16 North Pacific
Midway Shell Service, Route 2
Pine Street Service, 414 Pino Street
Pine Tree Market, Highway 99 ft Kirtland Road
Table Rock Store, Table Rock Road
Tom Thumb Market Inc., 5017 Table Rock Road
DREW, OREGON
Ilk Crook Store
EAGLE POINT, OREGON
Eagle Market, Front Street
' Hal's Market
Midway Service, Butte Falls Star Route
Pete'a Garage, Medferd-Crater Lake Highway
Roy's Chevron Servloe '
GOLD HILL, OREGON
Cogswell's Market
. Dardanelles Richfield, Old Stage Road
Gold Hill Oarage, Box 427
Rasmessen's Service, Highway 99
PHOENIX, OREGON
Gier Drag Store, 40 South Main Street
Norton's Food Market, 4223 South Pacific Hiway
Norton Lumber Company
Phoenix Hardware, 114 South Main
Phoenix Richfield, 101 Main
Reese Merino Center, 200 Main Street
Steves Flying A, 153 South Main
PROSPECT, OREGOif
Prospect Store
Dels Rkhfiold Service
RUCII, OREGON
Sunnyside Grocery, Gas and Groceries
ROGUE RIVER, OREGON
Chinook Sporting Goods, P. O. Box 117
Main Building Supply -M
ft A Ante Court, P.O. Box 135
Rogue River Cleaners, Box 305
Rogue Variety, Box 513
Rogue River Feed ft Farm Supply, P.O. Box 521
. Schrec'o Department - Store
Sheets Supply Company (Hardware)
The Hub Sundries and Remedies
Weaver's Cash Market
McLEOD, OREGON
Eastin Reg Haven
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON
Jacksonville Lumber Company
Jacksonville Market
Legg'a Shell Service
SHADY COVE, OREGON
Chucks Service, Box 67
Cove Drug
Cove Variety, Box 67
Shedy Cove Cleaners
Treasure Trove (Gifts), Box 46
TALENT, OREGON
Gailbraith Mobil Service
Snappy Service, Highway 99
Talent Chevron Service
Talent Hardware
Talent Junction Texaco, Highway 99
Valley Locker, Groceries and Meats
TILLER, OREGON
Tiller Store
Chuck Jehnsten'a Flying A
TRAIL, OREGON
Hewe'a Texaco Servico
Cascade Gorge Store
Sunset on the Rogue
Groceries and Gas, Crater Lake Highway
WHITE CITY, OREGON
Camp White Union Service
Norton Lumber Company
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