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8 B MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OIK. FBIDAY, JULY 22, I960 Tablets By R. I. NEALON Table Rock - The pistol packing Irrigator of the west side now has 29 notches on his pistol butt, having killed that many snakes to date, one having 15 rattles. He don't wait for the snakes lo come his way, but goes looking for worn. B. R. Porter, on lime owner of what it now the Table Rock orchard and the TuttU sub-division, lived in Harney county before com ing her, and hauled freight with a four horse teem from lh railroad to Burnt. H laid rattlesnakes in Eastern Oregon war plenti ful, but didn't bother him xcept that they, scared hit hones. H wor leather ! ! boots and when the horses began to thy at a make he . flopped the team and jumped off. When the make coiled up into striking por tion, in gun language, got cocked and crimed, he laid that he would jump right into the coil with both feet and in hit words, stamp the daylights out of the rattler. We wouldn't advise any ' one to jump into a coiled rattlesnake with the kind of footwear people wear nowadays. Forrest Casey and son, of the Rogue River Paving Com pany, have the contract from the state for doing the paving job through here. According to Casey, the part recently paved will have another three inches or so of black top added before completion. This type of road is known as blacktop, not as durable or lasting as concrete, but cost ing only about half as much. . . Bob Sag spent several days recently in Hood River county, and other up-stat counties with a number of high school students who are taking forestry and ag riculture. - While there they inspect ed power and irrigation dams and orchards. Hood River orchard, according to Sage, has gadgets that cor rectly tell volume of mois ture from a few inches to savarnl fat hlow ihm sur face and give a clear pic ture of irrioaiion needs. In one section visited, power to run lh irrigation sprinklers is no problem. since me lau zrom me tun the sprinkler heads. The only gadget used is a pressure gauge. The visitors were told that blight and pear decline are not problems in this district. . The daily vacation Bible school for children got under way here - Monday morning, with 24 youngsters and three teachers, Airs. Guy Nelson, Mrs. Harold Sharp, local leaders, and Miss Norma Mar tin, of Cave Junction, in attendance. Two melon customers of , past years were her lues-. . day asking about watermel ons, and seemed ditappoint- time. They taid they had tried teveral of those ship ped In and couldn't' find' one fit to eat. . . . '. ..... . , Bob Sanderson, a member of tne bteve Wilson gange, was here Wednesday on busi ness connected with -tractor tires. He said that the hot weather makes it tough- on tire changers. ' He told of the large nunv ber of truck tire changes and lube jobs he had done in a single day, working by the hour. This reminds us of when Frank Morrie had at Eagle Point what was called then a blacksmith shop, where he shod horses, the main source of power on the farms. He said that one day he took In $100 for horse shoe ing. The price was J 1.50 or $2.00 per horse. The shoes which he furnished were very cheap compared, to what they arc now. In telling about his big day's profit, lie said that lie loosened up and gave Ills helpers a $5 gold piece for the day's work which ordinarily would have been $1.50. . Two meetings recently held on the J. S. Richard son's lawn in lh shade of the big black oaks, included that of the Crater Chapter of lh Grandmother's club of Central Point held Mon day, with 21 members pres ent. The other was lh meeting, Tuesday, of the Royal Neighbors of Amer ical, with 13 members and a few visitors present. The knife with the long blade on our back porch is not a dangerous weapon. The little woman has it there to cut a head of lettuce now and then for visiting neighbors. She eats lettuce like a rabbit and thinks other folks might be as fond of it. Sometimes I wonder if it might be like Stanley Ly- diard s father, who was very fond of wild ducks. When he had good luck, he would take a duck to his friend who ran a small store. One day he brought a duck, but found the door locked. So went around back and saw a duck or two that had been thrown over the fence. He recognized them as the ones he had given to his friend who never ate duck. Ray Wyatt, our merchant, who likes lo fish, and hunt pheasants, learned after it was too late, that the gam commission had dumped several hundred nice big trout into the river from ih Bybe bridge deck. If Ray had known of the "wind fall" of fish he would have been underneath with his fish basket. ,.-- What may be of interest to local people is a letter recent ly received from Roy Hensley of Berkley, Calif., which tells of his being sent by the Uni versity of Calif, under the Ford Foundation to Indone sia. He will do research work and will teach the farmers the American technique of tilling the soil and growing crops. Hensley and his wife and son expect to leave next month, and are eagerly look ing forward to their new ad venture which will be for a two year term. . Th recent Democratic convention created much in terest her among radio listeners and TV watchers. All agree ' it was a great show', especially the accep tance speech of John Ken nedy. We first heard him speak at a rtoosevelt Memorial , dinner and thought then that a man of his ability . and wisdom could sit in lh seats of the mighty. But talking with him personal ly we found him very hum ble, and seemed as much in terested in talking to an Ignoramus like us as if we were the king of Denmark. If elected he will face a terrific task, the most crit ical this nation or the world has ever known, but we be lieve he will face it with courage and patience, trust ing in the Lord to carry .him through. - He -would assume his du ties with malice toward none, and charity to all. To those who seem to question who he would serve, if elected, we would ask, who he was serv ing when wounded wearing a U. S. uniform in World War Two. Regional News VALLEY PLUMBING 2101 W. Main Street Medford Specializes In Prompt Plumbing Repairs and Sewer Service! REPAIR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS ' ; : . . . NOT A SIDELINE Phone SP 3-3102 For the Fastest, Cleanest and Most Courteous Service . . .CALL FRANKI Uw i TTi iTT m . . tTA trA rtf rt EU ilIU. t 111 I ,,fT TIK alllll .TTTTV iTTTT. ffi SIL IIMIII ill II III fllTTTll it I ITT T.TTTT JtTTTTta tTTl !wIMMetltli HB ffHmBenllml Officials In Jacksonville Caution About Fire Danger By BETTE HOSKINS Mail Tribune Correspondent Jacksonville - According to Jacksonville Fire Chief Lewis Applebaker and Mayor E. O Graham, the extreme fire hazard now existing due to the lack of rain for over 50 days makes It necessary to caution residents here of sev eral regulations. First it is unlawful for the owner, occupant, agent or oili er person in possession of any lot, tract or parcel of land within the corporate limits of the city to permit grass or other vegetation with the ex ception of shrubs, trees or crops raised in the ordinary course of husbandry to be come a fire hazard. It is also unlawful for any person within the city limits to accumulate, to permit ac cumulation, to deposit, or to cause to be deposited on any premises inflammable refuse or rubbish in amount or quan tity sufficient to constitute a fire hazard. They also stressed that it is unlawful for anyone to burn any inflammable refuse or rubbish in any open space without first obtaining a per mit to do so from the fire chief, who will, upon receipt of an application to burn, in spect the premises and state the exact time mid place for the burning of such materials. The ideal solution, Apple baker said, is that prior to May 15 each year, each prop erty owner should destroy ac cumulated rubbish to prevent It from becoming a fire hazard during the dry season, when even supervised burning is a risk. Applebaker also cautioned residents that it Is the duty of all consumers and users of water connected with the wa ter systems now or hereafter installed in the city to shut off all private systems, hydrants or appliances on their prem ises immediately when any fire alarm is given by the fire department or when any fire is in progress in the city of Jacksonville. Turning in false fire alarms, careless smoking habits, and dumping out hot ashes in un safe areas are all considered unlawful and can result in serious consequences. Survey of Sewage Lagoon Under Way in Eagle Point By DOTTIE HARBISON Mail Tribune Correspondent Eagle Point - The actual surveying of Eagle Point for the new sewage lagoon system started Tuesday afternoon with the arrival of the sur veyors from Clarke and Groff Engineering firm. Groff accompanied the men and returned to Eugene Wed nesday after getting the work started. The elevation of the ground to be included in the project will be surveyed first, accord ing to Mayor E. Putman. Word received from Ken neth Spies, deputy state sani tation engineer, by the Eagle Point city mayor and council stated that the members of the State Sanitary authority approved the issuance of a certificate of priority for a federal grant. Regional Calendar Jacksonville The Jackson ville volunteer fire depart ment will sponsor a series of first aid classes beginning July 28. The classes will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Jacksonville community hall. The Medford fire depart ment will provide instructors for the six-week course. . . Eagle Point Starting at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, all men in the community are asked to come down and work on the community building. Wives are asked to bring potluck luncheons at noon. Further information may be obtained from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hanscom. Eagle Point All Eagle Point cub scouts and their families will meet at 10 a.m., Saturday, for their jubilee pack meeting at TouVelle State park. Central Piont The Central Point summer recreation pro gram will sponsor the annual "Drive-In Movie Night"' to night. A bus will pick up those children with signed permission slips at 7:15 p.m. at the city hall and will then deliver them to the Valley drive-in to see the first two features. There is no charge to the children. The features are "Violent Saturday" and "Fire Down Below." The children will be re turned to the city hall about 12:30 a.m. Transpor tation from the city hall to the child's home must be provided by the parent or guardian, Illinois Valley Home eco nomics extension units will hold homemakcr's camp at Camp Chinquapin from July 24 to 30. The camp is located on the Oregon Caves highway just past Grayback forest camp. Phoonix-Tho annual Phoe nix volunteer fire department picnic will be held starting at 5 p.m. Sunday at the resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cv Nikodym, 418 Pine st. . All volunteer firemen and their families are invited and asked to bring fried chicken and hot dish or salad, The firemen will furnish liquid refreshments. The $29,130 grant will assist In financing the construction of the proposed sewage treat ment works project. Eagle Point submitted an application, June 14, which the sanitary engineer approv ed and forwarded to the Unit ed States Public Health serv ice on July 18. Spies stated in his letter that the certificate of priority would not be issued until the engineering plans and specifi cations for the project had been completed by Eagle Point's consulting engineer. The approval of this project Includes the provision that construction will be started during the present fiscal year. Illinois Valley Man Appointed To Board Illinois Valley - Appoint ment of Elbert C. Eastcrbrook as a member of the Farmers Home Administration county committee was announced this week by Eugene M. Denney, county supervisor. Easterbrook owns and oper ates a general livestock farm near Cave Junction. He is recognized as being an out standing farm operator. Two other members com plete the committee, which works with the county super visor in administering the agency's farm credit program. Other members are Paul M. Robinson and Nelson O. Ward, both of Grants Pass. Easterbrook will serve for a three year term. five-Y ear-Old Girl Unwittingly Pickets Democratic Party By BESSIE BOYD FRASER Mail Tribune Correspondent Yreka-Carol Sellsbrom, 5-year-old daughter of Frank Sellsbrom, Jr., was visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sharon on north Main st. th night of the Democratic convention. She was dressed for the occasion in her grandmother's high heels, a bridal veil and a transparent organdy dress over her vivid shorts. It was a family party and they ware all watching TV and trying to make sens out of th uproar. Carol ask what the flags were for, meaning the placards being waved with such abandon by parly members. She de manded a "flag" too. H 1 grandfather pro duced a large piece of card board, and after her father made a brief notation, nail ed it to a stick and Carol proudly w a 1 k d up and down th sidewalk keeping lime to the convention blast from lh TV within. The large letters on on side of lh placard read, "No Trespassing!" and on the other side in giant sized letters It read, "NIXON'S OUR BOY1" ' CLOGSTON'S ' ' Metal Weather Stripping and Screens (itlmatei Oladly Phon SP 1-10)4 Evenings y Speaker Tells Of Narcotics Problem By EVALYN P. WATSON Mall Tribune Correspondent Shady Cove-Members and friends of the Rotary Club recently heard a lecture by Joe B. Crunk of Los Angeles, a high school teacher In the Los Angeles Public Schools system and former member of the Narcotics bureau. Crunk spoke on tho narcotics problem In the United States. Crunk has worked with ad dicts in Narcotics Anonymous programs and rehabilitation of young addicts since 1948. Ho was formerly a law en forcement officer In Vancou ver, Wash., and Culver City, Calif. He now has charge of the Continuation Education Pro gram for the San Fernando district which deals with 14 to 18-year-old problem chil dren. Los Angeles, Portland, Ta coma and Seattle serve as ports of entry for narcotics and they arc distributed from there, he said. Tremendous profits, such as a $5,000 or $6,000 Investment yielding $375,000, caused gangsters to take over the narcotics trade when boot legging liquor became unprof itable. Narcotics Is now a booming business, he said. A "cap" costs an addict from $2.50 to $7.50. A con firmed addict may need $50 to $100 a day to satisfy his habit. The money is usually obtained through crime. Crunk gave the definition of an addict as "a person who abuses a drug or drugs to such an extent that the person or society Is harmed." Tho life expectancy of an addict Is 17 years and soven to nlno of these to bo spent In hos pitals and other correctional Institutions, ho said. There aro only two rehabil itation centers for addicts In the United States, ono located at Fort Worth, Texas and tho other In Lexington, Ky, Crunk said that the big problem was getting the In formation concerning the ter rible dangers of the use of narcotics to the public. Education of the public will enable them to fnco this situa tion and do something con structive about eliminating it, he said. Former CJ Principal Gets Oregon City Job Illinois Valley - A former Cave Junction high school principal, Vernon Larson, 42, was named Oregon City High school principal, Tuesday. Larson now resides In Ore gon whore ho is the superin tendent of secondary educa tion for the State Department of Education. Larson received a three year contract with a $9,000 annual salary. STORES PAINTED I lnloly, The Happy Camp drug Happy Camp Happy Camp sloro has boon painted a has had some facu lifting 1 protly shade of pink, Head's hardware next clour In n cool green, And tho HiiKliy build lug has boon rpimlnU'd white, DEPENDABILITY SERVICE Ui U to CQ Q Z TOP VALUE SALE WHEEL BARROWS ... .. $795 VINYL BEST TOP QUALITY FLOOR TILE Rog. ucc. salee. 11 HAND SAWS A.kln.BpoInt Reg. 3.95 SALE 1 SCREEN DOOR GRILLS-, T 5 1 ONLY BRIGGS & STRATTON Power LAWII MOWER u$5450 VINYL FLEX FLOOR TILE One Item Blu 9x9 Rog. 15c SALE 8 OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY MEDFORD 1765 No. Riverside SP 2-5235 m n m DEPENDABILITY SERVICE PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN MOTORS REVEALS How Rambler Upset Forecasts of All the "Experts" by GEORGE ROM N E Y, President oj Amirkan MolarsCorporatton npHREE years ago, the "experts" hid American Motors ready for burial. Then they were stunned by the 1958 and 1959 success of Rambler, but they promptly made new predictions. "Just wait," they said, "until the Big 3 bring out their compacts." A Big 3 spokesman was quoted as say ing his company planned to take the bulk of its compact sales "out of Rambler's hide." Instead, what has happened? Since the first new competitive com pact was intro duced, Rambler's volume tops all compacts. In fact, it tops all but two of 19 U. S. makes in production. June, 1960, was the biggest sales month in Rambler history. Why were the "experts" wrong? Some "experts" confused compactness just with whcclbasc or overall length. Others attributed Rambler's success to economy. Thus, they assumed that when the biggest makers introduced cars which somewhat approximated Rambler, their massive promotional expenditures would "snow Rambler under." They failed to realize that while other cars might appear to be passable imita tions of Rambler, they could not imitate the one priceless Rambler asset un compromising quality of construction and workmanship. This quality, this basic excellence, has given Rambler something money can not overwhelm - the enthusiasm of a million of the best satisfied car owners, The big chart shows why. Rambler leads in those qualities which provide more usefulness to the user . . . more basic excellence. Compared with bigger, more cosily "low-priced sixes," Rambler was first in economy and handling. But surprisingly, Rambler also led in satisfactory horse power and good engine performance. Rambler Is built to be lived In, not Just looked at For another surprise, look at the ratings on the important comfort faclors, Rambler is first in case of entry and exit, heating and ventilating, and satisfac tory interior and exterior dimensions. True, one car edges Rambler on head- How Owners Themselves Rate the 1960 Cars Here are Important results of survey ot 1800 owners ol each ol the nine 6 cylinder can shown In the charts. Noll that Ramblar leads both the low price and compact Melds on the most Important question ol all, "Would you buy the tame make again!" flit 3i ' 1BIMH CTa. Tfi'i. OWNER LOYALTY (imblli In n. IMld "Inr-nxa Filla" SU) rent iM miH key uai ant iiila: RAMBLER SIX . 83.2 CHEVROLET - 81.9 FORD -87.4 PLYMOUTH - 67.2 You would tipect thj bfXM, higher priced "to -priced vtt" to rink abovt ht Rambler Sii on quMttotn ot room, performanct.qual ity, etc. Intieed, RAMBLER QUALITY RANKS FIRST ON 12 OF 14 COUNTS casr ro get in ANQ OUT OF mnu BaaasM eu fOflO 54.3 fumimi ms so o CHEVROLET 3 : 3S.I INTERIOR DIMENSIONS "Sia ABOUT RIGHT" RIHIIER cHtmtir mm&m. m.o ford mm M.7 OTCMTIOMI ECONOMY 'VIST ECONOMICAL" rimur i I 5U HTMOUTH m 37J (MiROUT tm m idro mtnt- OOOO UCt ROOM riruotiTH vaw-sj 81.1 (oro msmm im CKEYIOUT E OWNERS' CONFIDENCE IN MANUFACTURERS' ASIIITV TO BUILD CARS BBBBWBBl M.7 MMUt wa&m ju mmmmtn ASY TO HANOI! lll CKTIOUI K&stsaran 0,0 flttUHJIH wzzsa 112 foio isssixm i! i 0000 HEADROOM WSTHOltT news? 74.1 RAMSUR I OWNERS' CONFIDENCE . IN MANUFACTURERS' BUSINESS WAYS rambler mmmm n.l CHEVROLET tmemm 61.0 ford esa UA mm mm 48.7 ' OWNER LOYALTY (KimfclM AffltftuR It. unill comlKt carl) Parent ill eittl tq III um mill RAMBLER AMERICAN 78,8 VALIANT-78.5 CORVAIR- 60.1 FALCON-66.0 LARK-89.8 HORSEPOWER "ABOUT SI0HT AMOUNT" RWIlll PITVOUTH CSMiia I9J WVROUT JOTJffirS I5J iord mwmms m i . EXCELLENT HEATING AND VENTILAnNO RJWUR I 1718 CHEVROLET dstJ tU ' FORD ttssatHV 91.1 riTwouTs mum ai.o MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE "NO TROUBLE AT ALL" RUSTLED mmmm 72.0 CHEVROLET WtW 82.4 (OR! 94.0 Plymouth mm 2 INOINE PERFORMANCE "IXCtUINT" 0 "BtlTIR THAN MOST" UUIUIeWRRsI 84.1 aimoitTfswa si J nmwux: 49 J ioro mat 45 o IXTERIOR DIMENSIONS "SIZE ABOUT RIGHT"' lUKUflSMEeVBMKO nwmt-iimm 87.4 CHEVROLET iSSS! 84.7 mrsR8iJ VALUE FOR THE MONEY . INIMMMEa 73,1 CHEVROLET nexmm 70.) m,m.t mimrnmmm PITM0IJ1R, room, but is last on leg room, Anolhcr leads in leg room, but is last on head room. None offers the balanced room and comfort of the Rambler 6. None offers Reclining Scats , . . indi vidually adjustable front scats . . . headrests . , , a Travel Rack slandard on 16 of 17 Rambler wagons, "No trouble at all" Look at Rambler's big lead on Median- SII5,, ical Performance: "No trouble at all," No wonder owners rate Rambler the best value for the money. M Only Ramblar blankets the compact car market . Another point the "experts" missed Is that Rambler's imitalors are merely pecking at one segment of the compact cur Held, In room and power the imi tations compare only with (he smallest , Rambler, the Rambler Amcricnn, Rambler, on -(he other hand, covers , nil three compact car fields (right), with a cur to meet the needs of everyone, Tho "experts' " third mislako was un-' dcrcstimating demand for compacts, As (he compact car market expands, Rambler sales in I9fi0 more than keep pacc-24 ahead of a year ago. For a free booklet, "what to look TOR AND HOW TO SAVE MONEY IN IIUV- ino A compact car," write to American Motors Sales Corp,, Automotive Div,, P. O, Box 17, Detroit 32, Mich. 'Optional at txtra eatt RAMBLER-71? New Standard of Basic Excellence RAMBLER OFFERS 3 DISTINCT SIZES OF COMPACT CARS Cfiooso from 33 Modols MMILIU AMERICAN Ihi tansmir Compttt Ctf. lISlon. Topqu.lllr.top tanomv n or Ui tip su. Room lor tiniiiy ol Hi. MMIHR ml Rtltl f'l-lho All .Bound com. BKlCir.inrfoni.lliM 111 HP SU. fOO or 111 HP V-l. Room lor Hi (VfwUrt AMBASSADOR V-l h RAMILCR-lhtonlrCotTi-itl Ltiiurr Cir, 191." loni.rHorirOHP.HIihptr. foffflifiei-cotTtpittilrt,
