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They'll Do It Every hLXSM OXYGEN.'.' BRING fc kgfcfcI OXYGEN THE MAM'S 9 J jWj So WE COMES TO AS THEY START TO GIVE HIM 0XY6EW... AND WHAT DOES HE ASK FOR? LISTEN .... TTtOfaMO 4 Tip OK W HATLO HAT TO i uckc 1 I 31,. A Moral Somewhere Request for Subscription Renewal Carries 64 By DICK WEST Washington IUP1I A col league of mine who keeps an eve on economic trends has called my at tention to a new manifes tation of our a f f 1 uent so ciety. He has r e c e i v ed a piece of "junk mail carry lng 64 cents worth of post age. In the absence of claims to the contrary, he thinks this may be an international rec ord for wasted stamps. Asked by me to pinpoint the circumstances, my friend reports that an evening or two ago he found in his mailbox a notice that the postman has called during the day with a registered letter. Finding no one at home, the postman returned the mis sive to the post office where, the notice advised, it could be picked up by the addressee. Early the next morning my friend drove five miles io the post office to retrieve what he assumed was an im portant communication, like rr.iybe a government check. It turned out to be a form letter from a magazine bear ing the signature of the circu lation manager, a man named Wilson. The letter pointed out that my friend has neg lected to renew his subscrip tion and recommended that he rectify this error at once. It even gave instructions on how to do so. He was told to write "O. K. Wilson-continue my subscription-I'm attaching my check" across the bottom DRAMATIC DANISH MODERN H!"!.T. IILjaillLijair-. KL:v;. J --WWTS 1 lip The NORSTAD Series 232-C-28-M 23" tube (overall diag.) 262 sq. in. picture RCA VICTOR UmirUMoL TV Luxurious Cabinetry-Superb Performance Glare-proof Full-Picture Tube Super-Powerful "New Vista" Tuner 22,500 Volt Chassis (design averase) $07095 Convenient Terms Generous Trade-in Allowance for your old set JOHNSTON STORES 112 S. RIVERSIDE Moving soon to the MedforJ Shopping Center S3 U The NORSTAD '(fjja) 1 SAVE 50 OR MORE! ECON-O-CLEAN Professional Dry Cleaning With Coin Operative Economy! Ik IU- Cleaning and DUMAS DOMESTIC LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 30-32 North Riverside GRESSETT'S DRIVE-IN CLEANERS 702 West Main NU-WAY CLEANERS 601 East Main CRYSTAL WHITE LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 811 North Central Time - Cents Worth of the letter and return it in the enclosed envelope, the message said. As previously noted, it cost the magazine 64 cents to send the letter. In addition, the en closed envelope bore a four cent stamp. Figuring his trav el expense at 10 cents a mile, the trip to the post office cost my friend a dollar. Thus the solicitation in volved a joint expenditure of $1,68, which would pay for about five and a half copies of the magazine. My friend had intended to let the subscription lapse quietly, but now he feels an incumbency to send a reply. He does not. however, plan Lewis-Clark Highway Opened Packers Meadow, Idaho IUP1I A two-minute log-sawing ceremony Sunday opened of ficially the Lewis-Clark Highway, U.S. 12, which was 100 years being built. More than 4,000 persons at tended the ceremonies which saw Montana Gov. Tim Bab: cock and Idaho Gov. Robert Smylie saw a 30-inch log. Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) and 10 other speakers sketched the history of the highway and paid tribute to those whose efforts made the road a reality. Gore, who headed Senate hearings in 1957 when For est Service funds were alio caed for the final 38 miles of the road, hailed the team work between western states and in the Congress. Sherri Finkbine Said Recovering Stockholm-OIPD-Mrs. Sherri Finkbine, 30, was out of bed and being allowed to move about for prolonged periods while making a satisfactory recovery from her legal abor tion last week end, a medical source said today. The Phoenix mother of four healthy children came to Sweden to have an abor tion because she had taken the drug Thalidomide. Her husband said after the opera tion that the fetus was de formed as his wife feared. The American woman had been refused permission for the abortion in the United States. She is expected to leave Stockholm's Caroline Hospital towards the end of this week. New York - (UPIi - While New Yorkers sweltered in HO degree temperatures Monday, the city's Department of Sani tation made preparations for next winter. Ignoring the heat and humidity, Sanitation Com missioner Frank J. Lucia in spected two new snow melters to be used to combat snow storms. MINIMUM ORDER $1.90 Spotting Onlyl By Jimmy Hado Another brave fire laddie is felled by THE EFFECTS OF SMOKE INHALATION" of Stamps to use the enclosed enve- lope. Instead, he plans to send it by registered mail to Wilson's home address in the hope that it will be delivered at an hour when Wilson is away from home, Wilson would then have to make a special trip to the post office to get the news that my friend doesn't want his sub scription renewed. There may be a moral float ing around here somewhere, but at the moment I'm unable to put my finger on it. I'm just wondering if this is what Ben Franklin had in mind when he invented the postal service. JAIL WITNESSES Vienna - IUPI) - Five mem bers of the Jehovah's Witness es sect have been sentenced to jail by a Hungarian court, ac cording to reports in a Com munist party newspaper. They were accused of "belonging to and furthering an under ground organization hostile to the state,'' the newspaper Hajdu-Bihar Naplo reported. Dr. Haines Returns From London Trip Ashland Dr. Frank D. Haines Jr., associate professor of history at Southern Oregon college, recently returned from England where he spent seven weeks doing research on French Canadian fur trap pers who trapped in the Pa cific Northwest. He spent most of his time studying the Hudson Bay archives. While in England, Haines was one of the three Oregon educators who attended the Seventh Anglo American His torical conference at London university. Dr. Haines addressed the Ashland Rotary last Thurs day, giving a report illustra ted with slides of his trip. He will leave this week for West ern Washington State college, Bellingham, Wash., where he will reside for a year as a vis iting associate professor of history. Hatfield Against Legal Gambling Corvallis, Ore. - IUPI! - Ore gon's Republican Gov. Mark Hatfield told the Benton coun ty Republican picnic here Monday night that northwest political candidates who advo cate legalized gambling "must be repelled." He said such a stand "could lead to syndicated crime." He told the crowd "it is a camel's - nose - in - the-tent ap proach. Today pinballs, tomor row slot machines, and the day after vices of other sorts." Oregon and Idaho each have a gubernatorial candidate who supports legalized gambling. Robert H. Wampler of Ore gon City, a deputy sheriff and an independent candidate for Oregon governor, favors a statewide lottery. Idaho Demo cratic gubernatorial nominee Vernon K. Smith favors casino-type, legal-option gaming, principally in resort areas. Valuable Stamps To Be on Display Portland-UPn Four stamps valued at $30,000 will be on display at the four-day con vention of the Society of Philatelic Americans which opens here Aug. 30. Convention chairman Fred Wanderer said the display will Include a copy of the 2 cent carmine and blue United States airmail stamp of 1918 with an inverted center. It is valued at about $10,000. Only 100 copies are known to exist. Besides the four rarities, over 200 exhibit frames will be shown. MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Irrigation Bill Cleared by House Washington HIPP The House passed Monday and sent to the White House a bill which would permit block development in irriga tion projects, and allow ex tension of development peri ods within the 10-year maxi mum period. The 10-year period was es tablished in 1939 to give proj ect farmers a chance to pre pare their lands for irriga tion, establish suitable crops, and reach reasonably full farm production before be ginning to repay their shares of the total cost. Recently, a number of irri gation districts fixed devel opment periods of less than 10 years. As the deadline ap proached, farmers in the area found they were in no posi tion to begin repaying the federal government. The secretary of interior assured Congress he would use the extension authority only after "thorough and ju dicious consideration." Block development is need ed, it was said, so that irriga tion can be begun in part of a district without awaiting completion of the entire dist rict works. Defense Work by Reds Unlawful Washington - IUPI) - The De fense department has 3,000 facilities in which it says Com munists may not lawfully be employed. The Pentagon said it acted under a recent amendment to the Internal Security Act to make it unlawful for mem bers of the Communist party of the United States to be employed in designated 'de fense facilities'." More than 3,000 such facili ties have been designated so far and more will follow. The Defense department said that the list of such facilities was secret. Under the Internal Security Act it is illegal for a member of a Communist-action organi zation to be employed in a defense facility. A member of such an organization must dis close his membership in seek ing employment in such a facility. Violators face a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF A USED-CAR dealer's face fell when he saw a customer upon whom he had unloaded a disreputable old heap the previous day come driving back into his yard. "What's the matter?" asked the dealer. "Surely there is nothing wrong with this magnificent car?" "Not yet," admitted the purchaser grimly, "but I just wanted to re turn a few articles for the dear old lady you said had driven it only two hundred miles be fore I bought it. She left this plug of tobacco and bottle of gin in the glove compartment and this sawed-off shotgun under the front seat." Doctor Sells-, author of the immortal "The Cat in the Hal" (in private life, Dr. Seuss is Theodor Gelsel, of La, Jolla, Calif.), received the following testimonial from one of his young readers: "Dear Doctor Seuss: I hope you are feeling well and will write lots and lots more books bo that pretty soon every book in the whole library will be by you. (Signed) Bind F. Perkins, age 8." Art Linkletter is rarely stumped by the moppets he confronts on radio every day, but an 8-year-old lad stopped him cold re cently. Linkletter asked him if he knew the difference between a Governor and a Mayor. "Sure," answered the lad. "One's a he-horse and the other's a she-horse." ) 1962. by Bnntt Cert. Distributed by Kin Feature, Syndlol. Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan F. R. Brennan, C.I.A. MEDFORD INSURANCE Agency PHONE 773-7343 27 North Holly Street NEW PARK AND SHOP LOT The former site of the First Baptist church in Medford is now in operation as a Park and Shop lot. It has spaces for 40 cars and daily capacity Motorists Highway, Three representatives of the Jackson County Motor Court association discovered last week that motorists are being told in Weed and Mt. Shasta. Calif., to take Hign- way 97 instead of Highway 99. Max Weston, president of the association, said he and two other association mem bers went to northern Calif ornia recently to confirm ru mors that tourists were being advised against using High way 99. Visitors had reported that service station attendants in northern California had rec ommended taking Highway 97 through Klamath Falls. After talking with attend ants at seven stations in Weed and six in Mt. Shasta, Weston said most of the people inter viewed were recommending the route that, by-passes Med ford and the Rogue valley. Claim Route Shorter All but one filling station in Weed," according to Wes ton, were telling motorists to take Highway 97 for "various reasons.'' The attendants claim the other route is short er, faster, prettier and that it has fewer small towns and the mountains are less ex treme. Only one person was recom mending Highway 99 because it offered more freeway trav el, Weston said. Weston said two large bill boards have been erected in the area suggesting that tour FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS, SELECT A CERTIFIED INSURANCE AGENT. QUALIFIED There are Two Qualified Insurance Agents at - , . 111' llll I II. ' ' 1 , Advised to Association ists take the "short route," Highway 97. He said he had no idea who installed the signs, but they are not of the regular commercial variety. About Same Length It was pointed out that the routes arc about the same length. The average number of cars using Highway 9!) is 2.500 a day, according to Wes ton, while an average of 2,000 use Highway 97 daily. It was pointed out that something should be done so tourists are not mistakenly directed away from the Rogue Valley on false recommenda tions. Weston said the Ash land Chamber of Commerce was discussing the situation and was expected to send let ters to the service stations in northern California. The Medford Chamber of Com merce has also been asked to help the motor court associa tion. Rumors that tourists were -yy i' f wO"-" On sy days, j-h...u y -.' - i wmmiimigmmmm!mmmmmmi-m i,'...im ,""' 'M-i"tfiwa"'-wi . - -1 ' ; - J ;; VV't. V iV Am- ' v 1 ,' . , ' u y .vi ''; !' ST fill'-''-'!- ' at . v H v I! v ' : 1$Q r f-k v privacy. Alter a 5-niinule "phone lueak" with a friend or neighbor, it's almost easy to go hack to the hustle-hustle of homemaking. At night, a hedside phone saves you stairs and steps and minutes, links you closely with the outside world. For all its convenience, privacy and pro tection, a hedrooin extension costs very little. Order yours today, (fjj) pacific northwest beu estimated at 200 cars. The lot, diagonally across from the Medford city hall, has extra wide space markings. Use Other Discovers being advised to take High way 97 were first heard here about five weeks ago. Cabin Fire Takes Life Near Rainier Rainier-(UP1I-A retired Navy man died early today in a fire that leveled his light frame cabin 13 miles west of here in the Dclena area. Ross Aldcn Asher, 54," was living alone in the cabin. He had been operating a small chicken ranch. Neighbors called for help after they were awakened by an e x p 1 o s i o n, presumably from dynamite Asher was re ported to have kept in the cabin. A neighbor said a transient slaying with Asher for the night escaped unhurt. Au thorities were investigating the cause of the fire. Trade 'is"'-. if 4 for the 1 Ix'flrooni phone provides a TUESDAY, AUGUST 21. Duncan Increases Campaign Pace Robert B. Duncan, speaker of the Oregon House of Rep resentatives and Democratic candidate for Fourth District Congressman, continued to increase his campaign pace last week end. Friday Duncan talked with voters at the Douglas County Fair in Roseburg before leav ing for the Cottage Grove Fair. Saturday morning, he at tended an outdoor breakfast at Creswell. In Roseburg, Duncan participated in the Shrine parade beore leaving for the Western Lane County Fair in Florence where he spent Saturday afternoon. In returning to Eugene he stopped by the Elmira Com munity Fair. Saturday night and Sunday he participated in an old fashioned ice cream social at the home of slate representa tive Ed Fadeley, Eugene COMMANDERS NAMED Washington -ItlPII- President Kennedy Monday named new commanders for the U.S. 2nd and 7th fleets. Vice Adm. Al fred G. Ward was selected to succeed Vice Adm. John McN. Taylor as 2nd Fleet comman der. Rear Adm. Thomas H. Moorer was nominated for promotion to vice admiral and named commander of the 7th Fleet, succeeding Vice Adm. William A. Schoech. 100 grain neutral spirits 80 proof. International Oittlllerias Co., L A. bedlam ... n k Ah bedroom (wilh a 5-niinute phone break) useful way to relax and enjoy some well-earned 1962 Youth Killed as Auto Leaves Road Portland - IUPI) - Ronald Earl Jones, 19, Portland, was killed early today and his companion injured when their car plunged over a cliff on Rocky Butte and crashed into a tree. 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