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SECTION D PAGES 1 to 10 PENNEY'S ALWAYS FIRST QUALITY MedfordHWTribune Count on Penney's for the n-atfon's btg value spectacular! SENSATIONAL REDUCTIONS FABULOUS SPECIALS SENSATIONAL VALUE MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1963 Burlington President Finds Potential of Area Unlimited "Growth possibilities of the Rogue River valley, and the Pacific Northwest as a whole, are unlimited with the power, lumber and soil potential of this area," H. C. Murphy, president of the Burlington Lines, declared here Friday, adding, "depend ent, of course, upon good trans portation." Traveling from east to west to visit the company's representa tives and shippers. Murphy was joined here by Starr S. Hankis, western traffic manager, San Francisco; Guy R. Glove, vice president in charge of traffic, Chicago, and Larry G. McCub bin, general agent, Portland. All conferred Friday with W. Harold Pyle, commercial agent for the Burlington Route with offices in the D'Anjou building in Medford, where the company has maintained offices and a commercial agent since 1956. Entertained at Luncheon Principal shippers were enter tained at a luncheon with wom en guests Friday and at a stag dinner in the evening. Opening of the Medford office was an expression of confidence in the potential of this area. It has been followed by a steady increase in service to make pos sible a closer relationship be tween railroad and shippers, Murphy noted as proof that the confidence has been justified. With verification from the other members of his staff clos er to the operation. Murphy stated that 10,000 cars arc mov ed in and out of the Medford area annually and that he is eager to increase the amount to at least 20,000 for the Burling ton Lines. Added to Service The Burlington Line added 1,525 freight ears to its service this last year. Last year the new cars numbered 1.225. Dur ing two years the company is spending S55 million on freight cars and deiscl power and equipment not including road improvements, which will amount to $3'- million, the rail road president said. Murphy, who has been in rail roading for 52 years, almost 50 of them with the Burlington, pointed out that box cars in the old days were constructed for S2,50O or $3,000. Now, "damage free" cars, all with roller bear ings, manufactured today cost from $11,000 to $21,000 in con- ! struction. With all these costs and the ! restrictions made upon railroads i today by government mandates, the railroad "still faces a grct future," the executive maintain- 'ed. I Always Be Railroad "There will always be a rail l road," he declared. "Many, many millions have been spent in improvements, all kinds of 1 improvements. There has been almost a complete rennaisance j in power with the railroads go I ing from steam to dsiscl en j gines, the most efficient pow j er plant in existence so far as I the railroad is concerned." j "The public will never get the ; maximum for its transportation dollar, however, until the rail road is allowed more freedom," the railroad president declared, "until we are allowed to op erate under ground rules just as favorable as are our competitors and with restrictions no more onerous. With a little encourage ment from the government this country could have a transpor tation system better than any thing known. Everything is there and ready, the equipment, the qualified people, if the gov ernment just gets off our backs." Suffering Shortage "The whole middlewest is suffering from a car shortage now," the Burlington executive stated in answer to questions re garding box car shortages, which have worried lumbermen through the years. Murphy then blamed the condition on govern ment controls which make it "impossible to predict the num ber of cars to be needed in the grain areas at any certain I time." . "Six million bushels of milo i is on the ground today in Ne braska and should be moved," he explained, "but 3,500 cars (are needed to move it and we don't have the 3,500 cars there. They are scattered about the l nation." I In the old davs, the railroad representatives explained, they could find out when these crops would be ready to move and then arrange to have the cars at the right place at the right lime. With so many surpluses held for government release they contended, it is impossible Burksi FOAM RUBBER CLEARANCE SALE Mon. Oct. 21 thru Sat. Oct. 26 20 off POLY FOAM Now . . . 24c 1 INCH THICK Rog. low Price 30c sq. ft. 2- in. thick, rcg. 60c Now 48c sq. ft. 3- in. thick, reg. 90c Now 72c sq. ft. 4- in. thick, reg. 1.20 ...Now 96c sq. ft. CUT TO ANY SIZE Sale Subject to Large Stock on Hand! 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The advantages of this car , exchanges and of the reciprocal I use of lines were explained by 1 the railroaders. Railroads are consolidating positions through out the nation, Murphy stated. They are abandoning rather than building lines today where good highways are parallel to we ranroaa unes. Ton Much Mileage The government has called attention to the existence of too much mileage. Although trucks have taken the business from many feeder lines, the taxpayers protest if the railroad abandons them. On the other hand, Mur-1 phy pointed out, to meet the requirements of government mandate the line must show an economical operation. When railroads continue to operate a branch line with an actual loss they are not meeting the re quirements of this mandate. ! Missouri was mentioned as the only state in the union where j there is a tax advantage enjoyed when a line is abandoned. Burlington has operated trucks, too, since 1934, expand ing to cover 75 per cent of the territory as a complimentary service. The company tried to establish airplane service by us ing helicopters to give service between certain points, Des Moines to Creston, Iowa, for example, but the CAB ruled against it, requiring railroads to . operate on the surface. I The only construction done in recent years by the railroad was to shorten the run from Brook field, Mo., to Kansas City and : in that instance, also, the line found it more economic and ex- j pedient to use a portion of the ! Wabash line than to construct all its own. So this was done, Murphy said. PET TALK By M. I. L. "A Pompeii Hero" About 30 years ago certain men were dig-. ging out a part of Pompeii, that Italian city which, in the first century, was suddenly destroyed by an eruption of the volcano Vesuvius. Outside a dwelling they discovered the body of a , small lad appearing as if he had , fallen asleep. The little chap had been overtaken by the clouds oi poison gas and torrents of red hot ashes from the mountain. Beside the boy was a big dog with its teeth caught in its master's cloak. It looked as though the dog had made a great effort to save the boy. Around the dog's neck was a big silver collar. The metal was all tarnished, but when cleaned it was seen to have this inscrip tion in Latin: "This dog has thrice saved the life of his little master. Once from fire, once from water, and once from thieves." Even at this last hour, when destruction poured down from the sky, it was plain that the faithful animal has tried to save his little master a fourth time. (From Tail-Wagger Magazine) Buddies You do not need to look at a dog to know he's your friend. You can feel his cold nose and warm fur; you can hear his affectionate "wurf" and the "thump" of his wagging tail. For all these reasons, wouldn't a dog be a wonderful pet for a blind child? 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