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Mail Tribune 100, June 22, 1922 By Alissa Corman Jun 22, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago June 22, 1922 JACKSON BOYS AT O. A. C. HAVING TIME OF YOUNG LIVES Four Jackson County boys are having the time of their lives at the college these days where they are getting their first taste of a college education. They are John Bohnert of Central Point and Ord Reed, Delbert Anderson and Leland Cate of Medford. They are under the watchful eye of Lloyd Moss, one of the college’s most popular county club leaders. “The youngsters are enjoying every minute,” says Moss. “Delbert is one of the cheer leader of the general assembly every day, where they sing and give club yells. John is the only one in calf club work, and he is getting a lot of valuable points on stock judging.” The daily program of the boy farmers and stockmen includes demonstrations of beef and sheep judging, talks on poultry, small fruits, soils and dairying. This week they are specializing in potatoes and corn dairy testing. Friday a general stock judging contest is scheduled at the college pavilion. The day starts for Jackson’s delegation at 6 a.m., according to Lloyd Moss. Everyone piles out of bed, and after an hour of brisk exercise, breakfast is served at Poling hall at 7. From 8 to 9 they go back to their rooms at Cauthorn hall, and “police up.” Class work is held from 9 to 12. General assembly at 1:30 follows luncheon, the afternoons until 6 being devoted to swimming, tennis, baseball and athletic games. After dinner a social hour is observed until 10 o’clock, when lights are out and everyone is in bed and asleep. “I’m coming back next year and bringing 15 boys with me,” declares Delbert Anderson of Medford. “I want to line up a baseball team to lick that Lane County bunch.” Lane holds the baseball championship so far. LOCAL AND PERSONAL The city council in a recent reckless riot of extravagance mood after having given the matter mature deliberation for a year or so, finally decided to give the public market its first coat of paint since it was built ten years ago and then emboldened by this rash expenditure actually ordered also that the spotted and discolored market interior be given a coat of whitewash. Painters are at work already. The structure will be painted a steel gray color as a change from its original coat of brown. ------ Those local sugar experts who predicted yesterday morning that within a few days sugar would take another rise of from ten to twenty cents, as published in this newspaper, evidently made a good guess, for during Wednesday the wholesale price of sugar jumped 20 cents. Wise housewives recently heeded the warning and laid in their canning sugar supply before the market began to rise. — Alissa Corman; a [email protected]