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s ' 1 1 L 7 TWELVE MEDFORD (REGOrT) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, March IS, 1950 MedfordSSWTribune Everyone In Southern Oregon Beads Tha MaU Trtbuna" Dally Kcpt Saturday Published By uvirnnn PRINT1NO CO. .2 Norlh Fir St Phone S-SH1 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R OILSTRAP Managat uvDD finffv Arfvartlalna Mgr c r ' FERGUSON. Managing Editor rntc ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegrapn Editor HENRY L GREEN Sunday Editor nt ivk STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Uf An Independent Newspaper Entered aa aecond claia matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act oi March 3. 18117 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mall In Advanca: Daily and Sunday on year.. . 00 Dally and Sunday all monthj 4.75 Dally and Sunday three moa i.5U Dally and Sunday one month 1 00 By Carrier In Advanca Mediord Ashland Central Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix Talant and on mnlnr routea: Dally and Sunday on year. 12.0(1 Daily and Sunday one month 1 .00 All Terma Caab In Advanca Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper or Jacuion uoumy -full Laaaed Wire MEMBER Or AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertiilne Renreientatlve: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC Offlcea in New York. Chicago Da- troit. San Franclaco Loa Angelea Seattle Portland St Loula Auanta Vancouver. B C NiWSPAPIl PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL lAc5TQN Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Counrr Hhv Mry from tfc (ilea of Hie Mail Tribune 10, 20 and 14 rear afo 10 YEARS AGO TODAY March 16, 1940 (It Was Saturday) Ed Ellis and Bob Hoefs. both of Butte Falls high basketball team, named on state B tourna ment all-stars. Elk Creek Stockmen's associa tion elects Earl Ulrich president; South Butte Stockmens associa tion names Carl Nygrcn president. Dorothy Root and Wilson Church have lending roles in high school opera presentation. Al Wimer, Medford high stu dent, wins right to represent county in American Legion ora torical contest. Copco pays $131,369 to Jack son county in taxes this year. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY March 16, 1930 (It Was Sunday) Local women organize for re form of prohibition.' Bill Bolger electer commander of American Legion here. Literary Digest poll on prohi bition indicates people favor its repeal. Floyd Young, frost expert, ar rives here for smudging season. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY March 16. 1916 (It Was Thursday) United States reclamation serv ice jnd state surveys recommend irrigation projects for this section of valley. Talent young people form In dustrial club with Lewis Bccson as president. High school band membership numbers 15 with J. W, Gressly as leader. Wafer Rate Increase Defeated At Portland Portland, Ore., Mar. 16 (U.R) For the second time in as mnny weeks the Portland city council has voted by a 3-2 margin against putting a measure on the May 10 election bnllot calling for in creased water rates. At the same time, the council voted 4-1 to keep the special real property levy on the ballot. Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee told the council she was certain the water tax was a "Rood" tax, but she said she thought voters should have a say in the issue because of the interest shown over it. Four New Cases Of Paralysis Reported Portland, Ore., Mar. 16 (U.R) Four new cases of poliomyelitis were reported In Oregon fur the week ending March 11. bringing the total for the year to 2S, the Oregon state board of health an nounced today. The total for a corresponding period last year was 11. The new rases were widely scattered with one each in Clackamas, Jackson, Marion and Washington counties. Subscribers To report Improper or non delivery of the Mall Tribune phone tl4l before I 4 p. m. daily and 14:30 a. m. Sunday. ir reinlar del I vary arrlrei shortly after yon rail, pleat notify offlrt, thua ellmlnattni apeclal meaienger tervlct. Editorial Correspondence Crosstown by Roland Co New York City, N. Y., March 13 Another one of those needle spray rains no rain drops, just a sort of liquid-sunshine without the sun. But just a little bit added to what you got makes a little bit more. The city reservoirs are now 51 per cent full whereas two or three months ago they were only 30 per cent. It is still an even wager they won't have to call in the airplane rain makers. Argentine pears are in the Madison avenue fruit stores selling at 60 cents per dozen and up. They are (at least those we pur chased) TERRIBLE small, tasteless and mushy. In fact, our fav orite fruiterer across the street won't handle them. He said he only handled "California pears." We bought six of the latter for 45 cents (no fruit is sold at even prices here, just why we can't make out) and when we arrived at the hotel found they were from "SOS, Medford OREGON!" That is characteristic of New York. Every product that comes from the Pacific Coast comes from "Califor nia." Oregon is simply ignored the forgotten state. a a a According to our fruitman, Florida is fading out in the citrus line and growing steadily in the direction of vegetables early ones. Only Florida oranges are holding up. Florida grows no lem ons (that was news to us), no pineapples, while Texas and Arizona are running her out of the grapefruit market. But Florida is gain ing in celery, tomatoes, early potatoes and the like. a a a Also Florida this Is our fruiterer speaking, we don't vouch for his accuracy has been run out of the berry, melon and straw berry market by the imperial Valley, California, barly asparagus, ditto. He had 3-pound bunches of the latter selling for $2.25 a bunch and he was getting it. "That's nothing," he added, "the price was $3 a bunch two or three weeks ago." If Iirmerial Vallev ranchers don't make money out of earlv asparagus there must be something rotten in Denmark or In the distribution ana jopping Dusiness. California strawberries and lettuce have been selling here for weeks they both look tip-top. But the berries we have tried have been lacking in flavor and sweetness. Large "hot-house eraDes are comine in from Portugal and huge plums from Chile There is also fresh sweet corn. If there ever should be a trans portation tie-up by land AND sea, Manhattan would probably have a scurvy epidemic in a couple of weensi We believe Senator Bvrd of Virginia and other tax-conscious statesmen are missing a bet. Why don t they secure passage oi a law that would compel manufacturers and retailers to put on every article they sell including theater and movie tickets the amount paid for taxes? mere snouia De similar tags on Dreaci and butter or oleo, until the latter tax is finally repealed if ever. Then, of course, there are the liquor and cigaret taxes. We believe in these taxes. But how many purchasers realize that when they buy a "5th" at least half the cost is tax? No wonder moonshiners are increasing over 10.000 of them were arrested by federal officers alone in 1949 and over 125,000 gallons of illegal spirits confiscated. When the bootlegger can sell a gallon of moonshine for five bucks when the same thing would sell on the legal market for $15, some idea of the incentive profit motive can be imagined. According to Washington reports, in many states, particularly in the South, more moonshine has been confiscated by local and state officials than by the U. S. internal 'Revenooers. However, as remarked, we would not favor lowering either the cigaret or liquor taxes those who can afford to Indulge in either, can afford to pay. General LI no relation to "Trig-Lie" former president of Nationalist China, is here in New York recovering from a stomach operation. We were much interested and cheered by his recent public statement regarding the situation in his homeland. Li has no use cither for the Chinese Reds or Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek and doesn't pull his punches regarding either. Said he, quote: "The Chiang regime Is rotten to the core. The Chinese Reds were able to come to power, not because of the merit of communism, but the corruption of the Nationalists under the Generalissimo. After Chiang it was thought anything would be better. But one year of trial convinced the Chinese people that whereas Chiang Kai-shek was interested only in money, personal power and depriving the masses of their material well-being, the Communists aim at depriving them of their soul. The country is now ready for really iibcral and democratic leadership." That has been the view of this department for some time. It will take time and nationce. but as soon as the Chinese masses realize what it really means to be ruled from Moscow, and what they could achieve by a free, strong and democratic government of their OWN, there will be a counter-revolution in that country as certain as the sun will rise tomorrow. This was what the late General Stilwcll predicted before he was recalled from China in unmerited disgrace to die at Carmel of a broken heart. Eventually we feel sure history will give "Vinegar Joe" his due, and make it clear that he not only knew China and the Chinese, but knew Chiang Kai-shek and but for the machinations and stupidity of the latter, the triumph of the Reds would, in all probability, never have occurred. Went down to the NBC theater on West 44th to hear the U. S. Steel broadcast Gertrude Lawrence in "Lady in the Dark." Never saw the original play and this production was, of course, greatly condensed. But it was all extremely interesting and Miss Lawrence hasn t changed a hair in 20 years, (that is not blKlUTL.Y accu rate as she has a wave of white on the right side "silver threads among the gold" but it only adds to her distinction and charm.) WHAT a gal! as Noel Cownrd, her playmate of long ago recently remarked. "Gert isn't at all English and she would be the first to acknowledge it and be nroud of it. Noel, as usual, is correct. Gertrude Lawrence has the bounce and zin and informality of the American voung woman. Like Mar- lene Dietrich one can't imagine her ever growing old, and Gertrude can't resist shocking her more correct British sisters. In one of the snappy Gershwin ditties, for example, she did a strip-tease "Jerk" as a response to thunderous applause quite improper for some gals but not for Uerl. in just her wholesome, irrepressiDie exu berance pure Irrepressible animal spirits. We have only attended one big-time radio broadcast before that was several years ago in Los Angeles. There has been a great change since then. Everything at the "Belnsco" was on a gigantic and "super-super" scale engineers, timers, sound effects, execu tives, managers, editors, supervisors, the official reporter, the of ficial announcer (Brokcnshire by name), an orchestra of 30 or 40 pieces and the composer-director who simply worked himself Into nervous and physical collapse by his excessive artistic and muscular efforts. Of course time Is the essence. Everything has to be on the dot and everything was, including the applause. It was one of the most popular broadcasts in a long time there were almost as manv neonle outside of the theater as in. There were 10 in the east, not Including a tenor from the "Met." But Gertrude was the whole show, wonder why she isn t performing on Broadway; Speaking of performing on Broadway that's another strange item in this Bnbylon. It is always said "she is performing on BROADWAY," "she has her name In lights on BROADWAY," etc., etc. Yet there Isn't one theater or perhaps there is just one on Broadway, the legitimate theater are off Broadway, practically all on 44th, 45th and 46th streets. R.W.R. "I'll take the full course dinner. Everybody at our house is on a diet but mel" Washington Report By Bob Dickey Washington, Mar. 16 Presi dent Truman's "basin account ing system" for federal water projects in the Columbia river basin has met opposition from Oregon's Sen. Guy Cor don. Cordon is a member of the senate interior and insular af fairs commit tee which has been holding hearings on the oasin account plan in conjunc tion with its consideration of Northwest reclamation projects. wnen me committee wound ud its hearings, the majority of the members approved of the basin accounting. But Sen. Cordon vigorously dissented. When the amendments to the rivers and harbors bill, authoriz ing the basin account system, are made on the floor of the senate, cordon plans to offer a substi tute motion containing his legis- Bob Dicker costs which are to be returned from those revenues." The administration's explana tion of the basin-wide accounting scheme was amplified in greater detail in the recent senate hear ings. According to them, the sys tem now advocated is nothing more than an accounting proce dure. They say that basically it pro vides a method of showing the balances available from all Northwest federal water pro jects to be considered in connec tion with an analysis of "finan cial feasibility, rate making, and project pay-out." In other words, it would pro vide no additional revenues as such. It would merely show the overall revenues which were be ing realized from the projects. Suggested Advantages Advantages suggested by the administration are: 1. Furnish power at a uniform rate throughout the area and at a much lower level. This would be so, they say, because under the basin account system, the lative position on the proposal. I rate would approximate' the Prospect Prospect, Mar. 16 Mr. Ray mond Artmlre left Monday to fly bark to Indiana to see his father who is 111 and not expected to live. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Scott of Trail have taken over the Cas cade Gorge store temporarily. Mr. and Mrs. Hart have gone to Sacramento to visit their daughter. A Catholic discussion-study I lub was organized recently Hi Prospect under leadership o( Mrs. Unyle Mills. I he club meets on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at the home of the members. The last meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Jack De Rosier. Eight persons were present. At this meeting the group chose Rosa Mystira" as the name of their club. The Lenten program emphasizes the Ten Command ments. All Interested in study of Christian doctrine are invited to attend the meetings. Charles Fanger Is confined to the Community hospital. As soon as he is able he will go to the J'ottland clinic, lie is reported doing very well. several new families have moved to Prospect recently be cause of re-opening of the mills. Among them are Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Pcaslee and family from Willcts, Cel.. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robison and family from Apple gate, Ore., and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ferguson from Gooding. Ida. Paul Pearson. Reg Macro and James Popp spent Sunday skiing at Mt. Shasta, Cal. Tris Norton and Roy Kaizrr returned from California recent ly. Mrs. John Harper and grand daughter Joanne Rienks have gone to Idaho for a week to at tend family reunion. They plan to return Saturday. Dial telephones are being In stalled in Prospect now. the first one being put in the Pros pect high school. PAPER BOY NO BOY Wilmington, N. C. lU.R) One of the nation's oldest paper boys is no boy. A two-mile route in nearby Humpstead is carried by Jane Singleton, 65. Miss Single ton has carried the Wilmington Star-News on foot for two years, walking about two miles a day with her papers. She also helps deliver the mail, another five miles a day. trl line Sunday Classified U Noon Saturday. Steps Toward Socialism Although the specific reasons for the Roseburg senator's ob jections to the basin account system will not be brought out until the matter is considered by the somite, some of his general objections to the plan have been revealed. One of these objections is that he feels it is a long stop toward socialism. Another is that he be lieves it is a forerunner of a Columbia valley administration or authority. Credit to Cordon In all fairness to Sen. Cordon. he has probably spent more time and effort on investigating the full significance of the basin ac counting system than any other senator. During the largest share of the recent senate interior and insular affairs hearings, only he and Chairman O Mahoney show ed up. And during the hearings on basin accounting, Cordon did 99 per cent of the cross-examination and interrogation of the testify ing administration officials. One may be assured that Cordon's opposition to the scheme is not based on a lack of understanding of its ramifications. Truman View When President Truman en dorsed the basin account system last February, he suggested that it would "permit a more intelli gent accounting for power rev enues from the various federal hydroelectric plants in the Paci average rate for all power projects. 2. Permit irrigation benefits from power projects independ ently of the irrigation project's relation to a power project. For example, a power project such as Hell's canyon dam would provide surplus power revenues justifying the development of an irrigation project. And while un der the present system, only irri gation projects near Hell's can yon are considered from its sur plus revenues, under the new system the surplus revenues would be recorded on the books and would be available as justi fication for irrigation projects anywhere in the area. Hell's canyon dam is cited just as an example. Under the advo cated system, all the surplus from both Bu-Rce and army engineers' dams would be entered on the books and could be used to justi fy the economic feasibility of irrigation projects anywhere in the region. It might be well to note that the basin account plan is not a new idea. At the present time it is being used in a number of areas. For example, the entire Central Valley of California is under such a system and Is con sidered as a single financial unit. Morse Welcomes Fight Sen. Wayne Morse has tabbed as unwise the move by certain Oregon republicans to provide him with a primary fight. He said he "feels it is a mis- COMMUNICATIONS Lattera to tha Editor mutt bear the name and addresse of the writer although under certain circum ataneei tha uia of a pen name or Initial for publication la permls ftble. Tha Mail Tribune reserve! the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted lor pub llratlon must not eaceed too words Spawning Mort Devils To the Editor: Again the peo ple of Medford have been en lightened on the governmental philosophies of our junior sena tor, Wayne Morse. After listening many times to Wayne Morse, I am impressed by his earnestness of purpose; his unaouDted honesty ana courage; but above all by his peerless abil ity to rationalize an irrational situation. After awaking from the spell of his oratorical ability I am forced to conclude that first of all our junior senator is for Wayne Morse (for which I can't blame him too much) and second ly he is for a government of lawyers and by laywers. He fails to realize two basic facts of gov ernment: First The government has nothing of intrinsic value to give to the people which it has not previously taken away from the people; Second The basic purpose of government is to protect individ ual freedom through the power of government to redress wrongs. Because of his failure to grasp these basic facts we have a Wavne Morse, in angel garb. wrestling with all the devils spawned by governmental regu lation and subsidy, while warn- ine us that he is going to fight for fore regulation and subsidy presmably because he can there by spawn more devils wun wnicn to wrestle for his own glorifica tion and the applause of the suckers who can't figure out what the act is all about. Well, wrestling by profession als never was considered to be much of a contest of ethical skills but a lot of people enjoy the show. Can't the people of Oregon think up a better act? BfclM MAdUKU. P. S. And I'm not a Democrat. Sterilisation Urged To the Editor: In your county there are probably 359 feeble minded persons. Many of these are having children who may inherit their mental deficiency and grow up under the care of a mentally inadequate parent. Some of these unhappy lives can be avoided if better use is made of Oregon's eugenic ster ilization law. This will protect the mentally deficient from par enthood without any change in sexual characteristics or capa cities. While I was superinten dent of the Sonoma State Home for the feebleminded in Califor nia more than 5,000 of the pa tients were thus protected before discharge. This did not interfere with fully satisfactory marriage. Having learned from other pa tients who had had the opera tion that no change resulted, tie when they will need all the strength they have against the democrats." Morse thinks the democrats are going to provide a hearty battle in connection with every major office before the voters this fall. It is clear, however, thai Morse is confident that he will win. But he indicated that he was not so sure that some of the other republican office seekers would be so fortunate if they weaken his influence with the independent elements in Oregon by a primary scrap. As far as the primary contest is concerned. Morse added, "If the conservatives want to make 'BiU Of Rights' For Children Told By Army Man Here Maj. Roderic Durham, divi sional commander for the Sal vation Army in Oregon and southern Idaho, listed a six point bill of rights for children in an address to Medford Ki wanians yesterday noon at Rogue Valley Country club. It included: 1. The right to be born into the world rather than to be "damned" into the world. 2. The right to a home that is adequate. 3. The right to a clean, decent community. 4. The right to an education. 5. The right to leisure time activity. 6. The right to an adequate in vestment of time on the part of a parent or good adult. Cites Handicaps Durham, who was at one time assigned here by the Salvation Army, spoke of the serious han dicap faced by illegitimate or un wanted children. Mothers of many illegitimate youngsters are often just children themselves and are not emotion ally capable of child care, he re marked. He pointed out that many illegitimate children grow up apart from their own parents and that adoption of youngsters without going through proper agencies often brings "kick backs" and problems. Durham told of the tendency of parents of unwanted children to push the responsibility for tneir offspring onto others, sucn as day care centers and baby sitters. Character Important An adequate home for a child does not depend on the size of a bank account, the Salvation Army man emphasized. It de pends on the character of parents and grandparents. He stated that the home should be a sanctuary from the world where children can find love and affection. In most communities rights of youngsters are abused in a num ber of ways, Durham said, and citizens are complacent or en courage abuses. "You and I ought to be concerned about the kind of community we have. Do you know what goes on in your own community?" he asked. Parents' Role The parents' role in educating children should be more than that of teaching the facts of life, the speaker said. Parents should not give children more facts than they can take and should not force this education on them, Durham brought out. Children have a right to a place to play and to know how to use leisure time, he said. Youngsters who have the atten tion of parents or some good adult probably will not get into trouoie. he said. Durham was once a member of the Medford Kiwanis club. Dead Una on Classifltd 30 D ra lor following day. I" a m Mon day noon Saturday for Sunday a m. Try It cleaning cook pots, pans, stove burners, broilers, ovens. Arm & Hammer Powdered Washing Soda does countless cleaning jobs quicker, and at small cost. This Improved Washing Soda gives you water soft as rain. Washes clothes with less soaking, less rubbing. Completely soluble, it dis solves grease, cleans kitchen sinks, table tops, wash tubs, washing machines. ' i rllWL, Wonderful for washing dishes, makes glassware and china bright, sparkling. many of them would ask me, "Doctor isn't it about time for my operation?" Some of them whom I saw later would tell me that they had married and were able to sup port themselves but couldn't have done so if there had been children. If more people knew, as doc tors do, that sterilization does not remove any organ from the body or interfere with its work ing, Oregon's law for the pro tection of the insane and the feebleminded would be more widely used. Fred O. Butler, M.D. Sonoma, Cal. a fight Of it. I will welcome it." Noon Salurdaya. This helpful soda leaves no sediment, will not clog drains or traps. It's the cleanser that'sklnd to your plumbing. Helps farmers: cleans milk pails, cans, strainers, cream separators, churns. Saves soap. Saves work. Saves time. Ask your grocer for Arm & Hammer Powdered Wash ing Soda today. 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