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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1950)
TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfordTribune "Everyone In Southern Oregon" Reads The Mali Tribune" Dally Except Saturday Published by unrnirnRn PRINTINO CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 8-6141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor ERNEST R OILSTRAP Manacaf B. C FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JH., City tauor HARRY CWPMAN. Telegraph Editor HENRY L. GREEN. Sunday Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered aa eecond clasi matter at Mediord. Oregon, under Act oi March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES n MaII In Advance: Dally and Sunday one year... .19 00 Dally and Sunday six months 4.7S Daily and Sunday three mo su Daily and Sunday one month 1.00 By carrier in Aovance wwimw Ashland Central Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Talent and on wnntnr rniltM: Daily and Sunday one year.S12.00 Dally and Sunday one month 1.00 All Terma Cab In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medlore Official Paper oi -lacason uouuiy United Press full Leaaed Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLUDAY COMPANY. INC Office! In New York. Chicago De troit San Francisco Los Angelea Seattle. Portland. St Louis Atlanta Vancouver, B C N E W SPA PER k PUBLISHERS -ASSOCIATION EDITORIAL 1 ASCTgN Flight or Time Mediord and Jackson County His tory front the filet of the Mail Tribune 10. 20 end 34 yean ago 10 YEARS AGO TODAY April 20. 1940 (It Was Saturday) Fish lake road said In good condition, but Lake O' Woods road still impassable. Medford high easily defeats Ashland and Jacksonville in track meet here. About 180 women conclude state convention of AAUW held in Medford. Southwest Oregon Presbyte rlal society annual meeting to open at local church April 24. Mrs. Elizabeth Fitch is teacher at Forest Creek school. 20 YEARS AGO TODAY April 20. 1930 (It Was Sunday Water turned into main canal of Medford Irrigation district system; 35 second feet flows through. Legion drum corps to make first appearance in several months as part of auxiliary pa rade tomorrow. Joe Hasklns purchases Nye apartment house building. Emily F. Brown and Dorothy Young, both of Medford, to grad uate at Willamette university at end of summer. 34 YEARS AGO TODAY April 20. 1916 (It Was Thursday) Mrs. George Andrews and Miss Geraldine Theiss to sing at Good Friday service at the Cath olic church. Physical education to be add ed to list of subjects taught at local schools; Miss Anna M. Brit ton named instructor. Phoenix high school annual assured by receipts from senior class play. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and addrrsss of the writer although under certain circum stances the nie of a pen name or Initial for publication Is permis sible. The Stall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarlflratlnn and conden sation, letters submitted for pub lication mint not exceed Ifto ffnrrtt Substitute for D. S. T. To the Editor: Here Is a copy of a letter I sent to Mayor Dia mond L. Flynn; "I believe that I read in The Mall Tribune that you would welcome constructive sugges tions regarding the question of daylight saving time. "It appears to me that ad vancing some of the clocks is a very immature, in fiict rather childish way to accomplish a flood result. The good result be ng getting town people out of bed earlier in the morning so that merchants can open their stores an hour earlier in order to per mit their employees to get out I ZT m NATION A in the afternoon In time to en joy more daylight. "My suggestion Is to lenve the clocks and the schools alone nnd to announce that beginning May 1 all stores and other places of business who wish to cooperate will open at 8 o'clock and close correspondingly earlier. Country folks get up early enough any way and would be glad not to have to wait around in the morn ing for the stores to open. "I remember that merchants In Chicago used to close early Saturday afternoons during the summer without having to change the clocks. (This was years ago, however, before D. S. T. was invented along with other silly things.)" Horace W. Thompson MAIL TRIBUNE Hawthorne Park "Hawthorne Park" it 7 On first consideration, the advisory committee choice, and the city council's approval of the name "Hawthorne" for the new city park didn't seem to have either memorial or euphonious basis. After a bit of reflection, however, the TXHILE many names were suggested in the poll " conducted by the committee, it was interesting to note that there was no particular concentration on any certain one. Hawthorne, for instance, was advo cated by three, while four This writer had favored "Bear Creek Park" as the proper designation but be some objection to that, one side, being in somewhat bad odor at least during the low water season. b.C.F. City Government Problems The city manager form at least, would seem to possibly more economical, Oretron it appears to be the cipal squabbling. THERE is seldom a time brewing or actually going on in one or more of the 10 or a dozen cities of prevail. Latest and most violent field, Lane county's fast-growing industrial center, where the city manager was sacked by the council a few days ago. e e AN EXAMPLE of how much bitterness may be gen " erated in such disagreements as that at Spring field may be seen in the aftermath which brought the resignation of nine city employees. The resignations were preceded by an unsuccessful attempt to recall the mayor. The city's business was described Monday as at a standstill with no one present to conduct muni cipal affairs. The manager had long been between two fires. The mayor favors establishment of a public power administration to compete with the Mountain States Power company, while a sizable segment of the citi zenry is opposed. A NY evaluation of the merits of the two adminis " trative systems as found in Oregon the man agerial form, and the mayor-city council form with a city superintendent, such as exists in Medford must include a number of considerations. One of the major items is the desirability if not absolute necessity of avoiding civic turmoil if real efficiency and progress are to be enjoyed. TN THE course of executing policies and orders A mostly formulated by the mayor and council, city managers are contacted by a large number of resi dents. Some want this, some don't want that. The pressure builds up terrifically and in course of time, unless the manager is unusually diplomatic and en dowed with more than average finesse, a lot of people are after his scalp. Under the other system, where the pressure of special interest or politics is directed against the coun cil itself or committees thereof, there is undoubtedly less likelihood of yielding. There is also less likeli hood that the party or parties exercising the pres sure will be tempted to make an issue of the matter if the disliked decision is rendered after due considera tion and vote of the councilmen. The pressure users realize they cannot hope to "get somebody's job" in such a case, and therefore drop the matter. THIS line of reasoning may be only partially cor it Villi fVtrt -Pnil Hnmninn fVinfr n .-ir-nl n f yiiMtra idi, uub me .Lent tciimuio tiiau a (.ret uoai ui iicwo- papers of the state reveals more frequent civic tur moil where the managerial form prevails than in places where a mayor and city council formulate all policies and issue the orders. THE mayor and council where there is much municipal business requiring at tention. It is becoming more and more apparent that the duties of a mayor can be adequately handled only by a man able and willing to devote a major portion of his waking hours to the job. It is hard to find a man with sufficient income so that his private business can be neglected in favor of the city's work. Most of the larger cities recognize the fact that a mayor should receive some compensa tion, beside the honor which goes with his office, and pay a salary which while not large enables the execu tive to carry on without actual financial hardship. IMEDFORD is one of the state's few larger munici palities where neither mayor or councilmen re ceive salaries. We have been very fortunate so far in having men willing and well qualified to handle the work. But the affairs of the growing city are becom ing increasingly demanding and complex and there is no assurance that we may be able to go on inde finitely with the present system. E.C.F. CARD Or THANKS Wa wbh to express our thanks to all our nelshhors and friends who were so helpful and kind In our lima of sorrow. EirrlMlly do we wish to thank Rev. Siitterlield for his eomforunn words, tha F.hevs for ihetr musical selections, and thoaa who war pall bearers. Your thmiahtfulness and kindness will be remembered alwas. Mrs. Ethel Hnckett and family. Mrs. Kmlna Clark CARD" OF THANKS To those who expressed Ihetr sym pathy In so many beauliliil and prac. Ileal wavs durinit our recent bereave ment, wa extend our heartfelt thanks. Mrs Klla McKlnney Mr. Curlls MtKinnijr and lanill. Thursday, April 20. I ISO sort of grows on one doesn't selection has more appeal. favored Pear City Park. we must admit there could Bear creek which runs along of government, in theory be the most efficient, and but in actual practice in most conducive to muni when a battle isn't either the state where managers such f lareup is in Spring set-up also has its draw- PARK VIEW NURSING HOME 906 Wait Main Street Medford, Oregon Phone 2-6938 Completely equipped Nursing Home for chronic and convalescent!. Hot water heat throughout building. Licensed by the State of Oregon. 24 HOUR NURSING CARE Registered Nurse in Charge Cross town I, too. uiod to havt Washington Report By Bob Dickey Washington. Aor. 20 Sen. Guy Cordon's fight against the Columbia basin account was cli maxed last week when the sen ate rejected the O'Mahoney amendment to the rivers and harbors bill. The defeat of the O'Mahoney amendment is doubly significant to the northwest. While the real fight was over the Basin account, the O'Mahoney amendment also had in it the authorization of 13 Columbia basin reclamation projects. Included were the five Oregon projects: Hell's Canyon dam, Canby project, Crooked River project. The Dalles project (west unit) and the Bully creek ex tension of the Vale project. In addition to deteating tne O'Mahoney amendment, the sen ate also out the kiss of death on the Cordon amendment which would have authorized the Id projects as a single unit for sub sidy purposes but left out the overall basin account. An authorization amendment for the 13 projects was also sub mitted by sen. rayior dui h tuo was killed. Senate Suspicious The real reasons for tne sen ate tossing out the O'Mahoney amendment was the suspicion that aueust body had for tne administration's basin account. They simply were not sure what the overall impact of the proviso actually would be. At least partial credit for the defeat of the proviso is due to Sen. Cordon. He probably had more to do with creating the senate's suspicion of the measure than any one other person. Sen. Cordon rarely takes the floor on the senate in active and open support of or in opposition to any legislation. He is known to operate chiefly in committees. But when Oregon's senior sen ator does verbally present his position to the senate chamber he is always notoriously well versed in the problem at hand. Such was the case in Ihe basin account fight of last week. Cordon probably understood the proviso more completely than those who were speaking in support of the amendment. The net result was that even if Cordon didn't sway the senate to his point of view, he was able to create enough suspicion in the minds of a good many members that they rallied behind him to defeat the legislation. Basin Account But what is this basin account all about? In the past this re porter has cited to you what various groups have said the basin account actually stood for. But the most accurate appraisal of its significance can be made bv saving that most likely no one really knows what the effects of such a procedure wouia ue. Sen. Cordon, by his own con fession, concedes this. Stripped of all its legalistic trappings, the basin account could mean just this; It would provide a medium for averaging power rates in tne wiuih basin. On this point everyone is agreed. Secondly, it would trans-! Or the burden of providing irri- gation subsidies from the power revenues to the taxpayers of the nation. , In other words, the real sig nificant part of the basin account i is that it is a method, though I long and tortuous, for getting i a direct irrigation subsidy. ! Intention Of Drafters Perhaps this is not the true ; interpretation of the basin ac-1 count. Nevertheless, it can be reliablv reported that this is what the drafters of the proviso . interpret it to mean. , And quite obviously there is a method to their madness. Po-, tential reclamation projects,! which are in themselves reim-1 bursable no longer exist in the , northwest. Now the problem is A nrm.irit. nme medium of sub-! sidy. But the reclamation people ; feel that they can t get a oirrtv by Roland Co t'iako fiddle lesionsi" subsidy from congress. Conse quently, the basin account was developed to provide the direct subsidy in an indirect fashion. In keeping with this is the army engineers viewpoint to wards the proviso. In the past there has been a tendency to look to power revenues as a source of subsidy for irrigation. Even now on power producing reclamation projects a part of the power revenues has been said to be applicable as an irri gation subsidy. So why do the BPA and the army engineers support the ba sin account? Simply because they have been informed that the irrigation subsidy provided for in the account, while it looks like it would come from the power revenues, actually comes out of the pocketbooks of the nation's taxpayers. ORC Summer Camp Scheduled for June Maj. Walter C. Fingerhut, or ganized reserve corps instructor here, today announced that sum mer camp duty for 60 to 90 days, at Ft. Lewis, Wash., will be avail able to army reservists starting in May this year. Application for duty may be made to ORC camp headquar ters at Ft. Lewis, as headquar ters commandant, or billeting, mess, assistant operations, per sonnel or supply officers. The ORC here can give infor mation on the summer duty, for which full pay and allowances are given. Washington, Apr. 20 (U.R) President Truman today pro claimed May 14 as Mother's day and May 1 Child Health day. MEDFORD MAN MAKES DOLLARS DO DOUBLE DUTY Formulas are always inter esting, whether they apply to chemistry, algebra, milk lor - the baby or life insurance. So it seems to me you prob ably would be interested i n the solution of a recent life . mm tion j plua ilus 4 equals Plus K. My client wanted his pres ent income paid to his family for at least a year, In case of death. In addition, he wanted to guarantee half of that income to his wife during the young ster's "teen-age" years; then one-fourth the income to his wife for the rest of her life. But. he added, "I'm not planning on dying. I expect to live. So I want you to fig ure how much income all this life insurance will bring me when I reach age 60 or 65." The "S" in this man's prob lem stood for Security for his family, while the "R" indicat ed a need for Retirement In come in later years. And he was very happy to find he could get both well within his means through a Phoenix Mutual plan described in our Retirement Income Catalog. Perhaps you. too. would like a copy of this unique cata log, containing special plans to meet special situations. I'll be glad to send you one without cost or obligation. Just drop m a note or a postcard today. PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. P. 0. Box 693 Medford, Ore. Ph. 2-7573 0 Bill Salade In the Day's By FRANK JENKINS In a sharply worded note de livered in Moscow by our am bassador, the United. States charges that RUSSIAN FIGHT ERS SHOT DOWN THE MISS ING U. S. NAVY PATROL PLANE OVER OPEN WATERS OF THE BALTIC SEA. A supplementary statement accompanying the note asserts that Russia OSTENTATIOUSLY DECORATED the Soviet airmen who did the shooting "in a man ner calculated to give the im pression that they are being RE WARDED for shooting down an American plane." w HAT does it mean? Suit yourself. When I read the dispatch on the teletype, I shrug ged my shoulders and put it down as another move in the "cold" war. This term "cold" war, by the way, stirs memories that aren't too pleasant. Do you remember the so-called "phony" war that preceded the German blitz into Belgium and France that ended at Dunkerque? The phony war became real. This cold war could get hot. THERE'S an interesting dis patch from New York by AP's William Ryan pointing out that Moscow has announced in the past half year the deaths of 15 Russian generals and ad mirals some of them, Ryan adds, "rather young." Mr. Ryan wonders if the Kremlin may be carrying on another "purge." w HAT is a purge? "Well, they've been fairly com mon in Russia. The last big one was in the mid-thirties, when a large number of generals and admirals were whisked off to firing squads. By this pleasant little device, Stalin managed to forestall AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE POWER FROM HIM. Purges and dictatorships, you will probably recall, go together like ham and eggs. Hitler sprung several of them always with the idea of getting rid of people who, he thought, might be toy ing with the idea of GETTING RID OF HITLER. The idea of the ruling dictator is always to PURGE FIRST. YOU will note, naturally, the similaritv between these purges and what used to happen in Chicago in the days when the municipal authorities had more or less abdicated and turned the town over to the gangsters. When the top gangster began to suspect that some of the un derlings were mulling the idea of purging him, with the thrifty thought of getting his share of the swag, he started purging. These purgings were often done with machine guns In the open streets. ill: , 24995 Prifs shown sr fnr delivery in your kllrhns with 5-YfMir IVolclioo lUn. Stat snd lorsl taies t,s. Prims snd specifications subject in cbsnse without notice. IOOK FOI IT vet tie Space Get EASY TF.RMS ?Ih?.r Mo.deJ Handle Up to ZACK'S 220 News THE uual rule Is for the ruling dictator to purge first. There was a notable exception in Louisiana. Down there, a few years back, Huey Long was a dictator of sorts. He had armed bodyguards and all the rest of the trimmings. In his case, his OPPONENTS pureed first. Huey's body lies In a grave in i the grounds of the state capital , at Dotnn Tn..na When T tact caw it, some years ago, it was target ed spectacularly by a huge spot light placed high up on the tower of Louisiana's skyscraper capitol building. Huey's planting there was then comparatively recent, and the blazing finger of light that poured down on his tomb illuminated strikingly the flowers that his followers (or his henchmen, if - you prefer that term) brought every day to his bier. It was an imposing sight. WE HAVE a comforting saying in this country that DIC TATORSHIPS CAN'T HAP PEN HERE. I think that is true. Still, the fact remains that Huey Long did happen to Louisiana. COLORADANS DINE Washington, Apr. 20 !U.R) About 200 Coloradans in Wash ington last night attended a gala dinner by the Colorado State so ciety at the Mayflower hotel. i - " " i . . "CI" 1 230 1 ISP - ? pints a rw- i I j $o6o fl!i! $ fifths )) Of course, you want a full-tadth freezer chest . . . and Kclvinator brings you a big one of 40-lb. capacity in this beau tiful refrigerator at a budget price! 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