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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County His
tory fm the riles ot the Mall
Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years
10 YEARS AGO
April 30. 1942
(It was Thursday)
Medford leads state In per
centage Increase of building
during first quarter of 1942
valuation up 26 per cent to $81,'
403.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The drive
for defense metals Is underway.
In going over the country with
a fine tooth comb, no doubt the
old German cannon in the city
park will escape, as usual.
20 YEARS AGO
April 30. 1932
(It was Saturday)
Rogue valley orchnrdlsts re
portedly will receive drastic re
ductions in costs of packing,
storage and transportation of
pears during 1932.
Most Jackson county voters
"apathetic" as primary election
nears; large number of Inde
pendent candidates expected to
enter campaign.
10 YEARS AGO
April 30. 1922
(It was Sundny)
Ashland businessmen endorse
development of large granite
quarry near that city; hope to In
crease the $20,000 In production
reached in 1921.
Medford woman painfully in
jured following automobile acci
dent when would-be rescuers
turn car over on her.
40 YEARS AGO
April 30. 1912
(It was Tuesday)
Long-time southern Oregon
miner reports rich strike of
gold-bearing quartz ore In Foots
Creek district.
Medford postmaster an
nounces start of Rural Route 3,
to serve some 2,000 residents In
nine-mile radius northwest of
city.
Warren To Start
Oregon Campaign
In Portland May 5
Sacramento (U.R Gov. Earl
Warren of California said Tues
day he will fly to Portlnnd May
S and remain In Oregon "prac
tically all the time until May
16" In his bid for the state's 18
GOP presidential delegates.
Warren refused to be drawn
into a discussion of his chances
In the May 16 presidential pri
mary. "I don't predict campaigns or
their results," Warren said. "I'm
going up there to express my
views to the people of Oregon
nd the result of the election will
represent their Judgment, not
mine."
To Portland First
Warren said he would go to
Portland first for conferences
with his state chairman and oth
ers. He said he expected to make
Portland his headquarters for the
campaign swing. He indicated he
expected his tour would be Inter
rupted a few times at least by
California business.
Warren will leave Sacramento
Wednesday en route to a forum
tr b held by the league of worn
m voteri In Cincinnati, O.,
A Needed Protection
About every so often one reads of a house or other
structure burning while fire fighting crews and ap
paratus stood helplessly by a short distance away, un
able to get into action because of laws and insurance
regulations which forbid going out of a certain pre
scribed radius.
Only a short time ago a disabled war veteran, his
wife and three small children watched their home
and all its contents burn near Eugene. There was no
insurance, and no provision had been made in that
area for such protection as may be obtained through
organization of a fire district, or contract with an es
tablished city fire department.
Neighbors and others attracted by the blaze were
indignant because neither the Eugene or Springfield
fire departments would come to the aid of the war
veteran.
THERE have been similar instances in the Medford
region and after each such loss there has been
talk for a time of organizing a fire district or making
other arrangement for protection. Unfortunately,
the talk has eventually died down, the good intentions
have been forgotten and
Of late, however, a concerted movement has got
ten under way in the Medford, Central Point and
Jacksonville areas to set up fire districts, obtain
eauinment and organize manpower sufficient to guar
antee that no home within the defined boundaries
will be without protection
mon strikes.
VirUlLE there are some
"in setting; up such
problems which require some planning and work to
resolve, the actual operation of a fire district is not
complicated once it is organized.
The Citv of Roerue River is the base of such a fire
district and the efficiency
the volunteers and the residents in general there
should serve to spark like action by other valley
dwellers.
M(
ORE and more homes are being built outside the
hnnnrlnrips nf the pities and towns of Jackson
county for suburban and rural life holds many at
traetinna Rut tViprp is alwavs that fear of fire. And
the fear is well founded
once a dwelling catches tire there can be iittie.nope
of saving; it with such facilities as may be at hand in
the country.
Not only can well organized and equipped rural
fira firrVitinrr units tnUo 9W9v frn'm fear, t.hpv also
iiic J1h"L" h v " " " J ft-"" , t
serve to bring a substantial reduction in insurance
rates within the area under
Welcome Word
Tlio wnrH from Washington that Secretary of the
fntprinr Oscar Chanman
the Grants Pass Irrigation district's application for
forlpi-al funds fnr t hp rphahilitation of Savatre Rapids
dam will be received with
upper reaches ot the tamed Kogue river.
Secretary Chapman's pledge was given to Victor
Rnplil anrl William F. Johnson, irrigation board chair
man and attorney, respectively, who went to the cap
ital last week to request a loan of .fGGSOO from the
government. The money would be used to repair the
dam, the north wall of which has been undermined
by the rushing water, and the hydraulic-gate system,
which has been practically out of business for some
time.
PPLICATION has also been made for $207,000
nf nnn.rpiiiiliiirajiMp fprlpral funds to finance in
stallation of traveling turbine-intake screens at the
dam as a fish-conservation measure.
Chairman Boehl, in telephoning word of Chap
man's promise, emphasized that the latter had agreed
kr. .nncwlnrulmn rf tho n rml ifn t inn as n snecific nroi-
.J V.wilivtvtiin"ii v. v,- ' l' v. . . t- !
ect only. This is considered an important step as it
1 i Ml.
makes eany action possune.
Hoehi explained mat n tne dam renamuiauon
project were to be made a pwt of any reclamation
or federal power project, a delay of several years
might be anticipated even though action eventually
was favorable.
THERE is urgent need for repairs at Savage Rapids
and it is to be hoped that the interior secretary
will not delay his consideration and decision on the
loan.
Upper river dwellers are especially interested in
the possibility that something may be done about
screening the dam's big turbine intakes. There has
been heavy loss of fish life in this machinery over a
long period, surveys have shown, and the gradual dis
appearance of fish from the Rogue's higher reaches
must bo considered as due, at least in part, to the ob
struction. E.C.F.
School Fund Money Distributed Monday
The last installment of the $10
school allocation fund per cen
sus pupil fnr the fiscal year was
distributed Monday by the Jack
son county school superintend
ent's office.
It was the third Installment
this year, employees In the of
fice reported, and totalled $37,-
$10 FIDDLE REAL THING
Hico, Tex. (UP) J. n. Ratliff.
a grover who bought a violin
lii years ago for $10, has been
told that It Is an authentic Strad
Ivarlus. The Instrument, bearing
a Stradivarius signature and
dated 1716, was pronounced au
thentic at a violin shop where
it was taken for repairs.
Wednesday. April 30, 1932
nothing done.
when, and if, the fire de
legal technicalities involved
districts, technicalities and
and enthusiasm shown by
for the records show that
protection. li.o.f.
has promised to consider
thanksgiving along the
860 60. The money Is distribu
ted according to the Nov. 25,
1050 census, they said, and the
two other Installments were
made on Nov. 22, 1951 and
March 3.
The payments to the county
districts are "ordinarily in two
installments," they added, "but
this year the lack of availability
of funds forced the distribution
into three phases."
HE'S AGIN 'EM
New Britain, Conn. (UP)
Wallace Bacon, 78, asked that
his name be stricken from the
ballot list because "women and
foreigners vote and run the
country,"
Crosstown
"My wife layi ihe'll slart
In the Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
Bulletin from Washington:
General Ridgway, now in the
Far East, succeeds General Eisen
hower as top commander in Eu
rope. General Mark Clark, now
commander of army field forces
at Fort Monroe, Virginia, suc
ceeds General Ridgway as top
commander in Asia.
TIOW'S this as a tip for us
voters:
Let's follow the same prin
ciple and put BRAND NEW
FACES in all the federal civilian
jobs at home.
POLITICAL oddity:
The federal government
reaching avidly for control of
EVERYTHING BUT DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME. If it is to work,
with even reasonable satisfac
tion for ALL of us, "daylight
saving" time must be NA
TIONAL in its scope. If we are
to monkey with the clocks at all,
we should monkey with ALL the
clocks.
But the federal government
clearly wants no part of daylight
saving time.
That's modern politics for you.
SPEAKING of time, Lee Wheel
er tens me mat without count
ing leap years or allowing for in
terest it would take us 494 years,
122 days, one hour and 20 min
utes to pay off our national debt
of 260 billion dollars at the rate
of $1,000 every minute.
Now, if somebody will give us
the odd seconds, we'll have the
subject squeezed fairly dry.
4 THOUSAND dollars every
" minute sounds like a lot of
money. It IS a lot of money. It's
nearly a million and a half dol
lars every day. In a 364-day year,
it s somewhat more than half a
billion dollars which is another
way of saying it's better than a
billion dollars every two vears.
Our present federal administra
tion proposes a budget of 85 bil
lion dollars IN ONE YEAR.
This is the point:
Our federal GOVERNMENT
OF SPENDERS tosses billions
around as carelessly as our fed
eral governments of only a few
decades ago would have handled
PENNIES.
I think it's high time for us
I ..... ..tl -a, a. I! 1 J III
Congressional Quiz
Quaitloni and Amwsrc en What Goas en at the Capital
Furniihtd by Congressional Qiiarterlt News Fsaturts
Q What's 'the justification
for giving fliers and submarine
crewmen extra pay?
A Air Force officials April
16 told a Senate Subcommittee
studying incentive military pay
that it was needed to keep quali
fied pilots, and a Navy spokes
man made the same argument
for flight, submarine and diving
pay. But Sen. Paul H. Douglas,
D.-lll., pointed out that infantry
men fight in front lines with
out it.
Q Why was the House asked
to consider Impeaching the Presi
dent?
A In a resolution April 22
thnt was referred to the House
Rules Committee, Rop. Robert
Hale, R-Me.. said the Committee
should Investigate President Tru
man's seizure of the steel plants
and report to the House with an
Impeachment proposal "or other
recommendation as it deems
proper." Hale said the Presi
dent's action was "an assault on
the Constitution of the United
States."
Q How does Impeachment
work?
A Impeachment Is basically
an accusation for "Treason, Brib
ery or other high Crimes and
Misdemeanors. Only the House
can Impeach, and only the Son
ate can try the person impeach
ed. Conviction requires a two
thirds vote of the Senators pres
ent and can bring removal from
PUII lillEM LIKE
UniLUUEN
IT!
Pur orange fla
vot makes thif
specialised aspi
rin so easy to
take. Tableta are
Is adult doe. Me
ST.J0SEPH
ASPIRIN
FOR CHILDREN
By Roland Co
economizing when I do!'
News
to get a federal government that
has more respect for a billion
dollars.
FtROM Ottawa, Canada:
" Queen Juliana and her hus
band, Prince Bernhard, flew
home to The Netherlands Satur
day night after a four-week tour
of the United States and Canada.
WAS Juliana's trip a good idea?
I think so. She seems a sen
sible woman and Bernhard ap
pears to be a level-headed con
sort. In her four weeks over here,
she had time to see common, or
dinary Americans (Canadians are
North Americans, too, you know)
in action. I'll bet she found them
QUITE DIFFERENT from the
OFFICIAL Americans that for
eigners normally meet. '
I'll bet she goes home with a
new and better and pleasanter
and more reassuring impression
of America and I'll bet also she
goes home LIKING AMERI
CANS BETTER. It's too bad
more foreigners can't get over
here oftener and stay long
enough to know the people that
are the REAL America.
UOR that matter, it's too bad
we can't get abroad often
enough and stay long enough to
get to know the REAL people of
other countries. If we could, I'll
bet we'd quit thinking of them
as "foreigners."
FROM Washington:
Figured in MINUTES, here is
the time needed in each country
to earn enough to buy one pound
of each of the following products:
U.S. Russia
Tea 49
Beef 31
Butter 30
Potatoes 2
Bread 6
960
132
270
56
14
SOMETHING to think about;
In Communist Russia, the gov
ernment for the past three dec
ades has been handling ALL LA
BOR MATTERS, including rates
of pay, which the government
sets, and strikes, WHICH THE
GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA
DON'T PERMIT.
The table shows rather star-
tlingly what happens to labor
when GOVERNMENT RUNS
EVERYTHING.
office and disqualification from
future office. Andrew Johnson,
the only President Impeached,
was acquitted by the Senate
May, 26, 1868.
Q Why did a ban on spend
ing any federal money for seis
ing steel plants fail to pass the
Senate even though most Sena
tort voted for it?
A The ban, offered by Sen.
William F. Knowland, R-Calif..
as an amendment to a $960 mil
lion stop-gap money bill, would
apply to all money bills. A
blanket rider of that kind can
pass only on suspension of the
rules, which requires a two
thirds vote of those present. The
47-29 vote April 22 was four
short of that mark.
Q What pussies me is the
way Congress continues to stay
in session at the same time its
Members are running for re
election back home. How do they
do It?
A The dilemma bothers Con
gressmen, too. Rep. Usher L.
Burdlck. R-N. D-. predicting
April 17 that Congress might not
adjourn until September, said
this means "rough going for Coi
gressmcn who have primaries in
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FDR, Willkie Planned
Merger of Liberal
Demo, GOP Elements
Philadelphia (U.R) Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Wendell L.
Willkie made tentative plans be
fore their deaths to merge the
liberal elements of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties in
a re-alignment of the two major
parties, Roosevelt Adviser Sam
uel I. Rosenman revealed Wed
nesday. In Secret Meeting
Rosenman said he had repre
sented Roosevelt in a secret
meeting with Willkie on the sub
ject on July 5, 1944, and quoted
subsequent correspondence be
tween the President and the one
t i m e Republican presidential
nominee.
He told of the Roosevelt-Will-kle
plans In an article in the
May issue of the Ladies Home
Journal.
Both men were enthusiastic
Transfer of Ridgeway
Indicates Change in
Truce Talk Status
BY PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
The sudden change which
makes Gen. Matthew B. Ridg
way supreme
commander in
Europe sug
gests there also
may be a sud
den change in
the status of
the Korean
truce talks.
It also indi
cates that Pres
ident Truman
-Sal ,u. -u..r.
.... aiiu ine Lincia
I nil Ne.som of staff expect
no outbreak of general war in
the Orient, and that defense of
Europe continues to be No. 1 on
this country's foreign agenda.
With Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
howers return home to cam
paign for the Republican presi
dential nomination, Ridgway will
become this nations foremost
soldier-representative abroad.
The change in the Korean sit
uation, if there is to be one, need
not necessarily result in an armi
stice. Reds Building Strength
Ridgway's Tokyo headquarters
warned the first of this week
that the Reds have taken ad
vantage of the lull in Korean
fighting to build up their ground
forces to more than 750,000 men.
They have a powerful air arm
of some 1.500 airplanes based
in Manchuria and they have in
creased their frontline artillery
so that in some sectors they some
times fire more rounds per day
than we do. Their artillery in
cludes rocket launchers.
However, there have been no
signs so far that the Reds in
tend to launch a spring offensive
such as they did at this time last
year.
In any event, Gen. James A.
Van Fleet still commands the
8th Army, and In trading Gen.
Mark Clark for Ridgway the
Allies are not losing in battle ex
perience. Considerable Bearing Seen
It could be that Japan's return
to independence is having a con
siderable bearing on the future
of the truce talks.
The U. N.'s offer of a "pack
age" deal to the Reds to settle
the last three remaining issues
of the negotiations could be a
last attempt on our part to reach
a settlement before new compli
cations set in.
For instance, under the Japa
nese occupation, Ridgway was
the man in charge. He not only
ran the Korean war but he ran
Japan as well. He could dictate
what Japanese ports and bases
would be used as staging areas
for troops and supplies enroute
to the war. He also could dictate
what portions of Japanese indus
try would be utilized to manu
facture war supplies. He had a
State Department adviser but,
theoretically at least, Ridgway
dictated the final answer.
Problem Complicated
Now Japan is a free nation and
the military have given way to
the State Department.
For Russia the problem is
even more complicated.
Separate treaties have given
us the continued use of Japanese
bases and help in obtaining sup-
May or June. If we abandon our
work . . . people at home will
want to know what we are doing
back there ... If we don't go
home, many people will think
we don't want to be elected."
(North Dakota's primary is June
24.)
(Copyright 1952.
Congressional Quarterly)
about the possibiltiy of bringing
together the progressive ele
ments they represented in a sin
gle party free of the lntra-party
strife between conservatives and
liberals, Rosenman said.
Meeting Postponed
At Willkie's insistence, he
said, a meeting between the two
men was postponed until after
the 1944 presidential election.
Willkie died in October. Roose
velt was dead within the year.
Rosenman's article was made
up of excerpts from his forth
coming book, "Working with
Roosevelt."
The former New York Su
preme Court Justice was counsel
to Roosevelt when he was gover
nor of New York and remained
a close adviser and speech-writing
"ghost" until Roosevelt's
death.
plies, but Russia now has no
legal representation in Japan at
all since she refused to sign the
Japanese peace treaty.
Furthermore, Russia has a
mutual assistance pact with the
Red Chinese against Japanese
aggression.
It is not impossible that the
Chinese now might charge that
Japanese aid to the Allies consti
tutes aggression and thereby
calls the pact with Russia into
effect. There is no indication that
Rusia wants to be dragged into
the Korean situation any more
man sne already is.
Editorial Comment
A Bishop Assays the Demagogues
Methodist Bishop Paul B. Kern
of Nashville, Tenn., did a cour
ageous thing the other day.
He stood right up in meeting
(the general conference of the
Methodist church) and told his
fellow churchmen that "reckless
demagogues are aggravating
and exploiting fear to the point
where it "is becoming more and
more impossible to shape foreign
or domestic policies upon ration
al grounds."
He struck straight out at
"vicious efforts" to regiment
thought and curb freedom of
speech, a traditional American
freedom.
Rumor peddlers, he pointed
out, enjoying congressional and
legislative immunity or hiding
behind innuendoes or hearsay
evidence, break down confidence
in our society and throttle the
voice of free men. Then he said:
"The democratic process can
not operate when disagreement
is counted disloyalty."
This is the same kind of cour
age that was shown by United
States Senator Margaret Smith
of Maine in her "declaration of
conscience" blast at McCarthy
ism on the floor of the senate.
All too few people of influence!
either in government, education,
business or labor, have it in
these days when It has become
popular for "reckless dema
gogues" to smear anyone who
dares disagree with them with
a Communist or treason label.
The things Bishop Kern, Sen
ator Margaret Smith and others
of equal fortitude have said
aren't popular. They invite the
"vicious" attacks to which the
bishop refers. But they must be
said, over and over, If freedom
of thought and of the press are
to be maintained In America.
Oregon Journal.
Court Records
POI.TCR COURT
Mabel A. Searle, violation of baste
rule. $10.
R V. Bales, overnight parking. $s.
Mose Hart, overnight parking, sa.so.
DISTRICT COURT
Norman Clarence Love, violation of
basic rule, $10,
Wayne W. McElroy, inadequate
brakes, S3.
Jere Kreischer. overload, S41.
Richard Lee Wales. no operator's
license. $5.
Stanley L. Parish, passing with In
sufficient clearance. $10.
Roger Jorden Dew, no red flsr on
end of load, $5.
Allen P. Colllngwood. overheight. SS
Charles H. Myers, overload, S53.
scmrt'iT rot'RT
Ruth Mildred Lewis vs. William A
Lewis, divorce decree.
Saxton Jane Jeschke vs. Curt Jes
chke. divorce decree.
Lawrence F. Conant lr va t.-i.
cla J. Conant. divorce complaint.
znmry June uonung vs. Fred W.
Bohling. demurrer In divorce suit
Dead line Sunda Classified is a
5 30 p.ra for following day: 10 a ar
Monday tor Monday, noon Saturday
for Sunday am
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Meet the '
Candidates
Editor's note: This If one of
series of statements furnish
ed by candidates for local of
fice in the primary election
May 16. They are being pub
lished by The Mail Tribune
as a free service to the candi
dates, and for the information
of readers wishing to inform
themselves of candidates' po
sitions relative to their candi
dacy. BY ROBERT W. ROOT
Republican, for Stat
Representative
I was born in Jackson County
36 years ago, educated in the
Medford public schools, attended
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ROBERT W. ROOT
Southern Oregon College and
was graduated from Oregon
State College. I am a veteran
of World War II with four years
service. I am married and have
three small children. I am an
orchardist, farmer and cattle
raiser. At the last session of the legis
lature, I served Jackson County
as one of its two representatives,
with appointments to the High
way and Labor and Industries
Committees, and was Vice-Chairman
of the Committee on Agri
culture. At the present I repre
sent Southwestern Oregon on
the Interim Legislative Highway
committee which has been study
ing all legislation affecting high
ways, such as taxes, load limit!
and fines for the last ten months.
I believe that my legislative
experience plus a knowledge of
many of the problems of this
area will enable me to do a good
job for the people of Jackson
County. I am not bound by prom
ises to anyone, but will, serve all
the people of Jackson County, i
Seniority in legislative service''
will assure me of better commit
tee appointments, thus giving
Jackson County a stronger voice
in the affairs of the State of
Oregon.
HIS VIEWS FIXED
Hastings, Neb. (U.R) A Frank
lin County school teacher likei
to tell about the quiet, shy
youngster in her room whos
family had some firm political
views. The teacher was astonish
ed to see the shy youngster push
a playmate to the ground, ad
minister a last blow and then
say vehemently, "Never call me
a Democrat again."
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