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ffagle Point Grange
! At the May 8 meeting of
Eagle Point Grange an open lec
turers hour preceded the ses
, ion. County candidates were
Introduced during thil time.
Ways and means committee
announced a square dance for
May 17.
Clarence Davis spoke on con
solidation of schools "how our
schools have progressed and
how consolidation affects us."
Gertrude Stanley , told of her
trip through southern United
' States and to Cuba and at next
meeting will tell of her return
trip.
H.E.C. Chairman, Kay Kettle
well announced that Sams Val
ley Grange will put on the lec
, turer's program at the next
: meeting, May 20, and all ladles
; are to bring sandwiches.
Visitors were Mr. and Mrs.
; L. G. Morthland of Roxy Ann
Grange.
Eagle Point Grange -voted to
sponsor two 4-H scholarships to
j summer school. .
j Early European explorers of
i the western hemisphere first
I found sweet potatoes, then wide-
( ly cultivated by the Indians.
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Tuesday, May 139 to 1
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although
under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication
is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must
not exceed 400 words.
EDITOR'S NOTE We have
received a number of com
munications directly endors
ing candidates in the Primary
from residents who will not
allow thair names or ad
dresses to ba used, but ask
to have tham placed on file.
Although this permission
has bean granted under nor
mal conditions, as noted
above! It has not been grant
ed in any hotly contested po
litical campaign, and can't be
In this one.
In other words communica
tions of a highly personal and
controversial nature partic
ularly of a political type must
include Mhe writer's name,
and. proper identification of
same.
A Rotten Odor
To the Editor: When P.M.
of Jacksonville (May 8) says
there Is a war going on in Ko
rea, he means of course, the so
called "police action," as war
has never been declared.
The bone of contention la that
we, the public believe it is war
when American GI's are being
slaughtered. On the other hand,
a group we call the administra
tion was pleased to call it "po
lice action" and It was forced
upon us in a high-handed man
ner. .
So, R.M. it's the same, when a
small group defies the protests
of other interests in Instigating
such as the weather control
which dried up our forests and
farms the past two summers.
If freedom is claimed only for
these groups who try to domi
nate, it's high time our noses
do begin, by detecting a rotten
odor and start to protect our
own Interests.
Freedom does not lie in group
selfishness so God bless all the
noses-that have smelled out the
rotten spots for all to recognize
and find appropriate cures.
MRS. ZELLA TULLIS,
Trail, Ore.
Should Hang Their Heads
To the Editor: The city coun
cil of Medford should hang their
heads in shame when they let
democracy die at the hands of
the D.S.T. pressure group.
So Don Younger and Bob
Coverstone along with thou
sands' of others died in vain.
They fought so democracy could
live and yet their own city coun-
ell killed It Thursday when they
defied their Gov. McKay's de
cree and their own county law.
would recommend to the city
council that they get a diction
ary and study the word democ
racy, also the pressure group.
And yet the managers of the
radio station and stores still
hear the news each day that our
local boys are dying on Korean
battle fronts so that democracy
might live. Where? Not here,
just selfishness lives In Jackson
county where democracy lived
and died when pressure groups
moved In.
Mrs. Gladys Hamilton
Route 2 Box 488.
He Favors Daylight Saving
To the Editor: Every contro
versy should have two sides;
and as most of the letters to this
newspaper have been against
D.S.T. here's a line from the
other side.
A large majority of the work
ers of Medford who are on a
fixed schedule, at least the ones
I've talked to, would like to
have that extra hour In the eve
ning to work in their gardens,
mow the lawn, etc.
Mr. Foose, as an employe of
the S. P., cannot have his hours
changed, so his bitter letter
charging the businessmen of
Medford wtih selfishness. Sour
grapes? Could be.
A lot of the farmers don't
want D.S.T. but as this action
is one taken by the Medford
city council, why the fuss?
One dairyman told me his ob
jection to it was that "it upsets
my cows."
Surely we citizens of our lair
city don't have to be ruled by a
bunch of cows.
FRANK H. GASTER,
307 Jeanette, Medford.
Another Job for Wayne Mors
To the Editor: The rumpus
caused by "who threw the over
alls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder"
hasn't a thing on our time situa
tion and it seems to be getting
worse every year. Pretty soon
some Wolloper will come out
with a Calendar showing that
Saturday is Friday. I once had
a renter who was getting in a
bad way because she wouldn't
answer her door, but when I
dropped in she opened the door
and was all smiles as she In
formed, me that this was her
Sabbath so she couldn't pay any
rent, and I'll be Doggoned if I
didn't have to wait until after
sundown and sneak around in
the dark to get my rent. It
strikes me If we had a man like
Wayne Morse at the Helm, he
would straighten out a lot of
these Political Footballs that
have been in our hair for ages.
Come on you Republican 'Hot
Shots and give us a man that
even us registered Democrats
can vote for Sharley.
Carl D. Carman,
Jacksonville, Ore.
What Is the Use?
To the Editor: Will you tell
me what good it does for me to
take time to go down and vote
(the only privilege we have left),
when after the people of Jackson
county voted over eleven thou
sand for standard time, against
a little over six thousand for this
would be daylight saving time,
only to have our worthy City
Council set bur mandates aside
and say we will set our clocks
ahead an hour regardless. In
this land of by the people, for
the people, etc.
Harold E. Gist,
859 Haven St.
Editorial la Commanded
To the Editor: I've Just read
your editorial "He Can Do Noth
ing: Right" from the April 29
Mail Tribune.
I happened to be at the press
conference in which Mr.' Tru
man made his remarks so I
read it with special interest.
I think you did an excellent
summation on the thing. Some
of our U.S. editor! whopped It
up beyond all reason in their
discussion of what the president
said about taking over news
paper! and radio.
David W. Eyre,
Managing Editor,
Portland Oregon Journal.
How About the People It Police?
To the Editor: The public
ought not to lose sight of the
fact that all the instigators of
the recent complaints about law
enforcement in Jackson County
are on the opposite side from
Mr. Haviland in a factional po
litical controversy, and that the
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motlvei of some, at least,' wtio
have backed the other candi
date in his charges were more
probably inspired by a desire
for factional success than for
civic reform.
The irresponsible charges that
have been made by these heed
less persons are more an unjust
reflection on the general public
and the police organizations
maintained by the community
than they are a reflection upon
the district attorney. Such
charges amount to a claim that
the State and City police and the
sheriff and his deputies are mak
ing no attempt to do- heir Job.
These few political partisans who
claim special knowledge of the
commission of specific crimes
seem most anxious that such
crimes, if any, go unpunished
that our self appointed saviours
can publicly complain that the
district attorney does not readily
come at the call of these crack
pots to their places of business
and waste the county's ' time
begging them to open his eyes
and their mouths. If what these
people have said were true their
conduct in connection with their
charges - would amount to a
charge by them against them
selves that they are failing to
perform the duties of an ordin
ary citizen in reporting known
crimes to the authorities. This
amounts to sanctioning such
crimes.
It is not possible that the dis
trict attorney alone can either
enforce the law or be responsi
ble for any supposed breakdown
in its enforcement. Unless the
persons who have made these
charges In connection with this
political campaign are prepared
to accuse the police organiza
tions of this community, and the
Mayor and Council of Medford
who are directly responsible for
the operation of the City police,
with being delinquent in their
official duties, and unless these
irresponsible persons can point
to specific violations of specific
laws at known times by identi
fied persons at stated places, any
citizen who gives the matter any
thought at all is forced to con
clude that the persons who have
made these charges are absolute
ly insincere and are deliberately
placing their own hunger for
public office above the commun
ity's welfare.
Hugh B. Collins,
' Goldy Bldg.,
Medford, Oregon.
Cribbage In the Basement
To the Editor: You may feel
you are doing a public service
by printing Nunley's charges
about gambling in Jackson coun
ty, but how do you think his
neighbors would feel if they had
to start playing cribbage in the
basement by candlelight and
with a blanket nailed over the
coal chute?
Regular Subscriber
(Name on file)
For What Reason?
To the Editor: For what Ob
vious reason would a busy ex
pert physician and surgeon want
to be a county coroner? True,
he knows anatomy and Is quali
fied to do an autopsy to find the
cause of death. For that he is
trained; however, a coroner's
Job calls for a different training
altogether. He must, through in
vestigation and inquest, find out
by what manner a person came
to their death, in a coroner case,
whether homicide or suicide.
A doctor can treat a person
for a poison . If he knows the
kind of poison. Only a toxlcolo-
gist is trained to determine the
kind of poison used in a case of
death by that means.
In a recent "coroner case our
present coroner was called upon
to prove his decision. This he
gladly did; however, there were
parties Involved who said the
decision was obviously wrong
and was a miscarriage of Justice.
Finally, at the expense of the
taxpayers, a Portland criminolo
gist was flown in. After his ex
amination, in the presence of
local officials, hla decision and
explanation of the case was ex
actly that of our local coroner
suicide or accidental.
An individual so in demand
as a doctor and with such a
Lhigh calling as a physician and
surgeon would not like to testify
against anyone in an inquest and
Jeopardize his business, nor
wouid he likely be searching for
a body In a river, etc., when his
office was full of people who
really needed his medical at-.
tentlon more than the dead. He
cannot help the dead.
So let's elect an experienced,
ambltioui funeral director who
fight! hli own political battles
Mr. Morris.
If we change the coronor of
fice let's change it to. someone
who Is a criminologist and raise
the position's standards. A doc
tor is for the living, not the
dead.
A funeral director, so
equipped and whose business Is
so staffed as to be invited to be
a member of the National Se
lected Morticians, an association
which is the highest in the mor
ticians' field, Is good enough for
me.
Carlos W. Morris has experi
ence in the office, is equipped
better than anyone in the county
for the Job and his staff and the
ethics of hii funeral home are
above reproach.
W. D. STEADMAN,
Box 97,
Phoenix, Ore.
Mas! Insanity
To the Editor: "A city council
is a group of the unfit selected
by the unwilling to do the un
Crosstown
"I gueis I was bulldln' something with 'em out here last fall.
Pop. I can't exactly remember, but I think It was
either a bear trap or a tool chest."
necessary." It took the human
race ages to compute the calen
dar and the clock. Having suc
ceeded at last in solving the
problem of the earth revolving
around the sun, the rotation of
the earth upon its axis, and in
venting time, giving us . poor
humans a 365 day year, plus a
little over, a 24 hour day, with
the sun mostly at its zenith at
noon, having these matters of
time simplified and efficient, we
now let a few people act like
inhuman beings and plunge us
into chaos twice a year. Those
persons who wish to start work
an hour earlier and stop work
an hour earlier and so enjoy the
sunshine of the longer days are
welcome to do so but when
man monkics with the clock he
really makes a monkey of him
self. We now have the state of Ore
gon on standard time, Jackson
county on standard time, Med
ford on daylight saving time,'
merchants on daylight saving
time, schools on standard time,
trains on standard time, busses
not, running (Greyhound), the
courthouse on standard time,
and the rest of us crazy. A while
back Jackson county voted to
stay on standard time. Half the
states are on standard time, half
on daylight saving time. We
smudge out the sun when it
dares to shine, seed the clouds
so it won't rain on the range
where the cattle feed, and have
a war that isn't a war in Korea.
Maybe the human race will ex
terminate itself in mass insanity.
Thank goodness, John Snider,
who is clever enough and humor
ous enough to write "Little
Daisy," abstained from voting
and Stanley Jones and Elmer
Childers tried to stem the mass
insanity that seems bound to
overtake us twice a year.
Edith Ingle
338 Bessie street
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