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March 1. 1897
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Flight o' Time
Madtord end Jackson County His
tor. from the filet of the Mail
Tribune 10, 20. 10 an 40 rears
to.
10 YEARS AGO
Mir 13. 1942
(It was Wednesday)
Ned R. Llcbman, Medford,
named winner of Willamette
university scholarship award for
1943.
From Arthur Perry'( Ye
Smudge Pot column: Thousands
regret the passing of the Install
ment buying plan under a federal
curb. It marks the finish of the
autos that would pay for them
selves in six months but never
did.
20 YEARS AGO
Mar 13 1932
(It was Friday)
County Jail Inmates organized
by Jailer to search for 70-year-old
man missing In Ashland area.
National e e on o m 1 c expert
states "80 per cent of the retail
business failures in 1B31 were
due to a lack of capital."
SO YEARS AGO
Mar 13. 1922
(It was Saturday)
Oregon Gov. Ben Olcott Issues
proclamation banning Ku Klux
klan members wearing regalia
from all city streets.
40 YEARS AGO
Mar 13. 1912
(It was Monday)
Medford city council receives
more than 100 applications from
persons seeking Job of manager
of newly constructed municipal
market.
Jackson co u n t y Democrats
seek recognition from party for
i this section of state; plan to en.
dorse Medford Mayor W. H.
Canon as candidate for national
committeeman.
Court Records
POLICE COURT
Ivan Ncal Forrli, fatlur to atop t
Top MnT, 93.
Nona Bland Bruit, failure to itop
at red light, $3.
Del ma M. Swingle, parked In re-
ftricirn tone, :.
Edgar Lee Jonei, reckleii driving,
Vis
Alvln Lewis Fowler, violation of
basic rule, 910.
Hflga Marie Hogatrom. violation of
bin if rule. $10.
Ned Lew ! Chinn, running red light,
13.
Audrey Vlnletla Shroyer, failure to
top at itop ..fin, Y
Bernard A. FeUer, expired llcenie
plates. 3.
grnnnr vv, mrner, ruin upiiur
llceiwe. $5.
Richard Tbomat Hawklm. violation
of basic rule. $13.
DMTR1CT COURT
John Spencer Wei n rod, no oper
ator' license, fine $V
Ernest Is. Hi Kin hot ham, failure to
Stop at stop ilftn, (10.
Arthur Henry Peterson, no mud
guards, $10.
Delbert Warren Whltely, overhelgnt,
Eugene Ray Arnold, void foreign
license, 913.
Benjamin L, Lockwood, overwldth,
7 .SO.
Mary C. Hint horn, overloads.
ftftS so.
Dewey M. Sparling, dumping debris
on county riirni-or.way. a,.
John W. King, overload. 7l.
Williur E. Rltchaon, overload, 193,
Circuit Court
Sheard. Beverly v. Wtllard, divorce
Complaint.
Cnles, Shirley Rue vt. John Henry,
divorce complaint.
Frnbate Department
rotate of Oliver B. Mlsi, Inventory
and appraisement.
MAItKlAttK I.ICENHFS
John Robert Powell Jr.. 54. Crea-
rent City, and Mary Lou Woods. 30.
Ashland.
Leon Luetic Teller. 23. and Donna
Jran Dewar, 17. both Rose burg.
Robert Andrew Brown. 20, and Lor
ene Frances Frlesen. 20. both Medford
Joseph F Barrett. 46. and Mary
Frances O'Hallnran. 30, both Talent.
Paul Amos Walker, 47. and Elvera
L. Klnard, 43. both Medford
George M. Reed. 30. and Mildred
atrnestlne Firmer. 33, both Medford
Ferdinand J. Clifford. 73. and Nv
ah H. Uoiman, 57, bott Mediortf.
It Just Isn't True
Before the "zero hour" there is one of the many
phony "alibis" advanced
enforcement we would like
the ash-can where it belongs.
That is this:
That those who want ALL the laws on the statute
books, including the laws
FORCED, are trying to picture Jackson County as a
hell-hole of vice and corruption.
This it is claimed hurts
humdingers should rally around the C. of C. to squash
it.
WELL the Mail Tribune has never made any such
plaim anrl rlnpsn't. knnw anvone else who has.
From the outset the Mail
basic issue in this case is between law-ENFORCE-MENT
and NON-enforcement, and not a word has
been advanced by anyone in the opposition to refute
that claim.
That is what it originally was, that is what it is,
that is what it will remain.
DUT we do maintain Medford would be even a
BETTER place in which
but in a business way, if the $200,000 a year, being
taken out of this community by organized gambling
now remained here to be distributed among the men
in legitimate and lawful
the laws and their enforcement would be upheld
not destroyed !
The claim there will always be gambling, so we
might as well let some of our residents break the law
and get a cut of it, is accepted everywhere as the fa
vorite snide "come-on" game of the gambling rack
eteers one-armed and otherwise. It isn't a worthy
argument for any self respecting person to advance
or anyone who knows ANYthing about the gambling
racket and us relation to
that matter.
XE hope in the two days remaining we will not
have to listen to any
sense. And we are sure
thing about the basic gambling problem feels like
wise. R.W.R.
A Marvelous
We have been through
in Jackson County some
than this and in practically all of these campaigns
the Mail Tribune ran "ads" signed by local citizens
in favor of this candidate or
unusual per se in the impressive testimonials to Dis
trict Attorney Faul Haviland, which have appeared
in this paper recently.
BUT, there has been
unprecedented, in the wording of same, especially the
following advertisement
quote :
"Because we believe in
RIGHT
we are voting for
Paul Haviland.
MOW for all the "VIPS"
' names to a testimonial
vote for Haviland because
Greater experience
Superior legal ability
) Personal charm
) Popularity
) Maturity or
Dislike of his opponent or any of a score of
attributes, which he may or may not actually pos
sess, would be one thing and at least understand
able. But to take such action
NESS, to wage the battle in his behalf to uphold the
cause of RIGHTEOUSNESS to the tune, we pre
sume of "Onward Christian Soldiers" is certainly
ANOTHER! .
TF Mr. Haviland was not directly responsible for this
great achievement in the realm of literary skill and
the higher morality, his persuasive powers and per
sonal magnetism, must have been FACTORS in it.
Indeed this department is so impressed by this ex
traordinary feat of smooth and high powered sales
manship, that we can't believe even if Haviland is
elected to another 6 year term, he will stick around in
this neck of the woods very
WHY should he?
Pm trio tvvrt nii'iliffno
Leatrue" jury lawyer from
are his personality and his
Any lawyer who could inspire or compose a po
litical advertisement of the type mentioned, and get
so many "Upper Bracketeers" to sign it, UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH EXIST and practical
ly everyone KNOWS exist shouldn't fiddle around
here with a $4000 or $5000 a year job, and all the grief
entailed, but should go where such talents are more
appreciated and higher paid far, far higher!
In fact, anyone who could do this job above cited,
could persuade the Supreme Court to raise the price
of steel to $100 per ton, or sell the Brooklyn Bridge
to Barney Baruch for a million in cash and anyone
who knows Barney Baruch s native sales resistance,
and his familiarity with New York and the Brooklyn
Bridge, would grant the second proposition would be
a far greater test of strength, than the first!
But we wager the genius responsible for that "ad"
could do it, R.W.R.
...day. Mar 1. 2
by the opponents of law-
to puncture and throw in
against gambling EN
the community and all
Tribune has stated the
to live, not only morally
business. And respect for
politics in this country for
more such stuff and non-
anyone who knows ANY
Achievement
a number of campaigns
local ones far more torrid
that. So there 13 nothing
something unusual, in fact
Sunday in box-car type,
in Medford to sign their
declaring they intend to
of:
because of his RluH 1
long, thereafter.
triof Hiatintrnifih a "Ritr
the "Bush-League" type
powers of persuasion.
Crosstown
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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.
What A Men I
To the Editor: Will someone
please calm down and tell me
what time it is? Isn't there
enough fighting in this world
without fighting over the time?
There's little enough time left
as it is without fighting over it.
We have had standard time for
a good many years. Why should
we change now?
We were sports enough to
take D.S.T, for two years and not
raise such a rumpus. Why not
have It our way this year?
It really works a hardship on
some of us. But of course who
cares as long as the business peo
ple have their extra hour at our
expense.
The schools will stay on stand
ard and everyone else on D.S.T.
If that Isn't going to be one big
mess.
But believe me every dog has
his day and we will have ours.
Why not let the governor
make the laws and us abide by
them? What good is a governor,
when a certain group goes ahead
and does as they please?
Thelma Modrell,
Box 594,
Central Point, Oregon.
Old Ago Assistance:
To the Editor: A few days ago
I had a rather lengthy talk with
some of the officials in the local
welfare office on the subject of
my brother' application for aid.
Inasmuch as he had applied
for aid in 1951, we wondered
where they were hung up. The
outcome of our conversations
was this: under the law no old
ster may receive more than $50
per month. A supervisor tried to
convince me that this was an
adequate sum to live on. He even
had a pencil to prove it.
Let's take some figures com
piled by the federal government
and some of mine.
Food $37.50, rent $25, fuel $8,
utilities $3 $71.50.
Sure, anyone can live on $50
a month if he has some aid other
than OAA. My brother has social
security to the extent of $46 a
month.
Now then, if It is the law that
no one may have more than $50
aid from OAA, I would like to
know why these payments are
being made: A single woman get
ting about $75, she has free rent;
a single man getting $115 a
month; an aged couple drawing
$165 a month, their income is
$160 from rentals.
Every oldster In a private
home costs $100 per month for
board, bed and laundry. Some
of this is paid by the old folks
but the average cost is $62.50,
Why does it cost three dollars
for administration for each dol
lar given in aid?
I was taunted by a Juvenile
case worker, who said "the su
pervisor has records that no one
could have access to." Want to
bet on that, Mr. Case Worker?
We shall see in due time
whether the records are avail
able or not. Now I am a fair
predicter and I predict-that the
next investigation of the welfare
bureau will not be conducted by
me state noard.
I used all the words at my com
mand to impress upon a couple
of mulish officials, this fact: you
can not find any shelter any-j
where for $3.25 a month, nor !
can one person buy enough food
lor a month for $24.75.
I challenge the welfare bu
reau to deny what I have writ-1
ten. Subterfuges will avail little j
because I can prove by their
own records that what I have I
written is true. i
Jacksonville, Ore. j
Frank N. Grubb, !
Ht Doesn't Want To Wlnt I
To the Editor: Last Tuesday
evening (May 6th) we were pres
ent at a meeting when Mr. Wal
ter Nunley, admitting he was a
newcomer to the county, said his
"real reason" for seeking the
District Attorney's office was
By Roland Cos
a blaiod trail?"
EDITOR'S NOTE Wo have
received a number of com
munications directly endors
ing candidates in the Primary
from residents who will not
allow their names or ad
dresses to bo used, but ask
to have them placed on file.
Although this permission
has been granted under nor
mal conditions, as noted
above; It has not been grant
ed in any hotly contested po
litical campaign, and can't bo
in this one.
In other words communica
tions of a highly personal and
controversial nature partic
ularly of a political typo must
include iho writer's name,
and proper identification of
same.
"to get a lot of free publicity the
quickest way"!!
There were a lot of county
candidates present at that meet
ing, (including Paul Haviland.)
We doubt that Nunley expects
to win. We doubt that he really
WANTS to win!
We do believe, however, that
he WAS telling the truth, when
he said he thought it was the
quickest way to get free adver
tising!! Just ASK him if he said it!
We DARE him to deny it!!
Paul and Helen Olsen,
Route 1, Box 225,
Eagle Point, Oregon.
Suggestion on Smudging
To the Editor: I have been
most interested in the various
letters about the terrific smud
ging of this year. To me the
worst thing about the situation
is that the smudge is a definite
health menace to anyone sub
ject to sinus trouble, hay fever
or asthma, and to everyone it
is an expense and a nuisance.
By the time we have paid
our doctor, our dry cleaner, and
for the extra cleaning to the
house, we have been fortunate,
for the past several years, if
our "smudge bills" came with
in $40.
According to a statement by
the Jackson County Fruit Grow
ers league, orchard heaters are
now in use in California which
"give off 50 per cent as much
smoke as the convential type
heater now used in the Rogue
River valley." Orchardists hesi
tate to spend a large sum and
"still have the people of the
valley faced with smudgy cur
tains and walls."
I, for one, would joyfully wel-
come even a 50 per cent cut in
the smoke.
Realizing that to convert to
the improved heater would be
a great expense to the fruit
growers, and that they would
be justified in disliking to make
so large an expenditure in a
single year, I have a suggestion
to offer.
Let the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce set up a
committee to handle a fund for
the purchase of Improved heat
ers. Then let the citizens of
Jackson county donate to this
fund the sum of money which
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Congressional Quiz
Questions and Answers on What
Goes on at the Capital. Furnished
by Cone resslonai Quarterly News
Features.
Q Just what provision does
the Labor Management Relations
(Taft-Hartley) Act make for han
dling a strike that threatens the
national safety?
A It sets these steps: The
President appoints a Board of
Inquiry, which makes a prelimi
nary report. The President then
asks for an 80-day court injunc
tion to hold off the strike, while
the disputants try to reach
agreement. The Board investi
gates in full, then hands the
each one estimates the use of
the old type of orchard heater
costs him in smudge damage
per year, this fund to be used
to buy the improved heaters,
which can then be sold to the
fruit growers at cost, the money
to be repaid to the committee
over a designated period with
out interest.
I suggest that, after the cost
of administering this fund
has been taken care of, the mon
ey remaining be donated to the
Jackson County Public library,
an established institution which
benefits everyone in the county.
In the meantime, let us rem
ember that there was a time
when the fruit industry was the
main factor in keeping the city
of Medford from dwindling
away, and that nearly every cit
izen of Jackson county benefits
directly or indirectly from this
industry.
Surely the smudge should be
controlled. And surely if we all
try we can work this out with
out rancor, and with benefit to
us all,
Elizabeth J. Collins,
4224 East Main street.
Haviland Accused of Laxity
To the Editor: To comprehend
the magnitude of the Nunley
Haviland contest, it seems to me
that the voters of Jackson county
should be apprised of some of the
laxity extant in the District At
torney's prosecution. I speak
only for myself, and offer this
for what it may be worth.
An ex-employee of mine ab
sconded with some funds last
year. After considerable private
investigation I was given to un
derstand that in view of a signed
confession admitting this sus
pect's guilt, the D. A. would go
ahead with the necessary paper
work, as it was termed. Abso
lutely nothing was done, and the
result of the preliminary hear
ing due to lack of affidavits,
due to lack of corroborative evi
dence, due to lack of prosecution,
the case was, by the D. A., drop
ped. I was later informed that in
order for a complaint to be
'pushed," all work in the case
has to be done by the complain
ant, and when the case is com
pletely "sewed up," then the
D. A. will go to trial. For what
do we voters pay the D. A. his
salary (to say nothing of allow
ing him the privilege of conduct
ing a very lucrative private prac
tice out of county owned of
fices)? This same suspect charged ma
terial to my account at local
firms, remodeled a house in Cen
tral Point in exchange for his
rental then immediately prior
to his rental term expiration,
SOLD the house to a Mrs. Lil
lian Hanscom. She bitterly pro
tested this larcenous fraud yet
was never notified of the time
nor place of the hearing.
Fate must have slapped her
knees in glee and clapped her
hands in sheer ecstasy at the
travesty on justice that prevailed
when this character was turned
loose to further pursue his ways
of preying on innocent people,
Three businessmen have shown
me "bum" checks on which thev
have up to the time of writing
tms, been unable to get any ac
tion on. The DA decries "witch
hunting" God forbid in these
enlightened United States such
activity No individual in his
right mind would seek such ac
tion but a demand is made for
a competent, humane DA who
will prosecute.
Let us have no more of this
bungling This morning Mrs. Tee-
pie, a complaining witness in
trial scheduled for this morning,
Informs me that she has been
forbidden to attend the hearing,
and has been unable to ascertain
the time of the trial she is inter
ested in. Naturally, with her. ,as
complaining witness, absent, the
charges will be dropped. Dear
loa can this be justice?
H. C McCoy,
R. 1' Ashland.
RETURN
E. H. "ED"
MANN
Republican
TO THE STATE
LEGISLATURE
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The Mail Tribune Recommendations
for May Primary
REPUBLICAN
For President: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Republican National Committeeman:
Jets Card, Multnomah, No. 12.
Delegates to National Convention:
Wm. McAllister, No. 47
Senator Wayne Mono, No. S3
Governor Douglas McKay, No. 41
Howard Belton, No. 17
H. Clay Myers, No. 54
Lamar Tooie, No. 65
Robert Elliott, No. 25
Frank E. Fowler, No. 29
Mark Hatfield, No. 35
Samuel H. Martin, No. 45
District Delegatei to National Conventions
Mn. C. L. Hopkins,
G. R. Brantley
Alternate Delegates:
Catherine Holts
Gordon Orput
J. O. Johnson
Mrs. C. E. Miller
State Treasurer: Ffed E. Robinson.
Attorney General: Leonard I. Lindas.
District Attorney: Walter D. Nunley
County Assessor: Robert (Bob) Fowler.
DEMOCRATIC
For President: Ettes Kefauver.
National Committeman: Monroe Sweetland.
Delegate to Convention: Nancy Honeyman Robinson.
President a second report in 60
days. Meanwhile, the govern
ment conducts a secret ballot to
get employee reaction. Finally
the President reports to Congress
and recommends Congressional
action.
O Has Congress over granted
general plant soisuro powers to
a President? . .
A During World War II, Con
gress approved the War Labor
Disputes Act to give the Presi
dent authority to seize and oper
ate struck plants in a national
emergency. It applied to any
plant producing anything ' which
may be useful in the war effort.
The law was not renewed after
the war.
Q Can grocers apply to OPS
for price increases to allow for
.rising costs?
A An Emergency Court of
Appeals May 6 ruled in a contest
between a food chain and the
Office of Price Stabilization that
the so-called Capehart amend
ment applies to wholesaler and
retailers as well as manufactur
ers and processors. The amend
ment, which stems from a pro
posal by Sen. Homer E. Cape-
hart (R.-Ind.) to alter the De
fense Production Act, permits
price hikes to allow for cost in
creases between the start of the
Korean war and July 26, 1951
Q Why was the gambling tax
stamp declared unconstitutional?
A A U.S. District Court in
Philadelphia ruled May 6 that
the law requiring bookmakers
to buy a $50 occupation tax was
a police measure in the guise of
tax legislation. Congress passed
the gambling tax as part of the
Revenue Act of 1951, which in
creased income and corporation
taxes. The court did not rule on
another part of the law, requir
ing gamblers to pay 10 per cent
of their take as tax.
Q Does the law sot any dead-
lino on when Congros must fin
ish its work each year, or can it
tak as long as it wishes?
A The Legislative Reorgani
zation Act of 1946 states that
"Except in time of war or during
a national emergency proclaimed
by the President," Congress shall
adjourn by July 31 each year,
unless it provides otherwise. Al
though technically not at war,
the nation is in a state of emer
gency, proclaimed Dec. 16, 1950,
by the President.
(Copyright, 1952,
Congressional Quarterly)
There were about 14.600.000
television receiver sets in use In
the United States at the end of
1951. accordins to the 1952 an
nual of The Encyclopedia Amer
icana.
Several U. S. railroads each
hauled more than 70 million
tons of bituminous coal away
from the mines last year.
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