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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Mar 14. 1932 MedfordTribuhb Everyone in Southern Oregon Reads The Mall Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor ERNEST R. GILSTRAP, Manager HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E C FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT, SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor GERALD LATHAM, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: .,. Dally and Sunday one year $12 00 Daily and Sunday six months 6.50 Dally and Sunday three mos. 3.50 Daily and Sunday one month 1.25 By Carrier In A d v a n c e Medford, Ashland. Central Point, Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday one year 115 00 Daily and Sunday one month us All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC Offices In New York, Chicago. De. trolt, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St Louis, Atlanta V.-mrouver, B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL AsvociwmpN 7 I K I NEWSPAPER PUIMS Hi tl ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County His tory tram the files of the Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 rears ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 14. 1942 (It was Thursday) First soldiers to be assigned to Camp White (or training ar rive in Medford. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The parade did fine both as a civic demon strator and a producer of rain. It ranks up with having the roof off of the barn or the first cut ting of alfalfa down in getting moisture. 20 YEARS AGO May 14. 1942 (It was Saturday) New Medford public golf course opens for business; fair ways reported to be as nearly 'lost-ball proof" as possible. Political interest In Jackson county reaches low ebb; experts predict turnout of about 15 per erent at primary elections. 30 YEARS AGO iay 14. 1922 (It was Sunday) r"rom wire service story date lined Milan, Italy: Professor Be nito Mussolini, editor of the fas cisti newspaper Popolo Italia, mgoged in a duel yesterday with Signor Missiroli, editor of the Turn Secolo over differences re sulting from articles published in their respective papers. Medford Mayor C. E. Gates attends meeting of Ku Klux ' Klan at Klan's Invitation; calls group's ceremonial "beautiful" .but objects to wearing of masks. 40 YEARS AGO May 14. 1912 (It was Tuesday) Three Medford city council- men appointed to serve on city whitewash committee; will dis cuss best finishes for Interior of new city-owned public market Editorinl in The Mall Tribune opposes recommended merger of Oregon Agricultural college and University of Oregon; both said necessary. Vote Early Thoughtful voters will not only go to the polls in Friday's primary election they will go as early in the day as possible. Those who have had opportunity to inspect sam ple ballots will understand the necessity for early vot ing for probably lew will be able to recall an election with so many names appearing there are fifty in the race for delegate at large to the Republican national convention alone, with ten to be chosen. "THE unusually long ballot, large increase in the num- ber of Jackson county voters and the unusual in terest in the election with an attendant heavy vote, are all factors which may be expected to slow the count. Early voting, especially where there are double boards, will aid election boards, and the newsmen tabulating: the results, and will also make it possible for the public to learn the outcome in the various con tests much sooner E.C.F. Marine Corps May Form New Reserve Training Unit Here Preliminary authorization has been received for organization of a Marine Corps volunteer training unit In the Medford area, it was announced today by Capt, R. J. Cox, USMCR. The authorization was Issued by the 13th Marine Corps reserve dis trict. This new program will give young men of Jackson county who are looking forward to mil itary service an opportunity for orientation and training before being called to active duty, Captain Cox said. He pointed out that, through the program. local Marine reservists will be able to keep in line for advance ments in rank and for Marine Corps retirement benefits. Persons interested in becom ing members of the Marine re serve unit are invited to attend a meeting Thursday at 8 p. m. in the offices of the California Pacific Utilities company, West Main and Holly streets, the of ficer said. A Toll Road To the Sea The state legislature interim highway committee at its recent meeting here received a suggestion from A. D. Harvey, a consulting engineer of Medford, which holds interesting possibilities for this region. Mr. Harvey recommended that a system of toll roads and bridges be undertaken as a means of at least par tially solving Oregon's highway problem. The engineer cited the fact that while the state's population and auto traffic are growing rapidly, the commonwealth's ability to provide needed highways is limited by its bonding and taxing capacity. Private capital, he pointed out, could be used in the construction of new roads, the highways reverting to state ownership after costs and reasonable invest ment return have been realized through tolls. DAY-AS-YOU-TRAVEL roads were known in Eng land as far back as 1345. In America, the first such road was placed in use in 1790, between Philadelphia and Lancaster. By 1850 Pennsylvania alone had 428 turnpike authorities. One of the best known toll roads of the southern Oregon section of the west was the Dollarhide route over the Siskiyous which went out of business when the north and south ends of the railroad were brought together at Ashland on December 19, 1887. Estab lished in 1859 by the Siskiyou Wagon Road Co., it was managed for some years by the famed pioneer Lind say Applegate, and later by the Dollarhide family. The toll road s north gate was near the present Sis kiyou station at the foot of the mountains. IN RECENT years there has been a renaissance of tnll maA nl urmin nr TT.liYViroon cfnfaa haira naccarl fnll Wl 1 W .4 1 1 j.-.t.l.... , .lt.lllH.ll UlllltlJ 11(1 V l,l.!l!l,Vl 1U11 legislation and 28 are toying with the idea. Tolls are now being collected on nearly 1,000 miles of turn pikes, expressways, parkways, throughways and free ways and indications are another 1,000 miles will be in use in the near future. While toll roads might seem to be the answer to many of the country's traffic headaches, there are two sides to the question. Those in favor point to the fact that automobile use is expanding much more rapidly than are our highways. In 1949, for instance, six mil lion new cars were built while only 20,000 miles of highway were added to the country's system. "PPONENTS, and they are many, powerful and vocal, argue that the toll road idea is a return to 18th century thinking. The American Automobile As sociation, one of the most outspoken groups against the pay-as-you-travel pavements, contends that more adequate highways could be provided from present gas and other taxes if states would quit building so many roads just to placate voters instead of building them where traffic warrants. e ALTHOUGH toll road planning is mostly confined the west offers a prime field for such construction. A case in point, and close to home, is the need for a more direct route from Medford to the Coast highway. Such a road, taking off here, or at Jacksonville which is al most directly west of here, could run west and south to Williams, and via the Caves road to Cave Junction, thence on the present highway to Crescent City, or striking more directly west, it could hit the coast near Brookings. Such a highway would be many miles shorter than the present circuitous route via Grants Pass which takes motorists far north before pointing west and south. Not only would a toll road from Medford to the coast facilitate travel but it would open up much country not presently served by adequate 1'oadways. It might reasonably be expected that most land own ers in the area traversed would be glad to contribute rights of way for such an artery. Some of the land is in public domain, but there too a highway would undoubtedly be welcomed. The desirability of a more direct road to the coast has long been recognized in this section of the Rogue valley, but there has been little hope for such development as a large portion of the intervening territory is wild and nigged and voters are few and far between. JUDGING by the number of people at this end of the route who like to ride over to the coast, and would go more often if the road were shorter, adding such road users to the number of people who would settle on land made accessible, and also hazarding a guess that many tourists would use the route, it appears that toll road promoters might do well to look the Medford to-the-coast-toll-road possibility over. E.C.F. No Bureau Endorsement To the Editor: Last night my name appeared in a paid political advertisement with those en dorsing Mr. Haviland for prose cuting attorney. I was contacted by a neighbor who asked me if I would endorse Mr. Haviland. On the basis of my information, I said that I would. But the point is this, I was speaking as a pri vate citizen and not as an officer of the Farm Bureau. The policy of Farm Bureau is to endorse no candidates, and no officer of Farm Bureau is empowered to act In behalf of the members. We have no list of candidates that we are supposed to support. This neighbor is also a member of Farm Bureau, so I was taken aback when I saw my name listed as representing the Farm Bu reau; he knows as well as I do, the position of the Farm Bureau in political matters. L. S. Tiegs President, Jackson County Farm Bureau. EDITOR'S NOTE Wo hare received a number of com munication! directly endors ing candidates in Sho Primary from residents who will not How their names or ad dresses to bo used, but ask to have them placed on file. Although this permission has boon granted under nor mal conditions, as ' noted above; it has not boon grant ed in any hotly contested po litical campaign, and can't bo in this ono. In other words communica tions of a highly personal and controversial nature partic ularly of a political typo must include the writer's name, and proper identification of same. COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must boar the name and address of the writer although under certain circumstances the us of a pen name or Initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to adit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted .for publication must not exceed 400 words. Will Support Nunley To The Editor: I have been reading with great interest the letters recently written about the candidates for district at torney. Mr. David Lowery writes in May 7 issue: "Those of us who have lived here 30 or 40 years may not be aware of these hor rible conditions which Mr. Nun ley speaks of." I presume he is speaking of gambling. I think Mr. Lowery is like the ostrich who hides' his head in the sand. I, too, have lived here all my life, but I am wondering, as he should be, how much longer we will feel as proud of this won derful country as we did some years ago. The attorney, speaking on the radio Sunday, brought up the subject of prohibition. Because officers found it hard to enforce prohibition, the people repealed it. Now, look at the drinking sit uation. During prohibition, to see a man intoxicated was a rare curiosity. Now it isn't rare at all to walk down the street and see a drunk. Sunday I saw three men on the street so intoxicated they could hardly stand. Yet, so help me, I have heard people say there Is less drinking now than there was during prohibition. Now, what are we going to do about gambling? Because gamb ling is hard to control, wiU it eventually be made legal? There was never a law made by man that hasn't been brok en. We have a law against mur der. Does that stop some people from murdering? Will we re peal it just because it is brok en? What then is the only an swer? Vote for candidates who will ENFORCE the laws. When Mr. Goodman told Mr. Haviland he wanted to file sev eral complaints against the slot machine operators why did Mr. Haviland go off into such a ti rade? Was he afraid? Shouldn't an honest, conscientious offic er of the law have investigated and looked into the matter him self? Isn't that what a district attorney is paid to do? Is this what Mr. Haviland calls pro tecting the innocent people? What are the voters of Jack son County going to do? I will go to the polls Friday and vote for Walter Nunley who has promised he will ENFORCE ALL the laws of the county and state. Mrs. Thelma Howe, 119 N. Keeneway Drive. longer a free country and' every thing our boys have fought and died for have been in vain. Might I suggest to Art John son that Instead of sleeping un til time to go to work that he get up at 5 o'clock as we farmers have to, and work in his yard? Is he so lazy that he can't get up early without setting the clock ahead? I wonder how folks ever got anything done before DST was thought of. The Lord gave us so many daylight hours and divided the day so that noon comes as near ly as possible in the middle of the day. Let's not tamper with it; Mrs. Alfred Schroeder Rt. 3, Box 195 Medford, Ore. ) Are They Lasy? To The Editor: Have just read the letter to you from Art John son. From his remarks I gather that anyone desiring Standard Time should be assumed lazy. It does seem to me that if a man wanted to, lie couia get up an hour earlier in the morning and accomplish just as much in his garden. Or is it really that a man is too lazy to do this with out fooling himself by changing the time? I mean nothing personal as I believe we are all entitled to our own beliefs without being branded lazy. It does seem strange to me that after a law has been put into effect because a majority of the people in the state so voted, that it can be put aside so easily without fear of pros ecution or otherwise. Can this be the way Democracy is sup posed to work? Didn't we vote to give the governor Jurisdic tion in this matter? Personally it makes no dif ference to me, Standard or Day light Time, but I do know that farmers have good reasons for wanting Standard Time as do mothers who have trouble get ting children to bed in daylight not to mention trouble getting them' up in the morning. Donald Barnett, 530 So. Central Ave. Let's Look at tho Record To the editor: Let's RE-VIEW the record. The following quota tions are excerpts from articles published in the Medford Mail Tribune: MT 1-18-52 "Series of morals offenses which have been com mitted in the district toward Central Point and Foots Creek for past several years . . . Father of 15 and 17 year old daughters has been arrested. MT 2-17-52 "Suspended Pris on Sentences Given Seven Moral Offenders. Terms were for four years for three men . . . They have previous records. " MT 5-2-52 "District Attorney Haviland says protection of inno cent first." Comment: What protection did these girls get over a period of several years, and how many protests were made before any action was taken? Did the moth er go free? MT 10-23-51 "Attorney Gen eral George Neuner. advised the Oregon Liquor Control Commis sion today: Such devices as pin balls, digger machines, punch- boards and slots are illegal by law and cannot validly be licens ed by cities. MT 10-31-51 "With a copy of Atty. Gen. Geo. Neuner's widely publicized 'Slot machine list' (62 in Jackson County) on his desk Jackson County DA Haviland to day tossed the gambling ball to police and sheriff's offices. 'The policy of this office is well- established,' he declared, 'and this letter doesn't change It.' ' MT 4-5-51 "All Gambling Joints Closed, Slots Under Con trol, D.A. Reports . . . Sheriff and D.A. pointed out that when violations are found, raids and arrests follow." Comment: This same evening, 4-5-51, I, personally, with many others, saw Haviland, Assistant DA, in a club where there were 9 city licensed slots in operation and 3 others with men waiting in in line for a turn. 11-9-50 Havi land in attendance at club when slots and all games going. 12-7-50 Haviland standing along-side black jack table, and at same time slots were going full blast about 10 feet away. Other games used in this club are chuck-luck. crap games, roulette, "21 games. What can a citizen do by sign ing a complaint when as Asst DA and later as DA, and paid by the state to enforce the laws, he Is unwilling to file a DA's Infor mation, himself, and obscures the issue by passing the buck to other officers and citizens of the county? This is the first time in 12 years the citizens of Jackson County have had a chance to choose a District Attorney by voting. Is s certain minority Congressional Quiz Questions and Answers on What Goes on at the Capital. Furnished by Congressional Quarterly Nswj Features. Q What's this I hear about a tax reduction next year? A Unless Congress changes the law, the tax increases made in 1950 and 1951 will end in 1953 and 1954. Here are the dates when the various kinds of taxes go back to their early 1951 levels: .Excess-profits tax on corporations, July 1, 1953; in dividual income tax, Jan. 1, 1954; excise taxes, March 31, 1954; corporation income taxes, March 31, 1954. Q The government took more out of the stales in taxes last year. But did it give mora back is the states in tho form of aid programs? A While tax collections In creased nearly 30 per cent from fiscal, 1950 to 1951, for a $50.4 billion total, the money stream ing from the U. S. Treasury into the 48 programs of federal aid grants to states and territories increased only 2 per cent, for total of $2,280,959,373. This does not include $2.6 billion in federal payments direct to groups and individuals within the state; or federal funds for flood control, price supports, maintenance of federal install ations, etc. i Q What are the biggest pro grams of federal aid to states? A The three most expensive of the 48 grants-in-aid programs in fiscal 1951 were old age as sistance, $825,636,000; highway construction, $395,821,000; and aid to dependent children, $316, 477,000. Q Why did the Senate send the foreign aid bill to a second committee after the Foreign Re lations Committee already had approved it? A Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif.) moved May 5 that the $6.9 billion bill be "re-referred" to the Armed Services Commit tee because about 70 per cent of the amount was for military aid. The Senate backed him up by a 40-33 vote. But Chairman Tom Connally, (D-Tex ), whose For eign Relations Committee re ported the bill April 30 after two months of hearings, object ed that a vote for the motion would "almost insult" his committee. Q Is Congress going to con tinue price controls beyond June 30? A Hearings on the Defense Production Act, the legal auth ority for price controls, got un derway April 29 before the Sen ate and House Banking and Cur rency Committees. Government officials called for a two-year extension, but some Congress men say the controls law should be allowed to expire. Ellis Ar- nall, Price Stabilizer, told the House group April 29 he thought "the overwhelming ma jority of the American people want to see price control auth ority continued." group going to continue to dic tate the kind of officers they want? Mr. Nunley could have been here practicing law 4V4 years sooner if he had not been in the Army. Yours for better government John Benson Medford, Ore. The Mail Tribune Recommendations for May Primary REPUBLICAN For President: Dwight D. Eisenhower. Republican National Committeeman: Jesse Gard, Multnomah, No. 12. Delegates to National Convention: Wm. McAllister, No. 47 Senator Wayne Morse, No. 53 Governor Douglas McKay, No. 48 Howard Belton, No. 17 H. Clay Myers, No. 54 Lamar Tooze, No. 65 Robert Elliott, No. 25 Frank E. Fowler, No. 29 Mark Hatfield, No. 35 Samuel H. Martin, No. 45 District Delegates to National Convention! Mrs. C. L. Hopkins, G. R. Brantley Alternate Delegates: Catherine Holtx Gordon Orput J. O. Johnson Mrs. C. E. Miller State Treasurer: Fred E. Robinson. Attorney General: Leonard I. Lindas. District Attorney: Walter D. Nunley County Assessor: Robert (Bob) Fowler. DEMOCRATIC - For President: Estes Kefauver. National Committeman: Monroe Sweetland. Delegate to Convention: Nancy Honeyman Robinson. Situation Which Led To Berlin Blockade Now Being Repeated l'hil Newsora Charges Discourtesy To the Editor: I am in no posi tion to judge Mr. Haviland's effi ciency as a prosecutor but I can testify, from personal expert ence, to his unfitness for public office. The very least that one can expect from a "public serv ant" is common courtesy an at tribute apparently unknown to Mr. Haviland. Some months ago I had occa sion to call at his office in quest of routine information desired by a Navy officer who wished to make Medford his official resi dence. I was amazed to find him, a total stranger to me, discour teous, uncivil, unaccommodating, surly, boorish and just plain nasty. Would I vote for such a man? Never! And I hope that enough voters feel the same that he may be defeated in the coming elec tion. Yours for courtesy in public office. Nell E. von der Hellen Eagle Point Bv PHIL NEWSOM United Press Foreign Analyst j A drearily familiar story is re-i peating itself in Berlin. The next few days may ten whether it is to follow its old pattern, or whether new chapters have been added. Another Ber lin blockade seems in the making. Events of four years ago and today are so parallel as to be start ling. Allied "cour tesy patrols" on the 100-mile auto bahn linking Berlin with Allied West Germany have been halted by the Russians. On May 18, the Russians will begin routing their own rail traffic around Berlin, presumably to prevent Allied in terference. Even the firing by a Russian jet on an Allied passenger plane over the air corridor to Frank furt is reminiscent of four years ago. At Climactic Point And then, as now, the Allies and Russia were at a climactic point in their bitter cold war over the future of Germany. Today the issue is the Allied agreement with West Germany giving West Germany virtual au tonomy and linking German power with the European Army for defense against Communism. Then the issue was Allied de termination to proceed with the economic and political rehabili tation of Western Germany. Same Situation Exists On March 20, 1948, the Soviet member of the four-power Allied control authority walked out on the United States, French and British members, thus ending four-power cooperation in the government of Germany ana Berlin, On April 1, the Russians began a campaign of harassment of Al lied communications between their sectors of the isolated city and West Germany. Trains were halted and delayed. On April 5, a Soviet fighter plane buzzed an incoming British European Airways passenger plane. The planes collided, and 14 passengers and crew of the British plane, including two Americans, were killed. The So viet pilot also died in the crash. Withdrawal Demanded In May, the Russians demand ed that the Western powers withdraw their "courtesy pa trols" from the autobahn the same as today although they la ter settled for lesser measures. As the dispute dragged into June, the Russians charged the United States with trying to re store Germany's war potential. On June 17, the Western pow ers called in all old Reichmarks and issued new Deutschmarks in a sweeping currency reform. The Russians protested violently and by June 25 had clamped a total blockade on Berlin, except for the air corridors. Phoenix City Court Hears Several Cases Phoenix A number of cases were heard on Monday by the Phoenix municipal court, accord ing to Judge Frank DeSouza. They were Roy Clyde Price, exceeding the speed limit, $10 bail forfeited; Alice Stewart, al lowing a dog to run at large af ter the first warning, $5; John Henry Boylan, four traffic vio lations, $25; and Roger Payton, three traffic violations, $25 bail forfeited. Curt Fisher, police chief, was the investigating officer. School1 Board Election Candidate Deadline Told Monday, June 9, is the dead line for candidates to file for election to the Medford city school board, it has been report ed by E. H. Hedrick, superin tendent of schools. The school board election will be held Mon day, June 16. Completing a five-year term this year is E. Ron Rice, 302 Vancouver avenue. One board member is elected each year to the first-class district governing body. CviraissiMBUnaossssssssssGai From blossom to ripe orange takes eight months. Ltl' Not Tampar To the editor: It seems to mi that the mayor and city council should be the last ones to defy the laws as set up by the major ity of the people in regard to DST. When It gets to the place where the minority rules, It U no Nominate CARLOS W. MORRIS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY Coroner May 16 sla" AaV. MarrH far eoroaar MBimlrttSj 1 ' v - ' i H S A' ( 1 ff - eJMimL "Economy and Efficiency in Tax Assessors' Dept. A Just and Equal Tax to All" ' ' " 1 REPUBLICANS . "V. I Vote for V i is. 1 If :' i JOHN H. TIZEKKER Candidate for County Assessor 18 Months Experience Jackson County Assessor's Office I ""so" . 1 L't ' t , v I jf . I " ' - ' ft John H. Tizekker is college trained. Six years inspec tion service. Ex-Republican ward committeeman. Mem ber of B.P.O.E. No. 1168 and Medford Teamsters Lo cal No. 62. Middle-aged, mergetic he will accom plish the vast amount of assessment work which re quires immediate attention in our fast growing Jack son county. (Pd. Pol. Adv.) Vote for TIZEKKER, May 16, '52 - i
