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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackton County His
tory inm the (Has at the Mail
Tribuna 10. 20, 30 and 40 yaari
aga.
10 YEARS AGO
Mar IS, 1942
(It was Friday)
Local loggers charge that
small government allotment of
tires for this area is Jeopardizing
fulfillment of government lunv
ber contracts.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The un
smiling gas silo attendants re
port that motorists, who are not
smiling either, bark "Slip me a
gallon, pronto," instead of "Fill
'er up," as of yore.
20 YEARS AGO
May IS, 1932
(it was Sunday)
Joint graduation exercises for
350 Jackson county school stu
dents slated at' Medford Junior
high school; largest combined
f roup in county history.
Slate public utilities commis
sion approval given abandon
ment of Southern Pacific rail
road station in Central Point.
80 YEARS AGO
May IS. 1922
(It was Monday)
Attorney Herbert Hnnnn se
verely burned when oil stove
explodes In his Jacksonville
home.
Jackson county court decides
against using double election
boards in forthcoming primary
election; this is first year doublo
boards have been allowed in Ore
gon. 0 YEARS AGO
May IS. 1912
(It was Wednesday)
White slavery and opium den
uncovered in raid on Chinese
settlement on Riverside avenue
in Medford.
Team of horses owned by Deer
Creek rancher drowns in at
tempt to ford Applegate river;
driver Jumps to safety.
Republican Strength
Gains in California
Sacramento, Calif. (U.R)
Republican strength Is increas
ing In California, the second
largest stale in the union, while
the number of registered Demo
crats Is on the wane, the secre
tary of state's office reported
Thursday.
A survey of registration for
the June 3 primary totaled
5.383.521. highest In history,
Compared to the 1050 registra
tion, the Democrats lost 66,437
while the Republican party gain
ed 247.634.
Democrats still hold an edge
over the OOP by a margin of
803,322 but (wo years ago tliev
led by 1.117.393.
Site for Hospital Felt
Not Helpful to Recovery
Melbourne. Australia (U.R)
Someone slipped in picking the
site for a new 2,000.000 pound
($4,500,000) hospital at Shep
parton, 110 miles north of Mel
bourne. The proposed site would over
look the cemetery which "might
not be conducive to the patients'
recovery" the city's health com
mittee decided.
Now they're looking for some
thing on the other side of Shcp-parton,
The $64 Question Is Answered
The most persistent question fired at this depart
ment the past 3 weeks has
the tumult and the shouting
Here is the question : sometimes in genuine incre
dulity, more often in high
"Why did you decide to mix In this mess anyway7"
And here is the answer and colloquy that usually
followed:
"Any newspaper that had the Information we have and
at a time like this suppressed It and failed to give it to the
voters, ought to sell out completely and change over to a
Shopping News."
"You're going to get and awful beating!"
"OK we've gotten them before. You can lose many
battle in this business though and still win the war!"
Alf HAT follows will have to be somewhat lengthy
and of a somewhat personal nature so unless
you are interested Mr. and Mrs. Reader, you better
SKip it.
When the campaign opened The Mail Tribune in
formed both candidates for District Attorney, that
the paper did not intend to take any part in the pri
mary editorially, but would give them both a fair
break in the news and communication columns, as has
been the general practice.
TT WAS also stated that if some important issue
SHOULD come up, in that contest or any other, we
WUULL) take part also
Well, that sort of issue did come up almost at once,
the issue of law-enforcement or non law-enforcement
with particular reference to
Claims started to pour
con largely pro until we
believe.
GO WE decided to go to the sources of information
information we could absolutely depend upon
trom high-up otticials who
no axe to grind.
We saw and talked with a great many of them,
also with newspaper men we knew up and down the
line most of the former in Salem and connected with
the state government.
Here is a summary of what they ALL agreed upon :
It Is undoubtedly true, that perhaps with the exception
of one county organized gambling has made greater inroads
in Jackson than any other In the state. This is not a matter
of opinion or of guess-work; it is a matter of the official
records, which you can check for yourself. Why this is so we
don't know, but there it Is. Every gambling establishment in
Jackson County pays a gambling license and those licenses
are on file you can inspect them.
You ask why isn't the law enforced? You ought to
know The Governor believes gambling is a local not a state
problem, so it is up to your District Attorney why don't
you get busy and see he does his Job if you WANT it
done. -
WELL, why didn't we?
That was a pretty
larly to a newspaper editor.
A FTER that we went to see one of the leading law-
enforcement officials in the state, whose integ
rity, ability and courage no one could question. He
agreed with the above and added this :
"That's right. This Is a local not a state problem. How
ever, if you want help down there have any, of your local
officials ANY of them the DA, police or sheriff ask us
or the state-police for help in law-enforcement and the
organized gambling Joints down there will be shut up in
24 hoursl That help has been offered, the gambling Joints
have been named, the operators and the number of ap
pliances also, and here are copies of the official notices. But
the result to date has been in practically every case, not
even an acknowledgement of the letter, or a curt reply that
no help is needed for the situation down there is well in
hand. I know Jackson County well, I have many friends
there, no county in the state has a finer quality of citizen
ship and yet as you know every now and then something
like this comes up and lawlessness breaks out like a praire
fire. I can't explain it, but you should be able to. "What IS
the answer?" ,
TE DIDN'T know.
the bar in Marion County.
Attorney in Jackson County
other DA's in the state did, prosecuted violators of the
gambling laws when complaints were filed, had done
so and would continue to do so. Yet we had been in
formed by reliable authorities the licensed gamblers
in the county had increased steadily during his ad
ministration as District Attorney and Deputy. How
come? The answer was approximately as follows:
"Your DA's statement Is not In accord with Information
or the law. The filing of a complaint is not mandatory at all
in such cases. If any District Attorney, or local law enforce
ment officer has reason to believe any law is being broken,
he can take action on his own initiative to determine
whether or not his suspicions have been Justified. And if
they were Justified he can take proper action, in fact, the
gambling laws in a sense put him under obligation to do so,
as the following extract from the statute declares:
"Any OFFICER . . . who shall willfully NEGLECT to
Inform against and protecute offenders againit this Act
shall ba deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction
shall be puniihed by a fine of not leis than $50 nor more
than $500 and tha court before which such officer shall
be triad, shall declare the olfica er appointment vacant for
tha balance of his term."
"That Is the law. I believe It ii alio true that during the
period you mention the number of violators of tha law In
your county hai steadily Increased, which doesn't Indicate
to me a vary tealous daiire to enforce the laws, particularly
ai every law enforcement officer can secure a list of tha law
violators In his district anytime he wishes."
After that, this comment came from another of
ficial source, quote :
"All this Is not so hard to understand if you know how
the gamblers work. Whenever they go into any district they
make a careful survey and pick out the most popular and
highly respectable organizations they can. These organiza
tions are told here is a sure fire way for them to get some
ready cash, so the "fixers" put up their sales talk and prac
tically guarantee i generous "cut," not only for the club
(or whatever it may be), but for the customers. Sometimes
they are turned down, but more often they are not. So they
have a most effective "front," and If anyone tries to start
trouble, there is immediately a terrific howl from some of
the ' best people'' in the community. And those "best people"
Thursday. May IS, 19S2
not been answered, but as
dies, will be.
dudgeon very high!"
per our established custom
organized gambling.
into this office, pro and
did not know WHAT to
KNEW the facts and had
pertinent question particu
We told him the District
claimed he did what all
Crosstown
i j.t
- ' i a em I '
"This is 'Green-Thumb' Kenneisy, Pop. He's taking
ever my part of the garden,"
who don't take an active part in shushing the "reformer,"
also don't take any part In supporting him. So nine times out
of ten the person asking for law enforcement finds himself
outnumbered, discredited, lonesome and HE QUITS. That
may not be the answer in your county but it is in most
places and from what you say I think it's the answer In
yours.
Then the following this from one of the highest
executives in the state, who
local problem and he did
less the conditions got beyond local control:
"These things take time. But when the people realize
the nature and dangers of organized gambling, the wisdom
of our forefathers who outlawed it in the state constitution,
and even more important when they realize if a community
refuses to enforce the law against the better element, they
can't enforce the law against the undesireable and criminal
elements. When they realize this and also that a large per
centage of the hundreds of thousands of dollars taken in by
the gamblers, goes to the racketeers livipg OUTSIDE of the
state and not to the comparatively few local beneficiaries
WITHIN in other words, when the people get the facts and
truth, not only because it is against the law, but against
their own self-interest, they will vote organized gambling
out and be quick about it."
CO THAT is where the editorial "we" came in. And
that is exactly what The Mail Tribune has tried to
do give the facts. The issue as we see it, is absolutely
clear and has been all the
procedure by many of our
nated. The declaration to
MANY of them that the people of Jackson County
just don't WANT the gambling laws enforced any
way MAY be true.
The election tomorrow, unfortunately, can't de
termine this fact conclusively because only slightly
over half of the voters will be able to express their
judgment on this issue. But
A ND at least this much is certain those voters who
have wanted the FACTS so they might know
what their votes mean, should have no complaint,
when they go to the polls
ballot booth they will choose between a candidate
wledtred to enforce ALL the
on the statute books, and
record that when certain
pressure, he follows those
oath of office. R.W.R.
The Mail Tribune Recommendations
for May Primary
REPUBLICAN
For President: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Republican National Committeeman!
Jess Gard, Multnomah, No. 12.
Delegates to National Convention:
Wm. McAllister, No. 47
Senator Wayne Morse, No. S3
Governor Douglas McKay, No. 48
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. 43
District Delegates to National Convention:
Mrs. C. L. Hopkins,
G. R. Brantley
Alternate Delegates:
Catherine Holti
Gordon Orput
J. O. Johnson
Mrs. C. E. Miller
Stat Treasurer: F-red E. Robinson.
Attorney General: Leonard I. Lindas.
District Attorney: Walter D. Nunley
County Assessor: Robert (Bob) Fowler.
DEMOCRATIC
For President: Eitet Kefauver.
National Committeman: Monro Sweetland.
Delegate to Convention: Nancy Honeyman. Robinson.
MacArfhur Gives Assist
Lansing, Mich. (U P.) Gen.
Douglas MacArlhur may be a
Republican but he was willing
to help a Democrat Thursday.
Arriving here for a two-day
vistt In yichig;m. fn' 71-ye;irold
former Far East commander
By AM Co. 1
S-IS-S3.
also pointed out it was a
not wish to enter into it un
time. The opposition to this
' best people" was anticr
the undersigned by so
it will be an indication.
tomorrow. In their secret
laws as long as they are
one who has shown by his
pressure - groups put on the
dictates, not those of his
to Democrat
shook hands with Democratic
Gov. G. Mennen Williams and
as flash bulbs popped he told
Williams:
"I don't know if this will help
you politically or not but I hope
it does.'' I
COMMUNICATIONS
Letters to tha Editor mutt bear tha name
i under certain circumstances tha use ot
Ii permissible. Tha Mail Tribune reserves tha right to edit an letters wun a
view to clarification and condensation. Lattars submitted for publication must
not exceed 400 words.
Farmer's Blood Bolls
To the Editor: Every now and
then someone writes something
to make my blood boil. This time
It's a character "by the name of
Frank Gaster.
So a majority of the Medford ,
workers favor D.S.T.? What does j
he think we farmers are? We '
work for a living, too. Or doesn't
Gaster have that much I.Q. to
figure it out?
And another thing how long
does Gaster think he and his
friends would have a job if it
wasn't for we farmers? How long
does he think the merchants in
Medford would stay in business
without the farmers' patronage?
And yet he thinks we shouldn t
have any say in this controversy.
Brother, he has a lot to learn
and a lot he could learn from a
cow. She at least has sense
enough to get upset.
And all this malarkey about an
'extra" hour to work in the gar
den or mow the lawn. Why don't
such fellows admit the truth and
say they need that extra hour
to consume their limit of beer in
the nearest tavern?
Here's the opportunity for
some of you other farmers and
dairymen to let Mr. Gaster know
which side his bread is buttered
on. Get busy and write your let
ter to the editor and let these
city fellows know we aren't
stupid as they think we are. As
for me I have to go milk my
cows since it upsets them when
I'm a little early or late.
Mrs. Oscar Gysin,
Route 3, Box 198,
Medford, Oregon.
Agrees, It's War
To the Editor: When Mrs.
Zella Tullis of Trail wrote May
10 saying we the public believe
it is War in Korea, I agree with
her 100 per cent. When our boys
are being drafted and sent over
seas to be slaughtered by the
thousands it is a war, whether
declared or not.
This is a war without reason
or sense.
The same enemy our boys are
fighting and being killed by, is
a greater part of our own U.S.A.
than many of us wish to think.
But this is true.
Of course, once in a while a
few of these "Reds" are brought
to face our courts, given a fair
trial and sentenced to a few
years in prison or perhaps fined
and released.
Sure this is a free country for
all to come and seek out a good
living in. We continue to let our
land be filled with groups who
try to dominate not only our
lives but also the weather.
Again I say, Mrs. Tullis is
right and I agree by saying a
rotten odor is mild to all what
our noses have smelled out. I
believe God does bless those who
stand up for their own rights,
and shudder to think just what
may happen to those He may not
choose to bless.
Mrs. B. J. Dickerson,
Route 2,
Central Point, Oregon.
Why the Interest?
To the Editor: I no doubt
would have voted for Paul Havi
land, if I had not noted the ex
ceedingly large amount of ener
gy and wealth being exerted in
his behalf. There must be some
reason for this expensive effort
in his behalf. Inasmuch as the
prosecution of gamblers is the
main issue, can it be the money
is being put up in their interest?
As we observe from his record
and statements he follows the
same policy as the government
in the Hiss case. Prosecute and
convict the witness if possible
even to the point of suicide, In
that case (only averted by acci
dent). Haviland puts all the bur
den of conviction on the com
plainant witness to such, an ex
tent that only a Whittakar Cham
bers would have the nerve, and
be willing to sacrifice unto death,
to become the witness.
That is. of course, the kind of
prosecutor gamblers would want.
Ira C. Jones,
2325 Stewart Ave.
Medford, Ore.
Improvements Appreciated
To the Editor: In a recent is
sue of the Medford Mail Tribune
Mrs. Brown wrote of her appre
ciation of the improvement our
merchants have made to beautify
our city to which I agree.
Another great improvement is
the new street signs that can be
read very easily from a car.
An Iowan visited us not long
ago and he commented on the
beautiful lights Medford has.
H. B.
(name on file)
and address of tha writer although
a pen name or Initial for publication
EDITOR'S NOTE We have
received a number of com
munications directly endors
ing candidates in the Primary
from residents who will not
allow their names er ad
dresses to be 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 be
In this one.
In other words communica
tions of a highly personal and
controversial nature partic
ularly of a political type must
Include the writer's name,
and proper identification of
same.
Time Marches On
To the Editor: Not until 1883
or thereabouts did Congress rec
ognize standard time, though its
desirability had been recognized
for a century or more, in order
that records of vital statistics
might be more accurately kept.
It would perhaps take another
century before the proposed time
changes talked about today could
be coordinated so that disorder
would not be the order in many
cases.
Try and persuade a chicken off
the roost for breakfast before
sun-up, persuade old bossy to
leave her afternoon grazing per
iod to be shoved through our
modern cow parlor, try to tell
the small fry it s time to go to
bed before the normal time for
the Sandman.
Time and space could be used,
talking about the age-old prob
lem of the minority imposing
their wishes over- the majority
but what's the use, after three or
ten or even seventeen attempts
we find only that a circle has
been completed, and the big
noise is still that of the self-appointed
benefactor of the great
ignorant majority.
J. D. Bowdish,
Cherry Lane,
Medford, Oregon.
Cows and DST
To the Editor: Just one more
letter about DST. Mr. Johnson,
I have no objection to your get
ting up at 3:30 a.m. (which your
DST would have me do) and get
in two or three hours work at
your place before you go to
work, then come home and work
until dark them get to bed by
10 p.m.
And to the man who didn't
want to be ruled by cows: They
are creatures of habit, are used
to being fed, milked and cared
for at certain hours of the day. A
good milk cow gives half a ton
of milk or better a month; break
her routine, she drops in produc
tion and doesn't get it back until
the next freshening period.
With cows eating $96 per ton
concentrates, plus their min
erals, salt and hay you can't af
ford to have production drop.
Pefhaps you in town should
visit some of the dairies and get
their hours of work. Most of
them are up at 4 a.m. and start
ing the days work, because there
is more than just reaching for a
bottle of milk, for the people
who produce it.
Don't visit at milking time be
cause it throws the herd into
tizzy to have strangers around
at that time.
A griper who wants a fair
deal for all.
Mrs. Gladys Hamilton
Rt. 2, Box 468
Medford, Oregon
V0TE F0R I I
Dr. G. A. 4
Dierdorff ( 3
REPUBLICAN pV.
STATE KjfJ
! Representative Vf1
. Integrity In Government X
' Social Improvement IMr ''1
without Socialism K J
Pd. Ally. Dierdorff for V
State Repr. Comm f
Keep An Experienced
Man On The Job!
VOTE FOR J. B.
COLEMAN
REPUBLICAN for COUNTY JUDGE
CONTINUE BUSINESS - LIKE
PROGRESSIVE ADMINISTRATION!
M. Ad. Celtmae Far Cauary Judoe Cemmitta
Douglas Again
Eyed by Some
Democrat Leaders
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Paul H. Douglas of Illinois la
again being eyed by some Dem
ocratic leaders as a possible
presidential candidate.
The Illinois senator disavows
any desire for the presidency.
He said Thursday he is still for
Sen. Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn,
"all the way."
But Douglas did not slam the
door completely on accepting
the presidential nomination if
the Democratic convention wants
him.
"The less said about It the
better I'm for Kefauver," he
insisted.
That's as far as he would go.
Approached Frequently
Despite Douglas' repeated
statements that he is not inter
ested, it was learned that the
Illinois lawmaker has been ap
proached frequently by key par
ty figures to "feel him out."
The Douglas interest centers
mainly in the same forces that
hope that Illinois Gov. Adlai
E. Stevenson may change his
mind at the last minute and ac
cept a "draft" for the Demo
cratic nomination. But sources
close to Stevenson think that
is likely only if the Republi
cans nominate Sen. Robert A.
Taft, R-O.
Taft Sees Victory
Meantime, Taft backers claim
ed that his West Virginia pri
mary triumph "puts him within
striking distance of a first bal
lot victory" for the GOP nomin
ation. With 15 out of 16 West Vir-
ginia's delegates tucked away,
Taft's campaign manager, Dav
id S. Ingalls, claimed that the
result gave Taft 448 assured
convention delegates to "about
280" for Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower. The United Press tabulation
of publicly pledged or commit
ted delegates showed 363 for
Taft and 322 for Eisenhower,
with 31 for other candidates and
132 uncommitted. It takes 604
to nominate.
Oregon Comeback Seen
Supporters of Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower were fighting for
a comeback in the Oregon GOP
primary Friday.
The Oregon balloting offer
the first direct test between Eis
enhower and Gov. Earl Warren
of California, who presently
holds only seven convention del
egates. Also entered are Harold
E. Stassen, who has beaten ev
erywhere except In his horn
state of Minnesota, and Sen,
Wayne L. Morse, R-Ore., an Eis
enhower backer.
What? NOTHING about NunleyT
To the Editor: The fact that
there is only one paper in Med
ford is something that can't be
helped, but when that paper i
prejudiced, it's time for some
thing to be done.
Instead of you (the editor)
using your editorial page for
printing facts, you spend all
your time running down one
candidate. That one being Paul
Haviland. Look at the dozens of
other men running for an office
here in Jackson county. Why not
spend a little time on them? You
never print anything about Wal
ter Nunley good or bad! Why
is it that you ridicule Paul Havi
land but never anyone else?
Isn't this a little on the "imma
ture" side?
Judy Pavlat
606 Whitman Place
t