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Medford and Jackson County His
tory from the riles of The Mail
Tribune 10. 20, 30 and 40 yean
ago.
10 YEARS AGO
August 14, 1942
(It was Friday)
"Water Superintendent Robert
Duff announces approval by the
Federal Works agency of the
erection of a $4,000 chlorination
house for the Medford water
system.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A wing of
Congress feels the Flying Cargo
carriers proposed by Shipbuild
er Kaiser won't work. It's a safe
bet they will turn out to be
snore of a success than Congress.
20 YEARS AGO
August 14, 1932
(It was Sunday)
Wave of petty racketeering
continues as racketeers work in
pairs, one occupying housewife
with hardluck story and begging
handout while partner goes
through back door to ransack
house.
Recall petitions against Cir
cuit Judge H. D. Norton are met
with general disfavor as many
people refuse to sign them.
30 YEARS AGO
August 14, 1922
(It was Monday)
Mail Tribune, correspondent
Arthur Perry visits Los Angeles
r rlpscribe trial of Ku Klux
trianmipn- tells of former
kleagle fainting when high
school girl describes outrages of
KKK.
A aTnV.-3T-irr i TllaCed On
IL cuiwo & .
Southern Pacific shipping of
perishable goods by striking
workers; California and Oregon
fruitgrowers fear losses may
total several million dollars.
40 YEARS AGO
August 14, 1912
(It was Wednesday)
A burglar enters the home of
Mrs. Walter Eskine, West Clark
street, in a daylight raid and
steals a gold watch, a chain, two
rings and a bracelet.
Late word on the Rev. John
Howard, pastor of the Glendale
Presbyterian church, is that he
will survive a bullet wound re
ceived on a recent hunting trip.
Reese Creek
Reese Creek Reese Creek
community is having a social on
Saturday, August 16 from 8:30
to 12 p.m. at the old school
house. Any one wanting to come
and bring their children will be
welcome. There will be games
and eats. Ladies are to bring
cake.'
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hughes enter
tained Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cran
dell and Mr. and Mrs. B. Gard
ener at a picnic supper Monday
evening
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Grow spent
a few days at Four Mile lake,
fishing recently.
Miss Mattie McKenzie from
Tiller was a recent guest of the
Grows.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Connor and
son were guests of Gardeners for
ice cream Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Clark have
sold their ranch, and plan to
move to Arizona next week.
Reese Creek Extension unit is
giving Mrs. Clark a farewell
party Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Grow and
daughter from Iowa have been
visiting his father Jack Grow in
Eagle Point for a month. They
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Crater Park Air Strip
The recently announced plan of the State Board
of Aeronautics to work for a landing strip in Crater
Lake National Park should' have the backing of every
city within a 300-mile radius" of the natural wonder.
DEVELOPMENT of transportation in such wild
areas as the park comes slowly, and in most re
spects it is well that such is the case. Primitive land
scape should to as great an extent as possible be left
undefaced by man. That has been the thought of the
National Park Service through the years and it is an
understandable and laudable policy.
But' growth of population and development of
modern travel methods have forced certain conces
sions. Today one can drive an automobile the 80 miles
from Medford to the lake's rim in reasonable time
and comfort. The trip hasn't always been so easy for
only a comparatively few years ago the road wound
this way and that through the trees, mile after mile,
and the dust was so thick in places that it was impossi
ble to see the radiator cap for some timesafter passing
another car.
Then came straightening, widening and hard-surfacing,
trees and foliage along the route lost their
heavy and disfiguring coat of dust and the 2i-hour
journey (for the more circumspect drivers, that is)
became a real pleasure.
MOW the airplanea new and even faster mode of
travel is coming into more and more general use
and there is no weighty reason why "Crater Lake
should not be as easily accessible by air as it has been
in later years by auto.
As the director of the state aeronautics board
points out, the National Park Service's regulation for
bidding the landing of aircraft within park boun
daries is a "relic of the horse and buggy days."
TT IS true that the beauty of Crater Lake should be
approached in leisurely and contemplative fash
ion one cannot fully enjoy the grandeur of the blue
waters and the. vividly colored crater walls in any
hop-skip-and-jump visit.
for the long trip by auto,
or bus and there are many
go more often if it were possible to fly to the lake in
a matter of minutes.
According, to the aeronautics board director, an
ideal site for a landing field has been noted within
walking distance of the lodge. It is probable that no
elaborate effort would be required to make the strip
usable.
"1X7 ITH completion of the new terminal building at
" Medford's municipal airport the local field may
be expected to assume even greater importance for
air .travelers. Besides being a scheduled stop for
United Air Lines the port is the terminus for two
feeder lines1 West Coast Airlines and Southwest
Airways and is a favorite stopping place for mili
tary and private fliers going up and down the coast.
In line with this air activity it would seem entirely
fitting to add another service, an arrangement where
by regular pr chartered flights might be made to
Crater Lake during the season to accommodate air
travelers and any others who might wish to pay the
lake a quick visit. .
TN ADDITION to increasing Crater Lake Park's
summer visitation the establishment of an air strip
should bring a tremendous influx of winter sports en
thusiasts provided, of course, the strip, could be
kept clear of snow.
Although quite-a few skiers now brave icy and
oftentimes dangerous roads to enjoy the park's slopes,
think how many more wrould be going there' if the trip
required only a brief flight.; E.C.F.
The Farmer Takes the Risks
Farming is not listed as a hazardous occupation
so far as peril to life and limb is concerned, but there
are many and varied hazards for the farmer's pocket
book. TTHE chief source of danger lies in the weather, with
- extremes of heat or cold, rain or sunshine capable
of causing great loss. Then there are bugs of all sorts
and descriptions, worms, blights and many other pests
and diseases to attack growing things and leave var
ious degrees of damage. '
Most of the hazards are of a routine nature and
farmers can take proper precautions, or, after trouble
develops, they know what to do to restore normalcy.
IN SOME cases, howrever, such as the drought which
is currently searing . New England and southern
states, there doesn't seem to be any man-made reme
dy. The unfortunate growers can only total up their
losses, wait for another season, and try again. "'
For closer home disaster examples we have only
to consider the recent unusual hail storm which nicked
fruit growers for around a quarter million dollars, or
the Grants Pass hoDvards where 87 acres of heavily
laden supporting wires and poles have crashed: to
the ground in recent days leaving . a tangled : mass
which cannot be harvested. ' '
The businessman may think he is beset by eco
nomic hazards, but the farmer is' in a class by him
self when it comes to risk taking. E.C.F.
were guests of Hal Grow Mon
day afternoon, as they were de
parting for their home in Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Grow of
Shady Cove took the BUI Grows
to Four Mile lake on a fishing
trip. Eldon and Hal are. half
brothers of Bill. It was the first
visit of Bill and family out here.
Thursday. August 14, 19S2
But not everyone has time
some tourists come by train
local people who would
MINING MAN DIES
Reno (U.R) Funeral services
were held Wednesday for Lon
don Lee Noonchester, 68-year-old
retired fur merchant and
mining man who. died earlier
this week of a heart ailment in
a Reno hospital.
Crosstown
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"Ht'i not as good a painter as old-man Blanchard
old man Blanchard can also hang wallpaper."
Matter of Fact
AFTER MOSSADEGH
THE DELUGE ...
Washington The danger in
Iran is now rated "desperate" by
the State Department. The dan
ger is, of course, the capture of
Iran by Iran's Communist con
trolled Tudeh party, which
would drastically alter the world
balance of power in favor of the
Soviet Union. The problem of
dealing effectively with this dan
ger is so immensely difficult that
it has already split the Ameri
can government from top to bot
tom, and threatens to cause an
open break on Middle Eastern
policy between this country and
Great Britain.
In order to deal with the dan
ger, the State Department has
actually proposed Anglo-American
economic support for the
regime of Iranian Prime Minis
ter, Mohammed Mossadegh, to
the British Foreign Office. The
British Cabinet is now anxious
ly discussing this American pro
posal. It goes without saying that
the notion of supporting Mos
sadegh, the very symbol of
Middle Eastern nationalism and
hatred of Britain, is hardly wel
come to the British. But what
has happened very recently in
Iran explains why the American
proposal has been made. Since
the ignominious collapse of the
short-lived regime of former
Premier Ahmed Qavam a few
weeks ago, the only remaining
visible alternative to Mossadegh
in Iran is a wrinkled old man
with a long beard and a perma
nent grin, the Mullah Kashani.
Kashani wants to turn the Iran
ian clock back all the way to
the 15th century, transforming
Iran into a Moslem theocracy
ruled'- by the Mullah Kashani.
His chief instrument to this end
is the Felayan Islam, a "Murder
Inc." consisting of the slum
dwelling bully-boys and priestly
assassins. But in order to gain
power, Kahani is perfectly will
ing to ally himself with the Com
munist Tudeh party. He did just
this when the Fedayan Islam
and the Tudeh together rioted
bloodily in the streets to force
Qavam out of power.
QAVAM went to the palace to
plead with the Shah to call
out the army. The Shah was
afraid to do so one exasperated
diplomat in Tehran was heard
to observe "when they took out
the Shah's appendix a few
month's' back they must have
taken out his guts with it." After
four days in power, Qavam fled
for his life, and Mossadegh came
back. Instantly, Kashani took
full credit for this outcome. He
dictated his own election as
President of the Iranian Parlia-.
ment, and he is so powerful that
Mossadegh is now in danger of
becoming a mere captive of this
ignorant and bloodthirsty old
man. .
This is the real reason for
Mossadegh's demand for dicta
torial powers and martial law.
Mossadegh and Kahani have
long been joined in an uneasy
alliance, because, Kashani's
thugs have been useful in put
ting the fear of God into Mossa
degh's opponents. But Mossa
degh has long suspected Kash
ani's real purpose about four
months ago he even promised
the Shah to kick Kashani out of
the country. And now Mossadegh
badly needs the means to con
trol Kashani and Kashani's
Communist allies. Kashani pro
fesses to be anti-Communist, but
he often talks something very
close to' the straight Moscow
line, as he did to one of these
reporters in Iran last autumn.
He says . airily of the Commu
nists, "I will chew them up and
then swallow them and spit out
the parts I don't want." Observ
ers on the spot have no doubt;
at all that the Communists
would ultimately do the swal
Or Robert L. Stephens, Optometrist
formerly located at 213 East Main
Street in Medford, has opened his
new office at 430 S. W. 6th Street
In Grants Pats.
8 Roland Coe
nd
By Joseph and
Stewart Alsop
lowing. Meanwhile, Kashani and
his fanatical Moslem followers
are preparing the way for the
Communists, busily stirring the
peasants and the slum-dwellers
to a mood of revolt. Kashani is,
in brief, the very prototype of
a Middle East Kerensky.
VET Mossadegh's regime is in
immediate danger of eco
nomic chaos and disintegration.
If it collapses, the way will be
open for Kashani and Kash
ani's unswallowable allies. This
prospect., recently caused the
State Department policy mak--
ers to study carefully the prob
able consequences of a Commu
nist capture of Iran. They de
cided that it could not be 'tol
erated," Communist control of
Iran would make up the Soviet
oil deficits and give the Soviets
an almost unchallengable posi
tion in the strategically vital
Middle East.
At the same time the Joint
Chiefs of Staff also considered
Iran. They had a good look at
American world commitments
and they ruled that no American
forces could be spared to pre
vent an internal Communist
seizure of Iran. This left the
American government saying
that a Communist capture of
Iran could not be tolerated, but
that nothing much would be
done to prevent it. The planners
were reduced, to considering
such hopeless expedients as
covert support of the Iranian
tribesmen, in case the Commu
nists' took power. The conclusion
was obvious. The total econom
ic collapse of the Mossadegh
regime cannot be allowed to
happen, simply because the alter
native would almost certainly
be a great deal worse than Mos
sadegh. Hence the proposal to
the British.
The probable British reaction
may be judged from the fact
that British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden recently protested
angrily to Secretary of State
Dean Acheson against the Amer
ican Point 4 program in Iran,
on the grounds that the program
strengthened the villainous Mos
sadegh. Moreover, the British
have perfectly solid ground for
complaint against past Ameri
can policy in Iran. But as things
stand, there is surely logic in
the American view that it is
more important to keep Iran out
of Soviet hands than to pay off
old scores against Mossadegh.
(Copyright, 1952, New York
' Herald Tribune Inc.)
Typhoid Protection ft
Urged for Children
Chicago (U.R) A health
officer urges parents to have
their children protected against
typhoid, paratyphoid and tetanus
before leaving for camp, or on
any vacation trip. Dr. John B.
Hall Jr., Cook county health di
rector, reminded parents that
though any physician could give
the vaccinations, the county
health department would admin
ister them free of charge to any
one unable to afford private
medical care. .
Chapel Mortuary
Across from the Courthouse
Frank Morgan - Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Phone
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Korea:
"U. S. Marines today beat
back 400 CHINESE Reds charg
ing Bunker Ridge, which had
been won earlier by the Leather
necks ... A U.S. Eighth army
staff officer said the Chinese suf
fered -heavy casualties in their
attack- on the entranched ma
rines." TEFORE today's attack on
W Bunker Hill began, the ma
rines estimated they had killed
or wounded 553 Reds in the
Bunker Ridge sector since bit
ter fighting erupted there last
Saturday.
YOU WELL note, of course,
that in these bloody ruckuses
we enumerate the scalps of our
fallen foes (back in the early
days of the West, the Mountain
Men called it "counting coos")
with meticulous accuracy, but
mention our own losses only in
weekly casualty lists. .
Still, it is obvious, even on this
basis of comparison, that in the
Korean fighting enemy losses
outnumber our own many, many
times over. That leads to these
questions: .
What are the Reds up to?
Why do they go on taking
these heavy losses month in and
month out and year in and year
out?
Why have they stalled along
for a year on truce negotiations
when they apparently have no
intention to agree to a truce?
What is their overall STRAT
EGY in Korea, anyway?
DO YOU remember the old,
old story (which I've told
many times in these chronicles)
about the Chinese when they
were fighting the Japs?
It goes something like this:
"Chinese and Japs fight bat
tle. Japs lose 1000 men. Chinese
lose 50,000 men. Chinese and
Japs fight again. Japs lose 2000.
Chinese lose 100,000.
"Plitty soon no more Japs."
T WONDER if the same strate-
gic objective isn't ruling the
thinking of the Chinese Reds in
Korea who in every battle lose
many times over as many men
as we lose. They may be saying
to themselves confidently:
"Plitty soon no more Amen-
17CONOMIC Stabilizer Roger
Putnam doesn't think much
of General Ike's statement in
Los Angeles to the general ef
fect that we can eliminate price
controls and at the same time
ultimately bring about lower
prices. Addressing the annual
convention of the Massachusetts
Federation of Labor in Boston,
Putnam says:
. "It's, going, to be somewhat
of a feat to lower prices and
end controls at one and the
same time even if the gentle
man in question (meaning .Ike)
exchanges the swagger stick of
a general for the ' wand of a
magician."
VfO, Roger, it wouldn't be too
A much of a job.
Just get everybody to working
and producing. Make the federal
government quit spending more
than it takes in and paying the
difference in funny money. Cut
off as many as possible of the
millions of non-productive fed
eral employees and start THEM
to producing.
If that were done, wisely and
courageously, prices would come
down in response to the working
of the law of supply and de
mand. In that event, we wouldn't
NEED any controls.
HERE'S the trouble with your
thinking, Roger:
You and buddies have figured
it out that if you are to stay in
power you must convince the
public that aU good things
FLOW FROM THE GOVERN
MENT ALONE. Your story is
that the government imposes
price controls, and therefore it is
the benef icient government
ALONE that keeps prices from
running away and ruining
everybody.
Ike's idea is different. He
thinks the price problem will
solve itself if the government
will quit spending the people's
subtance in riotous living, thus
debasing the .value of the peo
ple's money and making it pur
chase less and less all the time.
Personally, Roger, I prefer
Ike's formula to yours. I'm get
ting tired of the government
2-8030
RUNNING EVERYTHING. It's
fine for you and your crowd,
who ARE THE GOVERNMENT.
But I don't think it's very good
for me.
Rogue River
Rogue River A farewell
party in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Rose, was held at Live
Oak Grange hall Saturday eve
rting. The Roses plan to live in
California.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brooks ar
rived ' Saturday from Long
Beach, Calif. They have pur
chased Rose Acres.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Deuling and
two children of Los Angeles
were guests last week at the
homes of Mrs. Deuling's aunts
and their husbands, Mr. and
Mrs. Burton Stocking and Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. White of West
Evans road. They were enroute
to Portland and expect to visit
here on the return trip.
Caroline Box, Bellflower,
Calif., arrived Thursday to be
a guest of Phyllis Tenney at the
Tenney ranch on Wards creek.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stearns
and two children arrived Sun
day to visit Mrs. Stearn's father,
Arden Tyrrell.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Plank and
two boys of Klamath Falls spent
last week with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Plank.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Parker and
sons of Redwood highway called
at the Plank home on West
Evans road one day last week.
The Parkers and Planks were
former neighbors at Malin, Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Green-
baum of Los Angeles visited
Greenbaum's sister and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sheehan the
past week. They planned to re
turn home by way of Reno and
Las Vegas.
Sgt. and Mrs. LaVern Lender-
man from Parks Airforce base
left August 8, after a visit here
at the home of his father, Ed
Lenderman. They returned by
the coast route to visis a sister,
Mrs. Herb Hoxie, and a brother,
Orville Lenderman, who reside
at Carpenterville.
Following a trip to the coast
where they were accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lenderman
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lend
erman of Medford, the Robert
Lenderman family left for their
home at Meekes, Colo., after a
two weeks visit here.-
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Oliver and
four children from Tehachapi,
Calif., arrived Friday for a short
visit with Mrs. Oliver s grand
father, Ed Lenderman. They also
visited at Prospect and planned
to return home by the coast
route to visit other relatives. The
Olivers reported their home was
badly damaged by the earth
quake.
Joe Bullock and his two sisters
from Pomona, Calif., stopped en
route to British Columbia, one
day last week and called on Mr.
and Mrs. Burton Stocking and
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. White. They
plan to visit the two families on
their return trip.
Two boys, Charles Davis, of
Foots creek and Loyd Morrow,
worked all day Tuesday with
the group who completed re
modeling of the sanctuary of
Hope Presbyterian church. Fir-
tex was nailed to the walls and
the new hardwood flooring was
sanded and a filler applied. It is
expected the floor finish will be
dry and the pews replaced Fri
day evening.
The Women's Association of
Hope Presbyterian church will
hold an ice cream social Friday,
August 15, beginning at 7:30
p.m.
Mrs. Marion Lance, Medford,
spent Monday here, inspecting
her property on Main street.
Fragrant Insecticides
Not Unknown to Settlers
Trenton, N. J. (U.R) Chloro
phyll air sweeteners and insecti
cide bombs are considered nec
essary to comfortable living by
many modern housewives, but
such luxuries were not unknown
to the early settlers. The
Swedes, who settled New Jersey
in the early 1600's, used the fra:
grant smoke of bayberry can
dles to sweeten the air in build
ings and beds were made of
sassafras wood to keep out the
insects.
'He'll hit anything yon pitch ho just had a glass of Jorgensen's
Homogenized MuW-Yitamin, Multi-Mineral MilkJ"
Congressional Quiz
Questions and Answers on What
Goes on at the Capital Furnished
by Congressional Quarterly News
Features.
Q. What would happen if on
of the Presidential or Vice Pres
idential nominees should die be
fore the election?
A. Filline such a vacancv
would be in the hands of the
Democratic or Republican Na
tional committee. The Democra
tic erouD would decide accord.
ing to the vote of a majority
of its 106 members (two from
each state, plus eight from terri
tories). The 138-member Reoub-
lican committee, in voting on a
successor, would allow each state
as many votes as it had delegates
at the nominating convention
(1206 total). The GOP unit could
use another method: It could
call another convention.
Q- Do Congressmen pay
much attention lo requests for
information?
A. They consider answering
questions of their constituents
one of their most important jobs.
For example, Rep. William G.
Bray, (R-Ind.), said in a weekly
news release, "It is next to im
possible for our people in In
diana to merely write a letter
.to Washington and get a prompt
and satisfactory reply." So he
and his staff have "worked to
establish connections" in the
government to find answers
quickly. The same is true of
other lawmakers, in both the
House and Senate.
Q. I notice that for several
years the platforms of both par
ties included planks opposing
racial and religious discrimina
tion in employment. Has Cong
ress ever passed a "fair em
ployment" bill?
No, although a Fair Employ
ment Practices commission with
out enforcement powers was in
effect during World War II, by
executive order. In 1946 and
1950, bills to put FEPC on the
statutes failed to pass both cham
bers. In 1952 the Senate Labor
committee July 3 approved a bill
making job discrimination un
lawful and setting up an Equal
ity of Opportunity in Employ
ment commission. The measure
died when Congress adjourned.
A committee to see that non-discrimination
clauses , in govern
ment contracts are enforced was
set up by executive order in
1951.
Q. How many laws did this
Congress make?
A. The 82nd Congress enact
ed 594 public laws; 399 of them
this year, 255 last year. It pass
ed 1,023 private laws: 612 this
year, 411 in 1951. Three public
bills this year and last became
law when Congress overrode
Presidential vetoes.
Q.What is the difference be
tween public and private bills?
A. The one deals with publia
matters, ranging from major
legislation like the Defense Pro
duction Act, to minor and techni
cal bills, such as ones authoriz
ing a loan fund for an Indian
tribe and changing the name
of a local lake. Private bills deal
with individual matters, such
as claims against the government
and immigration and naturaliza
tion cases.
(Copyright 1952, Congression
al Quarterly).
The prevent vases, flower pots
and candle holders from scratch
ing furniture, dip the bottom in
melted paraffin.
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