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Vancouver. B. C. NATION At EDITORIAL rj57 NIWSPAPER PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the tiles of The Mail Trilune 10. 20. SO and 40 year- aga 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1943 (It Was Saturday) Medford Corporation rail spur to tap new timber resources in Butte Falls area. Vmm Arthur Perry's Ye Smudga Pot column: Royal was the only one of the Brown Boys of E. Pt. who towned last week. Ere the advent of the A-card they came en masse and in auto caravans. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 133 at Was Tuesday) Auto indigents warned county will provide no relief. Problem of surplus milk In city faced by county dairymen. 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 123 at Was Wednesday) Three navy planes land at fair founds and are viewed by hun dreds. City Planning Commission up holds city council's action in cut ting down poplar trees in park. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1913 (It Was Thursday) Medford named for 1914 con vention of Pacific Coast Good Roads association. Chester A. Arthur Camp No. 8, Sons of Veterans, USA. organ ized here. American War Prisoners In Three Classifications Inchon, Korea (U.R) aCpl. Ellis J. Preece, Del Rio, Tex., said today American war pris oners could be grouped into three classifications. "You've got a progressive who believes in Communism," he said. "You've got a soldier who does not believe lnjt. And you've got a man who sells out his coun try for a cigarette." Court Records MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Harold L. Schmelzer. 33, Medford. and Barbara Evelyn Cocks, 18, Phoe nix Loren T. Soderlund. 31. Medford. and Rieta Kathryn Rucker. IT, Med ford. Donald Marvin Wiley. 31. Medford. and Charlotte Ann Grfgsby. 19, Med ford. Robert Walter Montgomery. 32, Medford, and Norma Leah Balfour, 19. Medford. Pike Calton Ray Robinson. 33. Ash land, and Evelyn Annie Smith, 19. Ashland. Clarence Eugene Holman. 63. Oak dale. Calif., and Bertha Hurst 65. Modesto. Calif. Thomas Jefferson Andrews. 30. Ft. Sam Houston, Tex, and Lulu Mae Cahall. 18. Medford. Elmer Fay Peden. 37. Grants Psss. and Juanita Ruby Horton. 30, Grants Pass. Clarence Oscar Hasans. 83. Pueblo. Colo., and Myrtle Mae Howard, 55. Pueblo. Colo. Ernest Edward DeAvilla. 34. Hilt, Calif., and Margaret Louise Ferguson, 18. (address not reported by county clerk's office.) Roy Joseph Thomas. 46, Medford. and The 1 ma Ophelia Day. 43. Cleo Springs. Okla. Gerald E. Randies. 33. Phoenix, and Zelma Lee Stone. 31. Ashland. Jerry Norman McLane. 18. Sunny Valley. Ore., and Donna Delight Alder son. 16. Sunny Vallev. Ore. Virgil Douglas Baldwin. 39. Med ford. and Effie Mozell Marshall. 24. Medford. Richard Burl Walls. 19. Trail, and Irene Andrea Millard. 16. Prospect. -Floyd Owen Nelson. 30. Eureka. Calif., and D'Anne Lynne Neeley. 20. Ashland. William Ray Moberly. 20. Talent, and Mary Frances Vantura, 16. Talent. James Alfred Boulter. 20. Rogue River, and Gwendolyn Ellen Thornton. 19. Medford. William Francis Lacey. 25. Colfax, Wash., and Ilene Louise Olsen, 25, San Francisco. Calif. James Cecil Beckwith. 24. Renton, Wash., aid Marilyn Joan Malone. 21, Se-tle. Wash. --el Mmdez Acota. 28. Medforrt. ant" Guadalupe Michel Ruiz. 23, Mac-ford. mail tbibumk DDT Gets 'Em in Lane County Although there is some difference of opinion as to the continued effectiveness of DDT in con trolling mosquitoes and other disease-carrying and objectionable insects, the chemical is being use.d in Lane county with ' good results, according to the supervisor in charge of the abatement program there. In Portland, on the other hand, officials in charge of the insect control bureau declare that their mos quitoes are getting used to DDT, have built up re sistance to it through successive generations and that spraying of slack water 'areas around the city is killing only about, forty per cent of the pests. . e e e e e THE Lane county mosquito campaign is being car- ried on systematically, much of the DDT applica tion being done at night, A jeep carrying specially designed apparatus tours streets and roads throwing out a cloud of DDT and oil solution from a 64-gallon tank. Best results are secured when the temperature is below 55 degrees and wind velocity not over four miles per hour; x . - About 640 acres can be completely blanketed hourly and the vaporized solution penetrates the thickest hedge and bushes killing all adult mosquitoes in hiding. Another piece of equipment being turned against the Lane county skeeters is a trap with a bright light which attracts the insects. By placing the traps in strategic places the control workers are able to de termine the approximate mosquito population in any given area. If, with the light shining from 8 p. m. to 2 a. m., thirty to forty mosquitoes are found in the trap, the controllers know it is time to give the sur rounding countryside a spraying treatment. a DUT the attack hasn't been confined to DDT fog by any means. All major mosquito breeding areas have been treated and the public has been urged to cooperate by spraying small puddles about their prop erty and by doing away with all standing water such as may be found in old cans or other receptacles. One little puddle, it has been pointed out, can pro duce literally millions of mosquitoes. Because the Lane county mosquito war has been so well organized and has been carried on long enough so that results, costs and other details can be definitely aDDraised. it might be a good thine for j those interested in mosquito to send a delegation of observers to that battlefront Maybe the same methods could be successfully ap plied here. E.C.F. Fishing, DangeroVs Sport Fishing, usually thought of as a gentle and con templative pastime, is taking the place of hunting as one of the more dangerous sports. No record has been kept of exactly now many fishermen have lost their lives in the waters of this generarregion so far this Summer but the number is unfortunately high and new names are being added almost daily. e e e e a A FEW weeks ago two California doctors and a retired army captain were drowned while fishing on the lower reaches of the Klamath river, more re cently three men met death when their boat was swamped by rough waters at the mouth of the Umpqua fishing fatalities have been reported from several points, the causes varying from falling over board from boats to stumbling into deep water while wading small trout streams. E.C.F. Pay As' YowSee TV Next Four new television stations with ultra high fre quency construction permits have petitioned the Fed eral Communications Commission for permission to program a certain amount of subscription or "pay as you see" TV- According to those who know about such things, subscription TV will be one of the first major headaches of the new session of Congress. a e e e LIEARINGS will soon be scheduled by the FCC for inquiry into the merits of the various subscription systems but it will be up to Congress to decide who has the final authority in the granting of permits to subscription and theater TV companies. The stations, in asking the FCC for permission to charge viewers for at least some of their programs, point out that they must face competition from other larger stations. Subscription TV, they argue, would enable airing selective programs which people would be willing to pay to see. E.C.F. Growers Advised To Reduce Winter Vegetable Harvest Washington (U.R) The Agri culture Department v yesterday advised growers to cut total pro duction of 14 winter harvest vegetables 5 per cent from 1993 levels. A spokesman said that if farmers follow the department's advice and weather is average, prices should go back up to the "fairly normal" levels of 1952 after sharp reductions this year. 239.700 Acres Advised Planting "guides" issued to day advised farmers to plant a total of 239,700 acres in 14 veg etables which will be marketed mostly in the first three months of 1954. The department suggested in creases in snap beans, shallots and spinach. It advised growers to plant the same amount of lima beans as last season. Cuts were suggested for beets, cab- Friday, Aagoat tL ltM control in Jackson county Two Young Men Die As Aulo Rams Tree Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Two young men were killed late yes terday when their 1940 sedan crashed into a large tree about three miles east of here. Coroner Paul Milan identified them as George Raymer, 21, of Ridgefield, and Richard F. Ryan, 22, of Hayward, Calif. The pair passed a vehicle driven by Henry W. Holterman, Washougal, on highway 8 and veered too far to the left. They swerved to the right side of the road, struck an embankment and hit the tree. NOT STATIONARY Winthrop, Mass. UJ9 En terprising Elliot Cowan of Win throp has put his stationery store on wheels. His one-ton walk-in truck is stocked with office sup plies for curb-service sales. bage, carrots, cauliflower, cel ery, escarole, kale, lettuce, green peppers and tomatoes, Crosstown "I find it's better to Open allowance talks Just after each round of wag Increases.'" Matter of Fact THE COMING CLASH Paris It is time to face a couple of unpleasant facts. The defense of Indo-China is the heart of American pol icy in Asia. Yet the French have no stom ach for the Indo - Chinese war, and it is entirely likely that a govern ment dedicated to the liquida tion of the war by almost any Stewart AJaop means will soon come to power here. The creation of a European army, within the framework of which Germany can be rearmed, is the heart of American policy in Europe. Yet the French have no stomacn for the European army, and H is entirely likely that the French Parliament will finally kill the whole idea be fore many months have passed. If ncher of these things hap pen, it will be something close to a miracle. If either or both do happen, a Franco-American crisis of the most dangerous sort, capable even of wrecking the NATO alliance, is almost certain to ensue. The French attitude in both respects is not surprising- In Indo-China the French are being asked to continue an immensely costly, interminable war from which they cannot hope to gain. In Europe, the French are being asked to sacrifice their national sovereignty in order to permit the rearmament of their tradi tional enemy, while the bulk of their own forces are engaged half a world away. In these circumstances, it is" rather strange than any optimism at all still exists in American official circles about the future of Franco-American relations. rpHE reasoning of the official optimists, as far as the Euro pean army is concerned, runs about as followi. The British arc ready to go much further than is generally supposed to promise active collaboration with the French in the European army This wUl calm French fears that the project will lead to German domination of the continent West German Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer has privately in dicated to the French that 'he wUl be willing to settle the tor tured Saar issue, on a basis ac ceptable to the French, after the German elections. This should clear away another roadblock. Meanwhile, all the other par ticipating nations will soon rati fy the pact This will greatly in crease the pressure on the French, who, after all, conceived the European army idea in the first place. By this time it will also be clear to the French that the only alternative to a Euro pean army is a German national army. Thus the French will ratify the pact in the end. This reasoning is obviously based on a whole series of hope ful assumptions coming true. As cf today, moreover, the votes to rectify the pact simply do not exist in the French parliament, Outside a small circle of Ameri can officials, therefore, it is al most universally believed here that the European army project is as dead as mutton. Yet, strangely, American of ficials in Europe have actually been forbidden to think serious ly about alternatives, on the odd theory that to do so will en courage the French to believe that the United States has tacitly abandoned the whole idea. Yet it is perfectly obvious that the American policy -makers cannot indefinitely keep their heads un comfortably in the sand. 4 SIDE from abandoning the '"'whole ide.i of defending West ern Europe, the only alternative is, of course, limited rearmament of Germany under NATO. The European army project was originally conceived by toe Df Roland Cm Stewart A boa French as a device to prevent exactly this. Yet is a noticeable fact here that many French po litical leaders are becoming half reconciled' to the idea of inde pendent German rearmament. When this reporter proposed this alternative to a number of French officials, they did not, as expected, take off like angry partridges- Instead, without ex ception they replied guardedly that a rearmed Germany in NATO might be better in the end. What has happened is that, as the years have passed, the notion of a limited rearmament of West ern Germany has seemed less terrible, while the notion of a France-German marriage involv ing a heavy sacrifice of French sovereignty has seemed more so. Yet the fact remains that, even less than in the case of the Euro pean army the votes simply do not exist in the French parlia ment for the admission of a re armed Germany into NATO. Both in a legal and a practical sense, the French have a veto power on German rearmament in any form. Everyone, Including the French, agrees that there can be no real defense of Western Eu rope without a German military contribution. The looming danger is thus that French will exercise their veto power to prevent any serious defense at all of Western Europe including France. If they do so, it is not hard to imagine the reaction in the United States. TTOE neo-isolotionists will have a field day, and the supporters of the notion of a "peripheral defense" will win at least a tacit victory. While French and Ameri can politicians scream politically profitable long distance impre cations at each other, the whole NATO concept wiU be weU on its way down the drain. "I find myself," Premier Joseph Laniel remarks to vis tors, "on the edge of a knife." Not only Mr. Laniel, but the whole Western Alliance, is in the same precarious position (Copyright, 1953, , New York Herald Tribune, lac.) Multnomah Democrats Elect New Chairman Portland U.R) A Portland public relations man long active in the Democratic party was elected last night to succeed Bill Way as chairman of the Mult nomah County Democratic Cen tral committee. The new chairman, Ken Rinke, was elected by a vote of 76 to 24. His only opponent was James Came. Way resigned saying the re sponsibilities of his Job left him too little time to handle party affairs. Mrs. Edith Green, former candidate for secretary of state, nominated Rinke. ' Dead Una (or Sunday Classified is at noon Saturdays. Do Your Canning in Comfort With a KEROSENE STOVE No Excess Htat 3 Burners CYi0 and Oven S 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. Prefers Bottled Fluorine Water To the Editor Your editorial, to me, missed the whole point of the fluoridation controversy. Putting fluorine In drinking water is proposed , in order to reduce or prevent tooth decay in children. The, real issues In volved are two: (1) Does fluori dating the public water supply tepresent the best, most economi cal way to get ine oeneius w the children? (2) Is the fluoride compound to be added safe and harmless to everyone who drinks it? Now for No. 1. Tests show that of the water used in any city, less than 1 percent is used for drinking. The rest goes for wash ing, scrubbing, sprinkling lawns and gardens, hosing streets and countless other uses. Let's put that into figures, as an example. Milwaukee, Wis. pays out an nually $78,000 for the fluoride compound to put into its drink ing water. This does not take into consideration original cost of equipment and installation. Of this amount, $780 worth of fluoridated water is. drunk; the rest, or $77,220 goes down the sewer for other purposes It is admitted that fluoridated water benefits only children under 8 years of age. Let us then say that of the $780 worth of fluoridated water consumed, less than half of that gets to the children who need it and who alone benefit from fluoridation. That means another $400 or more goes down the sewer along with the $77,220. A net return of about $300 for an investment of $78,000 yearly can hardly be called the best and most eco nomical way to achieve the bene fits of fluoridation. A cheaper, less wasteful way, and one that gets the fluoridated water or beverage into the chil dren who alone benefit from it, is evident In fact, several ways. (1) Fluoridate distilled water and sell it over the counter as plain distilled water is sold. Let local, health officers supervise this, 'and plainly label the con tents. Or fluoridate beverages, plainly label them, and put them on the market. Soda pop, colas, all kinds of drinks can be so treated, under supervision. (2) Fluoridate milk and label it; children drink as much if not more milk than water. This milk could be distributed in grammar schools, freely if need be- (3) Place smaU fluoridating units in grammar school to treat the water intake where children are who alone benefit from such water. These three ways, it seems to me. are more in harmony with our American tradition, which gives each citizen some choice in the matter of whether he shall drink medicated water or not E. Danrich, 911 Queen Avenue, Medford. Why Not Support the U.N.? To the Editor: It seems to me that if the United Nations is to be effective it must be a United Nations, not a United S Nations or a United 10 Nations. If it is to be a tribunal for maintaining peace and we prohibit entrance to the country with whom we wish peace then we had better pack up, go home and save the money to fight the wars that will probably result. Acceptance of Red China into the U. N. does not mean that we approve of Communism. We have admitted other Communist countries. But it will surely prove that we are willing to dp anything that may bring a peace. To do other than this is to rec ognize the purpose of the United Nations and to refuse to use its advantages. We made concessions in Korea. Our top military commanders have publicly stated that we could have driven the commun ists from Korea. We preferred to negotiate. We spent billions of dollars and thousands of lives. We Aid not know if months Of peace talks would bring an ar mistice but tney ma. we ao not know if the admission of Red 101 South Riverside China into the United Nations will bring peace but it might If there is the slightest chance that out of this final concession we can have peace then what we shall have lost seems small in comparison with what may be gained for the entire world. Should the United Nations fail thiskime it will probably be the end of all plans for unified ac tion. . Ilene Hull, P. O. Box 411 Medford. Opposed to Cloud Seeding To the Editor As a subscriber to your paper I would like a few words relative to cloud seeding. The state has a law now that le galizes such activities. This past summer so far we have seen cloud seeding go on with an in creased temoo. Now we hear something that verifies what hun dreds of us have contended right along. Tuesday's Tribune stated, "Small, inactive warm cumulus clouds may often be partially or completely dissipated by seeding them from above with certain materials, rain always follows. This is the general type of work done here by the fliers." Now the questions. Where is the rain that "always follows"? Also we've been told that this work was to knock out hail only and now it comes out in black and white that dissipat ing clouds is the type of work that has been done here. In other words our potential moisture laden summer clouds are actual ly robbed and fleezed out before they form. The weather bureau tells us that we still have the same aver age summer rain as previous to cloud seeding. In the 17 years of my residence in the valley I've seen time and again when a storm would hit us up at Ashland or other areas and hardly a drop would fall at the weather bureau-headquarters. Now every little storm that forms is almost completely knocked out. When a big one comes in with plenty of hail it can't be stopped any way as was proven last summer on August 10. A pear grower near Central Point told me last summer that he sold out his dry land place near Talent because "cloud seed ing" dried him out He was against seeding then but now that he had pears he told me that he was for it "Sure they knock the rain too," he told me. Instead of principle controlling the fruit When calves are 3 days old ,B1T at LM'J . place an tne miiic tney normally get, with Purina Nursing Chow. Start self-feeding Calf Start ena. At the and of the month your calves will be eating Startena readily and no longer need Nursing Chow. This lets you sell milk usually worth about twice as much as the Purina Chows that replaced it. In addition, antibiotics in Nursing Chow help keep down nutritional scours. Look at these Purina Farm figures en 4-mo. heifer weights. U.S. Average 1 0 Morrison Est. Holsteln Guernsey 250 177 Why not let us show you plan for big calves. Get full Monarch Seed and Feed Co. TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 10th and S. Fir St. 6th and Harriett Sts. PLENTY OF ROOM TO PARK Stale Air Board Criticizes CAA for 'False Economy' Salem (U.R) The Oregon State Board of Aeronautics criti cized the Civil Aeronautics Ad ministration yesterday for what one member termed "false econ omy" moves in closing Oregon activities. Dr. W. M Peare, a board mem ber from La Grande, said at the ' regular weekly meeting of the board that Oregon has "borne the brunt of false economy moves by the CAA." Refers To Closures He referred to closure of the airport traffic control tower at Salem and the planned closure October 31 of the communica tions station at La Grande. This was done in the guise of econ omy," Dr. Peare said, "but the fact is that the personnel and safety sections of the CAA budget were cut less than one per cent" He said congressional commit- teemen had directed that the re duction be made in the higher echelons, not in the field. The Board called for a "thorough investigation" of the CAA by proper authorities of Congress and by aviation offi cials "to the end of maintaining all safety measures and services and extending same." Gov. Patterson Tours Willamette Basin Cottage Grove (U.PJ Gover nor Paul Patterson and a party of seven were to arrive here to- day as part of a two-day tour of the Willamette basin projects. Scheduled to tour with Patter son were Carvel Linden, presi dent of the Portland Chamber of Commerce; CoL E. C Itschner, divisional engineer, and CoL T. H. Lipscomb, district engineer, both of the Corps of Engineers; Ronald E. Jones, H. E. Maxey, Wade Newbegin and Ivan Oakes, all of the Willamette Basin Com mission. Main purpose of the tour is to acquaint the governor with the various projects of the Willam ette Basin Commission. Beaverhead national forest in Montana contains about two mil lion acres- growers, it is nothing more than the almighty dollar. Henry Johnson Jr., 2400 Hiway 66, Ashland, Ore. A New Purina Calf Plan DIG eUVBS COS? re - Lpli yr. Average Raised at Purina Farm Purina Farm on Nursing Chow 310 225 320 251 the new Purina money-saving details at our store. MOLMJXf0T" PURI9SA j&Z CALF 0Zr ISTUtTEMA CI
