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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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