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Time Medford and Jack County History from thai tiles of The Mail Triton 10, 20, Sthand 40 year- ago. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 6. 1943 (It was Monday) William McAllister, Medford, speaker of House of Representa . tives, to be acting governor for snort time. F rom Arthur Perry's Ve Smudge Pot column: The Joe Fliegel boy is still working In the orchards snd picking more pears than he eats. SO TEARS AGO Sept. 8, 1933 (It was Wednesday) Medford plea for RFC funds for sewage disposal plant re turned for changes. . Klamath county ducks die of mystery disease. SO YEARS AGO Sept. 6. 1923 (It was Thursday) Road to top of Roxy Ann urged by Chamber of Commerce. School directors abandon plan to refinish Jackson school as jun ior high school. 4 40 YEARS AGO Sept. C, 1913 (It was Saturday) . Ad Wolgast. ex-lightweight champion, in Medford with view to buying ranch in valley. Funeral services for Mayor W. W. Eifert largest in city's his tory. . Pot luck ly M-T Staff sad Caattitatara IN ENGLAND THEY ARE lamenting the passing of the boutonniere. For years, in that country as in this, a little flower in the lapel betokened a gentle man, one with appreciation for beauty and the sartorial niceties as exemplified by Prince Albert Gus Newbury, Medford law yer who arrived in these parts by stage long before the rail road came, has been the chief if not the only consistent local ex ponent of the boutonniere. A tiny rosebud or other small blossom from his garden has been as much a part of Gus as his brief case, for as far back as most of us can remember. But Gus has been seriously ill now for some time and his cherry presence, his stories of early Jackson county days and his jaunty boutonniere are missing from the Medford scene. a a Herbert Thompson, Portland, here to help out at the U.S. Geo logical Survey office during the illness of Charles Young, is still recovering from the reception he got on his arrival. Thompson walked into the Medford YMCA, ready to take a shower and then start enjoying a couple of free days. He had hard ly set foot in the Boor when his plans exploded. . He was "kidnaped," "Shang haied" into a truck and carted off to Diamond lake, where he spent his two "free" days work ing on the YMCA camp. Even the hoi weather in the east is being used for exploita tion by one opportunist, of all people a minister. A Jersey City, NJ., Methodist minister, the Rev. Paul. L. Jewett took ad vantage of record heat to put up a sign asking, "Now that you know how hot hell is, what are you going to do about it?" itoal uxaAtajxxx Edi!ori:l Corrcjp::.f:r.cc New York, N. Y Sept 3 Yssri ago w drove the "good eld ship Sedan" Into New York City directly behind hay-wagon. No one would believe it but that was the truth and we had witness Cousin Clara of Utica. N. our supercargo and beloved kin. That hay-wagon was good luck for It cleared a way through the massive traffic. The moment It left us, we had bad hick drove the wrong way on a one-way street and was hauled to the curb by a red-faced Irish cop. He was the old fashioned type however with a brogue as thick aa a peatbog and a twinkling eye. One glance at our Oregon license plate and he forgot all about the traffle laws: "So yourrrrre frum the west eountree eh? where the deter an the atelooop play Ok, but don't do It agin OREGON this Is a won-way, toroh'fare f er you." This time we were greeted by something even more surpris ing and inappropriate a forest-fire! It was boiling hot consid ering the humidity "boiling" is the proper term so the last thing lnhe world we wanted was more heat But we got it although a few miles away on Bear Mountain near West Point There were five or six distinct smoke clouds and with glasses some of the fire-fighters could be seen. a ' As some readers may recall this record breaking weather business is nothing new. Just a year ago everywhere we went the heat records were broken including Boston. This year the record for consecutive heat and for September have both been knocked into the well-known cocked hat nothing approaching it has happened before in the 100 years the weather-records have been kept or at least preserved. We can give some of the baseball fans an Idea of how hot it really is when we admit it's too hot to see the Giants play the Cincinnati "Reds" at may not be as hot as that when Brooklyn plays Milwaukee tomorrow!) e a e e e However, it might be worse. In fact had we NOT spent four hours in Chicago, it would have been worse. But after Chicago nothing could be. We were born near Chicago and spent close to 30 years there so we know from experience the Mid West has the worst climate year 'round this side of Hades. In fact, coming in New York from conventional theological routine and after a session In Hell enter ing purgatory instead of the other way around. So we are not complaining as violently as tne Chicago could. It seems entirely IMpossible were so wet and cold (in Klamath coat and ordered a hot toddy! No one is in town of course Yorkers in fact take their vacations in late August and don't return until AFTER Labor Day. son Avenue do the same. This We note by the "Times," claims the Red menace is worse today than it was during the Tru man administration. We had to read that three timet before we could credit our eyes, and still can't make sense out of it There must be a catch in it SOMEwhere. But he Is not the only member of the Eisenhower administra tion to repudiate their campaign claims of only a year ago. Vice President Nixon tells his Legion buddies in St. Louis, that Presi dent Truman was entirely right in sending "American boys to fight and die in far-off Korea," and it is time the Legion admit it What NEXT? Quite properly the Times commends the Vice-President for this facing of the facts of life, and his indirect boost for a genuine bi-partisan foreign policy. We take pleasure in seconding the mo tion: Here is what the Times says, quote: WELL SAID. MR. NIXON Vice President Nixon went far beyond the grudging words of the Republican platform of last year when he spoke of Korea in his address at the American Legion Convention in St Louis on Monday. "Let's recognise right now." he said. ' "that the decision to go info Korea was right It was right because the Communists had to be stopped. And let me say that in the past I have had occasion to disagree with the former President of the United States. Mr. Truman, on seme issues, but on this issue President 'Truman was right and he de serves credit for making that decision." In this passage the Vice-President did much to convince the world that in our essential foreign policy we are united. We think he deserves credit for his sportsmanship and candor on this occasion, particularly in the presenee of an audience which often seems to take a dim view of international co operation. He also took occasion, while defending the work of Congressional investigating committees, to suggest that "it is only when these investigations are conducted fairly and objectively that they are the most effective." Senator Mc Carthy and a few other wild men mar not like such senti ments, but they will be correspondingly approved by the more liberal elements of the Republican party. R.W.R. Do Yoitr Share As regularly as a double or triple holiday comes along the death toll of the nation shoots skyward. This year the figure for Labor deaths. ANY DAY or weekend is UJi a3 1 i bAUlO TV UCli Ul If CIO Jlk J itjt AAA 11 TV CtJ 0 seem to go berserk and fail to use good judgment Every driver appears so bent on making speed toward an enjoyable or different holiday he or she fails to use caution and look out for the If every driver would tion to every other driver there would be a lot more fewer deaths by accidents. JJIGH-POWERED modern cars require the driver 1 to be thinking and alert at all times. Drink, weari ness, sleepiness, visiting with others in the car can all lead to an accident. Many drivers know thev will be safe and careful, but they tion the other driver may be bo many times it is someone who is in a carefullv- driven auto who is in a crash, injured or killed rather than the thoughtless or incapacitated driver of the other car. IT IS to be wondered what will be done in the future to cut down the ever-mounting list of dead and in jured, meanwhile every driver should do everything possible to make the present safer. J L. B. J. Cox Assigned Billie J. Cox, Soil Conserva tion service technician, has been assigned to work with the Sams Valley-Beagle Soil Conservation district, according to an an nouncement by Lester V. Daven port ox Grants Pass, area conser vationist COX has been transf erravl from the Grants Pass office, and Clem T. Ault, technician, who has been With the SV-Reae-le district for the last two yean. Chicago was like reversing me local genu?.- wv v that only about 100 hours ago we Falls) that we put on an over r 1 who can get out Most New Many stores especially on Madi was smart timing this year. Attorney General Brownell now Day has been set at 440 bad. enough, but the holi- other driver. give as careful considera as he expects for himself, courtesy of the road and cannpt know what condi in. To Soil District has been assigned to the recent ly formed Rogue Soil Conserva tion district Mr. and Mrs. Cox and two children, age 7 and 4, have mov ed from Grants Pass and are now living at 620 Benson st. - Cox is an agricultural gradu ate of the University of Missouri and is a former Vocational agri culture Instructor. He is a Ma rine veteran of World War H. He instructed veteran agricul-1 ture students for four years. Crc3to7n "Yes. sir! That strawberry Jam here and I'm a pretty Matter of Fact " " ON THE PRESIDENT'S DESK Washington when he returns to Washington from his vacation, President Eisenhower will find on his desk an official report proposing that the nation, spend between f 8 and 97 billion for air defense alone each year until I960. President Eisenhower has had a number of similar reports on his desk before this. .The differ ence this time is that this report was written by the President's own men. The President s old friend and wartime G-3, Maj. Gen. Harold Bull, headed the committee which wrote the re port. The other officials ' were tor the most part Eisenhower- appointed officials in the gov ernment Indeed, as previously reported In this space, when the National Security- Council ap pointed the committee, the stated purpose was to "get a report from our own people." ' The Bull committee report has already been vetted from a sci entific point of view -by still another committee, headed by Dr. Lee Dubridge, the Presi dent's scientific adviser, and in cluding such distinguished sci entists as Charles Lauritsen, of the California Institute of Tech nology. The scientists have fully Indorsed the Bull committee's proposals. So has the Air Force, whose letter of indorsement the President will no doubt also find on his desk. The next step is the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The position of Chief of Staff of the Air Force Nathan Twining is obvious, from the Air Force letter of endorse ment. As tor the other members of the Joint Chiefs, the air de fense effort proposed in the Bull report demands the kind of re shuffling of defense priorities which the services constitution ally tend to resist. a a rET the new chiefs are now engaged, on orders from the President on a complete "new look" at American defense plan ning. If this new look is to mean anything at aU, it must involve just this sort of reshuffling of priorities. Moreover, the - new chiefs now have available a great mass of evidence, in the shape of at least a half dozen reports dealing In one way or another with the air defense problem. From different angles of vision all these reports em body the same basic conclusion that a great air defense effort is urgently, required in the face of the constantly growing Soviet air-atomic capabilities.' The Joint Chiefs, whether they endorse the Bull report in detail, can hardly disregard the air de fense problem, in the face of this evidence. After the Joint Chiefs have taken their position, the final decision will rest of course, twith the National Security Coun cil and the President himself. It is at this highest level that the final issue is most in doubt. The $8 to $7 billion annual investment in air, defense pro posed by the Bull report (very much the same : sums as' were first proposed in the Lincoln project report) does not' repre sent a net increase in spending, since these sums include the cur rently projected allotment for air defense. But the net increase (proposed) is nevertheless on the order of S3 to $4 billion. A powerful faction in the Ad ministration, represented on the National Security Council by Budget Bureau Director Joseph Dodge, is trying to persuade the President to reduce the level of the defense budget to well be low $30 billion. Quite apart from the air defense problem, this kind of reduction would mean a sharp reduction in force levels in au the services. Short of com pletely gutting the strategic air force and the other two services, a budget below $30 billion would absolutely rule out an added $3 to $4 billion for air. defense. JUST because this is so, the J economy-at-any-price faction in the Administration has caused to be appointed yet another com mittee to consider the air de fense problem. This committee Cy Jtofcmf Cc of Mrs. Holman's is the best good Judge myself!" is composed of economy-minded industrialists. It is obviously hoped that his packed jury will enter a, minority report on the air aeiense issue, tnus making it possible to shove the whole expensive and unpleasant prob lem under the rug. Yet there are signs that the economy-at-any-price faction will not in the end win the day. Sec retary of Defense Charles Wil son has stubbornly resisted any arbitrary reduction in the de fense budget, at least until the new chiefs have had their new look. Perhaps more significant was a little-noted statement by Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey, the, ablest man in the cabinet, and no friend of loose spending. Hum phrey predicted that the Admin istration win reluctantly ask for new taxes, if it decides that the Soviet hydrogen bomb demands an increased defense effort. AS for the President he Is genuinely concerned by the bur den which defense spending places on the national economy. He does not seem likely-to pre tend that the Soviet hydrogen bomb does not exist as President Truman at first did in the case ofthe Soviet atomic bomb. This seems especially unlikely, now the President has a report from his "own people" on the desper ate need to build our air de fenses. . (Convrloht. 1IS3. New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) In the Day's liens Rv FRANK JENKINS You may or may not have read of the binge thrown the otner rtav in Biarritz (the snectacular French summer resort on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast of France) by the Marquis de Cuevas Mar-K.EE de K.WAX- vas, in case you're interested in pronunciation of these foreign names. It was a laUaoaloozer. There were some 2,000 guests, and the cost was in the neighborhood of $100,000 or about $50 per guest. Pretty ritzy, n'est ce pas? ASA PART of the floor show, XI. which was the niece de re sistance of the affair, the mar quis had planned to bring in a camel as an assistant to a f amous dancer who was to appear. The camel BALKED at getting into the truck that was to take it to the party. So did a donkey that was also to be an actor in the show. I respect the acute perceptions and the fine sense of fitness of these animals. They realized that such displays are out of tune with Europe's present financial condition as do American tax payers who are supporting most of Europe. FL THERE were more camels and donkeys in Europe and fewer people of the sort who throw fabulous parties at a time when Europe professes to be fac ing bankruptcy, mere wouia oe more' satisfaction in America with our foreign aid program. ANOTHER intriguing item in the news of the day is the case of the Russian ambassador to Iran, who is reported to be VERY ill in Tehran. The Rus sians say it's heart trouble caused by Iran's high altitude. F"S PROBABLY heart trouble, aU right But it Is much more likely to have been caused by his Impending recall to Moscow after a bad slip of the foot they're pretty sure to have heart trouble caused by the heart ceas ing to beat ' . It s a well established tact that the human heart usually ceases to beat when pierced by bullets from the rifles of a firing squad. AN THE home front, the news v that the military housing units are .not to be torn down but are to be retained and kept available for those who need them is good news. In the transition years that have followed the war, these units have been extremely use- Liquor by G!3ss Slated for Sfifdy ' At Central Point t Central Point The liquor by the glass question will be re considered . by Central Point's city council at its regular meet. ing Tuesday, according to Mayor Don Burelson. Ed Colpitts. owner of the Pioneer elub; re-submitted a pe tition for a "Class "A" dispen ser's license at the August meet- king of the group,-which includ ed the signatures of S3 city busi nessmen, and Opposing petitions wun IBs names on went wtu oe formally presented at Tuesday's meeting. Mayor Broke Tie Both petitions had been cir culated shortly after the mayor and council turned down the tav ern's application last April 13, but had never been presented be fore this time. At the same time, the council had turned down an application by . Richard Arndt Corner club owner. Mayor Bur elson broke a J to I tie vote against the applications. The council will also vote again on a beer and wine license application by Paulsen's Thrift market They met last .Tuesday with members of the State Li quor commission on the matter. Commission members suggested they vote again (the council had previously turned down the ap plication) and send their decision into the conimlsslon. Might Override The state men had indicated that the city could only deny the application on the owners character, ' and indicated they would override, any city veto, according to Burelson and City Recorder Xrden Pinkham. The council had turned down the ap plication as a control method against juvenile delinquency and believed that the city's one gro cery store outlet the Economy market was enough and that they were considering rejecting the letter's re-application when it comes up tor renewal. Owners-of the Paulsen mar ket submitted petitions with over 400 names to the state com mission . in favor of the beer package license. After an inves tigation, the commission stated it could see no reason for turn ing down the license, the offic ials said. Letters to the Editor moat baa the name and address of the writer although under certain circum atancea the uae of a pan name or Initial for publication is permis aible. The Hail Tribune reserve the right to edit all letters with an aye to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words. That Unioue Weatharvana . To the Editor: How many have ooservea ine unusual weather vane -atop the Allen Hotel, 104 East Main street? The combina tion represents a miner's nick. Dan and shovel. Presumably sig nificant of some interesting past episode, we would like for some one to unravel the enigma in a true story for The Mail Trib une, remaps someone recalls the strange oii-recora nistory of the uniaue aesien. One source of information has It that a small creek once flowed nearby and was sluiced by early day prospectors for the sold dust H proaucea. . Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman St., : Medford, Ore. ful. I suppose that roughly half me new people wno have come to Klamath Falls in these vents have lived there temporarily wniie xinaing permanent loca tions. They're still useful. unA they are going to be useful for quite some tune to come. The Klamath country's real m-oarth lies ahead of us, and as it ma terializes the need for housing will grow. As Ions as there is an active demand for these , units as tem porary housing while better and more permanent housing is be ing found, we must keep them available for use. It s alwavs a mod irtea in keep the facts straight. The aim Die fact in the embelzlament case against Lamar Townsend WtUCb was dismissed vstr1av is that under Oregon law there' is no such crime as embezzle ment by an executor. ' ' uregon law provides that if the testator (the nerson who makes a will) specifically states in tne document that a bond will hot be required of the executor no bond is necessary. In this particular case, the will contain ed such a statement. Thero la therefore no criminal liability on tne part of the executor .for administrative acts on hi nart that might be deemed unfavor- aoie to tne inneritors . of the estate. It can be said, of course, that Oregon law is faulty and does not nrovide adeauate rmtwtinn for heirs. On the other hand, it can be argued that the property of a testator is HIS. to h Hie. posed of exactly as he chooses. If he chooses to leave his heirs without the protection of a bond, that is his right At anv rate, the fact in this case is that there was no crime under Oregon law, and since there was no crime there can be no legal punishment ft- i 6 CALIFORKIA HIRE WE COKE through the Golden Gate, these cameraman alter ueir processing at Inchon, Korea. Left to right, front: CpL Jack J. Clifford, Santa Monica; Sfc. Richard Perez, San Jose; CpL William C Fleming, San Jose. (Back): Sfc. Leonard Herbert rmmore; MSgt Walter W. Benson, San Francisco; CpL Lionel D. Bundy, BelL and CpL Allen Damron, Tujunga. Jew, Protestant; Unite in Honoring Catholic Chaplain By FRANK JORDAN Inchon, Korea 4U.R) Two re patriated Army doctors, a Protes tant and a Jew, joined Saturday in revering the memory of Roman Catholic chaplain, who gave his life' to aid the sick and wounded in a Communist prison camp, Together they filled in many of the gaps in the story of young, pipe-smoking Father Emil Ka- paun of Wichita, Kan., who served prisoners of all faiths be fore he died almost two and one half years ago. Prays With All Capt. Clarence L. Anderson of Long Beach, and Capt Sidney Esensten of Minneapolis, elabor ated on the story of Father Ka gaun which has been, told before. They told how the 30-year-old priest washed the clothes of the sick, sat up with -them and prayed with them men of all faiths, not just Catholics.. Father Kapaun invented ex cuses to visit men in other com pounds and the hospital of the Communist prisoner camp at fy oktong. He constantly preached the message of hope. Reds Hated Him Anderson and Esensten, both 30, said the Communists hated the little chaplain but stopped short of clapping him in solitary confinement. Risking death Father Kapaun -continued to Liquor by Drink On Army Posts Washington U.R) The Army is Installing a system throughout all Army posts to allow officers and top grade enlisted men to buy liquor by the drink on the posts. The Army traditionally has barred the sale of hard liquor on its property. .Officers were al lowed to keep bottles in their individual . lockers at officers clubs and have 'the bartender pour for them. But the new reg ulations, to be put in effect throughout the Army Dec. 1, will allow over the bar sales and also sales by the bottle on Army posts. The new regulation ap parently standardizes the prac tice and takes from local com manders the responsibility of permitting liquor on the post The Army said the new sys tem will simply parallel a plan already used by the Navy and Marine Corps and soon to be installed by the Air Force. Former Resident. Dies in California Mrs. Rosell R. Watt, 76, a resi dent of the Rogue valley for many years, died Sept 2 in San Diego, Calif., according to word received here.' Mrs. Watt was the wife of the late David M. Watt, mother of Harvey K. Watt San Diego, and Mrs. Wilf ord G. Miksche, Seattle, ash., and grandmother of Sandra A. Miksche, Seattle. Mrs. Watt, born Nov. 1, 18776, at Rock Point, near Gold Hill, was the daughter of George A. and Laura King, pioneer Jack son v county residents, A resi dent of Phoenix for many years, she was active in Neighbors of Woodcraft and other organiza tions. Private funeral services were held -Saturday in San Diego. Final interment will be in Jack sonville cemetery. Dead Una for c""-w ctaaeiilad la at noon, Satardays. -J aa .' 1 0 s - AdvertislM that they'll , California ex-POWs get together for bring the word of God into the miserable life of American pri soners during the bitter winter of 109041. "He's more or less a saint . . . a man can't think about him without a marked feeling of rev erence. He was not only a chap lain but a brave man, a leader. He led strictly by example," An derson said. "From the time he was cap tured until his death, he kept us a close knit unit spiritually . . . he did everything possible to make our life more comfortable." "I can only second everything Capt. Anderson said, Esensten added. "He was a great man, a terrific morale influence." SOC Enrollment Starts Sept. 16; Frosh Days Planned Ashland Enrollment proced ures will get underway at South ern Oregon college in Ashland on Wednesday, Sept. 16, accord ing to Registrar Mabel W. Win ston. Registrations for freshmen students will be taken on Satur day, Sept. 19, and Monday, Sept 21. Frosh Program The fall "Fresh Days" pro gram' will get underway Sept 16, Mrs. Winston said, in pre paration for the fall quarter. All new freshmen students arrive on campus that day and will be housed in the college residence halls. The following day the frosh will turn out for an eight o'clock general assembly in the college auditorium and will later be given the college guidance and counseling tests. Friday, Sept. 18, is to be de voted to meetings between new students and faculty advisers as well as general campus orienta tion. Registration for classes will be held the next morning followed by a picnic and camp fire program in the evening, Mrs. Winston said. Progressive Dinner ' Sunday will be given over to a progressive dinner tor iresn men at faculty homes, leaving the doimitories empty for in coming permanent residents of the halls. The second official registra tion day and the last day to reg ister without penalty, Mrs. Win ston said, will be on Monday, Sept. 21. Classes will begin on Tuesday. Mrs. Winston warned that many room deposits have been received from students expect ing to come to the college who have not filed an application for admission. Transcripts Needed She said the application must be accompanied by transcripts from school oreviously attended as well as the health record card required by state law. A ten dol lar deposit is needed for fresh men men and all women stud ents living in college dormi tories. A fee of $7.75 will be paid by temporary residents. Veterans adviser Harold Cloer advised veteran students to ob tain certificates of eligibility from their Veterans Adminis tration office. Fees for residents of Oregon at the college are $40 per quarter or $60 per quarter for non-residents, t California canneries general ly account for 2,400,000 pounds of the total national supply of 7,000,000 tons of vegetables used in canning. MOB aasi
