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MlttS c3tovn co:um:::cATio:s ide Tbm Mail tT-St Worth Fir S. norxnvo . 94 a m a-Slal W. ITT (ijui, wiipi" "TT" Saofe JACaUOK.J BAKHT aura". wen mi "AJ JT-:-. 25 A- l.wU.JiJ Cntercd a eeeood daae ma ittae at flJESctffflcVH IAJST aurcn a. Daily and SJunday--e VW17 WMWJ " Daily and Sunday Orae 1.50 US IM1 By Carrtar la Mwaw- Shad Core. Rom Hirer. WWi ami m motor imrtaai Dally and Sundayoaa rrv"-f nailv and Sunday One UiMlta U an rah Ail anna Official aar ei the. Cito al NaJJari omrtai raeer w aaw " MXliBER 6 AUDIT BUaJUTT OF CHtCUlATION A .1 t'.minm nmrMntatlT: WMT-HCXXTOAT COMPANY, Djt trott San nanelato, Urn Seattle. Portland. St. Leo. NATIONAL fOITOIIAl NiwsrArit UkLISMIIS JJassociattON Flight 0' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO . Sept. 29, 1943 at Was Wednesday) Clara Mae Bifham fraud champion showman of 4-H fair. From . Arthur Perry's Ye r pn Hiitimn! JackrabbitS were never so plentiful here abouts, mie M nuiwuanu motoring, lew 11 any or ine iw ent generation know what is is to outrun a Ford'on the straight away. 20 TEARS AGO Sept. 29. 1933 (it Was Thursday) Tax on liquor planned to pro vide funds for state relief. Good Government Congress president to go on trial Monday for horsewhipping. SO YEARS AGO Sept. 29. 1923 .. at Was Saturday) Valley Newton apples shipped to England. Pre-dedication rally of Bap tist church to be held Sunday. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 29, 1913 4t Was Monday) Medford initiative freight rate bill declared unconstitutional. Rain ends forest fire season, 275 acres burned over in- Na tional forest lease in recent years. Politick M-T Staff and Ever hurry to catch a train, catch it, then minutes later make a mad dash to eatch.it again, and then have to wait for it? It happened here the other day. A local woman rushed around and, escorted by rela tives, caught the northbound train from Medford. The train had hardly gotten out of the sta tion when the relatives dis covered she had left her topcoat in the family car. Hoping to catch the train at Gold Hill, they headed for High way 99. They roared out of Med ford, through Central Point, over Blackwell hill and across the Rogue river into Gold Hill, where they screeched to a halt at the station. Tnere they waited and waited. Ten minutes later tile train came in and the coat was restored to the traveler. As th deer season nears Jim Murray is reminded of the time be went to the Long Prairie re gion with a bunch of men who agreed to return to the car at a certain time that evening. Re turning, one of the group met Jim near the rendezvous and asked: Are all of the rest of the boys out of the woods yet? Yes. All six of them? . Sure, all six of them. And they're all right Sure, they're all right Good, then I've shot a deer! HAMBURGER 8EMTERCE New Haven, Conn. 0JJ9 Zarl Eastman walked into a res taurant, wolfed down 12 ham burgers, then told the proprietor he was broke. He went to Jail far IS days. The Table Rock Treaty The letter from Mr. Linn W. Nesmith in another column oiv this page, concerns trae of the most im portant and colorful events in the early history of the Rogue) River Valley. Mr. Nesmith's grandfather. James W.NNesmith, was with General Joseph Lane during the parleys with the Rogue River Indians at Table kock, iqq years ago this month. The grandfather's, name appears as a witness on the treaty which was signed on Sep tember 10, 1853 by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs: Samuel H. Colver, Indian agent; As perkehar (Jo); Toquahear (Sam); Anachaharah 1 -w' . ti 1 t ; ri. -i i ...ii -a-ati. liim ) ; juan ana ijuujiy. vsuiero, signing as wivucsocs were General Joseph Lane, Augustus V. Kautz R. B. Metcalf, John E. Ross, interpreter; J. D. Mason and T. T- Tierney. . . . - . . ACCORDING to information furnished by Mrs. Myrtle P. Lee, curator of the Jacksonville Mu seum, the actual signing was done at a spot later called Fort Lane, a mile south of Lower Table Rock, in the present Tolo vicinity. After, the treaty was negotiated, Fort Lane was erected nearby and soldiers, under Captain Smith maintained quarters there f cr some" time. The treaty, according to the research done by Mrs. Lee, required among other things that the gov ernment be given the whole of the Rogue River val ley, 100 square miles on the north side of the river in the vicinity of Table Rock being reserved for the temporary home of the Indians. The price agreed oh was $60,000 with $15,000 being deducted. for, indemnity for losses suffered by the settlers during the preceding hostilities. Of the remaining $45,000, $5,000 was to be expended for agricultural implements and goods chosen by the superintendent, on or before September 1, 1854. The remaining $40,000 was to be paid in sixteen annual installments in Indian goods, blankets, stock and farming implements. Each Indian chief was to have a dwelling house at a cost of not more than $500, to be erected as soon after the ratification of the treaty as practicable. . . -; ' CAD to say the treaty of 1853 did not end hostilities for although the white signers were sincere they failed to give themselves enough time to fulfill all its terms. It took six months for messages to be sent to the "Great White Father" in Washington, D. C, in those days, and this together with six months for the return and time required for Congress to act crised a delay during which the younger tribesmen became impatient Despite the efforts of the older men to control them the hot-heads among the Rogues started the war of 1855-56 which flared for another year be fore lasting peace came to the Rogue Valley E.C.F. What It Costs To Drive It costs considerably more per mile, that is to drive your car 5,000 miles than it does to drive it 10,000 or 20,000 miles per year. In its current issue, The Oregon Motorist, official publication of the Ore son State Motor association, gives some interesting figures in answer to many inquiries from automobile owners as to how-much it costs to drive their cars. QPERATING costs vary, of course, with make and model of car, its age, the owner's individual driv ing practices and geographical locations, the article explains. While certain fixed costs, such as insur ance, license fees Aid depreciation are little affected by the mileage driven, other expenses such as gaso line, oil and tires vary considerably with the number of miles traveled. The Oregon Motorist cites a recent breakdown of car costs, based on a national average, for a car in the $2,000 price class, postwar models, driven up to 18, 000 miles a year, as follows: Variable coait Gasoline and oil . Maintenance Tires Fixed Costs ' Fire and theft insurance Property damage and liability ($13,000 and $30,000) . License fees ' Depreciation - - CINCE the variable costs on the basis of averap-e remembered that as the driving speed increases so does the cost of operation per mile. By allowing a little leeway on the average mileage allowance above of 3.48 cents a mile in bringing it up to 3.5 cents a mile and by rounding out the fixed cost allowance to $1.55 a day the totals read: ; 10,000 miles at 8.8 cents 384 days at $1.95 FHAT the type of roadways traversed lias a very " direct bearing on operation costs is shown in the Motorist's mirvev. Tn aresji wripr there arei teaa than 40 per cent "dustless or better" surfaced roads, or in exceedingly mountainous territory, the outlay runs well above the average. . ; " Another factor with marked influence on driving costs is congested city traffic which requires much use of low gear. At four miles per hour, an engine may deliver only five miles per gallon. Fixed costs such as insurance and depreciation also run higher in localities with traffic tangles and much "stop" and Average Par Mile - 2.23 cents .74 .51 Total 3.48 Annual v$ 18.98 Total for year $938.92 - cited above were computed driving aneed. it shmilH he $350.0C 985.75 $815.7S-or8.18 cents per mile 82.47 16.23 442.84 1 don't mind the hundred and forty-two pounds but I don't Uto a fortune that says I'm genu 90 on a dletr Matter of Fact THE MOUHTAnf LABORS '; Washington In the last few weeks, and especially since the President's return from his va cation, there has been a tre mendous com- ing and going in Washington an under current of ex citement . a sense of being on the eve of great deci sions. Last Thurs day, the Na tional Security council held its most publicized meeting since it was formed. The purpose ox this meeting to consider the Soviet air-atomic threat to this coun try was well reported. Two speeches, the first by the Secre tary of State and the second oy the President, served to mgn hint the importance of the meeting. Secretary Dulles told the United Nations that the means had been discovered to "wipe life off, the surface of this planet." And, he added darkly, "these words can be taken lit erally." President Eisenhower, In his Boston speech, stated mat "the enemies of freedom are eauipoed with the most terrible weapons of destruction." He. told the country that "there is no sacrifice no labor, no tax, no service too hard for us to bear" in order to deal with this threat Meanwhile, plans for "Oper ation Candor" have been under constant review. ; A "White House source" officially con firmed that the . President had decided that it was time for the people to know the truth. This source even volunteered that the public release of the motion pic ture bf the explosion of t Ire world's first hydrogen bomb was toeing considered. The signifi cance of this is suggested by the fact that the mere existence of this terrifying movie, which shows the total disappearance of a large island under the bomb's impact, had previously been the toppest of top secrets. - . . ; i SINCE the final decisions have not been taken it is too early to say what manner of animal aU this laboring of mountains may produce. But it begins to seem that the end result may be a mouse a rather large mouse, but a mouse all the same. Obviously, all the evidence rather clearly suggested that the country was to be asked to em bark on a great national effort to build up the defenses of the continent In fact one. firm de cision appears to have been tak en. An attempt will be made to build an effective .early warn ing system against, airborne at tack. -This system seems likely to be established on the so-called McGill line across northern Canada; with extra protection provided " by . : radar-equipped picket ships on the Pacific and Atlantic flanks. . An early warning system was the first step towards. an effec tive continental defense recom mended by the Project Lincoln group, and all the committees which have followed it Such a system, when complete, will pro vide sufficient warning for our great target cities so that .evacu ation, at least, may be attempt ed. It win also greatly increase the exfectjveness of our totally inadequate existing air defense. It will, moreover, be relatively cheap. At least for the first year, the -cost -of the radar installa tions, alone should be no more than a fraction of a billion dot lars. i . . This will Jbe, in short, a high ly useful first step. But the vital second step an all-out program to provide, the country with the means to respond effectively to the warning now seems unlike ly to. be undertaken. The rea sons against such a program "ad vanced by the' highest Defense department policy-makers may J5 fL be briefly and objectively listed as follows: ' a a a 1. TJAR national mobiliza- tion, little more can be done to beef up our air defenses than is already contemplated. Much of the equipment proposed by the Lincoln Project report and subsequent reports is stiU on the drawing boards or even no more than a gleam in the eyes of the scientists. To go all-out now would mean buying a lot of obsolescent equipment in order to give the country a false sense of security. 2. Manpower, not money, is now the real limiting factor. The Air Force, like the other ser vices, is reaching the bottom of the post-Korea manpower bar rel. It is no use buying a lot of equipment if there are not enough trained men to use it. 3. The proponents of an all out continental defense effort themselves agree that the sys tem they advocate is usale against the ballistic missile. The United States hopes to have long range missile for nuclear deliv ery by 1960. We must , not ex pect that the Soviet will be far behind if behind at all. In deed one study prepared for the Joint Chiefs establishes 1097-98 as the earliest likely date for the first Soviet. ballistic missiles. Therefore it would be unwise to make a great national effort in a continental defense system which will be rendered obsolete soon after it is created. - There is no doubt a certain cogency in all three of these points. Yet they amount to ac cepting a Soviet capability to devastate the United States in the rather near future. The fin al decision rests, of course, with the President As he ponders ail the difficulties technical, fis cal, human, political he might do well to bear in mind the words of an old friend.. "Surviv al," Winston Churchill remark ed during the war, "can be an end in itself' (Copyright, 1959. New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Congressional Quiz QDMtloni aa Answer aa Wkai Goal on at tha Capital raraUaea by ConrrasdaaaJ daartert Maw raataraa. Q Will House seats have to be reapportioned if Hawaii is ad- nutted to the Union? A No. The Hduse-aDDroved statehood measure provides that Hawaii's representation added to the 439 total membership until after the reapportionment due as a result of the 1960 census. House membership has been stabilized at 439 ever since 1910. It was 63 in 1787. By 1900, it had increased to 391. Q I've noticed that Chairman Harold H. Velde, (R-I1L). of the House Un-American Activities Committee, Is a former FBI agent Are there any Other Mem bers who are former agents? A According to the Society of Former Asents of the FBI. there are four others: Reps, Omar Burleson, (D-Tex.), Thomas J. Dodd, (D-Conn.); Ed Edmond son, (D-Okla.), and-Allan Oakley Hunter, (R-CalifJ. No present member of the Senate has had FBI experience, but two gov ernors have. Thev are Govs. Frank Clement, (D-Tenn.), and Edwin Mechem, (R-N.M.). , . Q I've heard a lot above lobbying by organised pressure groups. How can an ordinary cirisen have his views on legis lation considered by Congress? ; A In at least two ways. He can testify, in person, or submit a statement to Congressional committees. Also, a Member of either chamber may file peti tion from an individual askinc that Congress act or refrain from action on legislation. Petitions are referred to the appropriate committee for consideration, and are printed in a special section of the congessional Record. Q Whr la the bulUlno in which rnnfitaai maata DaUad "Capitol" while the District ol of tha wrtatr 'toaall ataaaaa thai aaa at a feudal for Mbtleatlon Is STrta-raS m t fiarlfleatiaa and aaoi Table Rock Anniversary To the Editor' Recently I Bad occasion to walk over to the base of Table Rock. It was a pleasure walk out across the meadow. I had taken a book from the fine Camp White library and carried it with me on this hike. I was alone I wanted it that way just with the book titled "The Empire Builders" by Rob ert Ormond Case, published In 1048. Thl aftwnnnn T roulrt visual ize General Joseph Lane, and my grandfather, James w. Nes mith. naflAvta with tha Rosue Rock. September 10, 1883 Just Rock, September 10, 1833 jus; a few days over 100 years ago. TTnmi this aca.a!nn ther were 700 Indians Rogues, Klamaths, and Shastas on the rock -a stronghold that seemed impreg nable. . The scene was described in Rober Case's book" . . a rocky slope, at the base of the perpen dicular cliffs that comprised the face of the Table Rock. Ail that night the 230 white men could see the Rogue campfires at the base of the cliff, and 700 painted warriors doing their war dance by the leaping flames." The next morning, September 10, 1898, General Lane and my grandfather with nine' others ascended Table rock unarmed to negotiate successfully with 700' armed Indians, while the soldiers only. 230 strong de ployed in . the meadow from where today I am writing. The soldiers would have . been of little assistance to the 11 men up on the rock with 700 Indians, had a riot occurred. Mr. Case further describes the negotiations "The white men scaled the barrier, and the armed Indians closed in about them, forming a compact circle. Two logs were in the center, and the principals sat down cere moniously. Chief Joe and. his right hand men on one side and General Lane and his officers facing them.' ; The parley, which lasted for hours, resulted in the agreement that the Indians retire to the res ervation, and remain peaceable. They were to receive $40,000 in merchandise over a period of years no rifles or ammunition and the Rogues .; ceded: 2500 square miles -of the valley to the whites, forever;; .; - j So I am living at Camp White today within the scope of that 2900 square miles,-and practical ly at the scene of that treaty making, that my grandfather as sisted in securing for posterity. - Linn W. Nesmith, ' Sergeant Company 1, Camp White, Ore. V. M. C For All To the Editor In Sunday's September 29, Medford Mail Tribune there were two: conflict ing statements ; relative to the disbursement of contributions given to the. Medford Crusade Drive. One, by the officials of the U. M. C, was misleading, and I quote "Officials pointed out that donations can go into the general fund or to any one or more specified charities above." The other statement in a Mail Tribune editorial, and - I quote "Gifts may even be des ignated for agencies other than those listed." ' I telephoned Mr. Dellehback, president of the U. M. C, and I learned that the editorial was correct Mr, Dellenback said and I quote "Anyone donating to the Medford Crusade Drive can designate any charity they wish their donation to help. They can give it to the general fund, or any one of the 25 charities they list or any other charity not list ed by the U.M.C. Mrs. Sidney W. Richardson Sec. Humane Society.' Hew Degrees Due At Kansas College Manhattan, Kan. (UJ9 De grees in nuclear and industrial engineering will be granted at Kansas State College beginning with the fall term. President James A. McCain conferred with Atomic Energy Commission representatives con cerning the new curriculum, then submitted it to the Kansas Board of Regents. The regents approved it. The new nuclear engineering curriculum combines fundamen tals pf atomic energy and radio tracer techniques with basic en ginering courses in .mechanics, unit operations, thermo-dynamics and design. " . v - Columbia is called the "Capilair A capital is xrom . uic Latin capitalls, derived front caput, meaning head. From this primary meaning, it came to de note chief, or 1 principal city. "Capitol," although also derived from caput originally meant the temple of Jupiter, on the Mons Capitolinus in Rome, where the Senate met (Copyright 1933, Congressional Quarterly) INE 0UT0FT5N VOKSTlSS? START WITHIN A QUARTER MltE OP A MAIN TRAVfLfD ROAD -CAZiFULTRAVELttfUSf THEiKASHTMf , A LIGHTED CI6ARFT If? y ice a , TlMC BOMB WHEN THROWN INTO iVnsvertAncirMr z&acc m niiTrcrr On The Side (Dtstribatad by Kiag Pi There are clubs for tall people which, in addtion to the social angle; promote the interests of lengthy citizens as to larger ho tel beds, longer sheets, clothes, etc. Why not a society of south paws battling for the benefit of left handed people. It seems, due to the failure to provide for the needs of left handed people, that southpaws suffer much incon venience, campaigns in their in terest could remedy this situa tion. Over Fifty Are you in your early fifties, sir? Do you consider yourself an old fellow? If you were working lor the New York subway sys lam vmi might hesin to feel that for you the old rocking - chair and cane were Just arouna tne corner. New York subway con ductors who are over .50 have tn have a nhvsical examination annually. This is to determine whether they are still in shape to hold out another year. ; -No Treat Evelyn West strip tease dan cer, who averages $2,900 a week for taking off her clothes in a night club act visited a nudist camp in Denver. To be in accord with other persons present, Miss West removed her ajtire and strolled about the camp. She was practically ignored . . . . some men glanced at her-but none gave out with' a "double take." Nudity was no treat to them. The situation alarmed Miss West She thinks if the practice of nudism -becomes general, that strip tease dancers will starve to death. .. ' Please Note The cigaret business is good. The cigar business could be a lot better. I believe many more cigars would be sold if all that stuff the retailers pile on the top of a counter were removed. The cigars should be in a sepa rate case affording clear view of the stock to the purchaser. It might be better to have cigars that are sold from the counter in a smaller box. Say ten in a box. Then more . brands and shapes could be displayed in the case instead of having so many boxes on shelves. Stars -The term "star" is currently. "used rather carelessly in refer ence to film actors and actresses. A real star is one whose name will draw business to the box office and inspire people to at tend a film without asking or caring what the film Is about How many stars of that caliber can ycu name? Incidentally, the greatest, of present day film stars, one who fills all the quali fications aforementioned, refuses to make a picture. I am refer- TIXI...TAn.CJ... Soldier . . . SaflorT What win jour son become? Suoeeai or faijure? Career or job? It's often just a question of education and training. Make sore your boy gets a good start towards aoo cess. Invest in a Sun Life Jura nil Aunuee policy today. SUN UFl ASSU8ANCS COMPANY ef CANADA Chirks E. JONES HON! 2-9771 a .. m -gfl an sr m a y v. Dorng yeUata. lacj ring, of course to Greta Garbo. Silent Piano ' ' Understand a "silent" piano has been invented. By use of headphones, the player can hear the piano. People in the same room or house next door cannot Piano is silenced by being plugged into a phonograph at tachment Seems an instrument like that would be a very much worthwhile possession for a fam ily having a child taking piano lessons. Would also certainly make the neighbors grateful. - Passing By Jeanne Crain, holder of the title of the "Youngest Actress with the Most Children." Jeanne, who is 26, has four youngsters, three boys, one girt Oldest child is six. . . . Jim Cain. Erstwhile New York" newspaperman. Was active in big town Journalism when, most of the . papers had their offices on Park Row. Those were in the days when scribes gathered at Andy Horn's, Lip ton's and Oliver Hitchcock's. As a novelist Jim hit the Jackpot with that hot-cha tale titled "The Postman Always Rings Twice." As a film writer, he was respon sible for the stories of "Mildred Pierce" and "Double Indem nity," two of the most powerful pictures ever produced. Dangerous Situation ' - Noted in the good old classi fied section: "Business -couple with large apartment will share with three girls.'.' Evidently the feminine member of the business couple does not suffer from jealousy or fear of losing her husband. Having three smart looking females around an apart ment is quite a test of character and self-control for a husband. How about it lady? Would you like to live in an apartment with your husband and three beauti ful, unattached females? : For Fans So, you consider yourself a well-informed baseball fan. Then answer the following quick as a quarter of a flash. There are three rule violations in baseball which must be called to the at tion of the umpire by a member of the opposing team before the arbiter declares the man out Batting out of order is one. What are the other two? - I George Baker - Time marches on! Gene Autry of radio, movies and TV and just about anything else you can name noted the irresistible trend of American womanhood toward bi furcated garments ... so he's changed the name of his feminine Singing group. from "The Piano-fores" to "Th B I u e- iearts." Singer Jo Stafford has signed a 4-year television deal with CBS-TV at a reported $1,000,000 for the per iod. This will mark Miss Stafford's entry into television, and she will give up her radio show entirely for video. TV is going to be sing ing soma nice tunes with all these lovely songsmiths joining the fold. Dave Garroway, whose early morning "Today" show still has not made its way out to the West Coast because of the time differ ence, will be seen nationally start ing in October on a new night time format, called simply "The Dave Garroway Show." And his contract with NBC -.TV has been extended to I960. The success of relaxed, casual performers like Garroway and Godfrey is just another sign of the personal quality of video. The TV performer, unlike a movie actor, is playing, directly to you, the TViewer, and his popularity de pends on how well you like him in your living room. Your appre ciation of the stars and the new programs will be increased when yours is a beautiful new ADMIRAL TV set. We have a large stock from which to choose, at YOUNG ER'S APPLIANCE STORE, 31 North Bart left, phone 2-6419. i i 1 I I , J
