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V COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the nam and address of the writer, although under certain circumstance! the us of a pen name or Initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves .the rioht to edit all letter with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. ,,-...,, . T ., Ai to Farmer vs. Hunter - To the Editor: Every year (bout thii time the war between the hunter and the farmer begins and lasts until- the end of the pheasant season. It seems to me what worries a lot of farmers Is that they are afraid someone may get a free meal from them in the way of a rooster pheasant; It is quite all .right for the city dude to buy the farmer's produce 36S days out of - the year but if he asks to hunt on his property he is usually re fused. They claim as an excuse that- the hunter leaves ,' gates open, knocks down fences and makes a genuine pest of him self in general, Well any of us know a lot of that is true but how much is true is I think an other matter. We all have to put up with things other people do that irk us but too many, I'm . afraid, want everything their own way, they will not make any sacrifice In order to please others. Some farmers ,are very gen erous toward hunters, others just can't have them around because of . stock, but most of them just don't want to be bothered. You are welcome on their place with your pocket book, but please leave your shotgun at home. H. D. i Medford, Ore. (Name on file) , Dick House Wants Cordon To the Editor: There are many good reasons why Oregon-, ians should reelect Guy Gordon. Senator Cordon occupies a pow erful position in the Senate, from which to work for Oregon's interests. His past record shows he uses that position effectively. Among other things, he has helped to secure authorization of the Talent Irrigation project, a $6V4 million dollar supple mental appropriation for forest roads and trails, and large in creases in appropriations for river and harbor improvements, including multiple purpose dams. Farming, lumbering and Industry have all from his efforts. - Dick House, . 218 West Main, Medford, Ore. benefited Who .Calls Deer Hunting Sport? To the -Editor: : Thank- good ness the slaughter of the inno cents is over for another year. I know I shouldn't be writing a thing like this and. how" very unpopular it is . to express opin ions like this, but you can keep your feelings in check for just so long. ; I sometimes' wonder whoever originated the idea that deer hunting is. sport. Why not be honest about it and call it by its right name, slaughter. It is about as-sporting as it would be for my 11-year-old boy to face Rocky Marciano in the ring. For grown people armed with deadly rifles and other weap ons' to go . around killing an animal as tame and .unresisting as a deer is about as far from sport as you can get. It is rath er a pitiful sight, in my opinion, to see these big, brave men run ning around deluding themselves into thinking they are being big, bold hunters. How weak-mind ed can you get? , As for the interesting theory that you are saving money by killing your own food, did you ever try and balance up the cost of the meat (much of which' is tough and unedible) against the cost of hunting? And if there is still any balance i,t could be much more than made up for by the fact that if a person spent that much time improving his place and using his time to good advantage in really profitable ways, he would be far ahead, much farther ahead than he is by endangering his life,, and the lives of others shooting wildly around In the woods. Anyway, how much money is worth the life of one twelve-year-old boy such as was shot by one. of these deer hunters right in our own valley? ' (Name on File) Vet Ttf Sara Our Timber ' To the Editor: America')! stat ural resources should have, and very soon must have serious con sideration by every thoughtful citizen, else our children and each succeeding generation must trudge an increasingly rougher road to survival. . Four months after Hitler's world-conquering, or world de stroyer hordes crashed into Po land, the Sec-Manager of the West Coast Lumber Assn. was asked by a congressional inquiry committee why such waste and destruction of the forests. He re plied: "Because the owners of that timber have no faith that it will.be worth anything 20 years from now. And being business men they feel no other course but to cut it and get it off their hands before it deteriorates any more." i So, only . the choicest of the best was saved. We all know how prices have soared, and the then scorned species are brought from most inaccessible places, and never-bef ore heard-of -prices paid by log-hungry millmen. !. There's 5 years yet to go of that "businessman's" prophecy. Was he a bad prophet or a bad "businessman"; or both? Forest products not of immediate big profit dollar value, quantities of yew wood, etc., are now being destroyed. The Ellsworth Forest-Land Ex change bill would have turned over to those "businessmen" mil lions of acres of our National Forests. Were Eastern Congress men old enough to remember, or had they informed themselves, on what had been done in the Great Lake states and in the West, .by those "businessmen?" Anyhow, the East saved the West by their votes, in the peo ple's interest. Oregon's Congress men would turn over to just such "businessmen" all of the West's natural resources. Our former Chief . Forester, Lyle Watts, is chairman of a Neuberger for U. S. Senator com mittee. Mr, Watts has always championed the people's rights to their heritage. He has confi dence in Richard Neuberger's conservation of America's natur al resources policies. All of us who know Lyle Watts have full faith in his natural resources pol icies. 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Gribble; 1 '" 139 Kenwood, " "' Medford, Ore. ; ' ' On Hunters To the Editor: Your editorial for October 20, "A Farmer's Hints to Hunters," is timely and refreshing. Although it is a very mild hint about a problem which has long been acute, you will no doubt hear from the hunting fraternity with' their usual bro mides, cliches and criticism. No one appreciates more than I the problem of the editor in dealing with the , problem of the hunter. Hunting is big busi ness. It is backed not only by important commercial interests which profit from all manner of sales of clothing and equip ment, it is sponsored and nour ished by wellnigh all outlets of expression and opinion. It is' only the rare editor who has the courage to state the truth about hunters, or to risk popu larity and circulation by calling attention to their disregard of primary decency in the pursuit of their urge to go out and kill something. You and I' know that of all socalled privileged categories of our society, hunters have be come the most privileged, until they believe themselves immune to any restraint. And I do not mean a minority of them but a very large majority who ap parently assume that a license to hunt is also a license to. tres pass. A license to ignore all rules of courtesy and fair play. A license to mix hunting with alcohol even as deadly as the mixture of alcohol and driving a car. A license to destroy any thing which moves whether or not protected by law. And a li cense even to commit mayhem or manslaughter, or whatever degree of murder we may choose to term these "accidents" by which hunters wound or kill each other. I hope the day will come when public opinion will compel the prosecution of all perpetrators of these "accidents" for manslaugh ter. As well as prosecution for minor laws of trespass, destruc tion of livestock and damage to property, . Jim Fuller, '' " P. O., Box 533, Ashland, Ore, Ben Say for Cordon To the Editor: Senator Guy Cordon is unusual among polK icians. He is an office holder who avoids- rather than seeks peruonal publicity! Many Oregon ians have questioned Cordon about the wisdom of this policy. His answer, has always been that he can work more effectively for Oregon and for- the coun try if- he is not a "headline Senator." ' ' ; Now Senator Cordon is being opposed by one of the best pub licity getters this state has known; a man whose business is entertaining the public through his writings.' The voter has the task, if he is going to vote his own wishes, of penetrating the natural re serve of Senator Cordon to find out all of what Cordon has done for the Pacific Northwest and to understand his real ability. . On the other hand, the voter i-iust dig behind the flood of publicity and flamboyant state ments of the opponent and look at his real record in order to make a comparison between the two candidates. On the basis of their comparative ability and their political beliefs, here is that record: . The real test of ability is to get 46 of the Senators to vote with you in order that measures of importance to your constitu ents will pass! Senator Cordon has been outstandingly success ful in getting support among his colleagues to pass measures of importance to Oregon. It was his work in the Appropriations Committee and in the Senate which has time after time pro vided the money for construc tion of our Northwest dams and power lines. including, ' of course, the "Talent project." In comparison, Neuberger's record in the Oregon Legislature shows that he has introduced more bills than almost any other senator, and has been able, to pass very, very, few of them. Senator Cordon's record shows him to be a conservative, right wing Senator. He prefers private enterprise and initiative as against governmental .under taking and control. , Neuberger's record shows him Bundey. October 24, 1934 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE to be a liberal left winger. He advocated a Columbia Basin au thority which would have elim inated private power and re stricted our area's growth and development , to the willingness of Congress to apropriate money for it. He now advocates a pub lic dole with his food stamp plan. , ' ' '- . Senator Cordon has , always been conservative and , frugal with the taxpayer's money. Neuberger . is .the author and advocate of numerous spending measure. . . i , It. is my personal belief that we in Oregon will be much the better served if we return cap able Senator Cordon back to his job in the Senate. - " Ben. Day; -' : 396 Superior St., . Salem, Ore. Applegates Grateful - their ' wonderful help and en press our deep appreciation to all those who were so wonder ful in helping us through the harrowing eighteen months of Dick's imprisonment, and to the fine reception given him on his return. We would also like to thank Senator Guy . Cordon, Congressman . Harris Ellsworth and Governor Patterson for all their wonderful keep and en couragement. We did not have to ask for their aid, it was given fully and their personal letters made life a little easier, Mr. and Mrs. V . Frank L. Applegate,' . , 615 Oakdale Avenue, Medford, Ore.. . Johnson, Raybum, Map Program for Congress Aubuquerque, N.M. - (U.R) Sen, Lyndon B. Johnson, Demo cratic Senate minority leader, said he and House Minority Leader Sam Raybum had al ready worked out a proposed program' should Democrats win control of Congress in the No vember election. ' Michigan' has ' eight, Inland lakes that cover areas of be tween 10,000 and 20,000 acres. FAINT HEART , ' Waterbury, Conn. (U.R ' Thieves tried to break into a safe at the, Blakeslee Co.,' and failing to crack it, left this note on the door: "We give up." Washington, Ccnn. . (U FO George' Quist," who is usually; very punctual, was 15 minutes late for a Lions Club meeting "My house was struck by light ning," said Quist. . "Carinon Sta rbright? f7 i C.k..t ni ra O Blankets Size 60-76 in., in while and yellow-green-rose-plaid. Washable soft napped cotton.: $1.29 Value ' p Special -a ; I VJ,y5LA .i . . lit Sixth and Central . Medford't Bargain Corner Favors Cordon and Ellsworth . To the Editor: - For a good many years a group here in Southern Oregon has been work ing toward a solution of the problem caused by the valley's critical irrigation water ihort- aee.'.:.' For four years it was a sickly baby.' Repeated interviews .and conferences with Oscar Chap man, Secretary of the Interior, and with various officials of the Bureau of Reclamation, partic ularly Mike ' Strauss, commis sioner, were held the net re sult being hearty handshakes, backslapping and , volumes of doubletalk. Then the administration changed. During 1953 the pro ject report, so many, years in the making, was finished and submitted to Washington, where it was promptly approved by Secretary of Interior McKay, and bills for authorization of the project were prepared for presentation to Congress, Then began the delicate and difficult process of getting the bills passed by a Congress, the great 'majority of whose mem bers are from i the Eastern states, where "irrigation" means sprinkling a lawn. Senators and Congressmen front these states are in a great part either indif ferent or actively hostile to Western reclamation, and it was only through the most stren uous efforts by Senator Cordon and Representative Ellsworth that passage was secured in the House, particularly, by only 17 votes. The Talent Project, which will contribute enormously to the prosperity of this section is, thanks to these men, now auth orized. However, it still is nec essary to go to the next Congress for the necessary funds before construction can be started. We who have been privileged to see Cordon and Ellsworth in action in Washington feel con fident that through their lead ership the necessary appropri ation will be made, even in the face of the opposition which is certain to be encountered. I cannot believe that the peo ple, of Southern Oregon will vote to trade the prestige, ex perience and committee senior ity of Guy Cordon and Harris Ellsworth, for freshman legisla tors who would arrive in Wash ington Inexperienced and, re gardless of their presumably good intentions, relatively help less to gain Congressional appro val of this vital appropriation. It boils down to this: Do we want a $22,000,000 project to start here next year, or are we willing to risk an Indefinite postponement of this project? . , R. M. 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