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rotm MroronD (Oregon) MedfordIWbibuhi Ttwjrbody In Southern Orefoa RMdi The Mail Tribune" Published Dalljr Except Saturday lu uF.nrnnn PRINTING CO. T-a North Fir St. Phone 3-0141 . HJtHB GREY Advertlains Manascr X C. FERGUSON, Managing Kdlur HARRY CH1PMAN. Telegraph EVUtoI OUVK STARCHES Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday. Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation tigt An Independent Newspaper Entered aa aecond claia matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March S. 18OT . ' ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily and Sunday: One year 113.00 uauy ana oununy 01 muuw Dally and Sundae Three mm 30 Dally and Sunday One month 1.29 Sunday Only One year SAO By Carrier In Advance Bedford. Ainiana, Ltnutii rum., mbo ru . Jacksonville, Gold Hill. Pnoenls. Shady Cove, Rogue BMver, Talent and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday One year SIS.00 . Dally and Sunday One month 1.23 Carrier and Dealers So per copy Official Paper of the City ol Medfore' Official Paper er jaeasoa cooniy United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Or ClKUULATlUn Advertising Representative: UKST.Hni.l.fnAV COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit, San Francisco, Los Angeles Beattle, Portland. St Louis. Atlanta Vancouver B C. NATIONAL E0IT ITOIIAL NEWSPAPIt UllUHIM 'AIIOCIATIOM Flight of Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and (CO years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct, 27, 1944 (It was Friday) . Joanna Wyatt, 807 Pennsyl vania ave., named Miss Jackson County; to represent area in Miss Oregon contest. , . ' From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: No gaso line will be permitted to take voters to the polls on election 'day, the OPA rules. This may nip a number of plans to get there by way of a fishing hole or golf links. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 27, 1934 (It was Saturday) Leo Ghelardl runs 101 yards for touchdown as Medford High football team defeats Klamath Falls, 20 to 0, before some 3,000 tans at Van Scoyce field here. Fred W. Sheffel, Medford city superintendent, named to committee for investigation of distribution of gasoline tax re ceipts appointed by League of Oregon Cities. i - , 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 27, 1924 (It was Monday) . Coolidge Dawes caravan, backing election of Calvin Cool idge as president, scheduled to stop in Medford - during trans continental trip. " : C. M. Parker captures potato thief at point of shotgun at his ranch on Pacific highway north of Medford. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 27, 1914 . at was Tuesday) "Splendid musical program" and introduction of Col. R. C. Washburn of Table Rock to pre cede address of R. A. Booth, Re publican candidate for United States senator, at Medford Nata- torium building. From the Local and Personal column: The S. P. has been pes tered the last month by, wander ers stealing rides and robbing box cars. The northbound Shasta was forced to stop twice this morning to dislodge citizens wno were stealing riaes. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 oi ihe 7t) Cepr. 1114. Editorial Research Report 1. The percentage of families with the cars is highest in New England, the South, the Middle West or the West? 2. Most comic books publish ers have or haven't agreed on a "czar to police their outputs. 3. The U.S. has or hasn't stak ed out claims to lands in the An tarctic Circle? , 4. The Elsie Dlnsmore books were written by Harriet B. Stowe, Mrs. Godey, Lydia Pink ham, Martha F. Finley, or one of the Bronte sisters? 3. A man named Einaudl is president of Egypt, France, Ire land, Italy or Pakistan? 0. Have more Mercuries, Olds mobiles, Plymouths or Pontiacs been made so far in 10S4? 7. On or about Nov. 1 all U.S. troops are due to be out of Aus tria, Berlin, England, Japan, Korea, Trieste ' or West Ger many? The answarsi 1 In the West. 2. Most have. 3. Hasn't. 4. Br Mar tha F. Finley, 9. Of Italy. 9. Mora Oldsmobilei. 7. Trieste. Deed ' line Sunday ciansined hi at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other daya 530 previous day. I 3u mail tribune A ir Pollution . ir pollution moke, is man made and can be is great public outcry at very little is actually done isn't more protest as the average person's intake of air is, pound for pound, ten times that of water and we go to great lengths to guard against pollution of the latter necessity. IN THE sprawling Los where smog has become an increasing problem, housewives and business and industrial places fire up their backyard incinerators each morning .to dis pose of accumulated debris. Unquestionably these small fires are not the principal cause of such dense palls of smoke as have enveloped the region the past several weeks. When it is considered, however, that there are 37 cities and towns in the area with hun dreds of thousands of incinerators it would seem logical to ban the backyard toward smoke elimination. to outlaw the incinerators irom members or the Los A citizens anti-smog Los Angeles county grand to the public, declared that many people feel there has been a breakdown in the enforcement of existing anti-smog laws and that public officials charged with the duty of enforcing the smog laws have been guilty of dereliction of duty. . "THERE ARE sections of Oregon which must know how the Los Angelenos feel. This state passed a state-wide air pollution control law in 1951, the work to be carried on by the air pollution authority under the State Board of Health. According to the board's September bulletin, the air pollution authority has re ceived around 300 separate complaints from 79 dif ferent-areas. Field investigations have been made in 43 of these areas. The bulletin cites corrective action in four or five cities and goes on to state that air pollution authority has encouraged the assumption of local control measures by city governments and industry com mittees.- ; THE AUTHORTY will have to dig into the pollution has so far if real and general relief is to be had. In this small valley the dustrial smoke to Medford as Kogue Kiver. The city, itself, has no control over the area outside its boundaries and unless the air pol lution authority acts, Medford will continue to be bathed in a continual cloud health, impairing , property . values and aggravating to housewives and storekeepers because , of the grime deposited on everything. E.C.F. More and More Leaving Farms The question propounded in the old song, "How're you going to keep 'em down on the farm?" has yet to be answered and more and more farm people are migrating to the cities. The movement, accelerated since the early forties by war and by the great in crease in non-agricultural employment opportunities, has brought the farm population down to a new low. CIGURES compiled jointly Census and the Department of Agriculture put the number of persons on farms at 21.9 million in April this year. This was equal to l3y2 per cent of the coun try's entire population, the lowest proportion on record. . In 1950, the number was over Z5,uuu,uuo and the proportion .to the total population was 16.6 per cent. Just before Pearl Har bor, in 1941, the farm population was 30,000,000 and represented 22.7 per cent of the entire U.S. popula tion. Back in 1910, the first year for which figures are available, the farm population exceeded 32,000,- uuu ana represented more than a third of the country's total population. TTHE FIGURES show that over the last four and one half decades the number of persons living on farms has declined by nearly a third and the ratio to the total U.S. population almost twice as much. There are now more th&n six persons in the nonagricultural population for every one living on a farm as compar ed with a two to one ratio in 1910. Despite the drop in the number of farmers, however, agricultural pro duction set new records over the last decade, thanks to mechanization and better farming techniques. The figures show a substantial decline in agricui tural employment in recent years and a higher pro portion of those living on farms earning their liveli hood in nonagricultural industries as off-the-farm job opportunities have increased. Of the farm working population in April this year, only 5.000.000 were em ployed in agriculture as compared with 6.6 million so employed in iy&u. e e e VlHILE,THE decline in T ing on farms between 1950 and 1954 has been heavy in all age levels the young people have been leading the parade to the cities. There were 1.1 million fewer children and teen agers on farms in April this year than in the 1950 month, but their 1954 proportion of the total farm population was higher than in 1950. Similarly, the proportion of those between 45 and 64, and the 65 and over group also moved up. On the other hand, the number of those between 20 and 44 dropped by 1.4 million in the four year period,' and their pro portion of the total farm population went down from 30 per cent to 28 per cent. E.C.F. Wednesday, October 27, 1954 smog and industrial fumes eliminated, but while there times against the nuisance to stop it. Its strange there ' - .: Angeles area, for instance, fires as at least one step But no, a move last week brought a howl of protest Angeles city council. committee petitioning the jury to hold hearings, open prevailing wind carries in from plants as far north of smoke, detrimental to by the U.S. Bureau of the of persons living on. farms ' e e the number of persons liv- COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the nam and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the usa of a pen name or Initial for publication Is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to adit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. not exceed 400 words. He's for Democratic Ticket .. . To the Editor: You have no doubt heard among the solid Republicans the occasional re mark "I would gladly vote for a Democrat if they ever nomi nated one of real merit. It has never been clear if this was a snide remark or a really sincere statement If the latter is the case NOW Is the time to prove it. This election year no one can really denv that the Democratic candidates are of unusually high caliber. Richard Neuberger for Senator is already taking his place among great liberals. -His record at -the Oregon legislature has shown him to be steadfastly for fair play and possessing a keen consideration for the un derprivileged and the needs of the masses of working peorjle. Joseph K. Carson for governor is a fine choice. Carson, old-timer in Portland, is ex-Mayor of that city. Successful lawyer, Carson is a self-made man up from the ranks. He became' a U. S. Marl time Commissioner and achieved national prominence. Joe Car son has had many successful years of administrative work of a very high quality. There is no blemish on his record. . Charles O. Porteri candidate for Congressman, has so many commendable attributes" it is herd to know which to mention. He is a member of the American Bar association, member of board of directors Eugene Cham ber of Commerce and a member of a list of fine organizations as long as your arm. This man is also an Oregonian and a vet eran. These men are right for Ore gon because they are right with the Issues. Oregon needs electric power badly. We need low cost electric power to attract more industry. The employment in the lumber industry is year by year falling off. Something; must take its place. It must be new indus try. -Yet each year we Oregonians watch California and Washing ton fall heir to the juicy plums of industry. The reason? Forty years of political monopoly with over seventy-five years without a Democratic legislature. The rea soh'for this? Money. The Repub lican party will spend over 200 million dollars by November 2 in Oregon, This figure makes the Democratic budget look tat-, tered. , . There are . more Democrats registered in this county than Republicans. Many of them cross ed party lines last election. On the . merits of the candidates, Republicans should cross party lines in droves. Pat Redmond, Rt. 1, Box 393, Medford, Ore. Cordon Support Inconsistent To the Editor: In the October 24th issue of the Mail Tribune a letter was printed in this col umn which was authored by former State.Senator Ben Day to advocate the reelection of Senator Guy Cordon to the United States Senate. I would like to point out some of the inconsistencies advanced by Mr. Day. ' He praised the record of Cor don by , giving him complete credit for the appropriation of monies for the construction of our Northwest dams and power lines. In the latter part of the letter he condemned Richard Neuberger for being the advo cate of numerous spending meas ures. Mr. Day also gave Cordon credit for appropriating the money for the "Talent project." The actual truth is that as yet the Talent project is not an accomplished fact for the money has not been appropriated. He further stated that Senator Cordon prefers' private enter prise and initiative as against governmental undertaking and control, Mr. Day made this state ment in the second paragraph after the one in which he had so generously given Cordon credit for being the prime mover in the fight to obtain the money that Insured the building of our great dams and power lines. Are not many of them, such as Bon neville and Grand Coulee, under Government control? The statements made by Mr. Day are inconsistent, but the letter as a whole is very con sistent with the program that Is being followed by Cordon's sup porters in their attempt to send Guy Cordon back to the senate. It is to be hoped that the people of this state will be aware of the fallacy of such a program when they go to the polls on November 2nd. - Alvln D. York P. O. Box 189 Medford, Oregon ' ! W .assssa, qr CP0imUZB mm i Choota from' the Largest Selection In Townf Swem s Lattrrs submitted for publication must Reply "To Mr. Penman . To the Editor: It was most in teresting' reading Kenneth G. Denman's article on the dog measure that is to be voted on at the coming election. - He said "this measure was placed on the ballot on the peti tion of only 29 Medford voters. Why is he complaining? The law only requires 20 signatures. If he doesn't like the law, he being an attorney should make an effort to have it changed. For Mr. Denman's Informa tion, prior to the time this peti tion was presented to the county clerk to have the measure placed on the ballot a number of peti tions were circulated and pre sented to the city council bearing 300 signatures of Medford voters. -Nine out of every ten ap proached with these petitions signed them with "various com ments.-. Some said yes we wiu sign the petition, though we have a dog of our own yet we value the good will of our neighbors but we realize we cannot retain that good will by continually al lowing our dog to be a nuisance to them." Others said "yes we will gladly sign the petition for we have little innocent children two and three years old yet we cannot let them play even in our own yard because of the un sanitary condition left by the dogs prowling on it during the night." - Others said "yes we will sign the petition for we feel that the dogs have their place and that is in their owner's yard and un der his care." We are still living under a de mocracy yet some may feel as one of our ex-state representa tives expressed himself not too long ago that the average person doesn't have the inteUigence to vote properly. The average per son may not be too intelligent in some people's opinion yet they have made - this the greatest country in all the world. At the polls Is where the aver age person can express his-likes and dislikes. The plan of true democracy demands that the ma jority should rule. - Frank Howell, : 203 Laurel St., Medford, Ore. Condemns G.O.P. Propaganda ' To the Editor: Probably you have -already encountered the two propaganda sheets sent out by the Jackson County Republi can Clubs. If not, I feel they are propaganda you should be famil iar with. My first reaction was a dis trict feeling of nausea at the recollection of the number of years I've been a registered Re publican. I've always known politics could be a dirty business but the depths to which this cam paign of villification against Neuberger has descended indi cates a degree ' of panic that would be amusing, if it were not so disgusting. Of course from a G.O.P. view point, it was an irony of fate that they should have chosen to call attention to Neuberger's sponsorship of this logging safe ty measure the day following that ghastly , accident at cascade Gorge where a load of logs was dumped squarely on the occu pants of a passing car. "Certainly this piece of cam paign propaganda is going to help get lots of votes for Neu berger (including my own!) for If there is a man left in Oregon whose sense of values remains sufficiently unimpaired so that he is able to recognize that the life and wellbeing of all his con stituents is of infinitely greater value to the state and the nation than the millions of dollars the lumber industry represents, he is -the one who should go to Washington to represent us and I for one am happy for an op portunity to help send him tnere. Mrs. Grace N. Pearson Rt. 2 Box 50, Jacksonville MT Policy Is Upheld Tn 4h TTHItnr- Tt Vine been a privilege and a pleasure to read the Mail Tribune and the debate it has been carrying on concern ing present-day issues. Your contention that Cordon and Ellsworth, in view of their public records, are not support ing President Eisenhower, that they are not backing the policy of conservation which was start ed by President Teddy Roosevelt and that they are actually op posed to the power policy of President Franklin Roosevelt, which has been so helpful to the people of Oregon; has been vionrnne. without vituDeratlon. forceful and honest without un fair criticism of the motives or honesty of Senator Cordon or Rep. Ellsworth, Leonard and Winifred Carpenter, P. O. Box 3S46, Carmel, Calif.. Open Wed. Nite Til 9 p.m. CARDS Book & Gift Shop 217 I. Mala Medford 3 Correspondents See Democratic Election Washington (US) Thirty- nine out of 50 Washington, cor respondents queried In a pre election poll have predicted That the Democrats will win control of Congress next Tuesday. AU but three think the Dem ocrats will win a majority in the House. All but 11 beUeve the Democrats will win control of the Senate also. ' The poU, conducted by News week magazine, showed the av erage of the 50 guesses was a net Democratic gain of 25, seats in the House. For the Senate, the forecasts averaged out to a net Democratic gain of three scats. - An NBC pre-election survey released tonight also predicted a Democratic victory in both houses of Congress. The survey predicted that the Democrats will win the Senate by eight seats and the House by 20 to 30. "E.C.F." Editorial Upheld To the Editor: In regard to H. D.'s communication regarding the farmer versus the hunter, we wish to say that his letter Is very typical of the class of hunter who is causing farmers to close their places to all hunters. We realize that it is a free meal they are mostly Interested in, and they don't care how or where they get It. It may consist of anything from a few chickens or turkeys to a fat calf, If they think they can get away with it. This letter la also typical of the class of hunter who slips into your place without permission in that the writer didn't care to sign his name. We feel that the land owner is entitled to select his guests as much as any other person, and 'there are hunters who realize they are a farmer's guest and act accordingly while hunting on his property. We, like most farmers, have friends in town to whom we are glad to afford a litUe hunting, but there are so many who seem to feel the same as H. D. that they will mooch right in on an other hunting party. We are hav ing to be more strict each year. We have also been quite leni ent' with trespassers, but, for fear we might miss H. D we are lowering the boom on all tres passers from here on. In closing, we wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Ferguson for his timely and fair editorial regarding hunting and also to say that we consider it regret table that we still have people with such attitudes as H. D. ex presses attitudes that contrib ute to such tragedies as the kill ing of the twelve year old boy and the slaying of the pet doe in the Meadows district . . We feel sure that the people who lose the most from such ex pressions are the decent hunters whom one can have on his place without having to aooloalze to his neighbors for their miscon duct. John L. Nealon, Rt. 2, Box 279, Central Point, Oregon. (Editor's Note: The name of the writer H. D., is on file.) Gtf Rid of Cordon To the Editor: There have been full page ads. and exDen- slve billboards lauding Guy Cor- aon s abilities as a congressman. Each year the reporters who cover the congressional meeting are asked to rate the congress man on several points which In cludes value. " Guy Cordon has consistently been rated In the bottom 1571 They ask us to vote for a rec ord such as this. The Republican machine must think we are com pletely unable to think. The expensive, f uU page, news paper ads would tend to make one believe Cordon was the only Senafor in Congress. Well, he lsn t, put ne s tne only one Oregon should get rid of. Lyle Carlton Rt. 2 Box 468 Medford, Oregon Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday ; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other daya 5:30 previous day. telephone Los Angeles for only other rates from Medford Cleveland . $1.90 Denver. ......... 1.35 Seattle .......... .85 ' San Francisco .75 Station to station rales, no! including tat, for 1 minutM after S p.m. weekday and all day Sunday Saw littf Am Pacific Telephone works to make i In Th6 Day's By FRANK JENKINS Secretary UuUes returns to Washington from the grave and critical series of - meetings in Paris where a new Western Eu rope alliance In which West Ger many will be a uU partner was hammered out on the anvil of fate. . President Elsenhower calls the Paris agreements a great deal more than a mere diplomatic vic tory. He terms the action taken in Paris " historic step toward the unity so necessary for the maintenance of the freedom of Western Europe." He emphasizes . his statement by going to the Washington air port to welcome Dulles home. When the President of the United States goes to the airport, or to the railroad station, or to the dock, to welcome somebody, it is a very special honor. His welcome is Intended to say to the world at large that Presi dent Eisenhower feels that what was accomplished at Paris was very, very significant Indeed. WE MUST, of course, keep this fact in mind: The agreements at Paris that created a new western alliance in which West Germany will be a full partner, . contributing eventually an army of half a million men, to the defense of Western Europe against Com munism, were signed only by the representatives of the gov ernments involved. They will not become complete and binding until they are ratified by the parliaments of those countries t and the French parliament, which holds the key to success or failure of the new alliance, has been an unpredictable body. Nor Is it Impossible that the West German parliament might refuse ratification of ,the agree ments that have been signed by West Germany's Chancellor Ade nauer. But at least we can hope. Only by uniting for their common de fense can the nations of West ern Europe hope to defend them selves against the menace of Rus sian Communism. .President Eisenhower's distinguished wel come to Secretary Dulles is prob ably Intended to impress these parliaments with the importance attached by the United States to the new alliance. ARE THE Paris agreements as important to our side as they have been made to sound? We have some interesting re verse "english" on that point. They are bitterely criticised by the official Russian newspapers that serve as the mouthpiece for the Kremlin. - That leads us to believe that the Paris agreements are really pretty good. ,s. . j , ,'. OREGON'S crackpot Senator Morse criticises in Washing ton the federal-local partnership proposal for the construction of Cougar dam on the McKenzie river east of Eugene. He says power costs In the city of Eu gene will be - increased by LOCAL construction of the dam. QUITE A different opinion IS expressed by a seven-man committee representing the Eu gene Water and Electric Board, (which operates Eugene's highly successful public power utlity) the Central Lincoln County pub lic utility district, The Northern Wasco PUD, the McMinnville water and light utility, Jhe Clat skanie PUD, the Oregon Associa tion of REA Co-ops and the Northwest Public Power As sociation. r A statement just' issued by representatives of these local public power utilities and sign ed by Earl McNuttr-of the Eu gene Water and Electric Board says: "From his public statements, it is apparent that Richard Neu berger has no conception of the problems which face the state of Oregon, and, further, he has no understanding of the many sided question ol power develop ment with its allied problems of economy and Industrial expan sion of the state. He has also been-guilty of serious errors of m call by number your telephone a bluer value every da; News fact In his discussions of power development." rpHE STATEMENT adds:' 'Senator Cordon has shown IV. nnor. that hi lin - stands the problem! facing our state, ana is aomg sometning about those' problems. Senator " rnrrlnn la THE BEST FRTEVrt " OREGON PUBLIC POWER EVER xiAJLi. , . ,.v ; McNutt added: "The issue is not between nuhl ' 11c power and private power. The issue is Autyufiiis power versus INADEQUATE power. - rThn Ahfllea is. heturann f LOCAL power, public and pri-'" vate, or complete federal domina tion and monopoly over a power rlevelonment which can not heln but be inadequate." L HHAT IS to say: ','' These local Oregon public power organizations want power for Oregon's development, no matter where it comes from. , Senator Morse (who is cam paigning for Neuberger) wants a BIG FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POWER MONOPOLY. - : i Cordon Will Enter Deposition at Baker : Portland (U.R) Robert F. M- guire, attorney for Sen. Guy Cordon, said yesterday that his client would not have to 'testify at the hearing in Baker late to day Into the real estate prac tices of Al Ullman, Democratic nominee for congress. Cordon, who along with Gov. Paul Patterson and Rep. Sam Coon, was subpoened to testify at the hearing, will instead en ter a deposition. Magulre said he conferred here with Ullman's attorney, Howard Dent Jr., to decide Cordon's role. - Cordon had said that the date of the hearing would conflict with.' speaking commitments made in his campaign for re election. . '.- Psychiatric Tests Given To Police Applicants - ' Chicago (U.R) Psychiatric examinations are being given to police applicants in several cit ies, according to the Civil Ser vice assembly. The tests are designed to weed out those who are emotionally unsuited for police work. Philadelphia tried the plan for the first time last summer and found it an aid in avoiding ap pointment for men who are psy chologically unfit, the assembly said. Of 560 candidates examined, 25 were referred forv a second examination and about 12 final ly were rejected on psychologi cal grounds. ' T 4 OUT OP 5 at OREGON FINANCE When a loan is the right an swer, we make It in your best. In terests. Phope first for 1 -visit loan, write, or come In. Employed men or women married or sin gle welcome. Loans $50 to $500 ' or More Moathly CASH YOU GET L" ,15Mos. 24Mo. $8.86 $'05.77 "$150.00 $17.71 21 1.42 300.00 Above payments cover every thing! Loans of other amounts or for other periods in propor tion. 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