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SIX MEDrOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. October 81, 1984 Former Oregonan Editor Dies in North Carolina Portland (U.R) Otho Clarke Leiter, 76, former city editor of the Oregon Journal and the Ore gonian, died at Black Mountain, N. C, Thursday, Portland friends said they have learned Saturday. Leiter was. city editor of the Oregonian from 1904 to 1914, He became city editor of the Journal in 1915. He also pub lished the Eastern Oregon Ob served at La Grande for a time and was managing editor of the old Portland Telegram from 1920. to 1927. . : ' - He became professor of Journ alism at University of Illinois in 1828. He retired in 1947. Oh Mall Tribune Want Adt iTo the Citizens ofMedford . . . - Thfs past month, ! have attempted to express myself to as many people as possible, by letter and speech. I realize that there ,are roary people that ! have been unable to contact, and the pur rctse of this letter is to express to the citizens of Medford my position and qualifications. I should like to state thai I am not sponsored by, or represent, any special group of people. I have not been Influenced by any group to run for this office of Mayor. I am running for this office because I am interested In the future of the City of Medford and ' would like to be a part of it. I am a Public Accountant and businessman, schooled in the business of Public Accounting and Business Management, ,with experience of seventeen years In these fields. I am interested in a Progressive, well managed City Government and I am in a posi tion to offer you my services, being fully aware of the responsibil ities of the off ice of Mayor. I should like to ask that you give my candidacy your earnest consideration. Sincerely . MB " j- ' r Paid Political Adv. Lewli for Mayor Committee I k V y. ,;:::: Clayton W. Lewi Notice to Prospective Irrigators Talent Division, Rogue River Basin Reclamation Project, Oregon Persons having land not presently irrigated from Talent Irrigation District's system, but which can be served by the District from its laterals or extensions of laterals other than the Fredrick and Upper West Laterals, are invited to fill out the following questionnaire and mail to Talent Irrigation District, Talent, Oregon, before November 15, 1954. If more space is required, please use additional sheets. Name in full 1 - -V. Address . Location: Sec Twp. Total acres in farm or tract .... Range How many acres of dry land do you wish to irrigate How many acres having a private water right do you wish to irrigate from proposed Talent Irrigation Dist. system NOTE This Is only for the purpose of securing Information as to the total acreage of new lands which will be served by the new Talent Project, Filling out of this form does not commit the landowner to anything. Actual signing up of new lands to be included will come later. ; Voter Apathy in California Said litical Puzzle San - Francisco (U.R)-Cal-ifornia's turbulent general ejec tion campaign neared an end Saturday with major candidates nd lenders of both parties call. log for a heavy turnout of voter next Tuesday. Despite the appeals, Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan esti mated only 63 to 70 per cent vi the state's . 5,885,237 registered voters would bother to utop by the polling booth. Puszled by Apathy ' Political observers were puz zled by the apparent voter apathy. While they conceded there was no glamorous presi dential race to attract the voters this year, a turnout of better than 70 tier cent was hoDod for off the strength of hot guberna torial and U. S. Senatorial con tests. The ' battle ; for governor matches Goodwin J. (Goodie) Knight, , the Republican in cumbent who took over when Earl Warren went to the Su preme court a year ago, and Richard Perrin Graves, a Demo crat who never before has sought public' office but has been in the "inner circle'' of state gov. ernment and . politics for 20 years. All Races Contended The Senate contest pairs Re publican Thomas H. Kuchel, a Warren appointee in Jan. 1993, and Congressman Samuel W. Yorty of Los Angeles. A chance to choose between nemnprnts and Republicans for every major siaiewiae ouice except tnai oi Attorney General. Edmund G. Brown succeeded in winning a second term as Attorney Gen eral in the June primary. Anti-AmericanFeeling Mounting in Indochina Shady Cove A campaign to render safe "death traps" for childrensuch as abandoned ice boxes, old wells, and so on is being started by the auxiliary to Steelhead post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, it was announced last week. Cooperating In the project are the Shady Cove Lady Lions and the Parent-Teacher associa tions of Shady Cove and Elk Trail. The groups plan a house- to-house canvass In the elfort to eliminate death traps. Children Killed Statistics were quoted by aux iliary members vto show that each year more children are kkllled by thoughtlessly unpro tected hazards. A spokesman said it is difficult for many to realize that a familiar object like an ice box could be such a trap, or that an old well could be forgotten. Old ice boxes arid refrigera tors will be carted away free by the groups. For others, owners are asked to see that the hinges and door catches be removed to prevent playing children from locking themselves in. In cases where they are used for non c61d storage, owners were asked to remove the rubber Insulating gasket around the door, and to drill holes in the cabinet to per mit air to enter. FU1 or Fence Wells As for old wells, it was rec ommended that they be filled in, or, if this is impractical, should be strongly fenced. "Safety for our children by Thanksgiving," is the slogan adopted by the campaign work ers, and the drive will continue during November, Residents in the upper Rogue area are re ported to be taking considerable interest in the project, and hope was expressed that those in oth er parts of the county also join the program. Prizes will be given to the person bringing in evidence that such death traps have been de stroyed or made non-hazardous. Mrs. Dan Krotz, of the VFW auxiliary in Shady Cove, Is chairman and has assigned areas of Shady Cove to each organi zation. Further Information is obtainable by telephoning Mrs. Lelia Birch, Medford 2-8376, Morse Challenges McKay To Seek Job Salem U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, speaking before an aud ience at Willamette University Friday, challenged Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay to run against him in 19S6 and "I'll beat the pants right off him." Oregon's Independent sen ator was speaking in behalf of Richard L. Neuberger, the Democratic candidate for the U. S, Senate post now held by Sen, Guy Cordon,- when he made his challenge to McKay. Vote for PAUL MEYERS TO REPRESENT WARD 4 Merert far Council Cemmlttee, Jim Dunlevy, Chairman. A Nkhol's Worth of . Comment On This and That Br HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Frew future Writer . U "I II II l. Washington;- (U.R) Clarence Check was doing what he has been doing for over half a cen tury shuck ing clams. And then he opened one and .came up on one of the biggest mys teries in clam shucking his tory. "Well," said bid Clarence, "I'll be shuck- Harman Nichol ed for a clam! Man and boy, I never" What the 80-year-old shucker had come upon' in his work at Cy Ellis' restaurant on the wharf here was a clam with a message inside. "Never in my borned days," said the 80-year-old man. He scratched the top of his bald head. Still a Mystery ; ' That was a couple of weeks ago, and the message still is a mystery. . Clarence took his discovery right to his best customer, Alfred E, Roldes, a food broker, a na tive of Paris and a former chef. Roldes blinked. Sure enough, right there on the inside shell was a message scratched in some mysterious fashion, and dated 4-2-43, April 2, 1943. It was signed by a double set of initials. "M. O. T. U. M. I.!' Something like kids used to carve into the trunks of lovely old trees. May be "Mary loves Ulysses." ' . Shuckers all over this area have been puzzling over the dis covery ever since. -Mr. Cheek, by the by, knows his clams, and if he doesn't no body does. v Half Way to Hearen, Even at 80 he still can hull 15 clams a minute when business presses. He figures that in a life time of shucking he has opened at least 20,000,000 clams and stacked end to end or top to top, that would make a long chain, or a pile half way to heaven. . , -, When h was 10 he first ot elam clams, like dam Ji sup. his fingers Into the business of shucking clams and oysters. At 80, he still stands on his feet and works his hands eight hours a day. , But to get back to why the mystery is a mystery. Mr. Cheek the old timer, puts it this way; ' "Ar.ybody knows that if a clam opens its mouth It is sure to pass out of this world. 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