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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 8, 1944
Ot Was Friday)
v Lt. Col.' Robert G. Emmens,
"Medford, named to serve on
Allied Control board for Ro
mania. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The weath
er is such that waterproof roofs
and "powder-dry" shoes have
started to leak.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 8, 1934
at "Was Saturday)
"William A. Corthell, 89, Tal
ent, a veteran of the Civil war
" and a resident of Jackson coun
ty for 45 years, dies while on
visit In Los Angeles.
Chamberlain Carr, Gold Hill,
makes application for water
from left fork of Lyons gulch
f or gold mining operation.
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 8., 1924
at Was Monday)
Laurence J. DeRycke, Med
ford, named to debating at Al
bany college.
Ada Brewster, county demon
stration agent, organizes home
economics club in Wellen dis
trict. 40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 8, 1914
at Was Tuesday) .
Stars of Rose Society vaude
ville show include "Pop" Gates,
Fletcher Fish, Dolph Phipps, Ed
Andrews, Miss Carolyn An
. drews, Sprague Riegel, Mrs. A.
Conro Fiero, and Alfred Carpen
ter. - , "
From the Local and Personal
column: - Five wandering gents
were Quartered in the city iail
Monday night and the total ag
gregate wealth of the outfit was
20 cents. "One of the number a
middle-aged man, was obsessed
with the religious ideas, and kept
repeating over and over the ap
propriate bi of Scripture for
him, reading "The birds of the
air have nests, and the foxes
have holes, but the Son of Man
hath not where to lay His head."
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. !9S4. Editorial Research Report
1. At least one state in the
South has more Negro than
White public school pupils; right
or wrong?
2. A two-thirds vote . in the
Senate is needed to ratify a
peace treaty. It is or isn't need
ed also for a declaration of war?
3. Most poultry and eggs mov
ing to wholesale markets go by
truck or train?
4. Hippocrates and Galen were
notable in ancient Greece in
philosophy, architecture, the
drama, medicine, or astronomy?
5. Does the Constitution, or
an act of Congress, or neither,
prescribe that a Supreme Court
justice be a lawyer?
6. Most states bar drivers lic
enses for epileptics; s right or
wrong? '
7. Daniel Webster -compiled
gg a famous dictionary; right or
wrong?
The answers: 1. Wrong. 2.
Jin't (majority vote needed in
both houses.). 3. Almost all by
truck. 4. Medicine. 5. Neither.
6 Right 7 Wrong (thai was Noah
Webster)
MAIL TRIBUNE
S-D
Jackson county drivers will have to be more care
ful than they were the same day last year if they are
to do their part in the nation-wide campaign to make
December 15, "S-D Day" (Safe-Driving Day), com
pletely free of traffic accidents.
The date has been designated by President Eisen
hower's Action Committee for Traffic Safety for an
all-out effort to dramatize the possibilities in saving
of life and property when proper care and caution are
exercised by motorists and pedestrians.
On December 15 of last year there were six traffic
accidents in Jackson county. Four of them, involving
property damage only, occurred within city limits,
and two accidents, one involving property damage
and the other causing injuries to three persons, oc
curred in rural areas. In Oregon as a whole there were
163 accidents and 28 persons were injured during the
day. In the nation 104 were killed.
CTRICT observance of all written laws governing
traffic, and the unwritten laws of courtesy on the
streets and highways will without doubt cut the traffic
toll for the day. And it is figured that if the toll can
be reduced on one day of the year by strict observance
and enforcement plus courtesy, it can be held to a
minimum on all other days of the year by the same
methods.
-It is high time for something to be done to jolt
Americans out of their seeming acceptance of traffic
accidents as an unavoidable consequence of present
day life. '
'At least a partial result of this defeat attitude last
year, was the killing of 38,300 men, women and chil
dren in traffic accidents. That was more than all the
American servicemen killed or missing in action dur
ing the three years of the Korean war.
NOTHER reason why
dangers of discourteous
fact that the number of fatal mishaps per mile of
travel is increasing rapidly, right along with the in
creasing number of motor vehicles.
- It took this countiy a half century to register the
first millionth traffic death. That was in 1951. But
at the present rate, only half as long will be required
to kill the second million, according to the president's
Action Committee for Traffic safety.
WHILE the traffic fatality toll is bad enough, the
nnwlai f linca fnfiirorl ic arvnallrrtcr Last, vasiiv
1,350,000 persons were disabled to at least some ex
tent.
With about 55,000,000 vehicles rolling along the
nation's roads in 1953 there were nearly 10,000,000
traffic accidents. The government estimates that there
will be around 85,000,000 trucks and cars by 1975,
21 years from now. If traffic smashups and death and
iniury continue to increase as the number of machines
grows, 1975 will resemble
Carry ing Perfection Too Far
., Farmers and those interested in agricultural pro
gress are constantly striving for perfection in their
products more bushels per acre of grain, cattle, with
more and better meat, larger and tastier fruit, bigger
and better vegetables. All of these and many other
fruits of the soil are selected, cultivated, fertilized
and finally harvested with care and devotion.
Our own Prof. F. C. Reimer, for instance has spent
years in research, experimenting with and growing
pears, striving - and with considerable success to
produce, among other things, fruit with Ted-tinged
skinsr an attribute highly desired in order to catch
the consumer's eye.
OUCH efforts, as long as they merely give nature an
assist, are highly commendable for there is ulti
mate' benefit for everyone. But the two Pecatonica,
111., brothers went too far. Jointly named as the na
tion's corn kings at the International Livestock Ex
position in Chicago, it was later discovered that their
10-ear entry, picked as the most nearly perfect of
hundreds of samples, wasn't as perfect as first sup
posed. Some of the kernels had been glued on-the
cob. E.C.F. ,
Winter Vacations
Although the "good old summer time" has always
been thought of as vacation time, more and more Ore
gonians are taking time off in the winter. They don't
all hie themselves to distant warm spots in the south
either; thousands of them are enjoying winter sports
and scenery nearer home.
A large number of Oregon coastal accommoda
tions have special rates during the winter months for
the benefit of those who like to watch winter storms
or take a few days rest during the off-season vaca
tion months. At times there is delightful winter wea
ther along the coast with warm and sunny days," just
right for hiking along the beach, hunting for agates,
driftwood and other things washed in by heavy seas.
ONOW sports, of course, beckon the largest number
of winter vacationers. The United States Forest
service reports that last winter saw a record attend
ance at Oregon winter sports areas with a total of
312,910 people counted. E.C.F.
Lands Claimed Ruined
Chicago (U.R) Ovier-irrisa-
tion has ruined production on
thousands of acres of farmland,
a Department of Agriculture en
gineer said.
William F. Long, a drainage
engineer of the Soil Conserva
tion Service, said large tracts of
fertile soil become water -soaked
Wednesday December 8, 1934
Day
we need to wake up to the
or reckless driving is the
a war year without guns."
By Over-Irrigation
and useless year after year and
can be reclaimed only through
installation of proper drainage
works. .
Long told the. American So
ciety of Agriculture Engineers
meeting yesterday that adequate
drainage systems range in cost
from $15 to $50 an acre.
Is That So?
In Monday's column we dis
cussed animals which hastened
man's development the domes
ticated dog, pig, cattle, reindeer,
sheep, "goat - and cat. Besides
these, today we will discuss
others which helped him along
the way to becoming civilized.
Without having concentrated
food, transportation, and draft
animals to help till the soil, man
could not have lived in compact
communities and he never, could
have attained his present state
of culture.
THE DONKEY: One of the
first creatures, of burden, it was
perhaps first ; domesticated in
Egypt, long before the Egyptians
knew of the horse. The early
1
ass must have been a swift ani
mal in early art it is shown
hitched to a chariot with four
wheels about 3,000 B. C.
The wild ass still living in
northern Africa may well be its
ancestor. From the middle east,
it spread quite rapidly and was
known in England during the
reign of Ethelred.
HORSE: Once hunted, for its
flesh, it may have originated in
Mongolia where it still exists in
a limited area although its for
mer range was extensive. The
wild ass of the Gobi desert has a
horse-like appearance.; The re
lationship between the horse and
the ass, after all, is quite close:
they can interbreed and produce
offspring, the mule.
In America where once a small
pre-historic horse lived, the wild
horse is of course the offspring
of horses brought to Mexico by
the Spaniards in the early 1500s.
CAMEL: The progenitor of the
one-humped camel became ex
tinct as a wild animal so long
ago that its original habitat is a
matter of conjecture but t it is
generally believed to be Arabia.
The two-humped camel, found
in the desert regions of central
Asia, may have originated in
that area.
Elephant Easily Tamed
"ELEPHANT: Largest of all
domesticated animals, curiously,
it is the most easily tamed and
trained.t Practically ,'all captive
elephants are caught . as adult
animals and within a few months
of capture are sufficiently docile
to be worked. Its origin is south
eastern Asia. (The African ele
phant, less subject to domestica
tion, comes from southern Afri
ca.) v' r-"' u
LLAMA: In South America
where the wheel was never in
vented, the llama, a descendent
of the larger and more hand
some guanaco of Ecuador, Peru
and the plains of Patagonia, was
domesticated by. the Peruvians.
Females were usually reserved
for their flesh and milk; males
for burden. .
BIRDS: Numerous domesti
cated birds have . proven : their
value to mankind. Falcons have
been used by man more than
3,000 years to help him capture
prey. In the Orient, "the deep
diving ' cormorant has -been
taught to catch fish. ;
From the wild, duck, or mal
lard, have .'descended; all the
present breeds of the " domesti
cated duck with the T lone ex
ception of the muscqvy duck,
which comes from Mexico and
South America. Geese stem from
the gray lag, widely-, distributed
European species.
The chicken stiU used in some
places for foreseeing and fore
telling, harks back to the wild
red jungle fowl of India and
Burma, being domesticated per-
Mendes Orders Haste
In BigTour Parley
Paris U.R) Premier ; Pierre
Mendes-France gave his ambas
sador to Russia last minute in
structions today to speed up
France's "parallel" efforts to ar
range a new Big Four' confer
ence. '
The foreign ministers of the
United States, France and Brit
ain scheduled a meeting here
next week to work out a com
promise between tte hurry up
efforts of France and the ' go
slow inclinations of Britain and
America.
Mendes - France c a 1 1 e d in
French Ambassador Louis Joxe
for a long talk at the Quai d
Orsay this morning before send
ing him back to Moscow this
afternoon.
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By Eugene Bums
Ranger-Naturalist
haps 3,500 years ago.
The guinea fowl comes from
west Africa and the turkey from
Mexico.
INSECTS: No small role has
been played by insects. The silk
worm, of great antiquity, origi
nated in China where it was
carefully guarded for many cen
turies before it reached Japan
and thence India and the rest of
Europe. - '
Less known, the cochineal, a
little native insect of Mexico,
feeds on cactus and is valuable
for its dying properties. Like the
turkey, it was taken to Europe
by the Spaniards.
But of even older origin, per
haps, is the honey bee which,
supposedly, is of Asiatic origin.
For ages past, it ha been culti
vated extensively for honey. In
many places today it is rented to
pollinate orchards.
(Copyright, 1954,
by Eugene Burns)
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Ho! Hum!
" I'm afraid it's that kind of day
in the news.
For example:
An Oregon man (name omit
ted) has just sent a five dollar
bill to a hotel at Aberdeen,
South Dakota, where he once
worked. In a letter accompany
ing the five-spot, he says: .
v "I needed some money one
time and I didn't ring up a few
dimes on a few occasions. . . I
hope this will be satisfactory to
you ... I wUl now feel that I've
done the right thing." ,
TWO Questions:
Was it his conscience that was
prodding him?
" Or was it a desire for a little
publicity?
I hope it was the former.
Still-
There are so MANY publicity
seekers in this modern world.
We'd be better off, I think, if
there were FEWER of them.
TNfA statement made in New
Orleans Paul Butler, the new
Democratic " national chairman,
questioned President Eisenhow
er's ability to govern or to unite
the American people.
, Today Sen. H. Alexander
Smith Vcalls - Butler's statement
"a reflection on the American
voter's capacity to elect capable
officials."
TF I were you, gentlemen, I'd
A just consider the source and
let it go at that. It's Butler's-bus-mess
to question the ability of
ANYBODY BUT A DEMOCRAT
to govern and unite the Ameri
can people. .
That's politic as; the game is
played ; ;:;
HERE'S an interesting con
trast:
From Washington in the
unitea states of America:
President Eisenhower has
signed an executive order eivino
all federal workers Friday, De
cember 24, as a fuU holiday and
tne aiternoon of Friday, Decem
ber 31, as a half holidav.
From Communist rulers of
Czechoslovakia are , toughening
up men policy because produc
tion Isn't high enough. They de
cree that workers can't have tho
afternoon ) before Christmas off
unless they have fulfilled their
preduction quotas and they add
that New Year's Day is to be
considered a normal WORK
DAY.
TIERE'S what it means:
In free enterprise , America
PRODUCTION is Droceedin n
satisfactorily that an extra day
ana a naif off during the holiday
season can be easUy afforded.
In Communist-ruled ',Czecho
slavakia production is proceed
ing so UNSATISFACTORILY
that everbody has to go on work
ing even on New Year's Day. : -
TTEEP this in mind:
You can't divide what isn't
produced, i v -.. .; ": '
Free Americans are able to
PRODUCE MORE than enslaved
Communists. :
So free Americans can HAVE
MORE than enslaved ' Commun
ists. - . .
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Japan Entering New
Phase in
Post
Political History
By CHARLES M. MC CANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
"Mr. One Man" is out and
Japan is entering A new phase
of its post-war political history.
Prime Min
ister , Shigeru
Yoshida , has
been forced to
resign at a
critical time in
East Asia.
It looks as if
there may be a
period of po
litical instabil
ity in : Japan,
which will end
Charles Mclann only with a
general parliamentary election
if it ends then.
For the United States, the big
question is which way Japan
will head in the next few months
in its foreign relations.
There is every reason to hope
the country will contiue its close
relations with the United States,
and continue to build up its new
army to meet the threat of Com
munist aggression.
But United States-Japanese re
lations are unlikely to be as
close as they were under Yo
shida. May Ask Closer Red Ties
There is likely to be a demand
for greatly increased trade and
improved diplomatic relations
with Communist China and Rus
sia. It was with sorely wounded
pride that Yoshida gave up the
prime ministry. He fought stub
bornly, during a long, political
crisis, to keep his job. In the end,
he was forced out by members of
his own Liberal party.
To make things worse, Japan's
new political strong man is Ich
iro Hatoyama, Yoshida's one
time close friend and present
bitter enemy,
"Mr. One Man," as Yoshida is
called because he likes to run
Crab Fishermen Vote
Acceptance of Offer
Newport, Ore. (U.PJ Most
crab fishermen voted tentative
acceptance, of an offer by two
canneries here in a price dispute
that has kept boats in port for
the past several days. ,
New England' Fish" company
and Harold Penter Fish com
p a n y offered 11-cents-a-pound
for crab, but the Point Adams
company stuck to its 10-cent
offer. . j
Fishermen had refused to
work when prices dropped from
12 to 10 cents a pound.
Another meeting was schedul
ed here today and fishermen
will talk over the 11-cent offer
with other crab men from Depoe
Bay, Reedsport, Coos Bay and
Port Orford. v
GRAHAM TO QUIT
Cleveland, Ohio (U.R)
Otto Graham, the first' player
signed by the Cleveland Browns
and the key performer in the
team's unprecedented string of
eight straight division titles, said
today he definitely wUl be
"through with football" at the
end of the current National
League season. "I've never said
it so definitely before," Graham
said he as prepared to lead the
team - against the Pittsburgh
Steelers Sunday in a game that
could clinch Cleveland's ninth
pennant in . as many tries.
Investment madi
by tht 10th of th
month earn divi
dends
First.
at of the
27
V i ir It k
Wa
things all by himself, had been
premier for six years and seven
weeks longer than, any -previous
premier in Japanese history.
At 76, it might be thought Yo
shida would be ready for a rest.
But he was not what seems to
be his permanent 'retirement
from politics was far from his
mind. " ' -
Political Mess
PoliticaUy, Japan is In some
thing of a mess. Yoshida's Lib
eral party now has 185 seats in
the 467-seat House of Representa
tives, which, runs the country as
the House- of Commons does in
Great Britain. The Socialist par
ty is split. The left wing has 72
seats, the right wing 61. Hato
yama's new Japan ' Democratic
party nas 120 seats. '
The word from Tokyo is that
71-year-old Hatoyama almost
certainly will be selected pre
mier by the House,. with the aid
of the Socialists. Yoshida's own
candidate is Taketora Ogata, No.
2 man under Yoshida in the Lib
eral party. But" many Liberals
really prefer Hatoyama, and he
may become leader of a coalition
of Liberals and his own Demo
crats. ' .
TTatnvamft ramA ni Valn
" KJ Ll y
premier in 1946. But Gen. Doug
las Mae Arthur purged him be
cause of his ultra-nationalist rec
ord. Hatoyama had formed the
liberal tiarty. When he was
purged, he chose Yoshida to re
place him as leader. He was de-
. rv 1 Z 1AE1 TT , ...
fuigcu ixi xaji. xie Drose witn
Yoshida and formed his own
party. -
SANTA STOLEN
Lima, Ohio (U.R) Santa
Claus was reported missing to
day. Joseph Uhl, a florist, told
police that a wooden Santa, six
ieet tail, was stolen from in
front of his greenhouse Tues
day. - .
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Oregon Judge Choice
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' Washington (UP.) . Sen.
Guy Cordon (R-Ore.), said today
he intended to make selection
of a federal district judge for
Portland his first order of bus
iness when he. returned to the
special session of the Senate. ,
No judge has yet been named
to James Alger Fee who was.
elevated to the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals in San Fran
ciscol .
Cordon said he intended to
resume his law practice but had
not decided whether to, maintain
offices in Washington, D.C., in
Oregon, or in both places.
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