FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON)
MedfordCwTrieuki
"Xverybody in Southern Oregon
Read The Mail Tribune"
Published Daily Except Saturday
pt Saturday by
TTNG CO.
MEDFORD P:
rrLLDi XJ
27.29 North Fir St.
Phone 34141
ROBERT W. BUHL. Editor
HERB GREY, Advertising Manager
E. C. FERGUSON, Managing Editor
ERIC ALLEN JR., City Editor
HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editot
RICHARD JEWET1-. Sporta Editor
OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor
JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor
GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr.
An Independent Newspaper
Entered aa second dasa matter at
Mediord. Oregon, under Act of
March 3. 1897
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Br Mall In Advance: Per cony lGe.
Daily and Sunday One year $12.00
Daily and Sunday Six months 650
Daily and Sunday Three mos, 350
Daily and Sunday One montfc 1.23
Sunday Only One year - 350
By Carrier In Advance Mediord.
Aahland. Central Point. Earle Point.
Jacksonville. Gold HUL Phoenix,
Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent
and on motor routes:
Daily and Sunday One year $13.00
Daily and Sunday One month 1.29
Carrier and Dealers 3c per copy
Ail Terms cash in Advance
Official Paper of the City of Medford
Official Paper ot Jacawi county
United Press Full Leased Wire
"MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU"
OF CIRCULATION
Advertising Reoresentativet
WEST-HOLLXDAY COMPAN7. INC
Offices in Mew York. Chicago. De
troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles,
Seattle, Portland. St Louis. Atlanta.
Vancouver B C -
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
Atcn ru-A T lift M
OS l Z7 -s J
NtWSFAPER
k PUBLISHIRS
''ASSOCIATION
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
Jan. 9. 1945
(It was Tuesday)
State Representative O. H.
Bengtson announces plans for
measure to provide two circuit
judges for Jackson-Josephine
county district. , - : 7: - ;
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Silver
ton police are confronted with
the mystery of a bicycle on top
of the high school flag pole. It
is not believed that the rider
carelessly rode up the pole and
then fell off .
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1935 .
(It wa3 Wednesday) .
Vern Brophy elected president
ci Credit Productionassociation
R. A. Skinner named president
of local auto dealer association.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 9, 1925
Jackson county officials seek
ing construction of new bridge
over Kogue river at Gold HUL
Total of 249 births reported in
Jackson county during 1924, ac
cording .to county clerk's office.
5 40 YEARS AGO
.Jan. 9. 1915
, Medford artists Olaff R. Bjer
regaard plans exhibit entitled
"The Advance of Napoleon into
Russia" to be shown at San Fran
cisco exposition.
From the Local and Personal
column: Rex Lampman,: former
ly editor of the Gold Hill News,
now at Portland Oregonian, has
received another portion of fame
one of his poems appearing in
" a recent issue of the New York
Herald. Ten days ago he had a
poem in the New York Sun. His
last effusion was unnamed.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?),
Copr. 1954, Editorial Research Report
1. Most economists predict
that Business in 1955 will be the
best on record, very good but
no record, fairly good, average,
or under-average? -
2. Speaker of the new House
of Representatives is to be Lyn
don Johnson, John McCormack,
Joe Martin, Sam Rayburn or
Alben Barkley? .
3. U.N. Secretary General
Hammarskjold confers with Red
China on releasing U.S. captive
airmen in Moscow, New York,
Saigon, Peiping, Geneva, or New
Delhi? ;
4. The international contests
for the Davis Cup are in men's
golf, women's golf, a. horse race
at the Laurel (Md.) tracks polo
or tennis? ; ; . !
5. The Model A Ford had an
engine of one,, two, four, six. or
eight cylinders? - v 1
6. When- John.Paton Dayies
was recently dismissed by the
State Department, he held a post
in West Germany, Peru, Japan,
o 7. The Pentagon building of
the Defense Department is in the
. . . . . f t Tl . 1 J
or Virginia?
The Answers: 1. Very flood
but no record. 2. Rayburn. 3. In
Peiping. 4. Tennis. 5. Fcur. 6.
Peru. 7. In Virginia, just across
the Potomac from the D.C.
ESCAPEE SURRENDERS
Portland (U.R) William
S. Wells, trusty who escaped
from the state prison Wednesday
by walking away, walked into
the police station here' Friday
afternoon and surrendered.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Fears a White-Black War
As if the world did not have enough trouble, Doro
thy Thompson, one of the Oregonians "infrequent
correspondents," envisions an uprising fcf the colored
races, black and yellow, against the whites.
Tie whites of course would be hopelessly out
numbered. But there could be one major consolation,
the Russians, being white, would join in the fight
against the colored hordes (as they did once upon a
time against Herr Hitler). That would remove the
present reigning "devil" in the Anglo-Saxon cosmos,
to be replaced, we assume,' by some modern Genghis
Khan. .;' - -v'.". . f. -"'
117ELL, mebbe so. ' ;i. ' r
T . But for a number of reasons we are disposed
to doubt it -" !. ..
The chief reason is we don't believe ,there are any
Genghis Kahns actual or potential, about We don't
believe the colored people East or West, or their lead
ers want to conquer ANYONE, much less the world.
What they want is to be left alone to run their own
affairs without dictation from; others, white, yellow
or black. And that process is proceeding with amazing
rapidity in Asia. ,
It may spring up in Africa.
And to date with almost ho bloodshed. As Russia
indicates, why fight when you can get what you want,
without it? ' ;
No. 2: World conquest
as the spear and cross-bow,
nation, or group of nations
it out .
No. 3: The colored peoples do outnumber the
whites, but the next war, if there should be one, would
be won not by numbers, but by industrial production,
inventiveness and prowess.
There will be many busy years ticked off by Old
Father Time, before the colored races will get within
hailing distance of the whites m this direction or have
any illusions about conquering them.
CO WE refuse to worry over this latest fear of our
journalistic CassandraSufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof. And that evil isn't and never has
been a racial one but one of ideology; it isn't between
white and black, red or yellow, but between .those
nations who want to be free and independent and
those who want to conquer the world-and deny such
freedom. .... .v ' ..
The minute, the communists, white, red or yellow,
give up this idea of
- 11 Jl
trauon uiat minute win Dnng;woria-peace-fHoi aias;
not! until then IK.W.R. ;
1
v The President's state
good. It was characteristic of our chief executive who
stresses the need of moderation, the desirability of
taking a turn neither to the
tne middle of the road, ...
The "middle ' road" particularly when the two
major parties are so evenly divided, has its value
politically. But it can be carried too far. And unless
the President during . the
important issues, - takes a
middle of the road but on
"moderation' policy" will
'. :T- j .2 ; j i
wisnes iq avoia, coniusion,
.; , , . .. .
IN OTHER words, if the!
. T. nwAminvM tm
or remain on the side-lines:
the fight, and assume a leadership that is definite and
aggressive. And more important and difficult for :a
middle-of-the-roader, he will have to fight some mem
bers of his own party. U . V ; .
IT IS to be noted in this direction that on the same
day this message was delivered, Senator Bricker
of Ohio, reintroduced his constitutional amendment
to give congress control over the President's treaty
making powers. "
' The "Old Guard" dies but it never surrenders.
There will be opposition also to any extension of
the reciprocal tariff or retention of excise and cor
poration taxes, farm supports, etc. etc.
Unless all signs fail the GOP Old Guard will be
fighting for its political life during the second half
of the present 'administration, and so will the junior
Senator from Wisconsin ' ; .
v No policy of moderation or sweet reasonableness
is likely to beat them. President Eisenhower, with lib
eral assistance will have to do it himself. '
We have a hunch, as well as a hope, that is just
what he intends to do. R.W.R. -
v What is Security?
; "' President Eisenhower pleaded for harmony be
tween the two parties in congress, but failed to plead
for harmony in his own political family.
, For example: .,
Secretary Benson fired Wolf Ladejinsky on secur
ity grounds, but Ladejinsky was rehired almost imme
diately by Foreign Administrator Stassen and entirely
cleared of any suspicion in the security field. ,
It would seem, from the standpoint of national
security and, loyalty, .service in -our foreign affairs
would be even more vital than in agriculture. -
Obviously if Secretary Benson was right, Stassen
must be wrong, and vice versa.
, Secretary Dulles it seems also exonerated Ladejin
sky, but at last report ltf."Berison: was sticking to his
guns. Wouldn't an Eisenhower family conference on
what security is, and isn't, be in order? R.WJI.
'Sunday, January 9, Z955
-
by force is as out-of-date
and any individual, any
trying it would soon find
;:
;
world-conquest by force orinfil-
' ? 1JI " - t 1 t
, ... ; . ; r ..-t : , 5 ; :.h
of the union message was
right or left, but following
next two years, on many
definite stand not in the
the RIGHT side of it, his
bring about just what he
, j .. j i
irustrauon ana stalemate.
. ... . ...
President wishes to carry
1 a sknvt' mIam a1aa4!
he will have to get into
t: ..,::
Matter of Fact
LOTUS LAKE VILLAGE
Nongkhay, Northeast Thailand
This reporter is currently re
covering from giving New
Years eve
party, which
perhaps de
serves record
ing on a high
er level than
the expense
account, if
only because
it was a din
ner dance for
150 people
Joseph AUop '
r . - It was born
of a decision to spend Christ
mas and New Year's day in this
lovely northeastern region ; of
Thailand, which is also the most
exposed, to Communist pressure
and the most penetrated by fifth
columns. When I. got here, my
friend Rod Hemphill, who runs
a local silk factory, said no one
could . understand northeastern
Thailand . without getting .. the
feel of village life.
It was a pity. Rod . added,
there was no village party com
ing up, because going to a vil
lage, party was the best quick
way to see what a Thai village
was really like. And so I asked
whether I might give a New
Year's eve party at the village
of the Lotus Lake, where Rod's
silk factory is situated.
From there, Rod's charming
and intelligent Thai partner,
Kun Nom,' and the extremely
able,, tough village headman,
Som Si quietly took over. There
were a couple of preliminary
crises, about the price of the
cow that was to be .the main
dish, and about the ' difficulty
of obtaining the truly superior
brand of local white mule that
is made across the Mekong
river in Laos. ' "' ': '' '
- But Kun Nom, and Som Si
were as efficient a catering
service as any in Washington.
On the morning of Dec. 31, they
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS ;
I'U start this piece off with
a sentence that has just clicked
off the teletype. It reads:
"The second day of the new
Congress brings President Eis
enhower before a joint session
of the House and the Senate for
fflXDNNPWUIOVEEV on the
state : of the . Union." . . .
T SHOULD explain here that
A the teletype is a temperament-'
al robot It's apt to stutter when
it gets excited, or when some
thing goes wrong with its in
nards, or on days when static
is particularly bad. . -
'"But,-:
I'm not at all sure that its
word HIXDNNPWUIOVEEV
isn't just ' about as good a word
as any to describe what is going
on in Washington today, r
TT doesn't make much sense, to
x be sure. But, after ell,' what
is going on in Washington today
doesn't make much sense.
IJ'OR example:
A Here is a serious, patriotic
man, educated in the military
tradition that one must do AL
WAYS what is necessary for the
nignest welfare of one's coun
try. According to that tradi
tion, one must DIE willingly, if
necessary, to advance ' the wel
fare of one's country. .
This man wasn't at aU eager to
be President. He knew the grave
responsibilities" that rest ' upon
the shoulders of the President of
the United.States. , He was tired.
He had just finished fighting a
long and terrible' war in every
hour of which HEAVY responsi
bility had rested upon his should
ers. ... - , -
Among other responsibilities,
he had carried the heart-break
ing one of sending men to their
death, if need be, to preserve
their country's welfare. J But. he
finally consented to take the job,
if the people wanted him;
F1 turned out that the people
did want him, and I think
everyone will agree that he has
done his best. As these words
are written, he is standing there
in Washington before the sen
ators and the representatives
and the members of the supreme
court and thanks to the miracle
of modern communications BE
FORE ALL THE PEOPLE and
stiU doing his best- . " ,,-
TM quite sure that in hi mind
A there is no thougnt save that
of doing for his country and
our country whatever -is best
for the welfare of our country
in this serious period of our his
tory. """ -. --.j
- But - -.
He can't do it all.
This is a democracy. He isn't
a despot He can't rule by de
cree and by ukase. He must
work with the elected represen
tatives of the people.
AND-' - ;
Down there before him
A very large number of these
elected representatives of the
people are thinking FIRST of
what is GOOD FOR THEM, of
what will be most likely to keep
them in power or get them back
into power.: -
AU this at a time when
EVERYBODY ought to be think
ing, first, last and aU the time
of what is best for- our country.
F'S a strange spectable, isnt
it? . ; - J.-,.
I reckon that. aU in all HDX-
DNNPWUIOVEEV is as good a
9 r
word as any that can be found
to describe it- - .
Br
reported that my $35 ' had pro
vided a cow, half a buffalo, and
several ducks and chickens; plus
about 15 gallons of white mule
for the common people with a
specially invigorating and preci
ous bottle of .white mups mixed
with black monkey's blood for
the ' honored, guests; plus, the
most celebrated player of the
ken, a local instrument halfway
between; bagpipes and' pan
pipes; plus prizes, to . persuade
the young ladies to dance, which
they are 'reluctant to, do without
suitable inducements
BOD 'and his beautiful "wife,
Annong, and I set off for the
fcarty in the late afternoon. The
children of Lotus Lake village
were driving the village buffa
loes home from their , wallow;
the " herons were gloriously
winging their way back to the
heronry by the Lotus Lake, and
the lowering sun was gilding the
rice straw in the fields. But this
perfect atmosphere of pastoral
peace was shattered, when we
reached the ballroom (Rod's silk
factory). Som Si had insisted on
Installing the powerful Ameri
can public' address system - that
the village bought last year to
brighten up its festivals.
The noise of alternating rec
ords of Bangkok songs, local bal
lads and arias from Thai classi
cal opera was downright, deaf
ening. Besides half the village
was already there. The . white
mule was already going round.
And the conversation was be
ginning to show that added
brightness that always ' marks
the cocktail hour.
The first item on the program
was the idea of the village
elders to wind the bai see
strings which bring good luck
on the arms of Rod, Annong and
me. The ceremony involved
sitting on the floor through an
interminable, imitation ' Pali
chant, and being wound with the
strings while all those not busy
string winding held hands, to
strengthen the life forces.
After that, the party reaUy
cot going. The white mule cir
culated rapidly, by an efficient
loving cup system. The cow and
the buffalo appeared in the form
of laap, which means that they
had been chopped fine with the
fieriest red peppers available,
extra seasoned with spices and
rather summarily cooked, with
laap and curry and salad and
white mule in plenty. The usual
second stage of every party,
when the conversation almost
overtops the music, was easily
reached.. "- '-w : . :
Then the ken player took
over the microphone. With
many a shy gesture, the young
ladies took the floor, and the
villaee bucks stepped out tar
the circle dance. This Involves
revolving, very remotely, around
your partner, making elegant
hand and J arm gestures. An
American buck would find it
unexciting, ; but Thai bucks
think differently. .
AND so we, reached the party's
final Dhase. which con
tinued, with louder and louder
music and faster and faster cir
cle dancing, until all could wish
one another a happy new year.
There were the "usual late party
incidents the headman's son
went a bit too far, as headman's
sons- so. often wUl. There was
also the usual group who could
not resist the temptation for
'just one nightcap," so the Lotus
Lake viUage was stiU ringing
witn song in the dawn. But as
a party it was a clear success.
And what useful information
did I garner from this evening,
it may well be asked. Well,
learned from au those present
that Thai viUagers are charming
gay and friendly people. From
bom Si and one of two other
intelligent and sober elders.
learned, they hate the Chinese
and Vietnamese with an intense
passion, and equate communism
with its great Asian converts.
And just by listening to the loud
speaker, I learned that this was
a semi-neolithic community, ex
periencing a violent Impact from
Western civilization whose final
outcome you could not predict
And I also learned that Kun
Nom was not factually accurate,
when he - promised that Laos
white mups mixed with black
monkey's blood never gave, you
a headache. , . ; .
. (Copyright, 1955,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
LI.
Hunt For Airplane
Douglas, Ariz. -MUR) Search
ers Saturday hoped for clearing
skies that would permit resump
tion of a full-scale search for a
small private plane missing since
Thursday morning with four
men aboard. . . .
There had been no word of
the craft since it departed from
Phoenix at 8:10 a.m. on a flight
to this southern Arizona city.
Aboard - were " Louis , Web
Wiese. partner .of plane-owner
Edward L. Varney, Phoenix; Les
lie W. Slade and William Kopp,
all of Phoenix, and Jack Price,
of Flagstaff. All were associates
in Varney's. architectural firm.
Some 30 planes were looking
for the craft when poor weather
intemiDted the search. Civil
Air Patrol, Arizona Air National
Guard,-Litchfield Navaj Air ia
effity. Williams Air Force Base,
and Marana Air Contract Train
ine School planes were' taking
part in the search, .. ,.
Communications
Letters to tha Editor mutt boar
the name and address of the writer
although under -certain circum
stances the use ot a en name or
initial for publication is permis
rible. The Mail Tribune receives
the rlsht to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification -and condensa
tion. Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed. 400 words.
Bouquet For Hospital
To the Editor: I am writing
this because I believe that too
often we are auick to criticize
but slow to praise our public in
stitutions. -
I was recently a natient at the
Community hospital and it so
happened that I had contact with
nearly all of the departments
such as laboratory, x-ray, sur
gery, dietician and nursing care
on 1st and 3rd floors, and in
every instance I was given cour
teous, thoughtful attention by
every individual,' that went be
yond the ordinary paid profes
sional care.;.
In these days its nice to know
that the personnel of our: insti
tutions haven't lost "the human
touch that means so much. A bou
quet to them all.
Mrs. Peter Shogren
' Rt 2, Box 531
--.. . ; Medford,- Ore. :.t
Korean Relief-
To the Editor: A word about
clothing for Korean relief. Dur
ing the past two winters Med
ford people have sent thousands
of pounds of clothing to Korea.
This winter when the' cold
weather set in, I began to won
der if Koreans still needed
clothing, so I got In touch with
N.A.E.,- Portland and received
the following information:
American Relief for Korea, a
government supported agency,
has been discontinued. But this
does not mean Korean refugees
and orphans no longer . need
help. On the contrary, the severe
Korean winter still may mean
suffering and even death to hun
dreds of thousands who are
homeless and badly in need of
warm clothing.
. There are 200,000 war-orphaned
children alone thousands of
whom will die this winter unless
they are provided with warm
clothing. These children are not
beggars; they do not want to de
pend on others for their lives,
but they must because they are
helpless. They cannot help them
selves. The following items are
critically needed: Warm coats,
sweaters, baby ' clothes, quilts
and - blankets and childrens
shoes. Adults shoes are no longer
needed nor are mattresses or
pillows.
By next year, perhaps, Kor
ea's textile industry will be able
to provide the needed clothing.
Now, however, it is unable to do
so. It is up to us to help.
Clothing from Medford may
be sent to the Korean Consul
General at Oakland, Calif.,
where it lit processed, sorted and
placed in waterproof containers
for shipment to ' Korea. West
Coast Freight Lines carries ship
ments from Medford to Oakland
free of charge. .
Medford's Valley Cleaners
520 S. Riverside do cleaning
free of charge for Korean Re
lief. This week they are remodel
ing, after which the name will
be Arrow Laundry - and Dry
Cleaners.
Clothing (second-hand or new)
maybe left at 337 West 10th
street If no one happens to be
there to receive it. packages may
be left on the porch and will be
taken care of . The W.M.S. of the
Free Methodist Church will pack
the eoods and deliver to the
Freight lines.
Mrs. Hazel Nelson
Route 1, Box 399-E
Medford, Oregon.
A Vole of Thanks
To the Editor: The Medford
Lady Lions and the Medford fire
department would like to thank
the public for. their interest In
the toy project for the under-
nrivileced at Christmas. There
were many personal contribu
tions, individuals who sewed for
dolls, women who repairea aous
and people who heipea many
other ways. : ". "
We feel it is difficult to reacn
every individual, so are resort
ing to a communication whicn
we hope win . reacn - everyone.
to express our thanks and appre
ciation. Last, but not least may
we thank The Medford Mail Trib
une for the time and articles
they have been so patient in
working in the paper for us: j'
Fire Chief Gordon Barker
and the Medford Firemen
and Medford Lady Lions
Pres. Mrs. A. Perkins,
. Chmn. Mrs. H. Glidden,
Comm. Mrs. K. Teeter.
Mrs. J. Patella
"N ew Era" Promised
To the Editor: If the big busi
ness-banker advisors of the "mir
acle" administration of Mr.
Eisenhower don't turn out to be
better guessers than the . bunch
that steered Calvin coouage ana
Herb Hoover through the "new
era" we may be in for quite a
siege. - '- " '
As late as 1931 whenever we
had nine millions unemployed
and wheat was selling for twen
ty-eight cents per bushel follow
ing the greatest stock market
crash In our history, the big boys
were really cutting the mustard
with their rosy predictions. They
said that we, were just about to
enter something, that they were
unable to tell just what it was,
but it might be the "golden age."
When Mr. Hoover shuffled off
his "state of tne union" aaaress
in 1931 big business and the
banking fraternity . echoed My!
Myl What a a message ox Hope
POTIUCEC
(By M3T Staff and Contributors)
Shortly before Chris tlmas, one
of the sows belonging toMr. and
Mrs. Tom Dorlch, Jacksonville,
had a litter of 13 too mtany for
the mother pig to feed pujoperly.
Mrs. Dorich took three fit the
little porkjers, and fed them
formula from ' a bottle f very
three hours. v
, ; Came Christmas, and a dihner
Invitation from the Doriohes'
daughter and son-in-law, th E.
E. McGrews of Medford. Along
went the pigs, and received their
regular feedings on the patio.
Got along fine, too, and playW
with the McGrews cats.
The same arrangement worked
New Year's. ' I
-!VA girl named Virginia once I
wanted to feeeome a waitress; i
She wrote the editor of the
local paper, asking if It were
Desessary lor waitresses :, ie
wash their hands before work
ing. The editor penned an
editorial which began of
courses' ... ' -
rYes, Virginia, there Is a
sanitary clause . .
Santa Claus . (not sanitary
clause) brought Robert Emmet
Nealon a typewriter for Christ
mas, and The Mail Tribune's
Table ; -Rock : correspondent ' is
going modern. Emmet j - started
his news writing career almost
as far back as the time when
Chief . Joseph surrendered to Lt
Coll Buchanan at that historic
TaWe Rock oow-wow. and all
through the years he has : been
content to turn out his notes the
hard way with pencil and pa
per. I."' .:: - '
and courage to our people. The
ink had scarcely gotten dry on
the address until unemployment
had risen to thirteen millions,
mortgage foreclosures were mul-
tinlvin bv the thousands ana
six thousand banks were crack
ing un across the nation,
. Here Is the rest of . the story.
Big business executives, stock
brokers and dabblers in stocks,
were hunting for a short cut to
oblivion by jumping from tenth
story windows,, the six gun or.the
little black bottle. The Recon
struction Finance corporation
gathered up the fragments xif big
business, the bank moratorium
scooped up the bankers and they
all went on relief. It was hardly
fair either. Big business and the
banker got on relief before the
poor white trash.
Earl Allen,
Rt. 1, Box 484C,
Medford; Ore.
The Traffic Problem
To the Editor: S. D. day has
come and gone and still the traf
fic carnage continues. The recent
fatality at Mc Andrews and Bid
die' roads where the life of a
friend ' was ' sacrificed drives
home the significance of the is-
site and forces the undersigned
to rush in where angels might
fear to tread but where the co-
operation of all is definitely
needed. "
In order to cope with any
problem the' best approach, or
the only one u success is to De
achieved. Is to determine the
cause. If removal of the cause is
impossible or '- undesireable, as
may be in this case some other
alternative should oe tnea. -It
is a foregone conclusion that
the cause of the major portion,
if not of all accidents, is tne
rirnduct of the improper func
tioning of the human mind. Our
eomnetitive system has produced
very fast and beautiful automo
biles.
Cooperatively we h a v e
buUtthe greatest system of high-
i u imriH ? nt the com-1
cluttered them up with all
types, shades, and colors of sign- ter officers said. . V
boards and lights with which no Commander English has fa
one can help but be attractedor formed chapters that he will
rftetrncted. , CooDeratively we :tu r .- . r-.n.b
have produced some wonderful
institutions for e.a1X t0 ow the President and the Con
of the hummtod needless to . -legislative program to
??SuF!Z& the nation's . wartime disabled
bu scheming, hUarity of
achievement, 1 frustratea nopes,
Jitoftn thatwefran-
tically proceed down these roads DAV, thengressionally char
r. m,wctsfornsychopath- tered representative of disabled
ic wards than as operators of in-
struments of death.
vjm miffht suseest that no com-
mercial advertising be tolerated
along our - highways. Let the
passerby enjoy the security of
no printed sign except simple
road directions whicn - wouia member producers, on first sec
likely be read if all other dis- ond, and third prize basis. ;
tracting material were removed, -j chapter has exceeded last
But this advertising for business year'a membership, but Is am
is In itself an industry of ho hitious to meet the nationally
small proportion. -
Would'
business make v this
sacrifice? - ' i
We have noticed ,- in some
places along our highways mark
ers where fatalities have ,; oc
enrred. This might help If the
practice were Piea.?OTT.
unnappy uu y I."
nave Decome so numeruus w
constitute a rival for the present
advertising art imposed upon the
nublic eve.-. .--
I am not going to touch upon
the use, we of society permit, in
certain intoxicating beverages
which add but naught to the
functioning of . the human mind.
xmr oarth houid I ' brine
ha Wc had a ban on that
once and society seemed to think
that they would pref er wnat.we
now have.
BertHarr,
Copper Road, Box 77,
Jactaoaville,Ort. "
Like the famed Irish crusader
and orator, Robert Emmet for
whom he was named, Mr.
Nealon has never been at a loss :
for words. But In recent -years
writing the news by hand has
become increasingly hard and
the chirography not e!?ays as
legible as he (also the M-T rural
editor and the linotype opera
tors) might wish.
Emmet is now learning to op
erate the writing contraption,
and as soon as he masters that
little detail, he expects the news
reporting task will be much
easier, not, only for himself but
for all concerned.
The passage of time brings
people and things Into , the
news which were net there ,
before. As a result, some.
newspaper headlines which.
are perfectly intelligible today
would have mystified us a.
tfew years ago. Our favorite
one of this type we spotted
lest, week , in the Oregon .
Statesman at Salem. It saldi .
"Dag, Chou Chat ,
Sfcaff member who lives some
distance from the office, on a
cold, morning last week, started
her car about a half hour before '
she 'drove' to work, so that ' it
would be nice and warm for the
drive., ' : '.y ' r ' 'V
So efficiently did the car
warm up, ana so enecuve was
the hesater, that she'' "almost
stifled"1 before he arrived
despite 'temperature in the low
20s. -vv- ' . " : . ' '
Employees ; at tha - new '
branch of the First National .
bank here have a brand-new
lunchroom on the second floor
of the building. They've al- .
ready named lit "Top 0 the
H. D. Medford of Phoenix
has a name , which must cause
him no end f bother, living as
he does near the county seat of
Jackson county,, which has the
same name he does.
Latest conftasion' arose . In; a
news story frqm Phoenix, re
ported corrector' by an, M-T
reporter. But thy article Tvhlch
referred to the tH. D. Medford
garage was caaqgeu oj en uvci
eager and - uninformed ; copy
n .... Uttsm XX an J T"l
' Overheard in a store In
Japlraonvilla. ,nn . ,oldJimer
type customer to alerkr : ' y
I'd like to buy sensed shav
ing hntHu"
When we read an , advertise
ment for a department store in
a Portland paper -.last- week
which said "It's Spring, again
. . ." our - first reaction ' was
"Br-r-r-ri! This H ipring?'
But . about the same time a
staff member passed uc.a npte
to report that daphne Is coming
out and that iris olanta are
blooming.
They're winter iris, though
ForDAVSfarfed
The' local chapter . Disabled
American Veterans, at the re
quest of National Commander
Alfred L. English, has launched
a "one for three" drive for mem-:
berst 'to terminate with a bust-
I ness meeting Feb. 8. Each mem-
ber to nted at least three
. .
renewal, or re-Instalement chap-
fir month and will Blace u-.
S " jf S!f
i
members iare wanted in ?the
war veterans. a - -- .
ao aoa impetus to uus mem-
bership campaign, Commander
Lester L. Moser of Jackson
county chapter No. 8, DAV, has
announced that he will present
cash prizes for the top three
set quota.
lieu Logging Firm
Files Incorporation
Articles of incorporation wero
filed at Salem last week for A
and H. Logging Inc., Medford
according to a release through
United Press. Signers are E. P.
Atterbury, who is president of
the new concern: Richard R.
Holzhauser, secretary-treasurer
and Evelyn C. Copiner. 1 I :?
Both Atterbury and Hoiznaus-;
er have been engaged in "the log-;
ging business in this, area for
about 10 .years, but this, is the) ;
first time that either has been;
engaged in business 'for himselxW-
The firm will engage in general?
logging contracting throughout
Jackson county.
Membership