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t o P o ..3 :. : f-. . J. rOTTR MSDrORD (OMfeON) UEnF03IWrEIKJS3 "Everybody In Southern Oimb PubUabed Dally Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 879 North Fir St. Phone S-S141 RnRSTRT W HtTHL. Editor HERB GKEY, Aaverusing Miuicr & C FERGUSON, Managing Editor T AT f IN nj fit Tjtilnr RICHARD JEWET1-. Sports Editor OLIVE STAKUtuut. aocmr JACK JACKSON, Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered a second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act Of . March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES . Daily and Sunday One year S1300 ' Daily and Sunday Six nlontha J JO . Daily and Sunday Threa mos. SJW rt.n nrl Sunday On month 1-23 Sunday Only-ona yw ." Aihland, Central Point, Eagle Point j a coon v me. uwa - -rj Shady . Cove. Rogua Hivwr. Vktent and oh motor routes: Daily and Sunday-One yeaj ,$15.00 Carrier and ralers 5e DM copy All rerms ian m Hi 11 nar Af th City of Mtafora- nrflriai Paoer of Jackson County TTnited Presa Full Leased Wire, Member of audit bureau WEST-HOIJLfcAV COMPANY. INC. Office in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle, Portland. St Louie. Atlanta. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASbCHfll6N S NIWSFAPER U1USHHS ASSOCIATION Flighf or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. . 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 16, 1945 : (It was Wednesday) Second Lt. Curtis E. Hopkins, Medford, assigned " to heavy bombardment group in Mediter ranean theater of operations as a bombardier on . a 19th Air Force Flying Fortress. - From Ar t h u r ; Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The ' fair sex are now "rolling their own" cigarettes, and a right messy job they are making of it, with a half-sack full of debris left after each, operation. SO YEARS AGO Jan. 10. 1935 1 (It was Thursday). New officers of Medford Na tional bank include J. A. Perry, president; A. C. Hubbard, vice president; George T. Frey, cash ier, and Clara M. Wood, assist ant cashier; others on board of directors include ' George M. Roberts, J. F. Wortman, and C. W. Ashpole. ' Dr. Dow W. Stone, prominent Medford veterinary surgeon, dies after brief illness. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 10, 1925 (It was Saturday) ' Railroad to coast in southern Oregon not mentioned as ICC studies railroad extensions ' in Oregon; future status of planned coast line in doubt. Sale of Christmas seals in Jackson county expected ' to break record. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 1,0. 1915 - (It was Sunday) Porter J. Neff returns to Med ford from meeting of Oregon State Irrigation convention in Portland. From the .Local and Personal column: "Wood thieves are active in the city and many citizens have installed traps in their wood piles. : What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1954. Editorial Research Report '1. The Constitution requires the President to send a message to Congress on the "state of the union" once a. year; right or wrong? ':(v :;'--v-- 2. Much more or much less than half, or about half, of the " total U.S. highway v mileage , comes under the federal-aid pro- ' gram? - 3. In the last four years while , the general level of retail pric es has gone up, has that of wholesale prices gone up or 'stayed level? ' 4. Almost all state legislatures 'meet this year; right or wrong? 5. The Red Wings and the ; Bruins are teams in baseball, f professional football, College ; football, professional basketball, .or ice hockey? - - i- 6. The proportion of Negroes in the whole U. S. population is f rising or falling, or staying about the same? 7. A Benedict is a bachelor, newly married man, a man long married, a widower or a divorc- i ed man? i. The answers: 1. Wrong, only ; "from time to time"; 2. Much " less than half. 3. Gone down. 4. Right. 5. Ice hockey 8. Slaying about the same. 7. A newly mar " xied man. " a - I MAIL TRIBUNE Bank Liks Outlook ' The First National Bank of Portland, in building a beautiful, new half - million dollar branch struc ture here, has made a tangible and important step of recognitionnfiat-this is a live, prosperous and fast growing community The-new; bank building glad: to extend our congratulations: to the First Na tional." TTHE bank in telling of the reasons why it selected Medford for a new banking building, rather than one of its other subordinate organisations, explained that the Medford branch has been the fastest growing in the entire system. That's important, of course, but it is also import ant to recognize, as we are sure the bank's officers did, that this growth is sound and solid. There doesn't appear to be much of the boom-and-bust aspect in southern Oregon's growth. . THE outlook for continued growth is as good, or better, than past accomplishment. Within the past year construction has been start ed on two new schools in Medford, and a number of others throughout the county; on a new shopping district south of town : a new courthouse annex: lum ber firms have expanded, many smaller businesses have opened, residences have been built. For the future we can lookf or additional expansion of lumber plants, including -plywood manufacture. Other industrial enterprises gon payrolls are in; prospect. A new hospital will be built, as will a new armory, and other buildings. Despite present uncertainty about when the Tal ent project will be constructedit is almost certain that it will be constructed, sooner or later. Preliminary work has been started, and provision for the most ur gently heeded section : of the plan rehabilitation of the ditches and canals of the two irrigation districts is already in the works. With completion of ' this; work; agriculture in the valley can look forward to should permit an expansion dustry, which is now limited here, m addition to pro viding increased harvests A Lt this makes for. an outlook of solid, substantial srowth. The growing amount of private timber- land which is now administered ,as tree farms only adds to this outlook. This movement, organized by men who can never expect to benefit from it them selves, is in large measure "insurance" that .future generations can continue to prosper from our lumber resources. ' : ;- . And lumber will continue to be a big item in the economy of southern Oregon. According to a survey compiled f orihe Weyerhaeuser Timber company, the demand for lumber will continue to grow, although the emphasis will shift from raw wood to a wide var iety of processed wood products. .And in this, too, is the promise of bigger ; payrolls and a wider industrial base for wood-growing areas such as ours. ' r ' - DANKING figures at the end of the ear also1 con tributed to the general feeling of confidence here. Deposits were up ; loans were down. This means that the people of southern Oregon are paying their bills more m cash, paying off their debts, and sock ing away money for future use. A RECENTLY-ISSUED Medford is a significantly warehousing and distribution industry. While the brochure was panies of4that type to this area, in doing so it offered interesting proof that many firms have already rec ognized the importance of Medford as a marketing center by establishing offices and warehouses here. Some 60 firms which use Medford as a distributing center were listed. And these were only a "sample," and not a complete list. - -I ' . : a THE picture is not all rosy, it must be honestly ad 1 mitted. There are soft spots. One of the biggest problems is the seasonal nature of much of our industry, btj;h lumbering and agricultural. This is one reason that so much emphasis has been placed on manufacturing, which can maintain a steady pace all year around. Increasingly, we are dependent on supplies of wa ter, both for residential and industrial use. But here, too, steps are being taken to improve the supplies and distribution facilities. AND also important is the fact that growth brings "problems. The county, the cities of the county, the fire and water and sanitary districts, all will face increasing demands. Highways and roads will have to be built; schools must go up to furnish education for increasing enrollments. Parking' for automobiles, while not the most serious problem in the world, is certainly one which will plague cities for years to come. ;? Police protection; judicial administration, juven ile delinauencv control, iails all these ar thino-a to be considered in planning 10 iaxe tne oest eitorts 01 all those who care about the area in which they live.. . - TT LOOKS like a busy, prosperous, confusing future, A full of problems to be solved and work to be done. But isn't that the way.we want it? E. A. Monday, January 10. 19SS opens today, and we arej , " to expand southern Ore a new lease on life. .It in the packaged food in ,of; crops already familiar. brochure, prepared by the important center for the designed to lure new com for growth. They are going Matter of Facf THE Baffled Democrats Washington As the 84th Con gress opened; there ,was . much back-slapping 'and other evi dences of ami ability among the members. ana. s u c h w o r Is as "harmony" and "g o o d will" appeared in the , head 1 i n e s. . Yet the fact" re mains . t h a t this Congress is sure to Stewart Alaop bring forth at least the normal quota of bitter political rows in the coming session. Here are a few predictable battles ; ; 1. Sooner or later, and prob ably sooner, there is very likely to be a major fow about foreign policy in Asia. This seems most likely to happen when Adm. Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chief s of Staff, who is un happy about the Administra tion's Asia policy, is called be fore the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee. Sen. - William Knowland, who . shares . Had ford's discontent, will then have an opportunity ' to initiate the "great debate" on foreign policy Which he has caUed for. 2. There wiU be a row about the cut-back in ground forces. The Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Matthew ' Ridgway, is ' already scheduled to testify before the Senate Armed Services Commit tee on this point. Ridgway is ex pected to record his dissent in no uncertain terms. : - , - 3. There wiU be, of course, a row about tariffs. The protec tionist Republican block has al ready declared war on President Eisenhower's reciprocal trade program. .4. On the domestic side, there will of course be a continuing row about the Dixqn-Yates con tract. The Democrats think they have a useful issue here, es pecially in : the: public 1 power stake, and they are hot going to drop the issue. K THERE wUl be a row about v the security program. The really unbelievable f stupidity With the case of Wold Lade' jinsky has been handled by the Agriculture Department . gives the Democrats the ideal spring board for an investigation of the whole security : program.' The Democrats have already had the bright idea of asking Gen. Doug las MacArthur,1 Who wrote five letters of commendation for Lade jinsky, to testify about the case. This wUl ensure the maximum publicity for the investigation, which will be conducted by the Civil Service Committee. With this jump-oft the Democrats hope to prove (a) that the ma jority of the "security firings' were actually hired by the Eis enhower administration, and (b) In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS The new Congress, opened Wednesday with the Democrats taking over from the GOPs in both houses. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson pledged there wul be neither blind sup port for nOr blind opposition to President Eisenhower. In the House, Democratic Speaker : Sam Rayburn put it like this: "We're not going in hating President Eisenhower just because he s a Republican, WELL spoken, gentlemen " and most praiseworthy. But yott aren't kidding any body. Here's what you MEAN: "We can't afford to get rough with Ike NOW. He's tod popu lar. Just as FDR was too popu lar back in the 1930s to be tangled with by the wicked Re publicans. ."But .we'lLMOW HIM DOWN in 1956 if we can." FYCIDENTALLY Add Sam Rayburn to the wise old heads for counsel. He's 75. He has been in Congress for. 42 years, and has been speaker of the House twice before. He knows his way around. T7EEP Barkley's back again. y He was bqrn in 1877 He was elected first to the 63rd congress. This one is the 84th. There's a hew . congress every two years. Except for ; time off while he was vice-president, Bafkley has been in every Congress, since the 63rd. j He too knows his way around. rpHERE is interesting financial news in the papers these days. S The the first business day of 1955, the stock market went On a bender that was reminiscent of 1929 when the country first went hog-wild on speculation and went from there into a tail spin that ushered in the Great Depression. It scared the Federal Reserve caCtlGST COLDS Warming, soothing Musterole gives fast, comforting Telle f for both acute upper bronchial and localized nazal congestion. Stainless! . trir ft. a. that agreat proportion were not really fifed at all, but simply had the "security risk" tag hung on them after they left the gov ernment. The Administration - is suffi ciently worried about this issue so that a counter-strategy is being devised. This counter Strategy will - probably Involve putting three or four "horrible examples" -. government "em ployees with real subversive rec ords on display.- ; ' Of course there will ' be other rows as well. For example no one expects Sen. Joseph R.: Mc Carthy to sink happily into -ob curity. McCarthy is ' now ?so utterly discredited ithat.' he - can only get the' headlines by the most violent assaults on the Ad ministration, and ' this is the course most observers expect him to take." - ' - But the above brief sampling suggests an obvious fact. By a not very strange coincidence, the now foreseeable battles like ly to take place in this Demo cratic-controlled Congress are of a sort likely to help the Demo crats and hurt the Republicans: But this prospect is not quite as cheering to the Democrats as might be expected. For the 6bjective 6f the Dem ocrats is no-Idngep-to capture Congress it is to capture the White House. ..The Democrats hope and believe that the politi cal battles to come wul show the Eisenhower administration and the Repubicah party in the worst possible light. Logically, this ought to hurt President Eis enhower and thus ease the Dem Ocrats' task of recapturing the White House. But even the most sanguine Democrats doubt that whatever happens in this session will hurt the . President much, however much the Republican party may be hurt. THE problem of cutting Presi dent Eisenhower down to beatable size is, in fact, far and away the Democrats' most baf fling problem. This reporter's nine year-old-son, who received a iunibr sized printing press for Christmas, may have indicated one reason why the problem is so baffling. He recently pro duced the first issue of a news oaner with which -he hopes to the family fortune. It consisted Of! a single headline: "PRESIDENT IKE IS GOOD." While lacking of certain jour nalistic objectivity, this head line mav be -a -good deal" more significant than much that has appeared in this Space. ; For as long as nine year-old boys-and large numbers Of Voters have this oninion of ; the President, thek problem confronting the Democrats Will continue to be baffling. It will be baffling no matter how regularly the Re publican party attempts td com mit suicide.' (Copyright. 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.; News board, which promptly raised "margin" requirements on se curity purchases . from 50 per cent to 60 per cent. That is -to say, the Federal Reserve board reauired the purchaser oi secur ities to put up 60 per cent of the purchase price in cash in stead of the 50 per cent pre viously required. THAT was yesterday. There was an early rush of selling that forced stocks on the New York exchange down - a maximum of four points. A gen eral recovery then ; set in and later this average losses had been cut to around two points with GAINS of as much as three points in favored issues. The bulls on the market are still full Of vim and vigor. - IIHIAT'S in the wind? " I wouldn't know But let's put it this , way: The proper, function of the stock markers to provide cap ital for American industry by the sale of "shares" in industry to people who have money to invest. As long as they perform that function soundly and ef ficiently, Stock exchanges are a useful and essential element in our economic-, system. Our vast industries' require a vast amount of capital and this capT ital can only be ':: provided out of the savings of the people. As long as people with sav ings to invest are willing' to bid up the . stocks of our important corporations for no other rea son than their belief, that these stocks are wise and sound invest ments, it is a good sign. BUT If our people begin to buy stocks in the hope of GETTING RICH QUICK out of - purely speculative gains, it is a danger signal. Let's leave it there. KINDERGARTEN NOV OPEN Christian Prt-School Training Morning classes new in session to 12 a.m. Afternoon classes planned, 1 to 4 p.m. : CHILDREN. CAN ENROLL ANY TIME ; -1 Reasonable Rates Experienced. Staff MEDFORD ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1103 West For further information Is That So? . By Eagene Bitrat Rangar-Naturalitt Calling all wits. Here's an other Nature : Qute-''Score, five right and you -are an expert; four is mighty: good; three only fair to middling. Answers follow questions. 1. Of course the young ' of a cat -is - called a kittenf but can you name at least four other kinds of , animals whose young are called kittens? ... 2. In defending itself ' which animal may- spurt Out a jet of blood? Which spits at the In tnider? Which discharges a spray - - frdrn. twin - openings? Which rolls into - a : protected ball? Which discards a wriggling part of its body? 3. Of these fish, which one builds a bubble nest? Which hatches Its' eggs in its mouth? Which has the male incubate the eggs in a pouch? Which lays its eggs high up on a sandy beach? Sea catfish, perch, trout, sea horse, bass, Siamese- fighting fish, grunnion. 4. Why do the leaves of Eng lish ivy persist in growing under shingles and into ; windows? 5, Which of these plants be longs to the grass family; Wheat, rice, corn, barley, rye, oats, mil let, bamboo? 6. Are man's cultivated plants more dependent upon him than his domesticated animals? That is, could they survive without him? ANSWERS: 1. Besides the eat. the young of these animals can be called kittens beaver, cougar, hare, rabbit: and skunk. The fox's young is called a kit, which is close. 2. The horned toad spurts out a jet of blood from the corner Of its eye; the llama spits at the intruder (the camel has the nasty habit of tossing its last meal, as does ; a vulture); the skunk discharges twin jets of its noxious spray; , the porcupine, pangolin, and three-banded arm adUlb roU into a tight ball; the glass snake, a lizard, discards a sizeable length of it wriggling tail to engage the enemy while it makes good its escape. Male. Builds Nest 3. The male Siamese fighting fish builds a bubble nest. Some sea catfish, male again, carry the eggs in their -mouth until hatched. The male seahorse in cubates the eggs in a pouch on his ; stomach. The grunnion cOmes in on the highest mid summer; tides, night time, and deposits the eggs high up on a beach where they ere then fer tilized. The young ride out on the next set of high tides 4. The stem of English ivy shuns light which pushes it flat against- walls and, alas, into windows and porches and under shingles and tiles. S. I'U admit this was not so sporting: every one of these plants is a grass, including bam boo, y " 6. Man's cultivated plants are really much more dependent upon him than are his domesti cated, animals. Because Of cross breeding of seeds so that they would become: larger and not shed prematurely, man has changed their nature so pro foundly that with his demise, his cultivated plants would dis appear with him. Not so with most of his domesticated an imals. , (Released by MeClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: "By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges wUl award each week to the reader who sends me the best question on nature and wildlife '-a complete 30-volume set ; of i this world-famous ref erence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week! new questions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your questions to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. ' SEVEN-SEVEN Topeka, Kan. flJ.R) -Seven is the lucky number of the Edgar Dean's baby daughter. She was born at 7:07 p.m. on the 7th. Her weight? Seven pounds, seven ounces. Main Street Phone 2-4292 or 2-5323 Typkey Premies' WopEi To Link Arab Nations Vifh Western Defense By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst " Premier Adnan Mdnderes of Turkey has embarked on t de termined lOng-rnfi "smnai-'n to link the Arab countries with the West ern allied de- tense set-up Menderes h a s - launched his campaign with his cur rent visit ' to Iraq. Appar ently he picked Iraq as .the A J . most likely to favor his plan. 'From Iraq, Menderes is going to Lebanon. Later on he intends to visit Egypt.. ' "C . Menderes wants first to : link fhe Arab nations with Turkey and Pakistan in a regional de fense organization. Wants Iran Included It is indicated that he would like later to include Iran, now that the British-Iranian oil dis pute has been settled. Turkey has become the key country in Middle Eastern de fense. It is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty ' Organi zation. It also has. a separate alliance with Greece and Yugo slavia, and another with Pakis tan.. These alliances have strength ened greatly the Western posi- Communications Letters lo the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen- name or initial for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the rieht to edit aU letters with an eye. to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. How To Find Comfort To the Editor: We are living in a land that is blessed above aU other lands. No doubt it was the land that should have the lhe biessings Of the deep that lieth under. And it would be Unto the utmost bounds of the everlasting hills as recorded in Jacob's blessing on the head of his son Joseph. Gem 49:25-26. Jacob could hardly have de scribed America in a betteway. And it is not hard 'now in bur day to understand who Moses was referring to in Deut. 15:6. At any rate' under the protect ing folds of our beautiful flag, the Stars and Stripes, we have the blessings Of freedom and lib erty. And where we can - wor ship God according to the dic tates of our own cdnsciousness Mrs. Lennie George and her church have these blessings. But it is difficult to understand her line of reasoning in regard to the story, of the birth of our Saviour. Why should Acts 13:8-10 be compared to Matt. 2: Cha. In Acts 13:10 Paul called the wise man a child of the devil and in Matt 2: Cha. the wise men fell down and worshipped the Christ Child and presented him with gifts. Daniel Webster saysi "Wise, is to judge correctly or posses ing wisdom." Surely they were wise in the way of the Gospel. Then she refers to Matt. 2:11 as Jesus living in a house and over two years old. Webster defines a house as a "building for residence," or place of abode." So why not believe the manger was in the abode of some farm animals. Then she refers to Isa. 47:13. Would it not have been much better to have referred to Isa. 53 Chapter. I am sure if Mrs. George will read her bible in the spirit it was written she will find much more joy ' and comfort and a stronger assurance of a better life after this life where we will all live in love and the teachings of our Saviour who was born in a manger in Bethelehem. John F. Peterson 1316 Beany St. Medford, Oregon. tf Your 1955 Calendars Now Availablo CONGE-MOQQIS 715 WEST MAIN . PHONE V MEDFORD S tion in defense against Commu nist aggression. - '. . ... C , If Menderes succeeds In lin ing up the Arab countries with the West, through an agreement with Turkey and Pakistan, he Would. have removed' a serious weak spot in the Middle Eastern defense situation. If Iran also lined itself up with the West,' the chain of Allied defense would te com plete from Arctic Norway to the Himalaya Mountains. The Arab countries are Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Libya. " These eight countries ere themselves linked by the 'Arab League. , . ' V League Formed in 1945 ' The Arab League was formed in 1945. It provides for cooper ation in matters of mutual con cern. It was supplemented in 1950 by an agreement for col lective defense. The league serves chiefly to bind the Arab countries together against Israel. It is of litue value to them and none to the defense of the free world against Communist aggression. - v Partly because of the .Pales tine situation, the Arab ,-coun- tries have held back from join ing the Western defense set-up. Until the Suez Canal dispute was settled, that . also was an ob stacle. Egypt tried recenUy to get Turkey , to aUy itself with the Arab League. Menderes respond ed with a. forceful policy' state ment in which he made plain his view that the Arab countries must collaborate with the West if the Middle Eastern defense position is to be strong. - ; If the Middle East now enjoys relative security Menderes said, it is only because of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ' SUCCESSFUL LIVING starts with saving. Have the things you want through systematic sav ing. Don't Just dream ... or with, but have the things you want in life by saving for them. Start, with, any amount. - FIRST FEDERAL ; SAVINGS ft LOAN ASS'N of Medford S 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated I To Those Who Save He Has His Day GEO. N. TAYLOR v ' We of today have Monday, Tuesday and so on for our week. Just so, God has his days. There was the Day of the Law when' God put the Hebrews under the . Ten Com mandments. At the end God sent Christ whose life showed that by keeping the law, men were blessed. When Christ cried -"It is finished," the test under the law ended. Then came this present day of Grace under which' we of here and now-live. This is our day, now 1900 years along. From all mankind, from the good and wicked, God is now calling out a people for his name. The Bible says that this present age in which we live, comes to an end, with the rolK. call of the saved fined out. - Sum it up Our present day -- of today is God's time for call ing out a saved people. See Acts 15:13-19 and Romans 11:23. Re ceive Christ into your hearts as dying for your sins. Then by Bible and prayer, grow up. Over and over, the Bible asks Where will vnu cnonil trn!. jty?" This message sent by a iBeaverton, Ore., family. i paid adv. A.. 2-7111
