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Medford and Jackson County
History from Ahe file of The
MaQ Tribune10, 20. 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 30, 1945 - "
at was Tuesday) :
California Oregon Power com
pany announces rate reduction
amounting to $323,000; President
JC S. Cummins says home own
ers will get an average cut of 11
per cent.- - v;
' From Arthur Perry's -Ye
Smudge Pot column: The legis
lature proposes to do some fancy
tinkering with th Knox liquor
control law. One bit of proposed
fjnkering will enable speakeasies
to make hay while the .moon
shines, it is claimed. -
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 30. 1835
(It was Wednesday)
University of Oregon rletter
men's association invites Burd
ette Kmdred, Bob Hinman and
Bill Bates, former Medford high
school f ootballstars, to spend
weekend on U. of O. campus. ;
Story written by John Snider,
Medford high school student, de
clares Sam Van Dyke and Bill
Luman have been moved up to
first string spots on the Medford
high basketball team. . .
30 YEARS AGO . "
Jan. 30, 1925 :
1 ; Measure giving city of Med
ford right to secure water from
Big Butte creek introduced into
state legislature.- ! - . y
- Hot house rubarb, grown by
H. F. Chirgwin, WiUow Springs,
'to be placed' on market in Med
ford. f
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 30, 1915
(It was Saturday)
, Mrs. Edna Isaacs,, who started
work with telephone company
when there were only 48 phones
in Medford, resigns as chief .op
erator. - - ' .' -
r J. C. Barnes perfects plan for
securing irrigation - in Rogu
valley. : , ' ' : '
Whaf'c ihA Anmnr?
iiiihi iiiv mw if wi a
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Coor. 1955. Editorial Rasurck Raaart
The Ford Motor company pre
diets more Ford, than Chevrolet
sales this year, or about the same
numuer, r auiurei as many;
' 2. Sen. McCarthy is now chair
man of the Senate government
operations . committee, ; or only
one of its members, or off the
commiiiee cuuxciy; -
. ' 4. The World Almanac is so
named, because it covers the en
tire world; right or wrong? - ','
4. UN Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold is a Norwegian,
Swede, Finn, Dane or a natural
ized U.Sf citizen?
5. The" order of the Purple
Heart is bestowed by- the Roman
. xl 1 - 1 . - aa . a,
wauiouc cnurcn, ua. Armea
Fprces, Britis Crown or Ma
sonic Order? ; t: r :
. 6. Dred Scott figured 100
years ago in a famous batUe
against the ; Indians, ' Supreme
Court: decision, prize fight, or
gold discovery in California?
r 7. A trichologist treats diseases
of the eyelids, the hair, pigs,
the digestive tract, or muscles?
- The answers '1. More frd
salts. 2. Only one "of lha mem
bers. 3. Wrong; it is so named
because started by the old N.Y.
World. 4. Swede. 5. U J. Armed
Forces, i. Supreme Court v
cision. 7. The hair. , ,
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HAIL TRIBUNE
No Time for Haste
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At least one historian has. maintained that war
with Japan might have been prevented, had not the
Emperor of Japan and his advisers misundertsood a
certain "ultimatum" delivered by Secretary of State
Hull. , . :- , -
There are other, historians who have expressed
the opinion that had Hitler ever clearly understood
what the American attitude would be in case there
was, another world war, he would never, have attack
ed Russia. ; t : ,;' -;
. y These views may, or may not be, correct.
; But they do emphasize the importance of interna
tional UNDERSTANDING and the real dangers of
I Misunderstanding, in the
maintaining world peace.
THERE is no question that in asking the Congress
to endorse military action regarding Formosa, if
he should think it necessary the Presidents purpose
was to prevent war, not cause it. No fair minded per
son in.view of the President's record, could doubt his
sincere devotion to peace. In fact at least once he not
only opposed Senator Knowland, but the advice of
his chief-of -staff chairman fb bomb the mainland of
China which might well have brought on hostilities in
the Far East -perhaps another world war.
: But as the senate debate showed, it was not the
President's INTENTIONS that were at issue, but what
the result of his declaration and request, as PHRAS
ED, might be, particularly upon Far East and world
opinion. ; ; ;g " -- :. ' ! '
So various , changes and amendments were pro
posed but none was passed.
. V
This demand for clarification was condemned, by
some as ''hysterical" and
neither. : ' v.
The conditions in the
there, could be such' devastating and tragic results
if i the American : position should be misunderstood,
that full -debate, and the greatest care to make the
resolution in question crystal clear to friend and foe
aiiKe, was in our judgment not omy jusuiiea, put im
perative. . , v . -
i We would have favored turning the entire mat
ter over to the United Nations, but President Eisen
hower felt there wasn't timt." ,y .. . v..;-:v-:
. ? i But there was time to discuss to discuss the pro
posal from every angle, in an effort to clarify not
only its declarations, but its implications.
, -We feei those members of the Congresswho in
sisted upon this and took that time should be com
mended not condemned R.W.R.
Not Much
' The United States according to' the latest renort
wiU join : Great Britain in. asking Red China to the
United Nations to discuss a cease-fire in the China
sea. -. - , - '
.That's something new,--for the USA , to; invite
Red China to the United Nations, even if only for con
versation, after all the clamor about never giving her
membership. . - -
But even if Red China accepts, the;chances are
slim that either Red China or Nationalist China will
agree to any cease-fire.
For such an agreement would recognize that there
are two Chinas whereas both Mao and Chiang Kai
shek, maintain there is only one, one that is legiti
mate af least.
- Mao says China is his by revolutionary right, and
Chiang says China is his by moral right . -"
To stop fighting for what they claim is their right,
would be as impossible to one as to the other, for to
them it would mean surrender.
It is OK to talk it over, but the chances of any
success as. we. see it, are practically nil.-R.W.R.
Up to the U.N.
; --About all this China business there is a lot of hocus
pocus and double-talk.
f Cease-fire would not be an answer, only a pal
liative. Formosa is the issue that must be settled be
fore anything approaching peace in the Pacific can
be obtained. . !i-"s. u
It is the old question of what happens when an im
moveable body is met by an irrestible force.
The immoveable body is Chiang Kai-shefe on For
mosa, the irresistible force is Mao and his Red army.
eJansweris?waJ, ' ";
- Why was the United Nations formed anyway? It
was formed to prevent war Not after the shooting
had started but before. . v.
Well, here is a situation in the Far East made to
order for UN adjudication. V -;t- -;.
As , we see it the only hone of avoiding war in
which the United States
ia w waru r urraosa neiuie vo niang .nor to Mao
but to hand it over to a UN trusteeship, subject to a
Fonnosan plebiscite. i -
That might or might not be the decision of the
United Nations. But this much is as sure any anything
in this uncertain world can be.
J-TJt thf UN- can't prevent "war over Formosa, such
a war, sooner or later is certain; unless there is a radi
cal change in the Far East
. Sunday. January JQ, XISS
all-important matter of
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ill - advised. We regard it as
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Far . East are so critical,
Chance
would have to be involved,
situation now existing.
Matter of Fact
LEGAL LYING
Washington The-youthful
former Communist, former pro
fessional witness, and former aid
to Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy, is
currently writ
ing a :' remark
able political
confession that
may cause ma
jor explosions.
For the author
of this confes
sion Harvey
Matusow calm
ly explains
how he made a
Stewart Alsop
business of bearing false witness;
and how the American govern
ment made his business a profit
able one, courtesy of the American-
tax-payer. '
An advance draft of Matu
sow's book, , each page - signed
by the author, has been obtain
ed by this reporter. Here is an
example of the sort of thing Ma
tusow, who was a chief witness
against Owen lAttimore, has re
vealed: ' iJ . ' "
"I .'climaxed my testimony
with the dramatic assertion that
Owen Lattimore's books were
used as the official Communist
party guide on Asia. Once again,
I told a complete falsehood .
I didn't care what happened to
Lattimore. I ; cared about what
was- going to happen to me. My
unfounded attacks on Lattimore
just placed me in the role, of
expert of experts. I had reached
the top of the ladder. Lattimore,
was later indicted.'-,.
LATTIMORE is stiU, of course,
under indictments. Obviously
Matusow's remarkable : decision
to ten how he lied, - and thus
risk going to jail for perjury, is
likely to make a lot of extra
work for the Justice department.
Matusow has already signed one
sworn affidavit in which he. ad
mits false testimony in a case
in which he was a chief govern
ment' witness. "No doubt there
wiU be more such affidavits. ;
H Legal : lying . by . such" profes
sional ex-Communist informers
as Matusow, which has been
tolerated by all three branches
of the American government,
has done irreparable harm to
the individual American citi
zens. But it has also done irre
parable harm to the whole Am
erican political process. Consid
er the f oUowing example of the
political . uses of the legal lie.
Matusow ; was to testify before
the McCarthy committee at hear
ings in Salt Lake City His tes
timony was. of course privileged,
or libel-proof: -v''7 - '
"I had also made up my mind
how I would place in the record
a statement of 'the number of
Communists working for the
New York Times and Time mag
azine.'. X.. had previously discus
sed this with Sen. McCarthy and
had his- approval, v Once ; the
'facts' were in the record, Mc
Carthy knew that he could ac
cuse the Times and Time maga
zine, Inc., of being pro-Communist."
f-- , -
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OR consider this example, when
McCarthy sent, Matusow into
Montana in 1952 to attack Dem
ocratic Senatorial ' candidate,
Mike -Mansfield: :
"As I talked I reached in my
brief case, using the same ges
tures I had seen Sen. McCarthy
so frequently use. 'Now I have
here in mybrief case document
ed proof . .' . I pulled out a
photostatic copy of an old copy
of - the Communist party publi
cation 'New Masses.' ; The - im
pression was that it contained a
by-lined story by Mansfield; that
he had written the story and had
actively, - knowingly supported
the Communist party.1 But I
knew that the story was merely,
a re-print of his remarks in the
Congressional Record." -
There is no space here to- con
vey the full, gamy flavor of Mat
usow's revelations. But the ex
amples quoted suggest how in
credible it - is ; that Matusow
should have continued to receive
tax-payer's money for his ser
vices as an "expert witness."
It may be said, of course, that
Matusow, having lied before, is
lying now when he admits his
lies.. It may also . be said that
Matusow, having swung com
munism, to McCarthyism has
completed the circle the fact
that his publishers have a de
cidedly left-wing coloration will
be cited in support . of.:-this
charge.
CERTAINLY, on the record
V : cited by Matusow himself, no
one would be likely to claim for
Insurance Firm Cub
Woman Driver Rates
Chicago-flJ.R) An insurance
company, acting on the theory
that young ' women are safer
drivers than young f men has
announced it is elminiating its
extra premium for women under
25. . - '. , i
The Allstate Insurance Co. al
ready has discontinued the ex
tra premium on automobile in
surance: for girls and young
women in five states.
r It wiU extend the program to
28 more states and the ' District
of Columbia Feb. 1 . . .
f'St- 'A
Jt$r t " ' 1
tr
Stewart Alsop
him . exceptional trustworthin
ess or political .wisdom. .Yet he
has documentation for much of
his amazing story. And the story
is also inherently credible simply
because Matusow himself is the
chief object of his . own accusa
tions. ' :A
At any rate, Matusow's revel
ation simply cannot be ignored,
either by Congress or, by : the
Justice Department. In this
sense, , in writing his astonishing
confession, Matusow may. more
than compensate for the harm he
has done'.. ' ;
Obviously some ex-Communist
informers have performed a use
ful service. But in the years
since the trial of Alger Hiss, the
cult fit the ex-Communist, as the
undisputed arbiter of the .loy
alty of other citizens,- has grown
like a cancer. - Matusow's con
ession is likely to initiate a" ser
ious investigation of-this new
post-war, profession of the in
former, and this could have good
results for the political . health
of the United States.
; (Copyright, 1955,
New York Herald Tribune Incl
In the Day's Hews
, - By FRANK JENKINS '
:. George Turnbull, whose
sparkling, : gem - like ! editorials
make the' Albany Democrat-Herald
one of Oregon's most de
pendably interesting newspa
pers, chose the other day to dis
cuss i what he calls the "old
Charles A. Dana chestnuts" :
"If a dog bites a man, it isn't
news; but if a man bites a dog
unlimited space!"
. And ;.
v "Whatever the good Lord al
lows to happen I am .- not too
proud to print in njy paper." ,
pEORGE says: . :
V "Neither of these, actually
rises to the stature of' a journal
istic rule. AU Dana, famous NeV
York Sun editor, was trying to
do, probably, was , to emphasize
that the unusual ; is news ' and
that Byron had the ' right idea
when he wrote:. "With or without
consent of friends or foes '
sketch your world exactly as it
goes." , -
s He goes on:
"But at least twice within the
last 20 years or so, when the
wires have carried the news of
a man's biting a dog, the inci
dent was not heavily played.
One (such incident) we recaU got
about a hundred words, and
some of the papers ran it is a
UtUe i'boxed feature." '
WELL, you know", a man once'
.. r bit a dog . in Klamth Falls.
He was a very' young man the
son of Mr. i and . Mrs. Harlan
Bosworth (Harlan, - more - gener-
auy.knowft as "Bos," was then
Copco .manager in Klamath; be
is now a Copco vice-president in
MedfprdJ
The dog's name was Ring. He
was what might be termed a pa
triarchal dog, kindly, .tolerant,
aiooi 10 au ine pettier reactions
such as anger and retaliation.
The young man, as I recaU it,
hadn't yet learned to walk. He
and Ring got into one of those
friendly man-and-dog scuffles in
the course of which Ring nipped
a little harder than he intended
the calf of his companion's fat
little lower limb.
The young man turned and
sank his teeth in Ring's right
front leg!
THE Herald and News tipped
' off to what had happened,
lived up to the man-bites-dog
journalistic - tradition in a big
way, and rushed a reporter and
a cameraman to the spot : We
hdd to tinker with the news a
bit, for Ring's l wound ', wasn't
deep ; enough or gory enough ' to
be depicted by the camera and
we couldn't prevafl on the pair
of them to stage a rehearsal for
the benefit of the press. So we
put a white bandage on Ring's
leg, and it showed up beautifully
in the ensuing picture of the
combatants posing together after
the brawl. .
It turned out to be big news,
all right It tickled the risibiles
of everybody in town and the
Boswortns - were swamped all
evening with calls from kidding
friends. That was b&ckv in the
days when pictures were . rela
tively ew in the smaUer news
papers, and we of the Herald
and : News' were prouder than
Punch of the achievement
MAYBE I'd better teU you a
litUe about George Turnbull.
He was a member of the team
of Allen '(Eric) and Turnbull
(George) that founded the Uni
versity of Oregon ; school of
journalism away back when.1
; iThey were t a "GREAT team.
They worked together like a
hand in A gjove. They were good
newspapermen, - but 1 they were 1
something more, They were
great MEN. They were inspired
teachers. They turned out a gen
eration of. newspaper men -who
have made their mark all over
the country. x . . - -
Eric Allen 1 went over the
Great ' Divide many- years ago,
but his memory lingers. Georgt
TurnbuU is stiU -i with us, for
which I am gratefuL He headed,
for a' while, the school of journal
ism he helped to found. He has
taught with distinguished suc
cess at Stanford University and
at Nebraska.
Hevis now a writer of distta
guished editoxiaJs. .
Communiccfions
.
Lattan to the Editor must bear
th nam and addraai of th writar
although under certain circum
stance the use of a pan naine -or
initial for 1 publication - is pvrmia
able. The Mail Tribune reserve
the right to edit all letter with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion. Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed 400' words.
Not Columbus
To the Editor: Common usage
or belief in a term is no guar
antee of its truth. It could be
a contributing-cause of the cyni
cal attitude of our youth to some
of today's 'learning,"' especial
ly to those factually minded. :
That's the why of this letter,
for if iwo certain youngsters
chance to read the editorial, ih
Sunday's Mail Tribune wherein
was stated - v-r) Columbus dis
covered America," they'U want
to know, how come? For it is
plain that Columbus did not dis
cover America, in fact never
set eyes on North America. He
seemed to be more intent in av
oiding it for there is evidence
that he thumbed bis way up to
the land of ; the Norsemen to
talk with descendants of Leif
Ericson (ref .: . Early Rulers ; of
the Sea) , whp tried settlement of
Vineland. (North America) some
3 or 400 years earlier like hag
been done in Iceland and Green
land. '.V
. One thing is sure, Christopher
steered way south of the course
taken by Ericson, .to skirt the
great land mass and' find a sea
route to "Old Cathay" (China),
India . and Asian lands . where
the silks and satins, could be had,
wonderous carvings' In ivory,
ebony and precious - jades and
the spices and, other gastronomic
delights to tickle the. palates of
Europe's nobility and notables.
Brigands and robbers had. tak
en - such toll . of the . overland
camel caravans that it was ho
longer profitable, that way And
there ,was that little .'matter, of
the magic, black powder - the
Chinese had i perfected V; t h at
when 'touched with fire c would
erupt : in ' flame, smoke ' and
mighty roar, flinging a round
stone : shot to smash .a V ship cr
shore building: a mile br more
distant. ; iHiM : i ,
That interested Ferdinand of
Spain, then top-dog among lna
tions and might' help him tq
bring enemy : nations to heeL
quite like the Red network na
tions ' would do -..today with
mightier atom and hydrogen
power. So King Ferdinand and
Queen IsabeUe pungled up the
grubstake for Christopher- to go
and get the loot in - his three
windjammers. : And Columbus
was positive to the day he died
that he had reached his goal for
he named the islands .where he
first landed the West Indies.' v
- F. J. Clifford,' -1211
W. Main,
- Medford, Ore. . ' -
They Have Cattle Trouble - ,
To the Editors If any of your
readers' have fee answer to this
problem we surely will be grate
ful for the solution. ; 0
We live on Table Rock road,
next to-the-Midway Meat bus
iness. We bought this 5Va acres
because it; had irrigation water
and to retire in what we thought
would be peace and quiet But
no. It's been a headache. Why,
because the meat owners never
fix the fences properly to keep
uieir caiue out grazing. ven an
electric fence would be. enough
if they twould put it up..J 7
The cattle are always getting
out on "the neighbors property.
even across the-road. .. '.
., Sunday,, January 23, we were
entertaining a business jnan and
bis family for'; a' quiet dinner.
When the meal was partly serv
ed and all ; were seated ai. the
table many cattle broke through
the. poorly made ience. Both
Mr. .Morrison and, I had to leave
the table ;and chase the r cattle
off our flowerbeds. v ; ?
x 1 have been kind enough to go
over to the: plant at -6:30 of -a
rainy : morning -and tell them
their cattle are out , tf ,
We -. have 1 several expensive
plants and flowers: set out,-' and
last Sunday those : cattle .trod
down several which -cost plenty.
But the ..owner of this m e a t
house refused to pay for damag
es and didn't even apologize to
us or to our guests for the din
ner interruption. - .
We have gone to town and
when ' we return - here are the
cattle on our place. What can
be done' to force these people
to use their own land? " . i
We. ourselves have nothing to
disturb any neighbors and all
we want is to use our own prop
erty. .. - -
Will surely appreciate all
comments on same.. Yes, we will
sell to anyone having cash for
our- property." " ' '
.-The James H. Morrisons,"
, .'Route 2, Box 240, I,
' . Medford, Ore.
DAV Ali Aaa . " "
To the Editor: -The Veterans'
Rehabilitation Center, sponsored
by. Jackson county chapter No.
8, Disabled American Veterans,
up to now in preliminary stages
of preparation, is now Teady to
receive any discard articles from
the public. , r
We will answer your phone
call and pick: o "anything you
have that is taking up attic r
storage space, but can be recon
ditioned and made tutfuL.- We
have some storage 1 sheds built
that will contain what we expect
to have ea fcud at rrt txX
P-0 T L y EC
, (Iy M-T Staff and Contributors)
S mm
This is the remark we heard
a woman make , last. Monday
night after : she watched Y the
fire which .damaged Eads Trans
fer and Storage: "I was hop
ing the fire would spread-
across the aUey so they'd have
a fire sale at the liquor store."
. Mrs. Betti Boyla, manager
of the Jackson hottL learned
during , the same , fire that .
playing the Good Samaritan
can be costly. '
. When the blase broie out.
Mrs. Boyle called every room
in .the hotel to warn the oc- '
cupants to get their cars out ,
ef a parking lot alongside the -Eads
building. ,
When she fire was out. she
discovered . ahat ' her brand
new; car was the only one '
damaged ia the blase,
. A : friendly contributor sent
this: one in, - quoting ' a - radio
commentator:
A certain city in this U.SA.
posted the following sign at its
city limits: "Our speed limit is
25 miles per hour. -Fine for-exceeding
that limit is $3 for every
mile in excess of that. Pick out
a speed you can afford." ;
Staff member watched with
interest last week as a ne
chant on Sixth street came;
out of hU place of business,,
walked 'up to his car': parked .
nearby,' placed, a . parking
iickat on the windshield, 'and
went back to his store.1.
: .. Well, it -beats feeding nic
kels into the: meter, : doesn't
lit ' :
Restaurant waitresses are ex
pected to have all: the answers,
but one was stumped the . other
day, Vesta Barnard, a Rogue
river fishing guide from : Pros
pect, reports she went . into ia
local eatery with . a friends The
friend introduced I her .; to ' the
waitress as "the first lady, of
angling " The .waitress thought
for a . moment and then asked,
gling-Where is Angling?'
i; (Editorial query: Isn't I that
just north of the.Anglish xhan-
nel?) ' , . -
Paul Smith (of the Groce
teria) was smoking a mammoth
pipe at a- KiwanU dub meet
ing. He was accused by Sam
we expect to enlarge our storage
capacity as this project gets
under way. '
The DAV has been - inspired
to, inaugurate this project by
the number of stranded non-resi
dent? veterans that accuniulavjt
in Medford during the ; wintet
months, by reason of not being
able to gain immediate admit
tance to the domiciliary at Camp
White, after travelling some dis
tance in that hope. i The waiting
list is always long in - winter
time. . '' ; ; -A i : , . : ; fj ; -
v The DAV is anxious to help
any veteran in need, but , no
matter , how anxious, it cannot
be done ' without wherewithalL
That is our reason for this at
tempt to set up a fund for re
lief of these . unfortunates veter
ans. We expect to employ partial
ly disabled men in. recondition
ing ; articles, sell the articles,
and . use all : net - proceeds for
nothmg - but veterans'.' welfare,
and assistance to their widows
and dependents. - - ; r ; ' -We
do' not -intend to discon
tinue what aid we. - have been
able to afford resident veterans,
and we expect -to continue our
usual claims- and welfare work,
Thislnew' enterprise is m addi
tion to what we have been do
ing:- hot a substitute for - any
thing of the recent yastiV Wejire
endorsed ' by men - who" believe
that disabled veteran should be
helped to help themselves. "
Phone 2-8312. DAV -'head
quarters; 2-4192; DAV adjutant's
home, or 2-5305,, mile's sioteL
if you have something you wish
to dispose of. Discarded articles
of -clothing, ,; furniture, ; equip
ment tools, or even' scrap iron
or paper, -
We hav; received endorsement
for the work from Governor Pat
terson, Secretary of State New
bry, County Judge Rodney Keat-
ing, County Commissioners L. G.
(Shy) Mortbland and Chester H.
Wendt Sheriff Howard Gault,
Mayor of Medford Earl M. Mil
ler, Mayor of Ashland,' R. 1.
Neill, Mayor of Central Point
Donald E. Faber,' Ex-Mayor Dia
mond -Flynn, -r; President' 1 City
Council of Medford, John Snider
and ' City : Manager Robert- A.
Duff.
Pat Graham, ' ,-
Adjutant and Service
Officer, 15 ' '
t Jackson County Chapter
Na 8, DAV, -.
1515 North Riverside ave.
Medford,' Ore.
Thanks I4T For Aid . - .
To the Editor: We, the fresh
man class at Southern Oregon
college, wish to sincerely thank
you' for the space you so whole
heartedly donated to further the
March' of Dunes , through our
production "The Walking Stick
Rebellion. , We are glad to say
that through'your effort we "re
ceived, 5UV for the . March ef
Dunes.
Aesi3 we snk yen tofriv
Ing us t&e eartaniy t lydp
sup-crt the ccrrent IZzrd cf
Dintti cam-palja. - -
Freshman Class.
l: I Coutlrn Oregon eoHesa
.Taylor (of . Elk Lumber tam-
pany) of swiping and smoktag
the Elk Lumber ; company
sawdust burner. Smith kept
puffing, unperturbed, while r
the woods boss was fined lot
advertising.
Noted in our favorite weekly.
the Roberts Road Record, pub
lished by little Gerry and Moni
ca Auel:
EDITORIAL Everybody;
- should make ' : resolutions.
You" should, think about '
ways to improve yourself.
If you are too busy to make
resolutions, you should
make a resolution not to be
so busy. -S--- y-m
RESOLUTIONS Judy Nle
sen: I resolve to wash my
neck better in 1955.
Eileen Niesen: To do every
thing my mother wants me
' to do.-'- - '. ' '
1 Mrs. Archibald: I resolve
just to keep on doing - the
best I can. "
Francis : (Shorty) Kibbard, :
1302 Saling araw gives credit - -where
credit is due 4n this,
case - to ,: the postman , who
promptly delivered a- letter. :
two days after it was mailed
in Los Angeles, , which bare ..',
-the following address: v
Mr. R. (Shorty) Hibbaird
Medford Oregon j ,
. POSTMAN: Mr. Hibbard
resides on a str,eet (name vn-
known),. but. which is located -1
block north of E. Jackson :
Street and '- running parallel ;
with Jackson Street, His home
is located on . the south slde :
of said, street: and lies within.
the 2 or 3 blocks betwaan -Crater
Lake Evenue and Bet-
. sie -' .Street The house .ia,;.
question . u within the first ?
several houses . directly west 4
cf . Bessie ; Street . intersection. . -Thank
you. Mr. Hibbard U . .
r civil engineer and surveyor.
Thanks. . . , ' .
3.
Eugene UJ9 A 18-year-i
old Eugene high school girt wai "
acquitted of mans 1 a ughter
charges Friday evening in.con-v
hection , with the fatal stabbing
of her stepfather last Oct. 1.,
; A Lane County Circuit Court ing
Ella Louise Starmer about
jury returned the verdict favor-
6:10 p.m after deliberating lesai
than two hours. The' trial began V
Tuesday. ' " : - 'y'.z -' ':"
- Ella Louise s testified Jn' her I
own" behalf Friday " afternoon.:
She told the court she remem:
bered nothing' about the stab-f
bing of Archie Swanberg, her
stepfather with, a 10-inch but-r
cher; knifev:-'f- y-'"'y
The high school junior and her'
mother Mrs. Anne Swanberg; i
told substantially the same story
than the? stepfather i had been
beating Mrs. Swanberg, and the
mother had called for help. The
defense . contended .that X31a
Louise went, to the aid of her '
mother with the; butcher knife..'
Tanksloy Sent jneed
fa ThrcQ-Ycsr Tcra
'r V,;
Portland--UJ3 - Roy Church-
11 1 't m .
wuu lash iiiomn pieaaea ; sjuuiy.. .
to theft of a aafe from a eost.
Eugene
Schoolgirl
Acq
...1 - 11. - , . J -
office" at1 Bly, Ore., was senten
ced .to three; years in prison v
Fridav. : - 'j ' ::.y -r A '
U. S. Judge Gus J. Solomon ;
ignore d ,Tanksleys . plea for :
clemency on the grounds that he'A
had lost $150,000 in a California',
logging venture and wished to ,
protect timber interests in Mex-
ICO.
';lv i- . i '
Tanksley was one of eight pe'
sons arrested in connection with ?
the theft,; in which 1500 blankr
money orders were taken :. . ;v
Tanksley was jailed briefly in
Medford after being arrested on
the charge by Paul Hanlin, depu- .
ty United States marshal. :
Springfield Man De t ;
In Car A' rain tXecidznf .
Eugene tUJS A 45-year-
old father of four children UedH
instantly Friday afternoon when"',
his automobile was struck by a- f
passenger tram - at a zour-traejc 1
crossing here. -: ,: v.
The victim was Clyde William 1
Bowman, Springfield, an em-: I
ployee of the Eugene: Water and
Electric Board steam plant Lane1!
County Coroner rred cua tt: J j
Bowman was thrown 15 fac 1
from his car, and died ef a fra j
tured skulL , ; . :
City safety officials were to S
certain whether the man's det'i t
would be , recarded as a tj i
traffic fatality since: the acti-
dent may have occurred on pti.-;:-
vate property. -
Until Friday, Eugene had ex- '
perienced 493 days without : a
traffic death aince - Oct IX,
M53. - :
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ar' rcriliT l tul Cxtrriiy I ,.;
thU cm t.hen 3 ZZ-rtsx'' ,
mctiriit skiCJl:! fcita a Xwcr
pole. , , . . -s '
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