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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORIkJTRIBUNI iveryboay in souinern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Ediior HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STAR CHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daiy and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday six momns e.ou Daily and Sunday Three mos 3.50 Daily and Sanday One month 1.25 Sunday Only One year $3.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Photnix, Shady Cove, Rogue River. Talent, . nH nn motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday one monin xuio Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper oi jacuson ouriy United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 73 J J NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 21, 1945 (It was Wednesday)' fonfrnl Pnint ffrario .' SpTinol team, coached by Harold Boner, wins "B" grade school cham pionship with Lester Hansen as high scorer; other members of squad include Milo Trautman, Wallace West, Monte Coleman, Milton Hilkey, Ted Franks, Monte Walker and Dean Glenn. From Arthur Perry's Ye Flynn and V. Brophy, early spring Grandpaws, are back from the clouds, but still can't keep from goose-stepping with joy, while not giggling. 20 YEARS AGO n ... Feb. 21, 1935 (It was Thursday) Tixst 1935 Chrysler automo bile sold in Med&rd is delivered to Dr. Edwin R. Durno. Information on proposed dam on Appiegaie nvej, piejjaieu iui Public Works administration chief. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 21, 1925 , (It was Saturd. Wallace Woods granted per mit to construct lumber yard on South Fir st. Jackson County Agent C. C. Cate reports that agriculture outlook for Rogue valley during coming year is very good. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 21, 1915 (It was Sunday) E. J. Kaiser, former editor of the Ashland Record, named post master at Ashland succeeding John R. Casey; story says Kaiser "probably weighs more than any ex-editor in Jackson county." From the Local and Personal column: The petitioned candi dates for the coming election in the city of Jacksonville expect to erect a bridge across Jackson creek of concrete to cost ap proximately $3,000. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. U. S. insurance companys carry more of their assets in Government bonds, corporation bonds, common stocks or real estate mortgages? 2. Which of these airplanes covers the largest certificated route mileage within the U. S.: American, Capital, Eastern, Northwest, TWA or United? 3. The three Negroes in Con gress are all Republicans or all Democrats, or two are Republi cans, or two are Democrats? 4. The RH Factor is an item in red blood cells, or white cor puscles, or Government security checks, or mental tests? 4. The percentage of aU homes rented (instead of owned) has increased, decreased, or stayed about the same in the last 10 years? 5. Bangkok is the capital of Afghanistan, Burma, Indonesia, Malaya, Pakistan, or Thailand? 7. Automation is a restaurant serving food in : compartments, mechanical chess player, opera tion of machines by other ma chines, or highway speed trap? The Answers: 1. Corporation bends. 2. American. 3. All three are Democrats. 4. All red blood cells. 5. Decreased. 6. Thailand. 7. Operation of machines by an other machine. - i zr ' MAIL TRIBUNE Our Citizen-Servants One of the proposals now being studied by the state legislature would eliminate the unpaid state liquor control commission, and substitute a paid, full time commission. There is also sentiment for doing away with Ore gon's traditional unpaid commissions in other fields, too, such as the state parole board and others. would hate to see this tendency go too far. Ore y gon has been well served by. high type, public spirited men (and women), who, without pay and only because they feel an obligation to their state, undertake the often-unpleasant job of superintending the operation of some state function. Perhaps the suggestion to shift to paid employees is motivated by a desire for "efficiency," perhaps be cause it is thought that the state is asking too much of her unpaid servants. Perhaps there are other reasons. DUT whatever the reaons, they are not valid, in our view. The state board of higher education has called upon the talents of men and women in all. walks of life in all parts of the state, who have helped build Oregon's higher education into a fine organization. The citizens on the state parole board spend many hours going over records and interviewing men, in an attempt (more successful than -is generally ac knowledged) to cut down the prison population, and restore convicts to useful lives. The liquor commission in Oregon has been re markably free from the graft and political involve ments which are attracted by the liquor business. IN ADDITION there are the many boards and com- missions for examining applicants for licenses in one profession or another. With unpaid members who represent differing points of view, it is possible to protect the interests of minorities as well as major ities in these fields of interest. The public welfare commission has one of the most difficult and heart-rending jobs of all appor tioning limited funds to thousands of needy and de serving citizens, while at the same time watching to make sure tax funds are not foolishly spent. Many others could be cited. TO REPEAT -Oregon has oiti7onf fimiils and women of high character willing to serve, any move to change this system Help Wanted -WANTED Young men and women for interesting, stimulating jobs. Work in large, well-lighted rooms. Pleas ant, intelligent, co-workers. Three-month paid vacations, ; numerous holidays. Opportunity for advancement, and automatic salary increases for good performance. Starting salary $291 per month and up, depending on qualifications. Not bad? Not bad at all. c While the "want ad" above may gloss over a few points which are not as favorable, in the main it is a fairly good description ot a begging, these days. We refer, of course, to teacher. W1 E have had things to about some of the drawbacks m the profession. But, despite salaries which may be generally lower than those available in industry for comparable qual ifications, teaching has much to commend it "as a life work for young college or university graduates. In addition to the more obvious attractions, such as steady employment, job security, chances for fur ther schoolings and so on, there is the undeniable (and sometimes underestimated) force of intellectual curi osity, which it is the job of teachers to inculcate in their charges with a resulting benefit to themselves. "THERE'S another thing, too. The jobs aren't always easy. Anyone who doesn't like a certain amount of hard work and challenging responsibility wouldn't make a good teacher anyway. E.A. Congratulations The Medford post of the Ground Observers Corps celebrates the first anniversary of ..its formal organi zation tonight. We are happy to join in the congratulations. The observers do a difficult, thankless job, with out pay, and it is one which, we are told, is essential to America's safety today. - IN THE cold war, it is probable that duties of this type will be necessary for a long time to come. And it is encouraging to note how many people are willing to give up the hour or so per week to make this nation more secure from attack. It could be added that it is too bad that there are not more who are willing to make this sacrifice. Tint to those faithful few who belone to the corns, and to those who will receive their wings for many hours of service -congratulations. r. a. t Nixon Favors End Of Managua, Nicaragua U.R Vice-President Richard M. Nix on has recommended that: the Eisenhower administration junk the foreign operations adminis tration, informed sources said today.' . " The sources said the vice-president's tour of Central America has convinced him that Harold E. Stassen's agency and the Un Monday. February 21, 1955 been well served by her As Inner ns thri am men should be defeated. type oi jod wnicn is going ,..,. the honorable profession of say in this space before Stassen Agency ited States Information service are duplicating and sometimes competing with the work of Am erican embassy personnel. , Nixon, half-way through his tour of Central America, was reported convinced that techni cal aid programs for underde veloped countries must .be con tinued and even expanded under permanent agencies. Matter of Fact -' THE ISLANDS Taipeh, Formosa The essen tial point to grasp about the re treat from the Tachens is that - it does not set tle anything. It was a way of putting off the evil day, and perhaps not even a very good way. From a mil itary view point, the Tachens of Joseph Alsop course had the' great drawback of remoteness from Formosa. Planes based here could not prevent the strong Communist air units in tha Chekiang-Kiangsu airbase . com plex from attacking the Tachens at will, and worse still, from cut ting off the Tachens from sea borne supply. A determined assault on the Tachens was plainly being pre pared. And in order to stop the islands being starved out by air, American naval air units and bombers from Okinawa and Guam would have had to strike at the source of the danger, the Chekiang-Kiangsu airbases. On the other hand, the-craggy Tachens were fortress islands, offering no temptations what ever to a planner of landing op erations. Whereas the big island of Quemoy, with its occupying forces of a whole corps of Chiang Kai-shek's best troops, is just one big standing temptation. Quemoy is as flat as a pan cake. It is surrounded by one long, continuing beach. It is so close to the hostile mainland that it can be attacked by a sim ple sampan fleet any old night, with no bothersome, big scale amphibious effort. Andin the very near future, when the Chinese Communists have finished in stalling heavy artillery on Wei Tao point, every position on Quemoy including the critical ly important airstrip will look straight down the throat of an enemy gun. In other words," if any islands are to be defended, the Tachens were quite as good a place to start as Quemoy, which is with in air range of Formosa, but so vulnerable that the air can eas ily count less than other factors in a fight for the place. And this means, in turn, that the re treat from the Tachens has not reduced the dimensions of the military problem of "the offshore islands. HPHAT problem now has three parts.. : ..There jis .. Quemoy. There are the Matsus, 1 much more lightly garrisoned tham Quemoy but rather more defen sible and much further from the mainland, so that a serious am phibious operation would be needed to take them. And there is Nanchi Shan, about seventy five miles south of the Tachens, at extreme air range from For mosa, where the Chinese Na tionalists have already stationed a regiment and are . now rein forcing with other regular troops. The Communists can now di Spain Complaining Economic Aid Hot Coming Fast Enough By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Spain feels that its value to the United States in the building up of Western defenses against C ommunist aggression is not properly recognized. Spanish spokesmen are com plaining that General Francisco Franco's gov ernment is not getting the economic aid Charles McCann it is entitled to under the Spanish-American Mil itary Agreement. From the purely military viewpoint, the agreement is working well. But the feeling in Spain is that economic aid, which is part of the agreement, is being doled out with a very reluctant hand. American economic aid for the fiscal years 1954-1955 totaled $170,000,000. Spain feels that other countries which are of less potential value to the United States are getting more. . , Spanish dissatisfaction has not yet reached the point where the smooth working of the military part of the agreement is en dangered; Agreement in Danger , But it could reach that point if the United States let the sit uation drift. Spain, with pretty good reason regards itself as the great anti Communist bastion of Western Europe. ; It occupies, with Portugal, a peninsula which forms the ex treme Southwestern corner of Europe. If, in the event of a war, Communist armies swept over Western Europe, there would be hope of stopping them at the i By Joseph Alsop vert the force they were prepar ing for the attack on the Tachens to attack Nanchi Shan, the fall of which will bring Communist air and naval power down into the mouth of the Formosa Strait. If they wait a few weeks, until they have completed their big new jet airbase at Huang Yen, they can be sure of air superiori ty over the small Chinese Na tionalists air force in any fight for Nanchi Shan. Thus if Chiang Kai-shek sticks to his announced intention to defend Nanchi to the death, the air battle alone could be very costly. Or the Communists can either bypass Nanchi or combine an at tack on it with an attack on Quemoy or the Matsu Islands. Here they would be chal lenging the on again off again American guarantee, which has been given to Quemoy . and Mat sus but not to Nanchi. They would also have a much tougher air battle on their hands. Since they have only one airstrip, at Foochow, that brings their MIG-15s within range of the islands off the Fukien coast. None the less, some amphibious buildup has been noted opposite the Matsus. Or finally, the Communists can combine any of the opera tions outlined above with air attacks on Formosa proper, which they have told the Burm ese and other neutrals they planned for this year. If they use their Ilyushin-28 jet bombers, the air defenses here are lament ably inadequate. Thus jet bomb er attacks on Formosa would probably provide a kind of in direct air cover for operations against the Matsus or Quemoy, THAT is the not very pretty position minus the American forces in this area. Worse still the American forces on this side of the Pacific, including the air forces, have been so enfeebled by alleged defense economy that we must look to Peking like the paper tiger that Peking radio is always calling us. Even the 7the Fleet is a poor safeguard if the Ilyushin-28's are redeployed southwards into the potential battle area, for these are not the kind of landbase aircraft that a fleet at sea can comfortably challenge. These jet bombers, which are tne mam threat both to our fleet and to this island, ara stiU based around Peking as far as is known. That fact, plus the in adequacy of the Communist air- bases in Fukien province, are the two encouraging features of the situation. But the IL-28's can be redeployed already, and the Communists may well believe that the Foochow airstrip will be sufficient for their needs. , In short it is prudent to be ready for bad trouble. Maybe the Communists will hold their hands this year. But they have said they would not be halted, And on balance, it is idiotic not to be prepared, as an absolute minimum, for the kind of prob ing attack which will smoke out American intentions and test American resolution in this area in a decisive and final manner. (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Pyrenees Mountains which form the frontier betwesn France and Spain. 1 Politically also, Spain is an anti-Communist bastion. There are strong Communist move ments in France and Italy. In Spain there is none. France and Italy are weakened by recurrent cabinet crises. Spain has a one party political system, with Franco as undisputed leader. In fact, it was Spain's position as a ''totalitarian" country which kept it for years outside the Western defense set-up. The United Nations even boycotted it diplomatically for a time after World War II. . But the steady . encroachment of Russian Communism in Europe forced a reappraisal of policy. The Western Allies started to realize the potential value of Spain with its stable government and its army of 300,000 or more men behind the Pyrenees. Diplomatic Boycott Lifted " The .diplomatic boycott was lifted, and after long negotia tion a Spanish-American Mili tary Agreement was signed on Sept. 26, 1953. It provided that the United States should get both air and naval bases at strategic points all over Spain, in return for, military and economic aid . These bases are being de veloped steadily. There are to be air bases in the area of Madrid, in the center of Spain, in the northeastern part of the country, and in- the southwest. There are to be naval bases on both the Mediterranean and At lantic coasts. American military men are frequent visitors to Spain, and the United States is equipping the Spanish army and air force. : There is every reason to be lieve that authorities in Wash- Communications Letters to 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 right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Says It's An "Unfair Law" To the Editor: The article pub lished Feb. 11 entitled "Oregon Relation Responsibility Act De clared Invalid," deserves some consideration. We agree with Judge Lonergan, the law is "un reasonable," unfair and unjust for the one member of the fam ily that is imposed on. There should be some adjust ment : made so each child is equally responsible. Also some deductions allowed such as taxes, insurance, income tax etc. before the income is established. The present arrangement makes us pay tax on the same money twice. With high cost of living and hig taxes already its about all a working man can do to live and make payments on a place. We hope legislation will make some changes in this law. I urge everyone that is af fected by this law to write their Senators, Representatives, and Welfare committee, suggesting they look into this a little deeper and make changes so it will be on a more equal basis. Do it now before it is too late. (Name on File) Wants New County Court To the Editor: I think it about time some of our citizens made a concerted effort toward a more equitable distribution of road funds etc. I cannot, of course, know how much taxes andor gasoline is sold in Jackson county but I think I can say that it is not being properly distributed. For example, the people Butte Falls purchase, on a monthly average about 2000 gal lons of gasoline at our local sta tion meanwhile paying a tax at $.08 per gallon of $160. Most of this gasoline is used not between Butte Falls and Medford but between Butte Falls and Prospect and on Butte Falls Fish lake roads. We seldon . see such a thing as a gravel truck (County) on these roads and on one stretch of road . in particular the mud has been axle deep for approxi mately two months, the surface cf the road is from 6 inches to 3 feet below the surrounding area. On the vary limited bits of road where a bit of gravel is placed it usually turns out to be volcanic sand, very - soft and light in weight, suitable for a private road but very little else. If our County court cannot get better results lets change the membership of same. Floyd R. McCabe Mt. Pit Star Route v Butte Falls, Ore. Search Planes Locate Belgian Transport Rome (U.R) Italian search planes today reported they have found and identified the missing Belgian Sabena airliner which crashed eight days ago with 29 persons, including four Amer icans, aboard. The search pilots said there was no sign of survivors at the crash scene 45 miles northeast of Rome. Search headquarters at Vigna di Valle, Vnorth of Rome, said the photographs of the broken plane, located on a mountain peak, proved that the smashed fuselage was that of the long sought plane. . Military ski patrols immed iately left Terminillo, a . ski re sort for a five-mile push through heavy snow to the scene of the crash. ington will recognize the Span ish aid. complaints, and that be fore long a potentially serious situation will be cleared up. The High Hatter By GEO. N. TAYLOR A Western girl is working her way through College here in the East. A friend who wanted her to have a real homey Christ mas wrote to a woman of large income who lives in a great Colonial home. She bid the girl come and spend the day with them, not only to dine with them but also to enjoy the place. Days passed. The young wom an did not answer the invitation, nor did she come in at any time. The big hearted woman thought that the girl might be sick so she wrote her twice. But the young miss did not reply. She continued to High Hat the woman. "... Before you blow up at the thought of the girl high-hatting this woman of big heart recall how you yourself high-hat God. You sinned and the Bible teaches that the wages of sin is death. But God sent Christ to die for you and wash your page clean. Receive Christ as Lord and Savior and God gives you eternal life. This message is by a Dairyman " and family. ' Paid Adv. v In The Day's News A week or so ago, while at tending a meeting in Spokane, I spent a fascinating afternoon at the Inland Empire Paper Com pany's mill. I learned, among other things, that a decade or so ago the mill's owners were look ing with considerable apprehen sion toward the future. . Why? Well, paper is made out of trees, and a decade or so ago the supply of trees in the Spokane area was decreasing rapidly. It looked like the end of the mill might be in sight for the simple reason that the end of its supply of raw material might, be in sight. ' It was the old story of cut out and move out. 'THERE has been a change. A startling change. The owners of this mill now look forward to the future with confidence. They anticipate steady and consistent increases in its capacity. In the course of time, they will replace it with a new and more modern mill. They know now that it is a PERMANENT enterprise. YjTHY this change? The answer is simple. In the Spokane area as ALL OVER the state of Washington people are beginning to look at trees in terms of FIBER rather than in terms of rough boards. In the manufacture of rough boards, only a small part of the tree, relatively speaking, is uti lized. The rest is wasted. In the manufacture of products made of fiber, a very large proportion of the tree is utilized. Rough boards require old, mature trees. Fiber products can use trees of almost any size. Particularly, it can use YOUNG trees. In its youth a tree grows more rapidly than in its old age. HHHE result of the use of trees - in the form of fiber, rather than in the form of rough boards, has been to extend enormously the life of the timber stands of the area. THERE has been two interest irxtf ' rtewlnnmBrite In firm, kane's new trees-as-a-source-of- fiber economy. One is the dis covery that bug-killed timber makes just as good plup and pa per as healthy trees. You must have noticed .that logs cut from bug-killed trees have a bluish ring several inches DONALD W. RUBLE Maico-Trained Hearing Aid Technician JT WHO IS DONALD W. RUBLE? He owns the Maico Hearing Service, one of Portland's most modern and best equipped hearing aid offices located at 415 S.W. Broadway (next door to the Liberty Theatre). He has been fitting and servicing the hard of hearing with Maico instruments exclusively for the past nine years, CAN HE FIT HEARING AIDS PROPERLY? Ruble is a factory-trained technician, having passed the examination required by the Medical Accoustic instrument Company on hearing and hearing problems in order to suc cessfully understand and fit Maico Hearing Aids. The other members of his staff also are Maico-trained technicians, suc cessfully completing a refresher course every year to keep up with the new developments and advancements made in the hearing aid field. At present these technicians include Mr. J. R. Culver, Mr. Ellsworth Breen and Helen Cabe. WHAT HEARING AID DOES RUBLE DISPENSE? Maico, the most trusted and respected name in the hearing aid fiejd. Over 90 of all hearing tests made in the world are made on Maico built instruments, including every ear specialist in Oregon and Southern Washington, public schools and schools for special education in teaching the deaf, the University of Oregon Medical School and many others. HUN dreds. of, hard of hearing persons in this area wear Maico hearing aids. . . , . DO MAICO HEARING AIDS REQUIRE BATTERIES? No. Maico hearing aids are transistor instruments, using tiny " energy cells the size of a dime and operate for- less than a cent a day or about $3.00 per year. Maico aids are the workTs smallest, weighing only an ounce, and are worn in a lady's hair, with no cord on the neck and positively no clothing noise, or as a man's tie clasp. ; ARE MAICO HEARING AIDS SOLD ON TERMS? Yes. Your old hearing aid will serve as a down payment, or an extremely small down payment will suffice. Monthly payments run about the cost of batteries in a vacuum tube aid. Low bank rates are available. CAN RUBLE MAKE EVERYBODY HEAR? No. Many hard of hearing people can't be benefitted by hearing aids. He will test your hearing and will tell you to what extent you can be helped by a hearing aid. But hearing aids must be fitted for one to understand. Trying to hear on an aid that doesn't fit is like trying to see with someone else's glasses. : . v - DOES RUBLE CHARGE FOR HEARING TESTS? No. He wUl test your hearing without cost or obligation. If a hearing aid won't benefit you, or if you decide you don't want an aid, he won't try to high-pressure you into buying an aid. If you can't meet Ruble at the time and place indicated above, fill nut the coupon below and mail to him and he will call at your home for an examination of your hearing. Stop your frustration and embarrassment with good hearing. A hard of hearing person is a lonesome verson and is often a problem lor his family. DONALD W. RUBLE. Owner, Maico Hearing Center 415 S.W. Broadway, Portland, Oregon Name v. Address City- wide around their outer perime ter. This affects their value for lumber. But it doesn't seem to affect their value for pulp. It might almost be said that it in creases their plup value as the paper made from them is whiter than paper made from healthy timber. Perhaps the bluish tint works in the same way as blu ing put m the wash water. Anyway, these bug- killed trees are regarded good raw ma terial for pulp. You see great docks of them stacked up around the mill. fTHE other new development is jackpine (lodgepole.) Until very recently, jackpine was regarded as a liability rath er than an asset, as it cluttered land that might otherwise have been devoted to more useful pur poses. Jackpine is now regarded as one of the most valuable pulp woods in the West. In the Spo kane area, it is pinch - hitting for other woods, now in sharply de creasing supply, as a raw mater ial for pulp, and is proving per-, lectly satisfactory for all uses. Jackpine is helping to push weU into the future the time at which this Spokane paper mill might ' face declining supplies of raw material. IN the back of our minds here uwuwh;iu vicguil ailll J. VI til" em California there has always been the bugaboo of the time when our timber stands will be cut out and the lumber industrv will move on. That has been the historic cycle in timbered areas. It has been a boom and bust cycle. Increasing use of our timber as a source of FIBER can push that ancient fear out of our pic ture. Friends? Cars Crash; Boih Pay $10 Fine Wildwood. N.J. U.R) Auto- mobiles driven by Leander Peak, 60, and George Mayo, 64, col lided at a local intersection. The gentlemen were friends. Mayo was charged with eare les driving, pleaded guilty and paid a $10 fine. Then Peak stepped up to the judge and said: "Whatever my friend says is correct I too, am guilty." , He, too, paid a $10 fine. Dead line Sunday Classified h at noon Saturday: 10 ajn. Monday for Monday: other days 530 previous da v. MEET THE MAN WHO CAN HELP YO'J HEAR ' SEE HIM AT THE ' JACKSON HOTEL MEDFORD, OREGON 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22 State
