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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
0 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 9, 1945
(It Was Friday)
Theodore L. Ryall Sr., Ash
land, receives word that his son
has been released from Japanese
prison camp in Philippine
islands.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Next Wed
nesday, Spring officially starts,
end will probably be the worst
day of Winter.
20 YEARS AGO
March 9, 1935
(It Was Saturday)
Jack Hueston, pro at Rogue
Valley Gold course, announces
plsns for President's Cup tour
nament. P. G. (Prink) Callison, head
football coach at University of
Oregon, arrives In Medford to
visit friends.
30 YEARS AGO
March 9. 1925 '
at Was Monday)
Medford High school basket
ball team defeats Merrill, Klam
ath county champions, by score
og 60 to 12, and wins right to
play in state tournament.
City police arrest "traveling
man" with nine spotlights on his
car and order him to remove
eight of them or go to jail.
40 YEARS AGO
March 9, 1915
at Was Tuesday)
A. C. Allen to show moving
pictures of fishing in Rogue
river at world's fair in San
Francisco. '
Residents of Willow Springs
and Tolo areas appear before
county court and request that
Pacific highway be routed
through, their sections.
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 of Iho 71)
Cepr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. Which of these consumes
more electricity during the year:
U.S. Steel, General Motors,
Atomic Energy commission.
Aluminum Co. of America?
2. Of every 100 unmarried
women in the U.S. now 22 years
old' 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 will mar
ry within 12 months?
3. Does the U.S. import more
wine or more whiskey from oth
er countries?
4. Unemployment compensa
tion ends for about half, many
more or many fewer than half
of recipients before they get a
job again?
5. The Jewish festival at this
time of year is Rosh Hashanah,
Pesach, Yom Kippur or Purim?
6. Virginia McMath was the
original name of which movie
star?
7. The U. S. bought Alaska
frojn Canada, Denmark, France,
Hrpat Britain. Mexico or Russia?
The Answers: 1. Atomic Ener
gy commission. 2. 20. 3. More
whiskev. 4. For about half. 5.
Purim. 6 Ginger Rogers 7. Rus
sia. ' '
SUFFICIENT REASON
MemDhis. Tenn. U.R) A
Memphis Episcopal church is
paying Mrs. Florence Green
wood's expenses to accompany
her minister husband to an Epis
copal convention in Hawaii be
cause, it was decided, "Husbands
can't' be allowed to go running
all over the globe alone.". . '
MAIL TRIBUNE
Girl Scout Week
In the Rogue Valley area over 2,000 girls and
some 400 grownups who work with them are this
week joining in the national observance of Girl Scout
Week. The Girl Scout organization, founded in 1912
by Mrs. Juliette Low, will be 43 years old next Sat
urday. - , , h
"THE continuous growth and spread of Girl Scout-
ing has been a matter of wonder and amazement
since its modest beginning when a handful of girls
adopted as their motto "On my .honor Twill try to do
my duty to God and my country, to help other people
at all. times, and to" obey the Girl Scout laws."
Today there are more than a million and a half
girl members in every state, territory and possession.
There are U.S.A. Girl Scout troops in about forty
foreign lands also, made up of youngsters whose par
ents have overseas military or business assignments.
Belonging to the Girl Scouts means a great deal to
these for it is a link with home and a way of preparing
themselves for the time when they return to their own
country.
LJERE at home, as in other parts of the world, there
are girls who want to belong but for whom there
are not enough leaders and meeting places. Because
the Scouts believe in being good citizens, because
their organization prepares them well for the import
tant job ahead, and because they are building for
their own and their country's future they should have
the active support, or at least the interest of everyone.
. E.C.F.
Indians Will Need Wise Guidance
Operation of the program to end government su
pervision over the Klamath Indian tribe will be
watched with interest in southern Oregon because of
the many considerations involved in the shift of re
sponsibility from federal
There are 2070 Klamaths enrolled in the tribe,
all except 330 of them living in Oregon. The Indian
Service, through a proposed plan of orientation edu
cation, will prepare members for the drastic change
and adjustments to be faced following the end of the
federal trusteeship scheduled for August, 1958.
The termination act
for minors and their property under Oregon state
law and makes provision
sponsibility of adults who
in the final settlement of
An educational program for those who desire to
attend school is planned.
I JNDER terms of the law providing for termination
of the Klamath Indian Agency and the reserva
tion three management specialists have been ap
pointed by the Indian Bureau. They are Thomas B.
Watters, Klamath Falls; William L. Phillips, Salem,
and Eugene Favell, Lakeview.
The specialists are to have an appraisal made of
the fair market value of tribal properties within a
year. Adult members of the tribe will then be given
the choice of withdrawing, or will be paid for their
interests. The management specialists are also
charged with the task of preparing a plan satisfactory
to the tribe and the Indian Service for the permanent
management of the tribal properties.
Under the act individual and corporate income
will be subject to state and federal income tax.
The Klamath tribesmen are among the more en
lightened Indians in the nation and will probably get
along as well as any of them following termination
of government trusteeship, providing, of course, there
is efficient and wise management of the transition
details.
COME other tribes are not so ready for citizenship.
They realize their own limitations and are fully
aware of the white man's penchant for taking ad
vantage of them.
Chiefs of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla
tribes summed up their situation in a statement some
time ago protesting the termination of protection :
"... By virtue of the treaty of 1855 with the various
tribes of Indians in Washington and Oregon, the Indians
relinquished their inherent rights to large portions of land
in both states and at this time, the Indians agreed to re
move to various portions of lands, called reservations,
there to live under a beneficent wardship of the Federal
Government. At that time, it was clear to the Federal
Government that the Indian was not ready for full
citizenship, and that he must be protected from the com
mercial instinct and sharp practices of the white citizens
of the Territory.
"Today we are being told that we are now ready for
full citizenship; that we are mentally competent to buy
and sell lands, buy intoxicants and generally carry on
business, and business practices without any restrictions
whatsoever. Admittedly the tendencies of the white man
to cheat and defraud the Indian have not changed over
these last hundred years since the signing of the treaty.
If this is so, then how can it be argued with any sincerity
that the ability of the Indian to defend himself against
these white men tendencies has changed?
"We still have today on the Umatilla reservation es
sentially the same Indian that inhabited this reservation
many years ago. He is just as susceptible to the sharp
practices of the white man; just as easily influenced by
friendly overtures, aided and abetted by liquid refresh
ments, as he was then. The education facilities that have
generally been made available to the younger-Indians
have largely been superficial. They have been more or
less educated in theory, but certainly they have not been
educated in fact, so as to be able to cope with a commer
cial and selfish world. For 100 years they have been
taught that they were not competent to handle their com
mercial interests; not competent to buy and sell lands;
and not competent to compete with the whites. All this
training has instilled in the mind of the Indian a complex
of inferiority that will not easily be eradicated, and which
certainly has not in any way been diminished by the super
ficial education which the youngest element has acquired."
. - - . - E.C.F.
Wednesday, March 9. 1955
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He Wants Socialism
To the Editor: When driving
on Highway 99, one can catch
an occasional glimpse of the
Southern Pacific tracks near
Roseburg, Grants Pass, Ashland
and Medford. The railroad goes
right up the steep hills and
twists and turns around sharp
curves. Indeed, if the line had
an overhead trolley wire, it
could pass for the Toonerville
Trolley right of way.
For years the cities along the
way have urged the railroad
to give better passenger service
with modern equipment, faster
trains, a rebuilt roadbed, and
more convenient schedules. This
urging has been useless. Simi
larly, almost annually, since
World War I there has been a
freight car shortage. The rail
road has not done very much
aboutthat either.
My belief is that the transpor
tation problem of Southern Ore
gon (and many other problems,
too) can be solved only by the
program of the Socialist Labor
Party. For now, under capit
alism, production and services
are employed to further corp
orate profits; but, under social
ism, production and services will
be employed to fulfill human
needs.
Henry R. Korman,
503 15th Ave.,
Longview, Wash.
The Sawdust Burner Menace
To the Editor: We hear so
much DroDaeanda about the
smog condition in California but
after being there for a vacation
we found out that we have a
worse smog problem right here
in the Rogue River Valley that
is fast destroying any joy a per
son might have in its beauty.
It has been eettins steadilv
worse in the past five years.
California has more thines to
combat in their problem of smog
but they at least are doing some
thing about it. There is only one
source here which causes smoke
and that is the sawdust burners.
Why do we allow this condi
tion to exist when it could iust
as well be stopped! Sawdust
could be disposed of in so many
other ways. It is needed badly
in feed lots and could be nut in
low places. Those responsible
should be willing to clean up
this condition because the valley
belongs to aU whb live here.
When we returned to the val
ley it was like entering a huge
smoldering bonfire and its that
way almost all the time. It was
not that way anywhere else and
I'msure the people on the bus
were not impressed with the
Rogue River Valley. The smoke
causes a very bad situation
which is harmful to one's eyes.
The glare from un on smoke
is terrific.
Let's get busv and Hn nm.
thing about our smog problem.
instead oi taming so much about
smog in other places.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V.
(Name on FileX
Gl Polioidii"
Flown To Slates
Fukuoka, Japan flj.R) A
voune armv nnlin Jnt; i
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his wife, who was flown to Jap
an as me iirst "Operation Heart
line" case nrill VinfVi t
the United States tomorrow, the
Army said today.
Pfc. Dennis M. Dixon, 18, and
his wife, Anna, 19, will travel
in separate pianes since he is
still confined to a respirator.
Dixon was hospitalized Dec.
26 and his wife was flown to
Japan from her Ta
home Feb. 12 under "Operation
quinine wmcn permits the
next of kin of servicemen in
critical condition to be brought
to them overseas.
The 24th Infantry Division
soldier will be using a newly
developed respirator weighing
only 165 pounds. It is being used
for the first time for evacuating
patients from Japan.
His Darents. Mr oj V
James I. Dixon, live at Tucson,
Licjaid Stardi
love the way their husbands
look in Vano-starched shirts.
Vano does perfect
starching...
saves time..
saves work.
BBM - I I I II
Saar Coal Region
Dispute Threatens
Serious Proportions
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
A new dispute between France
and Germany over the little
Saar coal region is really be-
f n m i n a nr.
The dispute
now threatens
to delay the
final ratifica
tion of the Par
is treaties that
provide for a
West German
rearmament.
It is even
Charles AlcCann possible,
though not
likely, that the disagreement
might prevent the final ratifica
tion and thus bring about a new
West European defense crisis.
The latest complication is
that the United States and Brit
ain are being drawn into the
dispute.
The situation is so sensitive
that anything they try to do
about it might make things
worse instead of better.
Rich in Coal
The Paris treaties have been
approved by the French Nation
al Assembly and the. West Ger
man Bundestag.
As part of a legislative pro
gram, the two bodies also ap
proved a special French - Ger
man agreement for administra
Is That So?
Can you conceive of anything
more wonderful in this world
than a bird which can fly?
Its skeleton is at once a mas
terpiece of strength, lightness
and flexibility. One, the frigate
bird with a wing spread of sev
en feet, weighs in all but two
pounds and of this the skeleton
weighs qjit four ounces some
what less than the feathers.
The lungs of a flying bird are
not just single cavities as with
mammals but a whole series of
openings extending from the
head oftentimes clear down
through the hollow leg bones
and out to the wingbones. Be
sides, some birds have air sacs
around the intestines, muscles,
and often immediately under the
skin. Thus air permeates and
aerates the entire bird, expell
ing heat from the body quick
ly, and providing oxygen and
carrying away carbon dioxide
quickly.
To help keep its balance in
the air, on the land and in the
water, the flight bird's heavy
muscles are kept at the bottom
of the bird so that it will not
be top heavy. The heaviest, most
powerful muscles are those that
control the wings in the pig
eon they have been found to
weigh as much as half of the
whole bird. Other low-slung bal
lasts, carried deep in the keel,
are the heavy gizzard and liver
while above are the light lungs
and air sacs.
Demands Tremendous Energy
Flight demands a tremendous
expenditure of energy cer
tainly more than in any other
form of animal locomotion. This
calls for a high-combustion en
gine. Heart beats may exceed
1,000 a minute in flight, tem
peratures well over 100 degrees
Fahrenheit a heron's 105 de
grees, a duck's 109.1 degrees, a
swift, is 111.2 degrees which
would kill a human; and a bird's
red corpuscle count is more than
in any other creature.
But this machine is efficient;
a golden plover made a 2,400
mile overwater hop on two
ounces of fuel.
Many birds maintain a V for-
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tion of the Saar, the 990.9-square-mile
coal area which lies
nestled between France and
Germany.
The Saar is German but it is
tied economically to France.
France does not want Germany
to have it because the Saar turns
out 17,000,000 tons of coal a
year.
The French-German agree
ment provides for a special
"European" status for the Saar
pending the conclusion of a fi
nal German peace treaty. The
agreement gives France special
economic rights in the Saar.
Claims Agreement Temporary
France forced the Saar agree
ment -as part of its price for
agreeing to the arming of West
Germany. West Germany accept
ed it reluctantly.
During the ratification debate
in the German Bundestag,
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer,
fighting to get the Saar agree
ment approved, emphasized that
it was only temporary.
He said that Saarlanders
would be free to campaign for
their return to Germany. He
said also that the United States
and Britain had abandoned a
previous promise to support
France's claim to the Saar when
the German peace treaty is ne
gotiated. France disputes these state
ments and disputes them so
strongly that a critical situtaion
is brewing.
Ry Eugene Burns
Ranger-Naturalist
mation during their migratory
flights, including the goose. It
is the simplest way of following
the leader in the sky while
keeping out of his wash and yet
retaining good vision.
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lito, Calif.
Families Snowbound
In Clatsop Counly
Astoria (U.R) Some 15
families, living at Camp McGre-
Lgor in the southeast corner of
Clatsop county, has been snow
bound for more than a week but
there is no immediate emergen
cy, it was reported today
The situation became known
when a resident came out on a
railroad speeder to ask the
county court to clear a logging
road which connects the camp
with the outside world. The fa
milies have enough food and
fuel, but are tired of being iso
lated, he said.
There is no snowplow in Clat
sop county so the request was
turned over to the state high
way department.
The area has telephone ser
vice and the railroad speeder
makes essential trips to Vernon
ia. i
In TKe Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
Straw in the world winds:
In the state of Andhra, in
what is now the Dominion of
India, they held an election the
other day to choose the mem
bers of their state legislature.
(As in the British parliament,
the memberships are called
"seats.")
Andhra is probably the
POOREST of India's 29 states
which means that its people are
very poor indeed so the Com
munists locked upon it as a
plum to be rather easily picked
from the tree. They put on a ter
rific campaign with the pious
idea of winning a smashing vic
tory to be used for propoganda
purposes throughout the rest of
India and tiiroughout the world.
Something slipped.
They're still counting votes,
but with 62 seats remaining to
be decided as this is written
Prime Minister Nehru's Con
gress party has already won 99
out of a total of 196, or an ab
solute majority of two. The
Commies have won only seven
seats.
IIHY is a legislative election
"in an obscure state of the
faraway Dominion of India of
interest to US?
It's like this:
The Communists, who are a
windy lot, are long on promises
of what they can and wiU do for
poor downtrodden people, but
when it came to the showdown
even the fabulously poor and
downtrodden people of this poor
est of all the states of India kept I
AT - P- 3 a A : 1
meir lingers crssea biiu lumeu
the Commies down.
rpHEIR decision strengthens the
belief that this thing that we
call Communism . is so foul - a
thing that if we can only stave
off shooting war long enough it
will fall of the weight of its
own foulness.
JETTING closer home:
The Oregon state forestry
department says its work in the
woods has been seriously ham
pered this winter by vandals.
Holes have been shot in its
weather equipment. Tags have
been removed from trees marked
for cutting, and boundary mark
ers have been destroyed.
One of the problems that has
been bothering the department
is the eating of tree seed by
mice. Trees grow from seed, you
know, and if too many seeds are
eaten by rodents effective re
forestation is hindered. So last
fall the foresters put out scores
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of mouse traps in the hope that
by checking the eating and
travel habits of field mice they
could determine the best meth
ods of keeping the tree seeds
from being eaten in too great
quantities.
rVER the winter, the traps!
v have ALL been shot up or'
stolen!
People are funny, aren't they? -
fTlHERE are nrnhlam. -11 .
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-sorts in this world.
Let's close with this somiroVia 3-
unusual one:
Mr. and Mrs. Van Dusseldorp
of South Bend, Ind., have iden-;.
tical twins, Linda and Karen,:
aged one year. The. other dav-
one of the little girls got hold
of an unguarded aspirin bottle:
and ate the nice little . whit I
tablets contained in it.
The parents called the doctor. -The
doctor prescribed stomach
pumping. It was then that the
problem arose. Which twin ate'
the tablets? The mother first.:
thoughtit was Linda. Then she .
got unsure. "No," she said, "it?
was Karen."
The doctor didn't hesitate. H '
pumped BOTH stomachi. s
'
Employment Agency 1
Urged in Multnomah
Portland (U.R) Multnomah
county commissioners were urg-
ed today to set up an employ-"
ment agency to help ease the ,
hardship caused by the recent
45 per cent cut in general as-"
sistance money. :
J. D. M. CrockwelL repre-i
senting old age and welfare re
cipients, told the commissioners
there was plenty of work in the -area,
but no agency to channel
it to welfare recipients. 5
SUCCESSFUL
LIVING
starts with saving. Have His thing
you want through systematic sav
ing. Don't just dream . . . er wish,
but have the things you want in
life by saving for them. Start with
any amount.
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