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Newspaper Page TextFOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDwwTRIBUNI "xlveryouuy m isouthern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY, Advertising Manager . C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. Citv Ediior HARRY CHIPMAN. TeleKraDh Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. 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. 1397 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daiy and Sunday One year $12 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos 3.50 Daily and Sunday 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, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford vmciai yaper oi jkhwii vumny United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Arivertixintf Renresentative: 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 A Vn Cil-A T lid N NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file3 of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO March 11. 1945 Darrel Riggs leads Medford High school basketball team to 53 to 26 victory over Prineville to clinch berth in state tourna ment; Medford to play yernonia in first tournament game. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Defeat is mounting in Germany like taxes and the Ohio river. If this cheers up the people, there is an expert with a wet blanket who predicts America will be fighting the Japs for years and years. 20 YEARS AGO March 11, 1935 (It was Monday) Katie Grieve installed as mas ter of Upper Rogue Grange; other new officers include Paul Robertson, Evelyn Coburn, Leo Hoag, Vic Chapman, Stewart 'Weeks, J. W. Richardson, Bruce Grieve, and Rube Moore. Ashland High school basket ball team, southern Oregon champions, scheduled to play Benson Tech of Portland in first round of state tournament. 30 YEARS AGO March 11. 1925 (It was Wednesday) Judge Gardiner speaks on "Ju venile Protection" at annual Daddy's Night program at Roose velt school. Herriot and Biden, two of leading substitutes on Medford High school basketball team, to miss state tournament because of mumps; Medford to play Franklin of Portland in first game. 40 YEARS AGO March 11. 1915 (It was Thursday) Governor Withycomb reap points Dr. J. F. Reddy, of Med ford and Grants Pass, to state mining board. Mrs Esther Lance, 71, a resi dent of the Foots creek area since 1870. dies at her home; sur vivors include sons G. W. Lance, Gold Hill, and Marion Lance, Medford, and daughters Mrs Hull, Grants Pass, and Mrs Helms, Medford. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. A woman who's a U.S. citi zen does or doesn't automatical ly lose her citizenship on marry ing an alien? 2. The accident rate is much higher or lower for trucks than for private cars, or about the same? 3. Are there more calories in a pound of sugar, white pota toes, peanuts, butter, white bread, or cream cheese? 4. The state of Andorra is in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America or the West Indies? 5. Which of these chains does the 'greatest business over the whole U. S.: American Stores, A & P, First National, Kroger, Safeway? 6. Socialist candidate for President in 1952 was Vincent Hallinan, Darlington Hoopes, Norman Thomas or Henry A. Wallace? 7. New York City has about 40, 140, 400, 1400 or 4000 hotels? The Answers: 1. Doesn't. 2. Much lower. 3. Butter. 4. Eu rcpe. 5. A & P. 6. Hoopes, 7. About 400. 5s MAIL TRIBUNE Turtles Once Harvested Here The Mail Tribune's recent Sunday picture pages with snapshots of earlier day people and scenes of the Medford vicinity created a great deal of interest and brought the offer of many more pictures than we were able to publish. Also quite a few were brought forth from old albums and other filing places too late for inclusion in the feature. Among the latter were two or three which started the news staff searching back into local history for information concerning an industry which flourished here over fifty years ago. fNE of the pictures shows a large number of turtles in a pen which was located on the old Potter-Palmer place, now known as the Modoc or chard, near Bybee bridge on Rogue river. Gazing at the huddled reptiles are a number of townspeople who had gone to the spot, to enjoy a picnic and to inspect pens where the turtles were kept until ship ped out. Although the people in this picture are not identified, another picture shows Miss Tex DeBar, daughter of an early day Jacksonville doctor; Mike Hanley, son of the first Mike Hanley that settled in the. Rogue valley; and the late Mrs. M. L. "Mose" Alford. Herb Alford, her son, long-time resident of Medford, recalls the picnic and the picture taking. Miss Claire Hanley, president of the Southern Oregon Historical Society, who loaned the Mail Tribune the pictures, thinks they were taken around 1900. She vaguely remembers her aunt, the late Alice Hanley, telling her that large shipments of turtles were made to Italy where they were fattened for eating purposes. Although the turtles found in this region are prob ably of the edible variety, there is no record of their having served such purpose locally. "VTHER descendants of early day valley residents were able to supply a few additional details con cerning the turtles. Mrs. J. S. Richardson, daughter of the S. M. Nealon family, which settled in the Table Rock region many years ago, recalls that there were large numbers of turtles in that vicinity in days gone by, that the slough on her parents' ranch har bored many of the reptiles and that a man made regular trips to the spot to capture them. This man told the Nealon children that the smaller turtles were sent to San Francisco where they were mounted on pins to be worn by fashionable ladies of that day. O. W. Ike Dunford of told about making a trip to Squaw lake in 1906 to plant trout. The party made the journey on horse back with pack horses carrying the fingerling trout in big cans. The going was considerably rough, Dun- ford stated, for the road had not been built at that time. On arrival at the lake the trout planters found the water teeming with turtles. Curator Myrtle P. Lee of the Jacksonville Museum has searched the back files of newspapers published around the turn of the century in Jacksonville and Medford but failed to find any mention of com mercial shipments of turtles. THE shell-bearing reptiles are few and far be tween around here nowadays. Occasionally one will be seen floating in a slough, backwaters of the Rogue or some creek. They are very seldom glimpsed on dry land. - Whether the shipping operations cleaned out the once flourishing turtle population to such an extent that it was never able to regain its former numbers, or later conditions hampered turtle life, could not be learned definitely. The Mail Tribune will be glad to receive any further details of the turtle roundup which long-time residents or their descendants may be able to sup ply. E.C.F. More Forest Funds Urged Representative Harlan Hagan of California in seeking an increase in appropriations for mainten ance of recreational facilities and for the administra tion of timber sales in the national forests, has called attention to a situation long in need of correction. The California congressman in a statement pre pared for the House appropriations committee, de clared that increases of $200,000 for recreational ac tivity and $800,000 for timber sales as proposed in President Eisenhower's budget are less than the amounts needed. He pointed out that funds for sanitation and clean up work and for maintenance of existing improve ments in the national forests have not kept pace with the increase in the number of visitors. THERE are many good reasons why more funds A should be made available for Forest Service use as advocated by the Congressman. For the past sev eral years it hasn't been possible to make the additions and improvements needed to keep up with the great ly increased public use. In fact, it hasn' even been possible to employ sufficient manpower to keep ex isting camping and recreational areas in satisfactorv (condition. Many of the campground facilities once available have fallen into disrepair and in some instances a health hazard has resulted. TI7HEN it is considered that government timber is fT bringing higher prices than probably ever be fore, that many bids must be processed in almost every instance where stumpage is put on the auction block, that huge sums are being realized from such sales and that the public lands constitute a valuable asset both in the way of recreational opportunity for the people and as a revenue producing source, it does seem , that a more generous share of that revenue should be plowed back to the ultimate benefit of all concerned. E.C.F. Friday. March 11, 1955 the Jacksonville district, In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Let's talk for a moment today about little things such as colds in the head. Ike has SLIGHT SYMPTOMS of one, so he called off (un doubtedly on OR ELSE orders from his doctor) all his morning engagements including a ses sion with Republican congres sional leaders. In London, a slight cold pre vented Prime Minister Church ill from attending the Lord Mayor's luncheon welcoming Princess Margaret back from her recent trip to the Caribbean. That also was undoubtedly on flat orders from Winnie's phy sician. TlfHY this extreme solicitude " as to the health of the Pres ident of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain? Well, it's like this: When you get as important as President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill you mustn't trifle with your health because you must keep at TOP EFFICIENCY all the time. You must remember that your job is to make TOP DECISIONS upon which the lives and the fortunes of millions of people hang. If your decisions are to be RIGHT, you must keep in as sound physical and mental con dition as is humanly possible. VJ7HEN you get to be as im- " portant as President Eisen hower or Prime Minister Churchill, you must realize that your life no longer belongs to you alone. It belongs to ALL THE PEO PLE. lyiTH that out of the way, 'let's consider for another moment the stock market, which is presently under in vestigation by an able commit tee of the congress. Why the investigation? The answer is simple. It tracks back to an ancient proverb: "The burned child avoids the fire." Back in 1929, we. got our fin gers terribly burned. The scars of ,that frightful burn are not yet wholly healed. , We don't want . to get them burned again. - "T ET me repeat what has been said here before. Wisely and ably and honestly managed security markets are INDISPENSABLE in our Ameri can economy. They make it pos sible for the people to invest their savings in shares of owner ship in our great American cor porations. In no other way can the best sums needed as capital by our great industries be pro vided. . In no other way can OWNER SHIP of our great corporations be scattered among ALL THE PEOPLE instead of being con centrated in the hands of a FEW; as is the case in too much of the rest of the world. RUT- Unavoidably Two elements are involved in the purchase and sale of shares of ownership in Ameri ca's great industrial enterprises: 1. Wise and sound investment of savings. 2. Enhanced capital value of the shares that are purchased. "DOTH are important. Savings must be wisely and soundly invested if SAVING is to be profitable. Enhancement of the capital value of what you own is highly desirable. When you buy a house, you want to feel that its value will increase. But If you buy a house and later sell it at a big profit, you run the risk of becoming so en tranced with the idea of getting rich quickly and easily that you may be tempted to quit your job and start buying houses and sell ing at a big QUICK profit and without much work. That's gambling. TACK in 1929, we became en tranced with the idea of buying stocks low today and selling them high tomorrow. As a result, too many of us quit our jobs and became speculators (which is a more polite word for gamblers.) Everybody knows what hap pened. We don't want It to happen again. Hence the present concern about the stock market, which has been rising so steadily over so long a period of time as pos sibly to tempt too many people to try to get rich quick by spec ulating. Court Records POLICE COUBT Clifford O. Ouellette, - failure to yield right of way to a pedestrian, $10. Leonard S. Weaver, violation of basic rule, $10. Leroy W. Walland, excessive noise (pipes). $10. Jesse M. Chancellor, excessive noise (pipes), $10. CIRCUIT COURT Cora E. Johnson vs. Norman J. Johnson, divorce complaint. Julia A. Garrison vs. Albert C. Garrison, divorce complaint. DISTRICT COURT Harry A. Mitchell overwidth lead, $15. Alvin E. Bligh, no PUC permit. $18. Robert E. Vinson, failure to stop at stop sign. $10. Sidney M. Fierce, violation of basic rule, $15. Dead line for Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday. Joint or Separate Income Tax By T. COLEMAN ANDREWS Commissioner of Internal Revenue Written for United Pru Washington (U.R) A peren nial question among married tax payers is whether to file a joint husband-and-wife tax return, or separate returns. The standard answer is: Figure out how much tax you would Dulles' Warning To Chinese Communists Tops News for Week By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: THE GOOD 1. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles gave the Chinese Communists a grim warning of febffl! what, thev mav expect if they attack For mosa and pos sibly if they at tack the Na t i o n alist out post islands of Quemoy and Matsu. If the Reds engage in "open armed a -g g r e ssion," Charles McCann uuiies said in a broadcast speech, it probably will mean that they have decided on general war in Asia. "The United States," Dulles warned, ". . . has sea and air forces now equipped with new and powerful weapons of precision which can utterly destroy military targets without endangering unrelated civilian centers." 2. The Communists suffered a smashing defeat in legislative elections in the state of Andhra in India. The Reds had succeed ed in unseating the Andhra gov ernment, controlled by Prime Minister Jawaharlal N e h r u's Congress Party, on a confidence vote. The Reds had held 45 Beats in the state legislature, the Con gress Party 46. The Reds hoped to win the election and take over Andhra themselves. Instead they lost nearly all the seats they had. In partial returns for the 1 9 6-seat, legislature, the Con gress Party had 117, the Reds 10. 3. The Kremlin is talking tough in its propaganda, but it A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On By HARMAN United Press Washington (U.R) A century ago, folks were worrying about the cost ofmailing a letter. Post master Gen eral James Campbell had just signed a new p o s tage bill. It called for three cents for each letter, if the letter didn't travel farther than 3 0 0 0 miles. After that it would be 10 harman Nichols cents. The Comanches, Kowas and Apaches of the Arkansas river area received $18,000 for "the purchase of goods." The. Cherokees of Michigan got a government, check for $20.97 for "back interest." The papers 100 years ago had only one mention of President Franklin Pierce. He had signed an announcement for sale of land in Mississippi. History books covering that era reveal that Jane Pierce didn't want her husband in the President's choir. She Hated Politics ' Jane and her husband were visiting the graves of two of their sons when a messenger brought word that Franklin had been nominated for the presi dency. Mrs. Pierce hated poli tics. She listened to the reading of the notice and fainted. One historian records that "Jane Pierce feared that politicians would drive her husband to drink." There is no proof that it did. The attraction at the National Theatre was "Myers and Madi gan's Circus The Best Eques trian Company irfAmerica." An advertisement in one paper list' ed the prices: "Gents with ladies 25 cents; single gents 37 cents; family circle 25 cents; orches tra chairs 50 cents." Another ad said: ."Wanted, 25 good vest and pants makers." Also of interest was a "closing out sale of Havana cigars." It was to be strictly an auction for RENT TO OWN A New or Used SPINET PIANO $100 Per Mnfh IU and up All Rental Applies Toward Purchase. Come in Today Erskine's Piano Store 1304 KINGS HIGHWAY Phone 2-4296 : owe both ways. File your re turn and pay your tax by the method which costs you less. Joint filing is generally it. You may file jointly on any of the three forms for individual income tax returns; card form 1040A short form 1040; or long form 1040. If you and your wife filed sep arate returns last year, there is no bar to your filing jointly this is evident that the internal situ ation throughout the Soviet bloc is bad. Following the fall of Soviet Premier Georgi M. Malefi kov, Hungarian Premier Imre Nagy was accused by the Hun garian Communist Party of "dup ing the working classes." He probably will be ousted. Like' Malenkov, Nagy was blamed for putting production of consumer goods ahead of heavy industry. THE BAD 1. Well informed American sources in Tokyo were reported fearful that a general war in Asia may be only weeks away. Dispatches from Washington, London and Taipeh. Formosa, said that Chinese Reds have moved long range artillery and a full air division of new Russian-built MIG-17 jet fighters to positions near the Nationalist held offshore island of Quemoy and Matsu. They said that de spite Dulles' warning, Red Pre mier Chou En-Lai seems deter mined to attack Formosa. 2. A new dispute over the Saar coal region threatens to de stroy final ratification by both West Germany and France of the treaties which provide for German armament. West Ger many wants the way left open for the full return of the Saar when a German peace treaty is signed. France wants to retain its economic rights in the Saar. 3. Some powerful leaders of three political-religious sects are trying to overthrow the Ameri can - supported government of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem in Southern Viet Nam in Indochina. Dispatches from 'Saigon, the capital, report heavy fighting be tween Viet Nam national troops and rebels of the sects, which fear that Ngo's political reforms may deprive them of some of their ancient privileges. This and That W. NICHOLS Future Writer cash, and "no exchanges." No prices were mentioned. Philadelphia' lager beer was for sale at $3 per keg; quart bot tles $1.50 per dozen. The National Era, a news paper of the times, put its own ad on the front page. Advertis ing was 10 cents an agate line for the first insertion; a nickel a line thereafter. A letter to the editor of the Era began: "I think you should publish this letter but you are the best judge of that." . The writer complained about the way the House and Senate were "fiddling around" with a bill that would have increased the Army by two regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, plus one new brigadier general. It would cost $2,500,000. The letter writer was mostly concerned about an additional general. "We have enough of those fellows as it is." Winchell and ABC Will Part Company New York (U.R) The Amer ican Broadcasting Company an nounced Thursday night that it is parting company with com mentator Walter Winchell at the columnist's request. ABC President Robert E. Kintner said in a statement that the network "regrets" the ter mination of the contract. "An honest disagreement in our relations could not be re solved and ABC felt its long and mutually beneficial association with Mr. Winchell required con sent to his request for a release from his ABC contract effective Dec. 25, 1955, or sooner if con tractural details will permit," the announcement said. . PORK LIVER nsssasss 2 31 EAST MUTTON ROAST year. Similarly, if you filed joint ly last "year, that does not mean you must always file jointly. Some Restrictions . There are a few situations in which you may not file a joint return, but they apply only tc a relatively small number of mar ried couples. You may not file jointly: If you were divorced or legally separated on or before Dec. 31; if you are married to a non-citizen who does not live In this country; or if you and "your wife report your income on the basis of different taxable years. There are other prohibitions which I shall come to. But first, the argument for filing jointly. When you file a joint return, you add both' the husband's and the wife's taxable income, di vide the total in half, and pay double the amount of tax calcu lated at the rate which applies to the half figure. The tax you pay in this way is generally less than you would pay if you filed separate returns and paid the full rate on the husband's income and the full rate on the wife's. This is par ticularly true where the wife has little or no income. Dual Signatures Required Yes, you may file a joint re turn and use its income-splitting provisions even if your wife had no income at all. If she had income of $1 to $599.99 last year and wants the refund to which she is entitled, she may file a separate return as a claim for that refund. But you would do well to see whether this would be better or worse than filing jointly. If your wife does have income Babson . . How To Live Long By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Fla. (Special to Mail Tribune) This story may be valueless; or it may be most important. It will not cause any- one to eat less canned or frozen fruit and ve ge tables., but it may develop a new industry. There is in this village the Florida Re- aMXik-J search and Borer W. Babsoa Water Com pany. It owns the local water company and is interested in the study of live seeds small enough to eat alive. It also be lieves in "raw" water and "raw' milk that is, pure spring water which has not had the living matter killed by chlorine, and pure milk which has not been pasteurized. It recommends the eating of more "whole cereals," more "raw" vegetables, and "raw" fruits,.: especially, those consisting largely of live seeds, like okra but they should be ripe seeds; also live "sprouts and buds."- It believes in juicing m chines, but not for live seeds. Let me illustrate: It is impos sible to eat a peach -seed, and probably unwise to swallow live orange, acerola, or apple seeds, unless they are ground; but ripe tomatoes, strawberries, black berries, blueberries, bananas, figs, and pomegranates should be eaten, seeds and all, uncooked. Of course, all raw fruit and vegetables should be carefully washed.' The acerola berry of Puerto Rico is reported to have 50 times the Vitamin C per gram contained in an orange. The second paragraph on page 59 of the Reader's Digest for January, 1955, is thought-provoking. Should Peas Be Swallowed As Pills? All agree that string beans may be cut up and cooked for a few minutes. Some people, how ever, believe that sunflower seeds, peas, small beans, nuts, and psyllium, onion and celery seeds should only be softened in warm water and swallowed like pills! The thought is that all vegetables have three functions: (1) Supplying vitamins, minerals, etc.; (2) supplying much-needed bulk; and (3) through their liv ing seeds supplying that un known and intangible "some thing" known as life. That people lived, before the days of cooking, to 120 or even 400 years of age may have been due to their feeding upon life. Sufficient experiments have not been completed to prove whether live seeds should or should not be eaten uncrushed, before they are "killed" by juicing machines or. boiling. They, however, are part of my diet. SIXTH ST. PORK SAUSAGE 3) LB. Mums and files a separate return, you may not claim her as an exemp tion on your return. Nor may you claim her as an "exemption if some one else is claiming her as one such as, if you are in the service and she is living with (and being supported by) her family. If you do file a joint return, it must be joint all the way to the bottom of the page. That is to say, both husband and wife must sign the return in the spaces pro vided for their two signatures (even if the wife had no income). Both Must Itemize If you and your wife file separ ately, and one of you itemizes all your deductions, the other must also itemize. It is not per missible for one to take the stand ard deduction and the other to list deductions one-by-one. Marriage on New Year's Eve is just as good as marriage in June for tax purposes. Regard less of when you were married during 1954, you may consider yourselves to have been husband and wife for the full year, and you may file a joint return. Where does one file a return? With the director of Internal Revenue for the district in which he lives. ; . When? By midnight April 15. When will you get your re fund? As soon as your return can be checked and your refund check mailed to you. But the sooner you file your return, the sooner your refund will arrive, if you are entitled to one, be cause your Internal" Revenue Service treats all taxpayers alike, which means, as to refunds, "first come, first served." Age Has No Affect On Life-Giving Powers Boiling anything long enough kills life. It is believed that some canning, dehydrating, or freezing also destroys this life though not the vitamins and minerals. However, the age of peas, beans, and corn does not affect their life-giving powers. Corn kernels over 3,000 years old, taken from Egyptian tombs, will sprout the same as if gath ered yesterday. It is debatable whether we should eat raw or cooked eggs. When I had T. B. my doctor insisted that I eat only uncooked raw, fertile eggs containing life. He also recom mended the uncooked coral of lobsters and the live roe of fish. All beautiful birds live only on live seeds, live worms, and live spring water. Their food must be alive. The only birds which will eat dead meat are the horrible crows and buzzards; dangerous insects ' and bacteria will also eat dead things. The same principle applies to animals of the forest. Certain moldy cheeses and yeasts contain life. Live seeds in 15-cent envelopes can be purchased at any hard ware store. Fish Diet Analysed; Only Live Food Taken Those who have seen any fish (from mackerel to sharks) pulled alive out of the ocean have been impressed by their natural beauty and proportions. When analyzing the diet of these fish, we learn that the smallest fish live on minute animal and plant life known as plankton and algae; that the larger fish live on the smaller live fish; and so on up to the whale. But, all insist their food be alive. I am. not vouching for any theory of life, but it does seem as if the above evidence should be considered when selecting our diet. Once, no doctor had recom' mended B12 pills or brewer's yeast; but today they recom mend them. Perhaps we will live to see doctors recommend the addition of non-fattening live seeds or phosphatides to our diets. Financial Independence does not just happen. It is built over a period of time, bit by bit. Your savings or in vestment account is the place for your fund of the future. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To These Who Save ' PURE LARD WiM.