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i t ' 4 I FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Ml UNI "cveryuoa m souuiern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Dally 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 V.RTr AIJ.EN JR.. Citv Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph 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. 1897 , SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 106. Daiv and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos 3.o0 Dailv and Sunday One month 1.25 Sundav Only One year $3.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. rcnlri Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: , Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Daily and Sunday one monui x.o Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms casn in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson Coupty United Prefs Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De- SeattleT Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver ax,. NATIONAL EDITOI1AI assocTatiIon I U NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. ' 10 YEARS AGO April 4, 194S (It was Wednesday) Postmaster Frank DeSouza announces that Stanley G. Sher wood, who was recently dis charged from the Navy, will re turn to his former post as clerk at the post office. From Arthur Perry's ' Ye Smudge Pot column: A Paris seer reports the world will come to an end on May 10 and fall to pieces. Conservatives feel peo ple will wake up on May 11 and find the world still functioning. 20 .YEARS AGO April 4. 1935 (It was Thursday) Officers of newly formed Applegate Protective association include Fred Litcheri, Clarence Buck, Claus Kleinhammer, Ed ward Kubli, Leon Offenbacher, and Albert Collings. Moving pictures playing in Medford include "Mississippi," with Bing Crosby, W.- C. Fields, and Joan Bennett; "Babes in Toy land," with Laurel and Hardy, and "David Copperfield," . with Lionel Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Lewis Stone, Roland Young, and Freddie Bartholo mew. 30 YEARS AGO April 4, 1925 (It was Saturday) Medford High school typing team, under direction of Mrs. E. C. Jerome, wins county honors in contest at Ashland. Frederick Heath recovers from tonsillectomy and returns to work at his drug store. 40 YEARS AGO April 4, 1915 (It was Sunday) Medford GAR plans obser vance of 50th anniversary of surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee to General U. S. Grant at Ap pomatox. U. S. Collins resigns as super intendent of Medford schools. What's the Answer? (Can You Gel 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. Which of these fields of business activity are in a slump at present: shipbuilding, coal mining, textiles? 2. An unnaturalized alien can be deported for having belonged to the Communist Party when under 21; right or wrong? 3. Cities of about the same size have about the same num ber of auto deaths every year; right or wrong? 4. Average gasoline tax in the 48 states is about 5c a gallon, considerably higher or consider ably lower? 5. On the back of a $10 bill is a sketch of the White House, Capitol, Mt. Vernon, Treasury building, or Independence Hall? 6. The game of lacrosse has 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 men to a side? ' 7. "Don't . cheer men; those poor devils are dying," was said by a U.S. officer in a naval vic tory in the Civil War, war with Spain, World War I, or World War II? . . The Answers: 1- All three. Z. Right. 3. Wrong. 4. About Sc. 5. Treasury building. 6. Ten. 7. War with Spain. . Because there is no adequate coal supply, most of the iron ore rrinsd in Sweden is exported to oiher countries. as MAIL TRIBUNE Cancer My mother died of cancer. In just a few years it changed her from a gay, lovely woman into one for whom death was a release. When my mind ranges back to those last years I find myself cringing slightly from the unhappy mem ories f rom the sheer waste of talent and joy of which the disease robbed her. ' ANCER kills people, and it does it cruelly. It is slowly being conquered, but the progress is being measured in the lives of children (who also die of cancer) and of the millions of others stricken by the mysterious, insidious disease. It is also being measured in the lives of those now living who would have died if treated by yesterday's methods, and in the lives of those who, next year or the year after, will become ill, and who will be cured by methods now only guessed at THHE answer is research; the slow, methodical testing of theories, the gradual putting-together of bits and pieces of information, the experimental use of new drugs, new methods of surgery, new applica tions of radiation techniques. Research costs money. The American Cancer society, which foots the bill for much of the cancer research being done these days, is supported by contributions from you and from me. Its annual drive for funds is now under way, and will continue through: April. When I give what I can afford this year, it will be with the memory of my mother in mind, and with the hope that my wife and children and I will be spared through research what she suffered. E.A. SB 434 Copies of State Senator Philip Lowry's Senate Bill 434, introduced at the behest of many Jackson county people who are worried about the increasing threat of sewage disposal difficulties, have been re ceived in Medford and studied by many of those most vitally concerned with the problem, . , By and large they approve the bill, both in' gen eral outline and in the specifics of the operations set up by the measure. - . . Tl'VE looked over the 28-page measure,, and find that a tremendous amount of work has gone into its preparation. There may be one or two spots in which minor amendments would solve specific prob lems, but these are mere details. . We hope the legislature will have time to consid er the proposal, and pass it. Some answer along those lines (and right now it looks like SB 434 provides a good answer) is desperately needed in Jackson county. Senator Lowry and the two Lane county senators, who, with Representatives sored the measure, deserve have done on this important legislation. They can best be thanked by letters of encour agement and support with Why Freedom? There's one thing that's that is this: This country was founded on the theory that there is no such thing as too much freedom. THE theory has been denied. It has been contraven rr Tf Vino Vision rii VV1 of Tf V o c KaAn nocnilorl But, given a chance, it has worked pretty well. Over the years we have worked out a system, laid down in principle and theory by the founding fath ers, that lets us do pretty much what we want to as long as we don't harm anyone else doing it. The system is not popular with those who think everyone should feel and act and react the way they do. They would draw up the rules and regulations for others to live by. gUT who are the "others?" They are you and your friends. You are in a minor ity. Whether you are a Protestant or a Catholic or a Jew; whether you're English or Scotch or Syrian or African you belong to a minority. And remember, if all those who are not Protes tants or Catholics or Jews or English or Scotch or Syrians or Africans if all those who form a major ity of which you are not a member, suddenly decide that you should follow the rules they lay down for you, what defense do you have? MEXT time you feel impelled to say to yourself, f" "Such-and-such shouldn't be allowed to . . . " remember that there's someone who feels the same way about you. When your neighbor's freedom is infringed, so is yours. When Jehovahs Witnesses are denied a meet ing place, the Methodists, under differing conditions, may be next. When a black man is denied a home, think what might happen to your friend, whose grand father happened to be a Russian, if mankind were to revert to the insanity of war and intolerance. EACH person must follow his God and his con science in his own way, or all may be denied that right. You can disagree with anyone that's fine, .that creates a varied and colorful and vivid culture. But if you take away his rights, you have undercut your own by. just . that much. And you may be next E.A. Monday, April 4, 1955 Mann and Littrell co-spon our thanks for the job they regard to SB 434. E.A. too easy to forget. And Matter of Fact STEVENSON AND HARRIMAN Washington If Adlai Steven son vants the Democratic nomi nation, he can have it for the asking. On this point the shrewd est observers in the Democratic party are now agreed. But they also agree that, if he wants to run, Stevenson will have to pass the word soon probably by September of October. No one supposes that Steven son is going to get up on a roof and shout at the top of his lungs that he wants another try at the White House. There are more deli cate ways of making his wishes known. For ex ample, a move is already on foot to revive the Citizens for Stevenson Stewart Alsop organization, on a skeletal basis. But obviously the organization will not be received without Stevenson's tacit consent. Or take the case of Pat Brown, At torney General of California. Brown is believed to be the only Democrat with a chance of beat ing Republican Sen. Thomas Kuchel next year. Brown has let it be known that he will run only on condi tion that Stevenson is the standard-bearer. If he is going to run, Brown must begin organizing fairly soon for the primary con test. Thus, if Brown decides to run, or if the Citizens for Steven son movement is revived, this will be taken by the initiated as a sure sign that Stevenson is go ing to try again. There are plenty of other signal flags which Stevenson can hang out, and which the initiated can read without a code book. If the signal flags spell "yes" and if they are hung out fairly soon that will be that, in the now almost universal opinion among infon 1 Democrats. This is not because Stevenson is universally loved in his Party. He is not. But he is at least reasonably acceptable to most sections of the Party more so than any other candidate pres ently visible. Thus a fight, in evitable in the case of any other candidate, ca.. be avoided if Stevenson "goes," A NOTHER reason why Steven son can have the nomination for the asking if he asks soon enough is that the prize is not thought to be worth a great deal. The great majority of Democrats privately believe that, in a repeat of the 1952 race, Stevenson would be beaten again, perhaps worse than last time. But they think anyone else would be beaten worse than Stevenson. Suppose the Stevenson signal flags read "no but I'm for Averell Harriman." Thev are much more likely to read this way than a simDle "no." Accord ing to reliable report, on their recent gettogether in Albany, Stevenson and New York's Gov. Harriman reached an unspoken agreement by a sort of mental telepathy. This telepathic under standing, put into words, might read about as follows: Hatriman: I'm for you if you run, Adlai, but I'm for myself if you don't. Stevenson: I'm for you if I don't Stevenson might well be able to put Harriman across, if he had a mind to. As Governor of the biggest state, after all, Harriman has a perfectly legiti mate claim. He has a useful habit of success. And with Stevenson out, the Northern pro fessionals, like New York's Car mine DeSapio, Pittsburgh's Mayor David Lawrence, Con necticut's John Bailey, and Rich ard Daley of Chicago (who looks like becoming Stevenson's long sought James Farley), would be most likely to agree on Harri man. And they might well have the votes to nominate him, over the opposition of the South. But suppose that the Steven son signal flags read, "I haven't made up my mind yet," and con tinue to read that way month after month. Then, the situation is likely to start coming aoart at the seams. For Democratic ob servers agree that there is a point beyond which Stevenson cannot hold back and that point is not many months away. IF STEVENSON delays, too lnntf 9 m vrtr acre rt AmrcflKn tion around other possible cand idates is sure to take place. Har- WIND BLOWS GOOD Los Angeles (U.R) An ill wind blew $8 in bills out of the hands of student Fred Glusman, 18, as he left a restaurant with three friends. They recovered $6 after a prolonged chase but were about to give up when an other gust blew a $5 bill into Glusman's hands, putting him S3 ahead. DUCK BRINGS TROUBLE . Los Angeles (U.R) Daniel El more, 39, took a live duck to Willie May Alexander as an of fering of love.- Miss Alexander, police said, spurned his affection after accepting the duck. He al legedly returned, took the duck end then was arrested on burg lary charges. The duck got away. By Stewart Alsop riman, for example, cannot af ford to wait indefinitely for Stevenson to make up his mind. Michigan's Gov. G. Mennen Wil liams is making candidate-like noises already. And if Stevenson delays, whole series of favorite sons will begin taking them selves seriously as candidates. But the best bet is that Steven son will discretely raise the 'yes' signal flag fairly soon. Stevenson is far from unambitious, and he is by now painfully aware that he cannot possibly duck the nomination and hope to survive politically. What is more, Steven son is now telling all comers that the notion that President Eisen hower is unbeatable is a myth. The clear implication is that he is the man to prove it. (Copyright. 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Babson and Retired People By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. (Special to Mail Tribune) This time of year I get many letters as to the best place to live from people about to be pensioned. They seem to favor Florida, California, Arizona, and other Southern slates. They a) pear to be tiHner nf rnlH winters. Borer W. Babtoa ' L o c a 1 i ties which are attractive and have good business during the winter months may be unpleasant and unprofitable during the summer. The reverse is also true. Certain ly no state or county or commu nity has all the advantages or disadvantages. The birds learned this after millions of years ex perience. I selected summer headquarters in New England and winter headquarters in Flor idaeven before man had joined the birds in air transportation. A warm climate would doubt less be desirable for an older couple; but it may not be wise for a young couple with chil dren. There is something debili tating and enervating in clim ates that are too warm, especial ly when the heat is of long dura tion. Statistics published by Yale university show that the most energetic and intelligent people develop under marked contrasts of climate. The "terrible weather changes" of New England may have created the energy which financed so many farms and cities and built railroads across the United States. Importance of Income For Retired Couoles The much - advertised growth of such states as Florida, Cali- French Government Announces Series Of Welfare Plans . Paris (U.R) The govern ment has announced a series of welfare measures designed to raise the nation's living stand ards and head off any possible labor strife. In a four-hour session . under President Rene Coty, the gov ernment acted promptly on an array of decrees aimed at com pleting successfully Premier Ed gar Faure's plan for an econom ic new deal for the country. These were the immediate government answers to demands which the labor unions had made: Answers Listed 1. The hourly minimum prem ium is raised from 21.5 to 26 francs (six to seven cents.) 2. The maximum difference between the traditionally lower provincial salaries and the Paris salaries must not exceed 12 per cent; previously it was 13.5 per cent. 3. The maximum difference between the family allowances in the provinces and those paid in Paris is reduced from 20 to 15 per cent. 4. A number of taxes includ ing the purchase tax wiU be taken off a number of foods, especially fruit, vegetables, eggs and potatoes. Saigon Blockade Lifted by Warlords Saigon, Indochina (U.R) Re bellious Indochina warlords lift ed their blockade of Saigon to day and market wagons and buf falo carts rolled into the central market nlace with food for the 2,000,000 residents of this South Viet Nam capital. Th earmies of the Hoa Hao and Bin Xuyen sects lived up to their Dromise to lift their block ade of the city for three days and the open market stands and food shops received supplies of and dried fish for the first time since Friday. Gen. Paul Ely, rrencn com manrfer in chief, asked the sects for a three-day break in the blockade in hopes of wonting out a comDromise between the powerful political - religious groups and American oacKea Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. t-w lin. Sunrlav Classified is at ct.ivHav- 1 am MnnHav for Monday; other days 5Q pieviou day. No Final Decision On Polio Vaccine Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.R) No final conclusions have been made in the Salk polio vaccine evaluation, according to Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. Francis, who is director of the vaccine evaluation center at the University of Michigan, said the final report on the effectiveness of the Salk serum has not been completed although the report is due in only 10 days. He said "the state of our data is such that no final conclusions have been forwarded by anyone on the staff of the center." Francis is scheduled to make his final report on the results of the mass inoculations April 12. forma, and Arizona does not stem from new babies, or agri cultural producers. "Newcom ers" are moving in to retire and take it easy. They must be sure a check will come from the north each month to use as a nest egg or backlog. I refer to pen sion money, insurance, rents on northern property or dividends on stocks or interest on bonds or mortgages. Social Security checks are a help, but they will not pay all the bills in any state to which people are now flock ing. Don't expect a big dip in liv ing costs in these delightful win ter climates. You may not need so much fuel or electricity or clothing, but food and rents cost as much, considering what you get. There is no reduction in doctors' or dentists' or hospital bills; while beauty-parlor bills are reported to be higher. Flor ida does give homestead tax ex emption on property up to $5, 000. Different states and cities have different ways of collecting taxes, but in the end they add up to about the same. Advice on Business For Restless Man Many retired men get restless after a while. If you want a job, get work in something in which you are trained. If considering a business of your own, work on salary before buying. Caretak ers' service, collection agencies, tree nurseries, diaper services, frozen-food deliveries, clothes repairing and pressing, mam facturers' representatives, spray ing, shopping, typing and real estate look best to me. What about buying a home? This is not a bad idea but there are certain qualifications you should consider: Near stores and churches; with land for a vege table garden and possible future sale of an extra lot; and in a section which is improving and not declining. Better live in a community a year before buying real estate, to get the feeling. Real estate values are determin ed by feelings and not figures. Get Information From Chamber of Commerce You can select a state to which to move by studying maps, real estate booklets and other propa ganda. Then write to the state chamber of commerce located at the capital of the state that you are thinking of moving to. Tell them you would appreciate in formation regarding different lo calities, climate, and opportuni ties. But dc not select any local ity of that state without first visiting it, even if you need a leave of absence from your job in order to do this. In closing, just a word of financial advice: If you are looking for acreage, buy land adjoining some owned by the United States Agricultu ral department and used as an experiment station. This should be good land and easy to dispose of if you ever wish to sell at a profit. This applies to all states. Gold Hill Gold Hill Gold Hill Health unit will meet Tuesday, April 5, at the home of Mrs. Roy Cam eron, Highway 99N. Co-hostesses will be Mrs. J. G. Kofahl and Mrs. Carl Boye. Gold HU1 Hobby club will meet April 8 at the home of Mrs. Meta Lotz, East ' Evans creek, Rogue River. Donna Burnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Burnett, spent the spring vacation with former residents of Gold Hill, Mrs. Herman Skov and family, in Albany. . - . . Wesley Zinn from Los Ange les is now making his home with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Jore, Highwayy 99N. He has entered Crater High school where he is in his sophomore year. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bell and children, Charles and Pamela, spent a week at Happy Camp, Calif. A Red Cross first aid instruc tor from Salem will be in Gold Hill every Wednesday starting April 6 to give lessons in first aid. First class will be for any one interested and will be held at the Boy Scout haU from 11 ajn. to 1 p.m. Second class will also be at the Scout haU starting right after school and will be for Bov Scouts. The third class will be at the cement plant for the employees there. Anyone wishing to sign up for the classes can do so by gomg to Lester s market. Classes are limited to around 40. Withdrawal of Troops To Provide Big Test Of Soviet Good Faith By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst The big test of Soviet Rus sia's good faith in its professed willingness to sign an Austrian treaty will come when the issue of wit hdrawing the occupation troops is reached. There seems to be a gener al feeling that, for reasons of its own, the Kremlin at last " J x ' Cbftries McCann reaay xo join in a treaty to restore Austria's independence and sovereignty. This feeling has been reflect ed ia Vienna and in western Allied countries. Doubt Troop Withdrawal But as has been suggested pre viously, it will be a really im portant development if Russia agrees to withdraw its army of occupation from Austria and there is basis for belief that it will not do so. Russia in its not of March 24 to Austria on the treaty ques tion spoke of the necessity of guaranteeing against any dang er of a new attempt to join Austria with Germany. "From this follows the need to take specific measures tak ing into account the present plans for the remilitarization of West Germany, which increase the danger of Austria's being absorbed," the Soviet note said. Is That So? A quiz is always fun. Score 5 right and you are an outdoor expert; four is excellent; three is fair to middling. Answers fol low questions. 1. Which of these three snake statements is true? A snake can inflict poison with its forked tongue. A rattlesnake regularly sheds its skin once a year. All poisonous snakes have large triangular-shaped heads. To which animals do these "desexed" names apply: gib, steer, gelding, whether? Which of these birds secures most or all of its food by dive bombing other birds in midair? Osprey, Skua, Bald Eagle, King fisher. 4. The well-informed outdoors man usually has a good idea about relative gestation periods. Herewith I have paired some animals. In each group, which carries its . young the longer? Opposum or mouse. Mink or mole? Dog or domestic sheep? Camel or horse? 5. Name five ways in "which mammals adapted themselves to cold and snow in the past win ter. ANSWER: 1. A snake's fork ed tongue is soft and incapable of inflicting injury, much less poison. The rattlesnake sheds its skin depending on the amount of 'good food it gets. Sometimes it may not shed its skin at all; other years, several times. A poisonous snake's head, like the highly poisonous cobra and cor al snakes, need not be triangu lar in fact those named have slender heads. v PERL'S Since U ?VctSl i r r r CONVENIENT PAYMENTS For services to fit your monthly budget 24-HOUR AMBULANCE SERVICE IT WILL PAY YOU TO CHECK OUR- RATES Treaty Hop Dim "In this connection it is nec essary to examine the question! of the time limits for the with drawal of the troops of the Big Four powers from Austrian ter ritory, as well admeasures to b taken in the future, in the event of the emergence . of a direct threat of a German-Austrian un ion." This seems to mean that Rus sia will insist on keeping its troops in Austria until the Ger man question has been settled to its satisfaction. If that is true, it is most un likely that there will be any Austrian treaty. Moscow Visit by Raab Australian Chancellor Julius Raab is going to Moscow a week from today to discuss the treaty Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov. He will try to get the Kremlin's price for a treaty. Authoritative Austrian sourc es have advised the United Press that Raab will not agree to the prolonged stationing of Russian troops in his country. "Any government that did agree to that would have to re sign in two weeks," an Aus trian informant said. Austrian sources say that Raab will not make any direct deal with the Kremlin he wants the United States, Great Britain and France to be part of an agreement: If it turns out that the Kremlin is acting in its us ual bad faith on the Austrian treaty, there may be no high level Big Four conference at alL By Eugene Burnt Ranger-Naturalist 2. "Gib", pertains to cats; th. steer to cattle; gelding to horses and pigs, wether to sheep. 3. Of these, only the squa, a gull, and the bald eagle dive bomb 'other birds for their food. 41 Opossum with 10-14 days is shorter than the mouse's with 21? the mole is 24-38, mink from 39-76; dog from 57-67, sheep from 147-150; horse, 330, camel 390-406. 5. Among the many ways: mi gration, going from colder to warmer areas; burrowing go ing underground where temper atures are not so extreme; put ting on heavier fur; changing the color with a new growth to match the snowy surround ings; putting on a heavy layer of fat; and by hibernation. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, , my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best question on nature' and wildlife a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week, ne,w questions will be considered. Sorry, I simplr can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your questions to: IT THAT SO! care of the Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. NEW YORK POPULATION New York U.R) New York City's population passed the 8, 000,000 mark at the end of 1954, the City Planning commission estimates. The commission said the estimated population on Dec. 31, 1954, was a record of 8,050,000. Honolulu More than 13 per ' cent of the total population of Hawaii lives on sugar planta tions, according to a current census. Phone 2-6675 ) 3 J
