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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO ' -June
19. 1944 ,
(It Was Tuesday)
Forty votes' cast in election
for members to Medford school
board of directors.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Cherries
are ripe, with more - boys and
birds than cherries in the trees.
20 YEARS AGO
June 19. 1935
(It was Wednesday)
Medford airport picked as one
of six strategic points on Pacific
coast for air-alert radio equip
ment. Universal Bond and Mortgage
company of Portland and Baker
Fordyce and company of Port
land purchase Medford bonds
totaling $139,710 for interest
rate of 3Vfc per cent.
30 YEARS AGO
June 19. 1925
(It was Friday)
National Guardsmen camped
here leave on motor caravan to
Crater Lake.
.Talent school district lowers
bonded indebtedness to $18,500
with no outstanding warrents.
40 YEARS AGO
June 19, 1315
(It was Saturday)
From Gold Hill Nuggets: Ar
rangements are being made for
an old fashioned picnic Fourth
of July for those not disposed to
attend the large celerations at
Medford and Grants Pass.
Medford city council delays
awarding power franchise to
Rogue River Public Service cor
poration.
BUDGET HEARING
Jacksonville A public hear
ing on the Jacksonville budget
for fiscal year 1955-56 wiU be
held at the city hall here Tues
day night, prior to the regular
council meeting.
What's the Answer?'
(Can You Get 4 of the 7?)
Copr. 1955. Editorial Retesrch Report
1. Present stock of Ford Motor
Co. (U.S.) is estimated worth less
than $50 a share, about. $50,
$250 or $500, or over $500?
2. Retail price of coffee is up
or down considerably as com
pared with several months ago,
or about the same?
3. Personal indemnity insur
ance rates are much higher or
lower for owners of new cars
than for owners of old ones, or
about the same?
4. Niagara Falls is between
Lake Erie and Huron; right or
wrong?
5. When a session of Congress
adjourns "sine die," it quits till
next day, till next week, for a
recess, or for all time?
6. Sense of balance in humans
is located in the brain, pituitary
gland, inner ear, heart, or foot
muscles?
A cooper works on hen
houses, police uniforms, barrels,
engraving plates, or cooperative
enterprises?.
The Answers: 1. Over $500. 2.
Down considerably. 3. About the
same. 4. Wrong; between Lakes
Erie and Ontario. 5. For all time.
6. Inner ear. 7. Barrels.
The forward speed of a tor
nado usually is ony 25 to 40
miles an hour.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
How About Dog Racing?
There is a movement on to establish a dog-racing
track near Ashland.
The Ashland Tidings has taken a vigorous stand
against it and the Tidings is right
As our worthy contemporary states quote :
"The dogs are not run for the sport of running. They
are raced only for the individual gain which the promoters
and operators of the track can get out of it"
That is entirely correct.
If pari-mutual betting were eliminated there
would be no dog-racing track and no suggestion of
one.
The whole business is a gambling racket and
and everyone who knows anything about dog-racing
knows it.
.TTHE claim is made such a venture would increase
the tourist traffic, bring outside dollars into the
community, and add to the county's recreational as
sets. The Tidings harpoons this familiar and fallacious
"sales-talk" as follows:
"Every type of business in the southern part of Jack
son county would suffer economic damage. Money spent
on the pari-mutuals at a dog-track can't be used to pay bills
for goods and services, it can't be used to purchase milk,
meat or groceries; it can't be used for the purchase of
household furnishings, home appliances, automobiles
Right here and now this newspaper expresses itself as un
alterably opposed to dog-racing, the pari-mutuals, and the
undesirable element that hangs around a dog-track This
newspaper can see nothing but economic harm for individ
uals least able to afford it and business loss for all mer
chants of the Ashland, Talent, Phoenix and Medford
areas.
THAT is correct.
1 . To those who still doubt it, we would suggest
a trip to Pasadena, Calif. Ask any merchant there
how his business fares when the horse racing season
is on at Santa Anita and when it isn't. The Santa
Anita promoters make millions but no one else does,
least of all the poor saps who think they can not only
beat the game but live on it. We grant it is fun to
gamble, but only those who
indulge m it.
The sad fact is, as the
who do indulge in it most,
least afford it, and in far
are tragic.
FINALLY there is no reasonable doubt organized
r4nrr nn Antra hnrcac rf liimnin tr fmrra is
against the law in this state, and in violation of the
state constitution.
Those who want to follow the example of Nevada
and make gambling one of our major industries should
first get the state laws changed. For as a whole the
people of this commonwealth, believe m law enforce
ment, and also believe those who don't like any law
as it is, should not violate it but secure its repeal.
So why not put the repeal proposal up to the spe
cial session of the Legislature, or if a special session
is not called, to the next regular one?
We will let our readers answer THAT one !
! R.W.R.
The 4-Power Conference
For once Senator Knowland of California doesn't
agree with Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin.
This comes under the heading of "news." For the
Republican senate leader, not only voted against the
censure of Mr. McCarthy and McCarthyism; but
in general and for a considerable time, has given aid
and comfort to the McCarthy faction, by opposing
President Eisenhower on many important issues par
ticularly regarding the administration's foreign pol
icy. MOW the senior Senator from our neighboring state
takes issue with McCarthy as far as the latter's
condemnation of US participation in the Four
power conference is concerned. He isn't very enthus
iastic, emphatic or explicit but he does express his
official judgment, that he does not believe either
President Eisenhower or Secretary Dulles will fail to
protect vital American rights at this conference or
indulge in any "appeasement" as far as Russia is
concerned.
Very generous of Senator Knowland!
This mild rebuke will make no difference to the
Wisconsin firebrand however, for he is going to try
to make political capital for himself out of this "sum
mit gathering," no matter what its results may be.
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JMcCARTHY is convinced nothing of importance
can come out of this conference, and in all prob
ability, he is correct.
. No inf ormed person expects Russia to abandon its
effort to neutralize Germany, or to agree to any dis
armament proposals that will really weaken its pow
ers of offensive action.
The best that anyone can reasonably expect will
be a net result of reduction in tensions, by a realiza
tion by the government heads on both sides that the
opposition does nt want another world war any more
than they do, and where there is no definite "will to
war" the chances of preventing it are greatly in
creased. That would be a considerable accomplishment and
justify the conference historically, but there
would be nothing sufficiently tangible or startling to
satisfy the McCarthy group, or prevent them,, from
maintaining Uncle Sam had been taken for another
ride, and the meeting had been, internationally speak
ing, another Eisenhower flop, and a victory for the
forces of evil in the Kremlin.
So that is undoubtedly the McCarthy line regard
ing this particular issue, at this particular time.
-R.W.R.
' Sunday, June It, 18SS
can afford to lose, should
Tidings states, that those
are usually those who can
too many cases the results
Moffer of
ANOTHER AIR SHOW
(Note to readers: Having ob
tained a Soviet visa by writ
ing personally .to N i k i t a
Khrushchev, . Stewart Alsop
has just left for a month's
tour in Russia. Joseph Alsop
will be writing from Wash
ington until his bother begins
to report from Moscow.)
Washington The American
intelligence experts are waiting
with distinctly bated breaths
for the reports on a special air
show that the Soviets have prom
ised to stage in Moscow over
the weekend.
The advance
billings justify
a high measure
of nervous an
ticipation. In the first
place, the
deeply alarm
ing array of
planes shown
at the usual
Moscow air
Joseph Alsop show in May
were all in mass production al
ready. Secretary of . Defense
Charles E. Wilson has made him
self the laughing stock of the
Air Force and the aircraft in
dustry by suggesting that the
already-exhibited jet bombers
and supersonic fighters were
mere Soviet prototypes. No na
tion on earth makes prototypes
by the score.
The failure to include any pro
totypes in the May show leads
to the natural conclusion that
the special June showing in
itself an altogether novel event
is meant to present important
new prototype aircraft in the
most dramatic manner possible.
rpHE Russians themselves have
pointed towards this proba
bility in two different ways. A
day or so ago, a kind of teasing
preview was allowed in Moscow
of a wholly new, twin-rotor,
large size helicopter, suitable
for troop transport. It is believed
to have been a prototype. In
addition, members of an official
delegation of Soviet air engi
neers at the Canadian Inter
national Trade Fair have just
given a strikingly interesting
interview to a correspondent of
"Aviation Week."
The Russians stated roundly:
"The air demonstration over
Moscow will display aeronauti
cal models more advanced than
those seen before."
If this is true, and if the
new models are in important
categories, we are probably due
for another shock that may even
shake the seemingly unshakable
complacency of Secretary Wil
son. It would seem foolishly an
ticlimatic to stage a special air
show to exhibit relatively un
important advances. Hence high
ly significant new models are
on the whole expected to appear
in the Moscow air.
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rpHE betting concentrates on
two different types. The
Bison, which is the Soviet equi
valent of our B-52 heavy, long-
range jet bomber, has some
marks of an interim design.
There is queer contrast, for ex
ample, between the Bison's
swept-back wings and straight
tail. Hence the foreign observers
in Moscow will not be surprised
if a substantially improved ver
sion of the Bison is now shown
off.
Again, the new Russian super
sonic, all-weather fighters that
were shown in a flight of 30
in May did not appear to be
quite up to the quality of our
own F-102. They are materially
better than our F-94C, the best
all-weather fighter we now have
in service in the American air
defense system. But they are not
as good as the Russians must
want them to be. Hence a new
and better all-weather Soviet
fighter is also being anxiously
watched for.
The betting on these partic
ular models may of course be al
together wrong, and the claims
of the Soviet engineers in To
ronto may of course be ridicu
lously exaggerated. If ithe Soviets
rack up important new advances
in air design, however, it will
be time for the most huckster
ish of the Pentagon's pet huck
sters to stop twaddling about
the "American lead."
ON THE showing to date, So
viet air design has drawn
even with our own. Soviet de
velopment time. The American
lead consists wholly in a num
ber of air-craft already in being
the. B-47 fleet to be specific.
And in the other types which
the Soviets showed in early May,
the lead belongs to them in every
case except that of the jet bom
bers. They have 10 Bisons in
the air, against about 30 B-52S
already off the production line
in this country. But in the dif
ferent classes of advanced fight
er, they have reached the stage
of mass production whereas we
really have not.
The question remains as to
what the Soviet motive may be.
Why do they exhibit the best
they have as publicly as poss
ible almost rubbing our noses
in it, in fact when here in
Washington we are in the grip
of an unprecedented campaign
of censorship? Part of the an
swer is a probable explanation
of both these contrasting phe
nomena In Moscow and Wash
Fact By Joseph Alsop
ington. The Soviets now feel
that they are gaining the edge
on us, are proud of it, and want
to prove it.
.
AS FOR the rest of the answer,
it wnillH pem in lio in ihm
past Adolph Hitler had a clear
and shrewd political motive,
when he displayed his lumbering
files of tanks in the streets of
Berlin and Vienna; exposed the
secrets of his aircraft industry
to Charles A. Lindbergh and
others; and generally showed off
his military strength at every
opportunity. He wanted to in
timidate and paralyze the op
position. So no doubt do the
Soviets.
Copyright, 1955
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
HEADED for PorUand by
West Coast plane.
Time to Medford is about 30
minutes quite a little faster
than the Applegate party made
it back in 1846, when they were
pioneering the Old South road.
The world changes.
T1ENEATH the plane, practical
ly from the time it leaves
Klamath Falls to the edge of the
Rogue River valley, there is a
solid carpet of timber, with here
and there a green meadow.
In the light of more recent
knowledge, one can't help won
dering if perhaps there isn't al
most as much timber now as
there was when the Applegate
party was following the game
trails across the mountains 109
years ago. Quite a lot of new
knowledge is coming to us about
the rate of growth of the timber
here in Southern Oregon as, for
that matter, all over Oregon and
Northern California.
A T ANY rate, it seems probable
that we have a lot more tim
ber in this area than we thought
possible a few years ago. If we
handle it wisely from here on
out, I'm sure we're going to have
enough to keep our payrolls go
ing for a long time.
T"HE plane drifts down to the
runway at the Medford air
port, touches its wheels with a
faint sound of grinding rubber,
then rolls to a stop. Those who are
getting off get off. Those who
are getting on get on. A through
passenger holds up his wrist and
keeps a careful eye on his watch.
As the plane takes off, he re
marks: "Two minutes and 16
seconds. Not bad."
That's smart feeder airline op
eration. Frequent stops, giving
service to many communities.
Down again., up again, with a
minimum of lost time.
rpHE BIG through airlines with
their four engine planes, are
wonderful for the long hops, but
it's the feeder lines, with their
stops at every town that has an
airport and their efficient oper
ation in getting down and up
again without wasted time, that
will bring the benefits of fast air
transport to the country at large.
rpHIS land quickly and take off
A- quickly performance at Med
ford is repeated at Roseburg, at
Coos Bay, at Eugene and at the
Albany-CorvaUis field.
It's quite an achievement, and
will bring great changes in the
future.
VITHEN one is killing time, it is
" hard to resist eavesdropping
on one's neighbors. Two young
men in the seat ahead, probably
in their late 30's, are engaging in
personal chit-chat. One says to
the other:
"Where did you live before
you came West?"
"Minnesota," was the answer.
"How did you come to
change?" the first one asked.
"WeU, you'll laugh," the other
replied, "My wife and I have rel
atives all over the northern half
of Minnesota. We have nine chil
dren. Every time one of our kids
did something not wholly com
mendable, every relation in the
outfit, in-laws and all, heard
of it, and it kept our faces red aU
the time. So we decided to move
to the West and be on our own."
"TTOW do you like it?" his com
panion asked.
"It's wonderful," the father of
nine responded. "For the first
time in our lives we can be our
selves and we can let our chil
dren be themselves- It's good for
aUofus."
THE conversation drifted on.
"Nine children," the first
young man remarked, "is a fine,
large family. Did you plan it
that way?"
. "Wel-1-1, not exactly," was the
answer. "We'd planned to stop at
five. . But the sixth one came
along, and after that it just didn't
seem to matter. The more the
merrier."
DELILAH, MODERN STYLE
Cheboygan, Mich. (U.R)
Cecil Adams' wife didn't like
the beard he was growing for
Cheboygan County's centennial
celebration. One night while he
was sleeping, she plugged in his
electric shaver and cleaned one
side of his face before Adams
woke up. Adams took a look in
a mirror, plugged in the shaver
again and took off the rest of
the beard.
Communications
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although under certain circum
stances the use of a pen name or
initial for publication is Dermis
rible. The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit aU letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion Letters submitted for publica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
Ellsworth Plan Opposed
To the Editor: Our present
Fourth District Congressman,
Harris Ellsworth of Roseburg,
stated last week that the oppon
ents of "partnership" dams are
in the position of "hunger strik
ers" in that they (Morse, Neu
berger and Green, in particular)
"want government ownership of
electric power or none ,at aU."
This is nonsense and Mr. Ells
worth knows it
What we Democrats don't like
about "partnership" as promoted
by the GOP is that the electric
power so generated will not be
low-cost power nor will it be
available on a regional basis, the
two features that made the Bon
neville Power Administration so
outstandingly successful.
Far from being "on strike,"
Democrats representing Oregon
in Congress have been fighting
hard for appropriations to build
the already authorized dams at
Cougar Creek on the south Fork
of the McKenzie River, at Green
Peter on the Santiam River end
at the John Day site on the Co
lumbia River.
Such appropriations are not
expenditures of tax money. They
are investments, gilt-edged in
vestments as proved by the
eagerness of the private utilities
to undertake these projects.
Mr. Ellsworth and his Repub
lican colleagues are the ones tak
ing an unreasonable position, to
wit, high-cost-pnvate-power or
nothing!
Instead of issuing such wild,
baseless charges, our Congress
man might weU emulate his col
league, Sam Coon of Baker, and
consent to defend his "partner
ship" views in a series of de
bates in his District this Fall.
Certainly power policy is the
most vital of all the domestic
issues, for upon, its success the
economic future of Oregon large
ly depends.
Charles C.Porter,
2775 University st,
Eugene, Oregon. .
Animals in the Summer
To the Editor: Hot weather is
a difficult period in the lives of
pets and work animals. The Hu
mane Society, Medford, Ore.,
offers the following advice and
hopes you receive it in the spirit
it is given.
Vacation time brings scores of
complaints of animals suffering
from hunger, thirst and exposure
to the hot sun. Horses, in par
ticular, should receive special
attention. They should not be
forced to carry too heavy loads;
generous amounts of cool water
should be supplied and frequent
rest periods. Many dogs are left
in parked cars with the windows
closed. These animals, imprison
ed, often in the broiling sun,
suffer greatly in temperatures
that run into the nineties and,
often, exceed 100 degrees. Then,
there is the doghouse. In the
wmter, no doubt, it was placed
in the sun for more warmth, but
in hot weather it becomes a
place of torture. Move it in the
shade and see that fresh, cool
water is available at all times.
If your dog is tied out of doors,
be sure he can reach the shade.
This goes for cats, too.
If you go on a vacation and
take your pet with you be sure
and do not abandon it to fend
for itself. Reasonable intelli
gence and good planning will
make your animal -problem .a
little one.
Humane Society
Medford, Oregon
By Mrs. Beulah H. Richardson,
Secretary-Manager
Thanks For Help
To the Editor: We take this
opportunity of expressing our
deep gratitude for the generous
response to the white cane street
sale held May 17-18. The pub
licity and cooperation received
from the newspapers, radio sta
tions and KBES-TV, are aU very
much appreciated.
Jackson Count) Chapter,
Associated Council of the
Blind.
Justice Under Law
To the Editor: Never do I read
a U.S. Supreme Court decision
since 1938 without reflecting
back to the day my wife and I
stood in front of that somber edi
fice in Washington, D.C., and
read above the entrance to The
U.S. Supreme Court building,
in huge letters chiseled in solid
stone: JUSTICE UNDER LAW.
We read those words slowly,
solemnly, several times; then
solemnly asked ourselves "Whose
Law? Nero's, Genghis Khan's,
Hitler's, Stalin's, George Wash
ington's weighed there?" And,
"Justice to whom, guilty and in
nocent alike?" Justice tempered
with mercy, truly justice?
Reading David Lawrence's
column in the June 11 Oregon
Journal, Robert Ruhl's editorial
in the June 12 Medford Mail
Tribune, and some other ap
praisals of the Dr. Peters loyal
ty case, might one wonder if too
little Justice and too much Law,
(at times politically flavored), too
often is meted out by America's
highest tribunal and some oth
er law-dispensing authorities?
Reading the separate state
ments by Justices Reed, Burton,
Is That So?
Hamburg, With SAS A sub
ject with never-failing interest
is how creatures came by their
popular names particularly
birds. Take such names as goat
sucker, killdeer, flicker, shrike,
sandpiper, oriole, lapwing Moth-
grebe or jaeger.
Some names are bestowed
due to the bird's dramatic per
sonality (sandpiper), colorful
coat (oriole), or striking voice
(phoebe); some because of char
acteristic motions (wagtail);
some for persons (martin); and
quite a number from foreign
languages Goon, godwitt).
Perhaps birds come by their
names most frequently and
honestly through their songs,
like cuckoo, flicker, pipit, kill-
deer, pewee, phoebe, chicadee
and of course, dickcissel who
sits on a fence in the middle
west and utters his tiresome
-l-Sf
"dick-ciss-ciss-ciss" without end.
As well, the bobolink came by
his name from his bubbling song
heard in the northeast in the
spring. But southerners call him
rice bird because of his rice
field depredations along the
coast during faU migrations.
Curiously, the shrike too gets
his name from his voice. The
word stems from an bid Ice
landic word, shrikpa a shriek
ing sound the bird makes just
as he pounces upon his prey. But
another name for shrike is
butcher bird which refers to his
habit of impaling his prey on
a thorn before devouring it.
Names Result From Actions
Many names result from the
bird's .actions, such as the wag
tail which pumps its tail up and
down, or from side to side. And
everyone knows, creepers creep;
sandpipers pipe up and down
the sands; wodpeckers peck
wood; oven birds build nests
that are open at the sides like
old-fashioned ovens; humming
birds make humming sounds
with their wings; roadrunners
of the west run on trails their
speed can equal that of a fast
dog's; and the shearwater the
crest of the waves.
A birds' appearance, too, often
helps christen it: the cedar wax-
wing is so named because its
wings are seemingly tipped with
red sealing wax;, the morning
warbler, a cheerful singer, has
a mournful-appearing blue-gray
hood; the oriole takes its name
from the Latin word aureolus,
meaning golden; the , kinglet
from its golden or ruby crown;
and the longspur from its ex
tended hind spurs.
Humans have been honored
by having their names bestowed
upon birds. Thus, the knot was
named for ancient Danish King
Canute, who ruled England, be
cause of his supposed fancy for
the knot as a tasty dish and in
former times this bird was net
ted and fattened before being
slaughtered. The martin was
named for Martin, the Bishop
of Tours of the 14th century
who is the patron saint of France.
St Martin's day or martinmas
is November 11 a pleasant time
of year, usually. The Baltimore
oriole for. bearing the colors of
the house of Lord Baltimore
orange on black.
Flit Over Ocean
The petrels got their name
from their flight as they flit
over the ocean their legs dangle
and their feet appear to patter
on the water as though trying
to walk, barkening back to St
Peter's ill-fated attempt But an
other name for the petrel is
Mother Carey's chickens and this
is an odd anglicization of Madre
Cara, mother of Jesus, to whom
many European sailors pray be
fore a hazardous voyage.
And now to some of the names
resulting from "lift" from other
languages: .
Grebe comes from the Breton
word "krib" meaning comb
the grebes are characterized by
protrusions on the heads whicn
might conceivably have suggest
ed combs. . ,
The prothonotary ' warbler,
originally spelled without the h,
comes from the Latin, the word
meaning first notary; the pro
tonotary is a papal official who
wears yeUow robes and keeps a
registry of pontifical acts.
From Anglo-Saxon Words
Redstart comes from Anglo-
Saxon words, "roth" and
steort," meaning red-tailed; lap
wing,' too, is Anglo-Saxon, from
the words "hleape" and "wince,"
the former meant to turn about
in flight, the latter to waver
suggestive of the bird's irregu
lar flight'
Merganser gets its name from
Douglas, and comparing them
with the majority court decision,
might one ask how can such
opposite legal opinions be held
among such high - caliber legal
ly trained jurists? Could they
fail sometimes to remember
their obligations when they sol
emnly assumed those momen
tous tasks? Not all can be con
cealed even by purple cloaks.
John E. Gribble
Medford, Oregon
By Eugene Burns
Ranter-Naturalist
...... - V
the Latin "mergus" and an
ser," the first meaning to
plunge, the second, goose. God
wit, reaUy. means "good wight"
in the sense of good eating; and
loon comes from an 'old Icelandic
word, "lomr," meaning diver, or
an awkward bird, jaeger Is simp
ly German for hiyiter.
As for the poor goatsucker,
he was stuck with this misnomer
centuries ago thanks to an ignor
ant superstitution -among the
shepherds of yore that these
birds came in the night : and,
milked their goats.
But usually the more colorful
the bird and widespread . his
habitat, the greater the variety
of names he will have - one
such being the flicker. It . hat
over a hundred names including
yellow hammer, high-holder, and
golden-winged woodpecker.
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7 ho Dalles Dam Crane
Portland (U.R) Army En
gineers in Portland Saturday an
nounced award of a $111,200
contract to American Ligurian
Co; for the design, manufacture
and delivery of a 30-ton spillway
deck gantry crane for The
Dalles dam. :
- The crane will be manufac
tured in Dortmund, Germany,
and the contract must be com
pleted by January, 1957. Amer
ican Ligurian was low of 13
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