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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDF0RDOIWrRIB UNB "Everybody In Southern Oregon Reads Tne Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 87-29 North Fir St Phone 2-6141 nnnrnT ur pttht Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager Z. C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered a second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12 .00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One vear 350 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year SIS 00 Daily and Sunday One month 1-23 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms casn in novantc Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU or CIRCULAR .o "Vest-holud'company inc. Offices In New JtorK. uucanu. trolt San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL assocFatiIon Z7 sj ...."JWI' NIWSAlt PUBllfHItl 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 June 22. 1945 (It was Friday) Small number of Jackson county voters turn out for refer endum elections on tax levy for state building fund and cigar ette tax to support schools. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Fall styles for males will include a one-button shirt. The laundry will get it the first trip. , 20 YEARS AGO June 22. 1935 (It was Saturday) Congress appropriates $102, 000 for repairing and additions to Medford post office. Jackson-Josephine-Curry coun ty planning commission recom mended to work out federal de velopment plan for Rogue val ley by state development com mittee. 30 YEARS AGO June 22. 1925 (It was Monday) Chief engineer for national park service inspects improve' ments at Crater Lake National park. Medford water commission publishes irrigation hours, be tween 5 and 10 a.m. and 5 and 10 p.m. 40 YEARS AGO June 22, 1915 (It was Tuesday) Jackson county considers plac ing motorcycle policeman on Pacific highway to check speed ers and joyriders. Medford merchants plan to close two days during Jackson county fair which they voted to support. What's the Answer? (Can You Get 4 of the 7?) Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. More or fewer cases of polio were reported in April and May this year than in April and May last year, or about the same number? 2. The great N.Y. advertising agencies are clustered on Fifth Ave. Broadway, E. 57th St., Wall St., Madison Ave.? 3. ' Cancer causes about half, many more than half, or many fewer than half of all deaths under 45? 4. The Alps are in which of these countries: Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Ger many? 5. Which of these boxers weighs least: bantamweight, lightweight, featherweight, fly weight? 6. Texas has more U. S. Sen ators than Rhode Island; right or wrong? 7. The real name of which prominent actor is Muni Weis enfreund? The Answers: 1. More. 2. Mad ison Ave. 3. Many fewer than half. 4. All of them. 5. Fly weight. 6. Wrong; each state has two Senators. 7. Paul Muni. Rites Scheduled For D. Worth Clark Los Angeles (U.R) Rosary will be recited tonight for D. Worth Clark, 58, former U.S. Senator from Idaho who died at his home here Sunday. Requiem high mass will be celebrated tomorrow morning with interment at Holy Cross cemetery. MAIL TRIBUNE School Election Danger New members of the boards of directors of Jack son county's 23 school districts apparently were all elected without incident Monday. As usual, there wasn't a great deal of voter interest in the elections, probably because many of them were uncontested. This was true in the three first class school dis tricts, Medford, Ashland and 6C, which includes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley. Only 59 voters bothered to turn out in Medford, 41 in Ashland and 22 in 6C. CINCE there was no contest in any of the three elections, the question before the house might well be "So what?" One answer is to point out that there are circum stances under which it could be important that more voters turn out, even in an uncontested election. For instance, if a minority of Medford residents were to become dissatisfied with school administra tion, their best bet at getting school board representa tion would not be through a regularly contested elec tion, but rather would be to wait for an uncontested election, and then quietly organize a small group of voters for a write-in campaign. It wouldn't have taken much of a campaign to bring out enough write-ins Monday to beat the 59 votes cast for the successful candidate. TTHIS is a hypothetical situation, of course, but' it has happened on some occasions, and the result ing disruption of orderly procedures can be serious not to mention the frustration of the unspoken will of the majority which through its silence tacitly ap proved the single candidate. At any rate, in this case the will of the majority seems to have been expressed, which is the way it should be. E.A. The Fire District Vote There is one thing worse than apathy in causing unfortunate results in elections. That is misunder standing. An analysis of the situation in the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district, where a budget pro posal was defeated recently, leads to the conclusion that the issues at stake in that vote were not clear in the minds of those voters who did turn out to cast ballots. IX7HEN the budget was put up for approval on May 31, it was turned down by a vote of 84 to 37 a tiny percentage of the number of eligible voters in the district. Dick Krupp, chief of the rural department, said he and the district directors feel they did an inade quate job of explaining just what was at stake in the election. Since that time another factor has entered the picture, which still further changes the' situation. FIRST of all, the proposal in question is to approve a 1955-56 budget which totals $30,370. This is $1,762.62 more than the budget for the current year, but is $8,629 more than is allowed under the 6 per cent limitation on automatic increases. For this reason it had to be approved by the voters. The directors decided to call a second election on the budget, and it will be held tomorrow, June 23, from 2 to 8 p.m.; with a voting poll at the fire station south of Central Point. The question to be decided, is unchanged the $8,629 over the limitation, which amounts to about one mill of taxation. BUT, since the budget was first turned down, the district has received from the, White City Realty company a no-strings-attached offer of a $21,000 fire station for that area for free an offer the dis trict cannot accept if it does not get approval of the budget. And it badly needs a new station in that area. Three of the four major industrial sites in Jack son county White City, Tolo, and the Medford owned area west of White City lie within the boundaries of the district, and valuations are bound to increase, with the result that a larger and larger share of the tax load will be borne by industry, and less and less by farmers and residential occupants. But if the budget is not approved, White City may well decide to withdraw its offer and form its own fire protection organization, which would mean that those living in other parts of the district would have to bear an increased tax burden or go without fire protection. WE FEEL that the huge, 70-square-mile area is fortunate in having men sufficiently public spirited to volunteer their time for the big job of fire protection. Only the chief is paid all others give their time. If we lived in the fire protection district, we feel we would have to vote for the budget. It will increase taxes of residents only a few cents, and will offer the opportunity for fire insurance reductions. If it is defeated, insurance rates are bound to go up. If residents get these. facts clearly in mind we believe the budget is almost certain to pass tomorrow. E.A. Klamath Officials Klamath Falls (U.R) County commissioners Ed Gowen and Jerry Rainus left by plane for Washington, D.C., yesterday for a series of meetings with offic ials of the Bureau of Indian Af fairs to discuss the county's part in the termination of the Klam ath Indian reservation. The commissioners will re quest appropriations of $916,000 for a four-year road program, $120,000 lor four years law en Wednesday, June 22, 195S Head for Capital forcement on the reservation and $50,000 annually, for four years to maintain roads. " They plan to meet with Ore gon Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard Neuberger and Reps. Edith Green and Sam Coon as well as attend a hearing on a proposed amendment to the Johnson-O'Malley act. whereby the Bureau- of Indian Affairs could contract with other municipalities. Senator Neuberger Reports On His Colleagues in Senate Washington (Special A pro gram which seeks a healthier, happier and more secure life for the children of America is the objective of a resolution which I have introduced in the Senate. The resolution calls for appoint ment of a special committee of five Senators to study the Can adian family allowance plan and report on its feasibility for the United States. This is the 10th anniversary of the Family Allowances pro gram in Canada and the time seems ripe for us to carefully study Canadian experience with this great social experiment. It is a program designed to make available more clothing, better and more wholesome foods, more medical care and greater oppor tunities for cultural and educa tional advancement. Senate Colleagues Many letters from friends in Oregon ask about my fellow Sen ators. What do I think of them? What are they like? Who are the great ones? Who are the ciphers? Episodes, I think, frequently speak louder than mere rhetoric. In the extreme rear lefthand corner of the Democratic side of the Senate sit three Senators Barkley of Kentucky, McNamara of Michigan, Neuberger of Ore gon. McNamara and Neuberger are newcomers but Barkley, prior to this term, had spent a total of 40 years in Congress, some of it as Vice-President and some as Senate majority leader. Senator Harley Kilgore of West Virginia, who has a front row seat, went to Barkley and offered to trade desks with him. Kilgore said it was inappropriate for so illustrious and experienced a Senator to sit at the back of the chamber. After a week or so, Barkley told Pat McNamara and me about the generous offer Kil gore had made. Then this great American added: "You know, I get along so grandly with you two we agree on just about everything and we make a kind of trio back here, that I can hardly dare to take Harley up on the kind suggestion. I'll just stay here a while longer with you 'young' fellows." Pat McNamara was beaming from ear to ear. But that's the kind of friendly, unassuming per son that Alben W. Barkley in variably turns out to be. Across the aisle, on the Re publican side, sits William F. Knowland, the minority leader. Day after day, he often rises to ask if the government is going to do anything about the Ameri cans still imprisoned in Red China. One has to admire Know land for his tenacity and sincer- Senator Morse Due At July 4 Event Ashland United States Sen. Wayne Morse will speak at the day-long July 4 celebration to be held in Ashland's Lithia park. The celebration, under the sponsorship of the Ashland Lions club, will also feature a parade at 11 a.m. and a band concert in the park. A Lions club committee, un der the chairmanship of Dr. Elmo " Stevenson, is calling on Ashlanders for help in organiz ing a full-scale parade. Indica tions of participation in the pa rade have already come from the Ashland city band, the Amer ican Legion color guard, the Ash land High school flag girls and majorettes, and the YMCA, which may enter a float. Floats are being sought by the Lions from churches, merchants, serv ice clubs and other osganiza tions. In the afternoon, the Ashland Lithians will play a baseball team yet to be chosen. In the evening will be another band contest and a special hard top race at the Ashland speedway. Revolt of Red Troops Near Hangkow Reported Taipei, Formosa U.R) The unofficial Chinatone News Agency said today a Red Chi nese garrison stationed west of Hangkow revolted on May 26 and went over to a band of Nationalist-supported guerillas. Chinatone said the brigade fled after it engaged in a 24-hour battle with a Red Chinese divi sion in Hung Chang County. () lent wi U atda aging MOttaJkOfTfcsTa George E.White 131 West Main, Medford - Phone 3-1841 ity. I frequently disagree with him tt I think he is a sincere and courageous Senator. It prob ably is not easy to challenge a President of one's own party, as Knowland sometimes does with Eisenhower on foreign policy. Furthermore, it must be said for Senator Knowland that he never indulges in the character assas sination or personal abuse which characterize some weU-known members of the GOP. The Salk Vaccina Some partisan Oregon news papers have been critical of the speech I made on the floor of the Senate some weeks ago, when I called attention to Can ada's sound and orderly govern ment program for getting the Salk anti-polio vaccine to chil dren of that free nation. At least, my stand is support ed by the leading newspaper of the country, the New York Times, which backed President Eisenhower in the election. Here are a few excerpts from a Times editorial of June 12, 1955: "The mystery, deepens in the light of the brilliant record of Canada. There over 500,000 children have been vaccinated, so far without any mishap . . . In Canada all vaccine has been produced in the Connaught Medical Laboratories of the University of Toronto under the strict control of the Min istry of Health . . ." i i HUratlsi Copenhagen, Witn SaS Ae eardless of where one may be, folklore born of superstition in evitably pursues one. bo to com hat nonular beliefs with cold fact, here's 'another helping of facts vs. fallacies. The belief: The giraffe is the only mammal which has no The fact; In zoos, female and especially young giraffes have been, heard to make low calls, something like a calf. The belief: Rabbits have been known to cross with cats. The fact: From a genetic point of view, it would be just as easy to cross an elephant with a house.' It cannot be done. Possi bly the Idea ; gained prevalence here in Europe because the Manx cat, from the Isle of Man, seems to have some of the character istics of both cat and rabbit. It has high hindquarters and a short back so that it moves with a hopping action not unlike a rabbit's. But, regardless, it's a cat not a cross with a rabbit. The belief: A frightened os trich, although the largest of liv ing birds, buries its head in the sand. The fact: So many people have believed this for so long and in so many different countries that it seems as though it simply, must be true. But it isn't. On the con trary, when danger threatens, the ostrich stretches his neck out as far and high as possible to see as far as he can. The belief: A bird sleeps with its head neatly tucked under its wing. The fact: The head is never tucked under the wing. A bird sleeps with its head resting' on the wing and tucked under the mantle feathering of the back. 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WMUU CDIDPVUBVS tea ted. ..aula aver Hdrin tk CMfscttos KMMiUanilt 9268! tsaJtt Is Best Bs HEARING AIDS In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS This inspection trip by Oregon officials (mentioned in this space yesterday) has two principal ob jectives: 1. State highways. 2. State parks. It so happens that this time the state parks are getting special at tention. There is a reason for that. Oregon's state parks are and always have been adminis tered by the Oregon state high way department. But at the 1955 session of the Oregon legislature considerable sentiment devel oped for removing the parks from the highway department and setting up an independent state parks commission to ad minister them. v a SEVERAL bills designed to bring that about were intro duced, but failed of enactment. As an outcome of the agitation, Governor Patterson appointed a special advisory committee to study the state parks system and bring in a recommendation to the next legislature. - , The legislature also directed its highway interim committee to study the parks system and bring in recommendations. Both the state parks advisory com mittee and the highway interim committee are represented on this tour. OREGON has approximately 160 state parks, of which some 40 are located on Highway 101, the Oregon Coast highway. These two score parks on the scenic coast highway are un doubtedly a tremendous asset. They range all the way from the magnificent park at Coos Bay donated by the Simpson estate and maintained by the state and the spectacular Sam Board man state park embracing some 40 miles of fabulously beautiful coastline at the state's southern border down to little waysides where the traveler may pull out to the side of the road for a brief rest. They add immensely to the Coast highway's value as a tour ist attraction. They include parks recently developed for overnight camping. rpHESE parks where overnight x parking is permitted : have caretakers. Their accommoda tions include cooking facilities, shower baths with hot and cold water and toilet facilities. All of these improvements are new and are in spic and span condition, as over night camping is a rela tively new departure in Oregon's state parks. Some of these overnight parks are equipped with a new and durable type of . electric stoves, with slot attachments providing a half hour's current for a dime. Others have outdoor open stoves, with fuel provided. It is an odd fact that these open stoves fuel ed with firewood appear to be more popular than the fancy electric stoves which, by the way, are housed in open shelters. When people leave their modern homes, and take to the great outdoors, they seem to prefer to do their cooking over an open fire, C. H. Armstrong,, state parks superintendent, reports that the charge for the use of these over night camping facilities a little more than pays the cost of the attendants at the camping parks. V TTOW HAVE these parks been XA acquired? The answer is both by gift and by purchase. Many of them have been given to the state by public-spirited citizens. Most of them have been purchased. What have they cost? The outlay so far (for land) has been about ten million dollars. Superintendent Armstrong esti mates that if purchased NOW the land would cost about 25 million dollars. Fortunately. Oregon began the job of acquir ing its state parks early enough to get in ahead of the big in THIS IS WHAT YOU PAY From MEDFORD To Portland . $3.15 Sacramento .... 5.15 Oakland ' 6.35 San Francisco- 6.40 To Fresno Soatrlo Loo A . , Itturn Trip 20 lus... m Round - On many trips you'll ridi a 212 N. Bartlett Phone 2-2202 News crease in land values. WHAT is their upkeep cost? The state hiehwav deDart- ment is spending presently on state parks about a million dol lars a year. This includes both upkeep and acquisition of new areas from time to time, as at tractive sites become available. The money comes out of gaso line taxes. The use of gas tax money is justified under the theory that the state parks are an adjunct of the state system of highways, maintained for the pleasure and the convenience of Editorial Comment NO NEW STARTS One of these days the U. S. army corps of engineers ought to feed into one of those super- whiz calculating machines the ingredients which would pro duce a balance sheet. The report should show how much the peo ple of the United States have in vested in army civil works pro jects, how much has been repaid and what dollar values to the economy have accrued as a re sult of these activities. This may be an impossible as signment, even for Univac. But we are certain the benefits to the people of. America in jobs and profits plus lives and prop erty saved would be staggering. This is a good time to mention it, for June 16 was the 180th anniversary of adoption of a res olution in the Continental Con gress providing "that there be one Chief Engineer in the Grand Army and that his pay be $60 per month." Here in the Northwest we think of the army engineers in relation to rivers and harbors projects, huge flood control and power dams, and shiplocks for commerce. The corps' civil works program in recent years equals, however, only about one fourth of the world-wide con struction program of the engin eers. The army engineers will dedi cate three of their new dams this week Lucky Peak on the Boise river Thursday, Albeni Falls on the Pend Oreille river Friday, and Lookout Point on the Middle Willamette river Satur day. Assistant Secretary of the Army George H. Roderick will come out for the dedications. The great Chief Joseph dam on the Columbia will be dedicated this fall, a fitting companion to Bon neville and McNary, now in ser vice, and The Dalles dam which will be completed in I960, two years- behind Chief Joseph. . With the three to be dedicated this week, plus Chief Joseph in the fall, and. a reregulatuig dam at Dexter below Lookout Point, already in operation, the army corps of engineers will have placed in service this year five more Northwest dams. Not bad. They would be happy to build some more for the people of this region if money were available. But congressional policy is "no new starts." Portland Oregon ian. 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 ft LOAN ASS'N of Medford . 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To Those Who Save THIS IS WHAT YOU GET Straight-thru travel... No change of bus I ir No local stops I ir Downtown to downtown service! Scenery at its best I .. .$7.53 9.15 - joles -10.70 Pltu FtAnlTsx Trip Tickets! sensational HIGHWAY TRAVELERTor SCENICRUISER .-'....A'-... the users of the roads who are chiefly automobile owners and users. ' a THAT brings us to the question raised in the legislature last winter: Shall we leave administration of our Oregon state parks in the hands of the highway depart ment, where it has been since the state parks system was created? Or shall we take it out of the hands of the highway commis sion and turn it over to a new and independent state parks commission? rpHAT is the problem that will be studied for the next two years by the new parks advisory committee and by the legislative highway interim committee. The answer will be provided by the 1957 Oregon legislature, which will hear the reports of both bodies. rAdriennes" 4th of July SPECIALS! 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