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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.
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George E.White
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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 . . ."
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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