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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) "Everybody la Southern Oregon Reads Thg Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday ' by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 87-29 North Fir St Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHI Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager . C. FERGUSON. Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR, City Editor BARRY CHIPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STAR CHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON. Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act ol March 3. 1897 " SUBSCRIPTION RATES " By Mall In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday Ona year MM Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos.- 3.S0 Sunday Only One year M-SO. By Carrier In Advance Me'T,d. Ashland. Central PoV,ffe.pf4?' Jacksonville. Gold HUL Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: . Daily and Sunday One rtt WM Daily and Sunday One month aa Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms Cash In Advance Sfflclal Paper of the City of Medford - OHicial Paper of Jackson County United Pt FuU Leasea wot "MEMBER ' OF AUDIT BUREAU Advertising Representative. WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York. .Chicago De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ST NIWtPAPII JSBBBB PUBIISHIIS 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 July 7. 1945 (It was Saturday) Vandals damage Buck Rock lookout station near Trail when lookout seeks medical aid for snake bite. Tram Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The hot spell to date, has revealed no young man unsuccessfully at tempted to stop an electric tan with his forefinger. 20 YEARS AGO July 7. 1935 Oregon's agricultural adjust ment act, with, codes and mar keting agreements, held uncon stitutional by Multnomah county circuit court. Cascade Gorge resort on Cra ter Lake highway open for sum mer season after renovation by Roseburg business man. 30 YEARS AGO ' July 7. 1925 (It was Tuesday) New York theatrical men staying at Medford hotel boost Rogue Valley as vacation spot. Hubert Work, secretary of in terior, starts Oregon tour of gov ernment aid reclamation proj ects in the northwest. 40 YEARS AGO July 7. 1915 (It was Wednesday) Nine owners of dogs fined in police court for allowing dogs to run around without muzzles. Automobile travel to Crater Lake increases 100 per cent and tourists trade increases 35 per cent during past year. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. An average three-year old car will cost in repairs about two, three, four or five times as much during the year as an average one-year old car? . 2. Stenographers and typists are reported, over the nation, in heavy or short supply for the jobs available? . . 3. If UN admits the Chinese Reds, the U.S. would or would not automatically have to give them diplomatic recognition? 4. The U. S. Patent Office now acts each year on fewer patent application than are received, or on about an equal number? 5. The average addict spends about $2, $4, $6, $8 or $10 a day on drugs? 6. The last previous chess match between U.S. and Russian masters was won by the Ameri cans or the Russians, or was it a draw? 7. A colporteur gives out traf fic tickets, hat checks, religious tracts, hand baggage, or fire place fuel? The answers: ' 1. About three times as much. 2. In short sup ply. 3. Wouldn't. 4. On fewer than are received. 5. $10, says U.S. narcotics commissioner An dinger. 6. The Russians won easily. 7. Religious tracts. FLEET WINS OUT Los Angeles U.R) Mrs. Margaret Jean Donald, 32, re ceived a divorce on the ground she was playing second fiddle to the fleet. She said her sailor husband. Robert Donald Jr.; told her he'd "rather stay aboard ship with his shipmates than be with me." . MAIL TRIBUNE "The Public Be Damned" The Southern Pacific railroad announced about a week ago that its freight business in the Medford area, had established a new high record for all time as far as lumber is concerned. That can only mean that its profits in this area are greater than ever before for certainly with Med ford's recent rapid growth, the freight business in fruit and other directions where the SP enjoys a monopoly, could not have materially declined. JUST how many millions the SP has taken out of this valley in profits the past 10 years can't be determined for the information requested in this field has been denied. But even the "friendly Southern Pacific" prob ably would not deny its profits have been consid erable, and that if a decent passenger service were maintained north and south, a handsome profit would still be enjoyed. fXH the 'other hand it can't be denied that if pas senger service losses sustained by the SP (com mon to all railroads today), can be eliminated, these prof its can be increased and upper bracket salaries, dividends, cash reserves, etc., can be increased ac cordingly. ... So it caused no great surprise to those who really KNOW the Southern Pacific, and its conception of profits to itself versus public service to others, to learn that starting August 7th this "largest, railroad in the world" will abandon the one train remaining on its passenger schedule, and provide this valley which has given it so much profitable business over the years and probably more today than ever be fore with no passenger service at all ! a-. THAT this action will work a real hardship upon - many people in Medford and the valley, no one can deny. This will be particularly true during the winter when motoring so often becomes difficult, and at times even air transportation has to be tem porarily discontinued. - Moreover there are some people who can't drive their cars and are no longer able to fly. In short this action will violate the fundamental principle of "public convenience and necessity," and probably the terms, of the original franchise granted the SP when it took over the Oregon & Cali fornia lines, but judging the future by the past this will make no difference to the Southern Pacific. "THE "S.P." has done pretty much as it pleased in this section of the state, through all the years, and unless the people as a whole become more aroused than seems likely and the state Public Utility com missioner also this determination by 'the railroad to increase prof ts by not decreasing but completely abandoning all passenger service in this area will go through as smoothly and expeditiously as similar actions in complete disregard of the obligations of service to the public, have before. Through all the years the Southern Pacific has not only "got away with murder" but made it pay. Needless to say we don t refer to the local repre sentatives of the railroad in any way. They are as good as they come. We refer of this billion dollar corporation and who determine its basic policies. These policies are the same today as they always have been get all the traffic will bear. In fact here in Southern Oregon is one of the striking examples of how little the business philosophy of a powerful rail road enjoying a monopoly can change in all the years since Commodore Vanderbilt of the New York Cen tral struck the keynote of monopolistic" selfishness and greed, when in answer to a plea to grant what the public wanted, hit the cuspidor bulls-eye, and re marked "THE PUB Asia Is the Big Problem The Oregonian is deeply worried about North Korea. And with reason for it states quote: "The Communist nations never have changed. Hence we had better provide the Korean Republic with what it needs if we have in truth been holding back. Because the United States will not stand aloof if another war starts there." But who is to determine WHAT South Korea "needs" to maintain its independence? And just what would "not standing aloof" add up to if another war over there should start? ITNLESS we are greatly mistaken the American people are in no mood to engage in another war in Korea or anywhere else in Asia as far as sending an expeditionary force over there is concerned. But if war should break out in Korea ships and airplanes alone would not be enough to turn the tide against North Koreans supported by Red Chinese and the Russians. Moreover where would Japan' come in? ' , e -e WITHOUT Japan as an operating base, the USA ""would be practically helpless in such a war. There is already a strong movement in Japan against the small air and military forces we have stationed in that country now. .There is also strong sentiment in Japan in favor of a reapproachment with both Red China and Russia as far as trade is concerned. Trade is always a factor in the genesis of war. Tinally atomic war as a deterrent would not have the effectiveness in Asia that it appears to have and we believe it has in industrialized Europe. ; IN short the real danger to this country and free democracy as a whole does not, in our judgment, lie in Europe but in Asia. R.W.R. . Thursday, July 7, I9S5 ONLY to those in control Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is Dermis lible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. Both Have Disappeared To the Editor: One of our old friends, a gold miner of the sec ond generation (now deceased) who lived and mined southwest of Grants Pass, Ore., until the late nineteen twenties, gave us much first hand information of the early placer mines. One incident we remember very well, was when the usual clean-up of a placer, once in the Waldo district, when a small un known piece of foreign ore or metal was found in the sluice boxes. No one reaUy claimed the new discovery, although it was so hard, a hammer never fazed it on an anvil. Another odd experience was it lit up .the inside of a tent-house at night. A Klamath Indian who took a fancy' to the little speci men decided he would quit his job at the time, and when he went away the little piece evi dently had gone too. There was no record of what became of either one, after, that incident. Bert Kissinger, . 520 Boardman St., Medford, Oregon. Booby Trap or Parking Meter? To the Editor: How often have you found a nice parking place in the congested area of down town Medford, to note that it was a 12 minute meter and of, no useable value, for it was impos sible to conduct any business in 12 minutes. The following re; port of the City Manager to the City Council of June 21st 1955 may help to explain your dilem ma. I quote: "In reply to request for a re port on changing the existing 12 minute meters for lc to 30 minutes meters for 5c, we have a quotation from the manufac turers of these meters, that the cost of the parts would be $5.00. There would be some labor cost for remodeling these meters, but the meter repairman could per form this work during his reg ular hours at no extra cash out lay to the city. "The parking survey, indicat ed that the 12 minute meters do not accommodate any more park ed cars per day than the 1 hour meters. In fact, the average time vehicles remained in the 12 min ute metered zone was 25 min utes. Apparently the 12 minute time limit-is too short a time for persons to use these meters with out possibility of over staying the 12 minutes and obtaining a ticket! "The 12 minute meters are difficult for the Police Depart ment to check carefully, conse quently there are considerable number of violations of over parking in these areas. The 30 minute time limit meters would be much easier to be checked by the Police Patrolman." Now this original request was turned down on June 21 and I reintroduced it July 5 and it was turned down again. Now I am not gunning for anyone but feel as your elected represeta tive and in matters of this kind where the public interest -is so much involved as there are 41 meters of this type, that you, the public, would like to take the matter up direct with your elect ed representative, that these spaces may be used in the best public interest, and that the booby trap may be removed which is embarrasing to you and the police department, who, are asked to enforce it Fred E. Qpbinson, Councilman, Ward 1. Bond Sale Approved To Build Cowlitz Dam Tacoma (U.R) The City Council yesterday approved the sale of $15,000,000 in bonds to finance the start of a hydroelec tric dam at Mayfield Cowlitz river. on the Approval came despite the pending restrainer against go ing ahead with the project is sued by Thurston County Su perior Court. . Tacoma Utilities Board Chair man Tom Anderson said the city would seek a "high level confer ence" with Gov. Arthur B. Lang lie regarding the long -standing controversy over the city's Cow litz dam project. Another dam is planned at Mossyrbck. . Frank Morgan Matter of Fact MOSCOW'S SURPRISES ' ; Moscow This place is chock full of surprises, big and small. Consider a sampling of the small surprises. .The wall paper in the hotel room turns out, on close inspec tion, not to be wallpaper at alL The elabo rate, pattern is painted on. " You can buy a bottle of Stewart Alsop sweet and hor rible drink shown as "Krem Cola," in dual tribute, presum ably, to Coca Cola and the Krem lin. A good many men here, as soon as they begin to go bald, take heroic measures. They shave their heads bone clean. The Kremlin cars have a spec ial built-in honk, like the crow ing of a rooster with laryngitis, to warn lesser citizens out of the way. The Russians go in heavily for roadside advertising, in favor of toothpaste, peace, vodka, kindliness to cows, ice cream sodas, and so on. , The results would not fmpress Messrs. Bat ten, Barton, Durstine, and Os borne. The commercial purpose is mysterious anyway, since all consumer goods are snapped up, almost regardless of price, as soon as they appear, in the stores. In the free market, for ex ample, peasants do a brisk trade at fat prices in what appears to be ordinary roadside goldenrod. The abacus is a universal sub stitute for the adding machine, even in the state banks. This last surprise serves to suggest what might rate as a medium- sized surprise Russia's odd old fashionedness. The fu ture which John Reed professed to see often looks remarkably like the not too distant past, preserved with fly -in -amber fidelity. Take one example. This re porter, has just lunched in one of Moscow's two or three most expensive restaurants (all restau rants are expensive, but this one is hideously expensive). The res taurant looks precisely as it must have looked 50 years ago, when the reporter's mother vis ited Moscow as a young girl, and no doubt ate decorously in the same place. .. - e THE GREEN and gilt ceiling, the frescoes meant to deceive the eye, the vast chandeliers, the Editorial Comment S.P. SHOULD RUN MODERN TRAIN We do not believe that the SP should run hundreds of thou sands of dollars out of pocket on a passenger service, but do feel that the railroad owes it to this growing, lucrative freight-producing area to try a modern train for a reasonable period of time. Ashland-Portland and inter mediate points might not pro vide sufficient revenues, but if a schedule were tied in with main line connections at Eugene and Dunsmuir, and attention drawn to the scenic features of the Sis kiyou line, there should be a fair possibility of a new train breaking even or possibly re turning a smaU profit. Eastern railroads will soon be experimenting with new type trains, built with low centers of gravity and capable of taking curves at much higher speeds than the conventional . equip ment. Construction is being aimed at $1,000 per passenger seat for the new equipment, which will be light in weight and pulled by standard diesel units. A three car train coach, com bination "buffet-lounge, and a combination Pullman - observa tion car, with whatever head end mail or evnress snare misrht Lbe required, would be an in teresting experiment over the Siskiyou line. Of course the venture would cost money, but SP enjoys tre mendous revenues off tha Sis kiyou line from its freight earn ings and should be able to re turn a small portion of this in an effort to see whether a modern passenger train would pay. Ashland Tidings. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 ajn. Monday for Monday: other days 530 previous day Harold Snodgrass I FUNERAL DIRECTORS The Chapel of Cherished Memories CHAPEL MORTUARY Across from' the Courthouse Stewart Alsop heavy filigreed table silver, the immense fake second empire standard lamps supported by smirking cupids nothing can have changed. Nothing, that is, except the food, the prices, and the, guests, mostly dowdy fam ily ' groups and tough-looking types, eating alone, with no neckties. The Kremlin is another sur prise. Americans are accustomed to visualize the Kremlin as a collection of ugly, toadlike edi fices, cold, sinister, and forbid ding Perhaps this mental image was fairly accurate in the days when it was state policy to keep the Kremlin and its famous oc-v cupant aloof and mysterious. But a campaign has been underway for some time to popularize and de-mystify the Kremlin, and the image is accurate no longer. The elegant Czarist palaces, including the small 18th cen tury palace where Stalin used to live, have been painted a bright butter-yellow, with white trim, and the roofs are a handsome green. Now the Kremlin is pret ty that is the only word for it. At the same time, instead of re maining mysterious behind its handsome high walls, the Krem lin has become a tourist attract ion and one of Europe's most rewarding. . ' Ivan the Terrible's coronation throne, the 10-horse Czarist state coaches with panels exquisitely painted by Boucher, the imperial emeralds considerably larger than hen's eggs such things, are worth the inevitable case of museum feet. So are the gawking crowds of "progressive delega tions" and the coUective farm ers peering round with a coun tryman's awe. For that matter, so is the unexpected sight of President Voroshilov, a short, neat, handsome, man, hurrying along the sidewalk, obviously late for an appointment. Yet, in an odd and paradoxi cal way, the really big surprise about this place is that it is so unsurprising. Across the gulf of fear and hate which divides the world, those who detest the system here which includes most Western ers and almost all Americans have come to think of Russia as the other side of the moon, and of Moscow as a miserable collec tion of mud huts filled with a strange and hardly human 'race of people. Yet despite the sur prises, Moscow is essentially a city like other big cities, with buses that run on schedule, and big buildings; and a good many automobiles and a great many people of all sorts and kinds. . IlfESTERN diplomats complain " that intelligent visitors with no trace of Communist sympa thies are apt to be favorably im pressed, simply because Moscow is not as bad as they expected. Thus Moscow enjoys rather the same advantage' as the Soviet government abroad, when it acts, for once, in a way like any other government. What is really most surprising of all, however, is that this shabby and essentially ordinary city, de ficient in both gayety and con sumer goods, should have been for aU these years , a shining Mecca, .a holy of holies,-to so many millions of people in Asia and Europe. ' (Copyright, 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc.) AT atJ Our investors have proof that it pays to have a savings account at FIRST FEDERAL. Twice a year on Juno 30th and December 31st investors receive worthwhile earnings here. Savings and investments are automaticaRy ' ' - insured to $10,000.00 by the Federal Savings and loaa Investment ma 4 by tha 10th of the Math earn 4eas at 4 tfc First. K f law tires In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS Ho hum!!! That expression, I think, more or less accurately describes the attitude of most of .us after a 1-o-o-n-n-g-g holiday when we're picking up the pieces and slowly gettmg back again to worK which, after all, is the REALi part of this business of living. I T'S rather PLEASANT to gei back to work. Now ISNT it? Wise Thomas Carlyle said something when he wrote about a century ago: . "Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness." NO BIG news after the long holidav. For which thank fortune! The big news in these daysis apt to be BAD news. .; - ; BY MODERN custom, we cnauc ud after the Fourth of July the total of traffic accidents. This year, the total was the big gest in history a grim jsj. WelL there are more people. And more cars. ' . . " RECKLESS driving? I suppose so. But let's not forget that over. the holiday week end 239 people died by drowning. The number of deaths due to falling off step ladders and slipping in bathtubs hasn't yet been computecL- THESE modern days are.sup nnsed to be daneerous days. r - w I wonder. There are more accidents, of course. But tnere are more peo ple. And Our communications facilities are fabulously more complete and perfect now than in ; the olden, golden days. Maybe we just HEAR MORE about the ac cidents. QPEAKING of modern news. & The stock market continues its unward swing. The Wall Street report says gains ran to between four and five points. 13 THAT good news? " " . Or is it bad news? Is it the beginning of another inflationary boom? . Or is the mechanical revolu tion just beginning to click? WELL, from YOU can't stop people from hoping. Maybe we are approaching the time when our conquest of the machine will be so complete that income can keep on going up on technological improve ment and prices can keep com' ing down for the same reason. That would be wonderful. ' It COULD happen. T ET'S CLOSE on a more seri "ous note. Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas, who is the Democratic leader in the senate, suffered a heart attack on Saturday night and is now in Bethesda naval hospital in the outskirts of Waslu ington. ; His condition is described as serious. . He is only 46. SENATOR Johnson shows every sigh of being a STATESMAN rather than a mere politician of the type that counts the votes first and then forms his opinions. We can ill spare men like that. TO HAVE D)DVDIS)EW10) THE CURRENT RATE OF 3 FZR l7ml Insurance Corporation. This is an assurance to you thai your account will always be worth the full amount. Assure yourself of a full six months' earnings on your investment by opening an. account now or add to your present account before the tenth. For Safety of your account and liberal earnings Incest NOW! FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Losa Asxa. cf Effort. -27 North Holly Telephone 2-9147 Unemployment Bill For D.C. Described By Senator Morse By SEN. WAYNE MORSE Washington, D.C (Special) Several , months ago I intro duced an unemployment comp ensation bill for the District of Columbia. It embodies the ma jor Truman-Eisenhower propos als. This District of Columbia bill has national significance be cause it can- set a pattern for state action. Its principal features are:' a formula increasing minimum benefits and providing for a max imum of 67 per cent of the av erage weekly wage for the area; an increase of duration of bene fits to 26 weeks. The Senate District of Colum bia committee has acted favor ably on my bill. Because I was able to arrange for bipartisan co-sponsorship it should receive favorable consideration by the Senate. . " " This bill is in sharp contrast to the unemployment compensa tion bill enacted by the Oregon legislature and approved by the governor this year. .The Oregon act will disqualify thousands of workers and will cause loss of earnings to many Oregonians thereby damaging business throughout the state. The Ore gon law is a demonstration of the need for federal minimum standards. As expected, the Hoover com mission proposals on natural re sources and power would turn over all economic hydroelectric resources to the private utilities, destroy low . public-power rates and cripple rural electric co-ops. public utility districts and dam age municipal systems. ; For example, the commission, which was stacked with private utility partisans, recommended that no public tranmission lines be built. That has been the policy of the Eisenhower administra tion where it was proposed to bring public power to new areas or public bodies. Yet, Secretary McKay has announced studies of plans for public transmission lines to deliver private utility power from "partnership" pro jects to private utility distribu tion centers. That is indeed a strange way of promoting fed eral economy. First, Negro Gains New York Court Post ' New York (U.R)-- Harold A. Stevens today sat on the bench of the state Supreme Court, the first Negro to hold such a posi tion in New York's history. The 47-year-old jurist was sworn in Wednesday by Secre tary of State Carmine G. De sapio. Gov. Averell Harriman witnessed the ceremony. The governor described the new justice as a man "who has won, the respect of the commu nity and who will serve with great distinction in the Supreme Court." . Stevens was appointed to a term expiring Dec. 31, 1955. He succeded . Judge Thomas L. J. Corcoran who died Feb. 21. 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