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History from the files of The
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10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 28, 1945
(It was Saturday)
Ashland republican women or
ganize; affiliate with Council of
Oregon Republican Women, Inc.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The first
sign of a hard winter showed up
in mid-week. Prof. Hedrick was
noted re-shingling the roof of his
Igloo.
20 YEARS AGO
July 28. 1935
(It was Sunday)
Survey of forest development
road project in Rogue River Na
tional forest completed by U.S.
Bureau of Public Roads.
Assistant director of national
parks arrives in Medford for
inspection trip to Crater Lake
National park.
30 YEARS AGO
July 28, 1925
(It was Tuesday)
First pears picked in Modoc
orchard; first shipment expected
tomorrow.
Medford city officials explain
to 30 businessmen need of bond
issue to improve city's water
tource at Big Butte Springs.
40 YEARS AGO
July 28. 1915
(It was Wednesday)
Medford resident writes Mail
Tribune letter endorsing Fish
Lake dam. which is under con
struction, noting it will improve
city water supply.
From Local and Personal col
umn: There was a decided mod
eration in the temperature to
day, the mercury falling to 82
degrees. Tuesday the relative
humidity was 34. The sky is
cloudy, and a brisk wind is
blowing, forerunners of rain.
What's the Answer?
Can You Gel 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. The average U. S. family
spends on medicines and drugs
about $5, $20, $35, $50, or $6o
a year?
2. Are more men regular
smokers of cigars or of pipes,
or is it about 50-50?
3. Which exports motor ve
hides: Great Britain, the United
States. Italy, West Germany?
4. There are four Catholic car
dinals in the U.S.: in New York,
Chicago. Los Angeles and Balti
more. Boston, Detroit or Phila
delphia?
5. Over - doses of barbiturates
kill every year more women
than men. more men than wom
en, or about the same number of
each?
6. Antonio Segni. new premier
of Italy, is a north Italian, Ro
man. Neapolitan, Sicilian, or
Sardinan?
7. A sockeye is a prizefight
blow, kind of fish, streak of bad
luck, type of mascara, or hose
for teenagers?
The Answers: 1. About $35. 2.
More smoke a pipe regularly.
3. Great Britain. 4. Detroit. 5.
Many more women than men. 6.
Sardinian. 7. Fish (salmon)
ALASKAN WATER
Nome, Alaska (U.R) Water
is sold in this Arctic town by
the bucketfuls. The price is
eight buckets of water for $1.
The ground freezes so deep that
conventional pipe systems are
out of the question.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Good Work By P.U.C
The Public Service Commissioner of Oregon,
Charles H. Heltzel, has issued an order directing the
Southern Pacific to continue its one-train service be
tween Ashland and Portland instead of abandoning
same August 7th.
This is an action called for in the public interest,
and Commissioner Heltzel is to be commended for
taking it.
DUT not only does "the friendly SP" still expect the
courts to overrule this directive, but it has as
sumed for some weeks that its determination to aban
don all passenger service will be carried out on the
date named, and so has informed its agents and rail
road associates.
In fact the record will show that when a resident
of Seattle a few days ago tried to buy a railroad
ticket to Medford, she was informed by the ticket
agent there that the Southern Pacific had abandoned
all rail service from Portland to Medford, that they
could .only sell a railroad ticket to Portland and there
the prospective traveller would have to take a bus.
I
T IS hardly likely that
would have refused to
had he not been instructed by some higher-up SP
railroad authority not to do so.
Moreover such action would have been perfectly
in line with an old established SP policy, operated
off and on ever since the construction of the Natron
cut-off, 25 or 30 years ago.
Both in Portland and San Francisco when there
was far better passenger train service to Medford
in both directions tourists were often told no such
service or at least no satisfactory service was pos
sible on the Shasta route, so they would only sell
tickets via Klamath Falls.
HY was this sort of petty mendacity sanctioned?
For the same reason the Southern Pacific
now wants to add to its profits by abandoning its
passenger service entirely, namely: because of the
SP's insatiable GREED. That is the only word for
ii That is the only possible excuse.
The SP makes millions on its total operations year
after year, and would still make millions if it con
tinuedin fact increased and improved its passenger
service on the scenic "Shasta Route," but it could
make half a million MORE if it abandoned this por
tion of its service entirely so that is what it is going
to do if the P.U.C. and the courts will permit it.
B
UT it is a long road that
a lonerer worm that never turns.
With this prompt action by Commissioner Heltzel,
the equally prompt action by our State Senator Phil
Lowry, aided by his associates, Senators Brown of
Grants Pass and Geddes of Roseburg, one thing is
certain, "the friendly SP" is not going to "get away
with murder" by default THIS time.
There is going to be a fight at least, and a fight
supported by 100 per cent of the people of Jackson
and Douglas counties.
FINALLY unless the principle of "public conven-
iprif p and neressitv" has become entirely a dead let
ter in this country, and a public utility enjoying a
monopoly, has legally no obligation to serve the pub
lic, except to take all the money it can get from them,
gon, are going to take a beating this time.
It surely deserves it! R.W.R.
Not A Happy Man
Congressman Sam Coon no relation, we believe,
to Davy Crockett is not a very happy man.
He accepted a challenge to debate the "Partner
ship Power" plan with Senator Neuberger, being
convinced that before the debate could be held, his
"John Day" partnership proposal would have been
favorably acted upon.
This would, of course, be a bird in the hand, not
in the bush as far as our Eastern Oregon legislator
is concerned, and there was some expectation that
in such an event, no debate would be held.
But the House sub-committee, it seems, found so
much more opposition to the measure than expected
and so little time left for consideration, that hearings
were postponed until 1956 so that was that. And
not at all to "Sombrero Sam's" liking.
Now Mr. Congressman may have to continue his
lessons in elocution and logic financed by Pacific
Power & Light indefnitely even though the Far West
beckons, and before he knows it "Pendleton Round
up" time will be around again.
THE brief House hearing also brought Mr. Coon
1 the unwelcome news that his partnership proposal
has the opposition of both the Oregon and Washing
ton state granges, the Northwest Public power asso
ciation, the Oregon State Federation of Labor and the
Baker County Commercial club in which county,
the first debate will probably be held.
All in all therefore Congressman Coon is not
feeling as frisky as is his wont, and his charm and
influence at his regular House restaurant luncheons,
may suffer somewhat as a result.
.
DACIFIC Power and Light won't be pleased either.
But then they have other fish to fry, and other
members of the House to aid, instruct and train.
Not so with Lowell Stockman's successor. He had
put most of his blue chips on this "Partnership Plan,"
and worst of all there will probably be a Congres
sional election to look after next year with the hear
ings on "Partnership" perhaps taking up too large a
share of the Congressman's energy and time.
He does not represent this district but he has our
sympathy. R.W.R.4
Thursday, July 28, 1955
the ticket agent in Seattle
sell a ticket to Medlorcl
has no turning, also it is
in the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
More scribblings from the
scraps of paper I stuff in my
pocket and call a notebook:
The Pendleton country was
once widely known as a great
ONE-CROP country. The one I
crop was wheat. Because the
Pendleton country (like most of
our own State of Jefferson) is a
little shy on rainfall, they fell
into the habit of letting the
wheat land lie fallow every other
year.
This rest period enabled the
land to produce wheat crops at
less cost.
MOW-
Something new has been
added peas.
It came about like this:
A decade or more ago some
body got the idea of planting
peas in the off years, thus get
ting more action on his invest
ment in land.
It worked.
IT WORKED because peas are
a LEGUME.
Legumes take nitrogen from
the air by means of colonies of
bacteria that live in small
growths, called nodules, on the
roots of leguminous plants. These
bacteria change ATMOSPHERIC
nitrogen into compounds called
nitrates, which are essential to
the growth of plants.
The legume (in this case peas)
takes some of the nitrates for
its own use and adds what is
left to the soil, enriching it for
the growing of other crops.
1THUS, you see, pea-growing be
came a natural for the Pen
dleton country. It has worked
out so well that now peas ac
count for about $9,000,000 of
the average annual crop value
of $27,000,000 in the area.
TJEAS tie in nicely with the
Pendleton economy which
is a machine economy. They
are planted with machines. They
are harvested with machines.
They are shelled by machinery.
After the succulent peas are
removed, the vines are fed to
livestock. At first they were fed
in the raw form, like straw. Now
for the most part they are being
chopped up. They have all the
nutrients of the legume family,
such as clover and vetch.
So large has the pea acreage
become that a fair volume of
peavines is left over in the area.
This surplus of vines Is finding
a ready sale in other areas that
are short of feed.
AT FIRST, all the peas were
canned. Then came the freez
ing process, which is growing
rapidly in importance. In the
Pendleton-Walla Walla area
there are some eight or 10 pea
canneries. (Many, if not most, of
these pea canneries are now be
ing adapted to the freezing pro
cess.)
At the beginning, the labor in
the canneries was purely local.
The industry is growing now to
the point where transient labor
is needed from outside sources
(The canneries are operated only
during the pea season, not yet
having raw material of a variety
sufficient to keep them going the
year around.)
Most of the transient outside
laborers are Mexicans. These
have to be brought in early for
the peas, as the normal migra
tory workers who start in the
far south and follow the harvest
ing of the crops to the north
ward as the season progresses
arrive too late for the pea crop.
pEAS are a new development
in the economy of the Pendleton-Walla
Walla area just as
jackpine promises to become an
important new element in the
economy of Southern Oregon and
Far Northern California. They
are bringing new prosperity to
the whole area just as we ex
pect the new industries that will
use jackpine to do in our area.
pENDLETON is a handsome
city growing rapidly, and ob
viously prosperous and confident
of its future. New homes are go
ing up in every direction.
Among other things adding to
the city's attractiveness is the
fact that Pendleton's people have
been sensible enough to plant
plenty of trees and KEEP THEM
instead of cutting them down.
Driving through Pendleton,
you'd never know it is located
in a semi-arid region.
Frank Morgan -
Across
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not exceed 400 words.
P. Record in the Past
To the Editor: The recent
threat or promise, depending on
to whom it was directed to
abandon the last semblance of
passenger service on the "friend
ly S. P." between Portland and
Ashland, brings to mind some of
the early-day history of that
great sprawling octopus and its
instigator, Colhs Huntington.
When Leland Stanford presumed
to quit as U. S. Senator to be
come governor of California,
Huntington said. "Oh, no, you
are more valuable to the S. P. as
Senator than you could be as
Governor of California."
When the Civil War was
raging and America was in the
throes of destruction Senator
Stanford rushed to Chicago; not
to help stop the carnage nor help
President Lincoln emancipate the
Negroes; not in any way to help
the public. Stanford's mission
was to get a plank into the 1864
Republican National Convention
platform by which Huntington
would get more millions of
America's acres.
One of Huntington's boasts
was that "whoever I bribe I
make forever my slave." Via Jim
Blaine et al he distributed a
quarter million dollars in the
U. S. Congress. Votes of the
Congress were obtained by bart
er; Jay Gould with a half mil
lion in bribes, and others paid
slithery politicians what they
wanted.
The corruptive influence of
Huntington et al on politicians
100 years ago is part of Ameri
ca's sad history, including some
of the loss of a people's heritage.
Have management procedure
principles and practices changed
from simply ignoring the public
and the Government contract, as
was done in saly of timber-land
obtained by bribery? Patrick
Steel Industry
Records Expected
To Be Shattered
New Yprk America's boom
ing steel industry, currently roll
ing up new profit records, faces
another record-breaking year in
1956, Iron Age, national metal-
working weekly, said today
The magazine, a leading au
thority in the steel industry,
surveyed customers of steel com
panies and found all lines fore
casting gains.
Some of the gains predicted
far outdid 1955.
Automobile output predictions
for 1956 ranged from the cur
rent 8,000,000 car pace to a fan
tastic 10,000,000 vehicles. One
steel source looks for the 10,
000,000 production figure for
several years.
Belter Building Year
Another bulwark of the econ
omy building is seen as pro
ducing a better year in 1956 than
in 1955. The current rate is $40,
000,000,000 annually.
Iron age sees a banner year
for freight car construction, a 10
cent rise in sales of appliances,
increases in oil well drilling,
and a boost in production of
farm equipment, construction
equipment and electrical equip
ment. The magazine predicts expan
sion of the steel industry will
take the form of a combination
f new facilities and improve
ments in materials handling tech
niques and other production
efficiencies to obtain more hot
metal with existing facilities.
Legion Convention
Opens al Redmond
Redmond (U.R) The Oregon
American Legion Department
opens its 37th annual conclave
here today, with more than 1,500
legion and auxiliary members
expected to attend.
Commander Carl Moser was
presiding, and keynote speaker
was National Commander Sea
born Collins of Clovis, N. M.,
who was to speak at the opening
session.
Business sessions will be held
today and Friday, and officers
will be elected Saturday.
Harold Snodgrass
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
"The Chapel of
Cherished Memories"
CHAPEL MORTUARY
from the. Courthouse
Henry said "you can only judge
the future by the past."
The legal proceedings of Fed
eral Government vs. the S. P.
about 1906-'10, though dry
reading, does arouse one's inte
rest in America's past, present
and future governing bodies and
natural resources. Read the rec
ord. John E. Gribble
139 Kenwood ave.
Medford, Oregon
"Conserre our Timber!"
To the Editor: Your recent edi
torial, "Clearing the Air," sug
gests the possibility of a com
panion editorial.
During the past six years as a
new resident of the Rogue Val
ley, I have seen marked accele
ration in the process of timber
cutting. I came from Wisconsin
and faintly recall the fine stands
of white pine forests, quite com
parable to Oregon stands of red
fir. Wisconsin and mid-west
white pine is now largely a mem
ory.
Your lumber mills and ply
wood operations are cutting tim
ber as never before. Note the
several new developments at
White City. This year we see
match stick poles being dumped
in mill ponds as logs. The prices
being paid for timber bodes ill
for the small mill owner. In to
day's paper I note that a ply
wood corporation paid nearly
100 per cent above the appraised
value for a certain stand of tim
ber.
To perpetuate the forest prod
ucts industry and the public
health of the people of the state
of Oregon requires drastic steps
to be taken.
A 5-year plan may be a good
starter.
Set up an Oregon Civilian Con
servation Corps, with firm dele
gated authority to:
Recruit personnel.
Develop equipment to process
firm wood now going into mill
wood-burners, reducing to chip
form that can be pressed into
bales for facilitating trucking to
hardboard or other processors.
Jfroviae tor utilization of saw
dust and other wood wastes in
some similar manner.
Corps units to be trained and
equipped to follow logging ope
rations, with portable processing
machines, to do the same with
tree limbs and small down tim
ber.
Also enter present logging ope
rations to remove fire hazard
to assist new growth.
Eventually eliminate all mill
wood-burners.
To be financed by the people
who profit from manufacture of
timber. Assess every mill in the
state of Oregon 50 cents or $1
per thousand feet of lumber saw
ed daily.
Enjoy perpetual forests and
"unhazed" maintain view.
John II. Holtz
2121 E. Jackson. Medford
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Matter of
MENON'S PISTOL
Washington The Eisenhower
administration has at last agreed
to start high-level, face-to-face
talks with the
Chinese Com
munists, be
cause India's
Krishna Me
non in effect
put a pistol to
the heads of
the President
and Secretary
of State Dulles.
It can now
be revealed
Joseph AUop that when Me-
non visited Washington some
time ago, he brought a categori
cal warning that the Chinese
Communists would begin all-out
attack on Quemoy and the Matsu
islands within a few days after
the meeting at the summit, if an
agreement had not meanwhile
been reached to start Sino
American talks about the situa
tion in the Formosa Strait.
That was the pistol. There was
a deal of havering, and a great
deal of debate too about whether
Menon's warning was to be
taken seriously or dismissed as
blackmail. The American gov
ernment was solemnly commit
ted, after all, never to discuss
this situation in the Formosa
Strait with the Chinese Commu
nists unless representatives of
the Chinese Nationalists were
also present at the conference
table.
But now the talks with the
Chinese Communists, demanded
by Peking through Menon, are
to begin on Aug. 1. The State
Department's spokesman, with
smug, transparent hypocrisy,
has declared that the main topic
will be the American prisoners
in Chinese Communist hands.
Sen. Knowland has been prom
ised, apparently by the Presi
dent himself, that the situation
in the Formosa Strait will not
be discussed. Maybe this is the
present intention.
But it is hard to believe that
this can be the present inten
tion; and it is quite impossible to
believe that such an intention
will be adhered to, in view of
the background of this vital
new development.
V
XTOT ONLY was the threat of
imminent Chinese Commu
nist attack in "the Formosa
Strait the pistol that forced the
agreement to talk. In addition,
the agreemen to talk was
reached in negotiations in New
Delhi, that followed Menon's
visit to this country. And in
New Delhi, the problem of the
American prisoners counts for
very little, and all attention is
concentrated on the danger of
war breaking out in the Formosa
Strait.
The plain truth is, of course,
that after many months of bluff
ing and big bold talk, the Admin
istration has had to choose be
tween a surrender that is all the
more humiliating because of its
background, or a very serious
risk of war which the Admin
istration is altogether unpre
pared to fight:
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Joseph AIsop
ent lull, the balance of forces in
the Pacific have actually de
teriorated very greatly. On the
one hand, America's already
gravely enfeebled strength has
been weakened further by the
alleged economies of Secretary
of Defense Charles E. Wilson.
And the strength of the Chinese
Nationalists has been so little
increased that their entire force
of reaUy modern jet fighters
comprises a single group of
F-86s.
On the other hand, the local
striking power of the Chinese
Communists has been materiaUy
increased, by a further re
deployment southwards of the
main body of their extremely
strong air force. The airfields
at Swatow, in the near neigh
borhood of Quemoy, and at
Foochow, in the near neighbor
hood of the Matsus, are now
fully ready for use by modern
jets. Thus Communist planes, by
flying from the main base areas
in the regions of Canton and
Shanghai and refueling at Foo
chow and Swatow, can operate
over Quemoy and the Matsus as
long as or even longer than the
planes of Chiang Kai-shek.
The Communist air strength
absolutely outweighs the feeble
strength of the Chinese Nation
alists. It is even considerably
greater than the local American
and Chinese Nationalist air
strength combined. Hence the
Communists now have it clear
ly in their power to do either of
two things. They can take Que
moy and the Matsus by dirM
assault. Oh, more tactfully, they
can starve Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek's forces on these islands
into submission and surrender
by air blockade.
W
ITH the Chinese Commu
nists in this highly favor
able position, it was a plain case
of "put up or shut up" for the
Eisenhower administration. The
betting is now at least 5 to 1
that the sorry story that began
with the grandiloquent "un
leashing of Chiang Kai-shek"
will end with the "cut up" alter
native being chosen.
Maybe the Chinese Commu
nists will have to inaugurate
their air blockade first, in order
to persuade the still obstinate
Generalissimo Chiang to with
draw his men from Quemoy and
the Matsus. In that event, it can
be stated on high authority, the
Administration has already
handsomely decided that Ameri
can forces will be provided to
cover" this new evacuation, as
was done in the case of the evac
uation of Tachen islands.
All the same, it seems too bad
that a little more thought was
not given to the future before
Chiang Kai-shek was "un
leashed," or before the unfortu
nate Generalissimo was pres
sured to occupy the offshore
islands in heavy force, or even
at some point later in the story.
If we meant to give way, it
would have been nicer to do so
on our own motion, instead of
giving way in response to a
threat transmitted by the most
anti-American leader in Asia.
Copyright. 1955,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
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