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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfordvTribui "Everybody In Southern Oregon Heads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHU Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manager E C. FERGUSON Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. Citv Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. TelecraDh Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Societv Editor JACK JACKSON Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act cf March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail Ir. Advance: Per copy 10c. Dailv and Sunday One vear S12 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Dailv and Sunday Three mos 3.50 Sunday Onlv One year S3 50. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix. Shadv Cove Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: ,. Daily and Sunday One year J15 00 Dailv and Sunday One month 1.2o Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy Allej;msCjshinAdvaiice Off1rl.il Paper of Ihe City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County UmlgdJPress-Full Leased Wire " MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION 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. ASSOC'lATliON -r Li . J vj j5AS$OC!ATIOM Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 29. 1945 (It was Sunday) Billeting office to help army personnel and families find housing opened under army and civilian auspices here. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: In the rural . areas some of the cornstalks are almost as tall as the weeds with in a dandelion's throw of the City Hall. 20 YEARS AGO July 29. 1935 (It was Monday) New zoning system will per mit chaplains to visit Medford area CCC camps more often. The federal transient bureau shelter in Medford to close Aug. 1, according to announcement by bureau director. 30 YEARS AGO July 29. 1925 (It was Wednesday) The fourth Medford Child Welfare conference to hold ex amination of children under six years old. From Local and Personal col umn: A party of 25 members of the Massachusetts Foresters as sociation under the touring man agement of the American Ex press company, arrived in the city this forenoon by train to visit Crater Lake as a part of their intinerary, which includes all the scenic spots of the coast. They arrived from Portland, where they took a trip on the Columbia highway and Mount Hoo,d loop road. From Crater Lake they will return to Boston by way of the Grand Canyon of Colorado. 40 YEARS AGO July 29. 1915 (It was Thursday) William Jennings Bryan, for mer secretary of state, speaks in Medford. Ford Motor Band, composed of 55 employees of Ford com pany at Detroit, plays concert in Medford en route to San Fran cisco and San Diego expositions. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Cepr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. Appendicitis is relatively rare or common among older persons? 2. Most of the 21 (now 18) U.S. Korean war prisoners who chose to stay with the Reds stood about average, or above or be low average in mental tests? 3. Government price supports for the 1955 wheat crop will average around 51-50, $1.80, $2.10 or S2.40 a bushel? 4. First digging for a trans Oceanic canal across Central America was done by the U.S.; right or wrong? 5. Three, two, one or no sons of the late President F. D. Roose velt are now in Congress? 6. About 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50. 000.000 5-grain aspirin tablets are consumed in the U.S. every day? 7. The Gaza Strip is a burles que act. border on women's slips. Egypt-Israel frontier area, or novel by Aldous Huxley? The Answers: 1. Rare; 2. Be low average; 3. Around S2.10; 4. Wrong (by a French company). 5. One (James); 6. About 50.000. 000; 7. Egypt-Israel frontier area. MAIL TRIBUNE Twenty Years Ago We have often remarked about the remarkable changes which are transforming the face of southern Oregon. While the changes are rapid and visible, they are not always as apparent as it might be, for as we watch them coming about, we unconsciously adjust ourselves to them. In a sort of experiment this week, we went back to the files of the Mail Tribune for 20 years ago, and ran through the papers for the same week July 24 to 30. We found that there have been changes aplenty (not the least of them in the newspaper itself, in cidentally), but we also found that some things re main remarkably the same. IN 1935, America was just beginning its climb out of the depression. The CCC (that means Civilian Conservation Corps, junior) was a big factor in the life of the valley, and one headline during that week was about the death of a CCC boy crushed by a falling tree. The depression was reflected in prices. During one August sale, a davenport and chair combination was reduced $5 to a sale price of $34.95, and could be bought for $4 down and $5 monthly. The price of a three-piece bedroom suite was $37.95, and oc casional chairs were going for $4.44. Seat covers were going for 79 cents and up, and a pint of bourbon whiskey sold for 75 cents. Women's coats and suits were selling between $4 and $10. "1IILLIAM Brady, M.D., was conducting his Per- sonal Health Service in the colums of the Mail Tribune. Frank Jenkins was commenting on the "Days News." Other columnists included 0. 0. Mc Intyre, Paul Mallon and the late, beloved Arthur Perry, of the M-T staff. Richard Dix was playing at the Craterian (mati nees 25 cents; evenings 35 cents; kiddies 10 cents). The Roxy and the Rialto had Francis Lederer and Jack Holt as stars (and smaller admission prices). Gluyas Williams' panel graced the top of the comic page, which also featured "Smatter Pop," "Tailspin Tommy" (who was engaged in a raging air battle between open-cockpit bi-planes), "Ben Webster's Career," "The Nebs," and "The Bungle Family." Will Rogers' comments ran daily on Page 1, while he and Wiley Post were preparing their ill-fated trip to Alaska. THE valley's big economic news that week was the reopening of a mill. The story was told on Page 1 : "Operation of the Owen-Oregon lumber mill starting Monday morning with a repair crew and in creasing during the ensuing two weeks to employ ment of 200 men was announced today by James H. Owen, former manager of the Owen-Oregon Lumber Co., and present manager of the new Medford cor poration. "Owen stated that re-opening of the mill, which has been closed since last August, after a slowing down of operations for the past four years, wTas authorized by H. F. Chaney, Portland, vice-president of the Medford corporation . . . The Medford corpo ration is a newly-formed organization which has re placed the Owen-Oregon Lumber Co. .. . "One of Jackson county's main industrial payrolls will be resumed by renewed operations of the mill. . " THE League of Nations was being called into session in Geneva to consider the complaint of Ethiopia about the invasion of Italian troops. Postmaster Frank DeSouza was elected vice-president of the State Association of Postmasters, meet ing in Coquille. The state highway commission assigned $125,000 for work on the highway south of Ashland. An Associated Press story reported that during 1934, the total tax income of the United States was $9,401,737,000, or a per capita tax load of $74.37. Leonard Carpenter was appointed to the state planning board. "Ready Made Wife," a fiction story, was running as a serial in the paper. THE major continuing local stoiy of the day still concerned the reverberations of the "Good Gov ernment Congress" disturbance, during which Con stable George Prescott was killed and L. A. Banks was sentenced to life imprisonment for his murder. The Granges and other organizations were en gaged in a discussion of the appeals made for clem ency for Banks. The Pomona Grange took up the matter, but "invoked the Grange rule, not to make public whatever action taken." The big continuing state story was political. At tempts were being made to recall Democratic Gov. Charles Martin attempts which were getting no help from the state Republican party nor from Jo& Dunne, Martin's opponent in the preceding election. The state GOP, indeed, while condemning the "unprecedented waste" of the Roosevelt administra tion, also condemned the recall attempt, terming it intimidation of a public officer to "enforce selfish will." THESE random items may mean little or nothing to those whose memories don't stretch back 20 years. But for those who lived through that odd era of depression, political hysteria and gathering war clouds, perhaps these paragraphs will evoke a few memories. Perhaps they prove little or nothing Except, as we said, some things change but other things remain much the same. E.A. . Friday July 29. 1955 Babson . . . Crime, Accidents By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., (Special to Mail Tribune) It is too bad that the newspapers and broadcasters feel obliged to present so much bad new much ba d news about' crime, foreign complications, and even auto accidents. Every imparti a 1 statistician Bofer w. Bibtoa must be an op timist, to ferret out the facts. It is true that these three un fortunate things are on the in crease, and churches and schools are getting the blame for it. But when crime and accidents are reduced to a per-capita basis, the figures are not so bad. Our popu lation is growing so fast that in reality there has been a decrease in crime and accidents when ad justed to the population growth. Just think, since Hoover was in the White House the net popu lation of the United States has increased over 40,000,000. This is almost equivalent to the entire population of Great Britain. In other words, if, say, the total population of Great Britain had been dumped into the United States in the last 25 years, would we not expect to have even more crime and trouble than we have now? Automobile Nuisance One of Necessity I admit that parking problems are terrible. Unless our city fa thers remedy these very soon, our merchants will suffer. When their sales decrease, manufactur ers cannot sell as many goods and unemployment increases. But considering the number of automobiles, it is remarkable that we can find any place to park our cars. Yet, should we blame the auto mobile or the ignorance and short-sightedness of our munici pal governments? What would any city do today without the automobile business? Close up the dealers, garages, gas stations, and repair shops, and what would we have left? A few black smiths would be shoeing horses and there would be dealers in hay and oats but the life of our cities would be gone. How ever, we should have both the auto industry and sufficient free parking. Bounties of Nature Makes for Blessings We not only have wonderful crops; but we have a billion bushels of grain in storage. In addition we have tons of eggs, butter, and other products in storage. No country in the world begins to have our blessings. This applies even to the wealth of the sea and the trees of the forests. Each week as I read a large Sunday paper I regret the acres of splendid woodland which were destroyed to give me the newspaper. Yet, I am assured that the growth exceeds the In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS I suppose you've been follow ing sketchily, at least the sen ate investigation of Air Secre tary Talbott. Perhaps you won der what the shooting is all about. WHO is Talbott? " What has he done to get himself investigated? Well, he is a successful busi ness man who came into the service of government. He is a partner in a big management engineering firm that doesn't do business with the government directly but supplies TECHNI CAL ADVICE to firms that DO do business with the government directly especially with the de fense department. Because of his SECONDARY connection with firms involved in defense contracts, he was ap parently not required (when he was appointed secretary of the air force) to divest himself of his private business interests. A NYWAY, the senate decided to investigate him. It may have had perfectly sound and patriotic reasons for doing so: There may have been a taint of POLITICS in the investigation. As to that, I wouldn't know. At any rate, they have been frying Talbott out in the pan. fpHE investigation came up at Ike's news conference. It was brought up by a question from a reporter. The question was this: "What does the President plan to do if anything about Sec retary of the Air Force Tal bott?" This was the answer: The President has not yet made a decision and will not make a decision until the cur rent investigation is over. PRESIDENT Eisenhower then went on to point out that there has been no suggestion that Talbott has been guilty of fraud or wrongdoing in a legal sense. The air force secretary, he add ed, has performed his official duties almost brilliantly. But, he went on to say, the actions of a public official must be impeccable from the stand point of both law and ethics and should avoid- giving any IM PRESSION of wrongdoing. And, he said, the senate's inquiry into Talbott's private business activi ties while in government serv destruction. When I learn of the great riv ers which have not yet been har nessed, of the supplies of coal and oil which will last for cen turies, and of other God-given natural resources, I am both humble and thankful. And we are just now learning about the power of uranium which may be found anywhere and a pound of which may do the work of 2,500,- 000 pounds of coal. It seems wicked for any of us to complain about anything. We perhaps are wasting precious time even bothering to look at stock-market operations or concerning our s elves about investigations. Speaking of "time," this is the only thing of which there is no surplus. Our TIME is the one thing which we cannot replace when it is wasted. Freedom from War Seen Greatest Blessing Of all our blessings, perhaps the greatest is our freedom from war and the possibility that World Wars may be at an end. Upon the highest military au thority, I forecast that the hydro gen bomb may be a blessing in disguise. At any rate, we know that the draft calls are being re duced, and the orders for much military equipment are being canceled. I grant that it makes some peo ple pessimistic to read the news papers: but the very fact that the newspapers publish no more about crime and accidents proves that the bad news is becoming proportionately less. Whenever 1 get pessimistic, which is very seldom, I read the history of England or of some other coun try. This shows that the world is getting better fast and that my job is to keep up with it. If you have any difficulty Being opti mistic, read each day one of the Psalms of David. There are 150 of these, so they will keep you busy for 5 months. They will be the best pills you can take. Bethlehem Steel Has Record Earnings ' New York (U.R) Bethle hem Steel Corp. had record earnings, production and ship ments during the first half of 1955 and predicted the full year will bring the greatest earnings in its history. Eugene G. Grace-, chairman of the steel company, announced Thursday that a quarterly divi dend of $1.75 will be paid on the company's common stock. The last quarterly dividend was $1.50. Net income for thefirst half of 1955 was $83,319,324, equiva lent to S8.25 a share. A year ago earnings amounted to $55,558, 350 or $5.77 a share for the same period. The company's sales for the first six months of $1,002,012, 434 compared with $884,763, 199 a year ago. News ices raises the question whether a proper standard of ethics has been violated. He said it must be decided whether Talbott used his office improperly or merely used his personal influence in a manner divorced from his of fice. The president added, in con clusion, that so far as he is con cerned the matter is temporarily in abeyance. He said he would make a thorough study of the matter and then make a decision. T ET'S look at it flaty. Under the law, before a man can serve the government of the United States he must divest himself as did Secretary of Defense Wilson of all his holdings in business concerns that may do business with the government. Perhaps that is good. Possibly it is the way it should be done. Perhaps we can't trust ABLE men to serve their government honestly. It is possible that in government we must depend on the services of men of lesser caliber. RUT I'm happy to say In OREGON we have found that we don't have to do it that way. rpHE membership of our state - highway commission, over the nearly four decades in which we have had a highway commis sion, is an example. From the very beginning, our highway commissioners have been chosen from among the ablest and best men to be found in Oregon. In a very large num ber of cases, they have been among the biggest and most suc cessful businessmen in our state. During the period of their serv ice they have handled what for Oregon have been IMMENSE sums of money and have dealt with all kinds of businesses, in cluding those in which they have been personally interested. AN During all these years THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TAINT OF SCANDAL IN THE PERSONAL DEALINGS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE OREGON HIGHWAY COMMIS SION. PERSONALLY, I think our Oregon way has been a GOOD way. f f " flif ii"" tilmi 'mm4WmW Who am I? Where today I am found only in remote areas of India and south of the Sahara in Africa, I once ranged a large part of southeastern Europe, all of 7-29-SS Africa and across western Asia into India. In the main I favor open country sandy, brush covered plains or rocky places near streams. During the heat of the day, I take it easy doing most of my work at night. A Samson of the animal world, I can fell an ox in a split second with one blow of my paw. My claws can rip through the hide of a rhinoceros. I have leaped 9-foot walls while carrying a half a calf in my mouth. In pur suit of my prey, I may travel 50-60 miles an hour for 100 yards. One of the biggest of cats, I stand three feet or more at the shoulder and weigh upwards of 450 pounds the female sel dom exceeding 300. When angry, I pull down my ears, snarl fe rociously exposing my formid able teeth and lash the tip of my tail which has a hook-like spur concealed in the tuft. My majestic appearance is due in part to my strong shoulders and my thickly-furred head and luxuriant ruff. My mate has no ruff. We roar ' mostly late afternoons and night. We frequently stalk our prey buffalo, eland, waterbuck, wildebeest, kudo or our favorite, zebra near waterholes or graz ing grounds. Some of us pair for most of a lifetime. After a three and one- half months' gestation, a half dozen young may be born. At birth they are striped or thickly spotted but these markings fade rapidly leaving us a tawny color matching our background. Unlike most mammals, males often bring food to the female when she is nursing but the mother takes care of intensive training the young which may last a year before they can stalk and bring down their own game My likeness is emblazoned on many banners and shields and I am known as the king of beasts more for my dignified majesty than my savagery. I am: 1. tiger; 2. puma; 3. lion; 4. wolf; 5. mountain lion. I am: 3. lion. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, or the best nature observation, or the best question on nature and wild life a complete 30-volume set of this world - famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new sub missions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please ad dress your letter to: IS THAT SO! care Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Carelessness Probed In Girls' Drowning Tokyo (U.R) Police ques tioned saddened teachers today to determine whether their care lessnes was responsible for the drowning of 36 school girls dur ing swimming lessons. Civic group bitterly criticiz ed school authorities for failing to take adequate precautions andstudy the water conditions before beginning the lessons Thursday. Education Minister Kenzo Matusumura said he would take "strict measures" if it were found the teachers were careless. The girls drowned at the town of Tsu when a giant ocean wave relied without warning into the midst of 400 students learning to swim. Concord, N. H. (U.R) There were 20,542 motorboats on New Hampshire's inland waters last year. That's about one motor boat for every 25 residents. 231 PORK LIVER Lb. U A Success of Geneva Conference Features' Good News for Week By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Foreign Analyst Communications Letten to the Editor mutt bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. The MaU Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion roust not exceed 400 words. Claims Democrats Start Wars To the Editor: One hundred years ago Franklin Pierce, a Democrat, was President, isince Pierce there have been six more Democratic Presidents up to now and fourteen more have been Republicans. It seems that the Republicans have been a two to one favorite during the past one hundred years. In the riast forty years we have had four Republican Pres idents, starting no wars, and three Democratic Presidents starting three wars. Franklin D. Roosevelt, riarry Truman and Dwight D. Eisen hower have all sought the sage advice and counsel of Herbert Hoover. Perharis if Abraham Lincoln were still alive his advice would hp sought. He was the first Pres ident to be elected on the then new Reriublican ticket, and he carried out the mandate of that party "To Free the Slaves." Lawton M. wniteiy, 1022 SW Stark st., ' Portland 5, Portland. How To Make RR's Pay To the Editor: In June, I read a railroad article in "Reader's Digest" page 109, and consider ed writing a "letter to tne edit or," and to the Southern Pacific officials. Now that Southern Pacific has announced discontinuance of what little passenger service we do have, I believe it would be a good thing to urge everyone to read how railroading CAN be made to pay. June Reader's Digest, "Two Men and the New York Central," particularly the fourth paragraph from the end. Then, will many of you please read, "What Price Too Much Food?" in July Reader's Digest? I do realize that to discontinue the price-support program would bring hardship to many. How ever, isn't there a way to again let the consumer-demand deter mine what crops farmers will raise, instead of parity prices supported by taxpayers the farmers themselves being among those who are paying very high taxes. In the food article, the author states, "No one in Washington has enough public backing to dam the mounting flood (of sur plus food)." Why don't we take steps to SUPPLY that "puDiic backing. Mrs. Wayne G. Carter, 730 BVoad St., Medford, Ore. Too Kind Hearted To the Editor: This is a plea to all the kind-hearted folks in Med ford, and I am sure every one considers himself in this group. Some are kinder than others, some are so kind they "just can't kill a little kitten." So little kitty goes for a ride to the coun try, where the really kind hearted folks live, kijty is put out in the weeds and bushes and the domesticated animal has to fend for himself for days. It may find food or it may catch some thing as it watches the house and people where it suddenly found itself near. Its security is gone. The dogs and cats that "belong" there chase it every chance they get. "The Black Kitty" our child ren tried to coax to the house finally got porcupine quills, so it had to be shot. It's no fun even when it isn't a pet. Now we have a tiny grey kit ten. Fortunately it was found within a couple of days: it's really too small to be without its mother. Its hoarse little crys led the children to it. This is the fourth cat in less than a year (some country folks could count more). So Please, City Friends, take your unwanted animals to the Humane Society now that you know the kitty you put out on the country road doesn't march up to a strange home and strange people and live happily ever after. Mrs. J. W. Garris EAST HAM HOCKS SIXTH 5T. BEEF TONGUE ii fib. The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: THE GOOD 1. President Eisenhower and the prime ministers of Great Britain, France and Russia agreed that their "summit" conference in, Geneva was a success. "It is m y judgment that the pros pects of a last ing peace with justice, well being and broader free d o m are cuartet Mcnun brighter, Gen. Eisenhower said in his closing statement. Reporting later to the people of the United States in a television - radio statement, he said the "acid test" of good intentions will come when the Big Four foreign ministers enter detailed negotiations in Geneva in October. British Prime Min ister Anthony Eden announced that Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin and Communist party leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had accepted an invitation to vis it London next spring. 2. Hope was strengthened that 51 Americans now held in Com munist China might be released. It was announced that negotia tions would start in Geneva next Monday between the United States ambassador to Czecho slovakia and the Chinese Red Ambassador to Poland on the release of Americans. The State Department emphasized that no question of recognition of Red China was involved. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the Geneva talks might lead later to a meeting between him and Chinese Communist Prem ier Chou En-lai on broader issues. 3. Austria regained its sover eignty as the result of the rati fication of the recently con cluded Austrian treaty. The flags of the four, occupying power United States, Britain France and Russia were haul ed down from their staffs on the Allied Council Building in Vi enna. Austria had lost its inde pendence when Nazi Germany seized it on March 12, 1938. THE BAD 1. Trigger happy Bulgarian anti-aricraft gunners shot down an Israeli air liner which inad vertently crossed a few miles into the territory of the Commu nist iron curtain country on a flight from London to Israel. Fifty - eight persons including 12 Americans and five Rus sians were killed. Bulgaria apologized. But the tragedy em phasized the fact that despite some relaxation of East-West tension, the situation along the Iron Curtain frontier facing Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey is still bad. . 2. The armistice in Korea en tered its third year, with no peace treaty in sight. The Com munists have cheated ever since the truce was signed. South Ko rea threatened, on the anniver sary day Wednesday, to throw the Polish and Czechoslovak Communist members of the truce supervisory committee out of the country. 3. The situation in Indochina continued to get more threaten ing. South Viet Nam forces still fighting troops of rebel politi cal-religious sects. Viet Nam Premier Ngo Dinh Diem had re sisted United States, British and French pressure to discuss with Communist northern Viet Nam the national election which, un der the Indochina armistice, is supposed to be held next year to unify the country. Portland Youngsters Saved by Lifeguards Cannon Beach, Ore. (U.R) Two Portland youngsters were rescued by lifeguards here yes terday after a strong undertow pulled them out to sea. Caught in a riptide were Patsy Clark, 12, and her 15-year-old cousin, Irvin Missman. Lifeguards Yutaka Saito and Allan Bettger were posting beach warnings about the treach erous tides when the two young sters entered the water. They were notified by sunbathers and immediately went to the rescue. i VEAl -, ROAST
