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Medford and Jackson County
History frfim the files of The
Mail Trihwne 10. 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
If? YEARS AGO
Sept. 30, 1945
(It was Sunday)
Jerry Jerome, general chair
man for Shriner's Hillah temple
old timers' night at Ashland Fri
day. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Former
shipyard workers are buying
farms. They don't get overtime
for milking the cow after grange
meeting. i
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 30, 1935
(It was Monday)
Annual training conference
for home extension leaders to be
held in courthouse tomorrow. "
Frank TouVelle, former coun
ty judge and Medford resident,
named as possible successor to
: Cari G. Washburne on state high
way commission.
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 30, 1925
(It was Wednesday)
Sheriff pledges to bring about
peace and dignity at rural dances
"If it takes a leg," in new dry
campaign.
From the Local and Personal
, column: To take care of the
surplus students of the first
grade of the Roosevelt school on
the east side, a room is being
remodeled in that building to
remedy the crowded condition.
A new; teacher will also be hired
when the room is completed
) sometime next week.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 30. 1915
(It was Thursday)
New Orleans virtually cut off
from world by hurricane. Winds
reach peak of 130 miles per
hour. " '
Governor Willis of Ohio to
speak at park tonight during
band concert.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
.Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. Many more oil-heating than
gas-heating systems are in use
in the U.S. today, or many more
gas-heating ones, or about the
same number each?
2. The first World Series was
played in 1893, 1903, 1913 or
1923?
3. Beef cattle now bring on
the farm much more or much
less per pound than hogs, or
about the same?
. 4. Tojo, Japanese premier in
World War II, was imprisoned
for life or for 15 years, or was
executed, or got off scot-free?
5. The seat of the West Ger
man Republic is Berlin; right or
wrong?
6. TV programs are now avail
able to about five, six, seven,
eight or nine U.S. families out of
every 10?
7. The real name of which
movie star is Constance Keane?
The" Answers: 1. About the
same of each. 2. 1903. 3. About
the same. 4. Was executed. 5.
Wrong (it's Bonn). 6. Nine of ten.
7. Veronica Lake.
STRANGE FISH CATCHES
Benton Harbor, Mich. (U.R)
Police said a recent theft from
a lumber company here appar
ently accounted for strange
catches made recently by fisher
men in the St Joseph river.
Anglers reported finding two
typewriters, six gallons of paint,
an electric-drilL-a large electric
fan and a small hand sander.
Use Your Head
It is hoped the lessons of Red Hat Day will bear
fruit during the Oregon hunting season.
The message is a simple one of common sense
be careful, be thoughtful. This seems obvious enough,
but the fact that it was necessary to have a Red Hat
day indicates that there are enough fools going into
the woods to make a continuing program of education
desirable.
TF hunters generally will use their heads, everyone
will benefit: The hunters themselves (through
greater safety in the woods), farmers and ranchers
(through less destruction of their property, including
stock), and forest agencies (through fewer losses
from fire). .
Hunting is a dangerous sport. Tragically,- the
greatest danger comes from other hunters, not from
the forces of nature, although these too are worthy of
respect and care.
The fact that a baker's dozen of men were killed
by bullets while hunting during deer season in 1954
makes it more dangerous even than driving on today's
highways. These deaths are usually described as
"accidents," and certainly most of them are uninten
tional. But they are also unnecessary.
AS to the dangers of nature, it is remarkably easy
to get lost in Oregon's forests and ranges, as any
experienced woodsman can tell you. Not everyone has
the aplomb of the legendary Indian who, when found
alone in the wilderness, declared, "Me not lost; wig
wam lost, squaw lost. Me here."
The Indian had the right idea. The first rule of
self-preservation in the wilderness is to avoid panic
to stop, relax, rest, and think out the situation in as
calm a manner as can be mustered.
There are a few general rules that can be of help,
such as remembering that water runs downhill, that
streams get larger and flow into rivers, and rivers
usually lead to civilization although sometimes it
is quite a distance.
A NOTHER rule is to be careful of fire, but to re-
member that a carefully watched blaze can be
used for signalling. And the man in the woods should
be generally familiar with the terrain and acquainted
With at least enough of the region's landmarks to give
him some hope of orientation if he becomes confused.
Minimum necessities in the woods are matches (in
a water-proof container), a compass and a knife.
Emergency food rations are a good idea, too.
THE fact that in several ' recent instances people
who were lost have ignored all these rules com
pletely, and still come out alive, does not prove the
rules are wrong; it just proves how lucky some people
can be.
If you do become lost, don't depend on luck to get
you out. It's failed in too many cases. Use your head,
take it easy, and chances are you'll make it out all
right or be found. E.A.
Highway Hypnosis9
Apropos of "accidental" deaths, we have read two
recent articles which pose an interesting theory. It
makes sense that "highway hypnosis" is a great con
tributing factor to automobile deaths.
One of them puts the .problem this way:
The road is smooth and straight. The sky is clear; the
pavement dry. Your car is new and powerful so smooth
it seems to drive itself. The time is noon and you feel fine
as you zip along the trouble-free superhighways at 50 or 60
miles an hour.
Suddenly, you run into the rear end of a truck.
What happened? ,
A ny person who has driven long distances can at
" test to the fact that the monotony of long, straight
stretches can have a soporific effect. It is logical, also,
conclude that more than sleepiness can be induced
under certain conditions.
A hypnotist uses several devices to induce a
trancelike state, including monotony of sight or sound
(the hum of the tires; the quiet, even sliding past of
the landscape,) and a focal point of light or attention
(the highway's center line). Anyone" who has watched
an expert hynotist at work has been amazed at how
quickly he can gain control of another's senses.
"It is significant that this particular. type of acci
dent rarely happens on heavily traveled highways, or
where there are curves or signs or other means of
breaking the humming monotony.
THE CONDITIONS good, open roads are also
conducive to speed, and thus to severe accidents,
frequently fatal ones.
In Connecticut, which has a system of superhigh
ways, these facts have been acknowledged, and "attention-getters"
are bing built into the highways.
Big signs with jolting messages "Radar," 6r
"State Police" tend both to caution the driver and
snap him back to attention. The driver himself can
help avoid the hypnotic tendency by stopping to
stretch every so often; by chewing gum or smoking;
by varying speed, and by keeping windows open to
create a breeze. E.A.
King Completes Insurance Course
recently was discharged.
The training course lasted six
days, during which time life
insurance . fundamentals, life
insurance as good property, sales
principles, prospecting and co
ordinating income from life
insurance with-Social Security
benefits were discussed.
Babson . . . Financial Debts
D. Cleve King, 2119. Capitol
ave., Medford, has completed a
training school course in Greens
boro, N.C., and is now special
representative of the Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance com
pany in the Medford area.
King is a former naval recruit
ing officer in Medford, and
, By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass., (Special
To Mail Tribune) If you're an
average American, this last year
has been an
unusually suc
cessful one.
You've had
good employ
ment, have
probably "col
lected" more
money than
ever before in
your life, and
Voter W. Babsos. you've bought
a lot of things, including several
of the most costly items pur
chased on the installment plan.
For your own safety, do you owe
too many people too much?
There is a boom of a new sort
which has been shaping up in
recent months, a bad debt
boom. Collection agencies are
having the most business they
have had in many months, with
increases in their business of
from 30 per cent to 100 per cent.
This means, of course, that a
great many people are not pay
ing their bills. As a matter of
fact, the American Collectors
Association estimates that about
10,000,000 families, or one in
every five, are over their heads
in debt; Do you realize that
Americans today owe more than
$12.5 billions on car-installment
loans; that mortgage debts are
close to the $125,000,000,000
mark? And these are but two
items people purchase on time
while working shorter hours.
Why are people so deeply in
debt in such good times? The col
lection agency will tell you that
the credit delinquent is not us
ually unemployed. The difficul
ty is that he is' increasing his
debt while working fewer hours.
He may be earning $4,000 per
year, but due to shorter hours
prices have gone up and he is
spending at the rate of $5,000. He
buys $300 items on $5-down
bait. He doesn't want to miss a
good thing. So, before he knows
it he may be overloaded with
monthly installment payments,
Study Economics
Of course, the more you buy,
up to your ability to pay, the
better business is. But watch out
Periodically I make a Babsonpoll
of Business Conditions, I ask
people like you what they think
about different things. My latest
poll reveals that 69 percent of
those polled express definite con
fidence in the future of business,
Only 2 percent feel that general
business prospects are poor. Now
when people have confidence in
the future, they spend which
should be to the good if they will
match it by work.
I have found that when all the
world begins rushing in one di
rection, it is time to start' looking
the other way. Ever since World
War II, while business has been
booming, there has been raised
almost constantly one skeptical
question, "How long will boom
times last?" Every dip in busi
ness has been viewed as the pos
sible start of a new depression.
Since the last dip in 1953-1954, a
kind of "optimism unlimited"
has set in. There seems to be a
belief that we never can build
too many houses or automobiles.
Perhaps such a time is " many
years ahead, but for the good of
your family and your community
you should avoid getting into too
much debt while working short
er. hours.
No Immediate Danger
Our economy,' both business
and industry, has expanded and
we have the fullest employment
ever. While all this is true, it is
not necessarily good in the long
run if prices climb correspond
ingly. Only 15 short years ago
your dollar bought you twice as
much as it does now. Remember
when you paid $800-$l,000 for a
new Ford car- One reason for to
day's conditions is that you have
worked shorter hours and bor
rowed more money. I am not ad
vising against more installment
purchases; but I do ' appeal to
you to work harder and longer
to produce enough to match your
increased borrowings.
The trouble is that too few
people really care what is hap
pening now. They say that fu
ture generations will have to
liquidate our present Govern
ment Debt. This is true regard
ing the big Federal Debt, but it
has nothing to do with your per
sonal debts. You must pay these
up yourself. Let us remember
that with the material prosper
ity which we inherit there goes
a responsibility to our children
and our community to leave our
country financially strong for
them. Let us be fair to those who
will follow us, that they may
enjoy the standard of living we
now know. Let us not fall short
of this obligation, but meet our
borrowing with increased pro
duction so as to hold up the pur
chasing power of our dollar.
Communications
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Sense of Loss
To the Editor: I am" sad at the
news of the death of Judge
Frank TouVelle. Not having the
address of his family, I wish to
express through you my deep
sense of loss. Oregon has lost a
great public servant and the
father of Oregon's highway sys
tem. Mrs. Morse joins me in an
expression of deep sympathy to
his family. .
Wayne Morse,
U.S. Senator
From Oregon.
Abandoned Cats
To the K'tor: Well, school
has startec as usual we are
getting ou ae-ge of abandoned
cats. People that have pets that
they don't want make their chil
dren take them to school and
leave them.
As a result the people that
live near the schools are over:
run with the poor starving crea
tures. Why don't the people that
raise them run out to the hu
mane society with them on their
way to their bridge game or the
golf course? I wonder if they
realize the training they are giv
ing their children by making
them do their dirty work for
them?
These same people will cry
and moan around when they
grow old because their children
put them in a home for the aged
and apparently forget them.
Mrs. H. W. Morrow,
531 N. Bartlett St,
Medford,. Ore.
Fmf "- "i 1 1 hi
M - -llilmriht
Mail Bag:
"Can birds count?" asks AST.
"Are your western cougars cut
out of the same cloth as our
eastern panthers?" asks. BRC.
Cougar, Panther?. Not only are
these two the same animals but
you might add puma, catamount,
mountain 'lion or painter. One
and aU are the same.
When white man came to this
country, the cougar was spread
from southeastern Canada down
In the Day's News
la Patagonia in South America
As a result, the different-speak
ing whites gave them different
local names. The first Spaniards
to see him called mm puma,
from an Indian word. The Eng
lish called him panther which
came from Asiatic word mean
ing tiger after it was kicked
around bv the Greeks, Koman
and French. Catamount, meaning
cat-of-the-mount, or cat from the
mountain, comes from Central
Europe. Cougar is French and
a misspelling of a South Amer
ican Indian word. Take your
choice.
Bird counting: Brother, this
a touchy. Birds lay a certain
number of eggs according to the
species. Remove the eggs and
they will lay another number
eauallv laree. or small. Perhaps
this is a physical setup over
which bird has not control.
In laboratory tests' rjieeons
parakeets and jackdaws have
been trained to choose from a
certain number of objects which
counted ud to two. three, four,
five and six but never above
that maximum number. Hence
they could distingush up to six.
Count? That is another matter.
Finally, all this seems refuted
by a simple trick which bird
photographers employ constant
ly and DerhaDs I am giving
away a cherished secret. At any
rate, if a bird bund is set up
within sight of the parent birds
near the nest and one photo
grapher goes into it and remams
there, the . birds will remain
warv and wait a lone time to
resume their normal nesting ac
tivities. But if the photographer
takes a companion into the blind
with him and then one of them
goes away leaving the 'second
in the blind the birds will quick
ly disregard the intrusion ana
co about their activities as
though no one were left in the
blind. ,
(Copyright, 1955.
by Eugene Burns)
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CHAMPION HOG CALLER
Pomona, Calif. (U.R) Mrs.
Sarah E. ShaffstaU, 76, said
Thursday she hadn't tried hog
calling since she was a young
girl on an Illinois farm but found
she still had the touch. She
won the old-fashioned hog call
ing contest at the Los Angeles
County Fair.
BY FRANK JENKINS
Today's big news:
Hospital physicians attending
President Eisenhower in Denver
reported that he had a very
good night. The latest medical
advisory says. "He slept almost
continuously from 8. o'clock last
night until 6:15 this morning."
The dispatch adds:
The latest announcement, fol
lowing previous hospital bullet
ins reporting the President's sat
isfactory progress from a heart.
attack, are bolstering hopes for
his full recovery.
In that hope, everybody in
the world joins prayerfully.
BECAUSE the behavior of the
security markets is influenc
ed primarily by HOW PEOPLE
FEEL, it is interestinc to trace
the reaction of the world's great
stock exchange to the news of
president's lismhower's illness.
; When the New York exchange
opened on Monday morning, the
scene was reminiscent of that
black day in the autumn of 1829
which no one then old enough
to grasp the significance of what
was happening will ever forget.
Again on Monday morning, as
on that day in 1929. the bottom
tell out from 'unHpr nrir-oc Bo.1
fore the decline that started at!
the opening minute was checked,
tne value of all securities listed
on the New York Stock Excange
naa s n r u n k an estimated
$13,000,000,000.
The London exchanse reacted
similarly, although not so sharo-
iy. -'... .-
Guarantee To Russia
Against West German
Aggression Tops News
(t
Charles McCann
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TUESDAY morning, when the
New York exchange opened,
the news had turned better, and
a spirited rally , developed with
the opening of trading. Within
the first hour, gains ran to be
tween $1 and $4 a share. Trad
ing hit a fast pace on the rising
side, and the tape dumped eight
minutes behind. As this is writ
ten, approximately a couple of
hours after the market opened,
the recovery is continuing.
Stocks- on the London market
opened low, but rallied as news
of President Eisenhower's fav
orable night developed.
IlfHY THE break in the great
" stock markets of the world
which are influenced primar
ily financial rather than senti
mental considerations?
This is my guess:
Throughout the world of to
day people have come to be
lieve that peace is synonymous
with prosperity and happiness
and general welfare. They had
come to believe that President
Eisenhower's leadership CAN
BRING PEACE ' TO THE
WORLD. ; .
These rosy hopes for the fu
ture were rudely shaken by the
shocking news of the President's
heart attack. The rush of this
selling broke the markets yes
terday, "
With the better news of Tues
day hopes rose again and people
began to buy instead of sell.
That broke the decline.
'THERE is nothing in the news,
of 'course, to indicate that
President Eisenhower will accept
a second term. (I think that
everyone will agree that his ac
ceptance is all that ; would be
required to insure his nomina
tion and election.)
Indeed, it is probable that
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad news
on the international balance
sheet:
THE GOOD
1. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, British Foreign
Secretary Har
old MacMillan
French For
eign Minister
Antoine Pinay
announced that
their govern
ments are will
ing to guaran
tee Soviet Rus
sia against any
West German
aggression. The
guarantee
would be given in return for a
Russian agreement to unify
Germany. The "Big Three' for
eign ministers also warned the
Kremlin that they will not rec
ognize the East German agree
ments that might interfere with
free Allied access to Berlin, they
said.
2. The United States and other
governments recognized the pro
visional government formed in
Argentina after, the overthrow
of dictator Juan D. Peron. Pro
Visional President Eduard Lo
nardi ordered the release of po
litical prisoners jailed by Peron.
Argentine police uncovered
nearly $30,000,000 in gold coins
and United States and Argentine
currency which Peron, "friend
of the worker," had cached.
3. In token of the continued
relaxation of West-East tension,
the leaders of Soviet Russia sent
unusually warm messages of
symoathy to President Eisen
hower on his Illness. Communist
party boss Nikita S. Khrushchev
Mexican Laborer
Killed in Portland
Portland (U.R) A tavern
brawl among itinerant Mexican
farm laborers resulted early
today in the stabbing of one and
the jailing of two others.
Police identified the dead
man as Jesus Avalos, 24.' Held in
connection with his death was
Arnold Y. Valencia, 34. A third
man, John Auss Castillo, 32, was
held as a material witness.
Detective Sgt. Dan Mitola said
witnesses . told him Avalos and
Valencia . had engaged in a
struggle inside the tavern, and
that Valencia had been struck
with a bar stool. The bartender,
Jay Hale, said he pushed both
men outside. . The two engaged
in a struggle, then re-entered the
tavern, where Avalos collapsed.
everyone realizes that Imposi
tion of a second term, upon him
would be too much to ask even
if his recovery from this present
attack seems to be complete.
But realization that our
President may be able to finish
his present term, calmed people's
fears. A lot can be done in a
year.
said he learned with grief of Mr.
Eisenhower's heart attack and
whole-heartedly Wished him a
speedy recovery.
THE BAD
1. The United States and Great
Britain learned with open alarm
that Egypt planned to buy arms
from Soviet Russia and Commu
nist Czechoslovakia. Assistant
Secretary of State George V. Al
len was sent on . an urgent mis
sion to Cairo. Allen will try to
get Premier Gamal Abdel Nas
ser to change his mind, and. not
to start the Middle East on a
dangerous arms race between
the Arab nations and Israel. But
Nasser appeared determined to
go through with his plan wi
les he can get arms from the
United States on good terms. It
was reported that some arms
already had been shipped from
the Red countries from Odessa,
Russia, and through Antwerp,
Belgium.
2. Serious riots broke ou In
the Mediterranean island of Cy
prus, now under British rule,
where a factiorof the people
want to be joined to Greece.
Troops and commandos used
tear gas to break up mobs. The
demonstrators massed before the
American consulate in Nicosia,
the capital, booing and ' jeering
the United States because it will
not support their demand.
3. French Premier Edgar
Faure fought desperately to get
agreement on home rule for
Morocco before his Parliament
meets next Tuesday. Unless he
can end the North African cri
sis, he may Tie overthrown. At
the same time French Foreign
Minister Antoine Pinay was
fighting in the Unted Nations
Assembly in New York to block
attempts of African and Asian
delegates to force a debate on
North Africa.
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