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o TOUR MEDrORD (OREGON) "Everybody Id Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. tt-n North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 DnHTST UT IJTTWT. FHitnr r rranTTSrtW Manaoinf Editor BARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor MCHAKII jtwe.li sports caiwi OLIVE STAR CHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation MgT An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at llcdiord. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 18B7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES mtfn lJnBM Par -nnw 1 0f (5) Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Dally and Sunday Six months 630 Daily and Sunday Three mo. 3.50 Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point v i- -n rLnlf4 Will Phwmx. Khadv Cove. Roeue River. Talent. and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year 1S.OO uauy ana auooay uuc uiuuu - Carrier and Dealers Sc per copy. aii rrAa raih In Advance a no a dim Official Paper of the City of Medford Ofllclal Paper or jacKson v.wnj United Press Full Leased Wire " MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De roit Ran Francisco Los Angeles. SeattUePortland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. . NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCN-ATIION J VjASSOCIATIl Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail. Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 10 years agov 10 YEARS AGO October 9, 1945 (It was Tuesday) A. R. (Tony) Manno announces Ralph Cook and George Davis as leaders in Community Chest drive downtown solicitations. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudgff Pot column:. Whatever became of the curfew whistle, that blew each night, between nine and ten, to let parents know the kids would, be home in due course of time. tO YEARS AGO J3ctober 9, 1935 (It was Wednesday) ' Assessed valuation table for 1935 shows slight increases in most items for Jackson county. Girls' League debating team composed of Katherine .Ford, Elaine Brophy, Mabel O'Nell and Ruth Garlock judged winner of contest at Senior High school. 0 YEARS AGO October 9. 1925 (It was Friday) Medford area residents ap 0 prove new water bonds, a new city hall, and small annexations by vote of about three to one in special election. Judge C. B. Watson plans trip to Los Angles where he will edit and have published a history of Indian wars in Southern Oregon. 40 YEARS AGO October 9. 1915 (It was Saturday) J. T. Sullivan, manager of Rogue River Canal company, an nounces plan to construct $250,- 000 expansion to provide water for additional 3,000 acres in Cen tral Point-Tolo areas. From Ashland column: The re cent robbery from a leading res idence in the Scenic Drive dis trict which rounded up three dia mond rings, a solid gold neck lace and a gold ring all at one and the same haul, might pass unnoticed but for the fact that the stock of valuable jewelry was the property of a local Methodist minister. 7hat's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? opr. 1955. Editorial Research Rcparl i. ii Xiisencower runs ag-am In 1956 and loses all states that gave him under 55 per cent of their votes in 1952, he would or wouldn't be re-elected? 2. More Germans are settling In Canada now than in the U.S., or more in the U.S., or is it about 50-50? . 3. The average woman of 65 will live about one, three or five years longer than the average man of 65, or about the same time, or one year less? - 4. The Straits of Mackinac are between two shores of the St. Lawrence, two Great Lakes, Key West and Cuba, or Canada and Washington state? 5. Average total of bets (per person) at a race track (running) is about $25, $50, $100, $200 or $300 an afternoon? 6. A typical state takes In more money from its gasoline tax, property tax, auto license fees, or inheritance tax? 7. The Russian word "Soviet" means strictly state farm, coun cil, Communist dogma, nation alized factory, or military dicta torship?. The Answers: 1. Would. 2. More in Canada. 3. About three years longer. 4. Two Great Lakes. 5. About S 100. 6. Gaso line tax. 7. Council , MAIL TRIBUNE Editorial Correspondence San Francisco, Oct. 5 It took a lot of time and considerable hard work for this department to make the Brooklyn Dodgers win a world series from the Yankees but at long last it has been accomplished. Everything comes to him who waits if he can wait LONG enough! And the victory was particularly sweet, for the lowly Bums came from behind, downed the cocky Yanks on their own grounds and, for the first time in baseball history, won the world title after losing the first two games. Even Ira Blue, the loquacious and partisan sports announcer, had to admit the Brooklyn team had what it takes. Some admission from Ira! .f The death of George Cameron, editor and publisher of the S. F. Chronicle, at the age of 82, was given more space in that paper than the world series. Mr. Cameron often visited Medford when the Nion Tuckers spent the summers at their ranch on the Rogue, not far from TraiL He was always a vigorous, stimulating and dynamic visitor. He and Nion Tucker were brothers-in-law, having both married daughters of the late Mike de Young, owner and founder of the Chronicle, but they were not at all alike. Editor Cameron, born in Redding, Calif., a self-made millionaire in his 30's, was the high-powered, extroverted, tireless promoter type, with always a score of irons in the fire, and all of them apparently red hot as well as prosperous. He was not so much interested in making money per se hgwever although he made millions as he. was in the development of his city and his state. The list of his major accomplishments as printed in the Chronicle nearly equaled the number of honorary pallbearers headed by former President Hoover and Vice-President Nixon. There was general agreement here his passing will be a genuine loss to his community and the state no question this verdict was not only unanimous but entirely sincere. It is hard to think of a finer tribute for one of the "older boys" or one that would have pleased Publisher Cameron more. '"' , A few years ago we awarded first prize for the WORST news commentator in the country to one Holmes Alexander who at that time appeared frequently in the Oregonian. He disappeared from that highly respected daily shortly thereafter and while we realized our disapproval had" nothing 'to do with it, we did hope, that Alexander had decided to devote his talents- to some other form of writing, preferably of a creative rather than a factual nature, to which he was better suited by disposition and character. But thanks to the McNaught Syndicate we are now informed Alexander is covering the Neuberger-Coon debate and a copy of his first, offering is enclosed with' the suggestion' that the Mail Tribune subscribe to the series. Here is Alexander's conclusion as to the significance of this debate regarding public versus "The wayfarer though a cance that's wrapped up in . this, contest. If nothing else it's a running fight between Rugged Individualism and Self Pity. It's a packaged definition of American politics today." We might conceive a self-respecting newspaper publishing the first five words as the reason for its rejection, but nothing more. As has often been staled, we fail to see why "we the people" can't differ regarding public vs. private power without getting personal or abusive. In this salesman's sample of his ability as a news commen tator, Holmes Alexander after attending the first debate hasn't a word to say about the arguments of either participant. He con fines himself to smearing our junior Senator as "whining" and "whimpering", notes he becomes so angry his lip trembles and "for one agonizing moment it seemed he would break into tears." Not having been there we don't know whether that is fact or fancy, but what have such personal items to do with the case? Probably Senator Neuberger is more sensative and emotional than Congressman Coon he is certainly more intelligent but these personal characteristics have no pertinence, and anyone compe tent to cover such a debate should know it. The whole purpose of the debate is or should be to bring out the two sides of this controversial question, clearly and effec tively or at least as clearly and effectively as the abilities of the two participants allow and thus aid the people in forming their opinions based upon the FACTS. Judging by the press reports in ihe MT the California papers don't regard the debate as news this has not been .done, and the debate for some, reason unex plained, had no moderator to see that it was done. We have been here three weeks, but it seems like three days, the chief reason being very little has been accomplished. And for the first time in many visits to the cosmopolis on the Golden Gate we have met no one from Medford. As usual the Weather Man has behaved in an exemplary fashion three- weeks of sunshine, foggy at times and cool, but not a drop of rain and no cloudy days. . That censure of McCarthy by his colleagues in the Senate must have done him good. At least a copy of his 5,000 "word speech on August 1st which has just been received by the undersigned,, is' the best effort we have ever waded through. Unlike previous at tacks on President Eisenhower and his policies, there are no smears or even vague charges unsupported by evidence, or the usual table-thumping appeals to ignorance and prejudice. In fact we have to grant that from HIS standpoint the Senator from Wisconsin makes a case. The only trouble is his standpoint is 100 per cent wrong. r . That standpoint is, briefly: Coexistence with Russia is impossible. To attempt any friendly relations with that, or any other communist country, is cowardly appeasement. President Eisenhower in maintaining relations of personal friendship with his World War II pal Zhukov, is rendering a disservice to his country if not actually betraying it. The Four Power conference was not only a fizzle but one of the worst diplo matic defeats for Uncle Sam in modern history, in fact came but exactiy as Senator McCarthy predicted. In short, unless the Dulles Eisenhower policy is changed, Soviet Russia will over run west: era Europe, and be master of the Pacific or words to that effect, and the USA will be isolated and without an ally left. .- A fairly dismal picture! , And what would the junior Senator from Wisconsin do about It? He doesn't say explicitly. But there is, as we see it, only one Jthing (that he and those who believe as he does could do, namely: Declare war on Soviet Russia the sooner the better. For if peaceful coexistence is impossible; if Chiang Kai-shek must be given sufficient U. S. aid to reconquer China; if all at tempts at disarmament and "leading from strength" are futile; then why delay longer? If Russia, China and their satellites are determined to conquer not only the United States but the world by force, and nothing we can sav or do will dissuade them, then Senator McCarthy might as well do what he once offered to do, raise a company of stalwart U. S. marines and land on the Red China coast as the first step in an invasion. In other words, in this speech the Wisconsin Senator again tries to make the dominant issue in, this 'country between those who are with him and against the communists, and those who are against him and ergo, for them; but he really ends up by making the fundamental issue between those who want World War m and those who favor making every possible and honorable effort to prevent it. R.W.R. ' Editorial Comment COURAGE IN IDAHO All is not lost. The University of Idaho joins the University of Oregon among Northwest insti tutions in refusing to be bullied. Idaho locked horns with the lo cal American Legion and spurned the Leeion's demand that the University keep Dr. Robert May- nard Hutchins off its campus. The educator is" scheduled to sDeak there in January. It is our hope that Oregon's courage in insisting on the right to invite J. Robert ODDenheimer to speak here firmed up Idaho's position. la objecting to jjx. nutcmns Sunday, October 9, 1953 private power, quote: fool could not miss the signifi appearance the Legion asserted that "His record has rendered him unsuitable for such appear ances before our students." We suspect, however, that , the Le gion's principal objection is that Dr. Hutchins has served as a punching bag for the Legion's national commander! The com mander's attack on Dr. Hutch ins and the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic, of which Dr. Hutchins is president, will come to the attention of Legion members at the national conven tion in Miami this month. : We get- a little tired of Mr. and By Walter GENEVA REVISITED . Enough, time has passed and enough has happened to enable us to see more clearly and con cretely the significance ' of 'the meeting at the summit in Geneva last July. I am afraid' that an honest exami nation must show that Mos cow has had the initiative, and that it has waiter Lippmann taken formid able advantage of the military and political situation. ',, - It has adapted its foreign pol icy to the fact that there is a mili tary stalemate, and it is exploit ing this fact in an astute and carefully calculated , diplomatic campaign. The campaign is de signed to undermine the western military system and to neutral ize American power in Europe. We-shall soon be asking our selves what is wrong with.. our own policies. We shall he ask ing ourselves whether they have not remained frozen in the pre Geneva mold, and whether as a result we are not coming off sec ond best, in the diplomatic duel in Germany, in the Middle East and in the Mediterranean. In retrospect, it is clearer than ever that what happened at Geneva was a public acknowl edgment by the heads of states that they cannot wage an atomic war., The words used at Geneva were in the form of declarations and pledges that they would not go to war. But the underlying reality was that the governments knew from their scientists and military leaders that in the existing balance of power war has to be avoided. That simultaneous public acknowldgment about war was all that was agreed to at Geneva. But that agreement was eaior mously important. For on both sides of the Iron Curtain there have been built up during the cold war military and political structures of alliances based on the expectation of a third world war. There is no doubt about this in regard to the foreign pol icy of the United States since the declaration of the Truman Doc trine. And in the East, the threat of encirclement by the United States has long been used to jus tif y the domination of the satel lites and the police repression within the Communist orbit. . Tt is clear enough now, I think, that some time last winter the Kremlin, realizing that there was an atomic stalemate, formed a diplomatic policy based on that fact. The major premise of the policy was that the fear of Soviet military agression, which had been so strong since the Korean aggression, should be removed from the minds of the people of Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use or a pen name or initial for publication is permissible.- 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. Instruments Needed . To the Editor: We of the Evans Valley school at Wimer are tryr ing to locate any available musi cal instruments which might be donated to our school band. Of the 83 students eligible for band, we had 51 turn out. We are sadly in need of instruments for many of these students are unable to obtain any kind of instrument and will play "anything" in or der to take music. There must be many persons having unused musical instru ments tucked away in attics or basements and there may be some persons willing to donate their unused instruments, string, woodwind or brass, to such a worthy cause. , We would appreciate it if you Hutchins sometimes, too. But he remains an apostle of intelligent discontent not discord, but dis content and what better qual ities could a man bring to a uni versity campus? Eugene Regis ter Guard. (Comment on the same sub ject from the Bend Bulletin:) Actually, the Legion resolu tion, to us, makes it apparent that the Legionnaires have no faith in their state university. For if the university has not taught its 'students, or the most of them, to .separate the wheat from the chaff dealt out by a speaker it has done a poor job of educating them. (The Albany Democrat-Herald also comments:) If the students of college age can't be trusted to hear both sides of any problem, we might as well give up and call it a day so far as higher education is con cerned. Anyone who thinks col lege students believe everything they're told', even by professors of a subject, has never - done much teaching. Today Tomorrow Lippmann the Old World. Then, when the fear; had been removed, the Soviet Union would be able to exploit diplomatically the great divisions of the non-Communist "world that of the two Ger manys, that o France "and Germany,- that of Islam and Europe, etc, - . ; . ." ', ''' The removal, of the fear of Soviet military aggression was easy enough because; as a matter of fact, Soviet military aggres sion was impossible in the exist ing stalemate.' On this point, the Soviet policy was not to' deceive the .West. The policy was to advertise the stalemate which neither East - nor West, could alter. The 1 amiability of V Moscow since the spring . may reflect a number of things .that are hap pening in the Soviet Union. But on the military level it has ex pressed the fact that war is at this time impossible. What the Kremlin wanted and what the Kremlin got at Geneva was a spectacular demonstration that there was no longer need to fear Soviet military aggression. THE removal of that fear has made it difficult to keep the democratic parliaments voting the military appropriations. It has also produced a reappraisal of their foreign policies. The fear of Soviet military conquest having been largely dispelled, there is a new order so to speak, of priorities in many na tions. Among the Germans, for ex ample, reunification has become more important than the mili tary alliance with the West. Greece and Turkey have allowed themselves a quarrel over Cy prus that they would never have dared to indulge in if they were still afraid of being conquered by the Soviet Union. Egypt, and perhaps also Syria, are feeling free to maneuver for high stakes, something they would not risk if they thought the Red Army might roll down upon them. rpHE strength of the new Soviet - diplomacy is in the fact that in these various conflicts they have worked themselves into the classic position where they hold the balance of power. This is most evident in Europe where they are now in a position to play upon the balance between the two Germanys, the balance between France and . Germany and the ' balance of Germany with Poland. ; , The Western position is in ferior. For one thing the Soviet Union holds the biggest cards namely Eastern Germany and the lost German territory be yond the Potsdam frontier, For another the Soviet Union is stronger because it can be more flexible. It is not bound as Brit ain and America ere bound to a German policy which is not negotiable.: As a result, because the Kremlin can negotiate while we cannot, the prospect in Ger many must suit Moscow only too well. For the siuation is shaping up for direct dealings with Ger many while the English-speaking peoples are on the sidelines. rpHE frozen condition of our own policies is our greatest weakness. We ; have, of course, great military, economic and political assets if only we were in a position to use them for bargaining purposes. - At the present time we . are unable to use them. They are frozen by rigid and highly emotional com mitments. Before bur. diplomatic position can be improved,' our assets must be made negotiable. That is something which the President was just beginning to do when he was stricken. Copyright. 1955, New York Herald Tribune Inc. could bring this' to the attention of your readers. v Gwen Anderson, Assistant Music Chairman, Evans Valley PTA, Route 1, Box 62-A, . Rogue River, Ore. Sweeney Commended To the Editor: We commend the action of Ralph E. Sweeney in .resigning his office as treas urer of Jackson county due to his continuing ill health. He has shown the same unselfish loyalty that has existed during his long period of service to the people of our county. - The duties of county treasurer are such that when the office is properly conducted little public ity, certainly none of a spectac ular nature, accrues to it. So well organized and efficient was his office that perhaps the greatest compliment that can be paid Mr. Sweeney is that many of us were aware only at election time the office existed. He has always placed service , to the people above his personal needs and de sires. i. We extend to Mr. Sweeney our thanks for a, job well done; our. sincere sympathy and an earnest hope that he may again enjoy good health. Dan F. Krotz H, Chairman for Community Service, - Steelhead Post 6881, VFW, Shady Cove, Ore. . Fight About UNESCO Forecast at Legion's National Convention A sham controversv over the American Legion's stand on U.S. participation 'in the United Na tions Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) may be expected at the four-day Legion convention opening in Miami on Monday. Oct. 10. Will the American Legion convention condemn" UNESCO. as Legionnaires have been vot ing to do since 1953? A fight ap pears to be brewing over the Le gion's position on U. S. member ship in the international agency. The Legion's national execu tive council last fall voted 51 to 6 against sending, a representa tive to the U.S. National Com mission for UNESCO. This was despite the report by a special region committee urging that the Legion "give serious consid eration" to joining the commis sion. Charges Said Unfounded But the special committee con tinued its ' research under its chairman. Rav Murnhv. a former Legion national commander from Iowa, now of New York. Early in May he appeared be fore the national executive com mittee to announce that his group had found charges against UNESCO "utterly without foun dation." A Legion press release said that Murphy's speech had received "a standing ovation." The report carried three main findings: ' 1. That UNESCO is not fav orable toward world govern ment; that the programs and functions of UNESCO are not such as to tend toward world government; that the U.S com mission (to UNESCO) individu ally and as a group are strongly opposed to world government: 2. That UNESCO is not athe istic, and 3. That UNESCO is in no sense or no degree communistic No Hiss Connection Specifically, the report rejects charges that Alger Hiss or Harry Dexter White had anything to ao with UNESCO. And it notes uiat KUSSia took no nart. in UNESCO until 1954. Neverthe less, Legion departments in 20 states are reported to have Matter of Fact LOOKING AHEAD Washington According to those who should know, the pol icy to date has been to under line the dark side of Presi dent's t r a g is illness, in order to avoid arousing false hopes. The area of damage to .the heart was s o m e w h a t smaller than is usual, for ex ample, but this Joseph Also his not yet been revealed. Again, the period of intense depression after a thrombosis characteris tically lasts considerably long er than was the case with the President, who recovered his good spirits on the second day. But this has not been emphasiz ed. Bad luck must always be al lowed for, of course, yet the fact that" the President's heart attack was at least marginally less serious than is generally supposed is none the less an im portant fact. It explains the com parative confidence" with which the leaders of the junta now run ning the administration are look ing ahead to the future. The great question, of course, is just when ' President Eisen hower will again be able to function4 as President. The ac cepted answer comes in stag es. Until , the end of the two- week period in which compli cations are ai rways to be feared, he will really not function at all in the vital sense of exam Stewart Alsop ining and de ciding great is sues of policy. Until the end of October he will hardly function, seeing a minimum of visitors and signing only those papers which it is essential for him to sign. By the end of October, how ever, it is expected that he will be able to move without risk to his farm in Gettysburg. There, according to official forecast, he will spend another convalescent month. At Gettysburg, in the words of a high source, "he ought to be able to work about as long every day as he was working during his Denver holi day, before his attack came. That means that with due pre cautions to avoid getting over tired, he will be able to devote a couple of hours daily to public business. FNALLY, the presently . ac cepted forecast calls for the President's return to Washington about Dec. 1. But for a good many months after his return to Washington,, the President will have to continue on a . "limited schedule" This means that lie adopted anti-UNESCO resolu What is UNESCO? The TTN charter (Art. 63) provides for "specialized agencies" whir-h are to be brought "into relationship" with the UN through the Econo mic and Social Council, an 18- member group elected by the Lreneral Assemblv. UNESCO is one of 10 such agencies. Its stat ed . purposes are "to promote cc laboration among nations through education, science, and culture in order to further ius- tice, rule of law and human rights and freedoms without dis tinction of race. sex. language or religion." UNESCO is described as an 'autonomous, specialized laff ili- ate" of UN. Of its 1955-56 bud get (two years) of S21.000.000. the U. S. is paying $6,300,000. The UNESCO Constitution was drawn up at a conference in London in November 1945. Its members are not necessarily UN members; . UNESCO members contribute directly to its reve nues outside the UN. OK'd By Congress 1 , Coneress in 1946 authorized U.S. participation in UNESCO by a voice vote in the Senate ana a 264 to 41 vote in the House. Among p r o-UNESCO members of Congress was the late Sen. Robert A. Taft. The UNESCO constitution pro vides that each member state shall makeS arrangements to bring its educational, scientific, ttna cultural organizations into xoucn with UNESCO, usually through the formation of a na tional commission. In the U.S. the national commission was established bv Coneress and in eludes about 80 private organi zations. These range from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Farm Bureau Founda tion, and the Junior Chamber -of Commerce to the CIO. Secretary of State Dulles has said: "The advancement by UNESCO of human welfare through education, srienre. and Culture promotes international understanding which contributes to peace." Editorial Research neports. By Joe and Stewart Alsop will be held down to perhaps two hours work in the morning and two more in the afternoon if he is feeling well. r. Such are the limits, as it were, of the grave problem created by the Constitutional rule that the Executive branch tof the Ameri can government contains no ex ecutive body except the actual, physical body of the President .of the United States. On this point, there has been much confusion. The ' Cabinet, or the National Security Coun cil, or both, have been widely represented as able to carry on the government indefinitely in the absence of the President. But in fact, the National Secur ity Council is only an advisory body. The Cabinet is the same. Neither nas a particle of Execu tive authority, which belongs to the President alone. No one is more conscious of this than the. members of the junta that has been formed to act as a sort of committee of government in the President's absence. Vice-President Nixon, the junta's effective chairman, and its two Cabinet-member lea ders, Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey and Secretary of State Dulles, showed their aw areness of the true situation when they pleaded with Gov. Sheman Adams to join the Pres ident in 'Denver without furth er delay. Gov. Adams would have pre ferred to stay in Washington, working day by day with his junta colleagues. But Nixon, Humphrey and Dulles correctly insisted that hone of their ac tions had authority except from the President. Therefore, they said, there must be someone at the President's bedside who would be able, as it ; were, to serve as a transmission line of Presidential authority. ... In. short, Nixon and his col leagues have made the very best they could of a very bad busin ess. Already, however, at least one grave issue has had to be compromised in order to spare the President. ' , If he had been well, he would have had to decide the question of priorities, as between main taining the national defense and balancing this year s budget. Secretary of Defense Wilson was about to fly to Denver to pre sent the case for his department when the President .was strick en. But now Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey has content ed himself with less than nail of the defense cuts he was orig inally demanding. . ' ' ,.' BUT problems of this order pannnf on nn Hoin 0 unsolved forever ty the. simple system of splitting the defference between opposing viewpoints. Only the President can decide the - far graver conflict between known defense needs and pressing fis cal interests in the next year's bud set and that decision will have to be taken in November, POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and ' Contributors) What do you think of when you hear the word "money"? We'll wager you think of a crumpled green bill, or a fistful of coins. That's money, all right, but we are reliably informed that in the U.S. today by far the most important form of money is the check book. Our authority talis us that business transactions -in tne country average about $6 000,000,000 per day, or some $2,000,000,000,000 (that's six trillion dollars) per year. Of this onlv about 10 ner rant io paid in folding money and coin. XI A . . . me rest in cnecits. In years past, however. rnn have used many other things for money shells, beads, stones, porpoise teeth, -whale teeth, boar iusks, scaips of. redheaded wood peckers, beaver skina vlanirot. knives, woven ftiats, pieces of ciotn, slaves, cattle, pigs, rice, corn, wheat, wool, indigo - to bacco, salt, sugar rum, and beer. This week it's big straw berries. Mrs. Pearl Boliou of the Central Point area last week brought in a flat-shaped berry about 2V2 inches fat on the stem side, and about 2 inches from stem to tip, ''and had a flat, fanlike shape. ' The United ' Press last week duly reported that a man we shall call John Doe was iniurerl in a bus crash near Fairfield, and later died in -Sacramento General hospital. At the end of the storv. the San Francisco bureau of the UP sent a message to the Sacramento bureau which said: "Suggest keep watch on Gen eral hospital for Doe's condi tion." ' o An accident report filed with the city police last week . saidt Damage to property other than vehicles: 1 guernsey cow. Approximate cost to repairt $125. The report added that the .cow was so badly "damaged" that it had to be destroyed. ' , A Jacksonville man went on a' hunting trip in the Klamath Falls area last week. On ' his way home he piirchasld two chipmunks (for $3) for his two young daughters. The seller placed the tiny ani mals in an old oatmeaf box for safekeeping, opening the oat meal pouring spout so they could get air. i 7 Driving through Medford, our hunter stopped and purchased a birdcage ($2.98) in which his daughters could keep the chip munks. - '.- Arriving home, he proudly dis played the birdcage and an nounced the acquisition of the new pets. He opened the oat meal box. No chipmunks. They had managed to squeeze out the spout of the box. Anyone have any spare pet chipmunks? Or else anyone want a brand-new, unused, second-hand birdcage? Robertson Students From Seven Towns Students registered for the fall term at Robertson School of bus iness come from seven towns in Oregon and California. Members of the new student body from Medford are Ruby Arnold, Myrna Bailey, Avis Bis- seger, Audrey Brew, Mariene Brown, Joan Catalano, Dell Crandall, Loraine Croucher, Verna Dudley, James Farmer, Bonnie Graves. Juanita James. Deann Reich, Naida" Smith, and Marilee Whitlock. . ' ' Four students from Grants Pass are Pat Annis, Alta Fen ner, Shirlee Fisher, and Barbara Offill. Other members of the student body are Bill Callender, Fern Hannaford, Margradelle Hiatt, Betty Twedell, and Betty White from Central Point; Ted Hoff man, Eagle Point; Waitselle Ten- penny, Phoenix; Lyalle Blunck, Kay Gilbert, and Phoebe Sim mons, Ashland; and Katherine Selby from Yreka. UMC CONCERT SLATED Camo White The Eve Pren tice Accordion band will present a urogram in the theater Mon day at 8 p.m. for the United Cru sade fund. Mrs. Prentice wiu feature several soloists and vo calists as well as ensemble num bers during the program. This is the first of a series of concerts for the coming season to be giv en by the band at Camp White. at Gettysburg. There will be many other nroblems. too. in this top-level category. It will be hard for the Administration junta to draw the line wisely between sparing the President and shoving under the rug questions that he ought to answer. For alltheserea to answur. For all these reasons. it is a matter for general thanks giving that he should be able to start taking the really big de cisions before too many weeks have passed. 4 Copyright, 1955, Mew . York Herald Tribune Inc.
