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o o o O FOU MSDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, October 12, 1955 "Everybody In Southern Oregon Readi The Mail Tribune Published Daily-Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 7-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-8141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manager tC. FERGUSON Managing Editor RIC ALLEN JR City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor JACK JACKSON Sunday Editor GERALD LATHAM. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1887 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Onlv One vear S3.50. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point, Eagle foinx. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press FuU Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Franciseo. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St Louis Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL assocTatiIon J aiuHriiH'.H.iiHJ iMffS PUtllf Hltf V&fASSOCIATlOli i Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 12. 1945 , (It was Friday) Mr. and Mrs. John Cupp re turn from 30-day trip to Tennes see, where they purchased 32 registered Tennessee walking horses for their Snowy Butte ranch 0 From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: New honors have come to this county. It has the second best jail in the state, not to get into. To get into a better one, a sinner has to jour ney to Portland. 20 YEARS AGO October 12. 1935 (It was Saturday) George Codding, Jackson county district attorney, elected commander of Crater Lake Vet erans of Foreign Wars post. Jackson County Chamber of Commerce approves proposed $145,000 water reservoir for Medford. 30 YEARS AGO October 12. 1925 (It was Monday) , Representatives of west coast colleges and universities attend annual Jackson county teachers Institute. From Local and Personal col umn: According to county and state officers, the dances given in Eagle Point district have im proved a hundred per cent, not one arrest for alleged bootleg ging or speeding having been made last Saturday night in con nection with the regular dance there. 40 YEARS AGO October 12, 1915 w (It was Tuesday) Petitions circulated for recall ing four city councilmen because of objections to rebonding pro posals are almost complete. From Local and Personal col umn: Stockmen of the valley will $4ip another trainload of cattle next Monday to California: Cows are brinais 4 cents a nound on the hoof, and steers bring around 5 to 5Vi cents a pound. Hogs are bringing 5 cents a pound, un dressed, a very low figure, and the hog raisers are holding their stock for higher prices. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Repect 1. The U. S. has spent on the Korean war much more or much less than it spent on all World " War I, or about the same? 2. A captive mine in coal is one owned by the United Mine Workers, a Wall Street bank, a steel Co., or the Government? 3. The mental disease some times called "split personality" is or isn't schizophrenia? 4. Hostilities have been going on for almost a yearin the Aures Mountains of Malaya, Argentina, Cyprus, the Middle East, or Al geria? 5. If candidate for public office gets free radio or TV time, opponent must by law get qual fee time; right or wrong? 9. The type of violent storm known as a hurricane in the At lantic is called what in the Pa cific? Q -3 7? Gen. Eisenhower saw mili - tary service in Europe during both World Wars I and H, or only the latter? Tfe Answers: 1. Much more. JL A Steel company. 3. Is. 4. Algeria. 5. Right. 6. Typhoon. 7. Oalf World War II. Bse Mail Xfiouoa Went Ads Ooops! - Air Force Too "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Maybe so, but members of the United States Air Force Reserve come in a pretty close second, in a polite and gentlemanly sort of way, of course. TN THIS space Monday we commented on the ex pansion of the Army reserve program, and discus sed reserve activity in general. In the course of this discussion, we omitted mention of a large Air Force reserve program. Worse than this, we hinted that there was no such thing by saying that the possibil ity" existed that some such Air Force program would be started. This error-bv-omission was speedily and force fully called to our attention. Lt. Col. Manville Heisel (who was promoted to that rank only this week), commanding officer of the 9417th Air Reserve squadron, called to express his unhappiness. When he called, another reserve officer was sitting m the office, politely but pointedly ex pressing his. This was followed by a-call from Oapt, Donald P. Hemingway, Air Force unit instructor here, who brought along facts and figures to correct our lapse. THE fact is that there are two Air Force reserve 1 units in Medford, Group Headquarters of the 9091st Air Reserve group, and the 9417th Air Reserve sauadron. The first of these two units is commanded by Col. Elmer H. Stambaugh of Medford, who is command ing officer of the group as a whole. He has about nine officers on his staff, and is responsible ior tne admin istration of three squadrons, the 9415th, 9416th and 9417th. Thelast-named is the Medford squadron. THE 9417th has about 48 men from Medford in A fhVht: about 40 from Klamath Falls in B flight, and about 14 in Grants Pass in C flight. Each flight meets four times monthly tor two hours oi general training, in military courtesy, administration and other types of knowledge needed by all ranks. The Air Reserve activity here is on a non-pay status (which, coupled with the fact that no flying is involved, mav have contributed to the fact that it was not on the list of units published Monday). CAPTAIN Hemingway explained that the Air Force reserve units have three rjrimarv responsibilities training, holding and accounting. Specifically, this mcludes general training of the type mentioned, tne processing of periodical physical examinations, pro-pessino- officers and men for active dutv periods, pro cessing promotions, and keeping and surveying each member s records for the Air a orce. The captain also explained that it is hoped the organization can go on to a pay status by next Febru ary, which would mean that Air reservists could take .two 21-hour training periods each month, and re ceive two full days pay. It would serve to give the Air Force program a big boost in this area, he said. (There are some members of the 403rd Troop Carrier wing in Medford, but that is technically a Portland unit. Members fly there periodically for training.) WE ARE sorry we skipped the Air Force, and hope rvP it.a nativities here will tliaU X vvvUUMUg v. t -w- make up for it. . If there's a Marine Corps reserve unit in town we don't know about, representatives can call at the- of fice, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. any day but Sunday. E.A. Is There A Moral? The jobs public officials are called on to perform are many and varied. Not all of them see print, be cause, for one reason or another, they do not consti tute "news" a little boy is missing a few hours, but is found safely and without drama; a family fight is settled; a burglar alarm turns out to be the wind in the trees that sort of thing. SOMETIMES they almost get into news story form, as was the case in one incident yesterday. The story was all written and ready for Page 1. This is what it said : A boy who appears to be about 3 years old, and who can't tell police much about who he is or where he lives, was being cared for by city officers this morning. He was "found" at 8 a.m. .today, sitting on a stool at Dad's Hideaway on Court st, and no one seems to know how he got there whether he just wandered in, or was abandoned. . The youngster, who is blond and blue eyed, told officers in a little-boy voice, difficult to understand, that his name is . That's about all solicitous officers could get out of him. He is dressed in blue jeans, a yellow-striped T-shirt, plaid coat-jacket and sandal-type shoes with no socks. His clothes are dirty. Mrs. Kay Crowell, county juvenile officer, this morning was attempting to find a temporary foster home for the boy, since no one had reported missing a child up to about noon. IT ONLY need be added that the boy's uncle heard a radio bulletin at about 11 :30 a.m. that the young ster was at the police station, and went over to the lad's parents' home, to find his mother had just start ed searching for him. He had apparently' dressed him self early and wandered away. We are pointing out no particular moral in this story. We leave that to our readers, and to the con science of parents everywhere. E.A. SMOKING LIMITED London (U.R) Milkman Sam Stanley, 41, was ordered by a judge Tuesday to cut his smoking from 60 cigarettes to 16 a day. Stanley admitted embezzling col lections from his route to buy smokes. The Columbia river is 1,270 miles long. 4-H Club News Forestry Club The Southwest Medford Jun ior Forestry club met Oct. 5, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Smith. The meeting was called to order by Steve Smith, acting president. The meetings for each month were discussed. Norman Renner, Reporter. Rogue River's Scenic Beauty, History, Dicsussed by. Writer (Editor's note: This is another ar tide by George Putnam, editor em eritus of the Salem Capital-Journal and former editor and publisher of the Mail Tribune. Today he dis cusses the history of the Rogue Rive, the origin of its name, and its scenic beauties. The article is pub lished by permission of the Salem paper, in which it first appeared. By GEORGE PUTNAM Rogue river of Southern Ore gon rises in the extreme north west corner of Klamath county at Boundary Springs near the northern boundary of Crater Lake National Park and flows through Jackson, Josephine and Curry counties to empty into the Pacific ocean at Gold Beach. The claim that it got its name of Rogue from the French word Rogue on account of the alleged red color of the water during flood seasons brought the fllow- ing spirited reply from Harvey W. Scott in the Oregonian of De cember 20, 1904, giving the real origin of the name as follows: "This is fanciful, purely so, though the Rogue story is off. There would have been reasons for calling the Klamath river, Rouge river, or Red river, for its water are much discolored by the marshes of the lake basin which it drains. But Rogue river is one of the clearest of streams, and even in flood its waters are not red. Origin of Name "An old French map has been mentioned though no such map is known now to be in existence Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible. 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. Red Hat And A Prayer To the Editor: He goes forth the mighty hunter to get himself a deer. Now don't you worry mother, this red hat will shine bright and clear. I have my gun, shells, knife, ax, socks and matches. Here's my first aid kit for cuts, bruises, sprains and scratches. Yes, father, she says your red hat can be seen far and near but in her heart she says "Dear God I'll put my faith in a pray er. Returns the mighty hunter proudly showing off ms deer. Well here I am mother, just as I said safe and sound. She smiles and in her heart she says "thank you God" till an other , hunting it. season..... comes around. '. , r, f - ' . , ; Mrs. (Name on File). Likes By-Pass To the Editor: Will you please publish this editorial from the Oregon Journal of Oct. 10. Those of us who live in this beautiful city should fight this proposed highway going through our town and cutting into it on the east side as it is on the west by the railroad. I propose that they continue from the new Blackwell Hill freeway right on across the west hills with a clover leaf each for Medford and Ashland and towns in between, and along the west slope to the Siskiyous. We have been over the new bypass at Oakland and Suther lin (it is wonderful) and can hardly wait to see the others. Why must we, always be gov erned by greed, and take away old peoples' homes and income by coming down Genesee and Tripp streets? This city would grow if certain people would let it do so. i Let's put the highway where it will do the most good with the least harm. Mrs. Betty Morrow, 16 Tripp st. Medford, Ore. whereon the Klamath and Rogue rivers are united and called Rouge-Clamet, or Red Klamath. But Rogue river, as an individual stream, has been known by its present name ever since white men first visited the country. "Bishop Blanchet's account of the Catholic church in Oregon says the French were first to call it by this name. The Indians there were a peculiarly trouble some lot, hence, says Blanchet, the name "es Coquins' (the Rogues and La Riviere aux Co quins' (The Rogue River) was given to the country by men of the brigade. "So far, then, it is from the fact that Rogue river is a cor ruption or change from the al leged Rouge river of the French. The actual truth is that the French called it Rogue river themselves. Everything is against the asumption that it once was 'Rouge river' changed by Mis sionaries to Rogue river on the theory that 'them French couldn't spell'." Rogue Hudsons Bay Name . John Work of the Hudsons Bay Co. in his journal for Mon day, September 16, 1833, uses the name River Coquin, refer ring to the Rogue river, and the text indicates that the name Coquin was already in use by the brigades. In September, 1841, Henry Eld of the Wilkes expe dition, used the names Rogue river and Rascally river, in his journal, says McArthur's Oregon Geographic names. It adds that it was chartered as Rogue river by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1850. It was caned by the In dians "Trashit" and by act of the territorial legislature Janu ary 12, 1854, Gold river. The old name was restored in 1855. The name of Gold river was probably applied because of the (Editor's note: The clipping re ferred to in Mrs. Morrow's letter said in part: "In many instances . it has been proved that re lease from congestion of through traffic (through use of a by-pass) actuaUy benefits a city. It is made more attractive for those living in the trade area, the ones who really spend the money. The city is given more room for ex pansion. Only those businesses beamed at the traveler suffer: Most through highways provide attractive entrances for those who really want to stop." The Journal editorial went on tor quote comment favorable to a new Roseburg bypass from the Roseburg News-Review, which was reprinted on this page Oct. 8.) SUCCESSFUL LIVING starts with saving. Have the things you want through sys tematic savings. Don't just dream ... or wish, but have the things you want in life by savin? for them. Start with any amount. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To Those Who Save seekers stimulated the Indian wars, for which the whites shared the blame with the In dians, according to official re ports, owing to "mutual misun derstanding." Governor Lane finally succeeded in making peace at a Table Rock con ference in 1854 whereby the Indians were confined to reser vations with a cash bonus, but war renewed on the lower Rogue ending in 1858. Rogue River Indians Rogue river Indians and their neighbors, the Pit river, Califor nians, were probably racially connected with the Apaches of Arizona, according to classifica tion of tne American Indian into 58 distinct families. A. third Of the groups" was represented in Oregon and California tribes. The Rogue river ranks as one of the most picturesque rivers in the Nortwest and because the Crater Lake highway follows its climbing curves for many miles, thousands of tourists view it an nually. How it impressed the writer when he first saw it near ly a half century ago is told in his editorial in the Medford Tribune when fly fishing for steelhead in its swift and turbu lent waters was an additional asset but "them days are gone forever." As Seen Nearly 50 Years Ago "The Rogue is a stream of wild beauty, the most beautiful of the many beautiful rivers of Oregon. From its source amid the snowy sentinels of the Cas cades through inaccessible can yons, verdant valley, precipitous gorge, and awesome palisades, to1 where it spills its mad waters into the heaving sea, everywhere it charms the eye and fascinates the fancy. "The Rogue rises in one of the world's wonder spots, amid scenic attractions few regions surpass. From its source to its mouth its torrents are precipi tated vertically a mile and a half, wasting more power than Niagara. Its countless falls and cascades, its rapids and riffles, are exquisitely framed by nature to delight the artist and appeal to the poet, that, latent, lurks in all of us. Upper Rogue River "The upper Rogue tunefully tumbles and tears its way through an unfrequented wilder ness. Floods of many centuries have cut and carved its bed in the solid lava that poured from the once majestic volcano, whose burned-out bowl is now filled by the blue waters of Crater Lake. Over and under and through this once river of molten rock dash the swirling' waters, churn ed to a foaming frenzy. In a whirl of abandon, the stream in a continuous series of cas cades, plunges 600 feet in less than a mile, and as it falters in its mad career, a turbulent tributary leaps 300 feet to meet it. "Stately forests of pine and fir line the banks of the Rogue, and where the trees are missing, the rocks are picturesquely paint ed in many colors. Where it pauses in its tumbling flight. verdure-clad valleys widen and fields of green and fragrant or chards are replacing the tangled forest. But the shimmering, glis tening, murmuring flood is never still, but always restless, moving toward the sea. Lower Rogue River "The lower Rogue is no less picturesque, wild and inaccessi- discovery of gold at Jacksonville Dle tnan the, upper stream. From in 1852 and an influx of gold f16" ate to the ocean, it dashes in a turmoil of trouble through a precipitous gorge. High pali sades rear their rocky, barren heads, hundreds of feet above, projecting over the narrow chan nel. Like a silver ribbon, the roaring river far below winds its tortuous, tumbling way until lost to view in the purple haze of dis tant mountains through which it hastens to the sea Firemen Miffed; They All Resign Clintonville, Wis. U.R) The entire Clintonville Fire depart ment has resigned because the firemen's feelings were hurt by complaints over tneir noisy ways. .The 18 - man volunteer force handed in the resignations Tues day and Fire Chief Edward Du Frane said the mayor and two aldermen should apologize for what they've been saying. Du Frane said the officials had criticized the "speed and noise", made by the firemen when they "tear out" of their station to answer alarms. . Mayor George Meggers said he and the aldermen certainly hadn't intended to be critical. Since the firemen's resignations won't become effective until Sat urday, Meggers scheduled a meeting on the matter for Fri day and said he was sure "every thing will be ironed out." Use Tribune Want Ads Quick in Results! Is That So? As it affects our day-to-day existence, weather is sadly mis understood and loaded with pop ular fallacies. What better then, than to test current beliefs with answers I got from experts climatologists: Belief: Humans tend to do their best work in good weather. Fact: Inspiring as a bright, clear day may be, studies show that we accomplish most on dull days when it is damp and raw, regardless of how much we may grumble and complain. Belief: Children born during the warm months of summer say July, August, and Septem ber tend to live longer. Fact: Children born during the coldest months of the year January, February and March tend on the average to live some three years longer than those born in July, August and Sep tember, according to a study made by Professor Ellsworth Huntington of Yale. Belief: "A green winter makes a fat churchyard" is an old say ing in other words, a mild win ter is unhealthy. Fact: A mild winter is accom panied by a big drop in mid winter ailments according to city health department studies made in northern U.S. cities. It is the violent, weather-changing win ters which really fill church yards. Belief: Spring fever is nothing more than a state of mind. Fact: Physiologists state that spring fever, with its accompany ing symptoms of listlessness, low vitality and a desire for sleep, is a real malady. In adjusting to the sudden seasonal rise in temperature, the body must work extra hard to throw off the heat. Sweat glands, primar ily, are not yet functioning smoothly and the body's na tural cooling system is out of kilter. Belief: Time of year has noth ing to do" with a baby's weight. Fact: Quite the contrary ba bies conceived in the fall and winter tend to be heavier than those conceived in spring or sum mer. It's because the mother's fy EUGENE BURNS Ranger-ttaruralist building-up power anabolism which influences the weight of her child is greatest at this time of the year. What's more, these babies tend to hold their rela tively higher weights right on through their school years. Belief: Girls matura-earlier in tropical climates. Fact: In tropical climates, girls mature on the average at 14 and 15. In such stimulating temper ate climates as Chicago and Cin cinnati, they mature about the end of their 12th year. Physi ologists state, that the contin uous devitalizing heat" slows up the maturing process (Released by McClure News paper 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, 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 submis sions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. Minnesota Girl Named Dairy Queen Chicago U.R) Ruth Marie Peterson, a brown-eyed Austin. Minn., girl who loves her milk, is 1955's new "American Dairy Princess." Miss Peterson was chosen over 12 other pretty girls at the International Dairy show Tues day. She is a 5 foot 4 inch bru nette who drinks four or five glasses of milk a day and eats loads of cottage cheese, butter and ice cream. The 20-year-old princess at tended Austin Junior college last year and will continue her education at the University of Minnesota after her reign is over. The honor of princess in cludes a $1,000 prize. Southern Oreaoii's COMPLETE TOY STORE is ready with a huge stock OPEN WEDNESDAY'S TIL 9 P.M. . THE V Toy House 317 EAST MAIN miEWVAIL (HEKJTTIEIH! ESQUIRE THEATRE - Main Street at the Bridge WILBUR A. HENRY, DIRECTOR BY FILM 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. ORAL ROBERTS PREACHING ON - THE BURNING BUSH. ALSO WILL BE PRAYING FOR THE SICK 7:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY JACK COE PREACHING ON THE JOY OF THE LORD ALSO PRAYING FOR THE SICK 2:45 P.M. SUNDAY 2:45 P.M. WILLIAM BRANHAM SUBJECT: "THE DEEP CALLETH UNTO THE DEEP" 7:30 P.M. SUNDAY NIGHT 7:30 P.M. REV. W. DeVRIES BEGINS A SALVATION HEALING REVIVAL COME EARLY FOR A SEAT
