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o o FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDvkTRIB UNI "Everybody In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune Published Dally Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHU Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manager E. C. FERGUSON Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. 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. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail In Advance: Per cODy 10c. Daily and Sunday One vear $12.00 Dailv and Sunday Six months 650 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Kundav Onlv One vear 13.50 P.v rarriir In Advance Medford Anhland Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent. mnri nn mntnr routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Dally and bunaay une montn ij Carrier and Dealers oc per copy AH Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper or jacKson t,ouniy United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULAl.OIN wrcf.Hni i mAV r " n i p A w INC Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit San Francisco, lxjs Angeies Seattle. Portland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOClNVTllON J J tf.ljJIH.M.'.H.'J:H:W NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and i0 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Nov. 4. 1945 (It was Sunday) Frank Jenkins, managing edi tor of Klamath Falles Herald and News, to speak at Chamber of Commerce at Holland hotel. From Arthur Perry s Ye Smudge Pot column: Many lawns are cluttered up with acorns from mighty oaks that were once the same kind of nut. Ye 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 4. 1935 (It was Monday) Austin D. Corlies of Medford recued after wandering snow covered mountains in Carberry creek area in Applegate for day and a half. County Extension Agent Rob ert G. Fowler says turkeys be ing fed corn and mash to fatten up for Thanksgiving. 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 4, 1925 (It was Wednesday) Rudolph Valentino, lover of the screen, departs for London and Italy so he can be "alone." George Porter and Charles Boyce appointed to replace O. C. Boggs and Dr. R. R. Johnson on Medford planning commission. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 4, 1915 (It was Thursday) Greater Medford club dis cusses possibilities of establish ing park near the reservoir. From Willow Springs news Last Friday Merritt Hoagland while breaking one of his colts, met with a very painful accident. The horse fell upon and serious ly crushed Mrs. Hoagland's left foot. The injury is not serious but very painful. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. The nation now has more or fewer depressed areas (much un employment) than a year ago, or about the same number? 2. Chief Justice Warren is about as old as President Eisen hower, or much or somewhat younger, or much or somewhat older? 3. Most Negro church mem bers are either Baptists or Meth odists; right or wrong? 4. The 1956 winter Olympic Games will be held in the Aus trian, Bavarian, French, Italian or Swiss Alps? 5. When the U.N. General As sembly voted over French pro tests to take up unrest in Algeria, the U.S. voted with or against France, or didn't vote? 6. More babies are born in the U.S. these days in hospitals or private homes, or is it about 50 50? 7. A man named Kubitschek was recently elected president of Austria, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Poland or Switzerland? The Answers: 1. Fewer. 2. About as old (five months young er). 3.3 Right. 4. Italian Alps. 5. Voted with France. 6. More in hospitals. 7. Brazil. LANA RECUPERATING o Hollywood (U.R) Actress Lana Turner was recuperating at home today from an operation for removal of a small tumor. Doctors said the tumor, removed Wednesday, was not malignant. . MAIL TRIBUNE Adoption Problems Henry Holt, of Creswell, Ore., is a big-hearted man. This year, despite miles of red tape, and with the help of an act of Congress, he adopted eight young orphans from Korea. They were the offspring of American servicemen who had been stationed there and Korean mothers. The story of how he conquered all difficulties has been told in considerable and moving detail. It was a great human-interest story, and brought reactions from around the world. COME of the reactions have been adverse, although most of the critics give Mr. and Mrs. Holt credit for high and unquestioned motives. The problems, which have arisen have to do with the propriety of going to Korea to adopt children. In the words of a letter to the Roseburg News-Review: With thousands of fatherless and motherless children in orphan homes, and God only knows how many more thou sands of unkept, undernourished and outright deprived children throughout these United States, why will some people spend an untold amount of money, time, and trouble going all the way to Asia, to adopt eight Korean children? The answer to that question has many aspects. "NE of them is dealt with by Pearl Buck in a re- cent widely-quoted article in the Woman's Home Companion, in which she accused many re ligious groups, social workers and lawmakers of keeping hundreds of thousands of children in orphan ages and forcing adoptive parents into the black mar ket for children. She declared we have that there are not enough and that in truth there are many- children being de prived of real homes and loving care because of red tape ana vested interests oi some social agencies, misguided religious groups and orphanages, inhuman legal barriers and falsely righteous parents and rela i i i t i tives who keep children institutionalized rather than release them for adoption. She states: Some orphanages are old and long established . . . exist ing on large sums of money left by generations of legacies and gifts. What would the trustees do with all that money if they closed the orphanages? And to close them would, of course, put many people -out of work ... A job, even a small one, can be as much a vested interest as a fortune. rR. MARTHA M. Elliot, chief of the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare, has prepared a series of five articles for newspaper release about adoptions. The timing suggests they may have been distributed to counter Miss Buck s article. There are, Dr. Elliot states, "a number of public misunderstandings about adoptions." For instance, she reports, "there is no basis in fact for the myth that the great majority of children in institutions could be adopted. Most have living parents; some have physi cal or mental handicaps; many are older children." We have no way of knowing who is right in this emotion-charged subject. But we suspect that both sides are telling the truth to a degree. r TN MAKING inquiries about the subject from peo pie who are in a position to know, we are told that, in Oregon, the child placement agencies generally are doing an excellent job, of doing what is best for the child. I here simply are not enough children referred to these agencies to supply the demand for adoptive children, we are told. There is, however, another way in which adop tions can be made, and it is probably more frequently used than the regular adoptive agencies. This is for doctors or lawyers who are in touch with families wishing to make an adoption to "arrange" for them to receive the child of some woman who is in no position to care for it. It is this type of "black market" adoptive pro cedure which, we are told, is at least partly responsi ble for the fact that child-placing agencies often do not have children in need of homes. . THE phrase "black market" in this case is not strict ly and accurately descriptive, for the procedure is entirely legal, under the provision of Oregon law which provides that the mother has the authority to place a child for adoption. But welfare agencies point out that often the pro cess results in tragedy legal complications, mis matched parents and children, disappointment and heartbreak. The lack of advance planning, of a full understanding of rights and responsibilities which go with legal parenthood, of an understanding of all that parenthood implies (from wiping ninny noses to planning for a college education) ; these can spell tragic consequences to the best-intentioned couple. TN SUCH cases, too, the natural mother of the child in question is frequently in a distressed condition, and is particularly susceptible to the pressure which can be brought to bear on her. She, as well as the prospective adoptive parents, and most particularly the child, is fully entitled to a reasoned and careful approach to an action which intimately affects the lives of all of them. Dr. Eliot comments: Because the object in these transactions is to get a baby, all other considerations are immaterial including the well being of the baby's mother. With a particular adoptive cou ple in mind, these intermediates put pressure on a mother to give up her child and rush the new baby into an adoptive home. Heartbreak comes later if the couple discovers that the child is not normal or that he is not legally theirs. THESE and many other factors must be considered in any rational approach to what is often an emo tional problem. We must, on the one hand, acknowl edge that the desire for parenthood is a noble and unselfish one, and should, in as many cases as possi ble, be satisfied to benefit parents and children alike. On the other hand, society cannot permit indiscrim inate and hasty decisions in such a vital area. E.A. Friday, November A, 1955 been led to believe, falsely, youngsters for adoption, with the objective in mind Confidence Shown in Faure Headlines News By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: THE GOOD 1. Quiet, determined Premier Edgar Faure of France won his fourth confidence vote in four ,.,,jsn weeks in the National As sembly. This time the issue was Faure's demand for a national parliamentary election next month, in stead of next June when the life of the Lnaries Mccann present parlia ment normally would have ended. Faure won his vote on the plea that a new Parliament, with a five-year mandate, was essential to take decisions on the "grave and important" is sues which faced the country. The French political situation remained confused. But there was hope that out of the confu sion might come -an electoral re form law which would stabilize the French political situation. 2. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had a cordial con ference with Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain in Ma drid. They discussed problems affecting peace and security and found themselves in agreement. Dulles' visit was expected to in crease cooperation between the United States and Spain. 3. France's troubles in its pro tectorate of Morocco were eased when the way was prepared for the restoration of Sidi Moham med Ben Youssef as sultan. France ousted Youssef two years ago. But he is now ready to co operate in a limited program of home rule. THE BAD 1. A few hours after Israeli Premier-designate David Ben Gurion offered to talk peace with Arab leaders, Israeli forces made a big night attack on Egyp tian positions in the border Editorial Comment COUNTY FOREST NURSERY The District O&C 'Advisory board at a recent meeting dis cussed at some length the pro posal to establish a local forest nursery. The plan is expected to get further consideration. It is a proposal containing much merit. It should be put into operation, but difficulty in setting up the mechanics may be expected. The recent report by the Doug las County Planning Commission places much emphasis upon the need for maintaining a sus tained yield timber harvest. Douglas county, the report states, has opportunity for a per petually strong timber economy, but only if the sustained yield practice is observed on private as well as federal lands. The economy can be bolstered, the report declares, by getting into wood production many thou sands of acres of land more suit ed for growing trees than other crops. If these thousands of acres are to be added to our forest farms, and if logged over lands are to be put back into production promptly, a forest nursery could be a valuable adjunct to the industry. Natural Seeding Lags An economic loss is suffered when cut-over lands are left to seed naturally, unless a good seed year foUows immediately after logging. Peculiarly, we get a good seed year in the Douglas fir region only on an average of about once each six years. In fact, it now has been eight years, the com mittee reports, since we have had an abundant seed year in Douglas county. Thus we have lost eight years in getting some logged off lands back into pro duction. Because of the time lapse be tween good seed production years, existing nurseries are ex ceedingly short pn stock. Not enough seedlings now are avail able to take care of existing demand. The local committee proposes that we have a nursery in Doug las eounty, that seed be collected during periods of abundance and stored for use in slack years, and that sufficient seedlings be grown to replant acreage de nuded each year. Should the project be financed by the county, by industry, or as a private enterprise? How can interest in the project be created when crops started by the nursery will not be harvest ed for 75 or 100 years? These are some of the questions which must be answered satisfactorily before the project can be set up. The committee is concerned because many large logging op erations have not been followed by replanting. The eventual eco nomic loss through delay can amount to many thousands of dollars. South Sets Pattern By the very nature of things, the operator, other than a con tinuing corporation, has no in terest in replanting. Replanting is expensive. The individual op erator knows he will not live to zone. The Israelis said Egyptians encroached on Israeli territory. The Egyptians counter-attacked Savage fighting broke out on a j 30-mile front. It was the biggest battle since the 1948 israeii-AraD war. 2. The American, British and French foreign ministers reached a deadlock with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov in the Big Four confer ence in Geneva. The issues were German reunification and Euro pean security. The Western Al lies adopted an attitude of de termined hopefulness that some thing might be salvaged and that another foreign ministers meeting might be held next year. It was certain, however, that the division of Germany must continue indefinitely due to Russian obstruction. 3. Premier U Nu of Burma, visiting Moscow, suggested that the Soviet Union ought to be in vited to the next meeting of the Asian-African bloc of nations. This would give Russia a fine opportunity to increase its med dling in the affairs of the Mid dle East and Southeast Asia. Nu, who is a fellow "neutralist" with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh ru of India, also invited Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin and Communist Party boss Ni kita S. Khrushchev to visit him in Burma. They promptly accepted. Missing Elk Hunters Make Way to Camp Reedsport (U.R) Two Eugene youths missing on an elk-hunting trip since Wednesday walk ed into a camp at Alleghany, near Cougar Pass, last night State police said Glenn A. Lague and Donald Miller, both 16, found the Alleghany camp at about 6:30 p.m. yesterday. Both were apparently in good physical condition. The youths left on the elk hunt. Oct. 28, and search was started when they failed "to re turn home as scheduled Wednes day. see the second crop harvested, so he has no incentive to assume the replanting cost, feut the economy of the community, 75 or 100 years in the future, will be adversely affected because of his failure. Southern states have set a pat tern for speeding reproduction. Railroad companies, banks and ether business institutions assist in financing new crops. The sit uation, however, is different than in the Pacific Northwest, inasmuch as southern pine re produces in about 25-year cycles instead of 100 years as is the case with Douglas fir. However, if we are to main tain a timber economy for future generations in Douglas county, it is important to plant logged-off land as quickly as possible and to start new crops on lands not now being profitably utilized. Current stumpage prices are such that every lost year repre sents a material economic loss. There is little prospect of de creasing stumpage prices, as we observe the future demand for saw timber and the growing chemical utilization of wood fiber. Thus the establishment of a county forest nursery has much to recommend it, particularly if coupled with some scheme to provide incentive for replanting. Roseburg News-Review. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a Den name or initial for publication is oermis jible. 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. About Taxes To the Editor: I hereby sub mit a confession in confusion. Have lived in Medford for the past 30 years, operating a shop in the same location, and always been a voter, most of the time voting for improvements. Dur ing this time there have been many improvements and this town has grown 'to become a small city, the cleanest and nicest I know of. During its growth the community expenses have greatly increased, also the dollar value has decreased, but also by the increase in popula tion, the City, County and State income has or must have in creased in proportion. It seems that of late Oregon has received more and with kiddish management spent much more. Or have they? I now wonder why so many of us voted for some of the things we did vote for. I own a small business building which I built 30 years past. The de preciation value wrote it mostly off 10 years ago. The taxes on it were higher last year than ever before. That wasn't too bad. But this year they are double of last year. Can a Philadelphia lawyer tell me what they will be next year? H. U. Mitchell 608 South Riverside Ave. Medford, Ore. In the Day's News .By FRANK JENKINS Princess Margaret, young and gay and full of life, turns her back on the primrose path of in clination and chooses the stern path of duty. The dispatches re port that a surge of admiration and sympathy for her is welling up through the British Common wealth of Nations. The premier of New Zealand (one of the British dominions) says she set a shining example to all people. - WHY is her decision a shining examnle to all rjeODle and an especially shining ; example of the people of Britain and the British dominions? It's a long story. Margaret is a member of the British royal family. The British royal family is a peculiar institution. It has little ACTUAL power. But it has tremendous power of example. It exercises this power by con forming to the traditions that in any given set of circumstances its members do the RIGHT thing. Margaret did that. She con formed, i Her decision, hard as it may have been for her, plants in the mind of every Englishman the thought that in every situation, no matter how difficult the per sonal circumstances may be, the RIGHT thing is the thing that must be done. ONE can't help wondering what her uncle, the Duke of Windsor, thinks of it. Just 20 years ago, in circum stances similar to Margaret's, he made a decision. His decision was the opposite of Margaret's. He chose the path of personal inclination. When he made his choice, the cloud of World War II, although then no larger than a man's hand, .was already vis ible on the horizon.i Every Eng lishman knew that World War II, if it came, might be the end of Britain. The present Duke of Windsor was then Edward VIII, "by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Domin- ions beyond the Seas King, De fender of the Faith, Emperor of India." - He was the leader of his peo ple. But, with the hour of grave trial approaching for his coun try, he considered his own incli nations and abdicated his respon sibilities. HIS young niece is made sterner stuff. of By the power of her example, she says to her people that no matter what comes she can TAKE IT. HER country, although on the mend, is still not out of dan ger. England, being a small country with a large population, must import a large part of the food it consumes and the greater part of the raw materials needed to feed its factories. In order to obtain the foreign currencies with which to pay for her vital ly necessary imports, England must export her manufactured products in a BIG way. In order to export in a ' big way, she must keep ner costs down. To keep her costs down she must keep wages down. If her costs get out of line, her ex port markets will vanish. Amonsj her manufactured . products are automobiles. Her people WANT AUTOMOBILES for their own use and enjoyment. But if they buy as many as they want, there won't be enough left for export. And so on. ftIANY privations and sacri- fices lie ahead of the Eng lish people. By her decision Mar garet says to them that she loo can make sacrifices. She too can give up things that she wants No matter how difficult it may be. Thus she creates between her self, as a member of the royal family, and her people a warm bond of sympathy, a feeling of privations mutually shared for the common good. Fire at Chemult Being Investigated Klamath Falls (U.R) -Fire de partment officials today were in vestigating the cause of a $50, 000 fire at a Standard Oil Com pany station at Chemult Wednes day night. Smoke was spotted from the station shortly after it was closed by two employes at 10 p.m. Wednesday. Firemen were un able to halt the blaze, but kept it from spreading to a new sta tion being built nearby to re place the one destroyed. 231 w PORK LIVER Babson . . . By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. (Special to Mail Tribune) As I look out at the trees, from where I am wi it- ing, I am amazed at their bal anced shapes. How do the limbs know when to stop growing in or der to keep the tree so symet rical? ' I am told that., if several limbs should be cut off on o n e oter W. Babion side, the tree will partially re place these limbs before grow ing in height. I know that if you pull off one of the two big claws of a lobster so as to throw it out of balance, it will grow an other claw to get back into bal ance. We are surrounded by mir acles; but the greatest miracle of all is seen when we look into a mirrow. Among many other wonders is the fact that our two legs grow equally so as to bal ance m length, weight, and girth. The same applies to the arms, hands, and feet. As food, drink and air enters our bodies our wonderful automatic factory di vides the proteins, fats, and min erals so that the same quantity goes to both sides of our bodies to keep them in perfect balance. But our brains do get out of balance. The insane and senile people are the commonest illus tration of this; but every one of us gets hipped on some one subject. Furthermore, some per sons get enthusiastic over every new fad and are always opti mists; while others are like my friend, Mr. Humphrey B..Neil of Saxon River, Vt., who has been successfully taking the "contrary side" of every ques tion. I believe very few invest ors have made and kept a for tune by always being either bear ish or bullish. The big fortunes in stocks, commodities, and real estate have been made by recog nizing that nature is constantly working for a balanced situa tion. Hence, base your invest ments on Newton's Law of Ac tion and Reaction! Applying Newton's Law Some communities today are booming. Others are standing still. It is safe to forecast that this situation will be changed some day. Therefore, those who are pessimistic or uncertain as to the future should not now move to some busy city like De troit. Some day Detroit may suffer from great unemploy ment, while your city; may then have no jobless. Most graduates from colleges are now crazy to get into ' electronics , but be fore many years, electronic jobs may be selling at a dime dozen. Furthermore. I have learned that someone somewhere is always making millions in every industry. Don't be like the cow that al ways wanted to jump the fence to get into the next pasture aisiani neia may look green, but when you get there you are often disappointed. Stick to the city and church where you were born and have friends. Make good in the industry in which you have trained. Keep in bal ance. Farmmg or dairying. wnich now is not prosperous. win come back. You can de pend upon the Good Lord ' to keep your body, below your neck, in perfect balance; but for some reason, He leaves the brain to you to keep in balance. Real Estate Values" Many letters come to me from readers asking advice about sell ing their real estate. I cannot answer these, not knowing the conditions in different sections of the city. This, however, I say: If your property is in a poor section of the city which has "run down,.' I probably would advise against selling now, but if it is in a booming section, I might advise you to sell. ' All real estate prices will tend to bal ance, as years go on. Probably some outlying property, now selling cheap, is a better buy than downtown property in the heart of the business district. A final illustration of the way prices balance up (if we let God run them) is the record of the automobile. This has brought country people into the business centers to buy. As a result, busi ness real estate has gone up in price. Now automobiles have increased so, and parking cars has become such a nuisance, that Main Street" property may be reaching its peak. I forecast that many vacant lots, formerly hav ing no buyers, will sell at a premium for parking purposes. SIXTH EAST ST." JOWL BACON BEEF STEAK Real Estate So it goes! The real estate wheel of fortune is always slowly re volving. Those few who have the courage to buy low and sell high, make money. Those opti mists who .buy when everyone else is buying, usually lose money, but the few who help balance the wheel through good0 times and bad make a fair profit with serenity. Is That So? By Eugene Burnt Ranger-Naturalist ' . Who am I? By human standards, I am a low - down, roly - poly solitary critter and sleep most of my life away. My young are born blind, naked, pink, wrinkled and weigh about an ounce each. Although I can swim and climb trees, I don't make a practice of it. I'm a fastidious housekeeper. Despite my love of warmth and dread of cold I do not live in trSpical climates and none of my kind has ever crossed the equator. You'll, find me from Hudson Bay to Alabama and from the east coast to the Rock ies, and northwest through Can ada to Alaska. A near relative is on the west coast. My head is broad, my body chubby, my ears low, my legs short, ifty tail flattened. An ef ficient miner, my claws are sharp and I pack a mouthful of sharp, strong, chisel-like teeth. My brown fur, sometimes greyish or reddish and occasionaly frost ed with white, is moderately long and coarse being replaced each summer, hair by hair, com mencing at the tail to my nose tjp. Reared to my full height, sitting bolt upright, I look like a bear a foot-tall one. My burrow is an engineering masterpiece, and strictly a per sonal possession. The main door entrance is about a foot across; the tunnels are narrower per haps five inches and may be 40 feet long. 1 always provide for several exits and at these, well-concealed, not a crumb of earth shows. In midsummer I get fat and sassy even - up to 14 pounds in weignt and long before bliz zards rage, I'm curled into a tight ball ' in my underground castle and dead to the world. This close - to - death life suspension may last from four to nine months depending on outside weather. I am almost a pure vegetarian eating mostly tender leaves, flowers, soft stems of green for age plants, grasses, alfalfa, clo ver, and ' just about everything in man's garden including canta loupes and melons. After a short spring courtship, from two to eight tiny young are bofti within a month. Until they are housebroken the mother is kept busy changing the bed ding repeatedly bringing in soft dry grass and throwing out the soiled material. By three months, the youngsters leave home to seek their own fortune and dig a den. A day in the calendar has been 'set aside for me on this day I am supposed to come out of my burrow and take a look see at the sun. This nonsense. I am: A. bear; B. Ground squir rel; C. Mongoose: D. Raccoon; Woodchuck. I am E. Woodchuck. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syn.) Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my ginel oL, judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life nature adventure, the best nature observations, or the best question on nature and wildlife, a complete 30-volume set of this world-famous refer ence work in a handsome Seal craft binding. Each week new submissions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please ad dress our letter to: IS THAT SO! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif. SLICED BACON V
