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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
i0 years ago. .
10 YEARS AGO
Nov. 16, 1945
8 (It was Friday)
Miss Nina Tuttle, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Tuttle, Val
ley View dr., first applicant for
Victory Queen contest sponsored
by American Legion.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: GI's con
tinue to return from the battle
areas, with battle ribbons on
their chests, and service stripes
and brides on their arms. '
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 16, 1935
(It was Saturday)
Dr. A. N. Johnson, county
health officer, reports fifth polio
victim in five days.
Karl L. Janouch, Rogue River
Valley National forest super
visor, announces total of $422,
173 expended for improvements
in forest. . .
30 YEARS AGO v
Nov. 16. 1925
(It was Monday)
City Attorney John H. Carkin
says insurance rates west of
tracks will increase if Sixth st.
crossing not completed soon.
From Local and Personal col
umn: The curtain at the Cra
terian theater, where the "White
Cargo" drama is presented to
night, will rise on time as the
company and scenery arrived
in the city yesterday from the
north.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 16, 1915
(It was Tuesday)
W. L. Alexander, Portland
landscape artist, says Medford's
shade trees need repairing.
Some 2,000 acres remains to
be obtained in final week of
sugar beet industry drve in
Rogue valley!
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Mrs. Roosevelt is for Stev
enson, Harriman, Truman, Ache-
son, Lausche or her son James
for the 1956 Democratic nomin
ation, or says she has no choice?
2. About half, or fewer or more
than half of all Americans over
21 have attended high school?
3. Which college football team
is called the Spartans?
4. A ych oil producing area
centers around Ploesti, which is
in Venezuela, East Texas, south
Russia, Rumania or the Middle
East?
5. Which member of the Eisen
hower Cabinet is a Catholic?
6. T. V. sets are now to be
found in about one-half, two
thirds, or 85 per cent of all U.S.
homes?
7. The late "Jimmy" Walker
resigned as mayor of New York,
or filled out his term, or was
removed by impeachment?
The Answers: 1. Is for Stev
enson; 2. More than half; 3.
Michigan State; 4. Rumania; 5.
Secretary of Labor Mitchell; 6.
About two-thirds; 7. Resigned.
FANCY MEETING YOU
Minden, Neb. (U.R) John L.
Sullivan, en route to his San
Francisco home after a recent
visit in Lincoln, stopped off at
Pioneer Village here and met an
old friend, cable car No. 47. He
was an operator of the car when
it traveled up and down San
Francisco's steep hills. Both car
and operator have been retired.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Tax
What is the function of a chamber of commerce?
Well, there are a lot of answers. One of the best
would seem to be to fill a need for service or informa
tion on the part of its members. This week we will
see the start of just such an undertaking when the
local chamber's legislative committee starts a study of
local taxation.
A LARGE howl has gone up in property taxpaying
circles since the bills were mailed out this year.
Whether the increases are, or are not, justified a
question which the average taxpayer is not equipped
to determine.
The chamber committee, however, provides a
means whereby an impartial group can conduct a
study of the situation with the cooperation of repre
sentatives of the taxing bodies who should welcome
such an inquiry.
The committee, under the chairmanship of Frank
Van Dyke, plans no "crusade," no "inquisition," no
putting of anyone "on the spot." What it will seek is
a balanced, rational and factual examination of taxing
problems and procedures.
A STEP m this direction was taken recently when
the citizens budget committee of Medford began
monthly meetings, to keep a running tab on the needs
and expenses of city departments.
The chamber study will supplement this with con
ferences and discussions on other levels of govern
ment. Taxes are high. Are they too high? If so, what is
the reason? Are we getting our money's worth for our
tax dollar? Where, if anywhere, can taxes be cut? It
it to questions such as these the chamber study can
hope to find answers. E.A.
Stop for School Buses
A law was passed in Oregon several years ago re
quiring that cars must stop when a school bus stopped.
The idea behind the law was the protection of chil
dren getting on and off the bus.
Except on divided four-lane or widei: highways,
the law requires cars going in both directions to stop.
The buses are equipped with red "stop" signs, which
are plain to see.
T1TE ARE informed by the traffic safety division,
' and by school bus drivers themselves, 'that this
law is honored as much in the breach as in the obser
vance. This is not good.
One driver called to report that just since school
started this year he has observed several "close calls"
involving youngsters running for the bus, or getting
off of it. He is on a route which runs through the cen
ter of the city, and he's worried.
Y"HAT is the answer?
As in most other safety matters, about the only
thing that can be done is to call on drivers, repeatedly,
tn nap their heads, to obevthe law. to keen UDDermost
in their minds the fact that
gmeered tor speed, comtort, and trigger-UKe respon
ses, can be a deadly weapon.
If this fails, and indications are that has failed
so far, arrests should follow. E. A.
Non-Human Minds
What sort of mentality would deliberately and in
cold blood construct a bomb for the destruction of his
mother? And what sort of mentality would place that
bomb on an airplane loaded with other people, know
ing full well that they would die too?
The sheer horror of these ideas repels most people
to an extent where understanding is impossible.
HTHE young man who harbored these thoughts which
we cannot understand must be mad.
Somewhere, deep in his warped and twisted mind,
he must have felt a justification for his action. As a
result, 44 people, died. And in the mind of a Hitler or
a Stalin, just as warped and twisted, must also have
been a feeling of justification.
We have still far to go to leam the skills of pre
venting or healing minds not entirely human. E.A.
Editorial Comment
Some days ago we commented
that a student in high school
should keep his sights high, lest
he find to his sorrow that he
had sold himself short. We rec
ommended that every student
take courses and otherwise con
duct himself as if he were going
to the finest college in the world
and then into a professional
career. We find support for this
idea in the New York Times
Magazine.
Norman E. Cutts and Nicholas
Seat Ejection Saves
Life of Jet Pilot
Ramstein, Germany (U.P.)
An American F86 fighter plane
crashed in a field near here
Tuesday night but its seat ejec
tion mechanism enabled the
pilot to parachute to safety.
The plane, piloted by 1st Lt.
Daniel J. Mourey of Fort Wayne,
Ir.d., was on a routine training
flight from the Landstuhl Air
Base.
When the plane got into
trouble, Mourey triggered his
seat ejection mechanism, opened
his parachute and drifted down
onto the roof of the city hospital
at Kaiserslautern.
Wednesday, November 16, 1955
Inquiry
a ton of machinery, en-
Moseley, authors of several'
books on child guidance, write
on "Helping a Child Choose a
Career." They say:
"Late deciders, however, may
unwittingly deprive themselves
of their best opportunities. The
drifter who elects a snap course
instead of mathematics or sci
ence may be passing a point of
no return. For him, a career in
engineering, science or medicine
may well be past recall. The
point of no return comes much
earlier for the youngster who,
for one reason or another, de
cides not to go to college. Al
ready most professions and the
many occupations which pre
suppose college training are
closed to him." Eugene Register-Guard.
ICE CREAM FIGURES
Chicago (U.R) On an "aver
age" day, 23 per cent of all
American families serve ice
cream, the American Dairy As
sociation reports. The associa
tion said a survey disclosed that
39 per cent of a group between
15 and 24 years old consumed
some ice cream on any average
day. For persons 55 years and
over, the figure was 21 per
cent.
Communications
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tion must not exceed 400 words.
No Gold But Nice Time
To the Editor: Some 40 or
more years ago, a prospecting
friend heard of the rich gold
finds being made over on the
coast anywhere from Hoopa In
dian reservation in northern
Humboldt county, California, to
Curry county, Oregon. It made
him pull up stakes in Jackson
county with a pack animal and
head west over the coast ra"hge.
Not having heard from him
after several months, we were
surprised to meet him one day
again, saying he had too many
callers. Asking him how come,
he said he invited the natives
over to camp and if it was raining
they would stay until the storm
was over, it might be a few days
or last a week.
Anyway it was raining most
of the time. And for the half
breeds, they always had plenty
of time to pan out the price of
a pair of blue jeans, a supply of
tobacco, or a new phonograph
record, every now and then. As
for their secret of the gold
diggings, it still remains a mys
tery. Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman St.,
Medford, Ore.
Wants Questions Answered
To the Editor: The answers to
three questions regarding the
proposed hospital in this valley,
would be of interest to this
writer and many of your read
ers. 1. If I or any other resident
should be admitted to the hos
pital, emergency or otherwise,
would my family doctor, an
osteopathic physician licensed
to practice in Oregon, be per
mitted the use of the hospital
facilities?
2. Will the present practice of
demanding payment in advance
of entry of a patient, or immed
iately thereafter, be put on a
humanitarian basis?
3. If any doctor, M.D. or CO.,
would decide to become human
itarian and make a reasonable
charge for an office call, would
he still be permitted equality
with other doctors in the use of
the hospital facilities?
Doubtless many hundreds of
your readers would be very in
terested in a reply to the above
questions, and, an affirmative
public answer, through the col
umns of your paper, would mean
that we are not being presented
with false statements in the use
of the words Charitable, Hu
manitarian, Community and Pub
lic. L. B. Pierce,
516 West Jackson St.,
Medford, Ore.
Taxes Higher
To the Editor: In May of tnis
year nice cards arrived in the
mail telling everyone of the re
valuation of their property, with
a note saying "This does not nec
essarily mean that your taxes
will be increased" as the tax
base will be broader; signed,
County Assessor. Ha! Who got
took? Everyone that I have talk
ed to, so they hope when next
election rolls around they will
be able to vote in a new group
of people. All the taxpayers are
beginning to realize that if they
expect to live they are going to
have some replacement in coun
ty, state and federal offices. They
surely are being taxed to death.
Our taxes have been increased
every year that we have owned
property. There are people in
the valley who get blind assis
tance and welfare, and they
manage to save ud the monev to
pay their taxes out of their piti
ful allowances.
When taxes arrive, they, like
everyone else, find their savings
will cover a half or maybe a
third.
So I am askins this: Is the
county going to own all pro
perty? Is Medford Irrigation com
pany trying to get control of all
the irrigation ditches so they can
have every ditch under their
control? Looks that way from re
cent elections held.
Maybe the neonle who vote
had better do some thinking on
their own and not be so easily
influenced by a smooth talker.
Gladys Hamilton,
Route 2, Box 468,
Medford, Ore.
A PRINCIPLE
Waterbury, Conn. (U.R) Told
by a pair of armed bandits to
hand over her money, Mrs. Max ,
Fischer replied. "Shut up!" The .
bandits fled. Later she disclosed j
she wasn't carrying any money ;
but balked because of the "prin-1
cipal of the thing."
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Russia Seen Thinking
Of Future in Claim
Of Mongolia in UN
By CHARLES M. McCANN
- United Press Correspondent
Soviet Russia probably is
thinking of the future in insist
ing that Outer Mongolia be ad
mitted to the
United Na
tions. There is no
good reason
why this ill
defined area
of grazing
lands in East
tern Asia
should be
given U. N.
membership.
cnaries Mctann But Russia
is obviously eager to get the
"People's Republic of Mongolia"
recognized by the world as a
sovereign nation.
One reason is that Outer Mon
golia one day may be the cause
of a clash of interests between
Russia and Communist China.
For Outer Mongolia really is
a part of China, even though
Chinese rule over it always was
loose.
Outer Mongolia is closely tied
to the Soviet Union now, as a
member of the U.N. it would, of
course, vote with the Soviet
bloc.
But the Chinese Communists
have shown increasing determ
ination to extend their rule, in
time, to all the lands once ruled
by the old Manchu emperors.
The Chinese Reds invaded
Tibet, over which China claimed
sovereignty, in 1950.
Awaiting the Day '-
. It has been reported frequent
ly since then that the Peiping
government was looking forward
to the day when it also would
claim Outer Mongolia.
In The Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
The news as this is written is
a good deal like a muUigan stew.
It has a little of everything in
it. If you don't, happen to like
mulligan stew, you'll add that
what it has in it is mostly bad.
So you'll like the simile even
better.
"CURST, there's the weather.
The weather-over the week
end contained a little of every
thing snow, rain, sunshine, cold
spots, warm spots. And, a few
minutes ago, the teletype spit
out a story to the effect that
another storm is on the way
down from the Arctic regions.
It followed the pattern of a
little of everything announcing
that maybe the storm will bend
off and miss us but also maybe
it will hit us right on the nose.
t;d ksdale,
TJO! HUM!
For weeks, the weather has
been irreproachably wonderful.
But, as summer wanes and win
ter waxes, we forget all the
good and complain bitterly
about the bad.
Life is like that.
"WER the week-end two prom
" inent Americans Robert
Sherwood, playwright, and Ber
nard De Voto, novelist and his
torian are victims of . h e a r t
attacks.
Both were useful citizens. We
can ill spare them. Both are
THINKERS. Sherwood was 59.
De oVto was 58. If spared, both
could have gone on thinking for
a long, long time.
A San Francisco woman was
savagely beaten in -a quarrel
with her landlord, who wanted
to fix a broken window in her
apartment in the early morning
hours hen she wanted to sleep.
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Red China's desire to increase
its influence in Outer Mongolia
has been made plain.
As soon as the Communists
got into power in 1949, they in
sisted that they be permitted to
station an ambassador in Ulan
Bator, the Outer Mongolian cap
ital. Russia was compelled to
consent, though it had refused
previously to admit a Chinese
Nationalist diplomatic represen
tative. Now China has been connect
ed with Ulan Bator by a rail
road. The line was built, on the
Mongolian side, by Russia. But
it is unlikely that Russia was
enthusiastic in cooperating in
the construction of this commun
ication line.
Loosely Defined
Outer Mongolia has an area of
about 600,000 square miles. It
is so loosely defined that refer
ence books disagree on its exact
size. It has a population of about
1,000,000 almost entirely no
madic herders. It has the dis
tinction of possessing the most
livestock per capita of any coun
try in the world.
Russia got a foothold in Outer
Mongolia in 1921. Troops of the
Chinese Republic had occupied
it in 1919, in a re-assertion of
sovereignty. The Russians aid
ed Mongolian revolutionists in
throwing the Chinese out.
Then a so-called people's gov
ernment was formed. Nominally
it was a limited monarchy, ruled
by the living Buddha of Ulan
Bator. In 1924, the "Mongolian
People's Republic" was pro
claimed. It was the first "Peo
ple's Republic" on the Soviet
pattern.
Since then, it has been a Rus
sian satellite but it may not
be always.
News
pecially here at the beginning
of winter is a good thing. Sleep
is a good thing. If the two of
them could have . GOT TO
GETHER, THE WORLD
WOULD HAVE BEEN BETEER
OFF ALL AROUND. ,
But they couldn't get together,
So MUCH evil results because
people can't get together in the
common cause of human better
ment. In New Orleans, a 62-year-old
machinists is fatally shot by
three juveniles whom he sur
prised while they were ransack
ing his house.
That is doubly, bad. The world
can iU afford to lost a good hon
est machinist in these days when
our lives are so dominated by
machines.
There is no greater tragedy
than JUVENILES GONE
WRONG. '
WORST of all is the case of the
" student who has just been
arrested and charged with re
sponsibility for the crash of the
airliner north of Denver a
couple of weeks ago following
a bomb-like blast in a baggage
compartment.
The young man's mother was
aboard the plane. He had just
taken out $37,500 worth of in
surance on her life. He is one of
the heirs of her estate, whose
value is estimated at $150,000.
He had been in trouble before,
and always his mother . had
helped him out.
The whole affair gives one
the shivers.
IS the world getting steadily
worse?
It sounds like it, I know but
I still think our modern commu
nications are so super-perfect
that we hear everything that
happens almost as soon as it hap
pens. In the olden golden days,
Cups
Saucers
Dept.
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Is That So?
To a thoughtful person every
creature in nature and every
part of that creature is a matter
of astonishment. But' every so
often, nature seems to produce a
super-astonisher. Let's consider
some of them.
To enable the frog to protrude
its tongue an extra length for
nabbing its prey, it's rooted at
the front of the mouth. The
gecko lizard's tongue is long
enough to enable its owner to
wash its eyes with it The cha-
M-IS-Sf
meleon's is almost as long as its
body. But to accomodate the ant
eater, nature has rooted its
tongue not in the mouth or the
throat of its long head but fas
tened it securely to its breast
bone! Thus, the tremendously
long tongue can reach deep into
the anthills. .
In perfection, the human eye
of all organs seems perhaps the
most "impossible." But an even
more ' unusual eye is possessed
by a tropical American fish, the
anableps. It swims with the top
half of each of its eyes above
water and the lower half under
the water. And for a good rea
son: it is bifocal, with two pu
pils in each eye. The upper pair
scan the scene above the surface
while at the same time the lower
pupils which are adjusted to a
different angle, study the under
water depths.
Running in pursuit of prey or
Disillusioned Japan
Marine Hangs Self
Manila U.R) . Suicide today
ended World War II for an
emaciated Japanese marine who
evaded capture in the Philip
pines jungles for 11 years, con
vinced that Japan would win the
war and he would return home
in triumph.
Marine Cpl. Noboru Kinoshita
strangled himself in a prison
stockade because he felt he had
disgraced himself and Japan by
being taken prisoner two weeks
ago
After 11 years of jungle life
Kinoshita finally . was taken
prisoner Nov. 2. He thought the
war was still going on and 're-
fused to believe it when told
that the battles had ended almost
11 years ago.
Daily, he begged Filipino po
lice to kill him. He grew almost
hysterical in demands to die
"honorably" and finally resolved
his problem with a rope.
it was different. We then heard
little beyond our own immedi
ate neighborhood.
And
We're inclined to pay more at
tention to the BAD than to the
GOOD. We read so many of the
bad headlines and skip so many
of the good ones.
That is unfortunate.
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to avoid being eaten is an amaz
ing process but look at what
speedsters exist: a lumbering
black bear can hit 30; a gawky
giraffe, 32f a mule deer, a
lion, 40; a jackrabbit, 45; a black-
buck, 50; a'pronghorn antelope,
60. But there is one even faster
the lean, sleek cheetah, ' a
hunting leopard of Asia. . With
f.n acceleration of 45 miles an
hour within two seconds, this
animal is nature's ultimate in
speed for land-based mammals.
It can race at 70 miles an hour.
Birds Much Faster n
Airborne birds, of course, are
much faster. Perhaps the fastest
in a straight-away flight is the
Indian swift which has been
timed at the incredible speed of
200 miles an hour over a two-
mile course. In dives, the duck
hawk may exceed it that's
problematical and virtually Im
possible to measure accurately.
Several land-based birds that
have lost the power of flight are
no slow pokes. Our wild turkey
can run 20 miles an hour; our
roadrunners of the southwest,
26; and "the ostrich has been
clocked at over 28 miles an
hour.
The sea contains many quick
change artists. As the squid
swims its body shows wavering
stripes of horizontal light artel
dark matching the effect of
streaks of water in motion. But
once at rest, it immediately
changes these horizontal streaks
to shimmering vertical bands. '
So now the motionless squid has
become a bed of gently waving
seaweeds. Matching the squid, a
flounder who has learned to
live on his side (his eyes must
migrate to accomodate the
change), can even simulate a
black and white checkered back
ground!
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