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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Trigone 10. 20. 30 and
?0 years ago. -
i YEARS AGO.
Dec.Vl945 Q .
(It was gunday)
Dr. Elmo Stephenson,, who
will 'be Installed as Southern
Oregon college president Jan.
1, to speak at Boy scout banquet.0
From Arthoir Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The politi
cal pot has started to simmer
around here. So far the simmer
ing has been confined exclu
sively to young Democrats, no j
longer young.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 9. 1935
q (It was Monday)
Fifteen-yeaif3ld Klamath Falls
boy dies of cerebral hemorrhage
following fist fight with school
mate. Postmasier
Frank DeSouza
urges residents to mail packages
early; predicts largest shipment
of packages in history.
80 YEARS AGO
Dec. 9, 1925
(fi was Wednesday) '
Eula Beilson0 elected to Phi
Beta Kappa at the University of
Oregon.
Jackson County Game Pro
tective association discusses pos
sibility of keeping open season
on steelhead in Rogue river.
40 YEARS AGO "
Dec. 9. 1915
(It was Thursday)
C. W. Whillock and Son ad
vertise Kuppenheimer suits sell
ing at $16.50 and $19.50; others
range from $8.89 to $12.50 for
all-wool blue serge suit.
From Local and Personal col
umn: If you see ghosts walking
around town tomorrow night,
don't get scared. The Grizzlies
and invited guests are to dance
at theO sheet and pillow case
party at the Natatorium.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Repetl
1. Chairman Strauss of the
Atomic Energy Commision says
the U.S. is ahead or behind Rus
sia in training scientists, or keep
ing abreast or her?
1 , 2. Credit in buying a new
home has been tightened or
loosened recently by federal
housing authorities, or has been
the same for over a year?
3. Estes Kefauver was ahead
of Stevenson on the first ballot
at the 1952 Democratic national
convention; right or wrong?
4. About nine, 19, 90, 900, or
1900 persons are killed in the
U.S. in auto accidents on an
average day?
5. Robert E. Lee and U. S.
Grant never fought on the same
side in war; right or wrong?
6. More money is bet during
the year at flat (running) horse
race tracks in California, Flori
da, Maryland, New Jersey or
New York?
7. The PlimsollLine marks
the neckline of evening dresses,
Polish E. Germany boundary,
safe load limit on ships, or ena
of state sovereignty over tide
land waters?
The Answers: 1. Behind. 2.
Tightened. 3. Right. 4. About 90.
5. Wrong; both were in the war
against Mexico. 6. New York.
7. Safe load limit for ships.
MAIL TRIBUNE
How To Avoid Getting Killed
If you are an average sort of person, you may
have a tendency to be just ever-so-slightly bored
with "safety."
There are a lot of good reasons, though, why it
would be a good idea to shrug off that boredom, and
to pay a bit of attention. Maybe it would focus it a
bit to say that safety is nothing but doing things in
a way that won't kill or injure you.
A GREAT deal of progress has been made in this
field in recent years. Scientific studies have re
vealed dangers which had been unsuspected. Meth
ods and equipment have been designed to minimize
the chances that a man on any given job will wind up
in the hospital or "where the woodbine twineth."
But the most important safety factor of all is the
human factor. If a man is properly trained and indoc
trinated, he's much more apt to die of old age than
if he gives little thought to the subject.
.
fXN SATURDAY, a regional conference will be held
in Medford which is designed to make progress
in both these fields in wider acceptance of safety
methods, and in wider acceptance of safety training.
Now why should a few hundred men take a full
day away from their jobs and homes and gather to
talk about safety? Because it pays off, that s why.
It pays off in dollars and cents, and this can be
proven statistically, to the satisfaction of the hard
headed accountants of big companies which spend
hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote safety,
and figure they save money doing it.
It also pays off in the saving of human lives and
elimination of human suffering.
You can take your choice as to which is more
important.
"IN INQUIRING among safety experts about this,
we were informed that safe working conditions
and habits go hand-in-hand with high production.
They added:
It is now known that the firms with the very best safety
records are among the very top in production. Aside from
good safety being a sign of good management, accidents
" slow down work because they mean short-handed crews,
poor morale, and it has been established that men work bet
ter under safe conditions, even though they do not con-
- sciously fear or worry about a hazardous operation. Poor
handling and care of equipment is usually synonymous
with a crew that is not safety-conscious.
Considerable progress has been made, and it is
continuing. Safety conferences, such as the one here
tomorrow, are contributing to this progress. The one
here is the seventh and last in a series which has been
held throughout the state in place of the regular an
nual statewide conference. Others so far have been
held in Dallas, Roseburg, Coquille, Pendleton, Port
land and Eugene. It is, planned to have the regional
conference on alternate years with the statewide
meetings interspersed.
CINCE this is in large part a logging and lumbering
area, one of the big objectives tomorrow will be
to show, even though woods and sawmill work is
hazardous, that it can be made much safer.
The record in other major industries, once notori
ous for high accident rates, have shown that great
progress is possible. Some of them, such as steel
plants, coal mines and others have cut their accident
rates to as little as one-quarter or less of what they
were 25 years ago.
"Safety" is a fight against heartache and eco
nomic loss. Let's not be bored by it. E.A.
Oceanic Farm and Mine
What is the world's largest plant life? If you
were going to say the Sequoia Gigantia, don't. It is
a variety of floating kelp.
And the smallest organic living thing? It is plank
ton, microscopic floating plants and animals. .
Both are found in vast quantities in the oceans
of the world, and, together with other types of ocean
growth, furnish the biggest potential reservoir of
foodstuffs in the world, as yet barely tapped by man.
DLANKTON is found almost everywhere in the
" oceans. One form of it, reddish in color, is respon
sible for the name of the Red sea. Other forms, lumi
nous with a cold light similar to that of fireflies, make
the top layers of the oceans appear to glow in the
dark.
The individual organisms are so small that for
many years they were thought of only as a sort of
pigment, drifting in strips or patches for miles along
the surface. The tiny individuals which make up the
masses, drift back and forth, drawing their being
from the nutrients, in the ocean water and from the
sun, which furnishes energy to convert carbon dioxide
(an estimated 400 billion tons a year) into food.
DLANKTONBURGERS, or filet of kelp, may not
sound delectable. But with population increasing
at the rate it is, before the turn of the century it may
be necessary to expand our harvests from the sea.
The oceans, which also absorb the contents of the
world's rivers, also are a virtually untouched source
of minerals, of which only magnesium is recovered
in any significant amounts at present. As our re
sources are depleted there probably will be far greater
exploitation of the waters of the world to satisfy
man's needs and desires. E.A.
Police Ask Molorisfs
A large number of complaints
have been received recently con
cerning cars parked in private
driveways, Medford police an
nounced today.
Reports of cars blocking drive
ways have been especiaUy num
erous in the fringe area around
Friday, December 9, 1955
Nof To Block Drives
the business district, police said,
but complaints have been re
ceived from all parts of the city..
The cooperation of drivers
would be appreciated, police
said.
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Matter of Fact by
STEVENSON DECIDES
Washington In a matter of
days, if present plans hold, Ad
lai Stevenson means to make
a bold and aggressive move.
The move will
be a public an
nouncement of
definite plans
for enter ing
"four or five"
primary con
tests, thus chal-
lenging all
comers not
ably Sen. Estes
Kefauver to
mortal combat.
There has
Joseph Also
been much pulling and hauling
m the Stevenson camp about
this decision. Some Stevenson
advisers, notably campaign man
ager James Finnegan, have been
extremely reluctant to accept
the risks involved.
Right now, so the more cau
tious Stevenson advisers have
argued, Stevenson can count on
more than 80 per cent of the
delegate votes needed for a first
ballot win.
Why should
Stevenson risk
this almost un
c h a Uengeable
lead if he does
not have to?
The answer
is that he does
have to, ac
c or ding to a
second group
of Stevenson
advisers, who Stewart Alsop
have consistently counselled
boldness. This group includes
Mayor Richard Daley, of Chi
cago, Bary Bingham, chief of
the Citizens - for - Stevenson or
ganization, and, on most issues,
assistant campaign manager Hy
man Raskin.
Public pressure and the force
of circumstance, this second
group has argued, will force Ste
venson to enter a number of pri
maries otherwise he will be
accused of ducking a fight.
Moreover, if public polls and
private soundings mean any
thing at all, Stevenson has noth
ing to fear from any other
Democrat, including Kefauver.
So Stevenson should seize the
initiative and announce his pri
mary plans, rather than wait
and seem to be pushed into pri
maries against his will.
Bar a reversal, the counsel
lors of boldness have apparently
won the day with Stevenson. He
has not, apparently, finally de
cided which primaries he wiU
choose in his expected announce
ment. But it is not difficult to
pick out four or five probable
choices.
CTEVENSON is already public-
ly committed to enter Min
nesota, of course. And he is al
ready privately committed to en
ter California or so the Cal
ifornia Democratic leaders cer
tainly believe. Oregon is not
much of a problem either. Ore
g o n National v Committeeman
Monroe Sweetland and other
Oregon leaders want Stevenson
to enter their primary and
Stevenson could be entered any
way, without his consent.
Pennsylvania is another prob
able choice. Mayor David Law
rence of Pittsburgh and Mayor
Richardson Dilworth, of Phila
delphia (who was for Kefauver
in 1952) are both accounted Ste
venson men, and both reported
ly favor Stevenson entering
their primary. New Jersey,
where the leadership also favors
Stevenson, is a further possibil
ity. Florida is a tougher problem.
Holding the South, both in the
convention and the election, is
an essential element in the
whole Stevenson strategy. Ste
venson spent a couple of days
recently doing some effective
politicking in Florida, and al
though he made no commit
ments, this led Florida Demo
cratic leaders to assume that he
meant to enter the primary.
On the other hand, Kefauver
ran very strongly in Florida in
1952 against the South's favorite
son, Sen. Richard Russell, of
Georgia. And there is a danger
which, although it is remote,
causes visible jitters in the Ste
venson camp. This is that anoth
er Southern favorite son. Sen.
Lyndon Johnson, of Texas,
might be entered in Florida
(where consent of the candidate
is not required).
Equally tough is the problem
of Wisconsin. The primary there
comes less than two weeks after
the Minnesota primary, which
would crowd the Stevenson
schedule. And there is the night
marish memory of the fate, of
Wendell Willkie, who also made
a second try, and who was
stopped cold in the 1944 Wis
consin primary.
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Joe and Stewart Alsop
The chances are thjt Steven
son will skip Wisconsin, and,
for a variety of reasons, such
other primaries as Nebraska,
Montana, , Ohio, South Dakota
and West Virginia. There are
stiU those in the Stevenson en
tourage who would like to see
Stevenson" challenge Kefauver
in his own particular stamping
ground, New Hampshire, which
has the first primary.
They argue that Stevenson
could knock Kefauver out of
the contest then and there, and
clinch the nomination once and
for all.
BUT Manager ' Finnegan has
been dead set against enter
ing New Hampshire. He argues
that it would be silly for Ste
venson to risk a defeat in a state
with a small minority of Demo
crats virtually aU of whom have
shaken hands with Kefauver.
There is logic in Finegan's argu
ment. And even without New
Hampshire, the expected an
nouncement by Stevenson will
give his campaign the bold and
decisive coloration it needs. The
odd thing is that the announce
ment was not made three weeks
ago, when it would have got
the Stevenson candidacy off to
a flying start.
(Copyright 1955.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
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By Eugene Burns
Ranger-Naturalist
Mail day. "My guide claims he
can always tell a deer's sex by
its tracks. I say a large doe and
a young buck make a track of
just about the same size and
cannot be distinguished. Who
wins?" writes S. E. R.
Sure, . every old-time guide
swears that he can tell sex by
a deer's track. And in mud or
earth which retains a clear im
pression, I'm with him. As you
knowj a buck's footprint is
broaded and heavier as well as
larger while the doe's is narrow-
er and more delicate. But when
it comes to your argument, de
ciding between a large doe and
a young buck of equal size, then
the problem becomes involved.
But, even so, I'd go along with
your guide and say the young
buck's would be wider. Anyway,
wouldn't it be smart to lose to
your guide gracefully? You want
another buck next fall, don't
you? "'
"Does the trout depend on his
fins for locomotion?" asks
G.E.S.D. "I say yes; my son says
no."
Your son is right, the trout
as well as many other game fish
such as the pike, muskellunge
and bass, does not use his fins
for locomotion. It propels itself
through the water much as' a
snake does by rapid sideways
action. With the trout, the sec
tion behind the body cavity does
most of the propelling.
"My wife says some reptiles
are born alive. Do I have to take
her out to dinner?" writes J.E.B.
The great majority of reptiles,
which includes snakes, lizards,
alligators, turtles and crocodiles
lay eggs as do all birds and they
are generally hatched by the
heat of the sun or the chemical
action of rotting vegetation.
But that isn't all of it and
for this you'll have to fork up
that dinner. J.E.B., because some
snakes give birth to living and
fully developed young as does
our rattlesnake. (Actually, the
female rattler produces eggs
within her body and her young
are hatched there but the liv
ing and active young are born
alive. But that's quibbling. Gives
you a graceful out, though.)
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SUGGESTED BIBLE
READING VERSES
The Medford Council of
Church Women each year be
between Thanksgiving and
Christmas sponsors a pro
gram of daily Bible reading,
recommending a different
verse of the Bible for each
day during that period, in co
operation with the American
Bible association, the Med
ford Ministerial association
and the National Council of
Church Women.
Following are the passages
recommended for today:
Luke 14:1-14.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
If, for ANY reason, you're
feeling on the glum side today,
I'd like to offer a suggestion.
Look at the calendar.
THIS IS DEC. 7. (These words
are written on Wednesday).
Dec. 7 is PEARL HARBOR
DAY.
U No matter how low
may be in your mind
you
You'll be feeling vastly better
than you were at this hour 14
years ago.
TDEMEMBER this:
Fourteen years ago today,
we woke up AT PEACE.
We went to bed that night AT
WAR.
TIHERE are problems today.
A There are problems always.
But, if we can find a way to
maintain PEACE WITH HONOR,
all of our troubles will be com
paratively little ones.-
CPEAKING of trouble
Up at Wenatchee, in Wash
ington, a black cat named But
tons has been having it. Four
days ago, Buttons took it into
her head to try out her claws
on a 40-foot-high power pole. So
sne started climbing.
It was fun. Her claws dug into
the soft wood of the pole, and
she went up and up, just like
snooting fish. She kept at it
until she got clear to the top.
Then her troubles began.
She was afraid to come down!
HER trouble lasted more than
1 n r i
j.uu nours. men a warm
hearted service lineman for the
electric company came to the
rescue. The pole Buttons was
clinging to yowling lustily,
meanwhile carried a 110,000
.volt power line. The lineman
wasn't too anxious to come in
contact with it.
So he rigged himself a lasso.
shinned up a nearby pole and
from the top of it he LASSOED
Buttons. He gave a sharp yank
on the rope and Buttons drop
pel free of the high tension wires
and fell to the ground unharmed
QO it all ended happily.
Troubles can verv. ve
often end happily if somebody
swer you? many friendly letters,
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By ROGER W. BABSON '
New York City There are
many reasons for inflation. Most
important has been the fact that
inflation comes when the supply
of money ex
ceeds the sup
ply of goods.
The above
can occur
either by (1)
an increase in
government or
private credit
which results
in higher prices
K" W. Bib - and higher
wages, or (2) an increase in the
circulation of money, which can
have the same effect as more
money; this latter comes as a
result of boom times such as
are now being enjoyed by New
York and other large cities.
Contrariwise,- if unemploy
ment increases and advertising
appropriations decrease, retail
trade will decline and inven
tories accumulate. Then the
supply of goods will increase,
credit and money will, tighten,
wages will decline, and we will
have deflation. It's the old story:
we cannot have our pie and
eat it too." We can choose be
tween full employment with
higher wages and higher prices,
or unemployment with lower
wages and lower prices.
Today's New Factor
Since World War II, another
very important cause of inflation
has become operative. This may
be called a psychological cause;
but it is really due to the talk
about "Atomic Bombs," "Hydro
gen Bombs," and "Guided Mis
siles." To scare us into demanding
greater expenditures for defense
and a - willingness to be taxed
therefor, we are fed with this
probable fact, namely: If World
War III should now come, the 20
largest U. S. cities with 30,000,
000 innocent U. S. people would
be wiped out.-
Saving Becoming a Lost Art
Constant talk of this sort in
the press and over the radio is
destroying the American habit
of thrift, substituting therefor a
spending craze. Before we heard
of Atomic Bombs, people would
get a mortgage for only about
60 per cent of the cost of a
house. Their ambition then was
to pay up this mortgage and have
the house "free and clear." Fur;
thermore, most mortgages were
written for a term not exceed
ing five years.
Now, as a bribe to voters, the
government offers or guarantees
credit so that a new house can
be mortgaged for 95 to 100
of the cost, with from . 20 to 30
years to pay the mortgage. In
just has ingenuity enough to
GET AROUND THE TROUBLE.
QPEAKING stiU further of
trouble, do you remember the
tale of the frog that jumped into
a milk can full of milk?
The frog was in a bad way.
' But
It didn't give up. It started
KICKING kicking being a part
of the nature of frogs. It kept
on kicking. It wound up sitting
on a lump of butter that its kick-
xhe moral is obvious,
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Inflation
view of the talk that "World
War II is inevitable although
it probably will not come for five
years people are reasoning as
follows.
"World War ni will wipe out -
both me and my house, then
I'll never have to pay the mort
gage. Or else the inflation com-
ing with or after World War III
will cause the value of our dol
lar to go down to ten cents. In "
that case, if the house and I con
tinue to exist, I can pay this
mortgage with these ten-cent dol
lars!" The same reasoning ap
plies to enjoying automobiles,
TV sets, washing machines, and
even luxuries now- on borrowed ':
money, rather than waiting until
World War ni when one would
have neither these things nor
the money, and would perhaps"
get killed to boot.
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry Now
Although the above is very
contrary to the way we older
people were once taught, yet.
it is the way young people are
now reasoning. I hate to admit
it, but it may be logical reason
ing under the terrible threat of
World War III. This threat our
boys .are today being fed by
their superior officers while in
army-training. . Surely, this is
the basic reason for the prosper
ity which I find today in New
York and the other 20 cities
which we are told are liable to
be destroyed.
In addition to the above eco
nomic reasoning, there is an im
portant political influence, one
which both Republican and
Democratic leaders' recognize
This is that in order to "stay in"
or "get in" office they must
have, or promise, full employ
ment and prosperity NOW. In:
order to give this to the voters,,
the government must supply
more credit, favor higher wages,
and make it easier for the voters
to buy without money houses,
automobiles, and anything else
they want. This means more in
flation. Since the great num
ber of voters are industrial
wage workers who are being fed
the scare threat that World War
III wiU come within five years,
do you blame them for their
shortsighted income reasoning?
Knoxville, Tenn. j(U.R) Mrs.
Shirley Campbell. Waggoner
sought a divorce today because
her husband, a minister, objects
to her watching television, wear
ing "barbaric" earrings and her
hairdo.
MONEY GROWS
quickly when invested here
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