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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 11, 1945
O (It was Tuesday)
Miss Nina Tuttle of Medford
wins county Victory Queen con
test; leaves for Portland and
state contest.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: An epi
demic of colds now sweeps the
"nation, and people are warned
"not to try and wear them out."
Frequently, the cold is apt to
last longer than """they do, the
doctors point out.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 11, 1935
r0 (It was Wednesday)
TSeely Hall, soneof Mr. and
Mrs. Court Hall, Medford, pro
moted to assistant vice-president
of Untied Air lines with head
quarters in Chicago.
Fred Heath Jr., Fred W. Schef
fel and A. H. Banwell in Port
land confering on possibilities of
getting $400,000 from WPA for
Medford airport improvements.
30 YEARS 9vGO
Dec. 11. 1925
(It was Friday)
Two Jackson county jail pris
oners escape; captured by Sher
iff Jennings near Gold Hill later.
Ceiling in Medford city hall
caves in following adjournment
of council; no injuries reported.
40 YEARS AGO "
Dec. 11. 1915
(It was Saturday)
From Butte Falls Bubbles:
The town election was held this
week. R- Baker was elected
mayor, Ray Parker, recorder;
H. D. Mills, R. Spencer, S. M.
Clevenger, councilmen.
Rpv Harrv E. Tucker presides
at meeting to discuss possibilities
of organizing a YMCA in Med
ford.
What's the Answer?
r.Hn Von Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Rep
1. Of all regular college grad
uates these days about 10, 20, 30
or 40 per cent go into teaching?
2. President Eisenhower wants
the 1953 immigration act on ad
mitting refugees made tighter,
more liberal, or left alone.'
3 An unmarried mother finds
it msv nr hard in most parts of
tfa country to have her baby
adopted without going through
lengthy procedure?
4. Which one of these is not a
sign of the Zodiac: Caprieornus,
Cassius, Leo, Libra, Taurus?
5. About 50, 60, 70, 80, or 90
per cent of all U. S. families own
an automobile?
6. The Tangier area of Moroc
co is under French or Spanish
rule, or is independent, or is
under international protection?
7. Annie Oakley was famous
as a social leader, advocate of
votes for women, pistol shot,
mistress of a French king, or
dress designer?
Thg Answers: 1. About 20 per
cent. 2. Made more liberal. 3.
Easy. 4. Cassius. 5. About 70 per
cent. 6. I&ernaiional protection.
7. Pistol shot.
CATHOLICS CELEBRATE
Buenos Aires, Argentina OJ.R)
Tens of 'thousands of Roman
Catholics Thursday night attend
ed a mass in hoogr of the Virgin
Mary on the feast day of the
Immaculate Conception, one of
the religiouV holidays banned
under the Peron dictatorship.
MAIL TRIBUNE
How About Our Timber?
During comparatively few years, the timber crop
in Jackson county has in cash value to the community,
surpassed all other crops including pears which not
so long ago led the list. In fact today the annual tim
ber income is placed at $?2,000,000, far ahead of the
total value of our horticultural and agricultural pro
duction combined in short it is now the leader and
corner stone of local prosperity.
Needless to say if this income were materially re
duced, the effect on the business economy of this sec
tion of the state, would be extremely serious.
' Yet according to our information from reliable
sources at the present rate of consumption instead of
over 30 mills being in operation 8 to 10 years hence,
we will be lucky to have half as many, there might
be only half a dozen although most of them would
probably be the larger ones.
In other words it would seem that timber conser
vation is a topic like the weather a great deal of talk
about it but very little actually done.
.
"1X7HAT is the answer? Will Southern Oregon as far
' as timber is concerned go the' way of the north
west in general, and districts that were once humming
with industry become deserted ghost towns, because
the crop that should be permanent, has because of
greed and the lure of the almighty dollar become a
transient one?
We shall have to leave the answer to those better
informed about the timber problem than anyone in
this department. But according to the Roseburg News
Review the problem in Douglas county is almost
indentical with that in this county, and Charles V.
Stanton the editor of that paper believes things are
not as bad or as hopeless as they appear to be to
many.
Here is his conclusion, quote :
It is not a pleasant thing to have to say, but any realis
tic analysis of the timber industry indicates that many Ore
gon mills are doomed to elimination. Such has been the
history of the industry in all producing centers. Only a
small percentage of the mills once found in Oregon's pine
belt dperate today. The upper Willamette Valley has but
a fraction of its original number of mills. The mortality
in Lane County has been great in late years. Here in Doug
las County we have dropped some 50 mills from the all-time
high.
BUT the general economic outlook is not 'as dark as it
might appear from the foregoing. A decline in primary
manufacture is followed, in the normal course of events,
by secondary manufacture, which brings about an increase
in employment. In many sections of the Pacific Northwest,
where primary manufacture is almost non-existent, payrolls
from industries utilizing wood as the basic material are
higher than ever before. So, we have little to fear in the
matter of over-all economy, despite reduction in the total
number of primary units.
TJERE in Douglas County, however, we have opportunity,
Vif we properly manage our great resource, to retain the
majority of our efficient mill operations. Our present in
stalled capacity is around one and one-half billion board
feet annually. By obtaining proper balance between re
moval of timber from private and federal lands, doing a bet
ter job of utilization and extracting all possible values
from salvage timber, by re-logging, and other processes,
we can support on a sustained yield basis a capacity of at
least a billion board feet annually, and probably more.
To achieve this desirable situation, however, we need a
vastly, improved system of access roads, realistic inven
tories, better balance in harvesting timber from private and
public lands and closer utilization of salvage and sub
standard logs. Failure in any of those departments will
speed mortality of mills and will push the industry toward
monopoly by a comparatively few operators, as has been
the history elsewhere,
R.W.R.
What "Is " a Demagogue?
Some weeks ago Senator Morse called the ad
ministration's national highway bill a "bankers bill."
He preferred the Gore bill, which, instead of be
ing financed by the sale of bonds through the banks,
would be financed by the government directly.
For taking such a stand the usually tolerant and
judicious Salem Statesman calls Oregon's senior Sen
ator a demagogue, and a cheap one at that.
AS THIS term "demagogue" is probably going to
be used more generally, promiscuously and inac
curately in the coming presidential campaign than
eVer before it might be a good idea to determine,
before the shooting really starts, JUST what a dem
agogue is.
i
10 The Century dictionary defines the term as fol
lows: (i1 "An unprincipled political agitator, one who seeks to
attain political power, or the furtherance of some sinister
purpose, by pandering to the ignorance or prejudices of the
. populace." '
As a perfect example of the demagogue thus de
fined, there was the late Senator Huey Long of Lou
isiana, and of today, Senator Joe McCarthy of Wis
consin.".,. ;t,Y Both these men made a business of dealing in un
truths and halftruths, so they could deceive the vot
ers, and by appealing to the latter's prejudices, fears
and passions, make political profit for themselves.
N
OW Senator Morse "may be a number of things,
, and will undoubtedly
opponents in the approaching campaign, but he is not
a demagogue. The use of the term "bankers bill" re
garding the Eisenhower highway proposal does not
justify in any way the use of the term. Why?
Because :
This .bill as distinguished from the Gore bill will
be handled by the private banks,-give them a hand
some profit to which they would be entitled but
roads would cost the taxpayers in interest charges
and principal many times as much as wrouId be the
case if a "pay-as-you-go" plan were adopted, and
federal credit used.
. As the "Statesman" points out the bonding bank-
Sunday, December 11. 195S
be called even more by his
Matter of Fact
THE ASWAN DAM AND THE
KABUL STREETS
Washington The United
States, with Great Britain and
Egypt, will soon embark on just
about the
greatest engin
eering project
since the build
in g of the
pyra m i d s. A
firm decision
has now been
made to build
the great As
wan high dam
rn n a TTrnOT
Nile.
Joseph Also The dam is
a really exciting undertaking.
It will back up a huge lake three
times larger than any other man
made body of water in the
world. When it is completed
which will
take 15 years
the dam will
irrigate more
than two mil
lion acres of
now arid land,
and it will sup
ply cheap pow
er for the
industrial i z a
tion of Egypt.
It will, in
Stewart AUop short, trans
form utterly the economy of the
Nile Delta.
The whole job will cost about
$1.3 billion. The Egyptians
themselves will pay the labor
costs in local currency, but they
will need between $400 and
$500 million in foreign ex
change, to buy earth-moving
equipment, dynamos, and the
like. The International bank
wiU put up some $200 million
of this sum, while the Ameri
can government win pick up
the tab for most of the rest,
with the British supplying some
needed sterling.
Thus the cost to the American
tape-payer is not breathtaking.
But the decision to go ahead
with the project is nevertheless
highly significant, in terms of
Eisenhower administration pol
icy. The decision is a direct re-
ing system has been used usually: in extensive road
construction by the states, including Oregon, and
as the hard surfaced roads in theory at least are
supposed to serve the people for several generations,
a certain injustice WOULD be involved if the entire
financial burden were to be assumed by one.
DUT that is not the point we wish to make. The ad
" ministration measure may be preferrable to the
Gore bill or it may not their relative merits are
not at issue.
; What is at issue is the condemnation of Senator
Morse as a "demagogue" in his approval of one meas
ure and his definition of the other as a "bankers bill."
Apparently that term "banker" is what aroused
the ire of the Salem paper and induced its accusation.
Why should it?
The administration measure IS a bankers' bill,
and the Gore bill isn't, what is wrong with pointing
out the facts?
The essence of demagoguery is willful deceit and
deception. Also utter lack of sincerity, and integrity.
It is NOT dealing in facts, even if the speaker
happens to be presenting those facts against the bank
ing interests and in favor of the people.
But as this use of the term by the Statesman indi
cates, it is the prediction of this department that be
fore the presidential campaign ends, that term "dem
ogogue" is going to be hurled at the head of any as
pirant for any office who will dare to maintain that
he is fighting for the return of a government of, by
and for the people, and the retirement of a govern
ment of, by and for Big Business.
He may be mistaken in his diagnosis. But if he is
sincere in that belief and offers facts and figures to
sustain it, he is not a demagogue and there is nothing
demogogic in his approach R.W.R.
Senator "Know Nothing"
We are getting a little more than disgusted with
some Republican politicians, especially of the ilk of
Sen. William Knowland of California, who are be
coming quite insistent that President Eisenhower
reach a decision on whether he will seek another
term.
Last weekend, after a visit with Mr. Eisenhower,
Senator Knowland told reporters he felt that Mr. Ei
senhower had not reached a decision, and then added
that it would be "helpful" if the chief executive
would do so soon.
Senator Knowland is one of a number of Repub
licans who would like to wear the presidential garb,
but we think his eagerness in pressing Mr. Eisenhower
for an immediate" decision is in poor taste to put it
mildly. ,
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THERE is no mitigating the fact that the president's
heart attack was of a serious nature, but appar
ently he has made an excellent recovery. His physi
cians have indicated that they will not give him a
full report on his recovery until late January or early
February, which will allow time to see how Mr. Ei
senhower stands the strain as he picks up, from day
to day, larger portions of the duties of his office.
While millions of Americans would welcome word
that Mr. Eisenhower would run again, they do not
want him to do so at the risk of his life. They are
quite content to await the medical report, even
though it may be some weeks away.
Seems like some of the politicians could do like
wise. Ashland -Tidings.
By Joe and Stewart AIsop
sponse to a Soviet challenge.
When the Soviets made their
arms deal with Egypt, they also
made a vaguely worded but al
luring offer to build the Aswan
high dam for the Egyptians,
which worried American policy
makers even more than the
arms deal. And although the
International bank was consid
ering the dam project before the
Soviets stepped in, there is no
doubt that the decision to go
ahead was spurred by the Soviet
offer. '
BUT THE decision on the As
wan dam is also a part of a
much larger decision. The dis
pute within the Administration
between the "Four H Club" and
"The Young Turks" has. been
well-publicized. The "Four H
Club" members are the conser
vatives, who supposedly want
to keep foreign aid at or below
present levels. "The Young
Turks" want to respond to the
new Soviet technique of offer
ing arms and money abroad by
a new, expanded, and rede
signed foreign aid program.
In principle, at least, "The
Young Turks" have won the
argument. The issue went to
the President last week, at the
National Security Council meet
ing. The President ruled that
the new Soviet challenge must
somehow be met. It remains to
be seen, of course, how this
presidential decision in prin
ciple will be carried out in prac
tice. But it certainly means a
hard new look at the whole for
eign aid program.
It is time for such a new look.
Take, for example, the sad, cau
tionary tale of the streets of
Kabul, capital of the smaU, poor,
but strategicaUy important state
of Afghanistan. The Afghanistan
government had its coUective
heart set on getting the streets
of the capital city paved with
asphalt dirt roads were below
the dignity of the capital. But
the American aid experts stern
ly ruled that there were no
sound reasons for paving Ka
bul's streets, which were tra-
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Mathematics Problem
.To the Editor: Wayne Morse
has another shocking revelation
of the Eisenhower giveaway
policy. What about the party he
embraces? We would like him
to figure out this problem in
mathematics, not counting giving
to Russia whole nations, and
North . Korea to Communist
Ch;na, just figuring taxpayers'
money given away because of
bungling mismanagement, with
out any tangible returns.
Figure the cost of the Korean
war, in lives and money, the
Berlin airlift, resulting from not
providing way in and out by
proper authorities. Forty cents
per ton to John Lewis on top of
highest wages ever paid are
now pricing the industry out of
business; oil and gas coming
from north and south, as sub
stitute. Bonus-causing .surplus,
to farmers now costing millions
to taxpayers just for storage,
after blueing and destroying
potatoes. Reduced value of dol
lar, robbing old people of half
their savings and insurance,
more than doubling the cost of
living and defense. Now add up
the cost to taxpayers by the
Democratic administration, and
substract the amount from what
Eisenhower has given away to
date, after giving him credit for
what he saved by not taking the
Democratic President's tax
schedule.
The result will demonstrate
the truth about the Eisenhower
policy. Please show this result
to AvereU Harriman. He seems
to be in distress over the mat
ter. Of course if your plan works
Eisenhower's giveaway policy
wiU be saved. If your plan fails,
these three dams on the Snake
river will be built without cost
ing the taxpayer one cent, and
the taxes they pay will help tne
versed largely by donkeys and
pedestrians.
INSTEAD, they ruled, a dam
should be built in the hinter
land. At this point the bitterly
disappointed Afghans asked the
Russians if they would help
pave Kabul's streets. The Rus
sians instantly agreed, paved
the streets, and threw in an as
phalt factory into the bargain.
The Soviet investment in Af
ghanistan is a fraction of the
American investment, and the
dam certainly makes better ec
onomic sense than the paved
streets. But the Afghans did not
much want the dam and they
did very badly want the paved
streets. And Afghanistan is in
real danger of becoming a Sovi
et satellite.
Or take the story of a certain
district in Italy, during the elec
tions a couple of years ago. As
a sort of test case, especiaUy
large amounts of American aid
were poured into the district,
with a maximum of hoopla. The
sudden injection of money up
set the economy of the area, and
the hoopla was apparently re
sented. The Communist vote was
far higher than ever before.
rjTHIS is not to suggest that
- foreign aid is useless, un xne
contrary, the President is cer
tainly right that the Soviet
challenge must be met, and the
Aswan dam is an excellent start.
But the United States has got to
stop acting like a stern govern
ess, who always knows what is
best for her smaU charges, and
who expects to be thanked for
teUing them. The purpose of
fgoreign aid is not sentimental,
or even economic, but political.
This is a lesson the Soviets
do not need to be taught. It is
a lesson a lot of American ad
ministrators and experts badly
need to learn, now that the So
viets have directly challenged
us in an area we had always
thought was an American mon
opoly. Copyright 1955,
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
Navy Calls Off Search
For Missing Aircraft
Honolulu (U.R) The Navy
has called off an unsuccessful
search for seven fliers missing in
the crash of their P2V Neptune
patrol bomber.
The Navy abandoned hope of
finding the men Friday and re
caned two search planes which
had been scanning the area west
of Kauai Island.
The illfated patrol bomber
crashed Wednesday night dur
ing low altitude maneuvers with
a group of submarines. Three of
the 10 crewmen were saved.
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:
1 Corinthians 13:1-13.
overburdened taxpayer support
our government.
There was no giveaway about
the tide lands, the states owned
them. Unscrupulous rogues were
merely trying to steal them.
Ira C. Jones
2325 Stewart ave.
Medford, Ore.
She's Mad
To the Editor: Can someone
teU me what is the matter with
the people in this vaUey of ours?
Ask the Red Cross Blood Bank
what I mean: I have just re
turned from my fourth trip to
give blood; before that I didn't
qualify for physical reasons. I
have considered it a privilege to
donate my little pint of blood so
that someone could have an
emergency transfusion, or a sol
dier could be kept alive to re
turn to his family.
Surely, in this area of some
3,000 people there are 250 or 300
who can give blood.
Today there were some 175
donations. Do you think that
sounds reasonable? I don't.
Frankly, I'm mad. Sure it was
raining. But did that stop people
from Christmas shopping? No!
Yes, you were too busy, but you
had time to drink coffee with the
neighbor for 30 minutes this
morning. Oh, I couldn't get a
babysitter. They have lovely
Grey Ladies who will be glad to
watch Junior while you are doing
your share. I can't get off work
in time; most bosses will be hap
py to let you leave for the short
time it takes.
Now be honest. You don't have
a leg to stand on. So get out of
a rut and do your share. It might
be your child that gets polio, it
might be your brother overseas,
it could be your son in a car
wreck.
Let's act like Americans and
do our share.
Mrs. Earl KeUey,
P. O. Box 86,
Central Point, Ore.
Analyze Reasons
To the Editor: Most of us com
plain about the high taxes we
must pay to every level of our
government but seldom try to
analyze the reason for them.
As we demand more services
there must be more public serv
ants employed to perform these
duties. We shift the duties of
running our government to our
elected and appointed representa
tives and forget aboutj them.
Some of us vote and for others
it is too much bother; Too sel
dom do we inspect the record.
To enjoy the privileges of a
truly free America we must be
constantly alert to insure that
our elected and appointed repre
sentatives perform their duties
impartiaUy and to the best inter
est of us as citizens.
In most cases our election of
government officials places in
office persons who dedicate their
efforts to the proper and satis
factory performance of the re
quirements of their office, but
occasionaUy we select those who
are incompetant and partial to
the small group responsible for
their selection.
When we select, or have select
ed for us, persons to perform
any duties of government we
should insist that they be from
among the recognized top mem
bers of their trade or profession
and who have risen, through
their ability, above the necessity
of being partial.
Dan F. Krotz II,
Chairman for
Community Service,
Steelhead Post, VFW,
. Shady Cove, Ore.
Cultural Efforts
To the Editor:, It is very grati
fying to be included with the
other persons whose paintings
were displayed at tne fudhc
library. I feel that the manage
ment is doing a forthright thing
since our efforts are cultural in
intent at least.
I feel honored and happy to
have been included.
Clifford Platz,
1512 Wilson place,
Medford,. Ore.
Christmas Verse
To the Editor: Here are some
verses that I thought would fit
in for Christmas for your Tri
bune. Birdella Norris
145 B st., Apt. 2
Asland, Ore.
FOR CHRISTMAS
I have just been wondering
mother
What I could get for you.
I would like to give you some
thing
That you will" cherish, too.
Something to make you happy
When the day seems long;
Something to give you pleasure
Since Dad vis gone.
Think it over, mother,
And you will let me know.
I'm a Httle late this morning
So you see that I must go.
Mother did not answer.
She sent note which, read:
"Presents I ask from no one.
"Just give me your love instead.
"Love is the light which shineth
"When the day is spent.
"Love is a priceless treasure
And it does not cost a cent."
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
A local family drove south
last week. As they crossed the
state line, mother said to small
daughter:
"We're in California now."
Small daughter looked won
deringly around and replied:
"We can't be. This looki
just like our country."
A reliable source informs us
of a predicament a couple of
city police officers found them
selves in recently. It has not
been reported previously, pre
sumably due to -modesty on tp
part of the officers.
There was a report of a pos
sible safe-cracking under way
at a local business concern. The
officers dashed there in response
to the alarm, and as other offi
cers covered front and rear,
these two mounted the roof to
make sure the miscreant would
not escape that way.
It appeared that the suspect,
if any, had fled. And when the
officers came to getting off the
roof, they found, because of the
excitement, that they couldn't
remember how they got up.
They were stranded.
A ladder truck from the fire
department eventually came to
their rescue. '
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A staff member wrote a
brief article last week con
cerning an increase in ' the
number of bad checks being
passed in Medford. Two days
later the same staff - member
took a small check into a gro
cery store and was informed
he couldn't get it cashed. Why '
not? The store owner bad just
read the article in the Mail
Tribune stating that bad checks
were on the increase, and he
wasn't taking any chances.
The . state board of health,
among other things, also keeps
track of all births in the state,
and issues birth certificates if
and when they are needed. Its
duties also include issuing certi
ficates for those whose birth
were not recorded at the time,
and often this involves collect
ing evidence in support of the
facts of the time and place of
birth such things as baptismal
records, entries in family Bibles,,
and so on.
Too, they sometimes take evi
dence from members of the fam
ily, or even from the certificate
seeking individual himself.
The staff reports that their
favorite bit of supporting evi
dence, which sadly enough did
not prove conclusive, was. this
statement: . ;
"I remember this birth date
because mother's favorite pea
cock died of malnutrition." t
Early this week city police
received a call from someone '
who complained thai a duck
was loose in an alley between '
West Second and Third sis. .
at North Fir si., and was ere-
aling a disturbance by quack
ing loudly. An officer was dis
patched to the alley and found !
a large white duck, "quacking
violently." The owner of the -noisy
fowl was located and :
he' promised She officer he
would put an end to ihe quack
ing. The police report did not
state how he intended to do .
it, but we have a hunch it
- might well have been via the
dinner table.
Don't police officers live in
teresting lives?
Ward B. Spatz, prominent
Medford farmer and fruitman, is
a first cousin to General "Tooey"
Spatz. In their youth, the boys
used to play together, and Ward
tells about the time they were
in a hay loft in a barn wrestling.
Ward managed to get Tooey to
the edge and pushed him off.
The future Air Force command
er fell the 8 or 10 feet to the
ground, got the wind knocked
out of him and, it" developed
later, broke an arm. But, Ward
declares, he picked himself up
and, broken arm or not, climbed
doggedly back up into the loft
with blood in his eye. Ward says
he didn't wait to be pushed
he jumped.
Ward also has a theory why
his cousin went into the armed
forces; says he wasn't smart
enough to be a farmer.
Eugene Thorndike, former
bank vice-president, chairman
of the county Red Cross chap
ter, distinguished citizen and
man-of-af fairs, was spotted last
week making a mad dash into
Main st. traffic at the risk of
life and limb.
He rescued an object and
carried it triumphantly back
to ihe curb, brushing it off
on the front of his coat.
The object? It was a Davy
Crockett coonskin cap which
a strong breeze had whisked
from the head of a passing
youngster. Gene returned it
to the owner, and strolled on.
Mme. Sun Yat Sen To
Visit in India
New Delhi, India (U.R) Mme.
Sun Yat Sen, vice president of
Communist China and widow of
the "father" of modern China,
will arrive here Dec. 16 for a
three week visit as guest of the
Indian government, it was learn
ed Saturday.