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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) urn "Xverybody In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune Published Daily Except Saturday by aLbJJrUHJJ PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-8141 ROBERT W RUHL Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager X. C. FERGUSON Managing Editor ERIC ALLEN JR.. Citv Editor HAkRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor KXCMAKD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STAR CHER Society Editor EARL H. ADAMS. 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 By Mall In Advance: Per copy 10c. Diiilv and Sundav One vear SI 2. 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 650 Daily and Sunday inree dim 4ju Sundav Onlv One vear $3 50 Bv Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River. Talent ttnri on motor routes: "Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Dailv and Sunday erne montn io Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of JacKson county United Press Full Leased Wire MSMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OK CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: wrST.Hfii.l.inAV COMPANY INC Offirea in New York. Chicago De- mft Can Fmnrisro Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis Atlanta. Vancouver B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL I ASSOCIATION U W pinnia,-,n:.iita NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 194S rrt was Sunday) Medford Corporation sawmill to resume operations alter sins- Ing workers agree, to new wage Increase. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column:. The New Year was greeted here without any pandemonium or worse, but with many still short a calendar. 20 YEARS AGO . . Jan. 6. 1938 (It was Monday) United States Supreme court rules that Agricultural Adjust- nent administration unconstitu tional; opinion based on idea u "invaded states rights." George A. Andrews of Bell- view district namea mjcii"- tendent of county home Andrews to be matron. Mrs. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 1926 (It was Wednesday) Irving Berlin, composer, mar ries Ellin Mackay; honeymoon in Atlantic City, N.J. Billy Sunday accepts invita tion to conduct revival services in Ashland for about six weeks starting in June. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 6, 1916 (It was Thursday) From Eden Precinct news: A very pleasant community watch party and social dance was held last Friday evening at .Phoenix, nd about 75 persons spent a very pleasant time. Games for those who did not dance were played. Refreshments were serv ed at midnight. Music by Med ford talent was hired. From Local and Personal col umn: P. L. Whitman came into Medford today from Gold Hill at the rear end of a rope, his auto having refused to travel more than half way to this city from Central Point. What's the Answer? Can You Gel 4 of the 71 Copr. 1955. Editorial Research RepaH 1. Congress usually votes more or less money than the Administration asks for foreign aid, or about the same amount? 2. Which religious feast is ushered in by. Twelfth Night? 3. Most presidential annual messages in Congress since the founding of the Republic have or have not been spoken in per son? 4. Footballs are or aren't made of pigskin? 5. Sen'. Russell (Ga.), who got 268 votes at thg 1952 Democratic convention, says he is or isn't a candidate for the presidential nomination again, or hasn't de cided? 6. Alberto Gainza Paz is a fa mous editor of a famous paper in Madrid, Buenos Aires, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Paris or Mexico City? 7. The year 1956 is or isn't Leap Year? The answers: 1. Usually less. 2. Epiphany. 3. ' Most have noU 4. Aren't. 5. Isn't a candidate, 6. Buenos Aires. 7. Is. PASSENGER KILLED Marino, Italy (U.R) One -passenger was killed and 16 seri ously injured when a runaway street car hurtled V down a hill and into a brick wall Thursday night. The accident was attrib uted to brake failure. MAIL TRIBUNE ar1 rergte Downstairs the linotypes are clicking as usual, and the press is running also usual atmosphere today does not prevail. For after a gallant fight for over 6 long months against overwhelming odds, E. C. Ferguson, or "Fergie" as he was generally known, has been forced to put a "30" to his final copy after nearly 30 years of capable and faithful service as Managing Editor of The Maii Inbune. As a result the atmosphere of the organization up stairs and down is one of genuine mourning and sorrow. It is, for all, hard to realize "Fergie" has gone. A NEWSPAPER is essentially a business, like any " other business. It is a part of the profit system and must take m more than it some angel comes to the But it differs, w7e think, business concerns. That is as the years go by the "active press" takes on more and more something of the character of a family noft necessarily always a happy or entirely harmonious one but a family nev ertheless. bound together riding purpose, namely each day to getting out the and talents availaole, allow. THEREFORE, the death years, comes not only but as a loss of a more personal nature a highly regarded and needed member of the MT FAMILY is no more. I EST this develop into a "fering of the conventional type, it should be clearly stated that like most seasoned newspaper men, the lachrymose touch in what column was one of h erg s Ferg had strong feelings and sympathies, but he was not of the sentimental, it he was conservative, pitching and always had his feet very much on the ground. He was a practical, capable administrator and incidentally a shrewd judge of news values and an equally shrewd judge of people and business matters. v. . THOSE who mistook his kindly somewhat retiring manner, however, for the weakness of an "easy touch" were due for a rude awakening. Underneath that quiet and restrained exterior was a ready wit, a clever, biting come-back, and plenty of what certain fastidious commentators like to call "intestinal fortitude." (His old associates in the Legion and the Crater club would testify to this.) " "Fergie". never looked for trouble or a fight, but once in either, and he could be depended upon to give an excellent account of himself. His outstanding quality, however, we would place as "LOYALTY." The present writer knew more about this charac teristic than "Ferg" ever imagined. For in so many years of close association, some differences as far as editorial policy are concerned were sure to develop. But few outside of the immediate MT family ever suspected it, as far as Fergie was concerned. In his position as "second-in-command" he had to act often as sort of shock-absorber to protect the sanctum sanc torum from mob action. But he never complained, and he never failed to defend the ship and its commander even when privately he may have thought the indi vidual in the pilot house was charting the wrong course. As for "Fergie" the Mail-Tribune was HIS paper, in the strict Admiral Decatur sense of HIS country, and right or wrong, Ferg could always be depended upon to be in there swinging with both fists when any one in his presence, launched an attack against it. R.W.R. West Germany's Armed Forces' Start Seen As Best Good News By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The week's good and bad news nn the international balance sheet: The Good 1. The first army, navy ana air force men of what is to be a ... a 500,000 strong West German Streitkraefte striking force entered barracks. At the same mp as German officers and non-commissioned oficers arriv ed in the United States for train- ins and study. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who celebrated his 80th birth day yesterday, reaffirmed his determination to side with the free world despite any Soviet Russian threats. Maj. Gen. Jo- .seph S. Bradley, chief of the U.S. military aid mission to Ger many, announced that the flow of up-to-the-minute' tanks, guns and planes to the Streitkraefte will start in April. 2. The Sudan became an inde pendent republic after 51 years of joint rule by Great Britain and Egypt. The new free nation, with an area of 967,500 square miles and a population of 9,000, 000 in northeastern Africa was recognized by the United States and other countries. 3. The newly-elected Parlia ment of the Saar coal region elected Dr. Hubert Ney, a mod erate of the Christian Democrat ic party, as its minister-president or premier. But it was indi cated that France and Germany would succeed, ;in negotiations later this month, in reaching a friendly agreement on the Saar's immediate future. It Friday, January 6, 1956 as usual but upstairs the pays out or it can t-r-unless rescue survive. in one respect from most bv one common and over contributing their BEST best NE W bpaper that time of "Fergie" after all these as a serious business loss somewhat sentimental of- is known as the obituary most cherished aversions. emotional type. Far from restrained, always in there would remain economically tied to France. The Bad 1. France's parliamentary elec tion confirmed the worst fears of Allied governments. Neither the moderate right-wing coali tion of Premier Edgar Faure nor the moderate left-wing coalition of former Premier Pierre Men- 14 Polio Deaths Noted in Oregon Portland (U.R) The 1955 polio season in Oregon took the third highest toll in the state's history, the State Board of Health announced yesterday. Dr. Harold M. Erlckson, state health officer, said that although 1955 was one of the worst epi demic years in the state, there had been no cases of paralytic polio among any of the thousands of Oregon children receiving two or more Salk vaccine inocula tions last year. Dr. Erickson said 297 of the total number of cases were para lytic, terming the figure "well above" the average of one case of paralysis in every two cases of polio. . . The health officer also report ed that 1955 was the first year in which Oregon has reported no cases of diphtheria. He said the upward trend in infectious hepatitis was halted during the year with 1081 cases reported. There were 1821 cases in 1954. des-France won a majority. The Rehabilitation Described Hy Eied Cross Disaster Worker Rehabilitation work of , Red Cross in Rogue River and Shady cove was described yesterday noon at the monthly meeting of the Jackson County Red Crosi board of directors. A total of 170 families and businesses in Rogue River and 107 in Shady Cove were affect ed by the flood, according to Miss Josephine McNamara,' dis aster worker sent to southern Oregon from San Francisco Many others were affected in other areas of the county, she said, and 115. in Josephine coun ty. Eligible For Assistance Of the total, Red Cross esti mates Detween do and .75 per sons and businesses in Rogue River are eligible for Red Cross Communications Letters to the Editor must bear Che name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ox a pen name or initial for publication is pernus rible. 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. Defends Unions To the Editor: I get disgusted with remarks made by our sen ators in Washington about our union men just dirty. Every man and woman in U.S.A. in and out of unions, are getting better pay and working conditions by the Union. If we did not have Unions we would still be work ing 10 hours for $1. With my past 67 years in the industrial world I reaUy know a lot as came up the hard way, an or phan. A man I knew took me in to learn the woodwork of building all kinds of vehicles such as buggies and wagons for one year, pay $25, board, room and laundry. I was lucky. You had the chance to pay the boss 50c a day to learn a trade 62 years ago. Then big business got going, You. would have to work -in fac tory, all piece work. I learned the trade, build a vehicle, com plete factory, you just made one of the parts, still had to have your own tools, and work like you were fighting snakes 10 hours to make $1.25 to. $1.50 Then big business cut pay per piece," then it was hell to even make that, also raised the price to the public, made men work harder than ever. That is the time unions began starting. I quit carriage business from Ohio, got my $5 day jii. Minner sota. a millwright, then landed in Portland, Ore., Oct. 2, 1900 10 hours a day for $1.50. This state's bosses would have been glad to hang you if and when you used the word union. So much of this story is my experience from Canada to Mex ico. This coast was neii to worn in until we got unions. I could write many columns about the industrial world. I went . to school to study architectural en gineering, then I began t6 get better pay, but I must say for the 55 vears building, I have never had one of many hundreds of men, not one of my men, have been hurt on all kmds of build ings, except steel, and ships, as I designed all cabins on ships, and many buildings. There are not today in our congress any more lnteingenr men than we have in our unions. William Ross Sharp, 26 Portland ave. Medford, Ore. Communists gained materially. Pierre Poujade, who doesn't care whether he is called a Fas cist, won 51 seats in the 626 member National Assembly, There was talk In Paris that it might take five weeks or more to form a government. Then it would be a government .that could be overthrown at any time. The prospect is for a fur ther long period of French poli tical instability. 2. Continued tough talk by the Kremlin's top leaders hard ened the impression that there was little hope in the foresee able future for easing of tension between the Communist world and- the free world. Both Pre mier Nikolai A. Bulganin and Communist party leader Nikita S. Khrushchev had attacked the Allies at the meeting of the Rus sian parliament last week. Bul ganin followed up with state ments that the threat of war was increasing and that the Al lies were to blame for the arms race. 3. Attempts by France to crush terrorism in Morocco and Algeria got nowhere. French au thorities said rebel forces were entering Morocco from Spanish Morocco and that aid for the rebels in Algeria was coming from both Libya and Egypt. TO SEEK REELECTION Dallas, Ore. (U.R) Walter W. Foster district attorney of Polk county, said today that he planned to. run for reelection, ending speculation that he might be a Republican candi date for attorney general in the May primary. assitance, between 30 and 35 in Shady Cove, and 50 to 55 in Josephine county during the early disaster period, she said. Although no figures have been made public as to the amount the agency expects to spend on rehabilitation, Miss McNamara said there are "sufficient, funds to do the job here." Expenditures totaling $8,000,- 000 are expected in the three western states, directors were told, including $1,000,000 in Klamath, Calif., and $3,500,000 in Yuba City. She said of money spent five cents of each doUar goes for ad ministrative costs, 20 cents for emergency work, and 75 cents for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Work Miss MCJNamara, who is in charge of work in both Jackson and Josephine counties, said Red Cross now will - concentrate on rehabilitation work. Most fam ilies affected still are in an emer gency phase, with many still un able to get back into their homes. Demonstrating the rehabilita- !n the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This is written, on the morn ing of the fourth day of 1956 the year of the political big wind. Already the teletype is spitting out politics like a col ored boy at a Mississippi picnic spitting out watermelon seeds. HOUSE Democratic Floor Leader John McCormack savs he thinks the Democrats should sight their major investi gations this year on what he calls control of the government by big business. He adds: . "This administration is domi nated by Big Business, and think the public should know the extent to which Big Busi ness has taken over. HMMMMMM! Let's see. According to official statis tics of the U.S. treasury, people in the $3,000 to $5,000 income class pay over to the govern ment in taxes about 10 per cent of their average income and keep 90 per cent for themselves. Big shots in the upper bracket fork over 90 PER CENT of their income to the government and keep 10 per cent for themselves. Rugged, isn't it? . rpHE senate agriculture com -- mittee is meeting today on farm legislation. Democratic Senator John Sparkman predicts the Democratic majority of the committee will, come up with its own farm plan which, he says, will be based on restora tion of rigid farm price supports. But He adds "It will go a LONG way be yond that." That ought to nail down the farm vote. THE Democrats obviously have the GOP's scare on this farm vote business. The New York Times says this morning the Eisenhower administration is re ported to have a program to pay FARMERS NOT TO PRODUCE SO MUCH. The Times says congress will get next Monday an administra tion plan intended to reduce corn, wheat, cotton and rice crops by 20 per cent. Farmers who cooperate by NOT PLANT ING all their acreage could take their reward in cash or in government surplus of the crop they DIDN'T GROW, disposing of that as they see fit. I HOPE it isn't true. If it is true, I'm afraid I'll be tempted to buy a farm and let Uncle Sam pay me in cash in my little hot hand for letting it lie idle and grow up to weeds. I don't think that would be good for our national economy and I'm SURE it wouldn't be good for me. People need to WORK for what they get. T'D LIKE to interject here a lit 1 tle story that has just come off the wire Police in Formosa have caught up with a young Formosan who was fining cyclists on the spot for riding without lights. He was posing as a policeman in plain clothes, and when the cops nabbed him he had collected $15. - He has all the makings-of a modern politician whose mot to is never WORK if you can think up a racket to get out of it. v I N CLOSING Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy this morning renewed criticism of some of President Eisenhower's advisers includ- ng the President's brother, Dr Milton Eisenhower. McCarthy says the administration would have a much better record if it would get rid of the-Paul Hoff mans, the Harold Stassens and the Milton Eisenhowers. . A YEAR or so ago, McCarthy was a Big Bertha. Now he doesn't even rate as a pop-gun. So he's hollering bloody mur der about how BAD things are his idea being to get back into the spotlight, without which a politician is sunk. tion system, the disaster worker said the agency seeks to return all families to their pre-flood liv ing standard. Red Cross works with families to determine their -u:.i. oi living, including re sources, liabilities and disaster damage and listing what the family can and cannot do alone ; "No plan is good unless the family participates in it," she said. Cash grants are given those unable to sustain loans through other agencies. Local Economy Local economy is assisted by patronizing local merchants, in cluding lurmture and grocery stores, contractors, and other businesses. Families are allowed to select their dealers, after needs are determined through study of price lists. Aid is available as outright grants; maintenance costs, pur chase of food, furniture, and clothing; home repairs; construc tion; and almost any other item which will help return those hard hit to their former status She said, however, that it does not mean "replacing mink coats," but supplying warm ones A building .advisor is expect ed in the valley soon to help de termine cost of repairs to homes, Each application is handled on an individual and confidential basis, with workers being care ful not to refer a family to a government agency when it has not the ability to sustain further debts. Example of Action An example of the agency's quick action to return a com munity to normality, Miss Mc Namara reported, was setting up of two businesses m Rogue River immediately following the flood One small business man was given a $500 grant, although his application had not been com pletely processed and another was; helped through purchase of a truck immediately following the' flood. workers should encourage families in need to seek Red Cross assistance, according to the speaker, who declared that all have been "quite modest in expressing needs." Many do not understand the scope and speed with which Red Cross works, she said. "Vulnerable Sites" Asked why families are helped to finance homes rebuilt in the same vulnerable sites, the worker answered that "home is a precious thing, and no plan is good unless it is the family plan. '. ;r. Members of the board com mended Miss McNamara for her "exceptio nally outstanding" work in disaster relief and re habilitation work in Jackson county. She, in turn, paid tribute to men and women of the Red Cross, civil defense, courthouse staff, banks, press, radio and sur vey teams. Further commendations to the groups were made by Eugene Thorndike, chairman; executive secretary, Mrs. Helen Wilson, and vice-chairman of disaster re lief, Mrs. O. A. Eden. Mrs. Eden especially mention ed the work of civil defense di-. rector, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks, and other volunteers in the agency. Describes Work Mrs. Wilson, who has more than 5 years of Red Cross 'ex perience, said she had "never seen such an outstanding exam ple of working together." She also described the past two weeks' work in the Red Cross office, where 900 wires have been handled, each requiring personal verification by Red Cross personnel. Among volunteers and board members introduced were E. S. Strother, Shady Cove, mass care section chief; and Mrs. E. W. Seggessenman and Mrs. J. Rich Savings BEDFORD, , First Mortgage Share Loans Investments & Cash on Hand Furniture, Fixtures F Total Assets Members' Share Accounts Loans in Process Other -Liabilities Specific Reserves General Reserves Undivided Profits Total Liabilities ie -l 1 T"w"w' J ""'-- SURPRISING POLITICIANS, followers of Pierre Poujade, 34, anti-tax crusader, win 49 seats in French National Assem bly, further snarling national government. Mme. Poujade is wiping brow of husband after strenuous sveechflnternational) Babson Talks Chances Of I Ice's Reelection Washington The most im portant comment in my last week's Forecast for 1956 was this statement: "If no unfore seen event hap pens, President Eise n h o w e r will be re-nom inated, and re elected in 1956." I am no poli tician, but I do Boger W. Babson t0 be an honest statistician. Hence, first let me dispose of the question of age. The President will be 66 in 1956. This would make him 70 by the close of his sec ond term. His rivals, in both the Republican and Democratic par ties, say he is "too. old to run again." Yet, Warren of Califor nia is 64. Let us discuss first the possi ble Republican candidates. My first choice would be Vice Presi dent Nixon, who is an ideal man, at an ideal age of 42. Secretary of the Treasury George Humph rey, my second personal choice, is 65, but because of his success as a constructive businessman, I doubt if he could be elected. Next in order I would select Thomas E. Dewey, former gov ernor of New York. He probably is the ideal age, namely 53; but the party would be loath to nominate one who had been de feated twice, even though he is an excellent administrator. My fourth - choice would be. Secre tary .of State Dulles; but he is two years older than Mr. Eisen hower! The other active Repub lican aspirants are Senator Wil liam ' Knowland of California, 47, Presidential Assistant Harold Stassen of Pennsylvania, who is 48, and Governor Christian Her ter of Massachusetts, who is 60. Now let us apply statistics to the possible Democratic rivals. If the nominating convention were to be held this month, I am sure that ex-governor Stevenson of Illinois (55 years old), candi date four years ago, would get the Democratic nomination. If Eisenhower should not run again, Stevenson would have a good chance of election; but not against Eisenhower as a candi date. This is in my humble opin ion. As for Governor Harriman of New York, who is 64, he surely could be featured as a "male factor of great wealth" more than could Mr. Humphrey. Har- ard Bartus, Shady Cove Red Cross workers. Also discussed at the meet ing was the coming spring drive oi Ked Cross for Jackson county outside the United Crusade area. Sixteen fund raising teams have already planned for the drive. FIFTY-SIXTH SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT 1ST FEDERAL & Loan Association of Medford OREGON DECEMBER 31, 1955 STATEMENT OF CONDITION ASSETS '. Loans Securities and in Banks : & Equipment, less depreciation LIABILITIES .$176,427.81 . 16,559.79 An Institution Dedicated To Those riman probably never "earned a dollar in his life." He inherited his millions from his father, who was America's greatest railroad giant; while Humphrey started with nothing and earned his present wealth through develop ing coal, iron, and other mines. Let me say, however, that Harri man has probanly had the best training and experience for the Presidency of any possible Dem ocratic candidate. I have great respect for his knowledge and for his contacts in national and world politics. He is a "New Dealer" which would help him with labor and probably with the great American public. Sta tistically the country is. Demo cratic. Republicans slfeuld not forget this in their enthusiasm for Ike. Among others commonly sug gested, irrespective of party, are Kefauver (52), and Clement (35), both of Tennessee, Dirksen (60) of Illinois, Meyner (47) of New Jersey, Stratton (41) of Illinois, Meyner (47) of New Jersey, Stratton (41) of Illinois, Syming ton (54) of Missouri, and Wil iams (44) of Michigan. I will also add that Ex-President Tru man, at- 71, may be a candidate. So much for statistics. Consider Photography This is an age of photographs. The .successful magazines such as Life and Look are almost 85 per cent photographs. Television is 96 per cent, the movies are 98 per - cent photographs. Ike takes wonderful photos and- his smile alone is worth millions of votes. But, photo graphy is even used by us statis ticians to forecast conditions. We can often predict what a man will do by studying the "seng" in which he allows his photo to be taken. Consider the follow ing as evidence that Ike and Mrs. Dowd want to be in the White House four more years,; irrespective of what Mamie may want. If 'Ike did not want to run again, he would have been wheeled onto the airplane which took him from Denver to Wash ington, in a wheel chair. This would have helped him in his de sire for four years of quiet life at Gettysburg. But no, he ran up the airplane ramp like a young' colt and waved to the people. He did the same upon arrival at Washington and Gettysburg. The plan of his managers is to have the voters entirely for get his illness. Watch the photos of him from now on. They will tell the story. SHORTER HOURS ASKED . Eugene U.R) Firemen today were circulating petitions here to get signatures on a measure to cut, their work week to 56 hours. They now work 72 houVs a week. $2,447, S 1 4.52 5,000.00 143,300.00 220,944.92 2,654.92 .$2,819,714.36 .$2,532,746.33 92,892.33 . , 788.10 300.00 192,987.60 .$2,819,714.36 Who Save e
