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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
Jan. 11. 1946
(It was Friday)
"William H. Fluhrer elected
president of Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Wonders
never cease. Recently upstate, a
Juvenile was caught driving an
auto that was not stolen.
80 YEARS AGO
Jan. 11. 1936
(It was Saturday)
O S. Walden to be installed
noble grand of Medford IOOF
lodge, and Faye Ackley to be
Installed as noble grand of Olive
Rebekah lodge. ..
Rainfall totaling 3.60 inches
iince Jan. 1 sets new all-time
high record for precipitation
during first 10 days of year.
80 YEARS AGO
Jan. 11. 1926
rrt. was Mondav)
Fish and Four Mile lake irri
gation reservoirs show increase
in water storage over same time
last year.
Tour MoHford vouths arrested
for having hard cider wine in
their possession.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 11, 1916
at was Tuesday)
Voters go to polls in city elec
tions; small number of ballots
cast.
From Local and Personal col
umn: The hours of sunshine
each day will be lengthened by
38 minutes this month. In Feb
ruary the hours between sunrise
and sunset will be lengthened
by 53 minutes.
What's the Answer?
Can You Gel 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research RepeH
1. Both branches of Congress
usually convene at the same
hour, which is 9 a.m., 10 ajn. 11
a.m., noon or 1 p.m.?
2. The race horse Nashua was
recently bought by a syndicate
for an even million dollars, or
less or more than a million?
3. Clare Boothe Luce, ambas
sador to Italy, was once U. S.
Senator, U. S. Representative,
itate governor, city mayor, or
minister to Luxemburg?
4. The Farm Bureau . Federa
tion, largest organization of U.
S. farmers, is officially for or
against flexibility in farm price
supports?
5. The proportion of Negroes
in the U.S. population is rising
or falling considerably, or stay
ing aboirj; the same?
6. "Track!" shouted by a skier
does or doesn't mean the same
thing as "fore!" shouted by a
golfer?
7. Which Republican leader
with an eye on the 1956 presi
dential nomination was a news
paper publisher before getting
public office?
The answers: 1. Noon on most
days. 2. Somewhat more than a
million. 3. U. S. Representative.
4. For flexibility. 5. Staying
about the same. 6. Does. 7. Sen.
Knowland (Calif.)
DIVORCE COMPLAINT
South Bend, Ind. (U.R)
Mrs. Imogene V. Lowe testified
in a divorce petition that her do-it-yourself
husband trimmed the
toenails oner pet parakeet and
the bird lost so much blood it al
most died.
MAIL TRIBUNE
On Progress & Taxes
What's ahead for the city of Medford in 1956?
No one knows, for sure. But there are some things
that can be predicted with reasonable certainty.
First of all, perhaps, will be a continuing question
of where to get the money to perform all the services
and construction needed by a growing city, the people
of which have come to expect high standards of city
administration.
There is, to begjn with, a healthy amount of money
necessary to continue operation of the city on the
levels of the past. But, with the growth the city has
enjoyed, more will be needed.
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WE WERE interested to note that in Mayor Earl
Miller's first-of-the-year message to the council,
he listed a system of arterial streets and off-street
parking as the No. 1 needs of the city.
The mayor, as he and the councilmen well know,
wasn't talking about peanuts. Streets cost money, and
so do parking lots, particularly if they are to be locat
ed where they will do any good.
As anyone who visits downtown Medford can at
test, parking is a real problem and it concerns all
motorists and not just downtown merchants, although
there is some support for the idea that the major bur
den of it should be carried by the ones that benefit
the most, namely, the merchants.
AS FOR arterial streets, all needed is a cross-town
drive to demonstrate how traffic has slowed down
in the past few years. This is simply a case of more
automobiles using the some street system as . in the
past. The only thing that will ease the congestion will
be new crosstown streets to get us from here to there
more rapidly and with a minimum of irritation.
The situation at present is not exactly insupport
able. But the situation of the present is not the situa
tion of the future, and if population and business
keeps increasing at its present rate, it won't be long
before the problem will be getting across town at all
let alone slowly.
17HILE we agree with the mayor that the street
" parking question is of major importance, our
own choice of the No. 1 problem would be that of
sanitation and sewers. Involved here is health life
and death, if you will rather than inconvenience
and delay.
Medford, as we have stated repeatedly, has a
stake in the development of sanitary standards in
the immediately-surrounding fringe area, and in the
annexation of those sections which cannot solve the
problem effectively on their own.
We supported the last big annexation proposal
(which was defeated) and we are supporting the
present one, which will come up for a vote next Mon
day. There are many reasons tor our support, but the
question of sanitation alone is a sufficiently impelling
one.
.
"WER the past half-decade or so, we have gained
the distinct impression that the city of Medford
is not throwing money around carelessly. Members of
the citizens budget committee, who have no axes to
grind, are keeping an increasingly sharp eye on spend
ing proposals, and are reluctant to approve those
which are not to the best interests of the community
as a whole.
With this in mind, we, as voters, are going to have
to make up our minds whether we want the city to
continue its program which will cost money; or
whether we want to starve the services on which we
depend because, admittedly, they cost considerable
sums of money.
Taxes federal, state, county, school district and
city are pretty high now, when you add them all
together. They are going to stay that way, too, for a
while. And they are going to go up, one way or an
other, if we are going to get the things which, as
citizens, we know deep down we are going to have
to have. E.A.
Why The March of Dimes? '
Jackson county's first case of poliomyelitis (in
fantile paralysis) was recorded this week.
Last year there were five cases. How many there
will be all together in 1956 is in laps of the gods.
But there is hope that within a few years polio will
! go the way smallpox has
the .National Jb oundation tor Infantile Paralysis, more
than any one factor, will be able to claim the credit.
MOW we do not have unalloyed admiration for the
National Foundation. Some of their policies we
feel to have been unsound and unwise. We believe
that the big mixup over the Salk anti-polio vaccine
last year was largely the fault of the foundation and
its promotional activities.
But there is no getting around the fact that,
through its local chapters, the foundation has, lit
terally, given life and hope to thousands of sufferers;
that its research programs have paved the way for
the eventual eradication of the diseases and that
these two phases of activity have been supported
by the dimes and dollars of a publicconvinced of the
overall worth of the endeavor.
"THIS all leads up to the fact that the annual "March
of Dimes" is again underway this month.
"Polio Isn't Licked Yet" is the slogan and it is
accurate. A great deal remains to be done before
polio vaccination becomes routine and universal. And
even then, polio vicitims of the past and present will
continue to need the assistance only we can give them
through the March of Dimes. E.A.
THE RAINS CAME
New Britain, Conn. (U.R)
The city ordered a new rain
guage for the Shuttle Meadow
reservoir after the old one was
put out of commission by too
much rain.
Wednesday, January 11. 1956
gone. If this comes true,
MANY DAFFODILS
Ripley, Tenn. (U.R) Mrs.
Walter Padgett, called the "Daf
fodil Lady," started growing the
plants 20 years ago to "get out
in the sunshine," and now grows
1,600 varieties.
Communications
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is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves vhe right to edit all letters with a
view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must
not exceed 400 words.
Mrs. Lyman Supported
To the Editor: May I take this
opportunity to commend your
paper for the straightforward
manner in which it has reported
the unfortunate action taken by
our state welfare office in the
dismissal of Mrs. Blanche Ly
man. Hats off, too, to our local
commission for their immediate
action in making public their
feelings regarding her loyalty
and personal integrity. I feel
that both actions will have far
reaching effects in counties
throughout the state.
I have attended many state
welfare conventions with Mrs.
Lyman and have noted with
pride the instances in which her
advice and sound judgment was
sought. Her administration of
the Jackson county office was
cited as an example to follow.
Judging from the calls, local and
long distance, the letters and the
number of people who have
voiced their concern, that re
spect has not been lessened.
Rather it would indicate the
strength of the support of those
who respect and admire her.
Mrs. Lyman was on the board
that first worked to establish
the Nursery School in Medford
during the war years. Although
it has been a privately owned
business for the past 11 years,
I have had many occasions to
consult with her. Her interest
and helpfulness have continued.
With this, as with so many or
ganizations, she has given much
time and effort. To cite a few
I might mention the Juvenile
Advisory council, the Jackson
County Council for Children
and Youth, the Child Guidance
Clinic, and Civil Defense.
May her good works continue.
I trust many others will take
the time to express their appre
ciation of her friendship and to
assure her that this has only
served to strengthen their faith
in her integrity.
Ethel Tennant, Owner
Medford Nursery School,
Medford, Ore.
Editorial Comment
'FERGIE' WILL BE MISSED
By the death Thursday of E.
C. Ferguson, managing editor of
the Medford Mail Tribune for
more than a quarter of a cen
tury, the people of Jackson
county have lost one of their
most valuable citizens, and civic
workers.
"Fergie," as he was known to
his many friends at home and
throughout the state, was not
only a newspaperman of the
highest integrity, but, until ill
ness overtook him, was an un
tiring worker in the civic field.
A veteran of World War I,
"Fergie" was active for many
years in veterans circles.
Jackson county has one of the
most efficient historical societies
in the entire state, including the
museum in the old county court
house in the original Jackson
county seat and one-time state
metropolis, Jacksonville.
Much of the credit for the
Jackson county accomplish
ments in this respect goes to
Ferguson, both as an individual
and as a local editor. It included
prevailing, upon the Jackson
county electorate to vote a coun
ty tax to make the Jacksonville
venture a reality.
The deceased newspaperman
first became acquainted with
the field in which he made his
mark, as an Associated Press
telegrapher in the days before
the teletype replaced the man
at the telegraph key. He had
served for years in that capac
ity, in the Mail Tribune office
before quitting that service to
assume the post he held until
his death.
"Fergie" was one of the first
newspapermen this writer met
upon coming to Oregon. Our
similar occupations brought us
together on numerous occasions.
The thing which impressed us
most about the Medford man
was the serenity he displayed
on all occasions, even when
pressing for objectives in which
he was most vitally interested.
We extend our sympathy to
the widow who shared Editor
Ferguson's life for more than
45 of his 64 years.
Grants Pass Courier
OLD TIMER
E. C. Ferguson, who died in
Medford last week at 64, was a
member of a disappearing race
the old time Morse telegra
pher turned newspaperman.
Managing editor of -the Medford
Mail Tribune for nearly 30
years, he was widely recognized
as an astute commentator on
problems of local government.
"Fergy," as he was known
after he dropped the names
"Everett Carl" that his parents
had given him, got into journal
ism via Western Union in the
days before the teletype and the
teletypesetter made Morse code
only a picturesque memory in
newspaper city rooms. From
Western Union he went to the
AP and thence to the Mail
Tribune.
In the words of somebody.
"They just don't come like that
no more."
Eugene Register-Guard
Fun on 11 Cents
To the Editor: Just to keep the
record straight, re the "terrible
pre-union times" per William
Ross Sharp of 26 Portland ave.,
in the M-T Jan. 6:
My pay as a teen-age appren
tice machinist in the "gay-nineties"
was 11 cents per hour, giv
ing me $6.60 for 10-hour day
weekly pay, $3 of which went
for room and board.
Those glamorous Sunday
mornings when Will LaDue, my
bed and board pal, and I strolled
out on the avenue, gleaming patent-leather
shoes (less than $2 if
you knew how and where to
buy), fancy socks (10 cents)
pridefully disclosed now and
then, celluloid collar with silk
en four-in-hand (25 cents for
both), wind whipped up from a
fancy vest and shirt (SI or less)
bisected with a gold chain (heavy
plate) with watch ($1.50) and
best girl picture in locket. Fancy
straw on our slicked down hair
(35 cents) plus perfume, com
plete with carefully tended and
pressed suit ($8 to $10). Pretend
ing to window-shop at a windy
street corner but getting a
breath-taking lift of a pretty,
trim cotton stockinged ankle that
the owner seemed a little bit
slow in hastily hiding.
Five cents for a ham-sandwich
or same for a loaf of bread, 15
cents for bologna and sour pick-,
les with a dab of butter, and
away we swayed, we had our
girls on a 5 cent picnic street
car ride to the park. Or for $1,
if well known to the liveryman
as easy drivers, we could have
a horse and buggy ride to some
quiet lake and a boat for 15
cents, then home in the evening
with a big 5 cent ice-cream soda
and goodnight.
Today, we do work less hours
but worry far more in trying to
make a go of it. Union labor de
mands ruled so high in construc
tion costs that our taxes were
doubled this last fall, forcing, us
to the most stringent economies.
These same demands have elimi
nated the hired-man, so the
farmer turns to machinery. But
the constant demands of "more
money" are pricing it and re
pairs out of his reach, bringing
the No. 1 headache to our presi
dent and advisers.
Worse, if possible, an arc
welder tells of his union's re
fusal to accept his friend's union
card as he is fast, does too much
per man-hour. So, he and his
family must go hungry or sur
render his pride of accomplish
ment. Our senators, all of us, are
becoming greatly concerned
with the incessant demands of
our power labor unions.
F. J. Clifford,:
1211 West Main St.,
Medford, Ore.
What About Bridge?
To the Editor: I would like to
bring to your attention condi
tions surrounding the Netherland
bridge washout.
Since the bridge washed out
the people up here have been
walking out and driving out in
four-wheel drive Jeeps on a mile
and a half of mud road that by
passes Big Butte creek. Today
when I called the county en
gineer, he informed me that even
four-wheel drives were getting
stuck. How well I know this.
Last week when a friend came in
to take me to town in his Jeep
we got stuck to the running
boards.. My friend walked to a
neighbor's who had a larger
four-wheel drive who came to
pull us out. He got us out but
in the process got stuck himself.
They were until 1 p.m. the next
day getting his truck out.
About the only way we can
get out now is in a high wheel
tractor. Our neighbor takes his
two boys out each morning this
way to meet the school bus and
to pick them up in he afternoon.
Another neighbor has had to
move out in order to get to
work and so his child could get
to school.
It would be very rough to try
to get someone out to a doctor.
. When I was out . last week I
went to the county engineer's
office. He was out but they in
formed me that the bridge would
not be rebuilt until next spring.
They said they were waiting to
get a right-of-way from some
one in California. There is al
ready an old county right-of-way
that is shown on the maps. .
They also informed me that
they were doing everything pos
sible. If what they are doing is
everything possible, I am getting
worried because it doesn't look
like they will do anything.
After talking to the engineer
today it doesn't look as they
even know what they are going
to do, much less when they are
going to do it. Maybe he will
figure it out while in Florida.
Ralph Herzog, .
Star Route, Box 37, t
Trail, Ore.
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12 TABLETS 10
Baghdad Pact Dispute Viewed
As Setback of Western Hopes
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The' United States and Great
Britain have suffered quite a
setback in the Middle East.
It looks as if
they have got
to review their
entire . policy
in the area at
the eastern
end of the
Mediterranean.
The grave
anti - Western
riots in Jordan
have seriously
weakened the
Charles McCann
Middle Eastern Treaty Organi
zation the so-called Baghdad
Pact which the United States
and Britain sponsor.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Sy
ria, the leading members of the
Arab league, has won a corres
ponding victory.
It is a victory in which Sov
iet Russia, now conducting a
vigorous campaign of penetra
tion in the Arab countries, share.
For a while, the Baghdad Pact
was going strong. Its formation
and development constituted a
distinct Western victory in the
cold war.
Turkey and Iraq were the ori
ginal members. Britain, Paki
stan and then Iran joined it.
The United States associated
itself with it.
The alliance resulted in a
chain of defense of free coun
tries along the southwestern bor
ders of the Soviet Union. The
Kremlin denounced it angrily.
Pact Extended
Then Britain decided to ex
tend the pact by including Jor
dan, presumably with American
approval.
Both Iraq and Jordan are
members of the eight-nation
Arab league, which was formed
in 1945. The league is now dedi
cated to joint opposition to the
new Jewish state of Israel.
Arab League members did not
like it when Iraq first' allied
itself with Turkey.. They liked it
even less when the pact was ex
tended. When Jordan agreed to enter
the pact, it came into direct con
flict with the unity of the Arab
League. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and
Syria, the three leading mem
bers of the league, were bitter.
Anti-pact sentiment in Jordan
exploded in anti-Western riots.
There are strong indications
that the riots,; which broke out
last month and have broken out
anew, were partly due to Egyp
tian and Saudi Arabian influ
ence. Jordanian Communists
aided.
It is now certain that for the
foreseeable future Jordan will
ICY REPLY
. Muncie, Ind. (U.R) A
woman driver rolled down a car
window to tell the truck driver
in the adjoining lane his truck
was on fire and smoke was
pouring from the back. "Dry ice,
lady," was his explanation.
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not enter the Baghdad Pact.
Hence the victory for the Arab
League and for the Kremlin.
The Long Wait
What is to be done about it
remains to be seen.
British Prime Minister . An
thony Eden is due in Washing
ton Jan. 30 to visit President
Eisenhower and Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles.
It is reported in London that
Eden will make a strong bid to
get the United States to join di
rectly in the Baghdad alliance,
In The Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, President
Eisenhower has just sent to the
congress a special message on
the farm problem and what to
do about it.
The MAJOR problem, he says,
is the SURPLUS.' He adds:
"The attack on the surplus
must go forward in full recogni
tion of the fact that farm prod
ucts are not actually marketed
when delivered to and held by
the government. A GOVERN
MENT WAREHOUSE IS NOT A
MARKET. Even the most stable
commodities can not be added
forever to government granaries,
nor can they - be indefinitely
held. Ultimately, the stockpiles
must be USED."
TTIS MAJOR recommendation
-"for reduction of the present
surpluses in the "soil bank"
plan, which has already been
hinted at.
The soil bank plan plus min
or devices he names in his mes
sage would be aimed, he says,
at using present price-depressing
crop surpluses to REDUCE
CROP OUTPUT. Farmers who
helped cut back production
would be offered government
surpluses as COMPENSATION.
That is to say:
He proposes to give the pres
ent surpluses to farmers IN
LIEU OF NEW PRODUCTION.
PRESUMABLY, this is the way
it would work:
If you are a grower of wheal;
or corn, or cotton, or rice, or
peanuts, or any other crop preS'
ently in surplus you would be
paid to keep your land out of
production. You would take
your pay IN TRADE that is, m
wheat or corn or rice or cotton
or peanuts or what have you
now stored in government ware
houses.
SOUTHERN OREGON and Far
Northern California are vi
tally interested in what will be
done with this land that is taken
out of production. If it is put to
crops that WE GROW NOW
such as barley, potatoes, grass,
grass seeds, etc. we will be
seriously hurt. We have already
been hurt along that line. This
soil bank proposal COULD hurt
us even worse if it results in
putting more land elsewhere
into these crops that are our
basic reliance.
I
THINK we can all agree that
as the first step toward solu-
save does make a
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and thus help to strengthen It.
But another issue is involved
the steadily-intensifying en
mity between the Arab countries
and Israel
ii the United States and Brit
ain can find a way to get the
Arab countries and Israel to
make peace, the Baghdad Pact
situation will settle itself. But
the Arabs and the Israelis are
still formally in a state of war
six years after they concluded
a set of armistice agreements,
and no solution is in sight.
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tion of the farm problem we
must reduce and eventually get
rid of the surpluses. As long as
they exist and keep on growing,
they will hang like a dark thun
dercloud over the markets of the
future.- .
How shall we get rid of them?
There are three ways:
1. Sell 'em at a price people
will pay. 1 ;
2. DESTROY them and peo
ple won't stand for that.
3. Give them away.
As a choice of evils, Ike's pro
posal to give them to farmers in
payment for new production of
crops already in surplus might
be the least evil. But, so far as
our Southern Oregon-Far North
ern Calif ornia area is concerned,
we are going to be primarily in
terested in what will be done
with the land that is taken out
of production.
THIS we must remember:
In addition to the farm
problem, there is a POLITICAL
problem. This is it: If the GOP's
don't do something about the
farm problem the Democrats
will. So far, about all the Dem
ocrats have been able to think of
is still higher guaranteed prices,
for farm products thus adding
STILL MORE to the surpluses.
That is the problem the Pres-'
ident faces.
It's quite a problem.
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