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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. 17. 1948
(It was Thursday)
F. W. Cater of geological sur
vey arrives at Crater Lake Na
tional park to observe the lake
for signs of recurring volcanic
activity. '
20 YEARS AGO .
Jan. 17. 1936"
(It was Friday)
' Carrold J. Parker, Medford,
elected chairman of the Veterans
Allied Council of Jackson coun
ty. ! Residents of Elk Creek school
district to vote on bond issue for
$9,000 for building school; PWA
to furnish remainder of $12,000.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17. 1926
(It was Sunday)
. Medford Irrigation district of
ficials announce no more water
fyailable and set. Feb. 10 as last
day on whicn tnose aesiring wa
ter for next summer may apply.
John Beeson elected tempo
rary president of Medford Cen
tral Labor council at organiza
tional meeting.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17. 1916
(It was Monday)
C. E. Gates, E. T. Gardner,
W. C. Fritsche, Ernest Webb of
Central Point, C. P. Carpenter,
R. A. Miksche and C. A. Myers
elected as first board of directors
of Southern Oregon Poultry association.-
From Local and Personal col
umn: A force of men began work
this morning closing up the gap
between the completed Bullis
electric line on the west side
with that on the east side of the
city. The distance to be covered
by this work is about three
blocks. When this connection
shall have been made, the Jack
sonville cars will run to the east
end of Main street.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Repcel
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1. Members of the Church of
the New Jerusalem follow the
teachings of John Calvin, John
Wesley, Mary Baker Eddy,
Joseph Smith, Emanuel Swed
enborg, or Dr. Frank Buchman?
2. Basements are provided in
more than half, about half, or
less than half of all houses now
being built in the U.S.?
3. If a person with income of
$4,000 wins $64,000, on a quiz
program he or she must pay
about half, 65 or 80 of -it in
federal income tax?
4. The death rate per miles
driven is considerably higher or
lower on express highways than
on ordinary roads, or about the
same?
5. The Poujadists in France
demand lower taxes, freedom
for Morocco, stronger Army,
anti-U.S. foreign policy, or nat
ionalization of industry?
. 6. Which two of these states
lie east of the Mississippi: Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Mis
souri, Mississippi?
7. The Duches of Windsor was
first married to a man named
Warfield, Wallis, Simpson, Spen
cer or Jones?
The Answers: 1. Swedenborg.
2. Less than half. 3. About 65.
4.. Considerable lower. 5. Lower
taxes. 6. Wisconsin and Missis
sippi. 7. F. W. Spencer.
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It's His Policies Not McKay
It is somewhat disappointing to find some of our
favorite newspapers in Oregon joining the GOP press
at the wailing wall over the alleged abuse suitered by
Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay.
They don't dare attack the popular President, so
they pick on poor little "Doug." "Doug," who is new
in Washington, didn't realize what a "hot spot" he
was getting into when he accepted the Interior job.
In fact he should be getting bouquets instead of brick
bats, for he is as honest as the day is long, and doing
his best to serve the best interests of the administra
tion, etc., etc.
That is the general line of the defenders of the
Interior department.
W1
E HAVE heard no one question Secretary Mc-
Kav's basic honesty;
Nor in previous administration did we hear of any
one on the other side of the political fence, question
the honesty of two of President Truman's cabinet
members, Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes or Sec
letary of State Acheson.
But there were plenty of brick-bats thrown at both
of these controversial figures in the last Democratic
administration, and the same were not heaved at the
Democratic president.
This has been true ever since the Harding admin
istration and the reign of Secretary of the Interior
Fall, and will undoubtedly be true again, and again.
For that is the only sensible procedure, the blame
rests if there is blame not with the man who ap
pointed the officials, but with the officials them
selves, guilty of the misdeeds.
So these complaints about "picking on Secretary
McKay," instead of President Eisenhower, rather
than arousing sympathy for Oregon's former gov
ernor are likely to do the reverse.
.
AS before remarked, it is NOT Douglas McKay's
integrity that is at issue. In fact as far as this de
partment'is concerned we believe the man is entirely
honest and sincere, just as we believe his ideas about
democracy, conservation, and public power are honest
but entirely WRONG.
We doubt if there is anyone m trie present admin
istration who believes more thoroughly in Secretary
Wilson's dictum and its implications that what is good
for General Motors IS best for the people of the coun
ty, than Douglas McKay unless it be the Secretary
of Defense himself.
That is a matter of fact,
practical philosophy of accepted GOP doctrine.
And thousands in tact
abiding American citizens
SO GIVING tidelands oil
the country as a whole, as the Supreme Court direct
ed, was "good politics because it was good BUSINESS--
Handing over the power at Hells Canyon-to
the Idaho Power company instead of the government
for the benefit of the people was similarly good bus
iness. Secretary McKay's most recent "give away"
opening of wild-life refuges to mining prospectors
and oil company representatives, as well as 252 game
refuges is also good business why consider the dumb
animals or nature conservation wThen a few smart
operators could make more millions out. of the natural
resources formerly protected and conserved for fu
ture generations !
.
TTHE only fly in the ointment, as far as Secretary
McKay is concerned and the Republican party
for that matter is that
entirely honest and law-abiding citizens who do not
believe making money is EVERYTHING; who do be
lieve that the public welfare should be considered
before private profit, and who not only believe in
the conservation policites of Theodore Roosevelt and
a i .1 ti 1 i1
liittord .Finchot but are willing wnen tne issue arises,
to fight for them.
In short, the critics of Secretary McKay have no
personal grudge against the "little Secretary of the
Interior," no desire to "PICK" on him, impugn his
motives or question the
they JUST DON'T LIKE HIS POLICIES. Tney
don't like what he has done since he became head of
the important Department of the Interior, and what he
promises to do before he gets out.
It is no defense to call
unless all efforts by individuals to secure a govern
ment in whose policies they believe, instead of one
in which thev don't believe, is "playing politics."
' We don't believe even
Wilson wTould uphold that
Treasurer Reports
Record Balance
The largest balance in the his
tory of the Jackson county treas
urer's office was recorded yes
terday by Treasurer Karl Jan
ouch, when total resources
reached $5,010,632.56
Resources included time de
posits and savings accounts, S2,
497,377.87; county owned securi
ties, $32,406.38; securities owned
by other units, $19,310.45; and
cash in vault, $372.10. The re
mainder is on deposit in valley
banks and are allocated to va
rious funds and political subdi
visions. Janouch said the record
amount was in part due to larger
payments from O and C lands
and forest reserves, and from
taxes which are coming in rap
idly at this time.
The earth's orbit is such that
the sun is 3,000,000 miles closer
in January than in July. If the
sun's rays did not strike the nor
thern hemisphere more oblique
ly then, winter would be warm
er than summer.
Tuesday, January 17. 1958
the basic, and extremely
millions 01 good law-
believe it.
to a few states and a few
there are more millions of-
purity of his character
this "playing politics"
Secretaries McKay and
doctrine ! R.W.R.
Fuel Truck Drivers
Strike in Hew York
New York (U.R) Hope of a
quick settlement of the New
York city fuel truck drivers
strike appeared dim today.
The mid-winter walkout of
some 3,000 fuel truck drivers
has cut off 60 per cent of the
fuel oil supplies and nearly all
coal deliveries in New York city
homes, industries and commer-,
cial buildings.
Negotiations were resumed
late yesterday in New York city
hall, but the union . is said to
have held out for a 40-cent hour
ly wage package. Union nego
tiators turned down a 20-cent
offer from the 350 fuel distrib
utors.
END OF LINE
Augusta, Me. (U.R) The Och
manski family has been a fixture
in Cony High school. When Bet
ty Ochmanski, youngest of a
family of 10 children, graduates
in 1957 there won't be a Och
manski in the school for the
first time in 28 years.
Matter of Fact
THE COMMODORE SYSTEM
The remarkably smooth po
litical operators who are work
ing for the White House can now
wm-jVbtv"'Z he credited
with their
first major
success. They
have forced
Sen. William
F. Knowland
to change his
mind, at least
in part which
i s something
the courageous
Joseph Alsop
and decidedly obstinate Know-
land does rather seldom.
Only a very short time ago, the
California senator was still de
claring that even if President
Eisenhower deferred his second
term decision, the Knowland
name would be entered in all
possible primaries. But now the
Knowland name will not be en
tered, after all. in any primary
with a filing
date prior to
Feb. 15, which
is the day set
long ago for
the doctors'
final check-up
on the Presi
dent's state of
health.
In other
Stewart Alsop woras, o e n a-
tor Knowland has now had to
accept being quietly closed out
of the New Hampshire, Ohio, Il
linois and Alaska primaries.
Probably the list will also in
clude Minnesota, for Feb. 15, the
day of the President's expected
physical examination, is also the
last date for entering the Minne
sota primary.
The close-out of Knowland is
the result of two factors: the
President's over-whelming popu
larity, and the astute use that is
being made of that popularity by
the group known as the Commo
dore regency. The regents, whom
the President has deputed, to
handle his political interests this
year, are much the same men
who used to meet at the Com
modore hotel in 1952 to plan the
Eisenhower pre-convention and
campaign strategy.
rriHE principal veterans are Gen.
J- Lucius D. Clay, former Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey. Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Atty.
den. Herbert Brownell, Barak
T. Mattingly, Sen. James Duff.
and Thomas E. Stephens. Two
new members of tne etoud are
the President's chief of staff,
Gov. Sherman Adams, and the
chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee. Len Hall.
The active oolitical aeents of
the regency are Thomas Stephens
ana j,en. .iiail. Stephens - return
to law practice from a xilace on
the White House staff by no
means implied a departure from
politics. If anything, Stephens
has .been even more active than
Hall in setting up the Republican
convention delegations so that
they offer no toe-hold for Sena.
tor Knowland or any other po
tential candidate lacking the
blessing of the White House.
ine system used has been sim
plicity itself. Powerful and un
controllable local interests, like
Senator Knowland's friend. Sen.
Styles Bridges, of New Hamp-
snire, and the old Taft group in
Ohio, have been allotted shares
in each delegation to keep them
quiet. But the shares have been
very small indeed so small, in
fact, that Senator Bridges threat
ened a public fight for more
Bridges-owned delegates from
his state. '
fpHE Commodore regency has
-- been able to be so economical
with its sops because of the ma
gic of the Eisenhower name. Pro-
Eisenhower politicoes, like New
Hampshire's Governor Lane
Dwinelland the great new power
in Ohio Republican politics, Sec
retary of the Treasury George
M. Humphrey, have taken the
lead in organizing the. delega
tions m their states.
All the delegations - have of
course been pledged to Eisen
hower if he runs (with the extra
consolation for the Taft group in
Ohio that the Ohio delegates will
make Sen. John Bricker their
favorite son if the President does
not run). In these circumstances,
it would look like fighting Eis
enhower to fight the official del
egate slates. And the beauty of
it is that most of the delegates
will follow the commands of the
White House even if the Presi
dent is not a candidate again.
Senator Knowland only wants
a chance to test'his own strength
if the President is not a candi
date. He tried hard to arrange
tests in the states filing dates
prior to Feb. 15. But even Sena
tor Bridges had to warn him out
of New Hampshire.
Therefore the determined Cali
fornia senator is now saying that
he will wait until the time when
the President's great decision
was originally promised. But he
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is also saying that there will be
great indignation in Republican
ranks if the Commodore regency
try to make their system go on
working indefinitely, by per
suading the President to put off
his announced decision still fur
ther. KNOWLAND may well be con
cerned about this since it
now seems much more likely
that the President's great deci
sion will be delayed until March
15. If this happens, and if the
system of the Commodore regen
cy goes on working as smoothly
as ever, Knowland will then be
shut out of Wisconsin, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Flor
ida and Massachusetts. All these
states have primary filing dates
before mid-March. Maryland, In
diana, Nebraska, California and
the District of Columbia also
have filing dates prior to April
15, after that, only.Montana, New
York and South Dakota will be
left.
Altogether, it is quite a sys
tem. Knowland is still dead set
on bucking the system- some
where and somehow. But the de
velopments to date show that his
task will not be easy.
Copyright 1956, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.
By FRANK JENKINS
Farm problem slants:
Republican Sen. Karl Mundt
of South Dakota: "Farm prices
and farm income should get not
one but four or five' shots in
the arm from the new admin
istration farm program" (which
includes the soil bank" idea.)
Democratic Sen. Olin John
son of South Carolina: "I doubt
if the various administration
farm proposals (including the
soil bank " will work unless
we return to 90 per cent of
parity supports."
II IS a difference of opinion
dual, jjxajxco xHJCEj allU.
this campaign year of 1956 is
a hot political hoss race.
AS TO Senator Mundt:
.LI tt OllUba in tne aj.ui
that the American farmer needs
it's getting rid of overproduc
tion and getting back to a rea
sonably normal balance of sup
ply and demand.
There have been too many
shots in the arm.
AS TO Senator Johnston:
amount to SUBSIDIZING OVER
PRODUCTION. That's What
we've been doing for years, and
it's responsible for most the mess
American ' agriculture is in.
"DETWEEN now and next No
vember you'll hear a lot of
bushwah about the farm prob
lem. If you are to keep the
situation clear in your mind, you
must remember this: Not only
is there a farm problem. There
is a political problem.
The farm problem is to get
agriculture back to a sound and
normally profitable basis
which will take quite a lot of
time. The political problem is
to GET VOTES RIGHT NOW
in 1956.
The solution of the farm orob-
lem is a job for STATESMEN.
The quickie political job calls
only for politicians.
IN A talk to the Portland City
of McMinnville, who was chair
man of Oregon's delegation to
the White House conference on
education, told his hearers that
in this opinion this country
should be very cautions indeed
about entering into any pro
gram for federal aid to schools.
He told his hearers that he
personally opposes the principle
of federal aid, but concedes that
in view of the heavy increase
in the number of school chil
dren,, with its accompanying
problem of providing enough
schools, the national government
might have to step in with help
for construction of schools in
distressed areas. He said that
almost all the conference deleg
ates who favor federal aid want
it without federal control. He
himself thinks that federal aid,
if granted, should be for only
a limited time.
But
He added
"I doubt if this can be done."
T SHARE his doubt.
Let's put it this way:
Suppose you have a hamburg
er stand, but haven't money
enough to equip in the way you
think it ought to be equipped
to handle a growing volume of
business. Suppose you go around
to a better heeled friend and
suggest that he dig into his
more ample pocket and provide
you with the cash you need for
expansion.
I think you'll find that as long
jn the Day's News
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address of the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use oi a Den name or
initial for publication is permis
sible The Mail Tribune reserves
the right to edit all letters with an
eye to clarification and condensa
tion Letters submitted for Dublica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
Biological Literacy
To the Editor: Imagine a
teenage entomologist finding, on
a tree trunk, a very rare beetle
Then as he moves to capture it
with his right hand, he spies
another species, equally preci
ous. Then up trunk a third, dif
ferent from either but also
MOST desirable. To secure this
third, he excitedly pods No. 1
into his mouth. The coleoptera
resents said jailing with an
acrid discharge. Our youthful
scientist soits out the bitterness.
mourns the loss of two of his
three prizes.
The tale is recorded in that
boy's autobibgraphy now re
told, almost a century later, by
his granddaughter, Lady Nora
Barlow. Said young man was
Charles Darwin. His enthusiasm,
his careful observation attract
ed attention, saved him from
becoming a square peg in a
round hole. He was destined
to be neither physician or
clergyman. He became the most
powerful philosopher in biology
since Aristotle, 2,000 years ear
lier. The out-of-doors can be so
used to educate kiddies that
biological illiteracy will be re
duced. If once we obtain in
America absolute biological lit
eracy, as did Iceland with read
ing and writing, our country will
eventually have lawmakers with
clearer vision. We have only had
two presidents really educated
In biology Jefferson and Theo
dore Roosevelt. Writer has had
much to do with social service
legislation, both at Sacramento
and Washington. Lack of srasn
of the fundmental principles of
biology which affect human life
is appalling at both lawmaking
centers.
C. M. Goethe
Seventh and J sts.
Sacramento 14, Calif,
Why Holler Smear?
' To the Editor: I have been a
resident of Medford and Ash
land for 29 years. I am reg
istered Republican in Jackson
county.
The Al S a r e n a mine was
known to natives of southern
Oregon as the Buzzard mine, and
I am sure that quite a few na
tives know more about the mine
than all the politicians do, so
why hot investigate this right
on the property? The natives,
be they Republicans or Demo
crats, will tell the truth,, and
there are qualified, mining en
gineers in this district that can
analyze all minerals in this mine
' I have taken the Mail Tribune
since 1926. I think the general
public should know the truth
about this mine. I have . been
around and over this mining
property. It is located on Elk
creek. There are several people
along the Rogue and in Prospect
know this property.
Please print this so the people
of Oregon will know the truth,
A good investigation of this will
put a lot of Republicans and
Democrats right. Why holler
smear before the investigation
has been made?
Ray Linn
60 Fifth St.
Ashland, Ore.
How Stupid?
To the Editor: Now that the
flood waters have made their
annual pilgrimage to the ocean,
taking billions of doUars with
them in soil erosion, property
damage and human lives, I see
where the irrigation districts in
the vaUey are raising the price
of water to the ranchers. This
is only adding insult , to injury.
as .your friend has his money in
the business he'll want quite a
little to say about the way it
shall be run. It will be the same
way with federal aid to the
schools. As long as the federal
government puts up the money
it's going to have a lot to say
about the running of the schools.
It's easy to talk about federal
aid for the schools for a limited
time, but I'm pretty sure that
once the federal camel gets its
nose under the flap of the school
tent it will STAY IN. THE
TENT.
FRED
BRENNAN
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Editorial Comment
MILITARY SERVICE
To the young man graduating
from high school the future these
days often appears uncertain.
What shall he do? Go to work?
Go to college? Or should he get
his military service out of the
way first?
From a statistical point of
view, it seems that it would be
wise to take his tour of military
service. Otherwise it quite pos
sibly will interrupt whatever he
undertakes.
Recent reports indicate that
before he is 26 years of age he
will be called to military service
unless he voluntarily enlists in
one of the many fields of mili
tary activity. Experts in the De
fense Department estimate the
odds are that 7 out of 9 qualified
young men will be put in uni
form sometime before they reach
their 26th year. ,
The young man can enlist in
any branch of the regular serv
ice and complete his military
obligation. But the National
Guard and Reserve units in his
hometown are looking for young
men to fill out their comple
ment. They are having trouble
keeping up to strength because
many young men mistakenly be
lieve their chances are good of
escaping military service.
By joining one of these reserve
or National Guard units the
young man can train for mili
tary service while staying at
home after a minimum of 6
months active duty. These local
units should be quite attractive
to the high school graduate. Any
way he figures it, he will have
at least 5 years' military obliga
tion and he should consider it an
honor. Eugene Register-Guard.
How long are these tillers of the
soil going to take this kind of
hokum?
Billions for defense but not
one cent for flood controls,
seems to be the battle cry. May
be organizing the farmers into
one vast union with a man like
Walter Reuther at the head may
solve the problem. At least it
would give the farmers the whip
hand at election time, which
seems to be the only weapon the
politicians understand and re
spect.
I'll be criticized for writing
this, but before you pass judg
ment on me, get in your car and
take a drive to Yuba City, Calif.,
or along the Rogue river be
tween Medford and Grants Pass,
Yes, and go on up north on High
way 62 to McLeod. I've seen all
these places and believe me it's
not a pleasant sight, when it s so
needless.. How stupid are people
going to get to let these things
happen year after year, and then
we claim -wejre the richest,
strongest and smartest nation in
the world I wonder?
I don't believe there's any one
in Washington sm&rt enough to
find the state of Oregon on the
map. This includes Secretary of
the Interior Douglas McKay.
Roy N. McKee,
111 Renault ave.,
Medford, Ore.
Salvage Sale For
Klamath Timber Set
Yreka A total of 14,500
000 board feet of salvage timber
in the middle fork of the Hum
bug creek area of Klamath Na
tional Forest will be offered for
sale at an oral auction here at
2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18.
It will be the largest sale of
salvaged timber ever made by
the Klamath National Forest
service. The timber is part of
about 85,000 acres which burn
ed over during Labor Day week
fires last September.
Appraised value of the timber
is $176,625, plus a timber stand
deposit for planting new trees of
$43,000. Written bids were to
have been received by today.
Most of us are reluctant to
face unpalatable truths. That
sensitive spot on our molar is
probably just a temporary irri
tation; that twinge of pain in
the region of the heart will no
doubt go away if we give it
time. Too many of us put oft
seeing our dentist or consulting
our physician for a periodic
check-up. Similarly, possibility
of early death is an unpleasant
fact that we try hard not to
think about. Yet only two cate
gories of people can afford to
disregard such a contingency
those who have no dependents
and those who have made,
through life assurance, sufficient
provision for their loved ones
against the chance of untimely
death. If you cannot conscien
tiously claim to be in either of
these categories drop me a line
telephone.
CHARLES E. JONES,
Local Agent
Phone 2-9772
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY OF CANADA
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to destrvy, miwr t&mfr
wJudi rested tfo waids
test Jwpejor peace .
A great soldier tells the
stirring story of his battles
...including one lie lost to
Sec'y ot Defense Wilson
Now, for the first time in
this week's Saturday
Evening Post General
Matthew B. Ridgway tells '
what really happened in
Washington during his
two years as head of the '
Army. As Chief of Staff,
. Ridgway had to keep si
lent on certain matters.
But since his recent re
tirement he's free to speak
as a private citizen.
Ridgway tells how he
was forced to cut nearly a
third of the Army's man
power at a critical time.
And tells how he was sub
jected to pressure when
he tried to make a formal
protest.
He reveals why Presi
dent Eisenhower's '54
State of the Union mes
sage came as the biggest
shock in his life !
He shows why politics,
rather than military ne
cessity, is shaping the
size and strength of our
forces. He tells, step by
step, how politics and pol
iticians are jeopardizing
our fighting power.
'He explains why atom
bombs and even the latest
atomic artillery haven't
replaced the foot soldier.
And he shows how the
present overemphasis on
air and sea power is leav
ing us wide open for
another "Korea."
Don't miss Ridgway's
side of the story told
with great frankness. He '
mentions names and re
creates conversations that
were held behind closed
doors in Washington !
Get your copy of the
Post today and read "My
Battles in War and Peace"
by Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway.
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The Post salutes its patron,
founder and first editor,
born 250 years ago this
week, with words and
pictures in this issue of
The Saturday Evening Post.
Out today on all newsstands
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