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History from the -files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27. 1946
(It was Sunday)
Sound recording equipment
installed at Crater Lake to help
determine if there is a recur
rence of volcanic activity.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Next Satur
day is .Ground Hog Day. It is
not a national holiday, so the
banks and barbershops will not
close up. nor a record number
of auto accidents occur.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27. 1936
(It was Monday)
' From Side Glances: J. H.
Fletcher, Kiwanis president,
after political discussion at meet
ing: "Well, I feel sure that none
of you. know how to vote after
that."
January rain total of 6.67
inches thus far sets new record
here, 4.29 inches above normal.
30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27. 1926
(It was Wednesday)
Oregon National Guard an
nounces that infantry troops will
hold summer training at Camp
Jackson, near Medford, this year.
Advance publicity agent for
San Carlo Opera company ar
rives in JVIedford to make ar
rangements for performance here
March 1.
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27. 1916
(It was Thursday)
MedfordHigh school has best
chance it has ever had for the
state basketball championship;
meet Roseburg next week end. .
From Local and Personal col-
umn: County Judge Tou Velle
Tin a recovered from an attack of
appendicitis sufficiently to break
..the doctor's orders and attend to
business.
STILL ON JOB
Hartford, Conn. (U.R) Ar
thur Lathrop still commutes
daily to a bank where he started
working at the age of 58. He's
now 88.
What's the Answer?
1. "Interposition" is a move
ment in the South for better
football teams," more winter
tourists, the open shop, less cot
ton growing or keeping public
schools segregated?
2. About 40, 55, 70 or
85 of the nation's farms have
automobiles?
3. The European leader due in
Washington about Feb. 1 is
Eden of Britain, Mendes-France
of France, Khrushchev of Rus
sia, Adenauer of W. Germany
or Franco of Spain?
4. A girl of 18 needs her par
ents' consent, to marry in most
0 states; right or wrong?
5. The Railway Express is
owned by U.S. railroads, the
American Express Co., private
stockholders, or the U. S. Post
Office?;
6. A silver oak leaf on an
, Army uniform signifies a cap
tain, major, lieutenant colonel,
colonel or major general?
7. Which member of President
Eisenhower's original Cabinet of
1953 died several months ago.
The answers: 1. Keeping
schools segregated. 2. About 70.
3. Eden. 4. Wrong. 5. U. S.
railoads. 6. Lieutenant colonel.
7. Martin P. Durkin, once Sec
retary of Labor.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Random Thoughts
The Portland police chief has equipped a squad
of men with sawed-off shotguns and other weapons
in an attempt to put an end to a number of recent arm
ed robberies. Albany and Corvallis have had several
recent crimes of violence, and hardly a day goes by
but what we read of new ones. Is this a "crime wave"?
Or is it simply a statistical rise in crime resulting from
the fact that there are more people about? We suspect
the latter.
(Interesting note: In 1915 or thereabouts, the
Mail Tribune had a "standing head" it used frequ
ently on Page 1 which said "Today's Robbery.")
JL J& J it.
It was recorded here recently that there is a move
' ment under way to obtain approval for the naming
of a state park after Ex-Gov. Os West, who, more
than any other man, is responsible for the fact that
Oregon beaches are forever public property. The Ore
gonian, the Oregon Statesman in Salem, the Eugene
Register-Guard, the Salem Capitol-Journal, the Al
bany Democrat-Herald, and the Astorian-Budget so
far have indicated their approval of the idea.
The Astoria paper goes further, making the de
finite suggestion that the newly fcrmed Fort Stevens
Coff enbury lake park, near Os' old home town of
Warrenton in Clatsop county, bear Governor West's
name. It says : , '
It was acquired by the state only last year and has as one
of its main assets a long stretch of the same beach which
Ex-Gov. West obtained for permanent enjoyment. Why not
name it after a distinguished citizen whose family has lived
nearby for many years? ' ,
All it would take would be a simple vote of the
highway commission, and, precedent or no, this would
appear to be a special case where the action is not
only justified but most appropriate.
Every once in a while we run across something in
- one of the other Oregon newspapers which gives
us pause, and a chance to be thankful to some far
sighted Medford citizens of some years ago.. The one
that caught our eye this week was a headline in a
Salem paper which said :
"Bigger Salem Water Supply Recommended;
Engineers' Report Places Cost at 3.7 Million."
Medford, with what is probably the best water
supply in the state, also has an ample one, sufficient
to sereve all foreseeable needs for years, to come.
H
ow many of use know
many, we'll wager. Yet
who presumably do know that thousands of them are
constantly shooting through (that's right through)
us each day. The nutrino is the theoretical offshoot of
nuclear processes we don't understand. But the nu
clear physicists do, or think they do.
This isolated tidbit of information is only one of
thousands which pop up constantly to remind us of
the gap between the knowledge and understanding
of the layman and the highly specialized scientist.
We are indebted to an upstate paper for a quota
tion frnm Dr. Alhp.rf. Schweitzer, the missionary-
philosopher-physician-musician who, the paper de
clares, many people insist is the greatest man now
alive.
- The quotation: "At 20 you have the face which
God gave you; at 40 the face life gave you; at 60 the
face you deserve."
i - ,
A
cheering report comes from the headquarters of
tVio T?nmiQ Vallo-o- Mpmnrinl TTnsrnt.al fund drive
campaign, to the effect that it is hoped the job of
raising money for the hospital can be completed in
another week or ten days.
This doesn't mean that the job is done. But it
does mean that -it can be done, and soon, provided
those who plan to contribute do so when called upon,
and those who by inadvertence are missed by the
drive's workers will let their desires be known.
It would be good news to hear by the first week
in February that the necessary funds are on hand.
. -
"Those who have been studying the situation regard-
ing property taxes in Jackson county are com
ing, closer and closer to the conclusion that what is
needed is a completely new look at the tax structure,
with the legislature doing. the looking.
The fact is that a whale of a lot of things enter
the picture, making it excessively complicated.. These
include market value, true cash value, normal condi
tions, assessment, appraisal, ratios as applied to real,
personal and utility properties at both the state and
county levels, budgets, overlapping of taxing dist
ricts, and a hatful of other factors all of which have
bearing on how big our tax bills are,
Because of this, very few people can figure out
what their taxes are, or what they should be, without
devoting long hours to personal investigation.
The thought comes to mind "Need it be that
complicated?
Our desultory campaign against new cars that are
longer, lower and more powerful is getting no
where. Pretty soon, we fear, the driver will have to
lie down to get into 'em. E.A.
Benson Asks for Time
Johnstown, Pa. (U.R) Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son said' today he would ask
the Columbia Broadcasting" Sys
tem for television time to correct-
an "overall erronious im
pression" of farm problems
presented on the Edward R.
Murrow program.
A spokesman for the agricul
ture secretary said Benson criti
cized films on Miirrow's nation
wide telecast from Johnstown
Thursday night as "not giving
a clear picture" of the American
farm problem. He said Benson
Friday, January 27. 1956
what 'a nutrino is? Not too
we are informed by men
To Reply To Murrow
would ask CBS for : time to
reply.
Murrow presented a series of
films on farmers' woes through
out the nation." Murrow said
"there is not a whole problem
but rather whole lot of them."
CLIPPERS AMOK
Omaha (U.R) Patrick J.
Pate filed a S909 damage suit in
district court against barber N.
Dean Moaf ee because Moaf ee
"failed to keep control of his
electric clippers" while cutting
Pate's hair. The clippers injured
the back of Pate's neck.
Evidence of 'Return to Spirit
Of Geneva' Tops Weeks' News
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's' good and bad
news on the international bal
ance sheet:
THE GOOD
1. Russia's two top leaders
indicated that the Kremlin might
be seeking a return to the
"Geneva spirit" of relaxed ten
sion between West and East. Pre
mier Nikolai A. Bulganin sent
what the White House caUed a
friendly personal letter to Pres
ident Eisenhower. It was re
ported that Bulganin suggested
new negotiations on such issues
as disarmament and German uni
fication. Communist Party Lead
er Nikita S. Khrushchev told
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear
the same and address of the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use of 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 publica
tion must not exceed 400 words.
Os West Park
To the Editor: Your editorial
recently proposing to name a
state park "Oswald West Park"
was indeed timely.
Os West, Democrat, was elect
ed governor of Oregon Nov. 8,
1910 over his nearest opponent
Jay Bowerman, Republican, by
a majority of 6,102 votes. West
received 54,853 "and Bowerman
48,751 votes. West was never
defeated for public office.
Os carried Jackson county by
an even 1,300 votes, receiving
2,556 to Jay's 1256.
Governor West was born in
Canada May 20, 1873, and will
soon be 83 years of age. He
has been a resident of Oregon
since he was four years old.
The former Governor has been
prominent in- Oregon's public
and political life for. so many
years that a younger generation
has come to believe that he
never had any youth at all. He
knows all about the huts where
poor men lie, and the chores
that poor men, do in short, he
knows Oregon.
He was a butcher's boy when
other boys were at play, and
he was a banker's messenger
when other lads -were at school.
West was state land agent and
Oregon Railroad Commissioner
prior to becoming Governor.
West was a foremost conser
vationist and-modernizer of state
government. He sponsored the
state game and fish commission,
the highway .commission, the
workmen's compensation act,
started the state library, reform
ed the state prison into a reform
institution and many other in
novations.
By force of a strong person
ality, integrity of purpose, hon
esty and capability he won' his
way to a first place in every
thing he attempted to do, and
it is high time that a state park
some place in Oregon be named
"Os West Park," to honor this
great Oregon Governor while
he is here to appreciate it.
Linn W. Nesmith
Camp White, Ore.
Question About Hospital
To the Editor: I would like
to find out if possible if chiro
practors and "osteopaths will be
allowed to use or treat their
patients in the proposed new
hospital. If not, why not?
I have asked and asked but
I can't get a straight "yes" or
"no" answer.
Name on file
Gold Hill, Ore.
(Editor's note: Elsewhere in
today's Mail Tribune appears
a statement which answers this
correspondent's questions as far
as the osteopathic physicians and
surgeons are involved. They will
not practice in the new hospital,
which will have a staff of med
ical doctors only, "but believe
that the hospital project is an
imperative one to the welfare
of the area.")
PainlesTfaxSought
For Highway Program
Washington U.R) Republi
can and Democratic congression
al leaders today searched for a
painless tax to pay for a $51,
000,000,000 highway program.
The proposed 13-year national
highway program would be fi
nanced by the federal govern
ment and the states. The states
would pay $14,000,000,000, the
government $37,000,000,000.
. Both Democrats and Republi
cans says a big highway build
ing program is needed. . But
Speaker Sam Rayburn has in
sisted that any big highway pro
gram must be put on a pay-as-you-go
basis through some form
of tax increase. ,
The congressmen's problem:
How to increase taxes painlessly
in .a. presidential election year.
SCYTHE OF TIME
South Paris,' Me. (U.R)
Sawing through a huge . log,
Gordon Stuart came upon a
hand-forged scythe, imbedded
deep in the wood. The millman
said a farmer must have left
the tool on a limb when it was
just a small pine tree all of
150 years ago.
a visiting American in Moscow
that he and other top Russians
"are convinced ' the American
leaders, among them President
Eisenhower, basically strive for
peace and do not want war."
2. Washington reported that
the United States would submit
new - disarmament proposals to
the United Nations Disarma
ment Commission. But President
Eisenhower, at the same time
he received the Bulganin letter,
said at a news conference that
the United States must remain
strong while it tries to reduce
international tension through ne
gotiations. 3. Both Egypt and Israel ac
cepted proposals by United Na-
Editorial Comment
SURVIVAL
It happened again, as it hap
pens with distressing regularity.
A 14-year-old boy, unskilled in
the art of survival and untrain
ed for a day in the big woods,
lost his lief in the Larch Moun
tain area east of Portland. He
and his companion, who surviv
ed, had neither the equipment
nor the know-how to undertake
such an adventure. Under essen
tial equipment, include:
Adequate clothing. One of the
boys was wearing low-cut shoes
in the snow country!
Dry matches, either in one of
those waterproof cylinders or
coated with a waterproof sub
stance. A strong knife, built for ser
vice under the worst of condi
tions. Sharp. .
Map and compass.
And under know-how include:
Ability to make a fire in the
drenched forest. Otherwise stay
home.
An understanding of "how to
be lost." Sit down and build a
big white-man's fire and wait
to be rescued. Don't run around.
Don't let yourself get panicky.
Probably panic and fear were
as responsible as "exposure" for
the death of the one boy.
The big woods are lovely at
their best. They are death-dealing
traps at their worst, and in
January in the snow and wet
and cold they can be at their
worst. They do not welcome the
novice who does not understand
elementary survival techniques.
The Boy Scout organization
teaches elementary survival les
sons early in the program. Boys'
who want to go into the woods
(and what boy doesn't?) should
avail themselves of such train
ing. It may mean the difference
between a wonderful experience
in the wildnerness and death in
the big woods. Eugene Register
Guard. Blood On Saturday
To the Editor: I see in today's
Tribune that we are out of blood
in Jackson county. I have donat
ed one gallon of blood myself
and time after time I see the
same faces, at the blood bank.
Now I have a suggestion that
would enable us to get some of
the finest blood obtainable from
our sawmill and woods workers.
Why not have the blood bank
here on Saturday once in a
while and give the boys a chance
to give?
V. M. A.
Name on File
FISH AND DAMS
Out of . the ' dam versus fish
controversy . may come some
tangible results toward a - goal
which many people still believe
attainable: that of having both
dams and fish.
One project involved in the
fish versus - dam dispute is
Tacoma City Light's Mayfield
dam. Out of this have come
many studies pertaining to fish
passageways, and Tacoma City
Light engineers and -, state and
federal specialists have cooper
ated in extensive studies which
may go a long way toward pre
serving our fishing industry and
our booming sports fishery busi
ness. ,
Tacoma City Light' says it is
ready to spend $7 million to provide-
fish-protection facilities.
After studies and tests, said to
be "highly successful," Engin
eers have come up with a two
fold plan.
First, to get fish upriver, a
short ladder would be installed.
This would lead to a "waiting
room" pool, after which the fish
would be moved to a pool with
a movable . screen. This screen
would ease the fish into hoppers
and transport them ' over the
dam, then release them in the
lake.
To get fish downstream safely,
a "skimmer" device is planned.
By means of a large volume of
floating water, fish would be
drawn to the skimmer, then be
carried down by an "easeway,"
avoiding the turbines. . . ,
We like to get out as well as
the next person and cast 3 bit of
orange yarn in the river in, the
winter, or a fly in the summer.
We are very sorry to see the
change from the time when one
could find an isolated stretch of
water to pursue this sport. How
ever, facing the facts of life, we
know that more people have
come to the area, and with them
has come a new industrializa
tion. Rather than fight for reten
tion of the past, it seems much
better to preserve those things
which can be preserved. By co-
tions Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold to ease the situa
tion in the demilitarized zone of
El Auja on their frontiers. El
Auja is the chief danger spot
in Palestine. Military forces will
be withdrawn from the zone.
The border of the zone will be
more plainly marked.
THE BAD
1. A meeting of Russia's East
European military bloc opened
in Prague. East Germany, which
has turned- its militarized police
force into an army, was present.
Gen. Alfred M, Gruenther, su
preme Allied commander in
Europe, warned against compla
cency regarding the threat of
the new Red German forces.
Gruenther tempered his warn
ing by saying that the outlook
for an effective West German
army was much better than that
for a strong East German army.
2. The threat that France
faces months of political insta
bility intensified. The Commu
nists emerged from the recent
election with the strongest rep
resentation in the National As
sembly, 151 seats out .. of 626.
They launched a vigorous drive
to force the coalition forces of
Pierre' Mendes-France and So
cialist leader Guy MoUet into
a "popular front," in which
Communists - would take part.
Mendes-France and Mollet insist
ed that they would have to rely
on the Reds for support.
3. The negotiations between
the United States and Commu
nist China, which have been
dragging on in Geneva, Switzer
land, ever since last Aug. 1,
were threatened with collapse
The chief concern of the United
States in the talk is to win the
release of at least 13 Americans
still held in Red Chinese prisons
The Reds are trying to get their
foot m the door toward diplo-
matic recognition. Each side, in
an exchange of statements, is
accusing the other of bad faith.
It was believed possible that the
Reds might break off' the negO'
nations and then renew their
threats to attack the Chinese
Nationalist stronghold of For
mosa.
Speech Conference
At SOC Under Way
Ashland Ten Oregon , high
schools will be represented in
the statewide speech conference
at Southern Oregon college to
day and Saturday with a total
attendance of about 120 students
and advisers, according to Leon
Mulling, director of the college
speech clinic.
Schools participating are Ash
land, Talent, Medford, Illinois
Valley, Grants ; Pass, Klamath
Falls, Eugene, North Bend,: and
crater.
Art Schmidt, president of
Sigma Alpha Sigma, SOC speech
honorary fraternity, said the con
ference was to prepare students
r -i-i .... . .
xor staie competition Held an
nually at Linf ield college.
Registration will be held in
the library lobby from 1:00 to
1:45 p.m. Friday. Participants
will be housed in Susanne Homes
hall and in various motels and
hotels in the vicinity. There will
be a luncheon at 12:00 noon and
a banquet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday
for participants.
Mulling said certificate
awards will be mailed to out
standing participants.
Concession Request
Denied in Japan
Tokyo i(U.R) Prime Minister
Ichiro Hatoyama today denied
press reports that he had called
for concessions on the -part of
Japan to speed an end to the
state of war with Soviet Russia.
Hatoyama reassured - Foreign
Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu
that he still adheres to the gov
ernment's basic policy in the
London peace talks with Russia.
The Japanese government has
insisted on the settlement of
such questions as the repatria
tion of Japanese nationals and
the return of-the- Habomai and
South Kurile islands before the
signing of a peace treaty.
operation there is hope we can
have both fish and dams, al
though we may never again
have the isolation which was
one of the things that made fish
ing enjoyable. Daily Journal of
Commerce, Portland.
? 1 EAST SIXTH ST. .
SLAB BEEF VEAL PORK
BACON STEAK STEAK STE
Babson Gives
On Financial Planning
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park Most people
seem content to live from day to
day irrespective of their pocket
books. Governmental "womb-tc-
tomb" social
security
has
caused people
to take lightly
unemployment
and old-age
security. -Most
young people
give little or
no sound thou
ght to their
financial fut-
Roger W. Babson ure. They,
therefore, never get even the
few dollars necessary to get
themselves started on the road
to successful investments. Sure
ly, the birds who build their
nests (homes) before they raise
their young set us a good exam
ple.
Men And Money
My father used to tell me that
a man who systematically spends
less than-he gets, automatically
becomes an employer- while a
man who spends all he earns.
automatically remains a wage
earner, iather insisted that the
business of saving had nothing
to do with how much money a
person had, or the, amount of
his salary. "Some peorjle with
very large incomes never save
anything," he used to say,
It has been my own observa
tion that partners in business
and partners in marriage tend
to get along well as long as there
is plenty of cash in the bank,
It is when the biUs come in, and
there is no money with which
to pay them, that trouble begins
The only way to assure financi
al or marriage success is to tell
your dollar where to go instead
of asking where it went.
Main Investment Problem
Your first step in an invest
ment program is to save some
of your income each week. The
next step, is to make your sav
ings produce some more income
I am a firm believer, however,
that it is cheaper to pay the
grocer than the doctor; hence a
budget should be drawn -up
which puts things really first,
Many of my clients tell me that
they are handicapped by spend
ing too much on rent, or its eq
uivalent in taxes, repairs," in
surance, etc., on property owned,
The best thing that could hap
pen in many households today
would be to cut down household
labor costs by getting the child
ren' to help more with house
hold chores. - , .
'. i To start a budget, one ought
to determine from experience
and from old bank statements
and cancelled checks what his
probable expenses will be for the
year ahead. My observations
through the years are . that a
man with a family of four who
has a net income of $4,000 (after
income and social security taxes)
ought to- hpld his living expenses
to about 75 percent of the $4,000.
About 42 percent of this would
go for food and clothing; 33 per
cent for housing and transporta
tion. Right here I think many fami
lies, especially in the lower-income
brackets, will find that
they are paying altogether too
much for their transportation
in the form of a new automobile
which they cannot afford. If they
want to get started on a sound
investment program, they better
pay more cash, and less credit.
Six percent is budgeted for be
nevolence and the church; 6 per
cent for ' personal and miscel
laneous items. This leaves about
13 . percent or $545, for insur
ance, savings accounts, and in
vestments. Let us hope that $220
dollars of this will go for life
insurance premiums. This would
leave $325 a year to save and
invest otherwise.
Plan For Saving
A study of the average man's
financial independence is gen
erally shocking to most people.
About 30 percent of the men 55
years of age are not self-supporting.
The real tragedy of this
situation, as I have seen it, is
that the average man made en
ough money between the ages of
30 and 50 to keep, himself and
his family in comparative ease
for the rest of his life. He just
never got around to a definite
plan of saving and investing.
Does it not seem senseless for
you to work hard the best part
of your life to get a few dollars
if those doUars earn nothing for
you after you get them? It is
highly important to learn early
in life how to budget, save, and
invest.
Important capital is created
only by labor and saving; those
who consume less than they pro
duce turn their surplus back in
productive channels to increase
the nation's store. Investments,
plus bank deposist, are the way
in which capital is increased.
Increased capital means increas
ed production. Greater produ-
tion means more wealth. More
wealth means more to be distri
buted among those who take
part in production. Greater pro
duction means more consumable
goods and services at lower
prices for all of us. This is the
democratic way of raising our
standard of living. , :
Flu Virus Overdue
For Science Battle
By ROBERT MUSEL'
United Press Correspondent
London (U.R) Consider that
most uncooperative organism,
the influenza virus.
There are apparently no
lengths to which it will not go
to discomfort the human race.
Early every winter, regularly,
it used to visit Britain to water ,
the eyes, stuff the noses and
tickle the sneezing membranes
of its human hosts.
Epidemic Overdue
But this year, when scientists
backed by 27,000 vaccine-injected
volunteers are anxiously wait
ing for it, the annual influenza
epidemic is long overdue.
At the World Influenza Center
headquarters here,, scientists are
beginning to wonder if all their
preparations have been wasted.
It would be just like that ir
ritating little l-10,000th of a
millimeter monster not to show
up at all. :
Actually, said a spokesman
for the center which is sponsor
ed by the World Health Oregan
ization, this is the second straight
year the virus has ducked a
decisive battle. But last year it
did crop up in sorne areas al
though not on epidemic scale.
Tools , Am Vaccines
The tools of the battle against
influenza are vaccines. Last vear
12,000 volunteers were injected.
rrn. - ...
.mis year anoxner 15,000 volun
teers (including American serv
icemen) have been inoculgted
against all known strains, includ
ing one isolated last year known
as .: "Camarthan '55," after a
town in Wales.
"Camarthan '55" has now been
reported from several countries,
including India, Ireland and the
United . States. It is-this ability
of the main influenza viruses
"A" and "B" to foster variations
that make it such a tricky op
ponent. '
Ceylon Agrees To Buy
Wheat From Red China
Colombo, Ceylon U.R)-Cey-lon
has agreed to buy 35,000
tons of wheat flour from Red
China to reduce the $10,500,000
trade debt owed this country by
the Red regime.
This will be Ceylon's largest
purchase from Red China aside
from the rubber-for-rice agree
ment which resulted in the large
favorable balance for Ceylon.
The price for the flour was ex
pected to be about $2,800,000.
GOOD RECORD .
.... Wakefield, R. I. (U,R) -A
motorist arraigned in court here
on a traffic charge had his case
placed on file because, it devel
oped, he had driven more than
1,500,000 miles without' a ser
ious mishaps in the past 50
years.
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