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FO UR MED FORD (OREGON) MEDFCfflDtsTRIBUNE "Xverybody In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 87-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor SERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER. Society Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medlord. Oregon, under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 350 Sunday Only One year $350. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue River. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $15.00 Dally and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier a ad Dealers 5c per copy. All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson Comity United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU of cmcu-Ufl-Tiur Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York. Chicago, De- Can TTvnmMafO T.OJ1 AnfffileS. Seattle, Portland. St. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver, B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL AsocjTQN 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 Feb. 8,1946 . (It was Friday) Ashland city council studies possibility of installing pipe line to Buck lake east of Ashland for additional water facilities. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The Older Girls are having more trouble getting Nylons than their hus bands had getting shotgun shells during the war time shortage. 20 YEARS AGO Fib. 8, 1936 at was Saturday) President's bull here nets $224 From Local find Personal col umn: Skiing parties were recrea tional novelties that were miss ing yesterday, as the snow is re ported to be very light at present in the surrounding mountains, and covered with more or less lush. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 8. 1916 (It was Tuesday) Rogue river crests at 5 feet 7 inches at Gold Ray dam; about half the amount going over the dam as in 1912. ' Poultry show to start in Med ford tomorrow morning; more than 30 entries received. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. More or fewer new cars were in dealers' hands unsold on Jan. 1 this year than on Jan. 1, 1955, or about the same number? 2. Agriculture Secretary Ben son .comes, from an Eastern, Southern, Middle West, Rocky Mountain, or Pacific Coast state? 3. At the official rate, of ex changer a good quality man's shirt in Moscow costs about $4, $14, $24,, $34, or $44?' 4. About pne-third, one-half or two-thirds of the average barrel of U.S.. crude petroleum goes Into gasolins? 5. Pope Pius XII on his next birthday will be (a) 70, (b) 75, (c) 80 or (d) 85 years of age?- 6. There once or never was a time when golfing authorities forbade the use of clubs with steel shafts in tournament? . a scaxoiogist is a person wno hates cats; right or wrong? The Answers: 1. Many more. 2. Rocky Mountain (Utah). 3. $44. 4. About half. 5. 80. 6. Once was. 7. Wrong (cultivates the obscene.) Neuberger Announces Student Scholarship Portland (U.PJ Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) announced today the presentation of a $500 scholarship to the University of Portland. Neuberger said the scholar ship would be used to encourage "idealistic young men and wom en who intend to make careers in government." Some Medical Expenses Not Deductible on Tax Portland (U.R) ,'A spokes man for the internal revenue service ruled here today that certain . types of medical ex penses are not deductible for fed eral income tax purposes. In reply to a query, the tax expert flatly refused to allow one tax payer to deduct veterinary ex penses incurred for treatment of a sick . dog. ; MAIL TRIBUNE Imperishable A, A. Milne, who died last week at the age of 74, is a man who never made the headlines, whose actual life was little-known outside of his immediate family and circle of friends. And yet, despite this, millions of people all over the world must have the feeling, as we do, of knowing him intimately and with a great fondness. It is not the outer man they know, but the inner man, who was gentle and humorous and understand ing, and who had a gift with words, making them singing things, either in poetry or prose. OOW cognizant, for instance, of human foibles, yet how understanding, must have been the man who could write : The King asked the Queen and the Queen asked the Dairymaid, . "Could we have some butter for the Royal slice of bread?" He was a man with a sensitive appreciation for the delicacies of nature : Oh, the butterflies are flying, Now the winter days are dying, And the primroses are trying to be seen. He could also assume a practical approach to philosophical problems: Isa't it funny how a Bear likes honey? Buzz,, Buzz, Buzz, I wonder why he does? H E could capture the wistful wonder of childhood when he wrote: Where am I going? I don't quite know. What does it matter where people go? Up on the hill where the pine trees blow. Anywhere, anywhere, Idon't know. The fact that the samples above come right off the top of a not-too-retentive memory without refer ence to one of the source books, serves to confirm their impact on one who was first introduced to them as a pre-reader. And there are probably many others in like circumstances, not only those who have been raised" on "Winnie the Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner" since the mid-20s, but those who helped to do the raising. ,. . . lyflLNE'S characters will be imperishable as long as books survive. And it's a good thing, too, for who would want to let their children miss a chance to get acquainted with Christopher Robin, Pooh, Pig let, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, "and all the others" ? . Milne only wrote four popular children's books the two listed above and two books of poetry, "When We Were Very Young" and "Now We Are Six." His other writings, including plays, novels, and other types of books for children, were not nearly so well known as those four. But the four were enough to assure him of immortality as long as there are chil den of whatever age. We'd rather like to think of him in the way he described at the end of one of his books: .So they went off together. But-wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a little boy and his bear will always be playing. E.A. Guessing Game There's a fascinating, guessing . game going on these days. The objective : What will the population of Oregon be-in 1960, 1965, 1975? ' . The rules are simple, and anyone can play. Just make a guess. - COME well-educated' guesses have been announced. M Here are some of taem : Bureau of the Census By 1960, between 1,888,- 000 and 1,983,000; by 1965, between 2,080,000 and 2,264,000. ; Dun and Bradstreet By 1960, 1,900,000; by 1965, 2,100,000. Stanford Research Institute By 1965, some 1,983,000, by 1975, 2,344,000. - U. S. News and World Report By 1965, 2,226,- 000.', '. THESE ESTIMATES, are, after all, nothing but " guesses, but they are based on fairly firm founda tions, including the present ;. census estimates,' the trend of births and deaths, the records of inmigra tion, and forecasts of a continuing westward move ment of population The state board of health recently announced its estimate of the population of the state as of the mid dle of 1955 as 1,690,840. At least one thoughtful ob server, the Oregon Voter, thinks this may be too small a figure and questions the board's methods of figuring immigration. At any rate, the board's total is 11.1 per cent high er than the 1950 census; And, whatever method is used in forecasting the future, including crystal balls' and tea leaves, it's a safe bet that the future will see more people hereabouts. ' i- THE BOARD of health j estimates of last July 1 1 credit Jackson county with a population of 65,790 up 1.6 per cent from The year, before. The increase in the five-year period is based on a "natural in crease" (that is, births over deaths) of 4,423, plus es timated inmigration of 2,859. The increase is pretty much in line with that of the state at large, which was 12.1 per cent for the five year period and 1.7 for the one year. - These are the figures that city and county offi cials have in mind when they talk about the need for more adequate streets, better parking facilities, more schoolrooms and teachers, more extensive sewer and water systems, and so on. I- , " ' Population increase is the raw material of munici pal problems and. headaches-and it's going to get worse before it gets better. E.A. Wednesday, February 8, 1956 Prime Minister Eden Seen as Winner in By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Britain's Labor Party is cele brating its 50th anniversary by engaging in a new fight between its right and left wing fac tions. Leftist Aneu rin Bevan has declared war on rightist Hugh Gaits kell, who de feated him on Dec. 14 for the party leader ship. Charles AlcCann Bevan has no chance of win ning. All he can do is to weak en the party in its role of official opposition to the Conservatives. Hence the . winner . will be Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who only one month ago was under heavy fire by members of his own party. . . Bevan, . the .fiery Welshman who is Labor's chief anti-American, has taken his lumps in the last few months. He seems pretty bitter. - Middle East Talks By UNITED PRESS Background on the Middle East talks The Middle East has long contained British and French spheres of influence. The United States entered the pic ture formally after World War II when the Palestine War broke out. Egypt was part of the British Empire, Britain controlled the Suez Canal Zone and had im portant oil interest in a number of Mideast states. France was" on top in Syria and Lebanon. Both nations lost ground with end of the World War. . Palestine Partitioned Zionism increased and Pales tine, long.under British mandate, was partitioned into Jewish and Arab states in -1947. The state of -Israel was proclaimed on May 15, 1948. The Arab states refused to accept the new nation and war bsgan. The United Nations negotiated a series of cease-fire agreements between Israel and her Arab neighbors and an armistice was signed July 20,, 1949. The United States, Britain and France signed a tripartite agreement to keep the Mideast peace. " A precarious peace followed with frequent and serious clashes between Israeli and Egyptian troops . and Israeli and Syrian troops." 'But the .Western Big Three had been able to maintain Church Moderator To Speak In Valley Three meetings for valley. Presbyterians are scheduled fof Thursday, Feb. 9", when Dr. Paul S. Wright, moderator of the 167th : general assembly of the Presbyterian church win be here from Portland. Dr. Wright is to arrive that morning' by plane from Portland. Men of the church will meet at noon for luncheon at the First Presbyterian church When Dr. Wright wUl be the speaker. A dinner at 6 p.m. at Medford ho tel win honor the moderator and win be attended by church officers and interested friends. - Phoenix Presbyterians win be hosts for a meeting at 8 p.m., at their church when Dr. Wright win speak on present conditions and future opportunities of the Presbyterian church. This is the first time that- a general as sembly moderator has appeared in the Phoenix church. Under the colonization policy of Mexico in 1824, nearly 8;000 private land grants, comprising about 26 million acres, were made by the Mexican- authorities. Quotes From the ileus By UNITED PRESS Washington Sen. Harley M. Kilgore (D.-W.Va.) in a letter to the Department of Justice demanding investigation of the deseg regation riots at the University of Alabama: "If our nation is to uphold the banner of democracy, it cannot under any circumstances permit such despicable incidents." Tuscaloosa, Ala. Slate Sen. Albert Davis of Pickens county in Alabama's "black bell" on the University of Alabama riots: "Yesterday was a great day in Alabama. This is a time to get mad and raise hell." Miama Beach: George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO on speaking about a top level labor-management conference with Charles R. Sligh Jr., chairman of the National Association of Manu facturers, last December: . ' "I received a 'sligh' kick in the teeth." Los Angeles Adlai Stevenson on he problem of racial Inte gration: . ' . ,. "It is the spirit, not troops or bayonets, that will solve the prob lem of successful integration. We cannot upset habits overnight that are older than he republic." i Denver Judge D. W. Bartlett on the televising of a Texas murder trial at which he presided: ' "Under our guarantee of free speech, I see no objection to live television in the courtroom. I think it had a wholesome effect on the trial. The lawyers didn't give me any horseplay." Chicago Basketball Coach Waldo Fisher of Northwestern, whose team has wone one game and lost 14 including the last eight straight: "Confidence is what we need. A lot of it . . . One victory would give us a world of help, possibly so much we might break even on the rest of the schedule." Labor Party Gaitskell defeated him for the post of party treasurer by a vote of more than four to one at La bor's annual conference last Oct. 11. Next Gaitskell defeated him for the party leadership by 157 to 70 on Dec. 14 after the retire ment of Clement R. Attlee. Bevan then shot for the dep uty leadeship. James Griffith, a fellow Welshman and one-time fellow miner, won that post last Thursday by a vote of 141 to 11. Bevan went into rebellion. Jn a speech-last Saturday, he ac cused the party leadership of using dictatorial methods. He. said party leaders were betray ing Socialistic principles. He de nounced Gaitskell and other chieftains who favor a slowing up of Labor's former sweeping policy of nationalization of in dustry. "I know these words are going to get me into trouble," he added. He probably was right. There is speculation that he may be thrown out of what is called the "shadow cabinet" of his party. a balance of power between Is rael and her Arab neighbors. Power Balance Upset Russia upset that balance of power by promising to supply Egypt with Czechoslovakian arms. Arms, including tanks and Soviet-built Mig - jet fighters, have arrived in Egypt and once again the situation has become serious.' The Washington talks 'seek some means of restoring the stat us quo in the Middle East, possi bly through invoking the tripar tite agreement to halt , new ag gression or through joint United Nations action. ' About 4400 Added To Oregon Jobless, During January Salem KU.R) About 4400 persons were added to Oregon's unemployed last month but the total of 51,200 job seekers was 6600 lower than a year ago, the State Unemployment Compensa tion commission said today. Heavy rainfaU foUowed by a prolonged cold speU forced clo sure of many lumber, construc tion and other seasonal opera tions, holding the week claims load near. 30,000 most of the month but. the number of pay ment was the lowest in five years for this period.. Most in Western Oregon Western Oregon areas report ed most of the added job seekers but many sections east of the mountains also noted new sea sonal layoffs. Improving condi tions were given mention by Pendleton, TiUamook, Grants Pass and Corvallis. "in the four - county . Portland metropolitan area - about 1800 more persons were looking for jobs following the "holiday sea son. Employment continued good in ship repair, machinery manufacturing, and other lines, holding unemployment more than 5000 below last winter. Compensation Increases ' Compensation paid to insured workers increased to $2,804,572 in January,' highest monthly fig ure since March, 1954, but much of the rise was due to the new schedule of benefits enacted by the 1955 legislature. About $330,000 was added to the month's benefit checks. The bid schedule would have dropped the January total weU below last year's $2,709,268 More than two-thirds of the checks were going to workers in lumber, construction or food processing. . Battle That is the committee of Labor members of Parliament that de cides on policy. Bevan was expelled from the parliamentary Labor Party made up of Labor members of the . House of Commons last March 16 for rebellion. A mo tion to throw him out of the party itself was withdrawn after he promised to be good, and he was readmitted to the parlia mentary group. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This is written at Coronado, where the California Newspaper Publishers Association is holding its 68th annual convention. In the . 68 years since 1887, the newspaper has come a long way; Back in the 19th century, the newspaper a its best was a PRO FESSION. At its worst, it was a racket. AN THE average, the news " paper was then a way of life. People didn't then go into the newspaper business to make money. In itself, it wasn't look ed upon as a career. If young men in those . days were thinking in terms of a career, and took the newspaper into their thinking, they thought of it as a stepping stone lead ing up to a POLITICAL career. The newspaper was then apt to be regarded as a door leading into politics. A LL THAT has been changed. The newspaper in America is now an INDUSTRY. In our huge metropolitan cities, it is BIG in. It involves an investment run ning far, far up into the minions. The investment includes huge buildings, vast and complicated macninery ana staggering in voices of raw materials. From the standpoint of pay roll alone, it must be looked up on as an industry. In any city, large or smaU, the newspaper payroU win rank in size,weU up toward the top. THE. DAY when an ambitious -- journalist could get into bus- mess with a shirt-tailful of type and an old handpress is definite ly gone. f Back in the 80's, when the Cal ifornia Newspaper Publishers Association was born, the ideal team for a weekly newspaper was a husband who had a nose for news and a talent for writing stirring editorials that would lead his readers to vote the ticket straight, and a wife who could set type. "-'' .. ' V, . Here at the Hotel Coronado, where the CNPA is holding its 68th annual session, the corrid ors are fiul of tales of California weeklies- that have just been sold for a hundred thousand dol lars. ' TUT LET'S get away from aU that. I'd like to talk today of a more interesting change that has come about in .the news paper. - In those earlier days, the news paper was distributed chiefly by mail. Postage was free in the county, of publication. Newspap ers were carried in the mails at a, very low rate which meant, in effect, a' subsidy from the fed eral government. That too has changed. News papers are now distributed chief ly by their own carriers. These carriers buy their papers from the newspaper, just as a retailer buys bis stock from the whole saler, and resell them to their customers. We call these carriers "little merchants." r? IS of these little merchants that I'd like to speak in this piece. There are ten of them at this convention. They were chos en from among the tens of thous ands of newspaper carriers in IffflEST WITH AT FIRST FEDERAL Investments made by the 10th of the month earn divi dends as of the First. National Safetv Grouo Doesn't Blame Speed Alone for Accidents By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington While an over whelming majority of Americans seem to think that high speed on the highways is responsible for the tremendous death toU from traffic accidents, the Na tional Safety Council disagrees. Consequently, hundreds of cit izens have endorsed the proposal of Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) to keep the speed capabilities of automobiles down to 70 MPH but the National Safety Council has refused to go along on such an idea. Paul Jones, director of public information for the Council, ex plained it this way: Don't Blame Speed Our engineers do not blame speed for the traffic toU to near ly the extent that laymen do. They, cite a number of other factors drinking, night haz ards, failure to yield , the right- of-way, passing, etc. as con tributing importantly " to the toll." J The Council Is a non-profit organization founded in 1913 and chartered by Congress in 1953. Its purpose is to try to promote highway safety. Jones said the Council is satisfied that every year the manufacturers make their autos more safe than they've been in the past. Norblad come up with his pro posed speed limit bin after visit ing the national auto show. in Washington, D.C.,. where most car makers were stressing the in creased power of their new mod els. " No Final Answer . . . David M. Baldwin, director of the Council's traffic operations division, said the Council doesn't have the final answer to the question of the relationship be- tween : speed and traffic acci dents. He said: "There is some evidence avail able to indicate that it does not make very much difference whether the speed of a partic ular vehicle 'involved' in an ac California. They, are clean, hand some and ALERT. In no way are they out of place , in this convention .which includes some of California's most successful business and pro fessional men for the modern newspaper is both a business and a profession. rriHEY are here as represent- atives of the California News' paperboy Foundation, which;, is their segment of the newspaper business. In the -state of Cali fornia there are some 50,000 newspaper boys. These boys handle some 20 million dollars every year. They are the newspaper boys of today. To a surprising extent, they represent the business read ers of tomorrow. The newspaper has no prouder boast than the large number of America s most successful business and prof es- ional men who got their start as newspaper carriers. : T'D LIKE to quote a recent statement by J. Edgar Hoover, the able and respected head of the FBI, who says: "Among the 600,000 newspaper boys in the United States, LESS THAN ONE PER- CENT BE COME JUVENILE DELIN QUENTS." That is a record that our in dustry can be proud of and IS proud of. AND YET There are people who say that employment of these young Americans to deliver newspapers to their susbscribers constituVs Ob 1 EXPLOITATION and ought be forbidden by law. With that, I can't agree, SAFETY FIRST Your account is Insured to ' $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. ADEQUATE RETURN - Our current divi dend is at the rate of 3 per annum. -. - INVEST NOW Secure your own future with savings. . FIRST FEDERAL A Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford Y 27 North Holly Telephone 2-9147 cident is 50 MPH or 80. There seems to be a point about 45 MPH above which the severity of the accident does not increase with an increase in speed." , Baldwin said this was only a tentative conclusion arising from a "very comprehensive and care ful research project being car- "There is a lack of assurance that there is a positive correla tion between high speed and ac cidents,". Baldwin went on. Evi dence available to us seems to indicate that there is a definite relationship between speed . in wrong place, or speed which is too fast for conditions, and the occurence of accidents. Doubts Speed Cause - "This . does not necessarily condemn high speed or make it at all certain that the elimination of high speeds would reduce ac cidents. For instance, a driver who operates at 50 MPH, when only 30 MPH is safe, is apparent ly just as much an accident po tential as a man who drives at 70 when only. 50 is safe. "It is extremely interesting to realize that while top speeds of motor vehicles have increased considerably in the past 30 years, the increase in the last five years has not been very great. Despite increases m ton sDeed notentials. the accident rate has gone down every year. The number of ac cidents is stttl high but this has to be viewed in connection with thegreatly increased num ber of vesicles and "the greatly increased use of vehicles. "The mileage death rate in 1954 for the United States was 6.4. As recently as 1941, this same rate was 12," Baldwin pointed out. let's Live" Magazine January 1956 FACTS CONCERNING THE FLUORIDATION OF PUBLIC DRINKING WATER BY: S. Milton Zimmerman, D.D.S. , Ardmore, Pennsylvania, i Water is the vehicle which conveys essential nutrients to aU cells of the body. There are millions of them suspended in a watery substance, the med ium in which their chemical activities take place, and the solvent in which their wastes are discharged from the body. Therefore, it is readily under stood that if these cells are poisoned they will not func tion properly. Water is not ordinarily classed as a food; but without water nutrition is an impossibility. Man can not live without water.- But to maintain good health that water must be unadulterated. Keep Our Water Pure Sand your name, address, and all financial help yon can to FJGHT FLUORIDES f Antifluoridation Committee; 212 Leverette BIdg. Medford, Ore. r
