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r FOUB MEDFORD (OREGON) .Tribune "Everybody In Southern Oregon Keaaa me wan iTioune Published Dally Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 17-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ZRIC ALLEN JR, Managing Editor ZARL H. ADAMS. City Editor BARRY CHIP MAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor - PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION' RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year 812.00 . Daily and Sunday Six months 650 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One year $3J0. By Carrier In Advance Medf ord, Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue River, Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18.00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.25 Carrier and Dealers 5e per copy. All Terms Cash in Advance Offl clal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION WEST-HOIXIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York. Chicago, De- troit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland. St. Louis, Atlanta. Vancouver, B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL Iassocatlqn J u Cr NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 10. 1946 (It was Sunday) Medford school superintendent X. H. Hedrick submits special report to board recommending $525,000 in repairs, remodeling and building. 4 From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: There are several signs of spring. A num ber of rural cats have had kittens.-.' 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 10. 1936 (It was Monday) George R. Carter announces he will seek reelection as county clerk. . ' . Gordon Hatch elected presi dent of the newly formed Rogue River Junior Townsend club. .. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 10, 1926 (It was Wednesday) What is generally spoken of as one of the greatest steelhead runs in the history of the Rogue is now in progress, started by the early copious spring rains. Medford school board decides to start construction of a $5,000 agricultural building at rear of high school on West Second st. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 10. 1916 . (It was Thursday) From Antioch Items: '" Our roads are impassable for autos this winter and the horse is the motor power until the roads dry up. ' 4 ..X.." J. McClanahan, veteran poulterer of Eugene, says poul- "try show in Medford was finest in state outside Portland. What's the Answer? " Can You Get 4 of the 7? Cepr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. Presidential preference pri maries will be held this year in somewhat more or less than half the states, or about half? ! 2. Father of movie actress Grace Kelly was once a famous athlete: in golf, boxing, rowing, track, tennis or ice hockey? 3. Russia is for or against the U. S. suggestion to open U. N. General Assembly sessions with prayer, or takes no stand on it? 4. Ex-Gov. Dewey of N.Y. says he does or doesn't expect to be considered seriously for- presi dent again this year if Eisen hower bows out? ... 5. Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on a spot now included in Pres. Ei senhower's farm; right or wrong? 6.-Hopalong" Cassidy was an outstanding 1955 football star at which U.S. university? -f 7. Howard L. Bevis- is presi dent of which U. S. university? The Answers: 1. Somewhat less than half. 2. Rowing. 3. Is against it. 4. Doesn't. 5. Wrong, 6. Ohio Slate. WINSTON LOGGER KILLED Roseburg (U.R) Douglas county's third logging death of the year was recorded - today. Allen F. Williams, 37, Winston, was killed yesterday when a guy wire on a tall pole being used to load logs broke. The pole fell on the victim. BRIDGE CONCRETE . POURED Portland (U.R) The first con crete for the new Morrison street bridge here was poured yester day for one of four piers. EsBHH I to MAIL TRIBUNE That Hospital Drive The news that the fund drive for the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital was highly successful is gratifying. And it is interesting to note that the professional fund-raiser who organized the campaign, Louis D. Barr, remarked that the amount raised here, more than $1,400,000, is the greatest per capita he has ever seen. He had praise not only for the people of Med ford whose gifts will make the hospital possible, but also for the dedicated men who did the hard, grinding work of solicitation. . DARR has conducted campaigns for a number of purposes hospitals, hotels, apartments and oth ers mostly in the western states, but also in the east. He declared that Medford is entitled to do a bit of bragging on the record of giving (and working) made during the past few months. His campaign technique, incidentally, is an inter esting one, which aggravated and irritated many peo ple, and actively antagonized some with the net result that the idea of hospital benevolence was firm ly implanted in the minds of prospective donors, and the determination to work harder, even, though under pressure, was instilled in the campaign workers. . ITS FRUITS, morever, were plainly obvious at the "Victory" dinner last Monday, at which the prelim inary total of $876,379 was totted up and reported. The friendly rivalry and competition, the awards and honors for hard work, the horseplay and com radeship Which (had built Up during the Campaign 1 probably the age of the direc-o,.Q-Plr ty1o,q,1 n rhJ ,0 H,m rnfftMs- Retirement, however, only paid off in money raised, but in an attitude and, spirit which will, we predict, last among the workers for a long time to come. They took the steps to see that it will have a focal point by forming an organization which will continue its efforts toward hospital support. Active campaign ing for funds, other than for those not already repre sented, will now cease at least untih an addition to the hospital may become necessary. But the group will be' a continuing agency through which gifts, don ations and bequests can be made. TOR, make no mistake about it, hospitals no longer can be operated at a profit and still render service which the average person can afford. It can, perhaps, break even on operating costs, but for depreciation and building reserves a true community type of hos pital will always need help. . Aside from its. social and financial aspects, the "founders" organization can fill another need, that of carrying to the hospital board the, reactions and opinions of the public on matters concerning them. It is a broad-base group. ' ""THE leaders of the successful campaign deserve V great credit for seeing the need, and taking the steps necessary to till the need. ; : . But we are impressed with the fact that the hos pital will be. a truly community endeavor, paid for by the money so generously given by men and women in all circumstances, and collected by a corps of hard working, men who will have little glory and little reward except the inner knowledge of a good job well done. ri.A. Buses in Evergreen Bus Lines is in trouble. It is not trouble of its own making, for as local bus operations go, it has done a good, efficient job. The trouble, which is reflected, in virtually every city in Oregon where mass transportation exists, is the change in the living arid commuting habits of the American people. The bus line, unlike Southern Pacific, has no freight operation which brings in fabulous profits, and which would justify subsidizing passenger opera tions. Its sole income is from passengers. The equation looks like this: No passengers, no income; no income, no bus service. As simple as that. For despite the fact that it is a licensed carrier -"and a public utility, it is still a small operation with limit ed resources, and simply cannot go on indefinitely running in the red. yHAT is the answer? Curtailed operations? Higher fares? Subsidies? This question has not been answered successfully anywhere it has arisen and this has been in Eu geneSalem and Portland, to name only a few. For the fact is that Americans, as they move to the suburbs, and build, out of necessity, two-car garages, are more and more ignoring municipal mass transpor tation. . In doing so they are creating, completely innocent ly, some of the problems with which cities are wrest ling, such as providing arterial streets, parking facili ties, sewer and water services, and a host of others. It is this with which .a local government hearing here on March 1 will be concerned. One of the casualties of this process has been the bus lines, and Evergreen is no exception. E.A. Adlai To Speak Out In Portland (U.R) Presidential . hopeful Adlai Stevenson may "bear, down hard" on the sub jects of hydroelectric power and the farm crisis when he speaks at the Democrats' Jeff erson-Jack-son dinner here tomorrow night. Howard Morgan, Democratic state chairman, said that a tele phone call to the candidate in Los Angeles indicated Steven son would speak out strongly on the two issues here. "Gov. Stevenson also made it clear," Morgan said, "that his principal reasons for coming to Oregon are, first, to support Wayne Morse for reelectionand Friday, February 10, 1956 Trouble Talk at Portland second, to help the Democratic party raise campaign funds for use in Oregon." Sen. Morse is scheduled to in troduce Stevenson at the ban quet which is slated for 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the .Columbia Athletic Club. SCHOOL HEADS TO CONFER Portland (U.R) The winter conference of the Oregon Edu cation Association here Saturday is expected to draw some 150 school administrators from around the state. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 10 aan- - Monday for The Community'! Biggest Marketplace Babson Discusses Retirement By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. With all this talk today about President Eisenhower retiring from the Pre sidency, I grasp the op port unity to discuss the g e neral prob lem of retire ment as appli cable to offi cials and to wage earne r s o f c o r p o ra tions. Probably Roger W. Babson a compulsory retirement plan is wise for most business organiza tions; at least, so far as it applies to the specific position which the man holds.. This, however, should not necessarily mean that he would leave the employ of the company. The present cus tom of demoting active presi dents to inactive chairmen of the board might be applied to other officers and even foremen. There should be some happy medium between dropping - an employee entirely and thereby losing the benefit of his years of experi ence, and continuing him with the business in some capacity. Although age may not be a good yardstick, yet it is one measure of a person's energy. I forecast the time when account ants will insist that their annual audits show the age of aU offi cers and important foremen, and should be decided from many standpoints. Age is one definite factor. Characier of Work Another important' considera tion is the character " of work which an executive should, do after 'he is 65 or 70 years of age. I seriously question whether it is advisable for -such a man to be kept in a position requiring energy or important- decisions. There are many other phases of work that he could do excel lently, such as . serving - as 'em ployment manager, or in public relations. These are '. positions which require ability that can be secured only by experience. Therefore, I appeal for the practice of changing a man's work after he reaches the retire ment age, but not necessarily making him retire from the com pany. This especially applies to day when surgery and medicine have overcome many, of the ef fects of age. The study of old age has already become a sci ence, known as . . gerontology. Two of the best authorities are : -i ; : J Mattet Of FOCt By Joe and Stewart Alsop JOE AND STEWART :-f ; ? Threat and Counter-Threat ri '. ; Washington Despite the al most frantic efforts of the Brit ish and American governments to head it off, the odds on a shooting war between Israel and the . Arab States are clearly going up all the time. The odds have been measurably in- stewart Alsop creased by a recent blunt, official warning delivered to the American gov ernment by Israel, and an equal ly blunt counter-warning from Syria. The .Israeli government has warn that, come what may, the Israelis will soon start work on a canal in the demilitarized zone in the upper Jordan river. The purpose of the canal is to divert to Israel water from the Jordan, which is also claimed by Syria. And the Syrians have stated just as flatly Joseph Alsop that they will consider such ac tion by Israel an "act of aggres sion." . ' In 1953, the Israelis made a first attempt to build the canal through the demilitarized zone. They were warned out of the zone by the United Nations com: mand, and when Secretary of State John Foster Dulles threat ened to cut off all aid unless they complied, 'they did so, with bitter protests. .' C1INCE then.. President Eisen- .hower's special envoy, Eric Johnston, has been,trying to get a mutual agreement between Svria and Israel for the exploi tation of the Jordan waters. But so far he has failed, and no one .now expects him to succeed. The Israelis have warned that they mean to start work on the canal- regardless,'- probably in March. If -the Syrian counter-warning is to be taken at face value, it means that the Syrian forces win fire at the Israelis. Then the fat will be in the fire. For the Israelis will certainly return the fire, with interest. After Israel's recent "retalia tion raid" on Syria, for which Israel was censured by the Unit ed Nations, : Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser flatly promised that Egypt would go to war with Israel if . the same sort of thing happened again. Thus Nasser is deeply commit ted.. - THERE is really only one way that Nasser can hit Israel ef Dwight S.' Sargent, of the Con solidated Edison company of New York City, and Prof. Ward C. Halstead . of . Chicago Uni versity. Why should "compulsory re tirement" require 100 per cent retirement? A man might go on half time after he reaches 65 or 70. It seems wrong, from both the individual's and the com pany's standpoint, to make him retire altogether. It certainly should be possible to have one job continued by two men, both of . whom would be acquainted with the work. Importance of Youth Perhaps too much considera tion has been given to a "retire ment age" and too little to a "promotion age." If a person is to be retired at a certain age. An old saying is: "It's a poor rule which does not work both ways." I consider that this sug gestion is very important. Youth is very valuable to a business. We should learn to respect the suggestions of younger people. The growth of most businesses is due to the influence of youth within the business. As people get older, their, judgment is in fluenced by a natural increased conservatism, and timidness. It is necessary that every automo bile have brakes; but it is im portant that these brakes be ad justed so that they "wear" only when the brakes are intended to be on. Beware of Investing In closing this column, let me call your attention two danger ous temptations which face all persons who retire: - - (1) A man who has made a success in his regular business too often thinks he can make a success in any business. This is a great mistake. Therefore, such a man should never start a new business and," if possible, should avoid taking a position in any business . very different from the one to which he has given his life. ' (2) After a person retires from business and has become "itchy" for something to do, he may be offered a position which looks attractive but has a "hook" in the bait. This hook is ; that he must invest some money in the enterprise. In three cases out of four, such an investment is very dangerous to make and the money is" lost. Finally, do not let anyone get money from you by flattery and telling you how smart you are. Vanity and pride are the two most expen sive luxuries. ' , fectively by bombing Israeli cities, notably: Tel Aviv, with his new, courtesy-of-the-Soviets air force. The Israelis,' whose army is still much stronger than Nasser s, - would then have an excellent excuse for marching on Egypt. The "activist" group in Israel, which holds that there must be a showdown with the Arabs, before, Soviet, arms turn the whole power balance in the Middle East . against Israel, would gladly welcome just such an excuse. Indeed, the formula for deal- ing with the Middle .Eastern cri sis approved at last week's meet ing between President : Eisen hower and British Premier Eden was especially designed to dis courage the Israeli from kicking off a preventive war. The Eisenhower-Eden formula boils down about as-follows: ' , . First, if either side started a war, the American Sixth Fleet would institute a naval blockade against tile aggressor. Naval avi ation might also be used to chastise the aggressor, depend ing on circumstances. And eco nomic sanctions would also be instituted by .this country if Israel started the fighting, all dollar payments to Israel would be stopped. But that is not aU. At the Washington meeting, the British pointed out that the Israeli are well equipped to withstand a blockade they have carefully hoarded six months worth of supplies. Moreover, as one his torically minded British official pointed out, a people who ate their children rather than sur render during the siege of Jeru salem in the first century, would not give in easily. Therefore troons might have to be used. If so according to the formula the troops will be British. .' BUT already the weaknesses of this formula, which accords with the DuUesian doctrine of "fair warning to the aggressor," are becoming apparent. The Arabs themselves, far from be ing pleased by the hints that Anglo - American forces might intervene in case of war, are shouting that the whole thing is an imperialist plot. More important, in the cir cumstances outlined above, who is the aggressor? The Israeli could only reenter the demili tarized zone in defiance of the United Nations command. But if shots were fired, the Syrians would fire them first. And if Egypt bombs Tel Aviv, can the FAST RELIEF Z ASPIRIH for Cold's Pain 100 TABLETS 49C Good, Bad By United By CHARES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: The Good 1. British and Malayan rep resentatives signed in London In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Hotel del Coronado, where the California Newspaper Pub lishers Association is holding its 68th annual convention as this is written, was born in the same year as the CNPA that is to say, in 1887. How it came to be built is an interesting story.. "DACK in the 1880s San Diego was booming in a big way as it is now. The War between the States had been over for two decades, and ' the grievous wounds it had inflicted upon our country were healing. In these two decades the West had been largely won from the In dians and from the desert Wealth was again beginning to accumulate in what we now call The East. And The glamorous character of the Southern California climate was becoming known east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, ' where the . wealth was building up. People were beginning to flirt -with the idea of hunting the sun in the winter season. ALONG in the middle 80s,, a railroad tycoon from New England arrived in San Diego. He was "run down" in health- and the San Diego climate built him up. again. So the idea came to him that something might be done with the region in the way of a winter resort which would not only restore to . enfeebled Easterners their vigor but at the same time would put needed cash into; the coffers of the rail roads that were extending their rails to the 'Pacific coast. rpHE upshot of it was that he J- acquired what was then known as the Coronado penin sula which now is Coronado island. His thought was to sell off the northern end of the. is land as winter home sites and to build a . fabulous hotel at its lower end. HE permitted no grass to grow under his feet. He imported from the East a top flight archi tect and put him to work on the plans for the great hotel he en visioned He then set about as sembling . the materials with which to construct the building. He built a brick kiln to pro duce the. bricks that weald be needed in the foundations and elsewhere. He made contracts with sawmills to the northward up the coast for the lumber for his architect told him that lum ber was the ideal material for the structure he had in mind. : He interviewed the old timers as to the behavior of the ocean in the past, for he wanted his hotel to be as near to the surf as would be safe and provident. They told him the beach had been stationery for as long as anyone could remember and the surf had made no inroads on the upper sands. So he started mod est drilling operations at the site and was pleased to find a softish but firmish ledge of sandstone upon which he set his founda tions. AT about this time, Lady Chance took a hand in the game. The Spreckels brothers, cruis ing in the blue waters where Alta California and Baja Calif ornia come together, anchored their yacht just, off Coronado beach. As they sat on the deck in the warm sunshine and watched the unbelievably white surf breaking on the silver sands, it came to them that here was about as near to a seashore heaven as man might hope to find. Israeli be blamed for marching on Egypt? . Altogether, the tangled web in the Middle East grows more tan gled every day, and the Eisenhower-Eden meeting has done nothing to untangle it. ' But at least it is clear that dithering in action is likely to have fatal consequences, and that some way must be found to stop the sequence of events outlined above before it can get started. (Copyright, 1956, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) 231 PURE LARD I H5'L.l2f,Lb.l35,u,.l(',Lb.l News of Week Listed Press Correspondent an argreement under which the Federation of Malaya will be given self-government. After a transitional period, the federa tion will become an independent dominion in the British Com monwealth of Nations. The agreement gave hope that the So they went ashore and en gaged the venturesome Easterner in negotiations. The outcome of it was that they acquired the en tire Coronado property and im mediately afterward they rotted up their sleeves and tackled the job of completing the fantastic hostelry whose outlines the im ported architect by that time had down on paper. . "THE result was the present -a. Hotpl rlpl nnrnnartn whnse like is not to be found anywhere in the Americas. The story of its nearly 70 years during which fire has never ravaged it is so intriguing that I think I'll knock off here and resume the story later, when I'll have , a little more space at my disposal. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen 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 Position on Dams , To the Editor: We of the Jack son county chapter of the Izaak Walton League of, America are writing to you to clarify our position in regard to the develop ment of a flood control program in the Rogue River basin. We feel that there have been recent statements attributed to the Izaak Walton League con cerning flood control which' do not accurately reflect the con victions of this chapter. We of the Izaak Walton League do not oppose flood con trol. On the contrary, the IWLA has specific policies in regard to water management in cases where flood control is needed. These flood control . policies embrace four sequential, steps: a. First, beneficial efforts on the land itself, beginning at the top, or ridgepole, of a watershed, including contouring, terracing, strip cropping, maintenance of good vegetable cover, increasing the permeability of soil so it will absorb more water, and related treatment. . . , - ' b. Second, construction of smalT impoundments such- as farm and ranch ponds, gully con trol structures,-: highway; fill dams, and similar devices. c. The third stage includes somewhat larger structures, to hold back surplus waters, near headwaters of main streams or high on tributaries. (This means structures which may normally be dry such as those in the Miami basin, or a combination of stable pool and dry reservoirs such 'as those in the Muskingum water shed, both in Ohio). d. Fourth and last, in sequence and priority, are main stream im poundments, which should have as their . primary purpose the holding back of such waters as the first three stages listed here cannot retard. We feel that these flood con trol policiesyhelp all segments of our economy rather than bene fiting one segment at the expense of another. However, our chapter with the support of people from aU over the country have opposed and wUl continue to oppose any multi-purpose development plan on the Rogue River which would mean the end of our salmon and steelhead runs for the enjoy ment of future generations. We say this with the sincere PAUL J. DIX, D.D.S. General Dentistry Announces the Removal of His Offices on FEBRUARY 13th' To the Office formerly occupied by the Late DR. L. L. SANDERS MEDICAL; DENTAL BUILDING 832 EAST MAIN PHONE 3-3000 , v Office Hours by Appointment . EAST SIXTH ST. BEEF ROAST SLAB BACON Malayan government might en list the country's six mUlion pec pie whole-heartedly against the Communist terrorism which has been raging since 1948. Negotia tions to give self-government to Singapore, the island at the foot of the Malayan peninsula, are to start in April. 2. Egypt accepted in principle ? an agreement by which the In-. ternational Bank for Reconstruc tion and Development will help to finance the gigantic "high dam" at Aswan on the Nile River. The dam, a 15-year proj ect, wUl be the largest of its kind in the world. It will dwarf the pyramids, one of the ancient wonders of the world. Confirma tion of the agreement is expect ed. Aid to Egypt by the bank, an international institution with headquarters in Washington, will be an important counter to Rus sia's campaign for economic pen etration of the Middle East. 3. American, British and French representatives opened talks in Washington on means to prevent an outbreak of war be tween the Arab countries and Israel President Eisenhower, during his news conference in Washington, pledged himself to do everything possible to aid in keeping the peace. The Bad 1. The new French govern.., ment of Socialist Guy MoUet was embroiled in trouble both- in North Africa and at home. Mol let went to Algeria, in hope of reaching a home rule agreement. He was met by riotous crowds of French colonists who shouted "MoUet to the gaUows" and pelt ed him with rotten vegetables. In the National Assombly in Parliament, the f oUowers of anti tax leader Pierre Poujade threat ened a filibuster, which would paralyze parliamentary action. Poujade won 52 seats in the as sembly in the Jan. 2 election. The filibuster threat was caused by attempts to oust 12 Poujad ist deputies whose election vic tories were contested. , 2. Riots in Madrid between hostile groups of university stu dents reached the shooting stage. Students started demonstrating Tuesday against the alleged domination of ' Generalissimo Francisco Franco's. Falange or ganization. Rioting broke out Wednesday. Shooting broke out Thursday between Falange and anti-Falange students. Up to 50 students were reported wound ed, some seriously, in blazing battles in the streets. . 3. Pakistan announced: that it would open negotiations with Soviet Russia for a trade agree ment. PaMstan is a member of the middle eastern treaty organi zation the so-called Baghdad Pact against Communist ag gression. Its action in accepting a Soviet offer of a trade agree ment was a victory for the Krem lin in its attempt to turn the , countries of southern Asia to ward "neutralism." It was made known also that Russia is seek ing to improve its relations with Turkey, which is a fellow-member of Pakistan in the Baghdad Pact. . . - - ' conviction that there are alter nate methods of flood control which wiU make the Rogue River vaUey a better place to live for all its residents. Jackson County Chapter ; :' IWLA, . ' By A. Norton Smith, President. (Editor's note: The above let ter also has been sent to a num ber of groups and organizations interested in flood control, . to Oregon's congressional delega tion, and to Secretary of the In-f terior Douglas McKay.) Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo E; Smith has designated this week, Feb. 6-12 as "Boy Scout Week" in Oregon. - . PORK STEAK
