In TKe Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
' About 100 miles west of Tuc
son, traveling, east on Highway
80, one runs into the western
edge of the Arizona-New Mexico
cotton belt.
Thereby hangs a tale. It is a
tale of what happens when sup
ply and demand agriculture is
abandoned and political agricul
ture is substituted therefore.
All in all, it is a sad tale.
THIS desert cotton country,
judged on visible evidence,
is a highly prosperous country.
Its soil is deep and rich, and it
is beautifully handle. Every few
miles there are fertilizer ware
houses, offering their testimony
as to heavy use of fertilizer. The
machinery in use is obviously
the very last. word. The farm
steads are modern in appear
ance although uniformly far
apart, thus bearing witness to
the fact that corporation farm
ing, rather than individual fam
ily farming, is the rule here.
THE towns, without exception,
are prosperous. Their busi
ness districts are clean and well
kept. The streets are parked
full of glittering new -automobiles.
The used car. lots are
stocked with recent models, in
dicating that people trade in
their cars on new ones every
two or three years. Cadillacs
and Lincolns and Chrysler Im
perials are by no means the rule,
but they are by no means the
exception. The windows are full
of new and modern, merchan
dise. The school buildings are new,
indicating large recent growth
in the population, with a con
sequent need for new schools.
There is every possible sign
that this desert cotton country
is well-to-do and up and coming.
WHY is that bad?
" Well, it is a long story. I can
sketch only the rough outlines
of it here.
To begin with, this beautiful
long-staple desert cotton, per
haps the finest in the world,
doesn't depend primarily upon
DEMAND FOR USE. It isn't sold
basically on open bid and take
market, where users of cotton
vie with each other in their of
ferings. .- :
Its primary customer is the
federal government of the Unit
ed States, which buys it NOT
for use in industry but for
STORAGE IN GOVERNMENT
WAREHOUSES. The govern
ment guarantees a price that is
attractive enough to keep peo
ple growing cotton, regardless
of the state of the . cotton mar
ket. ' :
Let's take is bluntly.
This high guaranteed price
isn't offered to stimulate the
production of more cotton to
meet the consumptive demands
of the United States and the
world for cotton fiber. It is of
fered to induce, cotton farmers
to VOTE RIGHT.
That is the long and the short
of it.
T ET'S take a look here at two
tragic facts: -1.
The American cotton indus
try is a slowly dying industry.
That hag come about because
high parity is slowly pricing
American cotton out of the
world markets. Foreign cotton
growers not only CAN undersell
us at a profit to thernselves but
ARE underselling us. Our cot
ton exports are shrinking dis
astrously.. ; - ' ' , r
2. This desert cotton'is made
possible ; by PUMPED water.
The water to grow it is pumped
out of underground basins that
took thousands of years to fill.
These underground storage ba
sins are being depleted fabu
lously faster than they are being
replenished. . If and when they
are exhausted, this now lovely
and prosperous country will re
revert to desert. Either that or
billions of dollars must be ex
pended to . bring water here
from the Colorado and the Rio
Grande rivers.
SUCH are the consequences of
POLITICAL farming.
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The Abernaihy Kids
To the Editor: One of the most
heroic deeds accomplished by
two young brothers named Aber
nathy, one twelve, the other
nine years old, chose to ride
horses to Oyster Bay, N. Y., from
their ranch home .near Tulsa,
Okla., to meet their famous
hero, Teddy Roosevelt, then
President Not being dismayed
from their long trek, it' Was after
returning to their home, theV
outfitted two saddle horses and
faced west to Los Angeles in
1911. , ..
This journey ended safe, yet
was filled with horror and sleep
less night under the shining stars.
After several months on horse
back they reached their city of
dreams Hollywood. After' a
short rest the two youngsters ap
peared on a movie theater stage.
It was one of the most interest
ing talks of adventure ever
listened . to, from two young
scouts riding along the old Santa
Fe Trail. The younger one was
more realistic, telling how the
wolves howled around their
camp at 'night where the two
were in their sleeping bags on
the ground near their horses to
assure their safety and protec
tion. It was a regular routine at
night for the wildcats, coyotes
and wolves roaming the moonlit
planes to howl their shrill chorus
for many weeks in the wide
open spaces.
The two young travelers never
did get reconciled to a band of
ravenous varmints that followed
them so closely f or ' weeks on
end.
We have wondered if the two
brothers are still living, and re
telling today's youth about their
exploits on their trip far from
their old home and across the
vast prairies that spanned the
west two score and five" years
ago. The spirit of adventure in
their young lives then to dare,
to do, and avoid danger was a
marvel. '
v; Bert' Kissinger,
520 Boardman, ' -MedfordOre;
-
Synthetic fibers in 1950 ao
counted for more than one out
of every five pounds of textile
fibers used in the U.S., a new
high mark at that time. -
As We Live
By ELIZABETH HURIOCK, PH.D.
D. Hurlock
Possessive Men Are Not
Good Husband Material
Most women of today resent
being told what to do and how
to do it. For such women, the
possessive type of man makes
poor husband material.
(Q) "My father died when I
was still in high school, and my
mother felt she could not afford
lo send me to
college because
I have two
younger broth
ers. So, when
I g r a d u ated
from high
school, I got a
job and helped
support the
family. As my
mother has not
been wen laiely, I have had most
of the responsibility of the home
and my brothers on my should
ers ac well as my work.
"Now, my problem is this. I
have been going with a man
who has wants to marry me. He
is kind, considerate, and will be
a good provider. But, he is very
possessive. He wants me all to
himself .and has said my family
will have to get along the best
they can after we are married
as he won't share me with them.
He talks that way about my girl
friends, also. Lately, he has been
telling me what to do and how
to do it, as if I hadn't had lo
make decisions and carry them
out by myself for years. Do you
think this is just his way of
showing me he loves me and
wants to take care of. me, or does
it mean he is a jealous person?"
B. R.
(A) I am sure this- man loves
you or he would not have asked
you to marry him. ; And, he
doubtless feels sorry for such a
young person having such heavy
responsibilities. But, I am afraid
there is more to his possessive
ness than just that.
From what you have said, it
sounds, very much as if he were
unsure of . himself and his abil
ity to hold your love. This feel
ing is being expressed in . his
jealousy of your family and
friends. That is why he wants to
keep youall to himself.
Are ybu sure you could be
happy with , such a possessive
man? . You are disturbed by his
possessiveness now, but I " can
assure you it will not get better
Monday, February 13, 195$
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
should you marry him. Think
seriously whether you want to
cut yourself off from your fam
ily and friends and be at the
beck and call of one person be
fore you say "yes."
(Copyright 1956,
Y General . Features Corp.)
Terry Moore Weds
Insurance Broker
' Hollywood (U.R) Actress
Terry Moore was married secret
ly, last. New Year's day in Las
Vegas, Nev., to. Eugene C. Mc
Grath, 33-year-old insurance
broker ojt Panama City, Panama,
her mother said today.
Mrs. Lamar Koford, mother
of the 26-year-old actress, said
the marriage was kept, secret
until now because "my new son-
in-law is not used to Hollywood
publicity." She said the newly
weds are now honeymooning 'in
Caracas, Venezuela.
Miss Moore reportedly- pulled
off "the big surprise" by signing
her real name, Helen Luella Ko
ford, in obtaining her marriage
license in Nevada. ' The brief
ceremony was performed by Las
Vegas Judge A. S. Henderson at
his home.
Mrs. Koford said her daughter
met McGrath, a Navy lieutenant
commander in World War II,
when he was here ,on business
three months ago.
Two U of O Professors
Edit- Source Materials
Eugene Two books of pri
mary source material for fresh
man English published recently
were edited by Roland Bartel
and Ed wiii R. Bingham, Univer
sity of Oregon faculty- members,
-. Bartel and Bingham were co-
editors of "America Through
Foreign Eyes 1827-1842." Bartel
edited "Johnson's London." Both
books are intended ' to provide
research material for freshman
composition papers.
Morse To Seek
Restoralion of
90 Per Cent Parity
Salem (U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.), has promised to
fight for' a restoration of 90 per
cent parity on farm commodit
ies when he returns - to Wash
ington, D.C.
Morse told the Oregon State
Farmers Union convention Sat
urday that the policy of Secre
etary of 'Agriculture Ezra T.
Benson of lowering support pric
es had led to a "depression"
among a. large segment of "the
farm population.
He said the "difficulties that
you face as farmers are not
yours alone. It would be. serious
enough if they were but your
perplexities are of vital impor
tance to ' every, businessman, ev
ery working man and woman
and every consumer in the coun
try." W ' - -,
'Delegates returned Harley
Libby, Jefferson, as ; president
with Dewey Cummins, Dallas,
reelected vice-president. Darrel
Shepherd of Scio won a place
on the executive board as did
Joe Bernt of Mt. Angel.
, The delegates debated for near
an hour on whether to endorse
Morse as a candidate for reelec
tion.' A motion to that effect was
once passed then recalled for
reconsideration.
A substitute motion endorsing
th.e' senator's "action on our farm
policies" finally was adopted.
Other resolutions passed by
the session included: Recom
mendation of a lieutenant gov
ernor for Oregon, reiterated the
organization's objection to a
sales tax and approved the buil
ding of' a federal dam at Hells
canyon."; .
Explosion Rips
Packing Plant
Toledo, Cv (U.R) An ex
plosion and fire ripped a mid
town meat packing plant today,
destroying four buildings.
Police said one man was
known dead and that two others
were missing and' presumed
dead. Officers said all others in
volved in the blast had be'en ac
counted for.
The body of Paul Borcherd
ing, 54, was recovered from the
heaped' rubble, that once was
the three' story Beagle meat
packing plant. He was a plant
employee.
James Libhart, 41, and Mel'
vin Kegelman, was missing and
presumed dead. They also were
employees of the company.
Stanley Damschroeder, 40,
was blown clear of the collap
sing building by the blast. He
said he lighted a cigarette at
the door of a refrigerator and
"everything went haywire." .
. Fire Chief Arnold Papenhag-
en estimated total damage- at
more than $1,000,000.
Also leveled, besides the pack
ing plant, were the St. Louis
restaurant, the Lutheran Book
shop and the unoccupied Stan
ley J. Brown building.
Portland (U.R) .' Jan Har
man, Vancouver, Wash., school
teacher, won the women's title
here yesterday in the annual
Rose City bowling classic with
a score of 1128. Pocatello, Ida.,
won the team trophy ' with a
score of 2878.
' Cairo', Egypt (U.R) Twenty-
two school children drowned
Sunday when a ferry boat cap
sized in- a canal near Mansoura
on the Damietta branch of the
Nile.' The victims included 12
boys and 10 girls, who took the
ferry because an old bridge
spanning the canal was closed
for repairs.
There are about 15,000 banks
in the U. S. today as compared
with about 30,000 during the
early 1920's.
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Chinese Girl Joins
Foster Mother in US
Milwaukee (U.R) A 21-
year-old Chinese girl has joined
her foster mother after a iive
year effort to bring her to this
country.
The foster mother, Miss Char
lotte Cobb of Milwaukee, rear
ed Young Lotus Blossom in
China's Kwang Tun Province
while Miss Cobb was doing Bap
tist missionary work there. The
child, whose English name is
Jessie Mae, abandoned by her
parents,' was. given: to Miss
Cobb's care one day after her ;
birth.
When Miss Cobb returned to
this country five years ago,
Jessie Mae was left in Hong
Kong in a Baptist school. The
Chinese girl was finally allowed .
to. enter the United , ataies
through efforts by Miss Cobb
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