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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Medfo: Tribune "Everybody In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 n rmrvr U7 pttttt. FHitor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR,, Managing Editor ZARL H. ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHXPMAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of Marcn 3. iaa 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. 3.50 Sunday Only One year $3.50. By Carrier It 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 Daily and Sunday One month 1 25 Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy. 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NATIONAL EDITORIAL assoc5-atln 7 vJ W 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 Fab. 20, 1946 (It was Wednesday) Medford city council orders parking meters in use Feb. 25. ; From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Rural resi dents report town motorists have resumed running over what they mistake for a striped tom-cat, and can be smelled until they get to the turn four miles down the road. 20 YEARS AGO Fab. 20, 1936 - (It was Thursday) Upper Applegate stockmen and forest service take steps to have roundup of wild horses between Sterling creek and California line in Rogue River' National forest. " ' . From Side Glances by Tribune Reporters: Bill Bowerman fixing a jaundiced eye upon a group of newly .received soccer balls, not a single one of which was round. They're for the grade school kids, to be used instead of basketballs. 30 YEARS AGO . Feb. 20. 1926 " - ' (It was Saturday) Oregon National Guard to hold field maneuvers at Camp Jack ion here June 14 through 29. : From Local and Personal col umn: , The, Jackson County Dog Protective association with head quarters in this city have posted . a standing reward of $200 for the conviction of any person guilty of abuse to members of the dog family in the way- of forced starvation, mal-treatment and poisoning. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 1916 (It was Sunday) Charles G. Anthony of Sara toga Springs, N.Y., elected a director of the Pompadour min eral springs company of Ashland. The Brantner placer mine on the Applegate river, 17 miles from Medford, resumes opera tion. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? , - Capr. 1955, Editorial Research Report . 1. Attendance of its first Ne gro student recently caused riots at the University of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis sissippi or Texas? . 2. Color TV sets available in quantity this fall are expected to sell for somewhat more or less than $500 each, or about $500? 3. About as many new " cars were' made in first five weeks of 1956 as in first five of 1955, or about 50,000 more, or 100,000 fewer? , 4. Most drug addicts in the :U." S. are over or under 21? 5. The Hatch act is aimed at white slavery, car thefts,' cor rupt politics, the drug traffic, or subversive activities? 6. A tornado or a hurricane covers more territory, or is it about 50-50? . . 7. Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus, is now within Israel, Egypt, Jordan or Syria? The answers: 1. University of Alabama. 2. Somewhat, more than $500. 3. About 100,000 few er. A. Most over 21. 5. Corrupt politics. 6. Hurricane covers much more. 7. Jordan. The Qattara depression in Egypt is 436 feet below the level of the sea. V MAIL TRIBUNE Much Can Be Done Not too long ago, the county court appointed a County Planning Commission the first such ever named in this county. Its organization was authorized by a recent session of the state legislature. . -.. . In our view, it was a step forward in the progress of the community which is Jackson county. . But it was only a step not the automatic solution of the problems of planning and zoning which we face as a growing community. TTHIS is borne out in the experience of other coun- ties which are in the process of putting planning and zoning procedures into effect. ; Here is part of an editorial from The Dalles Chronicle of recent date: The Wasco County Planning Commission has adopted a zoning ordinance for populated areas adjacent to The Dalles that will have far reaching' effects on the community for . years to come. The zoning ordinance, coupled with the county build ing code adopted by the commission and the county court, -puts this area "way ahead of the rest of the state," accord ing to J. Haslett Bell, zoning expert hired by the county: This editorial caught the eye of the editor of the neighboring, (as 'distances go in eastern Oregon) La Grande Evening Observer, who rather ruefully admir ed the progress being made in Wasco county. THE La Grande editor then went on to discuss some of the problems of planning and zoning in general, which are applicable to our own situation. He points out that "the Union county planning group has been so far inactive, although that for La Grande proper the city commission had devoted a consider able amount of time to the development of a city zoning ordinance, and to other measures for the sound and intelligent development of growth within the city proper. ' This situation is similar to that in this area, with an active city group and a so-far inactive county com mission. -, . ' - The editorial continues : . - . . Where the city limits end, so ends any control or planning. These areas adjacent to the city are permitted to build up in any way they wish, without any overall plan for their : future development, for beautification or eventual ' land uses. ... . -- I . ,. The longer th?,county goes without a zoning ordinance, or without a properly functioning planning commission, the 'greater is the danger that certain areas will fall into unde sirable uses, which will have, to be tolerated long into the , future. . . . - ; .- '. ftflEDFORD and Jackson county have a far greater population than do either La Grande or The Dal les and their counties. We are also growing more rapr idly. The need for sound planning procedures is more apparent here than it is there. - We certainly w ould not wish; the new planning commission, which first must "get its feet on the ground," to take any action hastily or without due consideration. i But the. evidence on every hand is that the ser vices they can render are long, long ' overdue. Little can now be done to assist the areas which like Topsy "just growed," andare now feeling the lack of plan ning and foresight. But, with a sound program, which we. hope the commission will spare, no effort to de velop,7much can be done to avoid similar, situations as our growth continues.? E.A. Wanderlust The sun was shining as this was written (which is no guarantee that it will be when it appears , in print) and brings up the eternal February-time ma laise known as "wishing Spring would : hurry" up." This malady is stoutly reinforced by a publication which reached this desk a day or two ago. It is en titled "Discovery Trips in Oregon," and by means of maps, photographs and description it gives anyone who has traveled in Oregon and loved it a passion to get back on the road. THE booklet is put out by Sunset Magazine. It is divided into seven sections, an introduction de scribing the state's principal cities; a section on the Oregon coast; southern Oregon;, the Cascades and central Oregon; the Columbia river highway; the northeast corner, and southeastern Oregon. The southern Oregon section was of the' most in terest, naturally enough. It goes into considerable de tail about the Rogue River, the Oregon Caves,' the Applegate route to . Medford, camping on Union Creek, Grater Lake, Lake of the Woods, and-the North Umpqua. Glancing over it only serves to re inforce our hard-held conviction; that of all places in the state, southern Oregon is the most greatly blessed. DUT the rest of Oregon has its attractions, for just about anything high desert, mountains, rivers, lakes all are available within our boundaries. If .the sun starts shining again there will be no alternative : We'll just have" to get that leaky tire pumped up, dust off some of the -winter's mud from the old jalopy, lock the. house, and take off to get re acquainted with the most beautiful state of all. E.A. Pear Sales Increased Pear sales have been stimulat ed greatly in retail stores in the New ' York area by ; attractive J?cr1a"i7c anil." nrnner - rinpnin cr according xo worn irom eastern representatives of the Oregon, Washington, California pear bureau.. . '. ...., During the current pear pro motioni "peak of the pear sea son,' several thousand pieces of display material have been dis Monday, February 20, 1958 In Eastern Markets tributed to-chain "stores and in dependent markets -in the area. One company official estimated that pear sales in general had more than doubled in the entire Acme or American stores chain during the current year. , Purpose of the bureau, which was estabJ'shed by southern Ore gon growers, is to increase mar keting of west coast winter peari.' - '. Negotiations Over Future of Saarland Bring it Into By CHARLES M, McCANN' United Press Correspondent The Saarland is coming into the headlines again. I .ance and West Germany opened negotiations in Paris to day on the fu t u r e of the tiny, rich ter ritory which lies nestled be tween them. On the suc cess of the ne gotiations . de pends the main tenance of Charles McCann irienaiy rela tions between the two countries. To some extent, at least, the strength of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,, of .which both are members, is involved. There is no doubt, that the Saar is German. But since the end of World War II it has been linked with France. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune "reserves Che right to edit all letters with s view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Moral Responsibility - To the Editor: I have "noticed that a number of fishermen: ap pear to be not in favor of a high dam on the Rogue river to pre vent the recurrence of the floods this winter. They appear to think their fish and their pleasure "(?) are more important than the lives . and property of people living in the Rogue 'val ley; If another' flood comes to the Rogue River " valley because the fishermen and the IWL . (their organization) oppose this dam, then I , think the Izaak Walton league and the fishermen should be held morally responsible for any lives andor property lost. " No amount ' of money can pay for lives lost under such condi tions but the. fishermen should be willing to pay enough. extra for their licenses to pay for the property damage their pig-head-edness causes. Floyd R. McCabe Mt. Pitt Star Rt. . Butte-Falls, Ore. Reasons for Zeal To the Editor: I regret you found it necessary in your fluo ridation editorial to use tactics you" deplore in others. I refer specifically to your ., reference "opposition which has an almost fanatical attitude." . .." The reason for our zeal is be cause we firmly believe that the American people are being slow ly poisoned by these additives to our food and water. The unfairness is thus demon- strated: News releases during Dental Week stress the word "Fluoridation": you r editorial of 845 words while opposition letters restricted to 400 words: the unfair approach by propon ents in only allowing their side to be heard by 'the public. The Public ; Health service should see that both sides are heard, in this issue. I would-like to refer to the "Facts" as' you list them: Nothing is said about fluorosis which has turned up in those cities having fluoridation. Your .13 cent cost per month per water connection is only for maintenance and flourine. $30,- 000. is needed for the feeder sta tion (Medford water depart ment figures). -. . Your "Socialized Medicine" statement is too vague. One has a selection of the milk they de sire (this is all we ask regarding water) pasteurized, homogenized or raw milk is available. Chlo rine ran be eliminated by aera tion or boiling. When people are misled and forced to take poison in their water for com mercial advantage- if this is not socialism, what is it?. Your "fluorides - are harm less" statement is not. wise. Sci ence itself states, "only when you can prove that your experi ments are not wrongs have you any hope to begin to believe that you are - right." When so many of the-: experts disagree, how can we assume fluorides are harmless? The fact that fluorides are tasteless, and odor less is in itself warning enough. The "authorities you men tion doubtless, had tne same training. Those experts oppos ing fluoridation do so: with their convictions, often at the expense of being maligned and unjustly attacked by. their fel low professionals.. The Supreme Court decision was based on the issue of Re ligious Freedom only. Justice Lusk wrote that it was not even aUeged in the ; complaint that fluorine was harmful, which is the only issue that should have been contended.-'. ' Let's urge our city council to put this issue on the May bal lot. In presenting this to the public . the American way, the public can, decide if they wish fluoride added to their water.. J. Verne Shangle 1445 Kings Highway - Medford, Ore. (Editor's note: We agree with the last paragraph of the above letter.) - - - - - West Germany wants the Saar back. France wants to keep its economic ties with the 990.0 square. mile territory. French Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineau and West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano are conducting the ne gotiations. Political Importance Both will have to keep in mind the political importance of the Saar' territory to their govern ments. French Premier Guy Mollet's coalition cabinet is shaky. West German Chancellor Adenauer is under a heavy attack at the mo ment from his opponents. Neither dares concede too much in the Saar talks. The baar produces about 17, 000,000 tons of coal a year. The Saar's coal fits perfectly, from the economic standpoint, with France's Lorraine iron industry. The . Saar was -detached from Home. in Annex?. . To the Editor: Several years ago the people of Jackson coun ty voted for the establishment of a juvenile ' detention home and provided funds for its acqui sition.. The mandate of the peo ple has not been carried out by those charged with this duty, among the reasons advanced for non-compliance with the wishes of the people is the belief that the near proximity of such . an institution will have an adverse effect upon property values. It is within the . realm of possi bility that this is true. ".-',"' We do have a structure al ready erected in Jackson county that can house detention quar ters, for juveniles. This is the top floor of the courthouse an nex. This area, if used would provide maximum security and make a more efficient and eco nomical operation than if . lo cated elsewhere. Juveniles would, be close to the county officials who are in charge of their department. It is understood that less than 40 juveniles were confined in the county jail during all of 1955; This being true, it seems that the best interests of our residents would be served by utilizing building space already in the hands of the county rather than' to acquire more land -for the erection of a building that would-be costly, to maintain and operate. . -. There is sufficient, area on the. top floor of the !" courthouse annex to provide adequate space for .juveniles who are detained for noii-criminal reasons as well as for. those requiring more com plete isolation and confinement. . It is believed if the people demand that presently available space be used that' a saving will accrue to the county, not only from lower initial cost but also from lower operational charges Dan F. Krotz. II, ; '. Chairman for Community Service, Steelhead Post, VFW, """Shady Cove, Ore. Who Is a Christian? , To the Editor: We have churches of many different be liefs. And most of the people you find in most of them are considered better citizens of the community, business men and officials, and what have you. Yet to meet one of them, on "the street, or in their place of busi ness, it would appear that the brotherly love that Jesus taught is founded upon how much are you going to spend or. what group do you belong to. If you don't come under one of these headings you are more than likely not going to find any of that brotherly 'love that is found in true- Christians and preached in church on Sundays This is not so with all, how ever, but. in most of so-called better , business men and higher class of people, and a lot of self- righteous church- going people This is truly a sad thing to see, for these are the ones that should be setting an example for oth ers. I use to envy people with money and popularity, but after reading the Bible' I can truly say now I'm glad I'm not -one and hope I never will be, for it's too easy to fall into that class of self-righteousness. ' I'd rather be praying for them than to. have some one praying for .me, for fear that the prayer wouldn't be answered. Jesus said the -. two most im portant commandments . are to love God with all thy heart and soul," and to "love thy breth ren," and we are all. brothers and sisters in God's eyes. Not one lives that does not live by God, and we wiU either be for given or judged by him accord ing to our works, l pray that no man will go to hell, for there is surely good in aU. So let's bring it out and show it to others and make it a better , world to live in and to- bring our children into. ' - - Judge ye yourselves. By a Sinner- --,,-. 1 (Name on. File), News Germany for 15 years after the First World War. It was under League of Nations control, and France got its coal as repara tions. Again after World War n, the Saar came under French" control. Its economy remains closely linked to that of France. October Referendum In a referendum held last Oc tober, Saarlanders voted over whelmingly for reunion to Ger many. This vote was confirmed in a parliamentary election held Dec. 18. . Now the French and German governments are trying to reach a firm agreement' on the'' future of the Saar and its 1,000,000 people. , French Foreign Minister Pi neau announced in advance of the negotiations that he. is de termined to protect his country's interests. Pineau said that France could agree to the return of the Saar to German sovereignty only if its economic interests in the ter ritory were . safeguarded com pletely. ... . Hence the success of the nego tiations .seems to depend on the separation of the political and economic issues. , ; Hubert Ney, a 63-year-old law yer, is the Saar's Premier. He seems to be thoroughly aware of the realises in the situation. He calls for economic as weU as political union with . Germany. But he has said that this is pos sible , only, under, a friendly French-German agreement, and that union must be accomplished gradually. - r It is probable that Ney wUl be drawn into the Paris negotia tions soon. His part in them is likely to be important. . Editorial Comment OS WEST'S VETO Ex-Governor Os West has said he doesn't think it would be right to name a state park after him. But the Salem Statesman points out the constitution gives us the right to override the gov ernor's veto by a two-thirds ma jority. And from opinions ex pressed ther length and breadth of the state og this issue thus far,, we judge Oregon sentiment to be approximately 99-44100 per cent in favor of honoring in this fashion the man who saved our : beaches for public enjoy ment -forever; This- -is one veto Og can't make stick. " ; A short time before his death Governor Paul Patterson told a representative of this page he favored: the idea, and. had a po tential site . or, two in mind. Now the Astorian ' Budget advocates giving the name of Os West to the newstate park adjacent to Fort Stevens. Since the. old Fort Stevens reservation ' lies almost wholly outside the boundaries of the park, fears that this historic name might thereby disappear from the' map seem groundless! Highway commission poticy has been to name state: parks only after donors of land, or after those in whose name park properties have been given to the state. The way we see it,' the commission wouldn't even need to make an exception to: its rule in this case. After all Os West gave us the whole Oregon coast. Portland ' Oregonian. Communications On TV Ads To the Editor: The controver sy concerning Public Power vs. Private Power has . long been apparent in our newspapers and magazines, written of course by the Pro and Con. However this controversy has taken on new proportions under the guise of commercial advertising. Sponsors usually purchase time from a radio or television station for. the jpurpose- of ad vertising their products, hoping that they wiU sell as a . result. Of course when a company is selling a commodity as essen tial, for instance, as electricity, and there . is no competition in an area, -sometimes a sponsor of " this type may feel . it can afford to set aside caution and expound their political theories under the title of commercial advertising. - '- I'm sure that no one would ever expect a private power company to advertise favorably for Public Power. The two are not compatible. So it comes as no surprise to anyone that they are for private power develop ment 100 per cent. After all it is their business! I do want to say though, that the manner they are going about it cer tainly tends to create hard feel ings among many, as it is not in the true sense of. the word, good advertising. I realize that a radio or tele vision station must depend on sponsored programming in or der to exist financially, however I've always noticed that during a political campaign .these sta tions1 are very careful to an nounce, whenever a candidate has purchased some time, that the views heard are not neces sarily those of the station. This is as it should be. Are we to believe then that our TV station ia in complete accord -with a Matter of Fact NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A SLEEPER Washington This election year could turn out to be a lot less violent, tumultuous, con- tentious and exciting ' .than, e v-e-r seemed probable only a short time ago. Ind e e d, the c on v e n tions, which not long ago seemed likely to be glorious Joseph Aisop blood-lettings, may turn out to be hardly worth the bother. . If. the President decides to run, of course, the rest will be silence on the Republican side. And on the Democratic side, Adlai Steve nson's supporters are t a Iking quite seriously of clinching . the Democratic nomination for their man in Stewart' Alsop less t h a n a month. Such talk may not be quite as empty as it seems. For it does seem quite reasonable to suppose that Stevenson might knock out Sen. Estes Kefauver in the New Hampshire primaries on March 16. If that happens, it is difficult to see how Kefau ver can come back, and even more difficult to see how Ste venson can be stopped. . The Kefauver forces in New Hampshire, are scared blue. Here I'm trying - to practice law," says Kef auve's New ! Hampshire manager Tom Mc Intyre, "and I'm working full time for Estes, where' a couple of months ago I thought I had a shoo-in." The man principally responsible for keeping Mr. Mc Intyre away from his law prac tice is William L. Dunfey, chair man, of the Stevenson organiza tion in New Hampshire. TYUNFEY -has succeeded in lin- J ing up just about all the big and medium sized Democratic names in the state to serve as delegate candidates "favorable" to Stevenson ' a considerable achievement, ' since, like the minority party in most one-party states, the . principal amusement of New Hampshire's Democrats is kicking each other in the shins. Among the pro-Stevenson delegate- candidates are most of the state chairmen of the last couple of decades, and men like Joseph Benoit, popular- mayor of Man chester and Reader of the state's numerous Franco-Americans; As a result, there has " developed an understandable tendency among Kef auver's supporters to desert him; Among those who have gone . over to Stevenson are, Hugh Wailing, chairman Of Kef auver's New Hampshire dele gation 'i in 1952, and national committeeman . Henry. . Sullivan, who was elected by the Kefau ver delegates.. ' There is a curious added ele ment in the situation, which also makes Kefauver look a lit tle, like a sinking ship. A New Hampshire Democratic - voter marks his ballot for 12 state wide delegatesMf there are more than 12 delegate candidates favorable to a Presidential can didate, his strength is" corre spondingly diluted. J In 1952, for example. Kefau ver had 12 delegates and Presi dent Truman had 15. The Tru man delegates and other non Kef auyer delegates actually got more votes than the Kefauver slate. But, " because the anti Kefauver vote was diluted, Ke fauver won a clean sweep- of all the delegates. sponsor such , as the one men tioned above,' on the political subject of- Private vs. Public Power?. Or is it that-they acci dentally overlooked this situa tion? Ken Corliss, 1564 Myers Lane, Medford, Ore. p. T f - Since 1 908 PERL Mortuary Phone 2-6675 FINER , , FUNERAL SERVICES in every price rangi By Joe and Stewart AIsop rpHIS year the tables have been - reversed. A matter of minutes" before closing time, three little known -Democrats filed as dele gate candidates favorable to Ke- -fauver. Mclntyre, who not unnaturally . suspects a dark pro-Stevenson blot, has denounc ed the three as "phonys." But their names will be on the bal lot, and presumably they will dilute the Kefauver. strength. Kefauver plans at least two forays into New Hampshire,; and his odd but effective campaign style may save the situation for him. But the above analysis of the 1952 vote suggests that his much -vaunted popularity with the New Hampshire Democrats may be exaggerated. Polls show Stevenson running : better than two to one over Kefauver," for example in upstate New York. It is hard to see why - New Hampshire Democrats should be all that different from upstate New York Democrats. In any case, Stevenson is in an enviable heads-I-win-tails-you-lose position. He has kept hands off New Hampshire. An official in his Chicago headquarters re marked, "We do not associate ourselves with that situation, on the Governor's orders." So a de feat in New Hampshire will not much hurt Stevenson. But a de?, feat in New Hampshire could well be fatal to Kefauver, since his whole strength is .built- on , his "grass roots" support,; first supposedly demonstrated in New Hampshire in 1952. . .r PERHAPS Kefauver could come back for example by taking a few delegates from Ste venson in Minnesota, where some observers profess to de tect surprising; Kefauver strength. But it is hard to see . how he could ever really recover from a New Hampshire defeat, especially as the Kefauver money, which is now no better than a trickle, would dry up completely.. And if Kefauver is knocked out, a first ballot Ste venson Win at a duU convention in. August will be about as pre dictable as such thangs can be. (Note: Information in a recent column about the part played by Mr; Cliff Roberts in the mat ter of the Republican Vice Presidential candidate came from seemingly reliable inform- . ants. In fairness it should be rioted, however, that Mr.. Rob erts states that he has never advocated to President Eisen hower the replacement of Vice President Nixon by another candidate.) ; .Copyright 1956, . New York Herald Tribune Inc. - Population of Latin America, including the West Indies, is now estimated at about 173,000,000, or abouf the combined total, of the United States and the Do minion of Canada. - Dead Man Raised ; GEO. N. TAYLOR , Lazarus' grave was a cave and a stone lay over the opening. Jesus told them to roll back the stone. At that Martha, the sister of Laza rus, " spoke u p. "Lord, , by this time he stinketh. for he has been dead four days already." At that Jesus told her: "Believe and you will see the glory of God." Then Christ shouted: "Lazarus, come forth." And Lazarus came forth with no smell of putrid flesh or of death but in perfect health.. Loose him and let him go," said Jesus, j. So aU saw Christ's power to give life out of death. Ressurec tion Day is coming and again Christ is to raise His who sleep in death - - - also. His then liv ing. You, who put off and put off Christ as dying for your sins, go on into the pains of heU. Christ's blood paid for your sins His blood; not your education, culture or good works. Oregon dairyman. adv. );
