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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
JO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 22, 1946
(It was Friday)
' Residents of Talent school dis
'trict vote against merging with
Phoenix schools, 43-32. .
' From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The army
announces it will put on sale
next Monday, .434,000 surplus
washboards. No grand rush is
anticipated, as washboards are
more out of date than buggy
whips.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 22. 1936
(It was Saturday) ".'
John H. Fuller recommended
for postmastership at Ashland
to replace Fred D. Wagner,:
whose term expires soon.
1 ' Jackson county court approv
es, roundup of wild " horses in
JJittle Applegate sfrea. .
30 YEARS AGO '
Feb. 22, 1926 . ,
- (It was Monday)
Employees of Owen-Oregon
Lumber company discuss im
provements at plant at ' dinner
meeting. 1
National drive opens to end
six years of prohibition under
the Volstead act.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 22. 1916
(It was Tuesday)
Mr. and Mrs. Ed G. Brown
open one of most modern soda
fountains in state in Medford;
known as Brown's.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Tests being made of the
street lighting system of Med
ford by the California-Oregon
Power company , show losses of
voltage on account of the wires
being laid in ordinary water
pipes instead of the regular elec
tric wire conduits. .
WhaFs the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1, Washington's salary as Pre
sident was $25,000. He thought
that about right, wanted more,
suggested less; or wanted no sal
ary at all? ,
1 2. Failures of" small stores
have been increasing, decreas
ing, or staying about the same?
3. President Eisenhower wants
present immigration restrictions
tightened, loosened or left as-is?
4. Which of these Army ranks is
the highest: Brigadier general,
lieutenant general, major gen
eral? 5 Which member of the Eisen
hower Cabinet put in several
years as missionary in a foreign
land? --
6. Which of these states gets
the most revenue from horse rac
ing: California,, Florida, IUinois,
New York,?
7. A "half -gainer" is a term
used in what branch of sports?
The Answers: 1. Wanted ho
salary at all. 2. Increasing. 3.
Loosened. 4. Lieutenant general.
5.. Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son (a Mormon). 6. Ne wYork.
7. Diving. '
The kangaroo family has more
than 5505 members. Some are
called by other names walla
roo, wallaby, euro, and pademe
lon. They range from the foot
long musky-rat kangaroo to
seven-foot red and great grays.
EHftffil3
MAIL TRIBUNE
Detention Home Site
f
On this page last Monday appeared a letter from
a regular correspondent, the conscientious and
thoughtful community service chairman of the VFW
post in Shady Cove.
He proposed that the long-postponed construction
of the Juvenile Detention Home be started and that
the third floor of the new courthouse annex be used
as a site. It is a proposal which ha"s been offered by
others, among them county officials.
"THE use of the courthouse, either the third-floor jail
in the old building or the thin'-f loor annex in the
new, was pretty well thrashed out before the election
ai which the proposed detention home was approved
by the voters of the county.
' Before the matter came to a vote, it was pretty gen
erally agreed that one of the chief values of a separate
detention home is simply that it would NOT be in or
near the jail, nor sniack of the cold institutionalism
with which most governmental buildings abound.
Indeed,' probably the chief benefit of a detention
home is to give a reasonable chance to disturbed
youngsters to get back on their feet again a chance
which experience has proven is greatly lessened by the
grim and jail-like surroundings chat even a courthouse
presents.
"IXTE DON'T envy the county court the job of select-
?ng a site for the new home. Members of the court
have looked long, have inspected dozens of possible
sites, and rejected them all for one reason or another.
- Some are too far away from population centers ;
some are too costly; some neighbors object to; and so
nn and so on. And fust when the court had found a
site it thought satisfactory,
freeway may go through the
"THEREFORE, we sympathize.
" , Nonetheless, the court is under obligation to find
a satisfactory site. And it has been almost a year and
a half since the proposal was approved. The problem
which the home is designed to alleviate is not getting
ny less pressing. Youngsters are still being housed m
the jail, with the result that
of successful rehabilitation is that much retarded.
Possibly even more serious, the courts and juven
ile officers have sometimes
custody children who might benefit, from it, simply
because they felt this was
T7HE court, despite its efforts, seems to have little
ocuoc uj. nigonvj in xuiuiiig a iu-auuu auu getting
construction under way. We wish they would put a
higher priority on the project.
The people of the county, who have approved the
home with their votes and provided the construction
funds with their taxes, are;entitled to know that ef
forts are really being madefo carry out then-mandate.
.--;--. ? . -:: ,;i : - ' E.A.
Small Black Dog
There is a spot beside the reading chair at home
where a small black dog used to lie. Occasionally he
would lift his head for a pat, or a scratch behind the
ears.
For the eight years of his life, this was his happy
custom during the evenings. During the day he would
follow the family secretary of health, education and
welfare from room to room, or outdoors while she
hung up the washing. -
"VN OTHER occasions he would lie in regal state
in the front yard, surveying his domain. At still
other times, he would romp gaily with the youngsters.
Always he was a loving, devoted, loyal compan
ion. His deep brown eyes turned trustingly on mem
bers of the family his gods.
In illness he was uncomplaining, and as he bade us
farewell forever last week, one somehow got the feel
ing that he knew our love and aff action would always
follow him.
v All of this will make no sense whatever to those
unfortunate souls who have never loved a dog. But
those who have mourned the death of a beloved pet
will understand our grief as the small black dog left
us. E.A.
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Fluoridation Decade
Some 22 million persons in 1,123 U.S. communit
ies are already or soon will be drinking water enriched
with fluorides. The supporters of this measure to re
duce toolh decay among ch.il dren have just received
additional evidence to back their claims. The well
known 10-year study in Newburgh, N.Y., has ended
with clear confirmation that fluoridation protects the
teeth without ill effects.
New York State public health officials examined
the teeth and general health of 476 children in New
burgh, which has treated its water for 10 .years, and
405 youngsters in Kingston, a nearby "town on the Hud
son River which does not fluoridate its water. In the
six-to-nine age group Newburgh children, having
drunk fluoridated water all their lives, had 58 per
cent fewer cavities than children of corresponding
ages in Kingston. Those who were born before fluori
dation started benefited less. But even 16-year-olds in
Newburgh had 41 per cent less tooth decay than their
counterparts in. Kingston. j
None of the teeth of Newburgh children examined
were disfigured by mottled enamel. -In skeletal matur
ity, height, weight, bone disorders, hemoglobin con
tent and red-cell count there was no significant dif
ference between the children of the two towns.
State Health Commissioner Herman E. Hilleboe
concluded : - ;
"Fluoridation is safe, and it is effective." .
Scientific American
Wednesday, February 22, 1956
it is learned that a new
property.
in each, instance the chance
refrained from taking into
better than jailing them.
Political Instability Foreseen
As Result of Greek Elections
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Greece seems to face a period
of dangerous political instabil
ity. . - ; ' .
Pro-western Premier Constan
tine Karamanlis came out of
Sunday's election with a slim
" - majority in
the 300 -seat
single - cham
ber P a r 1 i a
ment. But the
seven opposi
tion ' parties
which ganged
up on him
won a plural
ity in the pop
i Charles McCann uidr vote.
The campaign was a bitter
one. The opposition coalition
parties are bitter over Kara
manlis' victory. They accuse him
of fraud and demand a new
election.
It looks, in all, as if Greece
will be a headache for the United
States and its allies for months
to come.
Greece is a member of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi
zation. Karamanlis is all for that
alliance.
But he faces a difficult situa
tion both in internal and for
eign affairs.
Realignment of U.S. Political
Parties Seen as Coming Trend
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) There
were no political parties in the
modern sense when' George
Washington twice was elected
pres i d e n t of
the United
States toward
the end of the
18th century.
That's school
boy stuff. Only
the thoughtful
adult, however,
is aware that,
by any .realis
tic, definition of
Lyle C. Wilson
the term, there are no political
parties in the U. S. today. A fair
definition ; of . ' a - political party
would be:
A nationally organized group
of voters seeking the election of
federal office holders who would
be inescapably committed to the
basic principles of the organized
group.
The Communist Party would
qualify under, that j definition.,
Neither the Republican nor Dem
ocratic party could '' make the
grade. The briefest examination
s - ,
Editorial Comment
AUTOMOBILES -
I am wondering why it is that
the American automobile manu
facturers are concentrating so in
tently on making it easier to roll
up the windows and ''adjust the
seats, but doing nothing about
making it easier to change a tire
or open a trunk?
In fact, I have quite' a few
beefs to register about the cars
we drive nowadays. The wrap
around windshield, which gives
a nice appearance to the outside
of the car, also brought about a
condition known as "football
knee" in all drivers, not just ex
gridiron heroes. That projection
under the back edge of the wind
shield is just right to crack your
knee on every time you get out
of the car. And I can't see that
it improved the vision any. Just
moved the glass and then made
it necessary to hang a rear view
mirror up there where you can't
see around it.
Oh well, we all drive 'em and
brag about 'em, anyway. But I'll
be glad to see built-in jacks in
stead of automatic window con
trols, clocks that run, cigaret
lighters that don't fall out, radios
that stay in adjustment and
windshield wipers that take off
road film. Maybe I'll live so long.
Bill Jenkins in Klamath Falls
Herald and News.
PARK REHABILITATION
PROGRAM
The compelling need for the
Mission 66 program of the na
tional park service a 10-year
$786,000,000 rehabilitation proj
ect designed to bring facilities at
our run-down and over-crowded
national parks up to date is il
lustrated by the facilities prob
lem at beautiful Crater lake -
At the very time the tourist
travel department of the Oregon
state highway department ' was
running beautiful color photos
of Crater lake in page ads in the
national magazines, - Max Gil
strap, chief of the central news
bureau of the Christian Science
Monitor, ran a half page critique
of facilities he found at Crater
Lake National park last fall.
Gilstrap, who has been doing
a series on our national parks,
gave full credit to the beauties
of the Crater lake area. But he
also' made it brutally clear that
this beauty is dimmed by run
down facilities for visitors, de
spite the efforts of concession
aires who took over in 1954 and
who are attempting to rehabili
tate "the severely run-down
plant."
The ' problem Gilstrap de
scribed at Crater Lake National
The chief issue in the foreign
field is the Greek demand that
Great Britain surrender' its col
ony of Cyprus' Because of that,
Greek relations with , both Brit-1
ain and Turkey are bad.
. Britain refuses to give up the
island, which is becoming the
biggest military base in the Mid
dle East.
Twenty per cent of the people
of Cyprus are of Turkish origin.
Turkey is quite willing to see
Britain keep the island. But it
does not want Greece to get it.
Domestically, the Greek eco
nomic situation is bad and get
ting worse.
The parties which combined
against Karamanlis in the elec
tion ranged from the extreme
right to the extreme left. They
included the so-called Union of
the Democratic Left, which rep
resents the outlawed Commu
nist Party, and the fellow-travelling
Democratic Party of the
Working People.
Karamanlis' victory, close as
it was, was something of a sur
prise. Strong Personal Appeal
There is some indication that
he won it with the aid of the
women, who voted for the first
time in a Greek election.
That is partly because of Kara
of basic congressional roll caHs
would prove that. , '
What passes for a major polit
ical party today In the United
States . is an assortment of big
and little pressure and minority
groups. They are held together
sometimes -by compromising
among themselves, often at the
expense of principle and-or party
policy. . . . .
Powerful Personality Controls
Sometimes these political
mixed pickles are kept in their
jar by the force of a powerful
political personality. Franklin D.
Roosevelt was one of those. He
presided over an assortment of
right and : left wingers- who'd
have been at each other's throats,
but for him.
The political party, as it is sup
posed to be, must have begun to
fade in' 1920, although none
seemed aware of it at the time.
It is a fact; however, that in
every presidential election since
1916 with '.the possible excep
tion of theN1948 thriller the
winner has been chosen by an
overwhelming margin, a real
landslide. The independent, or
uncommitted bloc of voters, was
park is not unique. It is all too
common to our ; national park
system. Concessionaires operat
ing lodges, restaurants and other
facilities in the nation's parks are
faced with a short season, heavy
overhead and maintenance costs.
But with the tremendous in
crease in visitors at most of our
national parks it's more than
50,000,000 a year now some
thing must be done about catch
ing up on long neglected im
provements to them not only
the housing and feeding facili
ties, but park roads, bridges,
trails and camping areas.
The national park problem
now being tackled by Sec. of In
terior McKay and the park serv
ice grows out of almost 15 years
of neglect.
Thanks to the CCC, which as
signed some 30,000. young men
to our national parks during the
depression and spent. $25,000,
000 a year on improvements
they were brought up to their
aU-time peak about. 1941.
Then came the war and all im
provement work stopped. Park
funds totaled only $5,500,000 in
1945. And even after the war we
were wining to spend only
about $9,000,000 on our park
system and did not get it up to
$34,000,000 until 1951. Last
year, with gradual increases, the
park system budget was up to
around ' $50,000,000, but park
personnel still was below 1941
levels, despite acquisition of new
parks and expansion of others.
What Mission 66 involves is a
stable, 10-year improvement pro
gram, one that the park service
can count on from year to year,
one flexible enough to permit
continuing improvement con
tracts. ;'"
And hearings now being con
ducted by the House appropria
tions .committee indicate great
interest in the program, so great,
in fact, that the committee .is
recommending three times cur
rent construction expenditures
on park construction projects.
Included is $381,500 for Crater
Lake National park.
Another problem for which a
solution must be found involves
concessions such as the one at
Crater Lake. Congress has been
understandably hesitant to go
into the . park hotel and restau
rant business in competition
with private enterprise; But in
parks which pose such serious
problems for concessionaires
that visitors are penalized, a new
policy may be indicated. Fifty
miUion national park visitors
deserve a better break. Oregon
Journal. - '
manlis' personal appeal. He is
one of the most handsome men
in Greece. He is tall and dark,
with a profile and a physique
which have been compared to
those of the ancient Greek sculp
tures. At 48, he is one of his. coun
try's youngest prime ministers.
A lawyer, he entered politics in
1935. He held posts in seven
cabinets before he was made
prime minister last Oct. 6 after
the death of Field Marshal Alex
ander Papagos.
King Paul personaUy picked
Karamanlis, who was serving as
minister of public works in the
Papagos cabinet. Karamanlis
had won a name for efficiency
in all of his cabinet jobs. But
he was not a top-ranking politi
cal leader. Papagos, on his death
bed, had asked that Foreign Min
ister Stephan Stephanopoulos be
named his successor.
There was considerable com
plaint against the king's action.
This , did not help Karamanlis,
naturally.
At least, in the election, the
Communists did not get a foot
hold in the government, as they
would have done if Karamanlis
had lost. ,
But Greece is likely to be a
political hot-spot for months.
being born and getting its first
political experience. It is a big
bloc now.
Personalities have come to bulk
as large or larger than parties.
That is what makes Dwight D.
Eisenhower . the overshadowing
figure among Republicans. He
proved four years ago that he
could pull the disorganized party
together and get the independ'
ents in, as well.
- There is no agreement among
Republicans that any other man
can achieve that this year.. There
is much fear that the Republican
Party . would- splinter badly if
Mr. Eisenhower refused a sec
ond term. .
Democrats Worse Off
. The Democrats are worse off,
if possible. The race issue has
bruised party wounds unhealed
since; the , angry 1952 national
convention and the bolt of sub
stantial numbers of Southerners
to the Republican ticket. The
Democratic splintering . process
began in 1948, three year's after
FDR's, death, when a States
Rights ticket held four southern
states from the Democratic pres
idential nominee.
The South could be solid again
in this presidential year, or di
vide, as in 1948 and 1952. That
probably willf depend largely on
the party's' presidential nominee.
Strangely enough, some southern
conservatives believe the South
would be solid again this year if
Adlai E. Stevenson were nomi
nated, although some southern
states bolted him four years ago.
Whether Gov. AvereU Harriman
of New York or Sen. Estes Ke-
fauver of Tennessee could hold
the South together is more open
to question.
What seems to be taking place
in the United States is a re
alignment of parties which,' in
time, will come up with two op
posing groups of nationally or
ganized voters, , each actually
committed and sticking to cer
tain basic principles. .
Newbry Won't Seek
'. : . ' - ' ,:;
Seat in Congress
Salem (U.R) Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry, once
considered a possible congress
ional candidate in " Oregon's
first district, . said today he
would support either John Steel-
hammer of Salem or ' Eugene
Marsh of McMinnvUle for t he
post now held by Rep. Walter
Norblad (R-Orel.)
-.: Newbry said he had just
been "interested in getting a good
candidate for the Republican
nomination. He did not refer to
William Healywho served for
years as his assistant secretary
of state and who worked in
Newbry's campaign for the gub
ernatorial nomination in 1954.
Heaiy has filed . for the GOP
pommation as first district con
gressman Norblad willNseek the
party'; nomination for govern
or. . "
Neither - Steelhammer nor
Marsh, both veterans of Oregon
legislative service, has yet filed
for Norblad's seat. But Steel
hammer said only Marsh's fil
ing would prevent him from
running; ' Steelhammer is a
house of representatives and
Marsh is former senate presi
dent. Others who have announced
for the post are R. F. Cook, Sil
vefton Republican, and Jason
Lee, Salem Democrat. ,
COLD CASH
Aberdeen, S.D. -UU.R) The
pop cooler in George Ziegler's
service station was "hot." On
two successive week ends, Zieg
ler hid his receipts in the cooler.
And on both occasions, thieves
broke into the station and into
the cooler. . : '
Com
munications
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not exceed 400 words. ' ,
Nutrition Emphasized
To the Editor: Considering the
intensity of the controversy over
fluoridation, our common sense
should warn us to proceed with
great caution. Since literature
contains articles by authoritative
professional and scientific pei
sons in opposition as well as in
favor; who is to say which is
right? All doctors and dentists
do not favor fluoridation. I know
personally many who actively
oppose it. Proponents state there
are absolutely no harmful
effects. Since courts have
awarded judgments against alu
minum plants for fluorine pois
oning to livestock and crops,
damage suits . have been filed
against food ' manufacturing
companies for loss of animals
due to fluorine poisoning, I can
not believe such statements can
be made with absolute surety.
"He didn't know the gun was
loaded" has led to many trag
edies. I consider good adequate nu
trition as the fundamental basis
of. good health and sound teeth;
however, I would not deprive
any child the benefit (?) of fluor
ides if desired. I agree heartily
with Dr. F. B. Exner, M.D. of
Seattle who writes in Northwest
Medicine, "There is a safer,
cheaper, more effective alterna
tive method of administering
fluorides." Any druggist can
easily add 1.7 gm. (about two
cems worth) of sodium fluoride
to one gallon of water of which
one tvaspoonful daily will give
an accurate measured dose of
1.0 mg. which is recommended
by the Public Health Service.
It is ssfe to have around as the
entire gallon contains less than
half the lethal dose, says Dr.
Exncr.
Dr. Exner asks: "Since one
child may drink twice as much
water as another, how can it be
arranged to have each r child
drinK the right amount of water
to get the right amount of fluor
ine?" How can it- be assured
the fluorine' will be mixed with
the water to deliver the correct
dilution at the tap? Less than
the right dosage is said to be
not ' beneficial, more will cause
mottling of teeth. - With the
above method, each child is as
sured, the right , amount and
everybody shouloV be happy.
Also every child for whom 'it
is desired could benefit, not
just' those who drink public wa
ter. - Is . there any ; really good rea
son why this individual method
should not be used? The cost,
even if provided as a public ser
vice, would be but a fraction .of
the cost of public fluoridation.
Flourine has no acute : toxic
effects but rather, fluorine is a
dumulative poison slowly ac
cumulating in the body with
In The Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
In a previous installment of
this series I spoke of the tragedy
of the cotton industry in the
American Southwest, where an
underground water supply that
has taken' thousands of years to
accumulate is being depleted in
a few decades to grow cotton
to be stored away in government
warehouses.
From the . viewpoint of south
of the border, let me now give
you a glimpse of the other side
of the picture.
SOUTH of Nogales, through
snmp 150 milps nf what, is
chiefly desert country, the sides
of the road are strewn with
tufts i of cotton. These . bits of
snowy fiber blow from the ve
hicles in , which the cotton is
brought loose from' the fields
after being picked. Along the
highway, there are 'cotton patch
es in the alluvial 'flats where a
little water is available.
But no stored cotton is to be
seen. Yet, obviously, cotton is
being hauled SOMEWHERE.
Presumably to market. .,
Where? . ";
Who' is buying this cotton?
AT THIS point, I'd like to
bring into the picture a resi
dent of the Mexican state of
Sonora. He is a new resident:
He came down from the states
a couple of years ago, or such
a matter. I fell into conversation
with him at a gasoline station
in the rapidly . growing agri
cultural town of Obregon. He
come in to get some gas for his
truck, and he. was standing near
the pump.
This isn't a very busy season
of the year for him, he said, and
he added with a grin that he
likes to come into town and
chew the fat with the 'Americans
whose cars are filling the high
ways as their ; owners -seek
warmth and sunshine.
I WASN'T too sharp yet at this
business of liters and pesos
instead of gallons and dollars,
and he stepped in to help me get
unsnarled. When, with, a com
mand of Spanish that is only two
degrees above a vacuum, you
try to cope with unfamiliar units
of measurement and unfamiliar
money, you're apt to get all
wound up like a kitten in a ball
of yarn. After he got me straight
ened out, I asked him howr he
continued use. Some of the more
serious effects may require 25
years or more': to develop. Con
sequently use after the time
when its effects are desired in
volves unnecessary and useless
hazard.
Celia M. Massie,- RN,
231 N.W. "C" St.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
Growth of Communism
To the Editor: I would like
to submit my views and answer
to the M. T. Editorial of Feb. 14,
"Hard to understand." Why
Communism is growing so fast,
that is! There are many reasons
why we as nations and races do
not get along well together.
World peace has proven to be a
most elusive thing. Efforts have
been made in many fields to
reach this goal. But the selfish
interests of so many diversified
groups always seem to interfere.
Certainly ne of the most import-;
ant things in this regard is that
the Christian people regardless
of - denominations shall them
selves be willing to live the prin
ciples of the Gospel of Christ.
But the denominations differ
so widely on their acceptance of
these principles. Every Christian
will admit that Christ and his
gospel is the only hope of the
world. But what is the Gospel?
And who has it? ' '
To, bring about world unity
there should be some form of
unity among Christians. Will
Christians become willing to ac
cept the Bible as a euide to a
I true knowledge of Christ. Some
do not even read the Bible.
Christians today worship a
variety of gods. Some worship a
God without form of any kind.
Others believe that God is merely
body parts or passions: They say
there are three names or expres
sions of this God. And that their
names are Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost. Others say that God is a
real person. That he is our
Father and that Jesus is his di
vine Son and . our elder brother
and redeemer and that the Holy
Ghost is a third personage of the
God-head. All . three being dis
tinct and separate from the
other.
Since Christians do not have
a united concept of God they do
not have a united concept of doc
trine in other matters. Each .one
is zealous of his own views. This
zeal has resulted in massacres
and murder in the name of Chris
tianity.. Would such tactics lead
to World Peace? - -
- Communism will grow and be
a curse upon the world until we
shall learn to live the teachings
of the Bible in its fullness and
not jusf" a verse here and there
and put a private interpretation
on the rest.
John F; Peterson .
- Box 71 -
Talent, Oregon -
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was doing.
"Oh," he said, "things are go
ing pretty good down here,
thanks to you Americans who
are keeping prices high espec
ially ' cotton prices with your
high parity supports. We aren't
doing so bad."
"By the wav." I asked him.
"where is all this cotton around
here being marketed?"
Why," he answered, "in the
UNITED STATES, of course."
'"THAT answers the question
A raised, by. the tufts of cotton
along Mexico's new Pacific High
way. It is being hauled to the
states to be used, there in the
place of the - American cotton
that is being stashed away in
government- warehouses at guar
anteed high prices.
But it raises another question:
Under our system of political
farming, where is American
agriculture headed?
I'm afraid it's headed for an
awful mess. -
T'D LIKE to add a few words
about this growing Sonoran
town of Obregon. It is the trad
ing center for some 200,000
acres of . rich irrigated ' land
wi'th a 12 months growing sea
son. In a couple of big new dams,
it has storage capacity for a two
years supply of water. Water
costs $4 an aire per year, and
you can use all you want.
.. - When you need labor
Well, I supporse. the less said
about that the better. But a
day's pay down here commands
about the same number of pesos
as a day's pay in dollars in the
U.S. And a peso is worth eight
American cents.
"P AETHER south, in the state
of Sinaloa, they're develop
ing a new irrigation project that
makes one's eyes bug out. I don't
know the statistics of it. When,
in a country that speaks Spanish,
one possesses only a handful of
Spanish words, information isn't
easy to come by.
: But it is vast. One drives for
miles alongside huge irrigation
canals. These main canals cross
the highway at intervals of about
a miles, and wherever they cross
a new bridge is under construc
tion, compelling a detour.
Let's put it mildy. These de
tours become tiresome in the
course of .an hour or so.