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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24. 1946
(It was Sunday)
; Medford water commission de
cides not to receive applications
for water users outside the city
limits.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Older
Girls are cutting pussywillows,
switch length. They are used to
touch up the living room, in
stead of Junior.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24, 1936
(It was Monday)
Snowfall in valley is heaviest
thus far this year; follows warm
springlike weather.
Jackson county farm outlook
conference appoints committee
to study farm tax' problems.
30 YEARS AGO :'
Feb. 24, 1926
(It was Wednesday)",
Ashland Camber of Commerce
members discuss possibilities to
make facilities for tourists.
Supervisors of southern Ore
gon national forests discuss fire
and administrative plans, for
coming year.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24, 1916 ,..:'
(It was Thursday)
Old Moore hotel and build
ing on West Main st. at Fir st.
to be removed for modern office
building. .
Utah-Idaho Sugar company of
ficials in valley discussing sugar
beet crop next year.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. Requirments for, voting in
presidential primaries are alike
in many states holding them, or
are different in all?
2.' Oldest US city is Santa Fe,
Boston, St. Augustine, New Or
leans, Key West or Williams
burg, Va.?
3. Dr. Paul D. White, heart
consultant to President Eisen
hower, says bicycling is good or
bad for mast middle-aged to
elderly men?
4. Greatest corn -producing
state is Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska or Ohio?
5. Which member of the Eisen
hower Cabinet resigned as a
state governor to take the Cab
inet job? .
6. A human being has run a
mile in less than four minutes
both indoors. and outdoors, only
outdoors, or only indoors?
7. Lt. Gen. Doolittle (ret.),
former Air Force ace, is now
with Bulova Watch, jmerican
Machine & Foundry, Remington
Rand, Shell Oil, or Continental
Can?
. The answers: 1. Different in
all. 2. St. Augustine. 3. Good. 4.
Iowa. 5. Interior Secretary Doug
las McKay of Oregon. 6. Only
outdoors. 7. Shell Oil.
SP Replacing Signs
Along Right-of-ways
;'; Southern Pacific right-of-ways
will have new "sharply-visible
reflectorized" signs in the near
future, according to W, D. Lam
precht, general manager. -:
The new signs, which reflect
the glow of headlights at night,
will replace existing yard limit,
speed, station crossing and other
notices. They are made of pre
cut aluminum sheets."
MAIL TRIBUNE
On Public Service
There seem o be plenty of candidates for state
and federal offices this year.
Sadly, however, this situation doesn't seem to ap
ply to the local county races at least not yet. And it's
only a couple of weeks until the deadline for candi
dates to file for the May primary election ballot.
TpHERE should be at least two candidates for nom-
ination for each office from each of the two par
ties. But as of this writing, there is only one primary
contest (for the Republican, nomination for county
commissioner), and in several races no candidates at
all. - -
There is certainly no lack of able people in Jack
son county who would make good public servants..
What, then, is the trouble? ;
.,...
TTHE .WAY-we -see it, there are two major draw-
backs.
One, andVpossibly the most serious, is the
necessity of putting on an election campaign, letting
the voters get acquainted with the candidate and his
ideas and plans. This takes time (and time is money),
thought, planning and nervous energy. It also sub
jects candidates to publicity and attention that not
all people relish.
The other objection is the fact that the financial
rewards are relatively small. Why should a man or
woman who has been successful in business life ask
for the headaches of public service at a salary far
less than that to which they are accustomed?
.
THE COUNTY is a multi-million dollar per year
business. And the administrative heads of a mul
ti-million dollar corporation certainly can expect to
receive more than the $4,800 or $5,000 which we of
fer those who are responsible for administering the
county s business.
The result, stated bluntly, is that-some of the of
fice seekers are older men who see in public service
a sort of semi-retirement, carrying with it a modest
stipend and not too much work.
...
THERE ARE, -of course, exceptions. It may .not even
apply to a majority of the offices in question.
But there certainly is a trend that way, not only in
Jackson county but all through the state.
Our system of county government is outmoded
and inefficient at best. And when it fails to attract the
best possible people, the result leaves something to be
desired. - ..
We wish the system could be changed to attract
young, able and vigorous
responsibility.
But until then, we shall have to place our chief
hope in the fact that some people are willing. .to make
the sacrifices financial, and otherwise of seeking
public office simply out of a sense of duty to the com
munity in which they live, and a desire to be of service
to their 'f ellow-citizens. E.A. ?y
Capital Punishment
In Great Britain the House of Commons is the
supreme legislative authority. Last week it voted to
end, tentatively and experimentally, the use of capital
punishment in British prisons. --''.-
In doing so it joined an increasing number of na
tions which have abolished the death penalty, includ
ing Belgium, The. "Netherlands, Portugal, Norway,
Sweden, Finland, Denmark, part of Switzerland, and
most Latin American countries. '
Six of the 48 states in this country have abolished
the death penalty. Oregon, between 1914 and 1920,
was prohibited bjr initiated amendments to the state
constitution from imposing capital punishment.
,..
TN THE COURSE of our reportorial duties, we have
witnessed two executions in the gas chamber, in
Salem. They are experiences we would be loath, to
repeat. The cold and deliberate taking of a human life
even one which is taken legally, and which'is of lit
tle value to society is nothing to be viewed lightly.
As a witness we felt sick and -degraded. '
The fact that much of the Western world is divid
ed over the imposition of the death penalty shows that
is still a live issue. The vote-, of the House of Commons
could well start a reexamination of the social values
of capital punishment. '
JMANY sociologists and modern penologists feel
that the death penalty is unnecessary. There is
no marked difference in crime rates between areas
which do and which do not have capital punishment.
There are two basic reasons for putting a prison
er to death the protection of society, the removal
of an off ender on the one hand, and as punishment,
a deterent on the other. Either purpose could be
as well served by life ' imprisonment, under proper
safeguards. - -...
So perhaps -it would be safe to say that the only
real reason it is kept on is the motive of retribution
the "eye for an eye" philosophy of the Old Testa
ment. We fail to see how it can still be justified under
any civilized and enlightened system of thought.
. : ' e.a.
Question
What quirk is it in human nature that makes some
kids think they are superior beings when they indulge
in petty meanness that any moron " could do if he
didn't have better sense? Oregon Statesman, Salem.
HAZARDOUS WORK
Ogden, Utah (U.R) USO di
rector Helen McDonald says the
organization's success is heart
warming, but she's having trou
ble filling the rank of junior
hostesses . In a six-week period,
10 left to be married five of
them to servicemen they met at
the USO. -r
Friday, February 24, 1956
people with a sense of civic
COFFEE CIRCUIT
Clifton, N. J. (U.R) -Two
partrolmen had no trouble find
ing the culprit when a burglar
alarm was set off at the General
Electric Co. plant here; A pot of
coffee left cooking on a gas
range in the company cafeteria
had boiled over, short-circuiting
the alarm" wires."
In THe Day's
By FRANK JENKINS .
The motel, which is an Amer
ican institution that is begin
ning to spread. over the .world
like cokes and jazz music, is
just arriving in Mexico in a
serious .way. Naturally enough;
it is coming from the north. The
far northern state of Sonora is
already pretty well supplied
with motels.
As one comes south, they get
scarcer. At Navajoa, well down
in the state of Sonora, there is
a very good one. At El Carrizo,
at the far southern ' edge of
Sonora, there is a new one, built
right out in the desert and de
signed strictly for overnight
stops. It has no resort area of
any kind around it. It seems to
be doing all right.
At Los Mochis, just over the
line in the state of Sinaloa, there
is a motel. It competes for bus
iness with several established
hotels in the town and holds up
its end of the competition quite
nicely, apparently filling up
first.
AT CULIACAN, -the capital of
the capital of the , state of
Sinaloa, there is a' motel that
seems to have hit the: jackpot.
It has been full on advance
reservations all through the
month of February. It is new
and attractive, quite in the
American manner, and competes
most successfully with the hotels
in this city-of nearly 50,000.
At Mazatlan, one of the Mex
ican west coast's most popular
beach resorts, there is a new
motel out at the northern edge,
and it stays full in spite of the
fact that the .established hotels
are all down on the beach.
TT IS needless to add, of course,
that Americans are the 'main
stay of ' this burgeoning : motel
business. . They are accustomed
to them at home. Then there is
the undoubtful fact that motels
are easier to . get into and get
out of and in a foreign country,
speaking a strange language, that
means quite a lot. One gets into
and out of a motel with far less
contact with people who don't
speak one's, own language and
whose language one doesn't
speak. ; " .
, In entering a motel, the only
person you have to speak to is
the owner or the desk attend
ant,, and in leaving you don't
have to speak to anybody at all
if you don't want to for down
here, as in our own country, the
pay-in-advance custom is well
established. '- ,
And the motel owners, not
being dumb, see. to it that the
person at the registration desk
speaks English.
QJINCE Americans are coming
& into Mexico in an; , ever-increasing
flood and since so far
they tend to display a- prefer
ence for motels, it is a safe pre
diction that a lot of new motels
will be built in Mexico in the
next few years especially -on
the west coast.
A MOMENT ago I mentioned
reservations. They were a
burning issue last week and the
week before. There was a reason
therefor. It was fiesta week and
in Mexico fiesta week is SOME
THING. .
All the natives come into the
towns from all around and dance
and sing and stroll in the plazas
and strum their guitars and
throw confetti and talk and
laugh and have the time of their
lives in a joyous and charming
way. Almost nobody seems to get
too much tequila or cerveza and
everybody has '.a bushel of fun,
It goes on for about a week
and finally comes to a much-re-gretted-by-all
end on Ash Wed
nesday. ,
Babson Discusses Locations
Babson Park, Mass. During
these cold winter months, I get
many letters asking where to
locate to get
an easy living.
Frankly I do
not know of
any such loca
tions. Every one
of our - 4 8,
states and 3
territories has
has its advan-
Koger w. Babson tages and dis
advantages. The South is very
attractive during the "winter sea
son; but its summers do not en
courage ambition and progress.
The Pacific Coast has a wonder
ful climate; but is becoming
overpopulated by job seekers.
New England leads in education
al facilities; but , it is handi
capped by high-cost power and
by its distance from both raw
materials and markets. -
The Central West appears to
be the surest place to make a
living; but it holds few specu
lative opportunities not so
many as doe the Southwest,
such as Texas. Two hardy
young people with self-control
could probably save money easi
est in Alaska; while Washington,
D. C, would be the most diffi
cult ' place to lay up savings.
Unfortunately; the saying 'Pasy
come easy go" applies to' every
part of our great country.
What About Big Cities?
I advise young people not to
settle in our biggest cities. This
advice applies especiaUy to large
seaboard cities such as Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Balti
more, Los Angeles, and even San
News
ITHILE these - light-hearted
-" people were having a light-
hearted and carefree time dur
ing fiesta week they were also
using up hotel space . so that
there wasn't enough to go
around.
The end result was that the
tide of. Americans flowin'g in in
search of sunshine and warmth
was hard put to it for a place
to sleep.
"CiVERYBODY was sitting tight
where he was and phoning
frantically for reservations at the
next place and there was a
catch to that. The Mexican gov
ernment telephone line was so
swamped that every morning it
took about five hours to catch
up on the calls that had ac
cumulated overnight and mean
while new calls were pouring in
all day.
TT WAS rugged while it lasted
f and it lasted all of a week.
But . come Ash Wednesday and
the end of fiesta time the situa
tion -cleared up and t I don't
think anybody has had much
trouble since. The .tide of Amer
icans continues to flow, but I
haven't seen anybody sleeping
in the street.
UP Correspondents
Forecast Events
Which May Be News
United Press correspondents
look ahead at the news that will
make the headlines.
Look for Israel to get some
American jet fighter planes and
other weapons now that Saudi
Arabia is getting those 18 tanks.
The government authorized the
tank shipment, then stopped it,
finally gave it an OK. The hush
hush Central Intelligence agen
cy, the State department and the
Pentagon were seriously wor
ried over the tank mixup. They
feared (1) that unless King Saud
got his tanks, he would refuse
to let the Air Force keep its im
portant Dhahran air base; (2)
that Saud would buy Russian
arms with American "oil royal
ties. Due to all' the publicity,
Israel will get some arms too.
But nothing like the $64,000,000
worth it seeks.
V. K. Krishna Menon, India's
roving,, ambassador,' is expected
to reach the United States about
the end of the month. Insiders
report he may .bring a new
"East-West peace plan" drafted
by him and Prime Minister
Jawharlal Nehru. Th.9 word is
that Krishna Menon wants to
unveil it to Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles before Dulles
leaves March 2 for the South
east Asia Treaty ; Organization
conference in Pakistan.
New Job for Mrs. Luce?
Rome; diplomatic circles are
sure that American Ambassador
Clare Boothe '..Luce is headed for
a hew State department assign
ment. She's flying to Washing
ton to prepare for the visit of
Italian President Giovanni Gron
chi on Feb. 26. Rome believes
she will talk , over a new job.
Also that she'lT give up the
Rome job in time to take part
in the fall election campaign. .
LOW-COST PLANE
Mayfield, N. Y. (U.R) Owen
S. Billman is a firm believer
in "do-it-yourself." The 34-year-
old salesman has built his own
airplane from second-hand parts
at a cost of. only $500. The craft,
about a third the size of a Piper
Cub, has been granted a certif
icate of airworthiness by the
Civil Aeronautics Administra
tion. . '
Francisco. Because of the auto
mobile and the trek - to the
suburbs, these cities are going
through changes which are dif
f icult to forecast. Frankly, I
believe young people make a
mistake in settling therein.
The above , advice is wholly
apart from the possibility of the
big cities ' bombed in ; case of
World War JII. Although such
a war, is not now in sight, the
best authorities seem to agree
it is inevitable sometime. It,
therefore, might be unwise now
to buy- property in one of these
big seaboard cities or even in
the immediate suburbs. In fact,
as this belief becomes more
general, just the fear of war
could depress "the prices of such
property, even .though this fear
might also force higher wages.
But, what would higher wages
amount to - if you -should be
bombed? - . J .
Where To Invest
Invest your money in . other
cities i "than those mentioned
above. In short, I " would not
invest in the ,, electric or . gas
companies of any of these big
seacoast cities. It may be pos
sible to protect certain of our
interior big cities from .bombs
dropped by airplanes'.- The bil
lions, which we are spending
on radar, should be very help
ful in this respect. No, radar,
however, has been invented that
will detect an enemy submarine
suddenly rising to the surface on
a dark night 200 miles from
New York City and prevent it
from ' throwing an atomic mis
sile into the heart of New York
City. ,'
ommunicotions
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view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must
not exceed 400 words. .
Speaks for Mother!
To the Editor: Thank you very
much for your editorial regard
ing fluoridating the Medford
water supply. I can well imagine
the large number of letters you
have received regarding your
editorial and I hope this letter
will help to balance the scales.
You wUl not receive as many
letters of commendation as of
condemnation.
The mothers of small children
have a rather difficult time steal
ing a few moments to put pen
to paper but our praise and our
thanks are sincere. I also realize
that it took courage for you to
write and publish the editorial
even though it was your honest
opinion and true feelings after
reviewing the evidence for and
against fluoridation
I am only one of many moth
ers in Medford who thought that
Medford would automaticaUy
adopt a program that had proven
beneficial to so many and harm
ful to no one. However, since
this is not to be the case and
we are the people who so strong
ly desire fluoridation we can
and wiU find the time to support
fluoridation of the Medford wat
er supply.
Mrs. Andrew D. Bulkley
219 Saginaw dr.
Medford, Ore.
God Given Freedom
To the Editor: Since you stated
in your editorial that you do not
fully understand the violent and
explosive reaction of some who
oppose fluoridation, I'd like to
offer a partial clarification of
the "why" of all this opposition
First of aU, the "pro's" of
fluoridation point out how bene
ficial and economical this mea
sure would be to children's den
tal welfare. Yet, in aU fairness,
can we enforce fluoridation upon
an, irregardless of it's benefi
cial claims? If so, shouldn't
we also enforce religion upon
all, in view of it's proven ad
vantageous qualities? Let s ask
ourselves, "Is .fluoridation the
solution to this problem?" Or
does the answer lie in the vast
consumption of candy, cake,
sugar, ice cream, pop and re
fined bread in our daily diet?
The prevailing sin of ignor
ance is that we generally in
dulge in edibles pleasing to' our
palate, . rather than consuming
nutritious foods which are pro
fitable to our whole being. God
made all things -good, including
our superb spring water. Then
why attempt to treat symptoms
when we need an lip-nooting of
our' unwise indulgences? It is
high time for humanity to "Take
time to think!" Are ' we reaUy
progressing, when we . remove
all nutritious elements from our
flour, then inject a couple of
vitamins in each loaf, and claim
to have "enriched" bread.
Three decades ago, doctors en
dorsed aluminum ware, 'today
we are warned of its detrimental
tendencies. . What error will be
discovered in fluoridation 50
years from now? True, we
learn by trial , and error, but
must everyone be subjected to
these experiments? In behalf of
those,, convinced of it's bene
ficial factors, tablets, contain
ing -fluoride, should be made
available, and then we could
still retain our individual God
given freedom.
Henry Burmeister,
' 843 West Jackson st.
, Medford, Ore.
For Employment, Investment
Very few companies are now
building new factories in these
large seaport cities; .instead,
many of them are building new
factories in interior cities. The
most : desired ' locations - are in
centers .'with a population of
less than 75,000, and even in
cities and towns of 10,000 or
less. All the above makes me
bullish on the small cities and
towns of our country. They will
get new industries and larger
populations, and win enjoy low
er living costs. They have all
the advantages of the big city,
with none of the disadvantages.
Annual Reports '
Every company with securi
ties listed on any stock exchange
sends an attractive report each
year to every stockholder
even r the owner of only one
share. This report shows where
v'-: ' .231 EAST SIXTH ST.
JOWL BEEF BEEF SLICED or SLAB
BACON ROAST STEAK BACON
Out of Retirement
To the Editor: Regarding
water fluoridation, it might ap
pear from the number of anti
fluoridation letters in the Mail
Tribune that local people are
overwhelmingly opposed. Feel
ing this is untrue, and feeling
further that the majority want
only sound information, free
from fanatical propaganda, up
on which to base their decision,
I am coming out of retirement
as a writer of Letters-to-the-Editor,
in order to throw such
weight as I have on the pro
fluoridation side, and to urge
others to do likewise, lest the
cause be lost through sheer
lethargy.
The Mail Tribune has pub
lished much sound material, in
cluding Eric AUen's exceUent
editorial of Feb, 17. It is hard
to improve upon the latter. I
would only suggest E. A. re
spond to Vern Shangle's chal
lenge of his cost estimate by
summarizing the figures obtain
able from the water department.
That fluoridation does reduce
tooth decay appears now so weU
established that many opponents
no longer bother to try to dis
prove it. Rather they f aU back
on the old bugaboo, rat-poison.
Or they claim that fluoridation
cause's ' an increase in sundry
ailments, such as the horrid
sounding fluorosis. Or they claim
it is a diabolical plot of the big
aluminum and chemical manu
facturers andor socialists and
or communists. Or they claim
that those desiring fluoridation
could achive it by adding tablets
to their own drinking-water,
I haven't space here to answer
these arguments in detail. But
they have been' refuted time and
again by highly . competent
authorities, whom I will be glad
to cite. The last argument, us
ing tablets or such,1 probably
has the most merit. But this is
expensive and time-consuming
and would probably bedone by
only the most well-to-do and
conscientious. There is also the
danger of a young child finding
the tablets and swaUowing some.
Let me remind Vern Shangle
and others:
That the Multnomah County
Medical society approved fluori
dation of Portland's water; that
fluorosis amounts at the worst
to slight white spots on the
back teeth,' , harmless and . dis
cernable only by an expert,
when normal fluoridation is in
effect, and that what is poison
ous in a large - dose may be bene
ficial in a small- dose iodine,
for example, or. comman table
salt. You can die from drinking
sea 'water, . because .the system
cannot eliminate the salt fast
enough, but a little sea water
won't hurt you.
: Almus Pruitt
: 119 North Central ave.
Medford, Ore.
(Editor's note: The Medford
water commission estimates an
initial investment of $29,820,
and total annual cost of $13,118
The latter includes depreciation
estimates of $2,280 annually, to
cover the initial construction
costs. iThus the annual costs, in
effect, include the first invest
ment. Based on 8,530. water ser
vices on Jan. 1, 1956 and a pop
ulation of 28,000 on the same
date, the cost per service per
year is $1.54; cost , per service
per month, 13 cents; cost; per
capita per year 47 cents, and
cost per capita per month 4
cents.) ' ' -.
the company's plants or factories
are located. If all or most of
them are in any large city, this
is rather risky," from the stand
point' of war risk or labor costs,
oij from other points of - view!
I don't : like to have "all my
eggs in one basket.". ;
In addition' to reading ..the
president's report, note the. bal
ance sheet and compare it with
that of previous years. This
means-' you should keep old re
ports as long as you hold the
stock. Only in ' this way can
you. learn whether the company
is reducing its debt or increas
ing it: I especially refer to bank
loans and short-term note is
sues held by institutions. Long
term bond issues do not bother
me, as the owners are scattered
all over the country.
Denial Caries and Food
To the Editor: My Readers
Digest came yesterday. I began
leafing through it but stopped,
when I came to "Hunzal The
Happy Land of Just Enough." I
began reading avidly and came
to this paragraph: "There is only
one doctor in Hunza except for
an occasional foreign medical
man, who visits to marvel at the
Hunzukuts' phenomenal freedom
from diseases ... A surgeon ...
noted , the complete absence of
ulcers, dyspepsia,1 cancer. Most
authorities attribute the Hunzu
kuts' , unusual , vitality and lon
gevity to their simple, healthful
diet." Then I remembered that
another had written that they
live to be one hundred twenty
years old and die with every
tooth in their mouths.
Let us compare this record
with our own. Dr. N. Phillip
Norman, M.D., of New York City
in Fundamentals of Nutrition for
Physicians and Surgeons in the
Journal of Orthodontic and Oral
Surgery, . Nov. 1947, writing
about the physical unfitness of
draftees in World War H as com
pared with World War I, states,
that rejections were 14 per cent
higher even though standards
were lowered. He ascribes this
mounting unfitness to the great
ly increased use of highly pro
cessed foods which occurred be
tween 1918 and 1941. Dr. Allison
G. James, D.D.S., of Beverly
HUls states that the increasing
incidence of dental caries close--ly
agrees with the increased use
Of refined and concentrated
carbohydrates ; in our food.-
Through this processing the
health promoting substances
such as vitamins, minerals,
enzymes, and others are either
lost or destroyed. Dr. Weston R.
Price was the first dentist to
publish an article stating that
the primary cause of dental
caries was vitamin deficiency.
But his article met with so much
opposition and abuse that he
decided to take a trip around
the world, visit as many native
peoples as possible, and compile
data of what he found. His book,
Nutrition and Physical Degener
ation, shows that in all parts of
the world where the native popu
lation had changed from their
original foods to the use of
"civilized" foods there was a
statistical rise not only in dental
caries but also in other diseases.
Other observers have corrobor
ated his findings. ' ' "'
Since faulty nutrition is the
primary cause of dental caries,
as weU as of most of our other
ills, how futile to believe that
adding so virulent a poison as
sodium fluoride to our water can
remedy the situation! ,
.Anna M. Streed,
36 No. Peach st.,
Medford," Ore.
Facts on Fluorosis .,
To the Editor: The- introdue
tion of anything new naturally
is bound to receive same sincere
opposition and fluoridation is no
exception. However, the initial
opposition is usually quite emo
tional and based on ignorance
of the facts.
It is a well known fact that
high concentration of fluorides
found naruraUy in public water
causes a condition known as
dental flouorosis, often called
mottled enamel. In such areas,
the degree of dental fluorosis
may be such that dental enamel
readily picks up stains which dis
color the teeth.
- Where the drinking water
contains a concentration of one
part per million of fluoride (pro- "
posed concentration in Medford
water system), there is evidence
of a very mild degree of dental
fluorosis in less thon 10 per cent
of children usmg such water;
however, this degree of dental
fluorosis does not cause staining.
It can be detected only by den
tists with special training and
experience in recognizing ; such
slight degrees as are present.
In fact, many dentists believe
that the amount of so-caUed mot
tling associated with 1 ppm flou-
rine in drinking water in most
parts of the United States actual
ly, enhances the beauty of the
teeth. ;
The advantage of fluoridation
is that the amount of fluorides in r'
the water can be controUed to a
point ; where staining of ' the
teeth does not occur, but at the
same time", prqyides for the de
velopment of decay resistant
teeth. . .: '; . ' - i
A. Weldon Webber
' . 727 South HoUy st.
. . Medford, Ore. . . ;
TV TALE ",- ;
LouisvUle, Ky. (U.R) Two
men told police here they stole
a television set from a neighbor
because ' they feared he might
seU it and deprive his wife and
children of the pleasure of
watching television.- '..,...