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History from the files ol The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
tO years ago. -
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27, 1946
(It was Wednesday)
Frank Hull, manager of Jack
son County -Chamber of Com
merce, says state highway com
mission takes into consideration
improvements of Lake O' Woods
road from east side.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Labor con
tinues to strike while the iron
is hot, and the public is getting
hotter.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27. 1936
- (It was Thursday)
Gerald H. Wenner, assistant
cashier at First National Bank
in Ashland, elected president of
Southern Oregon Bankers' asso
ciation. Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce asks Senator Charles
L. McNary to put Medford on
lst of localities to to receive
air bases for defense.
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27, 1926
(It was Saturday)
Medford - city council issues
order that all dogs within the
city must have licenses.
O and C tax refund bill is
endorsed by Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27. 1916
(It was Sunday)
The almond orchards of the
valley are in bloom and the
apricots have begun to show
the glory of their bursting buds.
Baby contest at the Holland
hotel .-, between March 4 and
March 11 announced. 1
VhaS's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Dr. Paul D. White, con
sultant , to the . President, says
his heart attack last Sept. 24
probably was or wasn't caused
by hard work?
2. About half, or much more
or less than half of all major
household appliances are now
sold on time payments?
3. Autherine J. Lucy has been
in the news as , a movie star,
would-be co-ed at Alabama U.,
golfer, skater at the winter
Olympics, or fashion designer?
4. The Government is now
supportig prices of dairy prod
ucts at 60, 75, or 90 of
parity or not at all?
5. The president of which im
portant foreign country is due
in Washington the end of Feb
ruary? . -
6. Most, about half, -or few
of the state legislatures are
scheduledto meet in 1956? "
7. Vassar College for women
is in New York, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Vir
ginia or Missouri?
The answers: 1. Probably was
not. 2. About half. 3. Negro
co-ed at Alabama U. 4. 75.
5. Italy (Signor Gronchi). 6. Few.
7. New York (Poughkeepsie).
BOUNTY MONEY
Taylor, N. D. (U.R) Leland
Brand of Taylor? his Piper Cub
airplane and his shotgun are
making life miserable for a lot
of coyotes. Brand bagged 42 of
the animals and one fox in a
little over one mounth of hunt
ing - in the area. The current
bounty reward is $5 per coyote
and $3 per fox, meaning Brand
will receive. $213 for his work.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Hazing
The action of student
of Oregon campus, in adopting a resolution condemn
ing "hazing" of freshmen and the abolition of "hel
week," should be greeted with approbation.
We have never been able to understand the phil
osonhv which holds that
painful paddling, or any of
-. i i 1
ed upon unaerciassmen, nas anytnmg 10 ao witn uie
social, moral, physical or educational development of
a youth.
COME organized horseplay on a campus is fine.lt
does no harm, and may even do some good by its
give-and-take for a youth's ability, to adjust to differ-
insr neoDle and differing
: It can also be channeled into constructive activ
ity, as those representatives of 21 campus living or
ganizations sueerested in a "clean-up day," or 2
"help day," which does more for a cooperative and
n ... 'l j.i n ii-- 1 ; i it,-.
menaiy spinuuian an me naming 111 tue wuujv.
The death of a student at an "eastern school re
cently during an-episode
1 . t 1
gers mnerent m unaiscipnnea ana careiess sneiiam
gans. No one will be able to get away with telling
that dead boy's parents that hazing is conducive to a
brighter future. E.A.
The Warden's Job
Ted Maul, who goes to Salem this week to under
take duties of greater responsibility with the state de
partment of lorestry, snould taKe witn nim.tne grati
tude of a great many Jackson county people for a job
well done.
Ted is not a widely-known man. But his activities
have had a bearing on pretty nearly everyone in the
county, in one way or another. For the past five or six
years he has been district
estry department.
AS SUCH, he has fulfilled an odd combination of
duties.
To some people he has been a fireman. And in
deed he has been a fire chief of sorts, heading theor
eanization (known locally as the state forest patrol)
which answers fire alarms
floor not otherwise protected from fire.
His larger responsibility
has been in the protection
this area, and he and his
good record of protection, one which is acknow
ledged in his appointment to a job with the state pro
tective services.
.
TO OTHER people, he has
responsible for enforcement of state laws apply
ing to woodsmen in the forests. It is well known that
a policeman's lot is not a happy one, but. from what
we have learned about Ted during his tour of duty
here, he has been diplomatic, tacttul but firm.
Another facet of the job is that of an administra
tor, handling the responsibility of an organization
which in the summer time employs scores of men and
women, which has a logistical problem of feeding,
equipping and supervising
duties attendant on protecting from fire several nun
dred thousand acres of forest land.'
THE district warden must
" and a lorward-looking torester. Me must be
aware of developments in .research into the life-cycle
of trees; of the dangers of insects; of the best ways
in which forest debris can be handled; of . how log
ging should be done for the protection of future for
est stands.
In addition, he must be fully aware of the needs
of the forest industry, and be able to talk in their
own terms to loggers, millmen, truckers and foresters.
'
TED has proven himself to be a talented member of
the younger generation of foresters who has com
bined all these abilities into a rough-hewn and unas
suming appearance, and made the complicated ma
chine tick.
It is to men such as Ted Maul, and Jack Wood of
the U. S. forest service, and Doc Simpson of the
Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm as
sociation, and the many, many forward-looking men
in the industry that we can look for continued lead
ership in making our forest resource a continuing,
stable and productive one. E.A..
Highway Names
The Eugene Register:Guard has a point. -r
In commenting on the movement to name ; the
Portland-Salem express highway after the late Gov.
Paul Patterson, the Guard declares mat "artificial"
names for highways simply do not last.
DARKS yes. We have repeatedly suggested that
one be named after Ex-Gov. Os West, and still
hope the highway commission will follow through on
the. suggestion. Parks commonly are referred to by
the names given them.
But highways no. Too many of them have beer
named after men, and then people continue to call
them by their accustomed number or geographical de
scription. Witness the Roosevelt hio-hwav. nr the
Lincoln highway or the Herbert Hoover, highway,
which are all in Oregon. No one calls them by those
names. :
The Guard says: .
"Let's name something
was too good a governor
OF COURSE
Norfolk; Mass.' U.R) When
the official basebaU averages of
the Norfolk Prison Colony team
were released, one column ' of
figures was missing. Stolen
bases.
Monday. February 27, 1958
leaders on the University
a gratuitous, severe and
the other indignities visit-
. il A- J !lT il
situations. '
of hazing reveals the dan-
i "i 1 1 - Z
warden lor trie state ior
over an a'rea of the valley
as a fireman, of course,
of non-federal forests in
men have chalked up a
been a sort of policeman,
them, and all the other
also be a conservationist
else for the ffovernnr. He
to be forgotten so easily."
" . E.A.
ADD ODD NAMES
Milwaukee (U.R) Neigh
bors on Milwaukee's far west
side are Thomas J. Drinka and
Lourette Booz. Their rural mail
boxes stand side by side, bearing
their last name Drinka Booz.
t : .
Correspondents Around World
Forsecast Headlines of Future
United Press correspondents
around the world look ahead at
the hews that will make the
headlines, v
Conservation Campaign
If President Eisenhower runs
again, if s a good bet he'll put
off active campaigning if any
until late. Perhaps mid-October.
His doctors will fight any
schedule that might cause the
weariness he suffered during the
long 1952 campaign. Republi
can strategists plan a - "back
porch'.' television campaign for
Mr. Eisenhower to conserve his
energy. He may visit a few big
cities. But the President himself
already has ruled out any barn
storming. Gronchi Blackout
Officials in Rome are pray
ing that the President won't give
his yes-or-no While Italian Presi
dent Giovanni Gronchi . is in
Washington. He's' due there to
day. Rome fears that if the an-
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Guadalajara, Mexico's second
city, is growing like a weed.
The official directories give it a
population of around 380,000,
but its inhabitants, who are just
as booster minded as the resi
dents of any American city, in
sist that its present population
is at least a half million.
It looks fully that big.
TT IS a handsome citv. Its main
street is the Avenue Juarez,
which , is wide and spacious. It
is 1 i n e d by handsome stores,
which carry a wide range of
merchandise. The stores are
clean and attractive and it's
practicaUy impossible to find nnf
that doesn't have anywhere from
one to naii a dozen salespeople,
who speak fluent English.
Incidentally. Sears has a hit
store at Guadalajara. It handles
iviexican merchandise almost ex
clusively, and its Personnel is
Mexican. By no means all of
mem speaK English, but some
one Who does IS alwavs within
reach.
In this Sears store, about the
only American merchandise that
is pushed actively is that which
is covered by our term "house-
noia appliances" kitchen gad
gets and such. Mexico buys a
great deal of American nnd
but is actively interested in push
ing xne saie ol its own products
"DECAUSE it is
chandise mart, with: prices at
least as low as anywhere in Mex
ico, it is a natural pnal fnr tour
ists who are interested in shop
ping as well as in seeing the
signts.
Its factories manufacture iew-
elry, which is beautiful and nf
gooa quality, it designs and
manuiactures attractive clothing
for women.-
These factories ar imhirirf
in practically all the organized
tOUTS for Visitors, an i thoir or.o
, Ul.
fabulously interesting for Amer
icans Decause tneir processes are
nearly all hand nrOPPRSPS Their
products depend for their beauty
ana tneir utility upon the skUl
and the artistry of the individual
worker rather than on intricate
ana ingenious machinery, as is
the case in our country.
AN interesting example of this
is the glass factory that is
included in all' the tours. It
produces some of the most beau
tiful glassware made in Mexico.
It IS Owned- Viv a 7fl-Twnr.n1r1
Mexican who is nnt - rmltr itc
owner but its maestro. It is he
who dyes the pieces that require
artistic imagination. Tt: ic Via urhrt
trains the workers in their skills.
And every piece of glass that
COmes , OUt - of - thin -faotn.
HAND made by an individual
crattsman. - -
And so it eoes with " tho
"M MIC Ul
tery shops and the establishments
wnere jeweiry is created. Their
processes are hand processes,
their, final beauty and excel
lence depending on the skill and
the craftsmanship of the individ
ual workman. ,
A S a result, of course, Mexican
wages are very low. Because
their earning power is low, the
Mexican masses are mw. r
consume the products of Mexico's
expanaing industry. Presently,
the tourists chiefly Americans
. are taking care of that detail.
Therefore, they are MOST wel
come. '
But what of the future?
I wouldn't know Tint T h
the feeling that great changes
are in store for. Mexico. - The
new generation that is oTrraHr.
up isn't going to be satisfied with
the conditions that have existed
in the past.
rUADALAJARA along with
Mexico's other creat. ritips is
a good Place for ' Am erirans to
visit. Too many of us have
lormea our opinions of Mexico
by what we see in the border
towns which in the main are
honky-tonks.
Guadalajara is a sreat citv Tt
has wealth. It has culture. Tt hao
beauty. It has initiative. It hoo
pride in its past and confidence
in its future. -
It gives us a new understand:
ing of Mexico which, next after
Canada, -is our most important
neighbor in the -Western Hemis
phere. .
nouncement comes before Gron
chi leaves for Ottawa March 2,
he will be pushed so far into
the news background that Ital
ian national pride will be
wounded.
Backfire In Cairo
Don't be surprised if Egypt's
cotton-for-arms - deal with the
Communists backfires against
Egypt. Officials in Washington,
who keep close tabs on the mar
ket, suspect that the Reds are
taking Egyptian cotton and sell
ing it below world prices. That
means dumping, which would
have a depressing effect on prices
and hurt Egypt economically.
No Soap
Insiders in Bonn, the West
German capital, say Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer. wiU refuse to
conclude a trade agreement with
Russia, despite promises he made
in Moscow lat September when
Soviet-German diplomatic rela
tions were established. Aden
auer doesn't' mind if individual
industrialists do business with
the Russians. But it is reported
he will refuse an official trade
pact as long as Germany remains
divided.
Cabinet Parade
President Eisenhower is send
ing seven of iis ten cabinet of
ficers to the capitol this week.
They'U try to salvage his latest
foreign trade proposal a plan
to set up an office of trade cc-r
operation. All cabineteers except
Attorney General Herbert
Brownell Jr., Postmaster Gener
al Arthur Summerfield and
Health Secretary Marion B. Fol
som will testify at congression
al hearings starting 1 Thursday.
But even though the President
is wheeling out his big guns,
indications are that Congress
will refuse to O.K. the plan.
Climax In Geneva
Watch for a break soon in the
American - Chinese Communist
Com m u n ica t i oris
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Likes Ike
To the Editor: When we read
in.World News a senator's rea
son for changing parties and de
nouncing a. man he had. just
asked to be presidential candi
date,, we thought it the silliest
excuse we had ever seen , in
print. Now we have two. Sena
tors conjuring up non-existent
millions, and accusing the Presi
dent of giving way, or stealing,
tidelands, school funds, 55 per
cent interest to banks on bonds,
and millions in flood damages,
because he did not recommend
funds. .;
Now the latest, Wayne Morse
says over radio, the $33,000,000
or . $66,000,000 Eisenhower , is
giving to Snake . river J dams
should be used to build the Hells
Canyon big dam. If Wayne
Morse can build dams with the
non-existent funds Ike is giving
away, he is tod valuable; a man
to be spending four, years -getting
one bill approved to pro
tect the little fellow from the
monster Big Business. He should
be relieved and let go to Hells
Canyon and dam all he can,
with funds Ike is giving away.
On the other hand, if Ike can
N ixo n S hows Strength
In Poll of Politicians
By LYLE C. WILSON i
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Repub
lican party professional politi
cians are strong for another Eis-
- enhower-Nixon
j - . i ' . i ' 1 r r rt
ucKei in 183D.
They claim it
would-be a
sure winner.'
A United
Press poll of
Republ icah
state chairmen
obtained these
results:
Nixon with
Lyle C. Wilson
out qualification, 25; Nixon but
it's up to Ike, ll; whoever .tne
President wants, 4; for others, 2;
no comment, 6.
That would put Nixon out in
front in 36 states with 417 elec
toral votes. 151 more than the
bare majority needed for nomi
nation at the Republican con
vention.
Vote for Knowland
The two chairmen who pre
ferred someone other than Nix
on cast their baUots for former
r.nv. Dan Thornton of Colorado
and Sen. William F. Knowland
of California. ,
Three who would go along if
the President picks Nixon had
nitpmate ' choices. They ; were
Knowland, Treasury Secretary
George M. Humphrey and Govs.
Christian Herter, Mass., and
William G. Stratton, m.
The 25 states where Nixon
was an unqualified choice were:
Arizona?- Delaware, Ohio, Illi
nois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Maryland. Michigan. Missouri.
Montana. Nebraska. Nevada.
New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, .North Dakota, Ohio,
iklahoma, south Carolina, Ten
talks in Geneva. Every week
since last Aug. 1 American Am
bassador to Czechoslovakia U.
Alexis Johnson and Chinese Red
Ambassador to Poland Wang
Ping-nan have gone to Geneva
to negotiate on the release of
American prisoners and . other
Issues. Observers expect a cli
max soon - either a breakdown
or a decision to talk on: a higher
level. The Reds want a full-dress
conference between Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles . and
Communist Premier Chou En
Lai. Auditor's Report
A big tax scandal is boiling
up in West Germany. Govern
ment auditors have unearthed
huge tax concessions made to
big business by state authorities,
wno in tnat country are respon
sible for collections. Reports
are that the government has been
bilked of hundreds of millions of
dollars.
Eruption In Tokyo? '
Japanese officials fear that
mass demonstrations scheduled
in Tokyo throughout March by
the three million-member trade
unions may erupt in bloody riots.
The unions want higher pay for
government and industrial work
ers. The officials look back to
the May Day riots of 1952 when
250 demonstrators, 200 police
and 10 American G.I.s were in
jured. New riots, .like those,
might take an anti-American
turn. And Dulles is due in Tokyo
in March.
FULL HOUSE
Chicago (U.R) Mrs. Ca
therine Davey, unable to cut her
guest list, had to hire a haU to
celebrate her 80th birthday Sun
day. The guests included six
daughters, four sons, 30 grand
children and. 45 great-grandchildren.
.
induce private capital to build
three needed dams . on Snake
river, by giving them 10 years
to pay $33,000,000, or $66,000,
000 in taxes (Morse's- figures),
Eisenhower is too valuable a
President to lose, instead of tax
ing private , industry to build
unfair competition by cheap
power rates that benefit only; a
few at the expense of many. In
a democracy common sense, is
more valuable than visions and
eloquence.
We like Ike. If we lost Wayne
in Hells Canyon, we would still
have Richard; to set; Herbert
Hoover right in economic mat
ters and loaning money. He
could go on in democratic pro
tection of the little fellow from
plutocratic big business, . vested
interests, Wall, Street, down to
the very foundation, making
rules for baby sisters. The little
fellow must be protected from
Ike. ' - -. ...
How silly can we get? The two
of them are now preparing bills
to, protect auto agents from the
big factories they are agents
f6r Isn't that big business?
Ira C. Jones . .
2325 Stewart aye.
Medford, Ore. ,
nessee, Texas, West Virginia,
Wisconsin and Wyoming. They
represents 282 electoral college
votes. .
The 11 states in which Nixon
was welcome on the ticket pro
vided Mr. Eisenhower approves
were: Arkansas, California, Con
necticut, Georgia, Indiana, Ken-
t u c k y, Massachusetts, -New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Tlhode
Island and Virginia. Tbey have
135 electoral votes.
Governors Polled v
Several Republican governors
also were polled on their vice-
pr esidential choices, as were a
dozen members of Congress and
half a dozen individuals in pri
vate life.
Returns from this section of
the poll were not especiaUy il
luminating. Individuals likely to
be opposed to Nixon appeared
to be more reluctant than his
supporters to answer up.
In five instances, national
committeemen or. state vice
chairmen were substituted for
chairmen who . were unreacha
ble. The response of the chair
man and their substitutes seem
ed substantially to support the
claims of Nixon's friends that
he has powerful grass roots sup
port. .
Belief that Mr. v .Eisenhower
shortly will announce himself
available for a second term is
giving the Republican party's
vice-presidential choice extraor
dinary significance. There is de
veloping a lusty drop-Nixon
movement within the party,
more distinguished, however,
for amateur than professional
political management. Mr. Eis
enhower is believed to prefer
Nixon. He wiU be subjected to
much pressure to drop him from
the ticket. .
Matter of Fact By Joe and Stewart Alsop
WHY THE FARM MESS?
Washington A loud, bitter,
and prolonged fight is about to
start over the farm issue. Secre-
taiy of Agri
culture Ezra
T a f t Benson
will stubborn
ly contend
that Abierican
agriculture i s
in a mess be
cause of rigid
high price sup
ports. The
josenh Aicnn Democrats will
just as stubbornly contend that
American agriculture is in a
mess because of Ezra Taft Ben
son. And most people will have
only a "very vague idea what
the hubbub is
all about.
One way to
grasp what the
hubbub is " all
about is to
take one farm
commodity and
see -what has
happened to it.
Rice happens
Stewart ajsod to provide a
striking and reasonably typical
example.
The rice story starts in 1941.
when the American government
decided to stimulate rice pro
duction for wartime purposes.
ine farmers were' offered a gov-
ernment guarantee that thev
would receive 85 per cent of
the parity price for their rice
crops, parity being an artificial
ly established fair return for
the .crop.
TiHIS in effect guaranteed big
producers a handsome profit,
and rice production shot up
sharply during the war just
what the wartime - planners
hoped. After the war, the parity
guarantee, instead of being drop
ped, was actually increased from
85 to 90 per cent. And between
1940 and the mid-1950s the price
of rice almost doubled, while in
the same period production more
than doubled, since the govern
ment guaranteed profit was still
there to be made. - ; .-
Parity payments are supposed
ly on - a "loan" basis. - But .the
loan is strictly a "heads the pro-
Communications
Extravagance
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i-To the Editor: In answer to
Mr. Pruitt's letter in theTribun'e
for Feb. 24, the editor states that
the total cost .of installing' the
equipment for Medford would
be $29,820, and the annual main
tenance cost $13,118l;.These fig
ures were furnished' him by the
Medford Water commission. It is
agreed by the proponents of
fluoridation that; only the chil
dren of one to ten years of age
can be benefitted (?) by fluori
dation. It is also agreed that this
age, group constitutes about one-
eighth of the total population.
. Hence seven-eighths of our
water would be treated to no
apparent good purpose. It fol
lows, that seven-eighths of the
two sums would be expended
uselessly.. Hence the citizens of
Medford are asked to throw
down the drain $26,092.50. for
installation and $11,479.50 for
annual maintenance. Would any
one of the proponents of fluori
dation use his private resources
so extravagantly? - ;. .
Anna M. S treed
36 North Peach st.
i. . Medford, Ore. '
Editorial Commended
To the Editor: This letter is
to commend your recent editor
ial "statement of' policy on the
fluoridation issue.
It is my opinion that within
a very few years fluoridation of
water supplies will be as gen
erally accepted and practiced as
a public health measure as
chlorination is- at present.
Your editorial seems an ex
cellent statement of the 'most
sound and well-informed think
ing on the subject.
Mrs. Harold W. Sexton,
. . 2536 Lyman- ave., '
Medford, Ore.
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O
ducer wins, tails the government
loses!' proposition. If the price
of his crop goes down and stays
there, the producer pockets the
loan, no questions asked. If it
goes above the parity price, he
can sell his crop at the higher
price and pocket the difference.
For the really big producers,
this system is indeed a thing of
beauty. On the 1954 crop, for
example, the last on which a
public record is available, the
Craighead Rice Milling company
of Arkansas collected $431,853
UMl.-ts.r- f 4-UH -. "IT 1
Schwartz Farms of California
got $385,488, the Louisiana Irri
gation and Mill company got a
whopping $486,725, and J. KT
and C. E. Greer, the biggest
Mississippi producers, collected
a comparatively measly $177,
624. ;
' '
rpHE average payment of
course, is much less, in the
range of $8,000. But even this
is a sufficiently respectable sum
to suggest why there is so much"'
political steam behind parity pay--
ments. Pleasant as . the system
is for the recipients of the tax
payers' largesse, it has certain
peculiar side-effects.
In the first place, of course.
with such ah incentive to pro
duce enormous surpluses are
built up in the case of rice.
more than a year's supply now
overhangs the rice market This"
in turn weakens the price of the
commodity, and makes it all the
more expensive for the govern
ment to support the price. The
result is a vicious circle if ever'
there was one. I
In the second place, the huge
surpluses generate an immense
pressure to get rid of the stuff,
somehow, anyhow, and dumping
abroad looks very tempting. But
even a little dumping can be a
dangerous thing.
Some time ago, a mere 2 mil
lion bags of surplus American
rice was sent to Japan. Instant
ly," the Asian rice market weak
ened. Since then, neutralism has
rapidly gained ground in Siamj.
while Burma has been forced.to?
make a , deal with the Commu
nist bloc,- to exchange Burmese
rice for machinery. If South East:
Asia finally goes Communist it
will be due in part to American -agricultural
policy. ;
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THERE are - variations in the :
pattern of course, but the
rice story is reasonably typical. l
A Senate agriculture subcommit-?
tee, after examining the way '
parity had both depressed home
markets and priced American"
cotton farmers out of foreign
markets, concluded unanimous
ly: r "The primary cause of thes
present deplorable condition in,
which the American cotton farm--er
finds himself is the farm pro
gram of, the United States." '
No doubt the American farm-,
er, in his peculiarly exposed -
etuuuuui: .pusiuun, ueeas gov
ernment support and subsidies
But surely a system which does
us great harm abroad, weakens -prices
at home, and costs the '
taxpayers large sums of money
in the immense financial benefit
of a few big producers, is not an
H OUIUUUU U4- LUC IB! HI VI ULf--
icui. lucyii as ue uas ocea in -many
ways, in this regard Secre-v
tary Benson surely has the best;
of the argument. ." iV?c
Copyright 1956, New York j -.
Herald Tribune Inc. -.'
Editorial Comment '
They Lack Inflammation .
Coos Bay folk must be way.
behind the times. . S eveial
months ago they voted for fluo-.
ridation of their water by a four "
to one margin and now. their ,
water . board has voted unani
mously to buy the equipment,
An' AJ. dispatch from down,
there says: "The question of add
ing fluorides to water to prevent
tooth decay in children has not
been an inflammatory issue here;
this year as it has been in the'
past when the plan was pro
posed." Poor benighted Coos Bay-am.
They've lost their capacity to
get inflamed. '
Capital Journal. Salem'
PERL'S every family
may make, funeral ar
rangements which ore In
keeping with its means. A
selection of services In
every price range Is of
fered to satisfy individual
preferences and. to meet
all financial circumstances.
Convenient Terms?
Certainlyl