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FOUH MEDFORD (OREGON) MEDFORDIiiTBIBUNE "Everybody In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 27-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM, Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JB Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bt Mall In Advance: Per Cotrv 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Daily arid Sunday Six months 6.50 Daily and Sunday Three mos. 350 Sunday Only One year sj.ou. Bt Carrier In 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 une monxn l- Carrier and Dealers 5c per copy... All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices to New xorjt. iuicago, v- 4At Can TTranMqpo Lm Angeles. Seattle, Portland, St. Louis. Atlanta, Vancouver, ais. NATIONAL EDITORIAL (aSOcITN mjigmaii'iCT 0U NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 29, 1946 " There wasn't any. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 29, 1936 (It was Saturday) Some 873 residents obtain li censes for dogs, compared to 2,900 last year; deadline is March 1. Finishing touches being. put on construction of telephone lines connecting 21 guard and lookout stations by CCC men from Camp Applegate. SO YEARS AGO . Feb. 29, 1926 There wasn't any. , . 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 29, 1916 (It was Tuesday) ' California Oregon Power com pany stockholders vote in in crease capacity of power plants at Prospect and : on Klamath river. .' From Local and Personal col umn: The precipitation during the month of February ended to day is 1.52 inches. The average for February is 3.65. Therefore, February is short in this district 2.13 inches. The question of sup plemental irrigation is pressing those concerned pretty closely for a decision. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955, Editorial Research Report 1. The auto industry plans to bring out new models this year earlier or later than usual, or at about the usual time of year? 2. Dr. Oliver Cromwell Car michael is president of which Southern university? 3. Rep. James Roosevelt, eld est son of F.D.R., is for Stev enson, Kefaqyer, or Harriman for president or hasn't commit ted himself? 4. To. construct a modern highway, good for some . 25 years, costs about $40,000, $140, 000, $400,000, $1,400,000, or $4, 000,000 a mile in open country 5. The country next to be vis ited by Khrushchev and Bulgan in of Russia is Italy. Great Brit ain Mexico, France or the U.S.? 6. The University of Alabam: says it will or won't appeal to the Supreme Court a court or der to admit Negroes? - 7. Mayor Robert F. Wagner of N. Y. City says he would or wouldn't accept the Democratic nomination for vice-president, or doesn't know? - The answers: 1. Earlier than usual. 2. University of Alabama. 3. For Stevenson. 4. About $400: 000. 5. Great Britain (about Ap ril 15). 6. Says it will. 7. Says he would. Eour Medford Men Attend Portland Meet Four members of the Med ford Real Estate board were , in Portland recently for a confer ence of -the, American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, borne 300 realtors attended from Ore gon, Washington, California, Idaho, Montana and British Co lumbia. Medford representatives-were Walter Jones, D. L. Pickell, Ray Schumacher and E. L. Bartholo mew. ' ;. . '. '-"- Several appraisal . problems were discussed. MAIL TRIBUNE Happy Birthday Four Times Happy birthday everybody whose birthday is to day! For you are entitled to quadruple greetings this February 29th. - . The rest of us whose natal anniversaries are on ordinary, mundane dates (and they seem to come along faster as the years pass) can view with envy those who celebrate only on the rare, exotic day that comes but once in four years. E.A. Inefficient Calendar . A thought that goes with the greeting ' above is that the present calendar is an unwieldy and ineffic ient thing. - ; .-; ." For most: of tfiose. ; who can " remember which month has how many days, it is necessary to go through the old nursery ; rhyme, "Thirty , days hath September . . . " and so on. The quarters are uneven as well as the months. Except for those tied to a spec ific day of the week (like Thanksgiving or Labor day), holidays fall, helter-skelter, on all days of the week. Sometimes they come in the middle, sometime at the end, creating, a three-day holiday. THERE has .been noticeable reluctance to change the calendar by many people. Some of them ob ject on religious grounds, with which one can hardly argue, except to point out that the calendar, after all, is a ; man-made contrivance . and convenience, has been, changed before, and a new one would be no more difficult to adjust to than is the present Gre gorian calendar. - For the most part, however, the reluctance to change, has been a matter of simple lethargy, rather than active objection. But it is a fact that businesses in this nation alone- are spending millions of dollars annually in bookkeeping operations which would be curtailed or eliminated uhder a scientifically-designed calendar. ONE SUCH calendar has long been worked out, and is now in a state of suspended animation in the councils of the United Nations.-The year : 1956 was originally the "target date"-for its adoption, but because nations (including the U.S.) were slow to aDBrove it. the date has now been moved up to 1961, when the old and new calendars coincide sufficiently to make a change-over possible. . , The proposal is called," simply enough "The World Calendar." In it, the first month of each' quar ter (January, April, July and October) has 31 days. The others each have 30 days. All have 26 week days. Each quarter starts a Sunday. A solar, year is utes and 46 seconds; so that a year doesn't come out "even" in terms of days. This is taken care of by a Worldsday each year, and iour years. OOME people have strong feelings about the sub- ject These strong feelings we do not share. But we do feel that the benefits thought-out. and balanced advantages of "not rocking .We' get weary, sometimes, ot the style di argu ment which runs: "What - grandpappy is, good enough It' isn't really. The world changes, and usually for the better.- &.A. A Health Fluorides in tiny quantities added to municipal water supplies cut down ties and decay in small -children, and give them an added chance of future dental health. The proposal is relatively inexpensive--at least compared to the average family. ' " - It is simple to put uito etiect, and completely sate. Fluorides are harmless in the amounts (one part per million) recommended. The plan is a reasonable and progressive partial solution to the problem of dental health. . THESE statements are made flatly as facts, and are based on the best and soundest information available. v . Fluoridation of water supplies is not new, and has been thoroughly tested. The only "conspiracy" to have it put into effect is on the" part of families who want the best and healthiest future possible for their children. It is supported by all but a few doctors and dentists. The majority see in it a chance to relieve suffering and eliminate needless expense. Fluorides, in the proper amounts, are tasteless and odorless. They will not affect the superb quality or taste of Medf ord's water. - ' ." MUTRITION.is important to everyone, and too many sweets are bad for the teeth. But this has nothing to do with the proposal to add fluorides to water. The eating habits of a" nation will not be changed overnight no matter what the benefits. Fluoridation is proposed simply as an aid to health. We support it as such. Until the opponents prove we're wrong (which they have so far failed to do), or until something better comes along, we will continue to give the plan our support. E. A. Standard Increases Prices on Gasoline Portland (U.R) A wholesale price increase blamed on higher operating costs resulting from wage boosts has been announced here by Standard Oil Company of California for its independent and Chevron stations. The increase was the com pany's second within- the past 48 days and station operators were expected to past it along Wednesday, February 29, 1956 on a" Sunday and ends on 365 days, 5 hours, 48. min a second Worldsd'ay every of a scientitic, well calendar far outweigh. the the boat." was good enough for my for me" v Measure the number of dental cavi dental bills of an average . to consumers, although they are not compelled to do so. The higher wholesale price amounted to .2. of a cent per gallon for both regular and ethyl grades of gasoline. - -Outlets for -other major oil companies said they had not yet been notified whether their firms would follow Standard's lead. Pro-Con Possibilities of Reds' Visit to Great Britain By CHARLES McCANN j United Press Correspondent The visit which Soviet Russia's two top-ranking leaders are to pay to Great Britain in April promises to be quite an occa sion. It is certain to produce big headlines. In newspaper all over the world. But what sort of occasion it turns into de- a . m Charles McCann penos largely on the visitors, Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin and Communist Party leader Nikita S. Khrush chev. The visit may prove-to be. a costly diplomatic failure which will widen the breach between the free world and the Commu nist world. It may, conceivably, prove to be a success and, help to reduce world tensions. Prime Minister Anthony Eden extended the invitation for the visit during the "summit" con ference in Geneva, Switzerland, last July. - . '.. - The conference produced the "Geneva spirit": of cooperation between the United States, Brit ain, and France on one side and Russia on the other. Burst Like Bubble . Not long afterward, the Ge neva spirit burst like a bubble. First, the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Geneva 4n October and November a fol low up to the "summit" confer ence ended in dismal failure. Then Bulganin and Khrush chev, visiting India, Burma and Afghanistan, heaped unbridled In The Day's By FRANK JENKINS In a previous installment- of this series, I spoke of the burro. I feel safe in' saying that if an epidemic as fatal to the donkey species as is tularemia to rab bits should carry off all the bur ros in Mexico it would amount to a great national calamity in our neighbor to the south. As of now, with reservations as to the future, the burro is per haps the most useful institution in tho Republic of Mexico. IITHAT a burro can carry on his pipestem-size four legs and his sturdy back is beyond all human understanding. The custom is to load -him down wi1& whatever product needs to "be carried from here to there to the extent of about his own weight or thereabouts. After that, his owner; piles on top and freight, animal and own-, er go trotting merrily down the road to their destination. Self-Searching by Ike Not New; He's Been Through It ' By LYLE C. WILSON. -United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower - leaned back in his big office chair and said he 4 wmvm would ' But duty before all other consid erations., He said he didn't aspire to be president of the United States. But if duty called hmmmm. He was a soldier. Lyle c. Wilson "And another thing," he add ed with much emphasis, "I'll not be dragged; into politics to bail out some political party." All of that was back in No vember, 1951, in a little town outside Paris where was the Su preme Headquarters of Allied Powers in .Europe, ... General Dwight D.. Eisenhower, USA, commanding. Your correspon dent visited him there seeking the. answer to a question almost as hot as today's. Scorned "Politicians" The( general was neither a Re publican nor a Democrat during that conversation. And when he used the word "politicians" it was with the' inflection with which Sir Winston Churchill in wartime used to scorn and scorch the word,. "Naaaazi." - It was less, than two months after that conservation at SHAPE that the general publicly enbraced the Republican faith. The occasion was in ac knowledgement of the entry by friends of an Eisenhower slate in New Hampshire's March, 1952, presidential primary. . The general then indicated that he would run for president if he heard "a clear cut call toi .political duty." He heard it clearly enough, and aU of the foregoing is significant today in demonstration, of the fact that the current public yammer about his plans and Mr. Eisenhower's own self-searching for a decision are not new to him. He's been through all of this before, although with the, cir cumstances somewhat altered. V abuse on the western Allies. Britons began to have serious doubt about the advisability of letting the plan for the Bulganin Khrushchev visit stand. Winston Churchill called the Asian visit of the Kremlin lead ers "a surprising spectacle." It was one, he said, "which her majesty's government will no doubt study carefully before they allow it, with suitable var iants, to be repeated here." : Eden, a hard-headed man de spite the appearance which his good looks and immaculate dress give him, decided to go through with it.. . .. He even arranged for the vis itors to be received by Queen Elizabeth informally, it is true. But it is now apparent that Eden does not mean to make the visit a phony good . will tour which might turn sour. He in tends to try to do business. Lashing In Commons Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd gave Khruschev and Bul ganin a tongue-lashing - in the House of Commons Monday for making "false and reckless charges against Britain. He said Russia had brought war closer to Palestine and stirred up new enmities in Asia. Nevertheless, he said, Britain "proposes to do everything it can to bring about an improvement" in West-East relations. "In particular, the Invitation to Marshal . Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev stands," he conclud ed dramatically to. loud cheers. - Eden then said that he in tended to speak as plainly to Bulganin and Khrushchev they have in expressing their views about Britain. "They, like us, wish for ser- News TjWERY, time, you see one of these ensembles it floors you.'. The other day I noted an indistinct mass ; . approaching down the camino. It turned out to be a burro and his load. His load happened to be sugar . cane,. Two huge bundles of it one on each side -had been piled on him. I wouldn't even attempt a guess as to the weight of this cargo, but it must have amount ed to at least 100 kilos. (Down here, you don't speak in terms of pounds; you speak of kilos. A kilo is about 2.2 pounds.) So the sturdy little rascal- must have been carrying around 200 pounds of sugar cane. His owner was perched oh top of the pile. Mexicans of the peon class tend to be slight in weight perhaps because it takes food to produce avoirdupois, . and food is never too plentiful in the lower .echelons of the Mex ican population. But this . one was an exception. He was plump, to say the least.- ,- :- But the burro was . trotting along as unconcernedlyVas if he had no load at aU. The burroo's business . is to take whatever comes in stride.. TIE ISN'T lacking, however, in "personality. An American friend -dovm here the roads are fuU of Amer icans, all of them traveling about the same route and en countering each other at some place more or less every day, $o one makes friends readily was telling me about one of these little characters he i, had seen the day before. . The burro, he said,, was stand ing beside the pavement No load. Not nibbling at the sparse grass that grows along the as phalt. Just standing there. Pre sumably thinking. C As the American's car ap proached, the burro whirled so that its rear, or offensive, end faced the intruder. Its tail was switching. Its ears were laid back. It looked over its shoulder with an expression that said as plainly as speech could have done: "You and your smelly go carts, coming down here and upsetting our peaceful world! If you dare to touch one hair of me, I'll kick the stuffing out of you!" . v. ' npo THAT, I'll add one of my own. In the mountains of the state of Jalisco the other day a pro cession of glittering American cars was winding down a curv ing road. Frpm a barranca at the side, down a steep and rocky trail, a pack train was emerg ing. The burros were heavily loaded. At the rear end was an old and gray one, wise with the wisdom of his years and steeped in the traditions of Old Mother Mexico. He paused. For several min utes he stood there surveying this column of Americano mon sters that derived their susten ance from an evil-smelling li quid called gasolino instead of from the grass and the leaves and the weeds and the what-not provided by nature for her chil dren. ' - - ' - Then he raised his head, twist ed his ears and brayed. It was a derisive bray, with a note ; of contempt in it. Having thus giv en vent to his feelings, the old burro took up again the burden of his job and moved on after his fellows down the winding trail. Viewed ious discussions when the meet ing takes place," Eden said. This makes it evident that there has been an exchange be tween London and Moscow on the. visit. It is evident,, also, that Eden means to make a college try at finding a way out of the present West-East deadlock. Communications Letters to the Editor muxt bear the name and address of the writer Although under certain, circum stance the use of a pen name or initial for publication is . permis nble. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensa tion Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Why the Debate? - ' To the' Editor: Re the fluoride argument, pro and otherwise. For the pros, which includes this paper, there is a fluoride tooth paste now on the market which will keep your teeth looking like a hound dog's. For those who oppose, just don't buy this tooth paste. My gripe is neither for or against the use of this trace ele ment. For those who want it, it is available, and for those who don't want it, don't brush your teeth, buy chewing gum instead, and quit cluttering up the news paper with suly arguments. When it comes to the air I breathe and the water I drink, just give me plain air and plain water and Til do my own mix ing. If this element can. safely be added to water it stands to reason it can be added to tooth paste,, chewing gum, breakfast foods, etc., in quantities safe for human consumption and-avail able to. anyone who desires it. The argument . has . been . ad vanced that you see an expert when you want information on any specific subject. For those I suggest going to their doctor and having him add a sufficient quanity of fluoride to their daily diet. Leave the water alone and save the water department, and subsequently the taxpayer, some money. If the water department will just, continue to deliver pure water.it will satisfy me. The doctors and dentists and this paper no. doubt have sound reasoning behind their argu ment for mass medication to in sure future healthy teeth. Their reasoning . and purpose is un questionably sound, leaving only the method of approach an issue. Why. should this be a sub ject for debate and vote? L. C. Fowler . Route 1, Box 332, ; - ' Talent, Ore.; v P.S. Wer have a ; well with plenty of minerals and, don't have to drink if anyway.' -Need Something Now To the Editor: What a dither we're getting into over our . city water question. We're jumping too muchi at conclusions of our own dreaming up. Fact is, our greatly appreciated water is too pure. Like some "holier than thou" ..parents whose children thereby suffer for lack of love and understanding so necessary to their mental and physical health. Coming as our city water does from the snow-pack' and im mense glass-like basalt-rock res ervoir system of old-time "Snowy Butte," it enters our own hy genie system of pipes and res ervoirs toemerge at the faucet in our homes too close by far to the chemistry term,' H20. Now, if it could filter down through .. , the ample bosom of mother earth, where various chemicals so necessary to our well-being could be picked up, it would be much better for all concerned. But if such things are not there, the marvelous se lective system of our bodies can not pick them up, then we suf fer thereby. Ordinarily, food would .fur nish such necessary items. But. our social and economic struc ture being what we have made it, vital elements must be re moved from food grains so that the product : will survive the time-lag from processor to con sumer in edible condition. How well memory takes me back when ; our , corn , meal or wheat flour held too long, became mouldy and had to be consigned to the pigs, a- very serious loss when there was no welfare and everyone on their own, times when a sneaked crust of bread and warm milk from old Spot was grand eating. Could be a better way of tooth decay prevention could be work ed out through better food con trols. But that's a long range Drocedure. We do need some thing for the immediate now, a something our health authorities are striving for and with appar ent success in some cities. However, what concerns me most is our little ones. Is there anything more distressing to the parents than a son or daughter s aching tooth, turning as it does the child's eating, sleeping and play to a thing of misery? What's the alternative? A trip to the dentist every two or three months that draws hard on take home pay, ample though it is now, but ample too are the den tist costs. I'll risk my old car cass a lot to lessen aU this in any small way. . - " - F. J. Clifford ' J 1211 West Main St. Medford, Ore. Thanks fr Help i To the Editor: Will you please place a thank you note in the paper for the many examples of help which have been given us from the people of Prospect, McLeod, Trail, Shady Cove, Eagle Point, Medford, and the American Red Cross, when our home burned? Mr. and Mrs. W.B. McElmurry and Family, Prospect, Ore. Advice to 'Sinners' To the Editor: It seems to me that someone from within the church should reply to the two recent letters from folk who sign themselves "sinners." Perhaps if these . two "sin ners would consult the Chris tian's Guidebook, a little further ttiey would see that "He that do eth truth cometh to the light that his deeds and words may be made : manifest" and they would be brave enough to attach their name to their criti cism. If I were attending a church where those criticisms were really justified, I would certain ly change churches. There are many, if. not most churches where- the members give freely arid gladly of their time, ener gies, talents and money, in or der that all people and ' their children, rich or poor, may have place to go and pray and sing and learn, and meet friends and make friends, and nobody checks your offerings but leav es that between you and God.; Are you sure, friend ' sinner, that it is the "food out of your mouth or the shoes off tif your feet" that you are worrying about? After over 50 years in Christian work, I have observed that most people who do not want to give to the Lord's work, are spending much more on. cig arettes, movies, dances, and oth er wasteful things than they are ever asked or expected to give toward Christian work. "Consider this: Over $15,000, 000,000 spent for crime in Am erica in a year, and only one billion or a little over spent for all kinds of church, charity and Christian work! . f Yes, I would definitely advise that you send, or rather, take, your child to Sunday school. But of course, choose the right Sun day school. Mrs. A. Hoffman, . , Buttee Falls, Ore.'- To Sinners Nos. 1 fe 2 To the Editor: First of all, let me point out that it is -plainly evident that you do not read your Bibles enough! . It is not up to man to say who is or it not a Christian, or what is or is not a Christian family. The Bible says ' that "Man looketh on the outward appear ance, but the . Lord looketh on the heart." It also bears out that we are not to let our alms be seen of men. The church has no right, therefore, to audit your donations, but if you read your Bible carefully, you'll find it says to give one-tenth of your substance to God. Read the story of the, widow who was poor. Luke 21:1-4. The rich men cast their gifts into the treasury, "and he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites, and he said, of a, truth I say until you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all." "For all these have of their, abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had." ' , ', , If a man is a Christian, it is because he has had a change of heart toward God and not" be cause a priest, preacher or dea con has told him so! If you'll just look around, you'll find that right in our city is a church that does not "past the hat," take signed pledges for your tythes or mention money at every . opportunity. No one knows what the other one gives, and yet they are among the most happy and. blessed of churchgoers on this earth, and above all, real born again Chris tians' Dont' ask Man if you're a Christian. Just read 1st John the 3rd Chapter, especially the 9th verse, and also 2nd Corinthians, 5:17. From a Christian (Name on file). Use Tribune Want Ads More eat Oregon other pet foods BONNIE Communications Two Out of Three Hungry To the Editor: "Each night two out of three members of the human race go to bed hungry." This statement was made Sept. 9, 1955, by Ezra Benson, secre tary of agriculture. It seems in conceivable to most of us that this can be. We do not know what hunger means, not , pro longed hunger. We pay our government a million dollars a day just to store our surplus food. Our gov ernment's investment in surplus farm products on Jan. 12 of this year was close to $8,750,000,000, the largest oh record. It is esti mated that this figure may ex ceed $11 billion by spring. Efforts are being made to meet human needs with soma part of this. The UN Food and Agriculture ' organization has distributed some food. Nineteen voluntary agencies during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, distributed $146.7. mil lions worth. CARE, ' Church World Service , and others are still carrying on such programs. , Locally the American Friends Service committee, 1108 SE Grand ave.,. Portland 14, Ore gon, offers a real bargain in -good will. Only $10 will release and deliver 2,000 pounds (1 ton) of the following foods: " Powdered milk .$340 Cheese $600' Butter ....."..L-...$900 Butter oil i.i.$1100 These foods are distributed overseas in distressed : areas where Quaker workers are pre pared to oversee distribution. ' . As a further bargain all sums contributed are income tax de ductions. Where else can we get such value for $10? How better can we express our gratefulness for our America and all for which it stands tljan by sharing with those in need? ' , r : Medford Chapter -United Nations Association for Oregon. - ., Jim can't get over how I manage ; to keep the house looking like a million and still have time for the : many things I like to do. My secret is simply finding faster, ;, easier ways to do my housework.; Take my wood floors. I used to j; spend a full day scrubbing and waxing. Then plop into bed all J worn out. Now I use Bruce Cleaning Wax and it's almost a snap. Bruce cleans and waxes in one easy operation. Takes me Only ; half the time and effort. And my : wood floors never looked better. Have you tried Bruce Cleaning Wax? You'll liks it. So will your husband! . Incidentally, Tve found other Brue floor products help me, too. There' . Bruce Floor Cleaner for cleaning and lighter waxing, Bruce Paste Wax, Bruce Asphalt Tile Cleaner, Bruce Asphalt Tile Self-Polishing Wax and : the new Bruce Self-Polishing Wax. Yes. for floors it's Bruce I Easy, Just Dial 2-6141 'Jimsays a gem! BONNIE than 7 W
