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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS ASo
March 16, 194S
(It was Saturday)
Medford Mayor Clarence A.
Meeker in Klamath Falls attend
ing meeting of public employees.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column; Spring is
officially due to arrive Thursday,
but the general belief is Spring
"will get here when she gets here.
20 YEARS AGO
March 16, 1936
(It was Monday)
" Wild horse roundup in Little
Applegate results in only six
being captured.
Earl J. Rogers, frost observer,
arrives in valley to assume sea
sonal duties.
30 YEARS AGO
March 16, 1926
(It was Tuesday)
' Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Schollars'
of Medford to observe 54th wed
ding anniversary tomorrow.
Washington school student
dies of meningitis; second fatal
case here in two days. v
40 YEARS AGO
March 16, 1916
(It was Thursday)
Chief Engineer John T. Whis
ler completes report on irriga
tion prospects of valley; favor
able for "immediate possibility."
From Local and Personal col
umn: It is unlawful to catch fish
under 10 inches in length until
after April 1. Many people are
doing so, however, and are thus
inviting serious trouble. Women
and boys are the offenders in
this respect, very largely, and
the wardens would regret the ne
cessity of arresting them, but
that is what will happen if they
are caught at it.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7? -Copr.
1955, Editorial Research Report
1. Cash income per capita is
higHest in the Pacific Coast, Mid
dle West or New England states?
2. A tendency for arteries to
become weakened often is or
isn't inherited? . ,
3. It is usual or unusual for
,a political party to renominate
' a Vice President?
4. Traditionally the wine
shipped in largest quantity from
' Jerez, Spain, is port, champagne,
Malaga, Sherry or Madeira?
5. Basic ore producing alum
inum ; is iron, silver, bauxite,
uraniumAor fluorite?
6. Arab military forces out
number Israeli', ones by about
two, ZVt, 5, 10, or 20 to one?
7. Limburger cheese is named
for a city in Belgium, France,
Germany, Poland or The Nether
lands? The answers: 1. Pacific Coast
fates. 2. Often is. 3. Usual.
4. Sherry (corrupt pronunciation
of Jerez). 5. Bauxite. 6. About 5
to 1. 7. Belgium.
Milkman, Squirrel
Meet; Friend Bites
New Albany, Ind.-(U.R) Milk
man Bud Miley, a kindly man,
who was walking his route when
a squirrel hopped from a tree to
his shoulder.
"Ah,"- said Miley, , "our little
furry friends."
He reached to pet the squir
rel and it bit him on the finger.
MAIL TRIBUNE
On the Cost of Schools
The patrons of the Roseburg school district have
a way of placing their school administrators in an
embarrassing position with some regularity.
For the third time in a row, voters on the first try
have turned down the proposed school budget for
the coming year. In past years, the budget, trimmed
down, has finally been approved by the voters at the
second or third try so the schools have kept oper
ating. DUT it's a pretty shaky basis for operations, when
the school staffs, the school board, and the citi
zens budget committee, after long weeks or months
of work, outline what they feel to be a "rock bottom"
proposal and then have it turned down.
Medford thus far has been fortunate, for here the
voters seem to be fully aware of the anachronism of
the 6 per cent limitation as applied to current school
budgets. They have regularly approved the budgets
each year.
WITHIN a few months, the Medford school district
will be presenting its 1956-57 budget for -approval.
On the basis of early estimates, it will- run
something like a million dollars over the 6 per cent
limitation.
Perhaps now would be a good time to review
again why this is so, and why the voters must each
year approve the spending proposals for the schools.
The explanation has been made frequently in the
past, and will be necessary again in the future, for
the patrons must know the situation if they are to
maintain their support of the school system.
"THE explanation, without adornment, can be given
in two words : More kids. . .
To expand this a little, however, these points may
be helpful:
1. The Oregon constitution prohibits budgets
from going. up more than an average of 6 per cent
each year, unless specific approval is given by the
voters.
2. The tax base (the amount raised by taxes with
in that 6 per cent limitation) in most school districts
was established many years ago.
3. Since then, the costs of everything' (building
materials, textbooks, ink, paper, chalk, furniture, sal
aries and so on) have gone way, way up.
' 4. The numbers of children have increased by
leaps and bounds, not only because of an increased
birth rate, but because of the rapid growth of the
west coast by people moving here from the east.
,:
THE result of these circumstances have been budg-
ets fantastically over the original tax base plus 6
per cent per year. The increases in the scope of the
schools' job, and the cost of doing it, have far, far
outstripped the 6 per cent figure. v-
As a result, the schools have to go back to the
voters each year to ask their approval on budgets
even if the budgets do not show a great increase from
the prior year.
A RECENT legislature made it possible for a taxing
unit to establish a new tax base, if the voters ap
proved. An increased tax base somewhere near a re
alistic figure thus eliminates the need for going back
for a new vote each year. Some taxing units have
done just this.
But many school districts have been reluctant to
do so.
One reason is that they are still growing so fast,
the new tax base could well be outmoded within a
few years, and then they'd be right back in the same
situation they are. now. '
: Another jeason some thoughtful school men give
is that it is a good thing to go to the people for budget
approval each year. It gives school patrons a chance
to know how much their schools are costing, what
their needs and problems are, and a chance to feel
an active participant in the business of supporting
the schools. E.A.
"Revolution" in Schools?
After the defeat of the Roseburg school budget,
mentioned above, one of the school board members
declared the people have only two choices :
1. To make up their minds they would have to
continue supporting schools at about the present
level, or
2. To lead a "revolution" against present school
standards, which would have to be waged at the state
and national levels.
9 He said:
It must be clearly understood that no substantial cut
can be made in the budget which was submitted, without a
re-evaluation of the burden of education which government
is to assume in this district.
In this regard, it must be understood that to make any
major change in policy would result in a failure on the part
of the district to comply with standards promulgated by
the state board of education.
If that happened, of course, the district would lose
its share of the state basic schooi support fund a
substantial portion of the total budget.
-.
IT WAS a question in his mind, he indicated, as to
whether people were simply voting in protest to
admittedly high taxes, or whether they really wanted
to cut back education to standards which are far be
low those of the present.
Unless the people are prepared to embark on this
"revolution," he.said. thev can fvxnert nn sicrrnfirnTit
cut in the budget, but are
exercise oi ine irancnise by
swallowing the camel."
Our hunch is that the
think the matter through
eis, u me scnoois are cnopped down, are the children
of this and coming generations. E. A.
Friday, March 18, 1958
"indulging in a ridiculous
straining at gnats and
RoKP.huro- vnfprs did -not
thoroughly. For the suffer-
ommuriKations
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not exceed 400 words.
Chinchillas
To the Editor: Immediately
after the close of the war an ex
GI, W. R. Cox of Gresham, de
cided to grow chinchillas. Others
in the area also grew them. He
persuaded them to combine for
mutual benefits, so N.W. Chin
chilla Farms came into being. In
1949 some of the animals de
veloped prolapsed intestines.
Everyone of these died, also ani
mals which one day were full of
life and vigor would be found
dead the following morning.
Dr. S. F. Crynes, who owns
and operates Physicians Medical
Laboratory in Portland, was en
gaged to find the cause. For more
than a year he tried to isolate
the bacteria, virus, or parasite
causing the trouble without suc
cess. By that time the animals
were dying at the rate of 30 or
40 per month and the reputa
tion of the growers was gone.
Late in the fall of 1951 Dr. H.
L. Richardson, Asst. Prof, of
Pathology in the medical school
in Eugene took over. He had
previous experiences with flu
orine, suspected its presence, and
tested a carcass for it. Result:
liver 47:00 p.p.m., kidneys 69:00
p.p.m., pellets fed 26.50 p.p.m.,
timothy hay 0.13 p.p.m., well
water .0.40 p.p.m. and tap water
0.41 p.p.m. Mr. R. E. Maiers, a
toxicological chemist of Port
land, was hired to continue ex
periments and the project was
transferred to the medical school
where he wished to enroll as a
graduate student. He was prom
ised credit towards a graduate
degree for this work. Dr. Baird,
dean of the medical school, wrote
Mr. Cox, "Your proposal meets
with our approval. We shall be
pleased to proceed with the re
search." Charles D. Byrne, Chancellor
of the State Board of Higher Ed
ucation wrote: "The board ac
cepts the grant ($500.00 per
month) and I have been directed
to express our thanks and appre
ciation for your interest in our
institution." But suddenly all
this enthusiasm and approval
disappeared. In July the medical
school refused to continue the
research, broke their contract
with Mr. Cox, and disregarded
their promises to Mr. Maier.'It
was impossible for Mr. Cox to
ascertain , the cause. Shortly
thereafter when Dr. Richardson
was appointed by the Multno
mah County Medical society, on
a committee to act against flu
oridation of Portland's water
supply, he was dropped from the
faculty.
Who wields a stick big enough
to cause these officials to act so
reprehensibly?
Anna M. Streed,
36 North Peach st.,
Medford, Ore.
(Editor's Note: Because of the
allegations made in the letter
above, it was felt only fair to
submit a copy of it to the Univer
sity of Oregon medical school for
comment before it was published.
It might also be pointed out the
medical school is located in Port
land, not Eugene-, and that the
Multnomah County Medical so
ciety, rather than appointing "a
committee to act against fluori
dation of Portland's water sup
ply," actually is on record,
through the action of its legisla
tive body, in favor of fluorida
tion. The reply from the medical
school follows.)
This is in reply to your letter
of March 13 concerning the
statement you transmitted on the
subject of resarch in fluorida
tion by Dr. Howard L. Richard
son at the Medical School.
This statement is so full of
inaccuracies that it is difficult
to know where to start in point
ing them out. It is true that Dr
Richardson conducted some re
search with chinchillas in 1951
at the Medical School under a
grant financed by Northwest
Chinchilla Farms; however, the
project was terminated by Dr.
Richardson before it was
brought to a conclusion and no
significant results were obtained
and no paper was ever published
regarding the research.
The subject of fluoridation of
water supply was never - men
tioned in connection with the
project, and had no bearing on
the termination of-the work.
We have a rather bulky file
on this subject in our office and
if you desire further informa
tion, I would be happy to supply
it to you.
Based on this information, I
would say that the major part
of the statement you submitted
has no basis in fact and that cer
tainly no conclusions regarding
fluoridation could be drawn
from any work conducted by
Dr. Richardson at the Medical
School.
W. A. Zimmerman
Assistant to the Dean
University of Oregon
Medical School
Portland 1, Oregon
Facts Now Conclusive
To the Editor: The American
Osteopathic association is an
other national health organiza
tion that has endorsed the policy
of fluoridation. Determined to
not be a "me too" organization,
the House of Delegates of the
A.O.A. delayed its decision, after
some debate, until adequate re
! ports of research and field
trials could be made available.
Their endorsement came only
last July.
Until two or three years ago,
evidence for or against was still
incomplete and inconclusive.
Now, however, the Delaney com
mittee hearings are four years
old. Findings they called for are
now available, and it seems ap
propriate that the scare pro
gram be dropped for a look at
the facts. .
Statistics now include hot only
the Newburgh-Kingston ten-year
studies for 1.2 p.p.m. fluorida
tion effects, but many othersi
such as studies of exposures for
36.7 years (average for group
tested) at eight times the recom
mended dosage, and in which
medical, x-ray, and dental eval
uations were made. No physio
logical or systemic damage could
be found. Mottling of the teeth
is insignificant at the recom
mended concentration of fluoride
in the water; is prevalent in
varying degrees at higher con
centrations. Incidence of dental
caries was reduced up to 65 per
cent. J.-
It is true that fluorine is pois
onous; so are digitallis, nitrogly
cerin and table salt. Used in
the proper amounts, however, all
these obviously save life and
health, rather than destroy.
Tluoride is present in trace quan
tities in all normal healthy tissue.
The public should be permit
ted to vote on the issue. But it
should also discern between re
ports that are obsolete, unre
liable, or pertain to excessive
dosage levels, and those that are
current and substantiated by ex
tensive trials under controlled
conditions.
As to economy and waste,
what does it matter if only 1 or
2 per cent of the treated water
is used for drinking or cooking?
The annual cost, per capita, is
estimated at less than the charge
for one shoe shine. The amount
saved in dentist bill will more
than compensate.
If it be true that only the chil
dren benefit, it is also true- that
their parents' purses benefit.
Children grow up with perman
ent benefit, and, as the program
continues and new generations
arrive, the entire resident popu
lace benefits. ........
The need starts with child
birth, and is greatest among fam
ilies where dental care is either
ignored or too expensive. .Thus
what assurance can there be for
effectiveness of other measures?
G. A. Dierdorff, D.O.
. Medical . Center Building,
Medford, Ore: .
In The Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
Straws in the New Hampshire
wind: '
Nixon gets an astonishing trib
ute of confidence.
Kefauver wins a clear-cut vic
tory over Stevenson.
T ET'S deal with Nixon first
because it seems improbable
that any Democratic combina
tion with Kefauver could win
this year over a combination of
Eisenhower and Nixon.
Nixon's, name wasn't on the
New Hampshire ballot. '
He didn't campaign . in New
Hampshire.
No organized effort was made
on his behalf.
BUT
MORE THAN 21,000 RE
PUBLICANS VOLUNTARILY
WROTE IN HIS NAME ON
THEIR BALLOTS AS THEIR
CHOICE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
' . , .
That - pretty well - tells the
story.
T ET'S talk about Nixon for a
moment. - - -
In recent months, many brick
bats have been thrown at him.
Few bouquets have been tossed
in his direction.
The brickbats have been
thrown by professional Demo
crats to whom it has seemed
clear that Nixon is the MAN
TO BEAT. No Democrat has
been able to see much nourish
ment in sharp criticism of Presi
dent Eisenhower. But Nixon has
been fair game. So the Demo
crats have gone after him ham
mer and tongs.
The Republican professionals
have tossed no bouquets in
Nixon's direction for a variety
of reasons. Among other things,
they haven't wanted to make it
appear that .'they are promoting
a slate. They've probably been
scared a little by the vehemance
of the Democratic attack on him.
Anyway, they have kept still.
THE New Hampshire, primary
was a free-for-all. It was
open to everybody. Those who
went to the polls had no in
hibitions. They just voted their
feelings.- And the Republicans
among them expressed an amaz
ing " liking for young . Richard
Nixon.
c rom nere on, ne s viue-presi-1
dential timber." There can be j
no doubt of that."- '
Week's Good and Bad News in
World Affairs Balanced Sheet
By CHARLES "M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international bal
ance sheet:
THE GOOD
1. The French Parliament
gave Premier Guy Mollet a
mandate to embark on a do-or-die
attempt to bring peace to
Algeria, chief of the country's
North African possessions. Inde
pendents already had been
granted to Morocco. It was re
ported that a similar . agree
ment for Tunisia was on the
point of success in negotiations
in Paris. Mollet will offer Al
gerian rebels their choice of
two programs.
First is a sweeping . ban of
political, economic and social re
forms. Second is a stern cam
paign to suppress guerilla war
fare. 2. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles moved into friend
ly territory on the final stage
of his tour of Asia. In "neutral
ist" India and Indonesia Dulles
was subjected to much hostile
criticism of his own statements
and United States policy in gen
eral. But he found a congenial
atmosphere in Ceylon, Thai
land, Viet Nam and the Philip
pines. Today Dulles arrived in
f ormosa for a visit to National
ist Chinese Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek. Thence he will
proceed to Japan and. Korea.
3. Soviet Russia accepted an
invitation by the United States,
Canada, Great Britain and
France to start a new round of
disarmament talks in London
starting next Monday. Harold
E. Stassen, President Eisenhow
er's special disarmament aide,
will represent the United States.
It was made known that the
delegates will discuss the prob
lem of atomic arms " control.
The United States decided to
start talks on this issue- after
more than one year of consid
eration.
THE BAD
1. The Cyprus dispute was
sharpened by a flare of dis
agreement between the United
States and Britain over state
ments made by - the American
ambassador to Greece and by a
State Department spokesman in
Washington. Britain interpreted
these statements as favoring
Greece in its demand that Brit
ain give up the island. Prime
Minister Anthony Eden receiv
ed a confidence vote of 317 to
251 in the House of Commons
on his policy of firmness in
dealing with violence by Cyprus
Greeks. President Eisenhower
said at a press conference in
Washington that the United
States' was "ready to do any-
News
fN THE Democratic side, Ke-
v fauver made an astonishing
showing, demonstrating again,
as he did in 1952, that he has
great strength among the non
professional voters who domin
ate primary elections. He won
all 12 Democratic convention
delegates from New Hampshire,
crushing decisively a slate of
delegates favorable to Steven
son. It was a remarkable personal
tribute to . him, and it puts him
into the first rank of contend
ers at the Democratic conven
tion. TN KEFAUVER'S case, how
ever, there is another factor
that must be taken into con
sideration. If the Democrats' are to win
this year, they must carry the
South SOLIDLY. In the South,
a new and potent issue has been
injected into the campaign. It is
the. issue of desegregation. It is
a highly emotional issue, and
emotional issues are apt to be
powerful issues.
Kefauver has made it rather
clear that he favors more or less
immediate desegregation along
the lines laid" down by the su
preme court of the United States
in its recent decisions. Steven
son has been more cautious in
his approach to this explosive
issue.
Whether the Democratic con
vention will be willing to risk
the loss of the Deep South by
nominating a candidate who
favors desegregation with a min
imum of delay remains to be
seen.
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thing that is reasonable and
practicable to help" in reaching
a solution. But many Britons
still were critical.
2. Dispatches from Algeria
made it clear that France faces
a formidable job in trying to
end violence. One big question
was whether Mollet could find
any Algerians who had author
ity to negotiate. Rebel leaders
threaten death to any Algerians
who negotiate with France on
anything less than a basis of
outright independence.
3. Warlike talk by both sides
Babson Views Future
World Power Sources
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. Readers
are still being pestered by Ca
nadian brokers to buy uranium
stocks. News
items about
building reac
tors on college
campuses keep
up the inter
est. From
studies, I be
lieve that your
money, - if put
in savings
Roger W. Babson banks, can be
both safer and more profitable
than if put into a speculative
clay bank. ;
Uranium will have its uses,
but for many years these will
be confined to military purposes,
especially in connection with
ammunition, shipping, guided
missiles, and movable electrical
plants. Uranium, however, is
subject to many competitors, in
cluding water power, oil natural
gas, and cheap coal. These other
natural resources will hold down
the price of uranium, especially
in view of its great quantity all
over the world. The main thing
for the oil and gas people to
fear is legislative persecution
such as the electric utilities suf
fered under Roosevelt. The re
cent action of the U.S. Senate,
however, in connection with the
natural gas bill, shows that there
is no reason to fear such de
structive legislation at present.
Probably the first competitor
that all these natural power re
sources will face is the unused
power from the sun. This has
tremendous possibilities and will
some day be harnessed. Looking
ahead many years, I see much
more profit in buying property
located land in Florida, Texas,
Arizona, New Mexico, and south
ern California, where the heat
of the sun is great, than in buy
ing land in Colorado, Utah, or
somewhere else with the hope
of getting uranium.
Doh'i Forget Gravity.
Grandpa used gravity to help
regulate his tall clock; later it
was used to develop power from
falling water. There are other
uses for gravity, though they
are very few at present. Yet,
when we think of the tremen
dous unused power of the ocean
tides, we realize the possibilities
of harnessing gravity. Today
gravity power is where steam
power was 200 years ago. Men
of that era knew steam would
lift the cover of a kettle; but -no
one knew how to harness it.!
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increased tension between the
Arab nations and Israel over
Palestine. President Eisenhow
er expressed his own deep con
cern over the situation. He said
he had been working "long
hours . . . far into the evening,"
especially on Middle East prob
lems. He said he was worried
for one thing over the possibil
ity of an arms race. "There is
no blinking the fact that in that
area our interests are greatly
jeopardized,'' he "said. He men
tioned the danger that war
might break out.
Research Foundation, New Bos
ton, N.H.
The secret of harnessing most
power is to have a "differential"
which will enable the power
to work in opposite directions.
The great work of Watt's in har
nessing steam was to devise the
reciprocal engine, which provid
ed a differential, permitting the
steam to automatically enter
opposite ends of the cylinder of
his engine. This means that the
harnessing of gravity may await
the discovery of a partial in
sulator of gravity probably
some new alloy. As there are
millions of different alloys which
have not yet been tested, it is
probable that a partial insulator
of gravity will be discovered. ,
Earth Revolutions
As you read this column, do
you realize that you are moving
at the rate of 1,000" miles per
hour?. (The world is .; approxi
mately 24,000 . miles in circum
ference and the day consists of
24 hours.) This revolution offers
the greatest opportunity for free
power.' Furthermore,, it will not
need a differential in order to
be harnessed. The most hopeful
thing is that most physicists, as
tronomers, and other scientists
agree that they, do not know
what makes -the world revolve:
They do not accept seriously the
standard theory that like a
baseball our globe was sent
twirling when it was thrown off
from the sun or some other
planet and has been twirling for
billions of years ever since.
In view -of experiments with
toy motors where the revolving
armature has no electrical con
nection with the magnetic field,
another theory is possible. This
is, that the interior of our globe
consists of some new metals or
alloys making it the rotor of a
great motor. The field : of this
motor is the electrical waves
coming from the -sun and other
planets or generated by .the
clouds. ,
Thomas Edison told me that
more static electricity is used
in one thundershower than is
produced each day ,by all the
power companies in the U.S.
When this static electricity can
be harnessed. I forecast .that
every factory will have a large
revolving globe on its roof which
will furnish power, light, and
heat for the factory without
cost, or without the consumption
of our natural resources. There
fore, don't put too much money
into any one thing, uranium, oil,
natural gas, water power, or
even gravity! The first principle
of successful investing is proper
diversification. ' i
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