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rotm MZDronD (obeoon) llEDFORDTRIB UNE "Everybody In Southern Oregon PubUihed Dally Except Saturday by urnrnnn printing CO. IT-IB North Fir St. Phone 2-8141 HZRB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM, Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHTPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor -OLIVE ST ARC HER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medlord. Oregon, under Act oi Marcn 3. lam SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $12.00 Dally and Sunday Six months 6.50 Dally and Sunday Three mos. 3.50 Sunday Only One year $3.50. By Carrier in Advance MedfOTd, 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 Dally and Sunday One month 1.25 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 or cii;ulaiiu WEST-HOLLIDAY COMPANY INC. Offices in New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Jxiuis. Atlanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCfATLQN ' V U O manmn'mi O" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mall Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 10 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Mar 8. 1946 (It wa Wednesday) The Bear Creek Orchard, Da vid and Harry Holmes owners, has started . construction of a three-story concrete building ad joining their present plant, to be used entirely in the handling of their peach crop. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: This burg is rapidly filling up with east erners who drive to the coast and, then report they have been to the "shore." 20 YEARS AGO May 8. 1936 " (It was Friday) Double counting boards . will function in 44 of the 70 voting precincts of Jackson county, on primary election day, Friday, May 15. A class of six new Elks last night rode the goat into the por tals of the Medford lodge, with the usual impressive initiation ceremonies. 30 YEARS AGO May 8, 1926 (It was Saturday) ' Following the frost point, 32 degrees, orchardists in endan gered sections smudged lightly last night. '...'.'" From Local and Personal col umn: The regular weekly drill of the fire department was held this forenoon at the fire station with the Stutz pumper in use. 40 YEARS AGO Mar 8. 1916 (It was Monday) The Woodrow Wilson league of Medlord will hold a Woodrow Wilson meeting at the Natator ium at 8 p.m. tonight. From Local and Personal col umn: J. -C. Pelt, of Meadows, who recently made a consider able gold ledge discovery in that vicinity, is in Medford today on business, in connection with the opening of the prospect. What's the Answer? Can You Get 4 of the 7? Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Report 1. In this Congress the Re publicans control both the Sen ate and the House, the Senate but not the House, the House but not the Senate, or neither? 2. As the price of wheat fell over the last several years the retail price of bread also fell, or went up, or stayed about the same? 3. The non-White ratio of the population is increasing more rapidly than the White ratio In Boston, New York, Detroit and Chicago; right or wrong? 4. Close relatives of U.S. resi dents do or don't get preference in being admitted as immi grants? 5. Claret is a red wine from southwestern France, north cen tral France, Rhine valley of Germany, northern Italy or southern Spain? 6. So far this year many more or a few more Chevrolets have been made than Fords, or about the same number of each, or a few more or many more Fords? 7. Which of our recent Presi dents had a wife named Grace? The answers: 1. Neither. 2. Went up. 3. Right. 4. Do. 5. Southwestern 'Franc. 6. Many' mora Chevrolet! than Fords. 7. Coolidge. mail tribukz The Perfect Candidate According to our veteran correspondents the Al sop Brothers who are very popular and sometimes right the poor bid Democratic donkey is in terrible shape. Stewart Alsop who has brother has gone abroad is He has heretofore held Adlai Stevenson in high regard, even termed him the candidate best qualified for the Presidency and one of the few who DID talk sense. But after a tour with a professional opinion-poll expert m northern Indiana, he is not so sure. -.' IN FACT Stewart is forced to conclude that Mr, Stevenson is far less popular with the voters while President Eisenhower is more popular, than was the case four years ago. As to much - of a lightweight to never unite his party, so GOP type of opposition. Governor Harriman of . New York is unknown at least in the environs of Gary, In diana, one woman voter when asked about the New York Governor is quoted by Alsop as replying, "Har riman? I can t rightly say As to Senator Symington of Missouri, now often mentioned as the leading art . doesrr t even mention Harriman is out because so Senator must be staggering for he isn t known at all. , So what? 117'ELL, before allowing the Republicans to win by ' default, we would suggest the Alsop Brothers snap out of their chronic pessimism for a moment and at least consider the Mail ; . We have maintained ever since the campaign started that a "dark horse" would in all likelihood get the coveted brass-ring Round in August, and after very serious consideration and much research we have found a prospect who is even a darker hue than William Stewart Symington, To come to the point . O IS name is "Rocky Marciano." Rocky has just re- tired from his profession with, it is claimed, over a million dollars m the bank, and is looking for a 30b, less hazardous and demanding and more acceptable to his family than his chosen one. , At first glance one might find little to say in Rocky's favor for the presidency, but after reading US News and World -Keport for several months we have become convinced about a proper presidential be said in" his FAVOR," against him. ' MO. 1:. NOT even Vice President Nixon can accuse "Rocky" of being a communist. In fact even the "leftist smear" couldn't be made to stick; For while our candidate has a left, he depends almost entirely on his "right," and has earned over a million dollars thereby; So being soft on communism and of leftish tendency is out. M0R could the opposition call him an "intellectual" that title apparently so fatal to the aspirations of any candidate for the White House these "anti-intelligence" days. They say Rocky hasn't read a book in 20 years. v- , . '-''-. As for "egg head" if ;any of the GOP hecklers would hurl that opprobrious: barnyard epithet at "Rocky" : he would , undoubtedly wade out into the audience and squash his traducer's occipital dome like an egg shell. That would end that sort of GOP attack. The 1 accusation of "isolationist" would not get very far, eitner- For our latest presidential "find", is not only champion of the USA and ENGLAND but a champion of the whole WORLD. ' Moreover, unlike Estes Kefauver, he is not a "lightweight" but heavy weight -VERY heavy.. (According to one Sporting magazine Rocky now tips the beam at 250, and eats two porterhouse steaks for breakfast). So that charge is cleaned off the slate r-as a possible weapon in the campaign. '-- "DOCKY" doesn't care much for fishing or golf as 1X -yet, but once in the White House with its base ment swimming pool, and putting greens at the door, he would soon get in shape in that important field no doubt and might even set a new course record at Chevy Chase before his eight years were up. There we reach another important , point! in his favor the man's health and stamina. The president's job is a taxing one, as we are often told, and physical condition promises to be an issue befose the campaign ends. Who could make a more impressive showing than our ex-heavyweight champion for the post of chief executive of this great land? ' ; ; IN ANOTHER - vitaL direction our selection excells 1 namely: hand shaking and baby kissing. Rocky LIKES to shake hands, not only at the start of the 15th round, but as he enters or departs from the arena. In other words he is excellently conditioned in this respect and while a few of the populace after the News Years reception might have a few fingers re quiring first aid, they wouldn't complain it would be something to remember and tell their, grandchil dren as they exhibited the digital scars in later life. As for babies Rocky dotes on them. He has one, and there are prospects of several more. In HIS swing-around-the-circle we are sure the vountr mothers wouldn't be disappointed around the "5 o'clock shadow" time, might be howl ing bloody murder. TTHEN what are we waiting for, Messrs. Alsop? StOD bemoaning the manv t.ln'no-s that enn bp said against the Democratic tioned and picK out the one can be said. R.W.R. Tuesday. May t, 1158 stayed at home while his particularly pessimistic. Estes Kefauver he is too get anywhere and could could do little against the who that is. - "dark - horse," Brother Stew him, so, if as is implied little known, the Missouri along far, far m the rear, Tribune s new candidate. at the Chicago Merry-Go that; the ; important point candidate is not. what can but what CAN'T be said ": y ' . , A even if some of the babies candidates thus far men against whom NOTHING Tito of Yugoslavia Becoming More Popular With All Sides By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent President Tito of Yugoslavia is getting to be an increasingly popular man. Soviet Rus sia and its sat tellites, the Western Allies, and the Asian African "neu tralists" are all seeking his favor. Tito is in Paris today, on Charles McCann a state Visit. He is to go to ' Moscow next month to return the visit which Premier 'Nikolai A. Bulganin and Communist party leader Ni kita S. Khrushchev paid him last May. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India, the "neutralist" leader, is to- visit him in Bel grade on June 30. It might be good bet that Tito will pay a ' visit to the United States before Mr. B. and Mr. K. do. That is something for the future. Tito 'seems to be quite satis- Matter of Fact by jePh aiiop THE SERPENT'S TOOTH . Bahrein, Persian Gulf Ac cording to the guide book, this sunbaked, sandy little island with its coastal fringe of date palms is "an Arab state ruled by his Highness Sheik Sir Sal mon bin Ham ad al - Khalif ah." . As will be seen, the Joseph Alsop guide book stretched a point in this, its opening sentence. On the other hand, the guidebook's next assertion can not be challenged. Until the ingenious Mr. Mikimoto put oys ters to work in an orderly man ner, pearls made the prosperity of Bahrein for something close to 3,000 years. But now, the is land is '"better known for its oil field and refinery." For the intelligent sightseer, indeed the .most interesting his torical monuments in Bahrein are two spry, shrewd and gener ous hearted Americans who live here in tha midst of a vast gar den full of magniflcant white, rose and crimson- oleanders. Ed and Irene Skinner were not al ways bower dwellers. They had inhabited a little hut in the islands blazing desert interior for nearly a ' year, when they triumphantly brought in Bah rein's first oil well back in 1932. " THAT single wildcat well op ened up the whole- vast Per sian Gulf oil field, that now in cludes Arabia, Kuwait, and Qa tar. If Ed and : Irene Skinner had not taken their chance in the desert, the pattern of the free world economy would look very different today. But his - Highness the Sheik and the oil and the Skinners are by no means the only notable sights of Bahrein. There are also Sir Charles and Lady Belgrave. answered an - advertisement in the personal column of the 'Times of London announcing that there was .."an opening for young man of public school edu cation" -who was fitted to serve as "financial adviser to an'orien tal ruler. The oriental ruler turned out to be the father of the present Sheik of Bahrein., He . liked shooting Gazelle and taking his Persian falcon out after the bustand more than the weary business of ruling. Hence most of the authority over Bahrein's 140,000 people was presently concentrated in the adviserate, as they rather oddly call it the big, old fashioned, verandah ed. house on the - waterfront where Charles Belgraves lives and does his work. VlfHEN Ed Skinner found his oil, Charles- Belgrave saw to it that the oil money was used wisely and well. Hospitals went up. Roads'- were built. -. Electricity was provided for the towns and villages The port was -improved. Above all, schools were established in great numbers, and education ' for girls was even introduced with Lady Belgrave to run this part of the program. In all these re spects, Bahrein was far ahead of all the other oil rich states on the Persian Gulf. The schools, one suspects, made the trouble, ; To be sure, there has always been some ten sion between the ruling clan, the al-Khalif ahs who are Unni Moslems and Arabs from the mainland, and their poorer sub jects who belong to a mixed is land stock and adhere to the Shia sect. But Bahrein has never seen anything to compare with the crisis of these .last few weeks. The townspeople first stoned the car of the visiting British Foreign Secretary, Sel wyn Lloyd, shouting- "down with Belgrave." Then, a few days later, there was another, even more serious riot that led to police shootings and a . gener al strike. fied with his present situation. Apparently he has made up his mind to refuse alignment with any of the big blocs; ' May Form Own Bloc ' But it would not be surprising if Tito made another bid soon to form a bloc of his own. This would include Bulgaria to start with, and might be extended to Romania and other Iron Curtain countries. There are suggestions that Tito may raise this question when he visits Moscow. It seems hardly likely that the Kremlin would be receptive. Its big job at present is to keep its satellites under, tight control after the debunking of Josef Stalin And : the friendlier Tito gets with any of Russia's satel lites, the harder the control job will be. Back in the years just after World War II there was much talk of what was variously called a South Slav Federation, a Bal kan bloc and a Danubian entente. Tito and! the late Georgi Di mitrov, thfcn' premier of Bul garia, were the active promoters These grave-,, disorders were the outcome of the agitation of the "Committee of National Un ity." The committee is . largely composed of bazaar merchants in a small way of business. It is intimately - linked with and strongly supported by the Egyp tian government of Gamal Ab del Nasser. It is anti-British and determined to wrest power for the people from his Highness the Sheik and his British advisor. THE whole power of the com mittee is based on. political consciousness created in Bahrein by the schools the . Sheik and his British advisor have built. Thus, when you talk with these two kindly, well-inteniobed men you find yourself constantly re membering the line from '"'Lear," "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child."- Yet the irony of the situation in Bahrein goes even deeper than this. Sir Charles Belgrave, who is not a British government official, is only the immediate object of attack. The real, ev entual aim of the Bahrein na tionalists is to drive out Britain from, the special position it has occupied here for more than a century. But the British gov ernment's representatives here are hard at work trying to ob tain concessions to the new Bahrein democracy from the Shiek. Their greatest problem is the ruling family's desire to deal with the nationalist agitators with a strong, harsh hand. Altogether, ths situation in Bahrein would make good ma terial for the most sardonic sort of political comedy," if the hu mor were not rather ruined by the fact that the oil which bulks so large in the drama just hap pens to.be the lifeblood of the free world. ' (C) 1956, New York Herald - . ... Tribune Inc. McKay, Hitchcock On Same Platform Portland-J(U.R) Douglas Mc Kay and Phil Hitchcock appear ed . at the . same meeting last night at the first of a series of Republican area meetings for candidates. Both seek the nomination for U.S. senator to oppose Wayne Morse this November. McKay said the issues be tween himself and 'Morse were clear-cut He said he stood on the record of the administration and because of his experience as a cabinet member he felt he was in good position to meet Morse's challenge. Hitchcock said he felt because of his liberal record he had a better chance to unseat Morse "as it will take liberal along with Republican votes to defeat him. Each promised to upport his opponent if the latter wins in the primary. .-. " Congressional Quiz (Copyright, 195 Congressional Quarterly) Q True or false: Former President Harry S. Truman holds the record for the most vetoes over-ridden by Congress. A False. President Andrew Johnson, . who had . 15 vetoes over-ridden by Congress, holds the record. President Truman had 12 of his vetoes over-ridden, the second highest number of any President. Q How .many days has the President to make up his mind whether to approve a bill? (a) 7; (b) 10; (c) 14. A--(b) 10. The Constitution provides that the President shall have 10 days, excluding Sun days, to consider the bill "after it shall have .been presented to him." Some time elapses after final passage before an approved copy is in the President's hands. 1 of this movement. Stalin, got suspicious and in structed' Dimitrov to have no part of it... A few months later, when Tito rebelled against Kremlin domination, he was drummed out of the Communist bloc. Stalin, and a lot of people in other countries, expected that to finish Tito. Instead, his success ful defiance of Stalin strengthen ed him. Europe's Leading Red At the moment, it might be argued that Tito is Europe's lead ing Communist in point of pres tige. He has made a lot of friends and no enemies The visits he has paid to other countries have gone well. Especially, Tito's visit to Great Britain three years ago was in startling contrast to the recent visit by Mr B. and Mr. K. Tito's visit was something of a sensation at the time. He was the first big Communist leader to visit . Britain. He materially strengthened his position. Bul ganin and Khrushchev will hard ly look back on their visit with any self-satisfaction. Whatever the diplomatic results of their visit may turn out to be, it was a. personal failure for them. Just what may develop when Tito goes to Moscow remains to be seen. But Mr. B. and. Mr. K. are unlikely to get better than an even break. . Editorial Comment TO SAVE ROGUE'S FISH RUNS The Rogue river is a world famous fishing stream. As such it is a prime tourist attraction. However, the summer steel head and spring Chinook salmon Morgan Complains on Pamphlet Distribution ' Portland UR) Howard Morgan, state Democratic chair man, complained today that Re publicans were getting voters pamphlets- quicker than Demo crats. He said he had received com plaints from Democrats in "vir tually every county in the state." Morgan sent a letter of complaint to Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry. Newbry said the pamphlets were being sent out "as fast as we can" and said "there is no discrimination."- Newbry added I haven t received mine yet and I am a registered Republican." He said many changes in voter registration and precinct shift- ing had slowed up mailing. Gov. Smith Inaugurates Daily News Conferences Salem (U.R) Gov. . Elmo Smith has . inaugurated ; daily news conferences at 9:15 a.m. every tflay he is in Salem.. The short conferences are being held at the request of re porters. Previously, - reporters had dropped in on the governor informally,' but Gov. Smith said he thought the conference sys tem would save time. If you're saving for your family's future... Where you Saving now makes a difference to your family's future. There's a difference where you save, too. Saving in an insured Savings and Loan Association means important advantages. Excellent returns from your money is one advantage. Another is efficient service from men who know how to make your dollars work harder for you. ,Your money is safe because. in insured Associations your savings are protected by sound management and substantial reserves. They are insured up to $10,000 by the FSLIC an agency of the U. S. Government : , These are the reasons why Americans are putting more of their savings account dollars into insured Savings and Loan Associations than anywhere else! Investments Made i'niiljiwvl vA if i Ju$ Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit al! letters with view to clarification and condensation, not exceed 400 words. Public Transportation To the Editor: The discussion about which I read in the news paper regarding a public parking area is excellent, as our traffic problem is becoming more com plex by the day. However. I feel that the Chamber of Com merce and the City Council should not stand idly by and watch our public transportation system break down.: - As the service of the local bus company decreases, an extra burden is put on the traffic sys tem, as more people use their own cars for trips into town and others are forced to buy outside of the shopping district and are even going to . outside commu nities. It would be much cheap er and possibly better to either subsidize or operate a local transportation system than to invest a huge amount in parking areas that may not be used to the fullest extent. ' The parking meters produce about $75,000 annually and this money is largely spent in hiring and equipping, police to check parking meters. My idea is not a new one and has been found to have some merit. J. C. Collins, 104 West Main st.; ' Medford, Ore.- runs of the Rogue are . being destroyed because the turbine intake at Savage Rapids dam near Grants Pass is not screen ed. The steelhead decline is esti mated at 80 per cent and the salmon loss at 62 per cent since 1942. A 1947 survey by the Oregon state game commission revealed the death of 124,500 young sal mon and steelhead that year. No estimate was possible of the number fatally injured in pass ing downstream through the turbines. If subsequent losses are less, it is only because fewer fish are there to be destroyed. The dam was built in 1921 by the Grants Pass irrigation district. It was rebuilt with re imbursable federal funds ' in 1953-54. Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore.) of the fourth congressional district has asked the house subcommittee on public works of the appro priations committee to include an item of $208,000 for the in stallation Of screens. The U.S. fish and wildlife service-has called this the most important project in the North west. We are told It would take several fish hatcheries to replace the fish now being lost by the absence of the screens and at many times the cost. The sum sought seems trifling in comparison with the value of the resource. It is to be hoped the house subcommittee mem bers can be made to see this project as one of more than state wide significance. The Rogue and its fish runs are. a resource which belongs to the nation. Oregon Journal. Portland. TV save does make by the 10th of the Month Earn . .... FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford 27 North Holly R. F. Kyle, President Letters submitted for publication must The Freeway Roule T ' ' To the Editor: Should we not have the Highway Commission show us in detail what is wrong with this route?: - Leave Gold Hill area and fol low the present road, through relatively inexpensive territory to the top of the hill north of Jacksonville. Here a logical, cut for the freeway would let the Pioneer road overpass." From here the freeway would diagonal across to where Kings highway runs into Pioneer rd. Here -another small cut would let Kings highway overpass the freeway giving an access road for Med ford traffic destined for the south. From here the freeway would diagonal to the northwest corner of Phoenix where it would follow the west side of the railroad right of way through relatively inexpensive land to Wagner creek at Talent. Here it is 34 feet from the rail to the water level, giving ample room for a natural underpass. From here to a point just north of Jackson Hot Springs the free way would follow the railroad on the east side. At this point there is a natural formation for the freeway to overpass "99" and Bear creek at the same time. The road would then continue around Ashland and back into "99" as planned. ... This would be the shortest route by miles,' the best grade, easiest to maintain, would get far better federal backing. Some skillful advertising will stop more money spending tour ists at a peaceful town than any freeway will spill into an al ready overcrowded, congested Place. . . More of the valley people will go there instead of being crowd ed to the outlying districts and the Big Y's. ' Please, oh, please, don't tear up and half ruin the beautiful town of Medford with a freeway. L. M. Bates Box 185 . . Talent, Ore. - MR. INSURANCE FRED BRENNAN We were paid only $10,000 -of the $15,000 fire toss on our com mercial building. - The adjuster said that, under our .90 coin surance clause, .we failed to in crease our insurance as the build ing increased in value. Are most buildings under-insured today due to inflation? 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