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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.
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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. -
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