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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 15. 1946
(It was Wednesday)
Earl Parsons has arrived In
Medford to take up his duties
as a soils scientist with the Bu
reau of Reclamation in Medford.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Dock J.
Cresap Hayes is moving to the
country. It will be early faU
before he comes to town to de
mand rain, and another year be
fore he gets the best hunks of
fried chicken at a Grange din
ner. 20 YEARS AGO
May 15, 1936
Ben E. Harder was today
chosen to represent the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce
as councillor of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States.
Light voting marked the morn
ing hours at the polls of Jack
son county today, with a heavier
balloting this afternoon ex
pected. 30 YEARS AGO
May 15, 1926
(It was Saturday)
The children's bicycle parade
from Scott's bicycle store to
Abner K. Kline's shows, led by
the fire department, was a big
success last night.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Motorists are warned not
to load protruding objects on
the left side of cars so as to
serve as obstructions "to passing
automobiles.
40 YEARS AGO
May 15. 1916
(It was Monday)
More than forty automobiles
carried 253 excursionists to the
Blue lodge mining district yes
terday. wnm Ticai and Personal col
umn: The W.S.M. Sewing club
wiU entertain the ladies of the
Baptist church at the home of
Mrs. Beauchamp Tuesday after
noon.
Whai's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7T
Cope. 1955. Editorial Research Report
1. Which Democrat now men
tioned for the presidential nom
ination is married to the daugh
ter of a former Republican sen
ator? 2. Cancers in children are
common or rare?
3. Did the Socialist or the
Prohibitionist candidate for
President in 1952 poll more
votes, or did they get about the
same?
4. The great Carlsbad Cav
erns are in New Mexico, Ari
zona. Kentucky, Texas, Virginia
or Utah?
5. Dr. Salk, perfecter of anti
polio vaccine, says it now can
protect against paralyzing polio
for a few years, a long time, or
entire lifetime?
6. Which South American
country was ruled by an em
peror until less than 100 years
ago?
7. The late Harold L. Ickes
was for 13 years secretary of
commerce, the interior, labor,
the treasury or war?
The Answers: 1-. Sea. Syming
ton (wife is daughter of ex-Sen.
Wadsworth of N. Y.). 2. Rare.
3. Prohibitionist got many more.
4. New Mexico. 5. Entire life
time. 6. Braxil. 7. Secretary of
the interior.
3y
MAIL TRIBUNE
Don't Forget
We thought through the years, we had made this
paper's high regard for Adlai Stevenson sufficiently
plain to remove any doubt as to whom we would sup
port m the write-in contest between him and Sen
ator Kefauver for the presidential nomination.
But apparently not. For we have received a num
ber of inquiries as to how
this competition between
men.
MEEDLESS to say our preference is Stevenson. And
1 as before stated because we believe he is the best
qualified man in the Democratic party for the job.
This is not to deny Senator Kefauver's superior
abilities as a political campaigner, his pleasing: ter-
sonality, or his genuineness as a liberal of principle
and courage.
T Trr, ai i . j ii
uui me piain crutn
he has little if any chance of getting the OK of the
Chicago convention and he
of the bond bouth, a majority of the party leaders,
and could never do what Adlai Stevenson if nominated
COULD do, unite the Democratic party.
And without unity what chance would the Demo
crats have of getting to first base, not to mention,
around to the home-plate !
So we urge the Democrats to not forget the write-
in" and to write in the name of their 1952 candidate.
R.W.R.
A Call For Senator Morse
Senator Wayne Morse better come home.
The longer he stays away the more violent his
chief opponent Douglas McKay becomes.
And the more distant his "Enemy No. 1" is the
more abusive McKay's remarks.
IN ONE of his latest tirades ex-Governor McKay
nnnfoc! txri f arf lmcioef " n nni'ATro 1 f Vi a rV o rrrr fin of
our senior Senator is a "plain unadulterated liar" as
is anyone who claims there was anything "shady"
in the Al Sarena deal and on the same basis he side
steps the challenge to make his charges against
Wayne Morse in public debate here in Oregon instead
of among his cheering partisans.
e
MOT that our ex-Secretary of the Interior comes out
flatly and frankly against such a debate.
He falls back on his favorite "escape" namely
"double talk."
For example, quote :
"If he (Morse) wants to debate let's hold it in the Port
land public auditorium. Let's carry it to the people of the
state by radio and television. But I shaU insist that in what
may develop into a series of debates we start with the
biggest of his falsehoods and then progress through the
Al Sarena case and other of his misrepresentations. The
questions of the first debate must contain the exact words
Wayne Morse used in his article in the New Republic,"
etc., etc. -
After thus fixing terms of the debate exactly as
he wants them, our belligerent aspirant for high office
and six more years in Washington, D. C, returns to
his original declaration, quote:
"Before I debate the serious issues of this campaign with
Wayne Morse it must first be settled whether Morse is
honest and truthful " ,
Who might one ask is going to determine that
important fact BEFORE the
McKay or the Republican state central committee?
"IX7E HAVE heard many political debates and we
have read many more, but this is the first time in
our experience, that an office seeker challenged to
debate has called his proposed opponent a liar in ad
vance, and then refused to be a party to foresaid de
bate until the truth or falsity of his charge has been
established!
That is surely something new under the sun.
TTHIS may be good politics, but it certainly isn't good
sense or any sense at all.
The main purpose of a political debate is to de
termine the facts clarify the issues. From the same
set of f acts the two contestants many not agree as to
their significance but that does not necessarily mean
one is telling the truth and the other is not.
In the most memorable debate in American his
tory the Lincoln-Douglas series, the two men drew
absolutely conflicting conclusions from the same set
of facts, but" that did not impel either of them to
resort to the McKay brass knuckle and gutter type
of discussion, and call each other liars.
The only conclusion most people will draw is that
Mr. McKay has allowed his hatred of Senator Morse,
to destroy his judgment.
He doesn't want anyone to think he is afraid to
meet Morse in open debate so he in back handed fash
ion accepts the challenge, but at the same time makes
his own conditions which he realizes neither Senator
Morse or any self-respecting opponent COULD ac
cept Asa matter of fact if Senator Morse were the "un
" adulterated liar," double crosser and all-around
reprobate Secretary McKay claims, McKay would
not only not try to dodge the challenge but quickly
accept it and let any proper bi-partisan committee
determine the rules under which the discussion
should be held, instead of making them arbitrarily
himself.
For what better place to show up such a despicable
character than on the public platform, in open debate,
where each falsehood and misrepresentation could
be nailed to the post on the spot exposed to public
view, and the defeat of the liar for no one wants an
unadulterated liar or any other kind in any public
off fee assured?
N
OT very difficult to find
Tuesday, May 15, 1956
The "Write-in
the Mail Tribune stands in
these two estimable gentle
it i ..
at least as we view it is
would have the opposition
debate former Governor
the answer. R.W.R.
Matter of Fact
By JOSEPH ALSOP
SHEIK AHMED'S CAMP
On the Syrian-Turkish-Iraq
Border In this place Iraq ends
in a preen sea of winter wheat
extending, as
though to high
seacoasts, as
fast as the pur
ple mountains
where Syria
and Turkey
begin. The
green sea is
bright under
the spring sun,
sepn Aisop wave xossea
by light winds, and dotted with
countless little island - like
mounds. -
The mounds are sites of im
memorially ancient villages that
raised themselves from the sur
rounding plain, on their own
debris and over a period of
many centuries until some acci
dent of history or climate wiped
out all their people. Now there is
little sign of human habitation
except on a single mound where
stands a cluster of tents.
Here is the spring camp of
Ahmed bin Ajil Alyawr Almu
hammad, Sheik of the 60,000
Bedouin of the Shammar tribe
who have their black tents an
pasture their million or more
camels, sheep and goats in the
wide deserts of central Iraq.
,
THE place is a dream of spring
time beauty, for Sheik
Ahmed has forbidden the
ploughs to touch an area of al
most a square mile around his
camping place. And so, in this
protected space, the rich spring
grass is still ablaze with all the
flowers of spring red poppies,
daisies brilliantly white, devils'
paint brush, golden mustard and
blue bellflower. And just above
the flowers swoop and volplane
innumerable birds little horned
larks, singing their hearts out;
big blue rollers; superb bee
eaters, all bright blue-green and
orange buff, and twittering
flocks of hundreds of gold
finches. Sheik Ahmed's camp, with its
huge living tent with gilded
pole tops and its dining tent
that can seat thirty people, is
the scene of a continuous house
party. The hosts are Sheik
Ahmed and his brothers, tall
men, and fine looking in their
flowing Arab robes and head
clothes.
For guests there are the In
dian Ambassadress, a brisk Ger
man lady who descants on neu
tralism while the American Am
bassador listen s amiably; the
Rabiya Emirs, great tribal lead
ers and landholders of the South;
and a whole floating population
of notables of the province who
seem to turn up and go away as
they please. One of them is the
aged, white-bearded Sheik Kha-
laf Anlasr of the Yezidis, an odd
but ancient local minority who
worship the devil under the
name of the "Peacock Angel,"
abhor the color blue, and hold
lettuce eating a mortal sin.
SHEIK Khalaf has come to con
sult Sheik Ahmed about the
novel problems of mechanized
agriculture; but at lunchtime it
becomes clear that- the cus
tomary luncheon dish at Sheik
Ahmed's camp is at least a sec
ondary consideration in Sheik
Khalaf's long journey. And no
wonder, for this is an imperial
"kousy" a dish larger, than
most table tops, filled with a
mountain of rice and topped
with two whole roast young
lambs, meltingly tender under
the fingers, with their rich stuff
ing of spiced rice and raisins and
almonds and bits of liver lyinv"
all about them.
Yet the' mechanized farming
which Sheik Ahmed patiently
explains to Sheik Khalaf stiU
provides the real drama of this
strange encampment. And there
by hangs a tale, which Sheik
Ahmed tells, not without humor
and self-depreciation, in the in
tervals of the long bright lazy
day.
In the years after the first
war, when Iraq was made a na
tion, one of its great men was
Sheik. Ajil, father of Sheik
Ahmed. Battle-scarred veteran
of half a dozen tribal wars and
of Bedouin raids past counting,
Sheik Ajil yet persuaded the
wild Shammar to accept the new
order. He was the friend of King
Feisal I, and the King rewarded
him with aU the wide lands
hereabouts, where the House of
Alyawr Almuhammad still holds
something like half a million
acres. Here Sheik Ajil pastured
his vast flocks, and his dining
tent held, not 30, but 300 of his
tribespeople.
e
DURING the Second World
War, when Sheik Ahmed was
only 17, the great Sheik Ajil
died suddenly; and the Sheik
dom of the Shammar passed to
his eldest son. But the new Sheik
was bored by his authority and
unthrifty in his affairs, and so
he drifted until the final crisis
came and he laid down his
Sheikdom. As his successor, the
government nominated the head
of another branch of the Alyawr
House. But the Shammar would
have none of the government's
nominee, and in three months
the Sheikdom passed on again,
this time to Sheik Ahmed.
It was a poor inheritance, for
Sheiks need to be rich, and Sheik
Ahmed and his brothers were
by now close to bankruptcy.
Sheik Ahmed sold his car to buy
seed. He borrowed from the
bank to get his first tractor and
combine. And he planted the
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Won't Fool People
To the Editor: I have lived In
Jackson county for more than
33 years, and during that time
have been acquainted in one
way or another with many of
our public officials.
None have impressed me more
favorably than has our present
district attorney, Walter D. Nun
ley. It is my opinion that Mr.
Nunley"s administration of the
district attorney's office has re
flected his courage, his Chris
tian integrity, and his adminis
trative and legal ability.
I read with a great deal of in
terest a recent letter to the edi
tor from Dr. Gerhard B. Hau
gen, a Portland psychiatrist,
who is well known throughout
the state of Oregon as an expert
in the field of forensic psychia
try, and who has, in that capa
city, appeared in the courts
throughout the state. Dr. Hau
gen was of the opinion that Wal
ter Nunley is one of the best
district attorneys in this state,
and Dr. Haugen is certainly in a
position to know.
Is it any wonder that we have
such difficulty in getting capa
ble men to run for public office
when their honesty, integrity
and ability are attacked without
basis in an effort to achieve per
sonal or political gain?
I do not think the people of
Jackson county will be fooled
but will hang on to a good thing
while they have it, and will ask
Mr. Nunley to stay on as our
district attorney.
Dr. Jouett P. Bray
Lozier Lane
Medford, Ore.
Why Not West Side?
To the Editor: Much has been
printed about the by-pass for
Medford when the new highway
is built. There has been much
discussion about the two routes
to the east of town as to compar
ative costs, etc. However, the
question of a route to the west
of town has been dismissed with
out any explanation as to why
such route would not be feasible.
The taxpayers are entitled to
all information possible on all
of the proposed routes for, after
all, it is the taxpayers who foot
the bills. As one of these taxpay
ers it seems to me that the State
Highway commission is obligat
ed to furnish us information con
cerning all proposed routes so
that we, the taxpayers, may
form an intelligent opinion as to
the merits in each case, such as:
What is the comparative cost
of the proposed routes east of
town, as compared to the cost
of a route to the west of town?
Would a route to the west of
town be more economical than
either of the two routes to the
east of town, taking into consid
eration all of the residential
property that would have to be
condemned and the numerous
underpasses or overpasses that
would be required on either of
the two routes to the east of
town?
Would not a route to the west
of town be more economical
from an engineering standpoint
than either of the two routes to
the east of town?
It does not appear that it
would make any difference inso
far as business establishments
are concerned, as access roads
would be available from either
side.
What we want most is a com
plete listing of all facts concern
ing all routes, both east and west
of town, so that an intelligent
opinion may be formed. We are
not satisfied with the simple
statement that a route west of
town is not feasible. What we
want to know is why?
A. J. Curry,
906 West Main st.,
Medford, Ore.
first wheat in this land that had
always been pasture.
'
THE year was good. The yield
was rich. Since then, Sheik
Ahmed has continuously ex
panded his farming operation
until he and his brothers today
have over 90,000 acres in wheat
and barley, with 18 tractors and
as many American combines in
their shops, five irrigation
pumps to put water on their
other lands along the Tigris to
the south of here, and a whole
agricultural empire to rule over.
And all this has been accom
plished in less than eight years.
Sheik Ahmed still spends
most of his summers in the black
tents of the Shammar in the
desert. Then, nothing seems very
different from the old days. Yet
underneath, everything is as dif
ferent as possible. By revolu
tionizing the whole relationships:
the very brilliance of Sheik
Ahmed's success, the good re
sults of his wisdom and energy,
have created a long range of
knotty, novel problems for the
Shammar and for him.
So the moral of this tale of
Sheik Ahmed is that the pat
Western formulas do not apply
in a country like Iraq.
(Copyright 1956,
New York Herald Tribune, Inc.)
A human stomach, fully dis
tended, is about the size of a
football. When completely empty
it sometimes shrinks tothe size
of a finger.
Letters submitted for publication must
Larue Replies
To the Editor: In the May 13
Medford Mail Tribune, under
the heading "Figures Given",
George L. Stacy, auditor for the
people of Jackson county says,
"In recent days it has been our
unfortunate experience to read
some statements made by a po
litical candidate which are
wholly without foundation, in
our opinion."
After relating the amount in
the 1955-56 budget for the Court
house Building- fund, he goes
on to itemize by years the total
amount expended on Courthouse
Building and Improvements, a
total of $545,474.59. Recently a
press release ' by the County
Court stated that $418,000 had
been expended on the Court
house construction and $50,000
would be needed for completion,
a total of $468,000. l have
stated that $100,000 has been
wasted on the Courthouse. The
auditor now admits that not
$468,000 but $545,474.59 has
been spent; and adds that when
the building is completed, any
money left out of the sinking
fund will be returned to the
general fund. I ask the tax pay
ers of Jackson county, Is the
statement made by me that One
Hundred Thousand Dollars has
been wasted 'w holly un
founded?" If anything, it is un
derestimated. When is the reck
less expenditure of tax dollars
going to stop?
The auditor for the people of
Jackson county also states, "The
Courthouse Building and Im
provement fund at April 30, 1956
is $154,241.55." I have before
me the Treasurer's report as of
April 30, certified to be correct;
and that printed statement iden
tifies the Courthouse Building
and Improvement fund at $159,-
088.22. How does it happen that
the county records show $4
846.67 more on hand on the
same date than the Auditor for
the people of Jackson county?
Is it possible that the Auditor
does not know what the accurate
condition of the finances of
Jackson county are? Is it possible
that this is a statement "whoUy
without foundation" purely to
influence the voters of Jackson
county by misleading them?
am satisfied to let the people of
Jackson county judge for them
selves. Melvin J. Lattie,
Canditate for County
Commissioner on the
Republican Ticket
Morse Effective
To the Editor: Several times
lately I have read statements by
Douglas McKay to the effect
that only three of Sen. Wayne
Morse's bills became law in one
session of the congress.
It should be interesting to Ore
gon voters that McKay picked
the year 1953 to make his com
parison, and that was -the first
year of the Republican control
led 83rd congress. Senator
Morse interests himself in leg
islation that is good for the com
mon welfare, the common man,
with emphasis on conservation
of our natural resources.
Is it any wonder that Senator
Morse was able to win approval
of only three pieces of legisla
tion? The wonder is that the
Republican controlled" congress
passed any of it, since that con
gress was bent on turning our
natural resources over to private
individuals for exploitation.
It is also interesting to note
that in the year 1953 the con
g r e s s enacted only 288 public
laws, or less than one law per
congressman, since there are
531 represntatives and senators.
If Senator Morse was able to
bring about enactment of three
of his, in the face of solid Rep
ublican opposition, he ' did far
better than the average.
As a matter of fact, the McKay
charge that Senator Morse is in
effective is completely false, and
is proved false by McKay's own
figures.
J. M. Dodge
519 King st.
Medford, Ore.
Mone for V. P.
To the Editor: This week end
the students at the University
of Wisconsin held a Model Dem
ocratic National convention.
Some of the students from Ore
gon suggested that the results
would be of interest to you.
AU the major candidates were
in the field at the beginning of
the first ballot for the presiden
tial nomination, but at the end
of this first ballot and before
the result was to be announced,
state after state swung over to
Adlai Stevenson. A resolution to
make the nomination of Steven
son unanimous was passed.
Then the Stevenson group
spearheaded a move to name
Oregon's Sen. Wayne Morse the
Vice Presidential nominee and
on the second ballot after a stiff
fight, Senator Morse was nom
inated. As you know, Senator Morse
was a graduate of our University,
and we hope the people of Ore
gon will be pleased to know
that his name and policies are
stiU very much a part of the
Wisconsin tradition.
Dick Patten
713 West Dayton tt.,
. Madison, Wis.
In The Day's
By FRANK JENKINS
A very favorable doctors re
port on President Eisenhower's
physical condition was issued on
the basis of his examination in
Walter Reed hospital.
Shortly after the President
left the hospital and went golf
ing his personal physician and
the hospital commander (Walter
Reed hospital is a military hos
pital) issued a statement sum
marizing Ike's health in these
words:
His general condition contin
ues good. He is physically active
and mentally alert. His appear
ance, appetite and digestion are
exceUent." .
THE doctors went on to say the
rhprlrim rpveals that the
President has shown good toler
ance to increasing physical activ
ity since leaving the hospital in
Denver after his heart attack.
They note that his heart action
is normal, that his heart is well
healed, that the scar from the
attack shows no sign of enlarg
ing and that his blood pressure
is normal.
The doctors' detailed clinical
report adds that Ike's lungs are
clear and normal; that his teeth
and gums are in excellent condi
tion, that his muscle tone is
good, that the nerve reflexes and
blood chemistry are those of a
normal individual and that
nothing abnormal was found in
an eye, ear, nose and throat ex
amination. SOUNDS like we were buying
a horse, doesn't it?
But
It gives us confidence that we
are getting the whole truth. That
builds confidence in our leader
ship. As every GI who ever
crawled out of a foxhole and
went into battle knows, NOTH
ING is more important than con
fidence in our leaders.
VTOTHTNG builds public confi
' dence like telling the people
the truth. Although it does sound
like a veterinarian giving a re
port on a saddle horse that is up
for sale, the doctors' report leads
us to believe that we are getting
the whole truth about Ike's phys
ical condition.
TKE, the news dispatches in
.form us, went from the hospi
tal to the golf course. That wiU
draw carefully guarded cynical
cracks from the opposition de
signed to plant the idea in peo
ple's minds that the President is
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Gondwana Land
To the Editor: In New Zea
land, after World War I, we were
botanizing in South Island. Wri
ter considered himself a judge of
furniture hardwoods.' He was
puzzled about a beautifully-
grained table in the guest room.
Our host said. "Tree fuschia
wood." We objected that fuschia
was an Andean genus. He coun
tered with "Gondwana Land .
He seeked to think that there
might have persisted a land-
bridge from South America to
New Zealand and the Antarctic.
With U.S.A.'s acceleration of
Antarctic research one recalls
above Gondwana Land of the
geologists. On this desk is a map
of this ancient land mass. One
evidently could walk on dry
land from the South Pole, via
Patagonia, to Panama. Thence
eastward it still was land across
what now is the Atlantic, Africa,
Arabia to Hindustan. Continu
ing one could tramp Southward
through Austrialia back to the
South Pole.
Whatever the connection, our
Anzac scientist showed us fu
schia trees, large enough to make
furniture, with flowers as much
"fuschia" as any we had col
lected in Peru or Chile.
C. M. Goethe
Seventh and J Sts.
( Sacramento 14, Calif.
Asks Question
To the Editor: To rebut the
glowing tribute to District At
torney Nunley by Dan F. Krotz
II, may I submit the following
question:
Why was it necessary to spend
the taxpayers money to import
a competent attorney to prose
cute a confessed murderer? I re
fer to the Hile case.
W. A. Black
17 Newtown st.
Medford, Ore.
MR.
INSURANCE
FRED
BRENNAN
We were looking at new homes. I
was amazed at the high prices. A
home like ours would cost $5000
more than our fire insurance to re
build it. Could we insure to full
value for only about $9 more per
year?
CALL
MEDFORD' INSURANCE
AGENCY
Phone 2-4940
News
neglecting his job and frittering
away his time.
Let's be sensible about that,
The President of the United
States doesn't work by the hour.
He doesn't pound a typewriter.
He doesn't use a pick and shovel.
He doesn't drive a truck or a
tractor or a bulldozer.
His job is to MAKE DECI
SIONS. Anyone who has to
make decisions knows that a bet
ter decision can often be made
out on a golf course or a trout
stream or a duck swamp than in
an office that is besieged by peo
ple. Human minds work that
way.
If the President s decisions ara
RIGHT often enough, our coun
try won't have much to fear.
0
iUR political system, of course,
dence in our leaders because
arousing fear and distrust of the
INS is the only way for the outs
to GET IN. And we can't keep
the INS in forever. That leads to
too much power held in too few
hands too long which is dan
gerous. WHAT shall we do about that?
Tn an effort to answer that
question, I'd like to tell briefly
the story of Ewing Young one
of early Oregon s able and dis
tinguished citizens. He got cross
wise with McLoughlin, chief fac
tor of the powerful Hudson s
Bay company at Fort Vancouver.
He got crosswise with Jason Le,
the leader of the missionary
community at what is now
Salem.
So, in an effort to find a prod
uct for which there was a mar
ket elsewhere than at Ft. Van
couver or Salem, he built him
self a moonshine still. Lee, great
ly disturbed, went to Youngs
farm to discuss the situation. He
spoke only of the good of the
youthful territory of Oregon. He
pictured the scattering settle
ments surrounded by Indians.
Liquor, he said, was bad medi
cine for Indians.
Young listened. Being a sensi
ble man and a patriot, he saw
AND ADMITTED Lee's point.
He finally said: "I have to agree
you're right, Mr. Lee." So he
went out and destroyed his stiU.
THAT is to say:
For the GOOD OF HIS
COUNTRY, he gave up his own
private, personal interest, sub
ordinating his own welfare to
the welfare of the community of
which he was a part. If we are
to get rid of some of the obvious
defects of our American politi
cal system, we need more Ewing
Youngs.
I'm happy to say that Young
came out of it all right. Both
McLoughlin and Lee were so im
pressed by his broad-minded de
cision that they settled their
quarrel with him and threw
some very nice business oppor
tunities his way.
Do You
Like To Pay
Taxes
In Advance?
That Is what citizens of Jackson
County have been doing paying
taxes In advance! '.
While our county taxes were el
most DOUBLED in one yaar, hun
dreds of thousands of your tax
dollars lay in so-called "SINKING
FUNDS" funds established for
no pre-determined need? .
A spokesman for my opponent
says he shouldn't be criticized for
"saving" this money. Of course
not. But I'd rather save my own
hadn't you?
If I am elected, I pledge every
citizen of Jackson county ECON
OMY, EFFICIENCY and INTEG
RITY in office.
MELVIN
LATTIE
Republican, for
Jackson County
COMMISSIONER
See Melvin Lattie
on KBES-TV
TONIGHT
at 5:55 and 10:30
Paid Pol. Adv.