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10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12. 1946
(It was Monday)
. Kecent property transaction
here is the sale to Mel V. Young
er of the Drury Lane orchard
formerly owned by Allen B.
Drury.
From Arthur Arthur's Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Wash
ington state cowboy who is
pushing a wheelbarrow around
the world has arrived in Salem.
So far nobody has put bricks in
it.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12. 1936
(It Was Wednesday
Six foot model of super liner
Queen Mary on display in the
lobby of the Medford branch
First National Bank of Portland
Starting Aug. 15 Medford
stores will remain open on Sat
urday nights until 9 p.m.
30 YEARS AGO .
Aug. 12. 1926 ,
(It Was Thursday)
Health examination for chil
dren entering school for the first
time this September scheduled
at Baptist church clinic.
The regular band concert of
the O.K.K. band, under the di
rection of E. Wilson Waits,
scheduled city park tomorrow.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12. 1916
(It Was Saturday)
Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp, state
president of the WCTU, speaks
at Baptist church.
Loss of pears throughout the
section within a radius of 15
miles of Medford will not ex-
ceed 10 per cent, according to
C. C. Cate, county pathologist.
1 ., T .1.1 il J?" 1 L il . I
uniiKe tne KepuDiicans, wouia ratner ngnt man eat. not exceed 400 words.
And Captain Harry S. Truman, US Army, formerly Drunken Sergeants
of the White House (now retired from both) is the To the Editor: on this Mc
fio-htine-est of them all K-eon case- " seems t0 me tnat
ilgllUIlgeol, Ol UieUldll. ... .. . . all thp leadinff nuhliratinn as
n i i- i . I u i u w, t,,. i '
remaps ne wumun l lamer iitui, umu mi, uul we well as anybody else whose
are quite sure he would rather fight than run a men's opinion on the subject would
furnishing store or attend a party convention with- amount to anything, are placing
, . v j i i j . , i . v.i alI sympathy on the side of the
out enjoying a goou AnucK-uuwn anu uiag-uuu iiaaoic. sergeant who routed the Marine
I fTnme rppmitc mtt of nioVit anH
BUT Who is he going to fight? That is the question, force-marched them to their
os tVta nntmtnr oiimi'ln Vile dncin'nn oc tr. Vsi'c ntimVs drowning, at a time when they
a j uic tuuiiu y a. v alio uus ut.it3iii no uiQ miin I j, . , 7 i . . . .
iui mc ucau ui mc uiacu rest lm fnr whatpvpr thp hard-
As stated when he arrived in Chicago, the only man boiled sergeant might have cook-
hp nnnnsps fnr President, is himsplf . Pint, before the hirr ed up for them for the next day.
P1V.11C. nr,Qr, ,a -..rill lioo r,r.ncn enmonn . Good stif training is a very
"'-uo c m "'c upfoi i3uiiitwiic ouu uui I nprpssarv thin fnr- opttino r.
guess is, it will be Adlai Stevenson, vice recruits into shape for pos-
Not because of anything HST has said about civil w combat, but as i see it,
rights, not being a band wagon-jumper or anything 1?!' .aTzfd.tra!Pm!
t-lse, but simply because only by such action can he be and getting drunk and trying to
assured of enjoying a real battle royal. And that is snw off. on the part of some
what his fighting heart wants. ""com hose idea of endeur
xj. iic onuum jump vii nic -jucvciiauii uauu-watuii nim is another
however that would settle it. btevenson would not only is a big switch from the
hp a slinn-in hi if nrnhnhlv hpfnrp frio rnll all nti friA day when I was a drill in-
rcf Kollf V,o f-cK mm,M K r, kf "r wna consiaerea a gooa
J. vauvt "wu wvn j.j.AXAOiv,vA. x uti t- nuum iiu iignu i one too). If a drill sergeant had
ever nrpiimp4 sn much atif h-f.
uin Ei oi tnat ior narry. w e wants action. ie wants ity in those days as to turn out
' to o-o ovpr the ton with banners wavino. six mins a bunch of men in the night.
Mi-nrr nrl flip pnpm-., flp'no- noil mpll frrm linf .0r "I'' other than dutv
"'"""6 -""v --"'6 """ Hours.
pursuit.
The odds don t count.
A 11 flip nrlrk wprp no-ninst him in 1 94K hut thp mni-P streai"s, in order to be subject
they lengthened the more "he gave 'em hell", and And i think it should not be
with even many of his most trusted advisersnaintain- that any non-commissioned of
ing it would NOT be done he DID it! f,iLbfcause-.u4dislike or dis;
. Satisfaction With iha nrncroee nf
I enma l.
Tl'ELL if he did it 8 years ago why can't he dg.it to- stmcting, iS aUowed to work
"vday?The undersigned can see a number of rea- off his mad on the recruits.
sons but we imatrine "HST" can see onlv one to wit: 1 "ave wondered how the par-
'. ems nt th civ hnvc iirhrt Urt
His love for a good, knock-down scrap is only ex- their lives feei ahmtt th,. thmff
ceeded by his love and 100 per cent devotion to the Yu wouldn't know by the pub-
Democratic party. .cnrano OI TO inu. m
.- .. thp snanp wae tab-on ,,n .;th
11 oeiore tne uaiue is jouieu uie ueuivizi auc uaitv b pictures of. and rpfprpn-p. tn
non-eldenv statesman snouia necome convmcea. the gnef-stneken relatives of
or be convinced that the action he . contemplates tne defendant. i wondered why
woul dhurt the party more than it would help, then our w0medtBt!srPS?!
prediction WOUia De not any jump on me oievensou nard-boiled action of this sere
band-wagon, but a slow climb thereon perhaps with eant, were not pictured or talk
ertw a Viu1t frrtm to olmnrtdthl'i "MVq TT.lponrtr Pnncp. Dout'
"r -" OJ1..J1..U1H. "'viiU. Parents do not necessarily
velt. I raise their boys .to be "sissies.'
In other words instead of having the joy of fighting but you could not blame them
the enemy, Harry S. Truman (retired) would have to
content himself only with fighting and gaming a vie
tory over himself. R. W .R.
we would not have had
to endanger their lives by "forc
ing them through swollen
Does It Mean War?
for not wanting them pushed
around by drunken sergeants.
Pat Graham
175 Jeanette st.
Medford, Ore.
Why Not Discuss Issues?
To the Editor: Wayne Morse
has been accused of having a
poor attendance record in the
U.S. Senate while actually he
has one of the highest according
to the Senate roll-call. This is
they want him out of office be-
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr. 1953 Editorial Research
1. Of all Americans who own
stock in publicly-owned corpora
tions, about one-third, one-half
or two-thirds have incomes un
der $7,500?
2. The old-age annuity to a
widow under social security is
or isn't higher if she has a min
or child to support?
3. Maximum legal speed on
highways is more than 60 miles
an hour in some states; right or
wrong?
4. If Stevenson gets the 195S
Democratic nomination on the
first ballot he will or won't be re
peating the story of his 1952
nomination?
5. What did these men with
the first name of John have in
common: Calvin, Huss and
Knox?
6. Which major-league base
ball team was once known as the
Superbas?
7. Goldfish was originally the
name of which well known
movie producer?
The answers: 1. About two
thirds, says N.Y. Stock Ex
change. 2. Is. 3. Right: it's 65
in 7 states. 4. Won't b. 5.
They were religious reformers.
6. Brooklyn. 7. Samuel Gold-wyn.
"Do you think it means war?"
That question has ben fired at this department sev
eral times since the British and French sent their bat- just another example of the ef-tle-fleets
and airplanes in the general direction of the fort being made by certain mem-
. w 1 r .1- t li: . .
Suez Canal. . 'state' to TXcredit hi We
Ten or twenty years ago the answer would be easy WOnder wHYsure'iv T'hA
and would have been i es.
For here is a perfect setting for war, all the neces
sary ingredients for the devils brew are there, ready
and waiting.
fN ONE side we have an "Egyptian Mussolini" who
has nationalized this vital gateway to the East,
j 1.1 i i- . J V.
ana must uacK up ms emeu ui siuaci Mramji.- Suez dispute on twQ
aDiy iatai DIOW lO niS Standing ana presuge. planes which, though they are
And on the other side the enteebled but still proua related, need to be carefully dis
and puenacious British lion, badly wounded but still
full of fight, who can't yield to tne uairo ultimatum,
without suffering a devastating deieat, and run tne
risk at least of extinction as a world-power.
Unless one side or the other backs down how can
war be prevented?
Well it can't be. '
But our prediction is, either one, or more likely both
sides, will back down, at least sufficiently to avoid an
aimed conflict.
TN OTHER WORDS we look for a workable compro-
mise, not war. We grant we are overworking our taking over, the administration
crvstal-ball today, and may on all counts be mistaken, of the canal, he is in a position
rrC i i. ..., L--.0- to dismcriminate among the
That can alw ays happen. . users of the canal and toexert
UUt we don I tninK we are aiiu iui uiic omipic icaaun, upon them politicai pressure.
namelv: Nations like individuals wno reany aoni on the first plane., that of
want to fight, almost always find some way to pre- prestige, the dispute is a show-
i -i. Jli:...ii tl,Q,V Pi-i'nnrlo QTirl V!iVprs down which, carried to its con
vent 11, paiLicumn.y i.c . xnwiv .iu elusion, would mean either the
feel the same Way about it. fall of Nasser or the collapse of
Thi SllPZ incident may prove tne exception tO tne the British, French, and Amer-
rale but we think not.-R.W.R. JaJ&ZLZ
plane, the issue is the modern-
Cllfrifinl Comment izaon and the implementation
for the convention are marking
cause ne isn x a gooa legislator time while they wait to see who
ior u mat were true we wouia gets his nod for the nomination.
have seen concrete evidence oil
it rather than the straws we EANWHILE
have received such as this weak A backer of Stevenson has
effort to minimize one of the just expressed his belief that Trii
highest attendance records in the man will come out for Harriman
U.S. Senate. The reporters explain cryptically
On the other hand I would that "the person who gave this
like to hear some explanations opinion" is a close friend of Tru-
concermng the Al Sarena Min- man, as well as a Stevenson
ing Co's. timber operations, the backer.
exploitation of wildlife sanctu- This "person" closed by pre-
aries for oil and gas numbering dieting Stevenson's nomination
in the hundreds these past three even if Harriman does get the
years, the reason for the repudi-l -Truman accolade.
Cn-lAwl u.ll). n I -
rfam whirl, thP intPrior rient',. ADLAI himself has just come
, .,iA ,.,o. , .t ""m narry 5 noui suue,
feasible development of the here hfu w closeted for a half
Snake river, and the reason why W4U, UIC
Douglas McKay was replaced j!e came ut- h was iumPed
on his cabinet post by Fred bythe "porters who demanded
J in bnniu what nrao 1-illrnrl ahmtt
to know what was talked about.
Adlai quipped:
"We decided to elect a Demo
cratic President.'
TN Atonore serious vein, he said
Seaton who is generally rec
ognized as being different on
his views of conservation from
McKay as brightest day is from
darkest night?
1 think .the status of these X thev talked about the Dlatform
issues is notoriously odvious oy and the campaign. Asked how
tne reluctance tne nepuDucan he feit after his session with
officials have to discuss them. Harry, he replied: "1 feel just
Do they believe the controversy as goocj today as I did yesterday
tney are trying to formulate an(j the dav before.
about Senator Morse will hide The newshawks then dived on
these questionable topics? If so him with Questions as to whether
did Morse hurt them that much he and' the former President
for placing principle above were jn agreement on a civil
party fealty, that they consider rights plank for the Democratic
their wounded egos more lm- part. Adlai dropped his mask
portant than Douglas McKay's 0f persiflage and answered
determined effort to aid special simply:
interests at the expense of the
people not only in this state
but the United States?
Ken Corliss,
1564 Myers lane,
Medford, Ore.
"I think so."
TTARRIMAN has just disem-
barked from his plane at the
Chicago airport. To the clustered
newshounds he expresses confi
dence that he will win the nomJ
ination.
There's no getting around the
tinguished
our minds. On
one plane, the
circumstance s
of the seizure
of the Suez
Canal Compa
ny are a spec
tacular test of
prestige, pre-
c l p i tated by
waiter uppmann President Nas
ser in order to demonstrate that
his power in the Middle East is
greater than that of the Western
nations. On the other plane, by
IDEAL MUSTACHE
San Francisco (U.R) Prince
Rainier III, ruler of Monaco,
has won a new title the man
with the ideal mustache. The
husband of former actress Grace
Kelly was voted the title by the
International Mustache Protect
ive association.
TEACHING THE WRONG
THING?
The writers of some of the
editorials and many of the
sports columns dealing with the
mrrent Pacific Coast Confer
ence fiasco show a great lack
of knowledge of their subject.
Many of these writers seem
to be going along with the Los
Angeles sports writers in mis
line of reasoning:
"Sure, there was a mess in
the PCC, but it's unfair to
penalize the students involved.
After all, they're youngsters
and didn't know any better."
Which is a lot of bunk.
Before students can compete
for PCC member institutions
they must each year file finan
cial statements, showing any
financial aid they receive from
sources other than their parents.
These statements are filed
with the conference commission-
of the treatv of 1HRR. euaran-
er. If a boy filed a statement teeine frpp and pnual use of the
showing that he had received canal. The question, which has
unpermitted aia, ne wouia oe been Dosed in London. Paris and
declared ineligible for further Washington, is whether-to move
competition. on the first plane or on the
In order to receive this aid, second towards a showdown
then, three things must happen: with Nasser or .towards meas-
1. Some organization must ures to protect te inter-
raise the illegal funds and make national character of the
them available. canal. The decision agreed to
2. The coach of the sport in- by the Western powers has been
volved must set up the pay to move on the second plane
scale. that, as the London "Economist
3. The player involved must Puts it, "the immediate West-
deliberately falsify his annual em interest is not to teach Col.
financial statement. Nasser a lesson (he must learn
If a player deliberately lies l"s own lessons) but to keep
his statement, he can't be the ships passing through tne
very innocent. canal. '
And if schools undertake to This is a wise decision, even
teach them how to lie, to help from the point of view of the
them prepare false statements showdown on prestige. For if by
and to set up "deals" which patient. Tesourceful and disin-
both the player and school terested diDlomacv the treatv of
know are illegal, then the 1888 can be modernized and
schools are teaching the wrong reaffirmed, with general inter-
subjects. Bend Bulletin. I national support, there will be,
S.P. Action Deplored
To the Editor: I want to com
mend you most highly for the fact that when the Democrats put
series of excellent editorials on a convention they know how
wnicn you nave Deen puDiisning to stage the show,
in the Mail Tribune, insisting
that the Southern Pacific live up TEMOCRATIC "spoke s m e n,
to its obligations as a public util- -' assembled in Chicago, leave
ity by providing adequate and no doubt that they regard the
modern service on the Siskiyou farm Droblem as one of the big
line. oest. if not the MAJOR, issue
It is ridioulous that the S.P. in the 1956 campaign.
should be permitted to enjoy a Democratic Senator Hubert
virtual freight monopoly in this Humphrey of Minnesota declares
profitable lumber area and yet flaUy that the farm problem is
not have to undertake passenger the MAJORNATIONAL ISSUE
service unless, as you so ettec- his oartv has in its ammunition
nveiy poini out, every unu oi lis pox.
operation shows a profit, mis Former President Truman says
same philosophy might justify a t nation's farmers are JUST
department store removing its annirr mrrwFn and the onlv
drinking fountains, wash rooms thing that can save 'em is to put
uiiioo un, ai.uvvcu the Democrats back in power.
(J1U1.11. I
It seems to me that a railroad TJmmmm. If the farmers are all
must operate as a whole system iA BROKE after ten years of
and that the public has the right subsidized high prices maintain-
to ask for certain public-service ed by the Democrats after the
features in return for the very war ended, what's the future of
profitable operations which the farming?
railroad may have elsewhere. If that IS the case. I'm afraid
Let me again assure you what agriculture is a goner.
splendid job you are doing. , . ,. ...
Senator Richard L. Neuberger TF YOU'RE getting slightly cyni
U7o,k,n no pal about all this DOliticking.
you may say that what is going
on in Chicago now and what will
be going on in San Francisco
week later is a lot of chudisn
tnmrrwmt Qllrl that WA H1 1 h t tfl
grow up. I
Wait a minute. j
South Korea held an election
nn WpHnpcHnv nnrl itnntfinai
the old Wilsonian phrase, final returns show that Presi-1
peace without victory" in the dent Syngman Rhee's Liberal
party won 66 per cent of the
offices. The opposition Demo
cratic party won only 2 per cent
of the jobs (the rest went to the
numerous splinter parties).
A (South Korean) Democratic
party spokesman calls the re-
Washington, D.C.
Today and Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
Matter of Fact By Jo and Stewart Alsop
the Stevenson bandwagon.
Truman told his fellow Mis
sourians frankly that he wanted
HARRY TRUMAN'S ROLE
Washington Harry S. Tru
man's journey to Chicago poses
what may be called the other
big question
about the
Democ r a t i c
conve n t i o n.
(The number
one question,
of course, is
whether the
North - South
coalition sup
porting Adlai
Stevenson will
Stewart Alton
be split by a civU rights fight.)
The question about Truman,
as it has been phrased by Aver-
ell Harriman himself, is whether
he will "take his coat all the
way off, or only half way off"
to fight for Harriman's nomina
tion. As these words are written.
uie Iranian coat is certainlv
mu way oil
already.
In the earli
er period of
pre - conven
tion maneu
vering, the
former Presi
d e n t always
publicly main
tained that he
had no candi
date, but even then his impar
tiality had a quality all his own.
He disliked Sen. Estes Kefauver
enough to say so openly. He dis
liked Adlai Stevenson enough to
say so privately. And he liked
Governor Harriman enough to
say so both publicly and privately.
While Kefauver was stiU in
the race, and there was still
some chance of a sort of balance
between candidates, Truman did
not go much further than letting
his own views be known in this
manner, so that the profession
als could not mistake where he
stood. But when Kefauver's
withdrawal thoroughly upset
the balance, Truman made at
least one major effort to restore
it again. This was in his home
state of Missouri, where he is
not a delegate, but has much
natural influence on the delega
tion. IIHTH the several Missouri del-
' egates who sought his coun
cil, Truman was rather sharply
critical of Adlai Stevenson, ques
tioning Stevenson's ability to
wage a tough campaign and at
tacking his standing as a politi
cal professional. Some of the
bad feeling between the two
men evaporated after Steven
son went to see Truman in Chi
cago last July; but there was
still a sharp edge of bitterness
on such Truman remarks as his
forecast, "Why, if Stevenson is
ever elected, he won't let us in
side the White House."
More positively, the former
President strongly urged Mis-
s o u r l national committeeman
Mark Holloran and other Mis:
souri delegates to continue vot
ing for Missouri's favorite son,
Sen. Stuart Symington, for at
least two ballots. This was a di
rect effort, of course, to aid
AvereU Harriman's strategy of
holding the favorite son delega
tions in line, and thus stopping
them to stick with Symincton
because he thought this would
help Harriman. Harriman, he
said, would be a fighting candi
date. Only a fighting candidate,
in his opinion, could challenge
the personal appeal of President
Dwight D. Eisenhower. So he
was for Harriman and made no
bones about it.
rPHUS it is clear that the Tru
man coat is half way off. To
take it all the way off, however,
the former President will have
to take two very serious steps.
He will have to come out nnh-
licly and unequivocally for the
Harriman candidacy which is a
very different thing from using
his personal influence in pri
vate, as he did in Missouri and
will no doubt do in other states.
And he will also have to give
maximum support to the Harri
man strategy of splitting the
party on the platform in order
to split Stevenson's coalition.
On the second point, Truman
has repeatedly said that one of
his grand objects at Chicago
would be to help in taking a
united Democratic party into
the hard election fight against
Eisenhower. Anyone who knows
Harry Truman, knows, of
course, that he will not tolerate
a wishy-washy platform. But
demanding a forthright plat
form is a very different thing
from trying to promote a plat
form fight just for the sake of a
fight.
AGAIN, Gov. Harriman. and
hie fripnric liai.A mml.IaJI..
- - - icaicui
asked Truman to announce in
public the support that he has
always promised them in pri
vate. And Truman has always
refused, saying, first, that he
did not think this kind of public
mierveniion appropriate for an
ex-President, and adding, ' sec
ond, that he could not make a
decision anyway until he had
studied the situation in Chicago.
One of the symptoms of the situ
ation is the inclination of Tru
man s own Missouri delegation
to disregard his plea to hold
for Symington, and thus to as
sist Harriman. One or two of
the Missourians are Harriman
inclined. The rest are either
friendly to Stevenson, or simply
anxious to get on the bandwag
on. Unless there is a big upset
in the interval, at least a ma-,
jority of the delegation is in
clined to shift to Stevenson at
the end of the first ballot, or a,t
any rate to leave Symington on
the second. And Sen. Syming
ton is not anxious to argue with
the majority.
Maybe the platform fight will
change everything. Maybe Ste
censon and company wiU some
how arouse the always hot Tru
man temper. But although it is
dangerously close to decision
time, to be making forecasts, it
now teems most likely that the
Truman coat will stay where it
is, halfway off and halfway on
for Harriman. ';
(Copyright 1956 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
canal zone.
SPHERE is, in fact, no other
A other course open to us. For,
except in the case of the Israeli
ships which the Western pow
ers have condoned, Nasser has suits a one-sided victory brought
not violated the treaty of 1888. "t by what he germed GOV-
To use force against him, say LIBERAL PARTY COERCION.
w uiuc&due ins poris or LO re-1 .
occupy the canal zone, would, fUR 'political gyrations in elec-
as of now, be aggression within V tion years may seem childish
the meaning of the United Na- and absurd, but if we can keeD
tions Charter. Almost certainly, TOO MUCH POWER FROM RE
it would bring virtually the SIDING IN TOO FEW HANDS
whole of Asia to Nasser's side TOO LONG, we'll come out all
and against the West. In all right.
probability it would set off a
I . i . ,.
reaction iuuieAraDcoun- must use dipiomacy to iduce
u ics, iiivuivmg reprisals uu me Egypt and its friends.
pipe lines ana uie uii xieias.
There is every reason to sup- rpHE DEPENDENCE of West-
pose that the seizure of the em Europe on the canal is
canal company was carefully undesirably big, and the depend-
piannea ana prepared well in ence of Great Britain is even
advance, and we must suppose worse. Nearly half of the oil
that Nasser and the leaders in consumed in Western Europe
the Arab states have other moves last year came through Suez; for
prepared as their answer to Great Britain it was 75 per cent.
Western intervention. It is not Whatever the guarantee is that
to our interest to provike these can be worked out by diplomacy,
moves since, as is self-evident, it will remain the stark fact that
Nasser would have the moral Nasser has physical control of
and political support of such a the canal, that Western Europe
large part ot tne world. can be critically hurt if the canal
is closed
"THE BRITISH decision to evac- For that reason, it is imperative
uate its armed forces from that the Western powers concert
Egyptian territory a decision measures to reduce their de-
for which we have some respon- pendence on Suez, to break the
sibility marked the end of an monopoly which Egypt possesses
epoch m the Middle East. It over their vital communications
means that national interests in The less they are dependent, the
the Middle East will have to be more it will be Egypt s advant-
based not on vested rights but age to keep open the canal on
on contracts and agreements ar- fair terms.
rived at by the calculation of That is why we should, en-
mutual advantages. It is too late courage and help the British and
to consider seriously as prac- the French who are thinking of
tical policy the restoration of such measures as: The building
of the old relationship. ' of more and bigger tankers to
The Western powers can inter- go around the Cape, and of a
vene if they are attacked. They pipe line, conceivably even a
can intervene to repel overt ag- second canal, from the Red Sea
gression. But they cannot inter- to the Mediterranean through
vene in order to impose the Israel in order to- by-pass Suez
kind of regime they would like 1956 New York
to see in the canal zone. They I Herald Tribune Inc.
POTLUCIC
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
Not long ago in this column,
we reported that a neighboring
daily newspaper had eluded us
for a typographical error. We al
so said we didn't mind, provided
that the other paper was itself
without typographical sins.
WeU, that same week the
neighboring daily ran a story
which, in recounting the activi
ties of the YMCA camp, said:
"Activities wiU include fishing,
hiking, swimming and a big
climb up Mr. McLoughlin.
Our attention was called to
this by L. C. Ostrander of Ash
land, whom we shaU love for
ever.
Councilman John (LitU
Daisy) Snider, who announced
his candidacy for th mayor
alty of Medford last week, it
ported his campaign platform
will appeal to averyon.
It is. ha said: "I'm for th
president."
It applies, ha added, io th
president of the local garden
club and tha presidents of all
other groups, including the
president of th United States.
A young lady we know left a
stylish sweater unguarded in an
unlocked car while attending a
recent public function. Later she
returned to the car. The sweater
was still there. Was she pleased
with the honesty of the general
public in not swiping it? She was
not. She regarded their failure to
take her sweater a direct insult
to her taste in clothes.
A certain Medford business
man, a graduate of Oregon
State college, has long been
a vociferous rooter for and
supporter of th Orange and
Black, although it was many
years ago he earned his sheep
skin. Early on recent morn
ing however, he was seen
wearing a jacket of green
with lemon-yellow trim. Could
time have modified his senti
ments? Or was hi ton's Uni
versity of Oregon jacket the
only wrap handy when he
sought protection from th
chill morning air?
Our wire editor has been mak
ing use, from time to time, of a
front page "box" to inform our
readers where they can find
their favorite features or depart
ments. The wife of one of the other
staff members, unaware of this
development, recently spotted
the box, entitled "Inside Today,"
for the first time. Her immediate
unthinking reaction was "Oh,
why did they get the inside
pages all fouled up?"
City Manager Robert Duff
discussing figuret at a recent
council meeting presented
tome which inadvertently had
too many digits. He explained
afterward thai it wat a "typl
cagraphical error."
Another such, we presume.
was on a recent list of wedding
license applications put out by
the county cleric's office, which
listed the birth date of a pros
pective bride as Jan. 1, 1956.
Our final error story today
concerns a mailing we recent
ly received, reporting on a
speech made by a political
candidate before a siaiewid
organisation. The news re
lease said the cadidate as
crted" something or other.
The thing that distresses us
about this it not the error, at
tuch, but the fact that it wat
made by the Oregon Educa
tion Attocialion.
The telephone rang in the
newsroom last - week, and the
caller inquired about the per
centage of registered voters, both
Democrats and Republicans, who
cast ballots in the May 18 pri
mary election.
' Not knowing the figures off
hand, but knowing they could
be looked up in the file, the
staff member who answered the
telephone suggested that it
would be quicker for the caller
to inquire of the elections de
partment in the county clerk's
office.
Came the reply:
"Shh. . . That's who's calling."