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51st Year Medford United Presi Full Leased Wir Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Third Section MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1956 Pages 1 to 8 1 "J tjjjy URGING CREATION of "negotiating body," Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi presents Egypt's side of Suez Canal dispute to United Nations Security Council. From left: United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and Fawzi. He rejected international control. (International Soundphoto) Guests1 Comments About Festival Include Suggestion of Subsidies Ashland Comments by curst. at the Oregon Shakespear ean Festival here this year rang ed from a suasestion that the state subsidize the venture to a request that tourists are warned "about the Ashland Loop drive," according to William Patton, general manager of the Festival. Excerpts from 268 of the most interesting comments on guest cards included eight criticisms, Patton said. The cards were sign ed by guests from as far away as Syracuse. N.Y.. Topeka, Kan., and Anchorage, Alaska. The comments included sev eral comparisons between the Ashland productions of Shakes peare and those in Stratford-on-Avon, England. One Seattle, Wash., guest wrote: "When I itudied at Unir. of . Birmingham (England) Shakes pearean Institute (Stratford on Avon) the 1st thing I saw on entering Big Shakespearean Library at Birmingham were Ashland posters etc. on dis play on counter." A Wapato. Wash., guesf said he enjoyed the Ashland produc tions "much more than the play in Shakespeare Theater in Strat ford on Avon. England, last year," while a Palo Alto, Calif., guest commented that produc tions here have "better settings than Stratford-on-Avon," and "much more vigor." Several guests indicated they had been attending the festival a number of years, and wrote that they plan to return. Others wrote that they asked out-of state friends to meet them here for one or more of the plays. One Santa Barbara, Calif., guest said he "found the festival so out standing that I hope to spread the word." A person from Highlands. Tex., wrote that they made the trip to Ashland especially to see at least two performances, ' and enjoyed them "very much." They noted that Highlands is nine miles from the city limits of Houston. A Topeka, Kan., guest said he hopes to return again, and guests from Syracuse. N.Y., wrote that "all four of the plays were so truly enjoyable that we stayed for the fifth." An Anchorage guest said the "festival has been one of the most soul-satisfying cultural ex periences in many years." The excerpts included praise from a Lakeview guest who said "it is a great benefit to all of Oregon," and a comment from a Vancouver, Wash., guest that "the state of Oregon should sub sidize this venture it's really as important as roads." One Palo Alto. Calif., guest suggested the festival association "get help from rich people. This OVERDUE Ligonier. Pa. U.R Miss Eliza Peterson, a trustee of the Ligonier Valley Library, was a bit embarrassed in returning a library book her father had bor rowed. "The Papers of Arthur St. Clair," which deals with the life of the Revolutionary War figure of Ligonier Valley, had been borrowed by the late W. A. Peterson in 1905. is the biggest event of the year ior us. Patton said two criticisms were on guest cards about the Mt. Ash land loop drive. A Modesto, Calif., guest wrote "Please see that tourists are warned about the Ashland Loop drive. It is dangerous and the roads are not mark ed." Other criticisms pointed to the need for signs in the down town Ashland area indicating the direction of the theatre, and a Boise. Idaho, guest asked that the "fifth rate motels ... be re moved from your brochure." A Chico, Calif., guest sug gested that "smokers suffer ab stinence in the theatre so that we shall not suffer suffocation the wind wafts it about you know." Among other criticisms was one from a Mill City, Calif., res ident who wanted the festival to run longer, and suggested "help from Ford Foundation." The majority of the excerpts from comments on guest cards concerned praise for the produc tions and indications that pa trons would return another year. One Palo Alto. Calif., resident' summed his Ashland visit this way: "My week in Ashland dur ing the Festival has been one of the loveliest experiences of my life. Never have I felt the magic and feeling of Shakes peare that is created here and I've seen Shakespearean theatres all over the world,' Stratford too." Reprint From .Grants Pass Courier Ruhl's Deliberate Misquotation Ruhl's Medford Mail Tribune leads off an editorial, in Sunday's edition, attack ing "the GOP High Command, Nixon. Mc Kay, etc.. with this question: " Just how dumb are the people of Ore gon? Then Ruhl demonstrates that he be lieves they are plenty dumb. Characteristically-. Ruhl misquotes Nixon, then proceeds to riddle the misquotation. Said Ruhl: "Mr. Nixon not only declared that he and his party were against all public power development but that the Federal government by itself cannot do the job of our full development of our resources at all, but only the "triple-barreled Eisen hower program can do it what ever that is. "We suppose it means, the job should be handed over to the private power in dustry, with financial aid from the govern ment and either local contributions or ad vice or cash or both." Mr Nixon did not declare that he and his party are against all public-power de velopment. "Mr. Nixon and his party" are for public power and it has been so stated repeated ly when private enterprise cannot or will not provide develonment essential to the public welfare. Mr. Eisenhower's partnership power pro gram which Ruhl calls triple-barrelled has been stated so plainly and so often that even Ruhl knows what it is despite his claim of ignorance. That partnership program calls for joint development by Federal government, local governmental agencies and private industry jointly with all three providing "financial aid and advice or both." Wayne Morse said the other day that election of Stevenson would mean a Fed eral dam,at Hell's Canyon. This pledge sounds pretty phony in view of the fact that the last Democratic-controlled Congress wouldn't even authorize the Federal dam, let alone consider ap propriations for it. The Democrats wouldn't do it, either when they controlled Congress and Truman was in the White House. When the Democrats were in power, they would neither authorize a Federal dam on the Snake nor let the Idaho Power company develop it. The Eisenhower Administration gave Idaho Power the Federal authorization they sought and construction is underway. The Republican method means that added power actually is being developed, from funds furnished by thousands of in vestors who hold stock in Idaho Power, not at the expense of the nation's tax payers. If the Democrats had been in power since 1945, there would have been neither a Federal dam authorized nor the Idaho Power company permitted to go ahead. If Mr. Ruhl of the Medford Mail Tribune doesn't know that is a fact, just how dumb can he be? If he does know it. then he is deliber ately trying to mislead his readers because of his hatred of McKay and other Repub licans. FS Pd. Adv. - Earl Gaddis and Dick. House Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Presi Correspondent Hollywood (U.PJ Now that Bill Williams has finished his job as Kit Carson on televis- irij ion ne aamus he s dug into history and those west ern heroes weren't as no ble and true blue as TV says they were. The kiddies watching the Aline Mosbv sit starry-eyed clean-cut defenders of law and order facing life with gentleness and honesty in their eyes, cour tesy of the PTA. But the facts show all was not as the 21-inch tube says: Davy Crockett was a gambler and heavy drinker and was shot in the back; Wild Bill Hickok was a cold-blooded killer: Kit Carson was married four times; Wyatt Earp was a rough character; and Jim Bowie would stick a knife into anybody. Books Support Belief Such statements may disillus ion western fans, but Williams has a collection of history books at home to back him up. "Most of those western heroes were sadistic, insensitive, uncul tured men," he said. "We have gangsters and gang killings now adays and there were plenty around then. "Some men used the law to get what they wanted. Wyatt Earp took over Tombstone. Ariz., because he wanted to be marshal there." The history books show Car son was not the way Williams portrays him in his TV series, now on as re-runs. Pistol Shunned Carson never carried a pistol. Instead he carried a rifle since he was primarily a scout and trapper. He rode a mule, not a dashing horse. And he wore buckskins and a coonskin cap. Williams says Carson's repu tation was exaggerated by flow ery newspaper stories written by a "sob sister" of the day. Ac tually Carson hated Indians and Mexicans and would raid and burn Indian villages for laughs. "Eddie Carson, his great grand son, thanked me for not playing his grandfather as he actually was!" said Williams. "Of course, I don't think tel evision should portray them ac curately. The kids have to have something to look up to. And there were a lot of sheriffs and marshals who did a great deal for their country in those days. But they didn't become as fam ous as the shoot-'em-up ones." National Forest Fire Season Almost Closed By Recent Rains Here Recent rains have almost closed the fire season, according to Jack Wood, supervisor of the Rogue River National forest. There probably will be no more "drying out" in high eleva tions, he added, though there is a possibility of some "drying out" in low elevations. The season ended with 88 fires, 76 of which were light ning fires, burning a total of 14 acres. Woods said. The largest fire occurred during the August lightning storm, he said, burn ing about four acres in the Applegate area. Woods stated the "fortunate" fire season was not due so much to the forest service, as was to the "efforts" of the lumber in dustry, sportsmen and the gen eral public. Timber Sales He also announced two timber sales. A sale of 1.100.000 board feet of timber was recently awarded to the Elder company. Shady Cove. The timber is lo cated in the Dead Indian area of the Ashland Ranger district. The lumber company sub mitted bids of S32.50 per 1,000 board feet of douglas fir. $20 for shasta red fir, S50.20 for white pine and S22.50 for white fir and others. There were five other lower bids submitted. About 150.00 board feet of ponderosa pine on bureau of reclamation land, which the for est service is administering for the bureau, was sold to Francis Brown, Fort Klamath, at an oral auction recently in Klam ath Falls. The bid was S40.10 per 1.000 board feet of timber. The timber is located just north of Lake Klamath west of the Klamath marsh. Sales Scheduled Woods added that two timber sales will be held soon.-About 6,800.000 board feet of timber in the Willow Prairie area of Butte Falls ranger district will be sold at an oral auction at 2 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Medford post office. Woods said about 14,800,000 board feet of timber will be advertised for sale soon. It is located on Sturgis fork creek in the Applegate district. Timber cut in the Rogue River National forest during July, Au gust and September this year total 50,000 board feet, accord ing to Woods, compared to 48,000 board feet for the same period last year. Woods stated that the fall planting program is now getting under way. This fall and next spring about 609,000 seedlings will be planted on over a 1,000 acres of recently cut timber land. George Sack To Die At Prison Dec. 14 Portland (U.PJ George F. Sack, 60. Portland apartment house owner, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Frank J. Loncrgan Thursday to die in the gas cham ber of Oregon State Penitentiary Dec. 14 for the slaying of his wife, Goldie. On request of Sack's attorney, Patrick J. Hannon, Judge Loner gan ordered slay of delivery of the convicted man to prison for 14 days -to give him an oppor tunity to attend to some business affairs. Before Judge Lonergan pro nounced sentence, Hannon told the court he intends to appeal the case to the United States Supreme Court. Sack was convicted Sept. 29. 1954. 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