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o CO o G o O o o o FOUR MEdRD (OREGON) Medford,Tribune "Xvrr-yone in Soutftern Orefoo Reaaa The Mail Tribune' Publurd DatJy Except Saturday by O MEDFOHO PRINTING CO 27-2S North Sir St Prion 2-ll ROBFr W RL'HL. EUtor rTTttB CREY Avertijlnj Manager CERALD LATHAM S.ulnaa Manager IH1C AU.IN JR Managin Editor EARL H ADAMS City tutor HARRY CHIP.MAN TlrTaph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Srxi.-fc Etitor OLIVE ST ARCHER SoeirtT Editor DALE ER1LKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered aa second claneO matter at Medford Oregon under Act of Maruh 3. 1307 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance Per Copy 10c Dally and S'mrtay One year $15 00 Daily and iVnday Six montha 8 00 Dally and Sunday Three mne 4.25 Sunday Only ne year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. pAhlnd Central Point Eagle Point. Mlackaonville Cold Hill Phoenix ?i;ady Cove Rogue River. Talent H! on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $1800 Dally and Sunday One month 1 50 Carrier and Dealera 10c atr corjy All Tcrrnj Cah In Advance eflrlaPpaper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County I nlted Pea!ulLeaied Wire (JMEMBER Of AUDIT BLTREAU Of CIRCULATION Arftf"?'tn a Rjll-atant-.4.. WWr-HOLIDAV COMPANY tNC Of fires In Nw York Chicago de troit Sam Franc o Lo Angelea Seattle Portland at Louis Atlanta vjcriver bc cf o o o EDITORIAL i i AS? OCk-ATLQN O PUBtlSHCKS ASSOCIATION Flight o'Jime- Medford and Jachon County KJstory from the files of The ilail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. " G 10 YEA$S AGO MffdforcP oAth!atic association Athlete (ff the Month awards , go to Earl Stelle, Nick Greene 'and Glen Tingley of 1346 JJed- c - 'a-at- O fordtiligh school football squad. O G From Arthur Perry's Ye (jEmudge Pot colujnn: Some new ,jptos are rolling around, as red as a fashiorjab!e lady's fin finger- rails.CjO o 20 YEARS AOO Dec. JJ, 1936 Saturday ' O CboNearly 100 Boy Scouts are reg istered for theol936 winter en 0carr,p,ment at Crater Lake Na O ional park. . -C, q nnnuai cainsimas party lor children of aerie nd auxiliary' embers will be held by the raternai order of Eagles in the West Main st. hall Wednesday. o . (io YEA8S ASO 0c. 19. 1926 (Sunday) The Mail ibune-Virgin radio broadcastingelation will be in oaugigated next, week? CJtialto theatre will open doors ToaHoof Iedford's children at 10 a.m. Cirristmae morning for the usual fr Christmas mat inee 40 YEARS AGO (Bee. It, 1316 (Tuesday) O Irrigation o several thousand acre? of land on the south sici q of "thec Rogue river, between O Gold Hill and the mouth of the Applegate, will be accomplished through district organization. O 0 Qn ardent advocate of irriga tion if Tyion Beall, whose (Janch lies in the Central Point n district. o o o ; . 50YEARS AGO CDec. 19. 1906 (Wednesday) Portland's strt car system is almost completely tied up by strike. 0 from Local and Personal col Oumc: Mayor Howard has decid fid w run for reelection. O o flhal's Your I.Q.? Nine or trn "correct U superior; sev en or eithC I excellent; five or ix t food. 'q Gl. How many Continental Con gresses were there? O 2. WerD gold and silver, or Qopper, discovered in the famous O CcistocK kde? (a? Which, according to Paul, ,fre the bidir.g virtues? - . . O 4. ere Dryden. Wren. Bun O -4ri and Leibnitz contemporar y's' o - , ' O O 3 C Do all fmls hoot? 6. Is "Firs Scarlet" a climb ing roe. a novel,or a shawl? 7. Did Spensi. Shelley, or Grimm write "Ti e Faene Queen?" 8. Name thenly 3-time win ner of the Wesrn Women's Open Golf championship? 9. "Betweeno refers to "two:" what is the proper word to use it there are more than two? 10. In what kind of a tiiell did "Peter, the pumpkin eater" put his wife? Answers: 1. Two. 2. Gold and silver. 3. Faith, hope and love. 4. Yes. 5. No. 6. Climbing Tose. 7. Spenser. 8 Mildred (Babe) Didrickson Zaharias. 9. Aanong 10. "Pumpkin shell." MAIL TRIBUNE The "Why?" of Public Office Mayor Earl Miller will relinquish his office probably with mixed feelings including considerable relief in another two weeks. The mayor chose not to be a candidate for reelec tion, and to let both the honor and the responsibility of the office go to another. There's enough of both to last most men a long time after a two year term. As an example, in a recent meeting, the mayor re ported that during the past two years, he has attend ed 569 meetings other than city council meetings on behalf of the city. He said he ha3 helped people find doctors in the middle of the night, has counseled people about domestic problems, and has provided a multitude of other "unofficial" services. GENERALLY speaking, Mayor Miller's term has been, a serene one, with few serious problems. This ia to the credit not only of the mayor himself, but also to other members of the administration. The past two years, had the personalities been otherwise, could have been a period of indecision, of dissention, of clashes and uncertainty, for it has been the first two years of a new type of administrative or ganization. And any such change carries with it the, potentialities of trouble. This i3 not to say that there have been no differ ences of opinion, for there have been, and there al ways will by if democracy is to keep on working. But, generally speaking, the period has been a productive, progressive and peaceful era for Med ford. "VER the years, it has constantly amazed us that there always seem to be people willing to be can didates for city office. (Mayor and councilmen re ceive the same amount of pay, $000.00 annually). We presume that different people are motivated to seek office for different reasons. But, basically, we have become convinced that in a great majority of cases the prime reason is a sincere desire to be of service to the city in which the individual has a stake in good government. It's easy to say "Let George do it," and it's diffi cult to take on a task which brings little glory, lots of work, and no pay. But many American cities have been fortunate in finding enough men who believe the rewards in service and respect are sufficient. . DEOPLE, for instance, like Harold Frye, who began life in Australia, came to this country many years ago, and achieved a modest success as a grocer. Six teen years ago he became a member of the city coun cil, and has served four full terms. Harold has never been a "spectacular" council man. He has seldom if ever pounded the table, or yelled or shouted. But he has been a faithful member of the city's governing body; always trying to see the other side of each problem as it arose, and carrying the ball for his favorite projects which included this city's park system. Quietly and without fuss Harold Frye gave un counted hours of time and effort in service. did he receive in return? No one can mea v T sure this exactly, but we suspect he (in company with the hundreds of others who have done similar jobs over the years) cm take a modest pride in what they have done a feeling of satisfaction in a job well done, a public service well performed. As the city continues its growth, the demands on the time and energy of a councilman presumably will .not be as great under the as they were before, when each councilman had what amounted to an individual administrative job. This, we believe, is all to the good with the council acting as a sort of policymaking "board of di rectors," and the professional staff handling the day-to-day operations. But however it turns out, we should keep in mind that the great majority of these unpaid public ser vants are doing the jobs they are doing out of a sin cere desire to be of service. We can disagree with them on occasion, argue with them, even fight with them. But in almost all cases we cannot successfully challenge their motives, or as citizens of the com munity cease to feel grateful to them. E.A. Poles and Indians Jach Ladislaw, 14, of Lodz, Poland, recently wrote to the mayor of Phoenix, Ariz., a letter which .inquired : "I am interested In the living conditions of the peoples which are under your care and I am anxious to know if there are still'wild Indians in ytyur state, and if they are locked up in prisons and camps like our papers and books and films show . . .." Mayor Jack Williams wrote to the Polish young ster to assure him that Indians have a choice of liv ing on reservations set aside for them by the federal government, or anywhere and that reservation Indians have their own police, laws and economic system. . TTHIS is all fine, and true, as far as it goes. It does not, of course, tell the whole story of the Ameri can Indians,' and of the have, in too many instances, received. A full recounting of the story of the Indian tribes of this nation, and of the varied ways in which they are now treated, would take a great deal more space than a letter to a 14-year-old boy could encompass. But Mayor Williams also has subscribed to "Ari zona Highways" for Jach, and has interested a 14-year-old Indian boy to correspond with him. It is a reminder that many of our people are still reaching out for freedom and an equal chance even as the Poles, themselves, have sought a greater Wednesday, December 19, 1956 city manager government else in the United States, disgraceful treatment they Co mrnunicatior.slJaPans Foreign Policies Under 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 all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Dangerous Time of Year To the Editor: The most dang erous time of the year on our highways is approaching the holiday season. Last year over Christmas week end, 609 persons died in motor accidents. Another 345 were killed over New Year's. This year there are four days in the holiday week ends instead of three and lhe death rate may be even worse, unless everything possible is done to alert motor ists against this Yule tide of needles deaths. Time and again, the newspap ers of the United States have exerted leadership in this public service. A tremendous need ex ists again this year to back the attack against holiday auto ac cidents. By far the greatest num ber of holiday auto deaths last year occurred during hours of darkness, at the end of busy days when festivity fatigue made drivers less alert, slowed reflex es and impaired judgment. This organization asks your help in suggesting these safety points to your readers: 1. Driving and alcohol do not mix. The holidays are a time for joy; do not turn them into a time for tragedy. 2. Slow down. Take it easy at all times, as courtesy can save lives. Be sure your driving is adjusted to, and your car is ready for, bad weather. 3. Stay alert at the wheel and stay alive. Stop for a "safety break" and cup of coffee at fre quent intervals on long trips, or before starting home at the end of a festive evening. 4. Plan your holiday trip so that you drive when you are rested; don't start it after you have worked or played all day. Non-collision accidents run ning off the road are the greatest single cause of auto fa talities. A major peril of the season is when motorists, and especially students and service men, try to drive too lar in too short a time so as to be home for the holidays. 5. Finally, remember that up to 70 per cent of automobile fa talities in cities and towns are pedestrians. Walking requires alertness, too. L. S. Harris, Executive Director American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Washington, D.C. Presley: Pro and Con To the Editor: An anonymous Presley hater from Ashland wrote me a letter instead of put ting it in the paper, because they didn't have the guts to show their name. This is what they wrote: "Dear Sandy, I'll just bet you are cute, and also smart, you are educated above your intel ligence. You take in a lot of territory when you say 'We Love Elvis." You may, but any other with good sense don't. He is nothing but trash. But you and some more like you don't know any better. A pigshave would be a credit to you. Elvis Presley is a disgrace to the coun try. How silly can you git? Your folks must be proud of you. You sure like to git your name in the paper. It is nice you worship a half-wit. Of course you are proud of it. But the cause of it is, you don t know any better. Write again, you Presley-lover. HoDe vou have a Merry Xmas." To the Presley-hater: Yes, I take a lot of territory when I say 'We Love Elvis.' Three- fourths of the kids in the Unit ed States like him, not saying anything about the adults. From the sounds of your letter you are the trash. You probably already have a Pig-Shave. If you ask me you are the disgrace to the coun try, if anybody is. Yes, my foiks are very proud of me, in fact they like Elvis Presley them selves. No, it isn t that I like to get my name in the paper so much, but you have to put it there. You don t honor your name enough to sign your let ter. And he is not a half-wit. Yes. I am very proud. Just what of Elvis don't you approve of? I thought that Ashland had pret ty decent people but this one has completely flipped. Thanks a lot. Sandy Bates, 1260 Sunset ave., Medford, Ore. Truckers' License System Simplified Salem U.R Truckers traveling in Oregon, Washington and Idaho now are able to secure their license plates through a simplified system, the State De partment of Motor Vehicles an nounced today. Warne H. Nunn, director, said that under the new plan of reg istration truckers prorating be tween the three states will se cure all their license plates from their home state. However, the plates will be is sued from the Salem office after a check of records. Nunn said all truckers who were licensed under the prora tion plan for 1956 have been sent instructions and forms for securing licenses. Ain't Nature Grand? To the Editor: Christmas brings florist shops colorful with poinsettias. From Belgian Congo, a professor friend's letter. He is there on Safari. The Congo nature-study postage stamp series includes a beautiful white flowered Congo euphorbia. Poinsettia also is a euphorbia. Two more of this family grow as lowly weeds in writer's gar den. He found still another bo tanizing in what since became Everglades National Park. Really a wild poinsettia, its Florida folkname is "hypocrite flower." Mexicans dub it "fire plant." Other euphorbias are our garden Crown-of-Thorns, also snow-on- the-Mountain, likewise Scarlet plume. Still other members of this milky-juice family are Chi nese tallow tree, also colorful leaved crotons, likewise the can dle tree, castor oil bean. Also, the rubber tree, native of Brazil, now cultivated in Malayasia, Ceylon. What intrigues writer is the parallelism in the evolution of the euphorbias and the cacti. These groups are not close rela tives. In his Plant-key, euphor bias came under Suborder Mal vales (Mallows). The Suborder Cactales (Cacti) is placed be tween Suborder Passiflores, (In cluding passion-flowers and Sub order Celastrales (Hollys). Have we here parallel evolu tion? Writer had botanized on most American deserts before at tempting Africa. He was collect ing on Canary Islands. The group the ancients named for the dogs, (canae), of the one-eyed humans who assertedly lived there. Writ er there found what seemed a thornless cactus. It was, how ever, a euphorbia. Its cousins range eastward from Senegal to Somaliland. This plant, growing whence came our canary birds, had, like cactus, discarded all leaves. It also did its chlorophyll chemistry in a great swollen stem like our barrel cacti, our sahuaros. Its stem further was corrugated as with cacti. This meant strength, likewise ability to store rain from flash floods, then to survive long, rainless months. In writer's field studies under almost every flag, he has found little more remarkable than above parallelism. Jolted by this resemblance of the island euphorbias to our cacti, he had a fellow feeling with that young lady who exclaimed "Ain't Na ture Grand?" C. M. Goethe, 7th and J Sts., Sacramento 14, Calif. Don't Go Wrong In Elvis' Name To the Editor: Sandy Bates, I was just given the clipping where you say you are against what happened to the boy who stole my rifle. If he did not enter, steal and carry away my rifle, why did he plead guilty to the fact and re ceive 30 days in jail as prer scribed by law? If he persists in this kind of petty thievery, he is headed for a cell at Salem. I only hope for his sake this has taught him a lesson, but I doubt it. He was asked, not ordered, to get his (disgrace to Elvis) hair cut, which he refused to do. I am not jealous of Elvis (more power to him) and hate to see youngsters go wrong in his name. Sandy, I'm hoping this will hush you up. Noel E. Kooken, 1221 Thomas rd., Medford, Ore. Presley and the M-T To the Editor: I would com pare your paper with Elvis Pres ley, the format and news re porting are entertaining and in offensive like the Presley vocal personality and hair cut. The mental vomitings displayed on the editorial page are more dis gusting and offensive than the Presley gyrations. A. Ayer, 560 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, Ore. P.S. And the boy throws the paper in the puddle on the walk. Locker Meat Sale Cut and Wrapped Phone .3-1666 ALL MEATS ARE INSPECTED Vi or Whole Beef Hind Quarter Front Quarter Pork Loins (Whole) Pork Shoulder (Whole) Tosty Home Cured HOmS (Whole) JIM'S MEATS At AL'S MARKET - 838 Reassessment; New Lender Due By CHARLES M. MC CANN United Press Correspondent Japan, Asia's most dynamic country, is about to start an im portant reassessment of its for eign policy. The ancient kingdom whose history goes back 2,600 years was ad mitted to the United Nations Tuesday. P ro b a b 1 y Thursday, Ja- ...:n i Cbarlc Mr arm P" " uuuci- go a radical change in its polit ical leadership. Tanzan Ishibashi, the incoming premier, will then decide Japa nese policy toward the United States, Communist China and the Asian-African bloc of nations. Seeks Trade Increase No sensational decisions are expected.. But it is fairly cer tain Japan will adopt a more in dependent attitude toward the United States and will move In The Day's At a beautiful farm home in the edge of Gettysburg, Penn sylvania an immensely import ant meeting is taking place as this is written. The principals are JJWignt U. tisenngwci, President of the United States, and Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of the Dominion of India. Let's take a look at the back ground of these men. President Eisenhower is de scended (through several genera tions) from plain, simple refugee immigrants to the United States. Prime Minister Nehru is de scended from rich Brahmins, the highest and most aristocratic caste in India. NO backgrounds could be more dissimilar. But these men have this in common: They are the leaders of great nations. The United States is great because of what it has achieved for its people. India is great because of what MIGHT BE ACHIEVED for its people. They have plenty to talk about. THERE is this difference: The United States is great now. India can be great only if her leaders, choose the, right road for her. She is at an important cross road now. If her leaders of which Nehru is "the outstanding one choose the road of friend ship with communist Russia, In dia will go on as a colonial ser vant, under masters more bru tal than her masters of the past. If Nehru, in whose hands the decision lies, choses the road of friendship , with the United States, India in time can become great and free. THAT'S about the size of it. in their meeting, both will carry heavy responsibilities. But Nehru's responsibilities are im measurably heavier. We'll see what we'll see. Congressional Quiz (Copyrleht. 195 Congressional Quarterly) O Which President Is cred ited with delivering the longest inaugural address: . (a) Franklin D. Roosevelt; (b) William Henry Harrison; c) Thomas Jefferson: (d) Woodrow Wilson? A (b) Harrison's Inaugural address in 1841 ran io 8.000. words and look more than an hour io deliver. The day was cold and stormy, but Harrison insisted on riding a horse in the inaugural parade and standing bareheaded while he read his long message. On his return from the Capitol he took io his bed with pneu monia, and a month later died. LOST HOURS Jackson, Mich. (U.R) Trains blocking a single railroad cross ing cost Jackson motorists a total of 648,960,000 man-hours annually, according to calcula tions of the traffic engineering and police departments. 33c b 39c ib 32c ib. 49c ib 39c .b 53 c jb. OPEN SUNDAYS W. McAndrews Road promptly to increase its trade materially with Red China. When he gets around to it, Islv ibashi is expected to ask the United States to set a final date for the withdrawal of the troops it now has stationed in Japan. Since tine end of Worjd War II, Japan has been led by a suc cession of premiers who have based their policy on close coop eration with tlie United States. Began Fighting MacArthur Ishibashi, however, takes a more critical attitude toward the United States. As soon as he en tered politics after the war, and was made finance minister, he started fighting Gen. Douglas MacArthuf's occupation policies. A change in the Japanese prime ministry has been long pending. Outgoing Premier Ichiro Hato yama is 73 and semi-paralyzed Members of his dominant liberal Democratic Party have felt that he could not give Japan the forceful leadership they wanted." Ishibashi is likely to provide that kind of leadership. At 72, e News r k Jenkins SPEAKJNG of meetings, anoth er Interesting one. was held this week. 0 Members of, the. electoral col lege, acting under the provisiu.is of the constitution of the Ufttied States, gathered in the state capitals to choose the next President of the United States. What they did was choosg Dwight D. Eisenhower, .'ho was the choice on November 6 of an I overwhelming number of ; American voters. What they could havg done,1?' under the constitution, was to i name as President ANYONE a j majority of .them might agree j upon. . , l HAT this situation drama- I tizes is the fact that we I have come a king way from the ideas of the Founding Fathers. The Founding Fathers con ceived this nation as a REPRE SENTATIVE democraey. That is to say, a nation governed by REPRESENTATIVES chosen by the people not by the people themselves. The Founding Fathers were afraid of the people themselves. They feared the people wouldn't. be wise enough and INTELLI GENT enough to govern tnWi selves. So they put together th structure of REPRESENTA TIVE government of which trie electoral college is an example. WE HAVE departed widely from the original theories of our government. The depart ures have WORKED. They will continue to work as long asc a majority of our people continue to think intelligently when they vote. the magnificent High Fixity o Phonogrq:ph with beauty that makhesifre sound! 1- the Symphonette o o Jf OOtTUlt wy stand 1 ap O . o O 0 the Symphonette mm m 0 in maHogt lmr niws-w wgnrry ngnmr. 3 speaker Aceuttical fine fAntture cabinet e Diamond stylus Automatic intermix changer e Balanced respsnte through entire audible range PURUCKER Piano House 111 North Central O o o S Oi he is only one year younger than Hatoyama. But he is in good health, and looks much younger and has fecided ideas on a lot of things. Son of Buddhist Priest RAind-faced and serious-looking, IshibashP is the son of Buddhist priest. He started ouF as a newspaper man and became a leading publisPer, specializing in economics. He took no part in politics before the war. . When he tangled with Amer ican occupatio authorities Mao Arthur purged im from polP ticfj He 0carr eo back only to clash repeatery with fellow members of t Liberal Party. He was thrown out of the partfl twice. When Hatoyagi formed the New Japan Democratic Par ty, in a rev-tft against former Premier Shigeru Yoshida, Ishi baslfl joined him. He re-entered the cfoinet under Hatoyama a? minister of internationalOtrade and industry. O When Hatoyama 0nally de cide! i reffre, Ishiba9rj was epcted his successor as presidsaL. of the Liberal-De-gdSratic Party last Friday. That put him in lirii for &e Pkijjie minsy.ry. I" " i.- O cOULY Shopping Days oTik thristmSs! O f W0W!More o Christmas Bills? O O O Don't Worry! njjee YourOChristrt0Oe Merry with 3 frorn Li PACIFIC. ISBUSTRIAL cDick Hans, ManbefQ 16 S. Central Ph.3-5358 O 1- O SOUTHERN OREGON'S Oldest & Finest Music Store Phone 2-5702 o p. o 1 O o o .a O O 13 Q rt o l 0 degree of freedom in recent months. L.A. ? i
