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KJstory from the files of The
ilail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
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10 YEA$S AGO
MffdforcP oAth!atic association
Athlete (ff the Month awards
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'and Glen Tingley of 1346 JJed-
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(jEmudge Pot colujnn: Some new
,jptos are rolling around, as red
as a fashiorjab!e lady's fin
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Qn ardent advocate of irriga
tion if Tyion Beall, whose
(Janch lies in the Central Point
n district.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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