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o 0 0 J S C b t tl A t V ec "Iveryono In Southern OregSft , Readi Thp Mil Tribune" VutJAinea Daily Pxcoot Caturdaj Qj a MED OR D PRINTING CO 7 -2& North Fir St. Phone 2 HERB GREY Advertising Manager CKRAlD LftTHQ Biuineu Mana.,'3 F.E.1C JR. r?'anainj( Editor E-R1 H ADAMS Cit-v Qdllot HARRY CHIPMSN TeleDraph Edlt -ICHARD JEW5T Soorta Editor X-!JVE SI ARCHER St-v.et Editor gALE ERICKSQN Circulation My. An Irai-X'ndent Neg-ipaper itered tecond cU rrQtter at QMedfo Oregon under Act A March 3. 1'7 SUBSCRIPTION RATS By Mail In l?d.nc Per Cop 10c 3 Daily Sfi Sunday One year SI. 5 00 0 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Dailv and Sundy Three mo 4-23 Sunday Only One year S20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point Eagl Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. 9 Snadv Cove xue River. T8ent and on motor routes Daily an Sunday One year $18 00 Daily and Sunday One month 1 50 Owner and Dealers 10c per pvy All Terma Cash in Advance Offlafai Paper of th City of MeOford fi&irul Paper of JacksoQ County United Press- is u'l Leased Wire MEMBER Or ACDIT BUQ&AV OF CIRCULATION Advertne Representative--j W.F.ST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC ices in New York Chicago de troit San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NAT IONAI. E D I T O M A ,. ASSOCHift'lON NtWIMrll PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ag. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 3, 1947 (Monday) Polio receipts banked today bring total for county ig $1(1-,-147.59, according to Coanty Treasurer Ralph Sweeney From Arthur Perf ry's Ya Smudge Pot column": "BARE LIMBED TREES LOOK GHAST LY" (Hdline Home & Garden Mag.) The trees have nothing on something else. . 20 YEARS SGO Fab. 3. 1937 (Wednesday) City council last night adopts ordinance directing foreclcgure of assessments delinquent three years or more. Southern Oregon resurrjesnor mal communications today Ss all roads blocked by Monday's Storm are reported cleared jyith few exceptions. a. u . ? 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 3, 1927 (Thursday) Henry J. Allen, ex-governor of Kansas, editor and owner oi the Wichita Beacon, harecently endorsed the city manager p,Jan for Med.rord. Inter-city meeting .-Hid banquet of Rotary clubs of Klamath Falls. Grants Pass and Medford ris held S$ Bedford hotel. 46s YEARS', ACOa . Feb. 3. 1917 (Saturday) Severance of diplomatic lations with Gcf manv is re- an- nounced i8 spech to.congr--Ciby r'n.. , ,1 . H- J . t ti-: i 1 . W. J. Scott of Vitioch pro poses commurfity distrfc? siiil G Jo an irrigation dijtrict'o'i bdut -25.000 -sii$ Jjams Vll;;:?, to hphonrlpH 1i.r aiSnnoif 'ttf.'.'nn Si. an eecic power piBni :v"iJ imgation dis&ic . nnai lour s . limine or te correct Is sup21or;.t- 5 E 1 IX . r .d . 1. Is Okinwaout i00. 0e, or 1.200 miles fromhe Philip, pines? a . I 2. Was the .first . Amrteai:- p&k 5fle ife COUntf? .Jilt $fC3dd it. We be- orec, t fa firtent ita h vetlookld w in form!? ' "" SstsSiftgra QS fo3& siepogits. R.H M. 3 the Bible: Atf.vhp tiv: .-;: "gif? of the tSngVies"' jrf.vov.? O 9 "' JVas "J 'lunrjjidgfloji rite". i "Bumble F,ee piKceuV the nar.t of .a newsp5 what o B. 3uivhuroa3es siA'-. f.j". musical CL,8tf5.t , jy A ,y Deet" the Ficid f V;-- ciii. ..j;.- nf apvdQ,?recpinsf saum. 3 tvrnish; '.-rue o faSe? 0".lPi 7. JVhat itheV.T-nifrjcfl tern o - - O 8. Base&J . dvuionc fi ball: gritjroi?: Iannis: what.' 9. Girl Miles Slandish pl?ad Johr?j Alden's cause with Pris cil'a?3 10. "My heart was in my moutn" Petronius. Is this, a refrence to love or fear? Answers: 1. 600. 2. Oregon City (1844). 3. Pentecost. 4. News paper, in Oregon City. (See ques lioa 2). 5. "Gold" 6. True. 7. For the lime being. 8. Court. 9; No. .Vice versa. 10. Fear. What h "hfodtfn We have often seen in doubt ss to sxct meaning o? President Eisenhower's "Modem Republicanism." In his last press conference the President was asked to define the term as contrasted with "New Deal." He did so as follows, quote : 1. An hoift-st ?icjl gclicy fjith deficrt-eendinf only in gn amerjrncy. 2. C(jLCntrtic c tha gowr en. reajoneiSiifity c government wit tha saogia insie.iS of in 'hinto. 3. Preservation Oi? j ound-dolle. THAT is clear "enough. But WHAT is ther "mod i era" about it? President Roosevelt creator of the "New Deal," only advocated "deficit spending" in the dirs finan cial "EMERGENCY" of the depression in the 30s. As to No. 2, FDR was continually going over th heads of the congress and appearing to the people for support of his liberal policies, and with great success, except for his ill-advised plea to advance liberalism by what his enemies called "packing" the Supreme Court. AS FOR' the preservation of a "sound dollar" the dollar under F.D.R. was far "sounder" than it has been under the Republican administrations since, and today is worth approximately half as much. CO WHAT is the big idfca? We are as much puzzled as we were before the official explanation. More than that. We fail to discern anything here that would not be endorsed by most of the "Old Republicans," so why call it the new and MODERN Republicanism? Franklv we can't make it out. 'Peitiaps in some future comments to the press the President will elucidate. We hope so. R.W.R. i'How About tke New Deal? SSe n-sfJlfii w id a of wh.$t "Modem Republican ism' tdde up 9 ia iliis, to-k: Approp?i.t.tini' most of the basic principles of RooiSvelJ's "Nav? Deal" without admitting it. Whstsver doubfe existed as to this "appropriation" was removed in President Eisenhower's recent budget message, Vjnd his collateral rsmarks. A clearer and more explicit defense of Roosevelt's ;"Nev De'f' in principle coyliS h$rdly be imagined. THE President not only st&t& the people of the - ihe countiy should get whit tny wanted, but that it was what he 2elt they DES&KVED to get. Ar,d t?ien ii& enumerated -aoivie of the deserving go.emm?nt ayfe, such as increased social security, unemployment .ifisyrance, old age assistance, govern ment ippropriisioM for aid to the inf inn and dis abled, and Koi ffliljions but BILLIONS, through a five-ye.tr period grom the U. S. Treasury for state schools ai(fi education. Thsse, uiidqu&tedly, are some of the things that impelled Secretary ot the Treasury Humphrey to cry "uncV and flvjitf into such an excruciating spirit ual struggle bd:re5en his loyalty to President Eisen hower snoli is detestation of Franklin Roosevelt. LoyeJ'ty .fiasU?" 'C-on wut but only after a severe inne? sisugflu. 'the surprising admission that un less t'Mfii q 4km. n 'the national economy were .halted i'efe yyovjlcj resuli make' v-Qyr ,aif y?l." - iAj' trawls Sara's prcper pls.es ia the "public wel fsre" i&3S,e, fe tvfiat itifki th term "Modem Repu'tiSkoaisife' an4 not en&dwer i &u press EiiwS'o ihyfo itial Tk -jsccisa gris SJsreaS f ano'ch? iepfasion, jjj,.,. W0U1(5 b OftC Oft a i. i7 f. ft. . iV. i&x wondd the Ncv? .1 M . V i - J. uic'cp w c.! uxis u? - asrufrijii tiia.b iiLcu ! i ,iT, Tt-S . ,J."Jt i. J v ...o'l'V. w s4 mu. m aj ae recora snows, taki; raw,? 4ht main provisions f the "New Dfcal" jJtsi m jwdgmeat rrefe 4sirs.We and would i?eBocif SiigiiSj- sj-aiiisly c-ny mm m Ifal 39 &si, .Uveve; - ! tern fea ass aiM ff.D&EJuer-9l5 (.sfi pifia"' rvferf&is ss eves !Sepab&?i'i9 ia tei-gori :aj-i;t, yh5f?! SiiiSesas wiU A ND no1: flr' me (except in time his Secvetary of the Treau?y 4e?uas to sanction a penK.y out of nearly 72,OO-O,0G,OQO dollars to con struct even one federal pawer pp&jed in the northwest. This refusal includes such a project S3 the John Day dam on the Columbia, whieh Sia bea suho'risg-tL is ACUTELY needed, and in viaw n t-risii powf shortage, now threatening, SHOULD bs Ksse4 Nm. E on. the agenda of ANY enlightened. puiDlieWrlfs-re program, f or Oregon, and the northwest 1.W.E-." Rcpuhlkafitem"? & depression that would a &m iifns that President WftfaraJic enumerated. fesi(ieD4 in commenting stated he large scale j : i v sJ. . . v j v l 1 tiepreasioji like the ctas- , ftptsirjlfat Eifsefchiotve? is K.O. ?ihr&. ta uv ttout in n.rtnr- sosr f iHe tnosi influential w &&ml. ie phoney i aaj-elv j.n4 at- c!i '?i'i &e President and and j Water ICXX? DIS10KA.CT The House hi approvtij the Presidfnt's Middle Esstern reso lution and tftert is no reisonsble doubt that the Senate will fol low suit. The Congrtss h s no choice, giv en tht fact that it h.s b n tola by the President that he needs etrs ordinary pow ers to save the Vefcr Llrpmaata Middle last from Soviet domi nation end from wr. For this is erf argument which i not in feet debatable. The President hss at his com mand the whole diplomatic, in formational, and intelligence es tablishment of the government, nd no one in Congress is in s position to contradict him when he vs fhat there is great and imminent danger which he can avert only if he can ct without having to consult Congress. Wt are seeing once again a demonstration of the familiar truth, that under our constitu tional system on the issues of iica or war the President has thg paramount powtr. WHAT is unfamiliar eftout the ' resolution is that it is being adopted in time of peace, and J that it consits of a blanket ap proval in advance of whatever the President decides to do in the Middle East. There is no precedent for such an action by Congress, and the constitutional precedent w-hich it establishes is troubling deeply some of the. most conscientious and respon sible members of the Senate. They think that Congress ems to be voting away its right to hold the Administration to ac count for the employment of the armed force and for the expend iture of oublic money. Their constitutional qualms are enti tled to respectful hearing be fore tha vstes rs csit. There should not 1st in attempt to silence thm on th ground thst it is somehow uijoetnotic to de bate tha President's ettrfordin- ary progossl. m m m TH3I real ct for the resolu tion i that tha President needs extraordinary and unprec edented powers because he is proposing ta dsl with what is by American experience an ex traordinary and unprecedented situation. The President has ac cepted ths responsibility of play ing the leading part in dealing on behalf of the Western world with the Soviet Union nd with the anti-Western Arab agitation. To play this part requires Totta F I III fAattGl- O'f FOCf By Stewart Alsop AKD KO, THS ICBM Washington An interconti nental ballistic missile, known as "the ultimato wepon," will be tested this y e r, accord ing to present Air Force plsns. The test may come in the late sum mer or early fall, but in any c a a, unlcat Al T o e ehtdule jo a-svry, the itwlDle weapon wm tted beoye 1837 ends. This first tst of the intercon tinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, will be comparable in significance to the first test of the atomic bomb. Tor like the stowiie bmft, the ICBM will in time basically transform the na ture of warfare and thuj the whole world situation. Ths roiawile to be tested is known unofficially as "Atlas" (it'e official Air Force designa tion ie WS-18TA-1), and the Con vair Comjany has been princi pally rtsponibl" for its devlop mnt. Another form of the ICXM. no tie "TiW is thought ia b about year be hirJi Atk I i.1 dvlopmnt ejrcla. . . THX nea vopct of tst of Atl represents a very great techftiel ackievemen. Until ethtr recently, forward esti fiate yvt the first tst of an CSM in U-eO, er ltr. Ift ehort, world, to? Setter or lor worse, i firir th g of the ultimata weapon than anyone until v7 reely i4 hog" 0 Jrd. Tht JC3S- ! 1US th ulti iat weapon for a simple re o it cannot be intercepted by any means now known. Dwtail re secret, &u4 th general char acteristics or? A41s ar well inown. I-i i atagciS miasila, rii,inf on '.V launching i aiout li tcwa. -tt maximum ae stleraiiea, ii will reach a pe4 on tha orier f 20 times tha speed fi 3U!-.1. it will rcX ituximum altitude on the order ' of 600 miles. Ite range will be 5,000 miles or more. Thus, when it is developed as an operational weapon, it v.iJl as capable f speeding from launching site to targets half a world away le-ithin a. matter if minutes. These characteristics suggest why no means of intercepting the missile are now known. The prcblem of interception is com i.arafe'.e. ia very simple terms, to interc9gti3 bullet in mid-air Toi Lippasaaa more than arms end more than money, more than public declar ations and votes in the United Nations. It requires secret di plomacy not only with the nom inal heads of governments but with the great courtiers and with the factional leaders. The sim plest way to describe the Middle Eastern resolution now before Congress is to say that it ants to the President Cceijreisional license ts gractice secret diplo macy in the Middle Sast. THIS does not mean that Mr. Dulles explained so little be cause he has secret plans which he does not ware to explain to Congress. It means, that what ever plans or aims he may have would be frustrated in the Mid dle East if he expounded them publicly to Congress and to the American press. The political leaders of the Arab world, of whom King Saud is in some corl siderable measure representa tive, do not belong to the age or to the tradition of open diplo-1 macy conducted by free-speaking democracies. If the United States is. for ex ample, to have a .hand in the intricate and secret, but crucial, diplomatic game now being played by Nasser in Egypt, King Saud in Saudi-Arabia and Muri in Iraq, the United States has to indulge in the un-American prac tice of secret diplomacy. WE SHALL have to. wait and see how ur brand of secret diplomacy works. The art of secret diplomacy is a special art, and not one that can be learned easily or quickly. We do have, it is true, a considerable number of young men who have become experts in the inner politics of various Middle Eastern coun tries. But at the top of affairs the men who must m?ke the de cisions, beginning with the Pres ident and his Secretary of State, have only begun to acquire the kind of intricate knowledge of the Middle East which the suc cessful practice of secret diplo macy requires. Secret diplomacy is the extreme opposite to diplo macy by broad public declara tions. Al Ifhis leads me to think that when the resolution is adopted, we should continue to be vigi- lant. We should continue to real ize that we re embarked on 9 kind of diplomacy wsich is out side the American tradition. If anything goes wrong with it, we should be prepared for an alter native for some kind of open plan, negotiated among the great powers, for a truce and j standstill. (C) 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. before it reaches a soldier at whom it is aimed. The difference is that the target is nt a single soldier, but a whole city which can be blasted off the face of the earth by the missile's hydro gen warhead. A city, unlike a soldier, cannot hide in a fox hole or behind armor. To be sure, the scientists have some ideas about how the job of intercept ing or deflecting the missile might be done. But these ideas ar for tha present wholly Vkto fatical. a A LTHOUGH t h s immwSiate prospect of a test of Atlas reflects a very great technical achievement, it should1 not be taken to mean that the United States will be armed with thesa decisive weapons in the near fu ture. Like almost all new weap ons, the 'missile to be teste-d i a prototype, rather than a weapon which could be usea in war, ami there is a very Ions Sap between the testing of a prototype and the creation of, an operational weapons system. The prototype to be -tested will carry no warhead, and the aaai- tion of a heavy hydrogen wal-' head vastly complicates the 4ris-i nical problems of creating an op erational weapon. Agwn, al though advance iave kn made, th guidare jrofciw in not bwe ully aolya S missile will timfiy aVf-UL dqwit into ih it, a Terr' isrg j determined. area. An. OS courts' it is necessary t allow tor i ' fact thst th tst may JsiJ, Mm thing that hss happened f.sny times with far less gsPlitfSe missiles. v Wlien an eperstioftsl Wtsjak is produced, it will be orm&uv ly costly, and larje nwber weapons, and large number 4 expensive launchins it ..a well, must be created l?or. there will be a truly ope?tioSi1 ICBM wsason tyt'-tm. Th Ait J'oec stiTt i that ws . yWr wiil ejne ia iitie aomeiins atcui lie IM. o tH fT?S t. S9SiTU y s? iMiictina "ma;iv taliatioe." y iither r.n jecislly !ftnw4 sitciait - oi course xh all cotU ha Jraiuv tained. 3Cvh whaa in ifitr.ti.iij al ICBM systsm i 2tst, manned sarcraft a"ill e-trtaialy be needed. Because 0-2 ths graat difficulty in solving the guid ance problem, the ICBM will probably always be an "area weapon", designed to inflict nu clear destruction on a great city or even a whole province. Other mmunications Isksimanily ts Bcj To the Sditor: I wish to creat mental picture for any two legged creature who has been guilty of deliberately abandon ing a dog or cat along the high ways or wide open spaces. I have lived" in this area five years and there have been quite a number of dogs and cats left in the area to forage for them selves. The presene victim of a "friend to man" (no doubt he had reason to fetl tfiat sometime in his past life but certainly not in the present) appeared in our area the early part of December. He is a large dog and shows a predominace of German Police. He is too courteous 2 dog to be come the "garbage can" type with his desperate need of food, and consequently does not come in close enough to our homes throughout the area to receive a handout. -We had one occasion last week to feed him. My hus band spied him on the highway, dashed home and picked up a can of dog food. When he stop ped his car beside the dog, the dog made a dash for the fence and tried to get away. My hus band talked to him and tossed the contents of the can down to him. You can imagine what a dog, who had been covering acres of frozen ground covered with frozen snow for the past few weeks, would do. There are any number of hay barns throughout the area where he no doubt finds shelter. But WHERE and HOW could he pos sibly find food over the many acres of snow covered ground? If the two legged creatures could see this dog, how he mopes across the pastures, through the brush and on the highway, his head and his tail down, half limping, they would have night mares for some time to come, no matter how hardened they are. He is a pitiful, dejected and forlorn looking dog, still searching, I am afraid, for the one who let him down. Mrs. J. N. Taylor Bar G M. Ranch Prospect, Ore. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS New note in world affairs: The United States and Canada may JOINTLY propose to the United Nations late today a new formula for settling the con- t?oversy between Israel and Egypt. If this controversy could be settled, it would help to calm down the presently explosive Middle East situation. The proposal is a two-pronged affair. It would call for a com plete Israeli withdr&wel behind the 1949 armistice line and would set up UN emergency force troops along both sides of the line. UN troops would also be sta tioned along Egypt's Gulf of Aqaba Soast until peace is stab ilized. WOULD it wtiri:? " That no on can say at this moment. It.; nurpose would be to prevent any more shooting in the present ticklish state of affairs in that psrt of the world. The BIG point is that the United States and Canada are working toyethir to keep the peace. They can work together bet ter than aAy e&sr twa nations because they vst4 each other, have .conftdasos ih egch other's motives ed way ns con flicting interest ideologies. A b?b grant that sort beats si id eangustri &. tivllov. S3 fiJUL H& Bftw and AMla staioo and eletihof-goli hvtsi nM ths.t Atav!f,Kw hA i-"it of Kin $ gcvA 1 WaaS'ihsgtcn, let's net everted' aMtminsly minor but potentially tr? im portant phase e &. Stud brsush alea it f .$ t ci hi rather nuHM-rou a?.a, 3 1 Vyeay-eld STisee K a k w r. UTUe Kasftvr U sa5!?i?ins r tii r?jri ei 4i imA and hi risM 3K wa to undergo ft atSew U Tyalftrr rssf i piUi, irKf dcio ill trs- b4 w Sg- awjg the jriyat. I 9 U (Snd 4he tanafc ffttf 7 thU t fre N ths (iis feilaw W '4- hs-y. isg j aMU?? airfUU 9 axW! At wiesas amcV aiiMrr, aa ti IsUblA'a WtaSlsB, ii 4ilS , s ie atMnie ta-aii, ntiH yjtht d arilr 4w to ' Atiri nar, n.4 oist o- tfct jstv. irrn iJl i (rsmtj? tr'.i.cM'Jt,& frt-isoirt. ftn .y esaa, it VrH o t ?i4 li? -U?oJVinfil ttalliatie .iils, ; i ta oecw , H wriKfi Bow ritfii evsa 5n tl4 m.a??, lie US'. ih wrli ra atonic tank- 4t Ji Ifeaw thiiKaatn tt ig. noi, lIi'iiAsly, il3py vmX sws.se i ge time whea M saankind will 'live .on the slopts ef a nuclear Vesuvius. But at least it is good th-jt, in the race for the ultimate weapon, the United States has not fallen be hind the Soviet Union. (C) New YorV Herald Tribune Inc. Public Library Jrita To the Editor: I think the situation at the Medford Public Library is a disgrace to the peojle of Medford; especially the attitude of the librarians toward students. This nonsense of the students having to leave their notebooks on special tables at the front door is so much "bunk" it isn't even funnv. Whv is this done?ipuppy was frisky OnS sniffy This is the bij!est question asfced by most of the students who usa tha library for their study ing. Last week a librarian told me, 111 so many words, that 1 had to leave my books 5t the front door because I was going to to slip a library book in among my own, and take it home. Most of the students who use the library have library-cards and can check out 'lie books, if they want them. They won't W&I& out with them. Our library was a gift of An drew Carnegie. The manner in which it is run, and sctejip. would probably make Mr. Carnegie turn over in his grave. Why can't something be done about it? Even if the librarians were a little more friidly and helpful, it would be a great blessing. I know that the librarians are worked terribly hard all day, but if they would let the students use that part of the library which is "reserved for the old people," more, as I heard one librarian say to a student, and would help the students loi?ate reference material, which seems to be kept behind locked doors? the students wouldn't be griping so much. Last week a librarian told two students that it would be appreciated more if the kids didn't use the library for study ing. The public library is one of America's greatest cultural institutions, and if boys and girls can't eo there without the peopra who run it standing over" them with "out-of-the-place" rules, our public library, will sotfn be a thing of the past. The students around Medford are becoming so discouraged with this present system, that they are slowly, but surely staying away. Let's not let this happen! Jim Jongs 1128 West Main St. Medford, Ore. Th "Why" of tha Rules To the Editor: The rules of the Medford Pffib'uc library, about which Jim Jones com plains in his letter, are not made for the 95 per cent or more of the students who firs well-behaved and conscientious. But, like the laws of the city and the state, they are madeefor the 5 per cent or less wh are wil ful violators. Perhaps. Jim Jones doesn't know that in the past several months, several hundreS dollars of damage 'has been caused, to tfte library' through theff and vandalism. But it has. Books have been stolen (many of them in those brief-cases and note books, he complains about), furn iture and fixtures have been Lseriously damaged, and, believe it or not, pages have been torn from sets of encylopedias, theres by destroying there values to others (including Jim Jones). The library, though the 0I1J part of the building was erected with Carnegie funds, ha; been enlarged and Is maintained, and books ai-e purchased, through funds from the city and1 county, paid in the tjxes of" everyone. The library board and the librarians have an obligation to the taxpayers, Jio the other pa trons (even the "older" ones, Jim), aid to the students who wish to use the library for its real purpose. That i the reason for the rules, ivhich v.re hope'aae reason able to reasonable people. We want the library '-o be used by es'eryone. To do so.'wj must pro tect it. and its contents from theft and destruction. Jim Jones is herewith extend ed a friendly invitation to dis cuss tie mattei with librarian Kiss H,elen 'Webster, with the undersigned, or with tile board at its next meeting. Perhaps he can tell us 'how we can pro'-3ct pCiblic property without the rules "wMch have so far proven 4o be necessary. Ve could,. very A'sjikly, use oae fc-elp from ytfung people. If; ti'ieir problem, too. becauas it iy theirs library Eric .illsa 1 Presiifent riedfora Public Librasy S'rd OiiiareH Should Bearr To the Editor: Gocd Inten tions surely do 'Some, road "pav ing to "places". LiuVthH let'.er thet was promised to have been written wa fcacij before tjpe Weed schoolboy was kl'lled as he ran 'rom the school bus to the home that will see .him no more. Just recently, a . man whose work keeps him on Jack son country roads just about all the time, told me how frighten ed he is the way school children run so heedlessly from the bus homeward wih not a glance to right or left. They know of course, that all oncoming traffic must come'to a complete stop when a school bus is discharging POUUCtC (By SS-T Stetf? art CoatribuJjorjJ The air was mellower lQs& week. The society editor c,VZn asked, sort of wistfully, on Sat urday "Does it feel a little liuQ spring outside?" There ws Ctill a smidgin of snow on RoQy Ann. Brut the black 0"d C'hit wnen ne went out in ire morn ing air. He didn't see ground hog (fortunately for 9both of them, probably), but if he had, and the groundhog had had time to look arouHd, he (the ground hog), wouldn't have seen his shadow. But that's all right. We're not superstitious. Hardly anybody is anymore. Are they? And Sprine is less) than seven weeks away!! ... Early in tha J2e, though, and tha weei before, it wrt downright tinier. Our Jack- , sonvill correspondent drop ped us a not to report thai, instead of a cup of augar or a p;t of butter, th most fre quent neighborly borrowings thereabout vert blowtorches Snd kettles of hot water. She said that frozen water pipes were tha min topic of dis- a) CUSSion. ... TJjpic of a speaker last week was "Buil(jjing a Better eMouse trap." Advance publicity of the sponsoring group, heffvever, list ed the last word as "Moosetrap. and the faithful old M-T duly recorded it as such. Next day came a correction notice, with a carefully drawn cartoon picture of aomoose label ed "This is a MStose" and a mouse labeled "This is a mouse." We like the first title better anyway. . Firemen, in the cours of their necessary duties, some times must wield ax and hos in a way distressing to prop erty owners. But th boys on the big red wagons ar as careful as they can be, and ar a? bit touchy about what they son?etimes hav to do. Last weak a staff mmbcr spok to a "very honast" fire man, ha said, who reported "W did very little damag. and didn't let tha fir do much either." Some weeks on the ob are better than other weeks. Last week was one of the not-so-good-weeks in some ways at the .1-T. Gremlins, obviously. There was a misprint In a story, a lady called to correct it, the correction story was writ ten, and it appeared in print missing one full line. That's the sort of thing we mean. Enough to drive ur.to drink, if we drank. And we wonder what Larry Rose, a Medford postman thinks of us. He's had his picture in the paper a couple of times. The first time we called him Larry Ross. Then last week, on the other picture, we called him Larry Mose. And after he'd ask eg us politely please to get it right this time, too!! , Girl reporter had a sor back last week. Boy reporter talked to her and the con versation went thus: Boy: How's your back? Gjjrl: Better. Boy: Sure was beautiful yesterday. , Girl: (Surprised) My back? Boy: No silly, th weather. its precious cargo. But, and it is such an important but, the modern car so wonderfully con structed is not 100 per cent de pendable, no more than the hum an hand, eye and foot. Twice since the advent of he hydraulic brake has the small fluid carry ing tube vibrated against metal till worn paper thin, it gave way and came that awful lost feeling when the car did not obey the pressure of myfoot. It takes a second or so for one to recover and go for the emergency brake. But a car, depending on sueed, can travel 15 to 25 feet, gwith lethal Results if someone, is in the way, which, fortunately for me and them, no one was. So now, every time myecar is greased, the fluid tubes (and battery cables toojre inspected for worn spots, by me. The emergency is not too depend able for even if in A-l condi tion, which many are not, it usually only acts oi the two rear Afheels which is not so good. And the human Znini is subject to wool gathering as attested by motorists hauled be- Mior a juiige for running stop signs. A call to the county school headquarters .told me that all schoCl bus drivers are .nstructed never to open the bus door till oncoming traffic has been halt eii. Admission was made, through, that.no formal training has been set uj for warning on this score. The J also agreed that a good example" could be set by Medford people who could at least give a glance at oncoming cars at signal or stop sign in stead of strolling along cross streets often looking the other way. But, again, children should be given self-protection training also. . . F. J. Clifford 1211 West Main st : Medford, Ore. - hi
