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o o FOTJH MEDFORD (OREGON) MedfomkTribune "VerTOne in SouUirm Oregon U.nrf. Tk. Mall Trihim" Published Dally Except Saturday try MZDFORD PRINTING CO 27-28 North Fir St. Phone 2-gHl ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising. Msnalter GERALD LATHAM. Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sporu Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second clan matter at Mediord Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8.00 Daily and Sunday Three moa 4-25 Sunday Only One vear H-20 By Carrier In Advance. Medford. Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix, Shady Cye Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daif and Sunday One year 118 00 Dai?7 and Sunday One month 1.50 (garner and Dealer 10c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance Dfflrlal Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MMQCR Or AUDIT BUREAU w "OP CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WF.S-GHOLIDAY COMPANY CMC Offices In New York Chicago, de tAsvt San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta 'Var.xr BC o' NATIONAL D I T 0 R I A i ASSOcfATlN Tumrw u mi NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 17. 1947 (Monday) Travel into Crater Lake park yesterday totals 268 cars with 1, 102 visitors. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Proposed widening) of the state highways won't do any good, unless the stream of motor freight trucks are restricted to their present width. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 17, 1937 (Wednesday) Little hope, can be held out now for legislation giving cities a share of the state highway commission's revenue from gas oline taxes, according to Frank Farrell, city attorney. O Fire destroys Whittle Transfer company warehouse in Ashland. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 17. 1927 (Thursday) D. M. Little, weather official, discusses 18s work at Copco Fpr um. O The Elks will hold a speUing match tonight between Court Hall and Gus Newbury. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 17. 1917 (Saturday) First car of ore from the Blue Ledge mine shipped to Tacoma the weeks ago for smelting brings 5103.50 a ton. Representative Sheldon's Nor mal school measure passes sen ate. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; sev en or eight is excellent; live or six Is good. 1. Was the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis sions the first foreign mission founded in the U. S.? 2. Is "Brother Jonathan" a sportive collective name for the people of the U. S., or does it apply only to a person, singly? 3. BIBLE: Does the name Anti-christ appear'in more than one Book in the New Testa ment? o 4. Was Will Shakespeare an actor, playwright, or a director of plays? 5. Are common-law marriages recognizor! in all Slates? 6. Which city in Syria is re putedly the oldest m the world? 7. Was the famcfns "Long Par liament" convened in Canada or Australia? 8. What is the popular name for the avocado? 9. Are ier 5. 7, or 9 "types' of hands recognized in palm istry? . 10. "We consult Broth er Joe)han." George Wash ington. Was the refernce to Con necticut Gov. Jonathan Trum bull or Captain Jonathan Car ver? Answers: 1. Yes (1810). 2. Col lective name. 3. Yes. 4. Yes. He was all Chree. 5. No. 6. Damascus. 7 No. England. 8. Alligator pear, 9. Seven. 10. Jonathan Trum bull. Bill to Cfbse Banks Saturday Suggested Salem (U.R) Sen. Phil Brady, Portland Democrat, said Saturday he is preparing a bill calling for closure of banks on Saturday. Brady said the bill was re quested by a committee of bank employees from 50 banks throughout the state. The mea sure provides for Friday hours to be extended until 8 p.m. if communities desire it. Among those opposing the meagre are the First National jBank of Portland and The Dalles die Bank. MAIL TRIBUNE If Lincoln Should Return There was no Lincoln Day banquet in Medford on Lincoln's birthday Feb. 12, but there will be one later. . , In most of the country, however, the proper date was observed by the Republican party, and the usual misquotations were made, to convince the people that if Abraham Lincoln were alive today he would not only be following the G.O.P. line, but be one of the charter members of the ultra-conservative wing of that organization. P0R example, according to the press report of one r Lincoln Day oration, "Old Abe," if alive today, wrould have taken an unequivocal stand against public, power, and presumably taken to the hustings in favor of the Private Power companies, and the rugged in dividualism they represent. For it is claimed that Lincoln originated and enun ciated the principle, quote: "The government should only do what the states and private enterprise can't do as well or better." E FAIL to find this quotation in any of our refer ence books on Lincoln and have grave doubts as to its authenticity. But assuming that it was said, we can think at the moment of few stronger arguments in favor of such projects as T.V.A., Bonneville, Grand Coulee and other multiple-power federal plants in the U.S.A. For, as any impartial, objective analysis would show, these projects are perfect examples of what the federal government CAN do better than any of the states, or any private utilities can, or will do. Ex perience, from the standpoint of low-power costs, rapid industrial development in the area served and promotion of the public welfare, demonstrates the truth of this statement. O1 (F COURSE all this about Lincoln is in the realm nf onnipr't.nrp Tint the salient rmnlitfes nf Lincoln's character as we have always viewed them, were first and foremost his devotion to what he termed "the common people," his dedication to national unity and the promotion of the national good. It is hard, therefore, for this department to imagine a reincarnated "Honest Abe," joining the Union League club, playing "fpotsie" with big private util ities, and discrediting any attempt to get a federal multiple power project, as "creeping socialism" and contrary to "the American way of life." THE "American way of life" to the former President 1 Lincoln was always to support what he believed to be "the best for all concerned" and never to forget that one of the most important provisions of the U.S. constitution was and is the one pledging above all else promotion of the public welfare. As before stated this is all a matter of speculation, of course, purely conjectural but so is the Lincoln Day speaker's assumption that if the founder of the Republican party was here today, he would be on the ultra-conservative side of the Public versus Private Power issue. Wje don't believe it. We don't believe, in view of his basic political philosophy, he ever would be. We further don't believe, any non-political appraisal of the man, his writings and his record in public life, would provide any valid refutation of that assum tion. Lincoln was for a '.'government of the people, by the people and for the people." "That FOR the peo ple in his creed was emphasized. He was not for a government of "Big Business, by Big Business and for Big Business." That will perhaps raise the cry of "demagoguery." But it isn't that. It just happens to be the truth. R.W.R. Hail but not Farewell We are pleased to welcome the powerful, potent, and sometimes perceptive, "Oregonian" into the ranks of those who believe that public utilities owe a clear cut and inescapable obligation to render adequate and decent public service. This is a doctrine the Mail Tribune has supported for lo these many years, and particularly relating to the Southern Pacific and its poor service or utter lack of it in Southern Oregon. AlE CAN hardly expect the Oreonian to join the " state press from Eugene to the Calif omia line immediately in their long-time plea for the return of at least some passenger service. But it should event ually do so to be consistent, and certainly with its declaration regarding the Portland Traction company it can not, in the future, oppose' such an effort. In fact the Oregonian now states the ' anti-S.P. case, in this part of the state cogently and EXACTLY, when it refers to the "public-be-damned" attitude of the P.T.C. as follows, quote: The legal principle is well established that the people have a right to control the rates and service of public utilities. This is somewhat in conflict with our general be lief in the virtues of free enterprise, but there are compensa tions for the regulated industries in that their profits are safeguarded from cutthroat competition, becaues the PUC also regulates their rivals. Thus the PTC has been helped as well as hindered by the operation of the PUC statutes. It enjoys the former, and chafes under the latter. But it cannot expect the people of Oregon to tolerate an attitude of all take and no give. "ALL take and NO give." We can't picture a term that better describes the time-honored tradition and practice of the "Friendly Southern Pacific" throughout Southern Oregon. It has taken millions and millions of profits on its freight service from Eugene, Ore., to Dunsmuir, Calif., and given .to the traveling public in this large area abso lutely NOTH1NU! Sunday, February 17, 1957 Today and By Walter ALLIES AND PARTNERS The President will receive M. Mollet, the French Prime Min ister, in about 10 days, and .a monin later ne will fly to Ber muda to confer with Mr. Mac millan. There is no doubt that the simul taneous an nouncement of these two sepa rate meetings is to be taken as meaning the official end of the period of hard feelings which were aroused over the Suez af fair. This is good news. But with the best will in the world, it would be a mistake to assume that the alliance wiU now be just what it was before, and that there are no fundamental prob lems which have to be faced. In thinking about these prob lems, it is useful to distinguish between our alliance with Brit ain and with France on the one hand, and our partnership with them in world affairs. The alli ance, which is registered in the NATO treaty, is a solemn and specific pact of mutual defense within the geographical area de fined in the treaty. There has been no "rift" in this alliance. It was as valid and binding on the night in the U.N. when we voted against the British and French action in Egypt as it was when the NATO treaty was originally signed. What has broken down is the partnership which derived not from a treaty but from the per sonal relationship of Churchill and Roosevelt during the second World War. Into this partnership, after her liberation from the Germans, France was admitted. The essence of the partnership was that in the great issues of peace and war, we would all con sult one another and would work out a common policy. When Brit ain and France intervened in Egypt without consulting the United States, when the United States then took the lead'in the United Nations to oppose them, Halter Uppmann Matter of Fact By joPh ai THE VIRGIN LANDS Akmolinsk The traveler in western Siberia must be prepar ed for surprises. Some of them. such as the surprise of open plumbing openly arriv ed at with the the rmometer at 40 degrees below zero, are even rea sonably se vere. Nonetheless, Joseph AIsop no surprise has been quite on the level of the surprise produc ed by the first sight of the Si berian version of the carefree trailer life. There it was, parked outside the primitive but cozy hotel. It was composed of a heavy tractor, coupled to a sledge piled high with drums of diesel and all sorts of spare parts, coupled to a second sledge on which was built a small wooden hut, complete with tiny windows and a stovepipe. From the hut, sounds of hap py, vodka-inspired Russian song drifted into the icy night. In the cab of the tractor, a young ish man bundled up in the black wadded Siberian winter uniform was making some sort of repair by the flickering light of ; a lamp. On being asked about him THE Oregonian also supports the stand of our new 1 Public Utility commissioner, Howard Morgan, for threatening P.T.C. with stiff penalties for that com pany's defiance of "the states legal and moral right to regulate public utilities in the public interest" and then declares: "It (PTC) has embraced every opportunity to discourage patronage and thus accomplish by indirection what the Public Utility Commissioner has said should not be allowed to occur. The company's motive is equally clear. Its freight trains using the same tracks are extremely profitable the presence of the interurbans is a hindrance to the most efficient freight movement." Not only the most "efficient" but the MOST profit able. Again we can think of no better description of precisely what the "Friendly Southern Pacific' has done in Southern Oregon, although the S.P. finally went the whole hog and abandoned its passenger service in a 300-mile area entirely. WHY? ' The answer is a five-letter word in both cases "GREED." That is all. This isn't a question, in other words, of pulling a corporation but of the "red" but putting it farther and farther into the black. The Southern Pacific is worth a cool billion dol lars and has not missed a dividend for over a decade. We don't know the financial standing of the Portland Traction company but we see no reason to doubt the word of the Oregonian that its freight business is "extremely profitable" and it has- been trying for many years to price its passenger service out of busi ness, so it could sell out at a tremendous profit. With the Oregonian, for a refreshipg change, paying no special heed to the shopworn outcries of the "private enterprisers" and taking up the cudgels for the people and their welfare, perhaps at long last, something tangible and beneficial can really be done about it. R.W.R. Tomorrow Lippmann the partnership which Church ill and Roosevelt created was dissolved. THE question now is in what measure a new partnership can be developed. I think we must put it that way because the old partnership would not have dissolved last autumn if there had not already been a deep erosion of the basis on which it rested. Its basis was the common peril of a world war against a formidable enemy in Europe. The war in the Pacific was al ways in considerable degree out side the partnership. But in the rest of the war in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean the Churchill-Roosevelt partner ship was real because the two governments were so profundly dependent the one on the other. In the post-war period, the area, has been contracting in which the partnership has work ed. North of Hongking it has dis appeared in the Far East. It does not exist in South Asia. Now it is greatly shrunken in the Mid dle East, and the question is whether and how far a new part nership can be developed. TiHE area in which the new working partnership needs to be developed, where it is indeed indispensible, is on the continent of Europe, in the Middle East, and in Africa. The affair in Suez proved that in this area there cannot be an independent Brit ish or French policy. It follows that we shall have to work out common policies. We shall have to work out common policies for the reunion of the two German ies, for the security of the whole continent, for the stabilization and the neutralization of the Middle East, and for the de velopment of Africa. If we can do that, we shall have again what Churchill and Roosevelt had when they found ed the old partnership great things to do that we must do to gether. Copyrighted 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. self and his strange tractor- trailer, he replied with cheerful unconcern: "Why, we needed some spare parts to finish our winter ma chinery repairs at our Khol- khoz, so the chairman sent me and my buddies into town. There's no other way to get here except by tractor. My buddies have got pretty tight but after all we're starting back to the Kholkhoz next mbrning; it's a good five days trip even if we're lucky, and althought the hut's warm enough, the trip isn't aU that comfortable. If I didn't have to drive the tractor, I'd have a few farewell nips myself. rpHAT will give you at least -- some inkling of the long winter solitude that must be ac cepted by the tens of thousands of people who have come to this region to plow its virgin lands. Yet this enforced hiberna tion is still not the most fan tastic feature of the virgin lands program which had a bad weather-failure in 1955, and then gave the Soviet Union a splend idly plentiful harvest last year. The total of formerly virgin land to be plowed this year will reach nearly 90 million acres or only a bit less than one third of the entire area of plowed land in the United Communications 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. , Speeding In Central Point To The Editor: Last month there was an accident at the in tersection of Fourth and Maple in Central Point. Yes, there was a picture in the Tribune of the pickup involved and also names of the drivers of both vehicles. We as residents of Central Point wonder of there was a citation issued, of course had there been the police officer probably would be without a job. But any one that would travel 121 feet after an impact certainly had to be traveling more than 25 M.P.H. The party driving the pickup is well known for his speed about town, but nothing is ever done about it not even when he finally runs down another car.. The other driver is in the hos pital which is always the way the speed demon is as a rule the least hurt. On television the other day was a picture of a community that built a track for "Teenage Hot Rod" enthusiasts. However all "Hot Rodders" are not "Speed Demons." Where they have these clubs the teenagers are taught to respect the traffic laws. Maybe the City of Central Point should provide a race track for "Speeding Adults" so they won't have to use the city streets for a speedway. Or should we wait and do some thing about it after one of our children has been killed or bad ly crippled by such people. We aU hear so much about teenagers, wonder what would have happened if this had been a teenager instead of an adult? No doubt the bojk would have been thrown at him. How can we expect teenagers to obey laws if even the city of ficials don t? "Mothers of Central Point' (Names on File) Kids Are Better To the Editor: We who work in the public schools appreciate the position you took in your editorial of Feb. 11 answering Roger Babson's criticism of today's public schools. As long as we have those who will de fend "good things" we do ac complish, Babson's type of crit icism may accomplish something constructive by keeping us alert. If no one in a responsible posi- Statesi Here in the province of Akmolinsk alone, the expansion of the collective farms and the establishment of new state-own ed farms has already brought the plow to considerably more than nine million acres .of im memorial steppes. Around 80,000 new farm workers have come into the pro vince with their families. The collective farms have invested 200 million rubles in their ex pansion. The state has put anoth er 300 million' rubles into the motor tractor stations that pro vide the collective farms with their major mechanical equip ment. In the new state-owned farms, where the work started from scratch, the investment so far is no less than one billion rubles; and the total investment will eventually reach two bil lion six hundred million rubles. Thus is this single province. if you calculate the ruble at the relatively realistic rate of ten to one, the total investment will be considerably more 300 mil lion dollars. And the investment for all the virgin lands will be about ten times that sum. CJUCH are the astonishing move- J ments, such the immense ef forts, such the outpouring of national resourcses which can be initiated in this strange so ciety by a single order from the sacred center of Moscow. AU these and many other facts I learned from Messrs. Lepeoka and Struglov. They are respectively the provincial rep resentatives of the Ministry of State Farms and' the Ministry of Agriculture. Except that one thought state farms and the other thought collective farms were the best for Soviet agricul ture, these two men were cur iously alike. Both were bullnecked sons of small peasants, dirt farmers of long, hard experience, who had won higher agricultural training as a reward or superior per formance and had worked their way up in their ministries there after. Both were pretty impres sive fellows, who seemed to know their business thoroughly, describing in loving detail their plowing, harvesting and crop ro tation systems, which in fact closely resemble the systems used on our big industrial wheat farms in the Dakotas. One subject only embarassed them the harvest of 1955, when the virgin lands hardly returned what was planted at seed time. The program is in fact an enorm ous gamble with the climate. Yet both Strukhov and Lepeoka seemed confident they would win the gamble. One must hope they will win. For the people I met on the state farm I visit ed by ski plane, and the tractor ists and other workers from Col lective farms I have run into here in Akmolinsk were all fine, tough, courageous human beings and the human tragedy will be appalling if the gamble goes wrong. Copyright 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. tion corrects him, an emotional negative assertion may gain enough momentum to set public school programs back for a time. Only a portion of the school stories told me by two of my school teacher aunts of some 50 years ago were true. Not only are today's education programs better, but the "kids" are also better. When I compare today's "young 'uns" to those of my day, there may be a few "worse" bad ones today. However, there are also many "better" good ones. No question but what schools do come in for their share of any blame. I am wondering, based on experience both as a parent and as school teacher, whether any more than 50 per cent is my fault as a school teacher or as a parent. I hardly dare throw stones, no matter which house I speak from. I am sending copies of your editorial along with Babson's criticism to our NEA headquart ers at Washington, D.C. and to our OEA headquarters at Port land. It is worthy of having a place in their reference file. It is good for our morale to have a newspaper like yours which is willing to look at our good deeds, even if we have to dig somewhat deeply to find them. L. B. Mayfield Superintendent of Schools Medford, Ore. Looking Backward To the Editor: 'Tis always thrilling to be at archaeological excavations. This, perhaps - in Greece where the spade uncov ers a Roman coin that partially dates the rum. Or in a Pre-Inca settlement when one uncovers blue macaw feathers of a Sun worpshipping chieftain's head dress. Or, best of all, to be at the opening of a room in King Tut's tomb, with objects no human has seen for millenniums One cannot excavate in terrain under the National Parks Ser vice. One, however, can study the museums containing excavat ed objects. One such is Tuzigoot National Monument in Arizona. It is near the road between Pres- cott and Flagstaff. The site of this pueblo was excavated a quarter of century ago. The museum has seashells bartered for from California, pottery, some fine turquoise mosaics. These excavations today are having a new interest. We al ready knew of the Great Drought, lasting a quarter cen tury. It was about 2 centuries before Columbus. Recently im proved techniques, as with radio carbon dating, have given new insight into the problem of Pre historic Man in America. Then, too, the Folsom, New Mexico, discovery some 30 years ago gave us knowledge of an ex tinct bison hunted by the makers of the remarkable Folsom points. Many Pacific Coasters can motor East by the Southern route. Those interested, who can spare the time, profitably can visit one of these National Monu ments. C. M. Goethe 7th & "J" Streets . Sacramento, Calif. Library Is Praised To The Editor: I feel that I too must write a "Letter to the Paper" as Mrs. Myron T. Tay lor has done as of February 12, 1957. My observations of the li brary situation are different than hers. Having moved to Medford in November, I can speak only of the last few months. However. I can say that both my husband and I have received courteous and careful attention. We have noticed that the book selection is inadequate consider ing the number of people who use the library. We are pleased to read in the Mail Tribune that a proposed . $10,000 increase in the library budget is being con sidered for the coming year. hope this "increase will be ap proved. I would like to mention that I have been interested in the in formative articles in the paper concerning the new books that have been added to the library shelves. We are looking forward to the day when a phonograph record collection will be avail able to the community through the library. Mrs. Charles Freeman, 829 Minnesota Street. 3,450 Youngsters Receive Vaccine A total of 3,450 youngsters re ceived the Salk vaccine at four stations last week during the second round of the anti-polio shots in the current free inocu lation program sponsored by the Jackson County Medica' Society. About 425 youngsters received the vaccine Friday, of which 100 were non school children. Vac cine was adminstered at West Side school and St. Mary's school in Medford, Lincoln school in Ashland and the coun ty health department. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county health officer, said early last week many children who. POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) Last week in this column, the meaning of the word "crummy" was discussed. But a contributor noted that "the most important part" of the meaning was omit ted. The contributor wrote: "The next time you see a freight train going through town, look for the vehicle that wags along at the tail end of the train. That is also a crummy according to all train men." The "crummy," or caboose, serves many purposes, the writer continues, "such as a place in which the train conductor and flagman can ride, an office in which the conductor does his office work, of which there is a lot, a 'home away from home' where the trainmen can sleep and cook their own meals, and also a 'lookout' from which they can watch both sides of the train for any possible trouble such as hot boxes and any objects that might be dragging and could cause trouble." One member of the newt staif was at a loss the other day as to what to prescribe for a lady who answered the telephone, saying: "Hello, ever since I've had this cold I've felt tired and list less, no pep at all, and I've had these awful headaches ... When the staff member ex plained who was calling, the party called said, "Oh, I was expecting a call from a doc tor." . Another staff member received a call at home one day recently, and the party calling asked: "Do you have, or know of any one who has, a house trailer they will rent or sell cheap?" He assured the party he did not have, nor knew of anyone who did. We know a man who makes a practice of growing a beard when a new addition to hit family is expected. The last time, however, he shaved off the beard a week or so before the event oc curred. Asked how come the early de-bearding, he said, "This is going to be a girl so I shaved off the beard." Ha went on to explain, "I'm starting a new folk tale. If you grow a beard, it will be a boy; if you shave it off, it will be a girl." He was right, too. The couple now . has a 9-pound baby girl. e Valley residents have had a problem finding parking spaces in the downtown Medford area for some time, but one day last week, a staff member returned from a downtown jaunt with the story that three cars were try ing to get into one parking space. One car pulled ahead to back into the space; another, turning left onto the one-way street, thought he might get it; and the third car traveling outh headed toward the space. The first car, however, just backed its way into the space, and the other two vehicles pull ed out around it after some de lay while pedestrians went around and between the cars headed into the space. e We know a fellow who al ways whistles at pregnant women. When his wife was pregnant. she became somewhat de pressed, our contributor re lates. One day while walking, a passing truck driver whistled at her, giving her a "big lift." Because it did give her a "lift," her husband now whistles at pregnant women. The Mail Tribune's telephone recorder,-which operates in the business office after working hours, receives calls ranging from news to classified ads. The other evening a party called and left an ad for a rum mage sale, giving the location and other facts, including an ad dress. After the ad was published, though; the party called and said the wrong address was printed. But employees of the depart ment told the party that was the address given on the recorder. The classified ad department thoughfit somewhat amusing the wrong address would be given. since the rummage sale was being sponsored by the postman's auxiliary. On this page during the week was an editorial concern ing spring, and its relative closeness. Yesterday, most residents probably will agree, was proof spring is not far off. In fact, one woman called yesterday lo say the swallows had returned to their nesting area near her home earlier than usual. And buds have been seen on various early spring plants in the valley. received their first shots at the free vaccine stations a month ago are not returning for the second of the three-shot series. Monday the vaccine stations will be open at Talent grade school. Shady Cove school. Crat er High school in Central Point, Jefferson grade school in Med ford and Ashland High schooL
