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10 YEARS iSO
Feb. 24. 1947 (Monday)
Clarence E. Wahlford, Gold
Hill farmer, is named foreman
of e and jury by Circuit
Judge H. K. Hanna.
Frsyi Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A survey
shows this neck of the woods
has sed believing in rumors,
even the 41 es they would like
too.
20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24. 1937 (Wednesday)
Preparations are being made
to cut the ice m Lake of the
Woods for use by the resort dur
ing the summer, according to
Hugh Ritlgr, district ranger of
the Rogue River National forest.
About 35 4-H club leaders at
tend regular meeting of the
Jackal (Jounty leader associa
tion in courthouse.
3o 'tesm AGO
Fe 24. 1927 (Thursday)
John H. Piper, regional scout
executii will be guest of honor
at Cter iSke council scout
meeting.
) Representatives of poultrymen
oj AslSand, Grants Pass, Med-fm-d
and vicinity meet at Oak
Grov. school.
403TEARS S.GO
F. 24. 117 (Saturday)
The marketing of the 1916
Rocue river valley fruit will be
unJfecUt by embargo against
ajr.les put into effect today by
Eirglar-J.
Fipm Local and Personal col
umns rianies Dale of Hillcrest
I i 1 . 1 . . T I
orcnaras spenas me aay in meu
ford attending to business mat
ters. Whafs Your I.Q.?
Nine or tecorrect isjnperlor: -rf
or eight is excellent: five or
ri. Was the first manufacture
ofbrjjks by machinery complet
ed in New Ydfe or Ohio?
O 2. (Wt?Capti Cuttle a char
acter in a novel by Dickens or
Smotftt?
3. ible: What character sym
bolizes a liar? -O
4. 1Crift is maAbre dance?
O 5. many Justices com
prise the full bnch of the Su-
pren-Court of the U.S.?
6. Does the air in a room
60 xf35 x15 feet weigh more or
lessTflarTa twi?
7. 'Kamgithe luxury liner sunk
in collision with an iceberg,
1912, on her mai4en voyage. .
8. With S'hat sport do vou as
sociate thename Walter John
son? 9. "As" may be used to intro
duce a clause. Is it proper to use
"like" in the same manner?
10. "The bigger they come the
harder they fall." Which prize
fighter said this before losing his
fight to Jefferies?
Answers: 1. New York (1830).
2. Dickens. "Dombey ft Son." 3.
Ananias. 4. A dance of death. S.
Nine. 6. More. 7. "Titanic". 8.
baseball. 9. No. 10. Bob Filzsim
o mons (July 25. 1902).
Turn-About Party Set
At Camp White Tuesday
Residents o f Camp White
domiciliary will hold their
eighth annual turn-about party
Tuesday, Feb. 26. at 8 p.m. iij
the Camp White theater.
The party will consist of a
vaudeville act, starring mem
bers of the domiciliary, and
presentation of volunteer serv
ice and recognition certificates
for services rendered the VA
domiciliary during the past
year, according to Frank J.
Glonning, chief of special services.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Blind Partisanship
If the Democrats make
state government, it will be,
bodies of the Republican Die-Hards.
Ever since the Legislature opened, the Republi
cans, particularly in the Senate, have not been work
ing for the best interests
way, discredit the Democratic opposition.
The fight for the presidency of the Upper House
started the partisan ball rolling, and it has been rolling
along ever since.
THE defeated Republican candidate for the Senate
presidency Senator Gill, was more frank about
this than most of his party
In the debate Thursday, on the proposed state
property tax when Democratic Senator Pearson ac
cused the Republican opposition of needless "need'
ling tactics," Senator Gill
but remarked in explanation of his vote, quote :
"In the last session I had a lot more confidence in the
state administration than I have in this one."
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EXACTLY!!
And why?
Because for half a century with two or three ex
ceptions, the GOP has controlled politics in this state,
and leaders like Gill refuse to become reconciled to
any other party, particularly the Democrats, having
the effrontery to replace them.
So resentment thus aroused, their outstanding aim
in this session, is not, as
legislation on its merits from the standpoint of the
state welfare but solely, whether or not, passage would
credit or discredit the Democratic party.
In this direction it is
able editor of the Eugene Register-Guard ( Inde
pendent Republican") shares our view.
We quote :
"Persons who see In the new tax structure an opportunity
to discredit the Democrats who are in control . . . are quite
frankliny hoping the taxpayers' bruise is a nasty one . . . We
disagree. We know we are going to be taxed and we think
most of the proposed expenditures are necessary if Oregon is
to meet its obligations . . . Now we would like to see the state
copy the federal government and go the whole hog. Deduct
the works based on the anticipated years income. After all
what is the purpose of government if it is not to assist all the
people in meeting their common needs as efficienUy and pain
lessly as possible?"
DUT ever since Governor
press, have been predicting
tax program to failure before it has been announced,
and not disguising- their glee in anticipation of a
grand party jamboree when the present administra
tion fails to balance the budget, or balances it in such
a way, that two years hence a GOP return to power
and a Democratic defeat
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IT ALL adds up to a rather
of the destructive force
sanship, whether active in
a nation.
The menace in Oregon today is GOP partisanship.
We don't deny it may be blind Democratic partisan
ship tomorrow. R.W.R.
The . "News " Deserts "Ike "
John S. Knight, publisher of the potent "Chicago
News," and head of a newspaper chain extending
from the Windy City to Miami, Florida, has turned
against President Eisenhower.
This is "NEWS."
For Publisher Knight
wing of the GOP as so militantly repesented by its
powerful competitor the Chicago Tribune for many
years, and during the present administration's first
term was one of the strongest supporters of the
"We like Ike" enthusiasts.
The "News" and other members of the Knight
chain, endured the President's recent Budget message,
the exposition of the new "Eisenhower doctrine," and
even the eloquent Inaugural, in silence, but then the
first of this month could stand it no longer and burst
forth with a full-page switch under the caption
"Ike's shift in direction dismays his supporters." This
declaration was illuminated by a cartoon-spread
showing the former "Ike Supporters" walking in one
direction marked "Economize and save the U.S.,"
while the old pachyderm labelled "The Administra
tion" is shown hot-footing it on all fours in the oppo
site direction marked, "Tax, Spend and Save the
World."
"Parting company" is the caption on this drawing
and here are some of the reasons given for this "alien
ation of affections," quote :
It is my personal view that this (Eisenhower's) policy is too
rigid; that it would have been better to have declared our in
terest in the Middle East without actually charting a step-by-step
future procedure .
I also disagree with the $600 million program of economic
aid. of which $200 million is to be spent during the balance
of this year.
Many of these countries, dripping in oil, have not yet been
able to spend all of the money we have furnished them thus
far.
Nor is the Middle East situation comparable to the de
fense of Formosa, where our objectives were limited.
Handing the President blank-check authority to act in this
highly sensitive and complex area is a grant of power never
contemplated by the" founders of our Republic.
Moreover, by stating flatly that we will defend any nation
requesting assistance in the Middle East, we enable Russia to
trigger a war at a time of her own choosing.
At best, this is questionable strategy and certainly bad
diplomacy.
STRONG words, considering the circumstances and
In fact this is almost identically the line that Sen
ator Morse took a few days ago in his criticism of
"Modem Republicanism" and the new "Eisenhower
doctrine" as applied in the Mid East. He. too. imrjlied
it would place the war-initiative in the hands of Soviet
Sunday, February 24, 1957
a success of running the
so to speak, over the dead
of the state, but to, in every
colleagues.
did not deny the allegation
indicated above, to consider
interesting to note that the
Holmes' inauguration the
disaster, condemning his
will be certain.
depressing demonstration
of a BLIND political parti
the affairs of a state or of
has fought the isolationist
Matter of Fact
AT FORTY-TWO BELOW
Novosibirsk In this report
er's opinion, the travel books
of the Victorian age are superior
to any others,
because they
always try to
tell you what
it was really
like. And aft
er a Siberian
journey with
almost no dull
moments,
cannot quite
Joseph Alsop resist the friv
olous impulse to imitate this
good Victorian example.
Let us begin then, in the best
Victorian manner, with the haz
ards of Siberian traveL which
are considerable if you Tack the
frontier spirit.
mere is, tor example, no
working modern plumbing, so
far as I could discover, in all
the 2,000 kilometers of steppe
and taiga that separate Kuiby
shev and Barnaul. In this same
area of the new western Siberian
frontier, the hotels are more
like barracks than anything usu
ally called a hotel, and the
traveler who feels lost without
a bath is due to feel continuous
ly lost.
The climate is supposed to be
Siberia's worst terror, but in
fact it is not a serious hazard
providing you bring along a
John Held era coonskin coat.
You will be a trifle conspicuous.
but you will still be warm, even
at 42 degrees below zero. On
the other hand, those who are
planning Siberian tours should
certainly be warned against Si
berian hospitality, which is de
lightful but rather overwhelm
ing.
I think, particularly of one
town where I called on the
mayor in the late afternoon, just
before, as I supposed, going out
to dine with a young Kazakh
newspaperman. As I rose fo
leave for my dinner party, his
Honor indicated the next room
with an expansive gesture and
announced firmly:
First we must have just one
glass of vodka to drink the
health of our two countries."
In the next room, there was
a table literally covered from
end to end with vodka botUes,
glasses and plates mountainous
ly heaped with Russian hors
d'oeuvres. Beyond doubt, the in
ventor of vodka was a co-founder
of the Russian empire; for
the settlement of Siberia would
hardly have been possible with
out this invigorating spirit. But
if you are going to drink many
toasts . in vodka, you simply
must eat a great many hors
d'oeuvres too. The Zakouski are
the sole means of survival.
That evening, the toasting and
the Zakouski-eating continued
without a moment's pause from
eight to half past ten. Then at
last we tottered off to consume
the Kazakh feast, which was de
licious but one felt, somewhat
superfluous. By the time the eat
ing and drinking reached its
stupefying close, we had been
almost continuously at table just
under five hours. ,
i
VET any traveler who has the
-- necessary equipment rea
sonable intellectual curiosity, an
ironclad digestion and a willing
Russia through securing an invitation for U.S. mili
tary aid via its control of Egypt and other Arab states.
Publisher Knight then continues as follows, quote :
While the address was largely a statement of the Presi
dent's ideals and his hopes, his opposition to isolationism was
carried to the other extreme when he said "we accept our own
deep involvement in the destiny 'of men everywhere."
Does he really mean thai it will be the policy of our gov
ernment to become involved in the destiny of men every
where? If so, many of us are not prepared to accept that view.
We do not believe that American foreign policy can ever
bring about a universal moral order, nor that the alternative
to isolationism is "involvement everywhere."
And here is Publisher Knight's conclusion:
Four years ago, President Eisenhower conceded the desira
bility of limiting our foreign commitments.
Today he seems intent upon expanding them.
Four years ago, the President promised to cut govern
ment costs and to reduce taxes. This was done.
Today, government expenditures are at an all time high,
with no tax relief or reduction of the national debt in sight.
True, the budget is balanced, but so precariously that even
a moderate drop in business could throw it out of kilter.
. This high-spending, save-ihe-world concept it what we
might have expected of Adlai Stevenson, but not from Eisen
hower. It is the administration which has altered direction since
the turn of the year, and not .those of us who preferred the
first-term Ike and are sorry to see him change.
CHAIN-publisher Knight
There are thousands of
and without. But few of them are as honest and out
spoken as the owner of the Chicago "News". Most of
them have their eyes on the congressional elections
next year and want that "magic wand" that President
Eisenhower alone can wield, to give them the neces
sary votes. So, as before noted in this department, they
swallow the bitter pill m
inner beliefs on the altar
ALL of which has its amusing side. As Publisher
Vnirrl-if nninfc nnt "ATnrlorn PonnViIicanictn" ia
something he would have expected of Adlai Stevenson
but not of Dwight D. Eisenhower, lhat is the final
blow and he is sorely grieved.
Well needless to say, as
of ex-Governor Stevenson
welcome the administration's turn toward liberal poli
tical views, this paper's only complaint being that
in the area of domestic business it doesn't go far
enough, particularly in the realm of conservation
and public power. R.W.R.
By Joseph Alsop
ness to go unwashed is almost
guaranteed to enjoy a Siberian
journey under friendly auspices.
cot one imng, wis is an ex
uberantly growing region, and
the mere process of growth,
however strange and hostile the
system which promotes it, is still
both fascinating and exciting to
ODserve.
For another thing, the people
you meet are mostly very good
people indeed. The Russians of
western Siberia are wonderfully
welcoming, showing not the
slightest trace' of fear of contact
with strangers, and the iron sys
tem they live under does not
prevent most of them from being
vital, resilient and generous
hearted fellows.
As I think back over my
journey, many faces, many
scenes are summoned up. There
was the poetically inspired face
of the young engineer, stimulat
ed by a passing mention of Tur
genev's "Sportsman's Sketches"
to a lyrical description of the
steppes in springtime. There
were the hard bitten, dirt grim
ed but gay faces of the three
young boys, an itinerant learn,
"a wandering brigade," of con
struction workers, who describ
ed their rough lives with such
cheerful unconcern. And there
was tjie face of the combine op
erator in from the country and
discovered playing chess in the
hotel at Akmolinsk, who so
proudly explained his gold med
al, harvesting and threshing
more than 20,000 bushels.
01
S THERE was the scene m
the primitive but companion
able railroad dining car, when
the old peasant turned expert
forester and the young locomo
tive engineer all but fought with
one another to explain xneir
respective "specialties" to the
stranger and to find out from
him the conditions of similar
work in 'America. Or there was
the glorious party with the
youthful engineering staff of the
Severnaya mine at Kemerovo,
when we really should have
gone down to the mine's dark
depths, but as it was Sunday
and the party was going so well,
we perhaps wisely decided not
to.
Not all the faces were friend
ly. Not all the scenes were pleas
ant. But as I write these last
words on the corner of a table
in the big Novosibirsk airport
restaurant, just before taking off
again on the long trip to Mos
cow, I am still inclined to rec
ommend tourism in western
Siberia.
Copyright 1957.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
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not exceed 400 words.
Without Her Consent
To the Editor: On Sunday,
Feb. 17, there appeared in the
Mail Tribune a letter concerning
Speeding in Central Point,"
and it was signed "Mothers of
Central Point." I have been in
formed that my name was used
as one of the "mothers" and left
on file." I would like to say
is not, however, the only
others within the congress
silence, and sacrifice their
of political expediency.
a supporter and admirer
the Mail Tribune is not. We
Israel Said in Need
Of American Support
To Permit Settlement
By ROSCOE DRUMMOND
Israel-Egypt: Rights And
Wrongs
Washington What Israel is
seeking is absolutely justified
from every standpoint: (1) The
right of innocent passage of its
ships through the Egyptian con?
troled Gulf of Aqaba and
Straits of Tiran to its own port
of Elath; (2) Security from the
Fedayeen terrorist raids into
Israel from the Gaza Strip. ,
The method which Israel used
to redress these wrones inva
sion in force into non-Israeli ter
ritory and into the Sharm el
Sheikh tip of Egypt was cer
tainly not justified, although the
provocation was excruciating.
The United Nations is in the
midst of a critical and difficult
task. ,
It is difficult because the UN
is attempting to liquidate an
Israeli invasion for which it was
partly responsible responsible
in the sense that, it had long tol
erated and had done nothing ef
fective to correct the Egyptian
injustices against Israeli which
produced the invasion.
The United Nations cannot
and must not, I think, continue
to take a quiescent attitude to
ward the Egyptian actions which
need to be prevented as urgent
ly as the Israeli invasion needs
to be ended.
TF I grasp the realities correct
ly, there are two things which
are not likely to happen.
What Israel most fears is not
likely to take place. The United
States would be very reluctant
to carry out repressive economic
sanctions against Israel. The re
sponsibility of both Israel and
Egypt for the immediate situa
tion is far too interwoven to
justify such action unless applied
with equal force to both sides.
What Israeli most wants is not
going to take place. The United
States is not going to "guaran
tee" that is, pledge that it will
use armed force to escort Israe-li-botind
shipping through the
Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of
Aqaba. Since President Eisen
hower proclaimed that America
would not "shoot its way
through the Suez Canal" in
order to protect American ship
ping, it is plain that he is not
going to shoot to protect
Israeli shipping.
And Congress isn't either.
this was done without my knowl
edge or consent!
Mrs. Leon Noggle,
Central Point, Ore.
The Freeway Again
To the Editor: Reference is
made to a letter in a recent
Tribune, written by Mrs. Lydia
Ehrke, 200 Tripp st.,' Medford,
Ore., concerning the effects of
carbon monoxide fumes which
could affect the health of peo
ple in Medford, should the Free
way go' through the city.
In this case, I am wondering
what would happen to the people
on the East Side should the Free
way go through Genessee st. Los
Angeles and San Francisco, and
all large cities have sky scrapers
and buildings jammed together
which holds the carbon gas in
and cannot be compared to Med
ford. Also there are 1000 to 1
more trucks and cars passing
through than in a city the size
of Medford. With the new Free
way, cars and trucks will whistle
through Medford without a stop.
Think of what is happening now,
cars and trucks driving slowly
through a congested traffic area,
with many stop signals.
In my opinion, 95 perlcent of
the carbon monoxide gas created
by present day conditions would
be eliminated.
It is also my thought that in
view of the surveys and many
discussions concerning the most
suitable path for a Freeway, and
in order to be practical and con
servative, it is not a matter of
personal choice. This great ag
ricultural valley has been laid
out differently from other
cities.
. It has previously been dis
cussed that other cities have
been bypassed, but Medford is
located in the botUeneck of this
country and Bear Creek seems
the only practical and economi
cal solution. Roseburg and Eu
gene do not have the same con
ditions of beautiful orchards
such as the Rogue River Valley
is surrounded by. The Freeway
bypasses many of these cities be-'
cause they are located far away
from a straight direct route,
however, I had made a close
checkup on the economy and
convenience for such a project,
well before the Freeway came
under public discussion, and I
could never justify Medford being
bypassed completely. The pro
posed Bear Creek route will
speed up traffic, eliminate con
gestion on the city streets, and
at the same time will make Med
ford business available to inter
ested tourists by means of adja
cent connecting streets.
It seems that Medford citizens,
as well as engineers in Charge Of
the project, consider the Bear
Senator Knowland, Senator Lyn-
aon jonnson and the others are
very outspoken about what they
are against. But they are not
saying what they are for. It is
evident that they, ire not for
"guaranteeing" that Israeli ships
wui pe able to get through the
Gulf of Aqaba if Egypt blocks
the Straits as it did before the
invasion.
Washington still hopes that
Premier Ben-Gurion will finally
deem it is necessary to termin
ate the invasion and rely on the
United Nations to see that Egypt
respects the rights it has violat
ed in the past.
rVN the premise that Israel will
withdraw its forces, the U.S.
is now prepared to exercise "the
right of free and innocent pas
sage" with, a ship of American
registry through the Gulf of
Aqaba and to join with others
to try to secure its firm recog
nition by Egypt.
But the U.S. and the U.N. can
not, it seems to me, give effec
tive support to Israeli's legiti
mate ends until Israel puts itself
fully in the right. Should Egypt
resume its discriminations
against Israel in the Suez, in
the Gulf of Aqaba, in the bor
der raids from Gaza then Pres
ident Nasser would be fully in
the wrong and Israeli's friends
could conscientiously support
her in resisting.
I cannot escape the feeling
that Israeli's true interests lie in
this direction and that Premier
Ben-Gurion could easily miscal
culate the strength of pro-Israel
sentiment in the United States if
he decides to "go it alone." Any
attempt to bring "Israel-can't-be-
wrong pressure on the Presi
dent would -almost certainly
backfire.
Israel needs American support
and in the present circumstances
it will, I think, lose it if it re
fuses to give the U.N. a second
chance.
Copyright 1957 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In a nationwide broadcast,
President Eisenhower told the
American people the United Na
tions has no choice but to exert
pressure on Israel to pull back
her military forces from the
Arab territory they occupied
last fall when Israel, Britain and
France started a shooting war
to force an immediate opening
of the Suez canal, which had
been closed by Arab Egypt's
Nasser.
It appears that at about the
same time either shortly before
he spoke or shortly afterward
he sent to Premier Ben-Gurion
of Israel a personal mes
sage calling again on Israel to
withdraw from the Gaza Strip
and the Egyptian shore areas of
the Gulf Aqaba. j
A S THIS is written (late Thurs-
day morning) Israeli gov
ernment sources say Israel is ex
pected to REJECT President
Eisenhower's call for an un
conditional withdrawal.
These sources report that Pre
mier Ben-Gurion, who has met
twice with his cabinet today,
is expected to telephone his ne
gative reply to Washington just
before he makes an announce
ment of his decision to an ex
traordinary session of the Israeli
parliament.
TkOES this mean that Israel is
XJ going' to stand pat, regard
less of consequences, and keep
her military forces on the Egypt
ian ground they occupied last
fall in "the brief shooting war
that was precipitated by Israel,
Britain and France?
Not necessarily. . ('
Jerusalem "sources" report
this morning that before he left
Washineton to return to Israel
to report personally to Premier
Ben-Gurion a day or so ago the
Israel ambassador secured a sec
ret agreement under which the
United States would guarantee
Israel's security after its with
drawal.
These Jerusalem sources say
this morning that if this plan im
presses the Israeli government
the Israeli premier will probably
take a softer line in answering
President Eisenhower's demands.
A Washington dispatch says that
in order to give Israel a last
chance to reconsider, the United
States has secured one more
postponement of a United Na
tions showdown on sanctions.
THAT is to say:
This explosive Israeli sit
uation is still in the NEGOTIA-
Creek route the most desirable
solution and in addition it will
save many thousands of dollars
worth of valuable property, in
cluding the beautiful pear or
chards which represent one of
the principal economic supports
of the community, as well as
being a drawing card for tour
ists. We need more productive
orchards and not less, in any
event, to say nothing of the
dollars which will be saved by
using the Bear Creek route for
a Freeway.
E. M. Tucker,
. Tucker Sno-Cat Corp,
Mediord, Ore.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
Despite the fog, rain and oc
casional snowfall hereabouts this
winter, it's still a pretty salub
rious climate.
There's a farmer living near
Elgin, Ore., who has a woodlot
of ponderosa pines. He likes to
trim them to get firewood from
the branches, and to leave the
trees with better chance for
rapid growth and better quality
timber.
So what does he do? He waits
for winter. Then the deep drifts
provide him with a natural 'if tep
ladder" so he can reach the
branches with no effort' except
putting on his snowshoes.
Someone on North River
side eve. mutt be either far .
ahead, or considerably behind,
in his thinking. There's a sign
there, in a conspicuous place,
that reads, "Xmai Trees for
Sale."
Our TJnitprl Prpse nrinfpr rv.
ice each day carries a list of pic
tures which are going out to
neWSDaDerS Whinh euhcrrilu
the picture service. .Last week
the tollowing item, on which
comment appears to be superflu
ous, was sent out:
"NEW YORK File photo of
Margaret Truman, who expects
baby and husband."
'We have been told about a
fourth grader who was puztled
about what to buy a couple
as a wedding present. Finally,
after much thought, she gave
the bride and bridegrocfn a
pair of miniature boxing
gloves.
The efforts of Medford's grade
school journalists fascinate us.
We are the happy and grateful
recipient of several of the pub
lications put out by students in
the elementary schools, and read
each with appreciation and rel-
lsn.
Sometimes the clarity and
style of these youthful reporters
is a revelation; always their
stories are simple, lucid and to
the point.
We liked the Washing-TONE,
the most recent to arrive, from
Washington school. It arrived
on Washington's birthday, ap
propriately enough. As a result
we were surprised, but pleased,
to see a half-dozen quotations
from a famous president scat
tered throughout. Abraham Lin
coln! No odious pride in nomen
clature there.
We've ben on the mailing list
of the Lincoln Legend for some
time now, and have quoted from
its pages here frequently. The
Jackson school's Hickory1 Chips
is another we've seen from time
to time.
As one of the examples of
clear-eyed journalism we ap
prove, we quote Johnny Cor
nell's article, entitled "Nature
Boy and the Salamander." in
the Lincoln Legend, as follows:
"One day I was out in the
woods playing - when I saw
this board en the ground. I
thought I would go over and
take a look under it. When I
lifted it up there was a sala
mander. I ran and got a jar to
put him in. A salamander is
somewhat like a lizard, but a
lizard doesn't like water and.
a salamander lives most of the
time in it. He is somewhat of
a blackish color with two.
green stripes down his back
all the way to his taU. His
belly is a kind of green and
while color. He is a harmless
little animal unless you tease
him too much and then he . -might
bite you. He lives in
ponds, creeks, rivers, and
little streams. If you see one
don't mistake him to be poi
sonous and kill him, because
he eats flies, mosquitoes, and
other little water bugs. He is
a good little friend to have
about."
Those Of us whn tnil In ihm
vineyards of newspaperdoin are
pmoaniy a Bit more conscious
of some of the vagaries of the
English language than are oth
ers, who don't have to deal with
it every day. We may also be
more symDathetip towards it
misuse than others, and think
noinmg of finding articles sub
mitted with mmnr errors in
spelling or grammar.
ineretore. it is with no
thought of derision that we find
some of them delightful such
things as the "whoop under
skirt," or the "three-teared
cake" or the lady who "poored"
at the tea.
TIONS stage. As long as it re
mains in the negotiations stage,
it may be expected that every
one concerned will run bluffs
in an effort to find out iust how
far it is safe to go.
rTHE report that the Israeli am
bassador, before his return
for a final conference with his
government, had secured an
agreement under which the
United States would agree to
guarantee Israel's security after
its withdrawal from Egyptian
territory recalls President Eisen
hower's reported statement to
King Saud of Saudi Arabia that
"The United States will not
stand idly by and see Israel dis
appear, and the Arabs will have
to KNOW THAT CLEARLY.