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71 o o ( ( o o CO o FOUR MEDFORD (ORSGO-T) utre "Zveryon. tn Southern Orefoo Reads The Mall Tribune" .MEDFORD PRINTING CO J7-2S North fir St- PhmeMlU ROBERT W RUHL. Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS Cltv Editor HARRY CHIP MAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An IndependentNewspaper Zntered aa second class matter at Mediord Oregon under Act ec March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES K MmII In Advance- Per CoDT IOC Daily and Sunday On jtaT IIS 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three moa 4 2i Sunday Only. one year a.2U By Carrier In Advance Mad ford Ashland Central Poult. Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove Roirue River. 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From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: Piscatorial q enthusiasts have started catching fish next May in the Rogue and all claim good luck. 20 YEARS AGO ' March 8. 1937 (Monday) Seven bears of herd at Crater Lake national park bears are now in all probability rugs, ac cording to David Canfield, park superintendent. Rogue valley pear growers as sured by Harry Rosenberg that a threatening surplus of canned Bartletts will be moved to the nation's markets soon. 30 YEARS AGO March 8. 1927 (Tuesday) Tomlin Box company saw mill on North Central ave., Medford, under construction since Novem ber, is put in operation today. Dr. J. R. Magness. official with the federal bureau of plant u Industry, to talk to fruit growers at Southern Oregon experimen tal station. 40 YEARS AGO March t, 1917 (Thursday) Horticultural Commissioner A. C. Allen says present fruit sea- sotv is a month later than last year but prospects are good for a late season. From Local and Personal col umn: Arthur Furry of Phoenix sells 30 head of Durham and Hereford baby beeves, averaging 750 pounds, to be shipped to Cal ifornia. What's Your I.Q.? Kin or ten correct Is superior; n or eight U excellent: fire or t Is rood. 1. In 1699 which of the colo nies moved its seat of govern ment from St. Mary's to An napolis? 2. Is the highest peak on the North American continent lo cated in California, Alaska, Col orado, Montana, or Canada? 3. Bible: "So the Lord was en treated . . and the plague was Ostayed from Israel" marks the end, of which Old Testament Book o 4. Which state is represented in the U.S. Senate by Lister Hill? 5. In what long-run play is "Jeeter Lester" the leading char acter? 6. For what offenses may civil officer of the U.S. govern ment be impeached? 7. A court martial in the Army may be composed of one officer; true or false? 8. Was the first isotope used a naturally occurring one? 9. Why is "u" the principal vowel in the word '"conductor 10. "Shall I, like a hermit, dwell On a rock or in a cell, By Sir W r R h? Answers: 1. Maryland: 2. Alas ka (Ml. McKinley): 3. Book of Samuel; 4. Alabama: 5. "Tobacco Road"; 6. Treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misde meanors: 7. True (S u m m a r Court); 8. Yes. 1923; 9. It is the vowel in the accented syllable; 10. Sir Waller Raleigh. MAIL TRIBUNE Smaller, Changing World A pleasant feminine voice came in over the tele phone the other day to inquire as to the identity of the president of the general assembly of the United Nations. That appeared to be a reasonable request, and, while the name was not at the tip of our tongue, we figured that in a newspaper office we shouldn't have too much trouble running it down. Handicapped by the fact that our 1957 World Almanac had not yet arrived (it since has), we looked and looked for the name of the president of one of the most important assemblies in the world, and wound up stumped. The public library saved us. CO, WHEN the feminine voice called back again we were able to inform her that the president of the general assembly of the United Nations is Prince Wan Waithayakon, of Thailand, It occurs to us that these discussion of international in who somebody was, and time to find out are symptomatic of two things. The first is that people, generally, are far more interested in and conscious of international and "foreign" affairs these days than they used to be. They are, we believe, impressed with the fact that, despite our differences of government and attitude and religion and so on, we all live on the same small planet, and that the world is getting smaller. The rather startlingly successful program under way here by the "Great Decisions" groups is further evidence of this heightened interest. THE second is that the world, though smaller, is j of good Queen Victoria, when the answer to a prob- lem was to send a gunboat, and who cared who was j the King of Siam or the Maharajah of Mysore? j With the interlocking of economies, and the inter I dependence of nations, ANYone may be important of Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser. Tomorrow it might be .ranee Wan Waithayakon, or an Indian politician whose name today means I he world is smaller, cated. And keeping up with seems to be an impossible Unenforceable Law? A recent feature story in the Oregonian gave a re port on the McLaren School for Boys at Woodbum, where youngsters are sent for rehabilitation when the resources of a community One feature of the story siderable comment, much he report that youngsters the smoking habit, are during special supervised The theory of the school s authorities is that the boys have the habit, and ing is better than the clandestine use of tobacco which had been practiced meant in smuggling, bribing and so on. THIS is a difficult situation. The school authorities oic uiuuamv njiiu wcil their work easier; But it IS The law against anyone under 21 years of age smoking has been, in recent least, ihose young people ing frequently do so before reaching their majority, sometimes without, but often with, parental consent. But the law is probably as any on the books. It isn cause an immediate threat is possible long-range harm to the individual in volved. And this, coupled with the fact that enforce ment probably seems more trouble than it's worth, may well be the reason that police authorities make little effort to "crack down" on smoking youngsters. 'II'E DON'T know the answer to this situation. But it would seem that society would be better served if the law was repealed, or the "legal smoking age" reduced, particularly if it is definitely deter mined the law is unenforceable. As it is, the law is a travesty. Meanwhile, as in so many other problems of a social nature, the ultimate solution lies in the home, in the education of young people, and by instilling in them good habits. As a confirmed smoker with a well-advanced cigarette cough, our advice to young people is never to start. That way, they'll never have to stop when they find it injurious. And stopping isn't easy. E.A. Privilege, Not Right One proposal before the legislature would permit police to take a blood test of a person arrested for drunken driving whether or not permission is given at the time. The theory is that they have given im plied consent" when first obtaining their license. The Albany Democrat-Herald objects to this on the grounds that driving a car is a "right," not a "privilege," and that this right should not be taken away under any circumstances. the constitution guarantees no one the "right" to dqve a car. And with traffic conditions what they are today, everyone is dependent on everyone else's judgment for their very lives. Legal theory has al ways held driving to be a privilege, and that is the basis on which licenses are issued. It's got to be that way if drivel's are to be regulated at all. And they must be, for the protection of other drivers. E.A. Friday, March 8. 1957 formerly biam. facts that someone in a relations was interested that it took some little less than nothing to us. all right, but it is compli all the changes sometimes task. E.A. don t have the answer. which has provoked con of it in disapproval, was as young as 15, who have allowed to have cigarettes periods. that open, supervised smok before and all that that auiu a Jiuv.cuuic man-ca against the law. years, ignored, to sav the who choose to start smok as difficult of enforcement t like drinking, which can to others. The only damage Gaza, Ghana, Eirejndonesia Take Spotlight in Week's News By CHARLES M. McCANN United Pratt Corretpondent , The week's .good and bad neri on the international bal ance sheet: Israel, in compliance with United Nations demands, started withdrawing its forces from the Gaza and Aqa ba Gulf coast areas which it had held since it invaded Egypt last Oct. 29. United Na tions forces took over au thority in the Charles McCano two areas as the Israelis pulled out. President Gamal Abdel Nas ser of Egypt was expected, as the result, to permit completion of the clearing of the Suez Ca nal which he blocked after the Israeli invasion and the British French attack on the canal zone. Colony Becomes Nation With Vice-President Nixon rep resenting President Eisenhower, the British colony of the Gold Coast in West Africa celebrated its independence day and be came, as the new nation of Ghana, the ninth member of the British Commonwealth of Na tions. A revolt by army and civil leaders in the Macassar and Cel ebes island groups in eastern Indonesia forced President Su karno to reconsider his plan to set up a new governmental coun cil, with Communists included. American-born Eamon de Va- lera, 74, and nearly blind, was returned to power in an Irish Republic election which un seated Prime Minister John A. Costello. Important Voting Strength in Great Britain, the Labor Party gamed important voting strength in a series by by-elec- wons lor seats in the House of t-onjmons. The Conservative gov ernment of trime Minister Har old Macmillan still held a safe majority. But political experts Labor Parly Would Win In New Election Is London Opinion By DANIEL F. GILMORE United Press Correspondent London (U.R) If a general election were held in Britain tomorrow, the Socialists would come back to power. That is the opinion of the majority of political observers here. The Conservative government of Prime Minister Harold Mac millan is not in immediate dan ger. It does not have to hold an election until 1959 under the rule of five-year maximum ten ure of office and it has a com fortable 60-seat margin to win votes of confidence in Commons, Tide Running But the tide definitely is run ning against the Tories. They have suffered losses in three re cent special bye-elections and it is likely they will be hurt in two contests being decided to day, one of them for the seat left vacant by the resignation of Sir Anthony Eden. It is not likely that the Tories will lose the Warwick-Leaming ton seat Eden held for 33 years. But it is quite probable that the majority of 13,466 which he roll ed up in 1955 will be reduced sharply. There are two more bye-elec tions to be held this month and two more later in the spring, The Socialists are jubilantly re ferring to them as "little elec tions" and demanding, as each shows Labor gains, that the gov ernment submit to a national vote. Three Recent Votes In the three recent votes this is what happened: The Socialists took a seat away from the Conservative who had won by 3,236 votes last time, Labor candidate Lady Me gan Lloyd George, daughter of the late Prime Minister David Lloyd George, was elected over a Liberal after switching from that party to the Socialists. A Labor candidate held h seat while the Conservative vote dropped from 17,120 to 9,999. Why these outstanding labor victories? Suez is an obvious and accur ate answer. Eden's intervention proved catastrophic not only from the political viewpoint but also in the economic aftermath. Unemployment is up. Crush ing income taxes have not been eased in five years of Conserva tive rule. People are lining up to emigrate. Drastic Remedies Macmillan has decided on drastic remedies and is present ly initiating legislation most un popular in the beginning stages, including a new rent bill that would remove controls from some 400,000 homes and an in crease in the premiums for na tionalized medicine. Said the highly respected Manchester Guardian recently: "If there were to be a general election soon ... the Conserva tive government would almost certainly go out." said the trend showed that the Laborites would win if a general election were to be held now. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flew to Australia to at tend a meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Mem- Honeymoon Congress, Near End, Capital Writer Says By RAYMOND LAHR United Press Correspondent Washington U.R) President Eisenhower's second term honeymoon may last no longer than President Roosevelt's.- While no real revolt is in sight, a rebellious spirit is de veloping among members of his own party in Congress. Some are complaining about what they consider major irrita tions like the still sizeable for eign aid program and the rec ord peacetime budget of $71.8 billion for the coming fiscal year. Others are grousing about minor annoyances. They do not want to learn first from their newspapers about government action affecting their constitu encies or their committee chores in Congress. They want to be consulted. Trouble for Administration All this can spell trouble for Mr. Eisenhower's legislative pro gram. How serious it may be will be more apparent by next summer. Republicans and Democrats In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS For a long, long time this column has been dealing with the news of the OLD nations most of which have got them selves over the centuries into first-class messes. Little Switzer land is about the only exception to that general rule that at the moment I can think of. Switzerland is old, as reckoned in years. But it has been at peace ever since anyone can remember. It is still at peace. Its people are prosperous. They seem to be HAPPY. They mind their own business, and keep out of other people s messes. - - . I suppose Switzerland can be regarded as the exception that proves the rule. A NYWAY 1 Today- Let's forget the old nations and take a look at a brand new nation a nation that isn't yet dry behind the ears, because it came into being only this week. 'M referring, of course, to the new African nation of Ghana which, over the long, long years, was a part of the British Empire, but now is free and in dependent and is today taking its place in the world as a mem ber of the British Common wealth. It is all set up with a prime minister and a parliament. Ghana- is its own boss. Nobody can tell it what to do or what NOT to do. It's on its own. It has nearly five million people, it supplies nearly half the world's cocoa and it has rich resources of gold, diamonds, .bauxite (raw material of aluminum) and tim ber. From the standpoint of basic economics, it is well heeled. WHAT of its people? What do, they want? FORTUNATELY, we have an answer to those questions. The answer is supplied by a British magazine writer Miss Barbara Ward, who writes for the staid and dependable London Economist. Miss Ward says the GIRLS of Ghana want three things: 1. A Fridgeful. 2. A Jaguar. 3. A Binto. "f ISS WARD than translates. She saws a Fridgeful is a re frigerator full of frozen foods. A Jaguar is a sports car. A Binto is a man who has "been to" the United States. TAKING them by and large, those are laudable desires. If the gals of Ghana can GET them and KEEP them, they'll be do ing all right. As to how to get them and keep them, I'd like to offer here a bit of old-fashioned advice: Keep your government simple. Keep your taxes low. ENCOURAGE statesmen. SHOOT all politicians. Encourage hard work. Discourage public doles. Get along with your neigh bors, keep your noses out of other people's business, and KEEP OUT OF WAR. IF the people of the new-born state of Ghana will follow those simple rules, they will avoid most of the griefs and the burdens and the frustrations that so hamper their OLDER neigh bors and the young women of Ghana may hope to have Fridgefuls, Jaguars and Bintos all of which are admirable and proper aspirations. bers are the United States, Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Pakistan and Thailand. The chief topic for discussion was means. to combat Communist subversion in South east Asia. of Ike, have a healthy respect for the vote polled by Mr. Eisenhower last November. But some veter an Republicans in Congress be lieve there will be a growing tendency for each man "to go his own way" in votine on the administration's legislative pro gram. One reason for added sensi tivity to the home front is that the House's entire 435 seats and one-third of the Senate's 96 are at stake in the mid-term elec tions of 1958. Some Eisenhower partisans in Congress want the President to give them more concrete help to get his legislation passed. On the other hand, some con servative Republicans think he has embraced the New Deal and submitted legislation that would better be forgotten Some Republicans want Mr, Eisenhower to visit more with members of Congress. Others feel he's too deeply tied up with foreign affairs to do that, but want his White House, cabinet and sub-cabinet officials to give more attention to Congress, Don t Relish Treatment A veteran Republican senator said he got more sympathetic treatment from the executive de partments when the Democrats were in control. And here a Re publican House member is talk ing: "The President ought to take just one month and see the mem bers of Congress. The main trou ble is that the guys around the President don't care about Con gress. He's involved in foreign affairs. The members of the House are interested in what'; happening at home. But Ike' men are big shots. They don' have time for our problems. "They don't hesitate to call up when they want something. But when we want something may be just a little thing like an auto graphed picture of the Presi dent to send back to a county chairman they say he's too busy. "Also the President ought to be seeing some local political leaders. I had a fellow in from home recently who could do the party a lot of good. He wanted to see the President I told him it wasn't even worth trying 200 Expected at SOC Conference Ashland Two hundred high school students will converge on Southern Oregon college Satur day for the sixth annual Ash land AAUW-Rotary conference for young adults. Miss Mabel Winston, registrar and dean of women at the col lege and general chairman of the Ashland American Associa tion of University Women, an nounced that this years confer ence, in which southern Oregon and northern California high school students will participate, will stress family life and rela tions. The theme will be "Defining and Building a Successful Mar riage." Topics for discussion in clude, "What are some of the evidences of success in marriage and family life?" "When do suc cessful marriages begin?" "What factors must be considered?" and courtship and dating, education of partners, money, religion, ap proval of family, opinion of friends, and philosophy of life. The conference this year is under the joint sponsorship of the Ashland 'AAUW, of which Miss Fran Barta is president, and the Ashland Rotary club, which is headed by Edward Singmast er. Leader of the conference will be Dr. Judson Landis, professor of family sociology at the Uni versity of California in Berke ley. Dr. Landis is author of sev eral books on marriage and fam ily life. Dulles Resumes Plane Trip To Australia Honolulu (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles re sumed his flight Thursday night to Australia, where he will at tend a meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Dulles took off after spending the day at the home of Adm. Felix B. Stump, commander in chief of Pacific naval forces. Aides said Dulles, spent the day reading and sunning himself at the beach. He flew here from Washington, with a stop at Trav is Air Force Base near San Fran cisco. Dulles' plane is expected to arrive in Canberra Saturday af ternoon. Babson Gives Advice To Retail Merchants By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. Retail ers nowadays seem to have two questions where and why. If tney w o u i a look at the stores where customers are going in and out all day, or follow the cus tomers down the highways and see them going to other Racer W. Babson towns and cit- ies, they would know "where." Then if they would take a good look at their own business estab lishment, they would find the with easy transportation, a cus tomer thmks nothing of travel ing miles for a good bargain. Examine your store, your stock, your employees, and your advertising. Is your store neat ana attractive? Can your mer chandise be easily seen or is it so jumbled up that even you do not Know where a specified item is? How well did you screen your employees before you hired them? Are you getting the most out of your advertising? Retail ing today is very competitive; it is destined to be more so. Most retailers should wake up or go to work for some other concern. Condition of Store Walk into the store where the manager is too busy to stand around complaining about Door Dusiness. .Notice his neatly dis played merchandise; he keeps his stock under control by periodic inventory. He knows what is not selling and therefore does not re order blindly. Slow-selling items are displayed so as to attract attention, This man uses his "know-how" to make room for popular mer chandise. He or his well-trained help know when to re-order cer tain items or when a line has been discontinued. His merchan dise has been price marked. This not only helps the customer, but also the manager and clerks who could not be expected to memor ize the price of every item in the store. Fewer Employees Mr. Manager, you would do well to screen your employees thoroughly. The question, "Can you use a cash register?," should not be sufficient. Make sure, at the beginning, that he or she will use it honestly, or you may find a small percent of your profit trickling out through the regis ter. If you will observe your new employees closely, you will learn whether they are really in terested in the work or whether the job is merely a stop-gap for them. Watch if they use your store to kill time by reading or talking to friends while waiting for pay day, When you have thoroughly screened the applicants and found honest and efficient help, you will be able to pay such em ployees more money because you will need fewer clerks. Your well-paid employee is an asset to your business. From the custo mer's viewpoint, nothing is more irritating than to be given a discourteous or unintelli gent answer. And since bad publicity travels farther and faster than good publicity, one unhappy customer can do a lot of harm. Your well-paid clerk who studies the stock and price-marks it will not let this happen. British Conservative Popularity Declining London (U.R) The Conserv ative party won two bye-elec tions in "safe" districts Thurs day but its margin dropped so sharply the Laborites hailed the results today as a victory. The biggest Labor victory came in the Tory stronghold of Warwick-Leamington where vot ers named a successor to the House of Commons to succeed former Prime Minister Anthony Eden. There the Conservative mar gin was a bare two per cent. La borites said the results proved would sweep to power if a gen eral election were held today. But even in the face of de creased popularity. Prime Minis ter Harold Macmillan said Thurs day night he would not call a general election before the gov ernment's term expires in 1959. Home Buying Decline Blamed on Price Tags San Francisco (U.R) W. E. Griffe, Portland, executive of the Western Pine Association, said today high price tags as well as tight money are responsible for the drop in home buying. Griffe told the annual meeting of the lumber association that despite an all-time high in per sonal income, higher prices and lack of mortgage money are-tunneling spending in other direc tions. Using figures from the U. S. Savings and Home League, he said in the past 10 years home building costs have gone up 37 per cent, family incomes have risen 42 per cent, while the price of the average home is 82 per cent higher. . Griffe estimated between 900, 000 and 1.100,000 new homes would . be started this year, as compared to 1,120,000 in 1956. Intelligent Advertising Advertising is very important because it has so many facets. A clean, well-arranged store with attractive window displays is good advertising, as is anything at all that causes people to men tion your place favorably, such as friendly, courteous, efficient help. Material is frequently fur nished with nationally advertis ed merchandise, but is too often ignored and put in a corner. Ac tually, such signs, placed to ad vantage, catch the eye and bring customers inside. Do not resent the man in your line of business who is using every means of advertising. He realizes advertising is most im portant. Many of the ads have clever and unique ideas. You will find they have not useil trickery, nor is there any gim mick," but honest, clever "know how." A new highway which may by-pass many cities need not be a menace. It may be a booster. The retailer needs to WAKE UP. Selecting a Location Often the highest rent is the cheapest rent. The brightest re tailers will get located as near as possible to an off-street parking lot. It also helps a small retailer to be closer to a big store with t lot of customers. The best loca tion for almost any retailer is ad joining a supermarket; the im portant thing is to get traffic into your store. It often pays to buy out some sleepy retailer who has a good location. If you have a good location, make a long lease; but if you have a poor location, lease only by the year. Communications Letter to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circum stances the use of a pen name or iniUal for publication is permis sible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and conden sation. Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words Proud of Medford To the Editor: My children and I were very happy and thankful for the many, many kindnesses done us in our timt? of a very great need. We wish to thank one and all who gave us furniture, bedding, clothes,, food, wood and all the time and effort to get us com fortably settled in a decent house. We did not realize that these things were done in this modern day, and it makes us proud to be residents of the city ct Hed forH. Mrs. Helen Bea 319 Beatty Medford, Ore. HALF & HALF 10 cream about half the richness of coffee cream but has much the same textue because it is ho mogenized ...Less ex pensive can be used en cereals, fruits, etc. ... Thrifty to buy it by the quart. SNIDER'S GOLD AWARD WINNING MH.K
