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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) Medfomtribijne "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Publunea Dailv Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 27-29 North Fir St Phone 2-141 ROBERT W RUHL Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Soorts Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor PALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Blediord Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES y Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daiiy and Sunday One year (15.00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8.00 Daily and Sunday Three mcs 4-25 Sunday Only One year $420 8y Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point Eagle Point, Jacksonville Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 .Daily and Sunday One month 1J0 Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices In New York Chicago, de troit. San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Portland St i-nuis Atlanta NATION'. EDITOtlAt 3Si I ASSOcfA'ieN u i nmnr EBUSI V" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 8. 1947 (Thursday) A total of 960 of the 1,250 Camp White buildings offered for sale goes to southern Ore gon buyers. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The longer skirts are being worn by the fair sex. The new style enables the wearer to sit down with more freedom and hides bow leg casualties. 20 YEARS AGO Way 8. 1937 (Saturday) Public speaking class of Med ford High school begins to study radio work, a new phase in their course. Fred Powell elected presi dent of Medford aerie of Frater nal Order of Eagles. " 0 YEARS AGO Way . 1927 (Sunday) Pear packers from Pacific coast to witness Southern Ore gon Sales company demonstra tions of new spray-washing ma chine and grader. The Scout Field day first prize for exhibits Saturday at the fair grounds won by Troop 6 of Medford. 40 YEARS AGO May 8, 1917 (Tuesday) Medford Elks lodge benefit collects $400 for local Red Cross chapter. From Local and Personal col umn: Jap Andrews of Medford leaves for Chicago on business trip. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten- correct 1 superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six Is good. 1. In the 1860 election was the Republican Party fprmed to fight slavery itself? 2. In which city was the first U.S. Mint established? 3. Bible: Is there any refer ence in the Old Testament of a God on the earth beneath? 4. Psittacosis is the scientific name for rabbit fever, parrot fever, or yellow fever? 5. Though moles do have eyes, have they sight? 6. What does the slang ex pression, "Dutch quarter", sig nify? 7. The number of points on the antlers of deer is, or is not a reliable indication of their age? 8. In what Sea are the islands of Coo, Lero and Samoa? 9. In formal grammatical usage "should" and ''"would" follow in general the rules for shall" and "will"; - true or false? 10. "What makes the lamb love Mary so? The eager chil . dren cry." What did the "teach er reply"? Answers: 1. No. The exten sion . of ., slavery., into . newly- formed stales. 2. Philadelphia, Pa. (1792). 3. Yes. (1 K.. 8:23 thai there is none.) 4. Parrot fever. 5. Yes. 6. a hug. 7. Is not. 8. The Aegean. 9. True. 10. "Oh. Mary , loves., the.. linb,.. you know." A 'REEL' ERROR Yokosuka, Japan (U.PJ Lt (JG) John S. Darran thinks someone made a mistake with the home movie film he sent to Honolulu to be processed. He sent 50 feet of a quiet domestic scene with mother and baby, the family dog and four puppies. He got back 50 feet showing Japan ese practicing karate, a vicious form of self-defense that can kill or maim. MAIL TRIBUNE Q. " and "Intelligence " Civilization today proliferates tests. There are "I.Q." tests, aptitude tests, memory tests, emotional stability tests, and dozens of others, designed to measure, assess and describe the differ ing qualities of people. This is probably all to the good as long as it is realized that none of them are infallible, and are not the final and exclusive answer to categorizing a man. They are indices only, and as such are valuable. They are designed to help fit round pegs into round holes. THIS is not to say that they always do. Any GI from " the last war can cite examples of absurd duty assignments, "aptitude" tests notwithstanding. But, in their proper role and taken "in context," tests can be helpful. Take the "LQ." test, for example. This is supposed to measure the intelligence "quotient" of the subject, and up to a point the re sults are informative. They can, with a fair degree of accuracy, indicate how well the subject can absorb new knowledge, relate one subject to another, under stands what he reads, and so on. But it should be remembered that the I.Q. is far from a measurement of the full man, or boy, or wo man. ZITHER things such as emotional stability, ease of adjustment, balance, judgment and ordinary "horse sense" also go into the making of an individ ual's personality. (We should add a sense of humor to the above, for it is often the most attractive part of an individual.) Perhaps the thing about young Rob Strom, the phenomenal quiz-contest winner, which attracted people and made him a "hit" was less his unques tioned and brilliant "LQ." which permitted him to answer easily questions that most of us didn't even understand. What made him likeable was his easy grace and humor, the fact that he apparently hadn't let the "big money" go to his head. Imagine the reaction if the questions had been answered equally correctly, but with a' cold, intellec tual arrogance, rather than with his friendly, boyish charm. TF.THEREFORE, you have occasion to deal with an I.Q. rating in a child, don't let a high number brand him as one from whom anything less than perfection is failure. He needs other things, too. Conversely, a middling I.Q. is no cause for de spair: That's where most of us are, anyway. Besides, intelligence is not fully measured by tests. The genius of today, sometimes, is yesterday's ignoramus. (Einstein flunked mathematics . in prep school.) Other qualities besides testable LQ.s are needed today, and true intelligence requires hard work, high standards, determination, and the saving graces of humor and understanding as much perhaps more than something which can be reduced to a formula of "x" over, "y" times 100 equals "I.Q." E.A. 'Rock" Down, Calypso Up The ascendancy of calypso music over rock 'n' roll causes us no pain at all. The other day, the radio brought to our unhappy ears the nasal wail of a young man screeching "Rock ! Rock ! Rock !" accompanied by something that sounded like a misanthropic calliope. A little of this sort of thing goes a long way with us a long, long way. 1 A short time later we heard the rounded, exciting voice of Harry Bellafonte chanting something that sounded like "Day Oh, Day Oh" and were appeased. (Our. ignorance of things musically modern ap palls the family teenager.) pHARLES SPRAGUE, distinguished editor of the Oregon Statesman in Salem, does his usual scholarly job in approaching the same subject. He goes into the history of calypso, and notes that it is "an authentic idiom," while rock 'n' roll "is a sort of vulgarized bebop." "Calypso," he reports, "has a past and a lively present. Rock 'n' roll has a brief present and no future." He also makes the point that much of America's musical heritage is derived directly or indirectly from the African Negro, with jazz in its many forms, spirituals, and now calypso, originating with the black I man s genius for rhythm, spontaneity and free j wheeling emotional expression. Only in its more i classic . f orms does American music of today look solely to the European part of our heritage. IT WILL be interesting to see whether or not Tin Pan Alley will convert calypso into a more formal ized thing than it now is. Originally, the calypso singer extemporized as he went along, commenting on the cruelties of "the boss," or the latest amours of the belles. of society, or the most recent political development. Some of the excitement of waiting to see .whether or not he'd come up with a proper rhyme at the proper time is lost in the "wTitten-down" versions, but not all of it. As a valid expression of musical talent it is a genuine art form, with its roots in the folk-ways of a gay yet tragic people. And listening to even the watered-down juke-box versions is a vast relief from the exhausting vocal peregrinations of the "rock" disciples. E.A. Wednesday, May 8, 1957 DoN'r get so sore tfoiv v WAS GONNA U56 THAT tHUfc 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. County Wage Scales To the Editor: As one of the new administrators in County Government, I have had to make studies of work loads, duties, ef ficiency and wage scales of em ployees of my office. I am proud to report that I found all employees in this of fice were well qualified in their positions. Each of them was hard working, efficient and loyal to the office; eager to be of service to taxpayers and citizens using the service of the office. I -was surprised to find that wage scales for these employees were far under what similar po sitions would be in private enter prise, or under State .Civil Serv ice and no consideration was given for length of service or merit pay raises. In presenting my budget for this year, I have studied pay scales for comparable positions and recommended increases to compensate for duties performed. I realize that everyone is con cerned with the present tax load and pressure is on these citizens who prepare our budgets, to economize. However, I do not be lieve that any taxpayer wants economy to overrule fair play to County employees. Most of these employees are also taxpay ers, and have the right to expect fair compensation for duties per formed. They also want a reason able living standard for their families. Remember that present increases are due to lack of con sideration in past years budgets and that raises this year only bring to each employee long overdue consideration. I have given to each of the pub licationy in Jackson County, a salary schedule for the Assessor's Office, outlining length of serv ice of each employee with pres ent salary, recommended salary, and comparative salary. Check this schedule with these publica tions, or with this office. If you believe that consideration should be given to these employees, let the Jackson County Budget Com mittee know your views. This increase in wages can be given without any County levy, from funds available to the County. Ray J. Schumacher, County Assessor. Asks Questions To the Editor: A short time ago a Mr. Van der Maas denied the Divinity of Jesus and the reality of a personal God. I wish to ask him two questions: 1. If Jesus is not the Son of God and Divine, how can any one explain His character and greatness? No man either be fore or after His Incarnation liv ed a perfect life nor changed the whole world into B.C. and A.D. If one denies His Divinity he has to admit His Divine character and Power. He has to admit that He -was a good man, yet this good man said that He was God manifest in the flesh. What did this good man say concerning Himself? He said that He was the Son of God and Divine, Now what is Mr. Van der Maas' idea of a good man? Will a good man lie, and is a habitual liar a good man? He is either what He says of Himself or a liar, deceiver, and fraud. Such a life would be utterly impossible as written in the Gospels. 2. Years ago two outstanding lawyers of Great Britain imbib ed skepticism and finally infi delity. They decided to expose the Bible records of the Divinity of Jesus and the Conversion of Saul. Each took subject for es say and arguments to prove these delusions. A few months later they met with their com pleted manuscripts, and to their surprise both were converted, and instead of proofs against those subjects they had written the greatest proofs that what the Bible said about those subjects was true ana unanswerable. They have never been answered, and cannot be. These manu scripts are still in print and can be had. Will Mr. Van der Maas be as honest as these brilliant lawyers? I will be praying for couvd Ruff knovj you lUNiwu him that the Living God will open his spiritual eye to God's eternal Truth. W. L. Deming, 216 Portland ave., Medford, Ore. wi riuaucvwia To the Editor: Through the courtesy of the United Prospect ors Inc. of California we re ceived a 36 page sample booklet, "Panning Gold," a prospector's guide and official publication for amateurs and laymen. It is printed every twf months at Los Angeles. The annual U. P. club meeting and picnic is set for June 29 and 30 at their camp and placer (Camp Leith) located near Mariposa, Calif. The booklet carried 18 infor mative articles on various late mineral discoveries of all the Western mining states as well as news on recently re-discovered lost mines. A section of news is devoted to rock-hound collect ing. On the last page is a de scripive story of the Chinese miners clan fight over gold claims at "Five Cent Gulch" in Weaverville, scene of Chinese Tone War. The skirmish ended in two minutes. 1 Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman, Medford, Ore. Some Get, Some Don't To the Editor: After reading a veteran's letter in your col umn I can sympathize and agree that a veteran and his wife can not live on $66.15 a month when the cost of living is so high and going higher. A veteran consid ered permanently disabled is not like the wage earner who asks for and gets wage raises. My husband is not a veteran but our plight is like that of the veteran trying to live on $66.15, exectp that we try to do it on a little over $50 per month So cial Security my husband gets. Keeping up a home, taxes, fuel, electricity, water, insurance and food is hard to do on such a small amount. A man of 65 is supposed to re.tire on the above amount, or in some cases less. Most men of that age are still able and willing to work and are allowed to earn $1,200 a year but who will give them a chance to earn even half that much when they won't hire them? Some people think that when a man gets Social Secu rity he should settle down and enjoy life and not work any more. It isn't so bad for a man and wife near the same age who can both draw Social Security, but it's tough on the man whose wife is not old enough to draw Social Security and unless he can manage to get work on the side he runs' out of money be fore the next check is due. Social Security benefits should be geared according to the cost of living; $50 or less allowed a man 4 or 5 years ago cannot go as far now when everything is higher. Professional people, doctors and dentists have been added to Social Security. It would be bet ter to raise the benefits of those who get small amounts instead of paying Social Security to doc tors and dentists who should have plenty anyhow when they retire, judging by the way they live and the trips they take and things they do that the ordinary working man never could do. When I explain my circum stances to a doctor, it makes no difference I am charged to the hilt anyway. It looks like veterans are treated the same as the older people and expected to get along on very little. I can ask the same question as the veteran "if they don't want a veteran or a man of 65 years to work, why don't they allow him enough to live on?" Gripe and complain, but it gets us nowhere, and prices keep going up. One thing sure if you haven't made your pile by U.S. M issile Base on Formosa Has Military, Political Sides By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent lhe announcement that the United States intends to station a guided missile unit in Formosa is bad news for the Chihese Communists. It is import ant in both its military and its political as pects. On the mili tary side, the announcement Sives uie -ei- Charles M iHnVnn ping government another clear warning if another one were Government Spending Level Jolts Hopes Of Budget By RAYMOND LAHR United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Con gress may soon find itself in the Alice- In- Wonderland predica ment of needing to run faster to stay in one place. There has been much bold talk of budget-cutting, to be fol lowed up by a Democratic-sponsored tax reduction bill to take effect next Jan. 1. But now there are hints the budget pic ture painted by the administra tion in January, may have been too rosy.. Hence there may not be mucn room for tax reduction even if Congress achieves some effec tive cuts by no means assured yet in President Eisenhower s $71,800,000,000 budget for the 1958 fiscal year which begins July 1 Administration Jittery The administration already has developed 'a case of jitters over whether it will be able to keep the budget in the black for the current fiscal year end ing June 30. In January the administration estimated it would show a sur plus of $1,700,000,000 for the current fiscal year. Since then In the Day's News By FRANK l Week end tragedy note: Four persons drowned in two accidents in Oregon Sunday bring to five the number who last their lives in water acci dents over the week-end. Three of the fatalities were boating accidents. Two 'fishermen drowned when they slipped off a rock into deep, cold water. Five Oregonians died in aci dents resulting from recreation al activities over the previous week end. A THOUGHT to carry in our minds: Our pleasures are apt to be more dangerous than our duties. POLITICAL farming note: Uncle Sam pays farmers for. taking some 26 million acres of surplus crops out of produc tion. But, because of a loophole in the soil bank law, farmers can OFFSET these cutbacks by putting some of the same land into BARLEY, soybeans or oth er uncontrolled crops. rThus they can but back only 12 mil lion acres instead of the 26 mil lion they are, paid for. ' Assistant Agriculture Secre tary Marvin McLean told a house appropriations subcom mittee in testimony made pub lic today that his department has the legal authority to close this gap. But, he told the sub committee, it fears a political storm from the farmers if it does so. - THAT . is . an interesting illus tration of what political farming has been doing to Southern Oregon and Fai; North ern California agriculture for a .long time. The result has been to bring into production of uur SPECIALTY CROPS land that formerly was devoted to the production of wheat, corn, cot ton, rice, tobacco and peanuts, which are the subsidized and acreage-controlled crops. The result of that has been glutting the markets for our specialty crops, which are NOT subsidized and a c r e a g e-con-trolled. the time you are age 65 it's just too bad! Regarding veterans -being called "Wino," I don't know many veterans but know a few single ones who spend most of their allowance on drinking, but that's life! Some get some don't! (Name on file) Talent, Ore. Stops Heart Gas 3 Times Faster An Minim llttlt Slack tablet eoatalnlai the tastest.actina medicine known, it takiaa. the ttuntrv by itorm. This famous Belf.nnt tablet for acfd Indigestion, oas. heartburn, and uur atomacb contains no harmful drues. laxatives. aspirin or tranquilizers. Certified laboratory tests prove Bell-miis tab. Wis aeutralize times as muck stomach acidity In ens minute ai many leadini diiestive tablets. Sat lill-aae tsaay far Us lasts tarn relief. needed to give up any idea of trying to take Formosa, the stronghold of the Chinese Na tionalist government, by force. On the political side, it means that the United States is in For mosa for a long time to come. It also means that th Commu nists are just wasting time in throwing out occasional hints to , Nationalist Generalissimo Chi ang Kai - Shek that they would like to make a deal with him. It is pretty certain that the news will cause the Communists to start a big campaign of denun ciation of American "aggressive intentions." The United States 7th Fleet, Surplus defense spending, has been run ning so far above projected lev els ft has threatened to wipe out the surplus. Treasury officials insist they will maKe enough other savings to compensate for any increases in defense spending. But the ever - upward pressure on the budget, sparked by steadily ris ing costs in nearly every aspect of government as well as private activity, makes the task of hold ing the spending line ever more difficult. Forecast Too Optimistic? Meanwhile, . questions have been raised as to whether the administration forecast for next year is too optimistic. When he estimated federal spending at $71,800,000,000 for the coming fiscal year, Eisenhower put ex pected federal income at $73,- 600,000,000. This would leave a surplus of $1,800,000,000 at the end of the year on June 30, 1058. Some time this month the staff of the House-Senate Com mittee on Internal Revenue will bring in its own updated esti mate of government revenue for the coming fiscal year. Congress has long had great faith in this estimate and has used it as a guide in writing tax legislation JENKINS SINCE agriculture and water go hand in hand in the West, that brings up another growing ly critical situation that if it is resolved at all will have to be resolved by political action. I'm referring, of course, to Califor nia s water rights problem. California if ALL of its water could be used efficiently has enough to supply the whole state. The problem is to save what runs away in the winter so that it can be used in the grow ing months, which are the dry months. That, obviously, can be done only by providing adequate storage for the water that runs away in the winter to the salty sea where it is lost. TTOW'S this for a simple state- "ment of what will have to be done by legislations if Calif ornia's water problem is to be solved with reasonable justice to all of the areas of the state: For ever ace-foot of water that is exported from the coun ties of origin to the counties of deficiency, require that an addi tional acre-foot of actually stored-up water that Is, water saved from running to waste In the months of surplus precipita tion must be provided at state expense within the counties of origin. Free Textbook Bill Signed by Governor Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes Tuesday signed into law Senate bill 162 providing that private and parochial schools are entitled to free text books even though their physi cal plants may not meet state standards. Public schools that were only conditionally standard by state board of education requirements have been issued free textbooks and the bill extends this right to private and church schools. From and Lirwiller'f are called to serve an ever widening area, covering all borders area, covering all borders of Jackson county, through- C. M. Litwiller The exceptionally moderate prices of course are a factor in this steady growth. And the attention given to all personal problems, the care and comfort of Mrs. Litwiller for lady clients, are also most appreciated! And night or day, these services are available to all. A call in need will convince you! LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main : ASHLAND ' We Never Closa than which is now in Chinese waters, is capable, of course, of attack ing Red China with atomic weap ons. This is true also of the American bomber planes sta tioned oh the fortress island of Okinawa, midway between For mosa and Japan. But the missile "unit" which is to be "stationed" in Formosa actually means the establish ment of a new American- mili tary base within striking range of Red-ruled China. ' The Reds always have com plained that Formosa was a United States military base. But up to now, only a few jet fighter planes have been stationed on the island. , ' There was more bad news for the Peiping regime from Tokyo. There, Japanese Premier No busuke Kishi indicated strongly in a statement in Parliament that Japan intends to make nuclear weapons a part of its defense. Answering a question by a So cialist member, Kishi said that it would be permissible, under Ja pan's present anti-war constitu tion, to keep defensive nuclear weapons. "Progress is being made now in the development of nuclear weapons," Kishi said. "In these days of progress in scientific weapons we cannot defend our selves with bamboo spears." May Relieve Dulles .There is an interesting angle in th announcement about the Formosa guided missile unit. It seems possible that it may take some of the pressure off of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as regards his extreme reluctance to giving permission for American newsmen to visit Communist China. Dulles is coming around, at the demand of publishers all over the country, to approving visits by at least a limited num ber of correspondents. But it does not seem to be too far-fetched to suggest that the Communists may not be so eager now to welcome inquisitive Americans to thir territory. Guided missiles launched from Formosa would be capable of hitting targets far inland in China, including such great cities as Shanghai, Canton, Han kow and Nanking which the newsmen might visit. TEACHER'S CONFESSION Hollywood (U.R) The presi dent of the National Education Association, composed of 700, 000 school teachers, admitted Tuesday she was no model stu dent. Martha A. Shull, a Port land, Ore., nigh school English teacher, said she flunked the first grade but added "it didn't do me any barm." ALL IN THE EAR What you see m this girl's ear is Sonotone's new hear ing aid complete. IT'S V WORN ENTIRELY IN THE EAR - no cord, no -extra "button." Weighs only half an ounce. Women's hairdos hide it" completely." On men, this amazing hearing aid is barely noticeable from any angle. COMf IN, PHONt OR WRITE, fltll DCMONSTRATION-NO OBUGATfON S0N0T0NE C. R. Adamson, Dist. Mgr. 839 E. Jackson Ph. SP 2-5904 Far Near.. to need us and not know us." Mrs. Litwiller
