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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
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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
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An Minim llttlt Slack tablet eoatalnlai the
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atomacb contains no harmful drues. laxatives.
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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-
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The exceptionally moderate prices of course are a factor in this steady
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And night or day, these services are available to all. A call in need
will convince you!
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Funeral
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Hwy. 66 at Normal
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' 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.
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Near..
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