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FOUR MEDFOHD (OREGON) "Everyone to Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Dally Except Saturday by MEDFOHD PRINTING CO 87-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-6141 ROBERT W RUEL 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 Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor ' DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8.00 Daily and Sunday Three mo 4-25 Sunday Only One year S4-20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hin. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year 918 00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.50 Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medforf 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 Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C N A T I O N A I. EOITOIIAi ASSOCDA -0 -T. I6N rjiu.ia.'.i NEWS PA PC ft PUBIISHEIS 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 17. 1947 (Saturday) Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Denver Post, speaks at annual conference here of Oregon and Washington Rotarians. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: The Presi dent announced Thurs. the only thing that will cause an "eco nomic bust" is greed, of which there is no shortage, in the land. 20 YEARS AGO May 17. 1337 (Monday) Jackson County Chamber of Commerce changes name and its policies to include entire county. Danger of communism or a dictatorship is discussed by Ray mond R. Reter, manager of Pin nacle Packing company, at Ki- wanis luncheon. 30 YEARS AGO May 17. 1927 (Tuesday) Bond issue to finance construc tion of a $60,000 city Hall ap proved by Medford voters 1,391 to 241. Building program" plans of Owens - Oregon Lumber com pany, Medford, are delayed be cause of slump in lumber mar ket. 40 YEARS AGO May 17. 1917 (Thursday) Tri-State Goods Roads associa tion passes resolution during convention condemning Medford Commercial club. Thomas Merriman, local black smith who enlisted in the Navy several weeks ago, returns to Medford with honorable dis charge, i What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six Is good. 1. Can a U. S. President be arrested? 2. On what day of the week did the Japanese sneak attack occur at Pearl Harbor? 3. Bible: Matthew's genealogy mentions 63 generations from Adam to Jesus. Does Luke's men- 'tion more, less, or a like num ber? 4. Eye teeth is the popular name for the bicuspids, canines, or molars? 5. Which former U. S. Presi-i dent was Lieutenant Colonel of the "Rough Riders" when that j Regiment was organized? j 6. Are U. S. passports issued j by the Immigration and Natural ization Service? 7. In which State do parishes compare to counties in other States? 8. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, did, or did not, at tend Princess (now Queen) Eliza beth's wedding. 9. The word "news" is sing ular; but should it take a sing ular verb in a sentence? 10. "The 'eathen in 'is blind ness bows down to wood an' stone;'E don't obey no orders unless them is 'is own." Kip ling. Is this a reference to in dependence, idolatry, or individ ualism? Answers: 1. Yes, if he volun larily submits to arrest. 2. Sun day. Dec. 7. 1941. 3. More. 75. 4. Canines. 5. Theodore Roose velt. 6. No. By the Passport Divi sion. Department of State. 7. Louisiana. 8. Did not. 9. Yes. 10. Idolatry. MAIL TRIBUNE Annexation Election As the arguments over the proposed Berrydale annextion get warmer (the election is next Wednes day), one of the most frequently-heard plaints of the opponents is that the city will not any longer furnish city services to areas outside the city limits. 1 As a matter of fact, one of the "points" those op posed to annexation have been making is that the city may change its mind; offer sewer service to areas outside the city, and eliminate the admittedly tre mendous practical pressure for annexation as the only solution to the serious sanitation problem in the Berry dale area. Well, will the city change its mind, and do this? We doubt it. It would not be true to its first obligation service to the residents and taxpayers of the city if it did. t - P0R a number of years, during periods when this " area was not in the throes of the tremendous popu lation growth which have been evident since, the city did contract with, outside areas for such services as water and sewers. More recently, however, it changed that policy, and adopted one of withholding such services frorn areas outside the city unless and until they joined the city. The action was taken by the city council in con currence with the recommendation of the planning commission, which had made a rather extensive study of the matter. This was done with the full knowledge that it might tend to work a temporary hardship on some people in some areas. But it was done as a matter of responsibility to the residents of the city. HY? TT Well we asked manager for the past several years, city superintend ent before that, and water superintendent for a num ber of years prior to that. He prepared a statement based on his long experience with city affairs to ex plain the reasons for the city's position. It is his own statement, represents the thinking of and the city council. Duff's statement follows: The function of a city government is Jta provide its citizens the things they themselves cannot provide individ ually. These include: A Police and Fire force to safeguard their lives and ' property. ; A street system to provide a way to transport the citizens and their goods with reasonable speed and comfort. Zoning and building regulations to provide an orderly development of the City to protect one another from each other. , A safe water supply in adequate volume for. domestic, commercial and for fire fighting purposes. A sanitary system to carry off their wastes and render them sterile and innoxious. Education and cultural facilities for the edification and advancement of the people. i A City is organized to render these services and to col lect from its citizens sufficient taxes and monies to defray their cost. In recent years many people have -built their homes for various reasons beyond the boundaries of the City. This rapid growth has promoted all the problems which arise within the suburban district, and which come as a result of the lack of facilities to provide the services that are essential to urban living. A growing city surrounded by these precarious develop ments invites the residents on its perimeter to unite them selves by annexation with the City so that they may share the services already organized and available. The refusal of the city to grant these services without annexation is reasonable and not arbitrary, because the citizens of the city have bonded themselves to. repay the money borrowed to build the plants necessary to provide : the services, while the residents outside the city have no such obligation or responsibility. The City, in the future, must enlarge and extend its . plants to keep pace with the growing population, while the residents outside the city have no responsibility, even ; though by using the facilities they decrease its capacity and ' contribute to the need for expansion. The City, in the future, must extend its boundaries to provide for growth. Experience has shown that when resi dents adjoining the city are provided with the bare essential services, they are not interested, and will not annex to the City. Unplanned and unregulated development in the areas adjacent to the city are usually sub-standard and with many poorly planned streets. Conflicting land uses with high property value losses occur because of the lack of planning. The city would eventuaUy expand into these districts, and when that happened, the cost of correcting the mistakes that occur because of the lack of planning and regulation, would be very costly. THESE are the reasons, then, why the city will not offer the Berrydale district the facilities of its sewer system unless the area becomes a part of the city. ' The alternatives for Berrydale, as stated previous ly in this space, are (1) to annex; or (2) to vote down annexation and await forcible action on the part of health authorities to clear up the health hazard there and at a cost far higher than anything contem plated under the annexation plan. It is an important decision the Berrydale voters will make next week. We are convinced that if they look at the uncomfortable alternatives facing, them clearly, and not be swayed by incomplete or inac curate information, or emotional arguments, they will make what appears to us to be the only logical solu tion, which is annexation. E.A. : Temporary Insanity Laws Said Ridiculous Chicago (W A psychiatrist and a lawyer asserted today that laws covering temporary in sanity are "ridiculous" and should be revised. Dr. Leo L. Orenstein of New York University and Bellevue Medical Center, and attorney Al fred Weisstein discussed "Tem porary Insanity As A Defense" at the 113th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. Friday, May 17, 1957 Bob Duff, Medford's city but he believes it also the planning commission They said the proof of tempo rary - insanity should lie in demonstrating that the defend ant's "ego functioning'; was im paired to the point that his judgment, perception and self- control were affected. ..... The provision requiring court approval for the release of a for mer defendant from a medical institution is "ridiculous," they said, v 'Ho.tteMusoii. fis told me HE PIPNT MBNTiOH yCCR In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS A balanced budget is ready to go before the Portland city coun cil. It calls for expenditures of $15,914,000. It is slightly higher than the budget for the city's current fiscal (financial) year, which was the highest in his tory. . By CURTAILING SERVICES in all departments of the city government, the budget provides a million dollars for wages in creases for city employees, but still comes within a few cents of the six per cent limitation. IT WILL BE an interesting sit uation to watch. It seems likely that AT FIRST the people of Portland won't be too enthusiastic over the idea of curtailment of municipal ser vices. During the past couple of decades we have ail fallen into the pleasant habit of asking for and getting, and PAYING FOR more and more in the way of services from' government. We've liked the services, of course. But they all cost money. They cost TAX money. And taxes have to come out of the pockets of the people. There is nowhere else for them to come from. And EVERYWHERE the tax take is beginning to bite. I CAN'T HELP hoping the people of Portland won't kick up too much of a disturbance over the curtailment of munici pal services that will be necessi tated by their city's curtailed budget that they will defer judgement for a year and see how it all turns out. It is just barely possible that they might find at the end of a year that the cuts in municipal spending haven't hurt too cruel ly. They might even find that it is rather nice not to have to face an increase" in city taxes. If so, the Portland experiment in budget cutting would be dis tinctly worth while. OREGON'S HANDSOME and charming' Senator Neuburg er, I'm pleased to be able to re port, has taken up the cudgels in Washington for EQUAL RIGHTS for the sexes. He has written a letter to Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico, who is in charge of senate buildings, in which he urges the construction in the new senate office build ing of a swimming pool and gymnasium for Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith, the lone Woman in the U.S. senate. He says in his letter: "I have been disturbed to note that the equipment of the senate includes athletic and natatorial facilities for senators who are MEN, but none for WOMEN. This seems to me not only dis criminatory but also a demon stration of male arrogance which is unworthy of members of the U.S. senate. "Under the constitution and the laws of this country, a state is quite as much within its rights in sending a woman to the sen ate as in sending a man. Al though there is only one woman senator at the present time, it seems to me that she as the representative of hej sex, as well as of a great state is entitled to the facilities and appurtenan ces which are provided for male senators. "I hope and trust that this letter has been sent in time to call the attention of you and your worthy associates to the injustice which will be perpe trated if the new senate office building should continue the present discrimination of afford ing certain facilities only for male members of the United States senate." I'M PROUD, of course, of our DICK's courtly and gallant stand for the rights of American women. As he indicates, it s lit tle short of insult to send a wo man tn the ausust senate of the United States and then deny to her. merely because she is a woman, facilities that are pro vided for ALL male senators, it is a rank injustice. But Tn these davs when taxes bite hard and ever harder, wouldn't it be better just to do away with he &&& His ew. eur WIHVOW.' 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. , Porter's View ' To the Editor: Enclosed is a copy of a letter which was sent today to Maxwell Thayer, Edi tor of the Rogue River Times. As you may know, I have never received the courtesy of a publi cation in the Times of my an swers to his editorial comments on me and I hardly expect him to change his policy on this matter. Therefore, I am offering you this copy of my reply with per mission to print it in your own columns if you so desire. Charles O. Porter, Member of Congress To the Editor of the Rogue River Times: Your editorial Mr, Porter Seems to Have a Quirk," May 3, 1957, has just come to my attention and I hope you will allow me the privilege of replying m your columns. You say I left behind "a great deal of ill-feeling." If this is true, and I do not believe it is, I did not observe any such signs nor does my mail indicate any such attitudes. As for my "quirk," if any, U is simply that Rogue flood con trol should be accomplished as soon as possible; that there have been too many delays. You say my bill is "prema ture" and that it will start a fight. It may be that any bill providing for a high dam on the Rogue will start a fight. You say you will fight the bill (which you state you favor "in princi ple") if I introduce it now. I no cause for, or purpose in, a fight at this time. The point I made in Grants Pass and Medford was that we can save time, up to two years, by filing the bill now and start ing the various, departmental re ports on their way with the clear understanding that we shall abide by the Engineers' re port when it is finished, which may not be until Fall of 1958 or later. I believe I best serve the peo ple of Jackson and Josephine Counties by doing all I can to bring the Rogue valley: flood control, further irrigation, pow er and recreation benefits. In filing a bill "by request" at this time we bring these benefits closer than by waiting for the Engineers' report. This is also Senator Morse's considered opinion. Charles O. Porter, Member of Congress Postal Wage Increase To the Editor: We of the post office department have long en dured the ever increasing cries of "postal deficit," every time the question of a pay increase for postal employees is brought up. We are growing tired of it for we cannot see any reason for it being used against us. If such is to be the case, then let's go a bit further. Let's start a crying and wailing of our own about the other "serv ices" Army, Navy, Marines, Forest Service, Agriculture and numerous others which do very little or nothing towards paying their own way. The Postal Serv ice, as were the others, was not set up as a money making prop osition and it has seldom, if ever, shown a profit, or even managed to break even. It was set up as a "service" to the the swimming pool and gymnas ium provided for male senators? That would remove the basic inequality and at the same time would save the taxpayers a lotta money. I offer the suggestion to Sen ator Neuberger for what it may be worth. COCKROACHES Insect Pests of off kiads rBuiiAcn California's Great Insect Powder 80 years old still Best and Safest. At Dreg, Grecsry Starts wmi Pal Ships Ike Seen Sidestepping Convention Influence By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (If) Smart and genial James C. Hagerty says right out loud in public that President Ei senhower will have some thing to say about the 1960 nomination of a Republican p r e s idential candidate. But even though Hag- Lyie c. Wilson erty is' Eisen hower's press secretary, and a member of the policy-making group which directs the execu tive department, there is reason for disbelief of Hagerty's state ment about the President's poli tical intentions. President Eisenhower surely could and doubtless should have something to say about the 1960 nomination of a Republican presidential candidate. His spoken word, alone, probably American people as were the other services and should be operated as such. I believe, however, that post age rates are far behind the times and should be raised in order that the big mail users pay to a greater extent their own costs of mailing so our tax dol lars might go farther toward im provement of the service and an adequate wage for its em ployees. The postal employees, as loyal hard working Americans serv ing their country, as do the peo ple of the other services of our nation, should be allowed an adequate wage, in order that we might better cope with the high er prices and higher cost of liv ing today. We. need -and deserve this wage increase now. The longer we must wait the more diffi cult it becomes to get by. S. J. Dodge 504 Austin st., Medford, Ore. Wants Cheap Power To the Editor: Have you, as a homeowner, compared your electric bill with that of friend or relation in the state of Wash ington or California? Try it and prove what I am going to say here. Your light bill, if you live in Oregon,' is per kilowatt hour, far more expensive than any other west coast state, but you, Mr. Citizen, are suffering under near depression conditions and bills are hard to pay. Multiply this bill of yours several hun dred times and you will begin to understand Oregon's depres sion. Portland did not lead the na tion as a shipbuilding center be cause its harbor was the most suitable, for it is miles inland, and, geographically speaking, about the poorest possible loca tion for building and launching ships during an emergency when ships were needed fast, but no other shipyard in our nation operated with the all time low cost for power! You say the war is over, and it is, but did you know that within the next 6 or 7 years over 300 freighters of the so-called Amer ican flag line will become obso lete and replacement of over 3 billion dollars will be spent re placing these ships? What will Oregon do to secure this con tract? Will it offer 10 miU elec tricity through private monopo lies that struggle along on the money they can borrow at high interest rates passing this cost along to you? Or will you, Mr. and Mrs. Citizen, write and telegraph the United States Senate and de mand 2 mill power for industry? Bonneville gave it to us for 10 years but private monopolies picked our pockets while we slept and we have lost that. Oregon can become a leader again, in shipbuilding, in alum inum smeltering, in wood pulp processing and even the great new industries of electronics and plastic item manufacturing, if we can bring industry's light bill down to a reasonable price that can be paid. - HsTaHlHssBBsssttxt'ssissssl ilk gitv mmiH North Hiway 99 OPEN UNTIL Sweet Juicy Oranges 5 !L 49' would gain the nomination for any reasonably satisfactory man. There is cause, however, to ques tion whether the President will say the word. Look At 1956 Eisenhower was indescribably coy a year ago during the weeks and months when Vice President Richard M. Nixon was dangling on a string. The President said many kind things about his younger friend, but could not bring himself to say briefly and frankly that he desired again to have Nixon on the ticket. In the process of avoiding that issue, the President let it be known that he felt it unseemly of him to attempt to direct last year's Republican National Con vention' in the nomination of a vice presidential candidate. It is reasonable to compare that feel ing as expressed by the Presi dent with what Hagerty said the other night on Martha Roun tree's "Press Conference ABC". It went like this: Question: Do you think Presi Babson Discusses Speculative By ROGER BABSON Babson Park, Mass. I be lieve in Trust Funds, for both children and grandchildren. The ideal method is to leave one half of your money in trust,, and one outright. ; I n the case of c h i 1 dren or grandchildren, you save on in heritance tax Roger w. ttabson by leaving the money in trust for them and pro viding that your wife will have a life interest in the income. There are three reasons for forming such trusts: (1) For the protection of your estate; (2) for the saving of inheritance taxes; and (3) to be sure your children and grandchildren get what you want them to have. All of this will be explained to you without charge by the trust officer of any bank. A trust officer will properly diversify your holdings as to se curities. This is also true of any money you put into Mutual Funds. Such Trust Funds, how-; ever, do not provide for di versification of management. My appeal this week is that you have several Trust Funds, each in a different bank so as to get diversification of management, as well as diversification of se curities. Trust officers are supposed to protect you against inflation. To do this they buy either con vertible bonds or common stocks. Buying common stocks today, however, may be rather risky. This especially applies to the Blue Chips," which trust of ficers like to buy in order to protect their own reputations This also applies to bankers and committees who are investing Pension Funds for corporations. Few of these trustees invest with the idea of making a profit for you or your heirs, but rather with the sole purpose of provid ing safety and protection against possible inflation. Investing for Profit In previous weeks this column has shown how you can build $10,000 up to $1,000,000 in 25 years without borrowing any money or without buying any thing on margin. This would be by investing in new industries before the brokers and the pub lic woke up to their possibilities. To accomplish this I believe that the $10,000 should be divided into four Trust Funds of $2,500 each in order to get competition between the different Trustees. A bank does not wish to be bothered with such small Trust Funds. Hence, it will be practi cally impossible to get four banks to do this. This means that you must get four individuals to serve as Trustees. Get behind your Senators Neuberger and Morse. Today is the day for the bills are on the the table right now. Write or wire the Senate today. A misplaced citizen. Mrs. Virginia Card, 1154 Viola ave., Glendale, Calif. P.S. I want to come home to my beloved Oregon and know that I can support my family there, all year long! w Half Way Between Medford and Central Point 10 P.M. INCLUDING SUNDAYS WEEK END SPECIALS- Freshly Ground Gr. Beef 3u,99' Party in 1960 dent Eisenhower is going to try to select or try to name or back very strongly his particular suc cessor in the Republican party? '- Hagerty: I should think he would have something to say about it, surely. . Sees Strong Role Question: You think the Presi dent will take a very strong role in the selection of the person who is going to be the Republi can standard bearer? Hagerty: Yes, I would think so. The Eisenhower record with respect to Nixon last year simply does not support Hagerty's con fidence. It is true that the pres sure for a 1960 endorsement of someone probably Nixon will build up on Eisenhower to an almost insufferable burden. However, if the President thought it would be unseemly to suggest that the 1956 conven tion give him a running mate of his own choosing, how much less seemly would it be for him to at? tempt to tell the I960 convention whom to name as his successor? Trusts These individuals should, be young college instructors, one in physics, one in chemistry, one biology, and one in business ad ministration. If you have a son or daughter who is in college, have him or her pick out four bright, forward-looking instruc tors to serve as such trustees. Otherwise, write the United In formation Service, 6 Maiden Lane, New York City, which will help you. These individuals should be paid a good commis sion for their services, based on the results which they secure for you. This will make them more interested in serving you. Having a number of trustees will also create competition and rivalry between these four college in structors. Importance of Youth I advise a selection of young college instructors, rather than older professors, because' the older men are usually more in terested in their own reputations and have more fear of making a mistake. The Trust Agreements will, however, provide that the Trustees will not be -.held re sponsible for any losses. It wUl be assumed that one or two of the four trustees will lose money; but your goal will be in the total result of the four. No one person can foresee in advance which of the four wUl "hit the jackpot." This is the principle upon which you must work if you expect to turn $10,000 into $1,000,000 in 25 years. I am interested in having young people as Trustees for these "speculative" funds for an other reason. Older men are con stantly looking backward rather than forward. They want to see the audits of companies for pre vious years. These audits are more like autopsies. They are useful in helping a person to save his money; but are of very little use in helping him make a fortune by investing in new in dustries. Youth looks forward; youth is willing to take a chance; and youth is the hope of America, especially as to new develop ments and new industries. I would also like to see one of these Trustees a young woman. The President of the well-known investment house, A. M. Kidder & Co., is a woman. In fact, the majority of our nation's stock holders are women. Investing for Profits This is especially important for people in high income brackets who are compelled to pay a tax of 50 per cent or more on general income but would need to pay only 25 per cent on profits from securities. Further more, I am not advising that aU your Trust Funds be of a specula tive nature specializing in new industries. If, however, you plan to leave $50,000 to some grand child in trust, I certainly advise that $10,000 of this be left with four forward-looking trustees, leaving the remaining $40,000 in a Trust Fund with a bank, to be operated in the usual orthodox manner. SHAG RUGS Washed & Dyed BIG Y LAUNDROMAT PHONE SP 3-3273 All Brands Western BEER j 7 Pack 4 3 L Stubbies I -