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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.'
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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.
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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. -
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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!
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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
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