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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 28. 1947 (Monday)
Fathers and friends of Girl
Scouts are needed to aid in the
dismantling of the two build
ings purchased by the Girl
Scouts at Camp White.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: A Californ
ian has married his mother-in-law.
In this case, the climate is
held more to blame than Dan
Cupid.
20 YEARS AGO
May 28. 1937 (Wednesday)
Apple thinning in the Wing
orchard on the Old Stage rd.
starts according to Charles Wing,
proprietor.
Ninety per cent of Medford
Corporation workers in mills
and timber have signed up in
the Employees Industrial Union,
Inc.
30 YEARS AGO
May 26. 1927 (Thursday)
County court orders unit
school plan placed on the ballot
at special election in June as re
quested by petitioners through
out the county.
From local and personal col
umn: Allen Whillock, manager
of the Golden Rule store, is
spending several days in San
Francisco on business.
40 YEARS AGO
May 26, 1917 (Saturday)
Petitions are being circulated
in Medford requesting the ap
pointment of former Senator
Charles W. Fulton as U.S. sena
tor to replace the late Harry
Lane.
Henry Barneburg sells 450
cattle to D. W. Parker of Kla
math Falls for $20,000.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is exceUent; five or
six is good.
1: 1869: Did both Wyoming
and Utah (territories) grant wom
en the right of suffrage?
2. Red flannel underwear is
wanner than the same thickness
underwear of any other color:
true or false?
C. Bible: Was Solomon's throne
made of gold, ivory, or silver?
4. Is Louisville or , Lexington
the capital of Kentucky?
5. Name the Indian - princess
who married John Rolfe.
6. Diplomatic relations be
tween the U. S. and Sweden are
maintained by ambassadors or
ministers?
7. Which state is nicknamed
"Pelican State" and "Creole
State"?
8. Name the five senses.
9. Is it proper to use "most"
as an abbreviation or equivalent
for almost?
10. 'A little learning is a dan
gerous" what? Pope.
Answers: 1. Yes. 2. False. Col
or does not affect its warmth.
3. Ivory. 4. Neither. Frankfort is
the capital. 5. Pocahontas. 6. Am
bassadors. 7. Louisiana. 8. Sight,
smell, hearing, taste, touch. 9.
No. 10. "thing."
Creative Writing Class
To Meet Here Monday
Students of adult education
classes in creative writing will
meet Monday, May 27, at 7:30
p.m., at 404 North Grape st.
Mrs. D. D. Williams of Med
ford, whose book, "Seavester,"
is available at the Medford pub
lic library, will be a special
guest at the meeting. The meet
ing will be open to anyone in
terested irr creative writing. In
formation may be obtained by
calling SP 2-2580.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Encouraging Support
We have been much encouraged in recent weeks
by the actions of voters participating in several im
portant elections.
It is evident that they have been interested in the
questions raised, have thought through the financial
problems facing the districts in which they lived, and
that a majority of them have concluded that proposals
placed before them should be approved.
We refer specifically to the series of school
budget elections in various parts of the county, and
to the Berrydale annexation vote.
TN THIS year of high taxes, high prices, a business
and employment slump in Oregon, and "economy"
drives at the local, state and federal level, it would
have been too easy for voters to be stampeded into
voting "no" without fully considering the conse
quences.
But, on the contrary, .voters In the rural school
district, in the Ashland school district, in Consoli
dated School District 6, and in the Phoenix and Eagle
Point school districts, went to the polls and approved
budgets for the 1957-58 school year. As is almost in
evitable these days, the budgets were larger than in
prior years.
And in Berrydale, the voters faced up squarely to
a series of most unpleasant alternatives. A majority
of them picked annexation as he least unpleasant of
these, and the only one offering an immediate solu
tion to their rather serious problem.
THIS is not to say that it is difficult to understand
the feelings and motivations of those who voted
"no" in these elections. It is easy, indeed. And one
can entirely sympathize, while disagreeing.
But it bears repeating, again and again, that if we
are to have responsible, responsive, effective and
efficient government to do for us the things we
cannot do alone (and this includes the schools), we
must support those who are working to provide these
things for us.
And this means approving the expenditure ot
enough tax money to do the job the way we know
it ought to be done for the greatest good of everyone
involved. E.A.
Arbitrary Cuts Curbed
So many things happen so fast in the last days of
a legislative session, it's too easy to lose track of some
of the items of interest.
We were glad to learn, then, belatedly, that Sen
ate Bills 274 and 275, which grant the Public Utilities
Commissioner additional authority over passenger
train schedules in Oregon, finally passed both houses.
They are now presumably awaiting the signature of
the governor.
THE bills were much-amended and watered-down
from their original form. But they are a step to
ward giving the people, through a state official, a say
as to how a public carrier should fulfill its responsibil
ity to the public.
They can have no effect on present service or
rather lack of it in southwestern Oregon. That mat
ter is still pending settlement in the PUC office after
extensive hearings. But they do provide machinery to
prevent railroads from arbitrarily changing or cancel
ing long established passenger service without a
please, thank-you or by-your-leave. E.A.
The Fish Stand Alone
There is an old song which, if memory serves us,
goes on about the farmer taking a wife, the wife tak
ing the dog, the dog taking the cat, the cat the rat,
the rat, the cheese, and the cheese standing alone.
Up in Bend, along Mirror Pond that lovely
stretch of calm water in the midst of a green park in
the middle of the attractive little city the old song
might be used again, with variations.
,4 The problem is the ducklings which hatch out
about this time of year, and how best to protect them
from marauding animals, chiefly dogs and cats.
THE city has decreed that dogs be kept penned or
1 leashed during this period of time to protect the
ducklings, not for the preservation of gardens, as is
the case elsewhere.
But a vocal faction was heard from which con
tends that the unrestricted cats are more dangerous
to the ducklings than are the dogs.
That did it
The Bend Bulletin has been full of sound and fury
since, with cat-lovers andMog-lovers fighting in print,
with another large contingent of duckling-lovers also
entering the fray.
THE cat-lovers contend that the cats don't really
1 hurt the ducklings, and that the dogs do. The dog
lovers contend that not only do dogs fail to harm the
baby birds, but, by chasing away the cats, they actu
ally protect them.
The duckling-lovers suggest that city policemen
be equipped with small-caliber firearms to shoot at
dogs and cats.
About the only ones unaffected by this emotion
packed debate (which soon will fade from view until
another springtime makes it a live issue again) are
the grown-up ducks, who take the fish in the pond,
who like the cheese in the old song stand alone.
E.A.
Sunday, May 28, 1957
MMMM, C0 . . . .THERE'S MXAT LIKE HOTCAKES
. (VTH LOTS OF PEANUT SUTTER ON 'EM'."
Matter of Fact
THEY'RE NOT SCARED
OF IKE"
Washington During last
year's campaign, President Eis
enhower often told intimates
that he "didn't want to win by
any fifty point
four per cent.
He wanted to
"win big, big
ger than last
time." He had
to win big, he
said, to "finish
the job."
The job was
to remake the
R e p u b 1 i cn
party into a
Stewait Alsop
modern par
ty which would again be the
majority party in the nation. In
order to do this job, the Presi
dent reasoned, he needed an ov
erwhelming triumph at the polls.
Such a triumph would serve as
a clear signal to the Republican
party to fall in line behind the
Eisenhower kind of Republican
prestige and authority to force
his program of "Modern Repub
licanism" through Congress.
The President did indeed win
big. The Republican party did
not win at all it lost both
Houses of Congress. After his big
win, the President went ahead
confidently to fashion a program
and a budget embodying it, that
would represent his kind of Re
publicanism. And the Republican
party in Congress, with a big
assist from the Democrats, is
now happily at work slicing the
program into ribbons.
11THAT, then, went wrong with
the President's theory, that
a big win would give him what
he needed to "finish the job?"
For there is no longer any doubt
about it. Only six months after
his big win, President Eisenhow
er is, in at least one absolutely
vital respect, in worse trouble
with Congress than Franklin D.
Roosevelt or Harry Truman ever
were.
The New Deal died in the late
30's, and the Fair Deal was never
really born at aU, but Roosevelt
and Truman always got essen
tially what they wanted from
Congress on the foreign and de
fense fronts. And it is precisely
on these fronts, as the almost
desperate tone of his speech on
Tuesday night suggests, that the
President's program is most
gravely threatened.
One explanation of what went
wrong with the President's theo
ry is contained in the rueful re
mark of an Eisenhower associate
and admirer: "They were scared
of Roosevelt and even Truman.
They're not scared of Ike."
HE WENT on to recaU, with
a certain nostalgia, Truman's
delegation came to plead for a
In the Day's News
By FRANK
I suppose that everyone who
reads the news or listens to it
as it comes over the air waves
is aware that this 'world is full
of problems. One of the tragic
problems has been the case of
little Hildy McCoy.
LITTLE Hildy found a foster
father and mother who loved
her, adored her built their lives
around her. But legal tangles de
veloped. Seeking to escape these
tangles, Little Hildy's. foster par
ents fled from city to city, from
state to state.
They finally settled in Florida.
There were efforts to extradite
them from Florida and take
them back to Massachusetts to
face charges of kidnaping the
child they have reared from her
infancy.
Then Florida's governor Leroy
Collins denied the extradition
petition, and his decision can't
be appealed. Hildy's foster par
ents immediately filed proceed
ings in a Miami circuit court for
her adoption under Florida laws.
It was thus and nearly six
years of court battles and hiding
out in different cities to escape
the serving of legal papers came
to a close.
By Stewart Alsop
lame duck Texas Congressman
who had opposed the Truman
policies. "That S.O.B.," Truman
remarked crisply, "is not going
to get any job with this govern
ment as long as I'm President."
He recalled also how Truman
summarily fired Louis Johnson
as Secretary of Defense not
because Johnson's policies were
disastrous, but because Johnson
had been criticizing the Adminis
tration on Capitol Hill.
Truman and Roosevelt were
politically vindictive by instinct,
bacause politics is a vindictive
business, and both were profes
sional politicians to their bone
marrow. But when President Ei
senhower's Secretary of the
Treasury criticizes his budget,
the President goes shooting with
him. And when the Republican
minority leader opposes the
President on issue after issue,
the President remarks mildly, as
he did at Wednesday's press con
ference, that Sen. Knowland sup
ports him on most issues.
The president is quite right, of
course, that he cannot force
Knowland to resign as minority
leader. But Knowland has reas
son to be "scared" of the Presi
dent all the same. Knowland
or so everybody believes wants
very much to be President. What
ever happens between now and
1960, it is almost inconceivable
that Knowland could get the
nomination over President Eis
enhower's active opposition. So
Knowland ought to be thorough
ly scared of offending the Presi
dent. But he clearly is not.
e
rriHE impression is almost uni--1
versal on Capitol Hill that
the President hates to use his
power to punish and reward, and
this is why "they're not scared
of Ike." But this is only part
of the reason, of course; another
reason is that the President's
enemies in both parties, frustrat
ed Democrats and unreconciled
Republicans alike, are convinc
ed that they have at long last a
good heavy stick to beat him
with.
The stick is the desire of the
voters to sink happily back into
what Time magazine has dubbed
"the new normalcy." Shrewd
politicians with both ears to the
ground report unanimously that
this reversion to something like
the national mood of the 20's is
entirely real, a political phenom
enon of major proportions.
Strangely enough, the Presi
dent himself, the nation's reas
suring father figure, the living
symbol of "peace and prosper
ity," has done far more than
any other individual to create
the national mood of complacen
cy he is now belatedly fighting
hard to 'dispel.
(c) 1957 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
JENKINS
WHAT we call "extradition"
goes a long way back Into
history. What it involves is the
handing over by one state or
country to another state or coun
try of persons accused of crimes.
It is closely tied up with what
over- the centuries has been
known as the right of sanctuary
arose in the darker ages of the
world when political offenders
meaning in those days persons
who came out on the losing side
in struggles for power could
be chased all over the world by
political enemies who sought
their lives.
But, as so often happens, crim
inals began to take advantage of
sanctuary in an effort to escape
punishment for their crimes. So
the process of extradition was
developed to head that off.
ANYWAY, by refusing to ex
tradite her foster parents
from Florida, Governor Collins
has made it possible for little
Hildy ivIcCoy to go on living in
a home where she is loved and
cherished.
That is a happy ending for
her story. .
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Bronco-Busting Officers
To the Editor: This is written
in appreciation to Medford's
bronco busting police officers,
who, with skill, good nature and
devotion to duty rounded up our
two stray calves Thursday.
I was at the hospital with my
husband when the calves got
loose, and when the officers fi
nally corralled them, so I don't
know their names. But I'd like
them to know of our apprecia
tion and for Medford people to
know what fine officers they
have to serve them.
Mrs. BiU Medcalf
1031 Narrgan st.
Medford, Ore.
Memorial Day
To the Editor: Another sacred
Memorial Day is fast approach
ing. The vast army of Union
Veterans who fought the Civil
War has passed from our view.
The gleam of their campfires can
be seen no more. But in the
hearts of us, their daughters, it
glows with a brighter fervency
as we live to appreciate their sac
rifice. Let us not neglect on this
sacred day to wend our way
t their final campground and
there, amid the rows of white
headstone tents, with pride and
loyalty, plant the flag of our na
tion,, the bright-hued symbol for
which they bled and died. And
on those lowly green mounds,
tenderly place fresh bright blos
soms, as an outward expression
of the love and loyalty we hold
for them for their service to our
Country.
In Memoriam
They served us not in- selfish
ness, But died for both black and
white;
To build a better, kinder world
For freedom, truth and right.
And we who set Ihis day apart,
To honor those who sleep;
Should renew our pledge to
hold the faith
They gave their lives to keep.
Eva Frances Ware,
Patriotic Instructor of
Elta Deuel Hubbs Tent 11,
Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War,
1861-65.
181 Winema Way,
Medford, Ore.
Sale Successful
To the Editor: The members
of Colonel Sargent Auxiliary,
United Spanish War Veterans,
wish to extend their thanks to
Mayor John Snider, Chief of Po
lice Charles Champlin and other
city officials and to the public
for their courtesies and gener
osity in making the McKinley
Editorial Comment
LEGISLATURE ASSESSED
The 49th Legislature . . . turn
ed out to be, not the radical
body which was expected . . .
Instead it proved to be rather
conservative. Credit for this
should be shared by the Repub
lican phalanx in the Senate
which presented a formidable
barricade to certain measures
and by conservative heads
among the Democrats. Those
who may have come to tax and
tax and spend and spend, re
mained to pray and to labor
for a relatively modest upping
of taxes within the very restric
tive area now allowed for state
taxation.
. . . While the public may fret
over the length of the session
128 days they cannot with jus
tice . criticize the members for
lack of diligence and earnest
ness, and of cooperation on the
major issues which they con
fronted. Oregon Statesman,
Salem.
. . . Just as the session opened
with a high degree of partisan
ship, reflected in the battle for
control of the Senate, so did it
close with Democrats making
speeches about the- wonders it
accomplished, and with Repub
licans calling it the worst ses
sion in Oregon history.
Neither view, in our opinion,
is correct. Probably many ses
sions have been better. And cer
tainly some have been worse.
The session was expensive, both
in the legislative cost and in
the budget approved by the leg
islators. But before we're too
critical of that budget and the
tax increase that must go with
it, we must ask if the people
of Oregon wUl get full value
for their tax doUars. We think
they will, and believe no sub
stantial appropriation can be
termed frivolous or unnecessary.
. . . Briefly put, the session
was not all good and it was
not aU bad . . . But considering
the sort of instructions the leg
islators felt they had from the
people, and considering the in
experience of most of the mem
bers, we feel the 1957 Legisla
ture did show imagination, cour
age and a willingness to listen
to new ideas. While the session
may not go down in history as
the best Oregon ever weathered,
it certainly does not deserve to
be called the worst. Eugene
Register-Guard.
. . . It was really a grueling
session 128 days of delibera
tion, debate and not infrequent
bickering. Furthermore, each
senator and representative had
to dig deeply ,. into his own
pocket to finance the stay at
Carnation sale a success.
We wish also to thank the
staff of the Medford Mail Trib
une for their cooperation in pre
senting news of the sale.
Mrs. Winifred Vail
Sale Chairman
56 North Orange st.
Medford, Ore.
Power for Oregon
To The Editor: Reference is
made" to Harper's (May) article
'The American West' by Walter
Prescott Webb who gives a
clear picture of the great North
American Desert, now desperate
for water, and in particular
Los Angeles whose constantly
growing population has driven
them desperately for water. To
quote the article: " A plan is
afoot to tap the waters of the
Columbia in the northwest, to
enlarge or save the oasis of
southern California."
John Day dam as proposed
would be constructed within the
state of Oregon but operated by
a Washington utility company.
Hells Canyon on the Snake
river and bordering Oregon on
the east is all but lost to an
Idaho power company. Only
immediate protests by every
Oregonian could save this dam
site. Federal power was fought
here (and at Bonneville) with
the hue and cry that it is "creep
ing socialism," but the very ones
who cried out and refused to
pass $350 million for Federal
power at Hells Canyon are the
very same folks who passed
$1V4 billions (and more) to bring
Federal - power in the upper
Colorado river project!
So we gave our eastern
boundary and Hells Canyon dam
site to Idaho; we are by pure
lassitude giving John Day dam
site to Washington; we are giv
ing the Columbia to Los Angeles,
so why don't we give our sea
coast to Russia and then ex
plode an A-bomb out about Red
mond and let Oregon just disap
pear forever? You may as well
because if our people sit on
their stools of 'do-nothin' much
longer, you'll all starve to death
anyway.
Or you can write and wire
and call Secretary Fred Seaton,
Department of Interior, Wash
ington, D.C., and stop the 'Big
Steal'; tell him we want 2 mill
power for Oregons industry by
saving Hells Canyon, John Day,
the Columbia for Federal power
sites to benefit Oregon for a
change. Then watch us boom
with industry and jobs aU year
'round!
A displaced Oregonian..
Mrs. Virginia Card
1154 Viola ave.
Glendale, Calif.
Saiem, in view of Oregon's nig
gardly pay for legislators ...
Some of Oregon's leading
Democrats . . . have lauded the
session as having the "best rec
ord of accomplishment of any
administration in our genera
tion." Possibly so, but we would
not be surprised if a special ses
sion isn't necessary before the
next two years have elapsed.
. . . Anyhow, it's all over but
the shouting. There will be
plenty of that when employees
discover the amount of -money
that will be taken from their
pay envelopes under the new
"realistic" withholding tax
schedule. Grants Pass Courier.
The legislature which has just
adjourned after a record 128 day
session was surprisingly less ra
dical than had been expected . . .
Part of the credit or blame,
depending on the viewpoint for
the unexpectedly . conservative
result goes to the Republican
half of the Senate, which block
ed considerable legislation. But
the Democrats in the Senate and
House both turned out to be far
less prone to revolutionize things
than had been anticipated.
Politcially, what will be the
effect of this session? Certainly
those who feared drastic changes
from a Democratic legislature
and administration have not had
their fears realized. Those who
wanted more drastic changes
than were made will be disap
pointed; but they still must cling
to the Democratic party as the
instrument of future change. It
would seem that on the whole
the Democratic party may have
augmented its chances to elect a
Democratic legislature again and
retain a Democratic administra
tion two years hence when the
people vote again. Asiorian
Budget.
WHY NOT CALL A HALT?
The terrible accident lastweek
in which six Grants Pass high
school students were badly in
juried, again brings to mind the
wisdom of these junior and sen
ior "skip" days, as they are
termed. In other areas we have
heard them called "flunk" days.
School authorities, we real
ize, do their utmost to regulate
and control them. All too often,
however, situations get out of
hand. In more than'one instance
tragedy and heartbreak have ac
companied these events. We'd
rather not dwell further on the
subject, but some of the things
that have occurred in other cities
would not make pleasant read
ing. We realize these remarks will
not be well-received in many
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
A man who does a lot of
traveling in his work started
out for California the other day.
Soon after he left, his wife
noticed he'd left his suitcase
behind.
She called the state police,
who suggested that the Cali
fornia checking station be con
tacted. This she did, and before
long he telephoned her from
there. They discussed the matter
and decided that she would start
south in her car while he started
north in his, and when they saw
each other, they'd stop and
transfer the suitcase.
Both started out, but some
how missed each other on the
highway. She wound up at the
checking station (no husband),
and he wound up at the "Y"
junction south of Ashland (no
wife). Both waited briefly, then
turned around, she traveling
north, he south. She arrived at
the Big Y, he at the checking
station. Missed again.
They finally found each other,
but we understand on good au
thority there was a distinct cool
ness between them as the suit
case was transferred from one
car to the other.
Our United Press wire the
other day carried a story
about the death of an "11-year-old
widow" who left 179
living descendants. "She sure
must have started young."
one of the newsroom inhabit
ants commented.
About half-way through the
school music festival at the high
school stadium the other night,
a father and his young daughter
got up from their seats and
began inching their way toward
the aisle in front of the other
people sitting in the same row.
As they passed one youngish
matron, the father commented
"I think I'U have to carry this
young one h-ie."
"Is she sleepy?" asked the
matron sympathetically. "So am
I."
"Sorry," replied the father
with a grin as he picked up his
daughter and started down the
steps. "One is all I can carry."
We all know about the
"minutes" of the meeting
those records which are kept
by the secretary of the pro
ceedings. We heard a new
one the other day, in a 4-H
club report, where it said .
'The seconds of the last meet
ing were not read because the
secretary wasn't there.". Must
have been a short meeting.
Law enforcement in the
Berrydale district has been
handled by the sheriff's office
and state police. But when it
officially becomes a part of Med
ford, in a week or so, that re
sponsibility will go to the city
police department.
One state police officer who
lives in the area swears that the
minute Berrydale becomes a
part of the city, he's going to
call up Chief of Police Charles
Champlin and complain about a
barking dog.
a ' -
Phooey on tranquilizers, '
calming drugs, or "happy ?
pills, says County Agent
Earle Jossy. He declares the
best "happy pills" he knows .
are little round sinkers for
his fishing line.
A press release from the N.A.
P.C.T.C.A.F.B.S.M. informs us
somewhat breathlessly that this
nation observes National-Ladder
month, National Smile week (in
addition to National Laugh
week and Pass the Laugh week),
the Spring Festival of Gas
Ranges, National Bow Tie week,
Old Maids' day, Steel Kitchen
Cabinet month, Save the Horse
week, and 341 other special
days, weeks and months.
And what, you may ask, is the
N.A.P.C.T.C.A.F.B.S.M.? It is the
National Association for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Cloth
and Furniture by Savage Moths,
and it's all steamed up because
it has dreamed up National
Mothproofing Month, which it
says is May.
All of which motivated the
following "pome":
Special months and weeks
and days
Fill me full of sad malaise.
Maybe such things really
click
Frankly, though, they make
me sick.
All the calendar they filL
I can't escape. They make
me ill.
quarters. We have editorialized
on this subject before and have
observed the reaction. The fact
remains that the skip days, or
flunk days if one prefers, are
relatively recent in origin. They
represent no deep-rooted tradi
tion. In other words it should be
possible for school authorities
to stop them by putting an ab
solute ban on such practices, and
"getting tough'' if necessary.
After school is over and young
people -are "on their own" for
the summer, school authorities
have no control. Until that time,
however, school discipline still
should prevail. Grants Pass
Courier.