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FOTTB MEDFOHD (OHEGOK) "Ive.Ton in Southern Oregon Beads Tl. Mail Tribune" Published Daily Exceot Saturday by MEDFOHD PRINTING CO j -North Fir St Phone 2-141 ??2,?,R.EdvertL"n Manager FB?,111 Buamew Manager fapS Managing Editor ltii,D4LMS Clt Editor rJRVLH.IMAJi Telegraph Editor CHARD JEWETT Sports Editor- S'.J,V?SJ,RCHER s Editor PAlg ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper EwteJ?d ? second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of aiarcn a. 1E37 e SUBSCRIPTION RATES V MalJ In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Dally and Sunday One year $13 oa Oally and Sunday Six months SJDO Dally and Sunday Three mo 4-25 Sunday Only One year H20 7.C?rrtCT ln Advance Medford Ashland Central Poult Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 pally and Sunday One month 1.50 T'.V -?nd Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance nrVi". !E" he City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Inorl Wfr MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU- . OF CIRCULATION - Ad,y,rt'ing Represents tWel WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANY INC Offices In New York Chicago de trolt. San Francisco. Lot Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C NATION A I EOlTOIIAt S 1 I AsTbcfA'fZN NEWS PA PER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 1. 1947 (Friday) Ninetieth anniversary of the founding of the First Presbyter ian church in Jacksonville will be celebrated Sept. 7. Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Flying saucers" are again reported in the wilds of Idaho and on the want-ad pages of the newspapers. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 1, 1937 (Sunday) Old Southern Pacific station to be torn down soon to be re placed with new structure. Oregon Shakespearean Festi val association makes formal debut Monday. 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 1. 1927 (Monday) Jackson county gets $13,284.86 of total state school fund. Eighty-one year old lady starts walk from Chicago to Jackson ville. 40 YEARS. AGO Aug. 1. 1917 (Wednesday) By daylight tomorrow morn ing, I company. Third Oregon infan'ry, will be on a special train headed for Clackamas. Jackson county school statis tics for year show total of 4,738 pupils enrolled in schools. What's Your I.Q.7. Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is exceUent; five or Mix Is rood 1. Since the days of the ancient Greeks sneezing was generally held to be an omen of evil. Dating from A.D. 589 the European custom of saying what came into being as a result? 2. Is the hawkbill a turtle, bird, or fish? S. Bible: "And Terah ... be gat Abram" and who else? 4. Manila is the capital of v.hich country in the Southwest Pacific? 5. Was Beau Brummel a real or fictitious character? , 6. Whose picture is printed on ten dollar bills? 7. '"Soldier of Democracy" by K. S. Davis is a biography of which famous Army officer? 8. Did Josef Stalin speak Eng lish? 9. A portion is strictly "a part allotted or assigned to a parti cular person or purpose." Is a "chapter" a portion of a story? 10. "It is better to be lucky than wise." By Shakespeare, John Ray, or Cervantes? Answers: 1. "God bless you." 2. Turile. 3. Nahor; Haram. 4. Philippine Islands. 5. Real (George Bryan Brummel). 6. Alexander Hamilton's. 7. Dwight D. Eisenhower. 8. No. 9. No. A "part." 10. John Ray. Eugene Man Named Inferior Solicitor Washington OH Interior Secretary Fred Seaton today an nounced that Raymond C. Coul ter, Engens, Ore., would become Northwest regional solicitor for the Interior Department effec tive Aug. 15 with headquarters in Portland. Coulter succeeds J. Lane Moithland. who became assist ant Bonneville adminstrator July 1. Coulter will be the legal representative of the Interior Department in Washington, Ore gon, Idaho and Montana west of the continental divide. He also was designated as acting region al solicitor for Alaska. MAIL TRIBUNE A "Heck" Of An Editorial In the collection of papers and mail resulting from an extended absence is a copy of an editorial in the Grants Pass Courier of July 23rd entitled "Heck of a way to treat a railroad." This is a slight modification of the well known "punch line" of a familiar story "This is a hell of a way to RUN a railroad." A CCORDING to a notation on the clipping the con- tributor would like to have this paper's opinion of the editorial which espouses the cause of the "Friendly Southern Pacific" in toto and takes to task those newspapers and civic leaders in Southern Ore gon, who think the passenger service should be re stored, and the "billion dollar corporation" forced to live up to the clear-cut obligations of its franchise, as a public utility. UR communicant expressed surprise that any daily paper in this part of the state, should be so blind to the public interest and such an easy mark for the S.P.'s pluasible but entirely fallacious propaganda, as to not only condemn the effort to secure the kind of railroad service the communities in Southern Ore gon are entitled to, but maintain apparently without a smile that the Southern Pacific is the aggrieved party, not the people. I N FACT the editorial writer makes the extraordi nary claim, that instead policy of "the public be damned" the "Friendly South ern Pacific," should be patted on the back and given the "Order of Merit" with stars, .for running such handsome freight cars through its Siskiyou area, and shunting all passenger service to the Natron "cut off" where according to the SP's own figures car loadings are one sixth of those in the abandoned area from Eugene to the California line ! THIS is, to repeat, an extraordinary position for the flrants Pass flnnripr nr nnv nt.hpr Hnilv tipwsnflnpv in this long-suffering section of the state, to take. That the editorial writer rather suspects his sentiments will not be welcomed with joy by the people as a whole, is indicated by his admission that he supports the SP propaganda line "just to be different." Well no one can deny he gains that distinction. But after all is that such a desirable one? THE "Courier" was "different" during the height of the Joe McCarthy controversy, and according to our records was the only daily paper in the state that not only refused to take a stand against the methods the Senator from Wisconsin used and for which the U.S. Senate later censured him but also every day in every way praised and honored him until of course after McCarthy had been branded as a political "outlaw" by his fellow senators,, and his brand of politics had been officially condemned and repudiated. Then he was through and so was the Courier. VES that WAS "different". But is it a "difference" our neighboring con temporary wishes to repeat? We hope nQt. ' . In fact we wish the writer of this editorial would take a day off in August after the 21st when the briefs regarding SP service in Southern Oregon will be pre sented to the State Public Utility Commissioner and read them over. He would not need to rfead theSP side f of obviously he is letter-perfect in that direction. These briefs after presentation are open for public inspection. XE DON'T claim he would change his mind for we realize the time honored Courier infatuation for Big Business, would be a strong deterrent, but it could do no harm to get the facts concerning both sides of the question instead of only one and it might do both Josephine County and the Courier ultimate good. At any rate it would give the Courier a better understanding of why the people of Southern Oregon from Eugene to Ashland as a whole (around 250,000 strong), view with amazement and incredulity any newspaper in possession of the facts who could des cribe the rail transportation situation in this" section of the state or a "Heck of a Way to treat a RAIL ROAD" instead of as a "Heck of a Way for a railroad to treat the people." R.W.R. Back Stairs: Gruenther's Long Handle By MERRIAM SMITH UP While House Writer Washington PI Back stairs at the White House: Around the White House, Homer Gruenther bears the im posing title ot assistant to the deputy assistant to the President. This means he works for Wilton B. Persons, who is the deputy as sistant to the President. The as sistant, of course, is Sherman Ad ams. With this complicated identifi cation out of the way, it is pos sible to report that the amiable Gruenther is known around the executive establishment by some other titles: "Homer, the vege table man" or ' Homer, the king of queens." The subtitles stem from the fact that Gruenther, brother of the famous general and present head of the American Red Cross, is on the receiving end of numer ous delegations that call at the White House. Gifts for Eisenhower The delegations come bearing gifts for President Eisenhower, who usually is too occupied with other chores to receive them in person. Lest it st a time-consuming , precedent, the White hursday. August 1, 1957 of being criticised for its House also does not have the President welcome "queens" of various aspects of American life'. Thus it falls to Homer to glad hand the visiting vegetable and fruit bearers and their respective queens. In recent weeks, Gruenther has played host to and been photographed with the cheese, citrus, milk, peach, watermelon, vegetable and potato "queens." The cherry queen from Michigan brought in a pie big enough to feed a regiment. A blueberry qu"een brought in a load of produce from New Jer sey and an Iowa delegation de livered appropriate cuts of choice meats to mark National Steak week. Homer also receives quite a quantity of fish in season. The people from Alaska, Oregon and Maine can be counted on for a certain amount of salmon every year. An Indiana delegation brings in a mess of lake perch Ennually. There's a big difference be tween the fruit and berry dele gations with their queens, and the fish folks. "Queens don't come with fish; 1 SURE LIKE ID EAT WATERMEION OUTDOORS. YA OOHt HAVETA SAVE TUB SEEDS; Tito Wins Economic Assistance, Gomulka Loses, in Russ Talks By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Independent Communist Yugo- slavia has won a big victory in economic negotiations with So- But Poland is still in serious economic trou ble and there is no immedi ate pros p e c t that it can get either from Russia or the United States Charles McCun the aid it needs to safeguard its semi-independent status. President Tito of Yugoslavia decided recently to test the So-. viet government's expressed de sire for better relations ty ask ing it to make good on unful filled promises of $250 million in credits. . A delegation of economic ex perts which he sent to Moscow has returned to Belgrade with a promise that the credits will be given. The' United States granted Po land credits totaling . $95 mil lion dollars in surplus farm products and mining machinery to strengthen its weak economy and help it to maintain the large measure of freedom it has won from Russian domination. Wheat Shipment Arrives v The first shipment "of 9,168 tons of wheat under this credit arrived at the Polish .port of Gdynia on July 24. '. : , V But Poland had asked a total of $300 million and there is, no doubt that much was almost des 7 In the Day's News By FRANK Senate GOP leader Bill Know land of California says in Wash ington that Republican advocates of civil rights legislation are willing to stay in session until mid-August ... or mid-September,,. . . qt ALL' WINTER, if, necessary. Senator Richard Russell of Georgia, leader of the Southern bloc, promptly retorted: "Well, we'll stay with him if neces sary1. He'll have some company around here." BUT There will he a break. Southern Democrats and most Republicans in the senate have agreed to a truce to let the senate catch up on some pressing busi ness. The senate just HAS to pass some urgent legislation to get MONEY to some of the. federal government agencies or these only congressmen," says Homer. And what happens to all of these choice edibles brought to the President? They go into the White House refrigerator for consumption by the Eisenhowers and their guests. The ice box must bulge at the seams come berry-picking time and the first run of salmon. This time of year there . are numerous summer bachelors in official Washington. The man of the executive and legislative branches must remain on the job while their wives flee to the mountains and the seashore. The President joined the bachelor ranks this week and reacted quite normally. ; Mrs. Eisenhower left for Den ver Monday, and on Tuesday the President not only played golf, but went .to the baseball game that night with some of his cro nies and staff associates. Unlike other summer bache lors, however, he doesn't have to mow the lawn, get out the loun dry or fix his own breakfast. George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" was completed on Jan. 7, 1924. perately needed. While the final stage of Polish-United States negotiations was approaching in Washington, Polish Communist leader Wlady slaw Gomulka went to Moscow at the head of a trade delega tion o seek help. Gomulka asked that Russia pay Poland $75 million it has owed for years for transporting goods and troops between Rus sia and East Germany. He also asked Russia to increase ship ments of iron ore to keep Polish steel mills in fuller operation. Nikita Loses Temper Gomulka got nowhere. It is reported that Soviet Communist leader Nikita S. Khrushchev lost Air Force Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Its Establishment Washingtonu (IP) The United States Air Force flew high, wide and handsome today in marking the end of its first half century as a military arm. There were many to claim that the youngest of America's defense forces had become its mightiest. ' its men were entrenched in the nation's top military posi tions. ' Its money was almost half of the total spent on national de fense. Its machines were poking farther and farther into the fron tiers of space. Its wings were a protective JENKINS agencies wiU be WITHOUT money. In an emergency like ' that, even the civil rights debate has to give way. JUST what are civil rights? y Fundamentally, civil rights include the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which is the birthright of every American, regardless of his ra cial origins, the color of his skin, his religious beliefs or any thing else involving hfs PER SONAL rights within the limits of the personal rights of others. V ' " TT WILL be well to remember, -1- however, that the mere pass ing of a law won't in itself secure these rights. There must be HU MAN TOLERANCE. It's going to take time.. This business of securing civil rights for everybody is more than a campaign for votes in the next national election.' J HE head of the United States Chamber of Commerce says in Washington that federal aid programs tend to make state of ficials too dependent on the fed eral "government. " He tells a house government operations subcommittee that such aid makes the state officials consider themselves as he put it -"super salesmen." He added: 'They try to sell the need for federal aid instead of trying to solve the problem them selves." . THE big trouble with federal aid programs for the states, the cities and the counties, it seems to me, is that it TENDS TO TAKE GOVERNMENT TOO FAR AWAY FROM HOME. The farther . government gets from the people who pay the taxes, the more extravagant it tends to get. - - - TTERE is probably the principal reason why government aid programs have spread' like fire in dry grass: EVERYBODY has had the feeling that "if we don't get it SOMEBODY ELSE WILL." That has caused states, cities and counties to ask for, things they wouldn't otherwise have thought of asking for. - Text of Porter's Rogue Basin Bill Published in (Editor' Note: The text of the bill which Congressman Charles O. Porter was sched uled to introduce into the House of Representatives to day is published here in full. Porter has explained he will not press for immediate pas sage of the bill, but has intro duced it at this time to permit greater speed in ' completing - preliminary ' studies designed tej provide changes necessary to make the final measure ac ceptable to all interests.) "To provide for the develop ment by the Secretary . of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior of certain units of the Rogue River Basin project, Ore gon, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to provide for the control of floods in the Rogue River Basin in Oregon and to further his temper during a conversa tion with Gomulka. He is said to have told Gomulka that Po land is "milking" Russia and that it had better go elsewhere for help. Khrushchev was re ferring to Poland's request for American aid. Shortly afterward, Khrush chev sent Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan to Warsaw to smooth over the bad feeling caused by his outburst. Mikoyan is understood to have told Gomulka that the Soviet government would "study" his request for the transit payments. But there has been no indica tion that the payments would be made. . cover for the free world and a warning to the Communists not to commit aggression. Memorial Service Air Force regulars and veter ans assembled this morning in Arlington National cemetery am phitheater to hear their service eulogized by Gen. Thomas D. White, Air Force chief of staff, as a symbol of "strength and righteousness in the eyes of lib erty loving people everywhere." The golden anniversary me morial service honored the air men who died in the three wars since the Air Force was born 302 in World War I, 52,173 in World War II and 1,200 in Ko rea. "They were the best of fight ers," White said. "But they were not warlike. We honor them in the name of peace." The 3,000 delegates to the an nual Air Force association con vention will be lifting glasses to niglit to the memory of the Billy Mitchells, Hap Arnolds and oth er air power prophets who show ed the air service the high road to success. Gala Dances Three Air Force memorial dances here are being billed as the biggest celebrations in the capital since the inaugural balls last January. Dramatic evidence of the Air Force's aerial , conquest was made public in connection with the anniversary. The service dis closed that the late Capt. Mil- burn G. Apt reached a speed of 2,260 miles an hour in the X2 rocket plane last year. That was well over 50 times the speed of the first Diane the Air. Force re ceived from the Wright Broth-j ers in 1909. "As an affiliate of our state and national associations, we subscribe to the principles set forth in the Code of Ethics of the National Funeral Directors Association, and pledge our best efforts to make them effective." ' From the Code of Ethics of the National Funeral Directors' Association ' i . ' ' DAY OR NIGHT PHONE SP 2-8030 Chapel the development of the land ar.d water resources of said ba sin, there are hereby authorize! to be, as units of the Rogue Riv er Basin project, the Lewis Creek dam, reservoir and pow erplant. Trail diversion dam and powerplant, Pease Bridge, Mea dows, Ruch, Slate Creek, In dian Hill anfl Deer Creek dams and reservoirs, and Cascade Gorge- dam and powerplant, or reasonable substitutes therefor, and related diversion works, tunnels, canals, distribution and drainage systems, pumping fa cilities, transmission lines, re vetments, and, as provided in section -4 of this Act, projects for the preservation and propa gation of fish and wildlife and recreation facilities. The pro jects authorized by this Act shall be constructed in substantial ac cordance with the engineering plans therefor set forth in the report of the regional director of the Bureau of Reclamation entitled "Rogue River Basin Pro ject, Oregon," dated February 1950. Reasonable Substitutes SEC. 2. Except as otherwise agreed ' upon by the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior, Lewis Creek dam, reservoir and powerplant and Rucl) dam and reservoir, or the reasonable substitutes there for.' and other projects the pri mary function of which is flood control shall be constructed, op erated, and maintained by the Secretary of the Army, and Cas cade Gorge dam and power- plant, Trail diversion dam and powerplant, and Deer Creek dam and reservoir, or the rea sonable substitutes therefor, and other projects the primary func tions of which are irrigation, municipal and domestic water supply and hydroelectric power shall be constructed, operated and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior. In constructing, operating and maintaining said projects, the Secretary of the Arm shall proceed in accord ance with the laws relating to the construction of projects for flood control and the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws, except as otherwise pro vided in this Act. SEC- 3. The costs of construc ting, operating; and maintain ing the projects authorized by me iirsi section or mis Act snail be- allocated to ' (A) irrigation, municipal and domestic water supply, i and commercial power and (B) flood control, the pres ervation and propagation of fish and ' wildlife, and recreation. The costs allocated to the func tions named in (A) shall be re imbursable and returnable un der contracts- entered into by the Secretary of the Interior and the costs allocated to the functions specified in (B) shall be nonreimbursable and non returnable. The provisions - of section 2 (B) and section 2 (C), of ' the Act providing for con struction, operation, and main tenance of the Talent division of the Rogue River Basin project (Act of August 20, 19o'4, 68 Stat, 7.52, 753) shall be applicable to contracts under section B, sub sections (C) and (D), of the Re clamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 487) for irrigation, for municipal and domestic water, and for commercial power which the Secretary of the Interior en ters into in connection with the units of the same project auth orized by first section of this Act, and to amortization of the reimbursable and returnable costs of said units. Development Fund SEC. 4. There is hereby es tablished the Rogue River De velopment Fund, to which shall be credited the. sum of $1,000, 000 from appropriations made pursuant to section 5 of this Act. The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Inter ior, and, when lands under his authority are involved, the Sec- retary of Agriculture, acting I jointly, shall utilize said funds Mortuary Across from the Courthouse) Frank Morgan Harold Snodgrass FUNERAL DIRECTORS River Full to promote, for the benefit of the people of the United States, the readjustment and develop ment of areas in the Rogue Bas in directly affected by the pro jects authorized by the first sec tion of this Act. Such readjust ment and development shall in clude,' without being limited to, the creation of facilities to aid in the conservation and reestab lishment of the fish and wild life resources of the basin, the establishment of public park fa cilities, fish hatcheries, wildlife refuges, and similar develop ments which are necessary or desirable to implement the en joyment, utility and beautifica tion of the areas directly affect ed by said works. SEC. 5. There is hereby auth orized to be appropriated the sum of $66,500,000 for the con struction of the projects auth orized by the first section of this Act, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be re quired by reason of changes in the costs of construction of the types involved therein as shown by engineering cost indices and, in addition thereto, .- such sums as may be required for the op eration and maintenance of said works. Communications Letter! to the Editor must bear the name and address ot the writer although under certain circum stances the use ot a pen name or initial for publication is permis sible The Mail Tribune reserve the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and conden sation Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words Wants Tax Relief . . To the Editor: This letter con cerns the need for a new tax program for Oregon, and the recognition of that nee'd by a group of Klamath County citi zens. , Oregon people have been aroused to an awareness of their tax burden this past two years; a tax burden that is discourag ing industry from entering the state; a burden that is resulting in unemployment and few job opportunities being created. . The past session of the Oregon Legislature did very little to remedy this situation. It would seem that any movement toward a fairer tax program must come from the people themselves. We who live near California's borders note that in that state great employment possibilities have been created, and that the tax program is especially de signed by their legislative bodies to encourage new Industry. Oregon needs new industry. Oregon workers need jobs. High and Inequitable taxation Is pre venting the establishment of a good and fair business clirriate, to bring better payrolls and job opportunities. Taxation is not a partisan con sideration. Let's take taxes out of politics. Our group of Re publicans and Democrats and people who are from all walks of life are planning an initiative measure to give Oregon a mod ern and competitive tax pro gram. , Before finally drafting an ini tiative petition, we wish to in vite your readers to give us the benefit of their thoughts on the subject of a proper tax structure for the state of Oregon. We would also be glad to meet with other Oregon counties who wish to form a non partisan tax league. Does your county have a tax study group? Please send your thoughts and suggestion to the Non Partisan Tax League, Box 456, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Yours for a Fairer Tax Pro gram. Josephine Kittridge Chairman, Non Partisan Tax League of Klamath County COLLEGE SECRETARY DIES Suffern, N. Y. an Charles R. Pace, 48, secretary of Pace College in New York, died Wednesday.
