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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.