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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
Aug. 11, 1947
Harvesting of crawfords and
other varieties of early peaches
la now neanng its peak here.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "Los An
geles is suffering from smog, an
atmospheric condition produced
by noxious gas, smoke and fool
and freak political theories."
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 11, 1937
An association of county peach
growers may be formed due to
the Increasing importance of the
county crop.
Over 150 employees and their
families of Medford Mail Trib
une and Klamath Falls News
Herald are expected to - attend
the typographical union picnic
next Sunday.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 11, 1927
Charles A. Lindbergh may
land on Medford .field during
prosperity celebration.
Sixth street is opened to
through traffic here.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 11. 1917
Library privileges extended to
company C, Third Oregon Infan
try stationed here. .
Auto tourist travel to and
through Medford breaks all rec
ords. What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six Is good
. The first American vessel
was launched (1797) near which
of the Great Lakes?
2. A coat of paint applied to
iron that has begun to rust, will
or will not prevent it from rust
ing further?
3. Bible: What had Moses In
mind when he took a " second
census?
4. How many shillings have
the monetary value of a British
pound sterling?
5 Did the Spanish-American
war occur in 1890, 1892, 1896
or 1898?
6. What crop is grown in
paddy-fields?
7. In which field of science
are the names Herschel, Coper
nicus and Halley famous?
8. What is hemoglobin?
9. Should "onery", a dialec
tal variety of "ordinary", be
avoided?
10. "A fool and his money are
soon" what?
Answers: 1. Lake Erie. 2. Will
not. 3. The building of an Army.
4. Twenty. 5. 1898. 6. Rice. 7. As
tronomy. 8. The red coloring
matter in blood. 9. Yes.
10. "parted."
Senator Husband Named
Committee Chairman
Salem TO State Sen. Donald
R. Husband, Eugene Republican,
was elected chairman of the leg
islative interim education com
mittee at its first meeting here
Friday.
Rep. Shirley Fielb, Portland
Republican, was elected vice
chairman, and Sen. Ward H.
Cook, Portland Democrat, sec
retary. A general discussion of edu
cation problems followed the
election. The committee will
meet again here Sept. 7 at 9:30
aJn.
Your best shortcut to informa
tion in print is the telephone
service of your Medford Public
Library.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Good Old John
Englishmen may not always speak properly but
we like the way they usually behave.
It was both improper and surprising for Lord
Altrincham to declare in his magazine that Queen
Elizabeth's speeches gave him "a pain in the neck"
and reminded him of some prissy school m'am, talk
ing down condescendingly, to the members of the
primary class.
IN THE first place the Queen doesn't write her
speeches, they.are written by her ministers. And in
the second place her manner of address, which is per
haps somewhat primly saccharine, is a direct inherit
ance from her mother, for which of course, she can
not be blamed.
So his Lordship was plainly out of order, and mem
bers of the "League of Empire Loyalists" were un
doubtedly justified in declaring Altrincham guilty of
what in high social circles is a capital offense namely
doing something which by tradition and common
consent just "ISN'T done." ,
MOR was it surprising that members of the nobility
like the Earl of Strathmore should publicly state,
quote :
"Young Altrincham is a bounder who should be shot."
Or his colleague the Duke of Argyll should put it
somewhat more forcibly again quote :
"I would like to see the man drawn and quartered."
X LL of which including the comments of the young
guilty Lord, demonstrate the high respect the
British people have for the sacred and traditional
right exemplified every week-end year after year in
Hyde Park of free speech, and also free press, and
free assembly.
FOR in spite of all this
Huaitciing un c.t abiuii w ao idricii uiii uiic
citizen of the realm, a certain Philip Kinghorn Bur
bidge, 64, active member of the "League of Empire
Loyalists."
He overtook the offending Lord at some public
gathering and to the latter's complete amazement,
slapped his face, which
follows:
, "I felt it up to a decent Briton to show resentment to the
scurrilous attack on the Queen. I fear foreign repercussions
particularly in America at a time when our fortunes are at
a low ebb."
LJOWEVER, in the court room where this justifica-
tion .for face-slapping was placed on the high
plane of loyalty to country and the Queen, there were
no cries of "Hear, Hear!" There was no applause. In
the silence that followed, London's Chief Magistrate
Sir Laurence Dunn brushed this "alibi" aside, and
fined the defendant $2.80 for assault. -
Nor was this all he received. He was given notice
to quit his rooming house
no better than, quote :
"A gutter brawlert" - -
THERE you have it.
They don't give merely
cratic principles of personal liberty, free press and
free speech, and then, when some emotional wave
sweeps their country forget all about it, and join in
some subversive witch-hunt, . .
Whatever the emotional
of war old John Bull keeps his boots firmly on the
ground, never loses his head, and hews strictly in fair
weather and m foul,-to the spirit of HIS "constitution"
even though it has never been written, as has the
constitution, of the United States. R.W.R.
Jumbo as a Switch Hitter
It's an old story but time really DOES fugit.
It seems only yesterday that former Secretary of
the Interior McKay and the Republican "Old Guard"
were celebrating their miracle-making solution of the
public vs. private power issue.
It was all so simple. There would be a "partner
ship" between the taxpayers of the country that is
the government and the private power combine.
Instead of the government paying all the expenses
and eventually getting it ALL back the govern
ment would only pay for the non-profit features such
as irrigation, transportation and recreation. Private
Power would pay for all the features that would bring
them the usual assured and gratifying return.
TT LISTENED well, particularly when an economy
drive was in the air.
DUT the people were not as dumb, as the "fast-buck
D boys" assumed. It didn't take the "F.B.I." to
divulge the fact that this was "a heads we win tails
you lose" proposal the taxpayers would pay out mil
lions and not get a dime in return, wrhile the private
power companies, would invest millions and make a
killing.
It was just as simple as that.
DUT what do we find today?
u Even the "Oregonian" admits that in this part
of the country, this phony deal is as moribund as
Rameses the Second. Not only that, but in spite of its
strong endorsement of former Secretary McKay and
his anti-public power policies, it welcomes a million
dollar appropriation for John Day and wishes it in
creased and condemns the Federal Power Commission
for licensing a "low dam in Hells Canyon." Finally it
admits that congressional hopes for a "partnership"
plan are DEAD.
As indicated above, so much i3 happening these
days it seems it happened only a few days ago.
' R.W.R.
Sunday, August 11, 1957
talk about "shooting" and
action he later justified as
and proclaimed publicly as
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lip-service to the demo
strain and stress even
I HAD A NIGHTMARE ' 7UERB WASNT AMY"
PSANUT BUTTER IN TUB WHOLE iY0&D!
Today and
By Walter
A STRONG BILL
It is not, it seems to me, a
true reading of what has hap
pened about civil rights to sup
pose that the
Senate has tak-
en a good and
a strong bill
and has made
it into a poor
and a weak
weak one. Th
Senate version
is, on the con
trary, a far bet:
Walter Lippmann
ter bill than
the one brought forward by Mr.
Brownell and accepted in the
House.
The radical vice of the orig
inal bill is that it promises more
than the President and the At
torney General can in fact per
form. It invests the Federal
Executive with nominal power
and an enormous mandate, that
of compeUing the Southern
states to cease and desist .from
all violation of civil rights, in
cluding segregation in the pub
lic schools. Because the bill
promises so much more than the
Federal Executive can possibly
do, it is -fair to say that it was
drafted not by statesmen seri
ously concerned with the civil
rights of Southern Negroes but
by Northern politicians concern
ed with the vote ' of Northern
Negroes.
FOR if the President were to
do what innocent supporters
of the BrowneU bill have been
led to expect him to do, tie
would find himself embroiled
aU over, the deep South in fierce
legal battles and popular com
motions. Such a massive Federal
intervention, as the House, bill
calls for, would surely provoke
a sectional resistance which
would divide the country and
would embitter the human con
dition of the South.
And if the President hesitated
and was cautious, he would be
charged with violating his oath
of office. He would be subject
to all manner of ' demagogic
pressure and to popular repris
als If President Eisenhower had
understood the - problem,, he
would now be congratulating
himself on the" defeat of the
House biU. For he has escaped
the stresses and the strains, the
turmoil and the ilrouble, which
passage of that bill would have
brought upon him,. He would
have found himself obligated to
do quickly by widespread legal
coercion what can in fact be
done, as he well knows, only
gradually by the evolution of
opinion. '
THE great virtue of the Sen
ate's bill is t. that it reduces
Matter of Fact
NIXON AND KNOWLAND
Washington Vice President
Richard Nixon, it can be pre
dicted with confidence, will
m iu!n strongly and
publicly sup
port Sen. Wil
liam Knowland
in Knowland's
forth coming
bid to wrest
the California
G o vernorship
from Gov.
Goodwin
Stewaif Alsop rvnigni.
For Nixon, this is a crucial
decision, which may deeply af
fect his political future. For
Knowland is, of course, Nixon's
most dangerous rival for the
1960 Presidential nomination.
Given Nixon's all-out support,
Knowland will be virtually as
sured of the Republican guber
natorial nomination. He will
also have an excellent chance of
election, and as Governor of the
second biggest state, he will be
in a strong position to challenge
Nixon for the Presidential nomi
nation. Thus Nixon's decision to sup
port Knowland might seem, at
first glance, either an act of re
markable political stupidity, or
Nrrr I.
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Tomorrow
Lippmann
I the responsibility of the Execu
tive Branch of the government
to a manageable size. The re
sponsibilities are manageable be
cause the Senate bill registers
an historic event namely, an
agreement with the big political
fleaders of the South that the
time has arrived to secure and
protect by Federal intervention
the civil rights of qualified Ne
groes to vote.
The reason the Senate bill
is really "stronger" than the
House bill is that underneath
the. powers granted to enforce
the critical civil right to vote
theje is the agreement to ac
quiesce and to comply in the
acknowledgment of that right.
The Senate bill can be enacted
without a filibuster. What this
signifies is that it can be used
effectively without provoking
the resistance of a more or less
united South.
VIHETHER the Senate bill will
be used effectively depends
not on Congress but on the Ad
ministrationon whether it is
disinterested, on. whether it is
lucid, and on whether it has
the imagination to make the
most of .what the Senate leaders
have conceded. Led by Sen.
Russell of Georgia and Sen. Lyn
don Johnson of Texas, they have
acknowledged the constitution
al right of qualified Negroes to
vote and they have accepted the
principle that the Federal gov
ernment has the right and the
duty to intervene to protect this
right.
To reject this concession, to
treat it as uninteresting and
unimportant, would be stupid
and foolish. The Senate bill,
precisely because it is based on
such wide consent in the South,
differs not in degree but in kind
from the Brownell draft and the
House bill.
rplIE bill has certain defects,
-- which are quite incidental;
most importantly, the jury trial
amendment should be limited to
the field covered by the biU
itself namely the protection
and the securing of the right
to vote. Without sacrificing any
thing of principle or of sub
stance, the Senate should agree
to correct this mistake.
If that is done, there will
be no ground on which the
House can reasonably reject the
Senate bill. There will be none
on which the President can veto
it. For the bill is not only a
great advance in the civil rights
of the Southern Negroes. It is
a very great advance in the con
currence on a dangerous issue
of the nation as a whole.
Copyright 1957.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
By Stewart Alsop
the result of a secret deal. In
fact, it is neither.
rpHERE have already been ru--1
mors of a Knowland-Nixon
deal according to one version,
for example, Knowland would
be oifered the Secretaryship of
State in a Nixon Cabinet, in ex
change for a promise to back
Nixon for 'the 1960 nomination.
Such rumors will burgeon lux
uriantly when Nixon supports
Knowland's bid for the Gover
norshiprActually there has been
no deal of any sort, and there
will be none.
Nor is there anything stupid
about Nixon's intention of sup
porting Knowland. On the con
trary, it is a tribute to Nixon's
intelligence, and his ability to
grasp the simple logic of his
political situation. ' '
Theoretically, Nixon has two
alternatives to supporting
Knowland. One, of course, is to
support Knight, either openly or
by indirection. Knight has re
cently been making small pla
cating gestures in Nixon's direc
tion, in the hope that Nixon
might do just that.
But until very recently,
Knight has never made any se
cret at all of his attitude towards
Nixon. He does not simply dis-j
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Screw Loose Somewhere
To the Editor: Some praise
rightly put and some criticism
rightly placed, we hope:
I would like as a rather new
citizen of this wonderful valley
and the city of Medford, a
healthy, growing city of many
nice people, and some especially,
to mention most important right
now the postal employees, or
those who so courteously serve
you, each and everyone, daily
in their respective duties.
It has been most gratifying
and appreciated by me. Well, I
can hear you say, "They are paid
for it, aren't they? Why shouldn't
they?" To be sure, but they
could do it with a grouch, like a
lot of people try to do. They are
to be commended, and such I
want to do.
They are rightly entitled to a
raise in pay. Maybe they would
feel some of that Republican
prosperity. If the president
would kindly take time off from
that important foreign aid, and
take up a few domestic prob
lems, we would aU feel some
of it. j
The unemployment situation
in Oregon, as well as many oth
er places, does not look encour
aging. And why don't taxes
ease up? Large corporations, like
automobile companies, spend 30
to 50 million dollars in adver
tising. So it is thrown back, the
burden on the grass root level.
Labor everywhere makes pros
perity when employed. Our gov
ernor is realizing this and en
deavoring to find a remedy. Let's
all get behind this or we will
lose the pennant. It will require
good, teamwork everywhere.
Casey Stengel would say send;
up anotner pitcher, but the pres
ent one won't give up his job, so
we might lose one. First it's
lumber industry, because of no
housing, then high interest, then
agriculture. Where there should
be lots of work and good pay,
now we have the largest number
of unemployed for some time.
Screw loose somewhere. Hope
we find it before it is too late.
A Subscriber
(Name on file) "
Medford, Ore. .
Statement From Hatfield
To the Editor: In reviewing
the mail which comes into this
office and noting the inquiries
that are received in person or
by telephone it is apparent that
a great many citizens are un
aware that their Secretary of
State is no longer the adminis
trative official responsible for
the Motor Vehicle Department
The Legislature transferred
the ' Motor Vehicle operation to
a separate department, the di
rector of which is appointed by
the Governor. It would speed
service for the many applicants
for automobile and drivers' li
censes as well as those with
other dealings: with the Depart
ment of Motor; Vehicles if their
curresponueuce auu contacts
were directed to appropriate de
partmental officials.
It is, of course, my desire to
be of service to any citizen
either in connection with this
office or in matters before the
boards on which I serve.
Mark O. Hatfield,
Secretary of State,
Salem, Ore.
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like Nixon, as an ambitious poli
tician often dislikes a rival. He
detests him, and he has never
made any attempt to conceal this
sentiment. .
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FOR Nixon to support a man
who, as every Californian
knows, hates ; him, in order to
hurt the chances of a potential
Presidential rival, would be an
act of supreme political cyni
cism. And by, the same token, it
would be an act of supreme po
litical folly, which might kill
Nixon's chances for the Presi
dency once and for all.
Nixon's other obvious alterna
tive is to remain ostensibly neu
tral in the Knowland-Knight
battle. But as a practical matter,
this could not be one. The Re
publican organization in south
ern California is very largely a
Nixon organization. The Nixon
organization cannot remain
aloof in the Knowland-Knight
fight. For Nixon to pretend to
remain above the battle while
his people supported one candi
date or the other would hurt
him almost as much as support
ing Knight would hurt him,
since it would also cast him in
the role of political opportunist.
Thus Nixon's only political
logical .course is to .support
Knowland strongly and openly,
which is what he will predict
ably do. But it would also be a
mistake to suppose that Nixon's
course will be dictated simply
by political logic or expediency.
T IKE other men, politicians
are affected by personal re-,
lationships, and even despite the
cynics, by loftier considerations.
Nixon and Knowland are very
different kinds of men, and they
are not close personal friends.
Yet they have a genuine respect
for each other, and the - civil
rights fight, in which they have
worked intimately together, has
brought them closer together
than ever before.
Thus one ; additional reason
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contribution)
An operative of ours, vis
iting in Ashland recently, saw
the following handwritten
notice on the door of a busi
ness establishment: "Laura,
I'm home."
Food is a consuming (no pun
intended) interest among certain
of our co-workers.
We well remember the days
when a staff member would
come in each Saturday afternoon
with arms laden with mountains
of pigs .knuckles, liverwurst,
French bread, sardines, cheese,
pickles and salami, graciously
topped off by a generous portion
of ice cream and .fresh straw
berries. She insisted that every
one have some, too.
Since those glorious days, the
cuisine situation in the news
room has deteriorated. True, oc
casionally one of our efficient
young women makes a cake.
And rare is the day when some
one doesn't rush to the nearest
bakery for sacks of bearclaws,
maple bars or doughnuts. These,
it is rumored, go well with the
exceedingly strong, black coffee
which is usually brewed by one
or another of our Navy veterans.
Our society editor frequently
brings her lunch. (She favors
large hunks of natural cheese
and whole wheat bread.) Others
on the staff make for the near
est restaurant. Still another can
sometimes be seen feasting
daintily on large slabs of melon.
Once in a while, however,
emergencies arise, or usual lines
of communication and supply
break down, and someone is dep
utized to purchase a tailor-made
sandwich for someone else. This
happened recently, and, since
the hungry one did not specify
any particular variety, and the
messenger has off-beat tastes in
Sandwiches, he returned with a
fried-egg sandwich, which was
turned down in horror.
It wound up on the desk of
our society editor, who, we are
convinced, is omnivorous. She
ate it, too, with apparent gusto.
The following card, quoted
in full, recently was received
fronv an 11-year-old attending
Girl Scout camp: "Dear Fam
ily, This is a letter-breakfast.
You have to write a letter to
gel breakfast. I'm late. Love
and Kisses."
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In the mid-1930s, "Grapes of
Wrath" was a book which
raised the hackles on the necks
of many who believed the itiner
ant fruit-workers were not get
ting an even break.
Things seem to. have changed
somewhat at least according to
what one of our inquisitive re
porters tells us about some of
the fruit workers' camps here
abouts this year. ,
Many of them have late-model
cars, he said, and in one instance
he saw a house-sized trailer with
a TV antenna.
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The occupants of the office
of the county agent in the
courthouse must be gluttons
for punishment. A sign on the
wafl there says "Be thrilled
when the job is hard. Not
everyone can do it!"
A city couple ventured forth
into the hinterlands of the
Applegate valley recently. Tak
ing a back road, they came upon
a windfall tree, about 10 inches
in diameter, which in falling
had blocked the road ahead.
The husband (who was a Boy
Scout in earlier years) proudly
hauled out an ax which was
part of his camping gear, and
got to work on the tree. Hap
pily for him, it was a long-dead
tree and partly rotted. So, after
about five busy minutes he
managed triumphantly to cut
through the log, pull enough of
it to one side to permit passage
for the car,' and returned to the
driver's seat, hot, sweaty, out of
breath, but smug in the knowl
edge he was equal to the occa
sion.
As he prepared to start the
car, his wife sweetly inquired,
"Why didn't you tie a rope to
the tree, then to the car, and
pull the log to one side?"
In the icy silence which fol
lowed this eminently practical
suggestion, the husband's ego
why Nixon will support Know-
land is a very simple one he
respects Knowland, and thinks
he would make a better Gover
nor than Knight. But Nixon is,
of course, under no illusions
that, in supporting Knowland,
he will be strengthening his
most dangerous rival.
Knowland will be a most for
midable rival. His bulk and
earnestness lend him a sort of
indefinable weightiness, a tre
mendous asset in a Presidential
condidate, which Nixon stiU
partly lacks. Yet Nixon, with his
great energy and intelligence,
his demonstrated capacity for
growth, and the spring-board to
wards the Presidency which his
office provides, remains the
front-runner for the nomination.
In any case, the developing con
test between these two remark-
able Californians promises to be I
a fascinating one.
(Copyright. 1957, New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
could be sensed crumbling
slowly away to nothing.
During a recent irnffic
safety conference, Mayoi- John
Snider was called upon to
take his familiar seat at the
center of the city council
desks. "It felt so good to tit
with the audience for
change," he said.
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A man we know, whose acti
vities include such diverse
things as reading proof, raising
sweet corn, and dabbling in
esoteric subjects, finds the U.S.
Postal Guide, fascinating read
ing. Some of his researches have
been reported in this column.
Scattered throughout the 48
states, for instance, are towns
named America, Argentine,
China, Canada, Denmark, Eng
land, Holland, Italy, Jerusalem,
Ireland, Persia, Russia, Siam,
Spain, Siberia, and Tunis.
There are three Romeos, but
only one Juliette, in the U.S.
And, he adds, there are Faith
and Hope, but no Charity.
The same man also declares
that if he gave a paper clip
to the wire editor the iirst
week of the year, and two the
next week, and kept doubling
the amount each week
throughout the year, by Dec
31st he'd have to give
4,503,599.627.370.495 paper
clips. YOU can check his fig
ures if you want. We're tired.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
On the l'ghter side:
" British commoners, bluebloods
and newspapers have blasted a
British nobleman for criticising
the queen's English. Two peers
said he should be "shot." The
nobleman 32-year-old Lord Al
tringham said last week that
the queen's speech is "frankly
a pain in the neck."
Newspapers throughout Eu
rope said Altringham just wasn't
being polite.
TTM-M-M-M. If Elizabeth speaks
' a language her people UN
DERSTAND, she's doing all right
as a ruler.
There's too much gobbledy
gook and double-talk in high
places throughout the world for
the good of all of us.
rpHE states of Virginia and
Maryland will send represen
tatives to a conference in Wil
liamsburg, Va., to try to settle a
grudge dating back to the 18th
century.
The group will talk about the
old oyster bed war between the
states, and also will discuss a
new battle over gambling boats
on the Potomac river. The oys-'
ter bed troubles stem from an
ancierit Maryland charge- that
Virginia oystermen steal Mary
land oysters.
Virginia counters that Mary
land which controls the Poto
mac allows river gambling
boats to come too close to the
Virginia shore.
DAD?
Well, .if it was happening In
the Middle East, it would be
VERY bad. The ruckus might
end in minor shooting. The mi
nor shooting might end in ma
jor shooting. The major shoot
ing might end in an ATOMIC
WAR which might destroy
the world.
BUT here in America
Shucks!
Such things break the mono
tony of everyday routine living
and add spice to the news. We
fuss and spat and call each other
names and pretend to get all
het up. But when the cards are
all down or, when REAL
DANGER threatens our country
we forget all about it and
stick together as Americans.
That is why America is and
WILL REMAIN the greatest
nation on earth. .
AT'
"to
T THIS point, let's flash back
grudge that "dates back to the
18th century." ..
When was the 18th century?
The answer is that it was back
in the 1700's. - ; .
THAT suggests a question:
Wriw rnrriA that tha 17nnil
are called the 18th century . . .
or the 1800's the 19th century
or the 1900's the 20th cen
tury?
IT'S A bit puzzling. When peo
ple start talking about such
and - such a century, I get all
snarled up like a kitten in a ball
of yarn. But when one tracks
things back to the beginning it
becomes quite simple.
For example:
Up to the end of the 99th year
A. D. is the first century. That
is to say, it is the FIRST hun
dred years. The second hundred
years begins with the year 100.
All through the second 100 years
it remains the SECOND century,
even if the years are numbered
in the 100i. And so on.
I know it's simple, but every
time I try to untangle the cen-
turies and find out just when
something happened I get all
I.vu.vHi Q -- I 1
snarled ud aeain and have to go
back through the same old rigS
I marole.