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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. 23. 1947 (Sunday)
Horse owners and lovers from
Southern Oregon gather at the
fairgrounds yesterday for the
Ladies' Mounted troop show.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "Signs of
all such as woodwagons and
cowboy shirts have shown up
the past week."
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 23. 1937 (Monday)
Permit organization of a four
state association was completed
in Grants Pass Saturday when
the Northwest Gladiolus associ
ation elected officers.
Twenty acres of cucumbers
are being harvested on the E. H
Taylor farm on the Big Apple-
gate.
Is Off Street Parking a Dead Duck?
if one is a bit confused about the situation with
regard to the city's connection with off-street parking
if any one can be excused.
Let's do a bit of reviewing.
About a year ago, the city administration drew up
an ambitious "capital improvement" program, which
it felt was a minimum necessity if the city were to
keep up with the improvements required by its
growth, actual and potential.
This included four phases a 10-year program for
construction of an arterial (or "through") street sys
tem; a storm sewer improvement system, a sanitary
sewer improvement system, and a program for the
creation of qty-owned off-street parking. .
as
THE first three of these passed by substantial mar
gins when presented to the voters in the November
election. They will ultimately call for an expenditure
of some $2,150,000. Work has started.
The off-street parking proposal was defeated by
a vote of 4,867 to 4,518 a margin of 349 votes out of
9,385. ' -
Why 349 more people voted against the plan than
for it has been much debated since then. It may have
been the magnitude of the program (more than $500,
000 in bond obligations to be paid out of revenues over
a penor of years) ; it may have been a fear of in
creasing general taxation if revenue were ever insuf
ficient to pay for the bonds; it may have been a mis
understanding of the fact that it was intended to be a
wholly self-liquidating project; it may have been a
feeling the city, as a city, had no business in the park
ing business; or it may have been a combination.
WHATEVER the reasons, it was defeated.
f As a result, it left the city without any organized
off-street parking plan. And the city administration,
fully aware that this is one of the big problems, in all
growing cities and not wanting to be left hopelessly
behind, began casting around for an alternative.
In long discussions between the city council, the
city administration, the city budget committee, and a
group of interested downtown businessmen, a new
plan, far more modest in its objectives and one all in
volved felt to be entirely acceptable, was evolved.
It called for allocating a total of $50,000 in the
1957-58 budget for off-street parking. This would
come from general fund monies. To make up for this
new outlay, meter-types and hours were revised to
bring in an estimated $15,000 additional, and it was
planned to revise the business license fee schedule to
raise an additional $35,000.
j
MAYg OUB OF THE NBMdO&S SUPPBO
HIM A TRANQUILLIZING PILL.'
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 23, 1927 (Tuesday)
Petitions are circulated for
appointment of Miss Alice Hoefs
as postmaster in Jacksonville.
Rodeo is planned to be added
to Jackson county products
show.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 23. 1917 (Thursday)
Company 7 of Medford re
mains at Camp Stevens to take
over steam-heated quarters.
First car of Bartlett pears
shipped out of the valley brings
$3 in Omaha.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct Is superior;
seven or elent ts excellent; five or
six Is iood
1. Name the only U. S. Presi
dent ever to have been impeach
ed. -
2. Without actually counting
would you guess that "t" is the
18, 20th, or 22nd letter in the
English alphabet?
3. Bible: Which Old Testi-
ment book pictures Jerusalem
as a lonely widow sitting by
the wayside?
4. In which State is Washing
ton and Lee university?
5. Indigo is what color?
6. What are the meaurements
of standard-size (letter-size) type
writer paper?
7. The Bessemer process is
used In the steel industry, radio
manufacturing, or baking in
dustry? What is the English transla
tion of the Latin phrase, "cav
eat emptor?"
9. Is it good usage to avoid
"pejiods" in capitalized abbrev
iations of more than two letters?
10. "Poverty is the reward of
honSst fools."' "Richard III,"
by Shakespeare, C. Cibber or
Merideth?
Answers: 1. Andrew Johnson
(whoso trial resulted in acquit
tal). 2. Twentieth. 3. Lamenta
tions. 4. Virginia (Lexington). S.
Reddish-blue. 6. SVixll. 7. Steel
industry. 8. "Let the buyer be
ware." 9. Yes (GOP. etc.). 10. C.
Cibber.
Television Broadcast
Industry Has Good Year
Washington OP) The tele
vision broadcast industry had its
most profitable year last year
with the three major networks
taking in nearly half the reven
ues. The Federal Communications
commission said Thursday net
work revenues last year climbed
to 896 million dollars a lusty
20.4 per cent gain over 1955.
Broadcast profits before taxes
also jumped to a record $189.
600,00026.2 per cent higher
than the previous year.
THE latter plan had been "in the works" for a long
timo Innor ripfnrp nff-strppf nnrldna was rnntpm-
plated, for the old business license fee (a flat $20 per
business) was inequitable and of questionable
legality.
During public hearings, however, merchants sub
ject to the business license but who would not benefit
from off-street parking directly, voiced objections. An
attempt was made to meet these objections by creat
ing a rate differential between downtown businesses
and those in the area outside the downtown area.
Even this did not meet unanimous approval. Chief
objectors were a barber in the downtown area who
felt off-street parking would be of no benefit to him,
the operator of a nursing home, the operator ot sev
eral parking lots, and a few others.
THEY kept harping about the defeat last fall of the
; entirely different and vastly more expensive off
street plan, declaring the voters had decided against
ANY kind of off-street parking.
At any rate, members of the council apparently
were convinced, and when it came to voting cm the
new business tax, many of them qualified their vote
by declaring they voted "yes"' only with the under
standing that none of the money raised by the tax
would go for off-street parking.
Mayor John Snider, in considering whether to ap
prove this action, came to the conclusion that the bus
iness tax increase sought by those downtown mer
chants who would pay the bulk of it with the under
standing it would go for parking, would be unduly
hurt of the relatively high rates" were collected but not
used for purposes which the merchants sought
In his veto message, he suggested a downward re
vision, which would accomplish the long-range ob
jective of revising the tax on a more equitable basis.
He also urged the council to continue to cooperate m
planning for off-street parking.
1
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THE council, after it thought it overy agreed witn
Vn'm ard TV11nwpd his recommendation for a "re-
lllill y UiiV m
vised revision" of the tax schedule
So, as it stands now, the council is not committed
to any off-street paring plan. However, it will have
available $15,000 in. parking meter funds which are
avowedly for this purpose, and some $16,000 in in
creased income from the business tax revision, and
although it has more or less indicated it will not use
the latter for this purpose, it would be within its rights
to do so. ..... ' : . ,
So what of off-street parking? Is it a dead ducK.'
Tt had better not be. for if the council completely
ignores it, it will be breaking faith with the merchants
who want it and who stand ready to pay for sub
stantial portions of it; with those 4,518 voters who ap
proved a vastly more ambitious plan, and with the
hundreds of others who approve off-street parking in
principle, but did not favor that specific plan.
There are a number of possibilities, including or
ganization of a "parking district" as enacted by the
19o7 legislature.
But to let off-street parking go is to place another
strike against the downtown business area, which so
vitally affects the prosperity and tax liability of all
Medford citizens. E.A.
Babson Eyes Inflation
Threat During Fall
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. What is
really causing the inflation
buildup and how can it be ar
rested? Among causes suspected
are the un
checked wage
demands of la
bor, and the
government's
earlier mistake
in pressing for
easy - money
policies.
The way to
check the in
flation spiral,
Boter W Babson
many say, is through credit re
striction. Certainly, without the
willingness of business and con
sumers to assume debt, there
could not have been the kind of
spending which has led to the
expansion and production seen
in recent years. Without these
tonics neither production nor
prices could have risen as they
have.
Gradual inflation may con
tinue to the point where the
turnover of money will have
finally,' reached its limit. Should
too many businesses or consum
ers become suddenly pessimistic
with regard to conditions, an
about-face could occur rather
quickly. My personal poll of bus
inessmen gives indications of
waning confidence.
Labor's Share Increasing
Both businessmen and . con
sumers should understand that
unbridled spending cannot help
but intensify the inflationary
threat. Is it possible that the
only solution is tighter direct
government controls for all? But
even if both the businessman and
the consumer should become
frightened by the inflationary
spiral, I believe the full effects
need not be felt for several
months to come.
Despite the current business
sentiment, production in June
and July about equaled tile April
and May levels. Employment is
up, retail sales are ahead of to
tals for last year at this time.
The factory work week, though
slightly longer at latest report,
falls short of that for the same
period in 1956. The increased
number of hours worked pushed
weekly earnings in manufactur
ing up about 80c in June over
May to an average of $82.59, re
sulting in a year-to-year gain of
more than $3 per week. Con
struction activity, which had
been lagging earlier in "the year,
is picking up. Chemicals, rubber,
and utilities are on the uptrend.
Gross national product has
passed the $430-billion mark.
Even with due allowance for
higher prices, all of the forego
ing suggests continued heavy
spending.
Important Statistic!
Let us not forget certain basic
ingredients of our economy. To
day, we see about one million
new family formations per year,
with all the resulting wants and
needs. This compares with a fig
ure of 500,000 in 1940. The long
er life span of our oldsters is
adding a large non-producing
segment to our population at one
end; while the high birth rates
following World War II are cre
ating another big group of de
pendents at the other end. In the
middle are the workers, shrunk
en abnormally in numbers by the
low birth rate of the depressed
1930's.
Upon this relatively small
worker force falls the burden of
production. The solution to the
problem lies in a vastly increased
rate of output per worker or in
a decline of total demand.
Stepped-up automation may be
the real answer but this change
will come slowly. I therefore
conclude that labor leaders hold
the reins; they must be respon
sible for the ultimate results.
They, and the politicians who
fear them, will surely cause a
smash-up unless they stop de
manding constant wage in
creases. Remaining 1957 Months
Bonds are selling lower than
for over 20 years. This is not a
good sign. Stocks are not hold
ing ujfc Many commodities are
slipping in price. Investment
can t i mcnt artH ror-rtt Anrnintrc
show up well so far. I, however.
believe that readers will do well
to take profits and deposit the
money in banks where they can
get 3 per cent to 4 per cent
awaiting a good break in the
stock market.
Businessmen should gradually
get out of debt and prepare for
very severe and unprofitable
competition during the remain
ing months of 1957. Either as
sured peace or another war could
start a collapse. I "f eel-in-my-bones"
that something unexpect
ed may at any time happen. I
especially have in mind the fear
of either fallout or disarmament.
Russia's best defense at the pres
ent time is -using the threat of
fallout id trying to force disarmament.
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lication must not exceed 400 words
Eisenhower-Truman 5-Yea Feud
Shows No Signs of Dimin shing
'By D&NALD J. GONZALES
United Press Correspondent
Washingtor (IP) President
Eisenhower and former Presi
dent Truman have spoken out
individually to try to save the
foreign aid program from deep
slashes. jBut the two men still
aren't speaking to each other
about foreign aid or anything
else."-
Observers believe that the
feud, after more than five years,
is intensifying instead of dimin
ishing. Many efforts to patch up
their differences have failed.
Eisenhower made it clear a
few days ago that he isn't mak
ing any new move to clear up
things with his Missouri prede
cessor. When he called newsmen
into his office to make his for
eign aid plea, the President
talked about how successful the
foreign aid program had been
since its start back in 1947.
"Greece and Turkey," he re
called, "started it."
Truman Not Mentioned
The President did not men
tion that the aid program was
initiated by the Truman admin
istration, or that the Greek
Turkish aid program has long
been known as the Truman doc
trine. The Eisenhower-Truman split
goes back to the days before the
1952 campaign when Eisenhow
er decided to take a shot at. be
ing, the Republican standard
bearer.. This startled .Truman,
who once pictured Eisenhower
as a possible Democratic candi
date. , Truman's memoirs bring back
a meeting between the two men
at the White Hous in 1948. Tru
man asked General Eisenhower
whether he might ever run for
the presidency. According to
Truman, Eisenhower prompUy
ly sorrj .hat you have allowed
a bunc' of screwball politicians
to corr between us." He signed
the c ptic note, "From a man
who nas always been your
frier and who always intended
to ' !" ,:
le two men have met each
o ir only twice in the last five
j irs and those meetings were
most five years ago. They met
ov. 18, 1952, at a White House
oriefing session after Eisenhow-
produced a copy of one of hi.' r was eiected, and again on In.
letters wmcn reaa, ine necef ( anuuratinn rtair ior-j
sary and wise subordination .. ,
the military to civilian pow r
will be best sustained when 1 e
long professional, soldiers ib
stain from seeking high poli xal
office." ; -
When Things Got Worse
, Confidants of both Eisejhow
er and Truman believe ' fheir
split - really shifted into second
gear in August, 1952., This was
in - advance of the elections,
which Eisenhower won. Truman
invited Eisenhower to the White
House for a conference... Eisen
hower turned down the invita
tion. He said he wanted to be
"free to analyze. publicly the
policies and acts of the present
administration whenever it ap
pears to me to be proper and in
the country's interest."
In. a long-hand letter, Truman
shot back saying, "I'm extreme-
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Owen R. Cheatham, president
of the Georgia-Pacific Lumber
Corporation, told reporters . at
a news conference in Portland
the other day that Oregon's tax
structures "STINKS."
He added:
"Oregon's tax structure is so
bad that eventually it will have
to be changed.
"It's the worst in the United
States. '
"It definitely is a HANDICAP
TO EC6NOMIC GROWTH.!' -
Great Opportunity Missed
Following is a copy of a letter
recently sent to Senator Wayne
Morse by - Dana McBarron,
wholesale lumber specialist, of
Rogue River:
"I am amazed and somewhat
downcast that the State Depart
ment would allow Moscow to
take such a march on them on
this Youth Festival now going
on. v
"I read in the papers where
the State Department demands
that these youngsters do not go
to Peking, and I can lust see the
headlines in Pravda and the oth
er newspapers amongst the satel
lite nations stating that our
State Department, or the U. S.,
does not want our youngsters to
see the magnificent progress
being made in the so called
"workers paradise".
It , seems to me that Mr.
Dulles has not only done a
frightful job of bungling, but
the whole unimaginative staff
of the State "Department, as this
Youth Festival could have been
turned into a magnificent propa
ganda display for the free
vorld, rather than against it.
"Had they have had the least
bit of foresight, which is exer
cised by business every day,
they would have at least briefed
a sizable group of American
youth who would answer and re
fute the many suestions that this
small delegation is being asked
over there. And furthermore, it
would not have .cost the Ameri
can taxpayer one red cent.
."I read that President Eisen
hower's Foreign Aid Bill is al
most four billion dollars, and
frankly, an intelligent group of
representative American youth,
in my opinion, would be worth
at least a billion of this in first
hand effect upon the Russian
and the Chinese people, where
they would be evidence of the
concrete hope of America our
youth.
"It is just another example of
the unimaginative approach to
this ideological war evidenced
by Mr. Dulles' lack of .foresight,
which in turn is reflected all the
way through his State Depart
ment administration."
Dana McBarron .
Rogue River, Ore.
Citation Awarded
To the Editor: I believe in the
principle "love your friends and
brimstone your enemies" and
I practice the former to the ex
tent of my capabilities and pur-
rjphose are rough words.
They may turn the hair up
on the back of your neck.
They may prompt you to say:
"Well, if he thinks Oregon's
tax structure is so terrible,, why
doesn't he take 'his Georgia
Lumber Corporation and get the
heck out of Oregon?"
there they're cutting pine trees
for more than 40 years at a ter
rific rate, and they now have
MORE MERCHANTABLE TIM
BER than they had four decades
ago when the pine lumber boom
began.
That is proof of the timber
growing capacity of Far South
ern Oregon and Far Northern
California which are a part
of the fabulously valuable timb
er belt of the North Pacific
Coast. ' - - - '
In his session with the reporters
at ' Portland, Mr. Cheatham
answered that question.
He, said:
i "Georgia-Pacific is in Oregon
BECAUSE THE TIMBER IS
HERE. Georgia-Pacific now
owns 250,000 acres of Oregon
timberland and WESTERN
OREGON IS THE BEST TIM
BER GROWING AREA ON
THE FACE OF THE EARTH."
He might have added that the
Klamath Basin, which is
partly in Oregon and partly in
California, is no slouch when it
comes to timber growing. Over
Dr. Virgil H.Moli r
Announces
The Removal of His
Dental Offices
From the Fluhrer Bldg. to 1
924 E. Main
MEDFORD
Phan. SP 2-2414
sue the latter as far as the law
will allow.
The other day the city water
department tore up the street,
blocking the approach tp my
mail-box where your much en
joyed paper is delivered daily.
I came by the mail box to pick
up my paper at the usual time;
it was not there! Disappointed
and irritated I continued on my
way, coming to rest finally, in
my easy chair. I turned on TV:
Too many singing advertise
ments; cigarettes that take you
into the sylvan silence of the
Cascades! Tooth paste that forms
an impenetrable enamel on your
teeth! Bread, so flavorable that
it makes bologna taste like T
bone, by just looking at it!
In the meantime the street had
been reopened. At about 8 p.m.
I heard a knock at the door.
Under . my breath (so the missus
wouldn't hear) I mumbled:
Wonder who that scissorbill is
and what HE wants?" I open
ed the door. There was the
young man with the Mail Trib
une!
"Thought you'd ' like your
paper," he said, so I brought it
up as soon, as I could get
through." That young man de
serves a citation' for thoughtful
action beyond the normal realm
of duty, which I accord him
herewith! '
Franklin Girand
, - 1070 Emma st.
i Ashland, Ore.
Petting -back to tax structures,
what Mr. Cheatham was say
ing up in Portland the other day
amounts substantially tp this:
In its operations in Oregon,
Georgia-Pacific is for- all practi
cal, purposes a CAPTIVE in
dustry. It has become a captive
because of the depth to which
it has sunk its roots in Oregon
in the way of timber ownership.
It can't pick up its quarter of
a million acres ' of timberland
and take it somewhere else. It
has to stay here aad operate as
best it can, regardless of
whether the Oregon tax struc
ture is favorable or unfavorable.
I think we must all agree that
a captive industry, chained to
land and unable to move, is less
desirable than a FREE industry
that is here because, it wants to
be here and feels that operating
conditions, including taxes, are
as desirable in Oregon as any
where else in the country.
A free industry, operating in
Oregon because it WANTS to
operate in Oregon and feels that
its operations here are- on as
favorable a basis as they would
be anywhere else, will be in the
mood to EXPAND as markets
for its products expand. It will
be in a mood to EXPAND ITS
OPERATIONS IN OREGON.
A captive industry, chained
to a tax structure that it re
gards as abominable, will be in
clined to do its expanding
ELSEWHERE, where the tax
climate is more favorable. Basic
raw material for the pulp in
dustry is EXPORTABLE. Cord
wood and chips are already be
ing hauled hundreds of miles.
We have enough pleasant econ
omy (shipping raw materials
away for processing elsewhere)
in Oregon now. Let's not pro
mote MORE of it by an unsound
tax structure.
' As things stand now, . it ap
pears that only a real national
emergency will heal the rift be
tween the two.
to
Tt's high time for Oregon
give . intelligent, thoughful
study to a, taxation system that
will ATTRACT industry and
population instead of scaring
them away.
We can't afford what Mr.
Cheatham terms sp bluntly "the
worst tax structure in the
United States."
Editorial
Comment
WHERE THE MONEY GOES
- We aren't always against Sen.
Neuberger. We're with him, for
example, ' in his - stand against
cluttering the nation's highways
with billboards. And we're n
his side in criticism of Portland
for grumbling about necessary
defense- installations in that city.
We also now find ourselves on
his side in the four-way wrangle
among the Eisenhower adminis
tration, the Defense Department,'
Gen. Douglas MacArthur and
himself.
The general, now retired and
chairman of the board of Sperry
Rand Co., a big maker of instru
ments used by the military as
well as civilian customers, has
been" hacking away at Ike and
Secretary of Defense Wilson.
They're spending money fool
ishly and wastefully in the mili
tary, the five-star hero of the
Pacific and Korean wars says.
It should be recalled that Eis
enhower used to be an aide to
MacArthur, that Ike didn't like
the haughty old-timer then and
that the feeling has been mutual
for many decades now.
But Neuberger, generally a
defender of the President's and.
a proponent of strong, global de
fenses, pointed out a small set of
figures before the senate, with
out comment. The figures, taken
from Defense Department rec
ords, are these: .
Gen.. MacArthur, as a retired
top-ranker, is 'being paid a pen
sion of $1,070.40 a .month, a
quarters allowance of $171 ' a
month, a subsistence allowance
of $47.88 a month,, and an un
marked spending allowance of
$416 a month. The government
also pays for a. furished office
for him in New York and sup
plies him two "aides," a warrant
officer paid $6,298 a year and a
master sergeant making $5,220
a year with allowances.
Yet the general is not on duty
in any way. What use in the in
terest of the government - he
could put his assistants and his
office to is a mystery.
But all these benefits are
given to any five-star who re
tires, whether he hoes his gar
den or takes a $100,000-a-year
job.
We agree with Neuberger's
implication, and we even find
the agility to agree with the gen
eral, too; there is too much
waste in- the military. Capital
Journal, Salem.
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Starkville, Miss (IP) Farm
ers had a special interest in tour
ing an' experimental farm here.
I' The farmers are Choctaw Indians
and the farm is their ancestors'
old stamping grounds. . .
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