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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) UNB "Iveryone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 27-29 North Fir St Phone 2-C141 ROBERT W RUHU. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIPMAJN Telegraph Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance Per Copy 10c Daily and Sunday One year $15 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three mos 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville Gold Hill Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River Talent and on motor routes Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 Daily and Sunday One month 1.30 Carrier and Dealers 10c per copy All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United tress Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY COMPANT tNC Offices In New York Chicago, de troit. San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C O4 NEWS PA PER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITOIIAt ASSOCH A'lCN Tmilfllg.'.H.'.IH.I Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 27. 1947 (Sunday) Executive board of Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna's juve nile advisory committee con tacts service clubs and civic or ganizations for contributions to augment the salary of a county juvenile officer. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The presi dent has again urged Americans to take up a notch in their belts, so Europeans can let out a couple in theirs." 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 27, 1937 (Monday) In pinball machine raids by sheriff's deputies seven proprie tors are served complaints and nine machines found in opera tion. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The prohi bition party will convene in No vember to discuss strategy for the repeal of repeal." 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 27. 1927 (Tuesday) According to city authorities, the work on the city hall, which will be used as a temporary county court house, is progress ing ahead of schedule. Construction work on the California-Oregon power plant at Prospect will continue throughout the winter with a force of 300 men. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 27, 1917 (Thursday) Runaway freight car creates excitement from Ashland to Gold Hill, but caused no damage. Government Agent Straw bridge will be in Medford Mon day to inspect horses for the war department. What's Ycur I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight is excellent: five or six is good 1. A capon is a type of cloak, a castrated rooster, or a dainty form of candy? 2. A gittern is a bird, a wire strung musical instrument, or a pickled fish? 3. Bible: Was Capernaum on the Lake of Galilee, the Medi terranean, or Red Sea? 4. Are mushrooms grown in hothouses? 5. For what deed is Andrew Summers Rowan remembered? 6. Name the great. Senator from Nebraska who died at the age of 83 in September, 1944 and was known as the "Father of TVA." 7. What part of Canada is known as the Evangeline coun try'? 8. Which State of the U.S. ranks first in cattle raising? 9. Is the first syllable in 'archangel" pronounced as in "arch" or "marsh"? 10. "Tis sad when you think of her wasted life.-For youth cannot mate with age, And her beauty was sold, for an old man's gold" what is the last line of this (Lamb and Von Tizer) song? Answers: 1. A castrated roost er. 2. A wire-strug musical in strument. 3. Lake of Galilee. 4. No, (in dark sheds). 5. Carrying the "Message to Garcia." 6. George W. Norris. 7. Nova Sco tia. 8. Texas. 9. Neither, (as in "ark"). 10. "She's a bird in a gilded cage." MAIL TRIBUNE Highways Developing A trip to Portland a week ago furnished an oppor tunity to rheck on the progress being made in con verting Highway 99 into a high-standard interre gional highway. The job, we are happy to say, is well along. Between Eugene and Medford, there are only two stretches of the highway which are not what they should be sometimes slow when traffic is heavy, and too curvy and narrow to qualify for today's driving demands. One of these is the 20 or so miles from the Rock Point bridge to the foot of Sexton mountain, including the part passing through Grants Pass. The other is the 10 miles between Canyonville and Myrtle Creek. All the rest is excellent, though not all of it is yet the four-lane, limited access freeway type of highway which is contemplated for the future. A BOUT half of the Sexton mountain-Rock Point stretch is now under construction, namely that part north of Grants Pass. Much of this is now being paved and should be ready in a matter of days; the rest is well along the grading-and-fill process. The Grants Pass-Rock Point section is further in the future, although the surveys have been made. It will go along the north side of the river through the town of Rogue River, and join the existing new route near Gold Hill. The situation north of Canyonville is similar, with about half nearing completion, and the rest of it, now under construction. Within about a year, or a little more for .some parts, it should be possible to drive from here to Eu gene with a minimum of fuss and fatigue. BETWEEN Eugene and at Hie JUVJiuciiL, iuu guuu. j. lie i uau io uiu aiivj. uiuvu of it definitely sub-standard, particularly for the vol ume of traffic going over it. This entire section will be replaced by a freeway type road on the east side of the Willamette river eventually, running as straight as a string from a point just east of Eugene, across the river, and to the eastern city limits of Albany. The entire right-of-way between Albany and Salem, not too old as highways go, is being widened to four lanes with freewTay features. The work is in progress, and coming along rapidly. It should be done in little more than a year. And from Salem to Portland, of course, the Bal dock freeway provides one of the best highways in the western states. Even now. Medford-to-Portland takes only about six' hours at average speed. "TO the south, the highway in California is constantly being improved. In the Yreka and Dunsmuir areas considerable portions are being widened and straight pnp.d. Tn a few more vears. the drive from Davis Junc tion to Portland should present a minimum of driving difficulties. And to our economy, nnrtation has alwavs been the development of any area, and the Rogue River valley is no exception. BUT there are still deficiencies to be removed. One TClamatVi Falls trin. This will be materially improved before too long when the McAllister Soda Springs, r ish Lake and bake oi tne Woods is modernized a development hoped to start next year through the cooperation of the state and federal governments. THIS leaves only one major route which we need, and need badly, namely, a good highway to' the coast. At present one has to go either down the twisting Smith river route into California, or north nearly to Roseburg and then west to Coquille. For east-west transportation, both for goods and services, and for tourists, we need a more direct route. Several have been proposed, one down the Illinois and Chetco rivers to Brookings, another down the Illinois or the Rogue to Gold BeacH. Either would be advan tageous to this valley, but the Brookings route probab ly would be the best from our standpoint, because of better harbor facilities there. With that one deficiency, then, the highway trans portation picture for the Rogue valley is good, and getting better fast. E.A. Aid, Npt Substitute Citizens of Portland are now considering a pro posal, which has widespread support, to institute a city manager form of government in that metropolis. The newspaper in Bend, which Has had a city manager for some years, recommends to the Port landers that they take on the new system. But it adds, with clarity and common sense, that no miracles are to be expected, and that simply by changing the form of city government, all the problems of a city will not be solved. THAT has been the experience in Medford. With the city manager type of administration here, the-city has progressed in a more efficient and respon sible way. Some of the hassles and disputes of prior years have been avoided by advance planning and thought by a full-time staff which also has the re sponsibility. It has served us well. , But, as the Bend Bulletin remarks, it is no pana cea. Any form of government is just as good as the men holding office, and an efficient form of govern ment is an aid to, not a substitute for, good men. E.A. Friday, September 27, 1957 Albany, the situation is not, that is important. Trans- of utmost importance to route through Eagle Point, ' SOME GUVS HAVE All THE LUCK ! Today and By Walter THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS The President's address on Tuesday evening, explaining why he is using Federal troops in Arkansas, must be judged, I believe, a seri ous failure to state the real case of the United S t a tes g o v e r nment. The case, as the President put it, omits e n t i r ely the crucial fact Walter Lippmann inai xne aeii ance of the Federal court began not with the mobs outside the school building but with the or ders of Governor Faubus to the Arkansas National Guard. Be cause of this omission the Presi dent has made a weak case, and has laid himself open to the charge that he is doing some thing which he promised not to do namely, to impose integra tion with Federal troops. Thus, in his second paragraph, he says that "disorderly mobs have deliberately prevented the carrying out of proper orders from a Federal court." In fact, In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS It seems to me as this is writ ten that California's Attorney General. Pat Brown has summed up this shocking and terrible Little Rock business clearly,, logically and sensibly. Address ing the 59th conference of the League of California Cities at San Francisco, he said: "A breakdown of state and local government in Little Rock Arkansas made President Eisen hower's decision to send para troops to enforce school integra tion unavoidable." He added: "There was a breakdown of human dignity and decency . . . a breakdown of the law of this land . . . and finally a break down of fundamental law and order. "Certainly in these circum stances the action of President Eisenhower was absolutely ne nessary." HE went on to sa'y: "The Little Rock crisis is RELEVANT TO CALIFORNIA even though California is at least a century and a half ahead of Arkansas." Then he added: "Even here we still have much progress to make in HUMAN RELATIONS with those who contribute to this state's great and enriching diversity." HE thus dramatized two facts that are 'of immense im portance in this moment of crisis and passion when the unity of our nation is again threatened: 1. The Negro problem isn't the only racial problem we face. 2. Racial problems can be SOLVED if tolerance and hu man decency are brought to bear upon them and time enough is provided to enable tolerance and human decency to prevail over passion and prejudice. 1 THINK no one in the West at Ipast has forgotten the Ori ental problem that existed in California for generations. In the mining days, it broke into open war at Old Shasta up in the north and blood flowed. Too often for comfort this Oriental problem (which existed in a greater degree in California, but spread in a lesser degree to Oregon and Washington) neared the explosive point. But Fortunately TIME ENOUGH WAS PRO VIDED to enable tolerance and human decency to get in their saving work. I think it can be stated with confidence that the Oriental racial problem no long er threatens the future of Calif ornia and the Far West. TIME and tolerance and grow ing human decency did the job. That is a lesson that needs to be heeded in this present crisis. Tomorrow Lippmann it was the National Guard which prevented the carrying out of the orders of the court. He goes on to -say that "whenever nor mal agencies prove inadequate to the task" of enforcing the law and preserving order, it becomes necessary for the Federal gov ernment to act. But what hap pened in Arkansas was not that the normal agencies were inade quate. It was that the governor had ordered state troops to nul lify the law. The address is full of state ments that because of mobs, agi tators, misguided persons, "the orders of the court have been frustrated." The President pic tures himself as one reluctantly compelled to go to the assistance of the state of Arkansas which was not strong enough to pre serve order. The fact is that the disorder broke out after the governor had first nullified the law with his troops, and had then withdrawn the troops in the face of the mob which was assembling, bent on nullifying the law. rpHE crucial fact in Arkansas is that the governor was de termined to use the National Guard for the unlawful purpose of preventing integration in Lit tle Rock. The necessity for Fed eral intervention arose directly from this open defiance of the law. As the National Guard, ow ing to the governor's orders, was unavailable for the task of enforcing law and preserving order, the intervention of the Federal government was re quired. At the Newport conference, when the President saw Gov. Faubus, the essential question was not whether the governor would withdraw the troops. It was whether he would change his orders to the troops. If there was no understanding reached on this central point, why were we led to believe that the con ference was "constructive"? SPHERE is every reason to sup 1 pose that the President's ad dress was written for him while he was traveling back and forth to Newport. He was dependent on his advisors in Washington. It is necessary to say that these advisors have served him badly, and that he ought to draw around him some wiser and some stronger men. It is neces sary to say also that during this grave business he ought not to be away from Washington, but at the center of things where he can really keep himself in formed and advised. There is no use pretending that a matter of such moment and complexity can be handled by remote control. (c) 1957 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Oregon Flu Cases Up 242 Per Cent Portland (W Reported flu cases have increased in Oregon 242 per cent in the last two weeks, the State Board of Health said today. However, the board empha sized it is not yet known how many, of the cases are of the Asian variety. Only 18 of the cases so far have been confirmed by laboratory examination as the Asian type. Numerous other sporadic out breaks of influenze-like illness have been unofficially reported from schools and institutions throughout Oregon, but state health officer Dr. Harold M. Erickson said such cases are not officially recorded as influenza until certified by a physcian or health officer. Dr. Erickson also said that only 35 cases of polio have been reported since the first of the year, compared with 100 during the first 38 weeks of last year and a 1950-56 media of 208 cases. Eighteen of this year's cases have been paralytic, compared with 54 during the same period last year. Little Rock News in Foreign Affairs Field By CHARLES M. McCANN UP Staff Correspondent The week's good and bad news on the international balance sheet: The city of Little Rock burst suddenly into prominence over most of the world this week. Many people even in West ern Europe nev er had heard of Little Rock be fore. But in news papers and on radio and tele- vision pro grams, the Lit- chaiies m. McCanntle Rock disor ders over school integration, and President Eisenhower's dispatch of federal troops to the city, were big news. The Moscow radio seized hap pily on the story. It blared out anti-American propaganda Jn its domestic and foreign pro grams. in western Europe, newspa pers of all political shades crit icized the disorders and express ed approval of Eisenhower's ac tion, though some said he ought to have acted much sooner. A notable factor in the situ ation was the ignorance shown, even by some leading news com mentators, of the political sys tern in the United States. United Press correspondents were ask ed, for instance, why President Eisenhower had not fired Gov Orval E. Faubus. They had thought that state governors, like many provincial governors in Europe, were appointed by tho President and not elected. They knew nothing of the dual system of federal and state con trol. Russia announced the scrap ping of its current five-year plan Communications Letters 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 reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and conden sation Letters submitted for pub lication must not exceed 400 words How About Paid TV? To the Editor: The writer watched with keen interest the reception of closed circuit TV as exhibited Monday night at the local theater. Apparently it was a very gratifying success to all concerned. The interest of the writer was prompted by the possibilities in volved that could be of vital concern to all owners of "Free" TV. The syndicate in control of the closed circuit show, namely Teleprompter Inc., purchased the exclusive rights to the box ing match at a very attractive ngure to tne principals in volved, a figure in excess of what an advertiser could af ford. Mr. and Mrs. Reader, I ask you, aside from existing con tracts, what legal controls exist, that would prevent syndicates, such as Teleprompter Inc., from buying any or all sports events and make you and me pay for what we now see free? In other words, Pay TV has been sanctioned by F.C.C. So they have the legal "green light." Locally, it is up to city coun cil to grant a franchise (which some of the well-heeled council men approve). Southern Pacific R.R. has a franchise. The closed circuit TV people have openly stated that it would cost us at least one dollar to see the World Series. That is why the writer is con cerned. If you folks are, see your councilman. Lynn -H. Myers, 1090 Ellendale Dr. Medford, Ore. Sen. Neuberger Praised To the Editor: During this past year I have been fortunate in two respects: first, I had the opportunity to appear on Na tional Broadcasting Company's quiz program, "21," and sec ond, I've had the pleasure of getting to know Oregon's Sen ator, Richard L. Neuberger. While the reward for my la bors on the "21" program was of great importance to me, there is no question but that the crash program for cancer research which Senator Neuberger will present to the Congress of the United States in its next ses sion, beginning January 1958, is of much vaster significance to all of the people of the Unit ed States and to myself,' for I am just as susceptible to that dread disease, cancer, as any of the other people of this nation. Senator Neuberger's proposal for a S500,000,000 expenditure to fight cancer is certainly one of the most farsighted approach es ever suggested to fight dis ease. It is unique in that it would permit the long-range planning of research projects. The Sena tor's proposal would make the half billion dollars available un til expended and would permit the development of long-range research plans something the present system of year-to-year appropriations severely inhibits. In addition, it would attract, Affair Dominates of industrial development, which was due to continue through 1960, in favor of a new seven- year plan which will cover the years 1959 to 1965. An official announcement said the change was made necessary by the recent de-centralization of industrial management and by the discovery of new sources of minerals and electric power. But the real reason seemed to be that Russian economy had run into trouble. Under the de-centralization plan, tight control Of industry by ministries in Moscow was re laxed by the establishment of regional management councils throughout the Soviet Union. It was indicated that the scrapped five-year plan was run ning behind schedule and that there were serious flaws in the de-centralization plan. This plan was sponsored by Communist Party leader Nikita S. Khrushchev. Khrushchev is slippery. But it seemed certain that he would have to take some of the blame for its flaws, as well as for the seriously lagging Babson Forecasts New Homes, Clothes Trend By ROGER BABSON Babson Park, Mass. The au tomobile is not only revolution izing highways, retailing, and fi nancing, but also the style o f buildings and homes. Simple arith metic will prove that with the nar row business streets in the older cities Boger W uabsun one of three things will happen: (1) The 50 year-old brick buildings will be torn down and replaced by mod ern one-story buildings; or (2) the streets will be widened; or (3) all stores .will be open eve nings. New shopping centers are otherwise inevitable. more trained manpower to fight cancer. Medical researchers are no different from individuals who pursue other fields of en deavor. They, too, are interested in the security of employment which continuity of budgetin; allows. Furthermore, Senator Neuberger's proposal for a crash program would enable the Pub lic Health Service to enter into many more contracts with in dustry in its wide-spread chemo therapy screening program. The present system of annual budg eting and appropriations by the Congress has not resulted in the wide-spread participation of in dustry, which can do so much to expedite the day when con trols, treatments, preventive measures and cures can be found Hank Bloomgarden, 522 Fifth ave., New York 36, N.Y. Paper Drive To the Editor: Thanks to your help, the Post 8 Boy Scouts of Medford have concluded a most successful drive in collecting old newspapers. We wish to thank the Mail Tribune for its help and all the people who contrib uted old newspapers for the ef fort. Thanks again and we'll see you again next summer for old newspapers. Post 8 and Troop 8 Boy Scouts of America Medford, Ore. Roses To the Editor: Why we think the rose the fairest flower that grows: Perhaps in our youth the fondest remembrance was the dew-drop fragrance of the famous "grandma rose," that al most everyone else knows. Then too, one of our first school merit cards had a profile of a big pink rose. Little, did we realize then, the phrase: "A rose for you in Oregon grows." It is said the rose is the symbol of ad miration, so that may be the reason for the peculiar traits of the wild sensitive prairie rose in "folding up" its tiny petals whenever disturbed by human hands. Probably no other flower has been subject to more poetic and medieval legend in admir ing the beauty of the wide spread many - varieties of the rcsa plant genus. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman st., Medford, Ore. Navy Officer Team To Visit in Ashland Ashland A Navy officer information team will visit Southern Oregon college Tues day, Oct. 8, to interview men interested in becoming Naval of ficers. An examination to determine qualifications for flight training is scheduled at 6 p.m. Oct. 8. It will consist of four parts. They are aviation qualification test, mechanical comprehension, spat ial test and biographical inven tory, the latter being the only written test required for admis sion to flight trainin. harvest, for which he would have taken the credit if it had been good. It was announced that Presi dent Habib Bourguiba of Tun isia had accepted an offer of arms from Egypt. These weap ons could be intended for use against the French troops who, Bourguiba complains, have been encroaching on Tunisian terri tory from neighboring Algeria. Bourguiba had vainly sought weapons from the United States. But two days after the announce ment of the Egyptian offer, it was made known in Washing ton that the United States would help him to get weapons from Western European nations. This week's chief develop ment in the Middle East was a visit to by King Saud of Saudi Arabia to Syria. He sought to act as mediator in the split in the Arab world which has been caused by the rise of pro-Russian elements to power in Sy ria and the pro-Russian policy of Egypt. Another example of simple mathematics: People can borrow only so much money. This limit is fast being reached. If fami lies are to have one or two larg er automobiles, these families must be satisfied with smaller and fewer rooms in their homes. As autos become larger and more expensive homes must be come smaller and less expen sive. I therefore forecast that many of my readers will turn their present houses into apart ments. All new homes will not have garages; but all will have enough land so that the family cars can be kept off the streets. The new style of architecture will be based on "the Old Cape Cod house of XA stories, or else people will live in duplex or co operative apartments. People gave up their "horse and buggy" when they bought an automo bile. They will learn to give up their present style of homes. Putting more money into the automobile may result in put ting less money into the home. This will especially be true if we are facing either war or dis armament, i Rooms Retained The future home will have no "dining room"; and the ortho dox "parlor" is definitely doom ed. Weddings, funerals, and re- nnnimn. .,.,11 l V. nT J .-4.'J 41 vEtiuno mm uk ueiu uui&iue iuc home in places which have prop er parking space. There will be one large "living room" in which the family will live, cook and eat. There will be no "kitch en." With frozen foods and infra red cooking, only a few minutes will be needed to prepare a meal. From such cooking there will be no mess or odor. Every house will, however, have two bathrooms one for the parents, who will sleep on the first floor; one for the chil dren, who will sleep on the sec ond floor. Typical bathtubs of the present day will be seen only in museums. Bedrooms will be much smaller, compar ing more with the staterooms on ocean liners or on deluxe trains. Heating and air-conditioning will be much cheaper and more common. Both hot and cold air will come into the houses through underground pipes as gas and water now come. Electricity will be very much cheaper. "Bottled gas" will bo iispH mnro What About Clothes? Clothes can be much cheaper Cloth will no longer be woven as cloth is today. Cloth will be made like paper cellophane. This unwoven new "synthetic cloth" will come out of a ma chine as finished dresses for the women and children, or as fin ished suits for the men. Some women readers will say, "Im possible, women will insist on wearing different dresses and hats." These, of course, can dif fer in colors, but women will then be satisfied with standard clothes.. The automobile will standardize clothing. There will be a few different makes of clothes at different price ranges. Auto dealers and gas stations may carry clothing. Yes, revolutionary changes to be caused by the automobile have just commenced. Far greater changes are ahead. As 'dr'--. e-in theatres" are following oor theaters, so "drive-in jChools" and "drive-in churches" will follow. Banks are now tak ing many of their deposits direct from customers who drive up in automobiles to a special win dow. Store show- windows, which have been a fruitful source of advertising for their merchants, will become of less value as more people pass in autos. More duplex and co-operative apartment houses are coming. Renting automobiles will largely take the place of buying them. This same may apply lo furniture, and even clothes. This will especially be true if our nation is facing eith er war or disarmament due to the threat of Russian fallout.
