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Newspaper Page Text1 CS MEDFORD (OREGON) (mm Bp.-eryone tn Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" IKJSSsheo DaUr Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO jr-29 North Fir St Phone 2-141 ROBERT W RITHL. Editor iar5 GREY Advertising Manager itx-MXJ) LATHAM Business Manager fic ALAN JR. Managing Editor JL H ADAMS City Editor LIY CHIP MAN Telegraph Editor ilCHARD JEvV'ETT Sports Editor MJVE ST ARCHER Society Editor SALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr. Ipi Independent Newspaper red as second class matter at y&diard Oregon under Act of March 3 1397 fcUBSCRIPTlON RATES 2y Sail In Advance- Per Copy 10c Daliy and Sunday One year $13 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 Roffue River Talent end on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year $18 00 Dally and Sunday One month U0 Carrier and Dealers 10c per cory Ail ierms cash In Advance Official Paper of the City of Medford mnciai paper of Jackson Connty United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO MP AN? INC Offices In N York Chicago, de troit San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Portland St Louis Atlanta Vancouver B C jj A T I O W A I I D I T O I A vJT I I A$$OcfA'l"3N 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 Oct. 16. 194? (Thursday) The 965th field artillery bat talion activated In southern Ore gon, Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Ol son, acting adjutant general of Oregon's National Guard, an nounces. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: " In Italy they have a Communist-Chris-(fc8n Democrat party. There is a Cenbination for your whiskers." 20 YEARS AGO pet. 16, 1937 (Sunday) TVret concerts by Medford Jaaior Symphony orchestra, di Xttn3 by John R. Knight, are (trrjonaored by Zonta club. CCC worker who claims to $av been Major Farren, combat pilot forced down behind Ger tntn lines during World War I, OS reported dead here. 3 a TEARS AGO Cx. 16, 1927 (Sunday) Small fawn reported seen on "Vtin st. by local businessman. Three local men enlist for Philippine island duty. 40 YEARS AGO Oct.-16. 1917 (Tuesday) All timber on ground prepara tory to closing gates at Klamath strait which will eventually re claim a tract of 54,000 acres. Formal opening of the second liberty bond subscription cam paign takes place at Natatorium. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight Is excellent: five or six is good. 1. Pintail is the name of a rab bit, western saddle horse, wild duck, or deer? 2. In its journey around the earth, in which direction does the moon travel? 3. Bible: Does the New Testa ment mark a decided develop ment in religious thought of the Bible? 4. How many inches are in one . mile? 5. In what language was the Magna Charta written? 6. Three dots and a dash in the Morse code indicate what let ter of the alphabet? 7. Jerry Cruncher is a charac ter in which of Charles Dick- ens' novels? 8. Which article of commerce ' is larsely made from chicle? 9. Should "tender" be used as ' a synonym for "give?" If not, Y-hy not? 10. "Though women are an- , gels, yet wedlock's the d 1." Byron. Answers: 1. A wild duck. 2. . East to west. 3. Yes. 4. 63.360. .. Latin. 6. "V". 7. "A Tale of Two Cities." 8. Chewing gum. O. No. It means to offer money ' r service. 10. "devil." Russian Satellite Said Seen at Ontario Ontario 0? Ed Fair, about 50, Ontario theater projectionist, said Tuesday he saw the Soviet satellite in the sky over his home and that three fragments were traveling with the sphere. Fair said the objects were sil ver, that the fragments were ahead of the satellite, and all were moving in a southeast to northeast direction. The pieces seemed to be in a horizontal position with, the sat ellite, he said. frffitf"' NEWSPAPER VC PUBtlSHEtS L XZZ' AS S OC I ATI O N MAIL TRIBUNE Fight - or Compromise? As far back as before the turn of the century, the water available for the use of mankind in the Rogue valley was of concern to forward looking people here. It has continued to be of concern. Rogue valley people have a long record of water utilization. The first irrigation for agriculture purposes in the state was done here, on farmlands west of Phoenix. The irrigation districts have long made use of water brought long distances by man. This concern, coupled with plans for fuller utilization of water, came to a head in 1948, when proposals for full, multiple-use development of the valley's water resources were formally made. XLY part of those plans matured, for in a hearing that year it became evident that there were major conflicts of interest largely between those who believed that recreational use was paramount, and those who advocated development for irrigation, power and flood control purposes. Since that time, the Talent project has been ap proved and is now under construction. But the other proposals have lain virtually dormant. But once again, full-scale discussions are under way about valley development. They were brought up again as the partial result of two events the dis astrous floods of December, 1955, and January and February, 1956, which did so much damage here abouts, and the slump in the lumber market, wrhich emphasized the limited base on wThich our economy rests, and the need for greater diversification, with use of manpower in other fields and the year around. AN agreement between diverse interests be reach- on the best means of development? That remains for time to tell. But it is true that the discussions this time are on a better organized and more thoughtful basis than ever before. At the request of the State Water Re sources Board, the county court has set up a commit tee of about 110 persons, representing all water-use interests in the valley, to compile a report on present and future use of water in the best interests of the majority of the people. Study committees have completed the first phase of the job, and have submitted preliminary reports covering watershed management, flood control, water pollution problems, agricultural, fish and wildlife, industrial, recreational and municipal and domestic uses of water. ""THERE will be conflicts in the conclusions reached in some of the recommendations made in the re ports. That is inevitable, and, indeed, desirable. The big problem is whether these conflicts can be resolved; whether compromises, in the democratic tradition, can be found; whether one group will be willing to. give a little in response to the giving of another group. If this can be done, if unified support can be achieved for recommendations which reflect the adage of "the greatest good for the greatest number," it will be an accomplishment of lasting worth. For only with unified support would there be any chance of obtaining multi-purpose development, which can be done on a big scale only with the back ing of the federal government. IF THIS unified support is lacking, the plans would have no more chance of approval than a snowball in you-know-where. pONGRESSMAN Charles O. Porter has been most interested in this development, and most helpful in offering his assistance to working out plans. His bill calling for full development of the basin is the vehicle which can be used, and he has repeatedly declared that it can and will be changed to incorpo rate the recommendations agreed upon by local peo ple who know the needs best. The crux of the controversy is the proposed high dam across the Rogue at Lewis creek. If a mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached on that one point, the worst of the problems will be solved, and the project, with its high benefit cost ratio, will stand a good chance of approval. If it cannot be, and a long-drawn-out fight de velops, chances of approval of the project, and all its benefits to all the people of the valley, will be seriously jeopardized. E.A. Huckstering the Subconscious If, one day soon while watching your favorite TV ppgram, you suddenly feel a mysterious urge to rush out and . buy the product which sponsors the show, it may be you are a victim of the newest gim mick in electronic advertising. This is "subliminal projection," also known as the "invisible sell" a process which throws a brief advertising message on the screen for a fraction of a second, too short a time for it to register consciously, but long enough to register subconsciously. This, it is claimed, creates a predisposition on the part of the viewer favoring the project. THAT'S as may be. All's fair in love and war, they say, but we wonder if this is truly cricket. It seems sort of sneaky to us, used as we are to honest printer's ink, and forthright -advertising come-ons, which we have learned to take or leave alone as suits our fancy. Being fairly stubborn, and too-easily irritated by electronic fol-de-rol, we eye this development with suspicion. It may be, if we" find ourselves with an unexplaiuable predisposition for something, we may suppress the urge to buy, just outof spite. E.A. Wednesday, October 16, 1957 J 1 if. I AMHT US THINKS 1M SKWUY,. BUT UB'S GOT TO STOP , PUTTING P5AHUT BUTTER SM01VICH5S M MY ffiBFCASei' Adenauer Faces Job Of Reviewing Policy Toward Satellites By CHARLES M. McCANN . United Press Correspondent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer faces the job of reviewing West Germany's entire policy toward the Commu nist states of Eastern E u rope. ' The review has been forc ed upon Ad enauer by the decision o f President Tito Of Yugoslav- Charles m McCann ia to recog nize the East German puppet re gime. At present, Yugoslavia is the only Communist country be sides Soviet Russia itself which West Germany recognizes diplo matically. Adenauer always has threaten ed to break relations with any country which recognizes the East German government. He holds that such recognition will make it harder to attain the uni fication of Germany. Now Must Decide Now Adenauer must decide whether to make good his threat, In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The latest on Sputnik: Dr. Joseph Kaplan, chairman of the U.S. national committee for the International Geophysi cal Year, says there is NOT THE REMOTEST CHANCE that it is spying on us as it whizzes around the earth. Neither is it going to shoot an atom bomb at us. It isn't big enough to hold one. WHAT IS Sputnik doing? Wel-1-1-1-1-1 It's proving that Russia is a past master of the art of propa ganda. BUT Let's be realistic about Sput nik. It proves that the Russians have a rocket with a lot of PUSH. If their rocket can push Sputnik 500 miles up above the surface of the earth, it can push a guided missile quite a long distance. That is something we should not try to laugh off. II'HAT is going on along the ' Syrian - Turkish frontier, where a lot of military activity is reported? It's a good guess that Moscow is trying to convince the Arabs that the U. S. is AGAINST THEM and is maybe planning to back Israel in a drive to push the Arabs out of the Middle East. Moscow's objective is to make the Arabs FEAR the United States so they will come over to the communist side. THEN When the Kremlin commies have the Arabs in their power They'll SKIN 'EM ALIVE and hang thehir bleeding hides on the fence as they have done in the case of all other peoples who have fallen into the communist clutches. LET'S take a look at the latest example of communist meth ods the East Germany currency switch. What happened there? A lot of East Germans were saving up their money so as to get out of communist East Ger many and into a better world. The communists countered that plan by declaring the old money WORTHLESS and issuing new money in its place. IT IS a cynically brutal and typical communist trick. It emphasizes the long-range fact that communism as a way of life is so foul that in time it must fall of the weight of its own foulness. If we can stave off all-out shooting war long enough, com munism will destroy itself. and break relations with Yugo slavia, or to accept Tito's deci sion. He must also decide whether to accord recognition to semi-independent Communist Poland, which also recognizes east Ger many, and possibly later to Czechoslovakia and other Com munist countries. Adenauer had been thinking for some time about the advis ability of recognizing Poland, despite its own recognition of the East Germans. One reason for that is the possibility of es tablishing profitable trade rela tions with Poland. But there is danger in the rec ognition policy If Adenauer fails to break relations with Yugo slavia, it will be a backdown from his demand that all coun tries outside the immediate So viet bloc maintain a boycott of the East German regime. Some non-Communist countries might be tempted to follow Tito's suit. Motive Unclear Just what Tito's motive is in deciding to recognize East Ger many at this moment is not quite clear. It -seems to have no connection with the current vis it of Marshal Georgi Zukov, So viet defense minister, to Yugo slavia. But certainly Tito's deci sion is a victory for Russia. Adenauer apparently intends to take his time in deciding what to do. Dispatches from Bonn, the West German capital, say that he will do nothing before the for mal presentation of his cabinet to the newly-elected West Ger man Parliament next Wednes day. The present comment in Bonn is that Adenauer is almost cer tain to break relations with Tito. Longshoremen Talk Automation - Portland OP) The effect of automation was the chief topic of discussion today as the Inter national Longshoremen and Warehousemen's union went into the second day of a three day caucus here. About 100 delegates from ILWU locals were attending the meeting, which was closed to the press by a non-unanimous vote of delegates. Before the vote a delegate said it has been past policy to exclude the press from caucus meetings. The automation discussion was to acquaint members of "the mechanization, palatization and unitization which is rapidly spreading on the waterfront," according to The Hook, publica tion of Local 8. , Harry Bridges, president of the union, said prior to the meeting Tuesday he did not want to hold a press conference. Contract matters were expect ed to come up later in the cau cus. The union publication said the caucus hoped to work out a "workable" automation program "that won't weaken our unions and swell the profits of the em ployers, but instead is put to work to eliminate the back breaking labor that still exists in the industry." SHIP BUILDER DIES Mobile, Ala. IP) John Gris er, 61, president of the Alabama Dy Dock and Shipbuilding Co., died Tuesday. 1955 METROPOLITAN HARDTOP Beautiful tu-tone green and white. Brand new tires. Only one owner has had this car. For real economy llAP this is H! IV J LEA MOTORS 5th at Bartlett Phone SP 2-6185 What's Sputnik's Significance? Administration Spokesmen Differ By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (IP) Two men who stand just after President Eisenhower in the Republican party table of o r g a n i zation have been talk about Sputnik this week. What they said seems some how not to add up. One is Vice President Rich- i-yie c wtison ara M. mxon. He spoke Tuesday night in San Francisco before the Interna- Mb I "sate- g 1 ommunacations Letters to the Editor must bear the rjme and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Owls To the Editor: It happened on a pitch black night. Returning from a conference with Direc tor Dr. Linsdale, (of U.C.'s Hast ing's Natural History Reserve, Carmel Valley), were Point Lo bos Reserve Park's Superinten dent and writer. Our auto's lights at a curve illuminated an owl making a "strike" at a field mouse scurrying across the highway. Does not the fact that the night was pitch-dark illustrate how owls' food niche is night time? If once we grasp the phil osophy of The Niche, may we not more intelligently do our lawmaking? The owls are peculiarly worth study. Not only have they adapted themselves to night foraging, but in many other ways. In the Arctic, writer no ticed Snowy Owls have same concealing camouflage as have other predators. A hungry polar bear, for example, can creep up closer to a seal on an ice- float because his fur is white Western kiddies love the bur rowing owl. They call it "billie owl." It, of course, cannot dig burrows, but has adapted its housing to ground-squirrel exca vations. Birding for the desert dawn chorus, one hears pyjgmy owls calling. In Arizona the elf owl has reduced its bulk to al most sparrow-size to find ren tal space in old woodpecker holes in the Sahuara cacti. Ornithologists place owls next to the parrot family. This" probably for certain anatomical similarities. The parrot's bill does resemble the tearing bill of the owl. Some wild parrots hold their food owl fashion and New Zealand has an owl-parrot. C. M. Goethe, Seventh & J Streets, Sacramento 14, Calif. "Did We Plan it That Way?"N To the Editor: In 1943 Wen dell Willkie in "One World" (pags 106-107) said: "If . . . we should witness the creation ... of perhaps the big gest empire in history, an em pire composed of about a billion people on approximately fifteen miliion square miles of land . . . this empire . . . would be self sufficient, whether for peace time industry or for war. "I have unbounded faith in the courage, the enterprise, and the destiny of the American peo ple. But I believe that if Ameri cans were forced to live here after face to face with an empire of such dimensions, our way of life would be little better than an armed camp, and our vaunt ed freedom would be little more than a fond hope. We should live in continual alarm, in endless war, under crushing armaments which it would be our constant endeavor to increase. Neither peace nor prosperity, neither freedom nor justice, could flour ish in such a struggle for exist ence." Sputnik, Russia's ICBM, and the already existing Soviet Em pire of one billion souls cause one to wonder whether Will kie's "unbounded faith" in American courage and enter prise was warranted? Or did we "plan it that way"? Alfred Kohlberg 1 West 37th St. New York 18, N.Y. Object to Business Tax To the Editor: This letter is being written to correct certain misrepresentations in a front page article appearing in Mon day's Mail Tribune concerning the three Medford business men and the Business License Ordi nance. X These three men have volun tarily requested that a test case be made concerning the validity of the Ordinance (this having tional Industrial Development conference. The other is Sherman Adams, White House chief of staff, who spoke his piece 24 hours earlier, also in San Francisco, at an Eis enhower birthday dinner spon sored by the United San Fran cisco Republican Finance com mittee. Policy critics and others have been scolding the Eisenhower administration for what has been regarded as complacency in its reaction to the flight of Sputnik. Adams may not have been complacent about Sputnik in San Francisco. But he talked been sought by them for quite some time). Secondly, is the statement by Mr. Huson that the average busi ness tax is $19.50, and that the tax of each of the three men is less than average. We suggest that Mr. Huson recheck or have a clerk recheck the three tax figures. (His front page state ment is false.) Thirdly, we wish to state that the amount of the tax is imma terial to us. We would not have paid it had it been fifty cents or even less. Our main reason for non-payment is as before stated to test the validity of the Ordinance. We are not and never have been opposed to a VALID business license tax. The Mail Tribune article was definitely and wrongly slanted in favor of City Hall, (as are most City Hall articles), and we are publishing this letter to clear up any misconceptions the ar ticle may have caused. M. J. Olsen Ray O. DeMarrs R. G. Shafer Editor's note: Upon receipt of the above letter, the Mail Tri bune checked with City Treas urer Darell Huson regarding the tax figures involved. Those for Mr. DeMarrs and Mr. Shafer each were $13.50; that for Mr. Olsen was $20. In all other par ticulars the Mail Tribune stands by the original story. "Whistle Stopped" To the Editor: Herewith is a newspaper clipping from ' the Nashville Tennessean, entitled, "Whistle Stopped," in verse ex pressing the trend of the times. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman st., Medford, Ore. By Paul Woolen This was a railway station once, And f ould be so-called now For even yet some trains come by, Apologetic, humble-pie; Somehow it seems they just don't try To look like trains. Dieseled, almost riderless, They slide through little towns Where crowds no longer wait to feel The vibrant beat of steam and steel. To watch the plunge of shafted wheel, Or board the trains. We loved them all and checked each one. "On time!" we said or "Late!" We set our clocks by Number Two; Express and Limited and Through Were words that we, from child hood, knew Meant trains. Today the platform's old and bleak The due-board almost bare: (One chalked-in line instead of ten!) The main track holds two loaf ing men, Three pigeons and one ancient hen Instead of trains. NOTRE DAME TEACHER DIES Binghamton, N.Y. OP) Prof- Henry Staunton, 79, an Episco pal rector who became a Roman Catholic and taught at the Uni versity of Notre Dame, died Tuesday. if h C. M. Litwiller The Better Service With reverence and dig nity we render service to all who call . . . regard less of creed or financial standing. To merit your confidence is our sincere desire. For a finer service, conducted in beautiful surrounding, it's Litwiller's. Remember, too, we are 100 locally owned. LITWILLER EV - Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 83 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close like a man who was reasonably content, as for instance when he assured the Republican fund raisers that the United States never intended to compete "with any other nation for first place in a Sputnik race." He gave a low rating to the Sputnik as an instrument or achievement in science and also as a military fact. "The serving of science," Adams said, "not high score in an outer space basketball game, has been and still is our coun try's goal." Democratic critics of the ad ministration's satellite program may be expected now to suggest that high score in an outer space basketball game is not the pub lic's conception of the meaning of a Red Russian Sputnik spin ning overhead. Urges Caution If Adams gave Sputnik a brushoff, Nixon Tuesday night did not. Nixon said: "Militarily the Soviet Union is not one bit stronger today than it was before the satellite was launched. The free world remains stronger than the Com munist world. "But," Nixon added, "we could make no greater mistake than to brush off this event as a scientific stunt of more signifi cance to the man in the moon than to men on earth. "We have had a grim and time ly reminder of a truth we must never overlook that the Soviet Union has developed a scientific and industrial capacity of great magnitude. "If the free world is to sur vive we cannot rest on our past achievements or our present po sition of military superiority." Men on earth may now pon der the question: Is Sputnik just a high score in outer space basketball or a grim and timely reminder to the peo ple of the United States of new life and fire in the economy of the Soviet Union? Frenchman Favored For Literature Prize Stockholm, Sweden (IP! Lit erary critics today placed French author Albert Camus as the odds-on favorite to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The coveted award, worth more than $40,000 will be an nounced Thursday. Camus was believed to be the front runner by far in a field which included Japanese, Ital ians, Greeks and other French men. No United States writers were reported in the running. Camus is the author of a novel, "L'Estranger"; a philo sophical work, "Le Mythe de Sisyphe," and two plays, "Le Malentendu" and "Caligula." r & ' At Mrs. Litwiller I - a. ':Xt "It is better to know us and not need us. than to need us and not know us."