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3 0 O O O FOUR MEDFORD (QEGON) "Everyone In Southern Oregom Reada The Mail Tribune" Published Daily Except Saturday Ar MEDFORD PRINTING CO 37-29 North Fir St. Phone 2-9141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR. Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN Telegraph EdiVk RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mediord Oregon under Act ox KSSrch 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Misi In Advance: Per Copy 10c Dai-lvand Sunday One year 115 00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8 00 Daily and Sunday Three mot 4JU Sunday Only One vear 14.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. 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Vrom Arthur Perry' Ye Smudge Pot column: "Practical ly all the fair sex, who an nounced early in the fall they worild have nothing to do with the" mid-cawff skirts, are now wearing them. 20 YEARS AGO Not. 8. 1937 (Monday) A CCC enrollee of Camp South Fork taken to the Community hospital following a fight be tween enrollees of Camp Apple gate and Camp South Fork near the county courthouse. District conference of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles here de scribed as the best the lodge has ever held. 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 8. 1927 (Tuesday) Most striking feature of weather of the last month in this area was the brilliant auroa borealis seen here and in other parts of Oregon Oct. 12. Throwing her arms violently about his neck and going through the motions significant of a reunion of j long lost sister with her brother, an unidentified woman relieved a local resident of his purse on South Riverside last evening. 40 YEARS AGO 8, 1917 (Thursday) & meeting of the poultry men anJ women of the valley is (Scheduled Saturday in the Med ford Public library. ftt a meeting of the war-camp recreation fund committee Wed nesday afternoon, it was re solved to continue the existence of the committee, subject to call into active service by the chair man. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or ten correct !s superior; seven or eight Is exceUent; five or six is good. nl.In what country is Reykja vik? 2. For whom were the Ameri can continents named? 3. Bible: The life and teach ings of Jesus is composed in how many Gospels? 4. In area, is Delaware the smallest State? 5. Name the most famqgs book (smitten by Miguel de Cervantes de Saavedra. 6. Name , the capital of Fin land. 7. Increasing the air pressure Increases, or decreases, the boil ing temperature of water? 8. How did Sir Walter Raleigh meet his death? 9. Which is the principal vowel in "chicanery"? 10. "Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice whose hair was so" what? Answers: I. Iceland. 2. fcmeri go Vespucci. 3. All four. 4. No. Rhode Island. 5. "Don Quixote". 6. Helsinki. 7. Increases. 8. He was beheaded. 9. Th "a" 10. "brown." ML TRIBUI Basin Account Possibilities "Columbia Basin Account" is a rather imposing name for a relatively simple proposal. The proposal is based on three premises: 1. Power generation proiitabie part ot 2. Irrigation benefits those which can pay part 3. Power facilities and not usually close to each other physically, are both important phases of the overall full development of an area. THE proposal, then, is just this: That revenue from power projects be used ble costs allocated to irrigation projects in the same general area over and above those which irrigationists can afford to pay. The plan, or "basin account" idea, has been sue cessfully employed along the Missouri and Colorado rivers. In effect, it is an extension of the plan under which federal dams have paid for themselves. Under it, they not only pay for pay for irrigation development which otherwise could not be afforded by the farmers of a benefited area. The fact that they could not afford to pay for new irrigation, on a per-acre assessment basis, does not mean it is "uneconomic" or unneeded, for initial costs are not related to overall, ultimate benefits, nor are they related to the future well-being of a rural com munity. OERE is a hypothetical example of how it might be employed : Say the Columbia Basin Account bill (which will be introduced at the next session of Congress by Sen. Dick Neuberger and others) is passed. And say that projects in the Rogue Basin, which within themselves would have difficulty in paying off their own costs, were included in the Columbia basin account. Then the local projects could be paid for, in part, over a long period of years by the tremendous power projects at the main-stem dams of the Columbia sys tem. If the basic premise of the basin account is accept ed by congress for the Columbia (as it has been else where), it would appear that it would be of assistance in obtaining authorization for local projects which are worthy, but of marginal pay-out ability. a CONGRESSMAN Charles Porter, sponsor of a ten- tative bill for the development of the Rogue bas in, is well aware of the potentialities of the basin ac count proposal, and is engaged in a study of how, and whether, it could be of assistance to us in southwest ern Oregon. He, as are. the rest of those interested in Rogue valley development, is awaiting the outcome of the Army engineers survey of the area, to determine feasi bility of many of the proposed projects. It is pretty well expected they will come up with a0recommendation for a high dam at Lewis creek. But if they don't if they favor an alternative pro posal of three other dams with a smaller power poten tial it is possible that the basin account idea could embrace the entire basin project, and perhaps even save it from being buried under an impossible pay-out schedule. E.A. 3 to 1 Vote of Confidence The vote by which Medford school district patrons approved a continuation of the schools' building pro gram last Tuesday was, in our view, a 3 to 1 vote of confidence in the school administration. As such, it was a tribute to the planned, orderly cost-conscious and long-range program developed over the past several years by the school board and its administrative employees. There was no sign of the "apathy" which we had worried about on the part of voters, for the total num ber of votes cast was the largest in any election in the school district's " history, and the 3 to 1 margin by which the issue was OK'd showed conclusively that taxpayers are willing to pay for what they get as long as they think they are getting their money's worth. SO MUCH for the 1,699 persons who voted. What about the 7,000 or 8,000 other eligible voters who didn't remember, or bother, to go to the polls? Despite the fact that Tuesday saw the best voter turnout in histoiy for a school election, it still was only 20 or so per cent. We suppose there are as many reasons they didn't come out as there were persons who stayed at home, but in nine cases out of ten it still seems like apathy to us. All in all, we were delighted with the outcome and surprised at the number voting. So were the elec tion authorities, who if they had foreseen the outpour ing of voters would have provided more election boards so that voters wouldn't have had to wait for anywhere from 25 minutes to an hour-and-a-half to cast their ballots. E.A. Where s the Panic? Where's all this panic that administration leaders are hoping to "allay," and which national commenta tors keep talking about? We haven't observed any. Work gets done. Groups still meet and discuss their problems. People still play bridge and wTatch TV. Some people even read books and magazines. Surely, there is concern deep and sincere about national security and the present threat to it. But as far as we've observed, people are keeping their heads and their senses of humor. E.A. Friday, November 8, 1957 from big dams is the most multi-purpose development. . are the least profitable of of their own wav. irrigation projects, while to pay off the reimbursi- themselves, but also help 'fclFF WAS JUST TTRYW' TO HELP' WITH HIS TAIL' Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the rame 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. Jacksonville Taxes Shocking To the Editor: For the past two months I have run an ad in your paper. Now, I would like to have you print this letter in your paper. Last week, I received my tax bill for a piece of income prop erty I own in Jacksonville. I was speechless! I haven't fully recovered yet! $527.88 taxes for a piece of property that I had appraised by a Medford real estate man as being worth $19, 000. A piece of property that I had tried every bank in Medford and Jackson County Federal Savings & Loan Assn. to re-fi nance for me. I was refused a loan, mainly because it was in Jacksonville. Now tell me no bank or loan company would loan a dime on the property, yet it is taxed at approximately one 30th of its value. Does that make sense? The Oregon tax laws are de plorable. The voting is con trolled by non-property owners, industry is discouraged to come into the state due to high state income tax, and Oregon is about the only state left without a sales tax. There are a number of the older settlers of Oregon, parti cularly Southern Oregon, who would like to have no changes made. However, with new high ways demanded and other ad vancements pushed upon the state, it is impossible to stop progress. To pay for this added cost, it is too much tor a iew to bear. With encouragement and inducement, industry could be brought into the state. Then the few would not be taxed to death. Mrs. J. Fred Meisen Gold Canyon Ranch Kerby, Ore. Man's Inhumanity to Birds t tho F.ditor: I concur with Harriette Gibbs in your Oct. 30 issue, regarding the mourning dove or turtle dove as she calls it.- ' ' Thic is one of the most bene ficial birds we have. They sub ,;: almost wholly on an insect and vegetable diet, mostly weed seeds. All ornitnoiogisis agree on this. Thoc fcirHs definitely shouia be put on the song bird list to afford them permanent protec tion, as some eastern states are doing or contemplate aoing. Perhaps the only reason we have them with us today is the nf the federal migratory bird law of 1913 .giving them partial protection. It won't be many years now, that their plaintive little love songs will be heard no more, as the guns of the mighty hunters are blasting them off the face of the earth, as they did the passenger pigeon, the beautiful Carolina paroquet, the ivory billed woodpecker, the Trump eter swan and many others. The Franklin's grouse are say ing their last goodbyes forever. And this day the great whoop ing cranes are whooping their last cries for mercy with less than 50 of these majestic birds left. . . Dr. Samuel Johnson once said, that there is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. A group of hunters were gloat ing over their pitiful pile of bloody feathers when an old Negro preacher ' asked them, "How are you going to square yourselves with God killing these beautiful and harmless things?" A good question. I often won der how many of the brave lads would sally forth if the game were equally as well armed and could shoot back. C. R. Loring Moore's Motel Grants Pass, Ore. Wanted Crusade for Peace To the Editor: Russia scored more than one- victory when her satellite soared into the air. And the fault was all ours. Outcries against our government and military exposed our vanity and smugness. We couldn't grant a tiE W5 DU6TN' THE TAdlB J rival success in one little thing. "Love your neighbors as your selves." Do we? We showed our lack of faith by hysterically demanding more missiles, more satellites, more everything that puts us side by side with Russia in the arms race and the bid for world suprem acy. We give no thought to what these programs will cost in our standard of living or our ability to aid other friendly nations. No thought of how it might endan ger the economy of our country. Thus we fall in line with Rus sia's ideas to "bust" us. A "Peace Loving Nation," yet we take off in the opposite di rection. Are we not "Big" enough to continue our plans and pleas for Peace without joining an Arms Race? If we have ample power to protect ourselves ana our Aines, ism that enough? Wars and " their preparation have kept the world bankrupt and hungry since the beginning of time. Will no nation ever at tempt to change this trend? Will there never be a people with faith and courage enough to pursue "Peace" no matter what the odds? We live by the Grace of God not by arms. Suppose we put a little more faith in Him, who can save us, and not lose our foolish heads. If we have no faith in ourselves, how can other nations keep faith? If our goal is "Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men," we must not waver. I wonder about people who try to weaken our trust, do they not love America? Frances Ray Ralston, Wash. Editorial Comment CURLY SHOULD GET OUR MIND OFF WAR The most tremendous story of a tremendous year, scientifically speaking, may be still in the making. It would be the success ful parachuting to Earth of a live Spitz-like dog named Curly. We are not certain Curly is even among the living now, but Soviet broadcasts indicate he is, travelling nearly 18,000 miles an hour 1,000 miles above us. If electronic controls do not fail and if such controls are exact enough to keep him from fall ing into the water which covers six-sevenths of the Earth's sur face its just conceivable that he'll be recovered. That, as the saying goes, would be a story. If Curly can do it, certainly a man can do it, and one even tually will. Curly not only is capturing the world's imagina tion. He is making come true the wildest imaginings of the scoff ed-at fiction writers of years ago. Curly may be a Communist dog, we don't know. Surely he was raised one. But we no long er can assume that all Russians are Communists or all Commun ists are dogs, and therefore we can harly assume all dogs are Communists. Right now we've ready to forget nationalities and ideologies, if those of opposite faiths to our own will forego their blatant blusterings and threats, to join in cheers for the most astounding cosmic achieve ment in the world's history. We hope Curly gets back to Earth safely. We also wish his masters would get down to earth insofar as acting like reasonable human beings is concerned. Science is opening exciting new prospects in many fields all over the world and beyond. We are on the threshhold of we hardly know what. It would seem there is enough of fascination unfold ing without having also to be on the threshhold of dissipating billions of dollars and millions of lives in a war which would avail nothing at all for anyone. Salem (Oregon) Statesman Russia Celebrates Anniversary Of Revolution With 2 By CHARLES M. McCANN United Press Correspondent Soviet Russia celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Bolshe vik revolution this week while its two earth satellites spun round the world. "Sputnik II" was projected into its globe circling orbit by means of "new sources of p o w e r," Charles McCano MOSCOW said. In the new satellite was sealed a dog, the world's first space passenger, along with scientific instruments to record and broad cast its reactions as it sped at the rate of 17,895 miles an hour, 1,056 miles above the earth. Communist leader Nikita S. Khrushchev was the orator at a special meeting of the Supreme Soviet, the parliament. Khrushchev boasted of Rus sia's scientific successes and de rided the United States for its slowness. He boasted also that Russia would overtake the United States in industrial pro duction, and he called again for a conference of capitalist and Communist countries on world issues. Marshal Rodin Y. Malinovskv. the new defense minister, re viewed .an impressive military parade. In this, new weapons in cluding two rockets, about 75 feet long, and numerous smaller rockets were displayed. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Tuesday was quite a big day in U.S. politics. Let's take a look at what happened. Let's look first at New Jersey, which held the center of the po litical spotlight in the nation. It held the center of the spotlight because of its youthful and glam orous incumbent Demo c r a t i c governor Robert R. Meyner. (He's 49 and going on 50, but from the viewpoint of national politics a 50-year-old is a mere youngster.) The Democrats have been looking him over with the idea that he may be their best con tender for President - in 1960. They have been waiting to see how he passed the New Jersey gubernatorial election, in which he was opposed by youthful Re publican Malcolm S. Forbes, who is something of a glamor boy himself. TlfEYNER passed the test with "flying colors, winning re election in a landslide victory that won not only the governor ship but wrested the New Jersey state assembly from Republican control for the first time in 20 years. The votes aren't all counted as this is written, but Meyner is a country mile ahead of his Republican opponent. rFRF! Dpmncrats wnn ilno antr. to" A ernorship of Virginia handily which is no particular sur prise, but it at least dims GOP hopes of winning a Republican following of sorts in the South. As a sidelight, the easy win ner of the Virginia governor ship race is a segregationist. NEW YORK City voters hand- election in a landslide vote over his Republican opponent, a busi ness executive (he's in the hotel business) by the name of Robert Christenberry.Christenberrv had the blessing of President Eisen hower, as did Forbes in New Jersey. Pittsburgh re-elected Demo cratic Mayor David Lawrence for an unprecedented fourth term. At Bridgeport. Conn.. Dem ocrat Samuel Tedesco defeated SOCIALIST Mayor Jasper Mc- Levy, who had been undefeat able for 24 years. By way of minor small change, Democrats won decisively in municipal elec tions in Albany, Buffalo, Louis ville and New Haven. rpHE results of these elections lead Democratic National Chairman Butler to say this morning that the American peo ple are turning unmistakably to the Democrats for leadership in this time of crisis. In the face of Tuesday's evi dence, it is a little difficult to dispute his statement. T ET'S put it this way: " The Republicans sit in the seat of power. That is to say, there is a Republican President, even though control of both houses of the congress is in Democratic hands. So they carry on their shoul ders the load of administrative responsibility for the state of the nation. The state of the na tion, at this moment in history, isn't too happy. So -Public opinion is leaning to ward a change. That seems to be the verdict of Tuesday's elec tions. QUESTION: Will public opinion CON TINUE to lean that way? The answer, one must say, is that a great deal depends on President Eisenhower's leader ship in the next few critical months. I The French National Assem bly, the controlling house of parliament,- confirmed Felix Gaillard as premier after a 37 day cabinet crisis. The vote was 337 to 173. Gaillard heads a' coalition cab inet based on the Socialist, Con servative and Popular Republi can groups which cordially detest each other and disagree radically on all big political issues. Gaillard's first act as premier was to win Assembly approval for a $600 million loan from the Bank of France to get urgently needed cash for the treasury. In the United Nations, Russia threatened to boycott disarma ment negotiations unless the present 12-nation committee was scrapped in favor of a commit tee comprising all 82 members. Unimpressed by the threat, the U.N. Political Committee voted 579 to 9 to maintain the present 12-member committee. The com mittee and its five-member sub Babson Urges Caution In Foreign By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. The de valuation of the French franc and the threat of currency de- valuat ion in other Europe an count r i e s have caused considera b 1 e concern here in the U.S. I am asked if foreign invest ments are safe or wise at this time. Of Roger W Bahs .n course, there is no simple answer to such a question, but I will try iu explain my position. Usually, .1 have advised peo ple not to invest their hard earned money abroad. I have done this not because it is im possible to make profits on for eign investments, but because their proper supervision takes more time and effort than most people are willing to give. With out close supervision, profits are unlikely and serious losses could occur. Sometimes I have advised against buying the securities of foreign companies because of tax complications in the home country of the firm and in the U.S. However, I have never been against sound foreign invest ments in cases where the pros pective investors were willing to work hard to protect their in terests. Some foreign countries like Canada, and, to a lesser extent, Britain, France, Italy, Spam provide a fairly good climate for American funds. Others, including some of our neighbors in Latin America, cling to restrictive laws which make it foolhardy for Americans to invest. What To Look For When you hear of an invest ment opportunity abroad, do not jump. Take time to investigate the company. Or if vou are mn to engage in a foreign business ""-'0"ulli oiuuy tne laws of the country so that you will know wnere you stand and what your rights are. You can get expert help from U.S. consulates abroad and from American officials of companies operating in foreign lands. Find out exactly what foreign taxes you will have to pay and what percentage of your earnings you will be able to take out of the country and de posit to your account here in the U.S. If you do not know the language of the country, employ some trustworthy person who does know it so that you will not lose out through failure to under stand contracts and other agree ments. Obtain such concessions as you feel are justified and drive as hard a bargain as you can. You will be the better re spected for it. Because of low labor costs, good profit margins are possible in some foreign countries, but business moves more slowly abroad and you must have patience. The Canadian Market Closest nation to us in tim and in economic ties is Canada. As in the U.S., commerce be tween various sections flourishes because Canada has a uniform currency which commands the same value throughout the land. In Canada, the people also live and work under a system of private enterprise. Each prov ince adheres to certain principles ' 0 Why Suffer Longer? When Others Fail COME TO US ACT NOW! Our Nature's HERB remedies will help you to regain your good health. Our remedies havo been successful in aiding the sick all over the state for over 18 years. Remedies for disorders, sinuses, heart, liver, stomach, gas and ulcers, constipation, piles, asthma, female complaints, kidney, bladder, blood, rheumatism, back and headaches. For Male, Female and Children. BRANCH OFFICES:' Albany Salem Eugene North Bend Newport Sputni committee, which conducts ac tual negotiations, wet instruct ed to continue their oi fith Western disarmament gropcIs, introduced at the recent London conference, as the basis. Syria continued industrioiflty, with luke-warm support by Rus sia, to keep alive the accUtion that Turkey threatens) it ith attack. The latest allegation wsthat unidentified planes presum ably Turkish were violatmg the Syrian frontier. border skirmish between trespassing Turkish troops and Syrian "pub lic resistance forces" armed civilians also was reported. In Washington, President Ei senhower and scientific and mili tary officials studied the impli cations of Russia's successes in the rockets -and ballistic missiles field. But it was indicated that no increase in the budget limit of $38 billion for defense spend ing this fiscal year was planned. Investment established in the Federal Law of Canada to foster private en terprise. Under such circumstances, in vestments of U.S. citizens have a good over-all chance of pros pering. At least, they are not subject to some of the nonsensi cal restrictions enforced in many other foreign countries. Also, Canada has huge metals and minerals resources which can be developed more speedily and efficiently with the help of U.S. private capital. In my opinion, Canada is on the way up. There may be setbacks, but I foresee tremendous growth ahead. I un hesitatingly recommend Canada as a good place to direct your money and talents if you wish to invest outside the U.S. American Companies Abroad ' I am in favor of American companies extending their op erations to foreign countries where this is practical. Such in vestment serves to offset the dis advantages flowing from heavy exports to America by giving us a share in the profits from such trade. Also, such foreign invest ment creates no sense of charity, but fosters better understanding between ourselves and other peoples. Eventually, officials of the various Latin American coun tries will see the light. Then, one by one, the restrictive laws which now curtail U.S. private investment in those areas so im portant to our welfare will be repealed. I predict that in less than 20 years we shall be able to drive from New York to Ar gentina over a fine highway. 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