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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Itov. 11, 1947 (Wednesday)
Concerts in Central Point and
Bedford will be given tomor
row by a 60-piece University of
Oregon band which will be en
route to Palo Alto where the
band will support the university
football team.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
'Smudge Pot column: "Oregon
motorists are warned against the
u0 of certain anti-freeze fluids.
from itm of the driving it has
lonjr; lleen luspcted the fluid
jya in the driver instead of the
10 TEAM JtOO
J$a?. 11. 13T (Tudy)
A heavy downpour drenching
the city during tht night brings
total rainfalfof 1.20 inches.
The Phoenix grade school will
present "The Magic Beanstalk,"
(i operetta, in three acts with
children from all grades partici
(3tiQg, (St ERt GO o
gofe 11. 1437 (Friday)
following the firing of 11
bombs at 11 a.m. today in com
memoration Armistice hour,
bjfgest feature of Medford's an
nual Armistice day celebration,
thfi parade, marched through
(Jiajdecorated streets.
Among exchanges " of farm
property said to be occuring in
rapid order throughout the
county, was the sale of Jesse
Glass dairy ranch in Sams val
ley. ,40 YERS AGO
(Tc. 11. 1917 (Saturday)
Sin enthusiastic meeting of
(gie Red Cross was held at the
workrooms in the Cowley buil
ding: Thursday afternoon.
Jrom Local and Personal coL
umn: Jackson county stockmen
g much interested in the new
Selling rules for hogs on the
Portland market that have been
ordered by the food adminis
tration.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Manuel Quezon was a
statesman of what country?
2. What bird was portrayed
as an ensign of Napoleon Bona
parte's armies?
3. Bible. Acts is followed by
a number of letters from Paul
and other Christian leaders:
what are these letters called?
4. Complete the following
pairs: Romulus and ; Anth
ony and ; Gog and ;
Chang and .
5. Is "amnesia" a mythical
food for the gods?
6. What river drains the Great
Lake of North America into
the Atlantic?
Does a numismatist collect
rare books, coins, pctage stamps
or paintings?
8. Would you be pleased or
displeased if you received a
"Bronx cheer"?
O 9- "The singer was accompa
nied by a flutist. He was also
accompanied with a piano." Are
O "by" and'i'with" correctly used?
10. Wh'at was the chief char
(gcteristic of the "miller" in the
ditty that "lived on the River
Dee"?
Aarjwers: 1. The Philippine
Commonwealth. 2. Eagle. 3.
Epislles. 4. Remus; Cleopatra;
Magog; Eng. 5. No, it is a mental
ailment. 6. The St. Lawrence. 7.
Coins. 8. Displeased. 9. Yes. 10.
He was "jolly".
MAIL TRIBUNE
Quillpig and Fisher
The quillpig (which is an alternative name for
that offensive little rodent, the porcupine) is, as has
been noted, in low favor with loggers, ranchers, for
esters and others who object to his habits.
These include chewing up anything which tastes
even faintly of salt (including ax-handles, tractor
seats, leather goods of all kinds, and even rubber tires
and hoses) ; girdling and thus killing or maiming
trees, both fruit and lumber varieties; and leaving his
sharp, barbed quills in the noses of cattle, sheep or
domestic pets, which can result in their death.
In recent years, this has resulted in a concerted
campaign to decrease their numbers in Jackson and
Klamath counties, specifically by paying a bounty for
porcupine noses, and by contests with prizes for the
youngster with the largest kill.
THIS campaign has aroused in us no great enthu
siasm, largely for the reason we can think of more
wholesome pursuits for young people than slaughter
ing the little beasts, slicing off their noses, and drying
and salting them, for 50 cents each.
And, while many thousands of porcupines have
met death through this plan in the two counties, their
population has not decreased in any great degree. Ex
perts seem to agree that the best that can be expected
from this method of control is to keep the already-high
numbers from mounting even further.
Poisoning and trapping also have their drawbacks,
and are of questionable value in controlling the quill
Pigs. DUT a group of lumbermen and foresters in this
area have an idea which might be worth consider
ing for a "natural" means of control.
One of them is 0. K. Puckett, who has a lumber
operation in the Green Springs area. He recalls hear
ing "old-timers" tell of the time when a weasel-like
animal called a "fisher" was prevalent hereabouts.
They have been gone for years, he says, but in the
days when they abounded, porcupines were much rar
er. His story is corroborated by an article in the Oc
tober, 1957, issue of the Journal of Forestiy by a
couple of men who have done considerable research
on the ecological relationship of the fisher and the
porcupine. "
THE fisher is a natural
sxyt ctiiu mo teniae utct instance ui casco
where the porcupines have been numerous until fish
ers move in, then decline as the fishers increase.
Fishers once 1 ranged the entire northern part of
the country, chiefly in coniferous forests, but their
range now is limited largely to New England and the
Andironack country in northern New York state. The
animals are about the size of a fox, and have the
bodily shape of a large weasel or a small wolverine.
They are tough and fast, and suffer far less from por
cupine quills than most other animals. Puckett says
they can even swallow them
The article concludes:
"Re-establishment of the fisher in areas of the United
States where porcupine control is indicated might well
solve, or at least minimize, the damage caused by this ob
noxious rodent. We feel that it would be well worth a try."
In this area particularly, where fishers once were
numerous, it might indeed be worth a try. E.A.
(ST1 99
I raditions
Among the two dozen or more newspapers which
cross our desk daily are several college or university
papers. '
Occasionally, in the latter, are items which in
trigue or amuse or instruct us. Once in a while there
are items which irritate us. The following, from the
Daily Emerald of the University of Oregon, is an
example :
"The Order of the O will enforce the following tradi
tions beginning today:
"1. Freshmen men are to wear beanies and women are
to wear ribbons every Wednesday until Homecoming. They
are to be worn every day during Homecoming Week.
"2. All students must speak on the hello walk and not
walk on the seal.
"3. No smoking on the old campus.
"4. No walking on the grass.
"5. During all of Homecoming week all honoraries must
wear their uniforms, and everyone must wear a Homecom
ing button.
"All violators will be punished."
TRADITION?
Eyewash! Those aren't traditions. They're either
just plain ordinary rules of conduct, or else tribal rites
of the late-adolescent.
Tradition, Webster tells us is "the oral transmis
sion of information, beliefs, customs, etc., from an
cestors to posterity without written memorials," or
"something handed down from the past; an inherited
culture, attitude, etc."
One does not "violate" a tradition and get "pun
ished" ; and traditions don't get printed in lists with
burly lettermen wielding paddles to "enforce" them
on Wednesdays.
The only tradition we can escry in this business is
the ancient one of college students making silly asses
of themselves.
And if the writer of these ill-tempered lines is sus
pected of never having joined in such hi-jinks, let it
be known he once was kidnapped at 5 a.m., dumped
in a field 20 miles away, and hitch-hiked back in time
to participate in an inter-class brawl before being
pulled through a lake, fully clothed, in a tug o' war.
Now THERE'S tradition for you. E.A.
Monday, November 11, 1957
enemy of the quillpig, they
and get away with it.
'JU 0CT YOU'RB GLAD J
BRIGHT 'N EARLV EVERy
Matter of Fact by
AT THE EAST GATE
Sahnalar, Turkey (Editor's
note: This column describes the
first visit to the Turkish defenses
on the Soviet
frontier ever
permitted any
Western news
p a p e rman
since the end
of the second
World War.)
The high
steel Soviet
guard towers,
exactly like
Joseph Alsop
the , guard towers of a prison
camp, mark the Turkish-Soviet
frontier; and the Soviets daily
plough and harrow a broad strip
between their guard towers, so
that no man or beast can cross
without leaving telltale prints
behind.
The high Anatolian plateau
drops down towards tne frontier
in a wild tumble of lion-tawny
hills, treeless and rocky-flanked.
On one high crest, the ruins of
a Seljuk Castle still gauntly
stand guard. And all along the
lower slopes, you can see the line
of modern Turkish guard posts,
humble structures, but fully,
watchfully manned, day and
night, in bad weather and good,
from year's end to year's end.
Beyond the Soviet guard tow
ers there is a broad valley dot
ted with collective farms. Across
the valley, seeming wonderfully
close in the bright autumn air,
there surges up the frowning,
unbroken mountain wall of the
Russian Caucasus.
On the towering twin peaks
of Alagurz, snow lies sparkling
in the sun against the palid, pure-blue-of-autumn
sky.
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear
the name and address of the writer
although under certain circum
stances the use of 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
Grateful To Medford
To the Editor: When a stranger
from another state with an ex
tremely serious and involved
problem meets up with the warm
hearted treatment such as I re
ceived in Medford a few weeks
ago, it should be made known
this is the kind of news that
lifts the hearts of all parents
in -troubled times such as these.
During my stay in Medford
I had the extreme pleasure of
meeting Judge Kelly, District
Attorney Tom Reeder and his
assistant A. Allen Franzke, along
with Lt. Lyle C. Perkins of the
City Police Department and Of
ficer Austin Murray of the State
Highway Patrol, also G. E. Milli
gan of Mercy Flights, Inc. To
gether these gentlemen handled
my situation to such an extent
that it was settled far above my
greatest expectations. It is, with
out doubt, a great asset to your
community to have such men
as these in office. The warm
understanding and kind consid
eration shown my wife and I
during our ordeal will be remem
bered always.
About two years ago I read
in the Coronet magazine about
Mercy Flights, Inc. of Medford.
Little did I realize then that
some day I too would be bene
fitted by this service. If only
more cities knew the vital role
that Mercy Flights, Inc. plays,
I am sure that before long this
would be a national organiza
tion. We send our deep felt thanks
to all and may God bless each
and every one of you.
Robert Levinson
7727 Cowan ave.
Los Angeles 45, Calif.
He's "Agin" the S.P. Too
To the Editor: I am glad to
see how you people are going
after the S.P. railway gang for
depriving Medford and other
cities of good passenger car
service. So far I have no answer
to the letter I sent President
Russell of the S.P. Co. at his
San Francisco office.
I am always anxious to get
our copy of the Mail Tribune.
Carl J. Brommer
8 Riverway Lane
Milwaukie, Ore.
VOHT HAVE TO LEAVE
AWING I
Joseph Alsop
rpHE drama, at first glance,
seems hardly worthy of this
incomparable setting. As hostile
tribes have often done since his
tory began, the Turks and Rus
sians engage in barter across
their closely guarded border.
There is a main barter point
here at Turkey's East Gate and
Russia's Red Gate. Twelve
hundred baaing Turkish sheep
are now waiting to be ex
changed for Russian metal goods
or glassware or caustic soda.
Marching like automatons,
thee Turkish soldiers approach
the border. Another automaton,
a Red Army officers, marches to
meet them. The Red Gate, which
is an actual structure, rather
rickety but painted a bright,
satisfying red, is opened after an
exchange of salutes. The sheep
are herded through. And salutes
are again exchanged as the last
nervous ewe skitters to her fate
in Soviet territory.
But this bucolic-military in
cident does not tell the real story
of this strange, wild and distant
frontier. By this road, for many
millenia, invaders have poured
into Antatolia and thence into
the Middle East and Europe.
TiHE Turks themselves came
this way. Driving to the bord
er my escort told me with de
lighted relish of the beginning
of the end of Byzantium, when
the great Turk, Alp Arslan,
routed the Emperor Romanus
Diogenes and "destroyed the
whole damned army of the
Greeks" at Manzikert. And now
the Russians have been pressing
along the same route of advance
for more than three centuries.
From the frontier westwards
to Erzerum and beyond, the land
has been repeatedly drenched
with Russian and Turkish blood.
A lively little gorge with craggy
walls of rosy rock rising above
a rushing, icy, milky bluish
stream, was the approach to the
frontier. At one sharp turn in
the rock wall, the stolid young
Turkish jeep driver broke into
sudden smiles and began a lec
ture. It turned out that he was
happily explaining how the
Turks ambushed and massacred
an entire Russia cavalry division
at this point in 1877.
"But the next year," the boy
added with sudden glumness,
"the Russians took our prov
inces of Kars and Ardahan and
we had to wait for Ataturk to
get them back."
All this the Turks vividly re
member. One heard the same
story, without variation, from
Maj. Hekmet Tura, Commander
of the Sahnalar Boundary Bat
talion in whose headquarters I
am writing; and from Brig. Gen.
Auni Okyoy, commanding the
frontier screening force from
Kars; and from veteran Gen.
Necati Tajan, commanding all
Turkey's eastern Third Army
from Erzurum.
rpHIS is a holiday. On the pretty
meadow by the brook out
side the headquarters, Maj.
Tura's men have picnicked. Now
the best dancers are performing
to the music of drum and zorna,
which is like a bagless bagpipe.
But although there is no batta
lion training today, every post
is manned as usual, and the
schedule of patrols is rather
heavier than usual.
It is the same with Gen Ok
yoy's whole screening force. It
is the same with Gen. Tajan's
divisions dug in among the hills.
The alert is permanent. Nikita
Khrushchev's recent threats to
Turkey made no difference. The
Generals, the Major and all the
other Turkish soldiers and of-
KING'S SON DEAD
Geo. N. Taylor
The first-born of every family in Egypt
was slain that night. The Angel of Death
killed allfrom the king's son to the prison
er in the cell. But in Israel, not a one was
killed. Every door carried the blood of a
slain lamb. This blood, the Angel saw and
passed over. And your sins are no longer
counted against you if you accept Christ
as the Lamb of God who died for your
every last sin. Then Judgment Day and
Hell's Fire are out. Eternal life is then in.
So God, by saving, you; tells you his eter
nal love.
Khrushchev Again Rebuffed in
Proposal for High-Level Talks
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
Nikita S. Khrushchev has been
rebuffed again in his persistent
attempt to arrange a high-level
E a s t - W e s t
meeting and
on world issues.
The Soviet
Communist
party leader
has called re
peatedly for a
Big Four meet
ing in which
he and Pre-
Cnaries m. McCann mier" Nikolai
A. Bulganin would meet Presi
dent Eisenhower and the prime
ministers of Great Britain and
France.
He has intimated that he
would like to deal directly with
the United States in the absence
of a Big Four meeting, and thus
pas;, over the heads of British
and French leaders.
He has disclosed that the So
viet government unsuccessfully
tried to get Marshal Georgi K.
Zhukov, just ousted as Russia's
Defense Minister, to visit Wash
ington. Now Khrushchev, in his
speech on the 40th anniversary
of the Bolshevik revolution, has
called for a "high-level meeting
of representatives of capitalist
and socialist Communist coun
tries." The meeting, Khrushchev
said, would be intended to
"reach an agreement based on
the consideration of true reali
ties and mutual understanding
about the exclusion of war as a
method of settling international
problems."
Four-Point Program
Its program, he said, would
be to (1) Stop the cold war, (2)
Stop the armaments race, (3)
Establish relations between
states on the basis of co-existence,
and (4) Settle disputes of
an ideological nature by means
of peaceful competition,
Considering that Russia has
maae me coia war its jno. l in
strument of foreign policy, that
it has blocked every attempt to
reach any agreement however
limited on disarmament and that
its idea of co-existence is to ha
rass and attempt subversion in
all free countries, the program
for the proposed conference
seems a bit ambitious.
Khrushchev's proposal is in
teresting for one thing because
presumably it would mean a
jumbo meeting of countries of
all kinds, the Western Allies,
the Communists, including Red
China, and the "neutralists," in
cluding India.
Khrushchev's new proposal
follows immediately upon Rus
sia's unsuccessful attempt in the
United Nations to scrap the pres
ent 12-member Disarmament
Commission ' in favor of one
which would contain all 82
members of the U.N., and ob
viously would get nowhere.
The proposal for the high
level meeting was promptly
slapped down in . Washington,
London and Paris.
Unhappy Despite Successes
Khrushchev's p e r s i s t e nee
seems to justify the suggestion
that perhaps he is not too happy
despite Russia's recent impres
sive successes.
The launching of the "Sput
nik" satellites and the testing of
an intercontinental ballistic
missile have awakened the
United States to the necessity of
really getting into competition.
Those developments also have
brought the decision that the
heads of all 15 members of the
North Atlantic Treaty .Organiza
ficers I met all reacted to the
threats in the same way. As Gen.
Tajan said:
"I was Chief of Staff on this
frontier when we had Stalin's
big threats after the war. I re
member getting a government
message that there might be an
attack in 24 hours. We were
weak then, we stood firm and
nothing happened. We are strong
now, and your country is our
ally. So we think that if we
still stand firm and are always
alert, we shall be all right."
Only once did a younger of
ficer, perhaps moved to im
politeness by his own vigorous
intelligence, so much as men
tion the "Sputnik" and its im
plications. "Since America is our great
ally," he said almost wistfully.
"we have always liked to think
America was far ahead of the
Russians." It was unpleasant to
be reminded in this manner that
our self-indulgent, folly of the
last five years has been a be
trayal, not of ourselves alone,
but of a great many other very
brave people as well.
(c) 1957 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
tion shall meet in Paris next
month to tighten their alliance.
Khrushchev is acutely aware
of the fact that bomber planes
and missiles of limited range
can strike the most vital parts
of the Soviet Union right now
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Today's BIG questions:
How did President Eisenhow
er's speech affect you?
After hearing it, did you feel
better?
Or did you feel worse that
is to say, lower in your mind?
LET'S forget what he said.
After all, he was dealing with
highly technical issues issues
that you and I can't be expect
ed to understand because we are
neither military strategists nor
scientists.
But
We know how we FEEL. If
Ike's speech left us feeling con
fident of the future, it means
Editorial Comment
Oi'HER WORLDINESS
Some hold man's present aspi
ration to conquer space and to
reach other planets a high and
noble adventure
Rather it is another example
of the folly of man.
This is "other-worldliness," m
a new form. Formerly man was
obsessed with the world after
death. He was so concerned
about the state of his soul in
the next life that he neglected
to learn how to live in this one
Modern theologians have got him
out of that.
Now man is looking for other
planets.
We've made a ,mess of this
planet. The scars of soil erosion
ue seen on every continent. The
damage below the surface is even
greater.
With the multiplied consump
tion that comes from a mass pro
duction system allowed to' run
wild, we are using up our miner
al resources at an even faster
rate, with only a hope, unwar
ranted by any known science,
that somehow we'll find a way
to replace them.
A truly civilized race would
reduce and use over all mater
ials If for no other reason than
cleanliness, but our devastated
landscapes grow wider and our
refuse heaps grow higher and
higher.
We talk gaily of a wonderful
new age to come from the peace
ful use of atomic energy Ig
noring the fact that science does
not know any method of dispo.s
irp of atomic wastes safely.
Now, like the old-time destruc
tive farmer who wore out one
f.irm and moved to another, we
are looking for new planets.
Our spiritual leaders have
taught us to give up obsession
with a future life in the sky
and give our attention to the
eternal life we are now living.
Wise men agree that if we learn
how to live o earth we'll not
only find a home in heaven but
feel at home there.
This present obsession with
other planets, this new other
worldliness, is iust as unreason
able. It will take all our thought
to learn how to live well on this
P-P.net. Any other planet we may
reach will probably not prove
to be a bit better than earth
n.i easier to wreck, no more
pleasant to live on, if we care
to learn how to live.
Why investigate to see wheth
er man can survive in space'
Why not first see whether man
can survive on earth? Between
uncontrolled population and the
atom bomb, it's doubtful.
And what's this chatter about
spacemen? When we haven't yt
learned to live with earthmen
of different color, how couid
we ever get along with inhabi
tant of another planet?
Let's stay home. Memphis
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bases.
There also is the fact that the
two shake-ups in the Kremlin
leadership within four months
are a sign of weakness, not
strength.
JENKINS
that he possesses the qualities
of great leadership our country
must have if it is to maintain
and improve our position in the
critical months and years of the
future.
With inspired and capable
leadership, there is NOTHING
we can't do.
Without it, we will be in a bad
way.
"VTORALE is all-Important.
It is immensely important
to an individual, but it is more
important still to organizations
of individuals. No football team
whose morale is at a low ebb
ever won any critical games.
Morale depends to a very
large extent upon confidence, or
the lack of it, in the LEADER.
LET me offer a little advice.
Don't pay too much atten
tion to world reaction to the
President's speech last week.
The Commies will be AGAINST
it. They will pooh-pooh it. They
will be against it because their
job is to destroy the confidence
of others in us and, if possible,
to destroy our confidence in our
selves. Our friends and. allies will
praise it, because they will have
to swim with us or SINK with
us.
PAY little attention to the poli
ticians' estimates of the Pres
ident's speech.
The Republicans will have to
be for it.
The Democrats will have to be
against it.
That is politics.
IN estimating Ike's speech In
the first of a series he plans
to make just be yourself. -
If it left you feeling better, it
was a good speech with great
promise for the future. If it left
you feeling let down
Well, that would be bad. There
are 170-odd million people in
our country, and you can bet
your bottom dollar that most of
them were affected by the Presi
dent's speech very much as you
were affected.
THIS much can be said.
He told us the bad along with
the good.
Only great leaders have the
courage to do that.
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