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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Not. 22. 1947 (Sunday)
Medford exceeded both Salem
and Portland in the clothing
drive carried on here all last
week, according to information
received by the Rev. Elvin S.
Hansen.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "The tur
key wing is coming back among
the rural Older Girls as a means
to clean off the supper table,
and the top of the stove. It is a
pioneer trick but highly effec
tive." 20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 22. 1937 (Friday)
Dr. Charles T. Sweeney,
prominent Medford physician
and surgeon, will be installed
tonight as president of the Ore
gon State Medical society which
is now meeting in Salem.
The delegation of aviation of
ficials making a national inspec
tion of airports is expected to
arrive at Medford municipal air
port early tomorrow afternoon,
according to word received here.
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 22. 1927 (Tuesday)
An old fiddlers' contest will
be held as part of the entertain
ment of the Better Homes' Ex
position and Merchants' Holiday
Jubilee.
Operation of stages over the
McKenzie pass will be discon
tinued after Sunday, Nov. 27,
according to information re
ceived by the public service
commission.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 22.. 1917 (Thursday)
Every Oregon boy in the serv
ice of his country, at home or
abroad, will receive a little
scrapbook issued by the Girls'
National Guard of Oregon.
From local and personal: The
selling price of turkeys for
Thanksgiving trade seems to be
all up in the air at the present
time, but indications are that
the price locally will range be
tween 28 and 32 cents.
Whaf's Your I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight is excellent: five or
six Is good.
1. What is "cloture"?
2. Bible: Did the Bible's trans
lation into English begin as early
as the 8th, 9th, or 10th century?
3. Approximately how many
Negroes served in the Army of
the U. S. during World War II?
4. What French actress was
called '-The Divine Sarah"?
5. What is "rigor mortis"?
6. What animal is popularly
said to have "nine lives"?
7. Through what European Sea
is the "lifeline of the British Em
pire" said to run?
8. Wang Lung is the principal
male character in what well
known book about China?
9. Are the words "recollect"
and "remember" interchange
able? 10. "With this pleasand merry
toy, he . . . made his friends be
lieve the moon was made of"
what?
Answers: 1. A method of elim
inating debate in parliamentary
bodies; 2. 8th century; 3. 700.
000; 4. Sarah Bernhardt; 5. The
muscular rigidity of the body
lhai follows death; 6. Cat; 7.
Mediterranean; 8. "The Good
Earth;" 9. No; 10. "Cheese."
Erasmus (1542).
MAIL TRIBUNE
Keep Plugging
If anyone has ever given a complete and accurate
description of "juvenile delinquency" and its causes,
we've never seen it.
For the activity which is thus generally described
is too broad to permit pat definition, and the motiva
tions which give rise to it are as varied as young peo
ple themselves, and their environments.
But one of the best attempts to do this .was made
not long ago at a hearing of the state interim com
mittee on judicial administration at Klamath Falls.
And the witness was himself in the age group under
discussion.
lIE WAS Terry Beyer, a senior at Henley High
school, and he testified before the committee as a
result of a series of discussions about juvenile de
linquency in his social study group at school.
He said the group concluded that there .are three
major contributing causes to young people getting off
on the wrong foot. They are :
1. Too much spare time at home and when not at
tending school.
2. Broken homes, which often result in improper
guidance and insecurity for children.
3. Too much or too little money available to a
youngster. He said too much can result in a youth
"buying" his way into trouble; too little can result
in feelings of inferiority which are countered by at
tempts to gain recognition in other ways, usually bad.
"THE boy's well-thought-out testimony also empha
sized something which is too frequently overlooked
that young people need a balance of independence
and security.
Too much independence can result in too much
aggressiveness and a loss of parental 'control.
Too little security can result in frustration, lead
ing to his seeking security from outside the home
often from sources ill-equipped to furnish the needed
guidance and assistance.
From this we draw three conclusions. First, that
young people cannot be expected to "just grow" into
fine people without guidance, control, supervision
and assistance; second, that the best place for this
is in the home, and, third, that in today's changing
society, the influence of the home must be supple
mented by agencies of society such as the schools,
the churches, youth organizations, and recreational
facilities and programs.
TUVENILE delinquency which ranges all the way
from happy and relatively harmless hi-jinks to ser
ious crimes is not a single problem, or even set of
problems. It has as many quirks and turns as there are
youngsters who get into difficulty through anti-social
or unsocial behavior.
And, it cannot be repeated too often that it is a
minority of today's young people who are so involved.
The stable, well-oriented, well-adjusted majority
of youngsters today are testimony to this. They have
either received the needed guidance and help at home
and at school, or have called upon their own resources
to provide them with the strength and character need
ed to resist the temptations that lead to delinquency.
"THERE is not too much that can be done to correct
delinquency - causing conditions in individual
homes, short of court action when it is already too late.
What we can do, however, is to keep plugging
away at the things which will assist an ever-increasing
majority of young people to grow up into the kind of
citizens who will not, as parents, aggravate the prob
lem within their own families.
This is no cure-all, no panacea, no flash-in-the-pan
solution. There isn't any. But it does offer us our best
hope for a long-range improvement of society. And
that should bathe business of us all. E.A.
Going Calling
"Whatever happened to that pleasant, old-fashioned
custom of "going calling'?" a friend asked us the
other day.
Well, what has?
In search of enlightenment, we wandered over to
the society editor's corner, and asked her.
She didn't know, either. We discussed the prob
lem. Is it too much TV, which kept people at their own
homes and not out visiting? Is it the pace of today's
living, so that there "just isn't time" to do it? Or is it,
as another staff member ventured, trie apparently
prevalent idea that there are so many organization in
Medford that one doesn't see friends in their homes,
but at club meetings?
ZNE newcomer to Medford, some time ago, was
told, "Don't expect anyone to call on you. That's
just the way we are here."
Well, maybe so, maybe so. Maybe the pleasant old
custom simply "isn't done" in Medford. Or maybe it
"isn't done" anywhere any more.
In either case, it is a loss. For, as our friend said :
"I'd like to call up one or another of our friends
in an evening, and say 'We're coming over for a little
while,' and then go, and talk about things, and then
go home before everyone ; gets tired. But my wife
says we can't ; that it 'just isn't done.' It's too bad."
And it is, too. E.A.
Friday. November 22, 1957
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McCabe Versus Odin
To the Editor: After two weeks
I have an answer to Mr. Ray
Odin of Butte Falls (letter in
issue of Nov. 1). He says, "How
does he know so much?" Well, I
don't claim to know a lot but
what I do know is the result of
study and observation. I'll chal
lenge Mr. Odin to any intelli
gence quotient test, considered
by authorities as standard for
that purpose, and find out which
of us has the higher rating.
Mr. Odin says, "He doesn't
get away from home often to
see the county maintenance on
our roads." The devil I don't!
I see just about as much as
Mr. Odin does. Plus I've spent
a total of 14 years outside of
Jackson county and the state of
Oregon. In my travels through
out the state of California and
el.'()where I have never seen
boulders poking up as much as
six inches above the surface of
the road, nor any more crooked
except where the terrain re
quired, military service except
ed. Mr. Odin has, so far as I
have been able to find out, work
ed a very short time near Visalia,
Calif., in the summer of 1949.
The county rock crusher has
been set up on at least two oc
casions near the mouth of Bowen
Creek east of Butte Falls but
there is no sign of gravel hav
ing been dumped anywhere be
tween Bowen creek and the Wil
low creek road, on the Fish lake
road. Anyone who wishes can
see innumerable rocks sticking
up into the surface of the road
plus uncounted "chuck holes",
but the road department does
absolutely nothing about them.
If we desire to protect our
tires and other component parts
of our automobiles and trucks
from an unmerciful pounding
we find it necessary to become
adept at "chuck hole dodging."
As for stockpiling, the expense
would be much less if the proper
number of trucks necessary to
keep up with the crusher were
provided and the crushed mate
rial placed directly on the roads,
thus eliminating the high cost
of rehandling which any compe
tent engineer knows is not
necessary.
f Floyd R. McCabe,
Mt. Pitt Star Route,
Butte Falls, Ore.
Says U.S. Should "Match" Russia
To the Editor: A recent edi
torial stated that the talk about
"matching" Russia In education
left the M.T. very cold. I think
it would be well to point out
that the United States could very
well "match" Russia without
imitating them. The Editor wrote
that in Russia, young people are
selected and assigned to various
institutions, according to the
needs of the government where
they must make good or else!
The United States has long
maintained both a Military and
a Naval Academy. These institu
tions are steeped in tradition
and no one would classify them
as un-American. Young people
are chosen on a selective basis
to attend these schools and are
educated at government expense.
High physical and mental stand
ards must be met to obtain ad
mission, and once enrolled the
student is subject to rigid disci
pline, and to stay enrolled he
must make good or else. Our
government recognizes the need
to train military and naval per
sonnel to serve their country.
We don't leave their education
to chance for our own security
we do not dare.
Events of recent months seem
to prove that we have a real need
for trained scientists, both in the
research and teaching lines. We
are all busy appraising our dis
mal lag in science education but
seem to arrive at the conclusion
that because of our "love of
freedom" and "sense of human
values" we must not try to
"match" R u s s i a's education.
That, it seems, would be beneath
the dignity of the United States
of America. We read in the news
papers and magazines that we
must sacrifice a little, pay a little
more property tax, spend a little
more time with each child, ap
point a committee to reappraise
cwctnomA cm1.'
our short comings and miracu
lously, all our educational trou
bles will be over.
Instead of all this theorizing,
why not start a definite program
to produce the technical person
nel our country needs? A plan
to assist in the education of stu
dents who want to become teach
ers will not lessen our sense
of human value. A program to
assist college professors to ob
tain advanced degrees will not
interfere with our love of free
dom. If an Academy of Sciences
were to be established to edu
cate young people, it certainly
would not violate, our concept
of a democratic way of life. We
all know such a school would
be deluged with applications
from students desperately anx
ious for such an opportunity. To
educate the scientists and' teach
ers we need, just as we educate
our military and naval leaders,
seems to be just using good
American common sense.
Mrs. Robert Kagy,
Old Stage Road,
Medford, Ore.
Editor's note: We suggest our
correspondent give the editorial
in question a second reading.
We clearly used "match" in the
sense of "imitation" "or things",
as our dictionary states, that
"are similar, alike, or go well
together."
Orchids for Medford
To the Editor: This Is some
thing the public should know,
especially when it could be
termed normal to presume that
the world and all that is in it
has changed for the worse.
The little Incident I'd like to
mention is proof that hearts of
well meaning folks have not
been affected by a radically
changed world, at least not here
in Medford. Quite recently I
(myself) contacted the heads of
business firms in Medford, over
the phone, too, mind you, to sell
bazaar tickets for the Lady of
Fatima church at Shady Cove,
which is under the jurisdiction
of The Sacred Heart church
here.
The response was most enjoy
able, and lucrative, we exceeded
our expectations incredibly. I
can sincerely say the business
people here are magnanimous.
The most impressive part of it
was, all except two are mem
bers of other denominations,
and one of the two was equally
grand.
I was merely a voice over the
phone, but to me it was a happy
experience to get that kind of
response to a request, when
there are numerous other re
quests. To me personally it was a
morale builder, to hear the
sound of their voices, ever eager
to help a good cause. Ladies and
gentlemen of very high caliber
is what Medford's business
world is made of. All concerned
with The Lady of Fatima bazaar
are extremely grateful. As for
myself it was great, and I'm
especially grateful as I got the
joy out of doing it.
Emma Lou Carpenter
811 Sherman st.
Medford, Ore.
Child Delinquency
To the Editor: We read and
hear much about child delin
quency which is only a natural
consequence of man's disregard
for God and His word. The Bible
plainly states in 2 Tim. 3:13,
(evil men and seducers shall wax
worse and worse, deceiving and
being deceived.) The following
statements were made in Med
ford Ministerial round table
meetings. These statements were
made by men who are supposed
to preach God's word.
The word Is not inspired. The
word does not mean what it
says. It is optional whether we
believe, and obey the word or
not. And the worst part of it all,
there was not one present to
challenge such statements. In
2nd Tim. 3:2 we get a complete
answer to the present situation.
For men shall be lovers of their
own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient
to parents, unthankful, unholy,
God is the only one that can
eapons Speed-Up, Difficultiei
Of French,
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international
balance sheet:
Plans to speed American de
velopment of nuclear weapons
were put on what appeared to
appro ach a
crash - pro
gram basis
this week.
Reports of
projects for
ballistic mis
siles, anti-ballistic
missiles,
an earth satel
lite and an
atom-powered
Charles M. McCaun
plane came in a steady stream
from Washington.
Linked up with this program
were plans to strengthen the de
fenses of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization and to
tighten the unity of its 15 mem
ber nations.
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles announced that the
United States will seek to esta
blish nuclear missile bases in
those countries in Western Eu-
Investment
Discussed
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. Many
ask how high prices can be re
duced, or at least be kept from
going hig n e r.
My answer is
that the best
way to reduce
prices is by
producing
more goods at
lower cost.
Then I am ask
ed: "But how
can costs be
Roger w Babson lowered in the
face of current high wage rates?"
To this I reply: "By increasing
the investment In labor-saving
machinery. This will raise real
wages for all who work, not just
for those who belong to strongly
organized unions." '
Labor-saving machinery is ex
pensive to buy. Today's tight
money situation and the high
cost of borrowing that money
if you can get it make it diffi
cult for many firms to help
themselves. Before World War
II we outproduced the world,
with steadily falling prices, by
continually increasing the
amount of money per worker
invested in labor-saving machin
ery. We have made further prog
ress along this line since the end
of World War II, though not so
much as we should have made.
In order to assure the eco
nomic future of America, we
must have incentive to save and
incentive to invest those sav
ings profitably. Unfortunately,
our present sharply progressive
tax system is destroying capital
that has already been accumu
lated. It is also making it diffi
cult to amass new capital. This
destruction of our capital bodes
ill for the nation as a whole.
It can eventually result in a
declining standard of living for
all.
England a Warning
The wiping out of capital by
high income taxes and by death
taxes is harmful enough in itself.
But it has a side effect which is
even more dangerous. Since
profits are cut sharply by ill
advised and poorly conceived
tax rates and methods, the flow
of new capital into industry is
slowed. Investors hesitate to
take some risks because they
know that even if they win, taxes
give a true answer and a per
fect solution to man's problems.
Children are only following the
examples that are set before
them. They have about the same
respect for their parents and the
law as man does for God and
His word. .
Frank Howell
205 Laurel st.
Medford, Ore.
rrm " 1
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
of Southern Oregon
Proudly Presents the
Philharmonic Orchestra
RICHARD D. WERNER
Musical Director and Conductor
Sunday Afternoon at Three P.M., November 24, 1957
MEDFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Adults $1.00 Students 50c
Tickets on Sale at
the Box Office
Lead News
rope which want them.
Responding to an invitation by
President Eisenhower, Adlai E.
Stevenson, his Democratic op
ponent in the 1952 and 1956
presidential campaigns, set up
an office in the State Depart
ment to aid Dulles in promoting
NATO unity.
French Foreign Minister Chris
tian Pineau came to the United
States to confer with Dulles on
the near-crisis in relations which
resulted from the sending of
American and British weapons
to Algeria.
In Washington and New York,
Pineau also sought the support
of the United States and other
countries in the debate which
the United Nationals Assembly
is to hold next week on Algeria.
President Habib Bourguiba of
Tunisia flew to Morocco to con
fer with King Mohammed V on
a possible plan to end the long
revolt of the Algerian National
ists aginst France by com
promise. Mohammed is due In the
United Sttes Monday to visit Ei
senhower in Washington and to
Incentives
by Babson
will siphon off most of the
reward.
Today we are still prosperous.
Our economy appears well cush
ioned against drastic declines.
Even though sources of capital
are drying up, our people as a
whole have not yet felt any
pinch. Reassured by high wages
and moderately good profits, we
are not so disturbed as we should
be by high taxes. Bu T rjredict
that high and runaway taxes can
lead to our downfall if we don't
watch out. We see in England
a classic example of the fate
that can befall a tax-ridden na
tion. Once the proud mistress of
the seas and center of world
commerce, England has been
brought to her knees, not by the
breakup of the empire but by
burdensome taxation.
The State Tax Bite
As I write this, I have before
me some startling figures on the
state tax burden and the tre
mendous rate at which it is in
creasing. For the year ended last
June 30, the average state tax
burden on every man, woman,
and child in the U.S. reached the
record high of $86.75. This is
an increase of $5.15, or 5.1 per
cent, over the record set in the
previous year.
This heavy state tax bite re
flects the good business we have
enjoyed. It also reflects the high
and increasing costs of materials
and labor. It reflects, too, the
foolishness of the people gen
erally who expect the states to
extend their services. Often
selfish motives impel people to
advocate entirely unwarranted
increases in state services (and
costs).
Trimming State Waistlines
This year, Congress has made
good progress toward cutting
Federal expenditures. Barring
Sputniks, we might even have
expected some Federal tax re
lief next year. At the state level,
the outlook is gloomy. We need
to trim state waistlines before
we can reduce State taxes.
We must exhibit more inter
est in our state governments or
we will find ourselves in very
serious trouble. Many factors
contribute to high state taxes
today. One such factor which
should be investigated thorough
ly and promptly is the pension
system for state employees. In
many states, the pension system
is a hodgepodge and often favors
unworthy employees at unneces
sary expense. State costs have
increased tremendously because
of ill-advised and poorly framed
pension plans. Such plans have
permitted many state politicians
to play fast and loose with your
money and mine, while "at the
same time entrenching them
selves in power.
THE
of Week
address the U.N. Assembly In
New York.
Felix Gaillard, France's new
premier, was given a confidence
vote of 256 to 182 in the Na
tional Assembly, the controlling
house of parliament, on his plan
to meet a treasury shortage by
raising taxes.
Unfortunate ly, the vot
emphasized the weakness rather
than the strength of Gaillard's
government. Of the total of 599
members, 158 either were absent
or deliberately abstained, in
cluding many members of parties
which are represented In th
cabinet.
Russia announced it would
grant economic credits of up to
200 million dollars to Egypt.
The aid was eiven. it was an
nounced, in response to an ap
peal by Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser.
There was some speculation
whether Nasser also had asked
and obtained dditionajl
Russian "military aid.
William S. Girard, th 4-year-old
American soldier triet
by a Japanese court for fcillinjf
a woman on an Army firinit
range, was found guilty. H w
given b three-year prison sen
tence but the sentenc in
suspended. The court put Girarj
on four years' probation. How
ever, as he is to return to th
United States in a couple of
weeks, the probationary period
is purely technical.
Rose Transit Compan
Asks Fare Increase,
Portland OP) The Rose City
Transit company wants to boost
its fares on Portland buses to
25 cents.
The company asked the city
of Portland for the substantial
increase, with the observation
that more revenues are needed
if the company is "to survive."
The company is asking to
boost the straight adult fares
from 20 cents to 25 cents, or
two rides for 45 cents, and it
wants to eliminate the weekly
$3 pass. It would like to hike
the fare for high school students
to 15 cents, but it would leave
unchanged the current $2 books
of tickets for grade school stu
dents, or 10 cents a ride.
COTTAGE CANDIES
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MARGARET
BURNHAM'S
CHOCOLATES
Only $1.50 lb. lb
Only 51.40 lb. CallC
We gift wrap and m4S
Cottage
Candy Shoppe
Sixth and Front St.
Phone SP 3-4447
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