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Medfbfd and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
DOC. ft 1947 (Sunday)
School-age children in Jsfck
so) county number 13,786, a
census recently completed by the
county school superintendent's
office shows.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot Column: "County
people are now eating pork
spareribs untouched by emory
paper or rat-tail file."
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 8, 1937 (Monday)
Silver fox, one of the most
valuable fur-bearing animals,
struck and killed by an automo
bile today; driver may get about
$50 for pelt.
New east side stand pipe
placed in operation; household
pressure increases substantially,
Robert A. Duff, water depart
ment superintendent, announces.
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30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 6. 1927 (Tuesday)
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Recently completed county
jaii, in new county court house
oriNorth Central ave. used of
ficially today when several pris
oners are moved from the old
jail at Jacksonville.
Iflans for Medford's "Better
Hojne' exposition and Merchants
Jubilee materialize it will be an
epoch marking event of this city.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 6, 1917 (Thursday)
Directors of the Talent Irri
gation project hold public hear
ing on petition from Fern Valley;
vote to include the 1,200 acres
of that section in the prbject.
"Quaint old Jacksonville is
(something like Jonah it can not
be kept down." writes Daniel
W. Hazen from Camp Mills, Long
Island, N. Y.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight Is excellent: five or
six Is good
1. Is helium or hydrogen the
lighter gas?
2. Bible: Does the larger part
of the O. T. treat with history,
biography, or, religion?
3. The Hawaiian Islands were
formerly named S Islands?
4. Which two countries com
prise the Iberian Peninsula?
5. What do the members of
the National Speleological So
ciety do?
6. Is there a known insulator
for magnetism?
7. The Whiskey Rebellion oc
cured in 1794. The "Hot-water
Rebellion" in 1792, 1798, or
1892?
8. Who was the last Vice
President to succeed to the of-
(jice of President?
9. Name the state borders on
only one other state.
10. Name the English King
who could neither speak or write
English.
Answers: 1. Hydrogen. 2. His
tory. 3. Sandwich. 4. Spain and
Portugal. 5. Explore caves. 6.
No. 7. 1798. 8. Harry S. Tru
man. 9. Maine. 10. George I
(reigned 1714-27).
MAIL TRIBUNE
X-Ray Techniques
There is, apparently, a
U.b. ruDiic xieaitn service no longer iavors mass
x-ray" techniques for the
This is not true.
In a statement issued last month, the health service
said :
1. "Mass radiography
competent auspices, is a
the detection of tuberculosis.
It is an odd fact that
this quotation was taken
for the misapprehension.
THE three-page statement went into considerable
detail as to where the
into TB detection. In the
sion and headline-writing, the story which appeared
in this and many other papers gave the impression
that the health service disapproved of mass x-rays.
In fact, it only disapproves of the INDISCRIMI
NATE use of the technique.
OERE are its other findings, together with com-
A merits on how the local
by the Jackson County
measures up:
2. "Mass x-ray casefinding should be applied selectively
in groups at high risk of tuberculosis infection and disease."
(Locally, this is done. Recent groups having x-rays include
hospital workers, nursing home employees, food handlers,
and others who are "high risk" either for themselves or
others.)
3. "All tuberculosis x-ray survey programs should have
the prior approval of the applicable state or local health
department." (This is true here; the local health depart
ment assists in running the program.)
4. "Consideration should be given to the tuberculin test
as an initial screening device in low prevalence groups."
(This is done here, particularly through the school systems.
Youngsters under age 15 are not given x-rays en masse.)
5. "Every community should evaluate on a continuing
basis its tuberculosis problem, needs and resources, so that
local x-ray surveys may have efficient use and maximum
effect." (This is a part of the program here.)
6. "Adequate safeguards should be utilized to protect
all persons from unnecessary radiation." (Again, this is true
here. X-ray equipment is inspected regularly by factory
personnel; radiation counters and film badge detectors are
used; and as the machines are housed in the hospitals,
hospital techniques and technicians are used.)
THE statement was issued on the strength of a
study made by a committee of experts, who under
took the job because of the increased interest in the
dangers of radiation. The statement said:
- "It is their considered judgment that the risks
inherent in such exposure (to TB detection x-rays),
although important, arerelatively small compared
to the very great benefits to be achieved from chest
x-ray case-finding programs when conducted within
the principles set forth."
Many people, of course, believe that TB is not
longer a danger; that with present detection and
treatment techniques it is "on the way out."
AT BEST, that is only a half truth.
For instance, so far in 1957, a total of 21 cases
of tuberculosis have been found in Jackson county
(seven more than last year at this time), and a num
ber of other suspected cases are under observation
for diagnosis.
Even .with new drugs, a TB patient can count on
a minimum of several months of treatment, usually
at a hospital or sanitarium, and it may run into years.
Early detection is one of the things that can cut
this lost time -and expense down to a minimum.
The taxpayer has a stake in the situation, too,
for most TB patients are treated at the twTo state TB
hospitals, run with tax money. Each case costs the
state many thousands of dollars; the total tax cost
for Jackson county's TB patients alone runs into
the hundrsds of thousands.
DECAUSE of these facts, that the chest x-ray pro-
gram, as operated in Jackson county, is of benefit
to every resident of the county; that it is operated on
sound and safe principles approved by the nation's
top experts in the field, it is worthy of the support
of everyone.
A reminder: It is financed by funds from the sale
of Christmas Seals, which in addition to maintaining
the x-ray facilities, also pay for a variety of other
health programs all designed to raise the general level
of health in the community which in itself is by far
the best defense against tuberculosis. E.A.
Forest Research
The Oregon Forest Products Research Center was
dedicated in Corvallis recently. There wras quite a bit
of fanfare and publicity connected with the event.
There should have been, for it is a significant step
for this state, which has lumber products as its No. 1
natural resource, and lumber production as its No. 1
manufacturing industry.
The research center, formerly known as the Ore
gon Forest Products Laboratory, is about 10 years
old, and unlike some enterprises operated by the state,
is paid for by the forest industry by a severance tax.
THIS is one way in which the industry is helping
1 itself.
For, mostly, the old days of cut-the-big-timber-and-get-out
are over. And the lumber industiy knows
that its future is tied to a continuing supply of good
timber, plus full utilization and diversification.
This means many things. And the Forest Products
Research Center (which is far more than just a "lab
oratory") is equipped to find better wTays of doing
them.
If it can and there's no reason to doubt it it will
fill an important role in the development and stabiliza
tion of our No. 1 industry. E.A. , -
Friday, December 6, 1957
widespread belief that the
detection of tuberculosis.
of the chest, operated under
fundamental technique m
the statement from which
was, indirectly, the reason
mass x-ray technique fitted
course of editing, transmis
x-ray program, sponsored
Public Health Association,
Why set sore
GOOD MTU G&EEtA
Matter of Fact By Joseph AIsop
WALTZ WITH A BEAR
Damascus, Syria It is entire
ly possible for two nations to
work together intimately, each
with the happy conviction that
the other is
being used.
Or, p u tting
it another way
one can lmag
ine a self-
willed zoologi
cally ignorant
young lady go
ing for a waltz
with a bear,
Joseph AisoD
simply because
the bear happened to be dancing
in the direction of the ladies'
room and she wanted a way
cleared through the press of the
dance.
That seems to be about the
only image that conveys the
complex nuances of the strange
situation here in Syria. Almost
every -statement you can make
about it is both true and untrue,
simply because the Soviets and
Syrians are working together
from such widely different mo
tives.
For example, this correspond
ent reported from Turkey that
the Syrians were preparing a
potential base for Soviet ground
forces. He therefore owes the
Svrians an apology on two
counts.
On the one hand, Ankara's
figures on Soviet deliveries of
military supplies were almost
certainly grossly exaggereated
Instead of half a million tons
since last March, actual Soviet
deliveries to Syria in this period
have amounted to only about
150,000 tons. When the Syrian
Foreign Minister, Salah Bitar,
and the Syrian Chief of Staff,
Afif Al Bizri, angrily assert they
are only buying the supplies
their own army needs, they are
speaking the truth as they know
it.
On the other hand, the ten
dency of armies like the Syrian
army to go on wild shopping
sprees when they have the
chance is too well known to
need underlining. Even at the
level of 150,000 tons, the pattern
of Soviet deliveries to Syria in
dicate a Kremlin desire to have
a potential base for Russian
forces here. If the Kremlin
trumps up a great Arab-Israeli
crisis, for example, the Syrians
will have the greatest difficulty
in resisting a loving Soviet of
fer "to aid them in repelling
aggression."
Again, it is easy to describe
the present Syrian government
as "Communist-dominated." The
two most powerful men in Syria
the President of the Parliament
Akram Hourani, and the Army
Intelligence Chief, Col. Abdelha
mid Serraj, are the real authors
of the policy of collaboration
with the Soviets. Gen. Bizri,
whose appointment as the new
army chief of staff climaxed the
recent left-wing coup d'etat, will
not even directly deny the wide
spread reports that he is an ac
tive member of the Communist
party. He says, instead:
"I was called a Nazi because
I went to Iraq to fight for Ra
shid Ali Al Gailani (the Nazi
agent who tried to oust the Brit
ish at the ' beginning the last
World War). Now I am called a
Communist because I am still
fighting imperialism. I shall go
on fighting imperialism wheth
er your Mister Dulles calls me a
Communist or not.
But the hot-eyed and defiant
Gen. Bizri, whom his interpreter
customarily describes as "his
Highness, the General," has a
deep grievance against the West
dating from the time when his
rich and important family were
driven out of Sidon by the
French. As his-record indicates,
he is also one of these violent
and ambitious men who are apt
to fly to extreme. Even if he is
a party member, he certainly
does not belong in the tried-and-true
category.
As for the much more impor
tant Hourani and Serraj, they
are left-wing nationalists, not
Communists. Soviet aid serves
their purposes, but as leaders of
the left-wing nationalist Baath
party, they fear the gains the
Communists are making in the
Syrian cities. Hourani recently
put off long-promised city elec
tions for this very reason. And
at ae ? You look
EYEBROWS r
precisely because the Kremlin
has chosen to work through the
non - Communists, Hourani and
Serraj, the more sincere Syrian
Communists have recently stag
ed an unsuccessful uprising
against their leader, the always
obedient servant of the Krem
lin, Khalid Bagdash.
Once again, Hourani and Ser
raj serve the Kremlin. Their
brand of left-wing nationalism
in effect aims to destroy every
Western friend and every West
ern vital interest throughout the
Middle East. Because they want
to do what the Kremlin wants to
have done, they are most useful
Soviet instruments.
But Hourani and Serraj are
by no means conscious instru
ments. They are among the
ablest and most courageous men
in the Middle East. They think
the Soviets are their instru
ments. Hourani, moreover, is
now trying to launch just the
kind of broad and basic program
of social reconstruction that has
always been needed as a solid
foundation of Arab nationalism.
In this he is miles ahead of
Egypt's President Nasser.
If it were at all possible to
come to terms with Hourani and
Serraj, it would be very desir
able, both for the West itself
and the West's more flexible
and tough-minded Middle East
ern friends like King Hussein of
Jordan. There is a double hook
er in this, however.
The courtship of a young lady
already waltzing with at bear is
inherently difficult. And even
though the young lady may sin
cerely believe she is only head
ing for the ladies' room, the
bear is much more likely to
choose their ultimate destina
tion. (c) 1957
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
Communications
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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.
Liberty Vs. License?
To the Editor: I have just
finished reading your latest,
"Liberty vs. License" in the Dec.
4 issue of the Tribune. I am sure
you welcome the comments, and
will publish same, of anyone
who may differ with any of
your editorials.
You are so right when you
say "Americans are rightly
jealous of their freedom their
liberty to do as they will with
out hindrance." For practical
proof of that quotation, let any
one try to lessen or stem the
powers of any local governing
body. Or, try to stop the liberty
of the newspaper editors to write
about things without their
having actual facts or try and
curtail their liberty to withhold
facts at will. Any deviation from
strict fact by an editor would
constitute "License" and I know
that few editors do that sort of
thing.
As if you did not know the
answer to all of the example
questions is "NO." In case you
did not, a trip to the County
Courthouse law library will so
inform you. In case you have
specific knowledge and proof of
the offenses you have listed as
examples you should, as a pro
tector of our liberties, give the
facts to the proper authorities
for rectification. Some people
have construed your editorial as
an undemocratic start for local
controls by a few small pressure
groups.
You speak of "The democratic
philosophy" and indicate that we
are living in a "Democracy.
One of the Constitutional
guarantees of political rights to
the people of the respective
states is that "The United States
shall guarantee to every state in
this union a republican form of
governmen t." While the
guaranty is in language to the
state, it is evident that in effect
it is to the people of the state, for
an infringement of it would be
an interference with the theory
of the American system of gov
ernment, involving as it does a
participation by the people in
the establishment and mainten
U.S. Missile Progress, Russian
Atomic Vessel, Highlight Week
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news in the international bal
ance sheet:
The United States, spurred by
Soviet Russia's successes, started
to get into real competition in
the earth satel
lite field this
week.
At Cape Can
averal missile
testing center
off the Florida
coast, scientists
were ready to
launch the Navy-developed
Charles Mccano vanguard
space rocket with a 6.4-inch earth
satellite in its nose.
Russia gave the United States
another advance to match when
it announced the launching of
the world's first nuclear-powered
surface ship, the 16,000-ton ice
breaker Lenin.
Three days before, the keel of
the first American nuclear-powered
surface ship had been laid
at Quincy, Mass. the cruiser
Long Beach.
French Premier Felix Gaillard
won a vote of confidence in par
liament on a bill that would
Eisenhower's Illness
Discussed
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. The sad
news about President Eisen
hower cast a gloom over general
business and
the stock mar
ket. It has also
made us all
wonder, and
realize that
things like this
may happen at
any time. Be
lie v in g that
readers would
Roger W Babson appreciate
some remarks from a friend of
the President, I venture the fol
lowing: Those who have followed the
stock market the past few days
know how jittery it has been. It
will go up ten points and down
ten points in a given day. There
fore, it would be meaningless for
me to discuss it in detail.
However, I will record that
the Dow-Jones industrial aver
age on the morning of Tuesday,
Nov. 26, was 442.97, and closed
that night at 435.34. As I am
writing this release, the indus
trial average is 446.03. Readers
can look up the latest figure in
their daily papers. As to the fu
ture, we fear no crisis or panic
in business or the market, but
there will be a gradual sagging
ance of the government under
which they live. Further, a re
publican form of government is
representative government as
distinguished from a pure demo
cracy in which all ower is exer
cised directly by the mass of the
people acting as a whole, which
I am sure is not done within this
area.
William Doernbach
143 Mace Rd.
Medford, Ore.
From "Malemute" Slim
To the Editor:
If I could turn back about
40 years,
With regard for the laughter and
respect for the tears,
I wonder what, in this life of
mine,
The difference would be in that
length of time.
Personally, I doubt if I would've
changed a bit; "
My pre-destiny would surely
see to it
That no matter what happened,
then or now,
Would have certainly happened,
anyhow.
I would never have believed,
back in '17,
A bright young man, with
senses keen,
When we belabored the enemy
and cared not a damn,
That I'd wind up as a WARD
of Uncle Sam.
Malemute Slim,
Camp White, Ore.
You Can Put in the Bank!
Silver Dollar Trading Stamps
give him emergency powers to
meet a serious financial situa
tion. The vote was 223 to 187.
The bill would authorize the
government to raise $250 million
in new taxes, daillard proposes
also to raise government-controlled
prices and to refuse pay
raises to civil servants.
But the tax bill is still to face
a final vote and the threat of a
defeat which would force his
resignation still hung over Gail
lard's head.
Relations between the Nether
lands and Indonesia, its one-time
possession in East Asia, reached
the crisis stage.
Angered by the Netherlands
refusal to give it Dutch New
Guinea, and by its failure to win
United Nations support for its
claim to the territory, Indonesia
launched a drastic anti-Dutch
campaign.
An officially sponsored 24
hour strike was declared against
all Dutch enterprises in Indo
nesia. Dutch publications were
suspended. Landing right of the
Royal Netherlands Air Line were
withdrawn. Dutch consulates
were ordered to close. The gov
ernment threatened to national
ize the $1,500,000,000 holdings
of Dutch interests in Indonesia.
Many merchants refused to sell
even food to Dutch citizens.
by Babson
off. People will wait until they
see what develops.
Political Outlook
I feel certain that President
Eisenhower's illness will tend to
make the opposing parties unite
on his foreign policy and on de
fense. The President never pre
tended to know much about
money affairs or agricultural or
many other domestic problems.
The President, however, proba
bly knows Europe better than
anyone in Washington, and it is
too bad that he has had such a
struggle to put through his rec
ommedations.
With his Army record, the
President should have his feet
on the ground when making rec
ommendations as to defense
problems. Of course the situation
has been changing so fast, from
bombers to short-distance mis
siles to long-range ballistic mis
siles and now to satellites, that
no one knows what the future
will bring forth. Nevertheless, I
repeat that any political bitter
ness which has existed during
the past few months should now
be buried and we should ap
proach a coalition government.
This could be a silver lining to
the dark cloud.
What About Khrushchev?
We must not forget that the
Russians have their troubles as
well as we. Khrushchev is not
only vulnerable to similar mis
fortunes at any time but is also
liable to be shot, a possibility
which our political leaders need
not fear today. These are not
pleasant thoughts for any nation,
but it is well to remember them
and not think that all the mis
fortunes will befall America.
I personally have great confi
dence in Vice-President Nixon.
If he handles himself well during
the next few weeks, as I believe
he will, this should be of some
advantage to the Republicans in
1959 and 1960. It should give
Nixon an advantage over possi
ble "candidates of both ofo the
large parties. As to whether the
present misfortune will help
either party in the Congressional
elections next year, no one would
dare forecast at the moment.
Await Congress
There is more or less talk
about Mr. Eisenhower's resign
ing. As to his physical situation,
I have no right to judge or fore
cast. I cannot, however, imagine
him quitting now. He himself
will want to wait through the
Christmas season and until Con
gress opens the first week an
January. If he decides to resign,
he will probably include such a
statement in his message to Con
gress at that time. Personally,
I sincerely hope he will not re
sign. In closing, let me say that
President Eisenhower was train
ed at West Point to give his
life for his country. He was al
ways prepared to die on the bat
tlefield. I know that when his
time comes, he will be proud to
die at his work or "with his
boots on." The fact that he went
over to the airport to meet his
foreign visitor on a stormy day
is true testimony to his courage,
patriotism, and fundamental be
liefs. '
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