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o o o o O (p FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) urns "Xveryone In Southern Oregon Heads The Mail Tribune" Published DaLly Except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 37-29 North Fir St Phone 2-6141 aOBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Manager ERIC ALLEN JR Man""? Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIP MAN. Ieiempo Editor RICHARD JEWETT Snorts Editor OLIVE STARCHER Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Per Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday One year S13-00 Daily and Sunday Six months 8.00 Daily and Sunday Three mo 4.25 Sunday Only One year S4-20. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove Rogue River. Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday One year S18 00 Daily and -Sunday One month 130 v-arrier and Dealers 10c per copy ah xeiraj casn in Advance Official Paper of the City of Medfora vniciai t-aper or jacKson coonry United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU ,gg CIRCULATION WEST-HOLIDAY COMAOT DCC Offices In New York Chicago, ae- xroix. ban rrancisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland St Louis Atlanta NEWSPAPEt PUBIISHEIS ASSOCIATION H AffO N At IDlTOtlAt assocm-ioi Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO , Dec. 8, 1947 (Monday) H.(p. Christenson of Medford, elected president of Crater Lake area council, Boy Scouts, at an niral meeting. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Snow fell Sunday in this burg, but prin cipally in the nills where it belongs." 20 YEARS AGO Dec. -8, 1937 (Wednesday) Season's first snow fell in Medford in time for Santa Claus to come into town tomorrow for his first public 1937 visit. Organized marketing of tur keys explained at meeting of Butchers local union 503, Amal- t mated Meat Cutters, in the gles hall on West Main st. 0 '.0 YEARS AGO Dec. 8, 1927 (Thursday) Water users of the Hopkins lateral irrigation ditch discuss the Public Water company's raise of $4 per acre per year. Word received by local au thorities from, the state prison at Salem says the De-Autremont brothers, Hugh, Roy and Ray, serving life sentences for the Siskiyou tunnel murders, are still employed in the lime plant; they have been model prison ers, according ot reports. 40 YEARS AGO Dee. 8. 1917 (Saturday) From local and personal col umn: "The post office took on . a holiday air this morning when Postmaster Mims placed three large wreaths of Oregon grape and laurel berries on the wall '. "You'd never have taken me ; alive and not before some of you had bitten the dust, if I'd had a gun," remarked John " Henyon a Sheriff Davis of Mo- O ' desto, Calif., Sheriff Smith of Grants Pass and the large posse . which surrounded him yesterday. Qfer Your 1.0.7 Kinsr. or ten correct Is superior; (even or eight is excellent: five or six is good " 1. Southern Sakalin and the .- Kuriles were ceded to USSR at . which conference? 2. Bible Did the "House of Jehu" contains 5, 7, or 9 kings of - Israel? 3. Which province in Ireland ' bears the same name as a man's overcoat? 4. Is a pyrrhic victory one ob tained at little or too great cost? 5. What is the slang term in . "Poker meaning "pay up" or "chip ift'"? n. 6. Philippine Indepe nd e n c e (-rj3ay fails on what month and day? 7. Who was Jose de San Mar tin? 8. "VVTio composed the "1812" Overture"? 9. Did John Adams, John Q. Adams, or T. Jefferson first oc cupy the White House? 10. Is "Uncle Abner" a de tective of: fiction, a comic strip character, or an old time actor? Answers: I. Yalta Conference (Feb. 11. 1945). 2. Five. 3. Ul ster. 5. Too great cost. 5. "Ante." 6. July. 7. Liberator of the South American Republics. 8. Tschai kowsky. 9. John Adams. 10. De tective of fiction. MAIL TRIBUJTE Who Blundered? What we would like to know about this American Sputnik fizzle is who is responsible for fixing the date, authorizing the world-wide advertising and the Madison Avenue "build up." The failure of the launching is not so surprising. But the announcement of the date and the fanfare of the great event about to take place with a regi ment of star-reporters on hand to give an expectant world all the fabulous details of the "greatest show on earth" WAS. IT IS claimed in some quarters this is the democratic 1 way. NONSENSE! There are experiments going on all over the country today which are classified as "top secret" and no one outside knows anything about them, or will until the experimental stage has PAST, and they are well along in routine production. That business-like procedure certainly should have been followed in this case. o JNTIL some evidence to the contrary is presented, it seems fair to assume that it was NOT followed, because the responsible party or parties thrown into a complete panic by Russia's two Sputniks took not a. qualified risk, but an INEXCUSABLE fool hardy risk on the off-chance that this time it might succeed. About as much sense to this sort of reasoning as to Russian roulette. It is really a great pity. Whoever is responsible for the sad affair is responsible for delivering a blow to American prestige and morale that may take many years from which to recover. "THOSE administration apologists who claim all this 1 buildup and ballyhoo was essential in a democra cy, might do a bit of researching back to the time the first atomic bomb was in preparation. That was in wartime but the same principle has been carried out in secret U.S. armament experiments ever since. There were no press conferences called ; no dates set for the "big explosion"; no world-wide broad casts; there were plenty of experiments made but they were made in secret, and the first thing the people of this country knew about the atomic bomb was not be fore the bomb had been successfully launched but AFTER. Why wasn't the same in this case? It should have democratic about it. It is plain prudence and common sense. That old saying "haste a large factor in this regrettable national blunder. R.W.R. Two Points Cleared Up We have been asked by a member of that cour ageous but, we fear, increasing minority that seldom misses an offering in the tion of President Eisenhower and "The Indispensible Man," we did not forget something? The "some thing" was "Vice-President No. We purposely left him out' of the discussion because we suffer from a profound allergy where "Slick Dick" is concerned, and if we had brought him in, the picture would have been distorted. For it was our opinion ter who the President's successor might be, for the President with his prestige it is, to resign and retire from public life, unless physical disability compelled it, would at this time of world crisis, be "UNFORTUNATE." IN OTHER words, President Eisenhower is, because here and abroad have in him, an asset to the country at this particular time, which should be utilized, not discarded. So that's that. And we hope, clears up the ques tion of "forgetfulness." TPHE same source wondered if we noticed that the same day we urged the President NOT to resign, our favorite senator,. Wayne Morse, urged him to do so. If so, "what have we got to say to that?" Oh, not so much. We have disagreed with Senator Morse before and probably will again. Not very often and usually regarding President Eisenhower only not as to "Ike's" basic political beliefs, which this paper does not share in, but as to the essential character and characteristics of the man. "IIELL that is what makes "hoss-races" differ ences of opinion. Senator Morse is entitled to his views and we thought he expressed them very well in his statement last Wednesday and we are entitled to ours. So again that is that and we trust clears up that particular point, to our communicant's satisfaction. R.W.R. Let Him Be Speaking of Senator Morse's request that the President resign, one of the senator's main conten tions was that in the present crisis, the chief-executive should not be in the President's age-bracket, but young and in his prime. So while our senior senator admitted, he had never thought much of Nixon neither have we he would vastly prefer him to "Ike" to take over the reins of government at this time. 'IXfELL there, of course, we part company com pletely with the former Dean of the Oregon Law School. Sunday, December 8, 1957 general program followed been. There is nothing un makes waste," we fear was column if, in our considera Nixon." and still is that no mat and world-standing what 'See? THEm football in we mud Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name 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. Christmas at Fairview To the Editor: Christmas for Fairview! With the welcome help of willing hands and hearts of this community, the local retarded folks at the state residential school, Fairview, in Salem, can have a happy Christmas too. And we want to remember the families who have retarded folks here at home. Discarded toys, slightly used color books, story books, balls, stuffed toys, popcorn balls, dis carded jewelry, music records, Speaking from the allergic point-of-view, we would far rather have "Ike" in a wheel-chair, than "Dick" in striped pants and a morning-coat, in the White House. We believe furthermore that the former arrangement would be far better for the coun try than the latter. To those who now cry "prejudice," we admit it. We are prejudiced, but only in the sense this depart ment has always been PREJUDICED against the Ku Klux Klan, rable-rousing, self-seeking, dangerous demagogues and pulpit-thumbing evangelists, who pretend to be concerned about mens souls, but are only concerned about the night's gate-receipts. They are all "phonies" and as often remarked in this column, we don't LIKE "phonies" particularly m the White House. OOWEVER, we are not at the moment so con- concerned with the above agonizing alternative, as with the general principle of semi-senility, when the allotted "three score and ten" is approaching or has been passed. Not much research is required to scotch this assumption historically. There is Premier Adenauer of West Germany, for example, now in his eighties and ill, who less than a year ago, had great difficulty recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia. Yet who, with the best interests of West Germany at heart and the allied cause, would wish him to resign, if physical disabili ties should not compel him to? yHEN there was Gladstone, who after a stormy public career of over 30 years at the age of 70, conducted a vigorous campaign against Disraeli, defeated him and went on. to be head of his govern ment two more terms at the respective ages of 76 and 84, and in one of the most turbulent, critical and eventful eras of the United Kingdom. As we recall it no one suggested HE resign because of age. - FINALLY there was that doughty old pipe-smoking veteran, Bismarck, in his 70s. The German Chancellor was so powerful and had everything so completely under his control, "that young whippersnapper Kaiser Wilhem," put machine guns at the windows of the imperial residence for fear he would be overthrown. He did finally demand Bismarck's resignation after preparing for an outbreak for two, or three years, but as far as recorded there were very few in Germany who seconded the motion. It is more over clear now in' retrospect that Germany would have escaped one and perhaps two devastating na tional catastrophes had the "old man" instead of the "young man" remained at the helm. 17E ARE, of course, not maintaining that because these three famous octogenarians did as remark ably and successfully what they did after they had passed the traditional alloted time, General Eisen hower, should be expected to do the same. Not at all. On the other hand the President has on three separate occasions shown amazing vitality and recup erative powers, he comes from very durable German stock, and there is no evidential justification for pro claiming "it can't be done," as far as he is concerned. Finally, President Eisenhower is several years away from the 70-mark, and even more important gives every indication he not only feels like carrying on but has to an astonishing degree shown the mental and physical capacities to do so. So our final word is "let him be." When he shows some desire to quit his post will be time enough to prepare for the agonizing Nixon alternative. R.W.R. story records, cosmetics (slightly used lipsticks are welcome!) hair ornaments, swim suits, beach balls. And for the menfolks: playing cards, checkers, puzzles, clothing of all kinds. The most useful stuffed toys for our young retarded are stuffed with nylon hose. This makes a good use for old nylons, makes the toys light weight and washable and then, too, the chil dren don't put the nylons up their noses when the toy "breaks," as they do beans or shredded foam rubber. A suggestion concerning the balls: It's all right for some of the color to be missing but the balls must be big enough so the kids can't flush them down the toilet! Balls make an especially welcome gift. Last year, one group of wom en, an H.E.C. unit, instead of ex changing a dollar gift with each other, gave $12 to buy gifts for Fairview. We bought twelve beautiful bright, permanently in flated ruber balls. We gave six to the women's cottage and six to a girls' cottage. They are. still having happy times with those balls! You see, even though the women are grown in body they are stiU like little children. They, too, need to play. The swim suits (all sizes) and beach balls are for the new swimming pool at Fairview. Forty-four years ago a wise su perintendent at Fairview ex plained the excellent therapeu tic, healing qualities of a swim ming pool, how the spastics could make use of one. Now about the costume jewel ry. This is for the more ad vanced young ladies. We espe cially welcome damaged jewelry from the stores. We do the re pair work. And you, dear reader (if you have got this far) feel free to bring all kinds of discarded jewelry. There are 2,000 folks at Fair view. There are 430 on the wait ing list. There would be much less pressure on Fairview if there were more local facilities. A Special Class in the public school for the educable retarded, a community training class for the trainable, a sheltered workshop for the older retarded folks. Tax wise, Mr. Reader, it is much cheaper to support community services than to pay a thousand dollars a year for care at Fair view. There are many "forgotten" children at Fairview orphans because of the shame of their mental handicap. You will be truly sharing the Christmas spir it when you remember them. Neil and Violet Hachenberg, (Phone GReenwood 6-6137) 519 S.E. 'H' St., Grants Pass, Ore. It's All Because of Copco To the Editor: This is also to the people of Medford: I'm leaving your fair city of Medford. Do you know why? No work in this town. Why isn't there any work? As far as I'm concerned it all boils down to aear nttie uopco. Why you folks haven't done something about your heht bills I'll never know. Do you think for one min ute that your town will ever grow and be healthy without in dustry and do vou think industrv will come in with those electric rates? Sure Bill Dawkins stands in front of the TV camera every week and tries to explain in some silly way how much taxes they pay or how much money the stockholders get. Baloney! That doesn't help the little man one bit. Now he is trying to push more electrical products down your throat if you need them or not. He explained about all the new buildings going up. Red Cross, Armory, etc., but that doesn't give anybody any work. You all have friends in different parts of the country, Seattle, San Diego, St. Louis, Chicago, or Florida, write to them, check their bills against yours. He will tell you people are coming in, sure, but he doesn't tell you how many are moving out. Why in heavens name don't you folks wake up? Get R.E.A. to come in. Boy! They will jump then. Just remember, no industry, no town. Sorry to leave Medford but no work, no eat and I'm used to eating. They have a monopoly. Mrs. Ray Johnson, Rt. 2, Box 296, Medford, Ore. P.S. Mr. Editor, for your town's sake will vou please Drint mis letter? A Nudists Lament To the Editor: On the hillsides of our valley, not so very far away Is a jolly little campground where the nudists come to play. Oh, 'tis fun to be a nudist, out in the broiling sun, Where you can stay until you're rare, or possibly well done.. And then you take a little stroll where poison oak grows thick To gather up along the way a chigger or a tick. Then as the sun sinks lower away out in the West Comes out the small mosquito to dance upon your chest. Oh, the sun has cured your ail ments and driven off your ills And a penny saved is a pennv earned in these days of mount ing bills. But now the weekend's over and clothes you wear once more And oh they are a nuisance for you re feeling rather sore. On Monday and on Tuesday you just sit and itch and burn, But 'round comes Wednesday morning and the doctor takes his turn At giving shots and ointments to heal your peeling hide Just why his bill it is so big, I'm sure you can't decide. On Thursday and on Friday you sit with your aches and pains And hope that on this weekend it just rains and rains and rains! "Mrs. Shady Cove" (Name on file.) Waifs Happy To the Editor: The members of the board of directors of the Southern Oregon Humane So ciety wish to thank you for the page one pictures and story which appeared in last week's Mail Tribune. We are very happy that the Humane Society has been POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contribution) Potluck Column Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. Gentlemen: In your column in last Sun day's edition, you discussed the best way for dog owners to keep their pets warm at night in their dog houses, but decided on no solution. For the benefit of other dog owners who worry about this problem, I have found the fol lowing method to work per fectly: At most any large drug store, obtain an electric heating pad, with three fixed heats. I have found that the cheaper pads do brought to the attention of the public and I am sure the waifs in the Shelter who found homes because of the publicity, are happiest of all. Andrew Hawver, president Southern Oregon Humane Society, 2910 Table Rock rd., Medford, Ore. To the Editor: The following letter has been sent to Howard Morgan, Oregon Public Utilities Commissioner: Dear Mr. Morgan: I have just had a narrow escape with a train, and called the local PUC office here in Medford. 'They said I should send the complaint to you. At 1 p.m. today, while travel ing east on 11th st., I stopped at the stop sign at the 11th st. rail road crossing. The train signal was not flashing, and I heard no bell. Boxcars were parked along the siding to the south of me, so I proceeded with caution, be cause vision was poor in that di rection. Just as I approached the main tracks, along came an en gine traveling north at a speed of 15 to 20 miles per hour, right in front of me. There was no flagman out, nor was there any sign of warning whatsoever. The train stopped just after it crossed the street, one fellow got out to change a switch. I was frightened and afraid to continue across, until the engineer waved from the engine for me to pro ceed. This is quite a frightening ex perience, and it seems to me that more caution should be ex ercised, particularly on the cross ings that have such heavy traf fic. I certainly hope there is something you can do to elimin ate such a hazard as this. Mrs. Dorothy H. Stone 626 West Second St. Medford, Ore. Appreciate Workers To the Editor. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our workers most sincerely, for their part in the success of the United Medford Crusade. Their cooperation and hours of time devoted to this worthwhile com munity project are more than appreciated. Aside from the fin ancial success, we feel that, the good-will and better understand ing of the work of the participat ing agencies is indeed of great benefit to our community. Mrs. E. J. DeVoe, Chairman Mrs. Joe Hearin, CoChairman Home Crusade Division United Medford Crusade Key to Christmas ,To the Editor: The Key to Christmas is Christ. The day that bears His name memorializes His birth. Much deeper than the sentiment attached to the arrival of a child or the uhusal and miraculous c i r c u mstances in which His arrival took place is the signifiance of His coming and the purpose of His life. Jesus was the prophesied Mes siah. He was the longlooked-for Deliverer. He was the Day Spring from on High. Jesus was Immanuel. The Saviour, The Son of God among the sons of men This day marks a season of thoughtfulness for others. The spirit of unselfishness crowds out self-centered-ness, and sur rounds us with an aura of fellow ship in sharing. Such a spirit be comes the day, for Jesus laid aside His Glory for a while that He might share with humankind ever expectation Deity accorded Him. He so gave of Himself as to prove with His life and in His death the Truth of His words, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." This is a gladsome time! Our hearts are made merry and light by the many joyful things of the Christmas season. Warm sr-iles, thoughtful gifts, and the exchange of pleasantries, all lift us out of ourselves and make us conscious of our fellowmen. We find real joy in this. The merriest hearts of all are those in which the Christ has been born anew and has matured a soul into Godlikeness by the force of His Presence. The angel Chorus of "Peace on Earth" is echoed by another which human voices often raise, 'If you want Joy, real Joy, wonderful Joy, let Jesus come into your heart." He is indeed the Key to the merriest of Christmases. May each of us find this Holi day Season an enriching exper ience worthy of the name it bears. Perry M. Johnson, pastor Frist Baptist church Phoenix, Ore. not stand up under constant use nearly as well. Place the electric heatins? rad in the dog house, and cover the pad with a piece of burlap or other porus material, and tack the material securelv to th floor of the dog house with large headed roofing tacks, beins? careful not to drive any tacks into the pad itself. The burlap keeps the pet from scratching or moving the heating pad from its proper position. The heating pad can be hooked up to any convenient outlet bv boring a hole of proper size about floor level at the back of the doghouse and putting the thermostat throush the hole and fastening it to the back of the doghouse. The thermostat need only be set on its lowest settinz in most cases and the pad turned on and off as needed. After several years use. I can recommend this method to any one who would like their pets to be comfortable; especially those with short haired dogs like my own. Sincerely. Dennis C. Wyatt Route 1, Box 30 Central Point, Ore. Our city hall reporter stumbled on a birthday ob servance at the Medford po lice station last week. Officer Don Pursel, red-faced and em barrassed, was listening to "Happy Birthday" being sung to him by the two office gals, and four members of the force. There was a cake, too a large doughnut surmounted with an eight-inch candle. . "Why I Am Thankful," by Helen McKee, third grader at the Griffin Creek school: "I am thankful for my home and family. I like to come home from school and play in the sun shine with the other children. I am glad that I live in a free country. I am thankful for God and the gift of the world. I am thankful for food and water. "I am thankful for my clothes. "I am thankful for our schools and teachers and a good educa tion. I am thankful for our Pres ident Eisenhower. I am thank ful that I can worship in the church that I want to. I am thankful that we have cars and airplanes and other things to travel in. I am thankful for books and pictures." O One of our reporters thinks he's seen everything, after watching a boy aged 13 or 14 come out of the movie "Jail house Rock," who was display ing to friends his water pistol, which he kept in a small, detective-type holster at hit belt. Not all public servants are pessimistic, we learn. One such, asked about his ten ure in office, declared, "I will be sitting in this spot for a good long time, and you can quote me on that." A man we know arrived late for a mealtime meeting at one of the local hotels, and a waitress had to fix a place for him. This she did, and brought him a salad which was graced by an olive seed, neat ly cleaned of all the meat. He wonders if maybe the infesta tion of mice is worse than reported. A reporter who has been on our start tor several montns now, a college graduate, couldn't decided whether to be compli mented or insulted tm? other day when he dropped in at a grocery store on his way home for lunch. As he carried his purchases to the cash register, , the cashier asked him why he wasn't in school. "What school?" our jan replied flippantly. This irritated the clerk, apparently, for he again asked why he wasn't school, why he was "cutting school," and wasn't school good enough for him, and so on. Our man finally decided the cashier was serious, and began to be somewhat concerned about having to explain things to a truant officer. Then he told him he'd finished college almost a year ago, and left. But he still has a hunch the man didnt be lieve him. Don Pulley, chief cook at the Camp White domiciliary, presides over the (preparation of vast quantities of food each day, so he looked a bit sur prised when asked if he cooks at home too. The inquirer was surprised, in turn, at the an swer: Yes, he does, sometimes. Pulley estimates that his bak ery turns out 105 pies (apple is the favorite, lemon chiffon is a close second) each day, and that about 150 gallons of coffee are made and consumed daily. Our farm editor says, figuring 26 cups to a gallon, that's a lot of coffee even for the city edi tor, who is considered to be quite a coffee hound. A Medford woman, suffer ing a pain ia the abdominal area, received a prescription from her doctor, which was filled by a pharmacist. The woman's husband thinks that the druggist's choice of colors for the pills was ill-considered. They were pink and blue. O o o o
