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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
:10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 12. 1948 (Monday)
Telephone calls to and
from Jacksonville, subject to
a five cent toll charge effec
tive today, according to R. B.
Hammond, manager of Paci
fic Telephone and Telegraph
company.
: From Arthur Perry' Ye
: Smudge Pot column: "The
;auto driving classes started
:at the high school today.
:Good time was made by all
getting there."
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 12. 1938 (Wednesday)
Jackson county completes
:i937 with a budget balance
"in the general fund of $20,
268.98; general fund expendi
tures totalled $233,342.14.
Expansion of facilities to
tmake Crater Lake National
rpark into a winter sports ren
dezvous and completion of
the road construction pro-
gram announced by E. P. Lea
vitt, superintendent.
:30 YEARS AGO
Jan. 12, 1928 (Thursday)
Sewing class for business
"and professional women will
;be formed at the local YWCA.
; under the direction of the
Thome demonstration agent.
: Well - known Jacksonville
merchant said rumors of a
jgold strike near his city is
news to him.
: 40 YEARS AGO
: Jan. 12, 1918 (Saturday)
Jackson county ranks
fourth among counties in the
state in the December records
tof sales of war savings stamps,
t stamps.
I Francis X. Bushman and
t Beverly Bayne, will star in
the forthcoming Metro super-
feature, "The Adopted Son."
j What's Your I.Q.7
; Nine or tan correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
: 1. The height of horses is
generaly measured by ?
2. Bible: Was Mehuel or
:Methuseal the oldest living
; man?
: 3. The Sino - Japanese war
; began in 1936, 1937, or 1938?
: 4. What is the Gaelic name
for Ireland?
5. Who wrote "My Three
; Years with Eisenhower"?
6. Who was the inseparable
: friend of Pythias (or Phin
: tias)?
7. Will food, if properly
canned and stored, keep a
. year or more?
8. Were American Flying
- Fortresses used in the bomb-
- ing of Berlin during World
- War II?
9. What is Nippon?
10. Falstaff is a character
in which of Shakespeare's
" plays?
Answer: 1. Hands. 2. Neiih
er (Methuselah was). 3. 1937,
- 4. Eire. 5. Captain Harry C.
Butcher. U.S.N.R. 6. Damon.
7. Yes. 8. Yes. 9. A name for
: Japan. 01. "Merry Wives of
. Windsor" and "Henry IV.
NATO BRASS TO MEET
Stuttgart, Germany (IP!
; Top-ranking army officers
'from five NATO countries
twill meet here next Tuesday
;to discuss infantry problems
;and training. Officers from
l the Belgian, British, French,
ZWest German and U. S.
' armies wilj participate in the
conference.
W1
MAIL TRIBUNE
The President's Speech
We have been asked what we thought of the
President's "State of the Union" speech.
Well, we thought it a good one.
In fact, we would go along with the congress
man who considered it the best President Eisen
hower has ever delivered. (Incidently that is not,
in our case at least, as high a compliment as a
casual observer might suppose.)
DUT, in our judgment, it was in no sense a
GREAT speech. It was vigorous, pertinent, re
assuring, persuasive and above all, as the Presi
dent stood there before a packed chamber with
SUPER earnestness and strain, making his points
clear, he did cut a gallant and inspiring in a
sense, a really touching and heroic figure.
DECAUSE it was NOT a great speech there
was really nothing new or unexpected in it
we were surprised at the frequent bursts of en
thusiastic applause. According to the press-reports
the President was interrupted by applause 39
times, while a year ago in his, 1957 "State of the
Union" speech he was practically ignored ap
plause interrupted him only FIVE times. That
is a jump on the "applause meter" of about 800
almost as much of a sensational burst as
"Sputnik."
OOW come?
Well, we have an idea it is really a problem
for a psychiatrist.
But in lieu of one, our guess is the bursts of
spontaneous applause were as much or MORE,
for the MAN, as for what he said.
The partial answer is, we believe, "EVERY
ONE LIKES Ike."
Yes, it is just as simple as that.
Everyone doesn't agree with him, many com
pletely reject his FUNDAMENTAL political
philosophy (which we do) but no one or
practically no one dislikes the man. Even those
who do, have something the conciliating attitude
of the Hollywood "Western" hero saying, "don't
shoot the piano player, he is doing the best he
can!"
VES, the volume and frequency of the applause
surprised us. ,
But after some consideration and after being
forced to hear the speech or parts of it over
the air at least a dozen times our conclusion is
that as far as an understanding of the speech is
concerned and the effect it promises to have
upon the future, the times the congress did NOT
applaud, Kad more significance than the times it
did.
FOR example, when the president said "all the
" peoples of the. world want peace," one of the
loudest and most prolonged outbursts occurred.
Yet, the President has often made the same
observation, it is as well-seasoned a platitude, as
could be imagined. It had no more originality or
real significance than Calvin Coolidge's pastor's
pronouncement, that he was against sin." .
On the other hand, when the President, with
force and courage, upheld the policy of continued
"foreign aid," continuation of the reciprocal tar
iff, federal aid to U.S. education, the sharing of
atomic secrets with our allies, and other less trite
and more controversial and important topics, he
was greeted, the tape-recording shows, with
silence.
I
N OTHER words, we
as an excellent one, particularly from the stand
point of President Eisenhower's basic political
beliefs and his conception of "Modern" as op
posed to "Ancient" Republicanism.
But its importance historically and politically
will depend not upon what was said but how the
congress reacts to it.
It may well be a case of the President "dis
poses" but the ultra conservative coalition in
congress Disposes.
Only the future can determine this, so we
shall have to wait and see. R.W.R.
Nothing Is
We have also been asked to explain a state
ment in a recent Oregonian credited to the present
writer that he believed, quote:
"Medford has the best city government it ever has
had and it is probably as perfect as anything designed
by human hands could be."
Our critic inquires somewhat caustically:
"How do you' get that way? I don't say our present
city government is the worst in history but it is not
far from it."
"IXELL, so it goes!
We can't agree at all with our communi
cant. We think the present city government is one
of the best if not THE best in the memory of
the undersigned and that memory, while noth
ing to wTite home about, goes back many, many
years.
LIOWEVER that may be, the point we wish to
make, is this:
Some time ago, one of the members of the
editorial staff of the Oregonian asked this de
partment to give its opinion of how the "Council
Manager" form of government had worked out
in Medford.
We sent a sizeable letter in reply and among
other things, did write what the Oregonian, in
Sunday, January 12, 1958
would classify the speech
"Perfect
' does H4VINT ths flu mbah he cant TEACH MB
TO ice SKAT6 THIS AFTERNOON ?
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
HITCH YOUR WAGON
TO A STAR
It is unusual for the leader
of the opposition to make a
statement, like Sen. Johnson's
on Tuesday,
just two days
before' the
President de
1 i v e r e d his
mess age oh
the state of
the union. But
the- circum
stances were
unusual in
waiter Lippmann that the Presi
dent, when
he faced the country on Thurs
day, had, for the first time in
his experience, an audience
which does not accept his
military judgment on his own
say-so. The two speeches he
made after the Sputniks, and
the various comments that
emanated from Mr. ' Hagerty
and others in his official fam
ily, have only added to the
mood of skepticism and doubt.
He cannot tell the country
what to believe. He will have
to convince it.
Yet is is most important
to an orderly and effective
treatment of the problem that
leadership should remain in
the President's hands,' that
what is surely an executive
task should not drift by de
fault into the hands of Con
gress. The state of the union
message is almost certain to
make or break the President's
power o leadership in this
Congress. Did the President
realize the problem? If not,
he had a timely warning from
Sen. Johnson. The Senator
disclosed to him, before it was
too late to make changes in
his message, the hand of the
opposition party which is in
control of the Congress. This
was a great service to Presi
dent Eisenhower, and a most
generous and statesmanlike
act.
BESIDES presenting a sum
mary of the issues and
problems which Congress will
expect the President to deal
with, the Johnson statement
makes a point of principle
which has in it the saving
truth. It is not an easy and
obvious point to explain, and
if it is to be brought home
to this country, it will re
quire the highest art of those
who make it their business to
describe and explain and
make intelligible the difficult
themes.
Sen. Johnson, who has
plainly learned much from
some of the best minds among
uSj puts this point of principle
as follows: "We have, for
many years, been preoccupied
an editorial survey of the state later printed.
We were not misquoted.
But as often happens when a brief quotation
is made out of a considerable context, an entirely
wrong interpretation can be made, and in this
case, was.
THAT is, we did not say the present city GOV
ERNMENT is as perfect as human hands
could make it or words to that effect.
What we did say was that we believe the
Council-Manager SYSTEM FORM for a city of
this size, had proved to be the best in our muni
cipal history. But we added as the letter will
show that, of course, no system is perfect, nor
can any system in itself automatically produce
good government, any more than the best motor
car money can buy, can produce the best, safest
and most skillful driving. It is in the last analysis
the human factor that determines the net outcome
the man at the wheel in one case, the men at the
"city wheel" in the other. Well, we have and
have had good men AND a good system that
is the answer.
That was all made plain enough in the letter
as a whole, but we grant the sentence quoted was
easily susceptible to a different interpretation.
We hope this explanation will make the mat
ter clear, as far as our somewhat disturbed sub
scriber is concerned.
I with weapons. We are, even
now, concerned with what
some currently regard as the
ultimate weapon. But, when
we perfect such a weapon for
ourselves we may still be far
behind. The urgent race we
are now in or which we
must enter is not the race
to perfect long-range ballistic
missiles," important as that
is. "There is something more
important than any "ultimate
weapon. That is the ultimate
position the position of total
control over earth that lies
somewhere out in space."
The basic truth in this state
ment lies in the idea that the
race or armaments is now an
incidental by-product of a
much greater thing the sci
entific exploration of the na
ture of the universe through
man's ability to project his
scientific instruments into
outer space.
Sen. Johnson, it seems to
me, has weakened, has dilut
ed, the truth he had got hold
of by setting up the notion
that the conquest of outer
space would now lead to a
physical, military, control of
the whole earth. This is al
most certainly not true. For
even if it were true that from
outer space the world's weath
er can be managed, and ter
rible bombs dropped any
where on earth, it will still
not be true that the United
States and the Soviet Union
can by advancing into outer
space dominate the earth. It
is as certain as anything can
be that the scientific know
ledge of outer space cannot
become the monopoly of any
one nation, and that out there
as on earth there would be
a fluctuating balance of pow
er. TT IS not true that the ex-
ploration of outer space is
a military proposition. The
main objection to using this
as an argument is that, while
this prospect may prove pop
ular with some people, it will
not evoke that highest kind
of scientific work which is
needed for the conquest of
outer space. The military dom
ination of the globe is not an
idea that will inspire enough
or many of the young men
of genius in the creative years
of their lives.
This cannot be proved ob
jectively. But I think it will
be understood by those who
have known well men work
ing in the higher reaches of
human knowledge. If We want
them to go far, we must hitch
our wagon to a star.
(Copyright 1858 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.)
R.W.R.
Matter of Fact
HOW BOLD. HOW NEW?
Washington When that
tactless fellow, former Secre
tary of Defense Charles Wil-
Pr1"" son. was ask
ed whether he
considered a
defense bud
get of $40 bil
lion too high,
he replied: "I
wouldn't
think so. That
would hardly
cover the cost
of inflation.
Charlie Wil
fca-
Ste wart Alsop
son's words are worth bear
ing in mind, in trying to judge
the reality that lies behind
the fine words of the Presi
dent's state of the union mes
sage. Budgets are boring, at
least to most people. But the
defense budget does provide
a fairly accurate measuring
stick of the national response
to the Soviets challenge.
The President's supplement
al request for this fiscal year
raises the current defense
budget some $1.3 billion
above the previous, or Wilson,
level, to the neighborhood of
$40 billion. Secretary of De
fense Neil McElroy has said
that the defense budget for
the next fiscal year will also
be close to the $40 billion
mark. How much of a step
up in the nationa defense ef
fort does a $40 billion defense
budget really represent.?
THE answer seems to be that
the new level does not real
ly represent any sharp in
crease in the overall defense
effort at all, but only a shift
of emphasis. Take the project
ed 1959 defense spending bud
get. It is expected to include
about $700 million more for
personnel pay. This wiU pro
vide some needed extra butter
for those who get the raise.
But it will provide no new
guns.
Thus the real increase in
expenditures for actual hard
ware over the Wilson level
will be under $1 billion in
fiscal 1959. As Wilson so tact
lessly said, this will "hardly
cover the increased cost of
inflation." The fact is that,
instead of buying a lot more
defense, the Administration
means to buy a somewhat dif
ferent kind of defense.
Take the Air Force as an
example. The Air Force share
of the new budget will be
about $19 billion, a propor
tion now long sanctified by
tradition. Included in this
share are big increases for
such Air Force missiles as
Atlas and Thor. But these in
creases will be balanced by
sharp cutbacks in spending for
manned aircraft, notably the
B-52 strategic bomber, the
basic weapon of the Strategic
Air Command. An arbitrary
upper limit of about 600
planes has been set for SAC's
B-52s. This will mean that
further purchases of B-52s
will end in the coming fiscal
year.
rpHE Increased missile effort
will also be financed out
of our already depleted con
ventional forces. Still another
cut of 100,000 in military
personnel is contemplated. As
in the past, the cut will doubt
less be largely at the expense
of the Army Ground Forces,
which partly explains the des
pair of such Army men as
Gen. James Gavin. For our
ability to fight limited wars
will be further reduced, at
a time when Soviet nuclear
missile power is beginning to
make unlimited nuclear war
a suicidal alternative.
Even the increased empha
sis on missiles does not really
represent an all-out effort. For
example, Secretary of the
Air Force James Douglas has
predicted that we will be pro
ducing operational Atlas mis
siles before 1960. His fore
cast may have been optimis
tic, but it was perfectly ser
ious the schedule calls for
test-firing an Atlas over the
full 5000 mile course this
year. But a missile like Atlas
is littue Ise unless it is sup
ported by an enoromously
complex base' system which
takes years to build.
Each base costs around $100
million. Because the prospects
for the Atlas were thought
to be so good, it was proposed
by the Air Force to start work
immediately on six more
bases. For economy reasons,
serious work is to be started
on only one base. Thus the
chances are that in the fairly
near future we shall be pro
ducing many more ICBMs
than we shall have bases from
which to fire them which is
an odd sort of economy.
IN THIS and other ways, the
effort even in the newly
fashionable missile field is
far less than total. It will be
said correctly that $40 bil
lion is a lot of money. But
power is a relative matter,
and the only realistic way to
measure our defense effort is
in terms of the power of our
potential enemy. The Rocke
feller Fund panel, which
measured our defense in those
terms, asked for an immedi
ate increase on the order of
$3 billion. The Gaither Com
mittee, which did a similar
job, reached a similar con
clusion, asking for graduated
ST"
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By Stewart AIsop
increases up to $8 billion over
the current level. Both groups
urged a major effort to en
sure our ability to fight limit
ed wars.
Perhaps it is too early to
judge, particularly now that
defense has become what it
would have been, but for the
timidity of mpst Democrats,
years ago a major national
political issue. But as of to
day, our "bold, new" defense
program looks neither very
bold nor very new. It looks
like essentially the same old
product, but somewhat rede
signed, and put into a bright
new package.
Copyright 1958, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
President Eisenhower's mes
sage on the state of the union
is much too long and much
too important to be discussed
off the cuff. But he made
three statements that are
easily understood:
1. I direct this message
from the American people to
the Russian people: "Join us
immediately in the reduction
of world tensions and move
toward a genuine peace."
2. However, until the lead
ers of the Soviet Union show
some signs of sincerely co
operating with the West,
AMERICA MUST REMAIN
STRONG.
3. Whatever the differences
between the armed services,
AMERICA WANTS THEM
STOPPED.
AS TO Statement No. 1
(wriiph in a nrnnnsal in
the Russian people that we
seek to find a way to get
along together in the world)
let's go back some 2,000 years
into history. Rome and Car
thage occupied in the world
of that day almost the iden
tical positions now occupied
by the United States and Rus
sia.
They faced two choices:
1. Find a way to coexist
ence. 2. FIGHT IT OUT.
rpHEY fought it out. -
Carthage was UTTERLY
destroyed. Rome, left in com
plete mastery of the world,
rose but finally FELL. Aft
er the fall of Rome came the
Dark Ages, during which
nearly everything that was
good in the world disap
peared. AS TO statement No. 2:
If we are to find a way
to get along with Russia, we
must remain IMPREGNABLY
STRONG.
There is no other way to
get along with Communist
Russia.
OTATEMENT No. S stands
on its own feet.
Whatever the differences
between our armed serv
ices, America wants them
STOPPED.
A football team whose
members quarrel constantly
with each other wins no
games.
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Toy Project
To the .Editor: Both the
Medford Lady Lions and the
Medford Fire Department
wish to thank you for the tre
mendous help you gave in ad
vertising our Christmas proj
ect for needy children. We
have no doubt but that the
publicity given was largely
responsible for the success of
our venture.
Please accept our sincere
appreciation.
Peggy Ashton,
Secretary,
Medford Lady Lions
Foolish, Pitiful Humans
To the Editor: Nov. 29,
1947, is certainly not long
ago, regardless of bad weath
er previous or since. Mother
nature did offer compensation
in the form of a pageant of
magnificence fit for the Gods,
as the saying goes. There was
a sunset so gloriously inspir
ing it could never be for
gotten by ones who were
fortunate spectators.
All that day clouds were
arranged and rearranged by
an Artist who can't be emulat
ed. Designs and ' color tones
had to be the quintessence of
perfection so as not to detract
from the one and only star
of his kind in all creation
(Mr. Sun). At the appointed
time an Angel must have
pushed the button, and there
on display was heavenly
splendor so sublime it was
positively breath-taking.
Without realization, the
human soul must have gone
down on its knees, while the
observer stood on his feet,
awe-stricken. The after-effect
was a minimization of the
greatest of human achieve
ments, and realization that
the present world trouble is
IP0TLUCCC
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
The New Year is a week
and a half old time enough
for most of us to have gotten
around to breaking those New
Year's resolutions, if any.
But not one enterprising
university student, a reporter
on the Daily Emerald at the
U. of O., who resolved not to
kick small dogs, not to rob
mailboxes and not to turn in
false alarms to the fire depart
ment. This is not only a New
Year it is also the start
of an election year, to the
mixed sorrow and elation
of those en the news staff
who will from now on have
to contend with the jealou
sies, the plots and counter
plots, the sensitivities and
the obduracies of office
seekers, not to mention hav
ing to cover all those long
winded political meetings,
in reporting the always-interesting
political news.
One of our writers, who has
had some previous experience
in political reporting, declares
this is the time that politi
cians "go into their annual
dance step. It seems to be a
combination of a feinting
shuffle and a sidestep."
He explains, "The shuffle
is designed to make one's op
ponent think an incumbent is
Editorial
Comment
WE'RE NOT READY
YET, ANYHOW
The Rogue rive flood con
trol and reclamation bill, in
troduced in congress by Rep.
Charles O. Porter, has slight
chance of being enacted at
the present session, according
to an article by A. Robert
Smith in the Medford Mail
Tribune. Smith is the syndi
cated Washington correspond
ent for a number of Oregon
newspapers.
We have followed the Rogue
rive development program
closely since arrival in Grants
Pass. We also have confer
red with Rep Porter on sev
eral occasions in connection
with this bill, and feel safe
in saying that at no time
was it his idea that the bill
would be enacted into law at
the present session.
Rather Rep Porter assured
members of the Rogue Valley
Flood Control and Water Re
sources Development Assn.
that he would introduce the
bill subject to amendment
when U.S. Army Engineers
complete their survey and
make their report, now ex
pected some time this fall,
The bill then will embrace
flood control recommenda
tions of the Army Engineers,
tied in with any irrigation
projects indorsed by the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation.
The complete "package,"
when it is ready, will be of
vital importance to the entire
Rogue valley. It will provide
dams, either on the main stem
of the Rogue or major tribua-
ries, for flood control and also
to release stored water dur
ing the dry summer months.
It will provide additional
water for the irrigation of
large tracts of land in both
Josephine and Jackson coun
ties'. It will provide water for
industrial use and this wiU
be vital to continued develop
ment both in Medford ana
Grants Pass.
When the Porter bill final
ly has been amended to in
clude recommendations of
army engineers, it should be
acceptable to all persons in
the Rogue valley save the
most confirmed die-hards.
Then will be the time to press
for its enactment. The Army
Engineers only recommend.
It is hp to areas benefited to
take these recommendations
and carry them to Congress.
PerhaDs by then the Sput
nik scare will have subsided
somewhat, with Congress
again in the mood to appropri
ate funds for essential domes
tin nroiects. Anyone who wit
nessed the damage wrought by
the disastrous flood of uec
pmber. 1955. can attest that
control of the Rogue in its
winter freshets is vital.
It nrobablv is fortunate that
the local project is not suf
ficiently advanced to come
under the embareo now pro
posed. Rep. Porter can put
the finishing touches on nis
hill at leisure and have it
ready for speedy action when
Congress finally decides it
again is safe to loosen the
nurse strines for domestic
flood control and reclamation.
Grants Pass Courier.
a myth in the human mind,
rather than the intervention
of destiny, and compared to
Omnipotence, all human pow
er combined is pitiful. How
foolish can we humans be?
Emma Lou Carpenter
811 Sherman st.
Medford, Ore.
filing for his old iob when he
may be shuffling off in anoth
er direction. And some prac
ticed politicians sidestep all
hot issues which may cost
votes."
Not all politicians are
like this, thank the Good
Lord. Some of them live up
to the honorable name of
their profession, which
means the practice of poli
tics, which in turn is de
fined as the art and science
of government.
Before getting off the sub
ject of politics, we should re
port that the weather, also,
has some effect, and not only
on election day.
One county official was
scheduled to make a speech
not long ago, and when the
night turned out to be one of
those nasty, foggy ones, de
cided to telephone instead.
This was done, and the group
was told any questions would
be welcome, and would be
answered via telephone.
Our farm editor attended
an auction recently, and ob
served how a twitch of the
finger or lift of the should
er can sometimes be used
in making a bid. He opined,
"An ambitious flea could
certainly create havoc at
one of the livestock auction
yards."
A Medford police officer
the other day picked up a
ringing telephone. Thinking
it was an inter-office call, he
jocosely said "Racket Squad"
into the receiver, and then
spent several minutes explain
ing to the bewildered lady on
the other end of the line that
that it WAS the MPD.
As a result, his section has
been dubbed the racket squad
by the rest of the force.
A member of our staff
tried to wash his car the
other night when the wind
was blowing so hard. He re
ports he managed to do a
fairly respectable job on
the car, but did a far better
job of giving himself a cold
shower.
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A large manila envelope
was delivered to the office the
other day, addressed simply
to "Daily Newspaper, Med
ford, Oregon Society Edi
tor." Down below was writ
ten, "Postmaster if more
than one daily newspaper,
take your choice."
Thank you, Moor Hamil
ton. A couple we know re
cently acquired a TV set,
and, like most new owners
of television, they are going
through the process of
learning to live with it. The
man in the family com
rented. "For a relaxing
evening, and something a
little different in at-home
entertainment, just turn off
the set and read a good
book. It's amasing how
soothing It is, especially if
you are used to talking over
the noise of various TV
shows."
Another TV story is about
how personal it can sometimes
become.
Sundav night one staff
member was watching the
Rosemarv Cloonev show when
one of the cast halted a dra
matic skit in mid - sentence,
looked direcUy at the audi
ence, and exclaimed. "Stop.
that woman is munching!"
The staff member almost
dropped her pickle sandwich
on the floor.
Speaking of eating, about
four of the people in this
office bring their lunches
with them, and a lively
trade has arisen, with one
person swapping one type
of delicacy for another. Or,
as one of them said, "You
know, f something like the
old school days apples,
cookies, dates (the eating
kind), figs, etc"
Still another food story,
about the young, recently-
married couple, who stretched
their budget to eat at a fancy
restaurant at Christmas.
Thev enjoyed their meal.
deposited a good - sized chunk
of the family s monthly in
come with the cashier, and
went to the parking lot, where
they said they found tneir
Chevrolet almost smothered
by Lincolns and. Cadillacs.
m m m
An upstate columnist
comments that the old say
ing about wishing we could
see ourselves as others see
us wouldn't do much good.
We wouldn't believe it.
A man woke up from a
dream the other day, and tel
ephoned in a want-ad to the
Mail Tribune. We have some
doubts that he was entirely
serious. The ad said:
Couple with gin seeks cou
ple with olives. Object: mar-tinimony.