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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFORDbJ-RIBUNE "Everyone in Southern Oregon iteacs xne Man iriDune Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP.2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor HERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ERIC ALLEN. JR. Managing Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER, Society Editor DALE E RICKSON. 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: Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15 00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er, Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO., INC.. Of fices in New York, Chicago, De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B. C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASOaTTlgN Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 27. 1948 (Tuesday) Patrons of Gold Hill school district given second oppor tunity to approve the school s 1943-49 budget at an election Thursday. The debate between Brig. Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge, re tired, Washington, D.C., and Otto Ewaldsen, Medford, re sulted in a slightly negative shift in attitude toward Uni versal Military Training. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 27, 1938 (Thursday) W. W. Allen of Medford an nounces he will be a candidate for county commissioner on the Republican ticket. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "The first juveniles of the season with air guns have appeared. Anything that jumps and squeals when hit is a suitable target." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 27. 1928 (Friday) From local and personal col umn: "Central Point will hold its first regular bi-monthly baby clinic Feb. 14, and other clinics will be given every two weeks." The East Side Improvement club formed recently by a group of prominent residents in that section, holds its first meeting. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 28, 1918 (Monday) Evangelistic meetings at the M. E. Church, South, closed after a two-weeks' campaign conducted by the Rev. and Mrs. Jerry Jeter. From local and personal: "Assistant Superintendent H. E. Momyer of Crater Lake Na tional park, left for camp at headquarters there this morn ing, where he expects to re main for the rest of the sea son." What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; rive or six is good. 1. Is Paul-Henri Spaak a citizen of Belgium, Holland, or Germany? 2. Bible: What is the com mon name for the five books of the law? 3. Who wrote the play "Mourning Becomes Electra"? 4. What sport has been called "the sport of Kings"? 5. What is a gendarmerie? 6. What tragic event oc cured in Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C., April 1865? 7. From what physical in firmity did the composer Lud wig Beethoven suffer? 8. The Po valley is in which European country? 9. Have there ever been children like "Tarzan," who were wild? 10. What is the first line of the last stanza of the "Star Spangled Banner"? Answers: 1. Belgium; 2. Pentateuch; 3. Eugene O'Neill; 4. Horse racing; 5. An armed police force; 6. The assassina tion of Abraham Lincoln; 7. He became deaf; 8. Italy; .9. Yes, but only a few with ape like actions; 10. "Oh thus be it ever when freemen shall stand." A Matter of Caring More words have probably been written in the nation's daily press about traffic accidents and traffic safety than on any other subject, with the possible exception of politics. This is natural enough, for it is a matter vital to everyone. We all drive, or ride in, automobiles, and we are concerned with safety on the high waysalthough most of us are convinced .all the words written are for the "other guy," not us. On the editorial desk at the moment are sev eral editorials and columns and sheets of sta tistics, all of which have arrived within the past few days. All deal with one phase or another of traffic safety. ()NE of them points out that during 1957, 464 Oregonians died in traffic accidents, or more than one each day. Up to Jan. 22, it added, 22 Oregonians had died in 1958 traffic accidents one per day. Another is a summary of traffic accident sta tistics from 1936 through 1956. Study of the sum mary is revealing. For instance, 1956, despite having the largest number of registered vehicles on record, and the largest number of traffic injuries, had the lowest RATE of traffic 21 years. The rate of death was highest in 1936, when 14.3 persons were killed for each 100 million miles traveled. The rate a low point of 9.2 m the war year of 1943. It climbed to a secondary high of 11.8 in 1945, and then started a decline until 1956, when it reached its present low point of IN OTHER words, while the total NUMBER of accidents are high, it to drive because the accident RATE has declined The inescapable conclusion is that highways ARE safer than they used to be. There are more people and more automobiles than there used to be, but the rate of deaths has declined, and the number of deaths has Even with this conclusion, there is no cause for either jubilation or tnat an average or. more been killed each year the past 10 years is a shocking one. 1HAT to do about it? We believe there snould be done. One is increased attention to traffic engineer ing, to make the highways physically safer for drivers than before. This is being pressed as rapid ly as possible by state and Another is continued, enforcement, for statistics reveal that more than two-thirds of fatal accidents are caused by drivers who are violating traffic laws. THHE most important, is the education, individual driver. For his attitude is the biggest single factor in traffic safety. Some traffic experts believe that speed is the chief factor- in traffic accidents and deaths ; others believe that alcoholic beverages are a big factor; still others feel that law violations are the most important. It will be noted that all of these boil down to one thing: Attitude. If a driver is responsible, if he CARES about what he is doing, and realizes that he is operat ing a potential death-weapon, then his attitude is not going to permit him to do these things. THERE is no apparent corelation between driv ing skill and avoidance of accidents. Young drivers, who account for more than their share of automobile accidents, are, by and large, more skilled drivers than their elders. And one columnist who has thought about it, says that while women 'are lousy drivers hesitant, insecure, easily confused they have a consistently safer record, 2y2 times safer, than men. This, he declares, is because they care what happens to themselves and their families and others on the road. We approve of driver training in the high schools (provided emphasis is placed there on attitude as well as skill) ; we approve of safer highway engineering; we approve of strict law enforcement. But they'll all come to naught unless the indi vidual driver can be made to CARE about what he's doing. Perhaps the statistics cited above in dicate progress is being made. E.A. End of Another Rumor In the past 10 years, we have heard on at least half a dozen occasions the "rumor" that Meier and Frank company had purchased a lot in town for a branch store; or "plans" to do so; or "is thinking about" doing so and so on. We heard the same rumor a few days ago. For the umpteenth time we tried to run it down. Failing, we wrote Aaron Frank, president of the company. He telephoned us the next day to say "Nothing to it. We have no such plans." "If we ever do decide to move to Medford, youUl know about it," he said. End of rumor, for the time being, anyway. E.A. Monday, January 27, 19S8 deaths of any of those dipped then, and reached 5.6 deaths. steadily has become safer held fairly constant. complacency. The fact than 400 persons have on Oregon highways for are several things that local traffic engineers and stepped-up, traffic I and the hardest to get at, or indoctrination of the 'Ion's M is sick, so vm' m unpf m whg ' Matter of Fact bv SNUBBING NIKITA Paris Behind the moon struck public agitation about negotiating with the Soviets, there lurks a persistent and quite serious question. Is this one of the last chance mom ents, when history will take a brisk new t u r n- ing if a chance is not briskly seized? All inform ed W e s t e rn Joseph Alsop analysts, in cluding the British and West ern European political lead ers who pretend to love the idea, are privately convinced that there is no chance to achieve anything by foreign ministers' conferences, dis armament commissions, sum mit meetings, and the like. As has been suggested in this space already, the Soviet drive for this kind of East- West negotiations in the de bating society style, is solely a drive to make trouble be tween the Western allies. The serious Western Eur opean and British analysts of Soviet behavior are also pret ty well agreed upon another point, however. On repeated occasions, culminating in a dramatic New Year's toast at the Kremlin receiption, Nik- ita Khrushchev himself has indicated that he wants talks- in-a-corner between the Sov iets and Americans. These in vitations offer the real chance, if there is any. THEY presage no debating society. They are invita tions to the kind of talks the Soviets invariably seek when they want to get down to bus iness. The mostly highly qual ified Western Analysts are therefore agreed that the Sov iets probably really do want to get down to business with the United States at this time Although there is wide di versity of view about the pos sible subjects they wish to get down to business about. Yet 'the Khrushchev invita tions have so far met with nothing better than a chilly snub, unless appearances are most misleading. Maybe some form of Am erican response to nnrusn chev has been very secret ly agreed upon at the very highest level, between Presi dent Eisenhower, Prime Min ister Macmillan and French Premier Gaillard. But this seems highly unlikely. Mean while, unless a great many normally truthful people in key positions are now lying, the right response to . the Khrushchev -invitations has not even been seriously dis cussed between the American State Department and the British and French Foreign Offices. It would be insanely dan gerous for the Americans to respond to Khrushchev with out quietly keeping the other major Western allies in the picture, as a minimum pre caution. Thus one must de duce that Khrushchev's invi tations have been virtually ig nored, despite their extreme importance. THERE are many short-term practical reasons for snub bing Khrushchev in this man ner. For one thing, the other Western allies do not trust John Foster Dulles to act as the West's sole spokesman in talks with' the Soviets; and even the Secretary of State appears to know that he is crippled by this distrust. For another thing, although sen timent for an exclusive dia logue between the Soviet and American giants is growing among the specialists in the British and French Foreign offices, such a dialogue would surely cause an explosion of wounded national vanities. All the same, it is also nec essary to consider the highly practical consequences that may flow from snubbing Nik- ita Khrushchev at this partic-, 1 "TT Joseph Alsop ular juncture in the world's affairs. On the other hand, the chance that he has offered is not something that we can af ford to reject from sheer im- mobilism. For instance, the French, British, and Ameri can embassies in Moscow are now unanimous that the Sov iets would really like to find some way to end the arms race, if only for economic rea sons. It would at least be in teresting to test the trujh of this opinion. On the other hand, Khru shchev is a singularly human statesman, with a high glow of self confidence, success, and even arrogance. Snubbing a man of this kind in this kind of mood . is extremely likely to produce explosive results. One can imagine Khrushchev saying, more than a little huffily, "Well, wanted to talk serious busin ess with the Americans, but it seems they don't want to talk business with me. "So I guess there's nothing left to do but SHOW them.' THAT is why there is much pvnprt annrphpnsion ahrait the end of the present strange period of negotiating about negotiations. One very ugly possibility is a series of new Soviet moves in the Middle East, perhaps buttressed by the implied threat to use the Red Army's powerful force of airborne troops. Increased pressure on Berlin is another possibility. There are many more possibilities of the same sort. These Soviet forward moves are likely to be con siderably delayed, if only be cause the present period of in ternational gas attacks seems likely to continue for a while. But such forward moves are grimly real possibilities all the same. And the apparent decision to snub Nikita Khru shchev is all the more ques tionable, because the Western Allies have not even begun to try to agree among them selves about the basic and critical problem. This is the problem of meeting new and dangerous Soviet local action, in the new era of immensely increased Soviet nuclear strik ing power. (C) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. U.S. SIGNS FAIR PACT Warsaw (IP) The United States and Poland have sign ed a 10-year agreement pro viding for American partici pation in the annual Interna tional Poznan Fair, it was re ported today. The newspaper Life of Warsaw" reported that the United States will build a permanent pavilion on the fairgrounds to house its exhibit. The poet Chaucer called the daisy "ee of the daie." In Ben Jonson's time the flower was called "Day's Eye" and later became known as "daisy." Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF LEO GUILD tells about a Hollywood publicity man who concocted a stunt whereby a client would land a helicopter on the post office and mail a letter. "Nothing doing," said the client "It's safe as sitting In an armchair. It's colos sal!" declared the agent 'Then you do it first" said the client The publicist did It. The client, waiting on the post office roof, said, "You win," climbed into the helicopter to fly off and repeat the stunt for the photographers. The publicist then fainted dead away. The lady fair observed with tome contempt that her knight errant was shaking In his armor as the flame-belching dragon waddled closer and closer. Finally the lady fair burst out "Don't Just stand there, you goof! Slay something!" Erroll Flynn recalls a bachelor dinner he attended. The bride groom-to-be had such a wonderful time he called off the wedding. c 1958. by Beooett Cert Distribute) fey Kipf Feature Synjets, .A Communications LuuerSL.t0 the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial tor 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. A Look Into The Future io the Editor: I am still kicking around out here, and still egotistical enough to think that from where I sit, I can look into the future in a small way, regarding politics Referring to your recent edi torial" regarding Sec. Hatfield, I would say that to the Repub lican big shots enemy No. is Morse, No. 2, Neuberger, and No. 3, Gov. Holmes. Mr. Hatfield is young vigorous, very good looking. personable, and no one can question his integrity or ef ficiency. I think he has a slight edge over Mr. Unander as a vote-getter. If he can de feat Gov. Holmes he will later be pitted against Neuberger. or Morse, and Unander will be moved up to tackle one of the less important offices whichever it might be. It all depends on how the cat jumps, but you can bet your bottom dollar, the big shots are shuffling their cards and look ing hard at the future. I still enjoy your editorials If anything, they are getting better. More power to you, John S. Byrne Jacksonville P.S. I don't know where Mr. Porter fits into the pic ture. Beware the Serpents To the Editor: All adults have heard of the word-of- mouth grapevine. The consen sus of the business world is, it's invaluable advertsing gra tis. How we could all applaud the old vine if it had confined its work to good advertising Theoretically, let's put Mr. Vine where he belongs in his garden. We shall have to call it his garden of Eden, because ordinary gardens do not har bor serpents, they grow vege tables and flowers, and have bees, birds and butterflies as visitors. Not so with Mr. Word-of- Mouth Grapevine. His garden accommodates pairs of ser pents and their posterity, namely, Envy and Jealousy, Gossip and Slander, Vanity and Pride, each pair aiming guided missiles to obliterate peace of mind. However the most mali cious of all is slander. He walks with head down and rightfully should,, being the most degraded serpent of the entire family. His constant fear in that the voice of con science might look him in the eye, and say, "I saw you stick your vulturous claws into someone's good name and tear it to shreds, all because envy and jealousy prompted you to do it. As a punishment peace of mind will avoid you and remorse will overtake you and fill your mattress with thistles." Let us all hope that the fu ture grapevine of words has no resemblance to the diabol ical one that started away back in the real garden of Eden, and is still active. Emma Lou Carpenter 811 Sherman st. Medford Which Is What? To the Editor: Which one has the Toni? Which one is true, which one false? Is one candidate for the Re publican nomination for Gov ernor of Oregon a rock ribbed conservative and the other a young, energetic flaming liberal? Methinks .that the so- called liberal candidate has lost his right to be considered a progressive when the dar ling of the private power com panies, ex-Governor Elmo Smith, was appointed his campaign manager. David Epps, Chairman Democratic Party of Oregon 1201 Loyalty Bldg. Portland, 4. it saps' v o I IT COLOSSAL fJi, 5 L Fire Prevention Efforts To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for the excellent cooperation you gave us during 1957. The results of fire preven tion work are a bit difficult to measure, but we do know that without the help of the press, we would find it impos sible to carry on such pro grams with any degree of suc cess. We also know that fire losses are much lower due to fire prevention programs. This, of course, means many dollars to the local economy. We intend to intensify our prevention program for 1958 as man caused fires are still too prevalent. We, of course, plan to request your help again in 1958 to carry out this program. .- Curtis Nesheim District Warden . State Department of Forestry Medford A Postal Hornets Nest To the Editor: I heard a rumor that our mail carrier here on Route "1 in Central Point was being moved to Medford, because one of the carriers there is trying to come here on a seniority basis. I asked the postal supervisor about this, and he tells me that is what is happening. Now we were promised and given a guarantee that this would not happen here when we were made a branch of Medford. The postmaster, Mr. George Evans of Central Point, was promised by the postal department that the personnel of this office would not be changed by the con solidation on a seniority basis, including the rural routes. The inspector in charge had the change set up to take place, but delays of some sort postponed the route changes until in February. Now, ap parently, a Mr. Crocker has decided to disregard the de partment's r e c o mmendation and wants to come to Central Point. I can assure him he is due for a very frigid recep tion here, with all the people I have talked to. I am very well pleased with the service our carrier, Mr. Schwab, has given us. He has purchased a new home four blocks from our post of fice. His children go to school here and his wife is a teacher here in the elementary school I have talked to a lot of our citizens here on Route 1 and in Central Point, and they are hoping this can be straighten ed out soon. This carrier from Medford surely doesn't realize the hornets nest he is stirring up here on Route 1 and in town. Surely honesty of purpose and integrity are not just words to some men. I hope this carrier will think about this DroDOsition and the ethics involved and the prom ises made to us here at Cen tral Point. Harry, E. Leuty Rural Route No. 1 Central Point. The Rogue Valley in 1883 To the Editor: Probably no other occasion drew so much attention and interest here as the first passenger train from Portland. When it pulled into the Rogue valley and stopped at Ashland in the fall of 1883 a crowd of people was wait ing at the depot to welcome the train's arrival. Regular passenger train service began at that time. Northbound trains to Port land left Ashland at 9 p.m. daily, southbound trains to Ashland arrived at 10 ajn. daily. Heavy rainfall and contin uous bad weather made rail roading slow for the balance of the winter. In 1884 people of the val ley really got busy, incoming trains were loaded with peo ple coming to investigate our valley. They were shown around an advised that this country was the best in the Pacific Northwest. Quite a lot of people settled here, buying land, business properties and homes, and were satisfied. Times were good. The usual Klamath county cattlemen came to the valley for winter supplies of pota toes, apples, bacon, hams, lard and flour. Farmers made money, the cattlemen were pleased. The Barnum and Bailey three ring circus arrived at Ashland and showed to more than 10,000 people. An Iowa Editors' Excursion More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH Here Is a Dleasant wat tn nrorf-nin. loose plate discomfort. PASTEETH. xa uupiuvra powaer, spnniaed on upper and lower plates holds them armer so tnat tney teel more com fortable. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Its alkaline (non acid ) . Does not sour. Checks "plate odor" (denture breath). Get PAS TEETH today at any drug counter. Editorial Comment TWO AREAS SEE THE LIGHT The Rogue valley and Santa Barbara county, California, have had several things in common. For one thing both are popular with retired per sons. Also, both have highly vocal groups which, in the past, have desired to main tain the setatus quo. They liked things just as they were, and were opposed to change. Much of the Rogue valley opposition to Plan A, we have been told, came from mem bers of such a group. They did not want dams on the Rogue or its tributaries. They were not concerned about flood control or additional reclamation. They did not want additional industries, with smokestacks and fumes contaminating the pure Ore gon air. Plan A today, of course, is ancient history. Now many persons who opposed it so strongly have come to regret their action. A major flood disclosed the absolute neces sity for upstream storage of winter run-off, to hold the Rogue within its banks. A slump in the lumber industry has shown that the valley must have greater diversifica tion if it is to continue the growth and prosperity that featured the past decade. Santa Barbara, both city and county, for many years had a comparable condition. A great many residents of that area were perfectly hap py with things as they were. The city of Santa Barbara, in fact, actually opposed indus trial development. That con dition prevailed until upstart Ventura, a few miles south of Santa Barbara, started to make rather sensational pro gress. There is no use "crying over spilled milk," but the Rogue valley also would be enjoying high prosperity and "growing lustily," had Plan A been approved in 1948. The necessary dams by now would have been completed, along with their power plants. The reclamation projects would be in operation, with thous ands of acres of additional land under irrigation. The danger of disastrous Rogue river floods would be ended permanently. As it is we now are starting all over again; this time with general acknowledgment that the Rogue valley made a grievous mistake in 1948. This fall U.S. Army Engineers win come up with their flood con trol report. It then will be in romorated into the Porter bill, along with some reclama tion projects salvaged from the original plan. This time, however, South ern Oregon will have to com pete with vast Congressional LARGEST DIRECTORY Chicago (IP) The new Chi cago "Red Book" asain is the nation's largest classified tele phone directory. The new edi tion has 2.348 pages 12 pages more than the last book, which also was the nation s lareest. The current Los An geles classified directory has 2,112 pages and -New xoncs Manhattan book has 2,008. train arrived and spent a day in Ashland. A fine breakfast awaited their arrival. They were a fine lot of folks and appreciated our hospitality. Mr. Robert Ingersoll came and lectured one night. He said little concerning the Bible. He came for money and got it. A comedy company, a trav eling show, arrived and played Uncle Tom's Cabin, a slave story written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. I really liked the road shows and old time songs. Frank S. Brandon 211 North Ivy st. Medford . J torn I WKen befriended, remember it ; when you befriend, forget it. PERL Funeral Home LADY ATTENDANT Phone SP 2-6675 appropriations for space age defense projects, and a gen eral cutback in allocations for domestic projects. Eventually, if the urgency of defense spending ever abates, the pro ject so important to South ern Oregon probably will get Congressional approval. How far in the future this may be no one now can fore tell. Opportunity knocked once and was ignored. It may take its own sweet time be fore repeating. Grants Pass Courier. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Business note: Back in Rock Island, 111., there's a young merchant who must have been reading Ralph Waldo Emerson's dictum that "if you write a better book, or preach a better sermon, or build a better mousetrap than your neighbor, the world will make a beaten path to your door." At anv rate, he started breeding two-tailed worms for nsn can on tne tneory tnat thev are twice as eood because they wiggle twice as much ana tneretore should attract twice as many fish. HOW did it turn out? in iw it t? r m wac ' w w , r kj WRONG. The worm merchant raised $2,000 worth of the two-tail ed worms (feeding them on expensive chicken hash) but the fishermen wouldn't buv. His creditors locked him up the other day. THE moral? own was a r not a business consultant. TN MEMPHIS, Tenn., the A other day a ladv motorist found a parking place and DacKea into it, feeling smug and happy. She searched in her purse, found a nickel and dropped it in the slot. THE METER DIAL DIDN'T BUDGE. The lady was FUR IOUS even as you and I in similar circumstances. So she called thhe police station. The cop on the desk referred her to the police commissioner. She made it so hot for the police commissioner that he put a nickel in an envelope and rushed it to her by a spec ial messenger. All it cost was 20 cents for the two phone calls. lTODERN marital note: A German girl who can't understand or speak English is to be married next month to an American GI who can't understand or speak a word of German. If they have the wisdom to leave the situation as is, they face a long and happy mar ried life, with no quarrels. IN CONCLUSION: James Hoffa takes over as Teamsters union president following a compromise court decision in the legal battle over whether his election last fall had been rigged. The compromise provides a three-man committee to watch over Hoffa in his dealings with the union. One member is a representative of the 13 rank and file teamsters who sued to keep Hoffa out of of fice. The other is a pro-Hoffa man. The third member of the committee will be the chair man who is to be named by the other two. HPHE decision, presumably, instructs the committee that Hoffa didn't do anything he hadn't o u g h t a, but WATCH HIM to see that he doesn't do it again. 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