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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE I HIedfordTeibune "Zveryon In Southern Oregon . - Readt The Mall Tribune" I Eubliahed Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO I 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP.2-6141 : ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor 8EERB GREY. Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM, Businesr Mgr. . ERIC ALLEN. JR. Managing Editor - EARL H. ADAMS, City Editor I HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor " OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor - RALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr. . An Independent Newspaper -Entered as second class matter at I HLMedford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 - SUBSCRIPTION RATES ; Hy 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 S4.20 J5jr 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 opy 10c ' All Terms Cash in Advance : Official Paper of City ot Medford ; Official Paper of Jackson County - United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION - Advertising Representative: : WEST-HOLIDAY CO., INC.. Of- flees in New York, Chicago, De ; troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland. St. Louis, At lanta. Vancouver. B. C. &fV NEWSPAPE PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL association u o 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 Feb. 7. 1948 (Sunday) - A five-point road develop- : ment program is adopted as a ; joint recommendation from 'Josephine and Jackson coun- ties. . More than 200 log and .'lumber truck operators of Jackson and Josephne coun ties vote to organize for unit ed action on their problems. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 7. 1938 (Monday) ' Steady rains of the past week reach a peak of destruc- tion in southern Oregon to- day; principal highways in all ; directions blocked by land ; slides or snow and train serv ice disrupted. : From Arthur Perry's Ye t Smudge Pot column: "Fash ion decrees that man shall wear tighter and shorter - pants, loud colored shirts, and wilder neckties." .'30 YEARS AGO .'Feb. 7, 1928 (Tuesday) Clothes for infants and 'children and sick room sup- plies are needed by the county health unit. ; Dr. L. D. Inskeep," county : physician, will have com pleted 1,120 diphtheria shots ' after visiting three schools . today. :40 YEARS AGO tFeb. 7. 1918 (Thursday) 1 Conservation of food is '. given as one of the main aims of the home economics com jmittee of the Jackson County Agricultural council. The government crops and ;farm labor survey for Jack ;son county will begin Mon '.day. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1 1. How many days are there in a bissextile year? 2. Bible: J Revelation, the place where the last battle is to be . fought on Judgement Day is named what? 3. Croton bug and water bug are names for what com mon household pest? 4. Is the obverse side of a medal the side bearing the principal image (or inscrip tion) or the opposite side? 5. The ibex is a type of evergreen, a wild goat, or a card catalog? . 6. The hair used in violin bows is from what animal? 7. Cribbage is played with dominoes, dice or checkers? : .8. President T. Roosevelt lost 1, 2, or 3 sons in war? " 9. Is a troy ounce lighter than an avoirdupois ounce? j 10. Is Caraway the name of animal, an aromatic herb, or a conveyance? : Answers; 1. 366 days. 2. Armageddon. 3. The cock roach. 4. The side bearing the principal image. 5. A wild goat. 6. The horse. 7. No. Play ing cards. 8. Two. Kermil, World War I; Theodore. World War II. 9. Heavier (about one tenth). 10. Aromatic herb. Forest Grove Man Dies As Truck Hits Guy Wire j Forest Grove (IP) Howard jt. Morton, 44, Forest Grove, jvas killed Thursday night when a light truck struck a power pole guy wire about 2Vz miles west of here. The Washington county jheriff's office said he appar ently died from a broken neck. . .' Interesting Election Coming Voters will be faced again with a long ballot at the general election this November. Under Oregon's system, where the voters re tain the right to pass on almost any act of the legislature, and to initiate laws not passed by the legislature, it is inevitable that there will be long ballots.' While this imposes a chore on voters, to in form themselves on the issues so they can decide intelligently, it is, we believe, a good thing, for it makes voters feel as though they are actually playing a role in government, which, of course, they are. JN ADDITION to the measures which already are referred to a vote by the legislature,, there is still time for initiatives to be proposed, and sev eral may be before the deadline in August. - Also, there will be a number of officials to elect, on the national, state and local level. These include the four congressmen, and governor, sup erintendent of public instruction, labor commis- 31U11CI LVVJ owpicme tuuu jusuces, uii uie state level. In the county, the positions of one county commissioner, the county clerk, sheriff, coroner, 'two circuit judges, district judge, two state representatives and state senator will be at stake. 'Jf'HE measures which are already assured of a place on the ballot total 12. They range from a measure which has to do with minor alterations of the boundary between Oregon and Washing ton, to abolishment of the They will be debated and November, but for them some preliminary ballot titles as prepared of the secretary of state's office : Fixing State Boundaries Purpose: Repeals obsolete constitutional provision ' describing state boundaries. Authorizes modifying of existing state boundaries by interstate agreement with approval of congress. Temporary Appointment Judges Purpose: To authorize the Supreme Court to ap point temporary judges to the Supreme Court and lower courts, and to assign lower court judges to serve temporarily outside of the district for which they were elected. Increasing Funds for War Veterans' Loans Purpose: To increase from 4 per cent to 6 per cent of the assessed valuation of all the property in the state as the maximum limitation on the amount of state bonds that may be issued to raise funds to make farm and home loans to World War II and Korean War veterans. Special Grand Jury Bill , Purpose: To authorize the legislature to enact laws permitting the calling of a special grand jury. Capital Punishment Bill Purpose: To eliminate the "death penalty for first degree murder. Salaries of State Legislators Purpose: To amend Oregon constitution by increas ing salaries of state legislators from $600 to $1,200 per year. Authorizes Discontinuing losis Hospitals Purpose: To permit the board of control to dis - continue using the Eastern Oregon and University State Tuberculosis Hospitals, in whole or in part. Board could designate the use for any other state institution or agency. County Home Rule Amendment Purpose: 'Authorizes the voters in any county to adopt charter to provide for the exercise of authority over matters of county concern. Initiative and refer "endum powers also are reserved to the legal voters of counties adopting a charter. Authorizing Different Use of State Institution Purpose: Authorizes the legislature to alter, re duce, enlarge or terminate the use or purpose of any state institution located outside Marion county any time after 10 years from the date of the election which located the institution. State Power Development Purpose: Empowers the state to acquire and de velop water, thermal and nuclear power generating facilities. State may develop electrical energy for transmission and sale on wholesale basis or directly to industries using 10,000 kilowatts or more. Modifying County Debt Limitation Purpose: Authorizes legislature to fix maximum limitation on county bonded indebtedness incurred in carrying out purposes prescribed by law. Financing Urban Redevelopment Projects Purpose: Makes possible for property taxes levied against property included in an urban redevelopment or renewal project to be divided so tftat taxes levied against any increase in value of such property shall be used to pay any indebtedness incurred in carrying out the project. AS CAN be seen, some of these proposals are minor in nature just "housekeeping" bills without controversial aspects. Others, of course, will draw fights. The four on which attention is apt to center will be the Capital Punishment Bill (for both sides are articulate and convinced of the light ness of their position) ; the legislators' salary measure (which, in one f orm or another is a hardy perennial Oregon traditionally has been nig gardly with its lawmakers) ; the county home rule amendment (bound to be fought by many county office-holders who have a stake in the existing, outmoded system) ; and the state power develop ment bill, which brings to the fore the old public vs. private power controversy. it iooks like an interesting year ahead. E.A. Friday, February 7, 1958 death penalty. in detail between now those who wish to give thought, here are the by the elections division and Assignment of Certain State Tubercu ' fbW CAN I LEACN TO COOK IP 0U'J2 GOf4HA Showdown Hearing For German Funds By K. C. THALER United Press Correspondent London (IP) Britain ap pears headed for a showdown with West Germany over her demand that the Bonn govern ment underwrite part of the maintenance costs for the Army of the Rhine. A German compromise of fer to deposit 100 . million pounds sterling ($280 mililon) in London for future arms purchases, instead of outright support cost payment was termed unacceptable by au thoritative government quar ters. The government summoned its ambassador in Bonn, Sir Christopher Steel, for urgent consultations. The quarrel threatened seriously to disturb the har mony in the North Atlantic Alliance which has been called upou io deal with the emergency. British Remain Insistent The British government re mained insistent ' that West Germany pay part of the sup Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words. What Did Christ Mean? To the Editor: I did not hear the Ministerial Associa tion's discussion on titheing. I did read Mr. Howell's letter with interest, and agree with him when he says, by impli cation, the law of titheing as set forth in the 18th chapter of Numbers, also the Jewish Sabbaths as set forth in the 23rd chapter of Leviticus, these are a part of the law of Moses which was written in a book Joshua 1:7,8; 23:6 They were until, John, "since that time the Kingdom of God is preached," Luke 16:16. That titheing system, those Jewish Sabbaths, meat offerings burnt offerings, sin offerings, were all a part of the Law of Moses, which pointed forward to the Lamb of God, John 1:29. When Christ come and "offered up Himself," "By His own blood," "He appear ed to put away sin," Heb 7:27; 9:12,26. By so doing, He fulfilled all that the prophets had spoken, and all that the law of Moses, required, blot ting it out, nailing it to the cross, Col. 2:14. Yes, Mr. Howell, I have timed lor many years, I re fuse to rob God, Malachi 3:7- 12. Here's why, The Levitical Priesthood was established soon after the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Abra ham, some 400 years before that time, paid tithe to Mel chizedek the Priest of the most High God, Gen. 14:18-20. The Levitical Priesthood end ed at the cross, Heb. 7:12, but as Christians we are under the Melchizedek Priesthood as it was restored in Christ. Of Him it was prophesied, "The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, thou art a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek," Psalm 110:4. Zech. 6:13. The fulfillment of this prophecy in Christ is confirmed in the New Testa ment Heb. 5:6; 6:20; 7:17,20. What is more natural than for Christians, who are the Spir itual children of Abraham (Gal. 3:29) to recognize God's claim to the tithe in recogni tion of the blessings He gives to them under the gospel? If they will do this, Christ will bless them as Melchizedek blessed Abraham, Gen. 14:19. I will give the Bible answer free, to any question asked by mail. If you have a ques tion, mail it to me, Bible an swers is my hobby. F. E. Beverly, 634 Crater Lake ave., Medford. - - SCREAM AT M&V port costs of Ihe British forces stationed on the latter's ter ritory. The amount sought by Britain from Germans is in the neighborhood of 50 mil lion pounds sterling ($140 million) this year. Failing this Britain intends to withdraw more forces from Germany, at least another 5,000, in addition to 8,500 whose withdrawal this year was sanctioned by the seven member West European Union Council last week. NATO planners were se riously worried about this prospect, because of the ad verse effect it would have on other members of the alliance with forces in Europe and be cause it would further weak en NATO's thinned-out de fense shield along the trip wire . of the Iron Curtain borders. Determined Not To Pay Latest Bonn reports stated that Germany was determined not pay outright support costs, The latest compromise offer was instead for an interest- free 100 million pounds ster ling deposit in Britain as an advance payment for future arms purchases. While withholding formal official comment government quarters let it be clearly understood the offer is not acceptable. The British line of argu ment is that the maintenance of forces in Germany throws a burden on the budget as well as on the balance of pay ments and the foreign cur rency position. Neither would be lessened by the German compromise offer, the sources said. They said a German de posit would temporarily ease the foreign currency strain, but the money would in effect be earmarked for normal commercial transactions with the firms who make the arms Britain Fears Germany Moreover, Britain fears that Germany will not make large scale arms purchases in the end, basing her fears on re cent reiections by Bonn of various British arms offers The British government is at the same time under pres sure at home for economies and for cutting down defense commitments: there have been strong demands for cuts in Britain's overseas forces. The important Times of London warned editorially that the interests of the al liance as a whole are affect ed by the dispute and called on NATO to find urgently a way of meeting rsriiam s claim for financial help. "The situation is now be coming serious, tor mere are limits to the amount of fi nancial bargaining that an al liance can stand without dam age," the Times cautioned. Three Named to Red Cross Board Three new members were appointed to the board of di rectors, Jackson county chap ter, American Red Cross, at the regular board meeting Thursday noon at the chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave. They are the Rev. Jonn Thompson, Ashland; Mrs. John Harr, Rogue Kiver; ana William Salade, Medford. They were introduced by the chapter chairman jvianvme Heisel. In an effort to overcome a S4.000 deficit in the chapter's fund drive, the board decided to solicit the Central Point and Jacksonville areas which were not covered in the pre vious fund drive. Members of the board, to gether with additional volun teer works, plan to leave im mediately following the March 6 board meeting and conduct a door-to-door canvass of the In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In a speech delivered at Athens, Ohio, United Nations Secretary Dag Hammarksjold offers some observations on publicity that are worth seri ous consideration here in the United States of America. - He warned his hearers that TOO MUCH PUBLICITY may hamper international ne gotiations. Mass media, he said, (meaning all the news papers, all the radios, all the TVs, etc.) can be MISUSED under certain circumstances for harmful propaganda. He added: "The best results of nego tiation can not be achieved in the full glare of publicity." "E'OR example: Suppose you were consid ering selling your business if you could get an attractive offer. Suppose that at every negotiating session with pros pective buyers you called in all the reporter s thus, among other things, tipping off all your competitors to ev erything you were doing. What would happen? The chances are you wouldn't make a deal. THE people's business, as well as private business, needs to be transacted WISE LY. It is seldom wise to carry on negotiations which, in the case of the PEOPLE'S business, can be so touchy and delicate as to involve the possibility of WAR if some thing goes wrong in a fish bowl or on a soapbox at a street corner. In negotiations dealing with the public's business, it needs particularly to be remember ed that there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. LET'S take a look at this Vanguard satellite busi ness. The failure Wednesday morning, coming on the heels of other failures, has cast a reaction of gloom over the country and has HEARTEN ED our enemies. It has dimmed the elorv of the ar my's SUCCESSFUL launch ing of a satellite. It has given the Russian propagandists an opportunity to paint us to the world in general as a nation of bun glers who get a break now and then but can't be depend ed on for consistent and busi nesslike PERFORMANCE. We'll have to admit that the Russians were smarter than we in their satellite proj ect. Nobodv knows how many times they tried before they hit it. Maybe DOZENS of times. But they kept MUM about it. Thus they were able to present the world with a FACT ACCOMPLISHED. If thev had failures along the line, nobody knew any thing about them. THEY probably DID have Thpsp satellite - launching missiles deal with principles that are new in the world. They are filled with fabulous ly intricate and complicated machinery. If ANY compo nent fails to do its assigned job, the whole thing flops. The Russians had the good sense to keep their mouths shut until they had licked their preliminary problems. 1IE OF the press (newspa- " ners. magazines, radio TV) need to do a little serious thinking on our own account We must NEVER, of course, nermit government to tell us we CAN'T print tne news. But we owe it to our country to use discretion and good judgment in our handling of news dealing with develop ments so delicate and poten tially exdosive that MIS HANDLING of them can en danger our country s position in the world. Nine midwestern states ac count for 49 per cent of the nation's meat animal popula tion. These are Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, South Dakota, Ohio and Kansas. areas. More than 50 board mem bers heard a report by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks on the county's civil defense status, and a run-down on publicity plans for the Feb. 12 blood- mobile visit given Dy Jen nings Pierce. The blood quota has been set at 290 pints, which will require 350 donors. The hours will be 1 to 6 p.m., at the chapter house. You Can Put in the Bank! Silver Dollar Trading Stamps Gossip About Harold Stassen Continues; Future Uncertain By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (ID Harold E. Stassen probably is aware by now that last Sunday's hat chet job on him was the work of Sherman Ad ams, Presi dent Eisen hower's chief of staff. Adams pas sed the word to a group of Lyie c. Wilson newsmen that it had been decided that Stas- Babson Sees Gloomy Future for Rails By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass. The recent suicide of Mr. Robert Young, Chairman of the New York Central Railr o a d, brings to my attention the problems of the whole railroad in dustry. As a matter of fact, Presi d e n t Alpert Roger W. Babson of the New Haven Railroad recently ask ed the Public Service Com mission of Massachusetts to close over 50 railroad stations and discontinue a large num ber of trains, including crack trains, between Boston and New York. One of the main reasons given for the railroads' trou bles is that commuter passen ger business does not pay, and is provided only at a large loss to the railroads. This is the business of bringing great numbers of people into a big city every morning, and out again at night, all within short periods of time. In order to provide such service, many stations and much new equip ment must be kept in prime condition all day for this very short use. Your local stockbroker will tell you whether this situa tion applies to the railroad whose stocks you now hold. With the Union Pacific and Santa Fe, the proportion of commuter business is very small in relation to the total passenger business. On the other hand, with the Pennsyl vania or New York Central, the proportion of commuter business is very large. Every railroad must be judged in dependently. We should not generalize about them. Real Estate Taxes Another reason for Presi dent Alpert's appeal for aid is the taxation levied on rail road real estate. Such taxes enable the cities to raise funds to build turnpikes, air plane terminals, etc., which help the competitors of the railroads. The railroads beg relief from these taxes; oth erwise, they threaten to liqui date. Liquidation would, in most cases, give bondholders full payment for their securi ties but would leave very little for the stockholders. Here again, it will be found that entirely different situa tions exist with different rail roads. For instance, the New York Central owns much valuable real estate in the vicinity of the Grand Central Station, New York City. Certain short line railroads are almost real estate companies rather than railroad companies. The Southern Pacific and Great Northern have valuable oil and ore leases which secure their bonds. Here again, your broker will tell you what rail roads have valuable real es tate and what railroads have not. You cannot generalize. Competition . ' Competition is the basic cause of the railroads' diffi culties today. The various re strictions put upon rates and practices by the Interstate Commerce Commission were instituted when the railroads had a real monopoly. Today, the railroads have no such monopoly. These rate and other restrictions should be eliminated. In fact. I believe that the business of the coun try, and of the railroads, to gether with their employees , and passengers, would be j better off if the Interstate Commerce Commission were entirely eliminated. The competition is not pnly j FREE Silver Dollars THE ONLY TRADING STAMP sen's usefulness had ended as White House disarmament aide. The word was: If Stas sen did not resign, his resigna tion would be requested. The Eastern, Metropolitan Press spread the word in Sun day morning editions for Stas sen and others to read with their breakfast coffee. The President, in this week's White House news confer ence, substantially confirmed what had been printed. Persons not usually regard ed as friendly to Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon are in rates but also in conveni ences. For instance,, trucks take goods from the factory door and deliver them to the consumer. Otherwise, trucks would operate from the fac tory to the railroad and then again from the railroad to the consumer. There are 50 million automobiles compet ing with the railroads. The higher the railroads raise their rates, the fewer passengers and the less freight they car ry. Pipelines for oil and gas are here to stay; but the car rying of coal and oil by rail roads will decrease. Labor Union Strangulation One of the greatest handi caps of the railroads is the arbitrary and useless rules of the labor unions. These rules were made years ago before the use of diesel en gines, automatic 'signaling, and the various electrical ap pliances which now provide safety. The worst of all is the so - called "featherbedding" wnereby the railroads must pay for time which is not used in any productive manner while they are largely for bidden to introduce labor-sav ing equipment. During the past few months I have interviewed severai railroad presidents. When I asked them the main reason for the difficulties of the rail roads, they replied "because of the foolish, useless, and ex pensive rules of the labor unions." Unfortunately, it takes much courage for Con gressmen or Senators to try to curb union labor. Future Outlook A large amount of railroad track should never have beep laid. Certain railroads were built, not to carry passengers and freight, but rather to sell stocks and bonds. Such rail road trackage should now be discarded and thousands of railroad stations should be closed. I feel that conditions may go from bad to worse until our whole railroad sys tem collapses and has to be reorganized. Such reorganiza tion could eliminate the use less duplication. On the other hand, so many railroad bond issues are se cured by so many different kinds of assets that each rail road would have to be reor ganized independently. This would be sure to take a long time; but most first-mortgage and certain other railroad bonds should come out in the end worth par and interest. Therefore, my conclusion to holders of railroad securities is this: It may be better for you to sell your railroad se curities now and reinvest the money in some new and grow ing industry. Otherwise, rein vest in these railroad bonds later, when they will sell for half their present price. I now see little hope for most rail road stocks. HISTORY PROFESSOR DIES New York (IP) .Dr. Wal- ther A. Brandt, a professor of history at City College since 1929, died Wednesday night at his home. Central 3?g& Drug Your Charae Plate Drua Store RELIABLE PRESCRIPTIONS spreading the opinion around town that there is consider able political substance in support of Stassen's ambition to be elected governor of Pen nesylvania. Pennsylvania party regu lars are cold on Stassen, but the state's regular Republican organization is in disrepair. In behalf of Stamen's candi dacy it is argued that he would attract Young Repub lican, Independent, and per haps, even some Democratic voters. If he were elected governor next November, Stassen would control the numerous Pennsylvania delegates to the 1960 Republican National Convention. He would be ex pected to oppose Nixon'f nomination for president ancr perhaps might seek the nom ination himself. The present governor is George M. Lead er, a Democrat. Republicans already are be ginning to duck a fearsome ballistic missile which they know will be heading their way even though it will not be fired until Washington'. birthday, Feb. 22. The missile will be fired in the form of a give-'em-hell speech by former President narry s. rruman. The occa sion will be a $100-a-plate fund - raising Democratic dinner in which HST will sound the opening note of the 1958 congressional campaign. Some Republican must answer Truman and the ques tion as of today is: Who? President Eisenhower would be the natural and most effective Republican to make a TV appearance an evening or so after Truman speaks. The President, however, has no stomach for the political wars. He was explaining at this week's news conference why he left it to Chief of Staff Ad ams in a recent Minneapolis speech to rip into the Demo cratic defense record in answer to the attacks of Tru man and others on the record of the Eisenhower administra tion. Phoenix to Purchase Civil Defense Radio Phoenix The Phoenix city council recently authorized the purchase of a short wave radio for civil defense use in this area. 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