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Medford and Jackson County
fc History from the files of The
f.MaW Tribune 10, 20. 30 and
X40 years ago.
JO YEARS AGO
Teb. 16. 1948 (Monday)
Top honors in the old-time
tiddlers' contest at the Dis
abled American Veterans' car
nival went to John Belding,
ferants Pass.
A new addition to the Apos
rtolic Faith church here will
idbe dedicated at special serv
rices Tuesday and Wednesday.
20 YEARS AGO
-Feb. 16. 1938 (Wednesday)
Medford shivered today as
the temperature dropped to
within a degree of the year's
low mark; the mercury dip
ped to 24.2 degrees.
From Arthur Perry's Y
Smudge Pot column: "Candi
dates asked how they stand
on labor strike curbing legis
lation shy from the subject
gracefully. It reminds them of
a story they won't tell for
fear they will lose the church
vote."
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 16. 1928 (Thursday)
Ludlum Engineering cor
poration of New York and its
active operation in construc
tion of a $50,000 gold dredge
on Foots creek, is an impor
tant event in the resumption
of mining in this region.
From local and personal
column: "The new Southern
Pacific maps of the United
States showing four Southern
Pacific routes to the east, are
out this week."
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 16, 1918 (Saturday)
Under the auspices of the
health department of the Red
Cross and the state associa
tion for the prevention of tu
berculosis, Jackson county
wiU have the first community
nurse in Oregon.
The state lime board at its
recent meeting in Salem this
week reported it expects to
have the lime quarry leased
near Gold Hill in operation
by June 1.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct it superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Are sugar beets white,
red?
rr 2. Bible: Did Paul visit
"Bithynia or Egypt during his
-missionary activities?
2 .3. Which ranks highest in
n -
t British peerage, a duke, an
S earl, or a baron?
- - 4. Will a bull more readily
C charge red colored objects
2 than any other color?
5. Addis Ababa is the cap-
- ital of which country?
Z 6. Horse meat is. or is not,
2 used in England for human
2 consumption? ....
2 7. How do you indicate 50
- in Roman numerals.
8. Give the line which fol-
lows "And what is so rare as
3 a day in June." ,
2 9. Whose likeness is depict
Tjed on cigarette revenue
t? stamps?
. 10. Which State is nick-
named "Old Dominion" State?
Answers: 1. White. 2. No.
3. Duke. 4. Mo. (bulls . are
color blind). 5. Ethiopia. 6.
Is used for human consump
tion. 7. L. 8. "Then, if ever,
come perfect days." 9. DoWill
Clinton. 10. Virginia.
An Explanation
We have added a few words to the "box"
heading of our "Communication Column."
Such an addition never occurred to us as
necessary during all the years we have made a
feature of "letters to the editor."
But last week, we printed, in answer to a
request from a subscriber, an editorial from the
St. Louis Post Dispatch commenting upon the
high cost of hospitals and doctors.
Immediately the Mail Tribune was charged
with "EDITORIALIZING" against hospitals, and
the medical profession in general, and our local
hospitals and M.D.'s in particular.
(XF COURSE nothing of the sort was done.
So we have added to our communication
column "caption" the statement' that sentiments
expressed in our "letter box" do not necessarily
express the opinions of this paperin fact very
often the exact reverse is true.
IT IS difficult to understand how any readers
of the Mail Tribune could have believed other
wise, for this paper has always welcomed criti
cisms of its editorial or business policies. This
has been, of course, within the usual restrictions
regarding personal abuse, libel, or violations of
police regulations.
We believe, moreover, the record will show
a larger percentage of
Mail Tribune letter box
paper m the state.
"1XTE REGARD our communication department
as a sort of public forum, a kind of Hyde
Park soap-box," where people may express their
opinions on any subject, pro or con, provided
they are willing to stand
publicly or on file and keep within the 400
word limit.
, This we regard as sound policy and the "letter
box" as one of our most popular features.
MEEDLESS to say, under such a policy, for the
Mail Tribune to in any way, directly or in
directly, endorse or share ALL the views ex
pressed in this department would be impossible.
But as there are some readers who have failed
to realize this, it seemed desireable to make the
point entirely clear in the "box of rules and regu
lations." AS A final word, we hope this truth will be
The opinions of the
ject are strictly confined
Any opinions expressed m any other part of the
paper, are not those of the Mail Tribune. R.W.R.
A Poor
There may, or may not be, "something rotten"
in the Federal Communications Commission, but
to date there has been plenty of smoke. Whether
there is much or any fire will have to be left to
further determination.
One thing, however, is certain: SOMEBODY
is lying.
Dr. Bernard Schwartz, ex-legal counsel for
the House Subcommittee, has made explicit and
serious charges against certain members of the
commission, and the latter, as well as some of the
Republican defenders, have called him, with and
without, profane explitives a "liar."
1I7ELL, final judgment must be reserved until
all the evidence is in, and has been properly
sifted.
But one thing is for sure.
The defenders of the "FCC" have made a
poor -start. For they have, to date, adopted the
"shyster lawyer" tactic of smearing opposing
council instead of answering the charges made.
CONGRESSMAN CLARE HOFFMANN of
Michigan, for example, led the offensive,
maintaining Chairman Moulder of Missouri, had
placed his 15-year-old daughter on his office
payroll. Another irate defender of the "FCC"
charged that Dr. Schwartz had put in a padded
expense account.
So what?
MEITHER Messrs. Moulder nor Schwartz are
on trial, both accusations are denied, but if
they are true, what has that got to do with the
price of spinach? '
If either of these men
doing, let the subcommittee, or some other gov
ernment agency, take up their cases in a separate
inquiry, the charges have no proper place in
this one. '
As indicated, whether in a court of law, or in
some committee inquiry in congress, the party
that fails to answer the charges made but falls
back on throwing dirt at the opposing counsel,
puts itself under suspicion at the outset. More
over it is about a ten-to-one-shot such a party
loses its case, whether the hearing is held before
a jury in court, a committee, or tEe jury of public
opinion. R.W.R.
t
Repeal It!
We were surprised to
hower declare that, according to the federal law,
members of a regulatory agency like the F.C.C.,
are premitted to take various honorariums and
expense-money from the
ties they control. y
Sunday, February 16, 1958
critical comments in the
than in any other daily
by their statements either
Mail Tribune on any sub
to this editorial column.
Start
are suspected 01 wrong
hear President 'Eisen
industries whose activi
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Today fir Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
TO GRASP THE NETTLE
The Prime Minister, M.
Gaillard, has accepted full
responsibility on behalf of the
i rench gov
ernment for
the bombing
of the Tuni
sian border
town. He ex
pressed regret
civilians were
killed. But he
insisted that
Walter Lippmann the bombing
an act of "le
gitimate defense," and that
his government "does not rec
ognize culpability in this af
fair." This closes the door to
what might have been a way
out of the affair namely to
disavow the violence caused
by the local commanders, and
to give assurances that their
actions will not be repeated
Had this door not been
closed, there would have been
some hope not too much
hope but some that the
French - Tunisian conflict
could have been limited to
local actions along the bor
der, with the . two govern
ments in Paris and Tunis not
immediately and directly in
volved. There is not much
hope of that now, and we
have a conflict between
France and Tunisia which is
spreading to all the critical
points such as the naval
base at Bizerte where their
national interests meet.
THIS makes our own posi
tion very difficult indeed.
For we are caught in a bad
squeeze, i ranee is our oldest
ally and it is now the key
stone of our strategic position
in Europe. Tunisia is a new
friend. But it is of all the
Arab countries the most gen
uinely interested in remain
ing within the Western world.
If we cannot find a way to
work harmoniously with Tu
nisia under the government
of M. Bourguiba, the pros
pects are dark indeed of a
good relationship between
North Africa and the Western
world.
Our policy, as Mr. Dulles
described it in his press con
ference on Tuesday, is in sub
stance to muddle through,
and to pray that neither side
will ask us to take a decisive
position. Mr. Dulles is hard
pressed and entitled to play
for time. It is understandable
that he should hope that he
can in North Africa continue
to muddle through.
FOR the alternative to mud
dling through is difficult
and dangerous, considering
the temper which now exists
in Paris and in the Arab
world. But it looks very much
as if the difficult course,
though dangerous, may nev
ertheless be safer than the
policy of muddling through a
conflict which is becoming so
bitter and so irreconcilable.
The alternative course would
be to take the line that the
Algerian war is "a danger to
the peace of the world, and
that all suitable diplomatic
measures must be taken to
mediate and to compose the
Algerian war.
This is hard to believe.
It is harder to believe that the President would
have made such a statement if it were not true
or at least he had not been so informed by a re
sponsible and trustworthy source.
Unless the "conflict of interests" principle is
a farce, and shady deals like Dixon-Yates, (which
the President himself repudiated) are legally cor
rect, then here is something for SOME congres
sional committee to investigate and pronto.
. If this IS the law, then here is a law that should
be kicked into the middle of next week with an
emergency clause attached. ,
Members of federal regulatory commissions
like Caesar's wife should
This will be very unpopu
lar position in many quarters
in France for the United
States to take. But, as the
North African conflict
spreads, will it really be pos
sible for this country to re
main strictly neutral and un
involved? M. Gaillard's gov
ernment is heading into great
trouble, and as the conflict
deepens and spreads, it will
seem more and more intoler
able that a professed ally like
the United States should also
be a professed neutral in the
tragic business in which
France is involved.
pROBABLY the wisest and
the safest thing to do is
to grasp the nettle firmly,
and to say firmly and clearly
that the time has come to
negotiate a political settle
ment in North Africa. Far
from this being an action un
friendly to France, it may
well be a signal act of friend
ship to open the door through
which the French nation
would go, were it free of in
ternal entanglements which
prevent' it from acting in its
own highest interest.
(c) 1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
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. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Re-Tithing
To The Editor: When God
organized the Jewish people
into a nation, He gave them
a law which said, (Lev. 27:30)
"And all the tithe of the land,
whether of the seed of the
land or of the fruit of the tree,
is the Lord's; it is holy unto
the Lord."
Note tnat it doesn't say:
"The tithe should be given to
the Lord." It says it "IS" the
Lord's.
There are some who take
the position that Christians
are not obligated to tithe be
cause Christ's coming freed
them from obedience to the
Mosaic laws. I feel that our
love for God, our gratitude
for the salvation that we have
through His Son and our ap
preciation for the many bless
ings that we receive daily
should prompt us to use at
least a tenth of our income
for God's honor and glory.
But the financial blessing
that so often comes to the
tither is not the main thing
The spiritual blessing is far
more important.
When we tithe, we have the
satisfaction of knowing that
we are putting God first in
this vitally important part of
our lives. With this knowledge
comes the realization that we
are actually in partnership
with God.
We need never fear the out
come of events when we have
God for our partner. We need
not worry about business
deals when He is at the helm
of our ship.
be ABOVE suspicion.
R.W.R.
Grants Pass Editor
Warns River Plans
May Be Last Chance
(Editor's note: The follow
ing editorial, written by
Ken Hicks, editor of the
Grants Pass Courier, re
Tiews plans for the develop
ment of the Rogue Basin
for flood control, power
and reclamation, and warns
that the current plan may
be the "last chance" for
such a development.)
By KEN HICKS
Editor, Grants Pass Courier
United States Army Engi
neers are nearing the end of
their Rogue basin flood con
trol survey. By June, it now
is indicated, they will be in
a position to present their
conclusions for consideration
at community meetings in
Josephine and Jackson coun
ties.
Then, as finally drafted, the
report will be considered in
a formal public hearing at a
place to be determined later.
If there is strong public sup
port for the engineers' find
ings the fight for flood con
trol dams will be carried to
Congress. If not well, the
report will be filed and will
gather dust in some Washing
ton archive.
For the U.S. Army Engi
neers will not recommend
any project that does not have
the backing of the area to be
benefited. Ross Hatch, who is
in charge of the current sur
vey, explained the situation
in this manner at a previous
meeting of the Rogue Basin
Flood Control and Water Re
sources Assn. Furthermore
without the recommendation
of Army Engineers no Rogue
basin flood control bill is
likely to get serious consid
eration from Congress.
It behooves residents ' of
Josephine and Jackson coun
ties to start thinking now
about the recommendations
that will be embodied in the
engineers report. Hatch, at his
appearance here Monday
evening, made it clear that
main provisions of the report
already have been formulat
ed. No effective flood control
can be achieved, he empha
sized, through a series of small
dams along tributaries of the
Rogue river. Either there
must be a high dam at Lewis
creek, or an alternate project
that would include a main
stream dam at Lost creek and
And the tither has great
joy in realizing that he is
God's partner too that he
is playing a real part in ad
vancing God's program in the
world today.
To enable us to remember
always that God has first
claim on our dollars He asks
us to adopt a simple, practical
and business-like plan known
as tithing to set aside one
tenth of our income or profits,
dedicating this tenth to the
glory of God and using it for
the advancement of His
causes on the earth." And
"upon the first day of the
week let everyone of you lay
by him in store as God has
prospered him." (1 Cor. 16:2)
For many of us, the most
difficult thing of all to sur
render is our money. That's
easy to understand, because
in a very real sense the money
we earn is our lives convert
ed into dollars it's our time,
our energy and our ability-
our life blood, if you will
minted into coin. I believe
with all my heart that the
lesson we Christians need
most to learn is to put first
things first.
If you have been giving
God the leftovers of your in
come instead of His tithe then
you nave Deen depriving
yourself of one of the greatest
joys in your Christian life.
You Tiave been cutting your
self off from the blessings,
both spiritual and financial,
that come from partnership
with God.
Kenneth S. Keys ,
234 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami 32, Fla.
Variety Show Set
For Crater High
Central Point The music
department at Crater High
school will present a variety
show at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb.
21, -Norman Carothers, band
director, has announced.
Proceeds from the show
will be used for equipment
and other items necessary for
the band and choir.
The band, dance band and
choir will participate in the
show.
Home - brewed coffee costs
afiniit. thrift nont. a mm 9(.
cording to present estimates.
small dams on Elk creek and
Big Butte creek.
Either plan, Hatch conced
ed, is likely to be opposed by
some Izaak Walton League
members and by the Oregon
Game commission. The Lewis
creek dam would inundate
an area now used by chinook
salmon for spawning. A dam
at Lost creek, farther up
stream, would afford more
spawning areas but still would
destroy many gravel bars now
used by steelhead, silverside
and chinook salmon for na
tural reproduction.
The three-dam plan would
be only slightly more costly
than Lewis creek, but would
not provide as much hydro
electric power. And revenues
from this power will e im
portant, both as a means of
reimbursing the treasury for
project costs and of aiding in
irrigation development under
the U.S. Bureau of Reclama
tion formula.
This provides that power
revenues may be used, in
part, to assist in the financing
of irrigation projects. In this
way project costs are held to
a feasible repayment level.
The Crooked river reclama
tion project will benefit from
power revenues from The
Dalles dam, under a similar
application of this formula.
This arrangement has been
criticized as a subsidy, but in
creased costs and lower farm
income would - make future
reclamation projects few and
far between without such
help. The cost of water simp
ly would be beyond repay
ment ability of land owners.
So much for this phase of
the program. There also will
be a dam on the Applegate
river, Hatch said. It will have
no facilities for the genera
tion of hydroelectric power,
but "will be confined exclu
sively to flood control and
reclamation.
The site originally favored,
at Ruch, probably will be
abandoned in favor of one at
Copper, which will leave a
greater section of the river
for the spawning of salmon
and steelhead, the Army En
eineer observed. The Copper
site will not impound as much
water, however. This is a dis
advantage that maynot ap
peal, to the Bureau of Recla
mation.
Two flood control dams in
the Evans valley also will re
ceive consideration, as weU
as a flood control dam at the
Ashland site on Bear creek,
Hatch noted. Evans creek, it
now is agreed, contributes
much water to Rogue river
flood crests in the Grants
Pass area.
WU1 the Rogue valley ac
cept this program? A some
what similar plan was de
feated 10 years ago because
of the opposition of sports
men. There is still some ol
this antipathy, although we
feel that it has diminished
both in intensity and determi
nation since the bad flood of
1955.
The continued decline in
Rogue river fishing in recent
years also has convinced many
persons that dams no longer
should be resisted. Actually
the release of cool water to
firm up summer flow has im
proved fishing in many other
dam-fed streams.
It also must be considered
that each reservoir will be a
man-made lake that can be
stocked with trout and pos
sibly some species of pan fish.
Admittedly the already-dwindling
salmon and steelhead
runs may be injured to some
extend but fishing and recre
ation as a whole should bene
fit greatly. That certainly has
proved true in the case of the
Shasta dam and the Sacra
mento river.
The Rogue basin muffed
one chance for major flood
control, power and reclama
tion development. Opportuni
ty seldom "knocks twice,"
but now we have a second
chance to achieve something
of tremendous importance to
future growth, security and
prosperity.
This time, however, almost
certainly is our LAST
CHANCE! If we end up in
another valley-wide wrangle
we might as well forget the
whole thing, reconcile our
selves to freshets every few
years and real sock-dolager
floods every decade or so.
And at the same time the
Rogue and its tributaries will
be lower and lower each sum
mer, as continued logging in,
mountain areas reduces the
forest cover and water-absorption
capacity of eroded
slopes.
There will be insufficient
water even for existing irri
gation projects and fishing
certainly will continue to de
teriorate as high water tem
peratures discourage summer
and faU migrations of steel
head and salmon. There will
be no prospect of additional
water for domestic or indus
trial use.
That's the picture. We have
from now until June to study
it.
(By M-T Staff
What can happen to "do-it-yourself" projects is well
known. Orville C. Hamer, proprietor of the West Main
Barber shop, has attempted to capitalize on this sad fact,
and offers professional assistance for a price, as can
be seen above.
One of the more refreshing
of the recent samples of Am
ericana is the rash of stories
involving small foreign cars.
It all started, if memory
serves correctly, several years
ago when Volkswagens were
beginning to become ubiqui
tous on our highways and
roads, and a driver of one of
them saw a big Cadillac driv
ing along with a sign on it
saying, "Made in Texas by
Texans." The V-W driver re
taliated by placing a sign on
his own vehicle which said
"Made in der Black Forest by
Elves."
That started it. Signs re
ported after that proclaimed
all sorts of virtues for the
microscopic foreign automo
biles, and one said "Don't
step on me; I eat insect
pests."
Another story is told of one
advantage of a small car
that if the carburetor ever
gets flooded, one can turn it
over one's shoulder and burp
it.
The most recent story of
this genre to come to our at
tention involved a Volvo. The
sign on it said: Made in
Sweden by Anita Ekberg."
' .
A member of our staff :
last summer went lo the
Middle West for his vaca
tion. He and his wife went
by air, and rather than dig .
into their, savings account
io pay for the trip, they
borrowed the money from a
bank. Ever since, they've
been making regular pay
ments on the loan, and as
each was made, they re
ported where they had
"got to" with the payment.
First It was Denver, then
Kansas City, then way
points en route back. Now,
we are happy to report,
they're in San Francisco,
and by next week they plan
io be "home."
A Medford" attorney we
know "attended a luncheon
committee meeting last week,
and ate sparingly only a
bowl of soup while explain
ing to other committee mem
bers how he was watching
his weight, etc., etc. His fel
low committeemen looked
upon him with respect for
his self control.
Aid Agreement
To Help Poland
Washington (IP) The Unit
ed States and Poland Satur
day signed an agreement pro
viding 98 million dollars
worth of new American aid
for Poland.
The agreement calls for sale
of 73 million dollars worth of
surplus American farm pro
ducts for Polish currency and
a 25 million dollar credit to
finance purchase of U.S. con
sumer machinery, medical
equipment, rawhides, and
skins and other items.
The state department said
in announcing the agreement
that the United States was not
able to meet all Polish re
quirements for American
help. It said the United States
therefore is willing to discuss
additional purchases of U.S.
commodities by Poland "at a
mutually convenient date"
later.
Youths Arrested
On Theft Charges
Ashland Ashland city
police reported the arrest of
three Southern Oregon col
lege youths for attempting to
steal hubcaps Friday even
ing.
Police said they caught
James Dietz, Paul Bilamt and
Modesto Jimenez, all of 247
Seventh st., Ashland, in the
act of taking hubcaps from
a car in the Lithia hotel lot
about 10:30 p.m.
The youths, arrested on
charges of petty theft, will
appear in municipal court
Tuesday, police said.
and Contributors)
JP Ijr '
Ahah!! We learned later he
left the meeting only to at
tend another gathering, where
he had a second lunch
this one including steak and
all the trimmings.
That's a good system, all
right, but I'll bet he didn't
lose any weight THAT day.
Ah, what wonders doth
science bring! Chemical
Week, a trade publication,
reports that work is being
done to develop a pill which
will make a person perspire
cleaning solvent thus
solving the problem of
keeping clothes clean.
Frankly, we can think of
things we need more.
.
T. K. Oliver, vice-president
and general manager of Tim
ber Products company, grew
up in a northern California
logging camp, we learn "by
rather roundabout means, and
skidded logs with a team of
.10 oxen at the age of 16. He
explained how to get a team
to turn. " -
Tom, now a distinguished
looking businessman-type, re
called that he would "reach
over with a -stick and jab one
lead bull behind the ear, then
tap the other one on the nose.
Pretty soon they got the idea
and would turn on command."
He also reca'lls other meth- .
ods which have since given
way to more mechanized
systems. One of these was the
use of a chute greaser, a man
who rode logs downhill in a
mile - long wooden chute,
slopping mutton tallow in
front of the log to help the
winch keep it moving..
Our farm editor reports
there was B near-revolution
among local stockmen when
a rumor went around that
macaroni and cheese would
be served at the recent
meeting of cattlemen in
Central Point.
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.Engineers for the Bureau of
Reclamation are not required
to be linguists but would
be increasingly handy for
them if they were. Those at
the Camp White office of the
bureau have been having
more and more visitors from
foreign lands since work got
under way on the Talent
project, one of the few bona
fide reclamation projects now
under construction.
They report that, surpris
ingly, Australian visitors are
sometimes harder to under
stand than those from other
countries the Sudan, say,
or India. The men with non
English native tongues take
care to speak their school
learned En g li s h carefully,
while the Aussies chatter
along rapidly in their near
Cockney accents.
A political figure has to
be pretty fast on his feet
sometimes like the' re
cent occasion where a local
office-holder was visiting in
the south, and was asked to
which political party he be
longed. Knowing how things
are in the "Solid South,"
he replied, cautiously,
"Well. I'm a Republican."
Then he added hastily. "But
my wife's a Democrat." .
A woman we know, a
charming person who now v
lives some distance in the
country, relishes visits from
friends and former colleagues,
and -looks forward to "gab
fests" when they arrive. Such
a visit was arranged last
week. Now all the women in
volved are highly vocal indi
viduals, and for several
months had been storing up
information to be relayed to
the others at this opportunity.
So our friend, in anticipa
tion o'f the party, described
her preparations as follows:
I'm taking inhale and ex
hale exercises already . . .
With all my verbosity, I can't
get too much said when I'm
with - each of them single
handed, so the Lord only
knows if I will be . able to
project myself into the orbit
of the day. It's going to' be
piles of fun anyway, whether
make the full revolution
with them or not." .