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4 Sunday, April 27, 1958 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. MedfordcTribune "Everyone in Southern '.Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune' Published Daily except Saturday by MXDFORD 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 HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act ol March 3. 1891 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Pr 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 Onlv One year 8450 B Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point, Eagle foinx, jacKsonviiie. ooia niu. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 150 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson connty United Press Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising ReDresentative: 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 I A S S O Cil-A T tbfN 7 Flight ro Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO April 27. 1948 (Tuesday) History of the movement to ave the CamD White hospital for state and federal use was reviewed in a talk by Rep. O. H. Bengtson before the Amer ican Legtpn. City Fire Chief Roy Elliott reports that building clear ance times in fire drills in Medford schools last week were average despite increas ed enrollment. 20 YEARS AGO v April 27. 1938 (Thursday) Two hundred tickets, have been allotted to the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce for the Rotary club luncheon Tuesday when Gov. Charles H. Martin will speak. From Arthur Perry's Ye Smudge Pot column: "Several new autos painted a more hec tic flush than a feminine fin gernail are catapulting hither and yon." SO YEARS AGO April 27. 1928 (Friday) From local and personal column: "No meeting of the city council with the board of reviewers to discuss tentative assessments for the Sixth street improvements was held last night." Work; begins at Jackson ho tel on tearing up the old square block concrete floor. 40 YEARS AGO April 27, 1918 (Saturday) Former Gov. Oswald West, Democratic candidate for United States senator, passes through Medford en route to Portland. From local and personal column: "Word has been re ceived in the city that Arthur Jones, former night editor of the Medford Sun, and later on the Oregonian staff, has been drafted into the Army." What's Your j.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; even or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. Adult moths do not eat clothes; true or false? 2. Bible: What was Abra ham's only son's name? 3. A drum major's head dress is called a beaver, shako, or fez? 4. Is the Tropic of Cancer north, or south, of the Equa tor? 5. In which country is the famous Blarney Stone? ( ; 6. Carrots are yellow due to the presence of chlorophyll or carotene? 7. Which U.S. president is reputed to have said, "All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother? 8. What were Caesar's dy ing words, referring to the part played by Brutus in the plot to betray him? 9. Sponges are classified as minerals, plants or animals? 10. Define claustrophobia. Answers: 1. True. 2. Isaac, 3. Shako. 4. North. 5. Ireland. 6. Carotene. 7. Abraham Lin coln. 8. Et xu Brute. 9. Ani mals. 10.' Fear of enclosed places. , The Kickapoo Technique One of the bie surprises of the 1956 campaign was the large vote polled by that hardy-perennial-aspirant for office, Mr. Lew Wallace. Midwav in the pnibernatorial campaign he publicly announced his ill-health, and yet came ponent, the present Governor Holmes, wno naa not withdrawn and who had conducted a vigor ous campaign. The general conclusion was that if Mr. Wal lace had stayed in the primary race and con ducted a vigorous campaign, he would have achieved his life-long ambition and now be the Governor of Oregon. "IXELL this year Mr. Wallace is again in the race, and presumably conducting a vigorous campaign. At least, yesterday, we found his campaign-card tucked carefully under the windshield-wiper of our automobile, and noted Mr. Wallace is conducting his campaign, quote : , "On a vigorous platform for better state govern ment in Oregon." The 5 planks of the vigorous platform are then itemized briefly as follows : 1. Reduce taxes through strict economy. 2. Conservation of Oregon natural resources. 3. Drastic effective action to stop disgraceful high way killings. 4. Preserve the Board of Control. 5. Correct Oregon's confused tax situation which has discouraged businesses who would establish indus tries and create countless jobs. MATURALLY the question arises if Mr. Wal lace, presenting no platform, conducting no campaign and finally withdrawing from the pri mary entirely, could come so close to defeating our present Governor two years ago, how close will he come as a vigorous and aggressive aspir ant this year? We don't know the answer and wouldn't give it if we did. For following a long-established policy, unless some vital issue is involved we don't interfere and let the members of each party ex press their preferences as to who their party candidates should be. llIR. WALLACE'S platform, however, does re mind us of a feature of the county fairs in Winnebago county Illinois many years ago. They always had a "Kickapoo Medicine show." The barker was usually dressed up like Buffa lo Bill big sombrero, long hair and even the goatee slightly streaked with grey. He wore a fringed leather-shirt, high boots and packed a six-gun. We never knew whether the Indians were real genuine Kickapoos or not, but there was nothing synthetic about them, they were quite obviously (even to a juvenile observer) NOT white men dressed up. And particularly at night in the flickering light of the kerosene torches they put on quite a show. DUFFALO Bill, after reciting some of his hair raising encounters with the "red - skins would gradually drift into an impassioned plea for the Magic Kickapoo medicine liquid and in pills only a dollar a bottle and absolutely guar anteed to cure everything from rheumatism to consumption up to brain fever and down to house maids knee. After a final war-dance the sales routine started, Buffalo Bill took off his hat, shook back his flowing locks, rolled up his leather sleeves and went to. it ... ! And invariably as he closed a long line im mediately formed, the silver dollars streamed into the spielers outstretched hand, and those who chose the liquid often sneaked a nip or two as they edged their way through the crowd. (In fact during County Fair week various and sundry drunks were often jailed smelling strongly of sarsaparilla, which distinguished the flavor of the Kickapoo cure.) "1113 DON'T wish to make any invidious com- parisons between the Kickapoo technique and Mr. Wallace's for he is far from being the only candidate who claims to have a sure-cure for all the states ills. We would merely call attention to the fact it was always debatable how large a percentage of the crowds that attended these medicine-shows, really fell for the fake Buffalo Bill line, and forked up a dollar that in those days was worth three or four times what the dollar is worth today. IN OTHER words how many were TOOK? And how many will be "taken" at the com ing primary? We don't refer only to what our political vet teran Mr. Wallace promises to do if nominated and elected, but what they all or practically all in both parties are promising to do if light ning hits them. EXCEPT for No. 4 in the Wallace platform, re garding which there might be some differ ence of opinion, we are quite sure all the candi dates are for reducing taxes, for conservation of natural resources, drastic action to stop disgrace ful highway killings (if it can be done) eliminat ing confusion in the state's tax program, so Oregon's tax structure will attract outside indus tries to the state instead of repelling them, etc., etc. The question is, of course, just how, if elected, they are going to DO IT? The majority, we believe, in that County Fair crowd of long ago did not withdrawal because of close to defeating his op- believe the concoction Dennis the Menace 'Atausws route s'wsbo to Matter of Fact Joseph DULLES DECIDES 1 Washington Nobody seems to have noticed it, but the Secretary of State is now obviously pre paring for one kind of major policy deci sion, while the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Com mission is sim ultaneou sly and passion- jos!Ph Alsop ateiy plugging for exactly the opposite kind of decision. John Foster Dulles is one of the very few men whom one can reasonably, back to out maneuver. A dm. Lewis Strauss. So the betting is on the Secreary and against the A.E.C. Chairman, -despite the Admiral's wonderful knack of underground burrowing. But it is all rather odd, nonethe less. The issue In question is the suspension of nuclear tests. Adm. Strauss has always been and still is bitterly opposed to test suspension in any form. He maintains that the United States is far, far ahead of the Soviets in atomic weapons de velopment (which an increas ing number of experts doubt). But although you would sup pose that the nation that is far, far ahead would greatly benefit from a standstill, the Admiral also maintains that tests suspension will be noth ing but a give-away to the So viets. The open sign that Secre tary Dulles has already vir tually committed the country to the opposite course was given this week, by British Prime Minister Macmillan. TN HIS last contribution to -1 the Kremlin's interminable letter-game with the West, Macmillan specially single out "the question of nuclear tests" as worthy of being discussed in preparation for the pro posed summit conference. He further suggested an immedi ate meeting of technical ex the barker offered would do what Buffalo Bill claimed it would do. So they kept their dollars and went on to some other attraction. A sucker minority, however, fell for the hocus pocus and didn't find they had been "took" until it was too late to do anything about it. IF THE moral of this rural parable as applied to the coming Primary is not now clear, we fear we shall have to leave those readers still unenlightened as to the worthlessness of cam paign promises, still in doubt! R.W.R. How About "Pay" TV It is quite apparent from the mail we receive that many TV viewers have fallen for the hokum that if "Pay TV" should be legalized, they would have to PAY for the TV they now get FREE. This is 100 per cent false, and anyone who will take the trouble to secure the facts, will see that it is false. THERE is no more basis for the claim "Pay 1 TV" would drive out "Free-TV" than that FM radio would drive out AM, that toll-roads would drive out "free-ways" or that TV theatre is going to drive out the legitimate theatre. The only change if "pay TV" were adopted would be that instead of the TV networks enjoy ing a monopoly, they would have some entirely legitimate competition. Then like any other free enterprise situation, the people would determine the final outcome. If those who have "TV" free would like to spend a few dollars a month to get a superior service, they could get it; if they preferred to save their nickels and dimes, they could do so and be content with the service-for-free they get now. That is all there is to the problem. Like the Kickapoo Medicine show mentioned above, it all comes down to how many people can be fooled. R.W.R. pick up mbzto&i Alsop perts to work out arrange ments for inspecting and con trolling a test - suspension agreement between East and West. Hitherto, the Western allies have always maintained that the question of test-suspension could not be separated from the rest of the famous disarm ament "package." The "pack age" includes such other items as a cut-off of actual produc tion of nuclear weapons. Effective inspection and con trol of the whole package would require "letting you people into the kitchen," as Nikita Khrushchev once re marked, and this the Soviets will not accept. On the other hand, no one would have to "go into the kitchen" to control test - sus pension. The Soviets have been working hard to get a test-suspension agreement for over a year, because they want to close the atomic club before Germany, China and other, smaller powers become club-members. They have re cently won a great propagan da victory, too, by announcing their own unilateral test-sus pension after completing long and intensive tests of ad vanced weapons. TN THIS situation, Macmil- lan has written to indicate approval in principle of test- suspension, with no mention whatever of the "package" that used to be so sacrosanct. The trend of Brifosh policy is therefore clear. Test - suspen sion without the "package" is now acceptable. Furthermore it can be stat ed that Macmillan sent his letter with the full knowledge and approval of the State De partment. Therefore the trend of John Foster Dulles's policy is also clear. Meanwhile the American government does not yet have an agreed nation al policy. Only the other day, the President himself instruct ed Secretary Dulles, Adm. Strauss and the top Pentagon leadership to get together on such a policy. But no results 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 saper; in fact the contrary is often the case Warning To SP Engineer To the Editor: I understand there have been several ac cidents at the S.O.S. packing plant crossing. It seems to me with all the brilliant en gineers, etc., that we have around the country, that something could be done about this "death trap." As a mere homemaker and mother I have no idea what can be done, but after yesterdays ex perience I felt I should write you. Attention Mr. Engineer! r Yesterday while I was crossing the tracks at ""the S.O.S. packing plant, would you have hit my car if the light had not changed? You were stopped! Surely a few more seconds aren't that im portant to you. From way up there where you sat I'm sure you oould see that the blue station wagon ahead of me pulled up as far as she could, and our bumpers were touch ing. It was impossible for me to back up, as you could plainly see! Oh yes, "Gabriel," you blew your "horn" loud and clear! Would this have salved your conscience later when you told police and re porters how some "goofy wo man" pulled up onto the tracks while you were switch ing? You have a job to do it's true, but how about your duty to humanity? Mrs. Tony Coy 308 Newtown Medford. He Wants To Know To the Editor: Early this morning I accidentally tuned in a political broadcast. It was delivered by a Mr. Nunley, who stated that he is a candi date for Circuit Judge. His entire speech was directed at his opponent, Judge Ed Kelly. To my personal knowledge, Ed Kelly has lived here for over 35 years possibly he was born here, but I have known him for that long. I know all about him, his par ents, his wife even from her childhood days as a neighbor to my mother in San Diego and his three nice children. I know nothing about the Kellys that I could adversely criticize. Mr. Nunley tells nothing about himself or his own qualifications, either as a good citizen or a barrister. If Mr. Nunley expects to become a Circuit Judge in Jackson County, I want to know something about him, about his background and his qualifications. James C. Collins 104 West Main st. Her Life is Dedicated To the Editor: To Mr. Krause and others honestly seeking God, I would like to say that the Bible tells us that "the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preach ing to save them that De lieve . . . the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him . . . God have been obtained, and Sec retary Dulles is forging boldly ahead on his own. If this seems a trifle peculi ar, it is also practical. Prime Minister Macmillan has de cided he is unable to resist the pressure towards the summit of British public opinion. A controlled suspension of nu clear tests will be popular in Britain, and this is vital for Macmillan whose political po sition is so precarous. FOR Dulles, by the same token, an agreement to sus pend testing is the one thing that can De agreed upon at the summit which will not be positively noxious and may even have some value. Wo doubt, too, Dulles figures that the summit meeting cannot possibly occur before October, and by then the big American test-series, Operation Hard tack, will also be out of the way. In sum, what Dulles is doing is perfectly sensible. But what has not been sen sible and is still not sensible is the President's failure to decide between his discor dant subordinates, and so to achieve a truly national policy in the customary way. If Eisenhower had used his Presidential authority a year and a half ago, we could have had an agreement on con trolled suspension of nuclear tests at the London disarma ment conference. In that case the Soviets would probably not have a reliable missile warhead. The same failure to make a Presidential choice gave the Soviets their recent propaganda success. And it is likely to cost us still more, in one way or another, before the summit meeting finally convenes and John Foster Dulles gets his way. (c) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit." (I Corinthians 1:21, 2:14 and 2:10) In September, 1948, I proved these words for myself by repenting of my sins ask ing the Lord to forgive them, and giving Him my life com pletely to use as He pleased because I believed that Jesus was the Spn of God and had the power to forgive my sins and the power to make a poor lost sinner a child of God. This belief was beyond a mere mental accent because I had called myself a believer before. This was a belief that placed all of my life in the hands of Jesus for obedience. By faith I was born anew and most of all the Spirit of God gave witness that it was so (see I John 3:24). I shall never forget the glory of that first touch of God. Thousands have testified that they have met God in the same way. The Bible told us that the world was round long before man realized it (Psalm 19:6, Isaiah 40:32, St. Luke 17:34 to 36). A few years ago scoffers said that the wall of Jericho fell down, not because of God, but by the blast from the trumpets. If such was true, the wall would have fallen inward but the Bible had said that the wall fell outward. Also, Rahab's house was in the wall. How was she to be safe there? In recent years Jericho has been exca vated and it was found that the wall had fallen outward. As for Rahab, only one little house section of the wall was left standing. One time I heard an Ameri can newsman laugh at the Bible for calling Israel "a land of milk and honey" as he described the desert waste. I too wondered. I found the answer in the Bible and many more wonderful things to challenge thinking men. Space won't permit the an swer or give the other proofs of the authority of the Bible. Mrs. Everett H. Mallott 1691 South Peach st. Medford (Member of the Free Methodist church) P.S. I cannot thank you within 400 words for this space and privilege to give our views through your pa per. I do thank you for this freedom of speech and reli gion which has been our coun try's heritage. Wrong Identification To the Editor: After hear Ing a political announcement on the radio stating that Doris Wilson, a housewife, with three children, had endorsed Walter Nunley's candidacy for Circuit Judge, Postion No. 3, and after the comments from my friends, it seems best to answer them in this way. I am one Doris Wilson and I have three children, and I have not and will not endorse the candidacy of Walter Nunley. In the future, would it not be better for anyone making such broadcasts to give his full name and address so thit such confusion and embarass ment could be avoided Doris Wilson, 3788 Hilsinger rd., Medford Young "G.O.P." Gives Thanks To the -Editor: On behalf of the Jackson County Young Republican club, I wish to thank you for the extensive news coverage you gave our Mobile Voter Registration Program. We would, also, like to ex tend our appreciation to the following car dealers who were so cooperative in loan ing us vehicles for this proj ect: Skinner's Buick, Morse Motors, Crater Lake Ford, and Courtesy Chevrolet. We couldn't, possibly have done so well without the co operation of all of the people involved. Jackson County Young Republicans Mrs. Joseph D. Walsh Secretary 472 Freeman Rd. Central Point, Ore. Rotation Plan Explained To the Editor: Many people were surprised to read in your editorial of April 23 that there are some who do not understand the rotation plan for the office of county coro ner, as proposed by Frank Perl. He has clearly and simp ly outlined in his ads in your paper what he feels is a fair and efficient way of operating the office of coroner. Due to the complete success of this plan in cities and counties in Washington, California and Oregon, Mr. Perl further ex plains that it wold be a prog ressive step toward bringing our Jackson county up to date. Mr. Perl has also made it very clear to us that all of the inquests and autopsies which are conducted by the coroner are always ordered by the pTILUCC (By M-T Staff and Contributors) One of the young men who works in our office is a part- time soldier, a member of the National Guard. He has one of those new-fangled "speci list" ranks which he tells us is equivalent to the wartime T-sergeant, three stripes up and two rockers. Anyway, he had to fly to Portland the other day, where he does his soldiering when not in Medford, and had to take some soldier-type equip ment along. After he returned. he handed us the following note: After packing several items (including a pair of size 11 boots) in my suitcase, I found my steel helmet would not fit, unless! drove over it with the car several, times. After long consideration, I decided to carry it under my arm, rather than attempt to flatten it to fit into the case. When airline officials look ed a me a little oddly, I an nounced that this was my camera gadget bag, and showed them the camera which I'd placed inside the In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From Moscow: Russia has promised NEV ER to explode another nuclear weapon unless COMPELLED TO DO SO by the United States or Britain. Soviet Premier Krushchev says in his newest note that the responsibility for con tinued nuclear testing rests squarely with the Western powers. COMMENT? ' What good is a promise from a confirmed twister of the truth? Communist promises are like pie crust ..made to be broken. T7ROM Paris: A A new note has been added to French politics anti-Americanism. In the pres ent crisis, this theme is being pounded hard by the commu nists on the left and the ex treme nationalists on the right. Their line goes something like this: The U.S. let France lose Indo-China . . . The U.S supplied small arms to Tuni sia .. . The U.S. has not back ed France to the hilt in Al geria. And so on. TllAYBE we'd better add ATA another grievance to their list. Something like this, for example: The United States has re fused to POUR ANY MORE MONEY DOWN THE FRENCH RAT HOLE. "INTERESTING tax note: -1 In the decade from 1946 to 1956, federal government spending increased 19 per cent. In the same period, state and local spending Increased 201 PER CENT. These figures are brought out in a new study entitled The Financial Challenge to the States that has just been completed by Tax Foundation, Inc. TT MIGHT be a good Idea for us to remember that econ omy, like charity, begins at home. TTUMAN relations note: " Down in Oakland, a high school boy is under hospital treatment for acute nephritis, a kidney infection. His father died from the same disease some years ago. Last week he expressed a dsire for some fresh peaches and his mother put an ad in the paper. A ham radio operator saw the ad and began asking fel low hams throughout the world if they knew where to get fresh peaches at this sea son. He established contact with a man down in New Zea land who said there were still some fresh peaches on the trees there and he would AIR EXPRESS THEM immediate ly. Which he did. THE modern world, you see, isn't' all bad. And If you look carefully The news in the papers isn't all bad. district attorney, and that the proposed rotation plan would place a deputy in each of the five mortuaries in Jackson county at no additional ex pense to the budget. Knowing Mr. Perl to be a man of integrity and honesty, and, his having had experi ence in the past as coroner, I feel that the voters should ex press their confidence in him by voting for him on May 16, thereby doing their part in putting our county coroner's office on this progressive ba sis also. Ruth Reichstein 7 Glen Oak ct. Medford helmet. Got quite a few odd stares en route, but I now have the honor of having the only steel helmet in the Na tional Guard with an airline baggage ticket on the strap. Ha also reported on the Improvement in the availa bility of parking in Port land, since the "Meter Maids" were employed 1 check overparking. "I was able to find vacant meters in almost every section dur ing the busy part of the day." he reported. "The new policy is. if a car parks more than two complete meter cycles at the same meter (keep the meter 'fed' makes no difference) the ve hicle is lowed away. It's working fine, according to Portland businessmen." The following illustrated story come from "The Lin coln Legend," the hectograph ed paper, at the Lincoln school, under the headline, "Our First Grade Has a Visi tor": A big turtle woke up after his long sleep. He took a slow walk in the warm spring mud. Bruce found him and brought him to school. What a good surprise! He walked around our room and under our desks. We thought about the story we read called "Pokey, the Tur tle." We laughed when he stuck his head in and out of his shell. He had lettuce and cabbage for lunch. Then we put it in a big box and let him visit the second grade. Our little Pokey was funny so we drew his picture. See him. During discussion on the renewal of the restaurant lease et the airport, city officials examined the con tract and found that it spe cified that the firm must have1 at least three custom ers in each booth. The. er ror was corrected before the new lease was approved. An observant member of our staff believes that resi dents of a certain nearby small town some day may be awakened by the repeated clanging of a church bell. He reports that woodpeckers have been busily drilling away on the church belfry, and may soon reach the bell. A line of holes has already been drilled under the eaves of the church, and filled up again with nuts. He said while a Medford minister has been busily watching and identifying birds, another local minister has been just as busy shooting at them. A co-worker tftys that be cause of all the telephone company publicity about getting a special book to keep frequently-used num bers in, he checked his card-file of telephone num bers, which he compiled about Jan. 1. and found that about a quarter of there were changed when the new telephone books came out. An Informant who shall re main unidentified tells us that on a recent dark night, a po lice officer tagged a car for the violation of parking on the wrong side of the street. The same officer came by in daylight the next morning, took one look, grabbed the ticket and went to the police station to void it. The car, a 1958 model, had been parked in a dark spot, and, since it looks much the same from either end. he'd written the ticket and placed it under a windshield blade on the rear window. - Nancy Edmonds, in 4H at Lincoln school, writes as follows about "The Mumps" in the Legend: x I have the mumps. They sure do look like bumps. I lie in bed all day. My mother won't let me -play. I look like a frog That's sitting on a log. With my great big cheeks I feel like a freak. My sister brings home my Geography But no one else wants to come near me 'Cause I got the mumps, mumps, mumpsl i.i i iii
