4 Sunday, April 27, 1958
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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
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submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
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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
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