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i Ceingnunications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name iOr 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 Mper; in fact the contrary is often the case The People Will Decide To the Editor: I guess it all depends upon one's point of view. I, too, heard Mr. Nun ley's radio talk, but contrary to Messrs. Collins and Redden, I found no personal criticism of Judge Kelly. Mr. Nunley has stated repeatedly that he does not agree with Mr. Kelly I believe he still has the right to disagree and to say how and why. Mr. Nunley stated that he does not believe Mr. Kelly can be objective in handling criminal matters after his many years of ap proaching such cases from his position as the foremost crim inal defense lawyer in this area. Mr .Nunley has cited cases to illustrate his point and frankly I agree with him. I believe it is a good thing for the voters to have a choice. The majority of the local Bar Association chose Judges Main and Kelly. Fortunately we live in the U.S.A., where the people can still make up their own minds: and in the final analysis the voting public will choose who will sit in judg ment in our courts. Mrs. Wayne Stine, Route 1, Box 460, Medford. Wants Tax Spending Stopped To the Editor: Taxes and politicians seem to be timely subjects these days, so for what they may be worth, here a re a few more words from another poor taxpayer. Warren Gill seems to be quite vocal regarding taxes and so-called needed services. Wouldn't it be wonderful and exciting if one or two of these politicians would come out swinging with both fists enu merating the many ways he if elected would cut costs, chop needless waste and put even a little efficiency into government? To mention a couple of places where terrific savings could be accomplish ed; Welfare. During the course of each year, numerous fester ing sores break out in differ ent parts of the state regarding cheating and downright thiev ery in this department. If the perpetrators of these hoaxes, both the recipients and ad ministrators, were to be slap ped down hard by the law, the ensuing savings would help get the taxpayer up off his knees. Even a small 10 per cent savings would mean mil lions saved each year. Another big savings could be accomplished with a sane school building program. Why in heaven's name do we build school buildings of expensive steel, brick and mortar de signed to stand 150 years Ask us how to rTr'llr'WIWI MWt IX Mllilll I I I I yir r , - . J Chances are, if you're like most people, the two important things you need to get a home are money for a down payment and a loan to make np the difference. Our asso ciation specializes in helping- you get both these things. In fact, there's no more ideal place you could go for home financing help. And here s why: 1. We know more about home loans because we make more of them last year, one out of every three home loans throughout the TJ. S. was arranged by associa tions like ours. Investments made by when we know they will be outmoded, torn down and re placed in 50 years or less? One story wood buildings with each classroom having an emergency outside door would be both safe and. practical, could be added onto or altered easily when necessary and would amount to miflions in taxpayers dollars saved in the state each year. Of course anyone wielding an ax like that would be the target of the few whose toes he stepped on and would have vindictive abuses hurled at him but he would have the backing of the great majority of voters. He would no longer be known as a politician but as a statesman (of which we have all too few). So let's kick out the Gills and the Keatings and try men men like the Big Swede Wern mark and Hatfield who have at least mentioned a few of the ways they plan on saving tax dollars instead of spend ing them. M. J. Olsen, Rt. 1, Box 325, Medford. Positions Reversed To the Editor: We are very confused as to why in the general election of 1956 some of ihe funeral directors of Jackson county said that a funeral director is not quali fied for the position of coro ner, that he should be a train ed investigator. Now they are completely reversing them selves and backing a funeral director for the position of county coroner. What has changed their minds and con vinced them otherwise? We feel that Carlos Morris is fully qualified, experienced, and has shown the ability to be the finest and most fair possible county coroner. Mrs. William E. Driscoll Sr., 1120 S. Oakdale ave., Medford Questions for Vern Smith To the Editor: An open letter to Candidate for Sheriff, Vern Smith: Having thoroughly enjoyed the candidates program spon sored and planned by the League of Women Voters I wish to extend them my con gratulations. The written question and answer period was exactly what we need to search out the capabilities of the political aspirants. However, I did not appreci ate candidate Vern Smith's timely departure prior to the question and answer period. So, with leave of your communications column, I would like to ask Mr. Smith to explain why my searching put the house 2. You get friendly understanding and attention to detail from our staff which is experienced in home financing. 3. You repay your loan just like rent. A single monthly repayment is usually set up to include principal, interest and prop erty taxes. MEMBER I SAVINGS AND LOAN I FOONOATIOB I the 10th of the month earn dividends as of the first rind i rtutCKHL at Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford ,fp 29 North Ivy Street - R. F. Kyle, President wMIA Convenient Street Parking finds the following: 1. The County Clerk's pay roll records show you were employed a little more than four years in the Sheriff's of fice and never as chief in vestigator either in name or in salary; yet you claim to have been chief investigator in the Sheriff's office for a pe riod of six years. 2. You say you studied law for three years and yet you never attended any law school, anywhere. 3. The Court House records failed to show any designa tion of Chief Weighmaster either in name or in salary until July 1, 1957. Why then do you claim to have been Chief Weighmaster for a pe riod of five years? Thanking you in advance for your answers, Mr. Smith. Alan B. Holmes 649 "J" St. Medford Redden Answers Chaney To the Editor: John Chaney of Central Point who wrote' the letter that appeared in your issue of May 2 giving the "true" facts of the Henry A. Foster case is John Chaney, Attorney at Law, who shares office space with Walter Nun ley. My recent letter, which he purported to answer, pointed out that Henry A. Foster had never been brought before Judge Kelly's court and that Walter Nunley had disregard ed the truth when he accused Judge Kelly of a violation of the law in passing sentence on Foster. Attorney Chaney's "an swer" is to criticize the Ore gon State Police, the District Attorney, and Foster's de fense counsel. As an attorney, Mr. Chaney knows full well that Judge Kelly could not possibly have had anything to do with the transaction. What ever he may think of the offi cers who have been criticized, such a red herring won't whitewash Walter Nunley's disregard for the truth. James A. Redden, Jr., 107 East Main St., Medford. Recessional Soliloquy To the Editor: To spend or not to spend- that is the ques tion. Whether 'tis nobler in the purse to suffer the stints and privations of outrageous economics, or to take up arms against a sea of recession and by spending, end it? To gloat to save no more; and by spending say we end the heartache and the thousand irritations that thrift is heir to; 'tis a consumation devoutly to be wished. To gloat to spend; to spend perchance to squander! Aye, there's the rub! For in the orgy of spending what qualms may come as to how to pay the rent the coal the life insurance or the baby's shoes, that make ca lamity of pay checks. For who. would always save and bear the last year's suit, in the picture 4. While you're saving for the down payment, your money earns excellent returns, and is insured up to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan In surance Corporation, an agency of the U. S. Government. In the Day's News By FRANK An experienced Washington correspondent, discussing busi ness conditions, says: "If talk could kill the reces sion, we'd be holding memo rial services now for this is the most investigated business slump in history. Hardly a day passes in congress without at least a half dozen experts tell ing the lawmakers what went wrong, what should be done to set things right and gazing into some mightly cloudy balls to guess at the future." 4 WHAT'S that ancient crack about too many cooks spoiling ; the broth? Whatever it is, " I think it applies to the present situa tion. There is too "much talk and too little common sense. The plain fact of the matter is that the party lasted too long and got a little too wild and so the hangover is inevitable. SPEAKING of parties, Presi dent Nasser of the United the mission furniture, the pangs of unrequited love, brought on by shabbiness, the insolence of bosses that spurn the patient merit that the poor relation takes. When we ourselves might our freedom take with a mere checkbook, who would snick ers bear, to cringe and sweat under an inferiority complex, but that the dread of debts, and debts, and debts, holds our noses to the grindstone? That undiscovered country from whose bourne no trav eler - returns without great praise, weakens the will, and makes us vow to begin spend ing and once for all enjoy the good it brings. The purse makes cowards of us all. And so, forget the purse and make a resolution, deep rooted in a firm decision to spend, and spend, and spend bring the recession to an end, enjoy good things of pith and moment and lose the name of tightwads forever. Franklin Girard, 1070 Emma st., Ashland. How About 5 Coroners? To the Editor: In regard to the race in the,county for the coroner's office, I would sug gest that the three mortuaries that seem to be lined up against one dig out their code of ethics of the N.F.D.A. of which they are all members. They also belong to other pro fessional organizations that have a code of ethics. In each of these there is a large amount of material which, in effect, states': "To my competitor I pledge . . .r to the profession I pledge . . '.; to the families I serve I pledge . . ." that they "will not vio late the trust of their competi tor or their . profession." It also states that they will not violate the dignity of a dead human remains. .It seems that these people are trying to state a fact which I know is not true. Mr. Morris does carry out the duties of the office as it should be. Why don't you go in and look at the files at present and compare them with the files during the time that Mr. Mor ris was not coroner. See for yourself if the ob is not being done correctly. I know Carlos as a man who respects the wishes of every person he comes in con tact with, regardless if they are rich or poor. I also know that he always does every thing within his power to notify families of all coroner cases prior to the time they are removed from the scene. He is honest, dignified, and above all else, he is the most charitable man I have ever met, always doing more for others than he could ever ex pect to receive in return. His staff are all of long standing with the firm. Seldom do you hear of one of the staff mak ing a change unless he is go ing into the business for him self. To have the files of a coun ty office as important as the coroner's office in five differ ent places, and the effects of these unfortunate people, in five different places, would be just about the last thing for Jackson county to do. Next they will be having the Dis trict Attorney's files in all candidates offices, and what a fine mess that would be. Ada B, Steadman 612 West 11th St. Medford New Class May 26 NO MACHINES -N 1 Loses " abcv y I IbaaEl ROBERTSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 40-42 N. Riverside SP JENKINS Arab Republic, who had been partying and sight-seeing for three days, took time out for talks with Krushchev and ether Soviet officials about possible Soviet aid and co operation with the new re public. He was one of the few non communist leaders who took part in the May Day celebra tions in Moscow. - HMMMM. That recalls an- other good crack. It goes like this: . "A smiling young lady of Niger Oncewent for a ride with a . tigerv " They came back from the ride With the lady inside, And the smile on the face of the tiger." That's about where Nasser will wind up. INDUSTRIALIST Author Eu gene Castle wants the Unit ed States to go out of the propaganda business as 'a means of winning the cold war. He says in a talk in New York that the U. S. Informa tion Agency is a multi-million dollar flop and calls on the President to take our public relations out of the agency's hands and return them to our ambassadors and ministers. HE MIGHT be talking sense. Propaganda is based on WORDS. DEEDS are more important than words. The United States of Amer ica is better at deeds than at words. Editorial Comment PARK AT EMIGRANT LAKE After the end of the current irrigation season, work will start on the new dam at Emi grant lake which, when com pleted, will provide storage for approximately-45,000 acre feet of water, more than five times the capacity of the pres ent reservoir. Construction of the dam is scheduled for completion in 1959 so that the reservoir will fill and be usable for the 1960 irrigation season. This will be the last major project in the Talent reclamation and power project. The importance of the larg er Emigrant lake to this area is two-fold. It's first purpose is improvement in the irrigation situation, but the second and, in effect a by-product of the first is the recreational possi bility. Boating will be possible on Emigrant t hroughou t the spring, summer and fall, for the water will never be drawn below the 8,000 acre foot level, which is the present ca pacity of the reservior. The chamber of commerce is presently advocating and exploring with the national and state park systems the possibility of a substantial recreation area at some point along the lake where boats could be launched and picnics enjoyed. Every effort should be made to bring about a park facility on the lakeshore for the lake will offer, good fish ing as well as boating and water skiing. It could be a family recreation area with camp grounds and picnic fa cilities which would be en joyed annually not only by hundreds of tourists who need overnight camping facilities, but also by residents from throughout Southern Oregon. - Ashland Tidings. Wafer Defenders To Get Dinner Los Angeles (IPl South ern California delegates to the' state legislature will be honored for their efforts in defending this area's water rights at a dinner tonight at the Statler Hilton hotel, it was announced. The banquet is being spon sored by representatives of the Southern California Met ropolitan Water District who announced: "We feel that now is the time to express our ap preciation for the unity that the southern legislators have achieved." 3-4264 Medford, Ore. ViM Heoieketttaf Is That So? . I have yet to meet a man who is not afraid of the out doors the country where he is a stranger. As a war correspondent in the New Guinea jungles I packed a sidearm, despite the Geneva Convention rules against it. The reason is' I was afraid of lurking animals, more so than of the enemy. And yet, except for those killed by malaria-bearing mo squitoes, I don't know of a man who lost his life to a jun gle creature. But that isn't all. If a bull looks disapprovingly at me while I'm fly fishing, he gets no argument ; whatever from me. As a result I sympathize with those who have an honest fear of anything from a mouse to a shark. That fear is un doubtedly footed deep in the past, far back in the hidden memory of man. But though that fear can not be completely understood or controlled it can be chan neled so that the dangers from it can be reduced. Take fear of snakes as an example. In reality, snake bite is a negligible cause of death, ex cept in India and Burma. In other areas, travelers are in 1958 Chevy Bel Air J TO GO ID - :"K ;: rmpk. - wf 1-,;'.;' - -t j ''V; - - ' -!X - ' "-jyZ U - ' '-V ?V - ' -. ,s &. - 5:, 'V' -, V x . c4 - v. v :x- r v'a ' ' : - - ! pji'ix' x - - c x, : -- &f:X : ' - V-i'"' - 1 A'-" ' - ''5' V . ' I fijj lP " ' ' 4 I X, ' ' v S XX -Hij-f T n llllllllllllflllMIIIMW M MiM 'liMTim ' ' Z I 'i , -. v- -xx 10.7 QMS PER eflLl'JITIl'50 nOBILGAS By EUGENE BURNS Kanger-Naturalist greater danger from lightning. And when one is bitten, the danger is generally ' greater from fear than the venom. Ex citement, running for help pumps the poison into the blood stream much faster and in a more concentrated form. Another thing to remember about channeling fear is this the snake doesn't want to bite you. He is as anxious to avoid you as you are to avoid him. In rattler country, for example; don't step over a log or a rock. Step onto it and look at the other side first. That is the way the Indians did it. They were just as afraid of a rattler as we are, but they knew more about when not to be afraid of him. And they did "not wear high lea ther boots such as many of us wear as protection from the rattler. Released by McClure . Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life na ture adventure, the best na ture observation, or the best question on nature and wild life, a complete 30-volume set of this .world-famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new sub missions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your letter to: Is That So! co Medford Mail Tribune, Box 1069, San Fran cisco, Calif. V - 8 powered by '58 Mobilgas Special undergoes acceleration test conducted by Motor Trend magazine. 11.0 SEE'S tJITII '50 Q0BIL6AS 1958 Chevy Bel Air V-8 and "58 Mobilgas Special are tested in Mobilgas Economy Run. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Dirty Weapon Charge Washington (IB Chair man Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy commission, Saturday denied and Sen. Clinton P. Anderson reasser ted that the United States is talking about "clean" nu clear weapons while making "dirtier" ones. PAUSED Hear Walter D. I W;?XXt J"! " '" vi'L ' "" 1 i. $' j llssr St bM'1 Walter D. Nunley Pd. Pol. Ad. Oregon, Monday, May 5, 1553 5 Hit By AEC Chairman Strauss said Anderson (D-N. M.) had access to the facts when he 'originally made the charges in a television broad cast last Sunday. He said that on four points Anderson's statements were false or mis leading. ' TO! 9:10 o'Clcck KBES-TU A Vital ik32 for Every Family in Southern Oregon Nunley for Circuit Judge Committee, Granvil Brittsan, John Von Kuhlbann, Co-Chairman, 8A, Go!dy Building "--rtrffiaraifiiiiifvtfiiillliiViiiWMiiriiifit SPECIAL YOU'RE MILES AHEAD WITH MOBIL
