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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
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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.
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SAVINGS AND LOAN I
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the 10th of the month earn dividends as of the first
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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."
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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
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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."
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Medford, Ore.
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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
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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
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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.
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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. '
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