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4 Tu.tdjy, Jufy if, 1951 MAIL (JRIBUNI, MEDFORD, ORL "Xvaryena in aautbent FuSTiihed Daily except Saturday bj MEDFORD PRINTING CO 33 North Fir St PhSP.2-6HI ROBERT W RtntL. Editor HERB GREY Advertisine: Manafei r.roiLn LATHAM. Business Mrr. BRIC ALLEN'. JR. Manarnf Editor EARL H. ADAJJS, City tailor -HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor EICHAFD JirWETT. Sporta Editor ni.TVl ST ARCHER. Society Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newsnaoer Entered as second elase matter at aladlord Oregon under Act el March 3. 181 SUBStiREPtlON RATES j Mail In Advance: Copy 10c Dai-v and Sunday 1 ar $1S 00 Daily and Sunday moa. 8.00 Dail and Sunday 3 ibm. 4.25 Snnrlav Orlv One veax $450 T?w CaA-ier In Advance Medford Ashland. Central Point. Eaeie Pnint Jaeluonville. Gold Hill i Pheenis. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv- rr TaJeeiL and on motor routes: Dailv nd Sunday 1 year $13.00 I Daily and Suaday 1 ma. 1 58 Carrier and Dealer copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advance O'firtal Paper of City ofMedforl Official Paper 81 JaemoiiJunBty "United Press Full Leased Wire ""UEilBER Of AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising ReDresntative : WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC, Of fices In New York. Chicago. De troit San Frsnciauo. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis, AV lanU. Vancouver. d. C. , NEWSPAPEI PUBIISMEIS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL flight 'o Time Medford ana) Jackson County History from the filat of The Triune 10, 20, 3Q end 40 years ago. 0 II THIS AGO JujV 23. 1148 (Thursday) A. county-wide community chest program is organized. - Jacks6nville's Gold Rush Jubilee will be held Sept. 4 20 YEARS AGO " Jul 29, 13S (Friday) Exceptionally food catches ot rainbow trout and silver- side salmon are reported from Crater Lake. ' From Aithur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "T. -Slater Johnson, one of the ranchiest of the ranch crowd, has returned from an extend ed stay in the east. He prompt ly showed contempt of the new traffic signals, by stroll ing willy-nilly across the Main Stem." 30 YEARS AGO July 23. 1928 (Sunday) The new air mail stamps, selling at the reduced rate of five cents, go on sale Aug. 1. Twenty local people have reported big brown rats since Mayor Fox announced efforts would be made to eradicate them. 40 Tears ago July 24. 1318 (Monday) The Medford choral society Shedules business and social meeting tonight. Miss Anne McCormick, home demonstration agent, has made her own placards to advertise her demonstration of milk. What't TiMr I.Q.? Nina or teg carrect is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five ei six is aodB. 1. Which of these is part of a Harness: tripods, trices, traces, tncolets? 2. For 23 years (May, 1795 to July, 1018) the American Flag had more than thirteen stripes; how many stripes did it hve? 3. Does .the number of points on the antlers of a deer give a reliable indication of the animal's age? 4. In which South. Ameri can country is the city of Lima? 5. What color is used for printing the back of the $1 U.S. Silver Certificate? 6. Is Ecuador on the east ern or western coast of South America? 7. Where is the Eustachian tube? 8. Which is more brittle, cast or wrought iron? 9. Is Hamilton the capital of Jamaica. Bermuda, the Ba hamas or Puerto Rico? 10. Was Luther Burbank snoS famous as an actor, poet, lant breeder or author? Answers: Traces. 2. Fifteen. 3. No. 4. Peru. 5. Green. 6. Western.. 7. Connects the ear and the Pharynx. 8. Cast iron. 9. Bermuda. 10. Plant breeder. PERU SEEKS LOAN - Lima (LTD Informed sources said today Peru will seek a loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank to solve the problems created by the fall in prices of Peruvian exports. President, Manuel Prado told Congress that Peru hopes to negotiate a foreign loan to bail it out of its current econo mic difficulties, but he did not petted source of the foreign pected source of the foregn aid. Population Milestone Passing; the 25,000-mark in population, as Medford did in "unofficial" estimates prepared bv the city as of June city's growth. It is sort of a dividing line between the 'big town" and the "small city" psychologically, anyway. - It nuts Medford in the "over 25,000" classifi cation, heretofore reserved for Portland (the only really "metropolitan city m the state), Lu- gene and Salem. . ' And, unless Klamath Falls climbs past the 20,- 000 mark this year, Medford will be the only city between 20,000 and 45,000 in the state. j TIME was when the only time anyone knew how lirrYO Aif Tiroc 9B OVPMf 1 0 VPflVR f f.1 1 f.Wl 71 C the federal census. But, because Oregon is growing so rapidly, and because the distribution of many state funds to cities is made on a per capita basis, this waiting proved clumsy and often inequitable, penaliz ing the more rapidly-growing communities. So a few years ago, the legislature set up the state board of census, and authorized it to make "interim" census estimates and to give them of ficial status, so that revenues could be disbursed on a more realistic basis. THE estimates are based, initially, on those pre- pared by the city itself, which makes them as of June 30, and submits its figures to the board. The board then compares them to estimates made by the -state board of health, and, if they are found to be soundly based, makes them official. The system seems to be working well enough, and eliminates both the long 10-year wait for the regular federal census, and-the extra costs in volved in the preparation of a "special" census, conducted by the state government at the expense of the city. And it applies to all cities equally, not just to those who could afford a special count as Medford did in 1954, and Ashland did in 1956. pUGENE, incidentally, is Oregon's second-larg-" est .city, and has been for just over a year now. It wras on the basis of 1957 estimates that it forged ahead of Salem, which had been second largest for many years. Eugene's margin over Salem was confirmed and enlarged last week, on the basis of new esti mates, which gave Eugene 47,622 compared to Salem's 47,098 a margin of 524. Last year the margin was 167. The new figures have yet to be confirmed by the census board, but they presumably are very nearly correct. Both Eugene and . Salem, of course, are still far behind Portland, which in 1957 had an esti mated population of 412,000. A NUMBER of different factors are taken into consideration in preparing the estimates. Among them are the number of water and electric connections, telephone services, mail de livery points, and others. And in other locations, other factors are add ed in, too. In Eugene for instance, the city re corder figured in the increase in registration of students at the University of Oregon. (And one can be sure in Salem students at Willamette Uni versity were figured, too.) The normal increment of births over deaths is another factor, as is construction of new resi dences and annexations to the city proper. In Medford's case, it adds up to a token that confidence in the future is well-placed, and that progress and growth will continue. E.A. "Quackery93 Increasing "Quackery," evidently, is on the upswing. At least medical groups are upset about it. Quackery, defined, as the boastful pretense to medical skill, or charlatanry, or the . pretended ability to cure disease, is more dangerous than just being a simple swindle. It can, and often has, cause people to neglect real medical care on the basis of unfounded boasts, and to suffer aggrava ted illness, or even death, as a result. The quack is an out-and-out enemy of society: COME of them cite instances of non-physicians who have contributed greatly to medical knowledge Louis Pasteur, for instance, who while not a doctor originated the germ theory of disease, resulting in the saving of millions of lives. But it would be safe to say that 999 out of 1,000 persons classified as quacks are, indeed, quacks and should be ignored. The 1,000th may be honest and sincere. But let's leave his theories to the testing of competent researchers. THE Oregon State Medical society has initiated a statewide investigation of instances where phony medical devices and treatment are in use : and the food and drug administration has called for more aggressive action against quackery to proiecc uiose uniortunates wno, m trie aggregate, spend millions of dollars a year on fake cures. The society plans to launch a public education campaign, and to gather information from its 25 local societies. This activity is based on reports from through out the nation of complaints to better business bureaus, to the food and drag administration, and to other agencies, that the problem is increasing! It is a major public health problem. Anything the ordinary citizen can do to assist will be welcome. Such instances should be re ported to a physician, or the local health depart ment, for relaying to the state society. E.A. 30, in a milestone in the Dennis the Menace ' l DID GIVE HIM TUB OC ONE-TWO. But he cam ccavrf me; Communications ... . . I tetters 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 The Foundation's Role To the Editor: Your editor ial on July 26, entitled "Foun dation Problems" might be classed, as damning with faint praise the National ' Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. This organization has shown how a continued attack on a major health problem can eventually produce results. Every person who has con tributed to the Foundation can have the satisfaction of feeling that he helped make possible the Salk vaccine for the prevention of polio. But the Salk vaccine isn't enough. We don't know yet how long it makes one im mune to polio. The majority of potential polio victims have not yet been immunized with the Salk vaccine. There is still no effective treatment for those people who actually have had the disease. It Is too early to consider polio as a disease which has been conquered by medical science. The development of the Salk vaccine necessitated studies into the nature of the living cell itself. These studies, if followed up will throw further light on the problem of polio and of other diseases as well. The founda tion has decided to continue the research already in prog ress and to work on other medical problems which are not already undertaken by other foundations of associa tions. Heart disease, tuber culosis and cancer are being studied by other organiza tions, for example. I think the majority of past contributors to the Foundation will ap prove of broadening the scope of its activities and will con tinue to contribute to this worthy cause. Charles X,. Coyle, M.D. Medical Center Bldg. Medford , (Editor's note: We hope Dr. Coyle is correct in thinking the National Foundation will continue to receive the same degree of support it has in the past, but doubt that it will without the emotional appeal of polio. We, too, admire what it has done.) Road Complaint" To the Editor: The first time I called on authorities to do me a favor as well as all the people on Forest creek was when my neighbor and I asked the county to straighten out some crooks and turns in the Forest Creek road. The county , commissioner and county surveyor came out, went over the roads with us, and agreed to straighten four places along the road. The grader never came up Forest creek for two years after that, and it has never come within about a quarter mile of my place, and they never straigtened out one turn they agreed to straighen out at that time. Now they won't come above my neighbor's house. They came up to his place last week, that is as far as they came. Why do they do me that way? Before I came "here the county would grade the road' up to my front gate,' and a number of time's went a half mile above my place, two dif ferent ways. The road forks at my front gate. Could it be because I am the only registered Democrat on the creek? Any one doubt ing my statements, get in your car and drive out to my place. It's only 19 miles from Med ford, 5 miles from the Apple gate highway, good road up to my neighbor's just, about one mile below me. S. R. Hale Box 135 Jacksonville, Ore. He's Proud To the Editor: We at Boys ruauon nave learned many ways of applying the United States' ideals. We have learned of honor by accept ing responsibility; of knowl edge by learning; opportun ity with sacrifice. , We feel it an honor to par ticipate in the Boys Nation program, yet we now have, even more than before, the responsibility of preaching what we've learned the dem ocratic gospel. We extend our knowledge by applying what we know to what we wish to learn, sacrifices were easy when we realized the impor tance of the opportunity provided by the American Legion. Then there are things we've learned which are intangible. After watching the change of the, guards at Arlington Na tional Cemetery and our own Boys National memorial serv ice, a feeling of pride for country and oneness envel oped all. It compelled me to say to the proud guard, know you can't say anything, but we're proud of you." Jerry Vice Washington, D. C. (Editor's Note: Gerald Vice, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam A. Vice, Medford, wai a delegate to Beaver Boys State, and was chosen as one of two Oregon boys to attend Boys Nation in Washington D.C.) You've Been "Taken" To the Editor: I am writing this to the "Democrats." Not the "New Deal" Demo crats, which is the faction that is identified and domi nated by organized labor. A union labor leader was a speaker at a Republican meet ing recently and gave us the following information. We were also informed that we would have to get on their band wagon "or else." There is a movement by or ganized labor to promote the "closed union shop." That means that no one can work unless he belongs to the union. , As a counter balance, some states are trying to pass bills to prevent this, and these are called "Right to Work" bills In California, Senator Knowland has declared him self as supporting "right to work" legislation. As this type of legislation is not at this time an issue in Oregon, but, realizing how it would curtail : the power of organized labor, the Oregon unions have announced that they are going to pour huge sums of money into California to help defeat Senator Know- land. Senator Knowland fs a fine man and the nation needs men of his calibre, especially at this time. Can you, with a clear con science, work for and support, a party that will use your money . to defeat this man, simply because he is fighting to protect the people against the dictatorship of unions that would deny them the three basic freedoms of our constitution life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness the dignity of the individual to work for whom he pleases, when he pleases, and how he pleases? That, friends, is what your money is going to be spent for. Many of you are already so completely' in the power of union that you are afraid to vote except the way it tells you to. You have sold your birthright to the unions for a mess of pottage. You have been "taken." Leila A. Morrow ' 531 N. Bartlett st. Medford, Ore. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS By FRANK JENKINS The other day, Floyd Wynne, city editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News, reported a count of 65 out-of-state' . cars on Main street between the WiUard Hotel and the Herald and News building a distance of about a dozen blocks. The time was about 5 in the afternoon an hour when tourists (I don't care much for the word "tourist," but have never been able to find a bet ter one) . are looking around for quarters for the night. inis count just happened to be made in Klamath Falls. It could undoubtedly have been duplicated in any number of towns in Southern Oregon and far Northern California. HOW many of these cars sf.nnnprl fni t Ti -nitrVit' r w ...v o . We don't know. Floyd just counted them. But it is interesting "to spec ulate on what would have happened if ALL of them could have been induced to stop long enough to see the interesting and worth-while things this area has to offer. HERE are some figures: The average tourist ex penditure per person per day is $5.20. : The average tourist expen diture . PER CAR per day is $16.13. The average stay per tour ist car in Oregon is three days. During these three days, the occupants of the average tourist car spend $102.50. These figure? are based on a survey made a year or so ago by the traffic and engi neering division of the Ore gon state highway depart ment. That isn't hay in the economy of any. average-sized community of the Pacific Coast.' And, remember, this computation is based on only 65 cars, counted within the space of a" dozen blocks in one community. A LL this suggests a question: WHAT STOPS TOUR ISTS? - rpHE answer is LOTS OF THINGS, it au aepenas on the individual tourist and what appeals to him.. What appeals to one won t appeal to another. But In eeneral The tourist is out to see in teresting things and if inter esting things are brought to his attention he will stop to see them. And When he stops for a day or two or more, he leaves money where he stops. HERE'S a. thought for all of us in Southern Oregon and Far Northern California: KNOW YOUR STATE OF JEFFERSON. . ' Re nreDared to tell every tourist of the fascinating and glamorous and romantic thines in this area that he ought to see. If he isn't told about them, he will roar right on through. If he is tpld about them interestingly and ac rnratelv he'll stop. And when he stops he will spend mnrtev. In Southern Oregon and Far Northern California, there is scenerv unexcelled, ihere is the glamor of gold. in our past. There is the glamor oi frroat histnrv. There is the glamor of the Spaniards and ihpir fabulous adventure m the New World. There is the glamor of the old days on the open range. ; WE have everything it takes But The tourist won't stop to it all unless he is told about it. , Let's start telling him. SUFFRAGE LEADER DIES ' Huntington, N. Y. IUPD Miss Grace Van Braem Rob erts,' 89, a leader in the fight for women's suffrage and pro hibition, died Sunday night of a heart attack. Try; and -By BENNETT CERF- THE BIGGEST ELEPHANT in the Berlin Zoo expired of old age, and its trainer was inconsolable. Finally the Zoo boss told him, "It's ridiculous to carry oa that way. We expect to enough for you to talk," wailed the trainer. "Just remember who has to dig the grave'.' In darkest Africa, Explorer Henry Morgan uncovered aa ebony-hued gentleman who did everything backward. At the annual festival where his tribe would gather on the left bank of a river and exchange wives a quaint local custom this contrary gent invariably turn ed up on the right tank. Why ? Because he didn't know which aide his bride was bartered on. - Henry also accepted the challenge that Be couldnt invent a pun on the word "Hippopotamus." He riffled through, the pages of Shakespeare, came up with "Oh what a rogue and hippopotami. That Morgan is still alive is a testimonial to the artocious marks manship of his associates. . . O 13 7 Benaett Cert Itrtti4by JOa Xeatom J&ndtfc $ Series of Summit Meetings See Real Possibility During Summ By CHARLES M. McCANN UPI Foreign News Analyst It looks as if there may be i series of "summit" conf er- ences. possible that one confer ence will be held at Unit ed Na tio ns h e a dquarters in New York in the next few weeks. "I i i'nere are &?J ctrnntr inriira. Charles M. ,, McCann tions that If this meeting is held, it will be followed by another one in Europe, most probably in It is if Matter of Fact WE YIELDED TO THREAT Washington Much too lit tle attention has been paid to the most ominous single as pect of all the dark and omi nous events of the past fort night. In brief, the British I and American ti o vernments agreed to Nik ita Khrush chev's propos- jos.pn Aisop ai ior a sum mit meeting under a naked threat of force. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, playing his pe culiar role of the only tus sock in the local swamp, did not wish to do this. In former times, no self-respecting gov ernment would have accepted a note from another govern men containing such a crude threat as Khrushchev's re minder that "the Soviet Un ion . . . possesses atomic and hydrogen bombs, an air force and a navy, plus ballistic mis siles of all types, including intercontinental ones." Such a note would have been cold ly returned to the Ambassa dor who presented it; and this is what Dulles wished to do with Khrushchev note. ' AS EVERYONE knows by now, Dulles was restrained from following this old-fashioned impulse. Prime Minister Macmillan and Foreign Secre tary Selwyn, Lloyd were de termined to accept Khrush chev's invitation, although Lloyd ruefully admitted that the language was somewhat impolite. The President, ap parently, was enough in two minds about the matter to prevent Dulles from fighting for his own viewpoint. So the American Government agreed to follow the British Govern ment to the monstrous summit rally that is now planned. .The least bad result will be to add public humiliation to the great defeat the West ern nations have already suf fered in the Middle East. For the British, moreover, the re sults can be much worse than this. Britain's only Middle East ern policy now consists of a desperate resolve to hold the little,' oil-rich sheikdoms of the Persian Gulf at all costs, and by military occupation if need be. This is not the sort of policy that is aided by public palaver, even with friends. Khrushchev and Nas ser are not friends. They will surely seek to frustrate the British policy, and they will have many opportunities to do so. . IlHY on earth, then, were " the normally sensible British leaders so anxious to expose themselves in this seemingly lunatic manner? The answer is not that Mac millan and Lloyd were direct ly intimidated by Khrush- cnev s manaces, any more than Dulles was intimidated But the menaces are still the key to the answer. For Mac millan and Lloyd were in fact responding to the British pub lic's passionate hankering for another summit rally. This hankering began after the warning of the Soviet sput niks. It was, and it still is, Stop Me J . 19 Geneva, Switzerland, or in' Paris. If those two, conferences gave any hope of important agreements, it is possible that there might be a third one a "clean-up" meeting. A few weeks ago it seemed highly improbable that .there would be any summit meeting this year. Then came the United States' and British troop land ings in Lebanon and Jordan. Out of Hand This resulted in a demand by Soviet Premier Nikita S. Krushchev for an emergency meeting in Geneva at which the United States, Britain, Joseph Aisop : a kind of automatic reflex, provoked by Britain's aware ness of those "atomic and hy drogen bombs . . . (and) bal listic missiles of all kinds, in cluding intercontinental ones" that Khrushchev boasted about. A smilar reflex caused al most the whole British people to applaud Neville Chamber lain's journey to Munich; and the upset of the balance of power that produced Munich was primarily the fault of the JBritish Government. The pattern this time has been unpleasantly similar. But this time the upset of the balance of power has been the fault of the American Government TN THESE circumstances, it A is no use blaming the Brit ish for an instinctive reflex which is also beginning to be noticeable in some quarters in this country. The only use ful thing to do is to look at the first cause. We could not of course have halted the pro gress of Soviet weaponry. But we could at least have made the neeedful effort to main tain the American lead, which still existed in 1953. If we had jnaihtained that lead, there would be no Munich- psychology in Britain or any where else, and Nikita Khrushchev would not be in dulging in crude, open threats, either. ' Instead, we permitted the American lead to be trans formed into a Soviet lead. Right there is the first cause of the recent catastrophe in the Middle East, and the pres ent disarray of our diplomacy iurtnermore tms is a mo ment that reminds one of the famous question Winston Churchill asked long before the first Soviet atomic bomb was tested: "If this is what they do in the green wood, then what will they do in the dry?" For the warning of the sputnik has not been heeded by the American policy-makers. No real effort is being made to prevent the Soviet lead from widening still f urth er; it is in fact widening at a terrifying rafe. No graver statement, more directly con tradictory of the promises of our leaders, could be made at this time. But hard proof will be offered in the next' report in this space, (c) 1958, New York Herald Tribune Inc. Fire Damages Pile Of Lumber at CJ Cave Junction A fire be lieved to have started by sparks from a burner de stroyed a pile of lumber at the M and Y mill in Selma Sunday afternoon. Three trucks from the Illi nois Valley Rural Fire Pro tection district, two from Cave Junction and the Selma truck responded. Approximately 5,000 feet of lumber valued between $300 and $400 was damaged. Owner is Berle McTim monds of Grants Pass. Counsel With Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan . Or Call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish Fhtfne SP 3-7343 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOLLY ST. trance, India and Rl would be represented, united Nations , Secrd General Dag Hammarsi sitting in. After a number of exc es of notes, it is now posed that the conferend held m New York, undei auuionty -of the U. N, Si uy Council. But the entire .bui has got out of hand." . Under the procedure shaping up, the U. N. col ence would be practical m.ernational convention. The entire 11-membei curity Council, including United States, Britain, Ft and Russia, would be sented. , In addition, India won mvnea. And it is cuggl mat several Arab counl including President G5 Abdel Nasser's United Republic, Saudi Arabia, anon, Jordan and Ijaq bj viiea It is now proposed thai only the Lebanese and danian situations but the die Eastern as a whol discussed. inis nas brought sul tions that Turkey. Iran! Pakistan should attend. Israel's Attendance Prop! Finally, it is proposed Israel had better attend cause its status might I under consideration. I The conclusion seems I justified that any impc agreements at such an wieldy conference woul most unlikely. The best that could' hoped for would be thai heads of government of i of the countries concl might be able to meel themselves and talk bust President Eisenhower f hardly be either able orl ing to attend such a suf conference for mora ta few days. Now Premier Charlej Gaulle of France is su ing insistently that do) any meetings under Sen Council auspices in York, there be a real sui conference in Europe, may well happen. HIGHWAY BILL PASSE Washington (UPD The ate passed and sent lef White House Monday allowing right-of-way f on federal super-highways purchased seven years bj construction begins. At ent actual construction begin within five years. Good Readiz for the Whole Fdm News -Fact Family Featur Th Christian Science Monitor Ona Norway St, Botton 15, Mais, Send your newspaper for ha! checked. Enclosed find my chef monty order. I year $18 Q 6 months S9 O months S4J Address Zone" "SF3 ri Fred Brenna STORM WARNINGS We're not accustomed to the) in this area but we are getti the storms. WIND, HAIL AND Li NING can be expensive you're not properly insured, We will gladly check your pr ent coverage for future prot tion. Bill Fish (504