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Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a oen 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 4C0 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of th paper; in fact the contrary is often the cue. Road Complaint To the Editor: The follow ing is an open letter to Mr. Rodney Keating and the coun ty commissioners of Jackson county. I'd like very much to take you gentlemen for a ride over the Butte Falls-Fish Lake rd., said ride to be taken on the back end of my truck, to see if you feel that our road in this area is adequate for the residents of the area,, plus the fishermen and vacationers who drive over it to get to Willow Creek Dam and Fish Lake. I'm sure you have suf ficient intelligence to under stand how rough it is. At least you should after the calluses you'd acquire on the ride. I've driven over a lot of roads in my life but never, I repeat never, have I found a road, which is supposed to be main tained by the county, as bad as this one. You, and the road depart ment have had a rock crusher set up on three different oc casions at the mouth of Bowen Creek, about ZVz miles east of Butte Falls and I thus far have been unable to see any signs of any of the rock which was crushed at that site on any part of the road between what is locally called "Little Tokyo" and the lower end of the Mosquito Hill, which is somewhere near eight miles east of "Little Tokyo." Do you the county court, feel that we who drive over this road and pay the license fees and gasoline taxes, which are supposed to be used to maintain our roads in an ade quate manner, are getting our money's worth? If you do then I think you are derelict in your duty to the people who use these roads.1 Also I'm sure many others will agree with me. Do the fishermen and va- cationers who drive over these roads feel that the rocks in the alleged road are an ade quate surface for their use? I'll bet a hard day's work they do not. Mr. Keating, last spring you told me personally that we had an excellent road here. However, I did not agree then, nor do I agree now, nor do I think anyone else who drives over this road would agree, that this road here has been properly maintained. Do you, the county court, feel that we, who live here and work here, are getting the proper benefit from the receipts of timber taxes? I wonder . . '. If I had financing necessary I'd only be too happy to start court proceedings charging you, the county court of Jack son county, with dereliction of duty, and anything else which could be said to apply to improper service to the people. I sincerely hope this letter brings about some con scious effort toward a remedy for the conditions. Floyd R. McCabe Mt. Pitt Star Rt., Butte Falls. Park Idea Spreads To the Editor: , A report from Athens on this desk says: Famed Mount Olympus and Mount Parnassus, both soon may become National Parks. Above are objectives of the Greek Society for the Protec tion of Nature. Thus further expands over seas U.S.A's National Parks concept. The idea really origi nated in 1832. Arkansas' Hot Springs then nationally was set aside. Real National Park status, however, did not come till Yellowstone was created in 1872. The National Park idea then really took form: Yosemite and Sequoia, (both 1890), accelerated the growth. It was not until the Wood row Wilson presidency, how ever, that creating a National Parks chain really com- "menced. The first Director, the late Stephen Mather, pour ed his borax millions into "pumppriming." He had to ' educate Congress. Ere long he was to have the opposition of a Manhattan group thai hoped to profit by leasing Yo- , semite for a super-casino. It was a desperate struggle. U.S-A.'s National Park con cept has spread to even Cey lon, Belgian Congo, Mozam- '. bique. On this desk from Ba hamas' proposed Skindiver National Park plan for under seas camera enthusiasts. ' The danger to U.S.A.'s Na- ' tional Parks from profit-hungry, ruthless exploiters, nev- ertheless, probably always , will exist. C. M. Goethe, Seventh and J sts. Sacramento 14, Calif. any of the county employees with people off the street. This was too much for me, so I looked for employment else where so that I would have some security. Now this is where you, the taxpayer, come in. I would es timate conservatively, that half the salary I have re ceived has been for correcting errors made by these people who were "off the street." Maybe . this member of the budget committe can run his business with inexperienced help, but when your county government is run with peo ple off the street, it takes a portion of some experienced employee's time to correct these errors, which is just an added expense in operating the county government. Operating the county gov ernment is big business, and to operate any business efficient ly and economically you must have efficient and conscien tious employees, who are sat isfied. To keep satisfied, com petent help, the employee would have some feeling that his experience will be re warded by a reasonable assur ance of an annual pay adjust ment as was set up by the civil service people when they made the survey; of the em ployees' positions for the coun ty court. The court gave as an ex cuse that it would raise taxes Jackson county hasn't had a tax levy for two years and does not have one again for 1958-59. If it would have raised the taxes it would not have been a great amount per property owner. Another ex cuse they gave for adopting Plan 2 on salary schedules was purely a bigoted statement. I'm sure any of the girls who do the bookkeeping for the various departments could have determined the extra amount to put in the budget necessary for these salary in creases that might fall in the middle of the year. How can the taxpayers or court expect satisfied employees if it takes 20 years to reach the top of one's bracket, which,, by that time, would be so far out of line with the cost of living that it. is absurd. In conclusion, how can the county taxpayer expect effi cient employees in the court house when the county court will appoint any party to the budget committee with an at titude of wasting the taxpay ers money with "off the street" help? Carl M. Busch, Route 1, Box 27, Salem, Ore. APPEARING before Senate committee, Barbara Bate3 Gunderson, South Dakota, is approved as member of U. S. Civil Service Commission. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, August 18, 1931 ' I - I ; l ..-I S A n t. -1 1 hi A If II r r I uucuuu Hurry down to Wards and shop . . . and just watch your savings soar! Sleel Workers Call Wildcat Strike Portland OIPD United Steel Workers Local 2070 here staged what was called a wild cat strike of 425 members at the American Can company this morning. A union spokesman said the workers walked out be cause the company had laid off two men for disciplinary reasons. The union officials said the two men were laid off because they refused to "double up" on their shifts on Saturday as requested by the company. American Can officials were not available for comment. CHEER ROBESON Moscow (UPD American singer Paul Robeson received a big ovation from the audi ence at a Sunday concert in Lenin Stadium. Radio Moscow reported. The broadcast quot ed Robeson as having tola the Russians, "You have been in spiring me with strength." It Y jfe. Si ifk. fli St (l Vv" jJ Animal Cruelty To the Editor: Every year in the United States there are about 3,000 commercial ro deos. Few people realize the cruelty that is so inherent in America's crudest . public en tertainment. The promoters are exclusively concerned with making a profit. The phony romanticism connected with rodeos does not alter the fact that they are spectacles of brutality. Almost every ani mal used is injured in some way by spurs, by violent falls, by lariats, by nails and by sharp corners in pens into which the animals are whip ped into frantic fear. They are clubbed, kicked and goad ed by electric prods on tender est parts, ears and tails are twisted and bull whips are used. Tired old horses that would be safe with a small child are driven to an imita tion of bucking by a strap that is cinched to agonizing tightness just as the gate opens into the arena. The "chute men" as well as con testants sef.m to hate and fear the Brah'na bulls and these are clubbed and whipped al m o s t constantly whenever moved from pen to pen. Calves and steers suffer the worst abuse in the arena. The panicked little animals are lassoed at full gallop and snapped heels over head when the lariat tightens. They lose large aras of hide and suffer sprains and bruises. In "steer wrestling" where the steers used seldom weigh over 300 pounds, the neck is twist ed violently and the fall is often violent. The anti-cruelty laws of al most all states need rewriting. It should be possible under law to prohibit the beating TESTIFYING before Senate probers, ex-Gov. Payne H. Ratner, Kansas, admitted in terceding in behalf of Team ster James R. Hoffa in 1953. and injuring of animals as a commercial public entertain ment. (Name on file). Medford. REG. 4'Ac-FT. NON-METALLIC CABLE Resists fire, mois ture. 122. Flexible. coded. It. I SALE! REG. 4.95 WOOD TOILET SEAT Molded. Won't warp or chip. In white. 3.88 Higher Forms To the .Editor: A political form of government is a de structive force, and when com bined with a financial system and based on a price struc ture, eventually destroys it self. Some of our forefathers wanted this country to be come a commonwealth repub lic along industrial economic lines. However, this met oppo sition and a democracy was formed. A democracy is that form of government that gives the individual or minority the right to govern and exploit the majority. The world has reached its maximum of credit and debt, and faces its zero hour. This is the point where pow er politics no longer endure and economic necessity holds aloft the torch of liberation. This is the age of industrial revolutionary upheaval out of which emerges from the sea of despair a vast continent of the ancient, lowly rising to mountainous heights of peace and plenty, for they alone are the industrial economic foun dation upon which future pro duction and consumption ca pacity can be maintained and increased. In the present change from lower to higher forms, poverty, with its con suming capacity, now holds the key to the economic fu ture, dominating the market place and the bargain counter. Tom Caldwell, 408 Laurel st., Medford Taxpayers' Loss To the Editor: This letter is addressed to the taxpayers of Jackson county. I resigned my position in the Jackson county . court house because of a statement made by one of the budget committee about replacing For Dr. J. H. Steere's clients in his practice area s in Jackson County 1 -'. He wishes fo announcs that he has returned to ; Grants Pass and that the Veterinary Practice of DR. STEERE and DR. 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