4 Wednelar, August 20, 1938.
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40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO ,
Aug. 20, 1948 (Friday)
Two hundred qualified
horsemen in "typical ranch
attire" are needed for filming
the climax of "The Last of
, the Wild Horses" here.
Turtles are being trained to
walk, a straight line for the
Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubi
lee turtle race.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 20, 1938 (Saturday)
Huckleberry picking is in
full swing.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Quite
a few hunters have picked
out the timbered area where
they will take a chance of
being shot for a deer, when
the shooting starts next
month."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 20. 1928 (Monday)
Wild turkeys released by
the state game commission in
Evans creek are getting wild
er and more numerous.
Over 19,000 local telephone
calls are being handled daily
by the Medford Telephone
company, setting a new rec
ord. 40 YEARS AGO
August 20, 1918 (Tuesday)
A demonstration of new
pear blight disinfectants is
scheduled for the experiment
station in Talent next week.
Men here are enlisting for
employment in the Portland
and Astoria shipbuilding
yards.
Whal's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five of
she is good.
1. Standing at the North
Pole, in what direction would
one face?
2. A gnu is an insect, ante
ope, or reptile?
3. Gumbo is a soup thicken
ed with mucilaginous pods of
what vegetable?
4. Smog is a Swedish dish,
a type of cloth, a smock-like
garment, or a blend of smoke
and fog?
5. Would you guess that the
gorilla has the same number
of pairs of ribs as man, more
ribs, or fewer rib's?
6. Biennial elections occur
every six months, or every
two years?
7. How many divisions has
the Zodiac?
8. Is the moon self-luminous?
9. Do oppenents in a check
er game use the same or dif
ferent color squares?
10. Which sea does the port
of Bombay, India face?
Answers: 1. South in all
directions. 2. Antelope. 3. Ok-xa-
4. Blend of smoke and fog.
5. More. 6. Every two years.
7. Twelve. 8. No. 9. Same.
10. Arabian Sea.
NOW THEY'RE EVEN
Chicago (TPD A judge lis
tened patiently Tuesday while
Edward Walker, 57, and his
estranged wife, Mary, 53,
charged each other with
spending the family income
on liquor and games of chance
respectively. After granting
Mrs. Walker S25-a-week ali
mony, he ordered her to shun
games of chance and told Wal
ker to stay out o taverns.
Its the 20th Century
We have yet to meet an unbiased and thought
ful observer who will not agree that county gov
ernment in Oregon is a sad anachronism, a hang
over from horse-and-buggy days, a throwback to
the middle ages.
From the sheriff (originally "shire reeve," an
official in medieval England) to the county
"court" (which isn't a court at all) the system is
antiquated, unresponsive, uncoordinated, and, in
some cases, dictatorial.
And, according to Gov. Robert Meyner of New
Jersey, who spoke at the national convention of
county officials in Portland last week, most of the
nation's other 3,000 or so counties are as bad off
as we are in Jackson county.
'J'HE trouble is, there's no boss.
The county court administers some of the
county's business; the treasurer another portion,
the assessor still another, the clerk and recorder
another. The sheriff has his own responsibilities.
The surveyor (an elected office, usually combined
with the appointive post of engineer) has still
another set of duties. The coroner has separate
functions.
And each of these elected offices may be op
erated at cross-purposes with others.
It isn't a case of the left hand not knowmg
vyhat the right hand is doing it's worse: It's
like one leg of an octopus not knowing what the
other seven are up two.
QOVERNOR Meyner simply echoed what this
newspaper, and others throughout the state
and nation, have been saying for years that
county government is years behind the time; that
a lack of centralization of authoritv AND resDon-
sibility makes it slow-moving and unresponsive
to the needs of the larger community; that effi
ciency, when it occurs in a county government, is
a nmiieci ming.
On that efficiency point, for example, Mrs.
Bereth Hopkins, the Jackson county clerk-recorder,
has established an enviable record of efficien
cy. She has brought in business machines, reor
ganized the office, and sorted out her many jobs
so that each is done with dispatch and efficiency.
Yet, at each step, she has been dependent on
the financial whims of a three-man county court,
whose members are prone to bickering among
themselves, and who are more interested in po
litical self-perpetuation than in efficiency.
IT WOULD be an understatement to say that the
- atmosphere in the courthouse is something
less than universally cordial.
How could it be otherwise, under the existino
fragmented and divided system? -
But Oresron voters have been notablv resistant
to chanere. This strikes us
fact that Oregon was the
toral legislation.
There will be a chance t.n mnlcp it. p
pioneer new methods of
iui, wim me nome rule" amendment on which
voters of the state will pass.
This would make it possible for voters in any
county to establish whatever f orm of government
they think will suit them best. ...
THIS newspaper has favored the county man-
ager system which would eliminate all elec
tive offices except a county council, and the legal
and judicial offices.
This county council, composed of five or sev
en men, representing various parts of the county,
would be the county's "legislature," much as a
city council is the legislative body for a munici
pality. It would employ a professional manager,
who would be the county executive. He, in turn,
would employ and supervise the best available
people as his department heads, who. would be
responsible for the functions of the county which
are now distributed among the half-dozen or more
virtually autonomous elective offices.
TTHE Council would set policy, and turn it over
to the manager for administration. As long as
they were satisfied, the manager would remain.
If they became dissatisfied, they'd get a new one.
The council would represent all the county,
and not just special portions of it, and would be
able to provide much abler and responsive gov
ernment through their intimate knowledge of the
needs of five or seven areas of the county, not
just three.
And if there was bickering between depart
ment heads (as there sometimes is today, with
nothing to be done about it), the manager could
rapthe proper knuckles and get a team function
ing again.
To think of the county government today as
a "team" is to laugh.
OVERNOR Meyner suggests that the county
executive be elected, rather than appointed.
But in this particular we disagree. Such organ
ization, though it is similar to the procedures of
most states, is too similar to the "strong mayor
and council" type of city government, which in
the long run has proven to be less effective than
the city manager kind of government.
County managership has been tried in a few
places a very. few. Its record thus far is good,
but not yet extensive, enough to be conclusive.
We would like to see Oregon again in the fore
front of a movement toward improved, efficient
techniques of government this time on a county
level.
For thi is, after all, the twentieth century.
But you'd never know it, listening to the noises
that come put of some, (not all) of the courthouse
offices today. E.A.
as odd.
pioneer in modern elec
county government this
Dennis the Menace
I MtO a MS ASWt. HUH t
Icelandic Fishing
Dispute Threatens
NATO Bloc's Unity
By K. C. THALER
UPI Correspondent
London (DPD NATO, the
much-tried Western defense
alignment, is facing a new
threat which might lead to
the exodus of Iceland, its stra
tegically vital member.
Cause of the trouble is a
fishing distfute with Britain
which arose from Iceland's
recent unilateral decision to
extend her fishing limits by
next month to a 12-mile zone.
Britain, to defend her fish
ing interests, has announced
she will escort her trawlers
to the disputed f i s h i n g
grounds with naval vessels.
Iceland replied the use of
force against the 12-mile lim
it would be regarded by her
as "an armed attack on Ice
land.", .
Soviet Russia, on the look
out for trouble in the Western
camp, in turn lost no time in
fanning the quarrel. She
quickly backed the new Ice
landic fisheries limits and,
in line with her traditional
propaganda strategy, has of
fered Iceland enlarged trade
prospects as a political lure.
Communist Heads Fisheries
At the head of Iceland's
fisheries ministry which
represents one of the leading
branches of the country's
scant ecenomy stands J.
Josepsson, a Communist.
Earlier this month, he visit
ed Moscow for trade talks and
returned with a Soviet offer
to increase the purchase of
Icelandic herrings by 5,000
tons, bringing the total for
this year to 20,000. The price
Moscow is thus prepared to
pay appeared modest in the
extreme in comparison with
the propaganda success the
Soviet seems to be reaping at
the expense of the Western
defense alliance.
Iceland with a population
of 160,000 is the smallest of
NATO's member nations. But
i t commands a n important
strategic position in the north
ern approaches to Europe and
provides a vital base for the
alliance. The presence of U.S.
forces was one of the major
controversial issues in the
general election a year ago.
Iceland's defection from
NATO would therefore be a
major blow for the alliance
and its strategic needs.
Adds To Tension
The Icelandic problem has
added to the already existing
tension within the alliance
over the Cyprus conflict in
which Britain, Greece and
Turkey are involved. Greek
and Turkish antagonism has
reached heights which experts
feared could lead to an erup-
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
YOU'VE HEARD lots of mean stories about finance company
. agents swooping down to repossess autos, TV sets, pianos,
and what not Here's a nice story for a change:
An agent had to remind
an old farmer that he hadn't
paid the last two of SO in
stallments on a new car.
"It's in the barn," said the
farmer sadly and in a low
voice so his wife couldn't
hear. "I'm afraid youH have
to take that car- of yours
back."
The agent walked with
him to the barn. There he
found the car shiny and new,
up on blocks, carefully cov
ered with a tarpaulin, its
speedometer showing only
12 miles the distance from the auto sales room to the barn.
"But you've hardly driven this car!" exclaimed the agent
"Didn't feel I should," explained the farmer. "Figured she's J
not mine till she's fully paid for."
The agent slammed shut his collection book, put the tarpaulin
back over the car, and said, "I guess we'll just let you have this
car till your crops come in."
O 1SSI, bf Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
J tion with dangerous conse
quences for ' NATO. Greece
and Turkey play an import
ant part in NATO's southern
flank defense.
NATO nations have been
counselling a concerted effort
to quell the Icelandic dispute
before it mushrooms into a
major conflagration
But so far no. solution is
in sight; both sides stand by
their respective decisions,
Iceland, in extending her
fisheries limits from 3 to 12
miles, claimed she had to, to
reserve these fishing grounds
for her own trawlers, fishing
being the mainstay of the is
landers' livelihood.
Britain, backing her fish
ing industry maintained these
fishing grounds have been
free in the past to British fish
ing and by international law
there could be no unilateral
seizure of vast sea areas
Property Owners
Given Warning
Those people approached
by a stranger with an offer
to sell their property at an
exorbitant figure through
extensive national advertising
are asked to contact the Med
ford Realty board or the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce before signing a con
tract and paying an advance
fee.
This will save a person
from becoming the victim of
racketeers who have cheated
thousands of property owners
of an estimated $25 million to
$50 million a year, advised
Cap Vandagrift of the Med
ford Realty board.
Vandagrift said he is not
cautioning against reputable
firms and brokers who some
times charge an advance fee
during a real estate transac
tion. The warning is direct
ed at people who are usually
unlicensed real estate brokers
who operate across state lines.
A close examination of the
papers presented by the ad
vance fee racketeers usually
discloses that the so-called
brokerage . organization guar
antees only to advertise the
property. If the owner hears
at all from the firm again, he
generally receives one or two
classified ads in the news
paper, a worthless listing in a
catalogue or vague excuses
for inaction, Vandagrift said.
There is currently a critical
need for about 3,000 physical
therapists.
Stop Me
New Spirit
Main Objective of D
By KINGSBURY SMITH
UPI Correspondent
Paris (DPD Creation of a
new spirit of pride and
achievement in French politi
cal life was described by An
dre Malraux today as the
major objective of Premier
Charles de Gaulle's govern
ment. The famous French author,
who, as "minister-delegate,"
is the intellectual leader of
the Gaullist movement, out
lined the inspirational aims
of the regime in an informal
talk with this correspondent.
He expressed confidence
that the inspirational leader
ship which General De Gaulle
is now giving to the French
people will bring about , po
litical stability in France.
Unlike some othert mem
bers of De Gaulle's govern
ment, such as Information
Minister Jacques Soustelle,
Majraux does not believe it
will be necessary to create a
new political party to imple
ment the policies of General
De Gaulle. He thinks the new
spirit which the war-time
leader of the.. Free French
movement is instilling in the
people will result in a refor
mation of the existing parties.
"One should not attribute
an exaggerated importance to
politics in French public
life," he said. "Not more than
350,000 people are involved
in party , politics in France.
Counting party workers and
militant party members on
all levels, that is less than
one per cent of the popula
tion. "The French people are dis
gusted with politics, with the
'game,' as it has been played
in recent years. They are dis
illusioned with existing
Communications
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The letters printed in this
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sent the views of the paper, in
fact the contrary is often the
case.
"All Out for Summer"
To the Editor: It had scarce
ly been necessary to have
seen these words above, an ad
which lauded and illustrated
modern scarcies called bath
ing suits for women.
However the illustrations
were hardly consistent for the
figures were slightly covered,
and not quite "all out." The
ad reminded that too many
even on our5 streets are too
nearly "all out for summer;
Some of us studiously avoid
mixed bathing beaches, and
can thus miss the "outness"
there imposing; but it seems
we must need see it on the
streets also.
Scripture says, "The ungod
ly know no shame," and it is
a sad comment on present
moral conditions that so many
must portray their ungodli
ness in this way!
Most men are modestly
dressed on the streets and in
places of business, but the
women and girls too many
of them must needs be
"out" to a too noticeable de
gree. Surprising it is how
many say with Strength,
"Shame on the women and the
girls who thus transgress the
laws of deceny and modesty
by their indecent immodesty!"
This - writer sincerely pities
his fellow men, young and
old, who must meet and be
hold this nakedness! However,
be it said that Christian wom
en young and old disdain this
wrong exposure.
Certainly those women and
girls whose chief charm they
seem to think is sex appeal
stifle and bypass the one
grand charm which is high
above all others namely noble
character appeal! To us it is
one unfathomable mystery
why mothers of this day can
and will and do turn their
fair teen-age daughters loose 1
on the streets with entirely
full length naked legs, and
then poor girls how hard
they require to struggle to
try to show, a composed and
innocent countenance!
The Bible says, "The mys
tery of iniquity doth already
work."
Remorseful admissions were
recently made by a large num
ber of girls in a home for
unwed young mothers, when
they were asked what was the
lure that caught the men who
were their seducers, answered
that it was the display of their
naked legs.
A returned missionary from
Africa now in California re
cently wrote a most reveal
ing pamphlet entitled, "The
Death of Modesty." He print
ed and distributed 34,500
copies, and it was in turn
published in 35 religious peri
odicals. The writer will glad
ly mail a free copy to anyone
requesting it. '
H. R. Bulman,
Route 4, Box 31 6A,
Medford
of Pride,
parties and they would be
just as skeptical towards any
new party that claimed it
was going to replace the
others.
Solution Advanced
"We have a different solu-
tion in mind. That is to chan
nel the potential enthusiasm
of the French people for pub-
he affairs which is great in
spite of their contempt for
the post-war actions of exist
ing political parties towards
the accomplishment of con
crete tasks in the national
welfare."
Malraux cited as the type
of public interest project he
has in mind the creation of
charitable foundations simi
lar to the American Ford and
Rockefeller foundati ons,
which would enable private
individuals and business firms
to set aside funds under a
tax - deductable arrangement.
These funds would be used
to finance scientific, cultural
and social developments. J
"I have," he said, "always
admired the accomplishments
of the American foundations,
and I regard their role in the
France of tomorrow as essen
tial. . :
"Under the very broad
powers already voted General
De Gaulle's government by
the legislative bodies, we
have the authority to intro
duce the necessary measures
to ' facilitate the creation of
similar foundations, and we
are preparing to do so."
Malraux said that General
De Gaulle hopes to use pro
visions of the proposed new
constitution, on which the
country will vote September
28, to modernize the existing
archaic governmental ma
chine. "We must," he added, "in
troduce a new spirit of ef
ficiency in the French govern
mental administration. Mod
ernization of the government
machine will, in itself, serve
to instill in the people respect
for their government, some
thing that has been sadly
lacking."
Malraux believes the
French people must be in
spired to feel a sense of na
tional destiny.
"When the French are de
void of a strong passion for a
great cause, they tend to be
come cynical, to lose interest
in public affairs, and to ap
pear at their worst.
Enthusiasm Needed
"You have heard that the
French dislike America. In a
sense that is true, but it is
also true that the French
Communists dislike Russia,
and last but not least, the
French also dislike each other.
As soon as they develop genu
ine enthusiasm for a worth
while common goal, all tms
is forgotten and the people
Talks Start to
Halt Work Stoppage
Portland (UPD Talks to try
to halt a work stoppage at the
Portland plant of . American
Can company began Tuesday
afternoon.
The plant was idled Mon
rfav morning when members
of the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 2070, refused
to report for duty. They were
reported to be unhappy over
disciplinary action against
two union men taken by tne
company.
The1 stoppage was termed
a wildcat walkout" by a
company spokesman.
Cranberry Yield fo
Be Lower in Stale
Washington (UPD The Ag
riculture Department said
Tuesday the cranberry yield
from Washington and Oregon
states would be lower this
year than in 1957 but that the
1958 nation-wide crop would
be 2 per cent greater than
last year.
The department estimated
the 1958 crop at 1,076,500
barrels which is 13 per cent
above average. Massachusetts,
New Jersey and Wisconsin ex
pect to produce more cran
berries than in 1957, the de
partment said.
The anticipated production
by states: Washington, 45,000
barrels; Oregon, 34,000 bar
rels; Massachusetts, 570,000
barrels; New Jersey, 88,000
barrels, and Wisconsin, 335,-
000 barrels. .
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Y (HEMORRHOIDS)
47 YEARS
Achievement Seen
e Gaulle in
become united in a fraternal
spirit of goodwill. That is the try changes, if the govern
spirit we are trying now to mental machine is modern
inspire." ized, the parties themselves
Hero of the non-Commu-will reflect thisx transforma
nist French intellectual youth tion, the multi-party system
through his literary works, in itself is not evil. You have
Malraux hopes to rally the it under a different name in
youth of the nation behind the United States. There are
the Gaullist movement and different factions within your
thus to encourage them to two great parties, the mem
take a greater interest in bers of which are in disagree
French public affairs. How-ment on many problems,
ever, he wishes to avoid any "The real evil in Francs
regimented organizations that has been the instability for
would appear similar to the the head of the government,
totalitarian youth movements, and its members, to know
Questioned as to how he how long they would remain
expected the transformation in power to achieve the ob
of existing political parties jectives of their policies,
would, be achieved to reflect "This will be changed un
the new "spirit" of De Gaulle der the new constitution,
without the formation of a When the' spirit of the coun
new party, Malraux, some-try is transformed, so will be
times referred to as the mys-the attitude of its political
tic "dreamer" of the Gaullist parties, at least the non-Com-movement,
replied: munist ones." v '
Ike's Vetoes Give
GOP Campaign Hint
BY RAYMOND LAHR
UPI Correspondent '
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower's recent veto
messages offer Republicans
some cues this fall on how to
attack the record of the Dem
ocratic-controlled Congress.
While the President spoke
more softly, tne uut cam
paign orators will be able to
quote him in denouncing the
reckless spending" programs
in the New Deal tradition. .
GOP candidates also are
being urged to quote some
economy bloc Democrats on
the spending issue.
No Justification
When he vetoed an appro
priation bill for the first time,
Aug. 4, Eisenhower said there
was "no sound justification
whatever in adding unneces
sarily over half a billion dol
lars to a deficit which may
reach 12 billion dollars this
fiscal year."
And in his veto of an atom
ic ice-breaker - construction
bill last week, he wrote:
"A continued disregard , of
our budgetary problems
through the institution of un
needed new programs and
projects can only add to in
flationary pressures to the det
riment of all the people."
The mere threat of a veto
stalled some spending pro
grams in Congress this year
and resulted in shaving sums
off others.
To the extent that the 1958
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Highlight in the news:
We tried to shoot a rocket
to the moon.
It FIZZLED blowing up
just 77 seconds after the but
ton was pushed, or the fuse
was lighted whatever it
was that was done to start it
on its way.
Shall we hide our heads in
shame? Shall we don sack
cloth and ashes and go into
mourning?
Let's NOT!
C CONSIDER the circum-
7- ateiiiv-ca. ;
We announced WELL in
advance that we were
going to try to shoot a rocket
to the moon. We even added
some frills. We said we were
not only going to try to shoot
a rocket to the moon but were
going to attempt to make it
CIRCLE THE MOON once or
twice, taking pictures of the
other side of it ; whicn lor
reasons too complicated to be
gone into here man has
never seen.
We went CLEAR OUT on
the limb.
NOW for the other side.
The authoritative maga
zine Aviation Week published
a story the other day to the
effect that Russia tried to send
a rocket to the moon on May
1 of this year, but FLOPPED.
The story quoted responsible
sources.
It may not be true.
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Tomorrow
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of the prudent and
thoughtful are finding it
well to plan today for the
inevitable needs of to
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than to
France
"If the spirit of the eoun-
election campaign is pitched
to the record of Congress, the
spending issue looks like a
probable choice for the GOP.
Some Support Evident
Despite a continuing disa
greement between most Dem
ocrats and the administration
over farm policy, the Democratic-led
Congress is not very
vulnerable on the issue of sup
port for the President. A par
tisan line could not be drawn
easily on Pentagon re-organiz-'
ation, reciprocal trade . and
foreign aid the three items
which Eisenhower regarded as
all-important parts of his pro- -gram.
Democratic congression
al leaders also supported the
President in resisting any
election year tax reduction. r
But the record shows that
the Democrats were willing to
go further than the adminis
tration in voting money out
of the federal treasury. . In
large part, this was their re
sponse to Sputnik and the re
cession. The appropriation bills this
year add up to upwards of a
billion" dollars more than the
administration asked more
than half of the increase go
ing to the Defense Depart
ment. How much this will
mean in its effect on the budg
et will depend largely on the
administration. If he wants to
take the responsibility, the
President can impound most
of the extra money voted by
Congress.
JENKINS
, But '
So far, the Soviet Union
hasn't denied the story. Nor '
has it confirmed it. Moscow
has just kept still about it.
THAT is to say:.
We used the , goldfish
bowl method. We told in ad
vance everything we were
going to try to do. We added
that the chances were against
success, but we were going to
go ahead on a stated date and
give it a try.
The Russians (assuming that
Aviation Week's story is cor
rect) used the secretive method-
They'd have bragged
about it all over the place if
it had succeeded, but they
hedged against the conse
quences of failure by keeping
mum about it beforehand. .
117HICH method is best?
At least, ours is more
honest.
I'm personally naive enough
to believe that in the LONG
run honesty will prove to "be
the best policy in world af
fairs as well as in the personal
affairs of individual people. ;
A NYWAY
We're following this
sound rule:
If at first you don't succeed,
TRY, TRY AGAIN. -
That rule has been the foun
dation of most research work
designed to bring about prog
ress. Mrs. Litwiller
I1 )
-A 's
'It is better to know us and not need us.
need us and pot know us.