4 WeonedV. Sept. 10, 1958 I
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEAHS AGO
Sect. 10, 1948 (Friday)
Twenty-nine Jackson coun
ty exhibitors have won prizes
v, ciota fair in Salem.
city Water Superintendent
Robert A. Duff reminds water-
users that restrictions on lawn
and garden irrigation have
been removed.
20 YEARS AGO
s.k 10. 1938 (Saturday)
. A voluntary fire depart
ha hppn organized at
Talent.
. From Arthur Perry s x e j
Smudge pot" column: "A rain
to start fall plowing and a
; frost to kill off the flies are
badly needed by farmers and
I the womenfolks."
i
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 10. 1928 (Monday)
Polls are remaining open
; till 8 tonight for voting on
Medford's proposed $100,000
bond issue to finance street re
pair and purchase of mainten
once equipment.
Out-of-state motorists are to
receive free tickets to the
Jackson county fair next
week.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 10. 1918 (Tuesday)
An association of residents
In the Wellen and Antelope
districts is being formed to
exterminate coyotes which
prey on sheep, goats and tur
keys. A Mother's Day is planned
for women with sons at the
front, which will consist of
marching and singing through
the streets and a "community
sing" in the park.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina er ten correct it superior?
seven or eight is excellent; five or
ix is good.
1. How many voyages did
Christopher Columbus make
to the western world?
2. Woodrow Wilson's peace
plan for ending W.W.I con
tained how many points?
3. What is a davit?
4. With the name of what
person do you associate the
place Berchtesgaden?
5. What does a barometer
measure?
6. Reno is the capital of
Nevada; true or false?
7. Alcohol cannot be froz
en; true or false?
8. Which side of a ship (fac
ing the bow) is the port and
which is the starboard side?
9. Is the body of the Sphinx
that of a crouching lion, leop-
: ard, or jaguar?
10. Alexandria, Va., is the
home of what well - known
leader of the United Mine
Workers?
Answers: 1. Four. 2. Four
teen. 3. Crane on ship for
lowering a boat. 4. Adolph
Hitler. 5. Atmospheric pres
sure. 6. False. (Carson City)
7. False. 8. Left is port; right
is starboard. 9. Lion. 10. Jean
L. Lewis. ,
For a Better Medford
The United Medford Crusade campaign gets
under way next week.
The UMC is so familiar to all of us that oc
casionally it is too easy to pass it off as just anoth
er outfit asking for money. It is tooeasy to forget
the good that it does, the real need that it fills in
the community.
Those agencies. in Jackson county wrhich re
ceive funds, too, are well-known the Salvation
Army, the YMCA, the Boy and Girl Scouts, the
Campfire Girls, the Ked Lross.
Somewhat less - publicized are the so-called
"child-care" agencies, mostly located in the Port
land area (logically, as the state's center of popu
lation), but which serve the entire state.
THERE are 11 of these. If it were not for them,
Jackson county people, somehow, would have
to provide the care and the services locally which
now are rendered on a much more efficient basis
by the larger agencies.
In supporting the local beneficiaries, and the
child-care agencies, donors to the UMC are get
ting a whale of a lot for their charitable dollar.
Here, briefly, is the story of each of the child
care organizations, and how it has helped Jack
son county young people.
ALBERTINA KERR HOMES:
Accepts children from birth to 5 years, furnishing
mental and physical health services. The Louise Home,
part of the group, is for maternity and health care for
delinquent girls, serving those aged 12 to 21. In 1957,
10 Jackson county girls received these services, for a
. total of 2,335 days of care.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' AID SOCIETY:
, Serves children up to 21 years, provides confiden
tial maternity service, foster care, adoptive service and
placement. In 1957, 48 Jackson county youngsters
served, for a total of 5,118 days of care.
CATHOLIC SERVICES FOR CHILDREN:
Provides all social services to Catholic children,
referring them to other institutions, provides counsel
ling service, foster home care and adoptions. Many
services provided to non-Catholic children. Eight Jack
son county young people served last year for 546 days
of care. - i -
CHILDRENS FARM HOME:
Located near Corvallis, it provides care for or
phaned, neglected or dependent children 5 to 21, who
are physically and mentally normal. Thirteen from
Jackson county last year, for 2,736 days of care.
CHRISTIE SCHOOL:
This school is for girls aged 5 to 18, in good health,
. who are dependent or neglected, not legally delin
quent. Five from Jackson county in 1957, for 498 days
of care. ;
OUR LADY OF PROVIDENCE NURSERY:
Care for infants up to age 5. Two from Jackson
county last year, for 290 days of care.
ST MARY'S HOME FOR BOYS:
Cares for boys between 6 and 14 years old, all
services. Three from Jackson county last year, with
540 days of care.-
ST. ROSE INDUSTRIAL HOME:
This school admits approximately 200 girls per
year who have been referred by juvenile courts, and a
few others. Nineteen from Jackson county in 1957,
for 4,489 days of care.
SALVATION ARMY WHITE SHIELD HOME:
Cares for unwed mothers. Four from Jackson coun
ty last year, for 168 days of care.
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: .
" Mothers and children cared for here because they
need, protective care, or have been evicted, or are
new in a community and are without funds, or because
they have been living in intolerable conditions. Last
year, 127 days of care were provided six individuals
from Jackson county.
WAVERLY BABY HOME:
Care for infants under 5 years without disease.
Three from Jackson county last year, with 606 days
of care.
THE totals cared for from Jackson county, m
lorcr: m..A 77 i ior;ft inr: n-nA loot iroar 191
iouu, vvcic II, in
The total davs of care
13,418 m iy55, lt,iy
year.
...... .1 w BT J 1 1 1 1
Some people leel mat trie UMU should ao
more for "charity" and perhaps less for the character-building
and welfare' organizations of the
county.
The list above, we
Where is there better,
than that given by these
the helpless members
rirpn f
And it should bp noted that all of these are
open to children of all
for some of the services
. i
Services such as placing Latnonc unuaren m
Catholic iamilies.
II THAT would Medford be without the UMC?
" It would be a far
todav. Tt would have less
bo, when your solicitor asKS ior your umo
Innotinn wmomKor tiaf Mmi nro VlpTniTIO t,hf.
locflf ao-encies which do
munity but also that
fnnt.nhiir.inn tnwarri the
look and the future of hundreds and hundreds of
children, some of them
No Deterrent
Of Oregon's seven
resulted from drinking
The facts of the state's shocking statistics for
the week are of no value
capital punishment factions. In at least six of the
seven homicides, the slayers obviously gave no
thought either to the fact
punishment for first 'degree murder or to Gov.
Robert D. Holmes' policy
all persons sentenced to
It is probably time that a death penalty or the
lack of one has little effect on a state's homicide
record. But the injustice
ers to the gas chamber
depending on how a jury feels about it, and the
morality of the state's taking the life of anyone
are factors no voter can
, Portland Oregonian.
j.its, auu iaov j cj. , .u..
for countv ueoDle were
m ly&b, ana i,403 last
think, is their answer.
more important charity
' 1 1
agencies wnicn succor
ot the community -enn
races and creeds, except
provided oy the uatnonc
- i i -II t 1 ?
sadder place than it is
cause for rnde.
so much for this com
you are making a real
lite, the health, the out
jour neighbors. E.A.
homicides last week, five
sprees.
to either the pro or anti-
that Oregon has capita
of granting clemency to
death.
of sending some murder
and letting others escape
overlook m November.
Dennis the
'Time ron 6ed, Dennis
President Decides
To Hit Hustings in
GOP Election Try
By LYLE C. WILSON
UPI Correspondent
Washington (DPD Presi
dent Eisenhower has decided
to deal himself a hand in this
year's Republican congres
sional campaign. .
That's the political word in
Washington today after Ei
senhower's brief return to the
capital last week end. Re
publican party strategists are
making plans , now for the
President to assume the lead
ership in making this cam
paign more of a contest than
many confident Democrats
expect it to be.
In a turn . of phrase pe
culiar for its implications, the
word was that Eisenhower
personally would hit the cam
paign trail in behalf of Re
publicanism as he sees it.
Modern Republicanism is the
way the President sees it,
which is not exactly the way
basic Republicanism is view
ed by all party members in
cluding some of those who
seek office this year.
However that may be, few
if any Republican candidates
would reject an offer of presi
dential help, although Eisen
hower already has excluded
some Republicans from such
assistance in this campaign.
He told a recent news con
ference that he would do his
best for all Republican nomi
nees provided they had sup
ported the administration in
Congress on the key issues:
military reorganization; mu
tual security; and the five
year reciprocal trade pro
gram.
Remark Challenged
A fortnight previously, Ei
senhower challenged a defeat
ist remark by Chairman
Meade Alcorn of, the Republi
can National Committee. Al
corn had told questioners it
was not in the cards for his
party to win control of the
U.S. Senate.
"For my part," snapped Ei
senhower when asked about
that, "I have never admitted
defeat in any fight I had to
fight."
Alcorn subsequently re
vised his estimate of Senate
prospects. " There has been
considerable revision all
around in the past few
months'. Less than a year ago
there was evidence that the
Republican party -would suf
fer in the 1158 general elec
tions a devastating reverse.
Republican prospects are bet
ter now to the extent, at least,
that the party's chances have
improved a lot in the farm
belt. Moreover, the business
and industrial recession prob
ably will have less political
impact than expected despite
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
NO LESS THAN 1,200 published works are credited to the
great French author, Alexandre Dumas. It is obvious that
he could not have written them all without assistance, and it is
1. ..... iu.; v I
a-jiu wn, laLk, uiat em
ployed no fewer than a
dozen "ghost writers." His
"fiction factory remains
one of the wonders of litera
ture. f
Most talented of Dumas'
"collaborators" was Auguste
Maquet, who projected and
in part wrote the immortal
"The Three Musketeers." It
was the genius of Dumas,
however, that made the
book a masterpiece.
At the height of his ca
reer, the great Alexandre is
said to have met his son, also a writer, at somebody's dinner
party, and to have asked paternally, "Have you read my latest
story?"
No, sir," answered the son. "Have you?"
Constance Collier once advised a young hopeful in the theatre,
"My dear, a big star never wears furs she drags them.
O ISbS. by SaiHtt CmL DutriboLed hjr Sag feature Syadicat
Menace
Say'TiM0 for eeo.T&C
AM" 1U ANSWER. "
5,000,000 unemployed.
The Republicans lack
issues capable of arousing
general enthusiasm but in
these last days of summer the
party appears to have a slim
fighting chance. That appears
to be what beckons Eisen
hower to the hustings. Eisen
hower may make one, per
haps two, non-political ap
pearances this month, mean
while maintaining his vaca
tion base at Newport, R.I.,
barring international crisis.
His political opener is tenta
tively scheduled for some
where in New England -
Massachusetts or Connecti
cut would be likely states
shortly after Oct. 1. The
occasion would be a political
whing-ding designed to focus
attention throughout the
northeastern states. Some
where in the industrial area
of Michigan would be the
most challenging and haz
ardous place for Eisenhower
to talk about administration
recession policies.
New York, for sure, and
California, maybe, would be
on his schedule although
nothing so strenuous as a
presidential election cam
paign swing is even remotely
contemplated.
There is no indication that
Republican campaign man
agers are dragooning Eisen
hower into this campaign
effort. It is his own idea and
it could not be more wel
come to party leaders. They
need him.
Coya Knutson
Wins Election
Mineapolis-UPD-Mrs. Coya
Knutson, Minnesota's blonde
congresswoman who ignored
Ler husband's plea to forsake
politics and be a housewife
again, won renomination to
day even though her husband
was supporting her opponent.
The votes that put her over
the top were recorded while
she slept after an all-night
watch over the election re
turns.
She refused to talk with
newsmen until late today.
. Mrs. Kuntson, whose hus
band, Andre, was backing
Moorhead businessman Mar
vin Evenson in preference to
her, rolled up a plurality of
about 3,000 votes with only -a
handful of 9th district pre
cincts stiU to Teport Tues
day's election results.
Mrs. Kuntson will face Re
publican Odin Langen, who
ran unopposed, in the Nov. 4
election.
Stop Me
ExpositionTrade Fair, Only Part of
Plans for Oregon's 100th Anniversary
Portland The first inter
national trade fair ever held
on the Pacific coast will be
presented next June as part
of the Oregon centennial ex
position at PorUand.
Thirty-five countries are ex
pected to take part in the
trade fair. Twenty-six of the
great commercial nations of
the world already have re
served space or contracted for
it, among them Great Britain,
Norway, Finland, The Nether
lands, Belgium, France, West
Germany and Italy.
The trade fair will give the
participating countries their
firstsuch opportunity to pre
One Ex-Senator Up, Another
Down, in Primary Elections
By RAYMOND LAHR
UPI Correspondent
Washington-(UPD-One former
Democratic senator emerged
on top today from the first
major test in his campaign to
return to Congress, but anoth
er returned to political limbo.
The survivor was Gov. Ern
est W. McFarland of Arizona,
majority leader of the Senate
during the last two years of
the Truman administration.
He won the Democratic sena
torial nomination in his state
Tuesday to oppose Sen. Barry
Goldwater, the Republican
who defeated him six years
ago.
Among the losers In the
primary elections Tuesday in
10 states was former Sen.
Claude Pepper, once a prom
inent voice among Southern
liberals. He was snowed under
in Florida by Sen. Spessard
L. Holland, a conservative
who was renominated for a
third term.
Georgians Vote Today
Primaries also were held in
Colorado, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Utah, . Vermont,
Washington and Wisconsin. In
the last heavy round of norm-
naing activity this year, can
didates were nominated for
eight U.S. Senate seats, seven
governorships, 59 House seats
and many state and local
offices.
In a state in which Demo
cratic nominations are equiva
lent to election, Georgia Dem
ocrats held a primary today
to name candidates for 1Q
House seats, governor and
other state offices. In primar
ies later this month, Rhode Is
land will be the last state to
nominate candidates for the
Nov. 4 elections.
Holland's victory In Flor
ida re-emphasized that incum
bent senators who want to run
again have been having a fair
ly easy time this year. Only
Holland had formidable oppo
sition among seven incumbent
-senators renominated Tues
day. However, most of the
other six can expect tougher
opposition in the elections
Nov. 4. Holland can take re
election for granted in a state
where the Democratic nomi
nation has been tantamount
to election.
WisconsinGOP Cheered
In Arizona, Goldwater was
renominated without opposi
tion for a rematch with Mc
Farland, who defeated Demo
cratic national committeeman
Stephen W. Langmade.
In Republican Vermont,
Rep. Winston L. Prouty won
the GOP senatorial nomina
tion from former Gov. Lee E.
Emerson to run for the seat of
retiring Sen. Ralph E. Flan
ders. Frederick J. Fayette,
Burlington attorney, was un
opposed for the Democratic
nomination. '
Democratic Sen. William
Proxmire easily won renomi
nation in Wisconsin against
token opposition from two op
ponents. The fact he polled
fewer votes than former state
Supreme Court Judge Ronald
Steinle, unopposed GOP can
didate, cheered Republicans
who have given Proxmire top
priority . among Democratic
senators they hope to defeat
this fall.
Results Elsewhere
Results of other major con
tests: Minnesota: Sen. Edward J.
Thye (R) and Rep. Eugene J.
McCarthy (D) easy winners in
senatorial primaries; Demo
cratic Gov. Orville L. Free
man renominated to' run
against Republican George
MacKinnon.
Utah: Sen. Arthur V. Wat-
Ike Summons
White House Aides
Newport, R.I. - (UPD - Presi
dent Eisenhower summoned
two White House aides to
bring him from Washington
today detailed reports on the
Formosa Strait crisis and oth
er national security matters.
He scheduled a conference
with Brig. Gen. Andrew J.
Goodpaster, White House
staff secretary, and Gordon
Gray, his special assistant for
national security matters who
were flying here from Wash
ington.
sent their wares in the midst
of an audience of 28,000,000
people in the western United
States and the western edge
of Canada.
Millions Due
An attendance of 6 to 8 mil
lion is expected at the expo
sition, of which the interna
tional trade fair will be a part.
Sellers, importers and other
buyers from the western
United States wiU have the in
ternational trade fair area to
themselves forenoons for the
first two weeks of the exposi
tion, June 10 through 24. The
public actually will be kept
out of the trade fair area "un
kins (R) defeated Carvel
Mattsson to win renomination
for a third term; Democrats
nominated Frank E. Moss of
Salt Lake City.
Massachusetts: Republicans
nominated Charles Gibbons
for governor in write-in vote
made necessary by death of
unopposed candidate last
week; Gov. Foster Furcolo re
nominated by Democrats
without opposition. Democra
tic Sen. John F. Kennedy re
nominated and Vincent J. Ce
leste chosen by GOP for sen
ator, both unopposed.
Auto Workers To
Discuss Delay in
New Strike Deadline
Detroit (DPD The United
Auto. Workers' executive
board was scheduled to de
cide today whether recent
progress in talks with the
"big three" auto companies
was enough to warrant an
nother delay in setting a
strike deadline.
UAW President Walter P.
Reuther last week called the
meeting for the announced
purpose of. setting a strike
deadline and picking a target
company for a strike.
But since then Reuther
personally has entered " ne
gotiations with all three of the
companies and reported some
progress at all except Chrys
ler Corp.
Reuther concentrated large
ly on General Motors, meet
ing with a negotiating team
headed by GM vice president
Louis G. Seaton until 10:30
p.m. Tuesday.
Not Hopeful
He refused to say whether
he believed the negotiations
progressed far enough to
postpone any strike action, as
was done when the question
of setting a, strike deadline
first came up last month. But
he did not sound hopeful.
"The simple fact is that we
have been probing most of the
day," he said. "We have
nothing on the table yet."
Reuther said the top of
ficials of the union would
meet before the executive
board meeting to prepare a
report, and possibly a recom-
mendation, to the board. He
saia ine negouaung icums n
GM, Ford and Chrysler all
would appear before the
board to present reports of
the progress they have been
making and submit recom
mendations. Optimism At Ford
The most optimistic' report
camp from neeoxiauons ai
Ford Tuesday.
It was the best day we
had," Kenneth Bannon, chief
UAW negotiator at Ford, said.
"There was a changed atti
tude."
Malcom Denise, head of the
Ford negotiating team, agreed
with Bannon that the "atmo
sphere of the talks has im
proved."
Chrysler reported no new
progress in its talks.
All three companies recess
ed the talks today to permit
the union officials to attend
the executive board meeting
Hope of avoiding the union
threat of . a strike was raised
by progress made since last
Friday, 'when Reuther enter-
FIVE GET DEATH SENENCE
Moscow -(CPD- A military
tribunal in Soviet Georgia
has sentenced five men to
death by firing squad and a
sixth to 25 years imprison
ment ' for wartime .atrocities
against fellow Soviet citizens,
the army newspaper Red Star
said today.
Helps You Overcome
FALSE TEETH
Looseness and Worry
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because ol loose, wobbly false
teeth. FASTEETH. n Improved alka
line (non-acid) powder, sprinkled on
your plates holds them firmer bo they
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FASTEETH today at any drug countei.
til mid-afternoon so that buy
ers and sellers may do their
business without interruption.
The exhibits will remain
after the two-week trade fair
ends and continue to arouse
the interest of people attend
ing the exposition. The expo
sition itself will last a sym
bolic 100 days and finally
close Sept. 17. .
Part of Show '
The expostion, great as it is,
will be only part of Oregon's
celebration of 100 years of
statehood. To Europeans,
steeped in history, a century
may seem like a comparative
ly short period. But to resi-
Colorado: Democratic Gov
Stephen L. R. McNichols and
GOP State Rep. Palmer L.
Burch nominated for gover
nor without opposition.
New Hampshire: Unofficial
returns from all of New
Hampshire's 300 precincts
gave lawyer Wesley Powell a
close victory over Hugh
Gregg in the GOP gubernator
ial primary. But Greg wanted
a recount. PoweU wiU oppose
Bernard L. Boutin, who de
feated John Shaw in the
Democratic race for the top
state post.
ed the talks for the first time
since tne Old contracts ex
pired during the Memorial
Day week end.
Edilorial Comment
THE BEST VACATION
OF THEM ALL
in tnree successive sum
mers past, the lure of more
distant places had been too
much for the Portland vaca
tioners. They had been drawn
to Colorado, California and
Canada. ..
This year, ' they vowed
they would stay in . Oregon,
ana they did. ; -..
They swam and boated in
Elk and Diamond lakes. They
climbed one of the several
peaks surrounding Crater
lake. Although they had seen
Crater several times, never
before had it looked so en
chanting. They swung over to the
Oregon, coast by way of the
Smith 'river cutoff. They
drove every inch of highway
101, stopping along the way
for five nights to enjoy the
endless variefy of recreation
al attractions.
They "rode the riffles" of
the Rogue from Gold Beach
to Agness. They visited Sun
set Bay, Shoreacres and Cape
Arago state parks out from
North Bend and Coos Bay,
where they swam and pic
nicked. .
They spent two days in the
vicinity of Honeyman state
park near Florence, again
swimming and picnicking and
walking barefoot through the
rolling sand dunes. .
They hiked the beautiful
little trail through Oswald
West state park to Short Sand
beach. They picnicked at Nes
kowin forest camp in Tilla
mook county. They toured
Tillamook's fine Pioneer mu
seum. They beachcombed at
Manzanita in the shadow of
Neahkahnie mountain. They
visited historic Ft. Clatsop,
soon to become a national
memorial. They enjoyed a fi
nal picnic at Ft. Stevens state
park-near Astoria.
As they headed home, the
young one vowed.' this had
been the best vacation of
them aU, although no one had
caught or tried to catch a fish.
The rest of the family was in
clined to agree.
There remained the knowl
edge they had only scratched
the surface of the almost lim-
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ASHLAND
We Never Close
dents of Oregon, it Is a long
time. For 100 years ago, cov
ered wagons drawn by oxen
were laboriously bringing
dusty, hungry settlers across
the dry plains of western
America, following roads that
were nothing but wagon ruts,
to land where moss-draped
trees 300 or 400. years old
stood 200 feet tall amid bab
bling brooks and bigger
streams teeming with fish.
A few villages had been or
ganized Portland among
them but most of the state
west of the Cascade mountains
was forest primeval, almost
untouched by human foot,
while the huge area east of
the mountain range was a
trackless wilderness of sage
brush, broken by forests ot
huge pine trees. Tiny Indian
villages were clustered along
a few of the biggest water
ways.
Widespread Plans
To commemorate those
days, the communities of the
state are planning historical
pageants, clean-up campaigns
and intensive studies of their
own history. Horseback riders
will re-enact the pony express
rides that. brought mail and
treasure to their destinations
century ago. Covered wag
ons will trundle along the
trails followed by pioneers of
the 1800s. The whole state, in
fact, will be on parade.
And the underlying purpose
of the mammoth undertaking
is to help Oregon folk and vis
itors alike to look backward,
assess the present and plan
for a greater future.
In its first century as a
state, Oregon was economi
cally a colony of the eastern
United States. It shipped raw
materials, such as timber
products and farm produce,
and brought back manufac
tured products.
Picture Changed
. Now the picture has
changed, and Oregon realizes
that it is a young giant begin
ning to flex its muscles. It has
not only America's greatest
remaining stand of timber
now being used fully instead
of half-wasted but also
abundant fresh water, becom
ing scarce in much of the
United States, and plentiful
cheap electricity which is used
increasingly in smelting light
metals, such as aluminum.
. Experts consider the north
western part of the North
American continent the likeli
est area in the western world
of speedy growth in the com
ing years, and the centennial
is Oregon's way of inviting
the world to , join it in
glimpsing things to come
against the backdrop of the
past.
itless number of things there
are for the vacationer to do
and see in their own state,
enougn to keep them going
back for as many summers as
they wish, for a lifetime.
Oregon Journal, Portland
WE AGREE
Readers often inquire about
the use of the editorial pro
noun "we." Through the
years, dozens of explanations
have been given them, rang
ing from the less-personal na
ture of the word as compared
with "I" to the more-expansive
nature of the word in In
dicating a newspaper's opin
ion and not merely one indi
vidual's. However, the best explana
tion on record anywhere is
one a harried weekly editor
offered in a gun-totin frontier
town long ago: "I say 'we' fig
uring that it may cause them
to think twice before coming
looking for me."-Eugene Register-Guard.
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