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Newspaper Page Text4 Friday, September 26, 1937 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. MEDF0RD2ferTRIBUNE "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RLTHL. Editor HERB GREY, Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR, Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Med ford Oregon under Act of. March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail In Advance: Copy 10c. Daily and Sunday I year S15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. B.oo Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year $4.20. By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Phoenix, Shady Cove, Rogue Riv- . er. Talent, and on motor routes: Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Dailv and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash In Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC, Of fices in New York. Chicago, De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta, Vancouver, B.C. 0 NEWSPAPER i PUBLISHERS -"ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCjKATlgN Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Sept. 26. 1948 (Sunday) Daylight saving time, which has caused considerable head scratching in its first year in this area, bows out tonight. The Medford 20-30 club is sponsoring a series of three Broadway plays here this year. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 26. 1938 (Monday) Marquis the Magician has accepted the Porter Lumber company's challenge to escape from a heavy wooden packing box within five sec onds. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The rumor is being circulated throughout the state a careful hunter last week actually shot a deer for a deer, by mistake. 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 26, 1928 (Wednesday) The Medford Chamber of Commerce has signed up 66 new members, but the Ash land chamber is reportedly several men ahead in their competitive membership drive. ' The English authoress who came here recently to observe local color is recovering rap idly from injuries she receiv ed yesterday in an auto acci dent. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 26. 1918 (Thursday) The "Yellow Demon" auto, touring the state for the lib erty loan drive, arrives here from Ashland this evening. The Medford state militia company after weeks of hard drill is now in good condition. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct it superior; even or eight is excellent; five of six is good. 1. In which country did the Dachshund dog breed originate? 2. Is the correct name of the South American country spelled Columbia, or Colom bia? 3. If you say a girl is oscu lable, what would you mean? 4. Which state leads in the production of corn? 5. Which U. S. President was administered the oath of office by his own father? 6. In referring to Sino-Jap-anese relations, to what does "Sino" refer? 7. Ex-President Truman is a member of which religious denomination? , 8. King John affixed his seal to the Magna Charta in 1215; was that during the 12th or 13th century? 9. Sir Walter Raleigh died 340 years ago; did he die of old age, poisoning or by be heading? 10. Which noted actress was often referred to as "the divine Sarah?" Answers: 1. Germany. 2. Colombia. 3. That she is kiss able. 4. Iowa. 5. Calvin Cool idge. (A second oath was later administered by the Chief Justice.) 6. Chinese. 7. Bap list. 8. During the 13th cen tury. 9. Beheading. 10. Sarah Bernhardt. 3Sy A Matter of Civic Pride Mayor Snider is to be complimented for his "Make Medford Beautiful" plan, announced yes terday. It is something that Medford has long needed, and needs even more today, particularly with the Centennial year and its expected millions of visitors coming up soon. Essentially Medford is a clean and attractive town. But some of this essential character has been obscured by conditions, particularly on the approaches (which visitors see first), which do not give a favorable impression. HTHE job of the committee will principally be one of persuasion and coordination. The work itself should mostly be done by the property owners involved as a matter of pride, of civic responsibility, and of plain enlightened self interest. Things go better, business is better, people feel better in an attractive town. It has been proven, time and time again, that a town which has no civic pride is a dowdy town. The reverse is true, too, that a beautiful town is much more apt to be one with civic pride and a feeling of civic responsibility. IT IS PARTLY a matter of aesthetics, but it is also good business. It is an old, but true, story that America's topflight industries, in seeking locations for branches, are more attracted by a fine commu nity than by any other single factor. And their definition of a fine community includes not only good schools, parks and the things that ordinarily come to mind, but also, importantly, the general appearance of the community: Whether weeds are allowed to grow along main thoroughfares, whether buildings need paint, whether the streets are kept clean of litter, bottles and trash, whether there are trees along the streets, whether the parking strips are kept clean and neat, and lawns are green and mowed. THIS effort, as Mayor Snider pointed out, is not a "one-shot" thing aimed only at the Centen nial year, important as that is. It will be, if it works out as hoped, a per manent civic effort, supported and sustained by the entire community the property-owners as well as the officials of the city; the householders as well as the public-spirited citizens who will form the nucleus of the organized effort. Civic pride is not the sort of thingone can touch or see, but it is tangible in that it is pro foundly evident in a community which has it, and evidently lacking in a city which doesn't. We honestly believe Medford has it, and will respond to this challenge by the chief executive to show it. E.A. : The Time is Fall... A gate is left open by a deer hunter and a valuable horse gets out on the highway and is struck by a car ... a pheasant hunter rattles shot against the windows of a farm home . . . deer hunters shoot the lock off a gate and enter pri vate land . a heifer is mistaken for a buck and killed. - ; These instances are not figments of an over worked imagination; they actually occurred. As a result of hunter misbehavior and care lessness, thousands of acres of prime hunting land each year are closed permanently, and hunters are greeted thereafter by the dreary signs that say, "No hunting or trespassing." IX7HILE more and more land is being closed to " access, human population continues to build up, the need for recreation increases in these days of faster living, and hunter pressure snowballs. We, as hunters, have it within our power to maintain free hunting as we know it, perhaps forever. How can we do this? One of the best answers yet is to be found in the Red Hat Days program. Bom in Oregon in 1955, the program has been co-sponsored by 27 statewide organizations representing a variety of land-use and recreational interests, and has received nationwide attention and adoption by other conservation groups. THE objectives of the program are described by the Red Hat Pledge: I give my pledge To be law abiding To respect the rights and property of others To be careful with fire and firearms. This is where each hunter, in Oregon can ful fill his obligation to himself, to his fell sportsman and to generations of yet-unbom hunters. If we fail in our obligation now, our grandchildren may never have a fair chance to go into the marsh in search of waterfowl, into the woods after that first buck, or across the fields through pheasant cover. - Meet your outdoor obligation follow the Red Hat Pledge. Pendleton East Oregonian. Waldport Market Destroyed by Fire Waldport-flJPD-Fire believed to have started in the furnace room raged through Hall's IGA supermarket here Thurs day afternoon for more than an hour and a half before vol unteer firemen could control it. . ' A spokesman for the mar ket said the flames whipped through the store at about 5:20 p.m. When" firemen had the blaze under control about 7 p.m., little was left but the four walls and the roof. All the inventory was de stroyed. The flames caused some damage to the roof of the bank building next door. Cause was not determined. There was no immediate esti mate of damage. Washington - (OPD - Savings of individuals in savings ac counts, U.S. Savings Bonds and life insurance hit a new record high of $274,500,000, 000 at the end of June, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board said today. Dennis the Menace 'ftGfiT THEflS OA MY CHEST. GOP 'Mess' in California Faces Ike on Campaign Trip By LYLE C. WILSON UPI Correspondent Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower could not have chosen a more difficult politi cal situation in which to put his prestige on the line than in California. "That mess in Calif ornia" would be a fair descrip tion of the po litical s i t u a- Lyle C. Wilson tion in that anchor Republican state. That mess in California is a Re publican mess in which . the party's top candidates, seem Washington Report By William NOTHING SOLVED Washington - The depar ture of Sherman Adams from the White House raises fresh problems for the Republicans and settles none. The decision to "let Sherm go" was dic tated by Con gressional Re publican pros because of the recent Democ r a t i c v i c t o ries in Maine. But it William S. Wnite now 1 O O k S, even to some of the realistic Republicans, to have been an extraordinarily amate u r i s h and damaging performance. Though still denying that Adams did anything wrong in his relationship with Bernard Goldfine, the Administration in effect has admitted that "cronyism" has reached into the Eisenhower White House. When the Republicans were unable to prove unlawful con duct by Truman White House associates they found that this very charge of "crony ism" which they invented would do just about as well for partisan purposes. The Adams-Goldfine .affair was a two-bit affair at most, just as were most of those in the Truman era. And in any retreat in any so-called scandal, the administration involved is inevitably seen by the public to be confessing some kind of wrongdoing. TT IS thus wise to act at once against an accused of ficial or not at all-to cut one's political losses instantly or resolutely to ride out the storm. To have dismissed Adams months ago would have been at least logical, however harsh. This could have been presented as dramatic proof of the Administration's devo tion to the concept of the "hound's tooth." It could have been suggest ed that Adams was the inno cent but still necessary vic tim of a demonstration of a rare and lofty ideal of public service, of the immensely high standards, of an admin istration almost, but not quite too good to be true. But what is now plainly admitted instead is that he is a victim simply of the Maine election returns and the fear of other, coming returns. Thus the Administration has managed to get the worst of both worlds. And all be cause of Republican defeats in Maine that most probably would have come if there never had been a Sherman Adams. , rpHIS belated sacrifice is ex tremely unlikely, more over, to save a single Repub lican House or Senatorial seat. Indeed, there is good authority for the statement 6E ? ISMTTHATA HAIR? to be personally hostile, each to the other, and disagreed on policy, to boot. The top candidates are Gov. Goodwin J. Knight who is Republican nominee for the Senate and Sen. William F. Knowland who seeks election as gov ernor. " Louis H. Bean, a political prophet of good reputation, is prophesying now that Dem ocratic Rep. Clair Engle will lick Knight for the Senate seat and that Knowland will lose to Democrat Edmund G. (Pat) Brown. Such an outcome in California would measure up to the Republican defeat earlier this month in Maine. From the Republican point S. White that the White House agreed to it mainly to ' avoid giving election alibis to Republican Congressional candidates who are panicking in the face of November. Here are some of the un planned results: 1. President Eise n h o w e r himself, because of Adams' uniquely high place, is clear ly injured by the ouster. The President is weakened in his official functions many of which he had long left to Adams and also in his po litical influence. For it is now officially acknowledged that the President's closest associ ate has become a Republican liability. This can only speak less than highly of the Presi dent's own assets to the cam paign. 2. Another of those who "made" General Eisenhower politically has gone under. Adams' influence was high in the 1952 New Hampshire pri mary that' made an Eisenhower- candidacy both possible and certain. FORMER Senator James H. Duff of Pennsylvania was unseated in 1956 after having been starved for patronage by lthe White House. Former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts, the third member of this old trium virate of Eisenhower king makers, is out of politics as our Ambassador to the United Nations. 3. Finally, the Republican party is now committed at the top to a refusal to face and cure its real and general weaknesses in the campaign. The policy of blaming it all on "Sherm" and blaming it on him very late in the game is as great a gift as the Democrats have yet had. (Copyright. 1958, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- GEORGE BERNARD SHAWS cellophane-wrapped romance with actress Ellen Terry has been the subject of infinite anecdotes and conjectures. When she requested permission to publish some of the volum-t inous correspondence he had addressed to her in the course of a lifetime, he re fused indignantly, declaring, "I will not play the horse to your Lady Godiva." "Ours was an ideal love affair," he explained to the press, "because it was con ducted principally by post. Ellen got tired of five hus bands, but she never got tired of me." An ironic observation on the' literary life is contributed by a Look cartoonist who pictures a couple of scientists toying witi the dials of a huge mechanical brain. Something went haywire. One savant suddenly discovers what's wrong. "We've left this brain idle too long," he declared. "It's trying to write a novel." C 1355j by 2iuwtt Cert, Diitributed by Kiss Tenures Syndicate, Mao's Influence on Conferences When 'Revisionism7 Hit By K. C. THALER UPI Correspondent London-(UPD-Mao Tse-tung"s position as a foremost spokes man of Communist ideology appears to have soared since November, 1957, when world Communist chiefs gathered in Moscow to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. This was the meeting that issued the manifesto outlaw ing "revisionism." At the time, attention was focused on the meeting large ly because of Yugoslavia's re fusal to sign along with the other Communist countries. . But, as Yugoslavia herself was to learn a few. months later, the decisions taken at Moscow were of the most fun damental importance. And, as one Eastern European source put it, Mao played the leading role in getting them approved. Gained in Prestige "It was not so much that Mao spoke to the meeting as of view, it is a mess sure enough. As of now, the President is planning to go to California next month to make at least one major address. He will be in California two days. Your correspondent will not be astonished if in California Eisenhower bears down hard on administration policy with respect to Formosa and the small offshore islands now in shooting dispute. Washed by the Pacific, as it is, California is geographi cally sympathetic to adminis tration policy on Nationalist China. Moreover, firm talk on . that subject probably would help Knowland who consistently has opposed re treat in the Far East. Knight probably would benefit, too. What the President can or will say about labor policy, however, is the question Re publican politicians are ask ing themselves. Eisenhower doubtless would like to have a politically serviceable an swer to that one. Knight is in the middle, a sort of inno cent bystander, in the Cali fornia labor, ruckus. He has had considerable labor sup port. To one side are Knowland and those conservative citi zens who would enact a Cali fornia right-to-work law. That would be legislation to forbid compulsory union member ship. On the other side are the Democrats led by Brown and Engle who campaign on a platform which must delight labor leaders everywhere as they re-read it. Democratic Plank The Democratic platform does not merely challenge Knowland's idea. Its eight point labor plank proposes repeal- of the Taft-Hartley Act and enactment of a new na tional labor relations act in its place. It proposes some thing new state legislation to impose a secondary boycott by governmental agencies against purchase of anything from "any outfit charged with unfair labor practices or against which a bona fide strike is in progress. Knight stands in fne cross fire of. this labor policy con troversy. Eisenhower prob ably will be standing right beside him when he appears in California. The President's first World War II high com mand in Great Britain was won by a show of -talent as diplomatic compromiser of quick British '. and 'American egoes, as an advocate of to getherness among members of the team. .. . ' Eisenhower ' will need to draw heavily on that talent in California if his journey there is to pay off for the Republican party. that he lectured the others on the question of ideology," he said. "His prestige was al ready on the rise, but it -increased enormously . at the Moscow meeting." Last spring, only a' few months afterwards, Yugo slavia felt the full effects of the new resolution against "revisionism." Russia was a leader in criticizing the draft program prepared by the Yugoslaves for their own Communist Party congress. But when criticism was shifted to violent attack, when Yugoslavia was again denounced in terms reminis cent of the great Cominform split of 1948, it was Commu nist China that took the lead. Mao Calls the Turn On May 5, the Peoples Daily of Peiping broke out with a blistering attack on Tito's brand of Communism and concluded that the Com inform had been "basically correct" in expelling Yugo slavia in 1948. It was only on the following day that Pravda joined -the attack in Moscow, not with an assault of its own but by printing the text of the Peoples Daily article. Tito, the man with whom Khrushchev made peace in 1956 with apologies and con fessions of error, was once more beyond the pale. This time the most telling blow had been delivered not from Moscow but from Peiping. Last month came the secret meeting in Peiping between Khrushchev and Mao. Subse quent events tend to confirm the belief Mao persuaded if not forced Khrushchev to abandon his projected summit meeting and virtually won a blank check for Russian sup port in the Far East. This was the apparent back Communications Letters 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 saper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Who Benefits, Who Pays? To the Editor: Just last night I read, in the Medford Mail Tribune, in the "In the Day's News," by Frank Jen kins -of the Klamath Falls Herald and News, that Ore gon's tourist, advertising money comes" out of the gaso line tax. As Mr. Jenkins stated, "Perhaps as a. Taxpay er (anyone who drives an au tomobile or truck is by neces sity a taxpayer) you may re sent that. You shouldn't." Here is one Irishman who will . take exception to that statement. What do those crooked politicians in office think we pay taxes for? In the event it can apply I'll be only too glad to apply the term to the members of the legislature. How many of our people here in Oregon, per centagewise, get anything out of the tourists? If anyone should pay for tourist adver tising, it should be limited to those who benefit from the tourist, motels, trailer' parks, hotels, restaurants and other so-called tourist attractions. It is my opinion that gaso line taxes, license fees, PUC taxes on trucks and all other taxes resulting from the oper ation of the automobile should be used on our road system. I regard it a dishonest act to use these funds for any other purpose. Oregon, as a whole, has some of the worst roads of any section of the country. If a motorist says anything to the proper officials about it or asks that remedial steps be taken on a particular portion. of a road, we hear the com plaint, "We just haven't the money." Well,, if the politic ians would use the money as 4t should we'd have money left over. I told one official last spring, County Judge Rodney Keating of Jackson county, to be very specific, that in 14 years in California I had never seen a .road as bad as those in use right here in southern Oregon. And the above quoted complaint was .one he used to 'explain' the situation. Yet in none of the California counties where I lived were there any pay ments from O and C lands nor from forest service tim ber sales. When I spent time in San Joaquin county, Cali fornia, within the past five years, I was told there were no roads in the county with out oil or concrete surface. And there are no moneys there from timber sales as in Oregon, it all comes from the taxpayers' pocket. I hope this dishonest, dis gusting, irregular state of af fairs can be terminated soon. Rest assured I'll do all I can to speed the day when we don't have to pay out our gaso line tax dollars to get tourists to come to Oregon. Floyd R. McCabe, Mt. Pitt Star Route, Box 30, Butte Falls. - Since ground against which Mao un leashed the off-shore islands crisis in the Formosa Strait. Officially, Mao continues to pay lip service to Soviet lead ership while Khrushchev stresses the brother solidarity of the two nations. But East ern European sources, who geographically are closer to Moscow than Peiping, say that today it is Mao who is accept ed everywhere as the top au thority on Communist ideol ogy. The immediate question is: Creative Individual Termed Paradoxical Following Studies New York -How does the psychological profile of the creative individual differ from that of his more prosaic fellows? According to the initial re sults of an intensive study now underway at the Univer sity of California's Institute of Personality Assessment the creative person, whether ar tist, writer or scientist, is more primitive and more cul tured than the average, per son, more destructive and more constructive, both cra-zier-and saner! "Creative people," said Dr. Frank Barron, research psy chologist at the Institute, "ap pear to have an exception ally broad and flexible awareness of themselves. The self is strongest when it can admit primitive fantasies, naive ideas, tabooed impulses into consciousness and behav ior, anud yet return to a high Buck for Good TV To the Editor: Many of the readers of the Mail Tribune will undoubtedly recall the NBC Matinee Theater which brought so much pleasure to television viewers prior to its being discontinued last spring. A number of people who are interested in quality television have bemoaned the fact that they are no longer able to view this excellent theatrical program which brought to our homes such dramatizations as "The Master Builder," . "Jane Eyre," "Wuthering Heights" and many excellent 1 modern plays. A number of us at Southern Oregon college are willing to pledge a dollar to assist in bringing this program back to our living rooms. If any of your readers are likewise in terested, may I suggest that they contribute to: The Mat inee Theater Fund, Box 227, Beverly Hills, Calif. This foundation is a non-profit or ganization incorporated under the state laws of California. Leon Mulling, Associate Professor of Speech, Southern Oregon College, Ashland Differs With Book 1 To the Editor: Since having read "True West Magazine" from it's first Volume 1, Num ber One, around six years ago, we have been buying the bi monthly copies for the past five years on news stands. Having just read the September-October issue containing the story, "Schieffelin's Gold" by J. Frank Dobie, it seems like the Oregon part of the story was told to the author by a man named Frank Cooper of southwestern Ore gon. Some of the details and names are quite mis-informed and loosely given about the facts. We got our first hand facts of the Oregon discovery of 1897 from Ed Schiefflin's ex-partner of Woodville, 15 years afterward. , His ; name was Charles L. Warren. Mr. Dobie tells the story in good faith and we do " not condemn what he writes, as he says, facts about Schief flin's early life are in books. We got the true facts long be fore we read any books on the famous- lost mine. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman Medford It makes sense To enroll in the NANCY TAYLOR SUCCESS COURSE You'll be amazed at your own loveliness. You'll gain confidence in your work and jn yourself. New Classes: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7-10 P.M. Nancy Taylor Charm Course 40 North Riverside Phone SP 3-6408 1957 Why, in view of China's con tinued dependence on Russia for economic and military support, can she exercise such apparent pressure on the Kremlin? These sources reply that the economic equality has been offset by a series of poli tical and personal factors. They cite as especially im portant Moscow's loss of pres tige by the zig-zagging of policy in the post-Stalin strug gle for power. degree of rationality and self criticism. These conclusions," he stated this week, "are based on a study of many ac complished and creative in dividuals during the past eight years with the objective of discovering what kind of individual possesses in high degree the powers of con structive imagination and original thought. "Superficially, the record would seem to indicate that creative genius stems from disturbed minds. Cases in point easily come to mind. Robert Hooke the brilliant 17th century scientist, for ex ample, whose achievements place him second only to Newton among his contempo raries, suffered throughout his life from headaches, indi gestion, giddiness, insomnia and fearful dreams. One re calls, too, the apocalyptic rages of Beethoven, the sav age indignation of Jonathan Swift, the terrible loneliness of van Gogh, the criminality of Rimbaud and the spiritual pain endured by Heine. It is tempting to conclude that these people were in need of psychotherapy. "Certainly one difference between them and the perfect product of psychotherapy and the happy life was that they did not manage themselves very well. One finds in them the qualities of willfulness, fierce self-assertion and hat red of the established order in contrast with the average individual who is given to warmth, but not heat; spon tatneity, but not passion. Yet one cannot readily abandon the idea that to create is in some sense to be healthy. "In general, our studies have shown that creative peo ple are especially observant. They value accurate observa tion more than other people do. They often express half truths, but that part frequent ly unrecognized. They see as others do-but also as others do not. They insist on inde pendence of thought and will suffer great personal pain to testify correctly. They are born with greater brain ca pacity; they have more abil ity to hold many ideas at once and to compare more ideas with one another. They are more vigorous and have avail able to them an exceptional fund of psychic and physical energy. And, finally, their universe is more complex with the result that they lead more complex lives, seeking tension in the interest of the pleasure they obtain upon its discharge. "It would seem, then, that the creative individual, in his generalized preference for ap parent disorder, turns to the dimly realized life of the un conscious, and is likely to have more than the usual amount of respect for " the forces of the irrational in himself and in others. This re spect consists in a faith that the irrational itself will gen erate some ordering principle if it is permitted expression and admitted to conscious scrutiny." (Scientific American Feature) Ben Tucker Joins Real Estate Agency W. B. (Ben) Tucker, 604 South Newtown st., Medford, former Jackson county exten sion agent, has joined the T. J. Hight Agency here. He will devote the major portion of his time to farm and ranch sales and management, Hight said. Tucker retired June 30 this yer after serving, about 38 years in agricultural exten sion work, the last 11 years as extension agent here.