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4 Sunday, October 5, 1958
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 5, 1948 (Tuesday)
A new boys' chorus is be
ing organized here.
Fire drills are being held
at Medford's schools.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 5, 1939 (Wednesday)
A total of 195 airplanes used
Medford's airport during Sep
tember.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Farm
ers remark upon the scarcity
of candidates this fall, and
claim those who do show up,
look no better than the corn
did last June."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 5, 1928 (Friday)
The American Legion drum
corps is sponsoring the third
in its series of dances tomor
row night.
J. W. Wakefield, Republi
can warhorse, comic opera
authority and insurance agent,
returned this morning with
four mule-tail deer gracing
his fenders.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Oct. 5. 1918 (Saturday)
A total of 12,378 visitors
registered at Crater Lake this
summer, setting a new attend
ance record.
A big cannery is proposed
here as a result of Medford's
approval of establishing irri
gation. What's Your I.Q.7-
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five et
ix is good.
1. Navy Veterans know
that "skivvies" are two-man
subs, T-shirts, or gas inflated
rafts?
2. A patty shell is a type
of seashell; true or false?
ft
- 3. Name the Carthaginian
general who invaded Italy in
the Second Punic war.
4. High, thick cloth and
rubber overshoes fastened
with one or more buckles are
called "A s?
5. Is it stalagmites or stala
ctites, that form and hang
from the roof of a cave?
6. What are the five posi
tions on a men's basketball
team?
7. The Pilgrims celebrated
Thanksgiving by a feast pre
pared from their first crops
gathered in 1620, 1621, or
1622?
8. If served the furculum
of the turkey, would it be
the wing, leg, neck, or wish
bone? 9. Womens components of
the armed forces fill their
quotas with draftees; true or
false?
10. Was Sherlock Holmes
a fictional or real-life char
acter? !
Answers: 1. T-shirts. 2.
False. 3. Hannibal. 4. Arctics.
5. Stalactites. 6. Center, two
guards and two forwards. 7.
.1621. 8. Wishbone. 9. False.
10. Fictional.
About Newspapers
October 1 to 8 Is National Newspaper Week. To
mark the occasion, we are reprinting the following
comments from the Eugene Register-Guard, which sum
up nicely the thoughts of many newspaper people on
this event.
Newspapermen are great scoffers about some
of the special-observance weeks during which
Americans are supposed to honor the invention
of stay-tied shoestrings, the essential services
performed by chimneysweeps or other vital things
and services. And so when they come to National
Newspaper Week, as they do each October, they
are faced with an embarrassing dilemma like a
bunch of. little boys with new slingshots and
pockets full of rocks who have just recited the
tub bcout promise.
Their first impulse is
piece, bury it somewhere deep inside the next
edition, and go on to more important things. A
lot of them follow that
with their conflicting
maybe, after all, Newspaper Week is one of those
special observances in which the public has a real
interest. Why .Because,
is everybody's business.
are satisfied with it, some are disgruntled and
feel free to say that they are, and that the
blankety-blank sheet ought to do this, that or the
other thing differently.
'"THERE'S an old adage
that everybody knows
the eruv who's doing them. One is laving a fire
place fire. The other is publishing a newspaper.
If nothing else, 'Newspaper Week gives the
working newspaperman a chance to tell how he
thinks a newspaper should be operated and how
he s trying to follow these convictions.
As the Register-Guard's policy statement at
the top of this page has
A newspaper is a citizen 01 its community.
That idea, or something
mental m the American tradition ot news
papering.
All that any newspaperman can hope is that
the paper he's working on is a good citizen of
its community. And toward that end, he must
employ his own labors and such talents and
experience as he may have at his command.
NOT all newspapermen
advertising. &ome work as printers or press
men. Some are bookkeepers. And still others are
circulation motor route drivers, nroof readers, me
chanics, plant maintenance workers or photo-
engravers. However, all ot them feel a keen sense
of participation in the job of getting the news
timely, factual information t.n the nnhlir ns
auicklv and in as accurate form as is hrnnanlv
1. 1-T1J1 I.. i . "
possiDie. it taKes a lot or. team work to produce
a daily newspaper. It takes a lot of people who
believe the job is worth the trouble.
Here, at the Register
efforts of 225 people are directed to the service
of a community of more than 150,000 residents.
"Public service" mav sound like a too-loftv
phrase to be used in describing the function of
these Register-Guard emuloyees, vet. it is concern
for and attention to the
binds them together in the spirit of newspapenng.
MEWS writers endeavor to report local events
and developments "without fear or favor,"
in order that the public will know what's tran
spiring in the community. Editors offer opinions
separate and apart from the news pages, some
times with the intent of instructing readers, more
often to direct their attention to happenings and
situations which the editors feel are significant
and merit thoughtful consideration.
Advertising representatives not only work to
help merchants and those offering personal serv
ices in presenting their advertisements efficiently
and effectively. They also follow a code govern
ing what can be accepted for advertising in this
newspaper, a code which strives to protect read
ers against misrepresentation or exploitation.
Printers and other mechanical department
workers rquickly translate the elements of each
edition into type metal and then onto the printed
pages which circulation supervisors immediately
dispatch toward the newsstands, doorsteps and
rural route boxes where readers wait for them.
jVIEANWHILE, employees whose duties are not
directly involved in the production-distribution
process are nonetheless conscious of the
prime of objective of the entire organization.
Even young newspaper carriers usually take a
quick look at "what's in the paper today" before
they start their delivery rounds.
It's an infectious thing, newspapering. It's a
business sometimes filled with harassments and
frustrations, but more frequently it's one that
fosters a personal sense of purpose.
A newspaperman comes to expect that not
everyone is going to agree with the way his paper
is operated, and that's as it should be. As one sage
editor has observed : "If readers have minds of
their own, they're sure to disagree with much of
what they read." And so, finally, it comes down
to a simple fact. The biggest profit in any news-
Eaperman's life is the knowledge that his paper,
y holding the light of information high as it
can, is helping illuminate the area in wThich the
public's interest is determined, protected and
promoted in accord with the public's assess
ment of fact and comment the newspaper has
provided.
to dash off a trite little
impulse. But some wrestle
attitudes and decide that
in a sense, a newspaper
Usually some readers
that there are'two things
how to do better man
proclaimed for 60 years,
veiy close to it, is funda
are writers. Some sell
- Guard, the combined
public's welfare that
Dennis the Menace
'HOW W9ULD lIKE 10 CUT MY
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 i. often the case.
Why Another Station?
To the Editor: After read
ing the news article on the
new radio station, I can't help
but wonder what the Rogue
valley is coming to. Of all
things it needs it is NOT an
other radio station. Both Eu
gene and Salem are larger
than either Medford or Ash
land and between them they
have no more than 10 stations.
What will this new station
use to support itself? Heaven
knows the merchants in the
valley have enough stations
asking for advertisements. I
strongly felt the Federal Com
munications commission
would have been wise, to halt
any new stations from coming
into the valley after station
KBOY went on the air in mid
dle 1954.
The new station will be run
by a church group and I as
sume will have mainly reli
gious programming. This leads
me to wonder if the people
connected with it have ever
checked the local stations for
religious programs. Each of
them have regular religious
programs throughout the
week. Therefore I do not feel
the reason for the new station
is because of any lack of pres
ent church shows.
Radio stations need money
not only to stay on the air but
also to get on the air. I under
stand the price is rather high,
to set a station up for broad
casting. I can't help but feel
the money which this station
will cost the church could be
put to better use. I'm sure
many will agree there is a
need for a good youth center
in the valley. There are very
few, if any, places where teens
can go of an evening. Those
now present are not equipped
to handle very many teens at
one time. The price the station
will cost would help to build,
or build, a good youth center
which could supply things for
the interests of a great num
ber of teens. It seems to me
it's a waste of money to buy a
new radio station.
If this station comes in that
will mean two new stations in
less than a year's time. At that
rate it won't be long until the
valley can claim the saying
cheaper by the dozen" as a
slogan for their numerous
radio stations.
(Name on file)
Ashland.
Physically Handicapped
To the Editor: On the oc
casion of National Employ the
physically Handicapped Week,
Oct. 5-11, I believe it is in or
der if I submit a few words
at this time.
At the national convention
of Disabled American Veter
ans in Louisville, Ky., in Aug
ust, a feature of the program
was a report asked from the
48 state commanders, on the
employment condition, and
the situations of partially dis
abled veterans in regard to
the effect of the so-called re
cession felt throughout the
nation this year.
My report as pertaining to
veterans specifically, follows;
Of current new applications
for work 135 of 342 handi
capped were veterans.
Of applications -on file, old
and new, 1251 of 3075 handi
capped were veterans.
Of non - agricultural place
ments 135 of 238 handicapped
were veterans.
Of initial counsel inter
views, 45 of 110 handicapped
were veterans.
We of the DAV know and
understand .that any person
physically handicapped is in
need of employment that fits
his remaining abilities, as well
as the disabled veteran. But
the very nature of our organi
zation, as indicated by our
HAIR IF I WAS 7WSTAU ? "
name, explains why we focus
our activities especially on
the veteran in this NEPH
movement.
Our DAV program for re
habilitation of the disabled
veteran has been formulated
with employment as the end
result. We know that only
through employment on a
job where his remaining abili
ties can be used, can a dis
abled veteran be truly brought
back to his place in society.
We realize that when a dis
abled veteran loses a Job, he
loses more than the average
able-bodied man. It isn't as
easy for him to replace his
job with another. And inci
dentally, he knows that, and
it is reflected in his loyalty
and effort while on his job;
The disabled veteran usual
ly has been barely able to
make ends meet with his
modest disability compensa
tion, and he isn't likely to
have much put aside for these
rainy days. He needs the
break of a little extra consid
eration when it comes to hir
ing and lay-offs.
Our report on employment
for disabled veterans teaches
us clearly that we must not
relax in our efforts to let the
public know that Disabled
American Veterans- are valu
able when properly placed in
employment.
The state survey showed
Oregon to be above average
in veteran employment.
Pat Graham, Commander
Department of Oregon
Disabled American
Veterans
Medford
Contact!!
To The Editor: Just a few
comments on the new game of
"Contact Bridge" mentioned
in your issue of Tuesday 30,
top left on Page 6.
Contact bridge is the new
development that is sweeping
the country, originated large
ly because it was not consider
ed sporting to kick or slug
an offending partner. In the
new game contact the
smaller, lighter partner is
is seated in the lap of the
larger (usually male). Hus
bands and wives do not play
together, thus eliminating the
principal friction heretofore.
For the contracting part
ners, one hand is exposed,
and partners alternate in
playing the contract, as do
their similiarly seated oppo
sition play in defense.
In the new contact, pinch
ing and kicking an offending
partner guilty of poor play is
considered ethical, as is judi
cious fondling of a partner
for good play.
It's amazing - the num
ber of yoUng people, who are
learning the new game
youngsters who had to be
forced to play formerly!
Sporting goods manufactur
ers and dealers are enthusi
astic about contact too, since
it opens up a new field of
equipment pads, shin
guards, spiked shoes, etc. r
It's a great game contact
and bound to be popular
for a long, long time.
D. W. Robertson
1020 West 11th st
Medford.
Nasser Recognizes
New State of Guinea
Cairo -(UPD-The United Arab
Republic has extended diplo
matic recognition to the newly-independent
state of Gui
nead. UAR President Gamal
Abdel Nasser sent a cable to
Guinean Premier" Skou Toure
Friday offering his congratu
lations to the new nation.
Guinea voted for independ
ence from France in last Sun
day's referendum on the new
French constiution.
Matter of Fact
STOP DRIVELING!
Taipeh, Formosa The
Washington theory that im
proved methods of blockade-
running are
going to solve
the problem
of Quemoy is
obvious wish
ful drivel.
That does
not mean, of
course, t h a-t
it is useless to
increase the
4 - -
4ospb Alsop iuajidgc ot
supplies delivered to the
blockaded offshore islands.
As recorded in a previous re
port, the Communists have
made an astonishingly ineffi
cient military showing to
date. Hence they have not
Quemoy garrison's powers of
resistance.
In these circumstances, im
proved blockade-running can
buy time. The time can be
used to find better military
methods to force the Commu
nists to lift the Quemoy block
ade. But the idea that just
buying time will solve the
basic problem is like the idea
of childishly improvident
people that an extension of a
loan is just as good as repay
ment of a loan.
In sum, the basic problem
is the blockade. And while
the blockade is not lifted,
there will be . constant and
growing danger of a Commu
nist victory on these little
islands which the President
and Secretary Dulles have
solemnly committed the Uni
ted States to defend.
WHILE the blockade en
dures, there will always
be another constant and grow
ing danger, too. Chiang Kai
shek has sworn that he will
not wait forever to send his
crack air units to relieve the
Quemoy garrison by attack
ing mainland targets. What
ever its other faults may be,
the Chinese Nationalist gov
ernment does not share the
present American govern
ment's predilection for big
talk followed by big retreats.
All the available evidence
suggests that Chiang will risk
widening the war in an un
predictable manner before he
risks defeat on Quemoy.
Anyone who looks at a
small scale map of the Que
moy position ought to be able
to see why mere improve
ments in blockade - running
will only buy time.
IN the first place, even if
the Communist military
showing continues to be infer
ior, what can be accomplished
by mere blockade - running
will always be strictly limit
ed. Big Quemoy island is be
ing supplied by small am
phibious landing craft scut
tling over open beaches under
heavy fire. More landing craft
can ease the Quemoy position
by putting in more supplies.
But even on Big Quemoy,
there is no known way to put
in enough supplies, so that the
garrison will be able to fight
back.
On this point, all the Amer
ican military authorities on
the spot are in agreement.
The Chinese and the wiser
Americans are meanwhile
growing more and more con
cerned about the three other
islands in the Quemoy group
Little Quemoy, Erh Tan,
and Ta Tan. No landing craft
can reach these islands', which
have been the targets of near
ly half the entire rriassive
Communist bombardment. On
these islands, enough damage
has already been done to be
gin to impair the defenses.
And these islands are only
getting and can only get the
merest trickle of supply by
air drop.
The Communists do not
have to take just the little
Tan islands; and they will
amply succeed in making the
leaders of the American gov
ernment look like weak-willed
braggarts and feebly false
friends in the eye's of every
nation of Asia. By the. same
token, let the Communists
merely attack the little Tan
islands, and Chiang plans to
use his air power against the
mainland without regard to
the consequences.
T N the second place, in addi-
tion to the foregoing realis
tic supply facts, it is necessary
to remember the character of
the Quemoy position. It .is al
together different from the
position of Berlin, where
there was a blockade but no
shooting.
As this reporter has al
ready pointed out, no garri
son on earth ca'n be expected
to hold on forever in a'posi-
tion under heavy fire, with
no relief except by blockade-
running under fire, and with
no possibility of fighting back.
Any American government
that asked an American gar
rison to hold on in these con
ditions would be lynched; and
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
would lead the lynching party
against the White House.
In other words, the artil
lery blockade- has to be ex
pected to crack the Quemoy
position somewhere in the
end, even if the Communists
attempt no landing and do
not succeed in bettering their
present military showing. For j
By Joseph Alsop
uio ioouii, tiicj nave in
sisted they must use their
air power to the full before
the risk of a crack in the Que
moy position grows too great.
T'HERE is not an iota of evi-
dence that the Chinese
leaders are champing at the
bit to widen the war, in order
to involve the United States
and Communist China in a
general conflict. That theory
is not just drivel. It is a pack
of lies. Chiang and Yu Da Wei
and the others are in fact de
termined to make no risky
move whatever,' except as a
last resort. They will only
make such a move if this be
comes absolutely necessary
for the purpose to which the
United States is also pledged
the purpose of preventing
a Communist victory on the
offshore islands.
For these reasons, the es
sential question is whether
the American pledge, so sol
emnly given by the President
and Secretary of State, ought
to be honored and is going to
be honored. That question
squarely confronts the Ameri
can people today.
(c) 1958 New York Herald ,
Tribune Inc.
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
MR. DULLES ON TUESDAY
At his Dress conference. Mr.
Dulles went a Ions wav to
show that he is now genuine
ly interested
in negotiating
a settlement
of the Que
moy affair.
This is the
first time he
has done that.
In all of his
previous state
ments, includ
ing the speech
Lippmann
prepared for the President, he
has been talking as if he ex
pected the Chinese. Commu
nists to back down uncondi
tionally, to give up the block
ade of Quemoy, and to get
nothing in return. On Tuesday
ne lev it be known through
the veil of diplomatic lan
guage that a bargain might hp
struck in which Chiang's
troops would be withdrawn
and save.d and the offshore is
lands would be evacuated.
It is evident, however, that
Mr. Dulles is troubled in his
mind about , this retreat from
a defiant showdown into the
give and take of negotiation
What troubles him is whether
in making concessions, his ad
versaries in Peiping may not
be encouraged and incited to
raise their demands. "We are
having," he said, "a very
critical negotiation with the
Chinese -Communists. Thev
are pushing and probing to
tind out whether we are
weak, or whether we " are
strong." It is evident that Mr,
Dulles takes it for granted
that to offer concessions for a
bargain is to be "weak" and
that to refuse them is to be
"strong."
.
THIS, it seems to me, is,not a
fully considered view of
the actual problem in Quemoy
and in the Formosan Strait.
From the American point of
view the true .view of Que
moy is that it is a dangerous
liability which weakens our
power and our prestige in the
whole area, and that to liqui
date the liability is in fact to
strengthen, not to weaken, our
position.
For Quemoy is an exposed
and vulnerable salient from
which a good general would
certainly withdraw if and
when he was able to do it.
And when he did withdraw,
and had straightened his line
and consolidated his position,
he would know that he was
stringer than he had been
before. Strategically, a with
drawal from Quemoy will re
lieve the 7th Fleet of an ugly
commitment and will increase
the power of the 7th Fleet to
defend Formosa. For 'it will
relieve the 7th Fleet of the
need to take great and in
calculable risks to defend an
indefensible island.
With a hundred miles of
water and the 7th Fleet be
tween Formosa and the main
land, Formosa is invulnerable
to invasion.
A WITHDRAWAL from Que
mnv tn Fnrmnw will lin-
uidate a dangerous liability
and will consolidate the stra
tegic position on Formosa. To
what end? To establish a po
sition in which we have the
time and the opportunity to
negotiate without too much
pressure and with deliberation
about the future of Formosa.
Thus it may be, as many be
lieve, that Chiang's regime
will be deeply shaken by a
withdrawal from Quemoy, es
pecially as it must now be ac
companied, as Mr. Dulles im
plied, by a renunciation of the
hope of reconquering the
mainland. But even if Chiang's
regime is shaken, the width
of the Formosa Strait and the
power of the 7th Fleet would
mean that the future of For
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
"Topic A" last week, natur-
ally enough, was the World
Series. (We are informed that
the world series is a series of
baseball games played by two
teams from a small part of the
United States for the cham
pionship of the whole world
no other part of which is
invited to participate. But no
matter.)
The Series, as a northern
contemporary declares, is "a
plague more far-reaching and
persistent than the Asian flu.
Even the hermits can't escape
it, as the hunters and hikers,
the planes overhead, and the
cars passing by all carrying
radios blasting out the play-by-play
account of this an
nual fall madness."
This virus, naturally enough,
struck the Mail Tribune with
a heavy hand Wednesday.
There was a portable TV set
tucked away in the "back
room" next to the newsroom,
and when duties didn't press
too heavily, staff members
mosa can be determined not
by fiat from Peiping but by
an international treaty, agreed
to by the victors in the war
against Japan.
Were we disengaged from
Quemoy and disentangled
from Chiang's ambitions, there
would be time to consider
calmly what in the long run
is truly important to us in
Formosa. We know that in
the long run our interest in
Formosa cannot be tied up
with Chiang's government.
For that government is mani
festly living on borrowed
time. We know, too, that For
mosa is much too near the
mainland ever to be consid
ered as an American strategic
base. In time of war, Formosa
would be a costly liability,
what with the missiles that
could devastate it and the
submarines that could block
ade it. ,
(XUR true interest in For
mosa, having done our
duty to see that Chiang's peo-
pie have a safe asylum some
where, is that the island
should not be militarized for
an advanced Chinese base
against the Philippines. Our
best objective in Formosa is
that it should become the au
tonomous and demilitarized
home of the Formosan people,
and that they should enjoy
the prosperity which the is
land can afford them.
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SO WE should disengage in
Quemoy. We should .stand
at Formosa for the purpose of
negotiation. We should pre
pare for the passing of Chi
ang's regime. And we should
go before the world in favor
of a Formosan settlement of
which we are the sponsors,
asking no special privileges,
strategic or economic, for our
selves.
(c) 1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
Editorial
Comment
SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR
At least three candidates
for re-election to the U. S.
House of Representatives got
some unsought help the other
day. : ,
The trio was marked for
purging by. none other than
Generalissimo Rafael 'Tru
jillo, . Dominican "Republic"
dictator are Republican Rep-'
resentative Charles B. Brown
son of Indiana,' Alvin M. Bent
ley of Michigan and Charles
O. Porter of Oregon. General
Trujillo has threatened to ban
imports from the districts rep
resented by these objects of
his wrath if they are returned
to Congress.
How dumb can dictators
get?
Albany Democrat-Herald.
RUNNING OUT OF LOOP
HOLES The United States Supreme
Court has plugged the legal
loophole through which Gov.
Faubus sought to wiggle with
his scheme for operating Lit
tle Rock schools as "private"
institutions.
No other action by the Su
preme Court could have been
expected, for Faubus' plan
was plainly a subterfuge of
extremely doubtful legality.
The legal net is tightening
around the racial segregation
ists in both Arkansas and Vir
ginia who have sought to
evade the Supreme Court's
orders against segregation.
They must be close to run
ning out of expedients to cir
cumvent the law. .
Astorian Budget, Astoria.
sneaked off to watch a half
inning or, so. (At one point,
only the society editor was
left to hold the fort, and even
she succumbed once or twice.
looking in and crying plain
tively "I wish I understood
was was going on!")
As nearly as we can deter
mine, there isn't a bona fide
Yankee fan in the entire of
fice, so that joy was un-
confined Wednesday and
ihursday, after a few breath
less minutes Wednesday.
And the wire editor de
veloped a small ulcer Wednes
day, as presstime came, and
tne game went into an extra
inning. He finally put the
paper to press with a head
line which said "Braves. Yan
kees Tied in Ninth." Enough ,
copies of this were run off to
take care of the mail and bus
deliveries, and by that time
the game had ended, Page 1
was "made over" with the
final score in the headline,
and things got back to normal
again-until the following day.
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With the Series coming
to a conclusion,' perhaps
then everyone can get back
to less important things
like politics, for example.
Speaking of which
The Republican party here
moved its headquarters last
week to the corner of Main
and Riverside and is now
just a hop, skip and jump
away from the Esquire thea
ter, where Democratic party
headquarters are located.
Maybe they're just trying to
"localize" the political war.
But unless the campaign
warms up soon (the election
is less than a month away)
even that half-bldbk of East
Main street is going to be
fairly peaceful.
Journalism like politics
, is different in different
parts of the world. We
heard from a friend of ours
in South America some
, time . ago about . a paper
which started an interview
with a former president of
Peru with these words:
"We had to give our word
of honor not to publish this
interview. But as we think
Mr is a liar, we
don't see why we shouldn't
break our promise." '
The old saying, "A man
works from sun to sun, but
women's work is never done,"
may have some substance to
it. We suspect some feminine
church-members think so,
from a remark a local minis
ter let drop some lime ago.
He was telling about a re
cent "work day" at the
church, at which "the men
worked hard, and then the
women cleaned up after the
men."
. It figures.
A staff member, one who
occasionally has the snif
fles, observes that when
you get a prescription filled
at a drug store these days, a
single capsule is apt to con
tain an antibiotic, aspirin,
a ide-congestant, a stimu
lant, vitamins and bicarbon
ate of soda. But, he said,
this is not a new develop
ment. Time was you could
buy the same thing from
any traveling medicine
wagon, claimed to be a sure
cure for stomach trouble,
colds, dandruff, fallen
arches and baldness.
. One of our young men jour- -neyed
up to Fish lake last
week to watch as it was poi
soned to kill all the fish, in
eluding the trash fish, so that
it can be restocked next year.
(He picked up a couple of the
dead trout, too, which are
perfectly edible. But that's
another story.)
He said there were a num
ber of spectators, many of
them attracted by all those
fish,' available just for the
netting. One man remarked
that more people showed up
at the lake Wednesday than
during the entire season.
One of the two skin divers
who helped do the work is
putting himself through col
lege dqing this work, our
man reported. The diver said
he Tiopes to continue it dur
ing summers, both to make
money, and because he likes
it.
But, despite the attraction
of the fish, no one could es
cape the World Series. (See
above.) For a while the main
attraction was the TV set at
the lodge, where fans quickly
staked out their claims to the
handiest chairs.
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The Republican party is
continuing its "neighbor-to-neighbor
back your ballot
with a buck" campaign un
til everyone has had a
chance to give. Which
prompted a friend of ours
(we suspect he's a Demo
crat) to remark thai that's
just like the GOP- carry-
ing the campaign into hunt
ing season and then ask
that ballots be becked by a
buck. Oh well, that's poli
tics. "
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