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I 37
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 '
Oct. 10, 1948 (Sunday)
A general meeting of the
Medford Civic theater is
scheduled this week.
"Rogueland Peaches Hon
ey," a buxom bovine from
Gold Hill, recently won the
junior championship for reg
istered milking shorthorns at
the Pacific International Live
stock exposition in Portland.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 10. 1938 (Monday)
Charles Sprague, Republi
can nominee for governor,
speaks here today.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Now
comes an aspirant for high
office, boasting 'I stand on
my own feet.' This is a neat
trick, performed while main
taining his equilibrium on the
presidential coat-tails."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 10. 1928 (Wednesday)
A baby clinic has been
scheduled Friday by the Med
ford committee of the Jack
son County Health associa
tion. Otto Niedermeyer's team
won the Parent Teacher asso
ciation spelling bee at Jack
sonville. 40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 10. 1918 (Thursday)
Knox Price, 6-year-old boy
orator, is coming here to
speak in connection with the
liberty loan drive. ,
A Patriotic Sing is sched
uled at Ashland this week.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
even or eight is excellent; five ot
six is good.
1. Who were the respective
heads of government of the
U.S. and France when the
Louisiana Purchase was nego
tiated. 2. Inwhich state are the
colleges of Mt. Holyoke and
Smith?
3. Is the headquarters of the
American Red Cross in New
York City, Washington, D.C.,
or. St. Louis, Mo.?
4. Which American public
official, now retired, was
known as "Cactus Jack"?
5. Did the "Golden Age" oc
cur in Rome, or Greece?
6. California was once a
part of Mexico; true or false?
7. Senator McClellan, Dem
ocrat, represents which state
in the U.S. Senate?
8. The famous Krupp muni
tions works were located in
which German city?
9. Name the French phar
macist that popularized the
slogan, "Day by day, in every
way, I am feeling better and
better."
10. Is the horse a bovine,
equine, or ovine?
Answers: 1. Thomas Jeffer
son and Napoleon Bonaparte.
J. Massachusetts. 3. Washing
Ion. D.C. 4. Former Vice Pres
ident John N. Garner. 5.
Greece. 6. True. 7. Arkansas.
9. Essen. 9. Emile Coue. 10.
Equine.
11 Force For Good
A non-Catholic might be a bit mystified at
the real sadness and concern engendered among
members of that faith at the death, at 82 years
of age, of Pope Pius XII, the 260th successor to
St. Peter as Bishop of Rome.
But frSp PPe simply as Pope exerts a tre
mendousinf luence among members of the Catho
lic church throughout the world. His influence is,
in large part, in matters of faith the dogmas
and doctrines of the church but it also is large
in more mundane affairs.
rVEN outside the church, in recent decades, the
Pope has exerted a strong influence in mat
ters of moral and even political concern. Non
Catholics the world over have listened, respect
fully as the pontiffs have given their views on
the problems of the day.
And how much more effective, how much
more strongly, is this influence felt when it is a
man of the stature of Eugenio Pacelli who speaks
from the Vatican.
For this slight, frail man, aged in the service
of his church, extended the stature of the world's
most powerful religious office by his own strength
of character, his own essential morality and
decency, his own erudition and common touch.
-
LJIS death leaves a gap which will be felt the
world over, among men of all faiths and
beliefs, or lack of beliefs.
A staunch opponent of imperial communism
is gone, and no man can speak with the same
authority of both, office and personality until
many years have gone
For Catholics, the Pope is the final authority
in things of the spirit,
cathedra his rulings are
But among non-Catholics, the stature of the
Pope is in large measure dependent on the stature
of the man who holds the office. And in the case
of Pope Pius XII, when he spoke gravely,
humorously, wisely the
and listened respectfully.
His death quietly,
and ill health as it was
world. E.A.
iroeners
Not much of the sound and fury has percolated
down to this peaceful comer of the state, but
up in the Willamette valley there has been some
thing of a flap about the state police.
A state representative named Richard Groe
ner, from Milwaukie, recently issued a blast
against; H. G. (Fod) Maison, the veteran police
superintendent, for enforcing a "quota" system
of arrests on his officers among other .things.
This Maison denied, in his usual tight-lipped
way. -
GROENER also claimed that police morale was
1 rvnr nrr en am qti1 ca rm
It developed that the state representative had
a long record of driving arrests and accidents,
and practically everyone who knows anything
about it rose to the defense of Superintendent
Maison and his department which is nationally
recognized as one of the best. (The defenders
included Bob Holmes and Mark Hatfield, mem
bers of the legislature, and editors over the state
who have watched the police, and their superin
tendent, in action.)
Groener, if he makes charges, should come
with clean hands. And, in this case, Groener
should keep his groaning to himself. E.A.
Damn Yankees
. Well, the Damn Yankees did it again.
Despite our regret that the high and mighty
New Yorkers have garnered another World
championship, we'll have to admit they did. it
the hard way, coming from behind to take three
games in a row, and in the deciding game, break
ing open a tie score with a magnificent burst in
the eighth inning.
And it was a tremendously interesting and
exciting series.
THE game of baseball, from a spectator's stand-
point; is a little like oysters or caviar it is
an acquired taste.
There was a time when, at a baseball game,
we wondered what all the excitement was about.
But (thanks to TV), we slowly discovered what
the excitement IS all about. It is about one-tenth
the excitement of the actual playing, and about
nine-tenths the excitement of what MIGHT
happen. -
Baseball is the game of potential, of the whole
thing hanging on -whether a ball goes one inch
this way or that way, or of whether a fielder
makes a certain catch or drops it, or whether the
batter connects or misses.
THE more one watches it, the more one becomes
1 obsessed with the records, the percentages, the
chance's the tangible intangibles which give it
the special fascination which have made it
America's "national" sport.
And that it has fascinated America there can
be no doubt, particularly at World Series time,
when business, trade and commerce run at slow
bell until the game of the day is over.
So the Yanks are the champs again, there is
sadness in Sudsville, and dedicated fans can
hardly wait until the. season opens again next
spring. E.A.
by.
and when speaking ex
not to be doubted.
whole world listened,
in dignity, and in age
is a loss to the tree
Groans
f0WCCWMy ?GGY BANK
Washington Report
By William S. White
AGAINST F.D.R.
Washington - The Republi
can high command has de
cided to run against Franklin
D. Roosevelt
for the rest of
of the- Con
gressional
campaign.
This is the
inner meaning
of the recent
high party
conference at
Williams White the White
House. Nothing has so illus
trated the degree of Republi
can difficulty. For running
against Franklin Roosevelt in
life brought the Republicans
four successive Presidential
defeats, and any number of
Congressional defeats.
If they persist in making
FDR their chief antagonist
this time, he will beat them
again in death-or more ex
actly they will lose by a big
ger margin than need be.
This Republican policy de
cision was said to have had
the vaguely defined' approval
of President Eisenhower. But,
as a high Republican private
ly confides, "It was Nixon all
the way." Dominant was Vice-
President Richard M. Nixon.
A short time ago this corres
pondent reported that -Mr,
Nixon had moved "all but
openly" to the top leadership
of the party. One alteration
now is needed-to strike out
the qualifying words "all but
openly."
FOR the Vice-President is
is now visibly in charge
a general manager, whereas
Mr. Eisenhower is in the semi
retirement of a chairman of
the board, elevated but inac
tive. Moreover, Mr. Nixon is so
directing this campaign as to
give the 1960 Presidential
contest, in which he himself
almost certainly will be the
Republican nominee, actually
a greater place than the 1958
program. The manifesto is
sued by the Republicans after
their White House meeting
was more nearly a document
for a Presidential than a Con
gressional election. .
Its main expression of hor
ror was at "the 20 years of
the New and Fair Deals" of
Franklin Roosevelt and Har
ry Truman. And its central
theme was that any new "na
tional Democrat administra
tion" would be even worse.
The only partisan enemies
now in the field against the
Republicans are Democratic
Congressional candidates. But
the GOP warning was direct
ed more against some future
Democratic Presidential can
didate It was like rallying the
troops not for a battle hotly
in progress but for a battle
still in the distance.
iHOSE who have been told
- Mr. Nixon's long-term po
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
GOOD SERVANTS, notes Patrick Mahony, are virtually non
. . existent in Ireland today. They all come to America, where
wages are much higher. ,Thus, a rich Irish squire of County
Clare was particularly dis
consolate when his cook
died. He ordered a fine
headstone for her, with
these words chiselled there
on: "Peace Be To Her Hashes"
Mahony tells. of another
stone in the same grave
yard that decorates the rest
ing place of a one-time
dentist:
"Stranger, heed this spot
with due gravity
For here Doctor Mac '
Laverty
Filled his last cavity."
Keith Lockmore's definition of a crashing bore: a fellow who has
absolutely nothing to say and says it'
C 1258, by Bennett Cut Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate
DON'T RATTLE NOMOf??
litical plans have reason , to
believe the present situation
to be as follows:
1. His first soeakine triD
for Republican Congressional
candidates has hardened what
he had already supposed. This
was that the Republicans had
practically no chance to win
Congress and would be wise
to try mainly to cut their
losses and strengthen their
position for 1960.
2. The Republicans general
ly - Mr. Nixon prominently
among them-are no longer at
an impressed with President
Eisenhower's old coat-tail
magic.
3. They have been unable
10 una any pay-off issue
against the Democratic Con
gressional leadershirj. So thev
are not attempting any major
awacK nere, out are hitting
instead primarily at FDR and
secondarily at Mr. Truman
The key words and sloeans.
now re-adopted, turn the clock
back 18 years. "Preserving
free enterprise . . socialism
. . . regimentation." These ar
guments and epithets reached
their crescendo against the
Democrats when Wendell
Willkie was running against
Mr. Roosevelt in 1940.
1I7HY this new GOP tactic?
" Because the fundamental
immediate problem is to find
a means of orderly transition
from the moderate Eisenhow
er era, which is ending, back
to the traditional partisan
Republican position. This is
the only "practical" position
for the moment. For the first
necessity is to hold together
at least the strictly partisan
nepuDiicans and so to ease
the shock to the party of the
loss of the old Eisenhower
power.
And the surest way to rally
these old boys is to attack
Franklin Roosevelt, even
though this means an unde
niable short-term risk. It will
be time enough later to try to
develop a wider party appeal
to the voters.
How far this transition has
already gone could not have
been more lighted up than by
this fact: in the campaign
statement drawn up by the
Republicans not a word of
praise was said about the man
who is still nominally the
party's leader and still in the
White House-Dwight D. Ei
senhower. (Copyright. 1958, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
United Nations Flag
To Fly at Half Staff
United Nations, N. Y. (UPD-
The United Nations flag will
be lowered to half staff next
Wednesday, the day of the
funeral of Pope Pius XII, it
has been announced.
Helsinki - (UPD - Soviet com
poser Dimitn Shostakovitcn
received the $23,437 Sibelius
prize" Thursday night at cere
monies at Helsinki University.
Stop Me
Racial Issue Rows Keep GOP
Supplied With Campaign Fire
By RAYMOND L. LAHR
UPI Correspondent
Washington-flJPIK-Democratic
party rows over the racial is
sue kept Republicans supplied
today with 'unsolicited ammu
nition to be fired during the
1958 political campaign.
There was a feeling in both
parties that the Democratic
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 ! often the case. -
EDITOR'S NOTE
Julius E. Davis, 3781 Hil
singer id., Medford, whose
name appeared below a
communication in Monday
evening's Mail Tribune, to--day
disclaimed authorship
of the letter. He said he dis
agrees with its contents,
and that it was fraudulent
ly submitted to the Mail
Tribune with his signature
appended. The letter dealf
with the race for sheriff in
the primary and general
elections.
Develop Industry
To the Editor: In regard to
improvement of our county:
Our Congressman, Charles
O. Porter, has some wonder
ful ideas for developing South
ern Oregon, and I believe we
should all get behind him and
help to the best of our abil
ities. He is wanting to develop
pur resources. We have not
only our timber and fruit to
continue with, but our min
eral resources are to be de
veloped, which could make
this part of the state a very
prosperous section. There is
no reason whatsoever, that
we cannot have smelters," with
a real steel industry. We have
the iron, chrome,, nickel and
every metal necessary for
such an industry. This may
require two to three years to
develop, but "nothing started
-nothing gained." This winter
like all the past, is going to be
rough, with so many people
unemployed.
Congressman Porter is try
ing very hard to promote a
highway from the town of
Selma, Oregon, down the Illi
nois river, to join the present
road op the Rogue river at
Agnes, on : to Gold ' Beach
where our new $4,000,000
harbor is under way.
There is also a good route
to connect this road at Tin
Cup creek, with a road from
Brookings, up the Chetco
river. Both highways would
be on a water grade with the
exception of crossing - from
the Illinois to the Tin Cup
creek. This would complete
the highway from ' Winne
mucca to the Sea. New high
ways would definitely bring
about more tourist trade and
develop freight routes.
Our Congressman, alone,
cannot do all these things.
He needs a lot of help. Why
don't we all write him a let
ter so that he will have some
thing to present to the United
States Congress? Mark Hat
field, our Secretary of State,
candidate for Governor of
Oregon, had a short line in
the Medford Tribune express
ing an idea to develop min
ing, which I believe should
be thought about. "Maybe we
should vote for him for Gov
ernor." Every candidate
makes promises he is not able
to keep, some do a lot better
than others.
The forestry got a lot of
money for access roads this
year, and they could build
with the assistance of the state
our share of the Winnemucca
to the Sea highway.
It would . open up a tre
mendous amount of timber,
also mining territory, which
at present can not be reached.
I ask everyone to write and
help every possible way to
develop industry for South
ern Oregon.
Shorty Hibbard,
1302 Saling ave.,
Medford.
Western Magazines
To the Editor: Just re
ceived a big shipment of
True West" and "Frontier
Times," current issues, sent
by the editors as a gift to
persons of this area who wish
to receive them but who have
been unable to purchase
copies from the stands.
Anyone truly interested in
receiving a copy may do so
by writing a card or letter to
the address below, or by call
ing "me at SPring 2-4304. A
copy will be mailed free,
postpaid. These publications
are sent to boys' camps, li
braries, and even to schools
where they are used as refer
ence material in preparing
historical assignments, and
they may be read or sent to
others with the assurance that.
the stories, inasmuch as it is
possible to do so, are research
ed and proven true, and that
the matter contained will be
rift raised a greater threat to
that party and a greater prom
ise of benefits for the GOP in
1960 than in the current con
test for control of Congress.
But the Republicans were not
letting the issue go unnoticed
now.
Even while Gov. Orval Fau
bus of Arkansas remained the
free of sex and sensational
ism, per se.
More and more historical
stories from this section of
Oregon will be appearing in
future editions, and it will
prove interesting to residents
and visitors during our com
ing Centennial year. These
publications are planning a
television program based
upon their stories, and though
they may not contain the
sex-sin-silver of fashionable
westerns,' they will present
much authentic history in a
manner most readily accept
ed and remembered by many
who otherwise would learn
little historical fact.
Thank you for this op
portunity to present this gift
to readers and friends.
Virginia Card
P.O. Box 145
Medford
Koch's Protest
To the Dear Editor: I would
like to thank J. Davis and B.
Muse for speaking the truth
in Monday night's Communi
cations section Of the Medford
Mail Tribune, and also thank
the Mail Tribune for printing
it As I always said the truth
never hurts anyone, except
the guilty party which will
always put up a squawk. But
never the honest citizens.
The fact is everything he
has said has been in the paper
before, only in a way that
most people do not take time
out to put 2 and 2- together
and get 4. I would like to
answer all the questions put
to me by everyone, but even
if I try to, the paper would
not be able to print it all as
they would have to buy their
own paper mill'.
I would be more than will
ing to answer a few questions
in the communications if they
are legal. But I would like for
all of you citizens to know
that I did run in the primary
election for office of sheriff.
for only one reason, that was
for law enforcement and to
protect the citizens under
their constitutional rights and
be fail to everyone. During
the primary campaigning
had a request by several peo
ple and threats by others to
try and have me withdrawn
from the race, which I have
proof of. I haye made state
ments at such time in my
speeches that I was not afraid
and never would quit . the
race. For the past two years
there have been threats made
to one of my sons and also to
myself to run us . out of busi
ness, but that did not work
It has been stated by one
party at one time even in
court, I quote, "I would like
to see Mr. Koch run out of
town." It has occurred sev
eral times since that. I find
out now Gilman's Dairy has
received threats.
Well, I do not call that jus
tice, when your fellow man
will try to take your living-
hood away from you, just be
cause they don't like you and
do not want fair protection.
But I would like to thank all
the citizens at this time who
did vote for me in the pri
mary. Thank you.
Ray Koch,
P.O. Box 425,
, Medford.
Needs of Youth
To the Editor: In reply to
the letter entitled "Why An
other Station?"
Why another station in
deed? The person who wrote that
letter seems to wonder about
a lot of things.
Since when have we be
come a nation that frowns on
competition? Where would
our industries and big busi
ness be today if competition
had been stopped ionly 50
years ago?
Mr. Wonderer stated in his
letter that he wondered what
the Rogue valley is coming
to; assumed the programming
will be mostly religious, won
ders if the people connected
with the new statiop have
checked the local stations for
religious programs, and un
derstands the price is rather
high to set a station up for
broadcasting. Then he tells
the Federal Communications
commission they made a mis
take by letting KDOV set up
operation. My! My! My! -
Mr. Wonderer, your infor
mation is incorrect concerning
the weekly religious pro
grams now on the air in the
Democratic symbol of South
ern resistance to mixing races
in schools, Louisiana Demo
crats got into a scrap among
themselves and probably with
the national party over the
same issue. '
An "About-Face"
r Republican National Chair
man Meade Alcorn said Thurs
day that Democratic Chairman
Paul M. Butler's recent at
tacks on Faubus represented
an "about-face" to lure Ne
gro votes to Northern Demo
crats in the Nov. 4 elections.
Other developments: ,
-Vice President Richard M.
Nixon said at Columbus,
Ohio, Thursday night that the
box score averages made by
former President Truman
against the administration is
"no hits, no runs, all errors."
Concurrently, the Republican
National Committee in Wash
ington issued a third "Tru
man vs. the truth fact sheet"
setting forth "his most promi
nent misstatements placed
against the facts."
-Truman in a speech at
Cherokee, Iowa, Thursday
night charged that Republi
can policies have squeezed 20
billion dollars out of the farm
economy since 1952. He told
a Democratic rally that this
year's bumper crops mean a
"tremendous addition to the
surplus" and that "farm
prices are going to go down
again."
Slaps Down Committee
Butler, meanwhile, was busy
slapping down the Louisiana
Democratic Committee for its
vote Tuesday to remove Ca
mille Gravel as the Louisiana
member of the Democratic
National Committee. He said
only the National Committee
could expel a member during
an elected term and that he
did not think the charges
against Gravel would be con
sidered cause for removal.
The Louisiana committee
vote was based on charges
that Gravel, a Southern mod
erate on the civil rights issue,
was out of step with the party
in his state. As a member of
the Democratic Advisory
Council, he voted for some
of the council's civil rights
declarations-if he felt they
conformed with the 1956
party platform
Unless Gravl changes his
mind 'and resigns, the Louisi
ana party organization must
take its case to the National
Committee, where Butler at
least has indicated that it
would get a cold reception
Rogue valley.
Our nation was founded
a God - fearing, law - abiding
highly moral nation. God has
been taken out of the training
of our youth until now we no
longer have the kind of na
tion our forefathers intended,
I say we need to reach the
parents of cur teens as well
as our teens with the message
God gave us. ,
If one has. not been taught
the commandments of God,
how does one measure moral
behavior and. conduct? God's
word says. If you love Me
you'll keep My command
ments.
My heart aches with the
need I see present in our
youth, the insecurity they
feel. . the restlessness, t the
searching and yearning with
in themselves for something
to satisfy and bring peace and
security. Teach them God and
acceptance of His laws and
rules in their lives and when
they become parents they can
teach their own children as
our forefathers did.
Mr. Wonderer, read your
Bible. We've got something
that will satisfy permanently
and won't call for another.
It's free for the accepting, and
if it costs millions a year to
acquaint the public with it, it
would be cheap advertising.
Salvation and eternal life
cannot be bought with money.
Christ himself said, "I am
come that ye might have life
and have it more abundant
ly." When our new station
comes to this valley bringing
God to those who know Him
not, that is exactly what those
who accept Him will have,
and it will last forever.
, Geraldine M. Etters
932 Newvown
Medford
More on Roads
To the Editor: I seem to
have failed dismally to arouse
interest on the part of the
county officials toward the
covering-up of boulders pro
truding above the surface of
the Butte Falls-Fish Lake
road.' They obviously have no
sense of shame, nor anything
approaching it in regard to
their duties to their employ
ers, the people of the County
of Jackson, State of Oregon.
I believe a good piece of rope
would be a bit more effective
than all the elections we've
had in the county in the past
50 years. I'll agree the above
would be an extremely dras
tic measure but sure effective.
In the editorial of Mr.
Frank Jenkins of the Klamath
Falls Herald and News , in an
swer to my "Letter to the
Editor" he evidently thinks
of roads in terms of at least
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Foreign affairs:
The United States an
nounces that American war
ships have temporarily
stopped escorting Chinese Na
tionalist supply vessels , to
Quemoy. The state depart
ment adds: "If the Chinese
communists begin shelling the
islands again, however, UJ5.
escore activity will be re
resumed to the extent neces
sary." U.S. State Department
Spokesman Lincoln White
points out that "the entire ob
ject of the U.S. has been to
achieve a cease-fire, and obvi
ously we hope this cease-fire
will continue."
AUR State Department an-
nounces also that barring
unforseen developments all
U.S. military forces will be
withdrawn from Lebanon by
the end of this month. The an
nouncement says the current
unrest in Lebanon appears to
have essentially domestic
origins.
It was outside interference,
the state department says,
that caused us to send in
troops in the first place.
Since the present ruckus is a
purely local one, we feel that
we can safely get out.
T ET'S hope it stays that
" way.
And let's hope the Chinese
commies quit shooting at Que
moy. And-
Let's add:
May the time come when
we will have no American
troops on foreign soil ANY
WHERE in time of peace. The
more troops we have on for
eign soil in peace time the
fewer friends we'll have..
pETTING closer home, a
" Klamath county subscri
ber writes:
"In regard to the "high
school at Riddle including
French in its curriculum, our
local Henley High school is
two years ahead of ? them.
French was first offered in
our school in 1956. Klamath
Union High school has of
fered Spanish and German for
several years, I believe.
"I have no first hand
knowledge, but I think that
nowadays most foreign lan
guage teachers aim to teach
the speaking language as
quickly as possible. I have
seen and heard programs pre
sented by the above -mentioned
French and German
classes in which the students
spoke and sang in " the lan
guage." r .s-.
1ZLAMATH Unio n High
school offers sources .in
Spanish, French and German,
in addition to Latin. . French
and Spanish have been includ
ed in its curriculum for, at
least a dozen years. German
was first offered about five
years ago.
Medford High school offers
courses in Spanish and
French, as well as Latin. I'd
like to hear from some of the
schools in the California area
of our mythical State of Jef
ferson. I have an idea they
are also alert to this new need
of the peoples of the modern
world to COMMUNICATE
with each other. ' '.
a minimum of four lanes. He
quotes $400,000 as the cost of
one mile of road. I think that
figure is a mite high for a
country road. I think .none ;of
us who live out in these 'moun
tains would ask anything
more than to have the bould
ers covered up. I think THAT
would be a reasonable re
quest. However it appears the
county court and some news
paper editors, et al, think "to
Hell with those hillbillies, let
em use pack mules if they
don't like what they are get
ting." . -
The Medford Mail Tribune
could do a great deal toward
improvement . of the roads
which are quite some distance
back in the hills but which
are still part of the county
road system. However, the
management thereof evident
ly prefers to use its influence,
whenever it considers roads
at all, toward getting four,
six and eight lane highways to
Timbuctoo. We can drive to
San Francisco or Los Angeles
or Portland or some other dis
tant place with less effort and
damage to the vehicle andor -
tires than we can drive the
10 miles to Willow Creek res
ervoir from Butte Falls. The
DeoDle living outside of Med
ford are constantly being dis
criminated against in the allo
cation of Jackson county road
funds. I assume, perhaps false
ly, from the editorial written
hv "E.A." of the Meaiora
Mail Tribune that he consid
ers me ignorant, (who isn't?)
a radical, (perhaps). But he
can rest asured I'll keep ham
mering away at the prevailing
conditions until there is con
siderable improvement.-
Floyd R. McCabe,
Mt. Pitt Star Route,
Butte Falls.
The average total content
of a daily newspaper is equiv
alent to a 6"x9" book of 204
pages.