53rd Year
Price 10 Cents
Medford
K A TT
tJgpTRIBUNE
' 1
2nd SECTION
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1958
Pages 1 to 6
Is That So?
By OLGA BURNS
Field mice are harmless
enough generally but occas
ionally, as in the case of the
great Nevada mouse plague
of 1906-07, they become a
menace.
Mouse plagues get started
due to the enormous fecundity
of the rodent they may have
as many as ten litters a year
with as high as 12 in a litte.
A birth rate like that plus
plenty of food, plus a decline
in the number of predators
adds up to a plague.
What happened in Nevada's
Humboldt Valley is a graphic
example. In the spring of 1906
the mouse population began
to boom. By fall there were
so many that crops were seri
ously damaged. However, it
was felt conditions would be
better by the following spring.
They weren't. The mice had
increased during, the winter,
and as the growing season
progressed, they advanced
across the valley eating every
thing in sight and breeding as
they went. In fact, the holes
they made in the ground gave
it a Swiss cheese appearance.
'The ranchers and agricul
ture officials did what they
could to halt the plague. They
spread sackf uls of poison, kill
ing mice by the thousands,
along with hundreds of pred
ators and even some livestock.
But for every mouse killed
two seemed to take its place
with the result that by No
vember a survey showed an
actual.net increase. In some
parts of the valley they were
estimated to number 12,000
to the acre.
At that point, many of
the ranchers simply ploughed
up their land and quit farm
ing until the plague had run
its course. Fortunately, dur
ing the winter an epidemic hit
the mice hard enough to send
the count down to 1,500 per
acre by spring. From there on
it declined rapidly to around
200, leaving the ranchers with
a loss of S300.000 damages to
15,000 acres of land.
Though poisoning methods
have improved since then, it
is doubtful that poison is an
effective way of preventing
mouse plagues from starting.
Probably the most effective
means is the existence of a
satisfactory number of preda
tors. Many birds and most
animals from a grizzly bear
down to another mouse prey
on field mice.
Though predators will not
stop a mouse plague after it
has started, no one will ever
know how many mouse
plagues they have prevented.
In view of the immense repro
ductive powers of field mice,
it is obvious that any hawk
that eats even so few as 100
in a year may deserve an oc
casional chicken for dessert.
(Released by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate)
mm p Vmunmiw mau m 'I '
I - .,HIIH i i ' i
Free: By special arrange
ment with the editors of the
Encylopedia Americana, my
panel of judges will award
each week to the reader who
sends me the best true-life
nature adventure, the best na
ture observation, or the best
question on nature and wild
life, a complete 30-volume set
of this world-famous refer
ence work in a handsome
Sealcraft binding. Each week
new submissions will be con
sidered. Sorry, I simply can't
answer your many friendly
letters. Please address your
letter to: Is That So! co Med
ford Mail Tribune, Box 1069,
San Francisco, Calif.
Will I Vote for
DOCTOR
DURNO
1$ tM'tti ' '' '
t A 1
for
STATE SENATOR? ,
At your neighborhood polling
precinct. Mark Ballot Number
x)107.
Q. WHERE will I find how
Doctor Durno stands on
any particular issue?
Call Edwin Durno at any time
, ... he will gladly answer your
questions. Inquire at Republi
can Headquarters. Ask a friend.
Q. WHERE can I hear him
speak during the next ' .
five days.
A KBES-TV. 10 p.m.. Oct. 30th
KBES-TV, 1:10 p.m.. Nov. 2nd
SOCE, 10 a.m.. Oct. 29th.
DOCTOR DURNO'S
BALLOT NUMBER
107 X
VOTE DURNO for SENATOR
California Tops
Population Gain
Washington-EPD- Six states,
led by California, marked up
population gains of more than
one million between the 1950
census and July 1, 1957, the
Commerce Department has re
ported. Revised state population es
timates for the period also
showed that Alaska had
grown greatest percentage
wise with a 64 per cent in
crease since 1950. )
The six states with more
than a million increase were
California, 3,293,000; Texas,
1,464,000; Florida, 1,438,000;
Michigan, 1,334,000; New
York, 1,318,000, and Ohio,
1,260,000.
On a percentage rating,
among the present 48 states,
Nevada led with a 63 per
cent gain followed by Florida,
52 per cent, and Arizona, 44
per cent. '
BIDDING FAREWELL to Queen Frederika, of Greece,
following White House luncheon in her honor. President
Eisenhower bows low as she smiles at photographers.
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council conslsti ot a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writera.
Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it .merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors.
Sue S. - He doesn't give me
affection.
Henry S. - She embarrass
es me.
Sue S. My husband and I
have been married more than
15 years and have a family of
four. I suppose we are reason
ably happy, but as far as I
am concerned our marriage is
far from ideal.
I was an only child and re
ceived a great deal of love
and affection. My husband
lost his mother at an early
age and lived with a series of
aunts and finally a stepmoth
er. They were good to him,
but did not give him a real
mother's love. I suppose this
accounts for the difference in
our temperaments.
In any case, as time goes
on, I find myself more and
more unable to stand Henry's
coldness. I am actually en
vious when I see other men
put their "arms "around then
wives in public. Even at
home, Henry is sour and dis
inclined to give any of the
little attentions women crave.
Henry S. - I could never
understand Sue's desire to
make a public display of her
emotion. She knows it em
barrasses me. She says she
can't restrain herself some
times, but this is a little hard
to believe of a woman who
has been married as long as
she has.
I disagree that I am sour
at home, but Sue often does
provoke me by bothering me
for attentions. When she critii
cizes me, I don't feel inclined
to go in for the affectionate
gestures she claims she wants.
It is true that I didn't get
too much affection as a child,
but I don't think it's done me
any harm. I feel a man should
have a certain amount of
hardness. In my work I am
an administrator and I must
keep my emotions to myself,
and it's not too easy to be
come a different person at
home.
The Council: Undoubtedly
Henry's childhood experi
ences have had their effect on
him and make it difficult for
him to display his feelings.
But we think he should be
aware that emotion must be
displayed in some way when
it is truly felt. Probably he
freezes his feelings at the
source. He could be much
happier if he would permit
himself a little more freedom
in this direction.
It is very difficult to retrain
the emotions. Probably Henry
could not do it without psy
chiatric help. If he wants to
change strongly enough, it
might be a good idea.
We do think, however, that
The new Federation of the
West Indies is composed of
I Jamaica, Barbaroes, Antigua,
j Montserrat, Trinidad and To
; bago. St. Kitts. Dominica,
I Nevia and Anguilla. Grenada,
St. Lucia and St. Vincent.
Australia's Antarctic terri
tory covers 2,470,000 square
miles, about half the area of
the frozen continent
Paid Adv. Dumo for Senator Committea. Mrs. Justin
Smith, Treasurer, 21 Geneva St., Medford, Oregon.
SLAB
WOOD
Green & Dry
Immediate Delivery
Phelps Fuel
PHONE SP 3-5878
Sue may just have to go
through life with a husband
who. falls somewhat short of
her ideals in this respect. But
if she wants to make her mar
riage happier, she should not
let it depend entirely on
whether or not her husband
changes. She can make some
changes in herself.
We'd suggest that Sue stop
holding up an ideal standard
for her husband and her mar
riage. Henry undoubtedly
feels he is falling short of her
standards and is responsible
for making her unhappy.
If Sue is willing to accept
her husband as he. is, and
freely give him the affection
she feels without any re
buke to him intended it is
possible that he will grad
ually thaw.
(Copyright 1958,
General Features Corp.)
Morse Points To
Dulles 'Defeatism'
New York - 0JPD - Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said
Sunday night that Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
has presented "a sad example
of defeatism" in refusing to
submit the Quemoy-Matsu
question and other issues in
volving Communist nations to
the World Court.
Morse spoke at the 13th an
nual charter day dinner of
Yeshiva University at which
he received its charter day
award for "outstanding lead
ership and forceful advocacy
of our democratic tradition.','
Morse said his suggestion
in 1955 that the offshore is
lands dispute be submitted to
the Court "was ignored."
Former New .York Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey made the
same proposal recently, he
said, and Dulles "character
istically dismissed it on the
ground that Communist China
would never agree to submit
the ownership of Quemoy to
the court." .
1st Fails To
Find Definition
Of Mental Health
Delos Smith
intion would
By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
New York-(UPD-A scientist
who studied the ideas of the
experts has decided that no
one knows
precisely what
mental health
is. Dr. Maria
Jahoda was
seeking a def
inition which
could be ap
plied to any
o n e and
found none.
Such a def
be extremely
useful. With it, any person
could tell if his mental health
was slipping and take steps.
For that reason Dr. Jahoda
was employed by the govern
ment sponsored Joint Com
mission on Mental Illnesses
and Health to work out a
definition.
She ran into all kinds of
problems, many of them un
anticipated. One problem was,
are you mentally healthy if
you're "normal?" If you're
normal, she figured, you
think, feel and act like the
majority.. But "the majority
does many things that one
would hesitate to call heal
thy." So she rejected the "nor
mality" definition. Then she
took up the ideas that "hap
piness," "Contentment," "sat-
St. Anne de Beaupre, Rom
an Catholic pilgrimage center
near Quebec City, was first
settled about 1657.
Many colleges provide non
credit courses ' in contract
bridge for their undergraduates.
isfaction" and-or a bounding
sense of "well-being" stand for
mental health. You may feel
those things when what you
want from life agrees with
what lite offers.
Six Approaches
But, she continued, the in
dividual may not be able to
control life's offerings, despite
his very best efforts.
"To say that he must feel
well, happy, content or satis
fied under all conditions of
misfortune or deprivation as
sumes a naive belief in the
moral justice of whatever hap
pens to him," she said. An
individual's happiness about
whatever happens to him can
hardly be judged to be a good
measure of his mental health.
In many situations, it is heal
thier to be unhappy."
Psychological sciences offer
six approaches to a "positive"
definition of mental health,
but for various reasons not
one is the universal defini
tion which can be applied to
everyone, she said. The six
approaches are:
1. Self-perception seeing
yourself as you really are; 2.
Self actualization living up
to your capabilities; 3. Inte
gration having an emotional
balance which permits you to
take setbacks and bounce
back; 4. Autonomy to be
able to reject some things
while accepting others; to be
yourself while being part of
something than yourself; 5.
Perception of reality seeing
the things outside yourself as
they really are; 6. Environ
mental mastery, which is the
ability to master any situation
as it arises.
She rejected all "negative"
Havana-flJPD-Loyal soldiers
and sailors have joined forces
to drive rebels off the prop
erty of the U.S. government's
Nicaro nickel plant. . ,
St. Louis was founded in
1764 as a fur trading post.
Mother used to tell you stories to
put you to sleep . . . now you have
Jack at ten-thirty-five tonight on television.
definitions of mental health,
of course, since she was seek
ing a "positive" one. The com
mon negative definitions are
"absence of mental illness" or
" a person who is not under
treatment by a psychiatrist."
Her study was described in
a book "current concepts of
mental health" published
Thursday under the joint com
mission's sponsorship by Basic
Books, Inc., New York. She is
a former professor of social
psychology and director of the
research center for human rel
ations at New York Universi
ty, and now is working in
London.
The book contained a dis
sent by Dr. Walter E. Barton,
Boston, a psychiatrist and
member of the commission.
He argued that "absence of
mental illness" was a work
able definition of mental
health. After there are posi
tive ways of preventing and
treating mental illnesses, large
and small, the mental health
movement can take up "the
issue of superlative menjtal
health or the degrees of good
ness in good mental health,"
he said.
Wt.Giv. JiqI
GREEN STAMPS
CENTRAL REXALL DRUG
Main and Central
Strikeout King Of Congress?
PORTER INTRODUCED 76 BILLS;
ONLY TWO PASSED CONGRESS!
Here is Mr. Porter'sBatting Average': 76 bills
introduced in Congress ... no action taken on
at least 66 of them . . . only two passed!
What's the reason? Is he held in such low esteem
by. his colleagues that they won't consider his
bills? Did the bills have so little merit that they
were not worth considering ? Was he too busy in
other parts of the world to do the work necessary
to get his bills passed? ?
76 times at bat and two scratch hits make a pretty
low batting average. It's time a major leaguer
went to bat for the 4th District 1
The 4th District Needs Effective Representation
SUct
PAUL GEDDES
to Congress
Pl- CcoWm for ConpfMf CwwMVtM V E. JottmtA, Eug4M( 0m)
If
in i i r
If
p
1
Hi
II
1 Rf
n
i.
r.
EM J
WW