I Friday, November 28, 1958
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Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
History frcm the files of The
Mail Yr'bune 10. 20. 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Not. 30. 1948 (Tuesday)
A special election to approve
$685,000 in bonds for extra
rooms in Medford schools is
scheduled for Dec. 16.
County Engineer Paul Ryn
ning reports gravel will soon
be ready for the improvement
of roads in the vicinity of
Butte Falls that have been
damaged by logging oper
ations. 20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 30. 1938 (Wednesday)
The new pre-marriage ex
amination, approved by voters
at the last election, goes into
effect here tomorrow.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Salem
reports say 'the legislative
horse-trading has started.' It
Is just as well to get it over
before the legislative horse
play." 30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 30, 1928 (Friday)
Medford whips Benson
Tech, 39-0 to win the state
high school football crown.
- Two gold prospectors have
"struck it rich" on Birdseye
creek above Gold Hill.
40 YEARS AGO
Nov. 30. 1918 (Saturday)
A fake "war hero" who
strutted about Medford and
was lavishly entertained now
denies he was ever here.
Pianist Leopold Godowsky
charms a responsive audience
here.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
even or eight iaxcellent; five of
the is good.
1. Belgrade is the capital of
which European country?
2. Does the Jewish Feast of
the Passover occur in the
spring of the year, or the fall
of the year?
3. Is it true that soaking
poisonous mushrooms in salt
water will make them fit to
eat?
4. Is a hamster a small ham,
a mediocre actor, or a burrow
ing rodent?
5. Was Horace Greeley an
American clergyman, journal
ist, or explorer?
6. With the name of what
country do you associate the
anthem "The Maple Leaf For
ever"? 7. Is gelatin derived from
mineral, vegetable, or animal,
sources?
8. Fill in the missing words
In the following: "It is more
to than to -"
9. Is the coastline of Tuni
sia on the Atlantic ocean or
the Mediterranean sea?
10. During World War II,
was the Nazi propaganda min
ister named Goebbels, Goer
ing, or Himmler?
Answers: 1. Yugoslavia.' 2.
" Spring. 3. No. 4. Burrowing
rodent. 5. Journalist. 6. Can
ado. 7. AnimaL 8. Blessed
give receive. 9. Mediterrane
an. 10. Goebbels.
r.
Ups and Downs of Alaska
After President Eisenhower proclaimed that
the results of the national and state elections in
Alaska on Tuesday had been certified, it became
the 49th state. Statehood arrived 91 years after
Russia formally transferred Alaska to the United
States.
The Czar's government was willing to sell in
1867 because aware that it couldn't defend the
territory if the British (through Canada) or, con
ceivably, the United States should move to annex
it. Indeed, during the Crimean War a dozen years
earlier Russia had feared a British attack on
Alaska, and seems to have sounded out Washing
ton on buying it at that time.
A LSO, the charter of the Russian American
(Fur) company, which had been administer
ing Alaska, was expiring. The company was in
financial trouble, so that the government at St.
Petersburg was in little mood to renew the char
ter. And the Russian settlements in California to
the south had been abandoned in 1844.
On our side, Secretary of State William H.
Seward had become a territorial expansionist
after the Civil War. He 'visualized the United
States as spreading all over North America. After
buying Alaska Seward tried to acquire the Dan
ish West Indies (now the Virgin Islands) and the
Dominican Republic, also Hawaii.
I JNTIL the discovery of gold in the Klondike in
1898, our government had paid little or no
heed to "Seward's Folly." The gold rush doubled
its population, but later the gold become expen
sive to extract, and now has dwindled to a rela
tively minor economic factor.
In 1930 Alaska was the only piece of U. S.
territory with fewer inhabitants than in 1900.
Then thousands of defense personnel were sta
tioned there: and better transportation connec
tions have stepped up its industrial development,
fishing, agriculture. Since 1950 Alaska has shown
a greater population increase than any other
state, not excepting Florida, Texas or California.
E.R.R.
World-Wide Ship Boycott
Some 2 million U. S. transport workers are
planning to participate in a four-day, world wide
International Transport Workers Federation boy
cott of ships flying the flags of Panama, Hondur
as, Liberia, and Costa Rica beginning Monday.
A BOYCOTT that could tie up ships flying so
called "flags of convenience" in every port
in the free world is slated for the first four days
of December, with 18 U. S. maritime and water
front unions cooperating. However, leaders of
the National Maritime Union and the Seafarers
International Union were ordered to appear in
federal court in New York City, Nov. 28, to show
cause why they should not be enjoined from any
attempt to prevent, interfere with, or obstruct the
operations of the shipping companies.
The boycott is the first move in a major effort
of the International Transport Workers Federa
tion to enforce standard shipping conditions
throughout the world. It is aimed at Panamanian,
Honduran, Liberian, and Costa Rican flag ships
that are not under contracts with the federation
or any of its affiliates.
Flag of convenience ships,, regardless of their
true ownership, are registered in countries such
as those named with low tax and labor costs.
According to the U. S. Maritime Administration
these four countries had on their registry books
as of June 30 a total of 1,695 ocean-going vessels,
totaling 24,266,000 tons or 16 per cent of world
tonnage.
MAR Becu, secretary general of the ITWF,
in announcing the dates of the boycott, Nov.
14, declared that the United States was respon
sible for the "run-away" ships because U. S. own
ers were allowed to transfer ships abroad. "To a
large extent," he said, "this problem can be solved
by the U. S. government because 42 per cent of
the ships under these flags today are owned by
American citizens."
But a day earlier Clarence G. Morse, Man-
time Administrator and
Maritime Board, had announced there would be
no change in federal policy despite the threatened
boycott.
U. S. interests own about 7.8 million tons of
the so-called PanHonLibCo shipping. Much of
the remainder is owned by Greeks. Norway was
reported, Nov. 16, urging British, West German,
and Netherlands maritime officials to exert pres
sure on the United States to halt private U. S.
financing of new vessels for operation under
flags of convenience by Greek exiles.
Norway's 9.4 million tons of merchant ship
ping earn that nation a third of its foreign ex
change. Stavros Niarchos, the Greek merchant
snipping executive, said on Nov. 16 that he would
go ahead with plans to build in the United States
a 106V-thousand-ton tanker, the world's largest,
despite" the "blackmail" attempts of the maritime
unions..
CHIPOWNERS who say they can't afford high
.labor costs and taxes under U. S. registry in
sist the foreign flags are "flags of necessity." And
"cheap flag" owners deny their labor and safety
standards are low.
' To this countiy the backing of the boycott by
IS maritime unions is remarkable in that these
organizations frequently are squabbling among
themselves, E.R.R.
chairman of the Federal
Dennis the Menace
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Wanna see a pretty waterfall1?4
Matter of Fact
By Rowland Evans Jr.
(While Joseph Alsop re
ports for Middle East, Row
land Evans covers the home
base.
PRESSURE FROM NORTH
Washington The Demo
crats from-the northern, in
dustrial states are laying rath
er elaborate plans to cash in
on their new influence in the
Senate. They will have a
weighty package of propos
als ready for Sen. Johnson,
the voice of power and author
ity in the top-heavy Demo
cratic Senate, before the ses
sion starts on Jan. 7. These
proposals are a bit more than
requests, but quite in the na
ture of demands.
One of them, of course, is
the well-know plot to change
Rule XXII and make it easier
to break Senate filibusters.
Not so well publicized, how
ever, are at least three other
Northern - Democratic propos
als, each of which will be
taken up with Sen. Johnson
as part of the strategy of the
Northern liberals, a smallish
band that gained new re
cruits in the Democratic land
slide. What this resourceful
band now seems to want is
a new and strong voice in the
party's inner circle of policy
makers, now entirely domin
ated by the skillful Johnson;
an increase in the number of
Democratic floor managers by
the addition of a new assistant-leader
from the ranks of
the liberals; and a shake-up
of the nominally powerful
Democratic Steering Commit
tee, eleven of whose fifteen
members now represent
Southern or border states.
This committe controls the
appointment of new Senators
to standing committees.
SEN. Hubert H. Humphrey,
the human Univae w.h o
presides over the Senate Dem
ocratic liberals, would be the
obvious choice for a new as
sistant leader, but he might
defer to Sen. Clark of Penn
sylvania. As a leading Presi
dental possibility. Humphrey
might prefer to keep his pres
ent identity as the unofficial
emissary and negotiator of the
Northern liberals.
As of now, the floor lead
ership is composed of John
son, the top man, and Sen.
Mansfield, his faithful lieuten
ant and the assistant floor
leader.
How successful the North
ern liberals are in their quest
for more power within the
Senate Democratic hierarchy
may well bear on the course
of the new Congress and the
outcome of the Rule XXII
struggle. It might even have
an indirect influence on the
shape of the Democratic na
tional convention in 1960.
THE Northerners are the
legatees of the New and
Fair Deal who seemed to prof
it from the campaign attack
that labelled them the "radi
cal wing" of the Democratic
party. If the astute and mod
erate Johnson makes conces
sions to the Humphrey-Clark
equality program he should
find it easier to keep the peace
between the opposite wings
of his party. This should make
for greater cohesion among
the Democrats throughout the
session, although, of course, it
would only mitigate, not
avoid, a Rule XXII battle.
If, for example, Johnson
agreed to place Humphrey or
a Humphrey candidate on the
nine-man policy committee,
the panel that controls the
flow of legislation to the
floor, the Northern Democrats
would be less inclined to press
the limit in the great strug
gle over the filibuster rule.
The Republicans already
have a well-advertised organ
izational fight going on. Their
liberal wing is demanding a
spot in the party's conserv
ative Senate hierarchy. With
the relative decline of the con
servatives, the liberal Repub
licans are certain to get an
By Joseph Alsop
assistant leadership
in
the
hew Senate.
rpHE bid by the Democratic
-- liberals for equal space
and time with the Southern
and moderate blocs, however,
seems to have shriller over
tones. It may, in fact, be an
opening gun in the battle for
control of the 1960 Democrat
ic national convention.
In California, where the
Democrats scored their great
est election ga;ns, a move by
party officials is already afoot
to weaken the influence of the
moderate Congressional lead
ers in the wide-open nomin
ating convention in 1960. . It
is based on the sound theory
that control of the convention
machinery the keynote
speaker, the permanent chair
man, the programming will
carry with it unusual power
to influence the selection of
the nominee. This would be
true, of course, only if no
candidate locks up the nom
ination ahead of time.
If Johnson fails to make
concessions now to the Sen
ate liberals, the militant and
triumphant party officials
from the West Coast, and
their National Committee al
lies, will intensify the effort
to undermine the Democratic
moderates in Congress. It is
a good bet that the Senator
from Texas will go at least
part of the way with the Nor
therners. He will probably do
that for party harmony, even
though he knows there is no
power in the world that, in a
showdown, could upset his ul
timate control of his party in
the Senate,
(c) 1958 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
Washington Report
By William
PERSONAL DRAMA
Washington - One of the
most-arresting personal dra
mas of Washington is that of
John Foster
Dulles, whose
p e r m a nent
residence is in
the eye of the
hurricane.
Various ob
servers may
rationally dis
like Mr. Dul
les or some of
WiUiam S White nis policies as
Secretary of State. But no
body "in possession of the
facts" - which, by the way, is
just the kind of farge, dustily
legalistic phrase Dulles him
self would use - could reason
ably deny two things:
1. This Secretary of State
has what are inelegantly call
ed guts to a degree that few
men in recent public life
have surpassed. True, it may
seem at times a rather tire
some, quibbling sort of cour
age; Mr. Dulles is not one to
read from the large print
when the fine print is avail
able. 2. This Secretary of State,
whose endless travels about
the world would long ago
have left limp and exhausted
the average man of 30, has a
physicial industry so great as
to be fatiguing even to watch.
TWO years ago this very
month Mr. Dulles all but
crawled on hands and knees
from the hospital, where he
had undergone an unpleasant
thing - surgery for intestinal
cancer. He returned to his
manifold duties stolidly silent
about what most men find it
impossible not to comment on
- "my operation."
Never once since has he
gone about holding his pulse
in public. Never once has he
asked quarter, on grounds of
health, from the very hard
world that surrounds him.
He is the oldest member of
the Cabinet - now in his 71st
year - and yet he makes far
Today & Tomorrow
By Welter lippmonn
MR. DULLES AND THE
CHURCHMEN
Last week at Cleveland be
fore a conference of Protest
ant C h u r c hmen, Secretary
Dulles ended
his address on
a note which
was novel and
"Today,"
hesaid,"when
despotism rid
es h i g h , our
society is
closely ob
served. Many
find us lacking." In terms of
works, we seem to be confus
ing freedom with moral li
cense and our productive
power is often devoted to friv
olities. "In some respects, we
seem to be as materialistic as
the Communists but without
their supporting philosophy
and efficiency." But, said Mr.
Dulles, there is one other
way, and that the most impor
tant, in which we are lack
ing. "In terms of faith, We
seem unable to articulate a
basic philosophy for our tim
es which carries deep convic
tion and strong appeal."
This is a remarkable thing
for Mr. Dulles to admit. For
the President and he, and he
particularly, have certainly
been untiring in their at
tempts to articulate a basic
philosophy. It is rare indeed
that either of them discusses
a public question without
wrapping it up in the confi
dent claim that the position
they have taken is derived di
rectly from the moral order
of , the universe. How then,
has it come about that Mr.
Dulles, despite all the basic
philosophy that he has articu
lated for so many years, finds
that his use of philosophy
does not carry "deep convic
tion and strong appeal?"
THE clue to the answer to
this question is to be
found in the fact that the very
gathering he was addressing
has made it manifest that it
does not accept the notion
that is Mr. Dulles's constant
theme. It does not believe that
his policies in foreign affairs
are derived from and found
ed upon "a moral order which
is fundamental and eternal."
Many of the churchmen at
tending the conference dis
agreed with the Dulles China
policy, and all of them appear
to have rejected the notion
that any specific Dulles pol
icy has somehow the author
ity and sanction of religion
and of the moral order which
religion sustains.
Yet the incessant claim that
our policies are more than
human, and have about them
an aura of divinity, has been
having a devastating effect on
our prestige in the world. Mr.
,.
S. White
more demands upon himself
in every way than do any two
of the others.
JUST now, these demands
are piling high about him.
The Russians are glowering
at the Western position in
Germany, and crisis in its
nastiest meaning may be in
the air.
Dulles is making our policy
in this infinitely tricky busi
ness; and in a sense making
the policy of the whole allied
West since we are the biggest
of its partners. He is walking
a high and swaying wire. His
problem is not to give up any
of our vital interests but not,
on the other hand, to do any
thing that would make it im
possible for the Russians to
draw back without losing
face.
In all this, he is carrying
three buckets of water on his
soberly tailored shoulders.
One of these buckets repre
sents the Allies, one the Rus
sians themselves,' and one the
Congress - to which, with its
huge new Democratic major
ities, Mr. Dulles must pay far
more heed than ever before.
How adroitly he is swaying
with these buckets was well
illustrated by a recent Dulles
press conference. This the
Secretary held, on the day
usually reserved for the Pres
ident's own press conference,
while Mr. Eisenhower himself
was on holiday in Georgia.
HERE Mr. Dulles
with pvrilosive
grappled
questions
like an old Army sapper re
moving land mines. He spoke
of the Russians without ani
mosity or threats. His manner
toward them, rather, was that
of a corporation lawyer deal
ing with a rude and irrespon
sible but dangerous witness in
an anti-trust suit - firm, but
careful and coolly detached.
The Secretary has been oft
en - and sometimes fairly -accused
of "brinkmanship,"
of an unduly threatening line.
Whatever the past, this is in
Walter
Llppmann
Dulles who carries a very big
stick with our weapons and
our wealth, seems curiously
insensitive to the fact that h
should therefore speak sofilv.
In the face of the outer world
he, even more than the Presi
dent, is the wielder pf great
material power and, if only
he could see himself as others
see him, he would be humble
and would not wield this pow
er with moral dogmatism and
any suggestion of special
righteousness.
THERE is no surer way for
a leader in the free world
to repel free men than to let
it seem that in our foreign
policies we make the assump
tion of infallibility, that what
finally emerges from the vast
bureaucracy which forms
these policies, is hedged with
divinity, and that only the
blind, the ignorant and the
wicked can disagree with
whatever the policy , finally
happens to be.
It is right here, so I have
come to believe, that lies the
source of the irritation which
is frustrating the hopes of the
President and of Mr. Dulles
that they can rally the peo
ple of the world in a moral
crusade against Communism.
For far from articulating a
basic philosophy which is dif
ferent from Communism, the
pretense to know a n d to
speak for the universal order
of things is, when seen at a
distance, in Asia and even in
Europe, too painfully similar
to the central vice of the Com
munist philosophy. For the
Communists, when they are
true believers, are certain
that they know the inner se
crets of all human exper
ience, and that wnatever tney
happen to be doing is a mani
festation of destiny.
THE tendency to transform
our mundane and secular
matters, as for example what
to do about Quemoy or Ber
lin, into religious and moral
dogmas is an old and a bad
habit of the human race. Free
dom has one of its deepest
roots in the realization that
the business of states is the
business of fallible and ' alto
gether human persons, that
tariffs and budgets and mili
tary establishments and what
to do in Lebanon and Cyprus
and the rest, cannot be deduc
ed directly and neatly and ob
viously from the moral princi
ples of any religion. The spir
it of freedom is an emanation
of the human experience in
which men have learned to
distrust politicians who, lack
ing humility, are too sure of
themselves, and pretend to
have some special kind of in
spiration. Copyright 1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
U.S. Funds Asked
For Flood Control
Pendleton (DPD Ted A.
Smith, president of the Mc
Kay Creek Property Owners
association, yesterday asked
Rep. Al Ullman to propose to
congress a $10,000 appropri
ation for flood control.
Smith said the amount
would be used for flood con
trol studies and surveys of
the McKay dam reservoir and
lower McKay creek.
Several families suffered
flood damage costing many
thousands of dollars in April,
1958, Smith said.
The association is now form
ing a legal group to take ad
vantage of a $15,000 appropri
ation for channel widening
and clearing of McKay creek.
Firm Abandons
Eugene TV Fight
Washington-(UPD-The feder
al communications commis
sion said Friday Northwest
Video has dropped out of the
contest for television channel
9 at Eugene, Ore.
This withdrawal leaves the
field to two other competing
applicants-KEED, Inc., which
operates radio station KEED
at Springfield, Ore., and Lib
erty Television, Inc., owned
by area businessmen.
The commission said KEED
and Liberty had paid $1,000
to Thomas B. Friedman and
Dawkins Espy of Los Angeles,
owners of Northwest Video,
for partial expenses incurred
in the , contest.
no sense now his line. It is
now hardly possible, even for
an observer never exactly en
chanted with Mr. Dulles, not
to feel some sense of security
that our latest crisis, given all
present circumstances, is in
the hands of this possibly un
comfortably righteous but un
doubtedly tough and supple
man.
(Copyright 1958, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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fact the contrary is often the
Hits Nail en Head
To the Editor: The letter of
Mr. Ray J. Schumacher "cart
before the horse" in your is
sue of Nov. 26, in connection
with the proposed bond elec
tion for offstreet parking hit
the nail squarely on the head,
and I wish to congratulate
him in presenting the issue so
plainly and so forcibly to the
public.
When the question of off
street parking was previously
presented to the voters and
defeated, the question was so
evasive that there is a ques
tion if the voters actually
understood what the city ad
ministration was trying to ac
complish, and from my per
sonal discussion with some of
them there is doubt in my
mind if they actually knew
themselves.
However, later action by
the city council in authoriz
ing an item of $50,000 in the
budget in direct opposition to
the will of the voters indicat
ed clearly that there was
something in their minds that
was not placed before the
voters. -
When an open meeting was
held by the council on the
budget it developed that the
council did not in fact have
any concrete plan for off
street parking, but was simply
asking the voters to authorize
this expenditure like a pig in
a poke without any idea as to
how the money would be
spent.
If the city administration is
sincere in the matter and has
the honest interest of the citi
zens as a whole, and not sim
ply the few who would be
especially benefited by this
project, why not lay the cards
on the table and let us have
everything i open and above
board in the matter. If the
voters are to be in a position
to vote intelligently in the
matter, then the information
requesed in the letter of Mr.
Schumacher, items 1 to 5, in
clusive, are vital, and should
be given to the voters before
they are asked to vote on the
bond issue. Remember, fore
sight is better than hindsight.
The action of the city coun
cil in previously trying to ac
complish by council action
what the voters had already
turned down did not enhance
the confidence of the voters
in the actions of the council.
Therefore, if the administra
tion hopes to gain the confi
dence of the voters in the
coming election, they will
have to earn it by presenting
all the facts in definite form
before the voters are asked to
approve a bond issue. If this
is not done, my prediction is
that the result will be the
same as in the preceding elec
tion. Give us all' the facts,
then if your case has merit,
we will support you. If merit
is lacking, we will be equal
ly as positive in the dis
approval. A. J. Curry
906 West Main st.
Medford
Road Gets Rock
To the Editor: I mutw be
lieve it or not, congratulate
the county road department
for having dumped a few, but
I must say, only a few, loads
of crushed rock on the Butte
Falls-Fish Lake rd., thus cov
ering up some of the worst
of the rocks which protruded
from the surface of the road.
However, what was done
was only a starter. The road
is very narrow. I must admit,
not as narrow as the Dark
Hollow rd. where the recent
school bus accident occurred,
but still narrow enough to
be unsafe for the amount ol
traffic on this road.
when the rock crushers
were set up at the mouth of
Bowen creek was the time
this road, should have been
completely rebuilt, as it would
have saved a great deal of
expensive rehandling and
have saved a great deal of
miles of haulage.
The rock which was re
cently placed on the Fish
Lake rd. was hauled some
where near 10 miles, from
the crusher site on the
Rocky Hill west of Butte
Falls. A haul of some seven
or more miles would have
been saved by hauling onto
this section of road at the
time the crusher was located
at the mouth of Bowen creek.
It appears to me that the
jobs could be better planned
to avoid such obvious ex
pense as long hauls and dump
ing in piles instead of on
the road, which makes for
unnecessary rehandling at con
siderable expense.
I sincerely hope our county
court which is in office after
Jan. 1 will consider care
fully the factors I have noted,
better than its predecessor
and thus do more for less
money. I also have a few
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
From the whisker depart
ment comes news of soma
loss, some gain.
Our farm editor's mustache
has gone, probably because
one of his rancher friends
kidded him about not recog
nizing him when he went to
pick up his Thanksgiving
turkey.
Our wire editor has devel
oped what one party terms a
"whiskerlip," a neat Spanish
type mustache.
Our photographer, who had
a full-face, black and grey
stubble started, appeared late
in the week with all but a
mustache and the start of a
goatee shaved. He said he
plans to grow the rest back
again.
The other bewhiskered
member of the staff still is
trimming the first stages of
a full beard.
The future Centennial look
has spread to the circulation
department where some staff
ers show fresh beginnings;
from hence we know not
where it might spread.
The average man today
lives 25 years longer than
a century ago. But then he
has to in order to pay his
taxes..
The following quotation is
taken from the Hoover school
Hi-Lite, and is entitled "Why
I Like Birds":
"I'm Betty Jo Hicks. This
summer I became interested ,
in birds. My father is one of
the best bird watchers in
Jackson county. He goes bird
watching with Reverend Mc
Camant who is quite a bit
better because he has studied
birds longer. Father bought
me some very expensive
binoculars for my birthday,
and ever since then I've
studied birds. I enjoy watch
ing birds because it gives
my father and me much to
talk about.
a
Back in 1898, when this
country was yet young,
there was published in our
neighbor to the south a
small newsy-type newspa
per. 'Town Talk."
Subscription rales were
low: 50 cents, one year; 25
cents, six months; and 5
cents, one month. For that,
the reader would get a va
riety of "talk around the
town," such as:
Local news: "August Cos
tel has purchased the inter
est of his partner, J. L.
Fenton, in the Ashland Iron
Works."
Opinions: "Never make
fun of a young lady if she
does not walk just as you
think she should; she may
have a corn on her toe."
Advice: "Say less than
you think, rather than
think only half what you
say."
And humor: "Eating on
ions will prevent a mus
tache from coming on a
woman's lip."
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Thanksgiving Day, a 30-
pound turkey caught fire in
the oven of a local resident.
In the process of extin
guishing the flaming bird,
smoke filled the house. The
owner, to make things a little
more pleasant inside, opened
the house doors, and took a'
broom to help circulate the
air.
In the process of shooing
smoke from one room, the
broom struck a light fixture,
tinkling it to the floor.
It was the third turkey the
family attempted to cook
without success. But the fam
ily's courageous; they plan to
try again someday to cook a
turkey, to prove to them
selves it can be done.
Santa Claus' helpers ap
peared on the local scene
Friday night, mingling with
the crowd of area pros
pects looking over gift
ideas for the coming holi
day. Indeed there was a crowd
of prospective buyers seek
ing their treasure in the
city's Christmas opening
treasure hunt. Not only
that, there were uncounta
ble numbers of children,
chilly perhaps, but happy
to see Santa Claus helpers. .
Most people downtown
went from window to win
dow checking numbers,
holding a list of numbers
or cards in a shivering
hand while looking over
another person's shoulder
into the store's display
window.
Among the comments
overheard by the younger
generations were:
"My feet is getting tired
walking on." .
"Let' go to Monkey
Ward's and sea Santa's
helpers."
other suggestions if they are
willing to listen.
Floyd R. McCabe,
Fish Lake rd.,
Butte Falls