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MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. 4 Sunday, December 7, 1958. MedfordKTribunb "Everyone In Southern OreguA Read The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. 3 Worth Fir St. Ph. SP 3-8141 ROBERT W. RXJHL. Editor HERB GHEY.Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr. IBIC W. ALLEN JR, Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women"! Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of i- March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION PATES By Mail In Advance: Copy lOe. Daily and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mot. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4-25 Sunday Only One year $420. By Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent, and on motor routes: Dally and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c OPT 10c i All Term Cash In Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County , United Press International I FuD. Leased Wire . MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative : WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC, Of fices In New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. NEWSPAPiR i PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION g3 NATIONAL EDITORIAL assocIm c3'8N Flight 'o Time Medford and "Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 aid 40 years jflO. 10 YEARS AGO Dec 7. 1948 (Tuesday) Magician Lee Grabel will attempt Houdini's famous "trunk escape" in a program sponsored by. the Medford Active club. Medford city couneilmen move back to the old-but re decorated council. chamber for tonight's meeting. 20 YEARS AGO Dee. 7. 1938 (Wednesday) Contractor Representatives arrive for the preliminaries leading to reconstruction of Medford's paved streets. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Up state citizens are now picking pussywillows in bloom. A val ley resident reports he found a 1939 calendar yesterday. SO YEARS AGO Dee. 7, 1928 (Friday) "The Ghost Train," per formed by Franks comedians, opens at the Playhouse. The Medford Irrigation dis trict's annual report shows outstanding accomplishment. 40 YEARS AGO Dec 7, 1918 (Saturday) Mayor Gates renews the ban on dances following a re surgence of influenza. His honor plans to be pres ent in Portland next Tuesday at the launching of the ship, Medford. . . - What's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or is is good. 1. The eruption of what vol cano in AD 79 buried Pompei under an avalanche of lava? 2. Bruin is another name for what animal? 3. Which letter of the alpha bet is usually not shown on pay telephone ;dials?" . 4. Color blindness is more freauent among girls, or boys? ' 5. Identify the Persian poet who composed the Rubaiyat, 6. Identify whose likeness was placed on a commemora tive U.S. 50-cent piece in 1946. 7- Who portrayed the role, of "Baby Snooks" on the ra dio? ' ; ,-: 8. Buenos Aires is situated north, or south, of the equa tor? 9. According to the . Greek fable, Argus, the 1 giant, had how many eyes? 10. A bullock is a type of locking device, a young ox, or a canal gate valve? Answers: 1. Vesuvius. 2. Bear. 3. Q. 4. Among beys. 5. Omar Khayyam. 6. Book er T. Washington. 7. ..Fanny Brie. 8. South. 9. 100 eyes. 10. Young ox.- TRADE AGREEMENT Warsaw -flJPD- Poland and East Germany have-signed a trade protocol for' 1959 under which Poland agrees to in crease East German, machin ery imports by 30 per cent. Poland will export food, coal, lignite and some machinery to East Germany. Poland will get raw materials, motorcy cles, automobiles, bicycles and various kinds of machinery from Zatf "Germany." GSRSrES) - This Is the Largely through the small number of men and women in Jackson county, considerable strides have been made in preparation for the local celebration of Oregon's Centennial here next year. Setting up this sort of thing has a lot of in tangibles to it, for attitude and awareness of the Centennial which in turn create an atmosphere of hospitality for our expected visitors are probably the most important factors in a success ful celebration. The Jackson County Centennial, association, a non-profit organization of busy men who are working out the details, ably assisted by Coordin ator Ernie Hood, has awareness and favorable attitude. DUT there are tangible things, too, which have :been and are being accomplished important things. - Probably the most important single job which is being done is that of raising $275,000 to build a new Shakespearean Festival theater, to open during the Centennial year. The enthusiasm and understanding acceptance of the need both practical and idealistic for the theater, is wide spread. ., . We predict a successful conclusion of the drive, both in Jackson county (where Ashland is leading the way), and throughout the state and nation. 1M0ST of the other tangible progress has been in relatively small things, but added to gether they amount to a rather amazing display of intelligent cooperation, hard work, and vig orous enthusiasm on the part om many, many people. There is, for example, the "Make Medford Beautiful" campaign, which has generated so much interest 6n the part is going to result in a cleaner, more attractive city for the Centennial year. There are the plans a t i ii create in Jacksonville an atmosphere, which will attract and hold visitors, to the benefit of all citizens of the county. at THHERE are plans now well under way for visi tors' information booths at one or more lo cations in the county where tourists can stop and be provided with accurate information about the things to see, the places to go, the things to do, in which they are interested. ' There are plans for the county, which will not only make it more in teresting for visitors, but will add to our own appreciation of the history of the place. we call home. - There are plans for trains, for Pony Express Centennial celebration. at itself, February 14 ; for observances in the schools, to let our youngsters know more of the heritage which is theirs. THERE will be exhibits and displays and com 9 itinnifir nlaVkiof ii.r.o in wimr rurfa At til a county. Some men plan to people will dress in old to lend atmosphere, and it, in a festival mood. Window displays, special tourist maps of the county, special articles, a mvie, slide series all these things are in preparation. All these things can And most of all, and most important, it can be fun to do. Sometimes, it occurs little fun doing the mundane, everyday things that have become habit with each of us. If we look at this Centennial opportunity the right way, it can be the source of a lot of plain, old-fashioned fun. THAT in itself is enough reason why all these things and many others that space doesn't permitus to list should be, and are being, done. But there is another reason, a practical one. The out-of-state tourist (perhaps "visitor" is a better 'word), constitutes the state's and Jackson county's third biggest industry. They have always come in numbers to see us andour natural wonderland in southern Oregon, and they will come in even greater numbers next year. : They will enrich pur economy. We want to be good hosts to them, treat them as the decent, friendly human beings they are, and encourage them to return again and again. We cannot do that with a get-rich-quick, soak-'em-all-you-can, attitude.- , DUT if we make our guests feel welcome, furnish them with things to do and se enjoy, if we make them feel that they have been well-treated, and offer them entertainment and fun, they will reward this area with a bonanza of cash and goodwill which will enrich us in more ways than one, and it will be a lasting benefit. . That, as we see it, is what the Centennial is ali about. . We're grateful to the men and women who have done so much work to make it come true so far, and know that they would welcome all the help they can get, from everyone. E.A. Day of Infamy Today is the "Day of Inf amy"-Dec. 7. ' Seventeen years ago today the Japanese at tacked Pearl Harbor to begin American partici pation in World War II. It also was a Sunday. Only 17 years. But it seems a long, long time ago. E.A. " . , Centennial efforts of a relatively done much to create this of so many, and which now going forward to ij iSF. j; x otu-ume, nuning-i,uwn marking historic sites m Surry rides and wagon rides, for a week-long the time of the birthday grow beards, and many time costumes partly partly just for the fun of add up to a gala season. to us that we have too y xx. vv w it w.a things to do and see" and Dennis the Menace i 'VfellJ.M0Ml CA&FOZA Today & Tomorrow By Walter lippmann The Reply to the Soviets A written . reply will, of course, have to be made to the long Soviet note about Berlin. The reply will have to repre s e n t the agreed views of L o n d o n, Paris, Wash ington .and Bonn. But there are var ious ways .of replying Linomsnn to the Soviet note - anrt wo should think carefully before we choose which one. It would be easy enough to write a reply which is as argumentative as the Soviet note, rebutting its arguments ana asrtmg our counter or gumenTs. This will erivi. passing satisfaction to some. But it will do nobody any real good. The problem of the two Germanys and the two Berlins will stiU be with us. Another way to reblv would be to draft a big proeram of counter proposals, with elab orate principles and generali zations, many of them ambig uous formulae to reconcile divergent views amon? the Western powers. It would be a mistake to do this. The Western position is alreadv in a straitjacket of the old form ulae which, because thev have been promulgated solemnly and publicly, make it almost impossible to maneuver and to negotiate. This suits those. some in very high places. who really do not want to negotiate. But in this chang ing world, in this changing Europe and chan&ins Ger many, the immobility of West ern policy is a grave danger. VyHAT then would be a ' better way to reply? It would be, it seems to me, to focus upon the thesis that the problem of Berlin can be set tled only as and when there is a German settlement that no solution, only at the most a de facto arrangement, is possible if Berlin is treated as an isolated problem. If this were our thesis, then the next thing to do is to propose the beginning of negotiations about Germany. There are several ways to do this. One way would .be Walter Washington Report By William S. Whit GOP HITS BUSINESS Washington The profes sional leadership of the Re publican party, largely con- tr oiled by Vice-President R i c hard M. Nixon, has firmly adopt ed a policy of line xampled audacity in "telling off business. It is as ex- wmiiSs wSIt? traordinary as though the Democrats had set out publicy to reprimand labor. Indeed, this is news of a kind "that is said to re sult when man bites dog. That the Republcian pros have undertaken this course of danger and of Spartan courage is the best possible index of their fears for the future. The more they exam ine the whys and wherefores of the Democratic Congres sional election victories of last month the worse things look to them unless businessmen can be made to "see reason" before the Presidential test of 1960. THE considered view of the GOP professionals is this: the insistence by busi GIASQOFMILK?' to resume the discussion of a high level meeting, perhaps even at the summit. But this way is full of dangers and difficulties, and there is, think, a better way. TT would be to take notice -- of the Soviet's standing proposal that the future of Germany be worked out by the two German governments, We could, then, ask the Soviet government whether it is will ing to allow the two German governments to negotiate freely and whether it is wiU- ing to accept the result if they are able to agree upon the structure of a confederation It is almost certain, I be lieve, that the Soviet govern ment will not agree to nego tiations which are as free as that. It will insist on condi tions. It will insist that the two Germanys must live with in an arrangement which lim its their armaments and their alliances. . Be that as it may, an Allied reply which took the line of a negotiation between the two Germanys would pose the basic question as to what are the practical conditions of a negotiated settlement and what are the possibilities of an all-European security sys tem. T realize, of course, that a - reply of this kind requires a serious modification of Dr, Adenauer's policy of the non recognition of the East Ger man state. If he vetoes such a reply, the United States cannot now go over his head, But nevetheless it is a sound way to approach the German question, and it would have powerful support in the West ern world, including Western Germany itself. Indeed, it is hard to see how there can be any success ful approach which does not begin with and recognize the facts of life which are that there are now two Germanys and two Berlins, and that only slowly over a long period of time, and in the climate of national freedom after the foreign troops have departed, can the two Germanys be come integrated again, (c) 19S8 New York Herald Tribune Inc. ness of putting the so-called right-to-work issue into the recent campaign must not be repeated unless business is ready to see the country go Democratic in 1960 and this for a mere starter. They point out that it took the GOP years to live down what was, rightly or wrongly, the anti labor, anti-"little man" face put upon it after the adop tion of the Taft-Hartley Act by a Republican Congress. They suggest that one more round of right-to-work, under Republican sponsorship and at the demand of manage ment, might so end up: give the Republicans the dubious satisfaction of being very ac ceptable to management but quite unacceptable to the vot er, for another six to eight years. ACCORDINGLY, what might be called a command decision of calculated risk has been taken by the Republican organization leadership. This is to tell business leaders, in the plainest possible way and hazarding all their displeas ure, that only two 'rational courses are really open now: .1. To forget, about right-to-work, however heady its at Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name end 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 Progressive Step To the Editor: The letter from Mr. R. J. Crossman in the Wednesday Mail. Tribune was well written and ade quately stated the case for a favorable "Yes" vote on the off-street parking proposal to be voted on Dec. 10th. This is the type of positive thinking needed. From my own viewpoint, being in the real estate busi ness, it is a very important matter, as in many cases our city is judged by the condi tions noted by our out-of-state visitors. A recent advertise ment of ours in the Southern California area brought in many replies from people in terested in this area. Several made special trips here to look our town over. The ma jority of the people were in terested in job and business opportunities, recreation, cli mate, schools and our shop ping district. Most were favorably im pressed with the area, howev er, mere were a lew sour notes, chief among them be ing the downtown parking problem. Many of the people were used to adequate park ing lots or a municipal tran sit system. Many out of state people, who have visited here and have come back to live, com mented, "If the people in the Southern California area knew what the Rogue River valley had to offer them, they would come up here in drov es; however, your downtown parking problem is one of the real problems facing the area today and will get worse un less something is done about it." This represents a good ba rometer of what the newcom ers observe about the area. I, personally, believe it will be a real asset to the com munity to have a parking program geared to the antici pated future growth of our city. That a parking problem can be accomplished without a tax on the Medford 'home owners is a gratifying tribute to the majority of the busi ness property owners who are willing to accept the as sessments on their property for our parking convenience. Anyone who will take time to study and analyze the up coming ballot measure, will realize a great deal of our civic leader's time, thought and effort has gone into this measure. It represents sever al years of careful survey and thoughtful planning, i , This measure is a progress ive step forward for a city of Medford s size to take and will be the first step to giving Medford the shopping con venience it sorely needs. Wallace W. Watkins, 526 East Main St., Medford. Letters to Sanla Dear Mr. Medford Tribune: Will you please print my letter to Santa Claus in your paper? Santa will be able to read it. Dear beautiful Santa: Hope you read this. I have just moved up here and I am sure you would never have found me. I would like a real set of drums, a bride doll whith white trunk, and for outfits, a red velvet dress turned in white fur. Just like your .suit- If you can't bring some of these will you please bring me a little white kitty with a red bow. Oh, yes tell Mr. Antony to bring a mil lion dollars. Daddy needs a pair of suspenders, because his pants" fall down. Love, Vicky Atkins . ; Route 1, Box 369 . Central Point . tractions in the abstract sense. 2. Or that, if business is going to insist again upon right-to-work it must be pre pared to put into the 1960 Presidential campaign, pre cisely the kind of straining, unprecedented push- -in terms of exertions apd in terms of money tnat was put mio me fight to re-elect Senator Rob ert A. Taft in 1950. In the Taft struggle in Ohio business generally treated the maintenance of the Senator's seat as though the Presidency itself were at stake. Not since, in any election anywhere, has business as a community made so massive and so ded icated a political effort rela tive to the size of the ter rain of Tsattle. N Few Republican profession als believe that business will really take alternative No. 2. IT WAS in this estimate of the harsh political reality that .Meade Alcorn, the GOP national chairman, recently went to New York to give the bad news straight to the Na tional Association of Manu facturers. Whatever anybody wanted to say about the in herent merit of right-to. work, Alcorn observed to these busi Amused by 'Propaganda' To the Editor: It has been most amusing to study the propaganda that has been giv en us by the proponents of the proposed offstreet parking program. Too many public of ficials don't only feel but are free to state that if the public don't see things just as they do the public needs to be edu cated. The first thing the pro ponents did was to appoint an advisory board. Advice is the greatest surplus commodity that we have in America. Ev erybody is overstocked with it and are ready to give it away free, and most of it is worth about that amount. There was a need for an in formation bureau. The public could of been informed just whose property was going to be taxed. We were told that it was not going to be a general bond issue but that George was going to pick. up the check. Nowhere in their prop aganda have they stated that George had agreed to such a deal. The public is asked to sup port this issue. Who was the budget committee supporting when they placed a little item of $57,000 in the budget for offstreet parking after the vo ters had voted it down? Some of our county offic ials thought nothing of pour ing $1,000 down the drain to satisfy some of their own personal-whims. The voters took care of that on Nov. 4. We are beginning to live in a new era when people are fed up on excessive high taxes, and have decided to begin to think for themselves. Frank HoweU, 205 Laurel st Medford. "Put Up Or Shut Up" ' to tne caitor: For some time I have watched several Medford businessmen plead for the hiring of handicapped persons. Little did I think that I would ever be one of those handicapped in search of job to support my family. Ac cidents do happen and now I find myself in that unen viable position. The irony is that the very businessmen who pleaded so earnestly for the handicap ped to be given a chance, seem to take a different atti tude when an applicant ap proaches them. : - .-- , -Though I have been a resi dent of this county for a number of years, I find that in at least two instances men from out of state have secured jobs for which I had applied and which I could have handled without difficulty. , Right now there is a cam paign to Make Medford Beau tiful. The old adage about "Beauty is as beauty does" was never more appropriate. ' These men mentioned be fore should either put up or shut up. Their insincerity is certain to show, and is cer tainly no asset to themselves or the community. Name on File) Central Point Handicapped Week To the Editor: This commit tee considers it not only an obligation but a privilege as well to extend its sincere thanks and feeling of deep appreciation for your helpful cooperation in furthering the program for the employment of the physically handicapped. By means of the publicity given in your publication dur ing the recent observance of National Employ the Physi cally Handicapped Week you helped in a very definite man ner to call the attention of the public to the problems of the handicapped and to the advantages of using their ness bigwigs, this was the bald, bare meaning of the tale: "A majority of the voters said emphaticially that they don't want right-to-work, and as a consequence the political careers of some of the na tion's ablest public servants (Republicans, of course) were shattered." , This was only the begin ning of a new GOP leadership effort to change business's view of what is good for busi ness, the Republican party, and the country. And it was comparable to some unimagin able scene' which might find Paul Butler, the Democratic chairman, announcing to a convention of the CIO-AFL that the Democrats had now heard altogether too much about things like union se curity. ..... For the NAM has been last, irreducible redoubt and trench of the total free enterprises. The NAM has always taken its old-fashioned Republican ism so straight as to make, say, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce look a bit like some happy league of young Democrats. (Copyright 1958, by United Feature Syndicates, lae.) (By M-T Staff and Contributors) Here is the weekly Centen nial-whisker bulletin from the Mail Tribune: In the newsroom, we still have five clean-shaven faces three men and two women. (We don't REALLY expect the latter to conform.) There are two modest mus taches left, bUt the impressive sights, In the hairy-face line, are the photographer, who gets more romantic - looking each day, with chin-whiskers and mustache, and the city editor, whose Cape Cod rim of whiskers are now long enough to give him a remark able resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. One lady visitor to the newsroom looked at him, no ticed the similarity, and when he spoke to her, even com mented that he even sounded like Lincoln. (How she knows that we don't know.) Our favorite comment, though, came from a member of the Stereotyping crew, who took one look and said, "When's the assasination? I don't want to miss that" About the only other de partment of the M-T where In ihe Day's News By FRANK JENKINS From our new missile launching base down at Point Mugu, in the Los Angeles area, comes the report that most any time now we'll fire the first shot in a program to find out how to put a MAN into orbit and get him back safely. In the course of this. pro gram, we'll launch "bigger and bigger satellites. EVENTUAL LY, that will include a FIVE- TON artificial moon that will be much bigger than anything Russia has put into orbit so far. "ItilCE and monkey will first be included in these sat ellites, probably on the fifth or sixth launching about" the middle of next year. When enough information is ob tained a MAN will be launched. But NOT in 1959. Not, as a matter of fact, until we're quite sure we know how to bring an orbiting missile back to earth along with its human passenger. I S all this good? ( Or Is It bad? One wouldn't know. At the moment, it sounds screwball. But here is an optimistic thought: Maybe the nations of the earth can become so - fascin ated with the job of finding out "about other planets that they wiU cut down on their efforts to DESTROY THIS ONE. . That would be deeidedly good. skills in gainful employment. We hope that your interest! in this worthwhile endeavor may continue. Jackson County EPH Committee Eric A. Allen, President, Victor E. Newman, Secretary, Medford Defends GOP ' To the Editor: I have no ticed that some people of late are displaying their literary prowess by razzing and criti cizing the Republican party. Since its inception Oregon has been a Republican state, until recently. Therefore, the Republicans have had a tremendous part in her economy and develop ment. I feel we need make no apology for the job we have done. It is true we have made some mistakes. But wno hasn't? I, for one, am proud of their record and proud to be a Re publican Oregonian. Many of those mat are now so critical have movea nere from other states, some of which were dominated by Democrats. If they liked it so well why didn't they stay where they were? Leila A. Morrow, 531 North Bartlett st., Medford. SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATION Warsaw (UPB Police have broken up a subversive pro- German organization, Poland announced Friday. Interior Minister Wladyslaw Wicha said several members of a re visionist organization known as the German People's Free dom party were arrested. He indicated the organization op erated in the strip of territory taken over by Poland 'from Germany at the end of World War II with Russia's bless int." ... whisker-madness has hit is in the circulation department, where a minimum of three beards - cum - mustaches have been noted, of varied styles and lengths. Our favorite is a full-faced red beard, which makes the wearer look almost exactly like Henry VIII. In the back shop, there has been some talk about whisk ers, but little has been don except by the proofreader, who has a distinguished, bat tleship - grey adornment of burnsides, chinwhisken and mustache. e a e Speaking of the Centen nial (see editorial elsewhere on this page), the proof reader has a definition for the celebration: Laughing off 100 years of goofing off. e It is the general experienea of police agencies that the Christmas season is a time when phoney-check passers get busier than at other times of the year. Why this is, is speculative, but it may be that more people need more money then, or that the crowds make it easier to pass bum checks to harried clerks and salespeople, or maybe people are more in clined to be trusting as the birthday of the Prince of Peace approaches. Anyway, the bad-check art ists sometimes get pretty dar ing, and sometimes even have a sense of humor. Witness the check which was cashed in another county, signed "U. R. Hooked." He was, too. . When sheriffs officers recently destroyed a gamb ling device, a few bystand- -ers helped lo swing the sledgehammers. It may be that a couple of them were taking venganee for timet when they had lost out to the nickle - grabbing mm- ' chines. - . ' , , The office philosopher (jf). who is one of the mainstayg of; this department, was ap proached this week to see if he had any items for the col umn. He said he'd try to dis; some up. A few moments later ha was overheard, above the clatter and noise in the news room, talking into the tele phone to someone we could not identify. - He said: Tm looking for Potluck items. With your large and varied experience with humanity, have you run across any this past week?" The results are elsewhere In the column. . The problems of smog are real and serious, and real and serious efforts are be ing put forth to solve them. We have heard it expressed, however, that the scientists are going about it vsh wrong way. What Is need ed, it Is suggested. Is filter tip people. ; . : From the Hoover HI-LIte: "I am Dick Thierolf and I'm writing about my little salamander that I caught at Lake of the Woods at the tulet or marsh, if you want to call it that. Jack and I were snake hunting and Jack Hlbbs saw his tail sticking out of the rotting log where the snakes are. I caught him and Daddy said I could take him home. I put him in a bucket and then transferred him to a box. He is related to the tiger salamander of the east He Is brownish black with yellow mottle down his back. He is about two inches long. He eats sewbugs, flies, ant larva, grubs, earthworms, and caterpillars. He is very secre tive and stays under his little piece of bark. At night ha comes out to feed." Our columnist friend en the daily newspaper to the south takes mild umbrage at our referring to hit pleasant little city a a a "southern suburb." He adds: "Now, this ain't any me-' lropolis. but there is the look - down - the nose -at the - poor relation type of built-in philosophy there that "Well, shucks, you ain't seen any cable cars or sub ways runnin' ia thai-there big place 14 miles from . Ashland lately, have your' No, BilL we ain't. And ' judging by the way your "Willie the Shake" people are rushing around raising -funds for the new festival building. I'd say that pretty soon you'd be able to call Ashland, with considerable pride and truth, the Biggest Little City ia Oregon. Up to this point, anyway, they're not only giving Medford a run for its money but getting pretty well out in front : Give 'em what Harry Truman used to give the Ra- . publicans II ,. , e
