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4 Sunday, December 7, 1958.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ,. ,
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