4. Sunday. December 14. 1951
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Medford and Jackson County
History- from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1948 (Tuesday)
Medford votes Thursday on
a $685,000 school bond issue
to provide additional class
room space.
Permission from downtown
property owners for anchor
ing - Christmas street decora
tions to their buildings are
slow in coming, according to
one of Santa's helpers.
20 YEARS AGO,
Dee. 14. 1938 (Wednesday)
A prospective bridegroom
Irked with red tape from Ore
gon's new marriage license
regulations declares he has
"spent his last dime" in this
fair state.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
need of the world, a noted
cleric states, is 'religious unity
in one church.' The Fletch
Fish school of wisecracks
would whittle from this a
quip,, alleging religion is los
ing its sect appeal."
30 YEARS AGO
Dee. 14. 1928 (Friday)
The Medford Chamber of
Commerce sponsors a Christ
mas yard illumination con
test. Medford police may be mov
ing soon from their present
quarters in the old Jackson
ville railroad depot on West
Main st.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14, 1918 (Saturday)
' The November circulation
at the public library sets a
new record.
Traveling men stopping at
local hotels show a tendency
to get out of town as soon as
possible when told they must
wear flu masks.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five ei
six is good.
1. A group of female seals
associated with a single male
comprises a h ?
2. With which now-deceased
star do you associate the song
"Mammy"?
3. A men's basketball team
has how many players?
"' 4. What is a bassist?
"3. A barrel of flour , con
tains 96, 196, 296, lbs.?
8. Ostriches can outrun
horses; true or false?
t
7. Which one of the States
of the Union has four a's in
its name?
8. In 24 hours, an hour-
triVinj clock would strike a
total of 48, 64, or 156 times?
9. in straigui biuu.
which ranks higher - a full
House, or a
. . ,t Cnnfh Pnlp
how many compass directions
are there?
Answers: 1. Harem. 2. Al
Jolion. 3. Five. 4. One who
sings bass. 5. 196 lbs. 6. xrue.
7. Aiaoama. o. -
Full house. 10. Only -
r.
The Senators' Differences
We have known Senators Dick Neuberger and
Wayne Morse personally ior many years.
We like both, we admire many of the charac
teristics of each, and we are convinced that each.
in his own way, has done great and good service
ior Uregon during ms years or. public me.
The rift which has developed between the two
did not particularly concern us for most of the
time it was o-rnwinp fnr the twn men are both
v o o
independent, courageous
illiti
was lnevitaoie tnat on some occasions anierences
would arise between them.
DUT the most recent stories which relate an
intemperate and in some respects petty ex
change of letters between the two indicates that
the differences of opinion have gone so far as to
create a serious doubt that the two can ever work
together again for the benefit of their state.
We hesitate to give an opinion as to who is at
fault in the heated and bitter exchange.
On the surface, Senator Morse appears to be
not only the worst offender but the first offender.
Senator Neuberger's letters were more temperate,
engaged in no personal vilification, and in each
case held out the hope of reconciliation.
BUT the letters are only
unknown factors which
blame rests equally on each side. We don't know.
But we do know that two able, highly gifted
nipn. whn have each won thp votes and confidence
of a majority of Oregon's citizens, have engaged
in a spat which would do little credit to ninth-
grade girls.
The causes are obscure, and one cannot, witn
nnf mnrp details, makfi anv atterrmt to assess
credit or blame. That's probably not important.
Rut if thp snat is allowed to continue, every
one stands to lose, the
thp nponlp of thp state
them to agree all the time, but let's have an end
to personal animosity. b.A.
Social Security Grows
Wage-earners who are covered by social se
curity are due for a cut in take-home pay on
January 1.
On that date, the payroll deduction tor social
security will be increased from to 2y2 per
cent. Employers' contributions on behalf of em
ployees will increase by
Salaried employees
over $4,200 have not been paying this tax since
their gross pay passed that point earlier in the
year. The tax is levied only on the first $4,ZUU 01
wages so in effect they had a "raise" in take-
home pay of 2!4'per cent at that time, and in
January will have a "cut" of 2y2 per cent.
Beginning next year, however, the higher tax
will be levied on the first $4,800 of pay, rather
than the first $4,200.
-
"THESE increases were approved by congress to
help meet the added cost of increased bene
fits, which average about ,7 per cent. The in-
tii i ? -ri-i T l
creases will- oegin wnn r
ml t
The increases, incidentally, win oe automatic,
frrowt.h of social spcuritv has been a little
slower than was envisioned when it was first
enacted early in the Roosevelt administration.
i i iiii
Congress m some instances has been reluctant to
boost either benefits or tax levels as called for in
the original schedule.
But social security has been probably tne most
popular of the social legislation of the past half
century, and despite some die-hards' charges of
- . ... t I 1 T J J?
"socialism is so strongly
the American scene that it
remain, and as the years'
bulwark against old-age
envisioned more than zu
Wrong Criterion
TViwn in OolH Bpach recently, the school
board passed a ruling barring from high school
students who are married.
The board's ruling drew fire from some state
officials,, who claim that under Oregon law one
cannot exclude a student from classes solely on
the basis of being married.
The Coos Bay World, commenting on the dis
pute, comes to the reluctant conclusion that the
Gold Beach board was right, morally at any rate,
in ejecting married students from school.
WE DISAGREE. The Gold Beach board is
wrong as a matter of policy, wrong morally,
and worst of all, wrong because it is storing up
grief for itself and others by passing a flat ruling
on the matter, and establishing marriage or non
marriage as a criterion of school attendance.
And the World is wrong for encouraging the
board.
There are, obviously, some criteria which
must be established for school attendance.
Equally obvious in some instances marriage
results in situations where those involved should
not be in school.
DUT it is an injustice to married students, to the
schools, and to the community, not to make
the decision on an individual basis.
If married students maintain the required
high standards of school citizenship, if they cause
no undue disturbance or upset among their fellow
students, and if their grades hold up, we see no
reason why they should not remain in school.
If the reverse is true, they should be asked to
leave.
A flat and unequivocal rule is fair to no one,
and can mean headaches for everyone. E.A.
- .
and thoughtful, and it
J
one phase of a long and
would show that the
senators themselves, and
of Oregon. No one asks
the same amount.
who this year received
euruary eneews.
ill 111 J J
entrencned as pan oi
is inevitable that it will
go by, grow to be the
nardsnip tnat was iirst
years ago. Hi.A.
Dennis the Menace
St , fey
' J'M HI0IM' WS SO SANTA QMS WtfT
WINK 1 HAVB TOO MUCH AlREAoy." -
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We Should Wake Up
To the Editor: About the
only correct statement we
could find in your editorial,
"Wake Up, Dreamer," (Dec.
10) was your closing state
ment that you were dreaming.
We certainly have no quar
rel with West Coast Airlines
but since you have cited it as
being all that you claim we
are not "young, vigorous. . .
not afraid to spend huge sums
in new and expensive equip
ment," etc. may we call your
attention to an AP dispatch
from Washington, Dec. 3,
which stated that West Coast
Airlines will receive , approx
imately $2,694,000 in subsi
dies during the next fiscal
year, this being its share of
the record-breaking sum of
$139,592,000 worth of "youth
and yigor" being allocated by
the Civil Aeronautics Board
in air mail pay and subsidies.
As to new equipment,
Southern Pacific, a few weeks
ago, announced purchase of 70
new diesel locomotive units,
costing $13,500,000 and bring
ing Southern Pacific's outlay
for diesels during the past
few years to $326,000,000.
These will be paid for by rail
road earnings. '
Just in passing, you might
have noted that Southern Pa
cific last month paid Jackson
County $67,723 in 1958 prop
erty taxes. This is 1.15 per
cent of all property taxes paid
in the county. We understand
the three airlines serving
Medford paid $6,662.
Have you ever compared
the payroll of the Southern
Pacific company in Jackson
County with other forms of
transportation?
Now that you admit you're
dreaming, don't you think it's
about time, you woke up to
face some of the facts of the
economy in which we are liv
ing? (
Bernal S. Quayle,
Passenger Traffic and
Public Relations Manager
Southern Pacific Co.,
622 Pacific Building,
Portland 4, Ore.
Appeal From Hawaii
To the Editor: Immediately
after the Congress voted state
hood for Alaska last June, I
wrote you a letter asking edi
torial support of Hawaii's at
tempt to secure statehood be
fore Congress adjourned.
The results ' of my appeal
were heartwarming indeed.
But once again, in spite of
the help we received,' we did
not get to first base! So, start
ing on Jan. 7, 1959, we must
start all over again.
We know' in our hearts that
no territory seeking admission
as a state has ever more com
pletely fulfilled the require
ments of statehood, or has
been in as excellent a finan
cial position to pay the costs
and meet the obligations in
volved. Nor has any territory been
in a position to give more to
the Union in terms of under
standing of the needs of Amer
ica for friendship and solid
business relations in the entire
Pacific area, and help in their
accomplishment. We believe
that is going to be increasing
ly important in the years to
come. '
National opinion polls, and
polls conducted in their con
stituencies by members of the
Congress, as published regu
larly in the press and in the
Congressional Record, show
that sentiment for the admis
sion of Hawaii as a state is at
an all-time high.
The admission of Alaska, to
which the press and the peo
ple of the country gave over
whelming and enthusiastic ap
proval, has swept away, once
and for all, the myth of non-
contiguity as a bar to state
hood.
Prosperous, busy Hawaii,
with a gross territorial prod
uct $2 billion, paying more
federal taxes than 10 states,
and .earning per capita in
come ahead of 25 others, will
become a substantial member
of the family of states when
admitted.
By an act of its Legislature,
Hawaii first petitioned the
Congress for statehood 55
years ago (in 1903). Since that
time 21 hearings and investi
gations into our readiness for
statehood have been held. All
of the reports have been fa
vorable.
Thrice has the House passed
our bill; the Senate once,
when it was combined with
the Alaska .measure. In each
instance, inaction by the other
body caused our bills to fail.
We now sincerely believe,
in view of our long record of
exemplary pupilage in the
best American tradition, that
there is no longer any valid
excuse for refusing to grant
full American citizenship to
us.
If you share this belief,
won't you please continue to
help us? Strong editorial sup
port will surely help.
Lorrin P. Thurston,
Publisher, The Honolulu
Advertiser, Chairman,
Hawaii Statehood Com
mission, Honolulu 12.T.H
The . . .ators Have It
To the Editor: I used to
drive a one cylinder auto
mobile around Medford.
Up front it had no f itera
tor, but it had a ventilator.
The grasshoppers would jump
through the radiator, then
hop into the carburetor.
There was ants in the com
mutator, and bugs in the ro
tator. It looked like a sweetper
tater, with the speed of an
alligator.
In summer it was a per
colator, in winter a refriger
ator. In 1928, I went upstairs
in an elevator. In 1929, 1 went
to hell in an escalator.
I ain't no prevericator, but
I am an Aircraft Fabricator.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
Place Changed
To the Editor: The meeting
for the dissertation on the
Constitution of the United
States previously arrange'd to
be in the Auditorium of the
county courthouse has been
changed to the 'Little Thea
ter' of the Hedrick Junior
High school building on the
ground floor at the west end
of the school building.
The public is invited, es
pecially the lawyers and
judges of Jackson County.
No entrance fees and no
contributions. Come and hear
what is said.
Col. W. H. Paine, whom
everyone knows, will preside
as chairman.
Tuesday, the 16th, at 7:30
p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Andy Unger
634 Pennsylvania .ave.
Medford . ,
Rivers and Gold
To the Editor: There is gold
galore, enough to pay off the
U.S. national debt, and plenty
left over for to supply an
adequate retirement income
for every citizen over 60 years
of age in America.
Here is a brief summary.
For nearly half a century be
ginning in 1851, three rivers
in southern Oregon, the
Rogue, and two tributaries,
the Applegate and Illinois
rivers, have produced un
known quantities of placer
gold. One unofficial estima
tion regarded as most likely
to be near accurate, is $1,000,
000 a mile, providing there
Today Cr Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
The Crucial Internal
Question
The statement of policy put
out after last week end by the
Democratic party's advisory
council covers
quite a bit of
ground. But
in one long
passage deal
ing with the
growth of the
American
e c o n o my
it has raised
41 1
Walter tue c r u c l a l
LlDDmann a U e S tion on
which everything else de
pends defense, foreien pol
icy, welfare measures, public
services, and the people's
standard of living. The state
ment raises the question. It
remains to be seen whether
the Advisory council has
found the answer, and that
will require an intense and
thorough public debate.
In its essence, the question
is whether the United States
can afford to do the things
which it needs to do. Can it
afford to run successfully in
me race of armaments? And
can it also afford a foreign
policy which sustains our al
liances and helps to finance
the undeveloped countries?
And can it also pay for the
schools, hospitals, roads, air
ports, the reclamation and
the conservation and the oth
er public services and facili
ties which our rapidly ex
panding urbanized population
requires? And can it also
make it possible for the peo
ple as private individuals to
raise their personal standard
of life?
'T'HE obvious answer at the
presenj time is that the
pie is not big enough to be
cut into such big slices. The
issue, which is posed by the
jjemocratic s t a t ement, is
whether the pie can be made
larger, more exactly whether
the average rate of economic
growth, which has been about
3 per cent a year during this
century, can be raised to 5
per cent a year.
it ine rate oi growth can
be raised tp 5 per cent, then
the country will be able to
afford what it needs to do. If
the rate cannot be raised, it
will have to cut back - as
President Eisenhower is try
ing to do - on all the essential
public needs, including de
fense.
QINCE the Democratic state
ment was put out by ac
tive politicians, what it says
must be examined skeptically
Without setting up as an ex
pert in this matter, it seems
to me that while the state
ment puts the right question,
the answer it gives makes ev
erything sound easier than in
fact it is. The raising of the
rate of economic growth from
an average of 3 per cent to an
average of 5 per cent a year
is a very formidable under
taking. Over a ten year period
(taking 1957 as a base for cal
culation) it would mean rais
ing the gross national product
from 434 billions to 707 bil
lions. It would raise the gov
ernment purchases of goods
and services from 86 billions
to 153 billions. It would raise
gross private investment to
support the growth of the
economy from 67 billions to
123 billions, and it would
raise what is left for private
consumption from 281 to 431
billions.
The figures which I have
just quoted are taken from
was a sure and efficient
method to recover aU the
gold.
The other three richest gold
producing rivers in northern
California are, the Klamath,
Salmon and Trinity rivers.
We foresee for the not too dis
tant future a way will be de
vised to siphon the water
from one river in relays to
another river that will permit
the installing of portable
chrome iron sluices and riffles
for the recovery of all the
gold dust and nuggets now not
available to dredging opera
tions. Our idea of "nature"
doing the . work of sluicing
most of the gold bearing
gravel by a water siphon sys
tem would greatly enhance
the present day methods of
fuel operated machinery and
other power.
Undoubtedly most of the
heavier river gold lies wedg
ed in the many bedrock crev
ices, and providing the rivers'
beds could be exposed to re
veal the many gold-laden
riffles, the great gold pro
ducing west would soon again
surpass the roaring days oi
the fabulous past.
There is an immense store
of Dotential power locked up
in the surplus amount of wa
ter that flows back to tne
mighty ocean that is capable
of doing wonders every day
and every year. The lure of
the rivers' gold may yet un
fold. Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford " ,
what is known as the "Rocke
feller Report" - one of the
series of reports issued during
the past year which has been
financed by the Rockefeller
Brothers fund. The question
of increasing the rate of
growth is not a partisan ques
tion. It is the key question of
policy in these times, and it
is receiving the earnest study
of serious students who can
not by any stretch of the ima
gination be labeled as "spend
ers" or "radicals." Besides the
Rockefeller Report, there is.
for example, one by the high-;
ly respected Committee for
Economic Development,
which sets its sights a little
lower than the Rockefeller
Report, and hopes for an an
nual growth rate of 4 per
cent.
THE problem of increasing
the rati nf rrnr ponnnmir
growth is difficult and com
plex. It involves the budget
and the tax structure and
credit policy and labor union
practices and corporation
price practices and many oth
er things besides. But while
all these things are debatable,
one thing is certain. This
country must solve the prob
lem in the years ahead of us.
If it does not, it will be in
great danger and as a power
in the world and as an exam
ple of the free and democra
tic society, it will enter into
its decline.
It is not at all an exagger
ation to say tnat the grim
competitive challenge with
which we are contronted can
be met only by a hard and
sustained effort to increase
the productivity of our econ
omy. This is the way in which
the Soviet Union is challeng
ing us by their own hard
and sustained effort over the
coming seven to ten years to
surpass this country in per
capita productivity. The Com
munists will win this compe
tition unless our productivity
is raised rapidly beyond what
it is now.
T"HE real challenge which
A confronts us cannot be
met by balancing the budget
at a rate of production which
is far below the country's po
tentiality and by cheese'
paring on defense, and by
cheese-paring on the develop
ment of under-developed na
tions, and by hugging the il
lusion that Communist China
and Communist Russia and
Communist East Germany are
all going to disappear it we
dig in where we are and make
grim faces at them.
In the real world, we are
up against great mass socie
ties of powerfully disciplined
people, and unless we can re
store and concentrate our
own energies to outdo them,
it will not matter at all how
many adjectives we hurl at
them in the battle of words.
Copyright 1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Oregon's glamorous young
governor - elect, talking in
formally the other day in
sunny Honolulu at a gather
ing of local Republicans and
community leaders in general,
gave out with some advice on
how to get elected to office
even though a Republican.
"Get out among 'em," he is
quoted by the reporters as
having said in effect. "We got
out . of headquarters and got
out among 'em. We broke out
of the hallowed halls of the
Republican party. We went
out to meet the people."
And - he told his hearers,
although he didn't say it in
such blunt' words - WE GOT
ELECTED.
I
HOPE our charming gov
ernor - elect isn't getting
what in polite circles is re
ferred to as a case of inflated
ego. In an effort to prevent an
unfortunate development of
that sort, I'd like to point out
some circumstances that con
tributed to his victory.
In the campaign that result
ed in his election, he profited
by some mistakes made by his
Democratic predecessor. The
Democrats, led by Governor
Holmes, threw a conniption
fit over the individual income
surtax that had been saddled
on the people by a Republican
legislature. Governor Holmes
called on the legislature to
cure these Republican-inflicted
ills. The lawmakers wound
up by imposing what amount
ed to an even higher surtax.
That didn't sit too well with
taxpaying voters.
THEN
In the closing hours of
the' 1958 gubernatorial cam
paign in Oregon maverick
Senator Morse launched a bit
ter, poisonous, unprincipled
and utterly uncalled for per
sonal attack on Mr. Hatfield
that for personal spleen and
aU-around poor taste has sel
fOTLUCGC
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
The mayor of Medford has
many duties and responsibili
ties. In addition to occasional
city business away from
home, he is on the board of
directors of the League of
Oregon Cities (which calls
him for meetings sometimes),
the League's highway commit
tee (ditto including a recent
trip to Boston), and is on the
Oregon Centennial commis
sion, and several of the com
mission'! subcommittees, (also
ditto) to say nothing of the
fact tht he is a successful
businessman, with business
trips to make once in a while.
All these things keep him
on the move more often, in
fact, than he, or his family,
or his friends, or his asso
ciates, quite like.
They're thinking of chang
ing his middle name to Foster
- John Foster Snider.
A young married man we
know reports that most of
the books on how to make
a success of marriage ad
vise young people to avoid
the use of the word "al
ways" wlien referring to
the faults of . one's spouse.
He added that one young
wife has gotten around that
nicely instead of "al
ways" she says "A hundred
million times."
Members of the Medford
Kiwanis club are busy mafc
ing arrangements so that
youngsters of this area can
"telephone Santa Claus next
week."
Jimmy Bolton (whose par
entage was Russian and who
has never quite gotten rid of
his pleasant accent) is in
charge of the project, and
Dr. Ab Clark (whose south
em drawl is thick enough to
cut with a knife) is helping
So if you have a youngster
who wonders why Santa
speaks with a speech a little
different than that usually
heard, simply assure him that
Santa is universal and that
the wide membership of the
Kiwanis club has nothing to
do with it.
This has no reference to
the above - mentioned and
worthwhile civic club, of
course, but a man we know
not long ago was talking
about another organization.
"Il's like perhaps 90 per
cent of the organizations in
this country,"- he said,
".neither very good nor
very bad just unneces
sary." Up in Lebanon, the little
town a few miles east of Al
bany, an oil-drilling rig is at
work,' and they've struck
what they hope may turn out
to be oil - bearing sands of
commercial potential.
And we learn by papers of
that area that if you are send'
ing a card to people in Leb
anon this Christmas, it would
JENKINS
dom been equalled.
The Morse attack made
thousands of votes for Mr.
Hatfield. Without it, he
MIGHT not have been elect
ed. In any event, it helped
him greatly.
SO MUCH for Oregon.
What of California -which
includes a part of our
mythical State of Jefferson?
What happened there?
H1
ERE, I think, is the an
swer:
In California last spring,
the GOP bigwigs got together
and decided just who should
be ALLOWED to run for
what office. The people of
the state weren't consulted.
The Republican leaders fixed
it all up among themselves.
What happened was exactly
what might have been ex
pected to happen. The people
of California resented it.
Their resentment was reflect
ed in their voting come No
vember. They voted heavily
for Democrats.
GETTING back to our Ore
gon governor - elect, Mr.
Hatfield said in Honolulu, as
quoted by the press services:
"The trend is away from
Republican CONSERVATISM
of the past ... I think we had
definite millstones around our
necks in the way of candi
dates ... I think we had too
many men who don't know
we're in the 20th century."
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Let's put it this way:
We DON'T want to go back
to the standpat Republican
ism of the Mark Hanna days,
when everything that IS was
sacred and ANY CHANGE
was regarded as a mortal sin.
But-
If in these days the GOP
drops the mantle of intelli
gent conservatism arid decent
regard for the lessons of the
past and goes all-out in an
be just as appropriate to send
i "Get Well" card.
One man we know
showed up at the Goose
Tatum basketball game last
Tuesday, walked right by
the ticket - window, right
past the ticket laker and
into the auditorium. The
ticket-taker chased him and
asked if he had a ticket.
"Ticket?" was the reply.
"I'm here to vote!!" We
understand he came back
the next night to cast his
ballot on off-street parking.
We almost forgot our week.
ly whisker report, that is,
the count on M-T employees
who are growing whiskers for
the Centennial.
Chief (and perhaps the
only) addition to the hairy
roster this week was our busi
ness manager, whose late
starting stubble passed the
disreputable, unshaven stage.
and began to look like some
thing until he shaved Satur
day, giving a variety of weak
excuses.
One ' promising beard in
the circulation department
has vanished, leaving two im
pressive ones.
In the newsroom, the count
is just the same - but the
facial adornments are longer.
The photographer could now
get a job in the movies, play
ing sucn characters as Fran
cois Villon, D'Artagnan, or
similar swashbucklers.
And a bit of unsolicited ad
vice (meant, we are sure, in
a kindly manner) comes from
the Applegate area, where
subscriber asks if anyone has
tried Vigoro as yet. "Mean
while," she adds, "eyebrow
pencil gives a really impres
sive effect for those making a
first attempt and becoming
discouraged with lack of re
sults." Yes. How well we know.
A young, unmarried em
ployee (female) in the court
house is reported to have
secured a clump of mistle
toe over the door to her
office, and to have affixed
a small bell to it. The office
philosopher says he sup
poses that, after bussing the
unsuspecting males that
come through the door, she
reaches up and rings the
bell in triumph.- And he
adds that he supposes that
this is sort of the equivalent
to cutting notches in her
lipstick . casing.
The obituaries which are
printed in the Mail Tribune
each day usually are furn
ished by the various funeral
homes.
But we found a different
kind of obituary on our desk
the other day. It read as fol
lows: OBITUARY'
Charter amendment for off-
street parking, a newcomer
in the lair city or Mecuora,
died quietly at the city hall
on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 11
p.m. It had been in ior some
time, having suffered a se
vere stroke at the time of the
general election in November.
Earlier that day, long
queues or citizens leit ineir
busy desks to stand in line
for hours in silent tribute at
the polls.
Interment will be at city
expense in some spot in the
downtown business area. Pall
bearers will be members of
the city council. The mayor
will offer a short prayer, and
the eulogy will be by the city
manager. A brief message
will be offered by Eric Allen
of the Mail Tribune.
Please omit flowers., Con
tributions, should be sent to
your favorite merchant mark
ed "Parking Lot Fun."
The epitaph will read:
' The council's pride
That up and died.
Coos Health Officer
OHOA President
Portland-flJPD-Dr. E. E. Berg,
Coos county health officer,
Friday was elected president
of the Oregon Health Officers'
association at the windup of
the organization's three -day
conference. He succeeds Dr.
Leonard Kalh of Clatsop
county.
Dr. P. H. Rozendal, Benton
county health officer, was
elected vice president. Associ
ation secretary for 1959 will
be Dr.. Gordon C. Edwards,
state board health officer.
CHESSMAN PERSEVERING
Los Angeles - (LTD - Con
vict-author Caryl Chessman
esterday worked in his jail
cell on documents which he
plans to present to the U.S.
Supreme Court in his contin
uing fight to avoid execution
in toe state's gas chamber.
effort to outdeal the New
Dealers, may the good Lord
have mercy on us.
Our country will then be
500 horsepower automobile
WITH NO BRAKES.
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