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4 Wednesday, January 21, 1959 MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD ORE. MEDFORDtSWTBIBUNB "Everyone In Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" ' Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. . 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manager -GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR, Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor f HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Women's Editor ' DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By M a 1 1 In Advance. Copy 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year S13.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4J25 Sunday Only One year $450 Bv Carrier In Advance Medford. Ashland. Central Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday 1 year $18.00 Daily and Suru-cy 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c op; 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU - OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC. Of fice In New York. Chicago. De troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland. St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver B.C. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Jan. 21, 1949 (Friday) The Jackson County Re publican Central committee plans an organizational meet ing in the Medford armory. East Jackson st, and Crater Lake ave. intersection is des ignated ' a four-way stop as the result of numerous acci dents and complaints. 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 21, 1939 (Saturday) Rogue Snowmen announce a membership campaign to help develop winter sports areas in southern Oregon. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The first tin cans of spring have been dumped along country roads. If country folks dumped their cans along -city streets, there 'would be a holocaust, cataclysm, and maelstrom of public wrath, followed by torrents of resolutions." 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 21, 1929 (Monday) The Legislature is to vote on a bill designed to consoli date state departments in the interests of economy. New regulations are to be asked here in the interests of solving the local parking problem. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 21, 1919 (Tuesday) A drive will be launched here Feb. 17 for the relief of starving Armenians and Assy rians. . Short, sharp blasts of the fire whistle arouse Medford citizens this morning but it was just the chief testing it. 50 YEARS AGO. Jan. 21, 1309 (Thursday) Bear creek is on the ram page, with high waters caus ing much damage to property along the east bank. What's Ycur I.Q.? Nine or ten correct it superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. " lrWho" said," "I have noth- ing to offer but blood, toil, , tears and sweat"? 2. What measurement of 'time is reckoned by the 'length of time it takes the earth to circle the sun? ' 3. The earth is divided into "five grand divisions, or zones, ' in respect to . latitbde and temperature; name them. f : 4. What notable event oc- icurred in Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. 5. What offering did Abra- i-ham offer up to God, in place of Isaac, his son? .' .6. Possession is said to be ? what proportion of the law? i" ;7.'.Of what' objects are f these, the -names: Newton's, Halley's, Donati's? , 8. What is alluvial soil? ' '9. "What . cat faded . away t imtil only its smile could be seen?' 0. Who "goeth about as a I roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour"? Answer: 1. Winston Church ill. 2. The year. 3. Torrid, North and South Temperate, and North and South Frigid. 4. President Lincoln was shot there. 5. A ram. 6. Nine points. 7. Comets. 8. Soil de posited by running waler. 9. CThe Cheshire cat. (Alice in Wonderland.) 10. Satan. Migratory Workers Migratory workers constitute an important segment of the labor force in Oregon, coming here during the harvest season. Marion county receives the largest number of them, where they work in the bean fields and cherry orchards. Malheur county is second. In Jackson county there are fewer. Last year, according to the report of Howard Bush, chair man of the migratory labor committee of the Jackson County Fruit Growers league, Jackson county had 1,128 migratory workers referred here for work, of whom 528 arrived, and 399 stayed on to work in the pear orchards. THE problems of the pear orchardists regard " ing harvest workers,are a bit different from those of, say, bean growers or hop farmers. Pear picking requires a certain amount of skill and care ; it is hard, arduous work, and certainly more hazardous than picking strawberries or beans. The business of rounding up enough peopie to harvest the pear crop is a perennial headache. First of all, the orchardists attempt to hire all the local people who are in the labor market. After that they frequently employ the migrants, who often are unsatisfactory and who sometimes just don't show up. When all else fails, they can bring in Mexican nationals, at a higher cost and under certain rigid regulations. THE local labor supply is sometimes uncertain, 1 and during a late harvest the start of school complicates things. In years when the economy is good, not all those who have worked in the past want to go back into the orchards. All these facts make the pear growing busin ess one of many uncertainties and, combined with the ever-present gamble with the weather, considerable risk. Among their other problems, the conscien tious growers also feel some responsibility for the migrant workers and their welfare. -: The situation, while not as serious in Jackson county as it is elsewhere in the state, is certainly one which must be faced. THE state bureau of labor and the legislative in- terim committee on migratory labor have studied the problems involved over the past two years, and between them have come up with a, report which has been called the "most extensive and comprehensive study of migrant labor ever undertaken." It came to three principal conclusions: 1. Migratory labor is vital to the economy of Oregon. 2. Migrants are needed in man-" crops in most parts of the state. 3. There is no foreseeable end to the need for or use of migratory labor. Based on these conclusions, the report goes on to detail some of the problems of the migrants themselves, and contains six recommendations which are being submitted to the legislature. THE six are: 1 1. Licensing of labor contractors and registry of crew leaders. 2. Standards for safety in motor vehicle trans portation of workers. 3. Minimum housing and sanitation stan dards. 4. Provision for tax relief for construction of farm housing. 5. Appropriation of $50,000 to finance a pilot program for education of children of farm mi grants. 6. Continuing and strengthening of the gov ernor's interagency committee on migratory la bor. The recommedations are designed to provide a minimum program, and make no pretense of solving all the problems arising from migratory labor forces. DUT it is a step. After all, of the state needs them (and it ap pears to be provable that it does), then we have some responsibility, both to the workers them selves, and to their employers, to make solutions easien ' Minimum standards cf safety and sanitation and housing are a "must" if we are to fulfill this responsibility. And in a society which is predicated on the literacy and education of all, migrants' children should be provided with at least basic educa tional facilities. J7NTIRELY aside from humane considerations, " there is a practical aspect, too. In the year ending last February, a total of $384,796 in pub lic welfare funds was expended for aid to mi grants and their families. Whatever can be done to improve living and working conditions, standards of living, and education, will in the long run be of benefit to the state at large. And that is true not only on a public welfare dollars-and-cents basis, but also on a basis of equity, of attitude, and of the overall basic health of the state and its economy. E.A. Dennis the 6uTWlV0lL0OU BUY A 6ROKBH LAMP? kOfflY WOULD K)U PAY FULL PRICB FOR A OH.... Wilson Discusses Inflation, Eyes Continuing Shrinkage of Dollar By LYLE C. WILSON Washington -UPD- The stake of the common man in Presi dent Eisenhower's effort to balance the federal bud get by reduc ing is this: To prevent the dimes in the common man's pocket from shrink ing to pen- A nies. yle C. Wilson The record to date suggests - almost as sures - that the budget will not be balanced and that the common man's dimes will continue to shrink. This shrinking process has been go ing on for some time. In the span of 20 years, 1939-1959, the common man's dime shrank to the value of less than a nickel. Assuming that the U.S. dollar was worth 100 cents on Jan. 1, 1939, it is worth less than 50 cents today. Senate Finance Committee experts estimate actually that the purchasing power of the 1939 dollar had been reduced by half by 1957 when its value was calcula ted to have been 49.4 cents. Economic Disease This shrinkage of the pur chasing power of money is the warning symptom of a dreadful economic disease called inflation. This disease is deadly, like cancer, but with a difference. Cancer kills individuals whereas in flation kills nations. Inflation destroys a nation's way of life, leaving ruin, starvation and physical disease in its stead. ' ( The causes and cure of in flation are disputed. One of the causes, however, general ly is agreed to be the consis tently deficit budgets of the U.S. government. A deficit budget is one in which the government spends more than it receives, borrowing the dif ference to pay its bills. Over the past 30 years, TODAY In Oregon History (A Centennial Feature) JANUARY 21. 1873 . 1 The first boat passed down through the Oswego canal from Tualatin River to Lake Oswego today. The boat was the steamer On ward, owned by Captain Jo seph Kellogg. Two thousand bushels of oats and wheat were brought down on the steamer. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF READERS INTERESTED in the early days of railroading will do well to consult August Mencken's "The Railroad Passenger Car." "Rails in the 1870's," recalls Mencken, "were mnstantlv enmitis lonsp. and occasionally one of them floor of the car and trans fix a passenger." Following an attempt to get some rest in an Erie sleeping car of the period, Horace Greeley protested to the head of the road, "I was left gasping like a netted fish on a hot sandbank." Passengers in those days, in fact, rather expected an accident somewhere along the line. Porters instructed folks how to "place them selves, laying great stress on the importance of sitting diagon ally in order not to receive the shock directly on the knees when the anticipated collision ensued." . When Zsa Zsa Gabor slipped on the ice during a personal appear ance tour in Canada, the physician summoned discreetly reported, "Miss Gator's fall bruised her somewhat and slightly injured her otherwise." : - C 1968. by Bennett Cert . Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Menace there have been so many defi cit budgets that the interest charge on government bor rowings will exceed $7.6 bil lions this year. During the next fiscal year, for which Eisenhower submitted a new budget this week, the Treas ury will pay out more than $8 billions just for interest on borrowed money. Responsibility Divided Government spending is out of hand, seemingly uncontrol lable. Responsibility for this Editorial Comment READY-MADE PARK CREW Now that a Marion County park system is just over the horizon, it is time to consider ways we can convert these farm and woodland areas to useful places of public recrea tion. It can't cost much money i-ithout upsetting the precar iously balanced county budg et. We can solve the park problem and alleviate another one at the same time by using the manpower which is con fined to the top floor of the county courthouse. Because of the location of the county jail, the prisoners are denied out side exercise. We can't expect much rehabilitation in pris oners who are placed on their posteriors with little to do except think of how to raise money without working when they get out. At the instigation of Dis trict Attorney Hattie Bratzel, the county court has made the prisoners available for out side work. They have done some work in city parks in the past. Trusties are used, without armed guards. The in mates can be put under the temporary custody of a coun ty road or park project fore man." There will be cases of walking away from the job. Careful selection of the work crew should keep this to a minimum. As prisoners clear the land, construct paths, build fire places, tables and benches, they will be doing work which could not be afforded otherwise. They wUl not be putting others out of jobs. They will, Miss Bratzel sug gests,rbe taught "the satisfac tion of honest work." If prisoners refuse to work, they can be disciplined, under state law, and the days they refuse to work will not be counted toward the comple tion of their sentence. The sheriff should see that qualified prisoners get the full benefit of supervised "outdoor exercise. - Oregon Statesman Salem. farAsC ' ' -- ir Pollution Increases As Health Hazard, Money-Eater; Government Eyeing Control By HELEN B. SHAFFER Washington Growing con tamination of the atmosphere in American cities is costing everybody money. More important, it is be coming a menace to public health. Eye-irritating smog in Los Angeles, or an occasional death-dealing fog like that in Donora, Pa., a decade ago, make headlines. But fouling of the air of any number of communities by daily dis charges of poisonous fumes, from great swarms of automo biles or from industrial plants, is setting up a long range threat to the physical well-being of their inhabi tants. Diseases Increase The U.S. Public Health Service pointed last Novem ber to growing evidence that air pollution contributes sig nificantly to the incidence of cancer of the lungs, trachea, esophagus, and stomach. Air pollution seems to be a fac tor also in some cases of heart is divided. The President pro poses to the Congress that certain sums shall be appro priated and spent. Congress may appropriate more or less than the sum proposed. The President, in some instances, may spend all or less than the sums appropriated. This division of authority makes it difficult for the com mon man to establish the blame for over-spending ' or, for that matter, for under spending. There is no diffi culty, however, in determin-j ingn who takes the mortal rap for spending sprees, unbalanc ed budgets and the inflation which comes with them. Common Man Takes Rap The common man, the un common man and their chil dren and womenfolk take the rap for that, a paralyzing punishment. These deficit budgets persist despite unex ampled taxation. , The Insti tute of Life Insurance recent ly calculated that over the years 1950 - 59 government revenue would total $610 billions, most of it in the form of income taxes. That compares with a total of $410 billions of tax money collect ed by the U.S. government from its beginning in 1789 through the 1949 fiscal year. Taxes cannot be reduced until public pressure compels the President and Congress to cut government costs, way down. Local Man Author Qi Post Story Calvin Patterson, Medford, is the author of a short story in this week's issue of the Saturday Evening Post, which went on sale at new stands yesterday. Entitled "Dynamite Dalton," the story is based on a logging incident which took place in the Rose burg area, where Patterson formerly lived. Patterson, a disabled vet eran of World War II and the Korean conflict, came here from Roseburg last April. The author is out of the city at present to do research for an other story, but his wife re ported that the Post story was the first he had ever written, and that he sold it on his first "try," although he re-wrote the material under the magazine's direction. He had completed a correspon dence course in short-story writing and according to Mrs. Patterson, wrote the story with the Post in mind. The author was a logger when drafted into the Army in 1941. He was reared and went to school at Ten Mile, a community near Roseburg. The Pattersons, who live at 201 Crater Lake ave., have two sons, Mike, 11, and Eddie, 3. Bomber To Seek East-West Record Washington - (LTD - An Air Force RB66 reconnaissance bomber will try an East-West record between here and Cali fornia today after setting one transcontinental record 24 hours earlier. The bomber, powered by two General Electric turbo jet engines, flew here from California Tuesday in three hours and 36 minutes for the record. The plane, leased by Gen eral Electric from the Air Force, took off from Ontario, Calif., International Airport at 9:35 a.m. (PST) Tuesday and touched down at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., at 1:11 p.m. R. J. (Dick) Scoles, GE's chief test pilot, was at the controls. disease. Although full proof is lacking, the Public Health Service said there was reason "to suspect that breathing pol luted air may have long-term effects on health surpassing in importance anything we can yet prove." Effects on the pocketbook are easier to reckon. Extra cleaning and painting bills in sooty cities, losses in proper ty values attributable to air pollution, public expenditures to control pollution, and out lays by industry to reduce it add up to an estimated $7.5 billion a year. Changes Said Causa The spreading seriousness of air pollution results in part from population concentra tion that has already crowded 60 per cent of the country's people into 180 metropolitan centers. However, develop ment of new industrial pro cesses and the grat expansion of automobile traffic are the direct sources of the pollution problem. Black smoke belching from factory chimneys used to be the main air pollutant. Today the dangerous pollutants from indusxrial plants are invisible and odorless gases. Pollutants are being found in the atmos phere which were not present in industrial discharges before World War II, and further in dustrial developments can be expected to introduce addi tional contaminants. Other Sources Industrial activities are by Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and 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 paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Asks Respect To the Editor: I have no ticed at the recent basketball games that although very en thusiastic during game time, the crowd shows very little school spirit and respect for our Alma Mater and' fight song at the end. Students and adults alike should remain to the conclusion of these two M.H.S. traditions. Not only is it the students' obligation but also the parents who en joy our sports and should participate in the activities connected. To me this is in consider ation for not only the team, but the Rally Squad and band as well. Many of the parents are alumni of Medford High and should at least show enough respect to the students who attend now if not for the school itself. As members of M.H.S., the students have an obligation to stay and should do so. We should all remember this for our next important conference game this week end and for all games to come. Miss Carol Swan Senior 1705 South Pacific Hwy. Medford. - . Centennial Benefits To the Editor: May we offer a correction to Mr. Ernie Hood's statement published in Sunday's Communications column, that our Pioneer Ban quet was the doing of Apple gate Grange? This event, held in Upper Applegate Grange hall last Saturday night, was the cul mination of weeks of careful planning and work on the part of our Applegate Valley Centennial committee headed by Robert Sorber and com posed of representatives of all the various organizations in the entire Valley including, of course, the Grange. We might add that it proved to be one of the most successful and en joyable events ever held in the area, as everyone who at tended will testify. Certainly much credit is due the com mittee and all who assisted them. Conceived in the pioneer tradition of wholesome fun for the whole family, it com menced with a potluck sel dom equalled for variety and abundance of good food in cluding such toothsome vi ands as elk stew, fried chick en, venison, beef, bear meat, beans in a multitude of forms and varieties, hominy, succot ash, hot potato salad, all man ner of home made breads and rolls, and pies and cakes ga lore. Not even a Centennial Cake was lacking, for there was one, resplendent in white ic ing, with an outline map of Don't Neglect Slipping FALSE TEETH Do false teetn drop, slip or wobbla when you talk, eat, laugh or sneeze? Don't be annoyed and. embarrassed by such handicaps. PASTE ETH, an alkaline (non-acid) powder to sprin kle on your plates, keeps false teeth more firmly set. Gives confident feel ing of security and added comfort. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feel ing. Get ASTEETS today tug (rut ceiuMr no means the sole source of air pollution. Domestic activi ties may be equally, or even more, at fault. Backyard burning of refuse contributes measurably to the pollution total. Flue-fed garbage and refuse incinerators in apart ment houses are other cul prits. The worst air poisoner for which individuals share the blame is auto exhaust. In Los Angeles, where industrial plants are under strict air pol lution control, the largest re maining producer of smog is said to be the discharge from exhausts of the area's three million motor vehicles. Control of air pollution started with smoke-a b a t e ment ordinances in Chicago and Cincinnati in 1881. Some 2,000 communities now have some type of control machi nery, and nearly a dozen states have anti-pollution laws, aimed mostly to encou rage local control. Los Ange les has the most elaborate lo cal setup. It established an air pollution control district in 1947; has forbidden instal lation of pollution-producing equipment without a permit; requires plant shutdowns, or use of gas instead of fuel oil, when pollution levels ap proach the danger point; and has banned use of backyard incinerators. Government Enters The federal government en tered the picture in 1955 when Congress authorized the Public Health Service to con- Oregon bearing the legend, "1859-1959"! When all had been fed to repletion, the old timers pres ent, as well as some of their descendants, were fittingly honored, and ballroom and square dancing were enjoyed during the balance of the eve ning. We of the Applegate are justly'proud that ours was the first social event to open the Centennial year in Jackson county; and also that our Gar den Club was the first group in the county to inaugurate a Centennial project that of beautifying the Logtown Cem etery with an intensive plant ing of the historic Logtown rose. Thus we speak with the voice of experience when we say that celebrating Oregon's one-hundredth birthday anni versary is wenderfully good fun. As events similar to ours multiply throughout the state, one inevitable result should be the re-creation of that splendid spirit of neighborli ness which characterized eve-' ry pioneer community. The one changeless factor in our human existence is our abiding need of one another. If we gain nothing else from our year-long Centennial ac tivities than a renewed aware ness of this one truth, our ef forts will not have been ex pended in vain. Grace N. Pearson, Route 2, Box 50, Jacksonville. MOD Fund Show Staled in Ashland Ashland -The March of Dimes Variety show will be held Friday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. at Southern Oregon college Churchill auditorium. Glenn Matthews, chairman of the show, announced that no admission charge will be made, but a collection will be taken to aid the drive. Acts included in the pro gram will be by persons from the Medford and Ashland vicinities and will include both public school and college students. Ashland MOD chairman is Mrs. Jani Pace. FUNERAL and AMBULANCE SERVICE LJaWjLl Beautiful Wedding Chapel C. M. Litwiller Specialists in our profession, we aim to please you no matter what your need. Day or night we are as close as the nearest telephone. 100 locally owned and operated. LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. .66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close than duct research in air pollution, encourage state and local con trol activities, and give tech nical assistance. One of the principal federal activities is collection of air samples from 230 stations around the coun try for research purposes. Authority for the federal program is due to run out next June 30, but Congess will be asked to extend and enlarge the existing mandate. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This week, while Oregon is waiting it out to see who will be its next secretary of state, might be a good time to give some serious thought to what is going to be done at this session of the legislature Y about taxes. The tax problem is always a serious one, but it is possi ble that in Oregon it is more serious this year than ever before. What is done, tax-wise, in Oregon this year can in fluence Oregon's future devel opment decisively-for better or for worse. HERE is Oregon's situation, as of now: v It has a champagne appe tite on a beer income. As Dr. Sly-the Princeton expert who was hired some time ago to prepare a report on how to keep Oregon's tax structure INDUSTRIALLY COMPETI TIVE with the tax structures of other Western states-said in his first preliminary re port, Oregon is a high service state. Oregon people want these services. But they must be PAID FOR. They don't come for free. They must be paid for out of tax money. There is nowhere else for them to come from. That fact must be kept clear in people's minds. OREGON'S present trouble is that it doesn't have enough to tax. It doesn't have enough industrial enterprises to pay property taxes, as well as income taxes. 1 It doesn't have enough job holders to pay property taxes on their homes and income taxes on their taxable in comes. AND- As Dr. Sly has properly warned- If we upset the COMPETI TIVE BALANCE-if we make the tax burden in Oregon out of proportion to the tax bur den in other states-we won't get the added industrial de velopment we need. SOUTHERN Oregon, at least, has some very attractive industrial possibilities. Possi bilities that could change our whole picture. But- If the tax balance is upset, these possibilities won't be realized. The industrial devel opment we hope for will go to SOME OTHER STATE, whose tax structure is more attractive. Taxes are a part of the cost of doing business. They have to be looked at when locations for new industrial enterprises are being consid ered. If Oregon's tax structure is permitted to get out of bal ance with the tax structures of competing states, Oregon will suffer through lack of indus trial development. That's about the long and the short of it. Portland Traffic Expected To Triple Portland -(UPD- State High way Engineer W. C. Williams said Tuesday motor vehicle traffic entering and leaving Portland every day would triple in the next 16 years. Williams, explaining plans for an urban freeway here at a Kiwanis club meeting, said that in 1958 a total of 105,000 vehicles left the Portland ur ban area every day. In 1975, he said, 300,000 vehicles per day would be entering and leaving the city. . Mrs. Litwiller 'It is better to know us and not need us. to need us and not know us." ft
