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Newspaper Page Text. 4 Wednesday, February 25, 195f t MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. MEDF0RDt2WTBIBDNS "Everyone Us Southern Oregon Reads The Mail Tribune" Fubluhed Daily except Saturday by MTJJFORD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W RUHL, Editor HERB GRETf Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mr ERIC W ALLEN JH Managing Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor RICHAHD JEWETT SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor DALE ER1CKSON, CirculaUon Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medforrt Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By M a 1 In Advance. Copy 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 - Sunday Only One year S4.20 By 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 Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c op; 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City f Medford Official Pape of Jackson County United Press International Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION 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. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL as,c5tn Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. lb. 1949 (Friday) Monroe Sweetland. Demo cratic national committeeman from Oreeon. urges that Moore Hamilton, editor of the Medford News, be appointed Medford's next postmaster. Sheriff Howard Gault and Medford Police Chief Clatous McCredie "get together" and ban slot machines and other pay-off devices in the city and county. 20 YEARS AGO ; Fib. 25, 1939 (Saturday) - A civil service exam is call- ed to fill the position of post master at Jacksonville. : From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Mush- t room addicts can be seen in many lower pastures, picking what they hope will be mush rooms. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 25, 1929 (Monday) The humane society an nounces plans of establishing an animal shelter. Robins put in an appearance at Shady Cove. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 25, 1919 (Tuesday) Local women bake hun , dreds of cakes for the big re ception for homecoming ser vicemen. Streams of Jackson county are to be restocked with trout, and fish screens are to be in stalled. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 25, 1909 (Thursday) At the request and expense of local Elks, a Medford cen sus is to be taken. Ladies of the Greater Med ford club plan to plant more than 10,000 shade trees along Medford's streets. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; even or eight is excellent; five or ix is good. 1. Which President of the United States was nicknamed "Canal Boy"? 2. Soda is used in making soda water; true or false? 3. The new 1959 penny has what on the reverse side? 4. What is the capital of Northern Ireland? 5. Correct the following, "The wall's color is gray." 6. How many feet are in two rods? 7. Are camphor balls made from camphor? 8. There are more insects in the world than all other forms of life combined; true or false? 9. What region of Europe has been nicknamed "powder keg of Europe"? 10. On what date, about 13 years ago, were the formal terms of Japan's surrender signed aboard the U.S.S. Mis souri? Answers: 1. James A. Gar field. 2. False. 3. Lincoln Memorial. 4. Belfast. 5. "The color of the wall is gray." 6. Thirty-three. 7. No (Naptha lene). 8. True. 9. The Balkans. 10. Sept. 2. 1945. Advantage of Talking Barring unforeseen difficulty in ratification by the parliaments of Greece, Turkey and Great Britain, the agreement on Cyprus will permit creation of the world's newest independent nation within the next year. ' Thus (if and when) will be removed a major thorn in the side of peaceful cooperation among the allies of the western world. Cyprus has not been a cause of war in the last decade, (although Greece and Turkey nearly came to a parting of the ways over the problem a few months ago) but it has been a cause of mistrust, of dissention, and, on the island itself, of tragedy. A CENTURY ago a similar situation very likely " would have led to war.. Perhaps, very, very slowly, the peoples of the world are learning how to talk their way out of situations ; to compromise ; to seek solutions which may not be entirely satisfactoiy to anyone, but which seriously harm no one. The major threat to world peace today lies in the gulf between the Eastern world (Russia et al) and the western world. The principal rea son that continued talks here have been less than fruitful is because there is no basis for mutual trust. And yet, the alternative to talks (in the United Nations, at "summit" meetings, among diplo mats) is war. And this is not a tenable alternative not when war today would mean such unutter able destruction as to write "finish" to civiliza tion. E.A. How the Dollar Splits Holiday magazine has provided us with a preview of an advertisement which the travel information division of the . Oregon highway department has placed in that publication. In its accompanying comments. Holiday comes up with the results of rsome studies which were made by the research department of the Curtis Publishing company, and which reveal how the average tourist dollar is divided. The largest portion, 29 cents out of the dollar, goes for groceries, food and beverages. The second largest, 24 cents, goes for lodging. TO THOSE who have traveled, these figures are not wholly surprising, for food and lodging do ordinarily constitute the largest portion of their expenses. But the division of the remaining 47 cents shows how the entire economy benefits from the influx of tourist-spent money. The third-largest portion of the tourist dollar, for instance, 11 cents, is for clothing and apparel. Amusements, and transportation costs including gasoline and oil, each bring 10 cent portions of the dollar. Others include 6 cents for drags, cosmetics, tobacco, and photographic supplies; 4 cents for services, and 3 cents each for jewelry, gifts and souvenirs, and for utilities rRUG stores do not ordinarily consider them selves as catering to the tourist trade. But that 6 per cent which went' for drags, cosmetics, tobacco and photographic supplies largely went into drag store cash registers. And in 19o8, that 6 cents on each of $150 state tourists, totals an impressive $9 million or a substantial fraction of all the business drag stores do. Clothing and apparel stores in Oregon bene fited to the tune of some $1614 million last year; service stations and allied industries $15 million, and so on down the line. Economists also calculate that each dollar of "new" money, such as that from tourist business, circulates through the economy about 12 times before settling down as invested funds. On this basis the state of Oregon received a $1,800,000,000 shot in the aim from the tourist trade last year, which is a substantial portion of all the transactions for goods and services which took place in Oregon during 1958 a portion which benefited every family in the state, directly or indirectly. E.A. Tourist Advertising The advertisement mentioned above, inci dentally, is well done. It covers two full pages of the magazine, plus a fold-out portion of the sec ond page, making it almost three full pages spread out before the reader. It has six dramatic color pictures of Oregon's scenic attractions, and three in black-and-white. The text points out that Oregon's Centennial is this year, and gives a review of the attractions available to the visitor to the state. Prominent mention is given the Ashland Shakespearean festival, Jacksonville, "where gold gave birth to a city, then left it to find its own way into the present", Oregon Caves, Crater Lake, the Rogue River, and other of the state's attractions. H OLIDAY'S comment said : "Because of the originality of its approach, its size and attractiveness, this is an advertisement that makes an impressive impact upon the reader . . . "We compliment Oregon on its initiative in travel promotion. We are certain that this particular adver ' tisement will play a major role in influencing a large share of the nation's tourist travelers to make cool, green Oregon their vacation destination. Making use of the 1959 Centennial theme as a means of 'selling Oregon's many kinds of vacation settings is particu larly effective." The state can well justify this kind of adver tising, for it will gain back, many times over, far more than the expense of the ads in increased gasoline tax receipts alone. E.A. and other expenses. million spent by out-of- on the advertisement Dennis the ' He was in tub attic, saw ub got to wonoerins ip his old wagon wsfsdod 6uie,' Sitting Supreme Court Said Impressive By FRANK ELEAZER Washington -HPD As the nine not-so-old men swept into the Supreme Court chamber, court crier George Hutchin son, after a few premonitory cries of "oyez," proclaimed, "the court is now sitting, God save the United States!" Although this bore a simi larity to some recent com ments in Congress, the Ameri can Bar association, and else where, Hutchinson apparently didn't' mean anything by it. At least none of the justices took offense. In fairness to Hutchinson, he did go ahead and invoke divine aid for the court also. Maybe that took the sting out of it. Although it was noon, Hutchinson and other court officials had on morning coats and striped pants. Pages hust led unashamed around the chamber in knickers. The jus tices wore black robes. Tourists Gape In Awe Front rows in the big marble, mahogany and red velvet chamber were occu pied by lawyers in business suits. Behind them sat the tourists, wearing the usual things plus open-mouth ex pressions of awe. For a fact, it was something to be awed about. The court meets in a Greek Corinthian temple made of marble. The courtroom itself is surrounded by 24 marble columns, backed by red velvet drapes, and has a ceiling 44 feet high. Walk in, and you automatic ally lower your voice to a whisper. However, that isn't enough. Silence is command ed. Impressive Judicial Front Chief Justice Earl Warren, criticized by some as lacking judicial experience, turns out to look more like a judge than the late actor, Lewis Stone. The rest of the court also put on an impressive judicial front, although it is true Jus tice William O. Douglas did engage in considerable scratching of his nose, neck and ear. At Warren's right and left respectively. Justices Hugo Black and Felix Frankfurter, considered by many to be the court's intellectual giants, managed to give the appear ances of midgets beside the Chief Justice. This was partly because he's a big man and partly as a result of one of their frequent exercises of the right not to conform. They insist on sitting in lower chairs than the rest, with the result that nothing much but their heads show over the bench. Hand Down Decisions Decisions were handed down Tuesday in about 15 cases, and this meant there were about twice that many Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- A WHIRLWIND movie producer in Hollywood felt a sudden urge to speak to one of bis writers in New York. It was 11 P. M. in Hollywood; 2 P. M. in New York and the writer, awakened from a sound sleep, was not amused. "Confound it, he barked over the phone, "don't you know what time it is?" The busy bee producer, obviously surprised, turned to his assistant and grum bled, "Here I call him clear across the continent, and the fool asks me what' time it is!" Limericks Irving Dancer: . It's not very often I curse And I daresay things could be worse, But it makes me feel queer For my doctor, I hear. Has a brother who's driving a hearse! C 1339, by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kins Features SyndicaU. Menace Sight to Viewer opinions to be read, some of them in full. On this court somebody is always dissent ing and even when they agree it may be for conflicting rea sons. Everybody but Black read something, either majority, minority or concurring views. Then there werev arguments to be heard. But Supreme Court justic J. E. Hoover, Red Publisher, Agree Communists Freer By LYLE C. WILSON Washington- (UPD -The word today from Communist pub lisher William L. Patterson is . directly to the point. "Let's b e b o 1 d e r," i s P a t t e rsori's proposal to the Commu nist and fel low traveller readers of the party's, week ly newspaper, yie c. wusod The Worker. ; "McCarthyism has sustain ed a heartening defeat in our country," Patterson continu ed. "American reaction has in fact sustained a number of defeats on the political as well as the moral front. "We say this because it must be made clear that the prevailing political atmos phere permits increasing ac tivities with lessening danger of victimization." Patterson is general man ager of the Communist news paper. The foregoing quota tions are from a statement which appeared over Patter son's signature in The Worker of Feb. 15. Agrees With Hoover It could not be often that Patterson and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover would agree on anything relating to the Communist Party. They are in accord, however, in believ ing that Communists in the United States can conspire more safely right now against the general welfare than they could for some time pre viously. On Dec. 22, 1958, Hoover put it this way: "Sensing a more favorable atmosphere, the Communist Party, USA, and its dupes and sympathizers gained further courage and became more vocal in their attacks upon law enforcement and other professions which are dedicat ed to preserving our free doms." ' This more favorable atmos- Tiny Nicaraugua Family Fief; Little Opposition to Somoza's Sons' Reign By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Editor "Somoza & Sons" could be the sign hanging over any fon in the Americas. Or it grace the gate way to Nica ragua. Ever since 1933 this lit tle Central American country, about the size of XT r V n - U I and New Jer- Phil Newsom W ".uuiuuicu, has been the private political preserve of the Somoza fam ily. When an assassin's bullet ended Gen. Anastasio Somo za's life in September, 1956, his sons took over the store. Luis, then 34, succeeded his father as president. Anasta sio Jr., then 32, assumed command of the armed forces. The arrangement has work- es, it develops, quit work for lunch just like people, only more punctually. At the pres cribed hour of 2 p.m., Warren halted William B. Mahoney, of Buffalo, N.Y., midway in an enthralling tale of a Chin ese sailor named Fong, who was accused of jumping ship in Newport News, Va. The court will get around to its verdict sometime in the distant future. phere to the Communist con spiracy has come about coin cidentaUy with a series of de cisions by the U. S. Supreme Court in the field of subver sion and national security. The overall impact of these decisions is a matter of con troversy, usually angry. There is not much dissent from the proposition lhat these decisions greatly weak ened or in considerable de gree nullified federal and state laws enacted to protect the United States against sub versive activities. None, other than Communists and their stooges, would be likely to argue that such weakening or nullification, of itself, was good for the United States. Protects Individual Rights The argument in support of the court's decisions is that they were mostly made in de fense of the individual rights conferred by the First Amend ment to the constitution, the opening paragraph of the Bill of Rights. The First is as fol lows: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment of religion, or prohibit ing the free exercise' thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peace ably to assemble, and to peti tion the government for a re dress of grievances." The nub of the controversy between those who approve and those who disapprove of the court's decisions is this: Is the Communist Party a law ful organization entitled to the protection of the First Amendment or, is the party a conspiracy, in fact, operating outside the law to bring about the destruction of the Ameri can way of life? Americans who know the most about Communism are convinced that it is, in fact, a subversive conspiracy to overthrow the U. S. govern ment. Senator Kennedy Acknowledges Foes Nashville, Tenn.-(UPD -Sen. John Kennedy (D.-Mass.) was speaking at a Jackson Day dinner here Tuesday. Seated at the speaker's ta ble were Tennessee's Demo cratic Sens. Albert Gore and Estes Kefauver, also consid ered to be in contention for the nation's top post. Kennedy acknowledged the opposition. "It used to be said Tennes see is the mother of presi dents," he said in an aside to his speech, "and it's possible she may be expecting again." NATALIE ENDS DISPUTE Hollywood (UPD Actress Natalie Wood, suspended last July by Warner Brothers in a dispute with the studio, went back under contract to day. The pretty 20-year-old child star and the studio made up, and officials said she prob ably would be named for a film role soon. Urn C IT:!-1 ed out very well for the So- mozas. The sons have kept the family wealth intact and there has been no organized outcry against their adminis tration from within. At the moment, Nicaraguan exiles do not appear to have enough cohesion to issue a serious challenge from without. Proposes Amendment Luis last year proposed to Congress (o v e r w h elmingly dominated by his ruling Lib eral party) a constitutional amendment prohibiting a Nicaraguan president from succeeding himself. The bill also provides that no one related to the presi dent within the fourth degree of kinship-by blood or marriage-may succeed him. The bill, passed on first reading last December, will come up for a second reading next April. But this will not become an issue until 1963 when the present term expires and un til then the Somozas give no indication of relinquishing control of the government their father captured by a In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS What to - do with Dulles note: President Eisenhower went to Walter Reed Army hospi tal for another visit with ail ing Secretary of State Dulles . . . Meanwhile a suggestion by Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri that Dulles resign brought a retort from White House Secretary James Hag erty, who said in reply to questions by reporters: r-resiaeni nasennower is aware of Senator Symington's suggestion (that he doesn't think Dulles can run the state department from a hospital bed) but so far has made no comment oh it. "The President is also aware that many other mem bers of the senate are saying that we should avail ourselv es oi jvir. uuiies services as long ache is able and willing to grve them." IXfELL- " What SHALL we do? Shall we throw Mr. Dulles out? Or shall we continue to avail ourselves of his services as long as he is able and will ing to give them? It is his MIND that counts - and there have been no suggestions that his mind is not as clear and keen as it has ever been. What would you do? TT1R. DULLES is a great man - as nearly all our secre taries of state have been. Most of them have been un popular in the sense that their policies have drawn a great deal of criticism. This includes Mr. Dean Acheson, Mr. Dulles' prede cessor under President Tru man. He made some mistakes. He was sharply criticised - especially by Republicans. But, in general, his policies, including the policy of con tainment of c o m m u nism, were sound enough that they have been followed in broad outline by President Eisen hower and Mr. Dulles. AFTER all, it is no simple problem that we face. The over-all objective of communism is to conquer the world. Our over-all objective is to CHECKMATE that pur pose to checkmate it, if pos sible, without going to war. In these days, all-out war is unthinkable. It could mean the end of the world. So far, Mr. Dulles, as our minister of foreign affairs and the chief architect of our foreign policy, has handled a ticklish and dangerous situa tion adroitly enough to avoid all-out shooting war - which is quite an achievement. T ET'S put is this way: We have been given to understand that Mr. Dulles' mind is as clear as it has ever been - that his affliction is wholly physical. If that is true, there is no reason to be lieve that his grasp of the for eign affairs situation has been impaired. If he is willing to risk his life by continuing at work until it can be deter mined how severe his afflic tion will turn out to be, there seems no good reason why his sacrifice should not be ac cepted in the spirit in which it is offered. Besides If we haven't in our state department enough good men COMING UP who will be able to carry out temporarily the implementing of the policies of their chief, we are in a bad way. More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH Here Is a pleasant way to overcome loose plate discomfort. FASTEETH. an Improved powder, sprinkled on upper and lower plates holds them firmer so that they feel more com fortable. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. It's alkaline (non acid). Does not sour Checks "plate odor" (denture breath). Get FAS TEETH today at any drug counter military coup. President Somoza vowed in a speech in early Febru ary, he would die fighting rather than quit. Hits Opposition "I am not a Batista who can be forced to board a plane and leave the country," he challenged. "The opposi tion is asking that the Somo zas leave Nicaragua. It is log ical for them to ask it be cause we are the only ones preventing them from realiz ing their personal ambition." He did not define "the op position" and-observers were hard put to figure just whom he was talking about. There is a small National Conservative party which co operates fully with the Somo zas. The traditional National Conservative party, support ed mainly by Roman Catho lics, comprises the main op position but its leaders are scattered and not able to ex ert much pressure. The last reported threat of Communications Letters lo 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. Keep Rogue Clean To the Editor: Jerry Lath am and Jennings Pierce were on KBES-TV today, painting a glowing picture of the find ings of the State Water Re sources board. I have no doubt the facts they presented were true to a degree. What I want to know: If the State Sanitary Authority is so effective, why is the problem of pollution of Bear Creek tolerated? We know we have adequate laws on the statutes now, pro hibiting such practices, yet there is nothing done about it. I for one am opposed to Senate Bill 183. As of -now we have safeguards on the main stem of the Rogue. If we amend this law now, as rec ommended by the State Water Resources Board, we will have a sewer for a river. This con dition exists on those rivers in Oregon that are now used by industries. Let's keep the Rogue River clean. Earl H. Knight, President, Jackson County Chapter Izaak Walton League of America, Inc., 522 King st., Medford. Stamps for Vets To the Editor: This week I received a letter from my father in Wabash, Ind. He had enclosed a clipping from one of his stamp collector s mag azines, written by a Mrs. Ed ward Leach, 1228 Corona ave., Medford, Ore. Mrs Leach had written to thank the magazine for sending a copy to her group of veterans at Camp White. This group has grown from three men a year ago, to 16 men at the present and they require a lot of stamps. My father has for the past couple of years, with the as sistance of his Kiwanis club and some other collectors, sent stamps to three veterans' hospitals all over the United States. He wanted me to call Mrs. Leach for him and see if he could send her Some stamps and make the meet ings more interesting for her men. , Mrs. Leach seemed so glad to be offered help that it started me thinking. If some one so far away as Indiana can offer help, why couldn't some of our stamp collectors here in the valley help too! She said a collector from Brookings is her only source of supply at present. Many of these men are in wheel chairs and the only avocations they can enjoy are secondary. Stamps are a very interesting hobby and the men need quite a tew to enable tnem to sort and find the ones they need. I'm sure there are a lot of people here in the valley that would be glad to help. You can reach Mrs. Leach by phone (SP 3-5671) and she will be only too glad to tell QUIET AND DIGNIFIED C. M. Litwiller Ample for every need. A setting of simplicity and reverence that will endure in memory throughout the years. Litwiller' s Mountain View Chapel . . . Weddings and funeral service. LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close any importance was In May of last year when neighbor ing Costa Rica arrested 18 Nicaraguan exiles at the bor der. They were carrying 14 trunks filled with weapons. On Good Terms On the diplomatic level, the United States and Nicara gua have remained on good terms. When the elder Somoza was shot, U.S. doctors, at Presi dent Eisenhower's direction, treated him. , Last year the Nicaraguan congress passed a resolution condemning the attacks on Vice President Richard M. Nixon during his South Amer ican tour. The status of these rela tions could become much more important if the Pana ma canal reaches the satura tion point. A parallel canal probably would be built across Nicaragua under a 1916 treaty granting the Unit ed States perpetual rights to do so. you the particulars. I m sure, with the help of a "Good Hoosier," we can sup ply our veterans with plenty of stamps. Thank you so much. Mrs. M. A. Preston 2520 Jacksonville Hwy. Medford. The "Dark" Side To the Editor: Several days ago an article appeared in your paper detailing the trial run of the "pony express" run from the Siskiyou Sum mit into town that traffic was held up "bumper to bumper" by State Police during that experiment. I understand that there is a group contemplating a "pony express" from Med ford to Portland. I may be considered "nuts" by a lot of people, on my opin ion of this idea, but think, to undertake such a thing is plain stupid. This year, more than ever, we must be more safety con scious on the highways. Every day we are urged to drive careful, "the life you save may be your own." Yet the same people seem to condone the idea of turn ing a horse loose on the high way, every mile from here to Portland, with a rider, with the best chances in the world to be killed, maimed or crip pled. I - am in favor of a good time, parades, picnics, mu seums, entertainment, etc., but I believe a damper should be put on some of these "won derful promotional" ideas. I have talked to several people on this subject, some agreed, some were indifferent, some thought I was "just look ing too much at the dark side." On page 13, section 1, of Sunday's paper is a caption, quote, "Automobile Kills Pony Express Rider." That's just about as dark as any side can get. The law defines an automo bile as "a dangerous and le thal weapon." Why give them any more targets than neces sary to aim at? Yours for a good safe ride, Dwight Edwards, Route 1, Box 290, Central Point. Wrong Word To the Editor: Re: "What's Your I.Q.?" Feb. 23, 1959: I believe you will find the correct answer to Question 5 is "Intestate," rather than Interstate." W. E. Shackleford 232 South Modoc st. Medford Editor's note: Mr. Shackle- ford is correct. About 90 per cent of the large 'commercial fish catch in Manitoba lakes and streams is exported to the United States. Mrs. Litwiller , 'it is better to know us and not need us. than to need us and not know us."