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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.
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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
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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."