4 Tuesday March 31, 1959
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 31, 1949 (Thursday)
Medford firemen answer a
rail to a fire on Iowa st. but
it turns out to be Iowa st. in
Ashland.
Orchardists fire their
smud "epots for the first time
this season, and a smoke pall
hangs over the valley.
20 YEARS AGO
March 31, 1939 (Friday)
Medford Police Chief Clat
ous McCredie announces that
effective April 1 all dogs in
the city must be tied up or
enclosed on their owners'
property for a three-month
period to protect neighbors'
gardens and lawns.
Trom Arthur .Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" coumn: "Great
Britain threatens to fight if
Germany threatens the inde
pendence of Poland, and
France would probably fol
low. It is not known yet what
Hitler will do to save his face,
and also keep his mustache."
30 YEARS AGO
March 31. 1929 (Sunday)
All stores in Medford are
to be closed next Tuesday for
the airport bond election.
A large throng turns out to
view a night flight at the air
port. 40 YEARS AGO
March 31. 1919 (Monday)
More than 5,000 people visit
the war relics train during its
stop in Medfcrd.
The county roads are now
dry, and dust flies.
SO YEARS AGO
March 31, 1909 (Wednesday)
Medford's commercial
grov-th reportedly continues
"as never before."
C. H. Snyder completes a
huge downtown garage.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten correct it superior;
seven er eight is excellent; five er
six is good.
1. What agricultural crop
does the boll weevil attack?
2. In which State is the
White Sands National Monu
ment? 3. Where is it proverbially
supposed to be most difficult
to find a needle?
4. Complete this quotation:
"Laugh and the world laughs
with you, ."
5. Correct the following: "I
forbid you from entering the
house."
6. Is ichthyology the study
of plants, fishes, birds, trees,
or minerals?
7. What is the meaning, in
English, of the name Puerto
Rico?
8. Why do snakes sleep with
the eyes open?
9. Which is the most com
mon commercial fur animal in
the U.S.?
10. How often each year
does an equinox occur?
Answers: 1. Cotton. 2. New
Mexico. 3. In a haystack. 4.
. . . weep and you weep
alone." 5. "I forbid you to
nler." 6. Fishes. 7. "Rich
Port." 8. No eyelids. 9. Musk
rat. 10. Twice.
WHOOPS! WRONG POCKET
Messina, Sicily - (CPD - Pro
fessional pickpocket Alfio
Leonardi has a deft touch but
bad judgement. The pocket
he tried to pick at Easter ser
vices in the cathedral here
turned out to be the police
chief's and he wound up in
jail.
On Educational Quality
Up in Marion county, school reorganization
problems are posing some of the same questions
which are being encountered here, with the big
school consolidation election due next Monday
in six districts.
Some of the same arguments are being heard.
The Oregon Statesman in Salem condenses
some of them into this paragraph:
"The school district, in many suburban or rural
areas, is the only local unit of government. It is a sym
bol of pure democracy the people who live in the dis
trict govern it, coddle it, boast of it and pay for it.
To ask them to give up even part of it is to ask them
to make a real sacrifice."
This sounds familiar.
WE have a' real and abiding sympathy with
those people in smaller school districts who
wish the district to retain its identity.
In addition, some of the arguments they give,
about young people receiving more individual
attention, and so on, are perfectly valid.
One such resident called us yesterday to point
out that, while some school taxes may be saved
in the next year or so if the consolidation is ap
proved, in the long run people are going to con
tinue paying more and more for schools, no mat
ter how they are organized, or under those aus
pices, and that "saving money" as an argument
isn't valid for the long run. And this, of course,
is partly true.
HPHE Statesman goes on to review some of the
" basic reasons for consolidation, and since they
are equally applicable here, we shall repeat them :
Dr. James Conant, former president of Har
vard, after a long and comprehensive survey of
American high schools, has recommended the
gradual elimination of high schools with gradu
ating classes under 100 pupils. (Jacksonville, the
only high school district among those proposed
for consolidation with Medford, this year will
have a graduating class of some 25 students.)
Conant points out that it is a rare high school
with a senior class wherein more than 25 per cent
of the students are capable of benefitting from
the study of advanced sciences, mathemeatics
and foreign languages. Unless a graduating class
is as large as 100, not enough students can be in
terested in these advanced classe to make them
practicable. A smaller, primarily rural and resi
dential district, simply can't afford the equipment
or teachers for, say, physics classes of 8 or 10
pupils.
DY trying to combine the teaching of several
advanced subjects, the quality of teaching
may be diluted so the students are not prepared
properly for college work. This applies to. voca
tional subjects, also. ' ,
The purchase of necessary equipment is ex
tremely difficult in a hierh school without a broad
tax base. Important "fringe benefits" such as
counselling, visual aids and extra-curricular
work must be trimmed sharply or eliminated in
smaller schools.
These arguments, as
man, certainly seem to apply here even though,
as indicated, we are fully sympathetic with the
students and residents who hate to see their own
hio-h school "swallowed ud" in what thev fear
-
will be the anonymity of
But as we remarked betore, quality or. educa
tion and the needs of students should come be
fore all else. The Statesman's conclusion is ours
too:
"In weighing the pride of locally-controlled schools
against the loss of children's educational opportunit
ies, there is no question which way the scales should
tip."
E. A.
He'd Best Give Up
.Richard Allen Hunt the young gunman
who eluded police after shooting one small-town
police chief and kidnapping another has not
yet been found as this is written.
He will be. -
And, we'll hazard, it will come as a relief to
him when it does, inevitably, happen.
The life of a fugitive from justice must be
filled with horror: Every moment alert, every
moment scared, every moment expecting the chal
lenge which means surrender and jail, or a gun
fight which will, at best, just make him that much
more a wanted man.
LIE would be smart if he gave up right now.
The Eugene Register-Guard notes some of
the odds against him.
First, he has shot a police officer, and every
policeman in the country would be doubly glad
to be the one to catch him, for that reason alone.
Second, he has a choice of continued crime,
or seeking a job. If he continues a round of crime,
he is compounding the chances that he will be
apprehended. If he seeks a job, what can he do
for a name? A social security number? A list of
prior experience?
OUNT is a young-looking man. What happens
A if someone asks to see his draft card?
He's stolen a couple of cars, and if he is intent
on "getting away," he'll be tempted to do it again.
But he'd better drive carefully. Every red light,
every temptation to violate the basic rule, is an
invitation to arrest. Then what? Does he shoot
or does he show his driver's license?
It isn't easy, these days, to "get lost" in the
crowd and stay lost. He'd be smart if he gave
up now, before he gets into worse trouble writh
the law which, eventually and inevitably, will
find him or before he winds up dead. E. A.
set forth bv the Sates-
x w
a larger school.
Dennis the Menace
VA KNOW SOV1EWIM'? I NEVER
TWICe. X WONDER WHY"?
Spring in Washintgon, D.C.
Means Tourists and Children
By FRANK ELEAZER
Washington -(UPD- Congress
spent $10,000 each for those
revolving doors in the Capitol
that were guar
ds anteea xo oe
collapsible and
panic-proof.
Now the first
visiting high
school girl has
managed to
get squeezed
by one.
This means
Frank Eleazer Hie Wasning-
ton tourist season has started.
Easter week, with the law
makers and lobbyists out of
town, is as good a time as
any to see the sights of your
capital. Get reservations,
though, if you care much
where you sleep.
Next to making and admin
istering the laws, the figuring
out ways to get around them,
tourism is Washington's big
gest industry. The board of
Matter of Fact
MODERN ENGLISH USAGE
Washington-Now that Pres
ident Eisenhower is some
what reluctantly trudging
along the
road to the
summit, we
must begin to
use the lan
guage of the
heights.
The lan
guage of the
heights takes
a bit of learn-
. - j-i
4os-ph Alsop mg. suite uie
cold war has affected English
usage in ways that Henry
Fowler at his most pessimistic
could hardly have foreseen.
All the same, no one wants to
be stuffy, out of date, and
stupid - seeming, particularly
in a serious discussion of
world affairs. So the language
of the heights is worth the
trouble to learn.
HEREWITH, then, is a short
lexicon of modern diplo
macy. It is for the use of those
who want to talk about the
events on the road to the
summit, and about the strug
gle that will be joined when
the summit is reached, In the
kowledgeable manner of forward-looking,
liberal - minded
thinkers.
RIGIDITY: A deplorable
diplomatic attitude, happily
growing more and more rare,
that is based on the obsolete
and illiberal principle of
what-we-have-we-hold. For ex
ample, the Kremlin may soon
wake up to the fact that Sec
retary of State Seward quite
shockingly cheated the Rus
sian people when he paid such
a low price for Alaska. When
this happens, it will be rigid
to insist that Alaska is ours,
and to refuse to renegotiate
sly old Seward's bargain. In
recent years, and especiaUy
on the other side of the At
lantic, the term has come to
be associated with the name
of John Foster Dulles, as in
the phrase, "the habitual ri
gidity of Dulles' diplomacy."
FLEXIBILITY: The modern
and enlightened diplomatic
attitude; the opposite of rigid
ity. If we are fortunate
enough to have a truly flexi
ble Secretary of State when
the Alaska bargain is . chal
lenged, he will of course pro
claim that he is willing to ne
gotiate on any subject, at any
time. Better still, he will real
ize that he cannot go to the
conference table with a mere
bundle of arguments justify
ing the wicked Seward. In
stead, he will prepare to re
turn to the Kremlin a quarter,
or a half, or even all, of Alas
ka, as the circumstances may
seem to require.
EASING OF TENSION: A
secondary diplomatic method,
tinged with enlightenment,
but less truly modern than
flexibility. Still using the
GET THE GAM B46V SOTER
trade says 6,500,000 visitors
spent some time and $360 mil
lion here in 1958.
That was a record year and
1959 has started out like an
other one.
Kids Really Spend
The school buses, those yel
low and mud-stained harbing
ers of Washington's spring,
already have begun to .'arrive.
Some days between now and
June they will be so thick
on Capitol Plaza congression
al leaders in their $11,000
Cadillac limousines will be
hardpressed to get through.
The Board of Trade hap
pily estimates that 400,000
students, mostly high school
seniors, will have been here
in chaperoned groups of 50
or more before summer is
over. It is not considered like
ly any school bus will make
it from Hawaii, but on past
experience most other states
will be represented.
Where they get it nobody
knows, but the boys and girls
By Joseph AIsop
same example, if our future
Secretary of State is a mere
easer of tensions, he may be
obstinate about Alaska itself.
He rflay defend Seward, de
spite the great difficulty that
this will create. He may plead
that we have populated Alas
ka, while nourishing the Eski
mos. But he will surely agree
that it is absolutely intolera
ble for the Soviets to have
American territory within
sight of their own borders,
just across the narrow strait
between Big and Little Dio
mede Islands. Hence he will
offer the Kremlin all the
Aleutian island chain, just to
ease tension.
DISENGAGEMENT: A par
ticularly useful term, since it
means all things to all men,
and most of all to wishful
men. The theory of disengage
ment is that a world struggle
can be stopped if you just say
to yourself, over and over
again, in a loud, happy voice,
"It isn't there; it isn't there;
it isn't there!" The practice of
disengagement is too complex
to be discussed in detail in
any portable, pocket-size lexi
con. But you will make no se
rious error of usage if you
follow the rough rule that
when disengagement is glori
ously achieved, our side will
retreat a hundred yards for
every five yards that the en
emy agrees to fall back.
THIN-OUT: A variant of
disengagement, having special
reference to Europe. For in
stance, the current balance of
ground forces between NATO
and the Soviet Empire's Euro
pean provinces is on the or
der of one to seven. If NATO
is thinned out by six divisions,
and the Soviet garrison in
Eastern Germany is also thin
ned out by six divisions, the
balance in favor of the Sovi
ets will be approximately 12
to one. This is thin-out in its
most forward looking form.
CONTAINMENT: An obso
lete American policy, based
on holding what we have and
letting the other side stew in
its own juice. Advocates of
containment were first classi
fied as subversives in the 1952
Presidential campaign. They
have since been quite proper
ly barred from sensitive posts
on the public payroll.
LIBERATION: The more
moral and progressive Ameri
can policy adopted in 1953.
The peace that left Kora di
vided, the partition of Indo
China with the Communists,
and the Kremlin's brilliant
progress in realizing the Mol
otov plan for the Middle East,
are the liberation policy's
chief monuments to date. A
graveyard in Budapest is also
said to be called "The Libera
tion Cemetery." Further pro
gress may yet be hoped for,
however.
(Copyright 1959. New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Turkey's Military, Espionage Systems
Keep Close Watch on USSR Over Border
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Editor
Istanbul, Turkey (UPD The
Aras River flows along a
preat portion of the border
between Tur
key and its
age - old en
emy, Russia.
Watch
towers o n
the Turkish
side extend
along the
length of the
Aras, each
pmi Newsom tower over
lapping the sighting distance
from its nearest neighbor.
Sentries stand guard on the
bridges crossing the Aras, on
the one dde Russian and on
the other, Turkish. Each
marches regularly to mid-span
and then back to the river
bank on his own side.
About seven to 10 miles
back in the hills, away from
the valley, are the encamp
ments of Turkey's 3rd Army,
part with respectable sums
while here, probably only a
little, less than the $50 per
capita average of Washington
visitors. For this the kids
sleep four to a room and carry
home souvenir hats, models
of the Washington Monument,
and the happiest memories of
their lives.
Among sights you ought not
to miss:
The White House-Happily
still open to the public, despite
wars and rumors of wars and
security-minded police who
may even take time to tell
you what you are seeing as
you wander through front
hall and East Room where
Dolly Madison once hung out
the wash.
The Capitol-Don't worry,
it hasn't been bombed. But
the east front is being extend
ed and the rotunda is closed.
You can still see everything
else, including House and
Senate chambers and the
Senate's $25 million new of
fice building, where the eleva
tors persist in thinking tax
payers are as important as
senators. This may soon be
corrected; so hurry.
Mt. Vernon-The home of a
well-known Virginia . farmer
who also dabbled in politics
and the military. The most
beautiful sight anywhere
around here. '
The Monument - For the
most thrilling sight, ride for
10 cents the new 60-second
elevator up the tall pillar of
stone named for this same
country gentleman.
The Slums-Too bad for the
photo fans, but that famous
shot of the Capitol Dome from
beside a rickety privy can't
be made any more. Many
blocks of the worst slums
south of the Capitol have
been leveled. Deluxe new
apartments are rising.
The National Gallery of Art
-You have read where the
Post Office may bar Goya's
famous nude from the mails.
Here they call that kind of
thing culture. Take a tip, fel
lows: Don't let 'the rest of the
crowd catch this without you.
Grants Made for
New Institute
Eugene-A professor of biol
ogy who joined the University
of Oregon faculty in January,
has been instrumental in
bringing research grants to
the university totalling more
than half a million dollars.
He is Aaron Novick, for
merly of the University of
Chicago, now professor of
biology and head of the newly-formed
University of Ore
gon institute of molecular
biology.
Grants received by Novick
for personal research, and by
the institute which he directs,
total $509,554.
A grant of $337,200 was re
cently received by the molec
ular biology institute from
the National Institutes of
Health. To cover a five-year
period, the grant will allocate
$105,000 for the first year,
when much equipment will
be purchased, and from $52,
300 to $62,000 per year for
the next four years.
The award will support
training individuals for teach
ing and research careers in
molecular biology. This is an
area of study where funda
mental biological principles
are sought to be understood
in terms of the chemical and
physical properties of living
matter.
Novick said that the major
portion of training will be at
the graduate and post-doctorate
levels. There will be
some instruction at the under
graduate level, however, to
introduce promising students
to recent developments in
molecular biology.
which is entrusted with
guarding the frontier.
500.000 On Alert
Within the Turkish army
are three separate armies, the
1st, 2nd and 3rd. The 1st
stands guard around Istanbul
and Thrace.
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Sees Costly Mistake
To the Editor: We regret
having to take issue with "Ye
Editor" and other good peo
ple who are lending support
to our current school reorgan
ization program.
Such reorganization is rec
oncilable under certain geo
graphical or financial condi
tions. The consolidation of
Jacksonville, Ruch and Grif
fin Creek with Medford can
not be justified on these
grounds. We think that the
contributing factor in our
local school problem was that
Jacksonville was handicapped
by persons who were incap
able, or unwilling to formu
late a workable program.
Neither have they solved their
sewage problem. Should Med
ford take over both Jackson
ville's children and sewage?
Those who favor over-consolidation
do not realize that
we are sacrificing one of our
most democratic institutions
and are moving one more step
nearer centralized govern
ment or fascism. We refuse to
surrender our personal re
sponsibility in government.
Yes, there is a dearth of
capable teachers, but we
achieve nothing by spreading
them so thin that only ,the
most apt pupils capitalize
from their skills. Because
Medford has administrators
who are supposed to have
know-how is no reason others
cannot profit by it.
Besides giving the proper
amount of concern for our
children, who are the most
precious of our possessions,
some consideration should be
given to the state of mind of
our adults. All are inclined to
be mentally lazy to say the
very least. It is so easy to lose
the personal responsibility for
public welfare and satisfy
conscience by voting for some
alleged specialist to run af
fairs for us. Hitler considered
the people incapable of gov
erning themselves and it
didn't take long for him to
acquire their cooperation in
that way of thinking.
Our legislators who passed
the reorganization law were
not so democratically minded
as they should have been. Our
school technicians whom we
pay to be watchdogs of our
welfare waited until the elev
enth hour to awaken us from
our sleep. Surely this point
should not be overlooked in
the cause for which we are
working.
We seem in danger of set
ting up a centralized adminis
tration so far removed from
the electorate that it amounts
to taxation without represen
tation. We are on the brink of
taking a step that money-wise
would be costly to undo.
Bert Harr,
Christine Harr,
Copper Road,
Box 77,
Jacksonville.
Helped Art Show
To the Editor: The Southern
Oregon Society of Artists wish
to extend their thanks and
appreciation to those who
made the recent Centennial
art show possible, including
Ben Trowbridge, who donated
the use of his building on the
corner of Eighth and Bartlett
sts., the Tucker Sno-Cat Cor
poration, for help in prepar
ing the building, A. C. Pierce,
for his help, and Harry Mark
and his wife, Mrs. Hollis
Marx, for opening and closing
the show each day.
Southern Oregon Society
or Artists,
By Marie B. Starks,
Secretary
PLAN EXCHANGE TALKS
Moscow- (UPD -Russian dele
gates are en route to the Unit
ed States for talks on ex
change visits of artists, the
Soviet Tass news agency said
today. The exchange is
planned in connection with
the forthcoming summer sci
ence, technology and culture
exhibitions in New York and
Moscow.
CRASHING REPORT
Winchester, England- (UPD -When
George Williams
stopped his automobile Mon
day to report, a two-car acci
dent to a police patrol, three
other cars struck his.
We Give ttf'&f
GREEN STAMPS
CENTRAL REXALL DRUG
Main end Central
The 2nd stands along the
borders with Syria and Iraq.
Altogether, the force totals
around 500,000 men.
Approximately one-third of
Turkey's $800 million annual
budget goes into its armed
forces, on constant alert
against Communist encroach
ment, whether it be from
Russia or from one of its sat
ellites or friends.
Turkish watchfulness does
not end there.
A Turkish spokesman in
vited this correspondent to
lunch one day. We drove
away from the city where
wide avenues represent the
new, and a Roman aqueduct
and a ruined city wall, the
old.
The drive took us along
the Bosporus to within about
three miles of the gateway to
the Black Sea.
It was the closest to other
secret Turkish military instal
lations a foreigner can go.
Easily visible were the huge
nets stretching across the nar
row Bosporus against Russian
submarines and mines.
Nearby was the Russian
Embassy's summer villa.
A Spy Center
The spokesman waved his
arm in the general direction
of the whole Turkish border.
Radar and other sensitive lis
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
COUNCIL OF ELDERS
Washington - Nearly all an
cient societies had councils of
elders which met in times of
1 peril to direct
or solemnly
to assist the
course of pub-
' lie policy.
These old
j boys repre-
1 acuicu in u i c
ij
than old wis
d o m. They
stood as vis
ible symbols
of the long continuity of the
civilizations of which they
were a part. They were living
proofs that the way of life of
their tribe or country had long
endured. And their continued
presence suggested that it
would go on surviving.
Some nations still have in
stitutions quite similar in
meaning to the system of eld
ers. Great Britain has the
monarchy, which is infinitely
older and deeper rooted than
any British government. Trie
monarchy claims little polit
ical power, and that is its
greatest strength. For a Briton
may absolutely despise his
government of the moment -
officially "the Queen's gov
ernment" or "the King's gov
ernment" - and still wholly
love and respect the Queen or
the King, and thus the coun
try. pELGIUM and Holland, too,
have monarchial systems
binding past to present. Of all
the great Western powers, the
joint custodians of what we
call Western civilization, only
three have nothing compar
able to a council of elders.
And of these, one - Italy - is
the seat of Roman Catholic
Christendom, with all its time
less, cementing tradition. And
another, France, has some
thing indefinable, a concept
of "La Patrie," the Father
land, that is above and beyond
any given political leadership.
Thus, the. United States
alone in the West puts its
full faith upon a passing ad
ministration. Many believe we
heed something more - some
thing that would never in
trude upon the government
but would advise and shore up
that government in time of
danger.
William S.
White
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tening posts provided other
safeguards, he explained, and
casually added:
"We can even hear tank
commanders talking back and
forth when the army man
euvers in Bulgaria."
Istanbul has been a tradi
tional spy center. How about
that?
"We catch some," he said.
"Others we know about, but
it is better to know who they
are and what they do than to
pick them up. If we picked
one up, we would only have
to learn the identity of the
one sent to take his place.
It is better this way."
He said about 40 Bulgarian
refugees make their way to
Turkey each month. Most of
these, he said, are suspected
of espionage.
Many, he said, are repeat
ers. A man arrives, is assign
ed to a refugee camp and
finally sent to some distant
point of his own choice. A
few months pass and he ap
pears again in another- at
tempt to fulfill a spy role.
A Turkish population larg
er than ' Turkey's own lives
inside the Soviet Union and
some of these, too, are em
ployed as spies. Out of one
group of 170 who fled Russia
to Turkey via Germany, 39
turned out to be Soviet agents.
S. WHITE
For a century and three
quarters ve have been tossing
upon the rubbish pile of his
tory those of high station who
have outlived their terms. At
the moment, no use is being
made of the great experience
and accumulated knowledge
of two former Presidents of
the United States, Herbert C.
Hoover and Harry S. Truman.
Within a mere hour, as time
goes these days, a third for
mer President, Dwight D. Eis
enhower, will join these two
in their singular form of un
employment. Mr. Eisenhower,
too, will be finished come
January of 1961.
OT TO USE the talents of
such men-and not to find
a way to use the talents of all
who will become ex-Presidents
in the long tomorrows
seems hardly sensible. Even
Federal judges after retire
ment may be still called to
emergency duty on the bench.
And five-star officers, gen
erals of the Army and admir
als of the fleet, remain five
star officers for life.
Those who suppose that Mr.
Hoover or Mr. Truman, or Mr.
Eisenhower after he leaves the
White House, could contribute
nothing do not well under
stand the country. Each of
them has a rocklike personal
following and will have as
long as he lives. Sitting to
gether on a council of elders;
whatever its title might be)
they could immensely add to
national strength and unity in
any crisis. For each would be
above any possible suspicion
of personal ambition or par
tisan malice.
Each would have nothing
whatever to gain - and all
that was in him to give.
A bipartisan group of Sen
ators headed by Jacob K. Jav
its of New York proposes
that we place our retired
Presidents upon a new advis
ory council on national secur
ity. Mr. Javits and his associ
ates also want to appoint to
this council 25 other leadine
citizens. Their plan may be
open to objection in detail.
But surely in its principle, in
its central purpose of putting
the sage memories of the past
into the service of the present,
they are on the right track.
Copyright, 1959, by United
Features Syndicate, Inc.)
WILL THE
PAYROLL ROLL?
What happens if unforeseen
developments cause you to have
3 business interruption? We
lave a policy that keeps pay
rolls rolling and business prof
its continuing. Ask about it.
Bill Fish
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