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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1949 (Friday)
Frank J. Van Dyke, Med
ford attorney and speaker of
the House of Representatives
at Salem, reports he was act
ing governor for seventy-five
one-thousandths of a second
on an airplane ride to Sacra
mento. Mrs. Mary G. Kelly be
comes acting chairman of the
Jackson County Democratic
Central committee.
20 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1939 (Saturday)
Fifty-two girls attend the
first Of a series of charm
school lectures at the Girls'
Community club, and learn
about hair dress, makeup and
care of skin and nails.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Law
enforcement officers met Fri.
eve and listened to speeches
telling how it should be
done."
30 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1929 (Monday)
Edna Jones, of Medford
high school, wins beginning
typist's honors at Corvailis.
Mrs. Royal Brown of Eagle
Point gives a party for her
Sunday school class.
40 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1919 (Tuesday)
A Scripps-Booth auto makes
its debut in Medford.
Medford is reported short
$45,000 of its victory loan
quota.
50 YEARS AGO
April 29, 1909 (Thursday)
A deal is reported pending
for sale of the P. & E. rail
road to eastern interests inter
ested in extending it to the
timber belt.
A consignment of 50,000
eastern brook trout is received
by the Rogue River Protec
tive association, for probable
introduction in Little Butte
creek.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. What food product con
stitutes the largest of all our
imports from Latin America.'
2. Indentify the country
which never has defaulted on
its World War I debts to the
U.S.
3. Addis Ababa is the capital
of which African kingdom?
4. Does the word "hurache"
mean a Mexican cockroach,
sandal, or vehicle?
5. What part of a volt is a
microyolt?
6. Henry A. Wallace served
as Vice President during the
late F.D.R.'s 1st, 2nd or 3rd
term?
7. What is the interest cost
per month on S50, when the
annual rate is 6 per cent?
8. The sandard size type
writer keyboard has a total of
32, 36, or 42 keys?
i. Identify the gem that is
thd hardest.
l0. Penguins are flightless
birds; true or false?
Answers: 1. Coffee. 2. Fin
land. 3. Ethiopia. 4. Sandal,
5. 1.000,000th. 6. 3rd term,
7. 29 cents per month. 8. 42.
9. Diamond. 10 True.
Accolades for Eggheads?
"No title of nobility shall be granted by the United
States . . ."
(Article 1, Section 10, Constitution of the
United States.)
We doubt that anyone, these days, would wish
the United States to rescind this hallowed pro
hibition, and start throwing titles around. It wras
even more valid in the
than it is today, for the
fighting a monarchy and all its trappings.
Yet, perhaps, this nation should devise
method of conf erring some particular honor upon
men and women who have served it well. This is
the chief use fortitles of gentility and nobility in
England, now that it is more democratized than at
any time m its past. The
of Honor. Other nations have other rewards.
We do not mean to suggest that titles be al
lowed ; only to point out that recognition for out
standing service is a wholesome thing.
-
I70R instance: the U.S.
Distinguished Service
military careers. And
to government are recognized by the JJisunguisn
prl Rervipp ' Medal. Manv nrivate organizations
grive awards of one sort
achievements, and universities and colleges
award honorary degrees to men who have, in one
way or another, distinguished themselves.
"But government, as such, has never worked
nnt a wav of eivine- honor to anvone whose serv
ice is primarily intellectual, primarily of benefit
i i j i a? -i i j
to manKind, or tne national weiiare.
Tn Ene-land. Jonas Salk rjrobablv would have
been rewarded with knierhthood for his discovery
of the polio vaccine -
Fleming for the discovery of penicillin.
.
TR. JAMES R. Killian,
president for science and technology, and Dr,
Alan T. Waterman, director of the National Sci
ence Foundation, are proposing some such award,
as a stimulus to public
scientific and liberal arts education, and, in gen
eral, the "pursuit of excellence."
The Advertising Council is now. considering
whether to undertake
build up public respect
the men who wield it for
Suggestions along these lines have included
the awarding of high school letters for scholas
tic achievement, as well as for excellence in ath
letics; another is lor the establishment 01 an
"Order of the United States," to include a medal
and a cash prize from the
CUCH suggestions may
school "letter idea
success in a few places,)
help to change the prevailing atmosphere a little
away from a tendency to deride intellectual
achievement or, if one
America was built
brawn, with thought as
scholarship as well as practicality.
If the time ever comes
to doubt) when America's
as well known or as well remunerated as its
entertainers, we will need
ress in science and the arts. E.A.
The Patterns
The opening of the St.
wreek end marks the beginning of a new chapter
in American trade and commerce. .
It will have little immediate impact on the
Pacific Northwest, but throughout the entire
middle west, and along the Atlantic seaboard,
the changes will be immense.
The huge project, the culmination of a dream
of more, than half a century, was finally accom
plished by the joint endeavors of the United
States and Canada. But
PARTICIPATION by
years, principally by the opposition of eastern
railroads, which feared that less-expensive water
borne traffic would nut into their freight business,
and by the seaports of the east coast, which en
joyed a profitable trade in transshipping goods
destined for the interior.
Now, however, most ocean going vessels
all except the largest ones can sail direct up
the St. Lawrence, through the locks and canals
of the new project, and into the Great Lakes,
which now become an accessible inland sea.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit all these and
smaller but growing cities now become seaports.
"THE produce of America's heartland auto-
mobiles, meat, grain, lumber can now "go
to sea" directly without-the expensive rail haul
to the Atlantic. By the same' token, raw7 materials,
such as iron ore and coal, can be brought there
directly, as can the imports from abroad which
enjoy a substantial market in the middle wTest.
It will be interesting to watch the change in
America's patterns of trade, industry and popula
tion which result. And result they will, for trans
portation still is amonff the most vital factors in
the development of any
"Pacific Wonderland"
Under instructions
committee has selected a slogan which, in time,
will appear on all Oregon auto licenses.
The slogan i "Pacific Wonderland." :
We still wonder: "Why?" E.A. ;
davs when it was written
founding fathers were
French award the Legion
armed forces errant the
Cross for -exceptional
exceptional contrioutions
or another for various
as was Sir Alexander
special assistant to the
appreciation of learning,
a national campaign to
for brainpower, and for
the benefit of the nation.
government.
be carried out, (the high
is being used with some
and if they are they may
prefers, "eggheads."
writh brains as well as
well as courage, writh
(which we are inclined
intellectual leaders are
have no fears for prog
Will Change
Lawrence Seaway last
not without difficulty.
.the U.S. was held up for
civilization. E.A.
from the legislature, a
Dennis the
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Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
THE ANNUAL HEADACHE
The Foreign Aid bill, which
calls for money to be spent in
foreign countries, is an an-
n u a 1 spring
headache for
the United
States Con-
gress. This
year it is more
of a headache
than ever,
what with the
deficit which
nntc Vio "Proc-
Walter T . "
Lippmann ident in tne
position of wanting to save at
home in order to be able to
spend abroad.
This difficulty is compound
ed by the fact that the bill, as
it comes from the administra
tion, inspires no enthusiasm
and little confidence. For the
men who have to lead the
fight for foreign aid, it is a
very poor cause in which to
enlist their effort. For the
administration bill, which
was shaped not by the Dept
ment of State but by the Bu
reau of the Budget, is an in
efficient bill.
The way it provides for for
eign aid m annual install
ments prevents a constructive
use of-the foreign aid, which
requires the long term plan
n i n g of investment. The
amount of aid provided is in
the total inadequate, and in
the allocation between mili
tary and civilian use it is in
some part at least misdi
rected. Thus in the debate with
those who oppose all foreign
aid, the supporters of the bill
find themselves burdened
with a bill about which it can
fairly be said that it will not
achieve its professed objec
tives, and that it is in this
sense a waste. It is like a proj
ect to build half a bridge at
a poor place to cross a river.
Or shall we say that it is like
that tunnel from the new Sen
ate office building to the Cap
itol which, so it is said, just
does not arrive at the Capitol?
r
IT IS necessary, therefore, to
amend the President's bill
in order to have a measure be
hind which the believers in
foreign aid, who are a multi
tude, can with a good con
science rally. This is the pur
pose of the Fulbright amend
ments, which were introduced
on Friday. I think it is fair to
say that these amendments
take account, which the ad
ministration bill does not, of
the findings of the Draper
committee which the Presi
dent himself appointed. They
reflect also the views of Sec
retary Herter and of Under
secretary Dillon.
The Fulbright amendments
follow two. main principles.
One is to provide for a period
of five years enough funds to
permit development loans at
the annual rate of $1.5 bil
lion. This would make pos
sible orderly financing of in
vestment programs which, in
countries like India, could
bring about a substantial rise
in the standard of life.
The other principle of the
Fulbright amendments is to
de-emphasize without abolish
ing the military part of for
eign aid. The amendments do
not reduce the amount. One
of them gives the President
the authority to transfer up
to 30 percent rather than, as
at present, up to 10 per cent
of the military aid to civilian
uses. Another gives the Amer
ican ambassador greater con
trol over the recommenda
tions for military aid mad
by the American Military
Mission in the country to
which he is accredited.
THESE amendments dealing
WlVi fhp -milltaT-ir cMa ri
...... ...... .U. J U.UL
foreign aid ought to open the
door to a better supervision
of the aid agreements made
by our military men and the
local military commanders.
Menace
Lippmann
Iri the official propaganda of
the administration all of these
programs are lumped togeth
er under the general notion
that they enable military al
lies to encircle and contain
the military power of the
Communist states.
No distinction is made be-.
tween genuine allies, like
Britain, Canada and France,
for example, and political
clients like, let us say, Pakis
tan. It is an unhealthy pre
tense to plead that we are
arming Pakistan in order that
Pakistan may defend itself
against a Soviet attack or,
more far fetched still, that
Pakistan could or would do
anything substantial to defend
Iran and Turkey if they were
attacked. The principal rea
son why we give arms to
Pakistan is to keep the Pakis
tani army commanders friend
ly to the United States'rather
than to the Russians. What
we do is to subsidize the rul
ing powers who, in so many
underdeveloped countries, are
the leaders of the army.
'
HPHE world being what it is,
I would not say that this
is always a wicked or unnec
esssary thing to do. But Con
gress is not a good judge of
how necessary it is to do it in
each of the countries where
aid is being furnished. Nei
ther is the Pentagon a good
judge.
The judgment should be
made by the President and
the Department of State. It
should be a cool political
judgment, not a hot and excit
ed judgment. Above all, there
should be no self - deluding
propaganda that if the United
States gives jet planes to a
Latin American dictator, it is
helping the free world to de
fend itself against Russia and
China. What it is doing when
it gives the jet planes to the
dictator is to help the dicta
tor to defend himself against
his internal enemies, and
that may or may not be a good
thing to do in he national
interests of the United States,
(c) 1959 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
What of the news?
It's a mishmash.
But it falls into an interest
ing pattern.
THERE'S a shake-up in Red
China. Mao Tze-tung is re
linquishing A h e presidency.
Hes retaining the chairman
ship of the Chinese communist
party.
Why?
Well informed correspond
ents say he's relinquishing the
presidency to free himself for
his MORE IMPORTANT
DUTIES as chairman of the
Chinese communist party.
W
HY is that disturbing?
It's like this:
Too much power held in
too few hands too long is al
ways dangerous. The objective
of the communist party EV-ERYWRERE-wherever
it op
erates, in Russia, in China,
wherever it gets into powers
is to hold ALL POWER in the
hands of the leaders of the
communist party. Forever, if
possible.
That's dangerous.
IN WASHINGTON this morn
ing, a house subcommittee
took a small step that "could"
lead to legislation to discour
age congressional NEPOTISM
(nepotism is the practice of
surrounding yourself with
relatives who are paid out of
the public purse).
The subcommittee went be
hind closed doors to hear three
Republicans plug resolutions
which would require house
Signs Point to Power Struggle
In Red China, Realists' vs. ''
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
An interesting nower strug
gle may be going on inside the
Chinese Communist Party.
At least, that's one inter
pretation being placed on the
various new
a p pointments
made when
Mao Tse-tung
stepped down
as president or
chairman of
the people's
republic and
put in his
place Liu
mil isewsom ShaO - Cm. US-
usually regarded as Red
China's No. 2 Communist.
The job of chairman of trip
people's republic primarily is
a ceremonial one and Mao in
no sense relinquished his real
power as No. 1 when he gave
it up.
But, like Mao, Shao-chi also
has other jobs. .He is a mem
ber of the all-powerful Cen
tral Committee of the party,
a member of the Politburo and
the first secretary of its Secre
tariat, and honorary chairman
of the All-China Federation of
Trade Unions.
See Three Signs
Altogether, the power he
wields is second only to that
held by Mao.
Students of Chinese affairs
see in his most recent appoint
ment three portents of the fu
ture: -There will be no import
ant change in overall Chinese
policy.
-The rapid pace of commu
nization will continue, with
special emphasis on the 26,
000 communes which have en
gulfed more than 500 million
Chinese peasants.
-Liu is heir apparent to
Mao.
Those who see a power
Job of Toughening
Labor Bill Difficult
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington -(UPD- The job
of getting what President Eis
enhower wants written into
the labor re
form bill now
before Con
gress falls to
a smartly, ag
ile Hoosier
by the name
of Charles
A. Halleck.
Halleck is
R e p u b 1 i-
Lyie c. wusod can leaders of
the House of Representatives.
The labor bill approved by
the Senate, 90-to-l, has gone
to the House which may get
around to floor consideration
of the issue in June.
Smart and agile though he
is, Halleck probably would
surprise even himself if he
were able to ram into the la
bor legislation a couple of
provisions which the Presi
dent described as "just a fea
ture of decency and justice
to the public and to the
worker."
"I think blackmail picket
ing is unjustified and I don't
think that secondary boycotts
should be tolerated," Eisen
hower said last Feb. 19. "I
think those two features
should be right squarely in
the bill."
JENKINS
members to name publicly
any relatives on their payroll
and announce when they hired
kinfolk in the future.
The dispatches report that
there is "little reason to be
lieve that any nepotism re
form legislation is considered
necessary."
1TITH one IF, that is true.
' The IF is this:
If the people who do the
voting would read all the fac
tual reports appearing in the
press (which includes the
newspapers, the magazines,
the radio and television) draw
accurate conclusions from the
FACTS disclosed, and then
VOTE AGAINST THE PRAC
TICES OF NEPOTISM when
next they came up for elec
tion, nepotism would come to
a sudden stop.
It would come to a sudden
stop because the politicians
DROP THINGS QUICK when
they don't pay off in votes. "
WHEN you come right down
to it, whatever is really
wrong with government in
our great and still FREE
country tracks back to indif
ference, carelessness or lazi
ness on the part of the voters.
We have LAW enough on
the books to cure anything
that needs curing if only the
voters would STUDY THE
ISSUES carefully enough and
then VOTE OUT OF OFFICE
the people who are doing
things that are wrong. ,
struggle going on inside Red
China believe it is a fight be
tween "realists" on the one
hand and party ideologists on
the other. The former believe
the communization program,
including the communes, has
gone ahead too fast for China's
own good and that it lacked
planning.
The ideologists, on the other
hand, demanded a 'damn-the-
torpedos, full speed ahead
policy in the belief that all
would fall into 'proper place
without supervision.
Linked to the side of the
realists, according to this the
ory, has been Premier Chou
En-lai who, next to Mao, has
been the name best known to
the West.
The realists were said to
have two major complaints
and to have brought the issue
to a head at a meeting last
December of the Communist
Party Central Committee in
Wuhan. ' t
They said the speed with
which the communes had been
created had created chaos.
And they said the "great
leap forward" of 1958, calling
for -vast increases in industrial
and agricultural production,
almost strangled the mainland
at the end of the year in a
monstrous transportation foul
up. At Standstill
In the Wuhan meeting, the
realists were able to force a
slowdown in the commune
system.
Liu, however, is listed
among the ideologists and his
most recent appointment is
said at least to offset any earl
ier victory won by the Chou
En-lai faction.
Those who believe in the
theory of a power struggle in
side Red China, now believe
the two sides have battled
Neither is in the bill as
passed by the Senate. Black
mail picketing is a form of
extortion used by some un
ions against employers. Sec
ondary boycotts are imposed
on suppliers or customers of
struck firms. They can and
sometimes do put the struck
concern out of business.
The stated objective and the
general purpose of the Senate
bill was to protect union
members against their lead
ers, to safeguard union funds,
assume fair elections and free
speech. Not much Senate time
nor talk was devoted to pro
tection of the employer or of
the general public.
" Small business, especially,
has a stake in the two features
which Eisenhower said should
be squarely in the bill. Black
mail picketing and secondary
boycotts can be peculiarly ef
fective against the little fel
low. That is what Halleck
will have to work with in
any effort to meet Eisenhow
er's standards.
House May Toughen Bill
As the Senate bill went
over to the House, there was
a. lot of talk, mostly loose,
that the representatives could
be expected to strengthen the
bill. A Republican member of
the House Education and La
bor Committee suggested that
labor legislation in the Sen
ate had been weakened be
cause it had become entangled
with Presidential politics.
That would not happen in the
House, he said, and therefore
the House should come up
with a stronger bill.
Could be, of course. But
only a few weeks ago Republi
can congressional leaders did
not see it that way at all
after a meeting at the White
House. Halleck and others
said then that it may be
"completely impossible" to
get a worthwhile labor reform
bill from the House Commit
tee on Education and Labor.
The leaders said the com
mittee alignment of 20 Dem
ocrats and 10 Republicans
may prevent even getting an
effective labor reform bill to
the House floor for a vote. The
ability of House Republicans
to write Eisenhower's two de
sired features into the bill is
wholly doubtful. The House
committee has a majority of
Northern Democrats who may
be expected to oppose any la
bor proposals which the un
ion leaders seriously oppose.
So, Halleck seems to be sty
mied in that direction. He
may, however, maneuver the
House deliberations in such a
way as to make labor legis
lation a solid Republican cam
paign issue in 1960. It is no
issue now.
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each Other to a standstill. Had
Chou En-lai failed to retain
his office, it would have been
a clear sign that the theorists
had won.
But whatever the factional
strife within the Chinese
Communist hierarchy, Mao
Communications
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From Mission
To the Editof: This is to ex
press our appreciation for the
wonderful write-ups for our
new mission. We're especially
grateful to your Miss Peg
Hutchinson for the wonderful
job of coverage that she did.
We're prayerfully hoping
that the mission will fully
realize the hopes and confi
dence shown in this endeavor
in His service.
Bill and Mabelle Howard,
Medford Gospel Mission,
33 North Front st.,
Medford.
Notches
To the Editor: The Republi
cans are asking us to take
another notch in our belts. Al
ready I got 15 notches for the
Democrats and 15 for the Re
publicans. They are away
ahead of me in notches, I used
my last notch last year. From
now on, they'll have to fur
nish the notches. My wallet
looks like the inside of old
Mother Hubbard's cupbard in
1929.
Everett Ackin
Box 233
Ashland, Ore.
Conservation Week
To the Editor: Conservation
of Natural Resources Week is
May 3 to 10, 1959. Jackson
county's ' program -plans are
progressing, well on the way,
some consummated. Some peo
ple are aware, some interested,
some concerned; some are
alarmed about our natural re
sources, whether they are go
ing to hold out, or whether,
as Justice Holmes put it, "I
believe it probable that civili
zation, somehow, will last as
long as I care to look into the
future."
More and more people are
coming to know that man's
winning of wars in his relent
less battles of waste and de
struction of God's bounteous
natural resources can result
in destruction of man himself.
Increasing millions of people
and ruining the earth's sus
tenance has brought, and can
bring, only one finale-floods,
drouths, deserts, famines, and
added millions to the long,
long lines in the human death
march, as for long, and now,
overmuch of the earth. "When
the soil is gone, man must go,
and the process does not take
long." Theodore Roosevelt.
Save our forests, save our
streams; save our LAND is
what this means.
More and more people are
awakening and want to put a
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
PAUL WANER, an all-time great of baseball, was on a hunt
ing trip during the off-season, and came to a town in Okla
homa where a big ball game was scheduled with the cham
the county seat nearby, xne
town elders of course plead
ed with Paul to get into the
game, but the other team's
manager was. justifiably
outraged at the idea. "How
about letting me play if I
bat left-handed?" suggested
Paul, and that's the way it
was settled.
All Waner did that day
was bang out three home
runs and two triples. And
in case you don't recall,
Waner made all of his hits
while playing the outfield ......
for the Pittsburgh Pirates every one of the hits made bti.g
left-handed.
J W Hamilton was mildly startled when one of his friends c
fided 'Tm very fond of the human race. All of my friends
belonged to it and even some of my wife's family, too!"
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Going On
himself has made it clear that
the communes retain top
priority in the Red Chinese
scheme. Proof of this was seen
in the new budget which
called for a $435 million sub
sidy for the communes in the
next year.
shoulder to the wheel and
help push what's left of the
hundred year old natural re
sources wagon up the hill and
over the hump with a new
and different idea of a prom
ised land.
Boy and Girl Scouts, Gar
den clubs, Granges, chambers
of commerce, civic clubs, city
and county public schools,
teachers and pupils, news
papers, TVs, radio, stations,
library, businessmen and busi
nesswomen, Izaak Walton
leagues, city, county, state and
federal agencies, and many
individuals are helping, Min
isterial Associations where
more than 30 ministers will
talk to their congregations on
the fact that "Tne Earth Is
The Lord's," about soil stew
ardship. All these, and more,
are parts of Conservation
Week program, May 3-10,
1959.
John E Gribble,
Jackson County
Chairman.
Roxy Ann
To the Editor: We are study
ing scenic places in Oregon.
I have picked Roxy Ann.
I would appreciate informa
tion on this subject, for ex
ample," how to get there, how
it received its name, and what
events are going to happen
during the centennial year, if
any. '
I would like this informa
tion as quickly as possible
Teresa Pruett
Eagle Point School
Eagle Point, Ore.
Editors' note: According to
MacArthur's Oregon Geo
graphic Names, Roxy Ann
Butte originally was known
as Skinner's Butte. Later,
however, early-day settlers
named it in honor of Roxannt
Baker, who lived nearby. Most
of the Butte is now owned by
the city of Medford. A rod
encircles the hill below th
summit. There are two picnic
places, one on th north sid,
the other on the south siib.
It can be reached by goiaa
east from Medford on Hill
crest rd. No Centennial eve1
are specifically scheduled
the Butte as yet, but some
are under consideration. Most
of the area is included in Prw
cott park, named in honop 4
a constable who was killed i
line of duty in 1933. The are
is noted for its scenic view
in all directions, and a mulU
tude of widflowers and trw.
Plans for its further develop
ment are under way.
Stop Me
.. . w
Mrs. Litwiller
..Its
'It is better to know us and not need us
than to need us end not know us."