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Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30. 40
and 50 yaars ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1949 (Friday)
Six Jackson county school
district will vote on consoli
dation June 1.
William Lalng, architect,
receives Instructions from
Jackson county court to pro
ceed with plans for. the new
county farm home. -
20 YEARS AGO
May 13. 1939 (Saturday)
Thirty-one prizes are lined
up for winners in the third
annual national catfish derby
at Emigrant lake tomorrow.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column! "Owing
to the lack of rain, and no
signs thereof, farmers are
wearing the smile that comes
off."
30 YEARS AGO
May 13. 1929 (Monday)
Local fruit men wire Con
gressman Hawley asking why
there is no tariff on bananas
in the Smooth-Hawley bill.
"The Voice of the City," an
all-talking picture, is shown at
the Crateriafl. .
40 YEARS AGO
May 13. 1919 .(Tuesday)
Fruit and berry growers Of
the state report they need
10.000 pickers to accommo
date the expected harvest.
Medford and vicinity waits
with bated breath for the ar
rival of the Al G. Barnes cir-
cus(expected tomorrow.
50 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1909 (Tlrarsday)
Medford is- promised its
mountain water supply by
July 4.
A 25-inch rainbow trout at
tacked a man and a horse in
Reese creek, according to
normally reliable sources.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nm or ten correct is lueenor;
seven er eight i excellent; five or
six is good.
' 1. Does the United Nations
have a flag of its own?
2. Does the full bench of
the U. S. Supreme Court con
sist of 7, 9, 11 or 12 members?
3. With what sport do you
connect the name of Walter
Johnson?
4. In the year of 1912, a
great luxury steamship was
sunk in the Atlantic in col
lision with an iceberg; name
it.
5. What Is the name for the
process of removing oysters
from their shells?
6. "Half a league, half a
league, half a league onward."
are the lines from what
poem? '
7. Does the word delta de
scribe lands at the source, or
at trie mouth of a river?
8. What city is the capital
of Bermuda?
9. Of which mythological
king was it said that every
thing he touched turned to
gold?
10. What is the distance
from home plate to the pitch
er's box?
Answers: 1. Yes. 2. Nine.
3. Baseball. 4. Titanic 5.
Shucking. 8. "The Charge of
the Light Brigade." 7. Mouth.
8. Hamilton. 9. Midas. 10. 60
fl 6 inches.
Bear Creek-Now Is the Time
The Jackson county chapter of the Izaak
Walton League did this area a real service the
other night by sponsoring a public discussion of
Bear creek, and the problems it poses in the form
of pollution and waste of a resource.
The creek, as it is now, is a waste, too. Once
it was a pleasant, fresh little stream. Now it is
little better than an open sewer. Portions of it
are still attractive at a distance.
But for the rest, its recreational potentiali
ties are almost all gone simply as a result of
normal human activities done without thought as
to their consequences.
.
THE discussion brought out the fact that there
are dozens of causes for its present unhealthy
condition, and that no single action is going to
provide a solution.
But it also brought out the fact that there is
widespread interest in the creek on the part of
both groups' and individuals. And, as the old
saying goes, where there's a will there's a way.
Progress in cleaning up Bear creek can be
made,, but it isn't going to happen all by itself.
It is going to take effort and work by quite a few
people, and very possibly some public funds-- as
well as "education" to avoid future abuses and
mitigate present ones.
B
OB Root, Medford orchardist and member of
the state water resources board, has been in
terested in this problem for a long time. His sug
gestion that the cooperation of the highway com
mission be solicited in doing some bank-cleaning
work and landscaping of park-like approaches is
a good one We have reason to believe the com
mission already has this possibility in mind.
His second suggestion, that some means of
maintaining a higher year - around minimum
streamflow as a means of abating pollution, is
another good one. County Judge Earl Miller's im
mediate response, in showing his willingness to
consider this idea from the county's standpoint,
is commendable. ' ,
The interest of the public health department,
the state sanitary authority and the state game
commission is also to be
SO, WHAT next?
sponsibility for all the varied factors involved in
the "Bear creek problem." All of them, however,
have some interest.. So do
such as the Waltomans
conservation organizations. ,
So what about forming an unofficial but rep
resentative group dedicated to solutions for this
situation? It doesn t much
It could be an "Inter-Agency Committee for Bear
Creek," or a "Bear Creek Coordinating Board,
or whatever its members wanted.-
The important thing is that some action be
taken.
I
T IS particularly so at this time, for time is, as
thev sav. "of the essence."
. 7
Only right now can
sentation to the highway commission for if the
freeway is to be done right, the plans have to be
made before, not after,
Only right now can firm plans be laid for use
of surplus water from the Talent irrigation proj
ect And this water, to bring the annual minimum
flow up to 20 or 25 cubic feet per second, is at
the heart of an approach
And right now, when people are aware of
pollution as a growing threat, to the welfare,
health and economy of our pleasant valley, is the
time to lay the basis for a broad program of study
and education, to the end that Bear creek can
again be a credit, instead of a shameful nuisance.
Whoever takes the first step toward forma
tion of such an organization, be he city or county
officer, state official, private citizen or an officer
of some, interested organization, will earn the
gratitude of the community. E.A.
'Bitter
Most of the time we don't pay much attention
to unsigned letters to the editor. But one we re
ceived the other day was an exception.
It enclosed a clipping from our favorite news
paper which included two items a picture of a
humorous little poster calling attention to "Be
Kind to Animals Week," and, right below it, a
headline and story telling of the finding of the
dead and beaten body of a lynch victim being
removed from a river in Louisiana.
THE juxaposition of these two stories was, of
course, completely coincidental.
But the writer of the letter, who signed the
letter only as "A regular reader," said : . , .
"As I was getting ready to dispose of the paper, the
bitter irony of these two articles being side by side
hit me so hard, I just could not refrain from letting
you in on the 'joke' ....
"I am caught in the middle, just as you are, of a
civilization strange enough to produce schizophrenic
Items like that. What can we do? Keep plugging away
in. our human way and above all, keep praying."
Yes, it is a bitter irony that a society which
is sufficiently advanced to make an honest and
sincere effort to inculcate kindliness to animals
can also produce individuals who carry us all back
to brute savagery.
Elementary human decency is so easy that it
always seems a shocking travesty on humanity
when we find instances where it' is totally lacking.
E.A.
praised and appreciated.
many private groups
and other sporting and
matter what it s called.
plans be drawn for pre
it is built. x
to a solution.
Irony'
Dennis the
SAY, IS IT TOO LATE TD MAKE
White House Role in
Wage-Price Talks Debated
By RAYMOND LAHR
- Washington-mPD-Sen. Jacob
K. Javits (R-N.Y.) wants Pres
ident Eisenhower to call steel
management and labor to the
White House and "talk tur
key" if a new wage settlement
threatens to raise steel prices.
He cannot expect the sug
gestion to be received With
enthusiasm Unlike Presidents
Roosevelt and Truman, Eisen
hower has kept the White
House out of collective bar
gaining. '
Even, so, the President has
brought the White House , clo
ser to the bargaining table in
the current steel talks than
at any time before in his ad
ministration. He has done so
by his repeated demands for
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer
although under certain circumstances the use of a pert name or irtitia.
for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right tc
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.
Bill Defeated
.. To the Editor: There may
be some kind hearted people
interested in the fate of H.B.
629, the Oregon Humane
Slaughter Bill. It followed the
general outline of the Federal
Humane Slaughter Law of
1958, which will be effective
after July 1, 1960. However,
many packers have already in
stalled the equipment and are
using the methods designated
as humane by the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture. This
law applies only to those in
the industry who desire to
qualify for government con
tracts and so, leaves many
packers outside the law.
The humane techniques
have been thoroughly tested
and found to be efficient and
economical. It is hard to understand,-when
it is a matter
of good business, why the
packing industry in Oregon
would spend thousands of dol
lars for lobbying against H.B.
629 when this would be ade
quate to make the change to
the humane equipment. The
farmers also were against the
bill.
So poor old dairy cows, who
have given their all in pro
geny and pounds of butterfat,
the fat steers, sheep, swine,
pets of the 4-H clubs, will con
tinue to be brutally hoisted,
shackled and bled to death,
with the Jbaby things, calves
and lambs, getting the cruel'
est treatment.
If Just one animal could.
speak and tell of the horrors
of the abattoir it might con
vince people. Unfortunately
it seems only money talks and'
some listened. So H.B. 629
was tabled in the Committee
on Public Health and Welfare
as ttie Oregon legislature of
1959 passed into history.
Mrs. Eunice Russell,
' 4010 Childers St.,
Medford.
Welfare Complaint
To the Editor: This is in re
gard to the Jackson County
Public Welfare set-up, and
Mr. James Pullman, as the ad
ministrator. I have a disabled
son, Chester Lee Brown. I
have had custody of Chester
for two years, about. I took
charge of him April 5, 1957.
His mother was in the hospi
tal six times since that date.
I am getting $26.50 social se
curity for him, am entitled to
a state grant on my old age
assistance. I tried for two
years to get that grant. Only
got one $11 and one 17 check
for him.
. Mr. Pullman denied me the
right to go to a doctor of my
cnoosmg. He , said it was a
mental case. I submitted to a
mental examination by Dr.
DanlelsOn. They stalled for
some time, then said the state
public welfare refused to pay,
Menace
TmfiMfB&Z INS7E4D?
a settlement without a steel
price increase, which Would
tend to bump tip prices
throughout all industry.
If the White House Is not
participating, it is at least
looking over the shoulder of
those who are.
Ike's Warning
At his news conference
last week, Eisenhower de
plored the possibility of . the
government getting into the
negotiations or of law to con
trol wages, prices and profits.
At the same time, he said the
government could not "stand
still and do nothing" if the
steel industry fails to show
"business -labor statesman
ship." This is a line the President
the doctor
James Pullman
tried to railroad my son to a
feedle minded school at Sa
lem in 1956 , before I took
charge of my son. Shut off our
groceries for two weeks once,
and a second time for one
Week, at lllO1 East 11th st.,
while my wife, Mary A.
Brown, had charge of him. I
have my son home from the
state hospital on parole to me
for one year, brought him
home April 21, 1959. I de
mand an investigation and a
grant for my son at once.
William Elmer Brown
Box 1168
Biddle rd.
Medford.
Filtered 2x4's
TO the Editor: I have been
trying to get a Veteran smog
eater from Hollywood to visit
Oregon. For years he's been
breathing soot, microbes, oil,
rubber and gas, but he Is
afraid of sawdust.
I wrote hint another letter
the other day and told him
he needn't be afraid of Ore
gon sawdust. We got filters
on all our sawdust burners
and it's almost impossible to
get hit with anything bigger
than a two by four. I think
he'll be here for our Centen
nial. .Everett Acklin,
Box 233
Ashland.
SINGER RECOVERING
Hollywood-(DPD-Anna Maria
Alberghetti, Italian-born actress-singer,
was reported in
good condition today at Mid
way hospital where she under
went minor surgery Tuesday
for removal of an obstruction
in her nose.
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
A FLYING SAUCER-yep,
front of a big New York
looking pilot yet stepped out
you hail from?" asked the
owner of the newspaper
who, as. is his wont, was
loading copies of that morn--ing's
issue on to a truck. "I
am the editor" of a paper out
in the stratosphere," squeak
ed the man from the saucer,
"but space does not permit
me to say where."
.
A timely warning from
Corey Ford (in his new book,
"Has Anybody Seen Me Late
ly?") : "Slowly but surely, the
wellsprings of humor are dry
ing up toda'y. Derision is taken
for disloyalty. Political satire is extinct, personal caricature is libel,
parody is illegal, dialect jokes are strictly taboo. Tou can't even kid
about the man-eating shark these days,' Franklin P. Adams has
noted, 'or the shirkskinsuit manufacturers will land on you like ft
ton Of bricks.' "
. C 1353, by Benattt Cyfc. PuUUiutea by &igg features ayadicafr,
Tibetan Incident Pushes India,
Toward Greater Cooperation, in
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
One result of the Tibetan
incident has been a growing
feelinff in both Pakistan and
India that
those two na
tions should
patch up then
differences in
the interests
of a common
defense of the
Himalayas.
Since 1947,
when both
gained their
Lv
tail Newsom
independence from Great Bri
tain, the two have occupied
the great Indian sub-continent
as suspicious and unfriendly
neighbors, divided by religion,
by the dispute over Kashmir
and by the battle for water
rights desperately needed by
both nations to feed their pov
erty-stricken peoples..
. But lately both have seen
the dangers from expanding
Communism on both their
borders to the north.
Steel
has been pushing for more
than a year-purging that la
bor settle for pay raises
geared to increased labor
productivity.
Wage increases that outrun
productivity are inflationary,
he told Congress Jan. 10, 1957
in his State of the Union
message.
"Freedom has been defined
as the opportunity for self-discipline,"
he said. "This defini
tion has a special application
to the areas of wage and price
policy in a free economy.
Should we persistently fail to
discipline ourselves, eventual
ly there will be increasing
pressure on government to
redress the failure."
That was a very gentle way
of warning that continuing in
flation would bring a public
demand for government con
trols over wages and prices.
A proposal to put a public
opinion curb on price increas
es already is getting attention
in a Senate judiciary subcom
mittee, which is holding hear
ings on a bill sponsored, by
Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney
(D-Wyo.)
The O'Mahoney bill would
apply to concentrated indus
tries in which eight or fewer
companies account for more
than 50 per cent of the out
put. Firms in those industries
would have to give 30-day no
tices of proposed price in
creases to the Justice Depart
ment, the Federal Trade Com
mission and Congress and
then defend their plans at
public hearings. - -
Businessmen have protested
that the bill would be a first
step toward price ' controls.
O'Mahoney retorted that it
would only subject price in
creases to more publicity.
Gov. Brown Wants
Only Top Spot
Sacramento, Calif.-flJPD-Sec-ond
best isn't good enough for
Gov. Edmund G. Brown of
California.
He was asked to comment
Tuesday on Washington dis
patches listing him as a likely
vice presidential nominee on
the Democratic ticket in 1960.
"I am not considering any
thing but a four-year term in
Sacramento," he answered.
Reminded that he previous
ly has said' he would not re
fuse a draft for national of
fice, Brown said:
"Well, yes, but that was for
the presidency."
FLEES TO WEST
Berlin-(UPD-Karl Grobbeck
er, 58, a noted East German
scientist in the field of agri
culture, has fled to West Ber
lin, officials reported today.
He was director of the Agri
culture Science Institute of
Rostock university.
Stop Me
another one landed smack in
newspaper office and the oddest
into the sunshine. "Where do
. - al
Agency borders Smkiang in
Red China and is divided from
Soviet Russia only by a har
row strip of Afghanistan.
India also borders China
and ever since the Dalai
Lama's flight from Tibet in
March and the subsequent
friendly reception India ac
corded him, has been the tar
get of increasing Red Chinese
abuse.
In Karachi, Pakistan, Air
Marshal M. Asghar Khan
showed UPI Correspondent
Patrick J. Killen a six-page
list of recent violations of
Pakistan air space.
Some of these came from
India, according to the air
marshal, but; significantly, in
the last month there also had
been recorded violations by
unidentified planes over the
Gilgit Agency to the north. .
The air marshal left the pre
sumption open that those
planes were Russian jet bomb-1
ers on reconnaissance flights.
Asghar Khan, who at 38 is
the world's youngestair mar
shal, commanded the Pakis
tani planes Which recently
shot down an Indian Canberra
plane accused of being on a
photographic mission 40 miles
inside Pakistan.
Wants Closer Relations
Despite this, he said he
hoped for closer relations be
tween India and Pakistan as
result of the Tibetan incident.
"Air defense of the Indian
subcontinent certainly would
be easier if Pakistan and In
dia worked together," he said.
He described an "Himalay
an Pact" as a sound idea.
Earlier, the influential
Times of "India had called for
a "summit" conference be
tween Prime Minister Jawa
harlal Nehru of India and
President Mohammed Ayub
Khan of Pakistan.
It said a reconciliation be
tween the two "is something
that must be explored at the
highest level."
Other voices urged that as a
friend of both, the United
In the Day's News
By FRANK
OVer in Russia the other
day, the newspapers celebrat
ed Freedom of the Press Day.
They made quite an occasion
of it.
The Kremlin chipped in
with a statement to the effect
that ONLY the press of the
Communist world is free;
Everywhere else, the Krem
lin said, the press is fettered.
W
ELL-
There's at least a
gram
of truth in that.
The Soviet press is free
from all such worries as pay
ing the paper and ink bills
and meeting the weekly pay
roll. All -it has to do is to
answer humbly YES, MISTER,
when the Kremlin speaks,
print what is told to print, and
call it a day.
I DON'T care much for free
dom of the press, commu
nist syle. I'd rather worry
about the paper and ink bills
and the payroll.
BACK to problems.
The Post Office Depart
ment has a problem. It's run
ningin the hole at a rate
somewhat in excess of half
a billion dollars a year.. Post
master General Summerfield
doesn't like going in the hole.
Neither does President Eisen
hower. So. Ike is asking . the con
gress for another, one-cent in
crease in first-class letter and
airmail postage, bringing an
ordinary letter up to five cents
and an airmail letter to eight
cents.
He estimates that such an
up would bring in an addition
al 355 million dollars a year,
thus reducing the postal defi
cit quite a little.
LET'S take a sharp look at
the situation.
The present postal deficit
is about a half billion dollars.
That means that on balance
it is costing you about $10
a year if you are the bread
winner for a family of four.
(On a per capita basis, each
billion dollars the government
spends costs about $5 per per
son, so the earning head of
an average family of four is
set back about $10 a year for
a half billion.)
You may think, of course,
that it doesn't cost you that
much-that the RICH, who are
soaked, pay the bulk of the
taxes. If you do, you will be
kidding yourself. Taxes are a
part of the cost of doing busi-
FALSE TEETH
That Loosen
Need Not Embarrass
Many wearers of false teeth have
suffered real embarrassment because
their plat dropped, slipped or wob
bled at just the wrong tune. Do not
Uve in fear of this happening to you.
Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH. the
alkaline (non-acid) powder, on your
plates. Hold false teeth more firmly,
so they feel more comfortable. Does
not sour. Checks "plate odor" (den
ture breath). Get FASTEETH at any
(rug counter.
States should take an active
hand in promoting better rela
tions between the two.
One Million Killed
Should those relations be
improved, there is much' to,
overcome.
Pakistan is Moslem and In
dia primarily Hindu.
When they achieved their
independence and the subcon
tinent was divided, a vast mi
gration took place between
the two. Seventeen million
persons migrated between the
two as Moslem and Hindu sep
arated and took refuge behind
political borders. Violence
was widespread and estimates
House Committee
Eyes Expenditures by
Overseas Agencies
By FRANK ELEAZER
Washington - (DPD - Some
times when you don't know
what we get for the money,
all this gov-
sort of bad.
But when
you take the
trouble to
look into it
and find out
Where some of
Frank Eletier It goes, you
feel terrible. .
Today's spending report is
courtesy of a House Ap
propriations s u b c o m m ittee
which has just completed its
annual study of the world
wide activities of our State
Department.
Subcommittee Chair man
John ROoney (D-N.Y.), is
among the first to concede we
can't get along without the
State Department. He even
thinks it does a good job. He
does Wonder sometimes about
JENKINS
ness, and so have to be added
to prices. You pay your share
of the taxes, whether you
know it or not. .
PERSONALLY, I'd rather
pay my share of the postal
deficit at the rate of a penny
stamp. It comes easier that
way.
The opinion in Washington,
however, is that the Presi
dent's proposal to raise post
age rates instead of running
a deficit in the Post Office
Department doesn't stand a
Chinaman's chance.
The politicians think the
people LIKE heavy spending
and resulting heavy deficits.
Personally, I think the politi
cians are guessing wrong-that
people are getting SCARED
of reckless spending and
heavy debt.
Gummings Named fo
District Position
Jack V. Cummings, 1200
Fortune dr., Medford, was
elected president of district 3
at the Active International
convention in Salem last week
end.
Cummings has been active
in the local club since he
moved to Medford from Chi
cago in 1949. x '
District 3 includes Van
couver, Wash., Portland, Cor
vallis, Salem, Eugene, Hills
boro, Grants Pass and Med
ford. He will be installed at
ceremonies at the Interna
tional convention in Aber
deen, Wash., in July.
The local club received the
award for the best child wel
fare project in the district.
The project is the School of
Hope, a school for retarded
children. The Medford Active
club is presently preparing a
benefit show for the- school.
The show is scheduled May 23
at Medford High school auditorium.
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ASHLAND "It is better to know us and not need us.
We Never Close than to need us and not know us."
Pakistan
Defense
at the time placed the number
of killed at more than one
million.
Conflicting claims between
Pakistan and India over Kash
mir still are unsettled, and
water rights continue to be a
steady source of friction.
Nehru has shown no signs
of abandoning his traditional
hatred for military pacta of
any kind. '
But he has made clear his
determination to fight any at
tempt to encroach upon In
dian territory and - circum
stances eventually could
change his mind about mili
tary agreements.
certain items.
We are spending this year
3 million dollars to teach
foreign languages to the peo
ple we are sending abroad.
Congress agrees this is great
However, Rooney did think
it was odd they assigned one
William I. Givens to Tokyo,
just aftr teaching him French.
Walter G. Walcavich learned
Russian. Then they sent him
to Cardiff. At our language
school at Frankfurt, Richard
W. White studied German, at
a cost of $3,625.
Went To Dublin .
"I suppose," said Rooney,
"it did the American taxpay
er a great deal of good for
Mr. White to be assigned then
to Dublin."
' . When we send our people
abroad, we pay their ex
penses. Like $20,739.76, to
move a $12,900-a-year eco
nomy officer from Tehran to
Rangoon, with home leave on
the way. .
Another of our helpers,
drawing $5,050 yearly, was
ordered to Iran. We shipped
over for him 10,000 pounds of
household gear and his car.
Then we changed our minds
and sent him to Mexico City.
Getting his ' stuff back for
him, and to Mexico, cost us
$7,772.76.
For our consuls We like to
provide reasonable houses; In
Munich, a reasonable home is
to cost us $122,283. In Dakar,
we wil lspend $200,000, plus
$20,000 for furniture.
Drinks Are Costly
Our new machine for pro
cessing passports, contrary to
what Rooney had heard, has
been pronounced a success. It
seems it tears up no more
passports than the old one.
We gave the department last
year $82,250 to buy a secret
device to thwart eavesdrop
pers. It turned out though the
money hasn't been spent. The
department said this machine
hasn't yet been invented.
Drinks, like everything
everything else, are getting
more costly. The department
wants $830,000 next year,
against the $750,000 we gave
them last time, for what it
calls its "representatioa al
lowance." ,'
' Anyway, the department
says only about a fourth of
this really goes to buy drinks.
The rest is for food. Yes,
Rooney said. Like $16.40 for
the lunch which one of our
men in Beirut recently bought
for another of our men in
Beirut plus a local newspaper
fellow;
Five of our consular posts
are being raised to new rank.
Our people there used to tide
in Fords, Chevvies and Ply
mouths, which cost us, de
livered, $2,100. With their
new status, our diplomats
Buicks, Mercuries, and Olds
mobiles, at $4,500.
Even so, that could be a
bargain. They . could have
asked for Cadillacs, like some
of our congressional leaders.
For these, we pay $11,000.
GUEST OF SOVIETS
Lrfndon-flJPD-Emperor Haile
Selassie of Ethiopia will pay
an official visit to the Soviet
Union next month, the offi
cial Soviet news agency Tass
reported today.
Mrs. Litwiller
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