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Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 25, 1949 (Saturday)
Twenty Mediord residents
have been cast in various roles
for this summer's Shakespeare
festival at Ashland. .
Medford officials ban funer
al processions from Sixth and
Main sts., as a safety, precau
tion. .'-;: - -'
20 YEARS AGO
June 25, 1939 (Sunday)
Local churches sponsor a
play illustrating the ; evils of
liquor, entitled, "The Price of
4 Drink..'
, From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" . column: "The
CUder Girls are swatting flies,
wBile their daughters make a
tennis ball whistle like a bul
let" ' '' "
SO YEARS AGO
T.... 4( .10)9 ITnMiln :. --
An Essex auto is the first
to ascend to the top of Table
The county court aids a
barefoot boy in search of his
mother.
40 YEARS AGO s.
June 25, 1919 (Wednesday)
Weir McDonald and Roland
Hubbard plan to . go. to Port
land to take a ship for New
York via the Panama canal.
Today is the first in a week
there have .been no grass fires
reported in town.
50 YEARS AGO ;
June 25, 1909 (Friday) '
Woodville residents have
raised $7,000 for a new bridge
across the Rogue river.
: Four daily trains on the
Southern Pacific are found in
sufficient to carry all those
bound for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition
What's Your I.Q.?
Niea er ten correct it superior;
saven or eijht is excellent; five er
fix igood. -
. 1. Who wrote "Of -Human
Bondage"?
; 2. Is a knot a unit of dis
tance when applied to the
peed of a ship?
3. Supply the missing word
In the saying . with envy."
4. Quote the first seven
Constitution, of. the United
States.
,'. 5. What famous woman, de
prived of sight and hearing.
nevertheless learned to speak?
6. Correct the following:
Suppose he were to ask you."
7. How many mills are
there in a cent?
. 8. The body of Franklin De
lano Roosevelt is buried in
Arlington National Cemetery;
true or ialse? .
9. During this session of
Congress, the chairman of all
U. S. Senate standing committees-are
"Democrats; true or
false? -
'10. What famous inventor
lived at Menlo Park?
Answers: 1. Somerset Mau
gham; 2. No. (It is a unit of
speed); 3. Green; 4. "We,, the
people of the United- States
. . ."; 5. Helen Keller; E. It is
correct; 7. Ten; 8. False; 9.
True; 10. Edison.
. The average American visit
er to Mexico spends 20 days
and $265 there, according to
the California State Automo-
Mlv Association. .
Civil Rights, Progress
By Charles A. Sprague . - "
In 1957 Congress passed.the first bill on. he
subject of civil rights for many decades.; Previ
ously legislation had been fought off by Southern
members who feared federal . interference with
customs of the South in race relations. The 1957
act was limited in its Scope, but it did set up a
Civil Rights Commission to make a study of the
civil rights question and the extent to which such
rights were denied. It wasn't until about a year
ago that the commission was able to get going
with a staff headed by Gordon Tiffany, former
attorney general of New Hampshire. The com
mission was given a short life: it must report its
findings by September of this year. (Pending bills
provide for its extension.)
The law gave the commission power to create
advisory committees in the various states. It chose
to exercise this authority and set up such com
mittees. This writer has served as chairman of
the Oregon committee. The state committees were
asked to report on local conditions, both laws on
civil rights and' attitudes of the people particu
larly with regard to minority groups. To supple
ment the written reports the .federal commission
invited chairmen and secretaries of the state
committees to come to Washington for confer
ences Tuesday and Wednesday.
TO THIS meeting came delegates from all the
states except South Carolina and. Mississippi.
The newcomers, Alaska and Hawaii, were both
represented. The conference broke up into small
sections each presided over by one pi the com
missioners. In five sessions these topics were dis
cussed: housing, voting,
administration of justice,
By mixing up the membership at the various sec
tions those attending got to meet ana taiK witn
many people from all parts of the country In
attendance were persons of four races white,
Negro, brown and, red; and-of differing" faiths.
They did have a common concern for the pro
tection of civil rights, though were not all in
agreement on how that should be done.:. .
White persons from
the court order for school desegregation was un
timely, but they did nofcwant to see their schools
closed in defiance olthat
decried emphasis on "patience, and inquired
why should their enjoyment of civil rights be
as citizens they are entitled to them under the
constitution. The general feeling was that educa
tion and legislation go hand-in-hand , in, this im
portant field. The former
ignoranceand to inform
' ' ? t A 1 -
is a strong eaucauonai iorce itseii. ; j :
As for Oregon,' it was gratifying for me and
for Mrs. Ulysses G. Plummer Jr., of Portland,
secretary of our committee, to - report that our
state ,nas enacted many laws to ena aiscnmina
tioii, and that real progress has tbeen made in
obtaining compliance with this legislation.
I
N THE North the chief problem faced is on
housing for Negroes.-In
population which is increasing by excess of births
and by in-migration has to live in poorer sections
fast becoming congested. Negroes find it hard to
break out as they rise5 inT economic status . and
obtain more desirable housing either in the old
portions of the city or in new suburbs.
, : : In the South the Negro housing problem is
chiefly -one of low income. .The discriminations
there are segregation in schools and public places
and in denial or withholding of voting rights.
. Jews often find themselves barred in resort
areas in the North.-Indians suffer discrimination
in obtaining services and accommodations in
some towns adjacent to reservations. , , .
I COULDN'T help but be impressed with the
;high quality of those who took part in the con
ference. There were lawyers, educators, house
wives, "labor union officials, real estate dealers
(some of whom were women), leaders in wom
en's organizations, newspapermen. I was im
pressed, too, with the reports they made as to
what is being done and what is being attempted,
as well as what is not being done to secure the
"blessings of liberty" to
the accomplishments are
not alone in its progressive legislation by any
means. v
While the federal commission and these state
committees represent a large body of our popu
lation who are in earnest over eradicating preju
dice and discrimination against minority groups,
the task is not an- easy one.
. .-,".
DIDING in. from the
v driver of the bus chose to go through an alley
to get from one hotel to another. The alley was
narrow, rwo Negro youths were loitering there,
one in the roadway. He got out of the way all
right, but the driver spoke up to condemn his
race, a-sentiment which
passenger, as though they were vermin to be run
over if inthe way a sentiment to which I off ered
a protest. The ratio there was. two to one. While
that ls not dependable
the fact remains there
who, out of prejudice
advantage, would deprive others of a different
race or creed or color of equal privileges under
the law. '1 he one hopeful factor is that we do
have all over the country, even in the South, men
and women who suffer in conscience over this
discrimination and who are seeking for ways to
wipe it out. Oregon Statesman; Salem. - ' ' '
education, employment,
public accommodations.
southern states thought
edict. A Negro educator
is needed both to dispel
the people, and the latter
X 1 . V
most cities the Negro
fellow-Americans. And
considerable. Oregon is
Washington airport the
was .echoed by another
for the whole population,
are many, many people
and ignorance or selfish
Dennis the
-AH' THING: OOHT EVER Be TOO 0000
OR PBOPIE WILL THINK VOUlKE A &fZU
Subcommiee
World's Deepe
By FRANK ELEXZER r
United Press International :
Washington- (UEIlThe only
scientists you hear much
about these days are the
space men.
But a House
merchant
marine sub
committee the
other day
turned up
some- earth
men, and it
was sad to see
how low they
. nave oeen
frank Eleaiar feeling.
"We've been scouting
around for something excit
ing for earth scientists to do
-to attract attention; attract
money, and at the same time
something thafwill be worth
while scientifically," report
ed Gordon G. Lill, a Navy
geophysicist.
So what have they come
up with? ,
. The world's deepest hole
in the ground' to be dug in
the ocean. They already have
named it the Mohole.
Practice for Effort
To practice for this 'his
toric submarine effort the
earth men must first dig a
hole that isn't , the world's
deepest. ' ;, .; , . .
- The, estimated price for
both holes - Mo and less -is
15 million dollars. We tax
payers will probably have to
pay only half. Committee
members agreed this was a
bargain. Rep. Thomas M.
Pelly (R-Wash.) said a moon
rocket or two can cost more,
and a lot of these don't even
work.
Lill and Willard B as com,
officials of a whimsical scien
tific group known as AMSOC
for" the American miscellan
eous society which fathered
the Mohole, said it's , awful
how little we know about
earth. Much of what we do
know, they said, is based on
deduction.
What they plan to -do is
punch man's first hole in the
earth's crust, to see for sure
what's really inside. By sam
pling the strata as they drill
into the floor of the ocean
they hope to confirm what
are only theories how,
Through sediment laid down
over the last two billion
years they hope to get a new
look at the past.
, They will drill in the ocean
because that's where the
earth's crust is thinnest. They
have their eye on two pos
sible spots - one in the At
lantic 200 miles north of
Puerto Rico and the other in
the Pacific near the equator
due south of San Diego.
They figure to drill in
water maybe -14,000 feet
deep, to a total depth, water
and earth, of . about 31,000
Try and
0
By BENNETT CERF-
ABIG, BIG SHOT in television was madly in love with a
dazzling damsel but suspected she was two-timing him,
So he hired an ex-cop to shadow the gxt friend day and night,
and report any suspicious
goings-on. The private eye
demanded, and got, $100 a
week for this exacting duty.
Everything worked out fine
for about a-month, then the
TV big shot got a bit of. a
shock. , ,
His-girl ran away with
the ex-copper. ''
. - .-. .-. . -
The inost polite and con
siderate man in Pennsylvania
took his wife to Egypt to see
the Pyramids and the Nile.
When the time came to choose
camels for the - trip to the
Pyramids, this perfect gentleman turned to his wife and ceremoni
ously inquired, "Bow would you like it, my dear? One lump, or
,l two? -
'
Sign spotted on the lack of one of those perky little Volks
wagons: "Don't squash me: I eat harmful insects." On another:
"Help us stamp out GadUIacs.'' - - c '. .. . " : ;.
0 1951 by Bennett Cerf. SistribuUd by Kins feature Syndicate.
Menace
Prop
st Hole in Ocean
feet. The deepest hole dug to
date is an oil well in West
Texas, which goes down 25,
340 feet.
Unlike others currently en
gaged in poking holes in the
ground, the Moholers hope
the; worst way not to hit any
oil. Unplugging a gusher into
the ocean could be mighty
messy.
How about the Russians?
Committee members wanted
to know.- Are they trying to
Communications
Letters to the Editor must bear the
although under certain circumstances
for publication is permissible. The
eair an letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters
suumurea ror puDiicarion must not
prmieu in mis coiu.-nn ao not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in rati ins contrary is orten
Propaganda Drive .
To the Editor: Two articles
in the Mail Tribune June 22,
1959, must be- added to the
huge volume of that propa
ganda drive-so well aided by
the daily pressthe purpose of
which is to soften up the
American public toward the
ultimate acceptance of that
totally deplorable and basical
ly false ideology of Socialism.
If Mr. Frank Jenkins' edito
rial was not a facetious pre
sentation, it was written with
a determination of an exceed
ingly bold ignorance.
True, many travelers from
the United States 'to Russia
return with glowing descrip
tions of the Russian populace
and their affectionate attitude
toward "A mericans AS
AMERICANS"; and yet, is it
possible to place much value
on this in light of the fact the
conceptions of these people to
ward Americans are based
only on information supplied
by. a group of Socialists whose
present leader, Khrushchev,
has calmly informed us "We'll
bury you"!
As for the second article
written by Whitman Bassow.
Does it not strike a discordant
note these people he inter
viewed would reveal to him
their most "private thoughts,"
Consisting of a whole-hearted
acceptance of their Socialism;
while people over the rest of
the Russian dominated world
make extreme sacrifices, los
ing families and often lives,
to get away from this Social
ism, and of their "private
thoughts," hunger, oppression,
interminable suffering, de
spair, and every injustice cap
able only of a Godless gov
ernments The United States is not
Godless, rather is almost
wholly Christian. The contra
diction of Socialism to Chris
tian doctrine is rooted in the
Socialist concept of society.
For, "Socialism, as long as it
Stop Mo
jV
Polish Government Plans to Remove
jymuui ur
By PHIL NEWSOM
' UPI Foreign Editor
. Under Communism in Po
land, the horse has remained
a symbol both of the Polish
JfH peasant's inde
pendence and
his anti - Com
munism. Now
the govern
ment proposes
to remove the
4 horse.
First Secre-
jVi ItaryWladys
jyOXJ law Gomulka
run upwtom uiaciusea i n e
plan to a special meeting of
the Communist Party Central
Committee. -
Under Poland's seven-year
plan, the state would put 122,
000 tractors into the fields by
1965 instead of the 80,000
previously planned, and at the
same time would reduce the
number of horses by 300.000.
The Polish peasant always
nas been cool toward Commu
nism and he has been espe
cially cool toward any plan
I $1
I
oses to
Dig
beat us into the earth? .
They probably are, said the
eartn men. It is known any
way that the Russians have
their own Mohole committee,
and that they claim they are
ready to' drill.
The subcommittee seemed
to think the hole thing was
pretty exciting. - Chairman
George P. Miller (D-Calif.)
was so carried away he spoke
of "new vistas" to be opened
up by our hole.
name and address of the writer
the
Mail Tribune reserves the rioht tc
exceed 400 words. The letters
tn ease
remains to be true Socialism,
is based upon a social concept.
so contrary to the true con
cept of human society, as we
know it from the gospel, that
any reconciliation is, impossi
ble under all conditions." .
Robert J. Howard
828 West 14th st.
Medford. ;
No Driver's License
:Tq the Editor: So far mod
keys don't have to: have a
driver's license, but they will,
as' soon as one. monkey runs
over another monkey. '
; . Everett Acklin,
' ' Ashland, Ore. ,
Plan Directory
To the Editor: Very, very
frequently members of the lo
cal chapter of Natural Food
Associates are asked where
foods of superior nutritive
value and free from chemical
contamination, can be pur
chased. Usually - these ques
tions come from families that
have recently moved to Med
ford from other areas but not
always. .s - f'y
The local chapter, there
fore, has decided to establish
a directory y of . producers of
such foods and their products,
and advertise the same in the
Mail Tribune.
Information is . especially
needed for the following
classes of foods. Information
should give mailing address,
telephone number, and prod:
uct available. (1) Producers of
raw milk (2) producers of
beef not fed stilbestrol or oth
er chemicals, (3) producers of
poultry products who do not
use other foods than whole
grains and whose birds are
not penned up, (4) producers
of berries that are not sprayed
and where commercial (solu
ble) fertilizers are not used,
(5) producers of unsprayed
fruits of all kinds, (6) produ
cers of vegetables that are not
sprayed and where no com
mercial (soluble) fertilizers
are used.
Please phone or mail infor
mation to Miss Anna Streed.
Miss Anna Streed
36 North Peach st.
Medford
Meets Train
To the . Editor: I had the
privilege of meeting the "On-to-Oregon"
Wagori i Train mem
bers personally last Thursday
evening, during their over
nite stop at Farson, Wyoming.
Farson is located about 42
miles north of Rock Springs,
and is situated on the Oregon,
Mormon, California, Over
land, and' Pony Express
Trails.;.
About 14 "members of the
Sweetwater County . Sheriff's
Mounted Posse' rode their
mounts to -the camp-site that
evening to welcome the Wag
on Train members to Sweet
water County, and while
there, performed part of their
famous full-gallop arena drill.
Remaining with the Pio
neers of '59, the Posse mem
bers met each member of the
Wagon Train Group, and pre
sented each with a copy of
the 1959 Posse "Pony Express
reasanr s
which would deprive him of
ownership of His land and
force him into collectiviza
tion. New Plan Gimmick
The new plan is both a
gimmick to overcome his op
position and a signpost along
the precarious road Gomulka
has had to travel to preserve
the delicate balance between
his own and the Moscow gov
ernments on the one hand and
the explosive sentiments of
the Russian-hating Polish peo
ple on the other. v
Gomulka, as avowed a Com
munist as . Russian Premier
Nikita Khrushchev, took over
his present post Oct. 21, 1956,
on a wave of anti-Stalin sen
timent which for. a time en
dorsed a loosening of satel
lite control from Moscow and
permitted some slight inde
pendence in the march of each
individual nation toward so
cialism (communism).
Gomulka had helped set up
the Communist Polish state,
but, along with leaders of oth
er satellite states, came under
Stalin's suspicions as a Tito-
ist. He was luckier than some,
for instead of being hanged
he was let off with a prison
sentence.
Emerged From Prison
He emerged from prison in
April, 1956, after five years,
and six months later took over
as head of Poland's Commu
nist party.
It was at an extremely deli
cate time in Poland's relations
with the Kremlin bosses
Kennedy Said Ahead
In Democrat Race
" Los Angeles-flJPD-Sen John
F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) is way
out in front for the 1960 Dem
ocratic presidential nomina
tion, , according - to a fellow
New Englander,. Connecticut
Gov. Abraham Ribicoff.
Kennedy sentiment is . the
strongest, with Stevenson
next," Ribicoff said Wednes
day at a news conference af
ter telling reporters he was in
California to seek . more in
dustry for his own state.
" "I think today that Sen
Kennedy is way out in front,
not only in the U.S., but also
in California," -Ribicoff said,
The governor, asked about
inaliforrfia Gov. - Edmund G.
Brown's chances for the nomi
nation, said he believed that
Brown was in a favorite son
position. He said he did not
think Brown was now a Ra
tional candidate. v :-'
Edition" Annual. It was the
Sweetwater Sheriff's Posse
that made the "Pony Express"
ride from Green River, Wy
oming to Vernal, Utah, June
13, 1958, riding in relays over
desert plains and the Uinta
Mountain range, a distance of
123 miles, in exactly six
hours.
Along with the other mem
bers of the Wagon group, we
had the pleasure of meeting
and talking extensively with
George McUne and Richard
Carter, Medford; Weaver
Clark, Hillsboro; Ben M. Grif
fith, Salem; Ivan Hoyer, Rose
burg; and Dick Melton, Quine
Creek, Glendale. These, and
all other members of the
group certainly are,. enthusi
astic in painting a word pic
ture of the state of Oregon,
the communities they are rep
resenting, and Medford in
particular.
An undertaking of the size
of the "On-to-Oregon" Wagon
Train represents a vast
amount of effort both for the
various sponsoring organiza
tions and the individuals ac
companying the expedition.
They surely are deserving of
praise in making such a
whopping success ; of their
project.
Wyoming, I am sure, joins
with the Sweetwater County
Sheriff's Mounted Posse in
congratulating everyone who
has joined in participation of
this modern tribute to the
Pioneers of the Northwest and
say "well done!"
Richard A. Patterson,
Secretary-Treasurer, :
Sweetwater County
Sheriffs Mounted Posse,
Rock Springs, Wyo.
Speechless
To the Editor. Are you
"speechless" when called upon
to say a few words? '
Do you want to -- present
your ideas at a meeting and
can't seem to summon the
courage to "speak up"? '
Is getting acquainted diffi
cult for you, because you are
afraid to "speak first"?
Do you have a speech im
pediment that - makes you
withdraw from "speaking"?
- If the above problems are
yours, then we have the solu
tion for you with the Med
ford Toastmistress.
You are all invited to bring
your "speech" problems to the
next Toastmistress meeting.
For further information call
Mrs. Dorothy Rolls, SPring
2-7039, or Mrs. Violet Cum-
mings, SPring 2-7393.
Mrs. Violet S. Cummings,
v 1200 Fortune dr.,
Medford
rreeuom, i
The Poznan riots occurred
in June, 1956, and included
outright attacks against the
Communist Party headquar
ters. " Nikolai Bulganinl " the Rus
sian premier, on a visit to
Warsaw blamed "imperialist
agents" for the outbreaks.
Polish leaders were more
honest. They said the rioters
had "just grievances."
Moves Swiftly :
In his first months in of
fice, Gomulka moved swiftly
to consolidate his small inde
pendences. He removed Stal
inists from office, released
churchmen from jail, remov
ed some of the restraints from
the Polish people, obtained
ington
By WILLIAM
Washington-There is a need
and a duty to cry alarm at the
growing disarray of Washing
ton, a Wash
ington torn by
the pettiest of
politics in the
face of the
gravest of
world dan
gers. After 12
years of cold
CTIIIUm
"wi"'. .war we have
entered an hour of twilight be
fore another and perhaps the
last crisis is upon us. These
days, while negotiations over
Germany are in suspense, may
be the last days open for ral
lying the country and elevat
ing the purposes of its politi
cal parties above the two-bit
"issues" over which the poli
tical extremists are tearing
each other-and themselves-
apart.
This ' they are doing as
though : there were no vast
and infinitely threatening So
viet monolith; as though the
greatest question before us
were the precise terms of a
public housing bill or the ex
act balance of a Federal
budget.
TT IS in this scene of almost
juvenile disorder that
great Secretary of State, Chris
tian A. Herter, is trying to
appeal both' to the highest
nature and the highest neces
sity of the country. This is
simply the necessity of , sur
vival. . .
Here is a real, an adult
politician. He is attempting
to point ouf that no party
and no Individual politician
can profit from the collegiate,
rah-rah. partisanship now. go
ing on here.; v V-' r,
The responsible men, the
men who are aware of the
true nature, of the challenge
and its, true danger, have
rarely had greater need of
public encouragement. For
they are under almost unbear
able pressure from lesser men
in their own parties to aban
don the positions of national
responsibility in favor of lit
tle vote-catching issues for
1960. , -.
IT IS a case, as it nearly al
ways is, of the rise of divi
sive activity by the extrem
ists in both parties precisely
when national unity and the
larger view are peculiarly nec
essary. President . Eisenhower, no
doubt in honest conviction but
also under endless spur from
Old Guard Republicans, ' is
making powerful appeals-for
what? Why, for support of a
-a gentle understanding
Kmmm (ram iha CoudhoiiM
- RANK MOtO AN - HAtOlO SNODGRASS, FUNWAl DRfCTOtS
DAY OR NfChT
ne noguu
agreements limiting ateSr
ments of Soviet troops or$oI
ish soil, and obtained loans
and other aid from the United
States. , .
But, as Khrushchev" grew
in power, so did Russian pres
sure tactics against Warsaw.
The new farm plan a
case in point. '
Gomulka owed a large por
tion of his popularity to his
known "opposition to collec
tivization of farms. But the
present plan is a backdoor
approach to just that. With
loss of the horse, the peasant
loses his independence and the
state-owned tractor becomes
the symbol of his slavery to
the state.
rt
S. WHITE
certain gasoline tax and for
his "anti-inflation" proposals
in general. This is welcomed.
indeed, Jsy the Old Guard.
Senate GOP leader Everett
McKinley Dirksen says hap
pily that the President will
"put it (the program) in con
crete packages."
What of the Democrats? The
controlling Democrat center
oi congress is Having little
time to consider the issue of
national survival. Rather, it is
occupied with defending itself
from the tireless sniping of
tne ultra-liberals - men like
Senators Wayne Morse of Ore
gon and William Proxmire of
Wisconsin-while it tries to
make, sensible accommoda
tions with tUp White House
so that something at least can
be accomplished this session.
The views and intentions of
the Old Guardists are honor
able and so are those of the
Democratic ultra-liberals. But
the tactics of both sets of
extremists have the. worst pos
sible shortcoming- destruc
tive amateurism. The trouble
is not that there are too many
politicians, here; the trouble
is that there are too many
emotional and incompetent
ones.
...
TKEless able a politician
is, the less able he is to
view reality in real perspec
tive, to understand the essen
tial place of timing and cir
cumstance in public affairs.
Thus, the right-wing Repub
licans have forced the Presi
dent to carry a sound prin
ciple, that of. total fiscal sta
bility, much td far-in these
times'. To push it to the very
ultimate would be right and
proper-in other world and do
mestic circumstances. But this
is not 1928 and this is not the
era of Calvin Coolidge. Thij
present world and these pres
ent, circumstances make - it
not only futile but danger
ous to destroy essential poli
tical cooperation on big things
in pursuit o'f policy absolutes
on the budget which simply
are not attainable anyhow.
And this is also not . 1933
and it is not the era of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. The banks
are open; the soup kitchens
are not. And the notion of
heavy Federal pump-priming,
which was ' perfectly sound
then, is not sound now-and,
in any event, not attainable.
What must .be attained is
something bigger that really
can be attained if self-restraint
can be brought to the extrem
ist politicians. This is a delib
erate, grown-up choice of first
things first.;
(Copyright, 1959, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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