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MAIL TRIBUNE, MeoW, Or. Werfnetday, July 1, 1S . MEDF0RD5&TEIBUire "Everyone la Southern OrefOB Reads The Mail Tribune" Published Dnily except Saturday by W3J3TOOD PRINTING CO. 33 North fii St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ' ROBI.HT W RUHL, Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM. Business Mgx ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Managing Kditor KARL H ADAMS. City Editor BARRY CHIP MAN, Teleg Editor RICHARD JKWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr .An Independent Newspaper Entered a& semnd class matter at iledlorrt Ore on under Act oi March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai 1 In Advance. Copy 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 9 mos. 8.0b Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.25 Sunday Only One year S4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove, Rogue Riv er, Talent and on motor routes. Daily and Sunday 1 year 918X0 Daily and SunUay 1 mo. 1.30 Carrier and Dealers copy lOe All Terms Cash in Advance Official Paper of City "t Medford Official Paper of Jsckson County United Press International Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST-HOLIDAY CO, INC. Of fices in New York. Chicago. De troit, San Francisco. Loc Angeles, Seattle Portland. St Louis, At lanta, veneouver B.C. T NEWSPAMK 352 PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION MATIONAL ssMBBaaasMMaiavMsg - EDITORIAL Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. . 10 YEARS AGO July 1, 1349 (Friday) . An organ recital and band concert mark the opening of the new Butler memorial band ihell in Lithia park, Ashland. The state highway commis sion awards to Western Golf Course and Supply company, Seattle, a contract for land scaping at the Big Y inter section. 20 YEARS AGO . July 1, 1939 (Saturday) . A spectacular fire destroys . the spray sheds at Bear Creek Orchards. . From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Horse back is again intriguing the social set, and groups are gaily cantering over the lea and heather, and through the manzanita brush. There is some talk of forming a hunt club." 30 YEARS AGO July 1. 1929 (Monday) The Ray holdings on the Rogue river are sold to Cali fornia capitalists.- Tourists at Crater Lake Na tional park are thrilled by the antics of a bear cub. 40 YEARS AGO July 1. 1919 (Tuesday) Scores of valley residents motor to Hilts and Hornbrook for" a final drink before pro hibition is clamped on Cali fornia. Attorney and Mrs. George M. Roberts return from a trip ' to Shasta Springs, Calif. 50 YEARS AGO July 1. 1909 (Thursday) Excitement rises as resi dents look forward to July 4 festivities including auto races, horse races and a pa rade. - Post office receipts here are reported way up. VhaPs Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excelient; five or six is good. - 1. How many feet are in a mile? 2. What was the name of the other man who rode with Paul Revere? : 3. How many guns are fired , in a Presidential salute? 4. Is a thick glass, quickly filled with a hot liquid, more likely to crack than a thin one? " 5. If one could stand at the exact geographical South Pole, in what direction would ' he face? " " , 6. Which State is nick named "Cornhusker State"? - 7. Does the U.S. Govern ment maintain one of its mints in Washington, D.C.? 8. Ceramics is the art of basket weaving; true or false? 9. Whose arrow pierced Achilles heel? ' ' 10. Which two of . these countries border on Tibet; Thailand, . India, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma? Answers: 1. S.280. 2. Wil - liam Dawes. 3. Twenty-one. 4. Yes. 5. North. 6. Nebraa ' it a. 7. No. 8. False. 9. Paris'. 10. India and Nepal. NAVY MAN DIES Bethtsda, Md. - UPB - Rear Adm. William Francis Diet rich, U.SJi. (ret.), 65, died here Monday. He was a vet eran of 32 years' commission ed service in the U. S. Navy. Notes on a Trip II La Grande The high point of the week-and-a-half long trip being recorded in these columns, for, this writer, was the privilege of accepting, on behalf of our boss of 11 years, the Oregon Newspaper Publishers association's highest award for jour nalism, the Amos E. Voorhies "roll of honor plaque. This award is presented for distinguished service to the highest ideals of journalism, either for a single event or series of events, or for long and outstanding work in the field. Seventeen men have received the plaque, which is not necessarily awarded each year, only when there is a meritorious recipient. . v IF A personal note will be allowed, the privilege of receiving the award on R.W.R.'s behalf was doubly affecting, for about a decade ago this writer accepted a token of the same award, posthumously, on behalf of his father. We told the O.N.P.A. convention that it was impossible to say on which occasion we were more proud for the award to our father, long time and well-respected dean of journalism at the University of Oregon, or for the award to our boss, one of Oregon's outstanding editors. We hope we don t get fired for our temerity in thus expressing our private feelings for two wonderful men. III La Grande to Seattle MORTHWARD from La Grande the Grande A Ronde valley stretches, smooth and level, for perhaps 15 miles until it narrows into the gorge which takes the river by a circuitous route to its confluence with the Snake. It separates the Blue Mountains and the Wallowas. The road runs through the fertile farmlands of the valley, and at Elgin turns to the northwest, i again crossing the Blue here yesterday, but at this point higher and some what more rugged than at the Pendleton-La Grande crossing. . , From the higher points (the summit is- just under a mile in elevation), one can look down across the rolling wheallands to the southwest arid the north, and across the green, timbered slopes of the mountains themselves. The western slope here is rather gentle, and the descent is a gradual change from semi-alpine country into wheat and pea fields, as the highway swoops up and down and around the foothills. AT MILTON-FREEWATER (one of the bright est, cleanest little towns in Oregon at least from a quick traveler's view), one is back again in f armng country, which continues flat and level into Washington. Thus, the change of states is merely nominal a sign by the side of the road, a change from yellow to white of the highway center-line, and a slight shift in the driver's outlook as a new set of state, highway laws became operative. Washington has a flat 60-mile-per-hour speed limit, which, on some of the wide, smooth and straight highways, with little traffic, seems a trifle unrealistic. .. "THE highway commissions of the two states could profitably take a tour together, we be lieve, for each has ways of doing things which seem more sensible than the other. Washington, for example, is better about letting the traveler know where, he is going, and how far it is, than Oregon. Oregon, on the other hand, is better at forewarning of curves, at banking turns, and delineating center strips and medians. Generally, the roads we traversed in our sister state are excellent. ' , From Walla Walla west to Wallula, then north and west around the big bend in the Co lumbia, now full from the waters backed up by the dams downstream, to Pasco and across the Columbia again past Richland, the roads are smooth and many of them new. , The Hanford atomic works near here are, of course, a tremendous influence on the growth and economy of the area," but to the casual tourist there is' little to be seen of them. WESTWARD, along the valley of the Yakima v" river, to Yakima itself, the country is more farmland flat, green valleys with the Horse Heaven Hills on the south and the Rattlesnake Hills on the north, both ranges brown and dry. North of Yakima, the road to .Ellensburg winds through the gorge of the Yakima river, which here separates the Ahtanum ridge from the Saddle mountains. One sees the river, and on each side high walls, in some places cliff -like, and besides that; only the sky. Approaching Ellensburg, however, the valley widens and flattens into more rich farming country, and one catches the first breathtaking glimpses of the spiny, rugged, snow-capped peaks of the Cascades to the west. PROM Ellensburg to Cle Elum the country grad ually assumes a more mountainous character, but the climb is almost imperceptible. Shortly past Cle Elum, the good two-lane highway changes into four-lane freeway a freeway which sweeps over the summit of the Cascade range and down into the heart of met ropolitan Seattle with hardly a pause: The summit country is, of course, lovely. But one wonders, a bit nostalgically, if perhaps the freeway, which makes the mountain grades so easy, hasn't robbed the traveller of some sense of participation and appreciation of the peaks, the timber, the lakes, the patches of snow, which slower driving seems to bring. E.A; (To be continued). Mountains, mentioned Dennis the Dennis told us to msr Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial 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 ca. His Predictions To the Editor: Man will land on the moon in 10 years, monkeys in five. Satellites full of peoples will collide with saucers full of monkeys. Peoples is such kwazy drivers. Everett Acklin, Ashland, Ore. Wrong Criterion To the Editor: Oregon news- papers have quoted Senator Morse's administrative aide in Oregon, Charles Brooks, as saying: "I am guided in my support of a Democratic' can didate for office by this rule of thumb. If a candidate has the support of the reactionary newspapers of Oregon his course of action andor re marks are contrary to the es sential creed of liberalism." This is evidently a refer ence to the fact that some leading Oregon newspapers have,, at various times, sup ported and commented favor ably upon certain legislative programs sponsored by Sena tor Neuberger. One editor said, "It's obvious he is criti cising Neuberger." Inasmuch as Mr. Brooks' statement has been distributed for publica tion, comment by me seems appropriate. As a former wire-service re porter and publisher myself, I believe such an indictment of the Oregon press is unfair. Moreover, use of guilt-by-association against any candidate who enjoys some degree of newspaper support is an un wise and perilous political credo, in my judgment. To begin with, Senator Morse himself had widespread press endorsement during his successful senatorial cam paigns of 1944 and 1950-far more press support, for exam ple, than Senator Neuberger ever has received. Secondly, many Oregon Democrats have been endors ed by prominent papers in their campaigns. Congress woman Edith Green was rec ommended for reelection last year by both Portland daily newspapers, The Oregon Jour nal and The Oregonian. Does this automatically rule her out as a liberal under the rule of thumb suggested by a mem ber of Senator Morse's Oregon staff? Among other Democrats who have had considerable newspaper backing at various times are Congressman Charles O. Porter, Congress man Al Ullman, Mayor Terry Schrunk, Sheriff Francis Lam bert, Treasurer W. W. .Camp bell, State Senator Harry Boi vin, State Senator Bob Straub, State Senator Alf Corbett, State Senator Walter Pearson, Speaker Bob Duncan, State Senator Ward H. Cook, State Senator Jean Lewis and many, many others. I doubt many Democrats want to be told that these prominent par ty members deserved defeat because of newspaper backing which they received. At any rate, wholesale abuse of the Oregon press is not deserved merely because some editors have looked with favor on -D'ck Neuberger's work in the Senate.' From my observations-in and out of the profession-Oregon is blessed with a high caliber, of jour nalistic ethics, compared with many other areas of the na tion. I will continue to hold this view whether or ' not newspapers endorse his ac tions. My attitude is not likely to change his political for tunes, however, because Ore gonians have demonstrated time and again that they do not vote on the basis of any rule of thumb dictated by oth ers. They are likely to con tinue the historic practice of making up their own minds. Menace r - 4 him vsrs. okay ? I think you will agree that this is the best way for public officials to be selected. Lloyd Tupling Administrative Assistant to Senator Neuberger , Washington, D.C. Handicapped League To the Editor: The National Handicapped League was formed by a group of handi capped persons in the fall of 1958 for the object of securing legislation in the states and federal governments for a minimum pension of $125 per month, plus $50 for each de pendent, for all handicapped persons with a 65 er cent or over permanent disability at age 21 or over. Also, the aged for 60 years or over, whether handicapped or not. The league was formed as a charitable, non-profit, non- political and non-sectarian league. The joining fee for the league is $3 . for a life time membership card with no fur ther dues or assessments at any time. We feel this is nec essary as many of the handi capped are not able to pay dues regularly. There is no salary paid anyone in the league as all work is donated by members. Due to so small an income, we accept donations from any one, large or small. We do have expenses such as paper, printing and postage which runs into quite a sum of money. We, would also, thank you able bodied who read this to clip this out and hand it to some handicapped or aged person. The adult handicapped of over five years standing re ceive very little help either through D. P. A. or Social Security; as the Social Securi ty law for the handicapped is very discriminating. Also, it is required for a person to be handicapped at least six months before they can make application for So cial Security and then have to wait six months more be fore they receive an answer which usually turns them down, and then they must ap ply again and wait another six months for an answer. In order for a handicapped person to receive Social Se curity he must have paid , in five years out of the last ten, as compared to the able bodied which needs only 18 months paid in, and is allowed to make up to $1,200 per year and still draw his Social Se curity. The handicapped are not allowed any substantial gainful employment and at the same time draw Social Security. This leaves many handi capped entirely out of Social Security. The D. P. A. eives the han dicapped from $20 to $30 'per month in this region. This is not enough for anyone to live oh in this age, as we all know. In closing, I hope all of you write us a letter even if you are against our plan, let us hear from all of you. We want thousands of letters. We thank you one and all. National Handicapped League Joseph C. Shields, President 275 East Main st. St. Clairsville, Ohio. Would Like Visitors To the Editor: This is ad dressed to- my- many friends in Medford. I'd like to an nounce that I am still here in Central Point at the McCue Home, 134, Laurel' st., and I would be pleased to have any of you caU at any time. I lived at 215 West Jackson st. for over 20 years and that was my home for so many years Franco Finding Difficulty in Control Of Spanish People; Succession Problem By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Generalissimo Franci sco Franco is finding it increas ingly difficult to control the restless Span ish people. His govern ment has dis closed that the Spanish par liament soon will be asked to pass a drastic new law dealing with crimes against the state or public order" which on government command can abolish all liber ties, either in business or pri vate life. The sweeping law establish es penalties for crimes on a front ranging from an iUegal rise in prices to possession of arms at public meetings and gr-i.t3 police powers ranging from the right to enter pri vate homes without a search warrant to seizure of fac tories. There is no' hint at the mo ment ' of any organized at tempt to oust Franco from the firm control he has exercised over Spain since the end of the bloody Spanish Civil War 20 years ago. Spanish Future Uncertain The restlessness which now grips the Spanish people arises from circumstances which find their present un satisfactory and their future uncertain. Internationally, Spain no Governor Long Given Oxygen Covington, La. - (UPD - Gov. Earl K. Long talked so long on the telephone he "ran out of ureatfi" and had to have an oxygen tank set up in his motel room, it was reported today. State troopers took the tank to him about midnight. State Rep. Jessie McClain of St .Tammany's Parish told news men the oxygen was released into the room instead of be ing given directly to the gov ernor. Long later left the motel for a wee-hour snack. He rode off in his air-conditioned lim ousine with a parting "good luck" to photographers. The governor moved today to make his estranged wife take her separation suit to a court near his "little pea patch" farm in north Louis iana. Mrs, Long has filed both her answer to an earlier sep aration suit begun by her 63- year-old husband and her own counter-suit in family court in East Baton Rouge Parish, where the state capital is. She charged that Long threatened to kill her a month ago. He wants a divorce but they must be separated for at least a year before he can file for one. Dennis Crosby Gets Trust Fund Los Angeles -(UPD- Lindsay Crosby received $227,662 Tuesday as his share of a trust fund set up by his par ents, singer Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee. Lindsay, youngest of the crooner's four sons by. Dixie, was awarded the money by Superior Judge Burdette J. Daniels as part of the final ac counting of his guardianship. He became 21 in January. His three brothers also received more than $200,000 on be coming adults. that I hope my many friends will remember, it and will come here and see me. Most sincerely, Mrs. Martha Hill, 134 Laurel St., Central Point, Ore. Try and i 5 Phil Newsom -By BENNETT CERF- TIMID LITTLE WOMAN from Des Moines, whenever she checks into a strange hotel, always locates the fire escape the moment the bellboy has deposited the bags in her room. One day she couian t una any such exit, and when she had reached the last door at the end of the hall, jerked it open to see where it led. There, majestically seated in the bathtub was a red-faced Englishman with a walrus mustache. "Pardon me!" exclaimed the timid little.woman, flus tered beyond belief. 'Tm trying to find the fire es cape." She had gotten back as far as the door to her own dripping wet and with a towel ineffectively draped around his middle, came paddling up behind her. "Where," he gasped, "where is the fire?" - Texas tale concerns an oil magnate who gave his 6-year-old son a toy space helmet made of stained glaac -. C UN, IT Ti CerC Matrcboted ky Xxag Fvatares Sywticata. longer is m the diplomatic deep freeze into which she was plunged after World War II as result of her connections with the German-Italian-Japanese axis. She is a member of the United Nations, and U. S, Strategic Air Command bombers take off from bases on her soil. She has received in the neighborhood of $1 billion from the United States in dol lar loans, food, raw materials, tractors and agricultural and power development. But Spain is in the midst of a severe economic crisis. She has overreached her self 'in an attempt to speed industrialization. Her nation al budget is running into the red at the rate of $300 mil lion a year. An accompany ing condition has been severe inflation which is the imme diate source of the growing Travelling Congressmen Find News 'Unfair' About Junkets By FRANK ELEAZER Washington-flJPD-The notice said this was a hearing on whether congressmen should have to make public what they spend on overseas trav el.. But this must have been wrong. It turned out to be an inquiry on why we news- Frank Eleaz.r paptniicii aic always picking on Congress, asking questions about mat ters like that. if"1 In the Pay's News By FRANK From the Corvallis. Gazette- Times: t "W o n d e r how strangers driving south on the Baldock Freeway near Salem know when the highway changes back from one-way to two- way. There are no markings and traffic is slowed down Building Gutted : By Springfield Fire SDrinufield - (DPD - A half- block building in the heart of Springfield was gutted by fire Tuesday night as firefighters from four towns battled tne blaze for more than . two hours. Tenants of six apartments and three sleeping rooms on the second floor of the build ine were routed from bed about 11:15 p.m. when the blaze broke out in the kitchen of a restaurant on the first floor. No injuries were reported, although Cleo C. (Tex) John son, fire chief of the Mc Kenzie department, was treat ed for inhaling smoke. No estimate of damages has been made. Destroyed were Kim's Res taurant, Town Tavern, and three vacant offices on the ground floor and the apart ments on the top floor. Springfield Fire Chief Harry Krieger said the blaze started in the kitchen of the restaurant and then spread to a false ceiling in the lower level and flashed quickly through the building. RETAIL PRICES CUT Moscow -(UPD- Retail prices on certain mass consumer goods in the Soviet Union were reduced by an average of 21 per cent starting today. The government action af fected such items as bicycles, clocks, cameras, toys, wines, and combination radio-record players, Tass, the official So viet news agency, reported. Stop Me restlessness throughout the country. That is the unsatisfactory present. Heir Not Named The uncertain future arises from Franco's refusal to desig nate an heir. Franco formally has ac knowledged that Spain is a monarchy. But who the incom ing monarch will be and when he will assume the throne re main unanswered questions. , Aside from the Commun ists, most Spaniards seem agreed that a monarchy is the best solution to the problem of national stability after Franco goes. Receiving chief support is young Prince Juan Carlos, son of Don Juan of Borbon and grandson of Spain's last king, Alfonso XIII, who died in Roman ex ile. - A council of the realm has I hadn't realized how ob noxious reporters can be, al ways nosing around, demand ing to know which of his rela tives a congressman has on his payroll, whether he rents his front porch to the taxpayers, and-lately-how much coun terpart money (that's U.S. owned foreign, currency) he spends when he travels abroad. Rep. Samuel N. Friedel (D Md.), the chairman, opened up by saying the press hasn't been fair. He 'contended we've led folks to believe that Con- JENKINS considerably because of a re luctance of some people to pass. "Speaking of that stretch of the road, there must be a per fectly reasonable explanation for it, but to the layman it ap pears strange that they would finish the two-way system out in the sticks before they finish it around the state capitol where the traffic is much heavier." TTMMMMMM. AA As the Corvallis papers say it's interesting.. But what I'd like to know about the Baldock Freeway, along with all the other freeways, is how when you get off one of the darned things, you're going to GET BACK ONTO IT-i-at least, in the same day. IJIOR example: A Coming south on the Bal dock Freeway recently, I swung off it inadvertently on one of these gradual -inter sections. I knew what I had done. I knew where the free way was. I knew in general where I had to go to get there. But it took me 27 minutes by my watch to get back on the freeway, headed in the right direction,' without going the wrong way on a one-way street and landing in the hoosegow. That is true not merely of the Baldock Free way in Oregon, but of all free ways everywhere. THAT brings up an interest ing point in connection with tourist traffic, which all states are seeking to attract. Except in the case of metro politan cities, location on a multiple-lane major freeway route is coming to be accepted as a handici p in stopping tour ists. Once they get started on such a route, their tendency is to roar through from one metropolitan center to the next, with NO stops in be tween. The reason is obvious. The tourist fears that if he gets off the freeway, by even so much as a block or so, he'll waste goodness knows how much getting back to it. So he tends to stay on the freeway route. This tendency is bothering all cities of less than metro politan rank. PUBLIC SERVICE C M. Litwiller Mrs. Litwiller has served as lady assistant, organist and vocalist for many years without added cost to our patrons. A sub stantial saving on every service and is appreciated by the many who call us. LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND We Never Close than to been set up by Franco to de termine his successor after he dies. But the fear is that, the longer the decision is de layed, the greater the risk of a leftist-inspired eruption. The Communists, although small in number, are the country's only well-organized opposi tion force. While Franco seems in no hurry to speed a decision on the monarchy, the need for speedy measures on the eco nomic front is admitted and plans aimed at stabilization of the economy are under close study. But, if they are to succeed, the country will have to cut back on some overly-ambitious industrialization plans and it will have to receive hundreds of millions addi tional dollars in foreign aid. Devaluation of the peseta is also expected. gress has been secretive about some of these matters. Rep. Wayne L. Hays (D Ohio) said it seemed funny to him we reporters don't spend more of our time looking for thievery in the executive branch of the government. Says News Distorted Rep. George M. Rhodes (D Pa.) complained that news sometimes is distorted and slanted. . And Rep. Frank Smith (D Miss.) intimated that when it comes to padding expenses, newspapermen do pretty well for themselves. - They pretty near had me shedding a tear for the Con gress. Fortunately, though,-Ren. H. R. Gross (R-Iowa) kept re minding us why we were here. Namely, to consider Gross' bill, "by number H.R. 5401, to' stop free-wheeling counterpart spending, if any, by junketing congressmen. . Friedel said he hadn't heard of any abuses. Gross said he had, but if the rumors were wrong, then surely nobody could object to passing his bill, which would relieve us reporters from having to won der. Gross' bill was Introduced last March 9, and I almost said it had been -. "gathering dust ever smce. But I guess Friedel wouldn't like that kind of reporting. - He said somebody already had writ ten that Gross' bill was "pig eonholed," and he couldn't understand where they got that impression. Friedel Favors Bill As a matter of fact he Is for it, Friedel said, but he isn't sure it will work. Hays seem ed to think maybe the idea was a good one, too, and Rhodes came right out and said he would vote aye despite the fact the press hadn't been fair. Hays said he has quit wor rying what the newspapers say about him. "One paper in my last cam paign," he recalled, "ran 16 or 17 editorials calling me the Marco Polo of the 85ta Congress. They said I must have spent $5,000 on travel. I told 'em it was nearer $10,000. "When the election returns came in they called up to ask to what I attributed my great victory. I said, 'I can't make up my mind-whether it's your lousy newspaper, or that peo ple like Marco Polo.' " Gross said he already had inquired about Hays' flight, which cost over $5,000. So what about the, other ex penses? Hays, who got up the trip, said things like hotel bills for the five-day session were to be paid for by a private com mittee. Gross said this sound ed odd. "Well," said Hays, "since the gentleman is worried about it I'll just call London today, and have it paid out of counterpart funds." So there went another $2,000. Whether anything else comes of the hearing remains to be seen. Mrs. Litwiller 'It is better to know us and not need us. need us and not know us."