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Sunday, July 26, 1959
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
I 10 YEARS AGO
C July 26. 1949 (Tuesday)
3 No general precipitation
'has been noted in the valley
jfor 57 consecutive days.
Active solicitation for a new
J Salvation Army dormitory
i building gets under way.
i 20 YEARS AGO ' '
Bids are called for remodel
Jing of Medford post office
'building. .
i ' From Arthur Perry'f "Ye
': Smudge Pot" column: "Infants
i and adults running around
without shirts this summer,
i are now as brown as an In-j-dian,
berry, or nut."
f 30 YEARS AGO
July 26. 1929 (Friday)
a survey of turkey indus
rtry in county shows the tur-
keys to be healthier, heavier
! and more plentiful than at any
time since 1920.
Forest service buys new
: ton truck to be kept at Fish
i Lake road camp.
40 YEARS AGO .
Demand for aeroplane rides
here causes Medford to be
' termed "fly" crazy.
Lumber man Is fined $25 by
?TJ. S. forest service for oper
ating a donkey engine in An
derson creek area without
adequate spark arrester.
I 50 YEARS AGO
i July 28. 1909 (Monday).
Riixinessmen predict that
'Jacksonville will become su
jburb of Medford.
With snow gone from the
5, highway to Crater Lake,
? heavy travel to that area is
anticipated even over the poor
road.
VAfih Yosr I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven er eight is excellent; five et
six ts
1. U. S. Presidents have
been assassinated in 1865,
1881, and 1901; identify the
Presidents in each of the three
years.
2. Antonius Stradi v a r i u s
was noted for the manufacture
nt what musical instrument? .
3. The male sea horse car
ries the eggs of its young in a
pounch - like compartment;
nip or false?
4. The U. S. acquired Alas
ka from Russia for S7,zuu,uuu;
was that at the rate of about
1 in or 20 cents per acre?
5. Name tht noted Ameri
can author who wrote numer
ous books, including "The
Valley of the Moon," and "The
Call of The Wild."
6. In sports events, is the
mule, goat, or bulldog, the
Navy's mascot?
7. "Pittsburgh of the South"
is frequently used to refer to
which of the following: At
lanta, Ga., Birmingham, Ala,
or Savannah, Ga.?
8. Is the population of Asia
larger, or smaller, than that
of Europe? .V - - ;
9. About what part of fam
ily income does good budget
practice permit to be spent on
rent? '
10. Unscramble the follow
ing names of State capitals:
Sobie, Males, Dripenovec.
Answers: 1. Lincoln. 1865;
Garfield. 1881; McKinlty,
1901. 2..Violin. 3. True. 4.
One cenil 5. Jack London. 6.
Goal. 7. Birming ham. 8.
Larger. 9. On - fourth. 10.
Boise, Idaho; Satan. Oregon;
Providence, R. L, :
The Presidents Racial Ethic
i -
President Eisenhower's long-withheld revela
tion of his personal convictions about the right
ness or wrongness of racial segregation is neither
less strange nor more satisfactory than his' long
withholding of it. He says he believes segregation
morally wrong when it interferes with equal op
portunity in political and economic fields.
This limitation pointedly omits equality in
education, the very field in which the struggle for
equal rights for Negroes is now joined. As it
stands, therefore, the President's statement may
easily do the' cause of integration in the public
schools more harm than good. ;
MR. EISENHOWER'S explanation of his ethi
cal stand on full citizenship for the Negro
is so unexplanatory that we can well imagine
there will be much more talk about it, including
strenuous omciai eiiurt w iciiu ii, cianuv auu
lnoif Presidential Press Secretarv James C. Hag-
erty will perhaps be thrown into the breach. He
has done some yeoman repair jods on presiden
tial statements in the past, but if he can salvage
this one he can claim in all modesty to be touched
with genius.. '
Plainly, we thinK,
American rmblic a full
Viic nneifinn fnwflrrl 9 snnnrA Hpfll for the NfiPTO.
as he has owed it all
uispaicn. - .
Who 's Un-American Now?
Congressional criticisms of the American art
exhibit in Moscow are twofold: (1) That many
of the artists represented
members of Communiit
are for other reasons
sympathies and (2) that the works themselves
are dominated by abstractions and therefore not
worthy of display.
The stronsr implication is that there is a con
nection between the two, that a good red-blooded
American likes his art to portray things as they
are and that there is something subversive if not
downright pro-Communist in works that are not
representative.
(XNE turns with some
set of reproductions
at the Soviet, exhibit in New York. Lo, every
single one is strictly ; objective, virtually photo
graphic in the portrayal of the subject. Some of
it is very good, but it is all very conventional.
.This is the direct result of a conformity forced
by Communist authoritarianism. Hitler, it will be
remembered, brought about the same thing in
prewar Germany; he was as outspoken against
abstraction as is Rep. Walter of Pennsylvania.
The critical U. S. congressmen do not appear to
realize that their arguments, if carried to the
logical end, would lead to a similar bureaucratic
imposition of standards
lowing of the Communist Party lme.
r .
IF THE U. S. artists represented in Moscow were
frnn noi"TliriDio tVqii nrrwlro Tirvnlrl e yi of nyol
istic and academic as are
play in New York. But
would have escaped the
tors. No one would think of calling a painting of
a pretty-faced milk-maid un-American.
Ideology and art make a poor mixture holding
no good for the latter. Portland Oregonian.
Familiar Face
The commonest stamp ever issued in America
may soon become a real collector's item.
Cigarettes now being packaged will not need
the famous revenue stamp that has adorned every
pack purchased in the : continental U. S. for 84
years. Thus the little blue stamp bearing DeWitt
Clinton's picture will fall into disuse.
FEDERAL law has required that users of cigar-
ettes destroy the stamps after the cigarettes
were used "after," the fine print says, not "be
fore." So few' of the stamps are left. And those
that are not destroyed, we assume, are illegal.
DeWitt Clinton, rather than a more famous
American, got his picture on' America's most com
mon stamp before it was known that cigarettes
would be purchased by the. billion every vyear.
Since 1876, when the stamp was first printed,
more than 500 billion stamps have been used
rjeWITT CLINTON, by 'the way, was mayor of
New York City, governor of New York State,
and a U. S. senator. He was also a promoter of
the Erie Canal. In 1876, when the stamp went
into use, Americans were celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the canal. So DeWitt Clinton got
his picture on the stamp.
" But having one's face on a stamp, even on
00 billion stamps, is no guarantee of fame. Most
cigarette smokers don't know who DeWitt Clin
ton was, and they wouldn't recognize his face on
anything but a little blue stamp under the cello
phane. Eugene Register-Guard.
Jet Service on Polar Route Due
San Francisco (DPD Pan
American World Airways will
inaugurate jet clipper service
over the polar route from the
West Coast to London Aug.
26, and across the Pacific to
Hawaii and the Orient Sept. 5.
Announcement of the jet
schedule was made by Robert
B. Murray Jr., executive vice
president of the Pacific-Alaska
division.
The company said the- new
e '.-
tne rresiaent owes tne
and frank statement on
along. St. Louis Post-
have been identified as
front organizations or
suspected of Communist
t
surprise, therefore, to a
of paintings on display
in American art, a fol
the Soviet works on dis
such subversive activity
- congressional investiga
service will introduce Boeing
international jet clippers with
a range of 5,000 miles.
It will be the first trans
pacific jet service to Hawaii
and the Orient, and the first
jet service over the polar
route to London, the company
said, and existing travel time
wUl be cut almost in half.
Jet service from Seattle-and
Portland to Hawaii, with jet
connections to Tokyo, will
start late in September..
Dennis the Menace
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TOLD XXI PUNT LIVE 1M THIS NEIGHBORHOOD: 'AtEMSEfZ ?
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter.
CUBA AND COMMUNISM
Shortly after Dr. Castro
brought his revolution to pow
er in Cuba, the Governor of
Puerto Rico,
Mr. Munoz-
Marin, came
up to Wash
i n g t o n. . He
came to give
us advice
which he was
pre - eminent
ly qualified to
do. For he had
Walter
lippmann
been carrying
through successfully a peace
able revolution in his own
country, he had the personal
confidence of the Cuban revo
lutionists, and he was and is
our very great friend. .
Even then, at the beginning,
he foresaw the troubles- in
Cuba, the stubborn difficulties
against which the revolution
was waged and which it then
inherited, the inexperience
and the emotional instability
of its fighting leaders..
Whatever you do, he said in
effect, do not let yourselves
become enemies of this revo
lution. For this revolution is
the real thing. It is not a mere
change of the -guard at the
top as is so common in Latin
America. This is a popular
revolution of the sort which,
more than 30 years ago, Mex
ico went through, and after
years of blood and tears
brought to a happy ending.
IT REQUIRES great skill to
manage our relations with
a revolution of this character
In a country which is such a
very near neighbor. We have
to find ways of reconciling
our political and economic in
terests with a revolution
which cannot be stabilized un
til the chief grievances which
produced the revolution have
been redressed. This can be
managed only if the American
Ambassador in Havana can
work out a relationship with
the revolutionary leaders in
which they will listen to him,
and even seek his advice and
his help.
There is good reason to say
that we have such an Ambas
sador in Havana, one who is
capable of carrying out such
a delicate mission, who has,
one might say, "good hands"
when he rides. But, of course,
he has no chance whatever of
succeeding if Congress is go
ing to roughhouse our rela
tions with Cuba, as did the In
ternal Security Sub-Committee
of the Senate' just 'the oth
er day. This was when it pro
vided a platform and loud
speakers for a disaffected Cu
ban adventurer to denounce
the Cuban revolutionists ' as
Communists. This country, as
the President was quick to
point out, "has made no such
charges." But the damage
done by the Sub-Committee's
irresponsible meddling may
not be repaired easily or
quickly
. -
FHE policy which we are
4- foUowing in Cuba is . to
avoid a break with Dr. Castro
and to seek more contact with
him. This policy is theproduct
of years of experience in our
relations with the other Am
erican states. There is no al
ternative to it, given the fact
that we have most solemnly
renounced the right of inter
vention to suppress a revolu
tion. In this century, we have
committed ourselves repeated
ly and wholly to the principle
that each country in this hem
isphere has the right of self
determination. This . carries
with it inseparably the right
of revolution, and imposes up
on us the obligation to live
with the revolutions, when
they 6ccur, as best we can. '
Beneath these large gener
alizations and abstractions,
there is the substantial fact
that in this century, which is
seeing the awakening of the
submerged masses of man
kind, the old style of imperial
Lippmann
ism and overlordship is not
only morally unacceptable but
is practically impossible. To
put it specifically and bluntly.
the United States' could not in
stall a puppet to govern Cuba
in place of Dr. Castro and his
revolutionists. The United
States must, therefore, do
what it can to keep on good
terms with Dr. Castro and
his successors.
,.'
rpHERE are those who think
-- differently. They see Dr.
Castro going far to the left
in the company of a number
of fellow - travelers of the
Communists. They think the
way to deal with what they
see is to denounce the fellow-
travelers as Communists, even
as Soviet agents, and to de
nounce Dr. Castro who tole
rates and associates with fel
low-travelers as himself a fel
low-traveler and virtually a
Communist. What good will it
do, I would like to know? The
result of such tactics will not
be to cause Dr. Castro and
the f eUow-travelers to aban-
don their revolutionary pro
gram. It will be to cause them
to regard us as -their enemy,
and to become as thoroughly
anti-American as they dare to
be.
The wiser course and the
more practical one is to be
patient and relaxed - to re
member that Cuba is .our near
neighbor and is far beyond
the reach of the Soviet Uftion.
Remembering this, we can re
ly ultimately on the high im
probability that Cuba will
drift or be pushed and pulled
into the Soviet orbif.
-..
Just as it was a great mis
take to treat Egypt under Col.
Nasser as a Soviet satellite,
so it would be an even greater
mistake even to intimate that
Castro's Cuba has any real
prospect of becoming a Soviet
satellite.
FOR the thing we should
never do in dealing with
the revolutionary countries in
which the world abounds is to
push them behind an iron cur
tain raised by ourselves. On
the contrary, even when they
have been seduced and sub
verted and. are drawn across
the line, the right thing to do
is to keep the way open for
their return.
(c) 1959 New York Herald
Tribune Inc.
HELPFUL
Buffalo, N. Y. - (DPD - When
three teen-agers stole Joseph
Hallinan's 1953 model auto
he drove to the police station
in the- family's second car and
picked up two detectives. To
gether, they tracked down the
stolen vehicle in 15 minutes.
Try and Stop Mo
By BENNETT CERF
r' IS THE BELIEF of the legendary Gene Fowler, author and
newsman, that the. most important thing a young, would-be
journalist can learn is how to pad an expense account so ex
pertly that the most sus
picious managing editor will
O.K. it." "Many a fine ward
robe and fully stocked li
quor closet," maintains
Gene, "has been the reward
of a finagler who knew just
when and how to submit a
phony expense tab."
Fowler's rep was so well
established in his salad days
on a New York paper that
when an explosion was
heard rocking . Jersey, a
frightened executive stuck
his head out of his private
office and cried, "Don't send
Fowler across the river to cover that story. He31 buy the ferry
boat!"
"ften can liva without air for only a few minutes," observed tht
late Booth Tarkington, "without water for about two weeks, and
without food no longer than & month but unfortunately, millions
liva on without a single new thought for years on end.
O U& br Bennett Cert; Distributed by Kins Features Sjmdicata. .
Matter of Fact By Joseph AIsop
SOURCES OF ARROGANCE
Washington - Andrei Gro-
myko's behavior at Geneva of
fers added proof of a deeply
disturbing the-
o ry recently
developed b y
the American
i n t e 1 ligence
analysts. The
theory is, in
brief .that Nik
ita S. Khrush
chev is now
inflated with
arrogance, be-
Joseph Alsop
cause of a genuine Deiiei ia
Soviet military superiority.
Only the least rigid minds
in the Pentagon accept this
theory, because the great ma
jority of U.S. military lead
ers have their eyes whoUy fix
ed "on the vast power of the
U. S. Strategic Air Command.
They cannot see further than
SAC's- magnificent striking
force, with its back-up of
enough H-bombs to destroy
the whole world. . "
One of the ugly facts they
refuse to face is SAC's heavy
operational dependence on ov
erseas bases. Now that those
bases are covered by Soviet
medium range ballistic mis
siles at least half SAC's strik
ing power has been effective
ly neutralized.
.
rpHIS fairly recent and very
I A , . I 41 ill
-- greai cnange iu uie limi
tary situation must be the
immediate cause of the change
in Khrushchev. But even aft
er neutralizing half of SAC's
striking power, how can
Khrushchev face the terrible
remainder' with apparent con
fidence? According to the analysts,
the answer lies in a sharp dif
ference between the Soviet
and American opinions of the
value of air defense. Domi
nant U. S. Air Force thinking
has always downgraded air
defense in an extraordinary
manner. The former Chief of
Air Staff, Gen. Hoyt S. Van-denberg,-
on one occasion ac
tually charged that pressures
for construction of an Ameri
can air defense system origi
nated in an evil Communist
plot.
The Soviet military men, uv
contrast, plainly set a high
value on air defense.' The
proof is the remarkable fact
that an average of about one-
fifth of the huge Soviet mili
tary budget has been devoted
to this purpose in all the years
since the end of the last war.
THESE enormous outlays
have included some we
should regard as relatively
foolish, such as the . massive
investment in the. anti-aircraft
artillery which is still thickly
emplaced around the major
Russian cities. Yet the Soviet
Air Defense Command, or
PVO, is an exceptionally for
midable military instrument
as it exists today. ,
Its far - spreading warning
system is equipped with ra
dars rather better than those
in the American DEW line.
Its fighter defense units com
prise 8,000 or more Mig-17s,
Mig-21s, and Flashlight night
fighters, the Flashlights carry
ing heat-seeking missiles like
the American sidewinders. At
this season, also, the day
fighters that make up ' more
than two-thirds of the force,
are easily usable at night,
since a fighter vectored above
the ground can see its target
in the short, pale summer
nights of Russia.
The outer defenses provided
by the fighter squadrons are
in turn backed up, arqund the
more vital targets like Mos
cow, by bristling local defense
complexes comprising a n t i
aircraft ballistic missiles com
parable to our Nike Hercules,
some with probably nuclear
war heads, plus a portion of
the fighters and the A. A. ar
tillery above mentioned.
'
FINALLY, the .whole com
mand is absolutely unified,
as ours is not. Most signifi
cantly,' the PVO's Command
ing General - is an artillery
man. Marshal S. S. Baryusov,
from whom the Commander of
the air units, Col. Gen. Kli
mov, takes his orders.
The training of Marshal
Baryusov is significant, sim
ply because no artilleryman
in any army has ever been
known to admit' that he was
unable to 'shoot any airplane
that flew. In addition, there
is the sheer weight of military
investment for which Marshal
Baryusov is personally re
sponsible. It is not easy to imagine a
Soviet officer whose command
has absorbed one-fifth of the
entire Soviet defense budget
admitting that the whole in
vestment was a footling waste.
After so much expenditure, he
really cannot say that his
command is incapable of do
ing its assigned job. Especial
ly after the neutralization of
SAC's overseas bases, Marshal
Baryusov really must claim
that he can blunt any SAC
strike to the required degree.
Add that Khrushchev is far
more likely to accept Marshal
Baryusov's opinion than the
opinion of Gen. Curtis LeMay.
Add further that Khrushchev
was quite possibly assigned
responsibility for missile de
velopment, when Stalin made
Lavrenti Beria atomic czar
and Georgyi Malenkov Chair
man of the Air Policy commis
sion. Add finally that this as
signment, if it took place,
would have distorted Khrush
chev's estimate of SAC just as
much as Barysov's artillery
training.
The sum of the - addition
shows the sources of the arro
gance Khrushchev is display
ing. (c) 1959 New York Herald
Tribuna Inc.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Vice - President Nixon ar
rives in Moscow for an 11-day
goodwill visit to Russia. He is
greeted by Moscow Radio
charges that "certain persons
in the United States are trying
to force their dictates on the
whole world."
He replies:
"The state of affairs be
tween the . United States and
Russia is grim. 'But I pledge
myself to help achieve better
understanding because we
have reached the point where
WE MUST EITHER LEARN
TO LIVE TOGETHER OR WE
WILL DIE TOGETHER."
TN THIS first skirmish of
words, I think our Vice-
President held his own.
"pROM Cuba:
Havana, a city of more
than a million people, and all
the rest of Cuba were para'
lyzed for one hour by a strike
caUed by . Cuban organized
labor to demand the return of
Fidel Castro to power.
Roadblocks were erected
throughout the city to prevent
movement of any traffic and
the quiet was broken only by
the conversation of workers
idling in the streets and spor
adic parades of individuals de
manding that Castro return to
power.
pUDEL ' CASTRO is an en-
easing young man. In nis
appearance last spring before
the American Society of
Newspaper Editors, he made
an excellent impression on his
hearers. Many competent ob
servers believe he is sincerely
trying to "bring greater free
dom and opportunity to the
Cuban people. All of us HOPE
that is true.
But
This exhibition of FORCE is
so characteristic of communist
methods throughout the world
that it shakes our confidence
in the purity of his motives.
T ETS TURN to pleasanter
subjects. '
A State of Jefferson girl -
Miss Terry Lynn Huntingdon,
of Mt. Shasta - wins the titie
of MISS AMERICA.
That offsets a lot of gloom
in the news.
T AKE COUNTY, on the
Charles Crump place be
tween Adel and Plush (within
easy reach of Highway 395)
brings in a geyser that in the
picture at lehst. looks as spec
tacular as Old Faithful. The
excellent suggestion has been
made thafa state park should
be created in the area sur
rounding it.
A thought:
A million tourist cars pass
through Southern Oregon and
Far Northern California every
year. Each car, according "to
the, best information obtain
able,, spends yabout $20 per
day. If we could stop each of
these million cars ONE DAY
LONGER it would mean the
addition of 20 million dollars
to the economy of our region.
mHE PROBLEM is to STOP
A them. Stopping them for
another day or so requires
something spectacular. What
would be more spectacular
than a grand new geyser in
the ruggedly beautiful Adel
Plush sector of Lake county?
rpHE NAME ADEL has been
J- too much for most of the
newspapers reporting the new
geyser. So their copyreaders
have changed it to ABEL.
Lewis McArthur,' in his in
dispensable Oregon Place
Names, says it was named by
Bert Sessions, the first owner
Communications
Basin Question
To the Editor: Even though
a comparative new comer to
the valley, I am compelled to
write about this Rogue river
basin question. Your editori
als show you to be a man of
perception and long-range vi
sion, however your readers do
not seem to agree with you on
all points. I emigrated to Med
ford several months ago from
Los Angeles, however I love
it here and am still enough of
a Calif ornian to be aware of
its shortcomings and the prob
lems arising. :
The petty monopoly exer
cised by your local power com
pany is insupportable. The
people are being bled to death, i
It is like being invaded by J
vampires, who take, the life
blood while the victim sleeps.
lnis country is poor, not
only poor, but hopeless. The
faces of the people as winter
approaches is a pitiful sight.
It is imperative that the
Rogue river basin project be
accomplished through a fed
eral agency, not, a small' up
start company working for
the benefit of itself. The natu
ral resources of this valley
need nurturing and conserv
ing. As you pointed .out. the
salmon runs are becoming
smaller as years go by, how
ever with proper flood and
drainage control that problem
will solve itself. I mention the
salmon because it is. being
used as a bone of contention
by a small group of "sports
men." '
Secondary to the wishes of
these "sportsmen" are the
neeas oi tne larmers, what a
blessing to have the Rogue
harnessed, made useful in
stead of something to be fear
ed every -winter. Think of the
pleasure to one and all of ree
reational areas for everyone,
boating, fishing, and swim
ming, plus the additional joy
of being able to enjoy them
through the lowering of their
eiectric bills.
That is not as , far-fetched
as it sounds. In most budgets
the amount left over after ne
cessities dictates the recrea
tion for the family. Not only
that, but a lowering of the
rates would admit egress to
electronic plants, which would
insure year-round employment
to many women and assure
her of food on the table all
winter long.'
Oregon is . still a pioneer
state, as is usual i in most
"youngsters", it is waiting to
be told what to do.: Please.
don't listen to these so called
sportsmen and their I z a a k
Walton Leagues. Just because
they make the most noise, does
not mean they are right.
Thank you so much for
letting, me voice my opinion
to you, but my life m Los An
geles has taught me some of
the pitfalls that lie ahead for
this lovely valley; all I can
do is keep talking and writing,
I am very happy to see that I
am not alone in this endeavor,
Inez Holcomb
P.O. Box 145,
Medford, Ore.
Where's Stage?
To the Editor: Just received
by mail copies of the Jack
sonville "Gold Rush Gazette"
announcing the 1959 Gold
Rush Jubilee Aug. 1- and 2.
We failed to see any men
tion of a "stage coach special"
for carrying passengers to and
from. Jacksonville during the
Centennial celebration.
There are a number of erst
while prospectors, miners and
pocket hunters who now live
around Medford that do not
own a mule, horse or burro,
like in their younger days
when a 'walk of only 4 miles,
as the. old saying goes, vas
not crowded.
The only time I. rode 'the
Jacksonville, traction steam
rail line from Medford to
Jacksonville made me think
of an ocean wave and riding
the swells on a high set for 30
minutes. Now all is left is a
memory and a plaque.
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman st.,
Medford, Ore.
Recommendations
To The Editor: With all this
buck passing about our Rogue
river salmon, I would like to
make a few recommendations
that should help re-establish
our salmon in the Rogue:
1. Stop all chinook fishing
on 'June 1 above Hells Gate
bridge. While some of the chi
nooks taken in this vicinity
after the above date are edi
ble, the majority of them are
not used for human consump
tion. It should be remembered
that each of the old female
of the land,
for a former
sweetheart.
PLUSH, according to Mc
Arthur, was named for a
local Indian celebrity who was
a member of the Piute tribe.
His name resulted from a
poker game he got into. The
game was a frame-up. The
Piute was dealt a flush by
another player who dealt
himself a better flush! The be
wildered native couldn't pro
nounce FLUSH and called it
PLUSH. He is alleged to have
added: "Him hot damn stuff."
Anyway, the town has come
down through history as
Plush.
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and
Contributors)
A small girl started tak
ing piano lessons recently,
and, after the third one, re
marked to her mother, in a .
state of excitement and
thrill, "I can hardly believe
it's really ME playing 'Old .
MacDonald Had a Farml "
Type - the kind of tvno
which is used to print things-
comes in different sizes and
varieties. Each is i-allrf a
font" of type .When a letter
of one sort gets in with let
ters of another, the proofread
er marks it "WF"-meaning
wrung iont." -
Which brings us to fh ctnr,.
of the typesetter who never;
can set a story properly, but '
who is so neat and polite no
body wants to fire him. -
He s known as "Little T-
Wrongfontleroy.'
Small World Department:
A Medford woman, visiting
in Los Angeles, took a heli
. copter ride. The only other
woman passenger was a la
dy, a perfect stranger, from
San Francisco. The other
day the Medford woman at
tended a gathering near
here, and who did she see?
Yep. the San Francisco lady.
Old reliable, our Phnr.;
friend who deliehts in fHrk
ping little items from the
Mail Tribune . and mailing
them to us with what he con
siders to be appropriate com
ments, is at it still.
This time the clippings do
not contain the usual typo
graphical errors, but are about
Phoenix's water difficulties.
The proposed third well In the
little city prompts him to the
predictable, " W. e 1 L . W e 1 L
WELL.? 7 . 7
Then he goes on to note
that it is proposed to use a
sinking fund to dig the welL
which he finds sort of appro
priate. And he adds, "By sink
ing the sinking fund in the
project, the budget goes in the,
whole but the books remain in
the black.".
. The reports of lights flash
ing across the sky (later re
ported to be from the after
burners of jet 'fighters) and
of visiting space ships, caus
ed a lot of talk in town last
-week. We wonder If there
is any significance to the
fact that a group of young
attorneys in town were ob
served carefully examinitng
a model of a flying saucer
in the window of a local
hobby shop. And the police
' are getting . ready for any
thing. The other day they
carefully unpacked a telescope-"
for o f f i c e use."
they explained. . -
CULTURAL EXCHANGES
England, it says here on
the. clattering news ticker,
took an early lead in the
cricket matches with India.
And then the Reuters dis
patch from London goes on:-
"Harold Rhodes took four
wickets for 50 in helping dis
miss India for 161 at tea. Then
England s new openers. Gil
bert Parkhouse and Geoff Pul
Iar, put on 61 before the close.
"Winning the toss and bat
ting on a slow, easy-paced
pitch, the visitors -lost their
opening batsmen for 10 runs
and were four down for 23.
Rhodes, was mainly" responsi
ble for wrecking the early
part of the innings, taking a
wicket in his first two overs.
He was ably assisted by the
wicketkeeper. Roy Swetman.
who finished with four catch
es in the innjngs." .
Meanwhile from Baltimore:
"The weather in this town
cooled off perceptively tonight
and so did the Yankees, as
the Bombers dropped the fi
nale to the Orioles.
Larsen went into the hole
for two . in the first when
Woodling punched a single
and Nieman drove over the
barrier in left center. This
took the Birds out of the sec
ond division, 3 to 1."
Now what's all this talk
about cultural exchanges and
how people not understand
ing each other is the thing
that causes wars and all of
that? - Wall Street Journal.
chinooks will produce hun
dreds of eggs which will be
the run four years hence.
2. Make the legal limit five
chinook salmon. Put into ef
fect a tag deal the same as
we now have on deer. (Ap
parently there are more deer
along the upper section of the
Rogue than there are chinooks
in the Rogue).
3. Set up strict controls on
chinook salmon fishing, the
same as deer. Put teeth in the
regulations and stop some of
the game-hogs. It just doesn't
se$m possible thai the present
limits of salmon could be con
sumed by any one family and
while there are plenty of fish
ers that do not connect, there
are a few that more than limit
out their cards by not proper
ly filling out the card. Check
conditions at the mouth of the
Rogue especially on the spring
fishing and see hog-line tactics
and their type of sportsman
ship.
M. H. Williams,
Shady Cove. :.