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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12, 1949 (Friday)
The Medford police de
partment's campaign against
jay-walking continues under
the direction of Sgt. Clyde
Fichtner, with Boy Scouts
handing out "invitations to
heaven" to those who violate
the ordinance.
Eugene Bennett, young
Medford artist, is to have a
one-man, two-day, outdoor
showing this week end.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12, 1939 (Saturday)
. The current heat wave
IS
the Rogue valley's longest,
local weather officials re
port. - From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column:: "The
governor will appear at the
Pendleton Round-Up in cow
boy duds it is announced.
Well-wishers hope he doesn't
look so bad he will be men
tioned as a vice-presidential
possibility next year."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12, 1929 (Monday)
. The state horticultural
board starts an investigation
of the alfalfa weevil in Jack
son county, and may impose
a quarantine.
Bartletts are to start mov
ing to east markets about
Aug. 21.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12. 1919 (Tuesday)
The Medford plane flies to
Klamath Falls in record time.
Sgt. Frank Mason, World
War hero, pays Medford a
visit.
50 YEARS AGO
Aug. 12, 1909 (Thursday)
Medford's right-of-way dis
pute with M. F. Hanley may
be submitted to arbitration
in hopes of an out-of-court
settlement, with Dr. J. F.
Reddy currently acting as
peacemaker.
"Dirt flies" as construction
crews extend the Pacific and
Eastern tracks beyond Eagle
Point.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or ekjht is excellent; five ot
six is good. .
1. The signers of the Decla
ration of Independence num
bered 46. 56, or 66?
2. How many men comprise
a football team on the field?
3. Pomeranian, Chihuahua,
Dalmatian and Schipperke
are all names of what kind of
animals?
4. Does a lake freeze from
the bottom up, or from the
top down?
5. Complete the popular ex
pression "scarce as hen's ?
6. With what sport do you
associate the name Bob Fell
er? 7. Who is the president of
the United Mine Workers?
8. What does M signify in
the system of Roman nota
tion?
9. Which bird is often called
the "king of birds"?
10. Name the mythological
figure in American folklore,
who is depicted as a giant lum
berjack capable of performing
herculean feats.
Answers: ,1. Fifty-six. 2.
Eleven. 3. Dogs. 4. From the
top down. 5. Teeth. 6. Base
ball. 7. John L. Lewis. 8.
Thousand. 9. Eagle. 10. Paul
Bunyaa,
New Aerial Warfare
The sight of "bombers" is a not unusual one
these days.
Thev are not the bombers of war (although
they once were war planes, most of them). They
are the bombers of peace, assigned to fight for
est fires.
Increasingly, state, federal and private for
estry agencies are calling on airplanes to slow the
spread of fires, and to make control from the
ground easier and surer. .
Over the past week end, the "borate bombers"
were flying in and out
they dumped a load of
fire, and returned tor a
TTHE planes do not wreak miracles, for up to
this point the fighting of forest and range
fires is a hot, dirty, exhausting business, and
even planes do not make it much less so. .
But the use of water
from the air, has proven
particularly in the case of
A load of borate "slurry," or of a compound
known as bentonite (a
ing characteristics), may not extinguish such a
fire. But if dropped accurately it will halt or
slow its spread sufficiently to permit ground
crews to arrive before the blaze has spread be
yond possible control.
CUCH use of planes is expensive.
h- But foresters calculate that it is well worth
the price, for with the price of stumpage today,
a few thousands spent on plane rental could
well save timber valued in the millions.
Two years ago the U.S. forest service in Ore
gon and Washington paid out $38,520 to private
plane owners for their
year this total climbed
a survey published m the Wall Street Journal
But the value of the
incalculable.
A DDED research and
edly will improve the techniques used and
make them more and more effective. But the im
portant thing is to note that the forest agencies
are awake and alert, and willing to try new meth
ods in the never-ending job of forest protection.
Planes are used in other ways to save the for
ests, too.
Smokejumpers, young men who make up to
$400'per month each summer, are the paratroop
ers of the forests, parachuting from forest service
planes into remote areas to check a blaze until
a ground crew can arrive.
Helicopters have proven invaluable in plot
ting operations against fires. And experiments
have been made using them to lay lines of hose.
IN. the war against insects and disease,, planes
have been called in, and in some areas have
proven to be the most effective means of killing
these dangerous pests, spraying insecticides over
wide areas of forest lands.
Also, planes are now used on a regular basis
to transport fire, crews in particular the skill
ed "overhead" or supervisory personnel from
one area to another where they are urgently need
ed to lead the "troops," the fire crews.
The day may come when most of men's efforts
against fire on the forests and ranges will be con
ducted from the air.
Until that time, though, the mainstay will re
main the man on the ground, dirty and tired, us
ing shovel, ax and hand-pumper. E.A.
Labor Bill Nears
Short of studying the text of all of the f our
proposed labor bills, and sitting in on hearings to
discover the implications contained in each, it is
impossible for the average person to know exact
ly which one he favors, and why, in detail.
The bills are fairly long and complicated,
written in "legal" language. And, as is the case
with much legislation, just the change in a word
or phrase here and there can make a considerable
difference in a bill's effects.
As it is, we have to depend pretty much on
the advice of those who have done this studying
as to whether a bill is "fair" or "unfair," "mild"
or "tough," "pro-labor" or "anti-labor." Even
then, it depends on whom one listens to.
17E DO not believe the majority of the Ameri
can people would want a bill which cripples
the legitimate operation of honest unions.
- Birt we do believe that they will support a
bill which gives to union members the guarantee
of a say in the operation of their own unions, and
the reasonable assurance that neither "goons"
nor "bosses" in labor will run the show.
The evils wrought by men such as Beck and
Hoffa, and about which honest Teamster mem
bers have litttle or nothing to say, appear too
well documented to doubt.
AS WE understand the bills, the chief differ
ences involve secondary boycotts and "black
mail" picketing of non-union shops.
All of the bills under consideration contain
provisions designed to protect the rights of rank-and-file
members, and to combat the union cor
ruptions uncovered by the Senate investigation.
It appears likely that some sort of labor legis
lation will be enacted this session. But how stiff
it will be depends on a multitude of factors
not the least of which are the crude lobbying tac
tics which have been reportedly used both by
some unions, on one hand, and by "big business"
interests, chiefly the National Association of
Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Com
merce, on the other hand. E.A.
of the Medford airport as
chemicals on the Ashland
new load.
and chemicals, drooned
to be of great help
small, isolated blazes.
clay with water-retain
"bombing" services. Last
to $308,000, according to
timber saved thereby is
more experience undoubt
Dennis the Menace
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printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the cae.
A Plea for Modesty
To the Editor: It is a mys
tery, but let us consider it
for a little.
Many mothers weep bitter
tears after their daughters suf
fer an irreparable and dis
graceful faU into sin, and not
only bring disgrace upon
themselves but u p an their
family and friends and have
all the anguish to meet and
endure and suffer because
mothers who know human
propensities and passions full
well allow their daughters to
go out into public with naked
legs, often showing them as
high up as they can! Shame!
Shame! Shame! What do such
mothers or daughters think
the word modesty means?
If a male of any capable
age feeling his natural propensities-provoked
to overdue
prominence by such sights as
he is compelled to see-is "the
cause of my daughter's down-
fallen plight, he is just plain
nasty, he s a dirty wretch to
act that way!" But wait moth
er, just who is more blame
worthy, he who is caught in
the trap or she who sets and is
the- trap? "Who makes him
self the tmotive for another's
fault is guilty of the same."
Remember that he who coined
those words, "Am I my broth
er's keeper?" was a murderer
in act before he conceived
such a thought or asked the
question.
Try to visualize, you moth
ers who allow your daughters
to appear in public divested
of covering on their limbs,
how much you "increase the
transgressors among men,"
and how many you send on
the primrose path to the sen
sualist's hell, and, if they are
not rescued before they get
there, they will weep and
gnash their teeth in that hell,
and curse those who were re
sponsible for their downfall!
God pity the boys, the
young men, and the older men
who see nakedness so brazen
ly walking in their midst! God
give them discernment to see
these traps to unman them
and to rob them of their vir
tue and honor! God save our
generation from the sin of
sensuality whieh is fast de
stroying it! "Offenses will
come, but woe unto that man
by whom the offense cometh!"
Oh, mothers, will you not
listen to the pleas of those
who have a right to expect of
you a sympathetic interest in
their welfare, and in their
clean manliness and purity;
and array yourselves and your
daughters in modest apparel?
You will be happier and your
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
THE PARENTS of two spoiled brats suddenly got sensible
and sped off to Florida for a real vacation by themselves.
Sunning on the beach, the wife murmured happily, "Isn't it
wonderful to get away from
the kids for just a few
days?" "
"Sure is," agreed the hus
band, "but just to make me
feel at home, darling, would
you throw a few handsful
of sand in my face?"
A palindrome is a sentence,
or saying, that -reads the
same backwards and forwards.
They're hard to construct, hut
Tir am & few well-known
81
Madam, I'm Adam. (Adam to Eve).
Name no one man.
Able was I ere I saw Elba. (Napoleon's lament).
' Snng and raw was I ere I saw wars and guns.
Red root put up to order.
Lewd did I live, evil I did dweL
Draw pupil's lip upward. -Q
1939. by Bennett Cert DuUibuted by King rtttuitM Syndktta.
GUY JUST Sr?'
daughters safer and the world
a cleaner place to live in.
H. R. Bulman,
Route 4, Box 316A,
Medford.
How Much Profit?
To the Editor: I don't want
to be a pest; I am not dement
ed. I said give the shebang a
rest and I meant it. To the
poets and protesters, let's
write about something other
than our ancestors. For in
stance, tragedy in Roseburg,
tragedy on the highways, trag
edy in the forests. And most
of these mishaps are man
made and man-preventable.
Why can't we learn to avoid
making the same old mistakes
over and over again? Or do
we know better but don't
care? Are we fools for gain,
or simply fools?
A certain business man
said to me, "We have to make
a profit." As if morals don't
count. I wonder. I heard of a
Man who asked, "What shall
it profit if a man gain the
whole world and lose his own
soul?"
But . then they say He was
not a practical business man.
He started a business that has
lasted near two thousand
years and is still going strong.
If safeguards interfere with
profits, must we forget safe
guards?
I wonder how much profit
there was in Roseburg last
rnaay.
L. G. Weaver
301 Haven St.
Medford.
Thanks From Princess
To the Editor: This is an
open letter to all the kind
people who helped me through
xneir generosity m being chos
en one of the nrinr-esses of
the Gold Rush Jubilee.
A special thanks to my fine
sponsor, Crater Lake aerie,
Fraternal Order of Eaeles. the
radio stations, and KBES-TV
lor their part in my being
chosen as a princess.
I would also like to thank
the mayors and police forces
of the towns throush which
we passed Aug. 25.
Shearon Poole
Phoenix.
University of Oregon
Grant Gets Approval
Washington - (DPD - Surgeon
General Leroy Burney today
announced approval of a
$277,641 grant to the Univer
sity of Oregon in Eugene for
science building expansion for
an institute of molecular biol
ogy.
The grant was approved un
der the health research facili
ties act.
Stop Me
Philippine Republic, Despite Faults,
Is Most Truly Free Nation in All Asia
By ARNOLD DIBBLE
Tokyo-flJPD-The Philippines
is the only country in Asia
built in the American image.
Today, many, if not most,
Filipinos are hurt, baffled and
angry over attacks at the
hands of the Americans who
brought them into the modern
world.
The most popular parlor
game among many Americans
who travel in Asia is attack
ing graft, corruption and indo
lence in the Philippines.
Prominent experts deplore
the sad state of these lush
islands and magazines and
newspapers find themselves
denounced for their state
ments and dispatches on the
Philippines.
Without minimizing faults
of the Philippines, most "ex
perts" on the nation forget,
or underplay, one most impor
tant factor:
The Philippines is the most
truly FREE nation in Asia.
The press is so free that
many newspapermen them
selves think some of the stor
ies in the newspapers (always
the opposition newspaper, of
course) go too far. Politicians'
private lives make for some
lurid reading, for example.
Freedom of speech is so un
bridled that political cam
p a i g n s in the Philippines
make a good, old fashioned
American name-calling con
test appear like an Elks' club
testimonial night.
With these freedoms, also
goes freedom to graft. And
grafters there appear to be
a-plenty in the Philippines. A
recent visitor to Tokyo shows
a letter from a customs offi
cial who was brazen enough
to spell out exactly what he
wanted to clear some goods
through the pier.
During the past 18 months,
Asia has seen Pakistan, Bur
ma, Thailand and Indonesia
take steps toward totalitarian
ism or authori tarianism.
South Viet Nam, the Repub
lic of China, and Korea-all
supported by the U.S. -have
'strongman" governments.
In that time, there has been
scarcely a whisper of any
such thing in the Philippines
aunougn earner tnis year
there were reports of a mili
tary plot against President
Carlos Garcia. The "plot'
came to nothing.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Viewson Mr. K's visit:
Herbert Hoover, one of the
world's truly greats: "Nikita
Khrushchev could bring the
greatest, the most generous
gift that mankind has received
in a thousand, years if he
would eliminate all interna'
tional demands, all warnings,
au tnreats, all conspiracies
against free people and agree
to peaceful co-existence and
INSPECTED disarmament.'
Mr. Hoover added:
"There is some hope that
the visit will lessen some
world tensions, but there is
little hope that Khrushchev
win choose the means I have
outlined to win immortality
among the leaders of all men."
He concluded:
"We must be alert and
ARMED TO THE TEETH."
TtT R. HOOVER'S is the states-
LTA man's view. Let's turn for
a moment to the business view
(the stock market has been
slipping for several days).
Business Week, one of the
nation s important magazines,
finds few observers who be
lieve the recent decline in
prices has been any more than
a temporary affair. It quotes
one of these observers:
The market is just using
the peace talk as an excuse.
We have been due for a cor
rection for some time."
rpHAT is to say:
' Snpriilatinn has Vioon
pushing security prices high
er than the basic business
situation warrants, but the re
sulting slip in prices won't
last long.
"MARTIN Gilbert, an analyst
A of one of the big Eastern
stock brokerage concerns,
thinks that the Eisenhower-
Khrushchev visits may "damp
en the enthusiasm of both in
vestors and traders for a
while longer, but this factor
and any desultory effect on
defense issues will soon be
discounted."
Hmmmm. I suppose that
means the speculators think
the new turn in world diplo
macy ENHANCES THE LIKE
LIHOOD OF PEACE and that
the likelihood of peace may
have an unfavorable effect of
the prices of U.S. securities.
I'm afraid I can't go along
with that one. The likelihood
of peace would restore peo
ple's confidence as nothing
else could. Confidence in the
future lies at the root of BET
TER business.
ONE more thought:
If Me. K comes reason
ably soon, he will see our im
mense steel industry lying
IDLE AND UNPRODUCTIVE.
That can hardly fail to put
ideas into his scheming head.
The Philippines is rare in
Asia in that it has plenty of
land for its population-in fact,
it has been estimated that it
could accommodate at least
twice its population with no
trouble.
The Filipinos, were Amer
ica's staunchest allies during
World War II; and despite the
Cricket, Eleazer Finds, Isn't
Much Like
By FRANK ELEAZER
Washington- (UPD -The Aus
tralian Embassy's notice to
sporting editors said play
would begin
at 11, and to
5 be there at
10:30. I was,
and while
waiting for
the others I
was able to
read what it
said about
cricket in Vol-
Frank Eleax.r ume O vcuun
through deaf) of the super
market encyclopedia.
By 11, quite a few mem
bers of the British Common
wealth Cricket Club, or home
team, were on hand, wearmg
white shirts and pants, tennis
Kef auver
Now Seen
fSSM
1 -
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Among Candidates
By WILLIAM THEIS
Washington (DPD Where
are those 1956 Kefauver dele
gates going in 1960?
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D
Tenn.), who beat Sen. 'John
F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) for the
Democrats' vice presidential
nomination three years ago,
isn't sure which 1960 Presi
dential contender will get the
delegates' support.
He thinks most of them are
"holding off" - waiting to see
how the present Kennedy lead
stands up, whether twice-defeated
Adlai E. Stevenson gets
into the race, how Sen. Hubert
H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) fares
in the first primary tests.
"That's my position, too,"
Kefauver told this reporter.
"I tell friends who ask me
for advice to do what they
want - that I haven't made
up my, own mind about whom
to support."
Support Is Still Strong
It's clear that the coonskin
cap candidate, who gave Ste-
Editorial
Comment
GREAT SHOW
You've been told that "you
haven't lived" until you've
seen this or that in Oregon,
We must say to you that living
in Oregon is not complete un
til you have seen the Shake
spearean Festival at Ashland
Four plays are given each
season and you are urged by
the Festival directors to stay
four nights for four plays.
The Shakespearean Festival
is much more than most com
munities could aspire to do.
It would be a great show in
any community in the world.
It is something that every citi
zen of Oregon can be im
mensely proud of. You must
see it. Then you will want to
tell friends, far and near, that
you're absolutely certain the
state of Oregon has one of the
greatest shows they will ever
see any place.-Pendlelon East-
Oregonian.
Press Women
Open Convention
Portland (DPD The annual
convention of the National
Federation of Press Women
opened here today. The group
will elect a new president, a
vice president and eight re
gional directors.
Mrs. C. F. Temby of Ke
waunee, Wis., is currently the
Federation president.
Margaret Magee of the
Salem Capital Journal is a
delegate and a member of
the national board. Other
Oregon delegates include
Ianthe Smith of the Albany
Democrat-Herald; Mrs. Mar
garet Thompson Hill of the
Pirkrose-East County Enter
prise, and Mrs. Frederick
Porter of the Roseburg News
Review. Alternates are Mrs.
George Roe of the Greater
Oregon and Benton County
Herald; Mrs. Emma McKin
ney of the Hillsboro Argus,
and . Mrs. Bren Starcher of
the Medford Mail Tribune.
Oregon Press Wcmen will
submit a resolution to the na
tional convention which asks
that no solicitations be made
in the future for major sub
sidizing at national conven
tions.
fact they don't think they
have gotten a fair shake of
foreign aid (a debatable point)
they probably are today. Cer
tainly you hear no anti-nuclear
talk in the Philippines;
President Garcia has wel
comed the latest weapons into
his country.
What particularly bothers
Baseball After All
shoes, and polite smiles. They
ran up the blue and white
BCCC pennant, erected the
score board, and unfolded the
collapsible chairs.
At 11:08 a six-man advance
party from the Australian
Old Collegians cricket team,
here on tour in the interests
of cricket, hot tea, and inter
national friendship, popped
out of a blue sedan, just like
in the TV commercials only
this was a Mercedes-Benz in
stead of a Ford.
Long Game
Dr. Basil de B. Darwent, a
chemistry professor at Catho
lic University and captain of
the BCCC, announced that
"cricket is very similar to
basebaU." I concluded later
he meant that both games are
Supporters
Split Up
venson the shock of his life
bv winning the 1956 Minne
sota primary, is only seeking
reelection to the senate next
year. But it's also likely that
some staunch Kefauver sup
porters in other states still
want him for the Presidency.
Kefauver s campaign ap
proach may have seemed ham
handed and inept, but he
wound up with 755V& dele
gates votes to 589 for Ken
nedy on the second ballot for
vice president at Chicago on
Aug. 17, 1956. The Tennessean
topped Kennedy on the first
ballot, 483 M to 304.
Many of Kefauver's dele
gates were the "hard core'
type that candidates dream
about. He won them with a
stumping, hand-pumping cam
paign that money couldn't
buy. Many of them now are
looking elsewhere.
Humphrey will inherit Ke
fauver support in his home
state of Minnesota. He also
may get some more in neigh
boring Wisconsin.
In New Hampshire, which
has the nation's first 1960
presidential primary, many
former Kefauver delegates
will be for Kennedy,
Some Midwest Kefauver
support has gone to Sen.
Stuart Symington (D-Mo.).
California Pictur
In delegate-rich California,
where Gov. Edmund G. (Pat)
Brown is preparing himself
for the "favorite son" role,
the state's 1960 delegation is
expected to be "representa
tive" of the liberal field. This
means potential votes for Ste
venson, Humphrey or Ken
nedy, rather than for Sym
ington or Senate Democratic
Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of
Texas.
Kefauver got 33 of Cali
fornia's 68 votes on the first
ballot last time, to 23 Vi for
Humphrey, 10Vi for Kennedy,
and 1 for Brown. On the win
ning second ballot, Kefauver
took 50 of the 68.
Some former Kefauver sup
porters in California think
Estes could "exercise some in
fluence in California today if
he chose to." They say the
same of Stevenson.
For the record, Kefauver
may have trouble being for
anyone but his Tennessee col
league, Sen. Albert Gore. The
junior senator from Tennes
see had 178 votes on that first
ballot for vice president in
1956, including all 56 from
Texas.
Gore is still in the wines
But his friends say he has
some scattered support out-
side of Tennessee.
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We Never Close
than to
Americans is, of course, that
their "baby" is a little less
than perfect. But when you
take overall stock of the
progeny of colonialism in
Asia, the American "baby"
perhaps doesn't come off too
badly. .
At least it can wail as loud
as it likes.
played with two teams and a
ball.
Unfortunately, Dr. Darwent
could not stay to narrate the
game, although I had assumed
he would simply take the
morning off from work. But
the first thing to learn about
cricket is that a morning isn't
enough.
Some contests go on for
days. By gentleman's agree- .
ment, this one was to con
clude at 6:45, whether or not
anybody had won. The Aus
tralians explained that they
have only 4V months for their
tour.
By 12:07 the water was boil
ing for tea, the Australians
had doffed their navy blue
blazers, and both teams pro
nounced themselves top hole
and ready to start. Acting
Capt. Richard Evans, for the
home team, and Capt. Jim
Court, for the visitors, strode
out to the wicket and tossed
an American 50-cent piece for
first bat.
Send Out Batters
"Which is heads?" they de
bated after the toss. A friend
ly native umpired this dilem-.
ma, in favor of the Aus
tralians, who sent out two bat
ters, Capt. Court himself and
Les Westaway. The home team
meantime fielded a pair of
bowlers, Sgt. Peter Fryer of
the District Air Force, and
H. Mirza of Pakistan, a World
Bank employee and son of a
former Pakistan president,
plus nine fieldsmen who were
posted at such strategic points
as mid-on and mid-off, short
slip and square leg.
"Cricket," according to a
recent treatise in the New
York Times, "is about knock
ing down two pieces of wood
with a ball."
As far as I could tell, this
proved to be correct, and by
1:20 p.m. Westaway and
Court, batting alternately, had
scored 35 runs each in an out
standing effort to block at
tainment of this goal by bowl
ers Fryer and Mirza.
An enthusiastic crowd of
some 18 persons observed the
developments from under the
green canvas canopy, several
times going so far as to ap
plaud. One observer in a re
grettable remission . of man
ners once raised his voice.
Tension Grows
I believe what he said was
"look out," a cautionary note
apparently addressed to the
batsman.
By the lunch break the Aus
tralians had scored 138 runs
at a loss of only one wicket.
Play was resumed at 2:45.
Westaway possibly had eaten
too much of the potato salad,
swiss cheese, salami, liver-
wurst, fruit cup, and buttered
rolls, and not enough of the
hot tea. He was bowled out
almost at once.
By now the tension and ex
citement were taking their
toll on the press. I left regret
fully, shortly before the mid
afternoon tea break. Acting
Capt. Evans phoned me the
results about 7 p.m. The Aus
tralian Old Collegians had
scored 194 runs to the British
Commonwealth Club's 114.
"It was an honorable de
feat," Evans reported.
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