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Newspaper Page TextMAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday. Aug. 21, 19S9 MedfordTbibuns Everyone In Southern Oregon Readi The Mali Tribune" Published Dnil except Saturday by NDJDFOrtD PRINTING CO . 33 North STii St Ph SP 2-8141 ROBERT W RUHL Editor KERB GREY Advertising Manage! GEPALD LATHAM Business Mgi ERIC W ALLEN JR. Managing Kditor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JEWETT Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women's Editor PALE ERICKSON Circulation Mgr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter al Hedforrt Oreeon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By M a W In Advance Copy 10c. Dail- and Sunday 1 year SIS 00 - Daily and Sunday mos. 8JX. Dailv 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 Dally and Sunday 1- year $18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1-50 CarrieT and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Casr- in Advance Official Paper of City af Medford Official Paper of JacKson 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. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta Vancouver B C. 0f NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL 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 Aug. 21. 1949 (Sunday) Three more persons pay $1 fines in Medford police court lor jaywalking. Ashland city officials re turn from an inspection tour to California and report that cinder stopping devices they observed on lumber mill waste burners were most ef fective. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1939 (Monday) Sparks from the chimney at Rogue River Valley Canning company attract the fire de partment chemical crew's at tention, but no fire ensues. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" colmun (by Har old Haynes): "Wherever you go, Oregon is a very great country and her people the finest in the world." 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1929 (Wednesday) The Grange approves build ing of the Williams creek cut off road. Petitions are signed for ex tending South Central ave. to the Pacific highway. 40 YEARS AGO . Aug. 21. 1919 (Thursday) Mrs. Effie Peachy, employ ed at the Conner packing plant, sets a record by pack ing 151 boxes of pears in one day. The state game commission prohibits shooting ducks from an airplane an enterprise proposed by local nimrods. 50 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1909 (Saturday) Automobile owners of Med ford plan to form a club. John Roberts Allen, owner of the Pacific and Eastern railroad, arrives in the valley and is noncommittal about fu ture plans for the road. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five or six is good. 1. What ex-President of the U. S. later became Chief Jus tice of the U.S.? 2. What political party spon sored George Washington for election to the office of Presi dent? 3. In annealing metal, does the process harden, or soften, the metal? 4. Is is true, or false, to say that snow has fallen at some time in every one of the 48 states? 5. What sport uses the term puck? 6. On what continent is the country of Nepal? 7. Correct the following; "The house was surrounded on all sides by water." 8. Is it possible for a can didate for the Presidency of the U. S. to receive a majority of the popular vote and yet not be elected? 9. Is the capital of the Do minion of Canada Ottawa, Quebec, or Montreal? 10. Does a hexagon have four, six, or eight sides? Answers: 1. William How ard Taft. 2. None. 3. Softens. 4. True. 5. Ice hockey. 6. Asia. 7. "The house was sur rounded by water." 8. Yes. 9. Ottawa. 10. Six. rS23 Another The decision to "postpone for 60 days the corps of engineers public hearings on the Rogue basin project proposals probably is a sound one even though it will delay for as much as two years any congressional ect. . The situation surrounding the proposals was getting confused. The delay may serve to clear the air, and offer an opportunity, not only for additional needed studies by the engineers, but also to allow various interests to compromise their differences. The chances are much better, it seems to us, that a sound proposal, acceptable to all, can come of this delay. We hope so, anyway. AS a matter of fact, there are signs that it may "be possible for the entire valley to "get to gether" on a plan. : The crux of the matter, of course, is the Lost Creek dam proposal. The other features are en thusiastically accepted and approved by all par ties, or are at least non-controversial, with bene fits either offsetting or exceeding adverse re sults in all areas of interest. ' But at Lost Creek, the fishery enthusiasts have feared the fish runs, under the existing pro posal, would be damaged; the bureau of recla mation has challenged the geologic findings of the corps of engineers; the corps itself has backed up on its earlier finding of feasibility; the fish and wildlife service has failed to dig up in formation to show wThat quirements. It has, in short, been reaucracy at its worst, and coordination being m evidence at all levels. i THE delay, then, offers the federal agencies in- volved a chance to get together and come up with something they can all support. If they don't, they will have failed in their mission, and will repeat what has been described, mildly, as a suggestion "that the (engineers') studies have been made at a level somewhat below our high expectations." That understatement is from a memorandum prepared recently by Bill Jess, the energetic president of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association. He also stated: "In regard to the fishery aspects, it is startling to now learn that after the years of study, the fish and wildlife service is unable to indicate how much water of what temperatures, and during what periods, would be beneficial to the fishery- Furthermore, (the fish and wildlife service) advises that it is not their responsi bility to plan projects for the fishery, but rather to evaluate the effect of proposed projects on the fish ery. It is rather like telling an architect to design a house without telling him your requirements. This position, in our opinion, is contrary to the purpose of Public Law 85-624." THE time is long since came imperative. With the two-month time can be regained. Perhaps the engineers, the fish and wildlife service, mation can get together, Perhaps, even, the will reconsider what Bill torical philosophy that a of progress. If these agencies buckle down and work out a feasible plan, taking into consideration the in terests of all concerned, they will be entitled to our thanks and praise. But if the foot-dragging, back-biting, inter necine squabbling, indecisive reports, pleas of ignorance and pleas for "more time" continue, the agencies will be damned from their own mouths as not knowing how to do their jobs. E. A. Eighth Street Bottleneck Eighth street has turned into a traffic bottle neck. We hope that when the new bridge is com pleted it will ease the situation somewhat. But it won't cure it, for other factors also serve to back up care along the street to the point of exasperation to drivers. One, obviously, is the Southern Pacific tracks, when switching is in progress, or when a long freight rumbles by usually at the rash hour. There doesn't seem to be much that can be done about that though, short of "persuading" the friendly SP to do its switching elsewhere: DUT there are two things which could be done " that would speed Eighth street traffic flow. One would be to ban right turns off Eighth on to Central. Cars at that comer, waiting for pedestrians to clear the turn south, are a major ior sucn a ban, on Sixth at Central, snows tne way. Another would be to prevent tracks from blocking one lane of traffic while unloading at tne Montgomery Ward These two steps by Ljigtiut Slieet into uie ldsi-muving cuteiicu ii, ib supposed to be eventually, but it would do much to move traffic along at a faster clip than it goes now. It might even make it possible to go from the tracks as far as Riverside avenue in some thing less than seven or eight minutes. E.A. Chance action on the basin proj it feels are minimum re v a sorry exhibit of bu with lack of cooperation past when cooperation delay, perhaps this lost and the bureau of recla for a change. fish and wildlife people Jess called their "his year of delay is a year crosswalk before they roadblock. A precedent warenouse. the city wouldn't make Dennis the Menace Washington Report By WILLIAM MISUSE OF POLLS Washington-There is, after all, some prospect that the actual voting delegates to the national nom- H n a t i n g con- ventions, and 1 the people I themselves in n T 1 I II If t i booths, may be J allowed to de ws' - J - 1 T 71 ciue wuu snail be ejected PresiHpnt in WwhiSS- I960. It had looked for a time that a dozen or a thousand public opinion poUs might be taking over this task. For months all sorts of pollsters have been rang ing about, announcing that spot checks in the absolutely typical community of Wine Sap, South Dakota, were 67.3 per cent for Smith but only 11.67 per cent for Jones, and so on. Thus it was implied that Smith, was practically "in", nationally, and that poor Jones had clearly been sunk. THEN, only a short time ago, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York gave a mighty boost to this new way of choos ing a President and saving the voters all the trouble. He aUowed it to be understood that he would decide only on the basis of how kind the polls were to him whether and when he would openly challenge Vice President Rich ard Nixon for the I960 Re publican Presidential nomina tion. It was pointed out then by at least one impartial sen tinel on the political watch- towers that this was a cozy plan, indeed. It seemed to as sume that the way to become President was this: to depend upon a simple popularity con test, conducted among people of whom not one in 1,000 yet knew where the aspirant might stand on any of a dozen public issues. Now, however,. Gov. Rocke feUer has quite rightly spurn ed this technique which in plain fact' is a huckster- nroDaeandist technique, tie has thus struck a great blow at noll-madness. He has an nounced that if and when he goes all out for the top nom ination it will be strictly on his own decision that the job really needs him and that he has the qualities and . the strength to do it well. HE HAS thus returned his potential campaign to the old method by which matters of such-gravity have always been settled-and ought to con tinue to be so settled. He has recognized that our system leaves the actual choice of Presidential nominees to con vention delegates lawfully Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- CHARLES PETTIBONE is famous and deeply admired for his unique recipe for making pancakes. Here is his precious secret: "Whip up the pancakes just the way you al ways have. Then take the juice of one half lime, the juice of one half lemon, a generous jigger of bourbon, and one of maple syrup. Shake well with cracked, ice, strain and decorate with fruit This results in the finest whisky sour you have ever tasted. As for the pan cakes ... use them for pot holders." Mel Dodson, of Atlantic City, likes to ask the kids who wander into Convention Hall, ."What's the difference between unlawful' and 'illegal ?,H The an swer, of course, is that "unlawful" means "against the law" and "ulegal" is a sick bird. Have you beard about the new cocktafl called "The Ark"? It's for people who can't say Noah. X9S3, by Seaoett Cert. Distributed by Hag Features Syndicate. I mST BE GROWN'! D)0 V4 NOTICE i HB KEPT CAXiMMfc 'MAN'? S. WHITE chosen to act for their states and communities. He has rec ognited that it is these con ventions, and not anybody's poll, which choose among party aspirants and that it is the people, and not any body's poll, who make the final choice as between the nominees of the parties. This is in every sense all to the good-and it is also good for Mr. Rockefeller himself. He has behaved as an adult and thoroughly responsible politician as Governor of New York. And his search for the Presidency is fully entitled to an equivalent sense of dig nity and responsibility. Moreover, by placing him self squarely and fairly in the stream of the right and tra ditional procedure, he is re jecting a procedure that would have been unfair and perhaps even damaging to himself in the long run. T70R the public opinion poUs, though useful in some ways and surely entirely legal en terprises, are nevertheless no part of the electoral system of this country. This corre spondent does not argue that they have been altogether bad. But the occasional misuse of such polls has incontestably been against the true public interest. Superior men have more than once been all but forced out of consideration for high office by "what the polls say." Less than superior men, on the basis of their actual records, have been more than once unduly elevated. The convention method of choosing Presidential nomi nees has its faults. But it also has this unique virtue: con ventions, on the whole, are made up of men, who, on the whole, have far more knowl edge of the real qualities of the aspirants than can possibly be held by the wide, general public. The housewife at the sink, the farmer at his plow, both occupied with their own pri vate and pressing concerns, are not the ideal oracles to decide, upon two minutes of reflection, as to who ought to be nominated by which party. (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Painter Wedged by Elevator Killed Portland (UPD - P. L. Hollo way, 48, foreman of a paint ing crew, was killed Thurs day when he apparently was crushed between the floor of a freight elevator and the con crete ceiling of the first floor of a copper products company plant. There were no wit nesses to the accident. The body was found by an em ployee of the firm. Pope John Of Mission Field, Localize Authority By DANIEL F. GILMORE Vatican City - (UPD-Pope John XXIII, with an eye on nationalist surges in Africa and elsewhere, is quietly tak ing the "colonial flavor" out of part of Catholic Church administration abroad. There is no thought of re laxing any of the ties to Rome or of the supreme authority of the Pope. The idea is to have the Roman Ctholic Church in each country run locally -by natives of that country - in Africa by the Africans and not by Italians, Americans, French or other nationalities. Debate Limitation in Senate Serves to Speed Business By WILLIAM THEIS Washington -UPD- Evolution is intruiging especially in the unchangeable United States Senate. . The stately, ponderous, fre quently frustrating, some times majestic and often windy Senate is coming to grips with the management of its own time. 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 th ea. The Merchants' Interest To the Editor: Medford mer chants did you lose money because of last Spring's smudge? Did your insurance cover your loss? Would you like to know if you stand to lose again next year or maybe gain, because your merchandise stays clean, and people are happy and in a buying mood because it's springtime, not smudgetime? If you would like to know the answers, please attend the public meeting on air pollu tion abatement to be held at the Courthouse, at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Mrs. Leonard Matheus, 1124 West 10th st., Medford. Many Helped To the Editor: Hundreds of people offered assistance dur ing the recent range and for est fire, and their aid is deep ly appreciated. I should like to mention a number of per sons and. organizations for their special assistance. . Janet Morrison brought sandwiches and coffee from Louise Flag's Farmers Cafe at Talent and Bear Creek Cafe. The people of the area quickly and generously re sponded to the call for flash lights which enabled men to hike up to the hed of the fire and start backfiring. Many Ashland men came ready to work and were in the key group that worked at the top end of the fire. They labored at any assigned task. The Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm radio system helped round up loggers to work on the fire lines. The response of logging firms with men, tractors and tank trucks was vital to con trol of the fire. Dick Wallace, operator of Marvin Hammersley's Cat, as sisted by Duane Nelson with a light, did a tremendous job building fire trail Saturday night up the south perimeter of the fire. Trail was com pleted over very steep, almost impossible, terrain. Deputy sheriffs, state po lice, civilian defense and the Ashland city police assisted in the control of traffic. In Ashland, the Plaza Cafe, the Steak House and the Pal ace Cafe remained open all the first night preparing meals and lunches. The Salvation Army had coffee and sandwiches avail able all night to men going through the watershed gate. The Ashland fire depart ment served as a hiring center while its men were still busy on fires. Twin Plunges pro vided bathing and swimming facilities for the men coming off the fire lines. Mr. Biegel and the city of Ashland ably provided assist ance in locating and furnish ing a suitable fire camp head quarters in Lithia Park. The Ashland Tidings, Med ford Mail Tribune, radio sta tions KMED, KBOY, KWIN, KDOV and KYJC, and KBES TV, were all helpful in fur nishing news to the public and in securing manpower and equipment for the fire-fighting agencies. The quick, whole-hearted response df everyone who could help in any manner was Moving To Take Church Out All this will take time. But the increasing number of ap pointments by Pope John of native bishops and auxiliaries and the erection of new dio cese in former mission terri tory shows that the Vatican is hastening a program which has been in progress for cen turies. The late Pope Pius XII alone appointed more than a score of African bishops. "Colonial" Presence Felt The new and old worlds on either side of the Atlantic have their own cardinals, hi erarchy, local priests, univer sities and seminaries Under the guidance of Dem ocratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, the Senate is getting the kind of cut-out-the-non-sense procedure which keeps the House of Representatives from dissolving into utter con fusion. The device being adroitly manipulated by the Texan is the "unanimous consent", pro cedure. vital in bringing the fire under control. The assistance of these many people is deeply appre ciated. Harold Thomas, Ranger, Ashland District Rogue River National Forest. Oldest Man? To the Editor: I would like to submit my obituary for Johnny Watson. It is well known here that John was the indestructible one. At one time I had gathered a great deal of information about him and sent the manuscript to the Saturday Evening Post, which was never returned to me. have just now talked to the Hillcrest Orchards and it is the same Johnny Watson. Edgar Rose 643 Pierce rd. Medford. (Editor's note: Printed below is Mr. Rose's description of Johny Watson, written in March, 1955, according to his notes. In Mr. Watson's obitu ary, prepared by the funeral home following his death last week, it was reported he was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Sept. 4, 1879, and came to Oregon 30 years ago.) JOHNNY WATSON Johnny Watson, the oldest man in the world, was born in New York state about 1820 Has been a well-known figure here in Southern Oregon for more than 60 years, and was an old man at the time he came to the valley; He claims to be an Indian, a veteran of the Mexican war, a sourdough prospector in the Yukon gold rush, claims to have been shot by claim jumpers, and thrown in a swift mountain stream, then recovered and came back to the states. Old men here, alive and dead, all that I ever talked to of Johnny, say that they knew him all their lives, and that Johnny looked just as old the first time they met him as he does today. My first meeting with him, about 25 years ago, he sur prised me by saying he was 113 years old. I can only say that only a sceptic of the worst sort will deny that he is a very ancient person. His deeds alone prove a lot of it. He prospected Roxy Ann mountain for coal before the turn of the century. Oak trees two feet across the stumps, grow out of the entrances of his tunnels. Would like to see the man recognized as the old one. He is always happy. Very sharp in some ways, and is an especially good poker player, etc. Edgar Rose. Portlander Files for GOP Delegate Post Salem - (CPD - Sherman Stanberry, Portland, filed with the elections division here today for delegate to the Republican national conven tion. His slogan was "reap proachment between labor, management, and administra tion; continuing harmony for welfare of America." Stanbery has never filed for political or elective office be fore, according to elections Chief Jack F. Thompson. But a vast part of the world, including almost the entire continent of Africa, is still "colonial" church admin istration - in the sense that in these areas there is no lo cal native hierarchy or dio ceses. "Foreigners," regardless of their good intentions, run the church locally in these re gions. Some 50,000,000 of the world's half billion Catholics live in areas with no local hierarchy, or with a native church leadership still in the incipient stage. The driving power behind This is the process of ask ing unanimous agreement to accept a limitation of debate on a bill, an amendment or any other matter before the Senate. A single objection blocks the request. Limitation of Debate In a sense, the consent pro cedure is "c!oture"-a limita tion of debate-in advance of a "filibuster" - the time-honored maneuver to talk a bill to death. It is given rather freely, if sometimes grudg ingly. In the House, a rule fixing the length of debate on ma jor legislation is granted by the 12-member House Rules Committee, the traditional power arm" of the speaker. The rule is subject to approval by the full House. But a short cut is available in the "unanimous consent" procedure that has been used in the House for years. One advantage in addition to its speedup value is that it letsthe party leaders go off to other chores and forget about the "store" until need ed. Preserves Leadership Control This helps preserve leader ship control and the Senate is less at the mercy of free wheeling individual speakers, Yet the device does not wipe out the Senate's tradi tion of individual freedom. A single senator may object to its use. But he seldom does. Such an agreement normally is not sought until the leadership has a pretty good idea that it, or something close to it, is acceptable to all. Then there is always the pressure of ma jority desire working to si lence objection. Most members of the "club" want to be liked by their colleagues. The ' evolution is making the Senate more effective but less exciting.It it's less like the unpredictable Senate of old, it is partly because there are more "canned" speeches. This in turn springs from the addition of press aides to senatorial staffs. Few senators now speak "off the cuff' at any length -or even just from notes-when they have something heavy to unload. Dirksen-'Old School' Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois is probably the best of the "old school" orators remain ing in the Senate; brave enough to venture out in deep debate without the rhetorical life-vest of a prepared script. The younger Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.), who just loves to talk and will do so at the drop of a syllable, is probably the best on the Democratic side. He, like oth ers, uses many prepared texts to help get his speeches into the newspapers. Johnson, who is responsi ble for much of the evolution, is no verbal slouch when aroused. He's best when back home talking to fellow Texans j in their own colorful terms. I He's at his Senate best when the heat of debate brings out his "natural" speaking style. Dean of the hold-em-and- sock-em school, a diminishing number in the Senate, is Sen. Robert S. Kerr, the million aire Democrat from Okla homa. Th new willingness to con trol Senate debate may have some connection with the fact that more than a third of the Senate's members served in the House. They were raised that way. The Law Firm Day & Courtright announces The removal of their offices from 206 Fluhrer Building to THE MALL Suite 7, 1005 East Main SP 2-5217 this "colonial office" is Greg ory Peter Cardinal Agaian- ian, the energetic Armenian patriarch who was listed by many as a prime Papal can didate after the death last year of Pius XII. Cardinal's Job Paradoxical Pope John was elected, but he haj delegated extremely important church work to Cardinal Agagian. Cardinal Agagian has a par adoxical job. He is actually moving to abolish his own massive or ganization. It will not happen in his time, but the" impetus is there -to remove gradually the mission" label from large areas of the world and leave them in the hands of local dioceses run by native priests and bishops, and, if possible, by native Cardinals. The church moves slowly. but it is as sensitive to chang ing moods in the world as any foreign office. In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS The news dispatches tell us that AFL-CIO leaders are di vided over whether to SNUB Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during his visit to the U. S. next month. One group of the AFL-CIO executive council, led by United Auto Workers Presi dent Walter Reuther, has pro posed a face-to-face meeting between American union of ficials and the red party boss. Defending his proposal, Mr. Reuther says: "Spokesmen for the Amer ican labor movement should tell Khurshchev straight from the shoulder that they are ir revocably dedicated to human freedom and opposed to com munist slavery." ANOTHER group, lined up behind AFL-CIO President George Meany, is reported to favor an official boycott of Khrushchev by the American labor movement. The issue was debated yes terday at a lengthy meeting of the council's international affairs committee, and was re ferred to a 29-man council for further discussion. WHAT to do about ? " " Here are some thoughts: As good Americans, our la bor people can't have much use for Mr. K-who is the world leader of communism. Communism is the foe of the free way of life -which is America's way of life. Amer ica's workers are a part of America's way of life. But- Mr. K is an INVITED guest. He didn't crash the door. He was ASKED, to come and look us over. To be sure, he wanted to come. But the fact remains that he was invited. W1 haven't much use for him. To know his rea sons for wanting to come are not based on any desire to be helpful to us. They are not based on any desire to advance the cause of world peace. He is looking for chinks in our armor through which to thrust a spear into our vitals. Let's let him know we're not admirers of what he rep resents. But let's receive him with cool, appraising cour tesy. Let's not spit in the face of an invited guest. Site Selected for OTI at Klamath Klamath Falls - (UPD - A new site for Oregon Technical Institute has been selected by the OTI Site Fund Commit tee. The choice is subject to formal approval by the State Board of Higher Education. Vern Owens, committee chairman, announced the selection of the . site, at the north edge of the city limits here adjacent to Kit Carson Way. Owens said the committee still lacks $16,940 of the $40,- 000 needed for purchase of the tract. He said local citi zens have pledged assistance in raising the remainder. State board approval was assured for the proposal, Owens said.