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MAIL TRIBUNE, M4Hr4, Or. . Monday, Auf. 24, 1St "Everyone is Southern Oreaoa Readi The Mail Tribune" Published Dil; except Saturday by MJJ3FCMID PRINTING CO 83 North Ti St Ph SP 2-ll ROBERT W HUHL. Editor KERB GR Advertising Manager GERALD LATHAM Business Ugi ERIC W ALLEN IB.- Managing Kditor KARL B ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JBWETT Sporta Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Womeni Editor DALE ERICKSON Circulation May An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medior Oregon under Aet of March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES . By M a I 1 In Advance Copy 10c. Da 0- and Sunday 1 year $13 00 Daily and Sunday 6 mom 84H. Dailv an Sunday 3 mog 4.23 Sunday Only One year t420 By Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland Central Point. Eagle Point. Jacksonville. 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PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION : NATION At EDITORIAL lA5,c5,' Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from tha files of The Mail Tribuna 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. ; 10 YEARS AGO I Aug. 24, 1949 (Wednesday) Z "The Taminff of the Shrew" . rinse this year's Oregon - Shakespeare festival season z in Ashland tonight, j Upper Applegate 4-H clubs t hold their first community fair as a warm-up for the ; county fair next month. r 20 YEARS AGO : Aug. 24, 1939 (Thursday) - An electric storm crossing Z southern Oregon sets nearly Z 100 forest fires and drenches r Ashland in rain. From Arthur Perry's "Ye 3 Smudge Pot" column (by El - bert Bede): "The Elks' tom- litter of kittens. His face was as red as a Rogue River val ley sunset during the forest fire season."' 30 YEARS AGO . . Aug. 24, 1929 (Saturday) An orchardist - reformer here renews Mediterranean fruit fly agitation. The Knights of Templar plan a picnic in Ashland to morrow. 40 YEARS AGO ' Aug. 241919 (Sunday) The shortage of boats at Crater Lake is to be corrected by next season. The DeMoss family is sched uled to give a free concert in Medford city park tonight, and a record crowd is expect ed. a 50 YEARS AGO Aug. 24. 1909 (Tuasday) Extension of the Pacific and Eastern railroad is assur ed as John Roberts Allen purchases bonds to help clear a legal tangle. F. K. Deuel retires from the Deuel and Kentner business partnership to attend to his orchard holdings. .What's Your I.Q.? I Nina ar tan correct is su parlor j seven or eight is excellent; five et six is good. 1. Is the Suez Canal a sea level or lock canal? 2. What is the most famous statue of a female figure? 3. Biologically, what have bats and whales in common? 4. What is another name for the white of an egg? 5. In which State is the Willamette River? 6. Casein is an ingredient of what animal secretion? .7. Which President of the United States lived to the greatest age? 8. Is paraffin of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin? 9. Would an innocuous re mark be harmful, harmless, caustic, or derogatory? 10. Who discovered the Pa cific Ocean? Answers: 1. Sea-la val. 2. Tha Venus da Milo. 3. Both are mammals. 4. Albumen. 5. Oregon. 6. Milk. 7. John Adams (died at 90). 8. Min eral. 9. Harmless. 10. Balboa. FILM PRODUCER DIES Van Nuys, Calif. - (UPD - Rosary was recited Sunday night for film producer Cliff Reid whose career spanned successfully the transition from silent movies to "talkies." Reid, 60, died Satur day at the. motion picture country home in Hollywood. ' Its A Great Story When the news came in of that horrible dis aster at Roseburg most of us asked ourselves, "What if it had happened in my town?" Now, as we read of the efforts of the citizens of Roseburg to rebuild their business district, to rehabilitate those who do not have the means to do it on their own, we wonder whether our town would shake itself loose from the shock as rapidly and with as great determination. IT SHOULD be pointed out that the task of re building is more difficult for Roseburg than it would have been for many Oregon cities, and thus the more remarkable. Few communities in Oregon were harder hit by the recession. Roseburg depends almost en tirely upon wood products manufacturing and no other segment of Oregon's economy was harder hit by the recession. That was hard on Roseburg. But it wasn't to be the last of Rose burg's troubles. As the community was coming out of the recession it was revealed that the city's fiscal Eosition was not at all what most of its citizens ad thought. They were told that in order to hold the line on taxes for municipal government re serves had been tapped and tapped extensively. It was decided that a municipal government pro gram of austerity must be undertaken immedi ately. It was necessary to reduce services. The cinching up of belts has been going on in almost every department of municipal government. WE CITE this background because we think it is an important part of the 'Roseburg story. The results of that explosion would have been the same in any city. But most cities would have been in a healthier condition to prepare to rebuild from the shambles. We trust the story of the indomitable spirit of Roseburg as she digs herself out of a disaster unequaled in the history of Oregon will be w.ell recorded. It is a great story. Pendleton East Oregonian. ' The Plots In Cuba While waiting for the excitement in Cuba to die down it is worth while considering the forces that make such upsets almost predictable. Cuba can expect lots of things to happen in the next few years, but what it cannot expect is a calm, peaceful existence. Trip VSnsif fact, of Cuban life todav is revolu tion in the most profound sense of the word. This is a complete overturn of the political, economic and social structure of Cuba as it has existed. In the process, Premier Fidel Castro and his young followers inevitably create enemies. FIRST, there are those the Batista reerime men allied to the government, soldiers and police. m m m m 11 1 !l mm m s1 . To these should be added tne lamines oi tne "war criminals" executed by the Castro regime or who are now in jail. The blood feud is a strong tradi tion in Hispanic nations. Seoondlv. revolutions society and these become enemies big land- . m 1 t 1 owners, property holders cut, business men who suiter ironvtne dislocation nf the flconoiriv and all those who fear and od- pose revolution as such. luenuiy revolution wim cummuiiisiii. fF THESE enemies, only the former soldiers and police would be armed and trained to fight. They could win only by a military coup d'etat or by assassination. The situation today is completely different from that in General Ba tista's time. He had an overwhelming majority of the people against him, whereas Fidel Castro has an overwhelming majority with him and in favor of the revolution. Nothing that has come out of Cuba indicates that the young leader, who is just 33 years old, has lost any strength. At the same time it is quite disturbing to a nation to have an upset of this sort. Evidently Premier Castro realizes this, for he seems to be trying to make as complete a haul of his enemies in one swoop as he possibly can. New York Times. , i Loss Of Life The Roseburg explosion and the Montana earthquake and slide were sensational events, attended by some loss of life and large damage to property. But as of Wednesday Oregon's traffic death roll numbered 294 persons for the year to date, 41 names having been added during August. Pre sumably nearly all of these could have been averted by greater caution on the part of driver or pedestrian. The dramatic and unusual events like the two listed receive prominence, but the motor vehicle remains the greatest- peacetime menace to life, aside from illness. Pity is,.we could do something about it. Oregon Statesman, Salem. Highest Pass The Klamath Falls that Quartz Mountain highest mountain pass system. .Nope, lhe Diamond Lake cut-off pass, at 5,920 feet, is highest. the so-called Winnemucca - to - the - Sea road, though, the 6,200 feet at Doherty slide will be the highest. E.A. who were connected with the politicians, business hurt certain classes of wnose rents nave oeen This last element would Herald and News reports pass, at 5,308 feet is the on the Oregon highway If the state takes over Dennis the ' KUFF MUST REALLY LIKE YA.MK. WLSOM ' Matter of Fact THE REAL ROCKEFELLER STORY Washington - A member of Vice - President Richard M. Nixon's political high com mand has ad miringly said that the mar riage of young Steven Rocke feller and pretty Ann Marie Ras mussen, marks the beginning of the great Jos-oh aisod contest lor the Republican Presidential nomination. Although the charming spectacle in Norway will cer tainly not hurt Governor Rockefeller's chances, the re mark was off the point for a special reason. The marriage in fact has the distinction of being the only, the single, solitary and unique unplan ned episode in the Rockefel ler candidacy. For the real Rockefeller story is the story of the mass i v e, meticulous, continuous surveying, studying, and pre planning that is Governor Rockefeller's special behind-the-scene political technique. From the moment Rockefeller began to consider making the New York against Averell Harriman, until election day, the Governor ordered and paid for - the incredible total of 134 general and special public opinion polls and ex pert studies of other types. A SIMILAR effort is now on foot, in preparation for the struggle for the Republi can nomination. Officially, this effort is still in-the first stage, like the stage in New York when Rockefeller was merely trying to determine whether he had a chance to win against Harriman. But he decided to make that race on evidence showing the odds were 60-40 against him. He further quite obviously longs to make the race against Nixon. So one can conclude he will do so, barring the most unlikely accidents. In reality, then, all the poll taking and sounding out of delegates and surveying of local situations are not main ly directed, any longer, to wards finding out whether the race should be made. The main purpose now, one can say with confidence, is to find out how the race can best be made and when it is wisest to begin running in earnest. On this crucial point of timing, a significant change of tendency is detectable in the Rockefeller camp. Only a few weeks ago it seemed high ly likely that Gov. Rockefeller would begin in October to make speeches outside New York state - which is his equivalent of crossing the Rubicorn. Now he has defin itely decided not to do so be Try and 4 -Si -By BiNNETT CERF- TWO PANTS manufacturers found themselves, by means that defy description, in darkest Africa. The more nervous of the two clutched his friend's arm and quavered, "Don't look now, Morris, but isn t that a tiger following me?" "Tiger shmiger," shrugged the other. "How would I know? Am I a fur import er? When Teddy Roosevelt was campaigning in the West, a delegation of prim ladies urged him to come out openly against a senatorial candidate from Utah who was a power in the Mormon Church. "La dies," asserted TJt, "I prefer a polygamist who does not polyg to a monogomist who does not xnonog." T. R. never let a typed letter go out from his office during a presidential "campaign without making a correction or adding a postscript by hand. When his typist asked if she was doing some thing wrong, Roosevelt assured her, "Not at all. But I've dis covered people treasure a letter from the President more when he's added something in his own handwriting." 0 195 b Bennett Ctrl. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Menace Bv Joseph Alsop fore Nov. 1. It is also quite possible that the appearance of final commitment will be avoided for some time after November. rpHE PRESSURE of t h o s e A- who want to come out early for Rockefeller may change this tendency to delay commitment. Meanwhile the cause of the tendency is in teresting. According to a lead ing member of the New York Republican organization, Rockefeller soundings have shown that while a large ma jority of potential delegates may prefer Nixon, an even larger majority hankers to be with the winner. Hence it is hoped they will choose Rocke feller if he looks like a win ner. After the slight mis-step in Puerto Rico, the mention of public opinion polls now causes a frost in the Rocke feller camp. But it is stiU a fact that one part of the Rockefeller strategy is to rely on the public opinion polls to make the Vice-President look like a loser. The inquiring Dr. Gallup has belatedly pub lished his astonishing July vote, showing Sen. John F, Kennedy taking 61 per cent of the national vote, against 39 per cent for Nixon. Any thing like a half-way repeti tion of those dire figures will obviously help Rockefeller. Mean while, Rockefeller's own peculiar campaigning ability is relied on to make the Governor look like a win ner. The power to excite and charm great crowds that he so spectacularly showed in New York is to be displayed to the nation. Above all, it is to be displayed in the pre- convention primaries. And among the primaries, appar ently, this power is to be dis played to the utmost in the critical primary in Nixon's own state of California. SUCH, at any rate, is the present expectation, based on Rockefeller surveys which show that the Vice-President is actually weaker in his own state than in most other states. On this point, it must be added, the Rockefeller surveys are flatly contra dieted by the most recent Nixon surveys. But the dan ger of Rockefeller ramping, roaring, and baby-kissing his way through California has long been apparent to the Vice-President. His greatest single preoccupation for many months has been uniting around himself the fractured California Republican organi zation. If later Rockefeller surveys confirm the Nixon surveys, the Governor will of course graciously concede California to the Vice-President, "as a sporting courtesy." But the primaries and the polls are still the main planned instru- Stop Me 9-H Foreign Notebook: Trouble in Formosa; Ike's Discussions; British Missile Site By WILLIAM J. FOX From the foreign editor's notebook: Chinas Trad: Nature may have done to Nationalist China what Communist guns could not do: cause it griveous economic trouble. Financial experts fear that the recent spate of rain, floods and earthquakes that hit Formosa, will have done enough damage to cause Na tionalist China's trade to drop sharply. Ik's Trip: British officials in London are looking forward to pleasant talks between Presi dent Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in the coming days. But they pre dict heavy going for the President when he meets in Paris with French President Charles de Gaulle. The British feel that France's NATO "big power" ambitions, her atomic bomb test plans, the question of Algeria and de Gaulle's objections to Eisenhower speaking for France when he meets with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev all are likely to cause difficulties. Missile Site: Intelligence sources in Ja karta say the British have carved out a huge missile launching site in the jungles of North Borneo. They point out that the area is just a Communications Letters to the Editor must bear (he name and address of the writei although "nder cer tain circumstances tne use of pen name m initial for publica tion is pe-missible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensation Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed po words Parking Strips To - the Editor: During our 'Make Medford Beautiful' campaign, there is one thing that has escaped everyone and that is the care of the parking strips. Have you ever looked down your street and seen lot after lot of well kept green strips, marred by a few that were dry and unmowed? Some people will keep their yards green and then for no apparent reason let their park ing strips dry up and have an unkempt appearance. People often say "oh, they are just renters, you can't ex pect renters to keep a place up the same as if they owned it!" And why not? Why, just be cause a person rents should he not have the pride and con sideration for his neighbors to do his share in making a more attractive neighborhood? If I had rental property I would put in the contract that the care of the parking strip was included in the care of the yard and they were ex pected to keep it up. If they did not, out they would go! It is a foregone conclusion that if they did not take care of one part of the property they would not take proper care of the rest. The residential district is not the only one remiss in the care of the parking strips. Take a look at the service stations and small business within two or three blocks of the main part of town. They are among the worst offend ers. The parking strip belongs to the city. It can, and should, demand that this strip be kept green and mowed or else ce mented over. It is these little things that make the difference between an outstanding city and an ordinary one. Think of the towns that have a scarcity of water and can't keep them pretty and green! Which would you rather do step out of your car onto a nice green strip or on to a dried up one with weeds to scratch your legs and ruin your silk hose? (Name on file) Medford Opposes Renaming To the Editor: In the Mail Tribune recently I read that Sen. Neuberger has advocated renaming . Green Peter Dam and bestowing upon it the name "Douglas McKay Dam." I consider this a magnifi cent gesture on the part of the Senator but I cannot help wondering if this would be appreciated by the friends of Mr. McKay. In life Mr. McKay was an avowed opponent of publicly owned dams and powerplants, etc., and would not have en dorsed their construction and operation as such, so it is very doubtful if the conferring of his name on such a project would be an honor to his name. More recently I have read ments of the Rockefeller can didacy; and as of now, the California primary is thought of as the decisive instrument, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. few miles north of the Equa tor and one of the best snots available for launching earth satellites. Reds in San Marino: The Communists are ex pected to launch an all-out, do-or-die effort to win the Sept. 13 general elections in San Marino, the world's old est republic tucked in the mountains of northern Italy's Adriatic coast. At stake are the 60 seats of the grand and Congress Clearing Decks for Adjournment; 'Vital' Bills Pass By FRANK ELEAZER Washington -flJPD- Our law makers are off on their an nual headlong dash for ad- jour n m e n t. The aim is to get out of town before Khrushc h e v arrives. A measure naming the "Pet a 1 u m a river" in Cali fornia, for ex- Franb Eleazer ample, was rushed through the Senate and on to the White House. This stream formerly was known as "Petaluma creek" but you know how it's been raining some places. The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to remove the 10 per cent tax from Sen Sen, the breath sweetener. This may mollify closet drink ers and others for whom Con gress has steadfastly refused to reduce the taxes on whis key. One way or another, other urgent measures also are be ing cleared from the calen dars. The hope is to adjourn by Sept. 5. Many problems re main and some members dont think they will make it. Resolutions Filed There was unfortunate pub licity earlier this year about wives, sons, daughters and other kinfolks on congression al payrolls. To help clear the decks for adjournment, the House- Administration . com mittee has taken care of the resolutions offered to stop this. They have been filed, in case anybody ever wants to see them again. A bill to publicize the trav el expense of junketing con gressmen, which total about a half million dollars a year. also has been put in shape for possible passage -some other year. Senators meantime have acted to ease the pain of mak ing public their payrolls, an event set for sometime in the fall. Fearing some of the homefolks might not under stand how a clerk or adminis trative assistant could be worth $16,300 a year, they have authorized fancier titles, each senator to make up his own House members have gear ed for the recess by voting themselves an extra $600 for stationery, raising the annual allowance per member from $1,200 to $1,800. They also voted to ease restrictions on their free telephone and tele graph service. House Makes Announcement One adjournment hurdle was cleared when the House announced to the world, for the 15th time, that it opposes admission of Red China to the United Nations. The Senate may act on this shortly. In another move to clear the air, Rep. Daniel J. Flood of oppostion being voiced by the young Democrats of Port land to renaming the dam in question "McKay Dam." To this I heartily agree, but I suspect for different reasons. I am a proponent of publicly owned dams and power plants, in short all na tural resources, and just as firm in my belief as are my opponents, but one must be fair and realize that this ques tion is highly controversial, that both sides are equally sure of their convictions and can show facts and figures supporting their convictions but have no further proof, that each side is sincere and feel justified in their respec tive positions. In short, I would not feel honored by having anything named for me to which I had been opposed, whether it be named posthumous or other wise, and I am sure the good Senator would feel the same. C. R. Burrill 122 Vilas Rd. W. Central Point. Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating? 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Flood In the Day's News Br FRANK JENKINS Cost of living note: i The government reports i that the cost of living rose ! fractionally in July to reach j an ALL TIME HIGH. It was the fourth straight monthly increase in the con sumer price index, which now stands at 124.9 per cent of the 1947-1949 average at the end of July. That is to say: It now costs $12.49 to buy what $10 would buy in the 1947-1949 period. TTIGHER prices are reported by the government iri NEARLY ALL AREAS of consumer spending. It adds: "The ' increase, plus a de cline in spendable earnings, reduced consumer buying power by approximately 1V4 per cent." QUESTION: What are "spendable" earnings? The answer: Spendable earnings are what you have left after pay ing ' all your necessary and unavoidable bills - INCLUD ING TAXES. If you don't pay your taxes, you'll find your self in DEEP trouble. AND- . ' TAXES are higher than they were in the 1947-1949 period. That bites still deeper into your buying power. A NOTHER thought: x- What government takes out of your pocket in the form of taxes YOU DON'T HAVE LEFT TO SPEND. We hear a lot of talk (especially in political circles) about the beneficial effeci of. govern ment spending on our national prosperity. Did you ever stop to think that what government reaches into your pocket and takes out in the form of taxes you don't have left to spend for yourself? It s all a question, you see, of WHO DOES THE SPENDING. Which do you prefer - to spend it yourself, or to have the government spend it for you? AFTER telling about the rising cost of living, this morning's government report adds: "HOWEVER, more than a million workers with con tracts tied to the cost of liv Reasonable Funerals (Priced for Everyone) FRANK PERL FREE Parking Space Adjacent To Mortuary FRIENDLY, tionally, the thousands of workers employed in these mills remain out of jobs until the time comes for next year's planting. This waste of man power has been one of Cas tro's major targets and he hopes through the agrarian program to keep these people productive on a year-round basis by permitting them to get away from reliance on a one-crop economy such as the cotton that used to plague the U.S. South. said putting the line under private operators, as proposed by a firm of consultants, would be contrary to the na tional interests. Among other changes, a private operator could start charging congress men for their fares. A big roadblock to early adjournment is the peanut bill passed by the House. It says for purposes of acreage allot ments peanuts that are boiled aren't to be counted as pea nuts. Amendment Thrown In Southern sponsors thought this measure had a straight furrow ahead in the Senate. But Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R-N.Y.) has thrown in an amendment. It's a civil rights bill he couldn't get out of committee over strong south ern opposition. Under Senate rules amend- mnts don't have to be ger mane to the bill. Senators hoping to . revise ' the rules have postponed until January their effort to change 'em. Sen. Wayne L. Morse-CD-Ore.) told the Senate indig nantly a kindergarten couldn't be run under present Senate rules. Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif .) replied that if Morse and others get around to re writing them, he hopes they'll include one to say laws here after have got to be written in English. A change that rad ical, of course, isn't likely. Members look to the recess as a chance to see how they stand with the voters. Sen. Stephen M. Young CD Ohio) is one who has deter mined for sure it's safe for him to go home. He took a poll in his state. It showed, he announced, that the home folks like Young, 368 to 4. AUTHOR 1WES Nantucket, Mass. - IDPD -Tiffany Thayer, 57, author of "Thirteen Men" and many other books, died Sunday of a heart attack while vacation ing here. Thayer's books in cluded "The Illustr ious Corpse." 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