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MAIL TRIBUNE, UUhti. Or. Wee!esay, Sea. 30, If 59 1 "Everyone la Southern Orcgoa t Read The faall Tribune" 5 Published Dwily except Saturday by . MJJJFOrtD PRINTING CO 9 83 North Fti St Ph S? X-S141 KOBtRT W RTTHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager CEHALD LATHAM Busineaa iigt IRIC W UXEN nu . Manaelnc Kditor EARL H ADAMS. CMy Editor t HARRY CHIPMAN Teleg Editor RICHARD JgWETT Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHEH Women ! Editor ' DALE ERICKSON Circulation Mr An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter Medlorri Ore on under Act of March S. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION BATES DaU- and Sunday 1 year $13 00 nf1v anil Sunday 3 mos. ' 4.29 Sunday Only Ono year 30 Ashland. Central Point, E a r 1 e Point Jacksonville, ooia mu. Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Rr- Dall7 and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1-50 Carrier and Dealer copy lOe Ail l erma ur in abtipct Official Paper of CMy f Madfori Official Papei ol jaeKKra jinnrey United Prese International Full Leased Wire MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU"" OF aWULATlOH ' liil.i.i rTn..w.a,it.f-fif .uro-cp.Hrti.rfJAV CO. DIC. Of. flees in New York, Chicago. De troit. 9 an r-raneisco. uom ungfa. Seattle, Portland St. Louis. At lanta Vancouver B.u. OT NEWSPAPER .eaaei PUBLISHERS ""ASSOCIATION NATIONAL eOlTOIIAl "B",, - s Flight 'o Time Medford and - Jackson County History from the files.; of The Mail Tribun 10,;20,v30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS.AGO Sept. 30. 1949 (Friday) : .; Mrs. Percey Wells of Ash land is named president of the Pioneer Society o Southern Oregon. .. " Local packing houses are finishing up . the 1949 pear crop and some are starting on pples, ' 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 1939 (Saturday) . ; The Jackson County Teach ers chorus meets at the coun ty courthouse. From Arthur Perry's ."Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Red headed pins used to designate 0n. maps the enemy's position have gone up 800 per cent. "A number of slackers have got around this by applying hen ha to blond pins." 30 YEARS AGO. Sept. 30. 1929 (Monday) - ' Magnificent autumn weath er prevails in the Kogue vai lev. ' Medford police report series ef bicycle thefts in the city. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 1919 (Tuesday) The Chinese pheasant hunt ng season opens with hun dreds of Nimrods in the Held Shortages of labor ' and boxes slow up apple harvest ing in the valley. . . , SO YEARS AGO -Sept. 30. 1909 (Thursday) Thirty of Medford's promi nent businessmen form the Crater Lake club in the in tcresta of social intercourse. East side residents of Med- fnrrl nlan to form a club' to promote municipal improve ments in that area. WhaPs Yc:r I.Q.? hi;., a. ten eemet it SUMrier; avail or eight b ewelleiir; Jhre at us is gooo. . 1. Are drone bees ,of the male or female sex? ! 2. What sort of outlet has the Caspian Sea? : 3. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution authorized federal income taxes? 4. In what U.S. city is the Golden Triangle? ; 5. The first adhesive post age stamps issued by the U.S. government were in what de nominations? 6. Of which state is the orange . blossom .. the , official flower? , 7. Is an earwig a bird,' an in sect; or a fish? 3. Are young beavers known as calves, kits, or pups? , 9. Is an. unabridged diction ary larger, or smaller, than an abridged dictionary, all other things being equal? ; 10. Complete this quotation from Franklin: "Remember that, time is . . Answers: l.cMale. 2. None. 3. The sixteenth. 4. Pitts burgh. Pa, 5. Fiva and ten cents. 6. Florida. 7. Insect. 8. Kits. 9. Larger. 10. " . . . money." NOTHING CHEESY Syracuse, N. Y. (UPD - Two giant Cheddar cheese, five feet in diameter and six feet high, were displayed during the New York State Fair. The two Cheddars weighed a Jotar of 5,800 pounds. , Auto Fight Corning General Motors' compact Corvair goes on sale Fri day. The Ford Falcon follows on Oct. 8. The Chrysler Valiant will be in dealers' hands the week of Oct. 25, preceded by the Dodge Dart in mid-October. Amer ican's Rambler and Studebakers Lark, the domestic small car bellwethers, already previewed, are being shipped to dealers now. . This could be the most exciting year in the automobile industry since 1908, when Henry Ford introduced his fabulous tin Lizzie, the Model T. After years of foot-dragging, the major manu facturers, now really alarmed at the competition from foreign "runts" and the Rambler and Lark, are jumping feet-first into the economy market. "Compact" is the word the Big Three are us ing, not "small." They're being ' accurate, too. Thev will be only slightly smaller than the stand ard models of what has tically called the low-priced three. And they'll be only slightly cheaper, hovering at or just below $2,000 at list price, plus before adding freight major accessories. The makers say their compacts will do 30 miles to a gallon "under normal highway condi tions." Make that about men will call them six - UUll t AJ JJ.lt U IvllC uals of the girth of , say. novation will -be Corvair's air-cooled, mostly aluminum engine, mounted m the rear. .; . TTTHE THREE-WAY DONNYBROOK pitting "the Big Three compacts against the imports and the Larks and Ramblers makes for interest ing predicitidhs. : ' Total auto sales are tweeh 6.5 million and 7 an estimated 5.6 million would appear: to have every right to expect a big year., jjiscounung uie steei uin.e, pcisuuai iw come is at an. unprecedented peak, and .employ ment is high. The prospect is for a jet-propelled economy once the strike . The-Big Three hope pacts this year. Novelty alone should help. But sales of that dimension would mean grabbing 14 to 17 per cent of the market. The sobering fact is that American in the first eight months of this year already has tucked cent of the domestic market, and btudeoaKer, witt close to 22 per cent, is aiming for 3 per cent. Sales of imported for 10.7 per cent of country. . v- THE BIG THREE continue to insist that their customers want big car comfort plus economy: In previewing the Dart in late September, M. C. Patterson, Dodge general manager, put it this way: The trend is toward economy in purchase price and economy of -operation, not small size for its own sake." But even if the claims for gas economy of the compacts are taken at face value, European models give a lot more mileage. , r : One area for exploitation of the; compacts, is the burgeoning market in late-model used cars. Sales of used cars this year have been higher than usual. And the most recent 'Federal Reserve Board study of consumer intentions showed more Americans than ever before intending to buy a used car. Pricetags. on the compacts will make them competitive. - Sales of seven million units in 1960 would make it the second biggest year in automobile history, though still short of 1955, when force feeding sales techniques pushed the total to 7,9 million units and cut deeply into the potential market for 1956 and 1957. ; ; . At any rate, the battle now; is joined, and it's bound to be a fight worth viewing. E.R.R. ; Boondoggles Drop Decid The 1959 legislature, which .in its wisdom decided it knew more ; about highway construc tion priorities than. the State Highway-Commission charged: by law with the job turned out to be a. considerably less than red hot planner. Good planners, at least the good planners we have known, don't push projects unless they are feasible. The legislature passed a bill providing for financing of two projects. - 1. The "bridge to nowhere" ' across the Columbia river at Astoria. This was a particularly ill-advised idea, the law passing after a giant crab feed and bus and booze party given to members of the legislative assembly. 2. The improvement of highway 42 in south western Oregon. This was put over by a house wives lobby from the, Oregon Coast. . '' - ND what happened to Well, the first is: attorneys have just ruled. The legislature, with out? consulting the state of Washington said the bridge could be built if Washington would ?ay half the losses. Washington wants no part of such a scheme. As a result the whole shebang will have to wait to see if the 1961 legislature is hungrier and thirstier than its 1959 counterpart. ; And the second? It's legal, all right, but the sum involved in the project is so big that it will take ten years to, do the housewives thought. After, this the legislature 'had better leave highway planning to the Bend Bulletin. v been rather, euphemis federal excise taxes charges and the cost or. 20 m.p.g. in town. Sales passenger models, but UaVA iSCab LA-U. CC iiiuiyiu- Khrushchev. Biggest in ; . y being estimated: at be million units as against units this year. Detroit is settled. to sell one million com away a snug- 6.6 per autos m July accounted all cars retailed in this the two projects? - illegal, the state s bond job, far more than the . . , Highway Commission. t Dennis the Menace wmz f if rr& okw wmi ruff, rr 01x3mA ee OKAY W0H yOtf PGOPIBI Results of Will Take By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor Whether the Eisenhower Khrushchev meeting was a turning point in the cold war or merely another dead end along the road will take many- months to determine. From now until next summer, it would seem Likely that the kJk Phil Newsom p r e s ent im proved atmosphere between the United States and Russia will continue.. " But from the official com munique, and from the: words of both President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev,; it also seems that neither man changed his mind about basic issues. Their agreement was one to con tinue' negotiations. But the In the Day's N By FRANK JENKINS Wen ; . ;. . One good thing has hap pened. ': Mr. K. got home safe and sound. If some crafty crank hand succeeded in planting a bomb in his plane and it had gone off, the fat would have been in the fire. rTWO hours 'after his plane -- landed, he appeared at a "welcome home" rally in the Sports Palace of the Lenin stadium in , Moscow. He got what is described in this morning's dispatches (which were passed by the Russian censor) as a tumultuous wel come. W HAT. did he say? It is interesting. There was a crowd at the Moscow airport when he landed. He waved his hand and shouted "OKAY" - in English. He added - in Rus sian: "I've been in America. But Russia is BETTER. It is good to be home." TITHY IS that interesting? When you get home from a long trip, what do YOU say? You say: "I've seen a lot of wonderful things, but BOY! IS IT GOOD TO BE HOME!" In other words, Mr. K is acting like a reasonably nor mal human being. BUT H sairl something else: He added that he felt Pres. ident Eisenhower IS SIN CERE in his desire to end the cold war and promote normal try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF TT AVE. YOU EVER thought what a playwright must suffer XX through when he pens a flop that closes after a week in New York? Here's a touching resume by Moss Hart: First, he has to read the dismal notices in the daily papers. Second, there are the dour reappraisals in the , Sunday drama sections. Third, the critics on the , weekly magazines take out their little hatchets. Fourth, he rereads the sour notices all over again six months later in old magazines in the dentist's waiting room. And worst of all, eight years later, when all presumably is forgotten, . up pops the worst review again in some : playgoer's anthology! ... .."' -How do you like ywu wife's cooking?- asked a newrywedV poker pal the first time he rejoined the fold. "Some brides," the rather hew husband sighed, "make strange bread, fellows." - 1969. by Bennett Cert, Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Ike-Hikita Months to original stumbling blocks still are there. For example, take Berlin and disarmament. Berline Deadline Lifted Eisenhower was able to an nounce that the Russian ulti matum for removal of Allied forces in Berlin has been lifted and that the Berlin is sue no longer has a deadline The deadline first was established by Khrushchev last Nov. 27 when he gave the Allies six months to get out. Failure to do so, he said, would mean that Rssuia would renounce the Potsdam agreement for four-power con trol, would turn Berlin com munications over the Com munist East Germans and eventually would sign an East German peace treaty. In the face of stiff Allied resistance, the Soviets back pedalled a bit at the recent Big Four ministers' confer ence in Geneva. relations with all countries.1 Ever since the end of the war, the accepted Communist line has been that the Ameri can people want peace, but their wicked, government won't let them have it. His words in Moscow rep resented a deviation from that line. History tells us that de viations from the accepted , Communist line are always apt to be interesting. IjiROM here on out, of course, DEEDS will be far more important than words. But President Eisenhower made an interesting report in Wash ington. He said he and Premier Khrushchev made "substan tial progress toward early agreements to increase cul tural exchanges between the two countries and decided to reopen negotiations on Rus sia's 800 million dollar LEND- LEASE DEBT LEFT OVER FROM WORLD WAR H. That, if it came about, would be progress. It isn't so much the 800 millions. It's the principle of the thing. One is always suspicious of people who have been helped in an emergency and then refuse, when they get back oh then feet, to repay the debt. So far Russia has refused repayment. If she should change her mind and repay the debt it would be an indi cation, even though in a very small way, of acceptance of normal standards of business morality. Moscow Meeting Could Give Democrats Issue During Nominating Convention By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International Washington - (DPD - Neatly packaged out of the Eisen hower - Khrushchev meeting came some eggs - Repub lican eggs and all in one bas ket. mere is a proverb about that which begins with two emphatic words: "Don't nnf It is a good question today whether the springtime meet ing between President Eisen hower and Premier ruirusn chev in Moscow will be a ereater boon to their respec tive grandchildren than to the Democratic Party. Springtime comes late in Moscow by American standards just as autumn comes early. It was snowing in Moscow Tuesday when all America, save, may be, Fraser, Colo., still awaited Indian Summer. Meeting Deterimne They they said they had never meant their Berlin pro nouncements to constitute an ultimatum only a demand for negotiations. For the West, and the Unit ed States particularly, Berlin represented no minor issue It had guaranteed the weU- being of 2 million West Ber liners and failure to carry it out would have meant to abandon treaties all over the world. Not Major Issue For the U.S.S.R. it was eas ier. Berlin for them was not the major issue. Of more im portance was their hold on 18 million East Germans, the economic contribution to the East Germans could make to the Communist world and the position they held as a buffer between East and West. An assured way to preserve the status quo into the in definite future would be sep arate peace treaties one with East Germany, another with West Germany, meaning in ternational recognition of sep arate nations. Khrushchev made it clear before he left the United States, he still favored separate treaties. Dillon Ready To Spell Out Russian Trade Policy Washington - (UPD Under secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon was ready today to spell out a tough U.S.' policy toward any increase In Soviet American trade. ' , Dillon scheduled his first press conference to discuss, at President Eisenhower's sug gestion, the trade talks he had at Camp David, Md., last week end with Soviet leaders. - Dillon, who is the State De partment's top economic af fairs official, is known to question S o v i e t motives in seeking an increase in trade with this country. Helicopter Approval Seen However,, he is expected to give quick approval to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's request to buy a helicopter in this country. Khrushchev, aft er riding in Eisenhower's "-chopper," said he wanted one. state .Department oin cials indicated there would be no objections. The question of what is be hind the Russian drive for in creased trade was raised only Tuesday night by Roy R. Ru bottom, assistant secretary of state for inter-American afc fairs, in a speech in Denver. Rubottom said "one may well speculate" just how much of the Soviet trade talk was motivated by a desire to re place traditional suppliers of items which we now purchase in Latin America and other parts of the freeworld." Wants Settlement Commerce Secretary Fred- erik H. Mueller made it clear last r month that more wane with the Soviets was out of the question until they settled their lend-lease bUl dating back to World War II. During the Camp David dis cussions, rinrusncnev agiccu to reopen negotiations on the lend-lease bill which the U.S. has scaled down from $2,600,- 000,000 to $800 million: Tne Russians previously nao oi fered $300 million settlement. JOB SECURITY Burlington, Vt. (DPD - Lt. Arthur D'Arcengelo said the painter who put an extra "o" in the word "unloading" on four street signs won't be fir ed. The signs were painted by i an inmate of the state prison. So, if grandpa is going to take the Eisenhower tykes to Moscow in a time of the spring thaw and blooming flowers it could be as late as June when the two chiefs of state next get together. It was Khru shchev's idea that the grand OommuniGatiiinis Letters to the Editor must bear the name end 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 tact the contrary is orten To Save the Deer To the Editor: Please place this in , communications col umn, because I think that by using my proposal on the question of keeping deer and cattle from being destroyed by man's neglect, they can be saved. If anyone who is interested in livestock, especially in the wild state, as deer, knows they do not like moving objects or strange noises. I feel that in order not to have these animals in the water to drown and die, they must" never be able to come to the banks of this canal. The way is to have objects moving by endless cable with a motor, as in washing machine, to and fro, or an automatic clutch of some. sort. There could be some sta tionary cables between mov ing cables with bright colored metal on all cables. This movement may not be much greater than 12 to 15 inches to and fro motion, it depends on gears able to be found Also some sound that will give terror to the animals. This kind of a set-up will not cost a fortune and will do the trick without a doubt. The deer can jump a six or seven foot fence and a bear can move a slab if he so desires if not set with bolts. . Leo A. Rifenbark, 1131 Pinecroft ave., Medford. 50-Plus Club To tne Editor: Tne man who wrote in Sunday's paper about all the new words dogs have caused, forgot the one under the Dogs' and Pets' column - sixth advertisement down. It states "AKC. Reg, Collie pupils." ' .1 owned some little Collie "pupils' one time andl how they do love to learn new tricks! I learned a few new remarks last Friday at the Fifty Plus club: At one of the canasta tables a nice old l"dy said "For pity sakes, if this hand doesn't beat a chicken a picking!" ; ' Soon one broke forth with "Sure is a strain to lose my best card. It's worse than a duck trying to lay a goose egg." . Tm not a collie pupil, but I surely do like , to go to the Fifty Plus club, for I like old people even better than I like young doggies, and I learn a lot there, too, for most of the members know more than I do. We had a fine, large group last Friday, and the Guild Hall at Fifth and Oakdale is such a good meeting place. Pearl F, Spackman, Club Reporter, Jacksonville, Ore. (TW 9-1637). P.S.: If you know of mem bers who are ill, please call me. Red Cross' Job To the Editor: In order, to prevent public misunderstand ing regarding Civil Defense and Red Cross in a disaster situation, may we clarify a statement made in an article in Sunday's paper? - The article, headed "Civil Defense Program Given for Zonta Club," stated that: "Miss York told of the regis tration information aspects of Civil Defense, How they func tion as an emergency welfare service, reuniting families, finding missing persons and obtaining records of the peo ple effected by disaster . . ." The article should have added that this service oper ates under Civil Defense ONLY in a war-caused dis aster. The above services are a daily part of the Red Cross program for service men and families, and the specific re sponsibility of the Red Cross during any disaster not caused by war. Edith Eden, co-chairman, Disaster Service Jackson .; County Chapter, Ameri can Red Cross. Don't Neglect Slipping FALSE TEETH Do talM taeO drop, slip or wobbla When you talk, eat, laugh or sneeze? Don't be annoyed and embarrassed bT such handicaps. FASTEETH, an alkaline (non-acid) powder to sprin kle on your plates, keeps false teeth more firmly set. Gives ronfldent feel In; of security and added comfort. Bo gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feel ing. Uet KX1SJ H ana j children should be in the Eis enhower party, and that they should see Moscow abloom and ablossom. Critical Political Month Very pretty! But June, 1960, is a politically critical month in the Umted States. Both na- the Credit To Veterans . , To the Editor: This is the second letter I have written in regard to "thanks' to the vet erans from Camp White, for the help they have given and are giving for the benefit of charitable organizations, and for free. They, the veterans but at Camp White, have just donated their quota for the United Crusade. I read in the Medford Mail Tribune of what the benefits were used for, especially veterans' benefits. But does it say anything about the veterans at Camp White donating their quota for 1959? No, I should say not. I be lieve in giving credit where credit is due. But no, every body else is mentioned, but not the veterans. Is that quite fair, I ask? Last Christmas the boys at Camp White fixed broken toys, such as tricycles,- wag ons, dolls, et, but was there any mention or credit given to them for all the good they have done for the needy? Yes, it is true, the veterans are numbered with the needy, but they are always ready to lend a helping hand for other char itable organizations. But still no mention. Last Christmas there was a piece in the Med ford Mail Tribune, where it told what the' Firemen and Lions club had done, but still no thanks to .the veterans. . There are almost 1,000 vet erans at Camp White, and 70 per cent of them get pensions of some sort and they spend most of it in Medford and vicinity. After alL they are a part of our community and I think they should be treated as same. I hope you will print this as I know someone ought to Wake up to the fact that these same 'boys are the ones that helped to keep the ' United States of America what it is today. Why not help these boys and show them our apprecia tion for their help? After all, who knows, we may need these boys again. So why not mention the veterans at Camp White once in awhile? Some folks may not like veterans. But wars do funny things to them, not for their asking, so, "Lest We Forget," the vster ans have feelings just as well as we have, so why not give them a chance and help them, instead of hurting them. (And let's not forget Pearl Harbor.). Thank you for printing this. , (Name on File), Medford. Moles and Beams To the Editor: I believe Mr. Bulman, in his "A Plea For Modesty," is a little mixed up. Hasn't he heard, "A thing of beauty is a Joy forever"? There is usually a reason for everything. Mr. Bulman does not take this into considera tion; he just flatly condemns the custom. There is another saying, "The younger generation isn't what it used to be." This might be a reason, as my grandfather told me the girls got the same affect by show ing their ankles when he was a boy. If the human male has degenerated to this point al ready I would say Mr. Bul man could very well have his worry misplaced. Of course there may be some other logical explanation, but until one is found, why doesn't Mr. Bulman read Mat. 7:3? "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy broth er's eye, but considerest not THE ' SYMPATHETIC TOUCH C M. LltwiJIer That means so much when sorrow comes. Serving all who call with faithful personal attention. With dignity and rever ence, we consider it a trust to serve the departed your loved one. LITWILLER Funeral Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy. 66 at Normal ' Office 88 N. Main .ASHLAND We Never Close tional nominating conventions come up in July. The political word in recent weeks has been that the Democrats are lacking a crackling issue on which to base their 1960 presidential campaign. . - .. An Eisenhower - Khru shchev meeting just prior to the nominating conventions could give the Democrats an overriding issue. It seems rea sonable to believe that such a meeting surely will provide an effective Democratic cam paign issue unless there - is generated: in Moscow some concrete, realistic, reassuring progress toward peace, re duced national defense costs and lesser taxation. That issue could be decisive.: During the month before the conventions. Americans will be reading and hearing of little else than the meeting of their President with the So viet chief. That wUl not offend tne citizens because thev sure ly must be more interested in peace than in presidents and in parties. Backfire Possible They wUl have had from right now until the Moscow meeting to build up tlftir hopes for a better world. The political party which can be tagged in the presidential campaign on charges of disap pointing those hopes is likely to be defeated on election day. The words uttered here and in Moscow since the end of the Eisenhower - Khrushchev talks ' at Camp David have been hopeful, confident, op timistic. The citizens are en titled to believe a beginning has been made toward better things. 3his was true, also, after the 1955 Big Four meet ings in Geneva. - "It is my judgment," Eisen hower said then, "that the prospects of a lasting peace with justice are brighter. The dangers of modern war are less." . . , . The Big . Four then turned over to their foreign minister the specific issues to be re solved. Their meeting was an absolute failure and the world since has been on the brink of war. the beam that is in thine own eye." Also, from Omar Khayyam: "Oh Thou who burn'st in heart for those who bum in Hell, whose fires thyself shaU feed in turn; How long be crying, 'Mercy on them, GodU Why, who art Thou to teach, and He to learn?" Howard W.' Veach, Route 1, Box 52, Eagle Point, Ore. Need Cash for Fall Expenses? ' Coma ra Pacific Industrial (Qs'WepfcW" prompt, etmttom 0twoal hvm mnd mmm er H S. Central SP 3-5301 Bob Griffith, Manager Qieese Family Weekly Cookbook Section Any time is cheese fime, but etpeciof during October! familf Weekly salutes the annual CHEESE FESTIVAL with some delectable cheese recipes in October 4 Family TVeeleZy With your Medford Mail Tribune tfiriK i Cheese i I Festival I 1 O.S.A. I KICK IS1 Mrs. Utwlller "It is better to knew us and not need us than to need us and not know us."