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Medford and Jackson County
History from th9 files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 23. 1949 (Sunday)
Central Point city officials
urge voters to turn out in
force for the sewerage bond
issue election.
Donations for the first
Mercy Flights air ambulance
now total $1,038.
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20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 23. 1939 (Monday)
Zane Grey, who once fished
and praised the Rogue river,
dies at his home in California.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "There
is. a demand for a change in
the Oregon game laws. The
present quota of 17 hunters
for every Chinese pheasant
needs revision."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 23, 1929 (Wednesday)
The local apple harvest is
expected to end shortly.
The state water board dis
approves of a bond issue for
the Rogue River Valley Irri
gation district.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 23. 1919 (Thursday)
Snow falls on the foothills,
and rain on the valley floor.
A grand jury recommends
the construction of a new
Jacklon county -courthouse.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 23. 1909 (Saturday)
The Sherman, Clay and
company music house opens
with a large crowd attending
its premiere musicale.
J. R. Allen says no right of
way has yet been secured to
bring the P and E railroad
into Medford.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior!
seven or eKjht is excellent; five of
sis is good.
1. Does the Mississippi Riv
er have its source in Missis
sippi, Minnesota, Illinois, or
Ohio?
2. In geometry, a pentagon
is a polygon having four,
five, six, or seven sides?
3. Was- the Capitol, or the
White House, the first Federal
building to be erected in
Washington, D. C?
4. In England, who presides
over the House of Lords?
5. What famous city was
captured by soldiers hidden
in. a wooden horse?
6. Supply the missing word
in "The Sidewalks of ." ?
7. Which would you say
quacks the louder; a duck or
8. Who was nick named
"The Little Corporal?"
9. Did the Treaty of Ghent
end the Revolutionary, Mexi
can or War of 1812?
10. A young cow that has
not had a calf is called a ?
Answers: 1. Minnesota. 2.
Five. 3. The White House. 4.
Lord Chancellor. 5. Troy. 6.
New York. 7. A drake doe.
not quack. 8. Napoleon. 9.
War of 1812. 10. Heifer. -
EDlTORAIDES -
New York-TCTO- JohnM.
Moorhead, 61, assistant news
and make-up editor of the
;NeVYork Daily -News, died
Thursday.
Change for Counties
Gov. Mark Hatfield the other day suggested
that there are too many (36) counties in this
state, and that the services which counties pro
vide too often overlap or duplicate those offered
by other agencies of government.
It would be interesting to know where the
governor got this idea which has considerable
merit, despite the fact that it would be violently
fought if ever brought before the legislature.
It may sound new to some people. But it
wasn't too many years
the same proposal was put forth by 'one Kichard
L. Neuberger, who now, as United States Sena
tor, is one of Mark Hatfield's chief political antagonists.-
..
OOUNTY government is a much-discussed sub
V ject these days.
Only this year, the state of Connecticut abol
ished counties entirely.
In other states there is active talk about re
ducing the number of counties, and making them
larger. (With quicker transportation and com
munication, this would hardly constitute a hard
ship.' It is now easier to travel from, say, Lake
view to Klamath Falls, than it once was from
Shady Cove to Medford.) Administrative savings
could ensue, also, as single agencies would serve
larger areas, eliminating duplication.
But most discussion has centered upon county
reorganization and "home rule." ' ' : :
TPHE tide of public thinking and public opinion
" on public matters moves slowly which is
probably just as well.
But in the case of county government, the tide
of public opinion is moving.
There has long been dissatisfaction with coun
ty government, which was designed for a type of
society we no longer have. It once was democratic
and responsive j today it is unwieldy and unman
ageable, with no clear lines of authority and
responsibility. .
This dissatisfaction,
in more and more thinking on the subject, which
in turn resulted, last year, in a constitutional
amendment being approved by the voters which
will permit counties to gain a certain autonomy,
the ability to legislate on
the righrto determine
ments shall take. . . :
..'
IT IS up to the counties themselves to take the
inifiotura in onV o Tsir.i1ii'ii
The Association of
cided to work out a "model" county charter, for
use by the various counties if and when they de
cide to go ahead on a reorganization. This should
be of great benefit to
thinking through the
desirable.- .
' County reorganization
lightly, nor in toorgreat haste. It should be thor
oughly thought through.
But changes must be
be made into effective,
ble, units of government. With the population
growth of the past few years, and with that still
to come, it is urgent that changes be made. E.A.
One Proposal
In Benton county,
been widespread discussion of the county prob
lem, stimulated m large part by Bob Ingalls of
the Corvallis Gazette-Times, one of a number of
editors in the state who
inadequacies of county
today. . .
The other day his newspaper pnnted an out
line of a plan of county government suggested
by one of its readers, T. J. Starker, a college pro
fessor and forester, who also has served on many
voluntary governmental boards and commissions.
The plan, proposed for "kicking around pur
poses only, calls for a county board of governors
of seven men, elected from representative sec
tions of the county, and serving without pay;
THE governors would hire an executive officer,
trrlirt in 1111-1 nrrvnlrl Via ioe,rsiS,noiTln "Prvi Tiitnnn"
all other necessary personnel. He would serve at
the pleasure of the governors.
Only six other major county employees are
called for by this plan. They are :
. 1. Tax officer (combining duties of present
assessor, and the tax collection responsibilities of
sheriff).
2. Fiscal officer (to assume duties of present
treasurer and some of those of present county
clerk). .
3. Agriculture officer.
4. Health and Welfare officer (to handle
juvenile matters, welfare, civil defense, health,
and coroner's duties).
5. Surveyor (including duties of engineer
and roadmaster).
6. Legal officer (to handle law enforcement).
PRESUMABLY the judiciaiy, which is a state
function, would remain as is, including the
quasi-judicial position of district attorney, who
also is a state, rather than county, official.
Starker estimates that, of Benton county's cur
rent budget of some $1,100,000, almost $100,000
annually would be saved.
There are a few holes in this outline which
need plugging.
And it will bring opposition if it ever is seri
ously proposed. .
But it does present one logical, and responsi
ble, proposal for eliminating the present cumber
some edifice of county government. E.A. .
ago that almost exactly
over the years, resulted
their own problems, and
what form their govern
Oregon Counties has de
the local committee in
changes which may be
is not a step to be taken
made if counties are to
responsive and responsi
among others, there has
are concerned with the
government as it exists
Dennis the Menace
J CMr
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paper; in fact the contrary is often the cae.
Switch Engine Danger
To the Editor, and Mr. and
Mrs. John Q. Public:
Do you know that today
you start to live under the
shadow of death in so far as
the railroad grade crossings
are concerned? You may face
death because the railroad no
longer cares enough about
the public to keep a fireman
on the railroad engines. Let
us suppose you are coming
down the highway or street
in your car and fail to see the
engine or train and crash into
the side of the train. There is
no fireman on that side to ob
serve the crash and the engi
neer is too busy on his side
and can't see you.,
.All they care about is that
they have saved a . fireman's
wages at the expense ox the
publiCi How, many of you
have . had ' close - calls down
town at the railroad crossing,
and perhaps have had your
life saved when some alert
fireman sounded, the emer
gency? Do you and your chil
dren want to take your life
in your hands when you ap
proach the engine from what
used to be the fireman s side,
and there is no one there to
see, or care, if you accidently
overshoot the crossing? The
railroad company calls a fire
man "feather-bedding" be
cause he is there as a safety
measure to protect your life.
If this is so then let us cut out
all police and ambulance serv
ice. Let us lay off all city
firemen because they are only
needed when there is a fire!
Do you know, what the rail
road would say if you had an
accident with a 1 train,- and
there -was no one on the fire
man's side of: the engine to
see it? They would ' say
"That's tough, old boy, but
what do you want us to do?
You shouldn't have been
there! If you had been some
where else, you wouldn't have
gotten hit." And if you want
ed to sue them, they have re
tained high - priced lawyers
that are out of the price range
of the average man.
Do you think the railroad
cares about you? All they care
about is money and to heck
with the public.
Do you know that these
switch engines that continu
ally rumble back and forth
across the crossings down
town are not using the air
brakes on the cars they are
pulling? The air brakes on the
cars are not even connected
to the engine, so that in the
event of an. emergency (may
be you are stuck .on a cross
ing) all that there would be to
stop with would be the en
gine brakes alone. This in
creases the distance, required
to stop by several hundred
per cent. Maybe they hit you!
Who cares? They have saved
paying the crew extra money
to connect up the air brakes,
and the public again is the
loser! 1
. (Name on File)
Ashland, Ore.
Liked Coverage
To the Editor: The House
of Delegates of the Oregon
State Medical Society at its
1959 annual session held in
Medford, Sept. 22-25, adopted
the following resolution com
mending the Medford Mail
Tribune and the other news
media of Jackson county and
the state for their excellent
cooperation during the So
ciety's annual session:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the
Oregon State Medical Society
express its appreciation to the
Medford Mail Tribune and the
other newspapers of the state
for their excellent reporting
of the events of this session,
also to commend the wire
services and the Medford ra
dio and television stations.
You will be interested in
PEACH THE U&fTl4
knowing that the news cover
age of the Society's 1959 an
nual session was far superior,
both in quantity and, quality,
to many of our previous an
nual sessions. We wish to
commend you and your staff
for their excellent reporting
and for their fine cooperation
with the members of the so
ciety's staff in the selection
and preparation of appropri
ate releases both during and
prior to the session.
Oregon State Medical Society
Merle Pennington, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer
Portland 5, Ore.
More Definitions
To the Editor: Re: Question
No. 4 in October 11th "What's
Your I.Q.", and the Editor'!
Note in answer to William B
Clegg's letter.
Nine presidents of the Uni
ted States affirmed their be
lief in the One, Holy, Catholic
and Apostolic Church, and
held the Catholic faith as
handed down by the Apostles
The New Century diction
ary capitalizes Catholic when
it is "noting or pertaining to
the Western Church: also, no
ting or pertaining to the
Church of Rome (often Ko
man Catholic'): also, among
Anglicans, noting or pertain
ing to the Christian body neia
to represent the ancient un
divided Christian church com
prising the Anglican Church,
along with the Roman Cath
olic Church and the 'Greek
Church." ..
My Webster's -dictionary al
so lists Catholic as "pertain
ing to or designating any of
various churches r claiming
aDostolic succession, as the
churches of the Anglican Com
munion." . Throughout Web
ster's dictionary, whenever
the Roman, Communion is
referred to, it is always clear
ly labelled "Roman Catholic",
and never just ' Catholic...
The seeming paradox in be
ing both Catholic and Protes
tant. ADostolic and Keiormea
is explained in more detail at
our Inquirers class, , wnicn
meets each Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. Duane S. Alvord
Assistant to the Rector
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Medford.
Go To The Root
To the Editor: Either con
fusion of thought, or the lack
of information could lead to
an editorial such as your guest
from the northeastern part pi
the state presents in the Mail
Tribune Monday, Oct. 19,
1959. (Pendleton East-Oregon-ian.
supporting a Youth Con
servation Corps.-Ed.)
Environmental i n f 1 u ence
plays a great part in the de
velopment o f delinquents;
but when you group these de
linquents together in the
Youth Conservation Corps
you ignore a singularity im
nnrtant daneer. Yon have not
changed the environment,
only moved it, togetner witn
the delinauents, to another
place. .Remember the most
important factor of environ
ment is contact with other
people. Continued association
of delinquents with delin
quents in what would otner
wise be a wholesome atmos
phere, is far from guarantee
ing rehabilitation of these de
linquents. Indeed, the whole question
of the problem is being beg
ged. The editor argues the big
city slums are the largest
supplier of delinquents. This
is agreeable; but . does your
guest editor believe solely in
rehabilitating 18 year old de
linquents? Should he not be
much more concerned with
improving the environment,
Speech Contest
Winners Noted
Dave Foote, Crater Future
Farmers of America chapter
member, will compete in the
area Soil Conservation dis
trict public speaking contest
in Grants Pass, Monday, Oct.
26, according to C. W. Jensen,
chairman of the Rogue Soil
Conservation district.
Foote won the district con
test Wednesday at Hedrick
Junior High school. Speakers
from Curry, Jackson, Jose
phine and Douglas counties
may compete in the contest,
Jensen said.
Dave Redmond, also of
Crater FFA chapter in Cen
tral Point,' was second, and
Leon Small, Phoenix, third.
The contestants spoke on pas
ture or range conservation.
The winner of the south
west area contest will go to
the state contest in Salem
Nov. 5 during the annual
meeting of the Oregon State
Association of Soil Conserva
tion districts Jensen said. The
area winner is given a trip to
the state contest as his prize
from the soil conservation
district which he represents.
Ed Griggs is chapter adviser
and coach for the Crater con
testants, and Jack Dube for
those from Phoenix.
Contest judges were Dr.
Elmo Stevenson, Southern
Oregon college president; De
Vere Taylor, Medford High
school speech instructor and
Jerome McDougall, Hedrick
Junior High school speech instructor.
and the rehabilitation of the
children aged 1 year through
18 years? Improve the en
vironment of all those living
in these delinquent producing
farms. Start with improving
the opportunity for social bet
terment for these families.
These slums house a vast num
ber of human beings, repre
sentative of our population;
continue to deny them a rea
sonable opportunity to better
themselves, and we will open
further the wound in the al
ready weakened heart of our
nation. .
When one has a serious
problem, is it not most wise
to go to the source of the
trouble? Go then, to the
source of these problems;
eliminate the filth, the slime,
the utter poverty, the im
morality - pr oducing environ
ment so degrading1 to human
dignity.
. It is only in the wholesome
peace, counsel, and discipline
of the family, that this or any
nation can hope for a life
blood supply of model, loyal
and useful citizens. The State
cannot produce these citizens
when they take the children
at birth; and they stand in an
even more impossible position
when they take them after 18
years of immoral groundwork
has been completed... These
citizens will come only from
the family.
Robert J. Howard
;: 828B West 14th st.
Medford.
Lack of Spirit ,
To the Editor: Medford, in
contrast to Ashland, has lost
its "public spirit." There are
few people in Medford who
don't like to be entertained,
but they hesitate to join in
anything unless it is guaran
teed they will get their mon
ey's worth. .
Our high school plays are
attended by a smattering of
parents and close friends, all
school activities are the same
way, with the exception of
football games, but those are
cut and dried with the surety
of interest.
Our little theater group, the
Footlighters, has come close
in Heath several times, but for
a few diehards . who have
nursed it from birth. Our ro
ntons anri tiarades are pitiful
affairs, the .parades usually
ranking second to boutnern
Pacific. 1 .
With the ' holiday seasons
coming up will our houses be
rier-orated and our doors
open and the spirit properly
loh,-otoH? Nnt 111CP1V. DUI
tUWK'M.M. - - ml I j
there will be a prize for the i
best yard decor, so no douot
there will be an interest tnere.
Medford Deople play their
cards too close to their chests.
No one knows for sure what
is going on. An example of
;his was the smorgasbord
:nonsored bv a local food
store. I was told none of the
oaor food salesmen was aware
the schools were sending the
children over by tne bus lpaa.
None of these men live in
Medford and I think their vol-
untarv interes in our town s
net Droiect to send the band
to San Francisco should be
greatly commended. The point
heine. the luncheon didn't
cost Medford a dime, the
money all came from out of
town, the object being to raise
money. This was to be the
satisfatcion, not a fuU stom
ach.
Next time mavbe we'll loos
en up and let some one know
what is going on.
Edith Smith
710 Pennsylvania ave.
Medford
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
OLD UNCLE HARRY
Washington - The spry and
increasingly loved old boy
used to be famous for his eag-
er readiness
Si. - - i.
iu get i ii i u
any kind of
fight, or even
to start one.
But this same
old boy is
fast - and
quite " deliber
ately becom
ing the kindly,
understanding
and sage Uncle Harry of all,
repeat all, the Democratic
party.
The mellowing of Harry S.
Truman may become the best
secret weapon the Democrats
can have in the 1960 Presi
dential struggle. For the for
mer President is lifting him
self above all intraparty fac
tionalism for a single and su
preme purpose. This to lick,
not some wrong-headed Dem
ocratic group, but rather the
Republican opposition.
Since he himself left the
White House, of course, this
has been his unsleeping ambi
tion. But this time, in con
trast to the past, his planning
is more practical and so more
likely actually to succeed.
From this correspondent's di
rect knowledge of Mr. Tru
man's general objectives, and
also from recent public oc
currences, this may be put
down for a fact:
THE former President has a
new awareness of the
real sources of probable Re
Si
WUUsm S.
WhiU ,
De Gaulle's Opposition To
Summit Conference Softens
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The man-of-the week: Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle of
France.
The place: Paris.
. The quote: "The French
government considers that the
opening of a summit confer
ence could be ' envisaged in
the course of the coming
spring."
' It was a short communique,
running not more than . 300
words. But it summed up in
writing, offi
c i a 1 1 y , the
French view
toward the
summit ses
sion so ar
dently desired
by British
Prime Minis
ter Harold
Macmil lan
. v , i
Phil Ns-wsom ana somewnai
less ardently desired by Presi
dent Eisenhower.
From the beginning, de
Gaulle has been at worst op
posed, at best unenthusiastic
about the proposed confer-
S. WHITE
publican strength and of prob
able Democratic weakness in
1960. These are, simply, the
greater operating unity among
the Republicans and the ten
dency of the advanced liberal
Democrats to spend all their
time fighting other Democrats
who prefer winning elections
to winning idological argu
ments.
A Truman Missouri mind,
once made up, is not lightly
changed. And Mr. Truman
has made up his Missouri
mind that these advanced lib
erals are not going to be al
lowed to tear up his party if
he can help it. -
He has already fired off
several warning rockets, and
there will be others. He has
told off Democratic National
Chairman Paul Butler for us
ing his office to separate Dem
ocratic sheep from Democrat
ic goats instead of trying to
round up all and sundry who
might be willing to vote Dem
ocratic next year. He has
made it plain that HST will
have no part of a plan of the
advanced liberals to provoke
the Southerners to bolt or,
for that matter, deliberately
to drive them from the na
tional convention.
HE HAS observed - perhaps
somewhat cryptically, to
outsiders, but plainly to in
siders - that "Johnny-come-
lately" liberals will not dom
inate that convention.
And he has now made a
powerfully friendly call down
in Texas on the party Con
gressional leaders at whom
the advanced liberals have
been so tirelessly sniping
This does not mean necessar
ily that Mr. Truman is going
ence which would bring to
gether the United States, Brit
ain, France and the Soviet Un
ion in the first of a series of
high level conferences which
would establish the founda
tion of world peace.
-Reflects Problems
De Gaulle's early lukewarm
reception of the idea and fin
ally his outright rejection of
a summit session before the
end of the year reflected both
his own personality and oth
er problems he faces at home,
which to him are much more
pressing'. ' ' '
In fact, personal roles
among Eisenhower, Macmil
lan, de Gaulle and Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev have
weighed heavily in the decis
ion whether at some time in
the months ahead they would
meet together at a conference
table.
But none more so than de
Gaulle.
De Gaulle, as a man of des
tiny who believes his own
story must be wound inextri
cably with that of, France,
must base part of his decision
about a summit on pride. '
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to back the other leader.
Speaker of the House Sam
Ray burn, for permanent
chairman of the convention. -
It does mean, however;
that Mr. Truman has served
this notice: the Truman sun-
port wil go at length to some
candidate from within the
truly professional wing of the
party. It will not an to the
doctrinaire liberal wing. As
of now the Truman backins
undoubtedly would center on
to Sen. Stuart Symineton.a
fellow Missourian. If Syming
ton shows inability to win the
nomination, that backine will
move elsewhere. "Elsewhere."
though a large term, is not a
limitless one. "Elsewhere",
cannot be stretched, so wide
as to cover the kind of Dem-.
ocratic aspirant who is madly
loved only by such as Amer
icans for Democratic Action.
MR. TRUMAN, is short,
rlnesn't nnnt - TWnin.
cratic convention character
ized only by the splendid
fight, fight, fight" rhetoric
of the ideological Democratic
semi-pros who never carried
any election anywhere. a
He is not the first, or the
last, combat veteran to dis
cover a sad fact of life: these
professionally liberal chaps,
though no doubt of enormouj
value intellectually, are not
very useful in assault actions.
Like the zone of the interior
officers back in Paris in the
late war, they simply hate the
enemy to pieces.
But the line fellows, in pol
itics as in war, must be so
busy setting up the mortars
and cleaning the machine
guns that they have no time
to hate the enemy. They just
want to kill him, not for per
sonal reasons but because that
happens to be their job:
(Copyright, 1959, by United
Feature Syndicate. Ine.) c
True, he is hard pressed tor
a settlement of the Algerian
Revolt and he still has to ex
plode ah atomic device, to
bring France into the. atomic
club.
But along with those con
siderations, there also is the
fact that de Gaulle alone
among the big Western three
has had no visit from Khrush
chev and no opportunity at
private exchange - of views
with the Soviet leader. This
becomes a matter of prestige
to de Gaulle, a man - whose
pride has been a matter of
frustration, to his allies since
World War II.
Macmillan, Eisenhower .and,
Khrushchev all favor a sum
mit meeting as "early as pos
sible," possibly -in: December.
They also have their persqnal
reasons.
Eisenhower is said to be
hopeful of acting. while the
"Camp David Spirit" still ex
ists. This was the hopeful
spirit generated at Eisenhow
er's Camp David retreat dur
ing Khrushchev's U.S. visit
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