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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of Th
Vail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 year ago.
f It YEARS AGO
t Oct. 25, 1949 (Tuesday)
i Rep. Harris Elliwortb
Z pledges his support in obtain
? ing Congressional approval of
bureau of reclamation plans
i for developing the Rogue ba-
sin's water resources.
? Donations towards pur
C chasing the first Mercy
t Flights air ambulance reach
c$i,ioo.
y ' -
! 20 YEARS AGO .
Oct. 25. 1939 (Wednesday) .
f Medford takes a long stride
f in acquisition of a short-wave
t radio receiver for one of the
Y two city police cars.
'. From Arthur Perry's "Ye
-Smudge Pot" column: "The
!; bird hunting is not at its
$ peak, and everything has been
', shot for a Chinese Pheasant,
but the parrots on the
H. Flewher bakery wagons."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25. 1929 (Friday)
Jackson county has built 21
miles of new roads this year.
Pear ripening tests are now
underway in New York City.
40 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25. 1919 (Saturday)
TKe Jacksonville railroad
may be extended to the Blue
,edge mine. . .
A sugar shortage is blamed
on the fact that Prohibition
has caused people to eat more
; candy?
; 50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 25, 1909 (Monday)
Jadee Hanna says he-will
file a decision on the M. F,
' Hanley, ciy of Medford case
'soon. -
Prof. O'Gara wages war
. against local insect pests in
? earnest. ;
: What's Your I.Q.?
. Nma or ten eorreet i superior!
seven or ekiht is excellent; five or
six is good.
l . In what country Is Jo-
i hannesburg? . ;
. - -
v 2. "Little Nell" is the hero
- ine of which of Charles Dick-
- (fts' novels? p
,.
C 3. What, candidate for the
Presidency in 1912 delivered
: a speech in Milwaukee after
being shot in the breast?
t 4. Which of these . was a
; famed Jndian scout: Jesse
-James, Bill Cody, Wild BUI
'Hickok?
" 5. Is hominy made from
wheat, corn, oats or barley?
6. What famous university
;lis at New Haven, Conn.?
7. What is the "Keystone of
an arch"?
f 8. What military man was
J nicknamed "Vinegar Joe"?
I 9. From what country did
Texas proclaim its independ
ence in 1835?
t 10. The thistle is the na
f tional emblem of what coun
j try? :-V ...
, Answers: 1. Union of South
r Atfrica. 2. "Old Curiosity
t Shop." 3. Theodore Roosevelt.
4. Cody and mew, a. ,osa.
C Vale. 7. ine cenier owu
o r that holds the arch. 8. Gener-
; al stiliweu.
J Scotland.
9. Mexico. 10.
Russia vs. China?
One of today's most fascinating foreign rela
tions speculations concerns Russia and Red China
the Union of Soviet
the People's Republic of
These two giants of
allies. But will they remain so? Will their differ
ences in. industrial progress, in organization, in
resources, in tradition and philosophy, create
jealousy and active emnity sufficient to break
up meir wonting parcnersnip i
The distinguished British philosopher, Bert
rand Russell, thinks that such a development is
not at all impossible:
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IN FACT, the other day he forecast that the
1 U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R., once allied in the
fight against Nazi Germany, may once again
join in an alliance, based on fear of the rapidly
rising power of the Red Chinese.
A few months ago this would have seemed
fantastic. But it isn't quite as fantastic today.
The Khrushchev visit to this country, . the
Camp David talks, and, in more particular,
Khrushchev's rather cool reception in Pieping
when his declarations for world . peace were
pointedly ignored, all tend to lend; substance to
such a theory. '
TfHERE is little question that at the moment
Russia presents the greatest physical danger
to the west.
But its pattern for world conquest has shifted
in emphasis from strictly military aggression to
economic and ideological fields.
All these take more time, and a subtler ap
proach, than open warfare. Meanwhile, as Rus
sia has gone on with its industrial and scientific
revolution, it has created . a new class the
bureaucrats, teachers, scientists and technologists
which in some ways corresponds with the
famed "middle class" which . sprang from the
industrial revolution in
- This class, which by
tremendous influence in
affairs in Russia, is mostly well-fed, well-paid,
well-housed and comfortable, by Russian stand
ards. . .. .. ;.: ... ..
AS IT grows in power
well serve as a stabilizing factor in Russia.
It is not inconceivable tha. a political system of
sorts, other than the jungle of the communist
heirarchy, could evolve.
As the Russian standard of living rises (and
Khrushchev seems determined that it shall),
more and more Russians will have a stake in
peace and stability, as
cated viewpoint on internal and world affairs.
: If this evolution happens (and it can happen
only, in the absence of
be a declining menace to
OHINA, on the other
, any such evolution
and now India; its experiments with the brutal
commune system; its saber-rattling over Quemoy
and Matsu these give
thing" but the raw power stages of communist
dictatorship.
Its progress in industrialization is limited. Its
ideology, still is undergoing development, and
may change from day to day. There are strong
evidences of a power struggle near the top.
And its population, some one-quarter of the
world's, is in large part illiterate and backward.
. .
PERHAPS most important of all, as . China
nvAtna in afin rL ein i - will nlfiA mirt-wv-r oa n
in sMcugui; su lb win aisu giuvv ao a
menace to Russia a fact which Russia must
r alize.
So, while it is laden with ifs and buts, specu
lation as to a future split between the communist
nations is not entirely without cause.
In the meantime, this nation must keep its
eyes open, its defenses strong and intact, and its
economic sinews undiminished. - .
And if it seems fantastic to think that Russia
and America could ever again be allied, remem
ber that less than 20. years ago they were allies,
fighting Japan, Germany and Italy which are
now close friends of this nation.
History takes some odd, quick , turns, some
times. E.A.
No Paradox
It is not paradoxical, at the same time as
speculating on a Russian-Chinese rift, to point
out that the best long-range hope for peace rests
in international cooperation through the United
Nations. ; " "
The U.N. has been as ineffective as it is for
a number of reasons, but chiefly because it has
little authority in its role as a keeper of the
peace. If it is to gain in effectiveness, it must be
strengthened.
This sounds fine, but make no mistake sac
rifices are involved.
COR ONE thing, a truly effective United Na
r tions would require that each member relin-
iquish a certain degree
And that, most understandably, sticks in tne
craw of a lot of people.
' ..... But, as we see it, yielding a degree of national
sovereignty to an international organization is no
worse, . in principle, than when these United
States yielded a degree of sovereignty to the fed
eral government
And the choice appears to be between this,
and continued international power politics and
chaos with the ever-present threat of annihilat
ing var. E.A.'
Socialist Republics and
China.
tne communist worm are
the west.
its very nature exerts
government and party
and influence, it may
well as a more sophisti
world war), Russia will
the west. : ,
hand, shows few signs of
Its forays into Laos, Tibet
no hint that it is in any
of its own sovereignty.
Dennis the
"tell KEEP 71W UP tWTlllOO
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
CHOPPY WATERS
After the talk with Mr.
Khrushchev at Camp David,
it was believed in Washington
that before
the Presi
dent's visit to
Moscow in
the spring,
there would
have to be a
meet ing at
the summit.
But before
there could be
a meeting at
Walter
lippmann
the summit there had to be
an understanding among the
Western allies, including
West Germany, about the. po
sition to be taken. Berlin and
the German question are, of
course, the sticky point, on
which an understanding is
needed. For it is plain that if
and when Macmillan, de
Gaulle, and Eisenhower- meet
Khrushchev, they must have
a common policy on how to
stabilize the situation in West
Berlin.
But this is easier said than
done. For there is an impor
tant difference of view be
tween Germany and -France
on the one hand, Britain and
the U.S.A. on the other." The
basic difference is that we are
prepared to negotiate about
Berlin whereas our continen
tal allies do not wish to ne
gotiate anything which would
alter the status quo. :
This difference explams the
reluctance of Gen. de Gaulle
to accept the President's pro
posal 'for a summit meeting
of the Western allies. Such a
meeting would be a failure
unless France and Germany
yielded to the President and
agreed to treat Berlin as a
negotiable question. The Presi
dent would have to insist.
For if he yielded to Gen. de
Gaulle and Dr. Adenauer by
agreeing that the status of
Berlin is fixed, unalterable,
and non-negotiable, the diplo
matic venture on which he
embarked last summer would
be wrecked.
GIVEN the basic differences
among the Western allies,
it is very doubtful, therefore,
whether the best way to re
solve it is by a face to face
encounter among the heads of
the Western governments. For
on the basic difference, there
can be no compromise. How
ever much it may be disguised
in the public communique,
either we negotiate with the
Russians or we do not nego
tiate with the Russians. We
cannot take the view that we
are willing to negotiate about
the future of West Berlin but
that nothing in the existing
situation may be changed.
As this difference has de
veloped among the Allies, one
view or the other must pre
vail ' - either that of Paris
Bonn or that of Washington
London before we can safe
ly deal with the Russians.
The foot of the difference
lies in the question of the rec
ognition of the East German
state. Everyone knows that if
a new. statute for West Ber
lin is negotiated - which guar
antees its freedom and the
right of access the price will
be in one way or another a
de facto recognition of the
East German state. Bonn and
Paris are not willing to pay
this price. In the last analysis
the British and we are pre
pared to pay it. That is what
divides us, and it is this dif
ference which will have to be
resolved before we can begin
to deal seriously with the So
viet government.
TN ALL probability the dif-
ference among the Allies
cannot be resolved quickly,
Dr. Adenauer, is preparing for
a crucial election in 1961, and
he cannot voluntarily agree
to anything which recognizes,
the legal existance of the East
German . state and the fact
that there are two Germanys.
Gen. de Gaulle, who in fact
wants two Germanys and does
not want a reunited Germany,
4
Menace
SIVE ttSA NICKEL.':
Lippmann
is supporting Dr. Adenauer's
campaign for re-election in
1961. There is no other Ger
man in sight who is so useful
to the French national inter
est. At least until that election
is over, until Dr. Adenauer
has a new political mandate,
Bonn and Paris have a strong
interest in not engaging in a
serious negotiation about Ber
lin with the Russians.
In this country there exists
the same difference of opinion
about negotiating. It is led by
members of the Truman ad
ministration, by Mr. Truman
himself, Mr. Acheson, and Mr.
Paul Nitze. Their thesis is
that the status of West Berlin
is not a negotiable question,
that the right policy for this
country is to refuse to discuss
the status of West Berlin, and
to defy the Soviets to do any
thing about West Berlin. They
think, it would appear, that
the Soviet government will
be over-awed by our firmness.
And if it is not over-awed,
they are prepared to fight
some kind of "limited" war,
These retired Truman offi
cials, like old soldiers, are in
my view trying to relive "the
battles in which they won
their fame and their glory.
But while they are right in
insisting that the cold war
will go on, their preoccupa
tion with their own past his
tory is preventing them from
grasping and dealing- with the
new phase of the cold war. A
rigid and unchanging diplo
macy, which is what they ad
vise, will not work in the
present phase of the cold war,
rWILL not work because it
compels the country to op
pose aU moves toward accom
modation. This is an impos
sible platform from which to
exercise world leadership.
Moreover, this negativism
contains within it an ugly
thing, which is quite evident
and quite well known every
where. This ugly thing is the
belief that without perpetual
tension and fear the democra
cies cannot be induced to sup-
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK
Whatever may be our opin
ions of the complicated case
of convict-author Caryl Chess
man during the nearly a doz
en years in which he has
fought off death in the gas
chamber, I think we must all
agree that Governor Pat
Brown has been intellectually
honest in his decisions.
Governor Brown is, and
long has been, opposed to cap
ital punishment. On innum
erable occasions, he has spok
en out against it. He regards
the death penalty as a hold
over from the Dark Ages.
Moreover, there is the estab
lished fact that the offense of
which Chessman stands con
victed did not involve the
taking of a human life.
BUT -Under
California law,
death is the penalty of the
crime for which Chessman
was tried and found guilty.
Governor Brown has made it
clear that he has no doubts
as to Chessman's guilt. He is
under oath to uphold the laws
of his state. He is aware that
the California legislature has
not only refused ' to abolish
capital punishment but has
also refused to remove the
death penalty from the law
under which Chessman was
found guilty.
It took courage, along with
strong moral convictions as
to the RIGHTNESS of uphold
ing the law, to do what he
did. But he had what it took.
Let's give him credit.
A BRIEF review of the
Chessman case may be in
order here.
He was convicted in 1948
on 17 counts of kidnaping,
Matter of Fact
THE SEEING EYE
Kyoto-A frail figure; a
quietly sardonic manner; a
sharp-pointed, almost birdlike
face in which
I At 1
me wnoie ex
5 pression is
t strangely con-
Mi centrated in
Js the brilliant,
a intently glanc
ing eyes-these
' g are tne oui-
fi !i ward traits
Li i "E I which give
iospb AJsnp Shujiro Shi-
mada a personal style as
strongly marked as the fam
ous styles of Sherlock Holmes
and Poirot.
The comparison is not al
together out of place, either,
since Professor Shimada is
one of the latest heroes in a
marvellous detective story
that has been going on for
nearly three centuries.
The heroes of the earliest
chapters were Chinese schol
ars who all but formed a poli
tical underground. They had
to be secretive because their
first attempts at scientific
analysis of the old Chinese
classics were also attacks on
all the established political
orthodoxies. And from the
time when those obstinate,
learned men crabbedly defied
the Emperor Chien Lung hif
self, detective exploit has suc
ceeded detective exploit.
CONSIDER, for example,' the
way the Swede, Bernard
Karlgren, resolved many a
century in the most ancient
texts by quite literally recon
structing the Chinese pronun
ciation used before 1000 B.C.
But in truth, I find romance
in almost every incident -in
the long effort to sort facts
from -antique fictions, and to
locate . piece after missing
piece of evidence, in order to
recover the wonderful truth
about the Far Eastern past..
In this long story, Profes
sor Shimada is one of the two
or three chief figures in a
new and much needed chap
ter. In brief, when Far East
ern art began to be seriously
collected towards the end of
the last century, almost any
likely looking, time-darkened
picture was cheerfully at
tributed to the great early
masters. Then came the awful
discovery that the whole sys
tem of attribution . was as
phoney as a three-dollar bill.
To make a bad business
worse, the Peking and Kyoto
art-fakers were even better
than their European counter
parts. (There is one still prac
tising as a refugee from China
port the necessary armaments,
or trusted not to appease the
adversary and to sink . into
cowardice and lethargy. What
lies at the root of this thing
is the belief that the democra
cies cannot be led and that
they must be terrorized. .
It is true that the great in
ternational measures of the
war and of the Truman ad
ministration lend-lease, the
MarshaU Plan,; NATO - were
pushed through Congress by
popular terror and fear. But
that cannot go on forever.
The time has come, now
that. the post-war era is end
ing, when our leaders will
have to learn how to persuade
and convince the people, not
merely to frighten and stam
pede them, into doing what is
necessary for. them to do.
JENKINS
robbery and attempted rape.
The death penalty was im
posed for seizure of two girl
at gunpoint and acts of sex
ual depravity.
You will note that he
DIDN'T commit murder. On
that point, which has been
made much of in the case
for clemency for him, the
Sacramento Bee said the oth
er day:
"True, he did not kill his
victims. But one of them is in
a mental institution, at least
partly as a result of her ter
rifying experience. The Los
Angeles Times remarks: 'She
is cut off from normal human
satisfactions as effectively as
if she were dead, and the
cutting off occurred when she
was 17, on the threshold of
living.'"
There are ciimts that are
morally more deeply shock
ing than murder-let's say
more shocking than killings
in sudden anger and hot
blood. . . . ,
IN CONCLUSION:
' Most thoughtful people
are convinced tha AS A DE
TERRENT OF CRIME capital
punishment is a failure. The
record of killings, as recited
daily in the press, leaves that
rather clear.
All history preaches the
lesson that it isn't so much
the SEVERITY of punishment
as the CERTAINTY of punish
ment that deters people from
committing crimes.
But as long as the death
penalty is the law, it should
be enforced, as laws are in
tended to be, and not squeam
ishly dodged in celebrated
cases. ...
in
Li v
By Joseph Alsop
who has long since surpassed
the famous mass-producer 'of
modern Vermeers, Van Meeg
eren.) For a wfyile, therefore,
the greatest experts simply
threw up their hands in de
spair, even declaring that no
pictures at all had survived
from the earliest and best
periods,
lROM this slough of schol-
arly despair, Professor
Shimada and one or two
others are now rescuing their
colleagues. They, are in fact
now laying solid foundations
for solid understanding of Far
Eastern art, just as incompar
able Bernard Berenson laid
the foundations more than 50
years ago for Italian art. The
task is harder; for the litera
ture is far vaster, and many
of the most important pic
tures are not as yet on public
exhibition. Yet bit by bit, the
task is being done.
I went to Professor' Shima
da to find out how the task
was being done. The result
was as happy and enriching
a day as I can recall in a good
many years.
Through a long, leisurely,
marvel-crowded, morning, we
looked at choice pictures from
the collection Professor Shi
mada somewhat ferociously
guards in his capacity as cur
ator of the Kyoto Museum.
Above all, I shall not soon
forget the imaginary portrait
of Bodhidharma, founder of
the Zen sect, painted in his
old age by the Japanese mas
ter, Sesshu. This, surely is
one of the mightiest religious
pictures of all time, more in
tense, more strange and far
more deeply contemplative
than the best . El Greco. But
there were other, almost equal
marvels too. . .
THEN, through a long, leis
urely and cheerful lunch,
we talked most of the after
noon away. I heard about the
umrammeiea tradition m
Far Eastern art. It began with
Chinese Jackson Pollocks of
the eighth century A.D:, who
sometimes painted with their
hair, and sometimes turned
their backs on their pictures
and splattered ink over their
shoulders. Only the written
record of their eccentricity
survives. Yet Professor Shi
mada has traced the tradition
they established from artist to
artist, from picture to picture,
down through all the succeed
ing centuries.
Again, I heard of the new
work that Professor' Shimada
has just begun. The superb
mountain landscape by the
Sung painter, Fan K'uan, now
locked in a cave in Taipei,
represents a decisive moment
in art for Professor Shimada.
He likens it to the moment
when the symphonic form
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Key Log
To the Editor: One of my
cherished guide - posts for
probing into problems of to
day came into being more
than three score years ago
with my very first picture
taken of the logging ndustry,
then on the old Manistee river
in Michigan. This .guidepost
of mine was not born of the
several yoke of oxen used in
snaking white-pine logs out
of the brush to the loading
skids where they were cross
hauled onto wide -bunked
sleighs and walked, trotted
and raced in downhill runs to
the river dump. My guide-post
was born when the 'sun start
ed shining on both sides of
the road' closing down the
logging - camps. That was
when the river-rats took over
and continued the travel of
logs ,to down-river to the
waiting saw-mills.
Sometimes by lack of water
or hidden obstruction, a log
jam built, up and stopped eve
rything. The big question
then was to find the key-log
that would loosen the jam
and restart the logs down
river. It wasn't among men
on shore or teetering on logs,
shouting curses with waving
arms and clenched fists. It
was often the obscure 'simple
minded' guy staking his life
on the spike-ended and hook
hinged hickory peavey who
was out in the middle, prob
ing and prying at what . he
judged was the key-log and
with others of his kind help
ing, the whole mass of jammed
logs started groaning into a
writhing living mass as the
'rats' raced on spiked shoes
to shore safety. All too often
one or more didn't make it,
which is typical of life every
where. Today, we face imminent
disaster by union labor insti
gated strikes that have cre
ated a log-jam on our river of
commerce. Where can the key
log be found? It is not in the
accused profit-taking of indus
try that foreign competition
has screwed down till our
own industry is pulling stakes
PTQU2C
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
. VHW'TlHWI.M .Wll ll. I', lll.kJMJMMrtMMiaM
The FODD, whatever that
is, still is parked across the
street. .
Overheard, a young wom
an who was host to a partic
ularly talkative relative, to
husband: "My ears are
hoarse from so much talk
ing!" Salvatore Quasimodo. - a n
Italian poet, has been named
Nobel prizewinner for poetry:
Which inspired one of our
young men to declare: '
"As Everett Acklin might
say, 'Dat kwazy quasi-poet,
Quasimodo."
Wayne Scott, sports edi
tor of the Klamath Falls
Herald and News, tele
phoned the results of the
Medford Klamath football
game a week ago (score.
Medford 44, KF 7) to the
Portland papers. In ' each
telephone call, he started
out by saying, "I want to
report a murder."
One of our young (well--relatively
young) men has a
charming wife and three chil
dren. His mother-in-law came to
visit the other day, and the
six of them went to a local
restaurant for dinner;
At this particular : restau
rant the management gives
out pieces of candy to chil-
took final shape in the work
of Beethoven. And now he
means to trace the variations
of this form defined by Fan
K'uan through the hundreds
of years and painters that
came after.
I heard many other things,
too, about such curious mat
ters as the methods of 12th
and 13th century Far Eastern
an criticism, cut i never
heard what I came to hear-
how Professor Shimada per
forms his chosen task.
"Look at the brushwork
and study all the literature,
was all he would say. So
can only report that the new
chapter on art in the great
Far Eastern detective story
is being written by a com
bination of vast learning and
a seeing eye.
to go to foreign lands and its
low-priced labor to manufac
ture their products. To my
humble way of thinking, it
is foreign aid that President
Eisenhower refuses to have
any log-jam loosening peaveys
prodding into. There is . no
denying the good it does, even
if tinged -with stoning of our
embassies and the cry of
"Yankee go home."
But as one union official
told me, "So long as our gov
ernment continues to ladle out
billions in foreign aid, so long
is union labor going to de
mand a bigger take in this
wealth their work - creates."
This may be judged rank
heresy but it is hard facts as
this writer sees it.
F. J. Clifford,
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
Would Like Letters
To the Editor: I am writing
this letter as I have learned
the name of your paper
through the organ of the
Youth Council For Interna
tional Contact. The reason of
writing is that because I like
to have a friend in your coun
try but I do not know how to
get one. So if I can have a
cooperation of your paper
which has so many readers it
will be a great help to me.
If you can publish this let
ter in your paper I would
more than appreciate it. In
the event of receiving so many
answers as a result of that
publication it will be no prob
lem for me, because our or
ganization has so many mem
bers and I cac. divide those
answers among the members.
Perhaps you can not afford
any space. In that case I like
to ask your favor to pass this
letter to some schools or some
youth clubs and urge them to
cooperate with me.
I hope this did not cause
you any inconvenient.
Yours ve'y tuly,
Ryoza Kasaka,
Nc .44 3-chome Arata-cho,
Hyago-ku, Kobe, Japan.
P.S.-Let me introduce my
self briefly: I am 18 year old
boy and am attending Senior
High school. Our organization,
Youth Council For Interna
tional Contact, has tens of
thousands of members
throughout Japan. Its purpose
is to create a friendship and
understanding internationally.
We are trying to introduce
your country to Japan with
best of our knowledge.
dren in parties that come for
dinner.
After dinner, the three
youngsters, and the charming
wife, each received a Diece
of candy.
The theory is that the res
taurant thought that the mag's
charming wife was his daugh
ter, and his mother-in-lay
was his wife.
This is undoubtedly com
plimentary to both wife and
mother-in-law, but what about
our young (?) man?
And he d nrobablv best ret
used to having his wife whis
tled at.
. In a local science class
schoolroom the other, dsy.
the conversation turned to
why hurricanes are always
called by feminine names.
"Shucks," declared one bud
ding scientist, "they have to.
Who ever heard of a himi
cane?" -..
This one is silly.
President Eisenhower I s
one of the most personally
popular presidents in many
years-so much so, ia fact,
that there has been some joc
ular talk in certain circles
about his being declared in
some far-future year, a saint.
This has led, of course-, to
the equally-jocular proposal
that, in such an event, his
home town, Abilene, Kansas,
should be renamed. The name,
of course,: would be - "St.
Ike's."
And this, in turn, led one
of our young men into the
following flight of fancyr-
As I was going to St. Ike's
I met a man with seven tikes.
The seven tikes had seven
bikes. ;
On these they'd mounted
seven mikes,
Into which they mouthed
"I likes." '
Nor have I seen, nor heard,
the likes
Of going to, or from, St. I
Ike's. I
- - -
A high school girl was
telling ' her : mother about
''her home economics class.
"And do they lei you eat
what you cook?" mother in
quired. "Let us!" tRe girl
declared. "They MAKE ef."
Since Oregon's Centennial
year has almosl gone, the
facial adornments seen so fre
quently earlier have almost
disappeared. We know only
of two that are left-both of
them in the newsroom. And
we have a suspicion that even
these hardy beards will be
gone soon.
So this is probably the last
that we'll have to say on the,
subject of beards-Centennial
beards, anyway.
A writer for the Spadea
Syndicate, a man who signs
himself as Wibberley, is
beared. And he comments, in
part, as follows:
"If a man should wish tep
increase in humility, which
is something to be desired in
this brash and' feisty age, he
would be well advised to grow
a beard. Nothing is so con
ducive to patience and toler
ance for one's fellows as being
bearded; nothing makes a
man so conscious of his own
shortcomings as to be set off
from his contemporaries by a
fine set of whiskers.
"I know of what I speak! . .
Perfect strangers think noth
ing of approaching me to in
quire into the health of Ru
dolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Men and women with whom
I have not even a nodding ac
quaintance want to know if I
do not itch at the height of
summer and I have gravely
dealt with many inquiries
about the problems of drink
ing soup when fully whis
kered. Q
"All these intrusions woula
be resented by the clean-shaven,
who are never called upon
to answer why it is that every
morning they scrape their
faces, peering out of sleep
laden eyes into a steamed
mirror in their bathrooms. . .
The humble bearded man will
have nothing to do with such
follies. He abolishes the
steamy mirror, the never-
quite-clean razor, the whole
ordeal of shaving whose pur
pose is to impress his fellows,
and permits his beard to grow,
casting aside the folly oj
physical attraction . . ."
Thus, the bearded.
Boot polish is far frem
nutritious.
Its flavor not very de-
. licious.
But some men declare,
and even will swear
' That licking it's highly
judicious. y
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