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A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Nov. 1, 19S9 ' "Everyone a Southern Oregon Reads The teatl Tribune Published Dil except SturdayD7 M)J3FOAr. PRINTING CO 33 North 1i St Ph SP 2-6141 ROEI.Hr W RTJHL. Editor R8B GRE Advertising Manager GEPAljD LAI-HAM Business Mgr ERIC W ALLEN JR. - Managing K.ditor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAfl Teleg Editor R1CHAKD JFWETT SporU Editor OLIVE STAR! HER Women a Editoi DALE ER1CKSQN Circulation MgT An Indeoendent Newspaper Entered at second class matter al , Med for4 Oreeon under Ae of March 3 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai i in Advance Copy 10c - Dall- and Sunday 1 vear tlSOO Daily and Sunday -6 mos 8 00 Dal)? and Sunday 3 mos 4.2S Sunday Only One year S4.20 By Carrier In Advance Medford - Ashland Central Point Eagle ' Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Riv ,' er Talent and on motor routes Dail7 and Sunday 1 year f 18 00 , Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1.50 Carrier and Dealers c o p y 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Officio.! Paper of City f Mad ford .Official Paper ol Jackson County United Pre International : Pun Leased Wire . MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION Advertising Representative: WEST HOLtDAV CO.. INC Of- flees in New York. Chicago. De- troit. San Francisco. Los Angeles ' Seattle, Portland St. Louis. At- - tenta. Vancouver BC rY NEWSPAPER k PUBLISHERS "ASSOCIATION NATIONAL E0ITORIAI AsTsbcfATito; Z J zt Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the file of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. ;i0 YEARS AGO .Not. 1, 1949 (Tuesday) Two hundred -acre forest first on Sardine Creek out of tcontrol. ; An election on a $500,000 ;bond issue for school district 16 scheduled Nov. 7. . '" '20 YEARS AGO . JNot. 1. 1939 (Wednesday) , J A proposed $30,000 park ibond issue defeated by Med ford voters. f From . Arthur Perry's "Ye pSmudge Pot" column: "The Halloween havoc was mild tend merchants hope to have the soap and parafine scraped toff their windows before it is Jtime to erect the Christmas ttree." 90 YEARS AGO fNov. 1. 1929 (Friday) ; Farmers report that rain is Jbadly needed in Sams Valley 'area. ' Only minor damage is re fported In area as result of lHalloween pranks. . f 40 YEARS AGO . ,Nov. 1. 1919 (Saturday) : t Several local hunters charg ed with illegal hunting pay vfines to game warden.' Cold spell in area routed by grains, which are general in southern Oregon. . 'SO YEARS AGO "Nov. 1. 1909 (Monday) Z Train wreck near Kennett, 'Calif., kills two railroad men; .delays trains to'Medford from south. k. Ashland Mineral Springs oiatatorium opens. What's Your I.Q.? .Nina or ten correct it" superiors 'seven or efcjht is excellent; five ot ."lis is good. - i. if you use a micrometer in your work you are prob ably a machinist, baker, tr !carpenter? I 2. Who was the author of 'The Acts of the Apostles"? I 3. What was the name of the late Franklin D. Roose yelfs black Scottie dog? X 4. In the Troy system of Sweight, how many ounces are .there in a pound? 5. To which of these rela tives are you most closely re lated by blood:, your wife, brother, or mother? 6. Was James Madison the Ithird, fourth, or fifth U. S. .President? 7. Is the lower British leg islative hodv known as the Parliament, the House of : Commons, or the AssemDiy? ;I 8. In which South American .'.country is the Amazon River? . 9. What animal was former ly called a camelopard? C 10. Who composed the "Un ffinished Symphony"? Z Answers: 1. Machinist. 2. Luke. 3. Fala. 4. Twelve. 5. :Brother. 6. Fourth. 7. House rof Commons. 8. Brazil. 9. Gi raffe. 10. Franz Schubert. : Registered Nurses jlo Increase Fees f Portland - (DPD - A spokes Jinan for the Oregon Nurses Association, Mrs. Edith Evans, jRN, said Saturday that the fee i-for registered professional nurses on private duty will be increased to $2.25 per hour for Jan eight-hour shift, effective i today. ' L-WJ-JI I Marching Firmly Backward Formula for "progress": "Abolishment of the United Nations, elimination of the income tax, a cutback in foreign aid, and halt ing of federal school aid." This is a part of the "platform" of a group which is thinking of forming a third political party a group which was told by a speaker the other day that America no longer has a two-party system, that "The Donkey and Elephant got to gether and mated. It resulted in something called an Elephonkey." This sterling group is determinedly marching backwards out of the 20th century into the 19th. If their program were to be followed, the United States would almost immediately become a second or third rate nation, ignored by the wofld, helpless to defend itself, without friends, without authority a sitting duck for imperialist communism. What are these people trying to do? Destroy this nation? THE United Nations, x it is,' still represents and a world forum where national differences can be talked but. The income tax is the chief way the United States has of paying its these bills are for national defense. The rest are for programs of varying which are strongly supported by various seg ments of the population. If the income tax were eliminated, the federal government, with its far flung obligations, might as well shut up shop. Foreign aid, despite what its critics say, is a program of enlightened self-interest for the United States, too well pie to need further debate. Suffice it to say that J. At- A I A. t 1 1 1 it is one oi me two strongest DuiwarKS we nave against communist aggression throughout the world. - V ' . "117E CAN think of few programs for this nation V which would be more pleasing to the Krem lin than this one. - It makes one wonder just who, or what, is behind this group, which calls itself "The Inde pendent American Federation of State Parties." Such a program would be a sure way to end the United States, as we know it, forever. E.A. Population Increase It is with a great deal, of pleasure that we extend a warm welcome to the newest residents of southern Oregon and northern California. They will arrive tomorrow. They are rather well-known, and 'have friends and homes in all parts of the nation. ; And starting Monday, they will join the Mail Tribune's family. 1 ; , , r OOD Old Charlie Brown is the foremost among this group. His friends, relatives and compatriots, however, also have their following. v : Linus, Schroeder, Lucy, Violet, "Snoopy," and the others, will appear on the Mail Tribune's comic page from now on. . "Peanuts" is probably the most popular comic strip in America today. And it is one of the few which really fits the name "comic." All the Peanuts live in a wonderful world, and we're pleased to bring it to this area. E.A. Castro's Tragedy In common with many other Americans," we had tgreat hopes for our sister-republic of Cuba after Fidel Castro, the revolutionary, took over from the long-time dictator, Batista. He is an idealist, and, we believe, still is sin cerely interested in the welfare of his people and his country; But it is becoming increasingly evident that Castro does not have the qualities which will per mit him to make a success of his revolutionary regime. , THE first sign of his weakness was in the estab- lishment of the military tribunals, which exe cuted hundreds shortly after his accession to power. Still there was hope, for at first he allowed a greater degree of freedom, individual and of the press, than did Batista. Then he postponed the elections he had prom ised. He decreed economic restrictions, and un realistic land reforms, which sent the economy of the island into a tailspin. And, apparently, he had no other answer to criticisms and opposition than to use the time dishonored weapons of the dictator jail, the fir ing squad, and blaming the "Colossus of the North," the U.S. for all his troubles. MOW his regime has degenerated to a level not far above that of the other penny-ante Latin dictators, with the prospect of further executions and repressions. It is a sad thing, an exceedingly sad thing, that he did not have the experience, the balance, the understanding, and the strength of character to make of himself a leader who could handle the practical problems which must be handled if his idealism is to be put into practice. All hope for Castro and Cuba has not yet vanished. But it will be surprising, and require great changes, if the earlier hope and promise is not to be denied. E.A. . , weak and ineffective as a hope for the future bills. More than half of importance but all of understood by most peo Dennis the Menace Most pkple call n Hauovem. I CALL rr mCfCOeSAT DAYS' Matter of Fact BEHIND CHEN YI'S YAWN Hongkong - At Peking's grandiose celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Chi nese Commu nist revolu tion, the Chi- hese hosts and SI their Russian ! senior nart J ners gave the i vast audience -? snmo thines to talk about. - The thing most discussed Joseph Alsop was the speech delivered by the Soviet theoretician, Mik hail Suslov, representing Ni kita S. Khrushchev. This jolly 50-minute lecture on the glories of Leninism included the reminder that Lenin had been the real inventor of the special revolutionary tech nique for Asians on which Mao Tse-Tung claims the pat ent. "". ; What was not said was even more significant. The whole place was figuratively knee deep in bouquets tossed by the other speakers. Yet Suslov hardly offered the. Chinese Communists so much as a withered verbal immortelle. In response, meanwhile, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Chen Yi, first ostentatiously yawned and then went con spicuously to sleep. , rpHE SECOND subject of dis- - cussion was the last scene between Khrushchev and Mao, after an announced total of four long conferences on sub jects undisclosed. Just before boarding his big plane, Khru shchev approached Mao, posi tively bubbling over with comradely affection. He tried to say good-bye once, but Mao, abstracted, merely gazed sky wards. He tried a second time, but the same thing happened again. Only on the third round did the two partners in the grand alliance strike hands together in a seemingly fond farewell. ' From such symptomatic tri fles as these, observers in Moscow and Peking have de duced that there is some kind of friction between the Chi nese Communists and their Soviet big brothers. Previous reports have shown the rea sons for doubting the cliche theories about the source of this friction. But where then is the rub? The threadbareness of the "empty lands" theory and oth er cliches about the Smo-So- viet relationship were ex posed by a hard look at the known facts. The same method is the only one to show where the rub may really be. THE FIRST and most impor tant known facts are the Soviet leader's own remarks on the subject. Over and over again, foreign interviewers have tried to draw out Khru shchev, both on the possible dangers of Mao's aggressive ness and on China's supposed threat to Russia's "empty lands." Khrushchev' has al ways laughed in his inter viewers' faces. But to Sen. Hubert Hum phrey, Khrushchev sharply criticized the rural communes (which might better be called agrarian slave labor camps) that Mao has set up in China. And Anastas Mikoyan strong ly echoed this same criticism of Chinese domestic policy during his American journey. These criticisms are unique. There is no record of . any other unkind word spoken by responsible Soviet officials to Westerners about the Chinese allies. And these criticisms also stand out against their background, consisting of the conspicuous omissions in such Soviet documents as the Sus lov speech. In short, the only pointers we possess point squarely and directly to a Chinese-Russian disagreement about the development of Communism within China. IF THE pointers are not mis leading, however, another question must be answered.' Bv Joseph Alsop Why should Khrushchev wor ry particularly about the way Mao deals with the Chinese peasantry? The answer, sure ly, lies in the phenomenon that Khrushchev has criti cized. So far as anyone can judge, the rural communes are in part the symbol and in part the instrument of a Chi nese reversion to the most ruthless, blood-boultered brand of Stalinism. Blood can hardly disturb Khrushchev, who has shed enough of it himself. : But Khrushchev is now en gaged in a major effort to sta bilize and normalize the Com munist system. He wants sta bility not just in Russia, but even more in Eastern Europe. One facet of this effort is Khrushchev's drive against West Berlin, which threatens the stability of the East Ger man Communist state. Anoth er facet is Khrushchev's con tinuing movement away from Stalinism, his serious attempt to make Communism more hu manly bearable for all con cerned. In these circumstances, it is not easy to imagine anything more hampering and embar rassing for Khrushchev, than a decision by his major Asian partner to plunge into a super Stalinist phase of a super-horrible kind. Nothing could be worse-except perhaps another Hungarian explosion on the scale of China. And right here, in this embarrassment, one can be pretty confident is where there is a bad rub be tween the great allies, (c) 1959 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initia' 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 th paper; in fact the contrary is often the ea. Memory Revived To the Editor: Thank you for your editorial of Oct. 24 captioned "Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous." It was a reminder of a hap py occasion for me, and which I would like to share. Some years ago I happened to be passing the post office when "Mr. Anonymous" came out of the building and hurriedly entered his car, dropping a purse at the time and driving away before I could reach him. I picked up the purse and when my husband came home for lunch I told him what had occurred and asked him to re turn the article with the un derstanding that returning the article was reward itself. However, a holiday was ap proaching and at Easter time a beautiful lily was delivered to our home with "Mr. Anony mous'" card attached. I, too have shared in the graciousness of "Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous." Thank you again for an other joyous reminder. Nettie C. Rogers, Route 2, Box 446B, Medford. Questions To the Editor: Regarding your note Oct. 30, your last paragraph reads, "OUR SO CIETY" (emphasis mine) has a set of standards that say "judge not that ye be not judged," and "let him who is without sin cast the first stone." I am interested in the au thority of the Man Who made those statements. Was He God or just a man? Did His code depend upon what society thought, or did He speak a law as true as the speed of light being some 186,300 plus miles per second? Does God care what man does, or can man do as he pleases and pre sent his works to God for approval? Did Christ lie in a tomb or rise from the dead Today & Tomorrow By Walter lippmann THE LEADERSHIP OF THE WEST The President has now been shown that the flattering re ception which he received when he went recently to Bonn and Paris did not mean that they accepted his leadership Within the past week both Gen. de Gaulle and Dr. Aden auer have in fact dissented from and have come out against the new policy which the President decided upon last July. To be sure, both approve in princi ple the exchange of visits and the prospect of a summit meeting. But in fagt each is opposing the ideas which are the substance of the new policy. Gen. de Gaulle has done this by reviving the older doctrine .which the President broke away from last sum mer. The General wants to postpone a meeting as long as possible, in this case until the spring when, with the nom inating conventions about to choose the President's sue cessor, Gen. Eisenhower will be very near the end of his full influence and prestige. Gen. de Gaulle, moreover, does not want to treat the meeting in the spring as an engagement. He wants to treat it as a prize which Mr. K. must in the months to come win by his good behavior. During these months we, or at least he, are to judge whe ther Mr. K. has earned the prize. Finally, if the French view prevails, a summit meeting is not to be an attempt to ne gotiate a few useful agree ments. It is to be a grandiose diplomatic Armageddon. There is to be "a confronta tion between East and West that could be DECISIVE for peace." - t . This is a recipe for ac cepting the President's policy in principle and obstructing it in fact. .-. DR. Adenauer's tactics are the same. In principle, he too is in favor of a meeting with the head of the Soviet government. But he proposes to censor what may be talked about at the meeting. He would like to exclude from the agenda the problems of Berlin and of Germany! He thinks the negotiations should be limited to the subject of controlled nuclear and con ventional disarmament. To this one is bound to say that when the German Chan- three days later to return some day and prove His Per 'son? Parker Bailey, 542V& 'A' St., Ashland, Ore. Cake Frosting To the Editor: So grateful we are for the invitation tele phoned us to attend the Southern Oregon Pioneer As sociation at Ashland Thurs day, Oct. 22. A bit late, we found them hustling in extra chairs to the VFW assembly hall ; with its time-browned cross-beams and roof-rafters in eye-catching architectural harmony. Jovial Dr. Taylor of Southern Oregon College MC'd the meeting, introduc ing Jhe speaker, Dr. Fellers, also of OSC, who gave a most entertaining as well as infor mative discourse, bringing the old and new into sharp focus t-y comparing his first school teaching by slogging through plowed fields of Colorado to get the slowly studied OK of rural school secretary and board members. And what goes now he wanted to know? School-board members wait ing and begging with prof fered fountain pen for the signature of the newly born graduate teacher . Never a dull moment. Luncheon was forgotten in chance meeting with an old friend of an old friend of mine, who as a member Elk was one of a committee in ad ministering the Butler fund of the Elk's lodge for under privileged children. His relat ing of first hand experience in this knotty problem of the day, was one of the best com ing to my attention. He held sharp cleavage with the mod ern trend of keeping our budding citizens in accepted social ways by environment. Good environment, he empha sized, with parental discipline tempered with affection and close family harmony, keeps most fringe-type children out of juvenile troubles. But it is far from being a cure-all as so all-to-often pictured. All too Walter LlPDmann cellor does not want to nego tiate about German problems, it is fair to conclude that he does not want to negotiate. AS WE and our British ally do want to negotiate, par ticularly about the security of West Berlin over a fairly long period of time, there is no denying that opinion within the Western alliance is divid ed. This division has come about, to put it frankly, be cause of the change in Ameri can policy which the Presi dent decided upon last sum mer. Before that, there was a certain amount of critical dis sent by the British. But Amer ican policy was the same as Dr. Adenauer's, and was in deed profoundly inspired if not controlled by Dr. Aden auer. We and he both thought it would do harm to negotiate seriously with the Soviet Un ion. We were both of us for "reunification" but on terms which we knew made reunifi cation impossible -unless by some miracle the Soviet Un ion could be brought to an un conditional surrender. As long as we followed a policy that was inspired by him, Dr. Adenauer agreed with us. But now he does not agree with us because we have altered our policy, and are groping our way towards a serious negotiation. As we were moving away from the' old policy - which in fact we, began to do in the last month of John Foster Dulles's life - Dr. Adenauer and Gen. de Gaulle formed a partnership which has as one of its objects the maintenance of the status quo. THIS partnership is now challenging the President's leadership of the Western al liance. Bonn and Paris are en titled to do that, and it is evi dent that we are not going to quarrel with them over the leadership of the West. In deed, there are many Ameri cans who would say that if there is to be a settlement in Central Europe, the Euro peans should play the leading part in it. But before it comes to settlement Bonn and Paris should ask themselves whe ther they are prepared to ex ercise the leadership oi tne Western alliance. ' On Euro pean questions they can have that leadership if they can carrv the burden of it. It is not something that Americans want for the sake of prestige. The leadership of Western EuroDe is a heavy burden which Americans have been carrying since the second World War because no one else has thus far been able to carry it. The basic fact is that the defense of West Berlin, of Western Germany, and of metropolitan France( depends upon the united states, ine German forces and the French forces are a screen and a trip wire. But that is all they are. On this country rests the whole responsibility for deter ring the use of force in Cen tral Europe, and of waging the war if it comes to war. rpHAT being the case, it is J- inescapable and unavoid able that in any question which is crucial to the defense of Europe, the last word, after all due consultation, must be with the United States. We have the ultimate military re sponsibility and as long as we have it, we cannot divest our selves of the ultimate diplo matic responsibility. - It would, therefore, be im prudent if Bonn and Paris were to take over now the leadership of the Western al liance. Since they are unable to carry that burden, it would be a mistake for them to as sume that this country wiU carry the burden for . them while they make the decision and dictate the policy. If they are truly and fully informed about the underlying state of the American public mind, they will realize that there is on its way a re-examina tion and review of our burden in Europe. It would be better if it were not necessary to spell out in public these facts of life. But it is necessary to do so be cause Bonn and Paris have chosen not to negotiate with Us in private but to challenge and oppose in public the poli cy of this government. (Copyright 1959 New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) often, he told us, we find a persistently wayward boy or girl in a family of otherwise well behaved children. Why is this, unless it is from plain hereditary influences? . Yes, he continued, . if it was just underprivileges how much simpler and easier our task would be. . ... ... My happy meeting with this studious man was cut short by my dear one who hauled me off to the feasting boards, next door where even single empty chairs were hard to come by. So we were invited (By M-T Staff and Contributors) See the Utile witches Flying here and there. See the little witches Everywhere. Black cats, ' . ' Creeping everywhere. There's a black cat RIGHT THERE. For the above introduction to Halloween we are indebt ed to David Dellenback, who is - in grade 2S in Hoover school. Speaking of Hoover school, we should, perhaps, tell you of the resident of the " east side of Medford who was so happy when his children start ed going to Hoover (rather than Roosevelt) school. The fact that Roosevelt school was named for TR rath er than FDR had little effect on him. It was the total effect, rather than the details, that impressed him. Young as he is, "Roosevelt Is Roosevelt, and Hoover is Hoover, obviously. ' Speaking of Hoover school, they have a publica tion there (of which you have heard before), called the Hoover Hi-Liie. We have, on other occasions, brought you excerpts from it. We are delighted to do so again. As follows: October 15, 1959, Mrs. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS I suppose you've been read ing about this Russian propos al to build a dam across Ber ing Strait, thus shutting off the flow of cold water from the Arctic ocean that chills our North Pacific region. The Russians go even far ther in their thinking. With atomic power coming into the picture, they say, . why not pump WARMER water from the Pacific into the Arctic, thust tending to warm up and make habitable the vast Arc tic regions that now are unin habitable.: . BEFORE pooh-poohing that thought, give some heed to all this talk of population EXPLOSION - which has as its foundation the fact that medical progress is lengthen ing people's lives and thus re ducing the erosion of disease which hitherto has kept popu lation down. - If half of .what we read about explosive growth of population is true, we're go ing to need more habitable ground to stand on. In that event, thawing out the Arctic regions would help. CRAZY? Well, when the Russians first began to talk about it -which was quite some time ago - it certainly sounded that way. Now that they have actually built a robot that was able to circle around the moon, take pictures of its. back side, de velop the negatives, make prints of them and SEND THE P I C T U R E S . B A C K TO EARTH it sounds a little less absurd. THE IDEA isn't as fantastic as it sounds. Bering Strait is only 54 miles wide. The Southern Pa cific Company, just ONE of America's private " corpora tions, has built, a causeway across the upper end of Great Salt Lake to facilitate the operation of its trains. I don't at - the moment recall the length of it, but it is at least a sizeable fraction of the 54 mile width of Bering Strait. The Russians estimate the cost of the Bering Strait cause way at lTVz billion dollars, which is peanuts for two na tions the size of the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. TT MIGHT not be universally popular - even if .it turned out to be an engineering suc cess and accomplished every thing it was designed to ac complish. STILL -There is the definite fact that if Russia and the United States could work amiably to gether on problems such as building a dam across Bering Strait it would be better for humanity as a whole than if they go on working on WEAP ONS TO DESTROY EACH OTHER - and maybe destroy the world at the same time. So - Let's at least not turn thumbs down on the Bering Strait project until we've had time to turn the chip over and get a good look at all the bugs that might lurk beneath it. to unoccupied chairs at - the head table with Alice Hanley, partnered with Jber. ample sized membership book and Drs. Taylor and Fellers whose friendly hearty ways and talk put the frosting on the cake. F.J.Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point Brostad made a salt plant. It was made -of salt, coal, and blueing. It is very pretty. But if you touch it, it will stop growing. " We are putting signs up. The signs say, "Don't touch! Hands off! Keep your cotton picking fingers off!!" The plant looks like small pieces of coral. Mr. Gilbertson touch ed it, but I sure hope it won't stop growing. Mr. Gilbertson is princi pal of the school and a good one. We have long had a suspicion that it is be who keeps the quality of the Hoover Hi-Lite as high as it is - as he did the Lincoln Legend before that. But the talent belongs to the kids he just encourages them. Here's another sample: ' We saw a little brown bat today. It was verv little nrl funny looking. He was about tnree incnes long and had his wings folded up to his sides. His eyes were very small and his ears were laree. Thev made a shrill noise that keeps them from bumping or hitting things while they fly around. Some people are afraid of bats, but they are weak and narmiess, in this country. Most bats are useful to man because they eat a lot of bugs and insects. Bats sometimes live in caves where thev sleen all winter long. They sleep in the daytime and hunt food at nignt. That one was by - Jane Gordon of 3B. Heres' one by Cathy, Smith, also of 3Bt A squirrel came to our school a week ago, We named him Whirly because he whirl ed all around. This is the story about him. A man found the squirrel on the . ground, half starved. His mother ; was not there. She must have left him. So this man took the squirrel home. He thought that he might let him go in his back yard. They have a pine tree in their back yard. They hope to keep him as a pet. He likes to chew on wood. And he has' a cage now. ; -;r And one more before we leave the Hoover ' Hi-Lite, this one by Kathleen B ar tels, of 5B: The leaves of Autumn are nice to see, . ... . . They turn to colors which brighten each tree. Some turn yellow, and some turn red. -Then tumble to the ground to go to bed. '1 One of a couple watching TV, to the other: "Say, you don't suppose that that one doctor out of five knows something the other four, don't, do you?" A small group of men was spied hunting, illef-Uy, on the grounds of the Medford airport, the other day. One of them was appre hended. The others left hur riedly, leaving him to ''take the rap." The investigating officer's report concluded as follows: "The writer cautioned Mr. ......... on again re turning to the airport with anyone with firearms. He stat ed that he would relay the message to the other four gen tlemen who are logging com panions of his. Also, read to them the riot act in regards to leaving a friend in distress." A man went to his tailor for a new suit. His measure ment around the waist somewhat surprised him but not his wife, who com . mented: "It's amazing when you realize that a Douglas fir that big around the waist would be 90 feet tall." Our friend in Phoenix (the one who keeps such a close eye on our typographical ex cesses), sent us two communi cations the past week or so.. One of them gladdened our heart. It had no (repeat no) criticism of our proofreading (the man must be going blind), but DID have a comment on a contemporary radio an nouncer, who, in telling of certain fisticuffs, mentioned in a story carried both by newspaper and by radio. He reported that the radio an nouncer nut it this way: " . .' . and involved an alterlacera tion with a policeman." Isn't it nice? Of course he also pointed out that an M-T headline said "Pole Sheared: 300 Sheep Hurt." and added "That Pole must have put up an awful fight over that haircut!" Young mothers are patient people. One of them must have con vinced a driver's license ex aminer of this when she show ed up at the office" with her husband, her baby, a large as sortment of warmed-up baby food - and a potty chair. 4
