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Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30. 40
and 50 year ago.
10 YEARS AGO ' ' '
Nov. 20. 1949 (Sunday)
State tax commission will
hold hearing on property tax
- assessment in Gold Hill.
Jackson county dental assc
"datlon will give fluoride
treatment to every five-year.
old that wants rt.
20 YEARS AGO
Nov. 20. 1939 (Monday)
Senator McNary protest!
. British embargo on U.S. ap-.
J Dies and near.
- From Arthur Perry's "Ye
smud Pot" column: "If
about time for a downtrod
den . husband to speak up
claiming , he likes chicken
' best, but will have to eat tur
key next Thursday."
30 YEARS AGO
Nov. 20. 1929 (Wednesday)
Seeley Hall named airport
manager by Mayor Pipes.
Movie theater to be opened
In Jacksonville.
; 40 YEARS AGO ,
Nov. 20. 1919 (Thursday)
. John L. Lewis laughs at
employers' offer of 20. per
cent increase in wages to
avert coal strike.
Wyoming train 'robber
thanks Union Pacific for loot
taken in daring hold-up.
50 YEARS AGO .
Nov. 20. 1909 (Saturday)
Rogue valley is "Apple
King of America' after walk
ing off with top prizes at
Spokane National Apple
show.
; John Allen of .New York
City ha$ purchased the
"Snowy Butte" orchard near
Central Point for $168,000.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior:
seven or eight is Mcaltant; live et
six is good.
1. What is the most sacred
day of the Jewish religious
' t year?
2. In what chain of islands
are Kiska and Adak?
3., In what country is
Mecca? . .
4. Which modern European
country was once called Lusi
tania? 5. In what body of water do
the Virgin Islands of the U.S.
lie?
6. What is a solarium?
7. What does a barometer
measure?
8. Relatively speaking, ' the
first" is to Alpha, as "the last"
is to Beta, Q micron, or
Omega?
9. What illness bears the
' name "white plague"? .
10- What is the common
name for Saccharum officin
arum? Answers; 1. YomKipur.
(Day of atonement.) 2. Aleu
tian Islands, Alaska 3. Saudi
Arabia. 4. Portugal. 5. Car
ibbean. 6. A sun parlor. 7.
Atmospheric pressure. I.
Omega. 9. Tuberculosis. 10.
; Sugar cane .
FROSTY. COMMENT
. Grand Rapids, Mich.-fflPJ-Poet
Robert Frost spoke like
a cryptic New . Englander
5 Thursday night wh11 lTn
1 ed that police searched for a
bomb in the church where be
I wa saving lecture, but
: found none. His comment; "It
, must have been a dud."
Taxes
The resignation of Dr. Harold M. Erickson
as state health officer, mentioned regretfully
here yesterday, is one more bit of evidence to
add to the growing pile that indicates Oregon
is not entirely keeping pace with its own needs.
Dr. Erickson believes that not enough public
funds are being spent to improve public health
procedures in this state. And he, above anyone
else in Oregon, should
His letter of resignation doesn't say so spe
cifically, but in context it can be taken to im
ply that this is the chief reason he is leaving
Oregon after 25 years in
I
N the continuing debate over' taxes and public
services, we are" often
example when the
voted r OK a new courthouse, and at the same
election, AGAINST the
But aside from this
too true that taxpayers
taxes are for;
Property taxes are
.t
ior tne privilege 01 owning property, iney
assessments which pay for the schools, the police
and fire protection, the streets and roads, the
libraries and parks, which we have all come to
demand or expect from
I
NCOME taxes are NOT fees for the privilege
of living and working
levies which pay for highways, agricultural pro
grams, reforestation, public welfare; and all the
dozens of other public
formsservices which it, as a government, can
provide, and which we, as individuals, cannot
providcfor ourselves.
Public health, as Dr.
his letter of resignation,
As individuals, we can see to our own health
within limitations.
But how about "chronic illness, mental ill
ness, radiation, and air and water pollution,'
which Dk' Erickson said
attention than they now
How about "communicable disease control,
dental health, school health, occupational health,
and the. licensing of nursing homes,' homes for
the aged, hospitals, restaurants, hotels and motor
courts, as well as many
which he declares need
.
ALSO note Dr. Erickson's statement that the
last legislature passed a law giving the board
of health the responsibility for establishing a
statewide medical investigation system in con
nection with farm labor
then neglected to appropriate funds to pay for
these programs. v
Dr. Erickson added:
"It is well known that good community health is
purchasable. Oregon in the past has enjoyed a rela-
tlvely excellent record of health because of the out
standing quality of its many health facilities and .
agencies. Failure to provide the necessary expanded '
support of these facilities is leading to increasing
occurrence of PREVENTABLE illness and death and
to a corresponding reduction of our health status in
comparison to other states."
XE HAVE all heard criticisms of (for exam
pie) the Jackson r'ouniy health department
and its big budget. It has been termed "a little
empire. v
These critics' lose sight of the fact that their
own health, their own well being, even their
own lives; and those of their hildren, are what
are involved here.
A similar anti-tax
current around the middle of November and
again around the middle of April) affects many
people.
But how much would it cost them, as indi
viduals, to provide their own streets and roads;
to provide, alone, education for their children
through college levels; their own police, and fire
protection; their own protection against disease?
...... As individuals, they simply couldn't afford it.
; Which is why we have said, and say again,
a well-spent tax dollar is the biggest bargain
available today. E.A.
Anti-Climax
Edsel, hail and farewell.
The car with. the surprised look on its face
(in pre-1960 models, that is) will soon join' the
Oakland, the Maxwell, the Stanley Steamer, the
Pierce Arrow and all the other cars which once
proliferated on the American scene. , .
In ending production of -the Edsel, the Ford
Motor company reveals, among other things, its
financial stability. Any company which can put
a quarter of a billion dollars: into producing a
new car, lose money on it because of "disappoint
ing" sales, and still come up smiling and finan
cially stable; can't be too close to going: broke.
fNE of the fascinating stories about the Edsel,
, told only in the New Yorker magazine of a
year or so ago so far as
senous problem of a name for the new car.
Miss Marianne Moore,
jor poets, was enlisted in
and submitted dozens of
Her correspondence
company, in charge of the. name search, as re
corded in part by the masrazine, should go down
in the annals of belles lettres as a minor classic
The final selection of
poetic and graceful possibilities was in the nature
of an anti-climax in itself. So the demise of the
Edsel, victim of chanrin? tastes and patterns in
the automotive industry,
anu-anu-climax. E.A.
and 'Health
know.
public health work.
reminded of the classic
people of Marion county
bonds to pay for it.
absurd example, it is all
can lose sight of what
- v v
NOT assessments levied
t rm a tti
government.
in Oregon. They ARE
services the state per
Erickson points out in
is "purchasable.
need considerably more
receive?
other health programs,
strengthening?
camp legislation and
blindness (usually most
we know, involved the
one of America's ma
the search for a name,
suggestions.
with the official 01 the
"Edsel" out of all the
is. in the nature of an
Dennis the Menace
1
Bl- t7
KJCKS IN WUK UKULELE; AGAIN -
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
Washington Fidel Castr6
of Cuba is playing with dyna
mite - American Congression-
a 1 dynamite.
Not even the
stoic patience
of . "the State
Department is
likely to save'
him from be
ing blown
right out of
office by his
own reckless
Wunam S.
White
draws back
ness unless he
soon from his
shrilly abusive course toward
the United States.
This two-bit (or half-peso)
dictator is nearing the point
of no return. The whole posi
tion toward Castro here is
now changing. It is increase
ingly probable that . Congress
will return in January deter
mined to take counteraction
that could easily .destroy his
revolutionary regime.
Tnft, the State Department
will try to discourage this sort
of thing. But as it happens
the critical power here does
not lie with the Administra
tion. Nor does it lie with the;
Congressional Committee on
Foreign Policy, which norm
ally wUl follow any Adminis
tration lead. . .-
.
rC LIES'' instead with two
fairly hard- boiled groups
which are never unduly im
pressed by "State" - and
which are fed to the teeth with
J iaei uastro. inese are tne
Finance Committee of the
United States Senate and the
Committee on Agriculture 'of
the House of Representatives.
They have it within their
choice to cut off Cuba's rich
sugar-exporting quota to the
United States. This quota not
only guarantees a stable mar
ket to the Cubans but also
gives them a price pegged
above the world price. The
sugar quota is at the heart of
Cuba's life. Not even the
most stirring of "great revo
lutionary leaders" is exces
sively popular at home once
his policies bring joblessness
and economic rum.
Congress alone can decide
whether the expiring Sugar
Quota Act is to be renewed
as to Cuba. It can decide, too,
on a renewal giving some of
our Latin-American friends,
notably Mexico, a much larg
er share of our imports.
IF THIS should happen - and
Dowerful Con sressi email
forces are" resolved that it
shall happen unless Castro
rhanoe his tune what thn?
Castro will have opportunity
to una tne alternative sugar
Try and Stop Me
1 ' -By BENNETT CERF
A SWEET YOUNG THING
obvious impression on; a
'from the theological seminary,
he suggested. "Only if if $
non- intoxicating," she
told him. "I never have
tasted hard liquor."
"Good for you," ap
proved the young man,
"but I don't think this
punch will hurt you." ?
The sweet young thing
took one sip, choked, and
exclaimed, "Pfui! Some .
fool's been mixing -vodka
with bourbon.!",, ,
To demonstrate his habi
tual bad luck, George de
Witt claims he once was
shipwrecked alone on a desert island with Marilyn Monroe, Kim
Novak, and Av Gardner and two hours later the quartet was
reieued! - "-.-'
' t
Phil Lord's definition of high fidelity: a husband who comes
home to his wife every night.
1359, by Bennett Cer& Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
fatBST,MqMU50H! 1WOHT W?Htoe
S. WHITE
market he has threatened
with the Soviet bloc. ,
By all means - say Con
gressional authorities such as
Sen. George Smathers of
Florida, a long-proved friend
of Cuba - let Castro try. For
instead of an eager Soviet cus
tomer he will discover one of
those dull facts of life of the
kind Hbtreyed revolutionaries
so often overlook. This is that
the Russians produce all the
sugar (beet sugar) they need,
and a little more besides.
Nobody here, it should be
emphasized, wants to be forc
ed to take economic sanctions
against Cuba, such as already
are publicly suggested by Sen.
Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana.
But this, too, should be em
phasized: significant power
centers in Congress don't go
along with the State Depart
ment theory that regardless
of provocation we must not
take such action lest we in
jure ourselves with all Latin
America.
rpHE VIEW of Congressmen
most concerned with, and
most important in, this issue
is far different. There conies
a time, they say, when it is
more harmful to withhold ac
tion than to act.' For nothing
could be so bad' as for the
United States to confirm the
existing notion that no con
ceivable insult wiu be effec
tively resented here. This kind
of posture would lead to the
justifiable conclusion all
through Pan America that the
one sure way to a permanent
ly-guaranteed favorable treat
ment by the U.S. would be to
be always at thevery fore
front of its abusers and ene
mies.
This is not "dollar diplo
macy." Nor is it any jingo
attitude. Nobody here argues
that we are always right in
our difficulties with our La
tin-American neighbors. We
are, for illustration, far from
spotless in regard to Panama.
Anti-American feeling there
is in part understandable.
But the point simply is that
nobody can possibly be the
kind of "good neighbor" Cas
tro wants. For he wants to
walk all over us, in the happy
belief that we are too big to
retaliate, while we continue
to-support his economy - and
thus him.
(Copyright, 1959. by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
FOUL PLAY
London - IUP0 - Officials of
next month's poultry Show
announced Thursday that no
poultry will be shown at the
show because of current poul
try diseases.
at a party was making an
serious minded young man
"May I get you some punch?"
'
'Big Labor's' Decision on Responsibility
For Legislation Factor for Democrats
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington -(DPD- Next
year's democratic nomination
for President probably is rid
ing on Big La
bor's final de
cision o n r e -s
p o nsibil
ity for the
1959 labor re
form bill. ' '
Big Labor's
decision may
not be unani
mous. Jimmy
Lyle C. WUsoo eireaujr
has committed his teamster's
fat treasury to oppose all
democrats who voted for the
labor bill. AFL-CIO has been
zig-zagging on that. .
Selwyn Lloyd Still Foreign
Minister Despite His Critics
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign suitor
The man-oMhe -week:
British Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd.
The place: The House of
Parliament, London.
The quote: "The purpose
is not io have a summit just
for the sake of . having a
meeting. The purpose of a
Summit is in order ' to try
and increase the detente
(relaxation) which is taking
place in world affairs and
to improve the reduction in
tension."
Britain's 55-year-old foreign
minister has .been noted more
for tenacity than briUance.
More for care
fully worked
out logic than
the flow, of
his rhetoric.
After one
foreign af
fairs' debate,
a British,
n e w s p a
per called it
Pnil Nrwsnm One Ot BIS
"more inept performances."
Another bemoaned its "spec
tacular clumsiness," and still
another called it "disastrous."
He has been marked for otx
Uvion perhaps more often
than any public figure now
active.
But he still is in the job in
which he first was placed by
former Prime Minister An
thony Eden and in which he
was retained over howls of
protest by Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan. '
L.... ..baBsi.ssa
Communications
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submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views ot the
paper;. in tact, the contrary is otten
True "Hot Rodders"
To the Editor: Tuesday in
"Communications" you print
ed two letters, one concern
ing tobacco and teenagers, the
other praising a member of
the Southern Oregon Timing
association. I wonder how
many people realize how
closely these two subjects are
related?
If you want to help keep
your kids off the street, pro
mote peace of mind for par
ents, and benefit Medford
business, support and attend
our local drag meets. All this,
and entertainment too!
In the years before we had
a drag strip - at White City,
there were a lot of complaints
about "hot rodders." We still
have complaints, but these
are caused by drivers who are
not members- of our hot rod
clubs. Any member of any
club caught "dragging" on the
streets in fined by the club
(besides the law) and i record
of traffic violations results in
his being ousted from the
club.
These kids put a lot of hard
earned cash and hard work
into their cars, and it's a year
around project. They get more
of a thrill and more satisfac
tion out of building a real
machine than all the tobacco
and beer combined.
The White City drag atrip is
well organized and every con
testant must come up to cer
tain safety regulations.. No
person under 18 may ne a
contestant with out written
permission from his parents.
But with all this we still need
more organization and a bet
ter strip. The strip is narrow
and needs repairs. Because of
the strict safety rules we've
never had an accident during
the Sunday meets, but it could
happen.
We have crowds of two and
three thousand people. We've
had five thousand at our
championship drags. We need
a new location, more room for
contestants and spectators. We
need sponsors to help the kids
organize more clubs. We need
someone like the 2030, wons
or Kiwanians to help us or
ganize. In short, we need any
kind of help we can get.
Some of our contestants
All of the Senate democrats
who aspire to the 1960 presi
dential nomination voted for
the labor bill. Sen. John F.
Kennedy (D-Mass.), is more
clearly identified with labor
legislation in 1959 than is any
other presidential hopeful.
AFL-CIO seems unable to
make up its mind about Ken
nedy. Inter-Union Argument
United Press International
reported from Washington
last week a ruckus in the an
nual convention of the AFL
CIO Industrial Union depart
ment, which is the CIO ele
ment of merged Big Labor.
The powerhouse opposition of
the Machinists union blocked
One explanation may . be
that while others collect the
posies, some must do the
work. And Lloyd is a tireless
worker.
So it was last week that, on
orders from Macmillan, Lloyd
dashed off to Paris to mesh
British and French opinion on
next spring's' summit confer
ence ,and to attempt to work
out economic questions aris
ing from French membership!
in the European Common
market.
Questioned by Parliament
Back home, he faced imper
turbably that peculiarity of
British ; government which
permits a Cabinet officer to
be cross-examined on the
floor of Parliament.
This week other major pro
nouncements came fronv the
man whose detractors said he
never could hold the job.
' They included: ;
- Britain does not believe
the , planned French nuolear
test explosion in the Sahara
will endanger the health; . of
other countries.,
'- Britain has received "nu
merous disturbing reports" of
n e w executions in recent
months in Hungary. .... .
- The British government
still is considering Cuba's re
quest for' 17 jet fighters. :
- The British' government
would like to restore diploma
tic relations with the United
Arab Republic and Saudi Ara
bia. . .
A free-swinging, perform
ance by a man who refuses to
be relegated to oblivion.
ina
come from many other cities
and several states. This means
business for Medford mer
chants. '
It's a good decent sport,en
Joyed by worthwhile decent
people.
Anyone interested may
write to:
Southern Oregon Timing
Association, . .-.
P. O. Box 1581, Medord.
By the way Chief Champlin
of the city police is with us
100 per cent. Now let's hear
from you. ' '
(Name on File)
Medford.
New World Near? '
To the Editor: Fulfilled
prophecy shows Jehovah's
new world or age is near. Je
hovah's Son, Jesus Christ, will
be -the ruler of that new
world. See Matthew 24:1-14,
21, 22; Luke 21:24; Exodus
6:3. 4 in the Bible. As to what
mankind should do read Ro
mans 10:9; Acts 10:43; Zepha
rdah 2:3.
A. R. Stewart,
67 Ocean st.,
Dorchester 24, Mass.
Sodium Vapor Cloud
Fails on East Coast
Washington -UPD- Scientists
failed again today to light up
the. dawn sky along the east
ern seaboard with a glowing
sodium vapor cloud.
A two-stage Nike-Asp re
search rocket fired by the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) from
its Wallops Island, Va., test
station climbed to an altitude
of 147 miles.
But the rocket did not eject
its sodium payload, designed
to vaporize and form a giant
cloud to help scientists study
high altitude wind currents.
A NASA statement issued
here said the cause of the
failure had not been deter
mined. An identical experiment at
dawn Thursday also failed
when the Nike-Asp did not
spew out its sodium after
blasting to an altitude of 160
miles. Today's failure was the
last shot in the NASA's cur
rent series of sodium cloud
experiments.
a resolution which would
have praised Kennedy and
five other democrats for their
position on labor legislation
this year. . ,
Kennedy was the only
democrat among the six who
is counted among the presi
dential hopefuls. The Machin
ists were - and are - against
anyone who voted for the
Landrum-Griffin bill. The au
tomobile workers' Walter P.
R e u t h e r was among those
who wanted to give Kennedy
a cheer. The end result of the
commotion was that the reso
lution was safely tucked away
without an , explosive floor
fight over Kennedy as a
friend or foe of big labor.'
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Question fo the hour as this
is written:
Shall Ike take along a
Democrat on his upcoming
goodwill tour of a consider
able part of the world?
Question No. 2:
If so, WHAT DEMOCRAT?
rpHE idea of a Democrat as a
- traveling companion for
Ike was sprung on Saturday
of last week by Senator Dodd
of Connecticut, who suggest
ed to President Eisensower
that he add former President
Truman -OR another high
Democrat to his entourage
through Europe, the Middle
East and Asia next month.
Among other likely Demo
crats for the traveling com
panion job, he mentioned
Adlai Stevenson, Connecticut
Representive Chester
Bowles and former Secretary
of State Dean Acheson.
QENATOR DODD c6mmands
respect. His eaucationai
background is of the best. He
is a distingushed lawyer, with
Yale law school as his back
ground. He was a prominent
member of the U.S. legal staff
in the prosecution of Axis war
criminals at Nurnberg, Ger
many, after World War II. He
served as a member of the
house of representatives from
Connecticut before becoming
a senator in 1958. . .
But I'm afraid his foot
slipped when heiadded the OR
10 nis proposau uun : fjwi
dent Truman holds a peculiar-
ly revered position. He is a
former President of the Unit
ed States.. .- 1 : -
But any OTHER Democrat
.... . ; -
-1 think everyone will, agree
that would turn the goodwill
tour into a three-ring political
campaign circus.
VfOT intentionally, maybe.
" The. names Senator Dodd
mentions are the names of
patriotic Americans. But . in
the very nature of things,
that's the way it would work
out.
It just couldn't be helped.
OO x ; - '
J All in all
I think we'd better leave the
goodwill tour as it lies. Ike has
peculiar talents as an ambas
sador of goodwill. People in
stinctively trust him as a per
son. That qualifies him excep
tionally for the task he is
undertaking. ..
And
: He isn't a candidate'. He
can't be. The constitution
forbids it. On top of that, he
wouldn't be a candidate again
if he could.
s-
Let's leave well enough
alone.
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Kennedy can count Reuth
er's friendly attitude as a
great and valuable political
asset. Reuther is smart and
powerful. He knows the poli
tical ropes and how to pull
them. Reuther demonstrated
that in the 1956 Democratic
National convention when he
broke a stalemate which led
directly and almost imme
diately to the nomination of
Adlai E. Stevenson.
Reuther is No. 2 man in
AFL-CIO. The organization
published this week a pam
phlet on the record of the last
session of Congress, with em
phasis on labor legislation.
This pamphlet gives a friend
ly plug to Kennedy, despite
the Machinists. The pamphlet
centers Big Labor s fire on
what the union leaders regard
as Big Labor s enemies. They
are: President Eisenhower.
his cabinet, his White House
staff and Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon. They were, Big
Labor says, the chief lobby
ists for the Landrum-Griffin
bill. : . ,
Angry Citizens Helped
That, perhaps, is a fact The
pamphlet also notes that the
favorable Landrum-Griffin
vote was in part in response
to an avalanche of mail from
angry citizens. It was an ava
lanche which Big Labor could
not match, despite its 15,000,-
uuu members.
, Tne division in the . labor
movement over assessment of
blame for the Landrum-Grif
fin bill is likely to greatly re
duce the influence of labor
leaders at next year's Demo
cratic National convention.
They have had in the past
a veto power in democratic
conventions.
. They used it in 1952 on Al
ben W. Barkley. Barkley ac
cused them of choosing pro
grams and candidates to gain
"greater control over the ma
chinery and policies of the
Democratic party." .
Police Investigate
Vehicle Accidents
Two " automobile accidents
were reported to state police
Thursday.- Heavy property
damage was reported in both
incidents.
. One accident occurred at
9:45 a.m. on Highway 99 near
Talent and involved vehicles
operated by Norman Robert
Mallon, 23, of 1045 West 13th
st., Medford, "and Geraldine
H.-Davis, 59; of Reno, Ne
vada. --
Police said that both cars
were southbound in the in
side lane when the Davis ve
hicle attempted to make a left
turn and was struck by .the
Mallon vehicle. Both vehicles
were damaged. No. citations
were issued by police.
An automobile, operated by
Ralph E." Cross Jr., 29, of
route 2, box 209H, Medford,
pulled from the parking area
at the Desert cafe near the
intersection of Corey rd. and
Highway 62, and struck a
northbound vehicle, operated
by Charles Richard Perdue,
21, Eagle Point, police said.
The left side of the Perdue
car was damaged. Police no
tified Cross that a complaint
charging failure to yield right
of way would be filed against
him in district court.
Police also investigated an
incident on Highway 66 about
10 miles from Ashland when
a sedan caught fire and burn
ed. The vehicle was operated
by Emmett Thompson, 35, of
Lebanon. The automobile was
destroyed, police said.
MARRIAGE IN MIND?
Denver-UPD-A young man
stole seven blank marriage
licenses and the city seal from
a City Hall office Thursday.
Gene Thomas
Says:
a
r You aet extra courtesy
w
and friendliness when you
get your loan from an in
dependent local company.
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