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Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF-
ABIG BROADWAY STAR had been fighting a losing bat-,
tie with the Demon Rum for years, was finally warned
by his doctor that if he didn't climb on the wagon he'd be a
gone goose in six months.
I know you can't .-stop J I
cuiiipieieiy ux uae any,
added the doctor, "so Til
let you take four ounces
of whisky a day no
more and no less for
three weeks as a taper-ing-off
process.
At the end of the three
vreeks, the star staggered
into the doctor's office
fried to the gills. "You
disobeyed my instruc
tionsl' exclaimed the
doctor angrily. "Honest
I didn't," contradicted the
lush. "Jus four ounces of whisky each, day no more no
less."
"Then how," demanded the doctor, "did you get so in
toxicated on so little whisky?"
"My dear fellow," blustered the actor, "do you think
you're the OA'LY doctor I consult?''
Jeremy Jones was locked out of the house by Ms Irate wife the
other night. He tried to pull the wool over her eyes with the
wrong yarn.
1959, by Bennett Cert Distributed by Ens Features Syndicate.
Cities Faced With
Providing Better
Transportation
Deschutes Sheriff Named Assoc. Head
Portland - d'PD - Deschutes
county Sheriff Forest Sholes
was elected president of the
Oregon County Sheriff's as
sociation here Friday at- the
group's annual convention, j
Sheriff George Miller, Linn I
county, was named vice presi
dent; and Charles Strawn,
Coos county, secretary-treasurer.
Carl Bondetti, Clatsop
county; Ernie Mosier, Wasco;
Ira Byrd, Douglas, and Joe
Walsh, Jackson, were named
to the executive committee.
(Editor's note: Medford
Mayor John Snider returned
Thursday night from a con
vention of the American
Municipal) association in
Denver, Colo. Following
are his comments concern
ing the AMA's highways
committee, of which Snider
is a member, in relation to
problems facing southern
Oregon communities.)
By JOHN W. SNIDER
Medford Mayor
The American Municipal
Congress, which just, ended
in Denver, was attended by
more than 1,000 municipal of
ficials who gatnered to ex
change infonmation on traffic,
parking, street use, transit,
finances and other aspects of
"Better Transportation for
Your City."
The AMA Highways com
mittee, of which I am a mem
ber, met in advance of the
Congress to consider changes
in policy regarding AMA
Highway resolutions to the
general membership.
Because the trend indicates
that 4 out of 5 citizens will
live in or near an American
city, municipalities are faced
with the - absolute need for
providing better transporta
tion. Cost of Delays
The cost of delays in the
movement of people and ma
terials by failure to provide
adequate transportation facil
ities is a cost that can never
be recovered. It is also noted,
of extreme local interest, that
industrial development fol
lows only where communi
ties have provided good street
and highway systems.
A good transportation pro
gram must be based on the
metropolitan complex, rather
than just on a city, because
autos are not respectors of
imaginary city limits. Plan
ning must be done with ex
treme consideration for the
projected planning of our sis
ter cities in the valley, the
county road department and
the state highway department.
There must also be . a bal
ance, and this 'is highly im
portant, between the need for
rapid transportation through
direct routes and the econom
ic impact of street and high
way location and relocation.
Pleased With Progress
In comparing the Medford
area with many others
throughout the country, I am
well pleased with the prog
ress we are making in both
the abatement and preven
tion of traffic problems. We
are extremely fortunate in
having a progressive and co
operative state highway de
partment, so evidently lack
ing in some other states.
In summary, the problem
is how to incorporate all the
facets of transportation into
an integrated, workable, prac
tical, cohesive whole, each in
its proper place, and each giv
en the means and opportuni
ty to function at its maximum.
The area with such a mas
ter transportation plan is al
most assured of a prosperous,
healthy, thriving future. I be
lieve that such a cooperative
program can and will be de
.veloped in southern Oregon
and that we may reasonably
expect to be ready for the
transportation problems re
sulting from a tremendous
population growth.
BIOLOGIST DIES
Salem - (UPD - Dr. Morton
E. Peck, founder of Wil
lamette university herbarium,
died Friday at his home here.
He was 88. Dr. Peck, author
of "A Manual of Higher
Plants in Oregon," served as
professor of biology at Wil
lamette until 1941 when he
assumed - full time duties as
curator of the herbarium.
ALERT ON FOR GUNMEN
Salem - EPD - State police
said Saturday that although
the alert continues for fugi
tives who took some potshots
at a state policeman near Al
bany early Friday, roadblocks
have been discontinued.
Lease Signed for Use of Oak Knoll
Ashland - The Ashland city
council last week passed a
resolution to execute a lease
between the city and the
Oak Knoll Golf club, Inc., for
use of the Oak Knoll golf
course.
The lease, to be effective as
of Dec. 1, stipulates rental of
SI per year for an initial per
iod of 10 years. An option to
renew for an additional 10
Salem - (UPD - Salem real
estate broker Roy T. Todd,
54, died in his downtown of
fice Friday, victim of a heart
attack.
years provides for payment
of 10 per cent of the net prof
its to the city.
The lease was signed in be
half of the corporation by
Walter L. and Ted Porterfield
of Grants Pass.
The agreement covers con
struction of buildings inciden
tal to operation of the course,
with the city retaining the
right to approve plans and
specifications. Construction of
a golf driving range, which is
to be completed within three
years, is not included,
v Oak Knoll Golf club, Inc.,
has operated the course for
the past eight years with lo
cal management.
The corporation has the
right to sell club member
ships as long as the facilities
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
will remain open to the gener
al public at reasonable rates.
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