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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1959)
MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Or. 5 i DOORS OPEN 9:30 A.M.-Plenty of FREE PARKING "SC . Only Days' Left To Say A? OPEN MONDAY TUESDAY WckNESDAY TILL 9 P.M. erry Christmas With Gifts From Sears LAST 13 DN (LITE GIFT SUGGESTIONS! . . . Sunday, Dee. 20. 195 si ' .. "Mho P?5 If: - m- j v.. j "7 zr-vw,?. i'VJwm. ff . -r- - m 'Hir . i!:him ii i J OFFICE THEE Do-it-yourself Christmas trees from the Ore gon Beauty Christmas Tree company, Grants Pass, are win ning eastern admirers. Above, Rep. Charles O. Porter and Stanley H. Shafer, merchandise manager of Montgomery Ward and Company, Baltimore, Md., are shown building one of them for display in Porter's Washington office. Each tree haa 46 fir boughs which can be placed into holes in the trunk. . Editorial Comment ADVICE FROM A BEAVER . BT Charles V. Stanton .Editor. Rowbnrr Newi-Review Confronting me on my desk Is a rophy of which I am in ordinately proud. It is a "Beaver" awarded by the Oregon Division of the Izaak Walton League of America. It Is one of four such awards for conservation work made at th Division's annual conven tion in Eugene last week. This award is something new. The four given this-year were the first to be presented by the League. It is the hope of the Oregon Division that its "Beaver" can be made synonymous in the conserva tion field with the famed "Oscar" of the motion picture industry. The trophy is a handsome thing. It has a base of beauti ful wood, about four and one half inches high, faced with an engraved bronze plaque. Resting on this base is the" "fi gure of a beaver, sitting erect, flat tail stretched out behind him. ' " He is a perky little fellow. As he sits looking at me, it seems lie is talking to me. - THE BEAVER'S MESSAGE I seem to hear him say: "You've been given an award for conservation! What do you know about conserva tion, you big sap? "You're looking at someone who knows something about that subject. For generations my people have known how to store water. We know how to keep topsoil in its place. We kept the forest green by furnishing it with water. ' "Of course, there are peo ple who hate our guts. If we cut down an apple tree to use for storing more water and keeping the farmer's fields green, he wants us killed or removed. ESTEY Since 1869 "You'll learn, Bud, that you can't cut down apple trees. People don't like to have a bite taken out of their pocket books. "What have you and your j people done for conserva-1 tion? "You have moved from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific. As you moved you stripped the forests from the hills. You destroyed my storage dams. You let the topsoil be washed away. You filled the streams with your filth. You killed the fish and the birds. "Now you haven't enough water to drink. You can't sup ply your industries with the water they need. You have had to abandon millions of acres of your farm lands. You watch the wind blowing dust from once fertile acres. . "I took care of those lands for centuries until you came along. But some of your peo ple thought more about a fast buck than they did about preserving the soil, the wa ter and the forests for their children and their grandchil dren. So they hunted me and my people. They used our fur for their adornment. They cut our numbers down to the point where we now are too few to do much of a job for you in spite of the fact-we keep busy all the time." ; French ' Provincial ' in the New Light Walnut 881 V. A beautiful little spinet piano in your home would make this Christmas a very spe cial one! Come in today and look over our selection of "new and used spinets. Very easy terms. Open Sun. and Eves. ERSKINE'S P'AMO STORE 1 304 Kings Hwy. PERSEVERANCE ESSENTIAL These are some of the things my little "Beaver" seems to be saying, as he sits there with his nose uppointed, sniffing - the vagrant breeze for scents of danger, his ears sharply attuned to the news of his environment. Then he goes on: "You see this broad tail of mine? Well, when I scent danger I slap it on-the water. That's a signal for everything in hearing to take cover. But I can't make anyone protect himself. All I can do is warn him. If he gets his tail chew ed, because he didn't listen, there's nothing I can do about it. "My people had to learn the hard way. And that's the way you and your people are go ing to have to learn, Jt's a matter of perserver ence. Your people tear out my dams. So I set about rebuild ing them? Then they get mad. They trap me in a wire cage and carry me many miles miles away. But I come back. Maybe I must travel until my feet are torn and bloody, until I am exhausted. But I come back and rebuild my dam. Your people can't understand what I'm trying to do for them, and they don't do any thing for themselves.' "You get an award for con servation! Thaf s a laugh! "But we've got a lot of things in common. 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