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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. initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to 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 the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Hay Visitor To the Editor: Yesterday we were gone from home a few hours and when we re turned we found we had visit ors: A very small boy and three dogs.. The boy had opened the chicken yard gate and the dogs played havoc with our chickens. We had to kill some and we could only use one of them to eat. Another pair of dogs have been killing a neighbor's ducks. It looks like there are more dogs in the neighborhood than last year. Seems as though there could be some way other than having them killed; I mean, in addition to having unwanted dogs killed. It just doesn't curb the reproduction fast ' enough. I know very well that people get attached to their pets. We have a county doctor, why not a county veterina rian, so that low income peo ple can have their pets al tered; both male and female, It would make a more lasting job of it. There aren't many people who keep their dogs up, in spite of the law. Suburban'- people like to keep their gardens intact, the same as city folks like their flowers, so that a law should be fo rthem, also. Mary E. Atkins 1634 Orchard Home dr Medford, Ore. Suggests Reading To the Editor: Everyone, re gardless of party affiliation, should read the report of the Senate McClellan Committee that appears in the March Readers Digest on page 90. Leila A. Morrow 531 North Bartlett st. Medford, Ore. Not in Accord To the Editor: On Feb. 18, In a letter in Communications, the statement was made "God .. nrt r t..ki.ii tiuacu Canaan lui juuzixiig upon his father Noah's naked ness." This quote is not strict ly in accord with the story in Genesis, IX, 19-26. As the Bible states it, Noah was asleep in his tent, drunk and naked, when Ham, Noah's son, looked at Noah s naked ness. Upon awakening, Noah cursed Canann, Ham's son or Noah's grandson. Just why he cursed Canaan .when Ham was the offender is not ex plained. Two possible expla nations occur: It would hurt Ham more to have his son cursed them himself, or Noah was still befuddled when he Edith Rode Cherry Heights Medford, Ore. Recreation Meed To the Editor: There's some thing lacking in the way of recreation in Medford. Know what it is? A roller-skating rink! One of the cleanest, most healthful forms of recreation, and if we want it for our youngsters, we have to drive to Ashland or Grants Pass to use their roller-rinks. We keep reading and hearing every once in a while that there will be one built in or near Medford but so far, guess someones too much of a "cheap skate," excuse the pun, to build one. How about our church groups and PTA's putting on a little letter-writing cam paign and see if we can't have a Medford roller-skating rink before our youngsters are too old to enjoy it. Mrs. Tom Robnett, 2350 Meadows lane Medford, Ore. More on Driving To the Editor: I would like to thank these wonderful women for answering my let ter, and I'm just sorry haven't seen many of your good drivers. I'm also sorry that you got the impression that I don't think their are any good women drivers, be cause I think their are some fine women drivers. But on the most part the women driver is not a good enough driver to go one week without a close call or an ac cident. As for the woman who said her husband taught her to drive, this is the reason you are one of the exceptions to the average women driver. Don't get the idea I'm back ing down because I still don't think women can think fast enough or know how to han dle a car safely enough to drive as often as they do. As for more men having accidents, it's only natural since more men drive, the family car and leave the woman at home where she should be. As for one lady's examples of her quick re flexes saving her from an ac cident, it seems to me that with three close calls that maybe it was her and not the men. Jerry Anderson, 2607 Eastover Terrace, . Medford, Ore. Interested in Letters To the Editor: I was inter ested and pleased to see in your communications the let ters from the Medford Eng lish class. I agree there's a lot of things discussed in these letters that aren't worth the reading. I have read the let ters to the editor for eight years, now I'm blowing a fuse. I was delighted to read all about the Student Govern ment Day election in Med ford, so naturally 1 was inter ested to see what was happen ing in the school I pay taxes to. I managed to get a copy of the Phoenix school paper and this (in part) is what I read: "Eight to participate in Elk's Government Day Ac tivities." One of the para graphs reads as follows: From this list of candidates the faculty will appoint the offi cers, etc., etc. What a dirty jip. I thought this was to teach our chil dren the American way of life. Is this Communistic? What do you Medford English stu dents think? Why don't you elected stu dents watch and see who was appointed? Why don't our county su perintendent of schools pay a little more attention to Jackson county schools and a little less to Russia's? I'm a home breed, corn fed, hand spanked American. I. L. Small, Rt. 3, Box 240, Medford, Ore. A Tribute : 5 To The Kiwanis Kapers 5 We take pride in saluting our Kiwanis members . for their work in behalf of underprivileged pj g children. Next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 5 J , Saturday this active group will present the 1 960 version of the KIWANIS KAPERS. With approx- ' imately $9,000 of invested money from this B ! project in 1 959, the Dental Association and B ' Kiwanis club were able to provide approximately J . $20,000 worth of free dental work for needy . children in Jackson County. Keep up the good ' work Kiwanians and everyone buy your tickets g , now for this outstanding show. Take your family 2 ; , to the KIWANIS KAPERS. Medford Pharmacy 101 North Central, Corner 6th Ph. SP 2-6253 ; Open Week. Days: 8:30 A.M. to 1 0:30 P.M. Sundays and Holidays: 10 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. - 5 We Salute Our Town! Necessity of War To the Editor: Congratula tions to Marie Bosworth for an excellent article on "The Arms Race." Thousands of us average citizens are wonder ing if any war was really ne cessary. Plain logic tells us that the basic cause of all wars was human lust for power, for commerce, and monetary wealth. Now just who is guilty of practicing these lusts? Has it been the common people of the nations involved, or has it been the leaders who have been placing monetary gain above our human welfare? Does the average, person re member when Charles Lind berg made his report to this nation after a tour of Europe, prior to World War II? Lind berg gave this sound and sin cere advice to us: "Make your own country strong, and stay out of Europe's quarrels." What, then, happened? The man was ridiculed, branded as a pacifist, and denounced by written and oral word until "he seemed almost to be a traitor! Why? Perhaps Lind- berg was right. We would have been far better off to fol low his advice. It's easy to see why any mother, no matter what color her skin may be, is against the things that lead up to war be tween nations. Do the young men who are paid to commit wholesale murder, to destroy, and, then are made heroes afterwards, ever wonder why a civilian can" get the gas chamber for a crime that is small in comparison to war crimes? Can you blame the thoughtful young man who has been taught from child hood not to hate people for the crimes they may indulge in (rather to despise the evils that lead up to those crimes) for being confused when he is forced into the maelstrom of a war machine that sucks youth in and teaches it that murder is heroic? Is it not time for us, -the masses of America if you please, to turn the search- light on ourselves to ask ourselves "What am I doing to eradicate those evils that lead up to war between na tions?" Are we not guilty of the minor crimes of lethargy, of indifference to our local, state and federal government functions? Then we are, by placing the pursuits of pleasure and ma terial things above our civic responsibilities, and above our regard for our fellow man, guilty of aiding (in an indirect way) those forces of evil that would plunge our nation into World War III. It's time for some good old fashioned "brass tacks" thinking to emerge from the so called "masses." Philip L. Burns 121 Bush st. Ashland, Ore. I Marvelous Age ' To the Editor: First of all I wish to thank the editorial staff of this paper for their broad views and patience with some of us letter writers. How thankful we should be to live in a free country where we have the freedoms we so much prize and enjoy. This fact should make us real ize that caution must be ex ercised, so that we will not soon lose this precious heri tage. Many events are transpir ing all around us that make a thinking person realize that we are indeed living in a marvelous age. With the rapid increase of knowledge in lines of communication, medicine and other subjects well over our heads, we can't hardly keep up. Yet, on the other hand, we find conditions that we can hardly class as "all is well". With all of the rapid ' scien tific advances, we find our selves living in a age of un rest, fear, worry and untold human misery. While we sat down to a full meal and then drove to work in a comfortable car, somewhere others were suf fering. All of our efforts to better ourselves are to be commended, but in spite of it all, something is lacking. Could it be that we have failed to grasp .the real mean ing of life? Please don't get me wrong. I am a long ways from being perfect. Only one person has ever lived on this earth who came up to this standard. It is gratifying to know that On Church Disunity To the Editor: In answer to "Why disunity in the Church today", I would like to submit the following: Until saints today can see the distinctive ministry of Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles (Rohans 11:13), that this is the dispensation of Grace (Ephe sians 3:1-4) given to the Apos tle Paul by revelation (Gala tians 1:11,12) from the Glori fied Risen Saviour (Acts 9:5; II Corinthians 12:1-7); until they can see the difference between "That which was prophesied from the begin ning of the world (Luke 1:68 70; Acts 3:22-26) and "that which was hid, kept secret, since the beginning of the world" (Romans 16:25,26; Ephesians 3:5-9); until they are followers of Paul (I Co rinthians 1:17) as He was of Christ (I Corinthians 11:1), and is the pattern for them that believe from now on (I Timothy 1:16), that' the Lord revealed to Paul that He was setting aside the nation Israel (Romans 11) temporarily, and now choosing out of all na tions a people for His Name, His body, His church (I Co rinthians 12:12,13; Ephesians 5:30), a heavenly organism, not an earthly organization. Not until Paul do we hear the blood of Christ preached for remission of sins (Romans 5:9), by grace are ye saved through faith (Ephesians 2:8,9), justified by grace (Ro mans 5:1,2), that we are to know Christ no more after the flesh (11 Corinthians 5:16) but to live for Him that died and rose again (II Corinthi ans 5:15). Until the seven-fold minis try of the Holy Spirit given in Ephesians 4:1-7 is followed, including the one baptism (I Corinthians 12:13), and the commission given to Paul for the Body of Christ (II Corin thians 5:14-21) is carried out, until they see that all scrip ture is . given by inspiration of God and is profitable (II Timothy 3:16,17), but that only Paul's epistles are exclu sively written to and about the Body of Christ, until they study . . . rightly dividing the Word of Truth (II Timo thy 2:15)-until these truths are taught and proclaimed, there will be disunity in the church. Boyd A. Lawton, 1700 Prune st, Medford, Ore. this same One is now prepar ing homes in a better land for any and all who will ac cept His gracious invitation. These lines may sound like far-fetched, wishful thinking to some. To such I would ask: What hope do you have when you stand beside the open cof fin of a loved one? It took a sick bed experience to awaken the writer of these lines, to the true facts con cerning the human race.' In Thursday's Tribune the editor added a note with two Bible texts to one of the con tributions. I wish to thank him for his thoughtfulness. Would it be in order for me to suggest a text pertaining to our perilous times? 2 Tim 3:2-5. I'm no preacher, nor son of one, nor do I have long whiskers nor a halo around my head. No one has sug gested such a description of me but someone might, ac cording to Thursday's paper. Henry Johnson Jr., 2400 Highway 66, Ashland, Ore. Against County Manager To the Editor: "The Eight Headed Monster": Do we want an elective Democratic county government, or do we want a one man controlled government governed only by "policy" which is approved by an elected council who acts for the people without compensation for their time and effort? Could a council selected from the rank and file of bur citizens afford to give the time and effort to the job? No doubt but that the only ones who would seek election for such a position would be those who need not worry about-their source of income which, in effect, would dny the people a true choice of representation. Our county commissioners would be replaced by men chosen by a "manager" with salary who in turn may not be interested in the county as a whole but only favored interests - district representa tion would be a thing of the past. Without compensation is there one of the present com missioners that would seek election for county council? Manager form of govern ment is a one-man dictatorial form of government; this paper advocates "centralized government" as being more efficient. Our present county govern ment leaves much to be de sired, and can stand reorgan ization; but, if it comes to choosing between a dictator or a fully elected democratic form we had better keep what we have. The people would still retain the right to replace the head of gov ernment by vote of the peo ple. Every citizen whether rich or poor should be able to seek office and without hardship. The vote ox the peo ple is worth something; if that what they vote for is not worth being compensated, the vote means nothing. It invites those to office that have only an ax to grind. If the voters will think this all out for themselves, I am sure that it will be re- One Injured in One Of Two Mishaps One man was injured in one of two traffic accidents Fri day afternoon and evening, state police said Saturday. Injured was William Ken neth Dodd, 39, of Trail, who suffered a cut eye. He was treated at Shady Cove clinic, state police said. The Dodd car was east bound on Highway 42, ap proached a curve, lost con trol, slid across the westbound lane and struck a rock bank head-on, officers said. The ac cident occurred about 9:30 pjn., Friday, police said. Friday afternoon a two-car collision occurred south of Medford on Highway 99 in front of Kim's restaurant, state police said. A car driven by George Terry Taylor, 85, of 424 King st., Medford, and a car driven by Joseph Fogel, 123 East Center st., Yreka, were involved, state police said. Sunday, Feb. 21, 1960 A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Bids to be Opened March 2 On Buildings Bids will be opened Wednes day, March 2, at 2 pjn. for the construction of an exhibi tion, office and restaurant building in the Jackson coun ty fairgrounds. The bids will be opened in the office of William H. Sie bert. architect. The county fair commission recently razed two buildings on the site. NAME ORIGIN Quito - Equador takes its name from the equator which crosses through this country just to the north of Quito. solved that the recommenda tions of this paper for a man ager form of government, such as the city of Medford has, for the county will be rejected. Ray O. DeMarrs, 708 West Second st., Medford, Ore. FREE Hearing Test FACTORY-TRAINED REPRESENTATIVE AT JACKSON HOTEL HOURS: 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. One Day Only, Tues., ASK FOR SHARREL LEWIS Ask about the Peanut Hearing Aid that is Worn ALL IN the Ear Made possible by a modem miracle, the TRANSISTOR! You are invited to come in for a FREE consultation by a trained representative of America's oldest and finest Hearing Aid Company. He will gladly help you with your hearing problems. No obliga tion, no cost for this service. 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