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Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1960
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24. 1950 (Friday)
, The Jackson county assess
or's office said several persons
have been visiting homes in
the county recently and false
ly representing themselves as
appraisers for the county. I.
A Klamath Falls Negro
killed himself yesterday after
a gun battle with K. Falls po
lice who sought him for a re
cent knifing incident.
.20 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24, 1940 (Saturday)
Hitler proclaimed in a Mu
nich beer hall yesterday that
Germany is fighting against
"the idea that one or two peo
ples of the earth should have
everything."
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
state line near Ashland was
121 years old Thursday and
reports it feels as young as it
ever did."
30 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24, 1930 (Monday)
It was announced that the
Holly Theater, now under
construction, will hold its
grand opening in April.
Petitions are being circu
lated here asking repeal of
the "dry law."
40 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24. 1920 (Wednesday)
Ashland civic leaders say
that the major need of that
city now is water.
. A brewer's convention at
Atlantic City came to the con
clusion that majority of peo
ple are opposed to prohibi
tion!. 50 YEARS AGO
Feb. 24, 1910 (Thursday)
Southern Pacific executive
predicts "tremendous growth"
for Medford; says new $50.
000 passenger depot is invest
ment in future here.
Central Point Ladies Im
provement society had a "tag
day" sale yesterday, selling
tags to all the men they could
find.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine er ten correct it superior;
seven er eight is excellent; five er
six is good.
1. Is the alcoholic content
of beverages greater when ex
pressed by weight or by vol
ume? 2. By what action did the
U.S. increase the area of its
territory nearly 100 per cent?
3. Does the Lincoln Me
morial building in Washing
ton contain the tomb of Lin
coln? 4. What is the capital of
Virginia?
5. Who composed "the
Moonlight Sonata"?
6. Do deisel engines have
spark plugs?
7. Did the League of" Na
tions ever expel the Soviet
Union?
8. Do horses pull most with
their front, or their hind legs?
9. Ice melts because is ab
sorbs heat; true or false? . ' -
10. Name the three islands
closely associated with the life
of Napoleon.
Answers: 1. Volume. 2.
Louisiana purchase. 3. 'fro.
4. Richmond. 5. Beethoven.
6. No. 7. Yes (1939. for Fin
land aggression). 8. Hind legs
9. Ttue. 10. Corsica (born)t
Elba (exiled); Helena (exiled
and died).
4.
Who To
The man in the TV commercial the' one who
"thinks for himself makes a great point of
how he investigated the conflicting claims for
cigarette filters.
How, we often wondered, did he go about
making this "investigation."
Did he set up his own laboratory facilities,
and test the brands? (Remember this is the milk
route driver, or grocer, or symphony conductor,
we're talking about.)
Did he read the conflicting claims, and on the
basis of this "investigation" decide which one
was best for him? (If he did, he's either a lot
smarter, or a lot dumber, than most people.)
fR. IN making his "investigation " did he go
to someone who might be in a position to
know, ask mm, and taKe
Our conclusion is that
merftial is a uhonev. For
layman ta make a meaningful investigation of
a. y i- -ex. 1 II
his own (as claimed) in
ticallv nil.
Either (A) he didn't
tion at all, or p) ne depended on tne wora oi
others. -
IIHICH brings us to
T" lieve. most of what
ter, depends on the words of others.
None of that which is read in a book or maga
zine or newspaper, or that which is seen on TV
or heard on radio, is first-hand, personally-ex
perienced knowledge or information.
In schools, students are "taught," and in some
few cases learn what they know by doing experi
ments. But by far the
i Ti
lor granted tne, experiments, ana resulting ac
counts, of others.
THE time of life when human beings leam the
most on their own, and not second- or third
or fourth-hand from others, is in the first year
or so of life.
At, this period, before a child understands
language, he learns that
that something pulls him to the floor when he
stumbles, and a great many other basic pieces of
information that remain
partly instinctive, the rest
; But from there on,
what he learns comes from others. And much of
this they, in turn, have
SO THIS leads to the
As a matter of fact, in this funny, complicated
and confusing society of ours, a great deal of our
time is spent in deciding
This is true, for instance, in politics. Do we
believe Eisenhower when
tary strength is adequate? Or do we believe the
generals and politicians
it. isn't?
And, in making this
preconceptions which have, in turn, come from
other people.
IN DECIDING how to
It is beyond the capability of most of us to
make an on-the-spot evaluation of the school dis
trict's needs. So, in deciding how to vote, we must
ueciue wno to Deneve.
Shall it be the members of the unpaid, elected
school board, who spend many hours eveiy month
working with the. district's problems? Shall it be
the paid administrators, who deal with them
daily bhall it be those
taxes are too high"? Or because they disapprove
of part of the curriculum? Or because "teachers
are overpaid"?
Whatever the decision of most of us, it will
depend in large part, if not wholly, on who we
believe-E.A.
We'd
Victor David, of the Medford state athletic
Commission, reported that this commission,
charged with supervising
ouu uuAiiig iiiaivncj, iiaoii t tx tiling mj uu U1CSC
days.
Why not? No professional boxing and wrest
ling. ,
Why not? No place to hold them.
Why not the Medford armory, as (in effect)
was promised at the time the state and county
put many thousands of dollars into its construc
tion? Because the state
armory to a pomt where
.
THE Police Athletic
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uitc J. kjiixki, ia CI 11 ulgaillclblUll UJ. VUUUlg-
sters, sponsored and supervised by police officers
and other Volunteers,- who make sports, chiefly
boxing, the chief recreation. .
It has been inactive recently. The principal
reason? No place to hold its matches. Why not?
The armory isn't available for the same reasons
as above. ;
The way we look at
city too) has been gypped by the state on a bar
gain it "made at the tune the agreement "to build
the armory as a multi-purpose facility was made.
And if we were a city or a eountv official.
we'd make life miserable
GUard until something
Believe
tne answer as vancu
this narticular TV com
the nossibilitv for any
sucn a matter is prac
make any real investiga-
- .
'
this: Most of what we be
we "know" for that mat
greater portion is taking
i " I liJ
food satisfies hunger,
with him, partly learned,
of his life.
in increasing measure.
learned from still others.
conclusion that we must
who to believe.
he says America's mili
and columnists who aver
decision, we use many
vote on a school bond
who oppose because
Yell
professional wrestling
has never finished the
it can be used.
League, better known as
, t
it, this county (and the
for the state National
is done about it.--E.A.,
Dennis the
'THATS FUNNY' EVERY" RXrVl BUT
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 of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the case-
To Clarify Issues
To the Editor: Your editor
ial of February 19th entitled
"The Wrong Issue" will serve
a very useful purpose if it
assists in development of con
sideration of the real issue
involved in federal aid to edu
cation. You state that the National
Education Association takes
the position that federal aid
to education is already an ac
complished fact and that the
real issue, therefore, is "how
can we provide adequate fed
eral support for schools quick
ly, efficiently and with the
fullest possible assurance that
the funds will be permitted
to be used to fill the areas of
greatest need."
By the same process of
logic, we could say that the
question of whether or not
the Russians had a place in
Berlin had already been an
swered in the affirmative and
that the real issue in our for
eign policy thus was how
could we quickly, efficiently
and with the fullest possible
assurance that their control
would be complete, abandon
Berlin to the Russians. Many
of us reject the same kind of
reasoning with respect to fed
eral aid to education.
Perhaps it would be well
to recognize that the nation's
education needs and the na
tion's education inequalities
are two entirely separate
problems.
There is only one way to
North American Dog
Scene of Excitement
By Our
ALASKAN
CORRESPONDENT
Fairbanks-The time for the
North American champion
ship dog races has arrived.
Excitement fills the air as
the finest dog teams in the
country compete in prelimin
ary events. Each Sunday aft
ernoon, if the temperature is
ahove 10 below zero, dog
racing enthusiasts gather to
watch.
The activity on the pad
docks area, where the "mush
ers" struggle to get the dogs
into their traces, is often as
interesting and exciting as
the race itself. Sometimes
150 dogs are on the paddocks
at one time. Each does his
best to tangle his traces by
rolling in the snow, twisting,
and jumping over one . an
other. K 3f -
& Mm SR.
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ALASKA DOO RACES The North Amer- color and excitment of these races is describ
ican championship dog races are hovf Urtdef ed in the accompany article,
way near Fairbanks, Alaska. Some of thfe
Menace
THIS ONE IS LOCKED''
satisfy the nation's education
needs and that is with money,
tax money. The real question
is whether we want to use
local tax money locally ad
ministered for local needs, or
whether we want to use local
tax money federally adminis
tered and worn away by the
round trip to Washington.
Let Congress divide the na
tion's districts into the "have
hots" and the "haves." Then
let the Congress determine
how much money under what
conditions for what purposes
should be distributed to the
"have not" districts and let
the people in those districts
vote on the question of wheth
er they do or do not wish to
accept federal funds under the
conditions attached to them.
Once this issue has been
settled let the "have" districts
vote on whether they wish to
pay an increase special tax to
be used for the purpose of
correcting educational defici
encies in the "have not" dis
tricts. We would then find put
whether the inequalities in
education are a matter of ser
ious concern to the people of
this nation and the issue
would not be obscured by
those who were voting with
the hope that they might get
more in benefits than they
were paying in taxes.
It is important that the real
issues be clarified and set
The mushers are kept run
ning up and down the teams,
trying in vain- to straighten
out the lines. Added to this
confusion are the shouts and
curses of -men, the crying of
little Indian children in fur
parkas, the howling, whining,
and barking of a hundred
dogs, and the blast of the loud
speaker. The sound and ac
tion creates a scene of chaotic
excitement.
The teams race against
time, starting at three-minute
intervals. The ' course varies
from 8 to 20 miles long. J
As the first sled comes to
the starting end of the 300
yard straightaway, the crowd
rushes to the track to watch
the start. The dogs are still
twisting and rolling, and the
musher tries desperately to
untangle them. As the Count
down is started, the driver
calls to the lead dog, and the
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Terrible-Tempered Mr. K Making Less
Than Tremendous Success of Asian Tour
forth in simple terms so that
the true will of , the people
may be determined.
Richard J. House
113 East Eighth st.
Medford.
Tragedy of Home Fires
To the Editor: Recent news
paper columns have depicted
several instances of homes
burning, and the horrible
death of the occupants. Most
of these tragedies (and future
ones like them) could have
been prevented by a common
sense plan of regular inspec
tions by competent men such
as members of our city fire
departments.
It is my suggestion that
each city government pass an
ordinance providing for free
inspections, and also provid
ing for adequate penalties for
those who choose to ignore
the advice of the inspector.
Only by so doing can we stop
this needless waste of proper
ty and human lives.
Only by providing for the
enforcement of the necessary
repairs, suggested by a com
petent inspector, can we be
sure of protecting folks who
live in rented homes (or apart
ments) from the danger of
fire, due to faulty installa
tions of various heating equip
ment. During my 15 years exper
ience in business, I have seen
dozens of instances in peoples
homes of hazardous conditions
. always the tenants seem
completely unaware of these
hazards.
Where I have seen dozens,
I know there are hundreds of
fire hazards that could be
easily eliminated. How about
it folks?
Philip L. Burns
121 Bush st.
Ashland, Ore.
It's Not Practical
To the Editor: "Great Con
troversy" over complexions,
and artificial ones at that!
Mrs. (Name on file) says it's
privacy. We thought privacy
meant seclusion.
Between us, Mr. Editor, if
she has been around as much
as we, she has seen the appli
cation of "lipstick," "just a
touch," in the corner of a
restaurant, in a store aisle, or
telephone booth, even out "in
broad daylight" at the door of
a car "to keep up appear
ances" when she is to make
an appearance amongst fellow
ladies and others.
The young man said, "Why
not leave women and girls
alone for a change?" Impos
sible! They play too important
a role in our lives. We cannot
leave them alone.' Just what
would poor men do without
them? God knew that when
He made them helps-meet for
us. For a brief moment
enumerate the helps they ren
der: At home, cooks, nurses,
Race Championships
in Sub-Zero Weather
entire team is suddenly serene.
They strain against the traces,
alert and eager. When the
timer says "GO," the brake
is released, and the cry from
the musher sends the team
dashing toward the first turn.
In two minutes they are out
of sight as the trail winds into
the brush.
When all the sleds are out
of sight; ' the crowd slowly
migrates to a little quonset
hut. The interior is dark, with
metal walls and a plank floor.
It once was used as a theater.
The center of interest is a tre
mendous stove made of two
oil drums welded together
at the ends. It rests on a metal
stand in the center of the hut,
and contains a roaring fire.
The people press close, try
ing to warm their hands and
feet. Native Eskimos and In
dians in fur parkas and moose
advisors. As to this latter,
one man said, "My wife is my
mind, memory, and common
sense." Another said, "A good
wife backs up her husband
when he's right, and helps
him back down when he's
wrong." Then, "What is home
without a mother?"
Did you also mention office
girls, waitresses, clerks,
stenographers, stewardess e s
on planes, women mission
aries, and white-capped, ten
der nurses in our hospitals?
They are all indispensable.
Shows how immature the
question, "Why not leave
them alone?" If we did we'd
be decidedly alone!
"Women critic?" "Picking
on the female sex?" Sure we
do, for every man picks one -
the best he can get - to be his
"mind, memory, and common
sense," his wife, his children's
mother, his nurse when he is
ill! What would poor heathen
man do at home or abroad -without
the soft touch of a
woman's hand to soothe him,
and point him upward by a
wave of her hand?
My mother was the first to
point me to "the Lamb of God
that taketh away the sin of
the world." My wife has con
tinued the good work by her
life and words m reminding
me that an allseeing Eye
watches over us, and is min
utely interested in us in all
of life.
"Leave women and girls
alone for a change? The
change would be too drastic!
Ask something practical.
H. R. Bullman
Route 4, Box 316 A
Medford.
How They Happened
To the Editor: With your
permission I would like to tell
Jerry ust how these near ac
cidents happened so he will
see and understand that it
was not my fault.
First of all I d like to in
form him that my husband
also was the one who taught
me how to drive, but I was 21
years old, not 18.
I was driving west on
Fourth st., this man was going
south on Bartlett (at Salvation
Army corner) but did he stop
at that stop sign? "No!" So
was that my fault?
The other one happened at
Front and Sixth. I came to
the stop light (in the through
lane), he was in the left hand
lane, but did he turn lenr
"No." He went straight on
through. My fault? The third
incident haDDened at Fifth
and Holly. I was going north
on Holly this man was going
west on Fifth (a blind, corner
I might add, as there are al
ways cars narked there), so 1
slowed down, I didn't see any
thing coming, shifted to sec
ond and proceeded on, then
here comes this car, never
slowed down even when I put
on the brakes. He didn't even
hide mukluks crowd around
the glowing fire. Old sour
doughs with grizzly beards
and weathered, wrinkled faces
stand together in one corner
talking- about old times.
The whole scene is one of
merriment and friendship.
Hot coffee is served and the
air is filled with fragrant
smoke. Stories are swapped
and jokes told, and once in a
while a group breaks into rau
cous laughter.
When the loud speaker an
nounces that a team is in
sight, everyone rushes out into
the cold, and only a few chil
dren and elderly women are
left in the little hut.
As the sleds come across
the finish line, one by one,
they are cheered by the fans.
The dogs are unharnessed,
and the mushers are slapped
on the back and congratu
lated as they make a rush for
the warm hut.
The races are not always
without peril. In one, where
the sled must carry a Fair
banks businessman, one team
came across the finish line
without a driver or a pas
senger. The sled had flipped,
and left the two men five
miles out in he brush in sub
zero weatner.
On especially chilly days,
the dogs' faces are encrusted
with a white frost caused by
the condensation of their
breath. " -' -
It is not always the race
alone that people, go to see,
but the little unexpected in
cidents that make the races
such enjoyable spectacles to
watch. , :
Dog racing can be called
Alaska's own sport, ' but in
some remote places in the
state the dog and sled are still
the major mode of transpor
tation. As long as Alaska
possesses its great expanses of
wilderness, the Husky will
have an important role to
play in the lives of the trap
pers and hunters, and the In
dians and Eskimos of the
north.
turn around and look and the
woman on the sidewalk just
shook her head. Now you tell
me. Do you think those were
my fault? I don't claim to be
a perfect driver, but I do
know when I'm in the right.
As for us women staying at
home, how about the ones
who work? Are we supposed
to walk four miles every day?
Does your mother walk?
"No." Neither do you, to
school, do you? So Jerry, if I
were you I'd forget about run
ning women drivers down, or
else when and if you get a
wife, don't let her learn how
to drive, then you won't have
any kicks coming for she
will be a "woman" you know.
Mrs. Thelma Smith
P. O. Box 725
Medford.
Let "Daddy" Do it
To the Editor: I never
thought when Mr. Khru
shchev visited this tax-burdened
country of ours that he
would make such fools of our
government officials.
But after what I heard and
saw on TV my suggestion
would have been to keep Mr.
Khrushchev here and send
tggnead warbucks over
there, and he could have
made Orphan Annies out of
them over in Russia like he
has us over here.
(Name on file.)
Eagle Point, Ore.
Whai-You-May-CaH-It
To the Editor: The follow
ing what-you-may-cail-it was
written at the request of the
St. Luke's Methodist church
for a party given in honor of
Weatherman Ralph Cutshall
who is transferring to Mary
land.
The Weatherman
Oh the weatherman is a right
jolly fellow; '
When the wintry winds begin
' to bellow,
He says,' "Never mind; just
don't do a thing c
But stoke up the fire, it will
soon be spring."
Then before you know if It is
spring or not,
You are cussin' the weather
man because it is hot.
And next, ere you hear the
pheasant's wild call, -
The weatherman says, "We
will have early fall."
And so round and round the
weatherman goes,
Wearing T shirt and slacks,
. . :' and a frost bitten nose.
If he knows weather, why go
back East,
Where even- the groundhog
must be a beast
To give folks what they call
weather back there
And leave a place like Rogue
Valley so fair?
Just the same, we wish you
and your the best, .
And if ever your hearts yearn
for the West
And you decide once more to
roam,
We'll be glad to welcome you
all back home.
L. G. Weaver
301 Haven st.
Medford.
Out of the Way, Jerry
To the Editor (and all wom
en who have been annoyed
with Jerry Anderson and his
observations):
The fact that he is making
an issue over something that
is here to stay shows that he
is still a young boy with very
much to learn.
"Us old folks" know that
religion, politics, and driving
ability of each sex are sub
jects that will never be set
tled. Jerry has no need to write
to the people who agree with
him. and those who don't can
not be convinced at any cost.
And me? I'm getting too oia
for a bicycle. Besides there
isn't room for me and my
tribe on one. So Jerry will
just have to pull over out of
the wav when he sees me
heading to town in my jalopy.
Mrs. Robert Wobbe
3476 Hollywood ave.
Medford.
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By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
The terrible - tempered Ni-
k i t a Khrushchev's iwnb
buckling tour of Southern
afflk I Asia has not
gone always
to his liking
or his plan.
In fact,
there is reason
M to ask wheth
er he may not
have done
himself more
harm than
puiTKewsom good in India.
Burma and Indonesia on a
tour originally designed to
offset President Elsenhower's
Asia successes and to cement
support behind the Soviet
Union in this spring's forth
coming summit meeting.
Indian reporters who wit-
n e s s e d Khrushchev's hizh
good humor and his public
clowning during his 1955
visit, noted especially this
time that he frequently seem
ed glum and tired.
When he did rouse himself
his words often were critical.
There was speculation that
he was showing the strain of
his heavy travel and diplo
matic schedule.
Derides Macaroni
If so, it began to show even
before he left Moscow on his
current tour.
There, in a bit of heavy-
handed humor during a visit
by Italian President Giovanni
Gronchi, he derided Italian
macaroni and recommended
instead that Gronchi try some
Russian kvas, a malt drink
similar to beer. The Italian
press took it up as a national
insult.
In India, he criticized the
Indians for lack of sufficient
animosity toward the former
colonial powers and he extoll
ed the blessings of the Com
munist one-party system.
Indians regarded this latter
point as a serious Khrushchev
error.
Warned By Papers
Nor was he more successful
in Burma where newspapers
warned him to keep a "civil
tongue" in his head and a
meeting with Premier Ne Win
was reported cool if not down
right hostile.
In Indonesia, he criticized a
stadium being built with Rus
sian aid, noticeably upsetting
his host President Sukarno.
He capped that by refusing a
gift of native artwork in cloth
of silver on grounds that they
represented a "bygone day."
None of these would seem
to bear the stamp of a man
on a goodwill tour.
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an improved powder, sprinkled on
upper and lower plates holds them
firmer so that they feel more com
fortable. No gummy, gooey, pasty
taste or feeling. It's alkaline (non
acid). Does not sour. Checks "plat
odor" (denture breath). Get FAS
TEETH today at any drug counter.
C. M. Litwiller
Mrs. Litwiller
National Funeral Directors Ass'n
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