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Medford and Jackson County
History frofln the file of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1950 (Monday)
More than 1,000 persons at
tended a YMCA - sponsored
square dance jamboree at
Medford High school : gym
Saturday .night.
Missing private plane con
taining four persons possibly
down in Medford area.
20 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1940 (Wednesday)
Sen. McNary notifies local
fruit growers that FSA has
told him that limit on rehabil
itation loans to Oregon fruit
growers Is $5,000.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Dies
committee threatens U.S.
Communist leaders with im
prisonment unless they di
vulge names of spies in U.S.
Next thing we'll know Com
munists will be threatened
with trips to Russia."
30 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1930 (Thursday)
Sams Valley wins Southern
Oregon Normal school basket
ball tournament.
City council is considering
a plea which would limit
number of dances in city to
one on any one night.
40 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1920 (Saturday)
Rogue river fish bill is set
tled; seining to cease at the
mouth of river.
Rogue valley people con
tribute liberally to fund for
starving Armenians.
80 YEARS AGO
March 27, 1910 (Sunday)
Treasurer of Jacksonville
lodge of Oregonian Pocahon
tas Tribe is arrested and
charged with embezzling $1,
100 to lodge funds.
Pacific and Eastern rail
road from here to Butte Falls
Is nearly 75 per cent com
pleted. What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or fen correct is superior:
evn r eight is excellent; five at
(is I food.
1. What is the proper name
of the mineral called fools
gold?
2. The part of the skull that
encloses the brain is known
as the c ?
3. What color are the eggs
of canaries?
4 On what island are Manx
men natives?
5. In what country was
Adolphe Menjou born?
6. What Governor of South
Carolina ran for the Presiden
cy on the States Rights tick
et in the 1948 election?
7. What is the tallest ani
mal? 8. A minor violation of the
law, as contrasted with a fel
ony, is known as a m ?
9. What Isthmus " connects
the North and South Ameri
can continents? ;
10. Is the bite of a tarantula
often fatal?
Answer: 1. Iron Pyrites. 2.
Cranium. 3. Light blue or
green, sometimes brown spot
ted. 4. Isle of Man. 5. U. S. A.
6. J. Strom Thurmond. 7. Gi
raffe, t. Misdemeanor. S. Isth
mus of Panama. 10. No.
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An Apology.
We owe an apology
Ail i 1
oi we uregon xsauonai
is tendered herewith.
An editorial in this
accused the state of welshing on an agreement
with the city and county, in the construction of
the Medford armory.
The armory was "sold" to the people of Med-
1 1 -w 1 1 , .
iora ana jacKson county
cilitv complete with all
essary to make it usable
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was cumpieieu, n uecame eviueiib uiai it coma
not have such full use without adequate seating.
TX7E WENT back through the old files of the
T Mail Tribune and found that, when revisions
in plans were made to bring the total cost down
within the amount available, certain deletions
were made and announced.
'At no time, however, was it announced that
seating was to be eliminated the change which
most radically affected the armory's potential for
widespread use.
We have since learned that when the seating
was eliminated, it was with the full knowledge
and consent of the city and county officials of
that time Kodney Keating, then county judge,
and Earl Miller, then mayor of Medford.
"THEREFORE, the city and county have no com-
plaint about the state's good faith in the mat
ter. And that is the reason we extend our apology
to the Guard.
It is another example
ducting the public's business in private. The in-
formation that the seating was to be eliminated
should have been made known. Because it wasn't,
the public was kept in the dark, and wound up
with an incomplete and
cility, despite the fact that it had been promised
a multi-purpose one, for its money.
But that's water over the dam. The problem
now is what can be done to bring the armory up
to a standard where it will do the job it originally
was supposed to do.
OERE the state is doing, and is willing to do,
everything it can to help.
The sum of $8,000, budgeted for seating for
the armory, is being made available, and it is
estimated it will provide seating for some 1,200
people which is a good start.
An additional $800 is available for basket
ball backboards, so that the local National Guard
team will be able to play its games in the armory,
instead of elsewhere.
Maj. Gen. Alfred E. Hintz, the adjutant gen
eral, says that consideration will be given for ad
ditional seating in the budget for the' coming
biennium.
ALSO, he reports that
treating the armory acoustically, so that audi
ences can hear what is going on at meetings,
without being deafened by echoes.
The county, under the leadership of Judge
Earl Miller, is cooperating in this study.
The prospects, in short, are good that the
armory will, some day before too long, become
the multi-purpose public facility which the county
needs, and which it helped pay for.
The governor's office has become interested
in the matter, and "is in complete accord with
the county representatives in wishing to proceed
as rapidly as possible in making the facilities
serviceable for the community."
And this is good news. E.A.
.... . .And Some Answers
There was another issue involving the Na
tional Guard to which attention was given in this
space. This was the matter of the construction of
a new headquarters office for the 41st Division
at the Portland Air Base, and the remodeling
of the commanding general's residence at Camp
Clackamas.
We asked some questions which we thought
deserved answers. We have received the answers,
and here they are :
' - "... With the exception of certain electrical and
heating work that was beyond their skills, the re
modeling of the office was performed by the staff of
the military department. The cost of renovating and
remodeling the home at Camp Clackamas was done
at the personal expense of the adjutant general with
the exception of the painting, wall papering, and minor
carpenter work which is normal maintenance for this
type of building ...
" . . . No monies were taken from (state-owned
armories) in remodeling the division headquarters . . .
Building remodeling was for the purpose of housing
the division headquarters for the entire state. Form
erly, the headquarters had been in an old two-story
barracks that was entirely inadequate."
-
XE ACCEPT this explanation at its face value,
recognizing that in making executive de
cisions, a. certain leeway,
. The heed for the work, and the style in which
it was done, and the: justifiability of the use of
funds for these purposes, is something we can
not judge.
We are glad to place the answers "on the
record," and leave to other appropriate authority
the decisions as to whether wise use was made
of tax money made available to the military de
partment. E.A.
to the state headquarters
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space a few weeks aero
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as a muiu-purpose la
the annurtenances ner
in that manner. After it
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of public officials eon-
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a study is under way to
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views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Sandy's Stock Market
To the Editor: "What did
the stock market do to-day?"
That question has been
asked me many times, but
never before by a 5-year-old
girl-
I have been working In
Medford for the past several
weeks and I usually eat my
noon-day lunch with the par
ents of this little girl, and her
little brother. Sandy and Dan
ny are the names of these
alert youngsters. Sandy is 5
and Danny is 3.
Sandy spends a great deal
of her spare time asking ques
tions, a great many of them
about the stock market.
"What did the stock market
do to-day?"
"Why do they have stock
markets?"
"Why don't they have stock
markets on television?"
I hope she don't ask me,
"What is the stock market go
ing to do to-morrow?"
One day I . asked Sandy:
"Sandy, do you have any
money to invest?"
"YES! I got some money in
my piggy bank, but I don't
think I got enough to buy
the stock market," she re
plied.
After we have finished our
lunch, Sandy brings me the
Wall Street Journal.
"Read it out loud," she
says, "I want to know what
the stock market did today.
Right now, Sandy is work
ing on a big deal to get the
stock markets on television.
Danny hasn't, as yet, shown
any interest in the stock mar
ket, but I wouldn t be sur
prised if he ask me: "What
is the latest quotation on Unit
ed States Steel and Caterpil
lar Tractor?"
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore. -
Country Beyond
To the Editor: It seems that
everywhere there are signs of
spring. From sweet scented
blossoms and green clad mead.
ows to the warbling song
birds, we are reminded that
the best season of the year is
here.
The overcrowded highways
on the weekend testify to the
fact that we humans like to
get out and enjoy our beau
tiful countryside.
In spite of all the good
things so abundantly bestowed
upon us, we are constantly
being made aware that all is
not well. Day by day our
news headlines herald some
new disaster or tragedy. A
plane explodes in mid-air.
Scores of human beings are
hurled into eternity. The
earth caves in and the heart
rending cries of wives and
children show that daddy
won't come home from the
mines anymore. A crack of
a gun resounds and a life that
only God has power to restore
is snuffed out by a wanton
killer.
World leaders plan and
work constantly - toward a
peaceable solution to man
kind's ills. In spite of it all,
mankind for a large part
seems dissatisfied. We humans
seem to be rushing on in a
mad race to see who can get
there first, make the most
money, with the least effort.
And what then?
This morning as I walked
outside and breathed in some
of our mountain fresh air, my
mind was drawn upward. As
I gazed at the snow clad sum
mits of the Siskiyous, the sun
was gilding their white with
its first rays. .
My thoughts turned to the
realties of the beyond. Many
know scorn -the idea of a
hereafter. Yet to me the only
real hop that -mankind can
Menace
ever have is centered in the
promises of our Creator and
Redeemer.
The following lines from
the pen of one who has had a
close and living experience in
Christian living came to my
attention.
'"In the Bible the inherit
ance of the saved is called a
country., (Heb. 11: 14-16).
There the Heavenly Shepherd
leads his flock to fountains of
living waters. The tree of life
yields its fruit every month,
and the leaves of the tree
are for the service of the na
tions. There are ever-flowing
streams clear as crystal, and
besides them waving trees
cast their shadows upon the
paths prepared for the ran
somed of the Lord. There the
wide spreading plains swell
into hills of beauty, and the
mountains of God rear their
lofty surnmits. On those peace
ful plains, beside those liv
ing streams, God's people, so
long pilgrims and wanderers,
shall find a home."
; Henry Johnson Jr.
. 2400 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Political Poll "
To the Editor: Recently the
American Problems class of
St. Mary's conducted a politi
cal survey. One hundred and
fifty families, both on the
East and West sides, were
polled. The main purpose of
this survey was to determine
the extent of the political
knowledge of the people of
Medford, in comparison with
that of the average American
person.
Some of the questions asked
concerned Oregon politicians,
the Civil Rights Bill, and
Medford's views on the Negro
issue. Nine questions were
asked.
The poll was conducted by
two members of the class,
each of whom contacted seventy-five
families. The major
ity of the families called upon
were very co-operative.
Enclosed are the results of
this poll, which we hope you
will find interesting and in
formative. David Hanawalt
Tom Hersant
341 South Oakdale ave.
Medford.
Editor's note: A condensa
tion of the results of the poll
mentioned above follows:
1. Who is the mayor of
Medford? Result: 82 per cent
knew John W. Snider is the
mayor, 12 per cent did not..
2. Who are the four U.S.
representatives from Oregon?
Result: 15 per cent know Wal
ter Norblad (1st district); 9
per cent knew Al Ullman (2nd
district); 33 per cent knew
Edith Green (3rd district), and
45 per cent knew Charles O,
Porter (4th district s o u t fa
west Oregon).
3. How do you feel about
the civil rights bill? Result:
42 per cent favored; 5 per
cent opposed; 23 per cent
were undecided, and 30 per
cent gave no answer.
4. Who is the main aspiring
Republican presidential can
didate? Result: 91 per cent
knew Richard M. Nixon, 9 per
cent did not.
5. Who are three aspiring
Democratic Presidential can
didates? Result: 12 per cent
knew none; 18 per cent knew
one; 20 per cent knew two,
and 50 per cent knew three.
6. Who are the present U.S.
Senators from Oregon? Re
sult: 69 per cent knew Wayne
Morse; 52 per cent knew Hall
S. Lusk.
7. Are you a registered
voter? Result: 78 per cent said
yes, 22 per cent said no.
8. Who is the governor of
Oregon, and with what party
is he affiliated? Result: 88 per
cent knew Gov. Mark Hat-
Matter of Fact by
LYNDON JOHNSON'S
ARGUMENT
Washington-For Senate Ma
jority Leader Lyndon Baines
Johnson, a turning point is
raoidlv ap
proaching. The
strange but
fruitful civil
rights fight is
now nearing
the end he
planned. After
that will come
the big test of
what the
josepb alsop s t o ckbrokers
call the "growth possibilities"
of Johnson's Presidential can
didacy.
Almost all the members of
the Johnson inner circle free
ly admit that the test may
end by being academic-if Sen.
John F. Kennedy of Massa
chusetts performs successful
ly in both Wisconsin and West
Virginia, for example. John
son's pre-convention strategy
has been extremely subtle and
long-headed; but it has also
been flawed by one bad fail
ure of foresight. Johnson did
not foresee what stature the
Kennedy candidacy could at
tain. All the same, suppose
the test for Johnson is not
academic. What then?
The answer to this question
in the first place depends up
on the validity of Lyndon
Johnson's own argument for
his candidacy. To political
leaders whose support he has
been seeking, he has lately
been making this argument
quite directly, in his. usual re
sistless, torrential manner.
He has also made the argu
ment, more indirectly, in pub
lic.
JOHNSON simply argues
. that the proof of the pud
ding ought to be in the eat
ing. The pudding, of course,
is the record of the Demo
cratic party in Congress in
the last six years. This has
been, predominantly, a Lyn
don Johnson record. It has
been, in other words, a middle-of-the-road
record, not un
duly stained by partisanship
for the sake of partisanship,
constructive but far from ex
treme. Just these qualities in
the record of the Democrats
in Congress have earned John
son the detestation of many
persons in his party's liberal
wing, especially in the North
ern states.
But if the proof of the pud
ding is in the eating, then
this same record ought to
have earned for Johnson the
gratitude of the Democratic
party as a whole. Adlai Stev
enson sought to please the lib
erals, and lost disastrously,
Lyndon Johnson followed an
other road, and the Democra
tic party gained House seats
and Senate seats hand over
fist, in every section of the
country.
Ergo, says Johnson, -this
kind of record is what the
country wants. Furthermore,
Johnson continues, a candi
date who stands for this kind
of record will command the
country's support.
T OGICALLY, it must be ad
-"mitted, this is a remarkab
ly hard argument to answer.
Tactically, however, it is im
prudent to expect logic in
American politics, which is a
cliche-ridden business infest
ed with persons with the rea
soning powers of hens with
their beaks on a line.
At least until now, ' the
Johnson argument has receiv
ed very little consideration by
the Northern Democrats. Al
most everyone's attention has
instead been concentrated on
the powerful cliches, about
Johnson-the-Southerner, John-son-the-friend-of
- the - oilmen,
and so on.
Senator Kennedy will have
to stumble pretty badly be
tween now and the conven
tion, in order to liberate Sen
ator Johnson from the handi
cap of these cliches. But if
Kennedy really stumbles, this
reporter ventures the condi
tional forecast that the John
son candidacy will swiftly
take on massive momentum.
There are two reasons for
this.
On the one hand, Johnson
has an absolutely invaluable
hidden asset. In the North as
in the South - perhaps even
more in the North - most lead
ing - Democrats agree that
Johnson is their party's big
gest active figure. Carmine
DeSapio and Davil Lawrence
of Pennsylvania, Hubert
Humphrey, and many other
Senate liberals, even many of
the intellectual Democrats of
1 1 a. i t
ine aievenson stripe, an snare
this opinon. Most of them
also say, ."You can't nominate
him, because you can't elect
him." But they still admit,
Johnson is the biggest man
we've got."
i
IF A Kennedy failure leaves
a kind of vacuum, this wide
spread belief in Johnson's
bigness will become very im
portant indeed. If you are go-
field and 12 per cent did not;
85 per cent knew he is a Re
publican; 15 per cent did not.
9. How would you feel if a
Negro family moved into your
neighborhood? Result: 54 per
cent were favorable; 19 per
cent were unfavorable, 13 per
cent were undecided, and 14
per cent ftve no answer.
is " " '" 1 "
A
Joseph Alsop
ing to bet on a long shot any
way, you may as well bet on
a horse you really like and
admire. Just that reasoning
will aid Johnson, especially
if Senator Kennedy seems
likely to accept second place
on the ticket.
This reasoning will be re
inforced by the Johnson argu
ment above-cited. It will be
aided, too, by another argu
ment of a rather neculiar
character. In brief, nothing
quite like a Democratic nom
ination of Johnson has ever
been attempted before. There
fore the results of the experi
ment are inherently unpre
dictable. -
One can predict that John
son would do better in the
South than any other Demo
crat.; But what would happen
to a Johnson-Kennedy ticket
in the North? What would be
the losses on the left wing
swings? What would be the
gams on the middle-of-the-
road and conservative round
abouts? Would the gains be
greater? Or the losses be
greater? No one on earth at
this juncture can possibly say.
One can only say that if
Kennedy unexpectedly falls
behind in the race, Johnson
will probably go to Los Ange
les as the real Democratic
front runner.
(Copyright 1960 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter
UNPLANNED SUMMIT
On Tuesday Senator Gore
was surprised and worried
when Secretary Herter told
him that there
is no agenda,
no under
standing about
what is to be
talked about
at the summit
meeting in
May. Instead
of a planned
n e g o tiation,
the four heads
of government are to hold
"two or three days" of con
versation, some of it so pri
vate that not even their For
eign Ministers will be pres
ent.
Senator Gore did not seem
to realize how much things
have changed in Washington
since the death of John Foster
Dulles, who used to insist
that . the Foreign Ministers
ought to agree, or to be in
virtual agreement, before the
heads of government are . al
lowed to meet at all. Since
the President has taken
charge of foreign affairs, he
has reversed this doctrine
completely and has put his
main faith in direct personal
contact with the heads of all
foreign governments.
This is not the only reason
why, as Mr. Herter admit
ted, there is no plan for the
summit. The other reason is
that for the time being at
least the President is not the
leader of the Western alli
ance. He is unable to bring
about an agreed Western pol
icy on West Berlin and Ger
many, or indeed on any other
substantial issue. For Bonn
and Paris together have a
veto on Western policy, and
they do not want any nego
tiation on the German ques
tion. . ,
THIS veto was first used af
fectively in October, short
ly after the Nixon visit to
Russia and the Khrushchev
visit to the United States. The
veto was used to prevent a
summit meeting in December
or January for the purpose
of preparing the way for ne
gotiations over Berlin. Both
Gen. de Gaulle and Dr. Ade
nauer were determined to
avoid a summit meeting until
the momentum of the Soviet
American conversations had
been dissipated. So the date
of the summit meeting was
put. off from January until
May. During this interval dip
lomatic contact between Mos
cow and Washington was re
duced to a minimum. At the
same time pressure was ex
ercised on the President to
tie his own hands before he
went to the summit meeting
in May.
This pressure campaign
reached its climax in Dr.
Adenauer's recent visit to this
country. While he was not
wholly successful-in that, as
Secretary Herter told Senator
Gore, the President can still
talk about anything at the
summit - the campaign had
succeeded in preventing any
serious negotiation of an
agreed Western position at
the summit. There is none
of -the "planning" that Sen
ator Gore would like because
our French and German part
ners do not want any plans.
They want to stand pat on
the status quo.
-.
llfHY? Because any genuine
' negotiation about Berlin,
even though it guaranteed the
freedom of the city, would in
some form or another require
an increased recognition of
the East German government.
At present, the East Ger
man government inspects and
controls the civilian traffic
Walter
LrlopmanB
IFOTLUCCC
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
A subscriber called us the
other day. She sounded just
a hit desperate.
. If a bunch of quail is a
bevy, she inquired, what's a
bunch of pheasants?
Comments here last Sunday
led to a family discussion, she
reported, but no one could re
member the word for pheas
ants. We think that the word she
wanted is "covey." Actually,
our dictionaries indicate that
bevy and covey are almost in
terchangable, and can both
be applied to groups of quail,
partridges, women, girls and
females generally. '
Last week we also sug
gested that a group of wis
ards is a bliisard. Not so.
says Bob Frasier. editorial
writer on the Eugene Regis-
ter-Guard. A group of wis
ards is an ounce of wixardi.
usually abbreviated and
spelled "ox."
We have been favored with
a copy of The Lamar Demo
crat and The Sulligent News,
published in Vernon, Lamar
Lippmann
between West Germany and
West Berlin. It does not, how
ever, control allied traffic
This traffic is controlled by
the Soviet Union. A new
agreement which guaranteed
freedom of access to West
Berlin would almost inevit
ably have to bring in the
East German government.
This is the concession which
Dr. Adenauer wants at all
costs to avoid, especially be
fore the German elections in
1961. He insists upon, preserv
ing the fiction that the East
German state does not exist
and is untouchable and un
mentionable by the Western
allies. In this stand France.
for its own reasons, supports
him. - ;- . - . .
IlfHEN he spoke at the Na
" tionax -press giub m
Washington Dr. Adenauer in
dicated why he thinks there
is no risk in refusing to nego
tiate with Mr.' K. about Ber
lin. It is -"my firm : convic
tion," he said, "that Khrush
chev . . . does not want war
. . . and will not risk his en
tire work, the development of
the Soviet Union and the sev
en-year plan."
Convinced of this, Dr. Ade
nauer does not fear the threat
which Mr. K. has made about
Berlin. The threat is to sign
a separate peace treaty with
East Germany and then to
let the East Germans and the
Allies argue with each other
about the right of access. For
m Dr. Adenauer's view, if the
East Germans did in fact in
terrupt the traffic of the Al
lies, the Allies would push
through the obstacle, and the
Soviet Union would not go to
war about it.
This is the calculated risk
which Adenauer and de
Gaulle are prepared to take.
I think the calculation may
be justified, especially if we
think of the East Germans
attempting an actual blockade
and not merely a perpetual
and varied harassment. Even
then I believe we could live
with it. It is not because I
fear the physical blockade of
Berlin that I think we ought
now to attempt a serious
negotiation about its long
term status.
VP?
AT I fear is the decline
the Western position
as compared with the grow
ing power, not only the grow
ing military power, of the
Communist world. It is going
to take more than a few bil
lion dollars put into missiles
and a better air lift to right
in our own favor the over
all balance of power. It is
going to take a national re
vival in this country which
only the more far-sighted
among us . are beginning to
talk about, a national revival
which is far from having
reached the point where it is
being translated into popular
language and political action.
The Western position In
Berlin is not likely to grow
stronger. It is already fragile
and precarious. It will become
more so the more the people
of West Berlin realize that
they are not likely to see in
their lifetime the liberation
of West Berlin from the mili
tary trap in which it lies, and
its restoration as the capital
of a united Germany.
Our position in West Ber
lin, like so many of our bases
overseas, is a wasting asset
If it is a grave mistake to
negotiate except from a posi
tion of strength, it is also a
grave mistake not to ' nego
tiate while you still have real
strength from which to nego
tiate. (c) I960 New York Herald
Trutana Inc. ,
county, Alabama.
The "traffic report" is
printed on Page 1, and among
the offenses listed is one
which we wish were more fre
quent. During the week, the
paper reported, there were
two cases of wreckless driv
ing. A young man we know
wa carefully driving
through the parking area at
the shopping center the oth
er day, when a woman
walked right in front of his
moving car. He slammed on
the brakes, and restrained
an impulse to yelL "Wassa
matta. lady, you need
glasses?!!" He continued to
watch as she strolled into
the Columbia Optical com
pany office.
The meetings of the county
budget committee, held each
year in preparation of the
county's spending plans for
the following fiscal year, often
give some pretty fine insights
into the problems of conduct
ing county government. There
are some odd twists, some
times, too.
Last week the proposed
budget of the county health
department was up for consid
eration. (Incidentally, th is
county has the reputation of
having one of the finest coun
ty health departments in the
nation, and it was one of the
first organized in this part of
the country.)
As the time approached, a
reporter saw Dr. Clarence
Drummond, the public health
officer, on his way to the
meeting. He was wearing a
bright plaid bowtie. In re
sponse to the reporter's ques
tion, he explained it was the
plaid of his Scots clan- the
one traditionally put on just
before battle.
Some of the problems of the
public health nurses came up
at the meeting. The commit
tee was told that these nurses
spend a large portion of their
time showing mothers how to
care for their babies.
Doctors, these days, either
don't spend enough time tell
ing the mothers as much about
pre-natal and child care as
they used to, or else mothers
don't read the pamphlets the
doctors give them.
Our reporter concluded that
we need either more talkative
doctors, or more literate pa
tients. Ward Spats came into the
office last week, during that
pell of bright, warm,
spring weather. "I have a
front page story for you,"
he said. Pointing, to his hat
he said it was the first straw
of the season. Sorry, Ward.
Our wire editor has been
wearing a straw for weeks,
now.
We don't exactly know
what the "power of the press'
is, although it has a nice sound
to it. But maybe there was a
clue the other night. Several
weeks ago the M-T printed
one small story about a wom
en's physical fitness class.-.
The first meeting was held
the other night, and Bob Ha
worth, of the parks and recre
ation department, was hoping
that as many as 20 people
might show up. When regis
tration was over, 150 women
were enrolled.
A Pichiciago is a small ar
madillo, native to South
America.
OK? So here we got
The Pichiciago hasn't much
brains.
And he doesn't wear any
clothes.
When the tempest brews a
stormy scene.
He curls up and buries his
nose.
He doesn't need much of
man's know-how.
And he hasn't harnessed the
sun.
Nor has he mapped the dark
of the moon.
And he can't subtract on
from one.
But don't go selling Pichi
ciago short.
Of all things, he isn't sap.
Like man, who invented the
atom bomb
To blow himself off of the
map. -;
And that leads naturallv
into a silly story which we
ran across in the Pendleton
East Oregonian:
New York City underwent
a nuclear bomb attack. After
it was all over a fellow dug
his way out of a pile of rub
ble. He wandered through the
cy lor aays and could find
nothing alive. He concluded
he was the sole survivor.
The more he thoueht about
this the less he liked it, and
finally he decided to commit
suicide. He climbed to the top
of the tallest building left
standing, and jumped.
as ne Hurtled oast tne 40tn
floor, ho heard a telephone
ring.