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Medford and Jackson County
History from tho filet of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 3. 1950 (Sunday) .
Football championi of the
Pacific Northwest Intercolle
giate Athletic conference and
the Far Western conference
will contend in the Shrine
Pear Bowl game each Thanks
giving here for five years, it
was agreed yesterday.
Mayor Diamond Flynn kicks
off drive to raise funds to
combat cancer.
SO YEARS AGO
April 3. 1940 (Tuesday!
A Jackson county unit ot
the Oregon Taxpayers Federa
tion is being planned.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A slot-
machine, has been invented
that 'screams' when cheated
by a player. It Is claimed It
never fails to beat tho pro
prietor to this Job."
80 YEARS AGO
April 3, 1930 (Wednesday)
i County court decides to
leave location of proposed
new court house up to the
voters in the May primary.
First county forest fire of
the year was reported yester
day burning near Gold Hill.
40 YEARS AGO
April 3, 1920 (Friday)
Controversy: over whether
high school principal should
be retained or not still rages
and mass meeting is sched
uled for Page theater next
week.
Over seven feet or snow
has fallen at Crater Lake In
past two weeks, and still com
ing down.
SO YEARS AGO
April 3. 1910 (Sunday)
Medford bank deposits pass
well over $2 million mark re
flecting a 76 per cent Increase
in the Inst 14 months.
The "Bulck ranch, re
nowned as the home of the
"alfaberry" is sold to New
Mexico Interests by Col. F. L.
TouVelle.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or tan cornet Is lu parlor;
savan oi eight is eacalltnti five ar
la. Is good.
1. Tha Inhabitants of which
State are called "Jayhawk-
ers ?
2. What well-known com'
edlenne created the character
"Baby Snooks"T
3. Who composed the music
for the song, "Ah, Sweet Mys
tery of Life 7
4. What caused the death of
Mohandas K. Ghnndl?
B. Weight constitutes a
measure of force of what?
6. -What body Is charged by
law with regulating banking
practices In the U.S. and con
trolling the general credit sit
uation? 7. In freezing, does water
expand about one-fifth, one-
ninth, or one-eleventh in vol
ume? 8. Under what President
did William H. Woodin servo
aa Secretary of Treasury?
9. Are there any tin mines
iri the U.S.?
10. Corret the following
"He graduated from High
School."
1. Kansas. 2. Fannr Brlce.
3. Victor Herbert. 4. Bullets
fired by an assassin. S. Grav
ity. 6. Federal Reserve Sys
tem. 7. One-eleventh. I.
Franklin D. Roosevelf. 9. Yesi
ia Alaska. 10. "He was gradu
ated. , .
Backward, Turn Backward...
We have a chance to
Century.
What we do to accomplish this is to vote for
R. F. Cook of Silverton for United States Senator,
and Leslie P. Fleming, Eugene, for Congressman.
It is only fair to add
(that's a handy phrase
one who reads a newspaper) do not concede
either Mr. Cook or Mr. Fleming much of a chance
for election.
(The odds-on favorites for the Republican
nomination to these offices are Elmo Smith of
Albany and Edwin Durno of Medford. Leading
Democratic candidates are Mrs. Maurine Neu
berger of Portland and Charles 0. Porter of Eu
gene, respectively.)
RUT Mr. Cook and Mr. Fleming do afford a
" chance to cast a sentimental vote for the "good
old days," when America had no "farm prob
lem," no foreign "entanglements," no income tax,
no federal responsibility for a dozen different
kinds of public service programs, and when the
"robber barons" ran amuck through the economy
unchecked and ruthless.
Each of these gentlemen have offered their
"platforms" Mr. Cook's in eight points, Mr.
Fleming's in ten.
The platforms are remarkably similar to each
other, and will have some appeal to those who
believe the federal government's role in world
leadership, welfare programs, conservation, and
regulation of business is too great.
a a
MR. COOK'S program is short, neat and to the
point. It says:
1. Bolster private enterprise against government In
business.
2. Battle to relieve the blighting effects of infla
tion. 3. Man the dykes against the trend of paternalism.
4. Demand action toward reducing the national
budget and debt.
5. Scrap the farm program In an orderly and rapid
manner.
6. Expose and oppose foreign aid In an orderly and
rapid manner.
7. Encourage and stimulate business by lowering
taxes.
8. Shout down a Sand Dunes National Park as un
necessary, wasteful and trampling on private rights.
If one is inclined to wonder if Mr. Cook is
"for" anything, or bases
being "against certain
wonders concerning Mr.
of his ten points calls for
thing ot which he disapproves.
IS "elimination" program is as follows:
1. Elimination of the ftderal Income tax.
2. Elimination ot all foreign aid.
3. Elimination of farm price support program, and
a prompt return to the law of supply and demand.
4. Elimination ot federal aid to education.
5. Elimination of any thought of recognizing Red
China.
6. Elimination of any proposed bills to socialize
medicine.
7. Elimination of proposed Oregon Dunes Nation
al Seashore Park bill.
8. Elimination of urban renewal programs.
S. Elimination of present sugar program with Cas
tro's Cuba.
10. Elimination of all federal participation in any
program not specified in the Constitution.
One suspects he'd rather like the idea of elim
inating the federal government all together, and
perhaps return to the Articles of Confederation as
our basic charter. E.A.
Kennedy's
Meanwhile, on the national scene, the Presi
dential race is wanning
Wisconsin due to choose
Hubert H. Humphrey and
as its Uemocratic candidate.
(Incidentally, not one major presidential
hopeful, Republican or
anything set forth by Messrs Cook and Fleming.
But that is another story.)
As the Wisconsin campaign nears its conclu
sion, the almost-inevitable religion as an issue
debate has broken out, which is too bad.
TMORE important, in
AT1 religion, is the way
getting wnai ne warns.
In the case of Senator Kennedy, who wants
the Presidency very badly indeed, his methods
are of particular interest. They were analyzed
in considerable detail by Theodore White in last
week's Saturday Review.
Kennedy, White reports, has a campaign or
ganization which is tight, slick, smart, well-
financed, and pretty cold-blooded in making
political assessments and then acting on them.
White draws a picture of the boyish-looking
senator wmcn is much at odds with his public
"image."
"THE reaction of differing people to this same
1 article have been interesting.
One friend was aghast, and declared that this
type of cold, bold, machine-like campaigning re
volted her.
Another said, thoughtfully, "Maybe that's
what we need, a man who has a plan, and who
goes out to put it into effect with forethought
and intelligence and aggressiveness."
lioth reactions are understandable.
So is the reaction of the very knowledireable
businessman who believes that none of the active
candidates, of either party, has the stature to take
on the world's toughest job. He thinks there is
onlv one man in the country today who lias, and
that is a man who is. at
Adlai Stevenson. E.A.
move back into the 19th
that "political observers"
covering just about any
his program wholly on
things, one has no such
Fleming's program. Each
the elimination of some
Campaign
up considerably, with
Tuesday between Sen.
Sen. John F. Kennedy
Democrat, agrees with
our mind, than a man's
in which he goes about
best, a "dark horse."
Dennis the
Hill I i
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SrSsgaEr Na-
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Tha Registration Debate
To the Editor:' In answer to
Mrs. Kyle's recent letter, I
not only charged, but I repeat
the charge, that the Republi
cans are not interested in do
ing the public a service by
volunteer registering.
Until two weeks ago you
(the Republican party), did
not have very many volunteer
registrars, now, I think, you
have five, while the Demo
crats have over 40, many that
I personally helped to get
started, and Joe assured every
one that the Republicans had
a more lofty course than reg
istering. Joe may eat crow yet.
As to the 100 registration
cards your group processed
at the "Sports Fair," you got
a lot more Republicans than
Democrats re-registered, at a
cost to you of $75 for the
rent, $25 to build the booth
and some dollars for the big
Republican sign on it. So each
registration cost the Repub
licans $1 or more apiece, over
the 10 cents you all received
We, as Democrats, don't
know high finance, but we get
our registrations for nothing,
no rent, no booth, no signs,
which I think you will find, if
you read Appling's instruc
tions, are illegal.
So I would holler that you
were doing illegal registra
tion, but I am not a party of
ficial, so I won't, not like
Appling hollered just to get a
headline.
To close, may I say, aince
March 10 I have worked as a
volunteer registrar a total of
250 hours, processed 633 reg
istration cards, and will don
ate the full $63.30-plus that
that l earn from now on in the
registration period to the
Democratic party, for their
campaign fund.
If I kept the money, I would
have earned about 24 cents
per hour. Sort of big pay,
don t you tlilnkT
I can also say that I have
registered some 250 or so Re
publicans, who not only were
happy to find a place to regis
ter, handily, but asked me
why the Republicans weren't
out.
Of course I could have said,
"They were lazy," but 1
didn't. I Just told them, "Oh
they are not organized yet."
Some of the other Demo
cratic registrars who are vol
unteering their time, could
tell you similar stories, about
Republicans being thankful
for Democratic registrars.
I truthfully yours,
Box 1442
Medford
Righteous Indignation
To the Editor: 1, too, wish to
commend Mr. J. D. Selleck
for his timely letter pleading
for tolerance. However, after
reading of some recent hor
rible hnppenlngs, depicting
the bestiality of some white
men, I'd like to suggest that
more people stop shrugging
their shoulders and engage in
some constructive action to do
their bit In protesting things
that seem Inhuman.
In Portland. Ore., recently,
a man and wife, whose Income
is in excess of $500 monthly,
were discovered treating their
own children worse than most
farmers treat their livestock!
It is apparent to the reader
that their grief, after the
court took their seven chil
dren (two had died previously)
away from the parents - their
remorse might have been due
to loss of income tax exemp
tions allowed for each child.
How can civilized people
be so cruel? If these people's
skin had been colored, you
can be sure we'd never hear
the Inst of the story!
Then wa have the recent
slaughter of black people in
South Africa. It li claar that
Menace
these colored people were un
armed, and had gathered to
protest inhuman treatment of
their kind. They were shot
down by men with armored
cars! If it is a crime in South
Africa for people to protest
against such serfdom as they
have been subjected to by
their white superiors, then it
seems a good time to test the
effectiveness of the United
Nations or use some method
of economic embargo that
would force the rulers to mod
ify their laws of governing
the blacks.
If enough people would
shake off the usual indiffer
ence and unconcern, and
write our own government
leaders, perhaps something
would be done before the
colored race is stirred up to
armed revolution. We heed
more people who will rise up
inv "righteous indignation,"
and do something positive
toward eliminating some of
the "rot" that goes unnoticed
here in our own country. It
hasn't been very long since
we read of a mob in Missis.
sippi that Ignored all the laws
of their state to forcibly re
move a colored boy from jail
satisfied their lusts for tor
ture, and tossed the body in
the river. The outlaws are free
now to repeat thii ghastly
crime should some colored
boy get "out of line" in their
estimation.
The white race is only
building up trouble for it
selves by allowing such condi
tions to exist.
Philip L. Burns
121 Bush st.
Ashland
Dog Training (
To the Editor: The dog, like
the horse, is to serve man.
That was what he was created
for. The horse is not permit
ted to run loose. Therefore the
same pertains to the dog who
weighs over 25 pounds. He
can and should be under con
trol at all times.
I have seen very few dogs
that run the streets and alleys
and soil and dig in other peo
ple's property that are hardly
worth shooting. A good dog
can be taught and trained to
be chained, tied, fenced, or In
fact anything the master de
mands. If the master cannot.
or will not, control his invest
ment, then he should have an
l.Q. test as to animal husban
dry. The dog, horse and hu-
mana must obey society's
laws. There is such a thing as
trespassing.
The lap dog which takes the
place of a child is absolutely
a house pet, but these half
grown horses are just too big
to be at large and should be
chained, kenneled and not run
at large, unless under an adult
in charge on a leash. I have no
green thumb, but I respect my
fellow man and his rights, es
pecially nn his own property,
I contend if you can't keep
care of anything you have,
then you have no right to
have it. The old idea that the
animal suffers when he is not
able to destroy or make a
menace of himself Is a bunch
of pure hogwash. A dog
which is worth having loves
to be at home where his peo
ple are. He has to have re
sponsibilities, just as a human
does. If you treat him brain
less, he will surely be Just
that, and everybody will hate
him, and also you. One can
not be too careful not to start
your training before the pup
is over most of his playing.
Any time after seven months,
for most breeds, you can be
strict to the point of almost
perfection. It takes from 1
year to 15 months to have a
dog which will obey by role
Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Llppmann
PRELUDE TO THE DEBATE
There is a saying that to
govern is to choose, and when
we discuss the President's de
cision on nu
clear testing,
we must be
sure not to
lose sight of
of tha fact that
he is confront
ed with a cri
sis. If he does
not offer the
Russians a
moratorium which they will
accept, there will be no treaty.
If there is no treaty, the race
in nuclear armaments will be
wide open, not only as be
tween the Russians, the Bri
tish and ourselves, but also
for China and the East Euro
pean satellites.
Much of the opposition, as
it issues from Uie Atomic En
ergy Commission and the Pen
tagon, Is based on the assump
tion that if we resume the
race in the development of nu
clear weapons, the United
States will surely be the win
ner of the race. But have we
the right to make this opti
mistic assumption?
There was no suspension
of testing until 17 months
ago. From the first test ex
plosion in 1945 until the sum.
mer of 1958 we were quite
free to do all the testing we
wanted to do. But so, too
were the Russians to do their
testing.
In the course of those 13
years of an open race, the So
viet Union caught up with us
and became a first class nu
clear power. Why, then,
should we take it for granted
that another ten years of an
open race will see us the win
ners, way out in front?
THE real question is whether
the Russians, testing in se
cret, may continue the race
while we- have stopped. This
is i theoretical possibility. But
how much of a probability is
It? Not very much, It seems to
me, because the rewards of
secret testing are not very
great while the penalties of
being caught are very great
indeed. The Soviet dictator
who ordered secret testing in
violation of the moratorium
would be making a gamble at
very bad odds.
For while there is no cer
tainty that cheating will be
command or by hand com
mand. The reason why we have
dogs is to satisfy our needs or
hobbies or sport. We must try
not to spoil anyone else's
chances of enjoying what they
love to do or have.
Leo A. Rifenbark
1131 Pinecroft ave.
Medford.
P.S. I have two dogs of my
own.
Dogs and Kids
To the Editor: Re the com
munication in the Mail Trib
une March 14, Mr. Howell's
letter on our dog situation,
terrible, I calls it. Let's see
that these delinquent dogs be
declared out of order, and
their owners prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law - if
any.
After spending 2V4 hours of
hard labor removing pop bot
tles, empty candy wrappers,
and repairing the vandalized
mail box, etc., on my prop
erty, imagine what It was like
to find that some ill-mannered
animal had actually messed
on my premises.
I don't remember anything
so disgusting since I last vis
ited Diamond lake, and had to
use force to get in the privy
after the younger set. I got
back to my boat just in time
to save it from a barrage of
boulders accurately hurled by
some of the members in ath
letics of one of our million
dollar schools.
A wonderful day? I am not
easily upset, however I do tell
Mr. Howell that if he de
mands an election on the dog
question as being a nuisance,
I and many thousands of peo
ple want to know why we
must put up with the things
kids do without hollering our
heads off.
I like dogs and kids. Peo
ple should not allow their
dogs to annoy other people.
Dogs don't know any better.
People do.
I would ask Mr. Howell to
pet his dog, if he owns one. I
am sure he will find him or
her very easy to train and
make behave with a minimum
of trouble.
But let him think hard and
ponder on the boy 17 years
old who murdered five or six
people in cold blood, a pro
duct, I suppose, of our billion
dollar educational system. It
might be wiser to call an elec
tion about that.
T. T Goldfrap
775 Posse Lane
Medford.
Food for Thought
To the Editor: Here la food
for thought. This item appear
ed in Townscnd Courier:
'How old is the world? No
one knows for certain. But
recently geologists digging In
detected, there is no certainty
that it can be concealed.
There are a good many holes
in the iron curtain, in a mat
ter of this sort not only the
intelligence organizations of
the United States and Great
Britain and of all the Western
alliance, but also organiza
tions of the neutrals and in
deed of the satellites would be
sensitive and alert.
A aneak test might be car
ried out. But what a mess if
the cheater were caught. It
would not take more than one
defector to give him away
and, once caught, the damage
to the cheater's influence
would be tremendous. Theo
retically, It is no doubt pos
sible to cheat successfully.
There are no doubt instances
where men have committed
the perfect crime. But every
thing has to go right and noth
ing must go wrong if the per
fect crime is to be committed.
a
THERE is a risk that there
might be a perfect crime,
that a sneak test could be
Dulled off. But as compared
with the other risks we have
to live with, this is not a big
risk. As I see the problem.
the greatest risk is that if we
resume the race and step it up,
the Soviet Union will, dispite
the risks to itself, make China
a nuclear power. Almost in
evitably we, in our turn, will
feel compelled to make Ger
many a nuclear power. After
that, anything can happen be
cause neither the Russians nor
we will have control over the
issues of war and peace.
For this reason the propos
ed treaty and agreement mark
a critical point in the history
of our times. If they can be
put into effect, the U.S.S.R
and the U.S.A. will have es
tablished a very powerful
common interest-which is to
arrest the spread of nuclear
weapons to other countries
and to keep control of the ca
pacity to wage nuclear war.
The alternative to the
treaty and agreement which
the President favors is to
break up the stalemate upon
which our precarious peace
now rests, and to carry the nu
clear competition forward -not
only In a few caverns In
Nevaua but over the whole
field of rivalry between the
two great world coalitions.
(Copyright I960 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
remote regions ot South Afri
ca unearthed four chunks of
rock at least 4,400,000,000
years old. The specimens
were gray - white granite.
Their age was determined by
radioactive computation
Some scientists say these
rocks-give or take 200,000,000
years or so-are just about as
old or close to it, as the earth
itself."
Another important discov
ery made by the late Edward
W. Payne in his collection
"The Imortal , Stone Age,"
was gained in collecting eight
boxcar loads of rocks around
the world, in tracing the early
North American race that
came from the south, moved
in a northwesterly direction
and Into Asia, then across the
northern part of Europe to
the British Isles, Iceland
Greenland, Labrador down
our east coast and back to the
southern shores of Lake
Michigan; that the Manchus
north of China were the abso
lute counterparts of the mod
ern American Indian; that the
great earthwork fortifications
at Newark. Ohio, protected
the great flint ridge which
was the source of supply for
flint to make tools, weapons
and Implements, that copper
implements found in Europe
are undoubtedly made from
copper taken from the Heda
mines, 99 and 100 per cent
pure copper in northern Wis
consin, as no pure copper
found in Europe: that Eeyrj.
tian scarabs are found in
Mexico, and stone llamas are
found in Ohio. All this is sub
stantiated by the rocks and
relics and the places they
were found, taken for granted.
Bert Kissinger
520 Boardman st.
Medford
It's Simple
To the Editor: Come to
think of it "I wonder why"
the people are getting all ex
cited about what is happen
ing in Africa.
All we have to do Is tell
"Jungle Jim" and he will
straighten things out.
Tarzan will even be there
to help him.
Leo J. Townsond
P.O. Box 620. Rt. 1
Eagle Point, Ore.
Where Are We?
To the Editor: Above Is the
heading of an item in the Jan.
uary - February, 1952, "Out
door America." official pub
lication of The Izaak Walton
League of America, Inc. It
also said:
"The development and prog
ress of any civilization is un
doubtedly hinged directly on
the way it uses Its natural re
sources. This development in
all the great civilizations of
the world has followed a defi
nite cycle - from bondage
right back to bondage. The'
P0TIUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributor!)
all kinds of people
to make the world, the old
saying goes.
It sure does. Ana mo mm
of people we like are those
who have a sense of dignity,
responsibility and self-respect.
Like the elderly man who
came into the Jackson county
public welfare office a snort
time ago. Was he looking for
help? No, sir, not this time.
He had been neipea, once
before, when he had to have
an operation and couian t
pay for it. So this time, he
brought in an envelope full
of currency, and insisted on
Daying the welfare depart
ment back for the cost of the
operatlon-with interest, too.
With the primary election
only seven weeks away, the
political silly season Is well
advanced. One of our young
men was talking with a po
litical office-seeker tha oth
er day, who has been cast
ing about for ideas as to
how to keep his name be
fore the public. Our man
suggested that he sponsor a
dog-control ordinance a
suggesting which was po
litely, but quickly and firm
ly, rejected.
Our man also reports that
there is a hotel In town which
has two signs in the window.
One says "Morse for Presi
dent."
The other says "Office for
Rent."
Our man comments that
either the Morse-for-President
Democrats aren't very opti
mistic, or that the Intel man
agement is pessimistic.
On the other aide of the
political fence, our man
(the same one-he's sort oi
a political connoisseur) re
ports that, since the Re
publicans have moved their
headquarters into the for
mer location of the Med
ford Health Club, they can
now offer health, as well as
wealth and prosperity. This,
of course, would be in re
buttal to the Democrat who,
hearing of the new GOP
location, said it confirmed
hit long-held suspicion that
the Republicans were "sick,
sick, sick."
We are now In a position
to report on the Sevenmile
situation.
In case you didn't know
concern of our people about
our natural resources follows
a parallel cycle. Here are the
steps in a cycle in numerical
order:
1. From bondage to spiritu
al faith.
2. From spiritual faith to
great courage.
3. From courage to liberty.
4. From liverty to abun
dance. 5. From abundance to sel
fishness. 6. From selfishness to com
placency. 7. From complacency to
apathy.
8. From apathy to depen
dency. 9. From dependency to
bondage.
"In a little more than three
generations we have already
traveled more than half way
through the list."
Selfish minorities' insatia
ble greed for wealth and
power; desire, aye, demand,
for amusement, pleasure, en
tertainment; wanton destruc
tion of God-given abundances,
with which a people may pros
per; destroyed, civilization de
cays, never was processed so
fast or so visibly plain to be
seen as in America the past
few decades.
John E. Gribble
139 Kenwood
Medford
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
A NEW YORK PUBLISHER was entertaining for luncheon
a very snobbish Boston dowager who had gone to college
years earlier with his wife.
"You New York peo
ple," she complained,
"make friends of the
weirdest people. The old
standards seem to mean
nothing to you any long
er." Just then a man came
shambling down Madison
Avenue, with his white
hair waving in the wind,
banjo tucked under his
arm, and a sheaf of paper
bulging from his pocket
"Look at that fellow, for
example," miffed the
Bostonian. "I'll bet you
know him, too."
"Indeed I do," said the publisher heartily. 'Td like to In
troduce you to Mr. Carl Sundburg.'
Bob Campbell defines a disk Jockey as a radio blgshot who If
paid a princely wage to sit before a microphone, separate good
records from bad ones and then play the bad ones.
C U bj Bauttt Cart SUtrfautci by Slag restart Saoicaia
there was a Sevenmile situa
tion, Its all been straightened
out by the U.S. Board ol
Geographic Names.
In Klamath county there li
Sevenmile creek, which
rises in the Rogue River Na
tional lor eat, then flows
northeast, then south, to a
point where it' is diverted
into Sevenmile canal.
Sevenmile canal, In turn.
flows southwest into Agency
lake.
The names have been for
mally adopted by tha Board.
Perhaps it should be added
that Sevenmile creek Is la
miles long, and Sevenmile
canal is six miles long.
If you ever had any
doubts that the ultimate in
mechanized civilisation has
been achieved, wa can now
set your doubts at rest.
Not only has a portable
beverage bar been invented,
which can be attached to
the handle of a golf cart,
but an even more impor
tant Invention has been cre
ated - a gas-powered pogo
stick which, after the first
few jumps, hops along with
no expenditure of effort on
the part of the operator.
Honest. It Is patent No.
2,929,459.
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After last Sunday's column
appeared, we rather thought
we had the quail and pheas
ant problem pretty well in
hand, with the use of "bevy"
and "covey" to Indicate a
group of them.
Not so. however. A woman
called on Monday to report
that a "nide" of pheasants
is a nest or brood of the birds.
And our dictionary says she's
rignt, too.
Gosh, this is an Interesting
business, Learn new thingi
every day.
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The very minute we saw
It, we knew we'd hear from
That Man In Phoenix. And
we did, too. "It" was a
typographical error, where
the word "yarns" came out
yawns." Well, you can guess
what TMIP did with it.
"Yawns," he said, "are al
ways associated with nappy
materials, except in the
deep south, where knitting
machines transform them
into sleeping garments."
Sure, sure, sure.
a
There are a couple of peo
ple in the office who get fired
a couple of times a week, but
it never seems to take, some
how. One of them, who was
"fired" for talking back to
the managing editor, and for
not knowing how to spell
"carburetor," wrote a letter
which went sort of like this:
"To the Editor: As a former
employee of your paper, I
would like to express a few
previously suppressed opin
ions. "1. 1 like billboards. In fact,
I'm nutty about billboards.
"2. Polluted air is wonder
ful. Who needs breathing?
"3. The National Guard
armory snouia be closed to
the public.
"4. , You should move to
Little Rock.
"5. You wrote one good
editorial recently, but I can't
remember what it was, and
if I do, I'll keep reading it
until I find something wrong
with it.
"6. I'll fight to the death
for the 23rd amendment.
"Name bitterly on file."
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Since he showed up for
work the next day, we have
a hunch he had his tongue
stuck a little way into his
cheek. But we wonder if
ha knows just how many
people agree with him?
Stop Me
CARL Mf