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Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkint Me New Frontier!? They ere Everywhere There was a man in history who bemoaned the fact "there were no more worlds to con quer." He thought ha had crossed the last frontier, had seen everything, had had all the questions answered. His tory would never admit It, but this guy "was in a rut." Every science known is till completely surrounded by frontiers. In fact, the only familiar ground is where we are actually .standing. One step in any direction and the vast unknown stretches be fore us-unexplored and mys terious. AH men are Intrigued by frontiers. We always want to cross them. The world itself conjures up visions of a virile life in new lands or en deavors. We called the old Westerners "frontier s m e n" and regret that in their pass ing all the gateways into the unknown worlds becomes commonplace and familiar. Tangible Thing Somehow we have always visualized a frontier as a very tangible dividing line or boundary that could be seen or definitely established. This was the philosophy of Fred erick the Great, and he made himself immortal because he spoke of It to the right people. The poor old guy didn't know what he was talking about. Frontiers are everywhere. The child's frontier may be his own back yard. Beyond his fence is the great un known, but he desires to ex plore it at the first opportuni ty. As he reaches adulthood, the desire is still present. He still looks toward distant horizons and either by travel or thought projection re moves himself from the fa miliar threshold of beyond. Every creature on the face of this earth with the power to move is prompted by the same impulse. With the ven turesome, this desire becomes a driving force that makes of its possessor a pioneer. Mass progress is marked by the dar ing of these intrepid ones who will brave any hardship to attain a goal. Daring Adventurers The chicken crossing the road is little different from many of us who are constant ly seeking something to cross. Whether it be a road or an imaginary bridge matters very little as long as we ar rive on the other side. The chance to cross a boundary line to that en chanting place known vague ly as "over there" or "the other side" prompts the lum bering turtle to venture out SOUTHERN OREGON'S OLDEST BOOK STORE INVITES YOUR ATTENTION TO NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK APRIL 3-9, 1960 ADD NOW TO YOUR OWN Home Library SWEM'S LARGE BOOK STOCK Contains Voluntas en th Following Subjactai Animals and Birds Art, Music, Drama Atlases, Maps, Globes Bibles, Prayer Books Biography Children's , Cook Books Do-lt-Yourself Education Entertainment, Gam Rule Fiction History and Polities Humor Marriage & Sex Education Medical Modern Library Oregon and West. History Pocket Books Poetry Psychology Record Books OPEN Wonderful newvw3blds... WAKE UP AND FEADI for A Better Read, -Better Informed America Religious end Inspirational Reprints Rocks and Minerals Science Sports, Hunting, Fishing Stamps and Coins Sunset (all kinds) Technical and Building Travel and Geography Coin Holders Miscellaneous Subject? Whatever Your Interest We Will Help You Find Books About It t-nrr special order service rKCC CATALOG "SEARCH" SERVICE BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS Economy Not in 'Boom' Category, Statistics Show New York -HTD- Statistics this week showed the econ omy continuing at a good pace but not in the "boom ing" category predicted for it at the start of the year. Spring weather helped re vive business in some areas, but late snow storms, floods and cold weather kept activi ty depressed in other areas. Evidence of a not so boom ing economy came from four major economic barometers. Manufacturer's orders were reported up slightly in Feb ruary but they still trailed sales. And Inventories climbed at a slow rate in that month. Construction activity has been increasing, but at a less than normal pace. Employers predicted only a moderate pickup in jobs this spring and reports are showing mixed trends in profits of manufac turing firms. Some fresh evidence of a let-up came from the steel industry which scheduled op erations this week below 90 per cent of capacity for the first time since last Novem ber. Auto output hit a five-week high despite reports of high inventories of new cars. If these new cars don't move quickly with the good weath er, the auto, steel, glass and tire industries all will be affected. Sentence Imposition Suspended in Cases Appearing Monday in cir cuit court before Judge James M. Main was Larry Howard Kell, 520 North Bartlett st who had pleaded guilty to charges of forgery. Imposition of sentence was suspended for five years on the condition that he make restitution as soon as possible and not drink liquor. Kell was charged with forging and counterfeiting a property bond for bail on Dec. IB, 1959. Judge Main suspended im position of sentence for 18 months for Richard Edgar Herndon, 31, of route 1, Eagle point. He had pleaded guilty to charges of receiving two stolen saddles on Jan. 3, I960. The Family Council Editor! Not Tha pimUy Council consists of Judce, a nsTchlatrlsl, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and tun writers fcacn article la a summary of an actual t-ae history The Council reports on problems Uiat bava been deals wt by responsible aiencles and counselors. , . onto tha busy highway. It, too, is willing to risk much to be on the "greener aide." Greener pastures are over the fence in the next field. We are all willing to tear fabric or flesh on the barbed wire of uncertainty in order to at tain something we think we want. All of us are crossed lip with traffic laws, taxes, stock market reports or ball scores. Even wires get crossed, as well as bridges that do not exist. Today, every question we have answered poses more and bigger questions. The same force that caused the turtle to cross the pavement made possible the guided mis sile or the electronic brain The urge to seek greener pas- turs will never be stilled. The squirrel insists on climbing to the top:most branch. He too, like nearly all living things, is willing to risk much to better his life. We are all frontier crossers. Mrs, L.H. - Evelyn is hurt ing her husband and chil dren. Evelyn R. - My husband and I have an understanding. Mrs. L.R. - I am terribly upset about my 27-year-old daughter, Evelyn, who has suddenly said she is bored with her domestic life, put her three children in the care of housekeeper and gone off to work. Evelyn complains that she can't stand housework and kids and that she and her husband really haven't any thing in common. She doesn't even spend evenings at home with him because she takes courses twice a week. I think this is a terrible way to treat children and a husband. Evelyn's husband is a fine, considerate person who has always worked hard for his family. The additional in come isn't needed. Although I don't think Evelyn would be unfaithful to her husband, she has a tendency to lead men on and I feel her free dom will lead to more seri ous trouble. e Evelyn R. - Mother and I have argued this thing to the point of exhaustion. She can never convince me that it is better for a bored, irritable mother to take care of chil dren than a contented hired woman. As for my husband, we have an understanding about all this. He knows how I feel and he doesn't object to my working. He's a nice person and all of that, but the truth is we just don't have much to tie us together. We like en tirely different things and we disagree about everything Im portant. As for my flirting with men, I don't deny I like mas culine attention, but I don't see it as this terrible danger Mother fears. Mom has al ways been a bit prissy about these things. I can flirt with out having any serious inten tions, Where's the narm? The Council) Unfortunately, there is little a mother can do in a case like this. In fact, her pleadings and urgings may have the effect of dissolv ing a conflict which should be worked out with aome- bodv else. The "somebody else" Is Evelyn's husband. His asser tion alone can bring Evelyn back home. By arguing this thing out with her mother Evelyn is dismissing him en tirely as a factor in her life. Her effeorts are designed purely to Justify her behavior and not to arrive at a solution of the problem. We can well believe that Evelyn flirts without "serious intentions." This, however, doesn't necessarily eliminate the possibility of her carrying these casual contacts a step or two further. However, the main issue is that at present Evelyn is not capable of a serious and deep relationship with any man. She enjoys her power over men, rather than men for themselves. Evelyn has apparently chosen a husband who repre sented little more than an easy conquest. The man may have virtues, but he is ob viously at a loss in dealing with her. The "understand ing" Evelyn claims she has with htm probably exists en tirely in her own mind. The husband, we suspect, is utter ly baffled. Evelyn's contention that she and her husband have nothing in common is a smoke screen. Aside from their three children, they have had some seven years of intimate contact under the same roof and something more than physical attraction drew them together in the first place. The separation Evelyn sees between them is a more or less consciously erected bar rier. She is now seeking to widen the barrier. The only thing to draw this couple together again is an active desire on both their parts to make the marriage work. No outsider can give them that. If and when they get that desire they will know how to go about repairing the damage that has been done. In the meantime they are cheating themselves and their children. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) Tires Deflated on Hatfield's Autos Salem -HTD- Someone let the air out of the tires of two cars in the driveway of Gov. Mark Hatfield over the week end, and one of the autos was his personal car. Police said all eight tires on the two cars were deflated. The vandalism was discover ed Sunday morning. The tires were not dam aucd but those on the gov ernor's personal Lincoln sedan were flat as well those on a state-owned Nash Rambler. It was the second act of vandalism aimed at the gov ernor in recent months. About three months ago red paint was smeared on the Hatfield home in big letters reading "Let's keep Oregon pea green." I PHYSICIST DIES Castries, St. Lucia, British J West Indies-OiPD-Dr. Harold R. ' Nelson. 5.5. an American nhv- aslsiciast who aided the develop ment of the atomic bomb, died Sunday. AIRCRAFT CHIEF DIES Los Angeles-flJPD-Waldemar A. Klikoff, 81, western re gional chief of the aircraft en gineering division of the Fed eral Aviation agency, died Sunday, MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Tuasdar, April 5, I960 The U. S. coast guard waa established in 1790. t M.j Ml ;h TOBACCO - COFFEC I -l l-J by dentists to remove stains from teth. Stain-free teeth look bright, feel wonderful. THEY NEED GLASSES Atlanta IUPD Eye specialist Dr. Robert H. Thurmond warned men in a talk here Sunday that "when a woman looks intently at a man and her eyes are limpid and the pupils are large, it doesn't necessarily mean she's yearn ing for him. She is probably near-sighted or myopic." ADMIRAL DIES Los Angeles-iUPD-Rear Ad miral Isaac C. 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