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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 18. 19S0 (Tuesday)
A man is missing and pre
sumed drowned after the boat
in which he was riding was
swept over the crest of Sav
age Rapids dam.
Jackson county court elects
not to observe daylight sav
ing time this year, unless gov
ernor should proclaim clock
change for entire state; city of
Medford will adopt new time
on April 30.
20 YEARS AGO
April 18. 1940 (Thursday)
Circuit court denies appli-
cation from state game com
mission to stop construction
' of hydro - electric diversion
dam on Rogue river near
Gold Hill. '
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot ' column: ' Farm'
era of the valley have start
ed planting corn, when the
crows are not watching."
30 YEARS AGO
April 18. 1930 (Friday)
A total of 13,618 persons
; have registered for the Jack
son county primary election.
! Gates and Lydiard open
. new store at Sixth and Grape
sts.
40 YEARS AGO
' April 18, 1920 (Sunday)
Medford businessmen Join
, rest of nation in wearing
overalls to protest the high
' cost of living.
! Attorney-general holds that
Rogue river fish pact between
commercial and sports fisher
men is invalid.
SO YEARS AGO
April 19. 1910 (Monday)
House committee on public
buildings is studying growth
and future of Medford in con
ncctlon with $125,000 federal
building which has been pro
posed for this city.
Medford Commercial club
is planning to "entertain" In
high style, a group of promi
nent Portland businessmen
who will visit here next week.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is luperiori
" seven or eight Is escellcnt; live ei
tlx is good, i :
1, Must a Vice President of
the United States have the
' same qualifications as fixed
; in the Constitution fur
President?
2. Under the Constitution
bills for raising revenue must
originate in which house of
the Congress?
3. Give the more famlllnr
Roman name for the Greek
sod Eros.
4. Lava and ashes from
what volcano buried Pompeii,
Italy, in 79 AD?
S. On what dale in April of
1775 did Paul Revere begin
his famous "midnight ridc7
6. Name the only U.S. Pres
ident to enter end leave the
White House a bachelor.
7, A rod 1 a measurement
of BV4. 1BV4. or 284 yarclST
fl. The limbs on a tree do,
or do not, remain the same
height from the ground as the
tree crows?
" 8. Of what country wai the
SJASSOCIATION
poet Omar Khayyam a na
tive? 10. A 14.1 Inch cube of
. solid gold weighs one pound,
ten pounds, or one ton?
Answersi 1. Yes. 2. House of
Representatives. 3. Cupid. 4.
-Vesuvius. 5. AptU U.
James Buchanan. 7. 5V4
yards. 8. Do remain Ihe same
height. 9. Pirsla. ,(Irari) 10.
One ton.
Higher Education 'Explosion '
Throughout all Oregon, citizens' committees
are being organized into advisory-information
trrouns with one simple
dents of Oregon to the
needs of higher education in the space age, espe
cially the 19(50-1970 decade.
These groups, supplementing state-wide com
mittees for all nine state colleges, now are being
developed at the grass
or metropolitan areas such as the tn-county Port
land metropolitan area.
This program, now broadened to include in
dependent as well as state-supported colleges,
will utilize every available tool of communica
tion to outline the revolutionary changes now urv
der way in higher education informative
pamphlets, speakers' bureaus, the press, radio
and TV.
IT WILL emphasize the basic fact that Oregon's
nine state colleges and 14 independent colleges
must prepare now for the horde of students who
will be knocking on the doors of higher learning.
In the state colleges alone we must prepare
for a 67 per cent increase in enrollment by 1970
or 16,400 more students. And corresponding in
creases are anticipated in independent colleges.
This means more classrooms, more labora
tories and scientific eauipment, more dormitories.
hieher standards and better teaching techniques,
and at least a 60 per cent increase in teaching
staffs. And it means substantial increases in tax
support and grants for the state colleges and in
gifts, grants and fees at independent colleges.
THUS one of the principal projects of the cit-
lzens committees at both state ana local levels
will be to support a constitutional amendment
labeled "state bonds for higher education facili
ties". This measure would double the bonding
authority of the state board of higher education
to build such self-financing facilities as student
dormitories, student centers and sports facilities.
They will be paid for by students using them,
not by taxpayers.
Altogether this "Colleges for Oregon's Future
1960-1970" campaign
taking designed to meet
But if the carefully
beginning made in some
in Oregon, the challenge
burgeoning needs or. higher education in tne
crucial 1960s. Oregon Journal, Portland.
Chocolate
To the substantial
"there'll always be an England" we may add a
new exploit of the indomitable British spirit.
Confronted recently with the problem of
chocolate marshmallow cookies that, when serv
ed to airline nassenrrers, exploded at altitudes
above 6,000 ft., British European Airways has
just issued this announcement:
A marshmallow biscuit
a porous base, which enables interior and ex-
tenor pressures to equalize and so prevent choco
late fatigue on the outer skin.
Now if that doesn't
technological supremacy of the free world, we
don't know what will. Washington (D.C.) Post.
Big League
C. Girard Davidson,
mitteeman for Oregon, has been appointed chair
man of his party's new
natural resources. This puts "Jebby Davidson m
a nrettv bier leamie.
Among chairmen of other party advisory
committees are Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on civil
rights, Dean Acheson on foreign policy, John
Kenneth Gailbraith on economic policy, and
Mayor Richard Lee of New Haven on urban and
suburban problems. bugene Kegister-uuara.
Federal Aid
Those who have qualms about federal aid to
education may be surprised to know that the fed
eral government has paid out nearly $2 billion to
school disricts in the past ten years as aid to
"federally impacted areas." And it goes for teach
ers' salaries and building maintenance as well
as new construction. Also, the federal govern
ment has long carried much of the cost of voca
tional education, including agricultural educa
tion. Oregon Statesman, Salem.
Registration Deadline
If you want to vote,
It's as simple as that.
There are several thousand county residents
who are not registered.
In the May primary election, party voters will
be selecting the candidates of their parties.
Judges will be elected on non-partisan ballots.
One state measure to increase the pay of leg
islator will be decided. Jackson county voters
will pass on dog control, as will voters m Med
ford, Rogue River and two separate precincts.
Registration deadline is 8 p.m. tomorrow,
Tuesday, April 19. If you're not registered, you
can't vote. E.A.
mission : 1 o alert all resi
new responsibilities and
roots, either by counties
is a tremendous under
a tremendous challenge.
organized, enthusiastic
areas becomes universal
will be met. So will the
Fatigue
historical evidence that
has been devised with
restore your faith in the
Democratic national com
advisory committee on
you have to be registered.
Dennis the
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Communications
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view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted
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printed in this column do not necessarily represent the
views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
What Can I Do?
To the Editor: Speaking
from the experience gained
by paying into the retirement
fund for 22 years, I agree with
Mr. Greer that fractionate do
add up. They add up to better
than a million per day storage
charges on government sur
pluses. They add up to a bil
lion or so, down the drain,
each year due to waste and
inefficiency in the overlap
ping of numerous government
agencies. Again they add up
to four billion a year, lining
the big guys' pockets, under
the guise of foreign aid.
No one squawks about these
trlval fractionals, or about
the 70 billion, on the cuff,
owed by the American public,
which is being paid by install
ments at interest rates rang
ing from 10 per cent to 270
per cent, on every known
item from bird seed to jet
planes.
The present Social Security
tax setup is all wrong and
the idea I've been trying to
sell those guys in Washington
is, instead of all those in the
brackets up to $4,800 paying
three per cent on their entire
earnings, while those earning
$10,000 pay on less than half,
515,000 less than one third,
set the maximum of $26,000
and everyone pay a flat 1 per
cent.
Naturally those high brack
et boys will howl bloody mur
der. Never intend growing
old and if, by some quirk of
nature, they, someday, find
themselves in the old age
group, their dignity would
never permit them to seek
Social Security benefits. No?
Why they would grab those
meager 47 cent dollar checks
as eagerly as the hungry squir
rels gobble up the bread
crumbs 1 throw out to my
little bird friends.
I conceived what I thought
was a brilliant idea; start with
a small group of "Tell them
and sell them" to write the
congressmen. Each member
get a member, each new one
get a newer one and soon we d
have an avalanche of letters
Washington bound.
Well, I sprung the idea on
about 50 people and the
stereotyped reply was. 'Just
what the Hell can I do?' It
will take some doing all right
and if the common people
don't get their heads out of
the sands of apathy it never
will be done. So, with apolO'
gizes to Mr. Acklin, Yust vot
der 'ell kin I du?
Claude M. Hall
2860 llartly Lane
Grants Pass, Ore.
"Nobody Caret"
To the Editor: Strong
agencies today are watching
more and more carefully
every line of foods to sec that
they are properly labeled and
every ingredient revealed. If
not they cannot be sold. Yet
the strongest and moat fatal
poisons known to man arc
sold in every community to
unsuspecting men and wom
en, boys and girls, for a few
cents without limit or restric
tion, and without skull and
cross bones on them - and
nobody cares.
To save life we build great
hospitals filled with elabor
ate costly scientific equip
ment and train doctors and
nurses with the finest of skill
and technique to .operate
them - not a germ is allowed
In the operating room; scrums
and anti-toxins of every kind
are provided; pharmaceutical
preparations without number
are on every hand; we call
the doctor for every little
ache or pain; railroad cross
ings go above or below the
highway: safeguards are
placed along the highway.
Factories, schools, homes
Menace
and other places are equipped
with safety devices; great
foundations with millions of
money are doing continuous
research in every possible
field to discover any cause of
disease (cancer included) and
to find ways of prolonging hu
man life; men pay great sums
for life insurance; the federal
government spends millions
on public health; when death
stares in the face a single
person will sometimes be
willing to spend millions for
life to be prolonged.
And in the midst of it all
the whole nation is slowly
smoking itself to death - and
nobody vcares.
The money Americans
spend every year for tobacco
would be enough to run the
government in ordinary
times. We spend twice as
much for tobacco as for edu
cation.
Yet this enormous monetary,
loss is nothing compared with
the injury to body, character,
and posterity.
Then after the user Mas
thus done his worst, h
throws down his match or
burning stub and burns up
the property of others.
Who is responsible for the
widespread use of tobacco?
There are many influences
contributing, but back of all
is a "master mind" at work to
utterly destroy the human
race.
Adverstising is overpower
ing; newspapers, billboards,
magazines and radio ding
the benefits " of tobacco into
every mind; the movies extoll
it, T.V. repeats It, and so the
very air is permeated with
the thought.
The home has well-nigh
ceased to protest; and the
home Is the bulwark of the
nation. He who should be
guarding the health of the
home and nation is himself
smoking with the rest.
The church, heavens fort
ress in the world, has given
way and largely gone to smok
ing.
Yes we have a problem.
Let's wake up before it's too
late.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2400 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
Life Insurance
To the Editor: When Ore
gon's Governor Mark Hatfield
endorsed April 3 to 10 as
"Life Insurance Week," he
knew of its vital Importance
and public interest. The Orc
gunian and other leading Ore
gon newspapers devoted their
time and space to the subject
in an effort to inform their
readers about life insurance
week in Oregon. Certainly the
public is interested in life
Insurance. This is indicated
by the amount of life In
surance in force today.
With this in mind, it is most
regrctable that the Medford
Mail Tribune could take
neither the time nor the space
to Inform Its readers of life
insurance week and the part
played by the Rogue Valley
Life Underwriters Associa
tion.
The local association is
made up of Over 50 Life In
surance Underwriters who
meet once a month. Those
men are doing their level
best to provide our commun
ity with high quality Life In
surance counsel and planning.
The Rogue Valley Life Under
writers Association have
again this year taken part in
classes at the Medford High
school. These men are mem
bers of our own community.
Thev arc businessmen who
specialize In family protec
tion, business planning, and
estate analysis.
As it is with any public
service organization, the
Rogue Valley Life Under-
Foreign Notebook:
German Travel,
Craftsmen
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign tailor
From the foreign editor's
notebook:
Red Easier Greetings
Things may get easier soon
for West Germans wanting to
travel across the Iron Curtain
to visit rela
tives and
fr i e n d s in
C o m m u nist
East Germany.
This year, for
the first time
since the cur
t a i n came
down, Com
munist author
ities abolished
long and complicated visa ap
plications for West Germans
and admitted them for the
writers association need pub
lic support if they are to con
tinue to serve in the public's
best interest.
Perhaps in the future the
Medford Mail Tribune could
lend a helping hand to an
organization that protects the
people in our own commun
ity. The Rogue Valley Life
Underwriters Assoc.
Medford.
Editor's note: There are sev
eral hundred special "weeks"
observed each year, most of
them designed to promote
something. The Mail Tribune
makes no attempt to keep
track of them, but will call
attenUon to them if thiiir
local promoters will furnish
us with usable, newsworthy
material. Since the Rogue
Valley Life Underwriters As
sociation - made no effort to
publicize local "Life Insur
ance Week" events, nor to tell
of "the part played by the
Rogue Valley Life Under
writers Association," we de
cline to accept responsibility
for this "oversight."
What Are Their Chances
To the Editor: I am glad the
Interim Committee on Crim
inal Law is working with
such good assistance from
local organizations to change
obsolete criminal laws and
procedures.
I know of one incident of a
man torn from his family and
job by local relief organiza
tion, booked on a vile charge,
never brought to trial on that
charge, not given a chance to
defend himself, but whisked
off to the asylum at Salem
without good byes to his fam
ily or friends.
The doctors who intimated
he needed to be observed or
treated for a fear complex did
not know how well grounded
this man's fears were and how
real the trouble. Nor did they
know his history, for this man
-like the drunk rejected by
the hospital-was an epileptic.
What are their chances for a
normal life?
Mrs. Maxine Johnson
Route 1, Box 279AA
Central Point, Ore.
On Saving
To the Editor: I am a Dem
ocrat, but I think the Re
publicans are doing a wonder
ful thing toward the better
ment of future finances of the
people.
I read Frank Jenkin's arti
cle in the Mail Tribune of
April 12 and it gave me a
feeling of great joy when I
realized, for the first time In
quite a while, that Congress
is trying to help us and that
President Eisenhower has
signed the bill Congress en
acted, reducing the cost of
American-made bicycles all of
25 whole cents.
That noble act will not
bankrupt the manufactures
because it was done by re
pealing the existing taxes on
tires and tubes.
Mr. Jenkins pointed out
that by buying several bicy
cles one could save quite a
sum.
There are only two of us,
but we could save 30 cents
and that is quite a saving
at this time.
Fifty cents is a beautiful
little pocket piece, but the
real "look-see" is - studying
the grocery shelves. Just what
can I get for half a dollar?
So far, I haven't found the
answer.
Oh well, people should save
a little anyhow, so -huh, look
who's talking? Neither of us
ride a bicycle. I might have
known there was a catch in It
somewhere.
Just the same. Uiat bicycle
deal of those Republicans isn't
the only reduction in the
states. Of course, I am not
slurring the party; I wouldn't
do such a thing, for my hus
band is a Republican, and we
get along famously.
What 1 wanted to put
across ts-The Fifty Plus Club
of Medford reduced our mem
bership dues. We pay one dol
lar dues for four months
membership now in 1960.
Last year It was a dollar
for three months, but we en
joyed our meetings so much
that we got younger by years.
It surely was well worth it. It
made me glad in the face, but
I had to look dignified to keep
Phil Newfinm
Target
Easter week end merely on
production of a regular West
German identity card. The re
laxation was good only over
the Easter holidays but West
German officials are hoping
it may be a sign of a more
permanent relaxation of bord
er formalities in the future.
Red Collectivisation
With all farms collectivized,
East German Communists
now are making private
craftsmen their next target.
Special squads of agitators
are being formed to get crafts
men to give up their private
businesses and form "collec
tives." East Germany still has
about 200,000 private crafts
men employing about 600,000
workers. About 3,500 collec
tives have been formed with
about 140,000 workers.
Ike-De Gaulle
During President Charles
de Gaulle's visit to Washing
ton, he is expected to settle
with President Eisenhower
outstanding differences be
tween France and NATO. In
formed quarters say the ten
sion created in NATO by de
Lraulle s insistence on a great
er say for France in allied
councils has decreased latelv.
De Gaulle also is expected
to urge Eisenhower to use his
influence to gain France a
share in some U. S. atomic
secrets.
Tug Of War
It now appears that Presi
dent Eisenhower will arrive
in JaDan at a time when Hip
country will be pulled apart
oy one 01 me noiiest political
fights of the post-war period.
It's not a pleasant prospect
for American planners al
though there is no indication
the trip may be called off.
The battle is over ratification
of the U.S.-Japan security
treaty.
non-members rrom thinking I
am in my second - er - people
shouldn't tell everything they
think!
Still, I wish I could have
had that 50 cents to save.
Mrs. John Spackman,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Are We Told
To the Editor: I have read
with interest the accounts in
your paper of the Epileptic
who was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital. Also the
"Communication" by Mrs.
Bishop of Prospect how she
took her badly burned child
to the Rogue Valley hospital
and had to sit and hold the
child for three hours while
the staff was trying to contact
the woman's doctor to see
whether he would sponsor
tne case.
Now this is what I want to
say:
If I go along the highway
and see a wreck I am re
quired to stop and offer all
reasonable assistance. I may
be hurrying to catch a bus,
I may have an important en
gagement, and the delay may
mean I will lose a chance for
a good job. I may have on my
best clothes, which may be
ruined. But no matter if it
does cost me Ume and money,
l am subject to arrest if I do
not stop and give what aid
I can. Then when I get the
victim of the accident to the
hospital, they can refuse to
take him in, or render any
aid, unless he has money,
Why the difference?
When money is being solic
ited for the building and
maintainance of these hos
pitals, are we ever told that
they will be for the benefit
of those who have money
only, and not for the general
public? Are we not led to
believe that everyone is en
titled to the benefit, that it
is not a mere private money
making scheme? If so, are
they not obtaining money un
der false pretense?
John C. Stille
Shady Cove, Ore.
Keep Parks Natural
To the Editor: Congratula
tions on your good editorial
on the Crater Lake chair lift.
With all the pressures on our
National Parks and wilderness
areas we shall have frequent
need of your services.
The enclosed letter to In
terior Secretary Fred Seaton
shows you that we arc right
behind you in our desire and
efforts to keep our National
Parks natural.
Herley Gayman
4529 Abbey Place
Los Angeles 19, Calif.
Editor's note: Mr. Gayman
Is president of the Desomount
club, dedicated to nature
study, conservation, and ap
preciation of the outdoors. His
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Washington Report
By WILLIAM
DO-SOMETHINGS
Washington, - The do-some-
tings have now forged slighUy
ahead of the do-nothings In a
long seesaw contest within
the American
Gov ernment
as to how to
deal with the
tinpot Cuban
Dictator, Fi
del Castro.
Our line to
ward Castro
will become
mnr. raHnnnl
William " "
White which is to
say tougher, if the realists are
able to stay on top in the Ad
ministration s inner councils.
Their number Included Vice-
President Nixon, Secretary of
tne Treasury Robert B. An
derson, and the Central Intell
igence Agency.
Opposed is a State Depart
ment set which believes we
must do nothing against Cas
tro, whatever the provoca
tion, lest the old cry of "Yan
kee Imperialism" be heard
again in this hemisphere.
This notion of not being
beastly to Fidel is a part of
a very popular current view
of all foreign policy: The way
to meet any and all nasty
foreign problems is to be nice
and "flexible" about them and
hope they will go away.
IT HAS by now, however, be
come all too clear even
to those who once shouted
hosannas to Castro as a new
Abraham Lincoln - that the
Castro problem will not go
away. If the United States is
to meet its obligations as the
responsible leader of Pan
America it had better be up
and doing.
It is much easier simply to
go on endlessly talking. But
the evidence by this time is
overwhelming Uiat the Castro
regime at the very least is
being used by International
Communism. It is plain, too,
that the United States has al
ready lost some respect
among many non-Latin-American
nations. This is true even
where such nations feel ob
ligated to tut-tut any thought
of strong United States ac
tion to put Castro In his place.
To discover this one has only
to go about among the Euro
pean diplomats here.
Castro has contemptuously
refused all of Washington's
letter to Secretary Seaton fol
lows: Dear Secretary Seaton: The
DesomounV club strongly op
poses the building of a chair
lift from the rim of Crater
Lake down to the Lake it
self. The uses of our National
Parks must be consistent with
their preservation for future
generations.
Let those who can go to
the parks to enjoy their na
tural beauty, to experience
the Inspiration that is theirs
to give If the visitors is not
distracted by hordes of peo
ple, by the dust, the noise.
the hustle and bustle of all
the conveniences man has
found important to his ac
tivities outside.
In 1919 I spent an entire
summer in Yosemlte Valley.
Now, it has become so com
mercialized that I hurry
through it to get into the back
country where only foot trav
elers or horsemen go, where
I can really feel and see the
earth as it was made. Don't
let what happened to Yosem
lte happen to Crater Lake.
Let these who seek com
mercial entertainment find it
outside parks. Let's keep our
National Parks natural.
Herley Gayman
Planned with
devoted care even
modestly priced
services are
brought to single
impression of '
reverent beauty.
Wwm
PERL Funeral Home
SPACIOUS
S. WHITE
long and patient efforts to
deal in friendship with him.
Moreover, he has repeatedly
made clear that no mediation
by the organization of Amer
ican states would suit him,
either.
There is thus in common
sense only one other approach
open. This is the unwelcome
application by the U.S. Gov
ernment of some kind of ec
onomic force. There is, of
course, not the slighest
thought of any military force.
SUCH a course would be un
dertaken only with reluc
tance. And it could be taken
only on pain of loud howling
from those who are always
ready to act against right
wing dictatorships in Latin
America but never against
left-wing Dictatorships.
Nevertheless, some form of
economic measures against
Castor Cuba is coming closer.
For there are highly respon
sible men here - and they are
not men who look under
every bed for Communists -who
earnestly believe disaster
may be coming unless Castro
is checked.
Already he has obtained
Soviet-bloc supplies. There is
information, too, that he may
now be in possession of Soviet
MIG fighter aircraft. The
central nightmare here is that
Castro, now far better armed
than a year ago, might have
another go at invading Pan
ama. Any serious assault upon
Panama would endanger the
Panama Canal - and this we
could not permit.
BUT IF we were forced to
send troops to secure the
canal the Soviet bloc would
trumpet that we had brutally
put down a "satellite upris
ing." The Russians, who
bloodily suppresed the Hun
garian rebellion, would cry
that there was now "an Amer
ican Hungary." , . , J
Such a charge would be
nonsense. But some - woum
listen.
Thus the question really is
this: Is it better to go on with
the policy of do-nothing and
lose Latin America's and the
world's respect? Or is it better
to take up our clear duties
and aet, at the risk of losing
some of the world's affection
but with the chance of avoid
ing a tar more damaging
American intervention later?
Surely, the question answers
itself. (Copyright, I960, by United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
Needy Youngsters
Helped by Will
Portland-IUPB-A 24-year-old
will left by Portland plumb
er Robert Brady, will help
needy school children get
books and clothing.
The Brady estate, now
worth $369,348, provided that
when Brady's relatives passed
away, the fund would revert
to a trust for needy school
children.
Judge Appointed
To Stale Group
Salem-OJrU-Marlon County
Circuit Judge Val D. Sloper
has been appointed to the
State Traffic Court Rules com-,
mittee to succeed Supreme.
Court Justice Alfred T. Good-'
win.
Goodwin was chairman 'of
the committee until his eleva
tion to the high court from
the Lane county circuit bench.
PARKING IOT
J