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Medford and Jackson Countv
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1950 (Friday)
Fire Consultant Leo Weld
ner said Medford definitely
needs an aerial ladder truck
and points out this is one of
few cities in U.S. of more than
10,000 population which does
not have one.
The Southern Oregon Boat
club will sponsor outboard
races at Emmlgrant lake.
20 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1940 (Monday)
Nylon hosiery, called the
"miracle" slocking, will be
available in Medford stores
for the first time Wednesday.
from Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Ac
cording to the military ex
perts America lacks about ev
erything needed for national
defense, and several things
are the matter with the army,
navy and air corps, There is
also a lack of New Deal ma
gicians to pull cannons out
of plug hats."
30 YEARS AGO
May 13, 1930 (Tuesday)
Local primary election In
terest centers In selection of
courthouse site.
Valley pears are heavily
damaged by hail.
40 YEARS AGO
May 13. 1920 (Wednesday)
Kair association plans to
buy 60 acres of town and
hold a fair this fall.
Contract signed for con
struction of the Medford Irri
gation district.
50 YEARS AGO
May 13. 1910 (Friday)
Capt. J. T. C. Nash, a vet
em sea captain and capitalist
from Berkeley, visited Med
ford today and predicted city
will have 50,000 people by
1020.
Petitions are being circu
lated asking that Ashland
citizens vote on a proposed
trolley line franchise and a
gas plant franchise.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct ii auperlor:
teven or eight it excellent; five or
lit Is good.
1. From which game did
bridge evolve?
2. The first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November
has what national signifi
cance?
3. Name the large island di
rectly south of Florida.
4. Is the Coast Guard Acad
emy in New London, Conn.,
or Norfolk. Va ?
5. What is the official name
of Siam?
6. Is the upper limit of
sound range audible to the
human year 1600 or 16,000
vibrations per second?
7. Is Argentina or Brazil
the largest South American
country?
8. Are there 1, 2, or 3
apostles in the New Testament
named James?
9. Linseed oil is obtained
from cotton; true or false?
10. What famous structure
Is nt 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,
N.W., Washington, D.CVT
Unsworn 1, Whist, 2, Elec
tion Day, 3. Cuba. 4. New
London, Conn, 5. Thailand. 6.
16,900. 7. Braiil. 8. Two. 9.
False, flaxseed. 10. The White
' HouM home of the President.
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kl'rfir'U BUS HERS
Administrative Problems
We have in the past disagreed with those who
would abolish Oregon's board of control, and
place the administration of Oregon's many nnn
edueational institutions (penitentiary, state hos
pital, and the others) directly under the author
ity of the governor.
In about 16 years of watching the operation
of state goverment, we have come to the conclu
sion that the board of control (governor, treasur
er, secretary of state) lias been a relatively good,
and largely non-political, method of administer
ing the institutions.
And we have felt that making the governor
exclusively responsible would bring with it the
threat of political backing and filling, and the
instability implicit in changes of administration.
FOR this reason, we were much interested to
read that Governor Hatfield's advisory com
mittee on mental health has recommended the
creation of a state mental health department,
which would be responsible for that phase of the
state's health program.
It had some other recommendations which,
on their face, appeared to be a step in the direc
tion of consolidating the state's institutions into
a more logical pattern,
flUR support of the board of control has not
w been based on any
feet administrative unit,
the best so far proposed, and far better than
giving the sole authority
We can envision an
tion which would encompass administration of
health services (including institutions) by the
state board of health,
penological activities by
ity (including the penitentiary, the intermediate
institution, the "reformatories" for boys and girls,
and the state board of parole and probation).
These would fit into the pattern already estab
lished by the state board of higher education, the
state welfare commission, and the state highway
commission, for example.
COME thoughtful students of government have
objected to the "board and commission" sys
tem of administration on the ground that they
remove much of the direct authority from the
governor. The governor, as an elected official, is
responsible directly to the people, and as such
should be directly responsible for administration
of the state's business. So goes the argument.
The point is a good one. But, pragmatically,
the board and commission system in Oregon has
worked, and worked well.
It does remove the governor's authority by
one step, although as the appointing authority,
he still wields great influence.
A ND, with departments governed by a board or
" commission, there is allowed a degree of
continuity, a degree of professionalism, and a
degree of protection of professional personnel
from capricious firings by newly-elected gover
nors, which tends to provide both stability and
progress.
There is also provided, through this means,
possibility of a broad representation of skills,
knowledge, background, and representation im
possible under other systems.
Hatfield's reorganization proposals are inter
esting. Rut we would favor emphasis on boards
and commissions, rather than a so-called "cabi
net" type of administration where the governor
is the dominant figure. E.A.
Mosquito Ecology
"Ecology" is a four-bit word meaning the
natural relationships of living things with each
other and their surroundings.
Everywhere that man has gone in numbers
in the past, the ecology has been upset.
For instance, when settlers came to Australia,
they brought rabbits along with them. The rab
bits found virtually no natural enemies in that
continent, and multiplied until they became a
bane to settlers and indigenous flora and fauna.
TTHE extinction of the Dodo, the near-extinction
of the Whooping Crane (the last survivors,
about M, are now en route to Canada for the
summer, by the way), the near-extinction of the
bison, and the decimation of other species, are
similar examples.
When a forest is cut or burned, the local wild
life either perishes, or must find new homes, or
adapt to now patterns of living.
And now we learn that even our efforts to
exterminate (or, at any rate, control) the pesky
mosquito offers a threat to nature's ecology.
DOLANI) EISENHEIS, superintendent of con
serration for Cook county, Illinois, said that
"Filling the air and ponds with toxic killers like
DDT takes care of the mosquito, but it also wipes
out a great percentage of other wildlife that de
pends on the little pest for existence."
Birds, all forms of aquatic life, and other
animals are natural enemies of the mosquito.
When they eat one which is filled with poison,
they, too, die.
When this happens, he pointed out, the nios
(initoes will have lost their natural enemies and
they will then start to repopulate.
Eisenbeis sees the day, however, when mos
quitoes will all be gone killed by industrializa
tion and toxic, smoggy air. But by that time,
humans may be gone too, for similar reasons.
If we had to make a wager, we'd bet on the
mosquito. E.A.
feeling that it was a per
but simply that it was
to the governor.
entire state reorganiza
and administration of
a state penology author
Dennis the
IT WAS THAT DARK OL' SWMArJ .
He WAS THROWN' SAHVAU OV2
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Communications
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views of the paper; in fact the ennt-ary is often the case.
Law of Compensation
To the Editor: In an edi
torial you called the antics
of some folk "cheap, silly and
irreligious." This caused letter-writing
which causes the
undersigned to write, dem
onstrating the law of compen
sation, a law which is flagrant
ly ignored.
I wish to go further and
accuse an editor of being
"silly" because you insinuated
that the fundamentalists are
being influenced by Commu
nists. The infiltration phobia
seems to be the most popular
of all our phobias. Either it
is an insult to the intelligence
of the membership of organ
izations, or the organizations
are undemocratic and there
for unAmeriean, and there
fore should be investigated
by the U.A.A. committee.
Pardon me for using a per
sonal application to prove the
point. For 25 years I have
been a member of the Grange,
yet it is over-stretching the
imagination to say that the
Grange has become even
slightly pink. I tried my level
best to get the organization
to take some action Tor peace.
This, of course, was consider
ed Communistic until Mr.
Dulles went to his reward and
Mr. Eisenhower, seeing the
handwriting on the wall, be
gan to talk peace. One of
the last public actions of our
late National Grange Master
Albert Goss was to express
the Grange's opposition to the
International Stockholm
Peace Appeal. I wonder how
he will justify such an act
with the Prince of Peace, the
great Master of the universe.
It was a blow to my ego
that I failed to convince my
fellow Grangers that peace
was more important than
some of the things they were
sponsoring, but because the
Grange is democratic no indi
vidual could change what the
group thought was best.
I recognize to what extent
brain-washing has been suc
cessful in our land. Since I
lack what it takes to finance
a chain of newspapers and, or,
radio stations, I must be con
tent to let the law of com
pensations take its course.
Our social and economic
structure is so decomposed
that it will soon be time for
Mr. Khrushchev to make the
burial he has so solicitously
offered, especially if we have
another administration like
the one we seem about to live
through. Please excuse my
selfish mistake - many who
need medical help they can
not afford are not going to
make it.
"Though he mills of God
grind slowly, yet they grind
exceeding small;
Though with patience he
stands waiting, with exactness
grinds He all."
Pert, Hnrr,
Copper Road, Box 77,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Dogs and Responsibilities
To the Editor: I have writ
ten several letters on dogs,
but I was under the Impres
sion that the farm dog was
classed as a farm animal, not
lust a lap dog. I know yon
can't run a farm without a
dog. These farm dogs and
hunting dogs should be free
to do their duties and they
should n o t have collars or
anything which obstructs their
activities.
They should be tattooed in
the car for farm (F). for hunt
ting ill), and so on. The see
ing eye dog must have a col
lar with the name of the own
er, and also the dog's name.
All these valuable animals
when missing longer than nor
mal should be reported lost
at once to the proper channels
for recovery.
Menace
. . YEAH , VAT$ WHO IT WAS 1
THE PLACg IAST NK3HT, '
This tattoo with initial and
serial number will insure that
the animal is not hung up to
die because of a collar or other
device. I still believe that a
safe place for your loved ones
is at home. One letter spoke
of how a dog looks when you
place a chain and collar
around his nee k. Did you
ever look into his eyes when
he got hit by a car or truck,
and he was gasping his last
breath?
It is too late to lock the
door after the horse has been
stolen. We are getting to be
this way as time goes - we
think too late to be of any use
to the things in life we are to
protect.
Leo A. Rifenbark
1131 Pinecroft ave.
Medford
He Agrees
To the Editor: I read a
letter in your paper several
days ago which was written
by a Mr. McCabe. I agree
with him 100 per cent and
then some. The only thing was
he didn't say half enough.
It could be that he only
knows about half of what is
going on in the state of Cali
fornia. Trie reason that I can
say so Is I had an occasion to
have to go to the city, county,
state and government offices.
The latter one was an F.B.I,
office and I was thrown out of
it. I was only trying to pro
tect my own family and our
rights as American citizens.
If anyone has any doubts
about my statement, my name
and address are:
Leo J. Townsend
Route 1, Box 620
Eagle Point, Ore.
"Good Old Days"
To the Editor: Just why peo
ple, every now and then, coll
earlier days of the Great West
"the good old days" is a bit
puzzling. They seem to have
in mind times that were bet
ter than these times. What do
they mean by "the gold old
days"? It would be my guess
that the end of those times
would date back to the Theo
dore Roosevelt administration
In America. Certainly, they
would not refer to anything
this side of the Wilson admin
istration or the Franklin
Roosevelt regime. The good
old days would, therefore,
have ceased after World War
I. and even been largely for
gotten after World War II.
What change has occurred
that leaves us a little, perhaps
a great deal, short of having
days that are good to live in?
Much depends upon the ex
periences of men, of course,
when an answer is attempted.
Based upon my personal ex
perience that covers a consid
erable time out of the "old"
and the "new," I should say.
for example, that the manner
or mode of family life has suf
Ipred most by change. 1
should say, moreover, that the
earlier concepts of democratic
government have suffered,
modified by intimate contact
by Americans with Europeans,
Asians, even Africans. Also,
that the continued Ingathering
of peoples from these parts of
the world has brought into
our midst a new theory of the
nature of our own govern
ment, times and nature of our
own people. This has taken
place under conditions far dif
ferent than the earlier migra
tions to America and has. in
many respects, undoubtedly
left us in poorer times by one
way of thinking.
So it is, that there is an is
sue in the very words, "the
good old days" in these re
spects and others that could
be offered, that qould reason
ably enough be subject to de
bate by forums, panel groups,
and contemporary writers. It
ei fjr-iti epportunty for dis
cussion, certainly.
Fee Clifford Esteb.
P. O. Box 1022,
Medford. '
Our Only Hope
To the Editor: Mr. Wirth
l does not consider the Bible
a reliable source of proof The
proof is with you, Mr. Wirth.
The Bible stated these facts,
3.000 years later we see, and
; know they are facts.
! "God hangeth the earth
: upon nothing" (Job 28:7).
God made this fact known to
His earth born children 3,480
years ago, wc cannot dispute
that which we know.
I care not for the past, and
only God can fortell the fu
ture. Looking forward God
said: ' The earth is defiled un
der the inhabitants there of;
because they have transgres
sed the laws, changed the or
dinance, broken the everlas
ting covenant, therfore hath
the curse devoured the earth,
and they that dwell therein
are desolate: Therefore the in
habitants are burned and few
men are left." (Isa. 24: 5,6.)
"A noise shall come even
to the ends of the earth; for
the Lord hath a controversy
with the nations, evil shall go
forth from nation to nation,
the slain shall be from one
end of the earth even to the
other end, they shall not be
lamented neither gathered nor
buried." (Jer. 25:31-38).
"And God will destroy them
which destroy the earth.'
(Rev. 11:18). "And the ele
ments shall melt with the fer
vent heat, the earth also and
the works therein shall be
burned up." (2 Peter 3:10).
The above is a picture of
the earth today, as God for
told it would be. Who can dis
pute what we see and know to
be a fact? As a young man,
the above prophecies of doom
and their preachers disgusted
me. Scientists were my mes
siah, they said every thing
was getting more lovely every
day. Then came World War
I and II. Now they are truly
the prophets of doom. If we
can believe them, we are all
going up in an atomic blast.
I prefer to believe God. He
says there will be few men
left. In U.S. News and World
Report we read: The U.S. long
will face the dreadful option,
fight or surrender, Russia is
set on world expansion and
control. She can pinpoint
every large city in the U.S.
with one missile each, can des
troy them all in one hour.
Their rocket Jan. 20, 1960
makes this a fact. The U.S.
claim they can destroy any
nation with their atomic sub
marine. Truly God is our only hope.
F. E. Beverly
634 Crater Lake ave.
Medford.
Copco's Bills
To the Editor: I have read
with amazement Copco's re
quest for a residential rate in
crease. It already costs a fortune to
"Live Better Electrically" and
I'm sure many people will
consider a switch to gas. We
are bombarded by newspa
pers, magazines, and tele
vision to buy electrical appli
ances and are told that elec
tricity gives so much value
for so little money.
We live in a low priced
home and heat with oil, but
we paid $165.12 to Copco dur
ing the past 12 months. We
try to be frugal and still our
power bill goes up.
If Copco would send two
men to do a two-man job in
stead of two trucks and have
six men standing and sitting
around, maybe they wouldn't
need to ask for a rate increase.
If they do get the increase,
I sincerely hope it isn't here
at our house. What we need is
a competitor here. Copco
would lose a lot of customers.
Mrs. V. N. Bell,
1021 West Second St.,
Medford.
1957 Editorial Quoted
To the Editor: This is an ar
ticle from "The Times" news
paper, Aug. 30, 1957, written
by the editor:
"You lost a little bit more
of your freedom Aug. 19.
"You lost it because you
didn't care enough to hold on
to it.
"It's gone and you probably
can never get it back.
"We are referring to the
school reorganization bill
which became a law because
there were not enough refer
endum signatures to hold it
up for approval by the people.
"It became a law because
the Grange members who cir
culated the petitions for the
referendum failed by 2.125
names of getting enough. They
failed primarily because peo
ple didn t care enough to cir
culate or sign the petitions.
"They failed too because
school administrators-paid by
the taxpayers to handle school
affairs - dabbled in politics
(which is not unusual) and dis
couraged people from signing
the petitions.
"Take Alf B. Mekvold, as
an example. He is county su
perintendent of schools. He
sent out - at taxpayers ex
pense - t letter to ill supfrin
tendenti of tvhoolt .kimj
them to rtiicoureg? the people
from singir-.g the petitions.
"Why?
"Well, perhaps he believed
Khrushchev Tough Bargainer
And Spy-Plane Incident Helps
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
Man-of-the-week: Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrush
chev. The place: Moscow.
The quote: "If the sum
mit conference does not
take place-well, wc have
existed 42 years without
one. We can go on for an
other 100 yeari."
that it was a good bill, a step
in the right direction. But
more than likely he was under
indirect pressure from the
OEA (teachers union) and the
State Board of Education. The
latter gains greater powers
over local school affairs now
and can better dictate from
upstairs what the people
'want' in education.
"What follows now?
"Within a couple of months
a countywide convention will
be called of all school boards.
They'll nominate and elect a
countywide school reorganiz
ation board.
"This board will decide
what schools should be com
bined. "If the people object to the
idea, they can vote on it, and
if they vote heavy enough
against it - over 60 per cent -they
win for a time. But
eventually, the state will put
on the pressure and you may
well find one school district
in Jackson county.
"And what is all this going
to cost?
"A nominal estimate for
getting the ball rolling was
$350,000. But that's a piddling
amount to what will finally be
added up.
"You can say goodbye to
your local school board. Soon
they will be a thing of the
past. You can say goodbye to
any control over your school
and you can expect to spend
more money for less educa
tion." End quote.
John D. Koelmel,
!856 Ross Lane,
Medford.
P.S.-I doubt if you'll have
to decipher this, it is signed,
it isn't vulgar, personally in
sulting or in bad taste as it
was written by another editor
who in my own estimation
will print the truth.
Seed of Brotherhood
To the Editor: I see where
Nixon has endorsed the won
derful plan that Ike and
Flemming designed for the
benefit of the aged, where
they pay the first $250 re
gardless. Would be a little
better if they paid the second
$250, but those chaps are too
clever to make such a mistake
because they figure that by
the time the first S250 is ex
pended the oldster will get
well or croak, preferably the
latter, then he or she will be
out of the way.
I presume those who can
not dig up the $250 will be
accorded Walter Reed treat
ment along with retired Gen
erals, Admirals and govern
ment big-wigs, where the pa
tient pays only for cigars,
cigarettes and chewing gum,
and if he uses neither is given
a cash refund.
I am a firm believer in
"actions speak plainer than
words." and judging this bill
from the action angle I feel
that if the sympathy, under
standing and brotherly love
of this group for the oldsters
could be concentrated into
one capsule it would loom up
small beside a mustard seed, i
Claude M. Hall
2860 Hartley Lane .
Grants Pass, Ore.
Mosquitoes at The Polls
To the Editor: In the Med-1
ford Mail Tribune of May 9 I
read "Mosquito Nibbles on
Eisenhower."
I wonder - I'm at my best
when wondering; snoopy, huh?
Now if a Republican should
bite a mosquito, would that
be news? And would a mosqui-1
to hustle away to slather the
bite with iodine, ammonia or
turpentine?
1 always turn to turpentine
for bites, chest colds and
cramps. In fact turpentine is
good for many uses. Once
when a neighbor's dog kept
tearing up my flowers, I -Oh,
well, dogs are kept under
control here in Jacksonville,
anyhow.
I wonder whether those
little pesky mosquitoes bite
Democrats? Just in case, let
us destroy all mosquito breed
ing places we find. Even small
cans tossed out where they
can catch rain water, can be
just real apartment housing
for several mother "skeeters."
Oh. Mr. Editor, I wasn't
mud-slinging. Even mosqui
toes try to prove that Republi
cans taste better than Demo
crats and they even pick on
the ones, higher up; regular
little purple people caters.
Fellow Democrats, should
it bo cloudy on voting day. it
would be safer to take a bottle
of turpentine in your pocket,
for mosquitoes swarm out on
cloudy days.
Anyhow, weather or nvsts
- do get out and vote!!!
See you at the polls? '
Mrs. John Spackman
Jacksonville, Ore,
O
O
There was little chance the
summit conference would not
come off in Paris next Mon
day as sched
u 1 e d. But
Khrushchev's
crack was an
other example
of the Soviet
premier's hug-
and-slug type
of diplomacy.
For more than
a week, he has
had a field
day of propaganda over the
shooting down of an Ameri
can jet plane on a spy mis
sion over Russia.
One minute, Khrushchev
has rattled the threat of nu-
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
The West Virginia election,
which has been dominating
the political news for weeks,
is finally over.
As a result of it, Senator
Kennedy is on his way. He
has a commanding lead in
the race for the Democratic
nomination for President. Sen
ator Humphrey has with
drawn and the rest of the
candidates, declared and un
declared, are scratching their
heads and wondering what to
do next.
THE BIG issue was the relig
ious issue. The question
that West Virginia was ex
pected to answer is this: Is
it possible for a Catholic to
be nominated and elected
President?
In West Virginia, only about
5 per cent of the population
is Catholic. Yet . . . after a
hard-fought campaign in
which the religious issue was
a dominant issue . . . Senator
Kennedy, a Catholic, won de
cisively. That seems to indicate that
an ancient prejudice has been
eliminated from our politics.
ONE MORE word on that
point.
At one of his recent press
conferences, President Eisen
hower was asked by a report
er to comment on what the
reporter called "injection of
the religious issue" into Presi
dential primary campaigns.
Ike pulled a sheet of paper
from his pocket and said he
wanted to quote from two sec
tions of the Constitution. He
first read from Article VI,
which specifies that there shall
be no religious test as a qual
ification for office. Then he
read from the Bill of Rights
the part saying that congress
shall make no law prohibiting
the exercise of religious free
dom. The Founding Fathers of
our nation, wise and farseeing,
put those sections into our
Constitution. Ike's answer
seemed to be adequate. At
least the reporter asked no
more questions. The voters of
West Virginia seemed to feel
the same way about it.
w
HAT of Senator Kennedy?
What of Senator Humph
rey?
AS between the two, Ken
nedy is the more conserva
tive. Personally, I find it dif-
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clear reprisal against the
United States and its Allies
should such incursions con- ;
tinue. ;
Utters Soothing Words
The next, he has uttered j
soothing words of hope for
progress at the summit ses
sions. There was no doubt that
the U.S. reconnaissance mis
sion that failed gave Khrush
chev a golden opportunity to
preen himself as a tough guy
on the eve of the summit.
But to trained observers his
words seemed designed to get
the most propaganda mileage
without really endangering
the top-level meeting he has
sought for so long.
Furthermore, the angry
blasts from Khrushchev and
his Soviet sycophants had for
the most part avoided putting
any blame directly on Presi
dent Eisenhower for the abor
tive jet spy flight.
But as the President stood
firm in his view that such
intelligence operations were
perhaps distasteful but vitally
necessary measure for West
ern defense, Khrushchev be
came personal in his attacks.
He purported to be "hor
rified" that Eisenhower had
indorsed such missions, which
he termed "aggressive acts,"
and indicated he might be
thinking of hedging on the
President's planned visit to
Russia in June.
When a reporter asked him
if he still wanted Eisenhower
to visit the Soviet Union,
Khrushchev hedged, and then
replied: "we can exchange
views with the President on
that in Paris."
Thus, another hot issue
loomed for the heads-of-gov-ernment
sessions that already
looked loaded with such items
as the future of Berlin, Ger
many and disarmament.
He will meet with President
Eisenhower. British Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan
and French President Charles
de Gaulle next week in ses
sions that can shape the fu
ture of mankind.
The Western leaders -who
already know their man-will
be prepared for a hard-headed,
opportunistic bargainer.
They are the heads of gov
ernment for their nations, but
Khrushchev is the kind of
man who can say, as he did
this week: "I am responsible
for the Soviet government."
ficult to escape the conclusion
that the basic issue in our pol
itics, at this particular period
of our history, lies in the
choice between conservatism
and radicalism - particularly
radically reckless spending,
with no regard for the future.
Humphrey represents, prob
ably more decisively than any
one else prominent in this
year's national campaign, the
idea of adherence to heavy
spending with ... . let us say
. . . relatively little thought
given to how we are going to
pay the bills.
seems to me that sincere
and patriotic conservatives
can find in the outcome of the
West Virginia primary elec
tion some reason to hope that
iri the future the battle for in
telligent and patriotic conserv
atism may be won.
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