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(2) 0 G0o o A.TOBUMLMMV4.r. 4 tar it. im 5 Everyone in Southern Ore icq A Beads The Mail Tribune" m North Fir St.. Ph SP 2-6141 ROBFRT W. RUHL, Editor fWRB ORF.Y Arlvprtisinff Mnnamr GERALD T LATHAM. Bus. Mffr. ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mnc Editor KARL H ADAMS. City Editor ARRY CHIPMAN Tel Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor ALIVE STARCIfER. Womin'i Kriltor PALE ER1CKS0N. grculatlon Mgr An Independent Newtpper fcitPred as second class matter at Medfo'd. Oregon, under Act ol March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mail In Advance. Cop lfte pa.lv and Sunday 1 year $15 OC Daily and Sum.ay mm. !t M) . pailv and Sundnv 3 moi 4.25 I Sundav Only Ope vear 4 20 CarriPr In Advnnee MMford j Ashland. Crntral Point Railt i Point. J?rkonvtIIe Cold Hill. - Phoenix Rhadv Cove. Rnnue Riv er Talent and on .notor route. Dallv and Siinrlnv 1 vear $18 00 Da'lv and Sundav 1 mo. I .SO Carrier and Dealers eopv 10c All Terms Cn.h in Advance TifflrtWr Paper of rttvof Meflfori Official Patr of Jarlunn CntintY United Pre Intrrnntional Full Leased Wire i DPI Telephoto New-splcture TMEMBFROF AITDIT RfTRF-AU orc incur, ati on s Arfvertlne RenreenBtlver , WEST HOLIDAY CO . INC Of fleet In New York Chicago. De troit. San Francisco Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B. NEWS PA PER BL1SHEKS SOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAI AS(sbCHTI0 Zl J KJ cm Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files ot The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 end 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO May 17, 1950 (Wednesday) .Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn Van Sant, 94, the first white girl born in Jackson county, was buried in Ashland today fol lowing her death In Portland last week. City council passes a reso lution endorsing water and lire department bond issues on Friday's ballot. i0 YEARS AGO Way 17. 1940 (Friday) Douglas tden, Meaiora Ilgh school Junior and son pf Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Eden, fell out of the second story window at the high school Jpesterday and broke his right firm in two places. Despite injury he relumed to school Inter in the afternoon to con' tinue taking final examina tions, From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot", column: "The Allies won the war four times and lost It three times at the bank corner before noon to day, as the Downtown Field Marshals were feeling blue." 30 YEARS AGO May 17, 1930 (Saturday) Washington school site In preference to armory site for new courthouse, leads two to one In early election returns. Medford debators lose out in finals of state oratorical contest. 40 YEARS AGO May 17, 1920 (Monday) Telephone company reports that over 100 telephones have been Installed in the city in the last 60 days and views this as a prosperity sign. Union Oil company starts erection of service station at corner of West Muln and Fir sts. SO YEARS AGO May 17, 1910 (Tuesday) The first school to be erect ed on the east side will be of modern "mission" design and contain 11 classrooms. Work should start next week on It and also remodeling of Wash ington school. What's Your I.Q.? Nine er ten correct la superior; seven or eight Is excellent; five lie Is good. 1. What is the floral em blem of the State of Califor nia? 2. Who is the heir-apparent to the British throne? 3. Was Aaron Burr ever a Vice President of the United States? 4. In which State are the colleges of Mt. Holyoke and Smith? 5. Was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow an American, or an English, poet? 6. Hawaiian wreaths, usual ly of flowers, are known ns 1? 7. Whlc city is farther north - Philadelphia, or '''okyo? 8. Docs the term antarctic refer to the North, or South, polar region? 9. Raisins are dried what? 10. What federal govern ment body regulates railroad rates in the United States? Answers: 1. The golden pofv py. 2. Prince Charles. 3. Yes; (with Jefferson as PreklsViat.) 4. Massachusetts, 5. American. 6. Leis, 7. Tokyo, Souih polar region. 9. Grapes. 10. In terstate Commerce Commission. Fatherly The cold war, which had shown signs of thawing out a little in recent months, is back again colder than ever. Ostensibly this is because Nikita Khrushchev, the Russian premier, is being nasty again. He has, indeed, been cynical, hypocritical and cal lous to the decent hopes of all mankind. But it must be admitted, in all humility and honesty, that the United States certainly gave him the opportunity to become so. Worse, it practically forced it upon him. Seldom has any nation been so wholly inept in its handling of an embarrassing episode. TTHE United States "got caught" when a spy plane was shot down. The timing, just before the "summit," was unfortunate, unnecessary and unforgivable. Then it lied lied bare-facedly, not only to the world at large, but to its own people. It put out a bunch of poppycock about a "weather re connaissance" plane, and "lack of oxygen" for the pilot. Russia thereupon disclosed that it knew bet ter, and proved it, with the announcement that the pilot was captured, with photos of the plane, and with the pilot's story. So the United States then decided to tell the truth. Yes, we have been sending up spy planes. INSTEAD of keeping silent and letting the in- cident blow over, first we lied; then we ad mitted the truth when it was shown we lied. And, worst of all, we piously declared, pub licly and righteously, that we were going TO CONTINUE spying, using, among other things, planes like the U2. Then, as the impact of this all sank in, Ike was forced to back up on even IHAl announce ment and say he'd ordered that no more U2 flights be made. All this is "made to order" for the sly and unscrupulous Mr. K, who has no compunctions about Russia's own spying activities, but who at least has the good sense to keep his mouth shut about them particularly when they get caught. ALL in all, the ineptitude of the administra tion's handling of the situation could hardly have been worse. These events have ended any chance for a constructive outcome to the summit conference, have seriously damaged our position in the eyes ol tne worm, ana are a tnreat w ine conunuauon of the disarmament and nuclear ban talks. We wonder what it's going to do to the im age of Eisenhower as the fatherly figure who knows more about everything than anybody? E. A. Mr. Sprague s View It is a bit surprising, Friday's primary election, haven't picked up the comments of Charles A. Sprague on the presidential race in Oregon. Mr. Sprague s voice carries weight in this state. He is a former Republican governor, but he is independent in his thinking. He is the editor and publisher of one of the state's most respected newspapers, the Oregon Statesman of Salem. In discussing the presidential candidates on the ballot, he confesses to "long-standing hos tility" to Richard M. Nixon, because of his cam naicrn methods, rroinrr back as far as 1950 when he ran for the Senate Douglas. 1VAR. Sprague also cites iiuupc uiie, wiuni i would not carry Oregon in November. He goes on to say : "On the Republican ballot, 1 Intend to write in tht name of Nelson Rockefeller. "I suggest that Democrats write In the name of Adlal Stevenson, who is the ablest of those promi nently mentioned for the highest office. Next choice would bo John Kennedy, though to me he still seems 'too young' for the Job. Lyndon Johnson Is a great American who would make a good President in those difficult times, but he seems an improbable choice for Democrats this year. "Morse, for all of his ability, has made himself too much of a political Ishmael to bo a real factor at tht Los Angeles convention." IT is interesting to see how much national at tention is forcussed on Oregon's primary. It is one of the few i a ciutnce oi giving signuicani indication 01 voter sentiment. If the two "non-candidates" who do not ap pear on the ballot Governor Rockefeller and Governor Stevenson get anything over 3 or 4 per cent of the vote, and purely on write-ins, ii win ioe wen noted tnrougnout tne nation. Senator Morse's "seriousness" as a Presiden tial candidate was a late he had filed a sworn affidavit of non-candidacy, and after many of his usual political friends had committed themselves to being in the Democratic race only serves to mud dy the already confusing waters. e e IF, however, Morse fails to lead in the Demo- cratic race, it will be the realism of Democratic voters. If Stevenson is a' strong write-in choice it is entirely possible that it will alter the entire pros pects ot tne Democratic convention, particularly if it remains undecided past the first few ballots. We feel that thoughtful Oivgonians, of both political parties, would dn veil to ctn'isidev se riously the advice of Governor ityrague. E. A. Ineptitude in this last week before that the wire services against Helen Gahagan the well-known Water- v t.tnii(y lint iv.cidi 11 i.uu primaries which will have , . ,. - - bloomimr flower, after other candidates. His a significant tribute to Dennis the II T llllllllllllllllflf i brought ya some funny books mister Wilson. ou coulvu&a laugh's Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact tha cont-ary is often the case. Diapers, Too To the Editor: Regarding your . rtlcle, Page 2, in Sun day's paper, concerning dog control - it states that should the measure pass all dogs will be required to wear a muzzle when off their owner's prem ises. May I suggest they also be required to wear diapers or rubber pants? Why do dogs need to run at large at all - even with muzzles on? Biting people is only one of their several sins. I like dogs and have owned one most of my life, but they were never allowed outside my own yard, which was fenced. A dog will never attend to his duties in his own yard un less fenced in, but will al ways go to the neighbors for such purposes. It is an im position - and a dirty one at that - for those who never allow their own dogs to of fend others to have to clean up after strange dogs. I can never water my lawn until I first go over it with a shovel. I am all for complete dog control within the city limits. Let all people who own dogs fence their yards - then they can clean up after their pets, themselves. And that is as it should be. Of course the dogs living today who have never been controlled will be unhappy, and some will howl. Let them. The next generation, if brought up with in an en closure, will never know the difference. I hope all those opposed to dogs running at large will go to the polls next Friday and vote "No" on the dog-control measure. (Name on file) Medford. Floyd's a "Candidate" To the Editor: In case any of the voters of Jackson county are dissatisfied with the present crop of candidates for county commissioner they can write in the name of Floyd R. McCnbe, Republican, for county commissioner. 1 know l m not much, but why vote for less? I'm only 38 years young and have very little exper ience to qualify me for the Jol . But you could do worse infinltely worse. Besides I think $5,000 per year is enough for anyone in the po sition of county commissioner. Instead raise the wages of the road crews. Floyd R. McCabe Mt. Pitt Star Route Butte Falls, Ore. Tht Fighting Russians To the Editor: In the early logging days in Michigan, the postmaster had a store in con nection with the post office. He sold shoes, wolen socks, red flannel underwear and a bottle of moonshine whiskey for 50 cents. The Russians would go up to the postmaster and say. "Any mall for me?" The post master would ask him what is your name and this was the answer: "My name is on the letter" and that was all he could get out of them. The boss was known as the "Bull of the Woods." If you wanted his job you challenged him to fight and if you won, you were the boss from then on. Never heard of a Russian being as much as a straw-boss. One Irishman or a Swede lum berjack could whip the whole Russian army before break fast. They're dumber than that horse that swims the river two times every morning to get a drink. A. O. White oil North Riverside avc. Medford. Menace Gold Awaits To the Editor: Some 48 years ago a young man then living in the town of Gold Hill went on a hunting trip on the upper reaches of the left fork of Foots creek and chanced to pick up a small specimen of white quartz lad en with gold. The total weight in gold was around $15. Not being an experienced prospec tor he had no knowledge of tracing out a find on the sur face. Those days it was a good day's ride on horseback or on foot to go that far away and try to locate something.. He really did not take a close ob servation of where the quartz was located when he found it lying on the ground. As no landmarks were made at the time it would be rather dif ficult to imagine the exact spot as the territory was all strange. Perhaps that hidden treas ure still lies there yet await ing some lucky one to make a new discovery after all these years. Seems lady luck only smiles on a chosen few. It re minds us of the scripture, "many are called, but few are chosen." Bert Kissinger 520 Boardman st. Medford. Still Unconvinced To the Editor: I want to con gratulate Charity R. Sanders on her letter in the Mail Trib une of May 12, in which she quoted George Washington on the position of the United States being secular as far as religion is concerned, and not on any religious creed. This is my position. I am opposed to any form of re ligion as it is a superstitious idea inherited from our most remote, primitive ancestors, and nearly all religious teach ings are, or have been, op posed to the truth, intelligence and progress. To this day we are paying tribute on nearly all things we need in the form of taxes. from which our churches and religious institutions are ex empt. It is reported that it amounts to 18 per cent or more. Civilization has been re tarded by religion many thou sands of years. Crime and shameful wars has been their record and history. I can there fore not give my sanction or suport to a religion that is headed by an imaginary God recognized by nearly a 1 1 creeds. If you want to under mine the morality of your children Just let them read every word of the Bible. I am in favor of promoting human welfare on this side of the grave, not wasting my time foolishly for a doubtful reward beyond the grave. I am a free man of free thought and I have shed the religious shackles. J. P. Wirth 120 Laurel st. Medford. Editor's note: With Mr. Wirth's reaffirmation of his position, and after a large number of letters discussing many different viewpoints on atheism and religion, the dis cussion of atheism in the com munications column will be terminated at least until some fresh viewpoints of pub lic interest and concern are expressed. Tell Us Whrl To the Editor: Somebody tell u why. In Sunday's Med ford Mail Tribune was an article about Sheriff Walsh being turned down for three additional men and one more boat to give us a full time patrol on our lakes, lie asked Stevenson's Aptitude for Highly Developed, Dick West Washington -d'PD- If my old Engiish teachers will forgive me, I would like to offer for your Inspection a new polit ical term -tne "not-runner." This is a word I have just Invented to d e s c r ibe the status of Adlai . Ste venson in the current presi dential cam paign. I admit it tortures the language but I couldn't think of a grammati- Ulck Hest K's Intransigence at Injected into U.S. Politics By LYLE C. WILSON Washington-dTD - Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev boldy has told American vot ers to chooe a new president. ,W4rfJ tent, at least, aim ma b o i s t e rous p e r s o nality have become enmeshed in the president ial politics of 1960. P r e s ident Lyl. C Wllsoo ' seiliiuwei a personal and political pres tige seems to be taking a beat- but didn't get the things that he realizes will be needed this summer and years to come. But all this didn't make my blood boil as much as the last paragraph of that story which I quote: "So far the county has re ceived S4.000 in allocations from boat license fees. County Judge Earl Miller said this money is placed in the gen eral fund and is not earmark ed for the boat patrol or wa ter recreation development as suggested in the new state marine law. Many of us believe an ex planation is in order. Money that comes in to the county from boat license fees should be used by the sheriff's of fice for that purpose and not be put in a "General Fund." There is entirely too much public business transacted be hind closed doors that is not always to the people's benefit. One such incident was the National Guard Armory. Even our Medford Mail Tribune didn't receive all the facts be cause of the secrecy of some of our "closed door" officials. Let's not have any more of this. Just give us the facts. (Name on file) Medford A Dog Saved Her To the Editor: A little girl was saved by a dog that was not tied. This happened to a friend's little 6-year-old girl. They used to live here, and she went to the Roosevelt school. One of the children's dogs came there sometimes and knew all the kiddies. This little girl had been playing at a friend's house and started home at dusk as she was told to be home before dark. On the way home a man stopped her and tried to get her into his car. As she told it later "he said he wouldn't hurt me but Mommie he did he hurt my arm." She was Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF I" OTS OF PEOPLE try to explain the fundamental differ L' ence between an optimist and a pessimist. Here's Dr. Norman Peale's thought on the subject: "An optimist is a man who sees a glowing light that is not there; a pessimist Is the fool who tries to blow it out." "It Is reported of Mar raret Fuller," wrote John Burroughs, the naturalist, "that he said she accepted the universe. 'Gad, she'd better,' retorted Thomas Caxlyla, who himself didn't accept the universe in a very wholehearted manner. Looking up at the midnight stars, he exclaimed. 'A aat spectacle! If they be Inhab ited, what a scope for mis ry and folly; If they be not tnhanlted, what a waste of spacer They've got a new qui program In Moscow for which the rat trig must ba phenomenal. First prize is a list of unguarded points along the border. s C I960, by Beaastt Crt Distributed bj King ftatuns SysAiat Si 25 Quinct . cal term that would fit. Wherever he goes, Steven son is forced to not-run for president. He is far and away the most active not-runner, having overtaken Gov. Nelson Rockefeller some weeks ago. For most non-candidates, not-running Is a minimal chore. Some have not even been asked if they were run ning and hence have done no not-running at all. For Stevenson, however, not-running comes close to be ing a full-time avocation. Even while visiting in South America recently, he did a lot ing In Paris. The long await ed summit conference Is on dead center. Khrushchev has withdrawn his invitation to Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union. He has suggested that the summit conference be postponed until the American electorate has chosen another president to represent the United States. To Mr. K, Ei senhower is just another lame duck. Unpreeedent Brush-Off These events add up to an unprecedented brush-off of a a U.S. president. This political capital is wondering what sobbing so hard. "He said he liked me but he scared me. I called you, Mommie then the nice doggie came and jumped at the man and show ed his teeth and growled aw ful. Then the man let me go, and I ran fast. Oh, Mommie, I love the doggie." I tried to get my friend to call the police but she didn't want the publicity and wouldn't. I shudder to think what would have happened to the girl if that "Doggie" had been tied. So I say, even if I don t have a dog let them free. It could have been your child. (The ammonia rags I hung near my flowers last year broke the dogs from coming around them.) (Name on file) Medford Plug for Shirley To the Editor: The ate treasurer's race in the pri mary has one major issue: The question of full-time serv ice to the job. The office, pay ing $12,500 a year, the same as the secretary of state, has responsibility not only for managing state funds and ad ministering the inheritance tax laws, but equally impor tant, consists of sitting on the board of control with the gov ernor and secretary of state. This board is responsible for some 10.000 people in state institutions. In such an im portant position, it seems only iogical to me that we should have a person who is not only well qualified for the job, but one who has the time and interest for full-time service. Shirley Field, a prominent Portland attorney and legisla tor, is one of two Republican candidates for the office of state treasurer. Shirley has pledged full-time attention to this responsible office and has publicly challenged Mr. Bel- ton and Mr. Cook to tell the people of Oregon how much time they are willing to spare from their numerous business Bob Rucker Counsellor OREGON FUNERAL PUN Th Only FUNERAL PLAN ttenserfd' br Ortgen Funeral Director Ats' . . SP 2-9210 of not-running. It has, in fact, been suggested that not-running was the main purpose of his trip. Orarflow Crowd There obviously is still a sizeable body of Democrats who feel that Stevenson is not-running in the right direc tion. As evidence of this, I refer you to Monday's meet ing of a Senate commerce sub committee. Stevenson was scheduled to testify on a bill requiring television networks to make free time available to presi dential candidates, and an Summit will be the impact of all this on the 1960 presidential elec tion. For one thing, this week's events in Paris have invited the attention of all Americans to the importance and the burdens and reponsibilities of the U.S. presidency. Amer ican voters this year will be looking over the candidates with several questions in their minds. For example: -Can he cope with Khru shchev? Is he tough? -Does he have a solid plan to maintain peace? -Does he measure up to the interests for the job. Neither has told the people of the state ii the job would be full time for them. Let's elect a capable person with a progressive program who will give the office of state treasurer the nttention It deserves. Vote for Shirley Field, Republican, for state treasurer! James M. Ragland, 3182 Pacific Highway South, Medford Scourge of Cords To the Editor: I appreciate Mr. Bulman's indignation at the immorality and thought lessness that exists in the world today. Not just in the Y.M.C.A. though. There are many organizations and mil lions of people who profess to be Christians whose con duct is anything but Christ like. , As for the Sabbath, the word literally means to rest, desist. Now we could take those people who do not ob serve it out and stone them to death. There wouldn't be many people left, but that's what the Israelites did. Of course they were under the Mosaic law which was God's law to the nation of Israel. This law was to serve only until Jesus' coming. Jesus was born under the law and was obligated to observe the Sab bath. Preaching and doing good works on this day were not forbidden and Jesus never used force to gain followers. We are not under the Mo saic law, but under the law of undeserved mercy. (Ro mans 6:14-16.) Hebrews (8:6-13) tells us that we have been given a new covenant. Col 2:16 says, Let no man judge you in eating or drink ing or in respect to a feast day or the observance of a new moon or of a Sabbath. Mark 2:27 says that the Sabbath was made for man and not man. for the Sabbath, so let each person observe his Sabbath according to the dictates of his own conscience, Whether it be filled with good or evil, we all answer to just one judge. (Romans 14:10-12.) (I recall Jesus became an gry with the money changers and the sellers of doves, but a scourge of small cords???) B. Wyatt, 1122 West Eighth st., Medford Counsel With . . . Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan Fred Brtnnan or call Mr. Friendly Bill Fish PKent SP 3-7341 MEDFORD INSURANCE AGENCY 27 NORTH HOUY ST. 'Not-Running' Discovers overflow crowd was on hand. Since legislation of this sort does not ordinarily arouse the populace, I clever ly deduce that the spectators came to see Stevenson. My deducation was confirmed by the fact that his arrival was greeted with cheers. In the course of his testi mony, Stevenson recalled that during the 1956 campaign he made a speech which used up part of the air time occupied by a popular TV program. As a result, he received a telegram which said "I like Ike and I love Lucy. Drop dead." 'Elder Statesman' Treatment Republican subcommittee members seem to think that Stevenson had done so. They gave him the "elder states man" treatment, as though he were out of partisan politics. However, Sen. Gale McGee (D-Wyo.) soon had him re vived and not-running again, McGee noted that Stevenson, in referring to his experience as a presidential candidate, did not "indicate the tense." Stevenson said he meant it in the past tense, but McGee was not content. He suggested it was an appropriate time for another telegram saying "Ike is through and Lucy too, but how about ;ou?" After the hearing, reporters clustered around in the cor ridor and Stevenson not-ran some more. He not-ran so hard he backed himseli into a broom closet. I predict that Stevenson will join Gen. Sherman and Calvin Coolidge as the most famous not-runners in history -provided, of course, that he does not-run himself into the 1960 Democratic nomination. vast responsiblities of the presidential office? Voters will Look If and when the voters find a man about whom all of those questions could be answered with a "yes," that man is likely to get their votes. The whole series of inci dents beginning with the Rus sian capture of a U.S. spy airplane and continuing through Monday's sour open ing of the 1960 summit is more likely to build up than to diminish as a presidential campaign Issue. '1 WEATHER PLANES Gather information of all types . . . But for insurance information IT PAYS TO SEE USI SAVE with Safety. KEEP Oregon's j lrAr.lntegritY'' on he I iob...sa'e9uard,n9 1 your tax dollars. ) S8C Bill Fish i 4 r ( ,C1 0
