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Newspaper Page Texto o o o o o o o o o o SUNDAY. JUNE 5, sua MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. RD. ORE. 4 A MEDF0RDtiS2KrTWBU "Everyone In Southern Oregon Readg The Mall Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday MEDFORD PRINTING CU. JS North Jflr St., Ph SPJSHl ROBERT W RUTtC Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manager GERALD T LATHAM. Bui Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mn Editor EARL H. ADAMS. City EcKi HARRY CHIPMAN TeW El RICHARD JEWETT. Snorts Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER, Woman's Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation wgr An Indenendent NewtDaner Entered aa second class matter at Medford. Oregon, unaer aci 01 March 3. 1807 simscRrPTiON rates By Mall In Advance Copy 10c Daily ana aunaay i yoar aiauv Dally and Sunday mof 8 00 Dallv and Sunday 3 mos 4.23 Sunday Only One year 14.20 R rrrii In Arivanre Medford Aahland. Centra Point Eagle Point. Jacksonville, cold hiii Phoenix. Shady Cova. Rogue Rlv ToUnt Bnrl nn tnotor rOlltPl Daily and Sunday 1 year 118 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo. i nu Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms casn in Anvaiue IflVlal PanefofClty of Me4"r' Jdlclal PaJ4 if Jackson Coiner UnltM ress Inlrnatlon Tull Leased eire O .l Teleaoto Newsplctur0 fjrIlKIrLA,Wq5 JfcaJrfTIlni; -araatatlve. - la Iw Taia Ci.J JJ trolt. fil Frascfcae. Los Ania aVitUe. Pnnflaaa! at. fcee. A aria. Talrwumr. a Ftla'te Mcsai ana! JafaeVia Caesar Hisaaay Hn lis) at Tkaj mM Trafe I. i , mi n e at TUWMO s 19EP pfcattltl A Hidl TriknaaE saIUJi tarsi asafasas? lass reeaivad a troaVM cajwt suaaaioaw frcta Bear Yee4t city, yet ah ha wv bent i f To. The new Hawthorae ialr sum mi as patat was dydicatej jaoetersliiy. sWs S MM (BMWfl Thn Ashland city council is nift adraatcd a resolu facsa faverinsx ce.-ia rap aae ot aumaraar daylight sav tots time. Trorn Artaur Perry's "Ye tau4sa Pot" column: "The X. aWWaxe maritime union Uk in eat fletfostci for wove it Baraa, vitlnut mm tMslnet Pacifia Coast water- fr-ate. 4ft tmUSCB JMM tsaan i. 1S6W (T-asy) irkataawal city coeiacil con sfs aakaaatiaaa caf city man M" ism aaf g(araaaaat. TKse fnurteam conventions Mt w heltl in this city dairiafi taea patct yf'ar set a t raccrd. 4d yvAa iao Mm . 19X ftMaratiy) Gasoline shortage continues kr mat aaval supply expect aj t M xausted shortly, o Mercury goes to fl) degrees torify mlin it the hottest of the year. ! tftS 0 wp . 1SH (ttntlay) The new grade school hid) K planned in the Queen Anne aaMitioi till cost $30, 4K n will contain 11 class rooms and a gymnasium. By a cltM vote of 24 to , Vo(Jville elected yeslcr- tfay to incorporate as a city (Ml lcct a full set of officers. WhalVYHtftt Nino ei Ian com at li luparlon n 4ft It atwftftit! Hva ia A dj)t)f lri of the U. S. General Ac centing Office 2. Do plants have hor mones? 3. WMch bird is noted for Its travel between the Arctic and the Antarctic? 4. Ia Port a fortified or un fortified wine? 5. Of which religious faith Is Herbert Hoover a member? 8. Is a child born in the U.S. of alien parents a citizen of tho U.S.? 7. Can the pupil of the eye actually become larger or smaller? 8. Which weighs more, the skeleton or muscles of the human body? 0. Can a copyright be ex tended? 10. Will pre tin rust? Antworti I, Comptroller Genaitt. 2. Yti. 3. Th tarn. 4. Fortifiad. t. Soclaty of Frlandt (Quakar). 6. Yea. 7. as. $ Muidat. 9. Yai. 10. o. mm i " MgwjL I alC WW loser Keeper, Finder Weeper Los Angeles - Gary Beck man, 20, a college student, told poliaajKa envelope iM talning $T80 blew out of a coat pocket as he sped down s freeway on his motorcycle. Bcckman i(o) bM $14 which was turned over to po lice by John T. Konsinger. Kcssinger got s traffisntlckct for walkln. on the freeway while picking up the $14. A Controversy If we had to choose, we'd probablv pick Vincent Van Gogh as our favorite artistMDon't ask why. It's purely subjective, and we've never analyzed it. But that doesn't mean that we don't care for other artists; even other types of artistic expres sion from btruscan Dunai murals to the calcu lated and colorful drippings of Jackson Pollock After all, the same elements color, form, design, technique, balance, emotion are Resent, in various combinations and permutations, in all naintmg, whetner it be landscape, or a far-out expressionism. ANY qualified judge (which we are not) all of these elements, modes of painting. He is. therefore, able from the bad in ny of if pr0d, he can tell in prt subjective (it out is lso in part based mints oPsood and bd If this mueff is eranted, then the Oregon Stj 3tif ffcoflu a l(ecl a JK RECENT yers the bo at the state (fair under itufcet Kins of Salem. She did wht is declared, among knowleclg eble ouUtndia$ job. bha attracted 'or vest's outstanding frtistS1, displayed it attract tiely, and made the exhibit accredit to the state. One Salem observer said that Mrs. King: ". . . tr.naformed the art gallery from a sort of Haan arca)d fcturln endless portrayals of pink peonies into an exhibit that displayed something of the breadth and scope of creative art in Oregon from ceramics and sculpture to photography and paint- , inf. Thert were still plenty of pretty pictures' by nice old ladies, but the serious and challening efforts of man ad tVomen to whom art is more than a Sunday pastime at last received the spsjee and recognition they deserve . . ." This year, however, the board succumbed to pressure from a Portland organization calling itwlp "Citizens Art Association," which claims that "traditional art" should be judged separately Prom contemporary, or any other, school ot art. a a S A RESULT, Mrs. King, a conscientious pub lie servant who had obtained the services of three competent and qualified iudges, resigned. She said, in effect, she felt them to superimpose on judgments of someone who is qualified to judge traditional art only. The board in its action convicted itself of gross ignorance of the world of art; which is all right: that isn t their province, isut to succumb to what amounted to political pressure from a group with an uninfofmed and completely paro chial point of view convicts them of cowardice as well as ignorance. THEY had retained Mrs. King as a competent munairni" cVln ni-nvorl tViaf aha id incf tliaf To bow to the juvenile demands of a group for spe cial treatment for one tiny segment of the whole spectrum of artistic endeavor was a slap at Mrs. King. bhe quit. We don t blame her. The bright spot in the whole silly business is the fact that art has become a subject for public controversy. Where there's no controversy, there's no interest, lhe fact that there is controversy is one indication that Oregon is growing up cul turally. E.A. Nice, Aren't They? Art Bimrose, the editorial cartoonist for the Portland Oregonian, last week put down in black and white what we've been thinking for some time. His comment on the downtown street tree program applies here as well as there. We asked the Oregonian for permission to reproduce it and nere it is. L.A. What a Dil(rnc A Year tt A. .1 . "" i ft 4jv o Sign of Growth a crraphicallv realistic example ci abstract of artistic endeavor is fully acquainted with and with all styles and to serMratt tht p-ood the various schools. And, you why. His analysis is can't be tnything else), on knowledjje ot the art. pretty silly lst weefc, rd put the rt exhibit the direction of Mrs. people, to htv been an from some of the north- modem, or abstract, or it would be an insult to their deliberations the 0 'ii' i' 3 a? e Denfttoth '9& We wps. jqh't look much like Uttie Bbw feepj Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen naaaa or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail TrikutJka reserve the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. lication must not exceed 400 this column do not necossarily represent the views of the aperi ia fact ifca contrary is oftun the case. Schools anal Russia To the Editor: Inez Hoi- comb asks for suggestions on the tax question and aid to schools. I can only point out the difficulty of pulling a rab bit out of our social hat. She says that the schools would be supported in the manner of public welfare. That is not much of a recom mendation. Our public schools have a social flavor but func tion more as controlled thought. Their main purpose Is to perpetuate the status quo. Our present predicament is that the status quo has gone to seed. No organism lives for ever. She envisions a better edu cated America. Let's see her try and get It. We are the product of our environment. We are what has been poured into our heads. This country was founded by a nation of traders and we have a com mercial ideology. Old ideas die hard. It would seem that federal aid Is the only hope for the Schools and the teachers jobs. But there will be many eth ers than the teachers that must have jobs to support our mer chant class. Our educational system is geared to the com- mercial end and not social progress. Nor human culture. We strive to produce some thing to sell and we buy to show off. Therefore there is little need for education or culture for any purpose ex cept commercialism. Our schools have served that pur pose. They are good enough, good enough for a society that has reached perfection. However the Russians are not content to "let well enough alone," they aspire to go one and on. They are an ambitious people and thrill at their accomplishment. Their drama is more subtle than ours. Where we might thrill at the violence and romance of the "old west," they revel in the industry and progress of their entire country and es pecially the exploits of the pioneers In their "new wild east." Travel is an effective way to garner information. To work with people is a good method to learn their ways and opinions. I have done both. I traveled from Vladi vostok to Moscow by way of Turkestan. There is an easy and eco nomical way to "tour" Russia, and that Is via "USSR." It is cultural exchange magazine published i n Washington, D.C., by the Soviet Govern ment. As all great art is prop. aganda, It is obviously both. So you peruse It at your own peril. Walter Recce, Galice rd.. Merlin, Ore. A Question of Maturity To the Editor: As a member of the age group which most people think is horrid or un bearable, I would like to make a comment on the company the town had this past week. First I thought all these people were here on business. A convention Is business, and not a tour to make a big mfsv. Many of the visitors and town folk were so drunk, how could they hold any convention? Then the parade they had. Now were not thys- big men something? I tell you I have never seen such Immature acts put on Oi this town be fore. We are trying to keep our twn attractive. How can we "tth tlk)f!s of that kind? The strcctserc a mess when it was (9'cr, all cluttered up with paper, etc. I hear that the teen-agers re the ones who are so im- i Mnce Letters submitted for pub words. The letters printed in mature and cause all the trouble. The teen-agers were in the bands at the parade. They were displaying good common sense. Can you tell me how we are to respect our elders when things like that are going on? Carolyn Goss, 342 Mae St., Medford. . Knight of the Road To the Editor: One of the most colorful and unforget able traveling "knights of the road," commonly known as a hobo, stepped off the rods one early morning in June, 1920, at Gold Hill before the main line of the friendly Southern Pacific changed to the Natron cut-off east of the Cascades. This well-seasoned, wiry athlete, near 35, quickly sized up the situation and headed for a boarding house just a lew steps from the depot. Ad dressing the landlord for a "free" breakfast, he was asked to split some wood first, as a compensation and cour tesy. Quick as a wink, his re tort was, "Who, me? I haven't done anything called work in 18 years." He said he still had time to catch his "side-door pullman," and made the re mark he would still insist keeping his independent habit of mooching, his way on up the line, as he had always managed, somehow, to keep the faith, "the Lord will pro vide." Someone lias remarked: it takes all kinds of people to make a world, and this self made psychologist was ful filling a niche in life. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman St., Medford. Laws For Everyone? To the Editor: As I was reading in last night's paper about enforcing the new boat law I started to laugh. What's the big deal on boats when they can't even serve a war rant on non-support charges? All I've got is the run around In the first place I thought when the judge gave an order, they were supposed to carry it out. I even wrote to the governor. And it made me laugh that they will enforce boating laws while non-sup porters run loose and expect someone else to take care of those children. What is this world coming to if the laws don t pertain to everyone? Aria Lewis, P. O. Box 309, Eagle Point, Ore. The Reason Why To the Editor: Many times I have read of plans and sped ncaiions being accepted or re jected, and this Is the first time I have noticed the finan cial position of persons in volved stated publicly. I am one of the property owners on the east side of Summit st. The council was, and Is, so correct about our not being able to afford having our side of the street paved, especially at $7.50 a foot. We have 75 feet. Dors anyone know about the employment possibilities (In the Immediate vicinity during the winter months? The pos sibility of tnkiiu a 'f) summer until the winlH- lay off, to catch up with the past months of unemployment? No we couldn't and can't afford an extra $562.50, not even with the payment plan, and I'm sure the reason for our not co-operating should be publicly stated by the coun cil. Minnie G. Grigsby, 824 Summit St., Medford. Today and o Tomorrow By Walter Lippmonn THE FULBRIGHT INQUIRY The Senate inquiry into the U-2 affair has now done its main work. Thanks to the high . minded- ,ness, the ex perience and the sagacity of the commit tee's chair man, Senator Fulbright, the work has been well done. It h a a Llopminn brought 0 U t the relevant facts and the Senator has pointed out their significance. The inquiry has shown that the Nervous Nel lies among us were wrong. It is possible in this democ racy to conduct an inquiry into the causes of a national fiasco without giving aid and comfort to the adversary. We have been spared the humil iation of distrusting ourselves so much that we dared not in quire into our own mistakes. In digesting the results, we must begin with the fact that the inquiry dealt with a ques tion which has never before been . investigated in this country, or in any other coun try. The question was the competence of the President and his principal advisors in dealing with an entirely ille gal and inherently clandes tine operation which is, nevertheless, necessary to the security of the country. Mr. Fulbright defined the question accurately and sharp ly by declaring after Mr. Dulles had testified in execu tive session that in this af fair the issue was not the clandestine work of the C.I.A. but the overt decisions of the President and his advisors who make the policy which governs both the C.I.A. and our diplomacy. THE inquiry has established the responsibility of the President and his advisors for the timing of the flight. They did not order the flight on May 1. But they had failed to cancel their orders, given previously, which authorized the flight that did take place on May 1. This flight was, as Gen. de Gaulle said in his television address on Tuesday, "certainly and at the least ill-timed." The inquiry has establish ed, too, that the critical per iod was the week end from Friday afternoon, May 6, to Monday, May 9. During this week end the administration Legislators' Pay To the Editor: Relative to your editorial of June 3, in which you "do not understand the majority's refusal to pay their legislators enough so they can afford to serve etc., I refer you to the present issue of Life magazine in which there is an article on how the national legislators in Wash ington, D. C, are padding their expense accounts. It was not very long ago that the national legislators voted themselves a handsome pay raise on the promise that this increase in salary would attract more -qualified men. It seems they were correct. Now the present legislators in Washington, D.C., charge us for their front porches, for taking their wives on vaca tions to Europe and other va cation spots of the world, and just generally prove they are more qualified to add illicit funds to their purse than their underpaid forefathers. Therefore, Sir, with this ex ample before us, I ask you, why should we increase the pay of the Oregon state legis lators? (Name on file,) Medford. Editor's note: There is quite a difference between S600 per year, plus one trip to Salem each two years (for state legis lators), and $22,500, plus sub stantial expenses (for con gressmen). You could afford to serve in congress If elected. Could you afford to serve in the legislature? Worst Car To the Editor: The other day, someone asked me "Was the Brush car the worst car ever made?" The answer is -"NO." The Maihbohm was the world's worst. I unloaded a brand new Maihbohm from a freight -car at the Ashland freight depot, and tried to drive it to the salesroom. It fell to pieces before I got to Main street, and it wasn't the worst Maihbohm made. The other three fell to pieces on the assembly line. I do not know how they spelled It, Maihbohm, Mai bohm or Maybohm. I didn't have the car long enough to find out. Everything about the Maihbohm wasn't bad. They have the world's record for going broke fast. In second place for going broke fast, is me, but I didn't have much to go broke from. Everett Acklin Ashland, Ore, Sip Matter of Fact n jo-ph ai.op KHRUSHCHEV'S KNACK OF SURVIVAL London - The Western dV lomatic missions in Moscow have now sent in their first post - summit r eassessments of the politi cal situation there. They are al most as de pendenton guesswork as the analyses of the demo logists on this side of the iron curtain. Y it is still in teresting that the great ma jority of the expert observers on the scene think that Nikita S. Khrushchev's position is wholly unimpaired. If there is any meaning In issued two statements. One was on Saturday admitting that the U-2 was a spy plane but saying "insofar as the au thorities in Washington are concerned, there was no au thorization of any such flight as "described by Mr. Khrush chev." The second statement was on Monday . saying that such flights were done under the President's order, and im-plying-as all the world un derstood It-that they would be continued. This was the lost week end. These were the days when the United States government not only avowed responsibility for spying, but proclaimed that spying was a national policy which, so it was uni versally understood, would be adhered to. These two statements combined were not only altogether unprecedent ed in the history of interna tional relations but they were altogether untenable, as is shown by the fact that the President had to renounce the policy publicly in the presence of Mr. Khrushchev at the tragic meeting in Paris. IT IS important to take note of the human circumstances of this calamitous week end. Secretary Herter had return ed to Washington on Friday evening after ten days of con ferences in Iran, Turkey, and Greece. The U-2 affair was already in a very consider able mess when he returned owing to the false cover statements Issued by press agents who did not know what was going on. Having returned on Friday evening, Mr. Herter had to deal with the mess on Satur day. Younger and stronger men than he who have been on long trans - Atlantic air flights are not in prime con dition the next morning. Moreover, as the Secretary of State was returning to Washington, the President was leaving it. He was leav ing for a week end in Gettys burg. The two men did not meet face to face until the President's return to Wash ington on Sunday. The mo mentous decision to avow that the overflights were a nation al policy was taken after talks on the telephone to Gettys burg. Thus a Secretary of State, inevitably tired and rushed by events which hap pened in his absonce, had to deal with a President who was absent in Gettysburg, and no position to hear the whole argument which pre ceded the recommendation from Washington. THIS is, I think, the crux of what the inquiry has es tablished. The practical les sons of jt are clear enough. On the bad timing of the flight, the President and the Secretary of State allowed the C.I.A. too much leeway and thus forced upon it a re sponsibility which it was not competent to exercise. If we were going to go to the sum mit, there should have been no more flights, once the date of the conference was fixed To be sure, there were a lot of things we would like to have known during the suspension of the flights. But now we have no summit meeting and also we have no flights. On the handling of the ac cident, the first lesson is that all publicity and all cover statements and the like should always be retained rigorous ly in the hands of high offi cials who know what is going on. Spying is deception. But you cannot use dupes to de ceive others and not risk bad results. The second li-sson is that the high officials should have been thoroughly indoc trinated long ago in the con ventions and the practices which have always surround ed the black art of espionage. Manifestly the high officials, beginning with the President himself, were Jtit Indoctrinat ed. They were caught off bal ance and they Improvised In a panic. It will nov)e Important to see whether or not the var ious candidates show that tlK have learned something from this very expensive fiasco. (Copyright 1960 New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) J O S hirW the redirection of the Com munist party Secretariat, the shifts in military commands and other recent personnel movements in Moscow, it is believed that thse changes mean more, not less, authority for Khrushchev. It is also be lieved that although Khru shchev clearly spoke from a prepared brief in Paris, he took the lead in preparing that brief. And it is not be lieved that Khrushchev has been under any pressere from the Army more serious?, for In stance, than the pressure Pres ident Eisenhower experienced when Get!. Maxwell D. Tay lor was dropped as Chief of Staff. a a THERE is only one question, in fact, which is still re garded as really open. Khru shchev himself went out of his way to explain that a sea side vacation was the cause of Anastas Mikoyan's absence from the Moscow scene. But in the same way, before Georgi Malenkov's final de parture for Ust-Kamenogorsk, Khrushchev used to tell the guests at Moscow parties, with grisly relish, "Look at my little Georgi. There he is. Yet they said I had shot him." There are certain unex plained symptoms suggest ing that Mikoyan has suffered some sort of demotion. Maybe he has. Maybe he has not. If he has indeed declined in power, he is not the first to suffer in the group who help ed Khrushchev's rise to the first place. Zhukov, Kirich- enko, and others are mute witnesses to the interesting fact that Nikita S. Khrush chev is a fairly dangerous man to aid and support. And long before the summit, on his visit to de Gaulle in Paris, Khru shchev talked about Mikoyan with rather open malice and disdain, AN THE same visit (which cast more light on Khru shchev's mind than anything else to date) Khrushchev also talked quite openly of the bullheaded obstinacy of the military leaders who could not see how modern military technology had altered the Soviet Union's strategic situ ation. In doing so, however. he showed a total lack of con cern. He spoke, indeed, as one who had already solved the problem. If Army pres sure, a Stalinist resurgence, and all the other complicated explanations are thus brushed aside, what remains is the simplest and least palatable explanation of the events that began in November. 1998. Khrushchev himself in full command from start to finish, was trying to get the Western leaders to give him what he wanted by an astute combi nation of bullying and wheed ling. The Western leaders, especially President Eisen hower and Prime Minister Macmillan, were persuaded by the wheedling that Khru shchev wanted what is called "a relaxation of tensions." But what he really wanted from the outset was Berlin. When he learned that he was not going to get Berlin without a serious risk of war. Khrushchev was ready to bring the whole complex op eration to an early close. The U-2 incident afforded him the Ideal pretext for adjourning the Berlin case sine die, with the proviso of course that the Kremlin can call the case up again at will later on, a a 170R Khrushchev's purposes, in truth, it was really bet ter to have no conference at the summit, and to adjourn the Berlin case with talk of a conference later on, than to have a conference which failed to give him what he claimed. or this after-the-fact an alysis of Khrushchev's mo tives and methods in the long Berlin crisis, there is also Mos cow evidence of striking char acter. After the explosion at the summit and its sequels, the Soviet leaders are now known to have passed the word to the satellite govern ments that everything in Paris went "according to plan." From the reported pre sentation of the matter to the satellites, it is even clear that Khrushchev would have been most unhappy to be forced to the conference table, so to say, by Western acceptance of his humiliating demands for an apology from President Eisenhower. In sum, the Moscow evi dence strongly reinforces the parallel between the Berlin and Quemoy crises already reported In this space. A tilt ing military balance and hints of Western disunity encour aged Khrushchev to try to see what he could get at Berlin. He ceased to try, when he found the attempt too risky. The moral is, therefore, than an appearance of Western resolution and a strengthened military balance are the best safeguards of the future, (e) I960 New York Herald Tribune log) POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) A boy came home the other day, clutching an expensive looking toy car. "Where did you get it?" his father asked. "By doing Tommy a favor." wft the reply. What favor?" I was hitting him and ha asked me to stop." A news release was brought into the newsroom recently, a part of which read, "Miss has had several years of ex periences." Haven't we all? 0 It depends on what kind, a a A marked copy of a recent issue of the Mail Tribune was deposited on the Potluck edi tor's desk last week, and ap pended to it was a note which read: 'A friend of the M-T phoned in to warn us that TMIP may be writing soon." The reference, of course, is to That Man In Phoenix, who makes a hobby of finding our boners, clipping them out, and mailing 'em to us - alorg with a little commentary of his own. Well, as It happened, TMIP missed the one about which we were warned. It spoke of lamented beams being used in a new building going up in town. (If they don't last they will, of course, become "la'e lamented beams.") (And if anyone wonders, the word should have been laminated.) V - As we said, TMIP missed that one. But we DID hear from him. He asked how come last week we said we'd gotten nothing from him when he had, in fact, sent us a minor blooper. He suspected Moore Hamilton's minions of inefficiency, or at worst sabotage in the -office. Nothing of the kind, friend. It just wasn't up to your usual caliber, we junk ed it, and then forgot about it. a a TMIP, not a man to fluster easily, admitted, in his most recent communique, that "the loss is trivial," which makes us feel a bit less guilty. "Unto the pure, all things are pure,' he added in his note, which saying we are happy to give wider circula tion, hoping while doubting that it may do so good. Wouldn't it be nice if this gained currency in interna tional power politics? Big things have been afoot at Hpover school, we learned from the Hoover Hi-Lite, which arrived on our desk recently (the last issue of the school year, alas). Among others, we record the report of David Dellenback, as to happen ings in the second grade: ABOUT THINGS "It all started when Peter King brought two little rats in a cage. One was his sister Molly's rat. Before school tho rats ran all over the cage. A few days later Donna Root found an insect, but we did not know what It was. Then we found out that it was a tree borer long horned beetle. Then David M c Fa d d e n brought two rabbits and a cage for them. One was very black and one was white with black spots." a a a An anonymous reporter brought us up to date on ac tivities in another room, as follows: "Mrs. Colley's first grade had lots of fun. We all drew a picture of ourselves in our nicest clothes. After we finished Mrs. Colley got out some pictures that we had drawn of ourselves last Septem ber. We think we are bet ter looking nowl" a a a We have another offering from TMIP, but it's so com plicated that we'll have to think about it for a while be fore attempting to explain it. We may even skip it. . . . a a a So we'll conclude to day's offering with a "pome" which we swiped from the editor of the Pen dleton East Oregonian, who found it on his desk the other day, and isn't sure who wrote it except that it was someone who had been a newspaper editor. It goes this way: An editor knocked at the Pearly Gates, His face was icarrad and cold: He stood before the man of fate For admission to the fold. "What have you done?" St. Paler asked. "To gain admission here?" I ra bean an editor, sir, he said, "For many and many year." The Pearly Gates swung open wide. St. Peter touched the ball. "Come in," he said, "and choose your hqA. "You've had youT thar of hell." a a a Amen. O our toy Tht OtMonUa. .