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Medford and Jackson Counlv
History fro.n the files ot The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 vears ago.
' 10 YEARS AGO
Juno 7. 1950 (Wednesday)
The Ashlnnd city council
elected Phillip Slaiislnuy to
fill the post of mayor recently
vacated when Tom Williams
was recalled as mayor at the
last election.
The Medford city council
last night voted to. apply to
purchase the Jackson county
housing project in northwest
Medford.
20 YEARS AGO
June 7, 1940 (Friday)
The preliminary census
count gives Medford a popula
tion of 11,548. an increase of
541 over the 1830 census.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudiic Pot" column: "The
Fifth column Is untimely. It
appears cifiht years loo soon
to bo an excuse for running
for a fifth term."
30 YEARS AGO
June 7, 1930 (Saturday)
The widening or South Pa
cific highway started today.
At graduation exercises, the
high school senior class is
warned of the perils of the
"jazz ase." ,
40 YEARS AGO
June 7. 1920 (Monday)
The gasoline situation Is
Improving in the state, hut
there is still not enough for
pleasure cars locally.
Presbyterians cancel their
annual picnic here because of
rain.
50 YEARS AGO
June 7, 1910 (Tuesday)
Contributions are pouring
In to the ladies' dealer Med
ford club for a solid granite
bandstand proposed for the
city park.
The counlv court has offi
cially created seven voting
precincts out of what was
formerly two in luccuoru.
What's Your I C?
u : ... .n,M,l i luDCriof
even at eight ii iccllcnts lie ot
M it good.
1. When spontaneous com
bustion occurs does the ma
terial causing the fire have
a high or low kindling point?
2, Are capers, used lor
sauce and pickling, flower
buds or berries of the caper
bush?
3. Is the dollar or pound
the standard unit of paper
monev in Canada?
4. Was Napoleon Ilonaparlc
born in Marseilles, Corsica,
or Cette?
5. Which of the Apostles
appealed as a Roman citizen
"unto Caesar ?
6. Of which country was
Catherine the Great an Em
press?
7. Was GutenlHrg the first
printer in England'.'
8. Were the first balloons
sent aloft by the Chinese
Greeks, or French'.'
9. Can there bo an airship
that is lighter than air Itself?
;-J0. Do the Straits of Dover
ieparato the coast of England
from Spain?
Answers: Low. 2. Flower
budi. 3. Dollar. 4. Corsica. 5,
St. Paul. 6. Russia. 7. No. Wil
liam Caxton. 8. Chinese. 9.
You a balloon with heated
air. 10. No. England from
Franca,
Salem -fllPD- A Seattle,
Wash., soldier died aboard a
Greyhound bus Just south of
here Saturday of a heart
seizure. The Marlon County
Coroner Identified the victim
as .SP-S Brooker T. Hooker,
81lle was stationed at Fort
. L.wUn.
A Matter
Whether or not an Oregon Dunes National
Seashore should be established is a matter of
personal conviction and philosophy.
There is no "right" nor "wrong" about it.
For instance, here are two widely divergent
views of the matter:
FOR
"National seashore status
is desirable for the Oregon
dunes for many reasons.
There is no area on the en
tire Pacific coast possessing
a comparable association of
dunes, seashore, fresh-water
lakes, and forest as does the
area under consideration.
As eeologist William S.
Cooper has said, 'It is by
far the longest stretch of
unbroken beach on the Pa
cific coast of the United
States. Its dunes surpass all
others, including both
coasts, in size and beauty.'
"These inherent values
combine to offer the type
of inspirational qualities, as
well as the recreation at
tributes, that are found in
areas of exceptionally high
caliber. These qualities are
so outstanding as to defin
itely warrant permanent
preservation in the nation
al interest.
"Though an appreciable
portion of the area is In
public ownership, improved
protection, p r e s ervation,
and public appreciation
might be achieved if the
area were to be classified
for its dominant recreation
value and planned, admin
istered, and developed as a
unit.
"If national seashore sta
tus were granted by the
congress, recreational de
velopments in the Oregon
Dunes would be increased,
but orderly improvements,
rather than the hit-and-miss
type characteristic of priv
ate enterprise, would be as
sured. The area would thus
benefit many more tourists,
fishermen, and vacationers
from Oregon and other
states. But most important
of all, a small segment of
the lovely Pacific Coast
would be preserved for pos
terity in its pristine gran
deur.'
Anthony Netboy
A NTHONY Netboy, quoted above, is a former
"editor-in-chief for the U.S. Forest Service,
now teaching at Portland State college. He is
executive secretary of the State Legislative In
terim Committee on Natural Resources, and is
co-author of "Water. Land, and People," as well
as many articles on forests, wildlife, waters and
parks. The quotation is irom an article in tne
June National Parks Magazine.
Edwin R. Durno is a
State Senate, a practicing
for many vears, and now
date for Congress from the fourth district. The
quotation is from a story in the Portland Ore-gonian.
Their statements reflect the basic clitrerence
in attitude which marks
TELL which shall it
Is "the economic point of view" the sine qua
non of Oregon's future?
Or is there something more than dollars and
cents to be considered in planning for a future
for the state, its people, and its visitors?
It is a matter of what values we put on com
mercial development, industrialization, and
"private enterprise," on
beauty, protecting a magnihcent resource tor lu
tin e generations, and expansion and orderly de
velopment on an unparalleled recreation oppor
tunity, on the other.
F70R what it's worth,
self allied in this dispute with the Western
Lane Taxpayers Assn., the newly-formed Valley
Voters Assn. of Eugene, and quite a few people
m the I' lorence area, as well as some industrial
firms, and some segments of the Forest Service.
On the other side are Gov. Mark Hatfield
(who supports the park "in principle," although
questioning some of the
proposed bills) ; the Republican secretary of the
interior; Mrs. lAlaurine Neuberger, whose late
husband was the proposal's most ardent advocate,
Senator Durno's opponent, Charles O. Porter,
and, among others, this
We feel the costs, stretched over a period of
venrs. win more t.min he
by the attraction furnished tourists, and in the
intangibles, which cannot
economic point of view,
valuable all the same.
Healthy Sign
Our election laws forbid campaigning on elec
tion day. lo comply the statesman publishes on
the election dav no advertisintr. news or editorials
or letters to the editor boosting any candidate or
measure being voted on.
We have never heard of a crackdown on any
one for violating this provision of the law, but last
week a Medford radio station pleaded guilty to
havintr broadcast on election dnv enmniiwiuls
soliciting votes for a candidate for county com
missioned The station was fined $150.
I I'ohiihlv nn nvprsrtfht
lion, but it's a healthv'.niirn to note tv.t thtVe is
. v..,,v ,wiiv.1iij ui bill: 1UV.
SalemP
of Attitude
AGAINST
"I am opposed to the use
of 30 million dollars to cre
ate something that already
exists. It is just plain fool
ishness from an economic
point of view. It is wanton
waste of the taxpayers'
money.'
"There Is already an ef
fective development of that
coastal area by the U. S.
Forest Service, the Bureau
of Land Management, the
U. S. Soil Conservation
Service, the State park
authority, and by Lane
county.
"Thirty of the 31 miles of
the coast line is presently
owned by public agencies,
as is SO per cent of the land
on the west side of High
way 101.
"Eleven thousand acres
of land east of Highway 101
with its fresh-water lakes,
its fish and wildlife, its 400
homes, and Its valuable tim
ber resource, is the private
portion of the land that
would be annexed by the
government ...
"Annexation . . . would
result in-loss in tax monies,
would shrink our vital tim
ber resource, would elimin
ate control over vast areas
of fresh water, would defy
the multiple use concept of
our natural resources, and
would increase the influ
ence and authority of the
federal government over its
citizens.
"Any thought of indus
trialization of property ad
jacent to cither the north
of the Siuslaw or the Ump
quaw rivers would be elim
inated forever."
State Sen. Edwin R.
Durno
member of the Oregon
physician in Medford
the Republican candi
the whole dispute.
be?
one hand, and on scenic
Senator Durno finds him-
provisions of the specilic
newspaper.
reiunn. hn h in nnln (.ish
be measured from "an
but which are mighty
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DOCTOR SAYS YOUPB NOT COW TOO GOOD1.'
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this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper: in fact the contrary is often the case.
The Enemy
To the Editor: While we
are wondering what will hap
pen next on the political ho
rizon, while we worry about
Russia's threats, while we go
about our daily tasks in the
rush, pell mell way that we
Americans have gotten into,
and while we just slumber
and sleep to the facts, an
enemy is winning a battle
right here on our shores and
we are helping him.
The other day a youth in
Portland admitted he was
guilty of assault and rape.
The young girl involved was
in a bewildered and battered
condition. The young man
found himself behind bars
with a very high bail set.
The startling thing, how
ever, is that some of the of
ficers making the arrest and
some reading these lines may
be as guilty In God's sight
as this youthful lawbreaker.
This youth admitted he had
been smoking marijuana cig
arettes. The
Now how are some of us
guilty? Simply this. Smoking
is a common practice. Our
children copy their parents'
example. Mom and Dad
smoke so Junior begins. He's
urged mildly not too but if
the parent fails to practice
as he preaches his cause is
lost.
I know this to be true in
other cases from personal ex
perience with my own chil
dren. The writer does not
claim perfection.
Just yesterday I talked
with a young lad who recent
ly began smoking. He listen
ed as I told him that he
should see the film "One in
20,000." He told me that the
greater share of the students
in the local high school were
smokers. He wanted to be
like the other fellows so he
began smoking.
Now where do some of us
come in as being partners to
this vicious habit? We don't
smoke ourselves but we deal
in a product that we know
is harmful. We sell harmless
looking candy cigarettes just
to make money. Junior sucks
on them thinking he's smart.
The next step is the regular
cigarette. Then along comes
a marijuana peddler and we
fall an easy victim.
I say God pity the man or
woman who deals in any
goods that will start our
youth on the road to perdi
tion. There are honest ways
to make money.
Henry Johnson Jr,
2-100 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
End of the Summit
To the Editor: The commen
tators, politicians and vestem
diplomats seem to be suffer
ing from a guilt complex. The
ghost of the summit debacle
must be disturbing their
sleep. They have blamed Mr,
K fur blasting the summit.
Why not quit at that Instead
of hashing it over and over?
Certainly he blasted the pow
wow. He said he did, and
why. There is no doubt but
what he wanted a palaver. It
was a device to thaw out the
cold war. He had nothing to
lose and he expected to gain
nothing. The western allies
made It plain that they were
not about to give anywhere.
Mr. K wanted to talk any
way. Hut the U2 put him in
an impossible situation. It
cooked his goose. He reacted
Just as anyone would react.
No one could react otherwise.
He even tried to provide the
President with an aliM. He
waswrriing to accit the
cloak of ignorance
The bitter pill Mat Mr. K
had to wIiuw, 4ud H i
Menace
ram
i, uncle Al, 'cause the
son that he lost his composure,
was that he had to murder his
beloved offspring. No doubt
but what Mr. K had great
hopes for the summit meeting.
It was there where he was
going to peddle his wares. He
hoped to sell the world peace
and friendship. His character
and great ambition is to iden
tify himself as the savior of
the world. An .egotist to be
sure, but then who isn't?
Let's assume that a sus
picious party took a blackjack
out-.of another man's pocket
and said: "Excuse me, but I
don't believe that you knew
this blackjack was in your
pocket?" expecting the reply:
Certainly not." But should
the other man say: "Your
darn tootin' I knew it was
there and if anyone gets fresh
I'll bounce it off his bean,"
it would seem that discretion
should be taken into consid
eration. And a trip home
would be in order. Counting
ten is more expedient than
going off half cocked.
To conclude: Mr. K wanted
the party but circumstances
beyond his control prevented
him from having it. Some
body blundered. There was
nothing lost, because there
was nothing to lose. We can
blame no one because there
was nothing lost. To blame
anyone is to excuse someone,
and to justify someone.
Walter Reese,
Galice rd.,
Merlin, Ore.
An Appreciation
To the Editor: It is 8:30
Monday morning and I've just
finished hanging out my wash
to the accompaniment of a
grosbeak serenade.
The wrens have been ask
ing their everlasting musical
questions and the purple finch
in the top of the pine tree
has given his definite answers.
The swallows dashing back
and forth over my head on
their way to their little red
house seem to say "Why do
you have to work so hard?
Come play with us."
Yesterday was a beautiful
day too, wasn't it? Have you
been up the Dead Indian road
lately? Not dashing along try
ing to get to the lakes in a
hurry, but stopping to look
for mushrooms and finding in
stead hundreds of tiny or
chids, yellow violets, flower
ing currant, trillium and
many others.
Last week end we traveled
along the coast from Areata,
Calif., to a little beyond the
Sea Lions Cave.
Incidentally, I wonder if Uie
last few miles of Highway 299
flown to tne coast was also
laid out by an old prospector
chasing a list burro - o-o-h
what a crooked road! But nice
scenery.
Patrick's Point State park
is a lovely camp, and as we
lay there looking up at the
trees, (we do not use a tent.)
a soft mist touched our faces
and we were soon asleep
The Oregon coast was never
mure beautiful. As far as the
eye could see were whitecaps
looking fur all the world like
white feathers on a blue satin
quilt.
iear r lorence we come
upon the beautiful "Rhodvs'
and the gold of the scotch
broom.
We camped at Honey im
State paTk and aj we looked
up this night, the tops of the
tall trees around nnr Hltln
spot seemed to form a bowl-0
a bowl full of diamonds with
fer around Uie ifle. We had
neighbors who furnisl ed us
with guitar music and sing
ing all evening.
Being a little too SjliO-o
get much out of climbing the
dunes wtQ-atched the mam
Matter of Fact
1 By Joseph Alsop
THE SIMPLE LESSON
Washington - On the way
home from the exploded sum
mit this reporter was haunted
by a remem
bered image -a
short, big-
bellied man
with a yellow
ish complex
ion, a wen on
his cheek and
porcine but
piercing little
eyes, who
talked about
JOSEPH ALSOP
the world and himself with
immense vigor and obvious
calculation, in a huge bleak,
hideous office smelling strong
ly of power and musty cur
tains. Such was Nikita S. Khru
shchev, when he received me
in Moscow for a two hour
conversation in February,
1957. Such, no doubt, he still
is today - except that the first
secretary's office in the Mos
cow headquarters of the
Communist party must be far
more rank with the smell of
power, and Khrushchev him
self, always breathing this
rank air, must be far more
power-drunk by now.
The reason for this haunt
ing by Khrushchev's image
was simply the memory of
two prophetic things he said
at this meeting now three
years in the past. This mem
ory has now been checked
with the notes taken at the
time.
THE first of these two state
ments was made when
Khrushchev was discussing
the "conditions" of peaceful
coexistence. The very "first
condition," he said, was for
the Western nations to "rec
oncile themselves" to the en
during existence of the So
cialist countries - "to accept
this, as a believer would say,
as something given by God."
The time - context of this
demand was the massacre in
Hungary, where the blood was
hardly, dry in the streets of
Budapest. By this demand
and many other things he
said, Khrushchev made it
plain that he was deeply pre
occupied with the stabiliza
tion of the Soviet puppet re
gimes in Eastern Europe. But
Eastern Europe could not,
and cannot be stabilized with
out the stabilization of East
Germany. And East Germany
could not, and cannot, be
fully stabilized because of the
island of freedom in West
Berlin.
In fact one can see by hind
sight that this first statement
foretold the Berlin crisis. In
that crisis, the Western na
tions were in reality asked to
signify their acceptance of
Soviet domination of Eastern
Europe, as "something given
by God," by the sacrifice of
West Berlin. As for the sec
ond statement, one can also
see by hindsight that it fore
told the actual timing of the
Berlin crisis,
'
IT'RUSHCHEV was boasting
about Soviet progress in
the development of "advanced
weapons." In this develop
ment he remarked with jaw
aggressively out -thrust, "We
are not behind." From these
weapons, he said, "No corner
of the globe can be immune."
The time would therefore
come, he added, when "the
peoples of Europe (would) not
tolerate their being ' guinea
pigs in the hands of others,"
and would therefore insist on
t h e removal of "warlike
American bases" from their
soil.
When Khrushchev spoke,
the Soviets did not have any
operational intercontinen t a 1
ballistic missiles, and they
were only just forming their
first intermedite range bal
listic missile - squadrons. By
the summer of 1958, however,
the Soviets already possessed
a considerable panoply of
1RBMS, and their ICBM pro
gram was progressing rapidly,
At this point, one cannot
doubt Khrushchev decided to
test the effect of these im
portant changes in the mili
tary balance of power on
"the peoples of Europe" and
on the people of the United
States, too. In the interview
in February, 1957, he stated
quite clearly what effect he
foresaw - cither surrender on
the point at issue, or the ac
tual breakup of the Western
Alliance.
By the same token, his
paroxysms of rage today can
be traced to a sharp disap
pointment. The effect he fore
saw from the changes in the
power balance was not pro
duced on schedule.
ALL this Is worth recalling
now. not bemuse Khrtt.
shchev said anything to this
reporter that he has not said
to many others. It is worth
recalling. raUier, because It
Is high time to take at their
face value these things that
Khrushchev has said so often
What Khrushchev wanted
then came tumbling rifih-n
with squeals of delight.
And so back home and
without seeing even any care
less drQing.
"An Oregon Observer"
Monroe Doctrine Brought to
Mind by Russ-Cuba Activities
Editorial Comment
Editor's note: Jackson county schools are new out for
the summer. As a reminder that children are again foot
loose" during daytime hours, and that drivers should use
extra care, we are reprinting from the Myrtle Creek Mail
a plea, originally published in 1956. written by the father
of a little girl who died in traffic.
MY LITTLE GIRL IS DEAD
Yes, my little girl is dead . . .
I pledge to drive carefully . . . you see
My little girl is dead.
It's only been a few hours. We've tried to sleep -but
Our little girl is dead.
Friends have been so helpful but
Our little girl is dead.
Her big brother (he's 7) is taking it so bravely, but his
little sister
She s deadl
Now mother sleeps . . . it's fine what drugs can do .
Her little girl is dead.
It wasn't my fault at all, but just the same
My little girl is dead.
The car that hit her wasn't breaking any laws, still
the same . . .
I'm supposed to be brave
My pledge won't help save
someone else's.
My little girl is dead.
The tears. They come.
It can't happen to us . . were all so happy, but . . .
My little girl is dead.
It happened so quick. She felt no pain. Some comfort!
But my little girl is dead.
Maybe none will read this. Suppose it doesn't make sense.
But it's written with feeling.
What are we going to do?
much meaning not without
She s dead.
So many things could have happened, but it happened
this way.
My little girl is dead.
She was only four so sweet, so lovable, so good
But now she's dead.
She was taught to be careful all the time, but her mind
was so full of other happy
She's dead.
Her mother weeps now. Just try to tell her it's all right.
Her little girl Is dead.
Yes, we'll go on. Maybe time' will heal. But In our hearts
there's anguish.
Our little girl Is dead.
Suppose I best end this. Maybe no one will heed and be
careful. But I will.
MY little girl is DEAD.
Try and
-By
BENNETT CERF
A PUDGY OLD DUFFER had run up exactly 44. strokes
negotiating the first four holes of a relatively easy golf
course, and mopped his brow in utter frustration. "I must
admit," he explained to
his caddy, "that I'm not
playing the game I usual
ly play this morning."
The knowing caddy nod
ded and asked softly,
"What game is that, sir?"
George Oswell, author of
"1984" and "The Animal
Farm," noted that "auto
biography Is only to be
trusted when it reveals
something disgraceful. A
man who gives a good ac
count of himseif is probab
ly lying, since any life,
when viewed from the inside, Is simply a series of defeats."
.
"I can understand 5'our flirting with a lively French girl,"
mused one Tulane student to another, "but why are you bo de
termined to marry one?"
-"Well," replied the other thoughtfully, "for one thing, my
mother-in-law will be living in Paris."
1900, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
Rockefeller, Ike Schedule Meeting
Washington - (WD - Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller of New
York will breakfast Wednes
day at the White House with
President Elsenhower, it was
announced today.
Associate White House
Press Secretary Anne Wheat
on said she was "not aware
of the purpose" of the early
morning meeting between the
from the Berlin crisis, and
from the summit conference,
too, was the stabilization of
Eastern Europe by the sac
rifice of West Berlin. What
encouraged Khrushchev to
start the Berlin crisis was a
change in the balance of
power which he believed
would drive the West to give
him what he wanted. He did
not get what he wanted.
This time these Tacts are
enough to explain everything
that has been happening in
Moscow, without any fine
spun demonological theories
about the growing power of
the Soviet army and the like.
But these facts should also be
enough to prove the folly of
the continuing neglect of the
balance of power by the Eis
enhower administration and
the other Western govern
ments. (c) I960, New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
ARTHRITIS?
I have been wonderfully blessed in
being able to return to active life
after suffering from head to foot
with muscular soreness and pain.
all joints seemed affected.
According to medical diaonosis, I
had Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheuma
tism and Bursitis. For free informa
tion rite: q
MRS. LELA S. WIER
2805 Arbor Hills Dri-2G
P. 0. Bo 1695 O
XKJum, Miiiitiiptl
0
, but
just
My little girl is dead.
to be a man.
But my little girl is dead.
my darling now. But maybe
My little girl is dead.
Now our dreams don't have
our little girl.
thoughts, and now
Stop Me
44 STROKES
President and Rockefeller.
She added, howeve.-, that
Rockefeller had asked to see
the President and the break
fast meeting was arranged.
Rockefeller, who last De
cember withdrew from the
race for the Republican presi
dential nomination, made it
clear recently that he would
be available for a draft.
New York - IUPD - Dean K.
Phillips, 48, general manager
of the Diamond Match Divis
ion of the Diamond National
Corp., died Sunday.
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BY PHIL NEWSON
UPI Foreign Editor
On Feb. 24 in Rio de Jan
erlo, President Eisenhower re
stated the Monrote Doctrine
pro mulgated
in 1823.
"We would,"
he said, "con.
sider it Inter
vention in the
i n t e rnal af
fairs of an
A m e r 1 c a n
state if any
power, wheth
er by inva-
PHIL MJH SON
sion
coercion or subversion,
succeeded in denying freedom
of choice to the people of our
sister republics."
Subsequent world events
have lent added significance
to the President's declaration
at Rio.
Since then has occurred the
failure at the summit, and,
last week the announcement
in Moscow that Nikita Khru
shchev had accepted an invi
tation to visit Cuba.
Freedom vs. Tyrrany
In Rio, the President left
no doubt as to the direction
from which he believed "in
tervention" might come, and
thus these words of his also
gain significance:
"At the moment of this
great crisis, we' face anew de
cisions involving tyranny or
freedom, totalitarianism or
mocracy . . . and ... we face
the philosophic issue which
today brings fear, misgiving,
and mistrust to mankind. In
contrast to our adherence to
a philosophy of human dignity
and moral law, millions now
live in an environment per
meated with a philosophy
which denies the existence of
God, insists that any means
justifies an end sought by the
rulers of the state, calls
Christianity the 'sign of the
oppressed,' and, in short seeks
to return mankind to the age
old fatalistic concept of the
omnipotent state and omnipo
tent fate."
Weapons For Cuba
Less than three weeks be
fore Eisenhower made his Rio
de Janeiro speech, Soviet
First Deputy Premier Anastas
Mikoyan visited Cuba.
In rapid-fire order he prom
ised the Soviet Union would
sell to Cuba the military air
craft denied to it by the Uni
ted States and Great Britain,
contracted to buy five mil
lion tons of Cuban sugar and
signed an agreement to pro
vide the Fidel Castro regime
with 100 million dollars in
credits.
Last week a Cuban Trade
delegation in SIuscow found
itself among friends.
In any case, the United
States and its sister republics
must make up their minds
soon on how to deal with a
Cuba in which press freedom
has all but disappeared, where
anti-Communism is regarded
as "divisive" and "counter
revolutionary," and whera
"freedom of choice" is just a
phrase.
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