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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30, 40
and SO years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 17. 1950 (Monday)
Wes Echols and Levi Mit
chell will tangle at the fair
grounds tonight in a national
middleweight championship
boxing match.
The Jacksonville museum
has been visited by 744 per
sons since it was opened to
the public a week ago.
20 YEARS AGO
July 17. 1940 (Wednesday)
Oregon s 249th coast artil
lery regiment, including a
unit in Ashland, has been mo
bilized and will be sent to
Camp Clatsop as soon as Con
gressional authority is given.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "Re
ports trom Europe say Herr
Hitler has been married for
two years. Even so, this is no
excuse for the way he has
been acting."
30 YEARS AGO
July 17, 1930 (Thursday)
The Jackson county agent
Is urging cover spray for cod
ling moths.
Local sportsmen hurl charg
es of inefficiency and laxity
at state game warden.
40 YEARS AGO
July 17, 1920 (Saturday)
Roasting ears are selling at
Medford's public market for
45 cents per dozen.
Ashland Chatauqua opens
tonight.
60 YEARS AGO
July 17, 1910 (Sunday)
The Fish Lake company is
tinder new ownership and
plans to spend $2V4 million to
irrigate 55,000 acres of Rogue
valley land.
Paving of West 10th st. was
completed yesterday and
South Holly St., and Central
ave., will be next.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nine ei ten correct ii tuperiei:
seven er eight ii eicellent) five er
lis ii good.
1. Should an apostrophe be
used in the form "Yours sin
cerely"? 2. The moon is sometimes
visible from the earth's poles;
true or false?
3. Name the author of the
novel "Main Street."
4. Seoul is the capital of
which country?
5. If a London housewife
refers to a "pram" what does
he mean?
6. Which ex-boxer is nick
named "Slapsie Maxie"?
7. Is the process of combus
tion fundamentally the same
for coal, wood, oil and gaso
line? 8. In 1699 which of the
colonies moved its seat of gov
ernment from St. Mary's to
Annapolis?
9. Is the highest peak on
the North American continent
located in California, Alaska,
Colorado, Montana, or Can
ada? 10. For what offenses may
a civil officer of the U. S.
Government be impeached?
Answersi 1. No. 2. True, 3.
Sinclair Lewis,- 4. Korea. 5.
Baby carriage. 6, Max Rosen
bloom. 7. Yes. 8. Maryland, 9.
Alaska (Mt. McKlnley). 10.
Treason, bribery, or other
high crimes and misdemean
ors. OIL MUDDY STREETS
Muddy, 111. (UPt - Mayor
John Mollnarolo announced
today that all Muddy streets
have been oiled.
NATIONAL
C5aL
Pitiless Eye
The pitiless eye of television has done more
to reveal the essential phoniness--occasionally
enlivened by genuine excitement of national
political conventions than anything that has hap
pened since conventions becan.
The probing cameras, and particularly the1
ones with telephoto lenses, were no respecters of
persons in Los Angeles last week.
A woman dozes off, a man yawns, a delega
tion sits stonily during a noisy demonstration, a
man attempts to stir up enthusiasm among the
tired and apathetic members of his own del
tion all these human
riasnea electronically tnrougnout the land.
THE WANDERING, questioning, eavesdrop
1 ping reporters, with earphones and micro
phones, are everywhere, flashing back the latest
rumor, pushing into an excited caucus, mittimr
governors ana senators
And over all are the
intelligent assessments of men like Walter Cron
kite, Edward Murrow and Howard Smith, who
help put things in perspective and, with their
background and experience, somehow get at the
meat and truth of what is happening behind, un
der and around tne meaningless noise, fury and
oratory.
I hey did a splendid job.
As a result, the viewer in his own home often
knew far more of what really was going on than
the beleaguered delegate on the floor of the con
vention.
TELEVISION has its drawbacks. But reporting
this kind of affair, in perspective and in
depth, is not one of them. It has earned our re
spect and gratitude for the job it has done.
This is not to say that newspaper coverage of
a convention is outmoded or unnecessary or in
effective. There are many aspects of such a con
clave which cannot be chronicled as well by the
electronic media as they can be by reporters who
record in black and white the nuances and impli
cations of events. . I
In particular, the speed and immediacy of
electronic reporting mitigates against the sort of
renective assessment, aner-thought, and interpre
tation of a Walter Lippmann, a Lyle Wilson or a
Joe Alsop.
Both media have a vital role, and supplement
each other nicely.
IT REMAINS to be seen how long the American
voter, now that he is, in effect, made a passive
participant in these goings-on, will stand still for
the sort of nonsense which comprises about 98
per cent of the proceedings.
The convention system, with all its faults, has
served moderately well as a vehicle for the se
lection of. our leaders with some notable exceptions.
T..L ii." J .......
xjui, mis aoes not mean tne system cannot oe
improved, 01' the methods
iurmity witn our repuDiican ideals.
' Increasingly in recent years there has been
more and more talk about nationwide primary
elections, and perhaps in that direction will lie
a promising change.
DUT, IN THE absence of public demand, the
J convention system will continue.
And it may well be that, with the advent of
expert and comprehensive and probing television
reporting, such as that seen last week, the parties'
powers that be will decide that speeches (to
which no one listens), and "demonstrations"
(which are planned, calculated, and sometimes
use paid "demonstrators") should be limited or
eliminated, and mat tne process or. selection
should be brought more into the open.
It could happen thanks to television.
BUT IF IT doesn't, we
truth of what goes on, to uncover the compro
mises, deals, soul-searching, embarrassements,
which go in to these quadrennial shows.
And, despite the boredom and phoniness, we
still found the convention show a fascinating one
and not entirely disillusioning, either.
For it seemed apparent to us that a majority
of the delegates were decent, honest American
citizens, intent on doing their best to select the
best man for the job.
Whether they succeeded may never be known.
But the processes by which they tried are better
revealed now than ever before in our history.
E.A.
Here's
"Natural beauty" has been a recurring theme
in this space.
Parks, trees, rivers, lakes, picnic spots, lawns
these have been encouraged and approved.
Billboards, unsightly messes, litterbugs, van
dalsthese have been deplored.
British Historian G. M. Trevelyan tells why:
"Two things are characteristic of our age . . . The
conscious appreciation of natural beauty, and the
; rapidity with which natural beauty is destroyed. No
doubt it is partly because the destruction is so rapid
that the appreciation Is so loud. ...
"Yet now when natural beauty is most coasciously
valued, it is being rapidly destroyed upon this planet
. . . This matter has become a public question of the
first magnitude. The value of natural beauty is ad
mitted in words by our public men, but when it comes
to deeds the doctrine is too new to bear much fruit. . . ,
"Destruction walks by noonday. Unless the slate
reverses the engines and instead of speeding up de
. struction, plans the development of the country so that
the minimum of harm can be done to beauty, the
" ' future of our race, whatever Its social, economic and
political structure may be, will be brutish and shorn
of spiritual value."
That's why. . A.
foibles and failings are
on tne spot.
calm, cool, temperate and
,1 , . .
brought more into COn-
believe we can still count
Why
Dennis the
'I THOUGHT WE OUGHT
TO SlfeP SO WE CDUID VWKE UP WENDS'
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Well, it's over.
Youthful Jack Kennedy
won.
It would be hard to deny
that he won on merit.
HOW DID he win?
O n e of the newspaper
commentators (Bill Theis of
UPI) puts it this way:
"Senator John F. Kennedy
didn't capture the Democratic
Presidential nomination with
just mirrors and money. He
did it with daring, personal
ity, a lot of money and the
most effective political orga
nization since the heyday of
James A. Farley.
"That added up to a power
house effort. And if there is
anything that commands po
litical respect, however reluc
tant, it's power."
I
SUPPOSE that tells the
tale. But it 1 e a v es out
something. What it leaves out
is the good judgment Ken
nedy displayed when he went
into the primaries back at the
beginning and fought it out
before the people who will do
the voting come November.
It was the hard core of
grass roots votes he obtained
, in the free-for-all primaries
this spring that enabled him
I to win against the STOP
I KENNEDY drive that devei-
wviajmiai U11VC Nl.l I
oped in the final hours of
Wednesday. But for that hard
core, he might not have been
able to survive the spectacu
lar and at times emotion
packed demonstrations put on
by the Johnson-Symington-Stevenson
followers.
T'HE FACT is interesting. It
- is interesting because In
many minds in this modern
space-age year 1960 is this
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 pub
lication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in
mis column do not necoisarily
paper; in tact the contrary is
Our Own Responsibility
To the Editor: Copco wants
its present consumers to pay
for expansion and enlarge
ments of its present services,
as well as to meet the infla
tionary costs of operation.
There is no argument on
the question of costs of opera
tion. Such costs have in
creased 500 per cent over the
1930's. However, on the point
of expansion and improve
ment under our private en
terprise system, such cost is
the obligation of Copco. If
they are short of funds for
such purposes, they then
should offer stock and bonds
to finance the matter-not
have a closed corporation but
instead let the public share In
the enterprise by purchase of
stock and bonds.
In my estimation the power
rates are now fair and equit
able. I do object to the
"schedule" used in dividing
cost of power as used. Not
so long ago when a consumer
used some $8.35 per month
of power his rates dropped to
"cheap" power-hot water
heaters were on special low
rates. Today that schedule Is
such that one must use about
three times the power of old
to get any reduction in rates;
and water heaters are now off
special rales. Overall, to the
small consumer the cost of
power has about doubled due
to the "schedule" now In ef
fect. If the schedule was cor
rected there would be no com
plaint on "rates."
But who Is to blame? If
you were the power company
would you not seek the high
est returns for your Investors?
It Is all controlled -by the
Public Utilities commission.
Hearings arc had on request
of either slde-the power com
pany or the consumer, The
Menace
AMKB UP 'PORE I QO
JENKINS
thought: Are political conven
tions the best way to choose
Presidential candidates in this
day and age?
Presidential primaries
a rent perfect. But in many
ways they compare favorably
with the three-ring circuses
that we call nominating con
ventions. WHAT ARE
K e n n e d y's
chances?
I think it must be conceded
that as of now they are good.
People are nervous, a little
scared, jumpy, uncertain. For
the first time in our lives, we
are faced by a powerful, ruth
less enemy whose grim pur
pose is to destroy our way of
life and substitute for it a
way of life that is utterly
alien to ours. There are con
flicting assertions as to our
strength in relation to the
strength of our enemy. People
don't know what to believe.
When people don't know what
to believe, they are confused.
There is economic confu
sion. We know we have more
money than we used to have,
but money buys less and less.
Our national debt is stagger
ing in its size. And so on.
THIS IS the point:'
When people are edgy,
uncertain, a little frightened,
they tend to throw the ins out
and put the outs in.
The Republicans are IN -
administratively, that Is. The
Democrats are OUT. To that
extent, the Democrats have
the inside track in the politi
cal race that is shaping up.
HOW WILL it all turn out?
Much will depend on
what the Republicans do at
Chicago.
represent the views of the
often the case.
commission must act accord
ing to evidence and testimony.
If we, the consumers, were
to ask for a reduction and
show good and sufficient
cause, and without opposition
from the power company, the
consumers' request would be
granted.
The same applies to a power
company s request for In
crease of rates. In the past
the consumers have sat on
their hands and made no pres
entations against the power
company requests. The, conv
mission has acted accordingly
Result-a higher cost for pow-
er service. We all have rights
but those rights must be as
serted; they are not "rights'
as a matter of course.
It follows-if one Is not sat
isfied with our power situa
tion then tell the commission
about it. Don't look to some
one else to protect your in
terests and then complain
about It later.
We are all responsible to
ourselves.
Ray DeMars
708 West Second st.
Medford.
Back Scratching
To the Editor: I am very
much Intrigued with Leila A.
Morrow's line of reasoning
and her application of ego
centricity. It might be snld
that any one that labors with
out reward is either childish
or eccentric. However, labor,
like virtue, is its own reward.
Labor of love that is.
That accounts for the let
ters "To the Editor." Even
as you and I.
What puzzles this writer Is:
Why Leila A, Morrow did not
embroider and blow up her
story about the patriotic Ger
man and sell it to a magazine
that might be In the market
Matter of Fact bv
THE DEMOCRATIC SMELL
Los Angeles - The smell of
hope sola tills Democratic
convention upnrl from all the
others held
since the war
A largo major
ity of the par
ty leaders,
petty point
cus, and fut-
cuts hero as
sembled s e r-
lously expect
to win the
liisSi-ir ffiHIF P r e s i a c ncy
next November.
At the Democratic conven
tion in 1948, no such expecta
tions were entertained by
any one lit all expect perhaps
Harry S. Truman; and one
can be pretty sure that at
convention-time, Truman him
self secretly regarded Thomas
E. Dewey as a better money
bet. In 105'J, before Adlal E.
S t e v e n s o n's campaigning
flaws hud been revealed,
there was some hope of vic
tory, but no solid expectation.
In 1956, there was damp pro
phetic discouragement.
But this time, the deals that
have been made are counted
on to pny off. The expectant
Ambassadors uro all but or
dering their top hats already.
The people who think they
have liens on cnblnet posts are
close to telephoning Washing
ton real estate agents, for
suitably dignified houses in
Georgetown.
What, then, Is the reason fur
this new surgn of Demo
cratic confidence? The main
reason, of course, is the two
term amendment that forbids
the Republicans to draft
Dwlght D. Eisenhower at the
last minute.
One leading Democrat has
bitterly remarked that "if
those damned Republicans
hadn t passed that amendment
to trample on Franklin Roose
velt s memory, they d have
the President of the United
States in the hands of the tax-
Idermists this minutes, being
stuffed for permanency, and
we couldn t win another elec
tion in this century."
The remark, though coarse,
might accurately reflect the
Democratic estimate of the
President's unvarying person
al appeal, which is so strange
ly unaffected by the public's
varying opinions of the Elsen
hower administration. It also
suggests the Democratic opin
ion that Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon is not as formid
able as he looks.
TN this respect, the Demo
A crats seem over-hopeful to
this reporter. If one can Judge
the results of rather wide
spread doorbell ringing, Nix
on has a far stronger popular
for just such a story and ac
quire a little folding money?
If she was up and around dur
ing World War One she is
mature enough now to turn
out a yarn that would meet
with a ready market. She Is
a conformist. She could do it.
I cannot.
However, she has i streak
of Christian charity. She can
not ignore the egocentric and
neither can I. She scratched
my back and now I scratch
hers.
Waller. Recce
Galice rd.,
Merlin, Ore.
Getting Vorte Faster
To the Editor: A week ago,
I wrote a letter to the Tribune
and I said, "Everytlng vas
gettin vorse, und it vas, but,
by golly, It vas gettin' vorse
faster dan Aye tink It vas,
Der day before dor letter vas
printed in der Tribune, Aye
vas going East on Sixth st.
und Aye hit a door going
North on Riverside In Med
ford, und Aye got der first
citation,
For 50 years, Aye miss 50
million cars, und most uf der
cars have four doors. You
vouldn't link vun person
could miss 200 million doors
in 50 years, Mil Aye dunnlt.
Aye should have hit der
door In Los Angeles. Aye
knew vun Los Angeles driver
vot wrecked three cars,
knocked down two telephone
poles, busted vun fire hydrant,
vent through der porch und
landed in der parlor, all in
vun operation, und he didn't
even have der driver s license.
He didn't get der citation. Dot
vasn't reckless driving In Los
Angeles.
Vcn Aye lived In Complon,
Calif., somcvun took der door
off my car. Aye vent to der
Police Station to make out
der report. "Votlncll do you
vanl to make out der report
for?" asked der Police. "You
still got three doors left,
aln'tcha?"
Vas you efef- chased out uf
a vatcrmcllon patch by der
aeroplane? Aye vas. Aye vas
driving der old Brush car
through der field on Oakdulc
ave., in Medford, von Aye
seen Eugene Ely coming down
der blackberry patch In his
plane. He didn't catch der
Brush car, He stopped ven
he wrapped der blackberries
around der propellor.
YfcP! Aye miss everyllng
but vun door.
Everett Acklln,
Ashland, Oro,
Joivph Aliop
base than Is generally nun
posed, oven in Republican
ranks. Hut It Is certainly true
that Nixon lacks Elsenhower's
universal appeal, 'ilie Vice
Presided! does not have tho
President's curious power to
make voters like him and give
him their votes because he Is
"a nice man," without par
ticular consideration of Ills
qualities us a national leader,
The shrewdest of the assem
bled Democrats - those who
do not share tho widespread
underestimate of Nlxon-uiiiko
another point which is cer
tainly valid. Thoy say tliut
Nixon Is untested in the kind
of campaigning lie will havo
to do to win tho presidency.
Ho cannot run for President,
after all, In the way he ran
for the House and Senato In
California. Ho certainly can
not run for the presidency in
his sharply partisan manner
of 1034,, 1U5U, and l3h
when President Eisenhower
assigned him the "shock
troop" role. Ho will therefore
have to develop a qulto new
manner.
Tho manner Nixon devel
ops will have to be pretty
miraculous, too, In the opin
ion of matt of tho Democratic
bigwigs, because tho Republi
can party Is thought to bo In
bad trouble at the moment.
For this view, there is con
siderable evidence.
Til IE Inquiring Dr. Gallup
has just reported the pop
ularity rating of the Repub
lican party Is very near the
183(1 low. The last mun-to-mun
polling test between Nixon
and John F. Kennedy of Mas
sachusetts showed Kennedy a
couple of points ahead. Yet
the record shows that Demo
cratic contenders have al
ways run more poorly In July
than In November.
Again, the Democratic an
alysts arc cheered by the to
tal collapse of the strategy
which the Republicans were
so hopefully preparing lust
winter. In this respect, the
Republicans have got what
they deserve. They planned to
go before the electorate on a
Today & Tomorrow
By Waller
THE CENTRAL
COMMITMENT
Since the main theme of the
Democrats Is that they will
Increase the power and Influ
ence of the
nation and
meet the largo
public needs
that are now
neglected, the
crucial ques
tion Is how
all this Is to
be paid for.
The answer
of the party Is
Ihot the extra revenue from
taxes can be obtained in two
ways. The first is to close
"loopholes" In the existing tax
laws, for example, the exces
sive allowances for expense
accounts. The second, and the
more important, Is to increase
national production and thus
to collect more taxes at the
existing tax rates.
Accordingly, the platform
declares that "we Democrats
believe that our economy can
and must grow at an avcrago
rate of 5 per cent annually,
almost twice as fast as our
average rale since 1053." It Is
Interesting and significant
that in an address on June 1
Governor Rockefeller chose
as his target a rate of growth
at least of 5 per cent and
preferably 8 per cent.
CJINCE lOflS our average rate
J of growth has been less
than 3 per cent, and It has
been in these years that an
amazing theory has been pro
pounded, The theory Is that
the richest nation In the his
tory of tho world, a nation
with an economy twice as big
as its biggest rival's, cannot
"afford ' to spend more on de
fense, on education, on re
search on lis Internal develop
ment, Moro than what? More
than the 1054 tax structure
will yield at a rate of econom
ic growth which is less than
3 per cent,
According to this amazing
theory, which defies all com
mon sense, if we raise the rate
of growth, we shall be ruined
by Inflation, and If we spend
moro for public purposes, wo
shall have lost our sacred lib
erty. This amazing theory
holds that our rich society Is
too poor to finance Its public
needs, and that our free so
ciety is in a straltjucket which
prevents it from doing all the
things It needs, though the la
bor, the resources, the capi
tal equipment, and the know
how lire moro than ample.
The proponents of Ibis the
ory like to say that Ihey aro
the true defenders of Iho Am
erican way of life, But there
is nothing that serves the
propaganda of our rivals und
adversaries better than this
theory, llils "absurd clomor
that democracy and freo en
terprise nre so fragile, so self
strangulating, that they can
not do Justice to the nation's
needs.
Waller
MoDmin"
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
It Iho district attorney will
Just glance the other way for
u moment or two, we'd like to
report that wo won u small
wager (1!8 cents) Friday morn
ing.
The bet was made with one
of our less niechonlcully-orl
ented young men (the ono
who used to spell carburetor
wrong), und concerned a me
chanical contrlviinco in the of-
flco - to wit, a pencil sharp.
enrr.
Wo have three of the gadg
ets, und nunc of them seem
to work at peak efficiency ut
uny one time. (As n mutter
platform of peace and pros
perity, - with full knowledge
that the peace part of tho plat
form, ut least, was straight
Madison Avenue stuff.
The falluro of the summit
meeting, Iho contempt for the
United Status displayed by the
Soviet leadership, the luimll
latlons that have been suffer
ed In these last weeks, huvu
knocked the Intended peace
plank In the Republican plat
form Into n cocked hat. With
steel production at 30 par
cent of capacity, tho prosper
lty plank Is alio a bit worm
eaten In places. Tho Ropubll
cans will tncrctoro have to
pay the price Unit always
must bo puld by those who try
to do It with mirrors, and then
find that the mirrors are
cracked.
Such are the reasons for
the surge of Democratic eon
fldence. Most of them are
solid reasons, solidly rooted
In the facts of the existing po
litical situation. This Demo-
crutlc confidence Is also a sig
nificant fact In Itself, since a
confident party usually makes
a better fight. But it very
much remains to bo seen
whether the confidence will
be Justified by events.
(Copyright I960 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.)
lippmann
WHAT IS meant by on aver-
' age rate ot growth of 5
per ccnl? It does not mean
thut the output of Uie econ
omy must Incrcaso at tho rate
of 5 per cent every duy, every
week, every month, or every
year. Our economy Is cyclical
it has Its upswings and its
downswings. And however
much we succeed In regulat
ing the business cycle, there
win always be these ups and
downs.
What the Democrats and
Governor Rockefeller mean Is
that in the course of a threo
or five year cycle of booms
and diminishing business, the
average rate of growth will
be about 5 per cent. In the
booms the rule will be more,
In the recessions the rate will
be less. But the average of
the booms and the recessions
will be about 5 per cent. What
the country needs In order to
plan well its public and pri
vate Investments is confidence
that the Treasury, the Feder
al Reserve Board, and the Bu
reau of the Budget will see
to it that this average rate
is maintained.
There will be much debute
during the campaign about
how a higher rate of growth
can be had. There is here no
real difference of opinion be
tween t h c Democrats und
Governor Rockefeller. Both
maintain thut the rule of
growth can be raised by In
creasing both private and pub
lic Investment. Both want to
give incentive and facilities
for private investment, and
both believe thai more must
be "spent" - that is, invested
- by the federal, tho state, and
the local governments. Such
Increase of investment is the
way economic growth Is In
creased. TT SHOULD be said that the
5 per cent rale, which the
Domocrats and Rockefeller
advocate, is a high rate.
There are well qualified stu
dents of the problem, notably
Prof. F. M. Bator, who be
lieve that an annual rate of
4 per cent increase would
lake care of our public needs,
as estimated by the Rockefel
ler brothers report, over a
ten-year period. They believe
thul 4 per cent, because It re
quires less Investment which
fluctuates so cosily, will be
less vulnerable In the slumps
and less Inflationary In the
booms.
Be that as It may, Iho com
mitment made by the Demo
crats is to move towards 5
per ccnl. If Ihey gel to an an
nual Increase of 4 per cent or
somewhat more, they will
know then whether they need
to go on to 5 per cent. This is
a sound public policy, and it
makos real the party promise
to augment Die nation's pow
er and to go forward towardB
meeting Its public needs.
(c) 1960 Now York Herald
Tribune Inc.
of fact, we've known our wo
men's editor to brcuk down
iiltugether when throe pencils
In n row have suffered broken
points while she cranked
away.)
Hut there la a minority of
ut least two of us In tho of (lea
who stoutly maintain It's
mutter of technique, not mo
clianleal Inadequacy.
Pencil sharpeners, we are
almost convinced, have len
der feelings. Bo, when Ihey
are approached in an ag
gressive and unfriendly
manner, Ihey react not dis
similarly to t sensitive hu
man being. Anger begeta
anger, aggressiveness be
gets aggreiiiveness, and the
natural result la a broken
point.
But buck to thut wager -If
the DA is still uvortlng his
eyes.
Our young man had, on
Wednesday, suffered an un
happy experience with one of
Iho sharpeners. In revenge, hu
had token It entirely opart,
und slnco (as wo suld) ha Is
not mechanically -oriented,
couldn't put It back together
again.
There lay Uie pathetic piec
es nil during Thursday - his
day off - until compassion
overtook us and we reassem
bled It and. muttering sooth
ing rhymos, successfully
sharpened a pencil.
Came Friday, and tho
young man relumed to work.
I'kklng up pencil he up
prouched the dlsassembled-re-assembled
contrivance shud
dered slightly, backed away,
and turned to another one.
His face became grim
and determined. He thrutl
Ihe pencil Into the sharpen
er's maw with all the II
none ol a small boy slab
bing a load, and savagely
turned the crank. The pen
cil point, as he fully end
lalallitlcally expected,
broke.
t
At this point we sauntered
up and asked timidly If ho
cured to have in sharpen his
pencil fur him.
His face reddened. Ills eyes
narrowed. His hands balled
Into fists. His breathing cam
In gasps.
Through clenched tooth he
said, menacingly, "I'll bot you
a quarter you can't sharpen
five pencils In row, without
breaking one, and without
chewing up more than a quar
ler-inch."
This, of course, was a real
challenge We blanched slight
ly,but accepted.
We quietly approached tha
mochlne. Wo gove It a tenia
live and kindly pat. Wo gent.
ty inserted the first pencil.
and tenderly - oh so tender y
- began turning tho crank,
numming a lulloby the whl'e.
Ihe sharpener, upset by Its
recent experience, bucked ai d
groaned and whined for a mo
ment, lllen settled down to
smooth, whirring hum. Ona
oftcr the other, five pencils
came out with bright, sharp
points.
Have you ever seen
strong, vigorous, young man
cry?
Moving from that small tri
umph to more mundane mat
ters, we were bndly shal n
lost week to read a heodllni n
the Salem Capital Journal
which sold "Stale JDs Dua
for 3-Day Meet - 1400 Will
Attend."
Horrid pictures of 1400
Juvenile delinquents descend
ing on the qulel streets of
Sulem filled our mind's eye.
we were considerably re
eved lo read on and find
that the headline didn't refer
to Juvenile delinquents after
all, but to Job's Daughters.
Maxims, or old sayings,
usually have at least an
elomont of truth, or they
never would have become
maxims. The one b o u I
"There's nothing new under
lheun" was born In on us
ihe other day,
.
The young man who diss
Into tho flics to compile ouf
Flight O' Time column noted
that, week before last, Paga
1 of the Mall Tribune In 10(10
and Page 1 of Ihe Mall Trib
une In 1037 bore a striking)
resemblance.
IIo wos aware of the flurry
over the possible Undine ot
Amelia Eorhorl's plane. rl
of the Domestic Laundry
ury Cleonors fire. So he
somewhat bemused to a
Unit, 23 years ago, Ah; 1
Eiirhart was missing si
whore In the Pacific o-- n
mnsslvo search for her
under way, and also tin a
"worst fire In five yo
awoke Modford ns It w - I
out the Medford Dom a
Laundry and scvoral otlur
firms.
A bigot, wo learn. Is
person who has such a deep
understanding of i subject
that he refuses lo be con
fused by the facts,