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Newspaper Page Text4 A "Kvaryone in Southern Oregon . BmiU Tha Mall Tribune" Published Deilv except Saturday by MEDFOKD PROTING CO 83 Worth Fir Stj, Ph SP 2-6141 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. SUNDAY. AUGUST 21, 1960 ROBraT"W"RUHt. Editor HERB GREY Adveitltinf Manafer GERALD T i .A THAU Bus. Mgr. ERIC W. ALLEN JR.. Mnc Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHTPMAN. Teiec Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Eporll Editor OLIVE STARCHER, Women'a Editor DALE ER1CKSON. ClrculaUon Mgr An Indenendent Newspaper Entered ai second da matter at Medford. Oreaon. under Act of Marrh S. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mai) In Advance. Cop; 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Daily and Sunday 6 mos. 8.00 Daily and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 Sunday Only One year 84.20 y Carrier In Advance Medford Ashland, Central Point Eagle . Point. Jacksonville. Gold Rill Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er. Talent and on motor routes. ' Daily and Sunday 1 year 818 00 Dally and Sunday 1 mo 1.50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cash in Advanca Official Paper of City of Medforo Official Papar of Jackson ConnlT United Press International Full Leased Wire TJ.P.1. Telephoto Newsplcturea ""MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative : WEST HOLIDAY CO- INC Of fices In New York. Chicago. De trolt. San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle. Portland St. Louis. At lanta. Vancouver. B.C. NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUkUISHEKS ASSOCIATION EDITORIAI Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the flies of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Our Wild Area At the moment that this is being written, the most vivid reminder of a 35-mile horseback trip is the uneasy not to say painful contact between anatomy and chair. But this will fade. Other memories remain. The trip, taken under Forest Service auspices, was through the limited area north of Fourmile lake and south of Crater Lake National park. It is now under consideration by the Forest Service for dedication as a wild area; where nature is preserved as it is and always has been, and the trappings of civilization are forbidden. THERE is little timber which is of commercial value in the entire area. Most of it is in the neighborhood of 6,000 feet in altitude, with points rising a thousand feet and more higher. The chief values to mankind represented by this high country are intangibles. Using the area are hunters and fishermen, in season, and those who find spiritual, intellec tual and physical refreshment "re-creation as well as recreation in the fresh, clean, high country air; the magnificent vistas of lakes, mountains and forests, and in the .undefinable joy of living close to unspoiled nature. THERE is another very real benefit to be de rived from preserving such natural areas. 1 This is in the keeping of an area in its own, natural ecological state, Keeping it for scientific studies of -the natural relationships of living things with their environment. There are, indeed, some good arguments for holding at. least a- few areas virtually inviolate, and preventing even hunting and fishing. But this is not contemplated by the Forest Service for most of its wild and wilderness areas. Dennis the Menace p p. Matter of Fact b j.wPh ai.op tF?i tVIKOP Today & Tomorrow By Walter lippmann U 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 21, 1950 (Monday) A 2V4-acre forest fire in the Mud Springs rd. area yester day destroyed a small saw mill. Several counterfeit bills have made their appearance in Medford recently, '.he most recent one being a $20 bill which was passed at a local theater. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 21, 1840 (Wednesday) All pioneers of southern Oregon are invited to the an nual Pioneer picnic to be held In the Eagle Point park bun dav. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "An other finder of a handsome sum of money has been re warded by the owner with a quarter. One of these days tne tables will be turned. The finder will give the owner a dime." 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1930 (Thursday) A Northwest rum czar, who has had past dealings in this city, contributed $250 to the WCTU. he testified at a fed eral trial for violation of the Volstead act. The tomato harvest has started in Eden valley. 40 YEARS AGO Aug. 21. 1920 (Saturday) . Plans have been made to remodel the Page theater into a modern movie house and have it ready for business by Opt. 1. A total of 114 shipments of Bartletts have been made to date. SO YEARS AGO Aug. 21, 1910 (Sunday) The entire state militia may be mobilized to fight numer ous forest fires which arc rag ing unchecked through Cra ter National forest timber. Rangers suspect that dis gruntled homesteaders Bear ing grudges against them, are purposely setting the fires in the Big uuiie aisiriL-i. SE OF the area is increasing sharply. r)fsnUf the nhvsical difficulties of getting in and out of it, there are many more people today who are willing to undertake the long walk or lnrior hnr sphark ride involved, and who do so because of the great personal rewards to be de rived from isolation and privacy in the midst of natural beauty. During the two-day trip, we .encountered per hans a half-dozen groups or individuals in the area, either mounted or afoot. On a recent July 4tn weeK ena, one ui we akes had 50 head of horses, and the total has run up to 500 and more in recent summers. This is few enough, of course, in comparison to the hundreds of thousands who now flock to more readily accessible areas, cut tne numoei is ornwine-. and the eniovment that these reia- tively hardy souis receive is an out in ijiuyuinuu to their numbers. K T,T, in all. it is our considered view that: r Thf. Rpvpii Lakes Basin, the Skv lakes and Blue lakes,. the ridge dominated by Devil's peak (from which can be seen a panorama stretching uri mi .'1 ' 1.1 ..J.U Tfl". QVinata rYt irom ivic. i nieisen on we nui w tu iu the south, and from the smoke and haze filled valley where Medford lies, on the west, to the t fnnntru rn the east of Klamath Lake) should be preserved and with them enough area to serve as a buffer and protection Irom the roads, chainsaws, and the crowds who seem to find their greatest delight in chopping up tables and paving tne counirysiae wiw ueei tana. There's little enough primeval country left Let's save some. And this area is a wonderful candidate for preservation as is. E.A. More About Hyatt What's Your I.Q.? Mi. a. frx camd it luptrior; Mvtn or tight it eelltnt; Hrt oi us It good. 1. From what physical in firmity did the composer Lud- wie Beethoven sutler? 2. The Jewish Day of Atonement is known as ? 3. What is the motto of the U.S. Army? 4. Does the Zodiac contain eleven, twelve, or thirteen constellations? 5. Proverb: "The pen is than the ? 6. The aboriginal Ameri can Indian custom was to bury chiefs In a standing, sit ting or prone posture? 7. Iron is an element or an alloy? 8. What university athletic teams are nicknamed "Tar Heels"? 9. The sun is about 40, 400, or 4,000 times larger than the moon? 10. In what profession was Clarence Darrow eminent? Answers: 1. He became deaf. 2. Yom Kippur. 3. "Duty Honor. Country." 4. Twelve. S. "The pen is mightier than the sword." 6. Sitting. 7. Kle menl. 8. North Carolina. 9. About 400. 10. Lawyer. A lot of neoule are interested in Hyatt lake. This is evident from the surprising interest voiced in response to a piece which appeared here recently, where it was suggested that a unique combination of circumstances would make now the time to clear out many of the snags wnien new mar the beauty, utility and saiety or tne lane, Tn addition to vocal expressions of interest two letters in the "Communications" column to day express this interest on ditterent sides. MO SUGGESTION was made that lawns and gardens be planted only that unsightly, dan gerous and hard-to-get-at snags be removed now that the lake is being drawn down to permit waterway repairs. The letter from Bob Keeney, chairman of the pnnntv narks and recreation commission, is fur ther pvidenre of the interest. And we are also informed that the countv court, and the severa. federal agencies involved, are also discussing wavs and means of doinc the job. The Talent Irrigation district has long wanted to get rid of the snags, and the state game com mission is actively interested in tne iae. 17HETHER the lake will have to be poisoned TT to net rid of the croppies remains to be seen It may not be necessary, since it is planned to empty the lake completely, it this can be done, Restocking plans call for bass and bluegill which are ideally suited for this warm water lake, and would furnish a great deal of sport particularly for family grouus. And some of the snags -hose in the chan nels, those which can be readied under norma draw-down conditions (and perhaps even those which provide homes tor purple martins) can well remain. - The supply of fish food would be undisturbed, for snags rising above the water don't help. All in all, the suggestion (which originally came from those closely associated with manage ment of the lake) merits the support and interest of all concerned. b.A. TRUJILLO AND CASTRO We may learn some im portant lessons from the meet ing of the foreign ministers in Costa Rica. They have to take a posi tion on two questions. One is the attempt by the Trujillo regime .in the Dominican Re public against t h 11 f a n f Lippm'IJ.r, President Bet- ancourt of Venezuela. The other is Castro's revolution in Cuba and its connections with the Soviet Union. The prospects are that there will be more strong support for Venezuela against Trujil lo than for the United States against Castro. If this proves to be correct, it will show up rather clearly what collective action in this hemisphere means. The prin ciple of collection action, to which we are now wholly committed, has come into force in the past 30 years, it was accepted gradually by this country under mounting pressure from the Latin Amer ican republics. It replaced the old practice of unilateral in tervention by the United States to protect and promote its interests in this hemis phere, south of the Canadian border. S we can see it now in retrospect, our renuncia tion of intervention was a re volutionary change in our re lations with our southern neighbors. It meant that, ex cept to protect lives, we could not intervene anywhere, and that for the protection of American property and mater ial interests we have in fu ture to rely wholly on diplom acy and non-coercive means. There Is no Latin American state, not even the most cor rupt and reactionary dictator ship, which will do anything even indirectly, which would restore any resemblance of the old United States right of armed intervention. This gives Castro a free hand in the conduct of his revolution and in his dealings with the Soviet Union, China, and the Communist satellites FiOES this mean that collec- " tive action in this hemis phere is for all practical pur poses a principle which can never be applied? Not quite. The Venezuelan charge against Trujillo has much sym pathy in many of the other Latin American governments, and the Costa Rica conference may recommend some sort of collective action against Tru jillo. In any event, we can say that there will be a reaction in Latin American govern ments against intervention by anyone provided that the in tervention is overt as in the attempt to blow up President Bclancourt, and is not mere ly propaganda. Very probably, overt inter vention is the dividing line between what will and will not be done by collection ac tion. If Castro sent arms to re bel guerilla bands, if he sent Cuban commandos to over throw a neighboring govern ment, collective action would probably be agreed to. If he sent only agents, It would probably not be agreed to. As to the Soviet Union, the limit is almost certainly at overt intervention, as for ex ample missile bases or sub marine bases in Cuba, or ser ious and abnormal shipments of arms. But we would almost certainly be deluding ourselv es if we expected collective action against Cuba's accep tance of Soviet and Chinese economic aid, against econom ic deals between Cuba and the Communist orbit, or against Communist ideology and propaganda. A very large number of people in a great many countries in this hemis phere are prepared to tolerate a good deul more Communist influence than we like. MOST of us have lived with the belief that the New World is a thing apart, hav ing problems of course but not the deep problems of inner structure and external expan sion which have made the his tory of the Old World so pas sionate and so bloody. Our blessed immunity has been lost. This will force us to make a deep and painful readjust ment to realities which the of ficial rhetoric shrouds with a rosy and perfumed fog of generalities and platitudes. I hope I am mistaken in think ing that we have gone to Cos ta Rica hoping to get out of the conference some words which can be made to look like disapproval of Castro and approval of the United States. For such .words will lead to nothing, will mean nothing at all, and will not deflect by the breadth of hair the course of events. 1IHAT then can we do? We " can go along with - not at the front with the band and not at the rear dragging our feet - any collective action the O. A. S. is willing to t a k against Trujillo for his crime against Betancourt. This will establish the useful and sig nificant precedent that there will be collective actio against overt intervention. Besides that, for Cuba would not magnanimity be the best wisdom? Why should we not tell our Latin neigh bors that what we want of them is nothing that could be construed as a license to in tervene in Cuba? What we want of them are thtir good offices in composing the quar rel which Castro exploits, and in convincing him and the Cuban people that we are not at war with them, and do not mean to be. This would, to be sure, be a policy of turning the other cheek. But is that an ignoble policy for a great state? NEW YORK AND THE NEGRO VOTE New York-The streets of Brooklyn's Sixth Assembly District - Schenectady and Utica Ave nues, Herki mer Street, and the rest -are places that give a grim, sar donic over tone to our newly f a s h ionable s e 1 f d e s c ri ption, The Affluent Society." This Negro district m Brooklyn is at least ceuer than Harlem because trees grow there, and because the where the people live are small houses, instead of high apartment buildings earbaee-littered halls. nut these are rjoor people, on the Harlem income levei, aim with the Harlem voting habit In this melancnoiy area, Oliver Quayle of the Louis Harris organization and this -..nm-tor finished the last lap of a survey oi me tunc.. linrtoncies in New York's and crucial special vot- Ino irrouDS. we louna mat the Democrats ought to do well with the Negro voters, this time, unless our 50-voter sample was seriously mislead ing. THE Democrats wilt not au well because Sen. John F. Kennedy has made a great Impression among the Negro voters, any more than- the Republicans will gain because of the civil riehts maneuvers of Senators Keating and Jav its or because of the presence of Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas on the Democratic ticket. These factors, so wioe- lv exDected to influence tne Negro voters, appeared to have virtually no influence at all. The sole DOllee wno seem ed to care much about Lyn don Johnson, for instance, was a wonderfully vigorous, stern ly Republican old lady, Mrs. Elizabeth wnue, oi oaa xiei kimer Street. She cast her ballot for Richard M. Nixon, hut volunteered that sne would sooner vote for Sen ator Johnson than either of these whippersnappers we've eot to choose from, ine re- liainus issue, too, seemed to have almost no influence, al- thoueh virtually all the Brooklyn people we talked with were cnurcn-going rro- testants. The truth is that when you go below a certain average income level, as you almost always do, alas, when polling an urban Negro district, the only issue that really counts is iobs. The economic pres sures are all the more effec tive, too, because people cease to have many television sets and do not regularly read the newspapers when this av erage income level is passed, Thus the images, as the an alysts now say, are dim, and the personal situations of the voters themselves are also painfully vivid. For this stronsly predomi nant reason, our sample went for Kennedy by a hair better than two to one-15 for Nixon, 31 for Kennedy, and 6 unde cided, to be . exact. This was all the more ominous for toe Republicans because our sam ple was heavily overweight ed in the KepuDiican pariy a favor, at least among those who had voted last time (who are the only probable voters next time, one must add). In 1956, the 38 previous voters had spilt, Elsenhower 20. Stevenson 16. Kenneay now got 15 Stevenson votes nnri R Elsenhower votes, or 21 in all of this group, against nine Eisenhower votes ana one religion-influenced Stev enson vote for Nixon, or ten for Nixon in all. In this group finally, five Eisenhower votes droDDed off into the dont' know" column. We should have liked a larger sample. No grim pre dictions can be maae now, either, because the Negro vot ers are so responsive to their own leaders, like Rep. Adam Clayton Powell; and tnese men have not yet taken strong nositlons. But the foregoing fleures nonetheless suggest a strong possibility that Brook lyn's Sixth Assemoiy District will turn in its heaviest Demo nratio maiorlty since 1954, when Averill Harnman tooK three-auarters of the vote there. OELOW this income level, too, the great former as set of the Democratic party is still as valuable as ever, Most working people have ceased to say that "Democrats are for the poor folks," be cause they have so largely ceased to think of themselves as poor folks. But it is never like that in the Negro streets of Brooklyn. And this year jobs are scarce for Negroes because the economy is not running at full blast. As this is written, the BIG news of the world is some thing of a mess. The Moscow spy trial, for example. Its basic- purpose was to drama tize to the world the wickea- ness of U. S. spying activities. There s the Congo-where a STRUGGLE FOR POWER is making a mockery of the lib erties of the people who have just been given their freedom from the restrictions oi col onial rulership. There's the not very ediiy- Ing political scramble for votes at any price that is go ing on in our own country. w How about a little essay on PUBLIC DEBT, and how it builds up? THUS the picture of New York's special voting groups is completed. In sum mary, the Democrats have a strong head start with the Negro voters. But this may be cancelled if the Negro lead ers take the Javits-lieating line on civil rights, which they have not yet done. By the same token, ttepuD- licans are noiaing consiaer- ably more Catholic voters than one might have expected with Kennedy on the Demo cratic ticket. But Kennedy may win more Catholics in the end. The Jewish voters show signs of strong antipathy to Nixon. But tnis may De cancelled, or at any rate somewhat reduced, by more Nixon campaigning on the level of the acceptance speecn at Chicago. Work it all out on the basis of New York state popula tion and voting statistics. Al low for some Protestant de fection to Nixon, too. You find that the start of the race seems to be almost exactly neck-and-neck in the biggest and most crucial state In the Union. (c) 1960 New York Herald Tribune Inc. THERE is an interesting lit tle item in the news that has a bearing on that issue. It concerns a bridge to be built over the Columbia river between Biggs, Ore., and a point near Maryhill, Wash. The low bid on the span was $2,408,163. To provide the funds with which to com plete it, the Washington State Toll Bridge Authority sold to Chicago investment syndi cate a bond issue totaling $3, 500,000. The syndicate pur chased the issue for $3,298, 750, the difference represent ing the interest rate. Communications "Cost" of Blood To the Editor: I read in your paper where the Red Cross is having trouble find ing donors for blood. If people do give blood free, to the Red Cross, why Is It we were charged $90 for two pints when our twins were born? Wondering? Mrs. D. L. Harris Box 412 Talent, Ore. Editor's note: If the blood mentioned by Mrs. Harris was obtained at a Medford hospital, it should not have cost $90. Mrs. Anita Burba blood chairman for the local Red Cross, points out that some cities do not have Red Cross blood available, and in those areas the total cost is usually between $40 and $60 per pint. n the Days News By FRANK JENKINS POTLUCK (By M-T Staff and Contributors) HAT to talk about today? s MUCH for the details. Here is the point: A dispatch from Olympia (Washington's state capital) this morning says: 'Interest and discount over the life of the bonds will amount to $9,569,583, thus bringing the total cost of the bridge to $13,069,583." This thought naturally arises: That's a lot of money to pay for a bridge whose construc tion cost, according to the low bid, was less than two and, a half million dollars. It sug gests this thought: It would have been much cheaper to LEVY A TAX and pay for the bridge and be done with it, THIS, of course, must be a- taken inln rnnsideratinn: If a tax had been levied, the money would have been taken out of the pockets of the people. Presumably, this money would have been worth something to the tax payers out of whose pockets it would have been taken. But- j - The bid was $2,409,163. The population of the state of Washington, according to the 1960 census, is 2,824,144. That would have represented a per capita tax of about 85 cents, The total cost of the bridge, including interest over the life of the bonds, will be $13, 069,583, which will represent a per capita cost of about $4.63. The total cost of putting all these things on the cuff, you see, runs AWFULLY HIGH. In Medford, however, Red Cross blood is furnished free, The charges made are for the bottle containing the blood ($4.50), the fee for administer ing it ($6); blood typing and determining rh factor ($5); cross matching ($3.50)-a total of $19. Each additional pint costs $5 less, as typing is not needed again. These fees are standard hos pital charges, and the only amount received by the Red Cross is the $4.50 for the bot tle containing the blood. How Can We Lead Disputatious Allies? By ERIC SEVAREID It is sad, true and well known, as every Democratic orator will remind us until Nov. 8, that American lead ership of the free alliance ap pears very feeble. Whaf is equally sad, equally true, but not equally well known is the fact that our major allies are using Washington's inadequa cy as a handy excuse for. pro longing their own quarrels, In decisiveness and lack of vis ion. I began foreign travels a year ago believing this al liance was a two-way, give-and-take affair. I have dis covered that European intel lectuals and politicians in dis couraging numbers regard it otherwise. Under their rules of partnership, supinely ac cepted by most of Washing ton, America Is fair game for any acid-tipped arrow, whe ther aimed at the size of our cars, the presidential syntax or our Russian policy. No American journalist I know concentrates on the squalid or unjust aspects of British or French lift, as any number of British and French journalists do in America in a most patronizing manner. European press and parlia mentary attacks on the Presi dent or his policies are silently accepted by Washington offi cials as they accept the wea ther. Let one American legis lator criticize French policy in Algeria, as Senator Kennedy did some time ago, and there is savage reaction in Paris. Let one American reporter say, as did Mr.. Don Cook in the New York Herald-Tribune, that Washington scaled down its estimate of Harold Mac millan after the collapse of his personally patented Sum mit, and official British pro test is made to the White House itself. These phenomena are root ed in the post-war psycholog ical agonies of proud Euro peans adjusting to small power status. We can live with this; it will pass. We ought not answer back on this level. But what we must do, I have reluctantly come to think, is to adopt a firmer tone not only toward the Soviet Union but toward our own allies. The truth is that, increasingly as home-based missiles develop, they need us more than we need them, although '"'ashing ton rarely acts upon this truth. Our European friends say, "Lead us." Question them closely and you discover that eight times out of ten they really mean, "Follow our ad vice." And the advice differs from Britain to France to Ger many. Take bold risks with the Russians, say the Germans and the French. Go softly, say the British. Help us create a true European sovereignty on the basis of the Common Mar ket, Euratom and the Iron and Steel Community, say the Ger mans, the Belgians, the Ital ians and the French civil servants. I will give away no inch of French sovereignty, says General de Gaulle in spite of the Rome Treaty. You have let down your best allies in pushing the Common Mar ket at all, say resentful Brit ish leaders, who cannot make up their minds whether they are part of Europe or not. De Gaulle shoulders bis way toward a three-power di rectorate of NATO, including France. He throws our tactical bombers out of France, takes back naval units from NATO control, plunges on toward an atomic arsenal France cannot afford, all as pressure tactics to satisfy his status obsession -while Germany and the smal ler NATO members resist and beg us not to let it happen. Lead us into a common Af rican policy, say the French, but close your mind to the Al gerian war-which happens to be one of the chief forces ex acerbating Black Africa. Every allied country thrives today under the protecting umbrella of the American de terrent. That deterrent cannot protect them unless we know precisely where to aim it. Yet when the U-2 photographic plane was caught, I did not read or hear in Europe one word of relief and gratitude that somebody, somewhere had the competence and cour age to do what those pilots have been doing for four dan gerous years. About one-half the British parliament ana press sound as if they want the protection of the alliance, but not the risks that go with it. American blunders are more consequential than Euro pean blunders in the nature of things. But not with th wisdom of the saints could we 1 e a d a solid alliance if its members governments cannot keep their own houses order. It is hardly the fault of Washington that France cannot settle Algeria, that Bel gium has ruined herself the Congo, that Germany after eight years still has not built her 12 divisions, that Italy cannot select a new cabinet without riots in the streets One could say much more particularly about the British record on summitry, European economic unity and nuclear defense-on all of which they have burned" their fingers but that can wait. "Construc tive" suggestions as to what America ought to do under these conditions can also wait. There are times when no one can build without first de stroying the rubbish that hin ders construction. Right now part of the rub bish Impeding the function ing of the Western alliance is Washington's official posture of over-patient meekness to wards our allies, encouraged by Washington writers who are so close to and aware of the motes In the American eye that they ignore astigmatism in others. (Distributed 1960 by The Hall Syndicate. Inc.) (All Right! Reserved) The county boundary board (county judge, the two commissioners, and the coun ty school superintendent) will be called upon to render a decision in the Phoenix school district boundary controversy next week. We have it on good report that, after the decision is ren dered in this highly disputed case, the members have made plans, as follows: Judge Miller is flying to Wisconsin. Commissioner Wendt is going to be very busy on the most distant field In his farm. superintendent Alf Mek- void will return north to re sume his interrupted vacation. And Commissioner James is returning to his farm in Sams valley, which contains a farm pond, which might serve as a moat around his house, com plete with raised draw bridge. It teemi to be the nature of humankind to get into arguments and disputa tions. It happens in the best of families, even in churches, occasionally. Witness, for instance, tha case of a discussion in a church group recently, where the upshot of the discussion was the statement by one member that a minister works longer and harder hours than does the President of tha United States. "What's your point?" in quired another member. "Are you braggin' on the minister. or complaining about the President?" Which recalls a story told some time ago in the col umns of the Pendleton East Oregonian. concerning the vestry of a parish which was in search of a new rector. A letter was re. ceived by the senior ward en. It said: "Gentlemen: Understand ing that your parish is vacant, I should like to apply for tha position. I have many quali fications that I think vou would appreciate. I have been blessed to preach with power and have had some success as a writer. Some say that I" am a good organizer. I have been a leader in most places I have gone. Some folks, however, have some things against me. I am over fifty years of aze. I have never preached in one place more than three years at a time. In some places I nave left town, after my work caused riots and disturbances. I have to admit that I have been in jail three or four times, but not because of any real wrong-doing. My health is not too good, although I still get a good deal done. I have had to work at my trado to help pay my way. Tha churches I have preached in have been small, though h cated in several large cities. "I have not gotten on too well with the religious leaders in different towns where I have preached. In fact, soma of them have threatened me, taken me to court and even attacked me physically. "I am not too good at keep ing records. I have even been known to forget whom I bap tized. However, if you can use me, I shall do my best for you, even if I have to work to help with my support." The Senior Warden read this letter to the Vestry and asked them if they were inter ested In the applicant. The Vestry replied that he would never do for the the church. They were not Interested in any unhealthy, contentious, trouble-making, absent mind ed, ex-jailbird; In fact they felt insulted that his applica tion had been presented. The Vestry asked the nsma of the applicant. Whereupon the Senior Warden answered, "The Apostle Paul." One of the most attrac tive things about some hu man beings is their ability to be cheerful despite dif ficulties, including pain. We recently heard one man remark, after dismounting from a horse after a long and -unaccustomed ride, painfully and creakingly, "Well, it's better than walking." He paused a mo ment, thou g h t f u 1 1 y. "I guess," he added, tenderly rubbing himself. On the same trip the party had ridden up a rickety trail to visit Devil's Peak lookout, and, on descending, found an even worse trail. It was narrow. It was steep. Much of It was along a sharp cliff-like slide of broken rock which tended to slither off into nothingness hundreds of. feet below with each step of the horse. At this point one of the tenderfoot riders turned to the ranger In charge of the district and asked: "Perk, when in heck ara you going to paint a white iine down the rniddle of this highway?"