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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
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Matter of Fact b j.wPh ai.op
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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?"