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o O o o o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Everyone in SouUiorn Oreeoa Reads The Mali Tribune" tubllshed belly except Sifiirdajr br MEDFOnD PRINTING CO S3 North FIT St., Ph SPS-6U1 1 innrm1 w KUHL. editor HERB GREY Adveltlilnl Manner Cr.RM.D T LATHAM Bua Mr 9MC W ALLEN JR Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS. CIW Editor f. .Snv rwroMAB Tmlrm Ed lor RICHARD JEWETT Sporta Editor OLIVE GTARCHER Women's Editor DALE ERICKSON, Circulation Mgr An TndAnendent Newspaper JJnlered as necond class matter Medford. Oregon, under Aot of March S, 1887 cMC-nTO-rrflM RATES By MaU - In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year 118 00 Dally and Sunday moa SOT Dallv and Sunday 3 mos 4.3 Sunday Only One year ' By Carrler-ln Advance Mcdlord A.hland. Central Point tec la Point. Jacksonville Hold hiu Daily and Sunday 1 year 1B 00 . Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1 SO Carrier and Dealnra copy lOe All Terms Cash lnAdvanc. "miicIaTPaper of City of MidfojJ Official Papar of Jackson ConntT " United Press Intcrhntlonal Full Leased Wire U.P.I. TelephotoNewsplcturea TEMWOr'TlJfijTm'mrAO OF CIRCULATIONS Tf : . i r. f - A .7. - t U, WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC Of fices In New York CMcawDe. trolt. San Franclnco. Los Angeles. Biu. Portland St. Louis At. lanta. Vancouver. B.t! VjjJJ-ASSOCIATION NATIONAL E 0 1 TO R I A I ASttbCtt-ATIfOr. C7 W W Flighf o' Time Medford and Jackson County ui.i... the files of The Mall Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 veara ago. in YEARS AGO The teaching staffs of the Medford schools yesterday honored Public School super intendent E. H. Hcdrick for a quarter of a century of distinguished public service. There are 178 persons out of work in Jackson county the lowest unemployment fig ure reported here In four years. 20 YEARS AGO Tha number of recruits en listed In Medford's National Guard campaign rose to 17 today as two more men sign ed up for Company A, 186th lnlantrv. ' From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" columnv "The sister county to the north, proposes ... to Impose pro hibition upon the inhabitants thereof. If and when adopted the shortest road to the near est state saloon, should see some hectic driving, both day nd night. 30 YEARS AGO An attempt to rob the Cen tral Point bank was foiled yesterday and the would-be robber fled the scene after dodging a hail of bullets. The Jackson county fair will open Wednesday. 40 YEARS AGO Work has started on con struction of the Brownlee mill in north Medtord. Otto Klum has been named the new Medford High school football coach. "Vanishing" Farms o The U. S. Census Bureau's import on farms in Jackson county shows the trend here is the same as it is in Oregon and the nation generally. The number of farms is down; the size of farms is up. This is in turn a reflection of the fact that farming is, more than ever before, becoming a specialized occupation, lor Highly trainee! peo ple, who have sufficient acreage and capital to make for a successful operation. IN the five- years between 1954 and 1959, the size of the "average" farm in Jackson county went from 178.6 acres to 328.6 acres or an in crease of 150 acres. That's a bier increase. But increasing mechanization, increasing use of fertilizers and other chemical aids, and other factors have increased the pressures on the small farm, and made the larger one more econom ical, as well as requiring greater capital It's also interesting to note that the average value of a farm is up from ;(i25,oW to or more than a third. This is due both to the larger average size and to increases m the valuation of iarm lana . THERE are two other facts revealed by the census fieures which are worthy of note. Less than half 800 of the 1,908 farms in the county are listed as "commercial in nature This indicates that a great many of the "farmers' work Dart-time at farmincr and earn some por tion of their income, larere or small, in other ways, or are retired or semi-retired. And the census also revealed the great spurt in planting of orchard trees in the last live years. This indicates that orchardists are generally optimistic over the future of fruit raising. . ONE reason the figures differ so sharply be 1QK1 unrl 1QK9 is that, tha rlpfiniMnn W ' w 4 ww wn-v w of a farm has been changed. Last year, "farms" were at least 10 acres in size, havintr sales of $50 or more, or, alternat ively, smaller than 10 acres, and having sales of $250 or more. In 1954 the definition included any. place from which $150. worth of farm produce was sold. It would be interestintr to know what would happen to America's much-discussed "farm prob lem if a "farm" were given a more accurate Dennis the Menace The Devil's Tricks To the Editor: How much do you really know about the devil and his tricks? And are you sure you are not doing any harm? I am not slamming the Bible, nor any religion. Dis cussing religion is one thing, rguing about it is another. Come now and let us reason together" doesn't mean to argue. ' , It's amazing to see so many well-meaning people all try ing to be the first to convert Mr. Reando and Mr. Helpher through communications. And now, after five weeks, the slow thinkers are coming in at the end of the race. Mr. Reando had a good trick. Now he has most of and realistic definition. Maybe about two-thirds you saying "i just can't un of the "farms" and "farmers" would simply "" L.L:i;ii.. a i J 'Double Standard' in U.N.-Policies Seen Drawback; France Continues on Own Patf I 'AloMfTAKE A IOOK Xl7fflS6W AKHB SAYS H6 1 NtVtK DKINHS AlltrC,'- By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor In the midst of United Na tions efforts to restore order in the Cong o, President m Gaulle of France has told the world body sternly to keep its hands' off Al geria. Thus he ex posed again a weakness of pirn, newsom me u. which has been a cause of complaint almost from its be ginnings and of concern for its future among its supporters. It is the charge that the U.N. operates under two sets of rules - one for the small nations, and another for the major powers. For example, Belgium com plained bitterly but felt forced to comply with a U.N. de mand that its forces leave the Congo. ... Communications ... Lelten to the Editor must boar the nam and address of tha writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pan nam or initial for publication is permissible. Tha Mail Tribune reserves tha right to adit all Utters with a view to clarification and condensation. Leileri submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. Tha letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent tha views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often trie cast. M-T's "Politics and Religion V B0 YEARS AGO Voter registration In Med ford this year is less than 1,000 and more than 700 less than the same number of vot ers registered In the city at tne last election. What's Your 1-0.7 Nine et ten cerract Is luparler: live r eljM la eacellenti five ar 111 la feed. 1. Was the first settlement In Oregon, a trading post, established by the Missouri Fur Co., Pacilic Fur Co., or jonn Jacob Astor? 2. Which of the following Is not a chemical element: arsenic, bismuth, strychnine. 3. Wai the prophet Jere miah, Daniel, or Amos low ered in the "miry pit"? 4, President F. D. Roose velt had three close unoffl cial advisors, two of them were Judge Roscnman and Barney Baruch; name the third. 9. What is the name of the accurate time-keoping device carried on snips tor use iln navigation? 6. Name the States that border on Lake Erie. 7. What sentence was pas-sod- upon Japanese General Yamashita by the military court that tried him? 8. In which city is the "Treaty Elm" under which William Pcnn negotiated treaty with the Indians? S. Whose is the possessive of who. Is It correct to use "who's" in the same sense? 10. "If you lak-a-me lak I lak-a-you, And we lak-a-both the same. . . "Under what tree will they live? Anawarai 1. Missouri Fur , Co. 1. Strychnine. 3, Jere miah. 4. Harry Hopkins. 8. Chronometer. . Ohio, Pensyl. vanla, Naw York, Michigan. 1. Death by hanging. I. Phila delphia. . No. "Whoa cat la it." "Jim, who's next eJoe-rf" 10. "Under the Bam arse Traa." Now we can have our west side gangs go east and south. Now, when we have a rumble, we can squeal and scream and wake the people from their sleep and dreams. "For the dog is dead, or on a chain, or in a muzzle, and we know the kids that lost their dogs will welcome us, and at last people have helped us win our freedom from the dogs. For the Bible reads, obey the laws of your land." I like wild cats, and when they squeal and scream I like to hear the bark of the dogs. Marshall H. Waggoner P.O. Box 753 Central Point, Ore. "We received an interesting telephone call from a courteous woman the other day, and since the subiect might be of interest to readers of the Mail Tribune, we'd like to pass it along. "What is the political affiliation of the Mail Tribune?" was one of her questions. We assured her that the Mail Tribune is, and always has been, politically independent. However, it does make its views known, in the 'editorial column, on candidates. On some occasions it has supported more Republican can didates than Democratic ; on other occasions the other way around. DUT not in any election that we can recall has the M-T's editorial support been given to a complete party ticket. Judgments are made on the worth of individual candidates and issues, insofar as is possible. , And these judgments are reflected in the edi torial columns not in the news columns, where every effort is made to give both sides an "even break. We do not expect, nor even hope, that all readers will agree with editorial assessments of men and issues. But we feel that the newspaper owes it to its readers to make its views known, and the reasons for them. That is part of the democratic process. (")UR telephone caller's next question concerned the "reliirious leanimrs" of the Mail Tribune. We told her it has none ; has no church affili ation of any kind, and that an attempt is made to treat all denominations fairly. She said she had heard that the Mail Tribune was a "Seventh-day Adventist newspaper." This is an old, old story, and it never fails to amuse staff members. We hold the Adventists in high respect, but so far as we know (and we haven't inquired, as a matter of fact), not one member of the news staff belongs to that church. We told our caller that we'd heard the story before, and have a suspicion that it originated because the M-T has no edition on Saturday, the Adventists' Sabbath. (What the story-tellers fail to take into consideration is that the staff works all day Saturday in order to prepare an edition for early Sunday delivery.) e CO that's that. . Republicans tend to think of the Mail Trib une as a Democratic paperand as a matter of fact it has leaned toward Democratic candidates and philosophies in recent years. ' Democrats are more inclined to acknowledge the paper's political independence, particularly those who have been around long enough to re member when Republican candidates were more apt to receive support. But we make no prior commitment to anyone as far as politics is concerned. so, for the record: Politics independent: religious affiliation none. E. A. i why you snouid let your pastors do the preaching. At least they won t try to con vert him through letters to the editor. He baited you on by simply taking advantage of your preacher's itch, and you swallowed the hook, line, sinker and all. You should have scratched your itch and forgotten about it. I said, of course, there must be a devil. And your letters prove that, for sure, because now the devil has got you to where you are slamming the pastors of churches. One of you said in a letter that the amateur preachers made more sense than most of the ministers that you have listened to. Then you say that If you listen long enough to a song you might get to like it. Well, you Just try that the next time you listen to some pastor. If you listen long enough to his song you might get to like it too. You can call me an ama teur preacher If you like, but I'm not so foolish to fall for the devil's tricks as you did. So now, If you will simmer down a bit and think it over, you ought to see that you are playing right into the devil's hands, the same old boy whom you claim to know so much about. William Helpher co Addie D. Train Route 2, Box 312A Gold Hill, Ore. Tha Dog Is Dead To the Editor: The torn cat said to his neighbor: "The dog that chased us is dead, or in the pound, or with a muzzle on, or on a chain. Sky Mystery To the Editor: As you all have heard the old proverb: "money makes the mare go," so every mechanical device may likewise be compared to the old adage. Friday morning at 10:30 a.m., by coincidence, I sighted a very unusual all dark look ing object at a great height, somewhat resembling a mass of folding frames of a skele ton contraption moving in an irregular line. At the time I was about one-half block from the south end of Nian tic st. facing north. The speedy traveling thing was going from east to a northwesterly course at high altitude, it was only a matter of fleeting seconds when it disappeared in the azure be yond. The object never made an audible sound, neither left a vapor trail. If there was' anyone else that got to see the same fas moving sky wonder, I would like to hear from them in the columns of the Tribune. A short while after that a plane was heard above cruis ing from north to south. About 20 minutes later there was a vapor trail hanging in a curve in the western horizon. I still wonder at it Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman st, Medford. never check cars entering Oregon. It's a one-way high way for bugs entering Ore gon. It seems to me like we should be allowed to take their bugs back, or give them some of ours. We could trade termites for fleas, straight across the border. We do return some of their bugs, but they don't know it. Every time I make a trip to California, I take a load of their bugs back in the ra diator. That's the one place they don't check, When you go through the station, they always ask: "Do you have any bugs in the trunk?" I never do, the trunk is as clean as a hounds tooth. But BOY, if they ever looked in the radiator, Id get 99 years packing bugs out of California, We got bugs from every state In the Union, in the radiator. Everett Acklin, Ashland, Ore. Bugs for California To the Editor: I have been checking cars between Ash land and Medford. You might be surprised to find (at cer tain times of the year) there are more California cars than Oregon. Perhaps we should dip into the California high way funds to help maintain Highway 99 in Oregon. The California Bug Sta tions check every car enter ing the state of California, and remove all the bugs. At least, they think so, They Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- RICHARD HARKNESS, news analyst, tells o a day when Democrats and Republicans in the Senate were, going after each other in a big way. Republicans were "pointing with pride," Democrats were "viewing with al arm." Senator. Lyndon Johnson said it reminded him of the day a young Texan applied for a school teaching job in a back woods district A school hoard member allowed as how there was .a differ- ence ol opinion in those parts concerning the world. "Now how about you?" inquired the board member. "Would you tell our pupils that the world was round, or that it was flat?" The would-be teacher re plied without hesitation, "1 teach it either way." Aa old farmer saw an tlectxie fan for the first time. Ha watched its whirling blades la amuement, then shook his head; and observed, 'There,'! tha d ingest fastest squirrel in that cage I ever did se!n Cl4ty4MttCuLUUlfci4a4ayUMlei She's for Durno To 'the Editor: As 6ne of the hundreds of "Democrats for Durno" I want to point out a few of my own reasons for supporting this growing organization in the fourth district. First of all, what does Charles Porter know about the problems of the farmers and ranchers? Having owned a ranch until just recently, I know personally., that most cattle ranchers are against supports and parities. After all, .why should they want to to ue told how many head of cattle they can raise, when they can sell them, who to, and at what prices? The cattle association voted against this control. What has Porter ever ac complished by meddling in foreign affairs without official sanction, undermining our im portant foreign policy bv act ing liKe a one-man state de partment? Why does he keep demand ing new projects with our na tural resources when the old ones are not finished? Furth ermore, the dams should be built through private enter prise. Our representative aDDar- ently has no interest in what I think, although he is sup posed to be representing me. I nave wruien nun numerous times and have never received an answer, except the regular torm letters. As a good Democrat I will vote for Sen. Edwin R. Durno in order to have better rep resentation for this district. Mrs. Winn Tlbbet , Central Point, Ore. Way Off Bast To the Editor: Unless you have information about our defense capabilities which is not known to the general pub lic, you are way off-base about the "Sky Shield" exer cise which is to be held on Sept, 10, The general public has been given information by way of the press, television and ar ticles which appear In publi cations of all kinds that our defense capabilities arc such that we will have at leak a two or three hour warning prior to any mass attack by enemy jets on the continental United States. We have spent billions pre paring our present air defense system to operate in an effi cient manner so as to use those precious hours to elim inate all of the planes which rny make up any mass at tack on us. Public information indi cates that we have ships on and tinder the sea, planes In the air, and land stations op erating 24 hours a day which send electronic Information to a combat operation center Belgian Premier Baston Eyskens then accused the U.N. of working under a double standard. In his first press conference in a year, De Gaulle referred scathingly to "the nations that are so-called united." France, he said, will pay no heed to any action con cerning Algeria taken within the United Nations. With the exception of the United States, each of the major powers has at one time or another flouted majority opinion of the U.N. Russia continues to do so in Hungary. Britain and France did it in Egypt. In his drive to force France into the forefront of major nations, De Gaulle frankly expounds the theory of power blocs. Thus, he would place in the hands of France, Brit ain and tne unnea oiaiea final decisions affecting all 15 nations of NATO, keystone of West European defenses. He would- link France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland into a political and economic force whose strength and popula tion would rival either the United States or Russia. In this third force, -France would be the bridge to the U.S. and Britain. The U.N. charter does not bar regional treaties but con ceives of them as organiza tions functioning within the larger structure. De Gaulle now pointedly ignores the United Nations. The United States, France and Britain alone, he said, could have prevented chaos in the Congo had they coordi nated their policies in advance. Civil Aviation To Cooperate in 'Sky Shield1 Friday Night By RICHARD SPONG Editorial Research Reports Civil aviation, whose lead ers often vigorously dispute federal controls over commer cial and private flying, are pledging complete coopera tion in this week end's "Sky Shield" exercise which will ground all non-military planes lor tne iirsi time out side of a war emergency. The cooperation will be entirely voluntary. No civil air regu lation has been issued. The 1 disruption of air line schedules, as well as of pri vate and business flying, has been kept to a minimum by careful consultation among military planners, aviation in terests, and the Federal Avia tion Agency. Nevertheless, during the six-hour period of the exercise the U.a. planes alone which will be grounded normally would have made about 1000 commercial flights, carrying some 37,000 passengers, and about 700 general flights. In Canada some 310 aircraft would be carrying 3000 passengers. For eign-flag lines would be en gaged in 31 operations. Vast Test Sky Shield is a vast test of U.S.-Canadian air defenses. It is not a war game in the usual sense, but rather a train ing exercise and measure of located at our Continental Air Defense Command. Electronic communication capabilities are such that in formation about enemy planes heading toward the general direction of the U.S. from known Russian bases can be reported to CONAD in a mat ter of minutes. In case of an alert from ny outpost, (according to Russia, some of our agents are located on their air bases) our defense would go Into action at a distance from our main country while all com mercial, private and non-essential planes would be grounded in order to clear the decks for our fighter planes and missiles. Of course Russian capa bilities change as time goes by, but so do ours. We try to keep in touch and block any and all changes. I know we are doing a much better job than you indicate. We have had our "Pearl Harbor." All we need now is a few ex ercises in order to test our blocking capabilities. William Doernbach 143 Mace rd. Medford. "Peke,' From a Rhyming Dog To the Editor: Now I'm just a seven years old, A friendly sort, so I've been told. This Is my son, a nice little guy, Who the neighbors all liked to come by and say "Hil But here we are, all chained up, Now is that the life for a good old pup? The kids take us for walks, which helps a lot But when school starts with all that rot, Will we still go for walks around the block? Or get all stove up, to where we can't walk? Now our neighbors never comnlalned before. But after last night and a few nights more, I'll bet they hope we get loose soon, So we won't bark and howl at the moon. So come on folks, what do you say? Go to the polls on election day, Set us free to be happy and then, Our mistress can sleep at night again. Gwen St. Germain 2830 La Pine ave. Medford, readiness. More than 300 B-52 and B-47 bombers of the Stra tegic Air Command will make simulated nuclear attacks on the North American continent. They will use electronic de vices to confuse and jam de fense radar, military air ground communications, and FAA's traffic radar. Pitted against the 2,000 sorties SAC will make is the entire North American Air Defense Command. The U.S Canadian electronic air de fense system, involving land sea, and air forces, will at tempt to intercept and "de stroy" the invaders. The game, however, has been played out in advance. To avoid dangerous confusion, bombers will fly predeter mined tracks, known to the defenders. No live ammunition will be used. No missiles will be fired. Sky Shield has no civil de fense aspect. Huge Exercise This hugest of air exercises will cover some 14 million square miles of the North American continent and its adjacent waters. The exer cise begins Friday at 10 p.m Pacific Standard Time, and will last six hours. Civilian radio and television will not be affected Cooperating In addition to the commercial lines are the Air Transport Association, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the National Busi ness Aircraft Association, and other aviation groups, as well as the FAA and the Canadian Department of Transport. The airlines naturally hope that prospective passengers will re arrange their schedules to fly earlier or later. Otherwise as much as $5 million in flight revenue could be lost, But just for this once some airlines will be prepared to divert last-minute traffic to their surface competitors. Bus and railroad timetables will be available at airline ticket offices. The willingness to "sit out" the near-emergency operation appears to be general in civil ian aviation. Acceptance by the public appears equally as sured. E. R. Quesada, FAA ad ministrator, in a statement of Aug. 3, put it this way: "The Sky Shield exercise is a vital training require ment for our entire air de- In both'his suggestions j NATO and his disregard j the United Nations, De Ga.tr! runs directly counter to-1 United States, which regar the U.N. as a foundation stq of its foreign policy. r- But, great tests face t United Nations and still gre er ones are in store .A powi ful Afro-Asian bloc, neutral its sentiments, is on t rise. Latin American nauo no longer can be counted ' to vote with the Unit States. ':' And Russia, as it has de: onstrated in the Congo, is t termined that if this is t0;' one world, it will be a Co: munist one. National Forest Timber Cut Set At $148 Million Washington -UIP&- The J! ricullure Department said day timber cut in national fi ests in fiscal 1960 totaled record 9.3 billion board ft with a value of about $1 million. , This compared with a ( of 8.3 billion board feet in i cal 1959 with a value of $i million. Until 1959 the R vious higli was a harvest seven billion board feetV 1957. The 9.3 billion boj feet cut from national fore! lupruamiis it per ceni oi total saw-timber harvested the entire nation. Sold More Timber The Forest Service sold more timber in fi: 1960, reporting an increasi 30 per cent over 1959. Mos the increase was attributei a long-term sale of three lion board feet of pulpw in the Southwest. The department said saie, me largest ever m; outside Alaska, will mean important new industry the Southwest. It will sup a new paper mill, produ a daily capacity of 150 to, of kraft paper and 210 tt of newsprint and will provl additional jobs. f The timber will come fri the Colorado plateau of A zona and New Mexico in Kaibab, Coconino, Sitgreau Apache, Tonto, and Cib National Forests. Sustained Yield Increases The department said sustained yield of timber p vided by these public fore has increased sharply in t last decade, under the stcppl up multiple-use managemt and rising demands for ti ber. With the new devel ment plan, the program the national forests, the of timber from these land expected to go up steadily! an ultimate annual harvest some 20 billion board feet the year 2000. Marion County Judgi Returns To Bench Salem-IUPD-Marion Coin Judge Rex Hartley returil to the job Wednesday af spending most of the sumn recuperating from an illnt The jurist spent some tl in the hospital but recuper ed mostly at home. -: - fense system. 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