WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26. I960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Try and Stop Me
- By BENNETT CERF
"rpAKE IT EASY, son, and stop fidgeting," advised the
A snuUng father of an eligible daughter. "I have a feel
ing in my bones that you are steeling yourself to ask for my
little girls hand in mar
riage. Well, take her, my
boy, and my blessings on
both of you."
"No, no," demurred the
embarrassed youth. "I
just wanted to know if
you'd lend me $25."
"$25!" exploded Papa.
"You must be out of
your ever-loving head.
Why, I hardly know
you!"
Nell Morgan tells of a
San Diego lawyer who gave
his wife a flashy pink
dressing gown for Christmas. "The minute the girl at the shop
displayed it," enthused the lawyer, "I could see you in it" The
wie kissed him indulgently and explained why: she had been
wearing one exactly like it for two years.
I960, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King; Features Syndicate
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Tonopah. This is one of
Nevada's ghost towns. But it
is a different kind of ghost
town. In the others . . and
there are so many of them in
this West of ours that we ad
dore . . . the miners and their
ladies are gone . . . gone to
that bourne whence none re
turneth. They are peopled, to be
sure, but the people that tread
their streets and gawk into
their windows and Oh and Ah
at the things they see, are
FLESH AND BLOOD people.
They wear the clothes of to
day. They speak the argot of
today.
In a word, they are tourists.
Tourists and nobody else.
IN TONOPAH, it is somehow
different.
There are tourists, to' be
sure - quite a reasonable
number of thetrii They walk
the Streets, in the evening af
ter they arrive and get put
up at a motel. They eat. And
they drink. And . . . this
being Nevada . . . they gamble.
People live here. They earn
a living here. Chiefly, one
suspects, from the motor tour
ists who flit from Reno to
Las Vegas and find the old
town a good place to break
the 450-mile trip.
Halloween Party
Planned by Club
The Old Timers Car club
will hold a Halloween party
Friday, Oct. 28, at the Pyth
ian hall, Fifth and Grape sts.
The party will be preceded
at 7:50 p.m. by a brief month
ly meeting and the party will
start at 8 p.m.
Appropriate dress will 'be
. "hard times clothes" and the
evening's activities will in
clude games, contests, duck
for apples, and dancing. Re
freshments will be served.
Reservations should be
made' with the secreary, Earl
M. Swift, MUrdock 5-6984.
Newhouse Probe
Goes Info Nevada
Portland -IUPD - The probe
into the shotgun wounding of
Oregonian production man
ager Donald Newhouse has
spread into other states, police
said today.
Newhouse is recovering
from the wound, suffered Oct.
16 while he was working in
the basement of his home.
Two detectives were sent to
Nevada Tuesday to check on a
reported tip.
Detective Capt. O. K. Rob
inson said the investigation is
taking more time than he had
expected. Several tips have
been checked out.
The Oregonian and Oregon
Journal announced a special
committee had been named to
determine who would be paid
the $10,000 reward put up by
the newspapers when the case
is solved.
FAITHFULLY
AND WELL ...
We have served this community
for 25 years and more. To merit
your confidence is our sincere
desire.
LITWILLER
FUNERAL HOME
Highway 66 at Normal Ave.
Ashland Dial MU 5-4541
"1
Ashland's Leading Funeral
WHEN the tourists of a
somewhat earlier day en
tered the old; Mizpah hotel
and stood in its lobby and
peeked into the rooms that
once were its banquet rooms
and its party rooms, they were
not alone. Nor were they
alone when they entered the
old Tonopah Club with its
marvelous and really beauti
ful old bar.
Mingling with them were
shadowy forms. If the place
was the banquet room of the
old Mizpah, the shadowy men
were apt to be clothed in tails
and white ties. And the. ghost
ly ladies would be wearing
marvelous gowns of another
day. '
. For this Tonopah, half a
century ago, lived a gracious
life after its people had made
their pile. The memory of it
lingers on , . even to this
day. ... 1
HOW did Tonopah get its
start? This is the tale they
tell.
Back about the turn of the
century, a miner and his mule
were prospecting the hillside
where Tonopah now stands.
The mule was nibbling a
sparse tuft of grass, and was
loath to move on when the
miner wanted to move on. So
he picked up a rock to heave
at the mule. The rock was
HEAVY. Abnormally heavy,
He, examined it with care,
Then he let out a war-whoopr
It was RICH silver ore.
He had hit the Nevada jack
pot again.
FROM the ore thus spotted,
a wild boom sprang.
Countless millions were made.
A solid and handsome town
was built. Out there in the
desert, a gracious social life
was founded. It neveroccur
red to anyone that the town
would not go on and on and
on.
Then ... as so often has
happened in the Nevada des
erts the ore body petered
out. And that was that.
1IHAT of the old Mizpah
" hotel?
What -of the lavishly fur
nished Tonopah Club?.
They lingered on. They
lingered on, as a matter of
fact, until the gambling boom
hit Nevada, They lingered on
for some time after that.
WHAT of them now?
One hates to tell the tale.
They are crammed as tight
ly with slot machines as the
big casinos in Reno and Las
Vegas. One can hardly walk
between them. Gone is the lilt
of waltzes played in the old
Mizpah by orchestras import
ed from the big cities. Its
place is taken by the clatter
of the slot machines as their
handles are pulled by the
jackpot seekers. :
WHAT of the shadowy forms
that lingered on so long?
I'm sure they're gone.
They just couldn't take it.
There is no graciousness in a
slot machine.
1
Mrs. Litwiller
-
Director Since 1935
C. M. Litwiller
Holding of
Matsu Said
Attack Insurance
Chicago - (UPD Retired Lt.
Gen. Clarence R. Huebner
said in a copyrighted dispatch
in the Chicago Sunday Trib
une that holding the islands
of Quenmoy and Matsu serves
as insurance against a surprise
Chinese Communist attack on
Formosa.
The General, who has been
director of the New York
Civil Defense commission
since 1951. said in the dis-
patcht . ,
, "The enduring principles in
armed conflict - basics as real
today as in the time of Na
poleon or in the'invasion of
France in 1944 - are involved
in the current discussion over
the islands of Quemoy and
Matsu off the coast of the
Communist Chinese mainland.
Surprise Required '
"One of these realities is the
fact that an invasion of the
magnitude the Communists
would have to mount to cap
ture Formosa would require
surprise to be successful - an
impossible element as long as
these strategic islands are in
the hands of Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek's troops.
"Conversely, as long as they
are held by Nationalists, these
islands constitute insurance of
the early warning so essential
in launching effective counter
action by" Chiang's troops on
Formosa and by United States
Naval and Air Forces charged
under treaty, with aiding the
defense of our ally.
"The dispute on these stra
tegic islands between Vice
President (Richard M.) Nixon
and Sen. John F. Kennedy,
and the discussions in the
press appear not to have em
The Medical
A
Should Grandmother Have
A Needed Eye Operation?
Often I have been a bit dis
turbed because I have seen a
sweet old purblind grandfath
er or grand
mother de-
n i e d permis
sion to have a
needed opera
tion. Why?
Because his or
her children
felt that it
would be too
dangerous.
This always
I , certainly
would never think of telling
my parents that they couldn't
have an operation they want
ed and needed. The choice
should be theirs.
I was just reading an article
by Drs. A. L. Kornsweig and
J. Schneider, who reported the
results of 118 major eye oper
ations on a series of patients
whose ages ranged from 65 to
94 years. Eighty-five of these
operations were for a cataract,
and 18 for glaucoma. Sixty
two of the. patients were suf
fering from high blood pres
sure. Many of them had had
a coronary heart attack, and
others had severe diabetes.
The most worrisome contra
indication to operation was
the presence of some mental
disturbance or confusion, such
as often makes the old person
a bit unmanageable. Old peo
ple sometimes get confused
and mixed-up about things,
especially when they have
been kept in bed for a while
Many used to get mentally
upset because of the doctor's
habit of covering up both eyes
for 10 days after a cataract
operation. Today, some doc
tors cover only one eye and
this is said to make a big dif
ference. Relatives should re
member that nearly all of
these people come out of the
brief operation very well, and
most get their sight back or
at least enough of it so they
can again take care of them
selves and go out for a walk.
Hives and What
To Do For Them
' I think hives usually are
due to either one of two
things: one, eating some food
to which the person is highly
allergic. Usually this Is the
cause for the common little
hives of children. The mother
might get help from getting
my booklet on Allergy. This
will show her how to watch
out, and do some home de
tective work to see if she can
find out what the food is. She
must keep a record of the un
usual foods the child ate just
before a crop of hives ap
peared. Then she may see that
always, before a spell, the
child ate chocolate or eggs, or
tomatoes, or some particular
fruit.
Secondly, older persons
who, after years of health,
suddenly get great big hives
as big as a dollar (if they
haven't just had some penicil
lin) may have some worrisome
problem on their ' minds-a
problem that they cannot
OB AI.VARK
distresses me,
Quemoy,
To Be
phasized factors involved in
this situation which hold first
importance in the mind of a
military man.
"Quemoy lies at the very
doorstep of the Port of Amoy,
in which an important part
of the building for an in
vasion of heavily defended
Formosa most certainly would
have to take place. Large
numbers of vessels including
landing craft would have to
be concentrated here, and this
concentration would be de
tected. Furthermore, when
the invasion is launched the
outbound force would of
necessity be in the vicinity of
Quemoy whose electronic and
natural eyes would sense the
move and enable sounding an
alert.
"Similarly Matsu, some 200
miles north and east, sits off
Foochow and Santuao."
Obviously Defensible
Huebner said a basic part
of any defense is to prevent
surprise. The Red Chinese, he
said, would "never be able to
launch an attack on Formosa
until Quemoy and Matsu were
reduced."
"It has been said publicly
the islands of Matsu and
Quemoy are not defensible,"
he wrote. "They obviously are
defensible, at least sufficient
ly so to enable performance
of their early warning and
prevention mission. The proof:
They have not been invaded."
If the Germans had held
similar outposts' off South
ampton or Portland Bill in
1944, he said, the Allies never
would have been able to make
a successful invasion of
France.
Roundup
Emeritus Ti
Emeritus consultant In Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Emerltm Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
(Register and Tribune Syndicate,
I960) i
solve. When the problem is
solved, that is the end of their
hives. As I hinted, today, at
tacks of big hives can be due
to the taking of an injection
of penicillin, or some other
drug, to which the person is
highly sensitive. ..
i,Dr. Alvarez booklet on
asthma and allergy may be ob
tained by sending 25 cents and
a large, stamped, self-addressed
envelope with your
request to Dr.; Walter C. Al
varez, Dept. MMT, The Regis
ter and Tribune Syndicate,
Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa.
STRONG STUFF -
Dallas, Tex. -IllPlI- The U.S.
marshal's office in Dallas has
found another use for "white
lightning," the moonshine
whiskey that federal agents
confiscate. It makes fine fing
erprint ink remover. "It eats
that stuff off better than any-,
thing else I ever saw,'1 John
Lowe, assistant marshal, said.
P,j fetS Wk- S0ty?fdi
&al5 ff JiiMissiifMsfri &fmrnmmsmirf&&
are the experts in home financing?
Insured Savings and Loan Associations, like ours, are
specialists in the homo loan field. These associations
make more home loans than all other financial institu
tions combined.
This means that you can count on expert help from ug
when you need a home loan. You will
receive friendly advice and assistance
from people who know this community,
and who know home financing.
Come in and see us when
a home loan 1 '
FIRST FEDERAL
Savings & Loan Assn. of Medford
29 North Ivy Street Robert F. Kyle, Manager
BEE?'' f,,osS ,1
ttt i h.L llL. ' 1 , !,,WlS!k. ' mm
BOAT TRANSPORTATION Boats come
in hnndy around Rio Grande City, Tex.,
as more than 1,000 persons were evacu
ated from their homes following a flash
Kennedy Charges
Political Coverup
En. Route With Kennedy
(UP11 Sen. J.ohn F. Kennedy
today accused Vice President
Richard M. Nixon of a "politi
cal coverup" on a secret gov
ernment report showing U.S.
prestige abroad to be at a new
low.
He called this showing of
America's standing overseas
an "ominous event."
. The ' Democratic presiden
tial nominee delayed his de
parture from the Chicago
area for Michigan an hour so
he could breakfast with a
group of Chicago business
men supporting his candi
dacy. He told members of the Il
linois Committee of Business
and Professional Men and
Women for Kennedy it is nat
ural for them to support a
Democrat for the presidency.
because "to support the full
employment, the profit sys
tem has to flourish.
'If the next president is
unable to cooperate with busi
ness and labor, then he has
failed," Kennedy said.
12 Oregonians
Given Nominations
Portland '-UIPD- Sen. Hall S.
Lusk, (D-Ore.), Wednesday re
leased the names of 12 Ore
eon young men that he had
given competitive nominations
to the: U.S. Air Force and U.S.
Naval Academies. :
Nominated were: ' 1
Steven A. Lee, Albany;
Gerald R. Linn, Molalla:
Frank G. .Watkins, Portland;'
Robert ' R. '' Tindall, Dayton;
Robert J. Shannon, Veneta;
Steven K. Dingman, North
Bend, and James D. Parker,
Salem, Air Force Academy.
Gary D. Timm; Milwaukie;
Roger L. DeMaris, Gaston;
John G. White, Coos Bay, and
Lawrence Bliss and Gerald F.
Franzen Jr., Portland, Naval
Academy.
About 16,000 old-fashioned
hand-cranked magneto tele
phones still are in use In Minnesota.-
i
you want
flood which
and closed a
was six feet
city.
Fraternity Seeking
Victory Bell at SOC
Ashland The newly-orga
nized Delta Phi Delta frater
nity at Southern Oregon col
lege is in need of a victory
bell, John Jones, president,
has announced.
Jones said that an average
size bell is needed which
could be transported by auto
mobile in parades and other
campus events.
Anyone having knowledge
of a bell suitable for this pur
pose is asked to call Ashland,
MUrdock 9-9036 and ask for
a member of the fraternity.
DRAWS THE LINE
Kendal, England -lUPD-Lord
Birkett, dedicating anew
school here, told his restless
audience, "I don't object to
people looking at their watches
when I speak. But I strongly
do so when they start shaking
them to see if they are still
going."
FORD PARTNER DIES
Stow - On - The - Wold, Eng
land -fUPO- Harry G. Ferguson,
75, who teamed up with Hen
ry Ford to develop a tractor
and other farm equipment
that was rejected by the
British, died today.
Prices Cut To The
Box Springs & Mattresses
312 KOI LUX O RT
Button Free
Air Vents
Large Heating Stove $iTo88
Made to look like Fine Furniture mW
7laf Floor Models, Demonstrators, 21" '
TU Below Cost-EXAMPLE $6686
5 Pc. Solid Oak Western Group $15Q95
Daveno, Rocker, 2 End Tables, Coffee Table I
O BUDGET TERMS
BEDROOM SET
I l footboard, chw, optionaJJ
II lilt Wrror
iMTSI
1640 Hiway 66
covered more than 52 blocks
highway into the city. Water
deep in some sections of the
(UPI Telcphoto)
Hatfield-Nixon
Similarity Seen
Astoria - (UPI) - Oregon Re
publican chairman Peter Gun
nar said today that Vice Presi
dent Richard Nixon and Gov.
Mark Hatfield "show a mark
ed similarity in many re
spects" and this will help
Nixon carry Oregon for the
presidency.
"Oregon voters have shown
on numerous occasion that
they have a strong preference
to candidates of the Nixon
Hatfield type," he said.
Gunnar said both Nixon and
Hatfield are "tough when it
comes to holding the tax line,
but are also quick to advance
and support new programs
which, are honestly needed by
the people."
Speaking of the Democratic
voter registration edge In
Oregon, Gunnar said "we
know that many Democrats
and Independents will support
the Nixon-Lodge ticket, but
we must turn out an unprece
dented percentage of the Re
publican vote to take advan
tage of this crossover."
H O Reg . 1 29.95 Set
BOTH
FOR
w8
NASA To Examine
Washington - (UPD - The Fed
eral Space Agency says it
will examine some "objects"
which fell on South Africa
last month to determine
whether they are parts of an
American rocket launched at
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Until lt makes this exami
nation, the National Aeronau
tics and Space administration
said Tuesday, it will be "un
able to give any opinion" as
to what the objects are.
A dispatch from Johannes
burg quoted a South African
scientist as saying something
fell on a Northern Transvaal
A. L. TEX NASH SAYS
ELECT
Paul B.
Rynning
COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
He has had
wide experience
in county business
Paul Rynning has proven his qualifications as an
administrator
Paul Rynning advocates protection of resources
Paul Rynning favors acquisition and development of
recreational areaj
Paul Rynning will continue
gram.
Tex Nash Says
Pull for Paul and Vote 123-X
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Africa 'Objects'
farm within an hour after the
unsuccessful launching of a
NASA moon probe Sept. 25. .
Dr. S. Maude, president of
the Council for Scientific .n
dustrial Research, said at
Johannesburg that he was "air
most certain" it was a fuel
tank from the second or third
stage of the Atlas-Able launch
ing vehicle. "
Los Angeles -lUFu- Italian
actress Milly Vitale, 27, Tues
day married Vincent Hillyer,
35, former brother-in-law o
the Shah of Iran. Hillyer is a
Los Angeles importer.
a good county road pro-
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