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Communications r!rr',X,he ?d"I mU" be" h' n" " h. '.m! ; i ? , Ufd" Cer,ain "'""., th. u. of a p.n TrihunZ , 1 '.I' Public"on PmU.ibl., Th. Mail to clarification and condensation. Lett.n submitted fox pub lication must not exceed 400 words. Th. letters printed in mis column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Increase Explained To the Editor: As in the children's party game "gos sip", the highly inaccurate story about Senator Ed Dur no's legislative bill to "in crease doctors' contributions" continues to grow in the Com munications column of the Medford Mail Tribune. The Oregon State Medical Society is not a state agency, and thinking people will real ize that the State Legislature does not regulate the society's annual dues. The Oregon State Board of Medical Examiners, a board appointed by the governor, regulated by Oregon State Law, is a state agency. It is charged with the general su pervision over the practice of medicine and surgery within the state, grants licenses to practice, provides for annual registration of all physicians licensed by it. Because of the great vol ume of work required to properly screen and examine the ever-increasing number of physicians who desire to practice in Oregon, as well as to carry out the other duties of the Board, a definite in crease in funds was required. Rather than asking the Leg islature to supply the funds from general taxation, Sena tor Durno proposed a bill to increase the annual registra tion fee for physicians from 515 to $20 each year. In legislation such as this, Senator Durno was represent ing all of the residents of our state, taxing the doctors (who gladly foot the bill) to assure only properly qualified physi cians practice in the state of Oregon. This serves as protection for anyone who may consult a physician in this state. Is this what is known as representing only "one organ ization"? Ray L. Casterline, M.D. 832 East Main Medford ' Fussy Thinking To the Editor: As I under stand Nixons policy, we would fight for the Islands off the Chinese coast, but would do nothing about Cuba off our mainland. If that isn't fuzzy thinking, I don't know what is. What happened to the Monroe Doctrine? George Rockel, 1001 West Harbeck rd. Grants Pass, Ore. Unworthy To the Editor: Russell Tripp's second letter attack ing me is just as inaccurate as his first, where he accused me of only returning home every two years. The fact is that I came home nine times during the last two years. Now he attempts to make It appear t h a t I supported Castro after Castro turned into a Red-tinged dictator. This is the same tactic being tried by my Republican op ponent. There was reason for a while to' h o p e for Cuba establishing democracy, but the administration s coddling of Batista made its realization too difficult. TriDD also refers to my "support for Red China." This i Zkre's beauty in dignified simplicity Id ji ' Aaotl hom HANK MORGAN HAS 010 0AVORMGHT Ask us about our OREGON FUNERAL INSURANCE PLAN which we heartily recommend and endorse. is Joe McCarthy at his best or worst. I support the United States and I believe increased communication with China is necessary if we are to have a better chance (although cer tainly no guarantee) of avert ing war and achieving dis armament with safeguards. This is not "support for Red China." T re-r th-i- Republican Tripp, who heard my remarks in Albany on this subject, would assert that it does. Such partisanship is un worthy of a man o' hip parent integrity and intelli gence. , Charles O. Porter, Member of Congress. What's His Record To the Editor: It has been rather difficult to find out just what the retired doctor. Mr. Durno, is for and what he 's against. He has been outspoken against the medical plan pro posed by the Democrats. The A.M. A. is, also, outspoken against any and all measures to benefit the common man whose earnings during his life time have not been sufficient to permit him to save the money that would enable him to have seci'Ht" and r-mfo in his declining years. It would anpear to be ridiculous to expect workers, small busi nessmen, farmers, and veter ans, to vote for a man whose record in the State Legisla tion is one of being against anything and everything beneficial to him. He voted: Against Federal Aid to edu cation. Against allowing State Agencies to bargain with em ployees union, yet he belong ed, and no doubt still does, to the Union that has the tightest closed shop in the world, the American Medical Association. Against expanding veter ans' loan program. He ha vet " th rieo- nle what his stand on Public Power is. It is my opinion that the citizens of this Fourth Con gressional District must have a man in the office who has vigor, courage and vision: a man. who is not living in the past; a man who can face the realities of he ,snt ers" " trained dedicated man and not one who. as a hobbv in his declining years would like to eniov the orfjp that the offi"e title would ive. Charles Porter hns proven his abiUtv to get things done in behalf of the people he is elert.ed to serve. Mr. Ttiemnn. former editor of the Port TTmpqua Courier, and now on the navroll of the retire doctor, stated editor ially. Oc. 30, 1958: "Charles O. Porter, Democrat, now fin ishing h's first term In Con gress. Oraduste of Varvard T.aw phtiool. Hime. Eugene. Porter has Vent his name In tights with Tri'H"n. and other Latin American dictators He is in the liberal lng which wou'd recognize led China. He takes credit for Suislaw TTnrbor improvements and many other 'plums' for this area. Porter, we Pave Known since he graduated from Eu gene High. Geddes we have only known at a distance. Al- though we have a hunch that Geddes might give us more th Covrthowi. fjOtXHASS, FUMIAl DMCTOtl mWt tf 24030 stable and consistent reore sentation especially in pro curing Umpqua Harbor de velopment, we will string along with Porter this time in spite of his noisy procli vities. He is a diligent work er, and we happen to think his views on foreign policy a little more realistic than those of Mr. Geddes." W. L. Harris, Box 20S, Reedsport, Ore, . Rover and Leashes To the Editor: Folks ask me what I think of the leash law. I usually speak before I think, so I guess I will tell you about Old Rover. He was half English Bull and half Blood hound, with a roar that ripped the sound barrier, or would have, .had one been near the ground. That bay was music to my ears, and his mug was as Irish as mine. He would hold the reins of my saddle horse while I shopped in a trading post, watch my belongings, keep the hens out of the garden, pick up dropped articles, bring my shoes, close the door -in fact he understood Eng lish. He would lie quietly for hours on the lawn while my three youngest used him for a pillow while napping. How he could dig potatoes when I pointed to a hill and said "dig." Soda, his fuzzy, white pal, liked nothing better than to stir up a doggie argument, then sit back with an amused smirk on his face while Rover fought it out. The rascals couldn't leave the porcupines alone so we often had a night of quill pull ing. If one snips off the ends first they come out easier, but we didn't know that at first. We had to hog-tie Soda, but Rover would stand in a pud dle of blood and let us work him over. A wolf killed Soda, but Rover got the wolf.- He lived to be 16 years old, and became deaf and blind. He was suffering so we had him put to sleep. I sometimes dream of sit ting on a fallen tree near a clearing while Rover drives out a drove of snowshoe rab bits again. We once tied Rover with a large rope while visiting. He immediately cut it neatly in two and took over a porch mat. He was one of the fam ily and if alive today, we'd be on the move to a Shangri-La where leashes were not in order. Gram Jacksonville, Ore. Time Marches On To the Editor: Our friend from the Applegate says we are lucky. That is just fine. because we are going to need all the luck that we can get And let the same friend be advised that it is not only our- self for whom we feel sorry, but millions of the same. For we face a dilemma quite as destructive as the atom bomb, and that is the disintegration of our way of life. It is obso lete and we do not have the will or talent to do anything about it. Senator Kennedy seems in a mood to grab the situation by the horns and try to throw it. But at times he talks so childish about foreign affairs, suc(t as riding herd on the Communist world, that we question whether he knows what our dilemma is all about, while Mr. Nixon shows no aptitude toward the job of meeting an economic crisis. Senator Kennedy nas me slogan "A New Frontier.' S.O.S." would be more to tne point. It was not an accident that South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter. Neither' is it an accident that Castro took over Cuba. lock, stock and barrel. South Carolina tried to retain a feudal social system. Castro destroyed one. Evolution has been on the march for a hundred years. Wars, violence and social up heaval have marked the way like milestones. Great social changes are effected more by necessity than they are by opportunism. The river of time erodes the silt of social structures and man, like ants and bees, brings order out of chaos. Our social structure is on the brink of chaos. The Com munists are setting an ex ample of social order and eco nomic efficiency. It is there to be observed. Sudden change is always ruthless and the clash of the old and the new in the process of change is not pleasant. A voter must be realist more than a sentimen talist, or he will suffer much disappointment. ' The question for the voter to decide is whether he will start to change with Kennedy ORDER NOW! NAME IMPRINTED Christmas Cards Largest Selection To Choose From On the Balcony at . . . mi MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Bouncing back in these chronicles, Reno came rather late into Western history. In his fabulous winter trip south ward from Klamath Marsh in 1843, Fremont must have passed close to the site of the Biggest Little City in the World, for he entered the Car son Valley, which is named for his famous scout, Kit Car son for whom" Kit Carson Way In Klamath Falls is also named. From the Carson Valley, Fremont crossed the Sierra in midwinter, with horses a fabulous feat-and came out at Sutter's Fort, the site of what is now Sacramento. N HIS 1843 expedition to the West, Fremont brought along a small cannon. It was fired only once -at Klamath Marsh. The Indians there were getting a little hostile in their attitude, and Captain Fremont thought it might be good idea to fire the can non over their village. He relates in his journal that the roar of the gun Itself and the bang of the shell when it exploded accomplish ed the desired result; The n d i a n s promptly quieted down. THAT brings up a sad per sonal story. Many years ago, Forrest Cooper and this writer conceived the idea of locating the little cannon, which Fremont abandoned be fore tackling the crossing of the Sierra through the deep snows of winter, and present ing it to the Klamath County Historical Museum, where it rightly belongs. After considerable research b came to the conclusion that it must be somewhere within a circle maybe 20 miles in diameter in the Car son Valley. But we procras tinated. Several years went by. Then . . . one summer . . . search party from Carson City LOCATED it at almost the exact spot our research had indicated it should be. The little gun is now in the Carson City Museum. Were our faces red when we heard what had happened! GETTING back to the sub lent nf this niece, the site of Reno slumbered along peacefully for years. The pony express, which passed by it came ana went, ine war between the States - ran its bloody course, and ended. Then, one fateful day, a oartv of miners, exasperated by. the black sand they kept finding, had an assay maae and the assay revealed that or shall we wait with Nixon. But time marches on and voting will not halt it. Walter Heece Galice rd. Merlin, Ore. From Candidate To the Editor: As a candi date, I wish to convey my appreciation to the League of Women Voters for the oppor tunity to discuss the issues with the voters oi jacKson county. During the coiiee nour i recall discussing with Mr. Anderson the need for a min imum wage of at least a dol lar an hour, which law Mrs. Nye opposed in the 1959 Leg islature. I have never consid ered myself a profane person but it is possible that I might have used the word d-n in expressing my feelings for those who in this day and age would contend that our -workers should be paid wages less than a dollar, an hour. I hereby extend my apol ogies to Mr. Anderson if my language offended him. How ever, I must note for the rec ord that Mr. Anderson at the time of our discussion was wearing the political litera ture of one of my Republican opponents. John L. Gregory, Holcomb Springs rd., Sams Valley, Ore. Clarification To the Editor: Responding to my opponent's "Main Com plaint," two points require clarification: 1. 1 use my own field equip ment (costing new about $1,- 500.00) on county work at NO charge to the taxpayers. 2. Private business in the county surveyor's office is decided by the county court -I will abide by their decision. Mark Boyden (Candidate for County Surveyor) 2541 Sandy Terrace Medford BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS I the black sand was rich in sil ver. Ttet was the start of the Comstock Lode, which made roaring history. But the history centered chiefly at Virginia City. A part in Virginia City s history was played by Mark Twain, who came West and started a newspaper there. The news paper still lives on in the Ter ritorial Enterprise, now pub lished by Lucius Beebe. COMEWHERE along in Vir- glnia city's glittering and turbulent history, it enter tained the remnant of the fab ulous Left Wing of Price's reb el army, which refused to sur render and took off intact into the Wild West. Many of its members stay ed on in Virginia City, and labored in the shafts and the drifts of the Comstock Lode. Others wandered on, and some of them are reported to have reached the Rogue River Val ley and settled there. A con siderable body came on north ward, and many of them set tled in the Surprise Valley, over the ridge to the east from Alturas. Others are re ported to have got as far north as Umatilla county, where they settled down. Somebody ought to write a history of the wanderings "of this fantabulous body of men Or, better perhaps, write c novel built around them. What a story it would make! QO, you see, Reno did dab- ble its toes in the stream of history, but it didn't be gin to crash the front pages in a big way until the Nevada divorce, laws came along. Wide-open gambling in Ne vada added to its stature as a news source. But Reno really came into its own when it was discovered that the show busi ness and gambling tend to wash each other's hands in a business way. That helped in a big way iu eiiaoie iteno to live up to its slogan of the Biggest Little -y in the World. Acme Hardware Alexander & Brown . Andy's Jewelry Anders Photo Shop Barker's , Bell's Gifts & Hcfmewares Brainerd's Brophy Jewelers Burelson's i Burelson's Hairfashlons Burk's' Awnings Buster Brown Shoe Store Central Rexall Drug Century Sporting Goods Chapman Jewelers Chris The Tailor Colorama Paint Center Dempster Furniture Fashionerre First National Bank Fosters Medical Pharmacy Dr. Freeburger Optometrist Ginn's Flowers Goldy & Henselman Hadley's Medford Inc. Home Appliance Co. Hubbard Brothers Jewett Office Supply Johnston & Stewart Karl's Shoe Stores Ltd. Lamport's Sporting Goods Larson Appliance Co. , Lawrence's Jewelry Treat Yourself on .sssesse1 Halloween to PARK & SHOP Convenience ' H0Ur' FREE '" J ffjJLff? $2 Purchase 'sJ Fund Crusade To Finish Sunday The Building Fund Crusade will end in victory Sunday at St. Luke's Methodist church during the 11 a.m. worship service. Those people pledging sup port of the building program for the construction of the new sanctuary and parsonage will place their "Intent Cards" on the offering plates at the service. The Rev. Meredith Groves, director of the Crusade, will preach on the subject, "I Pledge Allegiance!" The choir will sing the spiritual "Until We Meet Again" arranged by Rob Roy Peery. Supervised nursery in provided for pre school children during the service. I Sunday School convenes at 9:45 a.m. with classes for all ages. The Junior High Metho dist Youth Fellowship will meet at 5 p.m. The senior MYF meets at 7 p.m. Wednes day the chapel choir meets for rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. Central Point Topics Listed for Sunday Central Point-"Let Me Tell You About my Ailments" will be sermon topic Sunday at 10:45 a.m. at Church of Christ, Third and Oak sts., by Mr, Jean Shelley, minister. He will speak at 7:30 p.m. on "Signboards on the Highway of Life." The church orches tra will play. The Bible school will con tinue its interclass competi tion for the banner class with an all-out effort for perfect attendance and 100 per cent of Bibles for those attending, The Young Adult class has won the banner for the past two weeks. Youth meetings are held for the junior through senior groups at 8:30 p.m. each week, Karen South will be the lead er for the senior group this week. Her topic will be Choosing Our Lasting Friend ships." Leonard Electric Co. Leon's McLain Drug Centre Mann's Department Store Medford Flower Shop Medford Pharmacy, Inc. Medford Plate Glass & Mirror Co. Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio Mode O'Day Shop Montgomery Ward Morrison's Men's Wear J. J. Newberry Co. Norfield Shoe Co. John Nuich Jewelers Pick's Apparel Purucker's Music House Inc. Rath's Robinson Brothers Scarlett Auto Supplies Sewing Machine Center Sims Cycle & Hobby Shop Swem's Gifts The Toy House Trowbridge & Flynn U.S. Nat'l Bank Van Lee's Wainscott's Pharmay Weeks & Orr Furniture Weiifield's Inc. 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