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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
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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
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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
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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.
Western Auto Supply
Western Thrift
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