MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD, ORE.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 7, I960
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OF SMITH & MEN
By Jack Smith
(c) 1960 Timea-Mlrror Syndicate
They say our homes In the
1980s - if any - w'U have
luminous ceilings (or controll
ed light. We'll be able to turn
the ceiling on, like TV, and
adjust it to suit the activity
we have in mind - romance,
badinage or the pursuit of
EVE NYE OPPOSES
MINIMUM WAGE
OF $1.00
In the 1959 legislature Mrs. Nye
voted against the minimum woqe
bill which would have Insured a
minimum wage of one dollar an
hour for Oregon's working people
who have never had any wage
protection. Her vote wos one of
the votes that permit the contin
uation of 50 to 85 cents an hour
wages in this state. These working
people are the ' forgotten people
who have no labor union to oid
them in acquiring a fair living
wage. With such substandard
wages the whole economy is
harmed from the smallest business
mon fo our largest merchandisers.
The vote of Mrs. Nye Is direct
affront to the intelligence of every
person in Jackson county and the
state of Oregon.
Pd Pol. Ad. Elect Gregory
Com., P.O. Box 1382,
Medford, Oregon
academic knowledge.
By the 1980s, of course, my
pursuits will Be purely aca
demic. Even badinage may
be to strenuous.
But I am ready now for lu
minous ceilings, after what
I've been through the past
week,
I've had a mortal struggle
with a floor lamp.
It was a strange and evil
Instrument, and in some ways
human.
I first encountered it one
night in my room. It was lean
ing over my desk, peering
down at my typwritcr with
one of its heads.
It began at floor level like
any normal lamp, with a
round brass base for stabil
ity. From this the usual tube
arose, carrying, I supposed at
the time its wiring. I believe
now that it actually concealed
some kind of diseased nervous
system.
Where ordinary floor lumps
blossom into decorative
shades, this one degenerated
into a pair of long and flex
ible necks, each ending in a
bell-shaped head fitted with
a searchlight.
This bifurcated freak was
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WELCOMING COMMITTEE When the
Oregon Cattlemen's association arrives in
town Wednesday they will be met by this
motley crew. The Applegate and Lake Creek
cattlemen's associations have assembled a
welcoming committee of 22 stuffed life
sized dummies. The dummies will be placed
along sidewalks in the Medford business dis
trict publicizing the slate meeting. The six
dummies pictured above were made by the
Applegate association. Appicgate members
made 10 dummies while the Lake Creek
cattlemen assembled 12. All materials used
were donated by association members. Mrs.
Helen von dcr Hellen, convention street
decoration chairman, was in charge of the
project. The state meeting will start Wed
nesday and end Saturday.
hideous enough in the day
time. At night it was a fiend.
Our relations were innocent
at first. Whpn T saw It stand
ing there, I realized it must
De some Kina oi ottering
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DON'T BE MISLED Many-people favor better regulation of billboards so
do we. But ballot Measure 15 is not the answer. It goes far beyond reasonable regu
lation. It will eventually hurt you and the entire economy of Oregon. It will seri
ously damage Oregon's tourist business our third largest industry. Read why its
destructive provisions go so far beyond its innocent-sounding ballot title that the
astute Salem Capital Journal editorially calls It a bill of "deceit". Get the facts and
you, too, will vote NO on No. 15!
-fc MEASURE 15 COULD PUT THE STATE IK THE
BILLBOARD BUSINESS GIVE IT A BLANK
CHECK TO BUILD EXPENSIVE AND INCONVENIENT
OFF-HIGHWAY SITES USING YOUR TAX MONEYI
It would authorize the State
to acquire land, construct
costly accesa roads, and
build hodge-podge boards
each containing 24 different
advertisements, The Stale
would aay who could ad
vertise who couldn't The
rental fee would . cover
only construction of
boards. The cost of
land, and roads (the
major cost) would
have to come from Federal
and State tax money your tax money.
MEASURE 1 5 WOULD DESTROY JOBS AND
PAYROLLS CRIPPLE TOURIST INDUSTRY
This bad bill abolishes all boards outside of cities on the Inter
state highways unfairly restricts them on 16 other highways.
Results! roadside merchants such as motels, restaurants, hotels,
service station., stores, garages could not effectively tell people
where they were or what services they offer. Many would be
forced out of business. Tourists would seek accommodations In
other states.
MEASURE 13 Ii a BAD BILL . . . BAD for you
BAD (or business ...BAD for Oregon
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21 LEADING BUSINESSES,
UNION AND CIVIC GROUPS
URGE YOUR NO VOTE
Oregon Stat Hotel Aaeetfetfen
Oregon Restaurant anel leverage
Association
Portland Ratal! Trade Bureau
Oregon AFL-CIO
Multnomah County labor Count It, AFL-CIO
Oregon Stal Construction Trades
Conference
Oregon Motor Court Association
Oregon Co it Association
Oregon Printing Industry
Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce
Joint Teamitert Council
Oregon Advertising Club
Josephine County Farm Bureau Federation
Tillamook County Chamber of Commerce
Oregon Oil Jobbers
Advertising Association of the Wast
Oregon Bottlers of Carbonated Bevtragei
lebanen Chamber of Commerce
Portland Women's Advertising Club
Oregon Slate Painters Conference
lugene Adv. Club
1 ft-
from my wife. She's a great
one for surprises. I gave its
switch a friendly turn.
A shaft of white-hot light
leaped out and bored into the
typwritcr. It ricocheted off
the paper in the typewriter
and crashed back into my
eyes. I have weak eyes.
I found the switch and gave
it a turn. The light went out;
but its mate went on. It
stabbed me full in the face.
I fell back, throwing up a
hand to shield my eyes.
I stumbled forward and
seized the offensive head by
the neck. I gave it a wrench.
The beam scraped crazily over
the wall. The other head
whipped around on its neck
and clapped me on the ear.
I gave the switch a turn.
Tile head that had struck me
went on. Now they were both
on. I gave the syitch a turn.
At last merciful darkness em
braced me. I groped to the
wall switch and snapped it on.
Soft light filled the room. In
the light the lamp looked in
nocent. I called my wife.
"Where did you get this
thing?" I asked.
"Why, I got it with green
stamps," she said. "Isn't it
nice?"
"It's schizophrenic," I said.
"It has two personalities.'
"Don't you like it?" she
said. "It cost me four books."
"I loathe it," I said. "Take
it out and kill it."
"Why, it's only a floor
lamp," she said. "How can you
hate it. Besides, it cost me
four books."
"It tried to blind me," I
explained.
"You're crazy," she said.
She unplugged the lamp and
carried it out. The next night
it attacked me in the living
room. One of the boys had
come along and given the
switch a turn. The beam
caught me a glancing blow
across the left cheek.
"Turn it off!" I cried, re
coiling. He gave the switch another
turn. The light went out but
its mate went on. It drilled
me right between the eyes.
"Again!" I ordered, "Turn
it again." I covered my eyes
with a pillow. He gave the
switch a turn. The first beam
went on. It gave me another
right cross.
He gave it the coup de
grace. I looked up. It was out.
It stood there innocent and
coy. mocking me.
We finally got rid of the
thing. It was it or me. We
gave it to the Goodwill. They
wouldn't take me. They won't
take anything that can't be
fixed up as good as new,
(Copyright 1960.
Times-Mirror Syndicate,
Los Angeles, California)
Hearst Chain Sells
Detroit Newspaper
Dettoit - IUPD - Sale of the
Detroit Times by Hearst
Newspapers to the Detroit
News, the only other after
noon daily newspaper here,
was announced today in a
joint statement. The Times,
published nearly 40 years by
the Hearst chain, ceased pub
lication immediately.
Today s editions of the De
troit News appeared for the
first lime with a combined De
troll News-Detroit Times log
otype at the top of page one.
H. G. Kern, general man
ager of Hearst Newspapers,
said the sale was necessary
because publishing costs - in
cluding labor, newsprint,
equipment and supplies-have
risen "far more rapidly than
have revenues."
MAYOR WITHDRAWS
Pendleton - HOT - Mayor 1
Norman Gorfkle with d r e w I
Friday from Tuesday's general
election at which he had plan-1
ncd to seek an unprecedented
fourth term.
Timber Taxation
Is Subject of
Magazine Article
Eugene - The possibilities
of taxation to encourage con
servation of timber by own
ers of private forest lands, is
discussed in an article appear
ing in the August, 196G, is
sue of Land Economics. Au
thor of the article Is Dr. Wes
ley C. Ballaine, director of
the University of Oregon's
bureau of business research.
"Taxes and the Conserva
tion of Privately Owned Tim
ber" deals with the effect of
taxation on decisions con
cerning conservation. In it
Ballaine cites three reasons
for growing concern over the
effects of taxation. The first
is that taxes are becoming
cash cost elements. The sec
ond is that privately owned
forests are now so valuable
that the owner is more sus
ceptible to "tax stimuli" in
taking care of his timberland.
The third reason is that the
public has become increasing
ly aware of the importance
of timber lands through the
rising pressure on timber reserves.
The professor of business
economics concludes that the
main problem is in the insuf
ficient knowledge of the re
lationship between taxes and
conservation. Only by clas
sifying and studying the vari
ous groups of timber owners
can the information be ac
quired, Ballaine writes.
Types of taxes affecting
conservation d e c 1 sions in
clude: real property tax, out
put or yield tax, inheritance
tax, capital gains tax, and per
sonal and corporate income
taxes. Differently situated
timber owners react in dlf-.
ferent ways to these taxes.'
and their conservation deci
sion are affected in different "
ways by the taxes, Ballaine
points out.
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To Oregonuns of the Fourth Congret
lional District:
"State Senator Edwin Durno was, in th
candid opinion of Democrats, Republi
cans and neutral observers alike, one of
the most effective public servants in the
- 19)9 legislature. He is no headline
hunter, but is instead a committee work
horse whose breadth of knowledge and
humanitarian approach earned for him
the respect of both plaintiffs and col
leagues in the important Ways and Means
Committee, where he served with distinc
tion. I can think of no better representative
v of Oregon in the Congress of the United
States than a man of such good sense,
balanced outlook, familiarity with the
Oregon Legislative process, life long
dedication to hts fellow man Eddie
Durno.
Sincerely,
Mark 0. Hatfield
. AW. Dwrno tor Congim Committee, Howird S. Metriam, Executive Secretary, Ri. A, Box 147, Eugene, Oregon.
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