SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1960
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Editorial Intuiting
To the Editor: As vice-chair
man of the Republican Cen
tral Committee, I feel that
Vour editorial nn nur Fsnont
meeting needs much clarifica
tion, in me nrst place, it is an
insult to the Intelliirpnna nt
our precinct people to state
mat j.ne one-man recommen
dation for the Senate seat was
due to the "bullheadedness"
of the chairman. The issue was
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
Rambling thoughts written
on Thanksgiving Day.
(Incidentally, the more one
permits his thoughts to ram
ble, the more one finds to
think about.)
IjOR example:
Suppose it had been reveal
ed to the Pilgrim Fathers on
that Thanksgiving day in mid.
December of 1621, that in
1960, 339 years later, there
would be 182 MILLION peo
ple in this land we now call
the 'U.S.A. and that all of
them, in one way and another,
would be able to make a liv
ing. AND-
"Suppose it had been fur
ther revealed to them that in
the year 1960 the problem of
FOOD in the United States of
America would be NOT a
problem of how to grow
enough to feed the people but
of HOW TO GET RID OF
THE SURPLUS FOOD PILED
1 N WAREHOUSES ALL
OVER THE LAND?
One guesses they would
have had difficulty In believ
ing it.
HOW did it all come about?
Well, here's a hint:
You will remember Squan
to. You read about him in
your school history days.
Squanto was an Indian. A
friendly Indian. Squanto
taught the Plymouth colonists
how to get more corn from
an acre of land. He showed
them how to put a dead fish
in each hill of corn. The fer
tilizer thus supplied caused
the corn to grow lustily and
yield bountifully.
That was the beginning In
America of AGRICULTURAL
SCIENCE. Agricultural sci
ence has enabled Americans
to grow more food than any
people ever grew before.
ANOTHER hint: ,
The Plymouth colonists
first tried SOCIALISM. That
is to say, they pooled their ef
forts and put everything into
one pot and divided the pot
equally among ALL -the in
efficient getting just' as much
as the efficient, the slothful
ones getting just as much as
the industrious ones.
It didn't work. So they
changed their system. They
gave to each colonist a plot
o land, saying to him: "THIS
IS YOURS. What you get
from it is YOURS. What you
produce, you can keep. The
more you produce, the more
you will have." The new sys
tem worked. It banished star
vation. It was thus that free en
terprise came to America. .
Free enterprise has made
America great.
THAT brings up something
else. The records relate:
"The Indians brought wild
turkeys and venison as their
share of the Thanksgiving
feast. The tables were set out
doors (it must have been a
mild December) and ALL THE
PEOPLE SAT AROUND
THEM LIKE ONE LARGE
FAMILY" (red people and
white people sitting down to
gether in peace and amity and
equality).
It's a pity that precedent
didn't endure. If continued, it
could have saved a lot of
grief.
VOW-
Let's get back to Squanto.
Who was he? How come he
was able to communicate so
readily with the Plymouth
colonists, who spoke a lan
guage alien to his native
tongue.
ITS an interesting story.
Something like a decade be
fore the Plymouth colonists
arrived in America, Squanto
had been kidnaped by a wan
dering English sea captain
who anchored briefly off
Pawtuxet in what amounted
to a raiding expedition. He
was carried off and sold as a
slave in Malaga, Spain.
He later escaped and made
his way to London, where he
lived for two years and learn
ed to speak some English. In
1619 he returned to New Eng
land as a pilot with another
English sea captain. That's
how he happened to be at
Plymouth when the Pilgrim
Fathers arrived and how he
happened to be able to speak
enough of their language to
tell them the helpful thing?
they needed to know.
most fully discussed, and vote
was oi to zb in favor.
Secondly.
munication from the county
coun concerning this appoint
ment Was ever rpcAiiroj hu
the committee. I believe this
is the orderly way to conduct
uy ousmess 10 avoid misun
derstandine. and it is rprtain.
ly the method used by the
governor in communicating
with us. What on earth is the
county court fussine ahmif?
On one hand, they repeatedly
suue mai mey are not bound
by our recommendation nml
on we otner hand, complain
loudly when they receive it.
Get off our backs, please
E.A. We have our nrnhlpm. in
issues and personalities, as
does any volunteer organiza
tion. And don't forget that we
are volunteers, that we spend
weeks, months, and some
times years of our time work.
in? for hpttpf ffnvprnmpn
through the medium of our
pany. xou nave statea many
times that people should be in
terested in tneir povprnment
and work for it. Those of us
who have worked hard are
feeling bitter tonieht at vnnr
charge of "partisan politics"
Dy two-Dit amateurs. ' You
just bet we're "two-bit ama
teurs." and von should hp
darn glad we are! Back east
wnere I come from, there
aren't anv amateurs in nnli.'
tics-tney re an professionals,
expensive proiessionais, sup
ported Dy Drioery and corrup
tion. You mav disaerpp with its
ana our chatrman-that s your
personal and editorial Dreroe-
atlve, but you have no cause
to can tor the resignation of a
man like Joe Walsh, who has
spent months of his time, with
no pay, no glory, and the usu
al run of criticism from the
"Hn.nnthinaK." to lpaH thp Pp.
publican party in this county.
iviary a. nagiana,
3182 South Pacific Hwy.,
Medford.
P.opl. Confused
To the Editor: Always more
and more, we now days hear
anti-this and anti-that as well
as every other nation being
Communistic. ,
The people are so confused
or stupefied that they run
from one thing or another un
til exhausted, and will par
take of most anything in an
effort to be on the winning
side, right or wrong as they
may be.
Many of this nation s sub-
v e r s 1 v e "power wielders"
seem to be so misled by their
would-be loyalty, knowing not
that should complete control
by Fascists, Nazis or Commu
nists soon come, they would
also be placed on a purge list,
due to the fact that they are
really pleased to have it so re
main that they may always in
some manner be a passer of
judgment rather than a loser
of the coercive leadership or
power and wealth that would
mean so little under direct
rulershlp of a central govern
ment abroad.
Those of us, if any, who
choose to be "just and right,"
can not be always backing
away from one beast Into the
maw of another. It is far bet
ter to be exterminated by all
opponents in a defensive an
ner than be eliminated like
wise, believing soft-soap talk
is really cream.
The Rev. A. Gilman,
Formerly 322 Riverside
Ave., Medford.
Dogs
To the Editor: Why can t
people realize how nice it's
been for a short time, no dog's
messy calling cards in our
yards, and to bite our chil
dren. This muzzling is all so
much foolishness. It's so our
children can't walk around
on the street, even to school,
without those darned dogs
chasing after them. I know
what I would do if a dog bit
my child, and if my dog bit
a child I wouldn't say a thing
if they killed her. But she
doesn't run loose like a lot
of dogs, I know a black dog
which has never had a tag on,
or a muzzle, and he runs
loose on the street. Why not
all keep our dogs in our own
yard? They are a menace on
the street to the drivers in
cars. I know I have nearly
had a wreck a time or two
trying to miss some stray
dog.
I love my dog so I keep
her tied up. The rabies are
in our county so why not keep
the dogs all in the owners
yard, not some one elscs yard?
I say if any one cares
enough to own a dog, kep
him In a pen, or don't own
one. don't turn it loose- for
some one else to feed. Dog
food Isn't that high.
(Name on File)
Medford.
Branded
To the Editor: That the old
West Is still with us In var
'ous ways was in evidence at
he recent cattlemen's get-together
In Medford. It was that
ild worrysome thing, but vi
ally necessary even to this
day, to rope-mark-and-brand,
.o lessen the losses from cattle-stealing.
County Commissioner-elect
Edwin Taylor still
has the old Taylor T brand
at his stock-feeding and fat
tening ranch over Table Rock
way.
Seems like when Edwin
and older brother Jesse were
riding the range, a neighbor
stockman spoke of having a
brand older than thp Tnvlor
one. So. he proceded to look
it up and came back quite as
tonished as he remarked,
"Gosh, aminhtv. that T brand
was registered afore I was
Dorn." bo it was, back in the
late 60s or early 70s by the
brothers' grandpa, Stephen
Clark Taylor, son of the Rev.
Stephen P. Taylor who hew
ed out a home in 1853 nn the
south slope of Old Roxy as
it was men known.
When the cattle were split
up. JeSSe took tllP T hi-onH
on the left hip (of the cattle),
swallow fork in left ear with
dew-lap cut down and under
bit on the right ear. Edwin
had the T on the critter's
right hiD. Sallow-fnrlr in lpft
ear. under-bit in hnth n
with dew-lap cut up. But Ed
win also had a private brand
on the left-hlp-cheek, which
might explain his rather dim
view of hot-iron branding In
general.
That haDDened a Innff timp
ago over on the old Henry
Taylor ranch a short half
mile east of Hillcrest Orch
ards. On the Roilth Row Ann
road. It was a cold wintery
morning. Jesse, some 6 years
old with younger brother Ed
win, had skipped from the
quilted warmth of their bed
to the much warmer heat of
the old round.nalr hpntpr. TM
win had a little trouble get
ting into his breeches and
with back to the nearly red
hot stove hpnt rioum in aei
a leg started into a pant-leg,
brother Jesse was holding.
There came a wild yell of an
guish that brought the wo
man folk hurrying. Edwin
had sustained a bad burn on
the posterior part of his an
atomy. The usual lard and
noor was Danaagea on. But
the brand, TOV stayed on till
Edwin was 18 vearst nlri.
There was not enough space
on his small behind to take
on the first letter, S, and last
letter, E.
F. J. Clifford,
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
Run
To the Editor: Vun night
ven Aye vas camping at
Vhisky Creek on der old Cra
ter Lake Highway, a bear
voke me up in der middle uf
der night. He was taking der
side - curtains off der old
Chalmers. Aye didn't have
gun, Aye yust run.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
A Differing Vitw
To the Editor: In your edi
torial of Nov. 23, entitled
"Partisan Politics," (the ti
tle was "Partisan Shenane-gans"-Ed.),
I find several
things pretty hard to swallow,
particularly since I was in
volved, and personally know
that your facts are consider
ably distorted.
If the county court had
wanted the Republican Cen
tral Committee to select three
names, then the proper pro
cedure would have been a
written statement to the Re
publican Central Committee,
stating the fact. Chairman
Walsh did hot try .to ram or
bullhead anything through
the meeting. Here It Is step by
step: One week before the full
committee meeting of last
Monday, the Executive Board
met and worked out a proce
dure of selecting a candidate.
This procedure was explained
in complete detail, diseased
at length, and then adopted
by the whole committee. This
was done with full knowledge
of Miller's statement to the
Medford Mall Tribune con
cerning his desire for three
names.
To say Walsh bullheaded
the selection of one person
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through the meeting is about
'.he greatest misrepresenta
tion of the truth I have ever
heard you make. I'm glad to
hear that the minutes of the
meeting will be made public
so that this thing will be clear
ed up for once and for all.
As to your scuttlebutt re
garding members of the com
mittee being fed up and behind-the-scenes
politicking go
ing on, I'll nail that down to
a concrete fact. There are a
few malcontents, who have
held so-called secret meetings,
but about everyone in the
county knows bv now wnn
they are, where the meetings
were neid, and all subjects
discussed. I know all these peo
ple personally, and during the
past 2V4 years that I've work
ed here in Republican poll
tics. I've had occasion to aslr
all of them at one time or oth
er for either financial or phys
ical help to the party. With
the exCeDtion of thrpp of four
not a single one of the others
GUESS WHfl.MfarttTo mromy?
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Jackson
Home Office 126 E.
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE.
ever came through with one
thin dime or 5 minutes help.
That they would ever consid
er "secret" meetings for the
purpose of undermining the
head of the Republican party
In Jackson county, and under
mining the good work that has
been done by the executive
board, and by the whole com
mittee itself, pretty clearly in
dicates their caliber.
Your intervention into this
matter with your statement
that Walsh should resign his
GOP post before he sticks his
foot in his mouth again is as
assinine as. a statement from
me that you resign as editor
of the Mail Tribune. Your cry
for non-partisanship at this
late date leaves me a little
cold. If you had had your way
about it, we wouldn't have
even been meeting last Mon
day night to select a person
to take Dr. Durno's place.
James M. Ragland,
3182 South Pacific Hwy.,
Medford.
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County Federal Savings and
Main, Medford
MEDFORD. OREGON
Douglas Fir Said
Strengthened by
Industry Cutbacks
New York - Production cut
backs, the lumber Industry's
big weapon in Its fight against
price softness, have not put
much starch In plywood tags,
but they have strengthened
the outlook for Douglas Fir
lumber, according to Pur
chasing Week, McGraw-Hill
publication.
Many West Coast sawmills
have shut down, steadying
Douglas Fir prices. Most
dealers feel the downward
slide, which brought prices
14 per cent below year-ago
levels, 1ms ended. They feel
prices could move up in early
December.
Others are not so optimist
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riatltlt-r J - -
He told mc all about the Brownies and his Reindeer. I know that it came from Santa
for Mother said that it was post-marked "Santa Cfaus."
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Wouldn't your little girl or boy love to get a tetter from Santa Claus? To get
one Mommy said that all you have to do is go into the
Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan Association
The people are so nice there.
Do come in and select a gay letter for the children. We will have it post-marked
from Santa Claus, Ind., if you mail it in our special mail box. The youngsters will be
delighted and thrilled when they receive this enchanting message.
"Your Family Center for
ic. Because of high Inventor
ies and low volume of local
mill orders, they contend the
rise will not come until Jan
uary, when an expected pick
up in home building should
be felt.
Production Cutbacks
The production cutbacks
have trimmed Industry oper
ations to between 70 and 80
per cent of capacity. But even
at that rate, output is more
than enough to satisfy pres
ent weak demand.
Industry analysts do not ex
pect plywood prices to firm
up In the near future. They
contend that production cut
backs have not been drastic
I
Savings and Home Loans!"
enough. At the same time
they point out that the Indus
try, despite the present mar
ket weakness, is still expand
ing Its capacity, thus creat
ing an additional supply po
tential that would offset any
pickup in demand.
Competition for plywood
markets also Is Intensifying
-both from other lumber pro
ducts (e.g. fiberboard) and
from nonwood rivals such as
plasterboard, plastics and
aluminum sidings and facings.
Despite the current dol
drums, the plywood industry
views the future optimistic
ally. Increased home building
and modernization, for exam
ple, are expected to provide
a steadily-growing market.
Lander, Wyo. John Llchty,
a bar owner, believes in safe
ty at all times.
Lichty has installed safely
belts along the bar and fas
tens them around the custo
mers when they become un
steady on the stools.
V
Loan Association
Ashland Branch
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