MONDAY. DECEMBER 12, I960
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the tiles of The
Mall Trlbuna 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 v"'i ago.
io .'years AGO
Dec. 12. 1850 (Tuesday)
A state aeronautics board
engineer is in Medford this
week to confer with city of
ficials on the master plan for
the municipal airport and to
present information concern
ing estbalishment of a port
authority for the local field.
The Southern Oregon ucni-
nl sncletv was told by a speak-
dnufcure tTpyoCor
disease of the gum.
20 VEARS AGO
Dec. 12. 190 IThuitdavi
Medtord't rhunlcloal airport
was placed definitely today
in the national defense sys
tem through the approval of a
$282,000 Improvement project
to be carried out by the civil
aeronautics administration.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: A
local poetess wants to know
what to do. sue sent two
poems to a publisher and got
five back."
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 12, 1930 (Saturday)
Medfo-d residents will vole
Monday on lssurance of $236,
000 in bonds for a school
building program.
The first Christmas tree of
the year was shipped from the
valley yesterday; it went to
Los Angeles. ,
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 12, 1920 (Monday)
Adjutant General George
A. White will be the guest of
honor at a Chamber of Com
merce banquet here next
woek.
SO YEARS AGO
Dec. 12, 1910 (Monday)
Petitions have been cir
culated and cash subscriptions
obtained for the building of a
new road through the upper
Sams Valley.
A new four-story brick of
fice building, built by Gar-nett-Corey
Hardware com
pany, will open for business
this week at the corner of
Main and Grape sts.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina er fan eorraet la supecloc;
liven eight li ncallenti Hva ai
tlx It good.
1. Which nation's name is
in the plural form at all
times?
2. To what state does the
Island of Nantucket belong?
, 3. How many square rods
are there In an acre?
4. In what three cities are
the United States mints lo
cated?. " 9. Are the Olympic Moun
tains East or West of Puget
Sound on the West Coast?
6. In what year did the
Boston' Tea Party occur?
7. To what Industry do
the following terms belong:
skiddor. scaler, taller and
swamper?
8. When taking the oath
of office before thc-(whom),
the President of the U.S.
places his - (which) hand on
the Bible?
0. Though called green
backs, U. S. paper money also
contain the colors red and
blue; where?
10. What general nickname
is applied to New Englandcrs?
Answers: 1. The Nether
lands. 2. Massachusetts, 3.
160. 4. San Francisco. Den
ver, Philadelphia. S. West.
6. 1770. 7. Logging. 8.
'Chief justice of U. 8., and
left hand. 9. In silk threads.
10. Yankees.
Taxing
There is really no reason why the state should
not tax fraternal organizations that own property
except that so many voters belong to them. Many
such organizations do a
work and annually give
lars, some to members
and this would be curtailed if taxes were levied.
The theory of taxation, of course"; is that every
one shall pay his share and that benefits be equal
for all. Benefits are not always equal and some
want exemptions; some get them which encour
ages others to want exemptions. Pretty soon the
whole theory is disrupted.
TVAX commissions must
legislatures from creating more exemptions
but it seems that they never get rid of all of them.
Some groups always come up with, fine sounding
arguments for tax exemptions and individuals
work at the same thing.
equality.
There is no reason
pay taxes, either, but
brands he who suggests
guise. Because one does good works is no reason
to excuse taxes, otherwise we might conclude
that only the selfish and the sinners should pay
them.
So, if the assessor levies on our club and it
costs a dollar a vear we
ing and perhaps feel a
County Journal.
Version of
K The billboard industry spent some $106,000
to defeat a ballot measure
controls on those billboards that are erected on
Oregon highways. This is considerably more than
was spent in behalf of
proponents of any other
There have been several interpretations of the
outcome of voting on the billboard control meas
ure. We have yet to see one that is as far from
the truth as that ottered
Oregon Advertising Club
is wiiau uie vjtj awry saiu ;
"The advertising industry received a resounding
vote of confidence in Oregon on November 8, when
the voters defeated a measure which would have
- abolished outdoor advertising along Interstate high
ways and severely restricted it along most other high
ways In Oregon ...
."- . , Overwhelming defeat of the' bill was heralded
by Oregon advertising people as an indication that the
majority of people recognize the value of advertising
in a growing economy, and resist unfair controls of a
medium of communication ..."
1XE ARE not sure what
TT ure proved, but we
prove that the majority
the value of billboard
equally certain that it was not a resounding vote
of confidence" in the billboard advertising industry.
The billboard people used halftruths and de
liberate untruths in their campaign to resist con
trol of billboard advertising. The campaign they
conducted was something that all people in ad
vertising should be ashamed of.
Either people in advertising mean it when
they say they are dedicated to telling the buying
puDiic the truth in advertising or they are raising
a right hand with fingers crossed. If the story the
billboard industry told is the advertising indus
try's version of the truth let the public beware.
Pendleton East Oregonian.
South in the Saddle
It's almost certain that Southern Oregon will
run both houses of the uncomintr lecislative ses
sion. For it is apparent that Harry Boivin of
Klamath County will head the Senate, and that
Bob Duncan, Jackson County, will lead the House
lor an unprecedented second term.
Geographical representation, however, isn't in
danger.
Duncan in the last session bent over backward
to bo fair and impartial to legislators from other
areas and from the opposing Republican Party.
It's hard to imagine a harder-working;, more dedi
cated man in a position
arouse tnese virtues.
AXE NOTE with some
' bett has failed in his
dency. Though frequently more liberal than we'd
like, he is a man of ability and integrity.
Still, the main thing wrong with the apparent
selection of Harry Boivin is that the retiring
speaker, Walter Pearson, is behind him. No one
we've talked to including liberal Democrats who
oppose Boivin purely on grounds of his conserva
tism doubts that Boiv'n will do a far better job
than did Pearson. Capital Journal, Salem.
A Wag on Dogs
A wag (pardon the term) suggests that in
stead of inoculating dogs against rabies, the hu
mane society people inoculate the bats. That's a
fine idea. If they'd also license them, think of all
the money that would roll in to enforce a leash
law. Eugene Register-Guard.
Clubs
great deal of charitable
away thousands of dol
and much more to others
constantly try to keep
The result is tax in
why churches should not
the mere mention Of it
it as the devil in thin dis
will nav it and sav noth
little better. Sherman
the Truth
that would have placed
any candidate or by the
ballot measure.
in a recent issue of an
bulletin. This, in part,
the voting on this meas-
are certain it did not
of the people recognize
advertising, and we are
which doesn't always
misgivings that Al Cor-
try at the Senate presi
Dennis the
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room; m a C00K JARJooi
Foreign Desk: Kishi
Washington; Goldfo
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign
news cables: -
Inauguration
Premier Hayato Ikeda of
Japan has denied he plans to
send his predecessor, Nobu
suke Kishi, to Washington as
his personal representative at
the inauguration of President
Kennedy but the reports per
sist. Kishi, premier when
demonstrations forced Presi
dent Eisenhower to cancel his
visit to Japan, has been plan
ning a trip to the United
States for months. If Kishi
goes the January date will
have some special signifi
cance for him, it will be just
year and a day since he
signed the controversial U.S.
Japan security treaty that
eventually brought his down
fall.
. Communications . . .
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condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not-exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not
contrary is often the case.
Gold Eagles
To the Editor: The article
by Mr. Lynn , M. Watklns,
"Small World Around Us,"
just a little comment about it.
I don t know where he gets
his information about Gold
Eagles (Wed. Dec. 9), but let
me say this, I can tell him
where there are several, and
for not protecting nests
and young, I can assure him
they will do just that, for I
and two of my brothers can
prove to Mr. Watklns that
Gold Eagles are fighters. Yes,
they will protect their young,
at least in Missouri.
David P. Dyer
P. O. Box 301,
Shady Cove, Ore.
Seven-day Cycle
To the Editor: tn case Mary
Atkins and any other readers
are convinced that we cannot
know for sure about the ident
ity of the original and present
days of the week, I would like
to present a few points of
evidence.
There has been one change
in the calendar since New
Testimcnt times, from the Ju
lian to the Gregorian calendar
under which we live today.
The change was made In Italy.
Spain and Portugal under an
edict of Pope Gregory XIII in
1582 A.D., hence the name
Gregorian. (The change con
sisted of dropping out ten
days from the month of Oc
tober, causing Thursday, the
fourth to be followed by Fri
day, the fifteenth. No change
in the weekly sequence of days
occurred.
As other nations gradually
changed to the Gregorian cal
endar the same rule of drop
ping out days of the month
was employed without touch
ing the days of the week.
Speaking of the variety of
plans suggested for the cor
rection of the calendar the
Catholic Encyclopedia says;
'Every imaginable proposi
tion was made; only one Idea
was never mentioned, viz.,
the abandonment of the sev
en day week." (Vol. 9, P. 251.)
The recent agitation for cal
endar revision served the use
ful purpose of placing emi
nent astronomers on record
concerning the antiquity and
unbroken sequence of the
weekly cycle. The Jews,
Christians and Moslems keep
different calendars but they
all agree on the days of the
week.
James Robertson, superin
tendent of the Naval Observ
atory at Washington, D.C.,
wrote, "We have had occasion
to investigate the results of
the work of specialists in
chronology and we have never
Menace
Red Gold
West Germans In Bonn be
lieve the Soviets may be ship
ping or transferring signifi
cant amounts of gold to the
East German treasury in or
der to make the East German
mark stronger in internation
al trading. Some experts ex
pect an official announcement
around Jan. 1 when Russia of
ficially revalues its ruble to
put it on a par. with the dol
lar. Talky NATO
The British expect a lot of
talking but few if any deci
sions at this week's Paris
meeting of the NATO foreign,
defense and treasury minis
ters. They expect the military
discussion to center on an
American proposal for giving
NATO a nuclear arm, on a re
v i e w of NATO military
strength and a discussion on
necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact tn
found one of them that has
ever had the slightest doubt
about the continuity of the
weekly cycle since long be
fore the Christian era."
F. W. Dyson, astronomer
royal, of Greenwich, London,
Eng., wrote "as far as I know
there has been no change in
the seven day rota of the
week, which has come down
from very early times. There
have been attempts in the
French Revolution and in Rus
sia to alter this cycle."
Personally, I believe it to
be providential that we have
this knowledge and that can
with certainty and confidence
follow our Savior's example
Un this regard.
It was He who said, If
any man love Me, he will
keep My words." (John 14:23.)
Harold J. Relth
113 Briggs Bldg.,
Shady Cove, Ore.
"Joes' " Decision
To the Editor: The Repub
lican leadership foresees trou
ble for our country because
they will be out of power.
As patriotic Republican
Americans they do not want
a Democratic administration
to succeed. They are hoping
to capture the next Congress
in order to "save" the country
from Democratic "misman
agement." They can do no
wrong and the Democrats are
never right.
Luckily for all of us the
final decisions will be made
by the million:! of plain "Joes"
like myself. Republicans
should resign themselves to
the strong prospect that Ken
nedy will be president for the
coming eight years.
David Frisch
P. O. Box 292
White City, Ore.
Sunday Legislation
To the Editor: Beginning
Dec. 7 the Supreme Court of
these United States was
scheduled to begin considera
tion of Sunday legislation. On
the surface this would appear
to many well meaning indi
viduals to be just the thing.
This is the first time in 60
years that this, the highest
court of the land, has con
sented to study the Constitu
tionality of Sunday legisla
tion. The writer of these lines
along with thousands of oth
ers feels that here lies a
threat to the religious free
doms of many American citi
zens. One need only to browse
back through the pages of
history and find for himself
what it meant to have the
state make and enforce legis
lation regarding one s duty to
God.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD.
Politics: No GOP for
Turns To
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington OJPI) The po
litical wire:
Not in sight is any Republi
can enthusaism for top mem-
fTM senhower ad-
m l n i strauon
to accept cabi-
n e t responsi
bilities in the
Kennedy ad
m i n istration.
On the con
trary. There has
been talk of
an Ike-man for secretary of
treasury. A trial balloon went
up last week from somewhere
on continuing Thomas S.
Gates, Jr., as secretary of de
fense. Gates had not been of
fered the post, and Derhaps
not even approached, when
the balloon went up. There
will be some Republican pres
sure on Gates to reject the of
fer if made. Neither do party-
men deem it wise that a man
identified with the Eisenhow-
May Visit
r Germany
whether all the members are
properly sharing the costs.
The British expect any real
decisions to come at the
NATO spring meeting when
they will know where Presi
dent Kennedy stands.
Censorship
Italy's current session of
parliament may delve thor
oughly into the film censor
ship controversy which has
dealt a hard blow to the mo
vie industry. Most of the
movie bans are based on
censorship law passed during
the reign of Dictator Benito
Mussolini. There is a central
commission of censorship but
local prosecutors also demand
a say. Best guess as to the
outcome: It will take an ap
peal to the constitutional
courts to straighten things out
and that could take years.
Actually, are we as think
ing, freedom-loving American
citizens doing our part to pre
serve liberty of conscience?
Fervent, effectual prayer
should be ascending from the
hearts and lips of all liberty
loving citizens that this ca
lamity may be averted.
The far reaching implica
tion of the Supreme Court
decision upon the work of
God, not only here, but
all the world, should need no
emphasis to those who have
been students of Bible proph
ecy. This Is hot being written in
an endeavor to put the writ
er's opinions or convictions
into the minds of your read
ers. It is being penned to ar-
rouse those who are asleep
to the impending conflict.
It is not time for any of us
to bend our efforts toward
legislation that would imperil
the liberties of fellow citizens
God never forces His will on
anyone. His love draws men
not forces. When men and
women really have God's love
In their hearts they will act
and live in accordance with
His will, which is shown in
His Divine Law. He says
through the Psalms, "I de
light to do thy will - yea
thy law within m heart."
If Christians have God's
law in their hearts, they will
not do anything that would
bring trouble or hurt on their
fellowmen. Remember the ex
perience of the greatest mis
sionary this world has ever
known. Saul, later called Paul,
was doing what he thought
was the Lord's will be perse
cuting C ist's followers. The
Damascus road experience
changed his entire life's out
look. P. haps som- of ..s
would li well to ponder
Paul's e..;...ce. Are we re
ally saving C . or are we
fighting against Him?
Henry Jonnson Jr.
2400 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
On Americanism
To the Editor: All of the
fifth and sixth grade students
of Griffin Creek school wrote
themes on the topic, "What it
Means to Me To Be an Ameri
can." We would appreciate it if
you would put this theme in
the paper. I thought this was
a wonderful adventure for
these students, as each theme
took a great deal of research.
Griffin Creek school.
Myrna S. Frink
Principal.
"Whu. M ans to Me to be
an American."
To be an American means
to have liberty. Liberty In th
OREGON
New Republican National Chief
. al:. tua . Tf nllss takes the chairman-
er administration become sec
retary of treasury:
The reasons: Defense and
treasury will be hot spots in
the Kennedy administration.
Grotesque misplays and mis
takes in those departments
could be shrugged off as the
work of Republicans. A Re
publican in either spot then
could be fired, an easy sacri
fice to political clamor. More
over, President-elect John F.
Kennedy made national
defense a special anti-Repub
lican issue in the presidential
campaign. How comfortable
could Gates be sitting in a
Kennedy cabinet?
You will be hearing of Ray
Bliss, Republican state chair
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
POLITICAL MATURITY
.Washington - Words like
"cooperation" and "helpful
ness" as between a retiring ad
ministration of one party and
an incoming administration of
another party
usually have
meaning
mainly in the
die tionary.
Usually, let's
face it, they
are amiable
phonies.
They are,
however, gen
White
uine words
wuh genuine significance now
Skelton To Undergo
Hernia Surgery
Hollywood -UiPIl - Red Skel
ton, 47, undergoes surgery to
day at Cedars of Lebanon
hospital for a ruptured dia
phragm. Doctors said the hernia
might have been caused in
the thin membrane separating
the chest from the stomach
cavity by the many comic
falls Skelton has taken in his
years as a comedian.
Skelton entered the hospi
tal Dec. 3.
United States is very impor
tant. Liberty means freedom.
the right to do as you please
the power or opportunity to
do something, or being per
mitted to do what you want.
Liberty gives you the right
to think and work as you
please. It also gives you the
right to speak your opinion
on all matters. You can make
a choice when you want.
Freedom is very important,
too. In the United States there
is freedom of speech. This
means that you can say what
you think. You can tell whe
ther you like or dislike some
thing. We also have freedom
of the press in which the re
porters can put the news they
gather into the newspaper for
us to read. Freedom of re
ligion means you can wor
ship at any church just as
you please. Public schools are
very important. They are
places where you learn and
do things. If all the schools
in the United States were pri
vate, many parents could not
afford to send their children
to school.
When you go to get a job,
you can choose the one you
want. You can quit your job
if you like and get another
one. In other countries you
might have to get a job and
keep it whether you like it
or not. One more important
thing is the right to vote. You
can make any choice you want
in voting.
Independence goes along
with freedom. Having inde
pendence does not mean you
can go around doing anything
you choose. It simply means
you are free to do anything
within the law. Independence
means a man can go as far
as he wants in any field. Ev
ery man is his own boss.
I am proud to be an Ameri
can. It gives us the freedom,
liberty, and justice we want
ed when the Pilgrims first
came. We fought our wars
bravely and strongly. It was
not for the people living then,
especially, out lor the peo
ple of the future so they will
iive in freedom and in peace.
Carol Stuart
Oxen and Stables
To the Editor: I am enclos
ing an article from the Los
Angeles Times entitled "City
Team Selling L. A. Across
U.S." Medford is no doubt
on the ball with a similar
plan.
While it is true that the stall
is clean where there is no ox,
still there is much Increase
in the strength of the ox. The
city of Costa Mesa encouraged
electrical plants, in order to
prevent smog. The plan was
quite successful and Costa
Mesa has probably been one
of the fastest growing towns
in the U.S. I am buying a lit
tle place in Medford, and hope
to be there soon.
Jim Bolding
188 Merrill Place
Costa Mesa, Calif.
Cabinet; Discussion
man for Ohio. Ohio was the
only heavily industrial state
carried by Vice President
Richard M. Nixon. That put
some stars in the Bliss crown.
His previous performances,
however, had attracted much
favorable attention.
Bliss may succeed Sen.
Thruston B. Morton, (R-Ky.)
as Republican national chair
man. Morton is anxious to
shuck the job. One hitch: Bliss
is not a wealthy man. The
Republicans probably would
have to find $25,000 a year to
attract him to Washington.
Party men say it could be
done. It has been done before,
although some chairmen have
not been paid.
S. WHITE
in the unfolding hiatus be
tween the end of Republican
Dwight Eisenhower s tenure
and the beginning, on January
20, of Democrat John Ken
nedy's Not in the memory of the
oldest inhabitants has an old
president shown such practi
cal kindness toward a newly
chosen president. And not in
memory has a president com
ing into power shown such
proper deference to a presi
dent going out of power.
As the new year approach
es, the old regime is depart
ing in dignity and the new
is arriving in dignity. So no
body loses anything - while
the country gains much.
THOSE pictures you have
seen of a smiling Eisen
hower grasping the hand of a
smiling Kennedy are, happily,
not mere staged shows. The
handclasps are for real. And
they only begin to illustrate
the actual degree of practical
association going on at every
level between the Eisenhower
people and the Kennedy rep
resentatives who are helping
to arrange the transfer of pow
er from the old men to the
new.
No administration will ever
have come to office with a
greater advance knowledge of
national problems, or a bet
ter briefing on national pos
ture in the world. Kennedy
personally has . been given
long fill-ins of the most se
cret of all government infor
mation, that of the central in
telligence agency. His associ
ates have been brought into
useful consultation with Ei
senhower government offi
cials. We are showing the world
not simply the forms of na
tional unity after a presiden
tial contest. This time we are
showing the substance, as well
as the forms, of a reunion of
national purpose.
TT IS pleasant to be able to
- report all this, for a politi
cal columnist often finds him
self viewing with alarm rath
er than pointing with pride,
But it is far more than mere
ly pleasant; It is also deeply
reassuring.
For the nation frankly faces
problems both urgent and se
vere: the drain of bur gold
reserves; the creaking strains
on the alliance of the free
West, among others.
Eisenhower came to office
eight years ago - our last
previous change in party con
trol of the White House - in
a partisan atmosphere so bit
ter that he snubbed the out
going president, Harry Tru
man. This - and no matter which
man was "to blame" - was
anything but good for the
country. A n d it looked for
a time during our recent cam
paign that Eisenhower might
find it a bit hard to treat with
entire seriousness "that young
man" who was the Democrat
ic candidate for president.
BUT "that young man" .-
. rw ion a
responsible campaign, as, in
deed, did his Republican ad
versary, Richard Nixon - is
now treated at the Eisenhower
White House with total seri
ousness and total goodwill.
Those who have seen the
president of late can have no
doubt of this: he wants in ev
ery way- to help make the
transition smooth and effec
tive. "That young man" has
turned out to be not such a
bad fellow, after all.
And it is wholly within the
bounds of possibilitv that El.
senhower. a generation senior
to President-elect Kennedy
might accept one or more as
signments, probably of a con
sultative nature, from the new
Kennedy administration. The
old president has made his
record; and now shows no sDe.
cial regard for pride of place.
Ana tne world's din omats
here are seeing with their own
eyes that we have reached po
litical maturity and are
stronger rather than weaker
in the afterlight of our nresl.
dential campaign.
(Copyright, I960 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.) .
If Bliss takes the chairman
ship there is likely to be a
shake - up of the committea
which will rattle the rafters
and shiver the foundations.
Many Republicans consider it
high time.
A question often heard now
around town: When Eisenhow
er leaves office will he ba
rated a strong president or a
weak one?
Another question: Does
President-elect John F. Ken
nedy have what it takes?
You get mixed answers to
both of these questions. Gen.
erally agreed is that the president-elect
is: Personable, am
bitious, aggressively energetic,
articulate, more often well in
formed than not.
Americans are asking each
other, at least in Washington,
"does he have it?"
On the answer to that seems
to depend the fate of all Amer
icans, perhaps the fate of tha
world.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Let's take our eyes off tha
Congo today - long enough,
at least, for a look at Algeria,
Algeria is also a part of Afri
ca. There is bad trouble there.
Careful reading of the news
makes it clear that the situa
tion is so tense that a dramat
ic incident could precipitate
fighting in which much blood
would be spilled.
It's a strange situation-per-haps
one of the strangest in
today's strange and disturbed
world.
WHAT'S it all about?
Tn an offrtef n .
that
question
let's recite a
little history.
FOR some 15 centuries, Al
porta nnnAt-
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names) has been a cockpit.
That's too long a story to go
into here. Let's start with
1830. In that year, a French
consul was insulted by the
Dey of Algiers. In retaliation,
the French invaded the coun
try, conquered it and took it
over. It was held under
French military rule until
1871, when a civil govern
ment was set up. Under this
arrangement, Algeria became
a part of what is called met
ropolitan France, with repre
sentatives in the French par
liament. The system has been simi
lar to our territorial system,
in which territories eventual
ly become states.
JJURING this period, French
settlers poured into Alee-
ria. They took up land. They
IMPROVED the land. They
took over most of Algeria's
business enterprises. While
this was going on, they drove
the Algerian natives (mostly
Moorish tribes) back into tha
hills and the deserts.
They were developers. They
founded a prosperous agricul
ture. They built up important
business enterprises. They
CHANGED THE FACE OF
ALGERIA.
But
The Moorish tribes were not
destroyed. They HUNG ON
in the high mountains and the
deserts. They MULTIPLIED.
They now far outnumber the
French inhabitants. What
these French inhabitants now
fear is that if Algeria is set
up as a semi-independent re
public, as President De Gaulle
proposes, the Moorish tribes
men will DOMINATE the new
republic.
That's about the lone and
short of the present explosive
situation in Algeria.
IN AN effort to gain an un-
an situation, let's recite a lit
tle history of our own.
About the time when tha
French were pouring into Al
geria and taking up the land
wnicn had been held by these
Moorish tribes (say from the
iBius on) our forefathers were
pouring into the West and
taking over the lands that had
been held by the Indian tribes.
in our Southern Oreeon-Far
Northern California area, our
ancestors took the land away
from the Klamaths and the
Modocs and the Shastas and
the Rogues and the Umpquas.
Like the French who poured
into Algeria, our ancestors
were DEVELOPERS. They
made this land to blossom -
as the French made Northern
Algeria to blossom.
THERE is this difference:
Kor. in ...no, ..... l.'lrn lA
call our State of Jefferson, the
native tribes didn't multiDly.
They DECLINED. Only a rem
nant of the remains.
But
Let's do a little suDDOslnz.
Suppose thev hadn't declined.
Suppose they had multiplied.
Suppose it now began to ap
pear that they miaht TAKE
BACK the landa we took from
them. What would happen
then? Rightly or wrongly, we
would probably object - as
the French inhabitants of Al
geria are objecting.