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Letteri lo the Editor must bear th name and address of the writer, although under
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The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
Animal Care
To the Editor: From a news
item it seems that the county
court is deliberating on the
appointment of a member to
the Dog Control board.
May an ordinary tax-paying
citizen suggest that they use
common sense and appoint a
person who is actively inter
ested in animal care?
Mary Swieger
1940 Orchard Home dr.
Medford.
Editor's note: The court
made the appointment after
this letter was written. Homer
Jeffries, Central Point, is the
new member; Henry Owens
' and W. H. Arnold, both Med
ford, were reappointed.
No "Feuhrer"
To the Editor: Governor
Hatfield s blunderbuss ap
proach on reorganization de
mands close scrutiny. It ap
pears to be a step in the direc
tion of one man rule, with
top appointments by U13 gov
ernor and lesser appointments
subject to his approval.
- The general theme seems to
be a version of the Sukarno
type of "Guided Democracy"
which is geared to conditions
in a backward country, not
yet prepared for full democ-
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raty. xiere 111 uiegun, uie sec
ond most literate state in the
Union, with over 100 years of
statehood to look back on, we
find our governor telling us
he can choose more wisely
than the people. He claims to
seek responsibility and in
order to achieve it he is will
ing to sacrifice our democratic
processes.
X3e ii nuuwu mill a am uui
about to forfeit my right to
vote for representatives of my
own choosing, simply because
one man wants power masked
In the cloak of responsibility.
It may be true that reorgani
zation is needed in some areas.
I suggest the governor take a
long hard look at some of
the departments under his
thumb, such as the Public
Utilities commission, the Tax
commission, Finance and Ad
ministration and the Planning
and Development department.
-.- Some of these appear to be
overstuffed with added staff,
at more cost to the taxpayer.
Why not expand our demo
cratic processes to allow for
the election of a public utili
ties commissioner and tax
commissioner- This might
prove to be a remedy for such
a fiasco as the granting of
over $6,000,000 in annual rate
increases to the big utilities
It could shed some light on
the unholy marriages contem
plated by the large utilities
which will stifle competition.
It may give the people a
chance to voice their opinion
on tax cuts given the big util
ities while the homeowners'
taxes climb to new highs.
Oregon does not need a
"Feuhrer." It needs a "full
time" governor dedicated to
expanding our democracy and
coenizant of the truth that the
ills of Democracy can best be
cured by more Democracy.
I will remind the governor
of these words by Thomas Jef
ferson, "I have never been
able lo conceive how any
rational being could propose
happiness to himself from the
exercise of power over
others."
Robert A. Freeman
4625 N.E. 117th ave.
Portland, Ore.
Gift Project
To the Editor: Thank you
very much for the excellent
coverage your newspaper gave
the Mental Health Association
of Oregon Christmas gift proj
ect for patients in the state
mental hospitals. It was a hap
pier holiday season for 6,000
patients because of the tre
mendous response to our ap
peal for gifts through news
media.
Mrs. Thomas T. Denison
Christmas Gift Chairman
Mental Health
Association of Oregon
Portland, Ore.
A Letter
To the Editor: Because the
writer had written a letter of
criticism (Mail-Tribune, Jan.
7) about the excessive noise in
our mess hall, he was called
before the domiciliary officer
and subjected to a gestapo
type of close questioning. He
was asked whether he had any
friends at White City; how
many brothers and sisters;
where he got the typewriter
to typewrite his letter (it had
been written in long hand);
why did he not like the food?
(The letter was in reference lo
noise.)
It was bluntly suggested
that maybe he would like to
live elsewhere. A threat was
made to take his sleeping
room from him and move him
into a ward with 16 other
men. (The writer gets the
room for putting in seven days
a week, every week of the
year, at managing the jigsaw
puzzle center, for which work
he has never asked nor re
ceived any compensation.)
And so it went on and on, all
because of that horrendous
letter.
But the noise complained
about was stopped.
It seems that veterans of
the last three conflicts fought
for freedom of expression for
others but not for themselves.
I call upon the veterans organ
izations in Jackson and Jo
sephine counties to get busy
and do something about it.
David Frisch,
P. O. Box 292,
White City, Ore.
Shorty
To the Editor: Shorty
(Reynold Rider), well-known
and beloved musical devotee
of Jacksonville, is gone. But
like old John Brown whose
soul goes marching on even to
the day, so does the soul of
Shorty go marching on, very
much alive in the beautiful
word melodies he left for oth
ers to share, to enjoy.
They will be heard on oc
casion from the wild-rose per
fumed Applegate valley, echo.
ing from the 100 year old
gold-mining camp Jackson
ville buildings to the Dream
land Ballroom, where old
timers gather of a Wednesday
afternoon to lift an extra
lightened heel with lilting ca
dence of Shorty's composi
tions, and also to be enjoyed
at the Senior Center out Jack
son st. way. All this by
Shorty's loyal disciples and
who, we hope, will hand the
torch to others when their
own hands can no longer re
lease the melodies we love to
hear.
Admittedly, there was some
physical change or defect in
Shorty's earthy self that sev
ered that tenuous survival
line we know as life, ere he
had scarce reached the three
score mark. To me, the real
reason is more obscure. It was
in the trips that Shorty made
to our home. Each time his
face would be lighted with
new hope. "Got a music pub
lisher this time who will put
one of my songs on big-time,"
he would gravel-voice to us.
Our one and only questioned
answers would be, "Does the
guy want money from you to
fix it up for proper presenta
tion?" "Well, er, yes," Shorty
would admit with fading
hope. "Then he is admittedly
a faker, a chiseler on 'the liv
ing end' of music 'promoting.'
Don't waste your not too plen
tiful money on him," we
pleaded to Shorty with hope
less gray bowed head, repeat
ing, It s a safe bet that his
publishing business is a cheap
second or third floor room
with a chair, a desk and a
typewriter. That's all, save a
dust gathering monument in a
corner of the room, a pitiful
slow growing stack of sheet
music with covers showing
the hopeful music - writer's
name. That's where it ended,
save for a copy to the waiting
music composer.
So Shorty decided to start
up a music publishing busi
ness, and rounded up a couple
hundred dollars for a tape-recorder.
(To be completed.)
F. J. Clifford,
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore.
Beckon, Semon Coauthors of
School Study Council Bulletin
Elliott Becken, assistant
superintendent of Medford
schools, and Robert Semon,
chairman of Medford High
Wide Road
To the Editor: It is my un
derstanding, subject to cor
rection, that when Medford
Corporation ceased to operate
railroads and railroad equip
ment and changed to trucks
above Butte Falls, that Med
ford Corporation entered into
an agreement with the county
court for a right to use ten
foot banks on that portion of
the county road which ex
tends between Butte Falls and
the Slate Fish Hatchery, in ex
change for which Medford
Corporation was to widen the
Fish Hatchery grade to four
lanes.
I am wondering if perhaps
Medford Corporation is drag
ging its feet, or if by delaying
action they plan to get out of
their part of the agreement,
Of course I will concede my
information may be wrong.
However, on Dec. 4, 1959 I
OPEN MON. AND FRIDAY 'TIL 9 P.M.
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discussed the situation with
Judge Miller and he con
firmed, orally, that my infor
mation was correct. No work
in connection with the afore
said four lane roadway has
been done in nearly ! years.
1 11 concede I can see some
cause for delay but not a de
lay of 1V4 years.
I also note that the trucks
hauling Medco logs are only
using two binder chains on
their ten-foot wide loads,
whereas other trucks must use
four binders. How come?
It is strange that a big com
pany can get away with some
thing an individual would get
hung for.
Let's see what Medford Cor
poration has to say about this
in the Medford Mail Tribune.
Floyd R. McCabe,
Mt. Pitt Star Rt.,
Butte Falls, Ore.
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The Medco Road
To the Editor: Some time
ago, the Medford Corporation
announced that it plans to
change its log train route from
Butte Falls to Medford into
log truck road. The plan
as reported, would make a
truck throughway from Butte
Falls into the Medco mill, giv
ing the proposed extra-heavy,
loaded trucks the right of way
over all other traffic the pri
vate route crosses.
It has been with disappoint
ment that we have failed to
see a single criticism (except
that of the Medford city at
torney) made against this
astounding plan, although
such a change would affect
every driver - tourist, school
bus, farmer, trucker, and ali
who travels Crater Lake high
way, or the main street in
Eagle Point, Highway 99 at
Medford, and all the well
traveled roads in the rail
road's vicinity near Medford,
White City, Butte Falls and
Eagle Point. And it will seri
ously hurl those like myself
and my neighbors with farms
bisected by the route.
homes adjoining.
It is not the purpose here
to propose that such trucks
be placed on the main public
route from Butte Falls to Med
ford. Who wants more logging
trucks on the already crowded
Crater Lake and Butte Falls
highways? But, surely the
preference for the present
Medco train, with its two or
four trips daily cannot be
compared with 100 trips daily
by heavily loaded log trucks
on a dusty, noisy and danger
ous route having the right of
way over all traffic from
Butte Falls to Medford.
Two or four trips, two up
and two back, at the most for
the train! Or 100 for the
trucks!
Has the Medford Corpora
tion, or the state highway
commission (which Is greatly
encouraging the change), the
county planning commission
or the roads department con
sidered what the proposed 100
log trucks and the resultant
hundreds - no, thousands - of
crossings will create? The
county roads department is
said to have already given at
least one right of way to the
proposed trucks over other
traffic on a road near the
Medford airport.
Is it the purpose of the
state highway commission to
build freeways across Oregon
and at the same time place a
burden on residents and re
maining routes?
Timber and logging make
one of the most important
assets in Jackson county, of
course. But equally Important
can be the tourist trade, agri
culture, and the other indus
tries the area is attempting
to increase for a diversified
safer economy.
Where are those interested
in the future of the area? And
those who say that the county
will continue to grow as in
the past few years? Don't they
care enough to express their
doubts while something can
be done?
Jack Caldwell,
Route 1, Box 177,
Eagle Point, Ore.
school English department
are coauthors of the January
Bulletin of the Oregon
School Study Council, "Using
Reader-Aides in the English
Composition Program of Med
ford Senior High School."
The chief objective of the
plan for using reader-aides in
grading compositions is to im
prove the instructional pro
gram in writing. It was point
ed out that an overworked
teacher with insufficient time
and energy to grade carefully
and effectively all composi
tion efforts of students would
make it impossible for the
teacher to do a good Job of
teaching writing skills.
Because it was found to be
financially impossible to re
duce the teaching loads to
such an extent that enough
writing assignments could be
given, it was found that hir
ing reader-aides could effec
tively fill the gap much more
cheaply..
A carefuJ study of the mat
ter was made during the 1959
1960 school year, with the as
sistance and direction of Dr.
Arthur Kreisman, director of
general studies and chairman
of the humanities division at
Southern Oregon college.
Dr. Leonard B Mayfield,
superintendent of the Medford
schools, and members of the
Medford school board, realiz
ing the imperative need for
using reader-aides in the Eng
lish composition program,
worked out the details in a
series of conferences attended
by Dr. Kreisman and mem
bers of the high school Eng
lish department.
For the program, it was
necessary to enlist the aid of
a number of well-qualified
adults in the area and to train
them in the techniques and
procedures to be employed.
From more than 300 ap
plicants, 53 were judged well
qualified to serve as aides. Of
this number, according to
Becken and Semon, 24 were
selected as assistants to the
Medford High school-aides to
each of the 12 full time Eng
lish teachers. The remainder
were to be used by other high
schools in the area.
Average Age
Of those in the Medford
group, it was pointed out that
the average age was approxi
mately 36 with the oldest at
69 and the youngest at 23.
Nineteen house-wives were in
the group and only one man
was listed. Of the 22 teacher
aides with children, the av
erage was about 3 per family
out of a total of 64 for the
group. Sixteen of the aides
selected had degrees with 3
possessing masters degrees.
After a number of staff
meetings and conferences in
which the technical details
of the plan were worked out,
the first sets- of the student
compositions were graded by
the regular classroom teach
ers. The sets were then turned
over to the aides assigned for
study as to the grading stan
dards used.
With each set of composi
tions forwarded to the aides,
go instructions as to the type
of composition, level and year
of class, and the particular
elements of writing specifical
ly sought. Graded composi
tions are returned lo the
teacher within a week's time.
Periodical reader-student,
teacher - reader and teacher
reader -student conferences
take place in order that the
writing instruction of the stu
dents would be coordinated in
every detail.
Much credit was extended
by Semon and Becken to the
cooperation and assistance re
ceived from Dr. Arthur Kreis
man and other members of
the Southern Oregon college
humanities division, and to
Dr. Mayfield and the members
of the school board.
Supreme Court Grants
Stay of Execution
Portland-OOT-The State Su
preme Court Thursday grant
ed a stay of execution on a
ban preventing Multnomah
County employees from work
ing after-hours.
The high court granted the
additional time so that attor
ney Howard Lonergan may
prepare an appeal to the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Driver Fined Alter
Truck Hits Boy
Ashland - The driver of a
pickup truck that hit a 9-ycar-old
Ashland boy Thursday
was fined $50 in Ashland mu
nicipal court Friday for I
failure to heed a red light.
George H. Robinson, 51, of
247 Sixth st., Ashland, plead
ed guilty to the charge.
Police said Jeffrey Walters,
9, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Walters, 395 Helman st., was
crossing Main st. near Briscoe
school Thursday morning
when lie was struck by the
truck driven by Robinson. Po
lice Chief Herb Hays wit
nessed the accident and said
Robinson ran the red light at
the crossing, knocking the boy
to the pavement.
Hays took Jeffrey to Ash
land General hospital where
he was treated for minor Injuries.
County Court Makes
Final Appointments
0 The Jacksijn county court
has completed its list of ap
pointments for the new year
by naming three men to the
county dog control board. '
W. H. Arnold, Medford, ;
was reappointed for a one I
year term; Homer Jeffries, J
Central Point, two years, and i
Henry Owens, Eale Point, re
agoointed for two years.
Coiojity Commissioner Ches
ter Wendt explained that
the county court originafiy
thought it had only one ap
pointment to make.
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Medford city police Friday
put the first of five new police
cars into service. Three of the
new cars will be all-white, a
change from the black cars
used by Medford police for
many years.
The three white cars will
be used for regular patrol. Of
the remaining two cars, one
will be used by the detective
division and the other will be
used by Chief of Police
Charles P. Champlin.
All five cars are Studebakcr
Lark - Marshals. Police have
been using the plain Stude
baker Lark for the past sev
eral years. The new cars have
a wheel base of approximately
113 inches, which is five
inches bigger than the wheel
base of the Lark.
The cars were purchased
from DeLeigh Motors of Med
ford which had submitted the
lowest bid. Five older police
cars were traded in on the
new models. The police de
partment has nine cars.
The department will put the
remaining four cars into serv
ice as soon as the proper modi
fications of the motor can be
made and the radios installed.
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