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FRIDAY. Wedfo: .Tbibuni "Everyone in Southern Oregon , Dn,4 Thi. fLToil TrthiinA" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDITOKU rKuvrwu tu 33 North Fir St.. Ph SP 2-6141 nnnRRfwT RUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertising Manajar ERIC W ALLEN JR., Mn Edltoi . EAKL H AUAM5. Wty aaiiw uahdV PHtPM A M Tn itf Editor RICHARD JEWKTT SportJ Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women'i Ed, tor DALE ERK-KaUlN uircuiauun An indemmdent Newspaper Entered ai second clasa matter at Med ford. oreeon unaer ui March 3. 1897 RTIRRHRIPTION RATE9 lly Mail In Advance Copy 10c Daily -id Sunday 1 vear now Daily and Sunday 6 moi 8 on nnllv and Sunday 3 moa 4 25 CunHov Onlv One vear C4.20 Carrier In Advance Med'ord Ashland, Central Pofnt Baft if Point. Jacksonville Oold Hill Phoenix Shady Cove Rogue Rlv TaiAnt nH An vnotor rou'ei Dsilv and Sunday 1 vear 118 00 Da'lv and Sundsy ) mo i 50 Carrier and Dealers copy 10c ' AUjrerrni caan inAoyn" -"o'"r1a! Paper of'citv of Medford '" Offlrlal Papr of Jackson CminiT TTnltd Press Interna tonal Full Lenaed Wire t) p i Tolcphoto Kewaplcturea ' "TMRKlTOTr AUDIT RTTREAU - OF CTRCULATlfON8 ... . AvTrfT;""Renrpsent'atlve: VWffST HOI.tDAV CO.. INC Of fices In Npw York Chicago De troit. San Francisco. Lot Angeles Seattle. Portland St Louif At-luni-a Vancouver B r. NEWSPAPER V-ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO . Feb. 17, 1951 (Saturday) A two per cent retail sales tax on nearly all merchandise other than groceries ana gas oline was proposed in the Ore- -. gon house today in an attempt to offset Oregon's $58 mil- lion budget deficit. Effective April 1, all Ash- land city employees will re- "oi.,o .5!R monthly nay - raise, according to Mayor ,Phil Stansbury. .I 20 YEARS AGO ' Feb. 17, 1941 (Monday) :' The house reapportionment ' committee voted 7 to 3 today to" create a fourth district comprising Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson,' Jo sephine, Lane and Linn coun ties. .... !.. ... )L. From Arthur Perry's "Ye ' Mn lauG jrui tuiuiim. 4..... first citizen of 1841 to show up with a discolored optic, : caused by a stick of wood fly ing up unexpectedly, and leaving a mark resembling a ' French heel, has appeared." 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 17, 1931 (Tuesday) The county court has ruled ' that only bonafide local work . crs will be employed in con struction of the new court house. A bootlegger was nabbed in the Slskiyous yesterday with BO gallons of bonded liquor in his auto. 40 YEARS AGO ! Feb. 17, 1921 (Thursday) Local motorists have been . warned not to park their au. IUD ill 11U1IW Ul UikHtbl Viil trances or exits; it is against the law. A Jackson county senator river fish bill failed because 'of lack of support by the Jo sephine county delegation. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 17, 1911 (Friday' More than 200 California bound members of the Inter national Workers of the World (IWW) were ejected from a Southern Pacific train last night just south of Ash- .land; the townspeople are re. portcdly on guard to prevent the agitators from entering the city. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or tan cornet il superior tevon or eight it excellent! five or I six is good. '. . . 1. Was "D Day" on June 6, ' 1842, 1843, or 1944? 1 2. Whom did God direct to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Midianite oppression? - 3. How often is the popula- ' Hon census of the United . States taken? 4. Does a tennis ball when hit come to a complete stop before reversing its direction? 5. In which National Park Is "Old Fathful" geyser? v 6. Does the human body have more bones before, or after, it is full grown? 7. What was All Bnba's password? 8. Harold E. Stassen was formerly Governor of which State? 9. How many lines does a musical staff have? . 10. Where is the depositoiy for United Stales silver bul lion? ' ' Answers: 1. 1944. 2. Gid eon. 3. Every ten yean. 4. Yes. 5. Yellowstone. 6. Be fore 7. "Open Sesame." 8. Minnesota. . Five. 10. Weei Point, tfjt. FEBRUARY 17, 1961 Risk vs. Sir Charles P. Snow, novelist, scientist and ficial, spoke beiore the the Advancement of Science not long ago. Among other things, tives lacing the world m.the armaments field, and said, in part: "All physical scientists KNOW that it is relatively easy to make plutonium . . . We can work out the number of scientific and engineering personnel needed ,. for a nation-state to equip itself with fission and fusion bombs. "We KNOW that for a dozen or more states It will ' only take perhaps six years, perhaps less . . . We know, with the certainty of statistical truth, that if enough of these weapons are made by enough different states some of them are going to blow up. Through acci dent, or folly or madness but the motives don't mat ter. What does matter is the nature of the statistical fact . . . "On the one side, therefore, we have a finite risk. On the other side we have a certainty of disaster. CIR CHARLES spells out coldly the brutal facts which are of such great concern to the think ing, informed people of Disarmament, or at arms control, are essential to our survivial. The big sticker, of fact that it has been proven, over and over again, that it is impossible to trust the word ot the Com munist leaders, specifically those now in the Kremlin, and, perhaps the long run, the inscrutable and largely unknown leaders in Peiping. BUT a start has been made, and President. Ken nnrlir hod nlorlnrorl nnnHnili'n nr of-fVii'f c The test ban talks at ferences on the ticklish problem of armament con trols at other levels, are a start, and, God willing, will be pursued. They must be. For, in Sir Charles' words : "Between a risk and a certainty, a sane man does not hesitate." E.A. Capitol Gov. Mark Hatfield has proposed that a new forestry department building be built in Salem, right on the Capitol Mall that splendid and growing government area surrounded by hand some white government buildings, with the Cap itol at the south end. He suggests that it be made of wood from Oregon's forests, and that it incorporate all the latest in wood technology and- architectural beauty in short, that it be made a real "show place for the forest products industry. We agree most heartily with the idea of such a forestry building. But we question whether the Mall would be just the place for it. IT MIGHT be that such a structure could be situated in the Capitol group area so that it would blend in with the surrounding buildings, but we don't quite see how. The Mall now constitutes what' is probably the most beautiful assemblage :of governmental buildings of any state in the union. Whether a wooden building, no matter how magnificent, would be suitable in an area now dominated by white marble and gleaming glass remains to be answered. . . We'd like to hear what the Capitol Planning Commission, which has been largely responsible for the orderly, attractive development of the Mall, has to say. E.A. The Nose Let us, for a moment, consider the sense of smell. The Women's Editor marched up to a fellow staff member the other day, thrust a- bunch of violets under his nose, and declared, "My violets smell better than your cigar." "That depends on whose nose you're talking about," was the reply. The sense of smell in man, while not as fully developed nor as acute as that in many animals, still performs a useful function. How else would one know, for instance, that milk had gone sour, or that there was a leak in a gas line? RUT, more than that, the sense of smell has a potent esthetic value. Maybe it doesn't have any utility, or survival value, but the smell of violets (OR a good cigar) is rapture-producing. 1 And what about that indefinable smell which heralds the approach of spring that vague hint in the air, so subtle yet so definite that one knows without any further assurances that spring is coming? The smell of fresh, strong coffee perking in the morning (preferable doors) cannot be matched. THERE are other smells that can evoke strong emotion, or nostalgia, or just sheer pleasure. The smell of a Douglas fir forest under a hot summer sun; the smell of a yellowed gardenia in a girl's memory scrapbook; the smell of the far-away ocean as one drives toward it: even the yeasty smell of the mud-flats at low tide; the strong, masculine smell when athletes come into their dressing room after a game; the rich, pun gent smell of freshly milled pine lumber. We'd be tempted to say that smell is more important than taste that is, until we start re membering the taste of a rare steak, or an an chovy fillet, or . . twhy ep on? Enjoy iL BkA. Certainty the distinguished British former government of American Association for he discussed the alterna this country. the very least, foolproof course, arises from the even more dangerous in Geneva, and other con Mall Knows over a cooking fire out Dennis the Menace 'Coy; HE'S SUf?E GOT HrS ...Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves 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. Likes New Station To the Editor: I would like to say how much I really ap preciate the new Christian radio station that we have in the valley, and I thank God for this ministry. I have heard much com ment among the saints from various denominations and non-denominational churches expressing their deep appreci ation to our Heavenly Father for ordaining the ministry of this radio station. It is so nice to turn on the radio and tune in the good gospel music and the good solid Bible teaching that is brought forth to us, telling us the good news of Salvation in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Already it is known that many souls have been won to the Lord Jesus through the preaching of the Gospel in word and song on this Christian radio station. , Anna Jeanne Johnstun, P. O. Box 511, Central Point, Ore. Copco-PP&L Exchange To the Editor: As the owner of -a small amount of Copco stock, I would like you to print my opinion of the pro posed exchange for Pacific Power & Light Co. stock for Copco's. Having lived here for 38 years, I nave seen some De pressions and expansion as Copco now has the best of water rights, new buildings, lots of new equipment, fran chises on most of southern Or egon and eastern Oregon. It appears that Copco can pro duce profits. So why change? This valley is a potential producer of power and will become much more populated with manufacturers and also retired people. If the exchange is made, there will be some families re quired to quit their jobs or move to Portland. As a small owner of Copco stock, I do not approve of the exchange, and hope others will Join me. Harold Mitchell, 608 South Riverside ave., Medford. Thanks To the Editor. I would like to thank all of those persons who helped in finding my uncle, especially those of Med- ford's sheriff's office and Med- ford's police. I wish also to thank those who prayed, especially Faith Tabernacle of Ashland. Thclma E. Glad, 1427 Lawnridge, Medford. This and That To the Editor: I heard this sweet bit o' "pottery" on KMED: 'When the Russians shoot at Venus, 1 am glad they do not mean us." I once knew a boy who kicked the cat when he was angry at somebody. Maybe he was Russian. Oh, well, it doesn't matter. Won't that ski-slide near Ashland be great fun? I can hardly wait to see it. I haven't slid on them in years, but I believe I can. I always turn to "Commun ications" as soon as the Trib une lands. One friendly reader tele phoned me saying, "Just be tween you and I, Pearlie, your grammar is outlandish." I wish I kncwv her name so we could visit. Anyhow, she reads my silly scribbling so I'd like to get my two cents in. My Dear, in correcting me you should have said "Between you and ME." That "1" doesn t belong there. If "you una ' need more pointers on grammar.l "ain't" got "none." By the way, folks, a Cen tral Point boy's dog was poi soned and he is brokenheart ed. Hii parent cannotspara MEDFORD MAIL fWMS TURNfO UP the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and money to buy a puppy for him but will give loving care to a very young pup from small breed. I have their 'phone number and am usu ally at home after 5 p.m. He doesn t want a grown dog. Pearl Spackman, , (TW 9-1637) Jacksonville, Ore, Beautiful Oregon To the Editor: Oh, the beautiful, beauti ful Oregon, Where the beautiful Rogue river flows, You can live in the Valley on the mountain Or down where . the sea breezes blow. Still you'll be living in Oregon The most beautiful state that I know. Henry D. Rogers Trail, Ore. What Is "Success"? To the Editor: Being a fond reader of old books of early vintage, we recently acquired a small volume of 92 pages dated 1908, on- "The Secret of Success. Having been asked by a friend to comment on the achievement employed by the author of the small bro chure in a course of nine les- Slight Cold Keeps Ike Off Course Palm Springs, Calif. -IUPD-Former President Eisenhower has, had to forego playing golf the past couple of days be cause of a slight cold. A sokesman, Mary Jane McCaffrey, described the cold as being not serious. She said the former chief executive did not have a fever and that no doctor was in attendance. Eisenhower underwent a physical checkup at March AFB hospital last Friday, three days after he arrived for an cxlended vacation in a rented cottage at Eldorado Country Club, 12 miles east of downtown Palm Springs. The examination was de scribed as routine and he vis ited the golf course the same day and again on Saturday. Elsenhower was described as anxious to resume his golf ing after not having played in the past five days, three of those days because he felt like "just relaxing" and the other two because of his cold. Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower has been keeping busy with visits to friends here and sightsee ing. Jackie Kennedy Ordered To Bed Washington (UPD Mrs. Jac queline Kennedy's doctor or dered her to go to bed to fight a cold Thursday night instead of attending a foreign film with the President. The First Lady sent her re grets to Indian Ambassador M. C. Chagla, the President's host at a special showing of "The World of Apu," a gloomy movie about a sensi tive Indian who wanted to be a novelist. Chagla told the audience of high-ranking guests that he and his wife were "deeply distressed" by Mrs. Kennedy's absence. The First Lady has been nursing a cold she caught last week end while horseback riding at the Kennedy's rent ed Glen Ora estate in Middle burg, Va. QUAKE JOLTS S.F. San Francisco (UPP The San Francisco Bay area was jolted by an earthquake Thursday afternoon, but no damage was reported. It was fell distinctly in San Francis co and north of the Golden Gate bridge in Marin cajLinty. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Republicans Should JFK Administration By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International Washington - fUPD - The master-minds of the Republi can party did themselves no good and did the Democrats no harm when they accused Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg of making a po litical trip through five state areas of It was. of course, a politi cal junket. And what is wrong with that? The practice of politics is part of the legiti mate business and responsibil ity of a president and of his Cabinet officers. The Presi dent and Cabinet most pro ficient in the practice of poli tics are likely to come up with the most successful adminis tration. Politics is not a dirty busi- sons submitted for "success," we can only speak on the merits of the author, who has his method and publications protected by copyright in U.S. and foreign countries. The small book is a dyna mic force that is quite as real istic today after over a half a century. We can only specu late on the changes the infor mation could have wrought in any young life providing the study and informative lessons would have impressed its age old truths on the aver age student just finishing his or her elementary or High school then. After reading more instruc tive books than we wish to count, it is with a rewarding knowledge that learning has no limitation. We hesitate to comment on what "success" actually confers on any one single individual. Bert Kissinger 520 Boardman st. Medford. Washington Report By WILLIAM TEAMWORK Washington -. Vice Presi dent Lyndon B. Johnson is carrying on wide and willing shoulders weights of two wholly differe nt kinds which require the most delicate sense of bal ance. He is deter mined to do his utmost to White support the policies and pur poses - and person - of his chief, President John F. Ken nedy. To those who know him well there can be no possible doubt of the total dedication the Texan is putting into this project. At the same time, he is taking endless pains to avoid any suggestion of a suspicion that in these efforts - which at times unavoidably will cause him to take fairly prom inent public positions - he is attempting in any way to cast a shadow as long, or even nearly as long, as that of the President. HO MAKE it abundantly clear to his own closest associates that he means only to serve - and never to rival the President, Mr. Johnson has specifically instructed his staff on this point: his role is always to be that of an understudy to the President." He has pointed out to his people that though he and the President were In great rival ry only last summer for the presidential nomination itself, this was only an episode of the past having no meaning now. They have been told with great force that JFK and LBJ are now wholly together, in purpose and in the human sense, as actually nearly all during their earlier careers they had been essentially to gether in their views of gov ernment's proper role. (Mr. Johnson is not now nd never was more "con servative" than the President, except possibly on a single issue - Civil Rights. There his southern geography in evitably clashed with the northern geography of Mr. Kennedy.) fTHE Vice President was once much Mr. Kennedy's sen ior, as Democratic Senate leader while the President was a rather junior member there. Now he is making it crystal clear tht he is definite ly the President's lunior fcnd ness. Some, politicians are dirty and they play dirty poli tics, but that is not a good premise from which to launch an argument that the art of politics is unclean. Did a Good Job Goldberg visited the unem ployed areas in part to learn about the situation and in part to convince the jobless that the Kennedy administration was their friend. Goldberg seems to have done a pretty good job of doing just that. What the Republicans should have been alert to dis cover is an answer to this question: Does the adminis tration tell the same story to, for example, the fat cats of industry as it does to the thin jobless cats? , Elements Prpblems By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Kingston, Jamaica - (UPD From Kingston, Jamaica's capital and industrial hub, to Montego Bay, where vacation- ing Americans escape the rigors of win ter on white beaches and in luxury hotels, it is 120 miles. In those 120 miles, and at either end, are the ele ments which epitomize Jamaica's problems and its promise as one of the 10 principal islands of the West Indies federation which in the next year or so will take its place among this hemisphere's independent na tions. Here in this westernmost of the West Indies, there is an acute awareness of Jamaica's proximity to Castro's Cuba and to troubled Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Race Problem Possible Here also is awareness that Jamaica's exploding popula tion, with a heritage based 90 per cent on that of the slave and the indentured servant, could result in a race problem based either on Castroism or communism. S. WHITE is wholly content with that position. Moreover, Mr. Johnson is genuinely grateful for an un broken series of generous acts toward him by the President. No vice president before in history - not even Richard Nixon in the Eisenhower years - has been brought so intimately and so continuous ly into collaboration at every step with his president. The more Mr. Johnson has seen of Mr. Kennedy in action at the White House, the more his respect and liking for the President have risen. THE President, in his side, is magnanimous in his dealings with the Vice Presi dent - in large ways and in small. In summary, then, the approaching first - month an niversary of the new admin istration draws near without a sign of that "rift" between these two young,, powerful and candidly ambitious men which many had predicted and for which many more had hoped. Johnson wherever possible is working in semi-anonymity for presidential enterprises. He is no shrinking violet. He is simply aware that to allow the spotlight to fall much upon himself would ' injure that work and thus the admin istration itself. And it would give opportunity to Johnson detractors to carry tales to the White House that "Lyn don is flexing his muscles." At times, therefore, when duty requires muscle-flexing - as for example to smooth presidential problems in con gress - he is muscleflexing, all right, but only in a deeply private way. THE process requires a sub- tie skill. The problem is how to help always - but al ways without seeming to help too visibly, and without open ing any doors to those who simply cannot believe that two such men could, after their own battles were over, fight together in mutual re spect - and in mutual affec tion. Never before had any presi dent entered office with a vice president who had so strongly challenged him for that very post. But whatever you may think of the new administration one thing is sure: the very strength of this duo resides in the very fact that in the recent past each was so strong in his own right. It is, in political savvy, a "team." indeed. Copyright, 1961, by United Feature Syndicate. He.) Check on Whether Tells Same Stories The answer to that is that the administration does not tell the same story. Secretary Goldberg began his five-state tour Feb. 10 in Chicago, proceeding there after to Detroit. United Press International reported on that day: "Goldberg, on the beginning of his tour, said today in Chi cago, 'We're here to make our pledge come true that wages will rise, that benefits will in crease, and the people will find more jobs'." On the Other Hand Four days later, President Kennedy was addressing the National Industrial 1 Confer ence Board in Washington. This was a fat cat assembly, no unemployed present. Did Epitomizing Jamaica on 120 Mile Route But with it is a determina tion that Jamaica, benefited by a stable government, can lick its own problems through its own resources and ingenu ity. ' The road from Kingston winds narrowly upward through tropical hills, climbs steeply across Diablo Moun tain and then .plunges by twists and turns to Montego Bay on the north coast. It passes through Spanish Town, Jamaica's former capital, and along hillsides where earth moving machines dig bauxite which will become aluminum. Industry Encouraged Jamaica's promise lies in an aggressive program of in dustrialization which encour ages foreign investment in the pattern of Puerto Rico, in its expanding drive to encourage Small Dinner Party Preparation Brings Good Conversation By DICK WEST United Press International Washington (UPD President Kennedy, as you know, has been darting around town a lot, going out to movies and parties and things like that. Well, sir, we were planning a small dinner party at our house the oth er night, and the conversa tion went something like this: "Okay, you stop off at the delicatessen on your way home from work and pick up the. cheese dip. That will take care of everything except the band." "The band What band?" "I thought we ought to hire a band for the evening." "Hire a band? Thai's ridicu lous! Why should we hire a band?" "Well, if we don't hire a band, who's going to play 'Hail to the Chief?'' "Just a second. I'm not tuned in on your channel. Why should we need some one to play 'Hail to the Chief?" "Because that's what they always play for him, isn't it?" Who?" You know who." 'No, I don't know who. There is only one person that 'Hail to the Chief is played for, and you couldn't be talk ing about him." "That's who I mean." "And what, may I ask, has he got to do with our having a dinner party." "Well, I just wanled to be prepared in case he decides to drop in on us." "Listen, pet, I know you get some weird ideas sometimes, Try and Stop By BENNETT CERF A BUS LINE BOSS is unlikely to forget the morning a, burly fellow named Michael applied for a job as an driver. "Take the wheel of that bus in the yard and parkj it inside the shed," or dered the boss. "Mike" cheerfully climbed aboard, turned the ignition key and stepped all the way down on the accelerator. The bus whammed into the shed at 60 miles an hour, scattering personnel and equipment. He desperate ly reversed the lever and shot out backward just as fast. Three times he careened in and out of the shed, then finally brought the bus to a halt. "What's the matter with you?" screamed the boss. "I toldl you just to put the bus in the shed." "I had her in three times," growled "Mike." "Why didn't one of you apes close the door?" John Weiler's new runabout has the engine in the rear. That' not the way he bought it, however. Before his wife drove it, the engine was in front. O iXU or Bennett Cert Dibritmtei by Kins Features Syndicate . the President tell these em ployers that his administra tion was promising unemploy. eds that wages will rise? He did not. On the contrary, President Kennedy bore down hard be fore the industrialists on pre and wage stability. He said lie would name a presidential ad visory committee on labor management policy. "I want this committee to promote sound wage and price policies, productivity increases and a betterment of America's competitive position in world markets," he said. There was more of the same and it just doesn't add up with Goldberg's pledge in Chicago thdt wages will rise. tourism, in a broad program of education and in an agri cultural drive to get the most from its crowded acres. The problem lies in the faot that for 300 years Jamaica slept in the sun under an agri cultural economy, where time was determined only by sun rise and sunset. It neither had nor felt the need of industry's time-clock precision or the education that went with it. Jamaica's awakening dales from not much more than 10 years ago. Now it has a $30 million a year tourist busi ness. The bauxite industry em ploys thousands and the farm output is up nearly 40 per cent. A stable middle class is de veloping and personal income in the last 10 years has more than doubled. but where did you ever get that one?" "Well, he keeps dropping in on those parties that thosa other newspapermen have. What's to keep him from drop ping in on ours?" "For one thing, those people live in Georgetown. They used to be his neighbors. Wa live way out here in tha suburbs." "You can't tell me that any man who has enough energy to play touch football is going to let a 10-mile drive stop him." "But he doesn't even know we are having this party." "Any man who has the whole Secret Service at his disposal could find out easily enough." "Sweetheart, be realistic. There are hundreds of news papermen in Washington. He couldn't possibly drop in on all their parties." "Okay, bright eyes. If that's the way you feel about il, we'll skip the band. But I'm going to have an extra place setting ready just in case." Uniforms for Pupils Suggested Washington - (UPD Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickoyer has suggested that U. S. ' school children be compelled to wear uniforms to keep their minds on their books instead of clothes. Rickover, whose views on education have stirred contro versy, said uniforms would remove "the preoccupation of the boys and girls with clothes where they try to outdo each other or emulate each other." Rickover noted that Russia and some other countries re quire uniforms. ili
