MEDFQRD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
The "beauty" of time - of
experience, of what Keats
called "circumstance," of the
"arable field of events"-must
be accepted in the same
breath in which one asserts
the "truth" of those eterqities
the imagination can preserve
from time and ' circumstance
, . , The promise of the "Ode
on a Grecian urn is not
peace of mind. The human
"woe" will remain as long as
men do. But there is a prom
ise notwithstanding-the prom
ise that the woe can be con
fronted by the man who is
able to accept the beauty of
the whole truth and the
wholeness of the truth of
beauty.
-Archibald MacLeish in
"Poetry and Experience."
O
Poetry is made of phrases,
and a phrase is a clutch of
words that gives you a clutch
at the heart.
-Robert Frost, as quoted
by Edward P. Morgan on
ABC network.
O
TRANSFORMATION
The bitter wind is biting
As it whips across your face.
Naked cold is frightening,
It beats the human race
Into submission.
Snow, a whiled sepulcher.
Now drapes the countryside.
Lone pine and knotted fir
Stand in the eventide
In dark derision.
When will springtime warm
ing come
To turn the grass to green?
Where is sunlight coming
from
To change the forest scene
With neat precision?
-Margaret Linegar
Estes Park, Colo.
O
A LIFE GARDEN
I walked alone in the garden
of a friend of long ago.
Who tended with his loving
hands the roses and golden
glow.
But the garden was neglected
and weeds were growing
there;
Forget-me-nots were forgotten
and there were no roses
fair. -
I love this little garden and
the paths that he has trod;
Why can't I honor him today
as he has honored God?
I'll dig and plant and prune
and spray till the garden
blooms again;
Forget-me-nots for remem
brance, communion of
friend with friend.
I walk again in the garden as
we used to wander there;
Forget-me-nots are blooming
and rose-scented is the air;
I sense the living presence of
the friend who used to be,
As we wander in the garden
that has bloomed again
for me.
My life is a little garden to
tend with loving care,
To keep it clean and lovely
for the One who lingers
there.
"Forget me not," said the
Master, "I am not far
away."
And so we walk together in
my garden of Today.
-L. G. Weaver
Medford
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ON WINTER'S HEELS
On Winter's heels the tulips
tread,
From lowly earth uplifted;
With freshest charms long
kept concealed
Each urnlike head is gifted.
The "errant knight, of beauty
fond,
The holy chalice vainly
sought.
While in my own back yard
I find
With wine of spring each
goblet fraught.
Hundreds of sturdy stems
invite
To sweet, delicious headiness:
And thus enthused, it's time
I fitl
That vase long held in readi
ness. -Robert Kroodsma
Tacoma, Wash.
Farm Placement
Meeting Set Here
Salem - The third in a se
ries of mcctinfis designed to
Improve farm placement tcch
niqurs is scheduled in Med
ford Tuesday, March 14.
More than 30 local employ
ment office managers and
farm placement supervisors at
tended the first meeting in
Oregon City Tuesday, and sec
ond meeting was held Thurs
day in Pendleton.
Participating in the meet
in or a .1 n Wilson, farm
placement supervisor. Oregon
state department of employ
ment; Eldon Cone, employ
ment service director. Salem:
Josrph L. Beeson. bureau of
labor, regional larm pig
ment director; Roscoe West,
assistant placement supervis
or; Wesley Zellner, supervisor
of research and statistics, and
John Tomberg. research an-alyit.
DON'T QUIT1
When things go wrong as they
sometimes will.
When the road you're trudg
ing seems all uphill.
When the funds are low and
the debts are high,
And you want to smile but
have to sigh.
When care is pressing you
down a bit
Rest if you must, but don't
you quit.
Life is queer with its twists
and turns.
As every one of us sometimes
learns;
And many a fellow turns
about
When he might have won had
he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the
pace seems slow-
You may succeed with an
other blow.
Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and falter
ing man;
Often the straggler has given
up
When he might have captured
tne victor s cup:
And he learned too late when
the night came down
How close he was to the
golden crown.
Success is failure turned in
side out-
The silver tintVf the clouds
of doubt.
And you never can tell how
close you are;
It may be near when it seems
afar,
So stick to the fight when
you re hardest hit:
It's when things seem worst
that you mustn t quit.
-Anon
Submitted by
Portia Struck,
Prospect, Ore.
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. PUT BY SOME HOUR
Let us put by some hour of
every day
For holy things. Whether it be
when dawn
Peers through the window-
pane, or when the noon
Flames like a burnished topaz
in the vault,
Or when the thrush pours in
the ear of eve
Its plaintive melody. Some
little hour
Wherein to hold rapt converse
with the soul.
From sordidness and self a
sanctuary
Swept by the winnowing of
unseen wings
And touched by white Light
ineffable.
-Clinton Scollard
STORY
With primal void and cosmic
night
Love had its way, and there
was light.
A flaming waste, through eons
long, s
Took form, and chaos turned
to song.
The sun embraced the virgin
earth
And warmed the leafy plants
to birth.
Slow ages passed, and patient
time
Brought creeping reptiles
from the slime.
Through vasty waters fishes
sped,
In torrid jungles beasts were
bred.
Then Beauty filled the land
with flowers.
And lo! birds thronged the
forest bowers.
Love yearned for answering
love-t he voice
Of thinking Man made God
rejoice.
Then all the stars began to
sing
As conscious Nature crowned
its King.
-Thomas Curtis Clark
332CasesHandied
By Dog Officers
iarcnn rountv doc control
officer Chris Hagler reported
Friri.-iv that the department
handled 332 cases in February,
A total of 112 dogs were
picked up. 82 were brought in,
25 found new homes, two cats
Fmmrl new homes. 29. dogs
were picked up by their own
ers, and 50 lost dogs were
handled. Miscellaneous cases
totalled 200.
Dors destroyed numbered
111 and cats 15.
During February, the coun
ty clerk's office collected sa,-
163.10 in dog license fees. Dog
pound fees for the month to
talled $184,08.
Hagler cautioned all dog
owners that the following pre
cincts now have dog control
ordinances in effect: Precincts
57. 58B. 66. 68A. all of Med-
I ford. Ashland, Rogue River
! and Precinct 2? in Eagle Point.
Dogs under the ordinance
1 much be under the control of
i their masters or kept on their
:own premises. They need not
be tied up or on the leash at
all times. Hagler explained.
TUB CAPACITY
An average bathtub hai s
45 gallon capacity.
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printed in his column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; In fact the contrary Is often the ease.
SOKBAY, MARCH 12, I9SI
Understates Problem
To the Editor: In reference
to a letter entitled "The
nogue s water, wmch ap
peared in the Mail Tribune
Sunday, March 5, I feel that
Mr. Hanel grossly understated
the problem of air pollution
with reference to the pulp and
paper industry.
At present, I am attending
school at Moscow, Idaho,
which is approximately 30
miles north of the Potlatch
Forest Inc. sulphate pulp and
paper mil! at Lewiston, Idaho.
During the winter months, the
smell from Lewiston quite
regularly wafts this far even
though we are separated by
the 2,000-foot Lewiston Grade
and approximatately 15 air
miles of rolling hills swept by
the prevailing westerly winds.
As for Lewiston proper,
commonly referred to as the
"arm pit of Idaho," it is often
covered by a blanket of fog
which in many cases causes
extensive damage to property.
i.e. lead base paint will turn
black or brown when exposed
to this fog.
Geographically, Lewiston is
located at the confluence of
the Clearwater and Snake riv
ers. With such a location as
this, there is considerably
more air circulation than is to
be found in the Rogue River
valley with its numerqus sum
mer inversion ceilings and its
famous winter fogs, fogs
which would hold down the
fumes from the mills. Try to
imagine the material that
would foul the air if you sat
urated one of our pea soup
togs with the fumes of the pa
per industry.
Therefore, as a legal resi
dent of Medford I strongly
urge the people of the Rogue
river valley to combat the
coming of the paper industry
until the industry adopts
measures to insure against air
pollution. Since the paper in
dustry is dependent upon a
copious supply of water, the
best way to prevent this in
dustry from entering the val
ley would be to keep the in
dustry from using the water
of the Rogue river.
Robert S. Schmidt,
318 Lindley hall.
University of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho.
Recalls Burma Surgeon
To the Editor: The current
interest in toe President's
Peace Corps and other farms
of voluntary overseas work
among the needy and the sick
is indeed laudable. .
It is appropriate, however,
to recall that the Burma Sur
geon, Dr. Gordon Seagrave,
began his hospital m Northern
Burma almost 40 years ago.
Ever since, he has labored
against incredible odds to
bring the benefits of modern
medicine to those who des
perately need it. Today his
hospital serves 15,000 patienls
yearly. To millions of Bur
mese it has become synony
mous with America and its
ideals.
The hospital's major source
of support is the American
Medical Center for Burma, a
voluntary "group of Ameri
cans endeavoring to mobilize
among our countrymen the fi
nancial and materia! support
which Dr, Seagrave's work so
justly deserves.
In recent days many of your
readers were afforded the op
portunity to view a nation
wide television documentary
depicting the work of the
Burma Surgeon. This dramat
ic experience undoubtedly in
spired some of Dr. Seagrave's
countrymen to want to help
him in his life-saving work.
Such help is urgently needed.
To those so inclined, tax
deductible contributions may
be sent to the Burma Surgeon,
Box 2121, Philadelphia 3, Pa.
Gilbert Jonas,
Executive Secretary
American Medical Center
for Burma.
New York, N.Y.
Bustling Lift! City
To the Editor: After read
ing the 50th founding of the
Rogue River Civic Improve
ment club, it reminds me of
the bustling little city it was
in the year of 1912, when
Fritz Hammersiey was editor
and owner of the lively week
ly newspaper "Rogue River
Argus."
Dr. E. A. Woods was pro
prietor of a drug store. A Mr.
Seaman operated a grocery
store. Mr, Charley Hatch op
erated a blacksmith shop and
sharpened mining drills and
picks. The first brick build
ings were constructed and
dedicated to 1912-13.
A five stamp gold quartz
mill on a 5 acre site just
across the old steel bridge on
south hillside was operated by
a miner friend, Phil H. Rob
inson who also was discoverer
of a nearby gold mine named
North Pole. I often read li
brary books then located in
the old city hall south of the
Waldorf hotel.
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman si.,
Medford.
statements made on my part.
This is my last and final
item. Let's not say I have
gone Communistic, Let's just
say I have became an alien.
I believe aliens are not al
lowed to vote. I am dropping
out of the Legion and after
April I? you can arrest me
for not making out an income
tax form.
I don't know too much
about Mr. Hoover, but I
would welcome the opportu
nity to go before the HUAC
and ssk question for question
and give answer for answer.
This way I might be able to
get some things ironed out
that have sways been on my
mind.
If there is anyone who cares
to protest or comment pro or
con on this item, don't hold
anything back. I promise that
I won't take offense, f won't
even answer. The only thing
I can say is I tried to warn
the people about the predica
ment our country is in,
Leo J. Towusend
Route 1, Box 620,
Eagle Point, Ore.
P.S. Ve used to avoid the
old man with the sickle, but
wake up, folks, before we
have to avoid the man with
the hammer and sickle. You
might be glad you did,
because it's later than you
think.
Going Again
To the Editor: Well, here
the county court goes again.
This time they are going to
take the budget apart.
Will they consider the
worker worthy of a raise to
meet the increased living
costs or are the commission
ers going to give themselves
a $1,000 increase again as
they have in the past?
The boys at the county
shops haven't had a raise
since 58, and I bet a lot of
other departments are suffer
ing too, while the commis
sioners get all- the raises,
along with other department
heads.
Let's get behind the lower
salary bracket. AH of us , . .
Carl Jones
Route 1, Box 434C
' Medford.
500 Wall St., Seattle.
That writer seems skepti
cal about an editorial in the
Mail Tribune of Feb. 12. We
wish to state that this writer
is wining to be a guinea pig
to his investigation to the ex
tent of letting our hair down.
Please advise the learned
doctor that this writer is 74
and is drawing social security
to the tune of $121.50. He has
a wife in a nursing home
that is costing him $180 per
month. His only hope for a
better life is in Jack Kennedy,
if he fails us, we are sunk.
Wa have had a recent at
tack of the Hoover halts; im-
employment is sweeping the
richest country on earth, and
he was not spared by the epi
demic. In short he is out ot s
job.
We understand that the
Communist countries provide
free medieftie from the
cradle to the grave and in
sure against unemployment.
Of course we cannot go for
that. It is un-American. Pity
the poor doctors and the
poorer insurance companies,
should such a calamity en
shroud the land of the free
and the home o( the brave,
and cripple free enterprise
and destroy our way of life.
And yet there is a trend in
that direction that is gaining
daily. Not in the United
States because our people
have a fear complex about
change of an:- nature except
a change in car models.
But unemployment is a dis
ease that wrecks havoc on a
national economy tike a
A 5
Local Student Joins
Physks Honor Society
Boulder, Colo. - Kyle No
lan Vaught, Medford. was re
cently initiated into Sigma Pi
Sigma, a physics honor soci
ety at the University of Colo
rado, Vaught is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde N. Vaught,
630 Crater Lake ave., Med
ford. Requirements for member
ship include junior standing
in physics and a grade point
average of 3.2. The Medford
student Is one of 53 new mem
bers who will be honored at s
banquet March 18.
BIBLE OUTPUT
Cleveland - One publishing
company here prints and
binds three million Bibles a
year.
plague. And America is un
fortunate in that there is a
lack of qualified scientists
that are competent to corae
up with practical answers to
our economic and social di
lemma. Of course free enter-!
prise is the idea! solution if it
can be made to function. For
the iast 30 years it has been
afflicted with senile decay.
The American political heri
tage walked the plank away
back in 1918 when certain
elements of the bill of rights
were abrogated due to Com
munist hysteria,
Walter Reece
Gaitce Road
Merlin,
Insect Studies Aided by Switch
Corvallss - Studies of forest
insects have been aided by de
sign of an inexpensive Urns
switch reviewed at a sympos
ium on technique at the an
nual Western Forest Insect
Work CoKferenee at Berkeley,
Calif., recently.
The instrument was dis
played by T. G. Allen, in
charge of forest entomology
at the Oregon Forest Research
Center, Corvallts, who was
aided in its construction by
Eiiwood MtBer, student as
sistant. Present application of the
time switch ts to operate a
Eight trap tor insects in for
ested areas without a power
supply. A device was needed
to operate an incandescent
lamp and a motor-driven fao.
to start at dsrk and stop at
dayhght to avoid excessive
drain on a sis-volt battery. No
eommercia! time switches
were found for tow-voltage di
rect current.
The instrument operates
with two switches in series ac
tuated by two alarm clocks.
Before operating, one switch
is open, the ether closed. To
operate, one clock closes the
open switch. Trip arms are
positioned to contact winding
keys for alarms on stocks
when alarms sound.
Hie time switch also can hs
installed under other situa
tions requiring automatic eon.
trot of a low-voltage power
supply. Additional informs,
ttoti on the instrument may
be obtained from the Re
search Center on request,
Studies at the Research
Center are financed by a las
on timber harvested in Oregon.
STORM ISCIBEHCE
There are about 44.000
thunderstorms in the world I
daily.
Paint With
I Palais,
i&if So Easy
AT To Usel
w ti!l1
SSH GUim STAMPS, TOO!
Medford Paint
Si Wallpaper Store
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thm SP 2-H21
Pension Is Stopped
To the Editor: Now my pen
sion has been stopped, and it
was done on my own accord
I knew that by refusing to
sign and return the card re
garding my income.
It gave you no other alter
native. You had lo stop my
check, which I solely intended
for you to do. I can tell you
Uncle that after paying my
taxes, I don't have $2,700 left.
But that is not the point. I am
fed up on being told all the
time that I am receiving
pension that I am not entitled
to. I know Uncle that you
have been trying for eight
years to stop it. Ever since
someone got their wires
crossed and shoved off on to
me a non-service connected
pension.
The government knows that
I am entitled to a legitimate
service connected pension.
After checking and double
checking, Mr. J. Edgar Hoo
ver's organization hasn't been
able to find evidence where
there has been any false
Abut Sterling Creek
To the Editor:
We'd like to invite you ail
to see,
The things going on above
our city.
There are mounds and
mounds of garbage deep.
Some even thrown down in
the creek.
You ought to see them when
they dump,
They sneak, and coast, and
throw, and run.
We've chased a few right
down the hill,
I wish some day we'd catch
hem still.
Their license numbers we've
been taking
Maybe they will do the
raking.
T'would be a real pretty drive
If there was some way to
contrive
To get the public to do their
best i
To help get rid of this rats'
nest!
Mrs. James Womack
Route 1, Box 8A
Jacksonville, Ore.
Hope For Better
To the Editor: We note a
letter to the editor from the
editor of Northwest Medicine,
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