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and SO V" SO9'
: . 10 YEARS AGO
April 7, (Saturday)
V- All of Oregon to have am
ple spring runoll waier,
ceot Bear Creek valley, Tal
ent Irrig atlori district ana
: Applegate-Illlnois lialleys.
Lumber industry reports
iutficlent aupply ot boxcars
t meet local demands.
19 YEARS AGO
tll 7. 1MX (Monday) '
Medford area faces severe
- ater shortage this year, ac
' a rnin us uvew aua,v,j
ur Perry's "Ye
. nt" column: "Gov-
TC
s bill providing for
r t sack cigarette
or. a
' ,-. ie law unless
vote ot the peo-
MJ TEAM AOO
' ?til 7. 1M1 (Tuetdar) .
' : Medford city council con.
a Jara tentative contract to
f irnlsh water to suburban
' ri. stride.
County court, heads objec-
tions to proposed west siae
highway from Blackwell hill
to Jacksonville. .
40 YEARS AQO
April 7, Ml (Thunday)
Local Page - theater pre
sents Charles Chaplin and
Jackie Coogan In "The Kid."
City council decides to build
. auto camp grounds with nice
surroundings and comforts to
.attract tourists. . ,
, . -"
SO YEARS AQO
April 7, 1111 (Friday)
Prospective sites for- gar-
. den and cannery Inspected by
' H. J. Heinz company repre
' sentatlve.
;- Bids called for new f 13,000
county jail at Jacksonville,
" to be built wirn "auenKcn
r. and beauty."
Whsl't Your I.Q.?
Nina ot fan carted h luaerleri
even ar eight It exeelkeri five er
ix ft feed.
1. Chimpanzees are mon
keys; true or false?
2. Are the Cascade Moun
tains east or west of the
; Rockies?
3. Name the author of the
new novel "Hawaii."
" " 4. Which two bodies of wa
ter are connected by the Erie
Canal?
. B. Name the largest of
these planets: Mercury, Ve
nus, Mars, Earth.
6. Seattle is the capital of
the State ot Washington; true
or false?
" 7. Is the Sues Canal a tea
level or a lock canal?
:; 8. Is the Tropic of Capri
corn north or south of the
Equator?
; t. Apple trees do, or do not,
grow in Normandy, France?
10. During World War I,
who was King of Italy?
Answers! 1. Falie (anthro
poid apes). 2. Wail. 3, James
Mlchener. 4.. Lake Erie and
the Hudson River. 8. Earth.
6.' Valse (Olympls). 7. Sea
level. I. South. I. Do, 10
Victor Emmanuel III.
IHTRODUCTIOH TO ART
Barnet, England-IWD-Artlst
Michael Osterwell is hanging
his paintings in a launderette
he operates nere.
.'"People want to look at
things when they wash,'' Ost
erwell said, "so what better
than to introduce them to
art"
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1981
Trees by the Thousands
They aren't too much in evidence yet, but
there are thousands and thousands of tiny trees
in the ground and beginning to grow in Jackson
county, that weren't mere last year at this time.
In a few years five or ten or fifteen they
will begin to be a considerable factor in the
community. They will add beauty and grace to
this lovely valley, freshening the atmosphere and
the hearts of. men.
, Meanwhile those who
and adults alike can
for them and delighting-in their growth.' There
is a special delight in watching something grow.
THIS happy prospect is to the credit of. the
Eagle Point Grange,
tree project is one 01 me imesc community joob
that anyone has done, anywhere.
; There are all sorts of projects which organ
izations do, and most of them have merit, help
ing people in one way or another, or improving
the community. This tree-planting business,
thouffh. is uniaue. for it combines the prosaic
with the esthetic; practicality with idealism, and
generosity with do-ifr-yourseli.
This is the second consecutive year the
Grange has distributed trees, but this year they
concentrated on youngsters, and just about every
elementary school student in Jackson county
will have received one before they're through.
- i. . e e e e
A LOT of people deserve credit for this.
Mrs. Edith Eden, who has been the moving
force behind the Medford street tree planting
(which, incidentally, is
nition as an example of how street tree planting
should be done) has .been ah enthusiastic worker.
Ladies of the Grange, who spent many an
hour seeing that each tiny seedling tree was prop
erly wrapped and fertilized before it was given
to a student, deserve our commendation, t . ;
But the largest share
to C C. (Pop) Hoover.
He's just about worn himself out. rushing
spent hours and days
logistics of the project,
to see "that it was done
1I7HEN Pop Hoover gets a bee in his bonnet,
V it really buzzes, and he has a way of con
veying his enthusiasm and his drive to others.
Their reward, as likely as not, is to see Char
lie's face wreathed in a great big happy grin.
"Only God can make a tree."
But sometimes He needs an assist in getting
them spread around where they'll do the most
good. And for this the
and Pop Hoover, should
done." a. A.
The ! Home Rule Study
Despite all the publicity attending its doings,
there still are misunderstandings about the in
tent and even the functions of the Jackson county
home rule study committee.
It is a group of citizens who, for. the past six
months, have been meeting almost every week
to discuss with each other, with various present
and former county officials, and with others in
terested, county government whether it can or
should be improved, and, if so, how.
This is a group of sincere people, spending
hours and hours in an attempt to do a job for
their community. "
e e e
IF ALL goes well, the result of their labors about
a year from now will be a distillation of the
advice and counsel they have received, of their
own informed discussions; and of expert assist
ance, in the form of a county home rule charter.
Just what shape it will take not even the com
mittee knows as yet. They don't even know if
they can qome up with a document which will
satisfy all of them let alone the voters and tax
payers of the county. - ,
But, as a result of the first few months of
work, they have come to the conclusion that
county government needs some strengthening,
gome improvement, ana,
brought closer to the people and more responsive
to their needs and desires.
e e e e a . ?
SO, despite some premature conclusions to the
contrary, it cannot be said that they are work
ing with any preconceived ideas of what should
be done, or will try to j, "railroad" anything.
They still are in the
deliberation and gathering their facts. Their
recommendations will come later. v
But with their initial
government isn't doing the job for the people
that it Bhould do, and that some changes are in
order we can agree whole-heartedly.
And, among those who have watched county
government "at work" in recent years, this opin
ion is fairly widespread.
DUT the details of 'the proposal whether it
" will suggest minor modifications or a more
sweeping change; whether there should be a
large or small commission or council: whether
there should be a single county administrator;
whether offices should be non-partisan or on a
partv basis these have yet to be determined.
The committee has a tough job before it, de
ciding which of the many proposals they have
heard would be for the best interests of the peo
ple, of the county. This is their first and most
important consideration. 1
We believe the job will be done, though.
And then, not now, will be the time for analysis.
Meanwhile, all their meetings are open to
the public. And the committee will welcome con
structive suggestions at
' 1 '
planted them students
watch over them, caring
and for our money, their
eainwe national recog
of the kudos should go
- ' ;
and weeks planning the
and working like a dog
and done right.
Eagle fomt grangers,
receive a hearty "Well
.
most 01 an, to oe
process ot discussion and
conclusion that county
any time. E. A.
Dennis the . Menace
Communications
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for publication It permissible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to
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paper; in fact me contrary it otten
Amended 23rd :
To the Editor: My Mother
sent me this clipping from a
paper from southern Cali
fornia.' I , thought it . worth
passing on:
' Psecurlty PsSlm ;
The Government is - my
shepherd, I shall not want. It
allowth me to lie down on my
job; It leadeth me beside still
factories. It destroyeth my
initiative. : It . leadeth . me in
the path of political paradise.
Yea, though I walk through
the valley of laziness; and
deficit spending, I ..will fear
ho evil, for the Government
is with me. It prepareth an
economic Utopia for me by
appropriating the earnings of
my grandchildren. It filleth
my head with false security;
my inefficiency runneth over.
Surely the Government
should care for me all the
days of my life, and I shall
dwell in a fool's paradise for
ever. (Mrs.) Erma Fret,
., Route 1, Box 264,
Eagle Point, Ore. : '
Not Welch Alone '
To the Editor: With some
of the charges being made
against the John Birch So
ciety and its founder Robert
Welch, it would be worth
while to point out that most
of the things that he advo
vates have been urged by
other responsible sources for
many years. He . is credited
with conceiving most of these
himself, according to the ac
counts In the Mall Tribune re
lease from XIPI. The two
issues most prominently men
tioned were those of commu
nism in the churches and the
proposed impeachment of
Chief Justice Earl Warren.
In .answering the John
Birch Society's attack, Eugene
Carson Blake told a church in
Santa Barbara, Calif.,: that
they would divide the church
right down the middle; "be
tween communists and fascists
hating each other, labeling
each - other, ' and distrusting
each other." "Fascist" is a fa
vorite term of Liberals and
Left-Wingers, used to smear
anyone with strong conserva
tive views who would expose
their methods and goals. Mr.
Blake, . then, must be taciUy
admitting that there were
communists in the church and
those who would expose them,
it allowed to do so. Com
munists are generally labeled
and suspected when found
Out. .
, Mr. Welch attacked those
who are advocating socialism
from within the National
Council ot Churches. I have a
book written by Klrby Page
that advocates state ownership
Try and Stop Mo
By BENNETT CERF
MOURNFUL ONE; This is the worst toothache I've had.
Cheerful one: It's all In your mind. Yesterday I felt
awful. Then I went home to my beautiful bride who hugged
and kissed me and presto!
I felt wonderful.
' Mournful one (perking .
up)? What's your wife's
phone number?
-A
husband wandered nr
Youtly about a doc tor's
waiting room while his wife
underwent a complete
checkup. After seme time
the doctor stuck his head
out of the door, summoned
the husband, and said, "To
be blunt, I don't like the
looks of your wife."
"Neither do V respond
ed the husband, "but she's great with the children.
"Men are always wondering what the future holds m store,"
Observes London Ttd-Mta, "whereaa women wonder what the
store will hold la future."
a 1SB. l Xtaaett Cert DtetrtbeHW r Kins; Teeroree Smdkete
the ease. .
of all natural resources, util
ities,: Federal Reserve Bank
and, 1 As experience is gained,
common ownership may well
be extended to huge strategic
Industries; steel mills, oil re
fineries, automotive plants."
Mr. Page,, a former Disciples
6f Christ minister,: was an
official of the NCC for many
years. With many of the NCC
leaders belonging to. as many
as five; to twenty-odd commu
nist fronts it would take a
naive person to believe that
there were no communists in
the churches. .
The NCC went on record
against the House Committee
on un-American Activities
when it made the mistake of
defending the Air Force Man
ual, and one of the commit
tee's members, the HonoVable
Donald L. Jackson, made the
further mistake of exposing a
list of the books recommend
ed by the Department of
Racial and Cultural Relations
of the NCC for the "develop
ment of children through read
ing." One of the books was so
Indecent ' that the Post Of
fice Department . "cautioned
against depositing such matter
in the mails." . A "book of
poetry ' by Langston Hughes
contained a selection entitled
"Goodbye Christ" that was an
atheistic Marxist masterpiece.
Dorian F. Woods, ,
Star Route, Box 191, !
Prospect, Ore. . " .
All The Way
To the Editor: It is quite
evident to me that you have
read Mr. Robert Welch's
"Blue Book," and I hope you
intend to "look further into
it" instead of just "standing
pat" like some others seem to
be doing. It may be that you
already know all about the
situation that America and
the world confronts.
. Therefore . I only wish to
encourage you to continue all
the way In your book review
series about, the Blue Book.
Don't be like the one that
wrote the page-ful in the Ore
gonlan of April 4 or 5, in
which he admits that all he
knows about the John Birch
Society la what he reads In
the paper! Then he proceeds
to tear down the Society as
It he knew "all about" the
said John Birch Society and
its so-called dirty tacticsl .
. I sincerely hope that you,
for one, will continue to go
through this review and give
the American people a chance
to see the "other side" of the
very Important situation we
face today.
In our Father's name and
for America , . . exercise your
rights and this opportunity.
L. R. Wedeklnd
118 Granite Hill rd.
Grants Pass, Ore.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE
Richard M. Nixon To Begin 'Come Back'
Trail Next
Br X-YLE C. WILSON
Washington ;- UPD - Tor
Richard M. Nixon the come
back trail begin next month
in Chicago.
. If the news
paper report-;
ing of Nixon't
p r e s identia
campaign was
d a a - ii
.charged the
reporting of
Nixon's prog
ress on the
come back!
.M .1 . . .
uauanuuiaoe wusos
good. He will be discussing
what everyone in and out of
Washington is discussing these
days. Jle .will be. discussing
this:
"How is JFK doing?"
On May 5 in Chicago, Nixon
will make the first of a series
of speeches. Des Moines and
Detroit are on the schedule.
What Nixon has to say wUl
come through loud and clear
because the circumstances
which aroused protests against
reporting of his campaign
speeches will not prevail this
spring.
Federal Spending
If Nixon listens to some of
the advice that Is available
to him in Washington, he will
challenge the Kennedy admin
istration in the field of govern
m e n t spending. President
Elsenhower . established the
pattern for that challenge in a
campaign speech delivered
last autumn in Philadelphia.
.President Ike had some
questions for candidate Ken
nedy: Will you establish or main
tain a balanced budget?
Capitol Memo
Hatfield Batting
Zero in Plans for
Reorganization
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
; Salem - (DPI Oregon's gov
ernment ; apparently Is not
getting the face-lifting this
year that Gov.
Mark Hatfield
says it needs.
His batting
average with
the 1961 legis
lation on gov
ernment reor
ganization af
ter three
months is
Dourlas Grlpp zero, mere
has been bi-partisan support
but scattered and therefore in
effective. The legislature is not buy
ing a one-step move to a
streamlined cabinet system.
This has been apparent to Hat
field for some time but he is
demanding at least a toe-hold.
This the legislature seems
willing to give.
. Twenty reorganization Dills
are involved. If all were en
acted, Oregon would have a
cabinet system of seven de
partments. This would abolish
or consolidate, many of the
172 boards and commissions
that now do the same work..
At this writing, only two of
the 20 bills have had floor
action, and this Senate ap
proval only. They are .the
ones creating the commerce
and revenue departments.
Several bills have been
tabled and several others ap
pear dead - including the one
to abolish the policy - making
State Welfare commission and
replace it with : an advisory
body.
The House Education com
mittee has dumped Hatfield's
plan to have the governor ap
point the superintendent of
public instruction. A substi
tute was approved, letting the
board of education do it, but
Hatfield seems satisfied.
Senate GOP leader Anthony
Yturrl said he expects "not
quite half" of the program to
survive both houses. This in
cludes the education depart
ment change, commerce, nat
ural resources and revenue
departments, and possibly a
"watered - down" social serv
ices department. : '
House Republican Leader
F. F. Montgomery' predicts
that 50 per cent, at the mini
mum, will pass the House and
at the maximum, 65 per cent.
Sen. Robert Straub, Oregon
Democratic chairman, said 20
per cent is about rignt. tie
criticized Hatfield for "sabo
taging" his own plan by "fail
ing to exert leadership among
GOP members of the legisla-
UNION SHOW OPENS
Detroit- WTD - The AFL-CIO
Union Industries show, a $22
million exhibit displaying a
variety of goods produced by
union members, opens today
at Cobo hall. Labor Secretary
Arthur J. Goldberg and AFL
CIO President George Meany
were scheduled to take part
in the opening .ceremonies.
The show contains 330 dis
plays featuring the crafts and
skills of nearly all segments
ot the trade union movement
njJI
Month; Spend ing Seen Issue
Will you increase govern
ment spending?
If your spending program
forbids a balanced budget,
how will you pay the costs of
your spending programs, by
increasing taxes or by accept
ing an Inflationary further in
crease in the public debt?
These questions are better
now than when Eisenhower
asked them last year. This is
true despite the fact that the
Kennedy accountants calcu
late that Eisenhower's final
budgets were not, themselves,
in the black. There is partisan
dispute about that.
Dutch Have Complaints About
U.S. Policies Regarding Them
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
T Dutch Foreig n Minister
Joseph M.A.H. Luns will vis
It Washington next .Week to
air at least
one new and
several , o 1 d
c o m p 1 a lnta
against the
United States.
An old com
plaint Is that
the United
States takes
the 'N e th e r-
Newtern lanas, a was
member of NATO, for gvant
ed. t -'''
The new one is that the
United States snubbed an in
vitation to attend ceremonies
opening the first elected leg-
ture, some of whom are help
ing scuttle the program." ,
The -Lane county senator
said he favors enactment of
the entire program.
' Freeman Holmer, state fi
nance director and chief push
er of the program, said: "Re
organization is a major and
difficult undertaking. It re
quires careful study. We're
changing a government that
has taken decades to develop."
He said the changes were for
the better and should be
adopted.
Was hington Report
By WllllAM
KENNEDY AND DE GAULLE
Washington-President Ken
nedy has decided to'meet with
special courtesy and tact his
most delicate
problem in
personal rela
tionships, that
, with General
C h a r 1 e s de
Gaulle of
France. In
this Instance,
politeness has
become a for
eign policy. White
Mr. Kennedy's agreement to
go to Paris in May to see the
French president, rather than
have him here to. the White
House, is by no means a mat
ter of form, though protocol
does enter.
President de Gaulle is the
only one ot the Western Big
Four," apart from Mr. Kennedy
himself, who is officially a
head-of-state. Of the - others,
Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan Of Britain is a chief
(but not a head) of state. So is
Konrad Adenauer, as chancel
lor of Free Germany.
In International protocol
these seemingly dusty and
fusty distinctions of etiquette
are Important - and particu
larly so in dealing with De
Gaulle, Mr. Kennedy, as not
only a head of state but also
head of the most powerful
state of the Western Alliance,
could well have insisted that
De Gaulle come here. Never
theless, it is to be quite the
other Way round. .
' e '
ALL Gaul was once divided
into three parts, as it used
to be said, again and yet again,
in high-school Latin. And the
problem Charles de Gaulle
presents to his Western col
leagues is divided into at least
three part - all of them
tough.
In the first place the old
general's insistence upon
France's "grandeur"- and
thus on his Own grandeur - is
one of the big facts of Western
life. He has no great interest
in going out to see the other
leaders; he likes them to come
to him. Remote, haughty, In
corrutible, he believes in the
rights and privileges of the
patriarch - and Mr. Kennedy
has learned before this how
to be deferential to his elders.
In the second place, De
jdT BstatkT'TO
There is no dispute, how
ever, about the 1961 and 1962
budgets as they are to be ad
ministered by President Ken
nedy. They will be deficit
budgets. There is some dispute
about hdw much in the red.
The programs of the Kennedy
administration as revealed so
far are substantially spending
programs. There is acute dan
ger, If not the proven fact, of
currency inflation in those
programs'."- '
-There Is a legitimate differ
ence of partisan opinion on
the subject of spending, bud
gets and deficits. ' .
islative council in the Neth
erlands New Guinea. : , .
To the Dutch the . new
council marks the first step
toward self-determination for
the Papuan population of
New Guinea. U.S. refusal to
attend the April S ceremonies
In Hollandia is interpreted
as appeasement of Indonesian
President Sukarno who has
designs of his own on the
Dutch-held half, of the huge
isUnd. :; ;. ..k cv
Bowed to Pressure -t
- The Dutch, feel that it Was
with comparative good grace
that they bowed to United
States pressure in 1949 and
granted independence, to the
East . Indies Islands Which
they' had ruled for .nearly
350 years and which today
forms the Republic ' of In
donesia. '
They question how the
United States could 'vote in
the United Nations for inves
tigation ' of Portuguese rule
in Angola and ignore Dutch
efforts to set New Guinea
upon .the very path which
U.S. policy advocates.
; At the moment,' New
Guinea scarcely seems a can
didate for self-determination.
Controlled by the Dutch on
the west arid the Australians
on the east, it is the world's,
second largest island, second
only, to Greenland. .!. :
Stone Age Land u
It is a land of jagged,
j u n g 1 e-covered mountains,
marsny valleys and narrow,
palm-fringed coastal plains.
Many of its inhabitants still
live in the Stone Age, wear
no clothing and have never
seen a white man.
Vast areas remain unex
plored and. are so ; impenetra
ble that only this year was
discovered the wreckage ot
an American bomber lost in
S. WHITE
Gaulle for years has been
shaking up the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization with re
curring complaints and de
mands. It is absolutely vital
for Mr. Kennedy to do all he
can to get better French co
operation in this top instru.
mentality of Western secUrlty.
. e e
A ND in the third place, the
distinct ' unwillingness ' of
the French to risk anything
at all to halt Communist ag
gression in Laos has put the
American presideht in a less-than-happy
position in Asia.
The May meeting in Paris,
therefore, between the young
former Naval lieutenant and
the old former generalissimo
of wartime Free France, will
be Mr. Kennedy's most critical
test in personal diplomacy.
There was some evidence dur
ing our last administration
that De Gaulle regarded even
President Eisenhower , as a
rather Junior soldiering type,
n o t w 1 1 h standing the five
Eisenhower stars.- '
President Kennedy will
surely need to hope that his
own less than exalted war.
time risk will not be held too
much against him.
And what is never mention
ed here officially, but will be
a great factor nevertheless, is
Mr. Kennedy's religious back
ground, plus the fact that his
wife, who speaks perfect
French, will accompany him
to Paris.
. . e e e . -
-THE general is a type-figure
of the traditional Roman
Catholicism of France. For the
first time he will be meeting
in President Kennedy a leader
from the Anglo-American side
who is of his own faith and
cultural tradition.
It may seem a fanciful sug
gestion but it is a fact all the
same that this human circum
stance is of high importance.
. General de Gaulle is a far
more personal head-of-state -far
less concerned by party
ties and far less accountable
to cabinet and other associates
- than are the executive heads
of government as we and the
British know them. Personal
likes and dislikes have 10
times more meaning - and 10
umes me possible conse
quences for good or ill - with
mm.
(Copyright 1961 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
One side holds that certain
desirable social and welfare
objectives must be realized, If
the nation is to survive, re
gardless of treasury deficits
and further rotting of the U.S.
dollar by inflation.
The other side holds that
the nation cannot survive at
all the. destruction of ths
Integrity- of the dollar, These
two points of view represent
the basic political difference
between the Democratic and
Republican parties.
Nixon is competent to speak
for the Republicans. '
World War II. The skeletons
of its crew rested undisturbed
in the fuselage.
Politically, New Guinea is
a hot coal.
- Although Dutch New
Guinea's population is not
Indonesian, nonetheless the
territory is claimed by in
donesia. Attempts to
tiate a peaceful solution fail,
ed and no wboth the Indone
sians and the Dutch - havn
built un military forces st
their closest approaches. x
In the Day's News
? : By FRANK JENKINS
From Dallas, Texas: "
Representative John 6
Tower, who CAMPAIGNED
AGAINST President KnnnA.
dy's New Frontiers, and Sen.
ator William A. Blakeley, who
ran as a CONSERVATIVE
DEMOCRAT, aooear tn h.
headed today for a run-off in
Texas' special election to fill
the vacancy created wh-:.
Lyndon Johnson resigned as
U. S. senator from Texas tn
become vice president.
With a lot of votes still fn
be counted, Tower .led the list
of 70 candidates with a vote of
more than '320,000. Blakeley
iitrxi wun a vote of some
190,000. In third place is Rep.
resentative Jim Wright, who
campaigned as a MODERATE
(a moderate is generally de.
lined as half-way - between a
conservative and a liberal)
Wright had about 170,000
votes. ;
Under Texas law, a candli
date must poll a majority to
be elected. If there is no ma
jority. the two toppers must
fight it out in a run-off elec
tion. '
??????? ...
There must be a lot of
CONSERVATIVES in Texas.
GETTING closer home: ;.
W Oregon State Senator Ben
Musa, of The Dalles, whose
district includes Gilliam Hnnn.
River, Morrow, Sherman, Was.
co and Wheeler counties, came
up with a statement the other
day to the effect that in his
opinion residents of Wheeler
would like to abolish their
county.
He added by way of expla
nation that - Wheeler is the
second smallest of Oregon's
36 counties, with a population .
of only 2,709, and offered the
opinion that a lot of its people
think.it is too small to support
a county seat.
T-fis- remark appears to have
stirred up a hornet's nest.-
.Anyway, he got into the
news with an explanation. He
was just kidding, he says, and
adds that apparently his kid-!
ding remarks were widely;
misconstrued. . '
'' He explains that of the 2,-.
709 residents of Wheeler coun
ty, he must have heard from
2,700 -. and they're all hop-:
ping mad. He wants It under
stood that he Isn't sponsoring
any movements to do' away,
with Wheeler county. '
WHAT about it? '
Personally, I can't help
thinking that the people of
Wheeler who are "hopping
mad" over the mere sugges
tion that their county is too
small to support a govern
ment of its own are in the
right.
To be sure,' a population of
2,709 isn't large. When the
cost of government is broken
down to a per capita basis,
the individual's share of the
total has to be comparatively
large.-
But
We've been getting a taste
in recent decades of BIG gov
ernment. The taste Inclines to
the bitter side. Big govern
ment tends to take govern
ment TOO FAR AWAY
FROM THE PEOPLE.
That isn't good -- in this
country, anyway. The farther
government gets from the peo
ple, the more extravagant it
tends to become.
NOBEL WINNER DIES
Brussels-fllPD-Professor Jules
Bordet, discoverer of the
whooping cough microbe and
1919 Nobel Prize winner for
medicine, died Thursday. Bor
det, 90, contributed to the dis
covery of the Bordet-Wasser-mann
syphilis reaction test
and did research on the mech
anism of blood coagulation. .