Poets' Corner
. Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Probably few Oregonians are aware that nnA nf mil-
State's most Illustrious sons
uretsuu oity on April aa, iboz. until his death not many
years ago, he was recognized not only as the dean of all
then living American poets but also as. the "poet of the
people." Markham has long been one of 'my favorite poets
writing in the English language and truly a kindred spirit.
Among my treasured possessions is an autographed copy of
his "The Man With the Hoe" which he gave me in 1934,
one of the most memorable poems of the period in which
it was written, inspired by Millet's famous painting which
he regarded as a symbol of oppressed humanity. From coast
to coast, all who recognize true greatness will celebrate
Markham's natal day, as we do today by sharing with our
readers some of his shorter poems, the first five below.
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. , The Place of Peace
At the heart of a cyclone tearing the sky
And flinging the clouds and the towers by,
Is a place of central calm;
So here in a roar of mortal things
I have a place where my spirit sings,
In the hollow of God's palm. . .
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Two At a Fireside
I built a chimney for a comrade old,
I did the service not for hope of hire
, And then I travelled on in winter's cold
Yet all the way I glowed before the fire. ,
Victory In Defeat '
Defeat may serve as well as victory
To shake the soul and let the glory out. -"When
the great oak is straining in the wind,
The boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunk
Sends down a deeper root on the windward side.
Only the soul that knows the mighty grief
Can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come ,
To stretch our spaces in the heart for joy.
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-.v A Creed .:'' j
Here Is the Truth in a little creed,
: Enough for all the roads we go:
In Love is all the law we need,
In Christ is all the God we know.
Earth Is Enough (
We men of earth have here the stuff . "
Of Paradise we. have enoughl
We need no other stones to build
The Temple of the Unfulfilled , '
No other ivory for the doors '
No other marble for the floors ' v
No other cedar for the beam
And dome of man's immortal dream.
Here on the paths of every-day,
Here on the common human way, ,
Is all the stuff the gods would take
To build, a Heaven, to mold and make
New Edens. Ours the task sublime
To build Eternity in time!
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To A Friend
I cannot keep the chilling winds from blowing;
I cannot keep the sorrows from your way;
But would it help you any, just the knowing
That one heart holds you dearer every day?
i 1 .. Jack Finel
ar.'j. Medford .
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Love's Answer
Love is the poet's eternal song,
. But love unsung may be as strong.
Does the poet's need
i To sing Love's deed
Sometimes expiate a wrong? . .
Conflict begins with Cupid's dart
And the Caliban in each human heart.
Love, silent, pure, i ,
May well endure
Beyond the poet's facile art.
, Carl Bjordahl
Medford . ;
Local Ministerial
Association Appeals
Aaainst Licenses
Three members of the Med
ford Ministerial association
appealed to the Medford city
council last week to stop ap
proving new liquor license ap
plications. The appeal came during dis
cussion on a request for a liq
uor license from Ping's Gar
den's, 2330 North Pacific high
way; The council heard the
appeal, then went ahead and
approved the request. But at
the same time it asked the
ministers' to prepare a report
for the council on the num
ber of places in the city where
liquor is "misused to a serious
extent."'
The Kev. John Reynolds of
the Westminster Presbyterian
church was the first to speak.
While emphasizing that he
had nothing against Ping's in
particular, he asked: "Are
National Youth Day
Slated by Elks
Elks National Youth Day
will be observed May 1 by the
Oregon State Elks association
consisting of 51 lodges and
42,000 members, according to
the Elks publicity committee.
Each lodge is to have its
program honoring the young
and its achievements.
"This is one of the most
Important events sponsored
by the Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks," a
spokesman said. "It is the fo
cal point of their year-round
program for youth' activities
which serves 1V4 million
boys and girls throughout the
United States."
The special day is also a re
minder to all Elks of the im
portance of the Elks National
Foundation which financially
supports many college stu
dents. -
was Edwin Markham, born in
there not enough (liquor) out
lets already?" (.
Councilman Stanley Stark
explained that the council
does not issue licenses, but
only approves them if the ap
plicants meet certain stand
ards. He pointed out that the
state liquor commission does
the actual approving of the li
censes. Stark added that if the coun
cil were to "arbitrarily" turn
down: all liquor license re
quests, the council would
probably lose its power to
even recommend against ap
proval or disapproval.
Asked how many liquor out
lets there are now in the city,
City Manager Robert A. Duff
said there are about 18, in
cluding private clubs.
Mayor John W. Snider,
while admitting that liquor is
a problem, asked the minis
ters to support the League of
Oregon Cities in its attempt
to get ah additional 5 per cent
of liquor receipts for use by
cities. Cities already get 10
per cent of liquor license rev-
enues, but Snider said more is
needed because cities spend
nearly 40 per cent of their po
lice budgets to take care of
problems caused by liquor.
Others Speaking
Other ministers speaking at
the meeting were the Rev.
Lawrence Krause of the Beth
el Assembly of God church,
and the Rev. Harold Sanner of
the Church of the Nazarene.
On the motion to approve
the liquor license, Couneilmen
Robert Baccus and Fred Rob
inson voted against it.
The council also approved
transfers of liquor licenses for
S and S Stores company,
which will assume owneship
of the Big Y Market, 1920
North Pacific highway, and
for Klmmey's Korner, 630
Crater Lake ave.
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 inilal
for publication is permissible. The Mail Trib'una reserves the right to
edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensaton. Letters
submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words .The letters
printed in his column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; in fact the contrary is often the case.
Calamitous Proposal
To the Editor: Let's get the
facts straight!
First I want to thank the
Jackson County Home Own
ers Protective association for
taking the time in expressing
their concern with our wreck
ing yard problem, at a time
when they are so concerned
and unhappy with their own
problem. We now know just
what you are up against, and
sincerely sympathize with you
and are rooting for you.
The proposed wrecking
yard is a cause of very great
concern in our' a r e a. Most
property owners in the' area
have been planning home, bus
iness, and property improve
ments which cost a great deal
of money. In order to do these
things, most of us have to get
loans against our property in
order to accomplish and com
plete these improvements. We
feel that construction already
in progress, and that which is
planned in the very near fu
ture, will total a far greater
amount than the wrecking
yard people plan to spend, and
the property owners will con
tinue to improve their hold
ings each year, where the
wrecking yard will invest
once and the whole area will
be degraded thereafter.
We have been informed by
banks, loaning concerns, and
appraisers that in an area
where wrecking yards' are al
lowed to come in, ,it is almost
impossible to get building
loans and that the valuation
of property immediately de
preciates up to 30 per cent.
We have a great many other
reasons and objections to the
proposed wrecking yard, such
as drainage, sanitation, and so
forth, too' numerous to men
tion in this letter. We are not
opposed to residential, busi
ness, and agricultural endeav
ours. We expect to have a very
large group' of persons who
are opposed to the wrecking
yard, present . to voice the
feelings on the matter, at the
public hearing held by tne
County Court at the Court
house Auditorium Wednesday,
April 26, at 8 p.m..
Are we going to be com
pelled to have this calamity
and monstrous degrading eye
sore placed in the midst of our
hopes, ambition, and progress?
south xaient rturai nop
ery Owners Association.
. W. Smith (Chairman),
Board members: Harry
Flynn, B. Carmichael,
Richard Klimek, C. Rob
ertson, Dorothy Hunt,
Goldie Davis, secretary".
Rocking Chair
To the Editor: Everybody is
talking about rocking chairs
in the White House, on tele
vision, on radio and in the
theater. I had a rocking chair
and a telephone in Julesburg,
Colorado. I wuz about six
years old, but I wuz rich. It
wuz before the Republicans
got in.
The telephone wuz maae
out of a green Cottonwood
tree, and it shrunk. My rock
ing chair wuz made out of
South Platte River Pussy Wil
lows, and it always blossomed
in the spring. The rocking
chair ain't never been in the
White House, but it wuz in a
lot of sod houses.
The Telephone Company in
stalled the telephone on the
bathroom chimney six feet
from the floor. The bathroom
wuz the space between the
cookstove and the chimney. I
kept my rocking chair on top
of the marble-top dresser, so I
could sit down and telephone.
A South Platte River Pussy
Willow Rocking Chair wuz
lust as comfortable as any
rocking chair in the White
House, after I got my cotton
pickin' 'pants in it.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
Unknown Benefactor
To the Editor: We wish to
take this opportunity to thank
the kind gentleman who saw
and reported the fire in our
chimney. Also we wish to
thank the fire department for
its prompt and efficient re
sponse. Marion and Raymond
Smith,
101 Reddy ave. ..
Medford -
Final Answer .
To the Editor: Of the writ
er's many responses to the
numerous letters in commun
ication's column pertaining to
cougars and their scream, our
answers were all favorable in
that regard, and our final an
swer to the age old question
is; most likely no one has ever
seen a cougar visibly out in
their wild haunts screaming.
We have the evidence from
good authority that a wild an
imal zoo keeper will admit
freely to anyone inquiring
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OW5GJOH
about the mountain lion of the
North American species that
any and all the "cat" family
even do scream in captivity
sometimes.
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman st., ,
Medford.
Loss of Freedom?
To the Editor: Wake' Up,
People!!
If we allow the Jackson
County Planning Commission
to pass their latest "Dream
Child," the Building Code, in
its present form we will lose
our rights as free people.
Why not ask the Mail Trib
une to publish the complete
Building Code as presented to
some of the people last
Wednesday at the Courthouse
auditorium?
Be sure to have all the
names of the Planning Com
missioners on the end. They
shouldn't be ashamed to sign
their name. Or should they?
Mrs. Lillian Green
2411 Sunset Court
Medford.
Wh7 Write?
To vthe Editor: A communi
cations writer wonders just
why people write to a news
paper. Gosh, that s a good sixty-
four dollar query. I guess I
can't think why.
I don't write just to see my
name in print, for I even
signed "Gram" for a while,
but all my friends at the Fifty
Plus Club, Orchestra and Dra
ma Group knew me anyhow,
so I'm "Pearl" again.
I don't write for money.
Who'd pay for my scribbles,
anyhow?
It can't be that I'm a
smarty-aleck show-off ' for I
(really) am not very wise.
Maybe I do like to be "no
ticed," but the readers can't
see me. Still, I was adopted,
and foster children often
grow up with a feeling "that
they do not belong." I've felt
that way sometimes.
I must write because l like
everybody and want to ex
change thoughts' and ideas.
Yeh, I'll bet that's it! .
Did you ever pass a group
of people (I didn't say "wom
en") and hear them all talk
ing at, once? If you were
among them you couldn't get
a word In edgewise. ,
Well, everyone from Jack
son county to Podunk reads
"Communications" in the Tri
bune, so maybe I've come up
with my part of thJ"Why."
What do you-uns write for?
Pearl F. Spackman
P.O. Box 33
Jacksonville, Ore,
CHURCH CHANGE
Portland - IUPD - Methodist
Bishop A. Raymond Grant of
the Portland area has an
nounced the Rev. Robert Burt
ner, for 13 years pastor of the
Trinity Methodist Church in
Eugene, would become super
intendent ,of the Salem Dis
trict of the church. He will
succeed Dr. Rector Johnson,
who is retiring this year. :
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Try and
By BENNETT CERF
HARRY HERSHFIELD tells about a wealthy widow who
boarded a taxicab and announced that she was off for
Europe. "Set me down as close to the ship as possible," she
ordered. "My tootsies
ache."
The driver worked his
way directly alongside
the liner just as a crane
was lowered from the top
deck. It gripped the cab
and lifted it into the hold
of the vessel before either
the wealthy widow or the
cabbie could say, "Foufel
and Poufel."
"Be' of good cheer,"
counseled tills . merry
widow. "Now that I've
gotten you into this pickle
you can drive me through Europe, Keep the meter clicking.
I'm loaded!" ,
So they drove all over the continent, and when they
landed back in. Gotham, the taxi tab came to about $9,000.
"Take rrie home now," the widow directed, "and I'll pay
you in full."
. "Where's home?" asked the cabbie.
."Flatbush," said the wealthy widow.
"Not on yer life!" scowled the cabbie. "You never can
Bet a fare back from there!"
New Statute Allows
Local Contribution
To Help Association
Signing of House Bill 1358
by Gov.' Mark O. Hatfield
Thursday afternoon marks a
new step in the development
of the Oregon School Boards
association, Jack Duff, OSBA
president, Pendleton, said.
The OSBA can ba an effec
tive means to exchange infor
mation between school
boards. The school board rep
resents the taxpayers in de
velopment of educational pro
grams, Duff said, and the
statewide association will
work toward assisting board
members in carrying out th'eir
responsibilities of providing
high quality educational pro
grams in an economical fash
ion. The new state statute al
lows local boards to contrib
ute to the financial support of
the association. The legislative
action will enable the associ
ation in future years to em
ploy a full-time secretary to
assist in carying out the asso
ciation's objective of strength
ening local school board in
itiative.'. '-
Executive Committee
Duff, school board member
from Pendleton, heads an ex
ecutive committee consisting
of Dr. Howard Cherry, board
member, Portland; Frank
Bash, board' member, Med
ford; Bert Tousey, Tigard; and
Eugene Fisher, Elkton. ;
- The OSBA became an ef
fective organization under the
leadership of S. E. Brogoittl,
current chairman of the state
board of education, who
served from 1952 to 1954 as
president.
Members include tne state
board, rural school boards and
local school district boards
from throughout the state.
More than 85 per cent of Ore
gon's school children are edu
cated in districts belonging to
the OSBA. Membership in the
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association is voluntary on the
part of the local school boards.
The association hopes to of
fer research and consultation
services for local districts as
well as serving as a clearing
house on education also repre-
xne association also repre
sents local school boards be
fore the legislature in matters
affecting local school district
activities and finances.
Pear Handlers To
Elecf Members
Winter pear handlers in the
Medford district are - sched
uled to elect representatives
to the Winter, Pear Control
committee here April 27 at
p.m. in the Rogue Valley
Country club. ,'.-
The committe, which has
headquarters in Portland, ad
ministers the winter pear
marketing order In Oregon,
Washington, and California.
In addition, the control com
mittee establishes each year
the minimum grade, size, and
quality standards under which
winter 1 pears are marketed
from the Pacific Coast states,
Persons who handle winter
pears are eligible to partici
pate in the Thursday meeting,
providing tney do not partici
pate In the. grower election
meeting to be held later, ac
cording to WPCC officials.
The handler positions to be
filled soon are now held by
R. W. Gray, member; Joe
Naumes, first alternate; Har
old A. Holmes, second alter
nate. Names of those elected
will be submitted to the sec
retary of agriculture for offl
c 1 a 1 appointment to the
WPCC, and will serve for one
year. . I
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Birds Use Antt
At Dalouurs
While we have been asking
ourselves, "What are ants
good for?" it seems that some
of the birds have known all
along; they have not only
known, but apparently, they
have gone ahead and used
these insects to their own ad
vantage. ,
It, too, always has been a
pretty well-known fact that,
with the exception of the
bird called the flicker, ants
are obnoxious to all birds.
For a very long time this
reluctance to eat ants has
puzzled the student of bird
behavior.
Extensive tests revealed a
peculiar fact regarding this
social insect, Ants were found
to contain a great deal of
formic acid in their bodies,
which would make them dis
agreeable tasting to an insect
eating bird.
This formic acid ejected by
ants is strongly similar to
formalin, which itself is made
by dissolving formaldehyde
in water. Formic acid will
kill most bacteria. Just what
purpose it serves in the life
of the ant is not too well
understood. Perhaps It helps
to keep the' ant free from
harmful bacteria, as well as
acting as a repellent to save
its life from birds or other
animals that might want to
eat them. '..,,..
Punling Behavior
Then some observant peo
ple noticed that many birds
often visit an ant-hill and
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By Lynn M. Watkins
(Register and Tribune Syndicate
1961)
either dust their bodies with
dust from the hill, or even
catch ants, crush them slight
ly and rub the ant-body under
their wings. Knowing that
the birds did not eat ants,
they wondered why at times
the birds would carry the
Insect away with them.
Students of bird action
watched and found a surpris
ing fact; the birds found a
comfortable perch and rub
bed the dead or in some cases
live Insect under their wings.
The very obvious explana
tion for this action seemed
to be the bird was infected
with body lice, and the for
mic acid in the ant's body
killed the vermin. After the
treatment the bird appeared
more comfortable, which ap
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Annual May Day
Observance Slated
McMinnville-The 58th an
nual May Day observance
will be noted by the Associ
ated Students of Linfield col
lege Saturday, May 6. Queen
Joyce Wright, a senior from
McMinnvllle, will reign.
A parade starting at 10:30
a.m. Saturday in dn"-''
McMinnvllle will launch the
celebration.
Other events for the week
end include a ball, coronation,
flower planting ceremony,
tea, and athletic events. The
coronation will be in the aft
ernoon under the Old Oak on
campus.
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How did they know that
this poison on their feathers
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