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Newspaper Page Text"Everyona In Southern Oregon : Raads The MU Tribune" hibllihed bally except Saturday by M "thf 'Sir AT 8P ROBERT W. nunM caiiu KERB GREY. Advertlilnf Manager GERALD T LATHAM. But. Mgr EARL H. ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAl. Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWKTT, , wo 0"' OLIVE STARCHER, Women'! JUAL.E LKLLAJm'i ............. 5 i-juuniiint NAursiianer entered ai second class matter at Medford, Oregon, under Act 01 : , March 3. 1B9T ' ' BUBatBiriiun By Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Z Dally ana ounoaj i j " Dally and Sunday mol. 8.00 I Dally and Sunday 3 mos. m 1 SundW Only-On. y - Aihland. Central Point E gl : Phoenix. Shady Cove, Ropie Rlv- 1 D..ly"and S-uSday-fycar a.od . rit-ri.r and Dealers eopy 10c All Terms Cash In Advance tnfficial Paver of city of Medford Siflclll villi of '" County I United Press International . Full Leased .Wire '" '5 VPl TeleplwtoJJvsplcUires ur un.u""v Advertising Representative: . WEST HOLIDAY CO. INC. Of : flees In New York, Chicago. Da. i trolt. San Francisco. Los Angeles, ? Seattle. Portland. St Louis. At - lanta. Vancouver, B.C. . NEWSPAPER PUtUlf HEKS. . 1 ASSOCIATION NATION At EDITORIAL pl't6Tlt'; flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the fll of The MsM Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 W 50 yert ago. r ' ' ' 10 YEARS AGO April 25, 1M (Wednesday) .The hope that the caprices " of the weather can be event ually controlled lor every one'! benefit was bolstered here yesterday by Dr. Vincent Shaeffer, a noted scientist from Schenectady, N.Y. ; Light showers ' yesterday evening brought an end to the longest April dry spell; 25 lays, on record In Medford nd the Bogue valley. I YEARS AGO i pill M, 1141 (Friday) i . a- ip.no nersons intended the first night of the th annual Aii-scnooi wir 1 e high school last night . ir. Arthur Perry's 'Ye i ,.ri Pot" column: "Yel- t ... t.kt ar allowing UP l w i ready. It la almost warm , tough to Wtwt their appear ance as algn of an early Winter." tt YEARS AGO Jprll IS. IM1 (Satuidar) An Oregon antl QJeomar flrlne association has been 1 rmed by ; more, than., 300 1 rmera and : dairymen v, a California couple was i icued yesterday after being i irooned from three days at h lake by trees which had i ten across the road, i - v .. --: r; " .1 YEARS' AGO .".''"; . ril II. 1MI (Monday) Art exhibit of locaUy-manu-i jtured products opened to i y at the Medfdrd Chamber f Commerce building. liThe Oregon Growers Coop , tii, naaoclatlon has de- iloped a wide market for e urly and late iresn pears ti,e middle west and east. - ijf Years ago :v-- AprU 25, 1911 (Tuesday) ' jThe local IOOF lodge will dedicate Its new building here tdmdrrow to coincide with the 62nd anniversary of the order. -Jackson county has resum ed grading of the county road nerth of Ashland, between Billings hill and Eagle mills. Vkst's Your I.Q.? hlUm'. tm miimi la auMtierl srreii ar Itjht Is i.tallanr; flva er la is ood. ' l..Name Fulton's steamship i which made ita first trial trip on the Hudson river. ' ,,2.: Which country la called the Black RepublicT '3. How many sides has a hexagon? 4. It is possible for a Presi dential candidate to receive a majority of the popular vote artd yet not be elected; true or false? '"5. If it requires three min utes to boil one egg, how long will -it require to boll two? ;6. Britishers refer to which part of the automobile as the bdnnet? 7. Is a palfrey a close fitting btbuse, a small saddle horse for ladles, or a bell tower? 8. What is the literal trans lation, of the French phrase "baton rouge"? 0. Does any part of Virginia extend further west than does any .point in West Virginia? Id. In one nation in the western hemisphere ' Portu guese is the prevailing lan guage; name it. ' Answerst 1. Cltrmont. 2. Haiti. 3. Six. 4. True. S. Three minutes. (. Hood. 7. Small saddle horse. I. "Red Stick." Yes (southwesiern ilp). 10. 1 BrasU. TUESDAY, APRIL it. IM1 Piscatomania If there is no such (which might be loosely translated as fishing madness), there ought to y For what else beside drive men, women and children out into the pre dawn darkness, to wade through snow, brave the bitter sub-freezing wind, boat, and go chugging over the icy waves m pur suit of the elusive trout? That very thing happened in Jackson county last week end, and we were privileged to watch the amazing phenomenon at Howard Praine lake, where several hundred persons, of all ages and conditions, demonstrated severe piscatomania. UEAVY wet snow was we arrived Friday thereafter it began to stick. By dark, there was almost a foot of light, fluffy snow on the ground, and cars without chains - Bob Johnston, the concessionaire, sporting the granddaddy of all black eyes (derived from a balky deisel engine that refused to be cranked properly), was using language that would make a mule-skinner blush., ' His gripe was that the partment had hot completed the job of preparing the area for the influx of fishermen. Had it not V . ' m . ' .... Deen ior tne snow ana cold, the number of fisher men would have completely swamped the area, '' I I I I I: AS IT was, only a few hardy souls equipped with four-wheel drive, tire chains, and unfail ing optimism, managed to get to the lake after mid-afternoon. . There were a few people in tents, believe it or not, and others in trailer houses brought up earlier in the week for first-day accommodation. Ken Lyons and his Jeep were kept busy pulling cars out of pitches and low spots. But "by dark, those few in the area were secure and safe though not necessarily sun sparkled on the fresh white snow. Even at M J. 1 ! 1 1 . 1 -a i iirsc ngni, a iew Doais were already on tne lake, and as the morning progressed, more and more eopie snowed up over oon the parkintr lots and boat trailers, and Doais, get tnem operating ana otf to a favorite spot, continued throughout the morning. HAD almost forgotten how much fun a " heavy snowfall can be, and were once attain pleasantly surprised at how friendly people are when everyone is uncomfortable. ' ? Soon the early-risers began returning, (many of them with limits of fish, boasting and teasing others just getting started. The boats ranged from tiny home-made dingeys to inboard cabin cruisers, and the costumes featured every hue of the rain bow and every facet of human ingenuity in the battle against the cold wind. . ,. . Apparently the discomforts and drawbacks only whetted the appetites of the true believers, ana more and more cars and boats arrived as the day wore on. Many of them stayed overnight, despite' the snow, the cold, and the limited fa cilities. Not a single complaint wad heard. ' TV l ; T- - --- i i. J2 Ti i -. ariBCHiviiiHiiiH ib h vn uieiit uiseHHe. it renueis its victims defenseless against it but cheerfully and happy so. E. A. Politics and Education Of all the things that the current legislature does or fails to do, the most crucial, in our view, is in education elementary, secondary and at the college level in providing financial support and moral, encouragement for leadership. -The state, of course, performs many functions vital to the welfare of its citizens in highway construction, in welfare, in the general police power, in administrative and judicial areas. , ; But none of these have the long-range im portance and significance of providing an ed ucated citizenry for the state's future. The current legislature, which has already substituted its judgment for that of the highway commission, has been showing signs of doing the same thing with regard to the state board of higher education. TTHIS incursion into the executive branch of government is wholly unjustified. Much of it is motivated by politics, of course, such as the upgrading of a new Oregon Technical Institute campus to the detriment of other cam puses where the system's building program is based on present and predicted needs. We do not suggest that the legislature serve merely as a rubber stamp for the state system of higher education, automatically passing the budgets presented. DUT we 'do suggest that the state system, ac- knowledged as one of the best in the nation, employing the services of top-flight men and wo men both in professional capacities and on the governing board, deserves a more respectful hearing and greater consideration than some members of the ways and means committee have seen fit to accord so far. In cutting carefully thought-out, exceedingly tight budgets without discrimination; in attempting to spell out in mi nute detail how each dollar is to be spent over a two-year period without allowine anv leeway for changes and emergencies; and in jockeying for the advantage of one institution to the detri ment of others, legislators are compiling a record of irresponsibility.' ;' ; Playing politics with education is dangerous and of questionable constitutionality. E.A. word as piscatomania be. a slight madness could climb into a little open falling at the lake when afternoon, and shortly were virtually helpless, county engineerine de warm. the freshly-plowed roads, were iammed with cars the struggle to launch prepared, thoroughly Dennis the Menace 'IF VA WANNA SMEIL REMIY&XX), WMY BOUT YA WiCNZ 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 the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. . ' Statements Challenged To the Editor: The front page item in the Mail Trib une of April 6, presumably authored by a Medford attor ney, is an all time low in the manipulation ot facts. Mr. Van Dyke claims to represent a number of residents, pre sumably parents of children attending Phoenix schools, who wish to be annexed by the Medford school district These people he has never Identified by name. Just who is paying what must be a sizeable sum to Mr. Van Dyke for his efforts? Mr. Van Dyke makes much to-do about the purchase of a school site In the Phoenix school district.' Why should Phoenix buying land in their own district as part of for ward, intelligent planning for Improving their educational system be, in Mr. Van Dyke's words "an absurdity"? ' Mr. Van Dyke states "We have already conceded the Rogue Valley Manor with its high assessed valuation should in all fairness remain In the Phoenix district." When did they concede? They conceded after the courageous, intelli gent county court acting in their capacity as boundary board denied their petition. That petition included only a real estate promotion, The current petition includes five sections of land, an assessed valuation in excess of $700, 000 and 07 school children. If this petition Is not de nied, just where will the "Phoenix squeeze" end? The loss of 97 children would be a serious blow to Phoenix. Currently there are 1,318 attending schools in the district and we need them ALL. Our main purpose in consolidation of the Phoenix Talent districts was to in crease the enrollment so that better educational facilities could be provided. The loss of 07 children, together with the loss of 700,000 assessed valuation, constitutes a loss to the Phoenix school district of per pupil wealth of $7,000 plus. If this raid on assessed value is permitted, any intel ligent logical analysis of school systems can only admit that this would lower the ed ucational opportunities avail able for the remaining 1,221 children, Mrs. Roy Baker 1528 Camp Baker rd. Medford. No Beauty in Wrecking Yard To the Editor: There are some who do not know all the facts about our opposition to the proposed wrecking yard, and are of the belief that we are trying to deprive a neigh bor of his livelihood. Nothing Is farther from the truth! The facts are, the location in question has not been In operation for several years, and even then, only on a small scale, in a three-fourths acre area. An out of state company now proposes to buy it, along with ' nine adjoining acres, to establish, here In the midst of us, a monstrous wrecking yard. It is reported that it would be fenced, trees planted around It, portions bordering the highway would be paved, and all in all, we are ex pected to believe It would be a place of beauty a joy to behold! BUT Have you ever seen any attractive wrecking yards? I have traveled In 19 states and have yet to see even one. Whether they be painted, planted, paved, or perchance surrounded by a profusion of red roses climb ing artistic, white treiiis-une fences they still look like Just what they are wrecking yards! And I venture to say the proposed location tor mis monstrosity would make It im MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON possible to conceal by any means whatever. "' There are many reasons why we are opposed to having this calamity befall us; the inevit able pall of smoke, noise, the putrescent smell, and down grading of property value, and many more. But the thing that puzzles and annoys me most is from the eye-sore viewpoint. Who can blame me? For IS years I have lived in Oregon, and heard an unceasing plea to plan for, cater to, and to do all things possible to entice vacationing America to visit Oregon. Doesn't this include trying to improve appearances along highways they travel? Even after the completion of the freeway, the tourists who come to see Oregon will still largely travel Highway 99, which it is said will be the scenic route. Should we then turn our back to these huge, hideous wrecking yards that propose to come In and destroy over night the people's dreams and plans for future development and improvement, and what they have worked for years to achieve? ... Ashland is called the "Gate wayto Beautiful Oregon." I say, we had better "close that gate" unless we all unite to keep unsightly things such as this off our main highways. All in favor of continued ef fort to make and keep Oregon beautiful will want to meet us at the public hearing on this wrecking yard controversy, to be held at the County Court house Auditorium, Wednes day, April 26, 8 p.m. Mrs. Lester M. Davis, Route 1, Box 222, Talent, Ore. The After Effects To the Editor: To those peo ple who never think of anyone but themselves: Our driveway is not a "Lovers Lane." If you wish to smell like a swill barrel - please dump your empty beer cans and bottles in your own front yard. Then people will know why you act and smell as you do. Some of us who hate the vile stuff don't want our front yards to look like a brewery. . We hear of and see signs "Keep Oregon's Highways Clean." Can anyone tell me what It costs the state to pick up the empty beer cans and bottles along the highways? The ones that do the most hollering about taxes are usually the greatest offenders. A recent survey of the U.S. highways In Texas shows It costs the taxpayers $121 per year per mile just to have the empty beer cans and bottles picked up. . Is It right to license people to sell that which will make many people Into paupers, criminals and mental cases, then tax the sober people to support the prisons, asylums and families of these people? For every dollar revenue in come from the sale of alcohol the taxpayer pays $4.82 to take care of liquor-caused court costs, jail costs, hos pitalization and welfare work. This shows the taxpayer is supporting the liquor traffic, not liquor traffic supporting the state. It is estimated that one fourth of the people in prison are there because of alcohol. Yearly crime costs America over twelve billion dollars. This runs the alcohol part of crime to four billion. Why do the brewers show only the "before" of their products and never the after effects? Soap companies show the whiteness of clothes and "mildness to hands," the after effect. The liquor dealers advertise In many magazines, We see their "ads" on buses too, On TV and movie screens. Pictures of happy, laughing Newsom Reports on Mali Federation's Birth as Nation From Primitive State By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Anaylst Tlmbuctu, Mall Republic - (UPD-The parade is over now, with Its green-bereted sol diers, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Guides, the Camel Corps and the trucks with mounted ma chine guns. The camels complain Lii"""HJa J now" m tae The soldiers are at ease. They are grinning despite the sweat plastering their shirts to their backs and running in rivulets down their faces. It is hard to march with parade-ground precision in sand six inches deep. For a thousand years Tlm buctu has baked in the Sahara sun, a city of merchants bar tering stilt and slaves, draw ing its living from the cara vans plodding in' from the desert and from the great Ni- girls And wholesome healthy lads, ' , ' But Where's their finished product? It's never in their ads. Prov. 20: Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. ' . Mrs. Ernest Santo, 1 i 204 Lozier Lane, -; Medford. Don't Worry Friend To the Editor: I wish to take issue with Robert B. Pechner, Ramna, Dacca, Pakistan, part of whose long letter appeared in the issue of the 21st. It is my belief that the poor engineer has been in Pakistan too long. Imagine if you can these independent 50 states ever bowing to a dictator! A half a dozen of those tails would be hard to handle but take a hold of 50 and some thing would go into orbit, that's sure. ' I feel sorry for the engineer in Pakistan, but he will get his feet back on the ground again, soon. Don't worry, my friend. Malemute Slim ' White City, Ore. - Money Problems To the Editor: The city wants your money; , Medford has money prob lems. So long as they pattern, after the Federal Government they will have more of them. City Manager Duff predicts that the next budget will al low OnlV "minimum aerulooa" from City Hall. Seems to me tnat is about what you have been getting. .Duff claims that without more money these services will decline. The city will not be able to give you these things. The City like the Federal Government, can't give you anything that they do not first take away. Some' of the reasons why the city needs more money, according to Mr. Duff, are higher wages for city work ers. Note the word workers. We will get back to this in a minute. Crime and accidents rising each year. Traffic accidents can be almost wiped out In one month. There is no point in taking up space to tell how. Everybody knows how, but hardly anybody care. Crime increase? Certainly, and so will it be so long as judges mete out a sentence in one breath and suspend it in another. Mr. Duff states that dog control is demanded by the "peepul." Seems the "peepul" are always demanding some thing. If they, the people, wanted a dog control very bad, why didn't they vote on it last year and make it a law, when they had the chance? (Editor's note: They did.) The demand must not be too great. . Higher wages for city em ployees? Well , . . maybe . . . but first . . . did you ever go Into City Hall at coffee time? I did. It is a disgusting sight. A special room ... a rather large room . . . com plete with coffee and cakes . . . long tables . . . enough to seat fifty people. It often does. It occurs to me that anybody . . . just anybody . . . who comes to work at eight thirty and can't last until noon is en tirely too weak to work and should take a vacation ... at their own expense. The coffee break in city hall every tax payer should see. They gather around a long table, each one spending more than thirty minutes . . . from the time they leave their desk until they return. Assume there is fifty of them . . . twice a day . . . fifty hours a day . , . two hundred fifty hours a week . . . wasted . . . thirteen thou sand hours per year, wasted. ger river which here abrupt ly halts the Sahara's south ward march. Change Beginning Change- comes slowly to Tlmbuctu and its peoples' an cient ways. But change la coming and perhaps more quickly now to a people buffeted even here on the remote southern rim of the Sahara by conflicting interests of the cold war, and by the driving ambitions of new leaders to whom yester day is not soon enough to carry out ' ideas born only today. One symbol of that change is President Mobidm Keita, an Impressive man in white Bou boun (great robe). Under his leadership Mali cut away from its federation with Senegal and today the two nations take separate courses. The rail line which Would the average per person be not less than two dollars an hour? TWENTY - SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH YEAR . . . so a loafer can drink coffee ... and they want more of them? On looks on and wonders. . Pete Logan,. , Dark Hollow rd., .Medford. Shall It Be Changed? To the Editor: I am just another resident Who came to this valley 15 years ago, look ed it over, liked what I saw and .decided this was the place I wanted to settle down and build a home. Where I could stand on my own doorstep and look out across the valley and en joy the beauty of the moun tains, breath the clean pure air and know that when I arose In the morning I wouldn't have to smell the stench of a slaughterhouse, breath the smells of a hide and glue factory or sewage disposal, or look out on a junk yard with, rats crawling over the wreckage. A place I could invite my friends to come and enjoy. In fact, "A Cascade wonder land." Are we going to allow this to be changed to: "That beautiful valley with the ten acre junk yard?" ' Leona R. Robertson 2757 Highway 99 North Ashland, Ore. Not Oregon To the Editor: I think the Medford Tribune photograph er must have gone to Little America in the Ant-arc-tic and took the picture on the front page of Sunday's Trib une. I think it is a picture of four igloos on top of the left wing of a Jet Airliner buried in the snow. It couldn't be Oregon, not in April. . . . Everett Acklin, ; Ashland, Ore. More Cougar Tales To the Editor: Cougars do scream! In 1922, two other fellows and I packed in to the head of Cow creek over the Ump qua divide, to hunt deer. We were camped near Red moun tain. That evening late, some more hunters camped close by. The next evening, about 8 p.m., they came over to shoot the bull. We had a good big campfire. About 9:30 we all heard to the south of us a cougar let out a most mourn ful, hair raising scream. It is a sound you will never for get. Well, one of the visiting hunters could mock a cougar to perfection.' He answered the cougar, and the cougar would answer back. They kept it up about 15 to 25 min utes, maybe a half an hour. The cougar was coming closer. Finally the cougar was awful close. It was a d a r k night, no moon. We were all watching in tne cougar's direction. In a few -minutes We all got a glimpse of the cougar's eyes. They showed like two hot coals In the glow of our camp fire, about 60 or 70 yards away. We never saw or heard from him anymore. We had our rifles, but no time to shoot He turned his head and that was it. In 1913 I was in the Forest Service. As a one wire tele phone man, I put up the first phone lines in the Mt. Hood Forest. They had few trails and few phone lines. It was in April, I had a cougar follow me for about a mile. He 'was so poor, his bones showed mighty plain. He kept about 40 yards away to my right above me on a ridge. When I got close to the cabin where I was batching. I took off in high gear, to get an old 45-70 rifle. I got my rifle and went back and pick ed up his tracks. The snow was just in patches, not enough to. track. It got dark on me, and I returned to my cabin (known as Table Moun tain Cabin). After I had hit the straw that night I heard a cougar scream. It could have been the one that kept me company that Sunday after noon. I had walked seven miles to get a 10 cent can of pipe tobacco, and was going back from the trail camp when I met up with the cou- once linked Dakar on Africa's west coast with Bamako, cap ital of Mall, now is cut at the border between the two na tions and passengers must walk across the Une. Keita and those about him deny that they are Commu nists, but they are frankly Marxist and it Is their Intent to buUd a socialist state of Mall. Earneet Supporters Baba Mahmoudou is an earnest young man of 22. He wears heavy glasses and to day is clad in Western sports shirt and slacks. He stands just outside the doorway of the darkened room where President Keita is resting after another of his numerous speeches. Keita Is holding a portable radio from which comes a news report from Mali in Bamako. It consists almost en- gar. Cougar are seldom seen, but in the spring when they are hide and bones, they have been known to tackle a man. Jess C. Black 1401 Maple Park ' dr. Medford. Other Views To the Editor: We would like to bring to the attention of your readers some other views on this proposed trans fer of Barnett Road area into the Medford school district. In September of 1959, the Phoenix School district re leased some property North of Barnett road to Medford School district to comply with a request of the' Reorganiza tion Board to help straighten school boundaries. The bound ary between Medford and Phoenix School districts is now straight with the natural boundary Barnett Road. When the question came be fore the Reorganization Board as to the disposition of the Phoenix and Talent Schools and their plan of Reorganiza t i o n, the . Reorganization Board felt a need for an Ad ministrative district between Medford and Ashland. They allowed the' people of Phoenix and Talent to bring to a vote the consolidation of these two districts, with the understand ing that existing boundaries would remain. These districts consolidated and are operat ing as such at this time. Is it in any way fair to al low a small group to, nibble away at this newly organized school district? If this merger is allowed the reduction in enrollment would change the curriculum standard and the tax burden would be greater on the remaining people of Phoenix-Talent district. Also, how can the taxpayers and school administration in this district make any permanent plans with the boundaries beink constantly threatened? Also to clarify another point, on April 6, 1961 In the Mall Tribune, we noticed a quote made by Mr. Frank Van Dyke which stated that he conceded the Manor to us. We were Just wondering how It is possible for Mr. Van Dyke to concede something to us which is already ours. The property on which the Manor is located has been in the Phoenix School district long before the Manor was in exist ence. Mrs. V. W. Henrlksen Route 1 Box 543 Talent, Ore. Mrs. W. D. Sommer Route 1 Box 548 Talent, Ore. Don't Kill Freedom To the Editor: The proposed county building code is anoth er case of government offi cials levying unnecessary charges to cover the cost of a service that nobody wants in the first place. What the planning commis sion apparently does not real ize is that many people who have chosen to live here in an area where free enterprise has not quite been legislated out of existence, are able to build for themselves and for the community a far better home than they would be able to acquire by more conventional means. Where time and design limits are placed on their in itiative, many people would have to setUe for a far cheap er home. ( We and three other families In our immediate neighbor hood have been working on our own homes for up to five years. The net results in all cases are homes of good de sign, sound construction, care ful workmanship, and all are superior to anything any, of us could have afforded by any other means. Not only that, but freedom from debt is a side benefit we have all en Joyed while building these places. We build soundly out of plain common sense, know ing that a home slapped to gether out of poor material, without a foundation, or with an inefficient septic system is not only unsatisfactory to the original owner, but is practi cally worthless if the time comes when such a home must be sold. A zoning ordinance In the county would afford adequate protection to aU present and tirely of reports from Mos cow, Prague and East Berlin. Baba Manmoudou bears only good will for the Ameri can visitor but.ne is part of an efficient apparatus organ ized by the Communists and reaching aU the way down from government officials to the youngest Girl Guide. future home owners, but the restrictions in this proposed code are ridiculous. I under stand that one former resident of Los Angeles present at the public hearing stated that this code was more restrictive than the one in effect in that area. We know from experi ence that building your own home in southern California is almost impossible due to endless red tape and multitu dinous inspections. , Your article stated that some people expressed dis trust of county officials. Un fortunately, as a result of sad experience, many of us hava come to the point where dis trust is our natural attitude toward such officials. I am trying hard right now to be lieve that the welfare of the people, not revenue, is the ul timate objective of county of ficials in pushing this code. Again I point out to Mr. Lovejoy and the county plan ning commission that many of us live here because it is one of the few remaining areas where some freedom for a man to better himself through his own efforts still exists. Under the guise of "protecting" us, don't kill this freedom. . Mrs. Donald G. Stewart Route 4, Box 349B. Medford Promote Our Attractions To the Editor- T,pt.-lte nrn. mote and enhance our attrac tions for the tourists and vaca tioning public that come into our area, which Is already a great source of income to Ore gon, and is on the increase. ine prqposea wrecking yard south of Talent certainly would be a very obvious eye Sore and distrantinn fn nut of state as well as local peo ple who woul,d drive past it, since it would , be -located along the main thoroughfare between Medford and Ash land. It would alsn hp uprv easily seen from the new free way that is now under con struction. The wrecking yard tuuia noi De niaaen or en closed so that it could not be seen, because the area pro posed for its location lies at, the floor of our valley, and the surrounding roads and residences lonlr rinurn inf it The fence around a wrecking yara tnat large will only serve to better outline that great big down-grading eye sore in the middle of a nice community. 1 We have in this area of the proposed wrecking yard, long established businesses that Drovifip sprvinna ar.nnm. modations, and entertainment to tne motoring, vacationing, and general nnhlic i,rh;v, will suffer a great loss of busi ness it tnis noisy, smokey, smelly, and unsightly thing called a wrprkinc va ni. lowed in our area, where the people are so very vigorously opposed to it. The public hearing to be held at the Courthouse Au ditorium Wednesday, April 26, at 8 p.m. will be a very good place for all who are opposed to a wrecking yard south of Talent to be present. . Mrs. Richard Klimek, Route 1, Box 226, Talc r , Education the Answer 10 tne Editor- Mr H.nra Johnson Jr., of Ashland, de plores the empty bottles, cups and trash both inside and out side the lodge at Mt. Shasta and attributes this mess to the granting of a liquor license. Unfortunately, the problem is not so easy as that! I have seen the same sort of litter around dairy bars, on public beaches where alcohol is for bidden, and in National Park campsites. The American evi dently has the notion that his country is so huge that the. little odds and ends he tosses into the bushes will never be noticed - that our wide open spaces are no more than a great open-air Dispos al. European countries with a longer history of dense popu lations have a different ap proach to the matter, and their parks, campsites and roadsides are clean. I do not Minnun tu:n 1 17.. Deans frown on drink! The answer lies mainly in public education. The post war anti-litter signs along our main highways have been no ticeably effective, even though enforcement is difficult. The public has simply responded to the suggestion that others would like to enjoy the near auciieij as well as me view. N Cynthia Lord, 588 Beach st.. Ashland, Ore. P.S. It beats me how the Jackson County Planning Commission could deliberate ly recommend installing such an eyesore as a wrecking yard right on the highway. A six foot fence with plantings will not really hide this.