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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
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.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.