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the average daily attendance
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asilgned to battle the trouble
one pine beetle in Crater
Lkt National park forests
this summer.
40 TEAR8 AQO
Amrll 2$. 1821 (Tuas'ar) -
The first day of Medford
Chamber of Commerce, dis
play; of home-grown and man
ufactured products here was
considered a luccess. s
' A barrel of moonshine has
beerj seized by the sheriff on
a ranch in the Beagle district.,
88 TEARS AGO , "v
a.ii in lau fWadnaadavl
; A; carload of ' horses and
. . - I a . V. 1 -1
muies arrived nere wiie w
for Use on' a new road to be
biillf between Derby and the
Rogue river.
The cessation 6f commer
cial fishing in the Rogue river
has enabled the federal hatch
ery to take a record yield of
steelhead eggs this year.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina' or fen correct h superior;
teveii or elfhl Is excellent; five ar
six is flood.
1.! A thick glass when filled
With" hot liquid is more likely
to break., than a thin glass
under the same test; true or
false? 1 1
; 2.'. "Private" was formerly
the lowest rank in the Army;
whal Is now?
3 .,' Which of the ' following
dp. not belong in the same
citogpry: Alimentary, Erie,
Panama, Suez?
4.-W h 1 c h countries com
prise: members of the Arab
Lfeague?
it. Patagonia li on what con
tinent? 6. Appendicitis occurs more
often in males than females;
true or false?
.7. Which Is the taller, the
Empire State building on the
Eiffel Tower7 v
'8. In history, who were call
ed "Drlsoners of the Vatican"?
9. Where are the ruins of
the Parthenon? r"y
; 10. Is the capital of Maine
Bangor, Lewlston or Augusta?
i Aniwersi 1. True. 2. Re
cruit. 3. Alimentary. (The rest
ar ship canals.) . Cffypt,
Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi-Arabia,
Syria, Trans-Jordan and Ye
men. 5. South America. 8.
True. 7. Empire Stale build
ing, $. The Popes. 9. Athens,
Greece, o Augusta.
: Prerequisites for Peace
Cuba, The Congo, Laos, Algeria. What a
dreary roll-call.
And it was "only yesterday," in effect, that
it was Eevnt. Lebanon. Syria, Suez, India, Pak
istan, Guatemala, Panama, Cyprus, Indonesia.
There seems no end to the difficulties of peo
ples and nations. And the list stretches back
wards, far into pre-history. In some ways it seems
that the history of mankind is the history of
wars and rebellions.
Are We to conclude
mankind to live at peace with himself and his
neighbors, in freedom and dignity? :
SOMETIMES such a pessimistic conclusion
seems justified. But the optimist will point out
examples that prove the opposite.
For the past 90 years or so the United States
has lived in relative peace with itself. Great
Britain has not had a violent internal disturbance
for some 300 years. Canada has been relatively
peaceful since the beginning of the llttn century.
What are the necessary prerequisties for this
civic stability? How are they achieved? And
how can they be extended to more volatile parts
of the world?
THIS is an area where our social sciences have
not yet caught up with the physical sciences,
which make armed conflict ever more deadly.
' But to an interested bystander the conditions
would appear to include, at a minimum, a decent
and increasing measure of social justice, an ex-
nanAinrr annnnmv anA OIlfflPlAnt ArlllPaMnnal VP.
aniit-cPH t.n nrnviriP a literate citizenrv. and from
which to draw a nation's
None of these are conditions which can be
imposed from without ; they must grow from with
in. And they grow slowly; oh, so slowly.
THESE- prerequisites do not exist in most of
the world today.
And if our offhand thesis is correct, they will
riot exist in most of the world for a long time to
come. . ., '" :
', While thev cannot be imposed from without,
they can be helped and encouraged from without,,
and in our own enlightened self-interest we must,
as a nation and as a people, continue1 to do just
that. -' :
A world at peace is very greatly to be desired.
But it cannot be obtained
of the people of the world are ignorant, hungry
and repressed. E.A. '
The Two Sides To Zoning
.' ;
Voters in the county have voted down pro
posed zoning ordinances twice in recent years.
. , The cry nas alwavs i been "they're trvintr to
take our freedom away
has-been needed sufficiently to Kin the zoning
proposals. . . ,
If we read1 the signs aright, more and more
people are beginning to see the other side of the
coin tiie fact that intelligent zoning actually
preserves freedom for the majority, by, restrict
ing certain activities of a minority.
i-
IF A few more wrecking yards are proposed for
7 construction in what are principally agricultur
al or residential areas, we believe the lesson will
have been learned, and that a majority will see
zoning as a measure for their own protection, not
us an lniringement oi uieir ireeaom. ,
The current proposal, for a nine-acre wreck
ing yard just south of Talent, has aroused a storm
of protest from adjacent property-owners.
Of itself, zonine is not involved, because the
area is not zoned. But
wrecking yards receive
the county court, and the court here asked the
planning commission to study the situation and
make a recommendation.
THE commission's favorable recommendation
frt fha mit-f ia tirViof Viaa taiaarl fVa -fnoa ''WVipfti-
er the commission is right or wrong is not the
point we wish to discuss at the moment al
though we can .certainly sympathize with the
nearby home owners.:
What we want to point out, once again, is
that zoning is a necessity
lation is growing rapidly,
offensive public nuisances
and esthete values are to
On one hand we hear,
son county to get away from all these restrictions,
We want to do as we please with our own prop
erty." .
On the other hand, we hear, "But we moved
to Jackson county because of its beautv and be
cause it is a delightful
want to spoil it all by
door. They can't DO this to us."
. , . .
IS THERE no compromise between these view
Of course there is, if
ally and constructively
At the moment, zoning is advancing on a
piecemeal basis in Jackson county, with one small
area after another being put in an "interim zon
ing" category as its residents come to demand
this protection. ,
The solution would be for the entire county
to work out a moderate, reasonable zoning ordi
nance, which is neither unduly restrictive nor
unworkably loose, and vote it in.
The question boils down to this, which each
can ask himself:
"Which is more important my right to do
anything I want on my own property, no matter
who else I iniure. or someone else being restrict
ed from building a wrecking yard next door?"
that it is impossible for
leaders.
so long as two thirds
from us." And the cry
state law requires that
the advance approval of
m an area where popu
if blighted districts and
which reduce property
be avoided.
"But we moved to Jack
place to live. Now they
putting a junk-yard next
it is aproached ration
and with good will.
Dennis the
m
Communications
Letters lo the Editor must bear the name and address of fhe writer, although
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The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification ana
condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case. ' .
Seashore Versions
To the Editor: Should -there
be an Oregon Dunes National
Seashore Recreation Area?
The answer now seems to be
an unequivocal and universal
YES!!
Happily, the early oppon
ents of the park proposal are
now stoutly and ioudly back
ing the seashore park idea.
But, we should not rejoice too
soon in this strange switch
from park opposition to park
support for, sadly, there has
been no conversion at all,
This small, vocal group is
still out to kill S.992, Maurlne
Neuberger's bill to create an
Oregon Dunes National Sea
shore Recreation Area (in
troduced in the Senate on Feb.
20, 1961). The opponents of
the park have now put their
last-ditch efforts behind Con
gressman Durno's hastily con
ceived "substitute," which we
are already being urged to
support, sight unseen. Yet the
Western Lane Taxpayers'
Assn. is already braying the
praises of Durno's "substitute
measure."
1 1 am afraid that this "sub
stitute proposal" of Dr. Dur
no's is a subterfuge to stall for
.time and confuse the issue.
Maurine Neuberger's bill has
several new provisions which
safeguard the occupancy of
private homes in the park
area, minimize the need for
acquisition of private prop
erty, and provide for pay
ments of in-lieu of taxes - all
of which effectively satisfy
earlier reasonable objections
to the national seashore pro
posal. Myrna S. Martin
235 Cal Young rd.
Eugene, Ore.
Proposal Shocking
To the Editor: When I read
In Friday's edition of the Mail
Tribune the legal notice con
cerning the proposed bond
issue of $120,000 to build
water filtration plant in Gold
Hill, I was really shocked.
. This measure, if it should
pass, would give the city
council a "blank check," and
would do away with all the
safeguards or restrictions we
now have on city taxes, city
budgets, or water bills.
The proposed ballot meas
ure plainly states: ". , . and
providing for payment of said
bonds and the interest thereon
by levy, assessment and col
lection of water revenues and
by a tax levy."
The measure also states:
"Neither the debt limitations
nor the tax limitations con
tained in the Charter of the
City shall apply to the bonds
hereby authorized." Do we
want to give our city council
this unlimited power, under
which the levies and water
rates can be as high as they
choose to make them?
Verbal promises do not
mean a thing! Who knows who
our future councilmen may
be? Future councils would not
be bound by any promises
made now. In any case, even
our present city council would
have to collect whatever is
necessary to pay the costs of
this fantastically expensive
project, and nobody can say
for certain what the costs
might be. '
At the public meeting held
on May 12th, Mayor Stein
mctz said the bond issue
would be for 20 years, with
interest not to exceed S per
cent. He said that it would
probably be possible to sell
the bonds at an even lower
interest rate, perhaps four per
cent.
The proposed bond meas
ure, however, authorizes a
25-year issue, with interest as
high as 6 per cent. This would
cost much more than the
figures given out at that
meeting. Why were we de
ceived? At the meeting I sat
right In the front row and
took notes on all that was pro
posed, and I certainly hejrd
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
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m
no mention of 25-year bonds
at 6 per cent interest..
In spite of any promises to
the contrary, it would become
necessary to install water
meters if we authorize this
filtration p i a n t. Engineer
Rice's report give's a suggest
ed price of $75 to each water
user for the installation, of
meters. Do we want to pay
this cost and also pay metered
water rates?
What would a filtration
plant do for us? Well, it
would strain the mud out, for
the few days a year that we
have muddy water. A settling
basin would do the same
thing. In fact, Steinmetz sug
gested at a council meeting
some years ago, before he be
came 'mayor, that the city
could construct a settling
basin next to the hydro plant
for very little cost, and it
would solve our water prob
lem. -
Vera Stewart
619 Fifth Ave.
Gold Hill, Ore.
"Fantlstic" .
To the Editor: ... And now
that the Liberal pattern has
had wide notice, Mr, Jenny
confidently mounts his charg
er and hurtles bravely into
the fray-or so we should be
led to believe (Mail Tribune,
4-24-61).
Look for more, much more
abuse to be heaped upon the
i ascist (AEJ namecalling?)
John Birch Society, and meas
ure it as you will. But keep
other events in focus.
(N, B. Individual commu
nists have had a history of as
sassinating each other in a
drive for personal power; but
keep in mind, communist
countries do not fight other
communist countries.-RJH).
Let us not be diverted, for
example, from the present se
ries by Mr. Phil Newsom in
the Mail Tribune. Read him
with critical minds. His theme
rests on the (Ulusory? RJH)
widening split between Red
Russia and Red China. Take
note if through Mr. Newsom
and other columnists, broad
casters and authors, we will
be led to conclude the split is
heading for a break-off of re
lations. Then the further con
clusion that the United States
must ally itself with the
U.S.S.R. in order to protect
the world from the all-out-war
by the Red Chinese. "Eh?"
"What's that you say Mr.
V.'elch?" "The U.S. is being
prepared for a comfortable
merger with the Soviet Un
ion?" "Fantistic!" agrees Mr.
Allen. Of course it's fantistic!
. . . isn't it?!
Robert J. Howard, i
828B West 14th St.,
Medford.
War-H Necessary -J
To the Editor: Cuba invad
ed! And all the world blamed
the United States for intervene
tlon. Even our so - called
friends. Yet the Invasion fall
ed. Still Khrushchev and
Castro and the entire Soviet
block accuse us. of the in'
vasion.
Now the Communists are
more solidly in control of
Cuba than they were before
and we have lost face in the
eyes of the rest of the world.
We arc a free democracy.
We are the leaders of the free
world. It is the might of the
U.S. forces which has caused
the Soviets to suspend mili
tary aggression and instead
operate by infiltration and de
ception. We have a mighty
striking force in our military
and the Russians know it.
But still the Communist
movement In the world Is
gaining momentum. Why are
the Communists gaining so
much ground? I believe that
we are not firm enough in our
dealings with the communists,
They are out to enslave the
world and they are going to
accomplish this by any meas
Conflicts
Of Mali: Taureg, Black, Soviets,
By PHIL NEWSOM
UP I Foreign News Analyst
Timbuctu, Mali' Republic -
The tall, old Taureg warrior,
in blue turban and liowing
white robes.
tepped silent-
into the
log and grass
pavilion
and seated
himself.
At his side,
he carried an
engraved dag
ger, His
Nawsom swora, wiin
its handle in the shape of the
cross, dated back to the Chris
tian Crusades'
Neither weapon was car
ried for decoration.
Sitting cross-legged on the
grass mats, he ceremoniously
passed to this correspondent
a bowl of steaming, heavily
spiced mutton and vegetables,
and with his fingers helped
himself. . '
Seated just .behind in a
long uncomfortable row were
thpv can. As far as words go,
we are fighting a losing bat
tle. In this cold war the Com
munists are winning. So far
i have done little to stop
them. I believe that if we
want to stay free ana neip
others to stay free we are go
ing to have to use force.
Yes. I mean war u it De-,
comes necessary in order to
coDe with the Communists.
War is a terrible thing but
peace under the Communists
is worse.
Look at Cuba, where hun
dreds who would have1 their
country free are now awaiting
the firing squad. How about
Hungary in 1956 when those
people had the guts to defy
Russia. But some day there
may not be anyone left brave
enough to resist them and
then they will naye wnat tney
want; the world.
I would rather be a soldier
than a slave. I believe that we
should have helped those who
would try to drive 'the Com
munists out of their country
and fail.
Lots of people have died to
keep this country free and it
would be shameful if we were
to let them down now. Tough
ness is all that Mr. K under
stands and if necessary for
the freedom of the world then
let's get tough while we still
have a few friends around to
help us. ,
Darren C. Monk
Box 268
Jacksonville, Ore.
To Protect Their Right!
To the Editor: There are
times when' we ordinary citi
zens are justifiably aroused
enough to join with our neigh
bors and have our say in
what our elected public offi
cials do in their official ca
pacities. This is an oppor
tunity we citizens are fortu
nate to possess.
Thus, when the county of
ficials have the power to ap
prove or disapprove the estab
lishment of a junkyard in an
area in which citizens have
established homes, small
farms and businesses, it is our
opportunity and even our duty
to actively inform such offi
cials how we feel. Let there
be no doubt that I and many
others in the Talent area are
strongly and seriously making
a most emphatic objection to
the County Court's taking any
action to approve the estab
lishment of a wrecking yard
in our area.
We do not consider our
selves agitators, radicals or
conservative resisters of
change. It is not radical to
join with neighbors to resist
the coming of an activity
which will lower the value of
our property, making it difft
cult to borrow money tor
building and improving our
land. It is not mere resistance
to change which we express,
but resistance to a type of
activity that is notoriously
known' as a harbinger of de
terioration and blight. How
can we be agitators by mere
ly objecting to the intrusion
into the area we have chosen
to build our homes of a large
and sprawling burial ground
of highway castoffs which
inevitably also become a
home of vermin?
We respect the rights of
citizens to use their property
in the way they think best,
but we acknowledge, and
even insist, that those rights
must be tempered by a recog.
nition of the rights of others
in the 'benefit and enjoyment
oi their property.
, Those who live in zoned
cities have the problem neatly
solved for them, in most
cases, by the zoning regula
tions, we who live in areas
outside cities become involv
ed with the same problems of
land use but do not have the
benefit of the regulations,
Our opportunity to object to
the county court is our meth
od of protecting our rights.
The hearing on this matter1'
I StS'.ll ly
it JT mat
Influence
the representatives of 17 for
eign nations, ambassadors and
charges d'affaires, summoned
there by the Mali government
to witness the coming of the
airplane to Timbuctu and
dedication of Timbuctu's new
desert air strip.
Government of Blacks -
Mali's is a black African
government and in its Memet
Baba, the old Taureg warrior,
has no part.
His was the. race which
once preyed upon the Africans
for the slave trade and which,
before the coming of the
French, almost had succeeded
in returning Timbuctu to the
sands of the Sahara.
Now he was a second-class
citizen;
A Middle East diplomat
before the county , court on
Wednesday evening will be
our chance" to protect the
right to live in the type of
neighborhood in which we
have chosen to live. All per
sons interested are invited to
attend. ' .'
Dorothy M. Hunt,
Route 1, Box 237,
Talent, Ore.
Predicts Defeat
To the Editor: I read with
extreme satisfaction the MT
news item regarding the- op
position to the proposed draft
of the county building code
by some 200 citizens. Circum
stances prevented my attend
ing the meeting, or there
would have been an audience
of 201 to protest this so-called
"safeguard of the people,"
The planning commission
does not believe that an audi
ence of 200 is necessarily a
cross-section of the county. I
should like to ask, "Is a nine
man commission to be consid
ered a cross-section of Jack
son county?"
It Is my opinion that the
only constitutional way to set
tle such a matter would be
to allow the citizens of Jack
son county to pass judgment
on- it by means of a vote, and
I predict a resounding defeat
for the county building code
if such a vote is allowed to
take place.
Glenn A. Archibald,
534 DeBarr ave.,
Medford, Ore,
Disgusting, Isn't It?
To the Editor: Fish (not
ducks). Why clutter up the
Communications column with
items Such as-I wuz In a rock
er and who cares who sat on a
cash register? Take Pearl, for
instance. I bet she gets a big
thrill out of reading her own
item even though she did not
sign it. ' '
Now the duck story, who
cares if he made a safe land
ing or not? Not me.
I have a story too, mine is a
fish story but I doubt if any
one will be interested but here
goes anyway. I was fishing
back in Missouri, in the Lake
of the OzarJcs and hooked a
fish that-pulled me out of the
boat and through the water so
fast the friction set fire to my
clothes and I had to turn It
loose to put out the fire.
Why not use your column
for such items as establishing
junk yards and items of inter
est? We might complain about
KBES-TVs program. Why pay
for disgusting programs
where half the time is con
sumed in advertising and the
other half with a couple lock
ed in each other's arms kiss
ing? Disgusting, isn't it?
Yes, I said pay for the pro
grams, bomeone has to pay
for them so if you have any
doubts about who pays, go out
and buy a cake of soap, break-
last cereal, washing detergent,
cigarettes, beer, you name it.
it will be taxed, and believe
me those programs don't come
a dime a dozen. To produce a
program it takes equivalent
of 600 telephone circuits and
in addition to this cost there
is. the actor's salary, all told
tne cost is enormous.
I'll be glad when NBC
comes in, in September. Then
we may get some decent pro
grams.
E. T. Moody
235 Fifth st.
Ashland, Ore.
Domestication of the Cougar
To the Editor: Government
trapper Klrby Tant's testi
mony with regard to cougar
screams, as reported bv R. E.
Nealon in in his Tablets col
umn April 21, coincides with
testimony I obtained about 15
years ago from a ranger of
Crater Lake National Park
This man had spent a great
deal or time outdoors In cou
gar country, yet he was quite
skeptical of reports that they
screamed.
Nevertheless, as I said be
fore, I am of the opinion that
the eerie sounds I heard as
a boy in the Umpquas, nearly
40 years ago, were made by
a cougar, even though I never
saw the varmlt. (After hear
ing those terrifying screams,
I had no hankering to go any
nearer tneir source.)
One reason for this opinion
is the analogy of a tom-cat's
caterwauling, which can
sound pretty spooky, as I'm
sure many people will agree.
The cougar, remember, is
close relative of the common
cat. If you magnify the torn-
cat's volume and lower .4ts
Emerging
leaned close and whispered:
"The camels will be gone
tomorrow."
He was right. For, shortly
after dawn the next day, Meh
met Baba and his fellows, un
impressed by the airplane, dis
satisfied with the role accord
ed them in the welcoming,
ceremonies, disappeared into
the desert. '
The conflict between the
Taureg and the black African
goes back farther than any
man can remember.
New Rivalries Seen
Now new conflicts also are
at work.
Both the Communist East
and the Capitalist West seek
pitch somewhat, you have
something similar to the
scream I heard. '
If this analogy is valid, the
screaming cougar is a love
sick male, or possibly an an
swering female. And far from
intending his cry to terriry,
even though it has that effect
on humans, he simply intends
it to lure an amorously in
clined female cougar his way.
Granting, for the sake of
argument, that cougars do
scream and that the reason
they do so is that they are
love-sick, their modern-day
silence may possibly be ex
plained by their having learn
ed through bitter experience
that such caterwauling is dan
gerous in the vicinity of man.
Or it may be that evolution
has been at work and that
the more vocally-inclined cou
gars have been wiped out by
man, leaving only the silent
ones to carry on.
It appears that in the early
days, before the cougar had
had the lesson, Beware of
man, drilled into him via
rifle bullet,- he often hung
around human settlements or
even trailed a lone pioneer
through the woods, chiefly
out of curiosity (although, to
be sure, it would have been
hard to convince someone
who discovered that a cougar
had been stalking him that
the cougar had no evil de
signs).
Almus Prult,
119 North Central ave.,
Medford
Savenih-day Sabbath
To the Editor: The contro
versy respecting the seventh
day 'Sabbath appears to be
the result of (a) misreading
(b) misunderstanding (c) mis-
Interpretation (d) misconstru
ing the written record of the
scriptures as written by Moses
and the prophets.
tne following notes are
grouped together to enable
even the simple minded read
er to fully understand the
purpose and importance of the
institution of the seventh day
Sabbath and to pinpoint the
day with which the number
ing begins.
Gen. Chap. 1:3-5 "Evening
and morning the first day,"
Ver. 14-9 "Evening and morn
ing the fourth day," Ver. 31
and Chap. 2:1 "the sixth day,
thus were the heavens and
the earth finished," Ver. 2-3
'And God rested on the
seventh day. And God blessed
the seventh day and sanctified
it."
Moses' first task in leading
the Israelites' out of Egypt was
to teach them to observe the
seventh day Sabbath (to which
Pharaoh strenuously objected
Exo. chap 5:1-19).
Inasmuch as the annual an-
niversary of the creation week
occurs at the end of the dreary
winter season, the week be
gins with the evening and the
morning following the appear
ance of the new moon just
prior to, or subsequent to, the
vernal equinox (Exo. Chap,
9:24, 31-32, Exo. Chan. 12:1-2).
So begins the new year count,
the seventh day being the Sab
bath. This is the particular
day uoa calls "My Sabbath1
Exo. Chap. 31:13; "My holy
aay- isa. cnap. 38:13.
The authorities in Jerusa-
lem were promised prosperity
pruvimng uiey observed the
babbath properly. Jer. Chap
17:19-? Subsequently they
were charged with rejecting
t'-o statutes and the Sabbath
of God, In turn were them
selves rejected. Ez., Chap.
T. Schlndler
Route 1, Box 255
Rogue River, Ore.
Golden Dream , I
To the Editor: One of those
unusual incidents I remember
happened around 45 years ago
when a well seasoned gold
pocket prospector, a few years
oeiore mat, had staked a 20
acre mining claim.
It was his habit to walk bv
my mountain cabin and ask if
l wanted to go along, and In
case we found any Docket. w
would share the discovery be
tween us.
we spent about a week,
only finding a trace of gold
now and then, due to the ter
rain and earth slides of
former geologic period. Well,
my spirit had rather ehbrA
at not finding any encourage
ment, and our panning water
was getting rather short, too
But my friend still had hopes,
as one always must, and he
was of a most optimistic na
ture. Well, the next morning
h waa earlier than nccl
although he had not told mi
Nation
West
Mali's friendship. The Com
munists are running hard and
so far have the edge.
Soviet Ambassador Alexan
dre Ivanovitch Lochtchakov
misses no opportunity to for
ward the Soviet cause, and he
has behind him a Soviet grant
of $44 million to the Mali
government.
Iron Curtain nations take
all of Mali's peanut crop, its
principal export, which ac
counts for $9 million of Mali's
$11 million annual export in
come. By contrast, U.S. aid to
Mall is minute but will in
crease as needs are assessed.
of a dream he had the pre
vious night.
Being in a rather hapnv
mood, probably he thought
that if he told me about how
he had visualized uncovering
a gold quartz deposit I would
only think of it as a silly
omen of his. I told him how I
would have to forget all about
going along again and get back
to earning by doing . some
other job the hard way, with
an axe and cross-cut saw.
To my amazement around
3 p.m. he came down the trail
in long strides with a 10
pound ore sack full of grey
slate-colored quartz literally
filled with bright gold. He had
found the hidden vein in the
exact spot he had dreamed It,
and named the new discovery
the "Golden Dream," num
ber 2. ,
The total value did not ex
ceed more than a few hun
dred dollars, but I have good
reason to believe the main de
posit is still eluding the for
mer searcher.
Bert Kissenger
520 Boardman st.
Medford.
Wolf, Wolfl
To the Editor: We do not
see crises as being anything
so new, since they can be
traced back to the beginning
of man's history. Such inci
dents as Alaric at the gates of
Rome, Hannibal's sudden de
scent from the Alps. Tamer-
lanes and Alexander s re
venges on their foes - and so
on - prove our point. At the
present time, crises have been
ballyhooed so much that they
have become like the, "Wolfl
Wolf!" of the shepherd boy in
the fable. Nobody pays much
attention anymore, anyway.
Crises Worn Thin
It's critical in the Congo,
U s critical in Laos:
Manana in Havana'
May never come to pass.
The world is so much trouble-
torn 1
No one can have no fun -
You'd think the crucial era
born ,
In Nineteen Sixty-One.
But to the best of our belief,
wnen jsve put on that first
' fig leaf.
Times were as critical right
men
As any since have ever
been!
"Gold Hill Billy
Gold Hill, Ore.
Explanation Provided
To the Editor: In answer to
the letter, "Exd la nation
Asked," 424, by Mr. David
Frisch:
Here is another reason whv
Communism will sooner or
later collapse . . In the light
of history, all systems that
gain power eventually decline.
rerisn the thought that we
may have to bear the oppres
sive weight of Communism
for the next couDle of cen
turies while she is doing her
'bit' in the social scheme!
As for man the mechanical
marvel, being obsessed with
self extermination it may
well be, that upon becoming
too "fearful and knowledge
able," he loses touch with na
tive Intelligence.
On the scientific or home
front,'
The sad truth is such;
You can tell a robot,
but
You can't tell it much.
Thelma Carson,
Star Route, Box 60,
Prospect, Ore.
Company's Loans in
Area Total $250,045
Mortgage loans totaling1
$250,045 were made in Med
ford during the first quarter
of 1961 by the western home
office of Prudential Insurance
company.
B. F. Crisler, local Invest
ments manager for the com
pany's mortgage loan depart
ment, said the total was for
residential loans.
In Oregon during the
three-month period, dlsbur--sals
totaled $2,162,774. This
was divided $941,874 for resi
dential, $905,000 for commer
cial and industrial, and $319,
900 for farm.
During the 90-day period
a total of $31,148,798 was dis
bursed for loans throughout
the 13 western states. Of this,
$21,186,175 was for residen
tial properties, $5,171,738 for
commercial and industrial
projects, and $4,790,885 for
farm loans. 4