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MEDFOHD MAlL 'miAuMti, MiUrORD, OREGON SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1981 A 5 Poets' Corner f Conducts by ;:'.'.'. Arnold Eugene Jenny Taaora "" 1 '"" -.- -,-"ETVL"i.Fi,L.?d We,t 11 We,t ow.dyi they meet .11 the time. They had better, or never the twain shall endure. Rocketi with WV . n priaee uie enormous distances In minutes. Fortunately, so tan the peaceful aru." Thus wrote Howard Taubman ttnef";w ?0.Lk H'mf 01 AI"U 9 in a review at the current play, Ki1tJof..i.he Dark Chamber," by Rabindranath Tagore. And the critic added: "Tajore, whose 100th birthday will be observed May 6, lived until 1941. When he died he was not only full o( years and i"P.nor;, 5U.' nId V" 'u'''ed himself." Amonc his honors was the 1913 Nobel prize for literature and knlrhthood (ranted him by Klni George. ASd Christian Century of August 20, 1941 wrote a few days after his death: "By any clvlllied standard, Rabindranath Tagore was one of the world's greatest men. When he died at the age of 0 in his native city of Calcutta, he left behind thousands of poems and aongs, scores of novels, dramas and' short stories, numerous books of essays and of history and many paintings, the latter done by his own hand after he had reached 68 ... To Tagore the faith that there Is one God of love required him to give his life In working for one community of mankind. So he founded his International university and wrote: 'The most Important of all facts In the present age Is that the East and West have met" A year before his death, It was my high privilege to be a guest v, in several nays in nis nome ana university at oanuneaeian, not far from Calcutta. I found in hi, warm and almnle humanltv and his sensitivity to grandeur and beauty of nature a likeness to Walt vtiuMuaii, nuuw an grcauy aomirea. But ine central message oi nis life and work was his love of God and man which "he preached with prophetic . fire and illumlnted with ' the Infinite variety of his Sifted Imagination." something of this spirit Is evidenced In the follow ig excerpts from one of hit greatest poetic works, . A. E. J. O Gitanjall Where the mind is without tear and the head Is held .high: Where knowledge is free: v '' ;- Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; ' ' Where words come out from- the depth of truth; ' Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into ,-i ' the dreary desert sand of dead habit;; ', 1 Where the mind is led forward' by Thee Into everwidening thought and action , into-that heaven of freedom, My Father, let my. country awake. ' - . '. ' , v .- '(The noble rendering of this clause Into English' does not convey the force of the original Bengali, with Its passionate, j concluding prayer: "Strike, Father! Merciless, strike with Thine one hand. Into that Heaven wake this Indian land!") 1 This is my prayer to Thee, my Lord-r-strike, strike at" the - ' root of penury in my heart. Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows. Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service. Give me. the strength" never to disown the poor or bend my ' - knees before insolent might. :.- Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily : trifles. ' " -' " : ' ' And give me the strength'; to surrender my strength to Thy . will with love. ' . , . ... s, ' . ,. Btneath This Tr . Beneath this tree I stand without a shield pi . .. " To bolster me or my unhallowed pride; Now I perforce must cast pretense aside . And wait in nakedness what life may yield. . .' - . Beneath this tree, in this neglected field, As lonely and as silent I abide (No mercy mine that is to it denied) ': Whatever storms the future holds concealed. . fias too much wisdom brought me to this pass - Where I am lost to all the vanished years? ,, . , , Where I must harbor in my heart, alas, V ; The seed of life's disintegrating fears? 6 tree, lone tree, so sound in root and bole, ; . Teach me your way of standing strong and whole! . , . ... ' Charles Oluf Olsen ' ' ' ". ' Portland, Ore. " : ; . - ,r-o .'.':" T y ' Poetry i You bring to me enrichment and release; ,. ' . Pain too, from which I do not ask surcease," Awareness, revelation you increase; . '' ' . And finally and best you bring me peace. , Blanche Ellis Norvelle j ' i' 'Medford (The Manor) i If I can let into some soul a little light, f ' If I some pathway- dark and drear can render bright, J If I to one in gloom can show the sunny side, j Though no reward I win I shall be satisfied. .- . -. ... ... e -. .... , Anon... (Submitted by John E. Gribble, Medford) Stolen Property ., ! , To the Editor: To the par ents of the teen age thieves: 'i Saturday night a sign was stolen from our property, and we would like it back. So, Dear Parent; if in your boy's or girl's room you find this sign, kindly return it. It's stolen property. .. The sign is 2V4 by 2V4. The .background is white. There is a large pink bee hive, stand ing at the door are two bees painted black and yellow. The hive has green grass at .the base. The lettering on the sign, is thus: , The B's " " " of Honey Hill s. Do we have to stand shot gun over our property to pro tect it from kids that are roaming the backwoods look ing for trouble? ' We can if we have to, so don't make the mistake of coming back, except to return the sign, or take it to the Jack son county sheriff's depart ment. Mrs. S. Browning, Dark Hollow rd., Medford. Deer (Not Fish) Story ; To the Editor: Chance and good luck often correct many a mistake. The truth of it was proven to me after reading this fish story from the Ash land man. I bet the Ozarks fish are fast. That is why perhaps most fishermen from Missouri use a tranquilizer pill on their bait. Man slow fhat fish down, and enjoy your fish and meat. ,' s Let me tell you, however, what I have seen with my own eyes. One day while hunting deer high up in the Cascade region, when I had spent all rny shot, I found myself un expectedly in front of the rnost stately stag in the coun try. He looked at .me as un concernedly as if he ' knew that my gun was empty. In stantly I charged my gun with powder and put on top a hand ful of cherry stones from which I had eaten the flesh as fast as the hurry permitted. i let fly and hit him right ih the middle of the forehead, between his antlers. The shot stunned him. He staggered. Yet he ran off. " , t Some five years later I was hunting in the very same for est and - lo and behold -there appeared a stately stag with a full grown cherry tree more than ten feet high be tween his antlers. I recalled, of course, my previous adven ture and, considering the deer my old property I brought him down with a single shot, which gave me the venison and the cherry-sauce that goes with it, for the. tree was cov ered with fruit more delicious than I had ever tasted in all my life. ; V .. You see, one has to know how to get along in this world. I . truly appreciate the. wide and open forest country and her cherry-flavored venison. -r, Grady Conner- rf- ;: '723 West Jackson st. v ? f . Medford. Quarantine Against Pine Moth Noted A quarantine - against the European Pine shoot moth has been announced; by the state department of agriculture in the interest of prospective tree planters. The European Pine shoot moth has been found on orn amental pines in the northern Washington areas. The regula tions are believed necessary to protect the native pine forests in Oregon. f An enemy of the ' young pine trees, ' the "shoot moth stunts i and ' deforms them, lengthening the time to grow a merchantable crop, and de creases its value... , . ., . Shipments of the trees to Oregon must first be inspect ed at the department of for estry, 2600 State St.,- Salem. Additional Information con cerning the regulated trees may be obtained from Rich ard D. Olson, farm forester, post office box 71,. Medford; the state forestry department, Table Rock rd., Central Point, NOrmandy 4-1213; and W. H. Wheeler, nursery inspector, 1025 NW Lawnridge dr., Grants Pass, GReenwood 8-4594. ' Committee Approves Three Bridge Bills Salem - (UPD - The Senate Highways committee has giv en its approval to three bridges. . ; One, which would cross the Willamette river as Oswego, bears a $4.2 million price tag. One near Dayton would cost $1.7, and the third across the Snake river at Ontario would cost Oregon and Idaho $800,- 000 each. . . .. , .,is;.. s Communication Letters io the Editor must beer the nam and address of ih writer, although under certain circumstances the uie of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the light to edit all letters with 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 papert in fact the contrary is often the case. What a World! To the Editor: Anyone born in this country this century, and still alive, has a right to wonder why human life has no more value than a cheap commodity in the eyes of power-mad ruling classes abroad who are determined to rule the world. He has had to live through World Wars I and II and the Korean conflict, and may have to face World War III. .It is a mystery to this writer why the Korean con flict, so called, is not regard ed as a war. Perhaps because only 150,000 American casual ties resulted from that "police action." We are accustomed to much larger totals. That shows how far the world has prog; ressed. ' , Now there is Communism. Under that system of govern ment God, religion, truth, ethics and morality are only for children, and to a limited extent,' Adults don't believe in such myths. The state is supreme and where its su premacy is challenged, sub version, lying and cheating are condoned and encouraged. The object of world Commu nism is to establish a .scien tific society without religion. What a world! David Frisch, P.O. Box 292, : White City; Ore. . Farm Wages To the Editor: It is increas ingly disturbing to hear re- marks concerning the propos ed Union picketing of farms to bring them into some sort of organized labor control. A day or two ago a woman was heard to remark: "I sure wish the unions would come to the valley and make the orchard people share up better with labor in their big pear grow ing profits." '' Profits, What profits with continued night smudging to save the summer's pear crop? And a phone call to a valley pear grower as this is being written, brings the hard fact that some pear orchards, de spite the heavy smudging, have been so damaged that red-ink is the end result. And end of this heavy smudging is nowhere within sight. The orchard people must be on the alert till June at least, re membering that the heaviest freeze in- many spots of the valley came in early June some ten years ago. - :; Cost of oil for the pots is oh the rise. Heavy pressure is put on the orchardists to change over to the new type pot at $9 each that produces less smoke, which they are willing to do, but the steady rise in supply costs as well as wages prevents them doing this. The heavy costs of wages to teenagers for night care of the orchard heating is a welcome source of spending money for the youngsters, but the fact remains it is a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul, necessary though it is. j But there are limits to what agriculture can by forced to pay in operating costs. A few months ago in ; the Central Valley of California, a series of strikes and threats of more in upping minimum wages re sulted in the plowing under of a reported 3,000 acres of lettuce ready for harvest. The land was seeded to crops in volving less labor costs. Today, as reported in the Mail Tribune, the Senate at. Salem voted to put a check rein on farm picketing. Sen. Lyndel Newbry from Talent grimly remarked, "when the farmer is under the gun, with the whole of his crop tied up, he is in no position to bar gain.". We have been greatly en couraged with President Ken nedy's resolute stand on many of the day's problems, but we cannot go for his drive in upping of minimum wages. F. J. Clifford, ' Route 2, Box 200F, Central Point, Ore. The Meaning of "Fascist" . To the Editor: I had begun to think that our friend, Rob ert J. Howard, was getting himself out of the H.U.A.C muddle (I still hope so), but evidently he now has become fascinated by the equally un- American antics of the John Birchers. Bob seems to think that my reference to the "fascist" John, Birch Society is "name call ing." Not at all. On the basis of Robert Welch's "Blue Book," that designation is an accurate description of that organization's character. Hav ing attendedi lectures by kin dred Nazi officials in Hitler's Germany and Fascist function aries under Mussolini's equal ly rightist and benighted re gime in Italy, and having studied many of the writings furnished me by them, the John Birchers fit perfectly into the fascist pattern-along with the Joe McCarthys, John Pelleys (of Silver Shirt ill fame), et' al, ad nauseam. For Bob Howard's enlight enment, and that of all oth ers harboring any Illusions on the subject, I wish to quote the pertinent, emphatic and truly patriotic American com ment of Dwight D. Eisenhower,- while President, on this same theme, although in an other context. Back in 1953, when Joe McCarthy's man Friday, J. B. Matthews, had declared in typically irrespon sible fashion (like the John Birch Society, the so-called and ill-named "Christian Cru sade" and "Freedom Crusade" people of today), that the Protestant churches ' were heavily infiltrated by com munists, Dr. John A. O'Brien of Notre Dame, President Mau rice H. Eisendrath of the Un ion of American Hebrew Con gregations, and Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York, acting jointly for the National Con ference , of Christians and Jews, had wired a protest to the President against Mat thews' attack on the loyalty of Protestant clergy,' Mr. "Eis enhower issued a blast, now become historic, from which I quote: ". . . Such attacks betray contempt for the principles of freedom and decency. And when these attacks-whatever their professed purpose be condemn such a vast portion of the churches or clergy as to create doubts in the loyalty of all, the damage to our na tion is multiplied. . . . The churches of America are cita dels of our faith in individual freedom and human dignity. This faith is the living source of all our spiritual strength. And this strength is . our matchless armor in our world wide struggle against - the force of godless tyranny- and oppression." ' Of course, when Robert Welch includes even Mr. Eis enhower among the subver sives, I suppose his foolish followers in Jackson county or elsewhere will discount the former President's testimony. But that only confirms their own tragic befuddlement. Arnold Eugene Jenny, Rogue Valley Manor, Medford Economics and Civil Defense To the Editor: Note the Government is considering a total embargo on all Cuban trade. This should have been done long ago-in order to teach Castro a lesson in eco nomics and its importance even in a communistic re gime. We have gotten along quite well without their sugar; tobacco is their next impor tant export-and this commod ity we need even less. So why aid and comfort our confirm ed enemy? It will be very interesting to see what kind of legisla tion, if any, our lawmakers come up with fixing the prices of milk and gasoline. If there be a Pandora's box, let's hope good emits-not evil. The old saying-"Compe-tition is the life of trade" is not significant today. Oh hum! guess there is nothing to worry about this session, as vacation day has been set, and doubt if any thing can -change it. The activity in Civil De fense was well appraised in your editorial of the 27th. Its importance is probably much greater than we realize -since it is reported that Rus sia is very active and ahead of us in this respect. This is significant-their apparent dif ferences with China notwith standing. They are the only ones who really know if there is to be a nuclear war. Their total destruction will be more difficult. E. E. Ward, 880 Stewart ave. Medford. The Cougar Screamed To the Editor: I have lis tened to this argument about whether cougars scream or not until Mr. Kissinger said in his "Fifial Answer," "most likely no one has ever seen a cougar visibly out in their wild haunts screaming," and now I have to get my two cents worth in. When I was living on my ranch across the river from the Texaco Station in Gold Hill, where the Three Jays' dairy is now, we heard a cou gar scream in tne ma just across the irrigation ditch back of our place. It was just a while after sunset on a bright moonlight night after we had killed a beef in our barnyard and the head and entrails were still lying where it had been killed. Again we heard the scream, this time farther down the hillside. My husband and daughter took the gun and went out side. We heard the cougar coming down through our woods pasture and I saw his yellow eyes and heard him scream as he came through the fence into the barnyard. My daughter tried to get a shot at him but he was in the shadow of the barn and after he had smelled around the kill he went through the back fence by a little patch of corn we had there. Next morning we saw his tracks around the kill. Another time I heard the same kind of a scream in the hills back of Parker's house by Raky Point bridge. It sounds like, the high shrill scream of a woman. Mildred B. Engmah, 1847 Stewart ave., Medford. - A Hard Pill To the Editor: E. T. M I agree, it is disgusting. "Take Pearl, for instance." Unquote. She's a hard pill to swallow. I never read her nonsense. How do I know that what 'tis? I write it. If it weren't for the durn- fool Pearls in this world, you smarter folk would turn into morbid, glum, unfunny, can tankerous oysters. . People can sit on' their cash registers, too. Who wouldn t if there wuz any cash in it? (and had one.) The butcher, the baker and the candle-stick maker have their pear-picking fingers groping for it. I'm sorry that big cat fish drug you through that Mis souri puddle so fast like. An Ozark sump is about the only location where a sportsman could catch on fire while wa' ter skiing in such a sprawled out position. Gosh, Mr. M., you, worry me. You has done got the Willies.. Right! Them com mercials is a going to give yuh nervous prostration. Cool off a bit and think. The advertisements tell us who's got what and where to buy it. If it weren't for them, there wouldn't be any free pro grams for you not to like to look at. And if yuh hadn't been lookin' you wouldn't a saw all that 'ere huggin' an' kissin' on TV. If you ever got a kiss, I bet you, you wouldn't keep it. You'd give It right back and then in shame-rush straight for Missouri's swimming pond and drown yo-sef. Witness: I hereby sign, ' Pearl Spackman, Box 33, Jacksonville, Ore. ' want for generous support and friendly assistance. What you contribute to aid ing women and children, the sick and the aged who have sought safe haven here, will reassure those who are risk ing their lives for a free fu ture. Your gift will help in spire .confidence in freedom's cause. Over the past eight months. the International Rescue Com mittee has brought its 28 years of experience to a fast focus on Cuban refugee needs for f o o d, shelter, clothing, jobs, medical care and under standing counsel.' IRC has raised' and expended a sub stantial part of its planned $1 million program for Cuban refugees At the moment when its sustaining arm is most vital, IRC funds are almost exhaust ed. Large sums are urgently needed to enable IRC to con tinue assistance during the struggle. More money is also required to assure swift aid to new refugees who may be forced to leave other Carrie- bean countries if Castro and his Communist allies try to stage revolutions they have been fomenting. Federal officials have re peatedly called for large scale private programs by IRC and other voluntary agencies to supplement limited and re stricted government funds. We ask in this critical time that you contribute generous ly to human needs and thus encourage the first efforts to liberate a nation from Com munist domination with a real chance of ultimate success. Nicholas D. Biddle Chairman, Caribbean ' Program -International Rescue Committee 255 Park Avenue South New York 10, N.Y. Trucks and Highways To the Editor: It is my be lief that Governor Hatfield must veto SB32, which pro vides a reduction of $1 mil lion per year in the weight mile taxes now paid by heavy haulers (NOT loggers) from 40,000 pounds upward. And it is my hope that the people of Oregon will emphatically sup port the Governor in this ac tion. This is strictly a special in terest measure pushed through the Legislature by a skillful and well-heeled lobby. The heavy truckers have NOT demonstrated NEED; on the contrary no class of road us ers has benefited so much from the modernization of our major highways - as shown by their traffic reports. The Oregon weight mile tax was designed on the principle that the heaviest haulers add most to costs (as shown in many early road tests). The heavy haulers have refused to wait for completion of the Illinois road tests this fall to see if their claim for parity with other road users can be justified. The pressure to reduce fees on one class of road users is particularly unfortunate at a time when the Legislature seems to be engaged in com petitive log rolling' to issue more and more bonds to speed up construction projects in various parts of the state. Regardless of the merit of some of these bonding proj ects we are in danger of ac complishing two evil results: 1. An actual SLOWING DOWN of highway progress, as DEBT SERVICE REQUIRE MENTS eat into available state funds. 2. Transfer of construction policy from our very compe tent Highway Commission to 90 politicians of the Legisla ture. With the new highway bonds which the Legislature has voted, for "back-scratch. tng" projects, the annual debt service requirements will come close to $10 million a year - approximately ONE- FOURTH of available, state funds for highway purposes We could very quickly work ourselves into a position where we could not match federal aid either for the inter-state system or for the normal state-federal coopera tive programs. The truckers have refused Governor Hatfield's reason able suggestion that the refer endum be attached to SB32. The Governor's veto should be encouraged and support ed. In 1952 the people of Ore gon ratified the weight mile tax by better than 2 to 1. It should not be necessary for the people to circulate a ref erendum petition but they can and I doubt if they have changed their minds. William M. Tugman Gardiner, Ore. Everyone Wus Disgusted To the Editor: Mr. Disgusted of Ashland: If you wuz dis gusted with my letters to the Tribune, it wouldn't matter, but you wuz gettin' disgusted with everything, people, tele vision, radio, Brush cars, tele phones, rocking chairs, cash registers, sawdust burners, wrecking yards, smudge-pots, ducks and dogs. You wuz get tin' disgusted with, "WUZ." I don't like sawdust burn ers, wrecking yards or smudge pots, but I like to have our saw mills running, I like to eat pears and buy parts for my old jalopy. The Russian scientists wuz worried because there ain't enough air on the planet Ve nus to sustain life. We ain't worried about that. We wuz worried about gettin' away from Cape Canaveral. We ain't done that yet. You want us to write about wrecking yards. I don't know anything about wrecking yards, but I am more or less of a rocket expert. I sent a letter to Cape Canaveral: "If you wuz gettin' tired of shoot ing holes in the sand, turn the darn rockets up-side down and see wot happens." Now they wuz disgusted. 1 Everett Acklin Ashland, Ore. -! ' B j Register Nov (t7$7 jmy. Calling All Mothers! Reg m : t& " ) ftgOiJV i'r now for our big '"V' Day Award. l e pnt lo wia t On May 12ttt we will present the mother with the most children a big gift certificate. All you have m to do ii register at our shop. Comt on out and tee our beautiful Spring Stylet. ff DOREEN & CLARA & Crater Lake Hwy. and Ave. G TA 6-9401 Help Cuban Refugees To the Editor: There wasn't much you could do to save Hungary from the returning Soviet tanks. But you did give to help Hungarian refugees build a new life in the free world. Now the fight for a free Cuba is joined. You can do something about that. You can assure the Cuban Freedom Fighters that their families, friends and com patriots - the 100,000 refu gees in our country - shall not Village Variety OPEN TODAY! 10 to 6 AND GARDEN CENTER BEDDING PLANTS PETUNIAS STOCK DUSTY MILLER . Sweet william ALYSSUM MARIGOLD See Our Big Selection of Healthy Plants! PANSIES SNAP DRAGONS LOBELIA AND A GOOD SELECTION OF FRESH GREEN VEGETABLE PLANTS GET YOUR GARDEN SUPPLIES HERE T0.ii NEXT TO PIGGLY WIGGLY ON STEWART AVE. - S&H Green Stampt School Voters Of Phoenix-Talent sta! Do you know that our school board has gone overboard in the current . . school budget by providing an item of $27,000.00, in addition to the $1,500.00 spent last year, for the acquisition of a school site within . the city limits of Medford, Oregon? This action will ultimately require total expenditure for reasonably adequate facilities of an estimated $240,000.00. , , , On present prices, installation of street and sewer facilities could , easily run over $30,000.00. The land with these necessities, basic six classroom facilities, attendant multi-purpose room, gymnasium, admin istrative quarters, provision for reasonable expansion, etc., would ulti mately cost the taxpayer at east quarter of a million dollars on the; , . basis of anticipated costs. Do you realize that the per acre cost for this land, including water, sewer and street facilities, will run in excess of $6,000.00 per acre on 1 unplatted land. This will very likely set a new all-time record for ques tionable spending of public fundsl , - i Do you know that our per pupil cost, estimated to be $530.00 per pupil at the budget hearing- is one of the highest in the county? Do you realize that the proposed site is so near the freeway that . our children will' experience difficulty in overcoming the noises from '" popping and cracking of trucks and other vehicles using the new free- ''';' way?- ':'"''. ,' : ::. ,! ; This wasteful expenditure of school tax money, when duplicating facilities are so close, is completely unjustified and must not be allowed! Tomorrow, Monday, May 1st, VOTE AGAINST This Unnecessary Spend ing of our School Funds! , Pd. Adv. Committee for Best Use of. School Tax Dollars ... James R. Tungate, Chairman 2441 Edgemont Drive, Medford, Oregon Mr. and Mrs. Bill Leever, Coal Mine Road Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wickman, Coal Mine Road Mr. and Mrs. James J. Henry, 215 N. 2nd Street, Talent Mr. end Mrs. J. W. Parker, Edgemont Drive Mr. and Mrs. Don Korth, Pioneer Road, Phoenix .