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MLDtOHD MAIL THIttUWb. Mt-Uf OtiQ, OREGON Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny An April Mom In My Garden A golden sun Is beaming overhead; A gentle breeze bestirs last summer's withered grass; The pregnant earth still lies a passive waiting mass Not yet released from winter's icy bed. i The sky is brightly blue and fleeting clouds Pass 'twixt me and the sun; while fleeting shadows Play hide and seek with me as o'er the far-flung meadows In ones and twos they chase in ever circling rounds. The birds are back. From every tree their song Proclaims in merry trills their happy jocund spirit; In sheer delight with bated breath I pause and listen to It; Oh, that I could with words this joy prolong! Anna M. Streed , - Medford O ' . - Old Glory's Brightest Star When tales are told of heroes bold, ' The ones I like to hear Concern the quest in our great Northwest By our early pioneers; No pleasure jaunt by motor car Or time-consuming plane, , But endless days on lurching wheels Across the rough terrain; , ' Their guiding light, the star of Hope , And faith that ne'er did fail, And a courage strong enough to cope With foes along the trail; Their promised land they reached at last, Wide was the open door And extended arms in friendly clasp Of those who'd come before; Now one for all and all for one, , The going would be tough, But their inspired vision saw A diamond in the rough; To build a state their purpose grim. From east to shining sea, Through fortitude and trust in Him ' i Who guides our destiny; . , . . . How willingly they paid the price, : As struggling through the years, . Their goal achieved, through sacrifice Of blood, and sweat, and tears; - Their victory won, a deed well done, For from their efforts grew Our glorious state named Oregon v They'd vbullt much better than they knew. Then come all Oregonians, Join in our jubilee, And sing the praise of those we hold In cherished memory. Their valiant deeds and loyalty Have spread their fame afar, And added to its field of blue Old Glory's brightest star. Frank E. Hall Rogue River, Ore. . o Mabel Mabel loved me long ago When we lived in Oregon. . . ' Sadly I did grieve, although, When our love did linger on Mabel loved me long ago. When our love did linger on Sadly I did grieve, although, When we lived in Oregon, , , Mabel loved me long ago.' . ( Thomas' M. Riley . Eagle Point, Oregon ' o . A Prophecy (From Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Locksley Hall") For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonders that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'd a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging thro' the thunder storm; Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the battle-flags were furl'd In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. (Submitted by Bert Kissinger, Medford) o Not: We aclciiowledje all contributions, whether acctptid or Tlected II those who sent ui the following Items will furnish us their cornet mall addresses we would like to forward our notes to Jnern- "Mi Mother (Anon.); and original compositions, "Lord Bless House' Ode to crater llake" and "Oregon Headlands." X.EJ. Set the Alarm Earlier To the Editor: It strikes me there are a lot of idiots in the bigger cities who find it im possible to get up earlier with out changing the time of day. I've yet to find a laboring man who favors the so-called "daylight saving time." (It doesn't save anything at all since each day is 24 hours long, no more, no less.) I have noticed over the v years that those who favor it are office workers, bank and store clerks, etc., who do no manual labor and who go to work from three to four hours later than the farmers and loggers (for example). If they want to open their offices and stores at 7:30 in the morning I won't try to stop them. But they don't need to change the clock to do so. I'll venture to say that many times I have had four hours work done be fore the average office work er was out of bed. And I didn't change the clock either. A large percentage of our woods workers are on the Job at daylight. If they changed the clock ahead, they'd still have to wait for daylight so they could see to work. I have, a considerable num ber of times, gone to town and had to wait until nearly noon for the lazy store clerks or office workers to open up. Now just what good would it do me to get up an hour later? Instead of passing a law to require us to set our clocks ahead, Just get the names of those who favor the DST lav and I'll do my best to get the laboring groups to voluntar ily go around and wake t.m up. What difference would It make whether one gets up when the clock (correctly) says 5:30 a.m. or if one turns it ahead so it says 6:30 a.m.? The sun is in the same rela tive position. We, the voters of Oregon, voted for standard time last fall and it's unlikely the majority of us have changed our minds. When I want to get up earl ier I set the alarm for the time I want to get up. Floyd R. McCabe Butte Falls, Ore, Be Kind to Animals To the Editor: "Be Kind to Animals Week" begins with Humane Sunday, May .7 through May 13. The observ ance of this week is to remind us of the many ways through the ages that animals have served mankind and why they have claims upon us for kindness and protection. Kindliness has always been the distinguishing mark of thoughtful and practical peo ple. Educators realize that training of the heart in hum aneness along with training of the mind, sends a child out into the world a self-respecting, desirable citizen with broad sympathy and under standing, thus making for the happiness of the individual and the betterment of society. Schopenhauer expressed this humane thought well when he said "sympathy with animals is so intimately con nected with what is good in character that one may confi dently affirm that he who is cruel to them cannot be a good man." The practice of kindness to every living creature Involves the specific application of the Golden Rule and herein lies the happiness that is sought by all. The Cat Care Society P.O. Box 3 Medford Communications Letters io the Editor must beer the name end address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right io 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 paper; In fact the contrary is often the case. Speed To the Editor: Some cam paign for people, but why not campaign for standards? Why won't we all obey our traffic rules? Why break the laws. In fact the very one which is set up to offer us the most protection? Why do we speed? Our police cannot help us, when so many of us do not care but go right on passing each other up as if time was the element of importance, and safety to life and limb of no importance. That old say ing that the angels leave us at 60 and the police take over at 70 does not hold here. There just aren't that many police. i I recently drove to Port land with one man and three teen agers scoffing and ridi culing, saying, "Are we sit ting still? Have you got the brakes on?" While I held my speed at 70. True, many other drivers were passing us. Those 70 miles an hour speed signs are posted often, reminding us that that is the maximum speed in the best of daylight driving conditions and we hear (enough), that is if we are listening, that that speed should be reduced 10 miles an hour after dark or if raining. Don't we love our families enough to slow down and be careful? Don't we know we are jeopardizing our own lives and the lives of others when we drive so fast? Don't we read the papers about Ore gon deaths on the highways increasing? Doesn't the Golden ' Rule apply here? Aren't we to love one another? Are we not our brother's keeper? Even though our friends are passing us up, isn't there a lot of satisfaction in com plying with rules and regula tions set up for our own good and safety? How can we teach our youth to obey laws if we adults don't? Those drivers passing us up on our way to Portland were not teen-agers, they were grown men with families and other adults in their cars. Why won't each one of us, within ourself, resolve to hold to the standards? Let's all practice safety first! A wife and mother. (Name on file.) Medrord Billboard Bills - To the Editor: The two roadside protection bills have been passed by the Oregon Legislature, and are ready for the Governor s signature. This is a gratifying compro mise aftermath of the Initia tive Petition (Measure 15) sponsored by this organiza tion, but defeated Nov. 8. These two bills were draft ed early in the winter and threshed over in several con ferences of representatives of this organization and of the Council on Highway, Regula tion (the outdoor advertising interests). They do not go as far in roadside protection as we wished, but they go far ther than the opponents of our initiative were at first willing to go. SB-235, the Interstate High way Bill, prescribes the Na tional Standards for portions of the Interstate System, U.S. 30 and U.S. 99, where right of way was purchased after July 1, 1956, some 200 miles. This will qualify Oregon for the federal bonus as soon as the Highway Commission en ters into an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Roads. Non-conforming signs on this part of U.S. 99 and U.S. 30 will have to come down by July 1, 1964. This bill also prescribes that other signs hereafter on the remaining portions of the In testate Highways shall be spaced 2,000 feet, instead of 1,000 feet, apart; but 7 years is allowed for removal of these non-conforming signs. SB-233, the Scenic Area Bill, provides for a 7-man commission under the Bureau of Labor, to be appointed by the Governor, which can set up, after public hearings, "Scenic Areas" along any public highway where adver tising will be specially con trolled. The Council on Highway Regulation, represented large ly by Messrs. Cole and Schnaldt of Foster It Klciser Company, greatly assisted In the progress of these bills through the Legislature, engi neering needed amendments, etc. Members of our Highway Protection Committee attend ed the public hearings of both Senate and House, as well as doing much letter writing and interviewing. With these bills on the stat ute books the objectives for which this organization was created have been largely achieved. This therefore spells FINIS for this organization, as such. V should like to emphasize that without the tremendous background of support gener ated by our cooperating or ganizations and by the thou sands of petition circulators, it would not have been possi ble to pass these bills. The In itiative Petition campaign had far reaching value in making the public, and the legislators, "roadside protection con scious." I want to give a final word of thanks and appreciation to all who gave of their time and money during the past year to help our effort in roadside protection. Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Chairman, Highway Protection Committee, Portland 9, Ore. Nothing Hidden To the Editor: We are wives of Councilmen and we resent the letters to. the Editor im plying that our city officials are dishonest. Our Council is not hiding anything from the taxpayers. Over a period of years our Mayor has donated his experience as an engineer and surveyor to our city. We wish that the people would appreciate this. We are not trying to an tagonize anyone, nor are we interested in personalities in the Communications column. We are very interested in the true facts and figures being made known to voters in Gold Hill. The following facts will bear inspection, They are on record with the city of Gold Hill Recorder. 1. There will be NO ME TERS. 2. There is no such thing as a "Blank Check." The amount to be voted on is $120,000. Legally city offi cials are not granted the pow er to go over the amount of a bond. 3. Bonds are being sold at rates varying from 5 to 4 per cent. Since all city officials are property owners and will be paying their share, they will naturally be interested in the lowest rates of interest available. 4. Highest estimate: (a) $120,000 plus interest at 5 per cent over the 20 year program would make a total cost of $183,000. The maxi mum water cost-$4.75 per month flat rat. (b) At 4V per cent the total cost would be $176,700. The maximum water cost -$4.58 per month flat rate. (c) At 4 per cent the total cost would be $170,400. The maximum water cost - $4.43 per month flat rate. (The flat rate quoted is not in addition to our present wa ter rates.) Please do keep In mind the principal (money borrowed) will be reduced by each year ly payment of $6,000. We bring this to your attention because it has been erroneous ly stated that with interest at 5 per cent and principal of $120,000 the total would be $240,000. The filtering of water was on recommendation of the State Sanitation authorities. This has been their recom mendation since 1951. We feel that we should bt guided by the expert advice of our sani tation authorities whose sole thought is for the safety and welfare of the citizens rather than by laymen whose sole thought is apparently the dol lar. Rae Van Horn Box 147 Gold Hill, Ore. Fayetta Gribble Box 3 Explain Why? To the Editor: I agree with Mr. Koch that Eichmann's trial should not have been held in Jerusalem. It is like "trying" a goose before a bunch of hungry foxes. Whether the man is guilty or innocent I do not know, but they should have no trouble convicting him. They had no trouble convicting Jesus Christ in the same city 19 centuries ago. But what I would like to know is why these lovers of "justice" did not convict old K. when he was touring this country and being wined and dined like a prince. Accord ing to information obtained from the Congressional Rec ord he has killed more gen tiles than Eichmann has Jews - several times over. Is the life of a Jew more sacred than that of a gentile? Will some one explain why? John C. Stile, Shady Cove, Ore. Hatchet Job To the Editor: Mr. Jenny keeps hacking away Bt his neat little hatchet job (M.T. 4-30-61), by falsely broaden ing the base of his attack and using the partial truth. He may realize some success, as vhe waters are becoming somewhat more magnificently muddied; but we recognize that his approach to the sub ject does expose his almost complete desertion of com mon sense. Let's fill in some of his in tellectual voids with neces sary information. Dr. J. B. Mathews (McCarthy's right hand man) is of course, a Pro testant minister himself, and his concern about communist Infiltration into the churches should be given some honest study in light of this, plus the tact of the recognized compe tence of Dr. Mathews on the subject of communism. Consider by way of para phrase two recent announce ments from Protestant sources: "Anyone can Join the Communist Party and not jeo pardize his standing as an of ficer in the Church, in the United States." (Is this free dom of conscience?). And the recent confession of a U.S. Protestant Church that "only one per cent of the Protestant ministers are communists." Now Mr. Jenny may, for any number of reasons, be un able to see a connection be tween the soft line toward communism being issued from rome Protestant leader ship, and the fact that the above mentioned communist 1 per cent are found in the sensitive administrative posts. One last point on this: Pro testant ministers do not be come communists. Commu nists become Protestant min isters. And Mr. Jenny Is still try ing to stab HUAC. From a re cent release by J. Edgar Hoover: "We are all aware of the communist Influence ex erted in the May 1960 riots in San Francisco, Cal., when a group of ideological innocents most of them students be came the weapons used by an arm of the brutal communist dictatorship in an action , de signed to disrupt the activi ties of a Congressional com mittee." This attempt was suc cessful and most prudent men will consider it a warning about the existence and ef fectiveness of communist in fluence within our land. Since this episode a year ago, ap proximately 15 million people have seen the film "Operation Abolition," endorsed by HUAC. As a result the sup port of HUAC is growing from overwhelming to almost all-encompassing. Apparently, in the words of San Francisco Mayor Christopher, "The film Operation Abolition speaks for itself." Robert J. Howard 828 B West 14th at. Medford. Criminals Helped To the Editor: I read the article about the safe crack ing business, and I must say thct there are quite num ber more who now know just how to go about getting into this kind of business, after reading the fully detailed in structions from the police de partment, so obligingly print ed In your newspaper! Before reading this article I hadn't the slightest idea of how one would go about cracking a safe, but now I think even I ' could do this, thanks to theml No wonder our youth finds crime easy nowadays! I think they pulled a boner by printing this for our youth to see, plus some ignorant grown-ups who might be tempted to try your helpful do-it-yourself instruc tions. I do hope you will dare to print this for the police de partment to see, and thereby perhaps stop them from mak ing another such msitake in the future! We have enough crimes already that we, the adults, are responsible of helping to promote i.nknow ingly or knowingly! In the interest of our society and our youth. Mrs. Juanita Hornsby 312 West Elm St. Falrbury, 111. 0 Editor's note: The story told methods that anyone could learn easily. But it also revealed that burglars almost invariably are caught and go to jail or prison, and that their average "pay" for burglary, over a lifetime, Is about 25 cents per hour. Likes Shady Cove To the Editor: If I can pos sibly wade through the so called garbage, beer cans, log ging equipment, dogs and so forth, to jump on my soap box to contradict Friday, April 27, "name on file," In regards to conditions in Shady Cove. No wonder that person didn't have the nerve to print their name. I should think they would be ashamed. This is a very lovely little com munity and I think very well taken care of as we are un incorporated. I would like to take that person on a personally guided tour of Shady Cove and show them all of the beauty here. Property has Just about doubled in the last few years and Is very much in demand. This is a logging commun ity, therefore we do have to have equipment, as we would not have a community with out it. All I can say. that person must have looked through closed eyes and mind and must be very unhappy, and should get out before they fall, as he or she said, in the junk pile. Mrs. Caroline Chubb Box 67 Shady Cove, Ore. FLAG PRESENTED William Molnar, president, Crater Lake Branch 186, Fleet Reserve association, an nounced that Charles A. Her- get, national president pre sented a miniature American -A flag to PresicL t John F. Ken nedy on May 1 to signal the start of a nationwide cam paign, "Operation Red, White and Blue," to encourage all citizens to purchase and dis play the American flag on all national and patriotic holidays. WANTED TRAIL RIDERS it Mutt aa trilling to ihM mvm vaatfar fal aayi (.iik la tna aaautlfal Trlalta Alps if Ntrthtri CaUfaniia alalt rtvltfttf. it Mart aa ratty to nt Malt $lm4 far . Paal tanyaa . . . 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