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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.
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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
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' . - 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.
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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
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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)
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Tlected II those who sent ui the following Items will furnish us
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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.
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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.
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National Shrine
hospital lay!
A helping hand to crippled, handicapped
children in need of care this was the chal
lenge accepted with the founding of the
first Shriners Hospital in 1922.
Since that date, thousands upon thousands
of children have been cured or materially
benefited in all the 17 Shrine units in North
America and Hawaii.
More than 10,000 children from the Pa
cific Northwest and western Canada have
been patients since the Portland hospital
was founded in 1924. The 80-bed hospital
generally has waiting list of more than
150 children.
Any child of normal intelligence and under 14 years of age regardless
of color, nationality or religion, whose parents are unable to pay for
treatment elsewhere is eligible for admission.
This does not mean that the child's family must be destitute. Most cases
require extended care and treatment that can be expensive beyond the
average person's means. All factors are therefore thoroughly and care
fully considered in determining eligibility and priority of admission.
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