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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from fht files of Tha
Mail Trlbunt 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 25, 19S2 (Friday)
An all-day search has (ailed
to locate the body of the in
fant son of a Shady Cove
merchant which hB been
missing since last Tuesday
when the child's mother -was
found drowned on a Rogue
River sand bar.
There are now 32.822 reg
istered voters in Jackson
county - the largest total in
history - and the Republicans
have increased their lead
over the Democrats to 4,189. j
20 YEARS AGO
April 25. 1942 (Saturday)
Chairman R. G. Fowler an
nounces names of persons tak
ing part in Jackson county
scrap iron salvage drive.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
'Victory Hat' adorns a num
ber nf local and valley gals.
It is quite chic and looks
a lot less like defeat than
most feminine headgear.
30 YEARS AGO
April 25, 1932 (Monday)
Junior high school candi
dates for city offices during
"National Boys' Week" in
clude Dick Woodcock for
mayor, Hugh Collins for city
judge, and Ray Etlnger for
city treasurer.
Medford High school senior
class presents play written by
class members to help defray
costs of graduation.
40 YEARS AGO
' April 25. 1922 (Tuesday)
Medford merchants discuss
plans for 1922 county fair,
expected to be biggest in local
history.
Louis Ulrich resigns as
Jacksonville postmaster de
spite reluctance of post office
to accept resignation.
50 YEARS AGO
April 25. 1912 (Wednesday)
Sarah Bewick Colby, pio
neer women's suffrage work
er, addresses large gathering
of Medford women in city
library.
Medford Commercial club
offers to donate land to any
firm or persons who will con
struct combined "up-to-date"
pickle factory and fruit can
nery. Yhat's Your I.Q.7
Nint er (en correct ii luptrior;
seven or eight it excellent; five ot
tii it good.
1. Does an obelisk have a
total of four, six, or eight
sides?
2. Why was the White House
first painted white?
3. May a woman be elected
President?
4. Premier Marshal Tito
heads which country's gov
ernment? 5. Caracas is the capital of
which Latin American repub
lic? fi. Does the Danube River
empty into the Mediterranean.
Black Sea or North Sea''
7. Who wrote ' Something
in riim-ii in lilt; oimv 'i n-
8 In which State of the
U. S. is Mammoth Cave"
9. Name the three metals
used in the alloy for printing
type?
10. Who slew the giant Go
liath? Answtrsi 1. Four. 2. To
conctal firt marks of British
burning. 3. Yta. 4. Yugoslavia.
5. Vtntsutla. 6. Black Saa. 7.
Shaktsptart. 8. Kantucky. 9.
Lead, fin and antimony. 10.
David.
Unanswerable Questions
The other flay, up in Salem, a youth who was
described as a good, hard-working, moral boy,
panicked when a police officer turned on his
siren to stop the car he was driving.
The boy. took off at a high speed, the police
man chasing him. The fleeing car crashed into
another, killing one man immediately and fatally
injuring another.
. Shortly thereafter, the boy was quoted in the
paper as saying, "I suppose this means I'll lose
my driver's license."
HTHIS kind of tragedy happens every so often,
and it brings pain and grief and moralizing
and a lot of unanswered questions.
Why did the boy, previously law-abiding,
panic?
Should the officer have given , chase? Or
should he have turned to a safer rriethod of ap
prehending the boy?
Why did the youth make such a callous
sounding remark? Was it confused values? Or
just confusion brought on by shock, grief, and
sedation, as some friends claimed?
Can he ever be forgiven by those whose lives
he has damaged irreparably? Or by himself?
'T'HE questions, of course, are unanswerable.
But we wish that every young person who as
sumes the responsibility
mobile would stop and
A car is more than
of transportation, a status
It is also a deadly weapon. One second's mis-
judgment can result in
recrimination.' E.A.
Distrusting
. Oregonians, for some reason or other, do not
trust their legislature.
. (Perhaps it is because of such snafus as the
daylight time mess last summer and this.)
But, whatever the reason, voters historically
have proven their distrust. The best example is
the fact that thev have consistently refused to
allow the legislature power to set the salaries of
its members. Another example is the number of
constitutional amendments which have been made
through the initiative procedure.
. .
THAT many of these
in nnnnftnf rif ennci
Cllljr VU1IV1. ly V7X Lituiil Vit jjUrvi iniiviivi uvi vs.fj
in the constitution, seems to make no difference.
They are put in the constitution, rather than en
acted into statute law, solely because then the
legislature cannot amend
be done only by another
Ihus we have such things as veterans home
loan bonds, earmarking of gas tax receipts for
highway use,. and other matters which, in theory,
should be statute law, not part of the basic char
ter of government.
(An attempt is being made this year to
enact a constitutional amendment to guarantee
standard time for Oregon, another example of
something that should be statute law, not con
sitional law.)
XT NEXT month's primary election, the voters,
'"'once again, will be asked to trust the legisla
ture to the extent of letting it set legislative
salaries.
We hope the measure will pass, but are in
clined to doubt it, in view of the long-demon
strated distrust mentioned before.
The present legislative salaries of $(i00 per
year are totally inadequate, and becoming more
so as service in the legislature comes to take more
time. This is occasioned, at least in part, by the
number of . interim committees, which make
studies of needed legislation in between sessons.
As a result, many good men (and women)
are unable to run for the legislature, and many
arc forced to quit after One Or tWO Sessions, tllUS
depriving us of badly-needed experience.
IT'S sort of a vicious circle.
The people distrust the legislature and refuse
to pay them enough to attract good people; the
standards of the membership lowers; foolish
laws (like the DST mess) get passed; the peo
ple are confirmed in their distrust. And so it
goes.
There are many high quality men and wo
men serving in the legislature, but they are do
ing so at considerable personal sacrifice. And
there are quite a number who are no credit to
the legislature, or the state.
A raise in pay would not automatically en
sure a high quality legislature, but it would make
it possible for more good people to seek
0
ice. r.. A.
a
lemica
A reporter in the Washington (D.C.) Post
has discovered a Congressman who has found
a chemical test for determining whether his cor
respondents are "leftist" or "rightist." He said ;
"If the constituent is exercised about flurori-
elation of WatlM', lHlt
lim
lUt II tllO
chemical
strontium !H, he's
the left." H. A.
more
Oh,
Adding to the confusion dept.:
California voters in June will vote on a
posal to extend Davlieht Saving Time in
state from the end of
October. K. A.
of operating an auto
ponder them tor a bit.
a convenience, a means
symbol, or a toy.
a hietime ot guilt ana
Legislators
amendments do not, by
V Id o'nuoi'nmDni" VsplnnCT
or repeal them. It can
vote of the people.
Test
down as a rightist.
he is worried about is
apt to be over toward
No!
pro
that September to the em
of
Dennis the
' fflMD W KlfUNOlRM flOWERPOT OH ffl P08CH!
PHOTY MAT.HUHJCHWIV
... Communications ...
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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.
Effort Needed
To the Editor: Your edi
torial, "Medical Care Bill,"
April 19, 1962, puts the case
for the King-Anderson BUI
very well indeed. This legis
lation for medical care for the
aged through the social securi
ty system does not, as you in
dicate, cover everyone nor
does it cover all costs.
But it is a very practical
approach, first developed by
my friend and former col
league In the Congress, Aime
Forand of Rhode Island, and,
on the Senate side, by Wayne
Morse. Enactment is overdue.
These expenses are truly a
atter of life and death for
many people.
You are right in suggesting
that your readers make their
support known to their con
gressional representatives.
They should also join or sup
port clubs and associations
that have been formed to
study and to press for improv
ed social security legislation.
Only by a vigorous and sus
tained effort will we win
over the Dixiecrat-Republican
coalition.
Charles O. Porter
Dcmocratice candidate
for Congres, Fourth
District '
Eugene, Ore.
A Warning
To the Editor: Usually, the
movements of peoples from
one area to another have been
of great masses, rather than
nf smaller groups of people.
The westward movement into
Europe also called for armed
strength, as witness the Nor
man conquests of England.
This story has been far dif
ferent in the peopling of the
New World, of course. The
era of conquest and expansion
that followed the invention
of the compass has been of an
almost conglomerate nature,
insofar as mankind is con
cerned. Navigators and ex
plorers from many nations of
Europe mingled together in
this mighty search for new
land and the building of new
governments. It did not hap
pen spontaneously or within
any given century, but came
by patience and daring over
several centuries. The people
came, it is true. Yes, with the
DST
To the Editor:
JAVD
OUR. FUTURE ASTRONAUT-
Day Jiefrt
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Menace
influence of old governments,
with their support - but by
choice rather than by man
dates of sovereigns. That gave
birth to a new concept of law
and liberty. In fact, it left be
hind most of the heavy ma
chinery of Old World govern
ments, and led to a search for
better and more secure meas
ures for law and safety.
Such has been the case with
the United States, in par
ticular. But 'now, within the
oast 50 years, we in the
United States have seen a
new system arising - one that
has called for the relinquish
ment of the independence
which we had achieved, and
the substituting of law and
principles left over from the
dark past. Such has been the
sum total of the recent alli
ances of this, the American
Republic, with Old World sys
tems.
Let us be on our guard, lest
we lose more than we realize
of our earned freedoms and
liberties. These achievements
are quite properly termed 'in
alienable rights in the early
Declaration of Independence.
These arc reaffirmed within
the Constitution. True, it may
be beautiful to look upon the
structure of the United Na
tions, fpr example, and to pro
claim, "this is, in large part,
our work". Let us make sure
that neither this association,
nor any other similar associa
tion shall come to be, ever,
our "Pygmalion!" That is, to
say, that it should ever be
permitted to undermine prin
ciples of law and government
as we have provided that they
should be.
Such a warning has come to
us from many wise and ex
perienced men. Let it not be
forgotten!
Fee Clifford E.stcb
153 North Oakdale ave.
Medford
"Calories Don't Count"
To the Editor: Paul Harvey,
speaking in regard to critics of
right wingers, stated that only
those having something to
fear from their activities crit-
icized them. The extent of
their fear enuals the efforts
made to destroy them. The
same rule is true for critics of
Calories Don't Count "
Potpourri of April '.20 lists
Sd.vm& time.
M.ny Lutiian
Pacific Hilmdv
Medford.
President
Influence
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Fortign News Analyst
President Kennedy has
thrown his personal influence
into the effort to establish a
nmitpal a n v.
n m e n t in
Fi?' v X-i Laos. It is a
: us i 'n situation cer
tainly not to
the President's
liking, it is
done only on
9 5S:
IX trI the basis Jhat
11 EL I, J a neutral Laos
provided a n
escape from
NewionT
an intolerable situation.
The President's action came
in a letter delivered to Lao
tian King Savang Vathana, re
iterating United Slates insist
ence that the right-wing gov
ernment of Laos join neutral
ist and pro-Communist rebels
in a coalition government.
The U.S. decided more than
a year ago that its policy of
support for a strongly pro
Western government in Laos
simply was not paying off.
Dr. Fred Stare of Harvard
Medical school as one of its
critics. He disregards the tes
timony of thousands who have
used the diets with excellent
results, both in weight reduc
tion and general health.
In Boston is a group of peo
ple interested in nutrition
calling themselves The Boston
Nutrition Society. Some time
ago they put on a campaign
to alert Bostonians to the dan
gers inherent in the use of
"enriched" flour. At the same
lime Dr. Stare was the edi
tor of McCalls' Magazine for
a nutrition column to which
readers could send pertinent
questions. In reply to a ques
tion from a reader about The
Boston Nutrition Society Dr.
Stare, in the March 1959 issue,
wrote that the society was a
"food faddist" group and
used "cruel and reckless
fraud" and "scare taclics" in
connection with its campaign
against white flour.
The society sued Dr. Slare
for libel. The opinion of the
supreme court was unanimous
that the appelation of faddist
was libelous. This is the first
time that a high ranking uni
versity authority on diet and
nutrition has been brought to
account for promoting pro
cessed toofls. Dr. Stare could
not refute their arguments for
he knew they were scientif
ically sound so he turned to
ridicule. It is a well known
fact that the financial sup
port for research in his de
partment comes from the sug
ar trust and food processors.
It is also known that when a
school accepts money from a
donor it also must work for
that donor.
If an individual follows the
diets in the book he will dras
tically reduce his use of sugar
and processed foods. This will
result in greatly improved
health. With the many thou
sands reading the book and
using the diets it is bound to
result in less use of sugar and
processed foods. There is no
doubt that this will affect the
earnings of the groups conlrib-
j uting lo Dr. Stare's research,
Also it will stimulate thp
thinking of large numbers of
Americans. If Americans
could be aroused to the dan
gers that are in our foods it
is certain that drastic action
would be demanded. Perhaps
this is what they fear.
Anna M. Streed,
36 North Peach St.,
Medford.
Law and Liberty
To the Editor: Those who
advocate the proposed Charter
stale that at present it is slow
, and difficult to get new laws
passed by the State Lcgisla-
! tore, and therefore it is de
sirable to make the passing
: of laws quicker and easier
; by investing such legislative
authority in body of com
missioners "nearer to the peo
ple." I question such reasoning,
I because it then might be casi-
i er not only to get good laws
passed, but also bad laws. 1
j thins ii much easier for a
selfish minority group to put
pressure on four commission-
j ers than on a majority of a
state legislature. And remem
ber any law, by its very na
ture, takes aw ay some liberty,
-so Hut a l.iw .should be very
good to warrant Us existence
( Hor.u-e W. Thompson.
3ti41! Hilsmeer rd.,
! Medford
Bad Barter
To the Editor: icing on
record as a sporadic critic of
the County Court. I may be
walking a tight-rope in oppos
ing the Home Rule Charter.
However, one becomt s attach
ed to one's right to vote, even
if it is only for dogcatcher.
i We ought to put doccatchcr
on the ballot, to give a chance
' tin- people who wouldn t
vote for him if he were run -
Reluctantly Uses Personal
In Intolerable Laos Situation
The American-trained Lao
tian army had a far greater
record of retreat than of ag
gressive action.
The Communist-trained and
supplied Pathet Lao rebels al
ready were occupying nearly
half of the country and threat
ened to take more.
If the pro-Western forces
were to win, it became appar
ent that American money
alone would not be sufficient
American troops on a scale at
least comparable to U.S. ac
tion in South Vietnam would
be necessary.
This not only was opposed
by Britain and France, two of
the United States' chief allies,
but also involved the likeli
hood of Red Chinese inter
vention in the manner of Ko
rea. Thus the United States' di
lemma. Having passively supported
the overthrow of neutralist
Premier Prince Souvanna
Phouma and actively support
ed his successor. Prince Boun
Oum, the U.S. made a com
plete turnabout and declared
for the return of Souvanna
ning for dogcatcher). In short,
I am a primitive Democrat,
in favor of all governmental
positions being elective:
Tell me not we ought to
barter
The County Court for Home
Rule Charter;
T like problems politic,
But not high-toned arith
metic, Like:
If it takes three garden
variety commissioners, work
ing full-time, four years to
produce confusion, how long
will it take seven commis
sioners, working two days a
month, to achieve anarchy?
Give me simple courthouse
hacks,
Adept at grinding their own
axe,
Handpicked by the party
bosses,
Supported by precinct
workhorses.
But save me from the pure
and high
Non-partisan, whose spirit
ual eye
Covets an appointive elite
To rule the simple man-on-thc-street.
A vote for the charter aris
.tocracy Is a nail in the coffin
democracy!
George W. Rode,
Fluhrer Bldg.,
Medford
of
View on Economics
To the Editor: I notice your
readers write you on subjects
that are nearest to their
hearts, and which concern
them most. I wrote you before
on Food Surplus: Today I
would like to write on Ameri
can Economics.
I began to believe there
was something wrong in this
country away back during the
year following the Wall
Street crash of 1929, when
my father's small business in
California went to pieces. I
was only 13 years old then
and knew nothing of the sub
ject of cconomics-of capital
ism, of socialism, or of the
social experiment in a coun
try I dare not mention. I
knew only of right and wrong
It was nrettv obvious In us i
at the factory owners were
that the factory owners were
not paying enough to work
ers in wages so that they
could buy back the things
they had made with the labor
of their hands, which caused
things to be produced that
could not be sold, factories to
be closed down, and working
men to be thrown out of work:
which made matters still
worse. Some of my people
were among the unemployed.
My faith in Franklin Del
ano Roosevelt, elected Presi
dent in 1932, remained un
shaken till the outset of World
War II, and I grieved at his
death. His constructive efforts !
toward the cure of the ills of !
this country were damned and I
stopped on every side by the j
selfish rich, both great and :
small. Only his emergency
measures to relieve human J
misery were allowed to sue- j
ceed. and this caused the be
ginning of cur present s!u-'
pendous national debt. I
Today, of course, our gov-!
eminent buys surplus coods :
and subsidizes weak indus- j
tries, and tinkers with the
stock market, v, hich seems lo '
me a superficial and shaky J
remedy for the ailment. For!
though we may prev ent a ma-
1 jor Depression-could we pull'
out of one"1
When I think of our mili
j tary productions and our men
I and women out of the labor
force in military services, I
am in much doubt You see. j
during the Roosevelt era we
were largely demilitarized
and truly Pacifists. i
Ralph McKmnts. i
j P.O. Box .121.
Ashland. Ore !
New Guinea Story
To the Editor: Some time:
i ao
vou
I wrote a lettrr which j
printed, describing mv
contact tv mail with sonic j
1 Christian friends in New Gui-1
head a neutral i
committed nei-1
ther to East nor West.
In this it had the support of
Britain and France and the
promise of the Soviet Union
that it would assist in main
taining a truly neutral Laos.
But the U.S. action was
taken without reckoning on
Defense Minister Phoumi No
savan who stubbornly has re
fused to cooperate.
Since February, the United
States has been withholding
monthly payments of $3 mil-
j lion to pay Laotian army and
police costs, although contin
uing other economic and mili
tary aid shipments.
The feeling that a neutral
nea. They even mailed me a
tape recording. To hear gospel
melodies coming from the lips
of former raw heathens is in
deed thrilling.
To any here in America
who would doubt the exist
ance of a God, I would point
them to the transformation
wrought in the lives of these
"fuzzy-wuzzies" out in the
Pacific. It takes more than
human power to effect this
change.
Some of your readers may
cringe at what I'm about to
relate. Parts of New Guinea
are still in need of the rays
of light that Christianity of
fers. Recently L. H. Barnard,
one of the mission leaders at
a. leper colony, sent, two na
tive converts to begin work
among the primitive Karimue
people. These Christian lads
were accustomed to seeing
filthy natives, but the Kari
muis were the vilest, degrad
ed, sick, and unkept natives
they had ever seen. The Kari
muis arc cannibals who use
human skulls of their own
dead for eating and drinking
vessels.
Not so long ago Paul, one
of these mission converts re
turned to Goroka, headquar
ters of the Eastern Highland
mission, and related a horri
fying experience through
which he had passed. He told
of the death of the cannibal
chief's son. The villagers along
with the parents gathered
around the corpse, planning
to eat the body in accordance
with their tribal ritual.
Paul now knew that it was
his duty lo try and persuade
these cannibals . to change
their custom. He told them
that civilized people bury
their dead. The parents de
cided to place the body in a
hut where they could mourn
for it, after which they said
the "doctor boy" could bury
the corpse.
The mourning continued
five days. Then Paul was sur
rounded by the villagers who
clamored to eat the now de
composing body. The mission
lads, however, won out and
those natives witnessed for
the first time a burial service.
Up lo this time there was no
cemetery at this village.
The chief was so impressed
with this new ceremony and
single story of the resurrec
tion that he requested some
religious picture to be left to
remind him of the wonderful
gospel story.
Truly the world is in need
of a Saviour.
Henry Johnson Jr.
2315 Highway 66
Ashland, Ore.
j Safe'y Poem
lo the Editor
The follow
ing poem of four stanzas was
written by a man named Sey
mour Taylor, and is so sug
gestive and good that I felt
constrained to pass it on to
you and your readers. May I
insert here that along with
others I am. and always have
been, glad for the Communi
cations Column, enjoy and
profit by it.
When I read the poem as
written by the author. I wish -
cd he had added another note
to the fine thoughts express
ed, and so if I am permitted
to add another stanza, as one
contributor asked you to do
to a poem he had started, (and
which, by the way, you did
very creditably), I will add the
stanza.
IF EVERYONE
If everyone who drives a
car could lie a month in
bed
W'ith broken bones and j
stitched-up wounds, or i
fractures of the head: ,
And there endure the ago
nies that many people do.
They'd never need preach
safety any more to me
or you.
If everyone could stand be
side the bed of some close
friend.
And hear the d"ctor saw
"No hope.'' before that ;
fatal end:
And see him there uncon-1
scions, never knowing !
what took plare. 1
The laws and rules of traf-1
fic I am sure we'd soon '
rmhrace. j
If everyone could meet the
wife and children left!
behind. I
And step into the darkened '
home where once the(
sunlight sinned;
And look upon "The Vacant
Phouma lo
government
Laos must eventually drift in.
to the Communist camp
springs from the belief that
Souvanna, Phouma would have;
neither the inclination nor tha
strength to ovenule them.
The situation has not bol
stered the confidence of ei
ther neighboring Thailand
nor other Southeast Asia, na
tions such as the Philippines.
Both Thailand and 1 South
Vietnam now expect stepped
up Communist Infiltration.
Strictly ;
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
ci Genera Features Corp.
'FIRST-CLASS'
UNJUSTIFIED
One way for the airlines to
start making a profit would
be to stop serving meals and
1 i n n n T n n
fcieWNsJC1! short trios, in
! iy a lira t-
? class" fare. I
V flew by jet
from Chicago
to Pittsburgh
' and back last
J week. The trip
took about an
Harii hour each
way. Going, the two steward
esses served canapes and high
balls for most of the hour; re
turning, the two stewardesses
served full dinners.
Apart from the fact that
these young, ladies , shquld
have more useful services to
perform than acting as wait
resses and barmaids, there is
simply no . reason or excuse
for serving anything but a
cup of coffee or tea on a flight
so short. . ,
As we move into the jet
age, most airplane flights are
two hours or less. Serving
meals and booze aboard such
flights is expensive, laborious,
cumbersome and time-consum.
ing. Most passengers don't
want it, but they take it mere
ly because they have paid a
"first-class" fare.
The cost of the food and al
cohol, the catering service,
the equipment, the food trucks
and the extra personnel for
deliveries could be transfer
red to the airlines' meager
profit column with no protests
by passengers.
Moreover, the whole silly
scheme of dividing, big planes
into "first-class" and "tour
ist" sections - with the first
class passengers paying an ab
surdly large premium for a
bigger bite of food - should
be junked as soon as possible,
More and more companies
are forbidding their execu
tives to take first-class reser
vations on company business,
as a needless expense; and
most of the jets I have ridden
lately have been crowded in
the cabin class, while rela
tively deserted in the first
class compartment.
A much more sensible ar
rangement would be to mak
all flights first-class during
the best and most convenient
hours for travel; and desig
nating as tourist class all
flights at night, arriving at
awkward hours. In this way,
at least, the first-class pas
sengers would feel that they
were getting s o m e . positiv
values for their extra pay
ment. Transportation' has becom
so important in modern Amer
ica that the archaic and an
archaic systems that crippled
the railroads' passenger serv
ice cannot be tolerated in the
new and expanding air net
work. Not more than 10 per
cent ol all Americans have
1 evcr ridden in a plane: to at-
tract more customers, it will
be necessary to offer some
thing beside champagne
flights, fictitious "first-class"
accommodations and blaring
press agentry.
Chair" were daddy used
to sit'
I am sure each reckless
driver would be forced to
think a bit.
If everyone who takes the
wheel would say a little
prayer.
And keep in mind those in
the car depending on his
care:
And make a vow and pledge
himself to never take a
chance:
The Great Crusade for Safe
ty would suddenly ad
vance Added stanza:
If everyone who makes this
pledge and sacredly that
vow.
Would never once consider,
nor ever once allow
A drink to pass within his
lips to steal away his
sense:
How few would fear his
driving: How few the
accidents'
H. R. Bulman.
Route 4, Box 316A,
Medford
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