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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 vearl ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 17, 1952 (Saturday)
Medford residents will have
fire protection matching any
city on the Pacilic coast dur
ing the first three days of
next week when some 400
firemen, firo chiefs and fire
equipment dealers gather
here for the annual conven
tion of the Oregon Fire Chiefs
association.
A total of 34 books have
been added to the Library
Friends rental book section
of the Medford public library.
20 YEARS AGO
May 17. 1942 (Sunday)
First forest fire of season,
in Trail Creek area, extin
guished by guard station
workers.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A
census of the fish in Rogue
river was taken recently and
showed almost as many fish
as fishermen."
30 YEARS AGO
May 17. 1932 (Tuesday)
Amelia Earhart lands plane
in Irish farm field after flight
from Newfoundland: first
woman to fly Atlantic ocean
alone.
Medford's clothing stores
advertise "name-brand" fude
proof shirts with prc-shunk
collars, $1.15: tailor-made
suits, $25.
40 YEARS AGO
May 17. 1922 (Wedneiday)
Complete schedule of Chau
tauqua events here Includes
Jugo-Slav Tamburions, Dr.
Lydia Allen DeVilbiss, Har
old (Private) Peat, "Turn to
the Right" - Great Sermon
Play, Battling Muhler Duo
New York City Concert Quar
tet and Junior Pageant.
Local grand jury closes
briefest sessions in years with
recominendution that new
cushions be provided for the
chairs in the grand Jury room
50 YEARS AGO
May 17. 1912 (Thursday)
City announces plan to ex
tend sidewalks to curbs at
intersections to remove "large
puddles of water which make
it inconvenient for' passers
by." Yhat's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct i superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five ot
sii it good.
1. How many days did it
rain during the Biblical flood?
2. Do tracer bullets leave
a trail of smoke or light?
3. Name the oldest city in
0i Western Hemisphere.
4. Are there two, three, or
six ways In which a pair of
dice may fall to make a seven?
5. Was the first cheese made
in Egypt, Switzerland or Eng
land? 6. How many lines are there
in a sonnet?
7. Is the temperature of the
Mirth's upper atmosphere al
ways below freezing?
8. Complete the proverb,
"You have made your bed. , ."
9. Name the assassin of
President Abraham Lincoln.
10. Are the "Flanders
Fields" of John McCrae's
poem located in France, Bel
gium or The Netherlands?
Aniwersi 1. Forty. 2. Light.
3. Mexico City. 4. Six. 5.
Egypl. 6. Fourteen. 7. Yes.
8. ". . . you muil lie In It."
9. John Wilkes Booth. 10. Belgium.
TCCRSDAY. MAY 17, 1962
Reconmendstion
o
e Judicial
For jfldge of the Oregon supreme court,
position No. 6 Arno H. Denecke
For Oregon Tax Judge Peter Gunnar.
State Measures
Six per ceniamendmtnt vote yes.
Salaries of state legislators vote yes.
County Measure
Home Rule Charter vote yes.
Annexation Measure
For S. W. Medford no recommendation.
E.A.
The Maker
(Editor's note: The following is a column written
by Art Hoppe of the San Francisco Chronicle which
appeared on election day in California last year. The
only changes which have been made were to adapt
it to local situations.-E. A.)
I will get up early tomorrow morning, for it
is election day. I like to move more leisurely on
these mornings. I like to linger over my paper.
I like to shave more deliberately. For I have som
ber decisions to make.
Will I allow members of the legislature to
set their own salaries, as
state officials? Should
retain a tax base Or should new taxing units
be allowed to set a tax base without an election?
I will decide, perhaps, as I eat my toast.
As l snave, stannir
I make, I will think about county government.
Would a larger board of commissioners be more
efficient? Would a Home Rule Charter actually
Dnng government closer to me I It would be nice.
But I must decide wisely and well.
WILL put on my coat and walk slowly down
1 the block to the polling place. . I like to walk
slowly on these mornings. For I must decide who
shall be my county judge and who my supreme
court judge and who my state senator. I must
decide who shall rule me, who shall iudee me
and who shall defend my interests. These are
decisions of grave import.
It will be quiet on the streets that early. It
always is. The only splash of color will be the
large American Flag hanging over the polling
place, gay and brave in the gentle morning light.
in tne bare garage,
ting at a card table in
always is. He will say,
"Nice day" or "Kind of
Then he will ask my name and I will tell it to
him. And the elderly lady sitting next to him
with the white, tightly-curled hair, will look my
name up in her huge, doomsday ledger. When
she Iinds it, she will nod
does.
I WILL step into the booth, then, and draw the
1 curtains to close out the world. The dullness
of the printed ballots
carry on their face only the names and titles of
the candidates and offices, and the dead lan
guage of the questions I must decide. Where are
the brass bands and pretty girls? The citizens'
committees and speeches? The fuzzy television
images and the banners? Where are they now?
The scratch of the old pencil making my deci
sions carries loudly in the silence.
The old man will say good-by and the lady
will nod in friendly fashion. There is a rapport
between us makers of decisions.
Some of my decisions will prove unaccept
able, some unworkable, some unwise, ror I am
far from infallible. It matters little. For I have
done my best to rule myself, to judge myself,
to detend myself. It will
In the evening I will set aside a few minutes
to think of those who have never shared this
experience, those at home who won't and those
abroad who can t. And I
I always do.
SOMEbody DOES Something
"Every one KNOWS
auditorium in Medford,
to DO anything about it!
Ihis complaint was
pointing out the defects
torium. And, praise be,
somone DID something,
asked advice what to do.
Our suggestion was that a committee of peo
ple interested in such an auditorium be formed,
first, and then, after appropriate discussion, plans
be formulated, cost estimates and drawings ob
tained, and public sentiment determined.
A FTER that first step is taken, it can then be
decided how best it should be financed.
Should it be by public subscription? By bond
issue? By regular city or county revenues?
Where should it be located? Who should
operate it? What revenues could sustain it?
These are important questions, but they will
not become live issues unless and until the first
and basic step is taken that of enough people
who want such an auditorium getting together.
THERE are plenty of people groups as well
as individuals who should be interested.
So, on behalf of the simile lone individual
who finally decided that SOMEone should DO
something, we make this offer:
All those who would like to see such a step
taken, and who would be willing to devote some
time to it, are invited to write to the Auditorium
Editor, Mail Tribune, Medford, and their names
and expressions of interest will be conveyed to
theobrave volunteer. E. A.
of Decisions
well as those of other
I permit taxing units to
unseeingly at the faces
the old man will be sit
his black overcoat. He
"Good morning," and
cold." He always does.
and smile. She always
will surprise me. They
be a priceless day.
will feel sorry for them
that we need a decent
but no one seems willing
in response to a review
of the Hedrick audi
the caller said it was time
and she volunteered. She
De
nnis the
I yn
j"M JUST S0NUA 00 IT TIL HER
Matter of Fact
(ci New York Herald
THE TWO CRISES
London In the Far East,
two crises are now going on
at once. The one in Laos is
getting all the
attention, but
the one on the
Hong Kong
border is ev
ery bit as in
teresting Al
most everyone
has been miss
ing the d a rk
drama, the re-
Aisop any stagger
ing implications of the new
development on the Hong
Kong border. This is because
so few people realize that, on
the Communist side, this nar
row Chinese gateway to the
outer world used to be as
closely guarded as the grim
border of East Germany.
During these last years, a
tiny trickle of persons have
been allowed to leave Com
munist China with official
exit permits. Many thousands
more have fled every montn
at dire risk of their lives. But
almost none of these who fled
came across the land border,
which was far too heavily
policed by the Communists.
The perilous sea route was all
but invariably used.
IN THE last few days, how
ever, all this has changed.
Thousands of refugees are
now pouring across the land
border every day. The close
guard is not on the Commu
nist side of the border any
longer. It is on the Hong Kong
side. The Hong Kong govern
ment fears that half the pop
ulation of southeast China
may pour across the suddenly
opened border, into the al
ready overcrow ded city.
Hence Hong Kong police and
troops have been rounding up
the pitiful refugees and push
ing them back into Commu
nist territory.
Why, then, has this border
been so strangely opened, with
such painful results? There
are only two possible answers
to the question.
The threat of famine in
southeast China may be so
severe and immediate that the
Chinese Communist govern
ment has voluntarily flung
wide the iron gate. If this is
the explanation, the aim is
to pass on to the Hong Kong
government the task of feed
ing the maximum number of
hungry people. But if this is
the explanation, it must be
added, this is the first time
since the October revolution
of 1917 that any Communist
government anywhere on the
face of the earth has ever
taken such a step.
THE other possible explana
tion is even more lurid.
If the border has not been
opened by order, it must then
have been opened as a result
of a collapse of the morale
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
fPHE MEANEST man in New York acknowledged an in-J-
traduction to an eager' young lady, appraised her
shrewdly, and told her, "You look like a million dollars."
Before she could express
her pleasure, however.
he added, "After taxes."
A missionaiy and a very
un-Elsio-llke lion met head
on in an impenetrable
jungle. Flight was out of
the question; the mission
ary sank to his knees and
prayed. To his astonish
ment, the lion did likewise.
"How miraculous." bab
bled the missionary, "to
join you In prayer when
just a moment ago I gave
myself tip for lost!"
"Quiet," ordered the lion
severely. "I'm saying grace."
a
Patrolman Tom ivffee declares that he was within earshot
when a tough vnK hood he whs shadowing save his girl friend
a mink coat. "Ooh, Spikf, It's bee-you-tee-ful." she simpered.
"II must be worth at least five years."
C 1963. by Brnnett Cfrf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Menace
DOLL SETS BUTW.'
By Joseph A I sop
Tribune Syndicate
and discipline of the soldiers
and police who form the Com
munist border guard. There
are reports, buttressing this
second explanation, of the ap
pearance of at least one or
ganized military unit amid
the flood of desperate border
crossers. The official analyses
received in London from
Hong Kong rate the second,
more lurid explanation as be
ing just about as probable as
the first.
Whichever explanation is
correct, there can be no doubt
at all about the basic meaning
of this astonishing develop
ment on the Hong Kong bor
der. Whether the Iron gate
has been opened intentionally,
or whether the gate has fallen
of itself, the new development
means that the internal situa
tion in Communist China is
even more desperate than any
one supposed. The evidence
that this reporter turned up
in Hong Kong some weeks
ago was quite sufficiently
flesh-crawling; but even on
the basis of this evidence, the
early opening or collapse of
the iron gate could never
have been forecast.
The crisis on the border of
course calls for no action by
the U. S. government, where
as the crisis in Laos has al
ready forced the U. S. govern
ment to take a rather drastic
preliminary action. Nonethe
less, the Laos crisis should
clearly be judged, at least in
large part, in the light of the
border crisis and its inescapa
ble meaning.
A YEAR ago, the strongest
argument against a strong
policy in Laos was the calcu
lation by the American Joint
Chiefs of Staff that American
intervention there would
bring Chinese Communist in
tervention on a massive scale.
The lesson of the Hong Kong
border is that the Chinese
Communists dare not inter
vene in Laos if they are still
rational. Or if they are irra
tional and do intervene, the
kind of strain revealed by the
Hong Kong border crisis, in
creased by the heavy strain
of intervention, must lead to
far worse trouble for the Chi
nese Communists than for
anyone else.
Thus the risk of being bold
in Laos has been vastly re
duced by the downward curve
in China. Judging by the
complacency displayed by the
British government, which
has always favored abandon
ing the Laos position, the U.S.
government is not inclined
to be bold iri Laos. Much em
phasis is also being placed
in Washington on the weak
nesses and errors of the anti
Communist Laotians.
These weaknesses are un
doubted, as is the weakness
of the American government,
under both President Eisen
hower and President Kenne-
Stop Me
Frequent
States by
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
As a young nation sensi
tive of its independence anj
national pride, the Republic
of the Pijil-
v. . J ippmes i r e
. I quently has
snown Dursts
of temper
a g a i n st the
United States.
But never
I i nave tne8e
fflJ outbursts been
awuwcu lu
Newsom damage per
manently the peculiar affec
tion existing between the
Philippines and the United
States which gave the Fili
pinos their independence in
1946 and established them as
a showcase of democracy in
Asia.
This is another period of
temper.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
c Field Enterprises Inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
Those who mistakenly com
pare the breeding of people
with the breeding of dogs or
horses should be informed
that the only "pure-bred"
people known to the modern
world, the Tasmanians, are
the only ones who became
wholly extinct.
What a young person
thinks of as "pain" is often
merely the absence of pleas
ure; while what an old per
son thinks of as "pleasure"
is often the absence of pain.
Misfortune, at first, makes
our friends sorry for us - but
if it continues, it makes them
impatient with us, and finally
fearful lest the "disease" be
catching.
To the portentous ques
tion. "How will the next
war end?" the words of
Corneille, written 300 years
ago in "Le Cid," might
prove prophetic: "Et le
combat cessa, faule de com
battanis" - And the battle
ended through lack of com
batants. The liberal accuses the con
servative of "wanting to turn
the clock back," but maybe
the clock should be turned
back in some respects; the
conservative accuses the lib
eral of "wanting to go too far
loo fast," but maybe we
should go faster and farther
in some things; when will
both camps tire of repeating
such meaningless slogans and
start thinking?
Speaking of politics,
while our slogans are as
silly as ever, our attacks
on political personalities
have lost all their spice
and sting; as witness Dis
raeli's comment a century
ago: "If a traveler were
informed that such a man
(Lord John Russell) was
ieader of the House of
Commons, he may well be
gin to comprehend how the
Egyptians worshipped an
insect."
Why is it that the person
who insists on telling us
something for our own good
usually tells it with an ill
concealed air of jubliation
and self-satisfaction?
A bad doctor treats dis
eases, and a good doctor
treats patients.
To have "no opinion" on
an important subject is a
form of slavery-for then we
are easily moved by those
whose opinions are motivated
by their passionate self-interest.
The hardest lesson in
human relations (and in
marital relations) for a
young person to learn was
expressed by William
James, when he advised,
"The art of being wise is
the art of knowing what to
overlook."
A poet who is entirely clear
in his verse might as well
write prose; unless poetry
conveys a profound ambig
uity, on several levels at once,
it is a mere exercise in
jingling rhymes.
The paradox of science is
that while it trains a man
lo think carefully and pre
cisely about his subject, it
also prevents him from
giving much connected
thought to subjects outside
his immediate province.
dy, in tolerating the large
scale invasion of Laos by reg
ular troops of the North Viet
namese Communist army. But
the question in Laos is not
whether Gen. Phoumi Nosa
van is a less amiable fellow
i than Prince Souvanna Phou
' ma, who is so much liked in
j the Foreign Office and in
some quarters in the State
Department.
The question in Laos is
whether it'n wise to hand the
back dr of South Viet Nam
over to the Communists, while
pouring men and munitions
into South Viet Nam through
the front door. One or the
other Ifc'licy makes sense, but
(kit both.
LA
Bursts of Temper at United
Philippines
As result, President Dios-
dado Macapagal canceled a
schedulef visit to the United
States next month and ac
cused the American people
of a lSck of interest in the
"problems of a steadfast ally
in the struggle against inter
national communism."
The source of Filipino in
dignation was congressional
failure a week ago to ap
prove a 73 million appro
priation which was to pay
off the last of the Philippines
damage claims from World
War II.
Especially ranking to Maca
pagal was the congressional
charge that payment of the
damage claims would consti
tute a handout and a "wind
... Communications ...
Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under
certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is perrmssiBle.
The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and
condensation. LcUeri submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the
contrary is often the case.
Leigh Supported
To the Editor: Among the
list of candidates for the of
fice of county sheriff on the
Republican ticket is a man
who has lived in Jackson
county for many years. He re
ceived his education in the
schools of the county contin
uing on at the University of
Oregon. For more than seven
years he served as chief dep
uty in the sheriff's office and
served capably. His young
family is being educated in
our schools.
"De" A. Leigh deserves the
support of the voters in recog
nition of his loyal and excep
tional service as a law en
forcement officer and civic
minded citizen.
Mrs. Una B. Inch,
602 Catherine St.,
Medford.
Regrets
To the Editor: At no time
have I called any member of
the Charter Committee or any
of its local supporters Com
munist. I regret that my Communi
cation was construed by some
as implying that the members
of the Charter Committee are
communists.
No member of the Charter
Committee, or any of its sup
porters, to my knowledge, are
Communists.
H. R. Bulman,
Route 4, Box 316A,
Medford.
A Clarification
To the Editor: This letter is
not for the purpose of adver
tising, but for clarification.
It has come to our attention
that there has been some con
cern about a new business
just opened called the "Cel
lar." There are no intoxicat
ing beverages or cigarettes
sold. Supervision is main
tained. As to our background, I
have lived in Medford seven
years and belong to the Ma
sonic Lodge and Medford Elks
Lodge. My partner, Jesse Tor
res, also lives in Medford
and owns a similar coffee
house with a sterling reputa
tion, in Roseburg.
We feel we have an atmos
phere that all ages can enjoy,
and that we are an asset to
our community.
We invite anyone with any
questions to visit us or call us.
Neil Rayburn,
814 Sherman St.,
Medford.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
As this is written, ' Presi
dent Kennedy has just or
dered 1800 U.S. Marines into
Thailand, where they will
join an Army battle group
of about 1,000 men who are
already there. The Defense
Department says U.S. military
forces will be raised to about
5.000 men. The landing is
being made from a U.S. car
rier task force in the Gulf
of Siam, just off the Thailand
coast.
The dispatches say the
President's order makes it
plain that U.S. forces will
FIGHT if the communists in
LAOS cross the Mekong riv
er, which is the border be
tween Laos and Thailand.
VHY the show of force in
' Thailand now?
The President's order this
morning explains that action
is being taken in order to
enable us to fulfil our obliga
tions under the Manila Pact
of 1954. In addition, it is
understood that at a meeting
of SEATO ( Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization) about a
year ago in Bangkok, capital
of Thailand, the military
leaders of SEATO agreed that
the final last-stand defense
of Southeast Asia must be
made at the Mekong.
President Kennedy directed
this morning that United Na
tions be notified of the ac
tions this country is taking.
Usually Settled
fall to thousands of individ
uals and corporations."
In the years since independ
ence, U.S. aid to the Philip
pines has been as considerable
as the quarrels have been
numerous.
In 1950, President Truman
dispatched Daniel W. Bell to
Manila to check charges that
$2 billion provided by this
country had not been used
wisely.
The Bell report criticizing
corruption in the Philippine
government raised a storm of
indignation.
But it also resulted in Phil
ippine tax and land reforms,
establishment of minimum
wages and continued U.S.
aid.
The United States also
Up For Grabs
To the Editor: In county
government we have a four
million dollar-a-year business,
the offices of which come up
for grabs periodically to any
one who has enough friends
to sign a petition, or enough
money to plaster the fence
posts and car bumpers with
campaign stickers. Nor need
he know too much about the
office for which he is run
ning. .
From observing county
candidates on television I
note that some of them list as
their main qualifications the
facts that they take up space
in Jackson county, are mar
ried and have children. Now
and then a candidate men
tions business or professional
experience that has any con
nection with the office he is
seeking.
This, to me, is a big argu-
ment in favor of selecting
men and women with the best
training and credentials for
the important: jobs of sheriff,
assessor, etc., as the county
charter would permit us to
do. Under the charter we
would vote for the commis
sioners who would be direct
ly responsible to the voters
for selecting well qualified
personnel.
It doesn't make sense to sad
dle the sheriff with the re
sponsibility of collecting tax.
es. The sheriff should be con
cerned principally with law
enforcement. Taxes should be
administered by a finance of
fice as provided by the char
ter under a man whose field
is finance.
' Home rule is the next log
ical step in county govern
ment. State government has
become so big and complex
that the legislature cannav. get
all its own business through
the hopper, let alone act on
all the requests from all the
counties.
Back when the country was
young, people were widely
scattered and not too many
demands were made on local
government. It was all right
then to have the state run our
county business. However
times have changed. Our bur
geoning population with its
demands for zoning, sewage,
multiple water districts, etc.,
needs home rule so that all
our problems do not have to
JENKINS
flUESTION:
Are we writing off Laos
as a bad debt?
A lot of people who are
familiar with the situation in
Southeast Asia think that is
the sensible thing to do. Laos,
they say, is torn by power
struggles among competing
leaders. The PEOPLE of Laos,
they add, have little interest
in the struggle and are not
particularly concerned as to
whether they shall live under
communist rule or otherwise.
All they want is to be left
alone.
On the other hand, these
people say, the Thais are a
competent people who know
what they want. They want
FREEDOM. They interpret
freedom primarily as free
dom from communist domina
tion. They want no part of
communism.
iTHAT seems to be about the
A size of what is happening
this morning.
If the picture we get from
the news today is an accurate
picture, our action appears to
make sense. We are drawing
a, line in the dust and daring
our communist opponents to
cross it. We are interposing
forces between a country that
appears to want no part of
communism and the commu
nists who are seeking to con
trol all of Southeast Asia.
If we have to fight in South
east Asia, we can at least
feel that we are fighting in
a good cause.
aroused FiliDino anger on the
question of U.S. bases in te
Philippines and jurisdiction
over crimes committed by
U. S. servicemen.
These differences simmered
for years until the Philippines a
finally won a greafcr voice
in the use of the bases and
agreed that jurisdiction over
criminal cases should be split
-U.S. jurisdiction if commit
ted on-base, Philippine juris
diction off-base.
In the end, it seems that
the present case will be set
tled as peacefully as the
others. President Eisenhower
favored payment and so does
President Kennedy, who al
ready has taken steps to start
the bill through Congress
again.
wait their turn in the legis
lature. We are now in the space
age and we need something
more than a horse and buggy
government. I respectfully
suggest that we unload our
buggy whip stock and vote
for the county Home Rule
Charter.
Virginia Westerfield,
1090 South Mountain ave.
Ashland, Ore.
Do Your Own Thinking
To the Editor: The existing
laws for solving the problem
of sewage at the county level
are adequate. It is up to the
people and the county offi
cials to use the helps pro
vided. Those people who worked
so hard to have petitions to
go in to the city could have
done a major public service
if the petitions had been pre
sented to the county court in
stead. I knew nothing of my
rights by law, until recently.
No excuse, I know. I felt the
people I had entrusted my
vote to, would do their best.
This annexation will not
solve, but only lead to fur
ther annexation for sewage
facilities. We are going to
have to pay no matter what.
With the other services we
do not need, think what can
be provided to solve this on
the county level' to benefit
more people.
The Medford sewage sys
tem is operating to near ca
pacity. By the city's own re
port a need e.Jsts for a com
plete study of present sewage
needs. How have they plan
ned to solve the problem?
Th same can be done by the
county. The existing laws are
in operation in other parts of
the state. It's up to the peo
ple to see that it works here.
It's up to the county officials
to work for solving this prob
lem. This also means that cit
izens do not need to be wor
ried about sanitation pres
sures. Refer to the county
court.
Be certain to vote, no mat
ter which way you have
formed your opinions. Don't
allow your neighbor to do
your thinking. See you at the
polls!
Olive Fountain,
614 Cherry st.
Medford.
Last Minute Question
To the Editor: It strikes me
as strange that the people who
are opposed to Home Rule
have mentioned in various
pieces of literature several
counties in other states who
have adopted or voted in a
Home Rule type of govern
ment and in these said coun
ties the same people are very
disappointed in their modern
type of government.
My question, Mister Editor,
is: Why can't the people who
are for Home Rule come up
with just one county in the
U.S. where it has proven ef
fective and the majority of
the voters now pleased???
Please submit into the Com
munications column of your
newspaper as soon as possible.
John Koelmcl,
1856 Ross Lane,
Medford
Two Things Certain
To the Editor: Two things
now appear certain concern
ing Home Rule for Jackson
county:
1. There is hardly a person
in this area who does not be
lieve changes are needed in
our county government.
2. The only way we can
achieve improvement is by
voting for the Home Rule
charter, and then each of us
working f.or those changes
which would then be possible.
Those who express opposi
tion to the charter appear to
forget that only under Home
Rule can county government
truly represent the desires of
Jackson county voters.
Mrs. N. R. Etzel,
Route 1, Box 140,
Eagle Point, Ore.
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