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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files ot The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30. 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 1, 1952 (Sunday)
More than an eighth of an
inch of rain fell at the Med
ford weather bureau late yes
terday and last night; unsea
sonable weather was general
throughout the valley.
A Torrance, Calif., couple
died instantly in a traffic ac
cident north of Central Point
late yesterday.
20 YEARS AGO
June 1. 1942 (Monday)
Robert Newland, former
Medford High school star ath
lete and member of Univer
sity of OrcKon track and bas
ketball teams, enlists in Ma
rine Corps.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pol" column: "The
senior class of Old Medford
wore handed their sheepskins
Thursday evening and turned
out on a cruel, cold world,
now in a record slate of mossi
ness." 30-YEARS AGO
June 1, 1932 (Wednesday)
Early morning earthquake
shakes Medford; quake be
lieved to center near Eureka,
Calif., where one person was
killed and three injured.
Meeting of Medford jobless
scheduled; unemployed men
and their wives to discuss re
lief measures.
40 YEARS AGO
June 1, 1922 (Thursday)
Ex trnlner for Jack Demp
scy arrives here tr, establish
TvledforH Athletic club- tn set
nn nnnn nlr itvmnn li i rri fnt '
amateur boxing,
Local weather bureau re
ports last three days of May
were hottest in years here;
temperatures of 91, aa and 07
recorded.
50 yearsTgo
June 1, 1912 (Friday)
Four men killed, four oth
ers Injured In explosion at
Jacksonville quarry; powder
man smoking cigarette blam
ed for accident.
Southern Pacific railroad
announces plans to send first
refrigerated car to Rogue
valley; car to carry local eggs,
butter and other perishable
products on fast run to Port
land Wtal's Your I.Q.7
Nine er fen correct it superior;
seven or right Is iiceltint; live or
sii is good.
1. That branch of zoology
which treats birds is known
as what'.'
2. What do these havp In
common: sucrose, glucose,
frutosc, maltose and lactose?
3, In what unit of mrasurc
'men! does the Weather Bu
reau measure rainfalP
4. Is the Sue. Canal a sea
level or lock canal?
0. Is the Tropic of Capri
corn north, or south of the
equator?
6. How many legs do house
centipedes have'
7. Complete this proverb:
"Beware the - of a patient
man."
ft. In the United Slates,
what small animal is known
as a ground hog?
9. In what country did Sis
ter Kenny, who developed
treatment for polio, make her
home?
10. What, aie "captive" coal
mines?
Answers!
1, Ornithology. 2. They are
11 tugari. 3. Inches. 4. Sea
level. S. South. . Fifteen
pairs. 7. Fury. 8. Woodchuck.
9. Australia. 10. Mines owned
by steel companies. ,.
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1962
"Sport of
R. F. Cook of Silverton, who has run for of
fice many times without success, addressed a lit
the valedictory letter to the Oregon Statesman
the other day, and in it coined a lovely phrase.
He said:
"I fell flat in my recent campaign, and announced that
I am terminating participation in the sport of lunatics."
Now politics may or may not be the spoil of
lunatics, but it helps if one has a lively sense of
humor, and an ability to laugh at (a) one's self
and (b) the ridiculous. Mr. Cook, who is one of
the nicest men you could wish to meet, has both.
A FTER announcing his withdrawal from poli-
tics, Mr. Cook continued:
"At once all my three friends called to protest. They
slated that my influence is needed, and that I should con
tinue to propound frankly and fearlessly the principles so
much needed today ...
"I then asked my tormentors if they had voted for me.
In each case the answer was, 'Well no, I voted for X be
cause I thought he had a better chance of winning." This
almost rates a 'rye' grin."
Mr. Cook, who is an unabashed Goldwater
man, probably realizes by now that he hasn't ever
had much of a chance against less conservative
and better-known candidates. But we like his
spirit and humor as much as we deplore his politi
cal philosophy.
f"REG0N, as a matter of fact, makes the "sport
of lunatics" a difficult one. It is terribly de
manding of candidates, not least in the long and
arduous campaigns which it forces them to wage.
The primary election
dle of May. The general election doesn't occur
until early in November. Thus any serious candi
date must, first, campaign for nomination in the
spring, and then make every effort to keep his
name favorably before the voting public for near
ly six long and weary months. It's' a punishment
no one should be made to endure.
Not only is it fantastically expensive (and be
coming more so), it is
boring. In the case 01
year terms, nearly 25 per
paign time, when the
trate more on pleasing the
job.
IT has been proposed that Oregon do something
about this by moving the primary election
closer to the general election probably some
time in September.
It has also been proposed that two-year terms
(for representatives in both the Congress and the
state legislature) be lengthened to four years.
We favor the former, believing it to be a real
istic and helpful suggestion. As to the longer
term, we have some reservations about it. It also
would probably be more difficult to accomplish.
But voters should seriously consider cloinp-
what is possible to make the "sport of lunatics"
a bit easier on the participants. If this is done,
we are much more apt to have a wider choice of
candidates, and this in itself is an encouragement
toward good government. E. A.
Oregon Oil Exploration
Back in the 1920s, on a hill which was then
south of Eugene (it is now part of the city and
thickly covered with homes), there stood an "oil
well."
It never produced a drop of oil, although
there was some talk at the time that it produced
a rather substantial return to its promoters in the
form of stock sales.
Rut, oil or no, it was a rather romantic object
in the eyes of the very young, who saw in it a
symbol of the unknown and mysterious, which
might some day produce sudden wealth for the
community by coming in a gusher.
TMIE old wooden rig and the dry hole remained
there for many years, symbols of vague mys
tery and of failure. Oil has yet to be found in
Oregon in commercial quantities.
But it may be, yet. Oil rights on thousands of
acres in the Willamette valley have recently been
purchased by major oil companies, and drilling
lias started in several locations. Thousands of
acres of off-shore area have been similarly ob
tained for oil prospecting.
The current interest
cording to the Albany
is right in the middle of the present activity, is
stimulated by progress in oil detection and re
covery methods, by plans
deeper than those drilled
cent geological studies
ol oil lields beneath the
"THE Albany paper also
no oil is discovered, the exploration, con
ducted chiefly by big companies which can afford
the high costs of wildcatting, will provide a fi
nancial boon to the areas under exploration.
First there is remuneration to the owners of
the land under lease. Secondly there are payrolls,
which will stimulate the local economy. Thirdly
some materials and equipment will be purchased
locally.
Oil exploration is a highly expensive ami
chancy business. It may come to nothing, despite
shale outcroppings and other indications that it
may be found. Even if the search fails, however,
the state will reap some benefits. E. A.
Lunatics
comes iust after the mid
also bone-wearying and
onices which have two-
cent of the time is "cam
candidate must concen
voters than on doing a
in oil speculation, ac
Democrat - Herald, which
for wells considerably
in the past, and bv re
indicating the possibility
Willamette valley.
points out that, even if
"Well, Orville, Something Good Seem To Be
Coming Out Of All That Fertilizer Anyhow"
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paper; In tact the contrary is ofton the case.
A Contrast
To the Editor: Last week
our son and his family visited
in the fair city of Medford,
coming from southern Cali
fornia for a week's outing.
They enjoyed the change of
climate and the change of
scene from palm trees to pine;
also the scenic beauties of
southern Oregon, the fishing,
etc But there was a "fly in
the ointment," which caused
them to carry away a bad im
pression of Oregon's tourist
accommodations. I hope they
vill not judge all of southern
Oregon's motels by the par
ticular motel where they
stayed.
First let me describe the
reception they received at one
of California's camps. The
price was $3 per night, or a
week for the price of five
nights, which is customary
there. The cabin contained
two double beds with plenty
of bedding; kitchen facilities,
with dishes and tableware;
and T.V. It was located near
the ocean with a marvelous
view.
It was late when they
reached southern Oregon so
they decided upon a cabin at
a motel near Medford. The
sign said $:i,50 per night;
kitchen facilities. They
planned to stay for a week,
so of course expected to get
the cabin for $17.50, but were
informed the price would be
$20 without sheets, or $25
with sheets. There were two
double beds. Ojir son told the
landlady he could buy the
sheets for the difference in
price, so after paying $20 for
the cabin, he hied away to
Mom's house to borrow some
bedding. When he returned
to the cabin the beds had
been completely stripped, not
even a pillow left, and more
over, not a towel or wash
cloth was in evidence.
The kitchen facilities con
sisted of a stove and refrigera
tor. Very few dishes, no table
ware and not even a coffee
pot! Needless to say, the cabin
was without television.
When they left the cabin
the next day, they left the
heat turned on low. so the
cabin would be warm for the
three little girls upon their
return. But the family came
back to a cold room, for the
heat was off. For three days
the same thing happened and
on the fourth day the landlady
appeared and informed them
that she had been turning off
the heat, and that they were
to leave it off in their ab
sence. Well, they managed to stay
for a week, but it was not
"home, sweet home!"
Mrs. Hazel Nelson,
Route 4, Box 399-E,
Medford
Social Security
To the Editor: With deep ap
preciation to the A.M. A. for
their analysis of the King-Anderson
Bill, many ot us won
der why they have become so
bold as to picket the project.
Not one member can possi
bly doubt, that at one time in
our history, social security
was a complete success.
From origin, F D R. knew
that S.S. would be good but
didn't know just how jood.
With a few minor changes
under Truman, the movement
began to assert itself, and in
the later years of Truman ad
ministration, the S S. move
ment became successful be
yond previous expectations,
also self sustaining.
Along came Ike. Not wish
ing to admit successes by
F D R. and 11 S T . he took so
cial security and kicked it
around like a political foot
ball, then cheapened It, until
at present it is no longer a
working man's hope.
It is. however, a highly prof
itable deal for those who
merely purchase It. And it's
far cheaper.
man
For example, one
MEDFORD MAIL
i
name end address of the writer,
works hard from age 30 to 55,
making full Social Security
contributions, then glows
down to a part-time job until
65. He Is not then eligible for
full benefits because his rat
ing is based only on the last
10 years.
Another man does no work
at all from 30 to 55, then gets
a little work, makes a few
contributions. At 62, his rich
cousin puts him to work for
$5,000 per year for three
years. He then becomes elig
ible for full benefits, although
he's actually paid only about
one-third as much as the other
man, and worked only one
eighth as long.
That's what Ike has done
to Social Security.
Mr. Kennedy's job In push
ing the King-Anderson bill is
to give immediate aid to a few
deserving people, even if he
has to include a larger num
ber of the undeserving. As a
preacher would say it; "If you
save one soul, it's worth it."
Kennedy's next move is to
revamp the S.S. program and
return justice to it.
After all, when a new chief
take's over, after eight years
of degradation an devasta
tion, his first duty is to care
for the sick and wounded. Sec
ondly, he starts the mop up
campaign.
Would appreciate comments
from any members of the
A.M. A.
Warren E. Wood,
P.O. Box 102,
Shady Cove, Ore.
An Invitation
To the Editor: May we take
this opportunity to send out
a special invitation to all val
ley residents, especially to
those that are not attending
any church regularly, to visit
our Free Will Baptist Church
at 3310 North Pacific high
way, Medford, Ore.
We have having our grand
opening June 3. Everyone is
invited, In fact we need the
support, in attendance, of any
or all valley residents that
would like to come and, I
feel, all will feel well fed
with the word of our Lord
and be so glad you came.
We ask the prayer of all
praying people, that we may
be able to carry out the work
we feel has been laid on our
shoulders to do for our Lord,
and that we will always do
it in His will. '
Mrs. E. C. Arnold,
534 South Fourth at.,
Central Point, Ore.
A Story
To the Editor: It is being
said that mental illness is our
No. 1 ailment now.
If there are so many as all
that, who is to say whether it
is one or the other one, that
needs aid?
I am reminded of a tale 1
used to hear an old man tell:
There were two families in
this particular neighborhood.
There was in each family one
that was not exactly right.
One day these two fellows
while hunting met on what
they called ttie Ridge.
When one of them reached
home he said "1 met that fool
Sam, on the Ridge today and
he just stood and looked at
me"
"And what did you do?" he
was asked.
"Well. I just looked back
at him!"
Mary E. Atkins,
1634 Orchard Home dr.,
Medford.
FIND ANCIENT VILLAGE
Quimper, Frame iliri) -Scientists
here claimed today
they have excavated a village
covered by the sea 2.500 years
before the birth of Christ.
Tile scientists said measure
ments of the radioactivity of
wood fragments in the area
near here showed that a vil
lage stood on the spot some
6.000 years ago.
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Northeast
Built Road, Agricultural Improvements
By PHIL NEWSOM'
UP1 Foreign News Analyst
Bangkok, Thailand-The lit
tle village of Nong Thong
lies on either side of Freedom
H i g hway in
I northeast
f i 4 I Thalia n d,
U'ftt I abu'lurri''e8
U U1I1 w u c i c
the American
lin Battle
uroup is sia-
I tioned. Lam
Keow is a
i a i in er wriu
Newsons lives in the
village with his wife and
two children and several rela
tives. Lam Keow is a wispy man
in his mid-thirties who is im
portant In this story for a
number of reasons. He is
among the 70 per cent of
Thailanders who can read. He
lives in the northeast, which
is a particular target area for
communism.
He lives on Freedom Road,
into which the United States
has put about $20 million,
and he is now having an op
portunity to observe Ameri
cans close up.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
lo Field Enterprises Inc.
When Freud was once ask
ed what he thought was the
final definition of "being
nor mal," he
replied that it
cons isted in
the ability "to
work and to
1 o v e." The
great pre
ponderance of
our creative
films
"' Barns and novels -deals
with the aspect of lov
ing, Usually in a shallow or
mutilated form. But relative
ly little fiction deals with
aspects of working.
In most novels, films and
plays, the protagonists scarce
ly seem to work at all. They
are economically sustained by
some vague mystical activity
that is rarely mentioned,
much less considered as an
essential part of their lives.
The kind of work man
does, the pleasure he gets
from it, the problems 11
creates, the trails it encour
ages or represses-ihese are
all ignored In fictional
studies of personal and so
cial relations.
A few books such as Har
vey Swados' "On the Line")
have tried to deal with
men's occupations as an in
tegral part of their lives,
but they are usually so
specialized that we gain
little insight from them, A
book about a doctor, or an
Army general, or an artist,
does not aid the generality
of men in understanding
the role of work in their
own lives.
We have had non-fictional
studies like "The Organ
isation Man," which tried
to delineate the profile of
a new kind of worker in
our society - but creative
writers, on the whole, have
concentrated on the love of
relationships of their char
acters rather than on the
work patterns.
Each generation, and each
culture, develops its own spe
cific attitudes toward love
and these, I am convinced,
are intimately bound up with
the culture's attitude toward
work. For if certain gratifica
tions are lacking in work,
then one tries to substitute
for them certain gratifications
in love.
Unhappiness in jobs, what
the sociologists call "aliena
tion" from one's work, tends
to make people more promis
cuous, more pleasure-seeking.
more prone to equate love
with sex and to treat it as a
commodity.
The satisfaction that an old
fashioned craftsman received
from doin his job well, and
feeling it was necessary to
the social order, carried over
to his family life; and a large
part of the stability of mar
riages in the past, I am sure,
sprang from the husband's
sense of worth in his occupa
tion. The way men earn their
livings, the needs and drives
to maintain their status in a
shifting society, deeply influ
ence their attitudes toward
women, both as love-objects
and as human beings. Our fic
tion will remain two-dimensional
as long as it continues
to slight this area of modern
life.
Liberace To Resume
Tour on Tuesday
Hollywood - ITI' - Pianist
Liberace, who returned here
for treatment of a wrist in
jury Thursday, said he will
resume his concert tour in
jTacoma Tuesday.
4
Thailand
On this day he had two
sets of callers.
One was a group of inter
national revenuers who were
on a periodic check up against
the manufacture of illegal
liquor or - opium, outlawed
about three years ago.
Lam Keow was given a
Matter of Fact By Joseph AUop
te) New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
THE WHIPSAW
Washington - The severe
stock market shocks
of this week are still causing
less alarm in
the govern
ment commu
nity than in
the business
c o m m unity.
Yet a note of
doubt is be
ginning to be
detectable in
Aisnp tne repeated
assertations that all will yet
be well.
Accordingly, the best and
wisest government measures
to stimulate renewed econom
ic expansion are again a live
ly topic-though as yet a topic
being discussed conditionally,
on an if-as-and-when basis as
it were. But in the Kennedy
administration's discussions of
this perennial topic, there is
a new and painful element.
This new element may be
described as the whipsaw,
which is created by this
country's persistent though
diminished difficulties with
its world balance of pay
ments. In President Eisenhow
er's last year in office, the
gold drain caused by an un
favorable balance of pay
ments was far worse than it
is today. But the whipsaw
bothered nobody then, be
cause none of the key leaders
of the Eisenhower administra
tion wished to apply govern
mental stimuli to the econ
omy. rrtHE Kennedy
administra
tion, in contrast, believes
in using the full power of the
government to promote eco
nomic growth, if this becomes
necessary. But the President
and all the leading men
around him also believe that
it is vital to maintain the
soundness of the dollar on the
world market. And right here,
the whipsaw is encountered.
The administration is whip
sawed, in an almost literal
sense, because most of the
classic measures for stimula
ting the home economy and
promoting growth will also
tend to undermine the world
money market's confidence in
the dollar. And by the same
token, the classic methods of
strengthening the dollar and
rebuilding the diminished
gold reserves will also rather
rapidly deflate the domestic
economy.
The question that is being
asked, therefore, is whether
the whipsaw is as unavoidable
as it seems on the surface.
This questioning is a new
feature.
T AST fall, for instance, the
" President's Council of Eco
nomic Advisors favored a
"moderate" stimulating un -balance
of the budget, on the
order of two to three billion
dollars. Chairman William
McChesney Martin of the
Federal Reserve Board then
argued that a balanced budget
would encourage foreign con
fidence in the dollar. In the
end, even the Chairman of
the Economic Advisory Coun
cil, Walter Heller, was won
over to the wisdom of a
balanced budget.
In other words, the con
servative view of the prob
lem was then taken, at least
by implication. Today, how
ever, its complete truth is
beginning to be doubled. The
need to avoid the cheap
money policy of the Roose
velt and the early Truman
years is stilt universally ad
mitted. Cheap money, it is
generally agreed, will auto
matically weaken the dollar
in a dangerous way.
But even in the conserva
tive Treasury. It is no longer
doctrine that a properly man
aged budget deficit at home
must automatically weaken
the dollar on the markets
abroad. Instead, the argument
is beginning to be heard that
a deficit can promote better
business at home without
weakening the dollar abroad,
as long as this domestic
growth promotion is not ac
companied by inflation.
riMtE text most quoted
to1
prove the point is a short'
but formidable study called
"Cenlral Governments: Cah
Deficit Suprluses," prepared
under the direction of Prof.
Otto Eckstein by a Harvard
graduate student, Andrew H.
Gantt II. and published by the
Brookings Institution. This
study seeks to cut through
the statistical undergrowth of
differences in American. Ger
man, French, and British
budgetary practices, and thus
to show the true budget sur-
Benefits From U.S.
clean slate by the revenuers
and then received this visitor.
Lam Keow was asked if he
knew about communism. He
said no. What did he think
about American troops in
Thailand? He thought it was
a good idea because he had
read that the Thai border
was threatened and Ameri-
pluses or deficits of these four
countries for the years 1950
1059. Gantt's unexpected results
show that the U. S. had fewer
true budget deficits, as well
as smaller budget deficits in
relation to the gross national
product, than any of the other
three Western allies. France
was actually rather heavily
in deficit throughout these
ten years, including the first
years of the highly successful
de Gaulle hard money policy.
The figures for Germany, the
other successful hard money
practitioner, cover only the
years 1955-1959; but in these
years Germany also turned in
a worse performance than the
United States. The perform
ance of the United Kingdom
in the ten-year period was
substantially worse.
The students of the Gantt
computations have included
the President himself-which
suggests what measures may
be taken if the fall of the
stock market presages a ser
ious economic downturn.
Busy Month Seen
For Planners;
Hearings Slated
June will be a busy month
for the Jackson County Plan
ning commission, with a regu
lar meeting on June 13. and
two public hearings on June
20 and June 27.
The regular monthly meet
ing to be held in the Court
House Annex on June 13 will,
in addition to routine busi
ness, be devoted to discussion
of the HHFA Program for de
velopment of the Bear Creek
Urban Region. This is a co
operative program Involving
the planning commissions of
the city of Medford, city of
Ashland, the County Planning
Commission and the smaller
cities on the valley floor, un
der the direction of George
Brenner, of the Bureau of
Municipal Research and Ser
vice of the University of Ore
gon. This will culminate in a
transportation study by the
State Highway Department
and a comprehensive plan for
development of the Bear
Creek area.
The public hearing to be
held on June 20 will be with
the people of the presently
zoned area of Southwest Phoe
nix, to discu with them the
continuation of zoning in the
area. This meeting will be
held in the Phoenix Commun
ity hall at 8 p.m. on June 20.
The public hearing to be
held on June 27 will be with
the people of the presently
zoned area of North Central
Point, also to discuss the con
tinuation of zoning in that
area. This meeting will be
held in the Crater High school
gym at 8 p.m. on June 27.
The public is Invited to at
tend any or all of these meet
ings, but meeting discussion
in Southwest Phoenix and
North Central Point will be
limited to residents of these
zoning areas.
C. O- Lovejoy,
President
Jackson County
Planning Commission.
Try and
By BENNETT CERF-
LYNN FARNOL was invited to spend a weekend with a
friend in the Scottish Highlands. The host was consid
ered very frugal, even by his neighbors, and Farnol soon
began to feel very hun
gry indeed.
On the second morning
of his stay, as he ap
peared in the dining
room, his host called out
cheerily from the kit
chen, "Lynn, my lad!
And how would you like
your egg for breakfast
this misty morning?"
Farnol answered gTimly,
"With another egg, if you
please,"
"Why." Antie Deutsch
was asked, "did you send
that brand new pressure cooker to the rummage sale?"
"It may look like a pressure cooker to you." explained Deutsch,
"but in the har:ds of my wife, it's a secret weapon. Last Wed
nesday she stint a pot roast into outer space."
The aiisbouIs Lumber Company has achieved noteworthy re
sults with this offbeat collection letter to delinquent accounts:
"It has been said that a man who equeeses a dollar never squeezes
his wife. In looking over your account, it has occurred to us that
your wife is not getting the attention she deserves."
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cans were there to protect
him and his family.
Had the Freedom Highway
made things better for him?
Yes.
These answers were signif
icant because they confirmed
what this correspondent had
noted and what a longtime
American resident here also
said: "Thailanders like the
United States and Ameri
cans." By the end of this year
the United States will have
poured more than $300 mil
lion into Thailand.
Climate and terrain in this
area are generally unsuited
to rice and before construe
tion of the highway there was
no way to get the crops to
the Bangkok market.
Freedom Road has brought
new prosperity and the intro
duction of the highly success
ful Guatamalan corn has giv
en the area a new crop which
now ranks third among Thai
land s exports.
Now underground water
deposits and irrigation proj
ects are planned in a deter
mined effort to lift living
standards and halt the ad
mitted Communist inroads.
In the Day's News
Sy FRANK JENKINS
This is written on Memorial
Day.
Memorial Day is dedicated
to the memory of the tragic
War between the States. The
most tragic of its memories
is this:
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN.
VUHEN the tragic War be
" tween the States finally
came to Its end, the nation
counted up its losses. They
were terrible.
Nearly 520,000 men had
been killed in action, or had
died as a result of wounds,
disease or starvation. The
United States has not had
such a high death toll in any
war before or since-despite
the fact that it has gone
through two World Wars.
The money cost of the War
between the States was some
what more than five billion
dollars. In these days, that
seems like a trifling sum. We
toss away five billion dollars
with hardly a thought.
As a matter of fact, the
annual interest bill on our
national debt-a debt which
should never have been per
mitted to reach the figure at
which it now stands-is TEN
billion dollars, twice the total
dollar cost of the War be
tween the States.
But 100 years ago five bil
lion dollars was an immense
treasure. It was wasted in
the waging of a war that
shouldn't have been.
rpHERE are so many things
that shouldn't have been.
The financial crash of the
past few days, for instance.
IT SHOULDN'T have been.
It wouldn't have been if
we had been wiser. It came
about because too many peo
ple were seeking to get rich
TOO QUICK.
When too many people try
to get rich too quick, trouble
follows. We learned that les
son back in 1929.
On this Memorial Day,
which is dedicated to the
memory of the tragic conse
quences of the War between
the States, might it not be
an excellent idea if we de
voted a little less time to the
r.ornul pleasures of a day
when we don't have to go to
work and a little MORE
TIME to serious reflection on
what happens when people do
things that SHOULDN'T BE
DONE?
If we did that, it might be
possible to avoid doing some
of these terribly unsound and
unwise things that shouldn't
have been done.
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