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MedfordWtribuni w'Ew"rynncin "Southern OrcRon Roa.K The Mail Tribune" published" Daily except "Snturday by MEDKOltD PRINTING CO S3 North HrSt Ph.77it-t141l " ROHHRT W RITIIL. Editor HERB GREY Advertlhinff Manager GERALD 1 LATHAM. Dui. Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR . MnK Editor FARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. TilcR. Editor RICHARD JKWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER. Woinen'B Editor DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Mcdtord. OrcRon, under Act ol March 3. I:7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Daily and Sunday 1 year $LV00 Daily and Sunday fi nioi 8 no Dailv and Sunday 3 moi 4.25 Sundav Only One year $4.20 Bv Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. 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Portland, Denver 0i NtWSPAPtR BLIS H E RS SOCIATION TORI AL A Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files ol The Mail Tribuno 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 3. 1952 (Thursday) President Truman signs ap propriation bill which in eludes S700.000 for rehabili lalion of Savage Rapids dam on the Rogue river Construction of the new terminal building at the Med ford municipal airport to be gin July 14. 20 YEARS AGO July 3, 1942 (Friday) Safeway's "store of tomor row" at Main st. and Oakdale ave. schedules its grand open ing. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "An of ficer in the Women's Army says 'applicants better forget about flirting as this is war.' To stop this nonsense is going to be a job. Blinders will have to be put on cither the lady soldiers or the men, and jusl to be sure, all of (hem." 30 YEARS AGO July 3, 1932 (Sunday) Army worms attack the Ap plegate district. Many people report to po lice that groceries they left in their cars have been stolen. 40 YEARS AGO July 3, 1922 (Monday) From "Local and Personal" column: "They says step-cut piston rings have been re duced to 25 cents each at Busy Corner Motor Co." From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Put" column: "James Midttletan Cox will attend a social function of the King of England while abroad, and ap pear in short panls. The way lie uilked in 1112(1 he was wear ing them then." SO YEARS AGO July 3, 1912 (Wednesday) Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr. manages to get a $1(10,01)1) gov. eminent appropriation for im provement of Crater Lake park. What's Your I.Q.7 Nine or len correct Is superior; seven or eight it excellent; five or six is good. 1. All I' S senate commit fees have one iimir member from the majority party than from the minority party, true or false'' 2. If the wind is blowing loward the north, which way does the arrow ol the weather VHne point'' 11. What live states border on the Gulf of .Mexico' 4. What do oil men mean by a "wildcat well"? 5. Is bas-relirf sculpture that where the figures are raised or sunken on the flat surface'' B. What four letters of the Kllglish alphabet look the same forward, backward and upside down'' 7. What three duplicated surnames are in the list of presidents of the U S.'.' 8. On the Lincoln pennv. what kind of necktie is Abra ham Lincoln wealing'' S. Name Hie river boun dary between L' S and Mex ico.' 10. The name of whicn month of the year has the most letters in It" Answers: 1.. Falsa, (Select committees hav n quai j number ol each.) 2. South. 3. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida. 4. On in area not known to be pro ductive. S. Raised. (. H, I, O and X, 7. Adami. Harrison, Roosevelt. 8. Bow lit, 9. Rio Grande. 10. September. LA uiTinNil (01 TUESDAY, JULY 3. 1962 For Time The people of Oregon will vote on Daylight Saving Time once again this fall. The measure, which was referred by the leg islature, is in the form of a law which would put the entire state on Daylight time during the sum mer months in future years. If it passes, the state will once again be all on the same time standard ; if it fails, the present law will continue in effect and, unless the 1963 legislature does something about it, the same time confusion will continue. Two initiative measures which would have outlawed Daylight time failed to get enough signatures to be on the ballot. TE HAVE often reiterated our view, to the " effect that we don't er we re on DST or PST, so long as it is uniform throughout the state. The only way to achieve uniformity, as things stand, is to pass the Daylight Time proposal in the fall. This also would bring Oregon into step with the other Pacific coast states, much to the relief of travelers and those who do interstate business, both on the coast and to the east. Hertford's time has been blessedly uncon- fused this summer, in sharp contrast to last sum mer, but the state has been a hodgenode of dif fering times, to the vast concerned, and in some there have been three all at once. IT MUST be confusing and exasperating to the thousands of tourists who have crossed our borders this summer, to have the clocks jumping around without reason. We suspect that many of them think Oregon ians must be crazy to allow such a situation to develop. It wasn't the people who were crazy: it was the legislature, which passed the bill to allow part of the state to observe Daylight time (and, of course, many local pressure groups, which persuaded various localities outside the DST area to observe fast time). The legislature and the governor (who didn't veto the bill) excused themselves by saying there was no way of foreseeing what would happen. TVtAYBE so. But if they had read the Mail Trib une editorial coiumn for April 16, 1961, when the bill was being debated, they could have got ten a hint. It said : DON'T DO IT. FHIENDS1II Honestly now, legislative friends!! What will it be like if Portland decides to go on daylight saving time, Salem stays on regular time, Eugene goes DST, and Medford stays standard? That, or something close to it, will be the result if you give final passage to that utterly asinine bill to permit "local option" in setting the lime of day. Holy mackerel it was to get away from this very sort of confusion that the railroads finally got to gether some 75 or so years ago and set up standard time In the first place. Don't, friends, be suckercd In by a few Portland big-shots who don't give a hang about the rest of the state, jus! so long as they can go along with Washing ton and California. Don't forget that the people of Oregon last fall turned down a chance for DST throughout the state. Personally, we don't much care whether the state state stays standard or goes DST. But whichever it is, it ought to be all together on it. In short, legislative friends, don't make utter fools of yourselves just to please the Oregonian and a few others. Don't do it! MOW, having said "we told you so" as pointed A " ly as possible, we suggest that it is time for Oregon voters to begin considering seriously how they will vote. Two points stand out: 1. The only way statewide uniformity can be obtained, as things stand, is to vote for DST. 2. The only way uniformity with Washing ton and California can be obtained is to vote for DST. Those two reasons alone are sufficiently im pelling to cause us to vole for Daylight time this November. 13. A. The People In addition to the DST measure, the legisla ture referred six other measures to a vote of the people in November. Most of them are "housekeeping" type meas ures, of not substantive importance, although one or two of them will generate some heat. Also, there will be at least two, and perhaps three, initiative measures on the ballot, for a total of either nine or ten. Might initiatives failed to get enough signatures. Nine or ten measures, in addition to all the candidates, makes for a long ballot. But this fall's will be fairly brief, compared to the time not too many years ago when a grand total of 18 meas ures was on the ballot. QliKC.OXlANS, who pioneered the initiative v ami referendum, have always insisted on a greater measure of "pure democracy" in their .v.,,..,,,,,,.,,,. !,.,., ; ..;.. .....VL- ,.,.,. .,).,., Tl,., people, themselves, have share of the legislating. It makes for unwieldy loim-delaved decisions, trations on the part of legislators'and administra tors who are faced with immediate problems. It also poses a considerable task for consci entious voters, in informing themselves on the issues. But, apparently, Oregonians wouldn't have it flnv other way. 13. A. Unformtty particularly care wheth confusion of everyone cities, such as bugene, different kinds of time Legislate always done a good government, often for and sometimes for frus "It's OK, Boy Industrials Just Went Up!' I M 1 IS 111 ji If Matter of Fact (o New York Herald THE TAX DEBATE Washington The debate about U. S. tax policy gets brisker by the hour. It has even united Walter Reuth er of the CIO and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce in a highly un likely p a r t nership. Both want immedi ate tax cuts ,iinp of upwards of $10 billion. More important, same debate is also going on, albeit in a lower key, among the economic policymakers of the Kennedy administration. Certain concrete results have already been produced, which are well worth reporting. To begin with, the adminis tration is decidedly less re luctant to ask for immediate tax reductions to stimulate the economy. The change is subtle, since Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon stat ed quite flatly that he saw no need for tax cuts now. But it is a real change nonetheless. The new line is that the administration must wait and see what the next economic indicators look like. The sta tistics on the performance of the economy in the second quarter of the business year, if they are discouraging, may be enough to crystallize a de cision to ask for tax cuts. Or if the figures on the second quarter are merely neutral, such a decision may be taken if the employment picture in July looks unsatisfactory. 'P11E odds would fairly hcav A ily favor an immediate re quest for tax cuts, if the Pres ident and his advisors did not regard such a request as their anti-recession weapon, and were not also convinced that this weapon can only be used once. And despite mcse opin ions, the odds on early tax cutting action are at least 50 5(1. If an immediate tax cut is requested, it will almost cer tainly be limited in time, ex tending from June 30 of this year to June 30 of next year, for instance. By this device, the economy will get Its shot in the arm, yet the President will avoid having to ram a tax increase through Congress if a return to the old rates later seems desirable. By this device, too, the President will conserve the promise of per manent tax cuts, as a lever to push through a program of tax reform. - Yet the area of tax reform is precisely the area where the greatest shift in trends of thought has taken place within the administration. There Is probably a connec tion here with the President's new habit of seeking advice 'about his relations with the ; business community from I leading members of that com j nniniiy. I ... SINC'K the steel crisis and the slock market panic, he has called to the White : House for consultation both Robert A Lovett. of Brown i Brothers Ilai riman, and the j former chairman of the Chase i National Bank, John J. Me CMoy. The President has also been in correspondence with j the present head of the Chase ! bank. David Rockefeller. The circle of consultation is to be ; widened, too. The President's interest in restoring business confidence, , betokened by these consulta tions, must certainly nii''ate ! against the root-and-branch ",r,VV;Tv.Kori ! 'formerly had in mind. An.t;-; rr adverse r.i,-t,r. and per-' "'P a more powerful factor. . Ihe reassessment of the ' Congressional outlook that : has also been in progress. The tip off, here, was a re cent meeting between the 1 President and Sen. Hnln-rt Kerr ol Oklahoma, w ho is now the most influential sin t gle member of I h e upper chamber. Since Senator Kerr may atso be dcrgyrihccl as Mr. Oil-and-Gas - Depletion Al j lowiince, he had been much 'upset bp reports that a pro- MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON By Joseph A I sop Tribuna Syndicate gram of root-and-branch re form was under active study, as indeed it was. rtHE meeting with the Presi- - dent was reportedly satis factory to the Oklahoma Sen ator. And now the word in the administration is that any tax reform program will have to be put through with Kerr's help, rather than over his dead body. The oil and gas depletion allowance has become the grand symbolic tax loophole, disapproved (as well as en vied) by just about everyone but the oil industry. If this allowance is not to be altered in ways unacceptable to Sen ator Kerr, the change will be moderate, to put it mildly. Be cause of the symbolic charac ter of the depletion allow ance, in turn, a failure to take drastic action against it will effectively forbid drastic ac tion against any other loop holes. Elimination of the tax ex emption on all kinds of in terest on loans, an attack on the tax-free status of state and municipal bonds, and the oth er strong measures which were being considered, have thus become very unlikely indeed. Moderation is the key note, all along the line . In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In Washington the senate, "turning back a Republican economy push," passes and rushes to the White House a bill "temporarily" raising the national debt limit to a rec ord 308 billion dollars. The house had already passed the bill increasing the limit, and the President of course signed it. A GOP move to cut the administration request for more leeway in the debt limit by two billion dollars (mak ing the limit $308 billion in stead of $308 billion) was re jected in the senate by a vole of 52 to 37. 11 was only a political ges ture aSiyway. It makes little difference whether the debt limit is increased by eight billion dollars or by only six billion dollars. As a matter of fact, the debt "ceiling" is a joke. If we owe it, we OWE IT and will have to pay it-in one way or an other. The big thing is to quit spending It and putting it on the cuff. cm wins J ILL, who broke his leg In a fall in bis hotel room in Monte Carlo, is flown back to London The dispatches re poit that he appears to be on another of the amazing recoveries that have marked a long history of illnesses and injuries. His color Is described as "back to its ruddy pinkness." He was intensely curious about all that was bring done for him and had a smile and a wave for everybody as he entered the ambulance at the Monaco hospital for the air port. The French doctors In Mon te Carlo are not too enthusi astic about the prospects tor a quirk and complete recov ery. They say there is no cer tainty that a fracture will heal easily for a person his age. (lie s 87 ) Let's hope they're wrong. Sir Winston Is grand old man. f ORE news: ' The Washington report-I cr tell us that Jacqueline I SERGEANT YORK OK AY Kennedv is expected to be the Nashville, Tenn. -HIT- Offi BIG HIT in Mexico City, as!'-''"1-'' St. Thomas hospital she was in Pans. Her clothes ! "'d Monday that Alvin C. for the visit are described a j York's recovery from surgery fabulous and, being fabulous. : 'r removal of an enlarged it w ill be obvious that they prostate gland has been excel are expensive VERY expen- lent. They said the 74-year-old jiv e j World War I hero probably Question. would be permitted to return What feet w ill that hav e to his Slrm homa at Pall Mall on the MexltOn peons, v, ho I FndQy. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris lc Field Enterprises Inc. WEATHER AND PSYCHE Those elaborate weather forecasts one hears on tele vision remind me of Lincoln'! remark about a colleague, that he can compress the smallest amount of thought Into the 1 a r g e st amount of words of any man I know." These baro metric bores Harm get so wound up in cold fronts and high tides and wind velocities that sometimes the forecast has ended and I still don't know if I ought to take a raincoat to work tomorrow morning. What would be infinitely more useful to viewers is a kind of "emotional" weather forecast, warning people what they might expect of themselves and others in the way of behavior during the next day or two. There ii no doubt that weather factors exercise a n enormous Influence upon our psyches and our social conduct. A research team of doctori and meteo rologists in Austria a few years ago announced the discovery that certain com binations of weather con ditions produce definite psychological effects. For instance, the warm dry wind known in Austria as the "foehn" is upsetting to tempers, making people restless and angry, and re sulting in an increase in ac cidents, suicides, deaths during operations, and a dec.'ine in school examina tion successes A spokesman for the group, in fact, suggested that radio and television forecasts in the future should contain references to emotional patterns. Per haps something like this: Foehn weather is ap proaching. This spells addi tional danger for drivers and machine operators, and an Increased likelihood of accidents. Difficult and complicated operations and school examinations should be postponed if possible. There is increased danger of crimes of passion." This is no mere fanciful theory. Anyone at all sensi tive to atmosphere can sense "dangerous" weather the minute he steps into the street. On hot, muggy nights, with a certain kind of wind, the motorists drive different ly; there is an emotional vi bration in the air, as if peo ple are looking for trouble, as if discontent and anger are ready to break out at the slightest provocation or without any provocation. We are much more affected by climatic conditions than we suppose. Rises and falls in the pressure, of which we are unaware, can raise or lower our levels of efficiency and stability. A sharp turn in the wind, a sudden change in humidity, can bring us to re bellion or relief. Who cares what the level of the tide was at Sandy Hook at 6 a.m.? What we want to know is - will tomor row be a good day to petition for a raise, and will the drive to the picnic be spoiled by irritability as much as by rain? can barely afford a cotton shirt and a pair of frayed and worn cotton pants - or skirts, in the case of the wom en? Also- What effect will it have on the Mexican upper class ladies who may be outshone? I ET'S keep this straight: " Jacqueline Kennedy is a charming young woman. She is kindly and thoughtful. It is JACQUELINE KENNEDY who impresses the people who meet her-not just the clothes she wears. can't help wondering if on a visit to Mexlco-whose big BIG trouble lies in the fact that the few at the top have TOO MUCH while the MANY at the bottom have too little -it might have been a little wiser on the part of the state department people who arrange such things to dress the President's wife In the simple garments she can wear so effectively, rather than in Tans creations that obviously cost fortunes. ... Communications ... Letters la the Editor musi bear the name end address ef the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserres the right ie edit all letters with view to clarification and condensation. Letiers submitted for publication must net exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column ds not necessarily represent the Tiews of the paper; in fact the conirery ie osien ine case. Better Service To the Editor The follow ing letter was received through Senator Morse, April 30, 1960: Dear Senator Morse: We have considered Mr. David Frisch's complaint that the available space and canteen service are inadequate at the Veterans Administration Dom iciliary, White City, Oregon. We Investigated a similar complaint made by Mr. Frisch last November but could not support his princi pal allegations except for the inadequacy of space. A proj ect is scheduled for 1983 which should correct the space problem. We are sending a copy of this letter to the Veterans Canteen Service Field Direc tor, San Francisco, California, with the request that during his next visit to this station he and the manager consider talking with Mr. Frisch to see if a better understanding can be reached. Sincerely yours, William S. Middleton, M.D., Chief Medical Director, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. O The first reaction of the Veterans Administration to any new proposal is to say "NO." An addition to the cof fee shop was erected in the summer of 1960. Now another major change is under way in order to render better service to the members. David Frisch, P.O. Box 292, White City, Ore. Who's Laughing? To the Editor: I think there is something rotten this side of Denmark when a Supreme Court will rule against any kind of prayer offered in schools, especially officially prescribed prayers, since Jesus Christ himself pre pared the Lord's Prayer for his followers to repeat when they wished to pray and per haps would not know how to express themselves as ably. What is wrong with start ing each day with prayer? I venture to say that SO per cent of youngsters in this so called "religious country" are not taught religion in their homes. Read First Timothy, 2-8. As soon as a child gains un derstanding he is told about Jack the giant killer, Cinder ella's wicked step - mother, Blue Beard who murdered his wives, and the bad wolf that ate Red Ridinghood's grand mother. Somewhere, s o m e how, they later learned about God. He hadn't entered into their bedtime stories and he wasn't very exciting anyhow. He sounded "fishy" to some. If Kiddie did go to church he sat stiffly on the scat, chewed gum and kicked the shins of the next seated. Are we not a big laugh to the Communists? I couldn't enjoy life if I had no Heavenly Father to turn to when comes "one of those days." I can talk to him at any time as I go about my daily tasks, and I think our youngsters should learn to know their wonderful, ever watchful friend. Those who know me would never call me a "pessimist," but I do know that when we salute our flag, leaving out "Under God" and take him out of the class rooms it is a sure sign that those laughing Communists now have one big foot in every open door. Each American must be honest, loyal, cheery but brave to do our bit, but how? Pearl Spackman, Box 33 Jacksonville, Ore. Victory To the Editor: Just one more letter to cigarette smok ers that want to quit smoking but lack the power. The early morning was beautiful along the river and as I unlocked the gasoline pumps, preparing for the north-bound traffic. I noticed a man on foot coming on the lower road, signifying that he was, probably, a camper from up Shasta Canyon. He said not a word as he drew near but went directly into the store. 1 followed him in and stepped behind the counter as he threw some money on the counter and said. "Give me a package of cigarettes." "No." I replied, "we do not handle them here." "What?" he questioned, "running a store and don't keep ciga rettes?" "Yes," I said. "That s right. T expect to face the judge nf the universe some day and I do not want Him to charge me with selling some thing that would do a man as much damage as cigarettes do." He was angry, t told him that there was another store up the road about a mile and that they sold cigarettes there. I then asked him if he would like to hear my experience with tobacco. He gave a re luctant consent: then I related to him the circumstances, the effect upcai ay toi-t ej c. lungs and how the service had rejected my application when I tried to enlist, then how I had tried, in my own power. and had failed so miserably to quit smoking but was vic torious when I asked Jesus for deliverance ,f r o m the craving. He started away in the di rection from whence he had come and I said to him ques tioningly, "Are you not going after your eigarettes?" He gave no response other than a fling of his hand. I had forgotten about him but he evidently had not for gotten me, for here he came again about the same time in the morning with his hat in his hand swinging it high, low, and handsome and shout ing, "It works, It works." He was beaming with happiness and seemed to want the whole world to know it. Then as he came near he corfided that his partner was going to try It too. Sure enough, in anoth er week or so, here they both came, overjoyed with their victory through Christ's prec ious name. James J. Williams P. O. Box 441 Jacksonville, Ore. Ve Too To the Editor: Aye yust sent a telegram to Congress, und Aye say: "Vy don't you send us some passenger trains, so ve vill hafe somet'ing to save 10 per cent on, ven you elim inate der tax on passenger train tickets. Ve in Oregon like to save too." Everett Acklin, Ashland, Ore. Cask ef Eyewash To the Editor: Some time ago, in a Mail Tribune edi torial on segregation, the phrase "unmitigated eye wash" was coined. It seems as though it would be hard to find a more apt adjective or phrase to describe the absurd lamentations of the self styled "Preservers of the Faith" who bemoan so eloquently and so religiously the recent Su preme Court decision regard ing state prayers. In the first place, the Su preme Court made no law against prayer. For that mat ter, the Supreme Court has no law muking powers. The decision only prohibited the governments of the states from coining official prayers, when these espoused only one religion or deity. How it is a death blow to the American way of life to block church state relationships (so zealous ly condemned during the Ken nedy campaign) is beyond any conception of reason I can muster. If the prayer under scrut iny espoused Buddha, I am sure that these same people would be very much In agree ment with the decision. Yet may I remind them that there are Jews, atheists, and agnos tics, plus many others, in America. Take the Jews as an example. There are mil lions of them in this country, including two on President Kennedy's cabinet. A prayer which was basically Christian In nature would be a deep sacrilege to them. Is this re ligious freedom? I have attended a Christian church almost .very Sunday since I was 2 years old, and I believe deeply in my te ligion. But I do not approve of religious suppression or a church-state link, even when it is my religion which is favored. People who oppose such things as this only when their own ideas are opposed, not only live by a double standard, but have no true conception of the meaning of freedom. ("I do not agree with what you say, but I will de Try and By BENNETT CERF- ART LINKLETTER was entertaining a little girl named Ellen, and a boy she obviously adored named Stcvie. "When I grow up," confided EUen, (all of five) "I'm going to warry Stevie." "That's treat, enthused Link letter. "Do you feel the same way about EUen, Stevie?" "Nah," scowled Stevie. "Never u lonf as I live." "Why not?" per sisted Mr. L. "Because," explained Stevie with some dignity, "every time I turn around at school, she paints my nose." e e e K practical joker up Westchester way mailed tn a eoupen for one of those rock 'n roll record clues. eigninr the name of a highbrow banker who lived down the road. Said beaker waa outraged when the records begn arriving at hia home, but deepite several letters to the record company ex plaining the situation, and ordering them to ceaee and desist, the monthly "choiee" kept arrtruif;, along with letters demanding payment for all the records he had returned. When the fifth automatically punched bill arrived, he took a pen knife and added several holes of hit own, then !iled n back. "This should produce an Interesting result," he told his wife. It did, too. The aext menUi he received rwe records instead of one. e e Ttl tell you how old I really am." confided Jack Benny re cently to an acquaintance. "I waa born tn the decade when it ettll waa poesible to tell the difference between a bathin; be are aad a nudist colony." laavjr eeelOartii Kr1WI4( W'IlesrSrjra Br&l'" fend to the death your right to say it.") Also, the most unmitigated lump of this whole cask of eyewash is the argument that this decision is a step towards Communism. Now the "decent American Right-Wing" extremists are not only calling those who dis agree with them politically Communists, they are doing it to their religious opponents. If anyone can see a reasonable way in which a reaffirmation of religious freedom is a step towards government owner ship of industry, Socialist Utopia or police-slate auto cracy, I would say that he has extraordinary powers of per ception. Strange that there seem to be so many who can. Dave Force, P. O. Box 253, Gold Hill, Ore. Yucca Blooms To the Editor: Just a word about Yucca plants: I can't believe the story about the plant which appeared in your paper recently (with picture) of this plant only blooming once in ten years. This is not true with the one I have. I have one at my home, 372 Stewart ave., which was planted in 1954. When it first bloomed, I do not know, but I moved to the place July 1957 and it had one nice big bloom and the next year two big blooms and each year two large blooms till this year, 1962 - THREE nice big blooms. Anyone interested in this story may check on same by driving out and taking a look - it is now in full bloom. Just wished to "set the record straight." You are welcome to take a picture of my Yucca plant if you wish. E. Schultz 372 Stewart ave., Medford o Editor's note: "For the rec ord," the article mentioned above said the plant was 10 years old and had bloomed for the first time, not thatt it bloomed only every 10 years. Editorial Liked To the Editor: I salute you for your fine editorial "Mc Carthy Reincarnate" which was reprinted in the Corvallis Gazette-Times on June 13. Your remarks were long overdue from our local press and I am cheered by the cour ageous stand you have taken, for no doubt you have re ceived numerous letters criti cizing your remarks. It is my sincere hope that you hsvs received at least equal sup port from your readers. Today I am sending my re print on to a friend in Wash ington, D.C, who was horri fied when she first heard Mr. Smoot on her first trip to the Northwest. Thought she'd be glad to know not everyone agrees with the gentleman. Mrs. John W. Wolfe, 3235 Crest dr. Corvallis, Ore. ! Astoria Sawmill Idle. 145 Workers Astoria - (UPD - Columbia. Hudson Lumber Co's sawmill was closed down this week. Management notified the em ployees that the closure was due to the continuing influx of Canadian lumber and the depressed U.S. lumber market. The company sent letters last week to the 145 em ployees notifying them of the ' indefinite" shutdown. A spokesman said officers and stockholders would meet this week to consider further action. Stop Me 6 o o o o " o
