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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. AUGUST S, 1962 ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor muit btar the nami aneS address of tht writer, although unda: cartain circumstances tha use oi a pan nami or initial tor publication i permissible. Tht Mail Tribuna reserves tha right to adit all latlart with a viaw to clarification and condensation. Lc'lert submitted for publication mutt not exceed 400 words. Tha letter! prinlad in thii column do not necessarily represent tha views of tha Faptr; in fact tha contrary it oflan tha cata. 1 our good friend. James W. I Breeding, hearing the request ; volunteered to run the night (errand. It wat 11 pa., and being fast asleep, it was 'Somewhat alarming to be awakened by a familiar voice I unexpectedly out of the dark ness of a moonless winter's ' night. j The message, incidentally, j was of a business nature from a California firm desiring in formation on use of mining I equipment needed. It was a deep relief to know the mis sive was not a serious report, and so our sleep was con tinued after a few minutes of meditation. The moral of this story is to point out the good deed per formed by a friend, like "the message carried by Garcia" through the night in the wil derness of Cuba during the insurrection of 1898. Yes, it lakes a brave individual to carry through all obstacles that may or may not be met on the path of life. Incidentally, our friend, J. W. B., a miner, won the gold panning contest at Jack sonville Gold Rush Days in 1957, time one minute 15 sec onds, probably the Interna tional championship. Bert Kissinger 322 So. Riverside ave. Medford. Vary Strange To the Editor: Your editor ial. Thalidomide: Two Ques tions (MT 8-2-62), is half sound, since it is only reason able to expect protection from harmful drugs. The second answer you of fer violates reason, justice and the natural law. It Ignores the horrifying psy chological effects on women who submit to abortion. It is not of prime import ance to argue when the soul and body first exist together (is it implied in your editor ial that you doubt the exist ence of the soul at any time?), though we doubt if you can offer any proof this soul "YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO GAMBLE WITH A CHJEAl ROOFJi' A ROOF PROTECTS YOU and YOUR BUILDING AGAINST WEATHER BE SURE ITS THE BEST! MORE ROOF FOR LESS $$$ GENE SCHMELZER Phona 535-1324 Free Estimates exists only after birth. Of necessary importance is the intent, and the intent of abor tion is the destruction or pre ventional of natural life, hu man life, as there is no evi dence to conclude that the unborn child is anything but human. It is human life, inno cent human life that would be destroyed. Since when, Mr. Allen, is deformation (physical), the criterion of whether life is justified? And where is the line drawn? How deformed must a person be before life must be considered as being worthless? And is a person, through accident or sickness, resulting in deformation later in life to forfeit that life? Of course not! To activate your plan would result in the dcgrecla tion of women. The woman is the Heart of the family. The family is the basic unit of so ciety. When the family is de graded, so is society. When society falls so docs civiliza tion. Through all recorded his tory, civilizations have fallen when they applied this pro cess. You would call this an cient degrading error social progress. Very, very strange. Robert J. Howard. 828 B West 14th St. Medford. Midnight Message To the Editor: It look a pretty brave man almost half a century ago in the small town of Rogue P.iver to carry a night letter telegram mes sage on foot on a two mile mountain trip to a miner who resided in a log cabin with present writer. At that time not many self propelled vehicles were avail able to render assistance to the telegraph operator, wl.o slept in the Western Union office of the friendly South ern Pacific depot, and also acted as "second trick" opera tor at night. After making in quiries for a message carrier. Law Enforcement To the Editor: OK re your recent editorial on capitol punishment. Do away with the thing. It's been delayed, torn with trumped-up techni calities, disgraced by wobble kneed governors that, shorn of it-t power to deter, it has become meaningless as ad ministered today. But what of the harvest, what is taking its place? As reported by FBTs Hoover, crime is increasing four times as fast as population here in America. Big city churches to the cast, south and west are discontinuing evening serv ices due to attacks on wom en by purse-snatching gangs some 85 per cent by Puerto Rican and American Negro youth. Tuesday's Mail Tnb- i une told of a woman at tacked, knifed and robbed in i a Roman Catholic house of 1 worship by a Negro youth, j Law enforcer Hoover also reports of more than 2500 law ; officers attacked in New York City the past year, with j minor injuries to hospitaliza tion and the funeral parlor. The public takes such attacks with a shoulder shrug If any action is taken it is In help the hoodlum their protector is trying to apprehend. Why this sympathy for the law : breaker? For what purpose is I the officer's gun? We stopped recently at po lice headquarters in Medford to get an answer. We were told the officer's pistol was primarily to protect the pub lic. Mostly in Medford it is used as a remote control on getaway cars. But the great fear is that the bullet might glance off a tire and Injure the driver, or others. Then the police officer is in for it. All concern seems to be for the car thief, traffic violator, gangsters, etc. To protect his own life, the officer's gun is his last desperate resort. Grim evidence of this is in those stone markers along our highways that mark the death-spot of a traffic offi cer, and the many, many other such death-spots, unmarked. What's the answer? Let those answer who would do away with capital punish ment, that is but a law-enforcement progression from butt-spanking by wise par ents, that even the Bible warns should not be spared. F. J. Cliffard Route 2, Box 200 F Central Point, Ore. EXCITING NEW PATTERNS! FAMOUS QUALITY llnwl of m mtiammt dtflnrif iw : 0t it S7S " V $ ,Aif m, : yx U timil.d "' ' '" "'"Ll A V,im..nly, C - w" ,.in..br..k.,a Sa-j 45 PC. SERVICE FOR ONLY S-J960 Open itock valut $61.55 WHAT VALUES! Tht itn quality that It BOONTON WARE at thest lew, LOW pricti! Eicitini nw pit term! Accessories with tht just-right color accents! There's something here for every ta- your taste and de cor. Durable, dish washer safe. Come in now and pick your pattern. EB Wbaf blows a COOL BREEZE for pennies a day? Ice Cream Dipper Am ii IIIilliiH IIIII1M 2988,a 89" Ria. $1 00 Md. In USA ty VOURATH Uii for pottoi-mljid lhilt ri-ict cream! W I aj Lull Fortvtr Ruir Proof Sea our complete stock of genuine Skil Tools. Reg. $45 Genuine SKIL DeLuxe JIG SAW Stve Over C Vi V SPECIAL Mad by makers of famous SKIl-Saw. Powerful Motor Cuts FAST-Wood or Matal Ball Bearing Rugged Helical Gears !29! Open Friday Nite till 9:00 , QUALITY AT ffZ4Mt& d LOWEST PRICES! . r Latter Disputed To the Editor: The informa tion contained in your news paper issue on July 26th, "Refuge Bill" and signed by Col. Paul H. Wciland, is very much in error. 1. Opposition is NOT the Klamath Irrigation District. Opposition stems from City, County and 24 other organ izations, and the land lies within the boundaries of Klamath Drainage District. 2. The fi.447 acres in the Klamath Straits Unit is not now and never has been in refuge status. 3. The Klamath Straits Unit would be retained as a public shooting ground in perpetuity. 4. The Upper Klamath Refuge would be enlarged with additional wetlands from 4.378 acres to roughly 26.000 acres of nesting, resting and public shooting grounds. 5 When you read Col. Weiland's testimony before the committee on July 20, in Washington, DC. you might request that he show you the "hot springs in Tulelake ". 6. Oregon will gain in acres and habitat under Klam ath amendments to S. 1988. It is a sad situation when people are allowed to testify before congressional commit tees without being subject to cross examination. Colored testimony adds to the con fusion. Incidentally Col. Weiland might concentrate on obtain ing refuges in his domain. We already have over 200 square miles within a radius of 50 miles of Klamath Falls, and this does not include parks, monuments, state ref uges or 200 square miles of other water areas. Klamath Basin Water Users Protective Association, John A. Marshall, President, Crystal Springs rd., Klamath Falls, Ore. Minor Children Entitled To Pension Payments r' j' l Teacher Attending Math Institute Portland Minor children of deceased veterans may be 'entitled to pension payments even when their mother, the ; veteran's widow, is not eli l gible, according to Ft. J. Nov otny. manager of the Portland Veterans administration re gional office. Most frequent examples oc ! cur when the widow becomes I ineligible due to remarriage j or receives income in excess 1 of the legal limit. Non-entitle ment of the widow does not affect the eligibility of the minor children. No problem arises when widows on the pension rolls Correction To the Editor: I do not know if I made the mistake of leaving out a part of my letter in Thursday's paper, or if the mistake was made while preparing the copy. This is the part I am refer ring to: "We came into this life by a living seed through a body, we enter our Spiritual life by a living seed (word) of God through His Body." I would appreciate very much if you make the correc tion. Thank you. Helen Prevo 222 West Jackson st. Medford o Editor's note: A line of type was Inadvertently dropped from the earlier let ter prior to printing. Sorry. Wracking Yards To the Editor: Regarding an article that appeared in the Mail Tribune 8-2-62 about wrecking yards: I am wonder ing why this law doesn't in clude the City of Medford. The wrecking yard on North Riverside is an eye sore and looks worse than anything on a highway. (Name on file) Medford. Poets' Corner Conductor! by Arnold Eugene Jenny IPtClAllilt IN HOMIWARISI Tenth and Central Phone 772 S201 To Ralph Vaughan Williams In Memoriam August 1958 Your music breathes Elizabethan air. With moonlit glades whore lovers come in May or boisterous laughter of a village fair Where Jolly country people dance and play. A shepherd's modal song from highland grass Depicts, in calm adagio, the hues That filter through an ageless Gothic glass Of red and emerald to the saintly blues. A workman's song of joy, or widow's tears, Or vendor's call along some peopled street. Pervades your harmony. The endless fears Of war are hushed by melody. We meet, And for a moment are x one, held by The sound of music lifting to the sky. -Lloyd B. Halverson Medford 0- Renewal 1 picked a yellow daffodil, The first that bloomed this Spring; Whoever thought a pain would still At such a simple thing. I heard a bird's sweet, Joyoui call, I felt the gentle breeze; I didn't know that things so small An aching heart could ease. The daffodils will always bloom, The birds will always sing; And God will always lift man's gloom By the wonders of each Spring. -Carmen Adams Medford Far Up On Tha Mountain We're ramping far up on the mountain. 'Way up where the skie.s seem so near, In a land full of sunshine and shadow And air that's refreshing and clear; We're camping 'way up where there are pine trees That whisper old tales that are true. Where the leaves of the aspens are dancing And flowers are smiling through. We're ramping far up where (he squirrels Have secrets in every nook, Where the deer roam and foxes r playing And trout lurk in pool and brook; We're ramping far up where the robins And bluebirds sing strong and true, Where the woodpeckers ever are drumming And honey-bees buzzing through. We're camping far up where the summer Is cool and the days a delight. Where the zephyrs blow friendly and often And Elysium's portal's in sight; And though sometimes the angry storm clouds Send rain and the lightning, too. Soon the stars with the pine trees are playing And the moon beams come shining through. -George Milton Babcock The Applegate, Ore. 0- -Laughter Laughter Is such a lovely word. In print It smiles at me; And to. of course. 1 find myself Laughing happily' Laughter is surh a lovely sound. Musical and gay; Oh. laughter is a lovely sound. And a lovely word In say' -Pearl Rigg Crouch Ashland, Ore, become ineligible, Novolny ; pointed out, because pension payments are stopped to tht ! widow but continued to the ' minor children. I But if the widow has not I applied for a pension, know ing that she is not eligible, or if her application was not al lowed, the VA may have no record of the minor children. Unmarried children of de ceased veterans are eligible for pension payments until they are 18, or until age 21 if attending school, provided their own personal Incomt would not bar them. Addi tional information may be ob tained at any VA office. v 5 jCL Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- i r ir -f i h ri mri ii rt VFTER British humorist Ronald Searle returned home from his first comprehensive American tour, he report ed, "I asked a mountaineer in West Virginia who was 103 years old how he passed Vic timr. Hi tnlrt me that in winter he mostly sleeps, in springtime he chases a likely female cousin around the rocks, in the summer he makes moonshine whiskey out of potato peelings and coffee grounds, and in the fall he drinks it" Distinguished Publisher Ben Huebsch entertained recently an authentic ab-aent-minded professor. It waa a hot evening and both gentlemen peeled off their Jacket. About eleven the good pro fessor sought to allow Mr. Huebsch a document. He extracted a handful of papers from the Inside pocket of the coat hung over the back of hla chair, and hastily examined the lot. Unfortunate 13, he could not find the paper he wanted, and in some annoyance, threw the others In the trash basket. Mr. Huebsch protested mildly, "Hey, that's my Jacket." When Will Rogers confessed that he never had met then President Calvin Coolidge, a friend marched him right over to the White House, commenting', "I'll bet you can't get a chuckle out of old Cal in twenty minute." "You're on," said Rogers. "I'll do it in twenty ewonds." "Mr. President," began the friend, "I want to Introduce our great Oklahoma wit, Mr. Will Rogers." Will held out his hand, frowned, and said, "Excuse me, please, but I didn't quite get the name." Coolidge laughed out loud and the friend paid the bet! O 1M2, by Btnnatt Ccrf. DutrlbuUd by Kins Futures Syndtcita PLANS VISIT - Norman O Nilsen, Oregon labor commis sioner, will be in Medford Thursday, Aug. 23. While here he will be a guest of the Med ford Chamber of Commerce Grcclers committee at Med ford hotel, and will attend a Democratic Social club din ner at Ping's Gardens. Ten tative plans are being made (or a no - host luncheon. In 1947, after two years of em ployment by the U.S. Depart ment of Labor, he was select ed to be state director of apprentice ship. He served until 19S2. In 1954 he was elected labor commissioner for Oregon and was reelected In 1958. He is presently seek ing a third term lo the same post. Medford High School Math Inilrucwr Gatewood G. Smith. 2665 Syringa dr., Med ford, is participating in a special mathematics institute at Alameda County State col lege, Hayward. Calif., this summer under a National Sci ence Foundation study grant. Purpose of the s e s i o n , which ends Aug. 10, is to strengthen instructional meth ods in mathematics. Winners of the grant were selected for their potential as math teach ers. Smith is taking three col lege level courses as well as working closely with the 39 other math teachers in tha program in seminars, work shops, study halls and "bull sessions." Members of the Institute were drawn from 16 states throughout the nation, Circuit Court Jury Awards Damages A Jackson county circuit court jury Thursday awarded $2,350 to Vern and Clare Smith, Ashland, for damage he received in a fire on forest land Sept. 8. 1960. The suit was brought by the Smiths, Park St., Ashland, against John Reld Jr., Siski you blvd., Ashland. The trial started Tuesday. B. BRANDT BARTELS, M. D. Physician and Surgeon ANNOUNCES THE RE-OPENING - OF HIS OFFICE STANDARD INSURANCE BLDG. 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