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
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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.
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Route 2, Box 200 F
Central Point, Ore.
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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.
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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.
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