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... Communications ... Litters to in Editor muii haar th nam ij mA.. l 4k. .wu..u j.. certain eircumiiancn the usa Tha Mail Tribune reserTes the condensation. Letters submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do sot necessarily represent she views of tha paper; in iact the contrary is often the case. To Keep Liberty To the Editor: Writing un der the Times-Mirror syndi cated caption in The San Fran cisco Examiner of August 30, Barry Goldwater says, "Gov ernment can only grow and expand at the expense of the people's liberty." He makes his point that government in America is fast expanding un til it is causing private busi ness and industry a struggle for survival that is seriously handicapped by the enormity of Government itself. Like wise, that the liberties of the people are being swallowed up according to the measure of Increase in government pro portions. He troubles to quote Thomas Jefferson, as well, along the same lines. Indeed, Government may, in the ultimate, contrive to overthrow its own purposes. Could it not be under those circumstances that it would be better to create "in-between function of government" to protect the people from the staggering authority at the top? For instance, would it not serve the several states, and their citizens, to advan tage to organize states by areas into an order of medi ums, in which those states included could deal more di rectly with one another, and through the over-all Body with the Federal government? This would give citizens far removed from the central au thority, and the states by groups, a "fighting chance" for maintaining their liberties, without thwarting the over all national growth. Well, it is only my inten tion to present the question. I am not on a crusade for this arrangement. But certainly, I most sincerely believe that a way of preserving our liber ties, meanwhile we grow, should be sought after. This is a first idea, and others are, naturally, invited to offer their views by the free press in such cases as this. Fee Clifford Esteb, 153 North Oakdale ave., Medford Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny The Kingdom of God . A day will come, in not undreamed of years, When men shall wake with singing on their lips. Their toil will bloom with hope, uncursed by fears; They will not labor to the tune of whips; They will not close their days as battered ships! Then all shall be as gods, Olympus-born, And joy shall grace each heart. As beauty drips From summer dawns, so frcm the fields of corn Shall gladness be shed forth on all the sons of morn. Then lust will die, and gold will lose Its lure. No soul will gloat while others starve for bread. The lore of love will prove the ample cure ' For all earth's ills, now meetly harvested. Each man, a king, in pride shall lift his head, And every child, still bright with heaven's gleams, Shall play in Eden gardens, tenanted By fays and elves. By softly flowing streams We men of earth shall find again our long lost dreams. Thomas Curtis Clark O Tall Church Spires -Tall church spires ' Speak benediction to my heart . . . Imparting soulful joy to sense again The true benevolence of man: His urge to fashion Handiwork that points the way to God. Bright monuments to faith Revealing a belief in things beyond the sod. Thoughts crowd my brain, thoughts that inspire When I behold a tall church spire! George S. Whitaker Grants Pass, Ore. On Buying a Deserted Farm This little sunken grave should I plough it under? . . . Let it be swallowed up by my field of grain? . . . Beseech the wind and the rain to wipe out the pain .That lingers here from the long ago? ... I wonder! This little sunken grave should I plough it under? Mary Boyd Wagner New York, N Y. O Insight I thought that Happiness was false, And Grief, a better school; But Time another story told I soon was proved a fool. Though Sorrow is a wiser man, And Joy, a knowing clown, Still youths have ways of growing up And troubles, growing down. -Carl Washburn Medford (Senior, Medford High School, '62) A Blade of Grass An entity, Surrounded by countless other entities, All alike. All different. A brave soul, Fighting upward through dirt, Striving to rise Into the sun. It lives, it endures. It is trampled, Bent and broken; It Is used thoughtlessly, Savagely, ( Yet always it returns, Fresh and strong, To stand proudly upright in the sun. Faye Rasmussen (Senior, Medford Senior High School, '62. Composed this poem "during a day outside" as part of an assignment in creative writing) Note: If the author of "September'' will send ui her address, we would like to acknowledge it. A E.J. of a pan na.ua or initial tor pubL-'.alion is permiiiibl rioht in adit all i,ii.m mitt. i A ,i.,sii..i.- i El Cid To the Editor: Tn a recent editorial one of the esteemed Mail Tribune editors severely critizied the picture now play ing in Medford called "El Cid." He said it made him sick and he almost lost his dinner. I saw the picture the other nite and thought it a very fine one. It is true the pace of the picture was slower moving than the modern ones of to day, but that is characteristic of the times which it is sup posed to represent. There is no doubt that his vicious editorial hurt the at tendance of the picture and thus deprived many people the enjoyment of seeing It. I suggest that if it made him sick perhaps he ate, or drank, too much before he bought his ticket. Leila A. Morrow 531 North Bartlett st. Medford. Fly the Flag To the Editor: It'll soon be time for another holiday - La bor Day! Do you know what would be really wonderful to see here in this beautiful city of Gold Hill? I believe it would and I know several oth ers who have remarked that it is something they've missed on previous holidays. What is it? To see every business establishment and as many homes as possible dis playing with love and pride the glorious flag of our nation - Old Glory - The Red, White and Blue with its 50 stars. And, too, our pretty green park made and given to us Gold Hillians by the Lions Club here should by all means have its flag waving. I don't know, but maybe some folks think it isn't neces sary to show our country's flag in order to be patriotic, but I believe that, especially on holidays, we should put our flags out to let others know that we are glad to live in America. I believe that when others can see Old Glory waving it gives them the opportunity to think and to remember - if for just one moment - that they, too, are thankful to be here in our United States. Doesn't it give you a feeling of excitement to go down a street with flags of such noble colors flapping in the breeze to say 'Hello'? To me, when I see a flag of the United States it makes me stop to think, wonder ana remember. I think about how our flag came into being-how our nation has grown from 13 colonies into 50 states-how truly grand it is to be here. I wonder why God saw fit to put me here instead of some where else - why I've been given the privilege to live in this age. I remember back to the time I was a child how filled with awe I was to see the enormous Stars and Stripes hanging in our school auditorium - to the first time my Dad brought our flag home and hung it on the Fourth of July - to the war years when everyone became aware of the need, to show their patriotism because they were glad to be Americans -to V-J Day when it seemed every flag in the United States must be waving to all. It will be thrilling to see Old Glory waving to say 'Hello'! Mrs. R. P. Corona, 904 Fifth ave.. Gold Hill, Ore. Maple Trees To the Editor: About 40 years ago the patriotic pop ulace of Medford was fed, by a promotional "Committee" from one of the local civic organizations, the idea that our appreciation of the sacri fices made by the men from Jackson county who had lost their lives in the recently completed World War be for ever commemorated through the establishment of a- living memorial in their honor. A grove of maple trees, be neath whose shade coming generations could find shelter from the sun and relaxation from the tensions caused by attempting to keep up with Medford's frantic pace, was the coalescence of the com mittee's inspiration. In due time funds were col lected (each subscriber was to be a co-owner of an individual tree), ihe trees were purchas ed and ceremoniously plant ed in the corner of the Fair grounds where Riverside and Stewart now form an intersec tion. For a short while the young trees were sporadically tended but soon interest waned and they were abandoned to fight for survival. Most of them made it. But for years, until another civic group revived the project, the weed-grown plot with its scraggly scatter ing of stunted maples was hardly a glowing manifesta tion of everlasting remem brance. Even today the sig nificance of the grove has been known to relatively few. The revival of interest in the park and the nars select ed bestows an individuality which has long been lacking, but how long will the pseudo- lnfatuation for Medford s sis ter city endure in Jackson County? Skeptically yours, Co-owner of one maple tree. Fletcher T. Fish Phoenix, Ore. Family Life To the Editor: There seems to be absolutely nothing in the world but youth. This is a neurotic generation more like a dream that such a world could exist. Older folks up to the age of 80 years are acting like teenagers, but they cannot ac tually go back to youth, their pulse of joy that beats 20 to the minute has become slug gish, limbs have failed and senses are rotting. Trying to hold onto youth after youth has been spent makes people look like a hideous puppet haunted by a memory of pas sion which is long gone. Back when I was a kid my grandma and grandpa sat on the front porch quietly re served. Every one was content to sit home in the evenings entertaining themselves by oil lamp with something that has so long ago been lost, conver sation. We read books and sang together. I wonder why people say that juvenile delinquency is created through not having enough diversion for our youth' When I was a kid we never seemed to have enough time. The days were far too short for all we wanted to do or had to do. There was no television, and no electricity where we lived. There were not even airplanes flying about for us to see. Our youth today has lost regard for men's honor and women purity. Security of our home life has become vio lated, dominion of father and mother ended. Life of people has decayed with Immoral life. A man is like a bee going MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON from flower to flower seeking honey. A man will go along with any woman who is willing. Often men seek women more attractive than their own. Wives, having fought a losing battle through plain careless ness or self consciousness find themselves alone in their house with a lot of kids. Hus bands have no regard for their children nor the long hours a wife puts in her pris on. A man could not stand this strain, yet he offers no help nor sympathy, adding more burdens by his honeybee ways. More like insult to in jury. Those who spoil the happi ness of others will ruin their own. Heaven has no rage like love turned to hate nor hell has no fury like a woman scorned. I feel like a tree about to have a brain opera tion by a tree surgeon. Not that I need it but I have a credit card. E. Dykes, Box 58, Eagle Point, Ore. Origin: The Seat Belt To the Editor: Adding to national publicity, I note Syl via Porter wrote a column in the M-T on seat belts and the Hillsboro Jaycees sponsored a week end clinic. Some may be interested in its origin. From 1921-28 I toured the highway system of Wisconsin and upper Michigan each spring and early summer for The Milwaukee Journal. I had a photographer-driver and wired in a column nightly on everything from road building projects and tourist promotion to speed traps, fishing, resorts and scenery. These trips activated The Journal Tour Bureau - one of the greatest public service pro motions in press history. We drove a different make of car each year with an ad vertising tieup with the fac tory and state distributor. In 1924 we drove an Oldsmobile and they insisted we carry their mechanic with us to in sure maximum mechanical performance. We did. we had to average 250 miles daily and the going was mighty rough in some resort areas. Sad to relate our Olds had a terrific whip in its rear end, and our mechanic - Tod Houle - was often thrown up against the top rods with such force that he was severely bruised and practically punch drunk. After a record run from Superior to Milwaukee he refused to let us leave town again until he inventea ana installed an safety device for himself. Tod built the first seat belt into the back of that mutinous Olds and rods in security the remaining miles. I later rode with and wrote about such world dirt track champions as Louis Disbrow, and none had ever heard of a seat belt until I told them of Tod's. I humorously pub licized Tod and his seat belt at the time but he remains its unsung hero. (Name on File) Whit-Clty, Ore. Why We Excell To the Editor: Many of us concerned with school affairs are taking a hard look at the three, more or less, bannered sport pages of the MT, com pared with the lack of space given to school study attain ments. So it was that we were pleased and grateful to the editor's choice in having such in the Aug. 6 issue that told of the Odd Fellowship's youth pilgrimage to UN in New York. It was a speech making contest to the invitation; What Has This Trip Meant To You, engaged in by 186 youths from all over the nation. Of the 14 finalists, 10 were from our Northwest. The three top-most ones were from Oregon, one from Med ford. This kindled my Interest to make a call to school of ficials here In Medford, who informed me that scholastic standing of Northwest schools is consistently higher than the rest of the nation. This was confirmed in a call to the reference-research department of the Medford public library. To my inquiry why this should be, they advised me to contact Southern Oregon col lege. The answer there was a guarded one, that the inquiry was most worthy but they did opine that oldtime American stock predominating could be a factor. Appreciation was ex pressed for bringing up the question which they said, BUCKHORN MINERAL SPRINGS Aihlind, On. Enjoy health, t II L comfort. and hoip,tailtr amldtt pleas am surr-undlngs. e HOT MINKRAL BATHS for Rheumatism. Arthrlllt, Neu ritis and Nervousness. e cajiho.n mnxiriE vapor BATHS lor Illth and Low Blood Pressure, Slnui. and Skin Eruptions. e LODIil AND LIGHT HOUSKKKKI'ING CABINS at Reasonable Ratri. ts'rlla for Reservations I'llONL LONO DISTANCE Buckthorn Mineral Springs DR. HERMAN K'EXLER. D.C. Director Z2M Burktiorn Springs Road Ashland. Oregon should have serious considera tion and study. And this is being done, de spite rebuffs and rejection. At hand is a two-page letter stat ing in part: "No attempt has been made by the State Department of Education to determine whv the schools of our Northwest are often rated higher than other regions. Because of the study you propose, the first three paragraphs of the (Re search Report 1961-R1 by Na tional Education Association of the USA Washington, D.C.), was of particular interest to me." Also a letter, air-mail, at hand, expressing appreciation for bringing the Odd Fellow ship youth pilgrimage to their attention, that is under con sideration for an article on that subject of national In terest. This one from the U.S. News and World Report. Also a most intriguing one from the Assistant Superintendent of District of Columbia Schools, Washington, D.C. These letters and others, one from the Christian Sci ence Monitor and otner data including testimony from a missionary-teacher from the Congo will be assembled in duplicate file form, for a round-table conference and study for an answer for this very far reaching question. F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore. Nakedness To the Editor: May we com pliment Mr. Bulman on his letters about the nudists? Since so many uphold and en joy the nudists it is unusual to find some one who will con demn such. But it is difficult to con vince any one who does not believe nor respect the Bible. Since all people are not of God it is easy to discern them. For God's people will hear and believe His words (St. John 3-33 to end, chap. 8-44-47). The children of satan (the wicked one) are not of God although he created them (Matt. 13-38, I John 3-12). Some are created to be de stroyed (II Peter 2-12). These are called natural brute beasts, and they corrupt them selves, they walk after the flesh, in the lust of unclean ness, and despise government, and shall utterly perish In their own corruption. So will all who follow them (Romans 8-1 to 16, Gal. 5-16 to end, Matt. 15-13-14). People were worse in Jesus' time and are worse now (II Peter 2-6, Matt. 11-20 to 25, chap. 12-34, II Timothy 2-13). , Jesus was a star, so Jude 13 pertains to the wicked peo ple he wrote of (Rev. 22-16, to end). The Bible is hidden to all except the Lord's peo ple (Matt. 13-10 to 18-34-35, Mark 4-10 to 14). Why? See Matt. 13-15. The carnal or natural mind cannot under stand God's spiritual words (Romans 8-1 to 16, 1 Cor. 2-14, S7 1 X Gal. 5-16 to end). So if peo ple do not believe them they are not of God or else are car nal minded and enemies of God. (Romans 8-6 to 9, James 4- 4). The world lies in wicked ness, so we are enemies of God if we are its friend (I John 5- 10, James 4-4). Fornicating 1, sts, the desire j to see and be seen by the op posite sex, is the foundation l of nudism. So the world has turned itself over to fornica tion and going after strange flesh as in Sodom and Gomor rah (Jude 7). Nakedness is a shame (Rev. 3-18). Paul ad vises us to be clothed, not unclothed (II Cor. 5-1 to 6). Jesus gave it to him (Gal. 1- 11-12). God forbade them to even see their relatives' naked ness (in Leviticus 20-8 to 25). This was an example for us (I Cor. 10-1 to 14, Romans 15-4). Fools make a mock at sin, and think it sport to an such (Proverbs 14-9, chap. 1 23). So instead of mocking one should search themselves nd see why God has turned them over to a reprobate mind i fornicating and naked delusion. For they are with out excuse (Romans 1-16 to end, II Thess. 2-1 to 14). Sexual lusts will burn some (I Cor. 7-9). A sex crazed cow will bawl for hours. So why will sex not affect some so they will go In the nude? Even at ice skating. - G. C. Cunningham 748 Maple st. Central Point, Ore. Some Questions To the Editor: I have couple of questions to ask of someone but don t know whether or not to ask the City Council of our fair city or the School Board, so maybe through this letter I can get some answers. Who is supposed to take care of the property In front of the school grounds here in Gold Hill? And why don't they? It's an awful mess - the weeds and thistles are so high you can hardly see anyone walking on the sidewalk. Around the ball flat is a jungle of weeds and black berries and I, for one, don't see why someone can't clean it up. Also, around the play equipment and the tennis court there are very high weeds and is surely no place for the children to play. There has been at least one rattlesnake killed in this neighborhood and another one seen that got away, and I think if things were cleaned up that maybe they would find another place to live. It certainly isn't very good advertising for a town when the school grounds are in such a sad state of up-keep. Then, too, the play equip ment itself is rickety and beat. Everytime we see chil dren playing on the slide, for example, it gives us the shud ders because one side is com pletely loosened and if a bad windstorm came along it would certainly fall over like the other slide did last year. Let JCF . . . with a plan ! J I WW The teeter-totters are falling apart and anyone could get some pretty bad slivers on what is left of them. If they had kept the boards well paint ed they might not have given way so soon. (Name on File) Gold Hill, Ore. Indecent Exposure To the Editor: I have lived over 45 years. I received my doctor's degree from the School of Hard Knocks. I just presumed I had heard and seen everytning, till some bright boy in Los Angeles came up with the idea of putting pants on animals. The sad part of it is there happens to be $400,000 behind this pants movement, which could be used for more useful pur poses. Now Pearl S., as far as knitting pants for my pet skunk, I don't believe that will be necessary. Just for instance, if this ridiculous thing does become mandatory I would like to stand by, at a distance of course, and watch this L.A. nut try to put pants on my skunk. I happen to know my skunk quite well. I raised him from the time he could hardly stand on all four feet. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt he can shoot with more deadly ac curacy in reverse than most hunters can shooting forward. I have beeii -nt hunting with Ereat hunters that couldn't shoot their way out of a bot tle. The first water hole that had a sign on it, something like tavern. Well, that ended hunting season. Alfred W. Hancnkrat, P.O. Box 523, Jacksonville, Ore. UNESCO Treaty To the Editor: Most of us "Right Wingers" knew the Internationalists would finally figure a way around the Con nally Amendment, but we didn't know how - not until we found the "teeth" In the UNESCO treaty. Believe it or not, this treaty, which the State Department may present to the U.S. Senate for ratifi cation any day now, has got the UN World Court written into it. So once this Treaty becomes "the law of the land" don't think the Connally Amend ment can protect you and your God-given and Constitu tionally bestowed rights as an American citizen any long er. The UN wants you as an individual brought Under In ternational laws and subject to arrest, trial, and punish ment by its UN World Court. And the UNESCO "conven tion", or treaty, was drafted to accomplish specif I c a 1 1 y that! Think of it! Ten Commu nist countries, including the USSR and Castro's Cuba par ticipated in the drafting! Who holds the top lobs In international UNESCO? One American, one Swiss, one in famous French Red, one Hun garian communist, one Yugo slav communist, and eleven -I repeat - eleven infamous, ruthless Russian communists. - fr-4 Do You Have An 'Old Fashioned' Mortgage ? modernize your home financing tailored to fit SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1862 What happens to American schools under the UNESCO "convention"? Congres s m a n Edgar W. Hiestand of Cali fornia puts it flatly, "It would deliver the entire American system into UNESCO interna tional control." How would you like that. citizens of Oregon? With So viet bloc Communists dic tating what is to be taught your children? How many Alger Hisses and Gus Halls do you suppose they'll be able to turn out in this rising generation? Once this treaty is adopted your freedoms are gone, and you and your children are subject to the laws of the UN World Court dominated and controlled by Moscow reds. And all the regrets In the world will not give us back what our Revolutionary war heroes handed to us on a silver platter. Remember what happened to families in China! We have no choice. We've got to get off the side lines and fight. Tell your Senators - and keep on telling them - mat tne American public wants the United States not only to get out of UNESCO but to get out of the United Nations, period. And by your voting show them you mean what you say. Both of our Liberal Oregon Senators favor the UNESCO treaty. One of them comes up for reelection in November. Remember tnat. L. C. Powell, 316 S.E. Eighth St., Grants Pass, Ore. Tooth Decay To the Editor: I have been wondering it some of these ad vocates of sodium fluorides realize that this poison cannot stop decay in the young peo ple who have teeth, and us old ones who haven't a tooth in our heads, like me, and many others who would have to drink this poisoned water paid for by the taxpayers. I also wonder if some of these ad vocates are getting their palms crossed for trying to put this over for someone else who dares not advertise this, as it would come under the Food and Drug act. Do you remember that the Harvey Aluminum Co. took over the fluoride output of the other aluminum plants who were pouring this fluoride into the mi which was poison to the fruit? Now some people are helping this company to get rid of this fluoride by put ting it Into city water. Have you thought that no one has told you what causes this tooth decay? Tooth decay is a sort of disease and of course there must be a reason. My wife and her mother died about the age of 65 and took the most beautiful sets of teeth to their grave that any. one ever saw. I lost all of mine when I was about 30 years of age. My wife had eye trouble and good doctor Kerr x-rayed her face and found an impacted tooth and he pulled one tooth and the other tooth your budget Stop in real soon . . . and don't forget about free customer parking. JCF JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN. Home Office - 2 East Main, Medford Ashland Branch - 337 East Main, Ashland A 5 came down and filled the va cancy. Then I asked Doctor Kerr what caused me to lose my teeth and my wife had all of hers. He told me that the cause was a surplus of phos phorous in me and a minimum in my wife. Then he asked me to read the book entitled "Phossy Jaw" and this book told me the true story about tooth decay. This book may be in your library and if it is I would suggest you advo cales read it. Dr. Kerr gave me a prescription for young people to take orally that would reduce and destroy the phosphorous in your body and thereby retard tooth decay. However I lost this prescrip tion and many others that were very valuable. Other wise I would give you thij prescription. We had two very good dentists in our town of Con neaut, Ohio, Dr. Kerr and Dr. Gallars. Dr. Gallars was tha father of Mildred Gallars who was known as Axis Sally. I mention this as I knew her and she was a lovely girl and I am sure she was framed. So for God's sake and yours quit advertising something that you advocates don't know anything about. Just let the Harvey Aluminum Co. do their own advertising. They dare not advertise it for tooth decay because poisons coma under the control of the Food and Drug act. Melvin F. Allen, Route 2, Box 979, Trail, Ore. Power Line Closes Gap Portland-iuPU-Paclfic Power & Light Co. Friday placed into operation a 100-mile section of a 230,000-volt line between Albany and Roseburg. The $3.8 million circuit, un- -dcr construction since last year, closes a final gap in a Northwest Power Pool loop which reaches north and south on both sides of the Cascada and across Southern Oregon. 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