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Iodin and Fluorine
To the Editor: Much is be
ing written about the "Fluor
idation" of drinking water. I
remember back obout 1913
when the same arguments
were being stressed about put
ting iodine In the drinking
water of the city of Minnea
polis, Minn.
Because there is a lack of
iodine in the soil, and conse
quently the water of the cen
tral states, there is a greater
incidence of goiter there than
in the Western states.
One man wrote to the edi
tor of the Minneapolis Tri
. bune asking why should they
,make "dope" of the city wa
iter. The editor answered in
s footnote that water as it
came from the ground was
. "dope" because it lacked io-
' dine enough for body require-
- ments.
I do not know if they still
put iodine in the water there
but they now put iodine in
"salt for public use. Maybe a
way can be found to put flu
orides in salt or other com
monly used seasonings. It says
. right on the bottle that iodine
is a poison.
Henry Corbin, '
Box 195,
Rogue River, Ore.
Crueltv
To the Editor: The follow
' ' Ins letter I took from the Ore.
" gonian. It expresses the senti
ments of every human being
I havp talkpH with in tha
years I have lived this side
of the Mississippi river.
The crowd goes to Pendle
ton just because it s some
" thing to look forward to as
we usea 10 go to ine county
aii .
Clara Donelson
Rnona Vallau TUIannw
". Medford
The letter follows:
To the Editor: Along with
" Mrs. Winham, andmany oth-
- ers, 1 hope that the Pendleton
nuunu-up win soun oe a imng
' of the past. However, the
brutality to animals exhibited
-at this particular rodeo is typi
cal of all rodeos. I happened
to be in Lakeview during the
- T.ahnr Tlav uanlr nnH whila
- that community's rodeo was
in progrcsn and was told by
an owner of rodeo horses that
-it is necessary to "toughen up
gentle norses rjy strapping
;and spurring them." The offi
cial publication of the Lake
County Roundup states that
horses trained for rodeos "ei
ther give up or give out" after
one or two years of perform
ances. If it were not for the cruel
ty involved, the desperate at
tempts of some humans to
prove their "superiority" over
animals would be ludicrous.
Man's only superiority to ani
mals lies in his possession of
certain intellectual and emo
tional qualities, one of which
is kindness to other living be
ings - including animals.
Thelma Bosowski,
3412 SE 28th PI.
Portland, Ore.
Disgusted Hunter
To the Editor: . Attention
Hunters unsportsmanlike
conduct by the Oregon State
Game commission.
Did the area where you
hunt seem surprisingly short
of deer ithis year? Maybe
yours was one of those where
the game commission sold
deer tags allowing extra deer
for a $5 fee. These special
hunt tags allowed the holders
to hunt not after the regular
season but three weeks before
regular deer season.
The area where we always
hunt was one of these. Where
we normally see 10 to 15 deer
at a time, we saw not orte.
Eight hundred tags were is
sued in this area. The holders
of these special tags had a
field day. No competition, no
sweat, no strain.
I personally believe that
this was one of the most flag
rant abuses of public trust
ever perpetrated on the Ore
gon deer hunter. If the game
commission feels that this
type of hunt is necessary let
them have them after the
regular season so that every
body has an equal chance. If
your' area was one of these,
write the Oregon State Game
commission or their local rep
resentative and tell them
about the unfairness of this
type of hunt.
Glenn M.- wilkins
1503 Kings Hwy.
Medford
Th- Morse Record
To the Editor: My good
neighbor and friend, Mrs. Ed
ith W. Braley, appears to have
been carried away with the
ardor of her loyalty to the Re
publican party and campaign
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
:v Watch the Winds Blow
Watch winds puff to round
a flower blown back;
. then touch petals ground
- with stem bent to snap.
So rare the rose
7 denying death
when the wind blows '
its strongest breath.
But rose and flower too
have roots beneath the soil
.t..Jrn-t ..I.... Ikni- Una
when sudden winds despoil.
- W. Arthur Boggs
-O-
Th End of ( Journey
The pink and gold that light the western sky.
Slow lengthening shadows that toward the eastward lie,
Speak softly of a journey nearly done;
But with your hand in mine, adown the darkening way
We'll go together, you and I, to greet the closing day
And night beyond the westering sun.
The riches that we've garnered with the years.
Our comradeship, our love, our pain and burning tears,
And while the sun slow sinks in weastcrn sea:
These treasures shall sustain us, you and me,
WUlla nirtht la flnainD lin thf ffatP.
- Frank Roberts
Medford
-O-
Behold the Night
Behold the silent night and soon
The mute mosaic of the moon
tn silver tracings on the ground
Through shadowy leaves without a sound.
How calm the wood! - How stilled now
The violence of wind and bough
Since tumult rent the hour, anr". peace
Took flight among lamenting trees!
- Charles Oluf Olsen
Portland, Ore.
-O-
On a Friend's Birthday
Today I hear the fairy anvils ring;
With merry stroke, another golden link
Is added to the measure of your years
And yet. dear friend, I would not have you think
That life will be less sweet, or friends less true,
Or, by this measure you are growing old.
Tis but a little farther from the morn of life,
A little nearer to the gates of gold.
- Jack Finel
Phoenix, Ore.
-O-Apathy
How the whirlpools go -Down,
down.
Catching the careless raft of unconcern.
Down to rot
In the depths of unforgivencss.
Kindness is dealt a slow
Death by inaction, nevermore
To return in her solitary state.
O. Sleep, come quickly and
Heal the mutilated kindness.
All the fibers of human
Decency 5eem watcrlogsed.
- Janet Miller
Ashland. Ore.
(From Anthology published by Jackson County Commit
tee for the Study of Able and Gifted Children)
fervor, in h ir attack upon
Senator Wa.-ie Morse in the
102 Communications. Citing
certain "facts" from Harrison
Spanglcr's book about the
Senator, she then essayed a
pretty broad jump to con
clusions which do not neces
sarily follow or which, at
least, need considerable qual
ification. Mrs. Braley asserts that Mr.
Morse never served as chair
man of a regular standing
Senate committee. While un
able to verify this without
further research, it is pertin
ent to point out that such
chairmanship is not of itself a
test of influence. Many a leg
islator has exerted great influ
ence without ever having
achieved committee chairman
ship. As a matter of fact. Sena
tor Morse has been hailed by
colleagues of both parties for
his outstanding job as chair
man of two Senate subcom
mittees: on Education, and on
Latin American Affairs; and
he also has chaired the Sen
ate's legislative committee on
small business.
The Mail Tribune's Wash
ington correspondent, A. Rob
ert Smith, wrote in the
21362 issue: "For the sec
ond successive session, Sen.
Wayne Morse has completed
a legislative assignment in a
remarkable fashion ... He
steered the Kennedy Adminis
tration's federal aid for col
leges through the Senate
without mishap, just as last
year he managed Senate pass
age of the public school con
struction bill . . . (without)
crippling amendments."
In addition to congratula
tions from fellow Democrats
in the Senate and from Presi
dent Kennedy, Smith also re
ported "even admiring obser
vations of Republicans who
by ideology and partisan in
stincts should be the last to
concede a point in the year
of his re-election test. Prob
ably no senator . . . could be
unaffected when a colleague
stands up in the Senate and
says out loud: 'I have great af
fection for the Senator from
Oregon: I have great respect
for his ability, courage and
perception.' That came from
no partisan well-wisher but
from the conservative chair
man of the Republican Policy
committee of the Senate,
Bourke Hickcnlooper."
Senator Neuberger declar
ed (52261): ."As one who has
presided over the Senate dur
ing many of the hours of de
bate on the aid-to-education
bill which the Senate has just
now passed ... I join in the
encomiums which have been
expressed by so many Sena
tors in commenting on the
great skill displayed by the
senior Senator from Oregon;" '
and. added Senator Mans
field," ... a measure which
truly deserves the name "The
Morse Bill'."
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
Fluoridation Viewpoint
To the Editor: Until read
ing Mr. Powell's letter of 9-30-62
this writer was under
the impression that cities such
as Coos Bay, North Bend, Cor
vallis, Salem, McMinnville,
Pendleton, Newport, etc.
were communities of fore
sight and vision, communities
which were willing to take
the lead in matters of public
health. In fact the writer has
often wondered if perhaps at
tacks on fluoridation were
"red" approved if not inspir
ed! It seemed reasonable that
something which benefitted
our youth to such a great ex
tent would be bitterly fought
by "reds."
Before the statement "the
Communist plan to use fluor
idation in America for out
right poisoning, or for reduc
ing the mentality and the will
to resist," is taken too ser
iously it might be wise to do
a little basic arithmetic. By
various means the amount of
fluorides required to kill an
adult has been fixed at about
4 grams by research scientists.
Assuming i of this amount
or 1 gram to be fatal to chil-.
d r e n the following, relation
ships can be set up.
First it must be understood
that ordinarly 1 part per mil
lion is added to the water sup
ply. This is equal to 1 milli
gram per liter which in turn
is approximately equal to 1
milligram per quart. Assum
ing that the Medford water
system must treat 7 million
gallons per day and knowing
that 14 pounds of sodium sil
ica fluoride (most commonly
used chemical) will treat 1
million gallons 1 part per mi
lion, we find that approxi
matey 18 tons of chemical will
be needed each year.
There are three reservoirs
at the only logical location,
having a total of 12 million
gallons storage. To bring the
fluoride concentration to the
danger level of 1000 parts per
million would require 84 tons
of chemical, or enough for 4
to 5 years. It is douMful that
one-half year storage would
be available. Fluorides above
5 parts per million impart a
definite taste to the water and
30 to 40 parts per million is
hard to even choke down.
As far as "reducing our
mentality," it should suffice
to note that both Corvallis,
where that great school
known an Oregon Stale uni
versity is located, and Salem,
where our legislators meet ev
ery two years (as well as be
ing the Governor's home), flu
oridate their water supplies.
Folks, a vote for fluorida
tion is a vote for better health
for today's children and to
morrow's leaders!
Sherer for Fluoridation
Committee
Keith Sherer, President
P.O. Box 172
, Eagle Point, Ore.
Albino Birds
To the Editor: How many
readers of natural history and
wild life of the Oregon coun
try have had the occasion to
view an albino bird or wild
animal in its natural habit or
haunts?
Well, we had the rare expe
rience nearly half a century
ago to find a covey of moun- i
tain top-k n o t quail, and
among them was a pure white 1
one, in fact we could view
them at short range and dis-1
covered the one lone freak 1
also had pink eyes. Being on j
a low ridge we passed over '
frequently on the trail tn a j
small gold quartz mine, the l
covey of quail became almost
a daily sight, and also quite ;
tame the rest of the season.
One other time before that, j
we had the rare chance to see i
a white blackbird or so-called !
cow-bird among a flock that !
were migrating south for the
winter season. The lone freak j
somehow seemed to be almost i
segregated.
Bert Kissinger
322 S. Riverside Ave.
Medford
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1962
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Nature's Mak
To the Editor: I've been
asked to write about fluorida
tion of drinking water, a sub
ject about which I can say
very little that hasn't been
said before by everybody who
has tasted the darned stuff.
We know that water puri
fies itself while running in
brooks or creeks, and in the
old days of overland travel, I
often drank with my hounds
and horses right out of stag
nant buffalo wallows. Ignor
ant, wasn't I?
Nothing happened to my
health and now in my eight
ieth year, I'll bet I can play
ball (with my glasses on).
I raised poultry at one time
and sodium fluoride was used
to keep lice and mites off my
hens. Used by pinch-dust
method and by. dipping.
May be used on ol' Rover
only in one place - the back
of his neck, for if he can
reach to lick it, or even
breathe it - Good bye, Dog.
The Bible tells us that peo
ple once lived much longer
than we do. Just think of
Noah's granddad, Methuselah,
living 969 years, and he drank
from wells and springs.
If a well is too near a toilet,
typhoid germs may be taken;
and I wouldn't want to drink j
from Bear creek, nor would I
want to draw water out of
either copper or other metal
faucets that are corroded by
fluoridation, and use it to pre
pare hot beverages.
I had to drink San Anton
io's drugged water 12 years
ago and I moved to the Val
ley. There, I bought five gal
lon jugs of water for 75 cents.
I got through that ignorant
stage, but you may not If you
vote for "doping" that fine
Medford water.
Yours for Nature's own
make.
Pearl Spackman
Jacksonville, Ore.
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