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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, Medford&Jribunb . '-Everyone in Southern Oregon BeadTlieMailTribune" Published Diiily ex'ccpf Saturday by MEDFOHD PRINTING CO. 33 North Fir Jit., Ph.J772-8.41 ROBERT W. RUHL. Editor FIERB GREV Advert. iing Manager CERALU T LATHAM. Bu. Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN JR., MriR. Editor KARL H ADAMS, Ulty bauor V.ARRV PHIPMAN. Telea Editor JUCHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women's Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr ArT Independent' Ncwspn per Entered aa second class matter at Med lord, uregon. unaer tv ui March 3, 18fJ7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Rv Mail In Advance. n.-.ilv and Sunday 1 yearS18 00 Daily and Sunday 8 mos 10 00 Dailv and Sunday 3 moi, 5 00 Sunday Only One year $5 00 Single Copy (Mailed) 2Uc By Carnei And Motor Route. Daily and Sunday 1 year $21.00 Diiily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.75 Cnnrinv Onlv 1 mfl 50 C Carrier and VendorB Copy 10c iVfMHat "PanVr of CltV of Medford Official Paper of Jackson County United Press International Pull tinted Wire V. P. I Telephoto Newsplctiires MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI atfc runpa in New York. Chi' ccgo Detroit, San Francisco. Los An gem, beanie rui n n , ., Denver. NATION A l EDITORIAL scAti3n NEWSPAPER SHERS OCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the tiles ot Th Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oc. 17, 1952 (Friday) Forests in, both Jackson and Josephine counties will be opened to non-permit hunting by the foresters at noon Satur day. The Mediord fire depart ment is seeking a number of well-qualified young men for training as firemen. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1942 (Saturday) Number of tourists visiting Crater Lake National park up 63 per cent in 1942 over prev ious year. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Italy is now so weak militarily that Premier MusBolini has not sufficient strength left to stab himself in the back." 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1932 (Monday) Number of voters register ed for general election in Jackson county totals 19,31 B; Republicans lead Democrats, 12.114 to 6,501. Women barred as jurors bs "heart balm" case opens in circuit court here. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1922 (Tuesday) Mrs. Ella Short, wife of man who installed first Med ford water system in early 1880's, visits friends here. Contracts let for construc tion of new lime plant at Cold Hill. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1912 (Thursday) Fare from Medford to Jack sonville on Rogue River Val ley railroad increased to 25 ccnls each way from a quarter round trip after auto stage line goes out of business. O. C. Stillman, Prohibition candidate for U. S. senator from this district, expresses confidence that he will beat incumbent W. C. Hawley. Whal's Your I.Q.7 Nina or ton correct Is superior; seven or eight Is excellent; five or sii is good. 1. Which country Is estim ated to have the greatest force under arms today? 2. What is the last word in the New Testament? 3. Correct the following sen tence: "I wish one of my bro thers wore coming." 4. What is the national game of England? 5. Which two nationally ob served holidays in the U. S, always fall on the same clay of Hie week. 6. In contract bridge, the winning of two games by one side constitutes a ? 7. What does the "A" stand for in Thomas A. Edison? 8. Is the city of Adelaide In Australia, or New Zealand? . 0. The nickname 'The Voice" has been applied to which crooner? 10. Is copper, or silver, the betler conductor of electric ity? Answers: 1. Red China. 2. Amen. 3. It is correct (sub Junctive mood). 4. Cricket, 5. Labor Day and Thanksgiving. 6. Rubber. 7. Alva. 8. Aus tralia. 9. Frank Sinatra, 10. Silver. "HUNS" TRAFFIC LIGHT Erie, Pa - (UPI - Police were a bit dubious Tuesday night when James Olds reported he ran over a traffic light and then they cheeked. Olds was driving along a downtown street when a stiff wind snap ped guy wires supporting a a traffic light which dropped In the path of his car. 4 A OCTOBER 17, 1962 The Mayor of Medford Having the job of mayor of Medford is as close as one can come to being "Mr. Medford." The mayor is the chief representative of the city on a multitude of ceremonial and official occasions. He presides meetings of the city coun cil, and in case of deadlock, his vote can break a tie. He can veto council legislation.- Perhaps the most important of all, however, is his unique position of influence on his fellow council members and on formulation of policy. A good mayor can be a positive force for good in a city. A mediocre mayor can harm a city. A bad mayor can be a destructive force. "THE last three mayors of Medford the late Diamond Flynn, Earl Miller (now county judge), and the incumbent, John Snider, have set a remarkably high standard in this important position. (We mention these three only, as they are ones we have known as mayor. No derogation of earlier mayors is intended.) Each had his successes and his failures, but each has commanded respect, if not always agree ment, and each has exerted his influence for the benefit of the community. The term of each has been marked by progress and improvements. The people of Medford have been well served. Now tne time nas come to elect, a new mayor. There are three candidates, all city councilmen. WILLIAM Singler is a young man, ambitious and with a desire for public service in an office higher than that of city councilman. He is, we believe, sincere and well-meaning. But we believe he lacks the seasoning, and above all the experience, for such an important position. He has yet to complete one full term as a member of the council. Our observations also in dicate he lacks a thoroughly thought - through philosphy of public service, and what the city needs in coming administrations. Certainly without animus of any kind, we sug gest that he be passed by future experience and added abilities may better suit him for important elective position. But not yet. FRED Robinson cannot be faulted on exper imtnn r at loact nn ilin nnnnrfnnltv tn crtlin experience tor ne nas Uther considerations, challenge his qualifications for mayor. He has, for one thing, the worst attendance record of any member of the city council. In 1961, he missed 9 of the 24 meetings, more than twice as many as any other councilman. Up to September of this year he had missed 6 of the 18 meetintrs. or one in three. His inconsistency puzzles us. A few months ago he resigned the job of council president (whose sole job it is to preside in the absence of the mayor), citing the press of business. Now he is a candidate for mayor, a far more demanding and time consuming job. DOBINSON has not lived up to all the responsi bilities of a city councilman, express or im plied. In addition to his record of absenteeism, he has refrained from voting on liquor license applications, either for or ligious convictions. Ihis duty all councilmen have. called upon for such decisions, and to cite religion as an excuse smacks of the hypocritical. Robinson, too, lacks a ing city's needs. In a talk his only platform was "cut taxes." Now this may or may not be desirable and possible. But a shot gun, tax-cutting approach, without careful thought and speeitic proposals, could be serious ly damaging. It is a disservice to Medtord citi zens to talk about tax cuts without showing how they can be made without crippling vital city services. This is fiscal irresponsibility. We hesitate to mention personality and speak ing ability, but the fact is that a mayor is an of ficial and ceremonial representative of the city, and the impression he makes is important. A de cision whether Robinson measures up in this category is subjective. We do not believe he does. COME now to James Dtinlevy, the third candidate. In our view he excells either of the other candidates in all categories in pub lic and business experience, in knowledge of gov ernment and its orderly workings, in courage in holding and voicing opinions, in independence from any special-interest groups, and in person ality and the ability to represent the city. He has served nearly six years on the council, two of them as its president. He has the necessary j long-range view of the city's problems, and a I sound, practical and progressive approach to their j solution. He has a long record of participation in -other civic affairs. ; He is articulate, personable, well liked, and I has a fine and subtle sense of humor, which often is a saving grace in any public servent. He can ho tough when he needs to be, and kindly when I it is called for. jCUMMIXG up: We believe Bill Singler to be a fine young j man, with opportunity for fine public service before nun, but lacking the necessary maturity and experience for the job of mayor. We believe Fred Robinson to be unqualified ! for this office bv reason ! 1" . i I '.V' uisiiuerest, sniihing oi lvsponsioiiuy, and kick of any constructive program. V'c believe Jimmy Dunlevy to be highly qual ified for mayor, through experience, nersonality and character. He would do a splendid job. We strongly urge the election of Jimmy Dun levy as mayor of Medford. E. A. in this election. In the long oeen a councilman. nowever, lead us to against, due to his "re is simply shirking a He knew he would be long view ot this crow the other day virtually of absenteeism, frequent i l , MEDFORD Conscience Of -MUSJueltlMs f Gaxf Snoot Wr ... Communications ... Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen na.ue or initial for publication is permissible The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation, metiers suommea lor pumicanon must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do sot necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. Translated To the Editor: There was more truth than poetry in the 923 M-T letter entitled "The Dead Return" (Name on file). The Bible is the best and per haps the only authority we can refer to on the deep things of this life and our pre-earth life, including our lives to come, on both spiritual mat ters and temporal also. And they are so interwoven we cannot separate them even with our private interpreta tions. Moses, the servant of God. who had talked face to face with God, died in the land of Moab and was buried there by God, but no one knew where his grave was. (Dent. 34:5). Jesus was the first to be res urrected, so Moses must have been translated, like Elijah, who had been taken to Heav en in a chariot. Both came to Earth again and appeared to the apostles and the Savior on the mount of Transfiguration, and restored the keys of the gospel and ordinances of the Church and kingdom of God Jesus had established upon the Earth, with Peter, James, and John in the presidency. (See Mat 16:19, and the Lord's Prayer.) In John 21:18, Jesus told Peter by what death he should glorify God, and the balance of the chapter indicates John would tarry upon the Earth until the Savior conies again in the millenium. This doc trine is also clearly indicated in Luke 9:27. It is evident there was a better resurrec tion or God would not have revealed it to Paul. (Hcb. 11:35.) The distinction is that when a righteous man dies he goes to his rest until the time of the resurrection. But a trans lated being will obtain deliv erance from the tortures and sufferings of the body. But their existence will prolong as to the labors and toils of the ministry, and they cannot enter into their rest and glory until their bodies have under gone a change equivalent to death. Translated bodies arc are designed for future mis sions and power to bring souls unto God, hence their betler resurrections. (Compare Luke 22:28-30). Gabriel, who was Noah on Earth and translated, came fruin the presence of God and announced the coming birth and mission of John the Bap list and our Savior Jesus Christ. John F. Peterson, Hll South Holly st., Medford. Real News To the Editor: The real news story of the week, and one that may very well be in a class witli Typhoon Kriecla when it comes to local devas tation, is found in a compari son of the current tax state ments with those of last year. Millage in Medford increased from 857 to 933, which means that real and personal prop erly taxes increased 9 18 per cent in real money. The cost of running the City of Medtord went up 8.1288 per cent over last year, and School District 5-l!)C is to cost 9.75 per cent additional. Hals off to the Medford City Council for getting in its bite before School District 549C stages its usual ".special" election for additional funds lo cover the cost of Us run away empire building, and also slugs us to bond a new high school. Possibly the candidates for School District and Medford offices would care to explain why the cost of running these enterprises increased so sud denly and so dramatically, and (in the ease of the School District) why they never ask the voters at a general elec tion to approve a tmancial measure, but always resort to the additional expense of a special election' These ex planations miht aid those few prejudiced subscribers who decline to read or accept MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, A Conservative the editor's views on those issues. Hugh B. Collins, 107 East Main st., Medford. Picking Wages To the Editor: I see on TV where the pear growers need help, and paying 16c too. We haven't got less than 17c working regular all through the season. This last wet week were getting 18c with a bonus. The growers should lose a few crops. Maybe they'd wake up. They don't have any place for pickers to live, especially a man with a family. But then they don't want to hire a man with a family, they'd rather have wino's and Nationals. There has been lots of white help in this valley in the three years I've lived here, but they couldn't get a job if they weren't a Mexican. Then they don't want chil dren in the orchard. Last year my husband wasn't picking fruit. I asked several people for a job picking pears, but they wouldn't hire a woman by herself. I can pick pears better than lots of men and lop my own trees too. Several women I know can too. If they do have cabins they're too small for a man with chil dren. Then when you tell some one you're picking pears they look at you like you're a bum. The people of this valley should realize there's money put in this valley by the pears that wouldn't be there if there weren't people to pick them They should pay 20c a box just regular so a man could make a living. How many years have they payed 16c? How much more per box are they getting than when they started paying 16c? And when it comes to prun ing trees, my husband went out by the tree, made $20 the first day, then the second day they told him he couldn't make over $10. That's what their hourly men made. Looks to me like they'd have been glad to get the trees pruned as fast as pos sible. You can go to Califor nia and make $25 and $30 a day pruning and they don't care. It's their own fault they don't have pickers in here. I know from experience. Give a pear picker a little of that money they pay out in taxes, maybe they'd have pickers. Mrs. H. Humphrey ' Route 1, Box 434 Central Point, Ore. Delinquency To the Editor: There has been a lot of discussion here lately about juvenile delin quents. My opinion is, we should take a look at our present laws. I A boy can get a license to drive a car at the age of 16, but he can't legally buy a cigarette. He is liable to the draft at 18, but can't buy a can of beer. At 18 he begins to think of himself as a man. but he doesn't always know how to 1 act as one. That closes one i source of supply but leaves him two other sources of sup ply, the bootlegger, or he can steal them. Maybe you can remember how good those watermelons tasted when they were stolen. Also read the "Parable of the tales." W. R. White P O. Box 20!) White City, Ore. Cuano Birds To the Editor' A Capetown friend sends writer clipping that South Africa is Interest ed in the guano island of Juan de Nova o(f Madagascar. Also that it is world's greatest phosphate ferlilUcr deposit. We of U S A. know its value. We have bat-guano deposits in our and Southwest. 1 OREGON Communist Repressions and Propaganda Fails to End Religious Observances By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst At the Roman Catholic Church's Ecumenical Council in Rome are some men who daily have suf fered persecu tion for their faith, and sometimes im p r i s o nment. These men are r e p r e senta fives of the "church of si lence" behind Newiom the Iron Cur tain. That they are there at all is proof both of their own determination and of Commu nist failure to stamp out re ligion even after 45 years. Two high officers of the church are missing from the Rome conclave. They are Jo- When in Peru, writer saw guano birds over Humboldt current. Once we traveled for hours parallel to a black rib bon of comorants, other guano birds. They were feeding on Humboldt current's anchoives. Writer's grandfather was one of von Humboldt's young students. He had the rare faculty of getting oncoming scientists lo pledge their lives to overseas research. He as signed Granddad to Mexico. This became his dominant life aim. He is buried in Mexico City. Von Humboldt, returning to Europe, preached "Peru guano can save from starva tion overpopulated Europe." Ships soon rounded the Horn in fabulously profitable com merce. Deposits approached exhaustion. Birds ruthlessly were slaughtered. Then one leader, a Peruvian scientist of vision, forced enactment of conservation legislation. Now guano birds have come back. Peru's taxpayers again find burdens lightened be cause our overpopulated world needs fertilizer. C. M. Goethe 3731 Tea st. Sacramento 16, Calif. Fine Young Man To the Editor: Let me admit right at the start that I am prejudiced on behalf of our congressional candidate, Carl Fisher. I've been working for him for several months now and am thoroughly convinced he is one of the finest young men Oregon has ever had in politics. Although there may have been some who were surprised at his effectiveness when he debated Bob Duncan, I think you should know there were many of us in that audience who were not surprised. Carl Fisher has been cam paigning in this area since early summer and a lot of us have heard him speak at coffees and other such func tions. We knew he was good. We knew him to be a man of mature judgment, deep con victions and rare ability. And that's why we were so glad the general public had an op portunity to learn this wU ahead of the election. The League of Women Voters are to be commended. Bob Balk 1608 Lcnora dr. Medford. Crossing Danger To the Editor: The railroad crossing on the Table Rock road in the White City area has been termed extremely hazardous by residents and tourists crossing the area. A logging train crosses the area approximately twice daily. There are no signal lights, bells or stop signs. The train in no way gives anv warning to approaching the crossing. A serious accident occurred at the crossing approximately two years ago. The driver nar rowly escaped death. His truck was totally demolished. Two near accidents have been noted and many more probable ones. In foggy weather one can not even sec an on-coming train. A red-flashing unit could be installed and trig gered by the approaching of the train. Signal lights have been installed in many areas where they have proved out to not be needed. This crossing is used by the public. It is in one of our State park areas that is in constant use. Area residents and people vacationing here have noted ine cianger involved and urge ini io me auenuon oi ootn fore lives are lost at this crossing. This definitely should be included In our safe ty program. Dot Simmons 606 Valley View dr., Medford. ( J'" "X- ' seph Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary, now in refuge at the U. S. legation in Budapest, and Archbishop Josef Beran of Czechoslovakia, confined since 1949 for his refusal to take the Communist oath of allegiance. A survey of the state of re ligion in the European Iron Curtain countries just has been published by Radio Free Europe. The survey points out that the churches remain the only organized bodies in Eastern Europe which are not directly controlled by the Communist parties, and as such promote the only rival ideology to com munism. They remain remarkably strong despite an unremitting campaign by Communist gov ernments, ranging from a spider's web of legal restric tions and arrests of priests to the scientific teaching of athe ism. Here is a rundown: Soviet Union: The Commu nist party newspaper Pravda recently admitted "atheist education" has had no im pact on "the hard core of be lievers." Estimates which may be too high place the number of persons belonging to vari ous religious faiths in the So viet Union at 93 million - roughly 43 per cent of the population. Bulgaria: Bulgarians tra ditionally are stubborn ad herents to the Eastern Ortho dox Church, and Christmas and Easter find churches and nearby streets and squares crowded. Almost all rural marriages are concluded in church. Czechoslovakia: The anti-religious campaign has had con siderable success among In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS The news? It's tragic. As this is written, 18 per sons are known to have died in Oregon as a result of the worst windstorm in the state's history. It is regarded as prob able that Wnen the figures are all in the total will be still higher. Eighteen Californians arc known to have died and, as in the case of Oregon, it is ex pected that the final total will be higher. Estimates of property dam age m Oregon run as high as $170 million. No estimates of total property damage in Cali fornia are yet available. 11HE SMALL Business Ad- ministration has applied its distaster area designation to portions of Oregon, Wash ington and California. This designation will permit home owners, business con cerns and various other enter prises whose property has been damaged to apply at Small Business Administra tion offices for recovery loans carrying an interest rate of 3 per cent and payable over a period as long as 20 years. In Qregon, Governor Hat field says: "Uncle Sam isn't going to come out here with a suitcase full of money. Ore gonians are displaying their pioneer spirit. Oregon is on its way back." THAT'S the good old Oregon spirit, Governor. Back in our territorial days, Oregon's motto was "Alis Volat Proprils" "She Flies With Her Own Wings." This motto was never adopt ed by the STATE of Oregon, but I think we can all say proudly that it is STILL the motto of Oregon's people. yHAT happened to us? ' We seem to have been caught in the tail-end of a typhoon. THE VIOLENT tropical cy A clones that sweep over the Pacific Ocean from the Phil ippine Islands to Japan and the coast of China are called "typhoons." Similar storms are called hurricanes in the West Indies and the eastern part of the United States. Typhoons usually occur during A u g u s t, September and October. They begin in the low latitudes of the North Pacific, move northwest and then turn northeast. (This one seems to have been a maver ick. It failed to delay its nor mal turn to the northeast long enough to lose its destructive force before arriving on our coast.) The books add that ty phoons travel slowly, but i great damage is done by the violent, gusty winds within the circle of their influence. An idea of their destructive power can be gleaned from the fact that last week end 15,000 telephones were out of commission in Oregon, and the Pacific Bell Company was i rushing a 42-car TRAIXLOAD of new equipment into the i . state to repair the damage I GRIM thought: Could old Mother Na- tore have been giving us a little sample of how terrible it would be if someday some body is foolish enough to loose nuciear warfare on this ojirth? young people. But the news paper Nova Svoboda has com plained more and more church members are ready to turn 10 per cent of their income over io the church. East Germany: After erec tion of the Berlin wall in August 1961, the Communists redoubled their efforts to split the German Evangelical Church into east and west. The effort so far has failed. A Protestant official estimated that 60 per cent of the young people in East Germany at tend church. Hungary: The regime rec Try and Stop By BENNETT CERF A LASS FROM County Cork emigrated to Boston and married a man who was a longtime fugitive from Alco holics Anonymous. She wrote home to tell about her hus band's drinking habits but her parents could make neither head nor tall of the American slang she had picked up. The next spring her. brother came over to New Ynrlf anH ran intrt o I Army parade on his way from the docks. He point ed to a huge, lumbering armored vehicle, and said, "What's that?" His guide said proudly, "That's one of our new super-tanks." "Glory be," gasped the Irishman. "Me sister's married to one of them!" Mrs. Lazar was standing in the lobby of her Park Avenue apartment house when the elevator disgorged a lady wearing a hat identical to hers. Mr, Lazar, acutely conscious of his wife'i reaction, sighed deeply and commented, "Now 1 suppose I'll have to treat you to a new hat." "Well," snapped Mrs. Lazar, "that would certainly be cheaper than moving!" Classified ad in a Sacramento newspaper: "Lost a pair of unusually thick glasses. Will the finder please advertise in VERY LARGE PRINT." A wise word of caution from Vince Rivers: "That argument you won from your wife isn't over yet!" 1962, by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate Strictly Personal By Sydney (c) Field Enterprise!, Inc. ON BECOMING HUMAN The great difference be tween all the rest of the ani mal world and mankind has nothing to do i or me aoimy environment, m.i i- j foundly and t.-ipinniT.. j:t Harm ferent is that becoming "human beings" is not natural to us; it is a life long task, requiring constant diligence, practice, and sacri fice. It means surmounting ourselves. Ortega y Gasset, one of the seminal thinkers of our time, has put it well in his long essay, "Many the Technician." He points out that "to all other entities of the universe, existence presents no prob lem ... A bull, if he exists, exists as a bull." On the contrary, "for a man to exist does not mean to exist at once as the man he is, but merely that there exists a possibility of, and an effort toward, accom plishing this. Who of us is all he should be and all he long lo be? In contrast to the rest of creation, man, in existing, has io make his existence." What each of us calls "my life," Ortega says, it a pure task, "a thino inexor ably to be made. It is not given to me as a present; I have to make it." It is only in the light of this concept which I be TX'l with the op f po,a bl e . thumb, the V gift of speech, 1 - slit V 1! "I don't know If it's called i sheath or a shift, but il's definitely designed for fall nighti she's carrying a burning torch . ." J f ognizes the strong religious feeling of the majority and has hesitated to clamp down too hard. Efforts to substitute atheist forms for weddings, christenings and funerals have had little success. Poland: Church situation has worsened steadily in past few years but still is best of all Communist bloc countries. Church attendance considered better than in pre-war days. Romania: Older persons ap pear to be immune to atheist propaganda, although it is showing some effects among teen-agers. J. Harris lieve to be a true one that much of human beha vior and human history can be understood. For most of what we call "human his tory" consists in the refusal to be human. Wars, tyrannies, persecu tions, corruptions these are the traditional ways in which societies as a group resist humanization. On the personal level, we as indi viduals resist it by indulg ing in our appetites as ends in themselves, and not mere ly as a means to a human end. We will do anything rather than become fully human, be cause it is the hardest job we can imagine. Unlike the bull, who is fixed for all time in his bullishness, we have an immense capacity to rise above the biological and the appetitive; but this task fright ens us, and we retreat into passion and prejudice, as the Germans under Hitler cast off a thousand years of Christian ity and withdrew into the zo ological slime. Man is not a "natural" cre ature in the sense that all others are. His existence is problematic; he is a set of possibilities, ranging from be low the bestial to nearly the angelic. Man is what he does. And his whole life is a pro gram for action: to find those possibilities which most fully express his human condition. History, whether in Munich or in Mississippi, reveals how mankind shrinks away from becoming human. It is easy for us to believe in God; what is hard, devilishly hard, for for most people Is to believe in humanity.