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TUL3DAY, "Everyone in Sou them Oregon Rpadi The Mail Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by 33 North Fir Ph.772-6141 ROBERT W. BUHL. Editor HERB GREY Advertiiing Manag M7i.i n T I ATU1M Rill M( ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mnft. Editor . ,-, r- ii mimM A M T.lna P. Hi frit niCHARD JEWETT. Sports Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women'i Editor DALE tHU-RBUn, ircuinii"ii An Independent Newspaper 1 at Med ford, Oregon, under Act ol March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES rtr.ii.. .nrf Cunrfov 1 veartlB BOO Daily and Sunday 8 moi 10 0.00 XJatlv ana unany a Sunday Only One year $5 S.00 5.00 Single Copy (Malledt n.. A nrt Mnlnp Rnill 200 Daily and Sunday 1 year 2 1.00 1.75 Daily ana Bunay i -nw 50c Tarrier and Vendors Copy f K Offlrlal Iaperof Jackion County United Press International Full Leased Wire U. P. I Telepholo Newsplcturei "SIESiBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Or uhlula nuna ATES Officet In New York. Chl cr.so Detroit. San Francisco. Los Ancelei. Seattle. Portland. Denver. NATION A I EDITORIAL bmnni .n.'.l UJI NEWSPAPER EDS SOCIATIO.'J Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tha files of Tha Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1952 (Thursday) IH T. Macomber. 29 today was back In Oregon State penitentiary from which he escaped Sept. 15. The big alarm bell at the main Medford fire station lias clanged 25 times, alerting firemen for a run, since ine new telephone directory dis tribution began yesterday. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1942 (Friday) Building permits valued at 533,025 issued In Medford during October; war priority regulations blamed for sharp decline from October, 1841. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "There will be an election Tuesday. There are signs Republicans will vote Republican and many Democrats will do the same. Nobody is in a high dudgeon over it." 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1932 (Sunday) Between 65 and 70 per cent of the eligible voters expected to cast ballots in 1932 general election; turnout of about 13, 000 seen. Couple working "mining slock" swindle bilks promi nent Medford family out of several hundred dollars. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1922 (Monday) Fire of undetermined origin causes $8,000 damages to Lib erty building in Medford. Total of 914 carloads of apples and 728 carloads of pears shipped from Rogue Valley between July 1, 1921 and July 1, 1922. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 30. 1912 (Wednesday) Oregon Gov. Oswald West endorses Frank L. TouVello's candidacy for election as Jack son county judge. Announcement of death of United States Vice President James S. Sherman made by President William H. Tail. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct It superior; seven or eight is eicellent; five ei six Is good. 1. What type of U.S. coins were withdrawn from circula tion in 1933? 2. Which two conn tries fought the Punic Wars? 3. Is "gerrymander" a term used in boxing, naval warfare, polities or tennis? 4. Who created the movie cartoon character Mickey Mouse? 5. Was William Kidd a hero, or a villain? 8. The world's busiest river Is in the United States; is it the Mississippi, Hudson. De troit, or Columbia? 7. What country has the oldest parliamentary assem bly in the world? 8. Is the percentage of sil ver in the U.S. dollar 40. 50 70 or 00? P. Name the most decorated u.o. rtrmy u nicer Irom World War II. 10. The famed summer re sort oi tsar Harbor is in which slate? Answers: 1. Gold coins. 2. Rome and Carthage. 3. Poll tics. 4. Walt Disney. 5. Vil lain. 6. Detroit. 7. Iceland. 8. 90 per cent. 9. Audi Mur phy. 10. Maine. BEYOND SALVAGE Brest. Franoe-flTI)-Shlpplng A P U B LI S authorities laid today Pan amanian cargo ship which ran aground near here over the week end could not be salv aged The ship is the 11.000 Liberty ship Xenophon. Its 28-man crew has been safely put ashore. 4 OCiuri GO, lbt.2 As Simple As That For some reason we do not comprehend, Day light Savings Time, to be voted on a week from today, has not turned into the violent issue almost evervone exnected it to. Three letters concerning DST elsewhere today are among the few we have received during this campaign. They sum up rather graphically the reasons for the discontent with the present situ ation discontent which has been heard loudly the last two summers when the time in Oregon went every which way. It is nossible. of course, that people are more passive on this issue at 1 , .i . ,i i may ue mat mey ieei it, is naruiy worm wtiue iu say much about it. The fact remains that there hasn't been very much to-do about DST in recent months, even with the election getting closer. E HAVE a hunch that the DST measure may nass this time, for is the only way in which Oregon can get time uniformity not only uniformity with Wash ington and California, but uniformity within the StcitB To expect California (population almost 17, 000,000) and Washington (population almost 3,000,000) to "conform" with Oregon (popula tion about 1,800,000), as one correspondent sug gests, is plainly unrealistic. Additionally, over the years the voting trend has gradually become more favorable to DST in Oregon. yHE history of the situation is too well known to need repeating; suffice it to say that the combined reluctance of the people of Oregon as a whole to go for DST, and the desire of the metropolitan area for DST, caused the legisla ture to pass the ill-advised split time bill. So now the issue is simply this: We vote for DST if we want uniform time ; we vote against it if we are content with the present situation, or if we trust the legislature to straighten things out. We don't like the present mix-up, and we question whether the legislature will straighten tilings out. We don't much care what time it is so long as it is the same time throughout the time zone, so we'll vote for DST. It's as simple as that. E. A. Infamous No. 24 Despite the fact that a certain percentage of the Mail Tribune's circulation is in the state of California, thus far we have not commented, ex cept in passing, on the many candidates and is sues to be decided by our California neighbors next Tuesday. The Nixon-Brown and Richardson-Rafferty election contests have drawn the most attention as far as candidates are concerned, and the in famous Proposition 24 the most attention of the measures. Proposition 24 would, in the words of the New York Times, ask "the voters of our fastest growing state to abrogate their own constitu tional guarantees on the excuse that special powers are needed to fight the internal Commu nist menace." THE MEASURE, ostensibly to strengthen anti rninmnniL't nt-ifiirifinc in thn t:itn ie 'A Inno V U 1 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 0 L, CIV H I.IVU ill i. i w wmv-., ... . v . . q step backward to the star chamber, to the face less accuser, to trial without jury and witnoui ap pealall the things the U. S. Constitution was designed to thwart. Proposition 2-1 would nenn 1p f'nnv ... officer ... of the Govern- ment of the United States" for instance, which could include almost any Government employee) to judge who or what is a Communist, a Com munist trout, or subversive organization. And from that judgment there would be no recourse. I he proposition is Brown and Mr. Nixon, substantial organization slightest study of it. YET THERE is a danger that it might pass, hhIa.u. niMitnrlt -ttitic ii'n . tnrtnrl tr itc rltinrrnvc II 1 1 H.'fS"t llll'Wll t UlllO (Ut- vu vi avu vutiif,vi i.-. With too many people the mere tag "anti- Communist" is enough to ter what it concerns or In this case "anti-Communist" is being used :is a t;nr for what is one of the most un-American and anti-American proposals ever to be placed on a ballot in the United States. If it passes, it almost certainly will be de clared unconstitutional sooner or later, but at u'lml n 1'iisit in snsnieion mill in justice no one can tell. It should be turned voters of California. L.A. On Communications, Again With the election only one week from today, there remain five more issues of the Mail Tribune in which political communications can be pub lished. It appeal's that a restatement of policy regarding letters to the editor during this last week is needed. We shall publish no political letters without the name AM) address of the writer. Those sent in already which ask that the name be withheld will not lie used unless the writers grant permis sion to use their names. Preference will be given to short letters, to those lii.'h nresont fresh nnints of view or opin ions, and to those from not written to the department recently or lre- quently. Mnrn snueo th:in nsit:il will be ilevnlerl to to "Communications" this week, but we cannot promise to print all received at the last minute. E.A. this time of year. Or it ii ,L ...u:i the simple reason that it empower a long list oi opposed by both gov. and by virtually every wnicn nas maue me be convincing, no mat trom whom it comes. down, decisively, by the individuals who have Ki.. w.il) "What? . . . Huh? . . . Have fun, COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters p. inted in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. DST Issue To the Editor: It is only a few days untill we are to go vote for both state and con gressional candidates as well as a number of measures on the state ballot. Most of the voters, like my self, find themselves confused by the arguments pro and con, but this is nothing new. I be lieve that most candidates are not well enough known by the voters at large. There appears one measure which most of us thought was taken care of, namely Meas ure 6. Daylight Saving Time. In relation to this measure, the people voted that Pacific Coast Standard Time be the official time for the WHOLE state of Oregon, but the leg islature took it upon them selves to override the peo ple's wishes and passed an amendment allowing Mult nomah, Washington, Clacka mas, Hood River and Colum bia counties to adopt "Day light Saving Time'' and Gov ernor Hatfield signed this amendment into law. It is understandable that a complex group like the leg islative body can, and often does, make a Boo-Boo, yet, while this one of ignoring the vote of the people is an all time high in this field, it is inconceivable and indefensi ble that the Governor did not veto this bill but signed it into law, with a flagrant dis regard of the wishes of the people as expressed by the outcome of the state - wide ballot. If this dereliction of duty on the part of Gov. Hatfield was a move to gain votes in populous, daylight time lov ing counties, it is doubtful that the remaining counties will forget or forgive the con fusion in time and disregard for the expressed wishes of the people, but clearly indi cates that a new and different Governor is needed. 1 am sure that many will express their disapproval in the coming election. This Is an issue greater than the time element, it is the protection of our sacred right to rule by the majority as expressed in the br.llot. If we do not preserve this right the .sacrifice made by the hun dreds of thousands who have laid down their lives for de mocracy has been in vain. Think before you vote, but vote. C. R. Burrill 1 19 Crater Lake ave. Medford. From Mrs. Fisher To the Editot. As time Is running out and election day is almost here, 1 would like to share my thoughts with you and offer a word of thanks to several residents o( Jackson county. During the past months I have traveled this congres sional district, trying in some small way to a-sist my hus band, Carl Fisher, in his cam paign for Representative in Congress. He is a husband and father of whom I am very proud. : We have shared this rxpen ' enee and, believe me. the best part has been the wonderful ' people we have met. In Jackson county Richard ; Travis. Robert Balk. Mrs. ' Lloyd Bishop, Maggie Sclby : have worked very hard in i their efforts and are deeply appreciated. There are. of i course, many others who merit praise and I am sorry i thry cannot all be listed here. My hope is that on election day tiie people Carl bus not (met personally will take mv i word, or the word of those I who hae met him. that he is a sincere, hard working per ! son who would do his level best to be an outstanding ' Congressman I Mrs. Carl (Lois) Kirfifr, ! 4H0 Palomino dr., ' Kugene. Ore bMu 'li.ui.L, KtaDI'GRD, Ohl heh, heh, hen kids . .1" name and address of the writer, Against No. 9 To the Editor: The mem bers of the Metropolitan Civic Club of Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, at their Oct. 26, 1962 meeting, unanimous ly agreed to recommend to voters a "no" vote on Ballot Measure No. 9. The conclu sions of the club report read in part: 1. " . . . representation should be according to popu lation." ". . . the petition does not relieve tiie basic inequities of the current apportionment of the Oregon legislature. It is clear that the fixed districts principle will not necessarily remedy inequities in the fu ture." 3. "The wording of the peti tion is ambiguous in Section 6B and hence amendable to each of two diverse interpre tations." 4. "Some proponents of the petition to tiie area represen tation plan of the United States Congress . . . such an alogy (is) erroneous because the various states maintain a certain degree of sovereignty in relation to the federal gov ernment and as sovereign po litical units these states have representation both in the House and Senate regardless of population. On the other hand, the various counties of the Slate of Oregon are po litical sub-divisions of the state, were created by the state, and can be changed by the state. The counties are in no way sovereign units. Since the counties lack sovereignty, there is no need to afford them protection by any con cept of disproportionate rep resentation." The report which led to the organization action states: "The provision of reapportion ment according to population is a provision to be cherish ed, not one to be abandonded because of inept application of the general principle." The nonpartisan Metropolitan-Civic Club is made up of men and women in the Eugene-Springfield area who who have joined together in order to study local and state- i wide issues and take action upon them in the public in terest. B, J. Robers, Mayor, Springfield. Ore. Keith D. Skelton Co-chairman, Commit tee to Keep Oregon's Voter Quota One Voter, One Vote. R:i5 East Park st. Eugene, Ore. DST Issue To the Editor: Again the issue of DST is before us May I remind all Oregonians of the resentment so many of us expressed in 1961 when, after a majority vote for STANDARD time, a lot of us had DST crammed down our throats. Whv 5 counties out of 36 should have been allowed I to set aside election results I they didn't like and force j their own brand of time on people who suddenly found , themselves gerrymand (red from a majority as Oregon-1 lans I have never understood. ! But it happened, in this Amfr-1 lea which has been so proud of its institution of the ballot, j And delighted Portlandcrsi smugly said it should have ' happened had to happen-be- cause Big Sister must not be 1 ruled by smaller members o( the f.imily, and lucks and country cousins. Now, alter losing two miui nieis of standard time w hich ' wc can never gel back, we can vole agam but not for stand aid time or DST -only for DST or "confusion "! Thtse tactics may be legal (although I'd ! like to see that legality tested as far as the Supreme Court' but I hold them to be acts of citizenship so rotten that we standard timers' arc from now on free to be equally poor ' OREGON Khrushchev's Tongue-Lash Diplomacy Reached Height1 in 1960; Future Uneasy By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst At a Moscow diplomatic re ception a little more than a year ago, First Deputy Anas- t a s Mikoyan remarked that the Soviet Union's great est secret weapon was Nikita Khru s h c h e v ' s tongue. Indeed, the fast- talking v. Newiom K h r ushchev was riding high. He held the initiative in Berlin and used it to threaten to squeeze out the Western Allies through a separate peace with East Ger many. With his declared policy of losers, to hate DST for that as well as for its own galling irri tations, and do whatever we can to sabotage it. However, it seems to me that the main issue on Nov. 6 should not be whether we want uniform time. Our real guide to marking Measure No. 6 should be: Shall we ratify the means by which DST got a footfold here? Shall we con done the principle that a mi nority of malcontents may set aside a legal election that didn't suit them? Or shall we repudiate an act of bad citi zenship by voting "No" on Measure No. 6 and then try, as often as necessary, to pro duce a ballot so worded that we can choose between stand ard and daylight saving time? As the present ballot is word ed DST's supporters will gain no matter how the voting goes -total victory if we declare for uniform time; partial vic tory if we vote "No," because they can still keep DST with in its present limits. Let's fight to give them the lesser victory! Ernest M. Cooper, 4522 N.E. 34th ave., Portland 11, Ore. All Go Down and Vole To the Editor: Tuesday, No vember 6, ail members of the House of Representatives will have to be re-elected if they are to continue on their jobs. And that goes for one third of the U.S. Senators: also there will be slate officers and county officers to vote for or against. If enough people think as a few do, that their own little one vote would make no dif ference one way or another, and if the same people should act as they thought, we would never be able to "kick the ras cals out" as the old saying goes, or get the desirable can didtes in. Frankly, it is hard for us to understand why people take the bother to register so they will be allowed to vote, then fail to take the time to make use of the privilege. We are going to be gov erned by somebody who the majority of those who do vote will place over you; if you have not cast a vote either for, so you can be proud of your choice if O.K., or against, if not O.K., you will have no moral right to boast or beef. Nikita Khrushchev knows full well that a democratic government always depends upon the cooperation of the people to make it work. And lie knows the secret ballot is the keystone of democratic structure. If a large number of people do note vote, it shows that they arc not cooperating and are indifferent to the fate of their nation, a marked sign of decay, and the main hope of Communist Russia is that the USA will decline and fall from within. The entire power of a de mocracy rests in the vote of the people, and with it they affirm faith in the incumbent office holders, or "throw the rascals out." From lazy citizenship comes corruption; from corruption, political confusion; and from confusion, the death of free dom. So if you wish to please the pig-faced roly-poly dictator of the Soviets, don't vote Nov. 6. or at any time in the future elections. If you are in favor of doing Krushchev a favor, stay home all day Nov. 6. But if you wish to protect your right to cast that one little vote of yours, go down to the polls and vote. Pat Graham, 173 Jcanctte St., Medford. Conform Wilh Us To the Editor: It has been stated several times in the editorials that our only alter native regarding time in Ore gon is to conform with Cali fornia and Washington and vote for Daylight time. I disagree. Why couldn't they conform to us and go on Standard time Why must the people of Oregon bow down to a sales tax and six months of Daylight time simply be cause California and Wash ington do California is now on Day light time from April through the month of October. Ours peaceful coexistence, his call for immediate freedom for all colonial peoples and for imme diate and complete world dis armament, he sought to pic ture himself as a champion of peace standing against West ern aggressors. Using Soviet missile and nu clear successes as his propa ganda springboard, he sought at the same time to spread fear of Soviet power among small or wavering nations and the neutrals. Western peace organizations also became ve hicles for his propaganda. In 1960 he reached a peak. In that year, at the abortive summit conference in Paris, he tongue - lashed the Presi dent of the United States. He demanded the resigna tion of United Nations Secre may not start out that way but once voted in it would have to be extended to coin cide with California and once voted in it would be forever. It would never come before the voters again. Remember the ballot does n't just say uniform time, it says Uniform Daylight time. The confused time last year did just what it intended. To confuse people into saying "Better Daylight time than this." It doesn't have to be that way. It can just as well be Standard time and doggone it, if we vote for Standard time we should be entitled to have it throughout the state. I have always admired the people of Oregon for their in dividual stand against sales tax and Daylight time. Others in our neighboring states do too or they wouldn't be mov ing to our state at such an amazing rate. I know it's discouraging to keep voting against something and still have it crammed down your throats regardless, but who knows, if we perse vere, one day California and Washington may conform to Oregon and go on Standard time. Don't be forced to vote for Daylight time because it's the only alternative. It isn't. Mrs. Margaret Rose 3R North Orange st. Medford. Deer Grip To the Editor: But mainly to the people who dump gar bage in the country! This year, for the fifth time in a row, someone has dumped their deer hide and the rest of the remains when dressing out a deer, plus a lot of other garbage, on our property. right at our driveway. One year it was a poached deer's remains, and we had quite a time con vincing the authorities that it was not ours. We called the State Police about the dumped garbage and were told that they could not do anything unless we knew who was responsible. Something should be done about this!- It only costs 50 cents to dump a load of gar bage. And the dump is just as close to town as we are! If I knew who was dumping on our property, I would be tempted to take a load from the slaughter house and dump it on their front lawn! We were very unfortunate this year in the fact that our two deer were wormy. My husband took time off from work so he could take the meat out to the city dump to be disposed of properly. Why can't other people have the same consideration? Thank you for letting me air my gripe. Ella L. Fitzsimmons Route 4, Box 400 Medford. A Man To the Editor: My hat is off to Carl Fisher, Republican candidate for Congress. In answer to some extremely pointed questions from our conservative group he took the following, uncompromis ing, beautifully conservative stand. Answer to question No. 1 - "I firmly oppose the re peal of the Connally Amend ment." (Repeal of this Amend ment would repeal our Decla ration of Independence, and surrender our sovereignty). Answer to question No. 2 -"I have been, and Intend to remain, firmly opposed to ad mission of Red Chi . to the United Nations." (Admission of the murderous Red Chi nese criminals to the UN would be stabbing Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China, and the entire free world in the back.) Answer to question No. 3 - "I do not agree with the proposals to be found in the State Depart ment Document 7277. I was. in fact, quite shocked that any thinking person could subscribe to such a theory." God bless Carl Fisher for his stand cn this red hot ques tion which vitally concerns our survival as a sovereign nation. In its Document 7277 the State Department has set forth a plan for the gradual and complete disarmament of the United States and sur render of our Army. Navy, Air Force, and all our nuclear tary General Dae Hammar- skjold for policies frustrating to the Soviet Union in the Congo. He declared Nationalist China a "corps e" which should be thrown out of the U.N. More important to the present, in that year he had his emotional meeting with Fidel Castro at the United Nations and in that year de clared: "We consider that the Mon roe Doctrine has outlived its time . . . has died . . ." In July 1960 he warned that the Soviet Union would use rockets against the United States if this nation inter vened militarily in Cuba. He repeated the threat in April, 1961, when he said that weapons to the United Na tions. America now faces the acute, and simply staggering, danger of having this plan put into operation through the Disarmament Bill enacted by Congress in September, 1961. Mr. Fisher closed his letter by saying, "I do not side wilh the fuzzy thinkers who refuse to recognize the very serious threats this country faces. We are in a struggle for our ex istence against a tenacious, dangerous enemy." Folks, it looks like we've got ourselves a MAN - one who knows what the score is, and who will fight to preserve our country, our sovereignly, and our Declaration of Inde pendence. Let's not lose him. Let's get out to the polls Nov. 6 and vote for him. L. C. Powell, 316 S E. Eighth St., Grants Pass, Ore. . Robot Egg-Head To the Editor: Our political big-wigs seem really concern ed with the apathetic reac tions of the voting potential to problems of the day, report edly at a minus 70 per cent. Lacking brain capacity to come up with a possible rea son, we can only suggest that all avowed candidates for pub lic office have their names fed into our latest robot egg-head and let the thing decide the all-important issue that seems too muchly much for we ordi nary humans to cope with. Also, may we suggest, to have on hand a scuttle or two of dry-ice in case the robot egg-head gets all hot and both ered when alleged candidates' qualifications are fed into it. Remembering the genius we wildly applaud today, is often the "fool" we ridiculed yes terday. F. J. Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore. Endorsement Meaningless To the Editor: Just recently by news release on television and in the press the Railroad Brotherhood's L e g I s 1 ative League of Oregon endorsed Hatfield's bid for re-election as governor. Implied was that all railroad labor was backing him. This is simply untrue and considering that very few rail road unions are members of this almost defunct legislative league, and the number is dwindling as time passes, this endorsement is misleading as well as meaningless. As in the past it will be ignored by the majority of railroad employ ees come Nov. 6. Edwin E. Collom P. O. Box 602 Ashland, Ore. Tax Base To the Editor: Your editor ial of Oct. 19 and the pro arguments in the Voters' pamphlet both contend that the proposed changes in the constitutional tax limitation (Measure No. 7) will prevent taxing units from continuing the levy of unnecessary taxes in order to maintain a tax base. What is overlooked here is the simple fact that a taxing unit is rtot interested merely in keeping some kind of tax base but rather in having one sufficient to meet its needs. Since the base is presently related to the highest levy of the preceding three years, there is a strong inducement to raise the levy every third year, not to maintain a mini mum base but to preserve one high enough to meet any con tingencies that might arise in the future. This is exactly what Jack son county was doing until public opinion finally com pelled it to abandon a levy completely, since it does not need one. The proposed tax limit amendment was drawn up primarily to restore to Jackson county the base it has lost by levying no tax for three consecutive years. But it will not prevent the levy of unnecessary taxes. The pres sure to levy a tax in excess of needs will merely be shift ed from every third fiscal year to every third taxing year. and. so far as Jackson county is concerned, w ill open the way for eventual resump tion of excessive levies w here the pressure for such does not presently exist. The voters of Portland, Eu- Soviet Union will "render the Cuban people and their gov ernment all necessary assis. tance in beating back the armed attack on Cuba." Khrushchev's anno u n c e ment Sunday that he is order ing his missiles in Cuba dis mantled and shipped back home is a major retreat but not yet a retreat of historic dimensions. Nonetheless, his failure aft er years to settle the Berlin problem and now the unfavor able events in Cuba might, provide just the ammunition needed by the Stalinists and others who oppose his brand of personal diplomacy. It could be that Khrushchev will have to do some fast talk- -ing at home as well as to Washington. gene, Salem, etc., will be per mitted to help make the final decision as to whether Jack son county shall have a tax base of almost $700,000 re stored to it, regardless of what the county's voters think; . about it. Without a tax basa the county can still submit any levy to the voters for approval, as the school dis tricts do, and this would like ly keep the tax down to mini-. mum requirements. These comments are not meant to be critical of the members of the county court, past or present. This deplora-' ble situation is due not so much to them as to the ob noxious provisions of the tax; limit under which they must operate. So long as the tax base is related to past levies instead of property valua tions, there will be pressure to levy unnecessary taxes. F. LeRoy Spangler 325 Ardmore ave. Medford. Are They Necessary? To the Editor: Most people are shocked and alarmed at the hike in their property taxes. It would seem to be a good time for all to think ahead and plan to be sure these taxes do not go up any more than is necessary. Two projects are currently proposed that would co?t the county considerable money, both to build and to main tain. A whole new Jackson County Fairgrounds plus buildings is proposed. With all of the moi" rn recreation and diversion activities avail able to us, can such a facility (at great cost) be practical to day? The buildings that we have at the old fairgrounr's are adequate for the fine 4-H program and show that we have here. These buildings fit idle most of the year. Is it rea-. sonable to build even bigger and better facilities at current -high costs? Considering that the attendance at the State Fair has fallen off, will the attendance and interest jus tify the great expenditure? A new ball park is propos ed, which will also be costlyl Should we build these facili ties? It is my proposal that if the county is to consider building things of this type in the future, that the inter ested groups raise at least half of the building costs themselves before wc are burdened with the balance o the cost and the maintenance. As long as Jackson county receives O&C funds wc will make out. But In running up these bills we should consid er the tax bills we would" receive without O&C, when we would have to support and maintain the frills out of our own pockets. Vera Chandler. Route 3. Box 192, Medford For Dumas To the Editor: For State Representative from this dis trict we may vote for three ' men. Of the six nominated, ' three are lawyers, three are not. From these we choose the men entrusted by us to make the decisions forming the gov ernment under which we live. Many voters feel one of the three men chosen to represent us should be a businessman. We have in Al Dumas the finest man of this type to fill the position. Raised as a farm boy, AI Dumas knows the problems which confront the ' working man, for he is one himself. Hard working, hard driving, he gets things accom plished. The devastating fire which al! but took his laun- drv husinesc in 1QKO j have been the undoing of many a good man, b-.it Al Dumas came through. Alexander A. Dumas exem plifies the very quality of manhood through which our nation has grown. His quirt but firm leadership, wise Dlanninff. and moral int,("ritv have won for him the respect of his fellowman. ! Let's keep our state grow j ing with wisdom, strong with i good work, free with integ rity. Let's vote Al Dumas for State R'presentative . Mrs. John B Lynch 139 Kenwood ave. Medford.
