MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
SUNDAY. DECEMBER IS. 1962
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Peace Plan
To the Editor: It is possible
(hat the world may now ex
pect the United Slates to
make some conciliatory move
in the matter of East West re
lationship to match the Rus
sian "back down" over Cuba.
This can be accomplished and
at the same time we can
vastly improve our relative
position of strength with the
Communist world.
We should immediately of
fer both Russia and Red Chi
na some "Point Four" techni
cal assistance. Nothing could
be more logical than that we
offer this service in a field
which is of great importance
to Communistic countries, the
field of government services
and regulations. It should be
readily apparent of what the
effect would be in a country
where the government does
everything to have that gov
ernment adopt the methods
whereby our own government
operates.
For a starter we must con
vince these people that no law
is satisfactory if it is either
equitable or intended to ap
ply alike to all people coming
under its provisions. In seek
ing personnel to put across
this idea we could recruit
among those people including
Congressman who actually be
lieve that the "Self-Employed
Individuals Tax Retirement
Act" (P. L. 87-792) does any
thing toward equalizing spec
ial privileges in the field of
tax free income on a selective
basis.
For actual composition of
law and regulations in these
countries we have ample tal
ent, but to be sure of perfec
tion, why not select the of
ficials who wrote the excess
profit tax law and regulations
in effect during World War
II. That compilation has been
described by an outstanding
tax economist as "The most
incomprehensible document
ever devised by the mind of
man." In this respect we could
use on our supporting staff
the people who devised our
depreciation laws and regula
tions including the revisions
of 1982.
It should be readily appar
ent that once we get these
ideas and governmental pro
cedures inplcmcnted in any
country where the govern
ment is everything, we would
no longer have to worry about
that country's military or eco
nomic effort.
Write your Congressman at
once to get behind this blood
less revolution in the camp
of our enemies.
Karl Glidewell
Hermiston, Ore.
Today I take pleasure in
sharing with readers a com
munication received a few
days ago from Dr. W. Arthur
Boggs, Associate Professor of
English at Portland Slate Col
lege, contributor to the Mail
Tribune's "Poets' Corner,"
and currently President of
the Oregon Stale Poetry As
sociation: "I cannot refrain from pass
ing on the following to you
which I have repeated fre
quently to friends.
"My family and I shall al-
Good Town
To the Editor: It is always
pleasant to be able to pay
anyone a well-deserved com
pliment, or to pass along one
coming from another source.
I have had occasion before to
express my appreciation in
these columns of the friendli
ness of merchants and other
members of the business com
munity and citizens generally
liere in Medford.
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
A Poem: A Miracle
We are fortunate to live in an age that produces so many
craftsmen in poetry. From master craftsmen, apprentices
can learn most readily this passionate and stringent art. Yet
the post, when inspired, exceeds mere craftsmanship. With
his audience, he, himself, may wonder at the sheer miracle
he has wrought.
- James H. Koch, poet and critic,
New York Times, 9962
O
The Eternal Word
In the beginning was the Word;
Athwart the Chaos, night:
It gleamed with quick creative power
And ther was life and light.
Thy Word, O God, is living yet
Amid earth's restless strife,
New harmony creating still
And there was life and light.
Word that broke the stillness first,
Sound on, and never cease
Till all earth's darkness be made light,
And all her discord peace.
Till selfish passion, strife and wrong.
Thy summons shall have heard,
And Thy creation be complete,
O Thou Eternal Word.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O
Estes Park
The ptarmigan's white in the deep mountain snow,
A five-pointed elk stalks the valley below,
The horns of the buck are coated with fur,
While frozen hands fumble with line and with lure.
Warm air may flow on the wide plains below,
But the mountains are cloaked with mid-winter snow.
The rivers are swollen, the trees are bright green,
Trail Ridge resists both man and machine.
Our cabin is rustic, the wind whistles by,
The stars, like snow crystals, dance in the sky.
The log on the fire and bright coals that glow
Would make us feel cozy at twenty below.
But more than the flames that creep ever higher,
Bathing us all in the heal of the fire,
Is warmth from the heart of colleague and friend
That flows through the letters and greetings they send.
We left a wide land and warm-hearted neighbors
To try a new hand at uncharted labors.
We know that the third dimension of heaven
Is found in the love that our friends have given.
- D. Ned Linegar
YMCA Camp at Estes Park, Colo., year-round camping
and conference grounds adjoining Rocky Mountain National
Park.
O
Listening
So much assails Ihe ear that is but sound:
II lakes no form: its meaning is obscure,
From dawn until the night, one endless round
Of senseless, changing din we must endure.
And yet from this confusion we may choose
The notes and key and chords to make a song,
And in this happy choosing we shall lose
The discord vaguely haunting us so long.
The heart's sincere desires unfailing make
Selection; all in keeping with the thought,
Attuned to concord, listening, awake,
A symphony of beauty may be wrought.
Eternal harmony is running low but clear
Beneath the noise. Just listen! You will hear.
- Blanche Ellis Norvell
The Manor, Medford
ways have a soft spot in our
hearts for Medford, Oregon.
During the summer of 1951
when our eldest boy was five
and our youngest three, we
left Crater Lake National
Park with a week's accumula
tion of dirty laundry, a bad
front end of the car, and my
wife's broken glasses.
"In Medford about 10:30
we asked laundromat people
if they could get our laundry
done rapidly, and we were
promised the fastest service
they could give. Next we
went to an optometrist who
said he would see what he
could do. Then we were off
to a garage where the fore
man said he would do his
best. After that we ate lunch
and bought some groceries in
order to continue our camp
ing trip at the Oregon Caves.
"Well, the short of the story
is that three hours after we
had arrived in town, we pick
ed up the car, picked up the
glasses, picked up the laundry
and were on our way to the
caves. Not once did we hear,
'It can't be done' or 'Who do
you think you are, anyway?' "
Medford IS a good town to
visit, and an even better one
to live in!
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
Don't Be Lot's Wife
To the Editor: We are
again at the season when the
eyes of the world are turned
toward the birth of our
Blessed Savior. But one won
ders how many are really
looking and longing for his
soon return? Does the
thought put fear or joy into
all of our hearts?
There are discouraging mo
ments in all of our lives. The
apathy and apparent disinter
est, even in fellow church
members' part, to my two re
cent appeals through these
columns, makes one ponder.
Yet I cannot become discou
raged. 1 am told that discou
rangement is the devil's anes
thetic that he puts one to
sleep with just before he cuts
their heart out.
The gospel radio program
which needed (and still docs)
your support will go on the
air over a second valley sta
tion anyway.
One dear soul with sickness
in the home called to say she'd
give $12 per year. "How can
you do it," I asked. She an
swered that she was quitting
her newspaper subscription
as there wasn't much in it
anyway. She did not refer to
the Tribune. We better not
go further on this point as she
does live in this valley.
Then another person, only
new in his Christian experi
ence, indicated his willing
ness to help. As I was chat
ting with him two persons
from out of state overheard.
"We'll help," the lady said.
Then last week from an un
expected source over K. Falls
way, a letter: "If you can't
get the needed help in the
Rogue valley I'll solicit it
over here," he wrote.
Actually, I've had only one
call as a result of my two let
ters. I am reminded how
ever of our Saviour's words,
of how he said if certain ones
held their peace, even the
stones would cry out.
Every time I tune in to the
Quiet Hour on KRVC on Sun
day at 9 a.m. I am reminded
that it too is on the air be
cause of the willingness of a
few. The only objective of
these wonderful programs is
to help us be ready to meet
our soon coming Saviour.
Some may wonder why,
with the Voice of Phophecy
on one station already, 1 have
made these appeals. Space
does not permit a detailed
answer. If you really want to
know just call me up and I'll
be happy to explain.
The writer only hopes that
some will not repeat the ex
perience of Lot's wife. Her
heart was in her treasures in
Sodom. The only real secur
ity is to lay up treasures
where "moth and rust doth
not corrupt."
Henry Johnson Jr.
2315 Hwy. 66
. Ashland. Ore.
Capital Punishment
To the Editor: Well here Is
old Floyd "Heap big pow
wow" McCabe again, on the
subject of capital punishment.
I asked a preacher, a little
while back, how he stood on
the subject, and he told me
he approved of it. I then ask
ed him if he had any way
to insure that only the guilty
would be executed, and he
said it didn't make any dif
ference. Now I find it very
difficult indeed to consider
that as a Christian altitude,
in fact, it indicates an idea
that if murder is committed
in a state gas chamber, elec
tric chair, on the gallows, or
in front of a firing squad and
is OK'd by Ihe majority of
the residents of a stale, then
it is automatically legally and
morally right.
That is the theory behind
a mob storming a jail and
taking a prisoner out to hang
him to an oak tree in the park.
1 cannot consider attending
a church that advocates capi
tal punishment regardless of
guilt. They are no better than
the "murderer" they say they
wish to punish.
There are those who argue
that the "law," meaning
Moses' law, is no longer in
effect, yet they give lip serv
ice to it.
I have been able to find
one and only one place which
says (in the King James ver
sion of the Bible) anything
whatsoever in support of
capital punishment, Genesis
9:6: "Whoso sheddeth man's
blood, by man shall his blood
be shed; for in the image of
God made he man." This says
not one word supporting the
execution of a man regard
less of guilt.
Floyd R. McCabe,
Ml. Pilt Star rt.,
Butle Falls, Ore.
The mother of this man
lives in Oklahoma and is seri
ouly ill with incurable cancer
and only has a very short
time left. She begs constantly
to see her son.
Because this man barely
makes living expenses, and
has two small children, it is
impossible for him to go un
less he has some help.
So won't you please print
this letter asking all the won
derful people of our valley to
help make this old mother's
last Christmas a happy one.
Any one interested, please
write to P.O. Box 129, Talent,
Ore.
For personal reasons I
would rather not sign my
name.
Thanking you,
Sincerely,
(Name Withheld)
Place Names
To the Editor: Place names
have played a big role in many
local geographic features in
southern Oregon. For in
stance, Schieffelin gulch that
meets the Rogue river In Sec
tion 21, Township 36 South,
Range 4 West, formerly went
under two nick-names.
In early days after Big Ed
Schieffelin had left the old
donation land claim near
Rosue River, the surrounding
hills were filled with gold
prospectors, in fact, legend
says the same gulch once
boasted seven fiddlers, there
fore was called "Fiddler's
gulch." Later on a deer hunt
er that had gone all the way
to the head of Schieffelin
gulch in Section 33, stood on
top of the mountain saddle or
ridge and counted seven does.
Quite naturally, not knowing
any other place name for the
gulch, always referred to it
as "Doe gulch."
But the former name Schief
felin is the authentic place
name on maps.
Bert Kissinger
322 South Riverside ave.
Medford
A Plea for Help
To the Editor: I am a friend
of a family who live here in
our beautiful Rogue valley.
W0
You Specify. . .
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