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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OBKiON bttKMt, -lAJlUArtr 'it t 1S Communications Latters to the Editor must bear the nun and address of the wrlltr, although under certain circumstances the uii ot pea nmt or initial tor publicttion it ptrmlwibU. Tha Mail Tribune rtiarrai the light to edit all ieiiera with a viaw to clarification and condomaiion. Lallan (ubmiiiad tor publication mutt not axcatd 400 words. Th lattart printed in this column do not naceuarily rapreiant tha views oi ih psptr) la fact tha contrary it oftan tha cata. They May Ba Angela To the Editor: My opinion in regard to Harriett Gibb's opinion, her letter in the Mail Tribune 1-16-63, "Nasty Things." There is a story in the Bible about a man that kitted his brother and the great Judge or governor did not sentence him to die. He did punish him and he told ail others that would kill Cain what their punish ment would be. And in the ten comandments he said do not kill. I have talked with people who do not think there is a God, and if there is no God then there is no sin, regard less of how one dies or lives. I believe there is a God and His son Jesus will be the Su preme Judge over men at any court here on earth. Jesus said love your enemy. I cannot say I love Miss Freeman or her partner in crime. I think they both should be punished to life in the Oregon State peni tentiary if either one, or both, should repent and be baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, as I re member in the Lord's Prayer, forgive us as we forgive. If they repent then they have not committed the un pardonable sin. Man's law, as I understand it, is opinions and persuasions and decisions. Where there's life there's hope. . I hope the U.S. Supreme court decision will be life in the penitentiary. They may become angels yet. Jesus died for the sinner. Marshall H Waggoner P.O. Box 39, Sutherlin, Ore. Mora Power To Them To the Editor: After attend ing the Civic Music Concert, as a guest, last Sunday eve- nine, I was surprised to hear of the poor reviews in your paper. If I could be sure all the programs would be of this caliber, I wouldn't hesitate to purchase a membership when asked next year. Thu group, the Greg Smitn Singers, young, enthusiastic. and very talented presented one of the most refreshing programs I have heard in some time. I especially en joyed this group because they sang works that we are not often able to hear in this area. They did not hesitate to pre sent some works from the 20th Century. More power to them. Raoul G. Maddox 96 Scenic Dr. Ashland Ore. Mora and Lett To the Editor: What this country needs in Washington was more rockin and less talkin'. Everet Acklin Ashland, Ore. Ye Godt To the Editor: Life maga zine is devoting most of its eight-part series on ancient Greece to mythology in an error as old as Zeus. The gods actually were never myth, fantasy or fable but dramatic dieties in real life so superbly powered as to live hardier and more adventurous - and oftimes more lusty - lives out of the flesh than in it. They did whatsoever they desired in the spirit somewhat irrev erently. They fought, mated and decreed in their cloudy realms as easily as we do physically in ours. Zeus, Apol lo, Athena and ' Aphrodite were extant in the flesh even as you and I. We still have gods. At least we had them just yesterday for I knew many of them per sonally and ours made the heavenly exploits of the an cient Greeks appear amateur. Most I knew were talented men and women of good char acter but of a great spiritual daring. A few were wicked as hell - astral viluans. All were Thespians, You dare not be a god or goddess without sure- Poets' Corner Conducted by Arnold Eugene Jenny Oral Poetry , Poetry was originally an oral art. The oldest poems, like the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer, were composed to be sung or spoken aloud . , . The way a poem sounds is usually so important that it is safe to say that a reader cannot get a good idea of its character unless he thinks of it as some thing heard as well as something read. Jacob Korg O To a Waterfowl Whither, 'midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way! Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky. Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy brink Of weedy lake, or mBrge of river wide. Or where the rocking billows rise and sink On the chafed ocean side? There is a power whose care Teachers thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lono wandering, but not lost. AH day thy wings have fanned. At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet sloop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end; Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest. And scream among thy fallows; reeds shall bend. Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou has given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone. Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight. In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. William Cullen Bryant o In tha Dark In the dark I listened To the tunes of crickets Filling summer evenings With their rhythmic clackings. Night by night I listened To the songs which never Varied for a moment In their rhythmic clackings As I listened so I Watched the moon's revolving , Backed by starlight wanly Shining through the dimness. Rhythmic sounds accompanied Moonlight's glowing movement, Starlight's rigid pointing In a summer concert. W. Arthur Boggs Oswego, Ore. o Wind Images From far away the night winds Come in across the dunes: Two lovers Whispering On tip-toe they dance lightly; In quick delight they separate And whirl, and curve, Then come together breathless To embrace . . . And for a time no sound of wind is heard . . . Then, far, far off, wind voices call The silvered mood of night Spills over all. -Rena Ferguson Parks Portland, Ore. ly treading the heavenly boards in bold perfection! Our gods are mostly artists, actors, writers, generals. You ve read of them often but nev this secret chapter of their lives, I covered much of their dar ing deeds for a few years. I had to! I was confined and they used my durance and true spiritual rehabilitation as a sort of romantic rendezvous for their mystic sorties. I watched them graciously seize the very mystic verities of the chariots in t..e Bible and the romantic values of the screen version of Ben Hur and race wildly through the heavens in the maddest mo tions known to man. I observ ed their love-making and oc casionally their ardorous mat- ings high in the l.eavens. They used real thunderbolts and the power of mind over matter in mighty strange ways in knocking their ad versaries for miles through the heavens and occasionally felling my wicked neighbors physically. They often com mandered the powers of Na ture just for the fun of it in actions that would make an atomist take to space in envy. Our gods had a true reverence for God but for none else. And I often watch ed one of our Capuchin priests and a most courageous Do minican sister bravely enter the lists and, ascending into the heavens, joyously ridicule the entire theme of s ch dra matic diety - often to the celestial applause of the other gods and goddesses. Should you really desire to read the true story of our gods, write the Editor and he may grant Space. I'll relate a bit of by-play. Napoleon Bonaparte had long and often possessed inmates of our county and state asy lums. You remember them saying ' He thought he was Napoleon." He often was! Well, Lionel Barrymore and I corraled Napoleon In a dis turbed ward of the Roseburg VA Hospital, and most rude ly deported him to his own mental units in France. I read the exorcism I had carefully written in Occupational Ther apy. Napoleon never returned and neither did many another unAmerican nuisance, Lionel wasn't a god but darn near it. Many were. Their super- work for the Allied Arms is still mystery. William Thomas Cuddy, V.A. Domiciliary, White City, Ore. Constitution Questioned To the Editor: I have sent the following letter to our representatives in Salem: I am sure the citizens of Oregon are indebted to Mr, George Layman and the com mittee he headed in revising the constitution of our state. However, I do not believe some of Mr. Layman's recom mendations are in the best in terest of the public. According to a UPI report in Medford Mail Tribune 1-23-63 he urged the legisla ture to "think in terms of whole document" and that they offer it to the people "in the entirety, instead of piece meal amendments." By this I understand he wishes the leg islature and the people to ac cept or reject the revised con stitution as drafted - not making any amendments. I find many objectionable points in the draft as shown in news articles. First - I believe the people should have the right to amend any constitution, law or other set of rules that gov ern them. Any document of this nature should be pliable enough to conform to any necessary change to adapt it to our fast moving times. Second - I object to the Governor being the "sole elected official" in that it places too much power in a single person and is undemo cratic. I am not sure that I con cur with elimination of justice of peace courts. I would like very much to see the entire new constitution as submitted to the legislature and have chance to study it. This new constitution is, no doubt, well considered document, for which I personally thank the authors, yet I fully believe the people should maintain the right to elect the officials and amend any regulations, con stitution included if we are to have a government by the con sent- of the governed. C. R. Burrill 834V Cherry si. . Central Point, Ore. Editor's note: Single coplct of the new Constitution, to gether with the reasoning of the Commission on each posi tion, can be obtained free by writing Constitutional Revi- sion Commission, Room 30, State Capitol, Salem 10, Ore. "aginners' are! How typically ! and continually illogical and ; Irrelevant! And with what; painful monotony they rehash j their mishmash of misinfor mation - or deliberate distor tions of truth - ad infinitum, ad nauseam! A really pitiful spectacle. Here, for example, comes the ponderous pseudo-punster, L. C. Powell on 120, with his elaborate recital of what he's "For" - meaning "Agin." Too bad he couldn't have heard Dr. George G. Rose berry's sermon last Sunday at First Methodist Church, Med ford: a much needed message for all of us but especially "good medicine" (as an Indian might say) for "aginners." The following was one of his very apt and pertinent illus trations: He told of a man celebrat ing his 100th birthday and being interviewed by a news paper reporter who remarked: "In your long life here you must have seen many changes in this town." Replied the crusty centenarian, "Oh, in deed, I witnessed many chang es in my time - and I've been against every one of them!" Almost lost in all the non sense about what he's "FOR" (meaning "AGIN") there was one item Mr, Powell really IS FOR - up to a point - in a constructive and positive ! sense, namely, the Constitu tion. No doubt there must be at least a few other things he's FOR, like motherhood. education, or even keeping Oregon green. At first blush, any reason able and patriotic soul also would go along with Mr, Powell when he says he s FOR (and apparently mean ing it) liberty and justice for all." But in the general context of his writings that claim is largely canceled. For example. he's "FOR integrated schools for those who want them, and FOR segregated schools for those who don't. True liberty and justice un der our Constitution (not to mention true brotherhood as lived and taught by Jesus) know nothing of such double standards. AH men are accord ed equal rights and equal treatment right down the line, including admission to any school for which a student can qualify, be he white or black (as James Meredith HAD qualified for "Ole Miss"). As for the garbled talk about the UN in Mr. Powell' letter, in Mrs. Alice I. Black's of 115, James K. Shafer s of 121, and in others, EA's fac tually accurate and balanced appraisal of 123 entitled "Task Well Begun" and prev ious editorials on the UN, should be a sufficient answer, Arnold Eugene Jenny Rogue Valley Manor Medford the primates. Man It the lat est arrival. As to how he will end up. make your own guess. J 04 west list St. John E, Ring Medford. For and Agin To the Editor: How charac teristically confused and con fusing our local habitual For tha Aginnen To the Editor: A.E.J. with his "aginners" reminds me of the soldier who, while march ing, said everyone was out of step except himself. Since the most of us are not so well in formed by extensive travel ing, maybe we should just keep still. But then how could he use his pet phrase "out of context." "Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit." Prov. 26:12. "Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight." Isa. 5:21. Whether FOR or AGAINST, we know Christ denounced the moderates or middle-of- the-roaders. "I know thy works, that they are neither cold nor hot. Because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." Bev. 3; 15, 18. I can't help being FOR the "aginners" who are not afraid to stand up for our Consti tutional rights, and try to awaken the people to the dangers of the enemy. Also FOR a thorough house clean ing of the State Department, For the President spending more time at the White House as he promised to do. (He spends less there than any former President.) He prom ised to raise the prestige of our nation, instead of lower ing it. I am FOR the U.S getting out of the U.N. For federal government leaving education to the states. Not everyone can afford to send their children to private schools, as the Kennedy clan does with their liquor money, I am AGAINST the State Department letting the more than 20 secret police agonta coming from Russia, under the disguise of religious clergymen of the Orthodox Church, Feb, 27. Americans need to be reconciled back to God, not atheism. I am for writing Sen. Wayne Morse we are back of his proposal to outlaw drink ing in the rooms of the Capi tol. We elect our representa tives to make tha laws, not ts befuddle their mind with drink. Some people who ridicule those who do seem to have some knowledge of the dang ers of Communism, may be using it for an excuse of their own ignorance on the subject. To oppose Communism does not mean one hates the Com munists, but they de hate Communism, There is differ ence between "1st" and "ism." The penalty aood men oay for indifference to public af fairs, is to be ruled by evil men.-P!ato, Mrs, Ernest Santo 204 Lozier lane Medford V.hen I cfoij that last boun dary tine I've but one wish, If you please. Keep alt your flowers far the living Just let me tleep where there are trees. Peart F. Spackman, P.O. Box 33, Jacksonville, Ore, A 5 God Trimmed th Wsrid With Treat To the Editor: Winds, worms and forest fires AH strike at our timber lands. Dry-rot and chain saws -the latter Maneuvered by human hands. Spruce trees go for boxes- Not the wooden boxes we knew. The blocks are ground for paper pulp, Pasteboard got for Ifa share, a lew. There'll be no box orations For politics good or corrupt Pasteboard platforms would collapse Causing the oratory to be encupped. The redwoods are longer standing They are too majestic to go, God placed them then for a purpose: A landmark of the long, long ago. Did you ever stand among them Breathing freshness from everywhere? Did you gaze up through those tree tops And feel Gods nearness there? Trees are grand creations - Things man cannot imitate. But He Kb them out in rows Quite unlike their natural state. It seems true that trees are fewer, More tree farms are a must. Keep them Irrigated well- We want no waste lands with their dust. Texas and Iniurence To the Editor: Thanks for the pleasure of your column. My question concerns proper ty taxation here. How can the assessor get by with tax ing property for more than you can resell it fort The taxes are at the stage where it looks like renting is less ex pensive and less work than owning. A property owner isn't the kingpin he used to be. He works like a dog to keep up a small farm besides a regular job and what docs he have to show for it? Taxes and insurance eat you like cancer, if you cover as this civilization calls for. So I also question why we have ts in sure our property for protec tion against trespassers and even your own friends? What has happened to the home ; owner's rights? The average man can't afford lawyer if someone is hurt trespassing and can't afford taxes, insur ance in everything, plus chil dren s future education, den tist, etc. Seems to me the tax as sessor is running people off their acreage and own homes, instead of encouraging them to stay and continue to raise their own meat and vege tables, as a help to the com munity. You never own a thing, when you're taxed every year. This and other home owners, are thtnkfng of trailers! Imagine the money we could save tor old age. If no insurance and taxes! Ha. Ha. Mrs. J. Loegel 1432 Jackson rd. Ashland, Ore, and near great during this current period, and I think Mr, Koch pretends to be no such personality. Hit mistake is, in truth, fairly common. would say. He is right, in my own mind, to say that neither the Cuban episode or the abrogation of state's right (tin Mississippi) were the "most shocking." I would also agree that the embargo on truth, a censorship of the news accounts, the stifling or suppression at circumstances of national account, are more dire than either of the foregoing. However, of our whole present period sf national his tory I would add, of course, that the most terrifying cir cumstance ot all to us, Amer icans, should be the shrink ing of our democratic form of government. By shrinking, I mean actually passing, to be replaced by a gigantic overall Federal domination, that leaves the states (the real, true historic ground ttpoa which democracy was here first formed) without author ity even upon their own. In dividual soils, aside and apart from other states. Democratic government Is a wonderful concept, the con cept of people free in most things to live their aves, and "to pursue for themselves their own trite and substantial happiness," However, a fine and wonderful attainment, feted from the start to be shunted ajids upon national growth, and the outward pre' aurea thrown over against the whole body ot our people. forcing the surrender of states' right, again and ln, until Caesar in Wa.ihiisgton exerts himself with almost the' same unhindered manner of government that Caesar si eJ4 did tn ancient Rome. It Is essential, this change, of course. Nationally, its de velopment cam be delayed a put off to s much later Uy but this would require firm ness to the people that 1 not to be expected, since indeed, its collapse can only be delay fd. never entirely disposed of. So, tor this, more than any thing beyond, I am most sor rowful, and out for my hard' ness ot heart, ready for tears of lament. Fee Clifford Bsteb : 153 ft, Oakdale Medford TalNTkes ftriy Oodi 217 t. Mm, Ready for Tears To the Editor: Mr, Frank Koch (tetter of Jan, 24) un doubtedly Is a bit mixed up in his assessment of the "most shocking" events politically In 1962, 1 dare say. That is, of course, happening to the great FRE-INVIKTORY STOCK REDUCTION & SALE MtW AND US!D TYPEWRITERS NEW ADDING MACHINES HAND ..... ELECTRIC 79.50 plus f ,33.73 to 159.50 MamtftitW i USA Sit THIM ft TftY THIM AT VOIGHT'S 8Aft6r.tr. Your Own Guett To the Editor: Question: Where do we - humanity - go from here? Answer: Oblivion, for sure. ) However, in this esse, lime is of no essence and our de parture very likely will not happen until the whole solar system, or even our galaxy, explodes. Our present day astrono mers, with highly advanced instruments, with which they observe the heavens, tell of exploding galaxies, burning up and turning into star dust, which again eventually gives birth to new stars and star systems. Much of what is going on in far-off space is incomprehensible to most hu man beings. The great ma jority of people, who do not know of this action which is constantly going on in space. turn to religion. The preach ers have a ready, simple ex planation of creation in the Bible. This story of creation is so easy to understand. The human race was start ed off 6000 years ago by a miracle man and that is that. Anthropologists, in connec lion with geological research, tell an entirely different story. Human fossils have been found buried deep in the earth, showing parts of human skeletons over 500,000 years old. In Europe, two finds. A tower jawbone of the 'Heidelberg man was found near Heidelberg, Germany, In 1807, said to be 500,000 years old. A skull and thighbone was found in Java in 1801 of what Is called the Java Man, said to be also 500,000 years old. The bones of the Neander thal Man (Germany) were dis covered In 1856, said to be 120,000 years old. Estimating the age of fossils can be done by the radio-carbon test for one thing. Then geologist can estimate quite correctly the age of the schists or lay ers of soil and rock forma tions in which bones are found. The geologists estimate for example that the earth was burning hot without any life on it around 4 billion years ago, that It might nave taken one-half billion years or more to cool it off so that life could start. The first forms of life appeared in shape of infusoria. 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