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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
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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. Then came the
worms, the lizards, snakes,
etc., and gradually higher
forms ot lite, the vertebrates,
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