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NATIONAL EDITORIAL aVmilHI'.H,l.ll NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 1, 1953 (Friday) i Another bill to regulate the so-far uncontrolled and grow lng business of artificial weather control in Oregon introduced today by Jackson county's delegation in the State House of Representa tives. i The last of the child guid ance clinics conducted by the University of Oregon medical school traveling psychiatric clinic is to end here today. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 1. 1843 (Wednesday) ' Representatives of local de fense and war agencies at tend Victory Garden planning session at Jackson county courthouse. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The 'Haves' and 'Havc-Nots' are at it again over who will get what in the post-war era.". 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 1. 1933 (Friday) . Friends of L. A. Banks raise $1,000 bond for his release from jail after he is arrested on libel charge. More than 1,000 persons at tend formal opening of new cheese factory at Central Point. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 1, 1923 : Valleyview and residents start " mains! enuhers. Ashland all out" Harry Hosier, Ashland, elected president of Jackson County Game Protective as sociation. E0 YEARS AGO Feb. 1. 1913 (Monday) "Monster petition" two i'cet wide and 60 feel long to be presented to Medford city council requesting; retention of E. J. Runyard as master of city's public market. , Railroad officials agree to hn)d train N". 15 Grants Puss for Medford persons who wish to witness performance by May Rabson in "A Night Out ' scheduled for Grants pass opera house. Ml iff IkMi w i w M I law Ne a, ten eofretf li tupaiior; ve. or eish! Is escellent: five er sis it good. 1. Name the husband of Pocahontas. 2. llmv many pieces of all vrr Hid JuHhs jot for betray ini! Chrisf 3. What is the motto on all U. S. coins? 4 Who was commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces during World War 1? 51 How many baseball teams are there in each ma jor league? 6. The Vice-President nf the U. S may vole in the Son ale only in case of a tie; true or fiihe? 7. Ls a child born on h for eign land of American parents a eili.en of the U. S? 8. Name the second largest planet. 9. 'The Spy." ' The Path finder." and "The Last of the Mohicans" were written by whom? io. Are there more women in the United Stales than men? Answer: I. John Rolft, 2. Thirty. 3. "In God We Truil." 4. Woodrow Wllsw.t. S. Ten. 8. True. 1. Y. B. Saturn. 9. James Fenimore Cooper. 10. Yes. X FEBRUARY 1. 19SJ Dynamic Decade "The next 10 years will be the most dynamic in Oregon history." That was the opening sentence in a Mail Trib une story yesterday, which reported a speech made here by Hubert J. Soher, an economist who recently completed a detailed survey of the state s economy, resources, and prospects for the future. Mr. Soher makes a good case, and an en thusiastic one. His report, prepared for Pacific Power & Light Company, is a printed, illustrated, 58-page booklet, liberally sprinkled with facts, and with a summary which sounds as though Oregon will become the land of milk and honey within a decade. , . AS IT has been presented up and down the state, the reactions have been generally favor able. . . ,. The Pendleon East Oregonian's editor says, "This is the best thing of its type that has been done in Oregon." The Oregon Statesman's editor, in Salem, sees many good things in the report, but is slight ly more reserved, and is of the opinion that it may be "somewhat overdone." As a matter of fact, the principal defect in the report, in our view, is that it is so optimistic, so glowing, so unadmitting that problems and hard work also lie ahead, that it may detract from the aura of believability which is sought. DESPITE these cavils, the job was worth do ing, it was clone thoroughly and well, and both Mr. Soher and PP&L are to be commended and thanked for their contribution. Widespread distribution of this handsome publication (and PP&L is seeing to it that it will be distributed widely) can do much to dispell the impression that Oregon is in the economic doldrums; that it cannot and more rapidly growing states to the north and south, and that the future of Oregon is some what uncertain. To the contrary, Mr. Soher expresses virtually unlimited confidence that Oregon will grow and prosper, will diversify its industries, will take thoughtful and careful advantage of its mag nificent resources of water, soil, forests, metals and people, and at the same time retain its lia bility the thing that makes it dear to so many of its citizens. FOR a brief review of Oregon's economic and inrliicfvipl lipao tVin linnU-lnf is Hio lipfit wa'vp seen. It gives thumbnail descriptions of the current situation and the prospects for population and employment, forest industries, agriculture and food processing, recreation and tourism, tishmg, apparel manufacture, minerals, metals and metal working, chemicals and metallurgy, general in dustry, electronics and research, education, transportation, power and utilities, construction, commerce and finance, water and climate, labor, government expendi tures, and government and fiscal. In all of these Mr. Soher emphasizes quality, and dubs Oregon "The Quality State," citing the excellence of its products and their world wide reputation. IT IS difficult, in light of the facts Mr. Soher brings forward, to come to any conclusion other than the one he has, namely, that a dynamic decade is ahead for the state. But, to achieve the growth, which we must have if we are to avoid burgeoning into "slurbs" (or suburban slums) which now do so much to blight the face of Cali fornia, certain things arc necessary. These are things which cannot be done by individuals or groups of individuals. They can only be done by the organizations sot up to serve the' citizens government at the city, county and state level. " A RE these units of government prepared to "cope with a growth which, if Mr. Soher's fig ures are correct, will be nearly double that of the presi'lil in the next 17 years? Are they prepared to cope with increasing threats of air and water pollution, spreading suburban cities with their demands for city serv ices, prnbiemsnf, traffif. lJil' transmit Lation, the uireai to ucuuiy ana u pruuueuve larin acreage; We're not entirely sure they are. This is one of the major concerns before the legislature now, trying to decide how local and state governments can be made effective and responsive, and yet given sufficient authority to impose the inevit able regulations ami controls which we must have if we arc to avoid turning into another asphalt jungle, surrounded by honky tonks anil junk yards. jVjll. SOHER tells us that the shrimp boat's A'a-comin and that it's going to have a full load aboard. So it is. Rut we repeat the caveat that we'd better be ready for it; better do what we can, now while there is yet time, to perfect and implement our planning' and zoning techniques, to put into force air pollution control measures, to decide how and where and when to lay out the additional water lines and roads and arterials, and all the other housekeeping chores that will have to be done to j accommodate, in our more and a county of 100,000 or moreand this before today's babies graduate from high school. The erowth anil the we have the wit and the will, it can come without ..oiling everything that makes Oregon the lovely and desirable place it is. E.A. . , compete with the larger scientific instruments, "planned and orderly case, a city of 60,000 or prosperity are cominp:. If MEDFORD D-Day Plus l8'2 Years , Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit ali letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper. In fact the contrary is often the case. Seek You the Book To the Editor: In regard to Mr. J. E. Ring's interpretation of the scriptures, wherein he says "the human race was started off 6,000 years ago by a miracle man and that is that." If Mr. Ring had been more observing in reading the Bible he would have noticed that the Lord said to Adam and Eve, to "replenish" the earth. And is it not also written that there is nothing new and that all things are of old, and have been done of another time, and will be again after our time? And is it not also recorded, that in the judg ment before our lime, that the earth was made void and without form, and that all life was destroyed "in the flesh" and that all the cities were laid waste? And is it not also written that when our time is finished, and the judgment of the earth shall be that it will reel back and forth like a drunkard and the heat of the sun will increase seven times that all the works of man's hands will be destroyed? Know you not that the stars arc the light of men, and through their righteousness they reflect the love of God? And that a third part of the stars reflect no light for they have not the love of God, and are reserved unlo destruction? And the Lord said I am the bright and morning Slar. And is it not written that the two morning stars sang to gether, one is the Lord, the other is Satan, whose light you sec not, for he has not the love of God, but the love of himself, and those of his flock arc of the same dark ness, for they have not the love of God, nor do they un derstand the ways of right eousness? Seek you out the Book of the Lord, and learn of Him, that you be no par taker of their damnation, or come into punishment fur wayward ways. Ted N. Slotted Route 1. Box 224 Rogue River, Ore. Stand Up To -the Editor' To n!l Mori ford sports fans: The student body of Med ford High school appreciates the fine adult support that has been given to our sports BiMivitirs - the new fcnibul! stadium, the good turnouts at game s. and the excellent sports coverage of the Mail Tribune. And now the Med ford students and the railv squad would like to invite you Tornnrin .sports fans to tin one step further and demon - strate your pride and inter- est in our boys by standing up during the School Fight Song. We would be honored to have ymi join us' Medford Rally Squad Sue Jahn Rl. II. Box Rtilt Medford Article Liked To the Editor: My Iui.-ImikI and 1 warn to thank all of your staff for their part in the article about our doll hos- pilal, written bv Mr? Sim-1 lOuiilry of oui . mons, that was in Sunday's! u'e. the undersigned, will Medford Mail Tribune Wc welcome any advice on what had lots ot phone calls and i to do about tho above intolcr many wonderful commrnis un : able situation. We would be it. as well a ciiMon.ors, and I especially grateful if someone we think il i-oiildn'l have I i Hie leoal nrofession. who been nicer. Alberta Dciucr. Hunipty-Dun-ply IVI1 Hospital, IB Western ave , Medford Mill Nuisance To the Editor: At Central Point, Oregon, in 19fiJ. a pcti- tion was signed by :'ro prop- owncr ";d resident, to Srhe.VX 7o? rty value by mill faiioiit of MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, sawdust cinders and black soot, and also by the offensive stench emanating from the mill pond. At this time a representative of the Cheney Stud Mill wrote an article in the Medford Mail Tribune stating that all the trouble was taken care of. And seem ingly it was. For the first time in 10 years we had relief from the mill fall-out. About a couple weeks relief, long enough to show that some thing can be done, if the mill owner is willing. Then it start ed all over again. The common misrepresenta tion of the Cheney mill owner to the public is that the mill was there before most of the homes were built. This is true of the old small stud mill. The sawmill, which causes 93 per cent of the soot fall-out, was built in 1952, long after most of the town property was built. And even at that time the people of Central Point had a petition out against building the sawmill and its stinking mill pond. They were afraid that what HAS happened WOULD happen. But Mr. Ben and Mr. Francis Cheney, and Mr. Bill Askwith went from house to house, promising the peonle there would be no soot fall-out and no smell from llie pond, that under no circum stances would there be any property damage or bad odor, This would absolutely be taK en care of with special equip ment. The public believed these men and recalled their petition. The Cheney Stud Mill own ers have not kept their prom ise. Our properties are being destroyed and devalued roofs, yards, and paints are ruined sawdust cinders and black scot all through t h e houses. And the gagging odor from the mill pond, especially in warm weather, is something out of this world. You'll just have to smell it before you'll believe it. Many, many complaints have been made by the towns people. We have gone to the County Anti-Pollution Board to llie county Judge, to two different county commission ers, and many times to the Central Point city council, also, even to the State Sani tarv F-oard, u.-hirh replied tiiat an Oregon law had been pass ed by our Legislature practi caiiy giving the mill owners the right to ruin property around them without being li- able for damac.es. Why was such an unfair law ever pass- 1 cd1 And more to the point. why hasn't our city council done some little something in al! these years? Vt hy haven I mir eoiinty officials done some thing'" ro only the moneyed people in this area have rights? Don't the people of moderate means have any rights at all in this matter? Year after year our prop erty taxes go up while year by year our properly values go down. That's a fine situa tion in this great lawful, free thinks something CAN done, would contact us. be Frank Koch Amos N. Bishop J. F. Hays Mrs. J. Hay. Flovd Hildenbrandt Bill Mintz Ray Priehard Maggie Priehard All Central Toint, Ore. Waite of Space To the Editor: Three cheers for Mr. Cuddy in Monday's OREGON Somoza Dynasty in Nicaragua To Retain By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Newt Analyst When, on June 2, 1936, Gen. Anastasio Somoza seized the government of Nicaragua he set up a re- gime which was to pass from father to son and for nearly 30 years make Nicaragua a domain of the Somoza fam ily. On Sun day, Feb. 3, v4 VfWHB the nation which is about the size of he combined states Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harrit (c. Field Enterprise!. Inc. ARTIST AND LAYMAN A college student majoring in music asked me after a lecture not long ago, "What would you say is the chief difference be tween the ar tist and the 1 a y m a n?" I gave him some long, clumsy and not quite sat isfactory an swer. The question rang a dim bell in my mind, however, and upon returning home I hunted through my library and event ually found what I had been looking for. It was a paragraph from the preface to a collection of short plays, "The Angel Tliat Troubled the Waters," pub lished by Thornton Wilder 40 years ago. In speaking of the anguish involved in the creative process, Wilder says: "An artist is one who knows how life should be lived at its best and is al ways aware of how badly he it doing it. An artist is one who knows he is failing in living and feeds his re morse by making something fair, and a layman is one who suspects he is failing in living but is consoled by his success in golf, in love, or in business." It is the degree of talent, of course, that determines how much of an artist one really is. But it is the ina bility to be consoled by other forms of endeavor that sharply distinguishes the artist from the layman. If he cannot be. he wants to make rather than to have. Most of us fail at living, because most of us fall fur short of being what humans ought to be. The artist not only knows this, but he re fuses to accept substitutes in the way of possessions. This is not to say that he does not enjoy possessions; but they do not satisfy him. He cannot delude himself that they compensate for his failure at living or his failure in making "some thing fair." A friend uf mine, many years ago. showed great prom ise as a poet. But he listened to the siren sons of Holly wood, and moved there, socn acquiring a vast income, along with Ihe appropriate swimming-pool, psychoanalyst and ex wife 'Alio was - an -actress. When I saw him, a film he haH written had just won an Academy Award. Mr '''' But he was miserable be-1 hasn't been heard from on the cause a hook nf poems he had ! subjwit Hut y,iu an aff !y just published had been pan-1 bet your bottom dollar that he ncd in an obscure literary ! is rubbing his hands and grin Journal not read by more j ning from ear to ear. than a few thousand people. : His commercial sui-cr-ss miulil have consoled him for his failure in his personal life: it could not console him for h'.s deterioration as a poet, as a maker. One reason that civilization has always valued the arts is this pricklv- conscience of the artist, which gives him no rest unless he is working, and working at his highest pilch, not to possess something but lo distribute it. not to collect or amass but to scatter for all I people and for ail times. He pays with art for his deficien cies in life. paper. I asrre with him 100 per cent. There are entirely ton pinny long articles dealing ; with B blc quotations and the , pros and cons of some re ! Iigious belief. None of these people ever come to an agree ment or win their arguments. It Just takes up space which j could be used to print a wider variety of subjects and ideas. I which would be much more interesting I hope the editor will keep this in mind for those of us of like opinions. This applies to all the "Aginnrr" letters we've been getting lately also. These gen tlemen could use their talents to give us a different and Power, Despite New ol New York and New Jersey is scheduled to elect a success or to President. Luis Somoza. The opposition already charges that the election is rigged. It is charged that the Som oza name may disappear from the presidency but that the man who fills it simply will be a front for the Somoza fam- In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS This is another day when there's no doubt as to what's the big news. It's the black-balling of Britain for membership in the European Common Market. YOU may ask: What is this European Common Market? It's a trade organization composed of six Western Eur opean countries West Ger many, t Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France. These six countries joined some years ago in a mutual trade agreement. H was a FREE TRADE agree ment. They abolished TRADE frontiers. In this "common" market, trade flows as freely from one country to another as from one American STATE to another. , It has been IMMENSELY successful. It has brought to these six countries prosperity such as they had never even dreamed of before. WATCHING what has hap pened in these six Com mon Market countries, Britain came to the conclusion that she needed to join the lodge. She is physically separated from them by a body of water not much wider than San Francisco Bay, if one meas ures from north' to south in stead of from east to west. So she applied for member ship. Her application was turned down. HOW? Each member of the Common Market has a veto. When they passed the box for the voting, President De Gaulle of France dropped in a BLACK marble. The other five dropped in white mar bles. That did it. Britain was turned down for membership in the Com mon Market. WHY? Nobody knows for sure. But it is suspected that another Frenchman got delus ions of grandeur. The French have a habit of that sort. Na poleon, of course, is the shin ing example. It just could be that De Gaulle would like to be another Napoleon. In their personality, the two have much in common. Some diplomats profess to believe the French are start ing a long process of lessening U.S. and British influence on the continent, with the idea of making France top dog in Europe. That was Napoleon's idea, too. rrHE big question: -1 WHY ARE WE CON CERNED? ARE not necessarily " co oncerned on Britain's ac count. Britain can survive. She has her own organization of states her common wraith, composed of former British colonics. The British Commonwealth has a ori of Common Market of its own. The trouble is, as we see it, (hat this is the FIRST BREAK in the Western Alliance. As this is written Old Kroosh I t MOTHER nnpstinn .1 spoken as yet, but in the I minds of everybody: Will De Gaulle finally get over on Kroosh's side? IT'S improbable but you never can toll what a Frenchman with delusions of grandeur will do. A century and a half ago, Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia got to gether on a raft in the middle of the Nicman river at Tilsit and for two weeks had the time of their lives dividing un - ! 'Ilp world and Parceling it out between them. These despots are danger ous. mcire about useful subject to read Mrs C Poole Home I, Box 738 Eagle Point, Ore. i Appreciation I To the Editor: May wc lake ! this means lo express our ! d c e p c s t appreciation and ' heartfelt thanks for the con sideration, thoughtfulness and assistance extended to our Frances during her illness. W. A. Clink family, Tule Lake. Calif. W L. Clink family, I Anderson. Calif. K. L. Clink family, ' Santa Barbara. Oilif. ily, paving the way for the election four years later of younger brother. Gen. Anas tasio Somoza. The Somoza brothers deny It. I am tired," said Luis, "and all I want is a long rest." Odds-on favorite to win the office is former Foreign Min ister Dr. Rene Schick who also happens to be the candi date of the Somoza-dominated Liberal party. Whether it is this or wheth er it is because the opposition Conservative party is split, the campaign has been one mostly waged by the news papers. The voters have shown little interest, apparently agreeing with the political posters which plaster Man agua proclaiming that Schick will be elected. His only opposition is a man named Diego Chamorro who led a splinter group away from the main Conservative party. Traditional Conserva tives refer to the Chamorro group as "mosquitos." There is general agreement that a much stronger candi date would have been Dr. Fernando Agucro. Aguero withdrew his candi Washington Report By William (c) United Feature Syndicate MA JORITARIANISM Washington - Under cover of demands for seemingly dusty changes in Senate rules, a profound at tack on the very constitu tional balance in this coun try is now un folding. The ultimate ob jective is to reduce the power of the White smaller, less urbanized states in the only national forum where such power still exists, the United States Senate. The ultimate effect would be the substi tution of a Gallup poll kind of a majority rule, based al most wholly upon the wishes of the populous urban centers and states and interests, for the matchless system of checks and balances written into the constitution nearly two centuries ago. The end of it would be a new majoritarian rule based upon megalopolis - the super city, the super - state - which would give little time and less heed to any and every sec tion or interest in the United States which was not allied with the new majoritarian ism. IN SHORT, what is finally sought here is the crea tion of a new political system of totally unchecked majority rule - instant government like instant coffee - in spite of the fact that the whole heart of the Constitution is meant to restrain majorities from running over minorities. Not even a majority of 89 per cent can presently take away the basic rights of mi norities, even the irreducible minority of one man, to free speech, free religion, the priv ate enjoyment of private property. Those attempting this fate ful amendment of the Consti tution by unconstitutional means are naturally centering upon the one place where they have not already' won the game - the Senate. They are generally called "liber als" and generally they arc Democratic Senators from big urban controlled states plus a handful of Republican "lib erals" from the srme kind of states. A more exact term for them, however, is maioritar ians. Chief among them are such Democratic Senators as Paul Douglas of Illinois, Wayne Morse of Oregon and ii!i! ' 4'f JT-. .If, FWPi M&k tdMmi "Caramba. The politicians fight good, ao? We enlrl uud ineml" Favored Election dacy after charging that un der the new electoral laws thai election already was fixed and that the Somoza candi date would be declared the winner no matter who won the most votes. Only other organized re sistance comes from a group called Republican Mobiliza tion. It has been labelled a front group for the Commu nists and is estimated to hava around 5,000 members. If trouble is to come it probably would be from that direction. Whatever may be the fu ture intentions of the Somoza brothers, Luis has gone to considerable pains to prevent any widespread popular un rest. A reformed labor code put domestic servants under so cial security, raised pay scales and improved vacation bene fits. A proposed land reform program so far has not suc ceeded, resulting in scattered seizures of land by some ten ant farmers on large estates. If Luis Somoza really does intend to retire, he has plenty to keep him busy. Somoza wealth is said to include 10 per cent of Nicaragua's arable land. S. White Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania and such Republican Senators as Jacob Javits of New York and Clifford Case of New Jersey. TiHEIR immediate objective A is to end the effective pow er of any minority to resist by prolonged talking in the S te through applying a parliamentary gag. Their case is superficially attractive. The filibuster has a bad name because southern Sen ators have long used it to re tard civil rights legislation. The fact, however, is that what is poison to the majori tarians in other hands is meat in the hands of the majoritar ians themselves. .The same weapon has been used by them more often than their opponents, to retard legisla tion sought by conservatives generally. Civil rights, therefore, is only the vehicle by which tho majoritarians really intend to break not me,ely southern resistance to civil rights bills but any and all minority re sistance on any and every is sue with which minorities may dare to disagree with tho majoritarians. For when a mi nority, however "wrong." can be gagged today, a minor ity, however "right," can ba gagged tomorrow. TtHERE was a time when 2G states were soundly esti mated to be under control o the shadowy Ku Klux Klan. These 26 states could have voted a clear majority in the Senate and, under the new debate restrictions now being demanded, undeniably could have halted all debate on any issue whatever. The great, bottom truth is that the Senate is literally the only place left where po litical minorities have truly effective rights. The House Is a strictly majority - rule - by one institution. And minori ties, including small - popula ted states, have little to saV about either the nomination or election of a President. All this is specifically why the Constitution gave each state, regardless of size, two votes in the Senate. Those demanding "changes in the Senate rules" are de manding infinitely more than this. They are demanding, consciously or not. a revolu tionary overturn in the basic fnrni of govprnmpnt toward a monolithic, automatic, fore doomed confnrmism to what ever megalopolis might de cide at any given moment. 1 L.l riVESTiSJTiON 1 CUBAN WAU invasion; A.J 1 4.