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THURSDAY. HlWORIUt&TEIBra "Everyone In Southern Oregon Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S3 North fir St. Ph. 77U-S141 ROBERT W RUHU Editor HERB GREY AdverUslnf Manlier GERALD T LATHAM, Bui Mr ERIC W ALLEN JR, Mn Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN, Tele Editor RICHARD JEWETT. SporU Editor OLIVE STARCHER Women'a Editor DALE ER1CKSON, Circulation MT An Independent Newapaper Entered aa second claaa matter at Medford. Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mail In Advance Daily and Sunday 1 year 918 00 Daily and Sunday moe lu uu Dally and Sunday 3 moe. 5.00 Sunday Only One year 83.00 Single Copy (Mailed I 300 By Carriet And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year 821.00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.75 Sunrlav Only-1 mo. 50c Carrier and Vendor! Copy loo Official Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackion County United Pre6f Internationa) Full Leased Wire P. P. I Telephoto Newiplcturea MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OS CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOC1 ATES Of'lcea In New York, Chi. eago Detroit. San Francisco. Lot Angeira Seattle, Portland Denver. NATION At EDITORIAL 5551 1A5C8T'3N 7 tuiinn'ii'm NEWIPAPI PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 14. 1953 (Thuriday) Parking meter violations fines would be increased from SO cents to $1 under an ordi nance the Medford city coun cil ordered drawn up last night. Jackson county is now without a shelter home for juvenile cases. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 14. 1943 (Tueiday) Medford residents warned they must conserve on water during coming summer be cause of necessity of supply ing Camp While with water. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "Stock men of the county have been busy all week marking and branding the meat shortage 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 14, 1933 (Thursday) Grand Jury to investigate charge (fiat local residents have been receiving free meals and free living space at county jail. Albert Burch, former Rogue valley orchardist, receives in vitation to join council of Pcnyeng university at Peking, China. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 14. 1923 (Friday) About $5,000 in stale aid approved for Jackson county fair. Bill proposing sale of Ash land Normal school and use of funds for Monmouth Nor mal school dies in legislative committee after bnlnn nn. posed by Jackson county resi dents. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 14, 1913 (Sunday) Jackson county's "cnnrl roads bill" passes in Oregon house and senate after efforts of Rep. C. L. Rcamcs break deadlock. Uniicd States congress ap proves measure appropriating $40,000 for federal building in Medford. What's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct li superior; even or eight Is eicollent; five or it li good. 1. Are the large Hawaiian farms called plantations, ranches or stations? 2. Is a catamaran a flower, animal, bird or boat? 3. What is measured in watts? 4. How many of the 12 Apostles were crucified? 5. With what phrase did All Baba open his cave? 6. Of what is genuine parch ment made? 7. A and B leave town lit 3:00, A going west at 40 mph and B going cast at 20 mph. A breaks down at 4:00 while B has no trouble; how far apart are they at 5:30? 8. How often does the gey ser. Old Faithful, cruot? 9. Is carbon monoxide heavier or lighter than air? 10. What is the name given to brother-sister twins? Answers: 1. Plantations. 2. Boat. 3. Electric current. 4. Three (Simon, Andrew and Peter). 5. "Open Sesame." 8. Sheepskin. 7. 90 miles. 8. About every hour. 8. Lighter. 10. Fraternal twins. Washington - (I'Pli - The Red Cross has suggested a pain less alternative to the h king fad. Richard Harris, director of water safety, said Wednes day swimming is much less gruelling than walking and no one ever has developed blisters while doing It, FEBRUARY 14. 1963 Two-Story Litter Long before it was opened, a number of resi dents wondered what Medford would look like from the freeway overpass. Since tourists are attracted by what they see, and since the tourist dollar is so important to the economy of southern Oregon, many persons felt it was important to make Medford as visually appealing as possible. One downtown businessman even suggested that the rooftops of buildings in the core area be painted a variety of different vivid colore to catch the tourist's eye as he whizzed through the city on the overpass. There was perhaps merit to the idea. Plantings of certain shrubs and bright flowers creation in effect of small, rooftop gardens might also have brought credit and a reputation for beauty to Medford. DUT whatever might have been done to enhance the sight of Medford pass suddenly became less possible recently when a giant billboard reared its ugly, commercial, two faced head on 10th street. There it stands on girders a monument to selfishness and bad taste its sign jutting up over the railing of the freeway, shrilly exhorting the passing motorist about where to sleep, eat ana Duy nis gas. Responsible citizens, take a dim view of this sort of thing, are helpless. The sign was erected in a commercial zone, and as such it is perfectly legal and in keeping with city ordinances. True, too, there is only where it has led, others Count on it. I JNLESS a strong public reaction sets in and soon there will likely be an absolute jungle of such signs (or even freeway overpass the whole length of the city, or at least as far as present struction. Conceivably, the tourist, at some point in the near future, will not even town Medford: Nothing will be visible to him but rows of garishly competing billboards, one after the other. We know that commerce not love makes the world go around, and But we would appeal to care about our city not rush ot self-seekers, hastily erecting signs to ad vertise their businesses. California Governor "When a man throws an empty cigarette package from a car in California, he is liable to a fine of $50. When a man throws a billboard across a view he is liable to be richly rewarded. I see little difference between the damage done by these two lltterbugs, the amateur and the professional." Agreed. G.H.B. New Hope for For the first time, it though Oregon may finally have a national sea shore in the magnificent dunes region south of 1! lorence. Such a proposal was Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, but got exactly no- wnere under the Eisenhower administration. When the Kennedy administration came to power, it was much more sympathetic, but prog ress on the dunes nronosal was effectively blocked by the then-congressman from the Fourth District, bclwm Durno, who preferred a Forest Service recreational area to one administered by the National Park service, and by the Hatfield administration, which insisted on certain nrovisos in any seashore plan which were largely unac ceptable to the rark Service. "TWO changes have brought renewed hope for the Dunes. One is the taking office of Robert Duncan as congressman from the district. Duncan is not a whole-hog-or-none dunes enthusiast, but he is the advocate of a compromise which will result in a seashore somewhat less He believes that a compromise can be achieved The second is that Governor Hatfield has become far more conscious of and attentive to the needs for and potentiali ties of recreational development in the state. There is reason to believe this modified atti tude will continue. A COMPROMISE proposal, which would as Vsure home owners in the area that thev wouh not be dispossessed, which would protect the highway from honky tonk "development," and which would assure the ultimate protection and appropriate development of the area by the Park Service, would not satisfy anyone wholly. But it would be a long step in the right direction. We have always strongly advocated the cre ation of an Oregon Dunes National Seashore. We do so for two reasons. First it would give us great personal pleasure to visit the area, which is one of our favorite parts of the state. Secondly, and a bit loss selfishly, it would have an important and constructive impact on the economy, not only of western Lane county, but the entire state. Our third largest "industry" is tourism, and a Dunes Seashore would provide a tremendous attraction. We hope it is from the freeway over who might ordinarily one sign so far. But will be sure to follow. worse ones) lining the zoning permits their con be able to see down we're resigned to it. those businessmen who to join what may be a Pat Brown recently said : the Dunes is betrinnintr to look as first made bv the late than the enthusiasts want, in the mist vear or two, approved. Soon. E.A. MEDFORD ...Communications ... Rebuttal To the Editor: I'm sorry to disagree with you out I have to say I did not criticize our Secretary of Slate for giving the campaign material of the Freedom Center to the Dis trict Attorney. I criticized him for blasting the Center across the state before the request was given to Walter Huss, Director of Freedom Center. He did the same thing to Spangler, author of the "Rec ord of Wayne Morse." The Freedom Center is a non profit, non-political organiza tion and Is recognized as such at Salem. Now for Howell Appling Jr., Secretary of State: Dear Sir: Received your letter, also the photostatic copy of the Freedom Center's filing. Neither disproves what I said. Walter Huss, Director of Freedom Center filed - yes. But: Did you admit to Huss in your office that you had been "premature" in releasing the statement to the press in sinuating the Freedom Cen ter's guilt? Did you also refer to the conservative letters you received In protest as "silly"? Funny thing on what you protest. You apparently care nothing that "The Worker," the Communist newspaper, praised Edith Green's support of the "Mother's March for Peace," but object strongly to an American to prove that these marches are Communist inspired. Walter Huss talked with the District Attorney and proved to her satisfaction that there were no campaign funds. She then offered to go to court and drop charges. Walter Huss then filed a report, not for political ex penses but as an addendtrn. would prove that the Freedom Center's general rece'pts to carry on the publishing of its educational material for the organizational use was outside the law. Huss pointed out that law, ORS260.07, para graph 3 and 4, says that total receipts and expenditures not greater than $50 and only contributions of $5 or more need be itemized. Furthermore, I wonder how many organ! lions have not filed? Only recently a small item appeared on the back pages of the paper saying that a certain well known party had not filed yet. The head of the party said she would send hers in and would notify the rest of the chapters. Mind you not over 10 days ago! No headlines, no blasting o guilt, just a reminder! So I'll stick to what 1 said, "that he was loud to accuse." but re fused to remove the unjust smear. , Ella Powell, Box 821. Central Point, Ore. Questions Answered To the Editor: Mr. Stevens, in his letter of Feb. 8. asks me some questions which I would like to answer. 1. How would I pay for national defense? Mr. Slovens, do you really think personal income tax equals our nation al defense budget or the 19ti3 $!18 billion budget? If so, what are they doing with the bil lions from corporations, busi ness, luxury, road, excise, capital gain, etc., taxes. Do you deny that more money is wasted on things like Skyboll, foreign aid. etc.. than our personal income tax derives? We don't need more money, we need proper use out of what we have. 2. Am 1 aware of the 18th amendment? If you had park ed your history you would ' know that the 18th amend ment is not a legal basis for 20 to HI per cent taxation. 3. Nowhere In my statement did I say the cat control bill was going to cost us money or that it would be adminis tered in Salem. I said thai if some counties have this con trol without legislation the MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON RBuk K. -flaw other counties can obtain it also. I said that Mr. Dellen back was spending tax money on the legislation. I said let's do the important things first, like getting 4 to 5 million people back to work, like educating our children prop erly, or are cats and dogs more important than our own children? ($4.8 billion in add ed tax revenue from these men would spay a lot of cats.) Mr. Stevens spouts pro fusely about facts. Would he please check the following, provided by Friends of Ani mals, as stated in the New York Telegram on April 23, 1960. 1. 33 million cats and dogs are born each year. Not SO million cats as Mr. Stevens presents as fact. 2. 4 to 6 million destroyed; not 25 million as he presents as fact. 3. Less than 20 million left to defend for themselves, not 23 million as Mr. Stevens pre sents as fact. Steve, I did not state any thing as facts as such, as you allege. You state several facts which are untrue. Remember a very wise man that once said "Tis a far better thing to say nothing and be thought stupid, than to say something and erase all doubt."? About my trip Steve, no "Bon Voyage," please, just send money. Raymond D. Roberts 1127 Saling Medford Dogs and Stock To the Editor: The Trihnne states the dog I shot "was cnasing her goats." I would like to add that it also rhaseH and chewed our 3-months-old Holstein heifer, and a long yearling whiteface Angus heifer, both on the field in question, and upon a nublic road, and upon my property, thus pointing out that no stock is too large to Be attacked by this dog. Oreeon Code. Orriin 20-2203 gives permission for such dogs to be shot provid ing they are not on property owned or under control of the dog's owner: the dog I shot was on property originally under my own control by lease aareement. hut hprauco of the absence of a recog nizable tence, such property was "under - control" of the "public," and in open range area, this gives grazing ani mals unquestionable rights of usage. This same Oregon Code in structs the sheriff or deputy, among other officers, to re move such animals if re quested. I called the sheriff's office twice, and I went in to that office once, and was al ways promised cooperation, but after 5'j months of wait ing. I had to defend my child's milk supply in the only wav left me. The milk goat so bad ly chewed In the udder at the time I shot this dog, is now worthless as milking stock. Mrs. Virginia D. Card 850 Palm st. Medford Kids and Crimes To the Editor: I don't sup pose you will print this be cause of possibly alarming parents who don't realize what's going on - or maybe they don't care. Tliis week end has been a nightmare when it comes to broken windows, manhole covers removed, cars over- I turned and a dynamite blast at the high school. But do the parents also know that at I a decent junior high dance Friday night a group of high school boys tried to crash the ' dance? When asked to leave ! the dance he whips out a j "Black Widow" switch blade j knife and puts it to the stom- ach of a Junior high boy and asKs mm to meet him outside. So the Junior high boy gets some others to go with him and here was a gang of boys from high school with knives. Iron pipes, hoses and cliins. Political Unity, of Arab North Africa Long a Dream, But Far From a Reality By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst "Maghreb" is a general geographic term which cov ers Arab North Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic and i n c ludes the c o u n tries of Libya, Tuni sia, Algeria and Morocco. I - I At ,ne PeaK 01 I iSjl I Moslem pow 1 I"1 I cr 'n Africa and Europe, it "w," also included Spain. Politically, it gener ally is limited to Tunisia, Al geria and Morocco, and the idea of a united Maghreb has been pressed more or less enthusiastically since both Morocco and Tunisia became independent of France in 1956. With the advent of Alge I an independence last year, the idea took on new Impetus, presumably with French sup- Just when the blows were about to fall the police showed up and everyone evaporated. We are thankful for the police and when I let my daughter go to this dance I felt confi dent it was a good safe place to go, but now I wonder where you can safely let your children go. Do you suppose this is gross ly exaggerated? Do you sup pose manhole covers, broken windows and overturned cars are all grossly exaggerated? Because that's the words used, "grossly exaggerated," every time this town has a little trouble. When is the town of Med ford going to wake up to the fact that "this can happen to you too," and admit we have a juvenile problem and in stead of being like ostriches with their heads in the sand do something. You say "what?" Well one thing, we need more supervised activity for these kids to keep them off the streets. We need a firmer penalty for offenders more than releasing them to the custody of their parents who some don't give a darn anyway. And above all we need to break this gentlemen's agree ment between the district at torney and the owner of the newspaper about not publish ing names of youngsters in the paper. Why? Because no doubt a few of the better names might appear, and we don't want that do we? At least if there was this possibility maybe parents would make an attempt to know where their children were and what they were do ing. One of the biggest injus tices is that every teen-ager is being condemned for the bad works of a few, and with publishing names the innocent would be released from this condemnation. Please give this a thought as this opinion is shared by many and if we at least tried this approach we wouldn't feel quite so bitter when our kids were lying in the hospital with their skull crushed with an iron pipe or their stomach cut open with a switch blade knife. Can't we put it on the ballot for a vote of the people or do we. of over 20,000 people, still have to be bound by rules made up by a few? Please don't use my name as I know my children will suffer from it by those who want to get even, but I surely hope you will put in your newspaper. (Name on file) Medford. Congratulations To the Editor: Congratula tions to Phoenix and Talent! We have saved our freedom and can run our own schools. It is so fine to hear the news on Lincoln's birthday. That far-seeing statesman once re marked: "You can fool all the peo ple part of the time, you can fool part of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all the people all of the time." Horace W. Thompson 3842 Hilsingcr rd. Medford The Last Puff To the Editor: It finally happened. I went to a store to get my daily vitamins, a pack of Lucky Strike cigar ettes. The man behind the counter was a woman, she said do you have a license to buy cigar ettes? I said you are kidding. She said no. I'd have to have .i license to buy cigar ettes. The reason for this is to stop teen-agers from buying cigarettes. I went down and got a li cense. It cost $2. 50 and a stamp for 50 cents. I went back to the styre port as part of President Charles de Gaulle's grand de sign for Africa. It would link the three in a federation held together by close association with France, and by geography, by a com mon religion, by common eco nomic problems and a com mon interest in the Sahara. Most enthusiastic promoter of a united Maghreb was the late Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco, who began talking it up in 1957. The sultan saw himself as a force between East and West, had no great love for Egypt's Nasser and feared Soviet penetration into Algeria. It is the sultan's son, King Hassan II, who this week played host to a unity confer ence in Rabat among the for eign ministers of Tunisia, Al geria and Morocco. But since the Arab world never has been noted for unity and Arab politics seldom are tranquil, the conference actually came down to one of differences. and asked for the cigarettes. She said do you have a li cense? I show my license for the Lucky. She said we don't have any. I said g" -;e me a pack of Cam els. She said do you have a license for them? I show my license again. She said you need a stamp for Camels. So I went and got a stamp for Camels. It cost 50 cents more. I went back to get my cigar ettes. I show my license for the Camels. She said I don't have any. I said what in the hell do you have? She said we don't sell cigar ettes. Then a man came in. I said would you give me a cigar ette please? He said do you have a license to bum cigar ettes? David J. Sletten ' 121 Reager st. Medford. Fluoridation To the Editor: In the MT 1-31-63 Communications we noted an article from Detroit, that the City Council (not the people) had voted to fluori date the water, after a 14 year campaign (regardless of the people's wishes and those who are allergic to it). The same day we received in the mail the following ar ticle. I thought it might be of interest to compare the "tried vs. the untried" then draw your own conclusions. Mrs. Ernest Santo, 204 Lozier Lane, Medford. O According to James S. Rae, a University of Toronto chem istry professor, reported in The Toronto Daily Star (No vember 9, 1982) 20 per cent of Brantford children are suf fering fluoride poisoning from drinking fluoridated water. "Dental fluorosis - mottled tooth enamel - is seen in Brantford school children," Dr. Rae said, "and this is the external evidence of fluoride poisoning indicating damage to other bony structures of the body." In commenting on Dr. Rae's talk, which was given before the Rotary Club of Toronto, the Daily Star said, "Dr. Rae said his own analysis of Brant ford water had revealec var iations in the fluoride level of up to four or five times the of ficial level. 'It is impossible to control the amount of flu oride in public drinking wa ter,' he claimed. "Brantford. in 1945, became the first Ontario community to add fluoride to its water supply. " Her Treasure Chest To the Editor: In a little cottage by the bay A little woman, old and grey, Was silent in her rocking chair. Upon her head, her silvery hair Shone as a halo through the gloom. Hieing darkness from the room. A smile still lingered on her face, A smile that Death could not erase. Upon her aged knees did rest An ancient, little cedar chest, Filled with treasures from her past, And golden memories that last. A baby tooth, a golden curl, A tin-type of a little girl. An old rag doll, a tiny spade, A battleship that Johnny made. A heart-shaped box, seal unbroken. Chocolates sent as a token Of love. And yellowed with age. A card attached, turned back a page . . . "Dear Mother, Be My Val entine This February 14, 1909." Gertrude Hughes McLean Rt. 5. Box 5820, Oroville, Calif. t Of recent vintage and still just below the surface was the bitter quarrel touched off by Tunisian charges that Al gerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bella supported a December assassination plot against President Bourghuiba. There also were Moroccan resentment against Tunisian recognition of the independ ence of Mauretania and Mo rocco's claims against Algeria in the Sahara. Morocco particularly has its eye on Tindouf, which it claims France artificially ab sorbed into Algeria. Tindouf is an oasis of a thousand date palms and a few thousand permanent residents. Its importance rests in the fact that it is on strategic Saharan air and caravan routes and is close to one of the largest iron ore deposits in the world at Gara Djebilet. Preliminary surveys showed the deposits to contain more than two billion tons of ore. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c. Field Enterprises. Inc. PERSONAL PREJUDICES In past generations, it used to be hard to be the child of a clergyman, and have to live up to the neighbors' expecta tions; today, the hardest role, I suspect, is being the child of a psychiatrist and under the neighbors' continual scrut iny for signs of gross malad justment. A woman may be candid enough to tell you her age, but she is still vain enough to be annoyed if you do not pretend to feel surprise at the discrepancy between her years and her appear ance. Speeches should have three well-balanced d i m e n s ions: breadth, depth, and length; and it is only when a speech lacks the first two, that it over-compensates in the third. Parents who think they love their own children, but find other people's children annoying or de ficient or blameworthy, don't really love their own, except as possessions or as extensions of their ego; for a person who genuinely loves trees might especial ly favor a tree growing on his front lawn, but would find all trees interesting and attractive, no matter where they grow. "The dullest people have the greatest faith in education; but the fact remains that when a bore acquires a new subject, it does not liberate his mind or spirit, but simply gives him another area to be boring about. I have never understood how we can call anything in nature "unnatural"; isn't the so-called "unnatural" sin-ply that part of nature we have not yet apprehend ed? Politics is such a dirty busi ness chiefly for the reason given, pungently and accur ately, by Richard Whately more than a century ago, when he observed: "Party spirit enlists a man's virtues in the cause of his vices." A high degree of poise is that quality which every woman desires in herself, and resents in other women. When the worm turns, it's still a worm, just going in another direction, isn't it? Most of our problems arise from reacting when we should meditate, and from rr.sditating when we should react; divested of the instincts that serve other creatures so infallibly, mankind suffers from a perpetual confusion be tween his reason and his reflexes. 0 "&JkC "The way I heard it, Nikita looks up at De Gaulle towering above him and says, 'The trouble with you if you have Napoleonic complex !" In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, about mid-morning on Tuesday, not much in the way of what in. these ultra-modern days wa have come to call NEWS is happening. Nobody is circling the earth in a space ship. Nobody has taken off for the moon. No empires have fallen. Noth ing particularly new is hap pening in (Juoa. no new schemes to spend ourselves rich have been sprung in Washington. There are no new scandals. All in all, it's a rather quiet day - so far, at least. BUT In our country February 12 is an impor tant date. On this day 154 years ago, in a cabin on a pioneer farm near what is now the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky, a child was born. They named him after his grandfather Abraham (Lin coln), who in 1780, sold his farm in the Shenandoah val ley of Virginia and with his wife and five small children took the long trail to the Kentucky wilderness. There, six years after leav ing Virginia, he was shot and killed by an Indian, leaving his family husbandless and fatherless. fNE of this original Abra- V ham's sons was named Thomas. He was a wandering laboring man, who grew up literally without ANY educa tion - at least, without any education of the type we hava come to regard as indispen sable to success. He couldn't read and he couldn't write. He couldn't figure. His son Abraham had no opportunity for formal edu cation. Of himself, he said in his later years: "When I came of age, I didn't know much. Still, somehow I could read and write and CIPHER TO THE RULE OF THREE." ABRAHAM Lincoln, you see, had almost NO formal education. But he had tho thirst for knowledge that gave him WISDOM - which Webster defines as: "t h a quality of being wise; ability to judge soundly and deal sagaciously with facts; es pecially as they relate to life and conduct; discernment and judgment; sagacity." Lincoln's WISDOM enabled him to lead our country through its greatest crisis. Education, of course, is price less. But Lincoln's career teaches us that education doesn't necessarily HAVE to be acquired in a costly school plant. LET'S put it this way: EDUCATION is wonder ful - and in these abundant modern days we should sea to it that every possible op portunity is provided for the education of our children. But formal education isn't everything. The thirst for knowledge is the big essential. FEBRUARY is a great month in our history. It includes the birthdays of our two greatest men - Lincoln and Washington. It is worth adding here that Washington, although a mem ber of an aristocratic family, had relatively little oppor tunity for FORMAL school ing. Reading, writing and CIPHERING BY THE RULE OF THREE comprised the bulk of his formal education. TN conclusion, this question What is the RULE OF THREE? Do you know offhand? rpHE Rule of Three is the 1 rule for finding the fourth term of a proportion where three are given. The rule states that the product of the means equals the product of the extremes. 111
