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To End The Filth
To Die Editor: I have re
ceived from Senator Ted Hal
lock a copy of your editorial
"Let's End This Filth" from
your Friday, Feb. 22, edition,
together with several letters
from individuals in your area
referring to this editorial and
endorsing Senator Halloek's
sponsorship of Senate Bill
259.
We are appearing before
the Committee in support of
this bill tomorrow morning,
and I have taken the liberty
of making copies of your edi
torial which together with the
letters from the people in the
Medford area will be supplied
to the .various Committee
members.
We appreciate your forth
Tight stand and hope that
either with or without Senate
Bill 259 we will be able to
alleviate the air pollution
menace in your area.
I came through Medford In
the past ten days, so I know
something about this condi
tion.
Thank you again for your
line public stand.
B. A. McPhillips
Acting Chairman
Oregon State
Sanitary Authority
McMinnville, Ore. -
Smart While Man
To the Editor: Who is the
smartest, the white man or
the Indian? When the white
man took over the country
it was long on birds and short
on bugs. Then came the white
man, a very smart man, who
plants cherry trees, shoots
birds by the hundreds for eat
. ing his cherries.
Then along comes his bird
killing cats. I am not a cat
hater, but I have had lots of
experience with them as I
have had lots of them on the
ranch, and I know what they
will do. Truly they will kill
mice, but most of them would
prefer a bird.
The country is so full of
cats I believe the Dellenback
cat law would help.
Then you quite often see a
dog hunting for bird nests for
the eggs. Then along comes
the sportsman with his fine
shot guns to shoot what birds
have dodged the cats, dogs
and poison spray.
It's a wonder we have any
birds left at all. Yes, the
white man is a very smart
man.
Bill Holman
402Vj Newtown si.
Medford.
Gold Tale
To the Editor: One of a few
big gold strikes that reached
the five figure mark 60 some
years ago in the wilds of
Josephine county was really
discovered by sheer accident.
As the story goes, a young
rugged placer miner set out
one day with his dog on a
deer hunt. In order to sup
press his dog from making a
"break" to run, the lone
hunter stooped down to pick
up a stone to toss to halt his
dog. Lo and behold! the first
glance and heft told him it
was laden with "pocket" gold.
Right there the deer hunt
came to an abrupt end, for
the time being. He returned
to camp to break the news to
the family and secure their
help to mine the rich find that
yielded a small fortune.
In due time after the fabu
lous strike was made as an
adventurer, never having
been to a big city, the young
prospector soon set out lo see
Portland, Ore. After sight
seeing in the metropolis, he
soon became broke. After
telling some city officials of
his plight and the story of his
recent fortune and misfor
tune, the good and helpful
people took heed of the be
wildered young man's dilem
ma and volunteered to send a
telegraph message to Grants
Pass for more information.
In due time a return mes
sage stated that the young
prospector had an ample sup
ply of gold on deposit at a
local bank and that all the
prospector's wishes would be
realized. So there ended an
other episode of another one
of southwest Oregon's hey
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Grief
I tell you hopeless grief is passionless,
That only men incredulous of despair,
Half-taught in anguish, through the midnighl air
Beat upward to God's throne in loud access
Of shrieking and reproach. Full desertness
In souls, as countries, lieth silent-bare
Under the blanching, vertical eye-glare
Of the absolute heavens. Deep-hearted man, express
Grief for thy dead in silence like to death
Most like a monumental statue set
In everlasting watch and moveless woe
Till itself crumble to the dust beneath.
Touch it; the marble eyelids are not wet;
If It could weep, it could arise and go.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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A Sergeant's Prayer
Almighty and all present Power,
Short is the prayer I make to Thee,
I do not ask in battle hour
For any shield to cover me.
The vast unalterable way.
From which the stars do not depart
May not be turned aside to stay
The bullet flying to my heart.
I ask no help to strike my foe,
I seek no petty victory here,
The enemy I hate, I know,
To Thee is also dear.
But this I pray, be at my side
When death is drawing through the sky.
Almighty God who also died
Teach me the way that I should die.
Sgt. Hugh Brodie
Of the Royal Australian Air Force, one time Melbourne
University student, reported "missing" in 1943.
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Paragraphed Poem
Must a poem be set down in lines
like a dinner fork's parallel tines, or can
it be jumbled, uneven, mixed, appearing as prose,
similarly fixed?
For freshness of appearance as well
as of thought, it teems to me some poems are
wrought in paragraph portraiture, so much to be
sought.
The only thing wrong with this reasoning,
somewhat like pie's subtle seasoning, is a fact that
leaves me aptly surprised: a poem, like a fork, should
be recognized.
Winifred Rcsikell Laylon
Salem, Ore.
O
Sunday Dinner at Uncle John's
Feather clothed and kettle bound,
While meat, dark and bone,
Unmindful of the grisly sound
Of steel on stone.
Chopping block, a lump of wood
That had withstood
The lusty brawn
Of Uncle John.
Kitchen stove, a family member,
Aunt Tcssie s pride and joy.
Biscuits, chicken, dumplings boy,
A repast to remember!
George McDonald
-Dufur, Ore.
o
Hard Prescription
How can I follow doc's advice? He tells me to relax;
His bills amount to half I earn; the rest is income tax.
Jack Finel
Central Point. Ore.
day romances of adventure
and drama of the gay nineties.
Bert Kissinger
322 South
Riverside ave.
Medford
Building Protest
To the Editor: The follow
ing letter, signed by sixteen
aroused Americans, and their
addresses, has been mailed:
Mr. Samuel Schrivener, Jr.
Chairman Board of Zoning
Adjustment,
District Building,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Schrivener: Word
comes to us that plans are un
der way to circumvent the
established building ordi
nance for the Washington,
D.C. area for the purpose of
erecting an "apartment"
building by a "non-profit or
ganization" in the city of
Washington, D.C, which
would overshadow America's
national shrines, monuments
to George Washington, Thom
as Jefferson, Abraham Lin
coln, our national capitol
building, Arlington memorial
cemetery, burial place of
known and unknown defend
ers of this land of liberty,
freedom, justice.
We consider such an at
tempt abominable, unpatri
otic, un-American. We feel
that such an abrogation of the
established ordinance of
Washington, D.C, would be
an insult to our Nation, a
loathsome breach of sacred
trust, by whomsoever might
be in authority to evade the
time - honored Washington,
D.C, building ordinance.
Only by accident have we
learned of this attempt to
thwart this long -maintained
ordinance. Please advise us
in detail just what group, or
ganization, or persons are
back of this movement and
what is the object of a so
called "non-profit" group?
John E. Gribble
139 Kenwood ave.
Medford.
Editor's note: Another
Rogue Valley resident, Mrs.
Margaret McWhorter, Route
1, Box 41A, Rogue River, also
concerned over this matter,
wrote to Congressman Dun
can. Here is hi3 reply:
Dear Mrs. McWhorter:
Thank you for your recent
letter and the enclosed clip
ping regarding a proposed
apartment building which
would stand taller than sur
rounding national monu
ments. I contacted the National
Capital Planning Commission
and enclose home material
they sent me. You will note
that the Zoning Commission
has approved the plans for
this development on the con
dition "that the maximum
height of 130 feet (permitted
under governing regulations)
be limited to 25 per cent of
the building complex. Also
enclosed is a thermofax copy
of a map of the area showing
the proximity of Watergate
Towne to the Lincoln Me
morial and the Washington
Monument. Watergate Towne
will front on Virginia and
New Hampshire Avenues. As
a matter of comparison, the
Howard Johnson Restaurant
at 26th St. and Virginia Ave
nue is 90 feel high plus 26 feet
for the penthouse making a
total height of 116 feet. I
hope this allays somewhat
your apprehension which I
share.
I appreciate hearing from
you on this and hope you will
continue to give me the bene
fit of your thinking on mat
ters of public interest.
Robert B. Duncan
Member of Congress
Washington, D.C.
a Public Utilities Commis
sioner, Tax Commissioner and
State School Superintendent
as well. They are all servants
of the people and the people
should have the right to elect,
recall or reelect them.
We have only to look at the
outrageous increases in our
utility bills and the shifting
of the tax burden to see the
fallacy of allowing an elected
official, whose largest cam
paign contributors were util
ity executives, large stock
holders in utility corporations
and timber barons, to appoint
a Public Utilities Commission
er and a Tax Commissioner
who have permitted excessive
utility rates to be put on cit
izen users, spawned legisla
tion which can create a power
monopoly, and maneuvered a
tax-shift most beneficial to the
large timber interests.
Why throw such tempta
tions in the path of a man?
Why encourage him to ampli
fy, cultivate and sustain his
power at the expense of the
people who are powerless to
eliminate these "lackeys" who
are duly annointed by special
interests before being ap
pointed?
If we are to have a Gov
ernment of the People, by the
People and for the People,"
God deliver us from those
who want to chop away our
democratic right to use the
ballot box as the ultimate
check on officials who are
elected to serve the interests
of the people. So they want
some measure of responsibil
ity? "The voice of the People
is the voice of God" (Alcuin).
So they want to simplify vot
ing and make it easier on
you? "When someone wants
to give you something for
nothing, yell for a policeman"
(Anon.).
'It would be folly to argue
that the people cannot make
political mistakes. They can
and do make grave mistakes.
They know it; they pay the
penalty; but compared with
the mistakes which have been
made by every kind of autoc
racy, they are unimportant.
(Calvin Coolidgc).
Robert A. i reeman,
4625 N.E. 118th ave.,
Portland, Ore.
More Democracy
To the Editor: The Commis
sion for Constitutional Revi
sion presents "A New Consti
tution for Oregon," which
they term "a responsive and
effective whole document
which adheres to fundamen
tals." What fundamentals? One of
the essential fundamentals of
a democracy is the right of
citizens to elect, recall or re
elect representatives of their
choice. It is missing from this
so-called "whole document."
Under the guise of "placing
responsibility," "stream lin
ing." "shortening the ballot"
and "making it easier to
vote," they have set up the
Governor as the only slate
wide elective state executive
officer. In a sense they are
telling us we are not capable
of governing ourselves and
that we had best leave this up
to a select few in power. This
ii a fundamental of Butocracy
If there are ills in out dem
ocratic processes, at the state
level, they can best be cured
by more democracy. This can
be accomplished by electing
more state officials than we
now do. The people should
elect not only their Governor.
Secretary of State, State
Treasurer, Attorney General
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Sin and Law
To the Editor: In the Trib
une, 22163, in an interest
ing article (Religion in Amer
ica) Prof. Hinson of the South
ern Baptist Seminary says:
The churches are not crack
ing down on such blatant acts
of immorality as adultery and
drunkenness. Then he quotes
from Paul's letters to the
Christian churches in Paul's
day.
Paul made It clear mat
Christ came to save sinners,
but would not tolerate hypo
crites in the church who took
the name of Christ while mak
ing mockery of his teaching.
None should realize better
than Prof. Hinson why this
is so. In Paul's day, they
taught and believed the old
Testament, they taught and
obeyed God's Ten command
ment law as God spoke and
wrote it (Exodus 20:3-17).
Those verses are the only
ones in all the Bible that God
wrote with his own hand and
spoke with his own mouth
in the hearing of over 2,000,
000 people.
Today the people say: tnat
is the law of Moses, it was
nailed to the cross. Not be
cause they believe iv, but to
justify themselves, while mak
ing up a set of ten command
ments from their pet quota
tions. They are unhappy with
God's law, so they make their
own.
They do the same with the
law of the land. In California
in 1961, over 80 per cent of
the 109,000 fatal and injury
auto accidents involved a law
violation. The same year the
California State police issued
over 1,000,000 citations. What
a price people will pay for
the privilege of making their
own law as they drive. And
it can be even more expen
sive to make up your own
commandments while you
live. The police don't issue
one citation in 1000 violations.
But God records every viola
tion of his law even to the
words we speak, and every
stop sign we run, let it be
on the Lord's Sabbath day or
on Sunday, the first day of
the week, going to church
gives us no right to break
the law of our fair land.
It is not only crime to
break the law of the land,
but a sin also. Paul makes
this very plain. Fifty-four
years after Christ, Paul work
ed in Corinth for a year and
half making tents six days
a week, no doubt, and preach
ed every Sabbath day to both
Jews and Gentiles. Good ex
ample for us.
F. E. Beverly,
112 Geneva,
Medford
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