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The Finest Park
To the Editor: The false and
distorted statements about the
Oregon Dunes National Sea
shore in the recent letter of
Jack Parker are so gross that
they cannot be ignoted. It is
loo bad when personal inter
ests lead a man to make such
"statements about a major re
creational development which
would have widespread bene
fits for Oregon, for the nation
and for future generations.
', First, the TV documentary
on the Oregon Dunes was not
prepared by an advertising
man, but was a public service
feature prepared by the sta
tion because it believed that
people should know the facts
about the rjrooo.sorl Orpoon
n.,nn.U..iinn.l Bnl
f .. ,
oeconu, secretary uaau am
not say that campsites would
be eliminated. On the con-
irary, me auonairarK aerv-;
ice has always said that here
would be a substantial in-1
crease in camping facilities. It
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....... ,
.would be moved outside the
Dunes Seashore, where they
would accommodate the tour
ists who would come to visit
til is scenic recreation area.
Third, the National Park
-Service docs not plan to "lock
up" the land. The Oregon
Dunes National Seashore is in
tended to be a major recrea
tional development to be en
joyed by the maximum num
ber of people. It will provide
opportunities for all forms of
outdoor recreation compatible
with the natural beauty of the
area. The restoration and pres
ervation of the natural beauty
of this area will make the Ore
gon Dunes National Seashore
one of the most attractive
areas on the coast.
The policy of the Park Serv
ice will be essentially the
same as that already estab
lished by the Forest Service
for its land in this area, which
made recreation the primary
use and eliminated any log
ging or other activities de
structive to its scenic quality.
The creation of the Oregon
-Dunes National Seashore will
give Oregon a tourist attrac
tion of national stature, and
enable our children and their
children to enjoy what we
have enjoyed. Our major con
cern should be that we have
the finest park that can be
created.
Carleton Whitehead
Co-Chairman, Committee
for the Oregon Dunes
filll! Corbett Bldg.
Portland, Ore.
Schools' Needs
To the Editor: I am not a
writer of letters-to-the-editor,
but I have been aroused and
am venting my spleen while
the dishes stay dirty, the
clothes unironed and the floor
unswept.
Wednesday the people of
the Eagle Point school district
voted down the bucket for the
operation of the school this
next school year. I have heard
from several sources that peo
ple were called and asked to
vole against a large bond is
sue which the schools were
trying to put over on the
Good People of the district. I
wonder how many people
took this as they were told
and went to the school and j
marked their little "no" vote i
without even reading the bal
lot .. .
Is there any better invest- j
mcnt in this country today
than the education of our chil
dren? True, they don't learn
the exact same things in the
exact same way that we older
folks learned them. The teach
ers are too busy trying to take
the parents' places in moral
and social training. Many
mothers now seem to be more ;
concerned about popularity
than they are about morality. '
Was this budget overly ex
cessive this year? I personally
know of several things which
were needed by the schools
and were omitted from the
budget. Will the cuts now be
made in the athletic program
or will they be made in good
Instructional materials and
personnel'' Let's not be naive.
We must keep our display on
'field and court for the good
townspeople!
The teachers don't com
plain too much about using
old desks and torn books. Or
perhaps no desk at all There
isn't too much objection to the
pupils' desks that were used
by their parents, except when
they are so scratched and
scarred that they require sev
eral sheets of paper for pad
ding to get a usable writing
surface. The only reason they
need new desks is to enable
them to cram more into a
room.
There were things in
v,Hopt that I didn't like
the
but
the board can't put in or take
out enough to please every
one Somehow I feel the
schools, imperfect as they are
are doing a pretty fair job o
teaching our children bu
they cant do it without
money. .
I guess I am vented. Please
lor publicati
r"fIMH III US I HO J I'AU't'U 1UU WUIU3, A 11c it lit. i
not nly repreienl the views of lht paper; in Uci the
ion must not
Z"? rne'lU "IS!
uring more economic reper
cussions than this already has
Thank you for your pa
tience.
(Name on file)
Eagle Point, Ore.
A View of Subversion
To the Editor: In your 'edi
tor's note" under the letter of
D. Ivan Fritz 14 16231 you
ask why there are no cries of
"dictatorship" concerning the
federal government. It may
be a shock to you to learn that
there have been-all over the
U.S.-and right here in this
column - particularly during
uie Kennedy
crack-down on
steel manufacturers-also
durillP the invawinn onW Mwk. i
i f 7.Ti i Z. . ...
a"1 s ngms in iiis-
sissippi.
uur President appoints ov
"" .u positions 01 ;
power to our government, a
huge bureaucracy which owes I
no allegiance to the American
,1,1, ar.,1 ....
1-.- ....vi u.ci which uie
voters have no control. This
places altogether too much
power in the hands of our
President. And this is exactly
what we DON'T want in Ore
gon, as Mr. Fritz has so ably
told us.
The new Oregon constitu
tion is not a streamlined, re
arranged version of the old
constitution. It is a completely
Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Death's Emissaries
Devouring Famine, Plague, and War,
Each able to undo mankind
Death's servile emissaries are,
Nor to these alone confined.
He has at will
More quaint and subtle ways to kill.
A smile or kiss, as he will use the art,
Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart.
James Shirley (1650)
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The Old Oregon Trail. 1963
How many bones lie
decayed in this dust
where innocent trust
of women and children
held to this trail
In Conestoga wagon
with spun flax veil?
How many arrowheads
of wicked black jet
are buried yet
where the desert clay bakes
in the valley kiln
and the wagons didn't make It
over the hill?
Not yet obliterated
by erasures of time,
erosion and slime,
wheel ruts record testimony
on the Grande Ronde floor
where wagon trains mired
a century before.
Winifred Heiskell Layton
Salem, Ore.
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The Tear-Drop
So very nearly did I reach my mark
Scaling carefully, the rainbow's arc:
Clinging to the bright-hued dreams,
Resting now and then on love's moonbeams.
Just one tiny tear-drop made me slide
A tear born of self-pity and of pride
And weariness from clinging, climbing, crawling:
One shiny, tiny tear-drop sent me sprawling.
The rainbow's curve I could no longer tread
When lubricated by the tear I shed.
1 lost my grip and landed, bruised and battered,
In the dust where rainbow dreams lay shattered.
When once again the heights I would attain
And tears would come of weariness or pain,
I'll have a little sunbeam at my beck and call
To dry away my tears before they fall.
Verna Slanc
Grande Ronde, Ore.
O
Lines Of Protest On Widening a Small Town Street
Denuded lies Broadway
The axe of Progress swings aloft and chops away
The splendid trees that cast their shade
Where folk once strolled
And children prayed:
No more the gentle soughing of the leaves,
No more the quiet beauty of the street.
The town of Bethpagc stands aside and grieves
As Progress smirks
At God's retreat ''
Leo E. Shottland
Bethpage, L. I.. N Y.
"The trees their quiet, shade and beauty: God's retreat.'
O
Note Of Nostalgia
Dear child of mine, though winter's dead,
Spring's greatest thrill you'll never share:
The ecstacy the day you shed
That itchy, long-legged underwear.
Anne Bcebc Smith
Ashland. Ore.
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exceed 400 words. The letters
T ' nSti!U,i0.n :
such as has been, or is being
pushed in ever other state in
the union. Some parts of it
sound familiar- a few parts
are exactly as in the present
constitution. But the bulk of
the revised constitution is bas
ed on and copied from the
"model constitution" put out
by the National Municipal
League which allegedly is the
"model law" and "model con
stitution" writer and distribu
tor for "1313." Chicago, 111.,
home of the "metro monster
government." The commission
members who wrote the new I
constitution admitted this be
fore the Joint Senate and
House
Constitution Commit
tee, according to March, 1963
"Serve Our State" News Bul
letin. AU those wno want to know
wno it is that lans and
parcs the laws for state and
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sures them through law-making
bodies-who it is that is
changing our traditional Re
publican form of government
into the alien, socialistic mon
ster of centralized power now
in Washington, D.C.-and soon
to be in many of our states
should send to Tax Payers Ac
tion, P. o. Box 148, Woodland
Hills, Calif., for the book.
"Constitutions Be Da m n e d
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price S2.
This book will also tell you
why and how our educational
system is being subverted
why school text books pro
mote socialistic ideas and dis
credit free enterprise - why
- ' W
"r government favors Com-
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soft on Communists in the
USA- n-n, other grip- ;
ping and fascinating things
You won t be able to lay it
down once you pick it up.
L. C. Powell
316 S. E. Eighth st.
Grants Pass, Ore.
Drunken Driving
To the Editor: Recently 1
was called to testify in court
In the case of a man who was
accused of drunken driving.
This man was being chased by
police officers at speeds up to !
0 m.p.h He ran into a Volks
wagen at the Dodge bridge
area. One of the Volkswagen
p ' urlu nurse,
was permanently injured in
this accident and will never
be able to serve as a nurse
again. After proper medical
examination and blood alco-
hoi tests, the fact that this
man was drunk was ascer-
tained.
Tlun UMl-nac. In Drnnnn
state laws, the blood test was I abolishing capital punishment. l
not admissible in court. De- Executions actually appear to ! y.'ded mankind with a sanc
spite medical testimony and 1 stimulate murders, just as !fled ""mortal ' His erea-
blood tests, the jury declared j public executions of pickpock
this man not guilty. ' ets once provided the occasion
There is a bill (S.B. 348) be-,
fore the state legislature now, j
which would compel a driver!
to submit to blood, urine, j
breath or saliva tests for aleo-
hoi. or automatically have his '
driver's license suspended for
90 days.
It is universal knowledge.
I confirmed in hospital emer
gency rooms and police sta
tions, that alcohol is a tremen
dous factor in the cause of a
great number of automobile
accidents.
Therefore. I would urge our
legislators, lawyers and Ore
gon editors to consider seri
ously Senate Bill 348. It is al
most impossible to convict an
offender of drunken driving
under the current laws of our
state.
J. R. Watson, M D.
832 East Main st.
Medford.
The M T Goofs
To the Editor: April 15 -"The
Week in California" -
Jesse M. Unruh (D-Engle-
wood). ENGLEWOOD, New
Jersey or INGLEWOOD,
Calif.?
April 11 - "Recipe" - Page
8 - "1 pkg. of cake years."
Thanks for a million laughs.
Like the store last Thursday
who had BEEK on sale and
Thunderbird usually sells
SHERBIT.
I send them all over the
country to poor bedighted
(sic) people who only have
nice sane papers to read.
If you haven't already,
you'll surely make the Read
er's Digest soon.
Dorothy J. Gungle
Gold Hill, Ore.
Spoiled
To the Editor: Mistah Ken
nedy had his whole dahned
Easier vacation spoiled with
steel raises.
Everett Acklin
Ashland. Ore.
How Long?
To the Editor: How long
must we go on livng under a
law that is out-of-date, inef
fective, and inhumane - the
law of capital punishment?
Nn one who knows anvthins
about the history of capital
punishment can argue that its
abolition will destroy law and
order in society. This argu
ment has been made by dis
tinguished and uninformed
persons for hundreds of years
and has been refuted by the
facts of history for precisely
as long.
Capital punishment is on its
way out. It has already been
abolished in Alaska. Hawaii,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota.
North Dakota, Rhode Island
and Wisconsin. Only 16 states
in the United States actually
inflicted capital punishment
in 1959 Twenty states have
not used the death penalty for
more than 10 years. Most of
the South American countries
have abolished it and those
which retain the death pen
alty have become more and
more reluctant to use it.
If one lives or travels in
Austria, Belgium, Denmark.
Finland. West Germany, Ice
land, Israel, Italy, Luxum
burg. Holland, Norway. Port
ugal, Rumania, Sweden.
Switzerland. Travancorc In
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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
India, and Queensland in Aus
tralia, he is safe without the
protection of capital punish
ment. One cannot find an eminent
sociologist, criminologist, pe
nologist or psychologist who
supports capital punishment.
Dr. Glueck, Professor of Crim
inology, Harvard University,
said: "The presence of the
1, pufene
of our penal system bedevils
the administration of criminal
justice all the way down the
line, and is the stumbling
block in the path of general
reform in the treatment of
crime and criminals."
If the state kills, it sets an
example for doing the very
thing which it condemns. The
use of force and violence
against criminals teaches the
lesson of force and violence
The death uenaltv discredits
tile whole relormative pro
gram. The finality of the
death penalty is totally in
consistent with the philosophy
of correction and rehabilita
tion. It does not save the state
money. In six years, without
the death penalty, California
would have saved $150,244 in
administrative costs alone,
plus savings in court costs,
The majority of the ward-
one in llln l'nit...j Rt&tofl fai'nr
for more pocket picking,
Lydia Burnham
814 Warne st.
Prescott, Ariz.
Sh Likes PP'
To the Editor: Normally.
when I read a Communication
that disturbs me, I consider
the fact that we all have
many different opinions-none
of them necessarily right or
wrong. However, the lady
from Eagle Point, whose name
is 'on file', repeated a remark
have heard once too often
in my 15 years in the Rogue
river valley.
When I arrived here, a near
ly broke and a not very at
tractive mother of three small
children, I didn't expect a
red carpet welcome. I did ex
pect people to be people, just
as everywhere. I like people.
At times, during periods of
economic stress, I ve been
tempted to leave Utopia, but
the thought cf leaving my
many friends too always holds
me here. I can't walk down
the street without meeting
someone I know - and I love
it! During a recent personal
tragedy, dozens of these "dear
natives" demonstrated their
affection for me and mine in
countless ways. In fact, my
friend from Eagle Point, the
many Medlordtles I've met
seem to be just people, with
different tastes and desires
but with a great capacity for
love.
I am not a "socialite". My
acquaintance with the Coun
try Club is limited to attend
ance at Safety council meet
ings and Christian Women's
Club luncheons. Both of these
groups are open to the general
public. Many of my friend
ships were formed through
my attendance at a local
church and my participation
its activities. Membership
this organization is also
available to the general
public.
Next time you are in town,
call me, and I'll brew you a
cup of coffee.
Not a member of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Carol Waltermirc,
3335 Forest,
Medford
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Substitutes
To the Editor: Some years
ago when I was a boy in
Grants Pass, a sad faced lad
entered Luke's Bike shop. In
his hand he held a prized
pocket knife with a broken
blade. "Luke, can you fix
this?" he queried. Where
upon the proprietor took the
knife,
it in his hands and
shook it up and down. As he
was' doing this he mumbled,
"hokus-pokus - and a can of
rotten tomatoes." He then
opened his hands and to the
boy's astonishment handed
him a knife without a broken
blade.
What the bike repairman
did not tell the boy but later
told me, was that he happened
to have an identical knife
in the showcase. He had, un
noticed by the boy, switched
knives. The old knife was not
fixed at all. It remained un
changed. A substitute had
been palmed off on him.
Reminds me of another sub
stitute that has been palmed
j off on the majority of people
in Christian lands. The writer
believes in the literal Biblical
account of earth's creation.
Also that the days of creation
were literal 24 hour days. At
j the end of the six days God
At this season when the
Christian world is not sure
! even when to celebrate Easter,
it is gratifying to know that
i God's memorial still stands
; unchanged from creation. Our
unchanging God has provided
all mankind with His memo
rial which points to Him as
the only true God, the one
who created us. Man may try
to make God's word of no
effect by word and action.
But the God whose Son arose
victorious from the tomb
nearly 2,000 years ago, never
changes. It is well and good
to think of His resurrection.
But let us not forget that
our Lord is coming back
again, soon.
Henry Johnson,
2315 Highway 66,
Ashland, Ore.
Family Squabbles
To the Editor: "Home is
where the heart is," says one.
"Home is where the laughter
is." declares another. Indeed,
Home is where a lot of things
arc including, on occasion.
A WAR OF WORDS. In view
of the variables that beset
matrimony nowadays, it is
something of a miracle when
one finds a long-lasting union.
Recently I was privileged
to help celebrate the Gold
wedding anniversary of
couple. After the other guests
had departed, 1 ventured to
ask the proud husband:
"Could you name any one
thing that has helped to keep
you folks together for
many ears?"
"Yes," he responded.
started out in the business
world by owning a store. As
I sold largely on credit, I had
to set up a bookkeeping ac
count entitled, 'Reserve for
Bad Debts.' When I married,
I carried over somewhat the
same idea in an account,
'Reserve for Bad Days.' A
squabble never got us down
we usually locked ourselves
in a bedroom and didn't come
out until we had solved our
problem on the basis: 'Not
my way; not your way; but
OUR way.' "
Then, noticing the knowing
expression on his wife's face,
he added, with a twinkle in
his eye: "Actually, we more
often settled on HER way
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rather than mine! The sweet
reasonableness of my logic
was usually drowned out by
her tears. A man, you know,
leads with his chin' as they
say in boxing only to have
a woman knock him galley
west with a counterpunch to
the heart."
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plating the rushing stream
how the water ran readily
over some boulders in the bed
of the creek, but had to dis
unite to get round others.
Then I noticed that always
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brief calm just below a
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happened.
It was then that I became
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