MEOFORO MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
SUNDAY. JUNE 33, 1IU
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By TAfM Succtuors
New York - m - Former
President Herbert C. Hoover,
making an "almost miracu-
loui" recovery from a terioua
illness, naa received messages'
of concern from three cf his
lucceuori in the Whit
House.
A family spokesman Thurs
day night said hundreds of
"get well" messages had been
received since it was reveal
ed last Friday that Hoover,
88, was in serious condition
with anemia and intestinal
bleeding.
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Recreation Facilities
To the Editor: The interest
of the many young people in
the Rogue valley in the art of
horseback riding has for some
time been progressively in
creasing. I have witnessed one inci
dent in which the Medford
police were escorting a group
of young riders across the
freeway to reach our so-called
fairgrounds. In my opinion
that is not what I would call
an ideal or safe place to have
to ride. Why doesn't a city as
large as Medford supply
bridle paths, and a decent
fairgrounds?
Where does our tax dollar
go? Besides for all the new
roads taking people out of
Medford to other recreation
facilities? Actually this is the
only city of its size that I can
think of with no adequate
exhibition areas for any
groups.
What do you say to out of
state friends when you invite
them to Medford? "Come to
Medford, Oregon and see our
freeway over the city"?
Jacksonville, with a popula
tion of less than two thousand
people, has a museum and
many other attractions; Ash
land has the Shakespearean
Festival, and I could go on
and on.
Regardless of the type of
hobby a person has, there isn't
any place to properly display.
or compete. Anyone woiuc,
be ashamed to ask out of state
folks to come to Medford for
any sort of show in the pres
ent fairgrounds.
What is the reason for the
absence of a proper place, for
our children to be able to say,
"Come to Medford, for our
next show." Is there a weak
ness in our city, or county
government?
When the do-gooders get
through trying to tell the peo
ple in the other parts of the
country how to solve their
problems, tell the city of Med
ford, and our elected officials
how to lay out a decent place
for recreation for our chil
dren; rather than using more
funds for enlarging the Juve
nile Home, let's provide space
and the necessary facilities to
prevent delinquency.
Mrs. Janice Hasler
. 3084 Crater Lake Hwy.
Medford.
A Vision
To the Editor; Some weeks
back, a friend asked me why
I bother to write these letters,
as no one pays any mind to
them. About four years ago I
felt the same way, and I said,
"Lord, why me? There are
better men than I, no one will
take heed of anything that
comes from me, why should I
be made a fool for nothing?"
I swore I'd never utter an
other word.
Then in a vision I saw a ball
of fire go out, and it wavered
up and down, and when it re
turned, a voice said, "What
precedeth from God, will not
return void." Then, as if I
was taken out to sea off the
coast of Florida, a voice said,
"You are now in the center of
the hurricane," and I heard
the noise of it, and it was
terrifying in might and power
of destruction. The voice said,
"You are as a weather man,
sound the warning."
Then it was called to mind
that which is written, "O evil
man, if I tell thee to warn a
people, and they take heed
they shall save their souls, but
if not they shall perish in
their sins, but you shall save
t ly soul. But if you warn
them not, they shall perish in
their sins, but the loss of their
hands."
Then it seemed as if some
time had passed, and I stood
before a small gathering of
men, and they had dark robes
on, and when I'd made known
the things that were given to
me, they turned and bowed
their heads and walked away.
Then I turned and looked up
and saw a dark cloud coming
from the northeast, and I
bowed my face to the earth
and did fear and tremble for
in it was a judgment of God.
Now I say what is it, that
these things should be any
matter between you and I? It
is not. For it is between you
and God, for every one will
bear his own burden. But as
the Lord said, it will be better
for them, who believe in me
before I come, than it will for
them who will not till I come.
Fear God, and give glory to
Him, that you might receive
mercy of him.
Ted M. Sletten
- Route 1, Box 224
Rogue River, Ore.
Race Relations
To the Editor: Previously,
we discussed mutation, selec
tion, adaptation, migration
and isolation as well as points
that eliminated justification
for race supremacists taking
their position. These same
souls shall I require at your I demonstrations can be con-
"The Politician"
To the Editor: "The Politi
cian." which is Robert Welch's
history of Ex - President
Dwight D. Eisenhower's pub
lic career, always has a pro
found effect upon every one
who reads it. Some become
extremely angry because they
feel betrayed by a friend.
Others feel a deep sense of
frustration. "If you couldn't
trust Eisenhower," they ask,
"whom can you trust?" In
others it produces a deep feel
ing of sadness-sorrow for Mr.
Eisenhower because he has so
completely betrayed himself.
At the time Mr. Eisen
hower came to the White
House the American people
were in a very strange mood,
The revelations of Elizabeth
Bentlev and Whitaker cnanv
bers, and the lies of Alger
Hiss coupled with the mount
ing cost of government and
evident waste, caused uncasi'
n.u in die minds of our peo
ple which expressed Itself
partly in a deep-felt feeling
that a chanae of administra.
tion was necessary. But the
Communists who had gained
control of our government un
der Roosevelt, held it under
Truman, were determined to
kppn t under the new aamin
istration. Senator Taft was the
logical choice for the Repub
lican party. But with him in
the White House the Com
mnnists knew their era of
Dower would end.
To avoid that they produced
as candidate. Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, a life long Demo
crat, as a liberal Republican
candidate. The most brutal
means were used to defeat
Taft. Many of us remember
Eisenhower's promises to
clean out the Communists. He
removed not one. He would
balance the budget. He spent
more in peace time than Tru
man did, despite the Korean :
war. There was the "clean as
a hound's tooth" remark !
about Mr. Nixon but after his
T-V performance we won
dered. I
He came to the White House
at a time of crisis, felt but not
understood by the people. We .
trusted Mr. Eisenhower. We
believed his fine words. Never
before had a president been
the recipient of so much trust
and love. But there are few
records in history where a
total people have been so com
pletely betrayed. He could
have gained a place with the j
immortals along with Wash
ington and Lincoln. He chose
instead to place himself along
with Aaron Burr in the oppo
site category. What a legacy
for his erandchildren a .
tarnished name!
Anna M. Streod
38 North Peach st.
Medford.
Poets' Corner
Conducted br
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Compensation
Our archery department
Sells quite a lot of arrows In the spring.
And we're reminded of the day
A little fellow came in and said:
"Can I lend you three cents?
I've only twenty-seven
And I want a thirty-cent arrow."
We're truly grateful for incidents
Such as that above
Because they soothe the sting
Left by the man whom we allowed to file
And fix a lump hammer on our vise,
With several other tools.
For when the job was done
He walked out quickly, saying nothing.
And then we found
He'd broken our own hammer.
Which he'd slipped behind some boxes
Just before he left.
Leo E. Schottland
Bethpage, L.I., N.Y.
From the author's published collection, "The Compleat
Hardware Merchant;" reprinted by permission.
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Desert-bound '
Sometimes,
When table-lands stretch far and blue
And smooth and level to the view,
One almost listens for the roar
Of distant breakers on the shore,
Or strives to catch the gliding hull,
The snowy wing of wheeling gull,
To hear the ocean breezes moan,
To fill the lungs with sweet ozone.
To roam the beach, refreshed and new:
One almost wishes it were true
Sometimes.
Jack Finel
Central Point, Ore.
O
Our Vision-haunted Pioneers
Intrepid trackers, breakers of the trail
Of long west-going miles, in atomsphcre
Of danger, they were eager to unveil
The mysteries of a beckoning frontier.
From oak and cedar sprang their forest homes.
From cabins in the clcarning, cities grew.
Cloud-wreathed buildings, sprawling aerodromes,
From wagon rut the polished avenue.
O vision-haunted! Dreams were in their eyes
For future pioneers to Tealize.
Ethel Peak
Santa Barbara, Cal.
O
Mall Stage
Drum again, ponies, over apron and deck
Of my resurrected ferry! Ride, and rest,
The river's width.
I will sponge
Your shoulders, measure your oats, since
To trot before a buckboard is your lot;
To stir the dust with stiff ankles
Never so high as the whirlwind's: to trudge
Up Poison Creek; to jog in painful
Haze back to the railroad . . .
Unued with psychological and
cultural comparisons. In the
end. reason and justice de
mand people love one an
other, and racial descrimina
tion is essentially an insult to
all human intelligence and
dignity.
Demonstrations In the
South today, for some reason,
are being treated by the press.
etc., as "non-violent." Yet
police, fire hoses, riot squads,
dogs, federal troops and mar
shals, etc., all seem to have
found a place among all this
"non-violence."
That' Negroes, In general
are justified in their protest is
not possible to refute.
We are witnessing a
revolution more, we are in
volved in this revolution.
There have been, over the
years, traditional violations
of the U.S. constitution. In re
cent times an errant Supreme
Court has handed down cer
tain Interpretations conceived
to force changes; but poorly
designed to solve real prob
lems among human beings.
The situation is fraught
with the danger and already
the reality of being led and
otherwise influenced by deml
gogs, especially political and
racist demigogs; and all these
things are pertinent in Med
ford. In race relations, person
alities of leaders have an
enormous impact. I do not
mean to minimize the prob
lems, for as Jesse Owens re
cently stated when asked if
he would go to the South to
take part In the demonstra
tions. "You have to live in
the South to know what its
like." He decided there was
plenty for him to do in Chi
cago. The drama (tragedy?)
of race relations today makes
this country extremely vulner
able to exploitation all over
the world. Too infrequently,
there appear personalities
capable of disolving most rac
ial prejudice on mere contact.
Unfortunately this kind of
personality does not have
much representation among
the leaders making decisions
and generating publicity in
the civil (human) rights con
troversy today. It is hoped
some attempt will be made
quickly, to project genial
kind and engaging (without
sacrificing dedication) persons
toward the front of today s
racial strife.
Robert J. Howard
702 Beekman St.
Medford.
Memories i
To the Editor My memory I
matches that of the old man!
Lynn Watkins tells us about!
in Tuesday's paper.
The names of people I see
every day escape me when I
wish to speak of them, but I
recall with clarity events of
long past years, like my
grandmother's funeral in the
old cemetery in Ashland,
which occurred on June 16,
1892 when I was just 2t
years old. My cousin, now at
the Manor, declares thatMo
be an impossibility, but the
dated monument is still there
to prove it! I can still see in
my mind s eye my grandfath
er standing under a big ma-
drone tree with a red ban
danna in his hand as the cof
fin was being lowered Into
the grave.
This was the same Lindsay
Applegate who with his broth
er Jesse and t n e l r party
passed through the Rogue
River Valley in 1846 on their
way to view out what he al
ways referred to as the South
Road, now dubbed the Apple
gate Trail.
Frank L. Applegate
615 South Oakdale ave.
Medford.
PET TALK
Sy M. I. L.
Black Tony
To the Editor: This is a true
story:
Once a gypsy caravan came
driving slowly past our place.
An old white mare was am
bling in the r e a r at a sick
snail's pace. "Could we leave
her in your pasture? a man
pleaded with a sigh. "She's all
in and a nuisance. She needs
a place in which to die." So
we led her to the wood-lot.
There she bowed her tired old
head. The next morning, there
stood a jet black colt, but the
old gray mare was dead,
The colt didn't resemble her
dam a bit. As a horse, she was
only a 'half.' We fed her from
a bucket, just the way we
raised our calf. She skipped
and whirled and cantered
right Into every heart. There
was nothing doing on the
farm in which she didn't take
a part. She was fat, sleek,
funny and fast, about the size
of an Indian pony. She looked
ABOUT PUPPIES
Do not make the tragic
mistake of buying an inno
cent puppy and making it
live away from people on the
end of a chain. Introduce
your puppy early to the sights
and sounds of the world; let
him share your family life
and meet your friends, teach
him to ride in a car and walk
with you on leash.
Training by punish m e n t.
teasing and confinement away
from people - these are the
mistakes most commonly
dren named her "Tony."
Twas years ago and if still
alive she'd be all of 57. I
wonder-would God be willing
to let her be with us in
Heaven?
Pearl Spackman
Jacksonville, Ore.
so aristocratic that the chll-l
Vaterans' Widows
To the Editor: Why can't
we widows of World War vet
erans get our car licenses paid
if we don't own a house trail
er? It would help us all out a
lot, who can only get $60 a
month pension, and we who
can work can t make but $600
a year and I find it is a hard
thing to do to try to live on
that little bit. Oh, we could
have lived well on that
amount back in the 30's but
now we can't even buy clothes
fit to wear. Why can the So
cial Security make $1,200 and
we World War I widows can
only make $600? It wouldn't
be anything but fair if all of
us whose husbands were dis
abled since 1918 that we
should still get what they did
in their lifetime. There aren't
too many of us. Our men are
going fast. We who have old
cars should get our licenses
paid when we don't have
property or house trailers. Oh,
I don't ask for all to be paid
but we should have that at
least.
(Name on file)
made in handling puppies. All
too often, they are the reasons
why mature dogs come to
pounds, or SPCA's with one
of two requests: "Find him
new home - we cannot man
age him," or "Put him to sleep
- he is ugly with strangers,"
or, "He bit a child."
As proof of how much the
general dog owning public
needs to learn such simple
rules of puppy handling, I
would cite the following cases
- then you can multiply them
by every city where puppies
are sold.
A $75 three-months old
shepherd puppy was chained
to a block of cement in the
full sun and whipped when he
cried or barked. He was taken
into care by an SPCA while
suffering convulsions from
heat.
A $150 shepherd puppy of
show quality was chained day
and night for 15 months be
hind a barn out of sight of
people. He was shot by his
owner for shyness.
A $100 shepherd puppy was
turned over to the SPCA at
13 months (after merciless
teasing by children) because
"she could not be trusted with
them."
An 8 week old shepherd
puppy was punished constant'
ly with a newspaper until she
was terrified of her 17-ycar
old owner and cowered in a
corner at the sight of him.
These are real cases; they
could happen to any puppy.
Every seller should assume
that a strange buyer does not
know how to handle a puppy
and act accordingly.
-From Popular Dogs
Magazine
"The only moral lesson
which is suited for a child -
Reserve Unit fo
Train in California
Army reserves of the sec
ond battalion, 414th regiment,
104th Division (Trng), com
posed of men from Jackson,
Josephine and Klamath coun
ties will attend summer camp
at Camp Roberts, Calif., from
July 20 to Aug. 3. .
The unit, including Com
pany H from Klamath Falls,
will fly from Medford, Satur
day, July 20, to Camp Roberts.
Lt. Col. John F. Rush, Med
ford, commander. Second bat
talion, 414th regiment (BCT),
said that the regimental com
petition within the 104th Di
vision will be the toughest in
years, because the 414th has
paced the field for the past
three years.
At the summer encamp
ment, the second battalion
will handle physical training,
dismounted drill, marches and
ceremonies, bayonet drill,
land navigation and trocp in
formation and education, ac
cording to Capt. James D.
Straus, Central Point, oper
ations officer for the local
unit.
There are openings at the
present time in the second
battalion for administrative
and supply personnel, cooks
and instructors. Colonel Rush
said. He added that any young
man interested In fulfilling
his military obligation with a
hometown unit to contact SFC
Kenneth E. Olds, enlisted ad
visor, Second battalion, 414th
regiment (BCT) at 701 North
Columbus ave., Medford.
DIVORCED OVER TIP
London - (UPD - Mrs. Jean
Hyttner was granted a di
vorce Thursday after testi
fying to a long marital squab
ble started by her husband.
The cause of the argument!
.A tip she gave the garbage
man.
the most Important lesson for
every day - is this: Never hurt
anything.'.' - Rousseau.
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On your ferry to Oblivio .lattie your bits
And bridles! Look at us, in uclcrs and chrome
Harness, with Lazarus eyes, saying:
"We carried the mail into Jordan!"
Paul E. Tracw
Caldwell, Ida.
Tourist Attraction
To the Editor: What? No
lamenting for Blackie the
Snake? Poor old critter never
did nothln' in all hla life but
gulp down a few mice, beetles
nnrf a ynrA fir turn Hn.
would think that by now, in-1
stead of this ruthless, barbar-1
1c extermination, the Medford
police force would have ar
ranged accommodations for
our assorted guests.
What can be attracting
these unlikely, uninvited, un
wanted visitors? If some civic
spirited citizen would get busy
and research the matter, may
be we could sell the attraction
to the tourists we are trying
to trap.
Don t look at me! Snakes
and bears aren't my forte. I'm
leaving.
Mrs. Margarete Roseborough
610 Oakdale dr.
Medford.
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