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Dennis the Menace POTIUCCC (By M-T Staff and Contributors) 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 all letters with a view to clarification and Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the saper; in fact the contrary is oftsn the case. Objects to Closure But there are signs in the, air. 'Among them is the ac-tivity at Bear Creek Orchards, where delivery trucks have been coming and going in large numbers.

One of them pulled up the other day just as Frank Durante, the office manager, came by. "Ah he said. "Another delivery. I hope it's a boy!" A columnist in another 4 Sunday, November 16, 1958 MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORP, ORE.

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The Clock The Almighty, and Politics One of these days it is likely that the people of Oregon will be asked to vote (again) on the question of daylight saving time. The pressures for DST continue to pile up. And, while of course, the pressures against it mostly continue adamant, we believe the pressures "for" will some day soon be strong enough to bring it to another vote of the people. Those favoring the change (which would conform with the practice of most of the nation, including pur neighbor to the south, California) include travel agencies and services, radio and television stations and networks, others who find "uniform" time a great boon, and a vast body of people who simply like another hour of daylight at the end of the day swiped, as it were, from the early-morning daylight hours when few if any would miss it. THE opposition to a change has been hardy and persistent, and, in Oregon, anyway, and up to this point, successful.

It has included farmers, who declare that their cows cannot readily accommodate them-sevles to a changed mothers of small children, who have enough trouble getting them to go to bed when it's dark, let alone when it is still light, and others. The "others" include those who hold to a mistaken belief that standard time was decreed by the Almighty, and that tampering with clocks smacks, somehow, of the sacrilegious. DECAUSE of this, we were interested in a press release which arrived last week from the Association pf American. Railroads, which pointed out that standard time is only 75 years old come Tuesday, and that it was instituted, not by a Supreme Being, but by the railroads of America. Less divine auspices can hardly be imagined.

The nation went on standard time at noon on Nov. 18. 1883. It was a Sundav. The action cul pass the potatoes'.

What's wrohg? OUf UBY. PlAE PASS THE fOTttDBS Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop minated, years of effort by railroad men to "introduce order into decades of confusion over time," the press release relates. NEWSPAPEt PUBLISHEIS 'ASSOCIATION NATION A I EDITORIAL 5S1 Fliaht 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and 40 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Nov.

16, 1948 (Tuesday) Last minute plans for Red Feather day near completion. A total of 344 Medford residents and 396 Talent residents are x-rayed during the first day of a TB survey undertaken by the Jackson County Public Health association. 20 YEARS AGO Not. 16, 1938 (Wednesday) Plans for remodeling of Medford's post office and federal building arrive here. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: Ul-rich of the hills where men are men and look like deer, in the hunting season, towned Tues." Before that, the release saia: "The area covered by a particular time varied -widely from point to point.

Railroads generally ob- served the time standard of their home Cities or of some other important city along their line, and some communities followed the time observed by their railroad. A cross-country traveler by train had to change his watch some 20 times. Wisconsin alone is reported to have had 38 different times, while Michigan and Illinois each observed 27. "People also found confusion without even leaving home. In Kansas City, for example, each of the leading jewelers furnished 'his own 'standard no two of which were alike.

In Pittsburgh, there were six different time standards Standard time, or 'railroad was not accepted by everyone when adopted in 1883. Many thought of sun-time as nature's time, and believed that anything different was 'unnatural. Official sanction of the new system was slow in coming, although government agencies had cooperated in the standardizing movement. It was not until March 19, 1918 that Congress passed what is known as the Standard Time act. Upon occasion, Medford is graced by the presence of out- of-city newspapermen.

It usually is a time when some thing of particular newswor- thiness is happening, and papers outside the area (usually Portland) send in reporters to get their first-hand impressions, rather than depending on wire services or correspondents. Anyway, they often gravi tate to the Mail Tribune newsroom (it's the clatter of typewriters or the smell, of newsprint or something), and not infrequently ask direc tions as to now to find certain places in the city. This happened not lone aeo. and the visiting reporter asked one of our staff members where the Western Union of fice was. Our man reulied with detailed directions.

which didnf seem to "take." Finally he was struck with an inspiration. "It's across the street from the liquor store," he said. "Oh, well, I know EXACTLY where it is," the visiting newshawk replied. Science that inanimate concept generally taken lo mean the orderly investigation of nature has come up with the startling information that the greatest toll of human life is not taken by rattlesnakes, nor by Black Widow spiders, nor by Gila monsters, nor by scorpions. The champion human killer of the poisonous animal world is honey bee.

An upstate newspaper comments, however, that despite this information, they hardly look for the starting of an organization to stamp out "the deadly honey bee." Things have gotten sort of riotous (and we use the word advisedly) at recent American Legion meetings. Not long ago a fake "bomb was planted during one of the meetings, and we are advised by competent authority that it scared the Irving daylights out of half the attending membershiD. At another meeting, a de liberately provoked quarrel broke out, loud and long, during the business meeting, cul minating in one officer haul ing out a pistol and firms sev eral quick shots at his adver sary, who immediately fell to the floor. It took several shocked and, star tied seconds before the bemused members saw that both shooter and shootee had big grins on their faces, and realized that the bullets were blanks. And there Is evidence leading us to believe that the end is not yet.

It isn't Christmas yet. It isn't even Thanksgiving. Police to Auction Off Several Hems At Thursday Sale Twenty two bicycles, four automobiles, a baby stroller, an electric blanket, a cable cutter, costume jewelry and comic books these are some of the items Medford police men are putting on the auction block Thursday. Scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in the police storage garage south of the administration building, the auction is the third in the last two years.

From buggies to badminton sets, the items to be auctioned have been in the police depart ment hands for months without beinz claimed. Thev were found, abandoned, by police patrolmen or turned in to the department by helpful citizens. Efforts Made Police Chief Charles Champ-lin must sign an affidavit that "every reasonable effort" has been made to find or at least identify the owners and that the property has remained unclaimed. Proceeds from the auction are turned over to the city's general fund. According to Lt.

Rollie Pean, about 75 people showed up at the first auction, July 2, 1957. About 40 appeared at the second, at which only four automobiles were offered, on Dec. 4. Some of the other items for Thursday's auction are a fishing rod, two pillows, two sheets and two pillow cases, two car wheels, two outboard motor gas cans, miscellaneous hubcaps and small tools, a coil of No. 14 insulated wire and 12 leather jackets.

Transportation To the Editor: Being an old veteran of the transportation business for the past 25 years these lines may be of interest. What any city needs more than off-street parking is a good newspaper, industry, transportation. Medford has the newspaper. It is up to the downtown business men to support adequate transportation to and from downtown shopping centers, especially their employees. In large cities where park ing space was in abundance due to the transportation system, today there is no parking space available due to the negligence of the transportation system to downtown shopping centers.

The results are large suburban shopping centers with no parking meters. Upon completion of the new freeway through Medford, some of these Medford business men may be surpris ed in the number of cars stopping a few hours while passing through the city. Conditions may be changed considerably in the parking situa tion in the future, so why not wait until this freeway is finished before spending one-half million dollars for off-street parking which may not be necessary. The city of Medford has no industry except a little fruit and lumber business and most of this business is taken care of by telephone or through the mail. This statement may seem out of line to most people who have had no experience in the transportation business; however when there are no ways and means of transportation to downtown shopping centers, people owning cars will not drive downtown to shop but to the suburban shopping centers.

Some busi nessmen get carried away when a little authority is plac ed in their hands and get queer ideas which will not co incide with the nature of most business problems. City ord inances and state laws make the downtown shopping cen ters very difficult for people to patronize. I have had experience as street car mo'torman, motor coach, trolly coach operator and checker assisting the dis patcher during the rush hours. It is a mighty tough job to provide units of con veyance at the proper time. The coaches were spaced 30 seconds apart and the street cars 60 seconds apart.

At this space it was impossible to haul the traffic without the assistance of token salesmen who also assisted in closing the doors on the units. A successful i spatcher must have had experience in actual service as an operator or an engineer, not as a brakeman or conductor, to be familiar with the difficulties which arise in running a schedule and making the time, which is almost impossible when; business is at peak. In the rush hours, it is necessary to put out extras to maintain the space of the units to handle the traffic, with adequate communication. It is impossible to explain in detail in this space. However if you are interested you may phone SP 3-4761 for more information.

G. D. (Name on file.) Medford. Saving Species To the Editor: Another protection of wildlife species was afforded when Mountain Ze bra National park was created hv the Union of South Africa. The National Parks of Afri- ca-below-the-Equator probably have done much to save "circus" mammals for the kiddies of generations to come.

These include the African elephant, the hippo, wildebeest, klipspringer, oryx, Also two mammals that have found food niches by "rubbernecking" the gerenuk, the giraffe. The African lion also seems safe, though the Asiatic lion is almost extinct. So also as to Africa's rhinos. Those of Java and of Burma may be beyond saving. In U.S.A., National Audubon has rescued from oblivion several bird species.

These include roseate spoonbill, Everglades kite, limpkin, caracara, trumpeter swan, perhaps whooping crane. One flamingo ventured back into Florida only to be shot by a "sportsman." Gone forever is heath hen, passenger pigeon, the pretty Carolina parakeet, probably the giant ivorybill woodpecker. C. M. Goethe, Seventh and a Sacramento 14, Calif.

To the Editor: This is to the people in Talent. I think that the people of Talent have been misinformed as to the closing of Homes st. If the street is closed it will jeopardize the pole yard, in that the trucks that haul the poles in cannot make the turn out of the yard and therefore it is hard for us to get trucks to haul, and I have to lay off the men that work here now. The pole yard is the only payroll that this town has. It is not a big payroll but a small payroll in any town is better than none.

Every business house in town receives some business from this payroll and if a town is to grow and prosper it must support any kind of a payroll. Someone has circulated a petition to close said street and if the city council does not have foresight enough to see the benefits of a payroll in the town, they are missing their responsibilities to the town. My payroll is from $250 to $300 per week and by then-action in this case could cut it down to $100 per week. I can be reached at the pole yard at any time and I will be glad to inform them on this matter. What affects one in any small town will affect all.

Ray Garland, P. O. Box 27, Talent, Ore. Close the Road? To the Editor: As I have a small grandson who rides the school bus to the Griffin Creek school, I would like to make a suggestion for a safety rule for the buses. Why not close for public use the road during the hours that the buses are using them? During the foggy weather we can expect this winter, it will be dangerous for private drivers as well as the school buses.

I am sure it would be appreciated with both parties, with no expense involved. Charles Oswald, Box 394, Eagle Point, Ore. Silhouettes To the Editor: Etienne de Silhouette was the controller general of France in 1759. He was a friend of the Marquise de Pompadour. His friendship got him his job.

His ability was not considered. The papers of his day are filled with jokes about Monsieur Silhouette. He required great sacrifices of the nobles because of the high rate of taxation. The term silhouette came to mean a man reduced to his simplest form. The man taxed by Sil houette was indeed reduced to his simplest state.

Nothing was left for him. The word silhouette, meaning 'a simple outline picture, was added to the French dictionary in 1835. Perhaps this would be a good name for the conservative. Republicans and Democrats after the so called "Liberals" get through turning our country into a Welfare State. Leila A.

Morrow, 531 North Bartlett Medford. Winners of Speech Contest Announced Central Point -Scott Reading, Illinois Valley vocational agriculture student, won the southwest Oregon conservation speech contest Thursday at Crater High school in Central Point. C. W. Jensen, Rogue River, vice president of the Oregon Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors, announced that Dave Foote, Crater vocational agriculture student, won second place.

Forest conservation was the subject of the contest sponsored by the Oregon Association Districts. Scott will receive a trophy from J. R. Simplot Fertilizer company and an expense-paid trip to the annual meeting of the state association in Baker Nov. 20 and 21, Jensen said.

As runner-up, Foote will receive a plaque from Simplot. The contest was judged by the Medford Toastmasters and Medford Toastmistress clubs. TEDDY HONORED Balboa, Panama Canal Zone -fUPD-The Canal Zone climaxed Roosevelt Centennial Week Saturday with the unveiling of a bust of Theodore Roosevelt. The unveiling commemorated the late president's arrival on the Isthmus to launch construction the Panama Canal. About 160 persons who served two consecutive years in the zone during the construction days between 1906 and 1914 were guests of honor.

30 YEARS AGO Nov. 16. 1928 (Friday) Medford police enjoy the comfort of a rocking chair found on Oakdale ave. in the course of Halloween -a pleasant little place about 14 miles south of Medford-reports that citizens of that community have been waffVi. ing the fog roll in durin th last week, and they've started Diammg Medford.

And the columnist adds, 'Will VOU Dut tllOSP Anoomm bellows awav this vear Mav. or John Snider?" Our plaintive inmiirv. in return, is why does Medford get tne oiame? Other than the fact, of course, that it oet blamed for practically every- tnmg that goes wrong in the counry. nas ajways been our imnression that MMfnn? had a bit more fog than Ash- iana, and we'd think that our friends in the southern su. burb would be glad for us to snare with them.

The office philosopher (jg) remarks on a new twist on the old saying about a cobbler's child going shoeless. A ot grapher's wife, he reports, is getting impatient because her hus- -band hasn't yet taken a family picture for Christmas cards. In another newspaper we saw a heading which said "Halfway Happenings." We were puzzled for a mo ment, uiuiK.uig it may nave been a column about unfinished projects, or uncompleted' jobs. It turned out, however, to be a column of happenings in A local business which of overweight people-thinning them down, that it-advertises an "Expansion special III" Now, let'i see We have, to our sorrow, discussed typographical errors hero rpfnrf Thoca the little (and sometiiries, alas, not so little) mistakes in typography which pop up in the paper. To those in the newspaper business, they are an old, old sad story.

We know how they happen, how easy it is for. them to happen, and are so used to them that when we spot one mostly we groan or swear (according to our predispositions) and quickly go on to something else. If they are serious, and if we spot them in time, we try to do' something about thenv even if only to obliterate the offending word while the paper is still on the press. We maintain that they hurt us as badly as they do anyone. But we are used to our readers pointing them out to us, either in anger or hilar- ity-always with the implication of "How on earth can you be so There are a dozen places during the process of putting out a paper where errors can creep in.

It can be the origi nal source of information (misspelled name, wrong date, it can be faulty memory or mis-read notes or a typing error on the part of the reporter; it can be human or mechanical failure on one of the typesetting machines (letter transpositions, word omissions), or it can be carelessness or error on the part of the compositor, the man who puts the type in the page (line transpositions or omissions, and so on). The proofreader is the man charged with- catching those errors which he can. He reads for accuracy the is, the test-printing sheets of the columns of type made before they are placed in the page. But no human being we know could catch all such errors. And he cannot check on faulty work in the printing department.

So. if a storv in "which vbu are interested doesn't "read" correctly, it could be any one of a number of things, and might be that a full line of type is dropped out by accident. We have safeguards against them, and catch and correct probably about 95 per cent. But despite all attempts, human error inevitably allows a few to get through. The worst ones are the true "typos" errors in typesetting.

Like the one last week which should have said "exotic dishes' and came out "erotic dishes." In case you are interested, there are 32 shopping days before Christmas. rAYLIGHT Saving time was instituted nation- ally during World War II, as a power-saving device, although some localities had experiment ed with it before that. After the war, many people (particularly metropolitan areas) found they liked it for the extra hour of daylight in the evening, and an increasing number of states and cities adopted it. Paris These words are written in Paris because this reporter is again on his way to tne troub led Middle East. The diplomats here are anxiously arguing about the meaning of Nikita Khrushchev's recent open threat to vulnerable, vital West Berlin.

4ospb Aisop Yet the storm signals abroad are very much less significant that the process go ing on in Washington the President's painful, personal effort to prepare next year's defense budget. Now is liter ally the last chance (and it is vprv late bv now) to deal with the problem of the oncoming missile gap. Hence, it seems worth trying to show how the missle gap will affect the whole theory of Western defense. Verv few persons outside the sacred circle of those having clearance realize how enormously American and Western defense theory has al-changed in the Eisen hower years. To begin with, any idea of maintaining true offensive carjability has long since been abandoned by the Eisenhower policy-makers.

YOU have no offensive capability, very obviously, if you dare not strike the first blow. In an exchange of nu clear weapons, no nation can, even think about striking the first blow without fuU con fidence of meeting one central requirement. The first blow must be heavy enough to prevent or cripple the return blow. Otherwise, the price of striking the first blow will be the immediate destruction of the nation. When President Eisenhower took office, the American Strategic Air Command stiU had the power to strike the first blow, but Soviet nuclear striking power was already growing fast, and the Eisenhower Administration decided not to make the great effort to maintain the American lead.

Hence, SAC lost its true offensive capability rather early on. The Dulles doctrine of "massive retaliation" became massive nonsense not long after it was proclaimed. Secretary Dulles was talking about striking a nuclear first blow in retaliation for non-nuclear aggression. The United States lost the power to retaliate in this manner by 1956, because by then SAC was no longer able to prevent or cripple the Soviet return blow. This did not mean, however, that the Soviets could in turn begin to think about striking a nuclear first blow.

Even today, the Soviets are just as unable to prevent or cripple SAC's return blow as SAC is unable to prevent or cripple their return blow. IN THIS precariously bal-lanced' situation, all the actions of each side are limited by the other side's nuclear deterrent. This effect was clearly visible, even in such a strange local conflict as the fight at Quemoy. On the American side, the President at once tore up all his previous "bigger bang for a buck" directives authorizing our armed forces to use tactical nuclear weapons in almost any kind of local mili-tray spat. By the same token, the Soviets clearly held back the Chinese Communists, in order to avoid an uncontrol-able widening of the war.

One side was deterred from using tactical nuclear arms. The other side was deterred from' bringing to bear the full weight of its conventional armaments. In both cases, the other side's strategic nuclear deterrent was the great persuader. But what will happen when the balance of the nuclear de terrent changes again, during the period of the missile gap that now lies ahead? In order to answer this question coherently, it is first of all necessary to note that your true nuclear deterrent is what the other side thinks will be left over after the first blow. For the other side is certainly not going to be deterred by air planes they count on destroy ing on the ground and bombs they believe will not be deliv ered.

HAVING noted this crucial point, it is then necessary to make a series of subtractions from the existing strengths of the American nu clear deterrent, in order to allow for the progress of Soviet arms. Above all, subtractions must be made be cause the Soviets are expec ted to haye a full panoply of intermediate and intercontin ental range ballistic missies by the end of 1962 or 1963. Subtraction number one will be required because of the neutralization of the American overseas air bases by Soviet intermediate-range missies. Even in 1962, appoxi-mately three- quarters of SAC's total striking power will be composed of short- range B-47 aircraft, which are heavily dependent on the overseas bases. When the overesas bases are neutral ized, a very high proportion of the B-47's will simply be come unusable.

Very few suit able tankers will be available for B-47's to strike Russian targets from bases on this con tinent; and only these B-47's can be counted on for the re turn blow. Subtraction number two will be required because even SAC's long range bombers, based in the Western hemis phere, will not be immune to Soviet intercontinental missiles. In fact, only the relatively small proportion of B-52's and B-58's that are in the air or on 15-miriute alert can be counted on for the return blow. These two subtractions, taken together, will thus reduce SAC's dependable retaliatory striking poweifcby somewhere between 70 and 85 per cent. FINALLY, a third subtrac--V tion must be made because of the great and continuous improvements of the Soviet air defense system.

In the period thaiTlies ahead, the Soviet war planners cannot only expect their first blow to destroy or neutralize a huge part of SAC's over-all striking power. They can also ex pect their air defense to destroy or turn back much of what is left over. Having made this third subtraction, the Soviet war planners will then ask themselves how much damage the American return blow can do. And if the answer to this final question is acceptable, the Krenv lin will then consider that it has full freedom to strike the first blow if this seems desirable. Such is the development that has to be guarded against, The prospect raises a whole series of pressing questions, now being debated in the Pen tagon's recesses which will be examined in a further re port.

(c) 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. Phoenix Man Enters Plea of Innocent Robert Mix, Phoenix, Fri day pleaded innocent to charges in district court of assault and battery. His trial has been set for Jan. 21. He was released on $500 bail.

Jackson county sheriffs officers said they received a call from state police about 12:45 a.m. Friday stating that a girl reported to a resident on Pioneer rd. that she had been assaulted. lhe resulting confusion was not as bad as that before the 1883 adoption of standard time, for daylight saving time was based on standard time, but it was (and is) bad enough. And when it comes up again in Oregon as a political issue, we expect to see a resurgence of a lot of passionate-purple language, because, for some reason which eludes us, people get almost as worked up about what time it is, or should be, as they do about other relatively unimportant issues such as fluoridation and dogs running at large.

E. A. Orchards: Something New "Orchard A large enclosure containing fruit trees, nut-bearing trees, sugar maples, also, the trees collectively." Webster's Collegiate Dictionary This definition is a familiar one to those of us in the Rogue valley, where or A high school pep rally and entertainment stunts are scheduled between acts at Hunt's Craterian theater to publicize the big game between Medford and The Dalles. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 16, 1918 (Saturday) The Medford Business college is to be reopened for in-tnirtinn of stenography and kindred work for government service.

School children are con tributing to the United War work fund. Whal's Your I.Q.? Nine or ten correct is superior; seven or eight is excellent; five oi six is good. 1. Jenny Lind's voice gain ed her fame as the "Swedish 2. The so-called dog days occur in spring, summer, or fall? 3.

Both the lowest and highest points in the U.S. are located in which state? 4. When is "All Saints' Day" celebrated in Catholic churches? 5. Which one of these foods is best for producing quick energy in the human body-milk, meat, sugar? 6. A short nap is sometimes said to be how many 7.

If you slept supine, would that be on your back, on your stomach, or on your side? 8. The U.S. Secret Service Is an agency of which Federal Executive department? 9. Do you most readily associate Xavier Cugat's orchestra wtih Vienese Waltzes, Latin-American music, or hillbilly selections? 10. What are London Answers: 1.

Nightingale. 2. Summer. 3. California.

4. November 1. 5. Sugar. 6.

40 winks. 7. On your back. 8. Department of the Treasury.

9. Latin-American music 10. London policemen. chards are so much a part of our environment. Now we have orchards of evergreen trees.

No fruit, no nuts, no maple sugar just cones. THE idea' is this: 1 In the early days of. the timber industry, no one gave much thought to new growth there was "enough timber to last forever." The day came, however (and pretty rapidly, too), when it became evident that man was wasting a valuable natural resource in the forests; that the cut-out-and-get-out philosophy was not only short-sighted, but actually evil. CO THERE was born the idea of artificial re-generation tree or seed planting to maintain and reconstitute the forests. It took some time for this to take hold, but is was pioneered by the federal forest agencies, and now the pri vate tree larms are doing it, widely and well.

This in turn led to the harvesting of cones. And now this has led to "orchards" of conifers. Earlier seed-gathering was hit-or-miss, but with orchards, the quality of the stock-can be controlled, and foresters can know that the seeds they plant will have the best possible genetic background. E. A..