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MEDFORD fATTJ TRIBUNE, "MEDFOTID, OKEOOX, THURSDAY, JUNE lfi, 192f
Medford Mail Tribune
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newspaper.
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OUR MONEY-MAKING PRESIDENTS.
H',
KAR YE! There are compensations for being President of the
A connoUrfatlon of the Democratic
TimfB, lint Mvfor4 Mail, the Medford
Tribune, The Southern . Orefionlan, The
Asniana jnoune.
ItOHEftT W. Rl'HU Kdltor.
RUAU'TKil .S. SMITH, Manager.
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OfffrJal papfr of the CMty of Medford,
Official pHficr of Jknon County.
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fx months ending Oct., 1U20, 3226
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Medfnrd, Oregon, under tii act of March
8, 1K79.
MEMUKRS OK TJIK AHSOCI ATKU
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The AflOHcluted IThhm rt xclunl v';y
entitled to tin; iiho for republication of
ell nr-Wfi dlKpatrdi.'N cr'dlli-d in It, or mil
othf'rwltif; credited In thlK paper, und iUhu
the local now puhllflwd Ih-h-Ik.
All rlKhtH of r-puhlrallori of Hpeclal
dlflpatchcH h(rln art' hIho remTvecl.
Ye Smudge Pot
W rthnr Terry
r.oiTi-NjmiiiliMit. w)u) must know what lie'is talking about, declares
in a recent Leslie's Weekly, that every J'rcsiilcnt since Grant has left
the "White House richer than lie went in.
Cleveland went to Washington a poor man, he retired to private
!ife with a competence. Jtenjamin Harrison spent only half his sal
ary. MeKinley went to the White House heavily in debt, in five
years lie had paid off his debts and .Mrs. MeKinley was left well pro
vided for. lioosevclt marie money as 1'resident. He went to Wash
ington worth about rlio.OCO. he left an estate valued at a million dol
lars. Tall was in debt when he became President.. After four years
he was out of debt, and had a decent income. JJvfore he became
president Woodiow Wilson applied to the Carnegie, fund for a pen
sion. Early this year he paid 1.10.000 cash for a residence in Wash
ington. President Wilson, according to Mr. Parry saved $".200,000 in
ids eight years at the White House.
All of which is cheering news. For not a President made money
by capitalizing his office, by speculation, or by the slightest infringe
ment of the most punctilious propriety. The money was made from
the prci-idcntial salary, increased from 50,000 to $"5,000 a year, by
the simple process of spending less than was earned.
For contrary to popular belief, tlyj' financial demands upon the
1 'resident are not excessive. He receives a mansion, with a rent value
of $00,0(10 a year, free of charge. There are no taxes, not even a water
assessment. Kven the telephone and electric light bills arc paid by
i'nclc Sam.
Put think of the servants, also observe them: The major domo at
the front door, the butler and his assistants, two chefs and four as
sistants, a housekeeper, her assistant, five chamber maids, innumer
able scullions, two chauffeurs the stabje man, a gardner ami his as
sistants. about 40 in all.. .A pnyjilej yfteni which costs I .,i n; a
Another Medford Man Gets In
Telegram's Hall of Fame
A liuly defrauded a Portland lawyer
out of 15000 and him lieen arrested. II
Ih about time miracles performed' by
women received the proper recogni
tion. :.
I year; turkeys. I haiiksgivini.ijndllJ'i.itmas, eggs, J'.asler; and it you
lllte, ilni.s us President Iln'rilina uk'k a! prize winning airedale. All
couldn't pay for theni if
Tim nralorlcnl blunders of Colonel
Harvey anil Admiral Sims are not
costly, however painful. The govern
Incut Is now endeavoring to get rid of
rl2,!ll(i,7G7 worth of harness purchased
by the Into Sec, of War .Nooty tinker,
for 24,208 iiriny horses.
PHIDDLE STY8KY3
(Eugene Register)
Miss i'lierne Nash, of Portland,
Is visiting Misses I'lierne. and
(llndys Clover, IH!)! Lincoln street
for' a few days.
Hero 1b where nn exclled real cHtutc
agent once remarked, "the pine meets
tho palm," hut Just now the Fourth of
July has a date with the North Pole.
(logs as President Iliiniityf i;j rizt! w
free, not a cent do they cosf f tlif-'Vpesiliciit con
hp wanted to.
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In short Mr. Parry shows that the President wilh a salary of $75.
000 a year, ami wilh 125,000 a year travelling expenses, with medical
i.ltciitioii free, free flowers, free music, free gas, enjoys perquisites
of his office totalling the respectable sum of 200,000 a year.
This is a side of I he presidential picture which has been too long
slighted. Wl one considers what President Wilson has back of him
Mid President, Harding has before him, no one will begrudge the rift
of silver lining, thus revealed. It is justly deserved, and every t
is earned. Put the impression that the President has nothing but grief
and woe, nothing but sacrifice! and suffering, can now be discarded.
Monev is not everything. Put it helps.
Before any money Is voted for a
county fair, the people wttnt to know If
Wilson Wullo la going to play a cornet
solo, and If Dock Helms Is going to
enter a horse that can trot a half mile
In half a day. They also Insist on a
display of hroom corn from Eagle
I'olnt.
"Moral Stamina nf Europe Weak
ens" J.lldlinp ' Portland Journal). A
number of gents who havo been there
report that tho morals of Kurope are
highly Invisible.
The report that the next legislature
will take action against thu timber
trust Is untrue, ns such action would
amount to something, and delay
speochos on the always vital Rogue
Klvur fish problem.
BALLED AND CALLED
(Roseburg Review)
With reference lo the drum ma
jor's uniform, will say it cost sixly
dollars and has been paid for in
cash by myself. In adilillon to
this I have over fifty dollars In
vested In the hand work to dale,
So (Hay our ealamily howlers rasl
in peace!
Douglas County Concert Illind,
by A. T. Lawrence, Business manager.
Another unsuccessful attempt was
made by one of our leading aulo speed
maniacs to artistically distribute bliu
scir along the S. V. right of way, from
u point on tho Main Stem Xing to a
handcar ISO It. due south of the water
tank.
Kernel C. Yens Tengwnld br. of C.
Lake skinned out Tiles, eve., for the
purposo of giving $.ri to a Prism
preacher, lie will retain but not alone.
His lincle John is more excited than
If ho was tho victim.
A nlcn thing about the capture of
Itoy (iaiilner, hebandlt, (if they ever
do), will, be the scarcity or Interviews
In Hie Portland papers from well fed
limbs otltv luw, explaining to the
public how smart they are.
I'uj'lilUTu have combined to eat this
year'H hay crop themselves, unless
they got what It Is worth.
EVIDENTLY WANTS A MILKER
(Roseburg Review)
)Vnnleil A farm hand willing
to help milk; If he doesn't vvuit to
help milk he need not apply. Jacob
4ones, phono () K-15.
"Our line of Itoyal Worcester col
Mots havo been slushed to the quick,
anil no woman need lie ashamed to be
Been In one" (Ad Klanmth Herald).
Signs or the decline of social good
form. Ill the tall grass country.
Another New York theatrical mag
liato' lias kicked the earthly ducket,
and Ih survived by two nouluiates and
a family.
The Jr. sen. from Ore. has delivered
his maiden Hjieccli, and i( was,
C went Mason
THE QUIET ONES.
SO.MF. people ipiietly proceed, and take no part in fuss or broil;
I hey do their stunts with grace and speed, and m'ake no
racket as they toil, fieliring gents, they are not sharks for any
pomp or circumstance; they do not rise to make remarks when
ever I hey see half a elimiee. They do not ask us for our voles
and argue in the busy marls; and if perchance they lose their
goals they bear their sorrow in their hearts. And in this world
of endless noise, where human flivvers rant and roar, we learn
to love the quiet boys who smoothly do the useful chore. They
jog along their even groove, ami draw good pay and earn it all;
and read chaste volumes to improve their minds when evening
shadows fall. They'll be on time, as sure as fate, on time for
work when morning comes; they'll hiive no stories to relate of
high adventures in the .slums. All through the years they work,
serene, these quiet, self-effacing lads; and this old world is worse,
I ween, when I hey are gathered to their dads. Oh, these be times
of bhtlanl sound, of strident 1 si and loud harangue; the men
who make the wheels go round are not tho fiz.-nud-fireworks
gang. '
Thirteen has no terrors for Vernon
Hill Vawter. This banker was born on
the 13th, went to school in bis home
town for thirteen years, graduated
with exactly thirteen honors in the
clas or 191:1, his barety deposit is No.
13 and whenever the University or
Oregon's eleven battles on the 13th or
the month, Vawter bets his head off
and pometimes wins!
Vernon is cashier or the Jackson
County batik at Medford. member ot
almost every civic-organization and
committee in bis city and a regent of'
the University ot Oregon. He is like
wise a married man.
This busy man's rather was also a
native or the Heaver state. The sen
ior Vawter was born In Brownsville
in 1854 and It was In 1888 that he wan
dered into the village of Medford and
decided the people there needed a first
class hank. So Mr. Vawter started
one and it has been flourishing ever
since.
Medford Small Then
Sonic 4U0 people of various ages and
appetites were living In tho town that
took tho railroad from- Jacksonville
when the banker decided to stay. Into
the business life of the little place the
native or llrownsville threw all his
energy and ambition. Medford grew
and the founder of the Jackson County
bank had a great deal to do with mak
ing this growth permanent. After the
money institution got merrily on Its
way, the founder decided to do some
thing for Jackson county in a political
way.
He served three terms in the house
or representatives and for a time was
chairman ot the ways and means
committee. Once it looked very much
as If the Medford man were going to
lie siieaker of tho house, but Frank
Davey got two or three votes more
than Mr. Vawter, so the high chair
went to the central Oregon stateman.
. Vern a Busy Boy
The hanker-representative died In
February, 1H1B, still a young man, as
tho ages of business men run. He did
much for the betterment of both
.Medford and Jackson county. As long
as men and women of this generation
live, his name will be remembered and
honored.
The son took over'his father's work
In tho bank. And he works hard, does
thlB young man of tho Rogue river
plains. When he hasn't anything else
to do he is busy with the affairs of the
Crater Lake National Park company,
being one ot the leading spirits In the
reorganized resort, If not Crnter tak
ing, Vern will bo busy with the Med
ford Chamber of Commerce, with Red
Cross work or with the University of
Oregon's business.
Native of Medford
Vernon Hill Vawter was born in
Medford. November 13 .1890. Nearly
all of his boyhood months were sient
in sunny Jackson county. He often
took his trusty bicycle and rode to
Jacksonville to look about the streets
for golden nuggets. Finding none, he
would ride on to old "Gassvllle" tn
search of other conquests. Making
none, the Vawter boy would wheel on
to Ashland.
He attended the grammar school at
Medford, the one now known as Wash
ington school. In Vern's boyhood it
was Just a plain public school, but the
teachers were not plain at all. This
statement can be proven by many of
Medford's prominent citizens.
Enjoyed Queer Studies
In 1909 the boy completed the gram
mar grades ajid went to study basket
ball, football and baseball at the Med
ford high. He made good grades at
first base and at left half, but once
failed to make the algebra grade.
But what's a little thing like higher j
education wnen a lenow can muse u
triple play unassisted!
After learning all he could about
outdoor sports and "post office."
young Vawter entered the university
at Eugene. There he really had to
study a trifle. He majored in econom
ics, as jazzing was not invented.
Still, those dear old college days had
their sins Vawter sang in the glee
club and acted in the university dra
matic company. Bass he sang, and
once he was villain in "Dombey and
Son," and later was handsome hero In
the great college comedy, "Strenuous
Life." ' '
Now a Real Regent i.
In spite or this, Governor Olcott ap
pointed him a member or the board of
university regents. Vawter is the
youngest motuber of the board.' !'
For six years he has been treasurer
or Medford Klks' lodge, has been a
member of the library board tho same
number of years he bass-ed in the glee
club (four), is past president of the
chamber of commerce nnd was recent
ly raised to the sublime degree of
Master Mason. He Is "simply crazy"
about fishing In the Rogue river; says
the largest steelhead he ever caught
weighed -27V4 pounds.
There ts one thing that Vernon Hill
Vawter doesn't like to do, and that is
to watch for the little birdie to hop
out of the photographer's big box. He
hasn't had his picture taken for years
not since he first proposed nnd sent
one like that used to illustrate this
story to the sweet girl of his dreams.
The outcome of a perfect college
romance was Mr. Vawter's marriage
to Miss Aletha Emorlck, . of Boise,
Idaho. Portland Telegram.
A BUSINESS MAN'S BANK
Pusiness men find the First National Hank sufficient
in resources and size to meet all their requirements,
from safety deposit boxes to foreign exchange, yet
friendly in its attitude toward the young business
man.
A commercial account with this bank augments
your community standing, and supplies a bank con
nection invaluable in the development of your busi
ness. , .!
Vhe FIrst National Bank
Medford Oregon
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Shakespeare More' Vulgar Than Charlie
; Chaplin, Says British High Brow
Where the Fight Money Goes
The burden or taxes in this day Is
well Illustrated by a government esti
mate of what will happen to the pro
coeds of the Denipsqy-Carpentier fight
on July 2 .,),,; ., ;
Tho country gasped when the tre
mendous amounts to be received by
the principals was publicly an
nounced. The $300,000 that Detnpsey
Is to receive nnd the $200,000 that
Carpentier's contract calls for were
heralded as revolutionary sums, as the
height of extravagance. The world
was astounded, almost disgusted.
Hut the announcement that tbo gov
ernment of the United States will re
ceive more from the affair than either
principal, tho promoter, or all com
bined, will undoubtedly serve as just
cause for, another awakening. The
Internal revenue bureau announces
that of the $:ioo.ono' that Dompsey 're
coi'ves. Sltil.OtiO will go to tho govern
ment' in income taxes. Of Carpentier's I nal
$200,000, after exemptions . aro made'
on account of his wife and child, $93,
000 will go to the government, making
$254,000 that tho government will pro
perly obtain from tho encounter
against the $210,000 to be collected by
tho principals. In addition, the gov
ernment will demand a heavy share of
the promoter's profits In income and
amusement taxes, to say nothing of
the levy of the state of New Jersey
against revenues.
Those are days when Imaginations
are taxed to comprehend events. In
ventions, evolutions and actions con
tinually outdo what has - been done
before. It will, however, require no
great stretch ot tho' Imagination to
picture the day a few years henco
when peoplo will become tho serfs of
government Instead, of governments
serving the people,, if the inarclvof the
lax collector goes on. Portland Jour
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FRIDAY, JUNE 17
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GOLD HILL
TED THYE OF PORTLAND, REFEREE
Tickets $2.00, $1.50, $1.00 and 50c, plus
war tax, at M. D. Bowers, Gold Hill.
By EARL C. REEVES,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
LONDON, June 1 1. Shakespeare
has nothing on Charlie Chaplin.
Or. perhaps ho has. lie's more
"vulgar."
klnson got rather foil-up with tluse
attackers who used Charlie as ammu
nition. Ho tosses Charllo back again
into the very teeth of his tormentors.
See Shakespeare for Vulgarity
For ho cites his reasons for voting
(or the Movle-on-Avon proposal thus:
"I cannot see anything vulgar In a
Isn't a movie producer, promoter,
scenario writer, or anything like it.
Except that, ill a fractional way
of
Norman W ilkinson says so. Norman photograph, even when It moves.
There are dozens of photographs in
the Memorial theatre already.
"Having been a patron of Shaku-
speakiiiK, he's about to lie an exhib- speare festivals for a consecutive
twenty-four years 1 have seen perfor
mances of 'The Taming of tho Shrew,'
'The Merry Wives of Windsor;' ami
other of Sliakesiieare's plays that
would make a Charlie .Chaplin film
anil beautiful which
Iter.
Norman Wilkinson might even bo
rated with the high-brows. He de
signed the scenery and costume for
Granville Barker's Shakespearian pro
ductions. .Moreover he's one of t lie seem Innocent
governors of the Shakespeare Mcnior- it Is
lal hall at Sliall'ord-on-Avon.
Whence all the trouble starts.
The Memorial Hall doesn't make It's
way. It isn't endowed. So, for gross
monetary reasons, It was decided, be
tween annual festivals to the Immortal
bard, to turn his memorial into a
movlt! hIiow.
What a howl among die high-hrowsi
that started! "I'was rank sacrilege,
vulgar commercialism, unthinkable.
Incredible, imMissihlo, and any num
ber .( other things, all Interrupted
freely by exclamation points, t'nnuui
tiered letters to I ho editor were writ
ten mid printed about It.
Naturally, Charlie Chaplin was free
ly used In a nioie or loss unflattering
manner Tor puriose of aignment. One
gathered that the Bard of Avon would
turn in his grave, rise and haunt the
lives of the governors on and forever
after that great first night when
Charlie's ccecntric trousers invaded
the siicred prcclmls of Memorial Hall.
One gathers also Hull Norman M il
And If It is a question of vulgarity
I must only say, 'read Shakespeare.' '
13 Club Loses
MARSEILLES. 'The "Thirteen
Club" of this city decided to put Its
lucky number to the test on Friday.
Mnv 1:1 Thov went to Mouto Carlo.
slaked Kluu francs each on number 13
straight and stood breathless while
the little marble spun around.
Number 2ii won.
Hamburg Recovering
LIVERPOOL. Members of the Llv
crpool Steamship Owners association,
who have been In Hamburg recently,
say they were struck with the rapidity
with which that port Is recovering Its
trade, especially during recent mouths
and the extent to which (he trade Is
being carried by American ships.
I. Ions and tigers, as well as domestic
Us. purr wlen pleased.
HOW MUCH DO
YOU KNOW?
i What is .hokoypokoy?
2 What Is a gopher?
' 3-
end 7
4 Which of the planets is the lar
gest? 5 What sea lies on tho northeast
coast of Australia'.' - ,
tl What part of u church Is the
nave?
7 What is misfeasance?
8 Is Pike's peak the highest moun
tain in Colorado? , ,
9 In which state do the largest
number of Indians now reside?
10 Who wrote the Waverly novels?
Answers to Yesterday's Questions
1 Do the tolls paid by vessels going
through the' Panama canal pay the
running expenses of the canal nnd the
Interest on tho Investment? Ana. No.
2 What Is an archlpellgo? Alls. It
ts1 n group of oceanic Islands.
8 What are milk teeth? Ans. They
are a child's first tooth. t
4 Which has the . greatest fuel
value a pound of coal or a pound of
gasoline? Ans, A otind of gasollno.
5 What did Simon Bolivar do in
South America that nlncd,for him the
title of "The Liberator"? Ans. He
overthrew Spanish rule.
ti What Is one of the chief causes
of laziness? Ans. Overeating. The
food spoils ill the digestive tract and
forms toxins and weakens the nerves.
This causes a tired feeling or laziness.
Almost all lazy persons are big eaters.
7 What is the best blood purifier?
Ans. The best way M keep the blood
pure Is to sleep In tho open air. If
this is ImiKisslblo have the windows
of the sleeping room open.
Why does the skin of old people
wrinkle? Ans. There Is a layer of fat
under Hie skin nn in old age this
tissue Is used to nourish the body.tThe
skin then does not fit amj conseqilent
lv Wirlnltlfvu N j
9 What, properties"1 have' -jerbs.
Ans." Voice, mood and tenso. '
'low many years has the Epsom
Derby, been run? Ans. It has been
ruu 141 years.
COMMUNICATIONS
May .Move lo .Medfonl.
To the Editor:
Would you kindly send me 3 or 4
extra Issues of Juno 2. to distribute
among my friends. Being a stock
holder In nn orchard in Rogue Jtiver
valley 1 nm taking much Interest In
Medford and tho Rogue River vallev.
and moreso, since my cousin. Elmer
HcdbeiB. from Applcgate. 17 miles
west of Medford, came up hero on a
visit. Ills mother is living at Boon,
Mich. 1 certainly give him credit for
being a booster. Tho results will be
that perhaps a number of his friends
up here will take u trip out to Med
ford next glimmer, many desiring to
get out to a belter and w-urmer en
tente. Medford, and Rogue River val
ley, In my opinion seem to . be the
place, ' .: . '
Yours Truly,
T. B. LI NOSTRUM.
Tuston, Michigan. t
An Advertisement Helped .Her
Mrs. Luclllo Mackoy, 16 Buena Vista
St.. Washington, Pa., writes: "Last
winter my 3-year-old girl caught a bad
cold which left her with a dry cough.
It bothered her most at night and she
would cough until she vomited. 1
think she must have had whooping
cough. I saw an advertisement for
Foley's Honey and Tar. 1 tried It and
bought two bottles and her cough left
her before sho finished the second bot
tle. She had gotten awfully thin, but
now she is as fat as ever." Sold every
where, . Adv.
Medford-Jacksonville Stage Line
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