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OPEN THE BOOKS.
Ye Smudge Pot
' ly Arthur Perry. ' I
Now the Ku Klux'Klan Is roporte
to be bncklng the President. They
.will. spell it Kal KoolldKO.
Thanksgiving turkeys nro dangling
from the mout hooks, and some either
rnn out of grasshoppers or were on
diet.
Apples nro on snlo In tho stores, the
fruit presumably being grown on
nearby orchardB.
THE IJNCONSCIOI'S KNOCK
(From Church Notice)
Services at 10:30 a. m.
Subject "The Three Great
Failures." Choir.
Sermon.
. Pipe, organ offertory. -
Siberian woodpeckers are going to
be turned loose In Oregon forests.
This ought 1q onuse.an era of devel
opmont along all lines of Industry.
'When a locomotive, two 4ds, and
L'll' Gnwge Maddox, the eminent
Methodist and shlnologlst are all
vocalizing at the same tlmo, what Is
known as pandemonium exists.
Tourists from tho Middle West nro
still. 'meandering through with an In
doiuitable spirit. They should settle
down and run for office In the spring;.
Tho men of the M. E. church con
grogatlon will hold a frolic next Hut-
urduy for the purposo of putting tho
-graveyard in order. All are Invited.
UUickutUtown, Nt J... Times). Bo
careful, brethren, ' you'll crack your
ahln on a. tombstone.
A. customer unexpectedly called at
& garage on the 20th, before the
mechanics had hid tholr monkey
wrenches for tho dny'B work.
I ' There ought to be some way to get
- religion mlxod up in the whiskers ot
Santa Claus, and put some zip into
earthly existence In this state.
I HAVE LOST my, Yellow Persian
ltltton, plenBo help me find it. Cull
431-J. (Oregon City Enterprise). A
terse told tragedy of childhood. 1
Bost of all the recent paragraphs is
this one: One half the world don't
know what the other half la doing
the hull, tlioy don L
Court Is In session. lawyers are up
to the old trick of calling each other
"learned counsel," in public, and
denying it In private. The next best
trick 1b to appear before tho Jury with
a wheelbarrow full of law books, and
never open one of them. .,
Oregon plnys OAC. Saturday. A
crowd In excess of the total voto nt
the Income tax election Is anticipated
MINISTERS AND POLITICAL,
LEADEKH TO D1SCU88 1924 CAM
PAWN (Hilllno SK-. Examiner). 100
per cent helplessness.
W. C. Elmore and wife nnd two
sons drovo In tholr car to Woodburn
Friday whero Mr. Elmore transacted
business. (Albany Democrat). Keep
Ink the futility together.
(
CLEAR AS M I'D
(Hat. Med. Atl) '
Tho remedy la prepared by
chemical, synthesis and Is pre
pared In two forms, mouobaslo
nnd blbaslc. Itoth are amor
phous, greyish powders con
tained lit transparent gclatlno
containers.
WILD CAT?
My llttlo petted sins
That I love so,
They are- wild klttons.
They must not grow.
Alt alone I take thorn.
Soft nnd blind, to drown,
And brief silver bubbles
Come up where they went down.
, . (Oakland Tribune).
The trade record of the Natlonnl
City Bank has estimated the world
consumption of matches Inst year at
4.676.660,000,000. (A. P. Dispatch).
Borne matchless statistics.
rr HE MAIL-TRIBUNE opposed tho state income tax. We be-
A licve the enforcement of the tax will demonstrte the truth of
our objections, Oregon will lose what it needs more capital; and
Hot Ki'in what it wants n.red notion. of its. tax burden, ,
.. But the tax passed. It is now the law, -As. a, member of the losing.
side we oppose both the suggestion of an, injunction against its opera
tion, und the disposition on the part of the leaders. of the opposition
to refuse to open the books showing a list of contribuions.
If the law has weak spots, let these weaknesses, be remedied,
Ample provisions have been made for such action. Or if anyone feols
'.he. vote, at the recent election did not represent the will of the ma
jority, let the people vote on the question again, at the next regular
election, But don't invoke au injunction, Such. action would be poor
sportsmanship and poor policy. ,
.
As to opening the books, legal technicalities aside, this should cer
tainly be done. The 'people are entitled, to know all there is to know
about contributions to any political movement. , Refusing to do so
merely amounts to a, public assumption of guilt,,
Wo know nothing about the contributions to the anti-income tax
fund, but we would be very much surprised to learn there was any-
thing irregular regarding them. That substantial contributions were
made by some wealthy individuals and some prosperous corporations,
is highly probable, hut thero is nothing reprehensible in that. '
It is not, as yet, a crime to be prosperous. Business success
is not, as far as we can learn, a moral wr.ong. The successful man has
as much right to contribute to a campaign fund as the failure, and
vicq versa, It is not the money, it is the way the money is used that
counts, '
So let theliooks be opened. And let the books of the other side be
opened. If these shameful appeals to class prejudices are to be put
down, if this persistent demagoguery is over to be checked, sucty issues
must be met by candor nnd courage, not by evasion and negation.
Let the light in all around, and let the issue be fought out in the
open and on the fucts.
QUILL POINTS
Personal Health Service
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.
, Notad Phytician arid Author . jr..
Signed letter pertaining to personal health, and- hygiene, not to dfr
sease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped.
self addressed envelope la encloeed. Letter should be brief and written In
Ink. Owing to the large number of letter received, only a few can be an
swered here. No reply can be made to querlea. not. conforming to Instruc
tions. Address Dr. William Brady, In care of this newspaper.
Moisture and Comfort In Vicious Circles
8)
Qod made the country, but man made the dangerous curves.
Wopion, aro more efficient. , No man can handle a cold with four
square inches of lace.
As n detective we bat zero. The man we pick for a duke or diplo
mat always turns out to be a floorwalker.
Nothing else makes us so liberal hearted as the privilege of spend
ing the other fellow's money.
An unsophisticated child is one that will ask her mother for n
oookie iustead of the butt of her cigarette. v
You can manage to retain' some faith in humanity unless you be
ome a hotel porter or a claim agent for a railroad.
As every experienced porter knows, the man who monopolizes the
loud tidk in tho smoker thinks ten. cents a generous tip.
Correct this sentence: "You have. oomo. tOithe wrong plaoo,'
snapped the solf-inado man ; "I never give advice."
A man is old when the prospect of wearing knee pants and fuzzy
stockings can't porsuado him to do useless walking about.
V- - - - , - - ...4 f... i V:
In, the course of tamo the sinner can get forgiveness from every
body except his wife's relations.
Wo 1 have moro faith in this scheme of hiring a doctor to keep
you well if doctors never got sick.
Now as always, the world's visible supply of advice is created by
men who never ereato anything else.
Dignity is a pretty good thing, however, for the man who has no
other means of, hiding his craven spirit.
'
Still, the girls of all ages have' maiuiged to be about what the men
of all ages havo desired them t'o be.
You nro always made, to feel that it is a private rond when- yon
meet a pretty girl driving a fine car.
An apartment house is just like an. old-fashioned flat exeept that
the rooms arc no longer flat but perpendicular.
THE MERITED REBUKE.
I
SAID to. Theophilus .Slaughter " You certainly give mo a
pain; you ask for the hand of my daughter, Jemima Jerusa
lem Jane. And yet, if reports can .bn trusted, you haven't the
price of a hat; men say that yon always ore busted, and bank
rupt and stony and flat. My daughter is. used to tho splendors
that only the opulent share, nnd you eotildn't buy her suspenders
or combs for her evergreen hair. Men say that your credit is
sickly, nnd when you buy goods in the ktore, you dig up the ko
pecks or quickly the clerks head you off at the door. And how
could my daughter endure it t Iter credit's as good 8-s a queen's;
tho coins of her father assure it, and sloe's novor asked for the
beans. My daughter with horror would shive if (need by a ple
beian stew ; ami sho would be lucky if li-r and onions were- fur
nished by you.. This tosh about lovo in' a cottage will do in a:
Jean Libby tttle, but soon it will seem tommy-rottage, if .hubby
can't? bring homo the kale. It's useless, ( Theophilus Slaughter,
the hopes of the busted are vain ; yon ca a not walk off with ay
daughter, Jemima Jerusalem Jane."
. It Is generally known' that a 'cold
damp atmosphere Is much more chink
ing or penetrating, feels much colder,
than a cold dry atmosphere. Uke
,. wise a hot moist
climate Is harder to
bear than a hot dry
climate. The ther
mometer alone does
not tell how severe
the cold.
The relative hu
midity! the compar
ative ' quantity of
water vapor in the
air has much to do
with physical com
fort and efficiency.
Relative humidity is
is exnressed"tn per centum. For in
stance, ar with 70 per cent, htfmidlty
holds seven-tenths as much moisture
It Is 'capable of holding. The
higher the temperature of the air the
more moisture It Is capable of hold
ing. '
Outdoor air at a temperature of
zero Fahrenheit with a relative hu
midity of - 60 ' per cent will have
relative humidity of only 3 per cent
when heated to 70 degrees F. This Is
drier than the driest climate known.
A dry climate Is seldonf less than 30
per cent humid. So, when we think
of a tropical atmosphere, and of
pneumonia and the other1 respiratory
Infections which are tropical diseases,
we must think of the great Indoors ot
the average American home. Too
warm, too dry, Too bad.
Excessive dryness of the air in our
houses, shops and other enclosures
In the winter time causes excessive
evaporation from. the. skin and mu
cous membranes, and thla gives rise
to the sense of chilliness, which
prompts us to turn on still more heat,
causing still worse dryness, calling for
still more heat, etcetera, round and
round, one of those vicious circles in
which a hyglenlst delights. ' '
. Devices for supplying adequate
moisture to tho heated air. ot build
ings are fairly pra-Hlcal for ' large
buildings but too expensive for private
homes. Such makeshifts' as .'water
boxes in furnaces, or evaporation-attachments
for radiators are of little
or no value for- this purpose. '
Growing plants In porous pots (not
glazed or. metal jar) are much more
effective, if kept in the room in num
bers. Largo palms, ferns or other
plants tend- to relieve and prevent
"catarrh," keeping the atmosphere
fairly moist.
The simplest way to regulate the
humidity of the indoor climate Is to
keep the temperature, always below
68 . degrees Fahrenheit. At 66 to 67
degrees the relative humidity Is gen
erally about right.
Catarrh is caused by keeping good
nnd -warm. People with a catarrhal I with asthma.
tendency usually try to keep good and
warm. This, of course, aggravates
the catarrhal conditions, and this,
turn well, another.. eddy. Beats all
how you drift into these vicious cir
cles whenever you- try to discuss hy
giene! ' C :
QUESTIONS AND., ANSWERS
Vague on Migraine
Read your articles first thing every
day; in fact I subscribe to the paper
In order to have your articles. ' My
trouble Is migraine, of which you re
cently wrote interestingly. The doc
tors I have been to are quite vague
on the subject of migraine. - Have lost
the particular article, in which you
told of prolonged use of castor oil In
small doses, what doses and how
long? What really causes migraine.
I have had these attacks since the age
ot 16 years. I am now 31 years old.
I wear glasses two days a month.
(Mrs. S. T. C. )
Answer. The castor'' oil treatment,
which some good doctors have
praised, calls for a dose of perhaps
five to 10 drops of castor oil three
times a day over a period ' of six
months. Reduce the size, not the fre
quency. of the doses if- the castor oil
proves too laxative. Castor oil in soft
capsules may be. had at the druggist's,
If you prefer.
After the Operation
I have been using a lotion for after
shaving and; for. chapped hands, made
from a formula you printed last win
ter. Since I have mislaid the, formula
would appreciate It If you will reprint
It. It contained some kind of chipB.
and was the finest thing I had ever
found. (L. A.X
Answer. It, Is an. old domestic
recipe for a lotion Intended to prevent
and relieve chapping, .. redness and
roughness of the skin; many readers
have reported- satisfaction from its
use as a lotion for 'the face after
shaving. The recipe Is: ,
Boric acid 3 drams
Glycerin 4 drams
Tragacanth 80 grains
Soft water 1 pint
Tragacanth in shavings, chips or
scales Is less likely to be adulterated
than the powder. Boil slowly, con
stantly stirring, until a clear fluid Is
obtained; add enough water to make
up for evaporation. The result should
be a clear thin jelly, not. too thick to
pour from a bottle. Use a few drops
on the skin two. or three times a day,
after washing and before the Bkln has
dried thoroly. A drop or two of any
perfume or scent may be added if de
sired. ' - ' ''s
Climate of. Detroit "'
Kindly Inform me whether the cli
mate, of Detro.lt- is generally consid
ered, good or bad for people who have
asthma. )M. Ri G.) .'' - t.
Answer. Climate ' has "little to do
"JUST TOWN TALK"
Copied Right By KOxa
I WAS Informed
; . . .
EARLY THIS, morning 1
BY- A local "addict"
I e
THAT THE "Open Season"
HAS BEEN officially announced
AND THAT from now on
see
UNTIJj'WELL nto summer
,
ONE CAN expect
. e
TO BE annoyed ".' ' i
TO A certain extent
BY WEATHER reportn
ANX BED time stories .
AND ALL such like
AND THEN he told me
THAT HE had Invested
V
IN A complete, new set,
e e, "
AND. HE confided In me
see
1 HAT IN his estimation
e
THE PERPECTINO of Radio
WAS A great advancement
IN, WORLD scIodco
AND WENT on to say .
THAT IT should rank "i
A3 THE eighth wonder ' i
OF THE world
AS IT eclipsed. " ' - '
e e
XLLEGRAPH AND tele.pb.one
'AND. THE talking machine
AND. EXTOLLED, in. detail
s
ITS MARVELOUS virtues
see
AND HOW It was
IP YQU didn't like.
WHAT YOU were,'hearing
'.''
YOU COULD shut It off
r
AND TRY something else
AND THEN he explained
THAT, WHILE radio was new
I ,'-
THE PRINCIPLE .was old :
e
JUST LIKE the talking machine
THE FIRST one was made
PROM AN ordinary rib
THEN TOM Edison came along
see
AND INVENTED one
' ',
THAT COULD be shut off ;
AND I was convinced
e
THAT THE radio
WAS AFTER all
I ,',-
MERELY THE adaptation '
OP EARLIER principles
e, .
I THANK you.
The Cost of Illiteracy and
the Value of Education
Illiteracy Is not only, a serious bar to
good citizenship, but It Is an obstacle
to the Industrial and. agricultural ad
vancement of a nation.
Natural resources are worthless
without education. Fertile soil, tim
bered, water power, and mineral de
posits lie idle or are ignorantly squan
dered by an. Illiterate people. I
Illiteracy Is costing the nation mil
lions of dollars. The lnte Franklin. K.
Lone, stirred by, the revelations ot the
draft In .the. Great War, stated that if
the productive labor value of an illit
erate Is less by only 60 cents a day
than that of an educated man or, wo
man, the country was losing jsb.uoo,
000 a year through tlllteraoy.
Illiteracy could, be swiped, out by a
comparatively small expenditure, leav
ing a net balance ot millions of dollars
of national wealth. - .
Our government gave to the million
and a half men who were taken In) the
first draft men from every state In
nl,m nnd from every class or
ioi of ability W
people uu ttvuiu,
read and write.
n-i. .hia tot was given it was
found that 1,566,011) men examined
those who were unable to "read and
understand newspapers and write let
ters home" amounted to 25.3 per cent.
We discovered, therefore, that at the
time of the World War probably 20
per cent of our population could not
use the English language as a vehicle
for Information or expresstson.
In the city, we find that the problem
Is mainly that of the foreign borrt. Al
ihmiffh nnlv 35.7 Dei cent of the Il
literates in the whole country are for
eign born, 67.8 per cent ot iiiueraica
In the urban districts are foreign born.
This large group of illiterates is com
posed of those who can not write In
any language. In addition to this
class are those who can not read,
write, or speak the English language.
Both these groups are cut off from
the possibility of of reading the news
paper and from enlightening discus
sion with their American neighbors
on the street corner. The foreign
born is condemned to the necessity of
thinking In terms of the Old World.
He can neither hear nor Bpeak, save
through others. He may be exploited
and plundered because of his helpless
ignorance. He becomes the prey of
both the labor agitator and of the un
scrupulous employer.
In mining, the most hazardous occu
pation In Oils country, lack pf. ability
to read the. English language is a tre
mendous handicap. In 1919, Mr. Man
ning, then director of the Bureau of
Mines, stated that 466,ouu men in uw
mining industry came from non-Eng-llsn.
speaking races and that many of
them were illiterate, lie stated-inm
It these men were taught to read and
write English it would be a tremen
dous economic factor In the Industry
through a reduction In the casualty
list.
' Ah excess of 930 non-English speas
Ing foreigners killed each year, and 1
mav sav unnecessarily. If the average
state compensation la $3000, which is
a fair figure, the total economic loss
each year to the country through the
excess of deaths of non-English speak
ing miners alone amount to S2,790,
000. . On the same basis It 1b estimated
that the excess of non-English speak
ing miners Injured each year amounts
to 69,750 men. This Is a loss In wages
alone of $1,743,760. Taking the excess
of dentliB and injuries together due to
non-Emrlish speaking foreigners the
economic loss each year reaches $4,-
633.750 This Is, entirely aside from
the other. coBts to the Industry in pro
duction cost." i
Charley, Schnnb is generallr
purty level houded, but when It
comes t' dlNciiHHln' huppuM,
we'd prefer I' listen t someUuilJj
that don't live quite so close t
Kosy street. Th' only time th' ole
sclf-respectln' night gown ever
gltS ill th' 1ICVH)UH'IH is unci,
there's a hotel flit', but no qui
Unliable escapade Is. complete
wltliput pajamas.
COMMUNICATIONS
THE GREATEST THING, IN -SHE
v- . ... woiu.ii i I,: i i' .i
by Laurel Gray
' Duty.
Whenever I hoar the word "Duty"
I always think of soldiers, or firemen
or policemen or, bell-boys. Tney are
forever about to
"go off duty," or
maybe they are
"Just going on
shift." But real
ly the word
"duty" and all It
implies, was de.
vised- for lovers.
The duty exacted
by love Is rigid,
Inelastic, incon
trovertible. And
love, my chil
dren, will Bland
no nonsense!
You can't make one false move one
dereliction of duty und get away
with. It- Love Isn't running the world
that way. The moment you fall In
your duty to love for your Jack or
your Jill, you havo to face that awful
and Inexorable Judge your con
science. Oh, I know folks who say
their conscience CAN'T trouble them!
But wait! You've no Idea how per-
slBtent your conscience can be. They
say that the Northwest Mounted Po
lice will track a criminal over thous
ands of miles of frozen wastes, expend
untold money, men and machinery to
capture the outlaw and fetch him
back to justice. Why, that's a mere
afternoon stroll on the ' boulevard
compared to what your conscience
will do to you. It's a fact! Half tho
bad breaks In love associations are
rented just because Jack forgot and
Jill dldn t stop to think. Half the di
vorces are actually brought about bv
the silliest and most trifling acts or
words. To do one's duty to a loved
one ought to be automatic; It ought
to oe munnged without conscious ef
fort. But, alas, for weak and frail
human beings. Temptations beset us
mere IB a thoughtless moment
i-uicirai Kesiure, a swiy word, an
empty naif hour somehow or some
where. And BANG! The most beau
tlful ond lasting and worth-while pos.
session that a man or woman may
ever possess is gone shattered, ruln-
ea ana only nsnes nre left The
handiest thing obout Dutv nien i
mat you are never In doubt about It
ii juui iiuiiu won t ten you vour
neai-t win:
(Copyright John F. Dllel Co.)
A to, Sportsmanship,
To the Editor: :
: Hqllis. Huntington, erstwhile and
of Medford high school, and at pn
ent coach at Salem high school, ream
ing to Salem after the Medford-Salea
game, and while his stomach was v
full and warm with the good cheer ol
a Medford banquet furnished him atl
his team by the poor sportsmen ol
Medford, delivered himself ot a dit
tribe on the Sportsmanship ot Mei
ford and suggested the need of some
education hereabouts on that subject
It It is sportsmanlike to coach i
team of foul plays, to cultivate li
them vicious practices such as hurl
line; feet foremast Into tlm nmtnuln,
line; if it Is sportsmanllko to ingn-1
tiate your own men in as lino official)
and steal a fairly made touch don
from your opponents and after the
game to eat at the other fellow's table
and then go abroad and abuse bin
then a blissful Ignorance of such i
code of sportsmanship is a comlilra
to be proud of. E. E. KELL?.
Medford, Nov. 22.
CheaD for fires old nauers at thli
office 20c per 100. It
GOLDS
"Pape's Cold Compound"
. Breaks a Cold Right Up,
Take two tablet. PVftrv thru I.
until three dose in, t .. .
f K've The second
and third doses completely break up the
cold. Pleasant and safe to take, "con
tains no quinine or opiates. Millions
thirty-flve cento. Druggi.ti guiraat.
ONSTANT in fineness i
Vj is EI Sidelo, and fa
vored among cigars all up
and down the Coast.
El Sidelo Clur l nude br
Couolldated Cigar Coiporation
New York
PlMrfbuted br
- Allen. & Lewis
'Portland, Oregon.
HSirlelo
Dr. Jud Rickert
AM OPTICIAN
k NO DROPS CSEI
808 East Main Street