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JDQGT aw THnimvvnRM'P NRWRPAPBH PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAT, BY THK jl.v MJOUFORD PRINTING CO. Tht Mad ford Sunday Mornln iun li furnlahed aubaortbora aaatrlna a MTU ur aauy newnjair. Office Hal) Tribune BulMlnc li-17-II Norln Kir atreot. Phoua 76. A conaolldatlon of ttaa Democratic TlinfiB. tne JJeiltord Mall, tho Metlforfl Tribune, the Southern Oreaoulan. The Aehltttid Tribune. H'JHKHT W. KUHU Kdllor. 8. HUMfTKIl HaltTll. Mi...r. BY MAIL In Advance: Ijully. wltn Sunday Sun. year 7.J0 puily will. Sunday Hun. month .76 lietly, without Sunday Sun. year- a. 60 Uij. Mlihrut Sunday Bun. muolu .a Aufni) Mull 1'rloune. one year J.Uu dmiduy Eiun, one yuar H CAIUUKK In Medford, AahlHnd. Jackainvlli. Central Point, Phoenix. Talont and on HlRliwaya: bally, with aunnay Hun, month .76 Daily, without Sunday Hun, month . Dally, without Bunday Hun. year.. 7.6U Iially. with Hundny Bun. one year 8.60 All terma by carrier, caah In adi-ance. Kntered aa aeoonr. eraaa nuitter at Bedford, Oregon, under act ot March s. Itl7(l. Official paper of tho City of tyodford. Official paper of Jackaon County. The only paper oenu touffene. Ore., tnd Hacrainento. Call., a distance ot over 500 mllMa, having luased wlra Aaao etated Preae Bervtce. Sworn oallr a-eram circulation for III months rn.liii. OcIoImt 1, lUiS. 837U. aiore than double the circulation of any other paper publlahed or circulated lu Jackaon Co"ntr. Ot Tna ABbOClATBU DDVUH The Associated Prea'a la axeluslvaly entitled to the uee for republication of all newa dlspatcliea credited to It or not otherwise credited In thle pajer, and also to the local newa published herein. All rlghta of republication of apeclaJ iiaimtrha herein are also rfwwrt Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. ANOTHER, CRISTMAS DAY has come around, and once more.it is difficult to let the occasion pass without some moralizing. For the Christmas spirit, the spirit of peace and good will, the spirit of (riving, the spirit of good cheer, these seem to be the4pialities most needed in the world today, and most conspicuous by their absence. The trouble appears to be t hat while the Christian' world has been preaching Christianity for nearly two thousand years, it has, with very IVw exceptions practiced Paganism. There may be some litcra Christians in the world, but if so they never figure in the headlines. This is particularly true in practical affairs,, in trade and business, political and diplomatic circles. The plain, unvarnished truth is the principles of Christianity as a practical code of everyday conduct are not respected. "We may preach humility, we may extol the virtue of returning good for evil, we may give lip service to the spiritual value of self-sacrifice, of poverty, of fasting, but when it comes to practice, we try to increase our pride with power, we try to give our enemies as good as they send, we try to get as much money as we can without running foul of the police and we eat as heartily as our various digestions and pocket books allow. ' tl'3tiWSQ Considering our disregard of Christian principles, it might be said wo get along fairly well.- There are millions of good citizens, there are millions of good deeds, there are millions of splendid "im pulses, scattered about here and there, and if one can take a dispas sionate survey of human history, there has undoubtedly been a steady growth toward better and higher things, in spite of very apparent retrogressions. But the fact remains, the Christian world as a whole, is at the present moment making rather a botch of it. One can't say Chris tianity has failed. The truth is, of course, Christianity has never been trietl. QUILL POINTS Christmas 1 hero. Jt eonios but once a year, mill has no political RlKlllflcnnt'O. Until are fcirtlllmte. If nil tho candidates tried to function tin Kanta .Cuius, there would bo it BhnrUiBo of fnlao whlHkolH. It Is 'i time of "IVnco on Karlll, Good Will to Mini," wliun mithlliK iiolmIh luuitf tni;, but HtoekhiBB. Kor every full Blocking, there iu mi empty ono, but (.'hrlBtniiiH Ih a very poor time tu men tion It. Morry CbilHtinuH! "Is Prohibition Knforccniont DoliiK tho Country Uood?" 1h u headline In tho Literary Digest. Vcm, iuhI 11'b dry cleaning. IiETS HO! sr I tu I l-t In ) "SOULS IIUltNINU IN 1IEI.T." will bo tho topic of .1. I). Johnston pastor at tho People's lluptlst church, Hunday ' nluht. "Toll Mother I'll He There!" will bo Klven by u uunrtet of four young-Indies. The $1000 reward for tho rapture of tho 0, 000, 000 i:iilenno swindler nhowu a great desire lo catch Illni. Ambition: "I wish I had more.' as much as he has." Discontent: "I wish I had Another time when the punishment fits the crime is when a thief steals a used car. Man never seems so mortal as when he tries to be dignified with a drop of egg on his chin. The next sporting event of national interest, is the scheduled bout between lower taxes and the bonus. , Of course the rest of us, if given the profiteer's chance, wouldn't Ireani of charging all we could get. Recipe for buncoing the American people: First get your slogan. Correct this sentence : "We entertain frequently," said she, "and we never discuss the faults' of our guests after they leave." The latest rum scandal In the cnpl tnl of the nation, Involving high offlc lals, conKl'ossmen and senators, is apt to reveal some Kent aililleteii to puo llcly denouncing lluuor, whllo private ly praying for u drink. . Last nhrht wna cold enough for citizens using Bleeping porches, to come down town nml brag about It. It begins to look liko 152.1 would disappear without any careful person being scattered south to the water tunk by a mean locomotive. 1 A LADY TALKS Poor man, rich man, beggar man, king, anil over there Is Hitting Hull, with his sweetie, Hitting l'rutty. I want a diamond nnd a monkey fur coat, nnd rings, n lot of other doggono J things, and ull I'll get will bo n card with frost on It, advising mo to keep giggling. Instead of walking right up to that froaen-faced cigar clerk nnd Baying, "(jive mo a paekago of coftln nulls.'' she says, "I want n pnekngo of smoking tobacco for Dud, nnd, by the way, my brother Is out ot cigarettes. I guess ho smokes Humps. I won't take Dad's, I'm out of change" I never knew she had a brother. It takes a woman to fool a woman. Her second finger has tho yellow fever. Hhe'B a regular Flirting Fanny. Ono of these days her man will cut eh her at something besides trimming her corns' with his razor. And ho writes me that tho new ear ho wrote mo about has been wrecked, total loss. That's tho third car friends of mine have lost, before I got n ehaneo to see them. Just social lyjjiir, by a nodal lion. Pretty small piwuocs. I'm thinking. Jtu's got wavy hair, and knows It. I'll bet It's cold In Mon tana. Havo you ever been in Mon tana, when tho nulls popped out of the sides of the houses, and you could hear a wagon coining two days before you saw it? You heard her cull me Dearie. I'll hot you I'm short a lip stick, without looking, tlood after noon, tho weather turned off nice after all. ' LOST Oblong lady's wrist watch. Swiss make, German silver, Howard. (Marshfield News). Meaning she Is as broad ns she Is long. Now , Mr. Itestnurant nnd Hotel Man, supposo each and every meal you serve In tho next six months you servo n dish of say five or six prunes free. How many prunes would be left In Oregon by the next harvest, not only 111 Oregon but In every eating house in Oregon? (Hoseburg News ItevleW). Judging by tho past, Just as many. This Is the last day very young men will have (o ItnKnte nnpels. INFLUENZA as a preventive, men inu tnhalo night and morrunp I VAPO RUB Oaar if Million Jort UJ Ytarty Medford Climate Can't Be Surpassed Says Famous California Editor Personal Health Service By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. jVolW Phytlclan end Author Signed letter pertaining to perianal health and hygiene, not to di sease diagnoali or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a tamped, elf addresaed envelope la enclosed. Letter should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the largo number of letter received, only a few can be an swered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instruc tions. Address Dr. William Brady, In care of thla newspaper. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Dew Sores in Virginia -.. Can you tell me what "dew sores' are? The natives here in Virginia call them so. The sores are painful suppurating sores that often throb and ache and cause the glands of the groin to swell. They seem to come in August or early autumn mostly. They appear on the bare feet of boys or men who go barefoot. The natives declare they are caused by walking in the dew. III. J. P.) Answer. Such sores, called "dew Itch," "ground itch,' and the like, often occur when the larvae of the hookworm Invade the skin. That is the usual way of hookworm infesta tion, the soli in rural communities in many parts of the south being pollut ed with the eggs of hookworms from the careless disposal of the excrement of human hosts of the parasite.. Weaning Age At what age shall I wean my baby? She is strong and healthy and . 8 months old. (Mrs. A. N. A.) Answer. A baby should be weaned at about the age of 10. months, as a rulo. A week or 10 days Is plenty of time to accomplish weaning. It is best accomplished by omitting one breast feeding and substituting the bottle the first day, and one more feeding each succeeding day. The a September morn, but in November t best results are assured if. when the but in all likelihood our custom of wearing more than comfort demands has u deleterious effect upon the gen eral health, particularly tho power of resistance, to the respiratory diseases which cause; the greater part of our morbidity and mortality. ; This isn't science. Just speculation. Think . it over as you take the air. Well, Ix-'s Take the Air Hero's nn interesting passage from the bracing,. stimulating of tonic vlr a letter written July 28, by JJ. b: lues of the morning cold air bath with .... I greatly approve the epithet I tho effects many vigorous youngsters which you give, In your letter of the derive from the morning cold wator eighth of June, to, the new method of bath. And as Ben Franklin said, the treating the smallpox, which you call shock of cold water on a nice warm the tonic or bracing method; I will 'skin on a cold morning is rather vio talte the occuslon from it to mention lent ftr persons beyond the very pink a practice to which I have become ae- .of youth. customed myseir. You know the I Not only the skin and the com cold bath has long been In vogue here ' plexfon suffer from excessive clothing ns a tonic; but the shock of the cold water has always appeared to . me, generally speaking, as too violent; and I have found it much more agree-, ablo to my constitu tion (it is only fair U mention that B. F. sees the problem thru tho eyes of a man 64 years old) to bathe in another element I mean cold air. With this view, I rise almost every morning and sit in my chamber without any clothes whatever, half nn hour or an hour, according to the season, either read ing or writing. This practice is not in the least painful, but, on the con trary, agreeable, and if I return to bed afterwards, before I dress myself, as sometimes happens, I make a supple ment to my night s rest of one or two hours of tho most pleasing sleep that can bo imagined. I find no ill con sequences whatever resulting from it, and that at least it does not injure my health, if It does not in fact con tribute much to its preservation. I shnll therefore call It In the future a bracing or tonic bath. This letter was not written to me. but to a man by the name of Du- bourg; it wasn't written last July but in 1700. B. Franklin wrote It. So I must confess that Benjamin Franklin is entitled to the priority In the discovery of the cold air bath, tho I 'modestly maintain that my technic Is a little better. It would be quite all right to sit around for an hour or two on a balmy morning in July or gag Tho following high prniso for Med ford nnd tho Itogue River valley was printed In the New York Sunday Times of December 1C, and Is written by the gifted editor of tho San Fran Cisco Argonuut, Alfred llolman, Who recently stopped hero, a tribute to Oregon from a CnllfornhMt. some thing so rare and so pleasing to the latter state, that it is ruprinted below In this letter final in a series deal ing with Jtho Taciflq' Nor.thwest 1 shall speak of matters common lu one degreo or another to the three states of Oregon, Washington nnd Idaho. These states havo a certain community of interest, dating from tho time when they were embodied in tho wilderness styled tho Oregon country. In the cllnmto of this i'e gion thei'O are many diversities, west ern Oregon and western Washington are, as all the world knows, countries of much rain, in this rcHpcct com parable to the south of Kngland. It la abundance of moisture that hat created the forest growths which now constitute ono of tho primary re sources of the country nnd which give to it Its special character. Eastern Washington, eastern Oregon nnd southern Idaho are high, ranging In general elevation from G00 to 'JcQQ feet, and relatively niid. It is here that Oregon, already fairly advanced. Is to achieve a greater development. Fortuntitely, there is in lake stor ages mid in water courses drawn fiom mountain sources, water enough. Northern Idaho Is still another re gion mountainous and well watered. Southern Oregon lies under a warmer sun with loss rainfall than western Oregon and more than tho high eastern section. It has in its climate and in Its general physical character many correspondences; with Califor nia. And here I venture to say that the region of which the city of Medford is tho centre Is as highly favored at tho point of climate as any country of which I havo knowledge It hns a for tunate balance of suushlno nnd lain. Its variations of elevation, its rich ness of soil and Its adaptabilities to production make It not only u land of great value, but one of beauty aid charm. In a material sense, it lies under tho disadvantage of rela tive isolation. It Is a full day's Jour ney to any city of considerable isine and dependence for transportation is upon a single line of railroad. A notable asset of this whole Pa cific coast region Is Its natural beauty. No country more varied in Its physi cal features llos under the sun. Its valleys have all the charms that poets have sung in times near . or remote. Its waters nre abundant nnd c!uar. Its mountains cleavo the skies. Un happily much of tho time in summer the mountain summits are obscured by clouds of smoke. From Juno until October it is a lucky chance if a visitor may see Rainier, St. Helena or Hood at their best. But there ore intervals when they stand out with eameo-llko clearness nnd these pe riods nre worth watching nnd wnltlng for. Happily the higher summits stand well above the smoke Hue and ono who will give himself labor to go nbovo their foot-hill levels may find even In tho smokiest of seasons views abundantly rewarding his pains. The valley regions, with a beauty all their own. are available at all times. or January, If you keep the windows open, you just naturally ought to busy yourself with some sort of exercise while taking your morning cold bath. It's an ideal time and quite the cor rect custom for a rendition of the -New Brady symphony, words and music available free to any reader who accompanies his request for It with a neatly stamped envelope bear ing his name and address. It is a very keen disappointment to me that I nm unable to find any con clusive scientific basis for the notion that a daily bath of this kind Is a salutary habit. For that matter, science Is Just ono disappointment after another, tho I do liko to have a firm scientific backing for whatever utterances or suggestions I offer hero in the name of health. The best I can do in this instance Is to compare baby Is entirely of the breast, a com fortable support or brassiere is ap plied (not tightly) and an absolute let alone policy pursued from then on. Iodln Ration ' Please print the formula for Dr. Quimby's iodln ration which you gave several months ago. Two. friends of mine who used it tell me it did them more good. . . . (M. E. K.) Answer. There are many forms of iodin. I think It is immaterial which form Is used for this purpose. For Instance, If you wish to insure an ade quate iodin ration you may take one drop of the ordinary tincture of iodin in a pint of drinking water, each day for two or three months in the year. This means the common brown tinc ture of Iodine (old spelling) which is generally used as a first aid disinfec tant of wounds. " "a i i Las J THE GREATEST THING IS THE WORLD by Laurel Gra Jealousy Half tho letters written to me by fans who read my daily ditty express Krlevauces and misunderstandings that are founded on jealousy. And what a poor and futile thing it Is Jealousy! I have often won dered what per verse streak there is under the hu man epide r m i a that promotes jealousy. Why should any Jack be Jealous of his Jill? If Jill be haves in a man ner that inspires , ..... , .... Jealous pangs why hot call, the whole business off and 'Jack go ort about his business.' Who would possess another's heart if he were not dead suro of It? And jealous wives! Thero seems to be nn ocean of them I receive all sorts of fantastic, complaints about the goings on of miscreant husbands. Husbands are accused of .crimes ranging from having a good-looking blonde stenog rapher down at the office to flirting with the soprano soloist in tho church choir, - And these poor jealous wives write in to ask what they may do about it As if anything I might say would change matters! ' Jealousy is a mean and selfish voice. It Is mean because it is inspired by suspic ion, envy or a sense of one's own in dividual frustration. And jealousy is selfish because it is Inspired by an ugly fear that the party of the second part la seeking or finding enjoyment by himself or enjoyments, that are not shnred fully and equally. Jealousy is foolish, futilo and vulgar. .But, alns. It seems to be a part of the game. COMMUNICATIONS "JUST TOWN TALK" Copied Right By Mike Claims (.rent Ml no Invention To the Editor: The days of '4il are returning in regard to placer mining. However It will be minus the usual excitement due to the fact that it will be confined to but a few Individ uals. A maehlpo has been invented at Portland, Ore.,, that --will successfully take out all values' from -submerged high grade deposits located in various parts of our western states. Many of these submerged deposits are impossible to drain and has thus far been the end of the diggings for all miners nltho many efforts have been made they have all proven un profitable. Until R. Peterson at the Venable hotel made it a special study and set khis experimental ability into action i which has since been sanctioned by all clnsscs of mining men. After' getting full data of costs of j construction, leases and oporation a firm will be organized to exploit, j which in places runs over $1000 per yard. The most favorable places will I be worked out first. Some of them have already been thoroughly pros pected in the southwestern part of Oregon. A. J. B. Portland, Deo. 22, 1923. RipplingRhumes CHRISTMAS. aJT aT T-l Z Oil, OIIKISTMAS, pood old Christmas, you're with us once nf-'iiin! And for a while we sing and smile and love our lVllowmi'ii. The aneiont (jrudne forgetting, we hunt up Smith and Jones, nnd wish them joy without alloy, dadburn their aneient hones. Has Johnson done us evil ? Ah, well, we let it slide ; a man forgets to square such debts when comes the Christmastide. Have roads been rough nml rocky, on which we've had to tread f It's Christmas day, so let's be gay, the roads are fine ahead. Have friends been cold and captious, until our hearts were sore? The day is braw, their hearts will tlunv, they'll be our friends once more. Are we grown old nnd wintry, with tired and spavined limbs? Forget the year of stress nnd tears, nnd sing the Christ inas hymns. And frolic, with the little ones about the Christmas tree, and hear the chimes and quote old rhymes nnd carols fine with me. God rest you merry gentlemen, Good keep you, cheery wives; on Christinas day no trouble gray tdiould darken human lives. WE WERE calling a AT HIS homo a a a AND I noticed a a. HE WAS writing . a a a A GREAT long list a a a OF THE things a a a ' THAT HE wanted a a SANTA CLAUS to bring a a a AND I do not believe a . HE LEFT out anything . a a THAT A boy of ten . a a a COULD EVER find use for a a AND AFTER ho'd finished a a a HE DROUGHT It over . FOR ME lo look at a . a a AND I read It oror . a a AND I felt sure .' THERE WERE many Items a a a HE WOULDN'T get ; a a AND I began i a a TO EXPLAIN to him a a a JUST HOW it was a a s THAT SANTA Clans . HAD HAD a bad year a a a AND THAT his pack a a a HAD BEEN cut down a a a L'Y THE tax collector a . a, a AND THE coat man ' AND THAT many boys a a a WOULD HAVE their list a . a a TRIMMED OFF some . . a AND THAT perhaps . a IT MIGHT be well ' i TO MAKE two lists a a a AND PUT the things a a a HE WANTED most . ON A special list a a AND SEND it In a a a TO SANTA'S headquarters a a a AND HE listened t AND THEN came over a . a HEAL CLOSE to md a a ' AND LOOKED around a TO MAKE quite sure a a a WHERE HIS mother was a a a AND THEN ha whispered a a a IN MY ear a a a "CAN THAT stuff a a "ABOUT SANTA Claim a a . I DON'T Swallow a a a "THAT BUNK anymore" a a a AND I was surprised a a a AND SAID to him as "IF YOU don't think a a "THERE'S A Santa Clous a a a "WHY ARE you making a a . a s. "A LIST for him?" a a a "WELL," He whispered a a a "TO SHOW to mother a a a "SHE STILL believes a a a "IN A Santa Claus . ! "AND I wouldn't want a a a "TO SPOIL her Christmas" a a I THANK you. ' . Duplicate sales slips, with carbon sheets attached, suitable for aay busi ness, for sale at this office. Will sell any amount from one book up. V Kcgnnliiiff Saiidcfcr Gravel To the Kditor: In a recent issue of your paper you made a statement thut Jackaon county had sold Mr. Sandefer a piece of land and was now buying gravel from him. You will find that the records show Mr. Chnppel and Sandefer purchused this land from D. M. Lowe and not from Jackson county. It is true tho county court did pur chase gravel from Mr. Cliuppel and Sandefer at 10c per yard for which they were later offered 15c per yard from a contractor in Medford for the entire output of gravel. The county was operating a plant In Jacksonville with a maximum out put of 70 yards per day. while at the present site the same plant has aver aged over 115 yards per day with a maximum of 170 yards in a day and at less operating cost. While gravel could have been procured in anothor place in Jackson creek at a less cost per yard, the amount would have been insufficient for the job, and the haul would have been about a mile and n half further for the larger part of the road covered. The cost of hauling is a minimum of 20c per mile which would have been an addition' of 30c per yard for the output. ' By the change in the set-up tho county was enabled to gravel several of the roads in the vicinity of Medford as well as somo of the outlying streets that we could not have done. This contract was made by the court while the writer was attending a meeting of tho state highway com mission at which time I obtained the letting of the last bridge contract on the Crater Lake highway. But I am sure the taxpayers will agree with me that this was simply a good business proposition. VICTOR BURSELL. Central Point, Oregon. Dec. 24. Please remember that classified ads. locals and small ads are cash In ad vance. Bring In jour ada and do not use teleohnnA. tt ANNOUNCEMENTS , SHERIFF I hereby announce myself a candi date for the nomination of Sheriff of Jackson County on the Republican ticket subject to the voters of said county at the primaries in May. If nominated and elected I pledge tny ylf and the deputies whom I shall appoint to enforce all laws Including the 18th Amendment with efficiency and economy. If you do not want the laws enforced do not vote for me. D. A. LYONS.. Central Point. tf Kodak Finishing for those who demand ths best. Swem's Studio 217 E. Main Medford m WlHTEfi ill Nv. .11.11,1 4 , If Til' President's message t' con gress not only made a big hit. but It showed ho wuzn' a deinu gogno or he'd urged lmntcdlato relief fcr til' farmer. We kin cajole a .woman but we can't drive her V nolliln' but desperation. For Colds, Influenza and as a Provontive mnnm pmnlneg The First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet The box bears this signature Price 30c. 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