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MEDFORP MATT; TRIBUNE, MED70RT), OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1924
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THE DANGERS OF HOME CANNING.
Entered as econd class mUter it Uedford
Oregon, under act of March 8, 1H79.
Official paper of the city of Medford.
utnciai puper oi jucnaon uouniy.
The only paper between faigent. Ore., and
Sacramento, Culif., a distance of over 600
mil, having leased wire Associated Prese
Service.
' Sworn daily average circulation for six
months ending October 1, 1923, U:i7tf, more
: than double tlie circuhitlon of any other paper
published or circulated1 In Jtickaou County.
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to the use for republictaion of ull irtws dis
putches credited to it or not otherwise credited
to this paper, and also to the local niwa pub
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. All rights of republication of special dis
patches herein are also reserved.
Ye Smudge Pot
''By Arthur Perry
' An Arizona editor is In the hospital
suffering from a fractured skull;- the
result of being hit with a pasta pot
hurled by an Irate female, who took
offense at "an innocent paragraph.1
The innocent paragraphs are uhvnyti
more deadly than the guilty ones.
Most scribes know without being hit
in the head, with the first article at
hand, that it is the height of dare-
devlltry to niontion the socalled fair
sex in print, except in terms of flat
tery and compliment. If they do not
seek vengeance in person, they send
their pugnacious menfolks around to
get It.' Once your oorr. went crazy,
and penned a merry quip about a
lady, at least that was what sho
seemed at the timo. Kor three days
whito hopes streamed into the sanc
tunvbent on destruction, and Immune
frotn all reasoning. The only thing
that kept the coroner away, and black
headlines off the front liage, was a
bottle of Bunnybrook whiskey.' AVhen
the would-be avenger run out of wind
from an excess of profanity, we would
recommend: "Lot's have a drink, and
talk this thing over." The rum robbed
them of their wrath, and stulled oft
manslaughter.- Uut the' best way is
to Ignore woman' entirely, when In a
facetious mood. The uprising wus In
the pre-Volsteud era. t '
; A WHOI,KSAI,H KNOCKOUT
;r . , (Kngenu Guard)
;' ' A few of the singers called at
tile homo of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Mathews last Sunday and ren
dered hymns for "Aunt" Winnie
' Davis by her request. Mrs. Davis
. is DO years old and is quite feeble.
Those going down were Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Carruthors, Mr. and
Mm Ed Swift, Mr. nnd Mrs. W. W
lirlstow, Mrs. 1011a Parks, Harold,
Velma and Frances Parks, Mrs.
fi. W. Calllson, Mrs. Dora Harden,
Miss Mary Huston and Miss Anna
l'arks.
It's about timo candidates for office
started getting ubused by newspapers,
because the cundldnto is "honest, and
refuses to do their bidding."
. Tho Inw applies to students of the
university ns well as to anyuno else.
(Uugone Keglster.) The very idea!
noblnson J. Robin has returned
from the south, and will build u mod
ern nest ns soon ns weather condi
tions become more propitious.
1,01 AM) lllCHOMM
(FunIiIdii Hint)
Tho waistline In indefinite, al
though' It is generally defined ns
being below tho hips, livening
dresses are 'Shown with medium
hlgh'cut necks, but cut low In tho
buck, frequently to the wulstllno.
A IjAWY talks
She rode in tho front sent, nnd In
spite of all' she could do Charlie gut
us to Phoenix without running In the
ditch. There must have been a rattle
snake riding with thorn, the way she
Was acting. My young man was
scary. Charllo said to him, "I wouldn't
shove too hnrd against the side of that
seat, if I was you. It's weak. You're
among' friends. Tho woman won't
bite." It was chilly. I was shivering
right In the middle; It hain't often
I' cross the equator for anything that
Wears a necktie. All I got to sity for
him Is, he don't net, llko ho gubt,
when ho eats his panenkes. It was
A- prayer meeting nt tho North Pole.
But the blonde, that's wild about htm.
don't know any of tho details. Let
er fret.' It will do her good. She's
too smart. I don't like to tight with
another wrige earner. Live and let
HVe, when you've got to do It. You
can go now, cause I got to cut the
butter. Maid butter is stronger than
my son. He's taking fractions now.
Mr. frill, , who is all spattered up
with oily money, is "going south In
tile hopes the change will do hitu
good." That's what he hoped before.
but ho got caught at it.
L. A. T.i Soldane and wife of tllo
popular Hotel Grenada, were In Yreka
rt few dnys ngo. They arc Just home
from a very fine sojourn south ot ,1
weeks. (Siskiyou News). Ought to
try north of tomorrow once.
, Wild flowers have started to Moom.
and unless things have changed, Mr.
Jerry Jerome will huve have to try
THE FRIGHTFUL tragedy at Albany, Oregon, ro-lnltiiir in the
dentil of eleven people, lias naturally caused widespread appre
hension regarding the dangers of home canning.
Uotulism, neeording to the state board of health, is a rare disease.
In the last 22 years, there have been only 150 cases reported in the
.United States, vith 111' fatalities. The present outbreak ia Oregon
is the first in the history of the state, and one of the worst ever re
corded. tf$;Srj$.
While rare, there has heeil a marked increase in outbreaks of the
disease in this country in recent years, so in the interest of public
safety, all' information available .should be given to the people.-
Botulism, can be prevented, according to the state board of health,
by exercising the following precautions:
Do not use any canned food which shows the slightest sign
of spoilage; 1
Use no canned food unless it has been processed at high tem
perature, this is especially applicable to sausage, ham, string
beans', corn, asparagus nnd ripe olives, To insure high tem
perature a pressure cooker is necessary.
It is reassuring to learn that in all' modern canneries, cooking is
done under pressure. .
The bacillus botulinus, it seems, grows only when deprivet of air.
The poison is not caused by the germ, but by the toxin the germ
creates. All thnt is necessary for the formation of the poison, in
many kinds of canned food, is that spores of the organism remain
alive Within thri container after it-has been processed. The spores
will resist the temperature of boiling water several hours.
With these facts established it would seem advisable to abandon
home canning, at least as far ns the articles noted above are concern
ed, unless the cooking can be done under pressure.
Personal Health Service
, ; ' By, WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.
y Nottd Phylclan and Aathor
The Machine Run Snevzo
QUILL POINTS
AVhen the cashier stays away too long it is conceded that ho is
short.
A good Calvinist, even in politics, believes in the doctrine of elec-
ti,m-
That naturalist who says our wild life is disappearing, must be a
Pbiladclphinu. li
Gland extracts may cure the feeble minded, but it takes an acquit
tal to euro the insane.
For that matter, the churches have a first class peace plan they are
not using at present.
A country isn't really settled until i learns that passing another
law won't change human nature1.
"We have about reached the limit when propaganda is required to
put over a tax reduction.
Willi! eaelt passing month it is with increased difficulty that
America shudders at mention-of the soviet. " ' ' ' -
WET BLANKETS. -
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IVE PAINTED my porches and fences, in colors exceedingly
smart; the work should appeal to the senses of those who ap
preciate art. I painted my porches vermillion, with 'borders of
yellow and blue, and, though an uncultured civilian, I think my
art instincts are true. I painted my fences with ochre; effulgent,
resplendent and chaste, and thought that no raven voiced croaker
could say I was showing poor taste. I said, as I laid down my
brushes, "No Titian could beat me at this; no critics, with slav
ering tushes can sny that Ibis job is amiss." But forth came tho
neighbors from grattos and woodshedsj and hencoops to say,
"Your porches will sen re all the autos that happen to journey
this way. The colors you used are discordant, they're shooing
each other awtlJP;" with strictures disturbing and mordant they
took all the joy from my day. The souls of such neighbors are
tainted with' envy and malice and spleen; their hencoops and
sheds arc unpainted, with mold all their doorknobs nre green.
Their windows nnd whiskers need washing, unkempt arc their
cellar and earn, and so they come drearily joshing the gent who
has painted his ham.
If this Signature
is NOT on 'the Box, it is NOT
BROSIffO (QUININE
"There is no other BR0M0 QUININE"
Proven Safe for more than a Quarter of a Century as a quick
and effective remedy for Colds, Grip and Influenza, and as a
Preventive.
The First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet
Not a few canes of polllnosia (hay
fever) atlll pat n "coUIh," und no
fond are Home folks of UiIh meanlnx
leH8 term that they even dub eertirfn
cases of pollinoHis "roue cold." I
have' mentioned
here . certain cases
of chronic simiftitiH,
particularly infec
tion in the ethmoid
or the Hphennld sfn
usen, which bo close
ly mimic hay fever
as to bo mistaken
for hny fever by the
victim or by the
doctor who employs
second' flight in lieu
of instruments of
precision in diairno-
tilfl. These sinusitis cases which mas
querade ns hay fever betray tyieni
selveM in occasional periods of activity
out pf. season, thut is, at a time of
year when thero is no pollen in the
atmosphere and therefore no possi
bility of hay fever.
There is another gather character
istic and not very rare condition which
sometimes makes a noise llko hay
fever. It is hyperesthetlc rhinitis. It
Is a most interesting condition in
some one else. I suspect, too, that it
may contribute just a dirty little bit
to the absurd notion of "taking cold
from a draft." For one subject to
hyperesthetlc rhinitis can develop his
aliened "cold" in a startllnsly brief
space of time, and you know the
sooner symptoms follow a fancied
"exposure" tho more convincing seems
the evidence.
Attacks of hyeresthotic rhinitis are
characterized by furious sneezing; so
Violent are the paroxysms of sneezing!
that it has been called the machine I
gun sneeze. The victim rips off per
haps 50 sneezes In quick succession,
and1 soon' afterword' he runs at the
nose, a thin watery serous irritating
discharge. Remember, I said this
condition Is sometimes mistaken for
hay fever and that it is false evidence
brought by the deluded adherent of
the "catching cold' BOfthistry. A draft
or wet feet or an insignificant altera
tion of atmospheric temperature or
the amount of kind of clothing worn
will readily incite a paroxysm of hy
peresthetlc rhinitis. Hut the term Is
a' misnomer, for there Is no rhinitis
(Inflammation in the nose) In such
cases. The fact that seizures occur
out of season ns well as in the hay
fever season distinguishes the condi
tion from actual 4ollinosls.
A calcium deficiency in the blood
and other tissues of the body is" prob
ably responsible' for hyperesthetlc'
rhinitis, and for that matter the cal
cium deficiency may account for the
susceptibility of some persons to reg
ular hay fever. Many hay fever suf
ferers have reported alleviation from
taking calcium chloride or calclurn
lactate after each meal thruout the
hay fever season.- Even a small dose
of calcium lactate, five grains, three
times daily, after food, and well di
luted, seems to relieve or diminish
susceptibility to hyperesthetlc rhinitis.
Similar treatment has seemed to di
minish the tendency to seizures in
cases of asthma.' The medicine is
taken thrice daily for about three
weeks, and after that once or twice
a day for a few months.
QrESTION'S AVI) AXSWEIIS
J tare Brotherly ATfection
We are two brothers, both over1 60.
We can wear the same clothes,- hats,
shoes and' collars and we do share
each ulhtr's belongings. The elder
brother, Horace, when a young man.
contracted syphilis. He has no mark
or blemish now that you could notice.
We both wear false teeth, taking them
out at night and placing them in a
glass of water, to ease the gums: Thru
a mistake we changed teeth, so that
Horace has: mine' and I have his. I
am not wearing . them until I hear
from you. Can I wear them without
danger to my health? (I. Y.)
Answer. Certainly. Just gjvo them
a good washing, as you would a. bath
tub or a clinical thermometer or a
teaspoon brother had used.
Maybe Felt' Something Growling
What do you think of the life build
ing method of- the . ' Health
club. An important part of their
preachments or tenets' is that you
must take only one-food meals, as
they claim two or more foods taken
at one meal are likely to produce an
tagonistic elements thaf generate poi
sons'; (C.-Ht Hi) . -
Answer. Quarrels between meat
and potatoes bread' and milk. Mam
and eggs or crackers and cheese fail
to arouse' iriy enthusiasm. Without
renouncing physiology altogether I
can't believe these foods genemte poi
sons when they happen to meet in
one's bread basket,.
Socks
For two yars I have been "rolling
my own" wearing socks as you
would call them. A doctor claims it
will lead to serious trouble for me
later In life. I am 17 years old. Would
like to know your opinion. (Peggy.)
Answer. So far as hygiene or
health may' be concerned' It Is per
fectly all right to do as you please
about that.
Diphtheria Carrier
I would like to know what a diph
theria carrier is, the symptoms and
characteristics of a carrier. The two
weeks' precaution afterward is there
danger of giving or getting diphtheria
during that time? (Mrs. R. W.)
Answer. -A diphtheria carrier is a
person or sometimes; a domestic ani
mal that carries the diphtheria bacilli
in thw noMt or throat, iho not ill of
diphtheria. I do nut understand your
other question.
1
THE GREATEST THING IN THE
WORLD
by Laurel Gra .
AimiTinx A Klrl's desire for a
lye-room apartment with a CMiipko
rug In the parlor, a rireieas coiiKur in
... tho kitchen, a
cnno-senteil chair
in front of her
boudoir dressing
table nnd an Ital
ian fruit bowl
for her' dinint;
room. 'O, yes
' and a ' husbund.
of- course, anion?
other ornaments.
. 2.
V A N I T Y A.
man's desire to
buy his wife 1J
slippers when ho
really ought to persuade her to wear
the kind thijt costs $6.00 a pair.
3.
SATISFACTION A newly-wed hus
bans who finds himself left with $2.35
from his weekly salary tho mornlui;
of another pay-day. .
4. 1
ENVY Tho feelinir a wife feels
toward one of her girl chums who
has just bought a spring suit , for
$90.00.
B.
ENVY NO. 2. Tho feellnR of a
young spinster toward her girl chum
who is married and can't afford a
new spring suit because they Jutt
simply must have a new rug for the
living room, .
Mann's The Best Goods for the Price No Matter What the Price
Mann' 8
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February Clen Sweep Sale
A Sale of timely Men's Wear that the people of
Medford and vicinity are all talking about
3 i-
The prices on Men's Overcoats are attracting special
need a coat next year, buy now. '
Overcoats
Glean Sweep Sale
Two Different Classifications
33 lr37o DISCOUNT
$20.00 Overcoats . $13.95
$25.00 Overcoats . $ 1 8.66
$30.00 Overcoats' . $20.00
$35.00 Overcoats . $26.25
25 DISCOUNT
$35.00 Overcoats ,. $23.33
$40.00 Overcoats $30.00
$45.00 Overcoats $33.75
$50.00 Overcoats . $37.50
All Wool Overcoats, good
patterns and styles, well tailored.
attention. If you are going to
ExtraPantsSale
, j i. 20 , DISCOUNT
$4.00 value Work pants 3 20
$4.50 values Corduroy Pants . JjJJ 4
$3.00 values Dress Pants J QQ
$G.50 values Dress Pants ""'$5 20
$7.50 values Dress Pants QQ
Wool Shirts
CLEAN SWEEPe SALE
$2.00 value Cotton Flannels
$2.98
$3.98
$3.50 value Wool Shirts
$4.75 value Pendleton Shirts
Cotton Sweaters
$1.00
$2.50 Value Caps
$1.00
Slidewell
Collars
7 each
Leather
Work Gloves
$1.'50 value
$1.00
Jersey
Gloves
1
Medium Weight
Union Suits
$1.48
. Wool
Union Suits
$3.50 value
$2.9S
50c Value
Wool Sox
39
Dress Shirts
$1.50 values, collar nttaeliod, or band J QQ
neck .
$2.00 values, collar attached $1.69
$3.50 values, band neck $2.98
Mann's Department Store
The Store for Everybody
Medford, Ore. ":
Styleplus and
Vogue Suits
All in a Clean Sweep Sale
$25.00 Suits ... ...... $2 1.50
$27.50 Suits .. .. ...$22.50
$30.00 Suits .$27.00
$35.00 Suits ... $31.50
$40.00 Suits . $36.00
$45.00 Suits $39.50
SUITS FOR
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
Size 32 to 36
' $19.50 to $25.00
Sortie have 2 pair of pants'
and pick 'em all.
Price 30 CeuU