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o 0 o o o M EDFOPJ) MAIL TRTmTKE, MBTFflU. . 0rMVi0N' KAWftTuY. T)K(WIir:I) S. vwn fotm Medford Mail Tribune AN INDKl'K.NDENT NtlVHI'Al'iiB PUBUbUKD KVKItY APTKKNOON KXCIPT dUNUAY, 11 Y TUB MEDtOitl) I'BINTJNQ CO. The Med ford Sunday Morning Hun ti furnUhed ulwcribtri deiirij.g Ui acvcu-diif tUily owi- uffiet! Wall Tribune Building, IIST-St Nortii Kir itreet. I'hoiie 76. A consolidation of ttie Dcmoi-rutlc Timet, th M.-dford Wit), tiio MHfonl Tribunt, th BoutiV fn Urt-goiimn, lii abijiuiiu inuuiia. HOHKHT W. RtJHb, Editor. 8. HUMrTKK HUH 11, Ut.iu.grr, Br If til In Advance: Daily, with Suiiduy Run, year (7.00 iJaily, with Kuutluy Hun, month 70 bally, without Sunday Hun, year 0.60 Pally, without Suiiduy Hun, moutti . .1 .06 Wwkty Mail Tribune, one year 2.00 fluuduy Hun, one year 8.00 BY CAHItlKR In Uedford, Aidiland, Jackson ville, Central 1'olnt, I'liiwnlx, Talent and on Hisliwav: Dally, vvlfh Rumlny Run, montt Daily, without Nunduy Hun, month... Dally, without Hunduy Nun, oiih ywur. Daily, with Sunday Sun, on year. . . All term by curriwr, cuhIi In advance, .$ .76 7,60 8.60 Entered ai rond-rlimi matter at Bedford, Oregon, under act ol March o, JH7V. Officio! paper of the City of M I'd ford, Officiul uuur of JaeliHon County. Hwom dully average rlrcnnntlfin for alx tnonthtf ending April 1st, 11124, (, mure Umii d'ittlle the fircuiitlioti 01 any omer paper puu Unhid or circulated In Juckaon (Joiinty. The only paper Twiweerv Albany, Ore., and CM co, (Jaliforniii, a diHtance of over 400 miles, having leuaed wire Aaaodated Prea art-vice. UKlfllKltH OF THR AHriCIATKD PKKHS. The AHHOf-fated VreM n eirluaivHy entitled to the une for republication of all newa dla- pa tehee cremteu ro it or not oiwrwiee ereouea In this paper, and also to the local newa pub- llNhed herein. All rights of repuhMcatlon of ipeoUl dij patches" herein are Uo rt.Mn.TVpd. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. ; The well known cltbscn who de clared "the fog wiih invigorating," escaped under cover of the Mime. rOR SAI-K Thirty-five dairy cows, some milking. Ci. V. King. Montague. Western S I s k I y o u h Ni-wn.) You'ro right, absolutely! - K.oi;ir , id'endlclori Hast Orcffoiilun) ' The wedding march wiih played. Mrs. J. Douglas Wallop and Mr. James J I. (.! ret singer of Capo Alay, sang "O Promise. Mo" and JuhL before the appeuraneo of thu bride, "I Love Three." It has always been the layman's Impression that hennery chefH could not fry potatoes without producing poker chips; but it they would only keep the Jul'uge glue out of the out meal. A nine year old Portland hoy shot and killed his mother. Tho faot that it gun was handy had nothing at ull to do with the tragody. After today, tho community will return to normalcy, and gosh! how they dread It. Neither does self-admitted virtue need a briiHH bund, or saint linens r-kyroekets: OcedH, not creeds, 11 ro what the world needs ( DeedH that are done In tho open day. In (he light of the sun. There Is no worthy tank that needs a mask ' Not one! (Shelley.) Cynics seem to think that tho row over Prohibit bin enforcement, in which tho President is slightly in volved, 1m more to get tho right man appointed tit the right job than to eh force Prohibition, 1 Xexl to not parking In front of a fire hydrant, autobus obey best the In w prohibiting going by a scliool hniiHU faster than Id miles per hour. coon OU 1AYH ' In IKflo, let us say, you were poor. The underclothes you had on were ittiide of flour sticks or, If you pos sessed those buggy, fleece-fined tblngH, they were huge enough to tillow for several years of growth, and they were patched on the knees and elsewhere. The pants you had on were made of dad's old ones, and they were patched also. Your coat was frayed ttt the rnd of the Hleeves nnd needed clipping at Intervals. When you needed n haircut dad did tt on Sunday morning, using the back of the comb at Intervals to pun ish you for not sitting still. You took a bath in the kitchen, using the wash basin and u rag; you iitept In your underclothes; you wore woolen stocking contributed by grnndma, ami these were knotty with dHrns. Kot dinner every day not lunch you had a stew of beef and potatoes ami onions, ami on linking days you came In from piny to get (he heel of the outside loaf and flit It with butter that would melt and make a feast fit for a king. Had had great trouble keeping you In show, and be always groaned when you told him how many school hooks you would need. Mother made over last winter's hat, nnd kept on remaking drosses until the gVulH vnre out. She wore cotton stockings and did her own washing, and was thrilled hryoml words when 'dad hired a horse and bungy to take her somewhere on Sunday, Ah, well; the poor are with us nl ways! They wear sttk stockings now, ami perhaps have a decrepit flivver. ( 'ertalnly they have better furniture and more comforts ami convenience. than the well-to-do Mid In lttuo. Itul t hey feel poor, and they i-escet the fact that tjo-y can't go to Florida this winter. Ton see. the girl m-e in colleftn ninl need a little spending money, and there are the payments on th walnut set in the dining room nud the radio set and mother's tor Hiat. It takes sn lot to flvo these 1; and one nust watch tho p-nnlcN. (ft.ihhnore Huu In the 1'mmlsAl lrfind JI"nitAM:M Thrr nn tpli-lihnm-whPH mrrnfW 1lu l''rt rnllti' tif Olf children lsi'ticl tu the rnmlrtt-il luiifl. Horvlco ItiiH lic.'n opcm-il he Iwccn 1:IH unJ 1'ukaUiiO, THE INCOMPETENT NOSE. 7 OUR nose knows less tlnm it n scientific writer. TIib sense of smell in the average civilizPil person is commirutively ineffective. Must vf us, it is said, could not identify over a dozen different odors if our noses were not aided by our eyes and ears. An experimenter concealed in uniform containers such varied rialej'iuls as lemon, coffee, violet and rancid butter. Then he hd Mimerous friends try to identify the contents through their unuidvd fiense of smell. Not one made a perfect score. In other experiments he has found that a woman who is particu larly fond of fresh violets and takes especial delight in their frag rance does not recognize the same fragrance if coming from a little bottle t lie contents of which she does not know. Perhaps we have had to depend so little on our sense of smell in the process of evolution tlmt we are losing it. Or perhaps the nose has lost the delicate discrimination it once had because of the strong odors and clouds of train and factory smoke which fill the air in many of our cities. It would be interesting to find out whether a country man has a keener olfactory organ than a city man. There may be times when an effective sense of smell would save life. On the whole, however, most persons are not greatly handi capped in their pursuit of success and happiness by nasal shortcomings. A NOBLE GKRAfAN aristocrats are scandalized by the fact that the young Count John Lercheufeld auf Foegering and Shoenberg lias taken n job as floor manager for dancing parties in a Rerlin hotel. For 500 years it has been considered that no scion of that family should accept any employment from the state or army. Young John, who happens to be a handsome fellow and a good dancer, with modern ideas, thinks he can earn more in such work than he could get out of his wrecked family estates, and doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't take the job. Americans wifl look at the matter as he does. They will make the additional comment that the count will probably do Germany less harm by his dancing , than the German nobility has done it latterly in public service. QUILL Oh, wi-11; lerlmps .Mitchell had If hoodi-ili'Miking winter comes, How it snddens one to see a Homebody to -end it. Dull times are those in which real estate you buy. Communism will work beautifully when love instead of greed inspires it. ' . i j Thanksgiving, IfiiT): Shooting a turkey with a gun; 192"), get ting a birdie with a club, . A snob is n pedestrian who doesn't mind being knocked down if it's n limousine. At last Franco has Germany disarm suspicion. Doubtless the world was made in seven days. There were no ef ficiency experts then. All lands have something to be ashamed of: Friction in V.u ope, fiction in America. A "great" president is one who the people are making money. Contempt for brawn is what thirteen collar. "Chase yourself, Cap." "'d the future private in the air ser vice; "you'ro an idiot, an' I'm takin' no orders." "Well, doubtless Jim enjoys being as he enjoyed being Governor of it. RipplfngRhuniQS RETRIBUTION. POOlt fintiAK l'OK, home down by woe, read books nnd' wrote reviews; the caustic term that makes men squirm he seldom failed to choose. For he was broke, his watch in soak, his stand-off null and void ; and, being sore, books were a bore, no author he enjoyed. His life was dark and cares that cark uprose on every hand; he'd take it out. on some poor scout whose book had come to hand. The high and low by Critic Toe, were roasted, trounced and flailed; the crossroads bard was jiummeled hard, Longfellow was assailed. This work .of Toe's made countless foe.s of writers great and small; nnd when, with vim, they wrote of him, their pens were dipped in gall. They set him down as boor and clown, as iugrate, drunkard, knave; this cvil'fiuuo still clouds his name, though long he's filled a grave. It seems a sin that he should win renown so dark nnd foul, b;cause some jays he would not praise rebelled and raised a howl. Men often rise to roast the guys wlm slandcrjjd ono so fine, with lie$ absuiW ad bitter wovl and gossip most ma ' lign. Hut when 1 read pale rMgar's screed denouncing men and books, w ith "savage irc niul0vcnom iMl'o, t sigh and say, "(iadzooks! The men thus sorted ere much groVked, nnd played the vcngPntieo game; and I can't say, at this late day, that they were luucPto blame!" -I i i i i i i a is driven erfilit for, itcconliii"; to DANCER. POINTS rather be right thnii 11 colonel. the courts will bo far behind. poor, forlorn strike begging for you arc expected to pay for the disarmed; now if she could just happens to be on the job while you feel if you wenr a number the husband of Texas as much Eproonal Health Serrico tf WILLIAM EKADY. tt. Signed letters pertaining to peruana! health and hygiene, not to dlieise dlagnoslf or treatment, will be amwered bf Or. Brady if a stamped, te It-ad dressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. Owing to the large number of letters received, only a few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. Oyex! Oyez! Plenty of simple honest folk would! probably testify to my regular or! J - ... I uhuuI lriHunlty, hut I wonuer now much u colleague would sank me fori His expert opinion that 1 was suf feriug from some hitherto unknown kind of special in sanity for a few hours. If I should go out and mur der a few proof readers, editors or other beings without souls? 1 m saving, up for the big day, but first I wish a few alienists of standing would submit bids for the job. When a doctor hus his day In court and comes off with any traces of ilitrnilv Htlll Intact, that Is sign that tho judge and lawylrs In the case are very dull Indeed, on ethical principles a lawyer will haze a medical witness even though he knows tho doctor is going to ope rate on his (the lawyer's) mother-in-law in the morning. There Is enough scandal In the present system of expert testimony to cause some talk of modifying it. But I don't believe the lawyers really want to chance the present arrange ment. T believe they're going to eliminate the medical expert, by i gradual process and take upon them selves the function which these wit nesses have served. Innumerable cases now on record as precedents indicate this trend; attorneys and judges conjure up expert opinions from their own consciousness and weave them Into the testimony and decisions us "common knowledge." It is human nature to assume that what one thinks one knows must be common knowledge." This is akin to Hillings complaint. In a recent finding of the Massa chusetts Industrial accident commis sion, this- interesting passage occurs in the report bearing upon a claim for romtwnsation for pneumonia al leged to have been caused by injury: "Men do get pneumonia and die who have not been injured,, nnd since the" germ theory of pfiiumonia has become fully blown It is a favorite sport of phystcinns to testify that pneu monia attacks the strong nnd healthy us well as the weak and nnn -resist en t. Of course, most of this testimony Is given In personal Injury cases to show that personal injuries had noth ing to do with the onset of pneumonia. Hut it Is n matter of common knowledge that men carry pneumonia germs around In their mouths all the time and that they never nttnek them (that Is, as n Philadelphia Inw yer could point out, the germs never attack tho men) until the germ carrier suffers a lower ing of big resistance. It may be n chill from the cold, or. from n wetting, or it may he n per sonal injury. The germs which men carry around with them do not suddenly become virulent and life-destroying unless some thing occurs within the man to give these germs a fertifle field In which to work." Thn commissioner must have con jured all that bolngna from his own inner consciousness, for there 1h no Hcientlfic evidence that chill from the cold or from a wetting "lowers resistance." The finding of the commission that the pneumonia which followed fi personal injury and caused death was attributable to tho Injury, Is a sound one, for there Is ample scien tific, evidence that injury to the lung predisposes to pneumonia. Hut where the pure nuperstttfon about chilling, nnd wetting, is dragged into the case as "common knowledge" that's the humorous part. There Is a lot of rich humor In the law If one Isn't at the moment a witness or on trial for nnythlng. This erudite commissioner remarks patronizingly that it is "a favorite sport of physicians to testify that 'E BATE TR1 Dec. 5, 18S8 67 yr, mo. i Peasants lifrfting in a field near Toledo, Spain, unearth a rare treasure. Stooping to remove an , object obstructing hi spade, a ' peasant found, encrusted in the i soil, eight ancient crowns richly - studded' with rubies, pearls and sapphires. One of the crowns boro the legend, ""Kecccswinth Rex." , Since a Gothic Kin ReccKswinth is known to hae ruled in Spain about the year 653, it m supposed that these were the crowns of his household probably (juried dur ing some time of confusion, sinco no remains of a caket were found. Cvirns&i, lin' ffswHF. srnJmis. lae Oyez! pneumonia attacks the strong nnd healthy, as well as the weak am.; . nn,ilui .i nt Wall thnrnii n rillPH- i - ((-'". i nun Knowledge. very.uuy ,.u - ... i j Aitnougn tne pneumo.oc-,u . found in the mouth, nose or throatl uf nine out of 10 persons. It is a virulent type In only two out of 10, and a liurmlefc type In tho other eight persona. QVKSTIOXH AND AXSWF.IIS. l.lko Jluinlet Without ti Grave. Is It scientifically poHMlble to, re move the eaffleno from coffee, ns Is claimed for certain brands. Mrs. E. C. Answer The larger part of the raffiene is removed from uch cof fee, and what Is left doesn't tuste so very bad either. Mlttht Try An Alcmllo Gun. My husband is troubled badly with running ears. Kindly exioln how to use cod liver oil. Mrs. B. 1 M. Answer Internally nnd moderately if at all. When 1 suggested the use of cod liver oil as n remedy which will Increase natural resistance to infections of the middle ear and the nasal sinuses, I should have specified that tho oil Is to be taken internally over a period of a few months In the year, for a child a tenspoonful a day perhaps, for an adult n tahlespoonful. The idea nnd purpose is to provide the vitamin which seems to help the body to re sist Infections. On llrlngilie C'nmiMiny Home From .school. Several months ago one of my sons ame home from school In fested with head Ike. I have tried many things, and several times I thought I had got rid of them, but presently they reappear on one head or another and with five to cure for I am getting discouraged. Mrs. M. K. a. Answer Let each youngster satu rate his or her head thoroughly with kerosene for two hours, and see to It thnt they keep nway from fire and flame while the kerosene is on their heads. Then a thorough shampoo. That will destroy any lice. Then use a dish of hot vinegar, and draw strands of hnlr through a cloth or towel with the vinegar each time. This will dissolve and destroy the eggs (nits) which remain attached to the hair shafts near tho scalp. If you make n day of it, carrying this out thoroughly, nnd also soak their, head coverings for an hour or two In gasoline, kerosene or benzine, you will get rid of the company. If lice is the worst thing the children cntch at school, yours Is a well-conducted school. A TiM'turor-s Hokum. A recent lecturer In this city ad vised taking a tublespoonful of salt In a quart of warm water every morning on arising as n health pro moter, laxative, and to give one pep. Is this a good thim to do? Is there any danger In It? How about taking half tho amount of snlt and water? Uiella. Answer Well, n lecturer has to tell em something for their monev. Since most people consume enough or too much salt In nnd on food it Is unwise to nd, to tho excess a whale of n dose like that. The quart or such portion as you can com fortably drink, of water, warm, hot cool or cold, as you prefer, is n good hnhit. for most of us take too little water nnywny. Timely .Views on World Topics "I'lnt'pMrivliaiit Marino Vnder Con trol of President," Advocates Ship, ping KiK'rt. Administration of the American nierchnnt marine will bo removed from the control of the United States shipping board and plneed directly under control of the president. If the government adopts yio policy of reco menuea to Presi dent Coolidgo bv H. O. Dnlton of Cleveland in a spe cial report mado public recently. Dalton was chos en to make a sur vey by tho presi dent. 'Ph. Hn. . it. i "T iu l ren. ommends: &i Complete sepa- uTTWi'Tiki " " "i me hmergency Fleet Corporation from the shipping bonrd and transfer to the fleet corporation of nil ships, terminal nnd other prop, ertlcs and facilities, hooks nnd ac counts, the Insurance funds and re search bureau. ' Iteorganiaitlon of the controlling body of tho Kniemencv k-l..ei - nthm, now composed of seven trus tees. IJnlton would establish n hoard of directors or trustees, composed of . . . mi . ,u ,vnr- nnvy anrt com mence, and tho postmaster ..,-., or these four cabinet members with the ndditlon of trustees-at-lnrge ren. l-esentK ,,, A, ,,. p,lrjf(, am Gulf regions If the nre.l.lem all to serve subject to the pleasure of I'l-csmeni. The report recommends thnt sur plus ships should be sol, I ns pnunptly as possible. M numbers fit in time to thlme, spread anmg the va r oil, concerns whlcltcan scrnp'fhem thus ilneflttiiic ,,,.. i,.,!,-.,.,.. Glortn Kino! $2ftn NEW VOI1K c.lorli. s,vnn. must pay a :io fine Tor contempt Mie lost an anneal over n . 1"ine lo .H without testifying In Janet Uccchtft Uivorc .utl. Tho Kml ttt the Search. CluiKli. KUTKle. KUKle! Cirowly mme a queer noiso In his throat nnd Blanced up nt I'cter. "What does that Hound likfl to Vou ?' asked the Hear. The Hoy knew . - awuy hla Mvnd meant. iLk( wnt(?p runnlng mit of a bot. tI(l! Aml n,s M waa ri(;ht.t Crowly nn(1(lfl(1 Itight-o. Well, when a Hear hears a noise he doesn't understand he stops whatever he Is doing to find out what It is. I had blundered upon' some Two-Iegs in the woods and hud sear ed them off, but now I left off chas ing them and turned buck to inves- tigate that strange sound. And I al most stepped Intd a bright ( shiny tin pail lying on its aide and right at my fee. Something was flowing out of it but it was not water; oh, no, it was not water!" (Irowly shook his head. "It was something thick nnd brown and sticky and It smelled, oh. so good. " Ah, ha! Honey!' And I growled in glee. 'Now for a feast for a sly young hear!' And into that sticky stream I stuck my paw. Oh me, oh my! What a terrible surprise! That sweet smelling liquid was. as hot as fire. I burned my poor paw, burned it just as badly as though I put it In a flame! " 't'gh, ugh! Wow! Grrrr!' "I wept and I walled and I gnashed VTh hardest tiling, next t glttln' .lack )emsey t live in the Balkans, Is rcMluciti' your bins without Jim my, h' your fact,1' mivs Miss Tnwncy Apple. A lilck town Is ono where ovcii n hnlr cnli changes Hi whole npiHannu'c the community,' Who's Who Sir W. Itcglnald Hall The mnn who was responsible for the downfall of most of tho German spies lrt England during the late war is Just beginning to receive recogni tion for his ser vices. He is Sir W. Reginald Hull, head of the Intelli gence service of the British admir alty, during the war. It is now revenled for the first time that the famous teleg ram which announced the open Ing of Germany's "sink without trace sub marine campaign" was captured by Sir Heglnnld and given to Lord Hal four for the American government. From 1311 to 1!13 he was naval assistant to the comptroller of the navy. He also commanded his ma jesty's ships Natal, Cornwall nnd Queen Mary. While director of the Intelligence service he was made a rear admiral In 1117. In 1DH2 he retired ns vice-admiral. Sir lteginald Is 53 years old nnd hiring the past two cars -wns prin cipal agent for thcsunlonlsl party In Kngland. 0 llulld Kxttorimcntnl Datll RKSNO An experimental dam is to d.e constructed and destroyed on Stevenson creek, a trtbutnry of (tV-e Son Jnanuln river. ThWlnm Is to be erec'l at a cost of 1100,000 and Is exulted to provide lnfnrmn on lh.polnt nt which a dam will fall to U'ln t;,e power uf iho river. my teeth, but my paw nehed on. The tears rolled down to the tip of my nose and dropped with a splash on tho shiny tin pail would never have spilled at all. With my paw In my mouth I just sit there all In a heap and wish ed with all my might that I was safe back home in the cave with mother. If I hadn't wandered so far away I would never have fallen' among tho terrible Two-Legs nnd the terrible Two-IgH would never have run off and upset the shiny tin pail, and tho . shin ytin pall would never have spilled 4 outs its fiery sweets, and the fiery to burn my meddlesome paw! Uh! huh! Kverything might have been all right if only I had been a good Cub and minded my mother. "Didn't learn my lesson! It took more than a burnt paw to teach me to mind my own business. It took a sore head, too. YAu can just bet I didn't do any more meddling with that hot stream at my feet, even tho I was certnin it was as sweet as honey. Hut by nnd by, when my paw stop ped aching, I sat up and began to take notice of things about me!" "Trick, trick, trickle! What could that queer noiso be? It sounded to mo as though something was going on over by the large maple tree. So1 I y paddy-pawed over on all fours. And what do you think I saw A thin brown stream trickling out of a hole in the tree's trunk." "And I knmy what it was!" cried Peter. "Maplo syrup. Those men you frightened away had been tapping thnt tree and it was In the boiling syrup you burned your paw!" t "To be sure, I know that now! Hut I was a stupid young Hear In those days. However I kept my paw out of the stocky stream. IJurned once, shy the second time. And then I for got the sticky stream for I spied a stone nearby. I couldn't see where I over to sniff at It. Umm! How sweet! Carefully I touched the jar with my tongue. It was cold. I licked the rim of the jar. Delicious! Then I proved what a greedy Cub I really was. Down into that stone jar went my head and I ate and ate and ate. At Inst I could swallow no more. Hut when I was ready to pull my head out of the jar I couldn't get it out. And here I was with a jar on top of my head. I came near smothering. L.ucky for me that there was a big ston enearby. I couldn't see where I was going and I tumbled head over heels over it and the stone jar was broken to pieces. And when I was free again, I was n wiser fellow!" Next: "Disturbing the Peace." Poems That Live Poetical Justice. Our busiest thinkers are idle drones In tho eyes of the workaday woi Id, And the songs that echo the angel's tones Are but leaves of the autumn whirled. , Ey the breath of the frost from up In tho sky. To the dullard who dwells In the vale. And spurns them, as o'er his path they lie In the lull between gale and gale. D. B. W. S. Children's Pictorial Cross Word Puzzle Running Across. , ' ' Word 1. What animal swallowed Tom Thumb in the picture? Word 5. An insect sometimct found in houses. f Word 6. Above you. iffi Running Down Word 2. The name of a moun tain range in Missouri. Word 3. The name of Noah'l boat. .Word 4. Timid, retiring. YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE 'A ANSWERED 1 How About till" Owls? LONDON The fog Is so thick th.it pigeons are sleeping on St. fault cathedral (1 daytime.. Ga -