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COWBOY HUMORIST TODAY
Wtf! ttojers J
Will Rogers' well-known atti
tude on congress Is exemplified In
his big comedy tpeclal, "A Texas
Hteer," now showing ut Hunt's
Crutorlau. The story is that he
Wiim elected without his knowledge
while- he was on the range. His
Hocially-anibitioiiH wife I .on 1st
yuzenihi) had been liberal will)
Ills money in buying votes with
the help of three Texas politicians.
Jlrag. Tell nnd Jllow.
"I'a, you're elected," 1h Ma's
greeting to him.
'Elected to what!" exclaims 1'n.
'To congress. "
"Hell, 1 ain't Roin' to be n con
gressman." '
Monte Carlo's Rival
WASHINGTON, J). I'.. Mar, l!l.
-lOuropean promo; . rs hope to
make ancient Tangier a modern
resort.
ln the Bhndow of venerable
mosques nnd minarets und keyhole
like Moorish archways, they plan
to build modern hid els, . bath
houses and casinos that will rlv.il
the Itlvieia and vie with Monte
Carlo.
"Although Tangier Is but a few
hours ferry rid" from Oilu -a It a,
the city has maintained Its ancient
charm," says a bulletin from the
Washington, I), , headquarters
of the National Geographic soci
ety. Streets Mere Passageways
"For many centuries It has nc
cupicd a reserved seat on the
African side of the Strait of Gi
braltar, In full view of the parade
of commerce to and from Mediter
ranean ports, but today its unim
proved harbor does not permit
docking of larger ocean-going ves
sels. "From the anchorage, Tangier
resembles n white sheet spread
from the seashore up the African
slopes. Tho spot less white walls,
glistening In the sunlight, suggest
that 'clean-up, paint-up week' is
perpetually observed there and
thai the city fathers wilt allow
nothing but white paint or white
wash to be used. As one nears
the shore, however, dashes of yel
low, green and red mark the en
croachment of modern builders.
"Once Inside the city walls the
traveler Is bewildered by the maze
of lanes which the Tanglerians
cll their streets. So narrow are'
they that wheeled ehicles have
never rumbled over the cobbles
nnd pedestrians are cmnpcllt-d to
Jump into doorways to avoid bring
side-swiped or trampled upon by
huge, moth-eaten camels and don
keys. Whose bulging loads spread
nearly from wall In wall.
High Walls fomvnl Garden
mill l'arinyiirils
"In the business section coffee
FILM COUPLE TO
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j Movie fn in the United States won't got a peak at the betrothal
'eeremonlei of Aolph Menjou, screen star, and Kaihryn Carver,
also a movio actress, for they have chosen Jaris as the scene of
jheir wedding..
7hText Steer'
I "Yes, you are. I spent n lot of
- money gettln you elected and you
i can't back out now."
I The Texas politicians are Indlg
nant. "What do you mean, you're, not
going to congress. I's boys hero
have been winking our heudri off,"
argues Hiag (Mack Swain), clinch
ing his point by ills playing two
huge revolvers.
' "Well," Hogors sputters. "I'll go
, on one condition I don't want any
one to even find out wheru I am.
j My poor old mother und father
! told me never to Join the circus,
land here I am elected to the big
IgHst one In the world."
'houses offer the principal Tangier
recreation. 1'atrons sit In groups
'on the floor, playing with odd-
marked curds, or lean against the
walls sipping a beverage, smoking
their pipes, ami sometimes singing
to the tune of a native orcheslru.
Next door nn unkempt shopkeeper
seemingly more interested in keep
ing his long-stemmed pipe lighted
t han In ma k ing a su le, presides
j over a cupboardltke shop display
ing pottery, biasswaro and trin-
keis.
"Ileggars are more Importunate.
'They beg for alms and often fol
' low a 'prospect' until he yields a
! coin. Shouts of camel men and
(street verniers and chatter of pe
destrians make a monotonous din,
broken oecaslonully by the weird
strains of a 'holy' orchestra com
posed of dervishes who parade
.about the streets with Moslem
'banners, begging contributions for
the mosques.
j "An American's description of a
Tangier residential district would
; be 'more narrow winding lanes
, hemmed In by high while walls,'
The walls are blank except for
, doorways leading into courts. A
peep through an open door reveals
some of the. city's garden spots
flower beds surrounding fountains,
shaded by lofty palms. Some
1 coin ts are also used as miniature
farmyards where cattle u nd fowl
'are fattened for the market.
, Market Plniv Side Shows
t "Most travelers ugree that a
visit to the large market, lying just
outside of tho city wall, is well
worth n trip to Tatmior. There
city folk mingle with the rural
folk from the fertile regions In the
vicinity. Men, women and chil
dren, camels, horses, donkeys, dogs
and fowl, alt are huddled together
in the dust amid piles of oranges,
baskets of cuk. casks of olives und
improvised stands for nuts, dales,
candies, kitchen utensils and home
made shoes. The country women
wear broad -brimmed straw ha Is
The Moslems wear kerchiefs, half
WED IN PARIS
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MA
I
J covering Iht-ir fucvu,
j "Around the ede of the market
I pluce letter writna and fortune
ItflU'i'H ply their iirofeNHionn; black,
t portly Sudanese m-tcmpii in tuttem
i dance tu the tune of metal eyni
jlml and dtHcn ditiiKlliiK utxiut their
I hudtf-H, and the fit H-enter und
innukt) chfirmpr amaze throng with
j thrir cltiver trickM.
"Of all the Hide hIiowh the miake
churnier, pern u pit, In utiangeHt. Ah
hia HWHiMtunt beatH a doleful totn-
; toni, he draws a hiK-slng reptile j
' front a Back, nllmvn it to hite bin ;
luriKUA and wipeit away the blood 1
, with a handful of hIirvIiikh- After
convincing hi audience that he 1h
really wounded, he rollH the wet
NhuviiiKH Into a pellet which he
i places in dry hIiuvIdkh. Then he
blow 1 on the maun until It KinokeK
j arid later hur.stH into flarnea. Your
native guide wHl ay 'he 1h a very j
i holy han.' "
Million Laughs
Hero for Night
Rialto Today
The smnll town sap gets tne best
of the city slicker in a rollicking
farce-comedy, "A Hero for a
Night," playing today at the
Kiaito theatre. Cilenn Tyron as
the "Hap" tries to win a beautiful
1'utsy
I Ruth Miller, hy hl wIh..-1.1h."
disturbing and
II111UHII1K llli-UK'Ills
before he makes any headway.
It is said to be one of the most
laughable farce comedies uf the
year and deals with the efforts of
a correspondence school aviator
fly across the Atlantic ocean. He
does eventually, but not when he
intends to and not before he has
enough thrilling experience
keep him awake for months.
to
'Pied Piper"
Is Coming Here
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Next Wedne8dcLVsimXXar ( m" wts,' imohwhhk
"Pled Piper of Hamelln" that
rid the city of rats und dogs Is to
visit Medford Wednesday, April 4.
bringing his bagpipes and playing
tin same old tunes.
The Piper will visit Kidd's shoe
Htore, All the children together
with their parents, will be wel
comed to go and meet him.
To every visitor he will give n
souvenir. Thousands of horns
made in his own factory aro to
be distributed. He will givo away
caps similar to his own and
every kiddie visitor will also re
ceive one of the little books con
taining thu story of his visit to
Hamelin. t
in addition to play Ins on his
wonderful horn he will tell the
children the story of his life and
It Is it most thrilling one.
The Pied Piper will arrivo at
the Kidds stole at promptly -1
o'clock.
Coming Attractions
Mllluil (ili.li. Hunt's Ontfi'lnll
l.lllliin (lish romps to Hunt's
CiatiTlan Thursday In lnr first
inodrrn rolt on lh seivfn.
llt'i-etoforo thi' famous star has
always lived in tho past, no far ns
hi'r plays wmv connr-mi'd; In fact.
It was ol'ti'ii held thai Iiit typo of
wistful appeal rould only ho
hroiiKht out In period plays nnd
stories hark i no- h-i,.!, t ,x t)..i
. . " " "'-i
Itut In "The Knemy." she throws
all precedent lo the wind, to dress
in the clothes of today.
It is n vivid story of Austria.
hinKinii on the danger of war hat
reds and war hysteria, and lays
bare n woman's soul in a series of
heart -KilppinK episodes.
GROWTH PASI YEAR:
Tn n rolallvolv brief period th"
ionoral Insurance company of
Amorloa has hunt up a premium
income of over $.100,000 a month.
The annual financial statement of
January I. 1 Ill's, shews that the
tlenoial wit hits allied companies
has resources of $i.ttil.l40 and
comldncd policyholders' surplus of
IL'. HOB. 70S. The Allied companies
an the ttoneral t'asualty t'o. of
America and tho Western Insur
ance Company of America, while a
ftuhslilluiy company ts the Amer
ican Insurance ARenry.
Tho General, n distinctly Pacific
Northwest inslltiiilon. now has ;oo
iiRcnts In tho three Pacific north'
west states, and IsiIoIuk business
thiuout tho entire oountiy and the
Dominion of Canada.
"The (ionoral now writes more
insurance in the combined states
t Uashlncton. OreRon nnd
than any other of moro than -00
fire Insurance companies entered
In tho three states," says C. Y.
ToiiKWaM. local atsent for M.dford.
"In tho year .lust closed the as
sets of the (ionoral Inoreasod
H.STfi.TJ'l lo n total of S.i 5IS44S.
Tho loss ratio dropped 7 It per cent
from l!i:6 nnd roachlnR the low
mark of 31.3 per cent for la:;.
This Is. I helteve, n lower loss ratio
company.
"As the (Ionoral Is founded upnSv'
ine prnvipio or a Renorselectlon
of fire risks, nnd n lil.u. portion
"f all savltiKs no hack to partlcl
pnline pollcyholdors In dividends,
this low loss ratio Is nn Item of
keen interest to all our policyhol
ders. "Tho year III'.' pWinlsos lo
place (Ionoral of America cninp.tn
les still farther In tho lead In tho
I'nelfir northwest, with excellent
limit res thrnURhout the count' v. "
State beRinf war on ndvertlln
itfiu un iui roud tiufy of way.
VAUDEVILLE HUNT'S CRATERIAN
The Franklin Troupe- Headlining next Wednesday's bill
The Winning of
WASHINGTON, I). '., Mar. 31,
A French Dominion almost as
huge us Canada, and a unified
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1 -
I '"' ' nliliiln an Hiiiijirlutiin.
l in- i nuiulier voted the c(Ulva-
lent of half a million dollars for
" ! fn.m TiiL'i'iit-r i ik a u.,i
to Wagadugu, which railroad
would link European Franco und
her African colonies.
"The Tuggurt-Wagadugu and
j Sara ha railroad is an enterprise
comparable to the completion ,,f
j the first transcontinental railroad
I in the I'nited States," .says a bul-
lettn from the Washington. I). l,
j heaquarters of the National Geo
' irranhie Snefetv
some respects, to that of the Tutt
ed States in joining the netted East
with the' pioneer West. The Uis-
lunee
from TugKun lo Wagadugu
is th
mii on as no m.-i. Joseph.
Mo., to Sun Francisco. Whiten
ing ox and buffalo bones marked
l he route West--will I en ing camel
bones mark the caravan and fut
ure rulhoad route south through
the Sahara. The goal of thu
",,ir"ltt" i.iiooimi was.gom, too
goai oi me j-reach protect cot
ton.
on our West-
"The watcr-ho
ern trails find a counterpart in
the Sahara's oases and wells. The
frontier fort protected against the
Apache as the Sahara n white-
"UMl" J Kuitnis aK.iinst raids lowed the route whieh tile rall-
o f di'sei t marauders. 1'ranee, road prol.alily will take. Indeed
studyliiR Ami-iiea'H Indian Jiroh-1 the stations on the future rail
lem, aheaily dohatos methods of I road aro fixed now have hoen
presei vlriK fi om elvlllzallon s ail- , flxoil f,.i urles hy wells and
vanee the TuaioKs, lhat piefcuroK- i sprlnBS. The 'Hand Dune Kx-
ciue aim iiercn uerlier trine whoso
men wenr veil's yet carry spears
and leather shields Cru.sailer style.
Tho Sahara's "IK-mli Viilloy"
"The I'nited Slates' t ransconl in-
entnl lines had to cross the Hock-
les and the Sierra Nevadas
l-'ranoe must drive her railroad
across the llnars whose peaks
rise 8.000 feet in the mid-Sahara
And as A m erica lis bra veil Ieath
Valley, the French must brave t he
Tanezruft, which swallows up
whole caravans,
"The objection to this compar
ison which naturally nrises Is that
.Norm America s arid reir ons are
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i tiai is true, with
reservation.
The Sahara must not he thought
nf as a seu of sami. h m,.s
inate but one-tenth of tho entire
area of ihe Sahara hesen. K.,n v
tho Sahara is a seashore of fei ing
nil the variety between a smoth
Dnylona llo.ieh' and i
rock-
ooumi .ew rau'laml coast.
Tlio Cniuols of liotnny
"ln some remonH rain comes hut
once In elKht or ton years. The
plants adapt themselves to lotiB
waits l e t w o o n di inks. Italn
promptly sinks lo undeiKrouml
rivers. In-Saiah. which will he u' Lust year there were 41.234 or
sort nf Salt Lake I'ily on the Kanlzod 4-11 cluhs. with a total
l-'reneh railroad, supports thous- ' momliershii of approximately
amis of date palms with water : SOO.Ono farm hoys and ulrls. Tho
from sui-h an undot-:round rivor. j ntajir irojeets undertaken were
"What will New l-'rance he when itho rnislns of dairy and hoof cattle.
a tr.'ins-Sahst'an railroad with ex- swine, sheep and poultry: and sde-
THE NEW
RIALTO
& Tllflavl 0NEnlDyAY "I 3 Day. Starts I h
m iuuut;
Continuous
12:30 to II p.m.
It's a Great Outburst of
Laughter by the Screen's
Coming Comedian.
GLENN TRY0N
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i Good Added
I B Short Features
France's South
tensions consolidates the mother !
country nnd colonies?
Kirst, there is France proper.
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o. III.- mo Jtlhl' IB, U"! l-llll-l MH l
,if Krpni-h Xorth AfiUii whlroh Is
. n domain as liirge u the Amerl-
ctm .Middle Went anil South.
Freneh North Africa borders on
French West Africa, a raw pio
neer country of untapped re-1
sources mvnicu into the colonies
of Senegal. French Sudan, I'pper
Volta, French1 Guinea, Ivory
i 'oast, Dahomey, .Muuretunlu and
Niger. Still farther south and
east Is the great jungle posses
sion of French Equatorial Af
rica. The Size of Afrit-nn Franco
"When all this territory knits
together with the iron thread of
ruiVroads France will be ft, 000
miles long and 3,000 miles wide.
Measured by America the empire
which F r a n r o wnnhl unify
stretches n distance equal to that
r,oin t he. 'Stinlis uf It.-ll.. ll..
north of Newfoundland to Per
namhueo, Hrazil. At Its widest
through the Sahara the empire
is nearly the distance from New
Vork to San Francisco.
"In 1.H9S a French pxnPiUttun
from Algiers took two
years to
ach the Niger. The annual camel
caravan from Timbuktu reaches
Tuggurt in seven to eight months.
In 191:4 an expedition of four
specially constructed tractors
crossed the desert in the remark
able time of I'll days. They fol-
! loess' should make the
'lour dnvs m the nmot
trip In
siBhts nf the "Sanil Done Kvpn-HN"
"Nortli Africa has already lured
t the winter tourist. A railroad
through the, Sahara mnv call him
south. Parts of tho desert are
ilrah nnd dull other parts nro
hewilderim-K. l ntif.i i..n,.
at dawn, sunset and in the moon-
UkM. lino traveler says no one
Who has not been in the Sahara
under a rull moon can understand I
the word "silence. Silence be- t
nines something tangible, a force
, like gravitation
"or temperature. ,
Itluish moonlight bath
the in-
immobile
plains and the
I crav rocks.
. "At sunrise the dunes become
, pink, mauve ami blue. Some
seem to be lacquered or enameled;
j others tremble in tho morning
light like living things. On the
horizon !he dune seem t. hnv
above the solid ground like in
flated sails."
Farm Pointers
MILTON SILLS
In Jack London's
Big Alaskan ,
Novel
"BltftNING
DAYLIGHT"
Hero for a
Night"
Me starts
for
New York in a
broken down air
ship and wakes
up in the
morning
doing a
dance
for the
Russians.
Rothermel's
Music
The boy with
the pleasing
Tunes
;
! qtliilu 0iit:ll)i; WUH oin
1 moBt Impuitant iihaei)
if the
ut me
I wui k.
j Typical of the financial aid vol-
untei-red last year to the cluba was
ithe offer of the (iohen (Indiana)
t'nuniy Hank aHMoclutinn to fi
j nance dairy. and suine projt-cts to
, the extent of $10,000. A count
. wide meeting was called early in
jthe y-ar. Kiht boy and five bIiIh
i enrolled in the dairy club, and
i twenty-three boys and seven girl.-
I in the ttwine club.
The association loaned
the
. money to club member, taking
their iiotcH tlue in three years on
wlne and five years on dairy cat
! lie, with interewt at H per cent.
The no tea were endorsed by the
fathers or guardians of the bor
rower, nnd in every instance the
numey waH used for the purchase
of fine atoek approved by the
county agricultural agent n.
1 "'gg; mm.imi' "'" j"-r " " 1 """ 1 "' "" "tw I
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1 Vfl Be Posted yUfiSV. 3 DAYS
if nlTT IVWVlTMk STARTS
! 1 1 V CONGRESS HERE WE COME!
M A Rogers
b I ju ua.vi f. THF WORLD'S MOST POPULAR
i M TSL 6 -HUMORIST, in I
BrrvJi C SR Texas ,
fijj VlI( teerM
k if II jVix S. Texas.tO'Congress Farce.
Era lW- L Wi" 8ays: A'ter you see this
13 W Kly-Frrf comedy you'll know why the
M I Yfft TlPyjr Democrate are always trying
SS'" iK Gd Admission . ,
W 1 ' i'' SV&S'fi Features Eves 10 & 50
feJi?.WA 'iVkV'- WuHitzer" iF'"
Pi P l V ing m
pf 4A1 ijj "WSouth"W'1 1
FREE
TO THE RIALTO THEATRE
Will be given to school children submitting the best car
toons of MAGGIE and JIGGS during the
MAIL
I Watch the Daily Appearance of
Maggie and Jiggs in the Mail Tribune
j for Ideas
AND DON'T MISS THEM IN THE
COMEDY OF A MILLION LAUGHS
"Bringing Up Father
Starring Marie Dressier, Polly Moran
. J, Farrell MacDonald
Prizes
o 0
Passes to Rialto 0
First 30 Days
Second 3 Weeks
Thjy-d 2 Weeks
Fourth . . . 1 Week
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FOREIGN TRADE AND
THE
AnalywiH of the world trade of
the I'nited States fur the year
liZ'. by the foreign commerce de
partment of the 'hamber of
"ommere of the Tniled States.
hhowH that the cotton grower, the
automobile manufacturer and the
wheat grower supply almost 3''
per cent
f the total exports of
M.Hti4.S05,7?3 which this country
sold to other parts of the world.
The automobile bus become
firmly sandwiched between cotton
and wheat as an important
port commodity und the year Just j Promised fire Insurance reduc
dosed hows that it Is constantly Hons will save Oregon $1,000,000
moving upward in the. sc:tle. Auto- a year.
toiaugn sWjy lUUttl I
TICKETS
TRIBUNE RIALTO
BRINGING UP FATHER"
CONTEST
91
At the Rialto Theatre Otfe
Saturday, April
mobile expoi U Increased from
3:(M79,00U in ly-ti to $383,314,
OuO in ia27, an increase of 21.3
pt-rcHiit. This is greater than th
increase for any other of the more
important export commodities
during 1 1C7. Singularly enough,
exports of automobile tlref in
creased In exactly the same pro
portion, going from $1' 7,5 1 tl,0(jQ in
.42ti to $33,737,000 in 1927.
The review of foreign trado for
the year also confirms the asser
tinti that the I'nited States Is ex
porting more of manufactured urt-
tries
.x ports of finished manu-
Ilu.tures junied from Jl.0u6.7S4.
000 in lfi'ti to $1, 000. oito
ln iy:.7t a Bajn of nearly $l!0.uoo.-
ou0. .More than half the total
exports for 192 7 came under the
two groups, finished manufac
tures. and
Day Only
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Rules of Contest
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years of aire elisjihle. Send ear
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