ArEDFOTD MATT, TTUTttTXTV MEDFORT). OREfiONY MONDAY.' JULY 23, 192H.
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IIEDF0R1) SIAILTRIBUNR
Dillj. S.HkUT. Wratll
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BOHKKT W. HUM.. Editot
b. HUMITER bUlTH, Hllll
An ludiMDdtnt N..lp
Kntii u ond cl.M mtttf t
loru, Ongon, uiulel Act ol Utrcb 9. 18".
flUHRCRIPTlON HATES
Br Mill In Advirx:
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Dally, with Sunday, month....
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Official paper of the City of W-.fford. I
Official paper of Jackaon CouiiU. !
Ye Smudge Pot
Br Arthur Pen?
W't'.sic.in Afrti-a nullveii Ht the
tniif;u'H of wlxnphiHlo plliyrfM. Th'
l.lou i not lopyi lBliti'il. iirnl nilelii
work on lorul initlvi-H. who floiul
ihhly lniulre:
"IS IT HOT ICNOUiH I'Oll
VIII?"
Thin Is a foiTRonr coiu-Iu-hIuii, If
there ever wjih one.
Torrlility hereiilioutH. u I vra y
lirliiRH out nnolher unique rum,
who cheei-ily alletjef:
"I KN.IOY T1IK II HAT."
lie (Iooh nothlnu uf the klnl.
A Htrlklng peculiarity of the heat
In the HoRUe River. In that it Is
iinia'inRly devastating u i s t a t f.
l'ortland 8iuattcil on the iiiugKy
lianks of the Wllhinielte, Willi
liery hlasts ouzlng thru the nar
row streets, and a mercury reRls
Irallon of 9S degrees. Is always
sympathetic, thru the press, when
the same meicury shows 10! dc
Kix'es here. The headlllies squeal,
ill consequence:
SI'MMKII AIIIIIVKS II Kill'..
MH'THKItN A It 10 A STI I'l.KII.
SAI.K.H IIKI'OKTIOII MAItM,
Hill MAItU TOI'CHI'.I),
The Roolest teluperiitures on
earth are cooked-lip In July anil
August in the highways and hy
waya of the metropolis, yet they
leavu the impression that the
hymn, that devotes 8 line "lo Icy
shores." meant I'urthtml. Instead
of Oreenland.
The Anti-Saluon League of Ore
gon with characteristic impudence,
announces in effect, lhat unless
ihe Itepubllcan party of the na
tion, does as they think best,
J mover ih ruined. The H. O. P.
dry plank is not arid enough, and
neli her in its candidate-), In the
eyes of the self-appointed political
dictators. 'I'hey hae dire doubts
ii bout the outcome In November,
unless I heir vision Is followed.
What do Ihe eminent drys, en
dorsed by the organization us del
egates to Ihe Kansas (ily debauch,
after struggling through Ihe
drouth, think of the latest stand,
for representative patchncsn?
Kor many years this col. has
Iteen valiantly bat t ling the forma
tion of a rivie maie quartet. While
thus engaged, we were sneaked up
on. and stabbed In the back, with
a mouth-organ band-
Lady Kord-foupe of the local
Imitation British pet. reports she is
(westing like a blawsted equine.
One of our social terrors wns
caught on the Sabbath vainly en
deavoring to master the Intricacies
of the delicious but abominable
loasttng curs. The Injection of a
couple of iMiiiitous looking surgi
cal instruments. In the north and
south pole of the roasting ear.
while highly ornamental. helped
not a whit. There seems no way
to Httack a roasting ear. except
ravenously, and. there is no use
tr tug to do a neat Job of it.
". Wig Ashpule has n cold. He
im. nt-u u i niv nine ior same.
Tomus Sweui i back from Un
frozen North, where hp viewed
totem pobs, that have defied the
dawn and teeth of ants for years,
but not the pm ket-knife of "K
M. t. iVmia."
The new order of Ihe Prohibi
tion Kufori emeu! bureau, calling
lor ihe fingerprints of bootleggers,
uml dry agents to wear blue caps,
with large and resplendent silver
shields, is a dandy, pleading alike,
"the sweet singers of the plains."
and "the forces of Phm-huHh." It
is apparently an equitable dlvlMon
of the law. but only seems so. The
highly visible blue-enps tdiould be
put on the bontlesKers. and finger
prints taken of the dry agents.
i:ntiu SIAMS
No telling when- the weiid
Mould be without enthuiuts. for
i lit minla-ds uu- people who ki-ep
contlnuiilly reminding us of thlnvs
that oiik'ht to be done. They Mil
our eonscteiH es, they make up at
tend meetings, they force us to
serve on committees and captain
teams.
Un the poor sailors stand In feed
of heavy under w ear. the l iji In
landers of Scripture, the prisons
of w bob some rcHdimt .' .re hum
ble dwel lings a cesspool of vice
nnd sin? Are drettdlul condition
lit our very doorstep ? o wc , at
loo much meat and chew It too
lllllr? Hons paper litter the streets
and what about the flow er gar
dens? Is our liberty being tnkrn
from Us? Are we menaced by
Holshevlkfl? Are the cnrpuralton
atiangllnff us? In short. In noth
ing um It should be and ever thing
as It ought not to bo? Then comb
the enthusiasts tu dis us from
our' homci and our easy chalin
und arm uu or thc buttle. Ualit
more sun.
DON'T MENTION IT!
tin Iti-st proti'ctioii iininst
t'OllVriMllKMl rctflinllMK the SitllH
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jmi't KMllarl V OniloXlUUS M'st, fit
)( I v who iipiiiios nf rvcrvonc lie mii'ls if lliis "Itot iqionli
fur ytni."
Of ooiiisc il is. Wliv lilliulc to siiiiiflliinu; Hint rvorytim-
know
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If. Illt-llll ..f ll.inklll
lure, inui-i- )imiii- Hiuilil Itink iitiDiil llii'in, they would obstTvo
Hint those who nn1 I lie luisirst uml talk tin- lo.ist, are tlur must
foiiil'ortiililc.
I'p to two (lavs iil'o lliis linil In'i'ii llii- most, pi-ifi-rl stiniiiicr
in tin- Kokiii' liivt'f vnllcy in inotlcrii hislory. Kor ovt-r two
moiitliK .Mi'illuiil lias uitii mi
(he wortl !
HI' fourse that was too irmul to last lorcvcr. soiim kiiiiiikm--in
is iinnvoidablc in this part of the world. Xow we. nrc nini
mpriiiL' alriiiht, alright, lint it probably won't last lonjf. It
never does, particularly a nit'lit. like last ni-ht. And with
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eool nij-'lits, the dnvs don't matter niiieh.
So, in addition lo followiiiff Ihe hot wenlher advice of old
Oootor Uraily and Ihe Stale ISoanUif llcallh. I urn off Ihe switch
on this hoi weather buzzing. Il does no t'nnil. and does dii
liarni. Think about other things, Medford's new wuter system
for example, or the electric, refrijerator !
VES INDEED!
BIv'TKR not think about the
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loo lilllell fllcohol III it, s
KTTKII not think about the
loo niiieh alcohol in it, us
However, if you iimsl think
111 euicniucill, iiiiok iiouiu u nuiu inc. . u:. mmiil ui a nioie ui i
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lesn ocinciictl uinn ui.
Krom such an alible one may
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are hvinK. for example. At the
olntilintit iw irninir ii. snort lnnrr
first of .September, ami the donkey will have a nose like a tapir.
in everv tinv s press repori,
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erais nuiioilliee uicir sn poori oi
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.nun,, iiijiiiuii, nun i,.....i.
print, everyone knows there are ninny of Ihein.
Krom the standpoint of " voting the ticket straight,'
aiiti(iialetl old wheeze this newspaper has fought so many yean
this is coin"; lo be a fri-rhlfully crooked election.
QUILL
KeliKion ean iimke a eainiuiin bitter, hut not the reli
of the leailer who taught men to love their enemies.
eoiivietion is like a iM'e.imiiee. exeept that vou can hold :
it without culling liard names.
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A hvpoerite is a Hum who pretends to he just as perfect as
rim 'im.l ml il.i.wn'i lie vnn .In j
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The typewriter is worth while, if onlv to traiiMate that
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imy penwork the business man ealls il Mp:nalurr.
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Aiitericanism: .Males Inhoriii
fm females who do their pari hy spendinn; it.
If mother ever smokes, S( will insist thai
ette hutts are jrood enough for her.
And some people are chrome, invalids because that's
only way to attract constant attention.
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I here isn t room m one small
the lille of jolil.
rteson : A place where vou
hoard yon wouldn't endure at home.
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Marry if you wish, son; hut
cause of a heavv load
Ah. well; think how many mine wars mi'ht lc in pr'u
except for the work of the league.
Correct this sentence: "And
hardly eat enough to keep a bird
It is estimated that per cent of those who think stocks w ill
keep on "oini: up forever will have a turkkey u Thattksivini:
Some cosmetics are so useless, however, that the most lib
eral use of Kreneh in the adveiiisiii',' can't pftt them over.
Americanism ; Hrinu'inur home souvenirs
to do with them; throwing them away.
MUTT AND JEFF
rff'i A TttOAT To JC rVOUMt
HGCNCV hCAR HlrVA
I HC COMCS FR-rA AUSTf
j AMX CROPS HIS H'S
i ooir ute sir ibMev;
X HkG THAT SToFFj
lr-'i il '
Set
lii'iit is mil to lliihlf, iibcutt it.
lIHTI'lv Jlia k ' It Manlier. A
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till present lime, is Hie UUK,Y-
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illKl IlllklllS thl I p.T.l
nk'al stiimntT rcsori, meal is j
presidential election. there is
well as too much gun powder.
about it, which seems to be our
presidential election, there is(ii) stagnation and Cl accumula-i
., , , 'Hon of moisture in the nir. Hills :
well us ti llllieli L'lin-nowder. ,
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even arouse a breeze of humor
,. Imiii. tin. elenlianl mill ,ln,,Lv
present rate of exchange, the
"Dointed hiiirv ears" before the i
lira or iiireii proiniiieiii kciiio.
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nuuiri , alio iiuic mere are
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POINTS
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- r to provule .spemlin nioiiry i
famiU
rar-
the
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world for the liohleu Rule and !
pav ;i weti
k for rniii and !
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many planes tail to ri.se he- :
yet." said the plump lady, "I
alive."
wonderim: w h it
The Heat's Responsible
(Wi.-, CCrVjY AO A
TALK.
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I lllCr- lAftfTK-ni.T TTiAV. I . 1 imrU iniTVl 0A.AHlT I I ATHP. T CAV fill) IX I I s- I
MKG W0t!kOuT TobAV
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Personal Health Service
ly WILLIAM BRADY, H D.
filfnH lfttvn (wrUlnln to prrona health tnd hirirn. not to diw 4ignni or
I lftin-nt. will U iniwered by Or. Iiral? If Umpt-d, Mil aiMrNwd nvHo i fiicImH.
j Utlen Hhould bt brief rid written. In ink. Owing lo tlie Urg nurnbrr ul lettrr re-
mwi, omy a irw imi w iiwrrru mre. -o ffiy can w uuiic iu itiin nut wuiuou
iiK u. ihKirw-liuii. Adtireiw Or, Wiltitim Brady, in crt of tbi newuiier.
AN OL'TldXH
No. -13
in v n recent years pnysioio-
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or vliiutfd nir. JurinPi ly
W HVUMlfll tlmt
ihf uir In an oc
cupied room be
cHinn "foul" or
vitiated from tin-i-xtiau
n X I o n nf
the oxygen ami
the accumulation
of carbon diox
ide (ciirlionl
acid pas) in the
nil- Urettthetl by j
i'-ns or animals l hen. too.
tn, t-l.iirPil VHiiii- f;inclf nhiiiit
"oiKanir iinpurUit's" or "wasic
nmttri-" lvrn off or fxcretrd
frnni tin In nM vf pfixiiiN nr an
I mills in i In- roniii. Kfii'iii if it-sUnli'-s.
wll Ii prrclw in fasti if
iikmiIh. hnvp shown thiii mt n v of
I lM'M fji miliar lilf-as uppllos hi
nii'Iic;il i-xperii'itLO. Tho ilp)ircys
irin or unwlHilfsoiai' nffcts of
'ud' or "foul" 6v villain iiir
upon oi-cupiinlM of tin poorly ven
lilati'd or unvenlilHtotl otu-loHurn
nro oi'litmrlly dur- to (11 warmth,
(i!) HiiiKtiHtinn and CI) accumula
III llMII.i l-,l' lllliriu ism ("lUlliLi'l
students confined in an air tluhl I
! chnmlicr proved that the mere!
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the stirring of the "foul"
Hie hermetically sealed
Hir in
room
head
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CIH'C
: "foul"
XL
, - n "1clum is ra.hcr desir,.,,,..
"frei." !iir Thtnu- Minn h linip'
electric fan might have done fori
oilcuua:
To it ro vide "fresh a r for thft
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occup. nts ol any room. then, the
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essentials are ill lo l.eep me
temperature of the nir from rls-
ine ahove tUe comfort point, which!
varies in different circumstances
t but averages 6." to
degrees
. ro.c,,oe.i. ....u v., i mt,. iovi, , niktiiii., ...r
lair in the room In motion. These i(0niites 11I1(J ,h'rJ Ikf 1 1'"
:,tlr will tin Iniirllt.- tnif imii-k i
of the other requirement, the I 1
evaporation of moisture from the j
I skin and the lungs of occupants, j
I When the entire mass of air i
! moves we cnll it a breeze or if!
il uunrn inri ciiougu, inu. ,iosi
j where the line is to be draw n '
well, anyway, why draw a line? '.
" nnl ,iav" nU named when you
spin a uair. u me air movrglfjM1
only here and there. In spots, in
little local currents, we call it a j
draft, and if we are old fogies;
we are rather afraid of it. ihough '
heaven knows we d nearly all he j
j dead now if It were not for the
iiraus lhat find their way
into
i "n,i "r winter burrows.
land a good big share of our gen-
rni erabidness ami t-ussedncss in
oiher seasons may be fairly as- i
'Tibed to our skill and niecess in'
kooljn,. thp Hp fniin Innvlh,, in
the corner where we are sulking
, ul the moment.
It is still true that an atmos
: phere containing sufficient carbon
i dioxid will not support life and
. one who happens to breathe it
' will soon faint or suffer usphyx
, iation. but no such accumulation
j of carbon dloxld in the air is ever
-encountered from pollution of the
lr by the breathing of persons;
""imaiH. m an ordinary room
or other enclosure, once in
while a workman descending Into
a tank In a factory or other place;
I may be "gassed" w ith carbo
K'"1- K,,t rvo" " itiai-
rn air ii a crowded. unvnHlHlPd
room, contains but a negligible
proportion of carbon dioxid the
proportion of tbU car ii
fresh air is less than fur
pure
parts
in ten thousand, although the ev-! ers. who use, I V make III' trnM n
bated bnnth contain- I tin parKlHi' hrlcf m-umhi- o show .hnvclln.
of earl-on dioxid in la .Ho. 'arc- now iloln puny well Uf year I
Amih-is of the air in v.irlmts i aroniMl shoxclhf up after leans.
places shw ih. se interestin- vtir-1 AUaiUb: fllcis. t hicagn mut Ik '
lations: Smoky atm.. sphere in;11
narrow streets or courts, M' parts t
; in l a. mm: moving plctun 'he-
: aterv. 4 0 to 7 part-: wm k-liops.
3t to :h )iarls: lireweri--. us hiah
as dil'i part' th: doe to the pro
tuetion of carhi-n dioxid In f'-r-nn-ntHtltoi,
if coin .- a nyt htm:
I'liriiinu piodut-e .arbon dioxid.
This harm!-.. ejirbon dioxfd i
I not to be i unfiled with the pois-
t'n. carbon tnonoxid t;s.
ri".STIs Wll U l.lts
Ir I Jill iik'
My daughter Insist- that dry
'""! t advisable to prevent con-
MipaMuii. She eats onlv dry
'toast, take- no liquid with her;
for This"
spaii?im6
'e 'it 'is spair-img I h'i 'at a SMoiet Rnimds 'im of TMe j r h t ad ;
PAfTMGf on TMc. OM J 'eRRirJG'. AD r ' H'AMTiPoDesi ' SVW T VO f
M bw 'C t r y p a BG.Aefe of JTbMe, SrsJ r- ( ixl J,-
'OVWV-'- j '" ( 'ALF AAjT 'nlfL 1 '
0 o o . o o o'
OK jiVCilK.NK
rc ,lr
. iuucuch. ami uniih.i uuuui mie
..o,l.K four. nlH of ;,...,
i uuy.
I have never been troubled
Illill WIIJ" UIHI 1 I II HI U
lo-r idra
is wrunc (Mrs. i:. Ii. r,.
Anwer. It is wron. Plenty
tf water Is an aio to peiisialsts.
That ineuns thai a wedeniary per
son hhould drink not lc?s t h:m
throe pints and from there up to
a Kttllun ? water a day, depcinl-
j Ink ou aedvily, weather, nr, etc.
j If your daughter will write and
tell ine she has, not constipation
but the constipation habit. and
send aluiiK a stamped envelope
bearing her address. I w 111 mail
iter some Instruction,! lo help her
correct the habit.
Afraid of Snarl
I am ii f rait I to try soinrrsatili.
on account of a High! curvature
of the spine. Is there any other
exercise 1 could do? iK, (.!.
Answer. Somcrsaulls are not
fXt-rcise. J usl mechanical man
euver. Curvature of th" spine is
no bar lu turning somersaults. 1
should say, The rolls would tend
to Iron out the curvature.
Mug. Cnrh.
1 MO" inhinMum
ciirboiiulc before my baby was
born, but then didn't crave it anv
mol'p- 'r"0'?' 1 ''em ,u m i!
ugain. is mere Harm in eating
It. I can't lake milk of magnesia.
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answer. .-sin anv srreat harm
' suggest calcium
rbunate in-
OrniiRv Jui.i.
is an excessive nmotink of
urnnge juice harmful V. I take
III every morning for l.ren kfast.
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.much ac d in the iuic,
- ., ' Jl"'
take
so often. I Jes. I
"ul inoutn.
' " "r" " or,,nso'
"I ,or 1 T""' .'" "
' 1 m ill, men com-
bins w it h pota-:
ium. sodium etc.
''bonates, and thus such food tends
i ' ' tit-oi h ecu in
ula tloiis in the system.
How About Kxirn(;i-t'ii-'
I note you consider infra-red
not especially valuable. Du you
),. 1,1 . ba !
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; lei. tl.' C i! .
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No.
I
red
no more and no hs vi,i.,M..
ibHii ..iiu., i. . .
fl.,n th .w it
I llr.i-violet light i
remediiii agent.
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New York ily's down an' nut-
"' ''ly market.
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Brisbane's Today
(Continued from P.ga Ono)
S per cent call money and other! 1,a county. April 1. All Kot.ls To friend I.e.ien, as y.-t 1 would dmg streets of Medford. So why
danger signals, and nothing much I l;'V- I started to KVisas. In j Judge you are an outlander. tin- ( should it not be a good place to
has hapisyied yet. Some lambs 1 ' - 1 worked on a farm in Kan- ; settled as to w hether or not to , "ve. This is truly a great coun
lost their little financial lives in a I "S ' 1S7S I put In most -of ; establish a home here. Now from : try. wonderful scenery. huntiug
preliminary slump. Stock prices f
keen creeping ahead, through th- 1
form of uncertainty. Perhaps
things are not as bad as the bt
men think them. Nothing Is more
easily scared than a very rich man.
I 'ecKjcY ASKeb Me to ) ('eMV UK.es we 'oti , ' I
Rippling
Rhymes
(Hy Walt Manon.)
Too Ml I 'If l.r.VltMNii
The prospects arc not sunny
for that approaching fight
tvixt I let ney alitl (iene Tun
ney so sport observers write.
The penple. n pathetic. don't
seem lo care a U"ot. all hough
for thing aihletie they gener
ally root. Since 1 1 cue's ac-cu-od
of 1- at ning. - his former
prestige eiots; the midnight oil
Iio'n burning has cot him
many friend. Men don't ad
mire the bruiser who culti
vates his mind, who quotes
some highhrow suooucr exalt
ed and refined. He surely is
mistaken who gives his fancy
wing ; he'd hetter bring the
bacon in triumph from the
'tng. Men have acquired the
notion (Jene Isn't on his toe,
since Shakesp. are i. the po
tion that lulls him to repose.
He y a trifling fellow, umit to
wear the gloves, who monkey
with Othello and Hamlet's
hates and loves. Hc'm sure to
be s welled -!iea d.d who's fond
of musty pomes, admitting he
is wedded to ancient highbrow
tomes. A pug should be a
fighter if he'd remain on dock,
acknowledging no writer, save
one who writes a check. John
U. and oh Kit7.shnuions and
all the old time clan would
laugh at culture's trimmln's,
ud every uplift plan. The
mighty Peter Jackson and Jeff
ami Jake Kilrain would never
lay their stacks on a pug with
pampered hrain. Now, all such
stuff Is silly, but people talk
that way; and so the air is
chilly about the coming fray.
The fightrr who is scowling,
who has a bulldog .taw. who's
sometimes heard ' a-Kfowling
"1 seen" and "1 have saw."
he bi the sort of bruiser the
people most admire: the high
brow is a loser, he lacks the
Hers rk fire.
'-encral Motors Truck companv
offers $:.u0u in prizes for the best
General Motors Truck companv
letters on rielivm-v nrvi,.n-fUn,.
writing not considered. Any truck
Is better than none, and bette;
thun horses. Trucks, itroperlv rel.
resontir.; and serving a business,
I represent an important problem.
Cnlnnnl VrinfUum Iw.-jiI A It.
.mU. I..- ic- I i , voiei. asaiuwi every wor tau e agn
onsldcr infra- nmn A.- Com nun v In Vow Vnrb waa t Germans. Thei-n wiim ii v tout on , ,
" . " 11 . ... " " V
puz.ien wnen ne nan to rc place
:vii ...... mi,vl J
siaoic ui iiiKii sieppniK. ueauil-
fill horses and equipages. He told
' " P" -
leni is not elficiency. but beauty.
escano from tho ecmninnnlocn "
Colonel Friedsam solved his ,.r,.h-
lem, but not easily. Other mer-
chants are still wrestling with it.
T"
LMU.i T........ .IU.I U I.... l
!., mm'u
80. honored and loved hy her cotm-
try, was not a great Heiress, com-
parable with Ilprnhardr or Duso.
Moi-p than a -real actress she wa
an Inspiration to the sta.'ie, to other
.
women aim men.
(Mi tuai sue oiu whs won none.
She represented admirably self-re-
'specting womanhood on thc stge
and in private life.
Communications
SAVS M.FJ!XJKI llOSriTABIJC sary often uotes to me. Prev
To the Kditor: Ions to coming to Oregon we lived
In answer to a communication 'eight years In Idaho, my son -In -in
a recent issue of the Mail Trt- law I-:. II. N usher, and wife, ami
biiiif by one Harry l,eib-n recent- (heir married daughter and hus
y from Kansas, in u hi' b tbre ' band. H rover Mlllsaps. w ere all
was an implied threat, of unfav- I located in home here. e, my
oi-alde Publicity I've been sore at! wife, ji v,-m JIM. daughter. have
times at conditions here, p.ut be- established our home near thej
Heve me. I've met so manv finei"'hrs. Would be happier if cm-
rr"'m11- P('Pb ":1M "eaieu ui''
' 1 '"'i'', mV iHVor
members of the .Medford Mil;a meal by ill health or food short-I
Tribune family, may their sha-agc, Kriends we've found a plcn-1
'ows and incomes increase '"ai'l brr"o-eini'e7r. --Vliole smiled.
"ever gr-iw k-ss. I prize and read Men I pieet I like as a rule, my
, tUnf paper reguiariy ami iikc as; ilhiuhuiuhivi- uo lames iimueu
i.iiiliketip and its editorials. liven tu a few. They are real ladies.
rlheSiuiMlgi Pot. I handsome, gracious. and kind,
; f llvd In Kansas from 1ST-' on-i Naturally 1 love all the iadies, for
til r.'Ki. I was born quite young, j '"' wife and mother were ladies
'in Indiana. To be explicit In A.jfnd compelled my love, respect
i U. JM.". November i. In Illinois j and deity. (.'hildhtiod days now
' March 17. St. Patrick's Hay. 1T-' ; pass before ine. forms and sci lies
i I married th- best woman In ; of bmg ago.
.he year with government survey- j
crs. In western Kansas and the
; Indian territory, had some hard- ;
'shlos. In .Kansa and the terii- .
lory Indians killed one of our
' men ami ve quit. Went bock to
Is Hoover a friend of the Farmer?
v,. ii.-inn- man liardnne so
...i,.h iirml ieallv
fur ihe a men-1
,.,. r.'uoier lo help, his prices aud.coinin
enlarge hi markets, .ih Herbert track.
Hoover has done. j Hut he kept his nerve. H-
He was no, a member of lhe ! could have turned hid back on
board that fixed the price ufjthe American fanner. Jn thai
when I're-ideiit Wilson, ove-period he wrote to Wilson: ' I here
hi own signature, sad that Hoo-: is no right in Ihe law uf God
ver wpe.ificallv wished the price or man that we should longer
to be made by the farmers them-; continue lo starve neutrals now
elves and it was fixed by a. thai we lme a surplus of food."
ooard'of farmers. At Ihe meciina ; Jmi he did mure than write. IL
uf the board Hoover was not took the cause of the American
present and 'dul not influence farmer to the supreme war coun
ihcm In anv way. Members of : cil and in three months the Cei
the board have said so under! man blockade was raised and Ho
oath. More than lhat, when the American farmers' pork, bref ami
war dosed, il closed quickly aiol grain was pouring into Kurope.
left millions, indeed hundreds of ,110 was food administrator for
millions uf pounds of American j the United States, he was also
pro.n.ec Hour, pork and beef, director of relief in Europe, and
chiefly without a market. The the moment the embargo was
allied covernmenis had been buy-
ins oroducls of America. A Io n
the war closed Ihe allied govern
niwniH went into the oja n market
and ignored America. December
31, 1 y 1 S , Ih
iherr niiler
allies cancelled all
ui- merican pork.
IV n days before Hoover had re dollars worth or food lo the poor
ceived from the chief of the food t and needy of Hermany. and h -administrations,
meat division. In 'sold J'JuO.KOO.OOO worth of Ameri-
w a-mngtitn.
cablegram whi-h can tood to me (Jermans. io
ho food adminis- raised :i.MiO,UOU t huy food for
tration imiM have orders lor Ku-
rope for lour hundred million
pounds of pork in January, and
the fame amount for Kebruary,
disaster would follow. America
was producing a surplus of four
hundred imllion pounds of pork
a month, under a price agreemen.
with the allies. When the price
agreement was shattered by tin
allies, the American market was
threatened. Farmers were get
ting $17. .Hi a hundred for iheir
hogs. Pork is a perishable prod
uct. If the packers bought hog"
without a foreign market they
would go bankrupt. If the pack
ers did not buy hogs they would
be turned back upon the farms
and eating Uoir heads off on a
collapsed market the- hugs would
ruin the American farmer.
Hoover in Paris, representing
the American government, tried
in vain to sell ihis, four hundred
million pounds a month, surplus J farmers turn from one of their
;to the allies. They refused to i own people, an orphan, raised in
(buy. Then Hoover went to thejthc middle west, worknig his way
t Uvi im,ns wno n1" o buy hut
" --. ou
?.?uId not' Then 110 wonl lo
' ,iniM ait,t people wnen tno uiues
! refUi,Ctl to uuy- They refused to
,et Hoover sell the meat to the!
Klermans; continuing after the
war the omUH,'fIU affiinst the tier-
; " 'ore than that, the allies!
jhe11 ",e ""'"rgo against ihefool Jfu knuWS Tainni(llly hu!t
netl trills, who W onlil sell to the I . . . .
..1....1. ,.ium,l,ai measure m congress lor
never oeiore laceu any nc-
. .. c IH" "'"''-
" ' mooter received ine worn;
from America that our surplus
!""" 'T """ ni.il.i.n i.ounils,to ,.0,.1)erltJ., he will COIllc ,,,.,.
a month and knew the allies IhiI i, p Ti.r w, ..,
l..... a..,. .1... ...i ' "t.vr. n in. A lie
ouroiaiket. he was like a man
Kansas,
recalled our wife and
i ins. oaoy irom Illinois, where we
I ..... .
: niiu noon Having them boarded
and lodged free w ith her folks,
that was a rare sob
t r i ...
in. . '' . .
11 tv.- ki I ill Ii-Hl II
.Needless tu
ij i c mccii lorougn
'some hard
ledding. still I am
alive and fairly happy No ouc
s offering me work: I've been
; , , V
thine over five rears, am hcenm -
Ing acclimated and beginning to
realize the fact, that having food
be content.
t ml im w o. my wne
nearing her 87ih birth anniver-
i i'"-v vuv as more pienmui iimi;i,,,L mi vns, enj suoMnuaii
a five year rcsidMue in orton
my experience as mi onlooker In
the cherry orchards of liresliam,
1 utur and pear orchards in vi-
cinkty of Medford have proven
that, non residents drift into these
fa (Ceie$Vath. office.
: s iting
nou w uik m .....
together, hcau on, on one
lifted he shipped great cargoes ot
pork, grain and beef into Kurop"
As food administrator, he took
cash from the grain division ami
bought uu ii for European dis-
trihuiion. I no yuaiters, noovcr .i.
friends, distributed millions of
be children of Austria, and a ,
; on ct u-i gcneiui ui ieu.-i. ,i.
j 00.ii0u
worth of food was al
located lor t he Austrian food re
lief out of the treasuries of the
allies; all to hold the market for
the American farmers' products,
a market which -would ha e
mashed and sent hogs down from
$15 to $4 if Hoover had not stood
in the hrcaeh und held the mar
ket. But for Hoover, pork and
f pri- es would have come turn -blingr
down and the American
i n er would have been ruined.
He held the fort.
This is Hoover's record on farm
relief. A man who will act, prac
tically, quickly, and successf ully,
for the American farmer in a
grave crisis like this can be de
pended on . to see the farmer
hrough this crisis.
Hoover was farm born ani
farm reared. Why should the
through .i western college as
miuugn .i western coiiege as a
waiter and a day laborer? Why
, should they turn truni him to
j man who never spent a day on
a furm, wno iiCd a nolillcal jub
'since he
was UK
Tammany
Hall?
The Aim.ril.an farmer Is no
years 11 has nlwavs voted
ifor free immigration
... . MnI,,.i(.:. f,,.lllp,.
; tu thc Tan,man. Tif(r.r fl)r ., rU
: "...e"' . "' Em"0''ia KHnw"' tiH'
' '-
r,.,,;r
In such numbers
,i,rv
MO
reate a surplus of labor.
cause many homo owners and tax
pa vers to remain idle. iiiHt ot h-
in
c,uierwise would be at work. I know
"'whereof 1 write. I have met lo
whereof 1 write. I have met
i Apk.ins... i..,,.iI1!,Hk: ,
! i, n.n." 7.
j ins th country and oxptlng lo
! ,vork thHr,VHy to a -rpjll c,,,.
You Seo that Is hurting local home
' . ... .
owners. As to the merchants.
what I ve met ihey are of a gen
ial disposition. I've always met
true they have given me no char
ity goods, but have, been pleasant
and friendly. We pay as we go.
tf stung in a house we would cut
them.
I have wandered over quit" a
large scope of the west and in
the south. I've met in my travels
people from all walks in life and
- 'v hiiJ u Si fr Medfnrd. It's
u bively city, peoplrd by progres-
j uu,,u u,,s,m,i m 1,11 Klmls ,n "
lrosperuus condition, churches of
niost orthodox religions, well rep-
resented and having goo.i build-
; Ings: schools, churches. ami a
""t.n.t in ucmn ui popuia-
-Hon: thcatei-s. in. fact public
i P'acey of various kinds for the
instruction and amusement of
j young folks and old. 1 believe
U ranks hisji in murals, health
1 must be good here, the hearse
, seldom seen on the streets, but
many health old people dally par-
! und fishing, good roads tu get to
your playgrounds, other advani-
: ages I've not time or space to
i mention.
Aaron Scholium.
Bedford. July l';'.
By BUD FISHER
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