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M. C. MOCKXSKN ii COMI'ANV
(ifflws in New York, Chiiairo. Detroit,
Ban Fraiicinco, Lob Angeles, .Sen tile, Port
land. Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
; The most devastating liuk . stop
ped by Al Smith, that horned,
hoofed, and spiked-tall tool of
Tammany so far this woek. was
hurled fearlessly by the Corvallis
Gazette-Times, towil: v
An admiring friend. has pre
sented the governor of New
York with a St. llernard dog.
Let's see. Thai's Hie dug that
goes out Into the mountains in
tho snow with a bottle of rum
n ticdio Its neck.
. It Is most certainty about time
that something was done about
padlocking the St. Born art) Iol.
I Another one of our prumlsing
young men has lingered too long
In tlio moonlight. The nuptials
will bo tin affair of the early fall.
t The valley pumpkins are Hearing
maturity, and louk sickly.
Klflei'u nations of the .earth
havo signed a treaty tiol to engage
in any more wars, until the next
une. The treaty is hulled as a
masterpiece of humans when they
are feeling kind, and provides for
Olio eradication of mass eussedness
fiy wholesale use of words. It Is
line reading, but American Ktates
liieu are very slow about demobil
izing the army, and sinking the
jjavy. The way to eradicate coin
bat I veness from a people, Is to
shoot it out of them,
f. S. GliANT '
XJut so few empire makers have
looked the part,
Iftilo has a way of" picking unlikely
material,
Greasy -haired second lieutenants
I of French artillery,
iud bald-headed, dubious, Human
i rake-politiclaiiH.
Jler stiff hands were busy now
with an odd jieee of wood,
Sometime Wtwlpoiuler, by uccldcnl
more than choice,
Sometime brovet-captaffi In the old
1th infantry,
A1eii tinned in Mexican orders for
' "gallant service
And, six years later, forced to re-
i sign from the army
"Without enough money to pay for
n stateroom liume,
Turned fanner on J lardHerabble
i Kami, turned bill-collector,
Turned clerk In the country-store
that his brothers ran,
'Jjhu elilest-horn uf the lot, hut the
family failure.
Unloading frozen hides from a
! farmer's sleigh
AVIlh sloop-shouldered strength,
I whittling beside the stove,,
ud now and then turning to wlilsi-
ky to take tho sting
Inum winter ami certain memories
(Civil War Toons).
Thousands are starving in Haiti,
in an area over which ripped and
ttre a hurricane. The aid to date
has been chiefly verbal, viz.; "Oh!
the poor Armenians!"
i
flt-n
Mr. Kaskob, campaign boss uf
l-mociacy, reports that "I never
met a man, including myself, who
luulersiood the provisions of the
AlcXary farm aid hill." 11 has been
generally suspected that Its I'apa,
tho Hon. Sr. Seedsender from Hit
gpn, was In the same fix.
1 ho leaves uf the trees have
started to fall. Loaves are another
i&mmodlty Hiul Nature furnishes
in abundance, where they are least
needed.
j FANCY WltlTINt;
(Klaiiialh Falls Herald)
, The fellow who Is continually
ttKlng to upset traditions and
nfake history a liar is a bad gazabo
and we are agatnst him. Some
trtne agu h heupe attempted to
discredit George Washington and
prove that George was a rounder.
Think of what that meant to
shatter all the good thing we had
bten taught about the lather of
our country. Then uuie pome
urtinrt uleck and tried tu miiku the
world believe that Thomas Jeffer
Mln was a slick ear: that he lacked
sincerity and really was Just a
cheap sort oT politician.
HVe might stand all that, but
now we have before us an eastern
idiot who wants to tear down the
memory of HetFy It oh. He says
she did not makf the American
flag and had nothing tu do with 4t.
Kill him. He is not fit to live.
A ti ' n a n w ho will d est roy t h e
beautiful In thought and in tradi
tion Is woiHe than tho man who
burns down your hotine in the dead
hour of night. To un Betsy Hohh
made the American fluu; she de
tdgnud it and she superintended
the making of It, rega idles of
what nny cnslcrn boh o id; has to
pay regarding the inuttor.
Editorial Correspondence
SAX KIIANVI.SCO, A tin. 28. -
We Iff I Moil ford at ;i;yu in the
morning. Hie U H u a 1 1 y reliable
Shasta beinir over S hum s late,
At iicddiiiK that afternoon, wo.thi; perfect picture uf tin; piofc
iwi-fc over nint! hours lutir. Hut j Kional .fishier. Hi- Is a sum Her,
Wf arrived in San Frauciscu only j hut even a more musi-ulnr edition
six hours late, which clioo what : of Jack Denipsey. TicuicihIouh
the S. I, can do when It wishes, jslioiilih-is illicit lierk. Ivkh likt a
j The- mail earn were taken off and.cuuplo of fire hydrautu, squuro,
I we went MinnhiK ' through the . heavily inunchMl Jaw and the tyjii
! Sacramento valley, with practical- . -al hfavy. pUKnaciuus now, It
ly no Htcip. Thf nuM-a I of thin t-f rtainly didn't look lilii; an fven
tal is that the S. P. could make match when they Htaitcd; it, louked
the run fjiiin Alcdfnnl to (Jaltliind . Icmh J I 1c o one when they finished
in 12 hours, if it ever decided Jti fact, we are wonderirtK why
thai .speed were delrahle. I'er-j tills yotint? Jewish lawyer over
liajts the time will come when I took up prize fiuhUnK for a pro
speed will not only bo desirable, i f ohm tun. Certainly lie is not, by
but necessary. I iihysiquo or temperament a fiKht-
j er. He lias a fine, delicately fea-
esterday the interstate iom-lti,ied
mi-ku i.Hiiiiiiinntuii
, to construct U Hlx-nille
"ne
am'
froa slurtIni.z t() UnoUyrar
abandon operation of the ear
ferry, between I'orta Co.sta and
lienecia. 'i hih nrniKe wi" com,)
(in tho neinhborhuod of ' 12."'Mi.-;
omi. and will cut the train rhed-
ulo by over half an hour. That
Kivr-H Kiimn idea of the monetary
value of time to a railroad,
It was frlKht fully hot in the
Saeramenlo valley an ckk would
have fr'.-'d nicely on the steel
sidfH of the car. At the pier In
Oakland. It was foggy and cold,
so cold that those who had over
coats used them. Having no ther
mometer, we can only guess at
the drop, but would place it con
servatively at 4(1 degrees.
I Tuking a heavy overcoat an1
only enough cash for a street ear
fare and a ringside Meal (beware
of pickpockets!) we went tu Hie!
baseball park, on Valencia avenue
to see A r m a n d KmamieL, Han
I'Ynnclseo's favorite pugilistic son. '
battle with .Mickey Walker, mbl-!
dlfwolght champion of the world
The phieo wjih packed, the ling. jj
under a canopy oi wniie ngnis, ,
being near the pitcher's box. WeJ
sat there in the damp fog for an j
hour and a half watching what
they call prollnilnarlos the only
picturesque feat urn being a brief
encounter between two white
heavy weights, each weighing, ac
cording to the announcer. 1 :!.
and looking enough alike to pass
us weight tossing (wins.
To add to the twin Impression,
they bolh woriM purple tights.
After a few moments of fid
dling, one of Hie (wins let fly
Willi a right, accompany lug it
with a noise like a hippopotamus
coming out of the water for air.
and down went his ponderous op
ponent with a thud that made the
grandstand shako and shudder.
Ho remained In a sitting posture,
anparimtly . trying to determine
whether he had been the victim
of mayhem or an earthquake, then
slowly nruso to his feet. Ihe seat
of his purple trunks, showing two j
large diagrams of powdered resin, j
There was more, fiddling audi
then a not her lunge ami another j
hippo "yumm-mph !' Down he
went again, in the same semi-
,cc....mc... ...,.1Ir ..... ......
time u e apparently un u. ocu m
powdered rosin or flour, or what-'
ever it is (hey put on ami under I
lho canvas ut Heeroution park.
A perfect cloud of dust surround- i
ed him, like the billowy sinok"f
of a flash light. The referee
started to count, peering Into the
face uf (lie discomfited gladiator.
hpeculatively, but apparently seo'
ing something there that deter
mined him, walked over (o the
unmolested twin and gathering
:, 1,.,1 i,i rlKlu I
M ill KllllU'lIN,, i
ull his strength.
arm. The buttle of the Century-
plants was over!
The main event was a flashy,
us well as a riash-llght affair.
It slarled off with a flashlight,
aud for the first five rounds,
every show of real action brought
more flashlights, until out of thr
dark gloom uf the far-awav
bleachers (sprinkled with occa
sional specks of flame as nuotho-
Ikhi or cigareA was lighted) came
a rich bass voice: "Cam-er-A
This brought down the house
with laughter. Jeers and in niy
section at least, suggestions of
fal."
"Aw gwan!" sneered the gentle- j
1-
color o that Sheenies ribs. Get i
in there ami lake what he's tnklnl,
in,i ..nil i r-iii., h-hi v,.'"
Mr. Kmmaniiers mid-section was' mUiiieation with Crescent Cltv re
feverish pink. 't'ho fake talk suited In the Information that he
ttubsldcd, and (he newspaper men,
apparently satisfied wllh their pic-J
lures, shot off no inure. .
w .7" . ,. i!h
Messrs Walker and Kiimiannel I r
.r...l,Ml an Ua.r,-Mn mly In j
cunlrasls, a contest between a'
yhound and a bulldog. Km-
mantiel lowering over his stocky
opponent, looked far more tike -a
professor than a pugilist. In fact,
there was nothing about him to
suggest Uu pugilist, except tho
MUTT AND JEFF
CS,JFF, I've. CfVODE-D
Job as aducrtisins manager
For a Big corp.oationj.
10,000 A YAfc AIM'T
RATs Par. a :TAtTei itu?
weLL, x may seerou
TOM16HT. TA TA.
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rEDFORT) MATT;
fart tliat liu hud boxing gloves "it
bin hands, and wore u pair of
crimson silk lights.
j Walkfu, un the other hand, was
face, a liih forehead (hair!
, ueii air a tril e l i n . in n iil'c
j narrow pointed Jaw, thin les,
the only ludleatioiis irf noui-r arc
lljs jH.iKlu -ni(1 ,.,.. j; flM( lht.v
,) )nt llM)).:u. , 1m. i,iU:Ued up
v . nv (.(finhalive ;-oiril or
lar-
tirtilar siimiLiia. However
w, ,mVl. lo u.ilVt, that (uaKnosiH
tu lho sporting experts.
f-f
To return to the ftKht. that
yell of "Camera"' apparently Kot
under Air. Knunanuel'M skin. At
j lll)y v:fu. f,nm that time on. he
j M . i i imsiness-like
Mickey, In earnest, imnchiiitf him blanclie with my lews and I believe
around (he head liberally and j I'd be satisfied with anything liet
Iteeping himself out of danger bvjter than a "i' per cent relief,
quick liMitwork. In fact, at The j th,. a.sl two or three yearn
f ml of the sixth, fans in my row
were having a fine time panning
.lack lv earns, Al Ickey's manager
a nil M'i'oiKl, who looked Very
uporly In a while jersey, flannel
trousers, and a liberal supply of
pomade on his sparsely thatched
dome.
"(Joodb.ve to your meal ticket
Jack, the boarding house for,
you, Jack Ho! Mo! look at your
middleweight champ now better T
SOS Dempsey for a loan," et
lo which Mr. Kearns, who
was once similarly greeted in Ash
land many years ago, paid no at
tention whatever.
f-f-
And then ll Happened! To
ward the end of the seventh
round, while Armand was again
forcing ihr back-pedalling and
seemingly hard-pressed Mickey
Into our corner, he suddenly shot
back ii nil slid almost across the
ring on his scarlet shorts. We
didn't see or hear the blow and
expected him lo gel up at once.
Hut he hail another view of the
matter. He decided to He down.
And there he lay prone while the
energetic referee, started to drive
iM.amnai-y nans inio tue eanvim
with libit right hand. The roar .
that eamo from !! or f.O thousand ;
throats, seemed to lift the ring
Into the air. Mickey walked over
to a neutral corner promptly. no
Tunney count this time leaned on
the ropes and regarded his pros
trate opponent, with n slightly
bored expression. The man on
Ihe right, apparently a veteran
fiu'ht follower, arose, buttoned
hls overcoat
out.'
collar and started
up!
someone
lied.
rhere he was.
looking leaner than,whu ' method.
ever, and wllh a slightly wistful
xpressloh on his face. MK-keyUo give the chemical treatment.
started after him slowly. Then
a most surprising thing happened.
I ust end of doing what he. should
have done no doubt, jump on his
bicycle, Mr. Armand
proceeded to wade in
Kmnianuei:
with both
bands flying, ami the surprised i
...Misier uaiiior actually retreated i
to the ropes The crowd simply
,, , ,.
, ,1 "
for Kin man tic I, should have, for
certainly, here he demonstrated
that he is as game its they conic.
But It was only it thousand-tonne
chance. "Wo saw the "coiip-de-grace"
(his lime. It didn't
I ravel more than six or seven
i,.iw.u mm.Iu ti,.,.. ii... iu.
went down 'to stnv down. And
,i r ...
before hail given Dr. Kearns such '
:a verbal tanning, jostled their
i way out shoulder to shoulder, tol,ut,",," "clinics." and other im
Ijntn the "l-lobl-you-so" chorus.
, "Always said that big f Ish j
v- ,ru,l!" It. w'. ..!.
MAlISIH.'lKI.I). Or... Ante. !l. I
V T I
Major General .hid win, chief
,; , v, ,el 1
i rimil.M.itnl, ,vitb nn Insnectfon
ti. , r i-nos Ma v. had not
t i i
W1is expected here, hut bud not
arrived in that city.
Senator Charles McNarv wired
Chamber of Commerce hero
iiii ui i.,., ,iin, i, , . lt,
,,..,, of (U,m,ml .,a,,wn.s ,..
lvi, u,,,,,,!,!,. i,.v,.v. u,ii.i th,.
general had Informed him ho "was
delayed in California. He was to
havo arrived hero Sunday.
Bags wanted at the Mull Trib
tine office. Must bo clean. tfia
Mutt Enters the Advertising Game
A
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TRTnTTNT!, MTCTVRO'R'D,
Personal Health Service
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.
Kik'ned let urn pfrtnlidiij; In inritiiil ln
, lre:.ti a. will Ik- un-urnd ly Dr. hnt.ly If
l.-lt.T
.-Iniut'l bit hrief ami written in ink.
rally it tew tun In' aiis-ivd here. No
In to iiislniirtionx. Addivsn l)r. William llrady. In caie of thin newNiiajn'r.
sriKiit Ai. iti;ui:r roit vahkosk vkixs
In very tritubiesuine eases of catch a "cold," as from silting in
varicose veins 11 Is sometimes nee- a draft when perspiring from over
essary and advisable to r-rt t , 'eriion. As proof they Klv the
, , v. , fact that their own family dootor
siiruery To Ihe iallent the ex- ,, , . J .
suim ii. i l;(H wal.,u.,) them against such eare-
cision of a portion of tvo or three i 1(l(S)K.s;( , nm (u,,rmjn(r Mn you
enlaifjed v e 1 n
may seem u for
midable proced
ure; to be sure,
but to the mod
ern tMii'Keon with
modern methods,
it is a simple .op
eration and one
that earns the
patient's n r a 1 1
lude, because in
cases where surreal relief Is re-
, , " ' " ' , , f
i hiul- hoNH-tlmuH the tesul of
!lhf! ,,l",'atbni Is not ho perfect a
i dodor and patient hoped for, but
j take It all in all, if I were afflicted
. with varicose veins beyond hope
j f remedy through hyMleiiie means,
i I'd uladlv cive a uood sunreon earn-
anot Iter surgical met hot) of less
formidable aspect has been brought
into quite general use, and lu viev
of the great prevalence of varicose
veins and the fact that surgery
offers Ihe only chance of any per
manent relief In troublesome cases,
this newer method should fiileresl
many sufferers and their physi
cians, for it Is a method which any
I u'ood physician or a physician who
ny good can use with complete
success, ll is culled the "chemical"
treatment, and consists of Injec
tions ol' suitable chemical medi
cines Into tho vein at one or more
points.
These Injections are given as are
o r d i n a r y hypodermic Injections.
They may be administered either
In the doctor's office or at the pa
tient's home. The treatment does
not disable the patient nor inter
fere with regular occupation.
l''or smaller varicosities a solu
tion Is used which is painless and!
self sterilizing, and injections are j
given every second day until all !
the veins are obliterated, . J-'or ;
larger varicosities another solution:
Is required, which causes some!
burning and cramping pain for a:
mll,me or two n fter each injection.
Thl. patient may go home 10 mill-:
tiles after the injection. Just what j
j the chemicals are is no concern .
j of the layman leave- all that to
j your doctor. 1 referred tu this
! chemical obliteration of varicose
j veins here a few weeks ago and-.
ks ago and-i
Hired abuuif
ess of the!
numerous readers lnquir
1 the identity and adilr
uocior or mu-lors who were re
porting their results. I cannot give
im' "mo or address of
doctor.'
Any doctors
"ho is up to date is competent
land the complete details of tcch-
nlc, and so forth are publ' ,heil in
the medical journals and available
to any physician who Is not be-
yniul the pale,
When I snoke of the etw...,i..,.i !
n-catoieni i,,.r..i..
I adtled'a warn-
lnK nlK,ut -institut.
,,,,. ,i Mlfi ui,w
and other;
Issuing that j
-
Wiiriiliin I Imv
heard from some!
J of the "Institute
and other quack
outfits. I believe if I were 1)1 and
in need of any kind of medical
care I'd try every other possibility
before ventured to seek advice
from anything or anyboiky pur-;w1
Polling to be an "institute." old
porting to be an "institute." old
um lm" Klml palmiest days ,
was a fairlv decent mt r ni, !
Docioi' IC l,M i i.i
''UI compared with the slick"
lascais w liu Hide behind "Siisti-
Personal titles today
If a doctor Is worthy of public
hn hlnm-irwh,. slu.uM h, ,ml ,u-1
1 "l
i ice under Ills own name
t he
main reason for "institutes" and
.""m ,M,nm "mit,r im'
llnlcs" is that under the
CM-HMH oi interior oinicni staml-I
aid can get away with a lot of.
tricks fin- w hich an honest prac-'
titioner would ho condemned. jtracting paving work nn certain
Ol I NTIOVs WSWI ' The matter of sub-con-
, V .V ....... '.V. jtracting was taken tip with the
I- r ends Squelched While Von Wal.' ily uiu-ll. and its approval se-
"" " "M"""",!"" lo.iouer oit.m.lMl as ls verified by
"iis ami nave pnveil to.
my satisfaction everything I have
read In your column. Hut today
when I tried to pass on your views
about "erl" to some friends I en
countered resistance. They grant
one may catch the germs from an
individual who harbors thetn but
""J MiT-n nrui'M' out OllISI oe in
"weakened" condition In order t'
va,,. Uf l?s AMD- HUH? ' II TE6H6 i nr'0 WV w.
OttTCfiOy. WEDNESDAY,
- idth ;ml hygiene, nut 'o disease diak'nosii nr
a fct.-i.npnl. Mrlf-uiMnnwil puv-.iie I ei.Hoseil.
Oniti to the )aig itumhcr of IclUrs ru
vejily can lie mink' to irierieK not conform
to print a rejoinder thai will
squelch them. Miss O. "W.
Answer. I imagine very few
physicians would take issue with
the theory your friends' family doc
lor entertains. I am une of the
few, but my views on this question
are rather unsound lu the estima
tion -of most old-timers. If by a
"cold" your friends mean lameness
of muscles. I agree with the fam
ily doctor that one Is likely to suf
fer such discomfort as a conse
quence of sudden chilling after se
vere exertion. l!ut there is no
scientific evidence that one Is more
likely lo contract any germ dis
ease, any infectious disease, when
one is exposed to cold. wet. chill
ing and the like, than 'when -one-is
most careful to avoid that. In
deed, the experience of polar ex
piojers rather suggests that ex
tremely bitter exposure to cold ami
wet and chilling in sweat-saturated;
clothing rather keeps a man 1m-'
inline. The experience uf such
, men Is of far greater weight than
the experience uf us mollycoddled
folk here at home. Is It not ? Of
course not, If yon mind is grooved
for the old obse-ssloi, ' You may
; get considerable enjoyment from
arguing about this with your
, friends, but let me assure' you that
1 you will never, never convert any
'of them to a more optimistic alti
I tude. ,
Debates Swiniy ami Arbitrarily
V in pi red.
j I had a debate with some friends
las to whether clgaret smoking will
' affect the ability of a runner . .
- T. H.
Answer. Anyone who knows
i anything about athletics knows
I that toba,ec( diminishes Endurance,
j ilvcii the dwindling regime of old-'
j time '"prize fight trainers recog-'
I nlze that a youth can't expect to'
win any bouts if he smokes. So j
they permit no smoking by men In '
training.
Tarantula Itlte.
1 have often heard that banana j
spiders are poisonous and It is sure!
death lj" one biles you. As 1 handle!
thousands of bananas a month I'd!
like to know if this Is so. What j
would be Ihe best antidote for ba-'
nana spider bite? (. . i j
Answer The "trapdoor"' spider,
commonly called "laraiitula" and j
sometimes found In bunches of i
j(
','"
tiol
iinanas, f.s only slightly poisonous.
lie Injection or surface applica
nt! of permanganate of potash so
lution, as for snakebite, is prob-
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"i'J"siii, .mini v . utile LO.J
Communications
To the Kditor:
l ..f .t, i-.. ........
incuts have been made bv certain
city officials, to thy effect thaC
the Medford Concrete Construe-1
tion company has bet
unfair in 1
the ' pricing of sand and graven
! furnished to the city of Medford '
1,s w,?It as to certain-contractors.'
older that all persons inter-:
Mlt,d may be thoroughly informed.1
through the courtesy of-
,m pfess. to make the following
1,11,11 111 "l;
has be
misrepresented that!
"imny Ims overcharged Ihe
city uf Medford for said mate-1
J rials, whereas, the facts, as shown1
- by receipted bills, open to inspec-1
'tion by anyone, show that a charge!
i of $1.00 a cubic yard was mad"
!".!''" V."'!.' ""' """Y: V'"1.,1"0!
same
harge
was made tu Con
tractor .1. c.
Complnn, and that j
Contract Co. way
the Oregon
charged $1
a cubic yard, de
liveied
This eompanv has also been
criticized on account of snh-eim-
letter from;
ti.,. cltv engineer lin.ler .l.n.. ..f
November a, 1:127, reading as fol
lows:
.Mod ford Concrete Construc
tion Co.
Medford, Oregon.
Cent lemon.
Replying to your commu
nication of October 2!'. In
which you ask permission tu
AFflFRT 20. 1928.
Rippling
Rhymes
(By Walt Mas on.)
UNSEEMLY WRATH
1 would not let tho unit So
down upon my wrath, or seek
my couch disfigured by a heavy
frown, to wake at daybreak
wiili, a grouch. I would not jar
the 'womenfolk with Iimkuhkc
sulphurous and strong; and ho
I strive to spring u joke when
dire misfortune comes ulon.
I'd have my shanty be u place
where all are fclad and free
from care, and so I sternly close
my face when 1 am tempted
much lo swear. Were 1 a her
mit in a eave, with no compan
ions round about, ?'d have a
ri';ht lo rant and rave, and kick
a mud partition out. Wurg I
upon a desert isle, alone like
Crusoe, all alone, I might not
think it wise to smile, and I'd
be privileged to groan, it
would not matter what 1 did,
if I'd no kint'olk anywhere; I
might isil down upon my lid,
and wring my hands and rend
my hair. Rut I have quite a
household staff of relatives who
hate a fuss; and they are happy
when I laugh, and they are
mornful when 1 cuss. They all
react to every mood, they're
sensitive lo every glance; they
have Ihe willies when 1 brood,
they chortle when 1 sfn.'i and,
dance. I used to let my linger
rise, and fill the shack with
srief and woe, when I confront
ed half baked pies, or lost my
pipe, or stubbed a toe. One in
stant all the folks were gay,,
and filled the place with cheer
ful talk; and I would drive their
joy away in halt a minute, by
the clock. It came to me by
slow degrees that 1 indulged in
tawdry arts; it was a piker's
trick to freeze the gladness in
those loving hearts. So 1 re
solved to curb my Ire, to em,
ulate no sorehead bears, to "iigl
gle like a house afire, .when 1
fell down the cellar stairs.
sub-contract the paving of
South King street, Xorth Ivy
street, Xorth JlurlletL street, '
Court street and West Sixth
street, as. awarded to you on
October 17, 1H27.
"We .have no objection to
your employing the Oregon
Contract company to furnish
the equipment a labor, though
as you were informed by the.
street and road committee,
we can not release the Med
ford Concrete Construction
company from their responsi-v
bllity for the faithful per-
forma nee of the contract.
Itespectfully.
CJTV OF MEDFOItD.
By Jl. U Powell,
City Knglneer.
This company has been engaged
in business in this city for the
pasi is years, and it has always
i....., i(u ,,n,.,. i,uiti.
fair to the city, as well as to all
of its patrons.
MKDFOUl) C O X C ft 10 T 13 COX
STUI't'TIOX CO., Inc.
By C. .1. Semon. President.
Thr' nrtt s raw n' hnnn in
ejkher party platform fer th feller
who likes an occasional lamb
chop. Talk about a cunnln' ruse.
Stew NugeM . got Into th' good
graces o' Grocer Lon Moon t' th'
extent o' two cases o' lemon ex -
tract by tellin' him the King's
Daughters wuz t' give a big
quet. .
. 4
t'lusslflert advertising pets results.
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Quill Points
Colonel Shortrldge says womuns'
vote Is dictated by her husband.
Colonel, meet Mrs. Clem Shaver.;
As u. lust resort perhaps, the j
government could gel Chicago
gangs for violation of the Sher- j
man act. I
Al's promise Is to consult the i
best minds iijioul farm problems '.
Nobody consults the hardest
hands. '
Don't speak too importantly j
over tho telephone. The larger j
the stone, tho greater the suspicion
it's a, fake.
Patches still serve as an Indi
cation of poverty, but Ihey'ru on ;
casings now.
Jtemorse: The ghastly discov
ery that the sin wasn't worth
what you paid for
it.
If you wish to know whether
the town will grow, ulisc r v e
whether the fans will support a
losing team.
Americanism. spending more! Cereals: Lute spring wheat in
and more money In an effort tu j elevated northeastern districts is
forget the lack of things money i maturing better than was expected,
won't buy. Elsewhere such spring grain as is
;not yet mature is much affected
You think you would buy bet- ny drought. Conditions have been
ter stuff than the magazine editors ruvorirblc for the progress of Into
do, but so would they if ihey had na, ve8l am of threshing. Irrigated
a chance. I corn in eastern counties is nearly
Salaries paid by tho consumer
Include those uf tho salesman
who forced the article on him
and the collector who forces pay
from him.
The movies without the talkies
'suited us better. The silent drama
didn't get Its effects through the
nose.
Perhaps the easiest way to meet
tiie best people of a community
is to get a job as bill collector,
Sclence explains everything ux -
eept Ihe manner lu which a great
moral principle- benefits by one
nation's theft of another's terii-
tory.
If the Navy Is serious in its do
rlre to find a substitute for the
word "gob," it must change those
I pants. ,
j Correct this sentence: "Well,
I well;" said the old bachelor, when
ihe saw the new baby; "how pretty
-
Brisbane's Today
(Continued from Page One.)
; Tho .mayor of Jersey City tells
Governor Smith that he has al-
ready won New Jersey, and will
I get its electoral vote.
Mayor Hague ought to know, for
! with his organization he has car
I rled New Jersey, electing Gover-
I nors and senators for many years.
, TT; . i.
Heh?n VIIIs lft w Hoover, wil
1 vote for him, and work as head
of the sports division in the "Wo
mens committee for Herbert Hoov
er." That announcement offsets two
or three lar-:;e Wall Street men
leaving the republicans to join the
democrats.
If all those that admire the won
derful young California slrl vote
for Hoover, his plurality will make
that of Mr. Coolidge look smalt.
Mrs. Cohan, mother of a fam
ous son, George M, Cohan, died
yesterday. Thousands will sympa
thize with the brilliant and only
survivor of tho Cohan family who
wrote the best war song, "Over
There." Thoso no longer youn j
will remember thut family united I
as tho "Four Cohans," mother,!
father, daughter and son, happy t
together and making others happy. '
The Guaranty Trust company !
fears injury to business caused by1
the present high cost of money. '
The statement coming from an
authority should interest President)
Coolidge, Tho Interest rate in I
Wall Street yesterday was 8 per!
cent. That is usury, and usurers I
should bo jailed. j
Financial institutions, encourag
ed by the federal reserve board.
'are openly practicing usury, driv
i ing control of the world's money
i market from tho United States to
! Kngland, threatening prosperity
. n.l i,,m'ilmr K..ul..uu nw... I... ..
j deliberate conspiracy to increase
i Interest rates.
i ,f f workmen formed !
j asrainst their employer such a ton.)
' splracy na flnunclul Institutions j
have, formed aKalnst the liuslneaa I
ban-l"pn of America aome JiuIko woulil
'nuiekly tsaue an Injunetlon to re-1
J strain them. 1
Hut hiKh finance IS the govern-
ment, lo a laiye extent. -And there
is nuthtiig" in Btehl to restrain that
usurious conspiracy..
GOOD SHAPE, BUI
RAIN IS NEEDED
PORTLAND, Ore., Auk. fP)
While a lew local showers havu
occurred in eastern counties oC
Oregon, and some light rain has
fallen near the coast, the weather
. bureau of the United States de
' partmont of uriuulturu said today
; in Its monthly weathor report Unit
over most of the state the Hum
.iner drouth is still unbroken.
The government snmmary uf
weather and crop conditions in
Ore gnu for tho week endins Aug
i ust 2K, follows:
mature.
Unlrrigflted corn is gnu
orally suffering from drought, the
soil Is too dry for plowing and
seeding.
Fruits: M o s t Hartlott pears
have been picked and some later
varieties are now mature: a few
late peaches are in market and
most prunes are approaching ma
turity. Fresh prunes are being1
shipped from tho warmer eastern
localities. Apples are developing
well.
i Meadows, pastures, and ranges:
j Irri gated alfalfa is doing well, ex-
j Cept In places where water is"
j sca,.Ce. Most other hay crops havo
j he'en harvested. All unin igated
domestic iiastures and much of
the mountain range area are dry
and short:
Livestock: Owing to short pas
turage considerable feeding of
stock Is being done. The milk
supply is low, owing to short feed.
Many lambs are being marketed.
Miscellaneous : Most early po
tatoes are matur,e. Irrigated po
tatoes in central counties are de
veloping well, aud are generally
safe from frost. Unirrigated po
tatoes in western counties are In
jured by drought. Conditions aro
favorable for picking early hops.
Livestock
PORTLAND, Ore., A us. 29. (yp
Cattle and calves," steady, no re
ceipts. HOtiS. Receipts 9t), feeder pigs
weak to 50c lower.
SHEEP and LAM MS. Steady,
receipts 2H0.
Wholesale Prices
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 2!t.-
Wholesale prices:
-on
IJ UTTER. Extras 1-Uc higher,
other grades all lc higher.
35SKS, poultry, potatoes, onions,
wool, nuts, hay, cascara bark
steady.
M ILK. Eutterfat lc higher.
HOPS. Firm, 1927 crop, 20ffj
21c lb.; 1928 crop, 20c (contract).
Wheat
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 29. (p( t
Wheat: Ilig Lend bluestem. hartl
white SL30: soft white. Sl.Li;
western white SI. Li: hard winter.
,51.09: northern snrinir SI. 10: west-
orn rod, W.0!.
OATS. No. 2-3S lb. while R:;2.rt'o.
Todays' car receipts: Wlieat lu,
barley 2, flour 12, corn 1, oats 2,
hay 2.
to hep 'few
By BUD FISHER
j THE MARKETS
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