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ii rxna vovn Medford MAIL tribune Dilly, Hunduy, Wkly I'iiIjI shed by Hie VEuFOUU 1'KINTINU CO. 1B-ST2( N. Fir St, Thone 7S ROilKKT W. Rt.'HI-, Kditor ' 6. bUMl'TKK SMITH. Mumiger An Independent Newiimicr Entered as Heeoiul draw tnntler at Med ford, Oregon, undt-r Act ol March B, 1879. RUB SCUM "HON UATT.3 Dy Moll J Advance: Ihiily, with (Sunday. yur Jially, wild flmi'liiy. iimiitli. , . Dully, without Sunday, fur .. 7.60 .70 o.r.u i;iuy, wiuiuui Ditmiiii NiuFiLti . . WitLkly Mull Tribune, one year..., 2.00 Nunduy, one yvue 2.00 iy (Jiirrlcr, in Advance In Medford, Anli land, JackHonvilif, Central Point, l'uoenii, ....1.1 til 1 .... lliu-Kw,.iu- Hnily. willi Sunday, month .... Dully, without Sunday, month... Dally, without Sunday, out' year, Duily, with Sunday, onu year... AH terms, cash hi advance. MKMI1KII OF TUB ASSOCIATKI) l'llEHS Ki'ceivinj- Full Learn! Wire Service Only api-r in city or county receivinj newH Uy U-U-irrajjh. 'Hie AKHocifllwi I'-cua Id ixclunlvely en titled to tlm usn for publication of all Hewn dfHnati-hes credited tu It or otherwlxe credited In thin jmpt'r, and aUo to the local UowH puMinlied herein. All ilfc'hlH fur ripiibllentlon of apecial dlM puU'hca herein ure uluo ieerved. - Sworn dally nvenifie elmilntitm for ail tnontlia ending April 1, Rigs, 4(32. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry No sooner han the excitement occasioned hy the horse races at lh county fair subsided, thnn up bnbs the Hon. Harvey (.5. Stark ark" era I, ' weather, a Portland demoe halt line a technicality noldy, so Hint his name will he placed upon Hit- election hallut, to humor a hnlluciiiiiUon that lie Is oppuslng "Willis Haw Icy, an oiilstiiiiillng Oregon political habit, Kress. fo Twenty-eight wives bade a fond farewell to Chang Tsung-ehang to day on the eve of his start for the battle front northeast of Tientsin. (Associated Press dispatch.) Off on a. vacation. The local wing of the Republl caupurty continues to shed mem hers it has pjit up with for 40 yeurs. A 15-year old boy rode down the Mala (.'tern Friday with a loaded ril'lo on the handle burs. 1 le weaved dexterously In and out of the auto traffic, and had the wea pon been accidentally discharged, the bullet would have bored a neat, round hole in a Safety-First sign. Heavy thunder late yesterday fooled three 4d owners, and a by stander. 1 ! X X IWHKK A HY, 1 1 A It It Y (Time, Mag.) 1 lurry M icajah Oaugherty, President I lardlug's atlorney general, the man who, as-boss of the Ohio Gang, was second only to Albert .Macon Kail in bringing disrupt! to to the j larding administration, step ped off a boat from Hurope. lust week, Interviewed hy newsgatherers, he said : "I've done my share for the Re publican party. I'm through with politics and won't take part In this campaign." Once upon a time there was a cyclone In the Middle AVest, that illd not cause Kugenc, Albany, and Portland papers to have editorial raptures over the rain. I'HWSIDHNT SAYH FA KM RH ,IKF SOUND (Hdllne SF. F.xnm iuer.) Hound and statistics, and neither nourishing. A party of deer hunters have re turned from the hills, without Hhootiiiff themselves, or u deer. "Urn Ins flourish without regnrd to polltileal faith. The Republican genius who thought of 'Al for Alcohol,' Ih matched by a Demo cratic, genius, who labored and brought forth, 'Hoover for Hooch.' " (Cincinnati ttnuuh'er.) TAKIC YOOt ".MKDDY" Children havo been given medi cine by their parents. This Is an established fact that should lie borne In mind by anyone attempt ing the operation.- It may serve to discourage despair. First, Holcct a medicine that has been colored a cheerful green or red and sweetened. Pour the dose Into a spuon and apprimeh the child calmly and casually with a "Here, dear; here's the nice medi cine that Is going to make you well." If the vhlld in human, it will give, one took and turn Its face to the wall. U It yields grace fully, a psychiatrist should be culled. Next, try n demonstration. Take a taste of the nu'dielno yourself, being careful not to take too much: or better, simulate taking a taste. Suppress the Impulse to mako n wry face and exclaim en thusiastically "See; It inn't bad!" This may not be truthful, but the end Justifies the means. This men sure, loo, unfortunatelv, Is likely to fall. I'erstinslon and promises being of no avail, there Is, alas! but one recourse, which is brute force. Some means must be devised fur holding the arms, body and bead of the child still with the left hand while the right hand holds the spoon poised. Ry this time the child will be in tears und, luckily, nature has provided that a child so afflicted must eventually open its mouth for nlr. it remain to await a favorable opportunity to plunge the spoon between the lips. A direct bit is rare. However, despite the stream of sticky liquid running from the corner of the mouth to the neck and thence in the uleeve of your clean shirt, and the gag ging, spluttering and roughing In which the child will Indulge, It Is possible to hope that Home of the stuff got down and stayed down. Tho parent will now ho alarmed over the possibility that through the employment of force the child's Kplrit may have been bro . hen. Hut the next call for admin littering a doe will prove that mien feArn were entirely groundless. (iiatlmore Sun.) Editorial Correspondence HAN FRANCISCO, Kept. U.-Of the score of movies In Hun Fran cisco nuw, only two tiro of tiny par t toil In i interest. One is "The Put riot." starring Hmil .lannings and Louis Stone, and tho other Ik "Sim bit." the photographic record of the adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Murtin Juhnson in the. wilds of Africa. "The Patriot Is, to our iiiIikI. a demonstration of Hie real value of the Vltiiphone as a supplement to tin- movie art, There is no con versation on dialogue hut there Is ii nearly continuous record of interpretative music, and one word uttered by .tannings as the mad Emperor of Russia nears his doom I'ahlcn! I'ahlen!" The dramatic effectiveness of the film is gnuly increased hy this restrained and Intelligent use of the talkie feature, and would undoubt edly be decreased were the dia logue to be used as It is ill "The Terror" for example (also being shown here now ) in an attempt to reprodu'eii the legitimate drama by a full score of speaking parts. The reason, ns we see It, is that the movie has developed medium of dramatic expression all its own. in which sound must be merely I interpretation and suggestion, or it ImpingoH upon the legitimate drama, and luevliiibly make III" whole artificial. "The Patriot," in other words, represents the per manent feature of the sound movie the portion that will he retained; , "The Terror" the transient talkyj feature which, after a brief perind ; during wllielL Its novelty will hold j public interest, will be generally abandoned. At least, that Is our Idea. Only time will prove whether I or not the Idea 1h correct. I "Siinba" is. of course, merely a photographic i-ecurd of the .lulm son pilgrimage of four fears in the wilds of South Africa, among the lions, elephants, hop pis., pyg mies and lions of that uncharted region. There is a brief "talky" prn- DODGE CAR HERE The Kakln Motor Co. received tdoay the first of the. new senior six model Dodge, cars. It is a sport sedan, is on display In their i now room ana is utiraeung a , great deal of attention. Mr. lOakln hoped to have the mode here for the fair, but it failed to rive. Tho senior comes in varied body styles, represents advanced engi- ring design that stamps the car with an individual appearance characteristic of no other cur. The body lines were adapted Hpcrlflctti ly to moot the latest American viewpoint on automotive design a demand for color, beauty und (ho last word in fashion. Interior appointments of the car carry out additional features of Its aristocratic stylo creation. Finish ing of the Instrument panel is har monized with the upholstery and coach work In most unique man ner. Radio Program KMED Mall Tribune-Virgin Station 4.ii. -l'4.tt 4, fr Kept. 17, Monday ! 8 to !t Porter . lAimber Co., Sixth St. Service Station. 9 to 10 Mono Motor Oil Co. :30 to 10 Con DeVoro Meat Market and Reliable Gore. 10 to 10:8(1 S. O. FJcelrie. fr 10:J!0 to It Swem's lliftl Shop. r 11 to 11:30 M. M, Dept. fltoro fr 11:30 to Jii Colonial Hakery fr fr 12 to 12:30 Independent t fr Klectrle Store. fr 12:30 to 1:30 Monarch Seed fr fr & Feed Co. fr fr C : 1 fi Medford Mall Tribune. fr 8 to II p. in. Snitler's Daily. 4 - !t to Hi p. m.- Calif. Oregon fr fr Power Co. fr fr fr 'fr frfrfr4' 'fr4 4 Ramon Novarro at Rialto Theatre Ramon Novarro, hero of "lien Hur" and many a role, furnishes a surprise In "Across to Singapore' at the Rialto theatre. As a sailor MUTT AND JEFF iNEW SENIOR ICELl i . i JFF I-AITT Mf' T'Ug IT'S fV U01C6 tney WAWT. GOT, A SURG. THE TALKING FlUrLL vMAT 0F IT? TrV-K TALKING FILMSJ V ACTQj , t oo L ' 0 MC IMJ -. Be seMT- to rr 1 "T-dSS ' ' wrcrnrono watu logue hy Mr. Johnson, and then the hunt begins. All seats are reserv ed, and sell at the somewhat alii-I Sinned letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or ....In,,, r ti rn Tint ' treatment', will Ijh aimwerdJ by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self -add retiaed envelope U enclosed, tuninous pcue or ii.j" ')0'; ,Jl 1 utter should bo brief and written in ink. Owing to the large number of letters re It Is worth ft,. The entire film Is Ceived, only a few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conform most Interesting and unusual, The I ing to instructions. Addres Dr. William Brady, In care of this newspaper. natives spear a hippo In the river ami then go on a lion hunt that Is most thrilling. Tot see thse black native chase u "real, live llun" through the jungle and final ly nail him, rearing around, as full of Hpcitrs as a pincushion, to succumb after clawing a negro who came too near, Is certainly an ex traordinary experience. The moral of the tale iieems t be, that If you intend to go nn a movie exoedition after wild ani- tnulu r-lwu.un Willi- n-iffi ivllh c;i re While Mr. Johnson turns tin; crank. Mrs. .Johnson stands by with an elephant-gun, anil was s h o w n knocking over a charging rhino and a charging lion wl'll great eclat. Tlie kick of Ho- high-powered rifle sent her back a foot or two at each discharge, hut if it gave her a sore shoulder she gave no evidence of It. No wood Mr .lobuson is shown later in an , attitude of affection with Ins fr ui. : A man should appreciate a wife that saves bis life every day or so. The slate tennis tournament Is being held here, and the most as tonishing ferritin- are the women and. nf course, the girls. Mrs. May Sutton Uimday. for example. She won the single semi-finals today and Is expected to win the title tomorrow. Friday she -won the semi-finals in the mixed doubles, playing with Phil Neer. Mrs.. Hiindy is in the -lU's, has miir or live cniinen, une oi ner , sons, aged five, played tenuis t Oie court nexl to hers, and kept j a I li-year-ohl girl hnniping to win. Ib-r nephews, Hie Ooeg i.nys, areasiM wlien u july tries to i;et hy among the crack tennis players ofjwitli her son that way is, natua the country. Tennis is building up a ally how old the young man in toll t marvelous type of womanhood in this sun-kissed state, of which Mrs, Ilunily is a shining example. It. AV. R. of the old "windjammer" days; a mariner in sweater and dungarees, before the mast, in a whirlwind adventure of sea storms. Oriental battles and other thrilling episodes that form a thunderous back ground for an entrancing love story. iaid In New Knglaiul, on the high seas, and in the Orient, the story has an ever-shifting locale that keeps pace with the lightning nction of the ntav. its drama ! like action of the play. It ifJ maMt,M.iv. I vl)Varro nliivs a sailor, one of tm.IM. Soufarlng brothers, and a mV(, ,.uosl nur)s ,jm jnl( u mael-hny i'-!Minim of iidvciuun'. As the young : j sailor, battling hupian passions iaml tno elements, Novarro h;s a l,.0i0 m which he proves a powerful delineator of human emotions. but there absolutely when the din Joan Crawford plays the role of I ner bell rings or the hot dog barks, the New Knglaud girl thrust into a j So far as I can surmise there's gripping adventure In the Orient, i nothing abnormal about this boy's Krnest Torrenee ns the older bro ther Is a dominant figure in the powerful tale and James Mason as the evil male has an equally pow erful role. . Talking Pictures Hunt's Craterian "Tho Perfect Crime." based on Israel Zangw Ill's popular story, "The Rig Bow Mystery," seems to have won ns much favor on the screen as' did the novel in reading circles. This gripping mystery drama which Is tho first of the Radio corporation's synchroniza tions la beautifully scored and con tains much spoken drama, the entire court room scene in which most of tho mystery and heavy drama is brought to light Is all talking. The story concerns a mast or criminologist who conceives the idea of committing the "perfect erlmo." . His daily duties as a de tective, failed to furnish the mental stimulus he desires and with tho thought of tho "perfect crime" In- stilled In bis mind by brother do j tecttves, he plana to do the "lm- possible." Hft accomplishes his endeavor and throws the country Into a tur moil, but when his sweetheart en treats him to save an Innocent man who has been convicted ort circumstantial evidence, bis de cision furnishes one of the most dramatic, climaxes ever screened. The picture will close Us en gagement at I lunls Craterian the atre tomorrow night. The cast embraces such stellar players as Olive Rrook and Irene Rich In the title roles, wiMi Tully Marshall, Htbel Wales, Carroll Nye, Gladys Mct'onnell, Kdmund Rreese, James Farley, Phil Gast roek and little baby Jane l.aYerue. Mutt's Gonna Work for wirmrm, flnyoTiTV Personal Health Service By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D. ' AMAZING HABIT Veople who write ftmuy lettera Iiuquently begin by commenting on the funny letteiH a conductor of a health column gets. Some of theso loners aie itinuy. :that is avoidable with difficulty. : really. Some of jA r0K-iar hlinbo .-?ets a great kick i them ure not HO:mtt of the Kratuitions sympathy of; funny. I in a y aI1 t)ie k(ml oU1 itullet, wll0 Umr j seem hard boiled jtle )001. iti(I (h HUfIerinff with cold j to some tolka but fl!0t So bid your friends hire an even now, "jtfi utuHtorinm. and lot the bimbo en-! many yeais oi u, some of the let-i ters that come to -tlie make me cr, and that's the truth. What most, readily gets my goat is oh, well, let's say no more about it. Kmough to know that there is a lot of unhappiness and sufferii.; in the world due solely ito ignorance health ignorance. mH,ul,e humarT physiology and i. VL'ieiie. the k ud of anorantie no carelully cultivated by our sorry system of popular education. Hut this has nothing to do with Mrs. !fs son, or his mother's complaint. I tutt switched off by -noting that Mrs. IVs letter is oh, not funny ex - actly, but unusual. , . Mrs. It. writes; My sonhas a habit of eating bo - i ween meais. lie uoes nui t;au can dy or drink sodas as lie does not like them. His favorite dishes are the veg tables, meats or fruits. It i is very seldom that he stops doing t , u rIin vou recommend some motLiiu of preventing this, if harm-! ful? i ''(lH fli-Ht thing the cchductor ' be. is he 1, 11 or 40.' I can inl ine a son of any such age raiding his mother's victuals like that. That, is, if they're the kind mother ,' used to try to hoard till meal time. Running my experienced eye over ; Mrs. R's complaint in quest of ai clew I get a picture of a husky , lad of 11 with blushing cheeks, .i complexion that is the envy of the I girls in spite of all the sugars and starches he consumes, and a huge capacity for pounding his ear when-) ever the opportunity invites a j snooze. The lad I have in mind has an inactive pituitary gland' hypotuitarism and a prenaturally high tolernnce for carbohydrate food. He is already a fat boy. He is going to be fatter. Then, besideti the florid youth, in mental picture, there is his' shadow. A scrawny, awkward. I careless, slouching, scrapinK, dis- jcouragingly rough and uncouth lad i who is shv several pounds of meat pituitary or other ductless glands. I; ut when it comes to eating, he just knows how. For the hypopituitary boy there may be some benefit to be derived from ductless gland medication. This is a question to bo considered by his personal physician only. For his shadow thero is only one effective remedy keep the larder well Blocked with a good variety of wholesome knick-knacks, including of course a fair share of aweets. Of course any boy or girl who is under weight oiiht to have the benefit of proper medical examination, a health test, and such special ad vice about hygiene aa the doctor may deem applicable.. In most in stances undet nutrition is due . to faulty hygiene, not to Insufficient or improper food. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Cross Eye 1 am a girl IS Mi years old and my right eye has been crossed since I was 4- years old. 1 have been to eye doctors and wear j glasses constantly. My eyes are not very cross. j man toui mo tu put a disc of black paper over the glass over my crossed eyo and it will straighten my eyes. ,Miss F. C.) Answer. In your place, daugh ter. I should take my eyes to a j Chichtbu, heir apparent to the physician who is a specialist in dia-j throne of Japan, will marry Selsu eases of the eyes. I should follow I ko Matsudalra, daughter of Japan's bis nilvien nhmit wonrine cbisses. I ambassador to the United States. Using tho eyes, eye exercise, or nnvthlng else he might deem suit- able. Baby Shoes Our baby is Rt mouths old, nor- mal weight, and she stands and walks some with support. Prlpndsj She sends to the prince a freshly say we should put shoes on her caught fish, an ancient sword and now, to support her ankles and pre- i wine made of rice, vent spreading of her feet. She I, They take marriage and old ctts has boon barefooted nil the time turns seriously in Japan, and that up to now. (Mrs. P. S.) . j is part of the people's strength. Answer. If she were my baby In Japan. If you raise your arm she'd go bavefoot until It gets too I as though threatening Uv strike a darn cold, and then she'd get a 'child, the child laughs, knowing the Gabby Screen Productions oreoon-, monpav, September n,m& OF MRS. R'S SON I pair of nice warm wool socks or ! moccasins or unytmiig nut shoes. i It Is a sad day for the baby when kIid hPirftiH. wenrlnir hIihrr. Klines I l8ll0uld be considered only an evil , iov lite lhlle i,e ifi young. (Tummies Shrunk While You Work t..: quiHi, a7um. vn., wu ! Kindly suggest some exercise to rodiiee Hip abdnmen ;inil streiiL'lhen .). rnnseles I uni it ft iii't'lcM worker I 1 4:; years of a-xe and duiriiK the last . J year of two have developed an pro- i Inounced "corporation." (C. Melt.): Answer. -Had your vacation yet?: 'If It is still coming, try a hiking g-i...r ,.. .,,i,,n j 0f you musl ,R,Rln ! ..... i... i n-:..., ,0 Hpvmi mf,Lig ,1V0ry mornhw. i , swimming is a fine exercise to j j Hlirink corporations. Here is one! y(JU can (lo a, homPi Ijif! on baclt. am, 9iowtv m)ti0 u.fXa to vertical, !thl,n lUx '(hR-hs on bellv. then up! to vertical again, then slowly to; I rest. Repeat this six or eight tiinPK niK(lt and m(jri,i,1(r( and gradually I increase till you can do it 10 times without getting sore about it. Or course you tame the appetite some, in alt languages, but particularly in eargoliydrate consumption. if you can jHtssibly afford it, walk to anil from work. (Copyright John F. Diilo Co.) Mr. Hoover ain't qoin' t' kiss no I babies, an' accordin' t' th' news- paper pictures, those he picks up; he holds like Roman candles. Judg- ; in' by ther names th' meltin' pot i has turned out come dandy Chi cago gunmen. . Brisbane's Today (Continued from Page One.) never again see the twenty Turkish-, Korean, Russian, Chinese and Japanese wives and concubines to whom ho gaily waved farewell the other day. . - He promised to come back vic torious, but at present he is flee ing from China's nationalist forces. If the twenty ever see hJa face again it may be on top of a sharp pole. Nationalist troops of China are victorious everywhere. If Chinese statesmen can arrange a govern ment to give order, protection and prosperity to 400,000,000, China will nfttiu be a nation. j llride and groom have exchanged presents, according to Japanese customs, centuries old. ' I The bride rc-cMves a fan, a ki - niona. ft cnsli of wine and a fish i freshly- caught. Dinner I : Rippling Rhymes (By Walt Mason.) CHANGING VOTES Mothhiks that every man In afeht known how he'll vote elec tion day; and I might aiK"e day and nltsht, and not persuade a Hingle juy. Long since 1 used to strive to Ruin some converts for the proper cause, and I would ar lies till tho strain was rierce upon my lun-'is and jaws. I'd hack a man against a tree and tell him why he ought to vote lor Silas Jinks or Hen Mc(!ee I'd talk until 1 barked my throat. I'd lecture In the Blue I'-ronl store on vital issues great and small; I'd lecture till my tongue was sore and hope to change some votes that fall. I'd stand around the public square, in eve nil).? dust and morning dews, and hand to Ratters loafing there such arguments us great men use. And orators would come to town to supplement the work 1 did. and they would lay cold logic down with tongues that never learned to skid. I toured the boulevard and slum, Im plored and argued, talked and wheezed; and when election day was come the folks alt voted as they pleased. The men I thought secure for Jinks, who seemed all lined up for McGee they ull supported other Kinks, and put extinguishers on me. One gains some wisdom as he wends adown the pathway to the grave, and now I do not lecture friends, or tell them how they should be have. I see the spielers blithely go to round up votes here and there; they make a fine und daz zling show but does their work .jet anywhere? Is there much use In giving vent to arguments that skin the throat? Are you acquainted with a gent who does not. know just how he'll vote? ! that In Japan nobody ever strikes a child. That feature of civilization we lack. The French experimental air at tack on Paris is Intended to supply FACTS not to protect battleship builders but to show that even with her great air fleet France could not protect Paris from attack. French pilots, assuming the role of a flying enemy, "theoretically" bombed the great French city in spite of French pursuit planes, sound detectors, flash ltohtta and anti-aircraft guns. That should make this country think, if anything COULD make this country think. Hut at present we are so pros perous, so busy counting our money, that we haven't time for anything else. Death Toll of. the Automobile KOSERCna, Ore.. Sept. 3 7.' W) When their automobile plunged 25 feet from an overhead crossing on the Pacific highway at Corn stock yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. N. .1. Hanson, of Ferndale, Cal., were killed. MADRAS, Ore.. Sept. 17. Rlow-out of a fire caused an au tomobile accident six miles south bf here yesterday in which Amy l.ou Jackson, 10. daughter of Or ton Jackson, section foreman at Gateway, Ore., was killed. " TACOMA, Wanti., Sept. 17. (fP) Mrs. I.ydia Weacb, Tacoma, was Instantly killed Sunday evening when the car in which she and her husband, Conrad Weaeh, were being towed on the mountain high way, was thrown into an eight foot ditch, upside down. Mr, Weaeh escaped with minor inju ries. Casualties of the Air Service j FLINT, Mich., Sept. 17. (A) jTwo passengers were killed and the pilot seriously injured, when jnn airplane went into a bead fspin while attempting a landing here Sunday and fell from an alti tude of about 200 feet. The dead. Donald Gary. IS, and Hnrold George Rraham, 24, both of Flint. William Wniriek, 24, of Flint, the pilot, was taken to a hos pital suffering from severe Inter nal Injuries. Warrick, it was learned, was granted a pilot's li cence only recently. WRITES OF- WORK Mount Montezuma, Chile. S. A. i August 18, 192H. Several of my friends In Medford havo asked me to write something for the Trib une In regard, to Chllo and the "work of the Smithsonian In stitution, of Washington, D. C. You will find attached a . brief description of tho nature of my work hero; the country, . and living conditions. Medford is my borne town, 1 having graduated from the Medford high Kchool and was later employed by the First National bank there. Believe me, since leaving Medford over a year ago I have learn ed to appreciate the wonderful Rogue River valley. I would like to say that the Medford Mail Tribune is the source of many pleasant evenings in this "No Man's Land" of Chile. Very truly yours, M. K. BA CO II MAN. America owes the Smithsonian Institution to an Kngllshman. His name was James Smltlison. Ho was a chemist and 'mineralogist of repute. Rut he earned a perma nent place in tho memory of man by a clause In his will, made in 182C, leaving his fortune to the Cnited States government to found "an establishment for the Increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. The astrophyslcnt observatory is one of the nine bureaus of the in stitution. Its principal work Is re search on the physical properties of the sun and the relation of its heat to climatic conditions and temperature changes on the earth. Many years ago, in order to carry on this work. It was deemed neces sary to make daily observations of of the sun's radiation, This re quired a location with tho lowest fainfall and clearest sky. After a careful searcfc through weather records. It was discovered that Ca lama, In the northern part of Chile, had a practically zero rainfall and a high percentage of cloudless days. Calama lies in the Atacama desert and Is at an elevation of 7,ft00 feet. Tho observatory was located 1 fi miles to the south of Mount Monte zuma, 10,000 feet above sea level. This station has made dally ob servations continuously tor tne JUHUm-mi.B11.,t,,,,0 (Ar Q ten years. Each day the result is cabled to the institution at Wash ington. The day's result we call tho "solar constant," and it varies from 1.030 to l.flfiO calories of heat per square centimeter per minute, A definite correlation has been found to exist between this varia tion and certain temperature changes on the earth. A change in the solar constant is usually fol lowed In several days by a change of temperature on the earth. Long range weather forecasting is the end to which the Institution Is wo r k In g. and J n ord e r to secu re more data a second station was located on Table Mountain, Cali fornia. At about tho same time, the' National Geographical society provided funds for the select lou and maintaining of a third station, which Is now operating In south west. Agrlca. Kach station has a staff of three people: Tho direc tor, the assistant, and the direc tor's wife, who cooks and keeps house. We are real cavemen (although we are not from Grants Pass). In the very top of the mountain there is a cave, 40 feet deep, in which the instruments are kept and where the observing is done, A cave, is necessary In order to have a constant temperature. This part of Chile, is one vast expanse bf desert and barren mountains. No plant or animal , IJfe of any kind is to be found. Mount Montezuma is one of the i highest . peaks on the west side j of the Atacama desert. Eighty nines to tne east, directly .across tbjn desert, towers the main range of the Andes mountains. Many of the peaks that we can see are over 10,000 feet high. One of t;ese. San Pedro, is an nctlve vol cano and we ran see eruptions nearly every day. 1, M.OOO feet above the sea and snow-canned most of the time. Earthquakes are very common occurrences. We experience one every two or three months strong enough to do seri ous damage. Terrific winds nnd dust storms ulve us trouble also. A telephone and a t rusty T)ndKP auto are our only links wiih rivlli- VOUR USUAL G.KJGV.UH- 1 zntion. i V,'e go in to town twicd- a week for food supplies and water. As there Is no water to be had on the mountain here,-we haul it 1 fi miles from Calama in a f0 gallon tank built Into the body of the car. Fresh vegetables and other necessary foods are usuall v hard to get and very expensive. For instance, butter is $1.40 ;i pound; eggs .$1.25a dozen, and canned milk Is 4 0 cents a can. Gasoline for the, car Is B0 cents a gallon. We have no electric, lights, no hot and cold water, no, radio not even a bathtub. it's a rather primitive way of living, indeed, but we feel that, tho cause justifies It even the experience gained is valuable. We mako the best of everything, however, and find that we really enjoy belli, exiles. Gold Rusk Drama at State Theatre The roaring gold rush camp of Halfway, full of miners, gamblers, thieves, dance ball girls and all tho other typos to be found In a place of this surf, is the locale of much oT the action in "The Heart of the Yukon, the feature at the Stale theatre tonight. Throo weeks after Jim 1 lardy discovers gold on tho creek, the town of Halfway conies Into being. Into this frontier settlement comes little Anita Wayne, searching fnr her father whom she has never I seen. Alone and friendless in this rough and ready community where the finer instincts are almost, wholly unknown, she continues her search. The events that folluw are nerve-tingling in their dramatic intensity, and the climax, a fight between two men on the brink of a deep crevasse. f The role of Jim Hardy is por-. trayed by John Rowers, while that of Anita Wayne is played by Aiyne Cornwall. The cast Includes Frank Cam pea ii, Kdward Ilenrn and Rus sell Simpson. Daily Meteorological Report Monday, Sept. 17, 1028. Forecasts. Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. Oregon. Unsettled tonight and Tuesday; probably showers on tho coast. Cooler in east portion Tuesday. Rising humidity. - R7 S9 Highest (last 12 hra.) iM ; lowest (last 12 hrs.) 58 G7 87 .(i;; Clear Rel. humidity (pc.).. . 33 .00 Cleat- Precipitation (in.).. State of weather..,. Lowest temperature this morn ing, 57 degrees. Total precipitation since fiep tember 1, 1128, .58 inche. - Sunset today, C:18 p. m. Sunrise Tuesday, 0:54 a. m. Sunset Tuesday, 6:lti p. m. ' Observations Taken at 5 A. M. 120th Meridian Time LOCAL DATA t-' $ CITY ;f if f ' . j P i Baker City 7li 4-1 Clear Bismarck OS 30 Clear ' Boise 78 54 Cily. Denver C8 f0 Clear Des Moines ........ 74 50 Clear Fresno 98 . (12 Clear Helena , 70 42 Clear Los Angeles 80 02 Clear Murshfelld 70 44 , Clear Phoenix 103 80 Clear Portland 80 .58 Clear Ited Bluff 92 60 Clear Koseburg .......... 84 54 Clear Salt r.ake City.. SO. 02 Cdy. San Francisco .. 02 . 54 ' Cdy. Santa Ve 82 54 Clear Seattle 72"" 50 : Clear Sllokane 70 40 ' Clear Winnipeg .V. 3S Clear -t li. w. DICK.. Meteorologist. OTTAWA, Ont Sept. 17. W The bodies of a woman and thiv children, burned to death when fire swept their home in Brlttnnia, an Ottawa suburb, last ni(;ht, were recovered from the ruins of th'e . , V of Syracuse. N. Y.; Mary Wnltcrs. . Austin Walters, 7, and Gordon Walters, 4. children of Bernard Walters,, owner of the house. Thomas Realty Co.. Rm. 12 Talm Blk., cor. Main nnd Front, upstairs. Furniture, chattel loans, contracls discounted. By BUD FISHER
