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PAGE FOUR
COME LIVE IN A
PAUCE, IS SIAIV1
A QUEEN FOR A KNIGHT
WASHINCTO..., June 1. The
head of the 8lamese pomal system,
1'hya Prakit Kolusama. who has
keen iuiecllng the United States
postal system, reports communica
tion systems well udvauced In his
native land.
Slant's air mall system has oier
ated successfully for six yeiwa.
Telegraph offices numher 472, and
4.r)G postofflces serve every city
and rural center. Wireless serv
ice handles messages to foreign
countries.
Siam, one of the last nations on
earth where a king is an absolute
monarch, outsteps some European
colonies that are her neighbors In
the march of progress, according to
u summary of recent geographic
changes In the lund of the white
elephant, prepared by the National
Ceographlc Society.
Good and Bad America nVititora
Two Kinds of American visitors,
one good, one had, figure promi
nently In the kingdom's new pros
perity. Francis boyes Sayre, the
late President Wilson's son ln-law,
and Dr. Hugh M. Smith, former
commissioner of the 11. S. bureau
of fisheries, are stuuiKh aids to
Siam. The former headed a com
mission which secured treaties from
foreign nations that removed extra
territorial rights and lined tariff
restrictions; Dr. Smith now directs
the development of Slam's fishery
resources.
The unwelcome American visitor
is the lovely hut malicious "Florida
weed." The blue water hyacinth
of Florida, brought to the Kast In
dies as a flower, has become a
curse. Because the queen of Slam
brought the first specimen for her
garden it 1b often called Java weed,
but out in the country where it
creates a national pioblem by clog
ging the irrigation canals it has
earned the name, "blue devil."
Irrigation and Railway Project.
' Slam, Jungles, heavy rainfall, are
three Ideas closely associated.
Why, then, must Siam build irriga
tion dams and canals? The an
swer is that the jungles are in the
mountainous border lands: the cen
tral delta plain receives an Illinois
rainfal. Because the Siamese grow
rice, they must have a wealth of
water; hence, Irrigation. The Pra
sak project, with a barrage type
dam. completed In 1M4. serves
4X!j,000 acres. The Subhan project,
scheduled for early completion, will
have three times the Praaak ca
pacity. Other vast works are un
der way or have been planned.
Hallroads Kow equals promise.
Siam, by its position, is a natural
railroad center of the world's dens
est population area, llangkuk, the
capital, and Siamese metropolis. Is
the Inevitable major railroad Junc
tion for all south and east Asia.
Karachi, India, to Vladivostok, Si
beria, is a 6000-mile railroad dream
for which Slam prepares. About
two-thirds of the trackage Is com
plete. The vital branch line, Bang
kok to Singapore, 1188 miles long,
has been finished, and puts Siam
ese within three days travel of the
great inirt. Kastern Siamese lines
' reach the Indo-Chinese border at
two points. The northeast line is
within easy reach of Burma. Slam
wait for these next-door colonies
to catch up will) her progress. -
A hint of the itnortance to Slam
of her railroads, all built since
193, Is contained la the recent re
port of an American agricultural
expert. "I was told," he writes,
"that a train load of rice goes south
dally for export to Mulnya and the
Dutch East Indies." Hlce is to
Sinm what cotton Is to the south.
Love Live In a Palace in Siam
"Coma live in a paJace," Slam In
vites the tourist. The state fall
way system operates hotels as well
ns trains. The royal suites of Its
l'hya Thai hotel at Bangkok are.
indeed, royal suites, having been
occupied by royalty before the pal
ace was given to the railroad sys
tem by the king. And there Is a
royal price attuched. Itoyal Suite
No. 2, excluding fond, can he en
gaged for 1-0 thills (I tlcal Is
Univalent to 44 cents! per liny.
" it
J2 UMtrj)l
An error! It should be 120 bahts.
I not 120 ticals. In BWlfty changing
1 Slam there are no more ticals. The
i tlcal was convicted of being a for
ieign word In Slam. Unlit is pure
Siamese. One Bilver baht sup
plants one banishel tlcal.
American Outboard Mo'ora Popular
Hants or ticals, they are one and
the same .when they gel to Detroit.
Of 31U new automobiles delivered
j In Bangkok one recent month
many were American. Slam dis
covered the American outboard
motor, too. Canals that muke
1 Bangkok an a tropical Amsterdam
and the countryside an Orlentul
- Holland, prompt Siam to become
, the I nited States' ninth best cus
. tnmer for detachable motors and
', second best customer for other
, types of boat engines.
I Minister of Agriculture at Plow
I The month of May marks the be
1 ginning of the oJ-linportant rice
plating. King a:nl court and thou
sands of subjects tuin out for the
Itak Na or ploughing ceremony.
Before the vast crowd the minister
I of agriculture, dignified with a hat
like a spire, and gorgeoiu gown,
' guides a huge abided wooden plow
j drawn by two gaily decked bul
I locks. After the ploughing various
: seeds and grains are spread before
'the bullocks. It is an anxious mo
jurent for the milling iiopuluce.
Whatever grass or grain the oxen
eat most will be scarce during the
(coming season; at least the Siam
ese think ho.
Modern Occidental Appointments
Oriental still In spirit. Slam ac
quires modern occidental appoint
ments of great variety. The gov
ernment runs on a budget and
Siam, too, has been passing through
an ecuuomy program. The king,
by way of exumpe, cut his royal al
lowance by 3,0(i(i,OUU bahts. The
me.ric system has replaced Wi
den' measuring units and beomes
:omutilsory in I'JIIU. Civil and com
mercial codes have heen publish
ed; there are UH.OUO Boy Bcouts;
the lied Cross has been organized.
Chulalongkorn university, named
for the monarch who, during his
reign of 42 years, began the regen
eration of the kingdom, enters lis
twelfth year, Btrong and growing.
There is an economl museum, a
national library has usurped tne i,.hrv)llHr . Ku,ui,i it reach the
former national cremation ceremo- ilrtanitu,., w.t f,- Un mher parts
jnial galleries, and a royal Institute n au,onli,lles. .
!of literature, architecture and fine, .., UIlllthM. t)i,,.t ,,f the room.
;arts has heen nromnlgateea. l ne (lnZPnB ,)f electric switches sucli as . , , , ....... , .
j present king, PrnlndjitK.k. has pro- iir, used fur ,, liKhlB. ar, j h""ie of the things reported In ins money out of the poskets of
j greased to one wife, from the rn-, t,eing iurned on and off, off and j the dispatches from Washington the people. There is no reason on
! tury ago normal royal Siamese sii- OIli hy roH connected to electric ; really are amazing. For example. ; this earth that one can think of
j ply of four to eight thousand wives. ,,. These switches aho must j lnp ihough,a ot senator Brookhart I which would suggest that federal
i I he able to perform after they have , nf Iowa on tne sul)j,.t.t ot control functionaries would manage the
functioned longer man tney wouiu Bf broadcasting over the radio. I broadcasting stations more sueeess
be required to In an aulonihlle. whle the a,,nutor has no "definite . fully than the private Interests now
"I'alntK and lacquers submitted , ieK.,,Unn" in mln,i, he wants to j at work. And not even the senator
for examination by manufacturers j j)p there is nothing in a pend- believes that they can manage
for use also undergo severe treat- i ,,, hlll ., , ,,iri ,.,. ,hnm with n lliil n Amri.
munlcations commissliin) which ' can homes. No matter. The sena
wouhl prevent the government's : tor "considers" putting the gov
oiieruliun of the whole broadcast- ' ernment into the business,
ing business. He thinks the gov- : .Then there is the case of Senator
ernment "might well take the s'a- ' Couzen.s of whom better might be
tlons over even If It cost 10 or 12 expected than of Senator Biook
mllllon dollars a year to operate hart. In the same radio hearing
them." And. of course, the financ-; Senator Couzens apparently got
ing would be easy because he , himself Into a statesmanlike mood
thinks receiving .sets could be by pondering the question whether
.HOHASISIKIUNS PKSKHT taxed. -broadcasters should be permitted
H';o-S!,A YIAX ItKtilME ! in other words, when you have a : to encourage the use of cigarettes
vast new industry that is finding Its in the home. Censorship-was dis
way quite successfully and provld-j cussed. In the name of common
to many millions of persons at ; sense, do senators believe there is
ing entertainment and information I nothing in life that the individual
slight cost to, them, it Is entirely in j American Is capable of deciding for
Ing the government already at ltst hemself? Do they assume the only
order for a senator to consider hav- j moment In a whole year In which
wit's end to attend to Its familiar the Individual American has ordi
dutles take over control and. so ; naray sense and capacity Is that
far as the finnncial perils of the 'moment when he casts a ballot
the, others .. o.netime, think that , the dense-, vegetation and reach- j rine corp. have cm
the individual American 1. never so ' " .e breeding ptac-es , of the In- h is w. u.'gu
! sen c'urniMn m un iiifriif - -
vprrtnlnff tn rJmi1f.
5
I H O N O L r L IT U) The pity
fnth(-m recently received an un
j usual petition in that it linked the
municipality to tax the petitioners.
Vendors of eel, the flowery nerk
! lace with which visitor! ore der-
orated, complained that children
and volunteer peddlers were ruin
in their busineH and HUggesteA
a license fee of $25.
4
Airplanes will be enlisted Jn the
health service. If plans for com
bating malaria by killing mosqui
toes with poisons sprayed from the
air, materialize. A mixture of
pari Kren, capable of penetrating
Anita Page, noted movie actress featured in Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer films, finds a Knight. In this
case, however, the Knight happens to be one of the new Willys-Knight "70-B" roadster models,
recently introduced by the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo, Ohio. Miss Page seems perfectly at
ease as she perches on the spare wheel which is smartly lodged in a well in the right forward fender.
. Saviors of the People
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FRIDAY
JUNE 7
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ELWOOD'S AUTO SHOP
118 South Central Avenue
Medford, Oregon
Phone 769
:ind teslf, na at-f hornH designed
for use on Chrywler cars. ;
"It ia thin demand for perfection :
in the smallest detail which shows ',
hnn Chpvular M.it.ii-n 4nuni-Au tha I
No part of a Chrysler car Is ;.,.. , , ,,,
so small. Its function so Insignlf- . . . . .
leant, as to be sllKhled ,"',''"B ,Jh'! I sonia n.lKht consdier the least im- i
perlua ot pronation un .-" " norlan, accessories In an auto- i
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put bfiore MeiiiK anHembled In the
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! pnKlneerinff luilltllns of Chrykr
, Moturit nt Highland park, Detroit,
jhundiedH upon humlrctlB of ncce
Uorlftt are contantly bnlng tested
for the Chrysler," Hays Mr. Henry
of Medford Motors, lyocal dealer.
"Not only aro devices Invented
by Chrysler eiiKlneers put to the
most rigid tests before being
adapted for u In these products,
but nil equipment submitted by
outside manufacturers for use In
these cars Is also subjected to the
most minute examination, so they
will live up to the hlnh standards
set for all Chrysler-built products.
'To the layman entering experi
mental rooms In this laboratory, it
appears that 100 Kube Ooldberg
engineering cartoons have sud
denly come to life. Here many
different types of motor car ac
cessories are performing those du
ties they will eventually perforn)
: In it car.
"Dozons of -windshield wlpors,
electric and pneumatic, attached
: to panes of gtilss, moving back anil
j forth for days on end, go through
ithe motions of wiping water from
i a w ndshlcld. After exhaustive
testN, they are Rtopptnl ami exam
Imnt for wear. If It Is found liiey
j have given the amount of service
a windshield wiper Would be called
j upon lu give during u definite
period und are still In good work
ling order, a record Is made. Snirie
day that particular type of wind
' shield wiper may be nmi on a
State Board of
Health
I
TELLS THE TRUTH
Our vwry water lost
from nir Swimming
pool is "Condition A"
"Safe for drinking pur
poses." 1) is Ilio only Gas Chlo
rinated Swimming pool
in Southern Oregon
.i i t
turn iuin iiu i-tiiiai.
Life Cuai'tl and swim
ming lessons bv I.
and Irs. F. A. Mc
Donald from llonolulu.
MERRICK'S
mblle."
8ARAJKVO, Jugo-Slavla
Selling their estates for a song,
thousands of Hosnian Moham
meduns are migrating to Turkey,
because they are dissatisfied with
the new Jugo-Klnvlan regime.
No less than 1,500 left within a
single weefc. They have been told
l hiit Torkcv has m-n mixed land
and other privileges to tho.se who enterprise are concerned, make It-1 for members of congress? If they
will return to the motherland. ?nf completely comfortable by t:ik-1 do think that. It may be remarked
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The new Dodge
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