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MEDFORD MATL TRTBnNl'J, MEPFOUD. ORKfiOY. SUNDAY. OCTOBER. 27, 1D2!). PAGE FTVB- OF CAYENNE SAIL FOR PARIS TRIAL NANTES , France (fl1) One of the strangest long distance crim inal processes in French history is to begin here soon when Judge JxMiiarehand commences an inves tigation of tlie mysterious deutH tit Cayenne, French Guiana, of Jean Oulmot, member of the French chamber of deputies, and a number of sluyings that follow l oil. It will bo weeks and perhaps V'nonths beforo a finding is return red. Thirty-three persons, charged with murder and complicity, have already been brought across the Atlantic for the preliminary "in structions" which corresponds to a Brand jury investigation in America. Ity the irony of fate, many of them, if condemned, will return over the eamo route to Devils' Island, the penal colony a few miles from Cayenne. The aroused state of public opin ion at Cayenne was given as a reason for the transfer of the pro cess to 'France. The passing of M. Galmot, who died of what has been certified as poisoning, was followed by brews that cost the lives of Luc Jubel, member of the Cayenne municipal council; Jean Clement, school superintendent; M. jaro.se, a municipal employe; M. Thebis, former councilman and Ai de St. Ives, n land holder. Under French procedure, Judge Lemarchand will have a gigantic jt task ahead of him before he can pturn over to the assizes court the ' evidence against the accused. He must personally examine and weigh the depositions of scores of Witnesses and go over thoroughly the "dossier" weighing 265 pounds and which includes every shred of evidence in the case. In addition he must look over a large collec tion of arms of all varieties, al leged to have been used in the series of slay lags. In addition to the thirty-three accused, already In France, four teen others. Involved In minor ways with the charges, are to be sent hero for trial if Judge Lomarch and concludes that the evidence against them is sufficient. Speedy Aerial Trail Blazer Who Leads The Way in 1929 National Air Tour A Sneezc.Once Romantic and Heroic MO-;,' SEVENTY YEAR OLD A 1U23 Htudebaker Ulg Six which lias been driven more than 150. niio miles on a stage Hue between Tnnnpah, Nov., and the gold camp of Manhattan, is the latest addi tion to the famous Studcbakor 100.000 Mile club. Clark James, a se'venty-ycar old veteran nf the old west, reports that his Ktudebaker has never fail ed to cover Its 90-mile route on time. James himself is a color ful figure. When the frenzied gold rush started at Manhattan more than twenty years ago he was among the first to arrive at the scene. He watched the camp grow from a few scattered shacks 1o a hustling city of 12.000, with banks, newspapers and telegraph office. And ho has watched it dwindle away, assisted by two fires, to n sleepy mining camp of three or four hundred miners and prospectors. I!ofore purchasing Ills present oar James owned nn older model Kludebaker which ho operated for several years. Many Interested In automobiles and racing have followed the car eer of Louis Meyer and will read ily admit ho knows a whole- lot about both. Ills Introduction' to- "speed" rame as a boy when he watched his father. Kdwnrd Meyer, pedal past the winning post to many a championship In the n'ld-tlmo bi cyclt races. He took to the. track like tho proverbial duck takes to water. It was In 1H2S that Lou first gained his rijiht to a niche In the hall of fame by winning the 500 mile Memorial day elassis at the Indianapolis speedway. In 19l!, he followed this victory -with sec ond place In tho same race and established a record as the only idriver to win the American Auto pnnbile association championship 'for two successive years. He holds the distinction of helntr the only winner of three successive races on tho 200-mile board track at Altoonn. I'enn. This year ho fin ished first in one hour, 4(1 min utes and 36. S seconds. While In Dayton. Ohio, recently. Inu bought five new cAr. One wn for himself, another for his father and the. others for mem bers of his staff. The car he chose were four Oh ry filer "77" coupes and a "77" roadster. Short ly after tho fleet was delivered, tho party set out for California. Lnu will participate In a number of west roast races before return ing to tho east next spring. "In selecting the Chrysler." Meyer said. "I was attracted hy Its unusual performance. The multi-range rasp irhlft Is tho great Jst gear shift I have ever used. On my racing cars I have used ' down-draft carbureton somewhat similar to th new system on the 1 IU. i 1 Lee F. Shocnhair, of Loa Angcln, youthful pilot of high ipe.d plann, itanding bcaidc the Lockheed Vena in which he carried the chief icorcr and hi, auittant on the 1929 National Air Tour for the Ediel B. Ford Reliability Trophy. THIS Bhlp, which is named Miss Sllvertown, la probably the fastest commercial mono piano In the United States, and has attained a sea level speed of 10 miles an hour. The plane has a wing span of 41 feet and is powered with a Pratt & Whitney Vasp developing 42fi horsepower. It Is also equipped with veutnrl cowling, recently developed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which adds about 20 miles an hour to its speed. The speed Is further Increased through a rubber paint developed In the Goodrich factory at Akron, Ohio, which because of its smoothness materially cuts down wind resistance. Although this was the only plane In the contest coated with this paint, nineteen of them used Goodrich tires. Shoenhalr was one of three pilots who led the way for the contest ants for the Ford Trophy. The others were Capt. Frank M. Hawks, member of the rules com mittee, and Capt. Hay Collins, manajrer of the tour. The route included 32 cities throughout tho United States. Barber Shop Memories IT CURE Down at l'orttnna a burning question of the hour Is whether the price of a shave in the bar ber shop shall advance from 25 cents to 35 cents. The pros, of course, are the barbers, journey man and ina-ster. The antis, only mildly vocal, are that small re maining portion of tho barbcr palronizhig public who do not yet realize that what barbers will do they will do, just as they have been doing in the recent years of steady tonsorial progress when ever they could all get together and slay together. Let's have a meeting of the Ie-mcmber-When club. Any member can recall a time when you could get a haircut and shave with var ious deft extras for 40 cents in any first class barber shop. The hair-cutting was done with scis sors wholly. There was no elec trical clipper to shear away the hair around the sides and back and thus relieve the barber of half of his ,work as now. To .cut -hair then; was a painstaking job and one that required many a snip, accompanied with much use nf the comb to get the hair Into just the proper contour and keep it ho ns the operation went along. There were pauses when the barber stood off to survey his artistry or to hold up a hand mirror for his su b ject to 1 no k in and see that things were going well. The whole process was a rllo as much ns an operation. And the shave that was none of your hurry-up affairs either. In the pre-safely razor days few towners did their shnving at home. The dally shave was n rarity with most men. Those who had shaves every othi'r day were regarded as finicky. Twice a week shaves were the rule and once a week on Sat urdays not uncommon. So when the barber set out to shave a per son he had some whiskers to cut. Kvery barber shop had a pigeon holed cabinet on Its wall contain ing privately owned mugs, each to be used for Its owner only. The eternal feminine among us had no problem of what to give for Christmas In those days. A shav ing mug for "him" with his name Chrysler, finding that It gives more power, mileane and a surer fuel supply than the conventional type. There are plenty of other reasons why the ('hryler stands out prom inently and these can best be ap preciated behind the wheel." lettered on it was tho correct j thing. As the mug was left at the barber shop and ns nu lady ! ever entered a barber shop it was easy to forget from one Christmas ; to another that the man already ! had a shaving mug nnd so give' him another one. After administering tho careful-j ly scissored haircut and the day-, under-t he-skin shave with plenty , of time for the hot towels to do j their work the barber proceeded ; to earn the rest of his 40 cents. I There was the neck shave round j of course, for .every man had hist neck shaved round at the back j and there was exploration with a tweezers for "wild hairs" beneath the chin and there was an appll-1 cation of halroll everybody took! hairoll with bay rum on top of j it well rubbed in, and there was i a dash of eye-water In the orbsj for those who wanted it nnd there j Was a touch of brllliantinu on the j eyebrows .and .. .ptQustache every body ju hatKu-'j moustache heaides unguents and powder on tbe face. i!y the tlnio the patron got out of the barber's chair ho certainly was fixed up a-plenty and If he was not a thing of beauty It wus because nature had sclmpcd tho job In his original facial equip ment and not because of any omis sion which could ho laid to tho barber. A tip? If you had offer ed an Oregon barber of that day I a tip he would have been insulted j and might have basted you one, and good enough for you. Forty' cents was tho price and 40 cents was the check haircut, shave and extras. H liarber shops opened nt 7 a. m. They closed any time after 0 p. m. when the place was clear of cus tomers. On Sundays they closed at noon. There has, as the latter day barber shop patron will have observed, been a change. Kugenc Iteglster. The sneezo time of the year Is here. Whether It be a dlseusc, habit or custom, it has an ancient history. Cupid was supposed to sneeze over tbe birth of every new. beautiful girl baby. Today a sweetheart rather re sent being anything to be sneezed at: but in old itoman days It was a hiKli compliment to her. How ever, the sneeze has lost Its ro mance. Indeed, It Is a source of abject apology. In public a glare greets the offender. It is merely a violent explosion of the air from the nasal passages; but it is a nuisance and calls for expression at Inopportune times. It usually chooses a funeral or some solemn and quiet occasion and then goes off with n bang. Pressing the finger upon the upper lip deprives It of immediate enthu siasm. And yet there are times when nothing seems to dampen or discourage its activity. Once the sucVze brought about the retreat of an army. Xenophon and his cohorts were In a parley over advance or return. Suddenly a soldier sneezed, and since a sneeze was supposed to bo an oracle of deity, the tents were burned and retreat begun. If a soldier sneezes today he is bustled Into a hot tub of steaming water. The modern general takes no chances. In ancient Alliens, if a man ! sneezed his friends cried, "Jove ; preserve you" lie was regarded as an especial favorite of Alt. j Olympus. A sneeze among tho ancient Hebrews was a harbinger of death, Jacob prayed that this I inUht be changed and the signifi cance of sneezing was revised. Then It hccAiuc a symbol of life. Aristotle believed that tf you sneezed from morning till noun you would have good luck. (Mir i fio-efin hers must have hibly ! prized encciiipg, or they would not have used so much snuff. Today If you would sneeze, Just seek u dignified assembly where It would be indelicate to function with your nose, and It .will go off half-cocked. No umuuut of press ing anywhere will suppress it. , It blows all tho rules, of Hoylo to pieces and lets go regardless of your standing In society. And you are avoided as a sad victim of Ridden rod. s TV m Buy ave Money Save Risk Save Worry a NEW Car Now ! IIALLK, Cermany UV) A sana torium for the cure of dope fiends) within six weeks will be opened i shortly in Moesslllz Castle, between' I hi lie and Leipzig, by Dr. Fritz Meyer who for 12 years was hlnv self addicted to morphine. Or. Meyer, after 15 unsuccessful courses of treatment, claims to have been finally cured by psycho analysis. He will treat his dope patients according to a method gleaned from his personal exper iences, which ho Is convinced will enable him to perfect cures In at least one-fourth of the time ro quired by other institutes. Tho euro Is 'introduced with the Immediate suppression of tho ac customed narcotic. During tho first few days tho patient Is kept by a Boporlflc In u state of tranea, to enable him to overcome the nerv ous effects of the abstention from his habitual drug. Then follows the -actual treat ment, consisting of psycho-analy tical suggestions leading to the' disclosure of the patient's Inner I life back to his childhood with thej object of creating In him an en tirely new initiative and will power. QUEEN WATCHED STOCKHOLM. (A1) Sweden's first aviator was a cat. which as cended in a balloon in 17M be fore a resplendent assembly of roy alties nnd dignitaries, according to a paper of that year. ! . It was decided that Sweden should undertake an experiment In ! aviation. Tho queen, tho crown prince and many others contrib uted. An aerostatic machine, a gorg eous balloon 12 feet In diameter and elaborately decorated with blue stripes, golden stars and the Sweil ish coat of arms, was made and filled with gas called com bustile air. On September 17, 1784, the king, the queen, the royal court, foreign diplomats and Swedish dignitaries were assembled to witness the memorable event. In the small gondola the aviator a cat and a letter to tho finder requesting him to return tho bal loon to tho Royal Academy of Science, were placed. The queen herself cut tho string holding tho balloon. It slowly rose, greeted by the cheers of those present, and disappeared In tho direction of the sea. 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