Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 01, 1929, Page 13, Image 13

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OUTSIDE THE LARGER CITIES, THE MAIL TRIBUNE IS
UNQUESTIONABLY THE
CREATE
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FEATURE NEWSPAPER
ON THE i ;
PACIFIC COAST !
This is true regarding not only dumber, but
Superior Quality of Features
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All A
Here is a partial list. Read them over and compare
them with those in any other "small city" paper be
tween Seattle and San Diego.
and Sunday Morning Features
SOCIETY PAGES
Two a ml soiiiclimcs llircc jmi-s nro
ilevolcd encli Suiuliiy morning tu so
ciety linppeniiifrs of the week. "Weil
il'nijjs, parties, club activities and nil
little bits of gossip in- the society
world may lie found on Irene lle
Jjosli 's pages.
SPORT NEWS
Tfie Sunday Spcrl page lias a spn-ial
appeal lo the iiien l'olks. Here Hit!
.eounlry'K most able sport wrilers.
"cover" the big sporling cvenls on
ihe gridiron, diamond, fairway and
tu the ring while Mail Tribune
writers supply accurate, first-hand
sport news of soul hern Oregon.
AUTOMOBILE
SECTION
Motorist i will find, in the Sunday
Tribune's illustrated auto section, a
wraith of interesting news and valu
able information pertaining to the
motor ear industry. The Flivver
Sam column will make a hit with
young and old.
JUST KIDS
is another popular comic strip which
always delights the juvenile readers
ot the Sunday Mail Tribune.
SCHOOL NOTES
"All of Ihe news of the schools ot
Modford and the Kogue Kiver Val
ley may be found, in condensed
form, every Sunday morning in the
Mail Tribune.
COMIC SECTION
A I page, pink sheet, every Sunday
with page op Hud Fisher's famous
Mutt and .left comics other page
of Fontaine Foil's inimitable Tuncr
ville Trolley funnies and still an
other page in which Sid lless gives
the homey happenings in the Xehbs
family. These are the three most
popular comics of the decade. CAM
KltAd'KAMS give a full-page pho
tographic glimpse of the news of the
world.
SMUDGE SMOKE
Art Terry is again with the Mail
Tribune readers on Sunday morn
ings with his SML'IXiK SMOKI".
column, which, in genuine laugh
provoking wise-cracks, rivals his1
own daily Smudge l'ot. l'ertincnt
press comments, timely editorial
and Yc J'oet's Corner complete the
Sunday editorial page features.
DAILY RADIO BROADCAST
Sotifhcifi Oregon people may enjoy the last iiiiuiile news by radio when they tune in
on KMI',1), the Mail Tribune-Virgin broadcasting station. This paper was the first
newspaper between Portland and Oakland lo adopt the radio as n regular medium for
news transmissions', a service now growing in popularity !ry leaps and bounds.
the mail Tribune
Is unquestionably the GREATEST FEATURE
PAPER on the Pacific Coast among the outstanding
EVERY-DAY
FEATURES
ARTHUR BRISBANE
Mvery day the best known and highest priced
editorial writer in the world. He comments upon
and interprets the news exclusively in Southern
Oregon for the Mail Tribune. Whether or not
you always agree with him, you can't resist read
ing him. The Mail Tribune was the first news
paper in Oregon to carry "Brisbane's Today."
WILL ROGERS
Hceogni.cd as the foremost humorist in America.
The Prince of Wales says, " admit I can't resist
Will Hogers. I subscribe to an American news
paperjfor the sole reason of getting his latest."
Will Kogers is featured daily on the front page
of the Mail Tribune, his "wise crack" o the day
being sent directly by wire.
ABE MARTIN
Also a daily front page feature. G'eorgo Adc has
termed Abe. Martin, the best and "most charac
teristic merieau humorist of the present genera
tion." His ipuiiut rural wit is unsurpassed. .
DR. BRADY
There are newspaper doctors and . newspaper
doctors but by general agreement Dr.. Brady is
Hing of them all. Never dull, frequently witty,
Dr. Brady is above all distinguished by his sane
judgment, np-to-dato"' spirit1 a nit tfomiiiori"scnsc'.'
Thousands of intelligent people in the-country '
"consult Dr. Brady first." He. lias bcon.a daily
feature of the Mail Tribune for many years.
DAILY COMICS
MUTT AN' I) JKFF, liftlNGING UP FATIIKR,
TI110 NKMIS. Who, young or old, doesn't know
them, mid laugh at them? The three outstanding
comic strips of a comic-strip ago. Every day they
appear in the Mail Tribune, a constant source
of delight to nilirly '.20,000 readers. In downright
' humor, sustained interest, and iip-to-thc-miuuto
timeliness, these three features have always been
nnd still are absolutely in a class by themselves.
CROSS-WORD PUZZLES
The new AP feature daily, good mental exercise
for the young and not too easy for the grown-ups.
A. great, diversion for all Ihe family every evening.-
DO YOU REMEMBER?
I A daily leii-aiid--0-year-ago-eoluiiin, taken from
back files of the Mail Tribune. A link between
, the present and the past one of the most popu
lar features ever started by the Mail Tribune,
particularly appreciated by the old-timers, but in
teresting lo all as a sidelight on what Medfor'l
"used lo be, compared to what it is now."
SMUDGE POT
By Art Perry. This column has been conducted
by Commodore Perry in Modford for almost 20
years, and is generally recognized by newspaper
men as being the best column of the kind in the
entire slate. Perry's iiiaint and original sayings
have not only been quoted week-to-weck in the
newspapers of the Pacific coast, but have appear
ed frequently in tho Literary Digest and the
"New Yorker." Only a few months ago. Punch,
Kngland's famous humorous weekly, quoted Mt'd
ford's "Smudge Pot." It is i daily feature and
an amusing variation of itf is published every Sunday.
QUILL POINTS
Kolicrt (juillcn, the author of this column, has an
international reputation, and is the most widely
quoted paragraphcr in tin' country. With humor,
satire and sound sense, nicely mixed, this illus
trated column, is probably more frequently and
favorably commented upon than ony other fea
ture running in the American press.
Then there are the regular fiction serials, n daily
feature by famous authors both of this country
and abroad.
A Daily Radio licsume "On the Air"; regular let
ters of piquant, interest from Hollywood's Movie
land and Xew York City.
Daily reports of all sports and timely sport ar
ticles by special- writers of national reputation.
"small city dailies.