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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,- OREOONT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2.1; If))
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10BERT W. RUHL, Editor
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A. B. C. aterage elreulallon fjr all month!
ending October 1, 102, 417).
Dally aierage distribution for 111 mooter, to
October lit, 1829, 4011.
, present presa run, 4825.
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M. C. MOGKNHKN t COMPANT
Orrlcea In Ne York, lliieaio, Detroit, Bail
Francisco, Ioe Angeles, Seattle, Portland.
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
It Ir about time for the cotton
li.'ttlen whlHkerH of amateur Snttta
t'laitKeH to catch fire, front helnn;
Held over n lighted ChiiHtmaM tree
fondle too lone;.
BKST WISKCRACK OP TUB
WKKK: "We have alwayH admired
:i man who could quit drinking
without hecomlnB on evanuellHt."
tAtehlHon, Kan., C!lot)e.)
An extensive hunt in now under
way In this Htate for a man who
voted for rhurh'H Hall for gover
nor in 1022, and he In an hard to
find rut one who voted for .Walter
M. Plerco.
Trof. Wloftand of the Oregon
Htate college ha dlncovered that
the Oregon artichoke 18 nupeiior
to all ' other artlcliokeH, hut 1h
forced to admit that tho Oregon
artichoke" jH ntlll an artichoke.
The Joseph-Mannlx personal
fusH, aired at Haletn at great length
hrtfore tho aHHemhled legal braiim
nC the Htutfy in worse then ox-
lifeled. 1 The referees, the uptate
prerw annottnceit, will enchew the
declulon."
Once upon a time, a man who
drunk enough to drive an automo
hlle, wart walked home hy a police'
man, whereupon ho 'drove the po
liceman baeK to the police station
"A little credit Hhould he accord
ed Jully Ht. Nick for youthful oh
servunce of the curfetv law. After
Oecemher 2L, It 1h a guens how
the kldH.wlll ohnervit the law. oh
lite Ground Hog Itaa no Influence
over them.
All the collegium! iitf back from
tho campuseH. They ture can make
thetr heelH click on the home-town
nldewalkH.
' Many of the womenfolks are
now tot mad as a' red droMH that
haH been the Hubject of conttlder
tilile editorial bull. ' ,
'"NEW MIM.H VKHV IXAItTIS
TIS" Old line Porllund Tclegrnm)
ItesldeH being "very lnartiHtlc,"
they are entirely too elusive. r
i SOMICTIIINU Mill DAIWVI
' Ro many families worry about
what to give father for Christinas.
Just why this should be It is Im
possible to say when Fathor is so
easy to please and there are so
many suitable gifts for hint.
l-'or example, he might be given
n new doormat for the one that Is
six yeum old. Or a soft cushion to
match the cushion now on the
sofu. Then there is the shndes on
the bedside lamp In the guest
room that the hint guest scorched
hy tilting to one side. A- new one
would be suitable for Father.
Father would delight in a nice
wood basket to sit beside the open
fireplace and enthuse over a doxen
glass tumblers to replace these
broken during the last year. He
would surely find much uo for a
new monkey wrench and a pair of
pliers and a saw and he would get
as much benefit as anybody else
from a nice new aluminum roast
er. Why not a spare tire for the cur
nnd tt new pair of gloven to use
when he goes down to the Tur
naco? Or, for that matter, a rug
for the living room or a new set
of shades for the dining-room
lights or a brans nozxle fur the
garden hose, since there seems no
lunger any chance of the old one
tinning up?. . Why not H cover for
the telephone book or a flashlight
that could be kept In the kitchen
so that tho cook can find her way
to the Icebox? Or a vacuum
cleaner or u new electric li-un".'
Hiirely he could not object to a
new clothes hamper, or n potted
pin lit for ti centerpiece on the
dining-room table, or new shades
for the front hall, or on electric
coffee pot or a tea tray. In fact,
you have only to look nt any room
In the hutisfl to see at once a doxen
things that Father needs and needs
badly. (Baltimore Hun.)
Ceiuus t'blefs Named.
' WASHINGTON, Dec. Ss. l7P)
Supervisors for the man ccnsufV
their districts and headquarters,
announced by the director of cen
sus, Included: B. 8. Crablll, Bak
er, Or., for Baker, Oram, Harney.
Malheur, with headquarters at
linker.
Ashland. Construction of ser
vice station at rlliktyou summit
iicnrlmr enmntetlarn,
GOVERNOR
GOVERNOR KVITKRSOX' represented that rare tliiiip; in
Aiiifriciin political life, a liiuli public official without
ri'ii'l enemies. Kvervono liked ''Ike" Patterson, hh hi- was fa
miliarly known, lip had opponents, of course, but however one
iniL'lit disiitiree witli his nnliticiil I nine i I ilos. or oinin.se details of
...
-Llns atliiiiiustiativi' pollutes; no
(piestioned the iniiiiy iidinirnlile
elllinictef.
, I'pnn his unexpected dentil, tlii'ivl'tire, lie will be tiniversiilly
j mouriied, not only us h "ifiintl" fiovernor. and conscientious
Dlllllic official, lilt CVl'll more SO,
I .. .
llnt'lKI.
1 .
I
T T must be a eoiisnlntinii to members of the family mid hi.s in-
I ,;, fririnls, that governor I'litterson 's administration wits
jxo f'ee from strife and bitterness, p.irticnliirly toward the close.
" Oovernor Patterson would have wishedand conse-
fluently unlike many of his predecessors, he thoroughly enjoyed
1'imself as the stales chief executive, and hoped to continue his
I residence in ine executive 'mansion tor iiiioiuer iitiii,
That he would have been re-elected, had he lived, is as eer
1 ii mi as anything: in our political life could be. Ity the nature of
things there was no wild enthusiasm over his administration,
but there was no outspoken criticism, and not even what could
be termed a partisan resentment.
. , .
TIIK people of the state as a whole liked the Oovernor and
approved of his administration. They trusted his common
sense, and his sound business judgment. One iiiilit say he'
lilted his time in this state, somewhat as President Conlidj-p
fitted his time in the White House. During the Olentt and
I'icrce administration's, the people had had more turmoil n lit I
i strife, personal and ptilitical,
i jieriotl of peace and tpiiel and
they (jot when Oovernor I'litterson entered the executive cham
bers of the Stale House.
'A7 I''''' done, thou jiood ami faithful servant." That, we
believe, fairly well epitomizes the epitaph that the peo
ple of Orejiiiii would choose for Oovernor I'litterson. It is re
frrettahle that he should not have been granted n few more
years, to complete the work he hoped to do, hut he had lived a
loop and useful life, no protracted period of Hiifforiii" clouded
his last days, and he (toes to liis final rest, "with that tribute he
would linve preferred above all others, the iihidinrr affection
anil deep respect of the people of the Ktate he served so faith
fully niid loved ho well.
THE NEXT
THAT ancient, and more ironic, than holiorahlo, salutation,
"The Kintt is dead, Lout,' live the Kintt !'' applies as well
to a modern Democracy as to an Old World empire.
Only a few hours lifter Oovernor I'litterson 's death, his sue
epssor. Senator N'orblad of Astoria, announced that he would he
n candidate at the next election.
We were somewhat surprised at Senator N'orblad haste.
It would seem more fitting to delay political proclamations, for
a few-days at least.
lint our actinjf Ooveriior is n very active yoiiiijt man. He is
also, a very eneruetic and capable one. Xo doubt hu" was ad
vised to throw his hat into the ring before an army of office
seekers, spurred on hy this unexpected tragedy, could makp his
own pronouncement appear as an example of belated oppor
tunism. LIKE is very uncertain. Only 48 hours ago, the gnbernatorial
Nitviatioii was Governor I'litterson against the field. Now
with dramatic suddenness it is nothing short of a pell-mell
scramble. . . -
Hut tinloss we are greatly mistaken, Senator Xorblad will
not only assume the duties of (hp late chief pxeciitivp, hp will
inickly assunip his pre-election role. Before the primaries start,
il will in all likelihood hp "Xorblad against the field," with
the acting Oovernor holding the whip hand, ' . .
FVlR, wo repeat, Senator N'orblad is a very aggressive ami
r enterprising person. He has magnetism, vitalitv. 'a cood
head and a keen eye. .'Heforp many months both the politieians
and the people of this statp will be aware of these facts, and no
other aspirant is going to step into the Slate JIousp without
realizing lip has met an opponent worthy of his steel.
The only danger, from a N'orblad standpoint, is that the As
toria attorney will overplay his hand. Wp fear that, his ill-
advised post-mortem statement
danger is a real one. . .
The rich aren't considerate.
Christmas cards, but their names
Adversity brings out the fine
frc(UOiitly, Alas! thev stav out.
MUTT AND JEFFSanta Claus Loses a Sale
THIS IS MuTT, MSSTOIb OF
station Blob l LiTTue.
WRlTTeN A LtcTTCfc TO OLfc SAMTA. 31 C
' ' , Jill LI nas&tv iT. TMti.
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TAnta:
PATTERSON
one insulted min us a mini, or
ami likenlile f unlit if s of liis
IIS II Uillllly 1 1 1' i h 1 H 1 f, 1111(1 US n
than they liked. - They wanted a
reconstruction, 'and that is what
GOVERNOR
will eventually prove that this
i ....
They send the nicest enuraved
can't be rubbed out.
trails of n mail. True.
but so
caeetMOMlCS FOcI
acsRo has
w le -r ,i
t juAt)T Ai
J DRUM A
Personal Health Service
1 By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.
Blfned Uttrrt pcfltlnlnc to poraonal bfaltli ond raglctt, not to disease dlicnoili or trtatmaot,
will bo amtoored Of Dr. Bredr If a lumped, eolf-eddreised enttlope I CMloted. Lettm tbould bo
brief end vrltlea In Ink. Owing to Iho larao number of letteri teeelfed, only I fl en bo onsoeud
hero. No reblr eon uo Btodo to wHriee not cenformlot to Loslrueliono. Addresi Dr. William Brur.
to are of tnu newspaper.
,wiien a max becomes a mo stikk
An optometrist nulimlts this In
teresting comment: ,'
In n recent health talk headed,
"A "Man U As Old As Mis Eyes,"
'you said you hnve a notion thai
dally somersaults
and othor simi'at1
foolishness will
postpone presby
opia (for the ben
efit of our lay
readers, . this
means old sight)
and a t t e'n ding
senile chanKes of
tho body. I agree
With tills notion.
iilthouRh I'can-t see It is absurd a while, keep on 'wlth the steam
as you confessed. (Perhaps ourynnln.j . .. :
optometrlc friend meant to say he
can see II 1h absurd as 1 confessed.)
Of course, proving It Is another
mutter.
It has been my fortune in tho
Inst fee years to examine the eyes
of several, people of 55' who,. at the
time, hud little or no accommoda
tion (that means focusing power
for. varying distances). Without ex
ception they were of the stiff, over
fed type: some very fat and strang
ers to honest work Uhonost wort;,
us our eorrespendent usch theiterm.
me:ns muscular exercise, play, la
bor), the kind of folk who do not
enjoy even listening to a lecture on
exercise. 1 have had opportunity
to watch four of them sinco the
examination, and within the las,
year one has died of heart-kidney
disease: one has bad hemiplegia
(that ly a stroke of paralysis nf-
feetlnK one side of the body, from
apoplexy, hemorrhage Into the
brain), and one other has facial
paralysis, arid the Isf-t has had hiuh
blood pressure and n nervous
breakdown!
How different from the actlv
mf.n wbo at "0 or older has one or
perhaps two diopters (that means
focusing power of one or Iwo met
tors, rind darned if wo can . stop
now to define n metei It is ,an
Irish yard) of accommodation.
Such cf.sCH surely would do your
soul good to see.
I am very much In sympathy
with most of your .teachings, es
pecially nbout. the erf, and I hope
you may find this of some Interest.
H.. H. if.
It is of great Interest1 to me for
several reason. First, hecause it
comes from an optometrist. (Gosh,
we've got to explain that now, or
else some readers will think we'r?
talking about opticians or maybo
even oculists: a kind of confusion
which. I' fear, some optometrists
encourage, by taking unto them-,
selves tlte use of the title doctor.
Nut that' they hafe no legal right'
to II, bull merely that they. are obiaV
viously pirating on the symbol
which has always meant to the
plain citizen a nieiUcal man.
An oculist or ophtlieliiiologist Is
a physician who diagnoses and
treats defects, deformities. , defic
iencies or diseases of the eyes. An
optlch.n Is a person skilled in mak
ing lenses. . An optometrist is a
person skilled In measuring eye
sight. The uihcs mentioned by
It. H. H. ure Inleresting Illustra
tions of the idea I sought to con
vey when 1 said (without fear 'of
contradiction hy the medical
brethren) that the habit of roll
ing a few somersaults every dav
helps to keep the eyesight young.
The cases l. H. H. refers to
were all In dignified old parties,
were they not? People who prob
ably couldn't roll a somersault and
keep about the rent of the day.
People who have put on false dig
nity long beforo that style of rai
ment Is becoming or necessary Peo
ple who have forgotten how to
play. People who think of noth
ing else but tho almighty dollar,
the stock market, success, getting
ahead, making good, and all that.
A man who knows , his hygiene
really ought not to become a bis
stiff before he Is 60, but n lot o(J
men get that way before 45, and
so do- their, eyes.
Qfl-XTIOXS A Nil ANKWF.IIS
MumIch of 1. T. Ilarimni. '.
While In the city recently 1 heard
a man lecturing about the great
benefits one gains by taking about
a teaspounful of (a glorified.
"Imported" substitute , for flax
seeds) with each meal. He sa:.l
that evi ry soldier and sailor of tlie
t'nlted -SiateH now has to take this
regularly. I bought n package of
it. nhoui 2 ounces for $1-. but 1 dltl
not notice any benefit . . . O. M.
Answer. Plain whole flaxseeds
mny be bought In any seed store br
drug store, for from 10 cents to 30
S.ATes"rVc-,'o6. tir4 6W 10im.
AMI. ArVi,; AoTofMoBlLti"
'cicersb r-AvjxT; Te
cents a pound; according to the
demand and supply.. This nostrum
you fell for Is virtually a poor sub
stitute for flaxseeds, an a harmless
aid to poriM.i&lsiH or ; the natural
movemenut of .the bowel. Mr. Bar.
num said, it,. ."There AltB a lot of
wise one's who would "rather pay $8
a povrlid for trie stuff In the pretty
pnejease. -. .
J Sounds Plensunt.
1 feel cold In my feet and hack.
I take every -Saturday ateam bath
after which . I feel better f or , a
while. Please tell me If hnthM fin
nny good, for mf,- J, . t ?
, Answer.-Ahyway'lt will do you
hnnn nna If v ri ,..- ..
The (iloi-iried llnemu.
Please write something of your1
views on colonic irrigation which
is helm; so much done by doctors
In all bowel and gall bladder trou
bles, also appondlx. It Is expen
sive, and so far I see no Improve
ment . . . O. T. -.
r. Answer. It Is not being done oy
rent doctors, but rather by shadv
cultlsts, niddistH and near doctors
Of course such hokum is always
expensive that's one -enson why
the wiseacres succumb to'il. This
pernieioUB Tiractiec is based on the
total ignorance of the victims lg
nnrnnro of elementary human an
nlomy. physiology anil hygiene,
i Cancer In Kvery Fitmily.
"ltoth of my parents died of can
cer. Am I, or my children, pre
disposed to cancer for that rea
son? Mrs. S. S. M.
Answer. We do not know the
cause of cancer. There'ls no evi
dence that cancer is inherited. Can
cer is such a common disease . or
group of diseases that case occur
now and then in every family. l:y
the law of probabilities you and
your children Nhonld escape.
(Copyright John F. mile Co.)
Quill Points
Liquor n ml trouble , hnve nlwm's
been partners." Do you remember
why the dove didn't nllpht? 8h
Wouldn't find any' dry lnnd.
A "free"- woman Ih one who
fights to keep her looktt and ha.
job while- the other, nre huppliy
spoiling grandchildren. ...
You're a felon. Yon didn't e
port the felon who told you nbout
the felon who bouRht liquor fro in
n, felon.
Why ' worry? The people who
In the Htoek market were not th?
fne who pny n dollar down.
It Ik no longer a hick town
If the "barber doesn't .try to be
witty wiR'ii a Jwrlil man nsks
for a shampoo. -
' It inn't Instinct that , makes n
mother kls the back of a. baby's
rterli. i It 1h appreciation of a cleun
spot.
Tf he's a spoiled calf and she' r
selffoh baby, nothing can preserve
their union except mothers-ln-lnw
to pet both of them. .
Americanism: Building "p e r
mnnent' homfs of flimsy wood;
UHlns steel to construct the build
lnpn that will lie torn down next
year.-. . . .
' Still, failure tq muko "Waalilnp
ton dry wouldn't prove prohibition
Impossible. There nren'tMO miuiv
Important sonkn anywhere -else.
rf 'There Is 110 unlvernnl standard
of excellence,-' Kither ornins ar
nilKhty muscles, make the proper
man; depending on .which ' yju
have. .
IVrluis the ieakwiisy was
((, nunuNl hy some observant rhnp
who noiiixsi Hh tendency to
fftflHlaW shnmIi.
The czar's debts dodged; Keren
aky'ft bonds repudiated; the Soviet
STfecet, Gj
SvSMGb
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MAIL TRIBUNE
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
tutlon of Saturday's Puzzle ' I.
C'lkEMaTtriAlTTgMpT
A R t BIdUb aIiIm" I IR
g A j griM i Oe sno RlE e
e M HUi u Ua iI-jeT" e !?:
Head cotorlaf
L'oidar'.aw.t.
!'- .. h-
AnibfiiKoloorf
loai far,a)ioRl;
Volcano'" -Y,V
Tho actual ' '
head ol too '
family i.',;
Old rlolln.
Alnlf
Kcmlglio Homo
flayed mkino
, Kllat i,
llarroala '
Into ol the
scale
Adam' Jocooil
torn ,. ;-v-,l.
Klad ftr '
Throog'r(a'
Japaucoe.nn.
rlno.raoiiaBre . ,
Altoruatlre '
Ifallreail llo v.
I'eriiteo iJo befDfo'i'A ;
Cerirernliir i .
Clattr ; -Fuddle
I'oaarao '
Morhld hrealh.
Ing sound
T H pCnTl
Is. Hypothetical"
force ,
4<afron ilnfl
it. r.idtbull iio.l-'
tlen
6, fihurt tor , '
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tl. Kllknorra
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openly Bcorning honor; and still the
simple Hell JCussia on credit.
-The upter class is the one that
agrees kto. plead guilty and take an
office 'job In Jnll for. six montlm
of the state won't disturb the '"mis
appropriated" awng that is salted
away, t , . . -.
Three stages, of gratitude in a
charity case: (1) "You .aro. so
kind;" (2) -'Well, you rich fellow?
ought to spend- your money for
others;" (3) ''I'm tired of this
wheel chair and I want a car."
Correct this kentenc: iU'When I
tell .tho'chlld to do something and
you" think I'm!' wrong," said the
wife, "1 think you should counter
mand my orders."
' Brisbane's Today
(Cpntlnusd from Faca Onr
bins them nil, taking liis revol
ver from ri Xew York tli-tettive.
'Tlie miit lunrnodjiutlge is er
eivsett of bori'dinj tnoiievvfroni
a- notorious gaiublrr, bootleg
irer anil (1 rut; dealer, murdered
by a " frlemljr' forj Wlfliiijr' nt
eards.' : : . : v ' '
4Q. .
Still 'another New York Judge Is
accused of rolouBtng habltital critni
nala brought, before him for, shop
lifting.. . ; : , ; .
He says lie cannot Bee the need
of nublicity and thinks it is all a
nyittcr'of imblio 'opinion. Another
Judge, to put It bluntly, dealt In
dlslionostN .bankruptcy tlociaioha,
vety profituhly to his pet lawyer.
Our crlrao wave details seem to
include some muddy spots In the
clear fountain or justice.
lt Saturday,' ten Moscow news
papers printed thirty columns enrh
11 Pout stnlln, RuhhIii's unwerfiil die
tutor. In honor of his llftlctli birth
day. ' ,
Sent hy his mother to a seminary
to study for the priesthood thirty!
years ago, Stnlln has closed nearly
all the churches in what wus "Holy
Russia."
Ho has put Httssia .on a flve-dny-week
basis, eminallliK Sunday en
Ohlclo
rmycro.. .
Kur away
l.euar druorn .
nut
llevernro, i
rclnii.il inn
Arrualunil '
I'sria at conti
II. .Pranced.
It. Iiiiilm - -
so. Tu'nrli llihlly
it. Former prcal-
Iciil'o nick '
; name
tl. t'lle itrT mat .
leuly
tl. Amounts
' paid
. Kind of nine
3. Niilllnir reaaelt
U, lleorj
M. Altenllnn
3i. llblllerntrd '
si. Ilcvolutlonary
. hero
9. Wlnr
S'J. I). S. monetary
mill
in. Sniff a
I... Thut man
16. Ireland
IV. Condenaed
mnlature
Jin. Make lc 1
A3. Touard
ii ole ul tht
, sculo
RlE
i;. Mnrk of a
haninicr ' Inw
tS. Metric land,,
fucaanrca
I1W.1
I.:
IMintouraiihle
iter ice
l.csacnf
'I'lio nominal
hcud ef tko
ramilj
tirely, and forbids any Christmas
celebration.
;- A powerful man Is the determin
ed executor of (renin's will.
How long will he last? What
man will overthrow htm, when Rus
sia tires of bolshevism and think
ing; demahds peace nnd quiet for its
vodka, and freedom in religion?
"Time at length makes all things
even." . -
Three hundred years ago, earnest
Scotch Protestants captured John
Ogilvle, a Scotch .fesullt priest, kept
him- many months In jail In Glas
gow and then hanged him. Yestor
day, In Saint Peters, at Rome, John
Ogilvle was beatified,' declared and
solemnly made a saint.
The great bells rung, a veil was
lifted from the portrait of the martyr-saint,
and his relics , were ex
posed on the main altar.
Later the pope himself came from
the Vatican to venerate tho saint's
relics on the altar and pray for
for his Intercession.
It is to be hoped the courageous
Scotch priest, where he dwells now,
knows ol' tlie honor conferred and
appreciates It.
On Saturday armored, railway
cars carried $22,788,730 in gold to
the Bank of England, the biggest
day's gold purchase In the history
of the great banw. And all of that
gold came from this country.
That ought not to mean anything,
as we have plenty left, and can
always get.-more if we think we
need H. . - -
Hut our gold 'Mosses,;' getting
heavier '.aftid heavlor," will worry
Wall Street. Gold nnd Its power
may be "largely a matter of Im
agination," but imagination is the
most real thing in stock specula
tion. Cables from France announce
that France is in excellent condi
tion financially, and especially as
regards employment.
For anyone willing to work In
Franco has work at good wages.
Aud every Frenchman and woman
wants fo work.
Purchasing Is vigorous and In the
whole of France, with its tens of
millions of population, you will find
(ewer unemployed than in one big
American city.
Tlie French know how to man
age. What would our condition he
had we sustained in the-war the
losses of France In men anil In
money? ' .
SflL0P
tIT O W A
Rl t S E 1
ETTtf B t
Do Yon Remember?
TEX YEARS AGO TODAY
(From files of the Mall Tr.bune.)
JHtvmlier 23,;i9l.
Roseburg. Kd Moser. local-
turkey raiser, has sold 35 turkeys .
tn a San Francisco buyer for .
1355.85, an average of 35 cents
per pound, believed to-be a, new ',
record In Oregon for nlrtlnie:,
Renr-Admlral Sims refuses to re
ceive a decoration from Secretary
bt tho Navy D&nlels. ' because .lie
doesn't approve of the secretary's .' i
way of awarding them, ; . . -s .
Oovernor Olcott retiuesls StnUi
Fish and Game comiiilt'sion tij re
aclnd its order removing State 111
ologist W. L. Flnley. - M
Hen Mocller of tho 401,OrcRnrd
leaves to spend Christmas In Fres
no, Cal. .,
Attorney B. 13. Kelly returns "
from Wichita. Tex., to spend Christ
mas week with Airs. Kelly and tho
children. . i.
County court refuses to give fi
nancial aid to homo demonstration
work. .
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From files of the Mail Tribuno.)
, Deoemlwr 2-1. 1W.
,Dr. F. C. Page announces he
plans to erect threostory hotol on
his property at corn?? of Main and
Riverside. s . : . ,
' :J6o ''Brown buys business prop-
erty on Riverside for John R. Allen.
. New York. Tarn Sharkey .sava
if Jeffries' gets Tihck hfs' vind "hn
won't fight Jack .Johnson, ,h will
kill him." - -''.'.. i V: '
W. A. Altken takes charge of.
Gnrnetti - Corey. phimblng depart-;,,
ment. -
Rev. Wm. Lucas of SL Mark's
buys property from H. C Kentner.
corner of Laurel and Tenth, on
which he will build a. new home.
SUNDOWN
STQSIES
THE MIDNIGHT .FLYER .
:t ;
Itv lni-v f;i'iilmm -.Roiuier '
....''Abonitl!
.All., alio aril!.. I All
ab-oard!" ' ' J :'''' ..''
"I've turned the time way hack
this' evening,'1 the : t
Little , B 1 Ji c k
Clock .said,; "and ''
you just . heard
the co.nd uctor
saying that .. we
all m us t '. g e t
aboard. : . ' '
"The train will
be pulling' out nt
once." ....
John and Peg--
gy and the Little
BlttcK Clock tnlnl "
not" get' Into-:thn
ordinary part of
the train. They
rode right in the front .with thfl
engineer and .- looked out- of tho
window. i , , - .
The train was pulling slowly out
of the station; There were a great
many people still standing on the
platform. . - . ,
"Why ' aren't they ' g e t 1 1 n g
aboard? Couldn't they still jumij
on ?" John, nsked. , -': : '. '';'''':,
" "They' don't want -to- cohie i
along," tho Little Black Clock soltl.
"They have 3tist come to watch." i
"Whj-r'-"-''-'- ; .'.,:
"This Is tlie first' tmiln to i-un.'nt
nlghti-if, is -one of the4' flmt
of the 'Midnight Flyers,' and peo
ple want to see it. You, see, .It is
a great sight:"-. '' -: ' ." '.
Now the train was well out of
the station, and It .was beginning
to go more and more quickly. ''
On through the night they. sped.
Thy could see fences and fields
and' houses with llttlo lights her
and there. , i , '
It was simply wonderful 'riding
In the front like this, and it seem
el as though they were fairly fly
ing through the country; ' ' , ' , '.
"Aren't we going awfully qiiicli- ' .
ly ?" Peggy 'asked.- ' ' ' -: ' ' ' j
"We are for this day and' age,"' '
the Little Black Clock said,., "but .,
it's nolhlng Kite the spcod w'e made,
in the plane on our' last t)-ln. ' Thp
airplane people Who passed as niid'--'
scowled at us because we were'go'
Ing slowly would never dream of
taking n. train they thought .two .
hundred nnd fifty miles an hour
whs simply crnwlihg." '
"How we do go backward and
forward," John said, "but just the
same I -do lovo trnvellng on a
train'!"- ... .
By BUD FISHER
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