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Newspaper Page TextPXQE FOUR A mi i j . MEDFORD MATTJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,'" OftEnON". ; TUESDAY,' DECEMBER 24129. 1? i is Medpord Mail Tribune :." hMlsberl bV MtDraXD fBIKtlNO CO. Hz-M'tl-U tt.m it.- BOBSRT W. BUHL, Kdllor ' L lUMITRI SMITH, Mauttr Ail Independent Newspaper Knlaeed u second tin mstter at Uedford, 4 !. dte Act o( Uttti I. Wt. ''' StlBSCKIlTION KATE1 By Mill In AufitMt: I I'etrj, ' with Sundae, fear IT. 50 .16 .6 .5 2.00 "IssUr, llh Sunder, Booll!.... ' iwif, wanout, eunuar, year... ;i Iitlljr, irithout Hundsy, Bonth.. , ,' Weellr Mill Trunin,, OM fear. Sundav. one eear . . . . 2.00 'I'' Br Carrier, In -AdTSnce In Mrdford. Aaliland, JaeaiMirllle, Central Point, I'totlill, Talent, liuld Mill and on Ulihwsrs: lullr. lih Bandar,' raonlh .18 Dally, villwut thndar, Buntn AS lllil, elllwut Sunday, one fear T.00 Pally, lth Sunday, on rear 0.00 All terms, ciiii In adrsnee. - MEMBER OF TUB AflflOI'IATF.n FKKM Krceliliv Full l.rr td Hire Hrrilce The Auurlated J'rm is rirluxlTely entitled to the use fur publlratiun of tU news dltpaletiee credited to It or otherwise credited In this paper, end also to tlie local newa published bcrelo. All rights for publication el spatial dlspatebet bereln are also reamed. MEMBER Of TUB UNITED PKEDI (Klltlil paper of the City ot Mediant Official pafier of Jacluon County. . fA. R. C. Iterate circulation for 111 endlut Oetotirr 1, 11)2". m. lislty iterate distribution for lis saoDtbj te Ortolier 1st, 1U20, 4011. Present press run, 4825. MEMBER OK AUDIT HIIKBAU OK CIltUUUTION Adrertlitrut Rrpresentallrea M. f. MWIKXSK.N 4 OlMPANT Offices In Near York, Tlilcaio. Detroit, Francisco, Ua Angeles, Seattle, Portland. J V- C 1 D.l ic .oiiiuukc r ui By Arthur Parry ' Tomorrow Is ChrlslmiiR iv i' most joyous and human of all ihe jfUiHonM, It Ih dedicated to thone j who hellcvo In Santa Oluus. whose I existence Ih the Ml' exrufu for ; AvfiistknrH, Know white In color. A Itynta CMnus h:iR never yet conn) ilfiwn the chimney fluuntlim a red heard. It Ih the Hpiiit of the day that counts, the preachers clulni. The Kplrit ranees from the hoy, who Ih KlorloiiNly satisfied with n tin horse with a detuchahle tall, t the member of the fair Hex who received another fur emit she real ly did not want and will softly cuss oil day hecaiiKP the llnlns thereof It robin hluc Instead of the fash lunahln pea wieen. l'Yoni time to time, reformers have deHlred to make nlleratloiiH In ChrlHtmaw. They would limit it to drah formality,' and the mini mum of spending. What Ik expend ed for Yule do-dadK cannot he expended for hind tires and Raw. There will he KprmonlziiiR without ond rinent ChriHtnias, In stern jj'urltun. hiRic. There will he no pleas for mnn to he as Die srtns ; 'bf Amuk. Tliey took the world nn they found It, nnil proclaimed It Rood, and prenched the brother-i-ftood of man. The Amnk hoys did not; pet very far, hut were close to the right Idea. tyff- Tht next uovorniir tf Orcp'Hl Ik vmuliitnlnlnp; n dinrrpot - nml rv .itpctful Hilenco. whilp tile )ortnut )v;olittrinnR hpo whlrh con gel thflr iJ('tUI-PH piititoil fli-Hl In the l'oi-t-;Tmtl pnptTH. Thoro Ih ii vitilrnt 'find utiHiMMiily fUHh tor the rrovor. 'i tiiii'Khlp iinilpi way nt UiIh writltiR, i ntirl cntKlldiitPR will MOtin ho OH f llilok; n thn hull" of Hie hvail, nn1 the rttinrlH tif thu kvu tthore. lnci Inhtnlly, nitiny of the hit will hi--come (lovnully ' rol IscIour. for the iliirntlon of the cumpiilKit, nnil tnAko puhllc their mntl Infatuation for the welfnra of the former. Of coin-no; nil will Htnnd fenrUwHly for nti'lt't' enforcement of the ritihllii tlon'Lrtw. ThiH eol. Ih K"lnK to iimlHt that nil KUhernotorlul unpI . rnntH dIno Htund fenrleHNly, for the Htriet enforcement of the linrrlson Nureollc Act, for the reilKon Hint Ihe drupr evil Ih n ncotltRe. hesldes whitll Ihe drink evil In tlx the nleHKles. At thlH hour there lire so many cnndldutcH for Kovernor, the laynniit may woll mop nnd wonder whera the cumlldateM for the leiriK , lature will come from. If there Is a native of this fair nnd fertile commonwealth with a speech con cealed about his person, who does not wnnt to he Kovcvuor, let lilin arise and he unique, ami a wonder. A great und good man has gone to his reward. Death the little runt, has complicated the political situation, und ns soon as the. sil.nl Yule season Is over the master minds will nssemidc and imlulKc 111 plain and fancy thinking, to determine which of the hamstruni:. whippcr,nnpper candidates will he hest for thp masses, and for them. Prien the shouting of the virtues ',wj(l start from the housetops. And i.Hie wise men will pick n candidate "HVossessed of manly heauly and a kajX'ch lairllone voice, and who parts rTrlB hair (If any) in a manner not ,;i,ificr"dve t), ,F womenfolks. They Jtove voles, und If they vote at ali. ii Is from tho heart, not the head. The war horses of nomocracy nnd Kepulillcnnlsm snort and shy when tho year m 23 Is mentioned. This was the year tho major par ties hoth became entangled In j nightgowns, nnd could not nccur- lltelv stain lout whin ,tll...l ,1. Jt Is something to forget, and let bygones he bygones. The polltl Juns ilo the thinking for the masses, nnd will soon endeavor to do. their forgetting. If they fall to do a good Job of forgetting. ' they will awake on a next Novcm r morn to weep and gnash their teeth, und face the sad fact that n -Democrat abides In the siatehoiise. nnd, what Is still saddet -passing (Hit tho pulltlrut pie. The poor loser of the IDS! bigotry display, has not changed his hide, nor his spots, and It Is ihe purpose of the electorate to keep him n poor loser. In accordance with long estnh . Ushed custom, there will be no Jssue of this department tomorrow 4: (Christmas Dnvl. find wm oii,i V our readerg the greetings of tho Reason. 1'aclflo Telephone A Telegraph compAiiy will reduce phono rales in Oregon, effective January 1m, (Jrcjjon Journal, I'Ditland, STRONGER THAN RUSSIA OR THE U. S. A, IT is mi niroiriiite time for tlie Aiiienciiii jjoyeriiinciit to r "(juest tlif Soviet trovornmeiit of Hussiii to nssist. in the sciifcli for tlio liiiNsiuc Aineritmii nviiitor, lien Kiclsdn. For ns fur iih the I'nilcd Slntes is concerned, the Soviet (rov ('riii)i'iit, officially, docs nut exist, it hits never Itcen reeo;nized. And Soviet Kussin does not recognize Cliristiuas. It lias re pudiated not .only (Ilirislianily but all religious. Sni'itn Clans, who in the past gladdened Ihe Kussian liouieH, has lieen ol'fi eially IninislKHl us a syinhol of ini(iiitous private eapitnl, anil tlie detested bourgeoisie. And yet this JS Christinas. And there are memories afloat stronger than modern slalules, deep human sentiments released, which can't be crushed, no mailer how strenuously (old braided faelotums limy try to crush lliein. "P1 HACK OX KAIi'l'll, (f()OI been the liolid.nv mess;i.'e eenluries, and it has a power that no political theories or pom pous references to the diplomatic code ciiii destroy, on the eve of Christmas day. Dictator Stalin may indulge in sarcasm, in his reply to this American appeal, but it is scarcely conceivable, that his assist ance in this search of a courageous aviator, who was lost in an effort to save the lives of passengers and crew on a wrecked ship, will, he denied. For while one nation may try to crush religion, and another may deny formal reeooiiitiou of another, uothiuK that the indi vidual in bis brief authority may do, can destroy Ihe essential and Krowin;; lirotherhood of Man. So in this search it is the spirit of Christmas that, will pre vail, a spirit whose roots strike deeper into, the soil of human nature than any political or economic theories, of loday or of tomorrow. IS THERE A Wh have received a re(tiest to reprint what is termed "Charles A. Dana's editorial entitled 'Is There a Santa Clans!' " S'p have printed in the past but "ladly print it Mr. Dana, however, although this it appeared in the Xew York Sun It was written by Francis I'. (he Sim, and its origin is described by F.dward 1'. Mitchell, Dana's successor, in his intcresliiin book, "Memoirs of An Kdi- tor,! us follows: , "For thirty-five years nail until his tlealh In lllOG Prank Church ,wir a regular contributor to tho Sun's editorial page. His life time, lasted four years beyond the date when I became editor-Inch ief nnd fur that period he was my nlternnto. There wan never n more delightful associate. Quick of perception of the interest Ill!; in every phase of human activity except politics (for which he cared little, bless his soul!), there wasn his features Home thing nt Unit gentlemanly pugnacity hccii in Ihe races of the type or Klrhnnl Olaey'H and Thomas Nelson Page's n latent aKgt'OH HivmiHH Hint mui-red neither tlie tlolicncy of his fancy nor llio warmth of his sympathies. "One (lity in 1S!I" 1 handed to htm a loiter that had come In the mail from a child of 8, saying: 'Please tell me the truth. Is thero a Santn Clans?' llnr Utile friends had told her no. Church lirlRtled nnd pooh-poohed at the subject when I suggested that ho write a reply to Vlrgiiiln O'Huiilou," but ho took the letter, and turned with an u ir of resignation to IiIh desk. In n short lime he had produced I lie article which has probably been reprinted during the past (iiiurtor of n century, as the classic expression of Christmas sentiment, more millions of limes than any other news paper article ever wtltten by any newspuper writer in any lan fcuaKe. lOvcn yet no holiday season approaches without bringing to the newspaper requests from all over the hind Tor the exact lest lor repeated use on Christmas day." The article oriuinnlly appeared on September 21, 1rt!)7, but the author's identity was not made public until April I'J, I'M Hi, the day after Mr. Churchill's death. ' Here it is : , . We lake pleasure in answering nt once and thus promi nently -the communication below, oxpressinp; at the same time pur great unit ificat ion (hat its faithful author is num bered amour; the friends of the Sun: "Dour Kdltor: I am S years old. ' "Some of my little friends sny there Is no Simla Clans. "Pupa says 'if you see It In the Sun ICh so.' '"Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santn Clntis? "Virginia O'llunlon. "llli West Ninety-fifth street." Virjtinyt, your little fri.Mids are wrong-. They have been nl'fected hy the skepticism of a skeptical iikc They do not believe except they see. They think that nothinir can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In-this great universe of ours man is a mere in sect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence eapable or grasping ihe whole of truth and knowledge. YKS, Virginia, there is a Santa Clans. Ue exists as cer tainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its high est beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would he the world if there were no Santa Clans! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike MUTT AND JEFF OHIS IS "TH 56,SorJ ot? Afrt CHAfcirf TOWARDS !lW SHOULD Give FRCSLX, . Wild; TO MKX." That has of the human heart for twenty SANTA CLAUS? this fjinious classic several times itritiii. . It was not written by is the general impression, for while he was its editor. Church, an editorial writer on ( , A Santa Crowns Jeff GOOD wiLC All.. T-"-lWwpMeCy, Gives tWicc: l'n"' " ' -i usToOi trM ' uRKiNrWSTs"T5 1 . ..... ..un v,-... ....... . r , .... . : rr' t ? i -,.,. : ... u faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We .should have no enjoyment, except in sense ant) sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. ; , . .. Not believe in Santa .Clans! Yon might ns well not be lieve in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Clans, hut even if they did not see Cautn Clans coming down, what would that prove! Nobody sees Santa Clans, hut that is no sign that there is no Santa Claim.! The most real things in the' world lire those that neither cliilclrW nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn! OX eoui-He not, hut that's no proof that they arc not there. No body can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are un seen anil lisceable in the world. ( ( YOT tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noiso inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not even the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that over lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view nnd picture the su pernal beauty and glory heyoud. Is it all real! Ah, Vir ginia, in all ibis world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Clans! Thank (iod! he lives, and he lives for ever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. Personal Health Service ?y WILLIAM BEADY, M. D. Signed letters perUIntng to perunil health irtd hygiene, not to disease dl&goaHf or treatment, will tt answered by Dr. Brady If a ilampeJ, lelf-addressed enrrlopfl la eneluaed. letter ituuld b brief ami written in ink. Owing to the large number of leltera rebelled, only a rev can be answered t.ere. .No reply fan fee made to qucrlei not eunformtng to Instructions. Address Dr. William Uraily. In care ut (Ms newspaper. HOW .IIASTLV IS A news slnry of a medical meet ing where Dr. ('rile elucidated u new hypothesis he is working on, haviriK to do witlv the cause nnd treatment nf ulcer of the Ktoniueh, desciilicH some of the experimen tal reM-iirch and its application to "aridity of the paHtrie nKan." If n phy.sician over dared to pull off any such ki-o-tcsiue honey In a formal med leal a d d r e h Ills audience w o u 1 d choke to death. Aluybe, tho, the stomach Ih tin in delicate word in the nhop where tlie Btory' was censored. I don't know how n jicwh Item like that afferts'the ordinary layman: it did my .liver n lot of (food, I helieve. Next to n somersault or two there fs nothing better to stimulate the liver tlmn n ' wood chuckle. You know the diaphragm is a muscle stretched over the liver like n tar-' paulin, and When you chuckle or Indulge In a hearty laugh not a mere smiUj or even a polite, re strained laugh the tarpaulin Mqueezefc down on . the - liver and everything, ami the effect is really heller than you can expect from a pill or n tonic, because the emo tional impulse that tightens the tarpaulin also braces the belly! muscles to resist tlie push, so that everything between gets a good squeezing and not merely n Jost ling. Things under the tarpaulin are jostled rather by a make be lieve laugh, or n polite, restrained one; the belly muscles are not con cerned in such make believe. Oust id is a prefix ami gastric a medical word meaning stomach, flastritls means inflammation of stomach. Unfortunately gas is nearly always present tn the heal thy stomach, and In some instances more than tlie normal quantity Is present, but this fact should not lead to confusion. The terms gas tric, gastronomic, gastrotomy, gas tritis, etc., have nothing to- do with gus. Heard some quack or other sounding off about gas in tho stomach the other evening. Ot course the station was drowned out by alleged "selections" from other stations before the glib tongued charlatan finished, but anyway he assured listeners that "acute indigestion," which he ad mitted alarms the victim, Is usual ly nothing more than "gas pressing upon the heart," and so all tho sufferer has to do is to got rid of the gas . . . here the Jazie put an end to the entertainment, so I didn't get the name of the pill or gadget the fake "doctor" offered for the purpose. "I don't care who or what the "duelor" may be. that seriously tells you any Illness or discomfort whatever is due to "gas pressing cm the heart," he Is an Ignorant, unprincipled and dangerous per son, und It is a scandalous thing that any such faker who cares to With Twelve Ounce Mittens THAT CANTItlC GAS buy the privilege can go on the air :uid perhn ps hoodwink many an unsophisticated listener into be lieving such balderdash. The nos trum so exploited may be harmless enough in itsel:f but the false ideas propagated in that manner umiuestiouably lead many victims to disaster. Scaring people Is farthest from my desire, but I must be honest even If somebody is scared. , I am very certain that .no one ever suf fers enough pain. "distress or even anxiety from "gas" to require med ical relief. In every case . where "gas" seems a prominent symptom there is something the matter, and I don't mean "Indigestion." To call the at tuck "indigestion" is like calling the stomach "tho gastric organ." Any patient who lets a physician make such a spurious diagnosis as "indigestion," acute or otherwise, is very simple indeed,. WNNTIOXS AM) AXKWFUS . A, Protective- Hand ('mini Persons whose occupation re 1 quires exposing the hands to oils, kgreases or other materials which j stain, will find the following cream I useful as a protective; . ' jjtlum ar.vbla 4..... ; la und ry soap chips ifWater ..4 purls 1!) parts 74 parts 'ilydrous wool fat ..'I 1 Kills Acid red sufficient to color pink Oil of lemougrass 1 part The acid red and lemougrass oil are added merely to give the cream a pleasing color and odor. The cream should be rubbed Into the hands before one begins work. It also protects the hands against some of the solvents In lacquers and varnishes. ' For (tunning; Kar 1 used a formula for drops in the ear, thai you printed some time ago. and It cleared up a chronic running ear. My cousin has the same trouble, but I have lost the recipe. Will you please repeat it. (.Mrs. V. A.) . Answer. Ten grains of boric acid in the ounce of grain alcohol. Drop one or two drops In the ear night and morning for several months. If the druggist can't give you this without physician's pre scription, that's too bad. but there is nothing more I can do about It. Appendicitis Willi Complications I wrote asking your advice about dysmenorrhea. You udvised med ical examination. The doctor found I have appendicitis nnd a small cyst of the right ovary, and he says only an operation will help. Can you tell me what caused the cyst? I M. L.) Answer. No. Appendicitis In a woman Is often complicated with some such pelvic trouble, and the removal of the diseased appendix alone usually gives complete relief. Probably many cases of chronic or recurring appendicitis are wrongly diagnosed as ovarian trouble be cause. In a woman, there Is likely to be some such secondary pelvic .Hut iii-Ii.i ...... M .. I an lifts one or more small cystn of an ovary but no symptoms n :. . MAIL TRIBUNE DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE Acnoss 1. What we do to lit C'tirlfltwut . presents r I. Fits ' j; H, Dmire stop ' , II. What Dud tines to tht C Mr Wi lli as tr IS. overturn IS. The sooty aluatmss II. Put inlu ootn- - tlon , -17. Only an picas mil purl of Dhrlstruu Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle) li ciAipnciAigipnTiAi' h m ApelRje" mo nUDu p f 1 X 3llTo uoHa j 1 R E AIP tflT I DB E LI a1spe n IeIxTp rJeIs Isj sle1e PjElRl ill Alois kllAyDDS elJT aITo'n oklRDMlASHikl. oTdPpIeIs e a TJspr e, S N j O W UDFrTTJ a"! r I s 18. ' Th Id r Hi of Christ lii&agu rated thl It&M tinned It. unimal f!. Servers SB. A I that Urn 27. Faithful KM, (Jreiit Luke it. Jltrolnv uf "Cnvnllerla Itustlcans." SO. Poetic 1 ma for an Aslulle run 11 try tl. inhutiUant ofi sufriz 32. Kind of worm S3. Ureek letter 3i. Ititrhti aubr, - 88. Tliet Frc-ncti S7. Mkeawsei 4st. lIupiieH tl. This Is fre." qaentlr userl on ClirletiDuf 47. Trefoil 8. Firmer 49. An essential liurt of Christ unit. 7 la 3 VMM S 1 16 7 fMMi 1 , o a Wi'3 ; 7Z " """ " ' am w m si St -r- J ?W wnJM0m - : gfyv 1 1 wmmlj amount to anything. Many action abuses a weak one; feellns n maiden past 35 has one or more divine- call to spank any little na fihroid tumors and no nymptoms i tlon that gets sassy, to amount to anything. , '- ' 1 1 1 1 wty. Two million unemployed in tho Quill Points A marine is much Jik'e - other men, except that he knows, how to pronounce Haiti. ."Home life revives in winter," Well, homo Is tho only ploce.where. you feel free to squirm when your bunions feel itcKy. Another need of the -times is a el-cent card that will say "Merry Christmas" some new way without soundins -nllly. i' A ureat executive intone wha hires able men nnd then oes fish Iiik instead of sticking around in the way to show he's boss. You can (oil a fcrevnliorn nt one uf ih est halmy, sun-kisscil wiiiU'r reports, lie didn't In line Ills OVCIIIHIt. Now : you'll teports ' all-. olmrches erowdedl There's notliiim like a flat purse to make. an humble and contrite heart.. ., Mint to . husbands: ' Worthless stock is killed tot Us hide, but no body eveh shoots a pood plow horse. What's the use?i- If tl?e govern ment at Washington succeeded in plensinp nil other ureat powers, there would still Je Urisbane. t Farminn must be pretty pood business, after all. Vou didn't he.ir of anybody RofnK broke because he bought farm mortgages. .... .. If earth's henefactors are hi.piy In heaven, that seems to prove they can't look hack and see the stut ues erected, in their honor. You can join the nrt.vy nnd see thp world, ur'ynu' can enter Notr? rinmo and go In for fobthnll. Americanism Foollnh very In rtlisnant when some; nig liullv n.i- Whnt we rllil to Hi. tojrkvy Ht dinner Frleruten iod ili-nlt Femnle saint l lt. H. - aubr. . 10. Hest tnr ot tli. jreiir tl. (Vim! Santa (lilies til, rein deer with tt. At4.nd.4t ' at. L'lirlsituiitllilei tu. llctnn X. 'I'll, heather l. Watchful St. Territorial di vision of len mark St. What Santa suit to hit relniler-r 40. Altik. a mlt. Ink. 41. Contlnenti ntiur. 4S. There wat no Clirlltniat In . ttilt era. 4J. Fulry 44. Fart of the storkloa; te take the last nresent from 45. The yellow uuyle DOW.1 I. Numeral r f. A nun - . I. J- lsh f. Smnrt fi. Kmplnred II. Melody ' 7. Fun 8. I.cirnmo II. Fllnmese coin 1U. Coniiius, point i XT. S. A.! And none in France; Hut France doesn't say a man :s Jobless because he's in the hooch trade. Hunting in mi automobile Iuik iidvanlajrcs. Even a tcai dcifoot will know It isn't a ileer If it's driving n ctir. The proper measui'e of a man is his pride.- The great can he, hum ble, but the smaller a. man is the more he needs to hold up his chin. The chief objection to the schcol of experience Is that it thinks up d new course every time you gradu ate. Question for Russia: If a po licman spoke to a "reformed burp tar caught climbing a window, would that he meddling? Correct this sentence: "The pri vate cltiKcn," cried tho orator, should respect nnd obey tho law Just as our elected officials do." Brisbane's Today (Continued from Patje One) money, tlie nation tip to ten thousand millions to help other nations fi;jht n foreipn wiir, New York state other millions to build up property values for Sininblers and provide comfort prisons for eriminnls. I.aler, perhaps, the richest nation In the worid and the richest state u-IU I'inil the mnnpv tn hnilil rier-pnr I homes for men and women that do I not go to prison, giving those men nnd women an opportunity to rent them or buy them on reasonable terms, and freeing them from taxa tion. Mukden nnd Moscow have reach Do Yon Remember? TKX VRAIIS AGO TOI)AY ' (From fllesl of the Mull Tribune.) December 24, W9 ' i 'WashlhKtoil. Baeausg; (,f Prssi clout Wilsun'B IllneBs there will be no Christmas tree at the White House tomorrow. Truck robbers stenl $20,0U0 worth of pre-war illquor from C. H.i Ack er!, Lake Forest (Illinois), broker. I . Del Jlonte, Cal. "Geo. i B; Car penter,! formerly of MetlforU, 'Ore., Iius a Scuttle culled 'Tiimmle,',' who Is BUid' to bo the greatest caiilnn golf caddy in the country. Tammy stands quietly on his hind IcRk until his master has hit the ball, then he dasheB afer the elusive pill anil invariably finds it, but never picks it up." ' ' Washington. As a result of de pression in foreign exchange, U. S. Importers are declared to be mak ing fortunes. Geo. A. Maii.sfifkl, president of Farm llureau, condemns county court for refusing to support home demonstration work. . Christmas turkey In Medford sells at 00 cents a pound. , TWENTY YICAHS AGO TODAY (From files of the Mall Tribune.) December 24, 1909 City starts collection of $1000 do linquent assessments. Barniim railroad decides to bond itself for $126,000, tints losing its reputation of being the only un bonded railroad in the county In actual operation. Coroner Kellogg decides to In vestigate death of "Dutch : Joe", Campbell a month ago ot Cold Baft on suspicion of foul play. ' r Forest Drove, Ore., draws up res olution condemning Dr. Cook, the North Pole explorer, for faking his alleged discovery.- ed an agreement bud the 'Chinese-' Itussiun war Is oft for the present. Russia is the winner. ' 1 The Kellogg peace pact did not have a chance to do its benevolent . work in that ease. In ract,' UiiBsla ' snubbed the Kellogg pact, asking, not unreasonably, what business It was of ours to tell Russia what to do in China? Russia had not told us what to do In Nicaraugua or Haiti. Our provincial statesmen are slow to recognize that Russia is an important nation, even without the czars. ... , A French newspaper-says that the French government will insist absolutely, in connection with naval reduction and disarmament discus sions in London, that everything proposed must be passed upon by the League of Nations. Thus, on our trip over there, we find ourselves in 'the-League' of Na tions, or at least our suggestions won't amount to anything unless the League of Nations approves them. . We seem to be more successful managing things tov the United States here, than managing them for Europe abroad. Helen Wills, good California girl, Is now Mrs. Frederick S. Moody, Jr. H is a Californlan, also. That 'wedding interests Ameri cans, all fond of Helen Wills und -proud of her. It also interests en genists who believe that a super race could be built up by proper marriage selection. Fortunately they are wrong about that. i ' i A super-race is being produced, not as a basis of breeding horses and dogs, but produced by intense affection and concentration which more than anything else decides tho qualities of the child. For other details read tho first chapter of Tristam Shandy. " Modern crime seems to be pick ing on policemen, in a heartless way, particularly In New York. At a banquet tendered to a dis tinguished judge, nttended by n brilliant collection of professional criminals, whose names were after wards supplied by the New York chief of police, one detective had bis revolver taken away from him and all the guests were roblwd, In cluding, presumably, tho judge. ; Yesterday two New York police men were suspended for allowing their revolvers to be taken away from them In holdups. Oue policeman, who calls for spe cial sympathy, was held up In n ' speakeasy and badly beaten when the bandits. saw that he was a po-' llcemnn. - - - By BUD FISHER