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PAGE TWO MEDFORD 'MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOBD, OKEOOy. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1929. Medford Mail Tribune Ullly, flundi)', Wnklr ..: CilMUlM Iw -.' MEPFOIID 1'KI.SIINQ CO. aii-2t !0 N. Hr HI. Phou QUILL POINTS IHIIIKIIT W. Rl III., Kitltor 8. SUMI'TKK SMITH, Mimsh ! I'lirkiiifr fipacc : you puss by. TIk- iliii'(iiiiiithci' I'lir brnkc ontof just as col- An Indrpendrnt Newspaper j " ' tottt t. second eli milter U Medford, ! 0f """ "' .VOUIlffKtffM SO to the ih'Vll ill collie. Orenoo, ul Ad f March , lr, j ttft ,O0K't OV0.tf.omP mttlir.ll thlfMlt. SllttflCftUTlON RATES Br Mall In Adtance: j hilly, trltti Sunday, year Daily, rltli Suixiay, luontli.,, baily, willwut Sunday, year,,,,, (tally, without Butiday, month,. Wrekly Mall Tribune, cm rear.. Sunday, uiw year , it. 00 ' Hy Carrier, In Advance In Medford, Ashland, JaeUunriUe, Central I'olul, llHMftii, Talent, Hold lilll and 'on lliglmays: Itailv, Kunduy, month $ .73 llally, without KuiuUy, month. . . , , , . .05 Dally, vrltlumt Sunday, otw yur 7.00 Daily, tilth Sunday, on ytv 8.00 All tcrou, caih in adraitce. '"Si' Wh(, tlu' t-r"1' is kilu,(1 "ff Il,,r' s1i11 win '" f,in ";'Jiof iiniipiiiint! nnotlicr hunter is n deer. 2.00 Fifteen Years Ago This Week . (From tlie files of The, Mall Tribune) BUguI Medford Monday woman arrested iiIno ; Tlii'.v siiv biilil iiii'i),inl(f tli(( iiiostoyiiJ jluisliiinils. It is I true that iidlioilv tries J;o Wnl"'ii' blind horse ; ' ; As it salve for Kp.'cul.itm's. reduction of the income tax is too iituifli like sjiyinjr it with flowers at tlio funeral. Men aren't us vain an thev seem. A self-satisfied man would Maybe the next war will be the result of makintr some na- ; t ion niad hy reminding it of its pledge not to fifrht. MEMHER OP THE ASSOCIATE VMM lleceivlns Full Leased Wire Hettlce ' t The Awclaled 1'resi is eicltulrely entitled to (lie u-e for (jubUeailon of all iieus dhnatd t i-i edited to It or (illtrrwh credllrd In thU fuwr. i and ! -10 tiie local nm published herein. not think of wrapping his roll of ones in a ten. All rights for publication of spec!! djspatcbM i i r- Herein are aim retr-ned. MKMREK OF THE UNITED I'llKSS orileUl .paper of the City of Medord, , Official paper of Jackson County. ( A. B. C. image circulation for ilx rnonihi I tndlrii Udober 1, 102H, 4174. Dally awaw distribution for ill tnontla to ' Ortober lit, W'ib, 41111. rre&cnt preu run, - j . MflMKKIt OP AUDIT IICKL'AU ' OK fMH lLATlOX - AdrertUIng lipresentalhett j M. e. .hh;knik.n k company Offim In New Vork. Chicago, Detroit, Ban Frandwi, Los Angelei, Seattle, l'urtland. I "Morality ehancs with time." For example, n jterfeetly jrood ehecU is had if it ets to the hank before you do. j The strange part of it is that the prisons where tlio riots j oeenr aren't the ones where every cell has a receiving set. ot the valley by planting beefs, without delay." leroy Talma ami Basco company appear at Page theater "at wartime- pricen." Frldur Charles K. Oaten, the well known auto dealer, filed for mayor. City election to be held January 12. V. 1 Vmarlnl It, Vilu o.mn ,yatlt In A. C Hubbard, 'in violation or Omnta Pdhh f nr ikt, r-i A 1 .... in Mniu: m v Mfa lntie- hiihif nf kppnlrtt Oltt attire, contrary to a city ordlnanre. I of print," writer a letter to the "Khe attracted mucTi attention, due ! Mall Tribune, upholding the new j to the Rrace with which It clur.-rlcy charter, which i printed on j to her form aw he progresHOtV the first page. , . . i( She paid $5.00 fine and coKts. Emll Muhr offers $100 for tU'K ,; . Roger Dennett -loft Tuesday to j ack of sugar made in Medford. spend the reBt of the week in i Candidates of the "standstill i OmntA Pass on business. (ticket" were busy electioneering to. j Local Japanese, unsolicited, ub- i dfly Dn 1,10 streets against ndop scribe $1 29 -to-the' RelRian relief j t,on o- a new cIty charter. Dr. be settled now In a fortnight, es pecially If the flexible feature of the present tariff is preserved, ;i it should be. In that case specific rates requtrrng change could bt revved at the Instance of the tar iff commission. Chicago Daily News. , , ,, 'The Stamp Racket' i J. M. Keeno labfls thp plan, Xew ThouRht .Movement." 'erHonal: Attorney Gus Newbury I has gone north for .1 week. ' j Dnnna I.eaKue sreets Mny Rob i son at Paso theater. The Dranm fund. H. Maru did the collectlni; and the forwarding. E. C. Jerome of Yreka, Cat., Is spendlnB the holidays In the cUy vlHltlng friends nnd relatives. According to reports, from Port land, Bud Anderson, "Pride f! League "1h to burn wlUi renewed .Medford," will seek a return bout! vigor the comlnr year." with Frank Barrieau, who defeat-i Siiuinliiy - ed him twice. . ... . ' Pen Sheldon tells the Creator. Tuesday Medford club n'bout the fine point.-: Adv: "Smoke Gov. Johnson el-: of the new t lty chr.rter. Bars, nnd heln build un i M.xi.i Herbert Alford has returned t: ford payroll." The Nash Cafeteria will ho open watch the old year out, and his studies at the University of California! The Juvenile authorities are will serve light lunches. Elks al n! planning action against a number Smudge Smoke No wonder the famous j;uys write bum stuff for publication; Who could do his best if be didn't dread a rejection slip? Statesmen should keep u nation prepared. Jf n mau'likes to monkey with poisons, it's his job to provide the antidotes. i All evils tend to cure themselves.. For instanee, when the nme boys kill all of the birds, there won't be any mow jfjime ho;s. Woman has a ritrht to do anything man does. For that mat ter, Jibe has a rifjht to make mud pies; but it would look rather sillv. It must humble a reat man to diseover that his admirers are simple enoujih to think flattery will pay for a .'1 photo-praph. As we tfo to press the reeord hows that Charles 10. Hughes is .the 84th ureal man to be the first to say "faith, hope and parity." " What's the use? If you earry too much, the holdup man takes it ; and if you don't earry enough, he shoots you for wast ing bis time. Well, if the railroads spend it billion for improvement in 19:10, perhaps that little pipe at the toot h-wasbinr basin will Rtpiirt water a little more onerously. Th cum-m' year will terminate mericanism : reeling vastly superior to the aliens; think- late 'PueMduy night, and a new -nir tj,S(. u(Uds at Wasliinuton vastly inferior to foreign stales one will get under way nt once, Fog prevailed 'Friday and Hnt-!,mn- urday. Many would like to-nee It fotight uh vigorously ns fro?t and fat; as If always wears inf . tin welcome, as well as the geiWral j.Uhlle. Many who will not take Dock Thayer's flu pills are enjoying eoldri: ' The present day Humdinger. Inc., Is not much, when compared with the Humdingers of the 1910 or boom era, when Humdingers warn" Humdingers, and not duot- ists. Once uch wrote a two col umn letter to this pupcr, and at the (nlnh burst Into poetry, as follows! "1 love .Medford, with my own and a thousand hearts. And ever will defend her with all my vital parts." The annual tieglra of local citi zens to pleasant rtpntB beyond the horiteon now Is In full swing, and only it few of the best of us nre left'. - - ; The high spots nre now adorned with a rnantle of snow. The most upstnndlng of the lot Is the well known Ml. Pitt. Toimw Hwem was caught admir ing n oubtstle sketching Friday. " y 1bere will be n slight decrease In' the efficiency of the community for ten duy ns H. Flewer, 'the flying- baker, has accorded the ulster stute at California tt short visit. '' He was accompanied by H. Strang. ' ' j Cows are very busy eating up the 'hay of their proprietors. in Hplte of all that could be done thore was not an auto crash of any1 consequence during the glad. Yule tffason, This is startling. The next thing on the program will he Inventories for the wlde uwake merchants. Mr. McDonough, et al. sang at the Klwanls meet Mon. We know of nobody who can finish last in cti'nrtet numbers, with more skill and polish than he. ' ' The postofflee came out -of- the Cbrlstmas mall rush with tl.vlng colors, and only ns tired as postal regulations will permit. All the postofflce doors were unlocked at the finish, and did not delay things a 1dt. The identity of the pont;l worker who Insisted on keeping two of the three doors locked is not known, but he probably sleeps with nil the windows down. The United Colonels of the Val ley were, represented nt the Army Htahford game by Col. (iord Voor- huls. 1 Santa Claus left it few new nulos parked nt the curb. It Is noted. 3 Civic workers will meet nnd mingle Jan H; Homegrown ora tors will make flve-inlnute speech es, but 'visiting orators can talk until they drop from sheer ex haustion! There Is no better hos pitality than this, produced In the Hoiith now or hefo do wsh ' Iteports say that several of the fall crop of babies, are showing alarm clock tendencies. hold n wntch party and dnnce C.eorge Gates, son of C. K. flatus, undergoes an operation for append icitis, and is doing nicety. Valley enters third epoch of de velopment. First was the discov ery of gold; nnd the second, the coming of the railroad. : i Five hundred couple attend the charity ball at the Nat given by the C.reater Medford club and As- sedated Charities. "Many striking gowns were worn by the women. ' ; WexIncMlay Mall Tribune issues New Year' edition of four sections, portray-: log In word and 'paragraphs tb ' glorie.H and grandeurs of this re- j glon. .... : F. K. Carpenter offers $10 for! of boys and girls, who nre In the habit of sr.ylng out late at nights. , Judge Purdin comes out flat footed for the new city charter, in a three column letter to the ed itor. Ho does Charles M. English. City Attorney B. II. McCabe In structed to prepare an ordinance regulating "buttinskis" at fires. Press Comment RKXKWAIj OP TIIF. TARIFF FfGIlT Koine seiif.tnrs complain that the; part of President Hoover's mcs-j siige which deals with the tariff; the first sack of Migar, produce .1 i fight in their chamber is too in The . postofflce department, it appears, has- received seventy-two requests in the last few days for the issuance of special stamps to commior&te this or ,that. and has- had .to give .warning that its, polfcy ';hjis been to restrict special stumpji tp commemorate anniver saries of importnnt historical hr industrial events of national inter est."". : i , ... ;, Weil, this ought not to' surprise anybody. The aeelter ivftej tper lal stamps Is not really new in the land. He is the same person who has recently been bombarding (h? schools with requests for permis sion -to.. .haye the pupils recite pledge JS some sort supposed to be -good for their moral nature. And he is the same person who a few years ngor was bombardliv; presidents, governors and tnnyors with reque-sts for proclamations to set some week aside for applet, birds or noble thoughts. And ho will he with us for n good long time to come, for when you begin to pry Into his scheme you usually find that he hn8 a few tickets to soil. When he gets it through his head that the postof fice department really means busi ness ho will be stumped for t while, but not fm long. The news editor who take the trouble to read his mimeographed ipclosures, marked "Immediate Release, " will find that ho has omo new wny of furthering his racket,, and until I . wears out it will be a pretty good wny. New York World.. . ACSTRAM V KTROXC; FOR llORSK jrMI'IXtt thi4 um yuw w im COATS -DRESSES -SPORTSWEAR. M NORTH CENTRAL from sugar beets rnlsed In this sec tion. Sugar beet 'campaign la,7. W. H. florc announces. definite. Certainly it does not-toll-them what Industries need higher! duties, what new rales would be f Cori-pi-t j'ii is si-iiti-ncp : "Hill lias recovered from (lip prippe .so liiimy times, '(' .siiid tlio wife,' "thiit ho no longer thinks la- is doing 1 li whon lie pets it." Want Airport For Every GOO ' Sq. ML by 1931 WASHINGTON Hopes llmt be fore the end of ltt;lo on airport will tie established in every tiltO square miles of territory In the United Hiutes nre held by official of the aeronautics division of the department of commerce. Huch a project will be aided by literature distributed In various struieglc communities by the gov ernment, It was said. Hpeakers of the aeronautics division will stress the Importance of nlrporU. using as their theme that the "future of aviation Is on tlu ground." Following an extensive survey by the government, It was declared that the saturation point for air ports wltl not he reached until nn adequate landing field Is provided for every 200 square mile. During the Inst 18 months. $300,000,000 has been expended In this country for airports by more than tooo communities, the report of the government mm-ey First Father Heroes A mother with her lrst baby Is usually n trvuchlnK spectacled A lot has been said to eulogize her. But what of fathers who person ally contemplate the eternal mir acle of birth for the first time? For the most part they are a neglected species, and really they are something to sob over. The look which comes Into n mini's j face upon hearing the cry of his j first child rates the attention of1 an artist's hnmh or pen. It is a look In which Is mingled the ex pression of a sweet girl graduate or k bride on. her wedding morn. There is something about the aura of the "first father" that U. extremely moving, and it pulls at the softer emotions. Ho Is some what dewy of eye, damp of brow and shaky of limb. Usually he is Inclined to be loquacious. W!th the slightest encouragement, he becomes quite confidential. That lIclpIcM Feeling It must be .the feeling of his own helplessness In the face ot life's most colossal experience that floors him. Hlnce the nge of the caveman, man ha rcicardcil him- ami sympathy of his wife, wall ing' for the arrival of what he hoped would he a Bon. After hours nnd hours a whlto-ctud nurse found him in a stnto of nervous hysteria, and announced the birth of a daughter. , With n sigh of Inexplicable relief he caught her hand and exclaimed: "Thank Clod it's a girl. Becnuso she will never have to endure the ordeal that I have just been through." ' . Memory Tests Sid Brown Is spending the week., fair to consumers, nnd what .oM In Josephine county attending to t rate.i might be left as -they are. mining business. .1 Mi. Hoover, of course, cannot pre- I'hoenix Civic club to give pub-j teribe speuiric r.'.tes. He restiuei. lie recr-ption to Miss Marian Towi, I in his 'annual message ihe sound represeretatlve-elcct to the leglsla-j principles which ho laid down for ture. t . j limited tariff revision in his mes- Judge "V. N. Colvlg. tax agent i sage to the special session of con of the Southern Paolfic with head- gress nnd he renews his recom- Portlnnd, is visiting relatives for a few nimrtors In friends nnd days.. II. n. Cndy retires as special of- mendntlon that the flexible foa Hire of the present tariff system he ' retnined and strengthened.. This is all that reasonably mlgl-.r fleer of the Medford police force. have been expected of him. Thursday Sugar beet campaign signs up 1000 acres In first week of cam paign. W. II. (lore addresses far mers of the Table Hock district. lien Hur Lampmnn, editor of tlv Cold Hill News, has a poem en titled. "Benuty Is Everywhere," published by the New York Jsun. To apply the simple nnd clear principles that should rule In tar iff making i.s not particularly dif ficult. No rates should be in creased in any case unless- the necessity for nn increase Is dem onstrated to the satisfaction of the official advisors of the lawmaker.! and of the Independent men in Karl S. Tumy, has returned from i congress. Consumers are entltle.l a business trip to San Francisco, to the benefit of any doubt. I'nllf. j The long, confused . fight over Coorge and Ned Vilas have re- l the inriff reflect no credit on any turned to their collegiate rttitiA nf-' element in the senate. Plain husl ter spending the holidays nt homo. ! ness sense -would have settled t'-e Kdltorinl demands, "rejnvennllon ' controversy weeks ago. It might SYDNEY, Australia tVP) Horse jumping is a popular feature of Australian agricultural shows, ard Oie breaking nf a record is an event. This happened a the show at Albtiry. the :pplncipar, city on the border between New South Wales nnd - Victoria when Perry .Broth ers' "Hawk," ridden by.W. Barton, broke ,lhe Australian high jump record by clenrlng 7- feet and 11 Inches. . , . .. The Albury.show ground .has been the scene of previous records hy "Thumbs Up," and Sundown." r-.nd held the title until a new rec ord of 7 feet 1014 Inches was reg istered at Tenlert'eld In northern New ijouth Wales by Mrs. A. O. Laldlaw's "-Lookout" "in 1926. By exceeding this height. Perry Broih eraigalned a .special thousand dol lnr .prize .offered by the Albury Agricultural society for the owner of any Jiorse breaking the recod. SEVASTOPOL (P)-Thnt the bottom of the Black Sea is gradu ally sinking Is the conclusion of a soviet scientific expedition which recently finished a study of that body of water nnd also- of the Azov sea. You . sit down and ask her to tell you the newa of the day. She nays the Smiths have n son boin yesterday morning and the Joneses are-going to Kurope In January; j thin Cousin Susie Is In bed withi Influenza nnrt the garage man snldj the valves ought to- he ground:! that the hnm enmo by parcel post 1 and she saw Hetty Taylor on the I street; j That "divorce" was the topic at the discussion group and she could not match that door knob any-1 where; that she had a letter from ! Mary saying little Nellie had won a prize nt school; that she almost ; self as a conieror. and possibly, I ran over a luan on the way from like Chanticleer, has Imagined i town nnd the proofs have not et that the sun rose .it his crow. To be- suddenly face to face with a mystic force against which he has no power to prevail Is n shaking experience. He Is nulto unbalanc ed. Have a care how you smile at him, for he Is the most serious nnn alive! To hear a first father tell it. his Is the only child that has ever been born. Ills self-esteem In creases by the minute. A ehnrm- cotne from the photographers That Willie Hrown Is engaged to a girl from out of town, but It Is I a dead secret and must not bej mentioned, nnd somebody has kicked a hole In the front doot-j croon; that llltlo Johnny went. over to tleorgle's to lunch today and the Stevens' cook is In the hospital; That she Is going In to tea- at Ihe Cosmopolitan club tomorrow Inn cmu-eli .til iiimn him mi.l and the grocery nnd very little In his exuberance he gives away j variety In fresh treen vcgetnbl.-s: boxes of cigars and things. A: that somebody left a subscription stanihmllsiod reaction Is to iladtlcnrd for the orphanage at the right off and open n bank account door, nnd the laundress ts sick inn for the baby and make other nnd , that stray dog was lilt by n ullt-i-, more elaborate plans for the fat-1 mobile; thst she Is having tho tire. Sometimes he has been known light Wile Hk lyd dark green j to bore his friends. land the button on her new co.it Physicians nre Inclined to view J Is In the wrong Place; first fathers ns n bit of a nulsan-e. That she bought a new mop for, with whom thev would dispense If . the kitchen and little Mary hn they could. Whenever It is pot- j lost one of her rubbers: that Viol sll-le they shoo them orf the I had a long talk over the telephone, premUes with a gruff dlsmlss.,1. 1 with ttallle nnd Is going to -have: for they nre very upsetting to the, her hair wshed on Thursday; th.it task'ut band, 1 she darned your dress socks and Subjects nf Stories nut them In the upper right-hard , Almost everyone has heard the ' drawer, and old Mm Tompkln Joke about Ihe physician w ho ' has had a second stroke nnd she boasted that In twenty years of can not find the paper cutter any-, experience he had not lost a shwb S where. father. Caught In a garrulous; And If. on some future occasion, mood, doctors tell countless nnec-iyou should make a statement re-, dotes about the cowardice of fl.Jt veallng ymir slightest Ignorance of, fathers they have known. Among .any single one or the foregoing shows. It la conservatively pie-.,, niost priceless of these Is the facts, she exclaims there dieted that iipwnrds of 1500.000.- 00 will be spent In the next year ' and a half In nlrnort development. tale of the futher who ncd trbe ! what Is the use of telling you corridor all night long In a lonely things ns you never listen to vigil, sons Ihe accustomed support I word she says. I hi Minora Hun. y Art ; x.r, : ho After Every Rainy, Slushy Day We Will Make Your Clothes Look Like New Spattered mud from a passing car . . . rain beating down on your best suit . . . they'll quickly ruin your appearance! Why not keep your clothes always fresh and smartly pressed? Regardless of what it is ... a hat to be blocked ... a spot to be removed . . . or a suit to be pressed . . ; we'll do your cleaning jcb rightl Send your clothes to day to ' " ; f'jll City Gleaning and Dyeing Works Your Tuxedo should be cleaned and pressed for the New Year's Eve Celebration . 624 N. Riverside Phone 474 i fee ' y I, Ruth Cross Writes A Thrilling Romance! Of The West WiiMM Thc Cystic spell of the V''ft U'Pfitprn niAiintninc Iiqa called to the author of "The Golden Gocoon" and "The Unknown Goddess," and Ruth Cross has written a story of love and adventure in the Sierras. ' Rocky slopes and rugged peaks become the scene of .1 t- si. - colorful characters of the -lulls clashing in a contest for progress against the barriers of nature and the suspicions, intrigues and emotions of men. Suddenly the combatants find themselves battling for a human prize.1 ! : ii 1 1 ( - i A Question of Honor By Ruth Cross 1,1 Ruth Cross develops the ivid story of Anne WihaoU who comes to Leon Morse's mountain lodge resigned to marrying the railroad builder because he is wealthy. When she meets Scot! Glenn.tlie young engineer who dares defy Morsel however, she turns againsl ihe forces of family casle and destiny. ' . . , ... This DiiustiaJ. Striking Story t.' Shir'? MONDAY, , Ik-cember 3Q IN THE MAIL TRIBUNE