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MEDFORD 'MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOBD, OKEOOy. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1929.
Medford Mail Tribune
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MEPFOIID 1'KI.SIINQ CO.
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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
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