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AFTER THE BATTLE
Thero was art election Friday,
but that was about all.
The government can regulate
the tolerance of pears, but not tho
Intolerance of man.
Col. Frank 2-VoIlo of Jvello has
a dog, that all but talks, and
amazes with hlu smartness.
Thespians of the hi school trod
tho boards of tho CraterJan Tuoh.
In a masterly mannor, and scored
a touchdown. "'
Quito a bit of hay Is down, and
wns rained on uh tho cutter ex
pected It would ho.
Thero was a rainbow southeast
of Phoenix ' Thurs. ovo.' It was
not the one that anybody around
here has been chatting for ho long.
Mcssers. Royal Brown and Roy
Ashpole, and a number of good
looking ladles from K. Ft wero
in town Wed. beseeching tho co.
ct, to sprinkle oil' on a dusty road
out their way MeHsers Brown &
Anhpolo wero of. Ilttlo use, except
to got In the way and look wlso.
The gents wero prepared to take
all tho credit; and dodgo all the
blame. If uny, of either.
Citizens htivo1 been urged to go
to tho ball game today, InHtead
of trying to catch . the gamey
Hteclhead, and raco ouch other to
divers polntH. , .
Col, Tengwald put In some good
licks for Gov, Norblud tho past
week, and was tho leading ex
citement of the campaign.
Harry Rosenborg attended the
Traf. meet Thura, and started his
usual argupiont, whllo adjourn
ment was under consideration.
Frederick Fry had a plcturo
taken last wock of his melancholy
hound, and tho photographer mado
it min-ciio, and only got half of
tho dog, Hpllttlng him tight down
tho mlddlo noso to tall, following
tho general routo pf the spinal
column. This makes the hound
look grotosnuo, and there Is no
i'Xcuho for such carelcssnoss. The
next time Mr. Fry gets tho photog
rapher In his chair, ho assured tho
writer, ho will only half shavo him.
which U fair enough.
The Ban Francisco Hunduy
morning paper, that gotw horo
Friday, was beat last week by tho
I'm-thind spectator, publlHhcd on
Hut unlay, arriving hero Thursday.
: F. Hyboo, the downtrodden and
despondent serf, whllo tightening
up tho burrs on a mowing ma
chino Monday, caught a 94 nock
tie on a tooth, cutting a doop
gash.
Some very fine pro-war stuff
has been available hereabouts, and
otio of thoHo fortuniuo enough to
securo somo of tho same, has
only been In a coma since the
nth Inst, and Is Just beginning to
recugnlee familiar objects llko the
Hide of Jils house.
Trovo laimsdeii Is back In tho
harness, ut the Jack. Co. bank, and
many recall tho time, that ho de-
llhoratlvoly called Roxy Ann
stately eminence."
It looks like tho jabbering for
1110 November vote would bo ex
tensive, A number of our young desper
adoes, havo become upright, and
nru leading quiet lives, as other
wise they will not got to go to
tho circus. Moji Hhlmoda "lost an
argument with his Maw Tuesday,
and was "shebackgoed," as a
spanking Is culled In Tokio.
I..on Carpenter returned from
Africa and Kuropo last week as
rresh as ever, and wearing a mus
tache thnt bristled In a moro busi
nesslike manner than when ho
skinned., out.
ST. HELENSIDEAL
FOR SPUD TESTS
NT... HKI,i:N8, Ore., May IB.
llH Columbia county has been
t hoHcn as tho most dexlrnblo place
In Oregon for potato nursery
lila It of certified seed by tho farm
rrops department of tho Oregon
State college, Ojorgo A, Nelson,
county agent, announced.
1 Tho nursery this year will In
tludo S3 plantings from a num
ber of certified potato growing
counties In tho state. It Is lu
rut oil on the Than Hrown place
at Yantnn Varieties to be tested
are Burbsnk, Netted Clems, Earl
iest of All, Bliss Triumph and
liiwh Cobbler,
WHEN the 1'ortlund Spectator gave the official prognosis
thnt. Conviro Joki'mIi would carry Jackson County, we
questioned the truth of this prediction, four days before election,
and commented further ns follows:
Only' tho seers, who cun rctod the minds of inarticulate men
and women, have any right to poso as prophets In this election.
No one can KNOW how the people are going to vote, for the
simple fact that a majority or the people don't know themselves.
Thero never has been an election where laHt minute develop
ments were of such outstanding; Importance. The winner will
' almost certainly be determined not by what has happened, but
what, between now and Friday, MAY happen.
The only wise prophet this year Is the prophet who says
nothing, wafts until the votes have been counted .then, nods his
head, looks wise and remarks: "I told you so!"
And that is precisely what the wise prophets are doing, from
the Columbia to the SiskiyoiiH, and from the Pacific to the Snake
river, this balmy May morning.
The silent vote has become articulate. "Vox Populi, Vox Dei!"
The people have spoken. Ifeirring an unexpected upset in the
official count, Mr. Joseph is a poor third in Jackson County,
but he carried Multnomah and the state, by a comfortable mar-
IT WAS because wu feared this very outcome, that we aban
doned our usual policy of remaining neutral in tho Pri
mary, and supported Corbet simply because we regarded him
as the best qualified candidate, and the one most likely to unite
the Republican party instead of divide it.
But, as we had observed, there was, and is, throughout the
state, a vague but undeniable unrest and dissatisfaction. On
one side were the "Ins", who were reasonably content with
things as they are; on the other were the 'Outs", who weren't
content at all.
This dissatisfied vote, not only in Multnomah, but through
out the state, was concentrated behind Joseph; the satisfied
vote was Hplit seven ways to Sunday, between Norblad, Cor
bett, Kail, Bennett, and Jeffrey.
THE vote given any one of these men, added to the vote of
nifhnt 7x1(11111111 ai f'nrhfitf eniill Imvn lipiilnn .Tnannll A
few of the wiser Republican leaders realized this, and a quiet
but determined effort was made to persuade cither Hall, Ben
nett or Jeffrey to withdraw. "But in such a scramble, every
candidate believed lie had a chance, so the effort failed.
"We didnt regard the present result as inevitable, but we did
from the outset regard it as possible; and when confidential
inforination from' Multnomah came to this office, a few days
before election, wo regarded it as decidedly probable. .
It is as true in politics,;as in military tactics, that a divided
majority cannot defeat a united minority. Mr. Joseph had that
united minority. That's the whole thing in a nutshell.
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AND now, ""Watchman of the Night," what of the morrow?
"W liuvft hnAii tlirmnrli inn mnnv Pinimniirnu ti wni'rv
very much abour the political happenings a half year ahead.
Between now and November a great deal can happen, and no
doubt a great deal Will. ' ' 1
Political campaigns are very like other pathological epidem
ics; good things to take Horibusly while they arc on, and good
thingH to forgot after they are" over.
In the gubernatorial race the results were not to our liking,
"but in other directions tho results of the election were.
So that's that. We are- only sorry for the man whoso sense
of humor is so warped, that he can't in this hurly-burly of
politics, take tho results, regardless of what they are, with a
smile. Un, hum, liio is short, and the ways ot Fortune, tickle.
And there aro more important things than polities. There
fore we simply congratulate the winners, and wish tho losers,
ourselves included, better luck next time.
So on to concerns of more general and vital moment.
Only results count. There's no base like home.
The national wail: "If we only had some pitchers."
The Research' Foundation's report that people are most
likely to pass out at 3:110 a. m. agrees with night club records.
Speaking of difficult decisions, think of the poor congress
man when the powers 'back home tell him one thiifg and the Di
gest another.
The glory of Creeee was the work of a few. You can't call
America glorious when it has only three like Mencken, Nathan
and Sinclair Lewis.
This is the season when the sight of a rug on the clothes
lino prompts Dad to grab his golf clubs and beat it.
If the Supreme Court is the highest authority, and one small
group dictates the .selection of its members, that group governs
America.
About the only difference 'between good people and bad peo
ple is that they arc ashamed of different things.
Americanism: Feeling very superior to races unlearned in
seieiu'o because you can press a button and work a fool-proof
machine. .
Fifteen Years Ago
This Week
(From tho flic of The
Mall Tribune)
Monday
Dr. J. M. Keene pronounced
Chamber of Commerce claim of
30,000 population for Medford In
11)30, as "optimism gone wild, and
devoutly to be Jiopcd for, but If
we have a third that many, and
have no more booms, we will be
lucky."
Kamsgute, Eng. Coroner'B jury
finds kaiser guilty of murder in
first degree for ordering torpedoing
of Lusitunlu.
Yreka promises to bo mecca for
valley merrymakers if Oregon goes
dry next year.
Miss Irene Smith, high point
maker in O. A. C. co-ed track
meet held at 3:00 a. m., to evade
masculine eyes. "However, 137
male spectators appeared for tho
contests."
Fruit Growers Exchange at Ash
land 'has a stormy session.
Governor Wlthycombe addresses
picnic on the Applegatc.
Tuesduy
Italy enters tho great war.
A chicken wandered up the
Main street Wednesday afternoon,
and was chased by a boy and
long legged colored man into
Brown's pool hall. The police
also received word Wednesday that
a cow was loose eating up flower
beds on South Central avenue.
Sam Jlill, the good roads en
thusiast, and Bert Anderson con
fer on local conditions.
Ed White of the Climax dis
trict was In the city today on busi
ness.
Boys and Girls clubs organized
throughout the county.
Medford flowers sent to San
Francisco fair.
Wednesday
A. C. Allen takes moving pic
tures of the Jackson county ex
hibit at tho Frisco fair.
Gold U ill serves notice that un
less tho Gold Hill band is mado
a part of the Medford Fourth of
July celebration, Gold Hill will
mako the eagle squeal on her own
accord, July 4th.
William Vawter of Medford, is
winning his spurs as a baritone
soloist of tho University of Ore
gon glco club. Ho is a freshman
at the Institution, and to be the
soloist of tho glee club is like an
iron cross of tho third degree.
Corn planted In tho valley fails
to germinate.
Sid J. Brown plans to leave soon
for Seward, Alaska, where he has
a position with tho government
railroad.
Thursday
Wig AHhpolo is walking with a
cane, as ho hurt his leg while rid
ing a horse.
A number of young folks at
tended a dance In Ashland last
night, making tho journey by auto.
Tourists flocking to valley from
San Francisco fair.
California poppies very popular
as decorations for local social af
fairs.
Friends of A. F. Stennett sur
prise him, by coming enmasse with
loaded baskets after which 600
was played,- ':, - '
' Orhtsily club, Colo Homes pres
ident, prosents city library with a
picture by Klser of Crator Lake.
Friday "
Thief arrested In California for
robbery of Gold Hill bank of
$8000 In March; arrested in Cali
fornia, but saws way out of jail.
Crater Lako trips offered as
prizes to county girls, for indus
trial fair work.
A flock of seagulls visit the
city on a strange flight. They
wero accompanied by droves of
crows, and circled low over tho
business district. One of the sea
gulls, larger and handsomer than
his pals, squatted on tho Main
street crossing, Policeman Craw
ford threw him a loaf of bread
which ho devoured eagerly, ere he
winged to tho west.
Robert Pelouzo of Medford Is
star of tho Southern Oregon high
school track meet.
Mayor Emorick declares in
reply to charges that Chief J. F.
Illttson swears: "I havo known
Chief Hlttson for years, and have
never heard him cuss, though tho
Lord knows ho has enough provo
cation, and nobody would blame
him if ho did."
Saturday
Frank Upton of Central Point,
while driving a horso and buggy,
was struck by a Ford driven by
a man named Ferguson. The Ford
after hitting tho Upton vehicle,
glanced off and knocked down a
telephono pole, causing a tempor
ary paralyzation of service
Thief steals a barber polo from
In front of the Cottage barber
shop on Central avenue.
Siskiyou unit of Pacific highway
to be opened within a week.
- A wanderer called at the home
of Ed G. Brown on Crater I-ake
avenue, and being barefooted was
given a pair of shoes by Mrs.
Hrown, ulso a meal. Two hours
later the wanderer tried to so!l
the shoes to Mr. Brown, who
claims they were the best pair
of shoes he owns. He refused to
sign a complaint against the un
fortunate. Forty-sevn pupils to graduate
from the Medford high school.
Press Comment
Exploded Myth.
The Literary Digest for today
contains Information on tho state
of prohibition opinion which Is In
somo ways more surprising than
anything so far produced by that
enterprising magazine's poll. This
new information is contained in
the special occupational polls
which the magazine Is just com
pleting. Perhaps the. most startling fact
contained is that, out of 46,000 bal
loting clergymen, 15,912 are for
outright repeal, and an additional
3,8(J4 aro for modification. Near!y
half of all those clergymen who
registered their opinions are there
fore to be classed among the weld.
And they do not represent any
particular region. The clergymen
who voted live in every state of the
union, from Alabama to Wyoming.
Even In Kansas, bone-dry Kansas,
where to hold liquid views Is to
be classed as a moral perver:,
moro than a third of the clergymen
really think wet In the privacy of
their studies.
The significance of this shocking
wetness among the clergy becomes
apparent only when one considers
how long we havo been led to be
lieve that the church Is' the butt
stronghold of Volsteadism. Ap
parently wo have been taken In by
the unseemly shouting of some of
the more loud-mouthed brethren
I. e., Bishop Cannon and his
lieutenants and have forgotten
that the clergy contains its full
quota of Intelligent men.
Now that this myth is exploded,
one may readily believe anything.
(Baltimore Sun.)
UNIQU
E DEGREE
TEAM CONF
THIRD DEGREE
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. A
total of fourteen states were rep
resented in the degree teams of
Niagara Masonic Sojourners when
they conferred the third degree
upon a candidate at a regular
communication of Niagara Fron
tier Lodge No, 132, while thirty
eight wero represented at the
meeting. The Niagara Masonic
Sojourners is composed of visit
ing lasons. The idea was con
ceived by William H. Hunt, a so
journer, who, with the aid of sev
eral sojourning Masons, perfect
ed tho organization. It hns no
charter or recognized standing as
an official body but the degree
teams of tho organization arc
noted for their excellent work and
are Invited by many bodies to
confer the degrees. Many of those
on the team have held office or
passed through the chairs of their
respective lodges. Raymond H.
Turver, 32nd degree, is chief so
journer. millioFmilk
flown for every
There wero only 1 5 fatul Heel
dents or one for every 1,06.117'
miles flown In nlr transport opera
tions during the last half ofJl!)
nceorttlnR to the Air Travel Divis
ion of the American Automobile
Association.
This statement on tho fact that
a total of 15,940,161 miles were
flown in transport operations, ac-
cordlnpr to fiptires furnished by tho
Holiin Hood wti8 the first noted hiltint hropist. When he
snitched it front one crowd lie eased his conscience hy K'lving it
to another.
Aiiioiik the extinct liinls are the dodo, tho passenger pigeon,
and, fortunately, the one who ashed you if you hud the niakin's.
Scientists agree that monkeys chatter without really saying
anything. It ahould be easy to teach them the game of bridge.
There must he something divine in n quality that enables
romance to include dish washing.
The story ot Oreeco is to be told in talkies. The theme song
doubtless will be tho old classic : "Yes, we have no bananas."
Lindbergh says you don't notice the earth's storms if you're
high enough. Compare with the l0iancier's comments on prosperity.
Herlin police now enrrg bayonets, so you can tell the inno
cent hyAtmult' by his resemblance tf a pin cushion,
Barnes' Circus Here Tomorrow
Young Americans residing In
tho neighborhood of North Cen
tral avenue, today wore Interest
ed spectators when they witnessed
a contingent of men with tape
lines and others with grub-hoes
and shovels clearing the grounds
where tomorrow the famous Al. G.
Barnes circus will give two ex
hibitions, afternoon and night.
The 24-hour man and his assist
ants, as well as laborers, were
making ready tho "lot" for the
arrival of tho big circus early in
the morning, shortly beforo the
first streaks of grey appear in
tho eastern horizon.
All arrangements havo been
completed for tho appearance of
the circus. White top enthusiasts
will witness a program that Is
said to be the best in history, one
that combines moro novelties and
features than ever offered in the
past. American n rente stars will
vie for popularity with tho cream
of European performers. The
added features will be "Persia"
and "The Pageant of Pekin," two
gorgeous Oriental spectacles. The
Great Grctona high wire act, dir
ect from Europe, is making. .Its
first appearance In America. -
A city ticket sale will be eg.
tablished tomorrow at J arm in &
Woods pharmacy, where grand
stand and general admission tick
ets will be sold at the same price
as fharged at the ticket wagoni
on the circus grounds.
Aeronautics Branch of tho Depart
ment of Commerce.
"Considering all classes of acci
dents," says the statement, "the
miles flown per accident in sched
uled transport operations for tho
last half of 1929 totaled 209,739,
as there were 76 accidents."
The A. A. A. Air Travel DIvIh-
lon points out that aviation Is
steadily assuming an important
place. In the transportation life of
tho nation and safety Is being made
paramount in tho field of flying-
Purchaso Grain IFnclIity.
CHICAGO, May 17. (P) Pur
chase by tho Farmers' National
Orain( corporation of the Hall
Baker Grain company of Kansas
City was described today by
George B. M ilnor, general mana
ger, as the first step toward pro
curing Important facilities in largo
terminal markets.
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