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MEDFORD MATT, TTUBTJXK MP.DFORD, OKI'CQN', srXTUY. JlTI,Y '20. 10HO. PAGE THREE V TO BE CENTERED IN NEW PROJECT . WASHINGTON, July 19()A national institute of health to pro vide enlarged facilities for Invcsti-; gat ion of diweaso has materialized 1 from the 71st congress. Contcrins In the capital the coun-j try'8 medicul and scientific re-' sources for combating disease, the institute will declare war on a greater scale than ever before against all physical forces detri mental to health. Hero under a director will be marshalled the mtion's army, of experts from all the medical pro fessions to prevent illness by ascer taining Its causes. New- researches to learn more about .cancer will bo launched. There will be fresn investigations into the CQUse and cure of infantile paralysis and heart maladies. In fluenza and pneumonia will elicit minute study, and there w'U be an attack against common colds. Sponsored by : Senator Hansdell of Louisiana, the health Institute, "which will absorb the United States hygienic laboratory, soon will huve available an initial appropriation of $750,000 for construction and equip ment of additional buildings. -The Hocretary of the treasury is authorized to accept gifts made un conditionally for study of human 'ills. Donations of $500,000, or ov: will be acknowledged by the estab lishment within the institute of me morial. Facilities of the Inotllu'.s w'M be ' available from time to timi to health aut'.iorlt's of status, coun tlon and investigation. Girls Drive Across Nation Miss Lillian M. Publicover (right) and Miss Louise M. Standley, both of Boston, are shown with their new Chevrolet Six, which they drove to the Pacific Coast recently. They will cover approximately 12,000 miles in their car before getting home to the Massa chusetts metropolis. They enjoyed their trip immensely, despite the difficulty they expe rienced in making their wishes known. Westerners and Southerners just simply could not translate the new England accent, according to the visitors. . , f . By RICHARD MASSOCK - NEW YORK. Samples of Iho new cut-prlco fiction, loudly an nounced by a band of generous publishers, are now available to give thrifty readers an Inkling of the dollars power at the book counters. Already there has appeared a new-novel by the prolific Utopian. H. G. Wells "The Autocracy of Mr. J?arham." an Ironic and satiric story of civilization, statecraft and the next war. ' Then, too, there is the latest foolery of England P. O. Wodo liousc, "Very Good Jeeves," In .which the celebrated valet of Ber tie Wooster, the young man both ered by his aunts, continues to be an indispensable aid to his master. Norwegian Youth Now comes the first of a series from another publisher, Intended to introduce new nove lints at a low cost to the public. It la "Sinners in Summertime." ay Sigurd Hoel, who Is reported to be well and widely known in his native Nor way. "Sinners In Summerttme" in a foreign version of the new-generation siory, which must, according to the usual pattern, be clever and witty when It is not of the merely flaming type. Hoel, however, has not forced " himself to write very wittily, or cleverly. It's true the characters do talk a lot, mostly about avoid-. , Inpr eelf-deception. ,,Thcy arc four young men and four young women, combining a holiday with work on a Norwegian fjord. They begin with the inten 1 lion of letting no sentimental non--Benye mar their association. . The men, however, soon find one of them fighting for what may be called his honor. As a result of the .girls' importunate behavior and the disturbing effect of romnnce. Jealousies, dramatics and kindred complications develop. The would be realists, after all. find them- The Great Wheat Debate Cfc'ople. If we do uway with It, we I hliall again hear of corruption on, ibe part of memluTH of city cotin cils In their dealings with puMU ! utilities. We have no objection tot j I'miki nd being taken from under i tli t'oinm ssitm. if that is what it 1 dsiivti. but ll smaller oiimnuni tles i-.m not afford to battle for ( I'it with the great public utilities. I Kates ure certainly more equitable, I ami probably lower t tut 11 they ' would be did we not have a public , service com mission. At time we '. ni.ty need bigger and belter eoni ! mis oners, but that is some thing t else. j Another Joseph policy is develoii ( Inu hydro-elect rle energy by the ; state without eot to the taxpayer.1 If tli.it can be done, that may be something desirable, once in a while we bear of successful opera tion of water and power plant v , ci:ies,,ml small geveruniental nulls, but any plan to put the state in the hyilro -electric business is fraught with great danger to the taxpayers. There is greater expense to the de velopment of hydro-eleelrie energy than appears on the .surface, and it is not a business to be made a 1 football of politics. Politics may be kept out in a comunity; but in a state it Is different. Collate ('.rove can furnish a good example of public ownership. Its dangers and lin possibilities. To day, without taxes to pay. the wa ter system Is on a paying basis and is rendering a satisfactory service to the community at a reasonable rate. Itnt the system of today is j Paying and paying for hap-hazard iiKiiiiigemeni 01 me past oy 1 nose who could not be expected to neg lect their own affairs to give to city business the attention it should have had. The water system Is a paying hustnestt today because busi ness men on the council finally took time to dig into the affairs of the water system, to adjust rates and otherwise put It on a bust new basis, and because the city has grown to such a size that it can Publicity For Oregon The voter of orcgop will be! outlaw cigarettes. That at ale, which called upon to decide a momentous iiuestion at the Xoveml'j election. It Is whether or not they shall adopt an amendment to the state constitution forbidding the manu facture and sle of cigarettes ami make it unlawful to Import, poh- timo .sess, purchase r give them away. The proposed amendment alo con tains like inhibitions Against the materfals of which cigarettes 111 made, in order that it may be equally unconstitutional and un lawful for the Individual to roll his own. This matter comes up for referendum on a petition hearlns lfi.733 names und Inhihiatod by the Anti-Cigarette league. It seems unlikely that the amend ment will be atlopted, first, because the people of Oregon probably hav had their fill of prohibition In other matters, and second, because they are not unmindful of the fut ile attempt that Kansas made to has a penchant for regulating per- sonal morals and conduct, placed; a ban on cigarettes a number of j years ago and made a diligent ef fort to enforce It but all to no avail.! Although cigarettes were not at tbe particularly popular there. ; the edict against the in quickly 1 brought them Into high favor. Th? were to bo had everywhere and they were smoked with malicioiM satisfaction. The price went up. 1 l..it It u'MliriL'lv nn ill Tlio t)il found it utterly impossible to stop!11"4 V company. After- who art opposing thin further per version of tho state's constitution are being characterized as lawless In their outlook and their morals. Kven their Christianity and Amer icanism are being questioned. We are also ld that the manufac turer of cigarettes have brought this threatened evil upon them selves by trying to Increase the popularity of their product through overstatements in their advertising; 4 , . (il.AKCOW, July 19. OP) Ten' Scottish boy scouts have been se lected to spend five years on the northern Islands of Hudson's bay apprentice in the fur tradn of the s u r re p t i t i o u s sa le, t o sa y no-, ibltm of tin open use. Finally It rescinded the law. I'tah had a similar experience, but It tried to go even further by prohibiting any kind of smoking In a public place. A Hartford man actually found himself In the toiln of the law because he was caught ! smoking a cigar in a hotel lobby. It Is of interest to note that tlms- w.rds they Canada. will be given Joba ir T. AidusTiNi-; mi VAit. France. (A'J Construction ha been started hero on a giant mo tion picture talking studio. Though the company is nominally French. It s known that 1 " FA of Berlin is doing the financing. immortality by printing It In the Kmnoria Gazette. In its scant score of short sentenccs-Mt is a song in; have employes to give to the busi prose i genuine poetic feeling for Want to Save Money? There are two places you can save money. One is a bank and the other is the Severin Battery Service. of the lag in consumption and the ' ...... ,'... (Kansas City Star) It has been a great debate that llrivc in production, the long range-1 lashing in fury as its confines, rest- Sccretary Hvdo Mr. Legge, Cover- view demands, a curtailment in' less even in its quiet days. I acreag And the mountains are terrible with storm. 1- .1.- ..I-... .if., .1......... mental experts accepted by Hyde; But in the fileds of wheat, when rying on for the last week In theam, jeBKe. j the Wnd takea Uiem, there is peace, wheat belt. They have taken tho! This is the general picture of the j slowly they move, ripple upon istme of the advisability of reduc-' wheat situation as painted by. the green changing ti tfbld. Untrouh- the ! opposing contenners in me great icu, wunoui naste. v nat win up I oenaie. Apparently 11 cans ior a re- win tie. 1 ne iwmgiu win 11c. 1 in duction in the American acreage . harvest will be. Summer, winter for tho future if the price is to be; and another spring will he. Here the gold of the wheat turns reduction is to be made and how. ! to warm rose in tho light of tho are the vital questions for tho j lowering sun. There the waves farmers to answer. break against a fence, noiselessly Mr. William Allen White rises to (as green surf might break in a nominate a song of the wheat belt dream. Here a cloud shadow pass- j by a Kansas girl. Marion Kllet.t es, Minister as a premonition of evil who grew up on the prairies, llej days. But what will be will be. And found it In the Concordia Blade, the wheat flows endlessly, incvita aiid gives It a start on the road to mly, toward fruition." tug the wheat acreage to people, Just as tho Lincoln-Douglas debates took the slavery issuo to. the a ccnlury It haa boon thol "e ""'-'''""y, Improve.!. Whcro the democratic method of presenting a momentous question of policy. In general the debate has beci on a high level. The speakers have succeeded in making a dry subject Interesting. All of them savored 1 their remarks with flashes of hu in or. uess the time that a business of its size require;. Hates will be made lower when the necessary neglect of past years has been paid for. Public ownership may be a boon, or It may be an expensive luxury, and we don't believe the Republi can party is committed to an ex periment so fraught with danger. Farm Women to Srhool UAlvKBUl. N. C ?) More than 1 00O farm women are ex pected to attend the sixth a mart I short course at Stato college during "Farm and Home' week, July VJ to August 1. BKULIX, July I'J. (P) Helen Keller's fiftieth birthday was noted by derma n newspapers with pic tures and articles on her life. Dr. I'aul HI lex. chief of the Berlin school for war-blinded persons, lec tured over the radio on her work. The Joseph Policies (Cottage (irove Sentinel) We recall Secretary Hyde's com ment on the enormous extent of the wheat acreage "if you gH any more it will have to be a two-story affair," and his story of the negro soldier crossing the ocean. "Boss, this Is the only thing in my life that t ever saw that there .vas cnougn 01. rcc.. .r. itc.fiul.lloun nartv. havlmr! nomlnro Umil.1 Kuvo a free hand In ru. " andlh thorn I ,,...orcd Iho J(,8ch poHcles , tho '"" " I " th. U. lint tl.,r r r.w..i, I,. k..,i 1 ... - .- wuuiu mm n nv wiu mi a nun j. . jm, - v.... ..t ... j u. uui.o. . flX0(I ,)y th0 commlltoo which will Louisville Times Heed's remark that tho "distin- We are vociferously Informed Joseph's style. Tho Republican In Joseph's: nominate him. ' DUBLIN. July in. PI The Mrth rate In the Irish Freo Stato, ! according to late officials figures, j Is still high. Dublin leads with 31.1 bin hs a thousand of population, Cork coming next with 28.8. The Neighborhood Cynic siiys he 6 Volt, 6 Volt, 6 Volt, Look at the following prices 11 Plate 13 Plate 13 Plate 1 year guarantee .... $5.00 18 month guarantee $6.00 heavy duty 2 year guarantee $8.00 We are pleased to announce that your auto electrical work will be scientifically taken care of by Mr. Prince, electrical engineer, specializing in armature rewinding and rebuilding of generators and starting motors. Mr. Prince will maintain a generator ex change, thereby giving the public prompt electrical service. These Prices Give You Some Idea of the Large Sav ings Now Possible " Ford Generator rewound; guarantee like new $5.00 V Star Generator rewound; guarantee.. $8.00 iV4 Chevrolet Generator rewound; guarantee $6.00 and up Other makes priced accordingly ; ' Severin Battery Service 1522 N. Riverside Ave. Berrydale place who will endeavor to put; guished victors are wrong, so dam J thuse ,M),iclY, jnto cffecl. wrong that It's hard to estimate tho extent of their error. . Certainly, without regard to one's views on the matter, the ipiostton of tho advisability of reducing the wheat acreage has been brought to the attntlon of farmers as never be- Anyway, what are iho Joseph AVe disagree with any such vocl-l policies? Don't all speak at once, fe ration. j Our recollection is that free j In the first place, if we place; speeeh is one of them. Could free; against the Joseph vote the mi m-! .speech be perm i tie J. to go to anyi Ier of votes cast against Joseph, wo; greater extremes than It was car-, find that by a huge majority thcirled by Hufus llotman In promo-1 liniiiihlipMilS nf Orpenn roitwti'il Iho! tint tho .Insntth (n n I lilucv ? Xo ftne fore. At least they have the facts j j0Kpph pontes. Joseph and his seriously believes that our liberties and they are thinking of the situa- pnt.ioB received but a small pro-, in this direction have been in any tlon an a business proposition. j portion of the total vote. j way unjustly curtailed. I Governor Jteed' argument and Jn tho Hecoml piaee, a huge num-1 Junking the public service com-; it Is a legitimate one bolls awn.,)or of votpSf WOPe cast fnr Joseph ! mission Is another plank, a wo to mis. ine ntciago nmin w in witlout ,uch thought a to his , recollect it. although that was not consumption is not far behind pro-, lloH(.ieil . j PXehiivelv a Joseoh Idea. The nub- In the third place, only a Joseph lie service commission came into rin Wl earry out Joscpb's toliclcs in being through demand by the elves perpetrating the same oldMn eqtilllfbrium follies they derided. Young Itovc . ailffhtly in the Wodehouse man ner 1s ''Father Means Well," the first novo.! of Hugh MacNalr Kah ler. the short story writer. Kahler has written a farcical! story about the new generation and about a father who Is the big toad of a one-toad town. lla 1m riatormlnpil tn HI AT TV his daughter to ono of the bright young go-getters of his adding ma chine factory and ia particularly opposed to such young men as Gil bert Dolllver. Gillie is the easy- ccolne son of a fond widow, who has trieM six religions and finally has come to regard her boy as a new Buddha. This is very distaste ful to Gillie, who wants only to learn to lay a haesoon he won in a crap game. Largely because her father ob jects to him, OUUo becomes In volved In a romance with tho mag nate's modern young daughter, which has it hilarious moments. - .Luyht fiction though it Is. the humorous tale may contain more truth about the new generation than Is apparent on tho surface. duetiun. and is constantly Increas ing. The present emergency ias been caused by two or three ab normally large yields, especially the yield of l!t-'S which outran con sumption by nearly 5"0 million biiHhels. If the farm board would take '5 million more bushels of wheat off the market, the tempor ary glut would bo relieved. Then nil the American farmer would need do would be to sit tight und In the course of two or Hire years upply nnd demand would again be No Other Car at $1095.00 Delivered in Medford gives all these features .1 feasts II jiii''. .'j' SftAHAAV ALWAYS FAR IN ADVANCE NO MIDSEASON MODEL CHANGES The lydf-I.L'KK armnncnt l that while Hnoil in iirnximalrly risht rcsardliiK the past, the Indirn tlona for the long pull ahead la that production is Iheroasinjr consldera hly faster than the eonstimptlon: that the American farmer must curtail his production to domestic need so that he can operate under the shelter of the tariff wall It he Is tn set satisfactory prices: that the farm hoard Is holding mil lion hushels of wheat off the mar ket at a heavy carrying charge, anil that this is all It enn fairly do con-1 sidering the demands made on It! by the other than wheat farmers. To aupraise the relative merits; of these arguments, consider the( figure. The: worhl wheat acreage j before thewar was about 24 mil- lion acres. Utst year It had in-! creased to 243 million. I ne ave- . , . . ., rage wheat consumption for thoj wu. m. ui.iwm-iii last seven years was 3.4Xi; niilllon husheis. The average production Silent-chain dr ve for both water pump and generator for the same period was 3.509 mil- J I I f lion. This means an average carry-; . il- -i -i . . .it hf'l TI ti (. rrrtchlH IIM ( is OS '1 . s Imi. Pirn. Ol A vcr of 43 million ousoeis. 11 1 vmimimii, n jlii iiiaill-i;.aj I1IC Al Oii't Alone among cars near $1000, .the Graham Standard Six, at $1095. presents this group of exclusive features of value and quality. 115-inch whcclbasc; four wide doors , Six-cyinJcr 66 h. p. engine, X'A w"h 207 carryover for any one year doe not , eem large. But remember it piles up year after year. The carryover at the beginning or Ua6 was 272 million hushels: 1!27. 332 million: Wife Boosts ritrher hs, 41S million: 1!'!?. M9 mll- . WASH1NOTON. (1 Artolph I Mn At the beginning of this crop Llfka; pitcher on the Washington yeBr ,it.partmem of agriculture barball team, receives applause j M,mi,tri the car-yovcr at from and cheers from his wife when he )((n to ( -, n,im.in bushels less than fans a batter. She seldom mi""'";ia.i year a same vvhen the team Is In Wash ington. KARA ALL Turkey, July 19 (TV-The oldeot wnn In this vll- I'mlfr normal conditions in" world eJtliands Its wheat consump-' tlon about .70 million bush-ls a; yexr. Hut under present uinu. . I conditions substitutes being i square inches in total. Cam-and-lcvcr steering gear Internal hydraulic brakes, with big 12 in. drums Graham-built body, of true Graham quality finer finish, finer upholsrcry, finer trim ' And shatter-proof safe ty plate glass throughout at the lowest extra cost ever placed on such equipment &AAAAAM WKe. HUIUUO Hanim. recent.) , ,h(, d.Innd Is being cur- , vcrtiwd in the newspapers '"r tall,. Thc demand is being cur- Jtusband. She claim, a hundred , j w Hears and wavs she has outlive 1 1 , .u. .,,. rnm. four husbands already, as ellj' nn ronllc,n with modern, QUALITY some great-grand-children. .h. u Inr nro.i ' HAVANA? Jufy 19-The!ducon continuing to outrun the, CRATER LAKE AUTOMOTIVE CO. Cult, educational ivstem was lt.' lmana. . m .. . affected by tho recent budget sla. Tfiat Is. on the old ba 103 So. Riverside Phone 202 I S THEQ BEST POLICY as President Gerardo Machado In Isted rather on Increasing the ap propriations (or schools. on ihe old ha.W. flov- . IJ L . .. Kr.A lhAl A ernnr Kee(j wouki ft ii.ii. "Mi , Wnt situation would ne simp.j.j n GreV rarv emergency. Hut in .ew pr.-' -GRAHAM DEALERS a temporary emergency. H. D. Grey We Have a Good Used Car V TO SUIT EVERY PURSE v PRICES RANGE FROM $550 DOWN TO $10 Why Walk when you can buy a car on Easy Payments? 1928 Ford Coupe $385.00 1924 Buick Touring . . 195.00 New tires and paint. 1928 Chevrolet Coach 345.00 1925 Dodge Touring 160.00 1927 Ford Coach 155.00 Maxwell Touring 85.00 1927 Dodge Special Coupe . . .$290.00 1929 Ford Touring . . ... 420.00 1925 Buick Coach 275.00 1926 Ford Touring 95,00 1927 Buick CoAch 525.00 1926 Ford Roadster . 98.00 1928 Ford Truck, cab and body 495.00 We have several used cars from $10 up to $60 that will give many miles of service. Also several used Ford and Chevrolet trucks from $75 to $150. Pick out a car from this lot and come in at once. They are selling fast. C. E; Gates Auto Co. USED CAR DEPT., 6th AND BARTLETT Phone 141 Medford, Oregon