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PAGE TWO Medpord Mail Tribune pally and Bunda I'lAlistwd iy - MEPKOKP I'KINTINO CO. Sn-3T-SS N, Kir Hi. ritom TC ItOKKHT W. III HU Editor g. HlW.ITKri SMITH. Mintcrr A:i linlrpmoVnt .spa(r Kmrtfd tt ttwnd rlao vitlrr at Mtdforri, (Ifr(..n, uiidfr Art of klaidi 8, IttTtt. HlIBSCKIrTION HATKH Br Mall In AUtatirr: Itjlly, villi Hibhlir, $1M luiJy. uliti Rindn)rt mwith. . . -. t' "- Pallr, itiHHit HiHhv, yrv CTift linlly, wiittuui Btimlay, njvnlii , . -ir SniWay. me yrar SiJfii ' hy 1'nrrlrr. In Adrurm - SlrJfnrd. AsJiIjihI, JneV niJilf, I'r rural I'liim, I'lmtnii, Talent, linld Hill arid on Illtilnnvs: . ' ' luily, Mlth Smut. Willi . T n lliiMv. mil Mini SuixUi'. iminlli u: f Jbily, mIDhxiI Siinilsy, one yrur...... T.im , Ijally, Hiiiklay. one ymri M" All tnm, rnvii in aumnrf. orrirlal pajwr of lUr i'iir Mrtlfurd. mrlrial iiawr t latkiw Coifiily. ' : MfcNIBKK (IK TIIK MWIKMATEII I'HKHH ' , llM-Fltlnit Full Li-ajetl Wltc Bittle '' JT A.wiatNl PtMli l UPltisMj MHItM to , tlw n lor ititilirallurt irf all ik-w dlMtateliw rrMliml lu II ur nlherwhe rttAUrtl In tlih paper, iimI al In 11 litfal iwwh pulilUliril hrrrln. All rMiH lr (wlillrallim ut aiwcial tllslxilclm hrrrln arr all mniri, ilKlllIKH OK AI'IIIT BUKtAU IIIIIUI.ATIIIX MKMIIKH OF TIIK IINITKD HUMS Adirrlhlnf Hf-prnenlathci M. '. mihi:ki:n t iomi'A.st Offlrn In New York, niiragn, llftrolt, Ban Fraiifi., lii Anfrlej, Braille, rortlawl. Smudge Smoke . The Christmas Hplrit Is begin ning to tamo down the ctvlo ram- , hunctlnuHiit'Hri in thus pnrts. A doc roe wns handed down Inst week making O. Newbury a grand- : fnw, and ho fuels as proud ns If ho hnd won nn argument on tho rti-aiBumcnt of the nrpumont be for tho supremo court. , JnHppr Reynolds lifts n growth on hiH uppor lip which is appar on tly tho foundation of a mu tnchi. If It pans out oke it will he a mouth-width, instead of a nose width adornment. Atty Tod MIU'H has a cold which caiiKht hlin in Ashland on Nov. 2Cth. Tho city and valley was treated ' tn a blanket uC fug Frl. and was huroughly enjoyed by one and all, as thoy could not escape it. , Dewey Hill of Prospect was down Thurs. He bad cut himself approximately where ft- man sturtH ahuvlng. A barber coqld not have Incllctod a neuter wound. . The major hog-kllllng eventa of the winter season are scheduled to start in the rural areas about the Kith. i " r . December started Inst : Monday ausplciiusly and arrived on time. This month has been expected ever since last J anbury and now that It Is hero everybody flays: "Goodness! how time flies!" As soon as De - cemher Is concluded, humanity-can start In anew with a clean slate, a cleans riheot and a clean shirt, qndt-turn over a new.lenvQt. The - risiiiK on tho - back of K. rgii'B nock In getting no better fiiHt. lie in the first cltlaon of any , Uroiplnenco to have a rising on his neck, wince John Mann entered u . carbuncle, there in 1827-38. Dock Halada of OR will saunter down: Into C.allf. shortly. . Ho. In foraed to make tho trip again, -, , H. 'laus was a hurried visitor in our midst Wed. eve. and excited the younger element worse than Julius Meier excited Portland dur ing the. campaign. Christmas will soon be upon us and the social diplomats have started getting, mad nt their per manent girl friends. This Is an old trick hut It always works. Autolsts have been convinced they can't lo muoh with the Vule trees.fc ir : : . .Mumps tee prevalont among the bids. J , Mnrlene Dietrich, a film queen, mnde her ft rut local appearance lust week and is a likely looking girl, Hbe mado a good ImpreHnlon of lornl bongty authorities,1 The management of the Crattrlan ln fitnns us thai she has a husband in (lenimny and-It Is-' Just Ilka, a Dutchman tot let he; to mo away ovei. her by herself.i HochI Mar len! su4 wo,' t ..- - 1. The circuit court Waa occupied with Severn I .crowf-examlnatlons the pdHt week and they sure were cross, . C. T. TongYnld'a hrother from Cnlorado la lor, where he will be liltlotod permanently. He Is of the blonde. Willowy type and can play thn pipe oiRun, ('idle and bridge. He has been Aimed to be a lawyon. Ti(i way "to save money now U In spend lt.,fc American l.umlior 111:111 (ChlCUKO). . ' 1 'tt r r - And if the farmer ever get boric. their ftH't, we'll bet they'll think twice before (hey auk thn govern ment for relief a;uln. Judttc. loai rtmk Mid 10 be good fur rheumutlpi. It suundv like a ourti'k remedy, lMflng Show (IDiidonl. , - An nlr-liner landed at Croydon recently, with a carm ol watches. Vet another proof that time files. .passing 8how, . k The new brake that cm flop a T(lmiles-an-houi- enr In 30 feet I almost an good an a telephone pole. VlrglnlAii-rilot. 1 I - - A succoful man is one, who gathers a fortune he doosn't need to leave tieonle who don't de serve It.- , a.'illshcra Syndicate. , 4 ; VVhen.StervUwcd ntvtho Aeneral situation. Vhe eharn Umh whs of the nplnlftti that the wind must have lost Its temper. Norton Her ald. "The sheer.nlessure of llvlnft," somebody wrFee, "has decreanod sppalliniily." Ho that'. why stop signu are Ijtnored? 8011th Itend Tribune. It the number of hold-is and robberies ronilnue to Increase, modern home arrhlteeiuin msy re turn to the raptle, moat, and draw hrldge stylo. Chtcajja Kvenine Post. , ; THE BOWLES CASE, A THE testimony of J)r. I'iiiiI Cooper in the reeent JjowJok Hear ing in I'ortliilid rtt'iimiistriilt'u why there Ifj'so muoli'dissat isfiir'tiini with criminal prou'i'clnre in 'thin country. )r. L'nopor first tokl the police one Htory, then confessed the story wus untrue, and loid another one, which fitted in with the prohable facts; but a few days later, when the inquest was held, repudiated the second story, and when faeed with his eonfes- Kioil, fell hnck Upon the remember.'' it. . - i ' . :. ' ' What (i farce! If in such !an important .'case, .in which he look miHi a prominent part, Dr. Cooper could not remember. 011 ONK (lny,wliiit lie luiil said LESS than a week before, then his mental condition is sn-.h that nothing he said or miht say, .should be worthy "of belief. . ' ' ' '"'Jj. ' '., ' ; ... . : ' ' OUT of cpiir.se )r. Cooper COULD reinemlier. Kveryone knows i that, inelndinfj tho doctor liimsnlf. His fpnvepiont inabil ity to do so was on the advice of his attorney, supported by k'Kal red tape, that has no bound and fettered Americai) juris prudence that the securing of the truth, and the attainment of justice, are repeatedly sacrificed to aid tno criminal in escap ing punishment. In Knirland such a farce would pot he possible. For over there t,he. court has the power, nt any time, to take control of n ease, remove it from the maze of lej(al technicalities, and place it ill an atmosphere pf reason and common sense. ' The United States started where Kngjland started, from the basis of the common law, but thrnii(.'h the years they have drift ed far apart; England insistini' upon a square, deal for the ac cused, but concentrating upon the securing of justice; while this (country hns concentrated upon the protection of the ac cused, regardless of jilstieo. ' 1 '' ' '' '' TllilS has copie to be particularly I run in a ease like this tri aiiKle tratiedy in l'ortlinid, where the accused are promi nent sofdiilly, and have 'plenty of money at their command.- , It ink'es no particular imapiilatioii tp ic,ture what would hftve huppeiu'd if this tragedy had occurred in u Eiver Front lmltfini,' hopsc instead of in a fqshioiinlilo'-hpqrtnirnt jh the ex elusive residential district. Tho man in the, case would have been thrown into a cell, not placed in a hospital suite where he was allowed the freedom of the building, and while tho woman might have suffered n nervous irenVdown, she would scarcely have ecil allowed the same sanitarium comforts and privileges. And no "Dr. Cooper" would have, befcn' on Jinnd ready to forget anything that might embarrass the accused couple. ''.'''' 'T'H'AT is what money does in the land pf the free ijiii) tho home of the brave. And until this ppwer of nioney to thwart and defeat justice, is destroyed, disrespect for our courts and the bjw will ' continue, and so will what ve conipltieently term the "crime wave." "' ' . If i country eVer needed a complete legal house denning, this country needs it today. Hut while there is considerable talk about court 'reform,, littlo or nqtliing is dpiic about if. What the country needs obviously is rent leadership, another "T. H." to do to Ainerbnn courts whn,t Theodore' ;l(oosevelt did to Amcrie.nn linsiness.. " ' f . , v v. .-.!. But where is he? Nero . fiddled While Rome.'. htirnnd, and what leaders we have are milling about in Washington, inter ested solely ip bettering their political fortunes by badgering tnd pestering their country's President. ' RUSSIA'S 6-YEAR PROGRAM 13 1'XiARDLBSS of one's views on ooinmnnism, no person who wishes to bfc' w'cll iufohilo'd' should fail to study with great interest, the progress of thn Russinii Soviets 5-yenr pro- n-" "' ' ' . It is really the most dramatic and extraordinary experiment ever conducted in the history of tho 'world. Russia is attempt ing to do in five, years, whnt other countries have done in nearly ns many centuries, and attempting to do it, in an ENTIRELY NEW WAY. ' The aim of this program is tn industrialize Russia, as the United States is industrialized transform it overnight into a bilge manufacturing plant on one hand, and n hugo commonly-owned mid operated farm on tho other. ' And thiN to he ncisomplislied hy un entirely now method, (iliminating all profit for the individual, all industrial com petition, going about the task precisely as' capitalistic nations go about war conscripting man power, appropriating raw inn -terliils, concentrating all national resources and energies upon victory in tlis ease' victory over the old capitalistic, order, and over what might he termed poverty aud degradation. OK COURSE there is much more to it than this. Hut to cover the subject thoroughly even adequately would take volumes. One interesting feature however, gives an ilium hinting sidelight. For example:' privato competition is eliminated, and also private profit. Hut Russin provides a substitute, hy trentiug business as a sport, and organizing factories very much as col lege football teams are orgnni.cd. 1 IX Los Angeles yeslerdny for exnmplo, twenty-two husky young men worked their hearts out for victory on the grid iron, while hundreds of thousands cheered them on, frni the stnnds and from nil parts of the country. They didn't "do and die" for money, but for an iden--the triumph of their nlmn muter. -. - .,.'' So in the Russian factories. The young workers, at least theoretically "do or die" for an idea, the Soviet idea the new freedom. ' . And they are revnrded precisely as Anier'teaii, football teams lire rewarded, not by money but by honor and glory. Tho Karl Marx factory in Leningrad for example, wins in produc tion over tho AM.'O. in Moscow, it is acclaimed hnmpion. the workers are given n ne dining hall, unit three "stars" are awarded traveling scholarships abroad. Do yon get the idenf Interesting isn't it extraordinary too. WILL IT WORK? Well, we don't think it will at IcnM we don't believe it will ever work in this materialistic country. It may work in Russia, for Russia isnot a western nation, but is essentially oriental a nation of mj sties and dreamers. However, whether it works or not. it IS interest iuu, and from the standpoint of worS progress, it is uinpiestioiinhly tin most exciting experiment ;.. il... .hI I 4,1.... m tho worM totlay. , , , MEDFORD MAIL' TRAVESTY ON JUSTICE tiplP-honorod fllibi that "ho eouliln! i liml the most imporl.mt even . TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Fifteen Years Ago This Week (Propi the? file, ot Tb, ' r Mall TrtbDDe) - Monday ' Dr. J. M. Keene, commenting on the coming session of the legisla ture, expresses the opinion "If they accomplish anything worthwhile hundreds will faint from sudden surprise. The Kainer's -niiy on Ihe Pacific poHt cnuKht. - China declines to join the en trnti!. tyips Ore Stout and Ernest Nlrdermeyer are wed. TueMlity The Medford Arts and C'raflu littiftue Kiven first exhibition.' . - Thomns McDonald, charaed with theft nt BUI JyyiUard'K auto, in measured three timed ..by Sheriff Terrill, and found to i) exactly nln feet lull each lime. follce after local autobus who lnalnt pn driving around tojvn with their llKhtu turned off.. Mare boye than girls Itt Ashland public chool. - W'-diiewlfiy . Taznayera league i organized and will seek a reduction in taxen and the right men for public of fices. . . Juckson county sugar beota win awarda at Krimio fair. .. Will II. Wilson's Htore la robbed of four watches and CO cents dur ing the night. ,. Henry Ford's peace crusade bring sarenstia - views In -Euro pean presa. Very few people have been found In thia city or -valley this winter in need of charity. Thursday . High Rchool alumni plan Christ mas ball. Oregon prohibition law roes Into effect Januai-y I nnd county au thorities announce it will be "en forced vigorously, fearlessly nnd thoroughly." i . Molybdenum, one of the. prec ious metals, Is foupd in the Hlslcl Vous by Mike VVomack and asso ciates. Council acta to- force collection of delinquent assessments. Banta Claus at the May com pany. Friday Germany seeks . peace on her own terms. K. C. Silllman of the "Sugar Rowl" is displaying the largest stick of candy ever made this side of Portland. "Tho Sleepy Seventh" plaps a Yule dance. Valley chilled by suiptcn drop In the mercury. MiHsotirlans find the vnlley fin est spot on the coast. ; Katiirilay . ' ! ' City schools to operate nt a re duction of 116,000. v - Many of the fences In the rural districts are being repnlred. .Social center Is planned for city by Drama league. , ' ' Henri- Ford cables Kaiser to stop' yar. Kaiser Ignores 'cable. -,; Two councllmen engage In verb al word, on .-the- - street - nnd are calmed-by Chief of Police Hlttson. , "Tng day" far municipal Christ mus. tree planned. ' . - i - - Bear Creek needs good freshot to clean out debris. ' Forbes-Robertson to appear here under the auspices of the prnma league, t - '' ' . ' , Now Is the time to register for the city election next month. Press Comment No NatlonnJ Referendum Other' people besides pr. Clar ence True Wilson, general secre tary of tho Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Mo ruin of the Methodlnt church, may wish that there might ho a national ref erendum on the question of the re- The City of Eternal Spring WASHINGTON. Dee. 8. With Hcundor'B cabinet reinstated - and Us congress voting confidence in its president, Quito,- tho country's unique capital, settles down to Its normal status. "Quito' suburbs nearly touch the equator but Its 100000 in habitants enjoy perpetual spring time,' says a bulletin from the WHNhtngtun, D. C, headquarters of the Nutionul Geographic so ciety. "Tho city nestles In n bowl shnped depression nearly two miles high among the Andean nonbH. Hnow-esnned mountains are vislble from the streets. 1 lUllroad Mukc City Aivt'Rslhlc "Hofore lb completion of the Quito-Guayaquil railroad, connect ing the capital with Kcuador's principal gateway and port, Quito wns Isolated. The few travelers that visited the city trekked for two weeks over difficult trails to reach Quito. Now, by rail, they may nllght at the Quito depot the evening of the second day out of Guayaquil. The night Is spent nt a hotel In Rtobnmbn, a picturesque Andean town near the base of Ml. Ohhnboraio, Kcuador's loftiest peak. ."Shop-windows of Quito reveal whntMie freight car has dope for the city. They might huve been lifted from Fifth avenue and set down In the streets of the cSpHal. Mehind large plats glass windows ar displayed American radios, bolts of Kugllsh cloth, French per fumery and cosmetics, and china ware from Germany. Motor lin nnd Caravans "At the curb purr motors of smuvt red. green and yellow Auto mobiles from Detroit that have jut discharged wealthy Qultans dressed In the folottt fashions from New York. London and Paris. "Hut Quito retains remnants i evon of pre-Spnish dnys. The smnrt motor cars nnint dodge 1 Ntruggling. duMctivert'd donkeys and llamas with catKoes of lum- i ber, bug uf cacao hvuns nU vige- J tables, and bundles of Panama jh.iis lashed lo their barks. It the iltuveleiv knows ham Ucuudor lu- 'd.ans. he can identify their origin OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 190 I peal of the eighteenth amendment. ; but not one of them, we are sure, could tell how such a referendum could be held. There Is no constitu , tlonal, and could be no atatutory i means of holding such a vote on I the authority of congress, except , possibly In the DUtrlct of Colum bia, which la under the govern ment of congress. It would require a constitutional amendment to au thorise such a nutlonal vote, and an amendment to submit the repeal I of the amendment Itself would be I a tirupler thing than. that. .- Dr. Wilson can scarcely be;unnware of! the fact; that we hove no "nation-! al" voting In this country. All elec tions, e'en that of a president of the United States, are state elec- i tlons, or one held under the au thority and the action of the state's. . 1 ' i -' 1 ' . It m"y be regretted, especially hy .the - opponents of prohibition; that thia is the fact. If It were pos sible to hold a legal national ' ref erendum on this subject it is alto gether likely that It would go against prohibition. The great mosses of population are In the "wet" states. New York alone would roll up a majority of a mil lion ngaintt prohibition. The up wards. of 7 millions population of Illinois, the more than 2 millions of Massachusetts, the 3 millions of New Jersey, the 3 millions of Wis consin, would swamp the vote by a full score of supposed "dry" western states. As everybody knows the southern states, with their sup pression of the Nepro vote, cast n small vote in proportion to their population. The nearest approach that we have to a national referendum Is the presidential election, and that Is not based on the populnr vote, but on the vote hy states for presi dential electors. More than once in the history: of the country Presi dents have 'been elected through the electoral college, though a ma jority of .the .peorfle have voted ngnlnst them. It I no doubt true that a no-called national, referen dum might 'be produced if the nu-, thoritles of all the states were -to decree sqeh an election within their states, but even If such a referen dum were brought about It would have no enacting fore whatever. (Hoston Transcript.) Tlie Two lalrs of PanlH Tlrure Barton quotes a wise man as Haying that the duration of an average major depression 1a "meas ured 'by the life of two pairn of pants." When the depression comet; on the average man ha two suits of elothe. He cuts down on his buying once more and production starts upward in response to the demand. For the average map 1 numbered hy the million. - The explanation Is too simple, but It does Indicate the underlying fact that as goods are worn out and replacement buying set in. In dustry responds. Another nomewhat similar fac tor enters Into the present situa tion oauaed by the development of Instalment buying. When the crash came a year ago the purchase of new goods wa curtailed while peo ple were making Installment pay ments -an .goods .already bought. Reports of .Installment. and finance companies'- Indicate these payments .yero kept - up, with some exten sions, of time, and that littlo more .than a, normal percentage of goods was surrendered. The tlmo in which Installment payments are made runs from sev en to twelve months. So it Is about time that consumer purchasing power tied up in installment buy ing In 1929 he released with the in ducement for more buying In the fact that goods now are cheaper than a year ago. It is estimated that the Installment debt outstand ing at the end of 1929 was 3 bil lion dollars. As this huge resource begins to ho available for buying once more, and as the supposed two pairs f pant begin to show patches, it Ik logical to suppise that business will feel the effects. (Kansas City Star). ' hy the cut of the merchants' orange ponchos and, their glossy black hair. Ten polla? Hats Popular "Many Indians make Quito their permunent residence; many come and go from the rural districts with the Quito sun. In tho market place tho bright shawls and pon chos of the natives add color to the piles of fruit and vegetables, homemade dolls and dyed cloth. Some of the hronxe skinned visit ors, particularly those who special ize in selling blankets, prefer the streets to dispose of their mer- Phqndlae. Nearly nil of them wear fnnnma nais necnuse r-cuauor the home of 'Panama' hats. "In nearly three centuries that the -Spanish ruled Kcundur they saturated the capital city with their customs. The principal square. Plaza Mayor, Is luid out in Spanish style with a Spanish gov ernment building facing It. Here and there, throughout the city, or nate facades of Spanish churches rise ahove the roof tops. The nur- i row cobbled streets flanked by i while, red roofed houses with tuil- I conled upper stories recall streets ( of cities In Spain. I "Mnny of these Spanish appear- j Ing houses are. occupied by puro , blooded Spanish families. Fre quently, however, a sort of native variety shop occupies the first floor where sacks of grain ntul vegetables, reels of rope and piles of blnnkvt block the doorway, 1 while the sides and tops of the 1 openings are ornamented with clusters of rat traps, tin cups nnd : cheap trinkets, donkey belly bands and woven leather belts. "Quito was the capital of the Kingdom of the Quitus Indians when Piirroi men took the city i In 1H4. Quito remained the capt- i tal of Kcuador when the Span- lards relinquished their hold on the country In M 1 1. A N. Italy. Iec. . (J A new f.fteist order states that pas MUgers who rvish to tke a look tit a town where there are ade quate stops of their I rn Ins. may call nny ' blacksblrt'-. on duty lo watch their baggmte. VINTIMILLE. France. Dec. . OP) Because the fascist govern - ment lifted lu embargo against emigration from Italy there ore THE FINAL TOUCH To the HOLIDAY SEASON MEAL In Bulk, DO NOT PUT OFF Ilic iinportnnt, yot siinplii. task or mnUiinj n w ill wliirli will assure your wife anil rliililmi liitnro financial iiili'-iitUiu-t nnd liniiinivss. A vi'l.)lntiiii'l will is iiiiistly u iiinlli'r ol' knowinp! your own miml, luiviii" n caalilf luwycr lo .Iraw it up. ami an r-xprrim o, oxreutor. like liis loiiikfto caiTv it out. o Wf ai-bnsy this sonsmi. liamlliMt trust iniiltcrs for Imsv men don't Id nnv- thiiiK iiitcifcic wiih i rotfctiii'.' your family's future with a will, helrl in ivus al this hank. First -National Bank MEBFORD OREGON t Acts as Executor and Trustee Under Wills; Trustee Under Life Inrurance Trusts and in every trust capacity Ubout 1?00 workmen from' across Abe Alps -stranded in this frontier post und Paris has been asked to act Delicious Nutritious ICE CREAM Brick or Novelty Forms FRUIT CAKES For the Christmas Season 75c and $1.50 AT YOUR DEALER OR PHONE 51 The Kiddies Will Be Happy on Christmas Morning Is Their Happiness Assured in Future Years? Kentucky's tobacco crop thla year is estimated nt 821. 860.000 u.mn.r.rl " Tft t Vl ViVP-VPIP average of 380.Bi7.0'.'0 pounds. 'y