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MED FORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEM1IKR m, 19:10.
Tweiitv-Fittli lear
No. 272
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VMAQQPIRITiTIMBER SIGNS
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CLAIMS ALL
Churches Center of Observ
ance of Sacred Day
Children and Grown-Ups
Anticipate Arrival Santa
Claus, Bearing Gifts.
By Eva N'onlon
The Yulctltle season is hero
nprain and in three more days
Christmas bells will be rinsing,
recalling for people of nil casts
and color, In. many lands of the
Klohe, the beautiful story of tho
Christ child.
In cities adorned with holiday
festoons, in villages,' hurled In
snow, the glad tidings of "Teaee
on Earth" will be carried through
the frosty air by the swinging of
many bells. And the world will
f forget business depression, work,
crime .and un pleasantries, as well
as ambition, for a day. as the
people surrender to the Christmas
spirit which has conquered the
home with the hanging of fra
grant greens for centuries.
Mopiers Busy
During the few days which still
precede the joyful holiday the city
of Medford along with those of
the nation will l)e crowded with
Christmas shoppers, hurrying from
store to store in search of gifts
for friends and relatives, Santa
Claus might forget.
Children will hurry about the
streets in merry throngs tnking
advantage of the Christmas vaca
tion, which opened with tho clos
ing of school Friday evening.
Bundles wrapped in holly paper
will be jostled from arm to arm
while teddy bears, dolls, toy nlr
planes and scooters peek from the
torn covers. Christmas shopping
has already enjoyed an Increase
greater than anticipated at the
opening of the season and this
week Is. expected-'to see the last
great expression of nn effort to
's fill the Christmas stockings.
Churches Murk Day
Observance of the sacred holl
day will begin in the churches
today. Many parties and Christ
mas trees have already been held
in the schools and by vnrious
lodges and other organizations.
The churches, however, will hold
Iheir first Christmas programs to
day. A program of special music will
e presented at the regular serv-
Continued on Page Three)
' IN MEDFORD
v ;
(Y l Foargottem'
fVY Think a minute! Surely, you have retnem-
fiNyVl hercd your wife, sweetheart, sister, brother,
(jVf mother, dad. But how about the little kid
next door? How about the newsboy, the
Jfi. f little orphan girl?
v&. Cfe!ates
r Christmas
ttxjt, are so attractive that even a dollar box will
j? y make any boy or girl feel like a million dol-
) ars on Christmas morning. Be prepared!
Buy a few extra boxes.
v3 U.00to7.50
iv r& l our Druggist's or Confectioner's
nrnmnurn nw
UtdlKUTtU DI C
rnioiv dcadoL
rrvioiM DLMI0
Bruin, Out of Winter's Hi-'
bernation, Feels Like De-;
stroying Something, and0regon Legislature May
Road and Forest Signs, AdnDt washinaton Svs-
Prove Lure.
ROSEBURO, Dec. 20 (JP)
Hundreds of road and trail signs
in the national forests of Oregon
and Washington are destroyed
each year by bears, said Vernon
llarpham, supervisor of the Ump
qua national forest, who is put
ting In a requisition to tho dis
trict office nt Portland for more
than a score of signs to replace
those animals have torn down or
defaced during the year.
The greatest damage, Mr. llarp
ham says, occurs In the early
spring, following the hibernation
period. The bears emerge from
their winter sleep In a playful
mood and In need of exercise. The
bright, freshly painted signs offer
an exceptional plaything, and the
bear, while sharpening his claws
and teeth finds great amusement
in ripping the signs off the trees
and chewing them into bits.
The forest service, he states, has
considered and experimented with
several types of devices to halt
these depredations, but so far
nothing has been found to be en
tirely successful.
Bears, however, do far less dam
age to signs than humans, Mr.
llarpham reports. Many signs
erected in the early part of the
season are found to be badly de
faced by the end of the year as (
a result of bullet holes, stone
marks, or pencilled names, pic
tures or other types of deface
ment. Approximately 500 signs are be
ing requested through the dis
trict office for the Umpqua nat
ional forest for next year to re
place damaged and obsolete signs
and to mark new roads, trails and
points of interest.
Wife Is Right .
LONDON, Dec. 20. ()- A wffe
has the right to "titiy up" her
husband's desk, and' nn English
judge backs her up. When a man
complained Hint his wife hnd de
stroyed papers in his desk, the
judge approved, ruling ''You must
make allowance for that."
Button Trado Dying
PARIS, Dec. 20. (Pj The but
ton industry of France is feared
dying. Italy and Japan have
ceased to buy French-made but
tons and manufacturers are seek
ing to bolster trade.
NEW
PLANS
RADICATE
LOBBYISTS
tern, Which Keeps Solons
Away From Those Seek
ing Legislation, Favors.
By Clayton V. Bernhnrd
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SALEM, Dec. 20. Lobbyists and
friends of legislators who desire
special attention to their favored
measures, may find it more dif -
fieult to approach representatives
and senators during the comlng-j
state session at Salem, if working
plans and suggestions received by
the Htuto Interim committee on
efficiency and working conditions
at Olympla recently are put into
effect. Committee members vis
ited Washington's new capitol
building with a view of studying
tho system used in the northern
state, and to apply some of the
ideas to the revised procedure an
ticipated in Oregon.
The arrangement worked out by
the Washington legislature since
the completion of its seven mil
lion dollar capitol building, has
greatly Increased the efficiency of
both houses by eliminating spec
tators from the floor and by re
ducing confusion, the committee
was told. A similar plan at Sulem
would call for some remodeling
In the two chnmbers, upon which
W. C. Knighton, state architect,
Ts reported to have already done
some preliminary work.
Several members of the com
mittee stated revised plans would
call for the placing of galleries
on the two sides of the legislative
halls, and the creation of added
committee room space from that,
! now taken up by-seats for spec
tators, unnecessary contusion una
annoyance to legislators, they said,
ls caused .hy.;lobbylsts under the
present plan by which they may
Invade the halls and stand in wait
for members as they pas to and
from their desks.
The Washington system,- which
Impressd the committee, does
away with Interference to such an
extent that the work of lobbyists
during the meetings Is made al
most negligible. Admission to the
house and senate chambers is
made by card only, and only at
taches, high officials and mem
bers of the press are issued these
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"The Amateur Employer"
(Dirislinn KfiMire Monitor)
"Kaiih in tho future is demon
strated not by what wo save, but
by what wo spend," observed
Ceorge, after several minutes of
silence, during which he contem
platively toyed with his fish,
"Apropos of what?' Inquired
Natalie, his young wife.
"Unemployment," was the la
conic reply.
"But we are not cutting our ex
penses, dear: though J will admit
it's an awful temptation whon
things are ho uncertain,"
"And nobly you have conquer
ed, my love," said h, looking with
glowing anticipation toward the
delectable fudge cake that waited
its turn at the family board. "But
It has occurred to me toduy that
we might do something more . .
"If there's anything we, can do,
Cleorge, I will agree to whatever
you suggest, but I'm sure we can
not afford to spend more."
"Perhaps we can't. Nan dear,
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'afford to do. a lot of good things
, woutd be left undone, and a lot
'of good people would be out of
work today who are being kept
;on the pay roll by employers who
can't 'afford' to keep them there.''
"Well, what do you , suggest,
I George?" asked his wife, anxious
to hear a definite proposition.
"That we make Jobs for the job
less." Natalie stnred at him with as
tonishment. "George! What are you talking
about?"
"Oh, that's not half so difficult
as it seems. Today a young fel
low came to the office and asked
if he might clean our windows.
and I told him this was done by
; the building management. I wish
you could have seen the crest fill
len look he gave me. -Who cleans
our windows?"
' "Hannah.''
"But if Hannah didn't clean our
windows' next Tuesday, or when
ever it Is she comes here, Hhe
i would be doing something else for
you, wouldn't she?"
'Yes, there are lots of things
Hannah could do round the house,
which she hasn't time for when
she does the windows,'1
"Exactly nnd that's why I have
asked the young man to come
here tomorrow morning and clean
our windows. I had to take a
chance, but the fellow needs a Job
badly."
Natalie was silent for a few see
ends, then said: "I'm glad you
asked him to come, George;. jin'
why couldn't he clean the car, too,
while -.he is here? It certainly
needs It ..."
"Why, bless your heart. Nan,
! you're really quite constructive in
'your Ideas! That's a great scheme!
I tell you what; he might polish
It as well ..."
"And drain the radiator, and
put in that anti-freezing solution
you bought the other day . .'
"And take the squeak out of the
left-door hinge," added her hus
band. "Oh, and George, he could put
new washer on the 'bathroom
faucet!"
The following evening a young
man left the home of George und
Natalie with a $5 bill In his pock
et, courage In his heart, and a
warm affection for two young peo
ple who had made a world prob
lem a personal matter.
A day or so later, after reading
through his mall at the office,
George called a stenographer to
take dictation. One letter was
from the editor of a business
magazine who hnd askd him for
a series of articles on a subject
with which he was very familiar.
George read it and looked wistful,
for it meant an extra $200 for
him if he could have done It, hut
his time was so fully occupied
that It seemed useless to attempt
the task.
"I'll have to pass It up,' he
sold, aloud, then dictated: "Dear
Sir Thank you for your kind in
vitation to contribute a series of
articles, but . . ." Suddenly he
stopped; his eyes brightened. Ills
stenographer looked up Inquiring
ly. "By Geo.rge! there's an Idea!"
ho exclaimed enthusiastically.
Turning to the telephone, he
called his house number. "Nan!
Can you get that girl you were
telling me about, and Invite her
to supper tonight? . . . "Yes, that's
the one , , , the stenographer;
who husn't a job yet, I suppose?"
4 . . "Great, we'll put her on our
pay roll" , . . "No! our pay roll
. . . your pay roll, If you like.
You'll understand when I get home
this evening; don't worry, little
girl; it's a great idea you'll fall
for It as hard as X have. Then
returning to his dictation, he ask
ed: "Ever been out of work, Het
ty?" - "Dont mention It," answered
the girl, with a shudder at the
recollection.
"Well, I'm going to make one
girl happy tonight. 8hes been
out of n Job three months. Fired,
when they cut tho staff. She can
type these articles for me. I
haven't tlmo to do them myself,
but I can find time to dictate
thnm to someone else."
"If everyone thought of little
things like that, I guesn thing"
wouldn't be so tough for
many," was Betty's comment.
"Kay, that looks like ft new car,
George.' said his next-door neigh
bor shortly aftor It had been pol
ished up by the young man em
ployed for a day by George and
Natal if.
"Well, yours can look as good
If you want It to," replied George.
"That's nil very well for you,
but I haven't the time . , . or the
fiirgy," answered tho neighbor
with n shrug. '
"Thpn give a fellow a chnnre
to do It for you. lie needs a
Job and he does a good Job . , ,
as you can see for yourself," re
plied George, pointing to the car.
"That's an idea! Send him
'round."
" The following morning a cheer
ful young man was energetically
polishing another car, whistling as
he worked.
And from a window above. Na
talie looked down nnd smiled hap
pily as she saw how the leaven
was working.
. "I really don't know how I'm J
going to get through nil my work.
There are the children's things to
wash and mend; tho curtains will
have to. come down , and go into
soak for the woman tomorrow."
; "Now listen, Edith there are
lots of people looking for work
to do; lots of women to whom
a day's work would be a godsend.
Why not look upon this as a won
derful opportunity to make some
one happy; to help the unem
ployed.' Natalie grew eloquent In
her appeal, convincing In hr
logic, persuasive in her presenta
tion and Edith yielded.
TThe following day, a woman
whose husband wns out of em
ployment gratefully accepted the
young mother's offer of a day's
work, and ' the promise of other
days, as occasion offered.
Vllovv do you like that?' asked
George, one evening.
Natalie took tho 'sketch from
her h usband ;' It wns nn etch I ng.
and below were the words: "With
the Season's Greetings from Na
talie and George Calder."
"What an exquisite greeting
card, George," she said, with a!
true appreciation of artistic val- J
ues. j
"That settles it. Put him on
the pay roll. Nan. I suppose we
are in for about $15 on this." j
"But, George, can we realty j
afford?"
"No, of pourse wo. can't, girlie; I
but If you'd seen the fellow an1
artist from whom we have bought ,
sketches from time to time his j
courage gone, and his hope giving
way, you Would have done just
what 1 did and after all, my dear,
we do need Christmas cards, don't
we
Natalie smiled at the desperate '
attempt to discover- nn economic
need for greeting cards, but, slip- 1
ping her arm through her hus-j
band's; she' steered him to the;
table as she said: "No fudge cake
tonight, dear; the budget won't
stand both luxuries and $15
cards.'1 ,
But George was not listening.
PrMhtiy -he murmured, -rns If
talking to himself: -"My, but how
easy it Is to bring bnck hope. He
was 'a different chap after I had
given him . the order for the
cards.' r ,
LEGION IN 1932
BOISE, Doc. 20. () Idaho and
the northwest will put up a solid
front to bring the 1932 convention
of tho American Legion to Port
land, Lester F. Albert, state adju
tant, declared here following a
conference with northwest Legion
naires In Portland. Mr. Albert at
tended the conference of depart
ment commanders in Indianapolis
and later went to Detroit to study
the housing situation for the 1931
convention.
Considerable progress has been
made by the national organization
in support of a 100-hed addition
to the veterans hospital In Holse,
he said,, and pointed to negotia
tions with the war-department for
removal of the present national
guard buildings to the eastern port
of the military reservation to make
way for expansion of the hospital.
Now Auto A.ncwHorjr
TURIN, Italy, Dec. 20. (ZD
Makers of automobile accessories
here have found a new profitable
Item. It's a wicker basket that
carries a sabre. The baskets fas
ton on the running bonrd.
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MINI'S
FISH PLAN!
PI ARflRATF
Oregon Game Commission
Plans to Make Hatchery
One of Finest in Land
Cutthroat Culture to Be
Featured.
EUGENE. Dec. 20. (P Plans
to make the trout hatchery on the
McKenzle river above Lea burg one
of the finest in tho United States
by spending $2000 to $5000 a
year in new construction nro In
cluded Jn the development pro
gram of the Oregon game commis
sion. Plans for tho Improvement have
been brought about largely
through the efforts of Game Com
missioner David It, Evans of Eu
gene and Mutt Hyckman, super
intendent of hatchceries for the
commission, and are a goal toward
which tho Ijme county Game Pro
tective association has long been
working.
The real turning point In the
improvement of tho hatchery has
been the utilization of the cold
water of the McKenzle to feed the
fish ponds. Heretofore Little Finn
creek on tho north side of the
river was tho only source of fish
pond water. in the summer
months It was too warm for tho
number of fish that, have to bo
kept In the ponds.
Across from the fish hatchery
in or 20 new ponds will be con-
structed. fed from the McKenzle.
Inns for the completed project
have already been drafted by the
game commission, Mr. Evans said.
In addition to tho new pond
stocked with a half million fish!
the commission has built, three
new ponds on the old site nt the
hatchery." One pond has 15,000
cutthroat brood trout.- and this
year" a: half mtlMon k more were
hatched. ' . .
The hatching of the cutthroat
trout is a new venture in Oregon.
All of It is being done on the
McKenzle. Cutthroat has proved
superior as swift river fish to the
eastern brook trout nnd have been
KnuRht for the streams. The cut
throat have been secured from
Montana In thn past, being pur
chased or traded for redsldo eggs.
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CHURCH EVENT
MARHHFI13LD, Doc. 20. (P)
Ht. Monica' new 150,000 Catholic
church wuh dedicated Sunday
when the Mont Rev. Edward D.
Howard, archbishop of Portland,
was In Jrturnhfleld for the cere
monies which was attended by
more than 800 persons.
. The construction of the church
was started last spring and the
cornerstone laid by Archbishop
Howard in Heptoinber. The church
Is of riothlo typo, cruciform In
shnpo and of red faced brick ex
terior. Itev. Father John M. Hhor
lilnn, priest of HI. Monica's par
ish, supervised all details of tho
InilldliiK, and was highly com
mended by the archbishop. Fran
cis II. .Incobberger, Portland, drew
the plans.
The old church of wooden
structure, which has stood for 40
yenrs, will bn torn down.
CROP OUTLOOKlYM
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IN COLOMBIA
BASIN BRIGHT!
Wheat, Sheep and Fruit
Raisers Agree Early
Warm Rains Have Put
Soil in Best Condition of
Many Years.
Til 13 DALLES, Dec. 20. (P)
1 Wheat ranchers, sheepmen and
orchardists of tho mid-Columbia
and eastern Oregon country are
agreed that weather and soil con
ditions now nre better and give
promise of better crop production
the coming season than for many
years.
Early warm rains, sheepmen
say, have mado homo ranges
Hiich that sheep nro getting fine
grazing sinco coming down from
the highland range pnsturea In
tho national forest. It has not
been necessary to feed nny hay
to sheep this season. The animals
are Jn excellent condition.
Orchards and grain fields , are
also reported In flue condition and
the set of fruit buds Is one of the
best in years. With normal win
ter weather orchards of every var
iety here should produce record
yields the coming spring and
summer. The stand of winter
wheat Is reported good In all sec
tions nnd tho wheat is growing
rapidly.
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DRY SPELL INI!
EAST OREGON
Tree Rings Reveal Present
Drouth of 13 Years,
Equalled in 1848- and 44
'Good Years' Followed.
PORTLAND, Dee. 19. fl) The
record -told by tree rings reveals
that the dry spell in eastern Ore
gon, 13 years in length, Is tho long
est since 184 8 and eqmils all such
oeii exci.it ono In the last 300
.".ears.
Similar climatic conditions exist
In central and eastern Washington,
A study of tho tree rings of a
tree 347 yean eld was mado by
Walt J. Perry of tho Dcschutos na
tlonal forest In eautorn Oregon. The
tree grew to a diameter of 111 Inch
es dur nlgtho first 35 years, hut tho
growth han not been equaled slnco
because of a drier climate, he says.
In the year 1624 growth prac
tically coased during tho long dry
spell that lasted for 18 years. A
period of 44 "good" years followed
"livery Indication would seem to
show." he nyi, "thnt two and a
half or three centuries ago these
dry lake beds were cool, shimmer
ing bodies of wnter, surrounded
by lush vegetation."
A dry spell of 13 years, com
parable to tho present period, took
plnco between 1830 and 1848.
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Colombia Klmllos Kngllxli
IIOTOOA, Dee. 20. VP) The
study of Knglish Is assuming Im
portance In Colombia. As the na
tion is becoming moro Interested
In commerce, the ministry of edu
cation Is undertaking to mako
KngllNh more popular In schools.
Kl RECORD
COUNT
YELLOW
BOXES
-Real Proof That
Country People
Read the
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10 FEATURE
Coast Radio Stations to Pre
sent Appropriate Sea
sonal Programs Christ
mas Eve, With Song and
Story.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. UP)
Religious ceremonies at' ' mid
night Christmas Eve will usher In
a series of radio presentations ;ln
celebration of the nativity on. De.
cemher 2C. Stations up and down
tho coast hnvo completed ' ar
rangements to broadcast the mid
night services from various
churches.
The celebration at the Nation's
Christmas tree in Sequoia nat
ional park will be duplicated In
the studio of KFRC and released
through five other stations from
Seattle to Los Angeles. Stations
participating in this early after
noon program Include KOIN,
Portland: KOL, Seattle; KEPY,
Spokane; KMJ, Fresno; KFRC,
San Francisco, and KHJ, Los An
geles. A message from President
Hoover Is a featured part of the
presentation.
"Silent Night, Holy Night" Is
tho theme of other programs to
bo produced by the coast stations.
Two versions of the same' im
mortal story will be broadcast on
the Pacific coast network ot the
N. B. C. Grace Sanderson Mltchle's
story will be presented Wednes
day night during the "Miniature
Biographies" program while the
story of the birth of the Christ
Child by Helen Norris, gifted
young Oregon playwright, will be
presented Christmas night during
a half hour program -over the
same chain beginning at 9:00
p. m. ' ' . -
.. A special program, to be broad- '
cast from a theater stage In San
Francisco by KPO and other sta
tions of NBd, will be given Christ-'
ina morning 'for "shut-Ins."
Inspirational- and' holy: muslo
will make up ' muBicat ' programs
arranged by stations not affiliat
ed with chain systems. ' The pre
sentations will be heard during;
the hours - of the day. 1 Morning
religious services will also be
broadcast. . ' : '
Christmas carols, Christmas stor
ies and the Jolly voice of Old
St. Nicholas will bring the holi
day spirit Winging through the air'
with special programs on the pre
ceding Saturday and Sunday. Chil
dren's stories which have . been'
running serially will conclude Sat
urday with the arrival of Santa
Claus In the studios, I
The Los Angeles Philharmonic
orchestra will present Rlmsky
Korsakoff's ' "Christmas ' Sulte,''
Tachalkowsky's - "Nutcracker
Suite," and the dream-pantomlne
scene from "Hansel and Oretel";
In a Christmas night ohaln hook
up. . . ' I
As a prelude to the special hol
iday programs a number of sta
tions have presented Christmas
stories serially for the few weeks
preceding December 21.
Cuban Boys To Farm
HAVANA, Deo. 20. (P) The
4-11 club Idea has spread to Cuba.
The Island's back - to - the - farm
movement among other things In
cludes an extensive crop diversi
fication plan, and provides for or
ganization of boys' clubs similar
to those In the United States, '
Stay ton. O ravel hauled pre
paratory to construction of service
station on First and Ida streets.
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