J PA OR TWELVE MKDPOTtT) MATT. TRTBUNE, MEDFORD, ORKf.'OV FRIDAY. FKBIUTAUV 0, W.U 1 i mi i x n I i: II fl I I i Medford Mail Tribune Daily irwt Sunday MKItFOHIl ritlNTl.NU CO. S.1-3T-29 N. Fir 81. Pli t5 KOBKIIT W. IM'HI,, Editor R, St'MI'TKU 8.MI1JI. Maiuser An liKlrpenikiit Newspaper - Knlrrfil as crcum) Hiss maltrr it Molord, ' Orrjron, uidrr Act (if Mirth It, 187U. PLUW'HIPTION KATES "Ky Malt In Aihinre: .Haiij, iiti Sunday, jtk. 7.r.n l-ally, wiih Sunday, muiiOi 7 ft !' . Pallir, vIllHiut flundiy, year O.Gll Hilly, without Ruiiday, montli -p ' : Hiniday, oiw yrur 2."" lly Carrier, 111 Ailvaiu-ft MttKoril, Asliliiml. Jartaumllle, Onlral I'tiiiit, riwctiU, Taleul, Uuld i lull uih! on IUkIiubjs. Inlly, villi Sunday, montl f .7n Dally, wltlwul Himdar, rmmtli 15 Pally, niilKtut Sunday, w yrar 7. no ' Dally, villi Huiulay, one jtar 8. (lit All mini, ttali lit advance. Official paper of the City of Medford. Oft kill paper Jackson County. UKMHKIt UK TDK A880CIATKP I'ltESS Jtrnlfinc Full Leucd Wire Smite Tt Aswwlilwl ITe-s U cxrlushely entitled to the we for publication of all news itbpaichn etedited to It or otherwise credited In ttiia paper, and alio to the local news puhlfeiied herein. All rlghta for publication of tpeeial dispatches tjrrrin are alio reserved. Ht .Mill: It (IF AUU1T BLIIEAU OF CIRCULATIONS AilrertlOitf Itcprentatlc3 M. C.-M(MiKN8KN k (OMl'ANY orrirru in New York, Clilrasii, Mftrult, Ban . Francisco, Los - Anitcles, Seattle, hiilland, Ye Smudge Pot (By Arthur Psrry) Yesterday wiih a balmy iluy ami tin! first barelegged ladles of Hit! season showed up. A llli-your-uld man ilun't know much, hut ho won't go hart'foototl ul Iho first i sIbii of spl int,'. Tho !!Kia!ature 1h cocked niul priini'tl to tnclclo the "parnmounl ifittii'H. If it's a para mount Iuhuc. il'H tho worat Ihhuo in sight. Hoy, page old mnn D. Pi-cshIoii. One local truck line, juat ono tnlnd you. reports that ono day last week. it hauled into tho city of KoKCbut-g for distribution here. 1X0,000 lbs. of inerehantliso freight. (Rose- burg Nows-Kevlew. ) Why the i(vaea!it lispco -roundhouse is for rent. ' The pollco havo issued orders prohibiting kidH from roller-skating downtown, mid to ditto not a policeman has been run over by kids roller-skating downtown. ".Miss Ula Itottenbcrg was forced to go home Tuesday afternoon'' (falsley Notes:) Is this KUSSIAV , Tho well-dressed young man Is - now condemned to wear a shirt with a bosom, and u goatee. Social workers claim that tho ' rvlls of tho danco can bo corrected by "ancient music." Nevertheless, It's tho youth of tho liquor that rausus tho trouble. ;Thc sap has started to run In tho trees, and Is occasionally noted on tho highway. An expert sneaked In yesterday ' anil touched up this typewriter, und It nuw acta llko tho trip hammer failed to get in u square lick. The proposal to whack off tho fundH for bus transportation, re veals thnt tliero nro scores of ablo Ijodled. healthy boys in this stale, of high school age, who will then be compelled to get to Rchool tho best way they can, without walk ing. 5 ' There Is going to bo u pajiutm 'soiree, tmtl if a social Hon sits , down on it ginger ale boltlo cap, fighting side up, ho will display some gymnastics vftirth looking at. -'' A Itrltlsh nuto racer travelled 210 miles per hour, without tho . front scat packed with charming femininity. p7 T'io first townsman wintering In ( California, ban returned and looks i,' , like he might hnvo "hltch-hlkcd" most uf tho wny back. , All natives contemplating sui cide, tin account of ,Mr. Hoover, ' the lough times, the luck of ruin, ami tho tuxes, tiro requested to arrange to leuvo tho remains where the coroner can get hold of them with the minimum of effort. Keep out of the deep tangled can yons. There are plenty of sites ill the city limits adapted to personal "putting on thu spot." . I MN1CS ON KKKOItS ' Wo made n mistake In tt recent ' Issue of the Capital News. A good subscriber told us about it. The . ssmo tiny there was n letter In our Vostofflco box Hint did not belong to us. AVe called for 22 over tho telephone and got 1118. Wo asked for n spool of DO thread and when we got home wo round It wits No. : ti'J. The train was reported thirty minutes Into nnd when wo got to tho station twenty minutes after tiuhi tlmo to mall a letter the train was gone. We got our milk bill nnd thoro Wus u mistake of 10 cents In our favor. We felt sick nnil the doctor said we were eating too much meat. We hadn't eaten meat Tor three months. The garage man suld our Jitney was missing because It needed a now timer. We cleaned a spark ping and It has run fine ever since. Yes. we made n mistake In n recent issue of the i Oiplln! News. (Jefferson, Jlo., - 'Capital News.) Italy Bids For Savings ROStH (I'lltullans nbroinl are encouraged t0 send their savings home for deposit In the postal nv tngH system of Italy hy nn Interest rate of a shade morn than 4 per cent. Home Italians net onlv 3 per cent, t.OVDOV jl-r.. (tlrltnln1. nllli... 1... ' ,, a .niiifi ..uiiuii iiiousiry a Kpeclal .postage stamp advertising tlio Lancashire mills Is being urg ed. A special cancellation mark wllh Hie slniun "liny l,uncashire t'oiinii goods" also is suggested, Editorial Correspondence l'UOKXIX, Arizona, 1-Vli. I L'niiNiiiil wcutliiT. AViinl and rniii last ni;-'lit, t f i ii 1 1 1 li'i-st on us anil rainbows loilny. The liu miilily iiiiisl be eliise to 100. In Hit! Midilli'wosl the peo ! would lie trusting a weather eye tin the cyeloiu! cellars. 1 1 1 1 1 tlit'.v iil'vit liiivi- cyclones lirrc Niiiiilsiorins on I ho tli.'si'i't are tht! nenrcst to tlii'in. C'lilli'd on .1. W. Kicai', editor of the Arizona liepiihliuini these many years, now editor til' the new combination pub lisliinj; the Arizona Repiiblitr mid (Jazette, foi'iner inorniii!,', and latter ovenin":. The news paper situation here is similar to the Kit Hal ions in Kiigenu anil lioekl'ord, Illinois, where eon solidatioiis have also taken plaee. The business men like the isonsolidations l'o' they fret the same advert ising coverage at reduced rales, the people art! nut so crazy about the situa tion, lieeause of the bitter con dition, another daily is expect ed to start up soon, capitalized at spLTiiywO, tlesig I parlicil- birly to supply political com petition. That, such n venture will fail is about a 'ill to one bet. In the first place "politi cal" newspapeiH almost never succeed, in the second place! 2."0,0()( is insufficient .-'iipital for a field like this. However those behind 1 tic new newspaper- think otherwise. They will find out their mistake no doubt by sad and costly ex perience. The state legislature Is 111 ses sion here. Their chief problem Is tax revision, with particular ref erence to the good road program. A five cent gas tux has been slap lied on to provide llio slate with sufficient money to secure Hie fed eral appropriation for highways. They expect to repeal thu lax nt (ho cud of two years. An Income tux Is proposed with sentiment preltv well divided, and it tax lor tiKricullurnl relief Is on Ihu ugcuiln, an llic.y say at llenevu, Switzer land. Thero Is no power trust fight hero as there Is In Oregon unit olhcr pnrtH of tho country, for tho government built the . power (lams, und have turned tliein over to tlio wuler users association which operates them on u coopera tive basis. Tho people pay low lutes, for the government not only supplied thu capital, but only de mands payments when they can he paid with a very low lntorosl chnrgii niul the possibility Unit ovcntually no Interest will he churged at nil. A groat advantage ovor Oregon nnd other states In the union, whero water anil power were not cssenlinl for Human settlement In tho first plncc. Mr. Spear suys Arizona has suf fered from liisutiiclent ruin lor sovoti years, with no immediate rti llef In sight. However there urn eight dnins III Arizona now whom thero wiih only one u decudt! or so ngo, so there have been no com plelo crop failures. Asked uhoiil Arl.onit cotton. Hack In l!H I cot ton culture wns stinted, u quulily superior lo Kgyptinn cotlon being grown. Arizona collon topped the miirkot, und tihout l!H!l planters )cro selling cotton as high us Jl.-O per poll ml. As Is always the cast! everyone stnrtetl growing cot lon. Alhiliu fields wcro plowed up nntt planted to long sin pit!, so wore citrus orchards, thu entire stii to went cotton cruzy. Over production not only hi Arizona but elsewhere wns the Inovitnhlo re sult. Hie government embargo on ICgyptlau cotton which had stim ulated the Industry originally wns ruined, cotlon dropped from per pound lo 20 cents or there uhouls. Investigation showed It cost about till cents per pound to produce cnlton til Arizona. Ah n result the cotton planters In Ari zona nro down und out, unit there would bo general rejoicing If the Hull Weovll would Invade the state. Not n very cheering picture. Hut Arizona us u whole und IMtooulx In particular are not hadly hit. The tourist crop Is helping out, citrus fruits Hell nt reasoiiHlily good MUTT AND JEFF thi fieAt we se I THE M0Rlt IN AM J VjOMOBILfcy 7J 'ft m ill v v , prices, particularly grtipe fruit, which Is very superior to tho (.'all fornla product like olhcr or chard diHtiiclK Hi" di-ircslon Ik not us serious us in tho industrial centurs ol' tlio Kitst and Aliilillo wost for while factories ran hi; closed down and thousands put out of work, the orcliardlsls us a wlmlo, cun t close down and must keep up a certain payroll. Not easy for tho orcliiirillstH, hut good rr tho vurlous ciimmuniticH. Yesterday I'lioenlx was I ho hot test iilacii la Hie country, SO In lliu shade. Today it is so muggy that one feels tliu heat tnore lliu the thci inometor Is no doubt ten de grees lower. One can't be In Phoenix- very long without realizing that Hie war on tuberculosis in this -country is a real one -far from being won. We are going to buy Olirlslmas seals more willingly next year Hum ever before. Ol course (Ills Is u center for victims, ultho the old Idea that climate is the determin ing factor in u ( lire, has been gen erully discarded. No doubt the same treatment in this dry, warm climate however, would he more effective than In any oilier part of tho country. It is remarkable how quickly coIiIh ucqulred elsewhere clear up in tiilu cllniiite. Koine l'rienilH ar rived from the Mlddlewest with colds of long standing. In -IS hours they were cleared up. Oa Hie other -.,.',l iw.r,i,lf llviiii' lif.M seem to have about as many colds as peo ple living elsewhere, une wouiuii i.. ti, i,,iii,t i,u liml ii cold since November, and would probably be wise to have u thorough examina tion. The imporiunt point In our ....i.,l.. I.. II, l i-nlilu urn culisell by. ii great variety of germs, germs which flourish here would not flourish elsewhere and vica versa. Ho one of tlio best treatments for a cold Is no doubt to move out, and those who have no colds and have ,i,,,,-i,.,.tiilu lniio in, no immunity should, slay whero they are re- guriuess ol me climate. H. W. R. Sundown I'SSV WlliKOW ( 'KI.KIUIATIOX By Mary Unitiam Ilonrtrf. - Tlw iAUW 'hrk (..Moelt hml tunu'tl tb Mini' l.ack u fov wooks anil liatl lort them 1 a Hivanipy plat-o lica i till1 wuixIh wIutc 1 1 icy h a il h c t' n l li t' Splint; I'fi'imiH, on llicli- way Ut lied. ",MiL of t h yeur," huUI the Mill' It I a c k CltK-k. "they like til I 1 V V 111 t ll c wuimKs. but when the fiivt ilayn ol' k p r I n k appi'ai tlwy llko to visit a Hwiimp or pond for n 'month. 'Wo mtiH IH.-ton to thiMii. They liavo boon awako for qiiito a littlo whllo but thoy havo Just boon spending their time slowly sotting roady tuv thoir Ki'out colehration thoy Kivo ovory yoar In honor of tho IMiftKy A'HI)v lr'ori." And now John amlPPSKy hoard tho roll coit. Hundred nnd hun dreds ol" t hone tiny lilt to Spring 1 'eeper.H Mil 111; the sn 1110 rlioory. p(M'p-peephirt lilt le stum over ami over aiiin. And the bud.s of the pusMy willow trees opened In hoar Hie mum. "I know now whstt wo liear In (ho sprint; I thouwhl thoy were froH but wasn't quite Mire," roiiy rtald. "It eorlalnly Moom.t quoor td nio In think that .sueh IK tie hit of thin;: run make ,si iniueh Mound," Joint oxelahnod. It was lovely by the tnvuntp. Tho .sofl, Kl'oy buds of the pussy v li lt iwn wore opening anil were all a bluuni now. The volei-H of t he Spring 'PoPpofs were not s, In ltd now. They had givon Iheir bit; eoneort their first big cotioert of tho year. Now Ktiino uf tho Spring I'eeper. look little dives and hwIuim in tho Hwantp pond hir. after a while, as tho ('look turned tho time forward they all wainlored haek to their leafy homos in tho woods, tl'eggy and John, as thoy left the Cliii'k that evening haek home, felt they eon hi hiirdly watt until tho spring would oomc along bringing with It thi Spring roeper.s. Now when they heuril thorn thoy would knit w who t hey w ere ! TmiTrmv'Pn i l rt los." All The Switches Aren't A r BitM'T KNOW "YOvJ HAD A ALU CAR (2) fit 1 "t TQhIES MAIL TRIBUNE DAILY CROSS WORD PUZZLE ACII0S9 I. Jllontr court i'lllur III. J'ullld It iMeusuut odul lft. Ureal I,ukH Ilk HluullkB 17. boillll efltflot Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle, Ii. t- ois it r p iH ji rasi AjRji) s.: 0 V E Rlj R UTnOA D EN P E T TjD E S Oily PC K it. LlMHSfes itSIyBr a v 83 A iSH I gEBf?rJ N3 s. pjSlRlkMD'ETAius 3to ' LI e tTT RteHDiTfefgE L RQ.M eIoIIsThieTa rIe r , -, s R o wfrrifn"!3N i Jim e ElsiNl e Ua fslp laf fo rjlg II. Mlllt-IIUUtf III. 'lllula ii urlell ' 'Itu. I'ltcln-r SI, Tnkeii a chair i'lirl, ul iliuvii S:i. Alouio eulur Si. Ilriklljr 20. biillur ''.'. Jill libit 0. Altouilil 31. Lust Ureok ! letter J3. i-'urnicr firrnl. ilvnt't nick minis 39, Uiuiflplraleil 3!. Climb IS. i:onsilrfl 3, Innerl ill. Hindu title ol respect 41. t'art of an niiipliltliealre tit Itesouiul 43. Tie to one Ida (3. .Mnlndnroos IS. Jlarbors ni. i:iiiii r,n. Ms lured til. liml liny la Miircli lor Caesar C3. Muikusti-arc'f river &9. Ilnitlniitl f7. Horn hip S. niu.lcto" 6. Fixed tliarfce fill. HIiriiillcitHon 01. AlltMvniiio for if into 63. hci-nt 03. Hent of lianlen 1)1) W S , 1. Iduiitlr.il i. In ti line 3. i:itnipcnn fluli tit tint end fn III lly 'si ii h ltp3 mH'P if it" 2L2o.Jii! iL j Z&.Z -IS.JLI181!1A1 - : -fv23 - a k 41 "rif " fSl 5jJ5 Z. -IIISZZZZ M IH -1 lie I : l feliMlJskls Personal Health Service By WiUiam Brady, M. D. Hleiiril li-tlrrs perlnlniiii: In ihtiiiiiI lirallli will lie iimurrnil liy lir. Itr.nly if a unt,l si ll niul wrlllrn In Ink. llHiiti: to die large iiiiitiIht if reply enn lie mnile tu iiucries not cwiifuriiilin; lu Tlie Mall Trlliiim. Tin-: iio.mimi: FOHS fl" A(i. BTIlili 11 AS A . Some of our old renders, esJ peeially tluine who have bud ton sils niul some form of final In fection t Ii e r c frum, may re nicmbei that wo have given Ihc pastor a break here nt least twice. Hist when he w r o t e and asked w li a t he was lo do, educe the good doclors hud assured him mil lung could be done lo relieve him, because of his age und. gen eral poor condition: und later to let Hie good mini tell bow much b ncilt he hud experienced from the diathermy extirpation of his tonsils, which had been pcrl'eriu cil. I regretted to confess, by u" osteopathic physician, out where Hie corn and Hie culls grow lux uriantly. - I hoped we hud finished off the minister In workmanlike shape. Hut you Jiifl can't keep u ..good man down, it seems. Here he Is iiKuhi, nnd 1 begin to suspect ho Is sul'ferlng with hysteria or a complex or a delusion or some-, thing, for he solemnly ufrirms (hill bo still bus a bit of tonsil ami worse still, it worries him. Very well. Hut I waul It dis tinctly understood that this is thej third nnd last chance we're going lo give the dninhiie. Next lime he comes complaining urminil here he'll be coldly Informed that the doctor Is confined in the asylum und . . . Just listen lo the mad dening minister: Hear Ur. Itrudy: I write uguln uboul dia thermy because I suppose It Is of Intercut lo you as II to me. t inn with you. (Well, of course we're glad to know the patient Is still with uf. but we hope he Is not going to be tee Insistent about It. I'nless something very extra In Freight Yards CARf I GOT TNO Cf tr: , , A UTTCC BABY JIGGCR AklH A multiPuc-cv umdcR RoAnvrsfc.f' r Govt do ts sisbutoe reiNA A bit; ii " .' V,. 1 f? Arllltclml liar lit Obllterot Vat court la Kcmliilnw mi in a tiiiut dlul. KnttijiiiiiK litrli I'll-: rmiu Word of kolciuii II it I itiinihuslia In Ik fund uf lly hit; miirliluu Mnllifi: dial. Itirlliiiiurn of Iti tllUVlll t'Dti'it tcttcri Kninir frmii Kltlit lo hUm Direct! piu rcediuitK I'nrt niln lor ft urlfo Alrtiilirr of (tiff Kulnr a j stem i:ioi Keep Mb pigment 'i'ninKpurlr Ulll'TCII Cnllrn linnt MlKliwiljr I'nls nil Unetlc linilpmlnitds Awn j A kinir of Israel 4(1. 4. I.lfioltliitt tiy kliihiuif fund 9. Womiih'a pit Irlntlr r pniiiiitloit: ahhr. 6. Mntnnl 7. Aniiry 8. I'Tcrnrirn Ireeii H. Sniiill nitiinid It). Ituof nr lliu ni mi Hi II. Scene uf it Tcxm units micro mid tiyniene. not lit ilKr.ip. dbfciiosH or trralmMit .KlilrcsnK eineloin n twl-d. I.i-llers slmiild le lirlrf letters receiu-il enlv a l-w ran lie angered liere. Nn lastructiyns. Address llr. Wllliani llrady In care 3f IX COMI'li.MMXti THAT TAtJ Oil-' TONSIIi. in-: ordinary happens we may safely assume that patients who have their tonsil extir puled with dliilbermy will be witli us lifter the operation. That lit Indeed one of the sal ient features which distin guish this treatment from tho old Spanish custom.) 1 told Dr. that I felt some discomfort In my throat lifter those five treatments. He said my tonsils collid not bother me' any more because they arc gone. I expected this discomfort would dis appear after some weeks, hut it sei'llis lo gel worse. Yesterday I went to a doc tor, a real M. U., ill and he lelii mo thai on each side is still n tag of tonsil the size of a split pea. lie surmised Hun the operator bud been uri-ulil lo Hike thi'in out en tirely, ae they were too deep . or (he- operator feared In jury lo my voice. Hut he says the fact Is they are still there. Never mind. A great purl of my tonsil bits been suc cessfully removed.. This M. 1. lllinks II Is perhups bolter so. lie hopes to make the rotteu l.lls of tonsil etill In Iny thrii.it biii-inless by medi cinal applications niul I'V gargling wllh la silly . nos trum), l-'itr my Mood pres sure he r.ciililliiended sweats, avoiding incut, etc. l'lcnse let me know, what shall 1 write to Dr. (I he osteopath who extirpated the tonsils 1 V Cratefully yours. Hev. The preeont doctor may be a real M. n., but he Is too optimis tic, shall we say. if he really Imagines he can clear up the trouble wllh medicinal applica tions and Hie pretty nostrum he THIS IS THci BIG CAI5 THS BABY WortCCt.S. DlUM OVJNGR OJOOCDN RGCOONMie (T. AND r, ,xx v You DON' UVce TttM"- WW prescribed for (hc'dotridile to gar gle wllh. die is obviuu.ly not wpll Informed ubout the . uso of dtar tlicriny -in the throat. ' Note the pastor had only five trcutinelils. In many cases It is nocesKiry to return to the physic ian some weeks or months after Hie diathermy treatments, to have any lilts or lugs of tonsil tiue "touched up." lOvCn if u surgical tonsillectomy Iiiib been duno by the most skilled throat aurueun, this final int'pectlon und "touch- Ing mi" with diathermy in un ex-( cellent practice. So I advise the dominie to g buck to tho osteopath who extir pated his tonsils, and have the final treatment. Incidentally I challenge uny doc tor of standing lo put In print or; In writing any crltlcuin ol my u vice. . (.,:. Qri.STIONS Mil jAXKXVKISS. Cripple Itestorcil by Diathermy l-'or about two yearn I -was crip pled wllh rheumatism. Through your column I learned tibout dia thermy and have had my tonsils taken out Hint way by Ur. . Now I am fine, and can do all my own housework, and I wntk a mile a day. 1 am a woman li" years old and doctors who believed the rheumatism came from bad ton sils told me nothing could be. done because of my age. . . Mrs. A. V.. Answer A medical colleague writes that he commends my stand for surgical diathermy hecauso he known the problem of surgical tonsillectomy from all angles, but ho begs me not to be too hard on the one-way man, who can't help being narrow-minded and can't learn this altermitivo tech nic now. I hope I um not too hard on any fair-minded doctor but I believe I cannot be too hard on the doctor who, without hav ing any actual knowledge of elcc-tro-Hurgery, brazenly tells confid ing patients that the new method Is "no good" or even "dangerous." Doctors who take such nn attitude should be exposed us unreliable advisers, und there Is a growing army of ex-patients like' Mrs. A. Z. who knows such doctors nre unreliable. The lleiurii of Old Dan Draff 1 have been a reader of your column for many years, not only here hut . . . about a year ago 1 tiled your formula for dnnd rurr with amazing results. Hut Hie kindly ' druggist lost the for mula and J think Dan is coming back again . . . C. M. Answer- Send a stumped en velope bearing your address nnd mention your trouble. Sometimes I think the druggist figures In an additional 10 per cent on the charge, for mislaying the recipe., loiliu nation Iteju venules. 1 huve Just completed the first month's lodin ration as suggcptod by you. and it has worked a splendid Improvement physically; and mentally. I am much appre ciative of your teachings which have brought me relief nnd a bet ter temperament. I am (lo years old and stepping out like 45. ! C. V. .1. I Answer At that, n lot of crusty, old codgers or 115 or -10 sorely need un lodin radon, 1C they only knew It. Even If It doesn't stop Hie hull- from growing gray and the arteries from growing brittle.. It does help to prevent premature uglng and going Htale. (Copyright John K. Dillc Co.) Communications To the Editor: Tho Oregonians Washington correspondent says: "In llMH Mr. Selling had the republican nom ination for United States senator from Oregon. He wns defeated by Ur. Harry Lane, democrat, by less than S"0 votes." rmhiedhilely precedlng that elec tion .Mr. Selling, In the stale sen ale, opposed certain Jralor halte interests, which was resonled hy the people of Jackson equity. Tho result was that instead of car rying the county by 1!,U00 votes It went against him by Hoi.vthln like It.Oao, thus defeating htm In the state. WILL (1. HTKHL, -Medford, Ore. "Lest. We rorgot." I To (he Kditor: ! Mr. Smith's cominiiniealioii in j tlio Mall Tribune of Tuesday has (he cha motorist ie mm uion to all w et propagitiida trying to make people believe that tho evils of pro hibition are the result of prohi bition and forget that they are the result of liquor. The evil exi.Us but by adroit reasoning the wets have perverted tho evils to tho wrong side of tho fence. "I-Mot out prohibition," but the liquor would remain. If prohibition be a "farce." then it would not prohibit. If it does not prohibit, no ono Is Inconveni enced. Then, why tho squawks? As to the scriptures. Mr. Smith did not seek all tho references to liquor. The Volstead nets prohibits uiiTK HOoj ABOUT LlTTt-G CAR ITS THC Bl6 lt- '5 I'.i.' coMTiMoei 0 ' i'i '. -I! m Quill Pvints You can tell un honest mini. He doesn't Jiliow how to keep ouf of jail. - " ' Another thing that has do creased In value since lll-ll is u sucker list. . Hard limes wouldn't be such an affliction If you didn't have lo listen to so much optimism. The chief objection to fishing In warm southern wuters is that the darned fish bother you too often. The best 'aids to virtue nro a good background, careful truiulug and watchful neighbors. Working B'rl: An Indepen dent spirit containing; n lettuce sandwich niul a chocolate soda. What's the use'? You work hard to get rich enough to rest, and then you keep on working und call it exorcise. Vnl the e-iissltts never seem nosey and narrow-minded pests when you nro dolus something you re proud of. You can say ono thing for the bootlegger. He doesn't claim thai his product will cure what ails you. Americanism: A common con viction that the law made to con trol the wicked shouldn't meddle with people as nice ns we are. The one consolation about de flation Is that It affects a lot of heads that way, too. There's no sex equality. The heifer calf lives to bo a contented cow and the poor little bull calf becomes chicken salad. A hick town is a place -where Main Street still services as a din ing room Cor sparrows. - Just nny titty now the oiigor young if nith at tho filling sta tion jimy hoglii opening your mouth to sen; If you need uny fillings. Making railroad rates Isn't diffi cult. You Just establish a tenta tive figure iuhI then pare It down until the howling stops. If the policeman doesn't shoot it out with gangsters, he's yellow; if' ho docs, he's a horo and his widow can tuko In washing. ScientistH, .think they will soon conquer the common eoltl und its sniffles, but you can still recognize the third grade by its finger nails. Overland' flying would be disas trous, too, if t lie flyers used planes that could alight safely only on water. Correct this sentence: "Ho is such a great man," said the erilie. "that he never seems dumb even in a news reel." tho sale and manufacture of in toxicating liqiioivt. Why? The in spired writer of Proverbs gave an incontrovertible argument centuries ago. "Who hath woe? Who hath sor row? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wound without cause? Who hath reduces of 'oyort ? . 'They t ha I tarry long at the wine; they -that go lo sock mixed wine. "Loc!" nut upon tho wine when it is red. when U giveth his color, in the cup. wi.en it movcth itself aright. "At the last II btteth like ii ser pent and stingeth like An adder." JOHN Q. STEWAKT. Haute. L Medford. , , WEATHER. NOT FUNDS, HALTS OWYHEE Dl KKATTI.K. Teb. (1. Mi .. thuugh work on the Sti.ulllUlllll Owyhee dam project near Vale, Ore., .has ceiused temporarily. Hie shut-down was caused by severe weather and not by luck of .funds, as reported from llolse. according to M. c. MeKoaehorn. president of the General Construction company. contractors fur the work. By BUD FISHER TXn vJJITrt I n. Si 0- . I X" '-J. V I A iVy''."; .-.. T0M6(?t8W .M a a urn r. - o D Yon Remember? 'Ji-.N YKAIW AiO TODAY (Kiom files -of tho Mull Tribune.) l-'ebruury , 1U-1 Hi p. lien Sheldon returns from Salcni and reports things looking bad for Craler I.aKe liigliway, tho armory. Talent experiment station f aid, and the fish bills. "Have a Heart'' Tag Duy next .Saturday. " do v. Olcolt urges all Oregonlnns to cat prunes, and help tlio grow ers. Kolb and Iill booked for early showing here. Oil indications more pronounced ut the Trigonia drillings. Ilrlgadior White coming to In spect local militia. Greater Medford club urgon treo planting along Pacific highway. TWENTY YK.-UtS AGO TODAY (From files of tho Mail Tribune.) February . 1HII Loral fishes decide at meeting there wilt he no compromise with canneries on- Itnguo river fishing ' situation. Jons Enyurt nnd W. 1 Isaacs appointed to present matter to legislature. Sams Valley farmers take over operation of Sams Valley-Uold 11111 phone line. Oranges from the orchard of Frank L'hancc. "peerless lender of Hie Chicago Cubs," on sale In city. Court J lull buys two boxes. . Miss June Earhart leaves to visit friends hr J'ortland. j North Dakota friends give sur prise party for Mrs. C. M. English, at her home on Oakdale. Mr. and Mrs. Will II. dure and family leave for Los Angeles, where they will remain tho next three jiumths.. Mr. Gore lias.a ncw car awaking him there, which he will endeavor to -drive back. . : ; T Says Puffy: "JJotli my tbalo and the bod I sloop in, too, The rugs, the walls and everything are fashioned of bamboo. A carpenter In .China would not know just what to do If it weren't for the bamboo treo. And let, me ask: Would " you?" vJI Parents Training For Good Temper By Alice Judson Peale Your child's disposition is to sumo extent influenced by Ills native coiisliltiliiiii. Certain children are lust naturally more placid and cheerful than others. Hut tho way a child's disposition develops is laruely determined by lite treatment which he receives diirliiK his early years. No one has i yet broucht forth evidence which ' proves Hint temper tantrums arc inherited. IhirriuK cerium obvious abnor malities of temperament, it Is cer tainly possible to hrinK up any child so that he will have a good disposition. Hero are n few nilca to keep in mind. . He sure thai your child's sched ule Is rcBiilur. Irregularity makes lor poor health, in Itself a factor In bad temper. Irregularity also causes innumerable disciplinary situations, arising because the child's life Is continually upset, liml demands matlo upon him when he is not prepared to meet them. Dis ciplinary situations result in nag ging und harsh punishment, which in turn make for moodiness, peev ishness and Irritability. He consistent In your discipline. If your child knows what lo expect from you, ho will not constantly hnve to jnuikc new adjustment!! with their ncconiimiiying strain on 4 his self-control. ' lioift tease your child, or per mit him to he teased, even in good lun. unless he Is fairly well hiatcli cd against someone whom he can answer in kind. Don't frustrate him any moro than is necessnry. Keep your promises. Refrain from Interrupt ing his play or interfering with his pluus except for sumo very good reason. Set. Iilm nn exnniplu of cheerful ness and selt-control. Find Aged French Cave I'OITIKKS. France iY) A cuvo dwelling near Charroux, estimated to date. back HHI.non years before Christ. Is yielding flint Instruments, nnd leeth of animals of that lime. The cave was discovered hy James Hussell of Yale niilvcrslty. Chinese Officials May Arm NANKING iJi Municipal and district ofliclals have been granted permission hy the national govern ment to carry firearms for self protection. Under the old law these lesser officials were denied Hie piiiib-!;,, uf carrying wellpom. 4