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II' il u f3 Iff it I 'III.:'. CW I II. -.- III. .. . ( "It i". i PAGE TWO Medford MailTribuve "Ertryon, in Southern Oreoon readi ttil Mail Tribune" Dally anil similar IIKIIKIIIHI rillNTINO CO. 29-3T-30 N. Kir Bl. RdBKIIT w. mill,. Mil or E. U. KNAI'I', Mauasrr An llHfcpfntfcnt Nevapaprr ' Entefad ts urcuitH rUs real I at Uedfurfl. f)TFun, widei Act of Mmli 8, IK70. HI IIHCHIITION BATHS" By Msll In Advance: Daily, with H'lnrtay, year Diilv. villi Humlar. month .7.fS0 . .75 Daily, litlwut Hlindij', month H.ri Pally, millnut HuiKlf, ytar. ....... . fl.SO Hunddy, dim rear -'-OO By Carrier, iq Adiaix- Mwjforfl. AsWhI Jacksonville, Central J'oltil, rikxiili, Taleiil, Co I J UIH and on lligha)a. llally, wlili HuiHiay, tnunlh ... Pally, vfthoiil HmnlJiy, month. . Pally, without Huiiday, one year Dally, with HurHUy, on year.. All trrnu, rafli In adtanoo. $ .73 .05 T.00 8.0 (J mrirlal paper of the City of Muttonl f Official pajwc of Jacbon County. MKMBKR UK TUB AHhOTIATKI) PRKHS llwhii Full LeauiJ Wlr Hmlce Tt Awuclatefl Presa la plm.iely enlltlfd to the imtt Fur ptiMlcatinn or nil new dhpalrhtj mdilwl Ui It or olhr ie- eroititttj In (till paper, and alio to the local new puhllslwd herein. All right for imhllcHlwi of apeclal dlapatebea btreln art also referred. MEMKKR OK liNlTKD PRUU MKMI1KH ()K AUDIT RUUKAU (IK I'lWHU.ATIONB Adie-rl liflftK IlrprMfnlatlTr-i M. C. MIM1KNSKN COMPANY Offlm In New York, Chicago, Detroit, Bart : Francisco. Lot Augcl, Heal tie, Portland. Smudge Smoke People are keeping pretty much undor cover during the present not apell. . The Dub Watson ooy ran awoy one day last week, with another hoy, and oxplorcd Bear Ork. and when ho r'td home received cutl a dusting off. Col. Stewart haa had one of Ilia riveting machines employed In the office tho iat throo (3) days, and it makea more racket than a motor cycle, tt la built on the aamo prin ciple aa a dentist's drill, and Is the same size as a dentist's drill feels, to the patient. ' The Lion's club has taken tlmo by the forelock, nnd plans to erect a eouphouno for noxt winter, whloh everybody seems to think Is goiiw to be a hard one. It Is things like this that makes the depression accrn more so. Th.y asked J. Plerp. Morgan what ho thought of the depression, and he said; "I don't know anything about any depression." Tills might sound dumb but It's cheerful. ' Bert Orr, recently elected second Mice president of the Oregon Btat Furniture Men'a association, last Wed. accused the writer of being diabolically lar.y, and doing no work. Mr. Orr was heatedly Informed thut work begins at homo, and It was pointed out that he was no captain of rndustry himself, and to be care ful not to ovordo hlsselt doing no thing. - " ' The state health department has ordered Otto Bhlmorta, 7. to drink milk, but he la delylng them, as no does not llko milk, and feels that he la being brushed by the capital lute. He Is underweight, and will have to put on moro beef. A com promise was offeoted. when Olto agreed to eat beans Instead of drink ing milk, but he wlU got awful tired of thv.n too, before .long, f Moses BarkUull has returned from the, Klamath Blvor oountry, where he ascended a couple of in In. and was not able to walk for two CI) days.' Moses glvos vivid tsaoip ion of hie enoounler with the grout outdoors, and la over his fatigue. A letter from P. Wortman who In Nebraska says It Is so hot, tnerc faith In the Demoorntlo purty Is not vlslblo to the naked eyo, and ho wishes ho had stayed home. - Peoria Bill ( ClBtcs has rotiniert from Salem where he attended conference, and made a speech, ana reports that Julius Is being felt. E. Ulrich of the hills was down Frt, stopped In front of hydrants, ran by stop signs, kept In the imd dle of the street, and otherwise act ed Ilk he was from Calif. An Austin demonstrated the mid dle of the week that It can't win an argument with a telephone pore any fcetter than any other popular priced cars. rred Cummlngs. the watormneter la getting blamed for lark of water, wherever It Is needed. John Holmer has the most piratic, ally red O. Chaplin mustache that has ever been reared In tlieso parte. It fairly bristles In the warm Au gunt aunshlne. The P. McDonald boy, who moved his folks to Ashland, had nomothlng wrong with his stontsch the 1st 01 the week, and ahould rtrlnk more Llthla water, as that Is what It cures, also malaria. Jim Bates, tho tonsorlallst. has gone to Bend to discuss taxes aiut the eooiKMUlo Issues. - The aacred waters of tho Rogue were discolored Bundny, by a mis hap along an Irrigation dltoh, and were the piscatorial enthusiast ang ry. They wore almost mad enough to circulate a petition, prohibiting ir rigating while the fish wore biting. Dome of the social lions are adopt ing the fashionable trick of split ting their cigarette packages down the middle, causing the package to flop open like the mouth of a cat fish. This Is very naive, and will wonders never cease. The first argument the city has had with Kugene. since they balked at playing - elate championship lootbail team occurred last week. They did not like the Idea of hav ing their abler city of Balcm play baseball liei for the tltlo lif me west side of the Cascades, among the klrts. It was reported that Roee burg bsrked un up. Eugene should remember "that Utile busts should not venture loo far from shore." Stalin's five-year plan becgan with overalls and ends wlih overhauls. Dallas News. Among the first and most com- . rilete victims of hard times are eolt Jobs. Arkansas Oarette, If Mr. High's dry newnpnper has not yet chosen a name, now aoom "The New York Dally Blotter?" New York Times. ' . The business depression, says an economist, oost us ten billion i"i lant. It wasn't worth It Nashville Southern Lumberman. . s . Rarkers who lisva to pay the Chics so Civic Opera company's mil lion-dollar deficit begin to , realise that grand opera always haa it tragic end lug. .Delias News. Probably the change lu sentiment toward uncle nam in Europe OBly .human, aiue all. As eoua as they find they can stand him up. ther stand, up for him. Boston Itcralrt, ' , , J,... .''.'. AXIME TO IT'S Imt. Business isn't Rood. 'The public temper is decidedly on edsje. Tlierc arc scores of people about, normally peace loving, willing to fight about something, or nothing at all, at the drop of tho lis t. It's a time for hot heads 1o be cooled, and for cool lu;ads to stay cool and fiine-Jion. As Kipling remarked, if you keep yciu: head, when all itlumt you are losing theirs, then you're a wan, my won. , , i '"': TTIfJCKK is no point! in denying the woi'ld-wLdp depression. It exists.' l'.ut a degression, i danger lies not in the fire, but in its psychological effect, what Ihe people do in their ieffort'to: escape it. ' . Jf they keep cool, refuse to be stiuiipeded, walk out in or derly fashion, the resulting destruction is invariably slight. But if Uiey lose their licals, rush for the exits, what could liave been a minor tragedy ; becomes a major one. JU'ST one I'crson in nil audience can, by losing his bead, sacri fice his own life and the lives of countless others, turn a critical situation iiito a catastrophe. So with fire discovered in the economic structure, a few undisciplined and "yellow" de feats, can turn a depression into a panic. - Things locally are not so 'good, but they could be a lot worse. According to reports' from other parts of the state, and other parts of the 'country, Medford and the Rogue River valley arc better off than most districts. Only yesterday a visitor from Ijos Angeles came into this office, and said the people of South ern Oregon don't knew what the depression i. ' We have an idea lite is right. ,We have heard the same thing from other sections. , AT ANY rate, WIIATIJVKR the conditions assume for the sake of argiiine.'it. they ARK bad, this much is certain; quitting in the face of tliem, yelling "fire" and rushing for the exits, can only nuiko Uiem worse. And meeting them calmly, courageously and intelligently, can. only make them better. Every crisis reveals the true character of tbe individual. The four-flusher iilwayu flees; the man of character and substance, always holds' his ground and fights back. " The latter type is needed now. Leadership is needed now, fighting leadership, constructive leadership,' the sort of leader- sliip Hint kecra' its bead, while others all about are losing .heirs. MEDFORD has. been through hard times before, conditions far more serious than those existing today. And the same high quality of citizenship, directed by the same aggressive and resourceful readership,' that pulled it through, .triumphantly in the past, wo'are confident will pull it through today. It's no time to fight among ourselves, it's time for everyone to get together, not wasting timo in protending conditions, are hotter than they are, but .facing the situation as it, actually is, and intelligently meeting it. NO USE FOR IN A week or so pear picking will start in the valley. 'This will mean a daily payroll, profitable work for many who havf 'been idle.' 11 ' ' The money paid out hero will remain here.' And it will be spent here, for hoarding is neither fashionable nor practical at the present time. Every business in the valley will benefit as a result. Thtv California Oregon Tower company is spending hundred)) of thousands of dollars in new construction at Prospect. Be tween four and five, hundred men are on the payroll, a tent city has sprung up! Only local labor bus been employed and every ono in Southern Oregon will benefit. Tho new High School is Hearing completion, but for several weeks many men will lie profitably employed. When that work ends the construction of the new County Court House will begin, and thus a largo payroll will he continued through the winter. Savings deposits in the local banks arc greater today than they have ever been before. Medford has less unemployed, in proportion to its population, than any city its size i the state. There urc a few in waut, but only a few. Tho vast wajority have money, and as a result of widespread deflation that has' affected the rank and file, as well as big liusinesa, this money is? going to he spent. ,''. WE IIIOAR a great deal about, the default on irrigation bonds. But, while this will be tough oil the ''bond hylders, they will eventually get more than similar bond holders in any other irrigation district in the state. 'And the property' owners will ultimately heucl'it, with lower interest charges, and tho cost of water reduced to the point when normalcy returns AS IT '11,1j returnwhere the overhead eiui be easily met. This isn't I'ollyanna whang doodle, it's the truth, facing tho stiuatiou as it really is. Nothing to call out the Elks band for, on' tho '"(her lia'nil, nothing to justify gathering about the mu nicipal wailing post for au orgy, of disaster and gloom. It's merely facing tho situation as it is, merely looking at the best side of tho picture, instead of joining tho squawking chorus and looking at the worst. Still if yon spend your money least know where it went. It is estimated that America has 70 per cent of the automo biles and 8.ri per cent of the emergency words.' Let the new golf balls alone. Still its nice to locate federal hospitals where disabled vets will be close to influential politicians. , patriotism is that pain in the wins a championship. At any rate, education enables you to make more inonry than an educator.' '"' ' "' ' ' '' ' "' ' ' Maybe the return of hooch would bring prosperity. In tho ohl days it made men feel rich enough to blow the wad. I ' " Ford taught the Russians how to make tractors ami now they are underselling him in Europe.' Th! is the first good Ford joke in years.' . Still,vwatching the efforts of forting assurance that you aren't MEDEORD MAILi KEEP COOL like a theatre fire, , The great SQUAWKING ' instead of investing it, you at ' ' ... It's 'the dub's first decent alibi. neck you feel when a foreigner ' statesmen gives you the ei so dumb, after all. TRIBUNE MEDFQBD, " f LIGHT 0 TIME FIFTEEN YEABS AGO THIS WEEK From the File of The , . Mail Tribune Monday The "big push"-is under way by allied armies along the entire wcBt crn front. Oregon's shnre of federal road fund Is 78,4 16.09. . "Bulldog" Vernon of Pendleton roundup fame Is in the valley buy ing mules for tho British govern ment. ' Editorial says: "Southern Ore gon resents attitude of Portland press to Crater Lake." Quicksilver mining midst, o( revival. , In valley In Tuesday Forty-five million dollar loss to property caused by explosion of munition plants at UJack TomN. J. General Alexis Kuropatkln idol of Russia since victories over Aus trians In the Carpathians. A high wind makes fishing poor along Hogue river. Two dozen pheasants liberated by stato on George Mansfield ranch along tho Rogue. Head of lettuce weighing five pounds raised at Gold Hill is stol en from (J. of C. Wednesday . William S. Hart, "tho man whoso face portrays 1000 emotions," at l'ago in "The Aryan." Proposal made that city operate a motor truck line to Blue Lodge mine instead of building railroad. Wado Hampton. Ashland race horse,- dofeats Jessie Mills, Med ford equine, In a special race. Ford car prices for year announc' od: M60 for roadster, $315 for riinaoout. ; Austrian army onvolopcd by Rus slan drive in Carpathians. Knisor Wilhelm, addressing his troops on western front, makes fa mous declaration: - "! will' make the British eat granite.' J Thursday The Woodrow Wilson league of Jackson county girds loins fur hot campaign and orders "Keep Us Out of War". Buttons. Hnh riniial nnd Snmu'itn T7nln,.l are driving a now cur down from Portland. Railroad workors of. land favor a general strike. , . . ., Eapeo puts picturo of 1 Crater nana tin me oacg pago or Ilw.tlUO tlmo tables. ' " . - Harry a. Wortman nr Mnrlfnivi u elected grand chancellor of tho Oregon Knights of Pythias. "Chow Spear Head. Rich, fruity, sweet.- Tho most popular ehew In a th.ird of a century." (Avt,) Friday ' Sir RoCOr rnaemnilt TriHh knltrlil hanged bv British for treason. Irlnh threaten revolt. Sugnr factory nrricliila viuit eitv and size up situation. Miss Holen llnsklna and ATIu Helen latwlnn leave for vacation at Nowport. ' ' Trout going up tho irrigation ditchos fret fishermen. Rich gold strike reported in Spencer Gulch noar Jacksonville. "Tho Vindication or Mnttha'' nt the Pago thrills movlo fans, with Norma Taltnadfio In tho leading role. Police kept busy all morning keeping band of Gypsies on move. Elks to hold big rish banquet at Kelly's Island. " Bartlctls hrinir nvcrncn orinn nf $3.15 In the east. Throo ice cream socials last week on tho Applegate. - Saturday Thn Rr,fnn.l lltm l..Ur... r..it.. i. fore a British drlvo and allied mil itary loaders fear the Russians will start running. Tho road to Crater Lake In be coming "tHtty.' reiwrts tho Trail correspondent. Mrs. 1,. E. Wukcmnn entertains the Ntillo Bridge club. Mr. anil Mr. N. S. Bennett make aulo trip to Oregon Caves. Mrs. Paul Junney Is hostess to Iho Girls' Thursday club. Mrs. John Wilkinson loaves for a month's visit with friends at Woodhurn. Uosehitrg and lVrtlamf Local peoplo flock to Vnlon Crook and Prospect to escape the heat. Smoke from forest firea la uorlli ern California nearly hides the n.i - "Oolf is a great leveler." savs a parsgraphlst. We have watched gnu that would level mountains ruuen (London). . Now that Uncle Sam show a del lelt. we feel more like the o:a gentleman Is renlly a relative Orreiuboro (Oa.) Herald-Journal. The distinction is renlly quite simple. Your own party has an organisation and the other party has a machine. New Mexico state Tribune. Maybe, after all. r eTpect too much of k- country that doesn't know how to dispose ol ei'her us ""I rssor blades or Its criminals. loulsville Times. "Peat." aaya an Bugilsh caloric authority, "was among the nrst fuels uawa kjs sua aim is avail among the beet." in other words, there's no fuel like an old fuel. New York Evening Post. OREGON,! SUNDAY, aULY M,nmii.? The Oregon Spirit As Others See It (S. V. Call-Hulletln) Up there to Oregon the hop grow ers have decided that they will give no work to anybody who thinks that prohibition 1b right and Is unwilling to work against the eighteenth amendment. They met In Salem and passed a resolution without one. dissenting vote. In It they urged that "inas much as the hop growing Industry Is one of our greatest Industries, creating a payroll or over t2.00O.UOU annually and the harvesting of tne crop employs over 40,000 men and women, and aa we have sutiered and our product Is in Jeopardy thru prohibition . . ., Wo employ .those In sympathy wlta our product and the modification of our present laws. , - Last Friday. In the heat of that meeting, that, resolution probably seemed like a good - Idea, but it wasn t really as wise aa tne nop growers thought It. In tact, It takeB a leaf from the ranatlcal prohibi tionist's own book of narrow-minded ne&s and passion. The -fanatical dry would oppose and punish the man who does not agree with him. It is tragic, Indeed, when that same fa naticism appears among the hop growers and persuades them that it ts right to deprive men and women of the right to earn their living In the hop fields. It Is one thing to have an honest nnlnlnn milt. BnMhm In HnllnUn you must punish the man who doos not agree witn ;TU- j : i .- i Trees and Weather .$ fi . efteje 4$ Forcast by Year (San Bern a ml I no Sun) Apyone with a strong desire to know something about ancient cli mates and weather should turn tK Dr. Andrew Douglass of the Vnlvereary or Arizona and to Dr. Ernest Antcvs of the University of Stockholm for in formation. ( Dr. Douglas has worked with trees for his laboratory. For 30 years he has collected records of tree growth, believing ho would find some relation between frhem and the weather. Ho succeeded. Comparison of JO.OOO an nual tree rings with Arizona's rainfall year by year disclosed a direct re lation between growth and moisture. The syry told by one tree was proved by whole forests of trees over a wide area. Using the giant sequoias . of California, Dr. Douglass was able to compile a wcaUher calendar going back 1000 yoars B. C. Studying the" rings In timber taken from ancient pueblo settlements In tho Southwest, he studied whether lHory in that region as far back as 700 A. D. Dr. Antevs used for his research layors of clay deposited by melting glaciers in the Connecticut valley 4000 years ago. By counting such layers one discovers tho total age of tho deposit. Tho thickness of tho layers is a measure of solar activity tho hotter tho summer, the more glacial Ice melted, the more water bhero was and the thicker the layer?. What ts it all about, and why? Tho study of climates, past and pres ent, aud the relation between weather fluctuation and tho sun-'s heat, may eventually show the way to long rango weather forecasting, some day the meteorologists and other scien tists may be able to tell us in ad vance whether a summer is going to be hotter or cooler or wetter or drier than normal, and then we may be able to prepare for It properly. But even without any utilitarian service, reading nature's historical works in this way Is fascinating enough to Justify tho time and wisdom devoted to the task. j Press Comment WHAT NOW, Kl'CSKXK? ( Rnsehurg News Ilevlew) It Is extremely hard for un here In Kosehurg to figure out Just What wo nre sup""ed to believe about the position Kugene In tiik ing rewarding Its offering of n site for the northwest soldiers homo. A news IUp:itch fmm Astoria says thut a group of Veterans of Forp.ti Wars, meeting there, pann ed n resolution endorsing Kugene. T- O. iniHspll of Kugene was first named as sponsor of the resolu tion. This whs later corrected nnd n former congressman from Idaho given credit for the spon sorship. No doubt the whirlwind lobbyist from Kuccnc had a whole lot to do with it In spite of the curved ion Horn. Now hero is the pulling pant;, NVntlv gMfti'd statements from Used Car and Truck SALE To Continue All This Week Many have (aki-n advantage of our low pW.'.vs on lTM,I Cars ami Trucks, hut there are still plenty to he sold he lore August 1! ; Don't fail to look them over! ' '. ' ; SMAl,L DQW PAYMENT-EASY TEEMS . The O. V. Myers Co. South Riverside . Stars In Cast of re- ( w-H'-y- h ' T -4 V lav Y A J iifsw-iAj - jit I j xfmK ZL'hf li I (.Thompson, H0W5f S- &J2r ALISOM SK1PWORTH, iMHMNGUY) TOM PRIOR ) tssjmX Kugcno have ofl-repeated that the site offering In Kugene Is only a "second . choice." While . those statements, nr being so glibly Issued, Russell and other Ku genians run hither and thither seeking openly to put Roseburg out of tho running. Have thoso Kugene leaders no sense ofhumoi or honesty nt all? Faced with the fact that the state of Washington has united on one city, tho lime has come when tho slate of Oregon Is entitled to know, nnd in no uncertain terms, whether or not tho city of Kugene is to continue in its devious deal ings. f A united Oregon, with Kugeno us a part of the unity.Vwuu the homo for Oregon against' a divid ed Washington. When the -matter was completely read to be set tled for Roseburg, a group in Kugeno mobilized powerful Inter ests and Influences and succeeded In nosing into the picture as . a contender. Now, though the state Is still u unit for Roseburg, Ku geno has caused to be set up semblance of division of which the slule of Washington Is attempting to take full advantage. Tho entire state of Oregon has an equity in this matter. Kugene stands as a stumbling bloc,k In the way of a quick and favorable de cision for Oregon. The time has come when tho rest of Iho slate Is entitled to Join with lis In asking that Kimono stand by her publish ed statements and stand by them both in spirit and to the letter. The Kugene chamber of com merce has said repeatedly that a site Is being offered In Eugene, only in tho event Rosburg is re jected. That statement means simplv that Kugeno has no site to offer until the government has defin itely refused the Roseburg site offerings. That has not occurred- Tho time has come when Ore gon's unity must be restored. The timo has come when Kugene should stand by what she has said The tlmo has come for KiiKcne to withdraw her site offerings. A ABSrRl SITUATION Governor Meier in announcing that ho will issue unconditional pa rd o n s to all motor car o w n e rs who may bo arrested during .lulv for failure to equip their vehicles with new nuto license plates has made another magnificent gesture for popular apiflause for himself and to direct public criticism ngainst Secretary of State lloss. It Is the "typical political maneu ver of a demagogue, motivated conspicuously by the friction ex Istnnt between the executive and II oss, which has been caused mostly by the secretary of states refusal to bow his head in meek submission to tho governor's dic tation. There arc rounds for a without himself violating the law PhoTio4C4 "Outward Bound," Now at H ALISOM SK1PWORTH, Cm.UNGUYt iMRS. CLtVEDQN-BANK) strong suspicion that had Hoss taken it upon himself to seek to set aside the operation of the li cense law ho would have been publicly censored by. Governor Meier for failure to perform bn duly, Whatever compassion Mr, Hosh may feel for those who cannot by reason of economic circum stances gather toccther the money with which to buy licenses Just now he is powerless to assist them and Imposing an Injustice upon that half of the motor car owners of Orogmi who made tho effort to purchase their licenses on time. Among the 140.000 auto drivers who up to Tuesday night had se cured licenses there are hun dreds less able to spare tho money at Hits timo than thousands who will tuko advantage of tho gov ernor's leniency. , Thero Is no reason to believe thut those who have not already been able to buy licenses, when they were fully aware that they would be required to do so, ' will b any better off on August 1 than they are now, - - - Thli latest clash between the NEW NAS Announced June 28th WITH "Synchro Safety Shu Silent Secoi Trora $795 to $2025 : ; ; (. o. b. fcetc Unusually low delivered prices, $ 101 6 to : Mead Motor Company 6orner Eighth and Bartlett ' governor nnd secret, will, however, be fn lnuch-to-be-desired rt servo to awaken in mind a moro acute i tho fact that motor In Orogon arc unjuei and pave the way foi mcntof the rcductloi Hoss had njlvocated, to a flat fteure wh poso upon atttoniobi burden no greater quired lo meet the l interest requirements tug mad bonds of ti counties. The absurdity of schedule of llceh.se U apparent in the proa which tinds the m building so hlh thai of motor vehicles c to uao tho highways 1 lug for. . Reading that no i graduating class In university believes In only ask mildly what of today are raisin llnrald. Listen ti Parade ( and Max 1 Bandmasta '933 WTk Band Coaa day Even'n Network, Daylight PLUS
