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' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1931.
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Adrerllilni Rrpreientatlvei
M. C. MOrjKNHEN COMPANY
Offleee In New York, Chicago, Detroit,
franclaco, Lot Angeles, Seattle, Portlaitd.
Quill Points
The fact that people no longer feel
romantic love la clear to aevornl great
aclentlaU, all at them old married
atlffa.
Divorce may not be an evil, but
you'll notice that a divorce town at
tracta no Sunday school convention,,.
IS LOCAL LABOR BEING EMPLOYED?
It font the rmpmiKllilllly thut
make a. young futlier lmk Khun.
It'a berauiie he no longer g-U nil
the petting,
But If Capone waa aelllng atuff II
legally, why give him 30 duya to aell
tne reat ox lit -
You eee. If we lend Europe money
to buy from us, the profit will make
us bo ricn we can aiiora to cancel
her debts.
Americanism: Voting for bonds to
build gorgeous hlghwaya; blaming the
wasteful politicians when the bondi
come due.
Things move so fast In Europe that
Uncle Sam never knows whether to
morrow will make him a Shylock or n
pavlor. ,
Maybe a gangland movie doesn't
promote other crimes, but It prompts
a lot more gangland movies.
AlKiut all you- tm say ;for glass
furniture Is thiit'tlie edges don't
turn brown when you forgrt a
cigarette.1 i '
Femovlng'the teetili will cure soins
things, Including the foolish belief
that removing the ' teoth will cure
everything.
The law-abiding citizen Is much
like anybody else except that ho
doesn't know what a "grand" Is.
Yet many a high hat covers a low
brow.
The honeymoon Is over when they
spend money for beefstesk thouqh
they haven't a drop of gas In the
tank.
Correct this sentence: "Since X
learned to love you," said he, "I enjoy
having other men see you In a bath
ing suit,"
A resort Is a place where you long
for the privilege of filling a glass
with cracked Ice without paying any
body a quarter. . .
As a test of Intelligence bridge
affords evidence that convince
everybody who Is good lit It.
Another advantage of old Dob
bin was tlint any argument with a
lucomotlvo made him worth n lot
more.
,
A SUBSCRIBER, in answer to our Sunday editorial Ktatinst
that local labor is beinsc exclusively employed by the Cali
fornia Oregon Power company at Prospect, came into the office
today, with the license numbers on six California cars, one Wash
ington car and one Illinois car, as refutation of such a claim.
As 7(H) men are employed at Prospect, a tolal of eight out
siders is not a had proportion. We referred this report to offi
cials of the power company, however, and they have started to
check them up.
Jaak Thompson, in charge of this construction, declared that
his order to give preference to local labor was a strict one, and
that if lie found it had not been carried out he would take sum
mary action. J
f ,1K FURTHER, explained that there were a few cases wjiere
4 former employees of the company had gone to other states,
returned here when they heard of this new construction, and had
been engaged because of their familiarity with the work. It has
also been necessary to call in a. few trained men from the out
side for special technical work, and he believed these two facts
would explain the outside cars enumerated.
Mr. Thompson 'stated that before any applicant for work can
secure it, he must prove he is a resident of Jackson, Josephine
or Klamath counties, the local territory where the company
operates, and that preference is always given to married men
with families to support.
',
WE CALL attention to this fact for it illustrates how misap
prehentions may arise, when based upon incomplete in
formation. When the work at Prospect first started a represen
tative of the Mail Tribune investigated the system of employ
ment and reported the. system explained by Mr,, Thompson was
being scrupulously carried out. Incidentally, he found scores
of men, thrown out of work when the Owen-Oregon mill closed
down, placed upon the Copco payroll.
The contention, we made therefore, that this Prospect con
struction, at this time, is of vast benefit to Southern Oregon,
and will continue to be of great benefit, as long as it continues,
was absolutely correct. ' ' '
1 ..'" '';, .
INCIDENTALLY, if Clovernor Meier had not. vetoed the bill fit
the last legislature, allowing the California Oregon Power
company to construct n $5,000,000 unit in Klamath County, there
would be another large payroll in Southern Oregon now, to re
duce unemployment at the present time. As everyone knows,
because of this veto the payroll will be transferred to the state
of California. ' ."..',
Perhaps from the standpoint of those who behove in public
ownership and operation, "cheap light and power at no cost to
the taxpayers,'' his veto was justified. We are not regarding the
matter from the standpoint of, politics, hut from the standpoint
of good 'business from the standpoint of dollars and cents at
the present time. 1 , i .'
IS THERE A SUBSIDIZED PRESS?
.DON'T believe even Rufiis Iloliuiin, state treasurer,
no doubt fall back upoh' the'ttemitgOKio plea that no one should
i
would deny
Hut he would
F10US OLD CHAPEL
PHILADELPHIA (UP) Was
a cornerstone ever tnld for Olrurd
cnlli-ge's famous Oothlo ehanelt
The question Is puisllng work
men who are rasing the old build
ing to make way for the new
(Ireek temple.
A close search of the Ivy rind
chapol walls, constructed In 1H77.
has fnlled to reveal any corner
stone. Many persons wonder
whether (llninl forlinilo a cornir
stone In the chapel na ho forbade
the admittance of clergymen to his
srhool.
HAS NATIONAL TRAIT
OLAHOOW, Scotland (UP)
During these days of fast changing
records a municipal election ex
tense record of $3.16 has been
established. It Is expected to stand
as an all-time record.
Inglla Milton, contesting the
Park ward at tho recent munici
pal ward election returned his ex
penses to the town clerk's office.
Milton stated that he puhllKhctl
no election address and addressed
no public meetings.
Neither, so far as he knows, did
any of his supporters solicit votes
on his behalf.
Incidentally. Milton dirt not get
a scat In the town council.
Corn grown at tho University a'
Florida experiment station last
year reached a height of IS feet
and yielded eight tons of trilnge to
the acre.
y nny :o! the facts cited above
!K upori' the'demitgfJKio plea tin
believe a'nythlng'tliey tend In the "subsidized press."
Oh, it's n great world, mates! If you don't happen to np:
prove of EVERYTHING (iovernor Meier does, if you have the
temerity to question the wisdom of some of his official acts,
while approving others, then yon are a member of that iniqui
tous ring of journalistic corruption. the subsidized mess.
According to the best information we can obtain, to subsi
dize the press "is to purchaso newspaper support and assist
ance by t ho payment of a subsidy."
Now that is a very serious charge. And we don't believe a
man of Mr. Hobnail's standing would make that charge against
any portion of the Oregon press, without some evidence to sup
port it.
MIGHT WE THEREFORE ASK, NOT ONLY ON HE1IALF
OK THIS NEWSPAPER, BUT EVERY OTHER NEWSPAPER
IN THE STATE, THAT Mil. HOLMAN SUPPLY THAT EVI
DENCE, AND SPECIFY THE NEWSPAPERS WHICH ARE
SELLING TI1E1R SUPPORT FOR A SUBSIDY. ,
Such information would bo of great interest to the people of
this stato mid of particular interest to the newspapers, lhere
is an Oregon state editorial association composed of practically
every newspaper in the state. .This association has a code of
ethics, and can 'ho depended, upon to projeeit against nny mem
ber, guilty or selling its editorial support, to nny individual or
any group of individuals, to any little business or any big busi
ness, or for that matter being false to any of the-basic ideals
of American journalism.
Would it be too much to ask that the state treasurer place
his .charges of a subsidized press, supported by the evidence,
before the officials of that association, AT ONCE, so that at the
next meeting, those newspapers guilty of selling out, may be
publicly exposed, expelled from that association, and suffer
the disgrace and financial ruin, that they deserve?
'
'T'lIAT'S 11 fair request, isn't itf It seems so to lis. And it
also seems fair that those who have been making these seri
ous charges against the press of Oregon, so many months, either
fish or cut bait, either file these charges before the proper au
thorities, so those accused may either prove their innocence or
admit their guilt; or frankly admit they have no evidence, thai
the charges are untrue, that the miidslinging is nothing but poli
tices, cud cheap contemptible politics at that.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letter pertaining to person! health and hygiene, not to dUette, dUgnnli or treatment
will be amvered by Dr. Brady If a flamped Mir-addrmed emelupe 1 tncloaed. Letteri ibuttld be brief
ml rltten In Ink. Owing to the Utge number of leltrri reeehed only a few can be irMwered here. N
reply tan be made to querfea not cunfurming to Itulruetlote. Addren Dr. Williaa Brady to cart rf
Tbe Mill Tribune. "
CONSKKVING THE VISIOS OF NB.R-SKillTKIl EYKS
Whether It U because the p03t0ff.ee
authorities are more vigilant In pre
venting the use of tho malla for fraud.
or 'because the laity
w becoming lens gul
lible and better In
formed I don't
know, but certainly
I do not receive so
many Inquiries now
as I did formerly
about mysterious
"eye exercises" that
mall-order firms of
fered customers- ex
ercises purporting to
strengthen the eyes
and do away v. 1th
the need of spectacles.
Young psrsoiu with mypola (near
sightedness) almost always wish they
could get along without glasses, and
so these humbug "natural" methods
appeal strongly to them.
I am Just an ordinary doctor, not
an oculist or eye doctor ophthal
mologist, as ve doctors call him
and In fact I think ophthalmology
as a special field of practice 1 rather
backward as compared with other
special branches of medicine. Tne
trouble Is, so many ophthalmologists
are conceited enough to think they
can be otologists (ear specialists),
rhlnologlsts ' (nano specialists) and
laryngologlsts as well. What oph
thalmology needs tcdoy Is a few
ophthalmologists.
Young persons with near-sighted-ner,B
muit realize that for them the
conservation of vision depends mainly
upon -the amount of rest they can
give their eyes now while they &r3
young. This means that all unnec
csary strain of the eyesight should
be carefully avoided. To avoid strain,
if you are near-sighted, always wear
your glasses when you read or do
any kind of near work with your oye-i.
It Is a fortunate thing for the vis
Ion of near-sighted eyes that the
child requires re-teat ing from time to
time and a change of glasses to suit
the changing focusing power of the
eye at rest. That Is, it Is fortunate
If the test or examination is made
by an ophthalmologist (oculist, eye
physician), for he will put drops In
the eyes to put the accommodation
or foauslng effort at rest, so that the
test will show Just what the resting
eye sees without any strain, conscious
or unconscious, on the part of tho :
Sundown
stories
patient. It Is a distinctly beneficial
thing for near-sighted eyes In a young
person to be kept under the effects
01 sucn a reps ior a weeic or more,
now and then, as a complete rest
for the eyes.
To give your eyes the greatest pos
slble amount of physiological rest and
prevent strain, dodge all cloze worK
you can dodge, and endeavor to take
advantage ci every opportunity 10'
general open air exercise or outdoor
sports or occupations.
If any form of eye exercise can do
good In any defect of vision it is cer
tain that Just using the eyes to lock
at things 1$ the best form of exercise
you can give them.
Many of us older folk can have our
vision measured Just as well by- an
optometrist or an optician as by any
physician, for after we get to middle
age our accommodation or focusing
power Is so limited that- it doesn't
matter and so no drops are necessary
for an accurate test of our eyesight.
But you know there are lots of things
that are all right for grown-ups yet
all wrong for children.
The people will prohahly not ohject to giii)c.liuiil's fake silver
coffins as lonjj as the contents are genuine.
About the only tiling wealthy Americans now spend their
money as freely for as ever, is an acquittal.
The best explanation of Hollywood marriages is that tin
continuity experts are busy at soinethintr else.
Two influences that promise a icront future for the I'iesel
engine are Herman gonitis and the nusolmo tax. .
Ilalilness is a sign of an active hrain. So that's the reason
women don't have to shave their chins.
Of course sufficient publicity ran make yon a celebrity, but
jvhy covet anything that is enjoyed in equal measure by n yeast
cake I'
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THK HAZY AFTERNOON
Ity Mary (inilium Homier
The Little Black Clock certainly
had been turning the,., time,, back,
for the Ci'illdron had bseui spending
nil trielr' recent
hours for adverr-
ture with the
Indians, ''t"
Tve turned
the time ahead
to late autumn
day a number of
years from our
regular time. But
It dcesn't look, ad
very unlike the
iinys of the past,
eh?". 1
"There are a
good many
planes in the
air" John said,
"But it's coun
try Just the way
we Knew it." added Peggy
The Clock had taken them along
the magic pat;, and had made a turn,
into a big Held, cdk-ed by woods,
It wna a hazy, warm day. although
the trees were brown and many were
without leaves.
There was a warm laziness nbout
the attoruoon and suddenly John
said, "It's Indian summer, that's
what It Is!"
"Yea," agreed the Clock as he
srnllrd nt the children, 'and I wanted
to show you that they even ftave
Indian summer In the future.
"Just as they had In the days when
the Indians rimmed this country, and
Just as wo had In our time, they now
have the warm, hazy days that follow
a perioi or chilly weather, but before
t.'.e real winter arrives.
"I'm afrutd you'll think It Is aut
umn If I don't turn the time back
to summer," he ended. "We've had
the Indiana with us and Indian sum
mer let's go back to July nnd visit
n family of wild flowcm."
And with that the air became hot
und the sun began to shine with
strength. They noticed that the
leaves were on the troes" again. T,'te
Clock, with his magic, had turned
the time back to a July afternoon.
Toimirruu 'Itiitter ami Krks"
vorrv
QUESTIONS AND ANSH'KRS
Training the Child for Iletilth.
Please accept our thanks for the
rules for care and preservation of the
teeth which you so graciously sent
for the use of our teachers In the
dental hygiene campaign, and also for
the article In your column , . , We
hope you will write more along that
line it takes a lot of time to get
this newer knowledge across. It took
us almost two years, aided by our
then city doctor. Dr. . and your
help, to get the parents to consent
to immunization of our school chil
dren against diphtheria . . . Mrs.
P. L.
Answer. I'm glad to know we're
getting some newer knowledge of hy
giene over to the school children. As
a rule they get only antiquated Ideas.
Alcoholism,
If a man had both . legs smashed
up, would the fact that he has never
drank at all make any difference In
regard to the saving of his legs from
amputation? N. W. A.
Answer. If you compare him with
a man similarly Injured who has been
a hard or steady drinker, other things
being equal the teetotaler would un
questionably have the better chance.
(Copyright John P. Dllle Co.)
lalks 1bJ&
Parents
TUB PLAY SPIRIT
Ily Alice Jiufeoil Penle.
It -was time for Billy, aged 3. to go
to oea, out ne was . playing hilari
ously when the clock struck his bed
time hcur.
Mother, bent on doing her duty,
was firm. He must say good-night
ftd go at once. For a moment It
looked as though, .there would be a
scene, thsril Billy-brightened, i
"All rlgftt," b sold, "I'll no to bed.
out i an? going to wnik upstairs like
a orab sideways," and he made for
the CtlrflTj ,
, "You'll do ' no such thing.'' said
father: "You'll walk straight upstairs
piupeny, ana no more looting. '
And then there was a scene.'
Parents often fall to realize how
necessary It Is for a child to behavo
In the spirit of play even when he
Is' In the act pt obeying the wishes
cf his elders. Obedience comes easier
when he does it In fun and In his
own way.
We forget how many times each
day the child Is made to comply with
the v-Uhes of others. He feels leas
put upon and the whole buslnesa
wems less dreary and boring. If he
3an Just pretend that It Is all a
?ame.
Indeed, so much easier la the child's
acceptance of routine when he Is al
lowed a playful approach that It Is a
good thing for every mother to re
member. If going upstairs to bed "like a
irab" makes going to bed any more
pleasant, surely thero Is no harm In
It. If pretending that the soap Is a
duck makes washing amusing, there
Is little time lost and much good-will
is gained.
Wherever the play spirit crops out.
the skillful mother can always use
It to smooth the path of dally duties.
Ye Poet's Corner
T-rs
They're hrailert oulh fur Panama,
are Puffy anil Hie Ituti;
Thrv'rr raring neck anil link n nirh
one gltr hl ll the iimi.
"l4't vt m prlir." houu Puffy.
"fur the ntnnrr of Mil race."
The prlie I ant," crtr Kunny, ! a
nice, oft landing place."
.
. premise- of 4tt -imt ocnt in
tulvacoo nrreftEe has hren reported
from sections of Waynes count v
X. C.
To Hie Rogue River.
The Rogue, It si on I our hearts gwnv
As It ripples nml glistens
In Its blue arrav
On to a bright' nml ported day.
It enchants nml thrills,
Like the stars above
As It prompts us all to say:
"You Rogue, you steal our hearts
nway."
It Inspires us with romance,
With thoughts of love.
The kind that Is pure and true
mat comes trom far above.
Yet we pause with dWlRht,
Ana wondering what to sav.
As It dances and dashes out of sight.
You Rogue, you steal our hearts
away.
Each night yon sing us to sleep.
As we tarry along through the day.
We care not to pine or to weep.
You Rogue, you steal our hearts
awny.
Mrs. C. W. ANDERSON.
8012 Logan St.. Oakland. Callt.
FALLS IN IEN YEARS
I.OM'ON-tfl-i Scotland's pop
ulation Is ilcrrrastng.
There were 3D.94J fewer Soots
this year than there were ten years
ago, according to W. Ailainson.
secretary of state for Scotland.
The population of Scotland is now
4.N4-.554, n decrease of O.S per
rent, compared with he snlil.
The decline was shared liy the
sexes, and there me still more
women than men In Scotland. The
eumtirr uf males this year Is
i,3.'6.Stii, anil women. J.5U.6S7.
The numher of chickens In Iowa
has nearly doubled In the last JO
years.
J 8YS0PEI3: r.ertiHte hit leatch
charm oiold l.ciil Hit bunt
rusAlrr's bodti. Jloitiu Bens is
jailed for the murdrr and the theft
of t4S,000. Yet others necr the
bank that evening included Mar
tini eon-in-law. Uruce, headed for
the nation, and Pierre, icho hail
wandered in half-dazed despera
tion after impulsively lending
Bruce the savings set aside for
his stage trainiii0. Pierre does not
know that hie estranged lather,
Jloy Donovan, is back of the gold,,
mine scheme for io h tc h Bruce
wants the money. After Martins
arrest Ann. tearfully shovs Tony
and Pierre a letter from Bruce,
who had left ostensibly on a short
business frip, saving that he tcon't
return. Previously Bruce had in
sinuated that Ann and Pierre were
more than friends.
Chapter 24 .
A DESERT MYSTERY
DRIPPING SPRING Is 8 spot In
the Nevada desert. The nearest
human habitation if Jimmle Harri
Kan's camp in the Biscuit Hills may
be called a habitation is a day and
a half to the wcet and south by a
faintly marked trail. Red Butte, a
typical desert mining town, lies two
days east by trail across Burro
Mesa. Red Butte touches civiliza
tion by way of a road 80 miles to
Red Butte Station, which is on a
railroad.
The vast expanse of Burro Mesa
slopes Imperceptibly toward the
west and a slight depression, begin
ning In the central part ot this
great plain, deepens Into a draw,
and becomes at last a canyon which
opens out onto the lower desert ley
els where the mesa ends In a vail
like declivity.
Dripping Spring, In the mouth of
this canyon. Is known only to a
few venturesome prospectors and
their kind. It would be difficult to
Imagine a greater contrast to the
Ohio village whero Pierre Donovan
bad grown to manhood, and It is no
wonder that the soda fountain clerk
amid such surroundings was bewil
dered and dismayed. .
The end of the day was near and
the pack-saddles, bed rolls, and
cooking utensils lying about Indi
cated a camp for the night. Pierre,
tired and begrimed from a long
march on the hot desert trail, was
searching among the thinly scat
tered weeds for something to make
a campfiro. Often he paused to
look wonderlngly around.
From that lonely spot the desert
stretched away until in the mysteri
ous distance earth and sky became
one. The sun was almost touching
the higher peaks of a mountain
range so far away that it appeared
as a gray-blue cloud; but in all the
r.ky there was no cloud. And the
land lay as empty and silent as the
eky.' .., ...
iThe loneliness, the silence, to
Harriet' Noel's son. were appalling.
Suddenly the silence was broken
by a rich Irish voice. "Come away
out of that now, Kate! Ye blun
der! d' she-devil av a burro! Can't 1
never lam ye to keep yer dirty nose
out av the spring? 'Tis Ave years
and more that I've been waterln' ye
at this pface, and nlver a time that
ye did not try to spoil the drink fer
yer betters."
The voice came again: "Hey, you
Jack, look to yer feet whilst I put
yer hobbles on. Now git on. tbe lot
of yez."
There wee a sound of blows and
scurrying hoofs, and then from
around a rocky corner came a man
of the desert. His age might have
been anywhere from 40 to SO. Ills
lean stringy body was as straight as
a guo-barrel and he walked with
the easy, tireless movement of the
old-time prospector. The years he
had lived under the fierce desert
sun had marked his features with
Innumerable lines; desert skies had
given his blue eyes a serene courage
ind an unwavering fidelity. In one
hand he carried four load ropes, in
he otijer a cloth-covered canteen,
dripping wet from the spring. Toss
ing the ropes on the nearest pack
addle he took the canteen to Pierre.
"Av all the jack-assee I've ever
'mown In my long career an" I've
mown a lot, anima! and human
'lim four old burros av mine do be
ie most exasperetln" limit! And
iat'8 the truth or my name's not
.Immle Ilarrlgan! Have a drink?"
Pierre smiled. "Thonks, but I
llled up at the spring when we first
-irrlved."
"Sure ye did, but have another,
anyhow. Too, much water will be
an ciperlence that ye'll remember
wld pleasure when ye're out In that
danged old desert yonder."
Plerr. with a laugh, raised the
ranteoa to his lips.
"spkln' av water," the desert
man continued, "there do be tracks
av strange burros down around the
spring. The beasts never come
from my place and they did not
oome rrom Red Butte or we would
'tavo seen their signs these last two
'ays. I'm thlnkin' 'tis moro than
likely lb!m burros belong to tho two
men ye'ro lookiii' fer."
"You think Bruce Carey and the
man he (a with are near here?" cried
Pierre eagerly.
"No, lad, 'tis certain I am that
Colorado Bill and his friend Uurnes,
that you think 13 the man Bruce
Carey that ye're so wishful to find,
are not In this neighborhood. Tls
like I told you I seen thlm men wid
me own two eyes a headln' toward
Mother Mountain. They ain't come
hack or they'd be here.-or at least
their tracks would. Now. the only
water-hole on Mother Mountain Is
Blackwater Tanks. Sometimes
there's water at the Tanks, and
sometimes there Is not. These,
burros beln' here at Drlppln" Spring
may have come back from Black-1
water Tanks because there's little
or no water there right now.
"Blackwater Tanks Is no more
firm a hollow In the rocks, and notl
livin' water like Drippin' Spring
here. And that water-hole may be
dry, we've had no rain for so long'
a time." ... , -
"But If there is no water tbe men
would come back, too, wouldn't
they?" - '
"They would If" The Irishman
hesitated, then as if to reassure his
companion, "it may be av course
that there's a little water In the
Tanks, and that Colorado Bill bas
turned his burros loose to save what
there la fer himself and yer friend,
Bruce, knowing that tbe beasts
would come back bere to Drlppin'
Spring and that he could pick them
up agin on his way back to Red
Butte after he and yer friend had
stayed on Mother Mountain as long
as what little water there Is in the
Tanks lasts. But I don't like It at
all."
"Is there anything we can do, Mr.
Harrigan7"
"Nothln' more than to go straight
ahead as ye planned. But 'tis well
that ye have no burros to bother wld
tomorrow. You can carry enough
water to last ye to Mother Mountain
and back here again. But 'tis on
me mind that ye'll not get far 'til
ye meet yer men on their way back
to Drlppln' Spring wld their tongues
hangln' out. 'Tis a terrible bit av
desert ye're headin' Into, lad, and
av I was not dead sure ye could not
miss flndin' yer friend and Colorado
BUI I'd nlver let ye start out alone
at all. But av ye do as I tell ye ye'll
come out av It Bate enough. Av ye
make any mistakes ye'll nlver come
out." .
"You have been awfully good to
me, Mr. Harrlgan," eald Pierre. "I
never could have found Bruce with
out you to show me the way. It
was lucky that I met you at Red
Butte.".,- ,v ... .. , . .,
"Sure, any lad wld the name av,
Donovan would have a claim on a
Harrlgan." returned the Irishman
with a chuckle. "I only hope that
this stranger wld Colorado Bill Is
the man, Bruce, that ye're huntln'!"
"The description fits Bruce exact
ly, and he and Colorado Bill left
Red Butte together for Colorado
Bill's mine in the Painted Moun
tains." "Colorado says be bas some sort
of a claim in the Painted Mountains.
He tells me 'tis only a day's travel
beyond my camp In the Biscuit Hills,
but 1 ain't never been there to see
fer myself my trust iu Colorado
Bill not heln' strong enough In make
me walk a day there and another
day back, do you see? But Colorado
never took yer friend to any claim
In the Painted Mountains this trip,
because the two av thlm wnnt to
Mother Mountain like I tnld ye.
They're out fer to hunt that rest
Mother Mountain lode.
"They was camped right on this
spot. Ye see I have to ramp hero
at Drlppln' Spring whin I go to town
fer supplies, and whin I enmn hack
too, because this is the only water.
Everybody else has to ramp here
fer the same reason. Cnlnrmlo and
this other man was hcildin' down
fer the night when I arrived.
"We passed the time cv day, nnd
Colorado says: 'Ye're hound frr Red
Butte, 1 take It. Jim?'
" "Take it er leave it.' I says, that's
where I'm hnadrd for.' .
"Wld that he says. 'I'm tnkln' Mr.
Bnrnes. here, out to sec my claim In
the Painted Mountains."
" 'Good luck to hnth of yez,' says I.
But the next morning' they hung
back from startln' so that I was
away up the hill to the top nv the
mesa before they stirred 0 f.wt from
this spot. 'Twas from the top av
the first little rldse that I stopped
a minute fer a look hack, nnd there,
plain as the nose on yer face. I
could see thlm kirkiog up the dust
away over yonder headin' straight
f::r Mother Mountain."
(t'otl'teht. IVjO. A D AtKrtc s-i Ce.l
Bones faltach on the drsart, and
tht gleam of gold tet;s a story of
tragic ditappointment in Monday's
instaitn-ent.
SHORTAGES SUPPLY WAR JIHDDIES
SAO PAl'LO. I.r,,,..,l-P, The ntoKMx. Arls.-(l'P) A mcm.
worlds largest snake farm, the , ory for signatures resulted In wo
Kuuman Institute here. Is facln wartime r,i...i.
"ii'iK earn
difficult to solve a other , no iin. i t,..i., ...
ii iinore. ,Mtl..
;am! the other In Phoenix.
Joseph A. Killings),.)- of the Ari
zona Corporation commission no
ticed the name of W. ltrure Wvllo
"n check paying the Arizona
license fee.
He dictated a letter to Wj lie's
office In Ilaltimore nml learned,
as he hud suspected, that Wvlle
was the major under whom he had
sort-all In V...... j. .
a problem
lark of snakes.
This snake crisis Is seriously
hampering continuation or studies
of serumthempy and is decreasing
the amount of antl-venum serums
shipped throughout the world
The director of the Butantan
has sent circular letters to the
agriculture, geographical nnd t.i.
.-. wnoois throughout nr,...
send non-polronous nni,.,.
i to seni
the Ins:
FLIGHT (Mjj
(Medford and JacksorTrJ
Ills to IT rvn .7" J
The Mall Trlbnne of i"J
til Vm a . ut d
eu.j
TEN YEAKSAlioH
Earl Tumy returns iro J
Coast, to learn that trJ
nesa was destroyed hu ul '
Local ffnrnmimfl,,
. - b o -. oueq fn, .
stored auto without pernX,
Soviet offers to pay . I
Amerlrn if Bean. H
.. wul ao .
Government threaten. ..
cost of stamps from two to
srv,w J "1WU.
The home of D. M. Lowe te
fairgrounds destroyed by tbl
to the backfire from an airpij
Plan to stock Lake o' YtW
Hopes of holding a rountt I
iuii ui&appear.
TWENTY YEAHS A(if) TOD J
Mine .J7. 1911.
(It was Thursday
Time to spray lor codling m
Statistics show valley ghlt
most of ita food and vegetable
War or peace In Europe h
upon decision of Kaiser Wii:
oi uermany on Moroccan deitJ
Shorty Oamett secures waJ
ior rowenes, m a spring wagon I
attempted to lasso him wht I
drove his auto by them on I
jftcusonvute roaa. rney shot
in tne air ana cursed Mr.
In a vile manner.
First National bank secures I
surance on bonds stolen in
Creek Cnnyon train robbery.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.(l'Pj I
New York Central Railroad i
bent the Hlork here by 33 mini
As the train left Utica, Mrs !
ward Callahnn, on route fl
Springfield. Mush., to East C'iJ
land, O., with her four chiMl
became 111 and the engineer I
urged to make a rapid trip I
Syracuse.
Exactly 33 minutes after
train arrived hero, .Mr?. Ca!! 1
gave birth to a baby girl.
-t
South Carolina farmers are:
ing other stoek on oats and i.l
their corn for hons.
Twenty-fivo farmers of McC:l
en county, Ky., paid off their I
eral farm loann with proceeds f
the .11131 stt'Twberry cmp.
.Mrs. Claire Boothby of Sa;
Francisco ' says that th
Fountain at Heath's Dmi
Store is the coolest place l
Medford to have lunch.
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