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MEDFORD MSIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY, XUGUST 23, 1931.
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BOBEItT W. ftUIIL, Editor
R L. KNAPI, ftlanigef
An Independent Newpaper
Entwfd u second elm nutter a
Oregon, wider Act of Hircti 8, lT9.
SUBBrRIPTION RATES
By Mad In Adnn:
, Daily, vlt)i Sunday, year. . ..' if. GO
Itallj, ulth- Bundaf, month.......... .75
, Dally, without LfuixJif, mouth. 65
j j Daily, without Sunday, year, ....... , 6.60
- Kandap, one year a. 00
By Carrier, In Adranee Medford, Aihland,
i 'JackioiHllle, Central Point, PboenU, Talent; UoLl
Hill and on Wniiwayi,
f i bally, 'with. Bunday; month' $ ,T5
' i ': Dully, without Sunday, month ,0(!
' Dally, without Sunday, om year T.00
Dally, with Sunday, one year........ 8.00
All tcrnu, cash In advance.
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' Offlcea In New York, Chicago, Detroit, Ban
Frahcbtci). Loa Angelea, Beittlt, Portland.
Smudge Smoke
,,, Occasionally these, da;., the pa
pers . mention tho coming of the
football season, along with the taxes
and. Col, Lindbergh,
i. Wednesday, evening about 10:00
" o'clock, tin leading local militarists
nut at sixth and Fir, and passed
tne time of night.
" Dock Lageson, a painless dentist,
""Has' been, promoted to the Plan
' nlng. Commission, ' The appointee
1' not much of a planner as he
was , planning to get out of It.
The womenfolks are all busy ' male.
jng preserves.
"YouF corr; hod the spring halt
three days ' last week, as ha was
, . hit by economy and fixed the heel
, of his own shoes, thereby saving
so ' cents, and expending S3 M for
liniment, In order to keep up his
status' as a pedestrian,' Most econ
omy pans out the same way.
"John Mann has rtd from- Alaska,
where he saw Icebergs; Sainton, and
' Eskimos, and "had the sea-breezes
" flap the legs of' his pants.
The Smith boy,- whose father
used- to be school supt., Is up from
nisco on a visit, and flaunts
mustache of no mean proportions
Something besides the horse races
at the county fair will have to
bring rain this - Sept. and as yet
r nothing to fill the vacancy has
', been, nominated.
Our . Democratic! population Is.
. quite, active, and, holds huddles
I. with Mom Barkdull' almost daily,
and smell victory In 1033, It Is
..hoped a candidate will be named
for president, they can all awal
. low. . If the country should happen
, tq mo out of; luck, and be. af
filmed with a Democrat In the
White. House, It .Is thought' there
would be several prospective . post
masters ShOW UP. ,' i. , .; v '. .
, rTha corn Is. being shook ed,
, throughout ., the" valley, and the,
porapklns . or. maturing, rapidly.
oim, eolleglana . are getting ready
to return, to the various ; campuses.
, ana-the .city will furnish goodly.
quota, .meetly, the. lair, sexl:
Tnev stole police -rounded, up a
number , of (risky autolata the. past
week. t' A pair of highway racers
of? tender-years -wert. chagrined to
think they would race with a state
pollc j car that was not painted
white, but they were tooled. Others
explained the close' pack' In" the
front seat, when there was, plenty,
ot roora, In the back seat. - There
w not : as many. .one-eyed, ids , as
lonrterlr,
Deer have started- runnlna out. In
irons oi auto., in tne nun. Tnra
I ' very : aggravating, as the drivers
gaheralrjr get caught with their
rifles at home. ,
TIM government is matkng i
000,000 bills, but none hay. showed
up 'in' . these parts as yet.
several Willamette . valley papers
last', week cast' editorial slurs at
tile longevity ot the Rogue river
fish question.. Now that the eve:
nlng are getting cooler. It will not
. be "long until the sportsmen "are'
aroused.'' They are behind with
their "arousing." Who can remem
ber the; good old days, when there
was oo national Issue, an Import
ant es the fish Issue.
The local Qals have started wear
Ilia- tiie Eugenie' hats for fall.' The
new mode Is worn cocked pertly
over the right . V- and supposed
i to make tho. wearer; look younger.
On of-the Older, Cllrls. 65, follow
ed directions, and if made' her look
not a day over 87. ,
There- has been a lull' in . the
local walling over everybody, and
everything. Some think this Indi
cates - the depression Is over, but
the writer thinks the ' pessimists
are Just getting their and wind, - 1
i-.-if si . ' ' - '
iIC-. a plane ever heads this way
frpm Europe loaded with bombs.
I pbope It's the Do-X. Detroit News.
" A noted International' ntfnrod" re
ports seeing pink 1st) .bears In the
Himalayas. HerKI .That's nothing.
look1 at the blue ones you can
ace. these days, without going spy
further than Wall Btreei . Bo. ton
Herald,.',
Another paradox Is that only
Rlsves to art become Its master..
Florence (Ala.) Herald.
OEXAljOR McNARY'S anriouncemuriit,., fjyoriiig'a rcSjibmm
J nion of the prohibition amendment to the HtatcH, in both Biir
priKino; and significant.
It is Hurprixing coining at this time, when politically prohibit
tion is not ah issue; and from Oregon's senior senator,' who here"
tofore has always been classified as a "dry."
It is significant because it demonstrates thiit, in Senator Mc
N'ary's opinion, tho tide against prohibition' has" turned; arid' it
is no longer political suicide for a representative of a dry state
like Oregon' to favor a (change.
It is also interesting that the, same day Senator McNary's
statement was, published, that portion of the Wlckersliam re
port should have beert handed down showing the staggering
eost of. crimd in this country, arid, the important part1 iii thiit
cost caused by the ijBth amendment. '- ; ' ' :! '
IT WILL now 'be interesting to see how Senator MeNary'g ex
periment works out. Heretofore the prohibition, issue has,
psychologically and politically, been in the north; very much
like: the. colored' issue in- the south; insoluble legally and
yet, the most vital; force in every local or natidhal campaign.- 1
Just as one drop of colored blood in the s'oiith has raised'the
colored issue,' and forced the individual sd classified into the
negro camp; so one drop of liquor; or one word of ahti-probibU
tion tulk, has in the north forced the individual into tho camp
of the iniquitous wets. ' . ' '
Now will Senator McNary'g prbnoiiiiecmcnt ' bring' dbwri on
his head tlio" opposition of the W. T. U. and btHor radical
dryst And' if it does, will that fact militate against his chance
for re-election, if he decides'tb run again?-.
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fTf ELL, one man's, guess is' probably as good .as another's
. T. Biii oup own idea is that! before Senator McNary's pres
ent terrrf'cxpires; public sentiment wili be even stronger in favor
of, sprou change iri. our present method of handling the liquor
problem;; than' '-'if is' today,- arid that " his' liberal' attitude Will'
later proyij an'asset'ratlior'than a liability; ' -" '";
There are radical drys and radical wets but; as we see it, the
rank' and file' throughout' this 'state'and' th'rbughorit the coun
try, ARE NEITHER'. Nothing ould be stronger than their op
position to a return of ' tie.' saloon ; on the other hand,, tliey re
fuse to accept the rabid' prohl dictum; that the present1 situ'ii
tiqn, with'' its alliance between drganir.ed1 orime. and' the boob'
leggers' trust, is one which MUST BE ENDUKE $,'' AND CAN'T
M CURED OR EtfEN AMELIORATED.' ' ' 1 v
THEY1 believe-a hotter- solution;; not-only ecpnoriiioally but
.morally, oaii'bo and'AUST be devised; And they are de
termined in every way possible to bring this about.
; In thoir opinion, tlia best' way' to bring' this about; is by rc'
subhiittin the 18th' amendment to the states again, throwing it
hack into the melting, pot, and through congress finding . not
the perfect way out; BUT A' BETTER AVA.Y OUT: '
FUGHT 0' TIME
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Prom the Files of The
Mail Tribune
IT7 IS this, sentiment tlmt Senator McNary represents; not as
pro-wet, or an anti-dry; but as a representative of the eitize
as a
ltizens
of this state, who 'boliove that taking the middle of tlio road is
such' a' complex problem; is better' for' therii arid' better! for the
country, than going to extremes! on either side.'
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' Nothing else Increases the value
of affection like being alienated.
New Bedford Times,
The radio has convinced us that
Westing-house knew very little about
air breaks. Thomas (Qa.) 'limes.
One trouble seems to be thst
top rnnny people are abova the law
and not above lawlessness, Stock
on Independent,
1 lateral ' department of ; ttsherlee
Is 1 going to investigate the shrimp.
O'ad to see some government bur
eau take' an Interest In the tax
cajrer. Now Tork Evening Journal.
A Word to the UNw ise; '
T IS unfortunate but nevertheless true that when we all have
LEAST we must give MOST.j V' -
We refer to the community "chest which-will be ut for eon
sideration rio in a few months'. .- -.
Medford,' in common with all' other cities in the country, will
1iavo"morB' 'people' to feed and clothe and' saVe1 from suffering
this wih'tor than ever before. ' :
Those'who havc' glvon in thof past' must' givis more this year.
siinply because' the need is going tb;be greater, we no longer
l'li'it n' nnnil ifl,n - Kut ahidic.
P INSTEAD of a world-wide depression we had had a San
Franeisi'Q earthquake, or a Galveston tidal wave, or a Mis
sissippi flood, not somewhere else but HERE--the need of ex
trudrdinnry action would be apparent to all. ' ""'''
Bill there is nothing drairiatio or soul stirring'abo'ut a dfr
prtSwion;. Nev'ertholehs the emergency is as great; and the need
as acute, as if the situation had brcri caused by a cataclysm of
Nature;-instead of by the oonflint' and' confusion" of e'cbnbrin'o
forces'. "" '": '''" :'" ' "' ' ''' '-. : '"l:'! '
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fVlJT the particular element we are interested in at the present-
tltne' arc those who have been well ABLE TO GIVE TO
LtWAlf CHARITY 1M THE PAST BUT HAVE NEVER DONE
SO, They hnvo been willing to benefit by the community chest
'but' have' never" been willing' to contribute to it. They pride
Ithemselvea on being good business men, tlirifty but they
really are tightwads and darned poor citizens. ' 1
This is' an appeal to them, made early because it is prob
iably going to take a lot 'of argument to'oonvinoe thrtni
The problem will bo to' cbnvineo them that' in not doing their
share at such a time, tlioy are neither good business, men nor
thrifty'. ; ' ' '" "
FOR, we reiJt-ati.this Li n crisis. As beforo stated in this col
umn thm ia lint' irniiii ii hn n trAO.1 paiinlrv fni A YYOXK
tb live in,' u ill ess it is a good country for EVERYONE to live in.
Tl) good buslnosj) man realizes this, and will give all he can' af
ford to give, to aid his fellow citizen, NOT because he is so eager
to get rid of his hard earned cash; BUT BECAUSE he realize
that unlo.-.s our form of government demonstrates this winter
,that it Iff oqual to meeting this emergency, there is grave dan
ger it. won't survive, i 1 i 1
1 A Nl) if it1 fails to survive, then being a good business man
will avail nothing in fact; it will prove a serious handi
cap rather than an advantage.' '
So we urge our shrewdly thrifty friends, to think it over
take stock a bit before they decido thiit failing to do their
share in carrying the load in the future as in the past, is a mark
of good business judgment rnther than a mark of about the
POOREST business judgment CONCEIVABLE!
Dr. Decani, famous balloonist,
snys that from a height ot ten
miles the eaiilt, rest tilea a huge
0lh. We hail no Idea the de
preMMlon waft so notlceable.-.Hos
;ton Herald. ' c
. ;;, , -, -! - -Newport
New street lighting sys
tem Installed ben.
As we It. It, th traffic problem
will solve Itself, Sooner or later
the Installment people will te
back their cars. Dublin Opinion.
M
veryone should dress to suit his
pur. Maybe this Is the reason
Monday' '
. Both ralroadB and ..their- workers
prepare for general strike.
Nippy mornings and warm mid
days herald coming of Indian summer.
watermelon, growers, with a sur
plus,: welcome, raids on their patches,
but object .to. boys destroying- vines
and tearing down fences "out of pure
cussedness," r ; -:" -.,';.'.'.,:; ;
Wheat' straw cigarette papena ad
vance a. nlekei, "owing to conditions
abroad! due to. the war."" - ! .; ..
Charlie Chaplin In "Police" at the
Page. ,.; - ,' :.
Tha Commercial' Club. at. .special
-meet to discuss earning of a sawmill
to city, -: . (,,' . tt '. c - t- vr
Public schools of city to open Sep
tember IB,, owing to Inability of .the
contractor to complete repairs to the
Washington school.
' , Tuesday . ;- .. -.
Citlaens rush to fin their gasoline
tanks, ifor- fear rail; strike . will, cause
a shortage..:
"Vogue" prints an. extensive article
In Its August issue, lauding Thomas
Sweiri of this city, as "a stage en
gineer.": ... .
Owing to. conditions abroad, the.
price i of; typewriter! ribbon . advance
26 cents. . ,, : v
Congress strives to mediate threat
ened : railroad strike, Adamson;. bill
favored,'- - -..: i-
haln on the Somme holds up ad
vance, and Bulgara -flee - Russian
hordes. . ,:,,-;, , i -..
Street car blows a fuse,' and catohes
(Ire in front of Nash Potel,. causing
great excitement until, chemical wag.
on arjrlveB.
,-:'. WedheHday : , ,-'. -,' c:,t.:"-
No gasoline Is :belng- irecelved. la
valley as railroad .-has declared at
embargo on gasoline.
Mall Tribune-.editorial wonders,
what will be the next staple to un
dergo a boost In price: because; ot oon-.
dltlona abroad, due to the war."
aio.000 subscribed for establishment
of a sawmill here., : -t.
Local Republicans rolled by -pre
dict Ion of-Mose Barkdull, Democrat
ic county chairman, timt. 'Woodrow
Wilson will, carry Oregon in Novem
ber.". It is the .contention of Mr;.
Barkdull, that:"more women are. be.
Ing kept out . of war,, than,, a Phlladel.
phla lawyer can qounf.,"., .... i - - . ,,
Condemned , muroerer- in, noisom
prison, spends, last,- night,, ; playing
phonograph record: ''If I Had a Thou-
sand .Lives to Id veV . . .,
, -Thursday . ,,. -
Free beef barbecue to,, open Jnckson,
county fair next month., -, i .
"Dsintv Dorothy Olsh in 'Susan
Rocks the BoatV at the Page.
Hunters shy; at deer hunting,; be
cause' timber' Is dry as powder, and
deer can : hear man coming three
miles. -. "-: .-,.- - - -'.. . .w - '.
"Sweet Caporol" cigarettes stpge
advertising 'come-back' campaign.
i. Oregon , cities launch, ... "Pay,-Up
Weeka."
i The Adarhsori bill,' averting tall
rood strike, passes senate. , -. ,
1 . '. . Friday .... - -
1 Klmer Poss and Trevo Lumsden
leave- for deer hunt In eastern Ore.
Son.' . :-V! ' :c
. A.. S. Rosenbaunt, for eight years
local! Sspee agent Is promoted . to
claim agent position, :
Orohardlsu urged to make special
effort to keep orchards free from
blight. :-f .-, f-n '
. "Fate's Boomerang" movie attrac
tion! at the Star, , .
. Rorae race for, side-bet of $300,
scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
Weather bureau predicts much
needed showers, all next week.
Plans laid for organisation Boya'
band here. , -.
. Saturday
Mr. George M. Roberta and two
daughters return from a visit with
relatives In the east.
Mrs. John Wilkinson has returned
from a visit at Woodburn and Port
land, Ore. - ,
The Medford Choral society resumes
fall rehearsals.
Mrs. E. D. Elwood Is . visiting her
sister In Portland.
Mrs. Clarence Meeker and Mrs, H,
A. Canaday hold a lawn, social.
Mrs. A. 8. Bllton ohanerones a hay
rack ride of the Methodist Sunday
school. - ' .... ,
Mrs. Paul Janney entertains at
luncheon la honor of her sister.
Miss Waulta Carstens entertains
the Serious Ten club at her home.
The afternoon was spent in iancy
work;
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Superstitions
!,., -
Men Abhor Them
(Kansas' City' Star.) '
Once more a writer rises to tell us
pt Winston Churchill as It has been
told of countless other men that he
Is superstitious.' This unjust state
ment Is based on the fact that he
knocks on wood to ward off trouble.
That Is not' superstition; It is a very
proper caution.,, , ,,,, .
w cannot. tolerate superstition.. It
Indicates, a. weak and fearful mind,
We always have done qur best to
eradicate. It wherever we have seen Its
evidence.. We are entirely free of It,
Like Mr. Churchllr and . ot,hers- we
knock on wood pnprpperoccaslons,
and ,assert..lt. Ut.a- sound: principle.
Often when we .have knocked on. wood
nothing has happened to us, which
proves-the case for-the practice.. Its
efficacy, of course. Is in the. fact-that
the j-ltualr-and that ,1a what It Is
land, we trust we do not nave to de
fend ritualism., as- an; elevating force
lq the life Intellectual), simply gives
l,he mind time for, reflection.; Actu
ally It Is ther mind, that -wards, off
trouble, when It. has a. chance- to
work. ,, It; Is to, keep the mind from
running away, so to speak,, every time
it. ,is confronted by an., emergency.
and to. give, it a breathing space to
collect Its forces, to oppoue the trou
ble, that we knock on. wood. -,
' It might serve, the same purpose If
we. stopped to count ten, or turned
around In our tracks three times or
took oft our hat and put It on back.
wards. But these practices lack the
force of tradition, and. are: perhaps
too, conspicuous besides, - Seen, doing
such, things we might be thought
superstitious. But knocking on wood
can be done easily and casually and
without attracting undue attention.
The .fingers can '.wander, carelessly, to
the vest , pocket and lightly tap a lead
pencil. , They can drum unremarked
on your, desk, ,They. can (although
we . do. not recommend, ;ltx;, unabtru-.
siveiy with a toothpick. .
The, few, moments, required;, jtor tha
ritual accomplish) the miracle. The
startled mind,, given this slight .elbow
room,, extends itself , to meet the
problem; It recovers Its .equanimity!
and settles baclc to Its Job,.,. W4 trust
nobody,- after: this.' perfectly , rational
explanation of ther practice, win here
after regard it as a, superstitious one.
But. we have , nothing but pity for
the man who won't wall? under . a
ladder , and shies at,, a, black cat
crossing his path, tie Is a. victim of
superatltlonH poor thing; r,..' - i -
t... . n rT-r- --r- ,;-;-!r, ,,
fcnfl Now It's Camping By Airplane
Says Amelia Earhart: "Women who
might make good mechanics are.
shunted into cooking." Prom nuts
to soup, as It were. Palm ueacn
Post.
Everyone' seems to know this is
buyers' market except the buy
ers. Thomaaton (Oa.) Times.
Another trouble with the depres
sion Is that we have to do with
out so many necessities In order
t5 continue buying luxuries. Thorn-
as ton (ua.) Times.-
: Health vs. Tax Cuts
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f Moles and'OMdrVn, '
till LCI?
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I)
And 1932 looks like a fighting
Sear for thla country, at least, First
comes the disarmament conference
and then the Democrats bold their
convention. Judge.
These world economic conferences
always get along famously until
somebody suggests really doing
poinethlng. Southern Lumberman
I The French people. It seems to
itls. are afflicted with too keen
memories. A. Kc-xl correspondence
forgetting course might be helplul.
jThe New Yorker. -
Suicide Is a national habit " savs
'Phe Literary Digest, And It's one
habit that'a especially hard to break,
once you succumb to It. Southern
Lumberman.
81 nee It's Just come to light that
cannibals refuse the flesh of Invet
erate smokers, we can keep all next
year's campaign cigars to send to
the missionaries. Detroit N.wa. ,
In America, prosperity Is amn
beginning to make Its appearance
1A th hMll.llrtM T , I- UM.ia w-1
V .; "I h slower, nowever, aDout making iu
of, Europe at piespt, Dublin Opm- appearance In the bread lines
I Dublin opinion. ,
Ion.
,At a conference- of the - Marlon
county tax reduction committee with
si county, court member, Friday ,it was
strongly, intimated that health, work
in Marlon county would be one of
Vie target for the tax reducers when
budgets are made, up for the coming
year, xnat this organization would
ba singled out as a target to shoot
at no doubt could be expected as
It has been more, or less fashionable
in. so-called tax reducing circles to
refer to the. health unit as a. tax
eating monster swallowing the in
crement of the taxpayer.
Yet, human health la our greatest
asset and probably the least conserv
ed by public agencies-rat least this
was true up to a, few . years ago.
Careful expenditure, of public funds
is .a, necessity t, times when private
purse. strings ,have been involuntar
ily drawn by, depressed business con
ditions. But there are many county
agencies which could feel the tax re
ducers' .hand with, less harm to the
general public good than the health
unit. Unquestionably the health
movement has resulted in great and
wide, benefits to the people ot Mar
lon county. Especially is Vila true
among the children. Health habits
are being taught to growing boys and
girls and these habits will cling
.through, life to .the, yast.,beneflt. of
our future citizenry.
If there are frills and edges to the
expenditures of the health unit
which may be lopped off well and
good lop t.hem off. But care should
be exercised not to damage or crip
ple' this extremely Important func
tion, of county government.
it moy be that the death of a mole
Is more Important than the life ot
ciuid. It may be that an extra
quarter of a mile of road Is more
essential than the sanitary conditions
wnicn surround our peoble. Pop,
elbly ah advertising budget to finance
cost or printing books urging more
farmers to come here when farmers
here now cannot pay their taxes la
of supreme moment as compared to
prevention of a typhoid epidemic.
remaps an auded appropriation for
a law library may offset the menace
of a smallpox scourge. No doubt It
is more vital that a seal be Dlaced
on a scale at county expense than
nas a mouth breathing child with
aarnoias oe saved from namihie
Idiocy because of IU affliction.
' Yet. It might be well io ,v,
carefully the value ot these few
property rights against the enjoy
ment of ,Valth and all ot the hap
piness which follows In Its wake.
But In the ; tax reduction program,
vital as It may be. the nonessentials
should be scrutinised carefully and
eliminated. The essentials should be
maintained.
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MiuIm ll1,f weia.li r-atnnlnv eauinment and modern high speed air transportation a-. ..... I
' Southern California sportsmen, according to the Western Auto Supply Company, who recemli'il
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of the "Gilmore Lion" carried the party in his plane to Bishop at the bate of the High Siero,. Ti"
im trows uvpecKuii .mc .wwym "'."'- - ............
pected. that B: permanent, federation
reoresentlhg banking, railroad, busi
ness' 'Sn4; farming Interests; will
grow out of the conference,.
To assUit the district group ar
rangements " are also being made
for the formation of a Twin Cities
committee of 100. This Twin Cities
group wUI operate through an ex
ecutive committee and will represent
the business and financial Interests
of St, Paul and Minneapolis and will
work for the .development of the
northwest and especially for the as
sistance of, agriculture In the spring
wheat district;.. ,,.. ,. . , .-.
. Prominent, business men, at the
meeting pointed,, out. that there, was
no organization; for united, coope
rative effqrt; throughout the north-'
west,,, It, 1 the plan of. this pro
posed.;., organization,., to,, co-ordlnato
the work -of the, local and -.state
groups already In the. field., '
t . niw, ntirnofie .of the. orsanlzatlon. Is
assist, te, farmer. In 10 North Da
kota counties.' which, have., suffered
greatly: from, " the,, drouth,,, this sea
son.,. .There, ore., also, Isolated areas
jn , other; . portions,, of the, northwest
where . the,: grasshopper plague has
devastated ..crops.. Anc . then there
are soma, small, areas which; have
also -been . affected quite seriously !
by, the drouth, . This situation, how.
ever, is not considered as. at. all se
rious but at. the same time, there
ore , localities and, there are farmers
that, will need, help, during the com
ing year.- . It la, ,not only . to help
(these, but to plan for.- the .future.
So ,,-that , there ,- can ,be , a unity- of
purpose , and., action for improving
not, only farming; conditions, but
Industry and, business In general
Press Comment
Budd Plan Approved
4
Links Rail and Farm
. j
(St; Cloud, Minn, Times) 4
Northwest business leaders meet
ing In Minneapolis, on Mondav. nnor,
moUon ot Ralph Budd, president 01
ureai northern railway, took
steps towards the building of a great
Northwestern onranlaatiDn fnr t
benefit ot agriculture and Industry.
lorriiory to w covered will Include
Minnesota, North and South Dukou
and Montana. More than DO biiat.
new leaders ot the four atatea at.
tended, tb meeting and it is ax.
if NEED MOKE HOLIDAYS
i The'actlohj'.of' the state -of, Calllor
liia in blowing itself to it six-day gen
eral holiday,, beginning . on Sept.. 4,
-raises ov question that ought, to get a
lot ot consideration in this country.
; That - question, of course, is, "Do
we have enoug,'i hoUdays?" Califor
nia's answer seems to' be an em
phatic "Nol" and California's Idea Is
one that the other states might, well
.mull, over for a while.
.To be. sure, California's . extended
holiday comes more or less . by accl-
dent. On Sept. 4 a big Fiesta, opens
in Los Angeles, with the governor In
attendance. On the next day. the
state fair opens in .Sacramento. The
following day, of course. , Is .Sunday,
and, the, next, day Is Labor Day a
legal holiday anyway. Two days later
comes Admission Day, which Is n
state holiday. .. .....
Thus the action isn't quite as radi
cal, as It looks. Besides, It probably
won t . affect most : business houses.
But It. does point a way which most
Americans, probably, would, be glad
to follow. , .. '.
In the first . place, most people
work too hard and too steadily. De
spite all the current talk about the
American's Inability to use his leisure
time properly,. the simple fact is that
tne ordinary citizen doesn't have a
great deal of leisure to use. We could
all do with a lot more. We have
never really learned the virtues of
laziness.
In t,ie second place. It has been
demonstrated rather painfully In re
cent years that we have been too pro
ductl.e for our own good. Most of
our troubles today spring from the
lact that we make things faster than
we can sell them. We don"t have
enough holidays.
Already It Is quite respectable to
speak of the five-day working week
as a desirable goal. This California
proposition slides right down the
smo alley. You could easily find
some very reputable dollars-ond-cents
arguments In support of the
Plan (Eugene Register-Guard)
PISH, GAME AMI TIIE STATE
POLICE
Superintendent Pray, of the state
police, has asked tho game commis
sion for recommendation of hut
twenty-five men for state police dutv.
of the forty-one heretofore serving as
game wardens and deputies. If that
means a reduction by sixteen men
from the total of the consolidated uo-
lice It Is likely to receive general ap
plause as a measure of economy. If It
merely means sixteen men fewer In
game protection work but sixteen
mora In general police work, there Is
likely to arise protests from those In
terested In fish and game protection.
That la to say, a transfer from gome
protective work to general police
wqrk of sixteen men would hardly
receive general applause.
Tne terms of the law by which the
state police force was created nuke
it possible for fish and game protec
tive administration to be left outside
the general police administration In
the discretion of the governor or his
police superintendent. And thus, far
tlh and game protection have been
left In the hands ot the game com
mission. It need surprise no one It
that arrangement is continued In
practice. Sportsmen's organizations.
well as una.rtill.ted hunters and
anglers, are Inclined to view with
Jealous eye any encroachment upon
the Independence of the fish aatt
game administration.' They take the
view and lt-ls, not' without logic to
support' lt-that' fish" and game pro
tection are' supported by special fees
paid in the form of licenses by hunt
ters and anglers and- by no others, and
that , hunters and anglers arc therefore-entitled
to have the revenue? so
obtained expended wholly, in their in
terest and. under on' administration
that would In effect transfer a con
siderable part of that sum to general
police purposes would be altogether
likely to face formidable opposition.
Representations suoh-as those made
before the game, commission that the
fish are vanishing, from our 'streams
despite artificial propagation a.,d
planting may , bo taken for the pres
ent; we think, cum grano. sails. It all
depends upon. . where ypu go fishing.
Some .streams, along . highways ;and
readily accessible and, which have' not
recently been replanted, are pretty
thoroughly fished out... That is par
ticularly, true, regarding .streams near
Portland, which have received com
paratively scanty attention In recent
replanting operations , and which, are
a good deal past due to receive that
attention. But the evidence Is ample
that anglers, on the McKenzle, the
Deschutes , and. numerous. other
streams have ; been, catching, mors
trout this year than last.. ;.., ,
! on a, fori future day ana wan great
growth in home population and tour
ist, , visitation, we may face a. condi
tion, of ; permanently, depleted trout
streams in Oregon but that oondltion
Is not- Imminent. Anil, the effort to
stave off any such unhappy condition
as that , through protection and thru
artificial planting. Is worth the mak
ing and. worth ... paying for. (Ore
goulan.) ; .- .!,-. . ' . ;
;,- .-,.. -- ' 4-. . , , -
i ... TAX' JUNKERS ?
Bookstrap . economists'- recommend
bond, l6sues to raise money to lend
,to farmers to buy -lumber and build
much-needed Improvements. Lumber
men, fighting for survival, grasp at
this straw. We don't blame the lum
bermen; but we credit tho formers
with more, sense than to encourage
the project. Twelve years ago they
borrowed as a patriotic service, and
haven't extricated, themselves yet.
During, last twelve, years, they have
had billions of .- tax-exempt nioney
shoved at them through governmen
tal agencies, and those who borrow
ed are In far worse fix than those
who got along wUhout borrowing.
The farmer's land Is security for nil
the state and county bond Kmes now
outstanding. If state bonds were Is
sued to lend, him money, his land
would be burdened twice, once on
the loan and again to pay the tax
on the bonds in bc'ialf of those far
mers who were unable to repay their
loans. - , . ,
Running the farmer deeper and
deeper Into debt seems to be the pet
scheme of oonomlc rainmakers who
cry out "something must, be done
right now," and when the farmer
wakes up he finds he was It (Ore
gon Voter).
unemployment insurance v
that classifies both of ',.'
government doesn't owe .J
living or n InK . '
...... ..,, vuu snouia suspect
aoes. wore It not for M
always seeking the disrnn,.
11 Is doubtful if such a radlj
.um Ut UIOUJH Of. But K
non-taxpayers, are allowed 'to
expenditures which the? do r
to pay. they may be trpd
uura io inemseives in
form or other. They have ii
.uS u in mis country for j,
as the forms of the dole art
ally increasing and the pe
...,& iuie ana more to
ui, me government for 1 Uv
may expect the dole to tk
pernicious form as time goes o
""opung me Engllr,, (Jsi
u. nt, ,n cnarny. Enemies ol
ministration and socialists
nuuiu nave goi 11 DUt for HA
sitlon of the presldent-d
uucbw limes.)
' ' .
miners- Day was obstnv
without distressing incident
was sonio passive resistance
cigars and neckties, but no
cases ot violence. The New
cr.
. A professor' of English is
we. shall soon need a new
to describe the speech used
average American. What ibo
American Slanguage? Punch
A writer in the Oregonian defends
the dole system as merely a forii of
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