MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1931.
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Franclieo. Lot Antilu. Seattle, Pvrtland.
Smudge Smoke
Fall hu came apparently. Bo
has Injua summer.
Many bav colds, and nothing 'to
fight them with.
Wong Duck and a. Fujlmoto were
teen discussing the mess In Man
churia Tuesday. They seemingly
agreed on everything but the terri
torial Integrity of Korea.
Ben Harder has put up some
spiked pipe to keep the weary out
of his windows, after the weary
have gone.
Apple cider Is now on tap, and no
great demand.
There was a frost Thurs. a. m.
Several orchardlets forgot themselves
' and lit their smudgepots.
The olvlo peevlshnoss Is on the
wane A pedestrian can walk the
length of the Main Stem any after
noon, and not get his head snapped
' off more than six times.
Rural residents will soon start
their pig sticking for the winter's
bacon.
P. Scheffel, a deerslayer, while re
posing on a log, was shot in the
beel. Better luck next time, Fred.
The packing season is ovsr, and
mors beans than furcoats were
packed.
The brave and the) fair are akln
nlng out for college.
A local scientist hu discovered
that dishwater will remove nicotine
stains from the fingers. Be made
this phenomenal discovery when his
mate made him wash the dishes, He
reports It does a much better Job
than any of the fanoy drugstore
acids, In trlcomered bottles. Some
of the gals regard the cure as worse
than the stalnj.
Tomus Bwem Is sporting a new
set of becoming mode, the ensem
ble consisting of the usual pants,
vest and coats, all equipped with
the regulation buttons and pockets.
More of the leading citizens have
new suits than lost fall at this
time.
'The Rsnbg. Bros, have finished
their fruit work for the yr.
There Is some talk about the re
turn of beer, as a legal beverage, and
a lot of basement bottling works will
be put out of commission If It is.
Plenty of beer wlU start the inun
dated elnglng "Ach du lleber Augus
tine," It Is feared.
A handful of local lawyers spent
the tall-end of the week at Marsh
field, where the state lawyers held
a convention. The valley contingent
listened to the other lawyers make
a series of speeches, and did their
best work at the banquet noara.
The dull thud of the football Is
once more heard In the land.
A cheerful farmer was In town Frl
hopping.
Young Olen Pabrlck brought down
a mule deer near Lakevlew last
week, with his prowess.
Nellie T. Ross, formsr Oov. or
Wyoming was here Frl.. and knit the
Democrats together for the coming
battle at the polls.
The flanks of Mt. McLaughlin, nee
Pitt, are covered with anow.
The coyotes are pestering F. By
bee's aheep again.
The weather continues fine for
the rank and file, but poor tor
the farmers, and the hunters, and
neither good or bad for the fisher
men. Henry Ford ran Is ao.OOO.OOOth
Ford thru town Mond.
It la only 89 daya until the pump
kins will be disemboweled, to make
room for a lighted candle.
Despite the sad etate of the times,
few clg smokers are rolling their
own.
Governor Roosevelt has recom
mended enactment of a law forbid
ding gangsters to possess maohlne
guns. Enough laws like that, and
any law-abiding gangster would have
to get out of business. San Diego
Union.
. In ports of China persona sentenced
to be executed csn buy their free
dom. A case of heads or tales, The
Humorist. .
You can get a pretty good Idea of
one of the main things the matter
with the cotton Industry by canvass
ing the average clothes-line. Tampa
Times,
This ts a Democratic year. The
Democrats, It may be explained .al
ways have their big year the year be
fore the election. Philadelphia In
quirer. f
We suppose the spy-shy Jape get
out and look under their Islands
very night before going to bed.
Ohio State Journal.
Tet nobody euggests that the build
ing trades could benefit by burning
a third of this year's new houses.
Dulutb Hersld,
Quit Fighting and Get Busy
STATE road work will be the moBt important gingle item of
unemployment relief in Oregon this winter.
This is the job of the state highway commission. But the
commission instead of concentrating as a unit, upon the fulfill
ment of this important task, are fighting among themselves,
about just what should, or SHOULDN'T be done in Portland
and Multnomah county.
PUS is a deplorable situation. The members of fhe commis
sion should forget their internal differences, and start to
function, as they were APPOINTED to function, not for the
exclusive benefit of Portland, but for the BENEFIT OF THE
ENTIRE STATE.
The funds available to the commission this winter should
not all be spent in the northern part of the state, but should be
distributed fairly throughout the state for the need of unem
ployment relief is not confined to the state metropolis but is
state wide.
sees'
IN SOUTHERN OREGON, for example, the Green Spring
mountain road should be improved this winter. The need of
this improvement has been recognized, now is the time to au
thorize it. Suoh authorization would give Southern Oregon a
highway that is sorely needed, and give scores of idle men
steady work.
OUT thus far the members of the commission have been too
busy fighting among themselves, and debating about an
other speedway from Portland to the coast, to pay any attention
to requests for this construction.
Come, come, gentlemen, snap out of it! This depression in
Oregon is not a Portland problem, but a state problem. The
road funds available should be distributed throughout the state,
not in any one section of it. No section is entitled to MORE
than its share j but each section is entitled TO its share, and
each section should be given just that.
Ditto, Above
WHAT applies to the state highway commisvion, applies to
this community and every other community in the state.
The problem is too serious, to waste valuable time and energy,
in fighting over the precise details of solving it.
A week ago we pointed out the necessity of concentrating
locally upon the relief of want and suffering, devoting MORE
money to relief organizations and LESS to the so-called "char
acter building" organizations.
A few days later the officials of the Community Chest made
up their budget in conformity with this suggestion, appropria
tions for the character building units being out down; and ap
propriations for the relief organizations being increased.
QINCE then various people
plaining that the cut was not
with fire in their eyes, declared
Community Chest, unless the so-called oharaoter building organi
zations were eliminated ENTIRELY.
Such an attitude is as extreme and destructive in one direc
tion ; as a refusal of the non-relief organizations, to make ANY
sacrifice, would have been in the
Our answer to them was the
highway commission, "COME,
OUT OF IT!"
A FTER the most oareful survey of the situation,' and pains.
taking thought regarding
of the Community Chest have agreed upon a definite and com
prehensive plan of local relief. It probably isn't a perfect plan.
Plans built by human hands, seldom are.
But we are oonvinced it is a good plan -in faot, an excellent
plan and if given the popular support it deserves, it will solve
the problem of want and suffering in this community, as well
or better, than has ever been the case in the past. '
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CO IT seems to us nothing less
- good citizenship at this time, for everyone to GET TO
GETHER, stop fighting over
the proposed program meets everyone's pet ideas or doesn't,
and for the sake of our community welfare and those who are
going to need, this winter, every assistance that united and har
monious effort can give them, GET BEHIND THE COMMUN
ITY CHEST, AND PUT IT OVER 100 PER CENT STRONG I
Keep Your Seats
CONDITIONS may be serious but there is no excuse for hys
teria. This is no time to squawk and squeal, it ig time to
keep the shirt on and keep the powder dry. So don't shoot until
you see the whites of their eyes. As for those who are yelling
"fire" and orashing over the seats for the nearest exit, don't
worry, if they don't calm down that Irish cop over there will
crack them on the head I
Who said there was no money in the country! Every seat
to every big football game in the country, acoordiug to Grant
land Rice, has already been Bold.
The hard pressed taxpayers of England will no doubt be
glad to learn that President Hoover ig responsible for their trou
bles, or so the DemooraU claim. Following the san e line of
reasoning, he must have caused the Chinese floods.
"In Japan," says the Literary Di
gest, "popular songs live for months
and even years." That's another good
reason tor not wanting to live In
Japan. Nashville Southern Lumber
man. And another thing. Mr. Oandhl
tho It pains us to put It eo bluntly
It's people like you who oauee cotton
surpluses. Detroit Newt.
'What happens to old, broken-
down horses?" asks a correspondent.
They run In races, and we back them.
The Humorist,
' ' '
Traffic in Manila Is bow completely
Americanised and nobody's life or
Umb Is safe, Kolnleoho Seltung.
We have yet to hear of any mathe
matical sharp successfully trisecting
the eternal triangle. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
have called at this oKiee, com'
drastio enough. Some, of them
they wouldn't give a cent to the
other.
same as our advioe to the state
COME, GENTLEMEN, SNAP
every phase of it, the offioials
than a primary obligation of
minor details, forget whether
"It la now possible for a wife In
England to telephone to her husband,
even If he la on the other side of
the.earth," says a writer. Then what's
the good of going to the other side
on the eartht The Humorist.
Despite the rigors of an Kngllth
autumn, Mahatma Oandhl It going
Into the diplomatic conference with
a big advantage over his adversaries,
having no shirt to lose. Kansas City
Star.
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To many a doubtful statesman the
fence he la trying to alt on In these
controversial times must teem to be
constructed exclusively of pickets.
Boston Herald.
This year solved the problem Of
what to do with all the wornout au
tomobiles. The owners Just kept on
using thfm. Nashville Southern
Lumberman.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
What About Silver?
More Taxes? What Kind?
What Japan Did in China
We Need Currency.
Copyright King Feature Bynd. Inc.
What will be the result of
England's gold step, saying to
the pound, "Go where you will,
since I haven't the gold, I can
not give you gold backing t"
Everybody asks that question,
nobody answers it.
What would result if many
other nations should leave
France and Uncle Sam sitting,
each on a huge pile of gold, the
other nations saying, "You
have the gold, KEEP it, EN
JOY it. We shall get along
without it." .
What would happen to sil
ver in that caset
You can imagine the ghost
of William Jennings Bryan re
turning to ask: "Did some
body mention silver?" It would
suprise him to hear serious
Englishmen saying, as they do
today, "Bryan was right, but
was ahead of his time. The
value of silver must be restor
ed. There is not enough gold
to finance the business of the
world. But there is enough sil
ver, and it must be used." .
The extraordinary thing is that no
body teems to know anything. It Is
all a guessing contest. Our great
financiers are at much puzzled at
spring chickens when the first enow
comet. You have teen them putting
one foot in the enow, taking It out
again and wondering.
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Secretary MeUon It making up his
mind about asking Congress for In
creased taxes. Income taxes are high
enough, in trie opinion of those that
pay the taxes.
Retailers oppose a sales tax. which
would be paid by the "little people."
But the little people would pay with
out realising it.
It It to that extent "painless taxa
tion." Senator Borah eaya that Japan Is
breaking the peace pact, determined
"to employ armlet wherever the fer
tile mind of some ambitious schemer
can find an agressor."
When Senator Borah returns to
Washington he will learn that Japan's
action In Manchuria haa not always,
been fairly presented.
The government of Japan did not
break loose In Mukden, shooting Chi
nese, taking the city. That was done,
on their own account by Japanese
soldiers, Infuriated at the shooting
of a Japanese officer and two sold
iers. The three men In the regular Jap
anese army, exercising their legiti
mate functions, were stood against
a waU and shot by Chinese, In Ameri
can gsnster fashion. Then Japanese
officers and soldiers ttarted.
Americana old enough to remember
the sinking of the Maine know that
even peace-loving westerners some
times become excited. The problem
is to smooth things over without
denying justice to China or huroilat
lng the Japanese.
-M
Mony feel that reasonable "Infla
tion" or Increase of currency, with
out weakening the gold standard,
would help this country. It may be
absolutely necessary.
Our federal reserve, admirable In
stitution, unfortunately doesnt work
well In a depression. It will discount
for banks certain kinds of commer
cial paper, extremely plentiful In
boom times. But In dull times the
amount of that paper and Its dis
counting by the federal reserve dwin
dles. The federal reserve in that re
spect It something like a watch dog
that barks until a burglar comes, and
then stops barking.
A way may be found to make fed
eral reserve discounts more flexible,
enabling those that have absolutely
good security to get currency for It
within reason.
W8 NEED MORS MONET. Many
will aay amen to that.
Prime Minister Laval of France will
come her to talk about thlt and
that and money, Including gold. He
will be received politically by this
government and Its president. But
the good old dsyt have changed
Washington. The latch string on the
treasury hsa been pulled Inside,
The United Slates will be glad to
discuss everything with Monsieur
Laval and specially glad to get his
advice, for he knows more about fin
ance) and business than we do. Any
country that can reduce the value
of a twenty-cent franc to four cents
and accumulate four billions la gold,
understands business.
Monsieur Laval will find Uncle Sam
something 'like the British gentle
man who aald that he ate weU and
he slept weU, but when anybody talk
ed to him about work, he came all
over of a tremble.
When anybody from Europe talks
to us about money, wa "oome all
over of a tremble."
About prohibition you win hear
more and more at you approach the
1933 conventions. These things are
to be remembered: You cant change
the prohibition law without the help
of the house of representatives and
In that house there are only about
100 votes against prohibition. You
can't change the law without the
senate, In which there are only about
26 votes against prohibition.
Representatives and senators elect.
ed on prohibition platforms intend
to stick to their Instructions and run
no risk. ,
Ths American Legion, demanding a
referendum, that legislators may
know whst their constituents want,
NOW suggests one way out.
The American Legion sets a good
example to some other Americans by
voting against a new bonus proposal
and new demands on the public
pocketbook.
The legion did not resent Presl
dent Hoover's appeal to their patrio
tism and self denial. They appre
elated his courage In making that ap
peal with 1933 so closs at hand.
FLIGHT 0' TIME
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
From the Flies of The
Mall Tribune
Monday
In order to insure the election of
Woodrow Wilson, the Jackson Coun
ty Democratic committee will wel
come contributions from a dime up.
Glorious Indian summer daya
prevail,
Ned Vilas returns from a trip to
Portland.
Willie Collier, Jr., at the Page In
"The Bugle Call."
Jest Wlllard, heavyweight cham
pion pugilist and Sells-Floto circus
come to town.
Fall plowing delayed by lack of
rain.
Water restrictions removed by
Bupt. Olen Arnsplger. .
Tuesday
Local Democracy rolled and arous
ed by Republican charge, that "the
election of Woodrow Wilson means
the country will be In the European
war by July, 1917."
Dr. Howard returns from Lost lake,
where he saw two deer but shot
none.
O. M. Roberts, candidate for dis
trict attorney, calls on Central Point
votere.
Ralph Bardwell makes trip Lake
O the Woods, and reports a hard
trip, (Ed. note: It tun is.)
Thomas Mooney. now the most
publicised of all American prison In
mates, goes on trial for Preparednesa
day bomb horror.
IS killed In Oerman Zeppelin raid
over England at night.
Wednesday
Jackson county Republicans ignore
challenge of Porter J. Neff and E. B.
Kelly for series of debates over the
county on the 'Issues of the dsy.'
Allies win victories along the
Somme and In Transylvania.
Mayor Gates to auction off live
stock and a Ford to aid war wound
ed. Donations sought for the "starving
Armenians" of cash and clothes.
Willamette valley school teacher
discharged for "pernicious antl
Amerlcsn activity."
Chairman of County Democratic
committee claims "Republicans slan
der donors to Wilson fund." The
elander was: "They beter keep their
dimes for bread, If the war atops."
Thursday
Japanese ladles of vaUey to serve
tea In native costumes at bridge tea,
for the Red Cross.
Charles B. Osy, overcome by plea
DR. I. H. GOVE
Dependable Dentistry
235 East Main, Upstairs
Phone S72-J
Camelo
Cleaners
311 West Main
Our New Safety Cleaning Equip
ment Will Not Harm the Fabric
Phone 1260
HotelMedford
Dinner $1.00
Every Day in the Week
"The Food Is Better"
at the Medford
Nash Reveals
Interesting revelations of the new
automobile science of "silence engi
neering" may be traced in this new
Nash body, cut in half to show many
of the new sound-proofing processes.
Numbered details include the following :
1. Anti-squeak insulating material is
Inserted between metal and wood
wherever these materials meet, as in
roof braces, rafters and netting.
2. Super-strong laminated wood
non-warping ana permanently silent
is used for all lock boards, teat and
cushion frames.
3. Concealed door checks with large,
live-rubber bumpers quiet all doors.
4. An efficient drain pan and hose
prevents accumulation of water In the
rear body quarter.
5. Strong, spiral springs are silenced
by cotton pads, and genuine curled
hair is used in the seats.
6. The metal rear seat tuoDOrt it
of Moee Barkdull for cosh to help
elect Wilson contributes SO cents.
A. F. Noth Is nsmed Espee agent
to succeed A. S. Rosenbaum who Is
promoted to claim agent.
Eagle Point boasta of "a movie as
good as the Page or Star In Med
ford." Local Democrats Irked by Republi
can charge, "that anybody registers
as a Republican Is committing per
jury," and write a letter to the Mall
Tribune about It. The closing para
graph saying: "Mothers I Remember
who la keeping you out of war."
Friday
If the Alllet win the war, the Kai
ser will be exiled to St. Helena.
Broklyn wins National League
championship.
The presidential campaign grows
tropical.
"Welbhard't Nectar" latest prohi
bition drink In Oregon, passes teats.
Rsln deficit for year 9.41 lnchea.
Straw vote of valley Indicates trend
for Wilson.
Rslph Jennings of the Applegate
sells 350 cows to the Central Point
packing house.
Severe frost kills tomato crop of
valley.
11,589 people visit Crater Lake this
season, a gain of 318 over 1915.
Saturday
Medynskl plan again presented to
the city council for action.
"America must care for humanity,
as well as herself In war," declares
President Wilson In Omaha apeech,
Mra. C. M. Kldd Is hostess to the
Le Samedl olub.
Mra. Edwin Janney entertains the
Olrla club.
Mr. and Mrs. "B. J. Polmer and the
Rev. J. c. Rollins return from the
Methodist conference.
A grass fire threatens the home of
S. 8. Smith.
Unleas the Medford high shows
more pep, Grants Pass will beat them
Saturday. Only ten men showed up
ror practice, on the last dsy.
The United States Is going to have
a lot of second-hand European coun
tries on hand if It ever forecloses on
Its mortgages. Ohio State Journal,
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"I Telephoned We Would Be There At Six"
A COURTESY CALL
M
A telephone call is so quick aud resassuring that most
people think of it not only as a courtesy due others,
but a real convenience to themselves and it costs little
Anyone, anywhere, any time from your own telephone, or
from public telephones conveniently located everywhere.
Home Telephone & Telegraph Co.
of Southern Oregon
Secrets of Sound-Proofing
thoroughly Insulated by anti-squeak 1
fabric. , ,
7. Massive steel pillar posts, wheel
house and pillar braces are quieted by
anti-squeak fabric
8. The strong steel pillar poet Is Insu
lated from the frame by rubberized fab
ric to make tht parts permanently silent.
9. Steel-and-wood doors are fully
Insulated to eliminate drumming.
10. Floor boards of five-ply lami
nated wood, instead of metal, stop
rumbling noises. Thick .felt padding
under a heavy rubber mat covers the
floor. . .
11. Strong, ply-wood toe boards,
asbestos sheeted, eliminate motor heat
and sound.
12. Massive steel dash-to-slll braces
are applied to the wood over coverings
of plastic compound and a layer of
anti-squeak material.
13. Front end construction. entJrelv
Press Comment
GAngee are asking county courts
In Columbia and Jackson counties to
dismiss county agents. The proposal
also includes dismissal of county
roadmastera and other functionaries,
all of It in a plan for a drastio cut
of county expenses.
Of course, every dismissal ' now
means one more recruit for the un
employed army. The general clamor
Is an appeal for work to be provided,
not for workers to be thrown out of
their Jobs.
Meanwhile, will dismissal of coun
ty agents be a saving? Are condi
tions such that we must abandon
every Instrument and agency that
makes for progress and advancement?
Many a farmer, of course, needs no
aid from a county agent. Most farm
ers successfully manage their fields
and pastures without aid or sugges
tion from an expert.
But did you ever notice the dif
ference between a county that has
an agricultural agent and a county
that has not?
Have you observed how, where there
la an agent, projects here and there
are In progress, farm meetings are be
ing held, different kinds of crops are
being experimented with, the latest
discoveries of the experiment sta
tions are being tested on farms in
various parts of the county, and there
la an all-round general study of the
agricultural business?
And have you observed that in
counties where there Is no agricul
tural agent, about the same old crops
are grown in about the same old way,
That the processes of yesterday are
about the processes of today and to
morrow and down the sweet by md
by, and that the farm -work Is car
ried on much as grandfather did It?
This does not mean that all farm
ers, or half the farmers. In co-'-Ues
without an agricultural agenW have
failed to modernize. Many If not most
of them are abreast of the times and
forging ahead.
In net, the county agent doesn't
ANY disappointments and sometimes embarrass
ment result from "just dropping in" on folks.
of steel, Is Insulated by heavy paddln,
to prevent viorauon uu iiui
14. Complete interior insulation ol
the body is achieved by coating the
metal panel3 with plastic compound,
over which felt padding is applied to
prevent road hum.
15. Both sides of the dash panel aw
heavily insulated with fiber compojl-.1.-
A f-it tn riiosinatii hear, and
UUll EU1U .Wfc
sound through the hood louvers.
16. Heavy wool paaoing is uppiioa in
the bracing of the upper and side cowl
panels to prevent friction, vibration
and sound.
17. Plastic material and rubberized
fabric separate wood roof rafters from
the metal shell to insure silence.
18. The strong, U-shaped header bat
ia heavily insulated from the roof raiL
19. Roofs are completely silenced
and protected by plastic compound and
rubberized fahnr-
make the farmer farm right. Tha
county agent's best function la lead- j
ershlp. He keeps the discussions of -f
farm crops and crop problems going.
He watches the experiment stations
and applies the new discoveries in .
his own county. Down In Klamath
and Lake the county agents led the
fight that whipped the grasshoppers
lr one of the biggest battles of the
kind ever fought In America.
Everywhere the county agents and
experiment) stations are finding new
crops to take the place of wheat and
other surplus-making product.
(Portland 'Journal.)
RIGHTS ON THE ROGUE
Judge Norton of Medford allays
some of the alarm of the sportsmen
and the game commission when ha
states that there has been no decis
ion vesting rights to the bed of tha
Rogue river In the hands of owners
of the abutting property. There was
an Issue raised In his court by private
land-owners asking for temporary
restraining order preventing miners
from building wing-dams and divert
ing the stream flow of the Rogue.
The temporary order was granted, and
filing of the Issues awaited to bring
the case to trial. The defendants, the
miners, never made answer, so the
matter was never tried and the case
was dismissed.
While this does dispose of the re
port that the matter had been adjudi- .
cated It does not Indicate any final
settlement of the question, which
will remain a moot point and a con
stant threat against fishermen.
Incidentally, so long as there Is the
chance that the riparian owners may
claim ownership of the beds of the
Important trout streams, there will
be general hesitancy about voting
for the closing of such streams to
commercial fishing. If the Rogue for
example may be closed to game fish
ermen through the "no trespass'
signs of wealthy estate owners, there
will be no rush to vote In favor of
closing the stream to commercial
fishing. (Salem Statesman).
Butte Falls Work to start soon on
construction of government hatchery.