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By Arthur Perry.
If tho experts, economist, heavy
thinkers, and commissions who have
labored so mightily, with the mini
mum of results, to cure the Depres
sion will throw themselves Into re-.-
TOrae and endeavor to prclc-g the
Depression, In the opinion of many
it will be ell out and ever by October
10, or at least be showing signs of
crumbling, on the theory that effici
ency might backfire.
EB shot will soon be rattling off
country roofs, pejlroed roosters,
fancy cats, end all other wlU end
ton-e Ufa of the rural ste, u the
Chlriso plKss.nt season itra'sa iklgh.
Cr.iaeno smt-'ilng about the heather,
vis l fsaihcr In their beads-Mr. are
apt to ;c pevpered by a galoot ltfi
A sb-naun. br mistake for a Hungar
lsn partrl ige. Alteady "No Hunting"
signs are getting riddled.
The roguish moon looked down on
us last night In all Its silvery Inno
cence. (Exchange.) There's still a
thrill left in life.
Dr. Shaw, professor of philosophy
at New York university, deolares
that "men who whistle are usually
morons." The cause of all the whin
ing, and It ,1a no longer better to
whistle than' whine.
Tebucana, Tea., Sept. 30. (UP)
Two students who turned bandits so
tnev tJuid continue their studies to
betotre ministers, were under sen
ten tf-day to spend five years each
in piia. "As the fool soweth."
.It has long been the contention of
the undeislgnsd, that the fair sex
were pw runners and unfitted for
windy dUeusslons of the depression,
In the open, or at the bridge tables
or wherever they congregate. After
listening all day to male sagas and
seers and savants predicting all the
variegated forms of eoonomlo disas
ter, ranging from complete ruin to
ghastly famine, it is no more than
right, nban the breadwinner (If he
Dae won any bread, after the bridge
losses are paid) comes home to hear
something other than what he has
been hearing all day. Such, however.
Is not for him. The little woman
goes after the panic, tha gold stand
ard, the federal farm board, the Re'
publicans, and the taxes. She knows
less (don't throw that brick) about
It all, if such a thing could be possi
ble, than the curbstone economist.
They, figuratively, scratch out . Mr.
Hoover's eyes, Just before they tuck
Junior Into the hay. Many, matrons
conimentiy expect to be among the
missing, ere spring comes, and refuse
to have their minds changed on the
subject. A well known cltlnn (name
on llle) argues, thst the way to stop
the ladles from their wslllng, on the
sd state or affairs. Is to laugh at
them gently, of course and not
emit any guffaws In the doing. This
Is Impractical and dangerous, as the
minor contusions of several noses
testily. The president and Mr. Calvin
cooildge urge the womanhood of
America "to be brave, aa they were
during the war." This does not mean
they should start knitting- socks,
westers, etc, etc. etc or the men
will disinter, the 1918 modes prsotl
cally unused. And, It looks very much
nice the Eugenie hat. . heralded as i
harbinger of prosperity, Instesd In
creased the feminine calamity ora
tory. These are Indeed the tuslsn
oholy days of. which the post ssng so
glibly. The womenfolks should cheer
up. .
TIIK MAIL MAN
No words of mine can quite avail
To praise the man who totes the
mail, .
Who trudgea up and down the street
To make our dally Uvea complete,
He wears out endless pairs of ahoes
To bring us little wraps of news
Of Uncle Will and Cousin Ruth
And little Absalom's new tooth;
He wades thru mud and climbs up
mils
To cheer us with tha monthly bills.
And even when the weathers bad
Lays at our doors the latest ad.
Dally he views the selfsame scenes
And lugs the selfsame magaslnee;
He has. In spite of comlo bards.
No time to read the postal cards,
And I suspect that if ha had,
They would not make hi life more
glad.
His heart's a big a all outdoors.
And housewives give him little chores
Like wrenching tops from mason Jars
And cranking unresponsive cars.
In hi own quiet, homely way.
He represents the U. 8. A.
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane)
ALBANY farmers and Merchants
Transport Co- operating trucks from
Portland to thi place and Newport,
opened local office on North Broad
albla street, I
The Demagogues Get Busy
FEDERAL taxes must be boosted. There is a growing demand
that' the increase be concentrated largely in the upper
brackets. .
This is good sense. The tax
most heavily upon those citizens
the level of mere subsistence,
But as usual the loose-tongued and long-haired demagogues
in Congress are clamoring for plscing the entire increase upon
the "idle rich class." whatever that is.
The entire burden should NOT be placed upon the idle rich
class, the rich class, the poor class, or any other ONE class. It
should be distributed fairly among all classes, apportioned ac
curately upon the relative ability to pay.
ANY other proposal is not only undemocratic and unfair, it is
poor business. Instead of helping the working man, it will
injure him, for it will force capital into non-taxable securities,
shatter public confidence and discourage initiative thus ex
tending and aggravating the effects of the depression, further
lowering wages instead of raising them.
In this as in practically all other federal policies the acid
test of 'whether it's right or wrong goes straight back to that
simple formula of T. E.'s, "the square deal."
Anything more than that for any citizen of this country is
wrong; anything less than that is also wrong. As the discussion
regarding increased federal taxes continues, we believe this fact
will be more and more apparent to the rank and file of the
American people. '
England's View of Royalty
THE POSSIBILITIES of an American marriage for the Prince
nf WnlflH nra not fln rAmnt.A flg thpv mitrhr. Hfpm fnnr.lnrls
Arthur Weigall, an Englishman
of Vanity Fair magazine.
As to whether there is any
which would make an American girl Queen of England, Mr.
Weigall says: "I came to the conclusion that there could be no
objeotion whatsoever from an English official point of view."
He declares that the Government of England is a much more
democratic institution than that of the United States, with the
King simply the hereditary head-man of his people, belonging
to no faction. .
... "The monarchy is retained because it provides just this de
tached leadership. Governments come and go, but the King re
mains, closely related to every other Briton by nature, by ideals,
by habits, and by blood. -
"Any feeling that royalty is something essentially separate
from the People is un-English. The man of true British ideals
does not regard the royal blood as having any mystio quality."
Will Liquor Be Issue ?
WAY DOWN on inside pages at the bottom of the column in
, today's newspapers out of sight and hearing is the
faint squeak of Citizen Curran, head of one of the funny organi
zations struggling against prohibition in which Mr. Curran says
that prohibition will be an issue in the next campaign. Of all the
funny, fool statements that have come out of politics in the last
six months this is the funniest and foolest. The great issues in
this campaign are going to be social and economic.
They are going to concern the distribution of wealth from
the large aggregation congested in the east to a more equitable,
distribution throughout the country. Prohibition will have a less
important place in the two platforms in the campaign of 1932
than pensions and inland waterways. William Allen White.
Sundown
ST
'ISLAND GUESSING GAME
Dy Mary Graham Bonnsr.
"It will be a nice, easy gsme," the
Little Blsck Clock explained, " and
Just suitable tor a nice, easy, reatf 1
sail on the Pa
cific ocean.
"The Paciflo Is
living up to the
mesntng of it
name peaceful
today.
"Now I'll ask
the questlona and
I'll give you ne
fine hint at the
start.
"All the Islands
I'll mention will
be In one certain
ocean, so It you
get the name of the ocean right In
the flmt place you wont make any
mistakes after that." -
John and Peggy laughed. ' They
hsd never played a game In just this
wsy before.
They hoped the Little Black Clock
wouldn't make the llrst question too
hard. If thst wss easy the rest would
b all right.
"Where are the Hawaiian Islands'"
ths Little Block Clock asked.
"In the Paclllo ocean." said John
and Peggy at the very same moment.
"Correctl" shouted the Little Blsck
Clock, and now the children knew
they would give the right answers to
the rest of the question, and this
we the way the rest of the game
went John and Peggy answering all
the questions at the same time.
"Where are the Philippine Islands?"
"Pacific ocean.1
"Where are the islands of Samoa
and FIJI?"
"Paciflo ocean."
' "Where Is the Island of New Zea
land?"
"Paciflo ocean.
"Where I the Island of New
Guinea?"
"Pad fie ocean."
"Fine!" said the Little Blsck Clock.
"You both win."
Tomorrow "Weather Prophet."
'
Another swell Idea would be to
plow under every third economist
who hss a cure for what's tha mat
ter With U. Macou Ttlenntuh,
burden should be distributed
best able to pay. At and below
there should be no federal tax,
writing in the October number
technical objection to a marriage
parents
UNCONSCIOUS RIVALRIES
By Alice Judson Peale.
Below the surface of even the most
harmonious and affectionate family
life there 1 a steady Interplay of
rivalry.
Sometimes It Is w,holly unconscious
bresklng through only ocosslonslly
In Inexplicable angers, meann eases
and emotional upset.
Sometimes it Is half-realized but
rationalized on the basis of deserved
grudges and harsh Judgment.
No matter how dearly any pair of
brothers msy love each other, there
la always between them a tundamen
tay struggle for the favored love and
recognition of the parents.
A mother and daughter often un
consciously compete for the love of
husbsnd and father. Father and son
msy stand In the same relation to
the wife and mother.
Where the parents are mature, this
unconscious rivalry in the parent
child relation exists only in the child,
but where a parent haa not solved
the problem of his own adolescence,
he often unconsciously competes
with his child.
A mother who felt that her own
girlhood was lacking In fun and
popularity. In attentions from the
opposite aex, may unconsciously re
sent It If her daughter has these
things. ...
Her resentment la likely to mask
Itself a strictness and emphasis on
chaperonage. . -
The girl 1 forbidden to go to late
parties, presumably on (rounds of
health or propriety, but really be
cause the mother Is envious.
Any on can supply numerous sim
ilar examplea from casual observa
tion. .. ...
Since aome rivalry la Inevitable In
every family olrcle, the best we can
do aa parents Is to examine our own
feellnga critically so a to be able to
check their expression In relation to
our children.
Rivalries between brothers and sis
ters may be used constructively.
Without making the children un
duly conscious of them, without in
any way appealing to competition, we
can use them aa a basis tor e inula-
tics id achievement.
VAUt Malheur Telephone Co.
moved to newly completed MO.000
office and exchange building.
BKAVERTON Charles Bert hold,
local hay. grain and feed dealer.
tos tailed. ?og grain Cleaner,
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
A 21 Billion City.
How Strange Is Gold..
From Chinatown To
China.
Lovely Forgiveness.
Copyright King Feature Bynd. Ins.
If real estate values impress
you, take off your hat to old
Father Knickerbocker of New
York city. New York's real es
tate for taxation is tentatively
assessed over NINETEEN BIL
LIONS, TWO HUNDRED AND
NINETY-SIX MILLION DOL
LARS, an increase of more
than one billion one hundred
million. That doesn't include
personal property or franchise
assessments, which would bring
the total value up to twenty
one billions.
No wonder New York state
and New York city have good
credit in the money market.
One single building, the Em
pire State, erected by former
Governor Smith and associates,
is assessed at forty-two mil
lions. . V
' Strange is gold; "yellow and
cold, scorned by the young and
loved by the old, almost with
in the grave's mould."
First, foreign nations, Including
Switzerland and Belgium, take away
three hundred million of our gold.
Today you read that Japan la send
ing us 30,000,0OO gold. Japan In
tends to cling to the gold standard,
and sends us the gold to protect
"yen exchange against our dollar."
If you don't understand that, you
have plenty of company, In your lack
of understanding.
The English pound went up In
value yesterday. Why?
There I talk of an Increase In Fed
eral Reserve re-discount rates. Why
Is that necessary?
The Federal Reserve 1 not doing
the work it was supposed to do, mak
ing currency plentiful In time of
depression.
The Federal Reserve can redis
count only what la cslled "commer
cial paper." In a depression, when
currency Is most needed, with flex
ible credit, the "commercial paper"
disappears and there Is nothing for
the Federal Reserve to discount,
, How much mora time will be need
ed to make the Federal Reserve more
flexible, that It may Issue currency,
against other values as good as com
mercial paper?
There Is comfort' in the words, "A
dollar's worth of gold to back every
dollar," but It' la possible to have
your money too valuable. Ask the
business men of Niagara Falls. Ca
nadian dollar are worth only 70
cent In American money, and Cana
dian customers are not buying on the
Amerlcsn side.
What applies to tourists from Can
ada applies to Importers of all coun
tries that must use their feeble
money to buy bur powerful dollar
when they purchase goods here.
It Is ssld that 'the administration
In Washington wlU not even discuss
bl-metallsm or putting silver back to
It old respectable price. The gov
ernment believes that gold Is the best
basis for' our country's monetary sys
tem, that Britain and other Euro
pean countries have abandoned the
gold standard only temporarily.
However, atlver has been good
money for five thousand years. We
have plenty of It, and It la generally
admitted that the nation, a a whole
and a Individual, needa "mora cur
rency." Uncle Sara's revenue In a year Is
oft one thousand million dollars.
Governments, like Individuals, sud
denly lose their credit when they
really want money. They can get
all they want when they dont need
it.
Borrowing may not be so easy, and
opinion on bl-metallsm may possibly
be revised "temporarily." .
Fifty years ago in New York there
lived a small boy, son of Tom Lee.
Chinese, and Christian woman. He
was a Baptist, nominally, and edu
cated at New York University. Today
that boy, under the name of Frank
W. Lee, Is foreign minister of China.
Hta career recall on older, more
Interesting Mongolian. Attlla, king of
the Rune. Attlla got hi Idea of
Christian civilisation, such as It waa.
fifteen hundred year ago. In the
olty of Rome, went back to his native
Mongolia, returned to terrify and
override Europe, until he died sud
denly oa the night ot hi marriage
to a young girl named Ildlco. He la
uppoeed to ban been poisoned by
her.
Canon Roger, cbaplaln to King
Oeorge, says the nations should adopt
a doctrine ot forgiveness and Uncle
Sam abould lead a "constructive
Vgjl BY FREEMAN LINCOLN KFwk
BYXOP8I8: Tteo me lovs 8am
Bhtrrill PsaJ Abbott, owner of '
(As Express, and Freddy Uunton,
reporter on the tame newspaper.
. fins wants' fo marry Abbott be
cause ehe needs money, but the
lovee Freddy. Peak a it. her to
marry him. on a business Vaeie.
Bam manaoee the financial affaire
0 her half-brother. Neleon, and
her itevlather. Fourth Alder eta.
Fonrth It fanatical about eocial
pretttce. which addt to Sam't
alarm when the Unas her half
brother dancing at a restaurant
with Uartha Oivene. the maid of
all work at the etable where the
three live elnce Fourth loet the
family fortune. Freddy ealle Sam
from a danoe to aek her to marry
htm that nlaht. She telle him that
he would lone hie freedom, and ehe
would continue to be poor and re
fueee him, "Vd hate to tell ,ou .
loners I'm notno," he save, turning
away from her.
' - " Chapter 5
SUDDEN LIGHT
A RENT you even going to say
good night properly?" Sam
asked.
"No." Freddy did not turn as he
strode from h-r down the platform.
"1 most certainly am not!"
Fifteen minutes later Sam re
joined Peak Abbott at their table
in the Cricket Club. Peak . i with
surprise: "Why, Sam, where are
your flowers?"
I "My flowers? Oh, I took them
off." Sam glanced at her shoulder
where the spray . of orchids had
been, and then up at Peak, her eyes
wide and dark. "They got crushed
somehow." ,
On New Year's afternoon Fourth
Alderaea gloomily took himself off
to pay his respects to Eugenie Frye.
Fourth was not happy In . his pit
grimage, for be felt that his self-
respect suffered with every visit to
his most profitable customer.
It was not that the rich widow
was, herself, to blame. Eugenie
Frye bought books In greater quan
tity than all the rest ot Fourth's
customers put together.
He realized, however, that sales
manship played no part in the mat
ter. It was obvious that Eugenie's
Interest lay not at ajl In books, but
rather In the man who sold them.
On New Year's afternoon Fourth
was particularly perturbed. He told
Eugenie frankly ot his fall from
wealth to poverty, and he dealt con
rlncingly with the many humilia
tions that poverty entailed.
Eugenie, a stout, middle-aged lady
In an expensive, unbecoming dress,
ducked In sympathy. "It's a shame.
An outright shame!"
Fourth drew a long breath. "It
Is all ot that. Consider, (or In
stance, my present position. The
mortgage interest In my house falls
due on the fifteenth of this month.
It I can;t meet tt, and I see no way
to meet it, my daughter, my son.
nd myself will be without a place
to live."
The widow got to her feet "I'm
going to lend you the money, and
you can pay it back when you like.
Now please don't say no. Mr. Alder
lea." Fourth seemed to shrink. His
eyes fell. "What ran I say?" he
asked In a low tone. "I may as well
admit that If you hadn't been kind
enough to offer, I should have
asked."
She was pleased. "Of course
you'd have asked! Ijt will make me
happy to feel that I may have been
some good to you and your family.
How I would like to meet your fam
ily." Fourth's gate remained en the
carpet. "You must coma out some
afternoon to tea."
"May I? You don't know how I
want to see you home. Do yon ac
tually mean It?"
"Of course I mean It You must
sympathy" In dealings with other na
tions. Uncle Sam was "constructively sym
pathetic" to the tune of ten billions
of dollars, and was called "Uncle
Shylock" for his pains. Forgiveness
has been In the Lord' Prayer tor a
long time but not In active us.
Franc never forgave Germany for
taking away Alsace and Lorraine,
which had previously been taken
from Germany. French and Oerman
mothers will not forgive the killing
of their son. ,
Forgiveness has Uttl to do with
world affair, but Intelligence should
teach men that war doesn't pay and
persuade them to abandon It.
A suit brought against Otto. H.
Kahn. well known New York banker.
I thrown out of court for lack of
proof, a slander action Included In
come out soma afternoon this week.
I'll arrange it,"
They were silent (or a time.
Then Eugenie said, almost shyly:
"Life 1 a funny thing. Isn't It."
Fourth shrugged. "I suppose It
Is." '
"It's really awfully funny when
you stop to think of It. Take as.
for Instance. You have a nice fam
ily and lots of nice friends, bat
you're unhappy because you haven't
enough money. With me It's the
other way round."
"What do you mean?"
"1 mean that 1 have plenty ol
money, and I'm terribly unhappy."
"Unhappy?" Fourth stared tt
her Incredulously.
"Yes." She nodded. "I'm that
way because 1 haven't any family,
and I haven't any friends not the
kind of friends you have, Mr. Alder
sea. That's what 1 mean by Its
being so funny about you and me.
Each of us has something the other
wants and hasn't got" She shook
her head. "It seems sort of wicked."
Fourth's eyes widened as he
looked at her. "Yes," be admitted
heavily, "I suppose It does."
Fonrth sat In his roadster a long
tlms before Eugenie's door, fighting
a rising tide of aeir loathing.
Eugenie had said that each ol
them had something the other need
ed that It seemed wicked It was
so. What had ehe meant? He shiv
ered and stepped heavily on the
starter.
To Sam, New Year's Day seemed
unreal. She realized vaguely thai
she should be terribly unhappy be
cause of what had happened on the
platform ot the railroad station the
night before. Somehow she was
not. Her reasoning tried to tell
her that she and Freddy, In admit
ting their love, had reached the end
and not the beginning ot things. 'It
reminded her that she and Freddy
had parted definitely; that he wai
going away and never coming back
Sam admitted to herself thi
truth ot all those things, but It
spite of them she was utterly hap
py. .
The mere fact ot love, she felt
was enough to make anyone happy
It came like sudden light In thi
midst of darkness. Sam basked li
It, and was grateful.
She was conscious ot a new toler
ance toward those about her. Aa a
consequence, her remarks to Sonny
concerning Martha Glvens were
very different than they might have
been twenty-four hours before.
Fourth bad gone away after din
ner to pay his call upon Eugenie
Frye. leaving Sam and Sonny In the
living room. Suddenly she spoke.
"I saw you the other night. Nel
son, she said gently. "Yon didn't
see me, but I saw you."
"Uh?" He looked up at her un
willingly. "What?"
"I say I saw you the other night
at tkat Chinese restaurant on
Market street. You didn't see me.
You were dancing."
Nelson slowly laid down his book.
Aa Sam watched, the color In his
face became a dull brick red, and
then a dead white. He got up from
the davenport-
Sam nodded. "Yes, you were
dancing with Martha. She dances
very well, doesn't she?"
Nelson stared at her for a long
moment, almost unbelievingly.
Then he shrugged, In an effort at
Indifference. "Well," he demanded
slowly, "what about It, What are
yon going to do?"
(Copyright, Freeman Lincoln)
Bern makes hr attitude clssr to
Nftlion, tomorrow, and Is herssif
amazed by Fourth.
the case being declared fraudulent
by the court.
Leaving sslde the merits ot ths
esse. Mr. Kahn Is to be congratulat
ed upon preferring a fight in open
court to a private compromise that
might avoid unpleasant publicity.
M
Workers In Lancashire, In serious
rioting, brandish club, shouting:
"Remember 1914 to 1918." They
mean that the country for which
they fought then ought to feed them
now.
The rioting Interests Oandhl fol
lowers In India. Lack of unemploy
ment In Lancashire la due to the boy
cott that Oandhl has placed on Brit
ish good.
"fhe farm problem no appears o
be how to make one stalk grow
where two grew before .Norfolk Vir-tuuau-FUot,
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed iiter pertaining Co pmonal health and hygiene, not to dUea,
dlagtuwis or lrreatmnt wiu be annered by Dr. Brady If a it a raped telf
ddretAtd envelope U endoMd Letter should be brief and written In (ok.
Owing co the large numbfi or lt-Uer received only a few can be answered
here So reply ct?n be toad- to queries not conforming to Instructions,
addretvt Or WUilam Brad 10 ear the Mall Tribune.
A GARDEN IS A PL
An Indian girl came under the
care of Dr. E. R. Hardin, health of
ficer of Robeson county. North Caro
- Una. She had a
silk dress and
pellagra, and on
questioning her
the doctor learn'
ed that she had
an excellent diet,
She denied that
there waa any
thing deficient
about her food.
But Dr. Hardin
knew his busi
ness. By patient
ol oss-q uestlonlng
he finally found out that the girl's
regular diet waa of a character that
la too popular among the poorer folk
In the south. She lived on white
bread, molasses and meat. She knew
she ought to have other foods, such
aa fresh vegetablea and milk, but she
wanted to save money for a silk
dress. Pellagra Is due to a deficiency
of Vitamin P. The late Dr. Goldber
ger of the United States health ser
vice, whose studies of pellagra and
Its cause and cure constitute one of
the great achievements of American
medicine, called the pellagrin's diet
the "three M's" meat, meal and .'mo
lasses. One might get some Vitamin
B out of fresh meat, possibly even a
little Vitamin C, but all the meat,
meal and molasses In the country
will scarcely furnish enough vitamin
to keep a small rabbit In a healthy
condition, and as for Vitamin F,
there's positively none In such food.
Often the meat is mainly salt or pre
served, even canned, meat, and that
Is even worse than fresh, meat, so far
as furnishing vitamins is concerned.
There must be a reasonable pro
portion of fresh vegetables and
greens, fresh milk and fresh eggs,
butter, and fresh fruit in the diet to
prevent pellagra.
In Robeson county, north. Carolina,
an investment company has a project
which will contribute much toward
the prevention of pellagra. The com
pany operates twelve thousand acres
of farm land there' and in Scotland
county, with three hundred tenant
families. This year each of the ten
ant families is required- to. have a
first class garden; one-fourth acre of
garden for a one-horse fatnily;. one-
half acre If te family operates two
horses. Any tenant who falls to cul
tivate his garden in first class order
Is required In his contract to vacate
the premises. Next year the company
expects to oompel every tenant fam
ily to keep pigs and poultry.
One landowner down there said he
could not persuade a certain tenant
family to cultivate a garden or to
keep a cow. They considered that
too much trouble and preferred to go
to the village each week, and buy
white flour, meat and molasses, on
which they believed they could sub-,
slsfi well enough. All the family soon
showed the ravages of pellagra.
' Town and ' village dwellers who
have the ground and the means and
the ambition to. have a garden of,
their own are doubly blessed with i
Communications
. Local Women Are Insulted
To the editor:
May I please, through the columns
of your paper, express my opinion of
an Incident which occurred upon the
streets of Med ford? I feel that many
others will agree with me.
We see many placards stating, "This
Is a Great Country." . Of course -It Is,
we all agree to that. The best in the
west. And X think it should be (and
is for the most part) made up of
persons who tend to build up the
character of Medford, though there
are a few who try to tear it down.
This morning a postal employee
came out the rear door of the post
office, stopped on the sidewalk i
moment to talk loud and boister
ously with an acquaintance. As he
came opposite a car wherein sat two
women and a girl his action (toward
the man he had been talking to)
were quite shameful. A few steps
farther he r topped and called loudly,
"Hey, Bill," st the same time thumb
ing his nose which latter action was
repeated three times before reaching
the large mail box tr. front of the
post office, from whicn he took the
letters, then returned to the rear
door of the office.
In my opinion, such actions ate
a disgrace and detriment to our
beautiful little city, as well as ex
ceedingly embarrassing to passersby,
and a poor example to set before
children.
A READER,
(name on file)
September 30, 1031.
YtUM twTtTIKf
9urrv
(VI
. Pony from BrajU," sajs r"ufl.
"woold suit in to a 'T.'
So let's go to sn auction sale ana
ee what we can see.
We'll buy one cheap arid ride It
bark to good old Pleasant View,
And there we'll play like Indians
oq (be awnaUi, jiut tt tvo,"
. ST
Brady. M. D.
ACE TO GROW HEALTH.
health, for in the first place there is
no exercise or recreation more
healthful for man, woman or child
than gardening, and In the next
place there is no kind of food more
beneficial, corrective or protective
than the gseena, relishes and veget
ables one raises tn the little kitchen -garden,
or the more pretentious gar
den on the vacant lot or out on the
roadside. . f
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Disinfecting a Well
I have heard that carbolic acid
purifies water. I would like to know
how much to put in a well 25 feet
deep. The water has been tested and
found to be pure, but It has an iron
taste ...
Answer I know of no convenient
way to remove Iron or Iron taste from
well water. To disinfect a well of
average capacity, say 3000 gallons,
this method Is most practical; first
dissolve half a pound of fresh chlori
nated lime in a gallon of water. After
this has settled, add one ounce of
the clear chlorinated lime solution?
to the water In the well each evening'
for perhaps a week, or until a taste
of chlorin becomes noticeable in the
water next morning. Such disinfec
tion of well water is not permanent
la effect If the source of pollution
remains unchecked. Repeat the dis
infection process in two or three
weeks.
Chiggers
The Mrs., baby and I enjoy taking 1
the Model T out where the black
berries grow. We frequently encoun
ter a pest called "chlgger." This last
week I picked two quarts of berries
and I estimate four quarts of chig
gers. (J. J. M.)
Answer1 Pulex penetrans, sand flea
chigoe and chlgger are all the same
parasite, almost Invisible to the nak
ed eye. The female (as usual) pene
trates the skin and burrows beneath
the epidermis, depositing her eggs In '
the burrow, after ths fashion of the
well known but oft -a unrecognized
itch mite. The Irritation often pro
duces wheals and papules resembling
hives. Anointing the surface with
kerosene (coal oil) or carbollzed pe
trolatum relieves the distress. If you
can see the little brown Insect with
the aid of a lens, dig It out with a
heated needle and dress Vie little
wound by a smear of iodln and some
aseptic cover.
Running Sore of Leg '
One of your correspondents report
ed that the lodln ration had appar
ently brought about healing of a
running sore of the leg, which had
been there 25 years. My grandfather
often prescribed iodides internally
for just such chronic leg ulcers. Hans
Epplnger has recently reported cases
In which such chronio leg sores are J
due to local myxedema or hypothy
roidism. Your lodln ration may have
been less of a coincidence than you
think. (J. P.. M. D.) 1
Answer Thank, you, Doctor. Any
way there can be no harm in taking
suitable lodln ration, in such a
case.
(Copyright John P. Dllle Co.)
Flight 'o Time
(Medtord and Jackson County
History From the Files of The
Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 ea--s
Aso.) -
. TEX YEARS AGO TODAY
October 2, 1921
' (The Day Was Sunday)
The Mall. Tribune will broadcast
returns of the world series gsmes be
tween the New York Giants and th
Yankees.
Thrift schemes of government
scored by Bankers' sssoclation, s
blocking return of prosperity.
Jobless New Yorker commits sui
cide for tesr he will be sent to North
Dakota farm to work.
Discovered that though Jackson
county won the eweepstakes at the
state fair no booster literature. The
county court and chamber of com
merce were caught "asleep for once."
The Ku Klux Klan of Texas, to be
probed by federal investigators, fol- t
lowing a series ot tar and feathering
expeditions.
Roy Gardner, escsped train robber,
who sent President Harding a letter
seeking clemency, receives letter from
president, through San Francisco pa
per, scknowledglng receipt of plea.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brown, Eagle
Point, return from visit to Illinois.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
October I!, 1911 . ,
(It Was Monday)
Msyor Canon issues proclamation
ssttlng forth and proclaiming Med
ford day at the county fair.
league pennant, when Christy Mst
thewson hurle a 3 to 0 game against
xirooatyn.
County fair opens smld general
showers.
Turkey seeks Intervention of Euro-
pesn powers In war with Italy.
Freight train Jumps the track at
Glendale. and Portland Oregonlans
are delayed.
Chick" Bowltn, Medford boxing
pride, to do battle at the Nat.
Robert Fowler, aviator, to start an
other trans-continental flight, and
"confidently expect to conquer the
high Sierras on the second try."
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