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PAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1931. , Medford Mail Tribune "Evtrvmi in Southirn Orioon reads thi Mitl Triages" Dtily tod Bundir labUilirt Iff HEnruRD PH1XT1NU CO- ie-tr-s n fit at nam fft , BOBEKT tt KUBU Editor E L. KNAPP Manwar An Indtpendcot Nwippef " Entered u lecorx) elm muter tt Medford. Oregon, under Act of March 8. 18T8. 8PB8CKIPT10N BATES Bw Milt In Advanee Dally, rur IT. 00 DaJlf. month TO Bv Carrier. In Adrtnce Medford, AihliM, Jteksoorllle. Central Point. Pboealx. Talent. Gold BUI and on Hlibvw. Daily, month I Daily, one year 1.50 All lernn, tub In advance. Offletai paper of the City of Medford, Official paper of HcUop County. MEMBEK Or THE ASSOCIATED PKE88 Rerelrimr Kutl Leaied tflfi Ben Ice Tbe AtsoeUted Pren ti neJuslrely entitled 14 tbe me for publication of all newi dlipatehea credited t It or otherwise credited to thti Daper tod ibo to the local new publfihed herein. All rlghte for publication of roedil dlipatcbee herein are alio reterfed. , MKMRKH fly UNITED PKEBB MEM UK It OP AUDIT BUREAU 09 CIRCULATIONS Adwthtm Repretentatlrei IL C MOfiENSEN A COMPANY Offlcee In Ne York. Chlrifo. Detroit. Sao Yinelteo, Lou AwIm. Seattle. Pirtand. Smudge Smoke Pop Gates is again encamped be bind his Model A mustache. Pioneers met at Ashland Thurt. and rebuilt tbe log cabins, and tougbt over the Indian wars. While eating a piece of angel cake. W1U Coleman told how be used to eat hog . and hominy, and walked 7 miles to school, after milking 17 cows and washing bis face In nn Ice cold spring. John Mann acquired a new over coat and haircut last week. The mornings are quite bracing, but are not bracing anything. Bricks for the courthouse are be : ing hefted and viewed by the co. ot., and are a bit too large for bandy throwing. ' Rural residents report that some of their turkeys have been embezzled. The Democrats are finding fault with tbe Hoover plan to circulate 1900,000,000, Just asaU they would not have as good a "ohance to grab some of It as the rascally Republi cans. Another young man, who always kept his pants pressed and his balr combed, Is approaohlng the preaoher at a rapid pace. John Johnson whispered 91000 Wed. It was the first time tbe writer beard of that, much money, since Gain Robinson returned from New fork City, in tbe spring ot 1929. Hillbillies are out and around their bills, and think It will be safe until tbe last Sunday of the deer season. The way the autolata observe nh "Stop" signs, when they have to, Is Very gratifying. Grapes are much In demand for Jelly, to slap on bread neat winter. Bruce Hammond, son of Bob Ham' mond, and brother of another Bob Hammond, and a nephew of Frank Hammond, a sea-going postmaster, celebrated his 13th year on earth last week, and was very dipiomatlo about it, not to say suave. It la understood. from highly reliable souroes, that Mr. uammond has a girl. Tbe Knitted Ensemble Is becoming quite popular among the maids and matrons, but bow they, stretch I The society pages are telling all about the brlde-eleot, but nothing about the groom-nominated, who Is as good as elected. Pairs have started to stand "amid a bower of gay-hued autumn leaves." As a result of the Marshfleld game, tt Is not likely that any Jaybirds will be freed before the opening whistle for some time. A big-bug of the Erie road, will be here Prl., and has screed to buy lunch for the shippers. Several had birthdays last week, whose names we have forgotten as completely as a woman does hsr age. Smll Brltt of J'vllle was eleoted president of the pioneers. This Is the first office Bmll baa held alnce be was mayor of Jacksonvlll for 94 years. CORVlUSlPER BERTH RATE The Corvallls Oaaette-Tlmes, Octo ber 7, editorially saldt The Medtord Tribune takes a whack at Pullman fares. We know of nothing more needing a whaok whether It will do any god or not. If Pullman fares were reduced, It would be a good thing for the rail roads for they would get more traf. Ilo. We can see no reason why the urtax on Pullman fares should continue as It does. Por Instance during the cent-a-mlle farea offered by the Southern Pacific we figured out that It would cost us as muoh for Pullman rare to Los Angeles or San Pranclsco and back, as It would for car fare. Something wrong with this picture, about a third wrong. There are aald to be rudtoa in a third of the homes In America. And all the two-thirds have to do u to tick their beads out of the window. Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. The trouble with the world when ft was flying high was that It gave no thought to the landing problem. Philadelphia Inquirer. About all there is to the political situation Is that prosperity will have to come back before Mr. Hoover can Weston (Ore.) Leader. If you wish to test the boasted tol erance of this age. try appearing among the pajama-clad In a night shirt. Publishers Syndicate What business --m to need Just now is the command, "Cease flrlngl" Christian Science Monitor, Develop Our Winter Sports SCOTTY ALLEN, famous Alaska dog racer and sportsman, will be present at a meeting of the Shasta-Cascade Wonder land Association in Redding, California, October 26th. What is Scotty doing in California t He is interested in de veloping winter sports in Northern California and Southern Oregon. 'T'HE MAIL TRIBUNE has always maintained there is real opportunity in this direction, and perhaps Scotty is the man who can take advantage of it and sell the idea both to' local residents and outsiders. If statistics were available we believe they would show there is in the foothills and mountains of this section of the coast, as much blue sky and sunshine in the winter as in the summer. 'At any rate we do know this : that when the valleys are filled with fog, and for days the sun is never seen, the uplands, no further away than the Applegate, are bathed in an atmosphere of spark ling ozone and actinic rays. . VS7E ALSO know that the greatest deprivation our young people suffer, is the absence of winter sports, coasting, snow balling, skiing, skating, on an eastern trip during the so new and enthralling to them Yet during the winter above, the fog and rain belt, sucb a world exists AT OUR VERY ern Oregon, and throughout the Shasta valley literally a para dise for outdoor winter sports. IF SCOTTY ALLEN can awaken the people of the Shasta-Cas- cade region to their opportunities in this direction, he will certainly confer a great and lasting benefit upon this seotion of the coast. And we know one young lady at least who will place Scotty Allen in that exalted niche in her Hall of Fame occu pied until very recently, by Santa Claus I It Is to TPHE supreme type of humor is unconscious humor. The in- dividual who tries to be funny almost never is.. The indi vidual who tries not to be funny, but becomes involved in a humorous situation, invariably brings down the house. Count over the famous comedians of the present and past, and practically without exoeption they are very serious, often glum, either actually unconscious they are funny, like the Cherry Sisters; or able by their art, like Charley Chaplin and Fanny Brice, to conceal their awareness. As a result many ex cellent jokes have been completely spoiled, by the narrator giv ing the first and loudest laugh. A LL of which is to prepare the way for our announcement, that at the moment, Chicago is the funniest city in the country, or the world for that Why! Because it is trying volved in an essentially eomio world s fair in the offing the Windy City's humdingers aw de termined to convince the outside world that, far from being the wicked and lawless Babylon it hag been repute to be, it is one of the most MORAL AND LAW ABIDING CITIES IN THE WORLD. IMPORTANT visitors from the hinterland are met at the sta- tion escorted along the beautiful water front, shown the mu seums and planetarium, and told ens of America, devoted to the of the home. And believe it or swauow it. A FEW days ago the Mail Tribune received a blurb to this Affnct iUl.. ! xt . . Uv n.io uiuiumg more came a large envelope irom 139 North Clark street, which saved us in the nick of time from tailing back on the editorial scissors to fill out this column. For with the aforesaid blurb here was our perfeot humor Chicago trying not to be funny immersed in a situation essen tially ridiculous. , , . . . i IN THE Clark street envelope were pages dipped from Chicago papers, containing ads for "Billy Rose's Crazv Ouilt" outlin. ed in red pencil from which the following is a fair example : "Nimble Nymphs, Voluptuous Houris, Chl Orteettes, Statuesque ?m.n'ng.,Dam0'"1" P1""x Mannequins bedecked MaZ . "Uophana until the most carping crltle could not blame the boys from Adam, to 'What a Man1 Hudson." And (not marked) on a news page: dr.T'AM r.t,d b mohml UM court,-Beer war In Loop ?.iTVrf .Ptren put m tn P T discommon gang,-four found slsln In South Side Joint." ' our "CHICAGO, ONE OF THE CLEANEST AND MOST t.aw ABIDING CITIES IN THE WORLD COME TO THE BIG FAIR, BRING THE WIFE AND CHILDREN, II With The Paragraphers Ths boom yssrs seem to have been succeeded by others that sound like the same thing pronounced by a chap with hay fever. Boston Herald. Tbe big problem of a Democrats oandldate ! to keep Tammany friend. ly without apesklng to It In puolto. Akron Beacon-Journal, W1U the Cugenle styles for that are sweeplnng the country pre sently be followed by Osndht fash ions for ths well-dressed man? Bos ton Transcript. It might be possible to nonumri. the slogan, "Buy until It hurta." si a means to end the depression, It we did not hurt so easily. Boston Globe. It la rumored that Senator Bnnh would be willing to seek the Presi. dency. There U a general feeling that It would serve blm right. flprlngnsld vuioa. More people then ever are saving money, but It doesn't appear to be the right way Just now to save the country Weston Leader. It seems thst every time ws bave to get down to brass tacks, the darn, ed things are resting point upward. Thomaaton Times. A depression Is a period when peo ple do without things their parents never had. -Minneapolis Star. A lot of the talklee are dumb. Thomas ton, Oa, Times, etc. The greatest kick they get, holidays, is this thrilling world, a world of ice and snow. DOORS. It exists here in South Laugh matter. hard not to be funny, but is in situation. To-wit: With its ' that Chicago is truly the Ath arts, culture and the sanctity not some of the more gullible A New York Judge rules that a novel published recently is not ob scene. The publishers are expeoted to appeal the ease. Grand Rapids Press. The reason another World war would be fatal la because the world oould never survive another peace. Norfolk Vlrglnlan-PlIot. And It begins to look as tho ths next war Is going to be fougbt over the payments on the last one. Judge. Past pontiffs treated kings with much leas consideration than the present one has shown the dues Weston Leader. The true worth ot a men lies about half-way bstween what his wife thinks ot him and what his mother thinks of him. Brooklyn Times. In Arkansas they had to call out 'roops during a revival. Tbafa what you caU ths old-time religion Orsensboio, Oa Herald-Journal. Another of Mr. Hoover's little prob lems Is to find a man who can save the country without steeling the show, Chattanooga Times. Cable save British weather sets Osndhl's teeth to chattering. Sounds like a miracle Dallas News. From Its extent and ferocity, this must be the depression to end de presslons. Norfolk yirgtnlsn-Puot, Today By Arthur Brisbane Why Must We Be Foolish? Are We Europe's Wet Nurse? Two Cataleptic Scare crows, 2 Cataleptic Scarecrows. Observe the Grand League Copyright King Feature Synd., Inc. News from ' Washington is puzzling. You are told that we plan to forgive our Euro pean debtors, if they will prom ise to cut down their arma ments. Why do we do thatf First, we lent them ten bil lion dollars to complete the job of butchering each other. Now we plan to make them a pres ent of the ten billions, if they will cut down their armaments for future butchery. Can you understand thatt What right has anybody to saddle ten more billion dollars on American taxpayers, in or der to make European nations kind, gentle and loving toward each other t Does It make any difference to us how much they arm, or fight, assunv lng that next time we should bave brains enough to keep out of what does not concern usf Does anyone doubt that money due us, and not paid, would be used in Europe for the very armaments that we seek to discourage? The best way to discourage Euro pean armaments la to make Europe pay what she owes, ' If she does that, she will bave less for big guns and poison gas. Let us collect our billions from as many of our dear friends as are not 'welchers," and use tbe money to make this nation secure with air fleets, submarines, a full assortment of explosives end gases, such a should need, In case of attack. The business of tbe American gov ernment is to protect America,, not to be wet nurse, or dry nurse, to EU' rope. Do you think any European nation la worrying about our welfare? Why can't we attend to our own business? Do we elect officials to protect Europe? The truth Is, our International fin anciers stupidly leaded themselves and their customers with foreign bonds, as unsafe as lottery tickets, now droppng In value. High finance wants our foreign debts cancelled in order thst nationals of foreign gov ernments, with taxes Ughtened, may have cash to pay private debts In America, The plan le to make the people sac rifice ten billions in debts that reck less financiers, and fools that bought worthless bonds in Europe, may get back their money. And in the end they would not get it back. Europe's plan Is to first can col the war debts, then to scale downj w wye ouv cne private debts. Those that see this column have read many warnings against the pur chase of doubtful foreign bonds. Why should the pubUo be taxed to make good sucb foolishness? The Colorsdo Psychopathic Hospital Is studying a strange case of cata lepsy. An unfortunate man stands rigid, hour after hour, his arms out- stretohed, never moving. He wss found in that condition In a corn field, his hallucination making him believe himself a scarecrow. Science will deal with him. and perhapa cure him. But who or what will cur this na tion, that assumed a scarecrow atti tude in 1830, and stUl sticks to It? That poor cataleptlo needs only to realise that ,ie Is not a scarecrow, and this nation only nseds to recover from Its fright and realise that the end of the world has not come. We have evetythlng we ever hsd. and It we never get back those ten oilllone lent to Europe, that won't nun us. Ten billions represent only iv per cent of one year's total In come In the TJnlted States. ' We haven't lost our farms, mines, lives, men or money. What are we whining about? why cant we go to work, manufacture, buy, eell, employ and accept the In vitation at the world to be the world's banker? England baa bad ber hundred years of world dominance, which be gan after the battle of Waterloo, and now retires for a rest. Ths next hun dred year ahould be the greatest thst this young nation, possessing every thing In the world but courage, has aver seen. What do you 'think of "The League ot Nations to end war on earth forever," as you read the news from Jspan? Thlrty-two Japanese warships are e;it to Chinese ports, and skillful Japanese pilots, dropping eiploslv bombs, bave killed ti more Chinese, as a further warning. The Japanese know, ss do the other nations, bow to make poison gas that would kill 230,000 as easily as 93, and that you will see proved, If real war starts. The grand League of Nations sits still, holding Its breath, ssylng noth ing. Tbe Japanese aay their action Is Justified because a Japanese officer and two soldiers were killed by Chi nese, and perhaps it Is Justified. But In any case, It Is not our busi ness. We did not kill any Japanese or seize any Chinese city, Tet, with Britain, Uncle Sam Is Investigating, meddling, while the league does nothing. Why does not Uncle Ssm attend to his own business? be hss enough of It. 1 . State Highway Mess (State Press Comment on Causes and Effects of Van Duzer's Resignation) VAN OUZER RESIGNS (Eugene Register Guard! The resignation ot H. B. Van Duz er, for many yeara chairman of the state highway commission, deprives uregon oz its ablest and most de- penoaoie Highway executive at the time wben his firm Judgments are most needed. The appointment of J. C. Alnswortb. Portland banker, to taxe tne place of Mr. Van Duzer Is a good one, but It will take time tor Mr. Alnswdrth to achieve the mastery of highway problema which Mr. Van Duzer bad acquired by years of dili gence and experience. Mr. Van Duzer has not been very won lately, ijixewise ne hss been anxloua to drop the arduous and thankless highway duties and give more time to his own business. But the real reason for his resignation is political interference. For this Governor Meier Is largely to blame ecause of nis willingness to listen to tne mutterlngs of political achem- ers ana malcontents. Highway affairs have been slipping ever since Norblad'a removal of Judge Sawyer In an effort to pay a pouucsi aeot. Meier followed up by removing first Gates, and later Lynch (Norblad's appointee) In order to pay nis political debts. Spauld- mg nse been a trouble maker. Bill Hanley hasnt had time to get his bearings. Van Duzer refuses to buck the grief. The Atnsworth appoint ment shoves an outstanding man into the breach but there should never have been a- breach. The new men In the highway com mission are entitled to all the help tne puouo can give them, but It le going to take time to get adjusted and It la going to be difficult to avoid mistakes. Meier and the med dlers bave made Oregon's highway affairs a mess. People might ss well known that tact. : Perjured Scoundrels Or. Wilson's views Of American Legion Members. (Baltimore, Md, Sun) The Rev. Clarence True Wilson. D. D., ' LL, D., executive secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, said lsst week: Legion conventions are planned ahead ot time as drunken orgies In defiance of the laws the men. as soldiers, had taken an oath of al legiance to support. ... T,he x- soldler who will do that and prao- ticaiiy all of them did It In Detroit la a perjured scoundrel who ought not to represent the decency of the nag unoer wnicn be fought. wen, every man Is entitled to bis opinion, it wiu seem strange to some, though, that the soldiers swore allegiance to the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act when the eighteenth amendment was not ratified until January 18. 1918. and the Volstead act was not passed until October, 1818. But let It pass. Dr. Wilson would probably say that tt Is a technical, lty, and we have already too many technicalities In ths discussion of prohibition. Regardless of technical ities, we have the expression of his opinion that every drinking soldier is perjured scoundrel who ouaht not to represent the decency of the flag." This Is Interesting, elnce Dr. Wilson, by reason of hla official position. Is tbe mouthpiece of a great church. One naturally horjes that this declaration of hla re II ecu the opinion of Methodists In general to no great extend. One would think that any Methodist who does not agree with Dr. Wilson would lose no time In making his disagreement public, for the Implications ot that statement commit the doctor and those who sgree with him to a posi tion that le, to put It mildly, pecul iar. Homelike! Convenient! Modern! Reasonable! HOTEL HOLLAND Medford, Oregon At Slth and Fir streets one block from S. P. depot. Clean, airy rooms. Batti or shower or combination. Strictly fireproof. Excellent coffee shop In connection. Sates $1.50 Up C L. REYNOLDS Owner and Manager FLIGHT 0' TIME FIFTEEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK From the Flies of The Mall Tribune Monday. Henry Ford adopts the eight-hour aay in bis shops. - Boston wins world series chain plonshlp. Fall Dress-Up from October IS to 30. Virginia Pearson In "The Tortured Heart at the Page. Sportsmen petition for a fish cul- t -1st. Germans direct demolishing offen sive against Rumanians. The street lights went out sudden ly and mysteriously, and after two hours It wss discovered the feed line hsd been shot In two by a Court strest boy. TuesUsy. Government distributes feed book on alfalfa to local farmers. Berlin places the "moral guilt" for tbe war on Great Britain. Americans shy about leaving port tor Europe on account of U-boats. Senator Chamberlain addresses democrats at Page theater, . and pre dicts war will not be over before "late In 1818." Federal loans associations formed In valley. Attorney A. X. Clark of Portland, addresses Republicans at Nat, and "bitterly assails Wilson slogan: 'He kept us out of war'." Clark said, "The mothers have started to think, and will not be deceived by such a flimsy plea, however desirable." Wednesday President Wilson, In Bpeech at Long Branch, N. J., declares "vocal end of ,the Republican party seeks war." A. C. Hubbard and son Roland leave for Klamath Falls on business. "Wilson Republicans" start writing letters to the editor, explalng why "they deserted the party of Abra ham Lincoln." "Ashland Mother" writes, "WbII Street Is stoning our president with money. Subscribe to tbe Jackson county Democratic vic tory fund." Miss Bess Bryan will sing "T,be Valley of the Rogue" at Page. Thursday Every resident of Butte Falls turns out to hear Attorney Porter J. Neff make political speech. Hill Hart In '-'The Apostle ot Ven geance" at the Page. Straw vote on the streets of city show Hughes and Wilson even, Vote among 100 women gave Hughes 3, Wilson 87. The Golden Special," composed of what the editor of the MaU-Trlbune called "Tbe Ladles of Wall street" passes through city, and prejudice runs high, throughout state, partic ularly In Portland, where the resent ment against the train was strong. President Wilson holds, "that pres ent prosperity of nation la due to agriculture, not War profits." Friday Medtord to play Klamath Falls at Klamath Falls. Sunshine follows thrco cloudy days disappointing farmers praying for rain. Tax Reduction league Is formed, to consider all public Improvement ex penditures. Bloodiest battles of history now raging along the Somme. Allied fleet lands troops at Greek capital. Hanley for President club formed In Ashland. He was the prohibition party candidate. Valley Jonathans bring $1.75 per box In Glasgow, Scotland. Saturday Attorney Porter J. Neff In address at Jacksonville declares Woodrow Wilson "Is a combination ot Abra ham Lincoln, Henry Clay, and John ths Baptist," and hla defeat at the polls would "lmpertsl the peace ol the world, and the nation." Judge W. E. Crews gives his "sec ond $10 to the Democratic campaign fund." Oklahoma train bandits get "ap proximately nothing," says dlspstch. Medford barbels Invited to attend Presbyterian church Sundsy, and hear Reverend Hogg's sermon: "Sam son's Expensive Haircut." J. W. Jacobs after several years' absence returns to Medford. and will conduct a grocery store at River side and Jackson street. First blizzard of year rages over mid-west. Democratic Ire aroused by refusal ot Congressman Hswley to debate with Mark E. Weatherford of Al bany. This Bank Medford National Bank The Country Editor (8. F. CaU-Bulletln) Our bualnsss seems to outsiders to be cruel one, because we bsve to deal as mere business with sucb sacred things as death and birth, the meeting and parting of friends, and with tragedies as well as with comedies. This Is true. Every man even piano tuner- thinks his business lesds him a dog's life, snd that It shows him only the seamy side of tbe world. But our business, though It shows the seams, shows us more of good man ot bad In men. We are not cynics In our office; for we know In a thousand wsys that ths world Is good. We know that at the end of the day we have set down more good deeds thsn bad deeds, and that the people In our town will keep the telephone bell ringing tomor row, more to praise the recital of a good action than they will to talk to us about aome evil thing that we had to print. Time and again we bave been surprised at the charity of our peo ple. They are always willing to for give, and be It man or woman who takes a misstep In our town which Is the counterpart of hundreds of American towns If the offender shows that he wishes to walk straight, a thousand hands are stretched out to help him and guide him. It is not true that a man or wo man who makes a mistake Is eter nally damned by his fellows. If one persists In wrong after the first misdeed It Is not because shel tering love and kindness were ' not thrown around the wrongdoer. We have In our town women who have done wrong and have lived down their errors Just as men do, and have been forgiven. A hundred times In our office we have talked these things over and have been proud of our people and or their humanity. We are aU neighbors and friends, and when sorrow comes, no one is alone. The town's greatest tragedies have proved the town's sympathy, and have been worth their cost. We are told that a man's height BILLS! BILLS! BILLS! HOW persistently, month after month, corns bills from the grocer baker, butcher, not to mention the landlord, the coal dealer, and a host of miscellaneous tradesmen. In some way you meet them all. But when you are gone when mother Is left alone to struggle lo keep the home for the little ones, bow will she meet the bills? There la a tested and proved plan by which you can arrange now for the payment of a regular Income to your family when you are no longer here. For Information about It, ask Carl K. Grant. District Manager Phone lfilO Howard V. ScTieffel, Agent J, D. Moad, Agent Herbert J. Berrlan, Agent Ashland, Ftione 470-Y Representing METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY COUNT THE YELLOW BOXES Real Proof That Country People Read the MAIL TRIBUNE PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM Will Be Closed Monday October 12 In Observance of Columbus Day ci varies from time to time. He is usually rather short after a long week-end at the seaside. The Hu morist (London). It's nlos to have half ot the world's gold, but bow can a merchant do business If hs hss all the money In town? Port Arthur News. Maybe the Democrats wlU win next time if the boys don't cut loose snd act like Democrats. Florida Times Union. Abstract Service that's r Dependable! When it comes to all matters pertaining to ti tles, we are equipped to serve you well. For 26 years we have been compiling authoritative title .records ..enabling us to offer the finest possible service. Title Insurance Jackson County Abstract Co. 121 E. Sixth St. Phone 41
