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M. C MOIIKNSEN I COMPANT
Oftlces 1 Nea Tort. Oilcan-. Detroit, I
rraoolMO, Uoa Antalea. Seattle. Portland.
Smudge Smoke
Muuae Mulrhead ' old red car need
painting.
T. Bill Issacs hu hung ft nw nignt
sign In front ot hi pantry.
The high points are covered with
now, and the valley visited by rein
Thiol, may wet up tho ground, It U
aid. '
A. Holt let loose last wk. and drank
Calem water,
The deer slaughtering, If any, sea-
eon oloses today, and heavy firing Is
predloted on all fronts,
The l-eyed auto lights are still
-eamin- on the dlewaye.
B. J. Hswty of New York. City, gave
' the writer a box of apples last wss,
through b's able assutant Hugh Ham
lln, who apologized for smallness of
the product, and the taot he had on
an old pair of trousers, and a 1027
bat, at a rakish angle,
Dd Andrews and Ed White met In
front of the letter's establlshmsnt
Frl. and rehearsed the first three
sets and final ononis of "The
Miksdo,"
There Is a decline In the number
who have wandered this far from
borne to starve.
The old folks have quit telling
how hard the time were In 1B99, to
tall how cold the winters were when
they were boys.
Somebody toe Dad Bates' horse
shoes, and be was not out for a
week. We knew a man who took a
boree, and was not out for two years.
Gltzo Shlmoda, 7, was forced to
go to a dentist Wed, and have one
of his bicuspid lined up straight
with the world.
- J, Kort Hall has gone to Oallf. tor
tbt winter against his will and bet
ter Judgment.
Ool. Vorhels Is back at Washing
ton, D. O., and had his ring and a
finger written up In the papers.
The fair sex are wearing their fur
oats, and looking hungry. ,
Jim Mulcahy ot the Espea was a
pleasant caller Thurs. looking as chip
per as ever. He Is going to speed up
the freight trains between here and
Portland he says,
A man was found nearly froae to
death In a cabin In the timber, for
lack ot wood, there being none In
the woodshed.
Sheriff Jennings I now a O rand
paw, and stepping accordingly.
The unterrlfled and aroused De
mocracy . of Jackson county met
Thurs. eve and mapped out plans for
girding their loins In the coming
campaign. All took the pledge, not
to desert their own candidate, for
one offering free phones, or dairy
products without cost to tha taxpay
ers. It Is not thought thsy will
stick by It, ss they never have In the
past, A good democrat would rather
ruin hie own party than hie tradi
tional foe the rascally Republicans.
P. DeSouza was the main spring, and
has kept the fslth well. Owing to the
unemployment there will be no lack
of runners for office. It looks like
there will be at least 900 cft.ndldr.tea
for sheriff.
Overcoat stealing weather la on the
tapis tor the coming week.
Sauerkraut, which all the beanery
oners, spell sour-rout. Is on the mkt.
This la a sign of winter, which will
officially arrive, when Bd Lamport's
front door Is kicked In by burglars;
the Perm Bureau tore blowed open.
wnen it was already open, and
high school boy from Ashland falls
. In ths older at the cannery.
It seems that only those writers
with a past hive a future Thomas
ton Times,
Porhsps Mayor Walker so frequent
ly absents himself In order to show
that he csn always come back.
Weston Leader.
A lot of people who bought "se
curities" are wondering whether they
understand ths English language.
B'nsl B'rlth Messenger,
A crltlo declares that people are
too poor now to read novels. The
real trouble la that novele are too
poor for people to read. Pasting
Show. ,
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Mahstma Gandhi, says an old
timer, used to be a lawyer. Well,
the ways he dresses now, he looks
like a client who has Just paid a
lawyer. Judge.
Anyway, a lot of us will soon be
en our feet againour ahoes have
bout worn out. Thomas ton Times.
At last they've found a use for
the depression. They're forming a
credit pool In It. Ohio Slate Jour-
A bee can rise with three times Its
own weight, says an Insectologies.
Tee, and sit down wtMi about 800
times Its own weight. Thomas ton
Time.
A Paradise for Murderers
QEVERAL month g ago two men were found thot to death in
an office building in Los Angeles.
Shots had been heard, witnesses saw a third man walk hur
riedly away. A few days later thil third man, a former deputy
district attorney named Clark, confessed the crime.
Clark, a clever lawyer, made a plea of self defense. At his
first trial the jury disagreed. At the second trial Clark was
acquitted. ,
A WEEK ago two young women were murdered in Phoenix,
Arizona. Their dismembered bodies were found in two
trunks and a suit case, in the S. P. baggage room in Los Angeles.
A Mrs. Ruth tTudd olaimed the trunks, but when a suspicious
baggage man asked her to open them, she fled with her brother
and disappeared.
Yesterday this Mrs. Judd confessed the crime, through her
attorney. She also claimed self defense, and offered a wounded
hand as evidence. .
e e e e e
CLARK maintained he shot one of his victims, as the latter
pulled a gun ; the other was shot down, as he came at him
swinging a chair.
Mrs. Judd maintains she shot one of her victims, after the
latter had sent a bullet through her hand; the other was shot
down as she came at her swinging an ironing board.
A GUN AND A CHAIR I A GUN AND AN IRONING
BOARD I TWO MEN MURDERED IN ONE CASE; TWO
WOMEN IN THE OTHER I .
Mrs. Judd's attorney asks that his client be triad in Los
Angeles. SMART man I '
Is Communism New?
A LETTER from a subscriber
the following;
"Certainly you are intelligent enough to realize the capitalistic
system has been tried and found wanting. It is as out-of-date In the
realm of modern economics, as the stage coach In ths realm of mod
em transportation. Tho New World is no longer here In America;
ths New World Is In Russia. There they have discovered and put In
praotloe a new oonoeptlon of government which Is as eertalrily the
government of the future, as capitalistic democracy la the govern
ment of the past,"
We have heard this argument so frequently of late, that we
are go'tting a bit tired of it. It is based upon the entirely falla
cious and stupid assumption, that communism, sovietism, so
cialism (or whatever you wish to call it) is a RECENT "dis
covery," something entirely original and NEW.
As a matter of fact communism is as old as the human race.
It was the first form of government adopted by primitive agri
rain tribes. It was the basis of Plato's Republic j the germinat
ing idea of Sir Thomas More's "Utopia") the working prin
cipal of Robert Owen's "New Lanark "i and the aim of in
numerable other schemes of realizing the Millennium, including
"Brook Farm" in this country
Inspiration Sooiety" settlement, established here in this state at
Aurora, six years before the Civil war.
COMMUNISM is not only older than King Tut) it has been
tried, and tried, and tried again. Now Russia may suc
ceed where all the others failed.
But we DO know, and everyone else should know there is
nothing new about it. Communism instead of being a great step
in advance, is, from the standpoint ot human history, i step
back to- the very dawn of civilization.
It is ft form of government
race in a primitive stage of development. That waB why it was
used by early tribes in Europe,
tribes in this country.
And that, in OUR OPINION,
been tolerated so many years in far-off Russia with the excep
tion of China and Darkest Afrioa, the most backward and un
developed country, industrially and socially, in the world.
War a
HERE is an item in the news which throws an interesting
sidelight upon how the airplane has revolutionized mili
tary soience.
Thursday a revolt broke out on the Island of Cyprus. Fri
day it was put down when reinforcements comprising machine
guns and 150 British regulars were brought over from Egypt,
500 miles away, in SEVEN AND ONE-HALF nOURSl
Twenty years ago it would have taken Great Britain at least
a week to have transported this force from Egypt and thrown
it into aotion. Now it is done betvfoen breakfast and afternoon
tea.
What seven planes can do with this small detachment, a
fleet of super planes and dirigibles, can do with an army, artil
lery and poison gas.
We have heard ft great deal about the next war being a wnr
of the air. Well, here you have it in miniature, seven air
planes putting down a rebellion in less than 24 hours.
Capone on the Spot!
IN BEING stunned at his prompt transportation to Lcavon-
worth, Al Capone has nothing on the rest of the country."
As far as we can recall suah immediate action in a criminal
case is unprecedented in American history.
We supposed, and we imagine most other people supposed,
that in spite of his conviction, Al would enjoy his liberty as
long as his money held out.
But here in the wink of an eyelash, both notorious gang
leader and a million dollars, are shipped off to prison almost
before the ink on the jury verdict has had chance to dry,
WONDEP, of wonders! In darkest Chicago, a jury that
couldn't be bought, and ft judge that couldn't be bribed!
Can it bet Has the worm turned at lastt
Mobbe so. Oue thing is certain. Next March there is go
ing to be a scramble in the underworld .to pay income taxes
that will knock Uncle Andrew Mellon 'a eye out.
Homicides may not decline, but tax evasions certainly will.
Here is one law on the statute books apparently that can't be
alibied. There is one crime, that in case of conviction, doesn't
put all the cards in the hands of the criminal.
Sentenced in the morning and, in spite of the usual appeals,
sent off to the pen that night. Scat-face AL gang leader, beer
(not for publication contains
in 1844, and Dr. Keil's "True
We don't know. No one knows.
essentially adapted to the hurann
and by many Amerioan Indian
is why it has gone so far, and
la Mode
baron, multimillionaire the bitter bit;, the spotter on the spot;
the rapper, taking the rapl '
WONDER of wondersl Marvel of marvels!
We only hope Judge Wilkerson and the federal offi
cials will take the precaution for a few weeks, to drive to work
in their armored carsl
P. S. Later. Now the court holds Capone's departure over
until Monday. We thought there Was a "catch" in it.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Laval, of Many Races.
Idaho and France.
Fine Titles, Fine Names,
Venus' Birthplace,
Copyright Kihg feature synd. In o.
An official dinner at the
White House enabled some
American newspaper men to
study and admire the French
visitor, Premier Laval, closeup,
Thore were Qgden Reid, who
owns the New York Herald
Tribune ; Gannett ' and Paul
Block, each owning many news
papers-, Frank Kellogg from
Chicago, and others.
Laval, officially announced
as "the president of the conn-
cil of ministers of France,"
walked slowly around the
White House reception room in
which the guests stood in a row,
slinking hands with each. Mar
shal Petain, called by General
Pershing "the greatest soldier
that France produced in the
war," followed.
Last came President Hoover,
shaking hands with all his
guests, then walking to the din
ing room, with Laval beside
him.
The President looked weary,
and no wonder. A White House
official of long experience said :
"I have seen seven Presidents,
and not one ever worked as
President Hoover works."
m
Premier Laval, and Senator
Borah, side by side, with an in-
trcpreter translating what each
other said, formed an interest
ing oontrast, as far apart as the
buckwheat cakes of Idaho,
from the "bouillabaise" of
Marseilles.
Nswspapsr reporters who write:
"You eeo in Laval's face his French
peasant ancestry," would ohange the
description on closer Inspection.
You aoe In the face traces of many
nations that have sailed the Medi
terranean for five thousand years,
coming in over the Pyrenees, the Alps
and down from the north and east.
Who sees only "peasant ancestry"
In the face ot Iaval, would see only
a peasant woman In the Mona Usa
face.
j j a
Laval's eye Is as penetrating as a
steel drill, and his face tells nothing
ot what he thinks. His smile, re
flecting the sunshine ot the "Midi,"
tells nothing. Don't play poker with
him.
Ke la exactly the height ot Vice-
President Curtis, whose head comes
as high as President .Hoover's shoul
ders. But Laval Is perhaps an Inch
or two taller than Napoleon the First,
more securely powerful than Napo
leon, and be wlU have no Waterloo or
St. Helena.
The democratic Laval had about
him the following gentlemen with re
sounding names: Marquis De Cham-
brun, Duo De Brogllt, Major General
Count De Chambrun, Marquis De
Orruwe, Marquis De Rochambeau, and
Duo De Noallles.
' Perhaps Mr. Laval has heard of a
certain weakness for titles In this
proud democratic country.
The Freich thought they were rid
ot titles In the revolution, but they
were not. Such things stick, for if
you have nothing else to distinguish
you, a title Is convenient. When a
strong lunged servant roars out,
"Marquis De Rochambeau" democra
cy Is Impressed.
It Premier Laval went to China he
would taste blrds-nett soup, or
sharks' fins, and look pleased. Ar
riving here he tasted Ice water, for
the first time, and remarked that It
was "a good cure for a Frenchman."
He didn't say WHAT It would cure.
If his grandmother In the little
Aurergne village near Clermont-Ferrand
could have seen little "Pierre"
with that glass ot water she would
have dashed at him to eave him from
destruction, mixing some claret with
the water, or at least a few drops ot
"fleur d'oranger."
It would hare amased sincere pro
hibitionists to see Laval, with the en-
a
ergy ot ten dynamos; the French
Marshal Petain, straight as an arrow
at IS, and the others, MOT raised on
Ice water or ginger pop, who bare
I drunk French wine all their lives,
and show no bad effects.
Long ago, Disraeli, British states-
man, whose ancestors came out of
Asia, and who made Victoria, Em
press of India Disraeli to whom Bis
marck referred admiringly as "Ths
Old Jew," went to Berlin.
He came back bringing "peace with
honor," casually picking up and add
ing the useful Island of Cyprus, one
of the largest In the Medlterraneon,
to Britain's possessions.
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Now the Inhabitants of Cyprus are
In rebellion, demanding the right to
leave Britain and Join with Oreece.
Britain sends airships with soldiers,
and that rebellion will be squelched
There Is Just enough reality to re
mind you how easily big empires can
go to pieces.
A really Interesting spot on earth
is that Island of Cyprus, with Its
350,000 Inhabitants.
Alexander the Great quarreled
about It, St. Paul and St. Mark
preached on It, Richard the Llon
Hearted married on It, and Aphro
dite, Goddess of Lovs, Is supposed
to have been born of its sea foam,
. The present row Is prosaic, having
to do with an unpopular tariff.
We shall see a real filer when Gen
eral italo Balbo files here from Rome
to represent Mussolini, with a squad
ron of 94 Italian seaplanes on a trip
around the world.
General Balbo, only 85 years old, Is
Mussolini's air minister, and a real
filer.
When he soars above Washington
with his 34 planes, our government
WlU perhaps be Impressed with the
fact that 34 other planes, or TWEN
TL-FOUB HUNDREED PLANES
might some day come on a less peace
ful errand.
What would this country, with Its
pstty "anti-aircraft guns," do to
repel a thousand bomb-dropping, gas
dropping, poison-gas dropping air
planes, piloted by men with no feu
of death?
M. H, Sloan, vloe-presldent of the
Standard Satieties Company, knows a
good deal about conditions, and says
"the worst Is past and October will
probably have been the lowest
month."
More Important, perhaps. Is the
statement by Crates W, McGarrah,
head ot the International Bank, who
finds Wall Street more cheerful.
He Is a good Judge ot the Inside
feelings of high finance.
If you are past 80, all years above
that number are "profit." Life lasts
longer, and because there are old
people alive with weakened resist
ance, deaths from cancer and heart
disease are more numerous. The
heart, arteries, kidneys, liver and the
fighting spirit ot the white blood
corpuscles diminish, as the years
creep on.
There are more people on earth SO
years old now than there ever were.
Not very long ago, In the second
biggest city of France, there was not
a man or woman that had reached SO.
And Montaigne's great friend, La
Beetle, dying, congratulated himself
on having reached the fairly old age
of 38.
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Communications
To the editor:
This committee, composed of tax
payers of division No. 1, of the Med
ford Irrigation district feels we
should elect for director cur best
qualified man, The official duties
performed by J. O. Murphy In past
years lesd us to believe In his ef
ficiency for the office of director.
"Straight legal business," Is our
motto.
The following article from the
Minneapolis Journal of September
17, 1839. gives some Idea ot the es
teem In which Mr. Murphy was held
In Rockford, Minn., where he eerved
ss mayor and In subordinate capaci
ties before removing to Oregon:
The Tillage council of Rockword
will meet Thursday evening to pick
a successor to J. O. Murphy, mayor,
who Is leaving Rockford after living
In Minnesota the greater part of his
lite. Mr. Murphy Is leaving for Med
ford, Ore., where he owns a ranch
and other property.
... , .h luw, I- tr
oounty 50 years ago, moved to Rock-
ford L 18i to engage In the fsrm !
implement buslneas. He began hl, ,
political career In 1818 when he was
elected to the vlllsge council, on
which he served until 10-2. In 1021
ha was chosen Justice of the peace
and tilled that office until 1928. In
March. 1829, Rockford picked blm as
Its mayor. In addition to being
member of the council, Justice of
the peace and mayor, Mr. Murphy
has engaged in the farm Implement
business as local representative of
the International Harvester com
pany." (Signed)
Taxpayers Committee, Division
No. I, Medford Irrigation Dis
trict. Radlobeacon signals to guide mari
ners were first applied In a practical
way off the entrance to New York
harbor in 1821.
FLIGHT 0' TIME
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
From the Flies of The
Mall Tribune
Monday
A warm wind blows from the west,
and rain Is predicted, which will be
welcome to farmers and hunters.
The camoale-n crows hitter
many acrimonious letters from demo
crats and republicans are received
by the editor, who Is charged with
not printing all ths republican
epistles.
Shorty Conrad and Rankin Estes
return from a deer hunt In the Rock
Point country. They got four bucks,
and Estes got lost.
Charles Ray, In "The Deserter," at
the Page.
Delphiniums are In bloom.
Tuesday
The Medford high school defeats
Klamath Falls 87 to 0. Carter Bran
don, Billy Mitchell, and Jess Gentry
did noble work tor the Black and
Red.
Tne police warn parents, that
young girls muat be kept home, or
they will be placed In the city Jail.
pour maias none over 18 years
were rounded up last night at ten
o'clock.
Charles W. Fulton, former Oregon
e-ator, wiu matte tne closing ad
dress of the republican campaign,
and will urge "mothers not to be
deceived by the "kept us out of war'
ory." The Mall Tribune says that
the democrats are not backed bv
Wall street, like the repubUcans, and
will have to depend on the oratorical
efforts of Judge W. E. Crews, E. E.
Kelly, Porter J. Neff, and Mrs. Rose
scniefielln.
Wednesday
Machinery for new sawmill on the
Appiegate ordered by O. J. Semon.
me-iong Republican of Phoenix,
announces his desertion of the ranks
to vote for Wilson, and predicts
"Hughes wlU not get 100 votes In the
two pnoenlx precincts,"
Victory claimed for Rumanians In
iransylvanla.
The much needed rain stlU holds
off.
County court asked to abolish
county engineer, and three deputy
aneriirs to reduce taxes.-
president Wilson given credit by
Talent fruitgrowers for saving this
year's crop.
Thursday
Republican central committee finds
a Cleveland democrat, who "has not
been kept out of war." "Ashland
Mother" scolds editor of the Morn
ing Sun for scoffing at Wilson's
campaign slogan.
"Do our Daughters Run wild." at
the Star theater.
S. 8. Smith, Jackson county expon
ent of republicanism, appeared on the
streets this morning hiding himself
behind a modest Hughes button of
the general dimensions ot the family
wash tub.
Valley Cornice net (4.84 a box In
New York.
Friday
Tom Waterman writes a letter to
the editor stating that he does not
care who la elected president, but will
be glad "when the hubbub Is over."
Germans evacuate Fort Vaux.
Aviator -Carlson attempting flight
from Chicago to New York.
Attorney Porter J. Neff, in address
at Nat, declares "Wall Street has no
visions," and calls on all good citizens
to -'shake loose the Bhackles of great
wealth," by their votes next Tues
day.
Guy Connor's car hit by car driven
by driver blinded by sun.
Saturday
Democrats betting Wilson will car
ry Jackson county, and "leaders ex
pect a consignment of Wall street
money at the last minute to Influ
ence the vote."
Beaver-Portland cement plant at
Gold Hill starts operations.
The Greater Medford ctub will give
supper dansant Thanksgiving eve.
Page theater packed with people to
hear Attorney Porter J. Neff pay tri
bute to Woodrow Wilson. Republicans
charge Attorney Neff has "his eye on
fat federal plum, and Its not the
postmastershlp."
Straw vote taken in Bates Brothers
barbershop gives Hughes 76, Wilson
3.
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Press Comment
- AN AGRICULTURAL REVIVAL .
When the new era ot prosperity
dawns as It surely will reason ex
ists for believing that agriculture and
allied Industries will enjoy a better
position thsn they have In the past
10 or 1 a years.
Agriculture has long bceh a profit
able occupation with many comfort
able Incomes and estates erected upon
a foundation of thrift, work and In
telligent management In the rural
districts It has had Its upa and
downs but the record as a whole up
to the late months of 1030 was good.
The year Immediately preceding the
deflation that took place then were
exceptionally good. In the years fol
lowing, however, sgrlculture has not
been on a level with other Industries.
The distinction Is due to various
csuses. One Is the fact that the agri
cultural houte-cleanlng was not so
thorough ss It might have been at
that time. Politicians started a great
' ' , . . , , .
mu,ch '"Pf8 na,urml "I
men In truth, they prolonged thte
inevitable changes.
That la only one phsse of It. how
ever. Agriculture In many countries
became geared to a tremendously
high pace ot production In the war
days. There was a demand for aU that
ths fsrms could produce and a great
agricultural plant was set In motion.
It wss so huge that It did not con
tract readily when the demand sub
sided. Farm relist agitation slacken
ed the pace of the curtailment that
would have followed In due course,
prolonging the revision for many
years.
But now the picture appears to be
changing. The Industrial deflation Is
well under way and the farmer Is no
longer m the position of being the
only thoroughly deflated occupant
of the economic circle other Indus
tries are gradually falling Into Use.
When these changes are finished, we
sre likely to find agriculture on the
same basis as other Industries with
the prospects of old-time fslr profits
from farming operations.
This does not mean that future
farm revenues are to faU Into the
class of easy money and that large
profits wUl accrue to everyone 'who
owns or operates a piece of land. But
It does mesn that agriculture will re
gain Its place ss a stable occupation
In which those who sre willing to
work Intelligently will receive a fair
reward as compensation.
As in other lines of endeavor, farm
ing Is competitive. The man who can
produce tha most for the lesst wlU
stand In a preferred position. There
will always be some who wlU make
profits that seem unreasonably high
and others who fsU to make both
ends meet.
It Is well to notice, that the pros
pects for agricultural Improvement
are not linked with governmental ac
tivity. It is quite plain now that the
farmers have not been oeneiiiea "
the least by the long harangue about
farm relief. There Is some evidence.
In fact, to show that they have been
harmed.
Viewing the earnings of agrloulture
in the past and the satisfactory pros
pects for the future, this Is plainly
a time In which . foreslghted men
should prepare to take advantage of
the opportunities that lie ahead.
(Sioux Falls Dally Argus-Leader).
Almee Outwits the Mayor
Major J. M. Ourley of Boston pulled
a fast one on Almee semple Mcpher
son Hutton, or at least thought he
did, when he publicly announced
after the evangelist's cat! t the city
hau that the collections taken up at
her revival services would be split
SO-50 with Boston's poor. But he
didn't know Almee. She Immediately
countered with a denial. The mayor
stood-pat. whereupon the blondlned
queen of the sawdust ring comprom
ised by agreeing to split the net pro
ceeds after expenses of the revival
were paid.
It was the fair Almee who took up
the collections and counted the cash.
She it was also who contracted the
expenses and paid the bills. And
as It turned out, sa usual, It was
Almee who slipped one over the
mayor. Some 185,000 people attend
ed the revival. Almee reported total
receipts of only 123,508.30. she re
ported expenses of (23,441.48 leaving
but SS4.82 to split with the poor.
Almee found the mayor ot Boston
almost as easy to work as the mayor
of Portland, both ot whom she utiliz
ed for publicity purposes. Mayor
Curley however, got $32.41 out of It
for the poor, which Is S32.41 more
than Mayor Baker got for the poor
by appearing on the platform with
her. Almee Is a little bit too smart
tor any mayor and makes dubs out
of them all
However, this Is the usual result of
performances Of any kind staged In
the name of sweet charity, for which
civic, religious and fraternal organ
izations are always tailing. They do
the work and are usually left holding
the sack, the promoter gets the cash,
and the poor get little or nothing.
(Salem Capital-Journal),
Intangible Refund "
Prompt action by state tax com
mission to refund 1929 intangibles
tax Is to be commended as a step
likely to restore confidence In the
Integrity of state tax administration
and good will towards an Intangibles
tax law that Is reasonable. Unfor
tunately, the 8 per cent law now
on the books Is even worse than the
5 per oent law declared unconstitu
tional. It Is being questioned In
court.
It Is extremiste who ars responsible
for the state's difficulty In recov
ering revenue from Intangibles, the
extremiste who Insist on high rates
and dragnet inquisitorial provisions.
What thess extremists overlook Is
the fundamental fact that any tax
on Intangibles Is double taxation, In
ths sense that the property represent
ed by the securities Is property al
ready taxed. No large return can be
recovered from Intangibles without
good will of the Intangibles taxpay
ers as a class. To attempt to punish
Intangibles ownsrshlp by special dis
criminations Is to Incite resentment
such as Is reflected In these lawsuits.
Counsels of moderation must be
heeded If Oregon Is going to develop
a maximum revenue from Intangibles
to help relieve real estate taxes. Mak
ing a rate too high drives the bulk
of Intangibles out of the taxing Juris-,
diction. Rates and conditions must
be adjusted to "what the trafflo will
1 Nr" and yield a Urge return.
; Oregon Voter).
EVENING PAPERS PREDOMINATE
Publishers' statements for the six
months ending September 30, filed
with the nmrn! ri-at,- an. ...
Portland newspapers show the fol-
luwmg aany average paid circulation:
Oreirnn .Tnnp i n-
a .. . AVf.lDl
Portland Oregonlan 105,179
News-Telegrsm 81,081
The Journal has at last, after a
nip and tuck race during the past
...o jcuib, paanea me uregonlsn.
which is not so much th- tn.i.-K
of youth, of news superiority or edl-
vwita. C.LCILIULB BS It IS Ot US OOpU
larltV Of the -vintn- naw-n-n .
the morning. Average persons, par
ticularly those residing In cities, pre
fer the evenlnir nan" rn rv..- .
only get the news the day It hsppens.
-w wtwj oavt me leisure to read it.
This Is true all nvr tha
for the 338 morning papers in the
uuiira ouites nave a total circula
tion of 14.434.257 as amln.t titu.
915 tor the 1554 evening papers. The
pivc:tcui-e ior evening papers is such
that they can exist In small commu
nities of a few thousand population
while morning papers hsvs a struggle
In cities ten times their tits
The decimation among morning
papers in the last decade has been
appalling some fifty old established
Journals having either been merged
with rivals or suspended. In Oregon
there are but four morning newspa
pers left and there will be still fewer
In the near future, soma thn-
lng been absorbed by evening rivals
.u in- pan year, me morning paper
is becoming a metropolitan proposi
tion. It was the decline and deat-h of the
Portland Tele-ram tn-t .
Journal Its lesd. The Telegram
claimed some 52.590 clrculstlon when
purchased by the News. The state
ments show that the News retained
some 33.000, for the merged psper
and the Journal -rahri soon
of the wisckage. enough to nose out
v,ruia at wast lor me time
being. ,
The evening paper has today's
news printed today. The morning
psper has yesterday's newj printed
today. Especially Is this true In the
west where evening papese have the
advantage of four hours differential
between Atlantic and Pacific time.
(Salem Capital Jo-fnal.)
f.
Ye Poet's Corner
"God's Splendors."
(By Dorothy K. Conrad)
A dancing, darting crystal stream
Whose tiny stones In the sunlight
glesm
Like shiny new dollars Just from
the mint:
Of wooded luxury their beauty ituat
hint.
The psle green grass beside them
nod, y
Only the feet of the wild dost dare"!
to trod V
It Is a majestic, heavenly eight
To gaze at the stars until late ia
the night.
And to listen to that wild little
brook, -
As It gurgles and babbles by each
little nook.
What was that, a far-away howl?
Or maybe the hoot of a lonely old
owl.
With the dawn, you must stop and
gaze - .
At the big red sun as she com
mences to raise
O'er the stately pines on the eastern
shore
Of that babbling brook that goes
on forever more.
It is a delightful game the little
birds play,
As they dart to and fro all through
the day.
They sing and are happy and free
from want.
For their little tld-blts are easy to
hunt.
I placed my head upon the ground,
and what did I hear
But the steady hoot-beats of several
deer.
As they drew nigh, I ducked for the
brush.
On they came, two fauns, a buck
and a doe.
The old boy snorted; he smelled
a foe.
The little ones hastened to their
mother's aide.
They were weak with fright, but
they never cried.
The buck was uneasy at the first
whiff he got.
He stood as If glued to the very
same epot.
There they stood In the pale morn
ing light.
I cannot describe this beautiful
eight.
And on the day went, like a comet
on high.
When I think of It now I must
heave a big sigh.
For our dear God made all of these
things,
The deer, the birds, the grass and
the crystal eprlngs.
Jg parents
' Nature Interests
. (By Alice Judson Peale)
The summer months have brought
to many children a very real In
terest in the world of living things.
One child has collected butter
files, another has learned to recog
nize nearly all the birds In his
vicinity, yet another has acquired
some pet newts and turtles.
Still another has gathered a mis
cellaneous collection of birds' nests,
fragmente of robins' eggs, pink and
white pebbles, silky cocoons, and
pretty leaves
All these Interests lesd to further
Inquiry, knowledge, and pleasure If
tr child Is given an opportunity
to carry them over Into the winter
months,
His collections should be care
fully preserved. He should have
boxee or ehelves In which to keep
them and any materials necessary
to put them in order.
Such pete as fishes, frogs, turtles,
c - even crickets can be given a
winter home on a window sill.
Cocoons can be hung up In a dry
place where they may hatch to the
child's great wonder and delight.
The child who has been espec
ially Interested In the garden wlU
enjoy helping to put the peren
nials and bulbs to sleep tor the
winter, protecting them carefully
with earth and bedding them down
with straw.
Hs will enjoy, too, helping to
plant the croous bulbs and snow
drops which will pop up mirac
ulously the lawn even before spring
has come.
He may enjoy taking care of a
flower box of his own on the sun
porch, planting what he likes, and
oaring for It himself.
He may be Interested also In ex
perimenting with the seeds he runs
across apple, grape fruit, orange
and lemon seeds may sprout for
him If he has luck.
Nature books which wlU allow
the child to find out more about
the things In which he Is already
Interested are good reading for the
winter months.
4
Somebody or other has Invented a
motor horn which sounds like a
harp, presumably so that the pedes
trisns will hardly notice their trans
ition to a better life. Boston Her
ald. Explorer says the froren Arctics
will be an ssset for the country
owning them. Spokesmanlng tor this
country we'd say we have enough of
that kind of assets. Arkansas Ga
zette. We remain quite unmoved by the
announcement that side whiskers an
becoming a vogue In London. Per
sonally we shsll always prefer our
mutton chops on the Inside of our
face Boston Herald.
Whistling Is a sure sign of a mor
on, a New York professor says, and
we. too. have tried to work when
some one was whistling. Topeka
State Journal.
An Inventive wet offers the argu
ment that a fellow full of beer has
a faculty for getting away from the
subject, which many- psychologists
ssy is all the present situation de
mands. Detroit Ntwa,