MEDFORD irXTL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1932.
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A Bible, with a euahlony black
Morocco binding, has disappeared
from this desk. Xt Is suspected that
the cushiony, black Morocco binding
was too much ot a temptation.
Rudy Vallee, the radio crooner, j
called upon President Hoover Wed
nesday at the White House. Mr.'
Vallee alleges that Mr. Hoover sug- 1
gested to him that he write and croon j
a song about Prosperity, and "rat a
medal." No Democrat not even a
Democrat that writes poetry about
the Garner candidacy could think
up anything so gaily Idiotic. Croon
ing Is a fine running mat for De
pression. see
Australia must be Heaven for a
elvll engineer. They have just oom- I
pieted a bridge across a river, In that
faraway land, with an "Ess Curve" In
the very middle of the span. The
builders of Oregon highways were
addicted to "Baa Curves," and appar
ently made one whenever the notion
moved them, but they overlooked the
bridges, and the best they could do
was an abrupt right angle turn.
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The beauty doctors are now pluck
ing male mustaches, the same as they
do the female eyebrow,
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The work of nailing the hides of
rascals on the sides of the bank, Is
proceeding apace.
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There are 81 millionaires In Ore
gon, according to Boyle's Directory.
The one we know has not had any
money since the war. he says.
Wilson was carried to the hospital
where his condition was pronounced
as undetermined. He was held for
further observation and later It was
found that he was dead. (Press Dis
patch.) But, you Just know every
thing was wblte-aproned efficiency
to the end.
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A lady auto 1st, who has been widely
complimented for her plain and fancy
driving, failed yesterday to get her
nose powdered, before the coroner
suddenly loomed up, unexpectedly.
The farmer ot today Is no simple
Hodge, with a spade, a fork, a cart.
plow and a wisp of straw In his
mouth. (Farm Journal.) .A fair
mouthful.
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Alfalfa Bill Murray, presidential
aspirant, predicts "the country U po
lng to the dogs," and let all patriots
pray the destination will be any kind
of a dog but a bulldog.
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"IN A L1KK SPIRIT"
(Kansas City Star)
It Is .mating how fast some of
the modern novelists csn turn
out their work. We read the
other day of a man who wrote
aa.000 words every week; another
, wrote four novels In six months.
It also would astonlah the auth
ors to know how fast some of
their readers csn read novels, too,
eipeclally those books that are
written at the rate ot 33,000
words a week.
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. There are at present In the neigh
borhood of Sfi candidates for the
various offices, all good men and
true, excepting the pair of lady can
didates. Every mother's eon and
daughter la for efficiency, In box-car
letters, and all the other ennobling
traits and virtues. All have a tank
full of patriotism. In order to con
serve a couple of hsndfuls of hair,
we will state that the remarks herein
before and hereinafter mentioned
dont count as far as the women
folks are concerned. But we do
shoot the following queries at Jte
vested sex:
How do you stand on cannibalism,
lu these days of near famine'
Is Justice being done, or Is It too
doner
What do you think ot extracting
electric power from the Pacific ocean,
bv harnessing the waves, as you
would harness a home?
If you are a farmer, do you own a
wheelbarrow, and, If so. out year
ana modeir
Are you for the home and fireplace,
or the garage and country dancer
Have you any Idea what becomes
of all the grape Je'ly, housewives
make In the fall? Ii rour prowling
around after votes, h.-a anybody of
fered you a hunk of bread with (rape
jeiiy smeared on it? ' -
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H. H. Brown, vice -president Oreat
Northern Railway; "We look for Im
provement In do to SOOO days."
(Pontlac, Mich., press.) A guess, with
plenty of range.
ttyasa- New fountain Installed In
atytaa Pharmacy,
A GarnerHearst Fadeout
J 'HE defeat of the sales tax is a stunning blow to Speaker
Garner. The hard-bitten Texan's well oiled machine,
instead of riding over the opposition in characteristio steam
roller fashion, was knocked for a goal, with its bqlts and gears
scattered all over the upholstery.
It was also a hard blow for William Eandolph Hearst, not
only Speaker Garner's chief presidential support, but the man
who sent a delegation of congressmen to Canada at his own
expense, to see how well the sales tax worked up there. These
distinguished gentlemen were expected to come home and rig
up a similar tax for Uncle Sam. Instead of that they came
home and proceeded to swarm all over the proposal.
As a result the Garner-Hearst presidential boom, at the
present moment, is what is termed in Hollywood parlance a
"complete fade-out."
Minority Rule
' I 'HE federal sales tax, In our opinion, should have passed.
Technically such a tax can be severely criticized, but
PRACTICALLY, as our state gas taxes have demonstrated, it
works out. This sales tax would have raised close to $500,000,
000, easily collected and painlessly delivered. Where this needed
revenue is now to be obtained, it is difficult to see.
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But the victorious majority in the Lower House, are not
worried. What they nre interested in is not securing an equit
able and sensible tax structure, but securing votes for them
selves in the next election.
Opposing the sales tax was poor statesmanship, but good
politics. Even though a majority of the American people may
favor such a tax, the fact remains there is a determined organi
zation opposed to it, and no organization in favor of it.
AS A result, favoring the sales tax meant loss of votes and
opposing it DIDN'T. The sales tax was. defeated for
Aaspntinllv thfl RflmA rpARnn that all efforts to secure prohibition
reform are defeated because an organized minority is always
more effective politically than an unorganized opposition.
Loss of revenue doesn't bother our congressmen, but loss of
votes DO. Theoretically we live under majority rule. But
actually we are ruled by militant and determined minorities.
Brisbane 's Behind the Times!
CPEAKING of the sales tax, it is unfortunate that Mr. Arthur
Brisbane never inoludes Oregon in his perpetual peregrina
tions. The reason, no doubt, is that there is no Hearst news
paper in this state. (Incidently something that CAN'T be
termed an unmixed blessing 1)
Hud the world's highest paid columnist visited Medford
three or four months ago, he would have discovered something
which he only discovered in Florida yesterday. It seems that
a banker down there, enjoying the euphonious cognomen of
Romfh, has evolved a new and interesting scheme of taxation.
He would exempt from all taxation the house in which a man
lives, up to a certain value on bouse and land. In other words
Mr. Romfh favors "shelter value exemption."
ifTPHIS," says Brother Brisbane" is a ohange in taxation
which interests every region. It embodies the exceed
ingly reasonable suggestion, that
on earth a place, that really belongs to him and his children, as
long as they Inst, once he has paid for it. . . . The suggestion,
if carried out, would bring millions to live in Florida. It pre
sents a pleasant change from other plans that would compel
every American, to spend his life pursued by tax gatherers, with
no hope this side of the undertaker's dopartmont."
Whether or not this plan includes the sales tax proposal is
not stated. But as Messrs. Hearst and Brisbane are enthusiastic
advocates of such a tax they could hardly oppose such an in
clusion. '
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IN OTHER words the shelter value exemption system of taxa-
tion, as proposed by J. C. Barnes of Medford, many months
Bgo, and strongly supported in
had to wait three months, and travel 5000 miles to DISCOVER.
Too bad. A holiday visit to Medford would have enlightened
and benefitted Mr. Brisbane, and benefitted and delighted Mr.
J. C. Barnes and the many devoted advocates of his tax plan.
Communications
Invent at Horn.
To the Editor
Thli communication from B.
D. Brlgga. veteran southern Ore
gon attorney, waj In answer to
an Inquiry from the Medford
Realty board, asking for hit
actual experience In handling
real etat loans In this dis
trict. It la printed. In part, as
follows :
In reply to your letter of the 8th
instant relative to my experience In
making Investments and aa to the
securities I would prefer. I would
state u follows:
r.tor over fifty years, I have loaned
money, both In Minnesota and In
Oregon.' While In Minnesota, I loaned
for the American Investment com
pany and others, upwards of 1,000.
000 on real property, and there was
but one foreclosure on the Minne
sota loans and that was to the
benefit of the lender,
I have been In Oregon for 40
years and have been Instrument.
in loaning for myself and others
many thousands of dollars with
real estate as security and never
lost a dollar on such loans for either
myaelf or my client.
I am most emphatically In favor
of Investing In first mortgages on
either city or country real property,
giving due consideration to the
value of the security and the Integ
rity of the borrower.
There Is an element of gambling
In buying corporate stocks and
bonds. In many cases, the earnings
are frittered away In high salaries,
mismanagement, unneceanary expenses
and the lack of business integrity
on the part ot the managers and
promoters. In nearly all cases, we
neither know the managers or pro
moters and the investors have been
In the past, and will continue to
be in the future, the sufferera.
a man should have somewhere
Southern Oregon Mr. Brisbane
What would have been the result
If these Investors hsd Invested wisely
In the manufacturing enterprises ol
the localities In which the investors
reeldef The local Industries, with
this added capital, o o u 1 d have
thrived, furnished payrolls for the
unemployed and made such Indus
tries successful. The money that
should have been used to finance
local enterprises has been withdrawn
from local needs and Invested In
foreign bonds, non-resident corpo
rations and has gone to enrich the
pocket of the high-powered stock
salesmen and to Increase the value
of the mortgage security, securing
the payment of the bonds, and. if
on foreclosure of the mortgage se
curing the payment of the bonds.
no surplus shall have been realtred.
the capital stock would be a total
loss.
If the money Invested by the
lenders In the nogue River valley in
the non-resident corporations and
foreign bonds could have been passed
through the bunk and Used In local
industries ot the valley, there would
have been no depression here. Loans
would have been obtainable from
the banks and from Individuals. It
would have been better for the In
dividual lenders, aa well as better
for the communities In which the
lenders reside.
My Idea Is that the best Invest
ment at the present time Is to In
vest at home to good men and on
good securities and not take chances
on foreign corporations and foreign
bonds.
(Signed) 8. D. BRI0O8.
Ashland. Oregon.
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By Arthur Brisbane
The Big Dress.
What Shall He Croon?
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MIAMI BEACH. Florida,
March 24. The women of Mi
ami have invented a new sort
of dress called "The Bandana
Bib" and all women through
out the nation should know
about it.
It began with a large ban
dana handkerchief, two of its
ends tied around the neck, the
handkerchief brought down
modestly over the chest and
the other two ends fastened in
front to the skirt or baggy pan
taloons. This answers the pur
poses of modesty, covering the
upper front of the body, leav
ing the back and sides exposed
to the sun's beneficient rays.
Now dresses that Imitate the ban
dana, bib idea are regularly sold and
worn by women through the day,
the Idea Is only a bib above the waist.
This Idea will spread, with warm
weather.
Mr. Rudy Vallee who croons his
emotions Into the microphone, says
President Hoover told him "if I could
sing a song that would make the
people forget their troubles, he would
give me a medal." Some one sug
gests a song beginning "My country
'tis of thee, bring back prosperity."
Many other suggestions are offered
Better than a song to make people
"forget their troubles" would be a
song that would make people think
about their troubles Intelligently, un
derstand them and work out of them,
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Of 120,000,000 Americans a majority
are quite ready to throw their trou
bles on the lap of somebody else say
ing, "You take care of them,"
Before the "troubles" end, many
Americans will learn that they must
solve their own. problems, because no
body else Is going to do It for them.
And many, many Americans will dis
cover In sorrow that WORK Is a part
of lire, for which there Is no perma
nent substitute.
This morning, girls big little,
of Miss Harris's school on .v- .ckwell
avenue, In Miami, produced a musical
play, with a moral. The big girls as
"lazy shepherds" that did not want
to work took bars of gold from the
old shoemaker that lived In a hollow
tree. Fairies and gnomes took the
bars of hidden gold away, and the
shepherds had to work harder than
ever. That play would Interest stock
speculators.
It would especially Interest mothers
of girls that are cooped up In the
north, all winter fighting sinus, colds,
Influenza, etc.
Miss Harris at Miami maintains a
school In which girls study all winter
in the open air, and sunshine, sailing
boats on the bay, preparing them
selves for college under excellent
teachers at the same time.
Future generations wilt learn that
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CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OP TONSILS
A teacher In one of the leading
medical schools, with long experi
ence In private and cllnlo practice,
writes:
X note what
you quote about
weather
and season af
fecting the size
of the tonsils.
How long Is it
going to take
the profession
to learn that
the tonsils vary
greatly In size
from time to
time and can enlarge tiver night?
. . , There are three classes of ton
sils. Namely, what we generally
regard as normal tonsils; the hy
per troph fed (with new tissue but
not disease), and Infected tonsils.
Infected tonsils constitute approxl-.
mately 3 per cent of all we exam
ine. The confusion between simply
swollen tonsils and hypertrophied
tonsils Is almost constant . . . and
that confusion Is a large factor In
the tonsillectomy scandal.
Even a good physician can't tell by
the appearance of the tonsils whether
they are Just swollen, hypertrophied
or Infected. In order to make an
accurate diagnosis the physician
must feel of the tonsil with his fin
ger or an instrument which conveys
a sense of its consistency. Beware the
tin doctor who decides tonsils or ad
enoids must come out without trou
bling to make such an examination.
The tonsillectomy scandal Is fading
from our national consciousness now
but here and there the people are so
benighted that nurses or other un
qualified assistants can go out and
round up truckloads or busloads of
children and run 'em through the
clinic to have the tonsils and hypo
thetical adenoids removed wholesale
by the tyroa who haunt such places
seeking opportunity to get a bit of
experience or mayhap an occasional
fee.
Although the medical profession
now takes a more conservative view
of tonsils than In the past, we are by
no means relinquishing the principle
that the successful 'treatment In
many cases of chronic arthritis and
other troubles demands the removal
of a focus or nidus of Infection in
the tonsils. This is not a theory, but
a well established principle of good
sound practice.
The removal, destruction, steriliza
tion of disinfection of such an in
fected area In the tonsil Is not nec
essarily a major operation, however.
Modern refinements of skill and
equipment enable the well trained
physician to eradicate such focus of
infection In the tonslle without sub
the Pacific coast, the gulf regions,
Florida, the Georgia coast and other
resorts of all year sunshine should
be used for "growing" American chil
dren In the winter as well aa for
growing citrus fruits and winter
vegetables.
Some of the thoughtful are revising
their offhand decision that Russia Is
only a terrible warning. It Is thought
possible that a Russian government
that tries every thing and plans to do
everything might not be much worse
than a government trying nothing
and not planning anything.
The Associated Press tells that
Robert P. Lamont Jr., son of an Amer- J
lean cabinet oi fleer, cached Moscow
today, bringing to Russia one of the
"ten gallon hats" well known to our
(Continued on Page Nine)
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jecting the patient to hospitalization
or even to grave hazard. The meth
od which makes this possible Is called
diathermy or electro-coagulation. It
is the method I should choose for
myself If I were suffering from any
chronic disease due to focal Infec
tion in the tonsils.
The complete extirpation of the
tonsils by this method usually re
quires half a dozen or more sittings
at Intervals of several days or a week.
But in many Instances It happens
that the Infection focus is reached
and completely sterilized or disin
fected at the first or second treat
ment, and Immediately the patient
experiences Improvement in the sys
tematic trouble as a consequence of
eradication of the septic source.
When that happens there Is no
particular reason for continuing the
treatment further. Uninfected tonsil
tissue In the throat can do no harm.
The modern method is highly con
servative. The old Spanish method
(guillotine and snare tonsillectomy)
is crude, blind, radical and, in my
judgment, scarcely Justifiable in a
community where modern skill and
equipment are available.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Depilatlnn
You sent me, at my request, a
pamphlet on piles and constipation,
and I am glad to report that after
following out the suggestions there
in I have had excellent results, the
former trouble being much better
and the latter quite corrected. . . .
(Mrs. M. A.)
Answer Readers who wish advice
about either or both troubles please
enclose stamped addressed envelope,
say that you have the trouble ( If you
ao not say so no advice will be sent)
and be sure the signature of your
letter agrees with the name on the
return stamped envelope. We can
not send a reply unless these plain
conditions are complied with. Too
many correspondents neglect to sign
their letters. No matter whether a
stamped envelope Is inclosed, an un
signed letter will not be answered.
The Prairie, the Prairie
Please publish a way to get rid of
Itch. I believe It Is the common prai
rie Itch. . . . (H. T.)
Answer Cuban, Italian, Spanish,
Scandinavian and other imposing
names are commonly applied to
scabies, which our grandmothers
grimly characterized aa Just plain
Itch. Some wiseacres who aim to
beat the doctor call It "seven year
Itch." Scabies intelligently treated
need not last seven days, or if vigor
ously and properly treated as soon
as the rash begins It may be cured
In seven hours. If you have not had
your doctor's advice about it you
cannot be sure your trouble Is
scabies. If you are sure about It,
send stamped addressed envelope and
mention your trouble.
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MEN
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To Enjoy the
EASTER SERVICE
of the
Men's Bible Class
Of the Christian Church
RIALTO THEATRE
Sunday 9:30 A. M. Sharp
JUST ONE HOUR
Men and young men, not attending other Medford Easter services,
are cordially invited to attend this enjoyable affair There will be
double quartet numbers, singing of gospel songs by all present, vocal
solos, organ music and a 15-minute straight-from-the-shoulder, heart-to-heart
talk by W. Ii. Baird I
All Men and Young Men, WELCOME!
Flight o Time
(Medford and Jackson Count)
History from the Files of The
Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Kesri
ago.)
TEN YEARS AOO TODAY
' March 23, 1922.
(It was Sunday.)
Ethel Barrymore coming to the
Page In "Declasse."
Fishermen protest that the fish
are not biting In the Rogue.
Transient who stole a pair of pants
given flTe years In prison.
William Hammett's Baby Grand
Chevrolet stolen.
Hubbard Brothers advertise special
sale of garden tools.
Delroy Oetchell returns from hear
ing grand opera In Portland. Dr. E
B. Plckel and Mrs. Picket aiso re
turn from a musical least.
Copco to have a baseball team this
season.
U. of O. Olee club headed tils way
TWENTY YEARS AGO TOIIAY
March 25, 1912.
(It was Monday.)
William Jennings Bryan favors
Woodrow Wilson or himself, as Demo
cratic nominee for president.
The Commercial club wins a test
suit to determine 11 subscribers to the
Crater Lake highway lund mast pay
their subscriptions. About taooo la
due from subscribers who hoped to
escape payment.
Beef trust found not guilty of vio
lating anti-trust act. Ed Blnnf starts
fighting them, by opening shop.
Valley progressives split between
Roosevelt and the elder LaFollette.
Mutt and Jeff, running for presl-
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bune contest.
Lcs than 100,000 out of work In
nation, federal report shows.
Fifteen people In covered wagons
on tour of coast, psss through city.
Communications
Bad Debts for Good.
To Hie Editor:
While on the subject of plans lor
relief, why not try this one:
, Every merchant has at the end of
the year bills totaling all the way
from 50 to 1000 that he writes off
the books or turns over to a collec
tion agency for collection. Instead
of writing these account off the
books, why not turn them over to
the relief agency for collection by
them, and let the agency use th
money for relief.
- It Is a well established fact that
a person will pay a bill when he
knows the money Is going for charity
when he would not pay to a collec
tion agency.
This way, th emerchant would not
feel that he had lost the msney en
tirely, and that the' right parties
were getting It. R. F. SINGLER.
Medford, March 35.
Jenkins' Comment
(Continued from Page One.)
made during the good years have
been paid out. Everything consid
ered, there .has been astonishingly
little repossession.
The record ol Installment buying
hasn't been anywhere near aa bad as
a lot of other records that have been
made since 1029.
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