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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD 1ATL TRIBUNE, UEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SPRIL 17, "1932. TXQE STT ' UEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE twtM w soumars Orans mdl tho Mail Wanna" Dtlli Stent satunttr PuMlilMd ei HZDPOIIU PMNT1N0 CO. w n t ftone ti gOBEOT HUUU editor I U KNAPP. alanwar ' Ad lodapanoaftl Nrwpapol Eetarod u aaeooS elus nattor at Madford Oram Kxtol Acl l tores . Hit. BIJBaCBIPIIOM BATES tr Mill II Adrasca Dtill, Mil IT.00 Dallr, swots Bi Carrlor, Id Attune Medord, Aabland, . JsciaoorUlo, Canlral PolDt. Pboaols, Talaot Uold Bill snd. oo lltibvara. Dailf, . 0)OoUl I D Dallr, on rail 180 All toreu, cub lo adianeo. Official pipel ol U Cltr of Medlord. Official paoai ol JaekJoo Counlf. UESIKES 0' THE SSBOCIATKU PkE&S Baeelrlns full uaaod Win Smleo lb AJfoeUttd Pre to axelualralr antltlod to 1 lb om for publleitloo or til om dliptlehw traduatf to It or aUiervtaa credited In tola popar tod aiao to tno loral nrva putillihed herein. All rbjhta for publleatloo or apaclal dkpetebaa feorala are aiao r waned MEllBEH Ot UNITLD PKK89 MIMBCK OP AUI111 BIJHEAO OP CIUCULATIONB Adrartlilng rtepraaooutl'aa H. C HOIJB.NBES k COMPANY Ofrietl In Kro York. Uileaio. Detroit, ass fraoelMO. Lao Antelte, Beattla, Portland. uiyut Ye Smudge Pot By Artnnr Perry The wood! are full of political wild men, nuking tingle-handed flghte for Blghteousness.and calling each other Old Meanlea, horae thlevee, hen rooat robbers, eklnnera of the poor, toola of Wall St., and hireling of the under . world. The publlo la awallowlng the hooey with customary guato, and proving that Barnum waa wrong. In but eatlmate of the sucker birth rate t one per mln. It's 3.900001 per aeo. The flatting eeaaon opened Frl. Many did not know It waa cloaed. A 15-lnch cut-throat will acare the wolf away from the kltohen door, It ta eald. a a H. Flewtaer, the demon baker, speed er on land, air, and water, and eques trian flew over the terrain to the south, Thura, with a bevy of dare devlla. . 17 yeare ago thla week Port Neff made a apeech at O. Hill, and aaked Johnny Reed If he waa going to let Woodrow Wllaon knock the corpora ' tlon ahacklea off hla feet. K. Bhlmoda, the Nipponese mopptat denounced the Prealdent Wedneaday, though It matters a whit or a whittle to him. Your corr. In retaliation poke demeanlngly of the Mikado, and made the eara of the Japanese Crown Prlnoe burn. The trees are all a -bloom, and everything that can la blceaomtng. Thla la entirely the work of Mother Katun. Nature la one thing that Han, the alleged "Lord of Creation." tiaa never been able to merge, and make a mesa of. - ' The Fry Boya were up to E. TJlrlch's one day laat week, and, ate fried thicken till the veat buttons popped. o The number of new autoa, that owners do not want any publicity bout, la steadily Increasing In these terrible tlmea, when nobody knows where they, or the nation, Is going to wind up. o a A bualneaa-ltke wind blew Wed. at dinner time. It waa caused by the not-air about the taxes ascending and hitting a cool strata of atmosphere, thus creating a vacuum, Into which the neighboring air rushed bull headedly. A lady from England was here last week putting up a struggle for votes for women, which they already have and dont know what to do with. P. DeSousa and other democratic warhoraea, were Jilted laat Tuea., whan Weevil William Murray of Okla.. a 4-fluahtng demagogue of national re pute failed to show up and orate. The civic crying that followed the dis appointment did not cauae Bear Crk. to get out of Its banks. Jay Oore. the magician snd farmer, towned Thura. He said the crops were coming tip as If by magic, and It waa noted that hairy growth on hit upper lip haa disappeared, aa It by magic. The Toungeat aenerstlon and Maws wsre lured downtown several times by the sunshine, an.l the Infanta can locate an Ice cream cone Joint, as far way as they can throw their msle parent by hla noae. Several states men loafing on the corner, had their bunions tickled, when they failed to iret out of ths road of the hind-wheel of a baby buggy. Graduation time ta near at hand, aa Tomus Swem, the arttat and worker, Is again Just a alreak scooting round corner. a A citizen who looked a preacher In the eye. In the class of '38, wsa hit In the nose with a stick of kindling on the Otb Inst. The furrow down his snoot was ss neat a Job as one made by shsrp fingernail, 00 O. Pabrlck. Jr., who Is going to launr school at Joltet. 111.. Is com ing along fine. His Dad got hla report card, and had marks of "A" In every thing, Including deportment. The laundryman of the old achool, used to put all the pins he could find In n Ironed shirt, and then bet the hlrt wearer he would not get them II, era putting aame on,. There Is going to be another Besuty Shop, and some results are hoped for. Peoria BUI Gates snnounced the nd of the week, he would vote for nobody for President not even him elf he was that put out with very thing. . How Can the Crime Wave Be Broken? A WEEK ago we declared in this column that the supreme issue in this country is organized crime, and that' the Lindbergh kidnapping should awaken the people to that fact. The time has come, we declared, for the people to rise on 'their hind legs, and destroy this underworld ring of lawlessness and vice that controls them. As we pointed out this country can no more endure half criminal and half law-abiding today than 70 years ago, it could endure half slave and half free. The irrepressible conflict be tween the two forces today, is as inevitable, as wag that irre pressible conflict, over a generation ago. ' ; The response to this editorial, removed all doubt in the writer's mind, that this view is shared by a vast majority of the people of Southern Oregon, and behind a iy plan which they BELIEVED could achieve this end, they would align them selves 100 percent strong. OUT after talking the matter over with many individuals, we realize it is ONE thing to secure unanimous approval of such a campaign ; and quite ANOTHER to secure any such unanimity, regarding any definite program, designed to carry it out. IT is the writer's firm conviction, for example, that the first step in any such program, is traffic, out of the hands of resides; and place it in the hands care whether this is done through modification or repeal, but that organized crime, MUST in tremendous source of revenue, before any constructive progress can be made, we regard as CERTAIN. But when we made such a suggestion to a certain radical Dry, he raised his hands in horror, and refused to have any- i thing to do with such a program. To him the 18th amendment I is sacrosanct, any suggestion a better way to solve the liquor problem, can be found, he regards as apostasy and treason. He i doesn't believe the people of this country, even have a right ! to VOTE on such a question that when Prohibition is con cerned, the inalienable right of It is therefore evident, that tyranny of organized crime, is fanatical Drys, of this type. True the individual in question undoubtedly represents a I small minority in the country at large, but it is the well organ I ized, and well financed minority, that proves such an obstacle, in any such fundamental change, as divorcing liquor from tne the underworld, demands. IN other words, the only hope for achieving this Now Freedom, .freeing this country from criminal control, lies in first over coming this misguided but to our mind formidable opposition. Underworld control of liquor MUST BE BROKEN before the first breach can he made in the machine-gun sprinkled walls )f organized orime. And it can' only be broken in the face of the strenuous opposition of individuals like, the one above montioned, who say they abhor crime control and of course DO, but who refuse to do anything to change the ONE situa tion that more than anything else, is breeding and supporting CRIMINALS. This opposition can be overcome, we believe, in only one way. Not by the fanatical Wets they are almost as great a nuisance, as fanatics on the other side. But by the rank and file, the great mass of the American people, noither fanatical wot nor fanatical dry, as the force behind a widespread and sweeping MORAL REFORMATION I From our radical Dry that mention of "moral" will raise another howl of rage and indignation. That, any change in the present method of handling the liquor problem, COULD be a moral step in advance, he refuses even to consider, much less sanction. Noverthelas that is PRECISELY WHAT WE BELIEVE IT WOULD be, and on that basis and that basis ALONE, can the proper solution of the liquor problem be reached, or the ovorthrow of this invisfble government of crime, be attained. 'T'lflS is not our opinion alone. It is the opinion of scores of the outstanding intellectual and moral leaders in the country today. In conclusion we will quote from one of them, President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin, (and we might add incidently his view is shared by President John Grier Hibben of Princoton and President Honkins oertainly men no one can acouse any step tnat would be morally backward). Declaring the 18th amendment to be the "MAGNA CHARTA OF THE UNDERWORLD" President Frank writes in part as follows: "If prohibition drastically reduced drinking, pro tected youth, advanced temperance among all classes, and made for increasing law and order, every self respecting Americans would be behind it. The brutal truth is that it does not. To say that does not lessen the eager desire of those who say it to see the alleged objectives of prohibition reached. Can it be assumed by honest men that Nich olas Murray Butler, of Columbia, or John Grier Hibben of Trineeton, are out to plunge the nation into an orgy of intemperance t Obvionsly not I It is incredible that the intelligence of America can not devise a more workable plan for the control and restriction of drinking, a plan that will hamper rather than help the underworld, a plan that will save America from its present orgy of insincerity and evasion, a plan that will actually promote instead of imperil temper ance among the rank and file, a plan that will relieve rather than aggravate feueral finances 1 Surely America is not so bankrupt of leadership but that there are men in both the Republican and Democratic parties big enough and brainy enough to make convincingly clear to the nation that their dis illusionment with prohibition is not prompted by a de sire to make the nation wetter but by a desire to find a plan that will really promote temperance and civilized order." Desirable house always In first cjaae ounultion tot rant, leas ot sale I Call lot. to take the control of the liquor the underworld, where it now of the government. We don't SOME way be deprived of this franchise should he denied. any such effort to destroy this going to meet the opposition of of wishing this country to take More than 0 nor cent of the yearly production of menjanese Is consumed In teel-maslaf process oe. Today By Arthur Brisbane Socking In New Zealand, Mr, Mellon Hopes On, Doubly Dangerous" Blast, He Repented Too Late, Copyright King Pestures Bynd., Inc. LOS ANGELES, California, April 15. -T- Unpleasant news from New Zealand, rioting at Auckland, ten thousand unem ployed enjoying "an orgy of looting in. Auckland's business district," marines, and blue jackets firing on the rioters, "local police powerless to stem the wild hordes of men and women raging up and down Queen street, smashing plate glass windows, pouring into stores for pillage." . Such conditions in New Zea land, most radical of civilized countries, governed practically on what we should call "a soci alistic basis," interest congress men who think all our troubles can be solved by "socking the rich." : In New Zealand there are no "rich" to sock, and those that adopt a sock ing program, are compelled to attack and rob small store keepers. Our thoughtful statesmen may leam from New Zealand that mere "socking" will not solve anything. Andrew W. Mellon, ambassador In London tells the Pilgrims' Society, he does not doubt "our capacity to deal with world conditions." If Mr. Mellon la optimistic, others should be. Where the average pros perous man has lost a dollar, Mr. Mellon has lost thousand. His property on paper doubtless amounts to less than It did In 193 by two or three hundred millions of dollars. It la true that he probably has' hun dred millions or so left, but If you think he 'who loses. a quarter of a billion finds comfort In some millions left over, you don't know human na ture. Mr. Mellon atlll has his aluminum business, oil concerns, steel Invest ments, and other properties that made President Harding describe Mel lon to this writer as "the second rich est man in the world" before Mr. Harding made him secretary of the treasury. These MeUon properties and others are Intrinsically WORTH ss much aa ever. He cannot,' at present take out as many dollars In dividends as he once did, but everything that Is sound will come back. The Important and hopeful fact Is that all enterprises, as the able John Herts puts It, "have been put thru the wringer." The water has been squeend out, the property remains. The "wringer" process Is not pleasant for those that once Included water values among their assets, but to go through the wringer Is a healthful process, aa when a fever patient's temperature comes down to normal. We had high tsver In 1930, many were dreaming dreams, seeing visions. Now we see mora clearly, the wise will build up FROM WHERE THEY ARE, and we shsll gradually climb up to normal. Destruction by explosion of Ohio's 14 story office building, at Columbus, which caused the deaths of six men, involves a condition more serious than destruction of property said to have cost six million dollars. The accusation that the building was wrecked by nltro-glycertne or TNT, In war between competing labor unions, will worry Mr. Green nd other responsible labor union of ficials, already disturbed by the Intro duction of racketeer methods In some labor unions of Chicago, New York snd elsewhere, 1 In old days, "hangings, and other public killings. Including desth by torture, took place) In publlo. The horrible sight was supposed to act as warning and deterrent. We know that such sights Interest ed mobs that gathered, to see the torture and hear the shrieks. Capital punishment exhibitions rsther In creased than diminished crime. Our modern clvlllsstlon. wisely, kills human beings In private before few witnesses and has discontinued torture ottlclslly. It Is well, however, to point out, after such executions, that capital punishment Is unpleas ant. This should be widely known, for capital punlahment Is apt to develop. among us, on a big scale It the pres ent crime wavt continues. At Walla-Walla, Washington, Wal ter Dubue. 19 yean old, the younger ot two men guilty of murdering an old farmer, made It clear that he regretted his crime, too Iste. As he was dragged and pushed to the gallowa he repeated "Don't hang me, don't hsng me." Ill last words, as the black cap Personal Health Seirvice By William Signed tetters pertaining to personal nesith and bygieni. not to dlseua. dUjnoU or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brad; U a stamped tell -addressed envelope U enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink Owing to the large number of letters received only a few oan be answered hers. Mo reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instruction. Ad dress Or. William Brady In care of Tne Mall Tribune. EXPERIMENTAL MATERIAL URGES TI.Y REQUIRED TO SETTLE A CONTROVERSY. If Z were to call for volunteer I am confident a thousand men, wom en and children would offer them selves tomorrow morning to undergo experiments to prove whether ex posure to cold, .wet, sudden changes, drafts and dampness In the every day meaning of these conditions, causes any Illness or Im pairs health In any way; indeed, with out any call at all several score of readers have vol unteered for Just such experiments whenever I may notify them that I want them. But. alas, we can't get any forrader that way, for the old-timers who annually or semi-annually warn the public to beware of such exposure craftily de cline to define the Illness they im ply people contract from such cause. They know their pork and beans, these eminent physicians and promi nent health commlsslonvs. They're satisfied with the controversy as she Is. They stand all kinds of prodding and guying from low bred writers about this diffidence of theirs, but not for anything would one of the old guard be so simple as to commit himself In a definition or even a de scription of the Illness he calls "the common cold." Another Interesting little contro versy that bids fair to go on until the old-timers are all retired or dead Is the one about gout. It doesn't do a bit of good for me to shout myself hoarse telling the public these Is no such ailment, for my shouting Is a weak, ephemeral thing, compared with the thousand and one ponder ous medical works and the Imposing array of distinguished physicians that expatiate learnedly on the subject. They leave no doubt In the student's mind that gout can and still does happen occasionally. They Imply that In olden time, at any rate, all the best families had some gout; It was the correct thing, for It meant that the sufferer was accustomed to high living and that he did no honest work. - But, alas, you can't produce gout that "way now. So even If thou sands of earnest volunteers were to live high, under my sponsorship, for a year or so I- doubt we could con vince the old fogies in the medical profession that they're all wrong about It. They Intend to go to their graves believing In gout, no matter how many honest doctors confess they've never encountered a genuine case of It. covered his face were "I don't want to be hung, Jesus save me." He should have said that, before killing the far mer. That was the time to ask Jesus to save him. William J. Burns, called the "great detective," Is dead. He was a good business man and negotiator, rather than a great detective. He knew how to find Intelligent detectives, and how to make the regular police useful to those that could pay for good service. He has carried Into the grave, and beyond It, interesting secrete, some that would disturb Important men If made public. At St. Louis, Tommy Hayes, former leader of the Cuckoo gang, Is another, bearing witness to the fact that crime doesn't pay In the long run, although you may take In a good deal of money while waiting for the final shot. The testimony given, while not given verbally, was that of his body riddled with machine gun bullets, outside his hsndsome automobile. Crime provided the automobile but It did not provide protection against the machine gun, from the other criminals that it purchased. Jenkins Comment (Continued from Page One ) SUCH incidents, the old timers tell no. were not uncommon. The Old South Road wss Indeed a danger ous route. But the men and women whose adventurous feet trode this old road were a hardy and courageous lot. It took more than the fear of death to turn them back when their eyes were set upon a goal. Their goal, let us not forget, was this lovely, fruitful, Southern Ore gon country of ours, s SUCH Is our ancestry an ancestry nf ewMirap. anil hardihood. These men and women from whom our beginnings trace were not afraid of difficulties and dangers. In the face of obatscles, the flsme of their de termination only burned the bright- With heritage such as that, with the blood of such ancestors running In our veins, what can stop us? Certainly not minor obstacles such ss we now tsos. SO, you see, this Interior country hernnrf thai mountains ISNT remote from us at all. Instead. It la linked very, very closely Indeed with our own beginnings. The tie thst binds us to It Is the closest kind of tie. Phont 643 We'll baul awaj youi ntuja. QUI daAltarx gaoic, Brady. M. D. The Idea I had In mind for this talk was to call for a thousand vol unteers to undergo a little experiment to settle the rabies controversy, I was going to propose that a thousand men who are heavily in debt to so ciety say long-term Inmates of the state and federal prisons voluntarily expose themselves to a choice selec tion of rabid dogs. Only 15 per cent of persons bitten by rabid dogs de velop any Illness In consequence, ac cording to good authorities. I'd un dertake to remain at some conven ient safe place and give every man bitten Immediate phy lactic dose of tetanus antitoxin. I believe the tem porary indignation and annoyance of the man so bitten would be the sum of his sufferings. But if my con ception should prove all wrong and several of the men bitten actually de veloped rabies well, that would set tle the controversy neatly enough. QITSTONS A N DA X S WE R 9 . Eliminating poor Material. Please advise whether it Is worth while to examine high school stu dents by listening to the heart, tak ing the pulse and measuring the time they can hold the breath, to de termine their fitness for activities such as basketball , track work, etc. These tests cost so much for the class about 20 cents for each schol ar. w. o. Answer Such tests by a physician should be required In every Instance. Much unfit material may be elimin ated by such tests. It Is a mistake to permit any boy to enter upon ath letic training for any contest unless he has been found fairly fit. So the prospective athletes are scholars la your school? Pterygium. Fifty, wear glasses for near work, eyes Inflamed looking and feel as tho there were lint on them. Physician gave me astringent drops and said something about a couple of stitches which I didn't like. Mrs. R. A. J. Answer The little operation Is a minor one, done under local anes thesia, with no more discomfort or risk than you would undergo for the filling of a cavity in a tooth. Infantile Paralysis. Is these obtainable from the state department of health or elsewhere a serum for Infantile paralysis? c. K. Answer The most effective serum Is that that of the fresh blood from a donor who has had Infantile par alysis and recovered from the Imme diate Illness. (Copyright John P. Hie Co.) teelplmyblnettlaotb bdentusoorkd Tfalks T& Toys and Quarrels. (By Alice Judson Peace.) Four times in the lost week Bobby and Hal have come to blows over the push car. Each one wants It all the time. It was given to them to use togeth er but a push car can be used only by one at a time and so there have been struggles ever since the day they received it. There are certain typ $ of toys such as push cars and bicycles which It is impossible to use co-operatively. They happen also to be toys that every child uses during a large part of his play time. Of such toys every child should have his own. There are other kinds which chil dren can use together quite happily, such as blocks, and sa: pue, ladders and all sorts of Isrge outdoor play materials. With these, children can learn to cooperate and take turns without having too much strain placed upon their selfishness. Such things as paints and crayons each child should have for himself. The older child uses his crayons and his brush more carefully than his younger brother. Naturally he will be annoyed If he must share these ma terials and use them after they seem to him spoiled for his own purposes. Friction also Is avoided If each child has a separate shelf or cupboard or drawer In which to keep his especial ly cherished possessions. The older child especially needs thla. Other wise he may frequently be angry with little brother for spoiling his things. Children growing up together are bound to have plenty of adjustments to mske In relation to each other. .Sensible planning about their play materials will avoid a good many sit uations that make things unnecessar ily difficult and unpleasant. Press Comment Radio Is flllpplnf, A telephone survey of 38.947 homes In forty states hss been made by the Bureau of Advertising of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' assoclatlor. to determine how many people art listening to the radio and the cone quent value of the radio advertlsln. circulation. Of the 28947 homes called, 6,02'. or 16 5 per cent did not answer, pre sumably as the owners were absent. Another 383 refused to answer the questions. Of the 33.503 radio set. in homes covered by the survey, II. 305 or 47.6 per cent were listening to some program. Of these 9.038 could name the broadcast station listened to and 3.539 could name the product advertised. A-ply in (r the per centages to 100 typical American homes. 61 are equipped with radio sets, 41 set own ers are at home. 24 of the sets are turned on. 13 "tune in" to the 'best station," .5 listen to the "next best" statKyi. 3 tune in on the third best station, and 8 of the 100 homes were ''Advertising ccuucJoua, followed or i Fabrics To Match Car Interior ! ' Mil tMi I Eotelle Etterre smiles her delight at the new automobile aeat eovera which have been inatalled on her ear by the Weatern Auto Supply Com. psny. Inaet ohows a Weatern Auto salesman sidiog her m the selection f material from the dosens of new end colorful patterns contained in the Hollywood seat cover sample book, juat received by the company. paid any attention, or knew what the program was supposed to advertise. Of the radios, 16 2-3 per cent are In use at 6 p. m., 33 1-3 per cent at 7 p. m., 40 per cent at 8 p. m., 50 per cent at 9 p. m., 33 1-3 per cent at 11 p. m., and 26 per cent at 12 p. m. The morning and afternoon per cent ages are fractional. Moreover the Increasing volume of advertising ballyhoo and the decreas ing quality of programs offered Is csuslng even leas attention to be paid to radio advertising since ths novelty of the radio has worn off. Salem Cspltal Journal. AT VALLEY SCHOOL The little puppet show, "Three Wishes." presented at the Valley school Friday morning at the regular assembly, by Mrs. Golden 's fifth grade students of Phoenix, was greatly en Joyed by the school pupils as well as the large number of guests at tending. All of the little puppets were made at the school by the children, and those present agreed hat the work was outstanding. The actions of trie dolls were perfectly timed, and the students were highly praised for their presentation. Two little pages, attractive in their costumes, stood at the entrance. When the black curtains dotted with white and blue stars were opened In the first scene, a rabbit, butter fly and bird were on the stage. The woodman then came in, cut down the tree, and freed the fairy who had been confined within it for many years. In the second scene, at the farm house, the woodman's friend, who waj fond of ale and had become very drunk, wished for sausage. The woodman wished the sausage on the friend s nose, and had to use his last favor to remove It. The presentation closed with the fairy telling them that If all could make wishes they would be as futile ss those of the woodman. Reading the parts were: Martin. Clyde Perdue: Fairy, Natalie Wilcox: Margo. Mary Jean Barnes; Casper, Harold McAbee; Bird, Warren Poling. ManlpulatlnK the puppets were: For the Bird, J. S. Humphries; but terflies, Viola Turpln; dog, Elmer Robinson; rabbit, Albert Gould; Mar tin, Virginia, Hlgrht; Fairy. Natalie Wilcox; Margo, Ernest Ramsay; Cas par, Carmen Houston, and curtain. Doreen DeLlsle. Theiscenery for the woodland scene tnd the farmhouse was made by Earl Parrick and Roy Koyama, under the direction of Thomas Swem. The fur niture was made by Vernon Welt. Clyde Perdue, Ernest Ramsay and, Elmer Robinson. COUNT THE YELLOW BOXES Real Proof That Country People Read the Mail Tribune Flight o Time (Medford and Jackson Count) History rrom the Flies of The Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Vear. Ago.) TEN YEARS AOO TODAY April 17. 1922. (It was Monday.) Small boys with guns using Crater Lake road signs as targets, and never miss. Ashland seeks establishment of ft pottery plant. Voters urged to register for spring primary. Autolsts must dim lights or pay ft fine, Is official edict. Modoc Orchard la first In valley to smudge. Heavy frost predicted for morrow and general smudging to fol low. "Pro Bone" In letter to editor, de mands "the truth about the court house gang, and Klan hangings." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY April 17, 1912. (It was Wednesday.) The tragedy of the "Titanic' lost on her maiden trip grows. Archi bald Butts, aide to President Taft, and Col. John Jacob Astor, among . those who perished. Survivors res cued by "Carpathla," and other ships in north Atlantic waters at the time. Majority of those who lost their lives were men. Excavating starts for Christian church on Oakdale avenue. Local citizens invest money In ft Bolivia gold mine. First woman files the English chan nel. A son was born, April 15, to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith. Light frost predicted for balance ot week. Ye Poet's Corner THE SIMPLE JOYS. Things we want moat are so hard to get Tho many a chance Is missed While we are seeking the pot of gold In the earth where the rainbow kissed. Such are the ways of the clay made man. All for the lust of gain. Without a thought of the simple Joys So easy for us to attain. W. L. Huffman. Real Estate or insurance Leave tt to Jones. Phone 796. Auto glass installed wn..e you wait. Prices right Brill Sneet Metal Work. "Inn Under the Pines" for your bridge parties. Phone 1512-J-3.