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PXGE TWELVE AfEPFORD M5IL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, 'OREGON, FRIDAY, HAY 13, 1932. Medford Mail Tribune CtrytiM In SMthirn OrtgM rudl thi Mill Tribtint" Dally tmpl gitufiliy publlfhM) bj MCDiroKo fbinti.no ca 5.1f-t N. Kir 6L fbont To gUBEUt W. HUHL, Mltat L L KNAPF, Maauw Ao lodeptodcnt Nenpapw tnUni u tteeod clut mtum st ttedfon) Ortcoo, mid Act o( fclicft , Hit. BOBsCBlPTlON RATES Diiir, ru IT'OO Dalit, moalh f 6 R Pirrlef. la Attune lledford. Ainlind, JsekwurlUs, CDtrtl Point, Pbotalx, TtUot. Oold BUI tod oo uignvtji. Dftllfi ooclb ..I .16 Dtiij, m rur f.60 All Unu. CAib Id idiioM. Offldal ptp of Um Clt of Medford OTfleUl p4pM of Juttva Count). VtXMBEIt OF THI ABHOClATKU PUBS! Bectitlot full Uum) Wirt Bertie Tb AnocUted Prt to iielubhclr ntlUed to 0M on fof publlalloD ol all OtWI dllptlCMi credit) U It or othtrwlM credited lo Ulf 0P tod iIm to Um local mii puhUihftd tarda All right for publltaUoo of tptclal dlxpalebai hereto u$ alio retorted. UEMfiEB OP UNITED PHKB8 IfEMBKM Or AUDIT BIJrtKAU OF CIKCULATUIN8 AdrertUlng KrprauDUtttee M. & MOUEKBEN A COMPANT Ofrieot In Ne fork. Uiicago, Detroit, Bao rrtoeUeo, Loo Ancoleo, Icsltla, Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Ferry The Search Ends! "PIIE Lindbergh baby is dead. This tragic news which flashed over the wires yesterday afternoon, grieved and shocked this country as probably nothing has since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Even stronger than the shock and sorrow, that such ghastly information brings, is a seething rage, that anything like this could have happened in this country of ours, that such an unspeakable thing, COULD be chronicled on the pages of our history the history we have so long assumed to be that of the highest development of 20th century civilization. IF this tragic news does not convince us we are NOT really civilized and until the conditions that made such an inhuman outrage possible are removed, we can not CLAIM to be civilized; then nothing can. If it doesn't arouse the people of this country, not only now, but a month from now, and a year from now, to the necessity of getting up on their hind legs and stamping this criminal monster down in the dust, until he can never raise his head again then again, NOTHING CAN1 If we are to accept this Lindbergh atrocity, as we accept other atrocities, register horror and indignation for a moment, then shrug our shoulders, ahske our heads, go on about our routine business and forget about it UNTIL THE NEXT OUT RAGE COMES ALONG, then as before stated in this column; we might as well shut up shop, pull down the blinds, and escort Al Capone from the penitentiary to the White Houbb. IF this outrage can't awaken the American people out of their indifference and egregious sentimentality toward organized crime, then they CAN T be aroused. But we believe it will. We believe this terrible crime will arouse the people of this country as nothing else could. We be 1: : ...:ti i. - - o-..,i m km.fi b out. and th 1,OVD "m" 1L u"" Bn uiniomg, ana smri a movement mat weather fair and farmer, and several j will not stop, until this country is made safe for decent and ZSXZXZr'ZZ" abiding citizens, and for their children. luck, the economic diitrew. and won- j Just how that can be done, we don't know. But that it will ftr.CTwr;.7;tmgT.,ng the rank and file of this country MAKE UP ! THEIR MINDS TO DO IT, we do know, and in that faith in TZ'TtZior'm of the present dark hour, we regard the future of this . 4m 'nminffv with attaw nnnfi A nne in iYta T? 1Y2MT VTTQQ1 f nf tlio Today By Arthur Brisbane The Lindbergh Child, To Help the Idle, They Also Serve, Work for 15,000, home product. Grace Layer entered a plea of guilty to the charge and waa fined tso and cost which aha paid. Dlngee entered a plea fo not guilty and the cue against him waa dismissed. (Albany Democrat-Herald.) The woman pun glea up again. country with every confidence in the eventual outcome. What Will Lindbergh Do? IF Colonel Lindbergh would lead a movement to clear this insert in iMaBOOSTBR country 0f organized crime, stamp out that invisible govern Medford. the Metropolis of "The j ment of underworld control, that actually rules us, the people would arise as one man, and follow him, wherever he might lead. But it is probably too much to ask of him or any man in his position at the present time. "While the discovery of his son's body, the removal of the suspense and uncertainty, is easier to bear, than if the baby's fate had always remained in doubt; still to the parents the .shock and. horror of it all, is something it will take years to overcome. Some wounds of the heart and soul, only time can healj and there are oases where even time fails. Oreat Country," la the only city of It alee on the face of the earth to ub mlt to 30 yeara of needleaa hitter' The campaign haa reached the aage where favorite candidate! will be de orlbed aa glowingly and rapturoualy a the aoclety edltreaa describes a June bride. Alphonae Capone, gang king, late of Chicago, now of Atlanta, Oa., 1 running out of publicity. A week baa paaaed alnce the prlaon gate clanged behind' him, and no word anent the emotional reaction! of Alpbone to lmprtaonment. Ooea the eminent killer like hla cellmate, and ought to know these thlnga, to be regard such Sappy. JLJOWEVER Colonel Lindbergh has throughout his career, proved to be such an exceptional character, that it may be that after the first affects of the tragedy wear off, he will crusade as his life work, We hope so. For no man could lead such a movement, as he could lead it ; no man could arouse the country, as he could arouse it. And the first job on that program, would be to hunt down the monsters in human form, responsible for this unspeak able crime, and give them as far as possible the punishment they deserve. "As far as possiblo" for there really is no punishment to A Tale profeaaor reWte that due ' fit such a crime. The human mind simply stands aghast at such Thou.r twZ;.la deet1' and BrPea in va,n tor ay Punishment that could tlonlng any namea, there are aeveral of the aocalled fair aex around here that the laat apell of Proapeclty failed to improve. It la generally agreed thla la an "off-year," but too many are following suit. Bo far no flah haa been caught in the Rogue, large enough to lie in atate at Ed Lamport'! throughout a bot afternoon. Ronliu are committing depredations In the atrawberry patchea. One of the robin wore a pair of ahoes with French beeli. MARTYRS Of late, and for many yeara there haa been considerable wlndjammlng and Ink throwing about our Oang and Gangsters, but there has been nothing aald about our Martyra and their Martyrdom, so It Is about time a few cracka were made about them, fearlessly. The Martyr Is never In office but Is perpetually running for one. A Gang of Voters organize on election day and vote a sufficient number of tlmea to keep him from what he aspires. When he loses, the Martyr Is robbed, and when he wins, It's a great victory for Righteousness, Clean Government, and Clean Sheeta. The first clasa martyr la an expert at looking aad. The average martyr, when not martyring, la a goo,', sort of fellow and not the combination John the Baptist and Abe Lincoln he la punted, by himself. The Martyr has fslr Imagination and thlnka Al Capone and the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby are hiding In the courthouse. He Is not as invisible as the Oang ard the Gangsters he Is fighting. While they are looting the treasury, poisoning wells, burning barns, and beating their wives, the Martyr la parading his holiness The county has always had a group of reprobates, with nothing to do but kick Political Virtue In the sest of the pants. Many will remember the "Old Ouard " which Insisted that Woodrow Vllson would never keep their boys out of war. There was also the "Ashland clique," which has ceased to click. Jacksonville, In other dsya, waa the stamping ground of the "courthouse ring." The Jackson ville post. June S, 1893, had a three column editorial about the "Central Point hlerachy," which was suspected of being In cahoot with the "South ern Psclfle highbinders." The Mar tyrs then were the Populists. The gangs were slwaya with us. Vou hear about them all day, and at night go to the movies and see the Hsl Roach Rascals, In "Our Gang" pic tures. 4 WOOD FOR SALE 8Jo tier, 19-ln green pine slabs: IS .00 per load 4 tiers. FREE one load of kindling with each 3-losd order. VALLEY FUEL, CO. Tel 78. ORDER MOW, either fit, or in any 'sense, expiate for it. That must be loft not to us poor struggling humans, but to some higher power. But, we repeat, the first thing to do, is to get these criminals, if they can be found, and demonstrate to the world that in this country, for such vermin, there is no escape. TTHE next thing to do would be to clean up this country, make it so hot for every gunman, hi-jneker and second story man that from the lowliest thug, to the most exalted Beer Bnron, there would be no place bo dark and secluded, that they could hide. - Serve notice on them, that this country can no more be half criminal and half law abiding, than it can be half slave and half free. . And with that as a slogan, fight this war against organized crime until this country is once more a safe and a decent place in which to live. Communications Fehl Statement False. To the Editor: It haa come to my attention that Mr. Fehl. who la a candidate for the office of county Judge, and others have made the statement that the past county courts hsve levied tae up to the full limit of S per cent, aa prescribed In tha law or limitations tor levying taxes. As psst county commissioner, hsvlng served for eight yesrs, I wish to re fute those atstements by giving you few figures. These were given to me by Mr. J. B. Coleman, county assessor, and which were published In hie summery of assessment and tax rolls for the year 1930. These figure are for the county tax and county levy only and cover only those Kerns over which the county court haa any Jurisdiction. In analysing these figures you will note that there haa been a de cress In county taxea from the year 1033 to the year 1930, a total sum of 133.0IO.-S. - During this aame period there haa been only two years In which there has been an Increase over the preceding year. The 1935 lax waa larger than the 1934 tax and the 1930 tax waa larger than the 1939 tax. but In neither on of these case waa the full 0 per cent used. Tx Roll Co. Levy Co. Tax Year Mills 1933 n. MS0.S93 S3 1933 ... 4 449.3(11 34 )S3 , ,. 174 47S,10,74 tons 1036 1937 1038 17.8 163 13 S 13.7 US 13.0 499.531.60 477,560.97 401.579.96 S84.033.S9 331,133.49 348.583.15 1939 1930 Mr. Fehl may point out other flg uree. perhaps Including special school snd city tsx, or special l,..gstlon tsxes, and word his statement so aa to confuse the people and let them believe that our county court and the budget committee are re sponsible for them. I therefore sug gest that If any on desire to check up the above figure that they go to Mr. Colvman offtc and get them flrat hand. In Justice to th present county court and the paat county court and budget committee let us have true fact and not Jumbled up, misleading ttmnt. I will ba pleased to hsv you pub lish this communication. GEO, ALFORD, Former County Commissioner. Medford, May 13. Copyright King Feature 8ynd Inc. Ten minutes before this was written, at six-fifteen yester day afternoon, the city editor brought word that reporters had been requested to come to Hopewell, Col. Lindbergh's residence. And at this moment comes an Associated Press bulletin with the announcement that the Lindbergh child has been found dead. No more dreadfully shocking news could be imag ined, nothing that could pro duce so great a horror of the depths of criminality to which this nation has been reduced. Tet the dreadful end of a horrible tragedy will be for the unhappy parents almost a relief from the uncertainty, the constant wondering and worry ing about the child by day and in the dead of night. It means the end of an agony that has lasted, week after week for so long. It means, above all, that the little boy Is forever beyond th resch of man'a hideous brutality. His spirit is set free, nothing can ever harm him now. His psrents must find what comfort they can In that thought and In the profound sym- psthy and affection of the entire na tion. The Information given out by the governor of New Jersey 1 meagre, at this hour, only that the child's body was found "near the estate." How long ago the death oocurred, Is not stated. What happened can only be surmised that the crime was that of an Insane person, that It was an act of revenge, which la Inconceiv able, that the child died or was kill ed elsewhere and brought back, to prevent detection. A thousand theo ries are discussed. But one blessed fact Is established. The child la aafe at last. It la not In brutal hands, crying for Its mother. And Ae knows that her baby la beyond the reach of harm or suffering, and mercifully released from danger forever. Bhe can think of the little soul at peace, the beau tlful face, aa aha used to see It. And the child will have a grave chosen by her, and He within reach of her loving thought and prayers. Senator Robinson suggests a fund of two billions to take care of the Idle. The President Is said to favor It. Why not go the whole way, and adopt th five billion fund sugges tion made by w. R. Hearst months ago? This Is not a time to make "two bites of a cherry." The money would not be handed to city politi cians to be spent "for the good of the organization." Many undertak ings mught be selected and financed that would pay for themselves when completed, such a the tunnel under the North river built by New Jersey and New Tork that earn millions year, and many other publlo en terprises highly profitable. A horse called '"Doc" died yester day owned by X. R. Squlbbs and sons. You never heard of blm, race tracks never aaw him, he lived and died In hla stable, supplying serum to prevent diphtheria, enough to pro tect 41,000 children. Perhaps he will have In the heaven for horses as good a place ss that reserved for Alexander's prancing Bucephalus, Mohammed'a mllk-wnit Alborak, or th chtvlrous Roelnanta, They also serve who only stand and wait." Co-!:d Learns Carpentry COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Al'.uv A. Obenland la one co-d at Ohio Stst university who will not have to de pend upon a husband to hr.m the screens, paint the pantry ahelf or put a knob on the cupboard door. She la a atudent In the lndustrlsl art laboratory. Desirable houses always in first class condition, for rent, leas or aa! Call 105. Personal Health Se:rvice By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal neaitb and Hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will te answered bj Or. Brady U a stamped teli -addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written lo Ins Owing to tbe large numoer c4 letters received only a few can be answered bere. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Ad dress Or. William Brady In care ol The Mali Tribune. WHES VOU GET ALL HOT AMD THEN CHILLED TRY iO KEEP COOL A reader who puts a question which I think many others would like to ask, only they hate to em barrass me so much, wants to know about people ex posing them selves to a cool breeze,- say from an electric fan, when t b e y are overheated and perspiring from hard work or play or exercise. This reader does not believe that Is harmless, but would like to be convinced. I have never believed It Is harm less. All I contend Is that no one suffers any illness from such ex posure. I know very well that too sudden cooling off after warming up that way Is likely to bring a lot of soreness and lameness In the muscles Involved. That Is & mechanical effect. It Is unpleasant and for a while It may partly dis able the victim, but It never makes blm 111. The working of muscle In volves the burning of fuel, blood sugar, glycogen or animal starch, as It Is called. The combustion of this produces an acid akin to lactic acid. Lactic acid Is the actd which Is pro duced In souring milk by the fer mentation of the milk sugar (lac tose) by the lactic bacillus which Is naturally present In milk In large numbers. When the work or exer tion la violent of course there Is an Increased oxidation of blood sugar and an Increased production of the acid ash. The circulation Increases In volume and rate at the same time, but sooner or later, ac cording to the Individual's physical condition, the production of acid material gets too far ahead of the capacity of the circulation and then j the actd waste matter begins to ac- I cumulate in and about the overused ; muscles. That has something we don't know Just how much to do ! with physical fatigue. Anyway, the j worker or player begins to tire i and takes a rest. That gives the circulation a chance to catch up. If the Individual is In good physical training, he will not suffer any ! great soreness or fatigue next day, even tho he be careless about cool ing off too quickly. If he is In poor condition, unaccustomed to athletic activity, he la likely to find himself pretty sore next day, even tho be Is as careful as a museum mummy about undue exposure to the air. Too sudden cooling of the surface 1 of the region reflexly tightens clr-, culatlon In tbe muscles benesth, and retards the carrying off of the acid waste matter, which then acts ss a local Irritant, and so causes sore ness and lameness. All of this applies only to over heating from muscular exertion. It has no bearing on overheating from any external source, such as a hot bath or hot air. No possible harm comes from as sudden cooling as one likes, after such passive over heating. There is absolutely no good reason why anybody should hesitate to go In swimming when overheated from the weather. The matter of sweating haa nothing to do with the question In any case. Contrary to a popular notion, fos tered by the teachings of near-doctors and queer-doctors who Just di vine things and never bother much about physiology, there Is no pos sible harm In the sudden suppres sion of profuse sweating, whether the sweating is produced passively or by active exertion. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Boric Acid Supfflng. I want to tell you that a sugges tion In your column, namely, the occasional snuffing of a pinch of boric acid powder Into the nostrils, has given me more relief for chronic catarrh (oh, oh, maybe It's sinusitis) than I have obtained In 10 years of e-xperlence with nose and throat specialists. W. A. Answer The most recent remedy or treatment always has an advan tage over all previous efforts namely that It la the one being tried at the time the ailment hap pens to be clearing up. This ac counts for a lot of testimonials. Relapse to Old Ifablt. Having been bothered with con stipation for many years I procured your booklet and studied it and It worked fine for a period of seven weeks. Then I ate some cheese and the trouble came back . , . M. 8. Ans. The man convinced against his will holds to the same opinion still. Cheese has nothing to do with It. Your old habit Is stronger than your new way of thinking, that's all. I notice you still call It a trouble, which means you still regard It as an aliment. That's why I Insist that readers writing for the booklet on "The Constipation Habit" tell me they have the habit. I have no treatment or cure for constipation. The booklet merely teaches bow to break a bad habit. Inclose with your request a dime and a stamped envelope bearing your correct address. (Copyright John P. Dille Co.) Keel Prank Perl coroner. Thla government having set aside money to provide employment, while helping Judicious undertak ings, ought to lend to the Pennsyl vania railroad the fifty-five million dollars needed to complete the elec trification of 1U lines between New Tork and Washington. Millions have already been spent on the work, which may be stopped through no fault of the Pennsylva nia railroad. Its management could not Imagine what a depression was coming. The loan that the Pennsyl vania request would be useful to the whole country, employ 15,000 men more than two years, create or ders for 60.000 tons of steel, many million pounds of copper. It would Involve more than one hundred electric psssenger locomo tives and much oter equipment. Since the government has money to lend and the Pennsylvania can give perfectly good security, why not make the loan and tet the 15.000 men work? If that is not practical, what .st gists from Rome have discovered what was left of Sodom and Gomor rah after the big fire. More interesting Is today's an nouncement that Prof. Roy Whitman of the University of Michigan has discovered in Mesopotamia what he thinks Is the Ztkurket, better known aa the Tower of Babel Located in the ancient city of Ak shak, it is a mound of earth about fifty feet high and three hundred feet in diameter, with a cone of sun dried bricks, forty feet square, by way of reinforcement. It might have been, when finished, about one-third the height of Gov ernor Al Smith's Empire State build ing. The workers were not disci plined, by the infliction of different languages, because there was real danger of tftelr reaching heaven, since that abode, as we know now, must be several billions of miles above the top of their tower. They were disciplined for their presump tion, Innocent things, believed that heaven was Just above the clouds. 4 The Republican party went wet in Ohio, as you know, and now that grand old machine Is trying to go wet in New York. The Republican j county committee was expected last night to advocate a plank in the na tional platform demanding repeal of the 18th amendment. However, the country will know more about beer and such things when It hears next November from the millions of voters throughout throughout the country that never saw New York. do our best minds explain a revival of British prosperity, accompanied by England's departure from the gold basis? That seems like going to heaven after turning atheist. Slam haa left the gold basis also. What Is good enough for England la good enough for her. Here lna the United States we are faithful to gold, the Stars and Stripes, the Declaration of Independ ence and, full of fighting courage, we sink deeper In the mud. Our great financial minds appear to have been strangely innocent. An able Swede in the match business cam bere, borrowed on hundred and fifty million dollars, without showing security, saying: "You can not Imagine bow rlcA I am." The bankers said: "Here's the money." James L. Rosenberg, an able American lawyer, shows that Krueger gathered bere 150,000.000, of which 95 per cent went to Europe, American finance making no effort to keep track of tbe foreign business, never asking where tbe money went. American business men can testify that If they tried to borrow one thousandth part of one hundred and fifty millions they would have to show their birth certificate, wife's wedding ring and every detail of their business. Even then they would get only half what they needed. Medford club sanitary probe com-, mittee "did not know what It waS doing." W.htte woman, who claims to have been held In slavery by local Chi nese colony, throws light on the rob bery of Wah Lee, who lost B0O after a knife fight. Flight o Time (Medrord and Jackson Count) History from the Files of Tbe Mail Tribune of 20 and 10 Year Ago.) TEN YEARS AGO TODAY May 13, 1932 (It was Saturday) Greatest pear crop In history of valley now in sight, with frost dan ger past. Bobbed hair gaining favor among the women folks. Merchants may be called upon to finance county fair horse races. Auto sales in show steady gain. southern Oregon Portland has a light earthquake. Child labor law Is held unconsti tutional by supreme court decision. Sacred Heart "hospital day." hospital observes Mayor Gates attends a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan and reports: "I was given the work from end to end, and it waa beautiful and very Im pressive and made me wonder why the packing of all the guns In Med ford." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY May 13, 1U12 (It was Sunday) Crater Lake will be accessible to public by middle of June, is predic tion. Local plumber declares Greater Beverly Dobbs shows moving pic tures of Alaska at the Moore theatre to big crowds. Rheumatism Goes Swollen Joints Vanish How to Stop Rheumatic Suffering In Less Than a Week. 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"Where would you advise me to put little money abroad to be perfectly safe In case everything goes to pieces here?" Oeneral William Mitchell, who was in the group, said: "The best la to leave your money In the United States. The next best la to put it In Prance, the best organised country In the world. The French have power to resist any attack from the outside, power to suppress any Insurrection on the Inside. They are powerful In the air, powerful on land, powerful at sea. powerful under the water, and especially powerful In their gigantic gold reserves. They have a great em pire In Africa to which they can send their surplus production; that's the country that is solid.' Very able nation, the French. We know it to the extent of four : billions. i - Yesterday London cut the bank rate to 3'i per cent, cheapest money with, one exception in 33 years. 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