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MEDFORD MSIIJ TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1932. -
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Brandies, Loo AdmIm, Beottlo, Portland.
Ye Smudge Pot
87 Arthur Perry
The Jail crop of Uar are getting
ready to teU the truth, and save the
nation and the farmete, and the votea
for themaolves.
'
F. Weeks, who buated a ahank, la
ihowlng marked improvement, and
rapidly becoming hlmaelf. He haa no
Idea who marked hla Improvement.
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The lack of money oontinuea, and
la becoming boreaome alike tjo rich
and pjacr. Thoae who are nelefcer, do
not mind the paucity much.
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Hot weath6f came Thura., and waa
welcome, It waa aald. It made a dog
en the East aide act like hi waa mad.
Towaer had tome excuse for being
mad. Everybody haa been mad at
everybody and everything for ao long
Bow they will never get over it.
'
The Oreat Petition Robbery Hoax
waa unravelled Frl. Thla la the flrat
outstanding hoax In thla atate alnce
the Oreat Electric Lights for Nothing
hoax.
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H. Flewher, the demon baker, waa
accidentally on time the flrat of the
week, and waa thoroughly dleguated.
a
O. Wig Aahpole haa hit out tor
Idaho. He will be back In 10 daya,
to report that he never aaw a republl
can In a 9000 mile trip, and Hoover
will not even get hla own rot.
0 0 0
' The Portland Journal cornea out for
"Peace In Oregon." Thla wilt cauae
the blggeat fight In the history of the
tate.
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Stan Sherwood of the po., la going
to look a preacher in the eye, and
will then go to the Olymplca, and
win return and be the victim of the
mild form of mob law known aa the
ahlvaree,
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O, Von der Hellen, the Wellen dla
trlct country-Jake, waa In town In
mid-week and up to hla old trlcka.
He aaya the farmara are about ready
for anarchy, aa politicians will aoon
Invade the Orange halla, with the
deadly campaign epeech. Herr Von
der Hellen would an Impoalng look
ing anarchlat be, and haa been men
tioned aa the Orand Keener of the
Dynamite Cellar.
a
P. Pry, the tonaorlallat, yanked a
flab out of Rogue river laat wk, that
waa about hla own length. Nloe work,
Frederick.
.
A decrepit typewriter belonging to
your corr., which we had been trying
to give away for 7 yeari, waa atolen
from ill erlb recently, by a mental
weakling. Of all the thlnga to ateal
in thla world, that typewriter waa the
poorest. It waa not worth the phyel
eal effort required to pack tt off. It
never ahowed the slightest Inclina
tion to work not even during thla
Depreailon, when there la no work.
The fellow w,bo Bold It to u In the
flrat plaoe haa been forgotten and-for.
given. It once fell on the foot of a
Klan Kleagle, but waa too weak to
Inflict an; luting damage.
A couple of Bapee big-bugs were
here Mon. and were pleasant chapa
to meet.
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Neighbors are being teased by
twirling plitola under their noaee.
and If something serious should hap
pen, nobody would be to blame, tnd
It would be regrettable.
The moon came p over Rosy Ann
Frl, eve, In a manner to awaken the
nobler Instincts. Due to the ateep
grade. It had a hard time getting over
the brow of the hill.
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One of the Older Olrla reported laat
week that her boy could hardly wait
Until school re-opens. After she left
the room, four old friends exonerated
the boy and swore It waa hla Maw
who waa on the anxloua seat.
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The governmental affairs of the
atate are now bawled up almost be
yond belief. du to Inefficient effici
ency, end the bum advice and think
ing of the deputy-governor,
A nice appearing man, who looked
Ilka he knew what It waa all about,
waa visiting O. Brewer of the light
bouse recently,
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Beth Bullla had hla tonsils lifted
last wk., and will take more Interest
In hla school work In the future.
The economic truth, that the way
to make money la to spend money,
however painful, contlnuea abhorrent
to that with money to spend.
The Bates Case
' Jni5 Mail Tribune it surprised that it should be accused of
any attempt to try the Bates ease in its columns or to
prejudice this case in any way, before it comes to trial.
As everyone knows or should know & jewspapcr's opin
ions are expressed SOLELY IN ITS EDITORIAL COLUMN.
The Mail Tribune has never mentioned this case editorially,
has never expressed an opinion concerning it, and docs not
intend to do so, at least until the trial is over.
How then can it be accused, as M. 0. Wilkins, attorney for
Mr. Bates and independent candidate for District Attorney ac
cuses it, in another column, of "prejudicial discussion" and
cooperation "in a miscarriage of justice, leading to a breakdown
of law and ordert"
VR. BATES has been indicted by a grand jury, his innocence
" is to be assumed until his guilt has been established in
the regular way.
We heartily agree with the Medford News when it declares:
"The Batea ease la now before the court. It has no place In
thla or, any other newapaper."
The News refers, of course, to editorial treatment. As far as
legitimate news of the Bates case is concerned, such as dates
for trial, lawyers involved or witnesses called that is a perfect
ly legitimate part of the. routine news.
Only when expressions of editorial OPINION are made in a
paper's news columns, a violation of journalistic practice
which this paper guards against in every way or when items
of news are INCORRECT, can there be any valid criticism,
in that direction.
THERE HAS BEEN NO EXPRESSION OF OPINION RE
GARDING THIS CASE IN THE NEWS COLUMNS OF
THIS PAPER. There have been no misstatements of fact.
But even more important there has been no olitorial com
ment on this ease, and we repeat, until the trial is over, there
will be none.
Under the oircumstances we can see no justification what
ever for Attorney Wilkins' accusations. The Mail Tribune has
carried on no "prejudicial discussion" of this case, for it has
not DISCUSSED THE CASE AT ALL, and has no intention
of doing so.
Our attitude toward this criminal case is the same as our
attitude toward ALL criminal cases, "hands off until the case
is tried a fair field and no favor."
We stand just where the News stands that "DISCUSSION"
of the merits or demerits or the Bates case
"HAS NO PLACE IN THIS OR ANT OTHER NEWS
PAPER." All we ask is that Mr, Wilkins, and the newspapers support
ing him, adopt the same policy, not only now, but UNTIL THE
CAMPAIGN is oves l '
A Different Roosevelt
ACCORDING to the New Tork Herald-Tribune Governor
Roosevelt is not expected to take definite action on the
removal of Mayor Walker until after the campaign.
The same paper is authority for the statement that Roosevelt
is being advised to follow the Harding example, "conduct a
front porch instead of an active speaking campaign."
Both items can be properly placed under, the heading of
"good politics." Handing down a decision on the Mayor
Walker case, would lose the governor votes. If he REMOVED
"Jimmy," Tammany would knife him, and Now York city
might be lost. If he WHITEWASHED him, the rural south
and wast would brand him with the stripes of tho tiger, and
thousands of his liberal supporters would be alienated,
Good politics, therefore, to dodge the issue, until the votes
have been counted. And Governor Roosevelt likes good politics I
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I IKEWISE with the front porch campaign. Tho conditions
" which face the Domocratio party today are very similar
to the conditions which faced the Republican party twelve
years ago.
"Anyone can win." Why go into the highways and byways,
harranguing the people, when all ono has to do is sit still and
let nature take its course I
i
JiOREpVER Roosevolt like Harding, makes nn excellent ap
" pcarance, gives a fino impression, but doesn't qualify
either as a rabble rouser, or as a competent performer in rough
and ready debate. Like Harding also there are certain thin
spots in his armor, which might break completely, in the wear
and tear of a swing around the circle. Far better let Cactus
Jack Garner do this sort of thing.
Perfectly sound and sensible from the standpoint of practi
cal politics. If the Republicans were in the present position of
their opposition, they would do precisely tho snmo. They played
safe and went into power on the anti-Wilson vote. The Demo
crats are going to jilay safe and go into power on the anti
Hoover vote. '
ANLY one little fly in the ointment, as we see it. Namely,
that the people of the country as a whole, are in a differ
ent state of mind than they were in 1920. They want a change
now as they did then, even more strongly perhaps but they
are completely fed up and disgusted with polities and poli
ticians. And the old army game that was so successful 12
years ago, may not be so successful this year.
The PEOPLE LONG FOR A REAL LEADER a man who
will cut away from political tradition entirely, chart a new
course, and gather the people regardless of party, around him
for a new deal and a hounecleaning all around.
Franklin Roosevelt might do that by adopting the example
of Woodrow Wilson or T. R, but he can't do it by sitting on the
front porch of political expediency and taking the easy path
of least resistance.
If he IS beaten it will probably be because he and his follow
ers failed to renlir.o that what was perfectly sound political
doctrine and strategy a decade ago, are neither today.
In other words granted that Hoover can't beat Roosevelt,
perhaps Roosevelt CAN beat himself.
Prefers Cell to Wedlock
BELGRADE. (AP) For swindling
35 fisnceea In five years, Michael
Obradovlch waa sentenced to that
term at hard labor and ordered to
pay back every rent. Several of his
victims offered to pay hie fine if he
would keep hla promia to marry, but
he chose the five-year sutveh,
Rumania Studlea Malaria
BUCHAREST (AP) W 1 1 h t7200
tlon, a section of the Insane asylum
donated by the Rockefeller Pounda
near Janay la being converted Into a
malaria research laboratory.
Broken windows slaaed hv Trow.
bridge Cabinet Works.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Texas To 'Albany.
Watching Ottawa,
The Magic Slipper.
Railroad 'Common Sense,
Copyright King Features aynd. (so
As this is written, looking
from a New York Central trsin
at Rhinecliff, on the Hudson, a
big ship of the. Texaco Oil com
pany is going down the river
"very light."
On the up trip it had distrib
uted oil from Texas along both
banks as far north as Albany,
taking advantage of the new
deep channel.
Britishers also are using that
channel. One of their ships re
cently took a load of locomo
tives from, Albany to Russia.
Good business people, the Brit
ish. '
American ships that by some
strange freak of common sense
are allowed to keep coastwise
trade to themselves, bring car
goes of canned fruits from the
west coast up the river. We are
beginning to develop the trans
portation by water that Europe
understands so well.
Americana will follow closely the
proceedings at Ottawa. .
King George's "thoughts and pray
era are with the delegates of my gov
ernment." Those governments, Eng
land. Scotland, Ireland and the do
minions, plan to buy only from' each
other while selling aa much aa possi
ble to outsiders.
The conference thanks the king for
hla 'gracious measage, and "present
their respectful duty, with thanks
giving tor your majesty's continued
health," hoping "your majesty and
her majesty the queen, may long be
spared," eto. .
Bean T. O'Xelly, repreaentlng Ire
land, made a good apeech, If he did
not like the message aent to the king
and queen he aald nothing about It.
That message showed tact, with Ire
land In mind, avoiding any reference
to "loyal aubjects" and aaylng noth
ing about "allegiance."
In the newa nothing la more in
teresting than the ,flve thousand
women In Morocco, bowing down be
fore a amaU silver slipper, supposed
to possess miraculous ' power to help
chlldleaa women. '
Flrat cattle were aacrlflced to mol
lify a demigod aupposed to keep the
children from omlng. Then the
women bowed before the stiver slip
per, a thousand Moorish men looking
on. ,
Not long ago, In a Christian church
in Spain, you might have seen chlld
leaa mothera on their hands and
kneea, licking the dust of the floor,
from the entrance to the altar, pray
ing for a child. They, at leaat, ad
dressed their auppltcatlona to the
ruler of the unlverae, not a magic
slipper. If you offered the Moroccan
women a good obstetrician, Instead of
a allpper, you would be called a
shsmelesa unbeliever. a ,
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The lnteratate commerce commis
sion approval of a merger of three
hundred eastern railway llnea In a
4-system railroad plan la a atep In the
direction of common sense. There
ought to be only ONB railroad sys
tem, run by our government, aa the
postofflce la run, with the ablest
railroad men well paid to do the run
ning, and the present private owners
Justly compensated.
Suppose the post office In the east
had three hundred sets of msnagers,
three hundred kinds of overrwad.
three hundred varieties of wasteful
competition. How much do you think
t vould cost to send a letter from
Florida to Alaska?
Our "best minds" aay our govern
ment Is not sufficiently able or hon
est to manage a great railroad aya
tern, but they may be wrong.
Rsllmada and great Vallroad men
like Hsrrtman, Hill, the original Van
derbllt and othere, have been the
great "pioneers," builders of this
nation.
Railroads are aa Important to the
country aa elevatcra to a sky scraper
and ahould have public aupport and
fair treatment, whether private own
ership persists or private ownera, dis
couraged by their problema, decide to
"let Uncle Sam do It." and take a
fair price for thetr property.
The way to rule the air, earth's
new ocean, la to have alrshlpa.
Franc and Britain know It. The
British have built the blggeat land
and water fighting airship in aula
tence. The French are testing their
"stratosphere plane," planned to fly
from New Tork to Paris In ten hours.
The plan will travel eleven mile up.
wher th "thin" atmosphere offera
llttl reslstanc.
It engine, thanks io auper-charg
era, will have vastly Increased power
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
, Signed letters pertaining to personal nealth and hygiene, not to disease
dlsgnosia or treatment, will M answered by Dr. Brady u a stamped sell -ad
dressed envelope la enclosed. Letters ahould be brief and written in ink
Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered
her. Ho reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Ad
dress Dr. William Brady In car of Th Mall Tribune.
BEOINNING VOUNO Dt THE
Thla U what you may haw heard
described as the Arrowhead country,
wrltea a young correspondent. It la
, one of the finest
reoretlonal
. pi tees for chil
dren. In the win
ter time all the
kids have some
kind of a hockey
r stick and a pair
of skates. There
are aome good
little players
here, but how 1
hate to see them
take a smoke right after a hard-
fought game, aa a good many of these
youngsters do, and they are as young
as 11, the majority being about 16
I myself was brought up to think
that sweets or candy are rather bad
for a ycung kid. Only since I became
a follower of yours have I learned
the truth about that. I find that a
nickel's worth of candy, or any sweet,
Is more refreshing after a serenuous
effort In work or play than anything
In the line of tobacco. I believe It
would be a good thing for athletics
If your teachings about the eating
of candy or other sweets were more
familiar to youngsters who are am
bitious to get ahead in some such
game . . , B. J. M. y
Yes, and probably it would be a
good thing for' the health of a lot
of little boys who are old enough to
vote but are not yet really grown up
In character, If the physiology of
sugar In nutrition and the pathology
of tobacco excess were more generally
known to the laity. The instruction
given In the common schools about
such matters Is farcical the control
ling Interests see to tt that physiology
and so-called health Instruction n
the schools shall be harmless, and so
the great mass of the population re
mains as Ignorant as ever.
Sugar In any form, whether In Its
natural state In such foods as milk
and fruits, or In Its refined state, or
In candy or cakes or Ice cream or a
sweetened beverage. Is the Ideal food
fuel for strong, hard-working mus
cles. Nothing else can so surely and
so quickly relieve fatigue and restore
the strength, vigor and endurance
one haa expended in a hard game or
in any kind of strenuous muscular
effort, be it work, play or Just dull
exercise.
There Isn't one lota of scientific
or sensible ground for the quaint no
at 30,000 feet up, and In the atrato
phere, 60,000 feet above the earth
will develop 30,000 revolutions a min
ute. The pilot will work In a cabin
hermetically sealed, with an automa
tic oxygen supply system.
The French air ministry "has gen
erously provided funds for the con
atructlon of thla plane." We don't
do that here, we are too poor.' and
besides w haven't any air ministry.
With us the airplane la merely "an
accessory" under the management of
the army and navy. That Is as In
telligent as though our surface war
ships were under, divided manage
ment of salting captains and canal
boatmen.
Burled deep In the speech that Pre
mier Bennett of Canada made tu
visiting Britishers you find this about
the new St. Lawrence canal:
THIS WATERWAY ' WILL BE
FREE TO ALL SHIPS OF THE COM
MONWEALTH." We built the Panama canal, we
acted the part of sentimental dodos,
and made American ships pay as
much as foreign ships pay, giving no
advantage to our own people.
The British do not do that. With
them It la "the British first, the rest
nowhere."
Communications
Depression and Cure.
To the Editor
We, the unemployed, don't want
charity. We WRnt to live and let
live. It has come to the time where
half of us are walking the atreets
ragged and hungry, looking for work
and can not find it.
Now. my dear readers, thla dread
ful existence can be atopped.
How? By letting everybody work.
Thla world la bunt, and now to
maintain It doesn't require the
amount of labor aa It did to build
It. So, then let us divide up this
employment so we all can get some
of It. Don't give tt all to me, and
let my neighbor go ragged and hun
gry: he la a good man and helped
build up thla world, and deserves an
honest living, too. and 1 want to
aee him have It. So Mr. Employer.
If you will double your ahlft here in
Medford and give each man a half
shift a day every man In or around
Medford would be at work making an
honest living and he and hla fam
ily would be happy. Why? Became
he would not have to beg anybody,
and hla family wouldn't have to go
hungry.
Of course there would be lota of
objections to this method, and there
are aome that aay It cant be done.
because there are eome placea that ;
require trained or akllled help. Sure, i
but we hare them, and experienced
help of all ktnda, out of employ. I
ment. available at any time, but If we i
haven't enough unemployed In Med- j
ford we can get them elsewhere, and
by doing so w could fill up a lot
of those empty houses and also atorc j
buildings too. i
But. first of all. let "a put our own !
unemployed to work before we ask for :
outside help. Yes. some say you
can't do thst. It would ruin our
employes aa w have bow soma who
ARUOtV HEAD COUNTRY
tion that sugar or sweets of any sort
cause a child to have bad teeth or
In any way favor decay of the teeth.
Nor Is there the slightest reason for
any Intelligent person to Imagine the
eating of amch sugar or sweets In
any way favors the Infestation of the
alimentary tract with worms.
There Is Just one class of persons
who should go easy on sugar or
sweets in every form, and that Is the
lazy, parasitic class, people who do
not do any real muscular work to
speak of, namby-pamby children whfe
are too nice or too delicate to play
any actual games, young snobs who
are training for the neurotic life, and
those who are already obese or dia
betic or both.
All normal, healthy young person
should Indulge freely In sweets, of
course at the right time. No square
meal is complete for a healthy young
ster unless there Is a dessert con
taining plenty of sugar, auch as loe
cream, cake, pie, -sweet puddings.
At the end. of a hard game the
youngster who indulges in some good
candy, a bar of milk chocolate, a dish
of Ice cream or whatever sweetmeat
appeals to his or her taste, Is doing
tne natural thing, the healthful thins,
and it la bound to help In any -wise
athletic training.
Candy cures fatigue or exhaustion
or prevents It. Tobacco merely dulls
your sense of fatigue for the time
being, but actually retards the nat
ural process of recovery with rest.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS .
Cooking' In Copper.
Sister put dandelions In a copper
boiler, poured hot water over them
and let them stand for two days.
Would that liquid be poisoned from
the copper? Mrs. L. K.
Answer. It may be Impregnated
with copper, but not poisoned, for
any quantity of copper that may be
dissolved in the liquid Is harmless,
rather beneficial, if it does not spoil
the taste.
Lotion for Pimples and Bleckheads.
Some time ago you advised me to
use a lotion for the pimples and
blackheads on my face. It has clear
ed them all up. It was composed of
ola ounce each of sublimed sulphur,
compound tincture of lavender, witch
hazel extract, camphor, water and
glycerin. We'd feel pretty sad at
our house if "Ole Doc Brady" ever
deserted us. Miss R. I. 8.
Answer. I'll never desert, but you
never can tell when I may be fired
(Copyright, John F. Dllle Co.)
have bought automobiles, radios or
homes and furniture, also Prigld
alres. and It would ruin them. They
would lose them, as they are paying
ror them on the Installment plan.
Well, of course, that would be bad,
but a lot of us have gone through
witn mar,, lost everything we had,
and now aflall we Just stand around
and starve when there la plenty In
this world for us all, those who
have a t e a d y employment, our
neighbors, eating three square meals
a oay7
Now gentlemen, lets get together on
this subject and we can all eat three
squares a day and we won't need any
community chest either. We will
make our own chest; all we ask la
work. This don't mean tho manager
or the main foreman. Shift to be
divided, Just means employes under
them. Now give thla your attention
and aee if It won't help out this ter
rtble situation. I understand that
Klamath Falls divided the mill work
to six hour shifts, working two shifts
a day. I understand Portland has
done the ssme on their police force,
sla hour shift to a man, so let us
start the same thing here and make
a town or this.
Of course we have some men here
that don't want to work aa long aa
they can get by and beg their living.
use one woman said: This depres
sion has helped her husband an aw
ful lot, as people used to call him a
bum, but now ho is Just one of the
unemployed. So this action I have
stated above In thla Item, will weed
them out. Let'a do It and see that
the people willing to work have a
chance to make an honeat living for
themselves and famlles. I thank
you readers for this, and hope you
win give it your full attention. Head
It over again, aa It is of more lmpor-
uvnee man lots realise It la.
B. B. OLMSTED.
Medford, Oregon.
Grants rass Is Grateful.
To the Editor:
We hsve heard so msny pleasing
remarka about your editorial on the
Cavemen holding up the National
Editorial Society train, that I thought
you would llko to know that the
people of Oranta Pass appreciate very
much the sentiments expressed by
you, eno tne cavemen especially wish
me to thank you for giving them
credit for their effort In hebalf of
southern Oregon, especially along
puDiicitv lines.
GRANTS PASS CHAMBER OP
COMMERCE,
By J. B. Harvey. Secretary.
Bates Lawyer Protcts.
To the Editor:
My attention haa been called to
numerous artlclea appearing In your
columna. evidently Intended aa newa
stories, concerning the forthcoming
trial of F. A. Bate for an alleged
felony. A secret Indictment was filed
by the grand Jury 'June 7th, and on
June 17th the writer became his at
torney. He ."is now been arraigned
and entered a plea of not guilty.
Under the law his Is presumed In
nocent until convicted by a trial
Jury.
We now ask you to refrain from
prejudicial discussion of the alleged
facts or witnesses until after the
trial. In his behslf we take excep
tion to a newa Item In the Tribune
of July aist. In which you ssy: "The
witnesses will comprise residents of
the Gold Hill district and lawyers of
this city who previously represented
Bstes In his encounter with th
courts."
Your valuable paper ahould not co
operate In a miscarriage of Juatlc.
or a break-down of law and order, by
encroaching upon th duties of trlsl
Jurors, or In cresting prejudice for
or against the defendant. Bate. Tou
may leai and pubiian mat ceruuu
persons. Including lawyers, were wit
nesses before the grand Jury, but you
have no knowledge aa to who win
be qualified or permitted to testify
at a trial, as that matter will be be
fore the trial Judge, aubject to the
rulea of evidence.
For your information, section 9
404 Oregon code, provides that "an
attorney shall not, without the con
Bent of hla client, be examined as to
any communication made by the
client, to him, or his advise given
thereon, In the course of professional
employment."
The only residents of Oold Hill who
sppesred before the grand Jury were
H. D. Reed, a Justice of the peace,
and D. H. Ferry, and It 1 not even
contended by the state or Its district
attorney, that either of these persons
wlnessed the commission of the al
leged "felony."
You are unwarranted In assuming
or publishing In advance of the trial
an Insinuation that the defendant
In hla encounter with the courte
will be even convicted by the evi
dence of hia own lawyera or hearsay
evidence from bystanders at a pre
liminary hearing before the Justice
of the peace. We ask that you de
elst from these prejudicial atatement
until after the trial, where the rules
of evidence will be Invoked by a
competent trial Judge,
M. O. WILKINS,
Attorney for F, A. Bates.
Ashland, July 32.
Oregon Indians'
Condition Today
Written by Mrs. R. C. Van Valzah
and read before Crater Lake Chap
ter, D. A. R.
(Note Since this article was writ
ten there have been before congress
several bills relating to Indian af
fairs In Oregon, which when passed
and put Into effect will change many
of the conditions mentioned).
Chapter 7
At Klamath there Is a 24-bed hos
pital for flhe Indians and from money
taken from the tribal funds. The
Indians opposed the bulldlne of this
building because they all had their
own doctors and did not like the
agency doctor, maintained by the
government and paid for out of tribal
funds.' He did not seem to like them.
He said "they were dirty, lazy, ignor
ant and liars, and were worse than
negroes and . Mexicans." It is not to
be wondered at that tfiey refuse to
be treated by him and resent his
being on their payroll. An average of
two Indians a month are treated at
this hospital and yet we find on gov
ernment records that there were 3000
hospital days In 1930. This means
that the hospital Is used by whites
the regiment of whites maintained
by the Klamath Indians as Indian
bureau employes.
One Klamath Indian testified that
"the prohibition laws on our reser
vation are terrible; there Is no law on
the reservation. There every man Is
for himself. It seems as though they
hire men who don't enforce the laws.
We are In favor of law and. order.
They are taking about $4500 of our
tribal funds for law enforcement and
the fines- of these men they catch
handling liquor, or In any crime, go
to the town of Chltoquln and to our
county and state and the tribal fund
Is not reimbursed by any fines or
does not get a proportion of the fines.
"We find that the Klamath Indian
goes to the public schools at the ex
pense of. the tribal fund."
Joseph Bell, a member of the coun
cil of the Klamath Indians, stated
that he favored public schools for
Indian children, "Because you get to
mix with a better class of people; and
the history of the Indian child which
has been reared on the reservation is
that he la timid, especially when you
put him out In the public, and he la
kind of bashful and does not pick up
as he would and he has no accent
to his voice But if you put him out
in white society in my experience,
you have to associate with somebdy
who knows more than you do or else
you are not going to learn anything
either, and the same thing applies to
the child. It has been proven that
given the same opportunities and ad
vantages the Indian will compete
with his white brother."
The Indians have stressed the fact
that where tribal funds are used to
maintain a school they would like to
have the education equal to the best
Institution of learning in existence.
Employes are not allowed to become
sympathetic or friendly with the In
dians'. Mr. Wade Crawford states
that Mr. Simmons was transferred
from Klamath because he was friend
ly with the Indians. "He was the
best friend the Indians had there
among the employes." Mr. Simmons
was helping the Indiana build houses.
(Continued next Sunday)
Climax
CLIMAX, July 23. (Spl.) The
barn on the lower Kershaw ranch
burned lat Saturday night. The tire
wss discovered by L. H. Werth and
two daughters as they were returning
from town.
A. J. Orlssom was a business caller
In Medford Friday.
Frankle Jantzer of Persist wss a
week-end visitor at the Charley home.
Carl Compton and Mrs. K. H. Comp
ton of Esst 6t. Louis, 111, arrived
Monday to spend the summer on
their homestead.
Ben Oswald cslled at the Werti
ranch Wednesday.
I, P. Kurt la building a house on
his homestead near Frank Bybee's.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Charlev and
family and Mrs. Ollle Mel spent Fri
day In Medford.
Mr. Doan and Mr. Hill have re
turned to their homee near Port
land after a two weeks' visit here.
Mr. end Mrs. McLean cslled on
Mrs. Wens Sunday.
Kayton McLean and Mrs. Meda
Comstock were In Medford Monday.
Mill blocks IS 00 per load In 3-losd
lots. Medford Fuel Co. Tel. 631.
Portraits of distinction. The Peas
leys, opp. Holly theater.
Phone 543. Well haul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
Flight o Time
(Medford and Jackson Connt
History from the files of The
Mali Tribune of 9 and 10 Vear.
At")
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
July 24, 1024
(It waa Monday)
J. A. Perry announcea the anni
versary of 34 yeara In Medford, and
tells of the growth of the city since
hla arrival, when the city had 1000
people.
O. E. (Pop" Oatca announces ha
will not run for governor, upon re
turn from a fishing trip.
Special prosecutor denies report
that local members of "necktie
party" to be granted Immunity.
Sunreme court upholds conviction
of Dr. Brumfleld, Koseburg dentist,
for murder.
Business conditions In nation
checked by coal and rail strike.
Mom Alforri oava S fine when
caught watering his lawn out of
hours.
Hudolph Vslentlno at Page thrills
tho women folks.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
July 24, 1012
(It waa Wednesday)
Showers break the backbone of
the heat wcve. i
Bull Moose party of Jackson coun
ty Is formed, with Col. A. C. Abrama
a dele;., te to the atate convention.
Miss Maude Oalnea and Milton
Ottoman, well knewn local young
folka, are wed. .
Pug Isaacs, George Putnam and
Judge Kelly catch 16 steelheads In
three hours.
Woman hurled over cliff on upper
Rogue road, when team becomea un
ruly, escapes death by nJracle.
Press Comment
CHASING A RAINBOW
The enterprising people of Medford
have resumed their 25-year chase
after the rainbow end, in the guise
of a railroad from the Rogue River
valley to the sea; This time they
hope to get a $6,500,000 pot of gold
from the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration, though It Is questionable
whether such visionary schemes are
entitled to its' largess. At any rate,
southern .Oregon people will have a
lot of fun out of It, some free adver
tlslng, and get their minds off the
depression. It Is better to merrily
chase wlll-o-the -wisps than to mope
in despair.
What would a railroad from Med
ford to the sea .haul? It couldn't get
coastwise or foreign tonnage until
the government dumped another $6.
500,000 into harbor Improvements to
rail and sail could meet. Even then
the only export tonnage would be
lumber, the main market for which
lies In the mid western states and
lumber Is a drug on the market, and
for three months in the year, perish
able fruit, which finds Its principal
sale In eastern states. New mining
developments might make some min
eral ore available but this Is prob
lematical and the huge surplus pre
cludes profitable copper mining for
a decade. The interior population is
too sparse to furnish much Import
business.
But even if the railroad was built
and the harbor constructed, the rail
road would suffer the same fate that
has overtaken other short line rail
roads everywhere. The busses would
take the passenger traffic and the
trucks the freight. If the Oregon
Electric or the Coos Bay branch of
the Southern Pacific, both tapping
a populous and fertile region, can
not make expenses, how could the
proposed southern Oregon railroad
possibly pay? (Geo. Putnam in Sa
lew Capital Journal.)
Williams Creek
WILLIAMS CREEK. July 23 (Spl.)
Lea Splcer had one of his horses with
which he haa been logging hurt last
week. The horse stepped on a man
aanlta snsg, running It up under the
hoof. It is feared the hoof will come
off.
Mrs. M. L. House who haa been 111
for two weeks Is Improving slowly.
Mr. snd Mrs. Hedgepeth who have
been living on the old Brown ranch
near Provolt have moved to the
Elijah Davidson place on upper Wil
liams creek.
Mrs. Bert Harris visited Mrs. Earl
Whlsler Friday afternoon.
Most of the young people and some
older ones of Williams neighborhood
went to Brgwnsboro Sunday where
the Wllllama baseball team played.
Tom Jonea Is hauling hay for Bert
Holzhauser from hla lower ranch to
the home place with his truck.
Clair Mahan la running the binder
for Ray Topping through wheat har
vest. W. H. Lemmon, 8. V. Hartman.
Emll Voss. D. Mills. George Lovelace,
John Mullen and W. Mills are run
ning the Rile Cougle sawmill this
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. George Trask of Med
ford were Sunday visitors at the
Harry Cougle home.
D. M. Rogers, willlsm Tucker and
Frank Rubert of Pendleton are min
ing on Powell's creek.
The army worm has appeared here
In our valley in email numbers wit
are not doing much damage so far,
being confined to alfalfa fields In
stead of attacking the gardeu.
Mrs. Harry Klncade and daughters
Beverly and Lorraln and Mra. Nettle
Wright and daughter Ruth of Klam
ath Falls visited relatives on Williams
creek last week.
Final clearince on summer dresses
snd hsts. All strsws Sic, 30c, 15c
snd 1100, Including Oage hats.
Dresses at greatly reduced prices.
The Bsnd Box.
Picture frames msde to order. The
Pessleys, opp. Holly thester.
The best c.r rv. sstnv.. as 00
' per 1000. Regular 14.00 ehinj'.ea.
I Medford Lumber Co,