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MEDFORD MAIL' TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1932.
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Ferry
The nearest thing to Mahatma
Oandhl's "fast unto death" around
' hers ! the 18-yeer-old kid at the
wheel of a la-cyllnder auto.
The Young Democrat and the
Young Republican! of the valley have
. organized and both will break out
wltA oratory, of which there hat not
been enough by far. The Young
Democrat baa to be young to be a
mMUM
now V
Democrat. Judging solely by the Old
Democrate, they will apend meet of
their political Uvea being everything
" but a Democrat, whenever the Ore
gon Democracy accidentally nomi
nate! a itrong man for governor, the
party will fawn and fawdle around
an Independent, for fear their candi
date will win. (See election return
for the year the state got Ita electrlo
light for nothing). It 1 too bad the
Young Democrats can't always stay
i young, and Democrats.
. IRRITATIONS OF POVERTY
(Bloomaburg, Pa., News)
The poor board has decided
that automobile owners, to be
eligible for.unemployment relief
In the future, will have to de
posit their car keys and license
cards with the board. Nor will
the poor board help persons with
telephones.
.
It's a wonder a gruntlod litigant
would not show up for a changa.
Oord Schermerhora and R. Wood
ford, the pllllst, squared off like a
couple, of boxers and assumed a war
like attitude, when they met near a
mall box yesterday am. T,hla la an
' old feud. When the pllllst was 16
years old, Oord sent him after a left
handed monkey wrench. Like the ele
. phant, the Indian and successful pol
itician, Mr. Woodford never forgets.
.
From the limited acquaintance of
your corr, with the radio, teletype,
typewriter and other delicate mech
anism, they would work much better
If there were no expert to Jab a
screwdriver Into their vitals.
Herm Offenbsoher of We Applegate
tore himself loose from the ploy
Wed, and came to town to attend to
Important business, and a world se
ries ball game broadoast. '
All the candidates are now wearing
their Sunday suit and wheu vney
tip their hats to a lady voter they
dust off their brogans.
'
Farmers are tacking up No Trespass
eigne. The buntera will observe these
signs like the farmer observes the
' "stop" signs In the towns.
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JUST SWITCHING STINKS
(UnadlUa, N. Y., Times)
For Sale Or will exchange for
a Model T Ford, three goets, the
foundation of a numerous prog
eny: will eat anything from
clothes off the line to tires from
automobile; also quite domesti
cated and odoriferous. Minnie
M. Root, Welle Bridge, N. Y.
The TJofO sophomores are paddling
the UofO freshman again but, as us
ual, thoas who really need It are too
big.
A group of Yreka "Gold Diggers"
Tlslted these parts Tues, inviting peo
ple to a party theq hold Prl. and
Sat. The "Oold Diggers" are com
posed chiefly of quick-growth whis
kers and red shirt. The whiskers
are a terrible price to pay for civic
gumption, but Yreka should be com
mended for trying to do something.
They might have etood around on
the corner howling about Hoover In
stead of cheating the Barber. All
who attend are guaranteed a good
time. The Ling boys who used to
live here had the ornlerlest looking
whiskers.
.
The campaign of boVi major par
ties to date Is neither entertaining
nor Interning, but throws a great
light on the dumbness of the so
called Intelligent voters. The voters
want beer, and need bread and work,
so they are filled up with speeches
and statistics on the tariff which
nobody understands, or wants to.
t
The weather and the new court
house continue to get the majority
of the compliments,
Plans havs about been completed
for making publlo the mo,t excru
ciating martyrdom sines you had a
bad tooth painlessly extneted.
e
"How do convicts reach prison?"
Dsl Norte Triplicate). Ask the
shsrlff or on of the deputies.
Must Be Slipping
TPIIE Medford News must be slipping. The most opprobrious
title it can conjure up against the Mail Tribune, at the
present writing is "grandmother."
Considering the source, this is highly complimentary. Con
sidering what it has called most
ford, particularly those who
columns, this is a compliment. Considering the epithets it
has burled at the members of the service clubs, the bar associa
tion and practically every worth while organization in Southern
Oregon, the past few years, "grandmother" is nothing short of
fulsome flattery,
yiEERE was a time when the Mail Tribune was the predatory
press, the subsidized press, the Medford gang press, and
all sorts of presses, ranging from hints of corruption to down
right skullduggery. '
But now the Mail Tribune is only a GRANDMOTHER. We
thank our competitor for this sudden show of consideration and
change of heart. 1
We don't know that such a revered and respectable title is
deserved, but under the circumstances, we would be the last,
to spurn or resent it.
In fact our experience with grandmothers and grand'
fathers too has been rather a pleasant one. They have paid
their bills, had a kindly feeling for others, and Bhown a remark
able keenness in discriminating between the genuine and the
bogus, in detecting truth from falsehood. What some of them
may have lacked in fire and spryness, they have made up in
maturity of thought and soundness of judgment.
We have always liked them,
if there is no complaint from them, in the admission of a news
paper, which is only 25 years of age, to their circle, there will
certainly be no complaint from us.
fV course, because of our
trusting. There MAT be some grandmothers in the Med
ford gang, perhaps some of them have cancelled their sub
scriptions or refused to advertise, in which case of course, a
mud-slinging blast against the grandmothers and grandfathers
of Southern Oregon is next on the News agenda.
But in lieu of such an outcome, we are going to accept the
more kindly and generous attitude of the News toward this
newspaper in the spirit in which it is undoubtedly accorded;
accept it as evidence that our esteemed contemporary, will here
after choose the epithets it hurls in this direction, with more
discrimination, and a higher regard for the truth.
We Congratulate the News
"THERE is more evidence that the News has had a change of
heart. About a week ago, for example, the News comment
ed upon affidavits of prejudice against Judge Norton as fol
lows: "Bight affidavits of prejudice have been filed by local ,
litigants against Circuit Judge Harry D. Norton, during the past
few weeks. As far as local attorney can determine, never In
the history of jurisprudence In Jackson county have so many
affidavits of prejudice been filed against a circuit Judge in so
short a time. The affidavits are described as a wholesale laek
of confidence."
But this morning, in commenting upon the.fact that Attor
ney M. 0. Wilkins has filed ANOTHER affidavit of prejudice,
our always reliable contemporary makes the following state
ment:
An affidavit of prejudice was filed In circuit court against
Judge Harry D. Norton, M the libel action of F. A. Bates, mlnsr,
against the Medford Mall Tribune for $100,000. Attorney M.
O. Wllklns, representing Bates, filed the affidavit of prejudice.
Wllklns charged, In his affidavit, that since the Mall Tri
bune was supporting Judge Norton In the recall proceedings
now against him, that any attorney would be slack in his duty
who would not safeguard his clients by having the case trans
ferred. The prejudice affidavit filed yesterday Is the seventh affidavit .
of prejudice that has been filed: against Judge Norton In the
past 60 days.
Quite r transformation in the short space of one week,
brethren I Eight affidavits a week ago. One has been added
since. And now there are SEVEN 1
pONGRATULATIONS! This may not be good arithmetic,
but it is certainly a step in the right direction.
Continuing the process, the News will soon discover, that
in the past 60 days, all the affidavits of prejudice against Judge
Norton, have been filed by one man, i. e., M. O. Wilkiui, the
independent candidate for District Attorney.
And as one affidavit added to eight, makes seven, six more
affidavits will obviously reduce this totnl to ONE.
We will then have one affidavit filed by one man, which
still docs not accord with "grandmothers" arithmetic, but does
give the people a very accurate picture of what this "affidavits
of prejudice" propoganda of the News really MEANS.
For clearly nine affidavits of prejudice against Judge Nor
ton by one man, only represents the prejudice and animus of
ONE MAN.
Q. E. D. We congratulate the News both on its change of
heart and on its truth Revealing system of arithmetic!
Not Bad For the News
fP course there are a few mis-statements in this last comment
on the affidavits of prejudice, but all things are relative,
and compared with other statements of the morning paper, this
represents a great improvement, another step in the right
direction.
The news states Mr. Wilkins, CHARGED IN HIS AFFI
DAVIT, that since the Mail Tribune was supporting Judge
Norton in the recall proceedings now against him, that any
attorney would be slack in his duty, who would not safeguard
his clients by having such a case transferred."
This is entirely untrue. The Mail Tribune was served with
a copy of the Wilkins affidavit. It is the regular form used in
all such cases, of which the following is the kernel;
The aforesaid Judge Is prejudiced against tha plaintiff and
his attorney, and that such attorney on oath aays thst ths
plaintiff cannot havs a fair and Impartial trial before ssld
Judge, that this affidavit ... Is not for the purpose of delay,
etc.
That is all. Not a word in the AFFIDAVIT that the News
put INTO it. Anyone who doubts this can examine the affidavit
on file at the county clerk's office, and have all doubts removed.
But as such things go, we repeat, the Nows is doing better!
of the leading citizens of Med'
refused to advertise in its
both our own and others. And
advancing yearsfwe may be too
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
The Soul of Wit.
Twelve to Six,
Those Twins Not Siamese,
Our Trouble Is Sin.
Copyright King Features Synd., Ine
Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
daughter of the late President
Theodore Roosevelt, will make
one campaign speech, in In
dianapolis October 17, advocat
ing the election of President
Hoover, of course. She is a
"good Republican."
She will hardly make a
shorter speech than one made
by the daughter of former Gov
ernor Smith, when he ran in
1928. Miss Smith said "I hope
you will all vote for father,"
and said no more.
Mrs. Longworth might say
"My father would vote for
President Hoover", that would
be ONE word shorter than
Miss Smith's speech.
The great event of 1932, in
the estimation of millions of
Americans started yesterday,
when the Yankees of New York
beat the Cubs of Chicago by
12 to 6 on a muddy field.
Baseball Is definite, If you under
stand It. It has Its heroes, their
names known to millions. Politics Is
vague with candidates Instead of
heroes.
Forty thousand paid to watch Babe
Ruth and the others yesterday. How
many would pay to hear any or all
of the candidates?
Daisy and Violet Hilton apply for
naturalization papers In Chicago. You
are surprised to learn that, born In
England, they are the ladles known
to the world as "the Siamese Twins."
Some circus man had a good Idea.
"Siamese" added a great deal to those
twins. They would be entitled pre
sumably to two votes.
According to the Rev. Dr. Henry P.
Van Dusen, dean of New York's Union
Theological Seminary, our depression
came, not because we are paying for
the big war, not because of over-pro
duction, the- wickedness of public
utilities, or the unloading of tens of
millions of shares of stock represent
ing nothing In particular.
The whole trouble Is SIN.
"Wholesale, unabashed, ruthless
sin" Is whst alls us, according to Dr.
Van Dusen. We have offended Qod
by not believing In him.
What a reverend doctor says must
be true, but you wonder whether all
the millions Idle, all the children suf
fering, have sinned sufficiently to
deserve what la happening to them.
A cable, despatch from Paris to
Cyrus H. K. Curtis announces that
"plans for a new study of the war
debt" arouse enthusiasm In French
financial and other circles. The
French are delighted to learn that
many members of the "war debt com
mittee" are also members of the
French Legion of Honor. One of
them, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Is
a grand officer, George W. Wlcfcer
sham a commander In the order.
That Is Interesting. There ought
also to be some members, past mast
ers or grand commanders In the great
American order of tax payers.
Scientist were all excited when a
mammoth was found frozen In north
ern Ice. The huge creature of ele
phant type, with enormous tusks,
hair and flesh was perfect, except
thst wolves had eaten some of the
flesh.
More Interesting Is the discovery
by Danish scientists In Qreenland of
Vlklnga burled and perfectly pre
served In the frozen ground of the
Island, fully dressed In tight breeches,
doubls breasted coats of homespun
cloth, no coffins.
Frozen bodies of northerners that
went to Oreenland six hundred years
ago are even more Interesting than
the frozen mammoth.
Associated Press reporta that "John
Ford Darling, noted economist, Im
portant banker," fears that "econom'-j
attraction" will bring about "the ab
sorption of Canada by the United
States."
Geographical reasons would help
the absorption, according to the
learned banker, also the fact that
"Canada has to pay the United States
I150.000.0CO a year Interest."
Banker Darling evidently doea not
know the Canadians well. They don't
intend to be absorbed by anybody,
and will continue to pay their debts
for which they probably got full
value.
Some day. far off, Canadians
might enter Into equal partnership
with the Americans. In the mean
while. It Is useful to have so abls a
peacemaker and so good a friend on
the north.
The government complains, with
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letter pertaining to psrsonsj Dealtb and ny glens, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady U a stamped self-ad-dressed
envelope U enclosed. Letters should be oriel and written to in
Owing to the large number ox letters received only a few can be answered
Here, Ho reply can be made to queries not conforming to instruction. Vd
dress Dr. William Brady in care of roe Mall Tribune.
NUTRITIVE VALUE OF MILK AND BEER
In this column recently the con
ductor derided the claim that beer is
equivalent to milk In food value.1
Since I ridiculed
the absurd claim ,
there have been
appearing In
many newspapers:
letters to the ed-1
ltor, signed In
each case by the
same name. In
which tables of
analyses of beer
and milk are
given, the anal
yses being credit
ed to Dr. Robert Wahl of Chicago,
as made In 1919. In view ot the
fact that my name Is used as the
occasion for the letter to the paper,
It may be well to state the essen
tial scientific facts, lest any unin
itiated be misled.
First, the comparative analyses as
credited to Wahl seem fair enough.
Milk Beer
Carbohydrate (sugar) 4.25 6
Protein (nitrogenous
material I 855ft 05
Mineral matter 0.70ft 0.20ft
Alcohol : 3-75ft
Pat , , 4 05ft
Water ...... 87.50ft 90ft
Aa the tables are given In the let
ter which has been sent to many ed
itors, the alcohol Is entered as
"equivalent to butter fats In food
value." In a personal communica
tion the author of the letters writes
me that It happened he was a stu
dent under Professor Atwater of the
Chemistry Department of Wesleyan
University In 1900-1001, while the
famous experiments with the calori
meter were being conducted. o he
purports to have first hand Informa
tion as to the nature and findings
of those experiments.
Notwithstanding that, a gram of
fat on combustion or oxidization In
the body yields 9.4 calories, whereas
a gram of alcohol yields only 7.2
calories.
Even If all the alcohol In a pint
of beer could be oxidized and utilized
as a food or a fuel, a source of en
ergy or heat in the body. It would
yield scarcely 130 calories, whereas
all the fat In & .pint of milk, which
Is readily oxidized and utilized by
the body, yields more than 180 cal
ories. The sugar or carbohydrate content
of milk and beer may be regarded as
practically the same, but the protein
content of beer la negligible while
the protein of milk la one of the
most substantial and complete build
ing materials In the human dietary.
Ordinary run of the market milk
at 5 cents a quart (as It has recently
cost) or at 25 cents a quart (as the
finest grade, Certified milk, and In
some communities goat's milk costs)
Is far cheaper and bett. food than
the best beer ever brewed, even If
the beer could be had for the same
price as milk.
The truth Is that the human me
tabolism can oxidize and utilize as
tears, that Russia selling goods here,
notably asbestos, uses "unfair prac
tice." The Russians come here and
sell asbestos for whstever they can
get. The asbestos peopu ay so.
This "richest, most powerful coun
try In the world" refusing to recog
nize the Russian government and
then crying about Us' trade methods,
seems rather ridiculous, especially as
we have been "dumping" our surplus
of manufactured articles all over the
world at prices much lower than our
home prices.
MYSTERY VEILS
FATE OF SHIP'S
(Continued noia Page One)
son and the coast guard cutter North
land reported the Nevada had "broken
In three parts."
The four men were seen on ths
rocks of the Island by the small boat
from the Oregon Maru while It was
trvlnff to reach shore. Radio mes
sages gave no Indication a to whether
anyone was seen on tne pinionea anip,
or whether others of the crew later
reached shore.
Early yesterday morning the ore
eon Maru nicked up an SOS from
the Nevada. Immediately afterward
the distressed ship's radio went si
lent and for 18 hours the Japanese
vessel searched the treacherous North
Pacific waters before locating the Ne
vada piled on the rocks of the Inhos
pitable Aleutian Island.
Seas Panrer Lifeboats.
At :3 o. m., Inst night a message
relayed by the St. Paul Island and
Dutch harbor radio stations said the
Oregon Maru had taken a position
near the Nevadv and shortly after
ward reported one of her boat was
trvlra to reach shore "but long, high
swells make very dangerous."
Our boat cannot reach shore, due
to hlsh swells." the Japanese freighter
later messaged "Return with diffi
culty. Boat found four men or more
on shore. Awaiting favorable wea
thr." At 12:50 . m today (Pacific stand
ard time. 7:S0 last night In the Aleu.
tlans) the coast guard radio In Se
attle reported Intercepting part of
a messaee from the President Madison
saving "she Is broken In three parts
snd four men were seen on the
rocks."
The Nevada, a freighter of the
States Steamship company of Port
land, sailed from the Oregon city
September 16 with a general cargo
for Japanese porta.
Brady, BL D.
food or fuel or a tissue sparer or a
source of heat or energy, only a lim
ited quantity of alcohol. Experiments
under scientific control Indicate that
the maximum an adult can utilize
Is something less than 4 c. o. (small
teaspoonful) of alcohol In an hour.
If more than that maximum Is taken,
the excess Is excreted unburned,
mainly through the lungs, and It 's
readily detected on the subject's
breath. Indeed, when the odor of
alcohol Is on the breath It Is proof
that more has been taken than the
body can utilize. Such excess may
not be regarded as Intoxication oy
the laity or by the law, but scien
tifically we must so regard It, since
alcohol is a narcotic depressant In Its
action on the body.
I still deride the intimation that
beer compares favorably with milk in
food value, and I need not brand this
bald assertion that alcohol Is equiv
alent to butter fat in food value.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Dreams.
Is there any way to prevent the
occurrence of disturbing dreams
every night, it spoils my rest. I
am 24. . R. B.
Answer Knowledge of Individual
circumstances would enable me to
offer specific suggestions. Some gen
eral suggestions to promote restful
sleep: We all dream all the t!me In
sleep. We are disturbed by only the
more vivid dreams which nearly or
quite wake us. If we can recall a
dream clearly that indicates our sleep
has been shallow. No late eating,
drinking or smoking. Enough dally
work, play or exercise to produce
healthy fatigue. Invest a reasonable
sum In high grade, comfortable sleep
ing equipment, bed. mattress, springs,
covers, living quarters, environment.
Sleep, with .the lightest and least
cover consistent with comfort. No
light In room. No heat. Bowl of
crackers and milk, or sandwich or
other bedtime lunch, provided you've
earned it; no lunch If you're a lazy
parasite. Sleep in the position you
find most comfortable. If you snore
try right or left lateral semi-prone
position without pillow or with only
a small pillow.
Intermarriage.
Are the chidren of mixed marriages,
that Is, marriages between different
nationalities, inferior to the children
of marriages between members of the
same nation or tribe? One scientist
claims they are, and that some far
off island where natives had Inter
married for years had the finest
specimens of humanity . . . M. C.
Answer The Isle of Utopia, wasn't
It?, Nationality doesn't matter, nor
family, nor tribe. If both parents
are healthy the children will be
healthy specimens. If either parent
has any Inherent or constitutional
or physical or mental taint or defect,
the children are likely to be less vig
orous specimens. Eugenlcally, Uto
pian offspring should be superior:
but try to find tha tlslandl
(Copyright, John P. Dllle Co.)
50 CENTS HOUR
FOR ROAO IRK
(Continued nous fage one)
Dunn & Baker, Klamath Palls, (55,
518. Benton County: Lobster Mountain
section of Alsea-Deadwood secondary
highway, .75 mile of grading; Yun-ker-Weiks
Co., Portland, 4010.
Douglas County: Paradise Creek
Red Bridge section, Umpqua high
day, 12.4 mites screen gravel surfac
ing and crushed gravel In stock piles;
P. J. Kernan, 40,655.
Josephine County: Green Creek
Jackson county line section of Pa
cific highway, 2.06 miles of two-foot
concrete pavement; Dunn & Baker,
1)98,338.
Benton County: Bridge over Mil
ler creek on West Side Pacific high
way; A. J . Enrlght. Eugene, $4077.
Multnomah County: Bridge over
Columbia Slough at north edge of
Portland; Portland Dredging Compa
ny, Portland, 921,627.
Three bids were awarded subject
to approval of the bureau of public
roads and one bid was referred to
the highway engineer.
FEDERAL COURT
HAS HEAVY LIST
OF CIVIL CASES
(Continued from Page One)
United States v. Pat Hogue, et al.
October S.
Ivan Nealon vs. Henry Von Hoeven
berg. October 8.
United Srates vs. Duval Hurd. et
al. October 6.
United State ts. Charles McNeil.
October 7.
Amelia Matthews vs. Bnldrldge.
October 7.
United States vs. Racine Wetser,
October 10.
United Ststes vs. Preman Crane, et
al. October 11.
Lee Burns v. Pacific Oreyhound
Staees. Inc., October 11.
Max S. Mayer vs. Consolidated Truck
Lines, October II.
Miry Allen vs. Albert C. Alien.
October 15.
E. M. Kills, et ux. vs. General Pe
troleum Corp. of Calif October 13.
Ye Poet's Corner
THE OLD MINING CAMPS -
By A. B. William '
Prom the Canadian border down to
the Rio Grande,
Prom the Rockies' crested peaks to
the vast Pacific's strand.
Eaoh state of this West Empire hat
Its monuments today
That betoken a ones grandeur now
In desolate decay;
Camps and towns that once with
activity were rife,
Where all was life and action, tu
mult, urge and strife;
Where men once scrambled wildly In
a mad lust for gold,
And with a fever tense sought earth's
secrets to unfold.
Where heterogeneous masses forced
life Into the raw ,
And passion was unbridled and li
cense was the law;
Where oft the noisy crowd would
shout and mill and churn
Like a feudal revelry at a conquer
or's return;
Where each day and the nighttime
rang with a riot sound,
And men in seething masses like
maggots squirmed around;
Each day was a frantic rush of a
gold-questing throng,
Each night was a wild medly of wo
men, wine and song.
That now Is all a bygone, and those
scenes of former days
Are stark and spectral phantoms si
lent In a langorous haze.
Camps sprang up and vanished like
the ocean's flying scud.
They rose and then subsldod like a
mountain's turbid flood.
Buildings lie In mouldering heaps,
with cracked and crumbling walls,
Where rats and squirrels safe abound
and the sullen serpent crawls;
Where denizens of forest that once
circled far and wide
Now approach unwarily with Incau
tious step and stride.
A few have dwindled down to little
country towns,
Basking In a vanished glory on which
modern progress frowns.
And near forgotten now their days of
former glory
That day of hectic turbulence has
become a passing story.
A few hundred Inhabitants where
thousands once were massed
In a somnolent repose, dreaming of
a day that's passed.
Others, with a new baptism, have
evolved a modern meln,
And march with modern progress like
an oriental queen..
How one recalls the past, as one re
vives a dream,
Vlslonlng the wrecks where ruin
reigns supreme.
When back In memory's storehouse
come surging up anew
Scenes wellnlgh forgotten, again
springing Into view.
Strong men there were and mggM;
knowing naught of fear,
Men rough and coarse and heedless
e'en though death abided near.
Yet, underneath that rough outside
were sturdy hearts and true
As ever throbbed in human breast,
and with noble Impulse, too.
If want, woe or misfortune brought
any one distress,
Those hardened men would quickly
give the last dollar they'd pos
sess; Or perchance some daring deed re
quiring pluck and nerve,
There 'd be little hesitation eagerly
they'd wane to serve.
And their respect for pure and virtu
ous womanhood
Was an inspiration that now would
serve us good.
And e'en the wanton women, those
social castaways,
Were ever ready to give aid, scorning
any meed of praise.
Pate was fickle In those days, as fate
has always been;
She lifted some to laps of wealth,
but frowned on other men.
Many a fortune of today owes Itself
to some odd freak.
Where knowledge was of little worth
a drawback, so to speak.
Some old relicts have labored on
with meager means for years
Pull of that optimism that hope for
ever rears,
And here and there may still be seen
an unkempt, grizzled vet,
Browsing amidst the ruins, dream
ing to "strike It" yet.
Nature, which In that heyday, was
torn and rent with scars,
Is returning to her own, as nations
do from wars.
Trees and brush that erstwhile were
with a ruthless hand
Torn and despoiled, have burgeoned
a new and virgin stand.
Near If not quite obliterating the
marks of former rape,
As charity transgression's sins often
covers with her cape.
Birds and beasts have now reclaimed
their former rendezvous
And old trails re-established the de
serted forests through.
Shades of a glorious past, what
wraith mocks you today I
What hollow somberness hovers over
your decay!
The flash and crash and dazzle live
only but as ghosts
And a tantalizing silence now haunts
your former boasts.
You rest on undisturbed with rude
epitaphs to mark.
An era that has vanished like the
ember's dying spark.
Your ruins stand a tomb to an epoch
now agone
And to a surging spirit that Is swift
ly passing on.
OVER CRITICAL STAGE
BOISE, Idsho, Sept. 39. (AP)
Improvement In the condition of Mrs.
Wllltsm E. Borsh. Ill with parrot fe
ver, continues and the latest bulle
tins from her physicians Indicate
the wife of the United States senator
has passed the critical stage.
"Mrs. Borah has shown continu
ous and market improvement today,"
a bulletin late last nigM said.
Philomath. Local street Improved.
Flight 'o Time
(Medfurd and Jacasuo Uouut)
History from the Plies ot The
MslI Tribune of 9 and 10 Veen
Ago.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
September 29, 1922
(It was Friday)
Tom Swem returns from Salem,
where he had charge of the artlstlo
side of t,he Jackson county exhibit
at the state fair, and waxes eloquent
over the results.
High school Is overcrowded and
new desks are needed.
Valley poultrymen Jubilant over
egg prices.
London abandons hope for peace
In New East.
County W. O. T. TJ. holds plcnlo
at Ashland and considers candidates.
New York Yankees win American
league flag.
Jess Wlllsrd, ex-champlon, to ap
pear here In October.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
September 29, 1912
(It was Sunday)
Mr. and Mrs, Balph Bard well re
turn from trip to San Francisco,
Nevada man, awaiting noose, picks
lock of death cell and escapes from
prison.
Much work under way In city at
present time, largely orchard, build
ing and paving work.
TJncle Sam may soon take a hand
In Mexican war.
Three Injured In explosion at Buz
zard mine.
F. E. Redden, bookkeeper of the
Jackson County bank, was thrown
from his bicycle at Main and Laurel
and hurt his arm severely.
Loose boards In sidewalk to
nailed down ere winter sets In.
be
WEEK OF PRAYER
AND PENITENCE TO
The special union self-examination
and prayer service to be conducted
through arrangemente made by the
Medford Ministerial Association, will
orjen at the Fir.t Mothiet v,-k
SOUth. at 7:4fi nVlrvV rWhA- ft
cording to announcement.
These services, m which a number
of church In the city are co-operating,
are being conducted during that
week due to the time being set aside
specially by the Federal Council of ,
Churches of Christ In America. The V ,
object of the prayers 'is to remedy
the grave difficulties confronting the.
nation and the world.
Everyone of us ought during, this
week of penitence and prayer to
unite together and consecrate our ...
selves more fully to his service.
1. Every pastor ought to preach
on Sunday. October a. on the essen
tial nature and content of the gos
pel. What is the gospel? Why do
we believe the gospel? What does
the gospel expect us to be and to do?
3. Every Sunday school teacher
ought to speak that week to every
member of his or her class about
christian dlsclpleshlp, and what it
means In faith and service, and seek
to lesd to Christ every member of
the clsss.
3. In every home there ought to
be a blessing at every meal that
week, and family worship every day,
.u uk oope mat tjiese practices will
carry over permanently into the
lamuy lire.
. Every individual of us ought to
.cb asiue an nour Sunday, October 3,
and some time each following day. to
think quietly and honestly over our
own life, to ask God's foreglveness
for aU our failures, to pray for help
to be simpler and better Christians.
5. All our conversation and use of
time this week should be lifted to a
hlaher level. Suppose Christ were to
return and walk visibly with us this
week, what manner of people would
we be? Well, he Is walking with us
as really as though he were visible.
. What we and all men need Is to
hsve all our life at home, in business.
In politics. In all our activities and
relationships, ruled by Jesus Christ
as Lord. We declare as Christians
that Christ is the one remedy for all
the world's Ills. If we believe this,
the piece of beginning is In our
selves, is Christ Lord of our homes
and our business and our voting, of
sll our getting and using of money?
If not. this week is the time for a
change that would make him Lord
not In word only but In deed and In
truth.
The following program will be
carried out on Wednesday night:
.-TA1"- Btnn" will speak on J
"The Examined Life and Penitence - '
and Rev T. O. Pstterson of Myrtle
Creek win speak on "Confession and
Acknowledgement of God's Sovereig-
Rev. W. R. Hsird win set as son?
leader for the evening. Rev. W H
Eaton wilt lead In prayer and con-'
secratlon service. This program has
been plsnned by Rev,, iverson. Ka
bele snd Wood of the Ministers' as
sociation. Duke of Roxbnrche Dies
W'Itshlrf g.. Sept. J9.
(AP) The Duke or Roxburghe died
Earl of Pembroke, aged S6.
Regner road beini imnr.
paratory to surfacing Oreshsm Out
look. Someone arks the question. "Wht
would you do If your doctor told you
that you had but sli m-,.
We'd see another doctor. Atlanta
ionsi:iut;on-
firm of electrlclsns, located at 610
Lumbermen's bldg.
Sayton. New Catholic parish house '
dedicated.
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