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PAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1932. VIedford Mail Tribune "Jmwn to Soutntfn Ortfloa fito IM Hiil Mkim'' Dtllf ICietpt gaianliy PnblufiMt ttf UEUPOUD CHI STING CO. iS-lf-it N. IfU 8t Ptwot TO SO BE HI W BUHL. MIU E. L tCNAFP lluus Ad Independent Nenpapw En tared u tecou) -:iu suiter it fcbdfanJ Oroon, under am of March . 18T9. SUBSCUlKnUh KATB8 By Mfl In Adnxm B&Uy. iw $8.00 DUlj. aootb C Br Ctrrter, (e utrance Medford, Afbtand, lukBwrlU, Centra Point Pboeolt, TaluL Uoid Hill tl oe HijiiMji. Dtlly, aootb I -T8 Dallft soe fur f80 All Ursa, cub to tdrtne. s Official paper oe Um Ctt? of UedfonL Official paper of iuko .Jouoly. MEMHEB OF TUB AStrJl'IAfKi PUBS8 Beeeitlnt trull Luted Wire Berrlea Itw tuociated Vrtn D iclwifelj intltled to UN OH for publication of ail o dtipstrtw eracllted to tt or otbenrtM credited In ttila oapor tod atao to the local oew oubiutivd btreln. All rtcbU for puhimtloo of pedal dlipatcnaa bartlB are alio referred. UKMBEH Or UNITED PMBSS MEMBER Or AUDIT BUKEAD OK CIRCULATIONS AdmtUlng KepreMntetlraa M. a M01BN8KN COMPANT Office Id New York, CnJeo. Detroit, 8 40 rrtoclsco. Lot Arvelea. Seattle Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Physician report nearly 100 oases of the flu, on hand and not one oontrary enough to be known as the La Orlppe. Who can recall when all awkward and unlucky enough to get caught, invariably offered, as a sympathetic alibi: "They never hung the De Au tremont boys, but gave me 10 days." So Poland defaulted on her war debts, ala La Bulla France. It was the woes of Belgium that kpt the people of the valley awake nights, but tftelr hearts also ached for bleeding Poland the land of Paderwerskl, a piano thumping genius. Never shall your corr. forget the day the Ger mansmeaner than a district attor neychased the Russians out of the Masurian swamps and the world was told that Poland was "to be sacrific ed on the altar of Kalaerlsm." How the Poles made the tears flow I When the news came that the Teutonic hordes had seised the postoffice In Warsaw, did the indignation mount. Why Porter Neff, a 4-mlnute speaker, poke for 20 minutes, he so felt sorry for Poland and the Poles. (TAINT THAT 8MART1 (The Dalles Chronicle) . The professional "dead beat, of Whom there are several in The Dalles, Is tickled to death with the depression. Now he has an excuse for not paying his bills. The man who has always paid, and cannot do so now, Is shame faced about It. The professional dead beat goes his way even more blithely than before. Only eight days 'till Christmas, and 11 the little boys are as polite as a little Japanese boy. A lead pencil was at large near Xureka, Calif., one day last week and before apprehended another railroad was built Into Crescent City, You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time and the rest of the time somebody else will fool them. (Judge.) The truth geta mentioned gain accidentally, ROMANCE FADES (Kuiena Kens) i Dear Miss Fairfax: I am engaged to a nice young man and we expected to be mar- j rled In June, but I lost my Job a month ago. A statistician at Oregon State Col lege has figured out with nothing concealed up his sleeves, that the Orangemen are socond to Southern California In the football standings of the nation. The deductions excel those offered by "Old Oregon" the year they claimed the Pacific Coast championship because Willamette University failed to beat them. The governor thinks the session of the state legislature will consider nothing but taxation measures. The governor don not know thst hip pocket have already started to bulge with Rogue River fish bull. It's beyond us. If the people would spend four billion, everybody would prosper: If the Government spends four billion, everybody Is poorer. (Atlantlo City Union) Me no savvy, either. Heard at the Bill Gore Corner: "Sure I read Henry Ford put 100.000 men back to work. But did you read he laid off 300.000. The 100.000 he put to work are aJl his cousins." Plg-etlcklnc Is the order of the day in the rural areas, and country folks have to eat pork back-straps these long winter evenings. GIANTS' PHYSICIAN DIES FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS NEW YORK, Dec. !. (AP) Dr. William J. Walsh, physician to the New York Giants, died this afternoon of bullet wounds Inflicted last night In his office by "patient," who was later killed by police. When needina explicating sales books, flat-packs oi fin-fold cash register forms, ledger sheeu for oootteepia, mschlnes ot an other kind ol printing 1 -n't o.det from aut-or-towu firm na pay more Phone 76 sod one oi out representatives wui call Ueairsole bouses always in first class condition (or rent lease or sale Can lot 1 Pnune as we'll usui sway youi refuse, any 8uiir) SerTlos. Should All Debts Be Cancelled? WE have received a communication, not for publication, which asks if this newspaper doesn't believe in cancel lation of the war debts, and if it does, why it doesn't SAY SO. If this newspaper DID believe in cancellation of- the war debts at this time believed such action would be best for this country and for the world it WOULD say so. But it doesn't so believe. It does believe that no MATER IAL part of the remaining debts to this country, will be paid. But inability to secure any major portion of this ten or twelve billions in gold is one thing; voluntarily writing them off is quite another. NT fact, we believe cancelling the war debts now, would be a great mistake. The justice of this debt is unquestioned, the obligation of the debtors to pay up to their capacity is ako unquestioned. We believe in standing pat for the Decem ber 15th payments, the United States was not only well within its rights, but contributed to a clearing of the entire inter national atmosphere. ' - As tbo situation now stands, the European sheep are pretty well separated from the European goats. Great Britain, as expected, came through nobly, so did Italy, Czecho-Slovakia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. France, also as expected, refused to pay. So did Belgium, Poland, Esthania, Hungary and Greece. QO there they stand. The nations that regard their obliga- tions to this country as a debt of honor, and those who don't. Our attitude toward these countries, will be and should be influenced by their action. Had we cancelled the debts, or extended the moratorium, there would have been no such division, and our foreign policy would not have been clarified, as it has been. This phase of the matter however, is relatively unimportant. Another phase of the matter however, ISN'T unimportant. In fact we regard it as of supreme importance. HPO illustrate: let us assume these war debts had been can- celled yesterday by the United States, as the artful Euro pean propogandists proposed. . ' What would Uncle Sams' position be today t He would be laudod as the saviour of Europe no doubt; he would be ac claimed as a Santa Clans not only in word, but in deed. But coming down to brass tacks, what sort of a spot would he be in t IT must be plain to any thinking person that from an inter- national standpoint he would be sunk completely. His hold on Europe would be gone along with his $100,000,000 paid yesterday, and the billions due thereafter. The greatest lev erage he has ever held over Europe the greatest talking point for trade benefits, for political concessions, for disarmament in which he so strongly believes, would have been abandoned, and nothing whatover to show for it not a scrap of paper or a dime I tfnele Sam would be written down as the greatest D. F. the easiest mark, the most childish bungler of all time. e e e e 00 that is why we do NOT favor debt cancellation at the J present time. Not that we have any. illusions about these billions ever being paid in gold in fact it would take the entire stock of gold in the world today to pay them. But be cause they can be paid in other things in raw materials, in trade benefits, in political concessions, in agreements to reduce armaments on land and sea, in any number of ways, beneficial to this country and to the world. And that undoubtedly is what will be done in the interna tional debt conference which President Hoover favors, and which President-elect Roosevelt at the former's request, pub licly endorsed. WITH ALL interested nations represented at this confer once, (hose who have met their obligations, those who have not, and the United States as creditor, treating them all alike, demanding money from those able to pay in money, demanding some non-monetary equivalent from those who can't do so, there is every reason to believe some agreement, reas onably satisfactory to all will be reached. The debts may be further reduced, porhaps from ten to one billion, provided such an amount is paid at once in cash. But WHATEVER the final result, Uncle Sam at least will not have committed the fatal blunder of cancelling all the debts at the present time. The Auto License Problem A LL the proposals for lowering of automobile licenses in this state, we have seen, have two factors in common. First a lowering of the average license fee to approximately $5 the lowest to $3, and a material increase in the licenses on commercial trucks and motor busses. We bcliove both propositions are essentially sound. The present motor license fee must be radically reduced. As we stated, when the truck bill came up at the November election, while that measure went too far, there should be a material readjustment, placing a smaller burden upon the private car and a far greater burden on the commercial car. IN this direction it is interesting to note what has been done in England, which on the basis of area, has the greatest number of automobile vehicles in the world. As a result of a national conference, attended by an equal number of railway and automobile executives, it was mutually agreed that the entire cost of construction and maintenance of highways about $300,000,000 a year should be borne by those using the-highways, and that trucks should pay their fair share of thoso costs. The license fee of the six-ton truck was placed at $525 per year, the ten-ton truclj. at $1100 per year. A gas tax of 13J-S cents pel gallon was adopted. These figures are given not because we believe they are necessarily adapted to conditions in this country; but to give the people of this Btate, some idea of what people in other parts of the world are doing. The automotive problem, the highway problem and the finunciiil problem are norld-wido problems. A complete sur vey would probably show that in every part of the world, as is true in England and in this state, the necessity of the trucks and motor busses paying TIIEIU PAIR SHARE of highway costs and operation, has been accepted, as a primary step in the proper solution of those problems. Personal Health Service By William Brady, U. D. Signed letters pertaining ta personal health and hygiene, not to disease dlsgnosls or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if stamped, sell sddressed envelope is enclosed, tetters should be brief and written in ink. Owing to the Urge number of letters received only few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queues not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady in care of The Mall Tribune. SHOULD CHILDREN TAKE TEA OS COFFEE? Hers U a letter from a girl prob ably 13 or 13 years old but with the mentality of ona 18 or 18. At leut . aha wrltea a. per fect letter, and I belle) ra It require an I. Q. better than the average to do that. My Dear Dr. Brady: Our class had a discussion on the subject of tea and coffee. Our teach- er tried to con vince us that we should not drink It, but I think abe failed. Would you kindly give your rea sons for not wanting children to drink tea or coffee? The children In our class are be tween the ages of 13 and 18 and some of them drink it at breakfast time. If you will prove to them that It Is not good for their health I will be very grateful. Very truly yours, A cup of coffee contains a fair medicinal dose of caffeine, an alka- Jold of the same class as strychnine, morphine, atrophlne, etc.. tho caf feine la comparatively nonpolsonous. The purpose for which physicians administer the drug caffeine by mouth or by hypodermic Injection Is stimulation. It stimulates the heart; It stimulates the cerebrum. It stim ulates the spinal cord; it stimulates the kidneys. A cup of tea contains a small dose of a similar alkaloid called thelne. Tho thelne Is not used In medicine, Its effects are similar In all respects to those of caffeine, tea being some what milder than coffee. It la conceivable that In certain circumstances these beverages or drugs ml&ht be beneficial for a child but that would be a matter for the physician to decide. Certainly the ef fects of tea or coffee are not desir able for the normal, healthy child. That Is why we think children under 10 years of age should not take tea or coffee. If children must have a beverage other than water, soup, milk or any Ye Poet's Corner FOLLOW THE BOOUB Down tibrough tho valley there moves a swift river. Cool waters rush over, gay stony bed. No complaint, no delaying as though pleased with Its Journey; Bringing a message because It keeps saying: Be skies grey or blue overhead: Follow the Rogue on to the sea; Nothing greater ever can be than finding that which is destined for me; On through the valley the green shadowed river Hurriedly tosses It white spray about; Drop over dams; slips under bridges Past highway and byway and sta tion and town. . Past summer cabins on mossy stone ridges. Bearing Its lure of salmon and trout. On through the valley the clear mountain river, Dark firs beside it pleasantly sway ing, Walts not to hear the klldeers' cry; Tangle of sweet brier; clean ruddy laurel Paths that lead to It passes these by. But It's leaving a message because It keeps saying: Follow the Rogue on to t,he sea. Nothing greater ever can be Than finding that which Is destined for mo. Follow the Rogue. Hazel Sloneker. Communications Another Lie Is Nailed. To the Editor: I have been a subscriber to the Mali Tribune ever since I came to Southern Oregon in 1931. , I have not always agreed with Its policies, but I have never doubted Its Integrity or sincerity. I have always thought and still think It compares aa a newspaper favorably with any other small town dally on the coastor tn the country for that matter. Of late, however, I have been told by my neighbors re peatedly that the Mull Tribune U fi nanced and owned by the California Oregon power company, aa an evi dence that the Tribune has always played the Copco game In the matter of maintaining present high rates. I am now writing tn ask If this latrue. I don't believe it, but I have no evi dence to support my belief. I would appreciate a statement from yon re garding this matter. If you prefer not to answer In your columns I would appreciate a personal letter which I can show to my neighbors around here confirming my view. Or if they are right and I am wrong, confirm ing theirs. If there Is nothing to such talk I think. In Justice to Itself, the Mall Tribune should make a pub lic statement to that effect. I dont want my name published. FAIR PLAT. (Name on File, Kd Note: Well, well, so that old be whiskered canard Is still bobbing around In the foothills. A strange world, mates. We sometimes wonder If under prevailing conditions of pub lic suspicion and unrest. It does any good to deny ANTTH1NO. We dont know how many times we have publicly denied report practi cally Identical with the above. but It has not prevented the circulation of the gossip, or its acceptance in certain quarters. 1 We have pious Idea nothing will. f fresh fruit Juice In season, cocoa or chocolate Is less Injurious to them thsn la tea or coffee. But when a child la given cocoa or chocolate as a beverage the greater the amount of milk or cream and the less chocolate or cocoa in the drink the better for health. Often the child who has been spoiled at home will refuse to take plain milk aa a beverage, In school or elsewhere, but If the milk is flavored with caramel 1 (burnt sugar) or with chocolate or cocoa the neurotically trained youngster will take It without the usual fuss. Tea and coffee, we said, stimulate the spinal cord. They increase what we call reflex activity, and that, In popular language, means tea or cof fee makes you "nervous," restless, twltcby, jumpy, Irritable, cranky. In childhood the kidney function Is plenty and It is sheer mischief to stimulate it. Nor Is there any sound reason for stimulating the .heart and Increasing the blood pressure of a normal child. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What to Teach, What to Teach I teach general science) and the head of my department kindly tho perhaps not wisely allows me to teach what I choose under the heading of health and hygiene. I admire your cauuidness and respect your opinions. What do you advise me to teach high school freshmen? (Miss H. H.) Answer Candidly I don't think It matters. If the health and hygiene must be Just a part of a course In "general science." That's all humbug education In my opinion. Dampness Is Healthful My husband suffers from nasal ca tarrh. We live on the river and t,he dampness does seem to make it worse ... (P. J. T.) Answer No, I am certain damp ness has no such influence. Invalids or valetudinarians who are obsessed with the few of dampness often en joy Improved health after they move to a drier climate. But that, I am convinced, la logically due to the fact that they live outdoors more hours when they'll, not so afraid of the Imaginary vl of dampness and chill. (Copyright, John P. Dllle Co.) However, for the benefit of our friendly correspondent, we can state once more this statement not only is NOT true, It Is the exact REVERSE of the truth. The Mall Tribune would probably benefit as much or more than any business by a reduction In light and power rates. We pay on an average of $135 a month to the California Oregon Power company for such ser vice, and as officials of the power company will agree, this paper has tried for years to secure a reduction. The matter of reduction la now be fore he state public service commis sioner, and under our existing law the final decision must rest with that department. We believe this Is the proper way to settle such a contro versy not by political or public clamor, but by Judicial decision. Nei ther the California Oregon Power company nor any other business or corporation owns any stock in this paper, or has ever contributed a dime toward financing It. The control of this paper is In the same hands It haa been In for over 30 years, and during all that time It has financed itself and In spite of the depression Is thanks to good business manage ment successfully doing so at the present time. "De Ducks Eat 'Em. To the Editor: , This story comes from Queensland, Australia, It Is too good to scrap. I thought you would like to pass It on. The ok. Negro and his peaches, when he asked the storekeeper for credit: "Sam, have you sold your peaches?" "Yes sor. But de ducks don' gone eat up alt dem peaches." When he went to collect his pay. they told him: "De ducks for hauling, De ducks for packing, De ducks for storage, De ducks for freight, De ducks for commission.' So you see "de ducks don' gone eat up all my peaches." CHARLES B. O. BDET, R. P. D. 9. Dec. IB. Why Not a Peace Dep't? To the Editor: X have seen nothing In our western press concerning the "peace mara thons. which are being generally held throughout the eat. Does this move ment at this time extend to the west? It Is sponsored by the national com mittee on the cause and cure of war and apparently haa gained much Im petus In some part of the country. Trends, movements and Institutions, designed for the substitution of re curring wars, are being thoroughly explained and discussed. The various units In this movement are earnestly studying methods of strengthening these units, to compel governments to move forward to permanent peace. We have a war department at Wash ington. Why not have a peace de partment? , Since there are more thsn 100 peace organisations In the United States and about 1000 throughout the world. Including the League of Na tions, the World Court, the Court of Arbitration at the Hague, interna tional treaties and pledges, concilia tion agreements, etc., all this urge, in the direction of peace, must in evitably lead to something nobler than armed force. If all these forces would cease their efforts to convince the unbelieving and have faith that they, themselves, have the power to carry forward these great movements, success would surely crown their ef forts. Love Is the gresteat force of all. AUCE McCLURE OETCHEU. Medford, December 15th. Beds of pain are eaaed with sheet of Christmas Seal. Buy several sheets. tt takes a Christmas Seal to make It ChxlsUuas malL 37 Minutes to They brushed when Mr. X started to cnt and fit the dress shown above, but women in his audience marveled when the garment had been cut, fit and sewed together entirely, within the space of 37 minutes. Dressmakers present were not so enthusiastic but (he others considered it a good stnnt anyway. Mr. X Wins Busiest Man Title as Work Piles Up; Window Nap Promised Mr. X's Program for Saturday. 11 a. m. Plan a oarty for 35 high school girls for WllUam Davis, Butte Falls, Ore. Noon Luncheon at the Rex. 3 p. m. Show the kiddles some tricks with a Yo-Yo at Heath Drug Store. 3 p. m. Conduct a Yo-Yo oon test at the Fluhrer Bakery. 4 p. m. J"alnt a scenery picture In the display window of tire Hubbard Hardware company. 6 p. m. Dinner. 7:30 p. m. Undress, go to bed and sleep In the display window of the Medford Furniture and Hardware atore. If ballots were oast to find out who Is the busiest man In Medford. Mr. X would win by a mile. Tho versatile strsnger Is at the disposal of readers of the Mall Tribune, and his services are free. On Saturday Mr. X will make an other publlo appearance In showing the kiddles some simple tricks with the Yo-Yo at the Heath Drug store. The store has made arrangements to give one of the latest model Yo-Yos to everybody who makes a BO-cent purchase. Mr. X will be at Heath's for one hour to serve out the Yo Yos. At S o'clock In the afternoon Mr. X will be at the Fluhrer Bakery, and will conduct a Yo-Yo contest for the school children. A prize worth having will be awarded to the two best contentanta, having regard to the size of the children who par ticipate In the contest. Will Be Artist. At o'clock on Saturday after noon Mr. X will be up against a tough problem. Hp Is to appear In tbs display window of the Hubbard Hardware store, and Is to paint a scenery picture. Just to make It a little more Intricate lor Mr. a. ne will not be permitted to use artist colors, but the picture Is to be pslnt ed In house paints. Another stipulation which was made at the time the challenge wis Issued to Mr. X. he must pslnt the picture upsldedown, and when It Is completed It will be given to one of the spectators. This will be worth watching. While visiting the Medford Furni ture snd Hardwsre store, he was In conversation with the manager ol the furniture department, the talk later turning to electricity, and to the electrical wlrard of the age. tne late Thomas A. Edlsonjomeone said that Mr. Edison only took five hours sleep out of every 34. "V do I." said Mr. X. "thst Is because I know the three requirements of eleep. one of which Is the physical requirement, a comfortable bed to sleep on." And what do you think happened? Right then and there he was chal lenged to don his pyjamas snd go to bed and sleep for an hour In the display window of the svore. Mr. X will take his nsp at :30 o'clock. FARM SYSTEM FOR NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (AP) The o -called baseball "farm" or "chain store' system, under which clubs like the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals operate a string of minor league teams, received the stamp of Joint major league approv al today, for the first time. In legis lation adopted by the magnates to overrule previous opposition of Com missioner K. M. Landls. Make Dress r. On Thursday, the first day of ac tivities of Mr. X in the city of Med ford, he started off by opening the silent auction sale of a Majestic radio at the Palmer Electric shop. The sale will close on Tuesday afternoon, and until that time you may oast your bid. Later In the afternoon Mr. a ap peared In the window of the J. C. Penney store. Where, true to his word, he fashioned an evening gown on a living model, using 3P pairs ot Gay mode hosiery. The gown, when com pleted, was a good looking affair, and many favorable remarks were heard from the large crowd which gathered to watch Mr. X do bis stuff. You reach for another ...and another Every appetite responds to a big plate ful of oven-fresh Snow Flakes. Tender, flaky, salted, they grace a salad ...add their true wheat flavor to a bowl of savory soup... or keep in perfect step with caviar. Snow Flakes are baked for you in near by"Uneeda Bakers" bakeries. They're double-sealed and thus kept oven-fresh. Your grocer has Snow Flakes in the familiar big red carton. He'll recom- mend it to you. Take his advice. Dont ask for crackers say Snow Flakes in the familiar red package National biscuit compan? iaf? Flight 'o Time (Medford and Jackson Coanlj History from (be flies of Tbt Mali Tribune of M and 10 Year' Ago.) 1ES YEARS AOO TODAY December 16, 1922 (It was Saturday) Little chance for post-sesson gam with Toledo, Ohio, t-am. Wallace Reld, famed screen actoa. near to death. Community Christmas tree Is sured. Cities of the Pacific Coast sub scribe liberally to aid fira-strtckea Astoria. Icy gale sweeps nation. After a short delay, 18 candidates for postoffice Janltorshlp show up. Christmas mall Incoming and out going reaches peak at local postof fice. Secretary of state serves notice not period of grace for auto licenses will be granted coming year. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 16, 101 (It was Monday) Merchants start campaign for can ning plant. Espee announces special colonial rates from east next spring. J. Plerpont Morgan dominates the "money trust." and small clique of financiers own the country. Few people want to vote at Med ford city election, reglstrtaton shown, Judge Colvlg calls last meeting of the Commercial club. Vicious dog loose In north end of city, police told. Sams Valley SAMS VALLEY, Dec. 16. (Special) Hiram Moore of Evans Valley was here buying grain Friday. He said the weather was similar to condi tions over forty years ago when the thermometer remained around ten above for six weeks. H. E. Richardson and family moved from the R. M. Conley place last week to his new home at F.hoenlx. Ladles' club was entertained by ' Mrs. Grant at the school house on Thursday afternoon. One feature of the program was the demonstration, by Mrs. Frank Myers of Table Rock In making attractive door stops. Names were drawn for the club Christmas tree December 33. Crown Mills cooking demonstration at the school house Friday afternoon was considered well worth while by the ladles attending. The large cakee baked by Mrs. Humbrey were donsted to the H. E. C. of the Same Valley Orange to aid In raising funds for Christmas handles. i .14 Little Dorcen Straus la recelvllng care at Purucker's for Influenza. PRRg Pioneers anu descendant photographed without charge for pioneer, h 1 a t o r 1 c a 1 collection - 8HANOLE STUDIO.