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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1933. Medford Mail Tribune "Ertrrona In Southern Oregon reads thl Hail Trtbuni" Daily Bleep! Saturday Pnhlbttert by UBlirORD PRINTING CO. J5-3T-19 N. 9l 8L PtWM T6 RObEBl W Kl'HL, Editor B. U KNAPF. Manager Ad Independent Nmpaper Entered aa leeorx) clan matter at Uedford Orflgoo, under Act of March 8. 1819. BUIiSCKiHW BATES By Mall In Adraoca Paflr, fear Dally, awcth 80 Bj Carrier, in artranea Medford, Ashland, facUoorill, Central Point, Pboenli. Talent. Uold Bill and on HtRtiwajx pailr. cnooib t Dally, one rear All termi, eaah in adiance. OfflcUl paper of the City ol Midford. Official paper of lactam 'unty. MKMltHH OP Tlllf AHSHCIATCl FHEH9 Keeelrlns tTuLJ Uaied Wlrs Benin Thi Ajaociated Presi li eiclusltely anlltled to the me for publication o' ell new dUiati credited to It or olherwlie erodlted In thii oap and al to the local nm nublhhed herein. All rUM Tor puhltr-atioo of peeln) dlapatetw bcrtlo ari alao rwened. MEMHBB Qg UNITED fMfflB IIEMBKH Oir AUDI! HIIKCAD OF ClUrOI-ATMlNH AdTtftlilnS Itepresentatltea H. C. M0..ENSKN COM!" ANT Offleee In Ne York, Chicago, Detroit, Sao Franclico. U Atel, Buttle Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Terry Th nrctttinm and thft Hfttlngs of New Year's are being expressed. The WitlnBi, If ent at all, should bo by ox-team freight. . Wm. Lydlard, the right hand and left hand man of Peoria Bill Gates, has a touch, aa they call It, of the well known mild flu. Erne Mohr Sr. of the tavern, urges on and all to come to hn place and "sing and kill the Depression." It Is predicted that tho vocalizing would also get a couple of Innocent by standers. Complaints have been filed about everything hut the lack of common sense. The deficit of common-sense has not been mentioned all year. 9 around Hog day will be upon us again beforo we know it. Young Edd Kelly Is up to Sslom getting his bearings before the legis lature starts committing atrocities. ' A plan la afoot to bury all the county monoy In the courthouse yard, where It will be safe and handy, President Hoover Is in the South fishing, and not catching any more fish "than a resident, of the Rogna Blver valley unablo to do anything but fish. A wet hen was downtown Tuesday tve. Several Dill Gore corner farmed have started worrying about how they are going to get their spring plowing done. The way to plow Is to go home and plow, . A tall Japanese boy la visiting the Shlmoda kids. Reports from the East and Mld ireat and California, Indicate Pros perity has started to ohlrp. The na tives of these sections did not battle for the Lord, among themselves, as viciously as In Oro. and Wash., so these slates may be a little late get ting back to normalcy. Ping-pong is gaining favor among the elite and Idle. The women piay ping-pong like they run. A handful of facts got loose Inst week and put a crimp In the Idiotic drhwl of a sclr-sanctllled slicker and paranoic liar. Dewey Hill, the Prospect hired man U much better since he busted a rib. , Basketball Is raging In the rural areas, and Is more popular than danc ing or tax discussions right now. There Is lots of snow In the hills where It belongs. The fair daughters of the valley, and the stxirdy sons of the same area, will drift back to the campus this wk. to continue the pursuit of knowledge. Jim Hayes left Prl. for the north by train. . James recently lost an argument with an auto. . Emi Brltt and Dock Robinson of J'vllle were over Christmas, and did not ahare the wide dismay over the future. They thought there would have to be some Individual scratching to make both ends meet. Coyota hunting la rampant. As yet no hunter has been shot for a coyote. Times are so tough no leading citt ern can send us a post card from Tta Jusna, Mex., to start 1Q?3. Tvo horses paised each other on the Specific Dlewaf Sat., and got scared at each other. Oreg. (Hoot-Boy) Campbell now has 1ft teeth, and shows them like movie actress. Economy continues to be widely preached. 1033 will proceed with the name old bunch of unhung lascals, forever con spiring against the same sclf-sancti fled slicker, A fiend has stolen Col. Tou Velle s 135 overcoat with tho Persian lamb collar. The colonel bought the coat during a Republican administration, and when he was a young blade, and cutting up In Cleveland, O. More people now have the fin. than were gored by the bull In the spring U4 fall voting. LA. 0 H. T ' A sg'Pf tJ5w Editorial Correspondence SAN PRAXCISCO, December 29. San Francisco is beer conscious. That is the only change notcJ since our last visit in mid summer. Even at such a highly respectable place as Gumps, the win dow display has beer as the motif. There is a life size mahog any bar, with all the trimmings and patrons assembled in vari ous stages of exuberance and intoxication. The Clift hotel has a similar exhibit in miniature designed by some gentleman from Berkeley. Here is another miihoagny bar, with the bald headed bar keep handing out a foaming schooner, to a man about town. The policeman in uniform is sampling the free lunch, the inevitable old soak is asleep in a corner, not a detail is missing, including the brass rail, the sawdust and the wall paintings of reclining and unclothed nymphs. On Montgomery down in the financial district, there is anolher bar display, more utilitarian in character, with near beer that may not be so "near" for sale and home brew appliances. The newspaper offices suffer from a similar complex. They look forward to beer advertising after March 4th, and haven't given up hope that beer will be legalized before then. It's the only bright spot that can be seen on the horizon as far as busi ness in S. P. is concerned. Many excellent attractions at the movies and local theatres, but this is medical trip and all spare time thus far has been spent in doctors' offices which incidentally are jammed. It seems a flu epidemic is raging here ind it is of a severe type, so even the office girls put thumbs down on entertainments in crowded places. It is therefore aggravating to see that an English company is playing Sherwood's the Queen's Husband, Baclanova and Miss Gahagen are at the Cm-ran in the Cat and Fiddle, and that great German film triumph Maedschen, in uniform, is at the Geary. There is also Eddie Cantor in his bull fighting comedy and Robinson in Silver Dollar. The youngest member of the party is in a terrible temper and doesn't see why we came on such a trip anyway. Between appointments a trip along the waterfront was recommended, where there is plenty of fresh air and flu germs do not congregate. Many fine ships are getting ready to sail. The Malola, the crack Japanese liner the Chichibu Maru, and the now Dollar liner President Hoover. Had no pass, but a courteous officer let us roaiiTabout the President Hoover with out one. Certainly a hotel do luxe on the water. Two elevators take one up six or seven floors, the decora tions very modern remind one of Bullock's Wilshire, which a few years ago was the last word in nouveaux art and indirect lighting. Boll rooms, dining rooms, gymnasiums, squash courts, swimming pools, jewelry stores, sports shops, everything wont fine until we ran into a doctor's office, that might have been lifted from the Medico dental building on Pont street. That was enough for the young lady, she was ready to call it a day. Coming back ran into a Ford roadster parked in front of the American Hawaiian Shipping company, with a tire cover marked Carl Fichtncr, Medford, Ore. A cat rampant on the side with the initials M. S. H., led us to investigate further. In a cubby holo by the entrance we found John Ilnmill, formerly of Medford, who in spite of the depression not only has a job, but a better one than he did havo he hires and fires members of the crews of the large A. II. fleet. Incidentally he is living in a Russian Hill apartment and has a Japanese servant, like a movie star. He wanted to know all about Medford and we did our best along that line, no says the shipping business like everything else is terrible. He fires more than he hires. Yet while tlicro must bo many unemployed here, there were no evidences of them either along the water front, or anywhere else. We have an idea San Francisco, more than any other city on the coast, manages to keep up appearances, and refuses to become downhearted, regardless of circumstances. She learned her lesson in the big fire. This is the second day of blue sky and sunshine, but the natives are complaining of the cold. Union Square is almost desorted, except at high noon, but at night with half a dozen illuminated Christmas trees, it presents a pretty picture. Every one is preparing for tho big East-AVest football game on New Year's day, hut the celebration scheduled for the night before may out down the attendance. R. YV. II. Editorial Comment An Easy Way, But Larking Support. EdltorMorrlaon cf tho Morris Trib une U a student of government, and he of ton makes timely suggestions that have both wisdom and practlca blltty. Here la one ot them: Aa a result of the study of tax ation In Minnesota, made by the Social Science council of the Uni versity of Minnesota an Increase of one cent In the gasoline taxes for road purposes Is recommend ed to relieve the tax load cn gene ral property. Thts very thing could have been accomplished several years ago, and nearly four millions of road money now being raLwl by tft.tfw. on general prop erty could hnve been shifted from genernt property to gasoline If the plan had had the support of farmers and farmer-legislators. The situation Is Indeed pu ruling, as to why such a simple tax-reduction measure has so little sup port. The cost of the highway should be paid by those who use them, and In these days when most families own an automobile, that Includes the very large majority of the heads of family be t tint a man or woman. This was the plsn and purpose of HI Eh way Commissioner Charles M. Batyock In creating the 7000 miles of trim highways, that has not cost the general taxpayer a cent, and has ben a paying investment to alt own ers of motor vehicles, the operating , cost having been reduced much below the gas and Hcenn tax. If one will recall the state of the pvbiic rosds e-ven 35 years ago. re memberlnc the breakage of springs. the punctures and grtndini; of tires by rook and hard ruts, and the wrick of the cars In a wupl of years, he can appreciate the wisdom and the good work of Bnbcock. who Is today Minnesota's most useful clttwn. a tribute that will remain his f;r many , years. ' I The pUn that worked w well f-r ' the trunk roads, and which con - I trlbutcd so much to county high ways should be extended, perhaps by about 20 per cent a year, to take over all ronds In the state and county systems, The maintenance of every highway In the stale can he, and should be, malntntnrd by owners of motor ve hicles. If thts were done there would 'be no need of county and town taxes. and that Is the direct way of saving farmers and home owners taxes. It Is so easy and simple, like Brother Morrison, we wonder why It has no more supporters. Under such a system tnose who pay gas and license taxes would get back not only what they pay, but good dividends In addition. Aa Bnbcock truly said: "You py for good roans even if you do not get them, and you pay more If you do not get them." Poor roads are costly, and there Is no reason why every road In Minne sota may not be a good one. and with out a direct cent of taxes on real estate and personal property. That Is practical Income tax. Dally Times and Dally Journal-Press,' St. Cloud, Minn. Jenkins Comment (Continued from Pag One ) The lesftons that 're have learned by experience In thee years that are past can be applied with profit In the future. If only we have sense enough to apply then. ffKRR U one lesson that we ought to apply: When we want things, in good times, when money Is corning In J Cfcn't et u,n without them, let s In the future pay for them when we K t them. .r-,,,s) ..., .w- 1 become posterity so darned quick Personal Health Service By William Brady. M. D. Signed letters pertain In f to personal dealt h and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady if a stamped, setf addressed envelope ts enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letters received only a few car be answered here. No reply can be msde to queries not conforming to Instructions. Adurcss Dr. Wllilam Brady In cart or The Mall Tribune. ANALYSIS OF THE BIRD SEED JOKE. The wiseacre public still likes to be humbugged and the wiseacre tike their humbug glided and costly. A "well known Doctor of Divin ity," the wise acre prospects are asured by the vendor of Im ported bird seed, tested the bird seed and even examined a a m pies of It under the microscope, and reported that his tests "proved conclusively" the superiority of the brand over other brands of seed offered to the public, "In rapidity of reaction and amount or gelatin developed." The minister with the microscope Is so "well known" that bis identity is not even divulged by the concern mark eting the bird seed. The reverend gentleman's' innate modesty probably recoiled at the thought of being caught using a microscope. Paying, that is, and moreover It Implies that one la willing to believe only what one can see for oneself. A Doctor of Philosophy, now. or even a Doctor of Laws might have conducted an In vestigation of constipation remedies, but dear me! Another vendor of Imported bird seed stakes his sates psychology on the assertion that positively no other physic, laxative, cathartic, purgative or intestinal regulator Is permitted or given to patients in a certain well ad vertized sanitarium (which he names In verbal sales talks If not in print) but his brand of seed. This catches a lot of smart lawyers, school teach ers and business executives; I know because they write to me to check on It before they send on the money for a trial or household st7 package of the birdseed . Must make the boys who run the sanitarium, pretty mad, too, for a larae factor in their busi ness Is the pushing of a number of new-fangled and of course quite Jt pensive physics. The only purpose of the dally eat ing of such seeds is t provide bulk and lubrication. The bulk depends on the swelling of the substance when it absorbs water: the lubrica tion depends on the freeing of the mucus-like substance by the action of moisture on the seeds. Ordinary flaxseeds serve both pur poses Incomparably better than any Imported wild plantago or plalntaln Chamber of Commerce Reviews Year of Heavy Activity for Community With nine months of Its fiscal year' concluded yesterday, the Medfard Chamber of Commerce ha a record of constructive accomplishment which will equal, If not excell its previous records established by Medford'a civ ic organization, the preliminary re port of the organization indicates. Conducted since April 1st under the leadership of W. S. Bolger, president, with J. C. Thompson and R. A. Hub bard as vice-presidents, the Cham ber's activities cover a wide range of civic and community work. Directors of the chamber, it com mittee chairmen and members of the committee have combined in their efforts to solve the many and vart?d ; problems presented during the past1 nine months, and a brief record of some of the outstanding accomplish ments Is presented aa a partial report of the chamber's work. The Publicity committee, under 'he direction of C. L. MacDonald, has been especially active since the begin ning of this fiscal Its first ma jor undertaking was publication of an 8-page recreational folder, cover ing the attraction of Medford and Southern Oregon as a vacation area. Ptftteen thousand weve printed, and a majority of them haw been distrib uted throughout the west. Early in the year, the entire pub licity committee made a trip to Klamath Palls, which ha resulted in a more friendly feeling between the two communities, and has encouraged broader advertising policies by each of the two chambers of commerce. The publicity committee alao spon sored and conducted an exhibit of Southern Oregon product at the Ho tet Benson. Portland during the na tional I.eglon convention. Other work don by the publicity committee Includes publication of a pamphlet on the dairy industry of Jackson county, preparation of radio continuity for several broadcast over stations in different parts of the country: preparation of magazine snd newspaper articles for release In dif ferent publications; and the answer ing of several thousand Inquiries re garding Medford and the Rogue Riv er valley. The latest activity of the aroup In clude the sponsorship of the propos ed Diamond Jubils celebration or 1934, plan for which are already be ing made, and Invitation have been Issued. It ts probable that this activ ity will be a major one for this com mittee during the next year. The per sonnel of the puhUcltv committ- in clude O. L. MaoDona'd. chairman. I A. Cte, director; H. L. Bromley, Lee Bishop, J. Vern Shanglf. a H. Ban well. Clyde Cakln, and C. T. Teng wald. The Roadi and Highway commute has been devoting a major portion its attention to the Pacific hihwy reconstruction project, and it ef fort have been largely successful, al t hough plans have recently been motSlf.evt by the hlghwsy commtsAlon. mi account of financial conditions. Under the lesdership of this commit tee, highway appropriations aggrega ting atwnit MM 000 have been se cured fir thts region, to he expended I this winter. Other road matters hT also been seeds can. Don't take my word for It, Steep a teaspoonful of flaxseeds In a pint of water, and compare the result with any of these high priced substi tutes for flaxseeds that come In fancy packages all wrapped with hokum. In fact -common flaxseeds (unground flaxseeds, not the meal) are at least four times as efficient as the best of the extravagant imitations. You may prove this, too, by taking one-fourth the regular dose of flaxseeds daily. Remember r ow, I am not recom mending flaxseeds as a physic, nor do I say it will cure anything. But I do say plain flaxseeds, which you can buy in any drugstore, seedstore or grocery, at a few cents a pound, is more efficient for the purpose than Is any brand of Imported bird seed. QUESTIONS ANT) ANSWERS Individual, Private and Personal I would like your advice on what to do for a bad case of . . . (Mrs. S. C) Send to the inclosed address your cure for ... (R. W.) How does a person act when they are in the first stage of . . .(TV C. P.) Answer I am glad to send Instruc tions and advice to any correspondent who tells me he or she has acne (blackheads and pimples). I have no cure to send in any cir cumstances. This being a health col umn It la not the plac to suggest symptoms. Readers will derive the greatest benefit from this column if they re member that It Is a HEALTH service, not a long-distance clinic or quack busincM, and that It Is a PERSONAL service. Any information, advice or Instruction I send by mail Is for YOU. the correspondent, and unless I am satisfied you are the individual who eeks the advice, I don't send any. A Happy Chrlnlmnsl We would like to adopt a baby about a year old, preferably a girl. With whom should we communicate about It? (h. M. C.) Answer Your family physician will know where babies are available and he will advise you whether the one you select Is free from disease. Wti Medical Humorists, The doctors have told me I have acute tachycardia but they do not explain Just what It is . . . (O. J. W.) Answer It. spoils the Joke to ex plain It. Tachycardia means rapid heartbeat. Perhaps it was a curbstone consultation; If so you got your mon ey's worth. (Copydlght, John P. Dllle Co.) considered by this committee, and its aggressive work will be carried on. J. W. Wakefield Is Its chairman, and the members Include R. A. Hubbard, director; O. E. Gates, S. S. Smith, arid A. W. Pipe. One of the most active of the cham- 1 ber'a committees ha been the com- i mittee on taxation, with W. H. Gore! as its chairman, and B. E. Harder. H. 3. Deuel, A. C. Hubbard, H. A. Thter oir, Hamilton Patton, f-d O. 0. Boggs, as members. The Agrlculturel Finance cl mm it ice, organized last winter tor the pur pose of assisting In the securing of crop prodtiction loans for the c oharda of the Rogue river valley, has worked unceasingly in the promotion of its program. Much of Its work has been done through the Regional Ag ricultural Credit corp.. and its first Job was in securing the appointment of a representative of this district on the boanl of directors of the corpora tion. Colonel Gordon Voorhies has been appointed to this position, and a sub-committee of this group, head ed by B. E. Hardor, has been work ing with him in perfecting detail or securing financial aid. J. C Thomp son la chairman of the agricultural finance committee, with twelve grow ers, packers, and business men com prising; the group. The Chamber's Forum committee, headed by A. P. Johnsen, has been in strumental in staging number of Forum meetings during the year, featuring such speakers a Albert V. Welgel. of Lo Angeles; Charles H Imrersoll, Dr. C. A. Sweet, H. C. Boyd, and others. The Retail Trade division, with John Moffatt a it president, con ducted all of th cooperative retail trade activltle in the city during the past year, including the annua'. Spring. Fall, and Christmas opening events. Spring bargain days. etc. The Tourist Contact committee, of which W. H. Cle.nenson Is chairman, last summer stagtd a series of meet ing for the Instruction of those en gaged in contacting tho tourist trade, with Information a to resorts, vaca tion apota, etc., in tho .Southern Ore gon country. Other numeroia and miscellaneous activities, including the securing of several conventions for Medford tn 1033, under the convention commit tee, headed by Col Holmes: action on several legislative mattera on he November ballot: organization of he Medford Oleemen; eevurlng coopera tion of retailers in preventing a but ter war; entertaining th Ange lea Olvmplc Air cruise, etc.. navo kept the offtcew. committee, and staff of the chamber busy throughout the A great portion of the credit or I the chamber's fine showing, even with limited funds, durlntr the pt yesr. , Is due to the fine spirit which has j been prevalent among (he board cf di-ectora and the committee person nel, the chamber's report Indicated The personnel of the present dtreo j ttv ts as follows: O O. Aienderfer. j W. 9 Bolder. J. C. Cr. A P- John- sen. J. C. Thompson. J C. Mann. Ro i land Hubrc H. S. Deuel, W. H 1 FMhrer. E Harder. R R Reter. S w J .a:ner, w. A. 0:e. snd H A Thteroif. Southern Oregon Gold Helps to Repay Losses Suffered Through War Camp Fires of Humble Prospectors Blink On Far-Flung Hillsides as Hunt For Precious Goes on By A. E. Kellogg. Nearly two decade have elapsed since thl nation first began comput ing it expenditure In terms of ten figure of dollar. In the brief period of the war the American people piled up a pyramid of debt so colossal that the graud children of Infant born for years to come will feel It weight. Into that terrible inferno ot war that threatened all civilization thl nation flung billion almost with out count, for the need was desperate and there waa no time to lose. Day and night government printing presses thundered on piling up tons of evi dence of obligations that are scat tered today In the form of liberty bonda and national currency, redeem able In gold. Men, ship, munition, food and treasure were supplied with out stint, without thought of coat or pay day and all combined to bring about the blggeat war In the history of mankind. Many Prospect Hill. Today we are a struggling human ity, combating a world-wide business depression, not yet at its peak, the result of that terrible war. Tonight, scattered over the rugged hills ot southern Oregon and northern Cali fornia are hundreds, yea thousands of tiny blaze, the camp fire of pros pectors and miner who seek, in their humble, hard working, plodding way, a partial solution of the problem that baffle the world's moat eminent statesmen and financiers. Scarcely comprehending the meaning of credit and inflation, these local miners are nevertheless an Important factor in the financial situation. Almost, It might be added, an essential factor since It 1 the effort of these lone men, wandering over the tralTIess mountains, who never hurry or worry, that thl country must turn for in trealc value to prop up ita paper pledges and smash the depression. Gold I Standard. With the storm of patriotism spent and 'the day of reckoning before us, it 1 time to take stock of national resources and apportion those neces sary to the welfnaje of future genera tions, a those that are essential to maintain the progress of today. For tunately, we have many resources. But having fixed upon gold as the standard value by which all other things are measured, we have been forced not only to bury our resources under a mountain of debt, but also to retard, to a great extent, the source of our gold supply. Perhaps it was for auch a crisis as this that the great storehouse of wealth In southern Oregon wa cre ated. Science has furnished no method of easy entrance to these deposit of national wealth. They must be sought with Infinite care and patience, un covering themselves to the weary prospector even when further search . ha been futile. In this struggle with rugged mountain sides of granite and baaalt rock cut with quarts, there has developed a generation worthy Flight 'o Time (Medford and Jackson count) History from lh Files ot The Mall Trlbnne of and 10 Kear .) TEN TEARS AOO TODAY Jsnuary 1, 1933. (It ws Tuesdsyl City snd valley greet the New Year with good cheer, and the prospects of another banner year. 1M2, while not outstanding for money profits, found a healthy condition prevailing. Charles M. Thomas assumes the cir cuit court bench. Oregon Jones, a Josephine county boy, who esesped from the state prison at Salem, reported under ar rest In Wyoming. Citizens Insist thst Sam Bandlfer, j special prohibition agent for county t quit, after expenses for November I found to total 9000. Harold Lloyd In "Orandma's Boy" at the Page. j December rainfall in Medford 5 35 1 1nches. Hew Tear'a open house at Elk record breaker. Moae Barkdull's faithful dog "Turk." is found dead under Bear Creek bridge, age 30 years. "Turk" was brought from England a a pup, snd as a gift to th owner. TWENTY TEARS AGO TODAY January 1. 1313. (It was Wednesday) Medford greet tn New xear mer rily, and with a bright future. Bund ing era for railroads and trolleys in the valley forecasted for the coming year. M. P. Mlnney Co. to seek inter urbnn franchise. Elks to btiild a new temple, and work to start on federal building. Mall-Tribune is sues big New Year edition. Wllilam Rockefeller defies might of Uncle Sam, and refuses answ-r sum mons. Powder trust to dissolve. Sewer assesAments on North Rtvrr slde combstted by property owners. I "Turtle serum-' discovfred as cure j for consumption. ) Survey for the Fsgle Potnt-Coo , Bay railroad completed. Cement aidewnix lstd on Jackson treet by Rspee. Ne- Icoatior Karmel Korn Snop now open Ui S Main. to be the descendant of the con quering pioneer and fitted to carve their million out of the Siskiyou and tributary mountain. Treasure Furnished. Before the cost ot the Civil War had been counted and while our fore fathers reckoned upon a debt that probably seemed a amazing a the liabilities of today, outhern Oregon had It treasure box opened and poured millions of virgin gold into the treasury of the United States. However, It was 15 years after that war ended that this government re sumed specie payment and gold out of biding and was on a parity with paper money. In the light of this circumstance. It may be possible to compute when, If ever, the use of gold as a general medium of exchange will be re-established. More than three-quarters of a cen tury have come and gone since gold wa uncovered at Jacksonville, nnd southern Oregon has produced hun dreds of million of dollars In virgin gold, and other precious metals nd mining expert say thl region has hardly been scratched. Above all other commonwealths, southern Ore gon must prosper In this -search for more gold. vast mineral uepottus. The work of the past 75 year ha done no more than Indicate the vast extent of the mineralization which characterizes its limitless area. An army of prospectors, numbering Into the thousands and directed with all tho engineering skill In possession of the present generation, might spend the next decade In selecting and test ing the probable site for future southern Oregon mines. There Is scarcely a district on the Pacific coast where there 1 not of record an Instance where substantial investment and competent direction served to convert a supposed failure into a monetary suecee. The reason, generally. Is that the prospector and his ansociates trusting to luck, en gage In development work -without funds to meet the emergencies that must be reckoned with mining ven tures. Prospector Pitied, Southern Oregon's brilliant mineral future, because of the very abundance of opportunity and the accessibility of ita entire area. 1 not to be ques tioned. However, from the day he eets out In quest of ore, the pros pector In southern Oregon find his path beset with thorns. The banker, the legislator and the Industrious, plodding neighbor view his departure with mingled pity and Indifference, notwithstanding the fact that all will profit should he meet with success. The banker will have added security for his paper ware; the merchant will find new nnd generous patrons In a fast growing community of tent nnd shack and the worker, however humble, will find that hi greenback will buy a trifle more when it repre sent more nearly the dollar it re placed. Wall St. Report ' Rtook Sale Averages (Copyright, 1933, Standard Statistics Co.) December 31 SO M JO 0 Ind'ls Rr's Ct's Total Today 81.6 3S 81.1 84.7 Prev day .... 81.9 28.7 91.8 84.9 Week ago .... 80 3 24.8 87.7 63.8 Year ago .... 83.0 32.3 08.1 84.8 3 yrs. ago ....169.3 138.1 313.4 170.3 Bond "ale Averages. (Copyright, 1932. Standard Statistics Co.) December 31: Ind'ls Rr'a Ut's Total Today 63 3 89.4 83.3 68.3 Prev. day .... 63.0 88.8 83.1 68.0 Week ago 61.8 87.1 80.9 68.6 Year ago .... OT.S 83 9 83.3 72.8 3 yrs. ago .... 93.1 103.0 S8 3 98.4 High 1933 .... 71.3 78.0 86.3 78.1 NEW YORK, Dec. 31. (AP) Stocks encVd 1P32 with a laat minute slump today. Prices held fairly steady until the final few minute of trading, when re newed weakness of tobaccos spread to other sections of the list, and several issues closed with losses of a point or mors. The final tone wa moderately heavy. Transactions for th two-hour -slon approximated 4S0.0OO share. Today's closing prices for 30 selected stock follow: Al. Chem. A Dye i . 82 Am. Can MS Am. ft rgn. Few. 6 A. T. T 1041-, Anaconda 7i Atch. T. S. P 40 Bendlx Avia Beth. Steel Chryal" Coml. Solv CurtlM-Wrtght . DuPont Oen. Foods Oen. Mot Int. Harvest. I. T. A T. Johns-Man. .. io n HS ls 10 ZZZ 37'' 25 m, 21-1 t 20 13 29 'ij a 24S 5 4 19 15 24!, SO' Si 25 29 27 ! Monty W-rd j North Amer. psram. Publlx 1 Penney t J. C.) ' Radio Phillips Pet . Sou. Pac j Std Brands St Oil Cal ! St. OU N. J . Trans. Amer union Carb ; t'nit. Alrcnft . U. S. Steel ( j Leaking toofi reptfred tot rod woci of any tund call 929. ai'u nmim v ii ii a r ii i iu i iiur i ii r u i Lrwi muiiLi lui-n BEING TOYED WITH ' BY CONGRESSMEN (Continued from Page One' til after the President-elect car point hi successor. At laat the truth about Mr. HoV ver'a fishing exploits are beginning'0 com out. Before the election he alway ear-baed ried a secretary who deajt with the .i press. The secretary usually claimed r Mr. Hoover caught the limit every day. Newspapermen were not allowed to find out for themselves. .On this cruise he let one newsman go along with the secret serv ice to see. The reoult was that the first three days' stories came out of the southland that Mr. Hoover caught not a fish. Even Presidents have bad days. The lawyer Prank Hogan who de fended E. L. Doheny in the oil trials wired to a friend her from Arizona where he is 111: "Dootors tell me I can epeak but will never hear again so plan to re tire from law and become a banker." Opening of the two big theatre In Radio City (also known as Rocke feller Center) this week marked the first trumpet blast of what looks like one of the greatest financial white elephants in history. There are those among the sponsor who are wishing they hadn't been so optimistic. The Music Hall Theatre which is Just one feature will have an overhead of approximately 100.000 a week. It will have to be filled regularly to two thirds of it 0.200 capacity in order to break even. You could get fat odds against any such average. The Rockefeller Foundation ha played fairy godmother to date helping out with a loan of 2fi mil lion dollar. And the end is by no mean in sight. The Rockefeller for tune is one of the very Jew that has escaped serious punctures in the past three years. It looks now a if It will be pushed around plenty to keep the latest Rockefeller project afloat. Ohancea for big new from Cuba are growing week by week. The gov ernment' financial difficulties have become so acute that it had to bor row against it taxes on oil Import for a year in advance to meet the re quirement of American bank cred itor. President Macaado ha only maintained his status tntough army and the secret police and it appears to careful observers that his grip la slipping. A recent Argentine revolution didn't get much play up here but has serious possIblMtle. A very Important section of the agricultural population was be hind it. Temporarily swppressed by Jailing several hundred ringleader yet If one or two regiments of the army can be converted things may happen in a hurry, it would mean virtual communism. New York authorities hear that French internal conditions are get ting steadily worse. The heavy in dustries are skidding badly. Leas than 3fi per cent of heavy Industry labor ' 1 still working full time which Is a-' worse showing than at any previous point In the depression.. Communications Timely Suggestion To the Editor: For the last two years or more, th people of Medford and Jackson coun ty, have constantly been" requested to aid those who are not wholly able to care for themselves. These requests have been for money, by organiza tions: labor, by unemployed; food, clothing and work, by individuals. Moat of ua have done our part by meeting the obligation. We then elt back in our comfortable, pleasant home satisfied. But have we truly helped matters? When one read of case, such as appeared in the Mall Tribune several day ago. concerning the afflicted family, living south of town with in adequate food, ahelter and clothing: one wonder of a great deal of our "help," i not expended wastefully and unwisely. Is at the beat Ineffi ciently administered. There Is no excuse nor reason for anyone in Jackson county living without proper shelter. We have at the fair grounds, a number of weath ertlght livable buildings. These could easily be partitioned into family liv ing quarters, with heat and sanita tion easily provided. These buildings, at present are unused, and doing no one any good: and thru neglect, are rapidly deteriorating. This, in spite of a paid core-taker, as anyone can determine by a visit. If the lumber mills and dealers of Jackson county would donate the nec essary building materials, the hard ware and supply houses, the stoves, etc.: the unemployed men (we are not interested in profewlonal becgars and bums) whose familie are In need, would gladly supply the labor. All this plan needs 1 proper manage ment and the cooperation of the county court and fair board. It looks like an opportunity for one of the service clubs. We haven't space for more details, but the plan Is sound, can be worked easily and economically, nnd to the benefit of all concerned. Think it over, fo'.ks! (Name on File i BROWNSVILLE Mcumain States Power Co. building new electric line from east of town on Crawford,-.:; road to point est of Cmwfordsv'.:. SAU2M Bids received by Ore con i state highway corr.m'.v.on on r-nd land bridge project involving !0O0 1 000. CXYTTACtE GROVT-tTT 'orOr fr i at '.east 50 cars placed w.th '.oral mW'.n by Southern Pacific for delivery d ir j tng next several mentis. KLAMATH F A LI1 Approximate:? 350 turkevs Vpped to San Francisco market recently.