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PXGE FOTTR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORI), OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933. Uedford Mail Tribune "CffrroDi k) SMfUwra 0r rum Us Hill rrlbunt" DaUi KienM 8l-nlj rrilUtMf) 0j utvrono panrmic co. U-1T-1, K Til 81 Km ' KOBEUl W. BUHL. U)Ut I. U aHaPF, 4a tartspeml-rt Hswpapw toured at imooO cl-a attur It sUdfoRl Orccon. milat Act at Miftft . B7 MaU la adruc. Dillr. nar H.OO nJlj, Boata. . ...... . ....... . . . litkaomlUa, CtMrU Point. P-Matt. Mast Ookl am am oo mm-us. Dilir, auota.. Dtui. on r-v All tarmi, tub lo adTioea. ....I ' MO Ofnelal oipet oi tut Cltj ot He-font OfflelaJ pipef of JacuftP Count!. UEMBBB 0 THI 8-0CIAT-l PBB Becelrloi full leawd Wtra awrte. Tto asiodile) Pfaaj U aJclultiU KiUUal lo tha um for pu&llesuoo of all ot duint-o-i Siuud to It or .Itarwu. cwjllaa U ittUi oaoar loo sua to tin local or" D-MUIMd f". All flabta loc publteaUoD of ipeelal dUpaUftat Mteln art also tawned, . UEMBBB OP PNIT-D PIIBB8 MEMBBH OP AUU11 BUU-AO OP 0IBCUUT10NB AdlerlllliU Ufl'""0""'".-. H. 0. M0I1ENBBN a COMPANT Offlcai 10 Net Vorl. Cblcaio, Drtrolt, to PnntUeo. Lot Ainelea, Buttle Pmtl-no, Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Parry. Tha hitch-hiker la now viewed M a problem by Oongresa. Too many hltch-blkera have hitched themaelvca to the county bean-bin, and ea long a tha beans laat, will do no biking. Apology la made to this col. lor sinking to the depths Ot poetry (?) yoaterday. We promise If paroled this time, we will never dc It again, and believe there la some good left In our carcass. In aplte of the atrocity. We hope for forgiveness, though we don't deserve It. Col. Lindbergh, the peacetime hero of America, and the Idol of all small boys, may move to Prance. Ha was tha victim of tha crueleet orlma of the century, and is threatened with another like wrong. His cradle was robbed by uncaught kidnapers, prance may not pay Its war debts speedily, but provides Ironclad protection for babies, from human gorillas. In Prance, kidnapers aw beheaded. This la Inhuman for tha kidnapers not the parents. 0 0. PIONF.ER 8CMBB FUI.M1NATF.S (Pendleton East Oregonlan.) We do not hold ouraelvea re sponsible for anything contained - in the following latter, not hav ing a vary clear Idea of what tha writer meana or intenda. Wa did Intend to print it verbatim, but the insane asylum is already orowded and our state tax la high enough. A law should be passed prohibit ing people, classified as "well-meaning and knowing bettor," from being gored by the same bull mora than twice each year, for perloda of six months each. ova' P. Bynee, tha J'7llle aarf, traded In town Wed. He Is sporting what the whtAker-yankers call a modified C. Ohaplln mustache. It makes him look dignified and la 3.3 per eai.t whtskera. o It looks more Ilka war between China and Japan. Tha Chinamen are not organised, either, and are a peace-loving people, 400,000,000 strong. "BANDIT BliAMJS OTN" (Del Norte Triplicate.) By no chance could crime be to blame. Oheas continues to occupy the best thinkers. They think so hard they sweat. They eould think no harder or kmger If they were thinking up a way to get out of paying their taxes. ... Who can remember the happy days when everybody kept hla auto look ing Ilka ona of the R. Maru boya, en ' route to Sunday achool. OH! MY PELLOW-COUNTRTMRNI Kind Nelghbora: Lend me your ears (a little later 1 am going to ask you to lend me aomethlng else). Wa have gathered here today. In thli so-called free land, In an effort to get Justice (be fore Justice gets us). We are going to call upon Satan to resign (don't forget your rope). The time has come to dig up something besides your backyard for a garden. I know you have no money In your pockets (I carry mine In my socks, too, and It hurts my feet). We have come to the crossroads (If the oil ootopua wants to build a service station they will have to give us free gas). I have raised hell in Utah, Nevada. Kansas, Oklahoma (In California they were a lot of old maanlee) so I came to Oregon, and this atate la Heaven for Hell. I hope none of us are hyp crltes, (motion to hold a hnndmlslnn vote on that Is out of order). We are a powerful organlmtion. (Voice In rear: But the Army and the Navy la a little too much for us.) A mo tion Is in order to demand that all the Admirals and all the Generals resign before sundown. (Let's amend but ourselves). What is the price of but ourselves). Wha Is the price of wheat? (I don't know myself, so I will ask you what la the price of garlic?) The gent who aaya we are too rough on the Admlrala and Gen erals, because they are old. Is out of ordM-. (Another crack like that and he will leave the room, and be con aldered both absent and tardy for the rest. of his life.) The dollw ehould be Inflated, (now I will give myself a few puffs with the air-pump of Destiny.) We have had very enjoyable and noble heckle, and 1 move you that the courthouse here after be known as the GREAT Heck leberry Patch. Now we will pan the hat. and please don't tear out the doorsllla In the ruah to the open. Children's frocks made. Oladjrij Natwlck ehelbj, IS OarglU Court. Time to Wake Up! IF a transcript of the statement of Judge Harry D. Norton, to the present grand jury in today's paper, does not wake vp the people of Jackson county, to their PERIL, and to their DUTT, then we fear nothing CAN I But we believe it will wake them up. We believe conditions in Jackson county have come to such a pass, that the dangers confronting the people of Southern Oregon, are now so apparent to all that this courageous and forthright statement will arouse them to definite and concerted action, as nothing else could. JACKSON county has come to the parting of the ways. Either we are to have law and order here, either we are to have a community where the courts are upheld, where public officers, whose duty it is to support the law, are supported by the people, IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTT, or we are going to have lawlessness and disorder, a reign of anarchy and terror. . The time has passed when this dangerous situation can longer be ignored. The time hag passed when there is any profit, in one small group of citizens calling another small group names. The issue is GREATER than any one organization. It is GREATER than any one individual. The issue is squarely be tween good government and bad government, between uphold ing the fundamental laws of this country, and state and nation, or treating them as mere scraps of paper j between having a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, or submitting supinely to a lawless and unscrupulous dictatorship. And the fate of that issue depends upon the people all the people of this community and upon no one else. s e a WE do not mean by this that another militant organization is necessarily essential, although it may be, we cer tainly do not mean that open threats of violence and bloodshed should be met by counter threats, of the same thing. That would only make a bad an extremely DANGEROUS situation worse. But WE DO MEAN, that the time has come for every citizen in Jackson county, young and old, to stand up and be counted, to take a definite and unoompromising stand on one side or the other, and see this fight through to a finish, here and now. And the first step in this action, is for the people, who BELIEVE in law and order, who believe in the fundamental ideals and principles of this free country, to stand behind the public officials, who are trying in every way in their power to uphold those principles, and to give them their ACTIVE, UN REMITTING SUPPORT. AS Judge Norton points out, pflnnln. It is not his dntv to step down from the bench paign of vituperation, abue and slander. He was elected to enforce the law, just as the other officials of this county were elected to enforce the law, and But if the people show by their indifference and inaction, they don't much care, whether the law is or is not upheld, if a minority in this community, can by incendiary agitation of violence, so intimidate the rnnk and file in Jackson county, that they will not assert thomselves one way or- the other, then not only are Judge Norton' hands tied, but the hands of every law enforcement officer in this community are tied, and there is no way out but ruin. ' -a S has been frequently stated in this column however, we have absolute faith in the underlying good judgment, the sense of fair play and even-handed justice of this community. Because of that faith, it is to that spirit, that we now appeal. Wo believe the time has come for every citizen in Jackson oounty to do his bit, iruthis fight for what is right, and true, and for the maintenance of law and ordor in this community j against what is WRONG and FALSE and leading to absolute anarchy and violence. An aroused public opinion can clear up this mess, and re store this section to normalcy, and only an aroused public opinion CAN do it. 1I"E have no doubt some citizens, realizing conditions are bad, honestly anxious to better them, are in doubt as to which side in this controversy is right, and which wrong. They have been viotims of the poison that has been spread near and far, for so long. Beginning today the Mail Tribune will publish a scries of news articles dealing with the situation, and partcularly with the formation of the Good Government League, which we be lieve will go far toward removing any doubts that may exist. We are CERTAIN that if the people know the facts, know the truth that is all'that is needed to protect this community from the destructive forces that now threaten it. This paper is not going to abuse anyone, not going to return mud slinging with more mud slinging, not going to indulge in any irrelevant personalities, the personal equation is only coming in where personalities have becomo ISSUES. But it IS going to deal in facts, all the facts regarding this deplorable situation, it IS going to put the truth before its readers, so those who run may read, and it is going to continue this, until this fight for the right is won, as the right WILL WIN I and Jackson county returns to its former envi able position in this state, to which its resources, and the high quality of iU citizenship, entitles it. . HOI RETORT BY DURING DEBATE 8AI.KM, Feb. 16. (AP) Senator Jay H. Upton replied heatedly to Senator William P. Woodward of Multnomah today In dlacuulon of a bill authorising the construction of an armory at Klamath Pall. The bill which waa Introduced by Upton, passed the senate, only Woodward rotlnj against it. Some years ago. Upton explained, the city of Klamath Fall voted aso. 000 bonds for tha purpose, but the expenditure was contingent upon stat cooperation which waa 1 " ib ltd by tha depression. Now, Upton said, the people of Klamath Falls, hait decided that they are willing to build the armory without stale he is merely a servant of the or the rlutv of anv l lid ire and join in this free-for-all cam when that is done his duty ends. aid, and to get around the act which requires state aid the Upton bill asks a atate appropriation of only one dollar. Woodward twitted Upton relatlre to a bill Introduced by him to re duce achool terms from nine to six months, and expressed the opinion that tha people of Klamath Falls would better devote the 960.000 to education than to an armory, "which, ha aald. "by the grace of Ood X hope may be used for some other purpose than training an army. "I hare presumed," replied Upton, "that Senator Woodward was here to represen, the people ot Multnomah county, but note that he la aow reaching out his protective arm In behalf of the people of my district. I am the senator from Klamath county, and I believe X know what the people there want better than doea Senator Woodward." I will appreciate your tote In tha Medford Merchants' Popularity con tMt. ROSAMOIfD WALL, Tel. 733 -M Broken wlodoos glased rrowbridje CaOlnej Rork Personal Health Service By William Brady. M. D. Signed utters pertaining to peraunaJ Dealt b and bjftane. not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will Be answered Bj Or. Brad; U a stsmped, eeU addteaaed envelope la enclosed. Letters should Be Brlet and written In Ink. Owln to the larle no tuber of letteis received only a few cap Be answered here. So repl can be made to queries not conrormlnf to Instrnctlons address Dr. WUllam Brad; In care of Tbe MaU Tribune. MEDICAL ASEPSIS PROTECTS DOCTORS AND NURSES. A reader asks that we discuss here Just why It Is that doctors and nurses, year in and year out, can come in contact with con tagious diseases in their dally work and yet keep Immune from them, while the layman la or dlnarlly such an easy victim when he la exposed. If nurses and doc tors hold the se cret of immunity, why don't they reveal It for tbe Dubllc welfare? Doctor and nurses are not Im mune, but they escape Infection be cause they know how to practice asepsis In their dealings with con tagious or Infectious diseases. There, now, I'll have to explain the difference between contagious and infectious diseases. Any disease caused by the Invasion of the tissues of the body by germs Is Infectious. Some infectious diseases are contagious, that Is, they may be communicated through direct contact, such as ery sipelas, scabies, ringworm; but other Infectious diseases are not contagious, such as measles, scarlet fever, whoop ing cough, pneumonia. Don't argue; I'm telling you. The main reason why tbe layman la not protected by asepsis Is because he doesn't know how to practice asepsis. The main reason why he doesn't know how Is because he Is so wise we can't tell him anything about such matters. I know, for I have tried hard, for years and years, and the lay reader Just doesn't get It. I think he assumes a doctor is nutty if the doctor attempts to teach him the simple principles of asepsis. Pupil nurses learn the technic of asepsis In the operating room. Some thing about the operating room that makes everybody germ -conscious. 1 suppose. Anyway, that's where Im portance of asepsis la Impressed on the mind of the pupil nurse or the medical student. (A pupil Is not student.) . So far as asepsis In the operating room goes It Is principally a ques tion of learning to keep "Hands off." But In the routine sickroom work of a nurse or physician It la In addition a question of "Beware the Cough, sneene or conversational spray." (Continued from Page One) agreed on the facts which were ex pected to be brought out from that party and stipulated them to the trial Jury, as a stipulation of fact, and the party was not wanted as a witness and the party subpoenaelng the per son did not care to ask for a bench warrant to bring him before the court. therefore no warrant was Issued to bring him before the court and com pel him to testify. However, that did not minim lee the matter and the aot of flagrant contempt of the au thority of the court. Now, there were two reasons why I did not then act for the protec tion of the court: One reason Is that for a long time past there has dally been flaunted m the faoe of the public publica tions denying and challenging all au thority of this court and challenging all its processes, however Issued. That has been an almost continuous propa ganda to the people of this county and this district, and In fact, to the atate at large. Many of the publica tions are highly and criminally libel ous, many of them are flagrantly syndicalistic and constitute crimi nal syndicalism, which la a flagrant and extreme kind of anarchy, and preach and advocate and threaten bloodshed and violence to the offi cers who are attempting to execute the legal processes of the courts. That la going on dally, and the court has had no protection for various reasons Apparently public sentiment Is very complacent about this kind of syndi calism and of criminal libel. This court Is not going to be very enthu siastic In protecting Itself from libel, slander and criminal syndicalism as long as the public In this county is quiescent and complacent about it. I am a public officer, hired and paid by the state to do certain work. It la not my province to go out on the public platform and attempt to con vince the people that this court, as an arm ot the government, should receive public support. X feel that If the citizenship of , county Is at such a low ebb thr,o the court and the officers of the court. the district attorney's office, the ad min tat rati ve officers, the peace of ficers, whose duty It is to serve pro cesMs If the citizenship of this county has reached such a low ebb that they ean be terrorised by the threats of bloodshed and violence ap pearing almost dally on the pages of publications that have been and are broadcast dally over the territory and over the state and that the public of this county ran be complacent about It then it U not the business of three officers to go out and attempt to explain or to attempt to mold pub lic sentiment. It la the business ot these officers to stay here and do their duty, to perform the duties and work that the laws of this state di rect them to perform. If there ts going to be a reign of terror through threats ot resistance to the performance of those duties by bloodshed and violence, that concerns line citueosoip of U county. Nsl- Such diseases as measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, pneumonia, tuberculosis, Influenza, meningitis, are spread via spray or droplet Infection almost If not quite exclusively. They are NOT spread through mere touch nor through in direct means, that Is, on things, con taminated by the patient. Legends of the outbreak of scarlet fever or other disease from the Innocent handling of some object that was presumably contaminated long ago or far away by a patient 111 of the disease are merely legends and there Is no scien tific ground for them to stand on. One may be germ-conscious with out being the least bit germ-shy. Doctors , and nurses are less afraid of germs than laymen are. But doc tors and nurses have greater respect for disease germs than laymen have We know a disease germ can go only where It la put or carried. It can't get there unless It Is carried. We try not to carry any germs or to permit any to be carried to our mouth, nose, hands. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Tonic. If wine Is given as a tonic It must be beneficial. Please explain the ef fect on the system of a glassful be fore retiring. Mrs. A. M. M. Answer Wine contains perhaps three or four times as much alcohol as beer does, so a glass of wine has the same effect as three - or four glasses of beer. So far as the nutri tive material Is concerned, material to give nourishment, strength, warmth or vitality to the body, you'll get more of that In half a glass of milk. Moth Preventive. The active Ingredient in a proprie tary moth preventive la said to be sodium-aluminum slllco-fluorlde. Is there anything harmful to health In using this spray on rugs, clothing, blankets, etc.? Mrs. B. B. C. Answer It Is comparatively harm less to man. It renders the material Inedible to moth worms. Coalolt. Is the plain coaloll we often use for cleaning bathtub, etc., the kind to use on the scalp? Will It harm the hair? Mrs. R. S. Answer Refined coaloll kerosene Is sometimes useful as a remedy for lice. It Is not advisable for ordi nary hair or scalp troubles. Send for Instructions for Care of the Hair. (Copyright John F. Dille Co.) ther this court, nor the officers I have spoken about, have received, so far as I know, the moral backing or support of the public of this county generally. It seems to have been the Idea that we would go out and protect ourselves In some way Against public sentiment, go into campaign of publicity and try to stir up the elements of good citizenship among the people. Courts do not do that, that Is not the business of the courts. If the citizenship of any community Is not awakened to the duty of supporting their government, then It Is not a matter for any indi vidual offloer to try to maintain that government in order that he may have a Job or get a salary, so I am not doing that. Now, then we come down to this contempt matter. Why did not the court act and exercise Its powers In bringing on a proceeding for con tempt? I do not know whether the public knows It generally, but ever since this state has been organized there has been a statute on the books providing that a litigant had a right to file an affidavit asking for change of venue or change of Judges and he had a right to make his show ing and that matter had -to be deter mined whether or not the Judge were prejudiced against him, and he had a right to have a trial In another county or before another Judge. That statute la still In full force and ef fect, and for years back by reason of certain conditions existing In cer tain territory In the north, the peo ple, through the legislature saw fit to provide that any litigant could pre-emptorlly challenge two successive Judges in any action, suit or pro ceeding and thereby automatically disqualify that Judge from taking any action therein. The result was that those affidavits have been used and are being used; the local Judge In certain cases Is disqualified by filing Affidavits which are self-executing and self -operating. It makes no dif ference whether the Judge Is In fact prejudiced or is not In fact preju diced the fact Is of no concern the simple filing of an affidavit auto matically disqualifies the Judge from sitting or participating In any man ner In that case, or taking any action therein. The supreme court Is thereupon given power to aend another Judge In and that It doea to the best of its ability. It appoints some other Judge from some other district to come and sit In the case and the other Judge comes In as soon ss he can and does tr- best he can. He has probably a ingested condition in nis own ais- trlct, which he has the right to at tend to first and he gets around to some other district when he can. He stays as short a time as possible, gets the matter along as best he can. and then goes back to his own work. When a Judge comes In and gets to a point where he U ruling in some matter not satisfactory to the party who filed this affidavit, then such party can file a second affidavit against that Judge. Then the supreme court must go through a like process again and try to find another Judge somewhere In the state, not too busy, and send htm in as soon as he csn get the time to come here, and the thing goee merrily on in that way. with the result that any litigant who desires to file affidavits of prejudice csn prolong matters pending before the court almost Indefinitely. That statute, for which the people are re sponsible, disqualifies these two Judges In any action, suit or proceed- Inllg. Contempt not In tne presence 01 the court la Just as much a proceed ing as any other proceeding; it Is matter that has to have inquiry, ex amination, consideration and deter mination. Now, under the situation in this court and this county, with criminal libel and criminal syndicalism being flaunted from the pages of a dally publication, the question up to this court Is whether to attempt to bring in a party on a comparatively minor charge of contempt ot court when under the statute of the state all the party has to do when he comes Into court la to walk up and throw on the desk an affidavit of prejudice and say to the Judge "I defy you. You can't try me for anything." This situation has received very litttle attention from the press this phase of the situation we are Involved in here. There Is plenty of criminal syndicalism, plenty of criminal libel, but there Is very little given out to inform the public ss to the real sit uation, nor the limitations by our statutes hedging the court In mak ing the court Innocuous and Inef fective. Not only are we unable to protect ourselves but we are unable to protect litigants In this court, hon est litigants who have honest cases to try. It brings It to a point where a person can evade being brought in to court through terrorism threats of bloodshed and violence and talk about ropes and nooses. I am arraigning the public ot the state of Oregon for the fact that such legislation Is permitted to stand on the books of law of the state, ren dering the court Ineffectual to en force orderly and legal proceed u re, If a person wants to take advantage of his legal rights and file affidavits of prejudice. I am arraigning the citizenship of Jackson county because such conditions as are allowed to ex ist and are permitted to exist In any civilized community that pretends and purports to maintain a sem blance of orderly government. Perhaps It Is not generally realized that in this country the higher grades of crime can be brought to trial only through an Indictment re turned by the grand Juries. The peo ple of this county or any other ooun ty can speak only through their grand Juries in accomplishing such ends. There Is no other method. Whatev er people want, that Is what they get If the people ot Jackson county want their officers hamstrung ana hogtled by legislation, It Is their priv ilege. If they want their officers un der dally fire of criminal libel and Blander and subjected to threats of violence, bloodshed and sudden death, because they do not acquiesce In tht mandates of private Individuals, tha? Is their privilege. The people have the kind of government they want and they have the kind of law en forcement they want. Orand Jurors of the counties are drawn from the body of the people. they are the cross section, and they represent the view points and tne ae sires and the qualities of citizenship of the people and all these things speak for themselves and the people thereby Ret what they want. There has been a great deal of criticism of grand Jurors in this coun ty and that has been the basis for many threats of bloodshed and vio lence. It has been claimed that this court and the district attorney's or flee were controlling the actions of the grand Juries. (That has been going on for a long time.) Every grand Jury that ever sat In this court room since I have been presiding as circuit Judge, knows what the facts are In this regard. Whether the grand Jurors have been Interfered with or the court has attempted to Interfere with them, I leave it for overy member of the grand Juries to say, and I believe I can say the same thing as to the district attorney's of fice. I don't think any ' grand Jury has ever been persuaded or Intimi dated In the four years I have been in office. If It has been, I dldnt know It and If I had I would have taken the proper steps. There waa a man killed out In the mountains quite a while back In tbe course of a liquor raid by the officers. The grand Jury, following that, so far as I know anything about them as Individuals and citizens, were a competent and responsible body of people. They were In session a long time, they made a very lengthy and detailed Investigation dT that case; they kept at H Just as long as they wanted to keep at it and as long as they thought they could find any thing. I was Informed through pri vate sources, not official, that various members of that grand jury quite a body went out on the ground and searched for clews and for evidence. They didn't find anything, apparently. on which to base an Indictment and didn't return any. The propaganda was immediately broadcast that the grand Jury had been tampered with and they were under undue Influence and various other things. Representations were made to the department of state and to the governor that Justice was being flagrantly violated here and guilty people were not being brought to Justice. The governor wrote to me about It and suggested that a special grand Jury be called to Investigate and that he would have a special prosecutor appear to try and see that there be no question but what there was a proper investigation made and proper Indictments drawn, it there was evidence for It. A new grand Jury was called shortly thereafter In the regular course. There was no provision of law for a special grand Jury, but the regular grand Jury came on and took up the matter and a special prosecutor was sent down from the outside, from the office of the attorney- general, and another lengthy and prolonged Investigation was made and that ran I don't know how long perhaps weeks. I have every reason to think that every pos sible method and means was taken in the investigation of that case, which resulted In no Indictment. That propaganda la still going on that the grand Jury was under undue influence. No doubt a great many people believe It. It Is going out that we cannot get an honest grand Jury, that we can't get an honest trial Jury, and not even an honest court nor an honest district attorney's office. Flagrantly and openly It is being announced that resistance will be made to any of these officers by force and by arms and bloodshed. Now. that la the situation we have In Jackon county today. This court ts obliged to sit here day after day. t trying cawi. in which one side or the oilier has to loss, and ever Um, one side loses there Is more material sup plied for signers perhaps for the re call petition that Is out against this court: every case that I have to enter a Judgment In, in this court, whether It is on the verdict of a jury or on trial before the court sluing as a Jury, I am furnishing materia) for more signatures for the recall peti tion against this court. I am glad to be able to state, so far as I am concerned, that I am continuing In my work under these handicaps and under these condi tions, and I am contlnuig because I do not like to have It said about me that I was a poor fighter and dldnt have the nerve to stay with tbe propo sition. That Is the only reason. If I suited my own Inclinations or my welfare, financial or otherwise, I would resign. I wouldn't wish to serve In any official capacity In any community where things have been going on as in thla community and promise to keep going on and per mitted by the citizenship to continue. It has been said openly time and time again and consistently reiterated that the government In this county has broken down, and that Is true. It has broken down to this extent: That when a body of the people of this county are free to openly defy the government with Impunity, and when that condition develops, the government has broken down, for the court has no power to bring crimi nals to trial without the indictment of the grand Jury. Now, I have been saying this not only because I am expressing my own views and my own opinions, but I have been saying it because the peo ple have been wondering why this court did not protect itself In Its own processes, and I say this in order that you and the citizenship of this county may know that the reason this court Is not protecting Itself Is be cause It has not had the support of the citizenship of the county. It Is the citizenship that must support the government and not the court, nor the district attorney's of fice, nor the sheriff's office, nor any other office. The support has got to come from the people and not from the officers that are elected. All they can do Is perform the duties the law places upon them to perform, whether or not the government is going to be stable. Is a matter for the people to say through their grand Juries, which is the only inquisitorial body that the law provides, and It Is upon the shoulders of the grand Jurors that rests the burden and responsibility of seeing that people are brought to trial before trial Juries, If they com mit violations of law. As long as flagrant violations go on, and open syndicalism, and grand Jurors are complacent about It, then nobody can expect any law or order, nor can you expect the courts to enforce the law, because they can't do It. It Is grand Juries only that can bring criminal cases to trial before the court. This Is not because I am criticis ing you. ladles and gentlemen. This Is largely for the public. As I said awhile ago, I can't go out on the public stump and make a campaign for the maintenance of our system of government In this county. My hands are tied, my mouth Is closed, but I can talk about these things in a gen eral way and that Is as far as I can go. Law enforcement must develop from the people through the prefer ring of charges, before the court can try them and this function can only be exercised through the medium of the grand Jury and until that Is done the court Is helpless and can not dictate to the grAnd Jury who shall or shall not be Indicted, snd I do not intend to do any act In that re gard that would be a violation of law or in excess of the powers of the court. 1 . Jenkins' Comment (Continued from Page One) la In property, Fitzpa trick may be Just as happy If be remains unfound. Ownership of property. In these days. Involves a lot of worry and re sponsibility. RVILLE JOHNSON, school bus driver of Kenmare, North Da kota, where It gets really cold, is pinned beneath his vehicle when It overturns In a storm and held there for seven hours In a temperature ox 36 below zero. He dies as a result of tbe exposure. If, as you read this, you happen to be sitting beside a warm fire, give thanks for your good fortune, no mat ter how' sorry you may be feeling for yourself because of the present state of business and employment. WILLYS OVERLAND CO. ON FINANCIAL ROCKS TOLEDO. O., Feb. Id. (AP) The Willys Overland company was placed In receivership this afternoon. H. N. Willys, founder of the company, and L. A. Miller. It president, were ap pointed receivers by Judge Oeorge P. Hahn. . For Fuel Oil deliver. Phone 332 Relnklng Trucking Company. We give 3 a B green atampa 4 Desirable nouses always in first class condition for rent, lease or tale Call 100 Learn the Secret of Lovely Women Tiny ltnee and wrinkles don't show with new, wonderful MLLO-01.0 face powder. Staya on longer, pre vents large pores. Unsightly shin goes. Made by a new French process. MBLLO-OIjO spreads with surprising smoothness no "flaky." "pasty" look. Cannot Irritate the most sensitive akin because It Is tbe purest powder known. 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Joaquin Miller, "the poet of the Sierras." world-famed, who lived In Jacksonville In hla youth, dies sud denly at Oakland, Cel.. home. Good roads bill for Jackson county passed by legislature. Council and mayor mix on city ap pointments. Great ado among the citizens. Ten miles per hour fixed aa speed for autos over Bear creek bridge. Citizens protest parading of afal llons on Main street Saturday after noons. Many local people have started spading up their backyards for gar dens. "Another Man's Wife." a "society drama that will make your blood ma cold," at the Star tonight only. 4 Meteorological Report February lfl, 1938, Forecasts. Medford and vicinity: Fair but wltti considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday. No change in temperature. Oregon: Fair but with consider able cloudiness tonight and Friday. No change In temperature. Local Data. Lowest temperature this morning, 31 degrees. Temperature a year ago today: Highest, 47; lowest, 30. Total precipitation since Septem ber 1, 1032, 11.49 inches. Relative humidity at B p. m. yes terday, 98; 5 a. m. today, 94. Sunset today, 5:45 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:04 a. m. Sunset tomorrow, 5:46 p. m. Observations Taken at 5 a. m., 120 Meridian Time. Wlf h 36 u'S r" 1 1 f Olty Boston ........ 44 Cheyenne 44 30 P. Cdy. Chicago ..... 28 Eureka 52 48 .... Cloudy Helena 28 14 .04 P. Cdy. Los Angeles , 70 48 .... Clear MEDFORD 43 35 M Clear New Orleans 09 40 .... Cloudy New York 42 18 .10 Clear Omaha 44 Phoenix ....... 72 38 .. Clear Portland ... 48 38 ,12 Cloudy Reno bo 38 T. Cloudy Roseburg 50 38 .88 Cloudy Salt Lake 34 28 .... Clear San Francisco.. 58 48 .80 Rain Seattle 42 38 .04 Rain Spokane ....... 28 22 .14 Cloudy Walla Walla 28 20 .28 Cloudy Washington. a - Sexttle Jobless Mass In Protest SEATTLE, Feb. 18. 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