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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON-, SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1933.
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By Arthur Perry.
, "justice Is blind," but Its eyesignv
)i Improving, end the handwriting
' baa been reported on the wall by
. several. - ,
; p Oalllson of the UotO. who used
to grind out football and quint Cham
nlons here, waa down the lat of the
wk The ha. bb. live returned from
Balem chagrined and defeated. They
did not get enougn casnew. .
A wind aprang up Frl p. m, and
I waa not tempered to T. Bybees shorn
and aheared lamoa.
8. Sherwood the p. o. clerk, la etui
carrying his hand In a allng. aa the
reault of not Being a goou .,...
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Quite a few of the transient and
-.ni.intarv reaulatore or trao """-'
after an enjoyable winter, have gone
elsewhere for their beans. Making
themselves acaroo has not made any
body very mad.
noi. Tou Veil, who Uvea three (8)
miles, as the woodpecker and crow
Mies, from Aabury Be all, heard the
latter calling hla dog the other even
ing,
Dewey Hill, the da luxe (hired man
of Prospect was down Thuis. evng.,
and baa recovered from falling to
throw a schoolteacher In a friendly
teat of etrength. Mr. Hill atatea that
v. ..it that a norma had hold of him.
He was slapped on the mat so hard
that a rib waa busted, ana oo
unable 'to get wind, without a pain
for a day or so. He now exhibits
his physical prowess to those he
knows will not, and cannot, maltreat
him.
A combination lie and rumor that
measured five ft. and B in. irom wp
to tip waa nailed Tuea. before It could
get out of town, into ino rum. "
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Your corr. rode last week In one
of the 1833 autos. It can be atarted
by Just pressing a button, and will
split the wind around 77.8 per. The
salesman said the General Motors Co.
Insisted that we buy one of the cars.
The corporatlona are getting friendly
and human and foxy. The maohlne
has overstuffed seats. Owing to an
understuffed pocketbook no deal waa
consummated.
The Dock Hayea boy and the Dock
Bmmens boy were back from the
campus last week, and are very nifty
ping-pong players, with polae. They
handle a paddle better than their
elders did. Both conquered H. Olewer
the domon baker, with or without a
reputation.
April 1. the downtrodden will have
a chance to blow the foam off a glass
of beer, and can hardly wait.
The Espee Intends to eradicate its
prettiest train through here.
Housecleanlnc Is all the rage, but
the husbands who have to beat the
carpets are the ones who do the
raging.
, Everything la getting green again,
and It la hoped the greenness will
be confined to the lawns and the
hillsides this year. Next Saturday la
All-Fooled Day.
The Chinese army upset a Japa
nese general last week, whose .name
the local Japanese cannot pronounce
Why Didn 't Schermerhorn
Resign?
UST why Sheriff Schermerhorn considered retirement from
office, until the ballot theft cases were cleared up, and then
REVERSED that decision, remains one of the major mysteries
of the Jackson county drama.
He must have realized the common interpretation of such ac
tion would be that he was entirely innocent of any wrong doing,
and that when all the facts were known, his fitness for the im
portant office he holds would be clearly revealed.
Knowing better than anyone else what his conduct HAD
been, and just how seriously he had been involved in the ballot
thefts, he must have realized BETTER than anyone slse that
such an asumption could not stand up under the light of revela
tions, that were sure to be made.
. Why he should, under such circumstances, have abandoned
his plan to submit to the 90-day suspension, and thus relieve the
law enforcement agencies of the embarrassment his retention in
office involved, is difficult in fact, impossible to understand.
'
AS WE VIEW IT, and as we said at the time, Sheriff
Schermerhorn had everything to gain and nothing to lose,
by resigning temporarily, when it was clear, that by refusing to
do so he insisted upon being the beneficiary of a major orime,
Innocent or guilty of actual CRIME, such action was demanded,
from every standpoint of good citizenship, good taste and good
sportsmanship, and there was nothing in Mr. Schermerhorn's
past record to indicate that he was indifferent to such considerations.
Nevertheless when the test came Schermerhorn, whose first
impulse was to do the right thing, twenty-four hours later,
decided to do the wrong thing, and for the predicament he is
now, in he has only himself or his advisers to blame.,
A Sheriff Should Be Above-Suspicion
PERHAPS the chief reason for this unfortunate decision was
Sheriff Snhnrmrhnrn 'n m?Rfonp.rrt.ion nf t.ha rpnl ianim his
oase involves.
The real issue is not whether he is or is not convicted of the
crime with which he is charged. Technically he may or may
NOT be guilty. But that does not alter the f aot that he has,
from the start, been seriously involved with those who WERE
guilty, and that his official conduct before and after the crime
demonstrates he is unfitted to hold the position of sheriff, under
conditions which now prevail. 1 i ,L
liAORE than any other position in oounty administration, the
sheriff, like Caesar's wife, should be above suspicion. It
is bad enough when a sheriff is merely negligent, well-meaning,
but inefficient, during a period of violence and crime, but when
he has personally become involved with the forces of lawless
ness and disorder, when a deputy in his office has asked a law
violator, who later became a murderer, when it would be "CON
VENIENT" for him to escort him before a court of justice, then
as serious a situation as can face any civilized community, is
brought to a head.
For unless a county sheriff can be depended upon to play no
favorites, to make no concessions to lawlessness or crime, to hew
to the line of his sworn duty, regardless of personal or politi
cal oonsequenees, THEN ALL LAWFUL AND ORDERLY GOV
ERNMENT FALLS, AND COMPLETE CHAOS AND CON
FUSION, IS THE ONLY ULTIMATE OUTCOME.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M.D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease.
aiagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady If a stamped, sell
arldressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the lurge number of letters received only a few can be answered
here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
auuress ur. tviwani Brady in care of The Mall Tribune.
GASTRIC JUICE FOB PERNICIOUS ANEMIA. ,
Monument to dogs and bequests
to oats and canaries are familiar
phenomena of sentimental age, but
one one ventures
t o memorialise
the hog as the
friend of man,
tho certainly the
hog deserves
suitable distinc
tion. Every bit of
the hog but the
squeal is useful
to man. and not
a few of us,
fancy, prefer the
awlne to the ca
nine or feline.
Many legendary notions about os
trich's, hogs and goats have been
Instilled In the popular mind by the
humorists and Jokeamltha, and these
common beliefs are generally too
chlMWh to consider seriously, ytet
they do enter Into the education of
children. X refer particularly to the
Idea that an ostrich will eat and di
gest anything and tries to hide by
sticking his head in the sand; the
idea that a goat can live on refuse
such as waste papet, tin cans, etc,
and usually emits such a terrible
odor that no one would want to keep
goat as a source of food anyway;
and the idea that a hog likes filth
A hog is necessarily filthy If the
hog's owner Is so Inclined, but nat
urally the hog Is as clean as any other
quadruped and as particular about
what he eats.
Physicians have long recognized the
Importance of the stomach symptoms
In cases of pernicious anemia. In
this olsease there Is nearly always
marked diminution of the gastric
Jul secretion, not rarely complete
fallv.ro of secretion of acid or fer
ment, and of course this aohylta, as
doctors call It, gravely handicaps the
digestion of the most essential foods.
In recent years the discovery of the
curative value of liver In pernicious
anemia, taken together with the ob
servation that liver has no particular
remedial value In ordinary (second
ary) anemia, has led to the hypothe
sis that some hormone or some un
identified ferment or chemical sub
stance perhaps a vitamin, In liver Is
the curative factor. This elusive hor
mone or unidentified factor Is now
believed to be present in gastric Juice.
The gastric Juice of swine Is concen
trated and administered by Injection
Into muscle tissue. A single Injection
of tats concentrated swine gastric
Juice has brought about Immediate
Improvement, steady gain and com
plete recovery in thre months In nu
merous cases of progressive perni
cious anemia.
Prom three to five quarts of the
fresh gastric Juice from the stomach
of the hog Is concentrated down to
the bulk of two teaspoonfuls, which
Is not half bad to Inject or rather
to be Injected with.
It is probable that even If this
gastric Juice Injection proves as
tent a remedy for pernicious anemia
as the early tests indicate, tho pa
tient will require injections Indefi
nitely at Intervals of two or three
months to maintain the gain, or at
least this will be necessary until the
essential cause of pernicious amemla
la discovered and If possible cor-
QUESTION9 AND ANSWERS .
A Sad Breakdown.
Friend wife is strong and healthy.
She hasn't worn fa corset or other
support for years, fine la physically
active, aged 30. Now some one has
talkM her Into wearing corsets "to
strengthen the abdominal muscles."
What is your opinlor.7 (W. J. E.)
Answer Can't understand such a
sad breakdown. Namby-pamby sick
ly girls or women are readily sold on
that unphyslologlcal Idea. The best
way to strengthen abdominal muscles
maintain good support for all the or
gans and preserve a good figure, Is
to train your own muscles to sup
port you.
Saltpeter.
Is the use of patasslum nitrate
harmful? If not, how often and In
what quantity . can It be taken?
Wher can It be obtained? (G. A. 8.)
Answer Saltpeter has little If any
effect when taken in ordinary doses,
but may cause poisoning (gastro-en
terltis) if taken in .arge doses. It is
an old remedy for the relief of as
thma the patient wnoktng . cigarets
made of niter paper or burning the
papet In a vessel and Inhaling the
fumes. Niter paper is any unglazed
paper soaked In a solution of one
ounoi of saltpeter In four ounces of
water, and hung up to dry. The
soottiing effect may be increased by
dipping the niter paper in compound
tincture of benzoin and again drying,
before using.
(Copyright, John P. Dllle Co.)
RAILWAY GATEWAY TO NORTH SEIZED BY NIPPON
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A detachment of Japanese troops (right) entering the walled city of Shanhalkwan, Important North
China city, following tho defeat of Chinese defenders. Left: Thla tower received attention of attacking
force which ended In occupation of the city. Soldiers of Nippon are ahown at the base of -hatttred
masonry. (Associated Press Photos)
Editorial Comment
The Jig-saw Puzzln la not Jigging as
well as It did, but many, still have
no time to eat.
.
The O. of C. la out after money and
momentum this year. In an effort to
get ahead of themselves, and no run
ao long In the same place.
'
Oltzo Bhimoda. 8, has a new neck
tie. It Is the tie that blinds.
The way to atop the agitating la to
stop agitating. -
Keurltla la gaining popularity aa a
way to avoid beating carpets, as the
Little Woman swings Into her house
cleaning, The oharge of local beer enthusl
arts that 8.2 per cent beer will be
worse than home brew, la far
fetched and not worthy of credence.
The home-rewers do not seem to
realise that their guests were only
polite, when they praised his concoc
tion, and as far from the truth aa s
peanut politician.
Jennings Is the Man
V1THBN the time comes 'to name a new sheriff fop Jackson
." county, this paper feels that former Sheriff Jennings
should be the man. ,
There is no question whatever that he was robbed of the of
fice by the pillaging of the court house and destruction of the
ballots. There is no question that he was the legal choice of the
people of Jaokson county at the November eleotion.
This paper did not support him at that election. But we feel
strongly that the great wrong done him, at that time, can only
be righted by returning him to the position of which he was
lawlessly and illegally deprived.
When the possibility of Schermerhorn's resignation was first
broached we were not sure the retention of Jennings would be
wise. We thought it might only add fuel to the flames of local
strife and dissension.
But much has happened since then. The supreme issue to
day is whother this is going to be a community of law and order
or a community of lawlessness and violence ; whother it is to be
community, where the people are to enjoy the sacred right
of popular franchise, or be deprived of that right by violence
and force ; whether we are going to be a community which sana
tions and condones murder, or a community that condemns and
punishes it.
TPHERE can be no compromise on an issue of this sort. Every
oitizen must eithor be for the government under whioh we
live, and the law that upholds that government or he- must be
against it. i
Ralph Jennings is for it. His appointment will show the
world the people of this community ARE FOR IT. He is not
only the best sheriff Jackson county hns ever had, but we be
lieve he is one of the best sheriffs any county ever had. His
courage, his firmness, his absolute impartiality and fearlessness
in the conduct of that office, are needed in this county today,
more than ever before.
He is proven and a known factor. Any other man receiving
the place would, to a certain extent, be an unknown and an un
proven factor. - x
In the opinion of this paper, every consideration of good gov
ernment and good public policy in this eonnty, demands the re
turn of Ralph Jennings to the sheriff's office.
New Appointees
OALEM. Mar. as. Thres re
appointments to Taroua boards and
selection ot a county Judge of Wheel
er count; were announced today by
Governor Julius L. Meter.
Real aetata or insuranceLeave
to Jones. PHone 7S8,
Business Cheer
NBW YORK, Maf. 3S (JP) FTtgW-
alre corporation, controlled by Gen
eral Motors, announces that two
thltxli of Its advertising appropria
tion tor 1SSS will be allotted to dally
publications and that no fund, win
be spent on radio broadcasting.
DID PRESCOTT DIE IN VAIN?
Having read a reprint In the Med'
ford Mall Tribune of a Morning En.
terprlse editorial on the Jackson
county situation and the murder of
George Frescott by L. A. Banks; one
M. McCaskey, Route 8, Grants Pass,
takes the trouble to write us a four-
page letter heaping aplenetlo epithets
upon the Mall Tribune and the
"crooks" in Jackson county.
The disgruntled correspondent
questions the worthiness of the mur
dered ' George Prescott; he hashes
over the same stuff that Llewellyn
Banks dwelt upon day after day In
his newspaper. He rants about the
acts of District Attorney George Cod
ding and Circuit Judge H. D. Nor
ton; the Illegality of the appoint
ment of Commissioner Nellson; and
about the "Medford gang."
The letter from Grants Pass de
serves no attention, save as a sam
pie of the demonophobla Implanted
by Banks, who Is now In Jail, a con
fessed murderer, and we quote from
It only to convey an Idea of the
Intensity of the Jackson county
feud:
"Maybe George Prescott
good officer? I don't know."
This fellow McCaskey seems to
have gotten a great deal of satis
faction out of that sentence, -questioning
the . virtue of the dead
George Prescott aa an - officer, for
he repeats it, each time with the
question mark, and goes on to say:
"These official thugs had
oleaned me out of all of my
property before they got to
Banks.
"And now as to Banks the
Medford gang think they have
got Banks, etc.
"If you are Interested I can
give you a lot more Information
about conditions In Jackson
county. I live In Jackson coun
ty." We have no idea who this man
McCaskey may be, but we do know
that any Information coming from
one who ahows algns of satisfaction
over the wanton murder of an offi
cer In the performance of hla duty,
whatever the conditions, la quite
likely to be somewhat biased, and
therefore we decline with thanks
Mr. McCaskey'a offer of a "lot more
Information about conditions In
Jackson county."
It was to be hoped that the life
of Prescott would prove to be the
price of tranquility In Jackson
county, but while It has allayed the
open strife and removed the leader
from further agitation, beneath the
surface the feud still smolders, as
this man's letter shows. Oregon
City Enterprise.
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Communications
He Better Keep Still
To the Editor:
Tour recent editorial, "Pehl Bet
ter Keep Still" la a fine expression
of true sportsmanship, and If the
Don Quixote, of the "Armageddon
political Battle," of Jackson county,
will exercise sense enough to ap
preciate and abide by the advice
to keep still, his friends and foes
alike all know the better It will be
for him In the end.
W. w. THUAX. Medford.
March 33, 1933.
Who Wants ScherraerhoraT
To the Editor:
"Whst manner of man Is tals" that
he can get no better to circulate
his petition than a woman . who
would alur the dead, and a man as
much respected end loved as George
Prescott? we who are human have
little confidence In those who are
not, and If Gordon Schermerhorn
wants to even hold his friends he
had better get someone to plead
his cause besides Mrs. May Murray.
SuoA Incidents as these should be
evidence Iteelf of who wants Scher
merhorn,
MRS. O. T. WILSON,
Gold Hill.
Medford, Ore., March 33. 1933.
To the Editor:
I algned a card In the Good Gov
ernment congress through a mlsun-
aerscanaing, being told that It was
to aid the unemployed. I have
never attended one of their meet
ings and did not take Banks paper.
I do not wish to be affiliated In
any way with auch an organization.
I hereby withdraw from the organ-laatlon.
H. n. UNRUH.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Mar. 34. P
With English buyers of Oregon hops
eont.nulng to exercise a strong in
fluence on the market, dealers here
freely predicted today the price will
continue to rise. Active bidding at 30
centi a pound for the top grades ap
po rent It was as sftrong as ever m the
buying centers. Two sales totaling 150
naiej at 29 cents were confirmed
here today.
Tired of Cam Talk
To the Editor:
Last Sunday morning our minister
In his sermon made this remark, "I
have heard a lot of talk about the
uang, nut I have never heard any
namos. Why does not someone have
nerva enough to name them, etc."
we.i now i am going to tell the
world that I have got nerve enough
to name them, and 1 know every last
who oi --xne rotten bunch."
Now I suppose you think tou are
going to hear something. Just get
joureerc a good sheet of paper and
a good pencil (and that means everv
last one, nobody excepted), and start
one net of "the gsng" by writing
your own nsme at the top of the
list, and 'that means me too, I am
heading my list with the nsme of
Geo. Iverson.
Now we had better stop right there
and reflect a while, am I so perfect
mysilf that I can get out and holler
"gang, gang?"
I have yet to find but verv few
tha would not get their own fingers
Into the "pork bsrrel" If the oppor
tunity arose; there Is evidence of
"pork barrel." of course, but getting
out on the house tops snd hollering
Is no way to go about remedying
that.
I think It Is about time that we
shut up about this, we have heard
It for years past and I do not see
sny good has ever come out of It.
The Rogue river vslley Is the finest
country that the aun ever ahone on
and if we would devote our time, to
pointing out the good features we
would do some good.
Agsin I repeat, let's shut up our
hollering about "the gang."
GEO. IVERSON.
Medford, March 15.
WORD FOR U. S. ON
Si FRAN ARRIVAL
By LOUIS AHHLOCK
SAN FRANCISCO. Mnrrh as C API
George Bernard Shaw, 77-year-old
British playwright, arrived on the
American mainland Pririav for vi
first time with the abrupt pro
nouncement that he "knew mor nf
America than its inhabitants.'
So he told a mass ol interviewers
and cameramen that Americans "were
romanticists in their treatment ot
criminals" and accused them of elect
ing their public officials "because the
candidates had their pictures taken
with a baby in their arms."
ShaW Smillne. intfrKnnl-art Vila In Vi.
at the world's Inhabitants with fre
quent wisecracks.
He was greeted by civic officials
headed by Mayor Angelo Rossi and
as they met before the mnw nf cum.
eras, shook hands.
"I am esDeclallv e-iari t- Vu fi rot-
greeted by the first citizen of an
American citv. because I
municipal councillor," he said In re
sponse, "and they almost elected me
mayor, too. They might have suc
ceeded but I was more modest tnnn
I am now."
They nosed for nevprnl tMpiiw hi.
cameramen and Shaw ordered tvicm
away with "all still cameramen over-
ooara.
Durlntr & discussion nt t-u Tnm
Mooney case, Shaw declared that
Americans were romanticists in "their
treatment of the whoi criminal
tern."
"You Americans can mmantis
about 20 to 30 years in prison," he
said "but to a man In prison six
months Is terrible. I hesitate to ex
press an opinion regarding Mooney.
Generally I would say to bury a man
alive In a vault for 17 years is ex
tremely foolish. I am a foreigner
and as such should not criticlzeour
courts or police. But If Mooney Is
not fit to live, have the courage to
shoot him."
Jenkins' Comment
(Continued from Page One)
of the government loaning agency.
Portland approved his ..application,
but Spokane turned It down.
Investigating through his senator,
he discovered that of the five mem
bers of the Spokane board that
passed on his loan two were Wash
ington cantaloupe growers.
BUT right now we are In a hole.
If tvhe government doesn't get
Into business it doesn't look as If
business could be done. So we
HAVE to push the government into
business.
Maybe we can get It out again
some day.
Quarterly Dividend
Declared By Copco
The regular quarterly dividend on
Copi;o preferred stock was ordered at
a meeting of the board of directors
of th California Oregon Power com
pany held in San Francisco March 33.
Dividends of $1.76 per share on the
7 per cent cumulative preferred stock,
$1.50 on the 6 per cent cumulative"
preferred stock and $1.60 on the 6
per flent series of 1837 cumulative
preferred stock were declared by the
board and are payable April 16 to
shareholders of record March 31.
Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson Count
History from the Piles of The
Mali Tribune of 20 and 10 Yean
Aro.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
March 24- 1923
(It Was Saturday)
' Dftl&y In arrival of new casing for
Trlgonla oil well nettles operations.
Presbyterian gospel team to tour
county.
Copco advertises for laborers on
Klaroath river dam. Work too far off
highway. May ship in workers from
south in speed work.
Crater Lake Rod and Gun club
files articles of incorporation at Salem.
Garden week to be celebrated next
week.
"Tl'e Bat" coming to the Page.
First straw hat of the season seen
on Main street, and worn by Portland
drummer.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
March 24, 1913
(It Was Monday) '
The glory of the Easter bonnet wa
dimmed by snow and sle4.
7jet the people rule, Mr. Mayor,"
the editor demands in an editorial.
The fuss was over who would be
street commissioner.
District Attorney Kelly declares
"rag?lng and joyriding is the curse
of youths of this oounty."
Dayton, Ohio submerged by floods,
and 10,000 are homeless.
Censorship of movie shown here
proposed by Greater Medford club.,
SUSPECTS HELD IN KIDNAPING OF DENVERITE
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Tujn IVim rAiia .n....t. . . I . - i ,.. n . . . A . .
. ... . .... ., u,mci a,, in uenvor, lioio., tor ma Kidnaping of Char e Boettcher II
arc Mrs. Verns Sankey (upper left) and Arthur Youngberg (right). Tha lonely farmhouse In which
Dakot nesr hh.e dJ7 I! "ir1"1" P"d W000 "" hown. It is In Buffalo county, SoutiJ -
Pmss Photos Chamberlin. Two mora men ar aought aa members of the gang. (Associated
WRECKING CREWS START DEMOLISHING BUILDINGS
Southern California quickly recovered from Its shock of earthquake. ..... .k .
tlon. Upper left: twisted wreckage of a bakery In Lona Beach . J. ? ? w,rk of "construe-
Eplscopal church In the same city. Lower left: steepUj of It AMhonv' k duam8ed Methodist
firemen. Lower right: steam shovel crew begin, to clear aw a.!. UrCh beinB pull,!d ,own
building In Compton. (Associated Press Photos) y 'hapslesa wreckage of the Stockwell