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OfflCM In New Tori. ChlcifO, Dtlrolt, San
Francisco, Lo Angela, Seattle, Portland.
Ye Smudge Pot
Bj Arthur Perry.
Plans are afoot to unite again and
fight and hate, and thus snow our
rinfi.tr, Christianity and human-
new. If anybody disputes shoot 'em
with the Binie. ana rou up .
atltutlon as tight as possible and
spank them good.
.
The dollar Is going to be Inflated,
but won't be more so than the fellow
who accidentally has a dollar.
Oltio Namurka Shimoda, 0, while
walking a picket fence Wed. evng.
took a tumble, and out a g"h In
hla cranium '4 In. long. Once In
every boj' think he U
Kocky Mt. goat, and acrobat and tries
to walk a picket fence.
. t
"Dad Gum It!" roared Tom Johnlln
Tun. noon, as he fairly boiled with
a great consuming rage.
Shorty Morris of T. Rock, O. Hill,
and 8. Valley la a trifle peaked from
plowing, harrowing and chasing a
squirrel ten days bsck.
.
Oalshevlkls have again taken to
horseback riding, and have received
many favorable comments on their
equestrianism. Two yrs. ago a no. ol
social males became horse-minded and
took up the horse to get them out
Into the open, but the overhead for
both oats and gasoline was too mucn
for their pocketbooks, so the Idea was
dropped before the horse got a chanoe
to kick It out.
i
The Specific Dleway la alive with
the autos of northbound Indigents,
mingling with an occasional Portland
drummer In a hurry.
The farmers are again praying for
rain not that they expect to get tt.
Kitten baseball has started again,
delaying aupper 1 nr. In many homes,
and making the cooks so mad.
.
Court Kail la still out on his place
working, and has no muscular aches
this spring. The depression cured
his rheumatism, and Is missed around
his old haunts.
The new beer continues here today,
and gone tomorrow If not sooner.
.
Among those upon whom the Oods
smiled last week, and ordained to
catch a fish was Sebastian Apollo the
pipe-organlat, who yanked a 30-pd.
salmon from the roaring Rogue In
10 mlns. It was his first attempt at
fishing, and enthused the embryo
nlmrod greatly. It Is hoped Mr.
Apollo will not give up his music,
and make trying to catch another fish
his life work.
Jim Dlnkens of Beagle was down
last wk. He says he never saw so
many Jaybirds and white butterflies
as now. He spoke disparagingly of
the crowa of his neighborhood.
A large numbor of Humdtngere, Ine.,
will hit out for Crater Lake today, to
see If the scenlo marvel Is still there,
and tha snow was measured correctly
Dandelion greens are available and
being cooked with aalted hog Jawa.
ine juice thereof la fine tonlo, but
makes a meal that la a trifle strong
i or a lasnioname bridge luncheon.
...
The turtle-neck sweater la much
ought after by the well-dressed of
both sex, tha girls being especially
fond of the novel creation, because
Clark Oable, he-film atsr. hsa one.
The t-neck swester completely covers
the neck and wishbone of the wearer,
and will be very torrid If worn next
July, which is not likely.
A gas silo safe was blown open
i nurs. nignt, and 100 smackers taken
The crime was no boyish prank, and
the culprits not Innocent aa lambs.
as It is known they were strangers,
and not local amateur hellralsere.
Your corr. Frl. was nesrly run over
by a JB33 auto, driven by a friend
who failed to sneer the horn until
almost too late.
...
The warm weather la making every
thing grow by leaps and bounds, the
weeds being by far the best Jumpers,
In the bsckyard gardens.
Supported on less that are adjuat
able for position and length to stand
level on uneven floors, a poultry
feeding trough ha been Invented
that can bt extended to any length
debired.
WIMIK
Depends on the Doctor and
C0R over three years Uncle
ine all this time, instead
getting worse. .
Because of his many years
stitution, it was hoped that no
needed "just keep the old man
course," was the advice of the
But recently it became plain that this was not enough
that heroic measures were necessary, not to save his life neces
sarily, but to save him from
invalidism.
So the first drastic treatment has been applied Dr. Roose
velt has ordered Uncle Sam off the gold standard.
LIKE most drastio treatments this has its dangers. If it is
overdone its results may bo more disastrous than the nor
mal results of the disease. In other words, over-inflation, like
over-stimulation, may result fatally.
But President Roosevelt realizes this. It is a regulated and
mild inflation that he prescribes and intends to secure.
If the results are as anticipated, this anti-gold treatment
will be temporary. There will be no fiat money inflation, or
printing'press currency. The more radical inflation measures
proposed by congress will be vigorously opposed.
But if the results ARE not satisfactory, then even more
radical remedies will be employed.
THE first result of the treatment has been good. The pat
ient reacted quickly and favorably. With currency un
supported by gold, the value of the dollar declined, and neces
sarily, prices rose, it taking more dollars to make nny given
purchase.
Like .most cases of serious illness, the judgment and skill
behind the medicines are more important than the medicines
themselves. The judgment and skill in this case Tests with
President Roosevelt.
There is therefore, every, reason to believe, that Dr. Roose
velt will bring Uncle Sam safely through the crisis and restore
him to normal economio health
more radical expedients.
He has not only shown the
in dealing with other problems,
necessary courage and initiative.
The fate of this treatment,
rests with him.
Upon the People
OF course, when all is said and, done, the return of normal
conditions rests upon the return of a normal psychology,
which means a return of public confidence.
If this going off the gold standard and consequent rise in
rnstores confidence. results in normal buy
ing, normal trade, ends the reign of fear and the widespread
buying strike, then the depression will be over.
If it DOESN'T do this then
to DO it.
In other words the people
salvation tn n certain extent In
helped and aro being helped
they must do something for themselves, they must uctiave line
normal human boingB before they can enjoy normal business
conditions.
' Neither the President, nor any other outside agency, can
do ALL the job for them. They must do part of it for them-selves.
PLAN
REVIVALS
(Continued from Page One.)
tlons) action to cut the purchasing
power of currency by declaring the
gold "cover" behind ee.cn unit of
money
Tho Inflation policy upon which
the admin titration already baa em
barked on national baala would
how the way in thte direction.
From the state department was is
sued an official explanation that the
admin latratlon'e "recent monetary ac
tion" waa "designed to enable us in
this country to work out an improve
ment in prices which was essential."
"It may be hoped that other coun
tries, by taking suitable monetary
measures, will assist in producing tho
desl-d price Improvement," said the
statement dispatched to American
embassies In London, Berlin, Paris
and Borne.
"Tne ultimate aim la to create a
price condition under which the
world can again be prosperous and
not to seek any special American ad
vantage." .
"If you want to be secure and pro
tected come to an agreement with
other nations," said MacDonald In
discussing the subject of money In
a ringing address at a luncheon of the
national press club.
"On currency, an agreement Is the
only protection."
With words of hope he referred to
progress made toward monetary and
economic etabillrattcn in his quiet
talki with President Roosevelt which
contained much of the day and night
stnos hs entered the Whits House
with the world's eyes upon htm.
WASHINGTON, April 3J (ff)
Oowrrtsslonal democrat! loosed i
counter attack against republican op
ponents of the administration's infla
tion program today and In the face
of further broadsides from the oppo
sition predicted passage of the legis
lation by Wednesday.
The proposal. Intended to Improve
business and restore confidence by
giving the president broad authority
to expand credit and currency, was
made the senate's unfinished bust'
ness Just before adjournment for the
week-end.
Real estate or inuranc Leavs It
to Jones, Phone 786.
Sam has been a sick man.
of getting better, he has
Dur-
been
of health and his strong con.
drastic remedies would be
quiet and let nature take its
best economic physicians,
chronic perhaps permanent
once more, without adopting
necessary judgment and skill
but he has also shown the
and the fate of the country,
something else must be done
Of this country have their own
their own hands. They can be
but like a patient seriously ill,
TOKYO GALLS OFF
TOKYO, April aa. ;?) The war
office announced today that the Jap
anese offensive in north China had
been halted, but shortly after the
announcement was mad a news dla
paten from the front told of a sang
uinary battle which has been going
on since Friday morning south of
the great wall.
Major General Tadashl Kawahara
attacked the Ch Ineee south west of
Kupetkow. one the great wall passes
north of Pet ping, a Kengo (Japanese)
news agency dlspatoh said.
Friday morning, tho Rengo cor
respondent reported, the Chinese at
tempted to take over the positions
held by General Kawahara's brigade,
and today he launched an offensive
to push thenf back In the direction
of Miyun, which la about 35 mllet
northwest of Pelplng.
Obituary
BRADBURY Mtirgaret LaVerno
Clarice Bradbury, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Walter Bradbury of
1150 Court street this city, passed
away at the Sacred Heart hospital
Friday at 11:40 p. m at the age of
3 days- Funeral services under di
rection of the Perl Funeral home will
be held at the graveside in the Med
ford I. O. O. F. cemetery. Monday
morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. Burch of
the Church of Ood officiating.
MrKENZtE Jamet McKenale. resi
dent of southern Oregon for the past
four years, passed away at the Jack
sonv.lle sanitarium, Friday evening
at fin o'clock, after a serious Illness
of the past four months, being In tho
sanltirlum during that time. Mr. Mc
Kenrle was born at Sidney Cape Brit
ain, Canada. September 19. 1874. ann
came into the United States in 1005.
Llbbfy Godfrey was united in mar
riage to James McKenrle at Eureka.
Calif .rula. December 31. 1914. they
have no children. Mrs. McKrniMe has
two daughters by a former marrlacje.
Mrs Trltma Mcklnaey of King City.
Calif.. Mrs. Zelma Mcpherson. There
are several other relatives all residing
In Canada.
Funeral services under direction
of the Perl Funeral home will be
held at the Sacred Heart Catholic
churvh Monday morning at 0 o'clock.
Father Francis W. Black officiating.
Interim will take place In the Med
ford X. O. O. r. cemetery.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M.D.
Signed letter pertaining to persona health and nyglene. not to disease,
disgnosls or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brad; If a stamped, ecu
addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters s&onld be brief and written In (me
owing to the large n amber of letters recelfed only a few can be answereo
here. No reply ran be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
Address Or. William Brady In cars of The Mall Tribune.
BOW THINGB HAVE CHANGED.
Herman L. Emmerich, president of
the Wisconsin . Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation, sends a filing card which his
association d 1 s
trlbutes to phy
sicians. Accord
ing to the Wis
consin Pharma
ceutical asiocla
tlon the drug
digitalis was not
Introduced into
regular m e d I cal
practice until
1776 when Dr.
William Wither
ing of Birming
ham. England,
learned of Its value In dropsy. Tou
might think there Is nothing so dread
ful about that. But wait, watt till
you hear the whole sordid story. From
whom did Or. Withering learn about
the value of digitalis? Prom some other
doctor? Maybe an Irregular or even
a quack? No. No, alack and alas,
no, It Is Infinitely worse than that.
I don't know that X shall ever say
another favorable word about the
Importance of having your medicine
prepared or compounded by a skilled
pharmacist. This Wisconsin associa
tion claims that Dr. Withering got
his knowledge of the use of digitalis
from
Honestly, I'd much rather not be
drawn Into this at all. If the Wis
consin Pharmaceutical association
has some grudge against the physic
ians I prefer to let them fight it out
among themselves. But If President
Emmerich must have my view of the
matter I'll say I think It Is moat re
grettable. Dr. Withering got his
knowledge of digitalis from "an old
lady of Shropshire." There you have
the truth make the worst of It.'
I wouldn't mind so much had It
been Just an old woman. But an
old lady of Shropshire" somehow has
, sinister sound. She would be a
mean one for an ambitious young doc
tor to face across a sickbed, what I
I've met my share of em In my time,
but thank the merciful heaven I
never encountered one from Shrop
shire.
Not content with the davastatlng
effect of their work for the month of
March the Milwaukee Pharmaceuti
cal Association Committee on Pro
fessional Pharmacy delivers itself oi
this additional humiliating reminder;
In 1522 Dr. Wlrtt of Hamburg
was burned alive after witnessing
VOTE MONDAY ON
WA?HI NGTON, April 32. (P)
Thirteen years of Muscle Shoals
quarrels echoed In the house today
as members consumed hour after
hour of debate preparatory to voting
approval next week of the Roosevelt
plan for developing the Tennessee
valley
So certain of passage was the bill
that scarcely half a hundred mem
bers elected to spend a sunny Satur
day afternoon indoors listening to
the discussion. A final vote was ex
pected Monday.
RAIL HELP BILL
WASHINGTON, April 32. IJF)
President Roosevelt's plan to unite
the financial knots of the nation's
tangled railroad system Is ready for
presentation to congress.
Chairman Rayburn of the house
interstate commerce commission who
helped draft the bill, said today she
message requesting the legislation
probkbly would be submitted early
next week.
Under the projected legislation, a
federal coordinator is to be appoint
ed by President Roosevelt, subject to
approval of the senate, to work out
economies in the railroad industry
Fifteen other co-ordlnatora are to be
placet in the various railroad centers.
INFLATION DELAYS
AIO TO FARMERS
WASHINGTON, April 32. (ff)
The administration farm relief pro
gram tonight bore senate approval ex
cert for a few details but was headed
fo a side track to await settlement
of th currency Inflation issue.
Only two Important points remain
to be disposed of before the broad
price lifting and mortgage refinanc
ing measure goes back to the house
for consideration of numerous sen
ate changes.
.....
Nnt Growers Smile.
PORTLAND. April 23. (API W. H.
Bentley. manager of the North Pa
cific Nut Growers, announced today
that checks for about eao.000 are in
the malls for distribution to various
shippers of filberts through the as
sociation. This will be followed by
distribution of about 950.000 to ship
pers of walnuts, the second payment
to walnut growers who marketed
through the organisation in 1932.
The wings, rudder and elevators of
a new English airplane are made of
a virtually transparent material cov
ered with wire meah. making the
plane almost Invisible at high alti
tudes.
a delivery with several mldwlves
In order to-obtain first hand in
formation on childbirth. But the
use of Ergot was then established
and Is now found in every obstet
rical kit.
I fall to see the connection. It
looks aa though the pharmacists are'
trying to tell the doctors that all the
doctors know Is what the old women
tell them.
It Is discouraging, after the long,
bard years of earnest effort I have
made to free the profession from this
Incubus, to find our step-cousins the
pharmacists spending a part of their
profits to remind us how much we
owe the old women, the mldwlves,
the fishwives and the Salreygamps
the world over saecula caeculorum.
But the Milwaukee pharmacists
have not said the last word- By no
means. To their gratuitous statement
that the old women taught us all
these things, we respond "Oh, yeh?
And who taught the old women?"
; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
What, No Candy.
I have two children . . . So , kept
them on a perfect diet, strict hours
of rest, no candy . . . Mrs. L. R. S.
Answer I wish some one who
knows all these things by Intuition
would take compassion on me and
explain In simple language why a
child Is forbidden candy. Is It be
cause the child naturally likes candy?
(Incidentally this mother found that
the withholding of candy was of no
avail but after she "forgot" the
candy obsession the children had bet
ter health.)
Little Lesson No, 32.
What Is Lesson 33 in the Ways of
Health? For alx years I have had
stomach trouble. J. h.
Answer That Is the "Guide to
Right Eating," a booklet giving es
sentials of diet, etc. Send a dime
and a stamped envelope bearing your
address, and ask for "Guide to Right
Eating."
White' Specks In Nails.
I am a girl IS. Fingernails have
white spots or specks. People tell
me something wrong with my- blood,
but others say my fortune can be
told from them . . . Miss G. O.
Answer The spots have no signifi
canceperhaps they are caused by
slight Injuries' of the nails, and in
about three months they will grow
out.
(Copyright John F. Dllle Co.)
Wall St. Report
NEW YORK, April 23, (P) Mar
kets ended the week with a flourish
of strength today ss dollar fluctu
ations narrowed.
Nrt gains ranged from 1 to about
5 points, which canceled most of Fri
day's reaction arid put the closing
market average only half a point un
der Thursday's 1933 high. Sales total
2.27S.610 shares, ths largest 3turda
volume since -September 3.
Metal Issues glowed with a warmth
that recalled their previous exertions
this week. U. S. Smelting soared 4 ',4.
Intranational silver more thsn 2, and
Anaconda, Kennecott, International
nlckl and American Smelting better
than a point. Sugars were well rep
resented by gains of around two
polnw In American sugar snd 'Great
Western, American Tobacco "B" gain-'
ed ovf-r 4.
Corn producta, American Can, Du
Pont, Auburn, Allied Ohemlcal, Beth
lehem and National Steels, Csse, Wes
tlngliouse and McKeesport Tin Plate
rallUvl 2 to 4. Utilities were less ag
gressive, but firm.
Ralls were favored by the forwsrd
movement of freight loading which
for the week ended April IS rose 6.
B10 cms, though traffic is still nearly
13 per cent under a year ago. Santa
Pe. Union Pacific, Louisville & Nash
ville and Oreat Northern Improved 2
to S Southern Pacific firmed a point.
Today's closing prices for 30 selected
stocks follow:
Al. Chem. Ae Dye 02
Am. Can , . , , ,, 75
Am. Ac Pgn. Pow.
87,
A. ST. b T.
Anaconda ..
94
12 V.
48 it
. 11H
, 23i,
, 14",
Atch. T. 8. P. .
Bendlx Avla. -
Beth. Steel
Chrysler
Coml. Solv 173
Curtlss-Wrlght 2
DuPont
Gen. Poods , ,
Oen. Mot. ,
Int. Harvest. , ,,
I. T. ft T.
Johns-Man.
, 48
. 304
, 174
, 53
10ft
, 23
. 1H
. 2114
, 31ft
84
'4
, 184
18'j
, 29 s,
. 34
'4
204
26
42
Monty Ward
North Amer
Psnney (J. O)
Phillips Pet
Radio
Sou. Pac.
8td. Brands -St.
Oil Cel.
St. Oil N. J.
Trans. Amer. .
Union Carb. .
Unit. Aircraft ,
U. S. Steel ...
Draft Courthouse
Landscape Plans
Drafting preliminary sketches of
landscaping for the county court-
house. was started yesterday when
r. a, trutnrjen ot Oregon Stale col
lege. Corvallls. visited Mcdrord and
conferred with the county court.
Beautlflcatlon of the grounds about
the building will be started aa soon
aa the plans are completed. It was
pointed out Saturday.
The United States is the world's
largest consumer of camphor, relying
upon Jnpan and Taiwan for the na
atural product and upon the domes
tic output and Germany lor the synthetic.
1
GOLD HILL PLOT,
IN GANG KILLING
8T. HELENS. Ore., April 33. (AP)
Dead from bullet wounds, their
faces battered and their bodies blood
covered, the bodies of a man' and a
woman were found in a ditch beside
a lonely road near here today.
The man was Jimmy Walker, ex
convict, and the woman was Mrs
Edith McCIaln, 35, of Long Beach, Cal.
Police said the two obviously had
been killed by gangsters, probably
because of the shooting In Portland
this week of Frank Kodat. speak
easy proprietor, who blamed Walker
for bis critical wounds. The two
men, detectives learned, had quar
reled violently over the woman.
Friends of Kodat were being ques
tioned by Portland detectives who
said the bootlegger whom they de
scribed aa "a reformed safe blower"
had many sincere friends in the
underworld, and that several of these
friends had offered their assistance
to police in tracking down his as
sailant. Kodat, shot through the
back, may die.
Frank Kodat, mentioned above, and
Peter Btrauff, were under arrest In
this county 13 years ago. They were
found guilty of a plot to rob the
Gold Hill bank. Both were -sentenced
to five-year prison terms at Salem.
Strauff Is now In San Quentln prison
serving life for murder.
TWO AUTO THEFTS
Stanley M. Warden, his bride. Vir
ginia P. Warden and George Sea
brooke, were arraigned before V. 8.
Commissioner Victor A. Tengwald
Saturday, and were bound over to
.the federal grand Jury In Portland,
with bond set at $1500 each. The
car the trio allegedly stole, was regis
tered to J. M. Gootee of Seattle.
Deputy United States Marshal Cal
C. Wells and T. H. Robinson will leave
this morning tor Klamath Falls to
bring three federal prisoners, charged
with counterfeiting, to Medford and
tonight Deputy Wells will take the
six Into Portland.
Department of Justice agents were
here yesterday Investigating two ar
rests locally for violation of the Dyer
act, Involving the driving of' stolen
autos from one state to another.
The cases were those of Stanley M.
Warden and bride of a few days, and
George Scabrooke, arrested by state
police here Thursday night, in an
auto stolen in 8enttle. Wash., for a
honeymoon trip to Hollywood. War
den has a spectacular police record.
The other case Is that of Mr and
Mrs. George McDonald, and James
Clarence Young. The trio are alleged
to have police records. It Is sus
pected the auto In which they were
traveling was stolen In Indiana. They
were arrested upon complaint of Wil
liam Fritz Mayer, who charged they
made away with his radio equipment
and valise, when thay left him to
seek a requisition for gasoline from
a welfare agency In the court house.
They will be given a hearing next
week before U. S. Commissioner Vic
tor Tengwald.
nr. Morrow rntler Knife.
PORTLAND, April 22. (AP)Dr.
J. W. Morrow, widely known Portland
physician and Democratic leader
underwent an emergency operation
here today after he became suddenly
and seriously 111 at his home last
night.
Racer Dies.
OAKLAND, Cal., April 22 (API
Bryan Ssulpaugh, one of the leading
automobile rsce drivers of the coun
try, was killed today when his auto
mobile over turned during a practice
run on the Oakland speedway.
Inquire about our new 5 percent
and 10 percent CASH discount on all
purchases.
Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann
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DEVALUED DOLLAR
MAY
WASHINGTON. April 23. (JF)
If tne gold content of the dollar
should be reduced by President Roose
velt under the Thomas inflation bill
now headln through congress, the
gold clause behind billions of dollars
wortti of American contracts may be
automatically invalidated.
One of the foremost money experts
of the treasury, who declined to al
low use of his name because of the
deli-acy of the subject, told the As
sociated Press today he believed this
wo Hid be the outcome. The pending
legislation would permit reduction f
the gold content by as much as 50
per cent.
The gold clause Is one providing
that the sum called for in many spe
cific Instances shall be paid In United
Statci gold dollars of the weight and
fineness which Is legal at the time
the contract Is drawn. By custom it
has been written Into bonds and
mortcases since the greenback ajri-
tatlou of the nineties. Billions of
dollars worth of contracts contain
ing the gold clause have matured
since and had been paid In paper
money.
Tho contention of the authority
who believed the gold clause would
become invalid, while emphatic that
his was not an official opinion, was,
first, that the gold clause had no
right to be written into agreements
at a:.y time anyhow, since it is ac
tually Impossible or fulfillment. With
billUns of dollars worth so written,
there Is not enough gold in the world
to make them all good.
Second, he said, uot only are rail
road end Industrial bonds so written.
but 'he promise also is contained in
the ooilgatlons of the government of
the United States and the bonds of
foreign Kovernmenta Should the gov
ernment render this contractural
clause Invalid by decree, legislation
or oonstltutlonal amendment, and re
main immune under the constitution
from action, logical reasoning would
comw! the courts to declare private
gold debtors likewise exempt from
fulm'ilment.
Lawyers, desecrlbed as "constltut-
tlonally cautious folk." were said by
this same authority to be responsible
for originating the gold clause aa a
protection for creditors against re
mote possibilities, which now have
become very real.
The importance of the question to
debtors and creditors both is this
the present gold dollar, standard
monetary unit of the United States,
conamed 35.8 grains of gold, nine
tenths fine this Is. nine tenths pure
gold Hnd one tenth alloy.
Should the dollar be revalued 80
per cent. It wluld be worth 13.9 grains
of goid, nine tenths fine If the debt
or hid to pay the old standard of
weight and fineness he would have to
die-burse two dollars for every one
called for in the contract or bond,
a proceeding which would be ruin
ous to corporations and individual
alike.
Should the elause be invalidated
the debtor would pay the number of
dollars called for In the bond but
the creditor would receive Just one
half the real value, measured by the
lone stable standard of value which
is sold, that he had Invested.
The present standard of gold dollar
valut was fixed 33 years ago In the
Aid rich -Cleveland currency &ct. which
has remained unchanged since that
time.
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Brown's Show Films
of European Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown enter
tained Friday evening at Brown's
Pharmacy with moving pictures they
had taken two years ago while on a
European tour. About 30 friends were
present at the store to see the pic
tures of street scenes, working condi
tions and various activities, as well
as landscape views of the old coun
tries. Ruins of Pompeii. Mt. Vesuvius.
the pyramids In northern Africa, the
Swiss Alps. Cairo, Paris and the Holy
Land were all included In the many
pictures. The Browns, on their trip,
visited Madeira, Morocco, Spain. Gib
raltar. Algiers. Italy, Greece, Turkey,
Palestine. Egypt, southern France,
Holland, Belgium, England and Switzerland.
ASSUMED DICTATORIAL POWER
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opened In th. Kroll opera hoiT, i ChVn iiLu Z check when ,h
later emsroed .. h. .. i,,e' .Ch'n"' or Hltl" i shown entering
ars shown holding, back th. e,.."
Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History from the Files ot The
Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Years
Ago.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
April 23. lf23
(It was Sunday)
Clay factory to be established at
Central Point.
Labor shortsge In the valley.
Texas vouth breaks marathon
dancing record, but Is unable to shut
his eyes.
Wallahs Williams catches 21 nound
salmon at Savage Rapids dam, and
great Is the excitement thereof.
Speeders are more careful since a
new officer has been placed on duty.
Three local families called east last
week by Illness and business, are
making the trip by auto.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
April 33. 1913
(It was Wednesday)
Local joyriders caught In a raid
on a local rooming house.
Geologists analyze soil to deter
mine location of Gold Hill cement
plant.
First cold night of the season
passes with smudging by the orch
ard Ists.
Editorial charging socialism breeds
crime, causes local socialist to write
letter to editor, saying there are
more Republicans and Democrats la
prison than socialists.
Fuson snd Gordon, managers of
the new Page theatre, announce it
will be opened May 19. by Maude
Adams In "Peter Pan.'
"The Vengeance of Dora, or The
Proud Duke's Fall," at the Ugo;
"Gosh All Saturday.'' a rural com
edy drama at the Star.
200 APPLY FOR
Over two hundred applicants ap
peared at the city hall Friday and
Saturday to renew their drivers'
license and to receive permits- to
operate vehicles, according to Ward
McReynolds, examiner for operators
and chauffeurs. The examiner visits
here every two weks, and next trip
to Medford he will be accompanied
by an assistant, he stated yesterday.
Although the examiner has been
coming to Medford every two weeks
for two years, a notice last week pub
lished from the state capital caused
many persons to rush to get their
licenses renewed.
Mr. McReynolds stated that there
had been numerous complaints be
cause persons had to wait their turn,
but because of the rush, applicants
will have to bo consldornto, he stated.
Communications
To the Editor:
I wish to withdraw my name from
the so-called Good Government OSn
gress because of misrepresentation of
the organization.
O. O. JAMES.
Tnrlrr.
To the Editor:
I challenge Protectionist Republi
cans to answer an article In the May
Atlantic Monthly entitled "Let's Be
Honest About the Tariff." It Is by
one H. H. Powers, who calls himself
"s free-trade Republican."
I hear the protectionists about me
say that England has HAD to give
up free trndo. Mr. Powers shows
that England hns given up free trade
not through economic necessity, but
In an effort to hold the empire to
gether as a political organism. He
prophesies that If protection "Is
adopted against the world In genersl,
and In any but the most transient
of applications, we are wltm-sKlni. ths
passing of Britain"
Yours Sincerely.
THOMAS V. WILLIAMS.
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