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pros FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TIIIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SFNDXT, JUNE 25, 1933. Medford Mail Tribune "wrens Is Stnuni Oritss aei tM Hill nllinn" Dallf ton UUnUt Publlilwd rjf HEnrOKU PElMTUiO CO. ll-IT-H It ft IL IW 10 am mibu mm 48 leaHot Hiiwr bunt m mtoixJ cuu unit it tWora. Orama, uBUt ka el tutdi I, II7. 6UB8CBIPT10N UIU 17 Mill la adianel Dili., v tut ?? DUir. ili nutia s.ts Dally, om swath '40 Br Carrier, U amines MoMord, lolud, Juuemilli, Central Point. Fboialt. lalnk OoLd BUI lad oe HUbwn. DUlj, era rur I'-JJ null, ill enoua 11 Dull, oat awota .so AU Ufa, SMO la sflrsMa (('"'l pop of IM Clt of Uodfora. OdleUl WW of l-dww Count. IUMBEH Or TU1 SBSOCIATtD 'HEM oodflDt ruU LaiHd Wlro (enteo no Auoeuiad PrM lo neluitttti ooUUod to Ibo oh for subueitloa of oij eon dupudx. eradlud to tt or ouurvlM eradlud to IW aipai and lift) ta uw ioeal am published oarila AU rlcbU for ponlleiuoo at ipodai tflipaUrjai birels oro sum memd. uuibei or ONirao raau MEIIBES Or AUDIT BUKXAO or C1I1CUUT10NB Adrortlilng HiprefrautltM at 0. MOUr.NSIM A '.OMPAUT Offlo to Bee tort. Oleic. Drtroll, ass rranelMO, Uo Aocolco, acattlo, Portland, u I will Ye Smudge Pot By Art bur perry. Thlnga have com to a pretty hibm, When one can't do m ne pleases and then He out of It. Jim (Pure water) Owen of the mill will resume tawing wood and saylni nothing after July . , a All the farmers ere busy wielding pitcMor.cs In the fields. Ores (Hoot -Boy) Campbell has come to the point where he squeals at the girls something awful. A drunken phone pole bopped out In front of a spanking new 1038 auto on the aand Inat. m A contemporary says of O. Strang, the pioneer pllllst: "Mr. Strang con fidently expects to be playing 18 holes of golf and meeting and waiting on customers at his drug store March 1. 1034, which will complete a half century of continuous business in Medford." This Is a difficult trick, but if anybody can do It, Charlie can. J. Wesley Bates, the toneorlal artist, stopped growling at the taxes Tu. long enough to shout Hoaannas, about Iowa his native heath going wet. The Pot Parker rosebush on the Univ. Clubskl campus Is blooming gaily and. profusely, as If nothing wa the matter, The r&ft,0i.r Wrd, evng. wrestling match wss rather tame, no damage being done outside of three broken ribs, a cracked Jaw, and some Incon sequential hair-pull lng and flnger tolttng. The weather has given no cause for cussing the past week. e Dock Robinson of oTrlUe cut a social swath Thura. Ke le a social lion of the old school. t t The ts. auto license la not selling as brlakly as expected, because many of the autolste do not like their colors, More tourists who dont care If the county commissary la closed, are ap pearing dally on the highways and byways. e Prices of building materials con tinue to go up, but are not yet high enough to get any action out of long headed, conservative and far-aeelng homebulldere, Thursday was tba longest day of the year, notifying many that half of 1933 had been wasted; and no day hot enough for a Oalschevlkl to wear her furs. e Clark Osble. the he-movle star, caught a fish In Rogue river Wed If that makes any difference. Ono of U lady radical, did thing Tory radical ono day laat week, and stayed bom. and washed the dtshea. 00 The Ben Trowbridge kid was down town m. Ha la a great talkar and hard to understand Just like a can didate for governor. Tha anolant custom of standing on a corner and looking mad at a very body with a dime, la loalng popular ity. Tha board of director ot the Mod- ford Cham bar of Commerce at ita meeting laat Friday endoraed the pro posed amendment to the city charter which will be aubtnltted to the voters on June 90th. It la proposed by the city council In presenting the matter to the rotera that authorlaaUon be given by you of the people to th council to renew bond which will mature on January let. It la pointed out that a favorable Tot will aimply mean that the bonda will be renewed and exchanged for thoee already In the handa of holder! which procedure waa legalised by the laat leglalatur. Tha board of directors of the cham ber believe, that It la good buatneoe to follow thla procedure In order to maintain the credit or the city. Broken windows glased by Trow btidga Oablnet .Wort. The Mitchell Case HPHE acquittal of Cbarlei E. Mitchell on tba charge ot cheat-' lng the government out of more than $350,000 in income taxes, was a great triumph for hli ottorney, Max D. Steuer. According to press report, the chief point the jury had to decide waa whether or not, the sale of stocks to Mrs. Mitchell was a bona-fide sale. If it waa, no law had. been vio lated) if it wasn't, the law HAD been violated. The jury decided no law had been violated. The sale they concluded, was a genuine sale. Jiut how they arrived at this conclusion, it is difficult from this distance to determine. MEN usually don't' make bona-fide sales to their wives. In this particular case no actual money changed hands, the transaction being covered by a note, later destroyed when the stocks were transferred back to the original owner. If this is a bona-fide sale, then the average layman will inquire what DOESN'T constitute a bona fide salef All the facts seem to Indicate that this sale was made for one purpose, and one purpose alone, to escape income tax payments. As far as essentials are concerned, Banker Mitchell's financial position after the transfer, was identical with what his posi tion would have been had no transfer or "bona fide" sale occurred. Yet instead of paying the government an income tax of hundreds of thousands, he paid nothing. The case brings into sharp relief two important facts. The capital sales loss feature of the federal income tax should be either repealed or so amended that such evasion of income tax payments will hereafter be impossible. And second, that it is very difficult in this country to convict a million dollars. The Case of Max Steuer THE evidence in the case above, established that while Banker Mitchell has been a heavy loser in the recent de pression, he is still a rich man. The fee his attorney, Max Steuer, reoeived for this victory, would probably represent a fortune to the average man. Well Max earned it. In New York he is recognized as one of the smartest criminal lawyers in the business. His power over a jury is so uncanny, that some observers have intimated that this power has had to do with other influences than either logio or eloquence. In fact, according to "Time" for a de fendant to engage the services of Stouer is prima facie evidence that he is guilty. WELL, why nott According to established practice, every man, innocent or guilty, is entitled to a defense. The defendant is, therefore, entitled to the BEST defense he can buy. . If one lawyer doesn't take the case, some other lawyer will. Where the fee Is a generous one, there are few criminal lawyers who will refuse, even though their client may be as guilty as sin. In fact, as far as we know there are none. As a result, some of the brightest lawyers in this country, are as a matter of fact, in league with organized crime. They are devoting their time and talents to defeating justice where criminals are conoorned. They contribute in our judgment1, more than any other one factor, to the extent and seriousness of the prevailing erime wave. HPO our mind this is all wrong. But we fear few In fact no criminal lawyers would agree with us. They are in the business for the money they can make out of it. Their respon sibility to their profession or to society are at all times sub ordinated to that. To them everything is fair in law as it is, In love and war and politics. They oare for only one thing results. ONE of these days however, there Is going to be a change in this viewpoint. If it dooen't flome from within from the legal profession itself it will come from without from the people. In the latter case lawyers suffer along with those with none; lawyers with an active sense of their responsibility to society, will suffer with those who consider themselves responsible to nothing hut their bank balances. It would be to the self Interest of the lesders of the bar, and their followers, who have high ideals of their profession, ing, before the people get up themselves. It Wont THE more one studies the erime problem, the more diffioult A to anlnfirm artrtfiara. Tha upon our criminal procedure, which in turn, Is bssed upon fear fear of inflicting punishment npa tbe innocent. This fear is deeply imbedded in the hearts of all free people. It goes far back to the very dawn of modern civilization, when the legal and royal power were one, when to incur the dis pleasure of the crown or his local represemative, meant beins? thrown into jail or having one's head unceremoniously chop ped off. AS the years have rolled by a new fear has been added to this traditional one the fear that the GUILTY will NOT be punished, until sooner or later, the people will be living under a tyranny of organized crime an invisible government even stronger than the apparent government. .This new fear however, is weaker than the older one NEW fears usually are. So while radical changes in criminal procedure are greatly needed; we fear they won't be attained, without a long and hard fight. In the opinion of this paper, however, a long and hard fight is what right thinking oitizens are ready to engage in. 14 Vmrteen Jacltson eounty school ehlldren hav been elected to the Oregon Children' Boot League In rec ognition of their outside reading of the past year, Mrs. Una B. Inch, oouniy school uparnsor, announoad with high ethical standards will retained clean principles and to demand a legal house clean on their bind legs and do it Be Easy rrrnAtAat alnrrla nrtatAnlft la hanrl yesterday. Certificate wr received by the 14 from h Oregon Stat li brary in acanowledgement ot the retdtnc by each of elht books, on each month for eight oonaeoutlva months. Th book were from the Ust recommended by th state library. Elected to th Book League were: Bobble Beck, raul Pearson. Russell Webber. Irene My and Floyd Clow er. all of Prospect; Robert Thomas. Kenneth Rodger. Carol Nedry, Joyce Nedry. Donald Baughn, Robert Pey ton. Cecil Rodiera. Lola Cllaa and Bet 7 Oot-tfD of. Laurtlhurev Personal Health Service By William Brady, MJ. Signed letter pertaining to peraonal health and hygiene, not to die- esse dlacnosl or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped eelf-addreesed envelope la enclosed. Letters abould be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letter received only a few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to In structions, addreee Dr. William Brady, 285 El Camluo, Beverly Ullla, CaL HOW TO FAKE NB RVOCB TROUBLE. Thla la the sixth lesson In the courae on "nervous trouble." and aa teacher I flattered myself you pupils were getting something from the course. utU after class the other day on of you buttonholed mo Now I dont mind being but tonholed IS the operator has charm, and all that, but I can tell you, my chil dren, that not all the dumb are as beautiful as this one In and I hopo not all tlio beau- ful are as dumb as she la either. She agreed with my teaching that work, play, exercise, action. Is a fine remedy for "nerves," but she thought 1 should particularize about that. It waa probably true in respect to people of leisure. But she admonished me that when overworked people get run down or nervously exhausted more work can hardly benefit them. Come, now, we know you neurotics are all pretty dumb (the dishonest ones walked out on us early In the course), yet your teacher believes most of you should be able to detect the flsw In Dora's exception rUjht sway. If you can't, you had better re view the earlier lessons In this course. (You find the gist of the entire series in a monograph on nervous trouble, copy of which will be mailed If you ask for It and Inclose a dime and a stamped envelope bearing your ad dress). Vou see, Dora's pretty head Is stUl too full of the hokum ot old time nerve specialists and vendora of alleged nerve tonics, and there lsnt room for the simple physiological truth, so It rsttles around awhile and then files away. To be aure, the parasites Dora calla "leisurely people" constitute the great majority of neurotics, for their ab normal life Is bound to lead to 111 health and unbapplness. But If by "overworked people" she means people who do honestly work bard or play bard, with their muscles of course, we can only say that such people seldom have any trouble with their "nerves." "Nervousness" or nervous exhaus tion" la an alibi set up only by the dishonest and the dumb. How many times must I assure you that there Is no such thing as nervous energy and therefore there can be no such thing ss nervous exhaustion in any case. Study the performance of some malefactor of great wealth when, oy some unfortunate hitch In arrange ments, he Is Indicted or compelled to VOTE ON REPEAL OF LIQUOR LAWS By B. A. OLDENBURG) Advance copies qf the Voters' Pamphlet Issued by the secretary of atate at Salem make It plain that the greateat care must be exercised by thoee who wish to retain the leth amendment. The matter la stated In such a way that confusion is easy. Those of us who thought that the electorate would be saked to vote on the 31st amendment will find no number given. Simply: "300 Yea. I vote for the proposed amendment. 301 No. I vote against the proposed amendment. Those who wish to retain the 18th amendment be euro to vote 301 No, I vote against the proposed amend ment. Again, on the repeal of the amend ment In the Oonetltutlon of Oregon . . . Do not neglect to vote on thla measure. You will find- It on your ballot! 314 Ye. I vote for the repeal of the law. 315 No. 1 Tot against the repeal of the law. Be sure to vote S15. No. I rote against repeal. MOLEY SAILS v. - .-a in 'P!3s r '''v"'' a ill Equipped with new fact alter conference with Preildent Rooee- , vlt bord hi vacation choonr, Raymond Moly (lft) sltant ecretary of atate, tailed from New York for London to oln th Amtrl. can delegation to th world economic conference. He was accompanied by Hsrbert Bayard Swop, former executive (dltar of a New York wspantr, iJiji;tjd Pratt PhotoJ explain any of his tricks or frauds to the law, to satisfy the court that the swindle Is authorised by statute. He will teach you how to st&g a nervous breakdown. He la afraid of something. That's all then is to "nervous ex hsustton" In any case. What are you afraid of, my dear neurotic? afsybe you know If you're a Class B neurotic, and maybe you dont, If you're a Class B neurotic. If you're a Class B nervous Impostor, it Is for you alone to decide In your own conscience whether your scheme of dodging thru life is a happier one than that If leading an honest, sin cere life, being yourself and playing fair. If you belong In Class A and really don't know what keeps' you con stantly worried or anxious or In fear, you need, first of all, a general medi cal examination by a physician who doesn't know you pretend to be "ner vous," or If he does know, doesnt take your funny little quack doctor notion seriously. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Soda Habit Not Healthful Is It harmful In sny wsy to tska a teaspoonful of cooking sods In a large gloss of wster every morning before breakfast? It acta as a good physic. (o. a.) Answer Occasional doses of soda sre harmless, but Its frequent or ha bitual use Is not advisable. If the trouble Is aimply oostlveness, send s dime and a atsmped envelope bear ing your address and ask for No. 35, Little Lessons in 'the Ways of Health series, "The Constipation Habit.". Ben Told Is Out Again Our 11-months-old baby has bad breath, also a habit of grinding hla veeui. jiavo oeen told that thla la caused by worms but thst doctors deny that children have worms . . . (B. E.) Answer So Ben Is hack? Tell him lie ha hla data mixed. It Is worms that deny doctors have children. Just aa much truth In the one version as In the other. Don't experiment on your baby. Olve the child tho benefit of medical advice. Typical. Reaction I noticed that you severely crltl- cisea coionio Irrigations In your cll- umn. Please give your reasons . . . (Mrs. M. P.) Answer I gave them when I criti cised. The chief reason Is that such "treatment" la mischievous and caus es more trouble than It relieves. (Copyright 1933. John P. Dllle Co.) Ed Note: Benders wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letters direct to Dr. William Brsdy, M. D., 2(15 El Ca mlno, Beverly mils, Calif, Lot us keep the amendment In the Constitution of Oregon. Soon all will awaken from our present night mare. Then we wlU want something In the constitution to which future state legislatures can give effect. We trust that .ils wlU answer the numerous Inquiries that have come to us to how these matters wUl ap pear on the ballot. The Jackson County Civic League meets next Tuesday at the Y.W.C.A. at 8:oo p. m. All are welcome for further lnfor matlon on the election of July 31, ' REAL EiMENTS WILL MEET MONDAY A meeting of reel ertat jnn In the city la being called by the Cham ber of Commerce for 4 p. m. Monday, June 26, in order to dlecuss ways and means of handling prospects for farm land, it waa announced by chamber officials today. The number of Inquiries being re ceived at the oli amber of commerce from prospective settlers has greatly lncreasod during recent months and it It the hope of the Chamber of Com merce to work out a, plan whereby the real estate men of the city can inaugurate systematic follow-up of these Inquiries, Phone 643. we'll haul away your refuse. City Sanitary Service. FOR LONDON . . ? -Jw. 1 & A- -r- . F if : V-:.- 1 NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyre NEW yoRK, June Si For the first time In 15 year I succumbed to a nostalgic hanker and visited the edi torial room of a newspaper the other evening. The entire build - I ,n WM dltt"y W&W ivAJ vibrating from rrrt rCm the whirr of ft IB bulldog edition. V 'JZ ' " ll Everywhere ten- 1 "fL J VI alon- HM I oa w ' II I would desire 1 him to be ft IHI.ayDIUWU. Those of us who wear Jour nalism lightly like new tie from Char vet, writing our futile little pieces In cushioned ease and sending them In, are only timid waders in the terrifying ocean of black ink. Playing ping-pong, to mix the meta phor, on the edge of a vast jungle of thrills. One Is not ft newspaperman until. called from ft poker game, he has galvanized calmly Into that myster ious force that receives the flash, "Titanic sinking!" and knows exactly what to do. Or hides a weak brother's derelictions from the managing editor at risk of bis head. Or borrows 50 cents from ft printer for Monday's lunch. Nothing on the surface offers the haphazardy of an editorial room. No body seems to know exactly what It's all about and cares less. The few office rules are always broken. The cub. Instead of humility, becomes an lrreverantly flip questioner of author ity. AU sixes and sevens. But let a call for duty sound, from warehouse fire to Park Avenue mur der, and no well trained army ex ecutes such deflnlteness and precis- Ion. The best newspaperman In the world cannot explain It. It Is biolo gies!. Northcllffe, indeed, called It: "Ink In the blood." No forthright newspaperman ever expunged the cloy of printer's ink from 'his nostrils without constantly sniffing the winds and pawing, like the stricken bull In the ring, for ft charge again Into danger. Floyd Gib bons sips like ft shot to success on the radio, but when the war drums beat he went up the gangplank for China. a. reporter. Edwin C. Hill has deserted Journalism temporarily for the air but mark this he will be reporting contritely to ft city editor some day. Herbert Bwope tries to console him self with a specious belief he Is an in dustrialist or what not. He may be, but most he's an lnk-stalned wretch. who will slip back Into the fold. Watch I No bad penny has the flair for coming back a newspaperman has. TJnhapplest people I know the list Is long are newspapermen becoming all a sudden Riviera novelists or pent house short story writers. My reason for not haunting editorial shops Is fear of ft sudden seizure to return to an active blood pumping Job and I'm ft weak womanl For a lazy oaf to tink er with active newspaperlng after 40 Is flirting with oblivion. Or worse coasting to the barren outland of hope, the exchange desk. In ways the reporter Is bravest of all loyal serfs. He knows In ft few years he will crsck on the furious wheel. He fabricates no sentimental excuses for himself that be must think of his dear ones and get out. He thinks only of his -Job and while It lasts he would not trade It for any Job In the world. Cowards, such as I. see the storm coming, retreat to namby-pampy Journalism and spend what Is left of careers in regrets. Quitting reporting curdled life for America's best reporter Frank Ward O'Malley. He found the flattery of magazine recognition wormwood and flitted from Switzerland to Brlelle, N. J., and vice versa, a bird of pass age always on the wing. Each Spring he came back to loaf with Dex Fel lows at circus headquarters. He knew the newspaper boys even that valiant die-hard, Martin Greene, who s B mm Wmmi i mm stuck to his guns would drift la and I out. From Vevay In Switzerland he I post-carded me In Prts: "Matter I horn, your Aunt Bafnmia's tippet! I I'll take Andy Horn." Inrtn Cobb ! bristles at any occupational designa tion save reporter. n ... Thm nnrter'a life beeins every day frnrvt ratyh. H llffhu his feeble little candle ftnd hopes, but doubts very much It will blase around the world. In comparison to the real abilities of a forthright reporter, re ward mrm slim. His bulse on hu manity Is that no two days are alike. And ask any bloated capnaiisx i wm Isn't pretty Urgely hla idea, of para dlael (Copyright, 1033. McJJaught . Syndicate, Inc.) HAY QUARANTINE FOR CCC CAf S With Jackson county's straw under qusrantlne, offlclala in charge of the CCC headquarters here have had dif ficulty in supplying that product for camps in Crater National park, Pis tol river and Agness camps. The straw is used in bedsacka. With less than a quarter of a mile of the highway to government camp passing through Klamath county, it has been impossible for the CCC trucks to carry Jackson county straw Into the park, according to Major Clare H. Armstrong, in command here, and because of this, it has been nec essary to purchase the product in Klamath county. Besides the inconvenience of delay, the CCC headquarters found it nec essary to get trucks In Klamath county to haul the straw to the park, and pay an additional sum of $10 for each truck load taken into the camp. The straw Is being sent to gov ernment, wineglass and Lake o' the Woods camps. Similar difficulties in regards to potatoes have been experienced headquarters officials pointed out. It has been necessary for each load of potatoes destined for Plstcfl River and Agness camps on the coast, to be Inspected by the county agent's office before allowed to leave here, as the roads to these camps go thru northern California. Major Armstrong said that his of fice would make an effort to obtain permission from federal authorities to move these products, without re striction. 4 Examinations for amateur and commercial radio. operators, were giv en Saturday In the federal building, by Robert Irfindsburg of Portland. Nineteen Jackson county men and women took the examinations, with Harold D. DeVoe of Medford being the only person applying for a special radio telephone license. Others taking the examinations were Mason Henry Mears, Hugh Nel son Robinson, Gordon Egbert Turner, William H. Walker, Gilbert R. Moty Wallace AhJJah Woods, George Ray mond Johnson. George F. Peckham, Jr., and his mother, Anna L. Peckham of Medford; Jacqueline Evt Peterson, Leslie C. Huff, Max Locke Crowson, Gilbert E. McGllvray, and G. Guy Good of Ashland: Sanford Jesse Rich ardson and Earcel C. Caster, Central Point: Clarence Lee Cook and Alva Edwin Cook, Gold Hill. Shoe Repairing M en's half soles, composition or med. leather, 1; men's & boys rubber heels, 40c; women's half soles comp. or leather, 75c; wo men's heels, 35c; prices up soon; aluminum liquid solder 35c. H. F. Presbt, 1M N. Central. Attractive Allowance On Your Old Car As Part Payment ona New Car! Armstrong Motors Chrysler Plymouth Hudson Essex Cadillac La Salle Dealers MEDFORD - KLAMATH FALLS Flight 'o Time (Medford and J action Coonty Ulstory from the File of I at alsu inban of to and I lean Agol TEN YEARS AGO TODAY June 25. 1028 (It was Sunday) Pi-eMtrient calls "UDon one and an to obey the prohibition law." wiifrrw father kills four nvinU because daughter went on ft picnic against bis wishes. ni iin am and work hamnered h everybody taking a "layoff for the Fourth of July. All the Western Union clocks go haywire" during the night, and re fuse to keep correct time. Expert coming from Frisco to fix them. Thieves steal Attorney Georse M. Roberta' auto, and It Is found In the ditch near Roseburg. Rlngllns Circus to show here Aug ust as. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY June 23, 1913 (It was Wednesday) European scientists and botanist to visit Crater Lake this summer. Wnmitn travelling in a camn'.ntr outfit astounds Main street by ap pearing In men's trousers. Walter Frazer Brown writes a letter to the editor praising the president. Daylight fireworks to be feature of Fourth of July celebration. The Black Conspiracy" at the Star, and Alkali Ike's Mother-ln-Law" at the Ugo. Postal Telegraph offices enlarged. "Hugh Dickson" in lead for official rose of Medford. CECIL T. DIES IN Dili Cecil T. Weedon passed away at hie brother's residence In Dunsmulr, Calif,, June 22, after an illness of tho past two years. He had been aa employee of the Southern Pacific for the last ten years. He was born in 1885. He leaves his mother, Mrs. T. H. Weedon of Applegate, Oregon; four brothers, Grover, Will, Rlstle and Shlrell all at home, and one sister, Mrs. Pearl Duncan of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Remains will arrive In Medford to day at 10:30 a. m. and funeral serv ices will be conducted from- the Perl Funeral Home at 2:00 p. m., Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Interment will take place In the Central Point cemetery. - Pierce's dot Houao tomatoes at your grocer's. The quality Is fine and the price la right. oornSoonNS wi in Dam Wiin oatl. one Person Utwo Person 100 THESE ARB THE We Will Make an Is
