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By Artbur Perry.
TliB CLAMOR AT KLAMATH.
, J. Frank Wortman of Phoenix, with
hit w,tlakera trimmed, and expecting
to be further trimmed, we a pie"'
ant caller at the trial Tuesday. He
acooted over In a new car driven by
an Obliging auto saleaman. ,
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You can buy 'Pllsenar" (remem
ber how It used to flow) here, for
a dime a ahot.
A' gent without any breakfast,
wheeldled the aame from your corr.
Tuee. am. He waa one of the amlllng
Irleh, and had nothing to smile
about. He taw no end to the mis
ery. 0
Captain Oliver Applegata, our fa
vorite pioneer, reminded ua today
that ten yeara ago he rode In our
4d, and 60 yeara ago waa fighting In
diana in the lava bed a. and waa over
both mlahapa.
oao.
H. Fredette, ex-woodahed operator,
occupied a front row Tuea.
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Attorney Moody for the atate, and
Attorney Von Schamla of the de
tente, had an Informal ehat on Wag
nerian opera one day last week, and
both know how to pronounce Wag
nerian. Klamath barbera held a meeting
Monday night to dlaouaa the "code'
and according to the local Jim Batea
did everything but cut each other'a
Vtroata with their own raxora, and
reached no agreement.
If you want to make a bevy of
lawyer! mad, tell them the way to
end the crime wave, la to plow under
14 out of every IS lawyera. The bevy
will fire back that the newapapera
are to blame for all the crime, and
all tho lawyera, too.
Wimberly Urged
As Circuit Judge
ROSEBURO, Ore., Aug. a. Ap
pointment of Attorney Qarl E. Wim
berly of Roteburg to aucceed the late
Judge Jamea W. Hamilton, aa Judge
for the aeoond Judicial dlatrlct, la
aaked In a petition adopted at a
'conference laet night by the Rota
burg bar association. The petition.
which waa forwarded to Otvernor
Meier last night, u algned by nearly
very member of the locar bar asso
ciation.
Edward Ehrman
Dies In Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. J. 7P)
Edward Ehrman, 76, veteran Portland
wholeaale grocer, died here last night
from a heart attack. He waa presl.
dent of the General Grocery com
pany and of Mason, Ehrman ca Co.,
and a member of the board of dl
rectora of the United States National
bank.
Ehrman waa born In Baltimore,
March n. IBM. In 1S7S he started
his 60-year career In the grocery busi
ness with the firm of M. Ehrman &
Co., of 6an Francisco.
COAST BRIDGES TO .
COST STATE MORE
SALEM. Aug. 3. (API Due to re
rent price Increases, the state of
Oregon Is seeking 4.000.000 Instesd
of 3,00.000 In the form of a federal
loan and grant for the tire proposed
Oregon coast hlghwsy bridges. Plana
have been completed for the Wald
port and Florence bridges and com
pletion of the plans for the bridge at
Reedaport Is expected by August 15.
BENNETT PINIONS
REEDSPORT EDITOR
SALEM. Aug. 3. (AP) ceetl Ben
nett of Oklahoma won a welterweight
wrestling match from Robin Reed of
Reedaport here last night.
Bennett took the first fall with a
reverse crab hold tn 37 minutes and
the final fall In 7:90 with a body
alam. Reed csptured a fall with a
series of shoulder butts a.wl a body
press In 18:30.
CREDIT EXPANSION
ROOSEVELT AIM
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. (Jf)
President Roosevelt wants new credit
"made available to all classes of our
cltlsens." so business msv be "re
established on a permsnent, workable
natis.
That' was the chief executive's re
quest as made public last night In
sn address by Jease H. Jones, chair
man of the reconstruction corpora
tion.
Another War Declared
ACCORDING to press diipatehei President Roosevelt it pre
paring to declare wir on kidnsperi and racketeer!.
Several weeks ago the belief was expressed in this column
that the president would take definite action against the crime
wave, as soon as he had a breathing spell. For we felt sure the
president realized the necessity of definite and aggressive action
against organized crime, is second only to the necessity of sim
ilar action against the depression.
A national super-police foree, to cooperate with state police
and authorities, is contemplated, and this also is in line with
this paper's suggestion. ,
We fear we can't take any credit for the president's action,
although it does coincide perfectly with this paper's judgment
regarding the crime problem.
However it is always pleasing to have one's ideas followed
out in high places particularly when one is so convinced, those
ideas are sound and right.
So more power to President Roosevelt in this endeavor. He
will certainly have all right thinking citizens behind him, in
this determination to crush the power of organized crime, and
make this world UNSAFE, for kidnapers and racketeers!
New Wars and Old
AT THE Nr R. A. mass meeting in the city park last night,
which was a great success, ths military note was dominant.
The Legion drum corpafparaded, Old Glory was unfurled, the
speakers spoke well, and were well received, and the program
was closed by singing the national anthem. The general scene
and atmosphere reminded one of war days.
And this is a war. A war against poverty, instead of a war
against a hostile army; a war to feed and clothe and properly
care for people, instead of a war to maim and kill them; a war
to make this country a better place in which to' live, instead
of war to make some other country a blood soaked shambles.
We should have more enthusiasm for a war of this sort,
than for a war of shot and shell, of slaughter and carnage.
But of course we HAVEN'T.
We haven't because man has been a fighting animal for
MILLIONS of years; and a thinking, rational human being,
for ONLY a few thousand.
NEVERTHELESS in such wars as the present one, 'lies the
hope of someday making a reality of "peace and earth
and good will to men." For instead of trying to eliminate
the deep seated fighting instinct, which can't be done it only
seeks to divert that elemental instinct to more constructive
ends, utilize it to destroy the common enemies of the human
family, instead of to destroy one branch, that another might
enjoy greater wealth and power, which is always the BASIS
of real war.
When that time comes oh perhaps in a couple of million
years, we will be able to boast what we CAN'T boast now,
that,
We DO behave like human beings I
As Predicted
THE London conference is over, and ended, as predicted, in
a stalemate. Uncle Sam didn't get anything at least
nothing of value 'but he didn't lose anything.
He returned both with his shirt, and his pocketbook in his
jeans. Which is more than he has returned .with, many times
in the past.
While no definite results were sttained, several fixed opin
ions in Europe were destroyed the most importsnt of which
is that Uncle Sam is a cross between an Easy Mark and a 20th
Ontury Santa Claus.
Europe msy not understand the New Deal in AMERICA,
but Europe should understand, there is also, as far aa the Unit
ed States is conoerned, a New Deal in INTERNATIONAL
POLITICS.
All of which isn't much but what there is, is all to the
good.
They Should Be Shown
"THE merchanta of Livermore, California, should move to Mis-
souri. They have to be shown and shown first. They re
fuse to obey the request of the
of codes until they are shown
This is like a community upon the declaration of war de
claring they will pot fight until they ara, guaranteed that the
side they fight on will win.
No one knows whether or not this New Deal will bring
prosperity. But everyone knows, or should know, thst under
circumstsnces as they exist this
rPHE administration is deadly serioua in this N. R. A. drive,
because the conditions are deadly serious. "God helps
those who help themselves," and tha people of this country
must help themselves, if a disaster even greater than the dis
aster of 1929 is to be avoided.
This doesn't mean a part of
them.
Unless incressed production
balanced by increased buying power, and more general employ
ment, down we go, and with us, perhaps, the form of govern
ment under which we live. The
hope of preventing this.
The merchanta of Livermore,
see it. If they can't see it, then
sCARAHFTSLD, Ore. Aug. .)
Grocery stores and meat markets) on
Ooos Bay probably will begin opera
tion on a tt-hour week basis Thurs
day, with hours of S a. m. to p. m .
It waa revealed today following a
meeting of tb two trades at toe cos-
government regarding signing
this will restore prosperity."
is our only hope.
the people, it means ALL of
and higher prices, are to be
N. R. A, crusade is the only
California should be able to
they should be SHOWN 1
elusion of a general mass meeting
on the recovery program last night.
Men's furnishings, dry goods and
women's ready-to-wear stores, ss well
aa general merchandise t tores. Indi
cated they will adopt I a- m. to t
p. ra. hours.
Tha VI ex lean bean beetle, common
la the soulheaal and along the At-
lanllo seaboard, la making Its first
serious threat to Mississippi bean
crops this summer.
Grand opera for 10 and IS cents
Is proposed by the Hollywood Civic
arsnd Opera association and the Los
Aagelea playground ommlauon.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M.D.
Signed letter pertaining to personal nealtn and nyglena. not to dis
ease diagnosis or treatment, will im answer by Dr. Brady If a tumped
so II -addressed antelope la enclosed. Letters should Be brief and written
in ink. Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be
answered Here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to In
structions. Address Or. William Uraily,
HAS THE DIET ANYTHING T
Phytriclm dolnj medical rwearcb
and animal experimentation ha I
conceited the Idea that Vitamin A la
a factor In main
taining Immunity
agalnat Infection
In the upper rea
plratory tract.
Thta Idee, baa
been translated
Into ' a principle
of practice the
admin tat ration of
Vitamin A con
centrates or plain
flab oil (which la
rlcb in both Vi
tamin D and Vi
tamin A) for the
purpoae of building up Immunity
against such Infection. It Is all a
plausible theory. Whether there Is
any truth In It we ahall probably
never find out until we can have
enough human material to experi
ment with, aa we now experiment
with guinea pigs and other animals.
Don't . get excited, gentle reader.
These nutrition experiments Involve
no hardship or suffering for the sub
jects; merely careful supervision and
observation for the duration of the
experiment.
In a book Just published by Mac-
mlllan, E. V. Ullmann, M. D., at
tempts to lay down Instructions for
the choice of foods which wilt enable
one to keep Immune to sinus Infec
tions and "colds." This savant even
assures us that science "deducts" that
there la a contagious factor In the
prevalence of "colds" among many
In the community at the same time,
And he Includes a quaint comment
which we wish science had deducted,
to the effect that 'change of tem
perature, moisture In the air, and a
sudden change of climate, favor the
development of a cold." For that
the savant has no scientific evidence
at all. It's Just an old medical cus
tom to say such things. What more
sudden change of climate Is con
ceivable than an air Journey from
one latitude to another? Has any
body ever suffered any acute respira
tory aliment from such change?
Nonsense, it la ridiculous for
autnor to write such twaddle In a
book that purports to be "scien
tific."
This author has some queer no
tions which he seta forth with a
rather Imposing scaffolding of near-
sc.entlflc facts. One of the moat
startling of them Is that lemon Juice
"has a caustic effect on the mucor.:
membranes of the stomach and
esophagus and la decalcifying to the
enamel of the teeth." Such a quaint
assertion might have been taken from
some fusty old book of Oerman
quackery.
'Canned or preserved fats should
never be taken, wjth the exception of
onve oh." Dunt esk, kinder, why the
doctor Is agin lard, butter, oleo and
the various excellent oils or fata that
come canned. It is one of those deen
MACHINERY, AIM
ON PUBLIC WORK
Jobs to Be Equitably Dis
tributed Among Unem
ployedLocal Men to Be
Given Preference, Is Order
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. (API-
State advisory committees were told
today that .human labor Instead of
machinery shall be used whenever
practicable In projects built with
money out of the $3,300,000 000 pub
llo works fund.
This waa one of the many Instruc
tions Included In a new outline of
purposes and policies tasued by Sec
retary Ickea, who also administers
the publlo works money. ,
Others were that:
Join ahall be equitably distribut
ed among unemployed quatiried
workers.
Uae No Convicts.
Employment of convicts and use
of materials produced by them is
forbidden.
Local labor aa far as practicable
be selected from llata of -qualified
workers aubmltted by local employ
ment agencies.
Highly skilled or organised labor
should be obtained through recog
nised trade union locals.
A SOtbour week "so far as practic
able and feasible" should be estab
lished, with working time lost ' be
cause of bad weather or unavoidable
delays made up tn succeeding days.
Wages should be "Just and rea
sonable" sufficient to provide a
standard of living in decency and
comfort.
No deductions from minimum
wage shall be permitted on account
of gooda purchased, rent or other
obligations.
Vie Code Material.
Preference shall be given to ma
terials produced under codes of com
petition approved by the Industrial
administration "If prices, quality
and quantities available are satis
factory. "Projects Integrated with and
consistent wuh a state ptan are to
be prefer it red to the isolated or
Inconsistent. Projects which can be
started promptly are to be preferred
to those requiring delay. Projects
near renters of employment are to
be preferred.1
, Applications for housing and alum
clearance projevta are to be made
direct to the at!mtn.strator at WaVv
tsftoa as are applications by rail-
S9i
465 El Csmlno, Beverly Ullls, Cat
O DO WITH SINUS TROUBLE?
mysteries the patient Is not to probe.
The doctor's advocacy of more lime
(calcium) In food, drinking water
and medicine, and less salt, is Inter
esting. He recommends calcium car
bonate (prepared chalk), In quan
tities of 30 or 40 grains dally, for
persons, especially children with fre
quent 'colds," and he says this serves
as well as much more expensive cal
cium gluconate or the lactate. He
advises giving some calcium ration
where the drinking water is very soft
and hence calcium poor. The reason
for keeping the salt Intake loow la
that much salt tends to Interfere
with the aslmllatlon of calcium In
the body.
Blackberries, solemnly avers this
savant, "produce perspiration and
dissolve mucus." Please excuse me
while I go out and have a good
snicker.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Another Future Citizen Votes Dry,
After following your advice for tlx
months we have corrected the bed
wetting habit In our 6-year-old. The
child la a proud and happy about it
as we are. Mrs. D. B. H.
Answer I'm glad to hear of your
success. Instructions for correcting
the habit will be sent on request to
any parent or guardian who Incloses
stamped addressed envelope. No cup
ping will suffice. Nor will Instruc
tions be sent to any other than par
ent or guardian of the child concern
ed. Note this Is not an offer of i
"cure" or "treatment."
Lemonade.
Two-year-old daughter very fond
of lemonade, but It seems to affect
her kidneys. Is It harmful to her
health? Mrs. I. R. -
Answer A reasonable amount of
lemon Juice dally is rather healthful
for a child. You do not mention the
quantity of lemonade she takes. If
she takes too much sugar In lemon
ade the sugar may be harmful.
Immunity.
You have Insisted that a physician
may tell whether a patient is lm
mune but cannot tell if a patient's
resistance Is low or high. -I have
seen a group of tubercular patients
all with the same amount of T. B,
all eating the same food, taking the
aame rest. etc. Some got better,
others did not. Do you mean to
say the doctors could not tell by
examining these patients which had
good resistance and which did not?
J. M.
.'.n3wer There Is no such atate or
condition as "resistance." If you
mean Immunity, I assure you the
doctors cannot tell by examining a
patient whether he has much or lit
tle or no Immunity to tuberculosis.
(Copyright. 1933, John F. Dllle Co.)
Ed Note: Readers wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letters direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. I)., 268 El fa
mine Beverly Hills, Cnllf.
roads for financing railroad mainte
nance and equipment.
'jnis test was specified for pro
jects on which the president is em
powered to melee grants to political
sub-dlvlalons not In excess of 30 per
cent of the oost of labor and mater
ials.
"The social and economic- slgnlfl-
canes of the project and Its relative
importance In the comprehensive
national program of public works
contemplated by the act, and the ex.
tent Its construction will provide
employment and . purchasing power
in the vicinity."
Bonding Power Needed.
Grants to a political subdivision
are not to be made unleaa It has'
"power to sell to the Untied States
Its bends In sufficient amount to
reimburse the United States for Its
outlsy (leaa the grant If allowed)
In connection with the project and
entera Into a contract so to do and
to complete the project, or has pow
er to convey the alte or project to
the United Statea for Its outlay less
ths grant If allowed and to complete
the project or Is In process of secur
ing tne necessary powers and the ad
ministrator la convinced that auch
powers will be obtained or In special
cases aa the president may deter
mine." Will Bid Par.
Tha federal government will bid
par and accrued Interest for bonds to
finance projects, but their Interest
must not be leas than four per cent.
The policy stated that losns could
also be msde to private corporations
for projects auch aa bridges, tunnels,
docks, dry docks, viaducts, water
works, reservoirs, pumping plants,
canals markets, hospitals, when de
voted to public use and when self
Uquldating In chsracter, but the 90
per cent grant available to political
aubdtvlslons would not hold in these
cases. All loans to private corpora
tions must be well secured, the poW
Icy atated.
ONION AND HONEY OLD
CURE FOR BALDNESS
WASHINGTON, Aug. f. (AP)
Here's a new one, or rather a reju
venated old one, for you bald headed
men to try.
An almanac dated 1783. Just do
nated to the museum at Wakefield,
Va., George Washington's birthplace,
cents. ns the following adnce:
"Take ye -heed, those among ye
mo may be bald and rub that part
morning and evening with onlona
till It la red; then rub with honey."
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. a. (UP)
A receiver waa appointed today for
tha Mark Hopklna hotel, aa a result
of tequests by Leigh M. Battson,
head of 8. W. Straus, holder of fifty
per centf t,he hotel bonds now In
I default-
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O, Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Enough time
has elapsed for a sum-up of the Mex
ican painter, Diego Rivera's quarrel
w 1 1 b American
capitalists, par
ticularly the
Rockefellers at
Radio Center.
Foreign artist
are frankly bum
mlng: "Rivera,
Stay Away From
Ma Door." They
believe he gum
med up the
works.
Briefly. It's
going to be ex
tremely difficult
for non - Ameri
can artists to
draw commissions
from this country for yeara. Radicals
hoot at Rivera's newest offer to deco
rate labor temples gratis. They say
he rushed to accept the Rockefeller's
$31,000 bush money and then howled
about a blow to his art.
Also lt'a charged his artist em
ployees were underpaid, receiving $30
week and leas. His critics say his
life has not been actuated by self-
sacrifice and that when Mexico turn
ed over her public buildings to artists
to delineate the upward struggle,
Rivera wangled a fat Job as super
visor.
In the meantime Rivera has been
dallying with the laclnesa of life
while being exploited at literary and
artistic teas. He is frankly the poseur
with slumberous eyes, sitting aloofly
m a corner and bestowing quick, brit
tle smiles but rarely saying a word.
One thing about Diego Rivera, how
ever, bespeaks artistry. That la the
graceful flourish of his hands. Qes
turlng always struck me as an ex-
qulelte science. The most notable on
the stage have been Duse and Helen
Menken. The letters parents were
mutes. Other performers who express
this art are Lee Traoey. Frank Pay,
James Cagney, DeWolf Hopper, Jack
Haley, Zazu Pitta and those clowna,
Laurel and Hardy.
Paul Whltemah'a flashy mustache
has undergone another sudden
change. Instead of the fat capsule
with tiny twisted ends, like a waxed
whatnot under glass, It is now slightly
arched, something like this :::::::
Articling Jamea Cagney'a brother,
William, for films la another effort
to break the "brother hoo-doo." The
experiment has never been succeasful.
Victor McLaglen'a brother did not
make the grade. Neither did Adolphe
Menjou'a. Harold Lloyd'a brother
fared similarly. And 8yd Chaplin con
tinues to be known by cinema fans
as "Charlie Chaplin's brother."
Great Keck, long a theatrical col
ony, attained an artistic flavor this
summer. Among artists to hibernate
there are Billy de Beck, Rube Gold
berg, Leon Gordon, Russell Patterson
and Everett Shlnn. Ths literati con
geals at Easthsmpton. among the
residents of which are Grantland
Rice, Irvin 8. Cobb, Percy Hammond,
Ring Lardner, Jack Wheeler and
others.
Weat street la especially Interest
ing when ships come in, especially
tramps and tankers. For they land
hefty Bailors tired of food from
flooded kitchens and the Isolation
of the aeaa. They-want to drink and
carouse. Willing arms are alwaya wait
ing, too, Ladlea of West street sre
not the pert odsllsques of a Broad
way night. Rather are they large,
sometimes aproned and matronly.
They do not coquette. Instesd they
grab a pair of seamen aallora In
variably leave a ship In palra, and
march them away, usually without
protest.
I saw a boyish Scandinavian aallor
In hla work suit of blue denim, prob
ably a cabin boy, hesitate at the end
of a gang-plank. It appeared hit
flrat visit and he was gloriously
young. But hla eyes were the bleak
blue of heroes who once looked over
the prow of a Viking galley. Hla cap
with a red ribbon aat abaft hla touael
of tow-colored hair. He took a few
hesitant steps forward, poised awhile,
then turned, plunged hands In pock
ets and went up the shuts whistling.
I like to think he decided to spend
an evening reading Conrad.
I stopped at a West street hashery
for four egg sandwich ea to take out
to the car. The counterman called
to the cook: "Four cackles to travel."
The sort of humor that touchea
me off In epileptic rlpplea of laughter
seema to leave everybody else amas-
lngly calm and unsmiling. I have
been reading to everyone who came In
today an extract from one of Stephen
Leacock's detective atory nonsenses
without a grin. The line read: "He
reached for hla whiskers in the whis
ker dish."
(Copyright, 13S, McNaught Syndi
cate, Ine.)
Communications
The Wet-Dry Debate.
To the Editor:
A few weeks ago the weta were
challenged by the drya to a public
debate on the Issue now before the
people. The representatlvea of the
weta taking the affirmative. The
question proposed was: "BesolTed,
that the 18th amendment did more
harm than good; therefore It ought
to be repealed. That would eeem
to atato the whole matter at Issue
snd present the only possible reason
for Its repeal. For, If It did more
good than harm It certainly ahould
not be -repealed. However, we were
told by that particular representative
An Prices Quoted In Thla Issue
are for Wednesday. Thnnday,
Friday and Saturday
Pay-Less Drug Store
N. Central. Vnder New Managemt
of Che wets: "Ho, the only matter
la that the 18th amendment should
be repesled." We were told thst by
ths end ol that week we should be
Informed ss to the decision of the
w.t rsndidates on ths matter. The
week ended and half of the following
week passed before we were Informed
over the telephone that the wet can
didates did not think a aufflclent
crowd would be Interested to listen
t .iirh debate. The drya were so
opposite to that opinion that they
had made arrangement to have the
debate In the armory. As Mark too
ssld on one occasion, when you arc
looking for an excuse one is ss ro
as snother. The stuff thst nss oeeu
coming over the radio glvea the real
reason why the wets reiuso w u
h.t. the matter. Except at gre"
expense by way of the radio there 1
no chance to rerute tne uranj un
less statements msde. At a debate
they could be quickly checked up
with facts known to all. It would be
sad commentsry on the mentsi
state of the people of Jackson county
should these wild ststements be ac
cepted as truth. Moreover, these stste
ments come from booze neaaqux.
and are everywhere repeated aa by a
great flock of parrots and It would be
indeed surprising if in mis
snd every parrott did not get much
more than a cracker.
B. A. OLDENBURG.
Medford, August 3.
Freak Potato Explained.
To the Editor:
The freakish potato plant found by
Mr. Leverton Is easily explained. The
tubers, potatoes, of ths plant, aola
num tuberosum, do not grow upon
the roota at all, but upon ehort un
derground stems projecting down
ward Into the ground, usually. These
short sterna are called storage "terns
by botanlsta, and are quite distinct
from the upper aerial leafy a terns
that produce the starch that Is stored
tn the tubers. That these tubers are
thickened underground stems la
shown by the "eyes," or buds they
bear upon their surfaces. These stor
... .terns sre not alwaya long enough
to reach and enter the ground. So
of course the storage process must
then be carried on above ground, as
Mr. Leverton'a plant shows. Pota
toes should be "hilled" or ridged In
cultivation to Insure that these stor
age stems are well covered for If not
covered they ususlly develop the
green In them, as the aerial stems
do, and are not fit for food.
Just what causes these freaks In
nature la not known. Mr. Burbank
has produced many of different aorta
by grafting the potato stem upon the
tomato root. He calla tne tuoera pro
duced upon the stem "aerial pota.
toes." I suspect that an air-grown
tuber of this sort was among those
planted by Mr. Leverton. The early
rose and peach-blow varieties more
often do this than any others I know.
Any one can, by grafting and cross-
pollinating, cause very curious freaks
among plants.
E. M. HUSSONO.
Medford, August a.
More then 150.000 bearing apple
treea were pulled up thla year In the
Wenatchee, Wash., fruits districts to
eliminate undeslred varieties and
thin orchards.
It Is a common ssylng smong fruit
growers that a heavy bloom means
a light set of fruit.
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Flight 'o Time
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Ulatory from ths Files of rne
siau INDone of to and 10 Hear,
ago)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 9, 182S.
(It was Thursday.)
Charles Reamea and other fisher
men try to catch fish for Fox Film
cameraman, but the "tigers of the
Rogue" refuse to bite.
Start action to solve the Medford
high school problem.
Warren O. Harding, president oi
the United States, dies at Saa Fran
cisco, and nation la saddened by
traglo newa. Death came at 2:30
a. m. Vice-President Calvin Coolldge
is sworn in ss President, at Plymouth,
Vt., in the house In which be was
bom.
Ralph Cowglll of the Central Point
district la the first on the market
with home-grown watermelons.
The Jackson County Amusement
company hires an "agility dancer" to
entertain the Saturday night dancers
at the fairgrounds.
Crater lake attendance double that
of last year.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August t, ISIS,
(It was Saturday.)
County court let contract for ad
vertising Jackson county; 60,000 book
lets will be Issued.
Articles of Incorporation filed for
the University of Southern Oregon,
to be located here.
Secretary of
through city.
War Garrison passes
Southern Pacific purchases a large
picture of Crater lake, for local de
pot, William Vawter, George Gates and
William Gates leave on , fishing
trip to Pellcsn bay.
Hunters report the woods too dry
for good deer hunting.
4
Dog Discovers
Body Of Woman
COVE NECK, N. T., Aug. 2. ()
A pet terrier, barking wildly, led last
night to the discovery In a shallow
lake of the body of Mrs. Samuel R.
Bertron, 67-yeaT-old society matron
and wife of a millionaire banker.
Physicians . concluded that a heart
attack overcame Mrs. Bertron on the
shores of the lake and that she fell
In and drowned. She suffered pre
viously from a heart attack.
Real estate or Insurance leave It
to Jones. . Phone 098.
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