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PAGE TWO MEDFOKD MATLTRrBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1933. IS 1ST POTENT Tl Pantothenic Acid Constituent of All Living Things, Is Described Before Scien tists' Society Meeting By HOWARD w. bi.akf.si.ee Associated Press Science editor. CHICAGO, Sept. 13. (AP) The most universal stimulant ever found, a, growth-promoting acid, waa under discussion by American chemical so ciety biologists today. Even IU name, Pantothenic acid, ss new to moat of them. Ita dis covery was reported by Dr. Roger J WUIlama and Carl M. Lyman, of Ore gon Agricultural college, who said they named It from the Oree mean ing "from everywhere," because that described exactly where they found It. round fcverywnere. They said It waa a "constituent ol all living things." They found It in humans, worms, plant moms, oysiero, bacteria, algae and milk. "It Is probably aafe to aay." they anted, "that It la more widely dis tributed In nature than any known nhvsloloelcallv Dotent substance. It is apparently a single add aubstance. Although they have not yet auc ceeded In getting rid of all the Im purities, their latest .extract, taken from liver. Is so potent that a alngle droplet the al of a pin bead speeds up the growth of yeast In 250 gallons cf liquid. Their experiments Indicate that It la composed of long chains of carnon. Jiydrogen and oxygen. Neither aulfur nor nitrogen has been found in It. er any of the common combinations of carbon and hydrogen forming ugar. mall quantity Effective. In strength It falls between acetic nd lactlo acids. Vet one part In a billion appears sufficient to affect growth. This Indicates, they stated, that It probably la a catalyst, on of those minute chemical substances whose presence causes great ohemlcal change without the catalyat being affected Sn the slightest. There appeara to be absolutely no difference between the acid extracted from the highest mammal or the low liest bacteria or molds. It Is soluble In water. Bhoea Affect Temper.' This business of prognosticating the weather by aching feet can be topped by changing the methoda of tanning shoe leather uppers, Dr. John Arthur Wilson of Milwaukee told the chemists. "When a person suffers bodily fa tigue, mental Irritability or general discomfort without apparent cause," Women Drivers Reveal Queer Ideas In Tests MELBOURNE, Australia (API Some of Australia's future women motorists gave curious answers st an examination recently held at a driving school. Here are questions and answers: Q which of two care has the right-of-way at a street corner? A. The one that gets there first. Q. What Is the proper precau tion to take when backing your car? A. Reverse the engine. Q. What Is the magneto? A. The name of a thing that has something to do with the In side of a car. Q. What la the charging Indi cator? A. Tour bill for oil and petrol. Q. What la the first rule of the road? A. Do not run into anything. q. Where should you display the registration number? A. On your car. q. What la meant by "short circuit?" A. Going around the nearest way. There were 3506 motor accidents In Victoria within the first six months of this year. he said, "it would be well to Investi gate the properties of leather In one'i shoes. "Even the tanners themselves have been concerned but little with the question of tlio relationship existing between the properties of leather and human comfort, . devoting their time rather to the production of leather presenting a fine appearance and good wearing qualltlea In a shoe. . Many of the Important properties of leather have not been even recognized." These nclude, .he said, leather whose tonnage Increases its shrinking In humidity by three-fold and ac counts for the foot weather prophets. RELIEFPRlEM STILL UNSOLVED PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. J3. (IP) Falling at their meeting yesterday to agree on the amount needed to carry on Oregon's unemployment reltof pro gram until the end of 1034, members of the subcommittee to Governor Meier's relief committee of 32 decided to meet again within the next three days In an effort to reach a unani mous agreement. Frank L. Bhull, Multnomah county commissioner, estlmsted that more than 17.000,000 will be required to take care of the unemployed In that period. He aald the estimate was made on the basis of 37.000 persons needing help. Of this amount, the state would have to furnish 12,000. -000 and the federal government about 5,000,000. LAKEOF WOODS CCC BOYS PLAN TO STAY WINTER LAKB O WOODS 0. C. C, Sept. 19. (Spl.) An article In the latest edi tion of the "Bulldozer,' official pub lication of the conrvatkn camp, save ordera have been received for discharge of all member by Sep tember 30 or not later than October 15. They will, however, be given op portunity to re-enroll for another alx months In the forest army. Those unwilling to again sign up will be returned to conditioning campa for later discharge. A canvass of the Lake o' the Woods camps shows that out of 153 men from Illinois, 105 wish to stay. Out I of 87 Oregon men, 32 Intend to stay. I Most of those desiring to go homo I give as reason, attendance at school, I homesickness and anxiety of the 'girls they left behind" to see them again. The "Bulldozer" also says that In formation has been received from headquarters that the company 1643 at Lake o' the Woods will probably be quartered this winter In Owen Oregon lumber camp number two, about ,31 miles from the present camp and about two miles off the Butte 'Falls road. This location Is expected to provide very comfortable quarters for the Inclement season, Including kitchen car, storeroom, commissary and 35 bunkhouees of six-man capacity each. Fine Trees Go Up in Smoke of Worst Fire An area of more than 1,200 square miles waa affected by forest fires which swept along a 40-mlle front In northern Oregon. Here la a view of the flames In the Tratk river section. In the foreground may be Been virgin timber, some of which was ruined by the blaze. (Associated Press Photo) Holcomb Springs The Fitzgerald brothers are busy with a force, picking peaches and claim that the quality Is the best they have had for years, But 'their figs are a failure owing to the heavy frosts of laH winter nenrly destroying their trees. , , W. W. Edlngton has Just completed his third cutting of alfalfa and re ports a good crop with no Irrigation. Coyotes are plentiful and very bold for this time of year, coming very close to camp every night, with their music. Among visitors at the Springs last week were H, R. Johnson, mother and son of Lake Creek; M. A. Kennon, Jacksonville; Mrs. John Ruder, Eagle Point; Nick Young. Eagle Point; Miss Mary and Luella Edlngton, Sams Val ley, and the following from Medford: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owen, D. L. Bum mel, J. H. Stanley, Mrs. Stanley, Jerry Belloutf David Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Mell Col lins, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hague, How ard Hague, Charles Franks, Miss Viola Scherer, Mr. and Mrs, R. C. Baker, Mat hew Baker, Mrs. Sophenla Baker. There's a. busy Business College In Medford ready to help you succeed. Winter term '(day or night) , opens Monday, Sept. 18. OWN. PAID LANE COUNTY The county court yesterday paid to Lane county the final bill for the board of L. A. Banks, former local agitator and murderer, now serving a life sentence in state prison. The bill amounted to 984.10 and was for the period from August 1 to August 13. Banks was tried and Incarcer ated in Lane county on a change of venue. Hearing on the cost bills' filed against Banks, Earl H. Fehl, Walter J. Jones, J. Arthur LaDleu and Gor don h. Schermerhorn by Jackson county for the coat of their trials for murder and ballot theft will prob ably be held the end of the month. Assistant Attorney-General Moody will be here September 30 to close up the cost bill details, preparatory to presentation to the court for deci sion. The trials cost Jackson county more than $35,000, and the actions taken under Oregon law are to recover as much as possible to lessen the tur moil expense. All the defendants have filed ob jections to the cost bills. Florence OravesT accredited piano Instructor. Studio 1130 No. Oakdale. Phone 1043-W. ; Ruth Luy Dance Studio, Sparta Bldg., now open. Tel. 1543-J-2. SOUTHERN OREGON" NORMAL SCHOOL, ASHLAND, Sept. 13. (Spl.) Every Indication points toward a record enrollment at the Southern Oregon State Normal school this fall. Although the official registration day, September 18, la almost a week oft, many students have already arranged their fall schedules -in order to avoid the last-minute rush on Monday. Increasing numbers of young men and young women of Southern Ore gon are taking advantage of the Junior college offerings of this school and Are taking from one to two yeans of their college work at the Southern Oregon Stnte Normal school. Ap proximately one-third of last year's enrollment was In Junior college work and It Is anticipated that the percent age taking this work will be much higher this year. , 1 Cougars Get Pets. HOQUIAM. Wash. (UP) Forest rangers in the upper Hob, river coun try were strongly In favor of bounty cougars after rangers at the Olympus station saw cougars kill three net deer. APOLLO PIANO STUDIO Class lessons for beginners 36c. Right foun dation. 136 N. Holly. 4 O. E. Rose for Elbert&s. The General Petroleum corporation of California, In the suit against It filed by Guy Plummer, operator of a Riverside avenue service station, yes terday filed a motion to strike the portion of Plummer's amended reply referring to a 'conspiracy." Tha" motion recites the claim Is "sham, frivolous and Irrelevant," be cause Plummer is "under contrac turel obligation" to purchase the General petroleum product. Plummer is suing the oil concern for 91380 allegedly due for gas re bates, and '95 per month, a total of 91350. The oil company makes a counter claim of approximately 93000. TAX COLLECTIONS UNDER '31 TOTALS SALEM, Sept. 13. VFi A drop of tSOO.000 to SS00.000 in collections of personal income, intangibles and cor porate excise taxes for the 1933 tax roll as compared to 1931 Is predicted by the state tax commission. Records of the commission show that personal Income and Intangible taxes were assessed for the year 1931. payable last year. Id the amount of 1.041.833. The 1932 assessment, pay able this year, totaled 893.404. of whtch 647,828 was paid up to Sep tember 1. The corporation excise tax for 1931, payable In 1933, waa assessed at 1453. 304 with 445.498 paid. Assessment of the 1933 corporation excise tax. payable this year, was 310,336. of which amount 8301,798 has been paid. Notices for the second half collec tion of these tsxes for 1933, based .on 1932 returns, slready have been mail ed out. The commission said It wss diffi cult to determine accurately lntan-. glbles and corporate excise collections segregated by years for the reason that delinquent payments were being re ceived almost dally. . The second half payments of these tsxes, based on 1933 returns, are due October 1. 1 ROTARY CLUBS TO VISIT LAKE 0' WOODS CAMP LAKE O' WOODS 0. C. C, Sept. 13. (Spl.) According to the "Bulldozer," C. C. C. camp paper, tentative plans have been made for the Klamath Falls Rotary club and at least a com mittee from the Medford club, to inspect the camp Friday afternoon. September 15. Plans for their en tertainment, including music and boxing bouts, are being made. It is believed that such a visit will prove mutually educations and will serve to give representative busi ness from the two communities a better idea of the O. O. 0. ELGIN, HI., Sept. 18. (Pre ferring he said to quit business alto gether than to operate under tha NRA, Benjamin A. Pearaall, head of a dairy company, today waa prepar tng to close his plant at tha end of the month. In announcing his decision yester day Pearsall said the National Re covery Act was all "coercion and fear, bluff and boycott" and said he would go out of business until It blowa over." His chief objections to the National Recovery Act program be said, were centered In the Chicago milk shed code, which establishes a price of 10 cents a quart. "I am selling at 7 cents a quart, cash and carry. Yet the government makes me sell at 10 cents, as against that price for delivered milk at a month'a credit to consumer.' As an employer Pearaall has about 100 workers on his payroll. Patients and attendants at tha Ne braska state hospital at Hastings con sume cabbage at the rata of 3,009 pounds a day during summer. VI'S WAVE SHOPPE new location-. Hotel Medford. Vl Corby and Edna Brewold, operators. Tel. 1430. SLVKKIN BATTERY SERVICE Medford Made Batteries 6 volt 13-plate flJO )ft 1 yr. guarantee ai " Recharge, oar make, Sftc 1532 No. Riverside. Phone 390 Phone 1300 for Towing or Wrecker Service Anywhere Anytime Lewis Super Service M a nm 'good umtite 5 fey ifl SO FAR as I can tell. . . and I've 1 ' FS '0'" smoked a lot of them ... CHEST- i4w S ERFIELDS are always the same. They . vV!vv ' ' ' have a pleasing taste and aroma. tV'v", - - '0 ' I smoke 'cm before hreakfast and kv ' : " I ' VH 'H 1 - A ' iv after dinner. I smoke 'em when I'm . J U 1X1 " ""-tf working. I smoke 'era when I'm rest- 1'' , O? t - Mf ing. And always they satisfy. They 't' " V'- I j " l suit me right down to the ground. 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