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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. ' kw f
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