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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1933.
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'"THE answer to the above query is "yes". We are highly
civilized and proud of it. Haven't we the finest schools
and colleges in the world f Don't we rush over the surface of
this earth, at great speed, and above the surface at a greater
rate than the swiftest birdt Don't we press a button and dispel
darkness, pick up a receiver and talk with the other end of the
earth; move a gadget with one finger and turn winter into
summer; turn the gadget another direction and transform swel
tering heat into cool mountain breezes! Don't the less for
tunate of us, enjoy advantages and comforts which to our bar
barous forefathers were unattainable luxuries; and don't the
more fortunate enjoy a height of ease and luxury, of which even
the royal heads of a century ago never dreamed? Doesn't the
present period represent the greatest advancement of civilization
in the history of the human race t
UNDOUBTEDLY. If the above query were accepted as a
subject of debate the affirmative would win in a walk
A ND yet and yet, just What do we mean by civilization?
According to Mr. Webster, civilization differs from bar
barism, in that the latter represents a material advance in en
lightenment and humanity. Enlightenment, yes, we know far
more about everything, than did our benighted forefathers.
Scientifically we know or think we know, the ultimate es
sence of reality. All Nature figuratively speaking, is at our feet.
But humanity, well what IS humanity? IS it preparing for
another world war, the wholesale killing of our fellow men?
Is it stringing up defenseless offenders, whose skins happen to
be black instead of white, Bhooting them full of holes and burn
ing them in oil? IS it, bashing the head of a baby, and demand
ing a fortune from the agonized parents, on the promise that the
life they have destroyed will be returned? Is it slaying in cold
blood an only son, a young man just starting out in life, and
as the broken body sinkB beneath the waves, demanding a ran
som of $40,0001'
UR primitive ancestors had no motor cars, no airplanes, no
telegraphs, no telephone, no automatic burners, no piped
oold air, or wired refrigeration.
iney never visited a oarDer, nor used a satety razor, in
moments of passion they batted their next door neighbors over
the head with clubs; and to protect their own broods, they
fought with the fury and abandon of wild animals. At times
they banded together, and moved by ambition for greater
more land, more food, more women, they swept down
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M.D.
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ink. Owing to lbs larse ounibej ol letters received only a ie can oe ans
wered bere. No reply can 0 made to queries oot conforming to instructions
address Or. William Brady, tso El Camlno. tfeeerlei Bills, Cat
OUR UNWELCOME NEIGHBORS.
PERILS OF PR08PEB1TY:
Indignant Transient Indigent (to
lady who has Just refused a bacHdoor
iiIml tnr trull !
"If you hodnt spent all your money things,-
pionang.htnk worihyu" m , on some distant tribe, and were not at ALL punctilious about
ployed." I the way they treated them. They also bunded together to pro-
JTZZXTSZT wh"t thy bad-gave no quarter and asked none.
best prospects for alms.) I
j DUT they didn't or if they did history has failed to record
haJnrantMrm7.C.D ".-enjoying decent security and well being themselves,
at absence, for his health." He win plot night and day to deprive it of others. They didn't find joy
i.lSr-fa 8rBbbin one mn nd putting him to torture,
less of pubiio works projects in ore-, They certainly didn't kidnap children of their own tribe or
T;TfrwTl"ni Mm of the opposing tribe.-make way with them,-
, and then promise to return them alive and well, provided there
Irate Louisiana voters and cltlzeni j wnft anf f!ft:n nnvitipnt. in wnntnvfir tlion linnnonn-l in urtlin
are hurllns decayed eggs at Sen. Huey 1 ' 11
Long, whose demagogic biatancy naa medium of exchange. (They man t worship our God, but they
been equalled no place, save in this j d WOPB1jp SOME God. thev did not. like the leaders of Soviet
Russia, place nothing higher than the machine, and what that
machine can do to provide a bettor method of distribution.)
county. To date, the aim of one and
all has bcon phrenomenally bum.
Tour corr. still clings to the notion
that the University of Oregon will
defeat the Tvojnns Saturday, all the
way, from three to nine points. We
have predicted the score will be 10 to
7. or. 19 to 7, or thereabouts. We also
forecast that the moans ot Native
eons will be heard on Greenland's icy
shores, and India's coral strands. Ws
lso admit that In the face of all the
evidence, the prognostications sound
nutty. True, the Trojans are getting
all the box-ar headlines. It's the
touchdowns, etc., etc., that are count,
ed when the final trigger Is pulled.
Pessimistic Oregonlans correctly as
sume that the sun will be hot. The
sun has been hot before, and most
or the Oregon players have been out
In It. The referee Is the only thing
to fear, and, with his penalties, will be
the chief ground-gainer for Troy. It is
now feared that the second time the
referee runs Interference for a Trojan
ball carrier, he will meet with an
accident. The Oregon team is pre
pared to "do or die." This Is one
time Oregon will "do"; Instead of the
traditional "die." Now comes the
alibi, which all high-powered fore
casters must have. Even If we are
wrong, which we are not, It has been
demonstrated that we can crow as
loud. If not louder, than any Call
fornlan. C. Wig Ashpole and Irish Coleman
compared notes on their boys yester
day, and each agreed the other had
the- best, smartest, cutest, niftiest,
"cleverest, snappiest 1033 model kid.
11 drummers, 31 auto tramps, and
a Mae West story drifted Into town
Thursday.
mi m i.Amm violation
(Yakima, VYnli., Heptibllc)
The school board seems to have
fallen for the clamor that the
overburdened school children
should not be required to do so
much home work. . . ,
It's too bad about the school
children of Yaktma; they do not
havo to split the kindling nor
bring In the wood; they don't
milk the cow and mighty few of
them mow the lawn. They lead a
regular dog's lire: that is, they
come into the house, sit down by
the fire and wait to be fed. borne
of them, of course, have regular
work to do, such as touching the
button to turn on the light and
turning down the thermostat
when the family retires.
The special soAslon of the legisla
ture Is expected to show Its usual
form: chasing Investing capital out of
the Mat, and knock shovels out of
tho hands of workers with no way to
get out.
Some of the wild Juveniles have
eturted snying. "Yes Mother," so It Is
time to do your Christmas shopping
early.
N short our primitive ancestors were not civilized as we are
civilized in the direction of material things, they were not
civilized at all. In the matter of knowledge, of enlightenment
they were benighted barbarians. But in the direction of hu
manity, were they not more civilized than we are today!
DERHAPS from this angle in debating the question "Are we
civilized V tho affirmative would not have such a walk
away after all.
We have advanced as a civilized people, incredibly in a ma
terial sense, but can one read the details of this Hart kidnaping
case in California and maintain we have advanced in a spiritual
sense, in the human sense, at all I Haven't, we rather, declined)
The Cnihollc Lndlcs are serving a
Than Halving dinner at Parish hall,
November 2'J. Turkey, cranberry sauce
and everything delicious that goes to
make a ThsiiVwgiving dinner. Price
3&o for children mid 60c for adults.
Serving 0.30 to 7:30. - -
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
npittlEK men ar dsad and anothsr
1 Is near death in New York aa
the result ot an airplane Joyrlde.
They left a dance at dawn, went to
an airport, rented a plane and started
out. They flew too low, crashed Into
a tenement house, and three of the
four never knew what happened.
IN the old days, when men reaehed
a certain stage, they mounted a
horse and whipped or spurred It to a
dead run.
Later on came the automobile, and
those who had reached this certain
ataga of exhlllratlon tried to break
the speed limit. No, as we have
noted, comes the airplane Joyrlde.
The Impulse to speed, which comes
with too much liquor, Is the same.
It la only the speed obtslnsble that
haa changed.
LATER thought '
It Isn't strictly accurate to
say that only the speed ebtslnable
has ohsnged with the years. Tie
DANGER has chanced also, with tre
mendous Increases In the epeed ob
tainable by those whose brains are
foexed with liquor.
The horse, when urged to speed by
Its drunken rider, waa not particular
ly dangerous. As much can't be said
for the automobile and the airplane.
YOU may or may not have caught
this psragraph In the news of
the day:
"Secretary of Agriculture Wallace,
addressing the association of land
grant colleges at Chicago today, envis
ioned the comolete control, acre by
acre, of all America farm land, with
only rloh soil used for farming and
the remainder devoted to forests, rec
reation, residence and the like."
T1HAT Is to say, only the good will
be used for farming. The poor
land will be used to grow trees on,
to go hunting and fishing on and to
build houses on.
The good land, you see, will be ex
pected to provide all the farm pro
ducts that can be grown and sold
at a fair profit.
The poor land fnerely adds to the
surplus of farm products, without
showing a profit to Its owner.
SOPPOBS you OWN poor land
marginal, or aub-msrgtnal, land,
the experts call It. What are you go
ing to be able to do with It; suppos
ing, of course, that you can't afford
to grow trees on It, or use It for hunt
ing and fishing or to build houses
onf
Well, thst hasn't been definitely
staled aa yet, but It la to be presum
ed the government will BUY It, tax
ing the test of us to provide the
money.
When thst happens, only the good
lend will remain In private owner
ship, all ths rest belnf owned by th
government.
WHEN that hsppens, we ahsll have i
gone a long way from the time '
when men went out and got hold o! '
a piece of land In any way they could. 1
buying It or homestead I ng It or ac-
quiring It by Inheritance, and dolpg .
with It AS THEY PLEASED.
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BUT then, don't forget, we've gone
a long way from the time when
the good land was used to grow crops,
and the poor lend was used far pas
ture, or for forsge, with which to feed
the horses and mulea thst did the
farm work and provided th transpor
tation on the roads.
Now that we do th bulk ot our
farming and practically ALL of our,
haiulng with tractors and truck,!
The unbidden guests so fsr dis
cussed comprise the affable louse
family head, body and public tribes;
the ubiquitous bedbug; round worms.
pin worms, tape
worms, trichina,
mosquitoes.
These parasites
live in or on us.
They are our un
Invited guests
until we can con
trive to dislodge
or destroy them.
But even if we
are not saddled
with such Inimic
al or st least an
noying pests, life
is still just a constant struggle to
get along amicably with our unwel
come neighbors. In order to enjoy life
one must know how to cope with
such problems as fleas. Jiggers, spid
ers and bees; files, ants, roaches and
moths; rats, mice, squirrels and go
phers; cats, dogs, snakes and scor
pions. We might add to the list the
greater menace of the putative lady
or gentleman who exercises the in-
alienable right of the lngnoramus to
share his or her acute respiratory In
fection. under the disarming alias of
a "slight cold", with sny one that
happens to come within range cf
conversational spray. But not all of
these nuisances are parasites. We munt
draw the line somewhere.
Fleas, wingless, are famous for their
leaping ability, but the truth Is fleas
can Jump only four or five Inches,
never over six inches. They infest cats,
dogs and other animals, such aa squir
rels, rats and sometimes man. Pleis
on rats and ground squirrels carry
plague. Fleas deposit their eggs among
the hair or fur, but unlike the nits of
lice the eggs do not cling to the hair.
but readily drop off, and hatch in
the dust or refuse of the nest, den
or room. Tincture of green soap Is a
good agent for destroying fleas on
animal or man. Ordinary Insecticides
or germicides are or little value
against fleas. But they don't like soap.
Nor do they like kerosene. An emul
sion of crude oil (petroleum) and
soft soap, about a pint or pound of
each, with an ounce of napthalene
(moth balls) in a gallon of water, may
be used for cleaning up the floor or
ground where fleas or their eggs are
present. To relieve flea bites, which
are like hives In some cases, but just
red or hemorrhagic points In other
cases, calamln lotion or campnor is
good, camphor, oil of eucalyptus, cr
oil of pennyroyal repels fleas.
Ticks or wood lice are commonly
called "chlggers." They hang tena
ciously to the skin until they are en
gorged with blood, then they drop
off. If they are forcibly removed the
head of or proboscis may be broken
off and left in the skin to set up
much irritation or Inflsmmatlon. The
tick will let go If smothered with
vaseline, turpentine or tobacco Juice.
For the relief of the Itching or Ir
ritation of chlggor bites calamln lo
tion with some phenol (carbolic acid)
added Is good. '
The best treatment for the bite of
a spider of any kind 1 immediate
criss-cross Incision .and suction, as
for snakebite. No serum has been
found effective.
Bee stings may be relieved with
peroxide, or weak ammonia water,
but first remove the sting if you cin
see it, not by grasping It and pulling
out but by scraping It out with ginger
nail or knife blade. Hot applications,
wet clay, a freshly cut potato relieve
the pain. A solution of thirty grains
of lodln In an ounce of soft soap and
petroleum will relieve bee, hornet or
wasp stings immediately.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cancer Not Communicable.
Can cancer be passed to another
person if he gets any of the mucus
from a running cancer on a scratch
on his skin? (R. H. 6.)
Answer No. There is no danger of
being infected with cancer. The only
precaution necessary in handling or
In personal contact with the cancer
patient is ordinary soap and water
cleanliness, the same care as you
would take in handling a simple in
fected wound or a boll. Soap and wat
er Is ample disinfection no smelling
chemicals or mysterious "germicides"
are required in any case.
The Llnlmental Obsession
I am a trainer for a soccer team. I
have been using a liniment prepared
by . . . What do you think of a mix
ture of one part turp.. one part acetic .
acid and two parte olive oil . . -. (K,
D. L.) 1
Answer That would be a pretty se
vere punishment. No liniment is nec
essary or advisable. If you must use
liniment, better use only simple
camphor liniment camphorated oU.
Goat Versus Cow
Kindly tell me whether goat's mT.k
at times has the same value as cow's
milk in richness and nutritive effects.
(Mrs. P. D.)
Answer At any or all times goat's
milk Is rather richer end more nu
tritious than cow's milk, and is more
wholesome as a rule.
Hernia.
I have a small rupture which I
would like to have cured but Is is
out of the question for me to tas
the time off for an operation .
(B. 8.)
Answer Here and there progressive
physicians now successfully treat her
nia by the ambulant method. This re
quires an average of half a dozen
weekly visits to the doctor's office.
but the patient Is not detained from
regular occupation. -Send stamped en
velope bearing your address. If I know
of a competent- physician In your
vicinity I'll tell you.
(Copyright 1933, John F. Dllle Co.)
Ed Note: Renders wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letters direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. U.. 2flS El Ca
mlno. Beverly 1II1U, Cailf
which are fed on gasoline. Instead of
hsv and oats and grsss, we're up
egalnst the hard problem of finding
something profitable to do with the
land that formerly grew the hay and
oats and grass.
IF you're middle-aged, or older,
you'll remember this sentence,
which acquired almost the standing
of a proverb:
"The weatest of all human bene
factors is he who make two blades
of grass grow where but one grew be
fore.
Times change. The man who makes
two blades of Brass grow where but
one grew before Is now looked upon
practically as a public enemy, s
Ye Poet's Cornei
Originality.
If you dare to be original,
You my be called a "nut,"
And criticized adversely,
And ridiculed, but
Remember, It la possible
For "nuts" (like you and me)
To sprout up like the acorn
And grow Into a tree.
So let's dare to be original:
Originality means freedom
Prom the tombstonee
Of "nuts" (like you and me)
Who dared to be original,
Unchained to gods before:
Who bid us not to worship them
But be ourselves and more.
Watch J. 0. Barnes and you may
An scorn grow Into a tree.
Alton Haigni.
A program of gam and fish con
servation has been drafted by the
Kentucky state game and fish com
mission with the aid of the Ameri
can Game association.
DANCE
AT
Prospect
Saturday
Nov. 18
ROY FINCH
and His Band
CARNIVAL
NIGHT
Balloons
Serpentines
Surprises
FAIRGROUNDS
SATURDAY
NIGHT
DANCE
with
DINTY
MOORE'S
LITTLE GIANTS
Men 35c
Ladies 10c
Flight 'oTime
(Mrdiord ana Jacksoo coont
History from the Hies oi I'be
Wall Tribune of it and 10 kear
ago.)
1 County'court asked to name fruit I Pancho Villa seizes Juarea In night
Inspectors. Many protest. I attack.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
.Novembei 17, 1923.
(It was Saturday)
Turkey stealing breaks out In the
rural districts, and Qherlff Terrlll Is
hot on the trail of the culprits.
The number of radio owners In the
valley Is growing dally, according to
dealers. i
People requested not to pay their
paving assessments or taxes, by local ;
weekly, until City Attorney Carkln i
is recalled.
Carl Bowman trades his home for
a 10-acre tract near Central Point.
W. P. (Toggery Bill) Isaacs and T.
A. Fifer catch a steelhead weighing
9'i pounds In Rogue river.
County court decides not to fur
nish any more gas to stranded trans
ients, as "It Is discovered the hospi
tality of the county Is being Im
posed upon by the unworthy."
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
November 17, 1913.
(It was Monday)
Spurned lover, despondent, at
tempts suicide, but sustains' only a
scalp wound. Dr. Porter dresses the
wound.
Business suspended in southern
Oregon to see Btars of the big leagues
play ball. Ladles of the visiting teams !
are entertained by the Greater Med- !
ford club. . j
Thirty-four thousand see Yale and ;
Princeton battle to a 3-3 tie. Great ,
local excitement
and Court Hall.
among easterners I
WHAT DID ROBINSON CRUSOE
DO WITH FRIDAY ON
SATURDAY NIGHT??
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VEAH, HE WAS SMART, TOO
SKINNED OUT FOR THE
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DANC
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IN GOOD OLD
JACKSONVILL
WHERE HE COULD FORGET HIS
TROUBLES
Till 2 o'Clock
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THE KENNEL
MURDER CASE'
'Warner; Bros.' thrill hit with" Mary Aster,1
Eugene. Pallctte, Ralph Morgan, Hclenjyinson,
Jack LaRue, Paul Cavanaugh.;
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