Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1933)
PXGE FOUR arEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933 Medpord Mail Tribune twwi I SouUitrn Orteo. mU Uh Kill IrUum'1 Dallr Cxeaot Sauvoev ruDllilwl bt MKUruUI) PKIlrriNO 00. tl-lf-lt H. tti L maem w. buhl, mu An IndapsDdaot Nawipapar Intarad H MCODd OreKtta, undar ael 01 elui aitut U Uedfora. alarce. 8. 18I. UB8l'KilH0H BATES MU1 Id Adiaixa Dally, wa fut t Dally, tlx caontba... .. Dallf, ont aoiilb tt Parlw In Adtanea Medford. ..MO .. a.ta iaeUonillle, llaritral Point, Pbotnli. Til lot, Hold mil ami an Wehaara. Dlllf, OIK rar. " Otlli, ill monthi sss Dallr. om monUi 40 AU Urou, tub lo tdrwtet. OMelsl paper or Mm CUT of MadronL Ol'ieltl turn at tuutin Counu. llBMUKU Oil TUB AHHOCIATBU .IUM Utealtlne mill teaaed Wirt Sonic Toe AuoeUUd Prnn ll eiclutlralr entitled to tM um for publication or til oasa dlapausei credited to It w ouxrwtM credited lo tblt paper and alio lo'tba local oral nuMlihed berala. All rlgntf ror publication of apetlal dlipiUbH erelo era auo raatneo. MEMbeu or united nissa nlEMIHiU OP AUDIT BUBEAO OP CIIICUUT10NB Adrertlilnt BeprtMOUtlftfl M. C. MOIIKNBEN A COMPANl OrriCM In Ne Tort, Cblcaito, Detroit, In Pranaueo Ice Angelei Seatue Portland, Ye Smudge Pot Bf Annul Horry Enforcement of th Orgon Liquor Control Law, will be modelled after the Canadian plan. Borne allowance should be made for the fact that Ore gon haa no Oanadlana to observe It, and no Canadian to eniorce it, i a ' The Pasadena, Calif., police are I duly puzzled over the murder' of a ! dentist, who apparently had a sweet- I heart for every tooth, forcep, and j auger, The polloe have no clues, though many have reported that the I alaln dentist aang aa he worked upon a patient. ' Word from Salem reporta there ara 13 potential candldatea for governor to date, on the Repuniican uckoc. Thla meager outpouring Is due to the fact that the remainder of the Re publican party In the state does not know there will be a primary election netx spring. AND, WHT NOIf (Press Dlapatoh) "Government la assuming that business In the United States can best be conducted by a group of gentlemen who have never trans acted any business In their lives," Reed told the United Press In an exclusive Interview. BOOTLEGGERS WILL TRY WORST (Ohlco, Calif., Enterprise.) They may try, but they won't beat the mnkere of blend whiskey. In the selection of the All-Ameri-can team, the referee of most of the Southern California games la not even mentioned honorably or otherwise. He administered penaltlea consistent ly to foes of Troy when they hurt the most. Of oourse, this J rut hap pened, and ww not malic afore thought, as many suspected, and eev eral charged. a "A storm failed to leasen the atten dance at the concert In the school house. The quartet did fine. How the wind blew, the worst In years" (Sage Items.) Be plain, don't try to duck things that way I "The boy or girl of ten, is at the age when they are ekepttca and have some doubt about swallowing Santa Claus" (Oood Housekeeper.) Fathers Inform that at the age of ten, their boy will awallow anything. Including Santa, Claus, If it has a little sugar on It. THAT'S OUR IIIRA, TOO (Collier's) If you have never ohanced to hear Russian troubadoura lifting their volcea in Negro spirituals, the mors pensive ballads of Irving Berlin, and "Bonbon Buddy, the Chocolate Drop," let me console you with the assurance that you have not suffered an Intolerable esthetic privation. ON FINDING MONEY The story in the Sunday paper, about the man who found 1130,000 In the street, and returned the for tune to the owner, after hunting for him all over town, Intrigues and de serves more mention than It received. The average reador would like to know, and It was not set forth, what waa aald by the Interested parties, and what was the reward to the find er, If any. One wonders If the adage about "honesty being its own reward" was cited. The finder wss a banker, and the common view ts that as such could hardly be expected to be hu man. .. Notice Is here and now served upon the rich, that If the writer ever llnda 130,000, or any modest part thereof, there will be quite an argument over Its return, and we will not deputies ourselves as a one-man posse to seek him to give It back. He will have to find us, If he can, and when he doea we will be armed with a lawyer. It will be the Intention to emerge with what Is called "the llon'a ahare." One more question. After the bank er returned the lost coin (1130.000) to the loser and owner, did the afore aald place it again in his hip-pocket, or In the bank, acroM the street from the one owned by the eelf-appolnted benefactor. Ill Alllil nil Earl Toy of Medfoid was a business visitor in Aahlend on Friday, according lo the Ashland Daily Tidings, , 11 ,,, 1 School Sales Tax Explained I N answer to many inquiries new sales and publie utility the summary of the measure, sent out by C. A. Howard, wiperin' Undent of publie instruction, as follows. A. finnersl Explanation 1. A ont and one-half per nt tax on retail tales of tangible peraonal property and utility aervlcf. The bill ll modeled cloaely iter the California ealea tax law. No tax on personal or pro fwflonal aervloe. 2. Tax to be pasted on to the ultimate consumer In ao far ae may reasonably be done. 8. The state tax comrnljilon estimates that this bill will produce 14,000,000 annually for the schools. 4. This bill becomes effective Macch 10, 1034, If the referen dum Is not invoked. If the referendum la Invoked and the blU carries, 't will become effective on or about May 33, 1034. 6. The bill covers a period of slightly over two years and the expiration date is July 1, 1036, v 8, Exemptions from Tax 1. Gross receipts from retail sales of motor vehicle fuel upon which a sales tax has heretofore been Imposed by this state. 3. Gross receipt from sales of tangible personal property by farmers, producers, manufacturers, wholesalers or Jobbers to farmers, producer or other dealers for resale. 0. Oross receipts of each person from retail sales of tangible personal property or of utility service to the extent of $60 a month. C. General Provisions 1, Receipts from the sales tax will be collected by the state tax commission. 3. All' the revenue collected under this act, after deducting the cost of collection, goes for the relief of the public elementary and high schools. f. The bill provides for the reduction of county and school district property taxes for school purposes In the amount re ceived from the sales tax fund. 4. Apportionments to each county are made monthly by the secretary of state. D. Apportionment of Funds 1. Twenty-five per cent of the net receipts (estimated at $1,000,000 per year) apportioned to counties on basis of their respective equalised assessed valuations. The amount received by each county shall be applied by the county assessor to reduce the property tax levy for the county school fund. The average reduction In county property tax levies would be approximately one mill. 3. Seventy-five per cent of the net receipts (estimated at 48,000,000 per year) to bo apportioned to counties and thence to school districts on the basis of the number of classroom units, both elementary and high school, to reduce the school district property tax. There are approximately 7600 such classroom units In Oregon. The apportionment would, therefore, amount to approximately 4400 for each classroom unit per year. The bill requires that the county assessor shall cut from the district property tax levy of eech school district the amount estimated to ' be received by It from the sales tax fund. 8, Amounts received by high school districts from this fund to be taken Into account In reducing tuition costs for high school pupils from the non-high school districts. Average re duction would be at least $16 per pupil, 4. The effect on the school district tax levy of any school district can be determined In the following manner: (a) Determine the number of elementary and high school class room units In the district In accordance with the scale in Section E of this circular. This number will correspond closely with the number of teachers employed. (b) Multiply the number of classroom units by $400, which Is the approximate annual apportionment for each such class room unit. This will give the amount to be received by the 41a tr lot annually. (c) This amount divided by the asseased valuation of the school district will give the reduction In the school district pro perty tax levy In mills. (d) In addition to this reduction there wilt be a reduction of approximately 1 mlU In the. levy for the county school fund. Robert Chambers & Joseph Vance EDITORIAL comments on the and Louis Joseph Vance, have no pkoe in permanent literature. . This is undoubtedly true. Chambers specialized -in historical romance. Vance was a best bo Iq another generation neither forgotten. But how many of our lending read and remembered, 40 or 50 years from nowt We would only be certain of one Sinclair Lewis we might even be mis taken there though we oan't believe the man who put "Main Street" and "Babbit" in the unabridged dictionary, will ever be forgotten. But at most the contributors to permanent literature, on this side of the Atlantic can be counted on the fingers of one hand. So it seems only fair that both Chambers and Vance should AT LEAST be given credit for outstanding success in their chosen fields. They wore interested neither in reflecting the world aa it is, nor in changing it they were only interested in writing books that would sell, in diverting and thrilling and entertaining their public and who will say that isn't a good deal an accomplishment of which any person may well be proud, MO lasting good will oome from their literary efforts, but, on the other hand, no harm. They took their readers out of this humdrum world into another world of mystery and ro mance, and while the rescue was a temporary one, it was not only pleasant while it lasted, but the results wore beneficial. In short they were not creative artists, they were entertain ers. They did not try to hold a tried to spin a yarn that would particularly the T. B. M. and his frustrated boys and girls. And in this they both succeeded. Our point la it seems more just and fitting to emphasize this neither attained true greatness, with the Olympians. Comment on the Day's News Bjr rttANK JKNKIN8, riHK headline, aay: "Governor Calls Closed Bastion of Liquor Board." Trts governor referred to la Gov ernor Meier, of Oregon, and the liquor board Is the ntwly appointed body composed of George M. Mc Morran, of lugene; James D. Burns, of Condon: and Alei O. Barry, of Portland. The purpose of the meeting, the dlspatehea tell us, Is to "discuss the problems confronting the state's ad venture In ecclusive distribution ot alcoholic drinks." regarding the provisions of the tax. we are giving a portion of passing of Robert W. Chambers all agree that their works will Her in the mystery-thriller line. will be read, and both will be American authors WILL be mirror up to nature, they merely interest the average person, wife and the struggling and fact, rather than the fact that or by posterity will be ranked THESIS problsnu are numerous, and will prove to be vexatious. Among them wilt be the bootleg ger, who will be unhampered by gov ernmental red tape, selling his wares for what the traffic will bear and GETTING TUB BUSINESS If the stats, In Its effort )o get money enough out of . the liquor business to pull Itself out ot the bole finan cially, kerpa prices too high. THK bootlegger, however, 1. going ' to find himself facing a 'situa tion In the future that will be dlf-1 fervnt from the problem he haa faced ! In the past. He will be dodging the tai law.. Instead laws regulating human fenduct, and government la hard- boiled and tough toward those who scelt to beat It out of taxes. Tax money, you know, pays the salaries of those who administer the government and who get to thinking Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to dis ease diagnosis or treatment, wUl be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped aelf-addreued envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to to. large number of letters received only a few can be an swered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 205 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Cal, NOT ALL THE HEAT IN SOME UO VSEIIOLDS IS DL'E TO FRICTION When fsther gets home from busi ness at 6 or 0 in the evening the household temperature, mother eom- plalna. quickly rises to 86 or 00, and the protests of other members of the family are of no avail. Yet father la an ard ant follower of or Doe Brady and quotes from hie teachings to consolidate h 1 a position on ill occasions. So, mother wheedies, a few sarcastlca- tlons on the subject m my column would be timely Just now. Before we begin sarcastlcatlng, however, may we not remind our readers that while the OV . Doc Is always happy to say anything within reason, or If necessary a bit beyond, to keep the pase and preserve the health of the home, nevertheless he declines to be anybody's oatspaw. In this column we tell the scientific truth about physiology and hygiene, let the chips fall where they may. Even in our household where, you might suppose, everything would be ideally arranged In respect to health and hygiene, a completely satisfactory standard of temperature, humidity and ventilation has never been achiev ed. We struggled with the problem for years and years, Installed various ingenious gadgets calculated to regu late and condition the atmosphere, strove paternally and patiently to educate all hands not to monkey with the Implements after we had set them on the correct hair trigger but by Christmas, I regret to relate, father Invariably threw up his hands in despair and retired all shot. With the turn of the years this grew tedious. A sad day when a man abdicates as king of his own castle. CSo at last we hit on a happy solu tion. Or so we thought. We picked up our things and hied away to a country where there Is no winter. We found the country fully up to the claim s advertised. But my good ness. So far as escaping the tradi tional vexations of winter Is concern ed, we know now that we were only kidding ourselves. I do not believe the farther you get away from the cold, damp northern winter the more vapid are the popular notions about drnfts, cold and catarrh. Here, where summer Is eternal, you scarcely need to practice belly breathing conscious ly. All you need do Is look and listen. I know what alls father in tne sea case cited. Father haa been sitting all day or maybe occasionally chang of themselves, In time, aa THE GOV ERNMENT. A liPHONSB Oapone, one. a big t shot, now a Jailbird, rode rough shod over prohibition laws, national, state and city, but fell with a dull and slckenlnit thud when he ran afoul of the Internal revenue laws fiETTINa back to the state liquor VJ board, note, please, that none ox Its members comes from Southern Oregon. The rest of the state, especially the atate capital, simply doesn't know that Southern Oregon eilata. IB know It, however know that Industrially and agriculturally Southern Oregon Is coming right along. Probably the less we have to do with state politics ths better off wo shall be. WHILE we are on the subject ot liquor, here Is another interest ing and SIGNIFICANT headline i "Spending for Liquor Barred by CWA Heads." OWA, you know, ts the Civil Works Administration, and Civil Worka Ad ministration, right now, la handing out the bulk of the loose Jobs. This order, reduced to its simplest terms, means: "It you spend your money for liquor, you can't have a Job." f"ilVIL Works 'Administration Is Ls government. Oovernmcut says, In one breath: Buy liquor, which Is now perfectly legal, and thus provide taxes for your government." In the neit breath It says: "II you are going to buy liquor with your money, you can't have a OWA Job." Not very consistent, Is Itt But then government never was very consistent. H ERR Is something to think about: ernment, but many big Industrial corporations, sny: "If you're going to drink liquor to eicess, you csn't have a Job with us." That, in the future, la going to be one of the big Influences toward temperance. Communications Editorial It Commended To the Editor: Permit a few words of commenda tion for your recent editorial: "They Better Stand By the Ship.' A change ot "captains In the middle ot the atomO means "nothing but the rocks 1" A palpable truth so amactng, a fnrt art ihrvi I lit tiH innallins ea WVq1uuoum coaXuslott tud coliap; Brady, M.D. ing position to relieve cramp, in a store or office where the heat Is In cluded In the rent and hence Is cop iously used. So when he gets home at night he Is about half stewed and unduly senslvtlve of the change from tropical climate to temperate. Still, there Is hope, as Dr. Munyon would say. If father sincerely believes In my health teachings he can at let reach a compromise with the rest of the family. Let father walk home. If he can't afford that, then let him get out and shovel snow or sorry for the cold folk? back home mow the lawn or dig In the garden a while. Anything to stir up his lethargic metabolism a bit. Tils Is good health advice for anyone whose occupation Is sedentary. Try It and save fuel bills. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS So You'd Like to Know? I have a double compound frac ture , . . one of the bones doesn't seem to knit quickly. What I'd like to know Is whether I can take any Internal medicine that will supply the necessary substance to make the bones heal . . . E. O. Answer- You might ask your doc tor. Let Your Blood pressure Alone. We should like to- have any pamph lets you have published on the sub ject of blood pressure for our refer ence library. Also, can you suppl the name of a layman's handbook or. reference work on this subject? The B. H. N. Answer I have no such pamphlet. There are books about blood pressure, but Z cannot recommend them. In my opinion delving In such books only confuses the lay reader and rather does harm. A Victim Succumbs. Although I bathe daily with (a par ticular make of) soap and use (a proprietary remedy against malodor ous sweating) and a complete change of underclothes . . . yet I cringe every time strangers look at me or tall: together and laugh, for fear I have body odor. My friends tell me It Is all foolishness, yet I am In misery . F. J. Answer Obviously you are too saredulous. for nlaln toilet soap Is quite aa good for every purpose Is Is the stuff you mention. Perhaps you should consult a psychiatrist about vour obsession. This Is the sensible way to deal with such trouble. (Copyright, 1933, John F. Dine ua.j Ed Note i Readers wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady ihould send letters direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D 265 El Ca mlno, Beverly Hills, Colli ought to penetrate the "Ineradicable blind spot," of the most hardened mentality. I it is heartenlne- Mr. Editor, to know that you are doing ao much to keep the mechanism going to keep the "New Deal" from being scrapped by supporting the RooBe velt administration In Its courag eous effort to lift the nation out of the economic morass Into which It haa fallen, and place It on a solid rock of humane, enlightened and scientific, government for all the people of the dear old United States of America. W. W. TRUAX, Medford, Dec, IS. , (Continued from page one) bill will be sweetened materially be fore It Is passed. In final form It will not Interfere with legitimate ad vertising. A strong stock market regulation bill will be offered and passed. It will not Interfere with legitimate trading. Further banking REFORM may be espoused In a new administration bill to be handled by Senator Glass, but action on It may be delayed until next year. The question of municipal DEBTS will be discussed and " several plana offered, but no satisfactory solution of this problem Is In prospect. Some changes In railroad law are expected to be proposed by Coordinator Eastman to help htm In his unification work. They will pass. Duration Mr. Roosevelt would give his right arm to get congress out of town before April. He will dicker con siderably on the Inside and concede much to congress, It It will only go away promptly and let him alone. It won't. The prospecta are that it will be here until June or later. Sugar Mr. Roosevelt has several very Im portant phenagllng instruments at hand for In bartering backstage with the congressmen. Public works Is the btgrTMt one. He can trftde buildings frt.- il the congreMonal support he ".4.it. It It comes to that. Most of tM' other relief agencies af ford similar opportunities for fav oring the home towns of those who stlrk with him. In addition, he has patronage left, which he can teed out aa candy it the boys become a little obstreper ous. All in all It -looks as though he cannot lose. RPortu f i, Pttllre -H. F. Piatt of 815 East Jrxon street filed an ac cident re art Sunday with the city police. "Tacernlny a collision at the corner ot Fifth and Bartlett strefts, with lite motorcve'e Bob Lamb ww riding. The accident oemrrtd at 4 40 P, m Platte report aUoaa. NEW YORK DAY BY DAY BY O.O.McIntyre NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Diary s Up to find scribbles from Mrs. Ernest Torrence. Charles M. Schwab, Helen Astor and Sum ner Blossom. So for a leg to the park to whip up hunger for cakes made of ground corn meal Ted Woodward sent, From a 100-year old water mill. Few writers are so mourned as W, O. McOeehan. Most of the af ternoon penning a magazine pan egyric to the bravest of all novrlLsts and once neighbor, J. Breckenrldge Ellis. Then with my wife to Walter Chrysler, Jr.'s tea to Joan. Crawford and Franchot Tone, and talked to Lois Moran, especially fetching In sheath of red velvet. Dinner with the R. M. Brlnker hoffs, the Ray Rohns driving over from Philadelphia and H. T. Web sters from Stamford to reune. And recalling the Jlnky days when we floriated In an 165th street apart ment where Polly, the black cook, would dally inqulro wistfully: "Am there any vtttle money today?" A salary raise of $3 a week denied Robert Ripley when on the art staff of a San Prancisco paper caused htm to pack In a pet and trek to New York and deathless fame. Ripley's stipend was $15 a week. He desired 18. Vague promises from the in ner sanctum failed to Jell. One day his dander flared and, bearding the editorial ogre In his den, he was prettily decorated with a round house sized wash-boiler. Another striking example of the value some times In getting the gate. George McManus looks more like his drawings than any other Amer ican artist. His Jlggs ts a travesty of his roly-poly self even to white spate. It would be difficult to con ceive anyone resembling Don Herold's characters but Herold does. Neysa McMeln resembles many of her mag azine girls- and Charles Dana Gib son Is a double for some of the salty types that run through his draw ings. Brlggs was the forlorn shaver, always needing the handkerchief, grown up. O, yes. Soglow is a ringer for his undersized, waddly and erm lned king. Ring Lardner's last hand-written letter was penned In a New York hospital to a friend In Washington who Inquired how he was. He re plied: "You can tell how I am by where I am at." Personal nomination for the up-and-comingest of newer screen fig ures Margaret Sullavan. TJnole Joe Cannon had a pronounc ed aversion to re-crossing trails of his youth. He liked to enfold them In membranes of memory only. One day motoring through a town of his beginnings, someone called at tention to a house with : "There's where you were born." He cried, closing his eyes: "The hell it Is. Drive on I1' Bagatelles : Katharine Cornell charges fio cents for her autograph and sends collections to an actor fund , . . Jed Harris, who never ehaves until he has to, likes to loll around his apartment In a loin cloth . . . Daniel Frohman ts a col lector of dolls , . . McClelland Bar clay, to while away the tedium of an alimony Imprisonment, tried his hand at poetry for the first time and sold two poems . . . Bernhardt would never lick a postage stamp . . . Helen Wills Moody spends her convalescing period painting . . . Montague Glass laughs uproariously when writing Potash and Perimutter stories . . . Ann Pennington and George White, once In love, exchange letters once a month . . . Jaok How ard Is going to Indianapolis to work on his father's newspaper. Mrs. Fontaine Fox decided not to bother her cartoonist husband about her enthusiasm for flying. So sev eral times a week, ostensibly to at tend bridge parties, she absented herself from home to master tech nique of aviation. One morning un der ' his breakfast plate Fox found her flying license. He paled, then grinned. Sissy note: In furiously hot de bates, Theodore Dreiser calls an an tagonist "darling." But with a sneer of magnificent shading. Among strictly New Yorkese are the cocktail party girls, flufflly bright and smartly groomed. Living In mid- town hotels, they are available by phone and their behavior at such gatherings la exemplary. If they manage to Jockey a lonely out-of-towner to a cafe table for dinner and murmur a tremulous tale of harduppery that's their business. Ladles must live) But If gentlemen must maintain their usual high rec ord for snpplness they should remem ber the black-mailing Dot King was a cocktail party girl. And they run to form. Ye Poefs Cornei Signs of the Times Good old whisky, good old gin, Done sometime, but back again; Juat the kind that we adore, Makes us wobble aa ot yore. Ripe old brandy, mellow-rum. Whoopee! Boys we csn t be glum! It's been dry, but now me thinks. Life Is one sweet round of drinks. Oood old beer, ten cents a glass. Step right In whene'er you pass; If you are the ten cents shy, Keep right on a walking by. W. U HUFFMAN. Makes Report Alise J. W. Wilson ot 310 South Riverside avenue reported to city police Sunday that the au'.t- i mobile which she was driving skidded Into a Iauc st 4 p. m. ejuudaj. Urges A Low Tax At Liquor Hearing p V x ' r Joseph H. Choate, Jr., chairman of the federal alcohol control adminis tration, appearing before the Joint congressional committee hearing In Washington, advocated a liquor tax low enough to squeeze out the boot legger. (Associated Press Photo) Skinner Rites 10:30 Tuesday Funeral services for H. C. Skinner will be held at the graveside In the Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery, Tuesday morning at 10:30, Rev, William K. Balrd officiating. ifc'alattMifataf-ea1 I (A " 2 Major Features LAST TIMES TODAY JACK OAKIE -; GINGER ROGERS IN "Sitting Pretty" With Jack Haley Thelma Todd Lev Cody Gregory Ratoff Pickens Sisters With Hundreds of the Shapeliest Girls in Hollywood Also The Return of Casey Jones In a Mighty Melodrama of the Rails Coming Wednesday, for 3 Days "Broken Dreams" Randolph Scott Martha Sleeper Also-"One Year Later" A Story of Life and Love Mary Brian Russell Hupton Plus Short Reels Alice In Wonderland Coming For One Week TOMORROW-TUESDAY The Business and Professional Woman's Club Presents on the Stage 'The Rose Dawn" with a Cast and Chorus of 90 Local People El , I II i.i ia .ii Flight 'o Time (Medford and iackson County History From the Files of The Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Vears Ae.) TEN YEARS AOO TODAY December IS, 1929. (It was Tuesday.) F. Wilson Walt, director of the D. O. O. K. bend, receives as offer from LaOrande. Bed Bluff, Cal., man claims he haa a cure for blight. Coach CaUlson of the high achoM picks his basketball squsd for th. year, with Knlpa, Chastaln, Allen and Williams as the nucleus. Henry Ford comes out for Calvin Coolldge for President, when told he "would be drafted by Dakota farmers, whether he likes It or not." Free city auto park to be leased to Merrick's Inn, aa transient took ad vantage of the municipal hospitality. Washington wife shoots husband, when he objects to her "keeping com pany with a prakeman." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 18, 1918. (It was Thureday.) "Ragging" continues at the dances, despite protests of police and preach. Wig Ashpole leaves for Portland for a shipment of cattle. "The Rattlesnake in a Dress Suit" at the It; Mary Fuller, the beauty, In "A Face from the Past" at the lets: vaudeville at the Star, and a road show at the Page. Pancho Villa now In complete con trol of northern Mexico. Democratic congressmen prepare ' New Deal In Currency BUI." Railroads show & 10 per cent gain In earnings the past 7ear. in. 77
