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BEG ON, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934.
OREGON, SUNDAY. JANUARY 14, 1934.
Medford Mail Tribune
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur I'erry.
Science hae dlacovered there la
enough energy In half a peanut to
provide ateam for an nour or winn
ing. Judging by some of the think
ing, aome of the thlnkera had no
peanut, ao Jabbed themaelvea with a
pin.
The favorite publicity trick of tha
professional friend of the farmer,
now aa alwaya ao buoy farming tha
farmer, la to aak themaelvea a aerlea
of question on the Balea Tai, which
they anawer Immediately. It la too
much to expect that the type wlU
aak themaelvea a queatlon they can't
anawer.
... the dollar may go off the gold
atandard, and In both foreign ex
change and native, product be worth
leaa than they were alx months ago;
but good poetry la Itaelf pure gold.
(Portland Bpoctator.) Now la the
time to organize a company, and
mine Delroy Oetchell.
The ault of the government agalnat
the Alcohol Trust for 8,000,000 un
paid Income taxea.'la a gentle remin
der to the rank and file to aend Uncle
Bam the 8 they owe, without further
delay.
Enumerating the poaalble Demo
cratic) asplranta for governor, the
ateemed Oregon Voter Usta "En tea
Snedecor, who haa the bralna and
character but not the votea." Thla
la a terrible handicap, particularly If
the people are getting ready to let
fly with one of their atemwlndlng
"mandatea".
Under a decision of the United
States supreme court, mortgage loans
in certain suttee, on farm property,
do not have to be paid for three
yeare. The atate law covering the
however, i' one of the well known
double-edged aworde. The man with
money to loan, can wait aa long aa he
pleaeea before lending any of It.
PIONEER BEAUTY NOTES
(.Pendleton East Oregonlan)
I've not aeen aa yet an old or
ugly wouian In eastern Oregon.
They all aeem to be angela In
disguise. Kven the Indian maid
ens on the Umatilla reservation
present a charming picture aa
you observe their comely flgurea,
tastefully attired In their charac
teristic uniform, and their cheek
ruddy with the glow of health
and exerclae. The bachelora are
the reverse of the fair aex. for a
more ordinary or extraordinary
aet of plain, uncouth bipeds you
never laid your eyea upln.
The pre-Bprlng stealing hit started.
In town and country.
The rumble aeata of the 1034 autoa ;
ISXSrS'u
the acenery, without the haunting
"tort.uunr.Cr,
sardine. In the old style rumble seat,
the victim had to be a human frog
to get In, and waa removed like a
back tooth.
Babe Ruth, a baseball player no
torious for hit ability to knock a
baseball long distances, will only get
gat.OOO thla year. It Is thought Mr.
Ruth will make It, without working
on a CWA. gang, In the forenoons.
The milk sltustlon haa been clari
fied and regulated, and the price aet.
There waa a time when It waa felt hat
the cow did not put enough water In
the milk, ao the discrepancy waa cor
rected at every water faucet between
the barn and the ultimate consumer.
It la now conceded that the cow knew
what aha waa doing, and very little If
any milk blending la going on.
Missionary slnin
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. (API
Word that Pather Ludwlg, young
Dominican missionary, waa slain by
Chinese bandits when they failed to
receive $50,000 ransom for hi" release,
wae received here today by Father
William T. Cummlnga. N. M. Sin
Francisco superior of the Maryknoll
fathers.
SulU cleaned and pressed 85c.
Dresses 75c up. Phone 835-J. Economy
Cleaner.
Grangers Think for Themselves
1TJTH one statement in Ray Gill's communication to this
paper a week ago, opposing the sales tax, we heartily
agree.
Mr. Gill wrote :
"The) mambara of tha tttta grtngo aro not easily lad. Thoy
think deeply on all public queatloni."
There is increasing evidence to support this contention. The
grangers of the state are thinking deeply on this sales tax quel-,
tion, and more and more of them are refusing to sign on the i
dotted line of opposition. !
As previously pointed out,
introduced the present sales tax
of the grange in that body voted and spoke for the measure.
In this county the Roxy Anne and Jacksonville granges have
endorsed the school relief sales tax; the farmers of Polk comity,
many of them grangers, have also endorsed the measure; similar
action has been taken by the Coquille grange, Coos County Po
mona grange and White Eagle grange. Many other granges
while not approving the sales tax, have REFUSED to go on
record against it.
This certainly shows the grangers are thinking deeply on
this question, and are refusing to be led blindly into opposition,
until they know just whRt the measure provides, and if passed,
just how it will affect them, as individuals.
SUCH
fund
a spirit we believe is
damcntal principles of
grange is essentially democratic. Two of its most cherished
ideals are individual freedom, and uncompromising indepen
dence. It is not a partisan political organization. Every mem
ber is free to vote on any public question, as that individual
wishes. In every unit the majority rules. Grangers are not
expected to take their orders from their officials; but their
officials are expected to take orders from them.
This ia as it should be. As long aa such principles are ad
hered to the grange can't fail to be a great bulwark to genuine
democracy, and a force for better government.
Get the Facts
11T11ETIIER or not this sales tax passes, depends in our opin-
" ion, upon how many people of this state, follow the ex
ample of these independent grangers.
That is take the word of NO ONE, regarding this measure,
but determine the faots for THEMSELVES. Find out just what
this sales tax will do, and how, if passed it will affect their own
fortunes, and then vote accordingly.
Such careful and independent action will, we believe, con
vince them of two things:
First! If the public schobls, particularly the rural schools of
this state arc to be kept open, this sales tax must pass.
Second : If real property, particularly farm property is to be
relieved from its present crushing tax burden, passing this sales
tax is the ONLY possible way to do it.
The more the problem is studied, from all angles and in the
light of all available facts, the more inescapable is this conclu
sion. So the question for the individual comes down to this: What
dues he WANT!
Does he want the schools to be kept open! Does he want his
property tax reduced t
If he does, then he should vote for the sales tax. For there i
is absolutely no other way, to bring about these two results.
It's a "War' Measure
TTHE greatest single obstaole to a sales tax any sales tax, is
the traditional prejudice which exists against it. This is an
inheritance from normal conditions.
If normal conditions existed
a chance. This paper, for one, would never favor a sales tax,
if a genuine economic and tax crisis did NOT exist.
IF property taxes were being paid, if expenses of education and
government were being met, if income taxes had not reached
the point of diminishing returns in short if there were any
practical way of getting the cash, EXCEPT by a sales tax few
thoughtful people would favor that procedure.
But property taxes are NOT being paid the ordinary meth
ods of financing local government, have broken down.
If we are to go on, maintain our schools, keep up our public
credit, prevent general collapse and bankruptcy, money must be
secured from SOMEWHERE, and all competent students of the
problem admit, that the only place to secure it is through a tax
on sales.
Now this prejudice against the aaleB tax is not peculiar to
Oregon. It exists throughout the
I WIIT ,hpn hl,ve ,h) I""0!1'6 California adopted a sales tax ,
WHY have tho people of Indiana, of Illinois, of Washington, of
iMissiNsipi'i, of Utah taken similar actiont WHY are still other
states like New lork, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland, expect
ed to adopt sales taxes within the yeart
Not because they LIKE the sales tax, not because they deny
that it has, like any other tax system, its IMPERFECTIONS,
but because they have decided that under present conditions, it
is the only way out, the only way to survive.
The Proof of the Pudding
AND when ALL IS SAID AND DONE, isn't the best proof of
the pudding in the EATING t
Isn't tho best evidence of what the sales inx is, or isn't, the
WAY it has ACTUALLY WORKED OUT!
, We don't know about all the states, but we do know some
thing about California. We know that the grangers of that
state did not favor the salca tax when it was proposed, we know
organised labor did not.
Hut where does the vociferous opposition to the sales tax in
that state come from nowt From the farmers, the ranchers, the
workers! .
NO I
The people of California, AS A WHOLE, are enthusiastic
over the sales tax, because it has brought in the uioucy kept
one member of the state grange
in the legislature, 12 members i
entirely in harmony with the
this great organization. The
for Yourself
today no sales tax would have
oountry.
their splendid schools open and decreased the tax burden on
their homes.
But according to our information, the high priced movie
stars of Hollywood DON'T like it These gilded butterflies,
who have so successfully evaded their income taxes, find they
...l . . . n .1 - ' . C IT PCi I ll 1 a . . ... I
i, o.ouo uic.r cnuno ioro
And they like to go in foreign
sive jewelry to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars a
year I
Isn't that about as strong an
tax, under conditions which exist today, as ANYONE COULD
DESIRE!
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letter! pertaining to peraonal health and hygiene not to dli
eaoe diagnosis or treatment, will be anawered by Dr. Brady If a atamped
lelf-addresaed envelope la encloaed. Lettera ahould be Brief and written In
Ink. Owing to the large number of lettera received only a few can be an
owercd. No reply can be made to querlea not conforming to Instructions.
Uddress Or. William Brady, tos El Cajnlno, Beverly Ullli, Cal.
ARE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO CATARRHS?
It U only In the put twenty years
or less that America haa become the
greatest center tor postgraduate med
ical Instruction.
Prior to this
generation Eur
ope, particularly
Germany and
Austria, held the
lead. No young
physician was
quite the cat's
until he had had
his fling at post
graduate atudy
In Europe, tho
the home papers
were not at all
facetious about what me pampered
youth studied over there. It was
different when the scandal shooters
taught publishers the physiology of
circulation.
The Germans, I think, are respon
sible for most of the quackery In
American medicine. I don't mean
honest newspaper, radio and almanac
quackery, but the subtle sort which
every physician, surgeon or specialist
practices more or leas, consciously or
without malice aforethought. It
comes from Germany psychology.
There la a fatal fascination In
German psychology. It gets you be
fore you can gather the wits to break
the spell and bleat a dissentient
"yahbut." When the German ex
pounder gets underway you hate
like anything to interrupt; his very
earnest absorption, and his rapt con
viction in the right and truth of
his Idea, forbid the sacrilege. So
you Just step aboard and ride with
him.
Here's Heir Dr. P. Schmidt ex
patiating in Deutsche med. Wchnschr.
Dec. 3, 1632, on the Idea; subject
for German analysis, Who's Afraid of
the Big ... I mean Who Is Predis
posed to Catching Cold?, and the
shrewd Herr Schmidt explains what
he means by "colds" before the gen
eral hum quiets down and you can
get set to Jump on his neck. "Colds."
says he, are the common nasal,
pharyngeal or bronchial catarrhs.
Predisposition thereto may be con
genital or acquired, and if the lat
ter .. .
What would you get from the au
dience if you had the audacity to
stop the beggar In the midst of his
chatter about congenital and acqulr-
ed nredlSDoeltlona to lnmtlr. 1IV
grinning idiot, what the common
naaal, pharyngeal or bronchial ca
tarrhs might be? Olarea and con
temptuous smiles. I tell you Ger
man psychology will not tolerate It.
Dr. Schmidt avera that normal
persona may have their body heat
regulating mechanlam put out of ac
tion temporarily by a fall Into Ice
water, by alcohol, or by narcotics.
But he candidly admits that persons
who are not predisposed suffer no
"catarrh" from the most rigorous
chilling. He estimates that only
about one person out of ten la ao
predisposed.
Not a bad guy, at that. It la only
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY O.O.McIntyre
NEW YORK. Jan. 15. Diary: Ba
tlmaa and Homer Cory lettr ending
"Youra till a nudist haa a run In her
stocking." Also Percy Crwby'a auto
graphed rolume
of "Sport Draw
ing, a beautiful
torn and a lim
ning by Walt Dla
ney of my favor
ite pig, the gruff
one, calling me
copy oat for 1ml
tat I fug its voice.
Baall Woon
calling tells sadly
of Paris deca
dsnee, likening It
to an exquisite
stren snooting in
a tattered shawl. And IHoyd Cllbbona
scudding by with an accolade for
Nami and Its charms. So with my
wife to greet charlea and Kathleen
Norrls at the Chatham and Edna Fer
ber. Clifton Webb and Noel Coward
there.
To dinner at Alma Clarbungh's and
the president's mother, Mrs. Rooae
Telt. the guest of honor. And after
ward atopped In to tee Mlrlan and
Kent Cooper. Then home and X fU
to ridding up my tousey desk and
to bed reading Alice Long worth's
"Crowded Hours." especially liking
tales of Cincinnati.
Mae West off the cuff In staccato:
Half Irish, half Jewish. Father an Ir
ish prlreflghter. who became a night
club bouncer. Ahe's Catholic, gives to
charities and ts religious. Born In
Brooklyn near home of Clara Bow,
whose father waa a Coney Inland wait
er. On home site of West family la a
church. Uvea In Hollywood apart
ment houw and ia somewhat a her
mit. Seldom goes out; nerer to gay
part lee. Works moat of time. Chief
companion la a p la tonic friend, her
manager. Originated ahlmmy, doing It
before Ollda Gray. Doea most of her
writing In bed. ftaokea moderately.
We halted crossing Brooklyn Bridge
mcv iibwj mi pay . uiey goi
cars and sable coats, and expen -
argument in favor of the sales
Brady,
M.D.
the laborious way of the Teuton that
grates on the Celtic sensibilities.
Now If I were saying it I'd say "Any
one but an Idiot knows that expos
ure to cold, wet feet, drafts, sud
den changea are followed by lao HI
effect in nine cases out of ten."
The tenth case we could debate with
due respect to the rules.
A point. I particularly wish to
emphasise In the German doctor's
elucidation of his Idea Is that all he
says is sheer conjecture, hypothesis,
which may or may not be ao. He
gives no scientific or experimental
evidence to support his hypothesis.
But you have to be a cold-blooded
cynic to recognize that saving cir
cumstance while you are under the
fascination of the doctor.
Herr Dr. Schmidt drops one un
pleasant hint at least I Imagine the
old fogies will find it unpleasant.
He aays a draft that you don't feel
is particularly dangerous because it
does not excite the heat-regulating
mechanism of the body to action.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Frostbite
Please tell me the best way to
treat frostbitten flngera, cheeks or
ears. (S. P.)
Anawer The best treatment la very
gentle message with your warm hand.
Apply no Ice, anow or cold water,
and avoid friction or excusing hand-' of us rank and file members know. It
ling. Aa aoon aa the blanched area ' violates no principle of the grange,
becomes pink again, atop all manlp- j On contrary, you have led us In
ulatlon. Do not be perplexed by ! favoring sales taxation,
ancient medical auperstltiona. Too Under atate leaderahlp we Initiated
much treatment doea more harm ' ta on butter aubatltutes.
than frostbite Itself. I w "aught tax of 10 cent a pound.
Pufre Under' Eyea f whlch waa more than the price of the
Do puffs under the eyea come from "' to " tated- "O" th!in
a particular disorder or may It be a i 87 tlmM hlher th,n the ratM of the
complication? What had I better I "raent eales tax law. It was to be
do about lt-consult a physician? Imposed on an article uaed especially
(M R Y ) by the P0011 wno lk" butter, but who
Answer-Pufflneas under the eyes ; cou,ld "f a,f"d , , , t
occur. In various lllnes. and often' Y,ou B?W 5 thVle,,1,t"f: IW"
from trifling dlsturbancea of health. ! '"""J 'f Ur. - u?",:
faulty hygiene, loss of sleep, lov i" cent .V"nd- wch
proper diet or drinking, and ahould
t r,. . !,.!. .
tlon.
Glad You Are Not Our Neighbor
I am 25 years old and I am atudy
Ing trumpet. My teacher advises me
to practice belly breathing. He said
you give the correct instructions for
this . . . (M. P.)
Answer Send a dime (not stampa)
and a stamped envelope bearing your
aaareaa. and ask for "The Art of
Easy Breathing."
Some Guests Slay All Winter
Your euggeatlona for eradicating
ants proved entirely effective for us.
Have you any advice on how to get
rid of roaches? We have lived here
eight yeara. and this la the first time
we have had roaches. (H. L. D.)
Answer Booklet "Unbidden
Ouesta" covers altuatton. Send 10
cents coin and a. a. e. for It.
Ed. Note: Readers wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letters direct to Dr.
William Brady, SI. D 2(15 El Ca
mlno, Beverly mils, Cal.
by motor for one of those lovely vla
taa of Manhattan only after midnight
brings. Beneath moon rays la the time
to see the metropolis, to adore It. to
make promises to it. to pray and
plead with It. For the big city, all
snUag and serene, seems youra In Il
limitable loneliness. For once In 34
hours harmless, unable to hurt or
bless . . , lost In dream.
A few blocks northward the bleak
Tombs prison lifts gray walls and
bastions in the dark. Only one sm4ll
window is lit; a tiny block of gold
nung high In a turret. The mind fas
tens to it In thought of a knight
nurriedly donning armor and lance,
his charger ready below. Of men sit
ting dazed on the edge of prison cots
awaiting a dawn that may mean
freedom or Sing Sing. Of weak hu
manlty making the first false step
ana nonestly regretting it. Such
speculative little window In the froz
en calm of a New York night!
Peraonal nomination for the gayest
shlrta. excepting Isaac Marcosaen's, In
all the town those of Ororer Whalen
Something utterly fascinating, too.
about a railroad station as dawn pinks
the sky. Grand Central, for Instance.
I Idled In Its desolate depths watch
ing a whistling Sam sweep up odd
ments of the day. A queer litter;
reams of silver paper, bits of cracker,
apple corea, cigarette packets, old en
velope, the heel of a silvered dance
slipper and an unspeakably disrepu
table umbrella that had anapped In
two. An unfair reminder of the clut
tered floor of a monkey cage at the
Zoo. A station becomes ao sad and
lonely in the wavering night. Adver
tlaementa, so chirpy by day. become
Insolent to weary 3 a. m. eyea Think
of drinking certified cream at such
an hour or disporting on the Palm
Beach sands I
Bagatelles: Nat Burns, straight act
or of Burns and Allen. 1 a riot of
laughs off stage . . . While Miss Allen
la very demure . . . Charlie Russell
originals are now higher priced than
original Remington . . . When Helen
Kane trie to reduce, ahe gains so ahe
haa quit trying . . . Noel Coward want
ed most to meet Max Beer on his r!
cent visit . . . Ash ton Stevens alwa-rs
occupies the same
Chicago first night
Grange Member Challenges
Master Ray Gill on Sales Tax
jjr. fUy W. OIU. lluter of Oregon
.st,M oranje Dear ur. Brother am:
! ot your Offioe you posset a very great
political power.
Our order haa more than 300 aub
ordinate gTcngea, each one having I
hall in which you may express your
views to a memberahlp of 20.000 vot
ers who naturally are prejudiced in
your favor. You have funds at your
disposal to pay your own traveling ex
penaea and those of apeaker of your
own ohooalng whUe vleltlng aubordl
nate granges. You have the State
Orange Bulletin, which goes every
aecond week to each member. You
have funda to pay tor printing Initia
tive and referendum bills and petl
tlone. These funda come from dues
which we member pay. We circulate
your petition by unpaid volunteer
work.
Most of us down In the ranks are
without political ambition. We are
prone to follow your lead without
suspicion or queatlon. In our organi
zation you possess an Instrument with
which you may Inspire and build, or
with which you may repreas and ob
struct, even though having good In
tentions, which none of us question.
Our organization glvea you a very
decided advantage over the governer
and the leglalature. They possess no
corresponding machinery for defend
ing their side of a controversial ques
tion. Because of thla advantage of
yours, they must of necessity fear you.
When they oppose you there la a
reasonable presumption that they do
so at a peraonal sacrifice rather than
betray, a pubUo trust.
Your responsibility, therefore, la
very great, both to us grangers and
to the state. You should not Impose
your own personal wishes. You ahould
open the columns of the Orange Bul
letin and the doors of grange halts to
a fair and open discussion of public
questions, which you do not now aeem
to encourage.
When we were obligated we were
told that the obUgatlon did not Inter
fere with our political and reUgloiu
rlghta. Issues In taxation are political
Just now you would have the Ore
gon grange use Its funda and the labor
of lta volunteer workers to Invoke the
referendum on our salea tax law. This
would hold up Its operation for more
than two months at a loss of 1750,000
to our school funda. Yet. so far aa any
" .. ,,..,.
on oleo and 25 to 30 times higher
than the rate of our new eales tax
law. Thla for our benefit and In ans
wer to our own demand.
You know that our gasoline tax la a
aalea tax paid by all mo to car users,
Including the poor, who drive old g&a
burnlng contraptions cast off by the
well-to-do.
Our national grange leaders have
keeps his home In Sullivan, Ind. open
the year round . . . John Held, Jr.
once lived In New York on 93 a week
. . . Dave Montgomery waa billed first
In Montgomery and Stone because
when the partnership wah formed he
waa the bigger attraction.
In the world's economic runaway
I'm wondering if we might not turn
with satisfaction to some of the old
timers with a one track mind. It was
Kin Hubbard who said he did not
care particularly for the fellow with
the one track mind but somehow pre
ferred him to the gentleman with 1
mind like the railroad yards at Har
rlshurg. Pa.
(Copyright, 1034, MoNAUght Syndi
cate, me.)
Comment
on the
Day's News
Br FBA.SK JENKINS
MILK strike hit Chicago. Violence
flares over hundred-mile area In
dalrymen'a war against low prices.
Milk prices below cost of produc
tion are bad. But Tlolence won't make
them any better.
Only restoration of the balance be
tween supply and demand can do
that.
nARAOTJAYAN army occupies three
abandoned Bollrlan fort follow
ing expiration of the Chrlstmaa ar
mistice. The occupied forests are located In
the denae and trackless Chaco forest,
which lent worth any part of the
fighting that haa been done over It.
Whichever nation finally wlna It will
vender what to do with It when It
geta It.
Moat war, are Juet aa foolish aa
that.
FRANOE agreea to Increase THHEE
rou the quota on American
product a announced the first of
the year.
Ia Pranc making friendly gestures
toward thl country? Not at all. She
merely wants to sell more win In the
United State.
Whatever the French do haa a cold
ly selfish motive back of It.
FIRLOV8 times them, for men of
wealth, and everybody recognlees
ft
"It hod a million dollars," a young
t locationt atl"'"n ro wr"T 7y
, will H. Haje worry mylf aick trying to hold
secured for us processing taxes on
such neceasltlea used by- the poor as
wheat, hogs, com and cotton. These
ratea are 80 per cent to 50 per cent of
the market value of the products
taxed. We saw how prices rose follow
ing enactment of these laws. They
are all sales taxes levied upon con
sumers for the benefit of producers.
Thla sales tax law which you are
fighting Is a sales tax for the schools
and for relief of tax delinquent.
The legislature and tn governor as
sert that they acted reluctantly and
only because there was no other ade
quate source of funds. You may read
lly satisfy yourself that there la much
Justification for their contention.
A cartoon In the Saturday Evening
Post of December 30, 1933. will con
vince you that the needs of the fed
eral government are now very great.
It shows a donkey loaded with a bur
den of ai 2, 000. 000.000. There la ago.
000.000 for wheat bonus to cut acre
age, $510,000,000 for cotton loans and
bounties, 9700.000.000 for unemployed
relief, ,30O,0O0.0OO for public works
fund, (3.663,000.000 for RFC loans
and 93.300.000.00 for home mortgage
refinancing.
You know that Income taxation as
a major source of federal revenue Is
bound to go to the limit; you also
know that tangible property la over
loaded now. You know, or ahould
know, that the federal government is
going to occupy the field of general
salea taxation unless the statee do ao
first.
You know that If we sustain our
present sales tax law Its proceeds will
keep our schools open and lift our
tax delinquency, and that we can
control Its future rates. But If we re
ject It. and permit the federal gov
ernment to step In. the proceeds will
go to Washington and control of fu
ture rates will pass beyond our refer
endum lawa.
You know that farmers live from
the products of the farm; and that
losing the farm la more serious than
losing a city dwelling. The city dwell
er has left his trade, his profession or
other occupation, while the farmer
too often la forced Into the ranks of
common labor to compete with the
most helpless of the poor. And you
know the farmer la now the greatest
delinquent tax sufferer.
You know that public charity steps
In where private funds fall. You know
that old-age pensions, widows' pen
sions and poorhousca are provided.
We grangers did not have to Initiate
these laws. They were either directly
enacted by the legislature or sub
mitted by It.
The legislature acted In answer to a
pressing emergency when It enacted
our new sales tax law, following de
feat of the first sales tax bill. It act
ed for the benefit of our common
schools, which we regard aa our most
precious possession. But when
pressed the legislature to enact an
other oleo tax law for us, following
defeat of our own bill by popular vote,
we sought first of all to benefit our
selves.
You cannot, Brother Gill, allow
pride of opinion, or personal consid
eration of any kind, to obstruct a fair
and full discussion of thla emergency
salea tax law within grange halls or
In the Orange Bulletin If you would
best serve the grange and the state.
C. P. STRAIN.
Route 3. Oranta Pass, Or.
onto It. I have no worrlea, because I
have nothing to lose."
There's philosophy for you.
e-e
TJow'S the potato market?" this
1 writer asked a potato buyer
yesterday.
"Oh, somewhere from 81 cents to
a dollar," was the anawer.
"Pretty low for January of a ahort
crop year, Isn't It?" thl writer put
In.
"Tea," wae the answer, "but there
1 no SPECULATIVE BUYING at all
thl year to bring the price up, to It
atlll hangs low, In spite of the ahort
crop."
NO speculative buying, so the price
stay tow In spite of a short
crop over the oountry.
We uaed to hear speculation thun
dered at aa a curse, yet here we are
told that LACK of speculative buying
la holding down price In a ahort crop
year.
We're learning a lot theae daya.
WHAT la speculation, anyway?
Why, It la buying low In the
hope of selling high. Just that and
nothing else. Generally speaking, It
represent the best Judgment ot
ahrewd men who know conditions of
supply, and demand or think they
do.
Really, It Isn't half as bad a dema
gogue have been trying for yeara to
make us believe.
IS thla column, V ahort time back,
aome caustic remark were In
dulged In about young men who hab- j
Itually talk with a cigarette hanging
from their under llpe.
In this city there la a young mother
who hu mastered marvelously the art
of talking with a cigarette hanging
from her under Up. No Bowery tough
could do It better.
She ha two beautiful children, and
well-kept home. Her children are
being raised a carefully a any chll-
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She herself haa high standard and a
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There are exceptlone, you aee, to
all rulea.
Flight VTime
(Medford and Jackson County
History From the Files of The
Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Years
Ago.)
TRN YEARS AGO TODAY
January 13, in 2 4
(It was Tuesday)
Jack Thompson of Copco leaves
for an upstate tour.
Autolsta warned they will be ar
rested, If they don't get their 1924
licenses.
Nineteen twenty-three waa the
driest year In the history of Jack
son county weather records.
Roosevelt school wins the Christ
mas Seal sale prize again.
John A, Perl will run for coroner.
National Thrift week opposed by
United Merchants association, "aa It
may be carried too far.
County court advises dry enforce
ment agents "they will be abolished,
unless they cease playing politics."
Traffic department nabs Paul
Scherer for speeding, and he is fined
916.
TWENTY YEARS AOO TODAY
January 15, 1014
(It waa Thursday)
'Tho courthouse ring" la flayed In
letter to the editor, and "downfall
of the nation" Is also predicted.
Greater Medford club Inspects the
city schools and reports "the lack
of fresh air la criminal and treason
able to youth."
"Swat the Fly' campaign to be
opened next month. Medford to be
made a flyless town.
Sheriff nips a, plot to escape from
the county Jail.
Mike Womack discovers an asbestos
mine in the Applegate which he will
sell to an eastern syndicate.
Attorney Porter J. Neff leaves for
the middle west to gather data on
the commission form of government.
Communications
He Wonts a Womata Sheriff
To the Editor:
Well, well, we have a candidate
for eherlff and hie slogan Is "Com
mon sense and law enforcement with
out fear or favor."
Now In my opinion It takes some
thing besides common sense and law
enforcement. It la necessary to
know something about book-keeping
to fill' the office- of sheriff. There
Is any amount of men In Jackson
county who have good common
sense, but we need efficiency In the
sheriff office, I'll tell the world,
and why should we put a man In
the sheriff's office who lacks effic
iency and has to depend on a dep
uty to do the work and a woman
at that, why not elect the woman
who haa filled the office for lo these
many years, with common sense, abil
ity and efficiency, and let her sign
her name Olga Anderson, sheriff. In
place of by Olga Anderson, deputy.
Well, by gosh, If I had a good
an opinion of myself as some of
these candidates I might come out
for sheriff myself, but aa I know
I couldn't fill the bill I am In favor
of Olga Anderson for sheriff of Jack
son county, and not pay a man
$266 or to boss her either.
JOHN B. GRIFFIN,
Medford," Jan, 13.
Ead will deliver FUEL OIL when
you want it. Phone 315.
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