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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1934.
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Of Meet In New York, Chicago, Detroit, San
rranclteo Lot Angelea Seattle Portland.
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry.
A Smart-aleck got hold ot a bottle
at whiskey during the week, and
mad 584 vote for the return of
Prohibition.
Tha Oleemen will warbl tha end
ol tha month, without tha aid of a
percuaslonlet. or baaa drummer.
Plana continue for tha 161c. Jubilee
next June, In honor of the 76th birth
day of tha atate, and tha accumulat
ing yeara of the city. The burg would
look ten (10) yeara younger, If the
Civil War period light on the Main
Drag were turned off completely, and
the llghta on Sth St. turned on full
blaat.
R. Bardwell also haa one of the
fancy dogs, that alwaya need a hair
cut. ' 1
Louisiana and Cuba are acting like tooth Hnrl nail; and the men FIGHTING it now, blandly acqui
Jackson county when aroused, and csced and probably murmured "Well what are you going to
amateur anarchist, are at large.. do about itt"
Atty p. parreii is in Waahington, I It's a great comedy, isn't itt Parties may come and parties
D. O.. and reporta a great concentre- ... , ., . . .. . , , ,
tion of Democrate. fin weather, but B0 " twoedle-dum or tweedle-dee, but human nature goes on
private enterprise still too private, i FOREVER !
with the govt, doing the spending.
Kort Hall twitched a billiard game
Frl. He la an adept hula-hula artist, I
without the aid of a grass aklrt. I
The too dollar la reported In circu
lation her. The dime la still 10c.
The R. Vallee divorce ault la much
In the local ear, and wonder la ex
pressed that the crooner did not brain
aomebody with his eaxophone.
A movement haa been launched for
a revival of the GREAT PA3S1NQ-OF-THB
HAT in these parts.
Potltlca are dormant, and It doea
not look like everybody without a
telephone, would run for something.
War has been started against black
crows, and their annihilation ought
to help out business, agriculture,
horticulture, and marksmanahlp.
Several are getting ready to erect
ahantles and Igloos, and cause a re
aumptton of nall-drlving th flrat
since the crash. The tent and the
cave have been feared during this
period by many.
A lively background for a law ault
waa eUged on the Speclflo Dleway
the first of the wk, when a couple ot
vehicles rubbed fenders. The navlga
tora of the wounded Juggernaut
pulled their lead pencils and looked
serious.
Wrestling was resumed last week,
none of the combatants being able to
break the neck ot foes.
Doctors met and mingled Wed. sve.
and dress suit and Van Dyke mus
taches were In the minority.
.
Things seem to be picking up. but
atlll lack the verve ot the shipyard
days, when a plumber would not look
at a monkey-wrench for leas than 117.
...
It la about t.me to start another
argument on the Rogue niver fish
question, and no difference which
side is taken.
Joe Brown Buffered last week In a
hard-boiled ahlrt, and wore a pair of
nickel glove to thow hla faith In the
administration, and the return of
Prosperity. He acquired the shirt In
McKlnley a regime, and the gloves last
October, He la a veteran Democrat,
being one before he got mad at
Hoover.
In apare momenta from filling out
federal blanks, farmers are plowing.
Weeds, horse chestnut trees, and
the hadltr vegetation bib ahowing
algns of life.
floor! Ileslllullnn l.uhii.
SEATTLE;, Jan. SO. AP Th Rev.
Dr. Mark A. Matthews, chairman of
the Seattle chapter of the American
Red Crosa, aald today reporta from
the Paclfio area Indicated destitution
among northwestern flood refugee
wbb much greater than first reported,
aa nearly 003 fnmlllea have turned
la) 4tl fed pro (0( aMWllW, I
The Political Comedy
POLITICS is funny. But so few politicians ever think so.
We have just been reading the Congressional Record of
January 11th, containing the debate on the gag rule recently
adopted in the House. It covers nearly 30 full pages, and yet
in 'all that blather we fail to find a single parenthetical note of
(laughter).
Applause is scattered through that voluminous record liber
ally, but never the hint of a smile. How do they do itt How
can those congressmen, particularly the older ones, take them
selves so seriously!
Perhaps part of the answer is that if congressmen don't take
themselves seriously, no one else will.
TPHE gag rule in question was a REAL one. Were Uncle Joe
Cannon alive it would convince that veteran dictator that
he had passed out of the picture a decade too soon. For nothing
could convince him the "good old days" had not returned.
Yet the party in power, the party of Thomas Jefefson, the
party of popular rule, the party of open covenants openly ar
rived at, fought for that air-tight muzzle on free parliamentary
action, as passionately as the
the Holy Grail.
THE comedy of the situation rested in the fact that the tradi
tional roles of the two rrmior nartiea werA COMPLETELY
reversed, and no one on either
or the good sense to comment
All the speakers delivered their oratorical efforts in the most
serious, stately and declamatory
ers urging the adoption of the
the greatest president since Jefferson; the Republicans opposing
it, on the ground of liberty, freedom, and the sacred rights of
the minority.
Anyone with a file of Congressional Records, could point
to speeches delivered in the past, by Democrats, perhaps by
the same men identical in spirit and principle with those deliv
ered by Republicans in this debate, and vice versa.
'TWERE was Snell of New York, for example, the ultra con-
servative G. 0. P. leader,
tices of Cannon and Longworth', with all the fire and fervor of a
"Sockless Simpson"; and Democratic war horses like Byrnes
and Bankhead, upholding those principles, extolling the virtue
of silencing debate and crushing all opposition, in the sacred
name of loyalty, patriotism, AND party regularity 1
CCORDING to every fundamental principle of a free gov
ernment, and democratio institutions, this gag rule was
wrong in fact, OUTRAGEOUS. Its passage reduced the mem
bership of tho.-Lower House, to a pitiful group of futile and
pusillanimous rubber-stamps.
But there is nothing new in that. It is a way parliamen
tary majorities have or at least HAVE had, in this country.
Except for a brief interval following the downfall of Speaker
Cannon, similar gag rules have been adopted by the party in
I power, wnencver mo leaders uecmea it advisable.
And then the men who are
They Made a
IT would be hardly fair to leave the matter there. For we
will say this for the Democrats they made a better fight
for political freedom and fair play, than the Republican major
ity did, a few years ago.
The Democrats have a working majority of about 200 in the
Lower House. One of the strongest arguments against this gag
rule, was that the party in power didn't NEED it.
Tho final vote was yea 197. nay 192, with 41 prudently
retiring to the clonk room, or staying tucked in their beds, under
doctor's orders. Thus in round numbers a majority of 200 was
reduced to 5, or at the outside to 46. .
, ' That was a close squeak for Czaristio methods!
A LSO the best speeches against the overthrow of popular
government were made by Democrats.
Here is. a part of tho speech delivered by Congressman Knute
Hill of Washington we judge a descendant of the early Vik
ings: Tha minority alwaya hu rights which should ba protected.
Not only the minority party but the minority within the Demo
cratic party. I believe It waa the great Frenchman, Voltaire,
who aald to one of hla opponent. "I WHOLLY DISAORKE WITH
What YOU SAY BUT WILL DEFEND WITH MY LIFE YOUR
RIOHT TO BAY IT." The present leaders Insisted on the rtghta
of minorities. for years. They fought for them. They have been
eloquent In their Insistence that they should be heard on every
question. Read the Record for the Seventy -second oongresa.
Listen to our eloquent floor leader only on the opening day of
thin seMion January S:
There ls'no disposition to prevent any member of the House
from having every opportunity to discuss any question that he
may desire during this session, and my objection doea not go to .
that extent. If I can bring It about, every gentleman upon
both sides of the House will have the fullest opportutty to dis
cuss any question that Is relevant to any matter that la before
the House, and at the very earliest opportunity."
How does this promise by the floor leader on the Srd comport
with hla etand thla afternoon?
Why this draatlo change on the part of the leadera now when
they are In tha majority!1 Do they for a moment think that tha
great electorate throughout the United States will approve such
a course? If so. they are greatly mistaken end had better keep
In closer touch with the people back home who are taking far
more Interest In legislation and methods of procedure than ever
before.
All of these "gag" rulea are unnecessary. We have an over
whelming majority in thla House. We have all come here to
enact constructive and beneficial legislation. We are all willing
and anxious to follow the leadership of President Roosevelt, be
llevtng in hla splendid vision and his courage. I resent the
atatement made here that we are against the president, I spent
three months of my time this summer In going about my district
urging people to stand back of him In hla N RA. program, be
cause I heartily believe In It and want tha main features of It to .
become permanent.
Aa to the leadership In this HMise, we will gladly follow It
when It la reasonable. But a considerable number of us who
will gladly follow wise leaderahlp absolutely refuse to be blindly
driven by autocratic bosses. We demand a pert In the consid
eration, the discussion, and tha reshaping, where neceasary, of
proposed legislation. If our leaden or their leadership la ao
weak that they cannot hold our 200 majority in line with a
"gag" rule may I respectfully submit that they resign and give
somebody a chance who can hold ua In line. Applause.) They
can hold ua In line for the fine policies advocated by our presl
. dent If they will lead us. If they will counsel with us. if they
will guide us. But the time hu come now at the beginning of
this new session when by the eternal goda there are going to
be members on this side of the House who will not be driven
Uif eiieep ot ac-yed. Hit piWM on, a civl, iYi U lUUtaf
Knights of Old ever fought for
side had the sense of humor,
on the factl
fashion the Democratic lead
rule on the ground of supporting
fighting the time honored prac
FAVORING it now, fought it
Fight For It
to cooperate, but only aa men to men, with our full right and
responsibilities to our constituent recognized. (Applause-)
SOUND DOCTRINE, THAT!
But our own AValter Pierce, the eloquent and lachrynose
defender of the rights of the 'common people; that great apostle
of Jcffcrsonian Democracy, apparently did not THINK so.
lie voted on every test, with the majority that valiant and
gallant majority of FIVE! There he stood, full of rectitude
and emotion for gag rule and the famous steam-roller.
What a comedy, brethren, WHAT a comedy!
Personal Health Service
Hy William
Signed letters pertalnlLic to personal health and hygiene not to dis
ease diagnosis or treatment, nil J be ansnered by r. Brady If a stamped
elf-add retted envelope la enciosed. Letters should be orlef and written In
ink. Owing to the large number ot letters received only a few can be an
swered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
Address Dr. milium Brady. 263 El Cajnlno, Beverly Hills, CaJ.
SALMON OIL INSTEAD OF CODLIVER OIL
It la now a widely popular practice1
to give every baby from a month to
a year old a dally ration of cod liver
oil, t o promote
healthful growth,
and t o prevent
rickets, also to help
vie baby develop
normal immunity
against respiratory
Infection. Thla lat
ter purpose Is only
theoretical; we do
not know definite
ly whether the vi
tamin A in cod
liver oil Is essen
tial in the development or immunity.
But the value of vitamin D, a In
cod liver oil and In fresh milk, cream,
butter and egg yolk, for promoting
growth and preventing rlckeU, Is
well known;
The month-old baby should re
ceive, say five drops of cod liver oil
twice a day, after regular feeding.
The ration should be Increased to
10 drops at the age of 2 months,
30 drops at 3 months, a teaspoon ful
twice a day at 4 months, and then
ordinarily a teaspoonful twice a day
until the end of the first year. After
that no cod liver oil Is necessary,
for the older baby should get his
vitamins from milk, eggs, butter, etc.
Only when the doctor prescribes It
for some particular condition should
cod liver oil or any substitute for
It be given to children over a year
of age.
When It comes to procuring the cod
liver oil, I should prefer plain crude
cod liver oil of no particular brand,
but a grade a reliable druggist sells
In bulk. This Is avlalable at reason
able cost and I believe It Is the best.
I do not recommend any substitute
for plain rod liver oil. In some in
stances where an older child has
great repugnance for the plain oil
the child will readily talce a mixture
of cod liver oil. and malt syrup, so
called extract of malt, about equal
parts. There are various preparations
of this character, on the market, if
your druggist is too dumb and In
competent to mix them or to sell
the two Items separately so you can
mix them yourself.
Lately It has been found that hali
but liver oil Is as good If not better
than cod liver oil, but I am afraid
the sharks have control of this and
the price la artificially maintained.
Salmon oil, according to exhaustive
tests made by experts of the U. S.
Children's Bureau, Bureau of Chem-
Usry and Soils, and Yale University
medical school, Is as good or better
than cod liver oil, and, besides, chil
dren take It quite readily. It Is high
Communications
A Socialist Spenks.
To the Editor:
Your edttorlal in the Tribune of
January 18, "Who la Ruling Thla
Country," is critical of socialists
and socialism. You Imply that wc
socialists are capitalizing on the
present state of unrest for our own
party advancement. If ao, why are
the socialists giving their plans and
specifications of their dope free
gratis? Do they think these would
prove Impractical? Just ask the man
who knows one. You say some of our
thunder has already been stolen, but
you can not go "whole hog." If this
la so, where is the dividing line going
A fcreen play otoof
three people who loved
each olher very much
Doom Open
at 1:45
Continuous
Today
Mallnrr
In A p.m. 2.V
tuning
Kiddle, lor
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Urady. M l).
est lh vitamin A content when made
from Chinook or socxeye salmon, the
oil showing a reddish cast. OH from
other varieties of salmon, such as
Humpback or Pink and Coho or Sil
ver is paler and poorer in vitamin
A. Oil prepared from salmon waste
products, at the canning factory,
proved best. The Infant or child
should receive two or three times as
much salmon oil as you would give
if it were cod liver oil. I don.'t know
whether salmon oil Is widely avail
able or whether it Is aa cheap as It
r.hould be. I give you the scientific
facts and leave It -to mother to ex
amine the market? Don't we all?
Besides being an excellent source
of the vitamins, salmon oil seems to
be an easily digested and well toler
ated fat, and if it tastes anything
like as good as the cheapest grade
of canned salmon a good grocer sejls,
the youngsters who get salmon oil
instead of cod Uver oil are in luck.
HKTIONS AND ANSWERS
How a Person Drowns
1. Does water enter the stomach
or .the lungs when a person is drown
In? Do your pores open and close?
(Miss R. E.)
Answer. 1 . in the struggle the
drowning person usually swallows
considerable water. In some cases
of drowning very little water is found
In the lungs. Probably a gulp of
water "goes down the wrong way"
and occludes a bronchial tube or the
windpipe and atelectasis results
that la a collapse of the lung. This
may happen from mere spasm of the
larynx from fright and the choking
Induced by the entrance of a little
water Into the larynx. 2. There are
no pores In the skin. A pore Is an
opening through which something Is
absorbed.
Hating t'l.eiuk'iii Preservative
What Is the effec'v of benzoate of
sodo on the system? Will a pound
of nut oleo. containing one-tenth of
1 per cent of benzoate of soda harm
health when used as a substitute
for butter? (Mrs. M. T. J.)
Ans. Not that the chemical Itself
Is dangerous In the quantity the av
erage consumer must take In such a
food, but In my opinion food Viat
will not keep without such embalm
ing Is not fit for human consump
tion anyway. I fall to see the wis
dom or economy of using any sub
stitute for butter. f
(Copyright, 1934, John F. Dille Co.)
Ed. Note: Renders nlshlng to
rnnimmilrale with Dr. Brady
Hhould send tettrrs direct to Dr.
Wllllnm Krady, M. D.. 205 El Ca
mluo. Oeverly Hills. Cnl.
to be? Can a nation endure half
slave and half free?
Personally we Joined the NRA and
are glad to do our part. I have
studied the retailers' code and find
it as elastic aa a new pair of sus
penders or most lawyers' sense ol
honesty.
Soon after the NRA was put In.
practice the price of gasoline ad
vanced. Thts. paper editorially sup
ported the act on the grounds that
we couldn't expect more wages and
shorter hours without a correspond
ing Increase In prices. Gasoline has
become Indispensable in the modern
diet. We do not know what neces
sary vitamin It contains, but we do
know we don't feel good without it.
If prices are increased to meet In-
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Flight o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History From the Files of The
Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Years
Ago
TEN' YEA RS AtiO TODAY
January 21, 1034
(It Was Monday)
Delroy Oetchell addresaea the Kl
wants club on "Thrift."
Presbyterians subscribe $4260 to
wards the construction of a social
hall the first unit of a nrw church.
Truckmen of atate gird to fight
state regulation.
Ntcolai Lenine. premier of the Sov
iet, dies.
Carl Tengwald throws his hat Into
the ring for county clerk. Sheriff Ter-
rlll says, "It's none of Sanderfer's
business what I am going to do. I wlH
run if I feel uke it."
Paving the road to Ruch to be da
elded this week.
Gasoline Jumps to 24c per gallon.
.TWENTY YEARS AfiO TODAY '
January 21, 1914
(It Was Wednesday)
Local Inventor haa method "to take
the flicker out of the movlee," ha
says. ,
Nearly an inch of rain refreshes the
earth In this vicinity.
Illustrative of the deadening ef
fect of the so-called financial depres
sion, pictured as settled down over
the Rcgue river valley, and proof per
fect of the shortage of money In these
parts, forty or more citizens will be
gin to learn the tango and hesitation
waltz next week, at the modest Tate
of a2.50 per hour. Manager Walter
Merrick of the Natatorlum has closed
negotiations whereby a tango profes
sor and his wife will be imported
from Portland to teach the natives
the Intricacies of the fascinating Ar
gentine dance.
Wind of last week blew down sey-
era-1 barns near Eagle Point.
New R. L. Polk directory will con
tain the names of women.
Al Jennings, former trainrobber to
run for governor of Oklahoma.
creased wages we simply have the
boot-strap proposition again.
The presence of the CWA Is circum
stantial evidence the NRA had failed.
The CWA Is similar to the relief
given farmers In the past, 1. e., loan
ing them money with which to pay
their debts. This Is sanctioned by
the "big Bhots." who are not only get
ing the "Jitters." but are likewise
Retting the interest on the billions
of- dollars loaned the government.
In dashing courageously ahead you
claim President Roosevelt is Justified
because the public are behind him.
Poor bewildered public, they would
follow a blind sheep aa our experi
ence in Jackson county about a year
ago well proves. And I recall a time
the public backed a man who kept
them out of war. But they were In
a worse one berore the Ink on their j
ballots was dry. Then again, they ,
supported a man who would reduce !
the tariff and they got Inflation In
stead. Ha! ha!
About the time the NRA waa being
tried on, we read an editorial in tne
Morning Orcgonian of August 18.
entitled "Joshing the Blue Eagle."
It stated In substance that If the
NRA was peddled to the public the
press of the land would do the
trick. Of course, this may be truth
and again It may be poetry. We only
know what we read.
As Ever,
BERT HARR.
Jacksonville, January 19.
Thoe Empty Theater Seats
To the Editor:
Too many of our local people are
seen no more at the movies. Many
kind-hearted persons do not realize
the full significance of this and
many others fall to see the menace
In the cutting off of thts almost
universal source of relaxation and
fun.
Temporal needs food, clothing and
ahelter are being supplied generous
ly and wisely, but 'man cannot live
by bread alone." Mental sustenance
Is splendidly managed by our public
jirJCf " vf
library and Its branches but where
can the depression be crushed get
that greatest of all remedies a hearty
laugh? Where, but the movies 1
Those who are so fortunate aa to
fit Into the Jobs furnished by the
various government-fostered projects
may be able to manage their relaxa
tion needs, but what of Ve many
who are still dependent upon relief
agencies for their existence needs?
Remember, they may have been quite
as industrious and thrifty a you,
and are perhaps your equal socially
and intellectually. Try to imagine
the depths of their feeling of fu
tility and failure. Borne of them
have not attended a show In a year,
two years. What to do about It?
This: Let theater tickets be placed
at relief .headquarters and given out
with relief supplies to the unem
ployed. If our theater managers could
feel the great need of these -unfortunate
souls for a little real relaxa
tion and fun would contribute 10,
20 or 30 tlcketa for each show they
would be rendering a high service to
their community that would be aa
"bread upon the water" later.
The real victims of our depression
need help to get themselves back to
a state of mind that can begin the
long, hard pull to a self-respecting
Independence. It may be hard for
those whose Investments and in
comes have weathered the storm to
realize what It means to be a down-and-outer.
If his faith and courage
are at a low ebb, it is not a reflec
tion upon .hfs strength of character
for he has suffered appallingly un
fair treatment. Imagine yourself in
his shoes and help as you would
care to be helped. . H. S. M.
Medford, Route 2. (Name on file).
For FUEL OIL dei.very Phone 431
Relnking Trucking Co Pump and
leng hose We give S It H stamp
in kvnin7 with th times Drutis
and Toiletries at Cut Prices at JAR-1
MIN'S DRUG STORE.
Starts TODAY
Soys Walter Webster, one of the most famous
critics in the world: "One of the grandest talk
ing pictures any one of us is likely to see . . .
In the past four years we have had a number
of outstanding talking pictures, but none in the
same class as "Be Mine Tonightl"
ALSO MOONLIGHT FANTASY CARTOON NEWS
C" '" 3,
J PLAYING
.'ILL WEDNESDAY NIGHT
L. A. Examiner, Louella 0. Parsons: "Miriam Hopkins is de
lightful . . . You'll like Edward Everett Horton . . . Gary Cooper
gives his finest performance . . . Frederic March's portrayal of
the playwright leaves nothing to be desired."
CxvoM'l
(Continueo from Page One)
equalization fund. He la a good man
for the Job.
Congressman Ray burn la supposed
to have locked horns "privately with
General Johnson against regulation of
rates in the motor bus code. Ray
burn has a bi.t on the subject and as
a result the matter may be left out
of the code.
Many marketwlse men were mildly
surprised when the market went up
on the Roosevelt stabilization news.
The answer from inside the market
Is that stabilization will take the load
of uncertainty off business and enable
struggling concerns to make profits
sooner.
Mr. Roosevelt's pot shot at the Wash
ington lawyers hit the one particular
bird he was aiming at.
Only 20 out of the 35 republican
senators attended the last senate re
publican caucus.
In a typographical error, one news
paper stated: "Mr. Roosevelt slyly
hinted at bl-mentalism in his mes
sage to confess." Erroneous insertion
of an "n" in the word made It more
accurate than was intended.
In keeping with the times urugs
and .Toiletries at Cut Prices at JAR-
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