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MEDFORD MAIL 'TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1934.
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry.
This Is All Pooled Day along with
the remaining 364 days of the year.
John Dllllngcr, super-bandit and
killer was rumored In our midst last
Frl, pm. It was the best rumor in a
long time. Mr. Diilinger couw do no
bettor than got caught In these parts,
as he would he sobbod over extensive-
ly, and probably be elected honorary
ST 'w BroC 'and
killed by rumor last year, still show
no signs ot their mythical demise.
Th womenfolks are wearing wagon
wheel sized hats lor spring, and they
look less like the dickens than the
1032-34 modes tor the head.
Dock Robinson, the J'llle sultan, Is
once more seen on the .boulevard, 1
with members of tho contrary sex.
Rain fell last week, the lack of
which caused considerable worrying
all winter, Fanners wore reported
joicinii over the precipitation, if so,
they were quiet about it.
The an Stewart steam shovel j
gnawod out a hole for a gas silo the i
end of the wk., but owing to the In-
clemency of tho weather, tho atten-1
dance was not up to expectations, and ,
the gawking below normal.
v. Brophy, the cowman, has invited i
your corr. to rldo a horse with htm
on the spring round-up. Mr, Brophy
could get the same results, and much
quicker by having us enter the main
event ot the Thurs. night wrestling
contests,
Political nuttlncss Is polllnlzlng.
.
The crack of doom heard Tuos. eve
ning, turned out to be a country boy
starting his motorcycle.
C. Strang, the pioneer pllllst, who
has been running a drugstore here
60 years, was too busy over the week
end to play golf for his health, as is
his custom.
More pears were shipped to Prance
recently, and orchard lata report bet
ter pay could not be asked than tho
French, their war debt stand to tho
contrary notwithstanding.
J. Prank Wortman of phoenix has
had his whiskers pointed. F, De
Souza, the genial, affable, amiable,
cheery, hard working but Democratic
postmaster has whittled his Arizona
handle-bnr mustache, of recent vint
age, down to nose-width,
e
Local dudes were all a-twitter last
week owing to the presence of a
blonde from Hollywood, via Yreka,
Calif. .
Several have radios that will get
Ireland, England, Italy, Oermany and
Russia, and the speakers are harder
to understand than a Rocky Mt. so
prano. The baseball team' has been organ
ised, and Is getting ready to delight
the fans and Cash Customers John
Mann, Fred Heath, Phil Harrison,
and the Nipponese colony.
The fishing season opens Thurs. I ,nmlnlatrtlTe nd tedersl, s dn
isuij plscstorliU enthusiasts can continued last night, according to
hardly wait and some don't. The j advice received by wire. Umlted work
earlier of the Initial flah will feel programs are contemplated for the
like Prank Buck returning from Afrl- (,ttm p,rt f April under the Smer
ca with a shipload of sabre-toothed I ,nPy nnef administration. Cost ot
'" I materials, workmen's compensation
Gossiping has been brisk, and In
teresting, If untrue.
Atty C. Reamss. In court last week
took the etsnd and asked himself ,
questions, which he answered without
it second's hesitation, or any objec
tions from himself,
Oregon had more burglarlea than
11 the other atatea last year. This
Includes the famous Jackson county
trick of milking the neighbor's row
dry, when the thief had more milk
than tie knew what to do with.
Johnston's Easier candy in fancy
boxes. 3Sc to 3. at Woods Drug Co.,
But Main and Central,
How To Reduce Taxes
J. M. Johnson of Central Point resents tho fact that taxes
this year in Jackson county are higher than last. So do we all.
- But why are they higher I
For two chief reasons. First because less than half of the
tax payers in this county last year paid their taxes. And second
because the strife and turmoil engendered here by the leaders
of the socallcd Good Government congress and others increased
the expense of running the county tremendously.
The tax payers this year, therefore, must pay for both of
these things. Mr. Johnson thinks this is grossly unfair that
those who pay their taxes and uphold their local government,
should NOT be forced to carry the added financial burden' of
those who don't.
It IS unfair. It's wrong. But how can it be avoided I If
a property owner CAN'T pay his taxes, no law can compel him
to. If he can but won't no law can compel him, either.
If a certain individual or group of individuals insist upon
staging a miniature civil war, involving murder and arson, there
is nothing to do, but put the effort down and punish the guilty.
This Costs money, and the tax payers must pay it. It's unfortu
nate tragic, but there is no escape. It's the only way.
IN other words we face a condition, not a theory. Resenting
this year's tax increase is perfectly natural, but it does no
good. The only thing that will do good, is to avoid as far as
possible any repetition of the conditions which caused such a
tax increase.
First and foremost, put down any effort to start another
"uprising" in this community
BEFORE it starts!
Second, pass the sales tax,
by securing tax money from a hitherto untapped source, and
thus materially reduce the property tax.
Third, get together in southern Oregon, behind President
Roosevelt's recovery program' so that business conditions, par
ticularly those in farming, may be improved at the earliest pos
sible moment.
THE average man can't pay his taxes until he makes enough
money to pay them with. Some people it is true have not
paid their taxes because they wanted to use the money in other
ways. But they represent a very small minority. Most delin
quent tax payers have been delinquent from necessity not from
choice. They would be tickled to death to pay their taxes if
they had money in tho bank with which to pay them,
Restoring harmony in Jackson county, getting together be
j,jnj recovery program, rolieving the property tax and
' 1 , . .,,,.' ,
j catching the tax evader, by passing the sales tax, and
Whilo that won't reduce taxes for THIS year, it will reduce
I them for NEXT year and throughout the years to come. .
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. KJLLI 1 1 Ui
SAMUEL INSULA is the example of a man who devoted his
t . energies and unquestioned abilities in the wrong direction.
The spectacle he presents today is pathetic, an old man,
I half -sick scurrying around the
steamer, to escape arrest and
l(J hj ! B multi-millionaire.'
. i(
liut Samuel has only himself
Had he devoted his energies
pie instead of himself, to giving the residents of the middlewest,
better lights in their homes, better heat, more conveniences
. ... . ,. . . " , ,
instead of getting from them all the money the traffic would
bear; jf ni8 g00(j friend Thomas Edison, he had been
I SOCIALLY minded, instead of
be a respected and wealthy resident of Chicago now instead of
ti refugee from justice, throwing away his ill gotten gains, in
bribing government officials and chartering vermin-infested tug
boats.
IP when his houso of cards fell, in the worUI wide catastrophe
of 1029 he had faced the music instead of running away, his
condition now would be far less humiliating and tragic.
But again he was only thinking of himself,- and to his greed
ho added the ignominy of cowardice.
Too bad, too bad. One can't help but feel sorry for a man in
such a jam as he is in, a man of unquestioned ability, personal
charm, and when the going was good, public spirited and gener
ous to his friends, but we repeat, he has olily himself to blame.
Ho adopted the wrong course in life, steered by the wrong
star, ho served tho wrong master.
Not an evil man. In a literal sense, a good man, gone
WRONG!
CWA EXPENDITURE
COUNTY PROJECTS
T0TALS$197,656
(lutulnued from pugs ons)
I dry equipment, ,3,103.06; sdmlnls-
trntlon, 17,564.11, n service pro.
Meets, I3.947.S0.
In releasing the report, Alfred 8.
V. Csrpenter, chMrmsn of the com
. mitt tnt.u4 thst sil work, exceot
snd other Incidental expenses must
be met by other than federal hinds.
the wire stated. Projects must be
taken tip with the district engineer
Under the TWA all nrolecta were
completed In Jackson county with
exception of straightening of Kaat
Main street In Medford. which waa
85 per cent complete yesterday. The
road up Roxy Ann was practically
completed. bit an Indefinite amount
of work could still be used to great
advantage there. Court atreet, con
stituting new entrance to Med
ford, tins been opened to traffic. The
Old Mill dam on Evans creek, how
ever, has not been completed because
of a delay In selection of design. The
by self seeking politicians,
which will decrease delinquency,
lllOU.ll
ocean in Hn odoriferous tramp
a return to the country which
,
to blame,
and'abilities to serving the peo-
SELFISHLY minded, he would
work will continue, however, Mr.
Carpenter stated, with volunteer la
bor from Rogue River and Evans
creek, due to the splendid coopera
tive aplrlt existing in the two com
munities, .
Throughout the work, Mr. Carpen
ter stated for the committee. City
Superintendent rred 8cheffel, Paul
Rynnlng. county ermlfieer, and
County Judge Earl B. Day gave the
committee outstanding cooperation
for which the group, yesterday, wish
ed to publicly thank them. B. C.
Sollnsky, superintendent of the Crat
er Lake national park, cooperated by
giving facllltlea and park equipment,
suitable for the work. A. R. Edwin
of the park service was also of great
service eio the committee on many
difficult Jobs and In the disburse
ment of money. . .
Frank Hull, assistant manager of
the committee, haa resigned to be
come manager of the Auto Trades
aasoclatlon of Josephine and Jackson
counties, Mr. Carpenter announced,
and the community owes him a great
deal for the success of the Civil
Works administration here. Ed Judd
Joined the committee In January as
engineer and was of great help In
atrslghtenlng out the more difficult
problems.
Appreciation of the splendid wtrk
ot all office employes and members
of the committee was expressed yes
terday by the chairman. In announc
ing the close of actlvltlea.
Other figures, contained In Mr.
Carpenter's report, showing the exact
expenditures of money In detail, will
be published this week In the Msl!
Tribune.
OI.EJTO TVOHNB Cosmetic Speclsl.
Powder, lipstick, rouge, 3 value for
Me. Wooda Drug Co., Main and
Central.
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letteri pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to d Il
ea e diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Bradj It a itamped
self-addrecsed envelope li mi closed. Let ten should be brief and written in
Ink. Owing to the large number ot letter! received only a tew can be an
swered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instruction.
Address Dr. William Brady, 'it5 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, CaJ.
SO THE PROTEIN QUARK ELS WITH THE STARCH?
My husband, Mrs. wiseacre Informs
me, suffered for years with an exag
gerated form of gas, causing periods
of excessive
belching that
lasted for hours,
almost always at
night. Three of
our beat physi
cian X-ray ex
am l n a tlona
chemical teste , ,
nothing helped
him. Then I
heard of Dr. Hny.
H a. y, Kay,
haven't I heard
that name be
fore? I found he had published a book
on his theory of eating. Through a
friend I secured the book, i began
serving ell my husband's meals ac
cording to the advice in the book.
Today my husband Is a well man. I
think he ate too much starchy food,
white bread and potatoes. Neither
is ever on my table now . , .
Mrs. Wiseacre kindly sends a clip
ping from a hootsy-tootsy magazine
in which I read that "no human
stomach con be expected to be acid
and alkaline at the same time" and
that according to Dr. Hay, when
starch and protein meet In the stom
ach or during the' same meal, fer
mentation,' or Indigestion, results.
It Is entirely reasonable to believe
that the restrictions of diet Imposed
by Mrs. Wiseacre on her husband
brought about his Improvement,
When she says his ailment or com
plaint was "exaggerated form of gas"
she tells nothing about the nature
of the trouble, for gas Is not a cause
but only an effect of the trouble in
any case. Qas never causes pain,
but pain, any pain, anywhere, may ac
count for excessive distension by gas
or air.
When anybody habitually or even
occasionally or Just socially overeats
he usually makes his greatest strides
In the consumption of carbohydrates
sugars and starches. So the re
striction of the amount of these de
lectable foods Is the first essential
In correcting whatever evil the over
eating may have caused.
God might have called Dr. Hay Into
consultation when giving mankind
wheat, the staff of Ufa for sustenance.
Dr. Hay would have warned the Cre
ator that It would never do to mix
starch and protein In the wheat ker
nel. There is a modicum of sense In the
assertion that no stomach can be
acid and alkaline at the same time.
But why should anybody want to
have a stomach that could be that?
To all the other millions of Wlae
acrea in Yankeeland I call particular
attention to the plausibility yet the
downright absurdity of the wording
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY O.p.Mclntyre
NEW YORK, March 31. Purely
personal piffle: I like to read chil
dren the Rlkkl-Tlkki-Tavt story from
"The Jungle
Book." Will Rog
ers Is the twltch
lest yet healthi
est person I've
ever known. Up
permost topic In
mass public
thought Is "Free
dom." ext to Ve
nltlan gondoliers,
West Indian ele
vator boys are
the most Inso
lent. I like to mo
K.dgc, sniff wet
tor along Quaker
leaves and smell a baby's head after
a baWi. Peach-blown perfectly de
scribes Mrs. Will Hays' complexion.
Fannie Hurst, extremely domestic,
suggests the dark eyed Russian ad
venturess In the mystery novel. The
only tennis player I care to watch is
Helen Wills Moody.
I don't care a fig for Dorothy Par
ker's stuff on the radio. My name
has been written In the visitors' book
at the ex-Kalser's at Doom, at Flau
bert's home In Rouen, Frederick the
Great's study In Potsdam. Browning's
home In Venice and Victor Hugo's
hoxiae In Place de Vosges, Paris.
Work comes easier on rainy days. !
Don Marquis Is the finest philosopher j
of his period. American tipping
should be standardized. If 'we must
tip on a horse sense basis. A cold
with me never lasts more than two 1
days. The bugs find only one red
corpuscle to work on and shriek,
"T'ell with Itl"
Anybody sitting In a high open
window gives me the ork-orks the
rest of the day. Karl K. Kitchen
knows more stimulating eating places
here and abroad than any one of
my acquaintance. How neatly hotels
have taken the play from speak
easies. What messy places they were.
And how stupid I I had no feeling
for paintings until after 35,
Jy J
The federal trade commission today
8lmlle: "As Inconsiderate as a no- accused an Associated Oas and Elec
llce dog owner." Sophie Tucker seema : ,ric company official of Issuing a
the only prcspsrous s,r.lvor of vau.!mCnt -at variance with the
cevtlte's singing turns. Magazines : fnrta ,. , .
are paying top prices for the most j mmluloII', d,, grew out
difficult of all fiction Jobs the short. ! ,
short story. The "Anthony Adverse" ;
tmKitim iiiiuiM. uu. (rv i
won't get any-
wiicir. mcij cniurtiv wiuvr incrs
them. Mrrpillth Nicholson's enlstle.
are the most engaging of all per-;
sonal correspondence. George Ber-'
nr4 a,atv ha- !-. 1
rated. I can sit all evening watch-'
ing Helen Menken's hands. Also Bar- j
bara Stanwyck's. '
1 1
So-called millionaire's clubs with
yard-long waiting lists are facing the
sheriff's hammer. Add net aversions
the Rocky Twins. The nicest class
audiences attend nrwa reel movies,
Nevrr failed to see a movie star in
me vnruicK loooy. At the moment
I don't care to see Pr. And am
Brady, M.D.
of the passage quoted from the mag.
azine: "When starch and protein
meet there during the same meal, fer
mentation, or Indigestion, results.'
One might with as sound logic say
that if some starch encounters some
protein In the stomach, Indignation,
or consternation results.
If the Wiseacres had even an ele
mentary knowledge of physiology they
would not be such easy picking for
the. charlatans, cuWats and nostrum
mongers. Well do these business in
tereste know that. So all the children
get in school under the name of
physiology and hygiene Is a line of
hokum.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER.
Beware the Ethyl.
Wish to thank you for your advice
about athlete's foot. I used gasoline
os you suggested and am glad tottell
you It did the work and I have had
not trouble with It since. h. o. k.
Answer The recommendation Is to
soak the affected part of foot In
PLAIN gasoline for not longer than
one minute, on three or four succes
sive days. This seems to kill the fun
gus or ringworm which causes this
common form of foot Itch. It is now
difficult to find gasoline that con.
tains no ethyl lead. It is unsafe to
use ethyl gasoline. Only pure or plain
gasoline not treated with ethyl-lead,
should be used,
Epilepsy
A woman's mother was supposed
to be epileptic. Are the woman's
children likely to inherit this or a
tendency to it? (L. W. J.)
Answer Not If the woman herself
Is normal. Epilepsy Is not specifically
I transmitted to offspring. But If either
parent Is epileptic there Is a greater
chance that some of the children will
show some . defect such as feeble
mindedness. s '
What. Coming Bark To Life?
Operated on two years ago liga
ments bhortened, uterus sewed to
abdominal wall, small-tumor and ap
pendix removed. Have been careful
not to lift, or strain. Is It O. K.
for me to bowl or Is that too stren
uous exercise? (Mrs. B, E.)
Answer Ordinarily a woman should
resume her customary activities
within two or three months after
such an operation. But you should
be guided by the advice of the doc
tor who knows your condition. It is
really ridiculous how many who have
undergone simple operations like
that spend most of the remainder
of their lives coddling themselves.
It is not only ridiculous, but bad
medicine for them.
Ed Note: Readers wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letters direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D.. 205 E, Ca
mlno, neverly Hills, Cnl.
don either. A fireside boyl I don't
believe anyone "gets" Gertrude Stein's
lunatto twaddle. My wife is the neat
est, most orderly person I have
known. "Huckleberry Finn" Is a
dandy for an ocean voyage.
OF STATE
FOR MONEY LACK
SALEM, March 31. (AP) Six
rural schools have closed for the
year and 44 others will close this
week and in April with shortened
terms of 8',i to eight months, O.
D. Adams, director of the emergency
education relief program in Oregon,
said today.
Schools which will be forced to
close have been reported to the state
department of education by the
county school superintendents of
Baker, Coos, Crook, Curry. Douglas,
Grant, Harney, Lane, Tillamook,
Umatilla, and Wallowa counties, Sev
eral of these school districts have
unpaid warrants dhted as far back
as 1930. Discounts on these warrants
are reported from five per cent up
to 30 per cent with warrants in some
districts uncashable except to tax
payers who will trade them In on
taxes.
As yet no definite word has been
received concerning Oregon's applica
tion for federal relief money with
which to keep these schools open for
a normal length school term by pay
ing the teachers' salaries,
BY BUREAU HIT
WASHINGTON. March 31. (API
; of the Thayer letters set of four
.... nrnor,,. , . ,h.. v.
.., , .
York
Senator W. T. Thayer had
billed Associated for election ex-
I"'I!fM
The letters were Introduced by
cumin iiion iirnruiK mm v vnvrit-
lrtpe Tlce P"t Associated,
thereafter attacked the commission
for wn,a ne dcrlbtd M aiding slan-
derers of utilities and "honest public
officials."
ramp quaranllnrd Camp Carberry ;
Creek, of the Civilian Conservation j
corps, was Saturday placed under -
quarantine by the district surgeon,
:or measies, as one case was rrponea
there.
Communications
How to Kill Gophers
To tho Editor:
Gopher and mole pest: When these
pests bother In your lawn or gar
den, take your garden hose, put one
end down Into the hole under the
pile of dirt, connect the other end
to the exhaust pipe on your car.
Better use a piece of old hose about
three or four feet long between pipe
and good hose, as it might Injure
the good hose from the heat.
Start your motor, pull out choke
so there will be some smoke as well
as monoxide gas. You can see better
where the runs go. Run your motor
about five minutes and believe it or
not, the pests are no more.
Sent In by N. O. Smythe,
South Central.
926
Editorials Are Discussed
To the Editor:
There are several things which you
have recently dealt with In your edi
torials which have been of special
interest to me, and which I wish to
discuss Just a little, if you p'ease.-
First : Your good word of some
time ago on the sports situation. I
appreciate your findings. We are in
great southern Oregon. We have the
interests of the entire section at
heart. Medford is the center of this
great section. If Medford business,
society, politics, schools, or churches
are self-centered and aloof, the rest
of the people will hate her; but If
she Is generous, falrmlndcd, and a
true leader, the entire section will
be glad to give her justice In thought
and appreciation. There is no better
place for the populace to show their
true mettle than In the field of
sports. There Is no better place for
the professed people of God to show
their true worth and their purpose
than In their attitude toward the
needy and less favored people.
Second: The tax question again.
Several of our taxpayers who are
paying their taxes have told me that
their taxes for this year are cons.d
erobly higher than last year. One
man reports that while his taxes
last yeor were about two hundred
dollars, this year, with only a small
increase In an Item of special levy,
his taxes are two hundred and eighty
dollars. If this system of loading
the burdens of taxes onto our prop
erty holders alone continues, and the
uncollected taxes from year to year
are added to those who do pay up,
what will we come to? why should
a taxpayer who pays up' be made the
scapegoat for those who do not pay?
Why should any man be penalized
in such fashion for trying to keep
square with his government? I think
child could understand that this
thing must be corrected right away.
Again: Why should the taxpayers
who pay up, living in a school dis
trict where warrants have to be Is
sued, be penalized by having to pay
interest accruing against these war
rants, some running for considerable
time, while those holding the war
rants get the benefit of the interest
while bearing no tax burden? I sug
gest that we find a way to keep our
educational bills paid up by means
of a better distribution of the tax
burden, before we reach the point
of rebellion In the heart of our peo
ple, who are sick and tired of the
! Prentm
Third: I do not feel Just like you
do concerning the action of congress
In overriding the president's veto.
Great as our great president has
shown himself to be, it la possible
that among the hundreds In congress
who take issue with him in this
matter there may be some others
who feel that congress should help
run the affairs of the nation rather
than allow the president to dictate
every issue. We are coming to dictat
orship some time, but this may help
delay it; or, it may be the very thing
t'that shall hasten that day. But with
the country being filled with govern
ment paid administrators, and mil
lions of our people put to work on
borrowed money tax bills piling up
by the millions perhaps It will not
be wholly disastrous to add the small
Item of two hundred and twenty
eight millions; or, It may be the last
straw. Who can tell?
At least this money Is supposed
to go Into circulation; not, perhaps
through the government set-up. but
at least to our people. Who knows
but some of It may find its way
Into the hands of some people who
are wanting to pay up their back
taxes; or some that are not delin
quent. I believe that this thing will
help clear the atmosphere; but It
may make denser the fogs. Have we
a representative governmnt? Or, do
we need a dictator at present?
.TOS. M. JOHNSON.
Central Point, Ore., March 31,
Favors the Sales To
To the Editor:
I wish to commend you on your
recent editorial entitled "Get -the
Tax Dodgers.' as well as for the
many good ones in the past. How
ever. I do think that had other papers
throughout the state given the sales
tax sufficient space and attention
before the voters first balloted on
the measure, that the measure would
not have been so overwhelmingly de
feated. I admit you printed several
editorials before the election but the
measure apparently has so many
ramifications that the average voter
was Insufficiently Informed and in
that case the voter usually says no.
The paylrw of the additional 1H
per cent that the sales tax would
add to the cost of goods would be
no different or harder to pay than
the regular advance In the price of
goods as they come about from mar
ket conditions from day to day.
which we do If we need the goods
and dismiss the matter and go on
with our affairs. Attain it la not the
thing itself but the way we think
about It that makes It good or bad.
for Instance, the average person tak
ing a dose of mineral oil which has
neither color, odor nor taste, by as
soclntltiff It In his mind with castor
oil. wPi make a grimace and say it
is terrible.
The argument offered by the op
ponents of the sales tax. that the
big Interests would profit most by
It enactmfnt seems about a reas
onable to me as to say that you
would foreco the making ot a free7er I
of Ice cream at home because some
member of the family could eat more
than you could. j
some or the statpment trufl at
a debate recently by a prominent i
opponent of the tax wen childish
In the extreme. For Instance he said
that If a merchant collected 9300
sales tax In a year that he would
be allowed to deduct that much I
along with other exemptions to his j
Income tax which certainly Is pre
posterous. Also It was cited as pos
sible where one might pay as much
as (9.00 tax on a hundred dollar
purchase which is also ridiculous.
In most arguments offered by pro
ponents of the tax It is stated that
it is only an emergency measure and
was only passed by the legislature as
a last resort but If it is as good a
thing as It seems to be In those
states that have tried It, reducing
the property tax from 30 to 40' per
.cent, why should It not be a per
manent thing since it Is the easiest
and most certain of collection of any
tax.
Those people who do not pay prop
erty tax who argue that they pay
taxes when they purchase merchan
dise by paying their percentage of
the overhead of the merchant selling
the Item, seem to forget that the
man who pays property tax also pays
the same when he buys merchandise,
in addition to the property tax. It
should not be hard to understand
that the cost of anything will be
leas when shared by a larger num
ber of people and by . collecting a
small almost unseen tax from every
one who buys at retail, we reach a
class that have never before paid
taxes but enjoy the benefits of our
public institutions for which the
rest of us pay taxes to support. I
believe that the benefits of this
tax, if sanctioned by the voters (as
It will no doubt be submitted by
referendum) will be so far reaching
that ultimately the heretofore non
taxpayer will be more than compen
sated In the end for the little extra
he will pay on the cost of his pur
chases. F. C. STOUT.
Medford, March 31.
Many of Them, We Hope
To" the Editor:
The danger of our country being
pushed over into the abyss of com
munism lies not In the futilities of
a brain trust but in the cowardice
of a congress which, cringing under
the whip of a noisy minority, dis
credits democracy and writes it down
a failure.
I wonder how many newspapers
are going to have the courage to say
what your newspaper said yesterday.
RAMSEY BENSON.
Ashland, March 30.
Mrs. Martin Wants Peace!
To the Editor:
In answer to your editorial of
March 22, I wish to say that, although
Mr. Earl B. Day may possess all of
the qualities that you attribute to
him, it would be impossible for me
to support him or any other can
didate at present filling by appoint
ment the very office they are now
seeking by eleotlon.
In order that peace and harmony
may be restored In Jackson county,
It would be wise to select competent
men not Identified with either .fac
tion in the late turmoil.
Hoping that the Medford Mail
Tribune will see Its way clear to co
operate with the Good Government
Congress towards this end, for the
good of the community and its fu
ture prosperity, f am
HENRIETTA B. MARTIN.
President Good Government Con
gress. Medford, March 31.
(Ed. Note: Judge Day was not
actively Identified with either fac
tion in the late turmoil he kept out
of it COMPLETELY. He Is the Ideal
candidate to support for those who
are SINCERE In wishing the best for
the community, the restoration of
Its peace and prosperity).
E
OEFI TO PACKERS
ASTORIA, Ore., Mar. 31. (AP) Fisher
men will strike If their demands for
11 cento a pound for salmon from
May 1 to August 10 are not met by
Columbia river packers, delegates to
a meeting of the Columbia Fisher
men s Protective union declared to
day.
The union refused to consider the
packers' offer of 10 cents a pound
from May to July 31: six cents from
August 1 to August 10 and four cents
from August 10 to August 25.
The fishermen ask seven cent a
pound from August lb to August 35.
Arvld Mattson, executive secretary of
the union said the fishermen would
not confer with packers but were pre
pared to strike If packers did not
fully meet their demsnds.
Yesterday cannery workers at a
meeting rejected wage offers made by
the packers and demanded 60 centa
an hour for all tillers and abolition
of piece work. Packers offered 55
cents an hour and asked optional
agreement as to piecework or. hourly
scale.
F.E.R.A. AIDE
VISIT TO VALLEY
Winslow Carlton, son of Newcorab
Carlton, arrived In Medford yester
day from California as representative
for the government. Inspecting pro
jects granted under the F. E. R. A.
There are. to date, no such project
In Oregon but the Welfare Exohange,
which has been in operation In Med
ford for some time, is founded upon
the same principle of exchange. He
was visiting the trices in the city
hall yesterday and the Jackson coun
ty relief committee.
While In the valley Mr. Carlton
will be guest of his aunts, the Misses
Carlton of the Old Stage road, and
k .
WINDOW GLASS We sell window I
g&sm and will replace your broken
windows reasonably. Trowbridze Cbd
met Worts.
Flight o Time
(Medford and Jackson Count)
History From the Files of Tbe
Mall Tribune of ! and to Yean
Ago.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
April 1, 1924
(It Was Wednesday)
Mediord high school basketball
team defeats Boise, Idaho, 32 to 22,
In first consolation game of national
tournament at Chicago.
Oregon Jones, escaped Salem prison
convict still st large, with Tom Mur
ray, bank robber.
Three candidates for congress visit
city.
The Copco forum is held In the
new warehouse.
Contract for the construction of a
new theater at Eighth and Central
streets will be signed shortly.
Mayor Gaddls issues an order that
all "loiterers" In the city, whether of
the transient or home species "must
work or move." Bucksaws purchased
for use by lazy husbands.
TYWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
April 1. 1914
(It Was Thursday)
Rube Waddell, famed basebaU
pitcher, dying of consumption In a
Texas sanitarium.
Snow falls on Mt. Wagner, and a
chill wind sweeps the valley. A late,
wet spring Is forecast by weather
prophets.
Monday will be the final day for
autolsts to purchase this year's
license.
"The nincompoop, plnhead, and
hypocrite is now at bat' In Oregon
politics, and like mushrooms are
springing up with their mushy
mouthlngs. In hopes of catching the
women voters." (Editorial.)
Work started on the trolley line
extension on East Main.
Country roads are quite dusty.
The weatherman has raised the black
flag, indicating rain.
(Continued iiuui page one)
not like the five per cent payroll
tax feature.
The committee for the nation la
selling Dr. Wirt's ideas at twenty
five cents a pamphlet, which Is con
siderably more than the cost of pro
duction. , :
Back Is Broken 0 T. Whitman,
who suffered a broken bock while
working on a bridge In the Applegate
district this past week, was reported
getting along nicely at Sacred Heart
hospital where he was taken In tho
Perl ambulance. .
Johnston's Easter Candy In fancy
boxes, 25c to 2, at Woods Drug Co.,
East Main and Central.
Foot
Sufferers
Dr. W. F. Holloway. nationally
known expert In Scientific Foot
Correction Is assisting me In hold
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m.v office.
MONDAY
LAST DAY
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accepted. Many serious ailments
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Examination Is Free
PHONE 1433
for appointment
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Holly Theater Bldg.
Second Floor
Sixi'.i
Annual
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Monday
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