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I'XflE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1934. viedford Mail Tribune wrynt la Southtrn OrtOM Hd U Mail TrlbuM" Dally Eiem Saturday hibllihcfl by HID Ft) II I) PHIKTINO CO. iS-3f-S9 N. Fir BL HOBEKT W. BUHL, IMllor Ao lodcpcndeot Ncmpiper Bntcrtd a ucood elui mattsr at Medford, iiftjoa, sodcr Act of Msrea 8, 1878. SUBSCRIPTION BATES lit MillIn Adrian DaJly, wk ytar $6.00 Dally, ill coottai I.T6 Dally, dm oodUi 00 Rf Curler lo Adtarje Medford1. Aihltnd, 'MtMDTlUe, Central Point. Phoenix, Taint, Gold nil and on mativan. Dally, on year M.oo Daily, ti Dootha 1.35 Daily, oof month .60 AU term, ab In adTaoet. Official piper of tb City or Medford. Official paper of Jaekioo County. MEMBKK OV TUB ABHOCIATKU I'KBttB BMelrlna Vm Leased Wire Bertie fl Auodaleb Pren la aiclmliely entitled to ret we for publication or ail ran a.iptwni Uted to H or olherwlie credited In tblt paper ud alao to the local new pumlihed nerein. AU rlfbta (or publication of .pedal dlipatcbaa lertin are tuo tettnta. itlMBKB Or UNITED PKE8S MEMBER OP AUDIT BUUEAO OP CIRCULATIONS Adreftlilm KepretentatlTea M. C. M0HEN8EN COMPANY Offlee Ut No York, Chicago, Detroit, flu franclMo Lot Angelee Seattle Portland. , ILL Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. Two Generals are running for Oov trnor of Oregon, and by the end of the week, both will bo branded as tool of the Gunpowder Trust. The P.-T. A. of the itate an- nounc. they will "work and pray" for the success ot the school Relief Bales Tax measure. Nothing could b finer tout don't forget to vote. W1IYFOR OF THE SURPLUS (Cong. Record) Wa have heard ao much specu latlon aa to what la wrong. Some aay overproduction. Other, aay underconaumptlon. 1 Incline to tha litter view. I am like the little colored boy who aat among ft pile of watermelona, with die tended atomach, unable to eat any more. Borne kindly gentle man came along and asked, "What's the matter, too much melon?" The little boy said, "Nope, too little nigger." s. Morria, the T.Rock, s-vailey, n'oml" yeaUrdaylndlThi. Zl plow, while he chased himself into town. rbuamto th" city an oui ot j .. . t hi breath, and reported that Wall St, had chased him, well past the city limits. A couple of Lane county youths have been arrested for cheating a punchboard. This la a notable Achievement, though a simple case of beating the punchboard to the same end. . a. Contamination of the atmosphere was complete Tuesday, due to the first smudging ot the season. It left ft majority of the population looking like they had taken part In a mln strel show, did a poor Job of wash ing their faces, and wiped them off on the lace curtains. . The ecstasy of smoking a cigarette for the first time on Main street, was experienced late yosterday by A cou ple of lassies who better not lot their mothers catoh them, r . ADVICE FOR CANDIDATES Tou have filed for an office, so put In your best licks and knocks between now and May 18. If defeated, It will be due to a lack of votes nothing else. Don't dream you can be for the Sales Tax In the cities, and against It In the country. Don't brag you are supporting President Roosevelt. You are aup poeed to do that. The more you fool the voters, the more they will fool you, Dou't tell your constituents you are neutral on any subject. The voters want you on some side even If It la wrong. Being ndutral means you are wrong, and won't admit it. Show the callouses on your hands, be they caused by plowing, or hold ing a fishing pole. Don't have a slogan. If you must ha one, make It: Nothing for my self, all for the peoplo, or "remember the Maine I" During the campaign Just be hu man. Don't claim all the righteous ness and wisdom ts centered in your own hide. Don't overwork the allegation you will be the ''soul of economy." The last apostle of ecenomy, threw money at the woodpeckers. Tell the audi ence you will be a trifle Inefficient, but will do your best. PS: To the Vrvira: Keep your ahlit on. to the end that an orderly burglary will not be needed to calm the aftermath. PORTLAND, April 4. (fl) As a reference for flood control study the Willamette Valley Flood Control ss oclatlon has authorised an aerial survey of tho Willamette river from Portland to Eugene. PORTLAND, AprifiJv-Injuries suffered when he was run over by wheel of a heavy truck trailer proved fatal last night to five-year- old Elmer Atteberry. Phone M3 We will hsiU away your refuse, city Sanitary Serrlo, It's Up. to You, Mr. Voter TTHE entries are closed for the The Mail, Tribune publishes today a complete list of the local candidates, and we now ask the people, as we asked them two years ago to read them the ensuing six weeks find out Don't take the word of someone else for it. Above all, don 't take the words of the candidates themselves. They are self-interested. Don't take the word of their chief lieutenants who expect to become deputies, or in some other way get a foot in the public trough. They are self interested also. Beware of all information, from those with an axe to grind Get the facts for yourself, only in that way can you vote, as you SHOULD vote, on election T'S your job, Mr. and Mrs. Voter, and no one else's. Only in so far as you do your job well, can you expect good gov ernment in this community, or No unusual effort is required. Merely exercise say HALF the study, care and attention on from day to day on private ones. ASSUME, for example, that you wish to hire a man in your hileinefln fir nn vnur farm nr nrnntiri vnur linnin What do you do, with an army of first one that happens to arrive, or makes the biggest promises, greatest gusto! Of course you don't. You loudest talker, tho biggest promiser, the glad-hand artist and the baby kisser. You are not hiring a man to make speeches, or perform miracles, or run a day nursery. You are hiring a man to do a certain JOB, and before you hire him you want to know whether or not he can DO that job. Not only do it, but do it well and honestly and not run off with a spare tire, or the baby's bank, when his job is over. SO you. look him up. You find out what he has done else where, what his record is, what other people in whom you have confidence KNOW about him. You particularly wish to know what he has done in jobs similar to the one he now wants to do, for you. If he has never done anything of the sort you are disinclined to let him experiment on you. , If he has, and if his work has been satisfactory, that to you, is the best recommendation, any applicant can provide. For the proof of the pudding is in the eating. If a man has done a certain job or a similar one, "" " "'"I""' '""" I possible evidence he will do the same for you. "TTHAT'S all there is to it. In the last analysis it's merely common sense. All that we need in order to secure good government in this community, is for the people as a whole, the rank and file to take more active and more intelligent interest in public affairs j and the greatest obstaclo to it as the election demonstrated two years ago, is publio indifforence, and its inevitable by-produot a gullibility that falls for the demagogue, four-flusher and the crook. Just lot the people adopt SOMETHING the same attitude toward public business that they do toward private business, and these political self-starters and self-seekers, will have no more chance in politics, than lightning rod salesmen and gold brick artists, have in the routine d "Mont service rewarded satisfactory publio "" out merely because some , ;n .I i II.. government win inon not oniy oo secured, our, win oe as perma nent as anything in this life can be. The Public Library WJS aro glHtl to reprint the following editorial from the Saturday Evening Post, as an excellent exposition of the important part the public library has played in the recent, and fast disappearing, depression, "We know the people of Medford and Jackson county will agree, that no library in the state, has performed this service more fully, efficiently and courteously, than the public library in this city: There Is one agency of local government which has been given Insufficient credit for Its part in making depression en durable. Reference' is had to the public library, which In many places has been among the first activities to feel the effect of drastto economies. This la no plea for exempting the libraries from the necessities of tai reduotlon. They must take their share of economy, especially In cities whose credit Is absolutely dependent upon a closer scrutiny of expenditures. But- It Is doubtful If the services performed by libraries are adequately appreciated or put In their rightful ntche by public opinion. Libraries are always taken for granted by the publio which uses them. Anyone who enters a publio library these days knows how erowded are the rooms given over to trade, vocational and tech nical subjects. Millions of men and women, old and young, ara attempting thus to equip themselves to get or to hold Jobs. Between four and five million people who never used libraries before have become readers during tht past four years. Their reading la serious, or If they find In free library service a measure of recreation, It is only recreation that many of them can afford. They tone up their morale by drawing on the litera ture of power and In the main their reading renews their faith In organized society. POLICE SHAKEUP FOR KANSAS CITY KANSAS CITY. Mo., April 4. (OT) Kanana City's police department, under fire from all directions since four persons were killed and several othera slugged and shot during elec tion terrorism last week, was turned topsy-turvy today. The resignation of Police Director E. O. Roppert had hardly been ac cepted before four detcctlvea, four patrolmen and a sergeant were dis missed ' r the good of the service." The election disorders, when po litical gangsters cruised the city In high-powered cars, killed factional opponents, and slugged an opposi tion candidate, a newspaper reporter and almost a dosen preolnct workers. including one women, were not men tioned In the shakeup orders, but were regarded a tht direct cause of the shifts. Nine varsity football players are members of this season's track tesm at the University of Alabama. Big Free-For-AH on May 18th. over, size them up, and during all thev can about them. day. I.E. : INTELLIGENTLY. in any other. public affairs that you exercise That's all. applicants before youf Hire the or the one that talks the loudest or kisses the babies with the are immediately suspicious of the satisfactorily, that's the best channels of trade in public business will then be servants will be retained, not windbag wants the job. Good i i i - n i- GIRL, AGED TEN T OAKLAND, Cal, Aplrl 4. (UP) A 10-year-old Mexican girl from Fresno lay at Salvation Army maternity home here today awaiting the birth ot a child wl'hln a month. Little Francises Anlles Peres, the daughter of Mrs. Manuela Peres, I seemed bewildered by her condition and the fact that ahe may be the youngest mother In American medi cal history. The father of the child allegedly is Jose Noriega, now serving an In determinate sentence In San Quen tln on ft statutory charge. Franclsca can neither read nor write. She Is more Interested In dolls than bablea. Although baffled at the Interest of medical men, the girl appeared cheerful and unconcerned. ST. tOUISlr"Aprlf"4.-.(AP)--Dr. O. W. Locher, OS, president of the Evangelical Synod of North America, died last ntsht at a hos pital here after months Ulnes Personal Health Service By William I . Signed letters pertaining to personal health and ease diagnosis or treatment, wlU be answered by Dr. self-addressed envelope la enclosed. Ink. Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be an swered. No reply C8n be made to queries not conforming to Instructions address Dr. William Brady, 3P9 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, tai, TUBERCULOSIS GERMS IN PASTEURIZED MILK In London, England, despite the fact that 00 per cent of the milk supply Is pasteurized (that Is, par boiled or heated to 145 degrees F. for about 30 min utes and then allowed to cool again) 3.3 per cent of samples purchased over the counter were found to contain tubercle bacilli. In an lnveatl g a 1 1 o n of the milk In the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aber deen and Dundee, Scotland, com posite churn samples of raw milk from the farms were found to con tain tubercle bacilli in about 10 per cent of the samples tested, while raw tank milk (shipping In bulk) was Infected with tubercle bacilli In 37,5 per cent of tha tests. (Similar tests of pasteurized milk In Scotland show ed tubercle bacilli present In 6.3 per cent of the tests made, where the flash process of pasteurization was employed, and In 2.8 per cent of the teste where the holding process of pasteurization was employed. The "flash process" means the milk Is merely heated up toor above the 140-145 degree F. temperature and then Immediately allowed to cool again. The holding process means that the milk is heated up to the 140-145 degre F. temperature and then held at that temperature for 30 to 30 minutes, and finally allowed to cool again. I have often expressed here my own preference-for raw milk provided the milk comes from a goat or from cows that have been tuberculin test ed or found by a qualified veterinary free from tuberculosis or other com municable disease. I have assured all who can afford it that certified milk Is the only grade of raw milk one can rely on In any circumstance. In my own home we use plain raw milk which comes from a tuberculin tested herd, because we like the taste of pure raw milk better than that of pasteurized milk. If we were feeding baby or young child I think we should prefer certified milk or else should boll this 'pure raw milk five minutes to make sure of destroy ing any disease germs that might be In It, either from the cow or from handlers of the milk. I'd have faith In our own boiling.; haven't much faith In commercial! pasteurizing processes, even If the j pasteurization plant ts under the , supervision of some representative or I NEW YORK DAY BY DAY BY O.O.Mclntyre NEW YORK, April 4. Hockey ap poars to have captured the rugged enthusiasm of those sickened by the decadence of prize fighting at least In New York. Several matches a week bring larger crowds than the flstlo cards. The hockey player Is designed for the feminine roman tic build-up. Not only Is he the most expert of graceful skat ers, but a dare devil of chance. Every minute on the ice he's In dan ger of serious accident, so fast and furious Is the game. The routine Is easily picked up at one sitting and this usually brings newcomers back. That more are not killed or danger ously banged up In the fierce bat-out-of-Hndes dashes and whiplike finishes Is due entirely to the play ers' skill In swerving, spreadeagllng and turning on a dime space. As It is, there aro not many Intervals when someone is not carried out, feet up. General admission line-up outside, which forms early. Is made up of truck drivers, preliminary fight boys, corner toughs and others who like their sporting fare bloody. In their high-up perches, they boo. Jeer and throw things if there Is any let-up In the furore of the slam-bang. A recent vagrant line In these col umns expressing a belief that the pongee puckater Bert Williams died of a broken heart has brought a flood of queries as to the why of such reasoning. As a reporter I talked to Williams a few months before his passing. While he made no direct statement, X garnered an Impression that racial barriers which precluded his attaining the high dramatic place In the theater he deserved had worn him down. To my notion, he was bankrupt of hope, did not care longer trait his thin wisp of glory and made no resistance to the ravage of a dis ease. Few know that Williams, brought up In San Francisco, was born In the West Indies Egbert Austin Williams. His grandfather Svend Eric Williams, a white man, was Danish consul In Antigua, whose wife was a native aenorlta of beautiful olive coloring. three -fourths Spanish and one-fourth African. Their only son, Berts father, married a quardoon who was sister to the Episcopal clergyman of the Church of England in the Indies. Thus Bert had rew Inherent tralw or the Negro, yet he characterised them better and more sympathetic ally than any other r"tor who ever lived. City tragedy: A venerable pretxcl seller with his huge three-centers bribed on spikes trundling his dinky cart passed the forbidding facade ol Park avenue. A sudden shower, and before he could reach side street shel ter hi wares likely his all were drenched and turned. 1 Brady, M.D. hygiene not to dla Brady It a stamped Letters should be brief and written tn officer of tht local health depart ment. I haven't much faith In the honesty of politicians anywhere, and health departments everywhere are run for and by the politicians. The tri-eat tvnhold snldemlA In Montreal a few years ago was traced to one typhoid patient on a dairy farm, whence the milk carried the germs, right through the pasteuriza tion plant which was under the nom inal supervision fo an officer of the city health department. Some of tho Infected milk got through the plant unpasteurized, thats all. The pasteurization process, particu larly the "holding" process, will de stroy tubercle bacilli, typhoid or any other disease germs we know about. But personally I think five minutes boiling is easier and more certain, and perhaps less destructive to vita mln G than Is pasteurization. Of course some fresh fruit or vegetable Juice should be added to the Infant's diet to make up for the vitamin C deficiency of the pasteurized or boil ed milk In order to prevent scurvy, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Qualified Physician. Kindly send particulars ot the treatment for paralysis agltans which you promised to give any registered physician on request. Dr. D . Answer I didn't aay registered physician. I aald qualified physician. Your notenead falls to reveal whether you are a Doctor of Medicine. More. over, you conveniently o mltted to provide a stamped envelope bearing your address. Dew of Sahara. My skin seems very sensitive to hard water. It Is getting so that I dread taking a bath because my skin ts ao dry and Itchy for houra after ward . . . Mrs. D. F. Answer If the water la very hard put a handful of borax In the tub. The less aoap the better, and only plain pure toilet aoap, not a medi cated aoap, ahould be used. After the bath wou will find an application of the Dew of Sahara grateful: Powdered tragacanth 1 dxam oiycerln 10 drops Phenol 10 drops Olive oil . ...4 ounces Oil of bergamot .-: 5 drops Distilled wtaer enough to make 1 pint. This la to be shaken Into an emul sion. Rub a few drops on the skm dally. (Copyright, 1034, John T. Dine Co.) Ed Note: Readers wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letters direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D., 265 B. ua mlno, Beverly Hills, Cal. After witnessing the fairly recent Untie fiasco at Miami, George Ade has retired to his shady porch at Brook. Ind., for reflection, and de cided he would like to match Mickey Mouse with King Kong. Joe Cunningham, nimblest And most unpredictable Of the Broadway banquet wits, whose snappers have the sting of a kerbash. has been dratt ed for one of those rain check tours to the Hollywood studios. He found the greatest difficult In his migra tion, for the newcomer was to build up resistance Against the lure of polo. Hollywood Is polo mad. There is even a pay-as -you-pi ay polo where one may hire a broken-down nag, two Jumps from the glue factory, for dollar an hour. It Is presumed one must bring his own mallet and pith helmet. And, by the way, did any one ever try to fit a pith helmet Into a traveling bag? A snooper In that particular pur lieu tells me the sncestral home of Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr., la chilly to the Impulsive young scion. Butlers and other ftunklea bestow only a fleec ing nod when he breezes In. A series of broadsides In a magszlns are the cause. He raked everybody. Including a few relatives, over the coals. And the smoke got In their eyes I They regard him as a super smart-nlec with an Insatiable Itch for self ex ploitation at expense of his silk stockinged kind. Francis Albertanl tells of the guide explaining the flreprooflng of the Empire building: that It was so solid ly constructed It could not possibly be destroyed. Some Imp of a llstener tn cut In with a sighing: "What a pity I" (Copyright, 1934, MoNaught Syndi cate. Inc.) I SERVE AS COMPANY FOR LONE RANCHMAN IBEX. Utah. April 4 (AP)-Moun- tains thst make rumbling noise, as though trying to talk are a powerful lot of company to one who has lived virtually alone in a desert for more i than 80 years. J. J. Watson. Millard county cattleman, has found. For a long time Watson was about , the only one who heard these com- 1 panlonable noises. Officials of the U. S. coast and geodetic survey to whom he reported Vie phenomena were not particularly Impressed after learning their Informant was the only permanent resident of an arid region the sine of a small European kingdom and had lived by himself for more than a quarter of a century 35 miles from the nearest poeitof flce. Visits by a Washington geologist and a Japanese sclent lit, however, proved t.ie desert cattle raiser was not Imagining thlncs and that the House ranse of mountains, forming the western boundary of the Sevier I desert had for years been making audible sounds sort of a grumbling expression of the growing pains they had been experiencing. I Midget Photos 10c Pesslij Studio, Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. THE RAILROADS want the long and short haul clause of the trans portation act repealed, so that they will be better able to compete with the boats for a share of transconti nental traffic. They are asking chambers of com merce and other elvle organisations to help them GET It repeated. BEFORE we do anything, here In Southern Oregon, let's understand what Is Involved, so that we may act Intelligently, FOR OUR OWN INTEREST, If we undertake to give advice to con gress, or to the Interstate com merce commission. FIRST, what is the long and short haul clause of the transportation act? The answer is simple. It Is a clause that forbids charging MORE for short haul than for a long haul. W HY do the railroads wsnt to charge more for short haul than for a long one? Again the answer Is simple. They want to make a low rate to the water terminals on the coast, so thst they may compete with the boats for share of the cross-country haul, and they want to make the Interior PAY THE COST of this competition. Those are blunt words, but they are substantially true. THE RAILROADS tell us of the In. terlor that if they are permitted to reduce rates to toe coast, so as to get some of the business that la now going to the boats, they may be ex pected to reduce rates correspond, ingly to the Interior. Thst statement tinkles pleasantly In the ears, but It doesn't stand to reason. . llfHY doesn't It stand to reason? T 1 Here Is why: North and south, along the coast, the railroads are already permitted to charge more for a short haul than for a long one. That Is to say, they are permitted to charge more for hauling a carload of freight from San Francisco to Southern Oregon than for hauling the same csrlosd of freight from San Francisco to Port land. And they DO charge more. As matter of- fact, they charge nearly twice as much to haul a carload ot freight to Southern Oregon points as they charge to haul the same car to Portland. N OTHER WORDS, the railroads DO 1 make interior Southern Oregon and Northern California pay the cost of competing with the boats between coast terminals. - IF THE long and short haul clause of the transportation act Is repealed, the same situation will be created east and west that now exists north and south. The railroads tell us that If they are permitted to reduce east and west rates to coBst points, so as to get more of the traffic that now goes to the boats, they may be expected to reduce rates to the interior accord ingly, but the fact remains thst In the past they HAVEN'T reduced north and south rates to Interior points. Instead, they have made the In terior psy the cost of competing with the boats between coast terminals. It stands to reason that they will do the same thing east and west If they are PERMITTED TO. SOUTHERN OREGON feels friendly toward the railroads. It wsnts to see them prosper. The boats don't run up the Rogue river. They hsve no psyrolls In South ern Oregon. The' railroads DO. The boats pay no taxes In South ern Oregon. The railroads DO they pay a lot of taxea here. As between the boats and the rails, our sympathies lie clearly with the rails. n BUT here In Southern Oregon we have to look out for our own In terests, for NOBODY ELSE WILL. The hump-backed rate situation north and south along the coast. whcb, nU,rior Smlthtrn o regon and Nortnern California have been made to pay the cost of rail competition wttn tne boftt8 between C0Mt terml. . . ... . . .mmM,,h, th. development or southern Oregon ana Northern California, and if the same 8itURtlon j, .iiowed to be created east and west as now exists north and south our development will be held back STILL MORE. We should protest vigorously against the proposed change tn the transportation act, For the benefit of employes To peks, Kas4 department stores main tain a "rogues' gallery" of shoplift ers. Dr. T. T. Olbbs, B3, Mexico, Mo. physician, celebrated his fiftieth an niversary in medicine by moving to a new office. Dan CahlU Is the Chlcaco Cubs No. 1 fan. havlni made 14 spring training trips with the team, and all of the j last nine. Defeat of Sales Tax Act Will Please Oregon Reds The school relief end property tax reduce league of Oregon, of which Claude Buchanan of this county Is one of the officers, has dug up some Interesting Information concerning the activities of communists in fight ing the sales tsx. The evidence Is positive and . unmistakable, being taken from official records, and goes to show that these pedlcull have apread an Infestation throughout tne political leaders of the Stste Oranse and labor unions. They are also fighting the recovery program, not with any Idea of evolving something better, or merely stopping the prob able evils of the program, but with the idea of heightening the state of adversity In this, country In the hope of arousing more dissatisfaction and discontent among the people so ss to hasten their revolution. It Is for this ssme reason that they are fighting the ssles tax. They know that the aalea tax would be effective In re ducing property taxes and would thereby relieve the heavy burdened taxpayer.. That would have a tend ency to make him more satisfied, whereas the object of communism Is to make people as dissatisfied ss pos sible so they will Join the commun ist party. It la to the shame of Ore DISABLED VETS IN (Continued trom Page One) quarters for receiving calls on odd jobs, which the veterans are able to do ,and for a place In which to carry on trades In a smalt way, such as mending and repairing. The space will, In addition, serve as a location for wtooleaome contacts, keeping the unemployed off the streets. Heath Pleads Cause. The request was granted by the council last night, following lengthy discussion, climaxed by the declaration from Councilman Fred erlck Heath that "the city council would be pretty small If It refused the veterans what they ask, after all they went through during the war. Councilman Dade Terrett, who had previously Investigated the plan with Commander Parker, then Introduced a motion approving the request. It passed by unanimous vote. The ordinance for further preven tion of street hazards, resulting from placing of equipment and supplies on Medford sidewalks and In alleys, was rejected last night by the council and Chief of Police Clatous MoOredie Instructed to carry on strict enforce ment of the existing ordinance. The new ordinance, Introduced at the pre vious meeting of the council, was ob' Jected to by the merchants' associa tion on the grounds that It would make unlawful the display of maga zines on street racks and Inflict an undeserved hardship on a number of dealers. John Moffatt of the Retail Trade association appeared before the council to oppose passage of the or dinance on behalf of these merchants. An Investigation revealed that tha existing ordinance fills the demands desired by the recently written one. aimed to eliminate sidewalk and alley obstructions. Water Case Ended. The final chapter of the old Rowley water case waa wrlten last night, when the city agreed to cancel the judgment held against Mrs. Rowley, a woman 00 years of age and a pitiful character, "misled by wrong advice," according to Attorney Frank J. New man, who appeared before the city dads In her behalf. The suit, brought against the city a number of years ago, contesting the water right of the Million Dollar system, Mr. Newman declared, was not Mrs. Rowley's Idea, but one Instituted by other persons. She does not have the money to pay the email judgment gained by the, city as a result, and Is In need of a loan on her homestead, which the. Judgment tends to obstruct. The council agreed to cancel the Judgment If Attorney Newman would! draw up the necessary papers and bear the small court cost. He agreed. Beer, Pool Licenses Asked. Three applications for renewals of card and pool hall licensee were rec ommended by the council. The ap plicants were Jensen 4e Dalley, Otto Jeldness and Goodwyn &, Goodwyn Applications for beer licenses were presented by the following persons and recommended by the council: Diamond cafe, Reliable grocery, BUI O Hara and Arvllla M. Burns. C. S. Butter field appeared before the council to speak a good word for M. R. Young, local plumber, who is entering private business here, and to see if a reduction could not be made tn his case in the $100 entrance fee charged in Medford. He main tained that Mr. Young had been In business here for many years, oper ating with other firms, so should therefore not be required to pay the same sum exacted of transient plumb ers. The council maintained that such an exemption would necessitate amendment of the ordinance and that until such rctlon is taken, if ever, all plumbers entering business here, regardleas of former connections, will be required to pay the fee. Want Strpet Light. A petition from IS residents, ask ing for Install at Ion of a street light at the corner of Fifth and North OftkdAle, was presented by Council man Terrett and granted by the council, when Chief McCredle an nounced that the zone has been a favorite haunt of gasoline thieves. An Inquiry from resident of Court j street, who are anxious for InstAlla- tlon of a sewer, was presented by Councilman R. O. Stephenson. C.ty I Superintendent FYed Scheffel respond- ed thst the paving now proposed will I be but 30 feet in width and will Interfere in no way with future In stallatlon of sewers. Cit Recorder M. L. Alford read the report of Police Judge A. D. Curry, which showed a total of 1258 50 collected la fines during the month of March. gon that the State Orange and the Oregon Journal have permitted them selves to become tools of this or ganization and party to their schemes. Speaking of the sales tsx, we have a copy of a letter from John L. App lln, oounty treasurer of Princeton, 111. The letter Is written to Wilbur L. powers of Corvsllls. Ore., In reply to an Inquiry by Mr. Powers aa to the amount of taxea due on a tract of land In which Mr. Powers Is In terested In Bureau county, Illinois. In reply the Illinois treasurer, who Is the tax collector, wrote aa follows: "Your letter has been handed us by Mr. Nelll, sheriff. The county treasurer collects tsxes In Bureau county. The total amount of taxes on your land In Indiantown town ship Is 1189.14. This tax Is divided Into two installments of equal amount. The first lnstsllment bears a penalty after May 1 at the rate of one per cent a month. The aecond lnstsllment has penalty date after August 1 at the same per cent. Tax sale last of September. THE SALES TAX IN THIS STATE HAS MADE POSSIBLE THE LEVYING OF NO STATE TAX ON REAL ESTATE OR PERSONAL PROPERTY THIS YEAR." Cor vail H Gazette-Times. Flight o Time (Medrord and Jackson County History From the Files of The Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Year, Ago.) TEN YEARS AGO TODAY April 4, 1924. (It waa Saturday.) This Is "playshed day" at Ashland. Central Point high gives "The Love Pirates of Hawaii," with Everett; Fa ber as the pirate chief. Rainfall during March Is 50 cent short, says weather report. per Oregon Jones, escaped convict, capes posse when surrounded. Shortage discovered office. in the post- Great excitement over games. Citizen whose "reputation Is black ened" In a weekly paper, listens to friends and will not sue editor for slander. Newton C. Chaney announces can didacy for district attorney on Re publican ticket. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY April 4, 1914, (It was Sunday.) March rainfall ts shy, and the de ficiency for the year Is 10 inches. Paving crews strengthen curves on highway between this city and Cen tral Point. George Cornwallis-Cornwallis West of "El ms-on-the -Thames," near Lon don, Eng., looks over a mine In the Oold Hilt district. C. E. Gates sold 32 Ford cars dur ing March. "In the Meshes of Her Hair, a. "Kalem thriller," at the Ials; "Once Is Too Many" at the It, and "The Blazing Ship, or Fire and Water" at the Star. B SAN JOSE, Calif., April 4.- -(UP) " You 're drunk, let me drivel" shout- ed Ouz Beugston. 'You're drunker," shouted .hie brother Axel Beugston, "I'll drive." As the brothers argued, the auto-' M mobile remained parked outside the San Jose police station. Captain John Guerin stuck his head out the door. "You're both drunk," yelled Cap tain Guerin. "Neither of you will drive." , Police Judge O'Connor heard the brothers continue their argument. "Two days In Jail to settle the dis pute." the Judge told Axel and Gus Beugston. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EU GENE, April 4. (Spl.) Everett E. Cole, University of Oregon student from Medf&.-d, has been named on the university honor roll, It waa an nounced here today by Dr. Earl M. Pallett, registrar. To be named on the honor roll, students must earn a grade-point average of 3.50. In the computation, 3 points are given for an "A," 3 for "B,"nd I for "C," A total of 07 studenta were ac corded places on the honor roll for the winter term Just ended. Of this number, 11 received the grade of "A" In every subject, the highest possible rating. Cole Is a sophomore and specialis ing in social sciences. Bright Spots (By United Prees.) Columbus Rsllway, Power and Light company Increases wages 10 per cent, restoring 1029 levels. Humble oil and Refining company reports 1933 net Income of 130.847. against 114.899.813 in 1913, Detroit street railwaya Increases wages of S.200 employes five per cent, effective May 1, bringing wage scale above 1939 levels. Krojer Grocery and Baking company reports !es for four weeks ended March 24 to 17.37,V3!. up 13 per cent from similar 1933 period.