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Newspaper Page TextI page srx MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEPFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934. Medford mail Tribune "Emyoni in Sou t turn Orteoo find, ttia Mill rrfbum" Oall Kicipt rtaturrtir SltUKUltlt I'HINTINU CO. N Kir BU iiu KK HI tt KUHU Editor An Independent Nainpapw Entered u lecond elm matter it Medford Oregon, under Ael or March 8, 1870. 8 U KM' It If 'Tl ON BATES B Mall in Adtsnu Uallj. oni rear f(Ml Daily, ill d.nnthi . t.T5 Dally, one month .80 By Carrier in Alliance Medford, Aibland. Jackiomllls, Central Point, PboeuU, TaJeot, Oold Bill ind on IHgrwajl. Dally, ont year ,,,$8.00 Dally, li miinthi 8.2ft Dally, oiw munUu .0 All term, cub lr idi&ne. Official paper or the City of Medford. Offlclal paper of Jackaoo County. MEMRKIt OF THE AB80CIATED PKE&fl deceiving VuU Uaned Win Serrieo rte Awoclntec Preet U eicltuliely entitled U the use for publication of ajl orwi dUpttehaa credited to It or otherwise credited Id UiIp paper and abut to the local net puhl lined herein. All righli 'or puMlcatloo of ipeclal dlspitch Herein tre tlw reimed. slEMXKH OP UNITED CHESS HEMBKH OK AUDIT KUItEAO of cmrm.ATiitNB Admtlslnj Kepresentalltei M C. MO('EN8EN company Orricet In Nw York, Chicago, Detroit, iao rrannlKo I Angelei Seattle Portland. US Ye Smudge Pot lly Arthur Perry. "Dr. Wirt did ell the talking," It was testified by witnesses yesterday before the house Inquiry Into the Virginia "revolt dinner party," when during the course of the conversa tion, the President 1 said to have been pictured as an "American Kor ensky." Three women guests wore also present. This is grounds for natlon-wtde "O, yeahl", Tm against 'the slies Tax. but if the achooia close, who'll look &ttr the . ohildren on bridge afternoons?'!! screamed a local ed a local Mama the first of the week, In wild alarm. , SKItMON ON THRIFT (Press Dlauatch.) 1 . LOS ANGELES. April 16. P) ' Knrl Dane, who earned and spent 1,500 a week when he was a film alar. In the silent picture days, ' may be burled In pauper's ' , .grave, . ,, Portland has taken steps for the regulation of beer-sandwich Joints, that dot the roadside, and are popu lar with autolste. Much as the sandwiches may need It, It will be the beer that gets the regulation. There has been an Increase In the number of California tourists. All look like they knew where they were going, and able to get back to where they started. I . .. Pedestrians continue to eye the courthouse lawn ominously. Many would rather see their footprints amid the new-born grass than tlielr namea it, fl. Uill r lKmA Thr. aeemji to be no wa; to accomplish the nefari-jtaxi oua purpo e. except to walk In one'a Bleep, and sneak down some night. CAUS15 AND KKKKCT (Albany Democrat-Herald.) John Bwlnk went to Browns ville last week and had all his teeth (18 In number) extracted, fio far, he had stood the ordoal well. John Swlnk had a number of young men hoeing hla raspberry ' fields the last several days. It now appears that the primary campaign will be waged without Scripture-quoting, manslaughter, hys terica, tantrums, or the creation of a vacuum In the county treasury. FREE GASOLINE AND UTOPIA The move by the state, to aeoure lower gasollno prices, Is a step In the right direction, and may eventually turn out to be very fine politics for somebody, now lurking In the back ground, waiting to pop forth aa an Independent savior of the people. It all may be the forerunner of Free Oaa, atate control of multitudinous gas silos, with the party In power appointing the oll-squlrts. There Is so much magic lure In Free Oaa. that 'It la a wonder no gubernatorial aspirant has thought of It. It should be a more catchy mo lassca than tree electrlo lights. Be sides, It ought to be much nobler to yank a tentacle oft the oil Octopus than blow out a fuse In the power trust. Ooshl how the votes would roll In. Tho Oil Octopus has always been haughty towards the public, and It la about time they had their ears pin ned back at the polls. They should be forced, by legislative enactment, to grant tick to all motorists. Tills they have steadfastly refused to do, except where the purchaser had es tablished a reputation for paying hon eat debts without a legal argument. The O. O. knowa that the run of the highway motorlsta will no more pay for mile he hsa traveled than tor a deceased horse. They are right about It, which la what makes the motorist mad, Free Clsa would preaent new prob lema. The pedestrians would want Free Shoes. H requires no nimble Invulnatlon to picture the Barefoot ell Mnrchers to Salem, from Portland rv-r' city and hanllat and crossroads v-ii'd witness a display of corns, bun ic:i end Innrown toenails. The popu- 1 would be footwre, and sore every i p'.j.:r else. . j nut there would be benenu. ore- eon U not getting her ahare o nei -:t:ers. By 'presiding Free aa.. mm buys. Now if the retailer takes vo i ri -jet 'meni all, and show u'(,r purchase prion ami puts it An .-. how to grow like a muili- , ., t03nl, puyuig it over to the state then Get the Facts for Yourself DO you believe in the public schools! Do you believe they should be supported and not crippled t Do you believe every child in this country is entitled to a free school education, and whether times are good or bad, this privilege should not be curtailed. If you do, then you will vote for the state sales tax, for only by the passage of this tax, can the public schools of this state, city, town and rural, be kept open and properly function ing during the ensuing year. ' ' This isn't sales tax propaganda, It's undisputed fact, which even the opponents of the sales tax can't deny.. The defeat of tlie sales tax means the crippling of the public schools in this state, and in many districts will mean the closing of the schools. There is no escape from this conclusion, take it or leave it, there you are! ' . DO you believe in a FAIR system of taxation! Do you be lieve any system of taxation that places an excessive bur den, upon ONE group of citizens, and no burden at all, on ANOTHER group, should be modified! If you do then you will also vote for the sales tax. For only by the passage of this tax can the present insufferable system of tax injustice be cor rected. ARE yo'u opposed to tax evasion! Do you believe it wrong to allow thousands of parents in this state, for example, to secure free education for their children, and not pay a dime for it, while others pay taxes for the support of the schools, and may not even have children to educate! If you are, then you must ALSO be for the sales tax For only by the passage of this tax, can some 300,000 adults in this state, who are receiving the benefits of our public schools, be forced to pay ANYTHING for the privilege. These people pay no school tax now. Under a sales tax they would-be forced to contribute SOMETHING to the support of the schools, the advantages of which they now enjoy, while their neighbors foot the bill.: Don't you believe that is only fair and right! DO you believe that unless the tax payers of this state are given some relief, not only they but the state will go bankrupt! If you do then you Must be for the sales tax. For the only way the PRESENT tax payers can secure relief is by the passage of this sales tax. The law prescribes that the money raised by this tax must be devoted to a reduction of the school tax, which inurn can only mean a reduction of the property tax. It is no argument to talk about reducing ad ministrative expenses. If such expenses could be reduced and jiWey can t oe naiMiauui ,1 . 1 r i m Y"1 t- T 1 T T. XT to the tax Pavera " .' " A emergency cx.sts and this w an emergency tax. The question is what are you going to do . ... , .-:''. !""" . , ' Whether you LIKE the sales tax, or don't, the fact, remains, that the only way there can be property tax relief in this state, Ibis year, is by the passage of this tax. The only way our public schools, city and rural can bo properly sustained is by the passage of this tax, The only way, hundreds of thousands of tax dodgers and tax evaders in this state, can be forced to pay taxes is by the passago of this sales tax. , . K MONTH from today this measure is to bo voted on. As we havo stated so often before, it is up to the individual voter to decide what ho or she WANTS. Don't take our word for it. Don't take anyone's word for it. Look up the matter for yourself. Find out just what the situation in this state is and just what the sales tax will do, not for someone else but for YOU I Wo have no fear about the outcome, IF the people of this state take the troublo, and time to really understand this sales and refuse to be hoodwinked and demagogues, who are trying to get into office, by capitaliz ing the unthinking 'prejudice against it. Don 't Be an Easy Mark ! 'TPITAT last paragraph aboVe contains a big "if." For the volume of hokum and misrepresentation shovelled out by tho opponents of the sales tax, appears larger than usual. One of the most persistent claims by the esteemed Portland Journal, for example, is that a "joker" lurks in the sales tax measure. In great detail the Journal quotes Section 21, which (it claims allows the state to render judgment against a sales tax delin quent, without a judicial determination, and thus every farmer of the state, if the sales tax passes, will be in danger of losing his all, from his milch cow to his cook stove. This is typical Journalese hokum, for it contains a half truth, which tho Journal builds up to represent the whole truth, That is tho sales tax law, like the state income tax law, tho intangi bles tax law, and tho corporation excise tax law, provides that thoso who arbitrarily refuse to pay the tax, or dishonestly at tempt to evade it, can be proceeded against at once. But it does not apply to thoso who honestly dispute the amount of the tax, or seek a readjustment of it. Tho law allows all suoh persons their day in court. N t e OUT tho hypocrisy and the downright intellectual dishonesty, of tho Journal's claim, is clearly revealed to anyone who will think tho sales tax situation over for five or ten minutes. Disregarding the fact that tho provision against which tho Journal complains, has been copied verbatim from three other state laws, which tho samo Journal heartily and passionately supports, it must bo clear' tho provision can only apply to DELINQUENTS under tho sales tax. But how can tho cook stove farmer bo a delinquent under tho sales tax! Tho answer is HE CAN'T BE I Only tho retailer can ho a delinquent under this law for only tho retailer pays tho lax. Tho fanner doesn't pay the tax to tho state. No individual pays tho tax to the state. Therefore no individual other than the Individual retailer CAN BE DELINQUENT, TO THE STATE. Tho individual whether a farmer or not, pays his sales ti'x j .. )C .),. ,: rlm.,aso it . - 1 I C . . by the self-seeking politicians ho has to rav it to Bet what he that tax moneyonly Vi of in his own pocket instead of . ,w, aud then ONLi me saving wouia give no rei:ei Can the stale step in, take that retailer's cook stove, or. shotgun, or wrist watch or what not, and if the retailer still refuses to pay, sell the article and get the tax due in that way. ' Isn't that fair enough! . Well, that's all this alleged "joker" the Journal claims to have discovered means. Yet characteristically the Journal continues to bawl all over its editorial page about this un-American sales tax measure, and urges the farmers of the state who will more than any other one class be benefited by the sales tax to vote it down, OR they will have to hand over their cook stoves to the sheriff when tax collection time conies around. PHOOEYI Personal Health Service Uy William Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to dli castr diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brady If a stamped self-add rased envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. Owing to th large number ol letters received only a tew can be an swered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Or. William Brady, tb El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Cai. HOW TO USE DISINFECTANTS. Practically the only purpose for which gases, vapors or smokes are employed In modern disinfection la for the destruction of mice, rats or z&jffm other vermin In v room, ciose v, hole, , building, ship or cases or bales packed for shipment or stor age. The - gases most efficient are so poisonous to man that they can be safely used only by ex perts In fumiga tion. Among them are formal dehyde, sulphur dioxide (fumes of Burning suipnur), chlorln. hydrocy anic acid, and for vermin carbon monoxld or the fumes of carbon dl sulphld. Sulphud fumes and chlorln bleach discolor fabrics and hence are sel dom desirable for use In the home, tho chlorln gns 1b perhaps the most efficient and penetrating disinfect ant, as well as the most irritating and 'poisonous. A hose attached to the exhaust pipe of an automobile and carried Into a rat or other hole will quickly dispose of the rodents In the burrow, when the auto engine runs for a few minutes. Formaldehyde comes In a standard solution called Liquor of Formalde hyde, which contains 37.5 per cent of the gas dissolved In water. The com mon trade name for this Is formalin. Formaldehyde does not bleach or attack fabrics. It Is not very poison ous. It Is a deodorant. It does not Injure metal surfaces, but renders leather, skins and furs brittle, sj ,thoy should be disinfected by other mep.ns. One ounce of the standard 37.5 per cent solution of formelde hydc mixed with nine cunces of wat er makes a disinfectant solution equivalent to 10 ounces of strong bt chlorld of mercury or superior to an equal quanttty of 5 per cent (one In 20) solution of phenol (carbolic acid) In disinfectant power. A small quantity of such a solution of formaldehyde will Instantly de odorize foul malodorous substances and will disinfect thoroly'lf thoroly mixed with the material. It Is much used for disinfecting various secre tions In Illness, and for disinfecting precious articles, antiques, books and things that have been used by many persons coins, pencils, pens, tele phone mouthpiece, door knobs, and the like. Personally I would not waste money or - time disinfecting such things in any case, so far as my own safety is concerned. But If you have any -nutty obsessions about the re mote chance of Infection In that way, carry a hipflask of 10 per cent for malin solution and clean up the en vironment before you come in con tact with It. Lots of demented crea tures do. Soaking a new brush In the 10 per cent formaldehyde for 24 hours Is a good way to make certain the bristles shall be free from the deadly an NEW YORK DAY BY DAY BY O.O.Mclntyre NEW YORK, April 18. At least one old-timer. In the worst depres sion the theatre has ever known, has wiggled to a safety Isle. Referring, of course, to the fairly sis-able hit scored six weeks ago by Charles B. Dill Ingham. Ill winds had al most blown the veteran down when the' gale shifted. Not perhaps the smartest re vue In town, it did, however, of fer a distinct novelty in an ar ray of absolutely new tatea the title was "New Faces" and a potpourri of fresh Ideas. Even hardened critics were unable to brush lightly over the loveliness of the gang of restful youngsters, mostly from California. To watch a new generation of play era x Dior In it their herltace was a rie. I llclous treat In Itself. The Manhat tan stage has too long been surfeit ed'Wlth the same personalities doing the same thing. And that an old timer should give them their chance speaks volumes for the gallantry of years. Dillingham's didoes alao brought back to the legitimate the well-liked Elsie Jants. This time, not as the winsome hoyden, but as the director. So excellent was her Job that cheer ers. standing up, brought her from the wings, to take a sedate and middle-aged bow. She was Dillingham's bright particular star. Within the year X hav seen three men. all vigorous, who years ago were given up to die and whose doom was foretold in headlines. I refer to Frank Vanderllp. the octogenarian. Prry Belmont I think it Is, and Jack Nor worth. Vanderllp has long been an idol of the newspaper fraternity, with Uis orthodox poor country boy start h to to -head of one of New York Urady, thrax bacilli. Of course the formel dehyde must be thoroly rinsed out before you use the brush. It Is good prophylaxis against ex cessive or malodorous sweating of the feet and also against ringworm foot Itch to pour an ounce or two of the same 10 per cent formaldehyde solu tion Into each shoe, from one shoe to the other, so as to wet the whole inside and lining of the shoe, then drain and let the shoe dry for 24 hours before wearing. This repeated once a month. In more troublesome cases, mop the soles and between the toes with the solution and let dry before putting on stockings do this for two or three days In succession. Be careful to keep the solution off your fingers. Barbers and hair dress ers and chiropodists sometimes use formaldehyde for disinfecting Imple ments. Plain washing of such imple ments with soap and hot water Is a better protection for the customer. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Bright Red. I am 72 years old. I notice when I cut myself that my blood is trans parent and the color of anllin red Ink. When I was younger my blood was opaque, thicker, deeper red. M. L. Answer You are probably anemic. Send ten cents (coin, not stamps) and a stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet "Blood and Health." Painless Extirpation of Tonsils. Thanks you for suggesting Dr. as a physician skilled In diathermy extirpation of the tonsils. Ho did an excellent Job for me. The treatments were not only bloodless but entirely painless, v.hich pleased me no end. W. E. R. Answer The physician who has mastered the difficult technic of the modern method can remove the ton sils or eradicate the focus of infec tion by a series of perhaps half a dozen weekly sittings, in most cases, without giving the patient more pain or trouble than treatments by a good dentist entail. Now and then even the expert operator sees a severe re action soreness of throat following treatment, but as- a rule such un pleasant effects are due to unskilled work, especially the amateurish at tempt to do too much at one sit ting. Cio to Hill. Every time I ride In a an automo bile going down hill I get a sinking sensation and have to hang on for dear life it la not so bad If I am in the back of the car. Mrs. M. p. C, . Answer find yourself a hilly place and cultivate the place for walks, play, vacation and rides. You have to break the obsession by gradually getting accustomed to riding down hill In the front seat. (opyrlght 1934, John F. DUle Co.) Ed Note: Readers wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letters direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D., 2fi5 E. Ca mlno, Beverly Hills, Cal. largest banks but still likes to be classed a newspaperman. Henry Sell came across an old Tony Pastor program which announces the opening of Vie bill with: "The Groat Zaro ball Juggling with bouncing and plate manipulations." A favorite of the helter-skelter variety was TIk ko, who did a Japanese perch act and often opened the show at Ham mers teln's. At the finish of his act when he slid down the pole he reach ed' at the base for his chewing gum and then took his bow, chewing mad ly. I often wonder about people who go to the movies at 10 In the morn ing. In the larger temples along Broadway there are distinct audien ces of this sort. I Joined one the other morning. Mostly men, middle aged and older. Out of the parade, it struck me as their method of chas ing the bluebird through branches of life. The George Arliss looking gen tleman next to me, slight and with white vest edging, might have been a mincing professor of the minuet in the long ago. His derby was flat topped and tie an Ascot, a type rare ly seen these days unless one drops Into a morning movie. I hear, al though I saw none I recognlted. that many actors, enjoying engagements, are also attendees, their only oppor tunity to Indulge a sort of busman's holiday. But X have not as yet been able to arise in time or stay up late enough to Join the Tenderloin gamblers, who, quitting their tables, have a snack around S a. m. These unsmil ing patrons are the grimmest In the land outside a penal Institution. Win, loae or draw, the professional gamb ler never betraya hla emotions. They clip out their conversation In mono syllables, drinking cauldrons of hot coffee and puffing fiercely black cigars. Beefsteak Charlie's, about five pipe whiffs from Broadway, has since the days of Maud S. been the hangout for followers of the race track'. Walls are lined with many Currier and Ives of past thoroughbreds. Horsey men In loud ties are always at the tables with their suspiciously golden ladles. Every unaccompanied gentleman is ! pouring over a dope sheet. The only ( cestsursnt that hasn't changed tlncn Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS, , RETURNINQ from his vacation. President Roosevelt calls on con gress to dispose of these six Im portant measures before adjourn ment: 1. Monetary legislation. 2. Reciprocal tariff. 3. Revenue bill. 4. Federal deposit Insurance. - 5. Municipal bankruptcy bill. 6. Stock exchange control. These measures, he says, are needed to complete his 1034 recovery pro gram. ' MONETARY legislation. What a wide range , of possibili ties that covers free sliver, green back currency, paying the govern ment's bills by starting the printing presses; making everybody rich with out work by the simple process of stuffing his pockets with paper money. ALONG this line, you know, we mustn't overlook the ultimate possibility of money so nearly worth less that you'd have to haul a wheel barrow load of It to the postofflce in order to buy a postage stamp. There are men In cdngress who are ready to vote for the BEGINNING oi the process that would bring that about. THERE Is also the possibility of legislation that will RESTORE CONFIDENCE In the value of money which would be a powerful stimu lus to business and would go farther, probably, than anything else to re store prosperity.- RECIPROCAL tariff what is that? Well, It amounts to saying to other nations: "Make It easy for us to trade with you, and we'll make It easy for you to trade with us." It sounds good on paper, but Isn't so easy as It sounds, because you .and I don't want foreign trade made easy In those things that WE PRODUCE. We want admitted to this country only those products that don't com pete with us. REVENUE bill. How about that? Let's pass that subject over ' oulcklv. for It 1a n&Inful. A rvniip bill means raising the money, by TAXING YOU AND ME, to pay for all these things we talk so grandly about the government providing for us. FEDERAL deposit insurance. What .of it? It means, presumably, continuation of insurance by the federal govern ment, or by some agency under the supervision of the federal government, that when you and I put our money In the bank we'll get It back when we want It, or need It. That, in theory, Is right, and OUGHT TO BE DONE providing It can be done wisely and well. MUNICIPAL "bankruptcy toil! what's that? Putting It with brutal frankness, it means taking over by the federal gov ernment of the debts of the munici palities. That's the long and the short of it. HOW did the municipalities get so deeply Into debt? They SPENT TOO RECKLESSLY In the days when borrowing was easy and everybody was saying: "Let pos terity pay." Now WE'RE posterity, and the pay ing Is hard. We'd like to have Uncle Sam take over our' debts. STILL, if UncleSan7DOES take over our debts, they'll have to be paid, and PAID BY TAXATION. Either that or they'll have to be re pudiated. STOCK exchange control. What is meant by that? What SHOULD be meant Is regulat ing the stock exchange In such a way that honest, legitimate business can use it to secure financing needed for legitimate expansion while at the same time preventing the hamstring ing of s .und business by RECKLESS GAMBLING. It ought to be possible to do that, but It will take brains. Brains and STATESMANSHIP not peanut politics. Visitor In Medford J. M. McClel land, publisher of the Long view Daily News, at Longview, Wash., was a busi ness visitor in Medford Tuesday. . I came to New York. It and Ludl ow's. O, yes. among the bright sophisti cates Dillingham recruited for his comeback revue was James Shelton. another Padueah, Ky. boy. who seems a '"'iddlng Noel Coward. The words to! one of his songs concern the cham-1 plon gutter girl. She rests In gutters, because she loves them. Beds simply J do not appease her any more. She ts ! out to meet all comers for a gutter ! resting record, tee U-tedum te deelj , But Walter Catlett, during the long ' I run of "Sally." was first to make Broadway gutter conscious. In lift-' j tng his beaker of shandygaff, he ' would aiway cry: "tnoose your gut- i terl" (Copyright. 1034. McNaught Syndl cate, Inc.) Meet Mr. Bones Bonesetter Do Luxe at New Fair. Albert P. Walter shown working on a moving skeleton to get It ready for the opening of the new World'i Fair in Chicago May 26. Medical exhibits In the Hall of Science will be enlarged more than thirty per cent this year. Editorial Comment Dr. Kerr Resigns Dr. W. J. Kerr, for the past two years chancellor of the state system of higher education and for more than 25 years previous to that presi dent of the Oregon Agricultural State colleee. has announced his formal retirement as chancellor upon the se lection of a successor. Dr. Kerr's resignation was not un expected and Is designed to further unify the higher eductalonal institu tions and promote narmony in rela tions and allay jealousies and suspi cions engendered by the selection of the head of one or the rival institu tions to preside over both. Dr. Kerr Is an able administrator and has shown his customary ability in unifying the Institutions under common management at a time both faced financial and economic crises caused by the depression. He faced a difficult task and was handicapped by the petty partisanship of facul ties, alumni and student bodies, Nevertheless the selection of Dr. Kerr was a mistake on the part of the board and his acceptance a mis take on the part of Dr. Kerr, for the traditional animosities flared anew, culminating In the resignation of the president of the board and public demand for the retirement of the chancellor. It became apparent, de spite the conciliatory efforts of the new chairman, that only a truce and not peace had been effected, for the prejudices could not be allayed. Dr. Kerr has well earned retire' ment for, he has spent half a century In educational work and has been vigorous and capable executive and far vlsioned builder as well as an adroit politician who knew how to play the game for the benefit of in stitutions under his charge. He built up the state college from a struggling school Into one of the most complete plants and a strong faculty. It stands as his monument and ho Is entitled to the apprccition and good will of the state and a well earned pension in his retirement from active service. Salem Capital-Journal, BE 13 EUGENE, Ore. Every mother In every University of Oregon student will be Invited to come to Eugene May 11, 12 and 13 to participate In the annual Mothers Day event. It was declared by Thorns H. Tongue, Htllsboro, president of the Associated Students. Tongue announced the ap pointment of the committee to han dle the event, and also requested all students to write Immediately to their mothers and Invite them. The student committee will be headed by Nancy Arnold, Portland. William Melssner, Oregon City, will be assistant chairman. Others on the committee Include Althea Powers, Eugene, banquet; Catherine Coleman, Eugene, registration; Douglas Polivka, Portland, publicity; Josephine Waffle, Astoria, program, and Dorothy Dibble, Portland, secretary. The faculty com commlttee Include Althea Peterson, general chairman; George H. God frey, publicity and advertising; Vir gil D. Earl, registration, and Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed. banquet. The event this year will be held simultaneously with Junior week end. and mothers will not only have their own meetings, Mothers' Day banquet and other affairs, but may also en Joy the annual canoe fete, Junior prom, fresh-soph underclass mix and other d (versions on the program. The week end -will commemorate the diamond anniversary of statehood for Oregon, and the canoe fete and other events ill have the pioneer days as a theme. Officers of the Oregon Mothers are; President, Mrs. A. M. Dibble, Port land; vice-president, Mrs. W. G. Hare. Htllsboro; treasurer, Mrs. L. M. Hen derson, Oregon City; executive com mittee. Mrs. E. M. Burns, Mrs. Edgar W. Smith. Mrs. T. J. Aughlnbaugh, Mr?. George Brice, all of Portland, and Mrs. E. E. Gore of Medford; Mrs. A. W. Norblad. Astoria, and Mrs. Jack Spence, McMlnnvtlie. j Slot Machines Are Confiscated PORTLAND. Ore.. April 18 (API Etftht slot machines, the first se Ired j since the supreme court ruled that j police have a rlBht to conflscste snd i destroy them, were picked up here i last nuht. R. D. steen. 35. was ar. rested on a charge of possessing 1 them Flight vo Time (Medford and Jacksuo Couot History r'runi the Files ot lb. Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Vear, Axo. I ' TEN YEARS AGO TODAY April 8. iB14. (It wss Friday.) fln.trt. announces It "Will not leed lazy husbands, with labor plentiful." Alwr wives complain their mates Dais ai rou. Registration for primary la heavy. Medford high-band, In new uni forms, 'eaves for state contest at Corvallls. ' Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Richardson ot Willow Springs district celebrate their silver wedding. Mlnttrel show at Rogue River Is a huge success. School, heads warn parents that children taken out of school now "will have to make It up In the fall." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY. April 18,11)14. (It was Saturday.) President Wilson Issues ultimatum that Dictator Huerta must salute inorLan fin? hv nX O'clock SUUdaT evening or he will put'the matter be fore congress. The Dr. Keene special tax commit tee will confer with Aahland proper ty owners on the Pacific highway. All t"ie primary candidates are "out In the country scaring up voters." Paving at Central Point Is halted when a freight conductor falls to set out a carload of cement. Prohibitionists of county endorse candidates for election. Sen. Bourne wires prospect for Crescent City harbor money la good. . Communications Booze and Longevity. To the Editor: In your Issue of Monday, April 16, bracketed on the front page, there appears the wonderful story of an aquatic centenarian. It comes as news from Port of Spain, Trinidad and tells how Peter Pollen of Conception cele brated his 100th birthday by swim ming 35 yards under water and other wise frolicking with the mermaids. "Splashing out again as gleeful as a schoolboy he addressed bis admirers on the bank: 'My recipe for longevity In the tropics is to drink rum and smoke a pipe'." The pipe may account for it, for it Is so evidently a pipe dream. , , 1 It reminds me of a story which ap peared In the city press also as ft news Item before the 18th amend ment went Into effect. A man at the age of 108 had won a foot race over others not more than 40 years old. In this case longevity and vigor were, credited to drinking two quarts of beer a day for years untold. - We immediately wrote to folks In the town mentioned, Hershey, Neb., for further particulars of that re markable race and were Informed that no such raw was ever run and no such man was ever known there. In vestigation of this latest case, or any case like It, would bring the same results. It simply means that the booze crowd Is up to their old tricks in which truth has no part whatever. E. A. OLDENBURG, -229 N. Bartlett St., Medford, Ore. It's Another Conger. To the Editor:. In answer to the many Inquiries from those who believe me to be the Conger running for the nomination for county Judge, will say that I am not a candidate for any office or position. It takes so much of my time man aging my own business that I have not even made up my mind whom I sha"U support with my vote for that exalted position. I' might therefore be good picking for some smooth cam paigning candidate who would like to practice the art of vote getting before the battle reaches Its height. I was a candidate for coroner In 1032, but not being fortunate enough to be clothed with the endorsement of the G. G. C, Banks and Fehl, was defeated but not discouraged. So here's hoping the best man wins. H. W. CONGER. West Main at Newtown St., Medford, Oregon. April IB, 1034. Ye Poet's Comer LOST LAKE Hidden deep among high hills Green bsstlons for Hoody's snowy peak This crystal mirror of majestlo heights, Where glacial snows forever rest, Long kept Its margins undented, Its virgin beauty unrevealed. He who first trod its bordering sedga Found neither trail nor footprints there. So runs the tale: The Indian turned ' aside In superstitious reverence. As if It were a spirit lake Where his ancestral tribes once dwelt. , Ah. then It was a holy place, Where Nature's sovereignty prevailed: Above its shimmering expanse Ten thousand feet the up-piled moun tain stood; Below, reflected, quivering, Inverted, wavering snowfields lay. Ita charm Is gone; man's playground now, A camp-slt littered, marred dea polled. Clamorous with shouting throngs' and engine throbs; Barge and boat and raft afloat: Ita silence rent, Ita echo, broken A memory of beauty now, Indeed Lost Lake. A. C. C. In Portland Spectator. Oregon Heather. Pair east and Increasing cloudiness west portion tonight and Thursday, becoming unsettled on coast; cooler west portion Thursday; gentle east to outh wind offshore. Increasing Thursday.