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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE. MEPFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934.
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Oregon, under Ael or March 8, 1870.
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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
. ... , .-:''.
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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
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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.