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IT PAGE EIGHT ftrEDFORD MAIL TRIBWE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAT 10, 1934. Medpord Mail Tribune "Evtryoni In Southern Ortgotl Riads tht Mail Tribuni'' Dally Except Saturday Pub) Mied br MEDPOim 1 HINTING CO. 25-27-29 N. Fir St. Phona T5 HUBERT W. RUHL, Editor An Independent Neuipaper Entered is lecond class matter at Medford, Oreton, under Art of March S, 18T&. SUBSCRIPTION RATK8 Hat Mull In AHihiw Pally, one year $".on Daily, tlx monthi 3. 75 Dally, ona month fi By t:rrir in saianw .neuiurn, nmnu, Jarkiomllle, Central Point, Phoenix, Talent, (Jold Hill and on Uiglivayi. Dally, one year fn-OO mill, six monthi 3.25 Dally, one month -60 All terms, earn in aarance. Official paper of the City of Medford. Officii) paper of Jackson County. MEMBER P TUB ASSOCIATED PRBB8 IferelrlnB Pull leased Wire Service Hie Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the uie for publication of all ncwi dlipatchei credited to It or otherwise credited In thla paper and alia to the local news published herein. All right i for publication of special dlipatchei hrrein are also reserved, MEMBER OP UNITED PRESS MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative! M. C. M00EN8EN k COMPANY Offlcea In New York, Chicago, Detroit, Sao Francisco Loi Angelei Seattle Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. It la now feared the Democratic party of Oregon will select u their choice for Governor, a man, a mad Republican would not vote for, ... ' Some Indiana reported to live on the reservation In shacks, were here yesterday riding around In Cadillacs. The sound of a hammer, hitting the head of a nail, instead of some body's reputation, Is once more heard in the valley. The police last night lectured a pair of maids, who were acting like they would get In an auto' with Bandit . John DUUnger, if he asked them. . , Between the kids w.to get drunk, and the politicians who might as well be, better progress Is experienced to wards the return of prohibition in this state, than the most sanguine could expect. J. Kort Hall, the fretting horticul turist, has started to fear; the hot weather, he feared would not come. The grass on the courthouse lawn, la high enough for the grazing of a taxpayer's cow. . - ' Samuel inaull, once a stupendously rich power utility magnate, now an old man with a bad heart, was. re turned to Chicago this week to face criminal charges. For many years he was Chicago's outstanding clvlo humdinger.- He . gave that metropolis a 17,000,000 opera house, and once paid a soprano $100,000 for Intermittent warmbllng over a two-week period. They cast him into a hoose-gow, and It has taken him much longer to get a writ of habeas corpus, than It would a fifth-rate gangster. He Is having , a genuine hard time. Besides those who use to toady after him, now hate him worse tnan those who always hated him. A number of Pacific coast news papers have started the old custom of telling how leading citizens got hold of their first $. It would be a brighter Journalistic Idea to start a guessing contest, on the probablo date they would let loose of It. WONDERS OF INSTINCT American Forests) Wild animals have their own code of manners, often comically like ours. They are frequently courteous, tender-hearted, and considerate to the point of being romantic. Thoy posses that unembnrraased demeanor which Is Indicative of eoul-polso, and manifest on many occasions a behavior that has the Intellectual quality of good taste and fine per ception. Lapses of good faith among animals, for Instance, are more cer tain of punishment than are our breaches of trust. For In the natural world the laws are those Insuring life Itself; and one who disobeys us ually imperils himself and all his fellows. ; A singing gallery is displayed In the Colo, window, and reveals about all the dress suits left by the de pression. , OF G. P. VICTORS GRANTS PASS, May 10. (AP Klamath Falls women golfers bowed for the first time to a Grant Pass tesm here yesterday when the wo men of the Grants Paaa Country club defeated their vlaltors 26 to 13 In hard-fought matches that saw many of the locals coming up from be hind in the first rounds. Low score of 00 was turned In fcy Mrs. C. A. Wlnetrout who broke the course record for women with ano 9-hole round of 40, four strokes over men's par. Mrs. Kelly of Klamath Falls had a 04 and Mrs. I, Rae Cow din of Grant Pass 97. The Kiama.h men's team will vult the Iocs! cflurse for an Inter-ctty tournament 8, Mid ay, the first on the scheduls lor t1 men filsyw h.re, ED tlN Try to Understand THERE is an article in this week's Liberty by Yosuke Matsu oka, Japan's chief delegate to the League of Nations, which gives the Japanese side of the JIanchurian question, Japan lias a side. In all such controversies, whether between nations or individuals, there are almost always two sides. It is very important, we think, that the peoplo of this coun try, and every other, should try to understand both sides of the Far East situation, before they form any final judgment. Most troubles in this world and wars come under this head ing are due to misunderstandings. If that old rule put yourself in the other man's place could be applied to nations, a great step would be taken toward the elimination of war. ' THE writer of this article makes no effort to explain Japan's recent pronouncement of "hands off China"; nor does he attempt to justify a Japanese Monroe doctrine. But the conditions he does deal with, give a clearer picture of tho Japanese position, and the necessity from the standpoint of Tokio, of its control of Manchuria, than the present writer, at least, has had before. . . ' This is also true. Since the Washington Peace conference, and the signing of the 9-power treaty, conditions in the'Far East have radically changed. In a military sense at least, Russia is now a world power. The effort which then appeared to have a chance of success, to unify and stabilize China, has failed. Japan has not only a powerful and revitalized Russia, but a disorganized and bandit-ridden Naturally she must be strong Naturally, also, she can't afford to let either Russia or China, become the breeding ground for aggression against her. Japan is not large, nor is she isolated like the United States. She is small, overcrowded, and only a enemies, or potential ones. WE are not trying to JUSTIFY the policy of Japan's PRESENT government, which is essentially militaristic. But we are suggesting the advisability of trying to UNDER STAND it. It is also the belief of this paper, the time lias come for the WORLD to try to understand it, and to draw up a new East West pact, on the btsis of that understanding. For if things are allowed to go on, as at present, war in the Far East is certain. . Japan should not be given all she asks, but we believe it would not only be expedient, but just, to-give her THIS: acknowledge that in that part of tho world, her interests and welfare should be given PRIMARY consideration. Given this concession, it is at least POSSIBLE, that the present critical mess in the Pacific area, could bo worked out peacefully, and the folly and horror of another war, could be averted. ' Some State Comments on Award of Pulitzer Medal Pultlzer Medal for the Mall-Trlbuno The editorial campaign of the Med ford Mail Tribune conducted against, L. A. Banks of Medford and his fol lowers and his theories, has been awarded the Pulitzer medal for the "most disinterested and meritorious public service rendered by an Amer ican newspaper during 1933,'i ; It takes us back to those days not so long ago when the atmosphere of blood and flame hovered over Med? ford, when men's tempers were on the razor edge, when demonstrations were the dally excitement, and when the state police were spreading their net for the "overt act" that finally came, ' We think today of Banks as a convicted prisoner of the etato, and of his "war" as a thing ended and done. But the Banks type of social unrast is present today as strongly in its Incipient stages as tt was In its high pitch of public attention when Banks was free and his news paper was unleashing Its poison. Inde-xt, ' the same organization Is present here, and Is backing its can didates in this election. It Is keep ing quiet about it. Few candidate would want the general public to know or such partisan support. In Banks' day quiet was the Inst thing thought of. Tho moro publicity the better, the agitators and demon strators decided. It was against the open radical attack that the Med ford Mall Tribune's campaign was waged and Josephine county people here were fully alort to the cam paign's prosecution and outcome. Yes, the press of the state con gratulates the Mall Tribune on Its receipt of Pulitzer honors. Only the people of communities that live this close to the Jackson county hot-bed of strife can know under what a burden the Mail Tri bune fought Its fight and cams through. Grants Pass Courier, Editor Robert W. Ruhl of The Med ford Mall-Tribune richly deserves the magnificent honor which was given to him when he was awarded the Pulitzer prize for "the most merltor loxis service by a newspaper during 1933" an honor which has never before been given to a Pacific coast newspaper editor. Editor Ruhl, a versatile logical edi torialist, exerted a powerful influ ence In maintaining sanity and rignt thinking In the mlnda and hearts of the vast majority of the readers of his newspaper, which aided very ma terially In the eventual solution of the problem which to some seemed destined to end In serious rioting and mora general bloodshed.. The Dally Tldln&a extends congratu lations to Editor Ruhl who has gained distinction for the Fourth Estate on the Pacific coast and just recogni tion of his services. Ashland Tidings, Honor to An Oregon Editor, The Pulitzer award to The Medford Mall Tribune for "the most disinter ested and meritorious public service rendered by an American newspaper during 1033" thrills the souls of Ore gon editors, who Join In tendering felicitations to the edttor of The Mall Tribune. It is highly gratirylng that the prize goe lo a paper In so small a city, so far from New York city Where the award t made. China, with which to deal. in a naval and military sense. stone's throw from millions of Few of the people of Oregon realize the importance of the battle which The Mall Tribune waged on behalf of sanity and civic honesty. For years Medford had been affected by gnaw ing revolutionists using tho vehicle of Irresponsible newspapers to stir up public disaffection. - Feeding on distress and dissatisfaction the agi tators built up a formidable organi zation, which threatened the exist ence of an orderly society In Jack son county. Plans wore even ven tured for extension throughout the state. In Oregon there Is a deplorable In difference on the part of good citi zens to this subversive agitation. It is true In Salem and In other parts of the state, until there Is almost a terrorism in political life. Poll Meal crackpots swarm the highways and fill the public prints with their cam paigns of smear and slur, with their Impossible and calamitous promises. The question Is coming to be whether the American system Is going to survive or whether our institutions are to be washed overboard In experi mental tomfoolery or frank socialism. Perhaps the nows of the Pulitzer award to Editor Ruhl's newspaper may put a little aplno In other editors In Oregon. Oregon Statesmen. A Slgnnl Service Recognized, Oregon may well take pride In the award to The Medford Mall Tribune of the gold medal which Is the Pulitzer prize. It was a splendid service porformcd by Mr. Ruhl and his paper when they kopt calm during the tempest, and day after day sought to light again the candles of reason In a commu nity which was hysterical under the cloud of black prejudice. Eventually the policy of the paper prevailed and peace was again restored. We can well Imagine the strain under which the editor of The Mail Tribune labored , during the long months of disturbance and strife and how difficult It was to restrain natu ral Impulses which were contrary to the dictates of calm reason. We con gratulate not only the editor and the paper but the city of Medford and the county of Jackson for having In their midst the type of Journalistic leadership which was displayed during the most tumultous days of their re cent history, and which has been so signally recognized. Astoria Astorla'n Budget, A Great Honor, The Pulitzer prizo awarded to The Medford Mall Tribune for the "most distinguished and meritorious service rendered by an American newspaper during 1933" Is a real distinction and the publishers of that newspaper have reasons for pride in their achieve ment. The situation In Medford for many months wss exceedingly difficult and troublesome. There was frenzied agi tation and open violence but The Medford Tribune kept Its poise and pleaded for "straight thinking and honesty" as recorded In the award. The award Is made by the Colum bia school of Journalism,' New York city, and covers the entire United States, The honor Is made the greater by the fact there are many news papers, in the country and many s them rendered conspicuous service In various lines during the period cov ered by the award. Pendleton East Oregonlan. - - The city of Medford and the state of Oregon have been signally honored by the awarding of the Pulitzer prize for the "most disinterested and meri torious public service rendered by an American newspaper during the past year" to the Medford Mall Tribune. But the scope of the' recognition extends beyond the bounds' of city or state limits. The Medford paper symbolize the courageous small town dally throughout . America, which, seeing a public mission to be fulfilled, brings the issue fearlessly before the eyes of Its readers, causing the evil of whatever nature to be smothered under the weight of un favorable public opinion. The Mail Tribune Is the first paper represent ing a town of under 36,000 Inhabi tants to receive' recognition through a Pulitzer award. Robert W. Ruhl, editor of the prize, winning Medford paper, modestly told press comments that "the Mall Trib une la properly overwhelmed by Its good fortune." Commenting on the fact that It was the first "small t-jf.vn" Pulitzer award, Ruhl said: "There are hundreds of papers in the smaller places doing their Job day. In and day out and doing it well. The Mall Tribune only did what they or any paper worthy of the name would have done under similar critical circumstances." Of the hundreds, however, which Ruhl so lightly compares with this year's Pulitzer prize winner, the Med ford Mail Tribune received the high est honor accorded to an American newspaper during 1934. Proximity too often warps Insight. How many Oregonlans would have chosen an Oregon newspaper1! - University of Oregon Emerald, We hasten to congratulate The Medford Tribune on earning the Pulitzer prize for fighting the up llfter gang that was going to save the county , by getting all the offices, the head man of which finally landed in the penitentiary. Up to date the governor has not pardoned him, tho we expect it any minute. The Pulitzer prize for meritorious public service is a $500 gold medal, which will prob ably be conflacated by a benevolent government and the Tribune editor handed over to the copa for hoarding It. Corvallls Gazetto Times. No small city newspaper has ever before won this Pulitzer award. Pre viously the coveted prize has gone always to large metropolitan papers. Oregon Journalism Is highly honored by this selection. We congratulate Editor Robert W. Ruhl. The honor he has received was certainly well placed. Roseburg News Review. (CoDtinueo irom Page One) they are a long way from being per fect or event judiciously fair. John son's recent effort to reduce hours of work and Increase wages has gone nowhere. These facts are generally admitted on the Inside, and the only question is what to do about them. Few sug gest the "crack down" method. Most of the big thinkers lean to ward the policy of letting things coast until a more moderate policy can be worked out. it can now be told that the gov ernment had reason to believe its income tax case against Andrew Mel lon was weak from the start. Certain Investigators from the In ternal revenue bureau were sent out to Pittsburgh weeks ago to dig Into Me lion's Income tax situation. Their private report to the treasury indi cated the case did not Justify prose cution. The Justice department apparently took the position that a grand Jury should decide. It did. President Roosevelt's good friend, Chairman Fahey of the home loan board, has been doing some personal footwork recently around the houss. Ho has been working with Represen tative Prall on a bill which would put mortgage companies under a sys tem like the bank deposit guarantee. It would mean government guar antee of first mortgage bonds, which Is a fairly largo proposition. Some other financial departments of the government have found out about the matter and are consider ably annoyed. The bill will be block ed, or at least modified. Postmaster-General Farley harbors no hard feelings because the Repub lican holdover he let go from the postofflce found a better Job In the treasury. Mr. Farley sent the man a letter congratulating him on his suc cess and wishing him well. It only goes to show that Farley likes to see even a Republican get along in tho world, although not necessarily in his own department. The crowd of American college pro fessors going to Moscow July IS to study the red school system have received private assurances that they will not be disturbed by communist propaganda. It is to be purely a study of educational methods. With such a promise, the professors may be able to protect themselves from being con verted to communism. Iowa's Hsnford McNlder is being talked about for the Republican nat ional chairmanship, but Is being op posed by the party strategists be cause ot his American Legion con nections, onto of the boys believe It unwise to tie the Republicans up too strongly with the veterans vote. Huey Long changed his mind swift ly the other day and let the cor poration bankruptcy bill pass, after holding it up for three days. As a result some of Huey'a personal bills for payment of claims to Louisiana cltirens now will be reported soon from senate committees and fllven a chance to pass. Huey had not for gotten how to deal with the demo cratic leaders Personal Health Service By William Brady, M.D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene out to dis ease diagnosis or treatment, wUJ be answered by Ur. Brady U a stamped self -addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in Ink. Owing to the large number ot letters received only few can be an swered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions Address Or. William Brady, tv& EI Camino, Beverly Bills, Cai. EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE A PET Are tame white rats germ carriers? A mother asks the question, for her children have several of these pets which they han dle a great, deal, and she has of ten wondered If the animals are safe for the chil dren to have. ' Yes, white rats or white mice are safe, and so are any other animals children like to keep as pe ts pro vid ed And this con dition applies in every Instance, not only of the handling or care of these pets by children but of their han dling by adults as well Provided the child Is taught to be clean. Not Just to be clean when mother Is watching, but to be cleanly In personal habit. Invariably when ever a child or an adult handles, pets, feeds or plays with any animal, dog, cat, monkey, goat, skunk, toad, snake, turtle, leopard, bear, crow, squirrel, parrot, pigeon, pony, ho or she must never neglect to wash the hands Im mediately. This is essential to pre vent the carrying of Intestinal para sites from animal to man. The eggs of various worms harbored by ani mals are likely to be present In the saliva of tho animal microscopic eggs. So if the animal happens to lick' the hand that pets him, or If in any way the food or water of the master becomes contaminated by the pet's saliva, infestation with worms is a likely consequence. Altho such Infestation of man by parasites from animals Is not a great calamity, indeed In most cases it Is only a nuisance, still one who knows hygiene cannot repress a shudder at tho carelessness of ignorance, when one sees presumably cleanly, intelli gent people petting the cat or dog and even feeding the animal at table or Just before sitting down to dinner, and never a thought about washing the hands. Occasionally perhaps a pet may serve as an actual carrier of disease germs. During an epidemic of diph theria in a large hospital, a Great Dane that made friends with every body was found to have a culture of diphtheria bacilli In his throat. I havo often suspected, but never proved, that the cat might pass the whooping .cough or the scarlet fever around among the children of the neighborhood. The newspapers have made enough whoop;; 'ver the late "parrot" fever. Ground squirrels and rats have been found to carry the plague or more accurately the fleas on these animals carry the plague germs from man to man. ' NEW YORK DAY BY DAY BY O.O.McIntyre NEW YORK, May 10. Literature's most rocent deserter Is the white haired, blue-eyed Carl Van Vechten. Two years ago at the height of his writing career, he pushed aside -his t y p o w rlter and has not written a line for publica tion since. That he will ever con tinue Is prob lematical. At the same time he gave up spirituous liquors. Not that thft two went together or that no was uvuny aaalcted to was sail. Ho merely decided that for the time being at least he had had enough of each. A novel, well along at the time, was abandoned. Ama teur photography is now his hobby. Born in Cedar Rapids, la., Van Vechten's first Inclinations were toward, music. He became a New York muslo critic and has authored several compositions. His wife Is Fanla Mnrlnoff, the sloe-eyed Rus sian actress, and their apartment was at one time the salon of arts and let ters. Later Van VecHten grew fascinated with life in Harlem, became its most famous white visitor and recorded some of his impressions in his best seller, "Nigger Heaven." He is re garded by feline fanciers as most In formed on cats. His "The Tiger in the House" Is a standard work. There Is a certain mental hyssop for the stroller in hunting for the typically Amerlcon face among the crowds. Such a face Is almost a rarity. As a rule, when found, it is that of an out-of-towner, usually one suspects the middle west. Perhaps the most typicat American face, ac cording to experts, Is that of Walter Johnson, the baseball player. He was born In Kansas and is ono of those fellows who wouldn't have to an nounce he was a Yank along the Strand or Place do l'Opera. Down among the evening soap boxers fringing Madison Square the other evening, a hot goapeler was high tonsiling to prove that everything came from tho earth and no group had a right to monopolire It, In pointing out the virtues of the soil, the trees, the wheat, etc., etc., he screamed In tremulous ecstasy: "My friends what doesn't come from the earth?" A passing smart alec through a taxi window shouted "Fish I" and raced on. And there Is Montague Glass' story of the cockney speaker on his port able platform at the entrance to Hyde Park. Mounting his rostrum, he looked benignly over the small knot at his feet and purred: "I shall now discus the milk of hum a kind J ' But these rare happenings need not prevent any child from having the happiness of caring for and owning pets. Every child that gets a fair deal should be encouraged to keep any kind of pets the child likes, incul cate from the very beginning the principle of cleanliness in the child's habits, so that It becomes Instinctive or automatic for the child to wash I tne nanas immediately aiter toucmng he wise parent will not fall to en courage tho child In keeping pets, for the fine Influence this has on the child's character. It Is good for any child to learn to take care of pets, to be kind to them, to be retponslble for them. . . QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Our Own Little Racket: The big time nostrum makers are now circularizing the G. O. P. (gul lible old public) and telling 'em the nostrum bears the "Seal of Accep tance of the American Medical Asso ciation." That's our own little racket. Kind of a refined and "ethical" Imi tation of the now busted racket that sold so many nostrums to the public years ago under the label "Guaran teed under the Pure Food and Drugs Act June 30, 1906." . Altho I am a Fellow or Member of the American Medical association, I think any one who Is bamboozled by the "accep tance" of the politicians now ruling and exploiting the American Medical association Is a ninny and no mis take. (Signed) Of Doc Brady. Method In His Dumbness I was refused at more than four drugstores when I tried to purchase the quantity of Iron and ammonium citrate you direct for making the tonic In your booklet "Blood and Health." They all said that much would be injurious, and tried to sell me one or another well known medi cine . . . (Mrs. A. O. C.) Answer The recipe for the home made medicine, as given in the book let (copy of which any reader may have If he sends 10 cents In coin and a stamped envelope bearing his ad dress, makes a pint of tonic, which lasts over a month. Oh, For One Cubit I am 66 inches tall and would like to try a civil service examination but I am Just one Inch too short. Any way I can gain that Inch? (A. J.) Answer If the height Is measured with the applicant stripped, you're out of luck. But if you can wear stockings you might fool 'em with pads on your heels. Ed Note: Readers wishing to should send letters direct to Dr.. communicate with Dr. Brady William Brady, M. D., 265 E. ca mino, Beverly Hills, Cat. nessl" A heckler called out: dense HI" "Con- Another writer who has, like Van Vechten, made a hobby of photog raphy, is Bob Davis. His collection of 1000 celebrity faces is regarded as the finest work of its kind in America. He has a way of catching his sub ject off guard and giving the photo graph an informality few have achieved. In the average photograph there is a consciousness that there is a camera around. By the magic of some hocus pocus Davis makes his subjects forget this. He will make only two prints one for himself and the other a guerdon for the sitter, Tho collection has been willed to the Metropolitan Museum. Thingumabobs: Fannie Hurst's copy is all In caps and unspaced , . . Sam Blythe does not space or punctuate on his typewriter . . . Ogdep Mills' grandfather asked In his will that his grandson go to California every year of his life . . . There is no phone service In Australia on Sunday , . Sarah Millen, author who lives In Capetown, cannot write without fresh flowers on her desk . . . Wilbur Dan iel Steele la said to be the only author whom Hollywood studios never offered a suggestion . . . Hannan Swaffer, fiery London critic, Is a stutterer who never displays the slightest impedi ment making a public speech. Amon G. Carter, publisher, Is Ft. Worth, Texas' llvest wire. He arrays train loads of natives in 10 gallon hats to attend world series, champion fights, etc., and to yell for Texas. So enormous ts his clvlo consciousness that at air fields he always dashes from planes to scrawl his name on the register modestly but in gigantic letters "Ft. Worth Where the West Begins I" You can get the boy out of the country, etc., etc. I dined across from a Deadeye Dick last evening the sort who notices that a movie villain leaves the room wearing two shirt studs and returns a minute later wearing three. I never felt quite so unbuttoned in ray life. (Copyright, 1934, McNaught Byndi cate, Inc.) HELEN MOODY NO! SAN FRANCISCO. May 10. (AP) Reiterating a statement that has be come routine with her, Mrs. Helen Wills Moody said today she had not abandoned hopes of competing In championship tennis play again and would start light practice as soon as she is physically able. The former national and present English champion, who will let her latter title go by default this sum mer, said her back tnjury is troubling her less all the time but that ah had no idea as to when she could resume play. Candidate Ball Saturday, Oriental Gardens, Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS GEN. HUGH 8. JOHNSON, whose official title Is Recovery Admin istrator, charges In a speech at Col umbus, Ohio, that "enemies of the NRA are trying to scuttle the whole recovery program, make the blue eagle walk the plank, hoist the Jolly Roger on the ship of state and sail back to the good old piracy that brought the crash of 1929." WELL, a few wicked, hard-boiled, shell-encrusted, standpatters of the old order may feel that way about It, but this writer doubts If any considerable number of average, ordinary, normal persons do. Most people of the RIGHT SORT hope sincerely that NRA can be made to succeed. WHAT Is NRA, anyway? Boiled down to absolute essen tials, NRA is a new expression of an old Idea In business relationships. Its motto is: "Live and let live." That isn't a bad motto. If it were generally adopted, a lot of business evils would disappear. WILL this motto be generally adopted? Probably In time. But Its general adoption will be slow. It can't come about In a year. That much is certain. , HERE Is the finest rule for human conduct ever laid down: "Do ye unto others as ye would that they should do unto you." That rule, If universally followed, would end practically ALL the evils from which humanity suffers as a result of WRONG human conduct. It would end crime. It would put a stop to. chiseling in business. It would abolish practically all tho evils arising out of unequal distribution of wealth. it would bring about a new order of living In which most of the in justices that now exist would dis appear. LET'S put.lt this way: . If the Golden Rule were uni versally followed, there would be no need for NRA. - - THE Golden Rule was promulgated about 1900 years ago. And In all those 1900 years It has been- con ceded to be an Ideal rule for human conduct. Yet, even after 19 centuries, It HASN'T been generally adopted. So, you see, we can't expect too much TOO SOON of NRA. STILL, rules for human conduct, as expressed In business relation ships, DO change. There was a tfme, you know, when the generally accepted rule of busi ness, which In the main consists of buying and selling, was "caveat emp tor" which, In plain English, means "Let tho buyer beware." That Is to say, the burden was upon the buyer. If the seller chose to cheat, It was up to tho buyer to protect himself against the cheating. " Under the rule of "caveat emptor," no odium attached to the seller for TRYING to cheat. 4 WE'VE pretty well discarded that cynical old rule,- and we DO DEFINITELY place odium upon the cheating seller. ' The open cheater doesn't last long In modern, business. . ConuTiunications For Decoration Day. To the Editor: Will you allow me a little space In which to call attention to a very Im portant matter? Wo are looking for ward to our annual Memorial and Decoration day services, and we do not hsve any time to spare. The cemeteries should be put Into very fine condition every year, of course, and kept In Just as good condition as the community finds It possible to do. The resting places of our dead should concern us; for In the memo ries and the associations of those who have lived with us, or before us we have an heritage that means more than material things. How very greatly indebted we are to those who have traveled before us on life's high way. Several years ago I called attention to a situation which Mrs. Johnson and I found In one of the cemeteries of the valley. We went out late in the evening on a certain Decoration ,Day, and took with un a very good supply of flowers. We had deter mined beforehand to place them on Mosquitoes No need now to be chewed to bits by these blood-thirsty pestsl Jut burn a little Bu-hach on your porch or wherever you want to spend the summer night In comfort and you won't be bothered again. Mosquitoes HATE the pleasant odor of burning Bu-hach and won't come anywhere near It. It'a sure death to them If they dol So protect yourself from these pests this cheap, easy way. IN HANDY S1PTFB CAM AT DR06.GROCERY " SEED STORES 50 75s mm INSIST POPPER graves which were more or less ne glected. Wo found so many with not a single flower that we ran entirely out before wa were nearly through. When we went on and counted the ones yet remaining we were aston ished to find so many. That was not the worst of the situation. Wo found a good many graves literally loaded with beautiful flowers, while right beside them would be graves left en tirely bare. Please let us not do that way this year. I am afraid that Memorial and Decoration day services do not mean as much to us as they should if we are so unmindful of others. We will go out to our cemeteries on the 30th cf May. On the 3rd day of June will begin the jubilee celebration. Before that week is over there will have been hundreds of people from outside who have relatives and friends burled la our cemeteries, visited theso ceme teries to look up the resting places of their dead. What will they find? I am hoping that not one such will find a neglected, undecorated grave. Will all the churches, fellowship orders and other organizations take hold of the matter in tho woy best - Jt suited to their convenience and let A us not have our burial sites unsightly. We ought to attend to these things well, every year, but there Is this other reason why wo should give this matter a little extra care this year. Thanks, JOB. M. JOHNSON. Central Point, Oregon, May 8. Flight o Time (Medford and Jackson County History From the Files ol The Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Year Aro.) TEN YEARS AGO TODAY May 10, 1924 (It was Saturday) Salvation Army holds a tag day. The "Taxpayers' Anti-Paving asso ciation" files a suit against paving road to Ruch. Los Angeles woman, disappointed with looks after hair bobbed, tries suicide, but falls. New auto camp Is established on Crater Lake highway. Home grown strawberries reach the market. George A. Hunt starts contest to select a name for the new theater underway at Eighth and Central ave nue. Gold Hill will hold a celebration to commemorate "the progress of mining In southern Oregon." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY May 10, 1914 (It was Sunday). Fire in a paint shop on South Fir street destroyed three autos, belonging to T. E. Daniels, Homer Rothermel, and Fred Lewis of Wellen. Sells-Floto circus comes to town, and all the primary candidates were busy working on the circus crowd. A gang of tough skinned boys risk ed pneumonia by going swimming In Bear creek Sunday afternoon. Be ing as careless with their nudity as their health they were ordered to get under cover, people on the bridge being able to see them. Eight thousand, seven . hundred seven registered voters In the county, "The courthouse ring," is declared "the myth of a disordered mind," by the editor. County school head to enforce tha school attendance law in county. Medford "robs" Gold Hill 9 to 8, in a ball game. Dance at Rogue Elk Saturday nighty May 12. 3 Business Property Owners Protect yourselves from loss of expensive plate ftlnss fronts. Investigate our plan. We can save you 50 of jour premium. Consult us for all forms of In surance. Charles A. Wing Agency, Inc. 109 E. Main St. Phone 12$ Mothers Dav 7 YS "Miss Savior's" CHOCOLATES For MOTHER In attractive boxes. Deliver ed anywhere ... . East Side Pharmacy Main & Pacific Highway Phone 60 ft 9 J Y . -X V
