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Omcee In Ne (orl, Chleaio, Detroit, lag
rtioclieo Lot Ancelea Beittlo Portland.
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry.
Tht main agony of th autumnal
politics promise to be) repeal of the
Knox Liquor law. It seems to be work
ing and producing revenue, whloh la
anougb, without Ita common aenae,
to cauaa widespread dlaguat among
the so-called Intelligent voters of the
atate.
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Some very old-faehloned parents
ware worried Monday evening because
their children did not come home
UU nearly 8 o'clock.
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MR. RICHBEBO IB TOLD,
(Preaa Dispatch.)
It la too much to expect that
In Mr. Rlchberg'e atate of turbu
lent amotion he ahould aea the
aaaentlal fact about anything, but
to those atlll preserving an em
pire) over their Intellectual pro
cesses, It will be perfectly plain
at once that the cbaotlo oompetl-
tlon condemned by this board la
. the Identical thing that NRA
aeeka to eliminate and that the
suggestions made In our report
are all to the good of that planned
control he la hired to defend.
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An auto accident at the crossing
was narrowly averted. The railroad
claims the occupant could not hear
the locomotive whistle, because the
car radio waa going full bleat, and
bealdea they had the right of way.
The autolata claim the engineer waa
hugging the fireman.
eve
The pre-Jubllee ahlvareea have
started, and tit In well with the
chickens In the middle of the street
back of the po.
e
Boya running loose with high
powered rifles, as yet, have been un
able bo produce a tragedy.
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Lyons An all-day meeting waa held
at the Lyons club Thursday. A pot
luck lunch waa served at noon. The
cemetery quilt went to Mr. Mulkey of
Mehama. (Salem Capital-Journal)
Modern version of the wooden over
coat, see
LOCAL LOOIC.
Up until laat Friday, the brightest
gem of Jackson county loglo waa: "Of
course, I know they're lying, but I'm
tired of believing the Truth."
Now a brighter pearl of wisdom has
been confessed by a gent, who has
recovered from his transitory fooled
and proud of tt mania. Saya he:
"I voted for him, bocause he made
ao many promises, I couldn't see how
he could get out of keeping some of
them."
The cltlaen ao admittedly weary of
the Truth, la now auper-cautloua
about everything he hears. The other
has lost faith In promises.
The above haa nothing to do with
anything In particular, except to show
what plain hard thinking can pro
duce, In the way of argumenta that
cannot be answered.
LADIES OF TUG JURY.
The District Attorney wise old fox
Was determined to get a conviction.
Election time waa coming on.
Counsel for the defense had hla way
to make, too.
He played upon the sympathies of the
four
Women on the Jury, trying to free
hla client.
Now retracting her signed confession
Of the killing of her husband
With the shotgun of their little ton.
It waa a desperate, five-day battle of
wits.
Late at night, after long hours of de
liberation, The Jury filed back Into the court
room.
The woman looked at the small boy,
Huddled against the rail.
At her old father, crying openly.
At her reddened, calloused hands,
Worn with 13 years of laundry work
To support her husband.
The foreman read "Not gulltyr
And ahe said,
"Oh, geel"
IS. P. Bulletin)
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Phone MJ. We'll baui away your
refuse). City Sanitary Service,
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How Powerful Is F. D. R. ?
GENE HOWE, editor of the Amarillo (Texas) Globe-Democrat,
gets on the front page today, with the startling an
nouncement that one man eontrols the political destinies of this
country. This one man is President Roosevelt. The president
hag 49 advisers, but they are only advisers. When the time
comes for action, it is only the president, who acts.
"President Roosevelt" declares the Texas editor, "stands
next to Mussolini arftl Lenin, and ABOVE Stalin and Hitler, in
having complete mastery of a nation," ,
Now that sounds well, but it ISN'T true.
Stalin and Hitler are heads of absolute dictatorships, backed
up by force, and neither the people of Germany, nor the people
of Russia, have anything to say about what these dictatorships
choose to do. 1
In both countries the press is under absolute government
control, and only prints what the dictatorship first sanctions.
In both countries the courts are powerless to overrule any edict
of the powers that be.
In both countries the ballot box has either disappeared or
merely become the tool of the dictatorship.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has great power, and unquestion-
ably dominates his administration. But the supreme court
of the United States could overthrow his "New Deal'' tomorrow,
and may do so. Such constitutional authorities as Congress
man Beck, and Senator Borah think it will.
Some time ago President Roosevelt asked the "congress to
give bira power over the tariff. He believes this power essential
to the revival of foreign trade.
Does anyone imagine if Hitler or Stalin desired such author
ity, either would wait a month or more to get it T They might
not even take the trouble to sign
be assumed at once. ,
But President Roosevelt is still waiting for favorable con
gressional action. The chances are he will win it, but there is
nothing CERTAIN about it. He may lose this action, as he lost
his effort to veto the federal raise-in-pay measure.
IN the fall a congressional election will be held. President
Roosevelt naturally will wish candidates friendly to his ad
ministration, elected; and those hostile to him, defeated.
But will his wish be carried
doubtful if he will consider it politically expedient to throw hiB
influence behind any single candidate particularly as his con
tinued success depends upon Progressive Republican support.
The issue can only be decided
in their exercise of the secret
ballots. In Germany those opposed to the Hitler regime, can't
get within six mills of a ballot box.
How FOOLISH then to maintain, that President Roosevelt
is more completely the political master of this country than
Stalin or Hitler I
THE Constitution grants the president great powers, and the
eoonomio crisis, rosulted in material increases IN those
powers. ,
But this was only because the people of the country as a
whole WANTED this, because they were behind him, and still
are.-. '-'' ! - . , ; i
Onoe let this popular support wane, once let the legislative,
or the judicial branch of the government suspect that the
people are no longer; bohind their president, and watch what
Editor Howe chooses to call a "porsonul dictatorship"
TUMBLE!
The head of the Amerioan government today has great pow
er, but only by the CONSENT of the governed. Roosevelt is
one of the outstanding figures of the world, but only because
through his courage, decisiveness and true leadership, he has
.convinced the people, that their destinies should REMAIN in
his hands.
In short the PEOPLE of this Democracy still rule. And when
Editor Howe (or anyone else) olaims they DON'T rule here,
any more than they do in Russia or Germany, he is simply talk
ing through his hat I
(Cuntlnuea irom Page One)
The answer is he Is running In a
normally Republican district, which,
however, now la supposed to Include
considerable new deal sentiment.
There seems to be a better chance
for oil legislation before adjourn
ment The experts in that line agree
legislation la necessary to save the
code, now that the test violation case
has gone over until fall in the su
preme court.
Ogden Mills la the only Republican
outside of congress who Is attracting
any national attention, but liberals
within the party are dead set against
him for any position.
There is a group of Democratic
senators In the amen corner of the
senate, who call themselves "the com
mon people." They organised spon
taneously and frequently consult each
other on voting. Included In the
group of ten or twelve are Bone,
Bilow, Krlckson, Long, Pope and
Wheeler.
The liberals are telling a fictitious
story about a man who had a splendid
plan for co-ordinating NRA, AAA, etc.,
and took It to the White House. Mr.
Roosevelt thought It waa treat, but
added: ! would have to get an angei
to administer It, and I am afraid
none of them have had enough busi
ness experience."
Holman to shrine Meet
SALEM. May 3S. (flWHaU Treaa-
urer Rufus O, Holman will leave to
night for the east to attend the na
tions! Shrine convention at Minne
apolis, July 10, ao and 31. he an
nounced today.
WINDOW GLASS We eell window
glass and will replace your broken
windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab
Inst Works,
the decree. The power would
out I Who can say t It is even
by the people of this country,
ballot. In Russia there are no
LAWYER SLAPPED
NTJW YORK, May 33. (UP) Mae
Murray, tha former Polllas girl who
turned film star and married one o.'
tha Mctlvan! prtnoes, slapped a law
jar In supreme court today.
Miss Murray had Just lost a 1300,
000 ault against Tiffany Productions,
Inc., In which ahe aald they failed
to lira up to contract to remit 35
per cant of net proflta on eight pic
tures ahe made for them.
After the court's decision h'ad been
announced, Bertram A. Mayers, at
torney for Tiffany, leaned forward
and whispered something to the act
ress. She gave him a resounding slap
on the cheek.
A court attendant aald Mayera had
whlapered: "Now you got Justice."
"Ood will attend to you I" Miss
Murray aald to Mayera after the alsp.
I
WASHINGTON, May SS. (AP)
The administration's proposal to give
President Roosevelt authority to stop
sale of arms In this country for Bo
livia and Paraguay waa approved un
animously today by the house foreign
affairs committee.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, May as. (IP)
Furious fighting raged today along
scattered sections of the Chaco front
as Bollvtan rorces maneuvered In an
attempt to draw the Paraguayan army
Into a premature offensive upon Port
Balllvlan.
An advance of the Paraguayan left
wing to the north waa reported, but
the minister ol defense In Asuncion
said word from the battle aortas In
dicated the Paraguayan command was
not ready to launch. Ita general advance.
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to die
ease diagnosis or treatment, will be
self-addressed envelope Is enclosed.
Ink. Owing to the large number of
swered. No reply can be made to
ddress Dr. William Brady, 269 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Cal,
KEEP YOUR MIND OFT YOUR BOWELS AND TUB
BUNK OUT OP TUB MEDICINE CUPBOARD
Whenever X come upon a, medicine
chest I can't resist the desire to peek
In and see what junk It contain,, it
le a rare cup-
I i-yywv w1 board that does
n't hold a few
package of ho
Kum. Always re
minds me of the
Old Sore Week I
planned and
pulled off when
I was young at
this business, I
discovered and
drove to good
doctors, that Is,
family practi
tioners, an as
touusning number of poor geeks who
were handicapped by chronlo leg ul
cers which had resisted half a dozen
brands of salve and hence were ac
cepted as "Incurable." The truth Is
that any such ulcer will heal readily
If Intelligently treated, exept only
the occasional one where cancers;:
degeneration has developed. Many of
these men had suffered more or less
for 20 years, and their ulcers healed
In a few weeks of good medical care.
Of course no salve or other magic
remedy will work a miracle. That's
the first lesson these misguided souls
have to learn. Indeed in many cases
It is half the battle. I think a dlctor
licensed to practice medicine ahould
be licensed at the same time to bash
over the head patients with peculiar
obsessions about "healing" salves and
queer prejudices against the blessings
of modern surgery. It would help a
lot In the cure. These thoughts
come when I inspect the specimens
In the average medicine cupboard.
In our own cupboard you notice we
have Just two salves and I'm not
at all sure one would not be quite
enough. However, besides or Doc
Salve, the formula of which has al
ready been given, there Is s tube of
Petrolatum, or as they call It In
England, soft paraffin; in the UnltJd
States It Is sold under -various trade
names. Petrolatum is the official
name for It.
It may be Just a fancy, but when
I have a sunburn, a bite, a tender
sore or cut or abrasion, I find myself
choosing 'Ol Doc Salve and not Petro
latum. Onoe in a while "Ol Doc Salve
la a bit muasy, and then one falls
back on plain Petrolatum.
Remember that whichever salve or
ointment you elect to use for such
emergencies, It should come from a
collapsible tube and not from an open
Jar or box, unless you go to the j
trouble of boiling or steam sterilizing
the whole box before you use It.
Salve In a collapsible tube remains
uncontamlnated and practically ster
ile until the tube Is emptied.
Aside from -the soothing effect a
salve or ointment may have locally.
It la Important that we rid our minds
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY O.O.McIntyre
LOS ANGELES, May 33. The beach
homes at Santa Monica, from Marlon
Daviee Taj Mahal to lesser minarets,
are the apotheo
sis of seaside lux
ury. Along the
shore In sardine-
box compactness
many cinema
stars have their
residences and
relax when - off
location.
Booh mansion
haa Its private
strip of beach.
Wo dropped In
last night 01
Townsend Natch-
er and Constance
Talmadge.. Next door live Be be Dan
iels and Ben Lyon, their patios sep
arated by a white balustrade. In the
moonlight the languorous courts
suggest a musical comedy setting.
Entrances are through narrow hall
ways paralleling the garages. Butlers
In the area have attained the opu
lence of owning tliir own airplanes.
The resident live mostly In de luxe
beach costumes, blaarre pajamas,
bathing suits and silken Jersles.
There are tennis and squash courts
and private beaches illuminated at
night by a push of the button. When
not breasting the breakers, the Santa
Mon leans loll in the sand, play back
gammon or toss the hand-ball, Sala-
manderlng touches a splendor not
even the Riviera rivals.
Santa Monica la usually shuttered
and tomblike after 10 p. m. The early
studio calls, it nothing else, preclude
lata parties. The eternal sweep of
the salt winds promotes a healthy
exhaustion that brings sound sleep,
of course, by the ceaseless flounce of
the ocean. A grand spot.
The ubiquitous Louella Parsons
probably knows more moving picture
celebrities, executives and stellar, than
any person In the world. A remark
able lady who has gained and held
confidence of every star. Even when
the forked tongue of scandal touches
them they reverse the usual incom
municado proceedings and phone Lou
ella first. I remember Miss Parsons'
column on the old Morning Tele
graph, when the movies were about
two Jumps from the nickelodeon, yet
so intense was her enthusiasm she
made rather drab material sparkle.
Tha Wltshlre district la a paradise
for the leisurely window shopper. The
big displays are not ao clone together
and one may feast the eye awhile.
saunter on and have apsoe for rumin
ation. This morning my wife and 1
came on a magnificent dressing gown
spotlighted all alone in a large win
dow against a solid background of
whlta plush. "That.M said the clerk
with a Medc and Per!an flourldi. MU
especially made tor " and he named
a great lover of the screen. He ex-
A
Brady, M.D.
answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped
Letters should be brief and written In
letters received only a few can be an
queries not conforming to Instructions.
of all childish notions that such rem
edies have any "healing" power or
virtue. Healing Is a natural process,
and under the most favorable condi
tions It goes on at a certain rate.
One can retard It by unwise Inter
ference and by Injurious applications,
but one can't speed up the healing
process In the slightest degree.
Aside from soothing uncomfortable
burning, smarting or hurting, a salve
can only serve to protect the lesion
against injurious contacts and to pro
tect the raw surface against adhering
to dressings which may be necessary
As we have already pointed out,
many popular salves are Injurious
and definitely retard or delay the
healing of any wound or burn or raw
surface. Some nostrums touted as
"healing," "antiseptic" and the like
are positively dangerous where ap
plied to a raw suriace of any con.
slderable extent.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS .
Why Males Are Not So Warm.
Prom general observation I have
gained the Impression that women can
stand the cold better than men can.
At swimming parties I notice the
males are usually first to suggest
leaving the water. Ia there any basis
for this? W. H.
Answer The feminine pannlculus
or layer of subcutaneous fat Is thicker
and a better insulator against cold
than Is the masculine. But the sexes
are approaching each other more and
more, and It won't be long now till
they'll emerge from the water In an
indistinguishable state. The females
are still suffering from the effects of
the great reducing epidemic, and the
males are Just riding around and sub
stituting golf for exercise. Formerly
I Insisted on my correspondents ac
knowledging some sex by having a
name or handle, but that test is not
so good any more.
Predetermine Sex.
Can a physician when examining a
party (see answer to W. H. above) six
months in the family way tell what
sex the ohlld is going to be? Mrs
1. W.
Answer Prospective motherhood Is
not a party, though it Is no calamity
either. No one can predict the sex
of the unborn child. However, the
chances are 50-50 that It will be a
girl, or a boy tt you prefer.
Unbidden Guests.
We have (riven borax a thorough
trial, but I reckon the roaches around
this part of the country are pretty
hardened . . . I H.
Answer Send a dime and stamped
envelope bearing your address, for copy
of booklet, "Unbidden Guests."
(Copyright, 1934, John F. Dllle Co.)
Ed Note: Readers wishing to
should send letters direct to Dr.
communicate- with Dr. Brady
William Brady, M. D., 265 E. ea
rn hi o, Beverly Hills, Cal.
plained In awesome tones a dupli
cation would be lese majeate. Some
how I went out feeling an old flour
sack with cut-out armholes would be
the proper dressing gown for me. Such
la the suffocating grandeur of Holly
wood.
Just now a houseman, with a priest-
ly tonsure of thin, grey locks, came
into the hotel room quietly to per
form ft requested service and fade
away. Nowhere have I eVer read a
panegyric to thia aelf-effaclng guild
Every houseman I have seen and
most of my life has been spent in
hotels moves about with hang-dog
humility. He darts into shadows at a
guest's approach. Almost without ex
ception they are kindly past-fifty men
with high sense of family devotion,
puttering about Inglorious chores and
doing as much for the comfort of
patrons aa any other employe, and
without extended palms.
There are few cities where the pro
cess of orientation is so swift. One
feels perfectly at home In a few hours.
Before breakfast today, for Instance,
dinner Invitations from W. R. Shea
han. Prank Craven, Miriam Hopkins,
Edgar Selwyn and Earl Anthony. Re
tiring old settlers from the middle
west take root aa rapidly, largely be
cause California's welcome to the
stranger has become an unconscious
effort. It may be Rota r lan rlgama
rolo. Babbitry or what you will, but
it holds strangers with hooks of steel.
We laugh at this chamber of com
merce effort, yet where is there more
obvious flattery and Insincere carpet
kissing than in Paris? That Is merely
the babble of Babbitry In another
tongue and who, having visited Pans,
does not want to go back? Paree!
Parcel Los Angeles executes the same
hocus pocus.
I went down to Ted Cook's at La
guana today to add my usual Jet of
comedy to the beaches. In a bathing
suit I take on the gelatinous goofl
neas of Stan Laurel, plus the phys
ical contour of the anaemlo Aus
tralian anteater. Dogs bark, children
cry, horses try to bolt up shade trees
and smart aleca cry "Wot Is It a
gag?" when I paw by. And to give
them all their money's worth I never
go near the water.
(Copyright, 1934, McNaugnt syndi
cate, Inc.)
;
SETTLE WAGE SCALE
PENDUrrON, Ore., May 33. ,P
Fruit growers and dehydrators of Ore
gon and Washington will pay a wage
scale of 30 cents an hour to women
and minora this season. It was an
nounced here today following a meet
ing of Oregon and Washington op
erators.
The wage to be paid cannery work-
era will continue at 37 i cents an
hour.
C. H, Gram. Oregon labor commis
sioner, and officials from Wa&hlngton
met with the packers and (rowers
here yesterday.
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
GOVERNMENT figures Indicate ft
V very small wheat crop this year.
So the price of wheat la going up
rapidly.
Chicago. U predicting dollar wheat
within ft few weeks,
nEFORE we become too greatly ex-
U cited, let's remember that the
government's figures Indicated ft very
small potato crop last summer and
fall, and as a result, the price of pota
toes went up sharply.
But 'when the crop waa all out of
the ground and In sight, It turned out
that there was really plenty of pota
toes and so the price went down.
It la still down a long way down.
GOVERNMENT la great stuff. We
Just simply have to have It
couldn't possibly get along without
It, and don't want to try. ,
But about every time the govern
ment puts Us finger Into agriculture,
somebody gets hurt.
r; PEAKING further of potatoes. The
kJ Dallea Chronicle has ft tale of
woe. It aays:
"A gradual decline In the consump
tion of potatoes Is reported by the
department of agriculture for the last
decade. This may be due, in part.
to the depression, which decreased
ability to buy, but the more general
supposition is that the fad for slim
figures has caused many people to
drop potatoes from their diet.
"Unless styles again favor the pleas
ingly plump, potato growers of the
United States will have to reconcile
themselves to a gradually narrowing
market.'
AH, we don't know.
J Down here in the potato country
we're more resourceful.
We don't let a little thing like a fad
get us down. If one fad seems to be
giving us the razz, we go out and find
another one that Is more friendly.
SUPPOSE the slim figure cranks DO
turn thumbs down on the luscious
and curve -building potato. What of
It?
There are other faddists, you know.
fHERE are the acid stomach boys,
l for Instance, who maintain that
about all the evils flesh Is heir to,
from housemaid's knee to Inability to
pay the rent, are due to too much
acid In the system.
And too much acid In the system,
you know, If you know anything at
all, is caused by all those foods we
LIKE TO EAT such as thick, Juicy
beefsteaks.
WHERE does the potato come In?
Right here:
The food sharps, or at least one
school of them, have figured It out
that a baked potato takes the excess
and EXCEEDINGLY HARMFUL acid
out of your system and converts It
Into soothing and beneficial alka
linity, curling your hair, putting the
roses Into your cheeks and oauslng
you to cavort like a playful colt.
YUST AS SOON as this useful knowl-
O edge gets spread around, any
shrinkage In potato consumption that
may have been caused by the fears
of those whose ambition Is to look
like a match will be much more than
offset by those who yearn to get for
ever away from the Ilia that follow
in the wake of an acid stomach.
So, If you have any potato land,
DON'T sell it.
Communications
Voters Are Thanked.
To the Editor:
I wish to express to the voters of
Jackson county my sincere apprecia
tion for their generous support during
the recent primary election. I con
sider the splendid support aa an ex
pression of approval for the record
of service I have endeavored to estab
lish while In the office of sheriff of
this county.
WALTER OLMSCHEID,
Sheriff's Office.
Medford, May 33.
Vegetable Growers Face Ruination
To the Editor:
Curtailment of the movement of
produce and garden products have
hit a new "low" In the Rogue River
valley this season. Lesa production
and Inadequate facilities for trans
portation to adjacent markets has
reduced the Income to fruit and vcg.
stable growers from one-half to two
thirds, according to those who have
engaged In the marketing of these
products during the past ten yeArs.
Even now, when products are ready
for movement, facilities are cut off
summarily and heedlessly. Just yes
terday one trucker who had fought
for the right to hsul produce to
Klsmath Falls from the valley had
his P. U. O. permit taken from him
by order of the public utility com
mission through the state police. This
particular driver had halt a load on
his truck when the permit was taken
from htm by the police.
A Worn Out Battery or Generator
may ruin that
vacation trip.
8EVERI.N
Battery Herv.
Thone 390
1323
N. Riverside
Be had 360 crates of atrawberrles
that were picked and contracted for,
besides considerable vegetables sold
for delivery In Klamath Falls the
following morning. Only threats of
holding the public utility commis
sion responsible for his loss brought
a wire from Superintendent Hauser
of motor transportation permitting
him to make that one trip.
Careful scrutiny of the case finds
an Inconsequential technicality the
only apparent reason for the annul
ment of the permit. This Is an out
rage on the farmer and gardener as
well as the business Interests of this
valley. Truckers of all classes, with
few exceptions, have been doing all
possible to live up to the new "motor
transportation act" passed last year
by our legislature.
This la being done, too, despite the
fact that In every line of motor
transportation hardships and taxes
make it prohibitive for many to op
erate at all, thus depriving the state
of Oregon of much needed revenue.
Deprived of revenue because every
mile a vehicle travels, whether car
or truck, there la Juat that much
more added to the revenue of the
state aa gas tax Is now S cent, per
gallon, b cents to the state and 1
cent to the federal government.
In addition, the atate geta from
60 cents to (1 per hundredweight
on each truck operated, plus a per.
mit fee of 3.50, plus Vt mill to 1
mill per ton mile each truck travels
baaed on the weight of the truck
and maximum load. Thta latter tax
a privilege tax la piled on the
combined weight even If the truck Is
empty.
Two permits to private carriers
were ordered cancelled laat week, who
are engaged In purchasing produce
In this valley and hauling to out
side points. No reason given other
than they were supposed to have giv.
en notice of a "hearing," which no
tice was not received by either.
These are special instances of which
the writer haa positive knowledge,
Thousands of dollars' worth of ber
ries and garden truck will never find
a market if this Is not rectified. With
the license of $100 required by the
produce and dealera' law to buyers
of produce, together with the un
heard of tax on truck transportation,
it looks like the raising of small fruit
and garden truck in the Rogue River
valley waa pretty well "washed up."
An aroused public la the only
means adequate to save the growers
from ruination.
GEO. B. BARTON.
Medford, May 23, 1934.
Past Potentate Jerome Objects
To the Editor:
As an ardent reader of your paper
for many years and also a great ad
mirer of your edltorlala, I feel it my
duty to take exception to your edi
torial of last night's paper, Thursday,
May 23, headed "Welcome to P. E.
O." I fully agree with your edito
rial In everything you say regarding
thta wonderful organization, but aa
a member and a past potentate of
an organization, aucb aa mentioned
in your fifth and sixth paragraphs,
I feel It my duty to call your atten
tion to some of the facta which you
are evidently unaware of. While you
did not specially mention the Shrine,
I cannot help but feel that the shoe
fits, lnasumch as we wear uniforms,
stage parades, support bands, and
have a good time, etc. All thia la
true, but you are overlooking for
the fact that the Shrine of North
America has been supporting for the
last 13 years the greatest humanita
rian Institution In the world today:
namely, the Shrine Hospital for Crip
pled Children. At the present writ
ing there are IS of these hospitals
In operation and for which Is spent
each year more than one mllilon dol
lars, same being supplied by every
Shrlner In the world, each paying
his share towards these Institutions.
Each year these magicians of the
Red Fee make hundreds of children
happy with their magic. They bring
laughter and Joy where physical pain
and humiliation have been before.
They work miracles with the flesh
and bonea of little children. There
Is no Illusion here, In these Houses
of Magic, known as Shrlners' Hos
pitals for Crippled Children. Aa a
surgeon gently removed the last ban
dage, slender, faltering legs were made
to near the weight of a little body.
Another little boy who had never
walked before, clasped his nurse's
hand and proudly took hla first step.
Another Miracle In a House of Magic.
One of the 37,000 since the opening
of the first hospital In 1023.
To bring this realization closer to
home, the little Japanese boy who
lives up by Tolo, who saved the Uvea
of two from drowning In the Rogue
river near Tolo, haa but recentlv
been discharged from the Shrine Hos
pital for Crippled Children In Port
land. If It had not been for the
surgical treatment this boy received,
he would not have been physically
fit to have performed this heroic act.
I do feel that the statements msde
in your paper were due to Ignorsnce 1
of the facta, and I sincerely hope ;
that, In fairness to the Shrine, that
you will make the necessary correc
tion. I am enclosing for your edifi
cation a copy of the latest report on
ine nospiiais wnicn will give you
some idea of what the Shrine Is really
doing. I
With kindest personal regards,
Yours very truly, !
JERRY JEROME. j
Past Potentate of HUtah Temple.
Medford. May 22. )
Ed. Note: The Mall Tribune la well
aware of the wonderful humanitarian
worx me annne and other fraternal
ordera have done, and regreta that
our complimentary reference to the
r. e. o., which DOES NT go in for
unuorms and parades and band. "
should be Interpreted aa any reflec-
uun upon inose wno do.
WASHINGTON. Mav fla. Am
President Roosevelt today signed a
Diu aaaing certain lands to the
Mount Hood national forest In Ore-
gon.
Phone
1300
for Towing or
Wrecker Service
Anywhere Anytime
Lewis Super Service
Flight o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History from the Files of The
Mall Tribune of zo and 10 Years
Ago.)
TEN YEARS AOO TODAY -May
23, 1024.
(It was Friday.)
Kldnapera kill the son of a Chicago
millionaire before demand for 10,000
is received.
Portland and Oakland baseball team
may play at Ashland, July 4, aa fea
ture of celebration.
Parallel parking In city seems to ba
a aucceas, and Mayor Gaddle aays "It
la more orderly than lively."
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Palmer leave for
trip through the east.
Mrs. O. V. Myers la confined to ber
home with a severe cold.
Talent Irrigation district bonds go
on the market.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
May 23, 1914.
Tax argument becomes ao hot and
the crowd ao large that the police
are called to disperse the gathering
In front of the Medford National bank.
Ownera of vacant lota cut, off the
"noxloua growths" when the city
threatens to do It and charge the
weed cutting to the owners
Sheriff Slngler arrests a pair of
upstate elopers at Ashland, upon a
warrant aworn to by the husband of
the prospective bride.
While trying to avert a colllalon
with a buggy, an auto driven by Our
ley Wilson, deputy sheriff, turns tur
tle. Bud Anderson, "pride of Medford,"
vlsitB olty, and despite two defeats at
the hands of Leach Cross, desires to
fight him again. Court Hall agrees
with Bud, In letter to the editor.
El
WASHINGTON, May 33. (P) A
congressional investigation of the NRA
and the "Roosevelt-Darrow board of
review," to learn whether the NRA
should be abolished, was proposed In
& resolution today by Representative
Britten (R., III.)
Hugh S. Johnson, the NRA admin
istrator, said at a press conference
that the forthcoming Darrow report
on additional codes would be an
swered by NRA as the first one was.
Brownsboro
BROWNSBORO, May 23. (Spl.)
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Woodley visited at
the Wright home Friday evening.
They are residents of Central Point,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Terrlll, Mrs.
George Brown and daughter, Donna,
were visiting and shopping In Med
ford Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. De Hasa recently
visited at the Walter Marshall home.
Gerald Hansue was among the
graduates at the Eagle Point high
school Friday evening. He Is the first
grade school pupil In the Brownsboro
district to receive a high school di
ploma.
Rev. D. D. Randall, Sunday school
missionary, was a welcome visitor In
the school Sunday. At the close he
preached an Interesting sermon. Plans
for a dally vacation Bible school, to
be held some time in June were dis
cussed, but nothing definitely de
cided. Bill Gibson has traded his ranch
here for property owned by Mr. Baker,
on the Jacksonville highway. Mr.
Gibson took possession of his new
home Wednesday of last week and
Mr. Baker and family moved here
the same day.
A farewell party was given Mr. Gib
son and Mrs. Matlock Tuesday even
ing. Nearly every one in the com
munity was present. The evening was
pleasantly spent playing games and
visiting and later refreshments were
served. All wished them much suc
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