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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUXE, MEDFORD. OREGON. TTTESDAT, OCTOBER 23, 1934
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MRMHKH ()T UNITED PHK8S
MEMHEH OV AUD11 BUKEAD
OK C1BCIJUT1HN8
Adrertblm HrpremUtirej
II. C. M0CEN8EN COMPACT
OfTleee In New York. CMtain, Detroit, its
Craiwliw Im Angela battli Portland.
MEMBER
Under the M and starry 17
Dig ma a grave and let ma He;
Olad did I lira and gladly dla,
And I laid ma down with a will.
Thla ba Mm Tana y (rara for ma:
"Hera ha Ilea where ba lunga to be;
Home la the sailor, home from the eee,
And the hunter home from the hill."
Robert Louis Stevenson.
We can think of no more fitting epitaph than the above for
Will Steel, long time resident and "father of Crater Lake," who
early Sunday morning after a lingering illness fell into thut
final sleep from which (here is no "earthly awakening."
A few weeks before his death Mr. Steel, sitting in his chair
in the lobby of the Hotel Medford, where for months he had
been a familiar figure said to the present writer:
"I am getting gradually weaker. I know the end la not far
off. No I do not auffer. And far from fearing death, I honestly
welcome It. X am through. X have done my work. Thla may
sound strange to you, but the things I have wanted most to
do, I have done. I believe few men have been aa fortunate
and I am grateful. And now I am tired very tired. I want
a rest, and only the complete and final rest will do."
Few men INDEED have been as fortunate, in life, even
fewer as fortunate when the inevitable end of the trail drew
near.
Glad did HE live and gladly die, and "I laid me down with a
willl"
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M.D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to dis
ease diagnosis or treatment wtll be answered by Ur. Brady If a stamped
self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In
Ink. Owing to the large number or letters received only a few can be an
swered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions
Address Dr. William Brady, 265 El Csrnlno. Beverly Hills, Cal.
WISEACRES. NITS AND NINNVHAMMF.RS
NEED VITAMIN RATION.
Ye Smudge Pot
By Artbnr
Paychologlsta will endeavor to de
termine what Inspired the Robln
aona of Kentucky to kidnap Mrs.
Btoll for tSO.000 ransom. Inexpert
opinion holds It waa Inspired by
the eao.000 ransom.
A meeting of the Oregon Radical
lub will be held Tuesday night at
B o'clock In the T hut. (Uoro. Em
erald), The Brat Bolshevlkls of the
campus get busy anew.
Farmers report hunters have ceaa
d shooting "no hunting" signs, but
are proficient at peppering a pump
kin. Many are now torn between can
ton flannel underwear for them-
aolvee. and anti-free ze fluid for the
auto.
There are two kinds of voters,
Those who will vote for your can
didate, and the blankety-blank Ignor
ant prejudiced fools. (Atlanta, Qa.,
Journal). .Bald-headed truth Item.
A Los Angeles man forgot he had
1000 In a Missouri bank. After
Sa yeara the bank caught him. and
advlaed him It had grown to S9.727.
Be should now spend thla sum for
memory tests, as no telling what
he has forgotten. ,
TO DAM OR NOT TO DAM
(Written to Admiral Arthur Perry)
You called me Banker-Poet,
And let the wide world know It;
And as you are for water,
And on It never totter;
And as you never blink It
In fact, I've seen you drink HI
As you fought tha foreign foa.
When wa flung our naval blow;
As your column held a classlo,
Crying, crying tor more rem,
Bo now Ihlt the lyre a lick.
Calling, calling that we gain.
Drought dried tha eastern land,
And bound tha owner's hand,
Till hunger hid the smiles;
And the wild wind blew
Till the top soil flew
A thousand mtlesl
Now owners dam the ditches,
Tha while opinion switches,
And maybe they'll be able
To raise tha water table,
When no longer will they mope,
But give themselves to hope.
For a store
Of riches,
Aa of yore.
To dsm or not to dsm?
Not damn, but dnm and dam;
That's the queasy question
In a thirsty section.
Why be quiet like a clam
Why be freaky like a flsm
Why not rise and make a alamt
While we dam and dsm and dam,
Making pools and lakes galore,
Where we didn't dsm before,
ruttmg water where It'e not,
Msklng verdure's charming spot;
Filling lakes with finny tribes,
Till no hunger here abides:
Giving bslm unto the breere.
As It winds among the trees;
Till damming altogether
No -more we damn the weather.
As more ruin win then ba falling
Where the menriow lark Is calling
Evermore.
If perchance you don't believe It,
Have our engineers conceive It;
Ak our Olen and a Brhrlfrl
How to drown a Droughty Devil.
lining waste of run-off waters.
For the sons and for the daughters.
In tree-lined pretty places.
For the picnics and the rspee.
Keeping up the wnter-lcvel
Till they feel the droughty devil
Nevermore.
Bsnker Poet.
A
The Ladles Altar Society of Sacred
Heart Church are sponsoring a eaM
party, dance and refreahmrnta. Wed
neariay evening. Octobet J4th. Parun
Hall Playing starts at P. M. He
freshmenta at 10 P. M Danrlng at
10:30 Adnilulon 35c Come and bring
your friends.
... .. , .
I'MrlHI.M.ts repaired and tccovei
ed Medlord Cjclery, 3). N. fU.
'"TTIIS may sound strange to you" said "Will. It didn't, for
while never an intimate of Mr. Steel's we had known him
for many years, and no doubt understood his nature and what
life meant to him, better than he realized.
But as life is too frequently valued, such an appraisal of his
own life might to many be mystifying.
In worldy goods certainly, Will Steel died "poor"; far from
a success in the money making line. While well known through
out the state, and also known nationally as the father of Crater
Lake, he had never achieved, what could be termed real fame.
Tet as he said, the things he had wanted most to do he had
done what he regarded as the real values in life he had at
tained. This wag because he understood what the REAL values
of life are.
Few men had more friends or better ones; few men were
more truly beloved or more highly respected ; few men had
ever enjoyed so many years, a happier or more satisfying family
j life ; and few men had in early life dreamed a dream, and lived
to see that dream realized.
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rr,IIAT dream, of course was Crater Lake discovered by
others in a literal and physical sense; but in a spiritual and
esthetio sense, never discovered until it was found, nearly half a
century ago, by Will 0. Steel. To have this great natural won
der set aside not only for his but for future generations to enjoy ;
to have it included in a great national park service; to have it
developed, improved and properly cared for, became both his
passion and his life vocation. And the real secret of his content
ment with life, we believe, rested in this fact, that his heart had
been in his work, that the things he most cared for, were the
things he had worked for, and finally to achieve his goal there
fore, gave him the most supreme satisfaction, that mere man
perhaps can ever enjoy, the realization that the work he had
set out to do, had been done, and done WELL.
TPO leave any estimate of Will Steel, there, as merely a lover
of man and of nature, a dreamer of dreams lucky enough to
see his dreams come true, would give a very imperfect picture,
of the man.
There was precious little luck in Mr. Steel's achievement, as
the father of Crater Lake. Idealistic, poetic, even impractical
perhaps from a worldly standpoint; underneath that surface of
gentleness and tolerance and consideration, there was the tough
fibre of the early pioneer, and the gallantry and fighting spirit
of an Old World crusader.
For years he carried on the battle for Crater Lake park,
practically single handed. And when the infant had been bom,
so to speak, there was the even more difficult task of keeping
it alive. There are probably some senators and congressmen
alive today, who can recall the younger Will Steel, who button
holed and belabored the key men in Washington, to secure the
appropriations necessary to build a decent road to Crater Iake.
and secure the creature comforts for those who travelled there.
The-: was nothing dreamy or impractical about Will, then or
later, when the wherewithal for his "brain child" was con
cerned. The skill of his approach and the effectiveness of his
sales talk, would have made a veteran lobbyist of the U. S. sugar
trust envious.
And that unusual combination in his character, the poet and
the dreamer, the fighter and the worker; no doubt explains
why Will Steel enjoyed that rare satisfaction, enjoyed by so
few in this mad scramble called life to dream dreams, and live
to see them realized, to be satisfied with life, because he dis
covered and NOT too late what the lasting satisfactions in 1
life REALLY arcl
Unfortunately wt have not yet dis
covered a vitamin that prevent a
credulous gink from developing Into
a wiseacre, a nut
or nlnnyhammer.
But we know a
vitamin ration
la fine medicine
for the w., n. or
n. when he has
acquired general
autoavlta-j
mlnoals by mon-!
keying with hi
diet for a year or
two, j
Persons with
gastric or duod
ennl ulcer, mucous or ulcerative col
itis, and one or another type of "In
digestion," cultivate all sorts of
freakish notions about diet and In
many Instances greatly prolong their
Illness or retard recovery by develop
ing avltamlnosis thru ill-advised diet
ary restrictions.
Mucous colitis, so-called, la not a
pathological entity at all, but merely
a suggestive name for a common
complaint of wiseacres or ninyham
mers who have long abused their
alimentary organs with physic or
enemas. These nuta generally harbor
strong obsessions against cellulose.
fibre, roughage, coarse foods. They
have been educated that way by old
fossil physicians and mall-order char
latans. Of all the nuts an honest
doctor has to deal with, these are
the nuttiest. They Invariably think
they know more than the country
doctor knows, and that Is why the
charlatnn gets them sooner or later.
The charlatan, you see, always has
some new gadget or method which la
step ahead of the wiseacre's pro
found knowledge of pathological and
therapeutic matters. That holds 'em.
There are only two ways to treat
there sophisticated ones. You must
either play the quack to them or
knock them unconscious and then let
nature take Its course. As soon as
you get that Introspective mind off
from the colon or the liver or what
ever It may be, recovery sets In, pro
vided you keep careful watch and
prevent any further interference with
nostrums, funny diets or morbid in
testinal "baths."
In any case where a patient has se
lected his own diet or long avoided
this and that type of food which he
considered "difficult to digest" or
"full of gas" or "acid" or likely, to
"autointoxication," more or less av!
tamlnosls Is bound to develop, and
so It Is exceedingly helpful for such
persons to take a moderate vitamin
ration from time to time, especially
when they are resting from other
trentment.
One can mix one's own vitamin
ration, with a dash of this and that
vitamin concentrate, but this Is rath
er troublesome and expensive. It Is
simpler and satisfactory to choose
one of the vitamin combinations for
the purpose,
McCarrlaon observed a striking ab
fcence of gastric and duodenal ulcer
and appendicitis among the natives
in the Himalayas and ascribed It to
their vttamln-rlch food -milk, eggs,
fresh vegetables and greens.
There are now many observations
from clinical practice to support the
belief that an adequate vitamin ra
tion ts valuable If not essential for
the cure of peptic ulcer and perhaps
for the prevention of other common
digestive diseases.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Curves In Wrong Place.
I am a girt 14 years old and have
been unable to make the acquaint
ance of several people because of my
bow legs. Do you happen to know of
some physician or surgeon who could
straighten my legs at least a little?
(K. M. C.)
Answer Only operation on the
bones will straighten bow legs In a
person over 6 years of age. I will be
glad to send by letter the name and
address of a competent, reliable or
thopedic surgeon. Beware of the fak
ers who promise to straighten bow
legs with trick gadgets.
Black and Tan.
I have a pet black and tan terrier.
He Is kept carefully cleaned and
groomed. Sometimes he sleeps on my
bed. Recently my brother and I had
a streptococcus throat Infection and
our physician said the dog may have
been the carrier. The dog has not
been 111 at all. (O. W.)
Answer It Is not unreasonable.
Once we found a positive diphtheria
culture In the throat of a dog that
had the run of a hospital where diph
theria broke out from time to time.
If lnsests, rodents and birds can
carry Infection, surely cats and dogs
may.
Itching Stopped.
We are all great followers of your
column. That little booklet of yours,
"Unbidden Guests," has been a boon
In our household. For one thing, the
recipes for foot Itch have completely
eradicated ringworm . . , (W. C. W.)
Answer Thank you. Glad to send
the booklet to any reader who has
a dime and a 3-cent stamped en
velope with the address on It. It tells
how to take care of all tha guests
from cooties to mice.
(Copyright 1934. John F. Dllle Co.)
Comment
on the
Day's News
May Take NRA Job
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Or. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D., 265 El
Camlno, Beverly Hills, Cal.
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
sT", a, .sl-
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Grace Moore
has become the celebrity Idol of the
fleeting moment at least In New
York. Perfume, hats and frocks
named for her
are displayed In
many windows.
And numerous
cafe menus fea
ture an a la
Grace Moore
dish. She rode to
this peak on a
recent film.
All of which
shows how the
; cinema beats
r aP ' ' HW UF" ma-
JST x j dom all hollow
WjZ. In, capturing the
public furore. Miss Moore has been
a Metropolitan songbird for several
seasons. Her cniier has all the sug
gestion of the sn.sll town headltne:
"Local Girl Makes G.-od In Big City."
She was born In Jellicoe, Tenn.,
and her address la now Metropolitan
Opera House, New York. She has not
only labored industriously to achieve
hen goal but had to fight continuous
ly against plumpness. And her slim
fiRure marks her success.
Of all the operatic stars, she has
been seen most In public. She likes
parties and, although strictly tem
perate. Is the life of them. That she
has been completions In three fields
musical comedy, grand opera and
cinema, testifies to versatility. O
yea. when aroused she has a wild
cat temper.
DEVISES SWORDFISH HARPOON GUN
laX
55ta.
(tS - T i :-i 1 V J Visa-'
Whttey, the broad-beamed Times
Square cop, has been glorified In a
popular novel by Wolfe Kaufman.
For years he has been keeping curb
loafers, especially In front of the
Automat, moving with "Break It up,
boys, break It up." It was Whltey
too, who was credited In the old Pal
ace day with sending a group of
IsF-off actors on their way with
"Exit lauKhmgty. boys." The side
walk gleaners along this arra are
oddments of humanity, the epicene
typeji of modern decadence, likely
seen nowhere else In the world. They
live on crumbs, dress rather snapplly
and give the Impression of being on
the stage. Although few ever were.
Long rt ere loungers have added
much picturesque phrasing to the
lang me. A fresh suit was "a new
set of threads." A hat, years aeo be
came "a Ud." and an overcoat "a ban
ny." Not ninny know where :hey rr
going to sleep at night but thev
never lose their clothes consciouMiesv
This accounts for the showy Broad
way haberdasheries. Strangely, few of
the shipwrecks of night life are New
York born. They came from the small
towns.
C. R. Klein of Santa Monies. Cal., exhibits the new wtipon he In
vented for shooting awordflsh and firing life lines to persons en bests
by lifeguards. It operates on air pressure, and shoots a lint 150 yards.
(Aiioelattrf Press Photo)
Fashionable Westchester has Its de
luxe d'g man who. caparisoned like
a Fifth avenue door man, delivers
especially prepared meals In a "plc
white refrlcerated motor to kennels
of the wealthy. The drg man boasts
hi iniTrheriiii;-. sre the asine rs the
bet prepared for h'nnans Tnere I
out sleeping estate ucar 'larrtoan
whose weekly dog bill Is around 2S.
Achmed Abdullah, most swash
buckling of modern flctlonlsts, Is
about the only one to look the part.
As a rule exponents of the sabre
clashing furor scrtbendl are revealed
In closeups as tlttupy. dried up fel
lows who wear skull caps steel rim
spectacles and detachable cuffs. Ab
dullah la a strapping cosmopolite
with piercing eyes, swarthy complex
Ion, gray spats and a monocle. He
promenades the crowded places with
a self-conscious stride of C. D. Gib
son's "Champion." While his base Is
New York, he Is off frequently on
those sudden treks that end In color
ful ports-of-call about which he
writes so entertainingly. Cynics like
to ticket him as a romantic blust
erer, and In his way he Is but he
knows the world and its sinister
spots and has seen the wickedest,
I sat up until dawn once listening
to Abdullah and Courtney Ryley
Cooper swap hair-raising elephant
horrors elephants circus-shackled
and In their native habitats. Each,
with a dusty bottle of cognac from
the cellars of La Perouse between
them, waa drawing the long bow and
baiting the other for an antl-cllmax
to top. And It was nip and tuck. Cold
reasoning next day brought realiza
tion they were mostly whoppers
whopped by two vivid Imaginations.
But true or fanciful, the elephant
since la to me the most fascinating
creature In the animal kingdom.
Exaggeration not only makes grand
animal storlea, but Is the base of all
hearty humor. Leon Errol made the
glum Zlegfeld laugh out loud the only
time I ever heard him In long asso
ciation with him: Two chorus girls
going to their rooms In a small town
hotel after the show. The one ahead.
In the dark hall, stepped Into an
open elevator shaft and plunged
four stories. In a few minutes a weak
voice floated up: "Look out for that
first step, It's a honey!"
(Copyright, 1034. McNaught Syndi
cate, Inc.)
eLOCALS
Arrives on Bm1nea D. J. Russell,
assistant superintendent for Southern
Pacific lines, with headquarters at
Portland, arrived In Medford on the
Oregonlan this morning on an official
business trip. L. Kocher, trainmas
ter, also arrived from the north thl
morning on the Oregon i an.
Meet at Hotel The reuar semi
monthly meeting of the southern dis
trict of the Ortyon Optometrle asso
ciation will be held at the Jackson
hotel here this evening at 8 p. m
Dr. A. M. Simmons of Klamath Flls
will discuss the subject "Normals."
according to Walter P. Kimball of
the bureau or Information for ihe
American Optometrle association,
t
lightly Injured-"? D Cushman. 41.
of the Upper Roru CCC camp, re
ceived a lacerated finder in an auto
accident at 0 a. m. yesterday, accord
ing to reports filed wtth city police
Cuahmiin ws riding In a car being
driven by Clara Wa.dron of 306 Apo
street, which collided with an auto
driven by S byl T Walker ot V.j
South cv.xi'e, at t;.e .ntf rj.ee t. en oi
roiuUa and front streets.
By FRANK JENKINS
YOU'VE heard the song line that
runs:' "How deep la the ocean;
how high U the skyf
Here Is another one: How heavy
Is anowf
The answer Is that It's a lot
heavier than you think.
TP AT Crater Lake the other flay,
w Acting Superintendent Dave
Canfleld showed this writer the
framework of a tent-house, with
a 3x4 along the top supported by
3x4 uprights spaced 18 Inches apart.
This framework was left out winter
before last, which was a winter ot
heavy snowfall.
The weight of the snow broke
the 3x4 between the 18-nch sup
porting uprights as cleanly as if
It had been smashed down with a
powerful hydraulic press.
I TP BY the cafeierta building is a
J storehouse that faces a pecul
iar snow condition. The wind whips
the snow away from one side or
the house and piles , It heavily on
top and on the other side.
The weight of the snow on top
and on one side, without support
from the other side, la steadily
pushing the building over, In spite
of careful bracing.
Corrugated Iron garbage cans, left
tipped over on one side through the
winter, are mashed almost flat.
YOU'VE noticed the high, pointed
roofs of the buildings at the
park. They are built In this way in
order to be able to support as well
as possible the weight of winter
snow.
If you will look over the new
administration building that ts near
lng completion, you will see a fine
example of the heavy construction
needed to bear up this weight ox
snow.
This heavy construction of course,
means a considerable added burden
of cost for the buildings.
INCIDENTALLY, you wilt learn
something Interesting If you can
get the opportunity to go all over
the administrative establishment.
Crater Lake national park is a very
considerable community In itself,
with practically everything on hand
to supply a good-sized town. In
the summer season, it means an
other fatr-slsed city set down in
Southern Oregon.
Last summer, for example, more
than a thousand people were em
ployed at the park In all the var
ious services. Including highway con
struction. That would be a good-sized pay
roll In any man's town.
THE snow piles up high on the
buildings In the winter. The
bears walk over the snow. And when
ever bears find a window with food
back of it, they go into action.
When a full-grown bear goes into
action against a window, something
BREAKS.
A year or ao ago the bears broke
through a window of a building
In which food supplies for the park
rangers were stored. And was that
building a mess when they got
through)
Included in the food supplies were
cans of honey, and these the bears
had broken open with teeth and
claws. The rangers had spent a lot
of time during the summer collect
ing seeds of flowers, and the sacks
In which these were contained were
torn open and the seeds scattered
from one end of the building to
the other.
I TP IN the park, stories about the
w bears are legion. Hare Is a
rather good one:
They found a bear one winter
evening high up In a Jack pine
tree and started photographing him
In order to Induce him to pose
better, one man climbed the tree
behind him.
About the tlme he got well up.
another bear came along and climb
ed the tree behind the man. So
there he was between two bears,
one above and one below.
He solved the problem by Jump
ing out of the tree Into the deep
snow, going clear under.
-
BUT the bears are among the lead
ing tourist attractions of the
park, so their mischief Is put up
with and they are encouraged in
stead of discouraged. They are In
creasing rather rapidly, and whereas
It was hard to see one or two a
few years ago It is now comparative
ly easy to see a doecn.
Visits Mr. Mellln Philip Ensle
hart. general agent for Oregon of tho
Massachuetts Mutual Life, spent Sun
day and Monday in Medford. visiting
Barl Meiltng. local representative for
that company. Mr. Eng'.ehart reports
business on a definite upgrade, bus
ing his rfport on the decrease In pre
mium loans and policy lapses. He
alio reports the company shows a ao
per cent gain In business In Oregon,
and a gain locally.
The proof is in the wear,
riur your HOCE at
Eint.Kjn B. Hoffmann.
' .isa.i'illiiiillftW"
'3Sav yi
Robert M. Hutch Ins, 35-year-old
president of the University of Chi
cago, was mentioned aa a likely
choice for a key post In the new
NRA setup, possibly to lead the
task of giving Industries larger re
sponsibilities In enforcing their
codes. (Associated Press Photo.
ANNUAL NAVY DAY
TO BE OBSERVED
ON OCTOBER 27TH
Navy Day, which is annually observ
ed on October 37, the birthday of
Theodore Roosevelt, is the navy's day
"at homo" both ashore and afloat.
Navy yards and other shore estab
lishments, as well as naval vessels
are open to Inspection by the public,
and all citizens In position to avail
themselves of the opportunity, are
urged to visit naval ships and shore
stations. The day was designed to
better acquaint, the American people
with the mission and needs of their
navy, and, as Theodore Roosevelt was
to the end of his days a champion
and patron of the navy, It Is fitting
that his birth date should be honored
In thla manner.
With the close approach of Navy day
the following excerpts from an ad
dress of the Honorable H. L. Rooie
velt, assistant secretary of the navy,
are deemed appropriate:
"The navy of today consists of many
types, each planned and constructed
for a specific mission, and the whole
assembly of types coordinated and
administered towards the accomplish
ment of the great mission of the
navy our national defense along
such lines as our national policies
and requirements Indicate.
"In the navies of the world the
principal types are: First, the bat
tleships, the ships with heavy guns
and heavy armor, the weapons of de
cision In every Important naval en
counter then the heavy and light
cruisers designed for speed and han
dlness, and held available for scout
ing and for the protection of mer
chant shipping and patrolling of sea
lanes, with sufficient gun power to
enable them to give a proper account
of themselves In case of engagement
with ships less powerful than battle
ships; then the destroyers, faster and
lighter than the cruisers, carrying tor
pedoes as their principal weapons, and
operating at sea as the light forces
of the great fleet: aircraft carriers,
which transport groups of airplanes
for observation and scouting, for
bombing operations, and for aerial
combat: and the submarines, for thd
extension of operations, either offen
sively or deflnslvely, beneath the surface-
of the sea.
"To these, principal combatant
types are added, also, the mine lay
ers and mine sweepers, the repair
ahlps tli at acompany the fleet, the
hospital, ships, and the very neces
sary fuel and supply ships all group
ed under the classification of the!
Fleet Train.
"Behind the forces afloat, as or
ganized, there stands the naval shore
establishment: the navy wards and
naval bases, whose task Is mainten
ance, upkeep and supply for the ahlps
at sea. and In which at least half of
our new ships are being built. AU
this is material. Behind and over
and through it live the officers and
men of the naval service who make
the whole thing go.
'This brief outline marks the growth
of 130 years of development. It Is a
far cry from the few and scattered
frigates of the Revolution, which
were the first to fly the Stsra and
Stripes on salt water to the fleet
of today, which represents In its con
struction the ultimate triumph of a
scientific ase. A ship grows old. be
comes obsolete, and Is no longer cap
able of performing her assigned mis
sion. "The aspects of International af
fairs develop, change, turn Into situ
ations different from last year's situ
ations. And the navy, which for all I
Its mechanization and the turbine I
that have replaced the sails, and the
great guns that strike across the cure !
of the world, where Decatur's target i
was a ship a hundred yards from hisi
smooth-bore cannon, remains an or- j
ganlratlon Intensely human, and must ,
change, too. or become Ineffective "
Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson Count
History from the files ol The
Mail Tribune of 20 and 10 Year
Ago).
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
October 23, 1934
(It Was Thursday)
"Prosperity Is vital Issue In na
tional campaign," Republican leaden
declare.
Work start on construction of
service station on Haymarket Square.
Rain falls over the valley, oa using
the farmers to rejoice.
Price of gasoline drops on Paclflo
Coast. Local costs drop three oent
per gallon.
Mandamus proceedings started In
circuit court to compel reduction In
Medford paving assessment.
Jackson county Republican start
campaign, and send orators to the
rural districts.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
October 23, 1!14
(It Was Friday)
11,500 voters registered In Jackson
county for coming election.
Crater Lake vt&Ited past season by
7.410 people and 1,344 autos.
Editorial In Mall Tribune, accusing
"Republicans as pests of society"
arouses great indignation.
Crucial battle of World war now
being waged on fields of Flanders.
Twenty miles of government road
completed in Crater Lake park.
The heavy hand of war fell the
first of the week on another com
modity, used in this community.
Billiard chalk, most of which 1
manufactured in Germany, has gone
up in price. Billiard cloth made ex
clusively In a Berlin factory, 'tis said,
has also risen.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 23 (AP)
In proper story book fashion ended
the main event wrestling matchehere
last night when the villain suc
cumbed to the trap he prepared for
the injured hero.
After each had taken a fall Rod
Fenton; 161, Canada, ripped tape
from the ostensibly Injured arm of
Harry Elliott. 160, Eugene, with the
obvious Intent of binding Elliott's
wrists together.
But it was Elliott who suddenly
applied the "handcuff hold" by
whipping the tape about Fenton 's
wrists, loosening his own wrist In the
process, and then felling Fenton with
hard rights for the final fall.
Ben Sherman, 161, Portland, and
Bob Castle, 163, Kansas City, each
took a fall as they wrestled a 30
mlnutb draw.
Don Sugal, SCalem. took the one
fall opener frorr Frank Sulewlkl, 165,
Gresham, with a figure four toe hold.
Barthou's Successor
C f -
Plerra Laval, former premier o
France, has been named successor
to the slain Louie Barthou ai
French minister of foreign affalra,
Laval, a disciple of Arlstide Brland,
haa opposed In tha chamber of
deputies tha payment of war debts,
(Associated Press Photo)
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