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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1934.
The Presidents Crime Council
Wav MIMlaB
w
Ife Smudge Pot
By axtftui Perry.
Politicians are blamed by the chief
of the Department of Juatlce lor
consideration accorded criminals, In
and out of Jails. It might not be
untimely, while cussing the poli
ticians, to say a few unkind worda
about the aob-slateri, and the aob-
brothera, who Inevitably llonlu the
criminal, and snivel over the Jut
fate meted him. Thla class often
figures approhenslon of the culprit,
by constituted authority, Is a greater
crime, than the one with which he
la charged. It Is alleged that poli
ticians are unable to resist the tears
of a criminal's sympathizers.
Home-spun efforts to prove that
champagne can be made from pears
are abroad. The resulu "are unbe
lievable." This was also the verdict
rendered against home-made beer.
Man la. able to concoct his own
liquor, and pour Into a 1,000.000
stomach, but has not advanced suf
ficiently to try and make his own
clothes.
John has been confined to his
home alnce as he was pretty badly
bruised up. The car was pretty well
demolished: (Long Creek Items)
Nigh onto a pretty-howdy-do I
Receipt of a 1035 calendar was
reported yesterday by a cltlcen who
was unable to account for his sud
Slen distinction and exceptional luck.
He" wore his new fame and glory
unoatcntattously.
...
News concerning war threats In
Europe, Ill-fated trans-oceanle air
flights, No. 1 crooks, and the eco
nomic state, calmed sufficiently on
Tuesday, for Mary Plckford, former
ace film queen, to land smack-dab
In the middle of front pages with
the Inconsequential Information , she
Intended to "press her divorce"
against her legal mate, one Douglas
Falrbanka, who likewise holds no
grent hatred for publicity. It Is
doubtful ir any one. Including plain
tiff and defendant, really care what
hsppens In said litigation though
heralded by lively press-agents as
the romantic calamity of all time.
e
ArillNCI BUNION m.lPKKIV
AS A-I MKTKOHOI.OdlNT
(lleppner News)
The sky remains cloudy and
there Is a feeling of snow In the
air. One man, feeling somewhat
more of a weather prophet than
the rest said a rooster crowed
ten times one night, which In
dicated, without fall, that there
would be snow within ten days.
t
Mystification over where the major
portion of the current yeear has
gone continues, and among the
dumbfounded are E. Tumy, former
councilman, who a couple of decades
ago was a high private In the rear
ranks of the Drama League, and
before that a lively, though butter
fingered, third baseman. Mr. Tumy
Wed. expressed regret that Time,
like Dollars, was using him only as
a whistling-post. In Its rush.
...
"ORECION MnETS HUEV TEAM:
TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED."
(Portland Journal) Thla Is a
worthy purpose, but the main Ides
Is to leave no touchdown unscored.
i
Ml'.-tS (IF MIKKIIY.
(Aguny Column)
My name la Oeorge Washington
Smith. 1 am 44 years old, and a
widower. I have one mother-in-law.
who was born to command: three
hrothera-ln-lsw who have thua far
escaped being hanged, and two sis-ters-ln-law
of the vintage o( 1073.
both old maids. Since the death of
my wife these various relatives have
lived on me like rannlhsls. My
mother-in-law la Mire my wife would
be alive todny if it had not been
for my coiuluot. My brotliera-tn-law
have differed with, and from,
me on politic-) and all other aub
Jects: they have worn my rlothes.
borrowed my money, and treated me
with scorn and derision. One of my
ststera-ln-law la movie struck, and
the other has been subject to swoon.
Ing spells for years. The whole out
fit haa hen-pecked me. world with
out end
- Dm Mail Tnbum waul ads.
RAN'Y excellent suggestions are being made at Attorney
" General Cummings' crime conference in Washington.
At the outset of the conference President Roosevelt stressed
two vital points. First, the necessity of coordinating all law
enforcement agencies, federal, state and local; second, arousing
the people of this country to the need of a united, aggressive and
CONSTANT public support, behind such law enforcement.
The necessity for the first step is generally acknowledged.
The necessity for the second step isn't, because many believe,
public opinion is sufficiently aroused already.
This is true immediately after some major crime. But the
public memory, when crime is considered, is notoriously short.
.
"A KE the Lindbergh baby kidnaping and killing as an out-
standing example. Immediately after this' unspeakable
crime, and for perhaps a year longer, there was no need to stir
up public opinion concerning it. The apprehension of the guilty
party would have resulted in an immediate and overwhelming
demand for his punishment, while guards around his jail to
prevent lynching, would have been in order.
But what a different situation today!
The suspect in the Lindbergh case is enjoying a peaceful
existence in a New Jersey jail. According to press reports, soft
hearted ladies are already worrying about his Christmas dinner,
and the fact his wife and little baby will not have "daddy" at
the Christmas tree! v
Aided and abetted by the defense attorneys, stories are ap
pearing in the press, tending to throw doubt about the defen
dant's guilt, and make it appear the poor man is being railroad
ed to the chair, As a result public sympathy for the defendant
is obviously growing.
WHYT Because the American people are any LESS opposed
fn R1ir.1l a orimn a nrima that n,iM Atilu l.aira hnnn nm
mitted by a "veritable fiend in human form"! No. But because
they are beginning to forget the Lindbergh case is gradually
receding into the past, the justifiable rage aroused by such a
deed is slowly but surely dying down.
11E make this prediction. If this man Hauptmau is convicted
of this crime and sentenced to death, before the sentence
is carried out there will be plenty of perfectly respectable and
law abiding citizens, who will fall for the sympathy plea, who
will sign petitions for executive clemency, who will work them
selves up into such an emotional state, that they will be con
vinced in ridding the world of such vermin nu injustice is being
done.
Tn other words that united, aggressive and CONSTANT pub
lic support for law enforcement, of which the President spoke,
will be lacking.
. .
Y"ES in the final analysis it is public opinion that determines
such things. And we can fight the crime wave, from sun
rise to sunset, improve the technique of apprehending criminals
all we will, but UNTIL we secure a public opinion that will
stand 100 behind justice and behind law enforcement, not only
at the time of the crime when excitement runs high, but long
after when it has died down, slight progress can be made.
What we need in such matters of courso is less emotion and
more sense j less hysleria, and more thought, a little less intense
feeling at the MOMENT of the crime; a little MORE intense
feeling, when the time arrives to consider the crime in retro
spect, in an atmosphere of cool reason, and a culm appraisal
of the salient facts.
...
"HOWARD this end wo believe the suggestions of Joseph B.
Kcennn, able assistant attorney general and Frank Ilogue,
mayor of Jersey City, made at this conference, arc worthy of
most serious consideration.
Mr. Kcenan, successful prosecutor of kidnapers, believes the
"names of all persons sponsoring paroles as well as those of
individuals writing to authorities asking clemency for convicts
should be available to the public."
Endorsing this view Mayor Ilogue declared: "I don't see
why any person who is willing to stand up for somebody
shouldn't be willing to have his name made public."
Nor do wo.
If such people are not really ashamed of such action, or don't
secretly doubt its wisdom, then we see no reason why they
should insist upon hiding behind the cloak of anonymity.
CL'CH publicity would have a salutary effect in this state as
J in every other. Not that it would immediately lengthen
tho public memory or eliminate the sob sisters entirely; but it
would necessitate a period of serious thought, before any hasty
action were taken, and as before stated, in this mutter of com
batting crime, more thought and less feeling, moro light and
less heat aro the primary needs.
Edi orial Comment
Keep Hint In
No gift coult be mor pleating to
the recipient than that of an exe
cutive pardon to an Inmate of a
penitentiary. It would be welcome at
any time, but In the Christmas Rea
son, aentlment might even enhance
its apparent worth, it would be wel
come to any convict, but again, to
one who la serving a life sentence
and who has. Indeed, barely started
on the serving of that sentence, par
don would be a gift beyond price.
That Is the sort of a gift which Is
being sought for Llewellyn A. Hunks
former Medford publisher, now In
the state prison at Salem. It Is. how
ever, we submit, a gift which the
governor of Oregon has no moral
right to beatow. ,
Bunks was convicted of second
degree murder. Ha shot and killed
a constable who came to his home to
serve a warrant or arrest. The killing
was without excuse. A l-ane county
Jury for the trial was held, not In
Medford. but In Kugene found It so
The supreme court refused to order
a re -trial,
Hanks was admitted to the peni
tentiary leas than lfl months ago
The case la recent enough that its
circumstances and the events leading
to It will not have faded from the
public memory. It will be remem
bered that Hanka was a leader In
creating the dissension which took
on virtually the arect of a county
civil war. Ballot thefts, for uhlch
if men cm ere parted against sonic
of Banks' political associates, were
features In the unpleasantness which
divided Jack son county. One of the
three sentenced on ballot theft
chargea has already been paroled,
and the release of the Others Is fore
cast. Such release could be Justified,
possibly, on the grounds that the
convicts were but tools of the former
Medford publisher, it Is perhaps the
fact of the ona release which has
been already made that has given
rise to the report that Banks' pardon
Is also being sought. But to free the
man who was not only the starting
point of the Jackson county strife
but who. through his needles slay
ing of a minor officer, set himself
above the law. would be to turn loose
once more a menace to society.
It would be hard to believe that
Oregon's governor could be seriously
considering such action Judge Robt
W. Sawyer In Bend Bulletin.
POULTRY BREEDERS TO
TALK CODE AT MEETING
8AIT.M, Dec. IX (API Hatchery
men and poultry breeders of the state
will meet here Saturday for the sec
ond atate-wide code meeting of the
group. The Initial meeting waa held
at Portland last year.
Children Kund Dead
HULL. Ore , Dec. ia. API The
bodies of three children, missing
from their homes for ii hours, were
found today In Brewery creek The
dead acre Pauline PUon. 5. Robert
Jean, 8, siid Roger Gratlle. 4.
Persanal Health Service
By William Brady. M.D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to dis
ease d lug not) Is or treatment ullJ be a nattered by Dr. Brady If a tamped
teir-aildressed envelop Is enclosed. Letter should be brief and written In
ink. Owing to the large Dumber of letters received only a few can be ao
altered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions,
Address Dr. Will ram llrady, MS EI Cam I no. Beverly HUU, CaL
Comment
on the
Day's News
BAG O' PKAMTS VS. BEEF SANDWICH
If I were hungry and could spend ; every respect. Many unenlightened
onlv a nickel for food I'd tauv a h-e I persons Imagine peanuts are "dlffld
of peanuts. icult to digest" and that one Is there-
Peanuts ought to be a staple of the for Ille!y 10 flU"er ,rom "Indigea-
dally dietary .The vloa 11 U11C "W1 cr,l"UM rawicr maw
more laminar iooa. we'll see present-
in
housewife who
ly how silly this idea la.
j Perhaps the best way to get an ac
wlll find numer- j curftte impression of the food value
oua ways to use I of peanuts Is by considering the food
peanuts In the In comparison with other substantial
p r e p a ration of foods with which you are more fa-
the main dishes j miliar. The following data are taken
of a meal as well from Atwater and Bryant't "Cheml
aa palatable nick- cal Composition of American ood
nackn wlth the , materials," Bulletin 28, U. 8. Dept. of
ks deleted for Agriculture which bulletin any one
economy). may purchase by sending ten cents
Peanut w 11 1 1 (coin) to Sup. of Documents, Govern-
stand comparison with any other sub- I ment Printing Office, Washington
stantlal food you care to mention, In D. C.
Beef (round steak).... 65.5
Potato (boiled) 75,5
Bread 35.6
Eggs (boiled) 73.2
Milk 87.0
Oatmeal (boiled) 84.5
Spaghetti 10.6
Macaroni 10.3
Peanuts 0.2
Carbo- Calories
Protein Pat hydrate Ash per lb.
20.3 13.6 1.1 S50
2.5 0.1 20.9 1.0 440
9 .3 1 .2 52.7 1 .2 1205
13.2 13.2 0.8 765
3.3 4.0 5.0 0.7 325
2.8 0.5 11.5 . 0.7 285
12.1 0.4 76.3 0.6 1660
13.4 0.9 74.1 1.3 1865
25.8 38.6 24.4 2.0 2560
Plour mado by boiling peanut ker
nels for half an hour in water con
taining some vinegar or tartaric acid,
drying and then rolling into flour
with rolling pin, Is excellent rood
either as a porridge with milk, or
baked In tho form of bread, biscuits
or pancakes.
Pennut butter may be freely used
Instead of ordinary butter on bread.
If children like It.
Salted peanuts are not so good.
Most of us take too much salt In or
on our ordinary food.
Some whole or unbroken peanut
kernels may be advantageously added
to various salads.
Agriculture Department has a Cir
cular (No 128) telling how to make
peanut butter (5 cents) and a Bulle
tin (No. 1401) on Marketing Peanuts,
which gives recipes for making salted
peanuts, pennut butter, peanut
candy, etc., (25 cents). Order these
from Government Printing OfMce,
Washington, D. C.
All things considered, a nickel or
a dollar spent for peanuts Is a better
Investment than the same money
spent for beefsteak or bread or po
tatoes, instead of regarding peanuts
and their products as relishes or
delicacies we should use them as a
staple of tho everyday bill of faro.
il KSTIOS A N I N S K it S
Old Doctor Hook
Can you tell me of a home doctor
book or healthbook or first aid book
equal to your "Personal Health?" I
hnvo used that since It first came
out, and it has saved mo much anz
loty and many dollars, I know. Why
not a new edition? (A. E. O.)
Answer Never again. That Is, not
until I can publish the book myself.
Old Paper Drive
Is there not a menace to the
health of school children who are
sent around gathering up old news
papers and magazines to raise money
for child welfare programs? Could
not meningitis or Infantile paralysis
spread by that means? And Is It fair
to Junkmen who make a precarious
living by collecting such discarded
papers, etc., to have all these school
children Interfering with their oc
cupation? . . . (M. W. A.)
Answer I don't know about the
carrying of mengltls or Infantile
paralysis, but I agree that It Is not
a healthful -pastime for children and
I should not permit my children to
engage In such a "drive.
Hay Sixty Lp
Some time ago you had some ar
ticles about electrosurglcal treatment
of prostatic obstruction for men over
80 that would not be able to stand
the ordinary operation . . . (J. K.)
Answer I told about transure
thral electro-surgical removal of the
obstruction, a modern development
which affords a happy alternative to
the more formidable perineal pros
tate removal. But this method Is
most satisfactory In suitable cases
Irrespective of the man's age.
(Copyright, 1034, John p. DUle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
Will In in llrady, M. !., 265 El
CriiiUio, Beverly Hills, Cal.'
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK. Deo. n They were
talking of small town characters
tho spite fencers, the long married
couple that spoko only through their
d a u g h ter, the
wife who always
calls her hus
band Mister and
so on. And a
gentleman from
Kentucky told
this Btory of The
Man Who Fear
ed Darkness.
In his youth
tho man had
killed, during the
heat of a violent
quarrel, his beat
friend. The rest
of his Uio was one of contrition. A
slight, self effacing fellow, .with
white hair and mustache, he was a
model of deportment, but always he
walked In tho sun and slept In a
blaze of light.
If held at his place of business af
ter dark, he would never go home.
Instead he sought some brightly lit
place which In the small town was
confined to the saloons or the rail
road station. Often he would sit In
a far-away corner of a saloon, among
roisterers, nibbling at a sandwich un
til daylight.
When dawn came he would go to
his breakfast and to his office. A
violent electrical storm one night
struck the power plant. Tho gentle
man was found dead In bed next
morning. It was always believed he
awakened suddmlv In the dark.
Victor Moore Is among America's
rich stage actors. His fortuno was not
suddenly amassed but salvaged from
years of vaudeville trouplng with his
wife, Emma Llttlefleld. He Invested
wisely. Moore In home-spun clothes
and ateel-rlmmcd spectacles, plus a
Brown county. Ind., whine, accms
more the lending hay and seed mer
chant In town for a lodge convention
than a grand comedian.
appearance was a alight dancing part.
But It clicked so tremendously his
role was enlarged to a stellar one.
Among stage folk, he Is somewhat
celebrated for his passion for neck
tics. He owns racks upon racks of
them, tries a dozen a morning before
making a selection. And on off hours
goes shopping for more.
Doormen these days Include many
worthies marking time along the
curbs uiittl the winds are fairer. In
front of a Park avenue apartment
houso la blonde and handsome Jack
Wilson who made the going tough
for Enzlo Fleimonte In earlier days.
In the East 60's a well known char
acter actor Is playing a menial real
life role. Gramercy Park has a door
man who once owned two buildings
In the area. And the woe-begone
starter tn front of a bright awnlng
cd French cafe Is the dopey piano
player who used to pound away at
the cabaret do la Lune In Place
Pigalle.
Thingumabobs: Howard Hughes
backed a brewery venture In Texas
that has made up his movie losses
. . . Don Marquis regards Christopher
Morley as the most expressive writer
tn tho English language . . . For
eight years, Ewlng Galloway, photog
rapher, has worked nightly until 10
and then gone to a movie . . . Doro
thy Russell Is much displeased with
some references to her famous mother
In the recent Diamond Jim biography
. , . Hollywood Is enthusiastic about
the screen work of Queen! e Smith,
a new recruit, and long Idolized by
college boys on Broadway . . . John
McCormack Is one of the early morn
ing walkers around the Central Park
reservoir . . .
A British publisher sends the first
novel of Mlnot Lidown. And Henry
Sell has the no-account sort of mind
that has been thinking how much
fun It would be to Introduce Mr. U
down to Edith Sltwell and Guy
Standing.
t Copyright, 1934. McNaught Syndi
cate. Inc.)
A Sutton place Insomniac, who
dropped SrtMHHHl that blnck October
day. has found an unfailing remedy.
He repeats renny son's haunting lul-lain-,
"Sweet and low. Swcvt and low.
Wind of the Western sens, Sleep my
little one. sleep"' . . . And he's hitting
It off dead to the world in a hall
h.uir. sound it bit nancy.
Burin and Allen sUrted the theat
rical world's adoption fad. The Jack
Peailst have become foster parents as
have the nuiftWal Jack Denny. And
the Morton IXtwneys. The radio Jack
Kenny have been "shopping" at or
phanages and expect to take on a
foundling. A are all hl:hlv paid per
formers tlie fortunate chidren are
assured bounties of unusual lu&ury,
Fred A'talre Is the first dancer to'
attain iv.omc stardom qutcMv fr 1
STUDY PENAL CODES
SACRAMENTO. Cal. (UP) Cali
fornia penal and political codes head
the list of "best sellers" In KoUem
prion. one of the nation's "toughest"
penitentiaries.
These books, along with the works
of BUcfcMone. top the list of requests
from prison Inmates, according to
State Librarian M.ibe otllls. The
convict pore over the volumes In an
effort to find loop-holes in the law
which .nay win freedom for them.
Result of this avid study occasion
ally sends staid Jurists Into ft huddle
when habeas txvpis petitions con
taining q-.eer point of law are pre
sented
By FRANK JENKINS
ROSS NICKERSON showed this
writer something new In the
fancy food line yesterday- wild
turkeys.
No, not wild turkeys shot down out
in the wilds of Oregon, for we have
none, In spite of a number of ef
forts on the part of the game com
mission to transplant , them; but
wild turkeys propagated In captivity,
as we propagate trout In commercial
trout ponds.
They were grown by John Abrams.
over In the Umpqua valley.
WHY grow wild turkeys In captiv
ity, when the tame ones are so
toothsome?
Mr. Abrams will find no difficulty
in answering that question. His ans
wer will be: "Because they command
a PRICE PREMIUM In the market."
People are willing to pay higher
prices for NOVELTIES.
It Isn't what you produce, you
know, that counts so much In the
profit column as what you SELL, and
how much you get for It.
IN this newspaper the other day,
you read, in a dispatch from
Washington, that figures Just releas
ed by the treasury show an IN
CREASE In 1933 In the number of
millionaires and a decline In the
number of persons with net Incomes
Up to (5,000.
1933, you will remember, was a
year of great political agitation for
redistribution of wealth, which la
another way of saying: "Take It away
from the big fellow and give It to
the little fellow."
Evidently, In spite of all the agi
tation, that didn't happen.
H
made?
Well, here Is a story, related yester
day by Bert Hall, thit gives us a
hint:
A- defunct Oregon building and
loan association was purchased re
cently for a sum ACTUALLY SMALL
ER than the amount of CASH In the
association's treasury.
It was a perfectly legal transac
tion by the courts and carried out
In an open and aboveboard manner,
the property going to the highest
bidder.
WHAT makes such a transaction
possible, you ask?
Here Is the answer: LACK OF
CONFIDENCE, on the part of the
owners, In the future of business;
leading them to let go of their prop
erty at any offered price from a re
sponsible bidder In order to convert
It Into cash and get out from under
the responsibilities Involved In Its
ownership,
"Save something ANYTHING
from the wreck, and take no chances
on the future." That must have
been their attitude.
HERE Is the point?
Disturbed business conditions,
which lead to loss of confidence In
the future on the part of ordinary,
average people, causing them to ac
cept heavy sacrifices In order to save
something DEFINITE out of what
seems at the moment to be a wreck,
create Ideal opportunities for bold
adventurers who are willing to take
long risks In the hope of long prof
Its. It Is these bold adventurers, in all
probability, who are making the new
millions reported by the treasury.
IT always happens that way,
Germany, embarking on a ca
reer of inflation that unsettled all
established business habits and rules,
created a condition In which there
was NO CONFIDENCE in the future
on the part of the millions of or
dinary people, and out of this con
dition arose ft crop of NEW MIL
LIONAIRES, such as Hugo Stlnnes.
She redistributed wealth, all right,
but Instead of putting It Into the
pockets of deserving SMALL people
sne put It Into the pockets of these
adventurers.
THE politicians, reading of these
new 1933 millionaires, mutter
threats of further disturbance to
business, under the guise of COM
PELLING redistribution of wealth.
They'll do it. If we PERMIT them
to, but Instead of putting the wealth
Into the pockets of small people
they'll wreck decent, honorable busi
ness and put the wealth Into the
pockets of a new crop of shrewd .
bold adventurers. Just as Germany
did.
Sounds War Threat
''ft' j
1 U 4
The seriousness of the European
situation was emphasized in a dec
laration before the council of the
League of Nations by Dr. Eduard
Benes, Czechoslovakian foreign
minister, that war would result if
any attempt were made to violate
the allegiance of Rumania. Yugo
slavia and Czechoslovakia in the
"little Entente." (Associated Praaa
Photo.
NEW DEAL AGENCIES
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 13. (AF)
The American farm bureau federa
tion closed Its sixteenth annual con
vention with a criticism of federal
relief administration and the NRA.
The new deal agencies were criti
cized In resolutions adopted by the
farmers at the final meeting last
night. They turned to resolutions
after hearing David E. Lilienthal,
power director of the Tennessee val
ley authority, describe rural electrifi
cation such as haa been undertaken
by the TV A as a major factor In
strengthening American agriculture.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 13. (AP)
A 97 per cent gain In repayment of
farmers' loans the last three months
over that period Inst year was an
nounced by the federal land bank of
Spokane. '
O. H. Junod , treasurer, said that
payments by Washington, Idaho, Ore
gon and Montana farmers during Sep
tember, October and November totnled
$1,545,648, compared with, $883,639
for the corresponding quarter of a
year ago.
Oak G
rove
OAK GROVE. Dec. 13. (Spl.) Tl.c
card party given by the Oak Grov
Community club et the schoolhoune,
December 7, waa very successful. Fif
teen tables of bridge and pinochle
were in play. The proceeds from tiio
party will go toward defraying ex
penses of the hot lunches this winter
Aubrey Sander went on a duck hunt
to Klamath lake with John Perl and
Herb Brown, over the week-end. They
had a very nice trip and came home
with the limit of ducks.
Huston PltUs and Jack Vandever
left Inst week for Bonneville Dam.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sander and Mr
and Mrs. Arden Tyrrell and family
had Sunday dinner with Mr. Henry
and Miss Mary Maurey.
Several of the parents of high school
pupils attended open house at Med
ford December 7, where a very flnn
program waa enjoyed.
The Oak Grove Community club
met at the schoolhouse December 12
The club haa purchased a press uro
cooker which Is greatly appreciated
by those preparing the lunches. Tho
club also helped toward purchas:n?
the basketball equipment for t-io
school.
The extension unit meeting whim
waa to have been held December 21.
has been postponed until some time
In January. The date will be an
nounced later. All these meetin-rs
are open to anyone In the district,
and we wish more parents would
come and take part In the work.
Flight o Time
(Medrord and Jackson Count
History from the filet ol The
Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Veai
Agn).
TEN YEARS AfiO TODAY
December 13, U'i4
(It waa Saturday)
Snow falls in Portland; colder
reather predicted for valley.
Many valley residents report seeing
a shower of meteors last night.
Oallatin hens win egg-laying race
at Ashland.
Mall Tribune equips Its carrier boys
with tin whistles so subscribers will
know when paper is delivered.
President Coolldge, in speech, "de
plores agitation of all kinds rampant
throughout the land."
Bootleg liquor kills 25 persons In
New York city; srnds scores to hospitals.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 13, 11)11
(Hwas Sunday)
Turkish battleship torpedoed by
British submarine In Dardanells; both
sides claim victory on eastern and
western fronts.
"Economy" to be slogan of Demo
cratic members of state legislature.
Coldest day In the valley with the
mercury at 26 degrees.
Commercial club plans systematic
campaign for sugar beet acreage here.
The city police last night seized a
horse that was playing havoc with
Orange street lawns. V
Heavy fall of snow reported from
the Butte Falls district.
(Contlnueo f.jm page one)
I
Four Hum To Death
BEDFORD. Vft.. Dec. 13 (API
Hael, 19, and three youneer daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Nichols
were burned to death early today
when fire destroyed their farm home
near here.
Oregon Weather
Cloudy with occasional rains to
night and Friday; anow in high
mountains; slightly warmer In ex
treme east portion tonlcht; gentle
easterlv winds off the coast.
The Seattle. Wvn - citv council hw
, hoofing alone. Aithousli a Mar in the p.t.wt an oiduisiK-e suing blind per
legitimate lor jcj, lut first screen i sou f.ee nucs on cm i;eet ca-s.
Every "far ad a nerd" case of UitxT
cu'otv was an "early case" once Ear.t
discovery means ear'r recovery
fhristmaa Sel fund h;p laid t..e
early caue.
BIRTHS
i . i :
O lapping aay
UnntmaA?
11
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick T. Storms of
Central Point are the parents of a
baby daughter, weighing 7 pounds.
4'i ounces, barn yesterday at the Sa
cred Heart hospital. Both mother
and baby are reported getting a'.ong
nicely.
Tuberculosis Is still the greatest
cause of death between the ages of
15 and 45. When you buy christmv
SeAla you arc helping In the preven
tion and control of this disease.
i -
If people who buy Christmas Sea's
would follow their money through to
see what it accomplishes, they would
regard It as an investment rather
than a g'?t.
E.-.ch ye,r In the United Statr.
alone approximately 10.000 chlld'tn
die of tuberculosis, de.iplte the 'act
th.it it is curable and preventable.
Fifty thousand ol the ti30 000 acMV
ca.o of tuberculosis kr.oan in t:iv
United St. lies today are children un
der 15.
New Way to Hold
False Teeth in Place
Do falM teeth annny vou Py dr -p-p:rv:
or slippm Just pr:r.!t a l't
t.e F..tr;h on vo ir pls'es Th.s no
fiti p-'woyr holds ter:.i fir'n itnu
fortsb.e N i imtnv, p..n tnt or
fr'.irv Pfe:-g-. rretM (.;. fu-
ke;a i;cm jvox a. u.At. lY-ee es.
Rose Bociety vaudeville will be pre
sented at Ashland tonight, and "as
surances have been given" nothing
stronger than lithla water will be
served In the cabaret scene. Fears
were felt "that the well-known tem
perance virtues of that fair city
would be enveloped In a flank movement."
stunts which were staged there, es
pecially the one staged by the first
lady and her daughter, Anna Dall.
That marks a new high record In
feminine confidence, entrusting a se
cret to 400 women.
V
FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE
ELYRIA. O. (UP) Before her 15th
birthday. Mary Isabella Marie Carter
became a divorcee. The divorce was
granted the girl in Lorraln county
common pleas court against Owen
Leon Carter, 33. Tho couple were
married Oct. 24, 1933, at Monroe,
Mich.
The girl told Judge A. R. Webber,
who granted the decree on grounds
of gross neglect and extreme cruelty,
that she was In the seventh grade
when she was married and that she
intended to return to school. She was
restored to her maiden name of Mary
Cook and was awarded $175 alimony.
MEN STAND HELPLESS
AS THREE BOYS DROWN
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Dec. 13.
AP) Three boys drowned in the
Schuylkill river today as 10 men stood
on the river bank unable to hctp
them.
They sank beneath a crust of ice
after a rowboat In which they were
going across the river was upset by
a large piece of ice.
John Lawrence of Durant, Okla
used one pocketknifc for 43 years.
WASH OUT
15 MILES OF
KIDNEY TUBES
Wia Back Pep . . . Vigor . . . Viulitj
Mnlical authoritin arr,, tkat yrar kid
J.T. MM li JIII.KS of !,, tvU, Ol
n.ler, wkirn hHp to purilj the blood and
kerp you h.aJthy. .
l!Jd.r r..;..5 w,th -nty amount tmu,.
Inn hurn.ns and di.romforl. the 15 Mil. Eg
c-r a:rnal may he the hemnmiw of nacxal
b.,V.;e. , tn.. ".S ,
KJ'",."; "'"' '""l-. swell,, fe,
rl'j':- ra;n. and d.iiinf.a.
and 7 i V '"r" 3 d
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