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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1934. Medpord Mail Tribune "Ewyont in Southirn Orws Rnitt thi Hall TrlbuM1' Dill? Eieetrt Siturdif Another Railroad to Coast PuMUhso bj MEDKOIID PIIINTINU CO. -lT-3t N. Fir Bt- HOBKUt W. BUHL, WIU Ad Indepaodant Nawpapar Entartd u Kami elm ailur at aUdferd Ortfon. unto Act ot alarta i, ,.a."U STBKCIIIPTION BATES Bj Hill In Adrarxa Pally, one rear . Dallr, ill montba.... BI lamer u auiw Jackaontllla. Canlral Pclat. Pooenll, Mat, OoW UUJ ana on iin"J. Hall), ont uu ?" Dally, all arcntha. ...... bally, ona month . . AU urna. eaah lo adtane. Official napar or tha City of Uodlord, Official paper of JaekaoD County. HEMBKK Of TUB ASSOCIATED PUES8 .. ..uJ Wlra flanlna Tba Anodatad Praai la aidmlialy aoUtlad u tha uaa for ouriUeatlos m" all naaa dlapautwi eradltad to It or otheralis eradltad Id tola patMa j ... m mrfillitud haraln. AU 'Icbu for publlcatloo DC apadal dJapalcbaa arem ara ai raaenoo. MEMBKu Of UNITED PUE8I ITOIBEU OF AUDI1 HUUEAO OP ClliCULATIONH Adrarttflnt UeprateoUtlraa at C M0UEN8EN COMPACT Offlcaa ID Nao York, Cbleaio, Datrolt, Sac rrarxlaa U Anialaa llaallla Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arttttu Ptrrji. AU hands are getting ready to hang up their socks for Christmas, Instead of alleging, aa they did a year go, that they had no socks to hang up. . . Peoria Bill Oatei completed 30 years In tha city and valley Satur day, and Ace Hubhard wound up 80 years of eelllng plowa, and other Im ' plement of husbandry laat week. ' ' . . ...I The first run of country sausage la In the frying pane. . Thomas Bradley la now wearing his hat, and Is otherwise dressed for winter. a H. Plewher, the demon baiter, has imported German goodlea, which are more easily eaten than pronounced a The year Is on Ita last limbs, and though the majority do not know where It has gone, It haa been free of misbehavior by politicians with no singing of "America" to cover up the commission of a felony. 8. Morris, the north-end tiller, towned Friday, enjoying surcease from farm chores, performed by his boy. a Autslsts are once more y.nfronted with the year-end problem of dig ging up a 6-spot for a license. a a a War has been dectsred upon law yare, and the legislature may take steps to regulate the profession, A little regulation of those who think they are their own learned counsel, and render their own Judicial de . clslons aa needed, might not hurt. a A sod-soaklng rain Thurs. caused tha farmers to rejoice, and enabled a, few to find out where the root leaked. a a a Pre-Tule suits are flaunted by a few of our outstanding dudes. a The esteemed Oregonlsn has start ad a contest, with Biblical quota tlona aa the basis. Thla will enable the voters to tell when a candidate Is quoting the Scriptures correctly In the next campaign. a a Another railroad to tha Coast wsa written Prl. by a New Yorker. a a a Notice haa been served upen the Slka' cat that the next time he leaves his bed and board he can stay way for once, and for all. This feline prefers an alley to a cushion, and wanta to get out Into the world where he won't know where his next mouse Is coming from. a a a William (Parmer Bill) Carl of the Applegate la backing a dam on the Applrgate to provide water for hay raising, Irrigation and dairying. a a i Mora clttaens are behind tha steer ing wheela of new autne. of which they are Justly proud, quit accretive and exceedingly careful. a a a The bb. team la getting ready to do or die. or neither, during the 1039 and what Is left of the 19S4 eeason. a a Rumor hath It another promising young man will soon look a preachsr in the eye. a a Dewey Hill, the Prospect hillbilly, la building a ham. between func. tlonlng as a hired man, and prac ticing basketball, wrestling, dancing. nd other athletic dutlea. a a a The demlaes from wood alcohol tipstate,- caused many to recall bow the special prohibition agent always found a dead squirrel In the mash, when he staged a raid. TTlENTOrtT n7 "jt"Dec. 14. (API The prosecution, aa directed by Su preme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenehard, today supp'.led counsel for Bruno Richard Hauptmann with Ita theory aa to how the Lindbergh baby met his death In the famoua kidnaping. Tlie state contenda that the cause erf the death of Charles A. Lindbergh jr., was s frarture of the akull, the i milt of external violence," tauc UUaK WOa FOR sheer vitality we believe the project of a railroad from the Rogue River valley to the coast, holds some sort of a record. To our personal knowledge such a. railroad has been seriously contemplated for at least a quarter of a century. Surveys have been made, hearings have been held, delegations from the coast have travelled inland; delegations from inland have travelled to the coast. And yet barring the Grants Pass spur line which operated only a few years, nothing to date has been done. a a a a . NOW comes an entirely new project, but with the same fun-' damental purpose in mind. The "Goid Coast" Railroad company of Port Orford lias applied to the interstate commerce commission for permission to construct a railroad from that port, down the coast to Rogue river and Gold Beach, then ea.it along the Rogue connecting with the S. P. at Leland just north of Grants Pass. . . . , , , . According to press dispatches the new railroad is not con nected in any way with any railroad now operating, and an application for RFC financing is made. Such a project would go through one of the most remote and least developed sections of the entire state, and undoubtedly a region with great natural resources, particularly in timber and minerals. We would like to see the railroad built. It would help all southern Oregon. But with construction depending upon gov ernment financial aid, we don't expect it will be. With well established lines operating in thickly settled parts of the coun try, failing to make expenses, we fear the RFC will be loath to divert any of its funds, to entirely new construction through an untailored wilderness. 9 MOREOVER if a railroad to the coast WERE built we would greatly prefer one that would connect the Pacific ocean with the Great Northern rather than the Southern Pacific, so southern Oregon could not only have a direct connection with tidewater but with the East. A little brisk railroad competition in southern Oregon would also be a very salutary thing. However this latest application demonstrates how impossible it is to keep the idea of a railroad to the coast down. Scotched in one direction it proceeds to bob up in another. Everyone knows drops of water will wear away a stone. - It would appear only natural therefore that where an effort is so persistent, sooner or later an East and West transportation out let for the Rogue River valley, WILL become a reality, some thing which is greatly to be desired. Personal Health Service By William Brady, M.D. Signed letters pertaining Co personal health and hygiene not to dti ease dlafnosls or treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped elf-ad dressed envelope la enclosed. Letters should be brief and written tn Ink. Owing to the large number ot letters received only a few can be an swered. No reply can be mnrte to querlea not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, 265 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Cat MRDICINE MAKES STEADY PROGRESS Keep the Syndicalism Law TTIE Mail Tribune opposed that feature of the state criminal syndicalism law which made mere membership in the Com munist party, a crime. We feci auy citizen of the state, has a perfect right to belong to any political party or organization he or she wishes. But openly advocating violence and revolution, either by word of mouth or printed tract, we regard as an entiroly differ ent matter. In other words we have no particular quarrel with the person who honestly believes the only cure for our economic and social ills, is to follow the course of Soviet Russia, We don't agree with that view, but we would willingly fight for the right of the individual to hold it. But to believe in this communistic solution as the inevitable outcome is one thing; to believe in its immediate attainment by violence and bloodshed, is tiiito ANOTHER.. WE hare seen a good deal of communism the past few years, hnth in California nnrl thia atatta And 'we have eomn to the definite conclusion that these communistic leaders and agi tators, are littlo better than criminals and gangsters. They talk a lot of piffle about being concerned with the welfare of the common man and the betterment of society. But in reality this is merely a subterfuge. All they are REALLY interested in is inciting a revolution of violence, so they may themselves gain control and political power. These men are shrewd, resourceful and ruthless. They know just what they want and intend to get it. The only practical way to combat them therefore is to meet fire with fire, force with force, to put them down before they can get a good start. a a a a THE present criminal syndicalism law, we are convinced, is an affnrtrivA and narfootlv rtennr traannn for tha atatA to nca in this direction, Let those who advocate radical change, thru peaceful means, all the free speech and free assembly they de sire. Let those who wish revolution via the ballot, have full rein, to air their views on any occasion, or ANTWHERE. But when the paid emissaries of Moscow bob up to advocate armed revolution, the overthrow of this government by violence, and a program of sabotage, boring from within and incendiary propaganda which can only result in bloodshed and destruc Tell them quietly but firmly, either dry up along that line, or go to jaill We are convinced it's the only way. An attitude of lenience and indifference, will only be taken by the real REDS as a sign of weakness, which they will proceed in every way to take ad vantage of. We are convinced the situation is serious. We are also convinced that until the conditions change materially, the crim inal syndicalism law, as modified at the last session of the legis lature is something for Oregon to retain, NOT to repeal. Mm Everyone has heard the quip about the dotcor who instructed the Insom nia patient to eschew all food aftor d p. m- A month later the patient returned, a 1 1 11 complaining that she couldn't sleep. The doc tor noted she was rather undir nourished and prescribed a bed time lunch aa a u p p 1 ementuy nourish ment. At that the lady expos ".u- lated. Only month ago the doctor had cautlontd her against eating at night. Yes, : perhaps, but medicine Is making rapid strides theae days. Formerly doctors restricted the amount of protein or albuminous food In the diet oi the patient with Brlght'a disease, on the slender the' ory that the kidney impairment some how made the patient Incapable of utilizing such food. Thla conception of the treatment spared the kidney but Ignored the welfare of the pa tlent. With Increasing knowledge of the processes of metabolism physi cians came to take a more rational view of the management of nephrl tls, which Involved more careful con sideration of the needs of the patient. They recognized that protein or al buminous material that la utilized In the body for repair of wear and tear the principle purpose of nitrogen ous food material Is not broken down Into end-products and there fore cannot increase the burden on the kidneys, for the function of the kidneys Is concerned only with the excretion of the end-products of metabolism or combustion. In tuat practice today, giving the chronic nephritis patient, an ade quate amount of meat, fowl, fish eggs, cheese, milk, peaa, beans, nuts and other nitrogenous Items which were formerly excluded or restricted, we see victims of chronic Brlght's disease living comfortably for many years. Their unscientific dietary re strictions, prescribed or voluntary, tended to hasten depletion of the normal- body proteins and produce chronlo Inanition. That, of course. retards all recovery. The discarded theory of the cause and treatment of nephritis was based on conjecture or hypothesis alone. Conjecture, just thinking, Is essen tial In all progress, but pure theory without scientific control or actual testa by methods of precision, may lend us far astray. First an explorer (Epstein) observed that his patients with nephritis were given liberal amounts of albuminous or proteld foods 'notwithstanding their heavy albuminuria, they fared much bet ter, Then came the practical method of measuring the amount of protein In the blood, and by meana of thla Comment on the Day's Nezvs Ry FRANK Jl.NKINS THIS psragraph In the news Is In teresting: "Clay Williams, chslrman of the Industrial recovery board, predicted I today thst price (Ulna would be climated from tha new NRA " and -aa-the' A" fixer ot prices. otr any ron l mXtWs netted, (ji UUa, till f ot supply and demand haa nerer been greatly Improved upon. SPCAKINO) of price, an eiceptlon aily Intelligent business man said to this writer the other dsy: "One of tha BIO troubles with bus iness right now la that prlcea have Increased faster than tha ability sf people to PA 7 them " When that happens, It tsnt good for ANYBODY, NOT so good for anybody?" you say. "How about tha fellow who haa raised his price?" No. It Isn't even g'XKl for him, for M 6 ttt (rw w4 COW IHW tif Increases In ability of hla customers to PAY, he will lose customers. It Isn't good for any business to lose customers. ALL of which brings us back to the only theory of prosperity that really holds water, which la this: Prosperity exists when all classes of the population are able to ex change their goods and services on a fair and eqtml basis. Price really haa nothing to do with It. s. CHINESE bandlta murder two Amer ican missionaries, and our atate department, we read, will urge strong ly that the Chinese government or what passes for a government over there capture and execute the ban dlta. Oood enough. But wouldn't It be a good Idea to put our own house In order by capturing and executing a few more of the bandlta who are murdering and alaylng HERE AT HOKfE? THIS writer, who Is a hopeless In dividualist, and therefore badly out of tuna with a lot of modern political Ideaa, can't get away from tha nation that If government paid a little mora attention to such fun damental dutlea of government as catching and punishing criminate and a little less to running everybody's business, or TRYING TO, we'd all be better off. a. THIS question keeps sticking up Its head: If government eventuslly runs EV ERYBODY'S business, aa a lot of peo ple stem to think It should, what will be left for US to do? Her la the ahort, brutal answer: Nothing much, except to TAKE OR DERS from some government official ; or other. I gauge physicians learned that ne phritis patients lost ground If the blood protein level was allowed to continue below the normal, and gained or went on to complete re covery If the blood protein level was kept up to normal. Bo the modern practice la to give nephritis patlenta a liberal ftUowanc of these very foods they have been denied. And the best proof of the wisdom of this re vision Is the fact that Brlght's dis ease is no " longer regarded with dread and despair. The best medical thought of 30 years ago In reference to nutrition and diet was pretty weird, aa we re gard it In the light of newer knowl edge. But the medical notions of 30 yeara ago are the popular fancies to day. It will take 30 years to relieve the layman of his prerent ideas about diet. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . Iron Dissolves My druggist tells me your recipe for the home made blood tonic Is Just one of your Jokes, for Iron Is not soluble In water. He gave me Instead a vial labelled Iron and Ammonium Citrate solution. It Is a dark brown liquid. I am afraid to take this . (Mrs. M. E.) Answer Probably your druggist didn't know it, but what he gave you la Iron dissolved in water. The sens ible, economical way to buy Iron- and-ammonlum citrate Is In the form of red scales. Buy four ounces of It, put It all In a pint bottle, fill the bottle with water, and It will all dis solve. Take a teaspoonful after foods three times a day for two or three months. Take the dose In a little water sweetened with sugar and fla vored with any fruit Juice you like. Poor old I.cfend Drags On Reader sends in abstract from Canadian Medical Association Jour nal In which this assertion of the medical author la underlined: "Mer cury Is readily absorbed from all sur faces. Including the intact skin." Reader opines this will hold me for a while. Answer Frankly such occasional reverberations from the deep woods do not detain me longer than It takes to file the contribution In the Haw-Haw Corner. Elephantiasis Can you tell me whether or not "elephantiasis" Is a disease peculiar to tne tropics? (T. L.) Answer It Is most common In the tropics where the usual cause Is blocking of lymphatic vessels of the limb or other member by fllarla. a parasite transmitted by mosquito bite. Congenital elephantiasis, a de velopment defect, is common here. (Copyright 1934, John P. Dille Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to cnmmunlcote with Dr. Urady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M, D., 2C5 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Cat, NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyre IS if-' '- NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Thla Is one of those swollen, gray drizzly days when I'd like to sit In a dark corner sulking while people coax me to write a col umn. But who cares about my moods? Just machine , that's what I am. A gadget of Fate. A biological spin nlng wheel If you ask me. Maybe Z can work myself up to a good cry, What's happened to me lately rhat hasn't hap pened for the love of Aunt Hett And yet they expect me to be out there pitching. Not even out for a good old fashioned! mope. Not I. No, sir. I have to be always merry and bright, Full of the Old Ned and getting off things. Laugh, clown, laugh. It must be fun to be a columnist. Yeah. A fine bed of neuroses I'm In. All I want Is to sit here and think morbid thoughts. Maybe I ought to be psycho-analyzed. I can't sleep much af ter 11 a. m. any more. For 20 years I've been enduring the grind. And now comes these frus tration spells. Perhaps I had an un happy childhood. Or maybe It was the thimble-cracks of grandma's. I might have known de-winglng those files would bring me to a no good end. What I need Is a cloister. Just an Iron cot, tin-cup and chair. O, well, they might throw In a hair shirt by Sulka. I have the swamp miseries. The trouble with people Is they live too long. This late in life I have got to re-establish my ego. If I had any loyal friends they'd be dropping in and telling me how good I am. But no. they are probably over at the new Waldorf bar retelling that honey about the Pullman conductor and the deaf lady from Altoona or sing ing Cole porter's ribald "Miss Sonia Fitch." A fine lot in a crisis, wnen the crash came, they were swilling side cars. Note to my biographer: To the end I kidded myself a fellow could have devoted friends no matter what hap pened. Just a push-over for senti ment. So what? Well with all the gayety about, I sit hugging my wind swept tatters longing for a pinch of even a dry smile. Ten minions in this lunatic city and not one who cares. Not one to bring back faith. Not one to Join me In what looks like a swell nervous break-down. Don't worry, thaVs not a tear. It's eye strain. Strain from sitting hours staring into an unfathomable void. Other people can fathom a void and go on to Sid Solomon 'a Casino and ; wind up at Leon and Eddie's but not j I. Anytime a void sees me down front ! on the aisle It becomes nasty to handle. Bight away It does. Lucky stiffs like Frank Sullivan and Corey Ford wouldn't have to fathom a void. A void would jump right Into Foxes Hurt RahMt ean. POMBROY. Ohio (UP) Red an gray foxes, both tn Isnpe nnmbtv hare preyed on rabbits in this r so hearlly this season that bunnlr for hunting are scarce, according f nlmroda. riMelancl Fund S.1.AZ.Ti:.?ll. j CLEVELAND. iVP Clevelsr.ds community fund this year raised 1 j 036.747 18, with totsl number ot .r j rs, 496,904. far in eicea of the num- i ber of donora lMt year. I Plane l'ed In Fox Hunt. KENTON. Ohio. (I'Pt An alrplst.e circled the lines and gave the march- , era s'nsla when the aecond annual tcx drive and turkey ehoot sponsored at Big flprtix;, O, near here, t hfld. Us Ma4 lu&iu mi 44 Adults 20c Anytime mmmimmrnmrner It1! 11 ri Kiddies I M.H1IHI ioc their laps and purr. And begin to sing vold-de-do-dol , 8UU drizzling. They couldn't turn on- a little sunshine this day I'm funking things so. No. they must think p something fancy In the way of a clinging mistrial. And I'm sup posed to skip to my typewriter, vra, la, and tap out airy nothings frothy stuff. Let them keep on and I'll give them froth. They'll find my Hps bub bly. Most of my life I've been silent and self effacing. I'm entitled to at least one set of gibbers. To scream, beat my head against the wall, ring bells and yank fire whistles. sisn and German armlet near War saw; lull comes to western front; four English vessels aunk by mines in North Sea. The trouble Is I'm introspective. Too much living to one's self, too many books, too many walks In the gloaming. What business of mine why which Is which or which why Is why? That's fun. I'm going to play that again why which is which or which why la why. I'm beginning to joke. Stick around. I might come out of It. And If I do, Tm a case. But it's only a flash of the old frivolity. I'm back In the saddle riding herd on woe again. I'll sing that lonely cow boy lament, "Get along, little doggie, get . . . . " That's enough of that. Either my voice Is changing or I'm growing weaker. No place like a shaded room and ghostly white thoughts. There's an arrangement in black and white, Toots! Shaded room, ghostly thoughts. If Julian Green were writ ing this he would put in an ear splitting, shriek. But I'm not that crazy yet. Just a bit touched. You know, nuts to you I (Copyright, 1934, McNaught Syndi cate, inc.) ah hiaVt tvhnoi rfanc have been called off until further notice, aa a ..ii MMnt rumout at a class dance, held in the all over Daniela for Duds, The trouble followed tne Invasion of a freshman dance by nnopp classmen. The local lodge oc cupying the hsll seeks damages for a number of spears oroxen curing wie disturbance. Flight o Time (Med ford and Jackson Count History from the files or The Mall Tribune or 20 and 10 Year ASO). TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 16, 1924. (It was Tuesday) Carcasses of 15 reindeer arrive from Alaska, and go on sale in local meat markets. Rogue River valley Is warmest spot In atate, as freezing temperatures sweep Willamette valley. Governor Pierce asks resignation of member of fish commission, be cause fish commissioner is alleged to have purchased liquor. Council votes 13,500 for purchase of new fire department pumper. Postofflce warns p.eople "many Christmas packages are Insecurely wrapped for mailing. Albania mobilizes her army to sub due Albanian rebels. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 16, 1914. (It was Wednesday) Great battle raging between Rus- umhri of tha fire department are weaving a shawl, which will be presented as a cnrisimw guv w Mlsa Clara Woods of the Medford National bank. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gates have arrived from Peoria, II!., and will soon be at home on Geneva. Mr. Gates will enter the business of C. E. ( Pop ) Gates. Peoria papers print accounts ef Mr. Gates' departure, and regret his leaving. Mr. Gates is described as a "clear-eyed, clear thinking business hustler." Mercury drops to 17 degrees above zero, anct city has coldest night In two years. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab inei Works From the Editor of The American 6oy During the coming year, the boys of America will get a half-fare rate to adventure and fun! THE AMER ICAN BOY YOUTHS COMPANION, the nation's leading magazine for boys, formerly $2.00 a year, now costs 61.00. A three-year subscription, pre viously 3.50, costs only $2.00. 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