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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. JANUARY 8, 1935.
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The wires of the nation hum with
detail, and newspapers are clogged
with pictures of the trial of Bruno
Hauptmann, the German alien ana
ex-convict, charged with the kidnap
ing of the Lindbergh baby. Yeater
day, the nursemaid of the murdered
child collapsed under the Insinua
tions of the defense cross-examina
tion. The mother, In great agony, but
with sublime courage, testified, coi
Lindbergh testified under circum
stances as much, if not more of an
ordeal to mind and body, than when
he made his epochal flight cros
the Atlantic. In a low, firm voice,
the dispatches state, Col. Lindbergh
aid he heard the man who took the
rain ransom money exclaim; "Hey,
Doctor 1"
The press account continued:
"He told the court and the
Jury:
. "That was Hauptmann't voice."
"Since that night In St. Ray
mond's cemetery." Prosecutor
Wllenta asked Lindbergh, "did
you hear that same voice?"
"Yrs."
"Whose waa that voice?"
"Mr. Hauptmann'a," he replied.
Many men. facing the man they
firmly believed waa the kidnaper and
slayer of their first-born, would have
forgot the niceties of propriety. They
would have eliminated the "Mr." pre
fix from any reference to him.
Jackson county now sports three
sew officials good men and true
who will fulfill the duties of their
posts, honorably, efficiently, and to
the best of their ability. However,
Just before the next primary elec
tion they will be designated, as usual,
as "raicils."
t
A Massachusetts Justice of the
jeace fined the president's son $10
tor driving an auto 78 mites an hour
In a snowstorm, resulting In a
wreck. No effort was made by the
defendant to ahow It was a Republi
can snowstorm.
All these power Ail. beautiful cars
Just don't happen: they are care
fully planned. (Oregon City Enter
prise) Removing the "Topsy" com
plex, except when associated with
Turvey.
Quite a few of the fair sex got
tip before breakfast yesterday, owing
to a meeting of the Breakfast Club.
They shamed the lark with their
warbling. In vivid contrast to the
languid bellows of the stronger sex
at lunch.
PIONEER I.ARV1N. i
(Pendleton EaM Oregnnlan) '
Young Galloway, who was dis
charged by the school directors
of a district nesr Centervllle.
must needs advertise his Incom
petency by bringing a law suit.
In which he got left, of course.
It was developed on the trial that
he pronounced anpsrsgus "aa-pa-re-Jus"
with the accent on the
next to the last syllable; blsnc
mange, blank mangy: and other
words according to the asme lib
eral system of orthoepy. In Justi
fication, he said he had never
heard of such words, much lesa
seen them. (SO yrs. Ago Col )
H. Morris, the O .-Hill. T -Rock 8-
Valiey tiller, has returned from the
north, and Is In fine shape to be
agntn rhased by Wall St.. If the
legislature does anything he does
not like. He announces If the legists
ture foists a new as lea tax on the
people. Wall St. will have to chase
him again, as last spring. Mr. Morris
la more scared of Wall St. thsn the
professional friends of the farmer
from Portland. He knows they mould
not deceive him because they have
foisted his fried chicken.
Mac from Trluro Mrs. A J
Oould of Phoenix returned from Los
Atire!ea Friday erenlng, accompanied
!,y Albert and Jimmy Gould. Mr. snd
Mrs. Ray CT of Medford and William
Aleson. also of Medford. They visited
friends and relstlre while In the
south, snd while In San Prsncisc.T
Mrs. Cyr and Mr flotild were enter-
tained st the Cliff Home, where thfy
were given f.rta from their friends,
The New Deal Loses
THE New Deal loses in its first test in tlio U. S. supreme court.
With only one dissenting vote, the highest eonrt in the land,
declares section 9 (e) of NRA unconstitutional.
This section grants legislative authority to the President, and
the ruling referred specifically
vision to the oil code, granting the chief executive power to
prohihit the interstate shipment of oil in excess of established
state quotas.
As we understand the decision, it only invalidates the grant
ing of "UNMMITKD" legislative power to the President, not
limited power. The ruling does not throw out the present oil
code. It invalidates the granting of unlimited legislative powers
to the President, regarding ALL codes.
It would seem fairly obvious that this objection can be over-
Lcome by subsequent legislative
granting of power to Jhe chief executive. No doubt during the
present session of congress this remedial action will be taken.
Another Oil Scandal
THIS decision, however, calls attention to a most extraordi
nary situation existing in the oil fields of eastern Texas,
where the above ease originated.
' In an effort both to conserve the national supply of oil, elim
inate scandalous waste, and stabilize the crude oil market, an
oil code-was adopted. Under this code production was limited
in each oil state to a certain fixed percentage of the estimated
supply.
The provisions of this code have been generally observed,
everywhere but in the Texas field. There the issue of stale
rights has been raised.
According to Owen P. White, a native Texan, writing in th.5
January 112th Collier's, wholesale graft, bribery and corruption,
have completely nullified the code in that state. Insensate greed,
has held and still holds full sway.
TPIIIC oil barons of tlio Lone Star state have adopted inethod.s
which remind one of the palmy days of Boss Tweed. Viola
tions of the code, have been winked at, the stealing of "hot oil"
by the use of trick valves, has
state inspectors and state legislators have been openly bribed,
and the author dixecily implies
in Washington, D. C, have been
sale oil grab.
This article is so sensational
that unless a libel suit, is promptly slapped on- Collier's, Mr.
Average Citizen will be justified in concluding the charges made
by Mr. White are true. And we have a pious idea no libel suits
will be filed.
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DERIIAPS even more astounding than that such widespread
rottenness and corruption could exist in a great state like
Texas, is the ultimate fate of the Roosevelt administration's
measure drafted to correct this
Teeth were put in this bill,
Secretary lekes, federal nil administrator. This action was ap
proved by the President. But when criminal action was request
ed from the department of justice,
secret service, it was discovered
"with teeth in it" had disappeared from certified copies of t,he
code upon which that department had to base its action!
The alibi in Washington was
an error, an innocent mistake.
But as Mr. White pertinently inquires:
"U It logical for anyone to believe . . . thnt the thing wrb
really an error, and that It waa a mere coincidence that the ona
paragraph that waa dropped from the code waa the only one In
It under which the federal government could have pttnlahed the
hot-oil gang In Texas? Perhnpa If It were not for three facto one
might strain his credulity to tho point of agreement. But when
It Is remembered that Texas was agalnKt the paragraph from the
eutaet; when the prima facie evidence polnta to the conclusion
that General Johnson never saw the amendment which struck
It down, and when It waa hinted In Texas, as It was several times
to this writer, that some of the East Texas hot-oil lawyera had
always known about the missing paragraph and had held the
knowledge as an ace up their eleevcs. the whole thing begins
to take on the appearance of an effort on the part of the Texas
oil gang to by-pass the federal government.
If so. It was temporarily a uuccesa. Prom now on. though,
the prophecy Is that things wll! go differently. Aa oil adminis
trator, the Hon. Harold L. Ickes Is angry. In discussing with
this writer practically all the conditions set forth In tho fore
going artlrV he mnde It clear thnt he knot's exnetly where Texas
standa. He harbors no Illusions regarding the attitude of the
new Lone Star administration toward law enforcement and the
destruction of oil and gaa resources, and neither need that ad
ministration harbor any as to his position. He stntes It frankly.
He represents the people of the United Stntes In their war
agalns waste and law violation and In that connection he says.
In substance: Texas hna always hnd It within Its power to stop
the Illegal production of oil but It has never done so and hence
hsa been more responsible than any other fnctor not only for
the plight In which the oil Industry found Itsel! pi lor to the
adoption of the code but also for the difficulties that have
plagued the federnl government since then. He therefore con
cludes that, although It may sound well for Texas to tnlk about
abovit "states' rights." It none the less follows that before It
Insists upon what It terms Its cwn sovereignty It should learn
to use It by enforcing Its own laws. If It doesn't, some superior
power will.
That's Mr. Ickes' platform, and he Intends to stand on It.
Can Texas dislodge him? The contest promises to be worth
watching.
It docs! And when the effort to "tiK'l"' lekes is revived,
on the ground he is not a "good
Republicans, when it comes to
1 enny piiicher and trouble maker,
'lour idea of the real reason behind that effort.
EAGLES WILL ATTEND
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY
Members of Crater I-ake Aerie
rrsternsl Ordr of F.viea, ;1. attend
the morning aervu-e at tlie F..t
Christian ohuroh. Suiul.ty. January
13. It was announced today bv Piysi-
dent A H BAnwell. AM momhrr. nf
the led snd t!ie auxilirvy sre asked
to be at the K.uSes' lull iv 10 .10
a. m.. so aa to msrrh to the cluirrh
In a body.
Reverend W. R B.ird of r.ie F.r.-t
Christian church will deliver a rnv
lal sermon to the member o :c
order, snd It la hoped r.im A .,;.
turnout will be on hand
Wheu it comes to nd:ov n:;- 1,
Ptuitts can do it." i'hone ;j.
to the application of this pro
action placing limits upon the
been generally countenanced ;
Hint at least SO.M R "higher ups"
bought up to further this whole
and incriminating in character,
evil.
under the personal direction of
on evidence furnished hy the
that this crucial paragraph
to the effect that this was really
demoernt," favors Progressive
patronage; and is an all around
the people will have a pretty
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
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On Wednesday. January 18, the ;
I .Vu k.n. County Health association .
:U hold iu bi-monthly meeting at
t!ie county courthouse, starting .it
S o'cNvk,
The spertkers will be I")r C. H. PaaKc
and Pr W o Bishop, who will snesk
on t lie subject of proper care of the
teeth and the proper selection of
!ood, rr;vi'tivelv
The I'.int and Jacksonville com
mittees will te hote.ws for the After
noon. ttnriirt rrle Attorney V A C
h:f of Or.inrs p.im a-rUeo" thl mor i
! .1-4 on Tie Oxonian to attend coir i
' Hi Medici d UhU).
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal b'glth and hygiene not to dis
ease dlagiiosli or treatment Hill be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped
st If -addressed envelope Is endowed. Letters should be brief and written In
Ink. Onlng to the laige number of letters received only a few ran be an- i
nered. No reply can he made to queries not conforming to Instructions.!
Address Dr. William Itrady. 2G5 hi (amino, Beverly Hills, Cal. i
ati;r all. a good psvciiiatkist IH UOUTIIV OF HIS HIRE !
I am 31 years of age, married
eight years and have two children.
I am very sensitive and my wife u
a hard woman
to please. Her
continuous nag
ging haa made
me ao nervous
and despondent
that it is work
ing on my mind,
ao much that I
cry. I try hard
to brace up and
forget every
thing, but It
aeema to be get
ting worse every
dAy. 1 know that U I don't make
a change of some kind I will have
to go to a state sanitarium. For
several months I have been ao ner
vous and shaky that I haven't spo
ken to or looked anybody In the
face, bpcause I don't want them to
ace the tears In my eyes. When
they do, I'm ashamed of myself for
being so soft hearted and letting a
woman drag me down ao low. How
can I brace up and atop crying and
look a man atraight In the eye
when I talk to him. aa I did before
I got mnrrled? Continuing the way
I am, life isn't worth living. Excuse,
my poor writing, for I never went
to school In my life.
(Letter from a correspondent.)
Many adults who nave had years of
schooling cannot write as well as the
correspondent does.
I'm aa good a guehscr aa the net
doc. but I can't surmise whether this
young man's Imagination Is the whole
trouble or whether his wife rcolly la
nagging him more than any good wife
la entitled to nag her husband, or
whether It Is a combination of the
two difficulties.
But presumably his wife loves him
ant! has his happiness at heart. She
is tho mother of his children. So my
advice to this young man, and to any
other reader, man or woman, who
may have similar trouble. Is to con
sult a psychiatrist. A psychiatrist 1
a physician who devotes hla practice
to the correction of mental distur
bances, personality problems, malad
justments, obseBflions. delusions or
what have you on your mind. Of
course any good physician does con
siderable psychiatric practice, but the
man who limits hla practice to such
cases has greater skill from his specinl
study and his larger experience In the
particular field.
If this young man wants to take
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O, O. McJntyre
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Cole Porter's
bounce across the social horizons has
created a real Horatio Alger type on
vyl the Gold Coast.
'r-SS IT la the rtnnn.
Iflratlon of the
small town boy
who became an
international dll
letante. A super
cilious gazer at
tho a m u a I n g
punctilious of the
haute monde.
He etches them
into his musical
M comedy lyrics as
r 7 -1 Peter Arno has
'Jt j travestied t h e
whlte-mustached a tutted shirts of
the club lounges. Born of middle
class respectable parents in Peru, In
diana, he was up to the time he
grnduated from Yale no different
from the back country's usual out
put. '
Yet since graduation his path has
probably been the most scintillating
of any American of his generation.
Hp seems to have been born not only
with a silver spoon but with a flock
of gold horseshoes ringing his neck.
Finding New York a bit gauche, he
settled in Paris.
There he married ft lady with simi
lar tastes and a fortune. But Porter
hd no need of a fortune. His toe
tickling lyrics and music have made
vast sums In all world capitals. He
dashes them off In unbelievably
short time without correction. And
then travels In state over the civil
ised world.
Hell's Kitchen has two movie Idols
Jimmy Cagney and Oeoree Rnft
They represent 0.1 the screen the
dream of every corner loafer. To be
adored by the Indies and swing a
wicked right. A walk through the
district In the evening or a survey
of the pool halls will reveal many
Imitators indulging In the Cscney
swaeeer and striving fir: Raffs patent
leathered elegance.
A most persistent story anions an
tique dealers concerns the browsins
collector who saw a cat leaping from
what appeared ft valuable saucer. He
openly admired the cat and ottered
to buy It for 20. The sale was made
About to leave with the cat under
his arm. he observed: "A cat is lone
some without some old a.v-ocliUton
I'll give you a dollar for that saucer."
The drnler wouldn't sell, and at a
J100 offer exclaimed: "You couldn't
buy it for 1000, because already from
that saucer I have sold five thou
sand cats "
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FOR INDIGESTION.
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GO" T
H wbwov'M
the right step at the right time, he
cannot do4etter than to ask hla wife
to accompany him on the vibit to the
psychiatrist. No matter whether ahe
lias nagged him too much or not. she
is still the mother of his children,
mid well, thai places her In any
man's religion. Time and again I have
seen the dark clouds of conjugal dis
cord or threatening estrangement
rolled back and domestic harmony re
stored by Just such a mutual under
standing effected thru the wisdom
and skill of the psychiatrist.
Likewise the unmarried man
woman, young or old, harassed by
inner personality conflicts or morbid
Ideas cannot do better than confide
In a good psychiatrist. If you don't
know one, I'll be glad to name one in
the nearest city, provided you prepay
the freight i., send stamped envel
ope btarlng your address.
0,1 KSTIONS AND ANSWKItM
Chulalun.
I find that chalazion yields satis
factorily to the diathermy needle
(Oudtn current). It has proved effec
tive In several instances. (F. J., M. D.)
Answer Thank you. Doctor. Chala
zion is a sebaceous cyst In the eyelid
(a similar lump on the scalp Is called
wen). The usual treatment is remov
al of the little cyst and lta cheesy
contents thru the lining of the eyelid,
which is done under local anesthesia,
One (iood Kidney Is Enough
X am 27. 62 inches tall, weigh 128
pounds. Is that correct weight?
Three years ago my appendix was re
moved. A year later I developed
tuberculosis kidney, fhe kidney was
removed. Will this hamper my marry
ing and having children? (M. D.) I
am careful not to toke much protein
lood.
Answer One sound kidney is
enough for any one. No particular
reason why you should not take pro
tein food.
Reading at Table
When I was at school long years
ago I learned that reading during a
meal was Injurious to the health.
Now I would like your opinion. (Mrs.
B. B. W.)
Answer Pleasant reading rather
favors good digestion. Just as pleasant
company, music, conversation, and
other pleasant things do.
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Ur. lirady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William lirady, M. I).. -j5 El
Cnitilno, Itcverlv Hills, Cal.
Leo Newman Is dean of the "specs"
' the nickname for the men who run
I the theatrical ticket agencies. He Is
a white-haired veteran of a thou
sand and one first niehts whose
memories go back to Booth. He was
a confidante of Charles Dillingham
Erlanper and many old timers. His
estimate of a play's potentiality for
Broadway's production Is almost un
failing. An uneducated fellow, he Is
guided not by critical authority but
by "showman sense." Ticket agency
men learn theater value by bitter
experience. lr their Judgment fails,
they pay heavily.
There la a legend and perhaps
oily a legend that one of the fam
ous dramatic critics of the William
Winter era depended upon a ticket
speculator almost entirely for his ver
dicts, and they were astonishingly
correct. As the tale Is told, when
the critic left the show, the spec, al
ways among the railbtrds In the rear,
bowed slightly if the play pleased. If
he made no sign of recognition, he
regarded it a flop.
New York hotels, almost 100 per
cent Insolvent, are still wallowing in
financial slack. Although business
has picked up. in some instances 40
per cent, and repeal adds another
large revenue, the profits have been
j up by Increasing costs In operating.
Little nope is held for absorption of
that over-supply for the next five
years. Some estimate there are more
than 20 hotels of a large size too
many. But even a more stupendous
Industrial tragedy was averted. The
Wall street crash delayed building
of 10 more staperlng Inns that were
already on blueprints.
The Rainbow room, sky high In
Rockefeller Center, has been also tops
in swank nlKht spots. That Is, up to
the moment of going to press. Such
popularity is always ephemeral. The
room has brought out the shiniest
hlch hats and the glossiest sables.
For out-of-townprs It has become
something "to refer to" when they
get home and becln talking big. The
nlcht I was there a melancholy mood
singer was husking to a twanging
uuitar. I could only brat a devil's
tntoo on the ehntr arm and wonder
If you are confined to your home due to illness we will be glad to accept phone
orders for White Goods and hold them a reasonable length of time. This is the
greatest White Event in our history so don't miss it!
how much the tax on the check. Sacre
tonnere, what a thing to get old)
(Copyright. 193S. UcNaught
Syndicate)
Comment
on the
Day's Nezvs
Hy FRANK JKSKISS
KEITH POWELL, formerly of Wood
burn, now o' Portland, and a di
rector of the federal reserve bank of
San Francisco, brought to Southern
Oregon a few days ago the champion
hard luck atory of New Year's eve,
A PORTLAND man. It seems, had
been celebrating the end of the
old year at one of the big hotels, and
when he got ready to leave he forgot
his overcoat.
Another gentleman came along, saw
the coat, thought It was his. put It
on and started out. As he went
through the door, he put his hand
into one of the pockets, found
quart of liquor there, brought It out
and looked at It, failed to recognize
It and remarked:
"Hell, that isn't mine."
Then he chucked it into the gut
ter, where It fell with a satisfying
crash and broke into a dozen pieces
MEANWHILE, the first man had
missed his coat, and started back
to get It. He drove up in front of
the hotel Just as his quart of liquor
was chucked Into the street and
PUNCTURED TWO TIRES on the
broken glass.
Beat that one, If you can.
"VFOU'VE heard' of Bear's Paw cave,
possibly, down In the Modoc lava
beds of Northern California. Guy
Merrill told this writer the other day
how it got Its name.
A couple of hunters, camped near
the mouth of the cave, killed a grizzly
bear, and after skinning It out cut
off one paw and nailed it to a Juni
per tree that stood In their camp.
It hung there for 20-odd years, Guy
says, until finally a sheep herder,
camped in the same spot, cut the
tree down and burned It for camp
wood.
During these 20 years, the name of
Bear's Paw cave became established
and remained generally accepted.
GUY'S father took up the site of
Bear's Paw cave as a timber
claim, and secured a patent to It. It
was used as a buckaroo's camp and
Guy remembers that every few days
the cook used to go out In the lava
beds, kill ft nice fat bucK, dress It
and hang It down toward the bottom
of the Ice cave, where the meat would
keep as perfectly as in a high-pow
ered modern refrigerating plant.
For that reason, he saya. Bear's
Paw cave was a favorite camp.
"HE lava beds are now a national
. monument, under the direction
of Crater Lake park, and thj park
service Is beginning to take quite an
Interest in their development.
Guy ;deeded back to the govern
ment, recently,, the land ' on which
Bear's Paw cave li located, in order
to help In their development aa a
public playground.
IN THIS column a few days back,
the statement was made that In
the past year, or so, for the first
time, the government Is beginning to
take an Interest In the Modoc lava
beds. That statement Is really an in
justice to the forest service.
The lava beds area was added to
the Modoc national forest In 1920
and was set aside as a national mon
ument lnu 1924. 'From that time
until June. 1934, It was administered
by the national forest service, which
did a vast amount of development
work in the way of road and trail
building and marking of the places
of natural and historic Interest.
In this work the forest service ex
pended approximately 50.000 and, in
addition, forest officers devoted a vast
amount of their own time to the !
gathering of historical data. I
SPEAKINO of historical data. Guy
Merrill also has heard the tale
that after the battle In the lava beds
the Indians cached. In a lava cave
the modem (modern then, that Is) j
rifles they had taken from dead sol-
die and urrenderod onlr old, ruoty
omoothbores.
If that tale la authentic, and the
cache could bo found. It would cer
tainly be a mine of valuoble historical
material.
C.reot Passages From Bible.
To the Editor:
Would you please print the follow
ing In your paper:
Ephesians lv:26-32.
Be ye angry, and sin not; let not
the sun go down upon your wrath.
Neither give place to the devil.
Let him that stole steal no more;
but rather let him labour, working
with his hands the thing which is
good, that he may have to give to
him that needeth.
Let no corrupt communication
proceed out of your mouth, but that
which is good to the use of edifying.
that It may minister grace unto the
hearers.
And grieve not the holy spirit ot
God, whereby ye are sealed unto the
day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, ana
anger, and clamour, and evil speak
ing be put away from you, with all
maltce:
And be ye kind one to another,
tender-hearted, forgiving one an
other, oven as God for Christ's sake
hath forgiven you.
Thank you.
CONSTANT KEADF.R
Special Train ft for the Money.
To the Editor:
Today I have read an article in
the Portland Journal, written by
Walter Llppman-hended "Dr. Towns-
end's Conundrum," In which he ridi
cules the Idea of roising twenty bil
lion of dollars by a sales tax. Stating
that the retail sales of the United
States for 1934 were only thirty bil
lion dollars and that It would require
a tax of 70 per cent to raise the re
quired amount.
I am for the TownRend plan, pro
vided the right kind of a tax Is pro
posed. I am 60 years old. but if I
keep my health and have no adverse
luck I would not accept the pension.
but If It was In effect It would be
a very comfortable feeling to know
that if bad luck overtook me that
would not have to go on the
county rolls.
The question in my mind Is that
why simply a sales tax to raise this
money? Why make tax collectors out
of retail merchants only? Why a tax
on the necessity to live only? Why
not a tax on the ability to SPEND?
A tax of 2 per cent on every dollnr
spent in the United tSatcs. exempt
ing ONLY payrolls, licenses and taxes
and government purchases. This tax
to cover sales of real and personal
property and services. Such a tax will
not only pay the Townsend old age
pension, but will. In addition, set up
unemployment and sick Insurance
and will, In a few years, pay off our
nntlonal debt, and It will not hurt
the 85 per cent class. A person
making and spending $600 per year
would pay $1.00 per mcnth. which
would not be a high rate to have
unemployment insurance, sick insur
ance, and a pension of $200 per
month when he reaches 60.
It would take a "brain truster" to
figure out how much money this tax
would bring In. but my Idea is it
would take special trains to carry the
checks to Washington as every one
who sold real and personal property
and services would be tax collectors
public utilities, bankers, lawyers,
doctors, dentists, barbers, beauty par
lors, bootblack, places of amuse
ments, etc.
The New York stock exchange
alone would have to pay enough to
pay the Townsend pension or stop
gambling and why should the poor
man pay on milk and bread and the
rich man not have to pay on stocks
and bonds.
I read a letter in your paper a few
evenings ago written by some one in
Talent 73 years old, in which he said,
in effect, thnt It would work a hard
ship on the old to have to spend
$200 per month and that he was op
posed to It. One thing about the
Townsend plan Is that he would not
have to accept it which leaves him
out and there are many old people
who would not have any trouble nt
all In getting rid of It and be the
means of them getting some Joy out
of life.
Yours for the Townsend Plan.
J. H. MAASSEN.
Route 4. Medford.
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Communications
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Flight o Time
(.Medford and Jackson County
History from the (Hps of the
Mall Tribune of Z0 and 10 Years
Ann).
TEN YEARS AfiO TODAY.
January 8. 1935.
(It was Thursday)
Prof. Irving E. Vining la named
president of the state Chamber of
Commerce.
Cross-word puk'-zle cruz becomea ao
strong, that It Is barred In a number
of states, as "detrimental to study
In schools." Students work the pua
zles instead of getting their spelling.
R. R. Ebel and wife of this city
will return at once to Chile, where
Mr. Ebel has a responsible position
with the Andes Copper company.
Rainfall during the month of De
cember was twice the amount that
fell In December of 1923.
Grand Dragon of the Klan for
Colorado arrested for "playing cupld.
and forcing marriage of a young
couple."
Street committee of council urges
waste paper cans for Main street.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
January g, 191!.,
(It was Friday)
Progressive citizens of city unite
to secure passage of new charter for
city.
Chicken coops m the southern part
of the city are raided by tramps.
Paved streets of c:;y are a frhuft
of Ice, causing many horses to fell.
The condition was due to a sudden
change In temperature.
Germans resume heavy attack
Polish lines; lull comes to Western
Front.
Police plan new campaign against
autoists. "who run around without
lights at nights, and think they can
buy their new licenses when they
eel like it."
Campaign for beet sugar factory
In valley lags.
This Is "Orange Week." and two
carloads of California oranges have
been received by local grocers for
the proper observance.
The Misses Vera Merrlman and
Mildred Black have completed waists
for the Domestic Science department
cf the local high school, and their
products will be placed In exhibi
tion at the 1915 fair. The two young
ladies were chosen by their class
mates to do the work, and It will
be on display at the Handicraft Shop
Thursday of next week.
Masons To Confer
Degrees Tonight
Table Rock Council No. 15. Royal
and Select Masters, will confer the
Royal and Select Masters degree on
a cla.ss of four candidates at a meet
ing tonight to be held at the Masonlo
temple.
Final plans will be made at the
meeting for conferring the super-excellence
degree on lodge members.
Reserve Officers
To Dine Wednesday
Medford chapter of Reserve Offi
cers will meet at the Hotel Jackson
Wednesday evening for dinner at 6:30
o'clock, to be followed by a meeting
at the armory, when a surprise Is In
3tore for the members, according to
those in charge. Starting at 7:30, a
court martial procedure complete la
every detail will be held. Guest of
ficers have been Invited to the meet
ing. IMPORTANT MEETING OF
EAGLES ON WEDNESDAY
An important meeting of Crater
Lake Aer!e 2093, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, has been called for Wednes
day night, by President A. H. Ban
well, it was announced this morning.
The meeting will commence prompt
ly at 8 o'clock, and all members are
u:ced to attend as a matter of great
importance to the lodge will be dis
cussed at that time.
Be correctly corseted In
an Artist Model by
Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann.