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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. 16, 1935. Medford Mail Tribune 'Ewvoftt a Soutncrn Orrtoa Read, ihi Mail rrikunt' 0lD Cirrpt saturdai Pubtlthrd Of MEttKIKH PIN NT I NU CO tit 1-i9 H Kli BL UDKEin W ItUHL. UitM Ad o!iepnrtcnt Nipautf Entered u tecood elw ttti at Mlfor Oregon, under Aet ol IIiri 8. I8T8. lil BSCHIFTiON BATES 8; Mall In Artunrt pally, ont tir Pall. IU oonthi Dtll. oh montb 80 Dj iftiicr id JieUootllJt, Centril Petal, ItioenJi, Talent. Uol ill. ont war 2" t.i. .1. ainnltia Ik ... 1.3ft liillf. on aioolb .80 All Utm eath In idfiMA. Official pit Uw Cits ef Madforft. Omclil paper of Jtckaoo County. ilEMBEH Ufc TUB AB81K,'IATKU fHHM Uecelrtng full UAMd Win hntei fta AnocUled Prwi If lieluiltflj antltlotf to th um for publication of all otm dlipatcne credited to It or otherwise eradlted Id thU papef tod aiM to trie local otn pultllioed MrelD. All '1hU for puMleaLion of tpedal dlapatebe ttereln are tlv reamed. hemhkh or united pmem MEMHKK 07 A UIH1 HUKRAD Of CinCULATIUNI Advertising ItrprteenuthM H. a M(H JENSEN ft COMPANY Orrieet id Ne fori, Cbtcaio, Oetfolt. Isv rranelMA Loo Auelet Seattle Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur rcrry Oregon now haa new governor. Ha assumed office with the custora ry "united public support," which meana It will be the usual ween or ten daya before everything he eaya, and everything he doee, will be com pletely wrong. The Inaugural address contained the minimum of Chamber of Com merce hooey. Discussing the Bonne ville dam project, he waa brutally practical. Its completion would not mean prosperity, unless citizens did some hustling on their own power. "Gravity alone will not bring us what we deserve," said the chief eiecutlve. "Let me beseech you now to rise In your strength," he con tinued. It haa a Scriptural twang and was a nice way of Informing tho populace there waa work to do. ham hfn a vaaue notion among the upstate and Portland masses that with the completion ol Bonneville dam, there would come an electrically operated Utopia, with nothing to do but iisn, motor, cir culate petitions, and nin for office. That phrase "Let me beseech you to now rise in your strength" la sug gestive of sweating, and It lacks the gentle sarcasm of the conclusion that gravity to the waters of the Columbia will not solve current eco somlo problems. Of more local Interest than the future of ateamboatlng on the mighty Columbia, was the Governor's brief and blunt remarks on crime and crlmlnala, and the tune they will spend In the penitentiary, when, and If caught In felonloua cussednesa. He waa positively Intolerant of crime and criminals, for he says: "... there must be no pa tience with the aentimentallsts who shed teara over the criminal who goes to his punishment by a route of his own choosing. I shall carefully guard the pardoning power." That ought to be plain enough English for aob-slsters of either aex, and halt bawling around the state ' house for the freedom of paranolacs and morons who didn't know what to do with liberty when they had It. Willamette velley residents have started picking spring flowers, and slipping on Icy pavements, going home with the bouquet. Dewey Kill, the Prospect hillbilly and hired msn hss returned from Hollywood, where he shook hauris with a number of film celebrities he ran't remember, but who remem ber he shook hands with them. If he put on the social pressure snd ex hibited his grip. The legislature has up for con sideration "four or five measures designed to curb pernicious actlvl Urn," but not their own. ... Horner Hslftrad from Fox Is over In this part of the country counting the hops that the people who sinned the hog contract are allowed to have He la not so hot for the way the hog proposition has come out. (long Creek Notes! Voice In '.he wilderness item. ... An Illinois Jury acquitted the lawyer who aided and abetted the late John Dllllneer In his bsndltry. and gave him shelter and comfort shortly after he vanished from the Crown Point bantlle. via a 'wooden gun.' The government cannot un derstand the verrtlc'i, and are In ve5tl(rntlnn the report the lawyer also iisd a "wooden gun." EAGLES DRILL TEAM NOT MEETING TONIGHT BroRUM nnnv of the Engirt drill team fxpr-'t to go to a Joint meeting to be hr lei In Grunts Pom tonight, there r.ill be no meeting of the team '.onight It was announced to day by Jnrk H urn ton. ''Bethlehem'! manner cradled fcnig." but He waa not born In It. The ben things any man can have air the thlnus nnp man can hart. !t.:.i. mule imr men kick and puil at ilia mom Uui. MEMBER Why Sinclair Was Beaten EVERYONE interested in contemporary politics should read "I, Candidate for Governor, and How I Got Licked" by Upton Sinclair. It is a record of a fanatical idealist and an honest man. caught up in the machine of practical and unscrupulous politics, and, going down to defeat with the flags of his idealism and per sonal integrity, nailed to the masthead, still flying. The book is as interesting as a dime novel. Once started, it is difficult to lay down until its 215 pages have been covered. m - ALTHOUGH the volume was started only a few days after Sinclair's defeat, the bitterness and poor sportsmanship which marked the Epic candidate ' first reaction to Merriam 'g triumph is entirely lacking. The author does not attribute his defeat to robbery and cor ruption. He cites one incident of irregularity at the polls, which may be brought up for grand jury action, but no emphasis is placed on this incident of the campaign. The book is packed with factual data which cost Sinclair votes, but the Epic candidate himself, believes a slip of the tongue, lost the election. ' This was his statement made to a group of reporters, who called at his home, following his return from Washington, that he had told Mr. Hopkins, the Federal Relief Administrator, that: "If I am elected, half the unemployed of the United States will come to California from other atatea and he (Hopkins) will have to take care of them." The remark, explains the author, was made with a smile. It was merely a part of his "sales talk" to the relief administra tor, and as the Federal Government was taking care of idle men where they were, it would have to take care of them in Cali fornia. esse THE newspaper boys however, said nothing about this phase of the problem. They played up the fact that the Epic can didate admitted that if he were elected half the unemployed iu the country would flock to California and there would be 5,000,000 bums and hoboes for the harassed golden state to feed. That statement in Sinclair's opinion is what defeated him. Well, Upton ought to know. And one can plainly see that this admission was a serious political blunder. It threw a scare into tho entire state. It not only increased the alarm of what might be termed the Chamber of Commerce element, but it alienated thousands of Sinclair's own supporters, particularly the working people, who saw in such an influx, the loss of their own jobs. ,' But in our opinion this blunder would not have been fatal, and in all likelihood Sinclair would have been elected if he had not been so confirmed in his idealism, or so honest in his tactics. In short if he had been a better politician, if he had played the game, as his chief opponents playetl it unscrupulously, ruthlessly, with only one end in view, to get the votes. 1ITE have in mind, especially Sinclair's attitude toward the Townscnd Old Age I'cnsiou bill. This proposal started in Southern California and was extremely popular there. It was spreading like a prairie fire during the gubernatorial campaign. It appealed strongly to the people who would naturally oppose an old fashioned political time-server like Merriam and favor the democratic ticket tinder an extremist like Siuclair. For years the Epic candidate had been an advocate of old ago pensions. His platform favored immediate action alonr this line. Any experienced politician in his shoes, would have quickly seen the handwriting on the wall, endorsed this plan, and thereby scoured a tremendous bloc of votes which would have cinched his election. But Sinclair isn't an experienced politician, in fact he is no politician at all as practically every page of this book shows. He refused to endorse the Townscnd plan simply because he didn't believe it would work, didn't believe in a sales tax to finance relief, and therefore at the outset, in our belief, lost his big chance. He not only lost votes. lie immediately took on another formidable opponent. The Townscnd people held a mass meet ing in the Hollywood bowl and adopted'this resolution: "We muat repudiate Sinclair at the polls on November 6th. ... A vote AGAINST Sinclair la a vote FOR the' Townsend plsn." So Dr. Townsend and his followers flocked to the standard of Jlcrriam. Here is the author's brief comment: "Acting Governor Merriam got the extra votea which he needed and now la Governor, and the grin la on hla face and on the faces of the politicians who worked for blm and at all the big business gentlemen who put up the millions of dollars. The poor deluded people can take their petltlona to congress and to President Roosevelt and cherish their dream of 1300 a month until they dlel" Yes it is a most interesting and illuminating book giving perhaps the clearest insight into the technique and psychology of practical American politics, that has been written during the present decade. Wc don't know how many converts it will make for Sinclair's ICpie plan probably not many but wc do know it will make him many friends. It will convince thousands that Upton Sinclair, whatever his foibles and eccentricities, his impractical dreams and congenital prejudices, is, in his way, an exceptional man, honest, sincere, di.Miitere.sted, incorruptible, a man who has done and should continue to dogreat good in this confused and troubled world. Not we fear as a governor, not as an office holder or execu tive, but as a fearless and persistent crusader, in pamphlet and on the platform, for those humanitarian reforms and democratic principles in which he believes. Dili i II MM 4 MM till 1. wmmk (Continueo f.orr page one) fntvkerlngs of light from the blind of Its third floor treasury offices have jbrlghtened Pennsylvania avenue inifthtly. Ioiir after most people have iRone to bed I Thl last KUMUw oX tht JSe UcsJ have so Increased the work of sens-! tors that Senate Floor trader Robin-' for one, has established one of his secretaries In a downtown office near the government departments. miftbanda ran s;t a line on the grocery bills by looking at th war department budget. It cost 28 5.1 rents a day to feei each soldier of the army when the New Deal started In March. 1933. Last November, It cost 40 0 cents, and now. about 31 5 cents The department wants 37 35 cents tor next year's, just ask your wife why she does not feed you for 37 cents riar. The best brief the government could ubmit In the gold ce u one which Senator Borah has In mind. It la not orthodox for nenators to sub l nut briein to toe court, but Borahs may jl be oMeied Personal Health Service By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to dis ease diagnosis or treatment Hill be answered by Ur. Brady If stamped Klf-addressed envelope la enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Oiling to the laige number of letters received only m few can toe an ered. No reply can be made to querlea not conforming to Initructlona. Address Or. William Brady. 265 el Camlno, Beverly Hills, Cal. YANKEE HIST!, Two fairly common serious illneases masquerade a "nervoua exhaustion" In many Instance. Thea are In . clplent pulmon ary tuberculoid and exopthalmlc, goitre. Quite frequently minor lll of diver Chirac ter axe neglected or mil treated aa "weak nerves" or aome such thlng In America It U a general af fectation that we live so strenuous ly, under such terrific strain or high tension that It U only to be expected that some thing should "snap" when we carry our tremendous responsibilities, busi ness cares, domestic difficulties be yond the breaking point. Moreover, this convenient "out" comes In right handily when we envisage Imminent scandal or Imprisonment for our mis deeds. In such a quandary, one re quires only enough ready Jack to go away for a complete rest or a long spree, or If the matter la felonious. then to enter a sanitarium within the Jurisdiction of the court. The truth Is that Yankee "hustle" la a cheap pose. We hustle only to beat the other fellow to the best seat or to undersell him or to steal the shirt off him. We Americans are the world's cham pion long distance sitters. Probably no other civilized people live as In actively as we do. Certainly the char acteristic Yankee propensity Is to dodge honest work, real work. The snobs in this country are the class who have by hook or crook gained possession of enough money to sup port them without visible work. Even the worker, when he has a holiday, strives to dress and appear a snob. or At any rate as much unlike a worker as possible. He. too.' enjoys the superiority feeling for an after noon. We alt at desks, sit In the car or on the train, sit at the movies, sit at the radio, sit at the football f-ame and the big parade. We even sit In church. No wonder we succumb to slt-a-cols. Frankly, It Is dflflcult to conceive how or when a Yankee uses his brain or nerves enotigh to break or even wear anything down. But how we resent the Implied haw-ha-v when the physlolog'-sts assure us the functioning of brain or nerves re quires no more energy and produces no more ex ho list ion than does the functioning of the kidneys or stom ach. How you take all this, my friend or enemy, depends mainly on which brsnd of neurotic you are. Class A neurotics have something really the matter, say one of the conditions NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyre NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Mulberry street, next to the narrow streets of Chinatown, la the most foreign smppbjbiibm looking thorough- I fare In New York. I aBtVMVJ It refuses some- slmilated. The shop windows are hung with long bologna, longer loaves and Its pastry shops outshine our deli catessens. Most of the language along the sidewalk Is In the Italian tongue. The youtiK h ports In their color combinations cling to the bil ious blend of green and yellow. Al most every block has an art shop of religious pictures and statues of the bleeding Christ. The restaurants are as native as those of Milan and Rome. From every window there Is the stern gaze of Muwolinl or the softer expression of King Victor. Mulberry street Is a constant succession of fete days with strings of colored light bulbs arch ing from curb to curb. Equally chromatic are the book stores. What Is Impressive to the stranger Is the gallantry of residents. Ask a question and. the air la Im mediately filled with answers and suggestions. There Is more real laugh ter, too, than will be heard In any foreign quarter. Eugene O'Neill continues the great playwrttlng enigma to the RiaWo. At stated Intervals he sends the the aters a hit, but refuses to indulge in the adulation that Is his. He Is probably not known by sight to a doren men in the stage world. The only critic to know him with any de gree of intimacy la George Jean Na than. At the few rehearsals he at tends he never lifts his voice. In his formative daya he would occasion ally visit Luchow's. but even those contacts were abandoned. Charles Mac Arthur la another play wright aomch-w known as the blithe spirit in the theatrical world, vet ts isrely seen. He seldom attends a (I rot nicht or frequents the hang outs of theatrical folk. When not In Hollywood he divides hi time be tween the long Island studios and hl country place at Nyack When he ttres of this he is likely to board a tramp steamer for any old where I have heard. I.v, of a confirmed Broad waylte who has no anchorage A bachelor, he moves week to meek frm one hotel to another. This ha 'been going on for ten years, and he haa resided at every hotel in the I mid-town area In the ame fashion (he goes fr.m restaurant to restau rant, d miii j a.sy s.cne. UiSaCK A E AMI NERVE above mentioned, but rarely is it Anything wrong with brain or nerves. They are perhaps more Irritable, peev ish and unstable than well folk, but Invalids naturally are, whether the trouble la pinkeye or pickled liver. Class A neurotics deceive themselves or are deceived by their quack doc tors, that they have "nervous" trou ble. Class B neurotics are genuine moochers, using their "bad nerves" as a means of escape from the trials and tribulations of life, which tlrsy shove onto the shoulders of their relatives, friends and associates. Class B neurotics practice nervous Imposi tion, and find It pretty soft. High tension, eh? Come off It, Im post rs. The right word Is Inaction. Let George do It. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Natural Food. Last year I gave my son, now aged 3'i years, 10 drops of Hallver oil (con centrate.) Is there anything better I can give him this year? Mrs. M. L. Answer Yes, fresh eggs, plenty of milk, cream, butter, cheese, strained vegetables, ripe banana. Babies over a year of age do not need cod liver oil. They do thrive on sunshine on naked skin, or ultraviolet from lamp. Mr. Wiseacre Remarks. Some time a?o you wrote that Iodine, when taken as a liquid or tablets, could not be absorbed by the system: now suddenly you recommend It for acute anemia . . . White Col lar. Answer You are in error in both assumptions. The Charlatan. I am a girl aged 18 years. I ap plied for a position in a doctor's office. He had me write my name on a slip of paper, which he put in a machine. When he took it out he said it showed I had kidney trouble In both kidneys. I said I was per fectly well and had only come to get the Job. Then he asked If we used aluminum ware, and I said we had uied H for years at our house, and he said that was the cause of my kidney trouble . . . M. P. Answer Maybe if you had given the old swindler the laugh you'd have won the position. He was testing your genera gullibility. Charlatans who work that machine diagnosis racket want only hard-boiled em ployes. Maybe It's Kheumatlz. t know you do not admit there Is such a malady as rheumatism, but I'm all but crippled . . . E. W. B. Answer Send 10 cents and stamped addressed envelope for booklet "The Ills Called Rheumatism." (Copyright, 1935. John P. Dille Co ) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to comimmlcnte with Ur. Brady mould semi letter direct to lr nullum Urttdy. M. I., 4fifl El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Cal. Barbara Hutton Mdvanl has be come a conspicuous figure of the smart cafes. While her polo playing husband Is In Indo-Chlna, she is squired by her young cousin the baby faced Donohuc boy. To the society chit-chatters she la "Babs" and her dally toilette as she appears here and there Is described minutely and with gusto. She Is still a bit pouty over some of the Journalistic br-bs for her marriage to the play boy prince, but It does not prevent her from going places. I went on a wild goose chase to day to find an old linen house "somewhere on Franklin street." It was said to represent an old -fash -lonedness long agone. was without telephone, used counter tills and had carriers that went zinging along on wires. An hour's walk failed to re veal It. A great disappointment. Down town New York knows little of that last Bronx outpost known as Grand Concourse. It sprang up. mushroom-like. In the past eight years, and Is the widest boulevard of all. Once flanked by rocky cliffs, goats and a scrubby lean-to here and there, It is now ramparted with big family hotels and apartment houses. No snooty signs: "Children and dogs not allowed" greet the eye. There is Instead a melody of living. In fairer weatber families sit In the courts at sundown. Everybody has a car. not a pretentious limousine, but a sturdy sort, of ca..y-all that ts packed every week-end with lunches for picnic spreads on the countryside. There are pert little shops, too. with styles as fresh as those to the south. A young poet, forwarding some ot his printed verse, expresses the ma terial indifference to his calling. "Writing these sonnets does not but ter parsnips." he says, and adds: But who wants buttered parsnips anyway?" (Copyright. 193S. McNaught Syndi cate. TO IDENTIFY DOGS The Humane society advises at this time of the year that all dogs bear some sort of Identification mark as to their ownership. The dog should be worth, at !"' the price of a 15-cent collar to its owner, and on this collar should be , put the name and address of the lwner so that If the dog Is hurt, lost jor Kk Its oner can be found, the .society urges. The Humane society haa on -land I many fine animals that have the earmarks of good training, but so far have been unable to find their owners. These dogs cn he sen any day between the houra of 8 30 a.m. and p m at the Humane s,tetv's shei trr on the TMe P-k rsd Use UU rriDun want au. 0 Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE biennial report of the state highway commission. Just madei public In Salem, contains this inter esting statement: All highway construction from state funds and for highway better ment work would have to be aban doned If highway revenues are re duced even 10 per cent." - BUT that Isn't all. The report con tinues: "A reduction of even 10 per cent, If enacted into law, would place the state in a position where It would be enable to match federal funds al lotted to It on the co-operative ba sis." That is to say, the state would not only be unable to do any construc tion and betterment work on Its own account but would also be unable to take advantage of federal match money. And If revenues were cut MORE than 10 per cent, the report adds, maintenance and necessary bond re tirement would be affected. THE conclusion seems to be reason ably pla'ln: Let's NOT CUT high way revenues. We want the roads, we NEED them. and under the plan we're now follow ing we're paying for them as we go. Instead of saddling ourselves with a heavy burden of debt. HERE are some interesting figures from the report: Present state revenues for highway purposes amoun t to approximately (7,875,000 a year, of which the bulk comes from gasoline taxes. Motor transportation fees, which means the fees paid In by the commercial bus and truck concerns, amount to about half million a year. Fines. Incidentally, amount to about $20,000 a year. That Is. when you do something you shouldn't and get fined for It you're helping to pay for the state's road system. (Don't, however, let that fact lead you into doing something you should not Just to help out the state high way program. There are better ways of helping out). - SO MUCH for the income. Here are some Interesting facts as to the outgo: The present annual charge for bond interest and principal Is about $3. 300,000. The annual cost of maintain ing the state's primary highways is about $2,100,000, and of the secondary highways about $500,000. That Is to say, Interest and prin cipal payments on the debt we owe amount to more than the cost of maintaining all our primary and sec-1 ondary roads. CRYINO over spilled milk is pretty largely a waste of time, with the I POSSIBLE EXCEPTION that If you I cry enough you may not spill the milk the next time. With this thought In mind, It Is at I least worth recalling that If we had paid for our roads as we went along which we could easily have done we wouldn't now have to be putting out the bulk of our highway revenues for Interest and principal on debt. . RUNNING Into debt Is a lot of fun while we are doing the RUN NING IN, but not so much fun when we have to tackle the hard Job of PAYING OUT. The New Deal, it Is Just as well to bear In mind, is now In the stage of running Into debt, so everybody Is for it. It won't be so popular when wc reach the stage of PAYING OUT. Communications As to Paralysis Serum. To the Editor: The most insistent claim for vivi section is that if animals were not used, it would be necessary to use children. Nevertheless, recently there have been In the papers many articles announcing that Dr. Kolmer of Phila delphia, and Drs. Park and Brodte of New York had made experiments on children with Infantile paralysis vac cine. Now, in your issue of December 28. It Is said: "The Philadelphia vaccine results on 35 children were reported by John A. Kolmer. M. D.. of Temple univer sity None had Infantile paralysis But they were poor subjects for '.he vaccine tests because most of them were convalescing from other dis ease 5." But Dr. W. L. Ayeock. director of research of the Harvard infantile paralysis commission. Is reported to j have Mid In the Boston "Transcript, j August 18. 193-4 : "There are t!.l serious obstacles in the way of apply j lug vaccination against infantile ; paralysis to children. We cannot be I sure that the vaccine won't do some harm to children " And m the New York "Times.- j August 20, 1934. Dr. Ayeock Is re i ported to have said under the sub ! title "Daryser In Vaccination": T." ; vaccina: everybody when less thau i one in a thousand needs to be p-o-j tected would not seem to be Jr.sti j flnble in the absence of guaranties i of safetr. There is as yet no gu ranry . . The fact that the vaccine .las i hern sB;f-t:i)ev:e1 into adul hu:n.n I no md'sputahle proof. o.t adults ur i :ii 'mine, and it la owt?; to te.t tJaS lam unity wfo.-emnd. It doe Saar Steel Baron Dr. Hermann Roechling, iteel baron of the Saar valley, was parti cularly anxious that Germany win the plebiscite with France over the border territory. Roechling (above) was ruled out of France for destroy ing French mines during the war, and the decision also affected his status In the Saar. (Associated Press Photo) not follow that the vaccine would be equally safe for a non-immune child." "Vaccination of all children against infantile paralysis would be tco haz ardous." Dr. Morris Flshbeln, secretary of the American Medical association, is re ported to have said In the Philadel phia "Record," August 20. 1934: "De velopment of the vaccine Is still in the stages of experimentation and hy no means ready for routine admin istration." SUE M. FARRELL. President. Vivisection Investigation League. New York City, January 8. Oppeses Townsend Plan. To the Editor: I read Mr. Iverson's and Mr. Maaseen's comments In the Tribune. I too attended the Townsend meet ing.'and I heard no argument against the pension bill, as there was no argument. In order to have an argu ment, or debate, there must be some one presenting an affirmative and some one presenting a negative side. Thre was neither. "Farmer Bill" didn't even get a courteous recep tion. He was heckled and booed, and he wasn't allowed to make his state ments without interruption. I leave the figures to mathema ticians, though few of them agree on the amount necessary to pay the pension, but some figure It as ap proximately one-half the Income ot the United States to be given to. I think, about nine per cent of the population, the aged, or those over 60. Age never has been tolerant of youth and If this vast sum of money Is given to the aged well, money is power, youth will be de pendent on the generosity of age We need the conservative element of age to help balance the radicalism of youth; but the vigorous, out going thought and activities of youth must not be shackled by the opin ions of the aged, and this is what usually happens when age holds the purse strings. We can 'not straighten out our dif ficulties by passing laws to make things easy. We can't get away from the atruggle for existence. John Adams. In a letter to his wife, said: "I am melancholy for the public and anxloxis for my family, for God's sake make your children hardy, ac tive and Industrious; for strength, activity, and Industry will be their only resource and Independence. I will tell them I studied and labored to provide a free institution and government for them to solace them selves under, and if they do not pre fer this to ample fortune, to ease, and elegance, they v are not my children." Ablgal Adams did Just that In training her children and she had the distinction of being the wife ot a president, the mother of a presi dent and the grandmother of Chas Frances Adams, who made the repu tation of being the most brilliant diplomat ever sent out from Wash- I ington. CHARITY R. SANDER. I Medford, January 16. ILL MAN Lie PEARS. SAYS EASTERN WOMAN HE DIED ANYWAY Medicinal and curative powers of the Rogue River Valley pear, are set fort h In a let ter. recel ved by the ; Pinnacle Packtne Co. of this city from a woman residing In Rock Falls. 111., who purchased some ol the pears, and heeled the appeal on , the wrapper, for comment from con sumers. j The letter. Mth name deleted. Is j s.s follows: i "Dear Slrf,: ! "As you would like a comment on ivour pears, all I can say is the ones I bench: were surely appreciated. My husband waa sick so I bright 25c worth, and as he was eatinp Them he -ou!d say. 'O. Far.nie. the Juice in this is simp'.y wonderful.' I am tvuly thankful I bought them 1 ootuht 20c w:rth m:re. but he was 1 loo bad to e.-u them. He passed away December 21. j "P. S : Please send mtopear recipe booklet and health hint." M.ir.r colors and styles of BF.DJ ACKFTS A SHOl'LDFP Nov on s at F n B H-ffmvur Flight o Time (Medford and Jackson Cuunty History from the Mica or the Mall Tribune f 30 and 10 Year ARO). TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January 16. (It was Friday) Dorothy Ellinson. 16. San Francisco Dartv Birl" who slew her mother l when she protested her "wild night life," faces life imprisonment, oui shows no remorse for shocking crime. Eleven snare drums, to be used by the newly formed American Legion corps, arrive and are issued to mem bers. Economists predict "1825 will be most prosperous year In American history." Higher water in the Table Rock district drowns out thousands of dig ger squirrels. , Basketball at high pitch In alt ru ral communities and attendance la large. Move launched for more truck gar dening In valley. W. H. Gore is fined $5 for parking his car over hour on Main street. "Others should take heed." city po lice warn. ; TWKUTY YEARS AtiO TODAY January IB, 1015 (It was Saturday) At a "Baptist church sociable, a male quartet sings: "Voices Are Call ing You. Brother, Calling You to Medford Once More." Director RalDh G. Bard well of tha Drama league compliments Prof. A. J. Hanby for forming "Shakespearean Study club.' Autolsts warned to place their new license plates "where they can be seen, and not on the rear axle, where they become covered with mud and unreadable." Motorist, nabbed for using 1010 New Mexico plates on new auto. At a special election held In tha Agate district, Irrigation was defeated. Annual banquet of Commercial club is held. W. H. Gore Is main talker and urged "that everybody work for irrigation and sugar beets as tha main aims of 1915." Russians take offensive on Polish front, and force Germans to retreat. 'All slot machines are turned to ward the wall" as result of Prosecutor Kelly's edict, "These contraptions must depart.' 4 Meteorological Report Jan. 16. i:i5 Forecasts Medford and vicinity: Showers or snow flurries tonight and Thursday; little change in temperature. Oregon: Snow east and showers or snow flurries west portion tonight and Thursday; heavy snows in mountains; little change In tempera ture. Local ltata Temperature a year ago today; Highest 49; lowest 33. Total monthly precipitation. 1.73 Inches. Excess for the month. 0.27 Inches. Total precipitation since Septem ber 1. 1034. 10.14 Inches. Excess for the season, 1.23 Inches, Relative humidity at 5 p. m. yes terday. 01 per cent; 5 a. m. today, 89 per cent. Tomorrow: Sunrise, 7:36 a. m., sunset. 5:07 p. m. Observations Taken nt 5 ,. M.t 10 Meridian Time 55 2 r O to -5 Boise .... 28 .04 Cloudy Boston 22 8 .... Clear Chicago 24 20 .... Cloudy Denver 50 34 01 Clear Fureka 44 40 .74 P Cdy. Helena 12 3 .... Cloudy Los Anccles .. 60 42 .02 Clear MEDFORD - 41 33 .34 Snow Few York 3'J 24 .... Clear Omaha 28 22 T. Rain Phoeni 68 40 .16 Clear Portland 36 34 Snow Reno 36 26 .14 Snow Rosebur' 46 34 72 Pain Salt Lake - 48 24 T. Cloudy ban Francisco .... 54 48 .30 P. Cdy. Seattle 36 34 ,30 Snow Spokane 20 18 .28 Cloudy Walla Walla 28 20 .02 Cloudy Wafnln;ton. D.C. 38 Belated Autoists Still Buying Tags Belated autoists continue to visit the sheriffs office dally to procure temporary license stickers and close to 3800 have been issued, to date. State police have started a roundup of dilatory motorists. Several cases of this nature are pending In Justice court. A majority of the motorists have purchased their plates, more so than In t!: pnat five years, officials re port. Use Mail Tribune want ada Dreamland Dance! lONKillT IMntr IMr ami Ml- nrhr-tr;i Men ..r Ladies I Or I "a.