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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
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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.'
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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
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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
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