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aVaneUen Una Arueiet Brattle Portland.
MEMBER
Ye Smudge Pot
Hy Arthur Perry
The Chicago, 111., plastic surgeon
who lifted the face of the late No. 1
bandit, John Dilllngor, and was so
rough the desperado had to be re
stored to life by artificial respiration,
'when he quit breathing," seems to
be In the same class- as the war-time
barber, who shaved the Kaiser and
failed to become a hero.
"COLD CAUSES PUZZLES SCIEN
TISTS" ( Lnkevlew Examiner) The
average numbskull and nlt-wlt ttflnks
cold la caused by lack of heat.
Democrats who were outraged when
Sen. Huey Long of Louisiana com
pared himself to the president, can
now do something about the Tilla
mook letter writer to the Portland
Journal, who compnred the presi
dent to John L. Sullivan,
Outdoor girls have been enjoying
the snow In the hills, and are so
weary from packing a pair of skis,
they can't pick up a dlshrag.
Mr. Dor no went on to remark "the
American (communist) party Is
chronically broke." (Eugene News)
Likewise, one of the main faults of
Capitalism.
CALIF. TIIKKE THEY OOI
(Florida Tourist Ad)
The Gulf "stream" Is now head
ing for the west coast of Florida.
From almost every state in the
union (ahoy. California.) people
you know and people you'll like
to know, are streaming south for
a winter vacation at their favor
. lie resort.
Politicians attending the slate leg
islature at Salem have started "bleed
ing for the poor man's bread and
butter," It would bo up to date, and
more to the point, , If the bleeding
was for the poor man's gasoline and
hind tires.
The victims of the accident are re
ported to bo Improving fast. (Sis
kiyou News) But not as fast as they
went,
joi'iinamntm: hack sckatiiiinu
The country's best reporters and
photographers attended the opening
of this trial, Including the learned
Damon Runyon, who knows mental
processes of the underworld better
than that world lUolf knows them.
(Arthur Brisbane In the American,
January 3rd.)
Arthur Brisbane, greatest of all the
Journalists, sits in a remote corner
of the room, his keen eyes flashing
behind his spectacles as he notes
every detail (Damon Runyon In the
American, January 3rd.)
(New Yorker)
Fn rmers a re aga i n look i n g sad
Thry are way behind with their
normal January claiming: "It's too
dry to plow!"
Doctors met mid mingled last night
at the festive board. It was a social
nurcesa, and not a physician was
called from the room during the
meal to answer the telephone.
Trap-shooting Is being talked by
citizens who can't bowl, play bridge
or 3-cushion billiards, and in need
of an excuse to get out of mowing
the lawn. Trap-shooting is a feeble
grounds for a tournament, as it la
a daylight hobby, and therefore
valueless as an excuse to get away
from home nights. Tournaments are
becoming as plentiful as committee
meetings once were.
Little mind much instinct; much
mind, little instinct.
The tern ae has less Judpmenl,
more temptation, and less self-control.
The end of p.iv,on Is the betfinnin;
of regret.
Each years there are fewer ducka.
Kpe-se, qusll and storks.
4
t)ve k the mother of all good:
r Irish neas the mother of all evil.
No worw r ii-:P e1M1 i(iun,-h!n lm
mc ;-l sr.ii,, ni K training them
for uselulucb iud lounottsUty,
MR A,
F. D. R. on the Spot
THE President's social security program is certainly a com
prehensive one. mid were it not for the highly publicized
Towiisend pension plan, would he generally regarded as exceed
ingly liberal.
Hut with $200 per month offered each and every resident of
sixty years and over, by the latter proposal, the administration
plan will be regarded, by the Towiisend supporters, as
as woefully inadequate. It will, therefore, be vigorously assailed,
by those who have had their hopes of permanent affluence
raised, by the alluring proposal of the Long Beach physician.
What the final outcome will be, it is too early to determine.
With such popular support as the Townsend plan enjoys, its
endorsement by the lower house of congress is highly probable.
Congressmen only hold office for two years. Half of them will
come up for re-election a year hence. Few of them will have
either the courage or the statesmanship to oppose a plan, which
will mean their defeat.
In other words the Townsend plan will probably pass the
House of Representatives just as will the veterans' bonus bill,
calling for immediate cash payment.
STRONGER opposition to both measures will be met in tin:
Senate. The members of this body hold office for six years,
and therefore their ears are not so close to the ground. They
can better afford to be independent, and resist, movements how
ever popular, to the principles of which they can not conscienti
ously subscribe.
However it would take a sanguine prophet, to maintain, that
both of these proposals will be defeated in the upper house. The
result in the last analysis will
President Roosevelt can exert,
Whatever the result, neither measure will be enacted, except
over the President's veto and his active opposition.
....
QOMKHOW we can't picture the President, still the most dom
inant and pnpulnr political figure, in this country for a gen
eration, going down to defeat, on any such issues as the cas!
bonus or the Townsend plan, represent. For in the last analysis
they both involve immediate financial benefits for a minority,
at the expense of the majority, policies which are neither practi
cal, feasible, nor from the standpoint of the welfare of the coun
try, and what the administration is doing 'to promote it, desir
able at the present time.
However the dangers of defeat, undoubtedly exist. As before
stated in this column in meeting these two perplexing problems.
President Roosevelt's unquestioned political skill and resource'
fulness, will be subjected to the supreme test of his White House
career.
QUI
AFTER GUN BATTLE
(Continuea from page one.)
ended their spectacular two hours of
freedom.
Four members of the board of
prison terms and paroles, two of
them slightly wounded, were shaken
by a terrifying experience as host
ages for the fleeing prisoners.
Officials of the overcrowded prison.
who characterized yesterday's break
as the most serious there yet, also
were Investigating a convict's story
that $1000 was paid a guard to help
get firearms to the conspirators.
It was shortly after noon that
the four convicts, Rudolph Straight,
3S, Alameda robber was was killed;
Alexander MacKay, I-os Angeles rob
ber; Joe Christy. 30. Los Angeles kid
naper, and Fred Landers, 117, San
Francisco robber, staged their break.
Armed With IMstnls.
Armed with ,4ft caliber automatic
pistols, they raided the home of
Warden Holohan -where the board of
prison terms and paroles was lunch
ing with the official.
Holohan was slugged by Straight,
his skull fractured and his face
badly lacerated.
The board members Frank n.
Sykes, chairman; Warren Atherton,
Stockton attorney; Joseph Stephens.
Sacramento banker, and Mark E.
Noon, secretary were forced to
change clothes with the convicts and
herded into the warden's automobile
outside the house.
Two prison guards were arlwd and
taken along as further protection
against the pursuers the convicts
knew would follow.
Out the prison's rear gate, which
guards opened on threats of death
to the hostages, sped the car.
P limes In Chase.
The alarm was spread quickly.
hundreds of officers from every near
by district rushed to stop the fleeing
prisoners. Two army airplanes from
nearby Hamilton field took up the
chase.
Over speedy highways, the con
victs darted M miles to the north
ward with police streaming after
them. The trailing posse fired hesi
tantly for fear of striking the hos
tages. Bullets whined through Red
wood trees bordering the highway,
as the convicts shot back.
The two abduct id guards. Harry
Jones and C. L. Doose. and Noon
were released as the convicts sped
toward Valley Ford, where their car.
lis trar tires shot away by the pur
suing officers, crashed into a ditch
The convicts hid In a creamery,
leaving the other members of the
prison board hv the roadside.
Hoard Member Periled.
The first posies arriving nearly
shot the board mem hers, thinking
they were the convicts.
"I'll ahoot vcu. you don!'' ahoutrd
an officer, leveling s gun at Ather
ton. "Don't shont that' Atherton!"
cried a companion.
The posse, led by Sheriff Max
Blum, then surrounded the cream
ery. Straight poked his head out and
levelled a gun at the officers A
withering burst of fire from their
guns dr ppe,t him, f tit 'illy wounded
and the ct'vr mnvliis c:mie out
with rt r 1 -:;:' . in Vic nir
Dm lug the puitun tiykca
depend upon the pressure which
and the control he can maintain.
wounded In the hip and Stephens
grazed, but neither was seriously In
jured.
The prison board members were in
Holohan'a dining room when the
convicts entered.
'Stand up, all of you," snarled
Straight, brandishing a pistol.
The officials Jumped up and Holo
han darted back Into the smoking
room where Straight slugged him.
Landers probably saved the official
from further Injury by pulling
Straight off the unconscious man.
AH Bad Men.
Captain R. Smith of the guard said
his Information of Steven' partici
pation In the gun smuggling was
gleaned from questioning the four
convicts, all of them classed as "bad
men" by prison officials.
Smith said the firearms were hid
den In a department of public works
truck which is garaged outside the
prison at night. The guns, Smith ,
said, were brought Into the prison
two and one-half months ago and
secreted in the prison carpenter shop
where Straight worked.
Smith said the driver of the truck
was unaware the guns had been
hidden under the hood of the truck.
Sykes said Straight told him of
the guard being Involved In the
plot to arm the prisoners, but
Straight's companions In the break
denied it.
Stevens shot his way through a
police trap In San Francisco last
Friday during a bank holdup which
netted him more than R00. Two
police officers, stationed In tha bank
on a tip It would b robbed, are
under suspension while the fiasco
Is beln' investigated.
San Quentin prison was outwardly
quiet today, but grim. officials were
taking every precaution against an
other outbreak in the Institution
where 6000 prisoners are crowded
into spsce designed for half that
number.
Face Han gin it.
The three surviving .convicts face
possible hanging for the prison break.
said Julian M. Alco. acting chairman
of the prison board. He said he
thought they would be tried under
California's new kidnap law provid
ing life Imprisonment or death for
kidnaping under force of arms.
All three were locked in solitary
oonfln.'ment In widely separated parts
of the prison McKay in the dun
geon, Christy In "solitary" and Lan
ders In "Siberia."
Privileges of all other convicts were
stringently curtailed under Alco'a
orders as he called prison directors
to a meeting this morning to ln
vestlgste the break.
A nurse who spent the night In
constant attendance of Holohan at
the warden's home said he spent a
comfortable night, strengthening Dr.
Io Standley's prediction that he
would survive.
Rvery day we indulge In a wrong
habit It seems less wron
"Yes. I proposed to you five time
before you said yes', and then my
luck failed."
We better give up the things we
can't keep for the things we can't
lose.
A lake of material fire and brim
stone could be no punishment what
ever to an immaterial soul.
"Don't you play football, grandpa'
Daddy said we'd get a new car as soon
' a you kicked off."
Tea. coffee, chocolate, and cocoa -,
cola contain forms of the same three
I habit-forming poisons.
From Dorothy Dlx: "The real secret
.'f happiness is to be found i un-
Persona! Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to dls-i-Me
dlugixfchi or treatment h III be ansuered by Dr. Brady If a stamped
stir-aildrckbed envelope li enclosed. Letters khould be brief and written in
Ink, Owing to the laige number of letters received only a few can be an
swered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
Address Dr. William H tarty, 265 El Camlno, Iteverly Hills, Cal.
FOOD COOKED
The kindly ' old waiter who took
g:od care of us knew not only what
j i j
imetlmn advised
urwi for in Rn
f " 11 wnen we had Iob
ai tor uiujier ne
was obviously:
disturbed when
one of the party
asked for Ice
cream. Finally he
made an' oppor
tunity to Inquire
In a whisper
whether he ehould
bring the Ice
cream regardless
o. tne coniuuiauon. i
j The wonder Is that there are not
many more such superstitions or ob-1
sslons, In view of the dense igno- I
r nee of the educated class concern-
1 ig physiology. People who seriously
b?Ueve In "Indigestion" must logically
p ace more or less credence in thesr
rfends.
! Still quite popular is the notioi.
t .at a raw egg Is more easily digested
o.' more nutritious In some way than j
a cooked egg, and the companion
fincy that a soft boiled or poached
r;g Is easier to digest and more suit-
sole for an invalid or even a healthy
person than a hard boiled, fried or
scrambled egg,
A great many people who purport
we liked but t
to be intelligent imagine very rare. Ibenzoat of soda? Will it causa the
undercooked meat, especially beef, is finger Joints to swell? E. H. P.)
more digestible and more nutritious Ans. Personally I'd prefer to go
or even "strengthening" than th 'undernourished rather than take any
lime meat would be well done. . j;od containing a chemical preserva
Not a few old timers still cherlwi t!vc. But, so far as I know, this
t o fancy that beaf Juice, beef soup p cservative does not cause the fln
b pf extract, beef broth or bouillon t p r Joints to swell. Good oleomarga
c lto nourishing. rne neither requires nor contains a
Then ' there Is the common and
persistent idea that cheese is "bind
i ig" and "Indigestible."
All of these beliefs are wrong.
ff milk and fish or shellfish anf!VOu will give in your column the
i'e cream appeal to your, taste they!ninin facts about the effect of alco
j are as digestible taken together ar. Ij-ol on the human body and mind,
ether item Is If taken separately. !0i we are giving special attention to
By actual study or tne digeatlv. ls question in the B8 Science. (B
process It has been found that a h. D.)
cooked egg digests rather more Ans. You mean, daughter, that
promptly and completely than a raw j, u are a j,gn school pupil. Time
eig does. And an egg boiled solid it call yourself a student when you
better prepared for digestion than it :.ln to study things on your own.
an egg soft boiled. If one prefers j nlKn aChool you merely con the
fried egg to egg cooked In other ways F(SOns assigned by your instructors,
t'.iat Is the best way to tuke the egn person's book on the effects of al
The taboo against "fried food" t: C)i10i will give the information you
merely a bit of hokum used by chai Bkt jt should be In the public 11-
lattans to impress wiseacre custom
e-s. Fried food, calory tor calory, is
quite as readily digestible as Is food
cooked In any other way.
The rare meat and beef broth or
beef Juice delusion is another old
time theory. We know now that you
a mply can't get the nourishment of
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW ORK, Jan. 17 Those blank
ets of pea soup fog that settle over
the New York harbor once or twice
a year not only paralyze shipping
but cost at low
I estimate a mil-
.asssj(V llon dollars a
pFv - day. Not a craft
IOI4 c move ftnd
PSafS" iJi nothing can be
done save pa
tiently wnlt.
Groat ocean
ners ten feet
apart are totally
obscured. And
the doleful croak
of the fog horns,
adds to the des
pair. Sometimes
even deck walkers, trying to relieve
the tedium, bump Into each other
and have to give It up. For the cap
tain and crew It means no sleep.
The captain must remain on the
bridge in such emergencies. Even his
coffee is brought. The most enduring
pall lasted three days and nights.
Generally It begins to lift In 34
hours. While some fogs can be de
tected in advance, many spread in
ten minutes.
A little progress has been made by
electrified spray, but there are fogs
that cannot be pierced. Great scien
tists have been experimenting for
years. It la an lnscrutlble secret that
Nature refuses to yield. No Invention
would bring a larger fortune than
a fog dlsslpatcr.
. Not many In the theatrical world
have rolled tip o much publicity
during the year as Sophie Tucker.
The susplclontng Is. of course, she
has a high-powered bunch of hired
praisers. The truth is ,the buoyant
Sophie Is "a natural" for the feature
writers. Her vitality in proclaiming
herself "last of the red hot mamas"
unltmbers typewriters. But chiefly
It's a phase of Americanism difficult
to fathom I. e. The story that I.a
Tucker Is like that with the royalty
crowd .
Fright wig note; Percy Crosby and
an artist friend were waiting for a
table In a restaurant some weeks ago
During the interlude the friend re
called a dancer of some years' ago.
but neither could recall her name
After a ponder it came to the friend
in sudden blurt. As he exclaimed it
someone turned In passing as though
being called. It was the dancer.
Newspaper columnists have their
momenta of astonishment, too. He
came around today shyly grateful At
71. he had never had his name in
print until It appeared here Like
Ihose full of years, he made a great
deal of it simple Joy. One felt like
rushing to the typewriter and zttut
Ing out a column ode to his gratitude.
Richard le luliinie. the American . turps,
poet, clings to hts Paris attic. The Not only did Dr. Evans trace a
dollar drop and the evacuation by j thread of Mayer's alleged f.-ar of per
il Is countrymen do not move him ? v r.ticn throri:!iont thr 'vrmif
Every aftrriuH1!! he owujmc a iha'.rj -Mifnifn:, bH he described physics!
on a terra uX a dluaj.)' iutis cafe testa.
AS VOL' LIKE
beef in liquid form. The soup, broth,
illco or otner Ua.ull obtained from
ei Loniains omy me suit (common
(iSle M,t) Bnd th(J tractlves whlch
have flavor but are of little or no
value as food. The soup or fluid is
a stimulant but not a food and will
not sustain or nourish a feeble per
son. Not only Is cheese, any kind you
like, not binding, but Is wholesome
food you can name 1b binding. All
food Is more or less laxative, some
things more, others less active In
that way. Any and every kind of
cheese Is deserving of the name of
health food, and not only that, but
It Is one of the most economical foods
'anyone can buy.
,,, .
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Going Stale
Son, 18, 69 inches tall, 145 pounds,
Feshman In college, spends four
hours in travel to and from college
eich school day, has two to three
hours home work each night, and
t alns each day after class as a mem-
b r of track team. He has lost 12
p Hinds in three months. (M. E. A.)
Answer. Probably he Is "going
,.nle." Too exacting a schedule. Is
iere no medical supervision of the
training In the college? This boy
bndly needs good medical advice.
Cheinlrnl Preservative
la It harmful to eat dally oleomar-
g irine containing 1-I0th of 1 per cent
preservative.
Debute Data
I am a student In high school
and will appreciate it very much if
t;-ary.
(Copyright, 1935, John F. Dllle Co.)
Kti. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. lirudy
should send letter direct to Dr
William tlrody, M D., 4i5 El
Cnmino. Beverly Hills. Cal.
In the equally dingy Rue Croissant.
His hair has grown almost snow
white. He turns out a sonnet, now
and then or an article. But mostly
he sits dreaming, as poets sho .Id.
Park Avenue at the dinner hour
was recently regaled with a closeup
of the new rubber tired milk wagon
that has been shorn of Its horren
dous slapplty-bang. A three-block-long
cavalcade of the wagons brought
debutantes In milkmaid costumes to
a charity affair at a fashionable Inn.
As a rule the milk wagon is seen only
by the early morning hlccuper re
turning home. And the unusual spec
tacle so early proved such on attrac
tion that traffic had to bo diverted
and police lines formed. One of the
larger milk companies Is also plan
ning rubber tipped milk cans that
will soften the usual Jangle as they
Jounce the curb.
Thingumabobs: Jed Harris Is now
shaving again . . , Jim Tully often
cooks a hobo's prime repast, Mulli
gan stew, for his friends . . . Al Jol
son, during his minstrel days, played
every small town, more than 10.000
In America . . . J. P. Morgan likes
sorghum and Johnny cakes . , .
Thomas W. Lawson wrote his fren
zied finance articles for Everybody's
for nothing and paid for the news
paper advertising . . . Lord Dunsnay
was a rubber band saver . . . District
Attorney Jerome always mingled with
newspapermen on his nights out . , .
Charles Wtnntnger gave up an ace
radio Job for a stage uncertainty be
cause he loves the footlights . . .
Ho came rather sheepishly into a
restaurant behind a brightly rouged
and over-dressed chorus girl for
whom he had deserted a long faith
ful wife. "That's Jack," murmured
Lou Holtz, "and his mess of pot
tage." (Copyright, 1935. McNaught Syndi
cate)
MADE IN BEHALF
(Continued from page one)
winter when even nature seemed
against him.
He told of the deaths of two sisters,
declaring one had been purposely led
to diet and fast tintll she died and
that the other might have been pois
oned. t
He described Finite "agents" and
how he followed "throe hunches" In
determining tnat tney were tnere tn
an vp i ne neinm om it kim nun.
Time after lime Mayer said he read Uxl foolish to a rune over. However.
the guilt of persons "in their fares." I will debate with you on this Town
When Dr. Evans aid Mayer told - w:id revolutionary plan, anywhere or
him. '"I think she (Mrs. Fsr.tr i l!r.r P or any time, Just as !o:u
better off without that man," the
widow dropped her head to hide the
pavw of pain that cm-wed her fra-
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK -JIN KINS
GENERAL CHARLES H. MARTIN,
Incoml ng governor of Oregon .
tells the legislature in his inaugural
address that Oregon must recognize
the mandate of the voters for:
1. Greater development of the re
sources of the state.
3. Greater opportunity for eco
nomic security for trrbse who toil.
3. Greater efficiency and economy
In government.
THIS writer, who doesn't believe in
Santa Claus as an agency of gov
ernment, would like to add that If
the state will confine It efforts to
providing greater efficiency and econ
omy in government, which is the
STATE'S BUSINESS, the able, ener
getic and courageous citizenship of
Oregon will take care of greater de
velopment of the resources of the
state.
If men with courage, foresight and
vision are permitted, wlthou t too
great handicaps by government, to
go ahead and develop the resources
of the state, thus providing JOBS,
greater opportunity for economic se
curity will be provided for those who
toll.
STATEMENTS such as that aren't
popular politically, for the way to
win political favor in these days Is
to promise to make everybody rich
without work; but they are TRUE,
nevertheless.
GOVERNMENT, in these modern
days, Is fond of talking of pro
viding, by the process of passing a
law, everything people want and need.
This writer, who Is probably hope
lessly. old-fashioned about such mat
ters, la of the opinion that If the
politicians will Ju&t provide us with
efficient government at LOW COST,
which means low taxes, the people
themselves will take care of the de
velopment of their resources.
ALONG that" hie, Senator Borah,
of Idaho, has Introduced in con
gress a bill to license all corpora
tions engaged In interstate commerce.
The bill would refuse licenses to any
corporation "which shall be found to
be an unlawful trust or combination
or a monopoly."
"The aim and purpose of the act,"
Senator Borah says, "Is to bring com
mercial corporations engaged tn In
terstate commerce under practically
the same supervision and control as
now obalns with reference to com
mon carriers."
IF THAT Is true, and congress passes
the bill, heaven help usl
Since the common carriers (rail
roads) were brought under govern
ment supervision and control, rail
road rates have gone steadily up
until now they are so high as to place
a serious burden upon the conduct
of all business.
If the concerns furnishing practi
cally all the things we use are brought
under similar government supervision
and control, as Senator Borah pro
poses, the prices of everything we buy
will go steadily UP, instead of going
down Just as railroad freight rates
have gone up..
Communications
Farmer III II lilts Back.
To the Editor:
In answer to Geo. Ivcrson's com
munication of January 14, in your
columns, titled "Quite An Assump
tion." Now, George, you very well know
that I was not given an opportunity
to talk against the Townsend plan.
Your crowd would not give me a
chance to talk against the Townsend
Impossible plan.
I had not even picked up the
Townsend booklet or bible when your
gang made me quit by boos and cat
calls, as this Townsend booklet or
bible is what r intended to base my
argument on how silly and impos
sible a plan it is. and If made a law,
wtt hour profit system of government,
would first throw our free country
Into chaos, and then the only way
out of this mess would be a dicta
torship form of government, where
mob rules and demands a division
of property every 30 days. All you
Townsend followers talk now is. If
the Townsend revolving plan la not
made a law your pang is going to
start a revolution which means blood
shed. Now, Oeoiye. I can tell you that
much right now. tha. the Townsend
revolutionary plan will never be made
a law. so you Just a well begin to
orsnnire your revolutionary army
rifiht now.
Why mix religion with politics and
then claim that God is back of the
Townsend plan, thAt you are going
to have heaven here on earth, and
then get it by bloodshed? Why talk
so foolish?
Now. George, this Is my last com
munication or essay on the TOwn-
i p ""
as I eel a square deal. But you must
tquareueai. an, uu mui tne pyWt Sound Navigation CCtn
FVM and Banks gang awiy. jpan. cntrjtlmj tn, flrnVg VfMel Cnlp.
kee;. our
they only believe in one thlin?
and that Is division of property eve;.
30 days, with God directing them
As I want to avoid another dirty
dra:. I .it at your lat Towiwr.d
rr.ertln.:, inviting me lo spe.ik aa'.rst
La ToAuseud plan, set Uae dale, fi-rt
even asking me if it was possible for
me to be there even had it an
nounced over the radio, and Just by
chance I happened to be In Medford
that day or I would not have known
anything about it, and after t did
start to talk then have' your gan
to run me out because I did not tell
them pretty things about the Town
send plan that would tickle their
ears. Your chairman ,saia win nr
wrote me a letter, inviting me to
speak at the Townsend meeting. I
never received this letter. As soon as
I entered the auditorium I could see
that I was not welcome, and I heard
that very remark, they hoped I would
not be there.
Now, George, before we have this
debate, get you a Townsend booklet
or bible and study the Townsend
plan thoroughly, as you admitted to
me that you had never read the
Townsend plan yet. And this goes
to show that you don't know naw
foolish this plan Is, and thousands
are Just like you sign something
and don't know what you are sign
ing. Good-by, George.
W. N. CARL.
(Farmer Bill from Applegate.)
TAX ON PAYROLLS
T(
(Continued from Page One)
to be matched by state and local pay
ments for a maximum pension of $80
a month.
For voluntary old-age Insurance,
the government would be authorized
to sell to citizens under 65 annuity
certificates with maturity values
ranging up to $9000.
Unemployment Insurance:
Provides a tax on payrolls begin
ning Jan. 1, 1936 and reaching 3 per
cent by 1938 with the employers i3
oelvtng a 90 per cent credit on con
tributions they make to approved
state unemployment insurance sys
tems. The rate In their estimates
used a maximum of $15 a week and
no minimum. They suggested that
on the 3 per cent contributing basis,
the maximum benefit period siiould
bo 15 weeks. The federal government
would appropriate $50,000,000 annual
ly to encourage the administration of
state unemployment Insurance lawe.
Aid to Dependent Children:
The treasury would allot $25,000,000
annually to.be matched by states and
used when the relief administrator
approves state plans for dependent
children's care.
Public Health:
The bill would appropriate $4,000.-
000 annually to be allotted among
the states on a dollar-for-dollar basis
for maternal and child health. Simi
larly, there would be appropriated
$3,000,000 annually for the care of
crippled children. Under both allot
ments each state would receive $20,-
000 annually and more according to
need. For child welfare, there would
be $2,500,000 annually with at least
$10,000 for each state. General public
health work would get $10,000,000
annually.
Administration:
A social insurance board of three
would be set up to supervise the old
age and unemployment pension sys
tems and assist the states. The labor
and treasury departments, the relief
administration and the public health
service all would have a share in por
tions or tne program.
4 '
ED HANLEY HOME
ROSS LANE IS
RAZED BY BLAZE
(Continued from page one)
unsuccessful, although most of the
movable furniture from the ground
floor of the main building was saved.
It was not learned today whether
the house was Insured, but the loss
was estimated at $25,000. The house
cost that when built In 1908. it is
said, and the furniture Is said to
have cost nearly that much.
The house was considered one of
the show places of the valley, and
was occupied up until a year ago
by Charles Hoover, who while on
the ranch, introduced poa bulbosa,
or winter bluegrass, to this valley.
It was on this ranch that commercial
seeding from an airplane was done
for tiie first time in the world, "when
the bluegrass crop for 1927 was seed
ed by that method.
The novel procedure created un
precedented interest at the time, and
stories were printed in magazines
and newspAperg all over the world
In a telephone conversation to Se
attle with Mr. Hanley last night, his
daughter, Mrs. H. P. Bush of this
city, advised him of the loss, and
after expressing his regrets, Mr. Han
ley is quoted as having said. "When
they burn there's not much you can
do about it."
The house burned completely to
the ground In less than an hour, it
was learned today.
Mrs. Hughes Rites
At 2 P. M. Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
F. Hughes, long time resident of
Jackson county, aged 89. who passed
away Wednesday, will be conducted
by Rev. D. E. Millard at the Conger
chapel at 3:00 p.m. Sunday. Inter
ment will be in the Medford I. O. O.
F. cemetery, beside her husband, who
died in 18M.
4-
SEATTLE. Jan. 17. fpi J. L
Carroll sued today for damages from
pewa passed through Rich channel
at such speed that swells washed
8400 worth of clsms off Wataiura
ibMcn Uncts ,mo the 90undi wnere
they perihed
Dm r;;ou;'.4 fut aUA,
Flight o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of the
Mail Tribune of 30 and 10 Year
Aro.
TEN YKAKS AGO TODAY
January IG, 1925
(It Was Saturday)
Sixth anniversary of the Volstead
act observed throughout nation.
Prof- Relmers new booklet on
Blight Resistance" makes hit with
frultmen and experts.
Fog and rain hit valley.
Charleston dance contest at Crater-
Ian theater tonight.
John C. Mann Is elected president
of the Red Cross chapter.
President Coolldge is accused by
Democrats of "coercing Republicans."
Baptist church revival attracts
large crowds.
TWENTY YEARS A(iO TODAY
January Hi, 1115
(It Was Monday)
Stores of city to be closed tomor
row to aid campaign for sugar beet
acreage.
Sportsmen to hold mass meeting
Thursday evening, "to take fishing
out of politics."
Born To Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fuson
of Medford, twins, early Monday
morning, a 10 pound girl and a six
pound boy. Both mother and chil
dren are doing well. Mr. and Mrs.
Fuson are also the parents of the
prize eugenic baby of the valley.
Autolsts urged to get their new
license plates, and attach them to
their cars.
Ashland girls organize a hiking
club.
Gov. Wlthycombe named George A,
White head of vhe state militia.
Rogue river now the highest of the
year.
Another storm hits the Oregon
coast, with heavy rains.
(Continues t.om page one)
price-fixing matter. The coal indus
try's contracts with the unions ex
pire April 1, which also may have
had something to do with It.
Twelve men In the NRA are draw
ing salaries of $8,000 a year. One
highly placed NRA'er has informed
his associates that a year ago he was
literally digging ditches. That shows
the progress a man can make In
government service, by perseverance
and hard work, especially if he knows
the right people.
Mississippi congressmen have heard
that Interior Secretary Ickes Intends
to get rid of a Virgin Islands Judge
who happens to bo a Misslsslppilan.
As a result, you may shortly see m
resolution introduced In congress for
an investigation of conditions In the
Virgin Islands, which means, the con
dition of Mr. Ickes In the Virgin
Islands.
The securities and exchange com
mission has practically a fire alarm
system for summoning meetings of
the commissioners. Two sharp rlns
on a buzzer attached to each com
missioner's desk mean they must com
at once. If they do not show up
promptly, a second alarm Is sounded.
Meetings always assemble within fiv
minutes.
HEALTH SOCIETY
(Continued from page one.i
thorlty. saw the colored pictures of
the Sparrow memorial clinic work,
and was highly impressed. He will
have the photographs prepared for
stereoptican presentation. Mis Mil
dred Carleton. president of the health
association, who recently returned
from a trip through the east, re
ported Dr. Hlpcock s compliment and
request at the bi-monthly meet of
the organization held In the court
house auditorium yesterday after
noon. Miss Carleton told the mtirn f
observations during her trip, and
nearing Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the
president, address a public welfare
meeting at Washington, D. C. She
was much impressed by the person
ality and sincerity of Mrs. Roosevelt.
Miss Carleton said further that
Granges and ether organizations who
had contributed and aided in the
founding of the Sparrow Memorial
clinic should feel proud of the recog
nition accorded it. and its work.
Dr. W. A, Bishop addressed the
gathering on child diet, cure of
children's Ills, and vitamins neces
sary for the cure and prevention of
JuvenMe 11!. Dr. C. A. Pa.Oce jpoke
cn care of th teeth. Both talks wpr
brief and Interesting.
Reports of the financial condition,
and activities of the health associa
tion were read.
Fallowing the reculsr session, tea
and cookies were served by the Home
Economics department.
Manv colors and styles of
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