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MEDFOTW MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY. JANUARY 28. 1935.
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By Arthur Pcrrr
Want ad ssctlona of upstate papers
reveal t never noticed Improvement
In the economic situation. The wo
menfolks have resumed the losing of
lancy purses that contain every
thing but money.
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The recently organized male quar
tette of the Lions' clu,b Is welcomed
by muslo lovers, who say It shows
promise, and should go far.
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The governor has called a 'crime
conclave" to meet In Portland March
11, and should not be confused with
anything now going on at Salem
In the guise of a legislative session.
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The Olrl Hating club of the Uni
versity of Oklahoma, composed of
young men, his dlabanded after one
meeting. It lasted until a blonde
. n th. oreanlud hate. COUld
compliment the club president on hie
good taste In picking oui smrv. h.
matched the color of his eyes,
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Once more the fog Is so thick,
speed Idiots could not see where they
were going If they wanted to.
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Tlnkerers with the Kno Liquor
Control law have a scheme afoot to
divert some of the revenue, now going
into the state coffera for relief pur
poses to private cash registers, vl:
by the sale of hard liquor by the
drink. The new order, It Is claimed,
would provide employment, and a
wider circulation of spondulicks. It
certainly would keep the undertaken
busy on Saturdays, Sundays, and pay
days, and ateam ahovels worklrw over
time, digging cyclone oellara for the
convenience of pedestrians too old
to shin up phons poles.
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California proposes to raise 1184.
000,000 by new tases. the coming
year. This has caused several to gain
a clearer understanding of why they
nave the largest nudist colonies down
there.
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August Rahner drove Into town
the first of the week with hie team
and carriage. Owing to the aevere
weather a little frost hsd settled on
his beard, but the Chinook has aurely
taken care of all of that. (Heppner
News) Weather note.
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Imperial Spinach la quoted on the
Fortlsnd produce market, and atlll
the kids won't eat it.
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FANCY ttrUTIV
(l ake County Examiner)
Stanley Hansen answered their
call for help Tueadsy. and took
them the needed requisites and
rhlded them Jocosely on their
ambiguity.
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The Chicago coroner Is "baffled by
the ability of people on relief to
buy espenaive revolvers." This sblllty
to purchsae pistols, but not besns.
Is akin to the ability to always have
gasoline for a 4.0-mlle Jaunt to a
hellralslng.
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Two thousand years ago the Queen
of Sheba rode on the back of a camel
to are King Solomon. AND WAS SHE
flOHF. WHFN S1IK OCT THFRFr
(8. T. Csll-Bulletlnl Was her fsce
red Hem.
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Dog license collecting time la here
sgsln. and aa ususl hss caused the
cltv dog to hide under the daven
port snd the country dog to slsy
under the barn.
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B. F. or Bright Future.
Unless those New Deal Democrats
Stop pulling buresus out of hsta.
I fesr thst soon we'll have to get
A new and larger alphabet.
Now what the country needs todsy
Is less and less of Nr R. A,
B. U. N. K. and I. T. C
But more and more of C. O. D.
For In the distant bye and bye
Snmebcdy has to P. A. T.
For all the Jsck the U. 8. A.
Is hsnding out so free today.
Our stsr of hope Is growing dim;
We II soon be on the B. U. M.
We'll struggle, stsrve. snd bresk our
r,;. U
To meet the federal T. A. X
' (Colorado Frew)
Editorial Correspondence
EUGENE, Oregon, January 27 The seventeenth annual
Oregon Press conference is over. The state press conference is
ahvavs held at Eugene in the winter. The meeting of the state
editorial association is helfi in
dent hannens to live. As Hugh
ning Semi-Weekly, is the 1935
will be held at Hood Kiver where two outstanding features win
be an inspection of Bonneville dam and a climb up Mt. Hood.
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Dean Eric W. Allen is the papa of the annual press confer
ence and guides its destinies with a firm and loving hand. He
decides upon the program, selects
least presided as toastmnster at
auspices of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce. Incidentally
this year the dean gave the most interesting pnper of the session,
the result of his painstaking research of the newspaper circula
tion in the state. As is true of most of the papers and discussions
of the conference, the subject matter had little or no public
interest, but was of intense interest to the newspaper men.
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By common accord this meeting was regarded as one of the
most interesting and worth while held in many years. In addi
tion to the contributions of the Oregon newspaper fraternity,
Dr. Dexter M. Keezer, .new President of Reed college, just re
turning from conferences with New Dealers in Washington, D.C.,
gave a very interesting talk on the subject "What's Ahead?
How Much Can One Safely Predict)"
Dr. Keezer is astonishingly youthful in appearance, somehow
reminded one of Leslie Howard
meticulous diction. Not feeling well the new college head did
not stand while he talk but, curled one foot under him on the
table, and the words flowed out, with the sweetness and smooth
ness of an idling twin-six motor.
Too bad President Keezer
were extremely provocative, and
lively discussion would undoubtedly have followed. Talking
with a group of editors afterward we found their reactions the
same as ours. With at least two
did not agree, first that price fixing in the NRA inevitably,
menus price RAISING, and the newspapers are feeding their
readers too many "fixed" opinions from the gossip columns of
Washington special writers, like
ample in the Mail Tribune.
Price fixing as we understand
by large combinations, in the effort to destroy weaker competi
tion, and if properly regulated would benefit the small rather
than the large business man.
As for what Dr. Keezer termed "gossip" columns we don't
regard them in that light, but
Washington, D. CV, Which is the
mation on national affairs at the present time. Such features
we believe answer a genuine public demand, and whereas they
may indulge at times in gossip it is never presented as anything
else, so there is no reason for the intelligent reader to be deceived.
However the other editors felt
discussion, along such lines, would
was undoubtedly disobeying doctor i orders in appearing at all.
As to answering the immediate
Keezer gave convincing evidence
as another s. Closely associated with the New Deal, from an
ncademie and consumer's standpoint, the Reed college president
is certainly in a better position to mnke an intelligent prophecy
than any other man in the state. But the best he could do was
to outline first the optimistic view, second the pessimistic view.
and let his hearers chooso between them. One big grain of
iomfort for the average man
tho pessimistic view, namely
business improvement will inevitably lead to another period of
inflation "similar to that, of 192!)" to be followed by another
economio collapse. Accepting this view of the worst thnt mav
come, the pill nt least will bo SUGAR COATED!
The other outside speaker, was honor guest, at the Saturday
noon luncheon, none other than Col. Guy T. Viskniskki. nation
ally known newspaper surgeon, now engaged in face-lifting the
Oregonian.
The colonel was another living
acy of that liveliest of all weekly news magazines, "Time". For
Time, claimed the colonel, looked like a venerable pelican,
whereas he is an extremely well built and handsome gentlemnn
in full vigor of his HQ's, with a well bronzed Grecian profile,
and a pair of the softest, saddest dark brown eyes we have
ever seen.
The high light of the colonel's
Governor Martin whom it seems the colonel knew back in south
ern Illinois half a century ago, when "Harry" as he calls him
was a West Point cadet, and Guy was a kid on a fractious Shet
land pony. It was a tribute, as the speaker said, by one of tho
few surviving "standpat" Republicans TO a Democratic expo
nent of Roosevelt's New Deal, and when Col. V. urged the
people of the state to rally around their new governor, regard
less of party and assist him in his job to give Oregon the very
best there is in him, the man's sincerity and feeling sent a thriil
through the entire dining hall.
What we got from the rest
so much what he said as what
more accurately perhaps, not in his WORDS, hut their impli
cations). What the speaker didn't ssy but we feel certain he
believes is that, for a newspaper to be politically independent,
intelligent And eournrrnniia is nni nl nnnA nil,;,.. kt :
long run, good business.
If this is true and we believe it is, then wc can rcadilv
iiiwlr,fwi,t,,l 1... f-.lrt..rti v:.i-..:. l.i.: i ... i. , .'
" ".' x ' in (Mini sueii tuito sums nv
large American dailies, that are not as robust as they would
like to he. For li is. tlia i.li..litnn ..I.... i:
that the mental attitude. intellectual and spiritual qualities,
are very potent factors in he promotion anil permanence of good
health. The colonel has his kit for face lift
111 ST. CUttini? tlllK Ollt Atl,l mittinrr iniiiAlkinA I..
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never overlooks the power of
journalistic SOUL.
Dean Allen a linCnr i.Atn.l
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bouncing winter press conference, and attends to the wants of
his 17 year old offspring, with the meticulous care of a hen
with one chick. Pur in anir of h'tm A.l.'..t. : 1 .t
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superficial characteristics of that
Oregon's school of journalism has
..nnw 1 L - 11-tr V 1 ,
....., . . mirr ue v inn nave 11 is juke. 1 his year the present
writer for some reason was picked out to gie the dean his neccs.
sary comic relief. The first night before all the Eugene gal
lantry and chivalry, including liOO Eugene Gleemen and the
initiation team of Sigma Delta ('hi. the editor of the M. T. with
out a word of warning was eslled on for a speech, atid the
following noon also without warning, the dean, with that impish
kHcHlll behind his NlOitm1n fnlr B.,tl.AM ....11 .... u:. . . 1
. ... . , 1 run vii 111, pipe, ami
elected hmi president of the conference for the ensuing vear x-'f '
A ir.n.1 ;.t.A 1. .. .J I... -11 I r.... t 1 ' '
.. 1 nnn iinu 1,,- mi. mn
The joke will be on the tlean next
Hulls for Philippines
BKATTLI. Wash., Jan. 3 (AP
Freight aboard the liner Maunaleu
when she sailed for the Orient In
cluded 111 black Angus bulls from
Yaklms. destined for
Philippine
I
stock Much
tne summer, wnerever me rresi
Ball, editor of the oft prize win
President, the meeting next July
the speakers, and this year at
the annual banquet nnder the
in his easy poise of manner and
didn't feel well, for his remarks
under normal conditions, a
of the speaker's statements we
those of Paul JIallon for ex
it, was aimed at price cutting
as interpretive columns from
source of practically all infor
as we did, that anv extended
be imposing upon a man who
question "what's ahead" Dr.
that one man's guess is as good
was the spenkcr's conception of
that the present unquestioned
demonstration of the inaccur
talk was a stirrinn tribute to
of the colonel's speech was not
he didn't sav. Or to amrma it
' i"'(i rinr in, -mil up
suggestion, when it comes to the
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in. in, 1111 iiiii-n, una oiner
"wise old bird" the head of
a verv active sense of humor
, m. .
ne laugiis nest who l.iuglis last.
year. R y 1;
BERLIN. Oermany. Jan. 28 (API
Axel Hoist, leader of the Bohuta
steffel (Naal guard) and Qrmanys
champion equestrian, was killed iUt
urday as the national riding tourna
ment opened. Ills horse stumbled
while taking a hurdle and crushed
Hoist to death.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal Health and hjglene not to dis
ease diagnosis or treatment will be ansaered by Dr. Brady If a stamped
self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written id
Ink. Owing to the laige number of letters received only a rew can ba an
eviered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
Address Dr. William Brady. 263 el Camlno. Beterly Hills. Cal.
THF IMPERFECT EMM
Correspondent who U the mother of
two fine luu sayi aha enjoys perfect
health, but hae a bone to pick with
Mi.f i'r n - -a me on anotner
cur-, riisb auv
points out, she
had completed
the first year of
her count In
medicine when
she married and
gave lip the In
tention of be
coming a .physic
ian. That was 20
years ago. but
she distinctly re
nt e m b e r s how
several of the lecturers and lnstruC'
tors of the freshman medical class
dwelt In the necessity of "keeping
the system clean" and on the dangers
of "imperfect elimination." Therefore
It seems regrettable that I should de
ride the layman who believes in
autointoxication"' or, as the quacks
now call it, ' auto toxicosis." Shall the
pupil be wiser than the teacher, she
asks and two or three pages more
than she would have written had she
completed her medical course, even
20 years ago.
This business of correcting "imper
fect elimination" and "keeping the
system clean" Is a highly profitable
business for the nostrum and quack
ery people.
With apologies to the whipper-
snappers who Instructed and lectured
to the freshman medical student 20
years ago many medical schools still
Intrust the freshmen to young whip
persnapper teachers, who, by the way.
are expected to follow the book and
express no personal opinions upon
medical questions I must reiterate
that there Is no ground In our pres
ent knowledge of physiology or path
ology for the morbid notion thnt "Im
perfect elimination" has anything to
do with the many disturbance of
health which charlatans ascribe to
autointoxication" or "autotoxlcosls."
Note carefully. If you are not too
dumb, that I do not deny that many
individuals suffer in health by reason
of their Introspection, anxiety and
worry over this Imaginary "imperfect
elimination" and equally imaginary
"autointoxication" which the nos
trum vendors and the charlatans con
stantly feed to the gulllible wiseacre
laity. I tell you there are millions in
It, and that's all there Is In It.
No. 26 In the Little Lessons In the
Ways of Health series Is a booklet en
titled "The Constipation Habit." Copy
available to any correspondent who
Mclntyre at Palm
Beach
By 0. 0. McINTYRE
PALM BEACH, Jan. 28. One feels
ft more number In a resort hot
el. The world over they lack
warmth and. due
to brief seasons
smooth running
But for acreage
and vista I doubt
The Breakers has
an equal. It girts
a atrip of the
ocean front as
far as the eye
can see. '
And sprawlB
,4 " yi apindor-
ousiy over more
than 800 acres.
Beside thr several
winged main build ln there are rows
of cottages north and south, cot
tages In which twelve may live com
fortably. There la a seml-clrcle of
cabanas and an enormous golf course
and country club.
Every type of specialty shop la nich
ed among Its rue de Rlvoll porticos.
There are outdoor breakfast, lunch
esn, tea and dining places In profu
sion. Also palm fronded, hammock
swung patios, Grecian bathing pools.
palmetto bicycle trails. And. sweep
ing out to yonder horizon, the At
lantic. Another stupendous hotel Is the
Whitehall, once the private home of
Henry M. Flagler. The Royal Poln-
elnna. long estblished, has fallen tin
der the wrecker's axe. The Alba.
which shot up In boom days, with
rows of shops, like chocolates In a
box, la deserted. Boarded up. Al
ready forgotten.
The Statesbury estAte, one of the
most pretentious, runs from the
ocean to lake Worth In a sweep of
stabbing beauty. Atoss the street
neighbors of the Stoteaburys this sea
son are Madame Francis, former New
York dresmaker, and her husband
Nate Spl npold. More than a half
hundred gardeners are employed to
keep the etatesbury grounds in apple
pie aplc. The servant quarters sug
gest an army barrack.
We drove by "Villa Ftrenire," oner
the Palm Beach home of Flo Zlrgfeld
and Btllte Burke, today. The driver
satd Col. Ed Bradley owns It now. The
old Otto Kahn home, as well as the
new one further north, have ai!o
changed hands. The Tony Bid die
corner and Its well-razored lawn ap
peared unoccupied. New names. New
fares. A new world knee deep tn a
new deal.
Walters bresk down their arches at!
lunch time. They carry heavily loud-1
ed trsya to cabanas and even to coif'
coursrs mauy city block away. Kpw
lunch tn.Mrte. It's a blowy. 5audv snd j
sometimes anty repast, but so differ
ent. you know.
Shortly before sundown there's a
parade through hotel foyers of those
loping athletic girls who sucairM
Hope Williams crossing tne stage to
I skylark with Jimmy Durante. Tliey
ihave wound up a strenuous outdoor
day with golf and after dressing for
dinner and a few rubbem of bridge
snd go Into their dint- And dsn.-e
! until esrly hours Their talk is thr
bobbl"gobbls 0f Southampton, Tin
m
INATION OBSESSION
(1) asks for It. (2) Incloses 10 cents
In coin (not stamps) and 13) Inclose
a 3 -cent stamped envelope bearing
his correct address. A fair share of
those who cob this booklet carefully
get the idea, try It out and become
permanently freed from slavery to
physic. But too many of them are Just
too dumb, or perhaps too thoroly
hypnotized by the Interests which
profit on the obsession. These credu
lous wiseacres haven't the necessary
er viscera to break away. But X do
not despair for them. .Some of these
days if and when I can deal calmly
and patiently with the subject, I'm
going to expatiate a bit, expand that
booklet, put it In words of one sylla
ble, phtlologically speaking, that even
college graduates may understand,
and then If some of the poor ginks
Insist on taking their favorite aperi
ents for ever after, I'll have done my
duty.
HKaSTIO.VS AMI ANMVKKS
Nome Scouts nre fiood Scouts
Know, then, that not all .Scouts are
wrongly taught. Our troop and
two other troops I know of follow
your prone -pressure resuscitation.
Every member has one of your book
lets. (E. S. B.)
Answer Thank you. If ever a
Scout has to resuscitate me 1 hope it
will be a member of your troop. Copy
of the Illustrated booklet on Resusci
tation will be mailed any reader on
request. Inclose 10 cents (coin) and
stamped envelope bearing your ad
dress. More Power lo. Antl-Vacclnlst
You say you don't believe in com
pulsory vaccination for anybody, yet
you . . . (W. H.)
Answer I believe in being well
protected against smallpox myself,
and I believe It my duty to see that
children or others dependent on me
are properly vaccinated. But I do not
think we are Justified In enforcing
this inoculation with cowpox on any
intelligent person who does not want
It. So I applaud and cheer the spirit
ed resistance some people offer. I
think opposition to any law, ordi
nance or regulation which is obvious
ly calculated to enforce vaccination Is
sufficient proof that the medical
boneheads are wrong in their atti
tude. Enough for one who believes in
vaccination to take It himself and to
teil others "Here it Is. Take It or
leave It."
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
hotid tend letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D 26ft El
Cainirm. Beverly Hills. Cal.
Lido and St. Morltz. Of Cole Porter
and Noel Coward, who have quit bow
ing. I hear, and The Lunts. They arc
first up, last to bed and most of
them crack up eventually and are
lugged off to sanitariums.
Then the union aguish white
haired gentlemen, immaculate dres
sers whose days are spent fighting off
embonpoint. They weigh In several
times are day and are devotees of
diets and masseurs. Such appetites
are a boon to American plan hotels.
Their fear of a paunch Is greater
than fear of that other Inflation
threatening the. world.
Palm Beach is so pacxed with nat
ural beauty that astonishing scenes
are frequently overlooked. Scenes to
which they would be running excur
sions In Europe. There are trails
chiseled through rock, bursts of flow
ers that grow haphazardly In swampy
soli, mlrrory Inlets fringed with pois
onous looking Jungle growths that
suggests the movie shots of Africa.
And- confidential clusters of silver
barked trees rearing to amazing
heights in skyrocket bursts of green.
All such colorings are harshly daz
zling In a brilliant sun. But benl
aoned In moonlight they suffuse
glamorous ecstasy. Long after mid
night young couples silently lost in
the illimitable wonder of It all are
pedaled along In the wicker chairs.
Marriages may be made in heaven,
but engagements are made In Palm
Beach. Indeed, I know one young
white flanneled sprout who has be
become thrice engaged and the sea
son Is Just In full swing.
We were discussing In a push chair
today the slant of palm treea edging
the lake. Invariably they slant out
over the water, but tn slight grace
ful rune upward. The black boy. to
be helpful, interjected: "Iri all my
time here I atn't seen one perpendic
ular straight."
(Copyright. 1935, McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)
(Continued t. jit page one)
It was ceded to Lithuania tn 1923.
Hitler wants a plebScite there. You
wtll see him move openly soon to
get U.
Strsngely. Lithuania does not care
snd France and Poland are supposed
to look the other way while Httler
takes Mrmel. The desl. at the bottom
it. is yet to be developed.
The following letter was recently
received at the White House:
"The Prr.Mdent.
Tnltrd Stat.' of America
'Dear Sir: Hcivwith is a ststrment
of my stockholdings in the cor
poration which, under new deal.
I understand must be filed with the
ennt1e exchange oommtiw.on "
It ma Mental by a fsirly well
known huiMnenuin who apparently
did not know thst the lsw does not
call for such information.
I Mws I
Bttkld
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FBANK JENKINS
THIS headline looms large:
"Cold Penetrates to Oulf States:
More Than Fifty Dead."
It Is added that fruit and vege
table crop In Florida, Georgia. Mis
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas suf
fered severely.
11T ELL. presumably, according to
" modern ideas, we should give
thanks for the damage Inflicted on
fruit and vegetable crops down along
the gulf coast, for the modern Idea
seems to be that the less we produce
the better off we are.
THIS writer, who Is admittedly old
fashioned about some things, al
though striving to retain an open
mind toward new Ideas, finds It hard
to believe that any nation can be
come prosperous as a result of crop
destruction whether by fire, flood,
frost, drought or plowing under.
About, the only conception of pros
perity that holds water la to produce
a lot and have a lot.
WE NEED, of course Just as hu
manity has needed since the
world began to share what Is pro
duced ft little more equally among
EVERYBODY, with the favored, few
getting a little less of the good things
and the less fortunate many getting
more.
But we've got to keep this In mind.
If we're going to get anywhere you
can't share what ISNT PRODUCED.
GETTING back to the cold weather
down south, do you really sup
pose those more than 60 people died
as the direct and Immediate result
of the cold weather?
Probably not. Many of them, per
haps most, merely happened to die
while the weather was cold. I
It makes a better story to Indicate
that the weather was so cold that
people died of It, and we newspaper
people are not above telling a story In
the best possible way.
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FOR that matter, who Is?
Telling a good story to make It
sound as good as possible Is ft human
trait.
We all do It.
WHILE we're on the subject of food
which we were while back
here Is a statement that will inter
est you:
More food Is consumed In restau
rants In this country than in homes.
--
THAT statement was made to this
writer the other day by a man
who is familiar enough with official
statistics that he should know what
he Is talking about.
It Is really a little surprising to the
average person.
Communications
Resents Jenkins Article
To the Editor:
Frank Jenkins la in error. In his
article. In your Thursday's Issue, he
ascribes selfish motives to the signers
of the Townsend plan petitions and
brands the leadership as "false. He
apparently thinks he knows what the
signers had In mind when they sign
ed. He doesn't. I signed a petition
and many of my friende did. .Some
of us resent having motives ascribed
to us. L personalty, signed because I
firmly believe that. If a two percent
sales (or transaction) tax will raise
sufficient funds, the plan, or modifi
cation of It, should be put Into effect.
On the other hand I, and many other
signers with whom I talked, agree
that If It takes any very large tax the
plan la definitely out. We want con
gress to seriously consider the quest-
tlon, go Into It with the idea that It
will work, then get the available fact
and act accordingly. If the plan Is
not feasible congress should not pass
It, but should let us know why.
I do not believe the brains of the
nation are centered only In the few
such' as the president, Frances Perkins
Frank Jenkins or Dr. Townsend. They
all talk facts, but none of them actu
ally know what a two percent trans
action tax will bring In. I believe, if
the real truth were known, that Per-
kins. Jenkins, et al would be found
to be as far off as Townsend. These
people who say positively It will not
work and who do not wish it consid
ered by congress, are Just aa selfish.
In my humble opinion, and are fol
lowing Just as "false leadership" as
are the advocates of the plan.
Figures do lie. There Is no truth
so deceiving as a half truth. If we
start with a false hvpothests o'jr
findings are false. The figures we
have available are not true. I don't
believe any statistic of magnitude 1
true. It Is merely an emtmate. a
guess. Dr. Townsend quotes from
what he says are congressional fig
ures. Frances Perkins does the same.
Who Is right? I venture that neither
is. or both are, according to what fig
ures are used.
When we set ourselves up to brand
reputable (heretofore! cltlrens such '
ss Senator Borah, legislators of Ore
gon and other states, and other peo-
I pie who have signed the petitions or
j SAked for consideration of the plan
b selfiPh and lacking intelligence we
have built for ourselves a platform of
I egotism. selfl.hneAs ard intolerance
J Millions of people have asked ccn
! gress for a fair hrins. It Is th
I peoples right to ask ao the duty of
I coneress to consider. Then why
should we be brandd a poor citiren
1 for such ft- request?
' Frankly. I can't see how sufru'icn:
money can he rat-M hr a sms'.l ,
to put in effect tbe Townsend pun
But It might. X don't know. Let's find
out.
What objection la there to letting
congress decide? Fight It IT you want,
but don't Impugn our motives.
Some of the "Impossibilities" listed
by Mr. Yabsley In Thursday's Issue
might be worth pondering a bit.
A. C. ALLEN.
Central Point, Jan. 30, 1935.
Evans Valley
EVANS VALLEY. Jan. 28 (Spl.)
Mr. and Mrs. Keller, late of the Pa
cific highway out of Gold Hill and
formerly of Seattle, have leased the
Johnnie Ray place and moved In.
They will farm there the coming
year.
There has been two weeks of real
winter along the Evans Creek foot
hills. William P. Cunningham, who came
here from San Francisco ft short time
ago, will have the management of the
gold mine belonging to Mrs. Cather
ine Law and will commence opera
tions as soon as the snow goes off.
A new baby, a boy, waa born last
Monday at the Cook home on Evans
Creek to a daughter and son-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs. Cook.
Mr. Nation, bookkeeper at the Wi
nter mill, la leaving Tuesday for San
Francisco.
During the lecture hour at Enter
prise Grange Friday. Lieutenant Be
mis and Educational Director Mels
ner put on an exceptionally enjoy
able entertainment consisting of mu
sical numbers and songs and an In
teresting talk by Lieutenant Bemls
explaining the rules and regulations
and more Intimate doings of the
CCC's at Camp Wlmer, where he Is
located. After the entertainment cof
fee and refreshments were served by
the Juvenile Grange, followed by
dancing until ft late hour. There
were many guests present as each
Granger was allowed to bring two.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moore had as
their guests Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wil
lis and their son, William Moore, Jr.
Mrs. Catherine Law Invited Mr.
Cunningham and Mr. Vivian Barto.
Other guesta were Mr. and Mrs. Kel
ler, Miss Ltllle Miller, Miss Simons.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Orr, Mr. and
Mrs. Ragsdale, Mr. and Mrs. Ralston
and ft number of CCC boys from
Camp Wlmer.
Mrs. J. R. Bowen has been very 111
for several days.
There will be a dance at the En
terprise Grange hall Saturday, Feb
ruary 2, to which everyone Is invited, i
Evans Valley Art and Culture club
will meet at the home of Mrs. Cath
erine N. Law on Tuesday under the
leadership of Mrs. Vivian Norman
Barto. All Interested persons are wel
come to attend.
Beagle
BEAGLE, Jan. 28. (SpU January
lfi was Ruby Schultz's tenth birthday
and in the afternoon her mother, Mrv
Schulz brought the school children a
treat of cake and Jello to celebrate
the occasion.
Mrs. Anna Reed of Los Angeles is
here selling her household goods aa
she has rented her house to Mr. and
Mrs. Brown and family of California.
Mrs. Reed expects to return to Cali
fornia soon.
Mr. Lampman, who has been spend
ing several weeks on the coast, has
returned to prove up on his home
stead.
Miss Swanson visited school Thurs
day afternoon.
Four new pupils were enrolled In
school 'January 22. They were Opal,
Noble, Truman and Gene Brown.
There were so many absences In
the first semester of the Anttoch
school that the grades for that period
were low.
Katherlne Bennett Is out of school
agnln on account of a severe attack
of the flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Satu and Derva Jeanne
were visitors at the Sanderson home
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Loria Sims and family
were visitors at the home of Mrs.
Sims' mother, Mrs. Es telle Nelson, for
a few days last week.
John Nelson picked turkeys again
thla week. That about cleans up his
large flock for this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Martin of
Eagle Point visited home folks here
Wednesday.
Miss Walker, county nurse, visited
our school Friday.
Talent
TALENT. Jan. 28. (Spl.) Talent
unit of the Jackson County Health
assocatlon met Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Howard Holmes on Bee
son lane. Several interesting papers
on "Child Discipline" were resd by
Mrs. Walter Engberg, Mrs. Ormel God
dsrd and Mrs. Holmes. The after
noon was spent tn discussing the
course of study on child care and
training that the group Is studying.
Refreshments were served to the fol
lowing ladies: Mrs. Joy Terrill, Mrs
W. Hlgglna. Mrs. Ora Manning. Mrs.
Walter Engberg. Mrs. Ormel Ooddard.
Mrs. R. E. Roblson snd Mrs. Charles
Lethco. Next meeting will be with
Mrs. Manning the fourth Wednesday
In February.
The Ladles' Aid of the Methodist
church held an all-day meeting at
the home of Mrs. Frsnk Hold ridge
Thursday. A covered dish luncheon
wss served at noon. The afternoon
wss spent In working on the quilt
the ladles are making.
Talent Rebekah club meet with Mrs
Oatmsn of Medford Februsry 1, It
wss announced today. It will be an
all-day meeting and all members are
urged to be present.
hill datoil. in soh Vire. L-r V;,'
Flight o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of the
Mall Tribune of 20 and 10 Vear
Ago).
TEX YEARS AGO TODAY
January 38, 1923.
(It was Wednesday)
Farm aid bill to come before con
gress soon.
BUI providing for state ownership
of power plant defeated by legisla
ture. Anti-gossip law urged.
Burglar robs two Ashland homes.
Grand Titan of Oregon announces
that unlesa Klan members pay their
back dues, "they will be outside the
pale."
Idaho potatoes sell here for $2.80
per sack.
Bill designed to facilitate moving
of courthouse from Jscksonvtlle to
this city ready for Introduction In
legislature.
Local radio fans Incorporate to
prevent static. Among the incorpo
rators are Ralph Bard well. William
Gates, Herbert K. Hanna. Frank De
Souza and T. E. Daniels.
Medford high crippled for basket
ball game Friday with Oregon Frosh.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
January 1H, 1013.
(It was Thursday)
Crater Lake to be marked on San
Francisco world fair map.
Oregon residents will be allowed
to ship In two quarts of whiskey.
and 14 quarts of beer every month,
by the new state law.
All acreage for sugar beets must be
In by February 1. or no sugar beet
factory will be built.
Landowners abandon plan for dis
trict Irrigation.
Tomorrow Is the anniversary of
the birthday of William McKinley.
martyred president, and a white car
nation will be worn in his memory.
Prediction made that Rogue river
fish bill will be defeated in legisla
ture.
Gold Hill
GOLD HILL, Jan. 26. (Spl.) Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Inglln of Medford
visited Sunday with Mr. Ingllng's
father, J. C. Ingllng.
Mae and Joan Edler of Beagle
spent last week-end with their
mother, Mrs. Cella Edler, who Is em
ployed nt the John Hayes home.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Sargent are
the parents of a son. born January
20. The baby has been named Ronald
Lee.
Miss Netty Stone Is confined to her
home with a severe cold.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stone were re
cent business visitors In Grants Pass.
Miss Jeanne Hammersley spent the
week-end In Medford, guest of Miss
Lois Hill.
Mrs. Cora Olson and sister, Mrs.
Phoebe Chapman of Long Beach,
Cal.. are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Bailey. Mrs. Olson is Mrs.
Bailey's grandmother.
Mrs. George Dorman and children.
Llnsley and Helen, and Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Cook were business visitors In
Medford Saturday.
Past Noble Grand club met at
the home of Mrs. George Dorman
January 23.
Girl Scouts met Wednesday for
their regular meeting. At the social
hour they had a surprise birthday
party for Lucille Smith. She received
a number of nice presents. Games
wer played and refreshments served.
All report an enjoyable time.
Mrs. Villa Hayes was a business
caller In Grants Pass Monday.
Mrs. Alva Walker. Mrs. Hugh Hayes,
Mrs. Geprge Baker. Mrs. Wm. Puhl,
Mrs. Ullle McKay, Mrs. George Ham-
iTnersley. Mrs. Joe Blair. Mrs. Floyd
Lance and Mrs. R. E. Cook shopped
in Medford Monday.
Miss Louise Smith spent the week
end In Medford, the guest of her
sister, Zelda.
SALEM. Jan. 28. (AP) Eugene
Krebs, 17. West Salem, was still in
Jail here this morning, pending pos
sible charges to filed ngalnst him in
connection with the attempted ex
tortion of $2500 from O. E. Schmidt,
local theater operator, last Friday
night.
District Attorney H. Trindle said
this mornine he expected to have
Krebs examined to determine his
mental state, before charges of any
kind would be filed.
A healthful discontent makes for
progress.
Woman I? me lovable when most
a woman.
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