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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Pert?
Net Saturday ii around Hog Day,
but aa yet no Virginia hae written
the weather man to Inquire If there
la one.
The legislator who declared laat
JWday "the worker want omrthlng;.""" " . "-.-'
besides promises." miRht hv added, real'"" that time is required
they io WBnt eomethlng beside He gave one the impression of
political speeches.
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The first alrgun of spring ahowed
p yesterday, ahead of the first robin.
Wonderful man! Plve million yeara
ef development and still he can't
divide his food supply aa well aa the
tattle do. (Schnectady (H. T.)
pnlon) The neat and complete bawl
rut.
la Winnemucca, Nev.. the authori
ties are pondering what to do with
a Nouns' man who stole a horse.
His Papa ahould be instructed to
gire him the whip hand.
OTHERWISE OKAY!
(rone Rword)
X deeply and sincerely regret
that this body haa degenerated
into supine, subservient, sopor
ific, superfluous, supercilious, pu
sillanimous body of nitwits, the
greatest ever gathered beneath
the dome of our National Capi
tol, who cowardly abdicate their
powers and. In violation of their
oaths to protect and defend the
Constitution against all of the
nation's enemies, both foreign
and domestic , . .
There will be no primary election
rest May, but several have started
running for sheriff from force of
habit.
e a
' The law of compensation Is still
working. A no-hat wearer, who has
been flirting with pneumonia for
three months, has the croup.
"The cold of the past week has
been bracing to many people"
(Qrldley (Cal.) Items) It braced
them right up agnlnat the stove.
J. Curtis Barnes In his book.
Jobs." wants "a national currency,
unbacked by apeele, but redeemable
In commodltiea." What la really
wanted ta a dollar that will buy lota
of everything, but what one has for
ale.
e
It Is about time for another rumor
to circulate that nobody wanta to
believe.
Quite a number of local ctttRena
are now up at Salem, and able to
come home whrn they feel like It.
Meanwhile there la a movement
under way by members of the "old
tuard" to "bury the body" In the
night by inducing Governor Merrlam
to commute Tom Mooney's sentence
and free him before the case can be
heard In court, thua preventing the
public from ever knowing the facta,
and leaving Mooney smeared with
the guilt of murdering nine people.
BP Call-Bulletin I H would be
terrible to turn Mr. Mooney loose
without any publicity.
An Indiana boy, 10, sentenced to
walk 34 mllea per day. for 00 days,
for robbing a grocery store has been
paroled. The sentence was pronounced
"cruel and unusual." Many youth
can dally travel that far around
a pool table, or a dance Uall and
never notice It.
"Lct 110 bill on Main street by
R. T. Young." (Redding (Calif.)
Searchlight) That's too bad, but
why brag.
One of the pioneer lamp posts Is
bent slightly towards the east, due
to the curve failing to straighten
out fast enough for a speed Idiot.
Prof. Bel ward T. Thorndlks of the
Alaska Teachers college, aattmatea
that a knowledje of 10,000 "word
meanings' la the minimum require
ment for a student graduating from
the ninth grade, If he u to read com
prfhendlngly of present day world
vents.
Editorial Correspondence
SALEM, Oreiton, Jan. 28. The legislature is junt beginning
to jell. This refers particularly to the lower house. In the
senate there was a more mature and uniform mixture from the
outset o the crystallizing process took a much shorter time.
Sow after milling and boiling about for three weeks, the legisla
ture is getting in shape AS A WHOM! and promises to be func
tioning full steam ahead from now on.
After spending a day looking over the situation, we arc
inclined to dispute the general report that this 1035 legislature
i a collection of wild jackasses, yet to be broken who don't
know what it's all about. There were many young members
and many new ones. It takes time of course to get onto the
ropes. Hut whatever the situation at the outset, our judgment
is, the 1935 legislature will stack up well with its predecessors,
and in the end perhaps even prove more sane and business-like
than some of those in the past.
, After contacting the newspaper boys and talking with-a
score of state officials, find praise on all sides for Moore Hamil
ton, the infant prodigy from Jackson county the first democrat
to represent southern Oregon at Salem in many years. Moore
secured chairmanship of the committee on enrolled nd en
grossed bills, which has a large amount of patronage to dispense.
The young man handled the situation it seems with great diplo
macy and discrimination. At least a score of observers declared
he is one of the most popular and promising member! of the
lower house.
Senator Dunn of Ashland did not attend today's session.
That accident he suffered a short time ago proved to be more
serious than first reported. As long as there was nothing impor
tant slated for today the "judge" decided to stay in his room,
and rest. It was a narrow escape for the senator, had the car
which hit him, not been going at a snail's pace, the injuries
might well have proved fatal.
Judge Taylor is sailing along in the lower house, serenely
and competently as usual, and confirms the opinion that tho
house will make a good record before the session ends. The
judge is about as sane and level headed as they make them.
He doesn't talk much on the floor, he doesn't make it a practice
to introduce bills, but nothing in the way of impractical or
half b'aked legislation gets by him, and his judgment on pro
posed legislation, is much sought after.
Had a nice chat with Governor Martin. No man could look
more fit, or on the surface at least appear to be enjoying himself
more. If anything is bothering him he certainly has succeeded
in hiding it. As promised during the campaign, the Governor
keeps his doors open to one and all, and they remain open dur
ing any conference he may have. He sent special greetings to
his many friends in Jackson county, and is confident that the
main principles of his New Deal in Oregon will be carried out
hAfnrA him form ta nva Tin. 4Ala..B .I... r u: - l:i l .
quiet determination.
There was no color in today's session sort of a blue Monday
from the standpoint of newspaper copy, merely the second
reading of bills. Many people who condemn the legislature for
not doing more in open session fail to realize that under our
form of government, the real work is done in committees, this
is particularly true during this period of a session. Later on no
doubt when measures come up for final passage there will be
plenty of interest and aetion.
The "warden" informs us the most luxuriously furnished
cell at the penitentiary is occupied by former county judge,
Karl Fehl.
WHEN WEATHER GOOD
Th county court, In ccordnce
with Ita 1SB road prom-am, expect
to oil aurface ten miles of county
roads aa soon sa westher conditions
permit and expect communities de
sirous of securing quicker aotlon, by
paying half of th oiling, to bring
the total rasd oiling for the year to
the 20-mll mark. The budget pro
vides funds for the road oiling and
It Is the plan to oil ten miles each
year until all mam roads on th floor
of the valley are treated. Some oiling
may also be done on market roads, If
funds are available.
County Judge Day said today the
oiling was "practical and cheap, and
waa necessary to sav the original In
vestment of roads," some of which
are now sadly corrugated by four
yeara of travel, with th. minimum of
upkeep. Th county Judge said no
new roads would ba stsrted, but "ef
forts and funds would be devoted to
saving and bettering those already
constructed." County Rnglneer Paul
Rynnlng said "practically no grading
would be dons this year."
A delegation of residents rf Rogue
River was scheduled to meel with the
county court today to discvisa road
Improvement In that section.
I BILL FILED
Cost bill In the trial of George W.
High, and his brother Robert N.
(Babe) High amounting to Sfl7B.3fl.
waa filed today with the county clerk
by the district attorney's office. Moat
of the Items were for witness fees,
several bring subpoened from distant
points. The coats were assessed to
the High brothers, who received four
and one-half year sentences in state
prison for conviction of setting fire
to the Balfour Guthrie barn near
Aahland, on the night of January 4.
103S, Pending an appeal to the atate
supreme court, they are at liberty on
200 bonds.
TWO ASSESSED FINE
FOR SLOT MACHINE
M. O. BrnaonnrtM and S. M. Rush.
charged with operation last summer
of a slot marntns at the Pine Cone,
a refreshment parlor on th North
Pacific highway, were each fined tio
and costs- by Justice of th Peso,
William R. Coleman yesterday after
noon. Th case has been pending
sine last fall, when th slot ma
chine waa conliscsteo by th sheriff
ffloa.
'"" ;r nun n on mil
to get anything new started,
self confidence, patience and
R. W. B.
WITHDRAWAL IS ASKED
BY FEHL DEFENDANTS
A motion seeking to withdraw their
anawsr In th Interpleader ult of
Niedermeyr, Inc., waa filed yesterday
by . H. Pehl and other defendant,
through their counsel, H. Von
SchmftlB of Burn, Ore., and George
R. Rhoten of Salem.
Th motion 1 made upon the con
tention, "the plaintiffs' complaint In
Interpleader will not lie. until final
disposition by circuit Judge S. c.
LaToumt of Clackamas county, be
fore whom th original aotlon waa
tried, and for the further reason, th
appeal to th aupreme court ha not
been fully determined by that body."
rTtl, In the answer he now asks to
withdraw, alleged that Kelly and
Kelly, attorneys who represented him
In th original action and carried his
sppesl to the high court, "acted wlth
authorliatlon." The Kelly' ask 3000
for attorneya' fees.
Claim of J. B. Thomas of Ashland,
and Ted Helmroth of Clrltfln creek,
for money loaned by them. aasertedlT
to permit Fehl to purchase th Pacific
Record Herald building, ara also eon
testod.
The hearing on the Interpleader, la
scheduled for February 14 before Cir
cuit Judge Carl Wlmberly of Douglas
county.
A
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PLAY TOMORROW
Tomorrow night the Phoenix Orange
rontast play, will be given at the
Phoenix Grange hall.
The play selected by the director,
-m. if.ii.. m . i s
'The Valient.' It Is the story of a
, r.v. ,
young man. James Dyke, a prisoner,
who la willing to sacrifice his lire
ltelf. to keep his Identity a sacret,
snd of a mother and slater, Josephine
Paris, who are looking for their ion
and brother.
Phoenix is competing with Griffin
Creek, and these communities com
prise District No. I. The winning play
will compete with the winners of the
ether districts. net Monday night in
Medford. Phoenix won the state con
test two yeara ago.
A dance will follow the play, to
morrow night, and a good time is
assured to all.
A tract of land In Chesterfield
county. Virginia, once belonged to
Bermuda. The "Bermuda Hundred."
as It is still known, was given to tne
men who bought the Islands from
Virginia.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal healtn and hygiene oot to dlf
tt diagnosis or treatment Mill be answered by Dr. Brady It itamped
M-ir-addresM'd envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In
Ink. Owing to the laig number or letter received only few can be an
.wered. So reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions.
tddress Or. William Brady, 205 El
IF YOU HAVR A JOB OF DWINM
In the typical cue of nutrition!
obesity of long Handing It It reason
able to assume that the ordinary diet
of the Individual
has been vita'
m i n- - p o o r for
many years. Now
the healthy body
requires a oer
tain reserve
store of the sev
eral vitamins for
maintenance of
the various tunc
1 1 o n s. In the
obese this reserve
has long been
depleted.
You may think
I am referring to nutritional obesity
(which, by the way, la corectly pro
nounced o-beaa-l-ty) as though It
were a deficiency disease, and so I
sm. At least It la a deficiency con
dition to this extent; Lack of the
vitamins the body demands accounts
for the abnormal" craving for oarbo
hyrates Instinctively the body craves
carbohydrates because moat of the
vitamins In nature grow with carbo
hydrates, but unfortunately most of
the natural vitamins are removed or
destroyed In preparing, cooking, re
fining, preserving and serving of our
food, ao In the Instinctive effort to
get enough vitamins we ent more
than we can metabolize. This con
ception is amply borne out by clin
ical experience. Physicians have
proved In thousands of cases that
when the body's reserve of vitamins
is re-established, the overweight in
dividual la content with much less
food, and so reduction becomes easy.
So. in overweight of long standing,
particularly where the person la past
the prime of life, and It Is reasonable
to assume that the years of hypo
vltamlnosls h&ve left some degree of
degeneration as well as mere func
tional weakness, it Is Important that
the patient ahould have a week or
two of super-feeding with vitamins,
with only moderate restriction of in
take or carbohydrate perhaps some
one Item, such as sugar or potato,
omitted before any start is made on
an actual low calory diet.
Ideally the man or woman past 35.
who has been insidiously accumulat
ing slacker flesh for years, should
lay In plenty of vitamins In the first
two weks and let the diet be Just
a fair maintenance diet for a person
of his or her status. It will be found
that this plan, while giving little If
Mclntyre at Palm
Beach
By 0. 0. McINTYRE
PALM BEACH, Jan. 39. Bradley's
Is likely the best conducted gambl
ing casino on the hither side of
Monte Carlo.
That it runs wide
open year after
year Is a tribute
to the popularity
of its sponsor,
Col. E. R. Brad
ley. The cafe and
gaming rooms
are housed In an
unpretentious all
white one -storied
frame building.
Col. Bradley,
now in hla 70s,
resides In a mod
est that is modest tor Palm Beach
house next door. He is sn old In
dian fighter, scout for Gen. Mllea
but does not live In the past. He's
as modern as the newest Lonsdale
play and might have posed for some
of the Peter Arno club-window
drawings.
His personal charities are largest
In Florida. Bradley's frowns on In
formal dress. In other days the limit
used to be SftOO In roulette, chemin-de-fer
and various games. But the
sails have been trimmed and the
bets now range from 60 cents to
a top of S2&.
Bradley's suffers no hangers-on nor
touts. And those venerable, roughed
and mooching harridans who afflict
European gaming tables are never
seen. Circulating in the highly pol
ished crowds are more than a dosen
crack and tuxedoed professors of
trlRgernometry." Gangsters try no
tricks at Bradley's.
About 15 mllea south of Palm
Beach st Del ray Beach Is a cartoon
colony, which Includes . T. Webs
ter. Herb Roth and Fontaine Fox.
Among Innovations the city slickers
brought to the everglades Is a one-
table sidewalk cafe In front of the
building where they have offices.
Every afternoon they gather about
It, alp chilled buttermilk, play domi
noes and cubltn. Just like a side
room at Du Dome.
It's cheery news for George Ado's
many friends he is sitting up after
a desperate Illness. His winter home
is at Miami Beach and he's out on
the front porch tn a big rocker every
day now tanned a nut brown by the
and catching up w
,
ud his 1 terary lapses.
1th the world
Palm Beach's reigning belles ot the
younger set seem momentarily to be
Whitney Bourne and Adelaide Mof
fett. Alt the blades In their silkiest
blarers are In panting pursuits. In
patios, the oldsters wonder which
young buck will squire which lass
for the evening. It gives them some
thing else to think about besides
shrinking dividends. Indeed, one of
the ruder mots concerns the rush for
bicarbonate. Too much Conjolidated
Gas and all that. This stock wan the
keystone of many Palm Beach for-
tunes.
A crack newspaper interviewer here
is Fmllle Keyes. For 12 years she
has been cornering celebrities and
innowtng highlights fvr her hsn-
tlp vignettes
She has seen them
(sll the poseurs the phonrv and
the real thing She tskes no note
CfWT-i--T-'
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Camlno. Beverly Hills, Cal.
LING REMEMBKR EASY DOtiS IT
any reduction of weight the firet
week or ao, will put the patient In
much better condition physically and
also In better condition to stick with
a suitable reduction diet through as
many weeks as may be denlrable. That
la, to do so with comfort, with a
steady weekly loss of from two to
four' pounds and a steady gain In
general resiliency and vitality.
In the last analysis of any reduc
tion plan the paramount question Is,
not how many pounds one can burn
off the first week, but how many
weeks one can remain faithful to the
rules while the weight la returnlits
toward the Ideal.
Ask your doctor about this. If he
muffs It, send for "New Design for
Dwindling. This booklet sets you
back 10 cents in coin (not stamps)
and a stamped envelope bearing your
correct address.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Now.
Kindly take up the following ques
tion and let me know when: Mineral
salts In drinking water, and their
therapeutic value . . , C. E. W.
. Answer Salts In drlnkln gwater.
mineral water, have no remedial value.
In my opinion, unless one Imagines
catharsis la remedial.
Fatty Tumors.
I have several fatty tumors under
the skin. . I think more are coming.
Can one do anything to prevent
them? Mrs. J. P.
Answer Such tumors with definite
outline are easily removed under local
anesthesia. I know of nothing to
prevent formation of fatty tumors.
In certain cases attended with pain
ful deposits of fat in tumor-like for
mations ductless gland treatment by.
the physician will bring relief.
Sweaty Feet.
Daughter and self much troubled
with sweaty feet . . . Mrs. C. R.
Answer Send stamped envelope
bearing your address and ask for
monograph on Care of Feet. Forma
lin ( Llq. Formaldehyde. U. S. P
37.5 solution) is the best remedy.
One ounce of It In a half pint bottle
filled up with water is the right
strength to sponge on the sweaty feet
once or twice a week, or to pour In
the shoes and drain out, letting ehoes
dry for 24, hours before wearing.
(Copyright, 1935, John F. DUle Co.)
Kd. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D., '465 El
Camlno. Beverly Hills. Cal.
and asks few questions. That waa the
formula of the best of lady reporters,
Nlxola Greeley-Smith. She found
taking notes and asking questions
fomented self-consciousness and in
cubated nothing save dry twaddle.
She wound them up with a leading
question and let them run down.
Europeans like Florida, especially
the French. And the dropping dollar
has given them a grand break. Con
sequently there la much bon-jouring
from the wheel chairs and sun um
brellas. With the pick of marriage
able rich daughters beached here
for the season. Palm Beach also at
tracts the magnificent and hand-
kissing heels who work ao romanti
cally in the moonlight. But all are
not gigolos. There Is a quota of sub
stantial families who flee the mistrals
of Paris this time of year.
Palm Beach, with perhaps the most
acute social - consciousness of any
American spa, la a medley of cliques.
There are a dozen versions of the
devastating delsarte social climbing.
Thus every a. m. paper's last night
dinner guest list becomes an agony
column for the uninvited. The beach
clubs are hives of social Intrigue,
and that ao and so Is not speaking
to so and ao today crackles along
the Gold Coast with speed of fire
In dry grass. But cslloused climbers
have been at It for years. They never
give up.
So far, like the hickory limb lady.
I've not been near the surf. I see
no percentage in deliberately Invit
ing a big breaker to pick me up.
shake me as a terrier the rat and
slam me down on the beach. I do
not know what the wild waves say
to others, but to me they say: "Come
on you big sissy. Let's loosen up the
bridge work." But I Just shake my
head coyly and go on digging in the
sand.
(Copyright, 1935. McNaught Syndi
cate) (Continues f. jrr pag one)
beat constitutional bill writing trio
iMtwr. Corcoran. Cohen and Land is)
of conspiring In authorship of the re
lief bill. That Is an Insult to their
ability. When those boys start skirt
ing the constitution they do a good
Job of It. No one yet has been able
to pick a legal loophole in their orig
inal securities law or securities ex
chanse law. You will see their leiral
craftsmanship acnln soon In the com
ing holding company bill.
The relief bill was a hodiie-podge
put together by an attorney in the
budiet bureau, on sustentions made
by the PWA lecni staff and others. All
i the section except 4 and 5 were good.
Studies of rainfall and erosion
made in California reT-ealed that in
some pine tree areas the trees inter
cepted and save off through erap
oration from the'.r omna about 50
per cent of all rami of lesa than a
j third of sn inch.
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE bl-ennlal bill to establish the
office of lieutenant-governor has
made Its apeparance at Salem.
Depression or no depression, you
see, tht Oregon legislature la running
true to form. Without this bill, no
session would be complete.
t
WHAT Is a lieutenant-governor,
does someone inquire?
Well, he's a sort of spare tire. If
the car of state gets a puncture, we
put him on.
If not, we forget him.
iTHO wants a lieutenant-governor?
The answer to that question Is
too easy the politicians, of course.
It would make another office to fight,
bleed and die for In' election years.
O PEAKING of politics, which la
sv closely related to government,
hen Is an Interesting dispatch from
Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
"A group of about 135 ARMED
men, said to be hostile to the Huey
P. Long administration, took physical
possession of the East Baton Rogue
parish court house this afternoon."
HUEY P. LONG, you know, Is DIC
TATOR of Louisiana.
-
Dictators seize their power, usually.
by FORCE. In Kuey's case, he used
the state militia. It follows, In logi
cal order, that the only way to GET
RID of dictators ii by force.
Dictatorship la running true to
form In Louisiana.
A LOT of people, whose brains. In
thin nlti-fojihioneti writer's onln-
ion, are unhinged and flapping in the
wind, profess to be enamored In these
days of the Institution of dictator
ship.
Let's stick to the good old way of
choosing our rulers. If we have to
have Incompetents In office, let's
elect them instesd of permitting them
to elect themselves.
4
ANEW four billion dollar public
works program Is In the mak
ing, Us purpose being to end employ
mentwhich la at least a laudable
purpose.
As to what the four billions will
go for. It Is hard to say. It Isn't any
too easy, right on the spur of the
moment, to figure out what tho bil
lions already spent have gone for.
IF THIS writer had the say, these
new billions would go for ROADS
and Instead of building them with
Dick and shovel and wheelbarrow.
we'd use the most modern machinery
and methods possible, hiring more
men and building more roads, getting
all we could for our money.
Then, after the four billions had
been spent, we'd have something to
show for the ffort.
Something we could USB.
Communications
Sees Loan Business Peril
To the Editor: !
The writer wonders If you would be
good enough to reprint the enclosed
article from the editorial columns of
the Oregonlsn.
We feel that the business we have
built up here Is In real danger of de
struction due to unwise legislation.
We will quit if the rate is lowered.
as we can't operate on less than 3
per cent: where then will the average
person in need of money for an emer
gency get ltt
W. s. Thomas.
Manager foe the Oregon Jc Washing
ton Mortgage Co.
THE SMALL LOAN LAW
Under the terms of bills Introduced
into the Oregon leglslsture, compa
nies dealing in loans up to S300
would be radically curtailed tn the
matter of Interest ,atea that may be
charged on loans of (30 or less.
whereas S per cent Is the legal maxi
mum for loans ranging between 30
and 1300. The present bills make no
distinction between 130 and S300
loans. One of them provides a legal
rate of l'a per cent a month.
Even this, it will be observed, to
tsls 18 per cent a year, while the
present 3 per cent totals 3 per cent
a year. And with loana of $30 or
less, the sky has been the limit.
It la the practice, when these fig
ures are presented, to Jump imme
diately to the conclusion that there
is no question as to the Justice of
the proposed change. But study of
the history of the small loan business
casts some doubt.
It waa not many years ago that
there was no regulation whatever
and loan companies, restricted only
by the general usury laws, were get
ting anywhere from 10 to 30 per cent
month on anything up to 1500.
Then special restriction were Intro
duced In several states, and In 1910
the Russell Sage Foundation set aside
a sum for research Into the problem.
The research has continued ever
since, and the Russell Sage Founda
tion Is accepted as the leading au
thority. !
Generally speaking, the conclusion
of the foundation appears to be that
37 per cent a month is a fair inter
est on loans up to 9100. with
per cent from SlfO to 300.
There hsve been, in recent years,
three significant experiments with
lower iniert rate. New Jersey put
the lecal interest down to xi per
cent, as is now proposed for Orecon;
West Virginia tried 3 per cent; Mis
souri tried 21. per cent.
The legitimate loan business In
New Jersey was almost destroyed,
and the "bootccer " blocked in
West Virginia suffered to almost th:
same extrnt. Missouri was eonider
ably better. In all the itatea, ths ra
tio for loans granted to those applied
for went down rapidly, sine ths com
panies were far stricter on security
and character. Presumably great num
bers of working folks, denied money
from legitimate firms, were driven to
tho bootleggers' offices, where they
were charged 10 to 30 per cent a
month. '
As to the wisdom of Including 130
loans within tht provisions of the
Oregon law, there can be no ques
tion. Unscrupulous concerns, as the
law stands, have a neat little method
of profiteering. Someone comes in
for a too loan. Ha la told that he
can have only 130 from this particu
lar office, but that down the hall
there are a couple of other offices,
and he can get 130 from each of
them. So the applicant gets his 190,
but he Is subjected to the unllmtted
Interest permitted for loans of 930
or less. It U a miserable system
robbery of the poor and desperate.
This lsck of limitation for 30 loans
should be corrected. Likewise, there
might be experiment with 3'$ per
cent on the 1 100-1300 loans. But in
view of the experience of other states,
and the findings of the Russell Sage
Foundation, It Is doubtful whether
Oregon should try the 1 per cent
experiment. The only gainers would
be those bootleggers who would flock
in snd demand exorbitant Interest
for the chance they wold taks In
floutrng the law. Oregonlsn.
, Questions PenM5 iUn
To the Editor:
In regard to Mr. Shurtleff's answer
to Mr. Jenkins on the Townsend plan
he states the groceryman doing a gross
business of 950,000 a year only pays
a 91000 tax, which tax has already
been collected from the consumer.
IT1 agree with Mr. Shurtleff on that
point. Now, Mr. Shurtleff, we admit
all successful business men collect
their taxes from the consumer; that
surely leaves the plain fact that no
one but the consumer pays any taxes
Just what I have always contended.
Now, allowing that every one Is
consumer, and the consumer in bus
iness is making at least a standoff In
business, that leaves the fact that
the consumer that Is not In business
and la working for day's pay. Is the
man that pays all the taxes. So wc
agree upon that fact.
Now, I look at It like this: If the
laboring man or woman has lived
for 60 years and has paid his or her
taxes for 40 years along with the rich
man and business man's taxes
for the same length of time, because
of the fact that the rich man has
collected hi taxes along with his
overhead charge or expenses from us.
he pays no tax. Now, please, show
me, Mr. Shurtleff, where that prize
you speak of benefits ths poor; or.
In other words, where It does not
put another tax on the poor to keep
tha rich man' old folks. The rich
have plenty as It Is, Mr. Shurtleff.
If you really wish to help out the
poor, I have no objection to a tax
being put on the poor to keep the
poor.
Your tax is 7000 yeara old, Mr.
Shurtleff, and surely soma of us un
derstand it, and that leaves the plain
fact that in that 7000 years of taxes
no state or government ever gave its
people something for nothing. If they
did they would be In the hands of
the receiver.
Now, Mr. Shurtleff, If you or any
one else give the poor and needy $200
a month, what do the poor and needy
receive? I cannot .answer that ques
tion myself, and I dont think you
can. C. K. JAGGER,
Route 1, Box 147, Medford, Ore.
Jan. 29, 1935.
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Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History from the file of ths
Mall Tribune of 30 and 10 Tears
Ago).
TEN YEARS AGO TODAT
January 29, 1925.
(It was Thursday)
Gov. Pierce tn special message to
tha legislature, asks 91.000.000 appro
priation to aid eastern Oregon wheat-
growers, whose crops were ruined by
frost.
Work starts on grading of road to
the golf course.
Jackson county indebtedness passes
tha 9900,000 mark.
The romance of Beverly Bayne and
Francis X. Bushman, movie stars hits
the divorce court rocks.
Tftln that innrvucri.,1 vnMw
tloru of a downpour falls upon the
valley.
Traffic department declares war
l speeders between this city and
Gold Hill.
Ward Beeney, former high school
bssketball stsr. will plsy with the
Oregon Froah In the game here Fri
day night.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
January 3, 1915.
(It was Friday)
Commercial club launches strenu
ous final efforts to procure enough
acreage for sugar beet fsctory.
Foes of the district irrigation plan
In the Ventral Point district had
a Joy ride Saturday In an auto ps-
rade. seventeen cars participating,
one only being from Medford. Tha
committee in charge of the Irriga
tion plan abandoned the Idea two
days ago. but as the signs were all
painted, the ride was made.
Court Hall plans an Interurban
service to Grants Pass, as soon as
the road will permit travel.
After February 1 autolst who have
not procured new licenses will be
subject to arrest.
Czar of Russia favora union of all
Slav peoples, as troopa force Oermans
back In Poland: lull comes to west
ern front, as Allies moblll for
spring offensive.
Atlanta. Ga , has 639 wholesale
stores dealing In various sorts of mer
chandise. MODERN WOMEN
Nm Not tmtm miarf raia sod Mr & w t
eois, urvous stnui. unmn of itiabw iao&,
l!IN!li4d;flJll-fc
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WILLIAM HANLEY
WIMJAM (BiU.) HANLkV, pioneer
Oregon tan. Is known throughout the
state as "The sage of Harney County."
Born In Jackson county, he operated
for many years the "Belle A" and the
"foiil)le O" ranches near Burns. In
1913 he was an unsuccessful progres
sive Republican candidate for V. 8.
senator. In 1931 he was appointed to
the state highway commission.
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W. BALDERREE
IV. HAI.IKllHi:K, i Ity attorney
Of G
rants Pass, Josephine county
seat.
IRA WOOD I E
IRA C. WOODIE. former backfiel
star on VnlverMty of Oregon foot
ball team, is athletic coach at La
Grande high school. He Is dean of
northeastern Oregon high school
roar h es In point of service at any
one school.
W. A. SCHOCNFCLD
W. A. scifOKFELI, dean of agri
culture and director of experiment
t.Hlon. Oregon State College, has
carried on a militant fight for Im
proved farm condition. He was ap
pointed rnnultant of the federal
farm credit administration; director
ct federal land hank, and regional
director of the federal farm board.
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