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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORi), OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1935. PAGE FOUR Medford Mail Tribune "Eviryont in Southtrn Ortgon Rtadt Ihi Mail Tribunt'' Dally Kicept Saturdaj futillihPd by MKlifOim PHINTIMJ CO. IB-ST-au N Kit St, ROBERT W. BUHL, Editor An Independent Nenpapcr Entered as lecond clui nattar it Medford Orrgot), under Act of Marco 8, 18T9. 8LBWKJPTI0N KATE8 B Mat! In Adt&nea Dlllj, ODf ytu $5.QU ni)V ! montbi 3.T5 Daily, ont tnouUi Br tamer Ui Mirance nirarorn, uw, Jackaoniilla, Central Point. PboenU. TaJinU tiold Hili ind on Mlibman. Pally, one rear $B.MI nllv. l munthi 826 Dally, ooa month -80 All urma, cun in amine. Official piper of the rit of Medford. Official paper of Jackson County. MKMUKH UK THE A88UCIATKII PKKB8 Hcceitlni Kull Uaed Wire Ben lei Ttie Aisoelaled Prwi la aiclmltelr eotltled to the um (or publication of al. oci dlipatehei crfdlM u it other sin ereaitM in inn paper tod alio to the local neri piihllihwi nerein. All rlgtiU for puhllmtlrir. of peclal dltpatchn herein are alu reaerred. MKMKKIf Og UNITED IMIK88 MKMBKH UK AUDIT HUKEAO UK C1I.CULATI0N8 Adrenlnlni present at 1m M. C. MOliENHEN COMPANY Offlcet in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Ban Prancli.ee Ln Ariitdei Reattle Portland. MEMBER us Ye Smudge Pot, By Arthur Perry It Is now charged that many re lief workers throughout the nation re so fascinated with slot-machine gambling they squander all their meagre funds In them. Ths least the federal government could do In such ruM nf distress would be id keep a plate of sandwiches handy. j I There Is a softness In the air, and I a lengthening of the days. If some body bagged a bluebell, It would be j aprlng. Borne wretch has stolen your corr'a Bible, who heeds the Book of Proverbs oo much to get a new one the same way. Take care of the pennies and the Democrats will take care of the dol lars (New York Bun) Meanest dig pf last week. The state bank notion bobbed up In the legislature at Salem the flrat of the week, and was promptly quashed. As an adjunct of the state bank, scrip was to be lssuod. This was also a stem-winding Idea, and virtually amountod to every man being his own mint. Happily a down pour of IOU'a was averted by the wisdom of the solons. B. Hammett, the plumber, has moved over on the west side of town, within a wrench's throw of a churoh. Shotgun experts held forth Sun day, but hit nothing they were not aiming at. Owing to the danger over hla using a ao gold piece for a watch-charm. Dad Dalley has returned to an Ohio -buckeye, that formerly saw service as a rheumatism cure. There Is every sign and evidence of plain and fancy lying In the alibi defense of Bruno Hauptmann, on trial as the Lindbergh baby mur derer and kidnaper. Pour witnesses were called who "told the truth" about the defendant, but balked About telling It about themselves, on the well-known grounds of Incrimi nation. Observers at the trial com mented It would be difficult to pick out four persons at random so fin icky. Witness stand fibbing Is sup posed to l& ha?0 to prove, and is said ao be one cause of its popularity. The state of New Jersey Is quite grim about Its liars. Prosecutions will be wafted upon the theory that perjury can't be proved, unless It Is tried. ... MOTH HI T OF SI'MOOI. (Press IH.intrh EXCEL810II HPRINGfl, Mo. (UPI J. H. Brnwner, 88. en Joyed a good laugh at the ex pense of his 79-ycar-old wife a few weeks ago when she hsd the whooping cough. But Mrs. Braw ner had the last chuckle. Her husband Just cut a tooth. Interview with Hon. Jamea Yama- shlta, rctinrdlng his failure to knock a locomotive off the crossing: "KnRtnecr no stop. Maybe blind No mitke toot I" An effort Is also to be made tc have the federal government reverse Its ruling, which entitles comnum lsts to rone! work, no matter how vigorously they have worked, or are working, to urge overthrow of the government. (BP Call-Bulletlnl While free-born Americans hunger, The proposed whipping law for criminals, should contain a clause prohibiting the court from paroling the felon, to he whipped by hie Maw. Another thing that doea not seem right In the economic system li only psylng a p r I r. e saxophone player :(60.000 the yesr the Depression was meanest. s The weather has caused several of the Older Olrls to feel their hus bands .honld beat a carpet wllh a broomhanrtle, until It Is a toothpick. MR A, Rose Show vs. OUR attention has been called to a western tourist supple ment of the New York Herald-Tribune, in which governors of the western states invite tourists to visit their commonwealths. The invitation from Oregon, signed by former Governor Meier follows: 'To the New York Herald-Tribune: "Oregon extends a cordial Invitation to all prospective travel lers and vacationers to coaie West and enjoy the magnificent scenery and the Infinite variety of recreational opportunities offered In the "evergreen playground of the Northwest." "Fishing, hunting, golfing, mountain climbing In Oregon these are not rich men's pleasures, but are within the reach of all. Our Rose Festival Is a picturesque pageant of flowers and the annual Pendleton Round-Up offers the chance to recapture the spirit of the Old West of the cowboy and Indian." "Now when conditions for foreign trivel are far from Ideal, why not plan to see the beautiful and Interesting country that lies at the end of the Oregon trait." Excellent as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough. WHY, for example, were NOT (.'rarer Lake national park; the Columbia River Highway j Bonneville dam; the Lava Beds of eastern Oregon; yes, and the Oregon Caves mentioned! Lack of space could not have been the reason for next to Texas, Oregon has the shortest notice in the list. ''PIIE Portland Rose Festival is an attractive spectacle, while the Pendleton Round-L'l' is unquestionably, an attraction of NATIONAL IMPORTANCE, but we don't believe we are yielding to a provincial local pride, when we maintain, Crater Lake is of far more importance than the first; and at least equal in importance to the second. This is not written in any spirit of captious criticism. All in all Oregon's appeal is a good one, to our mind the best ex ample of condensed and graceful description on the page. But this indifference to Crater Lake and other southern Oregon attractions, and the over-emphasizing of attractions of special interest to Portland, bobs up so frequently, that to find the same spirit manifest in an officinl state proclamation, DOES get under the editorial skin. We trust when the New York Herald-Tribune extends an other invitation to the state of Oregon, the fact that this state boasts of having one of the 20 national parks in the entire coun try and one of the most unique will not be entirely over looked I ' College for 1 IARVARD is one of the oldest colleges in the country, but it is also one of the most progressive. It was the first college in the country to establishs a school of business administration. Now it is the first to establish a school of PUBLIC business. Such a training school is greatly needed at the present time. Never before in this nation's history, has there been such a crying demand for experts in the realm of politics and public relations. To our mind one of the main reasons Great Britain has conic through the world wide depression, better than any other world power, is its possession of a TRAINED civil service personnel. For generations young men in England have prepared for public life, just as in this country they have prepared for s business or a profession. There tho aim has NOT been to make a fortune, but to SERVE their country, and history records how unselfishly and efficiently they have servod it. In this country, not because it is any less patriotic, but be cause it is less mature, the main aim has been to make money. Except for the grafters, and crooks, public, service in America offered no opportunities in this direction. Therefore our young men have Bhunncd public life, at least until they had made their pile, and then nine times out of ten they were either too old or too inexperienced to be of any real value. 9 A TRAINING school for PUBLIC business, will tend to change all this, and such a change is acutely needed. One of President Roosevelt's greatest problems, has been and is today to find the right type of men to fill important posts in the government. There are plenty of well-meaning men, plenty of honest men, but TRAINED men; men fitted not only by character, but by EDUCATION for the job at hand, are rarer than the traditional hen's teeth. Thoughtful peoplo have recognized this weakness in our de mocracy for some time. It iB to the credit of Harvard vision, and awareness of the contemporary scene, that she shouhl be the first American university to provide this country wjth a training school for the civil servants and statesmen of the future. HOLDING COMPANY 4 BAN IS PROPOSED IN CONGRESS BILL (Continued rom rag One) Meanwhile. Caplt! observers speculating a to the administration's tax program In general and whether an r change tn tax law were In proa pect. While the general tax program 1 not settled, and cannot be until iev rr.il huge appropriations bills are cut of the way, It Is generally RMtinird that the present 10 -en lied "nuisance taxe." due to expire In June and July, will be renewed aa recommend ed by the President In hit budget message. These are expected to yiMd about HI O.OOO.OOO annually OffteialA studying the tax problem have Indicated also within the part few daya that there mljht be an at tempt to plug "loophole" in tax law They mention that under present lawa. one corporation may turn orrr 1U dividends to another and thu. eevape taxation. Tin proceM, llu-v aay. could go on endleewly, with cor poration ualtift the accumulated fund a to buy mom oompnta. with out ever having to pay a u.x Some designer of tax pians for th government contend Wier should at 1eajt a partial withdrawal of ux exemption privilege with reaped to Crater Lake Politicians university's forward looking LEFT WINGERS RESIGN AAA FOR INTERNAL PEACE (Continued from Page One) Davis. Prank la a former Chicago attorney and a rrlend of Prof. Pelix rrankfurther of Harvard. Alio missing from the meeting were three of Prank's assistants. Francis M. Shea, I Pressman, and VK-tor W. Rot item, who submitted their rrnitfnatlons. and Alger Hiss, now on leave as counsel for the sen ate munition committee, who will not return to the farm administra tion. Client n As Radical Bloc Till group of men has been known as tne "radical" element ever since thr. AAA was organised and has con tinually differed with Davis and Wi: iarft. Rexford O. TUKell. Under-Secretary of agriculture, who formerly sldfd with the "left wingers' with drew almost entirely six months a no and has devoted his time to super vising the detailed work of running the department. Davis has declared him; if as anx ious to remain as administrator dur ing the emerttency era of the farm adjustment program but equally finxtoua to taxe up hi private buat jqo wUtn li period t ovx. Personal Health Service By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to dis ease dlugnosls or treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped srlf-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the laige number of letters received only a fen can be an ftvered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady. 265 El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Cal. THE TOXIC APPKAL If a doctor la good his satisfied clients tell their friends about him and In due time the doctor enjoys a fine practice. If he la not so good there are still other ways he can get a few customers. One way Is for him to go Into a hud dle with other tradesmen of his own Ilk and do business under the name of "clinic," "assoc iation," "Insti tution," "sanitarium" or "hospital." The ragtag and the riffraff are gen erally susceptible to Imposing names and pretentious alra, They think that If the doctor ha a vanload of Oold berglan gadgets strategically dis played around his office he must be quite a specialist. Hence one of the hallmarks of quackery Is the ostentatious exhibit of machinery calculated to Impress the prospective sucker. Another way the Incompetent, un successful doctor may attract some business is by Investing In time on the radio and hammering away at the listeners day by day, telling them all about the wonderful methods and the thorough examinations his insti tution offers. There are many quacks doing a fine business with the sucker population throughout the country by this means. Quacks who couldn't survive If they were not privileged to buy tlmo on the air to keep the sucker coming. A quack has to de pend on new business. His old cus tomers ho not come back. Worse for the public 'welfare people who have been stung by these radio specialists generally feel ashamed and keep silent about It, or If now and then one victim does feel in clined to complain the chances arc he is so ignorant that nobody will pay much attention to his yelping anyway. Characteristic bait of a radio quack: He Is addressing the prospects on "skin eruptions." A remunerative subject. He says: "What Is a skin eruption? Is the: substance seeking to escape a normal constituent of good health, or Is it, a toxic substance? If It Is toxic and ; poisonous why not attempt to in- j crease the toxic elimination? . . ." It doesn't matter much what the nominal subject of the radio spiel may be, the discourse Invariably gets round to the "toxic elimination" note toward the bell. Leave 'em wor rying ahout the "toxic poison" In their system, and the chnnces aro NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyre NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Every public Idol eventually ha to hurdle a mighty barrier of frozen adulation. Americana can cheer Just e.o iong, and then they turn on a hie. Kicking shins of clay naa become a nation al pastime. Even L 1 n d bergh was booed in a news reel a few weeks ago. Two of the greatest boxing c h am p 1 o ns- -3e ne Tunney and Jack Dempsey got beautiful slugglngs outside the ring before they took their place in the sun. I've heard Dempsey razzed without a dissenting cheer. Today a cafe corporation pays htm J52.Q00 ft year and a percentage, Just to stand around the entrance. Tunney, too, silenced most of his critics expertly. Ha., did it by the most effective of all weapons against vituperation still tongue. Valen tino whs hooted as a glossy gigolo He scorned the pooreet sort of a movie bet. But he kept his chin up and became the ace box office attraction. Rudy Vallee was for several years in suspended one, two. three for the wohre. He was the target for the collective scorn for crooners. But he snt tight and outrode the storm. Indies are not Immune. Even Matv Plckfrod went behind the dark cloud, to emerge triumphantly New York's best dressed man, ac cording to an exclusiTp tailor. Is not of the staee. screen or is It the social legsntee William OoAdby Loew. The b. d. m. is a bachelor of middle yea-. Outside seven modestly toned suits yearly, he buy only white shirts and .MHlate ties, colors are reserved tor I pajamas and house robes. Hla h-we are Invariably of black silk and hand kerchiefs solid white with Inset nvn j ogram of white. His sartorial aplomb Is bulwarked by meticulous care -if his nails, coiffure, const-ant ly frvsh I gloves and a supply of full bark mil- accas. David Warfield ha abandoned his loiw favorite game of pinochle. And his devotions are now for rummy Since ht stake retirement he dioppt'd in at the Lamb every mld.A.ternoon for hi round of pinochle until re cently. The veteran actor attends Put ' 't party a year and hi host is si j it-it Major Bowes He rarely goes to .ee a ie;Mi!iaw piav mu now and then stops in a niue to see a com hi nation st-ve show and feature pic ture. He often pot eiKourgn2 no to newcomers It's good news Harry l.eon V.lsui h.ta picked up hi pen mjun and re vived the Ms Petting- ner'.es. Wil-.-n recent year have Been spent m I'srme), ini , wnete Lincoln Steffeiv ud o wif wiio aav daJd. la ALWAYS GKTS THKM that half a dozen out of a thousand listeners will call to find out more about It. Three of these half dozen pay for the radio time. Prom the other three the quack make his pro fit. The . laity, childishly Ignorant of physiology, readily swallows the mor bid suggestion that a skin eruption must be due to some poison being "thrown off" from the "system." Just what the poison or "toxic" substance may be. no quack troubles to ex plainIt isn't necessary In hla busi ness. No layman who is at all likely to have truck with a charlatan Is curious to know definitely about this. Enough for the poor goof that the quack boldly asserts in resound ing language that eruption Is due to the attempt to "eliminate toxic" something or other. The skin Is not an excretory or gan. In any circumstance practically nothing but salt and water 1 ex creted or eliminated through the akin. But what does the public care about that physiological fact? QLKSTIONS AM"aNHWER8 Athletic, tCh? Kindly recommend a good remedy for athletic foot disease. Also some thing good to wash hose when one has this trouble. (W. R. P.) Answer Try . freely powdering the feet, between the toes, and the ln sides of shoes with a mixture of one ounce of photographers hypo (sodium hyposulphite, also known as thtaulphnte of soda) with four ounces of boric acid. Of course ttie powder must be fine and smooth, no gritty particles in tt. One can't use too much of this. Some persona have a kind of irritation and itch ing accompanying maceration of the skin from excessive sweating of the feet. This is best treated with for maldehyde solution. Send a stamped envelope bearing "your address for Instructions. An Old Qunck Trick A man in our neighborhood claims he can take cancer out by the roots with a salve his grandfather got from the Indians . . . (T. 8. O.) Answer Cancer has no "roots." It grows or extends along the lymphatic channels from the site of origin. No Function What Is the function of the ap pendix? (H. M.) Answer So far as we know it has no function now. In an early stage of evolution It probably constituted part of the intestinal tract. (Copyright 1935, John F. DilLe Co.) Hd. Note: Persons wishing to communicate wltb Dr. Brady hould send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. I)., 266 El Camlno. Beverly Mills. Cal. literary world reside. In hla earlier days Wilson, as his pugnacious Jaw. only rivaled by his friend George Hor ace Lorlmer. Indicates, was one of the most robust of llteratteurs. His boon companion In rouster was Booth Tarklngton, with whom he traveled extensively and collaborated In a number of plays. Several years ago he began a rigor of self discipline which even Included abandoning cof fee. Outside of Damon Runyon, likely the hardiest coffee drinkers are nlgnt hawk taxi drivers. They profess their Indulgence Is largely to keep them alert and awake, but there is also the lure of contact with their fellows. The astonishing growth of those fra grant retreats, the corner Coffee Pot plflces, on well-traveled streets, is due to the taxi coffee thirst. A dozn cups a night are a mild consximp tlon. And almost always gulped with out cream or sugar. It took 20 years for Oelett Bur gess's word "blurb" to catch on. He spawned it In 1907 In a speech to ret-all book-sellers. Just now his word huzzlecoo, meaning an Intimate con fab on love, politics, business, etc.. is being voiced. It appears In a current novel and a Broadway revue. It was born In 1914. It was Burgess, by the way, who brought Wtll Rogers to his banquet feet one time bewildered and gapp ing. Introducing the humorist, he said: "I read lately that a certain entomologist , in order to test the laws of heredity and mutation, cut off the wings of flies for 10.000 gen erations to determine whether or not he would eventually breed a race of wingless flies. "I mil about to inaugurate a sim ilar experiment. I am going to In vite a well-known entertainer to 10. 000 dinners to see whether he will ever sttend one without saying: 'Well. I ain't eaten any of your din ner, so if I'm bad I don't owe vou anything.' Ladies and gentlemen. Mr Will Rogers!" (Copyright. 1P35. McNaught Syndi cate.) FEDERAL RELIEF FUND OF SALEM. Feb. 8. (API Federal re lief money totaling $353,387 was re ceived here yesterday to be 15ed for relief in Oregon during the month of February, the executive department announced. The state had requested $1,080,781. and it had not been learned whether the total received yesterday was to apply on the amount requested or whether the request had been re duced one third. Chest Colds Brit treated t8? without "dosing'' muiiu.u'.'i:n.i!ijap Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. WILLIAM HALUK. former Russian, now an American cltlren, whose talk at Rotary was referred to In this column the other day, made one re mark that Is worth lot of thought. He said: "Americans are funny. If thief puts hi hand In their pocket and takes out money, they raise an awful squawk. 'But when communists and other agitators attempt deliberately to steal from them their form of government, their free Institutions and their high standard of living, they do nothing about It." . THERE'S a lot of truth in that statement, and it will pay ALL OF US to give It careful thought. ARB our free institutions slip ping? This writer, for one, certainly HOPES not, but at times has mis givings. For example, when reading this dispatch from Baton Rouge, Louisiana: "In an atmosphere intensified by bristling national guard armaments, Senator Huey P. Long today heard testimony that two former deputies plotted to kill htm for $14,000 and then postponed Indefinitely his mur der plot hearing." NOTE particularly, please, this state ment : "Senator Huey P. Long heard testimony." NOT the, grand Jury, whose duty it Is, under our American institu tions, to hear the testimony of wit nesses, when a crime has been com mitted, and bring In indictments. Just Huey P. Long backed by "bristling national guard armament." HERE Is further cause, contained In an Associated Press dispatch of February 1, for misgivings as to the present status of our free Ameri can Institutions: "Long arrived In Baton Rouge sur rounded by a throng of bodyguards whose first act was to beat up a news photographer and smash his camera. The photographer was Leon Trice, of the staff of the Associated Press, who had taken a picture oi Senator Long stepping off the tram from Washington. "As he snapped the picture, Joe Messina, Long's chief bodyguard, struck Trice in the mouth with bis fist. Long, who was looking on, shouted: "'Give it to him, Joel Do anything you want to with him.' "With that, Messina struck the photographer with a blackjack on the back of his head and knocked him down. The bodyguard then destroyed the camera and stalked off with the senator." WHO 1 this Huey P. Long, who stalks about Louisiana like At tila the Hun? . He' the DICTATORl HOW did he become dictator or Louisiana? Why, the people PERMITTED him to seize dictatorial power I That is all there Is to It, THIS 1 the disturbing part of It 1 If the people of Louisiana will permit Huey P. Long to seize dictato. rial powers, the people of OTHER states might permit the same thing Communications Answers Mr. Shurtleff. To the Editor: Mr. Shurtleff you say the best tiling you do is answer questions I'll wager with you I've asked you two and you have answered neither one. You counter my first Question on who pays the tax by saying I say the rich man is not a consumer. If I ever did say a think like that I'll move my residence to Salem and have them make me a Sunday suit or clothes out of a mattress. Then you take me to New York where you met a gambler that paid $10,000 a year rent. You go on to presume and guess about how he makes his money, then you admit you don't know anything about his life. Being a gambler myself. I'll ad mlt you don't know what you are talking about. Then you take your perpetual motion tax of 3 per cent from the grocery man. to the whole saler and collect a per cent more. From there you go to the factory and collect 3 per cent more, then you go to the manufacturer and col lect 2 per cent more, then you go to the raw material man and col lect 2 per cent more. Now Just who Is this raw material man. Mr. Shurt leff. Is he the laboring man or an other factory man. To get a patent on that perpetual motion tax you will hare to connect up there some place. Then you take me to the ma terial in a suit, to the finished suit And tell me this suit cost $30.00 and has a cost of $3.80, making It cost 33 80. Maybe It does. You can have that one, a I don't know anything about It. Then you take me to where Christ gave u some rules to live by and told us how to live. Now the lact that I am getting along In year may account for the fact that I Just can t remember that Instance, but I can go back in nisiory to the rulers of the people and the churches agreed not to mix In each other business. That i. they agreed not to mix religion witn pontic. as tt ha nothing to do with who pays the taxes, I can't see why you brought that one in to Mr. Towns end's merry-go-round. Then you ask me which I would rather have. $150. with an additional raise In my living cost of $20 a month. I take it that will mean $130 under present condition, or u I would rather have 8 day' work at $3 a day. which I think amount to about $24 a month. t t tir t.h a 130. Mr. Shurtleir. the fact that I pay a tax of eighty- four cent on the donar u.a j. ... .i im i.ov. m nnmethlne around 1 $20.80 to live on, shouldn't it? Not ao bad. It could be worse. You re ceive 34 untaxed dollars and I re ceive $20.80 after paying my tax- Now I can't see wnere mere - -iter mtirh difference in me two propositions you put up to me r . fit, as that it cans ior a h.uv... - - .-.. n ttt-irr And on the you arr uj'5 w ' ..A other hand, you having been told how to live, and wnat ruiea w guided by. Now if you believe what vou have been told and are living up to what you believe, I really can't see n,hV .i orp t.rvtnT to blame me be cause you are getting more money than I am. Hnm t thtnk the reason you can i explain the Townsend plan Is be cause you don't understand iv. u f vnn Mr. Towns- try W CAJJlOlt " " end advocates giving every one 60 years old, or older, $'iuo a munm they wish it. It Is known as House Bill 125 and is being Introduced by a Mr. McGoorty, a Republican from x t n,it- n tax of 2 per cent on the gross dollar value of all transactions, excepting biww iHeif,u.i ervir. It also compels all business men to take out a li cense before they can transact any business. The price oi tnis iice.we fixed by the secretary of the treas ury. C. $T. JAUUiin. Route 1. box 147, Medford. Townscndism Is Christianity. To the Editor: I read vou editorial of Tuesday's paper (February 5) and in thinking It over I thought of anotner piau that was Introduced. Just about an even 1900 years ago we had a people (whole world popu lation) that was bound down in mental slavery to superstition, laoi atry, misconception, etc.. etc. Their condition was kept that way by "the powers that were," which was prin cipally the priesthoods of various countries, temples, and what have you. who could exploit to their heart's content. One day a man came along and proclaimed a new plan. This plan was listened to by everyone ana analyzed. The priesthood found that the proposed plan was so revolution ary (It did not fit in with, their plans) that its effect would be to entirely overthrow their craft and that condition they absolutely could not stand for, so they declared that the plan was impractical. Impossible, fantastic. Utopian dream, ridiculous, etc., and also that Its sponsor was a wine-bibber, glutton, blasphemer, consorter with sinners, etc.; and then to get rid of him they hung him by nailing him to a cross until he was dead. But we find that the common peo ple followed him by the thousands. They listened to his plan and be lieved and accepted It. Now. Mr. Editor, after 1900 years have passed by, I will leave the answer entirely to you. Who were right, the priesthood or the com mon people of the time? Was the plan a failure as predicted? What has Its effect on the world been? What other plan would have sue' ceeded? Thank you, GEO. IVERSON. Medford, February 6. LONE PINE BOY BRUISED oy Everett Stanley, 13, of the Lone Pine district was struck by an auto mobile driven by E. J. Kellogg, route 4, while walking on the Lone Pine road yesterday afternoon, but es caped with minor bruises and abra sions. Kellogg reported to city police that he saw the boy in the road, and swerved to avoid hitting him. nearly upsetting his car In the ditch be side the road. The bumper of the car struck the boy on the leg, knock ing him down. Kellogg rushed Stanley to' a doc tor, who reported that there were no serious injuries. VERY BEST QUALITY DRY WOO! $2.06 per tier . 15-lmli Dry Body Fir In 4-tlrr Int.. Also I.aiirsl and oak Mont al riht rrlrM. Trr a load of our FIR HOOD you will llkr It. Royal Coal l lah's Purest Coal HOT nt ClT.AN The best t no extra cot to you. F. E. SAMSON C X PHONE 833. t.. i.'Va Flight o Time (Medford and Jackson County History from the files of the Mail Tribune of 20 and 10 Year Aro). TEN YEARS AGO TODAY February 6. 1925. (It was Friday.) Talent Irrigation district Is assured of plenty of water for coming seaaon What will the tourist say?" topio of Chamber of Commerce forum, at weekly meet. Nation waits with deep anxiety for word of fat of Floyd Collins, Ken tucky mountaineer imprisoned by a rock slide In a cave. Jack Dempsey. heavyweight cham pion, procures license to wed Es telle Taylor, film actress. George A. Hunt, manager of th Craterian theater, who broke his ankle New Year' day, is able to put on a shoe for the first time, and walk without a crutch. Wheat goes to $185 per bushel in hectic trading In Chicago pit. Unsettled weather with shower continues. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY February 6. 1915. (It was Saturday.) Postponement of Rogue River fish bill in legislature cauoes sportsmen to rejoice, a it means both will b killed. Potatoes take sham advanc on local market, and wood supplv in lo Hill Taxi company to lns-all dully service to Ashland. Associated Charities in need of $100 to carry on relief work here. Roundup of German spies In America started; sewing machine plant Is transformed Into munition factory overnight almost. "Tlllle's Blasted Romance" at the Page; "The Adventures of Elaine" at the Star; "Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine" at the It. Movement starts for appointment of police matron here. Medford resident mentioned a los ing $3000 In fake horse race at San Francisco, denies report, but admit loan of the sum to a friend. (Contlnueo f.om page one) lary committee stationery, on which he adds: "Louisiana office, 822 Per dldo street, New Orleans." In other words, the Huey Long branch of the senate judiciary committee at that address. One bill which no one need worry about any more Is that of Senator Norrls to abolish politics In the post office department. Few congressmen will dare oppose It openly, but they will kill It with silence. The new deal is whopping up pres sure on congress for the relief bill by saying February 10 Is the dead line when Mr. Hopkins' FERA money will run out. There are several ways he can get more money temporarily if he wants to. Supreme court experts say there Is nothing to prevent the court from handing down the gold decision un expectedly after the market close some day, although It never has been done before. The latest un trustworthy gossip is that the de elRinri will he 8 to 3 or 7 to 2 In favor of the government, with Jus tic Hughes writing the majority opinion and Vandevanter the minor ity. The reddest face in Washington Is that of the Republican senator who strolled Into the White House recep tion recently with hi hands absent mindedly behind him in the tails of his frock coat. He was drawn out of line by suspicious guards and frisked. " Varmint Bounties $3501 Last Ye ar Jackson county paid $3501.50 year for bounties on coyotes bob-cats according to the report the county clerk's office. The a.-vv was $1.60 more than appropriated bountle In the county budget. The report, indicates that r"v 1000 and 1200 varmints were rap Inated by hunters durir.g 1934, this section. last mi ni Fuel Oil Pump Service. Anv kind vou v We offer jon rh ,,i :r quirk ervlrc 229 n. rive:- ;: ; 1, 1 i ui i . 72:' 3"