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By Arthur Perry
The Portland citizen, Jailed but
once in 30 arrest for drunkenness,
over a two year period, did fairly
well. considering he had no auto
mobile, or "pull."
A million dollars really art as
the boy told his teacher, a
of a lot of money. (Baker Democrat-Herald).
For Sake'st
. j
Dock Lageaon, the dentist, Is con
valescing from some repairs to bis
nose, which also did not hurt a
bit. i
At a U. S. Senate committee hear
ing last weok, Prank H. Vanderltp,
New York banker, declared, "If there
Is anybody who really underatanda
money, I have never come across
him." It la quite evident Mr. Van-
dcrllp has done no loafing around
his own bank corner.
"Mrs. Dora Thomas Is at home,
as the result of a bad told."
(Yreka, Calif., Journal). Maybe, the
gossip flew.
New spring hats for the fair sex,
are on display, and one eye.
The government will check up on
all yachts on the Pacific coast.
It Is hoped no yachts, heretofore
listed and asscased aa ro wheats are
discovered. 1
California last year collected 53.-
BOO. 000 from Us Sales Tax. This la
an abominable tax, when It comes
to producing revenue, and the hand
some figure Justifies the horror and
hysteria of Oregon voters. In their
determination never to have any
truck with such a sensible and
successful measure.
VE (iOOn BUT IONORED. PRAYEK
(Congressional Record) O
The, Chsplatn. Rev. ZeBsrney
T. Phillips. D. D., offered the
fo) lowing prayer:
"Deliver us from all coldness of
heart, that we may look upon
our world with love-filled eyes;
silence our tongues to every
unkind word; open our ears to
the gentle stirrings of the voice
of Thy wisdom and make us
faithful stewards of the minis
try of government, that, seeking
first the kingdom of Cod and
Ills righteousness, all other
blelng may be added unto
us."
The Mayor of Klamath Falls lauds
the Governor, and declares "the
Big Interests are not dictating to
him." To this, It Is timely to add
that neither does the Mayor of
Klamath Falls.
NEWPORT, Ky.. Feb. 9 (API
Where there was one bump, there
will now be two dents. The mar
riage HcenM was issued 6a mil el Dent
and Marjorle Bump, both of Dele
ware. Ohio. (Presa Dispatch). May
they never be depressed.
An upstate editor has come to
the editorial conclusion that "the
chief source of our trouble, ai
people is due to chronic liars."
The scribe failed to go to the bot
Vm of his subject. He did not take
Into consideration, the chronic be
llexers of the chronic liars, without
whom the latter would soon cease.
There are a number of nsw auto
abroad on the highways, some paint
ed green enough to sstlsfy Owney
Tstton cn the 17th of March.
fUJlF. l. OR SWOON TEC'IIMfll K
(Romanes Mag.)
"One dsy I met him on the street
In Hollywood." he said. "He told
me he had gone to Santa Ana and
married another woman. My brain
whirled. I screamed and f4nted
When I came to he was holding
me. I totd him he had promised
to marry me. He said. "When a
man loves a woman he will tell
her anything. But I wouldn't marry
the best wrman on earth." I began
to s'-ieam s-nin and then he said
he " - onl rooimg and that he
ia'l married."
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February 12th, 1935
HOW REFRESHING it is, in uch times as these, to contem
plate the serenity, the wisdom and the true greatness of a
man like Abraham Lincoln.
In the midst of all the bitterness, dissension and uncertainty
of the present time, how reassuring to review the life of the
Great Emancipator, who guided
such courage and restrnint, through what was for him and for
bis countrymen, a far more critical period.
SO much has been said and written of Abraham Lincoln, that
in one sense there is nothing to add. And yet it may be
helpful, particularly under conditions which now prevail, to
again review his life and try to
characteristic, geems to set him
our other great national leaders.
....
THIS characteristic was to our mind his XULbKAsox., not
the tolerance that is sometimes the product of weakness and
indecision, but the tolerance that is born of a deep and penetrat
ing human understanding.
At every crisis of his career,
things. And because he saw to the heart of things, he never
failed to realize, that in every problem, there is the viewpoint of
"the other side."
....
AS a result of this quality, Lincoln was constantly subjected
to cross-fire from the extremists of both sides. The south
accused him of inciting the slaves to armed revolt against their
masters; his own radical supporters in the north accused him
of cowardice and pusillanimity,
for the dispossessed, in the slave
At practically every turn of
him. For as usual in times of great strain and stress, any policy
of fairness and moderation only enraged them. They had tasted
blood and wanted more. In the same way near the outbreak of
the war, Lincoln's plea for conciliation, was interpreted in the
south merely as a sign of fear and weakness, so to their hatred
of him, was added contempt.
Nevertheless Lincoln, calm and
tenor of his way, to the very end.
Imagine, if you can, any other
with victory certain, after tremendous losses in blood and trea
sure, officially giving voice to such sentiments as these:
"With malice toward none, with charity for all. with firmness
In the right, aa Qod glvea ua to see the right, let us atrlve on to
finish the work we are In, to bind up the natlon'a wounds, to
care for him who shall have borne the battle and for hie widow
and orphan, and to do all which may achieve Just and lasting
peace among ourselves and with all nations."
That message was not directed to the people of the north
alone, but to the people of the south also, to the men, women
and children of the ENTIRE nation.
Or when following the Emancipation Proclamation:
"In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the
-free. honorable alike In what we give and what we take away."
Compare such an attitude with that of another great leader
following the World war, Lloyd
campaign cry of "Hang the Kaiser!"
....
IN this country's history there have been greater warriors,
more skillful statesmen, more brilliant political leaders, but
to our mind, none who more truly deserved the title of true
"CHRISTIAN" than Abraham Lincoln. For when all is said
and done, wasn't it "Honest Abe's" tolerance, his humility, his
charity, his true love of his fellowman, regardless of color,
nationality or station, which placed him above all other great
national figures of modern times?
WE think so. And it is also
nreSPnt dflVR nf ntres. flnrl
biting, the principles that Lincoln
try sorely needs.
With our Townseml friends
one who dares disagree with them; with our Moleys and l'eglers
calling the Townsendites "nuts and fools"; with Huey Long
out to'soak the rich, and Wall Street out to "get" Huey Long;
with the bonus marchers demanding this, and the Sinclairites
demanding that; with everyone yelling "give me" and no one
considering WHO will have to give; . . .
....
WHAT could benefit the people of this country more than
a revival nf tha tnlirniA thnf T.mmii. nlt.-n.-e .j;t-.-.ln..A.l
ves and perhaps equally important, a revival of Lincoln's sense
of humor.
For Lincoln never lost that.
in parable of semi-comic form.
eases, a sense of humor is after
it is based upon a proper sense of proportion the ability to
see things in the right perspective and thus separate what is true
from what isn't.
Lincoln's tolerant spirit, Lincoln's horse sense, Lincoln's
sense of humor!. .lust a little of that, for just a little while
and how long would our petty troubles survive!
CHOSEN FOR QUIZ
N HANSEN DEATH
(Continued from Page One)
lice CUtom McCredle, louts Jen
nings. Robert Walker, a small boy;
Don Mlnear. David Hood, rhlllip
Whltlock. Mrs. Phillip Whltlock.
Huston Pitts. Roiene Pitts. Claire
Shoree. Mrs. C. J. Smith. Mrs. D.
W. Btone. R. K Rlans, erne Shangle.
Louis Clark. Fred Rich, James
Brown, Archie Anderson, Charles
Carlco, Elmer Hayes, and Ellen A.
Smith.
The Inquest will be held at the
Perl funeral honte, wtth Coroner
Prank A. Perl In charge.
The auto driven by Carroll, as
sertedty crashed Into the rear of the
Hansen auto while traveling at a
high rate of speed, resulting tn In
juries of varying riegTee to all the
(v"upanta of the Hansen car. Car
roll was also bsdly bribed and
cut.
the destinies of this nation with
determine what outstanding
apart from, and above, all of
Lincoln saw to the heart ot
when he favored compensation
holding south.
the road the extremists attacked
unafraid maintained the even
great leader in world history,
- George, with his resounding
our belief, that during these
fifrnin hiflorintr nnA Vianb.
stood for, art what this coun
demanding the scalps of every
Most of his wisdom was couched
And when one comes down to
all the essence of wisdom, for
RUES TOMORROW
William Spencer Sawyers patted
away at his home. 141 South Holly.
early February 10, after an Illness
from heart trouble. He was aced
"9. Mr. Sawyer was born at SoottA
burg. Ore.. April 0. 1855. the son
of Andrew and Frances McDowell
Sawyers, early pinneers who csme
to Oregon In IBM. settling at Svtta
burg. He spent witu ef his life on
the original af his parents
The family cs-jsv to Bedford six
years ago in June, 1930. He had
been a member . of the Methodist
church for the past 33 years
He leavM his wife, Hattle B Saw
yer, one son and two daughters.
William B. Sawyers, Medrord; Miss
Dennabelte Sawyers. Detroit. Mich .
and Mlu Arijvma Sawyers. Portland.
Ore.
Funeral services will be held at
the Perl funeral home. Wednesday
st 4 p. m Rev. Rstph Peterson
officiating Interment will take plae
at ftcotuburf. TtlUfaU7 at 3 p. m-
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and by glen not to dl
i-ate diagnosis or treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady If stamped
stir-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written la
Ink. Owing to the laige number of letters recelfed only few eaa be an
kwered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions
Address Dr. William Brady, 265 El Csmino, Beverly Hills, Cal.
THE YH ISH1TLDKS OF
The. fauces Is the narrow passage
from the mouth or oral cavity to the
throat or pharynx, between the base
of the tongue and the soft palate.
On both sides
the sot palate
extends down In
two curved folds
called pillars, one
in front, the
other behind
the tonsil. We
call m fauclal
tonsils to distin
guish these par
ticular tonsils
between the pil
lars from other
tonsils which are
provided here and there about the
premises as a, reserve the doctor may
fall back on when the fauclal tonsils
pay no dividends. There are the
pharynegal tonsil, commonly called
the adenoid, tho tn fact all tonsil
tissue, even If situated about the ori
fice of the appendix. Is adenoid or
lymphoid tissue, that Is, composed
ahlefly of small round cells like lym
phatic cells; the lingual tonsil, a bit
of the same adenoid tissue placed
just behind the root of the tongue;
and divers odds and ends of the same
tonsil tissue scattered here and there,
mainly in a kind of defensive ring
around the entrance of the digestive
and the respiratory tracts.
That Is no joke about the tonsil
tissue that surrounds the orifice or
entrance to the appendix. Indeed, It
is not uncommon to see a young per
son pass thru several successive at
tacks of tonal litis or quinsy and then
up and throw a surprise party In the
way of appendicitis all due to the
same strain of Streptococcus or Pneu
mococcus infection. The germ first
gnlns foothold In or about the ton
sil, in a locus or depot which re
mains smouldering after the acute
sore throat has passed, and eventu
ally, thanks to specific affinity for
adenoid or lymphoid tissue, on a lit
tle excursion thru the circulation
comes across a nice fresh pasture at
the base of the appendix and colon
izes there.
According to press item a London
doctor has Invented a tonsil brush
and advocates brushing the tonsils
onch night and morning as a health
habit. He maintains this will keep
the tonsils clean and prevent
Well, I suppose we are In for an
era of new slogans now, "A clean ton
sil never decays." "Brush your ton
sils twice a day;' see your layrnogollst
at least every fifty years."
Ten or fifteen years ago I suggest
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Feb. 12. A letter:
"Novelists and the movies would like
ly twist my New York career Into
the usual sob-sister finish a frail
form dredged out
of the dark wat
ers of the Hud
son. The fact is
I've flirted with
danger for three
years and am
going back home
a good-bad girl
"That is. I
learned to drink
and smoke and
become shock
proof wltllbut
lnd u 1 g t n g the
major vices. I
have about stiO over bus fare home.
I arrived here out of college full of
the usttnl hope, lived in a carefully
protected girls' club and write this
from a shabby room of the ques
tionable hotel. v
"I have my regrets but no alibis.
I am a product of the era. what your
Broadway would call 'a slick little
chlseler." I know how to get a first
class dinner and often a 10 bill In
exchange for nothing more than one
of those push-away kisses In a taxi
going home.
"What I . have lost In self respect.
I have gained In wordly knowledge
but that may yet give me a break.
I thought one of the finest fellows
In my town was a country town poke.
But after being pawed by the per
fumed New York breed, I think he's
an angel. And I'm wishing he ll ask
me again to marry."
Twilight brings wistful dreamers to
Central Park benches. They sit si
lently and seemingly lost In the 11'
limit able wonder of the open sky.
trees and entrancing skylines. If It
rains they bring umbrellas. Youth is
there as w-'l a middle age and some
times th rtv , old. Perhaps among
them Is Mvther O. Henry, a Dean
Cornwell or Eugene Walter. For they
were among the army of city bewil
dered who fled to the parks In form
ative days to map out thetr cam
paigns of conquest. And wont
Kathertne Brush ia another addi
tion to the distinguished list ot lit
terateurs w ho have add-d fame to
the old seaport town of Newburyport,
Mass. Her father was long head-master
of a private academy there. Ed
mund Pearson, of the New York Pub
lie Library, who turns out the au
thentic murder stories, is also from
the town. J. P- Marquand spent con
siderable of his boyhood there. Cath
erine Ttngley. the writer on theoso
phy, was long known by townsfolk
as "that woman."
The output of writers has always
Interested me for it so often appears
the frailest are the most prolific
There Is CH'tavus Roy Cohen down
In Birmingham, for instance. He be
Ktn ruing In 191.1. since then he
hss written and had published 1400
short stories, .is hook. motion pic
tures, a radio serle nd a comic:
Isu.p. Cohen goce to bis study at pit -
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THE FAIXAL TONSILS.
ed In this column Just such dally
cleaning of the tonsils as this Lon
don chappie has now espoused. I
went even further and proposed that
while you are at it you might at
tach an extension arm and kind of
special probang and give your stom
ach a good scrubbing out every morn
ing, thus beginning your day fresh
and clean' clear thru . . . but of
course In those days people did not
take my suggestion so seriously and
we never got anywhere with the Idea.
For the life of me X can't conceive
why any one should be content to
brush just his teeth and gums every
day, If he believes In such cleanli
ness; to be consistent he should In
clude the tonsils, esophagus, pylorus
and ampulla of Vater in hie routine
morning toilet. Then he'd have some
thing to talk about.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cancer In Home
Is cancer contagious thru kissing
on the Hps? If so, how counteract the
effects? (B. M. E.)
Answer No, cancer Is not com
municable. Compounding a Cheese Sandwich .
Our druggist refused to sell us cop
peras which we tried to get for dye
ing hair. He said It Is copper sul
phate you said It was Iron sulphate
and offered us Instead some Mad
ame . (B. R. D.)
Answer He could hand you a
package of Madame without
interrupting the compounding of the
cheese sandwich. Iron sulphate (fer
rous) is copperas. Copper sulphate Is
also known as blue vltrol and blue
stone, perhaps It Is Just aa well you
didn't get the copperas. It Is not very
satisfactory as a black hair dye (the
method Is to dip the hair In a quart
of tea in which a piece of iron sul
phate (copperas) the size of a chest
nut is dissolved). This is perfectly
safe, anyhow, and probably Madame
contains poisonous Ingredi-
ents.
Jazzing Vp Mother Nature
A physician here practices prema
ture induction of labor and claims
as his reasons easier delivery because
of the smaller child, and relief from
the strain of the last month of preg
nancy ... (P. P. F.)
Answer If you mean this Is a rou
tine practice, I think It Is unwar
ranted. In certain complications It
may be advisable.
(Copyright 1935, John F. Dllle Co.)
Ed Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Or.
William Brady, M. D., 265 El
Camlno. Beverly Hills, Cal.
clsely 8 a. m. every day and remains
there until l p. m. Nothing Jousts
him out of this routine. Off hours
he's a movie fan.
New York's worldliest block
mains that one on West 47th between
Broadway and Sixth avenue. Habi
tues call It Malaria Alley, likely be
cause of the drowsiness from dawn
until mid-day. It Is sardine -packed
with that curious, furtive humanity
that talks out of the side of the
moufh, the wise guys in on every
thing but have to scrape for the
morning sinker and Java. After mid
night the sidewalk Jostle has its quo
ta of ladles with ostrich plumed
mules an nutria coats over negligees
airing the canine favorite of such
areas the pink eyed white poodle,
The crepuscular hotel patrons have a
way of standing about the entrances
as long as possible as though dread
ing the exile of cheerless rooms. Bell
boys are on the go to quick lunches
for pitchers of beer, coffee and ham
burger. Now and then a gyp cab rolls
up with percentage and blotto fares.
Yet with all Its hard living. Malaria
Alley Is singularly free of crimes pas-
slonel. its. derelictions are chiefly
cheap amours, shady petty connlv
tngs and sundry trickeries of the
easy going grlfters the world over.
The tipster racing sheets have their
biggest circulation per capita there
which may explain a lot.
It was Malaria Alley that a writer
Charles Mac Arthur aa I recall
was asked to describe for a Holly
wood scenario. He wlrea this brief
phllllpic: "Nu.!e-Lewd-Rude-Stewed."
"One Eye" Connelly sends his biog
raphy, a pamphlet reprinting news
paper comments on his cheeky car
eer. His headquarters are now In
Dayton, O. At 60. hea still practicing
his dubious art and seeing the world.
One wonders If he's made any crash
ing plans about the final gate. That
ono Is reputedly not so easy.
(Copyright, 1935, McNaught Syndi
cate) Communications
"Call of the Undertaker"
To the Editor:
The New York Times editorlat in
Frldav'a Tribune ("Everybody Works
but Father") is an effort to make it
look like the Townsend plan was
anything but a benefit to old ace.
That kind of bunk might have fooled
the people a few years ago. but not
any more. People have awakened
from newspaper propacanria Influ
enced tit hne that spend much
more ('.--... "iaoo a month. That old
person ' . speak of having $47 left
at the eno of the month don't hae
to exert himself. He would probably
be able to take down the phone
and call up the furniture man and
order an easy chair, or the undertak
er and make a payment on funeral
expenses. Either one would be mill
ing to relieve him of his 147. Money
bags is a little late with his raving
W. A. THATCHER.
Ts'.ent. Feb. 13.
Dlctrrr Find I miMial Foll
CADIZ. O ;t'P An unusual speci
men of a prehistoric flower was found
hrre as a fossil In a piece of soap
s' CMir The flower, pefeot In shape
3''i petal. as discovered
j wotituura on a road Uroeaifat job.
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
UNCH of fellows gathered at
luncheon. Lot of Important
business to be transacted business
affecting materially the welfare of
the community. Every man present
giving up time from his own busi
ness; time that as a busy Individ
ual he can't afford to lose.
In other words, a typical gather-j
lng of typical Americans tha kind
of people that have made this coun
try what it Is.
THE first important business, the
occasion being luncheon. Is
eating, so the first problem Is what
to eat.
Up toward the top of the menu Is
a foreign word that none of the lin
guists present can translate at least
with any confidence. So, being typi
cal Americans, and therefore good
gamblers, most of them take a whirl
at it.
It turns out to be soupdarned
good soup.
THAT reminds somebody of a yarn.
It seems that a voumr fellow
from the sticks took his girl into
one of the ritzy restaurants in the
city, and when the waiter brought
the menu It was tn French. Not wish
ing to display ignorance, he pointed
to an item and said: "Bring me
that."
The waiter did so, and It was soup.
They ate the soup, and the young
fellow dropped down a little farther
and pointed to another Item. The
waiter brought it and It also was
soup of a different kind. They ate
that and pointed to a third item; and
again the waiter brought soup; still
of a different kind.
Wearying somewhat of soup, the
customer dropped pretty well down
into the body of the menu, where
the hearty viands OUGHT to be. and
again pointed to an Item and again
the waiter departed and returned.
This time he brought toothpicksl
THAT brought forth ajiother one.
A gentleman, entering a res
taurant tn Mexico had difficulty In
making the waiter understand "'that
he wanted steak and mushrooms. So,
resorting to the sign language, he
turned the menu over and drew on
the back of it what he fondly Imagin
ed to be a picture of a mushroom
and a cow.
The waiter brought him an um
brella and a ticket to the bull fight.
THE scene shift nearer home.
A Southern Oregonlan, re
turning from the city, noted down in
the Sacramento valley hugs flocks of
turkeys. "What do all these turkeys
live on," he asked.
"On grasshoppers," he was told.
"And what do the grasshoppers
live on?" he Inquired.
"Why," was the response, "they
live on the droppings from the tur
keys." There's perpetual motion for you.
THAT, of course, reminded some
body of the old one about the
cat and rat farm.
The cats, you will remember, fed
on the rats, and when they became
fat and sleek were killed, their pelts
sold to the fur manufacturers and
their carcasses fed to the rats.
The cats fed on the rats, the rats
fed on the cats, and the furs were
left as CLEAR FllOFTT.
MA
AY BE that's where the Townsend
planners got their Ideas.
The Townsend plan would take
half of all EVERYBODY earns for old
age pensions alone, not to mention
other taxes and the cost of living,
but when the fact is pointed out to
them the Townsend planners retort
that spending of the pension money
would create such vast prosperity
that nobody would miss the taxes
he would have to pay.
THESE typical American citizens
what a grand lot they really
are I
Their burdens may be heavy; they
may be worried as the very devil
over the way things are going; pay
ing the taxes to keep the politicians
going may keep their noses right
down to the grindstone; they may
not be able to f'gure out what the
future holds.
But they can get together, at
luncheons and elsewhere, and after
fortifying their spirits with the nec
essary amount of kidding and horse
play and rrn-sPlnning can get
down to business and work like the
dtckens for the good of the com
munity. You can't lick a breed like that!
Edilorial Comment
Mr. II it nn's old Strike.
Jud Hltson of Medford went in.o
the hills a few months ro three of
them, to be specific and when he
rime out he had some thin: ilk?
9 '. 7 .000 in ra w go id Even t ho iu -1
io'.d d:d not have the meaning it his
lor us. stir, should the virgin n-.eMl
jt'eariiln-T frojii Its mi'Th.er-qi:.-'r
m iw'.v.f -.1 xny o!.:ver P i
aca .you ui.ua a! U uat aii be
Story Starts Quiz
Tha Oklahoma state board of af
faire was Investigating charges of
George Matlage (above), former In
mate of the etate reformatory, that
guards handcuffed him to a cell
and broke his wrists by opening
doors, (Associated Prese Photo)
bought for gold, why then It taavs
on an almost mystic glamour, this
treasure that is hidden, as it has been
since the world was fashioned, in the
secret hills. Jud Hltson touched the
fringes of that secrecy. The hills
were good to him.
Oftentimes we think of the past,
the days of Bret Harte, aa the time ,
or romance, and the present weafai
the uninviting habiliments of the
humdrum. Sill, there la the exploit
of the lucky Mr. Hitson. and It Is
seen that the present is no less a time
of romance than were the early 50's.
This Is a region of romance, and
peculiarly so, because It possesses fao
many of the requisites. Long cen
turies from now other Jud Hltsons.
as you might call them, will be Issu
ing from the hills to sell the gold
they have found. One assumes, of
course, that gold will continue to be
the hunger of the race. It Is not
wholly pleasing to assume that it will
be so.
Surely, of all that read the story
about Jud Hltson and his gold, there
must have been a thousand or so who
would like to espouse the calling of
prospector. But it ia. Indeed, a work
to which many arc called though
from whose toil-worn ranks but few
are chosen. The last of the old pres
lctors of the days of '49 ued to
drift through the southern Oregon
hills only a handful of j'ears ag.
Their ancient eyes were dim with
time and distance. -They were in
credibly weather-beaten and way
worn. Most of them were veneraVi.e
with long white beards, tobacco-statn-ed.
A burro, the few simple tools of
the prospector, a blanket roll these
were all that the jealous years had
permitted them to retain They still
were looking for the big strike. But.
for opposed example, one family of
Eouthern Oregon hillmen. whose men
folk were professional pocket-hunters,
took fortune after fortune out of
the treasury of the mountains and
squandered It all.
Always, in such discussion, we in
voke the semi-humorous assertion, of
what origin one cannot say. "Thar's
gold In them thar hills." Yonder
they rise, rugged and forest-clnd.
serenely non-committal, and yet seera
lng somehow to promise. It Is all
true about the gold In the hills, ft
is there. But there can only be an
occasional Jud Hitson. Oregonian , .
(Contlnueo f.orr page one)
not mean they are bosom compan
tons. Rather it meant that after
bowling Mr. Green over with the
auto code action, Mr. Roosevelt was
merely helping to pick him up and
dust him off.
Another way to straighten out the
foreign trade trouble would be to
call an International trade and mone
tary conference, but that cannot be
done because our diplomats have
secretly sounded out the other na
Hons on It and found them not yet
ready lor it.
Secretary Perkins has now convlnc
ed labor leaders that the first she
knew of the auto code renewal was
when she heard of it at a White'
House reception that night. The
newspapers knew it before she did.
Senators who have flushed at the
tint of red In the AAA (Smith, Byrd.
etc.) may have apoplexy when they
find that the ousted Mr. Howe has
been replaced by Dr. Calvin Hoover
(Duke University). Dr. Hoover is not
what he sounds like, a combination
of Calvin Coolldee and Herbert Hoov-
er. but one of this country's fore
I most authorities on Russian eeonom
I Irs.
WASHINGTON. Feb 13 T Pres
ident Rooeevelt todLV submit tM to
centres an executive order modify
ing the economy regulations and re
storing to pension rolls veterans of
the Spantsh-Amer'.can war who n
'.isted after August 12. 1898. and who
served outside the continental United
States.
The new regulations eliminating
the reductions in penslorji alfec.s
about 5 5C0 casts
It refulted from ievommendat:nn.
made by the Veterans' bumu afr
an invent -.gat ;on ordered by the Presl-
Cm UaU rridase vat
Flight 0 Time
(Medford and Jackson County
Hlstorv from the Ml" of the
Mall Tribune of 20 and W Vear
Ao.
TWENTY VtAKS AGO TODAY
Kebruar? 12, 1923
(It Was Thursday
. . , .. f h .iflckson
Annual oaiiquci,
County Lincoln club to be he'.d to-
night. Nation pay muu
Em and pa tor."
rr-u. Dd. ,nrrr" at Main and
Riverside Is sub-divided, and building
will be erected as soon as pian ."
be made.
Conflicting reports rrlst relative
to the fate of Floyd Collins, impris
oned in Kentucky Cave.
Central Point plana to give away
lota to home builders.
Dan Watson defeats Chris Gotlieb
in city billiard championship tourney.
Fair weather, after two weeks of
showers and wind predicted for week
end.
Scarlet fever scare on Sardine creei
passes,
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
February 12, 1315
(It Was Friday)
Mollle Towne of Phoenix, only
woman representative in the legisla
ture wins a victory, when she speaks
In favor of a bill giving women teach
ers the same pay aa men, and It ia
carried.
Berlin hails retreat of Russian
horde on eastern front, as "great vic
tory." Formation of a baseball team at
Table Rock la labelled "the first sign
of spring in the valley."
A new pianola decorates the club
rooms of the "Sleepy 7th" through
the efforts of Carl Y. Tengwald.
Republicans roiled by editorial de
claring, "Lincoln more a democrat,
than a republican," and "the name of
Lincoln Is a sorry satire at a stand pat
banquet, for he was not a standpat
ter." Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hanby entertain
the teachers of Lincoln school at din
ner. 4
Ye Poet's Cornei
EVOLUTION
There is no Future nor any Past;
"All Is the Eternal Now."
What has been does not matter;
What shall be shall not be last.
'TIs by striving that we enter
And by holding fast the good,
And In serving one another
We attain to Brotherhood.
Think you that the First Great Cause,
In Its plan for beast and man,
In the scheme of Evolution
Has forgotten you or me?
There is a Law of Restitution
"Ye shall reap that which ye sow;'
"Tha Mills of the Gods grind fine.
Though they grind exceeding slow."
And this law should make you pon
der: It should give your Reason Pause,
For the First Great Cause Is Justice
And Eternal are Its laws.
One who said, "Be ye therefore per
- feet"
When He gave us that command..
Did not expect the Impossible
In Just one life's brief span.
He knew right well
There is many a hill
To be climbed from the "clod to
God."
You don't believe In Evolution,
Tho' before your very eye
The lowly worm takes wing
Of a gorgeous butterfly.
Eternal Justice does determine
Who wears the rags and who the er
mine. And 'tis for deeds you've done long
since
Which makes you beggar or a prince.
Now Is the time to change our birth
right. For we are stewards, one and all.
Of the talent that Is given,
Be It much or very small.
Weeds of passion, hatred, selfishness.
Pull them out by the roots, if you care
To ascend the Hill by the steeper way
To the Temple ot Peace do you dare.
If not. you are chained to the wheel
Of births and deaths, 'till you know
"The mills of the Gods crind fine.
Though they grind exceeding slow."
Dolores Rodriguez Sperling.
R. 1, Box 534. Feb. .8. 1935.
Fair I'laccs
We've had some fog, and much need
ed rain.
And we've heard the kickers howl
in vain:
Well, where would now the wild
kickers go?
Where windstorms rage and flood
waters flow?
Right here at home, we'll be safer
far,
Than if we go where the shakeups
are!
Right here's the spot, of our rolling
earth,
For life and health ar.d eternal
worth; .
Where the mountains glow, and val
leys shine.
And fair places wait for thee and
thine.
Banker Poet.
RelievesWorst Cough
In JigTimc
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mv f:x that r.r.uh o'. vo.irs
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two an hour apart wi'.l priu.ib'.v
It for irood and if von h.v
take n-.ore than half a bv.;
r.d of It. y.--u c:i have w.sr rr
ha 'k Jar:n;n Ttrr.e s "ire an
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jo a stcxaca.
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