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PAGE STX Medford Mail Tribune wwn in Southern Oreg RtUt Uu Mill TfibuM'' Daily Kicept Seturaay PublUhnl bt lltllKlUD PUINTINU CO. 15-SI-3U N M 8L RIlBEBI . buhl, Editor AO Independent Nenpsner Entered u lemral due ailter it Uedford. CrefDO, under Set ol lerco s, UT(. 8UB8CRIPTION BATES ftr Mill to Adience Pulj, one reir '?; rjellj, ell montoi Dellj. one norjtl! ." Bt Carrier In Adanr Sledtord. AloUnd, JsrksonrlUe, Central Point, Pboenlx. TiJeat. Cold Bill end on mhan, DillJ, one rear Dellr, li month Pilly, one month " All terme. cash In sdraoes. Offltlel neper or the CUr or Medlort Official piper of Jtcrjon County. klEMUER 0 THE ASSOCIATED PKES8 iimlrtnt full Leased Wire Serrtee Tfae Aisocleted I'rm li eielaslieli enUUtd u the uu for puliueatlon or ai. newi ouipti- eredltHl te It V otbersll. credited in tnle piper ind ilo to trie toril new puhllrhed herein. All right for publication of ipedll dlipalcrjee herein ire alfcc reeened. MKMKF.B (It UNITED PBESI IIEMHEH IIP AUDIT BUUEAO UP CIUCULATIONB Adterllilng Kepreeenlettie, M. C. MOIiENSEN COMPANT Otrieei In Set Yori. Chleuo, Detroit. randier. J Amelee Senile Pnrllend. MEMBER Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry Italy threatena a war In Ethiopia, probably to get the Ethiopian In the woodpile out by Chrlstmae. , eel Tha nation paid tribute) yesterday to the memory of the Immortal Abra ham Lincoln, who lived In a day and age when It was inougnt un poaalble to fool all. of the people all of the time aa now accomplished. "The cotton picker, a mechanical device now being perfected, may re place the mule, the negro and the plow." (Press Dlapatch) Just eome more of what cauaed all the current trouble. The legislature now contemplates a version of Ufa alter Death, by pro poning to continue after It get through. No wonder the Eastern Ore gon coyotea howl for the return of a Orant county aolon. Quite a few have viewed the col lapsed roof in the bualneae district. Including a number who thought they might identify it aa what fell on them the last time they ran for office. THIS NIFTY COMEBACK (Congressional Record) Mr. Oore: Mr. President, It may be like General Polk In the Civil war. who sent a report to Abra ham Lincoln on the eve of the second battle of Manassas, and he signed the report with the fa mous expression, "Hesdquartera In the saddle." He lost the bat tle. Lincoln said the reason why he loat It waa that he had his hendquarters where his hindquar ters ought to have been. A prospector heresbouts, according to most reliable authority, has wrest. ed 1 16,000 In gold from the Sis klyous. In less than six months. Re brought out enough nuggeta the first trip to re-decorate every watch chain In the county. Hla finding of the gold may bo declared unconstitu tional. le TJnnecded and nnprayed for rain continue. i The nuisance tsx on cigarettes wss qusshed at Salem before foes of the clgsrett could tnke another chew, and light their pipes "OFFERS 100 miZt, IF DEBATE POSTPONED." (Tifddlng (Calif.) Searchlight) It may be worth It. eei Dock Lage&on. the dentlit. Is com. Ing along fine following an opera tion on his nose, which still feels like a new set of fslse teeth, lie The Impudence of upstste Demo- crsts In attempting to dictate some of the appointive powers of the governor, which brought a prompt rebuke from the chief executive, comes under the head of "you're telling me." and Indicates the stste has any number of unofficial would be lleutensnt-governrrs. e e e "I'd Just as soon lesve the com- manrlments to the people si this Issue." Staples said. "It wouldn't be safe. If you submitted tht, constitu tion of the United States to a vote, they would vote It down" (Ore gonlan) Great lark of faith In the "mandates of the great grand Jury." High school (Undent In a Wash- Injtton school hsvn called a strike because the school board has no money to provide an auto bus. and they have to walk two miles to vnool. To hear the old folks tell it. they had to wslk that fsr to get a pall of water to wash their faces before they milked nine cow, ate t' eir breakfast, and then hiked four n.llcs to school, in knee deep snow '"1M"r" M'"r VIRGIN'S ISLAND. N. S. (UP) A nc;.r!y perfi-t f the Madon- na. with the Christ-Child In her arms, has been found etched on the face of a steep, barrea rock e of a steep, narrea rock here. TherinmM... nHl.. rock cannot be reached. The etching. believed made by Nature Itself. can be eeen only on clear days from a distant), Enforce the Traffic Laws! WITH the appalling increase anrl throughout the state, more drastic traffic laws. "WHY more drastic traffic laws. when we don't enforce those we now havel Far better to enforce the laws now on the statute books, before we merely clutter them up with more rules and regulations, ALSO to he disregarded. In Medford at the present time, prevailing traffic regulations are continually being violated. We have speed laws within the city limits; we have "stop" signs; we have rules of the road to observe, but at least 50 of the drivers pay no attention to them. A large percentage of those who THINK they are giving the right signals, are giving the wrong ones. The plain truth is most of them, have never taken the trouble to determine what the proper signals are. rfERE is only one way, as we see it, to improve conditions, that is to strictly enforce the present laws, and make an example of those who disregard them. We are convinced strict enforcement of the law against drunken driving is particularly needed, and the practice of allowing a change of plea from drunken to careless driving, when the former condition is a matter of common knowledge, should immediately be aban doned. For that matter it never should have been allowed. There is only one way to stop reckless and lawless driving, that is punish those who are guilty of it, precisely as the law provides. We realize the city can't afford to employ a large squad of traffic officers. But with those now available, backed up by the citizens committee which Mayor Porter will name, a deter mined drive against amateur "Barney Oldficlds" and persistent traffic violators, we are confident will bring immediate and gratifying results. And that is the only way to slop this increasing slaughter. Strict law enforcement, backed up by an awakened public opin ion, will do the trick and nQthing else will. Something Wrong, Somewhere IN Europe, dirigibles are standard equipment in fighting air fleets. They tnke part in air maneuvers, act as motor-ships for airplanes, and Germany even maintains a regular Zeppelin passenger service across the Atlantic. The same military practice is followed in this country. But whereas abroad dirigible disasters are extremely rare, In t'.i- United States navy, the development of this arm of the service, has been little more than a scries of disasters. That the wrecking of the Macon, south of San Francisco last night, resulted in the loss of only two lives,. reflects great credit upon the skillful handling ,of the craft, the discipline of the crew, and the admirable rescue work of the attending fleet. But the fortunate outcome of the suspicion there is something construction of American dirigibles or our methods of cruising operation. I e PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT announces he will oppose any ap propriation to replace the $1,000,000 Macon, but he is con vinced that in supplying an adequate air defense for this conn. try, the lighter-thnn-air craft, can This is a wise decision. Better divert our millions from ex pensive dirigibles, to airplanes, it can be definitely determined, tragically failed to make a success of lighter-than-air, constmic- tion and operation, Better no dirigibles at all, than but are merely death traps for WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO DROUGHT AREA WILL START SOON Officials Working for Distri bution at Normal Handl ing Charges by Mer chants Much Available WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (AP) Shipments of surplus soft white wheat from the Pacific northwest to mldwestern drought areas la sched uled to begin within 10 days under AAA auspices. Assured of a freight rate reduction of 35 per cent by western railroads, officials say they are now d eve Top ing a program to guarantee distribu tion of the wheat in drought -stricken .reas at normal handling by com tiiercial grain merchants and dealers, To compensate for the freight rate difference between the Pacific coast and the midwest and make the wheat avnllable at slightly less than the Chicago quoted price the AAA Vtll use rnrlllMes sea up under the North Pacific F.merpency Export association to partially finance shipments east ward. Approximately 8.000,000 bushels of grain In excess of normal Pacific coast , needs Is available for use In livestock I feed, officials estimate. Northwest j farm associations have estimated that as much aa 15.000.000 bushels must b shipped but administration leaders said today they considered this figure I much too htuh. Possibly not all of the 8.000.000 bushels will be moved They declined to estimate how much the government will have to spend out of Us processing tax funds to ship the wheat but said It would be "materially less" than the 16.440,- ooo used to export the 1933 surplus to the Orient. Ahnlit aa OOO OOO hii)iU rtt tl..t , crop Wti gnppei abroad last year undtr an export subsidy to farmers I ot .J3 WW bushl' l0 ron,rn. .... frt . Hiff.r-r,a htn ih. Vslfntlne dsnce rhur.dsy ninhl .it (the riks" temple, f.,r member and bouM (ueau. Oood muaia. MEDFORD MAIL in motor accidents, both locally there ii a renewed demand for the disaster, does not remove radically wrong, either in the not be entirclv disregarded. or even to federal relief until I WHY the United States has so dirigibles which cost millions those delegated to operate them. ARMY VS. NAVY IN L An American Iglon membership drive has been Inaugurated here for the Medford pot. with George Aver Ill heading the committee for the navy ide, and Edward Leach taking the head of the army forces. The Medford post has been divided Into two committees, and a hotly con tested race is expected. When the re suits of the drive are made known, the side with the most new members will be guests of the losing side at a dutch lunch. Commander I. K. Pov anticipates the acquisition of msny new members. It waa stated recently thst the membership dues of the Legion are to go towards the following pro gram: Increased direct relief of or phans and needy children of World War veterans. One-balf of the en tire Income from the Legion's 15,000.- 000 endowment fund allocated to child welfare, amounting to $92,300. win go for feeding and care of suf fering children Not one penny will be used for administration expenses. The American legion will assume all costs for salaries and overhead out of Its Income from membership dues. In addition to the 982.300 en dowment fund Income allocated to direct relief for 1034-35, the Forty and Eight, fun and honor society of the Legion will contribute up to IB. ooo for the same cause, as may be asked by the legton during the year. The honor organisation has allotted 13000 for the purpose, and icataclrsm that engulfed her Included the legion Auxiliary has allotted! the less of a fortune, divorce and a 10 000 for the welfare work During iPJ3-34. the thousand of tegion poM and Auxiliary units spent more than 1733. 7P0, in aiding approximately 3,130.06s children, rep resenting 65.074 families. No September Morns SALEM. Ore. (UP) aalem finds Clal scene a month ao. His rompar- ! climates the Norwegian percentage. ln objects of pity, depending upon Itself a veritable cesspool of sin andatle small office apace In Broa.l : for Instance, being three tlmea that a dole which cannot last. What then dlsorderllness. An eld blue lew pass-j,Irv indicated he was beginning of Hswsll. C. B Davenport has found.' Has the president (and the govern ed In 10. and still on the books. ,,,.., trom scratch The onlv throw- I In the Vnlted States, twins occur menu some logical plsn to offer makes It unlawful for anyone to go I back to his more opulent ciavs wss i once In each 93 births j whereby these millions will be put swimming In the cltv "without being the .r..ir..nt m m. . : to work on s eif.re.pe.-ting ha..i- clothed from the neck to the kneel.,ri In clothing that shall be thick enouh to eooceal hla parson." TRIBUNE, MEDFORU, Personal Health Service By William Signed letter! pertaining to personal health and hygiene not lo dlr case diagnosis or treatment will be self-addressed envelope la enclosed. Ink. Owing to the latge number of swered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions Address Dr. William Brady, 266 El Camlno. Beverly Bills, Cal. NOW YOU TELL ABOl'T VOIR BURSITIS For Nix month, writes f. J. M . I have been troubled with bursitis in my left shoulder and I am told Oh, come, now. 1 ifu about to feel all ktnda of sympathy for you, and you had to drag in M. Told. .Ben Told got In my hur long, long ago when X had hslr. His widowed sis ter. Mrs. aumaey la persona n o n grata here, tuo. And I have little time for M. Any body until It makes up It mind whether It la Ml lea or Mary. Go on with your story now. You meant to say The doctor told ma there Is noth ing I can do except apply heat, which t have done night and day, but all to no purpose, aa It seems to be growing worse and Is extending further down the arm. I had an x-ray taken Bo you took matters Into your own hands, did you? Doubtless you fe.t all along that you knew aa much as your "ordinary" doctor did anyway. How could a mere family doctor know anything, what with the woods so full of specialists who know every thing? How shrewd of you to sup away and have your x-ray picture taken by some x-ray quack, if the piker general practitioner had over looked something you wanted to find him out. Well, let's hear the de nouement. Don't ten me the x-ray showed that the cause of the pain was a supernumerary rib or an Im pacted third molar after all And it showed no calcification and the doctor said Hah, who let the doctor In? Or Is that Just your awe of machinery? However, It doesn't matter whether you refer to the physician or tho technician. The doctor said an operation wovild not be necessary and only time would cause it to go away as quickly as It came. True enough, time heala all things A lot of folk are cripples today be cause they depended on time to heil Just, such trouble as P. J. M. de scribes. In time, no doubt, the In flammation will have run Its course But meanwhile, what about the Ad hesions cruel old Nature is laying down in the process of repair and rebuilding, the lavish production of scar tissue, the permanent limitation of function of the shoulder Joint and NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyrc NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Peter Arno, deservedly or not, la the society scrib blers' top Romeo of the moment. Nearly every day he Is bracketed with a new Jullot flying across the continent to see one who la 111, In Row A. at an opening with an other or filling a liner's cabin with flowers for still another. The fact Is the tall, handsome cartoonist is an excellent peg up on which to hang such paragraphic romanticisms. Talented In music as well aa his sketching, he is constantly abreast the gay breakers of life, a pro totype of many novelists hero In a modern love story. Hla, choppy career, too, provides a flitting aura. A runaway from Vale who organized an orchestra to tom tom for OUda Gray In a night club, lean days in the Paris attics, his tem pestuous marriage to the brilliant Lois Long and a spectacular flyer Into theatrical producing. All this plus his ribald drawings which did so much to give The New Yorker a leg-up in formative Cays. Also that blacking brush metier that changed over night the long accepted formula for comic art. Too, with all his sophistication, he expresses shy ness. That perhaps la the catch 1 It waa a brand ot starr; -eyed wist ful ness that exhausted the dramatic critics recently in a personal hallelu jah, never before equaled for Ellsa beth Bergner. Imported pee -wee from Germany via London. There was not even a mild peep from a dissenter. It was the first time, too. In years such sn extravagant build-up did not col lapse with the first night perfor mance. Hers was the biggest Individ ual knockout of the season. He. play, terrible. Gloria Vanderbtlt, In opening gown shop, adds another headline name to those who have turned to trade. The !!. (ncivdea Coblna Wright. Marjorie Oel'lchs. Marian Cooley, Mrs Jack Stafford and a doren othera. Cobtna Wright has like ly endured the greatest budgeonin,;. And shown the greatest spunk. The series of operations. Yet she has won a place sinking on the radio and car ried on without whimpering. Non whimperers win all of us these days. There was a morsel for the feature writers, too. in the return of Charles r Mitchell, the banker, to the flnan I Tat acA-'Citj of pawn-ahopa in I OREGON. WEDNESDAY. Brady, M. O. (nattered by Dr. Brady If stamped Letters should be brier and written Is letters received only a few can be an the muscles and tendons and liga ments Involved? If heat gives any relief In lame shoulder, by all means use It freely. Having had aub-acromial bursitis I know my cuss words. X know a dally half hour of diathermy gives relief lasting many hours. Diathermy ap plied daily for two weeks often clears up the pain altogether. But more than that Is necessary to restore the shoulder to normal func tion. Every day following the dia thermy the shoulder must be pass ively manipulated by the physician or his trained pnysico-tnerapist, and thla will be somewhat painful, but it is Indispensable for preventing ad heslons and for restoring full normal use of the joint. Then the patient must carry on the work of rehabili tation by conscientious active exer cises, as the physician or physio therapist will instruct, although these active movements will hurt some too Calcification or no calcification, that la the way to deal with bursitis. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Dwindle, Dwindle. At our house Ol' Doo Brady has been the court of last resort In all health and medical matters for 15 yeara. My wife and I both follow your articles on reduction with great interest. We both need to lose quite a- bit. But we don't know Just how to go about It. D. B. H. Answer It Is as easy as rolling off a roof. Send a dime and stamped envelope bearing your address, for "New Design for Dwindling." Or If either of you la Yankee or Scotch, hang onto your dime and send Just the stamped addressed envelope for a letter giving Instructions for a re duction regimen. Meat Is Good Food. Wh&t Influence has meat eating un high blood pressure or hardening of the arteries? G. M. Answer The theory that meat et- lng had something to do with hard' enlng of the arteries and Bright's disease, has been discarded. With greater knowledge of nutrition, and from experiments on man. and from experience, we now know that meat has nothing to do with such disease or degeneration. Persons with ar teriosclerosis or chronic nephritis should have a fair amount of men, as a rule. They do better when meat Is part of their regular diet. (Copyright., 1935, John F. Dille Co.) Ed Note: Persons wishing to .omminlrnte with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to 'Dr. William Brady. M. D., 265 El Camlno, Beverly Hills. Cal. mid-town Is not another phase of the economic eclipse. There are as many na ever, but they have found more dignified sanctuary. Any number are now in large office buildings and In stead of the three familiar gold balls and blackened windows up here there la Just the usual frosted door marked Ians." The new locations brought customers who would not have visited the more conspicuous establishments. Most newspapermen have had copi- loua dealings with the pawn broker. 1 owned a watch that waa hung up with unfailing regularity every Mon day or I went lunch less. The value was paid out many times in interest. Indeed It got to be a dreary and sul len transaction the ticker on the counter and $4.75 out of the till with out a word between us. But my pawnshop name waa rather hot-cha, To Mr. Solomon'a clerk 1 was Rupert Q. Mortimer, a frivolous worldling who lived but for the moment. I've often wondered why I duded it up further with that Q. There was another sure fire port of call during the hard -up stretches. Louis Katz. sleek and bedlajnoned clerk at our theatrical hotel, was al ways, bless him, good for a fiver with out Interest. He was the first blood I ever saw with manicured nails. So magnificent waa their polish 1 stop ped biting mine. Probably the pile-up of years does it. Not so long ago I would dine out only where the light were brightest, the Jazr Jazziest. Now on such ex cursions I am in constant search for the half-lit places with a muted tempo. Everybody seems to be open ing a restaurant these days. If I get around to it, I'm going to have the enterprise so muffled that the noisi est feature will be our whispering waiters. I have an Idea Rudy Vallee would welcome a silent dining room now and then. TWINS BOB UP ONCE FOR EACH 93 BIRTHS PASADENA. Cal., Feb. IS ( AP) The question cf what causes twins. and why and how. Is undergoing In - tensive studv at the California Inst! - tute of Technolocv here A", told by Dr. A. A. Tyler, here are some of the thinirs blolont-ts and others hae learned about the oc- chance to cam an honest living. j currence of twins: t Gf course, the people who have Cider women are more like'.y to.Plfntv can't see the necessity: t.ey bear twins than younger women res-! don't need to. Man of them are son not exactly decided. j tw creecly to care if the other half: Hereditary characteristic, not blind j tarve or not. i chance, usually cause twins. The percentage of twins born In cold climates is much greater than the percentace of those born In warm Tor Hose that Wesr buy NOLPE eV HORST Ktheltryn 8 Hoffmann FEBRUARY 13, 1935 Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS A STRANGER walked into an au tomobile agency here in the Rogue River valley the other day, and looked over the cars on the floor. He wasn't annoylngly critical, and yet be wasn't too easy. Just an average customer, the salesman de cided. He finally picked out a car. "I'll take this one," he said. Flnel" the gratified salesman re spondedfor It had been an easy sale. "How do you want to make the paymenta?" Right now," the stranger respond ed, and he took a billfold from his pocket, extracted from It a 1 1000 bill and laid It on the counter. NO, he wasn't a big-time gangster, or a bank robber or a ktdnan- er. He was Just a common, ordinary ct(tzen, who knew what he wanted and had the monejr to pay for It. This dealer says he has made three all cash sales in the last month. NUSUAL? haven't been paying CASH for large purchases, such as automobiles, for a long time. As a matter of fact, a lot of people who could afford to DON'T. They figure it Is better to pay it as thoy earn it than to save It up and pay it all at once. -- ' rHB finance companies Invented a I smart line a few years back. "Many of our best customers," they told prospective buyers of au tomobiles In their advertising, "pre fer to pay out of earnings, rather than out of CAPITAL." That, you see, gives a distinctly businesslike flavor to the process of buying an automobile on installment payments makes us all feel that We are displaying smart Judgment when we buy a car on time payments In stead of waiting till we've saved the money and can pay for It all at once. In other words, it gives us a good excuse for doing something we WANT to do but know we can't really af ford. nrHIS Installment buying Is it m good or bad? The question is hard to answer. I Anyway, installment buying Is here to stay good or bad. Consumers find It enables them to get things their cash-paying grandfathers, and grandmothers couldn't possibly af ford, and business finds It one of the greatest devices ever Invented for increased volume. And the modern theory of busi ness, you know, Is that if you can Just get VOLUME enough it doesn't matter much whether jou make a profit or not. JUST the same, that automobile dealer was mighty glad to get all cash for his car, and here's of fering to bet, at heavy odds, that the customer will get a lot of satis faction, while driving his car, out of the knowledge that it is all paid for. and that he doesn't have to dread the coming of the first of the month. If business could all be done on cash, which, of course. It CAN'T. there would be a lot less worrying all around. 4 Communications Oh. Come! Be Fair! To the Editor: I am writing In behalf of the Townsend old age pension plan. In as far as I can see the president or no one else has made any logical explanation showing that this plan Is not practical. I am neither a lawyer nor ft states man, but I can plainly see where there must be a radical change some where and the Townsend plan seems to me to be a solution. The people that seem to be out of sympathy with this plan may be In telligent but I'm willing to bet that they've never seen or experienced actual poverty like some of us have in recent years: and. believe me. peo ple aren't going to stand poverty and hunger much longer. The money kings are acalnst the Townsend plan because this way they would surely lose control of the gov ernment. The government would no loneer need thlr monev because the. Townsend plan would pay Its own i nd. according to Blanton, have pass Wsv. i5 th word along to train their guns Some lawyers are acainst It because! there would be le- crime caused by the greed and graft that has swept ! allegedly made by Representative Mc over the land and thev could no!Groarty of California, who introduced 1 longer fill their pockets with unjust 1 earnings. There would be less crime because tne necessity to steal, to exist, would; M Rri "d prop.e migni oe given a -onamons trs ioma improve, per haps: people may not be actually starving, but th?y are certainly fast losing their sf -respect and beoom- ; again, cr m.i" e i irn io eo.vic. i vltm as a solution' 1 say iv u lUl Torien4 plan. I which we firmly believe to be a sane ! solution. j If this one does not come into f I feet, or one equally a drastic In its I effect, I shall surely become con ! vtneed that thla Is indeed a mighty ' unfair government of the money powers and not of the people, by the j people and for the people, as we have been taught, with respect, to be lieve from childhood. A. P. LEWIS, Medford, Ore., Route 4, Feb. 13. Ed. Note : President Roosevelt fa vors an old age pension which, with stste aid. will probably be higher than any other old age pension, good, get in touch with Dr. Town known to the civilized world. He send.- Another from San DieRO ob- recently asked, and undoubtedly will be given, the colossal sum of nearly $5,000,000,000 to provide greater so cial and economic security for the' unemployed and the distressed In this country. Since the first day of bis administration President Roose velt has been fighting the selfish big money Interests, until in high financial centers he la the most heartily hated president since the late T. R. HOW, under such circum stances, our correspondent or any one else can maintain that UNLESS the President endorses the Townsend plan, he stands convicted of being "unfair," a tool of the "money pow ers" and indifferent to the welfare and the problems of the people, is cer tainly very difficult to understand! NRA Code for Thieves? To the Editor: 1 It seems to me that the unthink-1 able hours that thieves of various' kinds must put In In the furtherance of their trade should be remedied. The national administration has put Into effect various codes that they feel will -benefit other lines of busi ness, both honest and otherwise, but so far they have utterly failed In taking care of that great organization of men and women that work after night. It la unthinkable that a man or woman must slip through the mud on a nice rainy night In order to get clothes for themselves and their loved ones. How much better it would be if the clothes could be procured from the kindy neighbors' clothes line on some bright and sunshiny afternoon when a better selection could be made. The stealer of clothes could in that case get clothing that would undoubtedly fit all the members of their families as well as their In laws. In closing I wish to say that I sin cerely hope that the shirts stolen from my houso last evening will fit the new owner as good as tailor- made ones that he will sleep well In the pyjamas: that the apron will keep the grease off his wife's silk dress, and that the hand-embroidered lunch cloth will keep the table top free from the soiling effects of the food placed thereon. Thanks a lot for the trou ble you took In re-hanging the shorts. If you return I will be anx lously awaiting your coming with the other half of the sleeping garments as well as a nice soft pick handle. I thank you. You cerainly know a good thing when you s;e It. Name on File, FLOOD OF LETTERS -r r- i , 7 r TOne Employed by COrreS - puiiucilld II l0 DldlllUII Political Graveyard Is Prophesied for Opposition By Herbert Plummer WASHINGTON (AP) A favorite topic of conversation among members of congress, especially in the house, when two or more get together Is to query each other as to the number of letters the morning's mall dumped on their desks concerning the Town send old age pension plan. Not in recent times has capltol hill been so deluged with such an ava lanche of correspondence on a pro posed piece of legislation aa In this instance. Aa many as six letters have been received by members of the house by the same Individual. . "I simply am receiving a deluge of these letters," one member complain ed recently. "Every day and in every mail from California, and more re cently from my own district, they have been coming In stacks." If It were mere volume perhaps members of congress wouldn't get so "het up" about the situation. They are accustomed to being flooded with letters when certain bills are up for consideration, but It's the tone now being employed by their correspon dents which Irks them. Blanton "Takes Floor" Thus far only the fiery Tom Blan ton of Texas, an avowed foe of the Townsend plan, has seen fit to avail himself of the right given members of the house tc? take the floor for one hour on a question of personal privilege and discuss the matter. The Texan, serving his 10th term in the house, apparently ha been getting a little more of it than some of his other colleague.' The Town eendltes sre aware of his opposition on him He read Into the record a statement 1 the Townsend plan in the house, in which he said: ' "Blanton might have a change of heart and of mir.d if made aware . mai r.e migni not swina any mo;r change than a jackrabblt to come j back to congress acamst the wishe. and will of his constmienta." j "l nkliM Cuts" This statement which Blanton; charged appeared in California caused to be let loose against him some very unkind cuts, politically. He could n t resist the opportunity of letting his colleagues in one some of them mucn to their amusement. He gave names and addresses. From Glendale. Calif., came the warning. "Unless you wake up you might aa well siart to write our politlcal obituary." A woman in Pasadena wrote him to say, "Any man against the Townsend plan Is no bet" ter than a bandit." One from Arcadia. Calif., brougnt eales of laughter: "For your own served. "It is you smart boys up there who sav It can't be done." There were more written in the same vein which tie read. It ww. the observation of Hocppel of Californis, a staunch supporter of the Towusend plan, however, which drew the biggest laugh. The California remarked that he had Just received a letter from one of Blanton'a constituents inquiring: "Hoeppel, tell us when we should put the steam on Blanton." Flight 'o Time (Medford and Jackson Count; History from the (lies of the Mall Tribune of 20 and III Venn Aeo). TWENTY YEARS AliO TODAY Febni.ir) 13, 1015 (It Was Friday) Eleventh annual Lincoln day ban- quet Is held at Medford Hotel with large attendance. Ex-service men nae charge and speed up the session. Ashland will Issue bonds to com plete Llthla hotel. Willow Springs district telephone lines suffer from high wind. Legion drum corps will make firft public appearance March 18, and will give a dance. Body of Floyd Collins. Kentucky guide, caught by cave slide, will be recovered tomorrow. Copco purchases a radio testing machine, to assist local radio fans In getting less static. The "Harmony Hounds' are or ganized, and will function at dances. TEN YEA MS AGO TODAY February 13. 1W5 (It Wss Saturday) War cost allies ten billion dollars last year. Human bones are uncovered by a plow on the Modoc orchard. West Jackson street residents re port an epidemic of stealing from back porches. Olant "Mikado" type of locomotive arrives at Ashland for use In Sickl yous. Republicans hold Lincoln dav ban quet at Hotel Medford. The features of the meeting were the "denuncia tion of the Democratic party, and the public return to the fold of a couple of Bull Moosers." Timber wolves raid the Willow Springe district and devour a hound dog known as "Bugle" belonging to Charles Pennington. , Ben Hur Lampman, editor of the 'Gold Hill News, glorifies the country 1 doctor in a prose poem entitled, "The ETHIOPIA, ITALY (Copyrlght. lnw, the Associated Press) ADDIS ABABA. Ethicpia, Feb. 13. The Ethiopian and Italian govern ments agreed today to establishment of ft neutral zone where hostMlti-.a recently have occurred and to ap point a boundary commission. The agreement was reached by rep resentatives of the two nations after several days of intensive drbates. First rports of the understanding said a commission to be appointed would Investigate the situation which has arisen between Ethiopia and Italy over the boundaries of this empire and the Italian colonies of Somallland and Eritrea and would attempt to end the boundarv dis pute. liLl FOR FAY VALLEE NEW YORK. Fob. 13 (APi Fay Webb Vnllpe tortny lost her attempt In supreme court to ohtnln a more feneroua slice of the Irtrome or her estranged husband, mid; Vallee. the crooner. Justice Salratcre Cotll'.ti ended the action by granting a motr.n to dis miss the esse which had brcn mde by counsel for Vallee. The Justice ruled that Mrs. Vallee had not proved her allegations that the .separation agreement with her husband had been made through coercion and under duress. The financial clause of the agree ment gives Mrs. Va'.lee 9 1 00 a wrefc maintenance mon.r. mm BIG PINES LBR. CO. Ml ll !( nuisr i
