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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
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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.
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