PAGE SIX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD, OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1935.
Medford Mail Tribune
"Eitivtni ill Southern Oftgta
Rtadt the Nail Ttlbune'
Dalit Kiecpt Saturdaf
Puhllirwd bj
alKHKOKIl I'KINTIMJ CO.
IS-SIMM N til 8L fboM 15
KUIit.Hl ft HLHL, Editor
Ad lndetoDt Nasapape
Entered a lecoorJ din natter it Medford.
OrtgoD. under Act of Martit 8, 1878.
hi iisi h:I'TION ratu
B Mill in Arii tne
Dally, urn ru .uu
Pallr. ill montbj Ma
Dalli. one month 60
Bv Carrier li. Adfanes Medford. Asblsod,
JartsonrlUi. Central Point, footoli. Talent, tfold
Hill end os U-lctmara.
Dailr. one ie IB. 00
Daily, li DODtht
Dallr. on month 60
Ail terms, cub lo sdtuc.
Official paper of the City of Medford.
Official paper of Jutaon Count.
ilEMBEi. OK TilE ASSOCIATED P11K88
ltr)lna Kull Leaied Wire Sen ice
Tbe Attorlated l'rei li eirliuliel entitled tu
the use for publication cf at; oewi dlipatcbes
credited to t, ; otherwise credited In this paper
tod also to tht local nei published herein.
All right for puhlicatloD of special dUpatebes
herein are tlu- reametj.
MKMHEB i)V UNITED CKE8B
MKMIIKH OK AIJDI1 HI) UK A U
UK CIHCUI-AT10N8
Adrer tiling KrpretenUtlita
M. C. MOl JENSEN A COMPANY
Offices lo Hvw York. Chieato. Detroit, las
(Tranclm li Anseles Seal tie Portland.
MEMBEK.
edi row
Ye Smudge Pot
tty Arthur Perry
Oet-Elected - Next-Time statesmen
and patriot have started malting
speeches favoring the moat popular,
'Oct-Rlch-Qulck" acheme.
The bomb sent to Huey Long from
Oregon was wrapped In a copy or
The Medford Mall Tribune. Can one
wonder that It was a dud? (Salem
Capital-Journal) If this. Is ft sam
ple, you don't blow up any too well,
yourself.
A group of small boys were caught
yesterday pinying baseball on a va
cant lot. with a busy street crowded
with auto traffic handy.
It now appears the oft-rejected
Bales Tax Is Oregon's best bet and
sole hope aa a revenue producer.
Many of Its opponents claim they
have no objection to the principle
or the Sales Tax, but object to the
methoda by which it, Is enforced.
Another group dislike the name.
B nips Tax. Nothing can be done
about those In the first classifica
tion. The second group Is not so
hopeless. They might be assuaged
If It was disguised as the Painless
Salvation and Utopia Act.
Helpy-Selfy service stations are
being operated In the east, to "de
termine their practicalness." The
average autolst can be depended
upon to serve himself efficiently
with oil and gasoline, but when H
comes to manipulating the cash
register la apt to be absent-minded,
or In ft great hurry.
The work of counting the farmers
Is now tinrierway, and is regarded by
many agriculturists as a waste of
time and money, and of less vslue
than a census of the number of
young men who came through a
fairly hard winter, without wearing
their hat.
The mob was so dense t hat in
ambulance was unable to reach the
scene. When police and race officials
tried to force the mob back, they
were cursed and asked, "Why should
you have all the fun?" (Chlco
(Calif,) Enterprise) The way of
humans. !
Badminton experts performed at
the ha. Tues. evng., before a large
crowd, the majority of which can
no longer cavort, aa of yore. M. ,
Mulrhead of the Tement Plant
Seashore railroad officiated from a
chair on a table, and H. Plewher.
the pieman and Public Speaking
Class member, made his maiden
speech in a manly manner. He kept
his eve upon your corr. and looked
daggers, and it couple of monkey -wrenched.
Badminton Is a game of
skill and science, and became a
craze here Just when It devotees
were getting ready to while away
the depression playing ehesa and
riding horseback. The experts were
aMtted In their efforts by Messra.
Cramer Deuel and E. Tumy. The tat
ter played a steady game, and owing
to a lark of wind, was so stesdy
after the game he was practically
motlnle?s. The youngest Deuel boy
did not show his age and cigarettes,
and when he discovered his oppo
nents, had no more arms and legs
than hlmvlf, did nobly.
HOItltOH OF HOARDING.
The vision of the poorhour Is
of course, depressing. On the other
hand. Is It no less depressing to see
people who have spent their lives
saving when their Increased earn
ing cspscity proves that they have
had no real necessity to save? Con
sider the numbers of persons wno
Jive it: d:s.-.-.M.r forego pleasures
stint on clothing and otherwise make
themselves, miserable for the sole end
of saving. Luxuries awume the na
ture of sin and even the govern
ment regards them with a dubious
eye (Exchange.)
Art he H rem mi M '!,
WATERVII.M.E. Me. (VP) Tho
82 years old. H-mmel A Dickinson U
still one of Watervilies most active
firemen. During r recent r.'M).000
fire In the omMiicsa district he Mil
ferrrt a nam) Injury, but soon va
back in harness.
How About Spending Less?
HOW to get the money t There arc about as many proposals
at Salem as there are men.
One group favors luxury taxes; another tobacco taxes; a
third boosting motor car licenses; a fourth, robbing the state
educational fund; a fifth increasing the liquor licenses, and
so on and so forth ad nauseam.
Not one of these supijcstioni will fill the bill. Those nut
coming under the head of nuisance taxes, will come under the
head of robbing Peter to pay Faul.
. ,
WHEN the legislature first convened, this column made the
prediction that the only SATISFACTORY solution of the
taxation prqblem, would be found in the adoption of a uniform
sales tax. The advantage of such a tax over the luxury and
nuisance taxes would be that the tax burden would be distribut
ed FAIRLY over the entire state, and not fall upon special
industries or special groups. Every individual in the state with
money to spend would have to pay something. The individual
payment would be in proportion to the individual's spending
power.
WE sec no reason to change this view. Under normal busi
ness conditions we would not favor a sales tax, but under
the abnormal conditions which still prevail we do favor it.
The only way to get money under such conditions is to go
where money IS, 'i.e. : take a percentage of the money that is
being spent.
However, as we see it, there is no more chance of getting a
sales tax through the present legislature than there is of getting
Jim Farley to endorse the Republican candidate for President
in lO'.iG. It would be nice for the Republicans but it just
can't be done. And judging the future by the past initiating
such a tax, would be equally futile.
Scores of states have adopted sales taxes and found them
their salvation during the depression, but the people of Oregon
arc determined, their state, is not to be one of them.
So what to dot
. .
WKLL the only answer is to do the best we can. And the
best, as wc see it, rests in cutting nil expenses to the bone,
dropping the idea of nuisance taxes along with a sales tax, and
then when expenditures become imperative, from the standpoint
of the public welfare, using the state credit to carry us through.
Not a very pleasant prospect. Hut. after all the state operat
ed under a deficit of $4,500,000, without slipping over the finan
cial precipice. According to our information such a program
as the above could bo carried out, with a maximum deficit of
less than HALF this amount.
The key stone of such a policy would be rigid economy
cutting all overhead to the lowest point consistent with efficient
operation. Fortunately we have in the governor's chair a man
who is determined to do that very thing.
BROKEN FOR PLEA
TO RESTORE GOLD
(Continued from page one)
His departure from his usual cus
tom came aa he returned with his
son, Allan, from a visit to New York. !
While he repeatedly disclaimed Im
plications, the titular chief of the
Republican party was nevertheieaa
greeted alt along his route by polltl-1
cat allies and former officials. !
All members of the court, he com
mented, "agreed the government
acted unconstitutionally In repudia-
tlon of the covenant on its own
bonds,' although a msjorlty held .
the private citizen "has no remedy." !
Must Pace Forward.
"That will have long moral conse
quences." he said, "but whatever the j
morals, right or wrong, of the de-1
valuation may be, the face of the
American people must be forward.
"The need and the opportunity
now la to restore confidence In the
dollar. All threat ... of further de
valuation should now be removed.
To do this and to give a needed
contribution to real recovery, the
dollar should Immediately be made
convertible at the present 69 cents
of gold, making It payable In gold
bullion."
Return to the gold standard, he:
said, would do more than any other
single action to put men to work
because "people are hesitant to In
vest their ssvlngs and take long term
risks because there Is uncertainty in
what value they will he repaid."
Would .Wold Deficits.
A convertible gold currency now.
he said, would help avoid "the other
wise Inevitable budget deficits." "im
poverishing taxation." and further
devaluation or Inflation.
Devaluation, he continued. . . .
effects every wage and salary earner.
Surely, a 00 per cent cost of living
Increase, already now In prospect,
should be enough without further
Increase beyond that level."
Inflation. Mr. Hoover said, may
give an "appearance of false pros
perity. . , . but there is no real re
covery on Inflation medicine"
Mr. Hoover continued his Journey
toward his Palo Alto home today
after stopping last night at Chandler,
Arm.
Insurance Company Pajs.
Hli expen-.es for the trip were psld
by a New York life Insurance com
pany to which he was Inducted a
a director upon the nomination of
Alfred R Smith, hi 1P28 rival for
the presidency. Both the expenses
and a M fee were psld In currency,
not In gold coin as wm formerly
the time-honored custom st di
rectors' meetings.
While in New York Mr. Hoover
sp-ke befote the Republican Lincoln
day dinner, referring to the neces
sity for upholding the constitution
In thts period of "grave difficulty
for all our people" In uhlch "fear
haa come to dominate the world."
"He (Lincoln) held the abiding
spiritual truth tnat all Individual
and national security must rest upon
the .rderl v pr vcwx of constitu
tions! self eminent," the former
president said.
(Continued from Page One)
he held such a conference with his
advisor, Prof. Raymond Moley, while
riding through the countryside.
Prof. Tugwell'a scientific report on
cotton substitutes haa been sent to
southern congressmen. It holds that
substitutes are not ft serious threat
because or their Inferior fibre, high
prices and small production.
It was Mayor LaOuardla who called
New Dealer McOrady up to aettle
the New York city elevator strike.
LaGusrdla Is constantly playing
closer and closer to the White House.
It may sound like sending coals
to Newcsstle. but the U. 8. la actu
ally exporting larger quantities of
cotton to India. Last week 14.00
bales went. Unfavorable weather has
hurt the Indian crop and India's
price is now 78 per cent of ours.
For once the supreme court co
operated with the press by announc
ing its gold decisions before reading
Its opinions. The presa galleries pre
sented a petition that this be done.
The result was the decision was
known sn hour before It ordinarily
would have been.
Suit of William C. Ltndssy. and
other residents of the Dead Indian
district against Jackson county for
collection of approximately MOO aa
sertedly due the plaintiffs for serv
ices In connection with the search
for the bodie of Edwin Brown and
wife, who perished In a oltrrard tlwt
roared over the Dead Indian section
three years ajro. is pending in clrcut
court and scheduled for early hear
In. Lindsay was a leader of the
search inx party. The bill waa dlsal
lowed by the county court.
The Browns were homesteaders In
the section. They left the home of
a neighbor In a storm Tor their on
cabin, a short d!tuice Away They
lost their way. and their bodies were
found by a wf the folio win:
spring,
Campbell Clothing
Quitting Business
Crowds are taking advantage of
i the Campbell Clothing company s
cloking out sale now In progress, ac
cording to Charles J. Campbell. The
well known men's store Is quitting
business and everything. Including
the futures will be sold as quickly
as possible. Stocks are fast becoming
! limited, and Mr. Campbell urges
: everyone Interested to hurry, as the
sale ill not Inst long rura sas
people have been employed to gif
( quick set vice.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letters pertaining to personal nealtn and hygiene not to die
iut dlugnosli or treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady If stamped
atlf-addressed envelope la enclosed. Letters should be brief and written Id
Ink. Owing to the large number ot letters received only a few can be an
kuered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions
Address Dr. William Brady, 265 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Cal,
KO
YOU STILL NLRSK
If one ha, chronic bronchitis,
what, asks an attorney, are the three
best treatmenta to the order of their
superiority?
Lawyerlike I
answer that a
good deal de
pends on the cir
cumstances. What
are the three
best answers, In
the order ol their
effectiveness, to
the vlllsge con
stable's I n q u try
as to the where
a b o u t s of the
fire? Hypotheti
cal, p e r h a p s,
but actually can you be certain that
$10 will appease the Injured dignity
of the corporate community?
Plrst, If the Inarvldual with chronic
bronchitis Is past 60. I suggest that
he take l-200th grain of glyceryl
trinitrate, formerly called nltro-gly-cerln,
every two or three houra
throughout the day for three months
or more. He should carry a small vlsl
of tablets with him and take them
by dissolving In the mouth, as those
subject to angina do.
Next. If there Is copious expecto
ration, and circumstances permit, a
sojourn In the southwest Is bene
ficial, summer or winter especially
In the winter. Ne time to stop here
to argue suffice that this move will
not enable one to escape being ex
posed to "cold."
Through the winter one with win
ter cough should endeavor to main
tain his store of vitamins at the
optimal level. I auggeat that he take
a daily capsule of hallver oil or. If
It Is not repugnant. & dally table
spoonful of plain cod liver oil. for
the A and D, and perhaps a dally
spoonful or two of mlnamln In to
mato Juice or other fruit Juice for
these and the other vitamins.
Wherever and whenever possible
chronic bronchitis sufferers should
tndulpe In sun baths: at least ex
pose themselves to sunlight as much
as possible. If the smoke-polluted air
deprives the community of the
health-giving benefit of sunlight,
then buy an ultraviolet lamp from
one of the manufacturers who robs
you of sunlight and hsve artificial
sunbaths at home, paying for the
current supplied by a corporation
that probably helps to cheat you
out of sunlight. The smoke-suppression
thing Is a good Joke on
the boob public, so Is the health
department which presumably en
forces smcke suppression. The health
department is turned over to the
politicians. Isn't it? Then cough,
fool, cough. Cough up to reward the
Interosta that keep you coughing.
One with chronic bronchitis whq
cannot conveniently spend the win
ters in the southwest can neverthe
less enjoy every advantage of the
Ideal winter climate at home, In my
opinion. The secret la to set the
household temperature at 84 to 68
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Enzo Fler
monte may return from Italy to find
picture scouts meeting him down the
bay with fat offers to be the new
"It" man. This
after r long stay
In Hollywood In
a receptive mood
but without
much studio en-
thuslasm. His
dramatic recon
dilation at sea
changed the out
look.
His rich, so
daily prominent
wife, the former
Mrs. Astor. in
her sub. rosa
coup aboard ship to win back the
straying pugilist convinces movie ex
ecutives Fiermonte may have the
stuff. That Is the pulse pumping
plt-a-pat that vanished when his fel
low Italian. Valentino, died. Always
they hunt another Valentino.
The build-up for Fiermonte fits a
favorite cinema word colossal. Fea-:
ture writers, describing him, ran the
alphabetical gamul from Apolloesque
to zippy, it has been learned, too.1
that during his honeymoon at Palm
Beach his bride packed him off ab
ruptly because of the collective ga
ga aa he strolled the beach.
During his stay In New York be
fore sailing he had begun to block
the sidewalk when he stepped from
an automobile. And at several first
nights diverted Interest from the
stage. Although slight In stature he
Is well moulded and his eyes reveal
that slumberous something. So he
may be the guy.
A reporter, by the way. came upon
another pugilist the other day in
Harlem who is not so fortunate as
Fiermonte. He Is 9am Lsngford, once
a black terror of the ring, now stone
blind and living on the scant charity
of the bars and lunch rooms. He
whipped i,ia fiiiters In his time. In
cluding Harry Wills and Joe Clans
The reporter called when he hesrd
langford was being evicted for rent
of a forlorn, cheerless back room. He
was without a single penny. Aliine
Staring Into his eternal night.
Nearly every bon vlvsnt from Paul
Morand to Nathan has chanted j
praises or Montea's. Yet It continues j
to resist entreaties to move out of a 1
slum neighborhood In tumbled Mul- I
berry street. There It opened and '
there its owner. Angelo Montea, de i
dares it will stay. An educated psl- ;
arc. he sa.. necr balks at distance
People are crossing the otvan con- ,
aiantly for the sols purpose of din- i
ifc.. ,
THAT WINTER COUGH?
degrees F., and keep plenty of water,
evaporating In the air throughout
the season of artificial heating.
When there is emphysema asso
ciated with the chronic bronchitis,
belly breathing exercise, and some
times an elastic binder or belt helpa
When there la bronchiectases postural
exercise or treatment helps.
Victims of winter cough should
wesr light weight wool or wool and
silk or wool and cotton under
clothing and stockings of similar
weight and raaterlsl. and put on or
leave off over-clothing to suit whims
or changes.
These patients always need an
iodln ration.
They should never cultivate cough
medicine. '
QUESTIONS ASP ANSWERS.
Iron In Soil.
If one puts some copperas in a
smsll garden for growing carroU.
celery, egg-plant, etc., wouldn't that
be a good way to get Iron In the
blood and sulphur for a healthy
skin? J. H. O.
Answer Copperas (Iron sulphate)
added to the soil would probably be
taken up by vegetables, but vege
tables and fruits furnish plenty of
Iron anyway for the needs of the
body. About sulphur. I don't know.
No harm to try the experiment.
Olive Oil.
What you think of olive oil for
dissolving gallstones? M. S.
Answer It la useless for the pur
pose. That Idea Is perhaps based on
a fraudulent "gallstone cure" which
v,B vtM.n Rnld to thousands of gul
lible customers. The dupe takea a
large dose of oil (olive on, cotton
seed oil, peanut oil or some other
vegetable oil. usually colored and
flavored to disguise It), and a short
time later a disguised Seldlltz pow
Th. niicail of the Seldlltz pow
der reacts with the oil In the Intes
tine to form a soapy aubalance.
which la later passed In lumps, and
the dupe Imagines these soapy lumps
are "gallstones." Any oil or fat.
taken In considerable quantity, ro-
,arB ,h. .mntvinB of the StOmSCh
contenta Into UuoOruum and so may
give some temporary relief to distress
from excessive acidity, on tne otner
hand, fats or oils physlologlcslly
stimulate contraction of the gall
bladder and so may Increase psln. If
there Is inflammation.
Lessen, Big Girl.
I have put on 20 pounds weight
in the past three years. I am still
on the safe side of 40, and Friend
Husband still swears . . . Mrs. H. O.
Answer Lessen, lsdy. and stop the
man swearing. Send 10 centa coin
and stamped self-addressed enve
lope for booklet "Design for Dwin
dling." (Copyright, 1035, John F. DUle Co.)
Ed Note: Person, wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
shojlil send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D., S85 El
Canilno. Beverly Hills, Col.
lng- Papa Monteft Is not so Interested
In the younger trade, and It rarely
crosses his ancient and hallowed
steps. He believes with Brillat-Sava-rln
that no man can become ft gour
met before 40. And that the most
Astute appraisers of expert cuisine
are 60 or better.
Too, there's that Armenian place.
Arakel's on a serene reach of lower
Lexington avenue. Just as it was 20
years ago when Flora Zabelle used to
drop In with fellow players for an af
ter theater bite. Once In awhile Judge
Seabury dines there. Also Konrad
Bercovlcl. Arakel's Is rarely crowded
and Its price list haa never changed.
A dollar entree would be unthink
able. Sometimes In a far corner a
group of withered old men with wide
eyes widened by the terror of many
massacres In their native land sit
puffing through a blubby narghile.
The place has the poetic leisure of
the fortunate restaurant that Is nev
er 'discovered." Not many are left.
Broadway Is wagging a dubious
head over the dizzy abrobatlcs of
Rae Dooley In a current revue. As an
antl-cllmsx of knock-out ajlez-oop
she becomes the comic top mounter
of a troup of Arabs, teetering so pre
cariously Insurance companies are
reported to have cancelled accident
policies. Broadway remembers the
fate of her three acrobatic brothers
Johhny, William and Gordon
each of whom was cut down In the
prime of life and within a year or
so of each other from, post-mortems
showed, taking such terrific falls.
Thingumabobs: Pola Negri haa be
come a sudden rage In Berlin . , .
Mrs. Damon Runyon Is now a licensed
avlatrlx . . . Helen Morgan likes a
dash of brandy In her morning cof
fee . Dean Carl Ackerman often
gets up m the night to cover big
news just for the fun of It . , . The
old fire engine horse Instinct , . .
BUI Comm. Boonvllls. Mo.'s pride,
hasn't yet "got shet" of his pocket
comb In the big city . . . Lucius
Beebe's latest shirt patterns are so
largely checked it may take two men
to wear them . . . Channing Pollock,
who used to be one. says a critic Is
a legless msn who teaches rxmning.
(Copyright. 1933. McNaught Syndi
cate) Use Mail rnoune want ads
Bid PINES LBR. CO.
MHilOKII
I'Hom: i
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
LET'S take another look at this tre
mendously Important gold deci
sion: It says, In effect, that In those
cases where the government of the
United States has agreed to pay Its
debt In gold it MUST pay them in
gold.
Then it turns around and says that
the government can't be sued to com
pel It to pay Its gold clause debts In
the New Deal paper money equivalent
of gold.
THAT Is to say. If you hold a 91,000
gold bond of the government of
the United States, you can't compel
the government to pay you 1690 New
Deal paper dollars for It.
'1 7ERY well ,,,-youmay 'say. "Sup
V pose I hold a (1,000 gold bond of
the United States, and under this de
cision demand payment of It IN
GOLD.
"What will happen?"
PRESUMABLY, this would happen:
The treasurer of the United
States, with one hand, acting under
the supreme court's gold clause deci
sion, would pay you your $1,000 In
gold: then, with the other hand, act
ing under the gold hoarding act, he
would TAKE AWAY your gold, paying
you 1000 paper dollars for It.
If this assumption la correct, you
would come out of the deal with 1000
New Deal paper dollars In payment
for your 91,000 bond.
WITH regard to private, state and
municipal gold clause bonds, the
court rules that they do not HAVE
to be paid In gold.
The cltuatlon, you see, la this:
The government HAS THE GOLD
all the gold there Is, as ft matter of
fact and so CAN pay in gold. Pri
vate individualsIncluding corpora
tions states and municipalities have
no gold and can't get any, and so
CANT pay In gold.
THE decision "wasdTvlded five Jus
tices for It and four against.
Justice McReynolds, delivering the
minority, or dissenting, opinion, said:
"The Constitution la gone.'
I ET'S see about that.
Payment In gold except for tl
government, which has ftll the gold
is a physical Impossibility. You can't
pay with what ISN'T.
And failure to pay would, have
meant DEFAULT.
PAYMENT of gold clause debt with
the EQUIVALENT of gold that
la to say, with New Deal paper dollars
at 35 to the ounce Instead of 20.67
to the ounce would have meant that
for every 1 .of gold debt, (1.60 In
paper dollars would have to be paid
back.
Because of the vastness of the su -s
Involved, that would have meant
bankruptcy, foreclosure and chaos.
The purpose of constitutions Is to
PROTECT not to destroy.
TpHIS unimportant writer, speaking
M, strictly as an Individual and ex
pressing a purely personal opinion,
hasn't much use for rubber dollars
and believes that In the long run we
would have been much better off If
we had held to a dollar whose value
we can rely on.
But the point Is that we HAVE
rubber doltars now, and our whole
structure of business values has been
adapted to them. To have to go back
SUDDENLY to the basis of the old
dollar would be a shock that busi
ness none too robust, anyway
might not have been able to survive.
To this writer, It seems that the
supreme court, in Its momentous
gold clause decision, held to the rule
of reason and did about the best
that could be done under the circum
stances. Communications
The Answer Is "Yes."
To the Editor:
I see an article by Mr. Jenkins
wherein he takes a crack at the old
age pension. One would conclude
from his theory that this economic
Straight whiskey at
a popular price? Ttes
tut that's only half the story !
Crab Orchard had to be more than low
priced lo bome America! fastest-selling
straight whiskey.
It bad to be good a well.
Try it and taste for Yourself.
dab Otckad
AMfRICA'S fAJTIST-SIUINO STftAtOHT WHISKIT
TBI A MM I C A.N UfDIU.NAL PIHm COR PO RATIO. UirlU. It B1Umto, M.
mi IMAIXM
mess we are In la due to the fact
that we haven't produced enough
wealth to consume and enjoy be
cause we haven't worked enough.
Well, that puta me all up in the
air. Our great leaders of govern
ment have, for the past two years,
been paying out millions of dollars
to the' workers and producers to get
them to stop producing so much.
They tell us that the reason we
haven't the wealth to consume Is be.
cause we have produced too much.
bo how am I ever going to get this
straight. I thought for awhile that
our trouble was due to ft lack of
currency being current or moving-.
But Z see where some of our greatest
men claim no one understands cur
rency (they do know how to get it l
and another said the depression
was over, only we haven't sense
enough to know It, or words to that
effect. I wish some one would tell
me Just what to do. Should one
work or not?
BEN BROWN.
Medford, February 21.
He Likes the Sales Tax
To the Editor:
After considering all the discussion
regarding the Townsend old-age pen
sion plan we can see but one logical
reason why It will not do all that Is
claimed for It. It Is our Humble opin
ion that all reform measures will
meet with failure as long as we fall
to comply with scientific laws.
What the Savior said about put
ting a new patch on an old garment
most truthfully applies to reforms
which seek to bolster up our worn
out economic system. A vast majority
of the people do not believe this fact.
Neither do they realize that It is an
Impossibility to convince the human
mind of the truth or fallacy of any
theory, doctrine or principle until
It has been demonstrated by trial.
Frequently It Is necessary to resort
to many tests before the truth can
be arrived at. Such has been the case
In our mechanical development.
This afore mentioned profit sys
tem Is a veritable leach. After this
parasite had sapped up our life-blood
the "new deal" gave us a blood trans
fusion to the tune of several billion
dollare. By the way this Is some dif
ferent from the usual field In that
we have agreed to give back this
blood, sometimes called "spandu
llcks." Aside from being obliged to
return this life-giving substance as
soon as the patient gets out of bed
we must 'also dig up an additional
amount called Interest. I leave the
result of such unethical medical
practice to your Imagination.
The same thing in a larger degree
would go on under the Townsend
plan. We think the transfusion would
have to be repeated periodically.
From whence will it come? From an
other bond issue? From a 100 per
cent Income tax on the molllonalres
that are bound to result from the in
creased business? That would spoil all
the fun, destroy the Incentive of the
smart boys, and that would dissolve
the bony frame work of the profit
system.
I like the sales taxi We could con
tlnually Increase the rate ou the
blood remaining In our circulation,
but every time it goes around there
will be less. When the hackamore
hurts bad enough, tho, we can turn,
Let's try the T. O. P. plan once for
the benefit of the Mlssourlans who
must be shown, as well as for the
sake of a class of fo'k kicked out of
industry at 40 who are as deserving
as the CCC boys, as near human as
a bunch of homeless dogs and cats,
and as good fighters as retired army
officers.
Trylngly yours,
BERT HARR.
Jacksonville. Feb. 20.
APPLEGATE DITCH RIGHT
AIRED IN CIRCUIT COURT
A civil suit Involving water rights
in an Applegate irrigation ditch with
Fred Lichens as plaintiff and W. M
Carl as defendants, la underway In
circuit court before Judge H. D. Nor
ton. The Involved water right la lo
cated in the Lower Applegate dis
trlct and Involves half a share In
ditch, and a small amount of watct
flow.
Supporting Roosevelt's Plan
The other day
We made a loan
For conversion
Modernizing On South Central.
The Carpenter.
The Plumberman,
Paperhanger,
Electrician,
Hot Waterman
Or Steamfltter
The Palnterman,
Decorator,
And some others.
Will be employed
Several weeks
In This Oood Work.
Local Dealers furnish materials.
FARMERS . Ki m.KOWKKS
BANK
(Community builders Deposits
Insured I
P. S Keep your money
In local banks
That they may keep
Money Moving.
I'ROTH.TJt TOt
Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson Count
History from the flies of (he
Mall Tribune of 30 and lu Year
Agin.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
February 21, 1925
(It was Saturday I
Merchants are requested to fly their
flas on Washington's birthday to-
morrow.
Paved highway between Medford
and Jacksonville Is officially named
the Jacksonville highway.
Charge made tha "Medford con
tains several glided palaces of sin."
causes "Seeker Aftor Knowledge" ta
write editor, "to convey my willing
ness to be shown at any hour of
day or night."
Al Smith. New York political leader.
declares In speech. "There Is no law
that will line a man's pockets with
rtold, at the expense of the other
fellow. There is more faith in 'get
ting something for nothing,' than In
God."
Boston scientists discover cure for
acute alcoholism.
Cafeteria announce formal open
ing. Medford defeats Ashland in second
game of series. 39 to 24. Knlps and
Chastain played brilliantly, "shooting
from all points of the floor, when
they felt like it." Locals "set a ter
rific pace throughout, and Ashland
tired before the end of the first
quarter."
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
February 21, 1015
(It was S.mday)
E. J. Kaiser of Ashland, Js named
postmaster of that city.
Sportsmen aroused by state law
that prohibits killing quail, at any
For the first time In sixty-nine
years February will be without a full
moon. February is the only month
In which such a phenomenon ever
can happen, and the last moonless
February was in 1846.
Espoe to have Crater Lake exhibit
at San Francisco's world's fair.
More ships fyink by submarines and
mines in North Sea. as German block
ade of England continues. Russlm
army finally stops retrentlng, whea
own soil reached.
To Reduce Blnu-Ont Hazards.
AKRON. O UP) Serious dangers,
arising from tire blow-outs are ex
pected to be eliminated through ft
development soon to be announced
by Goodyear Tire and Rubber com
pany officials, they have announced.
WHEN QUIVERING
NERVES
WON'T LET YOU
SLEEP
Doesn't the night seem an eter
nity? You toss and turn try to
find a cool
spot on the
pillow hear
theclockstrike
downstairs;
Today's ex
citement and
tomorrow's
worry are beat
ine through
Mrs. Batcheldcr
your brain. You count sheep
frantically but outraged nerves
refuse to relax.
Take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound regularly for a
while. It quiets quivering nerve
induces restful sleep makes life
little easier.
('It Seemed As If Morning
Would Never Come"
says Mrs. Emma G. Batchclder of
32 Heard St.. Chelsea, Massachu
setts. "I was so nervous 1 could not
get to sleep. My husband works
hard at engineering and needs his
sleep but 1 kept him awake too. I
heard about tne Vegetable Com
pound and tried it. Now 1 sleep bet
ter than I ever have and I feel fine."
Get a bottle from your druggist
fVOIT. Results will please you.
... all the benefits of a
country estate in town.
Tyn., rtj.ng. jolf, daC-$. Cu ft
fi'Sn to ",' iowi tc E
cr t-f net! i at moderate 'am.V
Pxn Largs outvdt reoi tH
bath $2 00 and 12 50 Ideal loca
tion e'iooairg Go'de Gate,
e-Ttit to all 6a, ott W-itt
Toda h' eec-Tt' beoa'et