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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAT 8. 1935.
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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur I'frry
THAR'ft DIMES IS THEM THAK
LETTKM.
The Chain-Utter short cut to a
lalnbow In every back yard, la now
weeping the city like wildfire, only
wildfire would be arrested for going
too alow and Impeding proeperity.
jw people never had the flu. Fewer
than that have not written a chain
letter, and dug up a dime and a 3c
tamp aomehow. the last week. 35c
and a little faith U all that la re
quired to land In the suburbs of
a financial Heaven. All the old
fashioned methods of gettlng-rlch
quick are like unto laat year's bird
nest. The moths are nesting in the
slot machines, with a fe old die
hards playing poker, pinochle and
bridge. There hss not been so much
excitement about anything since the
home-grown revolution. To msny the
postofflce looks like a mint.
A stranger waa Impounded yester
day for too much mental enthusiasm
over chain letters. He regarded them
sa a menace to the U. B. monetary
system, and had a cure, which he
revealed as follows:
"The way to stop this chain-letter
monkey business, la to tear them
up aa fast aa you get them, and
keep the dime."
He la crazy. It la said.
The Chain-Letter plan Is simple,
with the noble purpose of restoring
economic stability, neighbor). ntfl.
and happier days. The victim malls
five letters, and a dime to the party
whose name lends all the rest. Lot
and this happens, the letter slates:
"In turn, as your name leaves tin
top, you will receive 15,835 letters
au.ounting to aiftOS.SO. is THIS
WORTH A DIME?"
In response to the query, It moat
certainly Is. There are conservative
bankers who will Hive HACK) for
166360 any day. On top of that,
when the deal la completed, they
will come out of the state saloon,
with something under their coat for
the party of the first part. It la dif
ficult to get around that kind oi
logic.
The Inventor Is offered a 10c. a
35c, a 50c. and a 1 chain letter.
In the lower a mounts, the writer
undergoes a beautiful renewal of
faith In human nature, with the
slogan, "In God We Trust." The ll
variety subscribers feel there Is some
frailty left In the human soul, snd
exprcsaes It In a bailie cry, sa fol
lows :
"IN OOD WE TRUST . . . BUI
NOT EACH OTHER."
The tra nsac lion is co ndu oted o r.
a strictly business hi is, and no
chances are taken on anybody for
getting to null the letter. This cyni
cal view of a brother's honesty, is
nH carried to the point of assaying
the dollar wnh the teeth, to aee
It u lead. Thai would indicate
lack of faith, and netghborllnes
nvvt a-r.noyn.g. and break the chain
Experts lift the enthusiasm for
the chain-letters, as Symptomatic
of the Depression." It had to
blamed on something. It could not
be attributed to the Ingrained Hu
man trick of taking money away
from each other. That neither sounds
plcusant. nor looks rosy. It Is re
painted version ot a person hoisting
himself over s rence, by his boot
straps. If vou don't wear boots, snap
your suspenders and soar that ways'
Jn any event. Its fine if it works,
snd if it don't what of It.
PS: While waiting for the type
writer to cool off, before writing
more chain iftters. try reading. "U
Money" In this week s issue of tne
SstEvePost.
Hop Growers For
Market Agreement
SALEM, May 8 up More thab
300 hop-irowera met here last night
to discuss the hop marketing agree
ment as tentatively approved dy t:.
department of agriculture, but only
50 cast their ballots on the re
mei.t, while the remainder weu
home to "think it over."
Unofficial reports Indicated thoav
balloting last n!rht were unanimous
ly in favor of the a-crmr-nt.
.
Lift miiu Ai',.t 8:i pr.itH, I'liu
361, Medford Oyc.ery, a N. fu.
A Cheering Sign
CAN it be that pounding the table and yelling "down with
the power trust", is slipping aa a sure-fire vote getter in
this state!
The result of the election in Klamath Falls yesterday would
indicate it.
Mayor Mahoney whose meteoric rise to political power in this
state was largely due to his clever capitalization of popular feel
ing against the light and power companies, relied upon this
familiar demagogic appeal to put over his proposed million
dollar bond issue for a new municipal water system, the pres
ent one -being owned by the California-Oregon Power company.
The two Klamath papers who dared to oppose the mayor's
proposal, were the mayor declaimed, owned body and soul, by
the iniquitous Copco, and in their opposition were merely echo
ing their master's voice.
O 0
INSTEAD of ignoring this time honored wheeze, which had
been his policy in the past, Frank Jenkins, publisher of the
Klamath papers in a front page editorial struck back at His
Honor, with both barrels, and bluntly told him "to put up or
shut up."
Posting $500 in cash, as a forfeit, the Klamath editor agreed
to devote this sum, either to charity or to the mayor, if the latter
would present one scintilla of evidence to support his false and
libellous accusation.
Needlesa to say the mayor presented no such evidence. He
didn't put up and for the nonce (marvel of marvels!) he had to
shut up. His time honored power trust bluff had been called.
JUST how much this journalistic coup d'etat, just before the
election, had to do with the result, we don't know, but we
surmise a great deal. At any rate a week before election, even
the mayor's opponents predicted he would win this time, as he
always had before; but when the votes were counted, he lost out.
over two to one I
WHICH is all to the good. Not that the Mail Tribune is in
any position to judge, whether the voting of a new million
dollar water system for Klamath Falls would have been a good
or a bad thing. Medford has such a system, it has been an out
standing success in every way,
city wouldn't give it up for many times a million dollars.
Tlint isn't the point. It is up to the people of Klamath Falls,
not the people (or the newspapers) of this city to decide what
is, or isn't best, for the city on the lake, at the present time.
BUT the defeat of this old "army game" of hoodwinking and
nrnlftifinw tli vntpro Kv rlncMllff thfl hflni70e on tlio nflir.r
trust bugaboo, whenever this
into office, or put over some
and wholesome thing.
Once convince the politicians,
done along this line, that the people after all, can no longer be
herded hither and yon like a band of bewildered sheep, merely
by raising the cry of "power trust wolf", and a great advance
toward political snnity and common sense in this state will have
been made.
Lynching Is Uphe Ml
K N astounding thing happened in congress recently, which
has not received the attention it deserves.
A measure proposing a federal statute against lynching was
defeated by a filibuster, engineered largely by senators from
below the Mason and Dixon line.
The bill was endorsed by the administration. There was
nothing in any sense unusual or radical about it. It merely fol
lowed the line of the federal law against kidnaping, allowing the
government to get after lynchers, when for any reason, the state
refused to do so.
Moreover the measure was so sane, and would so appeal to
the sense of what is right and decent in this country of ours,
that had it ever come to a vote its pns.vae would have been
certain. Few senators even frora the south, could have publicly
justified their opposition.
DUT, so strong is race feeling
inbred and ingrained is the
only be held in proper subjection by terrorism and fear, that
the bill was not only talked to deatli, but senators who endorsed
the measure in principle, acquiesced meekly in thin proceeding.
ASTOUNDING isn't it J
Astounding, that in any country in this day and age, or in
any section of it; in any country calling itself civilized there
could be any substantial sentiment upholding lawlessness, not
only lawlessness but cruelty, barbarism and torture, in any
way, shape or form.
For that is what lynching is .is everyon knows.
Wo fear it clearly demonstrates something is radically wrong
s r:i" here.
o
And it also demonstrates the filil'ister should be removied
from the proceedure of the congress, as a weapon of reaction
and obstrrction. andibsolutely contrary to all principles of a
free democratic government.'
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EXPECTED SOON
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days allowTd by the constitution for
action on the bill.
In view of the White House reac
tion. Senator Thomas (I) . Ok. a 1 en
tered a motion as soon as the ena'.e
convened to ret-on! der the vote by
a'hlrh the Pat man bill was pn.wd in
order that it could not be ?nt to the
WhlU House today and returned im
mediately with a veto.
Thomas explained to nepApc-r.
men his motion would hold up action
on the mil He Mid several support
pm of th Pitman mrAAiire n iMt.i
side of the ctpiin! ere o i' of t:i
city, including the nou.e author
ami we know the people of this
politician or that, wishes to get
pet scheme, is a very salutary
there is a limit to what can be
and hatred in
sentiment, that t
the south, so
the negro can
Ksprejentatlve Pa tin an (D., Texas.)
"We are golrm to keep it tied ur
until we are ready for the next step "
he said.
While he did not say so. other sen
ators believed his move was destined
to ftlve the Patman bill supports
time to work for the extra rotes that
would be needed to paw the bill ovrr
a veto.
Asked about the prospect for the
bill in view of the veto. Thorns said:
"There will be a determined effo-t
to paajt the bill over a reto. If one Is
forthcoming- Whether tt can be dorw
remains to be seen."
Administration leaders confidently
reiterated that the senate would sua
stain a veto on the bill.
Thomas Indicated that when he
and the supporter of the Patman bill
were ready to go ahead, he wouli
wlthdmw his motion to reconsider
nd let the bill go to the White
House.
Home pur trai ts of f a m 1 ly grou p
and children at Special Price
hanl biudlo Ptftnt ISO
"lei,ofn?e sitb Spencer lnu...aual
. Detuned Corse ta Utuon Jeanne
Ml. tT.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M.D.
Hlgned letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to disease
diagnosis or treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self-addressed
envelope Is enclosed. Letters ihonld be brief and mitten In Ink.
Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered.
So reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr.
William Brady, 2G5 El Cgmlno, Beverly Hills, Cat
SAGA OF THE KOYINO GRISTLE.
The narrator la a Registered Nurse:
In 1930 I fell In
hospital and
hurt my knee. I
will inclose the
X-ray report, but
Jk,,-m It la not aa bad
aa the report
says It Is. I can
walk miles, no
swelling or diffi
culty, but to go
to a movie or
ride In or drive a
car the pain la
very severe If I
have to keep the
leg bent In the
ordinary sitting
position.
One doctor gave
me ten sulphur injections. It might
as well have been water. Another
said he would not give me anything,
but that I would have to reduce
and put me on thyroid. Z tried tak
ing thyroid two years ago, but had
taken only a few doses when It af
fected my heart and the doctor stop
ped It.
I have paid out (plenty, for a
nurse) for treatment and no rel'ef.
There la little work at present, but
I do hope to be fit to work when
the rare calls come. My metabolism
la 10 minus, P.P. around 120-130. Or.;
says I have a disordered endo
crine condition, but he doesn't know
which endocrine Is at fault. (Miss
let us say Guided Woman.)
With the narrative Is the report
by the roentenoloRlst to the physic
ian: The salient features noted are:
No evidence of fracture or dis
location. Definite chronic hypertrophic
osteon rthrl tic changes about the
articular surface of the patella,
about the medial condyle and
about the lateral condyle of the
ISmtir. (Lowgrade rheumatlz to
you). I
Minute fragment of bony den
sity measuring approximately 3
mm. in width and 4 mm. in
le-ngth lying apparently within
the joint on the anterior and
medial aspect; this sp pears to
he a loese body.
That lets the cat out of the bag.
of course. Bu I may y that, as is
my hardijolled custom. I never would
have read the x-ray report at all.
had my curiosity not been aroused j
by Miss Guided Woman's description i
of her disability. I surmised it was j
all due to a bit of roving gristle, j
a dislocated cartilage, a loose body. I
Joint mouse, or what have you, and
so 1 wrote in reply:
No treatment can have any effect
If this Is the correct diagnosis, as
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, May 8-Dr, Leo Michel j
is one of the odd fish that only the
swift waters of Broadwsy spawn. A
smiling, unctions
fellow of middle
yrvrs with a ce
lebrity complex
and a gusto for
headlines, he Is
physician, con
fesnor and pal to
those B e 1 a a c o
calif! "children
of the theatre."
A conf 1 r m e d
fir.vt nighter he
Is at this open-
it" a:W. that
with a Max Paer,
rl tf.uide or an extravagantly
ftrAt -paced ladv and later at a ring
side tabie or a supper club, Wherever
the typical Broadway crowd gathers,
he la found. Legends of his charities
are many.
One Is an endowed hospital room
for players, HI and broke, and whose
occupsnt. receive professional services
gratis. His mldtown office Is a ren
dezvous for stage folk and sundry
.miscellany of the Rlalto. An off-side
room In modern decor has deep
divans and a eml -circular bar.
Henry Cllve frescoed the walla with
symbols of the White Way parade.
A Japanese mixer pours the libations
Into glasses especially glszed with
names of the drlnkees. Now and ten
sn Interloper not on the list pops in.
Diplomacy wins. He gets a glass frost
ed "Our Honored Guest."
There are a number of dropping-ln
places, such as Dr. Michel's, In the
theatrical rone. They feature free
handed hospitality and off-hand Bo"
hemlanlsm for those who have at
tained celebrity. More often than
not the host is not present. The up
keep Is enormous, often several hun
dred a week. What it accomplishes is
as complex as Broadway.
The Rangier type, a typified by
Legs Diamond. Owney Madden and
Dutch Schultr has faded from the
Broadway scene. Once there was one
or more In almost every nitilu club.
I ciceroned by gorillas with beetle
brows and bullet puckered cheeks and
squiring a bright gin-guwltng blonde.
Repeal loosened their power to muscle
tn on the nuht places snd constant
editorial condemnation of their ra'ty
kind erased the dubious glamour
they acquired There are still pl,ty
cf pan-iaters but they keep out of the
spotlight.
The most interesttns and best con
ducted mgr. club of the era that
produced t!.em. to my notion, was
Charlie Journal's Montm.irtre lnJOth
street. It tasted longer, too. tlisn
most. The music, the luhts and con
versation were pianinmo. Journal
had a method of turnim; undesirables
away without offense and dressed his
conspicuous tables tth the choice of
his carefully selected clientele. Any
body who drank too much nevr ot
in ACAln and sho.xoffs were so dfftly
jivkved fiund ps!m H'J nv-k up
asattut th rsss dnini Oev did not
coma back. Journal did not accept
PS
seems entirely reasonable. That la,
no such treatment aa you have re
ceived. The only remedy and the
sensible remedy la removal of the
loose body, cr It It la a dislocated
cartilage its anchoring In proper
place. Thte operation la comparatively
tlmple and safe, and It would seem
strange that a nurse, of all people,
should elect to remain crippled rather
than undergo such curative treat
ment. Tours with a p. on the b. or a k.
In the p. as Indicated,
Ol' Doc Brady.
qlestions"a.nd answers
Tetany.
I took my 6-year-old eon to a baby
doctor lor examination. The doctor
told me he had tetany and not to
give him milk to drink as milk
caused this. Two months later the
child had lost a pound. The doctor
said I could give him condensed or
evaporated milk. Mrs. F. O.
Answer We know now that tetany
Is due to partial lack of vitamin O.
sunshine or ultra-violet on naked
skin. Metabolized vitamin D milk,
now furnished by good dairies, la an
excellent way to Insure Infants or
young children a fair ration of vita
min D. A daily dose or two of hail
but or cod liver oil would be a good
thing for a child with any signs
of tetany, as such fish liver oil is
the richest known source of vita
min D. Egg yolk, butter and the
vitamin O milk suggested are the
best sources of vitamin D. Tetany Is
a kind of spasmodic tendency, not
to be confused with the dread dis
ease tetanus (lockjaw) which la in
no way similar.
Bed-Wetting.
Five-year-old girl wet the bed. It
Is hereditary, for her father has 12
brothers and sisters, and all but four
of them wet the bed until they were
big children. (Mrs. C. M. J.)
Answer Send stamped envelope
bearing your address, and mention
that your son or daughter wet the
bed. It la not hereditary.
CalJ Out the Guard.
National Guard first aid teaches
that snake bite victim should receive
whlkey. (Sgt. V. D.)
Answer Yeah, and calls It "stimu
lants" In the best old southern man
ner. But It Is quite WTong neverthe
less. (Copyright. 1935. John F. Dille Co.)
Ed. Note: Per win nishlng to
communicate with Dr. Itrndy
should -.pud tetter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. I)., 265 El
Camlno. Rttverly Hills, Calif.
tips but at Christmas was showered
with checks from those served during
the year. Montmartre gave way some
how to the blatant new era. Several
efforts were made to revive It but
unlike Europe. New York ha scant
sentiment for Its eating and amuse
ment places.
The cenesia of.thn mivirn
club was a place Joe Moore discovered
in a Sulllvm street cellar on the
lower East side. One entered through
a gloomy plumbing shop to a spot
called Kelly's. There was sawdust on
the floor, pine-topped tables and
shirt-sleeved waiters. Tommy Lyman,
in phosphorescent pallor, whispered
his threnodies he called "torch songs."
Kelly's at the Inst report had grown
tony and moved upstairs with a shell
pink canopy and a plumed knight for
the carriage tra-fle.
Times Square now ha a llttl. hor
the first In what Is to be a chain.
that breaks in shoes for the footsore
or relieves the pressure of leather
against corns and bunlonr. by hydrau
lic pressure. The patron occupies a
comfortable chair, the feet are In
spected by the expert and In five
minutes the shoes are conformed to
Individual requirements. The charge
Is 25 centa a shoe.
A hop skip northwsrd a concen
trated vecerable lulce nine mat... ir.
bow in the linkle iumble. a n-tno.
demonstrator shows the process of
squeezing juices out of a mtxture of
lettuce, carrots, water cres sniimrh
and celery and the clear liquid,
quickly Iced, sells for 10 cents a glss.
I saw Buster West and Lucille Paige
stop for a gulp.
But no Window rtrttma .
publicly provocative of hunger aa the
batter cake juggling In Child's before
they went dudlsh. Many of us belted
to the last notch of lean days stood
before it breathing ecstatic sighs. And
flicking damp mouth corners with
..U...1-U .isun swipe, it waa often
unconsciously cruel.
MASS PLANE FLIGHT
PLANNED FOR NAVY
WASHINGTON. May 8 (Apt A
mass flight of 42 planes from Hono
lulu to Midway Island waa said today
in an Informed quarter to be planned
as part of the United Stares f?t
mmieuiers now in progress m the
Pacific.
The navy department, however, re
fused to comment on reports that the
flight would brcin Monday.
Official said thrv had not been in
communication with the fleet 9tnce
tt left 5sn rmnctsoo
Will Get Decree
PORTLAND May 8 v-T A decree
of doctors of letters is to be confer
red on Dr. Fit ward O S.sson. profes
sor of physiology and education t
Hed college, by the University of
Montana at commencement exe relief
June 3. Dr. i$'.on was president of
the Jontna institution from 1917 to
; 1931. The decree will be the f;rt of
its kind conferred ry t.c unr.rsiM
. ...
NTW HWKN Conn - .l,in:v,- M i
;vv, i:i!r..onu. deffVeM 1 Rysn
i 15iaNe York, to fas to oze.
IN HE OF PEACE
ENGLSHSLOGAN
Active Preparations Being
Made to Protect Popula
tion From Attacks
Gas Proof Shelters Plan
By Gavle Talbot
tONDON (AP) Peaceful England,
a wary ear cocked on the aaber
rattllng across the narrow channel,
la making active preparations In tht3
Jubilee year to protect her population
from gaa attacks.
Rcent elaborate defense drills cen
tering about the great Chlaelhurst
Caves, a short distance from London,
supplied authorities with data from
which a country-wide protective
scheme will be worked out.
While the movement la not being
conducted with the fervor that has
marked, the efforts of European
neighbors to make their people "gas
horror" conscious, John Bull Is.
nevertheless, getting out hi gas
masks and looking the problem in
the eye.
Roonn .Made Gas-Proof
Articles have begun to appear al
most dally In the London papers, de
scribing in detail how ordinary rooms
may be rendered gas-proof and pre
scribing simple, easily obtainable
remedies for victims of mustard and
phosgene gafes.
Sqtiads of workers are being train
ed to call upon million of home
owners and give quiet demonstra
tions of gas-proofing.
The first of the.se units participated
in the sham attack on Chlslehurst
and learned to treat "victims" while
planes droned overhead and the air
was filled with yellow smoke. The
huge caves, which extend miles un
derground and were used In the
world war as a munitions storehouse,
were elaborately equipped for the
trial, even to a decontaminating bath.
London's underground stations and
similar refuges throughout England
would be similarly equipped in case
of war. -It was found the entrances
to such subterranean sheltra could
be made absolutely gas-proof.
I p and Down Debate
Incidentally, an argument Is brew
ing between those favoring under
ground refuges from gas. which in
cludes the government, and certain
experts who are Just aa positive a
person should climb, and climb fast.
"The Bafest shelter in the event of
an air raid Is an ordinary room ren
dered gas-proof, on or above the sec
ond floor." said Major H. S. Black
more, an expert on poison gas, In lec
turing the British Red Cross society.
"A heavy cloud of gas tend to dis
perse 20 feet above ground level.
"People who rush Into tubes or
dug-outs will not be so safe as those
who go quietly upstairs to the anti
gas sitting room."
ministration for having proposed tt.
This riles other members of the sub
committee who squirm In their
chairs and keep silent with difflcul
ty. They realize this Is the Glass
Inning and thpy will have theirs later
when they outvote him.
Great Britain's diplomatic antics
lately have caused some authorities
to surmise that she will abandon
her traditional position as the bal
ance of power In Europe. None of
the state department authorities
here have been fooled Into that as
sumption. The real reasoning behind current
British policy is the same which has
motivated her for centuries. She
wants to keep any single group of
powers from becoming too strong in
Europe and thus threatening her own
position.
The defiant German submarine and
airship policy has forced Britain to
let Hitler think she Is abo't to Join
forces with France and Russia Au
thentic diplomatic advices here say
her purpose is to try to get Hitler
back Into the family of nations with
some reasonable evidence of his sin
cere desire to Jln in a peace agree
ment. Once that evidence Is forthcoming.
Brltair will move right over to Ger
many's side and stnrt championing
Hitler's equality cf rights.
The unusual political courage of
the late Senator Cutting was little
known because he was an unobtrus
ive Individual without the customary
I talent of politicians for speaking
j about themselves He operated a
newspaper out in New Mexico which
j was once bitterly fighting a rival
j paper. His editor published front
pase editorials denouncinc the rtal
I for print me secret senate business
When Senator Cutting found out
about it. he wired his editor order
ing hts paper to take exactly the
same position as the rival He wanted
to advocate the publication of all
senate bust n ess. even though It hurt
i his own business.
j An Influential banker sidled up to
an administration man a few days
ago and suggested the bankers might
I come out In favor or the new bank
i bill if a few changes were made,
i ' No." said the new dealer. "It will
I oe all richt to make some changes.
, but if the sna:' ever thousht that
the bankers of the coun'rv were in
;av.T of t.v- ri. 1 .vf wo'.H ;:''-er et
it p-d w vould rather have yo.i
opposed to it. '
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Billy In Training
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Billy Neville, 10, who recently un
derwent an operation for the re
moval of a rare type of tumor from
his heart Is working out with a
rake at his Omaha, Neb., home to
get back Into condition to recover
his lost energy. (Associated Press
Photo)
one per cent to a Junction with the
Southern Pacific at the tovn of Ice
land. 2 miles from this city.
The railroad company, with head
quarters at its dock project at Port
Orford, filed briefs supporting its ap
plication for an I. C. C. certificate to
build. In Washington. D. C, today.
In spite of the wild and rugged
terrain that makes tip the Rogue
River canyon country, an excellent
water grade Is offered for a railroad
alignment down its north bank, with
few creeks to bridge and no grade
heavier than that up Grave creek to
Leland, It was said here.
The same Interests that are now
seeking the railroad permit are em
ploying 0 men In construction of the
combined breakwater and wharf at
Port Orford th.it will be the rail
road's tidewater terminal. Other units
of the complete project are sawmill
and timber holdings and gold mines
along the railroad line.
In the railroad permit is secured
and the line built, freight rates based
upon tidewater will be enjoyed by
the Rogue calley fruit, produce, tim
ber and mining area.
ILL ADVISED BOOST
OREGON DAIRY OUTPUT
PORTLAND, Ore. May 8. ( AP l
Governor Charles Martin Is 'Irmly
convinced that Oregon has hardly
scratched the surface of its possUe
outout of dalrv nroducts. but that
I "It would be of no advantage for our
farmers to rush into increased pro
duction Just because some chamber
of commerce may like to see statis
tics grow.'
Such was his contention in an ad
dress here last night a the fourth
annual meeting of the Oregon Dairy
Council.
Stressing the fact that he believed
Oregon's dairymen "the most capab
and sincere group of dairy farmers'
in the union. Governor Martin point
ed out that the state's dairy industry
"Is one which cnoccrns every cltl7en
in Oregon and ne which Involves
more thnn sales-balance It Involves
our health and well-being."
The governor also declared one of
the leading dairy products manufac
turers had made the statement that
Oregon ts so far alidad of the average
of the rest of the country that there
Is no compnrtson.
Cuban Firing Squad
Ends Bandit Career
SANTA CLARA. Cuba. M.iv 8 . V
An army firm? squ.id t dav ex
cued Cat:e'.o p-ien'es. vho -.
convicted of slaving Lieun-mt Juan
A '. a re? of t he Cuban arm v In i
ficht between a bandit iiarug and sn'.
dlers.
Te accused bar.d:t. refufirj; to
make a final statement, talked firm
ly to the execution ground.
MEDFORD VETERINARY
HOSPITAL
e.ir. epettrnre In larse
:md mimII annual practice
Or. J nater
225 N. Riverside Phone 3&J
COAST RAILROAD
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GOVERNOR fS AGAINST
Flight jjjnte
(Mr (I ford and Jarkson t'ountj
Hlstury from the f" of ne
Mall Tribune of 10 and 20 Year,
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
May 8, HI2.'!
(It was Friday)
Rosea are tn full bloom throughout
the city.
Heavy auto traffic on Pacific high
way, with free auto camp overcrowd
ed every night.
A farewell party la given In honor
of Rev. Gray of Rogue River.
Corn and watermelons being plant
ed In the Table Roclt district.
Eden Valley property Is moving rap
Idly with several sales pending.
Preliminary arrangements for na
tional guard encampment here In
June started.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
May S. IMS
(It was Saturday)
Nation aghast at torpedoing of Lu-
I sltanla, with a death toll of 1316
I lives, including many women and
j babes. Is warned by Senator Stone.
I chairman of foreign relations com
j mlttee, "not to rock boat till full
facts are known." Prediction made
even presages America's entry Into
world war. Severance of diplomatic
relations with Germany impend.
Gold Hill will hold pioneer day
celebration next Saturday.
Froat forecast work for year ts
concluded by Special -Weather Ob
server Drake.
I A fishing pole valued at 8 Is stolen
from Wick Fox's auto.
1 Wednesday of next week to ba
Good Roads day at Central Point.
President Wilson, In historic speech
at Philadelphia, declares: "There Is
-.uch a thing as a man being too
.iroud to fight; as being so right ftrce
:s not needed."
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Communications1
.lust a Lot of Fun
To the Editor:
Comments on your chain lettw
editorial of yesterday: You forgot
that the people entering into thla
are getting a great kick and a whole
lot of fun out of it; the effect of
this letting up on the stress ' tn
times is of inestimable value to the
morale of the people; it rs been
better than a Fourth of July cele
bration and a circus combined. I
have seen some of them having the
time of their lives.
I got four of the letters, had one
of them typed out. sent two dimes
away to California and intended to
send out at least two of my groups,
but I find people Just loaded up with
them and thy do not want more.
I wanted to give mine away yes
terday, but the first person was gov
ernment employed and keeps out for
fear of a kick from higher up; tha
second person thought it a lot of
foolishness and the third person ha3
the general sentiment and so here
our tnlk:
"Hello. Irish, had any dims li
ters?" "My gosh, yes."
"Want any more?"
No."
"I'll mall you one."
"Don't you dare."
"I jot four of tttem and I'll mail
you one of each."
"I'll murder you if you do."
This craze brings a lot of fun feff
some. Just pure fun; then the nexV
reaction Is the gambling Instinct but
Just for the kick of it; next comm
a possibility that they might get
something out of it and then the
pure greed and this last sentiment
Is Just disgusting. Most people that
have time to attend to it can get
out about 10 letters and then the
grind of writing will get them and
they quit, the kick is all gone.
By this time the country is load
ed up with them and there Is not
an lota of chanoe for anyone enter
ing now to get anything out of tt;
those who got in early may get a
good return but if most of them get
a few dimes they will be lucky.
I told a few that if I got anything
out of It I was going to divide it
between my Sunday school and the
Townsend club.
GEO. IVERSON.
Medford, May 7.
TREATY IS IMPORTANT
TO WEST'S FRUIT MEN
PORTLAND. Mir 8 - .P -Import-HM
of the proposed Franco-American
re.-lprocfll trsde treaty to north
west apple and pear growers wag
atresfed yesterday by H. E. Water,
bury of the Portland office of th
bnreau of fore:pi and domestic com
merce. United state, department of
commerce.
Any written protesu or Infraction
which northwcit shippers mar wish
to enter t hearings on the treaty In
Washington. D. C . are to be sent to
the committee for reciprocal Infor
mation, tn care of t.e I'nlted Stat-,
" -o.u., asn;ni;:on. not
Ister than June 17
Be correctly core'ed In
an Artls- Mv!l hv
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