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ON
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
"n.a. law' rfla" la hlamarf for
tha Yreka. Calif., lynching. It eeems
to be either the supreme courx,
the "power trunt." that mothers the
major portion of the nation's orn
eryneas. Dun A Bradatreet report, "a sober
buying trend." It is also noted that
aome of the driving la getting that
way.
"Omti. 17, ABSENT FROM HOME"
(Redding, Caltf., Senrchllght).
That's not news. It would have
been hid ahe stayed home, and bit
bar mother.
JOYS OP JOURNALISM
(Lskevlew N. J., Tribune)
'Please aend a few copies of
tbe paper conutnlng the obit
uary of my aunt. Also publish
the encloaed clipping on the
marriage of my niece, who Uvea
in Saugertle. And I wish you
would mention in your local
column, if it doesn't cost any
thing, that I have two nice
puppies for sale. Aa my aubscrlp
tlon la out, please atop the
paper, aa tlmea are too hard to
waste money on newspapers."
T. Bill Isaacs has fixed ' up his
front window for the display of
mala duds, In a neat and arttatic
manner. They are a credit to the
bla area, and nobody would blame
T. BUI. If he hopped in one of them
and sang a basa solo.
tt bow developa that a "fight for
Justice" upstate, was alo a fight
for 50,000 as a reward for Bob
bins convicted murderer, serving
a life term, out of the penitentiary.
Tt, waa a fantastic scheme, but
those are the kind that work beat,
and a lot of agitation can be en
gineered, with ao fat a financial
reward in sight. The episode Indi
cate that politician are always
keen to battle for Justice, and what-bave-you.
a
The Dock Wilson boy went to the
boapltal last week. Four doctors,
three nurses, and Papa were on the
Job. The medical convention ad
journed, and all concerned are do
ing fine.
YOU'VE MET THEM
Consign to the swamps of Okefin
okea The lad who chirrups "Okey Dokey"
And curse with all the power that's
In ya
The one who farewells "Abyssinia."
New Tork He raid -Tribune
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Republican warhoraea are girding
for the 10S8 campaign. The heavy
thinkers are busy "studying the
weaknesses of 1933. Many will re
ran that the weakness of 1033. was
running out of votes, before and
after counting.
a
Horticulturist and orchardlat
have ceased fretting about the dan
ger of hall, and have started to fear
It will be "too dry for fall plow
ing" I.AUGHTFR
Oh the men who laughed the
American laughter I
Whittled their Jokes from the fresh
bull-pines.
They wore tall men, sharpened be
fore and after:
They studied the sky for the weather
signs; They tilted their hata and they
smoked long-nine.
Their laughter waa ladled in Western
flagons
And poured down throat that were
parrhed for more; i
This wa the laughter of democrat-!
ws (tons
And homely men at the crossroads
store 1
It tickled the shawl that a tswyer
worel I
They laughed at the British, they
laughed at the Shakers
At Horsce Oreeley and stovepipe
hata;
They eplit their fence end plowed
their acres,
And treed their trouble like moun-
tsln cats:
They laughed calamity out of the
flats l
(iVrlbners),
Visit Lake o' the Woods "Doc" and
Mrs. Boomer, Truman and Mrs. Bren
ner. Mr. and Mrs. Dorothy and Miss
Csmeron of Jacksonville. Mr. and
Mrs. Davis of Centrsl point and Mr.
and Mrs. Maynord Bush of this city
spnt Sunday at Lake o' Lnt Waads.
The Independent Voter
NOW and then Frank Kent, well known politico specialist,
takes a rest from tearing the hide from President Roose
velt day by day, and writes something that is interesting and
sensible.
We wish he did this more often. Kent is a very intelligent
and well informed political observer, and his complete surrender
to partisan propaganda, highly seasoned with hatred for the
man who occupies the White House, has practically destroyed
his value as a Washington, observer, for those who wish to secure
a true, factual and unbiased picture of what is really going on
in the national capital.
A few days ago in his daily offering, Kent commented upon
the recent decline of old fashioned party regularity, and pointed
out a truth which is perfectly obvious, and yet is seldom
acknowledged; that presidential elections are never decided by
those who vote the ticket straight, but by those who pick and
choose the independent minorify, that votes as conscience not
as party dictates.
Not only does this minority represent the free voters, but
the effective voters.
Kent's comments are so much to the point, and so in line
with the political philosophy which has determined the policies
of the Mail Tribune for, lo these many years, that we herewith
print it in full :
"The fact is elections in this country in the past
have been decided by the approximately ten per cent,
of the voters not held by party ties, but who swing be
tween the two parties. Ninety per cent of the voters
are divided between the Republicans and Democrats,
with the former under normal conditions having the
larger percentage but both pretty rigidly held by the
inherited feeling about the party with which they are
affiliated. These support their candidate for president
regardless of issues or individuals, soley because he
wears the party label.
"This ten per cent are the free voters the ninety
per cent are the boobs. That has been true of the ninety
per cent in most presidential elections in recent years,
if the same proportion holds it will be particularly
boobish in the next. There are plenty of Republicans
who believe in Mr. Roosevelt and there are a good many
Democrats whose basic convictions are violated by his
policies. The words Democratic and Republican, as for
merly understood, have not the remotest application to
either the New Peal or the chief New Dealer. Not, a
ghost, of a reason for using them in connection with
either party except, that of convenience can he
given.
" Whether you favor Mr. Roosevelt or not, the truth
(if that statement cannot be gainsaid. It is so clear
that the more thoughtful politicians generally concede
that in 1036 the number of free voters will be very
greatly increased, the percentage of party-bound boobs
greatly lowered. It seems inevitable. Under conditions
as they have developed the man who says "I am a life
long Democrats" or "I am a lifelong Republican
cannot take the curious pride in that kind of statement
so many have in the past. That is, he can't if he
reasons at all or has even a rudimentary sense of
humor,"
Gov't. Control Banking Certain
ALTHOUGH differing from one another in many respects, the
bills on banking passed by the house and the senate cm
body substantially THE SAME GENERAL, THEORIES of bunk
ing and monetary regulation.
assumption that a central body
over what has been lermed three "instruments of credit con
trol." These are:
1. Open-mrket operation, br which banking Inatltiitlon
can b forced to expand or contract bank credit througfh the
purrhnaa or sale of government eecurltlea:
9. Discount rates, through the control of which the rate
a borrower must pay for bank credit la fixed:
S. Reeerve requirement, the changing of which automati
cally Increases or decrease the amount of credit a bank can
extend.
Broadlv, the differences between the senate and house mea
sures hinge around the make-up of the regulatory body, and the
amount of discretion given to that body. The house bill would
practically place the Federal Reserve under the domination of
the administration in power, while the senate version gives the
board a far greater degree of independence. In the ease of
open-market operation, the senate bill, instead of vesting com
plete authority over this instrument of credit control with the
board, places it under the supervision of a committee including
five representatives of the Reserve Banks themselves as well as
members of the board. Considerably less leniency is alo grant
ed by the senate draft over reserve requirements and the eligi
bility of assets of member banks used for rediscount.
The house bill, setting up as
controlled central bank, more nearly meets the wishes of the
administration in pursuing its credit expansion program. In
either measure, or in a compromise of the two, however, the
administration would have in hand BROAD TOWERS to carry
out further its fiscal procram.
They Asked for It
Was tt an investigation that Pete
Zimmerman. Doc Slaughter, A. M
Church. R. R. Hewett. Dick Neuberg-
er. et al., wanted? If ao one seem to
be coming, with reverse English.
Unci Dan Kellaher. a leading polit
ical fishwife In Oregon for several
decades, appears In the Banks case
aa a genuine ahare-the-wealther.
While state parole officer he entered
into a contract with L. A. Banks un
der the terms of which he wa to get
1 50.000 less expense If he got Bank
out of Jail. If he failed he waa to get
an amount to be agreed on between
them. The deal will be referred to the
grand Jury for It Investigation.
Kellaher was the petition bearer In
the Banks case, He carried the ap
peals for investigation "which we
trust will culminate In executive
power and Issue a pardon" from Port
land to Salem. At first the public sur.
mlsed It wa Just Umie Dan's cus
ternary method of making a nuisance
of himself, more mixing of political
home brew Now It iXMue out. th.ink
to the effective and fearless work ol
Aattant Attorney Genera! Ralph T.
Moody, that Uncle ln hai both ees
out for the 950,000. OX course Dan had
The Kellaher Revelation
Underlying both measures is the
should be vested with authority
it does in effect a government
to use his old reliable amoke screen,
"the power trust" to becloud the real
issue.
The Statesman would absolve Zim
merman -Neuberger-Col. Church, et
al., from any expectation of shsrlng
In Uncle Dan's fee, If when, and as
reallred. We do not suppose they even
knew about it. But they let them
selves in on Uni'le Dan game and
became stalking horses for his racket.
Their obvious purpose waa to build a
bonfire under Martin' seat. The kick
back from Jackaon county grange
was so prompt and blistering that
they promptly retired from I he cvm
bat. Neither Zimmerman nor Doo
Slaxighter nor Neubeiger showed up
at the Investigation which they o
earnestly besought.
The net result of the attempt to
confound Oov. Martin ha been the
discomfnturs of the self-styled 'lib
erals" who thought thev were start
ing a little bllly-hell. "The public
sense of fair play was outraged
that the reaction h.s been swift and
complete. The rrospect of developing
an Oregon Mooney case olew up in
the first round.
Bore Into Dan's Record
During the teauie ol Oov. Meier a
Personal Health Service
By William
Hlfcned letters pertaining to personal bealtb and bjilene not to disease
diagnosis or treatment wlU be answered b; Or. Brady If a stamped self-addressed
envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In ink
Owing to the large number of letters received only few can be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr.
William Brady, 263 El Camlno, Bcierly Hills, CsL
COMPLF.TE REMOVAL OF TONSIL
The beat noae an throat specialists
are not using diathermy (electro
coagulation) for remoTal of tonsils
In thl city, one of them assured a
patient In a met
ropolitan com
m unity. And he
explained that
the d I a t h ermy
method doea not
remove all of the
tonsil, and that
It Is too "danger
ous" he did not
explain why It la
"dangerous", for
of c o u rs e he
couldn't without
risk of being
caught at it.
I don't want to dig up patholog
ical findings of Dr. Albert S. Welsh,
as reported In the Journal of the
American Medical Association and
quoted here elx years ago, but the
attitude of many of the self-commended
"beat specialists" constrain
me to do ao. Dr. Welsh examined a
thousand tonsils removed In a city
dtapensary. Of the thousand tonsils,
4.10 revealed no evidence of dLsease.
Bits of throat muscle were found
attached to 139 of the tonsils proof
that the "surgical operation" gets
rather more than the tonsil In many
cases. Only 70 of the thousand ton
sils contained true abscesses or sep
tic foci.
Nose and throat specialists are too
fond of talking about complete re
moval of the tonsils, for the benefit
of the unsophisticated layman, to real
ize that all physicians and many in
telligent laymen today know that
complete removal of the tonsil Is al
most never accomplished, no matter
what method Is employed or who em
ploys it.
Moreover, any doctor who has more
than sophomorie knowledge of path
ology knows there Is no reason why
all tonsil tlwue should be removed
from the throat, save In rare cases of
mallenancy. On the contrary, there la
good reason for leaving some tonsil
or adenoid tissue In the throat when
we are striving to eradicate Infection.
The normal tonsil or adenoid tissue
probably serves a useful purpose in
the line of defense against subse
quent Infections.
The trouble is that the brass spe
cialists sre not concerned much about
pathology, but rather with the num- ,
ber of operations they can do. Not
all nose and throat specialist, out
the braps boys; doctlrs who laonch
themselves aa specialists from the
day they receive a license to practice;
so bright that they require no years
of experience In general practice to
fit them for their chosen specialty.
NEW YORK
DAY-BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Diary: Up
and In a dolor over the passing of
Carl Seltz. In Shanghai, whom I
loved as a broth
er. And so many
other friends
gone in a fort-
Sryl Karl Kitchen
' i and Ray Rohn.
v.t ?-? 1 ter from RuPm
i Hughes as beau-
I1IUI M 1
received. And
one from Edna
Aug.
Finishing my
tasks and sorted
the volumes of mystery fiction. 634
In all, but not more than a dozen
I'd care to read again. Then with
my wife and Mlnnte Vesey to the
Wee Tapple Tavern on Long Island
and I was taken with the Scotch
serving lass and her brogue.
Dinner with Kent and Florence
Speed and much palaver over this
and that, then walking home and
found a lost Boston In S3d street,
sitting on a curb dejected, but soon
his master came along. A note from
John Farrar to resd "Racing Sens"
which I could not lay down until
the cock'a crow.
The sudden passing of the artist
Ray Rohn in Philadelphia removed
one of the liveliest figure of Ora
mercy Park's young artists crowd ot
20 years ago. Rohn waa a free lance
who sold everything he turned out
to Life. Judge and the lighter pub
lications. The studio he occupied
with Herb Roth at No. 13 yeasted
!ome of the most amusing bohem
ian frivolities of the day. Once Roth
and Rohn had a long wait at their
barbershop and foreswore shaving a
year. Their beards almost reached
their waists, although they were
only 26. About 11 years sgo Rohn
married, moved to a suburb of Phil
adelphia and became such a thor-ough-golna
family man no Induce
ment could net htm to New York.
Not even to Dutch Treat shows.
Bob Srrlpp. Roy Howard pub
lishing partner. Is often a sartorial
eyeful when he come to New York
from Mlrlmar, hla many-acred estate
near San Diego. A strapping fel
low, sometime in full beard, his
get -tip are hreery with outdoor
stnes. One year a five-gallon hat,
great number of executive pardons
were Issued. What Influence did Dan
Kellaher have In oMatning these par
dons? Did he enter Into 'contracts'
with priixmera. duty attested by attorney-notaries,
to get them out of
prison for a consideration? No one
thinks that Oov. Meier yielded to ul
terior purpose In the pardons Issued
Me is crediated with being rather
soft -hearted, easy to work on.
In view of the number of pardons
and In view of the disclosures in the
Banks rase, the grand Jury whrn It
meet ought to bore into the whole
psiUca record, paricuiaily Into Uncle
(W tec M
Brady, MJ).
Brass speclaliam la a swell racket. The
A. M. A. and the American College uf
Surgeons foster and promote It, The
braes specialists find easy picking
among the newly rich and the snob
In hi country There are a lot of mo
ron In America, you know, and they
like to be attended exclusively by
specialists.
The alleged "dangers" and Insuf
ficiencies of diathermy (electro-coagulation)
treatment of infected ton
sils are hypothetical objections con
jured up by brass specialists who
know nothing about the method.
The mortality of surgical tonsillec
tomy In the hands of the best nose
and throat specialists is scandalous,
In view of the unassailable record
that has been achieved by progressive
physicians who use the diathermy
method in the treatment of infected
tonsil.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Anyway That's a Habit
That little pamphlet of yours on
constipation has proved a boon in
our neighborhood. Three members of
the famly have rid themselves en
tirely of the condition. But didn't
you make a mistake in the title? It
Isn't that constipation but that the
taking of physic that constitute the
habit to be overcome. However, you
have the. right remedy. (Mrs. C. K.)
Answer The booklet Is til tied "The
Constipation Habit." It instructs you
how to break the physic habit. For
copy send ten cents coin and stamp
ed envelope bearing your address.
Kerp Dnfts Away
Please In future substitute fa dust
ing powder on plant and shrub to
keep doe away) for the BB shot you
suggested to a reader. Thl really re
pels them and It Is harmiess to the
plant and to man. (F. W.)
Answer Thank you. I did not know
such a thing waa available. I am fond
of dogs and hate to hurt one. but I
thought a sting of a BB shot from a
popgun good medicine for dogs that
trespass.
W heat to Eat
We steam our wheat for cereal; and
keep the left-over wheat In lea box.
Then I add this cooked wheat to waf
fles, muffins, pancakes, etc., a cup
and a half to a regular recipe, and It
brings cheers from all hands. (Mrs. C.
E. A.)
Answer Atts girt. Slowly but sure
ly the dumb American public Is
learning that wheat 1 fit to at.
(Copyright 1935. John F. Dllle Co.)
, Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate wltb Dr. Brady
should tend letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D., 2tWV El
Camlno. Beverly mils. Calif.
the next plus-fours, etc. On a moat
recent visit he was attired In an
Island Planter's suit of pineapple
yellow. His extra large Panama
sprouted a lei of pheasant feathers
round the crown and hla belt was
a silver-buckled snake skin.
Personal nomination for the most
promising newcomer to the screen
In the past five years Lulse Ralner.
Verne Porter was having extra
guest to dinner snd asked his col
ored butler if he could provide an
extra man to help with the serving,
explaining that whoever he secured
must have a white coat. Porter was
assured a man would be there and
would have a white coat. He was
there and did have a white coat,
on either side of the collar of which
wa embroidered In bright red
"A At P."
Memory: The world Ing who
scratched the match for his cigar
ette with a atroke of the thumb
nail on the head.
They were talking of aristocratic
writing. One bibliophile opined that
Seven Gothic tales had the greatest
dlguity. the most splendor and ex
quisite verbiage of any book of the
decade. "I always felt like dressing
up before reading It." he said.
Wasn't it Machlavelll who dressed
up before sitting down to write?
Or waa It George Sand?
And It was Oelett Burgess who
accepted a wager In early 1P00 he
could not write a short story in
30 words. He wrote this on the cor
ner of a Brevoort menu: " 'I like
you.' she said, "because while you
were talking to the president of
the company, you were looking at
me.' And that's how he lost hta
Job."
Bagatelles: Oliver Onions. English
writer, typewrites letters two col
umns to a pace . . . Daniel Froh
man Is one of the most Informed
men In America on Shakespeare . . .
Gertrude Sfetn often breakfasts on
olives . . . Bide Dudley's daughter
Dorl, a noted beauty, has gone on
t he s t a ge . . . Ca rl Van Vech te n
is sojourning in Florence and paint
ing . . . Ward Morehouse's new play
is called "Miss Quia." . . . Jed Klley
has sprouted a mustache.
One of the dictionary editors con
fesses he awakens every morning In
the Niagara gush of a word spout, j
The other day he Jotted on a pad j
this Jumble a it boiled up: "Five j
fat fanclblf. What Is a gurge re
gurgatlve? Mtasmle mouse met a
plngold dtngold. a shoe ledger. Elfin
elephants In a tribe of diatribes
dithering to a doolink."
Dan's connection therewith. The
pardon -broker business la generally
reooenlred the sweetest racket In
a corrupt political regime. A grand
Jury should Investigate to ie wheth
er any anon activity flourished undr
the late administration (SMem
Statesman!
Pmt masters Nominated
WASHINGTON. Aug 5. presi
dent Roosevelt today nominated
Oeoiye E. Starr, for the postmater
shtp in Seattle. Trie president also
nominated George C. E!r for poe
ut; at WeoAK'ee. Wua.
(Continued from Page One)
counsel of the treasury, knew more
about the preparation of the house
bill than has yet been disclosed. In
fact. Mr. OUphant is said to have eat
(by proxy) at the right hand of Ii.
H. Parker, the congressional tax
draftsman who really wrote the bill.
At least he waa closely consulted dur
ing the preparation of the draft which
changed the president's recommen
dations materially.
The lnaide story goes that Mr. Mor
genthau did not find out about Mr.
OUphant helping Mr. Parker until
later. And perhaps there were exten
uating circumstances. Possibly all
Mr. OUphant told Mr. Parker was
how to number the pages of the bill.
At least that explanation la now pos
sible, although not plausible..
The fact seems to be rather clear
that the attempt of the treasury to
imitate all three monkey a far a
the tax bill Is concerned is thin sum
mer fiction.
Incidentally. It wa the old sage.
Jim Watson, who, a floor leader of
the senate in Mr. Hoover's adminis
tration, once complained privately
about the difficulty of following a
leader with St. Vitus dance. The Har
rison tax complaint waa in effect
against trying to follow a ahadow
dance.
Also the reason why Mr. Harrison
Is becoming so Inquisitive about the
treasury changlnng tree limbs in the
middle of the tax storm la that he
waa caught out on the wrong limb
not so long ago. You may recall that
he was entrusted with the Job of try
ing to attach the tax plan to the de
ficiency bill In a hurry, and when
that Idea proved to be Impossible, he
manfully shouldered the responsibil
ity for misunderstanding orders.
Aa an explanatory note it should
also be mentioned at this point that
Mr. Harrison always known more than
his words Indicate.
And yet people wonder why they do
not tinderstand' what is going on In
Washington.
Communications
Penitentiaries Overcrowded
To the Editor:
There is no doubt that most of the
penltentlarte in the United State
are dangerously overcrowded. Some
have even twice aa many Inmates as
they were built to accommodate.
Isn't that a big factor In the parol
ing of prisoners? Aren't parole boards
for that reason pompelled to parole
many prisoners who are unfit for
society?
Everywhere the people and legisla
tures are stingy about voting ade
quate funds for the penitentiaries.
Are officials governors, wardens,
boards of control helpless? Isn't It
within their authority to refuse to
receive convict when a penitentiary
is dsngerously overcrowded? Thus
putting the burden on the public?
T. V. WILLIAMS.
Medford. Aug. 4th.
Abuse of Pardoning power
To the Editor:
A copy of the July Issue of the
Journal of Criminal Law and Crimin
ology ha Juat reached my desk. In
which there is published a book re
view which I wrot several months
ago for the Journal on "The Pardon
ing Power of the Governor of North
Carolina." I think It Is interesting
to note that In that review I wrote in
part a follows:
"One of the most questionable fea
tures of the exercise of the pardoning
power in the country is the all too
prevalent practice of leading citizen
signing petitions asking the governor
to pardon some criminal. Very often
such petitions are signed by the
Judge, the prosecutor, and the Jurors
who were Involved In the case. This
practice provides a governor wltb an
allbt or scapegoat and Is without a
doubt subject to grave abuse, too fre
quently not representing a careful In
vestigation of the fact. The author
make a sound point In regarjl to it
as follows: 'While the opinion of the
community in which the prisoner
lived should be a very Important con
sideration, the recommendation sent
to the governor's office do not al
ways represent the real will of the
community.
" Those who msy regard the early
release of the prisoner a unwise are
not requested to sign a petition. Also :
In determining the weuh. to be given i
to petitions from the communltv in
which the prisoner lived, the qutck ,
subsiding of hostile public opinion !
must be considered. After the pris- ;
oner haa been convicted and placed ;
within prison wall, a natural feeling i
of pity soon pervades the community. ;
The prisoner is regarded solely as a :
victim . of economic circumstances, j
bad environment. Ignorance, or baa i
heredity ... In view of the fact that
It la always true that popular indlc- ;
nation quickly subsides and popular
emotions are directed with equal
facility and qulcknesa Into channels
of city and sympathy, the recommen
dation of cltlrena should be support
ed by other weighty considerations.
It 1 also true that in many cases
prominent citizens who are officers of
organization or civic bodies sign re
quests for pardon because an attor
ney or a friend ha requested their
aid In securing an early release of
some prisoner.' "
I thought that probably you would
be Interested in such authentic ex
pression of my opinion in regard o
the pardoning power problem.
WAY NT L MORSE.
Dean. School of La-
rupen. Aug. 3.
Mill Reopens
PUTNAM. Conn., Aug. 5 i An
nie mill of the Putnam woolen
company, scene of a strike for the
last six weeks, reopened today tin
der the protection of a special
man police detail. Union offioi.-.i
said 73 persons resumed work.
ps Alai! Tribune vant ad.
Jailed For Beating
, .IV f "
Donlclano Cabrera, 44 (above), In
Jail at San Diego, Calif., on charges
that he beat Joe Estrada, 13, lm.
portant witness In the Jjne Rcb!s
kidnaping case at Tucson, Ariz.
Cabrera confessed to the attack,
according to police. (Associated
Press Photol
NO,
Motorists seem to be tinder some
misapprehension regarding their op
erator' permit. It wa announced
by the state police office here today.
According to that office, receipts for
application will not be accepted In
lieu of a permit, and failure to have
such a permit, either on the perrion
or In the oar. will be construed as
grounds for arrest.
It 1 considered nehaence on the
part of the driver If the permit Is
not held, because the secretary of
state' office Is nqw handling appli
cations on a day-to-day basis, the
early season rush now being over.
There Is no provision in the state
law to allow for recognizance of re
ceipts, it was announced.
It was also announced that a vigor
ous check wilt be made on out-of-town
cars, the owners of which are
working in Oregon. At about thla
time every year many out-of-state
workers arrive In the city to partici
pate in the fruit harvest, and these
will be forced to obtain an Oregon li
cense. MRS. T. B. DAVIDSON OF
N.
PROVOLT. Aug. 5. ISpU Word
he been received of the death of
Mrs. T. B- Davidn, Aug. 2 at North
Bend. Ore. Mrs. Davidson, a resident
of thl valley, hod spent the past
three months at North Bend under
a physician's care.
Mrs. Davidson Is survived by her
husband: by Cllve Davidson, son. and
two daughters, Mrs. Don Hedgepeth
of this community and Mrs. 11a Bar
ry of Glendale. Cal.
Funeral services will be held at
the Baptist church at Cougle Corners
on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'-lock.
Burial will be In Sparlln cemetery.
Judge Is Busy
Writing Opinions
Circuit Judge H. D. Norton Is still
engaged in writing opinions and de
cisions In numerous cases, which have
been before him the past six month.
The court spends a few hours daily
at the courthouse for transaction of
routine legal business, but writes his
findings In his home library. The
court expects to complete his opinion
and decisions within a month. Next
regular term of the circuit court is
scheduled to be convened the lost
week of September.
... Fishing fiood at Fnur-MMe Ac
cording to Mrs C. G. Smith of Lake
o' the Woods, Four Mile lake Is now
affording some of the best fishing In
years. The road is not yet In good re
pair, but the walk from Lake o the
Woods is not long, and 1 through
beautiful country.
CLEARING PATH FOR HOP TO SIBERIA
Sh Us I i 1
h VtVflj -
Wiley Post, noted 'round-the-world filer, and his wife are shown in
front of hi plane after they arrived In San Francisco on a flight from
Los Angeles to straighten out passport difficulties. They were expected
to continue on to Seattle, Wash., to start on their proposed flight to
Moscow, Associated Press Photoj.
Flight 'o Time
(Mfdford and Jacksoo County
History from the flies of the
Mail Tribune of Id and 20 Years
Ago).
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 5, 1925
(Tt Was Wednesday)
Forest fire situation in start seri
ous. Effort to establish Non-partisan
league In Oregon falls for lack of sup
port. President Coolldge spokesman silent
on the criticism of his "economy pol
icy." Orchardlat unable to procure hedp
In orchards: police asked to keep
loafers off street corners.
Homegrown watermelon makes ap
pearance on local market.
Gertrude Ederle. ready to start
swim across English channel.
Price of sugar and cheese advance
In state.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August ft. IfHft
(It Wa Thursday)
Russian army In orderly retreat on
Eastern front after German capture
of Warsaw.
Circuit Judge rule In divorce ac
tion, "that rubbing noses with a moid
Is Insufficient grounds for divorce."
Otto Klum. former eoa"h cf Ash
land high, will be coach of the Med
ford high thl season, and has moved
to this city.
The Hoke cannery report, toma
toes this season arc large "and free;
from bumps."
Local finance expert reveals plan,
to displace present currency, "with
climatic money."
USED IN SLOTS
Someone Is going to lots of trou
ble to get themselves in the pen
itentiary, and their effort along
that line, are apt to prove success
ful unless they stop making phoney
nickels out of sheet lead. Many
such counterfeit have made their
appearance In Medford In the past
few days. Apparently, the spurious
coins are made by stamping the
impression from a good coin Into
the sheet of lead by means of a
press, and then cutting out the
outline.
It Is the concensus of officers
who have seen the fake money that
the maker should be sent to the
pen for making such crude imita
tions If for nothing else. The work
la apparently that of "maM bys,
and the slugs ar( being used In.
pin-ball machines and vending de
vices. Police authorities here believe they
have a lead as to who Is the culprit,
and it Is probable, they say, that
an arrest will be made within the ,
next Tew days. It is a federal of-
fense to manufacture any article
bearing a similitude to a U. S. coin.
Scant Hope For
Columbia Peace
ASTORIA. Ore.. Aug. S. (IP) But
eonnt encouragement for settlement
of the late season fish strike on the
Columbls river was held today, fol
lowing several welt-end conferences
Among striking fishermen.
The Columbia river fishermen
protective union met Saturday night
and reaffirmed It decision to demand
8 centa a pound until August
IS and 6 cents thereafter until the
end of the season on August 25.
Flyi
ing Bot Cracks
Head Of Onlooker
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug 6, op)
Struck by a baseball bat. which slip
ped from the hands of a pi aver at a
recreation park here, Herbert oit
baugh. 13. was treated for a skttll
fracture today. The accident occur
red yesterday a the boy waa watch- f
Ing a sand-lot baseball game. The
bat slipped from the player's han'is
as he fanned out.
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