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MEDFORD MilLi TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGON". TTEDNESD'AY. AUGUST 7. 1933.-
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ON
Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
Science 1b amaeed at tha leat of a
Log Angeles doctor, who froze
monkey atlff, left the animal In that
.JllUn ny flu ftnva lllll then fe-
toTed It to The same result,
without tha restoration, can be ob
tained by attempting to tell a pain
fully proper lady a Mae West story
the has already heard, or making
fun of her new fall hat.
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A census of American business has
been ordered, and funds allotted for
the purpose by the Administration
Resoally Republicans are expected to
liege that this will require aU
Tdtera to find every business, and
jtx more to count It.
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Cohen la Jewish, wealthy, but has
bo regard for money-(Washington
Merry-Go-Round Col.) How ha tt
that way and Ol Teahl
e e e
The Oregonlan yesterday edltorlallr
praised the "corner drugstore." with
a few gentle twite, about selling
everything but J. I. Case harvester
parte. No credit la given the drug
store, for staying on the corner, and
preventing another service station.
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The wife of a Tennessee farmer,
burned up a straw mattress In whteh
he had hidden 17,000. The press
dispatches observe blandly: "Her
fcuaband was a thrifty man." The
Incident demonstrates anew that
nothing excels a ateel vault In
bank aa a safe hiding place for
money.
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A gent by the name of Fernakes.
sojourning In the Illinois state prison
at Jollet for an Indefinite period
for felonious deeds, departed that
unpleasant Institution by the simple
process of Imitating a visitor, and
walking away, unhindered. Not until
the counting of noses, some time
later, did the warden discover that
Mr. Fernakea was no longer in his
midst. There Is not much to praise
about Mr. Fernakes, though It la the
concensus of unbiased opinion he
thought considerably faster than hla
keepers.
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Hogs were listed at 11.en per
hundred on the Portlsnd market
Monday. This la fine, and will result
In prosperity, and some new world
record a for cutting the ham thin.
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Sweden la having a period of pros
perity, and the people are worried
about how long It will last. The
gloomier Scandinavians are predict
ing that depression Is Just around
the corner. (New Yorker) They
ought to plow under every thtrd
fretter.
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Tha potato crop Is now the right
ties for stealing. If dug.
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The first "help wanted" sign. In
msny a moon bloomed yesterday In
a Main Stem window. It failed to
attract a large audience like a ateam
shovel, digging a hole.
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rvi Oetchell. the hanker-poet ob
ject to the "Poets Corner" In this
publication. He wsnts a Poets' Hall
Acre.
e e e
The stone walls and steel bars ol
the state penitentiary seem to have
been no serious detriment to mili
tant hellrslsera confined therein.
Ther waa no great difficulty, one
usperts, In fretting out mall, or get
ting In rat poison for phony plots
Barring the inability to get out
night to make speeches tn the Itttle
u achoolhouses, the restrictions
were not painful.
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PTO PTHE PEItlTOR.
(an rranclseo Chronicle)
Editor the Chronicle Sir: It
pseema the psittacosis pscare hss
pet In again or so the pnews dips
patches petate. '
Alpio. I psee psundry dlpsplay ads
psettlng pforth peneclsl pspeclfles
for a new-pfashloned pskln dtpsease
the pactentUta and ptavants have
pnsmed psoriasis.
The psame pachool of pspelltn;
five ua pneumonia and phthisic
(pronounced TIZZIC and meaning
"TB"). Alpso phenol-phthaleln, which
Is Just another flstc.
Fopslbly It makes psense, and
pstimutstea psalrs for rwmebody.
Pstlll. p a u c h pspelllng pseema
paomewhat psilly.
PSAMUEL P "SYLVESTER
PSMYTHE.
Pan Pfranclsco, Aug. I, 103ft.
Pr-one 843. We'll nauJ away rout
fefuae. City Sanitary Service)
Oat Mail Trlbuua vaat ad.
Good Luch Scouts!
CONGRATULATIONS to those citizens of Medford who made
this trip to "Washington, D. C, by the local Boy Scouts
possible, and even heartier congratulations to the lucky boys
selected to represent this district at the National Scout con
vention. A trip to TVasliingfon tor anyone at any time is a creat
privilege. But think of the young lad in his 'teens, who in all
liklihood has never been far from home, to set out on such a
journey, the whole world and an entirely new world before
him, what an experience, what an adventure I
"We envy these young men, and we envy Frank Hull, who
has been selected to go with them, and direct the excursion.
What a lark for them, and what a joy for him I
There is no substitute for youth its health, its abounding
vitality and keenness of its interests, the sensitiveness of its
impressions. The nearest approach to it for the oldsters, is close
association with the young, sharing their joys and thus in a
sense reliving their youth.
The Boy Scouts organizations, more than any other, sup
plies this opportunity. The boys set sail tomorrow into what
for them is the "Great Unknown." They should be given a
real send off, by the people of
The Mail Tribune takes this
voyage," a safe journey, and a happy return! It seems super
fluous to wish them what they can't miss a "SWELL" time!
As the Pendulum Swings
IN LOOKING over our files the other day, we happened to hit
upon an editorial which struck ua aa being extremely timely
at the present moment
It was written in answer to
and ardent supporter of President Roosevelt, who asked us to
forget our narrow partisanship
tration a fair chance.
Yes, that probably sounds incredible to some of our readers,
nevertheless there it is, in the
IT SEEMS the Mail Tribune had criticized the administration
for going into the manufacturing business and competing
directly with private business, and this protest from the ardent
Roosevelt supporter was the result.
In answer to that brick bat, we declaimed and deposed at
aome length, the nub of the matter being in the following con
densation: "The Mull Tribune hM the Mm. Attitude toward the preMnt
administration It had toward all admlntatratlona. It aupnorta It
when It believe! It to be right, opposta It when It bellevea It to be
wrong. In thla manufacturing bualneaa It bellevea It to be wrong,
and haa aald ao. In the main featurea of Its "new deal" It bellevea
It to be right and haa also aald ao. We perdlct the time will come
when not only Preeldent Mooaevelfa extreme popularity will wane,
but when many of thoee waving their hat and declaring he can
do no wrong, will be throwing "dead cats" and declaring he can
do no right. When that time cornea, we alao predict, the Mall
Tribune will be giving the President far more loyal support, than
many of thoee so ear to give him Up service now. perhaps far
more loyal support than those who are its crltlce now."
How soon we forget! We admit we bad forgotten that par
ticular incident, and we have no doubt most of our readers had.
Having supported the administration on the principles of its
major program, for so long a time, we had the impression this
had always been so.
Aye verily, how fast time flies, how completely conditions
change; how true a statement may be one day and how false
a short time later.
But we did call the turn, and it is interesting for us Ht
least, to note the fact at the present time.
WHERE are those hat waving citizens NOW, who early in
J 9.15 were falling over themselves, to get their blue
eagles in their windows and join in the rising chorus that in
Franklin D. Roosevelt this country had the greatest president
since Abreham Lincoln. And they weren't all ardent Democrats
either. Not by a jug full. We could name some prominent
Republicans who were up in front leading the procession, if
we wished to and also wished to lose a few old subscribers!
I'R experience may have been exceptional. But we will say
this for it has BEEN our experience. During the past
two or three months, to hear anything GOOD of the President
written or spoken, has been as rnre, as two years ago fo have
heard anything ILL.
Tea, we called the turn. And that revolving old worm called
it. to. It required no wisdom, just the faculty of observation
and experience.
For the higher they go up, the farther they fall. The more
popular a President when he enters office, the more unpopular
when he goes out. Look at Wilson, Harding. Hoover and now
Roosevelt. You don't believe it! Then read over tbe newspaper
files and admit yon don't know. Even "Cautious C'al" Ooolidne.
entered the White House acclaimed by all, went out as the
"farm hand in a frock coat" and the man who was "weaned
on a pickle." He only escaped a worse fate because he "didn't
choose to run."
Yes it was ever thus and probably always will be. We as a
people simply dote on extremes. We can't resist swinging the
pendulum far in one direction and then just as far in the other.
Today the pendulum is at one extreme. Two years ago it
was at the other. If the Roosevelt luck holds, perhaps it will be
swinging back again in l!3fi
November!
AME
IN THREATENED LOSS
1936 OLYMPIC GAMES
BF.RLIN, Aug. 7. i.-Ti An authori
tative source expressed the belief to
day thst fevr of losing the 1936
Olympic (times because of the cam
pn ten against Jew ind "political
Catholicism" lay behind nat attempts
to obstruct foreign correvKmdente.
I or the (tAmea at Berlin would
come loe to being a major netbavk
for the na?i nvtme. eronoml rally
well a politically. t
Million of marks art be.nf &pent
Modford.
opportunity to wish them ' bnn
the criticism of a subscriber
and at least give the adminis
year of our Lord, 1933.
around the first week in
on preparation, with oflcials count
ing on an Influx of foreign money
to stimulate declining business.
Informed sources said cert in nsal
quarters were convinced that there
existed among foreign convxpondents
a scheme to hart the International
committee cancel the gsmea.
The ousting of some newspaper
men and the Influencing of thoee
remaining sgslmt aending Abroad re
ports of the uttActm against Jews and
"political Catholicism" were aald au
thoritatively to be the method of rr.
rani Joseph CJoebtvU. minuter rf
prop.igsnda. (or dealing with the al
leged plot.
Member of the foreign prew awo
c la lion said they were mystified a
to why government oflolala should
believe charge of the existence of
any plot.
r'RKKS OARU1K 'n nev I .vat. on
601 No. Central. FUoue HM.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letter, pertaining to personal health and htglene not to disease
dtaeniwls or treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self-addressed
r,r lope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink.
On Ina; to the large numher of tetters received only a few can be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions, Address Dr.
William Brady, ZR5 Fl Cam I no. Beverly Hills, C'al.
TO Ol R VOL' NO READER." AND THOSE NOT
BO YOUNG AS THEY WERE
After all. you would think it ought
to be a simple matter to settle tbla
controversy over the permeability of
the skin. Why
not apply the
substance in
question to the
akin of some In
nocent sub Ject
K wr3 and determine
V whether It 1 ab
sorbed? I hive
?h. J and It 1 still
avallanie. for any
such test which
scientific ormcd-
ical authorities
may choose to
maKe. What a more. 111 undertake
to abide by the result In future
teaching or attitude. But for some
reason or other the opposing side
prefers to leave the question In the
air. Guess the reason.
Whether anything' applied to the
surface of the sic In can nourish, feed,
tone or otherwise Influence tissues
under the surface or not. this much
is self-evident. thAt a young skin has
plenty of natural oil secretion (se
bum) on It and consequently requires
no cream or other unguent to pre
serve the complexion. Rather than
cream or oil the you.ig akin Is kept
clear and soft and beautiful by plenty
of plain soap and water washing.
Older skins, on the other hand, are
likely to have insufficient sobum or
natural oil to keep the akin smooth,
soft and warm. Accordingly one
whose skin la not naturally oily may
with advantage apply dally to the
skin some oil or cream which con
tains oll.s This prevents roughness,
harshness, sallowness and Irritation
of the akin.
The older skin should have the
least possible contact with soap And
water, preferably using oil or cream
to cleanse It. Always Immediately
After washing the skin should have
an application of oil. only a few
drops, to take the place of the nat
ural sebum or skin oil removed by
washing.
There la nothing better than rose
water ointment (standard "cold
cream") for use on the skin where
oil U required. This does not keep
well if not freshly msde. It la a
troublesome task to make eold cream,
but women who know find It worth
the trouble.
Directions given In the U. S. Phar
macopeia for mAklng "cold cream"
(Unguentum Aquae Rosae):
Reduce 4 ounces and 170 grains
of spermaceti and four ounces and
102 grains of white beeawax to fine
shavings and melt them together
at moderate heat. Then add 20
fluid ounces and 138 minima of
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyrc
NEW YORK. Aug. 7. Rex Beach Is
re-vlsltlng Alaska for the first time
since he oeglamoured that frozen
chunk of the
world In hla nov
els more than 20
years ago. It was
there he found
1 n s p Iratlon for
such themes as
The Barrier. The
Spoilers, The Sil
ver Horde and
others.
The Jaunt will
be a sentimental
one In m a n y
ways. It was In
AlasKa he met
the former Edith Crater, to whom he
has been so happily married. She
had gone there on a quixotic barn
storming expedition from boarding
school, with her sister. Alleen. who
la now the equally happy Mrs. Fred
Stone.
Beach acted as their protector
and guide In showing them the raw
life of the mining camps, the wicked
dance halls. Lady Lous and Shoot
lug Dan McOrews. Since he . was
there the old Nome went 'Up In
flames and a new city Is rising out
of the ashes. Civilization erased the
primitive Beach knew.
More than almost' any other writer
Beach changed the tempo of modern
fiction. He wung It from the sickli
ness of fainting heroines and lace
cuffed courtiers Into the red-blooded
current. He gave his heroes muscle,
brawn, and big hearts. And dropped
lances and shields for knuckles and
socks.
What's the matter with this pic
ture? A special assistant in charge
of publicity for the United states
Attorney General, in reality a press
agent, receives a salary of $10,000 a
year. J. Edgar Hoover, who as chlet
of the department of Justice, has so
expertly rounded up the crooks. Is
paid sflOOO a year.
Among New York's sudden evan
Ishmenta is the rotlsserie. These open
kltchened pleasantries were confined
mostly to Sixth avenue and uppr
Broadway and wafted the fragrance
of broilers turning on spits in the
windows. Much of the trade was for
f: WW
THE
MARYLAND FUND
is quoted in this newspaper daily.
Prospectus may be secured from your investment dea'er.
almond oil, pour the mixture Into
a warmed earthenware bowl, care
fully add without stirring six fluid
ounces and 104 minims of stronger
rose water In which you have pre
viously dissolved 77 grslns of borax
(or boric acid). Now stir tha mix
ture, or better beat it with an egg
beater, until It becomes uniformly
soft and creamy.
This makes a pleasant, cooling ap
plication for Irritated skin, chapped
akin or lips, mild aunburn or other
burn, aa well as the Ideal unguent
for mllady'i complexion.
QI ESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Kranr and Milk.
Is It true that grapes or grape utce
contains 23 more food value than
milk? (J. D.)
Answer A pint of grapejulce yields
approximately 400 oalories. A pound
of milk yields Aproxlmately 325 cal
ories. Slightly less than 20 more
calories In the grapejulce. But let
me have the milk, fresh and warm
from the cow. and you may have the
grapejulce served as you like,
imlln Ration.
I besan taking your lodln ration
two weeks ago, and already I notice
the gray hair around my temples haa
disappeared, and my hair haa taken
on a lovely lustre. I feel much more
ambitious and llvety than I have for
years. I bought the lodln at a cut
rate store, rt Is marked 83 alco
hol. Is that all right? (Mrs. W. 8.)
Answer If the lodin 1a labelled U.
8. P. or In Canada B. P. it la all
right, no matter what you paid or
where you bought It. If it does not
beer one or the other Pharmacopoeia
Initials you have no assurance of Its
purity or pottency. Full Instructions
In booklet "Regeneration Regime."
For copy send 10 cents coin and
stamped envelop bearing your ad
dress. He Iind a Few Highballs.
No wonder we laymen are wise
acres. You say a gloss of beer Is
not as nourishing as soda or coffee
with cream and sugar, but Dr,
says a bottle of beer is equivalent to
a plate of ham and eggs. (H. C. C.)
Answer Ajid he estimated a high
ball la equivalent to three hard-boiled
egs. plate of ham and eggs yields
on Average 842 calories. A pint of
beer, at outside, yields 300 calories.
Perhaps the doctor had a few when
he made his estimate. I never said
beer is not as nourlshliig as soda or
coffee with cream and sugar '. . .
I said merely that It is not as nour
ishing as milk. '
(Copyright. 1935, John F. Dllle Co.)
F.d. Note: Persons wishing to
riimtnunlrnte with Dr. Brady
should Kent letter direct to Dr.
William Unidy. M. D., :(, El
rninltm, lleverly Hills, Cat.
feasts of chorus girls m their hotel
rooms after the show. They could
send to the rottsserle and get a
roasted chicken with fried potatoes
and plentiful slices of bread for 80
cents. And how many remember the
Castle Cave on Sixth Avenue that
served half-shell oysters In hot
sand? It was Mark Klaw's favorite
haunt.
The sudden flood of detective
magazines, featuring "inside facts,"
has become a phenomenon of the
publishing field. More than a dozen,
weekly, semi-weekly and even tab
loids, have burgeoned since first ot
the year. And they have produced
a new type of lurid 2-cents-a-wora
writer who works with all the ter
rific speed of the old-time reporter
for the beat. Each Issue plays up
the serialization of the life of a big
shot mobsman, such as Dillinger
and Pretty Boy Floyd.
In the meantime the higher claas
magazines, or -slicks." are In a
quandary over the dearth of more
accomplished mystery and detective
story fictioneer. In the past few
years death has removed Louis Joseph
Vance, Edgar Wallace. LeRoy Sutt,
Arthur Somers Roche and Earl Derr
Btggers. These were master craftsmen
who entertained such distinguished
disciples of the exciting plot as
Woodrow Wilson, Chief Justice
Hughes and others of that ilk. The
field Is now left almost clear to four
English writers, E. Phillips Oppen
helm, Agatha Christie. Sydney Horler
and Valentine Williams.
A mystery writer with sn amaz
ing following In the "pulps"' was
Clarence Herbert New. For years he
concocted a monthly article cap
tioned "Free Lancing tn Diplomacy.''
Altogether more than 3.000.000 words
of Imaginative efforts that uncan
nily called diplomatic shots In Inter
national Intrigue. New was a wheel
chair invalid with an amputated
arm from a bear clawing. He haa
not been out of his room in a
Brooklyn boarding house for years.
When he died at 70. 14 unpublished
stories of his were banked up In one
magatlne shop.
Mrs. Ted Woodyard. wife of the
alert publisher of a flock nf West
Virginia weeklies, la one of -the na
tion's most tireless women motor
ists. If she spends a sleepless night,
she is off before dawn for a spin,
often driving the 500 miles from
her Psrfc avenue apartment to their
home in Spencer, W. Va. Then s'.eeps
the clock around. She has driven to
Florida and Canada many times and
to tha coast In leas than seven daya
Always solo I
Ryley Cooper a colored butler, at
tending a gabbing group of writers
in Cooper s pent house studio, heard
the talk turn suddenly to ghosts
and grew fidgety aa the terror ol
the tales Increased. So much ao he
shook visibly. When the crowd left.
Cooper ventured: "Tou are not afraid
of ghost are you?" He replied: 'Not
zactly feerd, but I gits klnda hard
to bold."
(Copyright, 19S6. McNaught Syndi
cate) r
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
pRINCB ALEXIS MDIVANI. ex-hUl-
band of Barbara Hut ton, is killed
In an automobile accident in Spain.
He waa driving with a pretty young
woman when the accident occurred.
He died aa he had lived.
INTERESTING headline :
"Nazi Chiefs Start Drive on Re
porters. Foreign Correspondents In
Germany Face News Muzzle."
Why? Well, the chances are they
printed something the Nasi chiefs
didn't like.
When that happens under dictator
ships, the reporters get Into trouble.
f-
ALONG the same line, here la an
Interesting dispatch:
"Robert Wagner, commissioner for
the state of Baden, speaking in Ber
lin to an audience of 70,000, said:
'He who in the future attacks na
tional socialism the philosophy of
the German nation la our enemy.
He will be treated aa such.
" 'We are able no longer to indulge
In clemency.' "
JUST how will national socialism In
Germany treat Its enemies?
It will probably line them up
against a wall and shoot them, that
being a time-honored habit of dic
tatorsand national socialism tn Ger
many, you know, haa taken the form
of dictatorship.
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IN TH-S country, beyond all doubt,
there are Influential groups that
are pushing us, with all their might,
toward national socialism tn some
form or other.
Let's lay back our ears and refused
to be pushed. This country. Just as
our forefathers built It, is a MIGHTY
GOOD PLACE to live.
TPHE senate and the house have
passed, and the President will
probably sign, a bill regulating Inter
state movement of trucks and buses.
Just aa railroads are now regulated.
The result. It la altogether prob
able, will be higher bus and truck
rates, which will be good from the
standpoint of the railroads, but not
so good from the standpoint of the
shipper.
The thing to remember that as
soon as we start winding an industry
up in government red tape the price
of its product to the consumer GOES
UP.
That was true In the case of the
railroads, and will probably be true
In the case of trucks and buses.
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Communications
A Modern Barbara Trltrhle?
To tht Editor:
Aa history la measured. It was not
so long ao In old Frederick town
thst a patriotic woman faced the
confederate troops and held aloft
the Union Flag.
The words that she uttered have
become Immortal aa also the gal
lant command of Oeneral Jackson.
Times change, but the quenchless
desire for public service carries on
from generation to generation.
Public spirited women of today
are opposed by forces that are not
po simple. They must confront the
onslaught of a controlled press; they
must look unflinchingly Into the
muzzles of machine guna loaded w-ltn
false propaganda; they do not face
the clean bullets from the columns
of rebel ranks, but they do face a
steady barrage of misrepresentation
that Issues forth dally from the j
columns 01 ine press.
Heap dishonor upon these women
If you will, but "spare your coun
try's flag" and the Ideals for which
It stands.
I know that you obey your mas
ter's voice and that the hydra-head
personnel of that msster does not
share either the gallantry or the
manhood of "Stonewall" Jackson.
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MEDFORD
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But tha tlm Is not far distant
when thla vast aplder-web of sinister
control and Intrigue ahall crumble
and become aa dust to dust; the
time will coma when the power trust
and all It ramlflcatlona will be loat
In the lymbo of forgotten things.
The bulwark of a free people
ahall aurvlve; freedom of speech and
a free press shall rise In triumph
and In defense of a restored re
public and a democracy reborn.
Whenever we utter a word In de
fense of the principles upon which
our republic atanda or do a deed
that upholds the ancient faith of
our democracy, then and then only
do we hold aloft the American flag
ARIEL B. POMEROY.
Old Stage Road, Aug. 9.
Lynch Law In South.
To the Editor:
I read with Interest and approval
your editorial "Lynch Law Its
Cause" In yeaterday'a paper. You
were very fair-minded In your con
alderatlon of California and her
lynchlnga. And to By "If legal Jus
tice were quick and lure In thla
country, aa quick and sure for ex
ample aa In England there would
h. nn MVluat nf Ivnch law." Is. nO
doubt, very true. But why be so
unfair and add? "At leaat not norm
of the Mason and Dixon line."
I am not from the aouth. I am a
Caltfornlan. but I resent and pro
test the unfairness of tha above re
mark. You aald: "The early pioneers were
not Inherently lawless In fact, the
reverse. It waa because they cared
so much for law and order for the
security of life and property."
Why may not these be the causes
of lynchlnga everywhere? Why ex
clude aouth of the Mason and Dixon
line? None of them excusable or
Justifiable, but If you make allow
ancea for some, why notfor all?
Your article la a good article, and
timely, but I feel there Is no excuse
for unfair Insinuations that dis
credited an otherwise good editorial.
We are Interested In a law-abiding
United Statea of America and fair
ness for all.
MRS. A. O. PATTERSON.
Medford, Ore., Aug. S.
Ed Note: Lynch law In the solid
south la a racial, not a legal, prob
lem. (Continued from Page One)
tlgators the accusing witness who
gave testimony Inferring that a con
gressman was paid off by the utility
people In a cigar box. Later Sleuth
Blanton rode Congressman Patton
over to the committee to deny the
charge.
Few Informed persons here believed
that there was anything In the story.
It was such a Joke In Washington
that a Texas newsman walked around
town for two days carrying a cigar
box under his arm, Inciting f jople
to ask him about It. When anyone
did. he opened the box and displayed
two one dollar bills.
The inferential charge served the
purpose of creating a vague general
suspicion against congressmen who
supported the house bill, but appar
ently It made no difference in the
vote.
The scurrilous rumor that the pres
ident Is not well mentally has been
circulated by others than that In
ventive New Jersey man who testi
fied before the lobby committee. A
confidential business tetter sent out
from Washington (not any of the
good ones) flatly questioned the
president's sanity ln a recent re
lease. A Democratic floor leader of the
senate waa preparing to attack and
expose the confidential letter not
long ago but the White House told
him to forget it.
White House authorities reason that
public mention of the author of such
a charge would give him a recogni
tion that he does not merit, even as
an adversary.
Something happened to the house
Republicans In the tax fight. They
fatled to make much of a showing.
The reason apparently was that
Speaker Byrns outwitted Republican
Leader Snell.
Byrns first announced the tax bill
would be Jammed down the throats
of Republicans In three days. Then
he beean to pat them on the back.
He agreed to curatil sessions ao they
could go home to dinner each night.
He agreed to curtail sessions so they
until Monday. (He would have done
this anyway because many of his
Democrats were absent over the week
end).
In return for these favors, the Re
publicans co-operated. They helped
to spank the Huey Long bloc, offered
few amendments. In the end they
co-operated so much that thlr op
position washed out Into nothing Im
portant. Byrns Is chuckling tn his sleeve.
Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
liUlory from the flle or the
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 Years
Aco).
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 7. 12
(It waa Friday)
Bartlett pear picking starts In the
Willow Sprtnas district. Bartletts sell
in Portland for 3 per box.
"Mrs. Will Brown has been doing
considerable work lately fixing up
the auto park." Eagle Point Items),
"The nation was never In better
shape from every economic angle." de
clares Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover. Estimated only 6,000,000 un
employed. California shaken by slight quake.
No damage.
Upstate has hottest day of year with
mercury at 90 degrees. Reaches 103
here.
Bond Issue for 975 000 for new
water system for city proposed.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 7, Iftl
fit was Saturday)
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Parsons of HlU
creat orchards return from a trip to
San Francisco.
Pythians flock to Crater Lake for
novel ceremony to be held on Wizard
Island-
Exhibit of Rogue River valley fruit
ereatest need at San Francisco lair.
Ben Sheldon reports.
Greatest cannonade In history ot
southern Oregon hunting expected
next Sunday in the hills when the
deer season opens.
8.276 people visit Crater Lake to
date. Last year at the same time
there were 3.744 visitors.
Jackson county movie now being
shown dally at San Francisco fair.
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Editorial Comment
That !R.H0.fino parole Deal
On the face of It. the contract be
tween L. A. Banks, life termer In the
Oregon penitentiary and Dan Kella
her, then a member of the state pa
role board, whereby Kellaher was to
work for Banks release and was to
get 50.000 if successful la one of the
biggest scandals In many years In
this state.
People should reserve Judgment:
the thing seems too shocking to ha
true, but a photostatic copy of the
contract was introduced at the gov
ernor's hearing on the Banks case
Friday and Krllaher who was present
is quoted as having admitted its au
thenticity. It Is claimed that Kellaher
was also to work to get properties al
legedly owned by Banks resto ed to
him and If successful was to get 200.
000. This Is plainly material for a grand
Jury Investigation. The charges strike
at the Integrity of a former state of
ficial charged with the responsibility
of determining the length of sen
tence of prisoners. If he has been
seeking to profit from his activities
in this manner the full penalty of
the law should be applied.
With this revelation there Is sura
to be fresh suspicion of past exer
cises of clemency in this and other
cases. The ease with which criminals
get out of prison has been a near
scandal. There has seemed to be lit
tle advantage In convicting crimin
als, only to have soft hearted or
headed governors and parole boards
release them. There should be a
searching Inquiry Into this whole sit
uation, otherwise suspicions, perhaps
unjust, will persist. Baker Democrat
Herald. Carpenter endorsed
Unqualified approval is to be given
Governor Martin's recent appoint
ment of Leonard Carpenter to mem
bership on the state planning board.
Mr. Carpenter Is able, well grained,
level headed and accustomed to deal
ing with large affairs. It would be
difficult to find anyone who could
bring to the board what It lost In the
death of Mr. Carpenter's predeces
sor, D. C. Henney. but the new ap
pointee has qualities of his own that
will make him a valuable member.
(Bend Bulletin.)
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