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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDXESDAY..AUGUST 21, 1935. MEDFOKDTRIBUNE "Evrrrnn In Southern Oregm KuiJ the Mail Tribune" DhIIj Eii-ept Saturday. Published by M KUKOKI) PRINTINO CO. -7-2 N. Kir fit. Phons . nOKKHT W. RUHU Editor. Ao Independent Newepeper. Entered eeconrl-claes matter at Med ford. Oregoo, under Act of March . II.. auuscniPTiON hates Br Mall In Advanca: Daily, on year .0 rally. eix months Dally, one month By Carrier. Id Advance Med ford, Aen- land. Jackaotivllla, Central Point. Pnoeniv. Talent Oold Hill and an h!Ewaye. Dally one year J? Dally. ai .iionihe -2S Dally, one month All terma, cash in ad a nee. mii-lnl I'nimr of the City of Med ford. Offlrlal Paper of Jmktwiii County. JU KM II Kit OF TUB AHHtM.I ATKI I'HtMB KH--lv)na Kill I l-eiiwel Wira HeTtlra. Tlie Aeimclnted Preaa la exclusively en tilled to the use for publication of all newi dlnpalchee credited to It or other wile credited In thla pjiper, and alao to the local netvi publtahed herein. All rift h la for publication of epeclal dlapatchca herein are alao reserved. SI EM 11 Kit OF UNITED PRESS MEMItKR OK AUDIT BUREAU OK CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repreaentallvea M. C. MOO KNHK.N A COMPANf Offlcea In New York. Chicago Detroit. 6an Kranclaco. Lot Angelea. Heat tie, Portland. MEMBER ON Ye Smudge Pot Uy Arthur lrrry Philadelphia has 48 candidate! lor Mayor. Jackson county one wallowed In 14 candidates for sheriff, and thought it was suffering. This body politic now sends condolences to Philadelphia, and Invites the losers to come out, and run lor sherifl some time. e e e The Governor, In a speech at Cor- vallls, referred to his persistent pes terers as "tin-horn meddlers," (nee peanut politicians). It would be Just as appropriate to brand them as the II Deuces of Oregon politics. e e e FOR SALE Good soda fountain, very reasonable If taken at once Must have room. (Ad Coos Bay Times) The beer pump Is mightier than the vanilla syrup bottle. e e L'Sccretarlate Chambres du Com mercial is the bouncing father of a proud baby boy. e y e OTIIKRWISE, NOTHING WRONG (Cong. Ilrt'tinl) They will not choose the "new deal" If they could know It In Its hideous nakedness with Its broken promisee, broken plat form, false propaganda, unfilled promises, destruction, chaos, de " celt, fraud, hypocrisy, say one thing and do another, -star-chamber decisions, denial of the right of their day In a court of Jus tice, together with their support ing allies the corn borer, the boll weevil, the grasshoppers, drought, nil consistent and Interlocked with the killing of 6.000,000 hogs, the butchering of cattle, sheep, ' snd chickens, and the plowing under of cotton. e e e Huckleberry pies, in all their Inky quiddity are playing havoc with white skirts and shirts. e e e If the director of the radio sta tion, who cut the Governor of Ohio off the air, because he allegedly told a dirty story, ever hears what the listeners say about some of the sopranos, he will close up the sta tion and become a monk. e e Another rainbow hss been con structed by an economist, to in crease the woslth, by making every body be his own mint. e e e "SEVEN FIGHTS NO BAR AT DANCE" (Smith River Notes) Pretty good for no bsr. e e e FOR nt'.TTEK OR WORftE. (line Agony Column) Dear Miss Manners: You help so many people and I wish you would advise me in my distress. I am 1H snd have been married one month. We had our first quarrel Thursday. I made a batch of pancakes for breakfast and apparently they were not well done. My husband got mad and smacked a pancake In my face. X got madder than I ever was In my life and took some batter and threw It on him. He washed and left the house and I haven't seen him since. I have a chance to ride to California next Saturdny and have a notion to go. I am going to slay at the house one week and If he still pouts I will go. Don't you think I am doing right? ANNALEE. e The best athletic news In a long time, came yesterday with the word that the Med ford high school foot bsll squad will lock horns, legs, and arms with the Salem high school on the afternoon of October 36, This will not aid trade relations with northern California, but it sure will attract the folks to the battlefield. The barn-painting Tigers have play ed many a hectic gnme with Salem In the past, and the renewal ot friendly hostilities will be the same. The Salem squad Is the toughest proposition the homeguards will tsrkle. It Is the game the Isns have been looking for these psst seven years. Hotel Association To Meet, Ashland ASHIAND, AUR. 21. (Spl ) A Joint meeting of the Southern Oregon Ho tel association and the Northern Cal ifornia Hotel aaKorlntlon will be held at the Llthla Springs hotel here on Saturday. September 14. It hss been announced, with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Walla as hosts. A buMiiFK meeting mill occur at 4 p. m. with dinner served at 7 o'clock. Cse Mali Itiouai want i Study in Contrasts ACCORDING to dispatches from Los Angeles, Will Rogers probably left an estate of $5,000,000. According to dispatches from Washington, D.C., Howard C. Hopson, power company tycoon and lobbyist, put $6,500,000 into his pocket, during the past eight or ten years, half of which was paid him, while the stockholders" in his companies didn't get a dime. Here certainly is a nice study in contrasts! C'VERTON'E knows what Will Rogers did to earn the fortune -J he accumulated, and assuming the total was $5,000,000, when one considers the public service he rendered, who wjll deny he was decidedly underpaid! No one knows what Lobbyist Ilopson did to draw down his millions, except Ilopson and he won't tell. But it takes no expert accountant, or seventh son of a seventh son, to be morally certain, that as far as service to the public, to the companies he represented or its stockholders arc concerned, he didn't earn one-half of one per cent, what he was paid. WILL ROGERS' fortune represented in the highest sense of the term, genuine public service he gave to the people of the country far more than he ever received. This man Ilopson's fortune, while gained in the realm of what we call public utility service, represented nothing but poli tical manipulation, financial juggling and selfish greed. One was an invaluable asset to society Rogers nml Ilopson I What a ing commentary upon the vagaries and maladjustments of what we have come to call the capitalistic system. WHEN we have emerged from this confusing and critical period of social and economic readjustment, when things only half sensed now are realized, and things nqw clouded be come definite and clear Undoubtedly a system will reward men like Rogers and SERVE to be rewarded, on the basis of what they GIVE what they contribute to the betterment of society, the greater happi ness, security and contentment they can GRAB. In such a world there would be more Rogers, and no Hop sons at all. Entirely Subjunctive IF WILL ROGERS' state is appraised at $5,000,000, the State of California aud Uncle Sam will, through estate and inheri tance taxes, take $1,716,000 slightly over one-third. Or putting it another way, Mrs. Rogers and the children will receive $:t,284,000 out of the $5,000,000.- If Will Rogers were 'alive, we wonder what he would have to say to THAT? We venture whatever he did say would be good. It would put the entire matter in a couple of nut shells, with humor, wisdom and without bitterness or malice. Our idea is that lie would not object to the tax. He would say something about the money having come from the dimes and quarters and half dollars of the people, and he felt it only just a material portion of it. should be returned to them. But we also imagine he might wish in his homely ironic fashion it might be returned to THEM, not to either state or national politicians who would in the last analysis, SPEND it. So say we all of us! A S we have started speculating upon the model world of the " future we might as well extend our observations to the tax problem. In such a perfect world, for example, inheritance taxes would not be based upon the size of the estate, regardless of how the estate had been secured, or the character of the beneficiaries. In a family like the Rogers family for example, there would be no inheritance tax. It was nil clean money, earned by service rendered, every penny of it. It would therefore go to Mrs. Rogers and tho children, far more competent to" use it wisely and from the standpoint of society, USEFULLY, than any gov ernment. Moreover, with such children, a permanent income would be desirable, not the reverse. For no money, from all wc can learn, could ever spoil the ally gifted are hard working and conscientious, like father and mother, the salt of the earth type. N' the other hand with some other fortunes, the state and nation would step in and take the major portion. Not only were the millions never really earned, but the character of the beneficiaries would make it certain that wealth and leisure would spoil and demoralize them. They would merely be a few more parasites on the body politic. Far better, in spite of the dangers of extravagance and waste, the money should go to the government than to them. Why not t This is nothing but adopting a policy of PIS CRIMINATION and common sense and the government of a perfect world would exercise both. How much better WE could construct a world than the natural forces w hich under the stress and strain of political con trols must do the job for us! Communications As to Nfwpaper Loyalty To the Editor: It does appear from your editorial hearted "The Journal Broadrns Out In your August 19 edition that you are not well lnfo..ned as to David iAwrence's public attitude toward the president and the administra tion. Those of us who are fortunate enough to possess radios which pick up the news direct from Washington, D. C. put on the air by the "tinned States News a paper edited by David Lawrence, doubt that If you had availed yourself ot this service you would have had the temerity to hae written said editorial, as you would have known that regardless of Mr Lawrence's private views that he. like other editors, appears to be subsi dlred. It further appears that since certain privileged Individuals have learned that "President Roose.eits the other a liability. study in contrasts, what a strik emerge which will automatically Hopson as THEY REALLY DE of the people, not upon what Rogers children. Those not actu pre-election speeches were not Idle promises" that they have ordered "thumbs down" on the administra tion via the apparently controlled press of the nation. As an example of the misleading propaganda, witness the reiterated speeches that "the present congress is merely a rubber stamp for the president." This is a blatant false hood. Proof lies in congress disre gard of the peoples wishes as regards nm urmii iini9r 111 nc ui'ioins I company bill when It still falls to en ' act the original bill as congress is now fully aware that the thousands of telegrams, presumed to have been I sent by private citizens, were, in fact. ; sent and paid for by the utilities i corporations' minions, j The president's pre-election prom i lss as regards electrical power for the mass of the people was one of the mstn factors that caused Mr Roosevelt to be elected to the presi dency of the I'nlted States, j Your presumption that the Journal 'will remain "loyal to the president Personal Health Service By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to disease diagnosis or treatment will be answered by Ur. Brady tr a stamped seir-ad-dressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink.! Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. I William Brady, 265 El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Cal. I GOOD FOOD FOR We hear a good deal about the white collar man. the forgotten man. the small business man. the neglected m middle class. For 1 example, the 4 well-to-do have the advantage of their choloe of physicians, spec ialists, hospital or nursing care, and excellent clinics and care are pro v I d e d by the com munlty for toe Indigent, but the great Inde pendent class of moderate means, substantial people who pay their own way and pay as they go, must suffer from the poor consideration shown for their needs. In some respects this plea for the white collar class falls flat, for we have the feeling that they asked for It. They were not compelled to elect white collar Jobs In the first place; they chose that way as being some thing more genteel than he-man Jobs. Of course that Is not the whole case, but It Is a large factor In the white collar problem. Many a man who drifts Into the belief that he Is fit only for a white collar Job could do a man's work psychology applied to trii business. Trouble Is that Yankeeland Is at heart a trifle snobbish, after all, and the dignity of honest labor has not yet gained the recognition In real life that It receives in poetry. Minister writing from a midwest rural community bemoans the nutri tional deficiencies of people on relief and asks me to work out a diet con taining suflclent vitamins, as well as iron, protein, etc.. and publish It In this column. It should be a very cheap diet, he says. That is useless. They can't compre hend It. But it may be worth while to repeat a suggestion or two. which I have been giving here for years, but only an occasional reader heeds. Instead of using flour, use plain wheat, either entire as it comes from the thraaher or ground, cracked or krlnkled in your own mill to suit your need. This will automatically re store to the deficient diet vitamins A. B, O and E, as well as part of the callcum and phosphorus of which re fined foods are robbed. Wheat con tains five times as much Iron as white flour contains. I have publish ed here several times good recipes for ; various things made of plain wheat J home ground. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for the leaflet "Wheal to Eat." Another suggestion which generally In Its editorial policy" Is amusing to say the least. Just what Is your definition of loyalty? Do you call It loyal support of the president to write seemingly favorable editorials on the one hand and on the other to make special arrangements whereby articles will appear In the columns of the Journal which attempt to tear down the president and the administration? If you do, I would like your explana tion as to Just "what kind of loyalty" you would call It. And please don't give me that worn-out explanation that you believe that the dear public should have all sides of the case pre sented to them, for I notice that In the columns of The Tribune, as well as In other publications, that this policy is only followed when it suits the interests of certain privileged in dividuals. HENRIETTA B. MARTIN. Medford, Aug. 20. Ed. Note: Our correspondent ap parently believes loyalty to the presi dent means a newspapt.- must exclude from its news columns all expressions of politcal opinion which do not agree with Its own. This Isn't loyalty: It's simply narrow" and stupid partisan ship. Were the Mail Tribune to ac cept such a definition of loyalty, we fear Mrs. Martin's communications would seldom, if ever, appear In, Its columns, LOCALlElElFITS BY RATE REDUCTION LUMBER SENT EAST The Medford Corporation (Owen Oregon Lumber company will bene fit from the recent I.C.C. reduction In lumber freight rates, according to James H. Owen, general manager. Steps are now underway for the saw mill of the company to start opera tion about September 15. "The reduction will enable us to partially compete with tidewater mills, on the Atlantic seaboard," Manager Owen said, "and give us more of an even break with the southern pine production. The reduc tion In freight affects all Inland mills." Work Is progressing rapidly on re building of the fire-swept trestle on the Medford logging railroad, five miles west of Butte Falls. Mansger Owen said today It Is probable the trestle would be completed by Sep tember 1. to permit hauling of logs. The sawmill will not start until the mill pond has a sufficient number of logs for sustained operation. n vrn IMi u j mill and yard crews have been 1 ecttd. and for the most part they are viu r.ut-iujrs. r.nu'ioyrs oi ine pisni are pian- nlng to hold a Labor Day picnic, as a celebration both of the dav. and the repoentng of the plant. Orreon Weather Generally fair tonight and Thurs day but becoming cloudy; probably ItSht rain Thursday in northwest portion; cooler interior of north and west portions Thursday; moderate changeable winds becoming west and southwest off the coa.t , Use ilaU Tribune vant ada. 11 pr&K GOOD CITIZENS I falls on desf ears la that everybody should eat more cheese. Any and i every kind of cheese, whatever you like and can get. Cottage cheese Dutch cheese. American cheese, or any of the various fancy imported cheeses. These are excellent sources of protein, and with beans or peas, will completely compensate for any lack of meat in the diet. Finally, this is a good time to re mind readers that peanuts are still among the most nourishing, health ful, economical staple foods money can buy. Any kind of cheese, witjj some peanuts and whatever green or fresh vegetable happens to be avail able, makes a salad fit for a king. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Yellow Spots Several months ago yellow spots ap peared on my upper eyelids near the nose. Asked my doctor about it, and he said it is nothing to worry about. But I do worry, as they seem to grow gradually and are very un sightly. Had a gallstone operation two years ago. Could that have anything to do. . . . (Mrs. W. s.) Answer Xanthoma slightly raised yellow nodules or plates in the skin. Aside from cosmetic embarrassment the condition is harmless. Physician -sltilled in diathermy can obliterate the spots with desslcatlng current, which Is less likely to leave scar than any other means of removing them. Hard Hulled I can cat three or four hard-boiled eggs without III effects, but soft eggs always cause biliousness, and I won dered if hard boiled eggs are harder to digest. (H. T. R.) Answer Eggs digest best cooked the way you prefer. Raw egg is less digestible than cooked egg, as a rule. Hard boiled egg chewed or grated or otherwise well broken up digests as readily as soft boiled or poached egg. Fried eggs are as digestible as boiled. New England Baloney Newa item says Worcester man tried suicide by letting a Black Widow spider bite him. Doc Brady's column saya bite by this spider seldom proves fatal. Ia Doc Brady so wife, then, and the Worcester doctors dumb? (J. D. H.) Answer Of course. Intravenous In jections of 10 per cent calcium chlor ide solution have given Immediate and prolonged relief in several cases. (Copyright, 1935. John F. DUle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Or. Urady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. P., El Camlno, Beverly Mills, Cal. (Continued from Page One) sense a prohibition. Politics will be tin ,mi prohibited, but no one will It. If anyone Is preparing to cheer about the new dealers being blocked in trying to extend their control over banking under this bill, he should hold his breath until about next February. The premtere of the Ethiopian war will be staged on or about Septem ber 15, according to confidential diplomatic advices here. The cast is assembled and the shooting will be gin promptly ss soon as the rain stops. Some state department au thorities are so sure of it that they are taking their vacations now. They want to be back in time for the gruesome opening chorus. The Democratic leaders have been exerting strong Inner pressure on Mr. Roosevelt tomake him change his mind about the "death sentence" provision in the holding company bill. One sent him, the other day, a copy of the house roll call showing how many Democrats had voted against him. Some of the names were underscored. They were those of his most loyal followers. The same delicate suggestion was advanced at the Sunday night con ference at the White House. You may have noticed that only the nominal congressional leaders (con servatives all) were called to that gathering. There were ao many tax experts at the first meeting of the house and senate conferees that the con ference had to be adjourned to a larger room. In fact, there were more expert present than congressmen. Apparently the legislators feel that the bill needs expert attention. A rvlc. inns nell In thi. com. munlty hss recently been established lt thf jack.,on countv chamber or commrro. It was announced todav by Manager A. H. BneU. with the ' ' BCqulHtton Of complete directory ...... ,-. Orfgon and on (or California i -..v Pr. i tlal directories are alK available for Idaho and Colorado. The directories will be open to the public. Banwe'.l stated, but the books must not leave the chamber building. The directories were com plied by the R. L. Plk directory company. KEEP COOL and CNJoT meals and Tountain service at ths Whit Not Ns air coudiUoaer. t NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyre NEW YORK. Aug. 31. The audden spread of lunch wagons on almost every available space in the metropo lis is a restau rant phenomenon surpassing the upshoot of the sidewalk cafe. Once the lunch wagon was con fined to the out er fringes and water fronts. The only one in mid town was at Her ald Square. Low ground rental makes those with fair patronage profitable. Come on most advantageous sites pay as little as $10 a week with the understanding they must clear out in case of a building project. The most elabo rately equipped Is on upper Broadway In the ISO's. In Greenwich Village they have made such Inroads that many old-established eating places have locked up and quit. The modern grandeur of the wagons the majority are built In New Rochelle Include swivel stools with cushioned backs, cozy booths and air conditioning. The clientele has changed. Instead of truckmen hopping off for a snack, the shifty espials known as stool pig eons and pool room sharks, there are fellows with their girls." family par ties, stenographers, clerks. Names that were once Eats, Bob's, etc., are now The Bonton. Rltz Diner and Cafe Splendlde. And on Lenox and Seventh avenues in Harlem the flossiest shops are the beauty parlors. Outside the Eliza beth Ardens and Dolly Greys on Fifth avenue in the 50's. the most magnifi cent salons are in the Black Belt. They are toned In orchid, dove gray, ocean blue with indirect lighting that suggests the elaborate botiques of rue de la Paix. The customers are all colored. I notice such names as The Modelle, The Quality, Marie An toinette and Cote d'Azur. Hair wav ing leads the demands. Also I hear of a spurt of bathroom splendor in a rich bachelor's duplex on that swanky upper tip of slummy East End avenue. The tub: Solid in set of black onyx with walls of black tiling and celling of black mirror. The fixtures: All sterling. But the crowning touch is a row of push button pin trays, whirling Arcadian scenes. The dingus you press is the aroma you get I The late Ralph Barton's widely photographed bedroom In his Paris home was all ' in black a gesture to frustrate his torturing nights of in somnia. Even the articles on his dressing table were ebony-backed and his pajamas and slippers the same somber shade. As a relief from con stant darkness he had rigged up a dancing firefly effect in the pitch black celling that twirled with a press of a button at his bedside. But it was no aid in his long fight against wakefulness that culminated in his suicide. i Among Insomnia's queer Jamborees is the development of what is known as a clock-sleeper. He cannot sleep without the tick in the room. Forbes Robertson, the actor, was so bedev iled. On his tours he carried a bun glesome horological horror with a gaunt tick. If, as It now and then happened, the clock ran down while I J 'lur,!d wakenl ate'y- When It had to go to the re . j iicn ib unci 10 ko to me re- pmi oiiup. ne was oisinm. uniy that especial ticK would suffice, was a clock-sleeper, too. Dickens Somerset Maugham and Michael Arlen have formed a constant com panionship among thinning strag glers along the Riviera. Maugham was Arlen s literary idol when the latter came to London a bewildered Armenian refugee and remained to become Mayfalr's glossiest and most discussed historian. Maugham Is said to be Interested In pxtrlcatlng Arlen from a literary deadfall. After a se ries of brilliant novels and plays, he came to a sudden stop, losing stride and vogue. Maugham, Incidentally. is tngianas wealthiest writer, hist fortune passing Shaw's. I The reputedly wealthiest American writers are the Norrises Kathlfen and Charles. Temple Bailey is on easy street also, as are Harold Bell Wright. Fannie Hurst, Katherine Brush and Bud Kellan. The latter made another fortune since the de pression. Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis could quit now and live In comfort to ripe years. The wealthiest of those who syndicate their wares is Bob Rip ley, the cartoonist. I've never had much truck with pigeons. But last evening I grew boy-scout Ish and bought a 5-cent poke of wheat to feed some in Madi son Square. When I threw the first handful they flew at me in a mad. cloudy whir. So I dropped the poke and walked stiffly away. I should let a flock of pigeons make a sucker of me. (Copyright. 1P35. McNaught Syndicate) Baby Is Insured Soon After Birth EUGENE. Ore.. Aug. 21. (UP) Four minutes after the birth of Charles Bonney today a sl.000 Insur ance policy on his life was formally signed. Papers were prepared In ad vance for the arrival, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bonney. it required the ,our minutes to fill In the sci. name n1 dIto'' signature pronouncing ! me applicant engiDle for Insurance. I CASCADE LOCKS. Ore.. Aug. Jl. f APt rrtmnlotlnn nf .1 , .k. ., ' I ,s?te hKh? commission, clt? officials announced. Sidewalks also are to be asked In the petition, j Don't be Tormented by oilDlVwi UV pf rr,liffollo!ii: ,Wn 1' T-, US, Of clicvabt folloiiis Irt us, or m Resinol, Presidential Timber? 3r M . Ik Arthur Robinson, senator frorr, Indiana, has been named among a group of leading republicans as pos ible presidential timber for 1936. (Associated Press Photo) Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS BIG world news: "Deadlocked, the conference of European nations called in Paris to TALK ABOUT stopping war between Italy and Ethiopia, breaks up. French say Europe faces a crisis like that of 1014." f-f THE big nations of Europe could prevent war between Italy and Ethiopia very easily if preventing war waa all they wanted. The trouble Is IT ISN'T. Each nation wants to advance Its OWN Interest, regardless of anybody else's Interest, or to guarantee its own security regardless of anybody else's security. Narrow selfishnes rules the whole diplomatic game. Narrow selfishness STARTS wars, but doesn't keep them from hap pening. 1NTERESTINa"headline : "Ethiopia Places War Order With U. S, Firm." Fair enough. If Europe's lighters want weapons to fight with, let's sell them. We might as well as for some body else to. But If the going gets bad, so that we might get Into trouble making de liveries, let's say to all would-be buy ers: "Come and get 'em if you want 'em; this is hereafter a cash and carry business." In other words, let's take no chances of getting into this mesa. We got into the last one and are still nursing our burned fingers. B IG news on the Pacific Coast: The Interstate commerce com mission authorizes freight reductions amounting to as much as 20 per cent on lumber from the Pacific Coast to the East. The reductions become ef fective on August 24. That's big news because whatever enables our lumber to sell cheaper In the East enables the East to use more of It. That's what we need. 1TMLL the railroads suffer by the re V ductlon? That remains to be seen, but PROB ABLY" NOT. Rates of Pacific Coast lumber to the East have been so high the East couldn't ship much of our lumber back by rail. Hence the rallroadst have had too little of It to haul. It doesn't make much difference to you how high your price is If you csn't sell your product. ! IN ANNOUNCING its decision, the commission makes this interesting statement: "Eighty-eight per cent of the soft timber of the country Is In the Westj While 60 per cent of construction is In the East:" If those figures are accurate, the lumber market we've been waiting for ought to materialize before long. Especially If people begin to build houses again. BABY WITHOUT BRAIN LIVES FOR 27 DAYS NEW YORK. Aug. 31. (UP1 A baby born without a brain, but which lived 27 days, today puzzled physicians who studied the strange case. A post mortem examination reveal ed that the child's brain cavity con tained only water. Otherwise the baby seemed normsl. Name of the parents was not dis closed by authorities at St. Vincent's hospital. . TV y('' jiaiiii-' i i thiiiWirt- ff-hm THE MARYL AND FUND is quoted in this newspaper doily. Prospectus may be secured from your Investment dealer. Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson Cou nty history from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and 20 Years Ago). TEN YEARS AGO TOUAV - August 21. 1925 (It was Friday) Three guards at state prison, aa result of escape last week of three convicts. Dry enforcement force to be re organized and "bootlegging crushed. The Grange Pomona held at Rogue River la disappointed when Governor Pierce fails to appear aa advertised and promised. Huckleberries are ripe on Sardine creek. Owing to an injury to the writer's; eye there la not a very lengthy col umn of items this week. (Eden Pre cinct Items). Band to play on street Saturday for entertainment of evening shop pers. Coach Prink Calilson predicts "Med ford will be lucky if they win a game. The boys are too green." TWENTY YEARS AOO TODAY August 21. 1915 (It was Saturday) Abe Ruef. "boss of San Francisco," sentenced to San Quentln prison for graft, Is paroled. Russian fleet defeats Germany In a ; naval battle In the Gulf of Riga. President Wilson maps plans "for the New Freedom -and Fuller Life." The mercury goes to 100 degrees, and last night the hills were vivid while heat lightning played. Hoke cannery starts canning string beans. Harvey Fields killed a rattlesnake with ten rattlers and a button while walking on the desert. The reptile was coiled ready to spring, with all rattles rattling, wlfen Fields sighted him about six feet away. He whipped out a revolver and the first shot clipped off the head of the serpent. The skin will be preserved as a tro phy. ASK IMPROVEMENT EAST 9TH STREET The city council met last night for the regular bi-monthly meeting, and conducted only routine business. A petition was presented by prop erty owners on East Ninth street between Cottage and Portland streets, to have the city smooth and roll the street there, apply an asphalt Base, and put on a heavy coating of crushed rock, to form a good sur face. There were 21 signers to the petition, which the council took under advisement. An application submitted by C. R. Riley, for a retail beer license at 15 North Front street waa approved, flood control plans were discussed, and reports from the land appraisal committee read. A complaint charging W. S. Kee, 1063 Court street, with operating a nuisance at that address waa re ferred to the city attorney, city health officer, and the health com mission. It was charged that Kee, who has several shacks rented in that district, had failed to pay the water rent there, and the water had been turned off, causing an un healthy condition. F. ,70, , PASSES AT JACKSONVILLE HOME Frederlch Klelnhammer, Jaclcsoo county pioneer, passed away In Jack sonville at 12:30 Tuesday. Ha waa a pioneer and of a pioneer family. Born at Sterllngvllle In the Apple gat more than 70 yeara ago. th son of Claus and Frances (Salt marshl Klelnhammer, Jackson coun. ty has been hla home for 70 years, 5 months. 2 dsys. He Is the first of seven children to hear the final summons. The surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. 8. G. VanDyke. Salinas. Calif.: Arthur Klelnham mer. Jacksonville: Ida Klelnhammer and Augusta Hammer of Modesto. Calif.: William of Berkeley. Calif.. and Prances of Los Angeles. Besides his wife. Nora, he leaves three children, M.ixlne Llngren. Gold Hill? Juanlta Rogers. Jacksonville and Luclle Williams. Medford. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Peterson at the Conger tu nernl chape! at 2:00 p.m. Thursday. Interment will be in the Jackson ville cemetery. RIVERS, HARBORS BILL AWAITING SIGNATURE WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. (AP)' Bearing the stamp of senate approval, the omnibus I614.000.0oo rivers and harbors bill was at the White House today for President Roosevelt's slg nsture. Congressional action was complet ed yesterday when the senate ac cepted a conference report sdjustlng differences between the two houses. D
