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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1535.
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With amazing determination, and
brilliant skill In covering up their
operatlona from the eyea of guards,
eight felona Impounded In the state
penitentiary at Walla, Walla, Wash.,
spent the better part of two years
digging with spoons and fingers, a
4S-foot tunnel from their cells to
freedom. Monday morning they
wormed their way outside the grim
prison walls. Seven of the lot, forth
with, hit for the open country in
stolen autos and afoot. No. 8 was
more concerned with his thlrat, than
liberty. He fled to a nearby beer
parlor, and there guzzled until the
police came to return him to the
warden. Thla will probably be the
outstanding bit of criminal dumb
ness of the year. He knew enough
to get out, but not to stay out.
...
Whether it Is the climate, as some
think, or isolation, or what not,
that accounts for our lethargy, It la
practically Impossible to arouse mass
enthusiasm In Oregon aava for some
demagoglo formula. (Salem Capital
Journal) The painful and horrible
truth, anent the tendency of Oregon,
to fall for any fool notion once, at
the ballot-box, or the collection
plate, or both, '
A number of Prospect area na
tives, who viewed the home-talent
football game there Sunday, at
tended the wrestling matches Mon
day eve, and went to sleep,
x ...
Neit Friday Is the 13th. Look out
for black cat, and any colored
autos.
...
Corb Bdgell who sustained a
broken knee some time ago has dis
carded his cane, and Is now limping
In a 4d.
"DEMOCRATS DOINO COUNTRY
OOOD" (Hdllne Red Bluff (Calif.)
News) And . . . HOWI
.
The Portland police, according to
press report, compelled a pair of
youthful bandit suspects to appear
without their pants before victims
engaged In Identifying them as the
gents behind the pistol, while the
robbery was In progress. It Is not
difficult to surmise the constitu
tionality of taking a prisoner's
pints, U going to clash with the
legality of taking a cltlaen'a pocket
book, when the Jury starts ponder
ing. ...
A four-year-old Illinois girl smokes
a pipe. Before the Influence ofclvlll
ratlon and missionaries became ef
fective, the heathen Chinese drown
ed the baby girls.
...
HAIN'T IT HIE TRl'TH ITEM.
(Unroll Kree Press)
The motorist who grows red In
the fsce, curses and madly honka
bis horn becsuse he finds him
self In a line of congested traf
fic facing a red light, has a
menial affinity with the bone
adorned African medicine man
who beats a skin-covered drum,
and generally raises a racket In
the hope of altering the course
of nature and the decreea of
High Heaven.
...
A conference between government
epokeMnen and business representa
tives held In Washington. D. C. in
the Department of Commerce audi
torium, ended In an uproar when
those In attendance started calling
each other "Mara." The next move
la to adjourn to steps and hold a
riot. Peace was restored by singing
"America," and no windows smashed
...
The latent proposed cure-all la
"re-dlstrlbutlon of Incomes." under
government supervision, "with a
planned scarcity." At present most
Incomes are too puny to be worth
distributing, or make a worthy dis
tribution. THESE rilANIIINn TIMES.
The gambling that we all know
about goes on anyway, and la prac
tically the only thing left that
doesn't pay a tax. It is either that
or allow the sanctimonious ones who
merely shut their eyea to the facts.
to still rule the roost and forbid
mention of the fact that people do
gamble. Maybe It Is the old rule by
these same persons that a female's
pedal extremities were attached to
limbs, never lega. How time flies.
Reelect I'nlon Head.
PORTLAND. Dec. 11. (Pi The
Portland Central !,nor co'inell re
elected Phil Bral, nrrMrt'n!; O. O
Hunter, vice-president, and (l'ist An
derson, secretary -treasurer, kaat night.
Inexcuseable!
"Like any woman I sympathize with hla wife and little son.
If aa a member of the board of pardons, my husband felt Justi
fied In helping to save Hauptmann'e life, I realize what happi
ness It would bring to Mra. Hauptmann and the baby."
Thus is Mrs. Lillie Hoffman, wife of the New Jersey gover
nor, quoted to explain her effort and the effort, of her husband,
to save the kidnapper and the murderer of the Lindbergh baby,
from the electric chair.
An excellent example of the sort of maudlin sentimentality
that is chiefly responsible for the fact, that less than 20 of
the murderers in this country are ever punished as the law
provides, and the United States leads the world in violent crime.
Sympathy for the Hauptmann baby and family, but not a
word of sympathy for the Lindbergh family and baby !
The kidnapping and slaying of the Lindbergh child occurred
so long ago; and the execution of Hauptmann is so imminent,
how typically American that' in certain quarters public sym
pathy should be concentrated upon the criminal about to expiate
his crime; rather than upon the unfortunate victims of his
unconscionable greed and brutality." Only another demonstra
tion of how the law's delay, acting upon human nature, not as
we wish it were but as it is, works to defeat punishment as a
crime deterrent, and adds fuel to the flames of lawlessness and
violence.
BUT even more amazing than this exhibition of maudlin senti
mentality, is the spectacle presented by the chief executive
of a great state like New Jersey, deliberately injecting an ele
ment of doubt, -into a case like this, without a scintilla without
even a suggestion of evidence to support it.
According to press reports Governor Hoffman is beiifg
severely criticized for such action. Ho should be. In fact if
the reports are correct, his conduct is utterly inexcusable, and
provides ample ground for his impeachment.
Not only was Hauptmann found guilty after n fair trial, but
his conviction was upheld by the state court of appeals, and by
the Supreme Court of the United States.
As chief executive of the state in whitih the crime was com
mitted, Governor Hoffman's sworn duty was to sec the law was
carried out. Only new evidence raising reasonable doubt of
Hoffman's guilt, justifying the belief that this conviction repre
sented a miscarriage of justice, would justify Governor Hoff
man, or any other responsible person demonstrating any
special sympathy for the convicted man, or doing any thing
by word or act, that would aroust the slightest doubt, as to the
justice of the court's action.
But now the New Jersey governor admits he lias no such
evidence, has heard of none, and yet, at. the same time his wife
is quoted as saying:
"You can't help feeling sorry for the Innocent victims of
such a UaKiy aa the Hauptmann cnse."
Innocent victims indeed I But how about the innocent victims
in that home in New Jersey that, cold February night, a few
years agol
The entire performance of the governor of New Jersey and
his family, we repeat, is inexcusable; and if politics provides
the only explanation, then such conduct is only the more reprehensible.
(Continued From Page One.)
did not dare to let such a vital gath
ering go unobserved.
The fundamental background of
business excitement about such a
supposedly unrepresentative gather
ing was apparently this:
A substantial number of small In
dustrialists are supposed to have ac
cepted eagerly Mr. Berry's Invitation.
They were the ones who were helped
by the old NR A. Contrary to the gen
eral Impression now. there were some
In that category. For Instance, a small
shoe manufacturer might have been
able to get minimum wage exemp
tions because his workers did not live
under city standards or had gardens
of their own. The big city manufac
turer could not get such exemptions.
Thus, the NUA In such particular in
stances was a boon to some small
manufacturers.
The big manufacturer sould not af
ford to let the Berry convention reach
an agreement which could be pre
.teiHcd to coiiRrcsa as a recommenda
tion of the small fellows.
The great government palaces con-
a true ted lately on Constitution ave
nue are already proving Inadequate to
house the New Deal.
One new hureau. the motor carrier
division of the Interstate commerce
pommlaslon, Is preparing to move
trom the temple provided for the en
tire commission. It has only 130 em
ployes but expects to have 800 to 800.
and the space provided for It Is too
small.
Adequate accommodations have
been rented for It where you would
least expect. The whole building of
the negro Masonic temple has be-.m
leased In another section of the city.
With Prof. Tug well In the old
Walsh mansion, the McLean mansion
and under the hotel roof garden
where Kate Smith came to fame, out-
of-town visitors will have to look for
the New Deal In some very strange
places.
Despite let;! delays, the supreme
court may be expected to pas on
most of the New Deal before the
presidential campaign opens In June
The original AAA act and Bank head
act are now being argued. The IVA
argument Is already fixed for Decem
ber IB. The amended AAA act (Rice
millers case) will be argued Decem
ber Ifl. The court has granted a gov
eminent petition to review the right
to condemn land for low cost hous
ing and slum clearance. An appeal la
Imminent In the case of the oil op
erator, Jotvs. ftho refused to te-itfy
before 1he SKf. ;,B',vvers In the Car
ter coal caae Oul.ey act) are to a Ml
the high court to permit them to
Jump from tho District of Columbia
supreme court, but the government
may not cooperate. However, there
are other Guffey cases which lead
court attaches to believe a Guffey
ruling will como before June.
This leaves out only labor relations,
roclal security, utilities and railroad
pensions. And utilities may possibly
get up in time.
Three Industrialists collapsed when
the taxi taking them to the Bony
convention drew up In front of the
stated address and they noted "de
partment of labor" on the door. That
is wh. .t they thought they were, get
ting nto.
The convention hall adjoined the
labor department, and the address on
cards of admission was Indefinite.
Many delegates actually entered the
hall through the labor building.
Mr, Berry should never have pauted
after saying In his speech that the
"only fly In the business ointment
today is 11.000.000 unemployed." The
silence permitted half the hall to
hear the stage-whispered observation
of a delegate who nudged hla nelph
bor and said: "That's some fly." Also
the rejoinder of the neighbor : "That
Is practically 11,000.010 flies.
STUDY SCHOOL PLANS
ELK CREEK DISTRICT
Mcl.FOD, Dee. II. -(SpU The
PWA appropriation applied for by the
directors of the newly created Elk
Creek - Hatchery - Lsurelhurst school
district has been granted, according
to Hobart Ditsworth, one of the di
rector. A meeting was held Saturday nlh
at the Fk creek school house for the
purpose of studying building plans
submitted by architects. A meeting
to vote on bonds, plans, site, etc .
will soon be called as It Is necessary
to expedite the building program In
order to use the federal grant with
in the time limit set by the govern
ment. Clipper Enroute
For Midway Isle
HONOLULU. Dec 11. (API- The
Philippine Clipper roared aw.iy from
Pearl Harbor for Midway Island. 1323
miles northwest, at C 'H a. m. Ui:M
a. m.. E. B T.l with the second air.
mall for Manila from the United
States. The great ptane arrived yes
terday from Atumeda. Cal.
Capt. .1. H. Tillnn. commander, said
he expected with a tall wind to ar
rive at Midway in nine hours.
IMMP ltl I in;
Indeed It wwa
A dump bad fv.
i Don't my It fa' i
But hurricane
And earthquake
And dusty storms
Are more fatal.
Thts 1 still the bent and safest
p!(ie on cirth in w-Wrh to i;v,
PAR M WW A- KRl'miROWF.HS BANK
Community Builder-)
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M D.
Signed letters pertaining to permnoj oealil and Hygiene not to disease
diagnosis or treatment wiu be answered by ur. Brady if a stamped teir-aa-dressed
envelope la enclosed Letters should be brief and written In Ink'
Owing to the large number ol lettere received only a fen can be answered
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Ur
William Brady, H6S E) Camlno. Beverly Hills. Cat.
GRAND OLD MKUICAL TRADITION.
A medical textbook which has
gone through many editions and en
Joyed wide popularity among phynlc-
1 a n a la Bell a
Pathology.
In the 19 3 0
edition of this
work (there was
an edition is
sued last year,
I believe) ap
pears the fol
lowing quaint
bit of medical
hocus-pocus:
Colds Many
colda are com
municable dis
eases that rie'
velop merely from contact with an
Infected person; but others origi
nate following exposure to cold
A sudden cooling of the body
such as occurs If one sits In
draft to cool, can sen anemia of
the mucous membranes of the
- mucous membranes of the respira
tory tract and a subsequent In
flammation ...
That's the grand old medical tra
dition for which neither Dr, Bell
nor any other medical authority can
cite any scientific evidence or even
any convincing clinical evidence
It Is fairly well established by sci
entific observation that a kind of
blanching of the lining of the nose
occurs as a reflex response to sud'
den cooling of the surface of the
body, by draft, cold water or other
wise. But the "subsequent inflam
mation" which this distinguished
author so nonchalantly contributes
to the theory is wholly hypothetical
and all the dignified old gentle
men who devote their leisure to
writing medical books cannot put
the Idea over by merely making
such bald assertions. That era of
medicine Is past. Unfortunate that
it endured so long.
In the conventional manner med
ical textbook author Boll proceeds
with his funny etiology:
Severe chilling of the body
lowers the resistance to Infec
tion, and often seems to be the '
direct cause of pneumonia . . .
Here again the eminent authority
Is all wet. He would make a pathetic
figure If he should perpetrate any
thlnk like that on the witness stand
and the opposing attorney knew hla
algebra. Apart from tho well estab
lished and demonstrable state or
immunity, which essentially Involves
Infection as a premise, no one has
scientifically proved or even obtain
ed evidence of any weight .to sup
port the traditional fancy that cold
In any way affects one's suscepti
bility to disease and I mean cold
In precisely the sense that Dr. Bell
Implies, That Is, ordinary every day
NEW YORK.
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. The hold-up
artists who terrorize small shop
keepers In the more crowded sections
are eally boys.
Sophomorlc look
ing youths of the
alert type so often
head office boys
in Wall Street.
They am togged
out in Broad
way' extravagant
style and bristle
with wise-talk.
Usually they
are hopped up
with drugs. They
choose the con
gested districts because If there is an
alarm they are able to escape more
easily In the mass confusion. More
so than taking it on the lam down
, deserted street. Mostly they are
from 18 to 31.
Recently two entered a smart up
per Broadway shop. One Inquired
dtsarmtngly: "Is my wife here?" A
clerk In spirit of Jest replied: "Is she
A blonde'.'" Then: "Yes. she's a blonde
and this Is a stick-up. In the back
room all of you or get plunged." In
eight minutes they emptied the till
and escaped.
It's their very Innocent and Juve
nile appearance that throws the vic
tims off guard. And through such
unexpected bravado they have exe
cuted some aniii7iu coups that, skill
ed crooks might have fumbled. What
Is more, they are dangerous. When
trapped, they begin shooting
Flsle Maxwell's talent for inn king
Ciold const adults piny childish
j games has nlmo publicized her etrav-
agnntly on both continents, And. as
f was quite natural, she followed the
parade of society entertainers In the
j night, cluhs Hers Is a strange ad
venture in human alchemy mixing
the gold and dross and transmuting
it Into a high glitter of gaiety. Just
her presence seems to Inspire people
to don paper hats, blow horns and
otherwise cast off restraint
Not all re'ebritles are owners of
pedigreed klyoixtles. Any number own
Just plain docs Ginger Rogers, for
instance. Is greatly attached to a
TVt a mongrel of assorted lineage thai
goes by the name of Rover. Rover ts
old and toothless now and -wn her
ECZEMA
I trhinrf
For quick relief
from the fierv tor
ment and to control
the Incessant itching,
use soothing Keatunl.
It helps nature hrn!
sick, irrituted skin.
Get a Jar totlay
I L 4
ft 1
t SaWna t J
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drafts, wet feet, temporary chilling
or prolonged exposure to cold.
Finally this amazing medical au
thority winds up the argument with
the statement that "The maximum
frcqnency of colds is In the spring
and autumn and not In the coldest
months.' Reason out for yourself
how come. If you can't reconcile
this fact with the grand old medi
cal tradition, ak almost any senior
practitioner and he'll make it a
clear as mud to you.
Why, even Dr. Osier, 30 years ago,
said, in the "Doctors Bible"; "The
frequent occurrence of an Initial
chill has been one reason for T.tt
widespread belief that cold as an
important etiological factor' ol
pneumonia. The old timers scarcely
understood that the chill onset is
a symptom of pneumonia, not
cause or an "ethlologlcal factor,"
but when a medical writer today
Indulges In ambiguous allusions to
the chill, he Is merely worshipping
tradition.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Enlarged Veins.
I have greatly enlarged veins all
down my irgs. Sometimes they seem
to make my logs ache when I have
been long on my feet, but malnl?
I want to get rid of them because
they are so unsightly. H, M.
Answer Send thrce-cent-stamped
envelope bearing your correct ad
dress, for monograph on varicose
veins and varlccse ulcer. The best
way o get rid of them Is by chemi
cal obliteration, which any good
doctor can do. Even minute dilated
venules which are objectionable only
for unslghMlness, may be obliterated
In this way.
rhllilren Must Sleep.
How much sleep does a child ol
12 years of age require? J. H. K.
Answer Eleven hours, more or
lefs. according to season of year
and child's physical activity. The
more physical activity the more
sleep.
Tndlzed Suit.
Please give your opinion of the
practice of using Iodl?d salt in
place of plain salt In the home.
Mrs. R. r. o.
Answer We prefer It in our home.
I believe it helps to prevent simple
goitre and many undesirable mani
festations of thyroid Insufficiency.
I believe there Is no ground for the
hypothetical objections raised against
the universal use of iodized salt as
a staple to take the place of ordi
nary salt.
(Copyright, 1935, John P. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persona wishing to
communlmte with Or. Brady
should ienrl letter direct to Or.
William Brady. M. O., 208 El
Camlno. Beverly Bills, Cal.
constant companion in the gingham
and pigtail days when she was Just
another freckled red-head In ft coun
try to wn . And Holl y wood and tri -umph
were as remote as Kamchatka.
Kidding or something has almost
shorn Brooklyn of that r'y lingo
called Brooklynese, the aJgot that
pronounces Cuba Cuber and oysters
ersters. No one knows tlie origin of
such patter. It Just took root. Topsy
llke. Frank Tlnney used to travesty
the idea with his vaudeville poem:
Little Goltl Molphy. she soltenly Is a
bold.
She lives on Tolty-wcond street right
next to Thoity Thold;
She reads the Evening Jolmil and
she reads the Evening Wolld,
I certainly do love Golty when her
dolty hair Is colled.
Now that the tumult and shouting
have died down a hit for Billy Rose
and his name glares monstrously on
the blgcest electric signs In town.
Fanny Brlce la entitled to a bow.
Quite unconsciously she had much
to do with the spectacular upshoot
of this 1036 plnt-sh-ed Barnum. Rose
adores his willowy comedienne wife,
but since their marriage has been
given to flurries of private sulking
over the general dcslpnatlon. "Fanny
Brlce's husband." He often told
friends In petulant moments he was
going to get away from that tag and
he has done so with a bang.
Agricultural note:. Dwlght Deere
Weenane. who has plowed up Broad
way theatrically and spectacularly. Is
a member of the famous John Deere
farm Implement, family.
Now that Dorothy Stone' dancing
husband. Churlcs Collins, has been
articled to a film studio, the migra
tion of the Stonr family to Holly
wood l complete. AH the rolling
Stones Fred, Carol and Paula are
on the west coast and under contract
Probably no lie; are so closely knit
as those of the stone clan. They are
born troupprs. but so paradoxically
domesticated that when separated
their lone distance and elecrnphlc
bills exceed lh.it of almost any Amer
ican family.
It takes une of tho hard-boiled
truckmen from his high perch to
deflate a passer-by. One today In
39th street called to a precisely
dressed Blade: "Hey, Jack, gotta
match?'' The blade did not even
i cast him a glance, so he Jockeyed up
i and twittered In faUrtto: "You know
j what said. Cuthberr, about
ehocolare Sundae-, you little devil
you l"
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE-
n'lthent Calomel -And Y'H Jump Out ifMli
Marnint Ruin' ta G.1
Th lier shc-.iM r-"ir e-ol two rnRM nl
H.J'.ihI hirt inl vivir rrt iif-. If th' h:l
Is iv.t flowing fmMy. yimr fvxi ,t t ii-g-rn. ;
It riiit ikiivi in the bow!. r-Uni; up
yw.r itomai'h. Y.-u jrot ot!h's"cI. Y.-vii
Wyl--m is iit.-,:is arM you feJ tour,
tink ami th w;r!il iivk rank.
N-wpi movement Avn'l ir.'t st tbf It
a'k ttvw irvsl, riil Csi'.rr I it 'A Livri
l'An loffttth("; tw,i i''iTJ -if !ni p-ii'g
'n;y 1 timV fwi 'tiy-M tip". Harm.
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W T. AS TIT 1 1 1 v ; . I b
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
JHEN you start on a trip, at the
" Christmas season or at other
times, which do you do take the
train, or take your car?
The chances are, especially If the
whole family is going, you GO BY
CAR.
WHY?
The answer Is as simple as any.
thing can be. You go by car because
it Is cheeper.
At average prices of gasoline, and
without counting depreciation
which goes on anyway, whether you
drive your car or not an automo
bile can be driven for about the cost
of ONE railroad fare, plus Pullman.
Several people travel in an auto
mobile as cheaply as one.
IIHATEVER Is said of the coet of
" railroad passenger vf ares must be
said with equal truth of the cost of
railroad freights. They are HIGH.
WHY Is railroad service, both pas
senger and freight, so costly? "
Again the answer la simple. , It Is
because of the paralyzing hand of
government regulation, plus HIGH
TAXES.
The combination of these has
pushed the cost of railroad serYlce
higher than the traffic will bear.
THE operating managers of the rail
roads know this, and It worries
them nearly frantic. They would like
to reduce rates, to a point that would
get business, but they can't. Gov
ernment regulation imposes upon
them costs that thoy can't get out
from under.
SO FAR, trucks and buses, because
they provide a relatively new
form of transportation, have escaped
destructively costly government regu
lation, but the handwriting is on the
wall.
The railroads, hampered and held
back by the cost of regulation, have
demanded, logically enough, that the
same handicaps that are Imposed
upon them shall be Imposed upon
their competitors, and legislation is
already In the making to bring this
about.
When this legislation becomes fully
effective, truck and bus ratei will be
gin to go up.
THE point Is this
We thought we were smart when
we began to regulate the railroads
severely. We had the haay idea,
without any experience to back it
up, that regulation of the railroads
by the government would bring the
cost of railroad service down to the
point where we could all afford to
use It extensively.
Hard experience has taught us that
the exact opposite Is true.
A LOT of n 1 twl ts, who pose as
shining reformers, are shouting
for government regulation or out
right government ownership and op
eration of practically EVERYTHING.
If we listen to them, and permit
the paralyzing hand of government
whlch means political regulation to
be laid upon all of our industries,
we shall b In a sad way, for the
ultimate result will be that the cost
Of EVERYTHING WE BUY will be
tremendously Increased.
Communications
Let City Water Par Taxe.
To the Editor: .
I want to answer Mr. Pipes' com
munication In rogard to lowering of
watr rates, and will start out by
stating that I am against it, for the
following reasons;
We have a wonderful water system
and water that absolutely cannot be
bent anywhere. Strangers come in
here and they Just drink and drink
and drink, and they want to stay
where they caii have such excellent
water. "Ye, the water rate is high,
but, damn It, it's worth it," Hare
any of you heard that remark.
Now my propositlom Is this, and I
got it from E. M. Wilson, who 1
public accountant and one of our
c x - mo y ors : Keep the wa te r r a te
where it l and sell as much of it
as we can to surrounding territory,
making certain necessary restrictions
outside of city limits, but getting
as much revenue from our water sys
tem as we can make It a paying
proposition. Then concentrate our
WTE make loans in amnunrt
'V several hundred dollars on vour
auto, household goods, truck, farm
implements, livestock or othf r person
al security. No endorsers are required.
You get the full amount of the loan in
cash. And you pay our reasonable
charge onlv for (he actual number of
das each dollar is used.
If you arc buying a car, radio, refrig
erator or anything else, an install
4 South
entire effort on reducing our entire
bonded Indebtedness, using the water
department money for that purpose,
cut our city expenditures down to the
very bone end get out of debt. Then
we will find that we can make the
revenue from our water system pay
the entire operating expenses of the
city and we can advertise to the world
that Medford Is a city that has no
city taxee.
This will boom our town as nothing
else on earttf can; people will flock
In here, buy property, build homee.
patronize our buslneee and everything
Is lovely and the gooae hangs high.
E. M. Wilson gave me this Idea a
couple of years ago. and showed me
figures that proved the truth of it.
And It is not a new idea, because
many other towns In the U. a. A.
have propositions that are paying
their tajtes, and the fact Is seen in
our newspapers quite often. It is
only a case of putting public-spirited
men in office who are sold on that
idea and who can forget their own
personal interests for the public good.
Get your paper and other Medford
papers sold on this idea. Oet the fig
ures from E. M. Wilson, and get the
public sold on it.
Here's to Medford, the city that
will have no taxes.
GEO. rVERSON.
Medford, December 10.
Flight '0 Time
Medford and Jackson Co ant)
history from the filet of the
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 Yean
Ago).
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 11, 1925.
(It was Friday.)
Campfire Girls form
boost Talent.
chapter to
Those of ue who are unfortunate
enough to have to roll out about 5
o'clock these mornings begin to think
the weather prophets knew their
stuff when the forecasted a cold
winter. (Table Rock Tablets.)
Espee will place 6,041 new cars in
service next year to handle Pacific
coast fruit.
Gumji Fuji wins the city billiard
championship.
A record number of country dances
are listed for tomorrow night, with
47 being held in driving distance of
this city. Traffic officers warn danc
ers to come home at "a civilized speed
or take the consequences."
California fruit buyer arrives in
city, and predicts "a revolution In ten
years."
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Decemher 11, 1913.
(Tt was Saturday.)
Workmen on the Talent ditch have
their hours cut to nine hours a day.
In order to raise funds for the
municipal Christmas tree, a tag day
will be held Mondny, December 13.
The tags will be sold on the streets
and in the various business houses,
the price being anything the pur
chaser wishes to give, from 25 cents
to one dollar. About 50 Medford
young ladles will have charge.
Irrigation planned for Modoc or
chard. Henry Ford wires European leaders,
asking for support of his peace plan.
So far thle month, 1.37 Inches of
rain has fallen, and Is welcomed by
the farmers.
Bear creek needs a good freshet to
clean out debris, city engineer reports.
Ose Mall Tribune want ads.
Oh Sx!
sous
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l-KANR TTAIANADB
ED HOLDEN
The first Sons of the land
Franklin Jr., and John Roose
velt have sipn the pledge for
safe Auto driving! Mrs. Roose
velt say she feeling sure them
two Pons are driving very safe
ty now. Xow allliody are re
joyful for happiness because
them hoys are poine be pood!
When a President Son acree to
be pood it are something to
yelp about alriplit in fact 1st
pnpe stuffs. Tt reminder me
about a joke T hearinp. Two
ladies was talkinp over back
side of fence
1st T.ady: "Do you heard
from your son Pannie''
2nd T.ady: "Indeed have
and do yon believe it, he are
pettiiifj out next month !"
1st T.ady: "Oh I tbonpht he
were sent up for 10 year."
2nd Lady : "Tie were but he
pettinp out after servinjr only
S on account pood behavior."
1st f;ady: "Oil. I always
knew Dannie was a pond bov."
Oh So!
no rn
ments, and your paments are T9uyNc
proving nara to meet, see us ahout "
refinancing the balance you owe ToM..i
to give you lower payments-. ind ex- b.rw,,
tra casn in addition, it needed.
SMALL PAYMENTS ARRANGED
Our rrp,i'mcni irrmj jre flrsihlr-rr,iti-oily
every onr o( our lo.im n "midc to
mrnurf " for the nccdi jnd convenience of
the individual borrower.
Come in, u rite, or telephone
Oregon-Washington Mortgage Company
Central.
1 hnm.n
Ekwall to Leave.
PORTLAND, Dec. 11 OP) Con
gressman W. A. Ekwall and hie fam
ily will leave Saturday by automo
bile for Washington, D. C. for the
next congressional session which
starts in January,
the GIFT is
lasting, the
SENTIMENT
is lasting
As a token of Esteem, Love or
Remembrance nothing can take
the place of a beautiful piece of
Jewelry; an article of Sterling Sil
ver or a good Watch. And the
very finest .of these Ideal gifts can
now be bought in Medford at our
large new store on North Central
avenue . . .
Agents for Gorham, Towle, Wal
lace and other outstanding Silver
ware. We also have a large variety of the 14
following Standard Watches:
L0NGINES
The mast honored watch In the
world. 10 grand prl7.es, 26 med
als. $27.50 up.
HAMILTON
The watch of Railroad accuracy.
17-Jewel now $37.50.
ELGIN
The watch your father liked and
your grandfather find still do,
for $19.
GRUEN
From Time Hill. A very popular
watch .
WALTHAM
That well known "All American"
watch and other good makes.
A Watch bought at
Lawrence's must be good
Lawrence 's
Carrying tlie same high class mer
chandise to be found In the ber-t
stoics ln hire cities.
BILLFOLD
R ERE S tKc one perfect gift for any
man. It'i handy. It'i handjome. It'i
useful. The slide: fastener runs 'round two
sides closing it n tally and
preventing lost money,
ticket), cards. There's
built-in pocltet for spare
cat ley or lucly piece
and a viiible card pock
et. Comes in variety
of tooled designs found
only In Cameo quality
leader goods. See '""j
today.
SWEM'S
GIFT SHOP
Te Prc-ni
Tr Pay iniwanct
Tr Tcke Care ol
Extra ExpTi
Or !uf Anv Ofter
VVcjthy Prpa