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MEKItY CIIKIHTMASI
8avs In Russia, which hoa abol
ished Santa Clnua, the Christmas
aplrlt prevails today, and tomorrow
throughout the civilized world. From
this peak. It will gently taper down
ward, until by the end of the first
wcok of the New Year It will be
only a pleasant memory, with the
spirit of the Yuletlde departed. This
Christmas has brought less of syn
thetic good-will, than at any time
In six yeara. Regarding the "peace
on earth" popularly supposed to pre
vail, it does not show up well among
the accounts of battles won and
lost, threats of war, and Individual
and International signs of hating.
For community peace, and freedom
from the blather of demagogues, all
praise to the Creator of All Earthly
Blessings. In the corner of the civic
ocU, there Is a goodly portion of
common sense a tolerable gift.
There Is great and Joyful expeot-
ancy among the womenfolks, and
tho kids are wandering about the
houso looking for something they
cannot find. There could be greater
happiness, and there could be loss,
for tho most of us. There haa been
money spending the flattened purse
makoth tho fat stocking. For one
day of the year, the harshness of
llfo Is softened, and It Is no crime
to be merry. As an unnamed philoso
pher of a postcard wrote:
"Here's to Christmas, the one day
In the year when men try to be
what thoy should be every day."
To everybody, everywhere a Merry.
Happy Christmas, with all that goes
with It.
Ice froue yesterday morn, and
many sidewalks were slicker than a
greased politician.
Brad officers, It appears, have the
quaint Idea that parenta should be
responsible for the conduct and tnc
acta of their children. (Bend Bul
letin) Both the parents and tholr
children will have a good snicker
over that one I '
The esteemed Bnlem Statesman
comes to the editorial conclusion
that something should be done about
"female drinking parties" In public
places. When repeal arrived two
years ago, ,t waa a rather common
opinion that drinking of whiskey
would reduce the taxes, Bnd, by
conscientious gurallng cltlnens would
be able to awlg themselves rich.
Both these notions hBve since petered
out gloriously. Furthermore, a few
- aquesmlRh souls tweaked that the
girls flocking to beer Joints, etc..
would be disastrous and not exactly
t.-io right thing. They were promptly
hooted down. Did not the womon
have the ballot? If they knew
enouRh to vote, they knew enougn
to drink, was the clinching argu
ment. Furthermore, the presence ol
ladles In the suds emporiums would
be a force for good among the
males. They would behave themselves
and not cuss, spit on the Moor, or
yell like a cowboy. 8sd to relate
they act worse thnn they should,
and a skin full of Intoxicants failed
to make Lord Chesterfields out ol
be trampled upon.
Col. Lindbergh, a national Idol,
hounded by criminals, and humiliat
ed by sob-slters and politicians, de
parts aboard a freighter, with his
family for England, to find a refuge
In a foreign land. It Is unbelievable
that a nation could be so cruel to
one of Its heroes, but It wss In hn
darkest hours more sympathy was
expressed for the son of a convicted
ir.urdrrer and kidnaper, than for
the parents of the babe snatched
from Its crib at night and slain. In
many quarters malignant Joy pre
vails at the grave Injustice. Care
must now be exercised that alien
criminals facing deportation or other
Jilat punishment receive better treat
ment, and that none cf their natural
rlifht to life, liberty and happiness
are trampled upon.
Montgomery Ward
Messenger Robbed
FPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. SI. (API
holdup men took aaOOO from a Mont
gomery Ward department store mes
senurr as he left the building enroute
to a bank at noon today, police were
Informed.
The men, armed with pistols ac
costed the uie.wnK$r Just as he led
the building. A heavy crowd of
Christ inns shopi-s Jammed the side
walk. . ,
Um Mull mtnu.e a ant ad.
What the World Needs
TIE greatest Christmas present the world could receive
would be the ability to think straight.
Surveying this revolving ball of dirt at the present moment,
I ractically all the major ills of the human race can be
traced to the inability to do so, the inability we mean not of
the few, but of people in the mass.
There is war in China, war in Africa, and war threatened in
Europe. Thousands are being killed today, hundreds of thou
sands may be killed before another Christmas comes around.
But the toll will not be in human lives alone. There will oe
widespread suffering, terror and heartbreak, wealth in tho mil
lions that might be used to benefit humanity will be used to
destroy it.
And all for what' For more land!
Japan must have more land, so she sends her army into
China; Italy must have more land so she sends her army into
Africa. i
LET it be conceded these two nations DO need more room,
more raw materials, to achieve what they regard as their
proper destinies. Why resort to organized murder to get it' Why
nav such a price in blood and treasure for it?
Because there is no other way!
Just a minute.
Why can't civilized nations behave like civilized individuals?
When an individual is convinced he is justly entitled to some
thing, what does he do, seize the family shotgun and saunter
forth to get it? No, he presents his claim to tho proper court,
shows the propriety and reasonableness of his demand, with
a pretty good chance of getting what he wants, if his claim IS
right and just.
WHY not have a world court a real one, to do the same
between nations? Let Japan and Italy present their
claims to this court, and if from the standpoint of not only their
own welfare but world welfare and world peace, their demands
for more territory are justified, then let the court so rule.
Thero is plenty of land in the world, if Japan and Italy must
have some to survive, why not sec they get it, not by war, but
by peaceful adjudication.
But the present owner of that land won't agree. 11c will
fiuht before he will cede one siiuare foot; so court or no court,
the question will ultimately be
BUT will it? France didn't fight for Louisiana and the vast
AlUsissinni vallcv. she sold them. Russia didn't fight for
Alnoka aha aolrl Alaska. Mexico
New Mexico, -she sold these two states to Uncle Sam, in a
transaction known as the Gadscn purchase.
Not a drop of blood was shed or a gun fired, in the cession
of territory to tho' United States, which now comprises some of
the richest land, and the most prosperous sections, or we cnua
country.
Whv not follow this example
old world in tho days of Cacsnr
Napoleon?
Whv not?
Everyone knows the answer. It's absurd, fantastic, vision
ary, idealism gone to seed, pacifism disguised as statesman
ship. All right to talk about, but it just CAN'T BE DONE!
CAN'T be ! But it has been within the present borders of the
United States. . Why can't it bo done outside of them?
The answer as wo see it, is not idealism, pacifism, or any of
'the other "isms" but solely the inability of .the poor, deluded
peoples of the world as a whole to think straight!
(Continued From Page One.)
and 130. Thla la not satisfactory to
Mr. Roosevelt. They are trying to get
together. The chances are they will
not. and a fight will develop. The
conflict, however, la solely a matter
of technicalities.
Stronger neutrality legislation is
assured.
The Townaend nlan will not pass.
It will, however, be extensively de
bated and Investigated. This will ad
vertise It economic futility snd
nrnhshlv offaet the sledae-hsmmer
political campaign which has bump
ed many congressmen lately. A tnexy
way may be found to let members
of the house vote for the McClroarty
hill with the understanding that It
will not go througn the sensie. sir.
Roosevelt would veto It, but Demo
cratic leaders will not let It get that
far.
The SOO.OOO,000 public works pro
gram will he passed, after congress
men add a few more pet projecta.
Any reasonable request for rellet
money will be adopted, but only
after an entertaining Republican In
vestigation Into relief operations.
The Canadian treaty will be sub
jected to much fuss, hut no action
Revision or repeal of the silver pur
chase act la a real probability, al
though It can be accomplished only
over the prostrate forms of a couple
of silver senators who are nearly
prostrate now. Permanent establish
ment of the fee will undoubtedly
be voted over Republican protests.
A few amendment to the securi
ties and exchange act will be recom
mended and probably enacted to cor
rect technical defects developed from
experiences with the present law.
The railroad financing Inve.MiKstlon
will furnish headlines snd some rec
ommendations for legislation which
win not be seriously considered be
fore 1P37. A commlMee to Investl
gste presidential campilgn expendi
tures will be author. 7ed and ap
pointed. The Blach 30-hour week
hill wl!lbe a inajc subject of dis
cission. Lilt the chances are strongly
.:alnst It being passed.
Inllufu .'I IVpul'i,.' :in conjres.'
men are piauuing 4 heavy tight
decided by force.
didn't fight for Arizona and
instead of the example of the
or 18th Century Europe under
against federal relief methods, on
the basis of Mr. Hoover's, St. Louis
speech. Some restrictions may be
enacted, but not the Hoover pro
gram. The Canadian treaty trouble la
being worked out off-stage In an
other way. Mr. Roosevelt Is secretly
sounding out Canada for modifica
tion of the Ottawa agreement to
open British lumber markets for
American producers, also to atagger
Canadian lumber Importatlona on
a monthly quota basis.
Senator War.ner haa In his sleeve
a new low cost housing bill. It will
be Introduced under official or un
official new deal auspices, but prob
ably will not pass. The bill Is sup
posed to have originated with cer
tain low cost homing promotion
societies In New York and will sug
gest a six. seven or eight billion
dollar program.
Most Important subject on the
calendar Is confirmation of the new
federal reserve bosrd. People out m
the country msy not get smoked up
shout such obscure public person
alities as alt on tha FRB but these
personalities can ruin or make the
country by their courage, or lack of
It. Also by their preconceived no
tions of credit. Inflation, etc. t
There baa been ao much Inside
wire-pulling over these Jobs that It
Is Impossible to ssy now who will
be appointed, or even re-appolnten
But there will be a fundamental
clash In the senate, no matter who
Is recommended bv the president It
will be evident shortly that the
senatorial confirmation of Governor
Eecles himself will not be an easy
mstter.
Note Senator Glass has hot let
It out yet. but he has written a
sl7xllng two and a half-page letter
to Clovemor Kceles. protesting against
the sppolntment of a certain man
whose name has merely been pub
Ucly mentioned among possible ap
pointees.
Dally new deal announcements
that the seaMon will be a short one
sre merely billboard advertisements
to promote brevltv. No one re.illy
has a worthwhile idea about it. The
unknown factor In the situation m
what the supreme court will do to
ihe new deal In coming decision,
and what corrective IcciMfttlon. it
any. will be necex-ni ry (AAA. TV A
Wnner labrr board, etc.)
This makes Rieslng the probable
adjournment date wholly a matter
of personal opinion. If you want a
Stress en that baals. It Is that ad
journment will come a few dava be
fore the rtepuMlcan Miventlon meet
r r'Mo'.nrt June 0. and not April
1 n- rvrn Msy 1, as now being ad
I vertiard.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
Signed letters pertain log to pertunai dealt b and nyglene out to disease
dlnjcnusia 01 treatment will he annwered ny nr. Brady tf a it a raped aelf-ad-dreaded
envelope It enclosed Lett erf fhonid be brief snd written In Ink
Owing to tlie tr-jie numhei ol letter received only fen can be answered
Nu reply ran be made to queries not conforming to Instruction! Address Ur
William Brady. Bfl tit Cemlnu. Beverly Hills CaL
VITAMINS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
A group of Junior hiaih school chil
dren who were underweight, weakly,
easily fatigued, unduly susceptible to
resporatory infec
tions and more
or less lacking In
Interest In their
school work and
ap plication,
showed an aver
age gain of a
pound a week, a
school work, bet
ter application to
studies and In
most Instances a
del mite improve
ment In vitality when their ordinary
diet was supplemented with a ration
of vitamins, all the vitamins, from
natural food sources (no synthetic
vitamin concentrates, no fish liver
oil, no vloaterol). The enhanced vi
tality of these children on optimal
vitamin ration was expressed In their
own words: "I'm feeling great," 'I
don't get so tired now," "I have start
ed my piano lessons again."
In the New York State Jour, of
Medicine, Oct. 15, '35, Dr. Charles a.
Kerley, pedtatrlst, says a deficiency
of vitamin B causes malnutrition, loss
of appetite, a lack of bodily resist
ance and en absence of capacity for
work. A child on a -Met deficient In
vitamin B will be looked upon as In
different and lazy In an occupational
sense. Further, children to whom
this vitamin Is furnished In Inade
quate amounts are predisposed to in
fection such as tuberculosis and the
"so-called common cold." Hero Dr.
Kerley Interjects one for the old fos
sils who have muddled notions about
the crl. Referring to the so-called
"common cold" he says: " . . . .
which condition Is nothing more or
leas thnn a bacterial Infection of the
mucous membrane of the respiratory
tract." If fifty thousand physicians
younger than Dr. Kerley would now
commit themselves as unequivocally
on the "cold" quibble, we might make
some progress In the prevention of
the commonest cause of illness today.
Many children of this class whose
tonsils end adenoids have been re
moved and whose fclnuses have been
found normal by competent special
ists, nevertheless continue to suffer
from frequent respiratory Infections,
Dr. Kerley says Inquiry into the diet
of these children shows that because
of the child's food dislikes or of fam
ily Indifference the food consumed Is
short In vitamin B the usual
diet consisting of soup, meat, white
bread and cereals ready to serve (all
poor in vitamins),, and tho child usu
ally dislikes whole grain cereals and
greon vegetables. In these cases, Dr.
Kerley finds suar Is usually given In
generous amounts. The sugar satis
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Dec. 34. The many-
sided Prince Mike Romanoff, becom
ing a country squire on a Virginia
estate, adds another chnpter to the (
amusing career
of one of the ,
phoniest phon
eys in Broadway
history. Mike's
appeal was
cause he admit
ted his spur
mis nobility, yet
continued bis
rcynt role.
Thus he gave
his fellow false-
Arrested several
times snd frequently given the air
in night clubs ana oars, ne rnrc.y
fnlled to bob up next nay serene.
mlllniT nnd cxnloitine his Oxonlnn
nccent and comtly old world man
ners. n.. vmMiAllv he tfred Of being
cuffed about, and vanished. There
were rumors he had gone abroad, to
South Amerira. to Hollywood But
recently he was recognized along, a
country rond near tTeaericn.-.Durlf
with a post hole digger over his
shoulder and a sack of salt In his
hand.
He profwses to have gone com
pletely rurnl' and wants no more of
the camaraderie of the cafes. But
Brrndwny smiles. It knows he will
be back, slick and smiling, the he
moth to the flame. For there's no
other place In the world so tolerant
of the Prince Mikes of the world.
Herman Patrick Tnppe In closing
his R7th street drew-maklng and
millinery shop, removed for a if'
weeks a dominant figure In the
style scene. But he hRB opened up
nfcnln on the avenue. The name
Tappe has a Frenchified snund and
Tappe has the exqulslto manners ot
the Tarls talons. Although he was
bom In Sidney. O. where his gene
ration remembered him as a tem
peramental boy given to dressing his
Meter's dolls. He his rnshionrd gowns
for many notables in society Fin
W'.rirnrr. for Instance was a Tappe
customer from her Will birthday
When he tires of a shop, he merely
i.-5es up ami coes to Europe awhile
Hii-k son's wns nnother famous
dieinriking hou. occupying the
V.Kh pl.no 'JS fats aeo tt rpftev
Hovt mid H:ttte Camrcie occupy
w!av. HiVk-ion wis an rtprtly tail
ored floor wn'.kor type with p!me
nrr. who met the public In his ave
nue atelier. But the (irnliiffs ot
hi bmtmvM were his two alters,
who did the rietgnht. They were
hut .-n tho Titanic, and the bu.M
ness nlowly fnded.
Many rl?v men b.-und to their
nlrhefl In tV" "ntvrnvlo Kra! t nr Of
'.!(! : --.(....iuJ I . out-
de-A'y tug ly prowling through
KS.jm"K "aW'lp
1
fies the appetite temporarily and ao
prevents the child from taking suf
ficient foods which contain the nec
essary vitamins. The practical rem
edy Is simply this In selecting foods
for the young, keep as close to nature
as possible, um cow's milk, butter and
cream; for cereals use only the whole
6eed crushed or ground oats, wheat,
yellow corn; and vegetabes as they
come from the earth.
.Sounds simple, but It la not so
easy to follow out these suggestions
today. Moreover, if the child has been
for years on a diet short In vitamins.
It Is only logical to supplement even
an adequate diet for several months
at least with a suitable ration of all
the vitamins, which, after all. Is the
true test and the best treatment for
this common condition of low vitality.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Sounds OK.
T have found a little elastic band
age holding a sponge rubber pad a
great comfort for my metatasal arch
trouble. Shoe stores have this
"Stride" for only a quarter. I have
paid fifty cents for unsatisfactory
attempts to fit felt and soft leather
pads to the ball of my feet ...
W. M. C.)
Answer Thank you. It sounds like
a practical contrivance. A great many
persons suffer from Morton's neural
gia, metatarsalgla, cramp In forefoot,
etc., from falling of the transverse
arch. Such a support under ball of
foot affords great relief.
Debatable Question.
Please send me your views on this
question which Is being ' debated
throughout the schools of the United
States: Resolved, that the several
states should enact legislation pro
viding for a system of complete med
ical service available to ell citizens
at public expense." (A. B.J
Answer Life would be pretty soft
with such a system in effect, provided,
of course, the plan Includes also a
complete grocery, shoe, clothing, gas.
automobile, amusement and attorney
service, so one would have nothing to
worry about.
My Feet Are In the Ring.
Dr. of the Clinic as
sured me that the boy was poisoned
by absorbing the shoe dye through
the skin of his feet . . . 3. M. C.)
Answer All right. I challenge your
cocksure clinic doctor, or any other
physician or scientific person of stand
ing, to put it to a test, on my fee.
If I suffer poisoning from the dye.
I'll apologize to the world for my
false teachings.
(Copyright, 1035, John F. Dille Co.
fcrt tNute: PerMitit wishing to
communicate with Or. Brady
4hiHild tend letter direct to Ur.
Wllllnm Brady. M !., 46S El
Cnmlnn. Beverly Hills, CaL
Abercromble and Pitch's or the
sporting goods departments of de
partment stores. You can see them
dry casting, peeping through gun
sights or gazing longingly at camp
ing outfits. The majority do not
come to buy. Just to look and dream
Among such prowlers are often,
however, real hunters and fisher
men, such as Rex Beach, Corey Ford
and Bob Davis. Corey Ford, Inci
dentally, has probably capitalized
his adventures more profitably than
any other writing fisherman.
Among the celebrity hunters and
fishermen, too, are Amos 'n Andy
and Courtney Ryley Cooper. Each
has the distinction of having a fly
namtd In his honor. Amos 'n Andy
miued their only broadcast by poor
timing on a day's hunt. Cooper has
a fishing lodge, or Is It villa? (Some
times I think I try too hard) on
the east coast of Florida, to which
he flits to think up another yarn
after one is finished.
Some of the most Interesting
evenings In New York are the small
dinner parties given by the Walter
Da mroschos around the open hearth
affairs where ordinary talV Is ad
roitly Jockeyed into the realm of
fascination. Such as that In olden
days when there was leisure in the
world and week-ends were spent In
story telling. Mrs. Damrosch Is the
daughter of James O. Blaine and
her daughters who are usually In
the group are Mrs. Sidney Howard.
Mrs. Bob Llttel and Mrs. Thomas
Finletter,
Young Walter Chrysler is probably
the most lavish dinner thrower
among the youngsters. He scram
bles Brondway and Park avenue at
times and ft her times goes pure
Broadway and pure Park avenue. It's
an unusual week he has not been
host to at least four dinners and
two or three luncheons, ranging In
size from a dozen to a hundred
guests. And he's on a diet, too.
I like Joseph Conrad's story of
the tactful plumber, who blundered
into a bathroom where a lady was
in a tub. But he had presence ot
mind to retire with: "I beg your
pardon, airl'
(Copyright, 1935. McNaught
Syndicate)
Severe Winter Predicted
FREMONT. O. (UP) Residents of
this city predict a long hard winter,
They base their assertion on a de
mand for mouse traps. They say the
mice are deserting their usual haunts
t or homes a i i re sign of a se ve re
lii tor.
ruhe oMer rnltnre
noCKPORT, Tc. (UP Oyster
production on the oulf Coast will be
M udled intensively by the state-owned
marine biological laboratory rec
ently established here. Oyster culture
is one of the coast's principal ind'is.
tries.
Riit Aid lour StmlenK
IOWA CITY. la. (UP) Four Unl
! varsity of Iowa students are earning
an education by catching and prcpa
(tatlnrz rats for the 7oolofttcal depart
ment Rat are caucht. then trans
(ciTf cj to the laboratory for expert -
i menul purposes.
Comment
on the
Day s News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE news pattern, on the day these
words are written, Is varied; but,
as usual, the war news dominates the
picture. When war Is In the offing,
anywhere In the world, news of It
ALWAYS dominates the picture.
War la the greatest of human ca
lamities, and calamities are always
big news.
THIS word comes from Rome, after
the diplomatic jockeying of the
past week or so:
"Premier Mussolini, of Italy, scorn
ing to reply to the now-dead Franco
British proposals for peace, directed
his Blackshlrt troops to proceed with
their campaign of conquest In Ethi
opia today."
That Is to say, If he can't get what
he wants without fighting for it, he'll
FIGHT FOR IT.
Dictators are .that way.
FROM war to weather la an easy
Jump. As to weather, the head
lines say: Wlnter's Icy Hand Felt
In Much of U. S."
Well, as the old saying goes: "When
the days begin to lengthen the cold
begins to strengthen'
The days have begun to lengthen
again, marking the turn of another
year.
"yHE INFORMER," starring Victor
1 McLaglen. Is held by the Na
tional Board of Review of Motion Pic
tures to have been the best movie
made anywhere during 1035.
Based upon popular approval, and
not pure excellence, the board named
the following pictures. In the order
given, as the year's best: David Cop
perfleld, Mutiny on the Bounty, The
Informer, Lives of a Bengal Lancer,
Top Hat, Midsummer Night's Dream,
Naughty Marietta, Lea Mise rabies,
Anna Karenlna and Ruggles of Red
Gap.
Good pictures, all of them good
clean action or good clean fun. ' If
these are indeed the year's outstand
ing pictures, as the National Board
ol Review says, much of the criticism
leveled at the movies In recent years
no longer applies.
IN THESE modern days, selection of
the outstanding pictures of the
year Is a bit of news that crashes the
front pages everywhere. .
A generation ago the movies were a
Joke, and two generations ago they
were unknown. What wonderful
things, do you suppose, does the
NEXA GENERATION hold for US?
HERE Is an Interesting thought:
Electricity, with all Its amazing
developments and related devolp
ments, which have utterly revolution
ized human life and made this an
infinitely pleasanter world to live In,
lightening drudgery and amazingly
increasing production, Is a relatively
recent discovery.
Yet electricity existed in the world
ten thousand years ago, Just as It
exists today. Human brains Just
weren't good enough then to recog
nize It and put it to work.
4
W
HAT other tremendous things,
capable of working as great
changes In the life of the future as
electricity has worked In the life of
the present, lie under our feet, un
recognized and unknown because hu
man brains are not yet GOOD
ENOUGH?
Communications
Tax Notice to Employers
To the Editor: I
Perhaps many employers of labor
do not realize that beginning January
1, 193S, it will be necessary for tl em
to keep a complete record of employes
to be compiled from their payroll
record.
No special form of payroll has been
prescribed by the department but the
employer must be prepared to show
his gross payroll and his taxable pay
roll as well as the numbeor of per
sons employed from time to time and
an individual record of each employe.
First. The employer Is subject to
an unemployment Insurance tax ot 1
per cent to 3 per cent graduated from
January 1, 1930. to 1938, and 3 per
cent thereafter. ' This Is an excise tax
on employers of eight or more per
sons, the tax payable to the federal
government where the state bag not
created a like tax. If the state has
provided for unemployment insur
ance conforming to federal require
ments, 90 per cent of the federal tax
remains with the state administrators
and 10 per cent only is to be remit
ted to the federal government.
The second is an employer's retire
ment benefit tax based on total pay
roll graduated from 1 per cent betrin-
nlnif January 1, 1937, to 3 per cent
in 1949. to be deducted from em
ployea' wages snd for which the em
ployer is reponsible.
The personal record of the employe
provides Information necessary to de
termine the Individual's eligibility for
Insurance and benefits provided by
the act.
To provide this tndivdual Informa
tion, two forms will be necessary, the
information to be compiled from the
employer's time books and payroll.
Our state law subjects employers to
four or more persons to the Insurance
tax. also to the retirement benefit
tax with no contribution to be made
hy the employe.
Thes so'-tal security laws inti:
i which tut above taies a-e assessed arc
rather complicated and I am calling
attention to requirements so that
payroll Information may be consid
ered and provided for aa the em
ployer may find It necessary to do.
B. M. WILSON,
Medford. Dec. 23.
Tribute to Senator Sen all
To the Editor:
One by one In tragic succession, do
America's valiant sons take i their
places among the immortals. Slrice
the beginning of this administration,
four great patriots have been re
moved from public service by "mur
der and sudden death." In less than
four years, four United States sena
tors have been removed from the po
litical arena.
It la significant that ' these four
senators, Bronson Cutting, Thomas
Walsh, Huey P. Long and Thomas B.
Schall were by no means affiliated
with either of the major parties and
they were sent to congress, from the
east, west, south and northern por
tions of our great country. They bad
one main objective which they shared
In common, as each was a staunch
defender of the Interests of the
American people as a whole, against
the tyranny of private monopoly on
the one hand and Soviet subversion
of our republic on the other hand.
Desperately we need these men and
all who share their qualities of cour
age and Integrity, In the crisis of the
next election and the grim necessity
to stave off war. Whether foreign or
civil war endanger in this ruthless
game, the cause Is ever the' same. The
prime movers of the pawns of war
are the International financiers, mas
ters of exploitation and intrigue that
they are, who manipulate "gentle
men's agreements" front behind the
scenes of our government.
Against these sinister, forces, the
late Senator Schall fought long and
ably. Undismayed by the handicap
of blindness, he and his wife studied
law together that they might more
effectively serve America in the hour
of her great need.
Early in Senator Schall's career,
he relped to save the forests of
northern Minnesota from the spolia
tion of the lumber barons, and now
this beautiful region of lakes and
forests has become an International
play-ground between two friendly
natlins.
So today, fringing the shores of
northern lakes. Innumerable shafts of
living green lift their spires against
the blue and In the cold silence of
the Christmas Season, the choir of
a "forest primeval" sings a requiem
to this man.
Th late Senator Thomas D. Schall
needs no other monument erected to
his memory.
ARIEL BURTON POMEROY,
Old Stage Road,
Central Point.
Dec. 23.
Finance Versus Mechanics.
To the Editor:
There Is one phase of the Townsend
controversy that X do not understand,
and that Is this: That In the face of
the well-known fact that every new
idea or Invention as far back as we
can trace history, haa been declared
Impossible and poohpoohed aa silly,
there still Is a large part of the sup
posedly brainy and progressive part of
our business population that does the
same thing to the Townsend move
ment.
No Idea or Invention ever was per
fect in lta first shape, In fact most
of them that we can remember were
pretty crude affairs end some of them
did not even work on first trial. I
have In mind two Illustrations: Take
the Idea of making a wheel run on a
rail (railroad idea), the first trial was
an ordinary wagon wheel run on a
wide plank, and the Idea was of no
practical value because the wheel
would run off the plank. The "know-it-alls"
said "I told you so" but
when some half-wit hit on the idea
of putting a flange on that wheel, lo
and behold, the whole problem was
solved but no one ever thought of a
flange until after the first idea was
tried. Today that flange has been
the basU of one of the most .exact
scientific Investigations and perfec
tion that mechanical science knows.
Another example: Thomas Edison
spent years discovering the electric
light, and when ho had It he did
not know what to d' with It. Every
lamp that ever was known sat on its
base and the light or flame shone
upward end waa carried around, but
of what practical use was this pesky
thing that had to have two wires
attached to it? Edison did not solve
the problem; It took the idle curi
osity of one of his chore boys to
find out that the thing would work
Just as good upside down and that
it could be hung up by it two wires.
I have no doubt that something
will be found wrong or very crude
about the Townsend plan, In fact it
has already undergone several
changes. But the fundamental prin
ciples or facta are there and Its po
tential possibilities of good are so
apparent that It seems to me that
everyone should recognize these facts
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and at least say "Let's give It a fair
trial, any.."ay."
Thank you. GEO. rVXRSON.
Flight 'o Time
sled turd snd Jackson Uuuut
alslur; from Chi tiles
Mall Tnoant 10 via tu fr
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 24, 1923
(It Was Thursday)
Rucb. school and store robbed by
auto yeggs.
State tax lists show Increase of
$26,000,000.
There will be no Issue of the Mall
Tribune tomorrow Christmas Day.
Turkey prices In state holding firm
at 46c per pound.
Sunshine predicted for Christmas
day In Rogue River valley.
The first annual Christmas com
munity trpA draws r record crowd of
children to Library Parle festivities.
Susa's band to appear here Jan. 20.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 24, 101S
(It Waa Friday)
The Colony club gives a Christmas
tree for the children of the city at
the Hotel Medford this alternoon.
Owing to bad places In the road,
the mall carrier between Jacksonville
and the Applegate has abandoned his
auto and Is using a horse and buggy.
Motor car prices drop, despite new
1916 Improvements.
King Peter o Servla In exile whea
country captured by Teutonic allica
reaches Italy and safety.
-French liner sunk by U-boat with
loss of 79 lives.
City and county ready for coming
of Santa Claus, and most Joyous
Christmas In years.
TEXAS TO SEEK
FOR PROBATION
HOUSTON, Tex. (UP) Prison
authorities of 15 states which do not
have adult probation laws will watch
closely the type to be adopted by
Texas under a recently adopted con
stitutional amendment, according to
District Judge Langston O. King.
The Jurist was one of the leaders
at the annual congress of prison of
ficials at Atlanta, Ga., recently.
"I discussed the matter with mem
bers of the National Probation asso
ciation," Judge King said. "They of
fered to help Texas work out one of
the most modern and efficient sys
tems In the nation."
Adult probation proposals probably
will not be submitted to the state
legislature until the next regular ses
Bkm. Judge King said. Gov. James 7.
Mired has promised to submit the
topic to the law-making,body as soon
as possible, he said.
Pulton County. Ga., Judge King
said, has that state's model probation
system.
GREETINGS
Merry Christmas
To one and all.
Where rain or sun
May chance to fall;
And thanks to those,
Whate'er betide,
Prom mountain rim
To oceanslde.
Who help tho pkn,
With work and song, ,
For Good of Man.
FARMERS & FRUITGROWERS BANK
(Community Builder.)
Member Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
DANCE
Follow the Crowds to
DYNGE'S
XMAS NITE
DF.CEMBER 25
Oriental Gardens
no IIAI.I.S
ONE ADMISSION
Merry
Christmas!
Good cheer . . . good health
. . . good spirits are our Christ
mas wish for you to extend
all through the year.
CONGER
FUNERAL PARLOR
WEST MAIN AT NEWTOWN
Membership In
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