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can party will lasue a itatemeut In
January. "In opposition to poverty."
It la also understood the same
statesmen, don't think much or
in, and have no use lor hurricanes.
...
The California doctor, who bat
tled s newspaper photographer when
he tried to take a picture ol his
movie scleras fiance, was married
to her Christmas day, but did not
knock the officiating preacher down.
Banta Claus distributed In the
neighborhood of 200 new blcyclea to
the kids. The vehicles make pretty
picture corded up on the sidewalk
In front of the theater showing The
Notched Bullet, or Who Put Car
bolic Acid in the Water Hole. The
modern bicycle 1 as befuddling
s wheelbarrow to fall over In the
dark, many fathers report.
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An imported soprano landing In
New York wanted to be kicked for
good luck (Detroit News) A neat
way to put a little sincerity Into the
opening squeal.
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The upstate press, outside of the
metropolis, la not excited by the
transplanting of Mt. Hood to the
state of Washington by an eastern
newspaper, via a rotogravure section
error. The Washington stste press
waa aggravatlngly calm. Not soli
tary headline scresmed: New Mole
bill On Horizon.
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Rome dispatches last Tuesday
from the Ethiopian front admitted
a reverse to Italian arms, and, It
waa listed as "en encouraging de
feat." This la a neat way to re
move the sting, but sounds Just like
the basketball team had lost
game.
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The annual movement to make
newspapers oense printing crime
news la mentioned In varloua parts
of the land. Ever so often some cru
sading editor bans crimes from his
pages, and discovers the publlo Is
buying papers that do, while ad
miring his righteous stand. The
crlmlnala fall to co-operate also, and
keep right on committing felonies.
It would be Just sa sensible to pro
hibit political news. The people
went to know who Is murdered, a
much aa they want to know who
Is running for re-flection.
The Stanford football team Is now
In Los Angeles for Its Rose Bowl
game with the Southern Methodists
0 New Years day. There la con
siderable sporting pace cgony over
the outcome, and the betting there
upon. The odds are 10 to fl that
in ford bltea the rliiM. On Iwopre-
A n V,n fi.u A ,.-! the
Stanford opponent, failed to be
rtrte) by II r press clippings, and
trnunM them. It understood
that In tv coming stni(:e the
ttlan bee !cr ' harkflrft
iaj. sill acrest t stance from his
is t.a .. end kp his on
Cm KMl. Ie.-se tits an1ttal
HrUf ta wpm rt4 U-rMtralnt
r la hm't riiara rwalt
ri a a.N( a unanimous
rte rirool i
Oft. efctr fci4. 1 ta nnthir
Cn499 M3 alaWeA." I l
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TaS ta el? H.
ft eUs 1A
that mo TO. - w
tumbled in-. tff W mvwaUir
a haycock mv)n try th wtttA.
would attract atta to tor
where. (Atlanta Coaatitutfa i-jpwi
shake of the head and H'f,
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NORTH BEND. Ore, Dec. V7 ( A 1
The fkortiig on the 1700-foot
tel center span of the 2
Coos Buy high"-!? hridRe probably,
will be completed within a month,
officials of the Virginia Brinpf yind
Iron Work said Additional crews
nere employed today. Tin- hridpe I
scheduled to be open for traffic late
next pi
Office Seekers and
By Chester H. Bowell
(B. F. Chronicle)
An Important practical decision
confronts prospective csndtdstes for
office In California and their backera.
This Is the plea that they meet It
like men. by standing up and telling
the people the truth.
The problem, of course. Is the
Townsend plan, whose devotees now
threaten to defest sny candidate who
does not pledge himself to support
It.
The snswer should be:
"I have too much sympathy for
your purpose end too much respect
for your sincerity to be Insincere with
you. I will 'not commit upon you the
fraud of pretending that I agree with
your mistaken belief that your 'plan'
would accomplish Its purpose, nor
Impose on you the calamity of enact
ing that plan Into law."
Instead, the political scouts sre
mruMvtnc the attuatlon. to see wheth
er the Townsendltes can make their
threat good.
The answer doubtless Is . that In
some cases they can. They are a nu
merous, united and desperately sin
cere block of voters. While they are
nowhere the majority, there are dis
tricts where they hold the numerical
balance of power. If they frighten
both candidates Into giving the
pledge, or bring shout the victory of
the one who does, their minority wins
that particular election and the peo
ple lose It. This Is the very vice of
block voting. It means minority rule.
The Townsendltes. moreover, are
the stronger by their very sincerity.
If they were morally wrong. It would
be eaay to mass moral indignation
against them. But this Is exactly what
they are not. They are good people
seeking a good purpose, fervently
committed to the honest error that
their "plan" would do the fine things
promised for It. When one point out
that, on the contrary, It would de
feat that purpose, they do not listen
to his argument. They question his
sincerity. They think he is out of
sympathy with the purpose Itself.
Now the candidate, faring this-formidable
sincerity, must do one of
three things: He must yield to It, or
side-step It, or stsnd up to It.
If he yields, he must make good.
He must carry out his pledge, even
though he knows he Is voting calam
ity on all the people.
If he sidesteps and Is elected, he
must stultify either his Intellect by
voting for the "plan" or hla character
by breaking his Implied pledge. Ei
ther way, he will not deserve ever to
be elected again.
If he stands up, the worst that can
happen to him Is personal defeat,
and even that Is Improbable. People
do respect courage and honesty.
In any event, honorable defeat Is a
LONDON (UP) Startling disclos
ures of an International truffle in
children, created by pecularlttes of
European adoption laws, has resulted
In a British government Investigation.
Sir John Simon, Britain's home
secretary, indicated that a depart
mental committee will be established
to study bulky portfolios of evideuce
turned over to the home office.
The "baby farm" reports show that
hundreds of unwanted children, many
mere babies, have 'been sent abroad
for re-adoptlon under circumstances
of hardship and shame, the Investi
gators said.
The evidence was turned over to
the home secretary by the National
Child Adoption association. National
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. National Council for Un
married Mothers and Their Chil
dren, National Council of Women and
other civic groups.
The traffic, for the most part, was
said to Involve the actual sale of In
fants to persons end so-called socle
lies In continental Europe. In several
of these countries no legal .basis ex
ists for the adoption of "native"
children and such a transfer is a
o"r'm'ni" c"'n"
Evidence In possession of the home
office was said to show that the traf
flckiriH Is carried on brazenly with
out sny attempts at concealment wig.
adver Moments even being Inserted In
some continental newspapers for Brit-
'sh chlldrau.
In many Instancy, of course, the
children that reach tr persons In
rtlnt such advertisements are those
of unwed Btltlsh mothers.
Some well-to-do luropean families
-jit a child to satisfy a whim, soon
tire of It and pa It on to other per
Muv Often, it wis rhaift'd, ia,cr
atticiHr ths trltth child ran have
ihaattful purpoi.
Th ttittrter child my ha trans
ient tlsa an tim nana fear prom,
tea hoi offira i. sua rot up
for a outr without any un
drwndlrg of tli Snl:l. lna,ur.
In com of ti it ts d!rovert-d tint
Um chlia la a ,frtre:,:r no ntur
ItaMion p-ible for de'ted chil
drta in aenr countries and It Is de
left to ;iiend. unable to speak
it liiyv
'Wia home fa-retry's office said
'4.M drills of some of the foreign
M.ption scandal brought to light
hw Imi kept jwcra In order that
tmmf mmmt of engineering the
traffic arill nnt are prevention.
Attt.o'tih 11 'am est a N if I iM a new
k'ltt.rn la In 192ft parent and
htldren are not re-
jurffd to proceed undr Its provis
ion fi'id strenitttifninp amendments
Orrr"ly will he sought bv the or
issssftons ImenMirstinii th "baby
IS) m ' evidence
WOODBl'RN. Ore. Dec 37 v-T--Leonard
FMM-hman. 83. dld sud
denly here yesterdav, apparently the
victim of a heart attack, His body
was found lying behind his houne.
ltt mu iTlDUiis a an l ads.
SALE OF BABIES
SIS ENGLAND;
PROBE STARTED
the Townsend Plan
minor misfortune. Dishonorable vic
tory Is likely to prove a major one.
The trouble with the Townsend
plan Is Just plain arithmetic. It does
not "figure out." If It did, everybody
would be for It. It Is easy to enthuse
for the pictured delights of s200 A
month for esch old person, reflected
In s corresponding prosperity for sll
younger persons, whoever could work
this miracle ahould have s part of his
prolific bllllona apent on a monu
ment to himself at every crossroads.
But It la worse than dishonest for
a candidate, who Knows It can not
de done, to abuse the confidence of
deluded people by promising to make
their beautiful dream come true.
On the contrary, the first step of
the plan would be to confer certain
plecea of paper, marked "dollara," on
a tenth of the people, at the Expense
of all the people, In a way that would
at once greatly diminish the purchas
ing power of everybody. The next re
sult would be a runaway Inflation,
which would complete the ruin and
make the present depression seem, by
comparison, like prosperity. Then the
whole scheme would collapse, to take
Its place In history beside the Mis
sissippi bubble and other exploded Il
lustrations of the past. The price,
this time would be the wholesale
bankruptcy of a great natlonirtth
revolution looming In the offing.
They who, on so great a matter,
would endanger the Ship of state to
angle for a few votes at a single elec
toral cast, would show no perspective
of great and small. They would bait
their hooks with sharks to cstch the
minnows of office, and risk being de
voured themselves. They would for
feit their title to leadership by fol
lowing a stsmpeded fraction of the
crew, ateerlng for the rocke. Or, In
less figurative speech, the best way to
win an election is) to risk losing It.
by deserving to win. Then you win
even If you lose.
The intellectual error of th IVinm.
sendltes Is psrdonable, because It Is
nonest. Tney sre entitled to sympathy
In their desires, to resneet for th.tr
sincerity, and to frankness and rour.
age In disagreeing with their mistakes.
even tneir unfortunate political tac
tics of minority pressure were learn
ed In schoola which r,nt uH than.
In such good causes as business, la-
Dor and temperance.
But the error of politicians. In
yielding to that pressure, would be
moral. If, on false pretenses, any of
them should gain office, there would
be no sympathy for their aubsequent
dilemma of either saving their coun
try by breaking their promises or sav
ing their faces by ruining their coun
try. Both ways would be wrong. The
only right course is not to start down
the road which later forks Into these
alternative Impossibilities.
TO BE ASSISTED
BY RADIO BULLET
BOSTON (UP) A stratosphere
radio bullet that Is expected to revo
lutionize the technique of weather
forecasting has been developed by
Blue Hill observatory attache.
The instrument, similar to one
used in the Soviet union, la the first
of Its kind to be manufactured at a
cost low enough to be practicable.
The bullet, six Inches long and
weighing nearly two pounds, is strap
ped to one or more stratosphere
."toy" balloons and it sends back
radio messages telling practically
everything the meteorologists need to
know.
This device can go three or four
times as high as an airplane, and
neither hall nor rain can harm the
balloon's fabric. It gives ita infor
mation Instantaneously, reporting
temperature, pressure and humidity.
The stratosphere radio bullet Is a
small cylinder, around which a tiny
strip of metal Is colled thrice. The
cylinder Is routed by clockwork
mechanism, making one revolution
every half ml mite. A fixed pointer
touche the cylinder near the top,
and as It passes over a piece of metal,
once In every revolution, It gives a
"click" every half minute. Three
other pointers touch the cylinder at
lower points, each controlled by a
different mechanism. If these point
ers remain constant, their "clicks"
come every half minute.
The thermometer-polntar is con
trolled by a tiny half-tubs ctj mtt.
like a nuriattire stove plp cut In
two lengthwise. The metal is braj
on the Inside and steal ouee. trm
expands in warmth and caura th
HMle tube to en up. puahinj tht
pointer aft Infinite! flt.si
higher In the cylinder.
The pressure pointer ! coatr tati
by a pile of tiny dlt.a. Ah r --
ou the one belc Hivy Mr ceiaveft
them to settle and 1'U lr rts.
sending the point up or d.
The humidity polnsar rew oa a
human nair suspended honreitsUv
between two uprights. It e'retarne
when m?it and contracts when dry
thus moving the pointer.
To Interpret tf,e "cUci" sent in h
the meteorograph, one .msjit. listen a
minute to identify the constant 30
second click of the fixed pointer and
then by the variations in time of the
succeeding elicits, compute the data
Indicated by the three fluctuating
cues
20 NAVY SHIPS ASIED
FOR HSXT ROSE SHOW
PORTLAND. Ore. Dec 37 AP1
.enM'-M- Charles McNary (R. Ore)
a?ked the navy department for 30
ships, an alrplnne carrier and a
squadron of destroyers and subma
rines for Portland's festival next
June. trit Oreeonlsn's Washington
rnrrnp.inrtent said.
OUNMi'IH Kepttrt tr all m&ker
)t jun Slim Bros. iS N Pu.
Personal Health Service
By William
Hlgued letters pertaining to peraunaj Dealt b and nyrtena not to disease
diagnosis or treatment artU ba answered by Ur. Brady If a stamped self-addressed
envelope la enclosed. Letters should be oriel and written in ink
Owing to the large nam her ol letters received only a few can be answered
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr.
William Brady, tf5 EI Csmlno, Beverly UHls. CsX
PROSPECTIVE NURSES TAKE NOTICE
A letter from a Registered Nurse.
That's a nurse who haa graduated
from a recognised nurse training
school and suc
cessfully passed
a n examination
given by tbe
state board of
n u r registra
tion or control.
This entitles the
nurse to sign her
name Jane Doe,
R. N., and also
establishes her
standing In the
highest grade of
her caning.
uear ur. Brady;
First "fan" letter I ever wrote
. . . your article regarding nurses.
Having graduated In 1910 and
worked Lo, these mar years, It
warms my heart to hear a doctor
champion our cause.
Being just the horse and buggy
kind of person, nothing senti
mental enters Into my being a
nurse. When I think of teach
ers, clerks, librarians, stenogra
phers, etc., with their short
hours, holidays and regular week
ly pay, I can't understand myself
what weak quirk keeps ua at this
nursing, but I do know, I would
be unhappy doing anything else.
If we don't work Christmas day
we are not paid for that day. Or
any other day. Our rest ' ts a
catch as catch can affair, and
still we go on nursing, . , .
Thank you for the kindness
expressed for and we will all
look forward to the day when
we shall rate the same consider
ation shown teachers and other
women whose work requires no
more education, training, applica
tion, endurance and intelligence
than nursing does.
Gratefully,'
, R. N.
Now listen to a part of the letter
of the mother of a pupil nurse:
Dear Dr. Brady: !
... your article , . . you did
not go far enough. In one of
tbe largest and most expensive
hospitals In - the first
year girls are given night duty
on an etnlre night floor until
they are Just about dead when
morning comes. Add to this the
vile, inadequate, sloppy, cold food
and you have a racket that
harms many girls in their early
career and wrecks their health.
. , . prison fare, vile, cold coffee
with skim milk in It, canned corn
In ear corn time, . . ,
Notorious how miserably nurses
In the training school of a large
hospital are fed. ... If they make
a complaint they are curtly told:
"We didn't ask you to come here
and you may leave at any time.
, Mother,
Mother Is right. It ts a racket and
no mistake. Especially where the
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW VORX, Dec. 37. Thoughts
while strolling: Now people are won
dering how they can kee-p out of the
Social Register.
Nobody haa in
vented a new
walk since Hope
Williams turned
in that slouch.
John Otterson la
a middle hAlr
parter. too. Bill
Hearst's two fris
ky Se&lyhams.
Add f e 1 1 o w a
whose pipes are i
always going
stronger: T. Ev
erett. Harre a fid
Frank Craven. Sone of the gals
haven't got back to normal since
Clark Oable's visit. Nobody so hep
to old-time New York as Henry Collins i
Brown.
The man everybody knows: Col.
Joe Hartfleld. Fannie Brlce and her;
personal clown. Roger Davis. And 1
when tcether they are always in I
stitches. Jackson. Ohio's pride, Frank i
Crumlt. When collars ass bluer Ar-;
thur William Brown end Richard
Watts, Jr., will wear thsm. Amuslis
T: Woodyard, Cook and Healy.
Look alike: Oen. Sath Johnson
and fcn. Sob W-nsr. Joe Williams'
tlnklv erln. Study In nonchalance:
Jac .nny. That drawllm Br-d-a-ay
freatii: "What, you got to y
trtera. boy!" Orenvast- of hnar-sndly
nicknames: Wr Msr Tin
"tenth." Public verdict: "Give that
VntblH child berr to her mother.'
l.Ibby Solman should no ihhy
Colman. triad: Tuxedo, er-
aatiaa. Child Chsrlaa ran Alt
ita It, berviMu tuar puis
ii-ea a P-n chsrlo. t
nuM iNsy. Oel fhloiM l-v-tana
Ycsmaj atlll carries a ci Chsm
cr store no' e In f h (!i art
IpAot d tap I: V.n nr-a lo
dlanl 4i'e Puchtn he pro'rt Mas
tea time orchestra drs of ths
son. His wanderti-f pis no lmprcV;s
atlw. lures dehMe and dovf-r. la
Ms particular sty of dsn nv.iac
he leads the pa-K. Yet Mill lo.-t to
he a pharmac'at. the profes on m
choa a boy p'.svti f a-vund h's
Vher'a dm$ store in B'on TVe)r
he probably h; an income iHPf.r
than arjv retail dn st with I
hotI. radio and movie job, a.en t
his atvlaly prwninent wife, the for-
mer Marjorie Oetrlchs, hM fairly !
drtu him past a dnyttore H nnnts
to stop In and snoop.
America's mot etr assntlv he,d
Unvi pre nt. the :'e Ivy le.
- believed to have been in tbe mil
lionaire divljatcni His c'."se saaoci ft -tlon
with the Rockefellers and other
vast Industrial beetles, save him an
opu.eace tet su-gc;el great va.-h.
Brady, M. D.
training course la three years. Two
years, as any honest physician knows
and will agree If he la not getting his
out of the racket somewhere, Is ample
time to train any reasonably Intelli
gent young woman In the essentials
of nursing to make her a good, com
petent nurse for general practice.
The third year is merely a year of
nursing service the hospital gets for
nothing. Were it not for this racket
hospitals would have to pay nurses
for that year of professional service.
That explains why certain politicians
In the medical profeslon who are
getting graft out of the racket, or
prestige or practice, and even certain
nurses who get soft executive or
clerical Jobs out of It, are so Indus
trious in agitating for "higher" stan
dards of training for nurses. I know
three year nurses and I know two
year nurses. Practically there Isn't
any difference between them, except
that the three year onea are a little
more likely to harbor tin doctor ideas
which tend to spoil a good nurse.
Again I warn girls who contemplate
the study of nursing to beware of this
shameless exploitation of pupil nurses
in the swanky hospitals.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Eczema Cured
For years I suffered from severe ec
zema . . . then I was put on a milk
diet for two weeks for a kidney trou
ble, and, lo the eczema cleared up
and never haa returned. Lately a
friend had the same experience with
her daughter after years of futile
treatment. (Mrs. J. N. P.)
Answer. Thank you. Some of our
readers may try the treatment and
report their experience.
Varicose Veins and Ulcers
In your article on varicose vins.
does It mean that one with varicose
ulcer may have the veins treated by
injection? (Mrs. K. B.)
Ans. Yes, chemical obliteration of
the underlying varicose vein Is often
necessary to bring about healing of
the ulcer. Monograph on Varicose
Veins and Ulcers available to any
reader who sends 3-cent stamped en
velope bearing his address.
Drinking Water
Is there such a thing as drinking
too much water and so overworking
the kidneys? Where the drinking
water Is hard, what should one use
aa a softener? (Dr. L. B. M.)
Ans. Except invalids who should
be advised by their own physician, no
one la likely to drink too much
water, and many do not take enough.
Water with meals. If one ts at all
thirsty. Improves digestion and aids
and Increases general metabolism.
Any water that haa a satisfactory
taste Is not too hard for drinking.
(Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Or.
William Brady. M D., ft5 El
Cnmlnn. Beverly Hills, Cat
He occupied enormous office space
down town, entertained lavishly, trav
eled in the style of a potentate and
hla daughters were presented to the
court of St. James. Yet his net es
tate totaled lew than 30.000.
William Ooadby Loew seems last of
the thin army of dandies who have
braved the Jeers of the multitudes
sporting pearl grey derbies. The most
persistent member of the guild was
Raymond Hitchcock. He clung to his
assortment, shaded from fog grey to
snow whiie. for six years, others
who have flashed across the sartorial
sklea with such headgear are Frank
Lawler, Sam Hardy, Walter Catlett,
Tommy Millard and Tommy Orey.
The world's richest actor came down
from Canada the other day for hla
oner annual visit. He ts Vaughan
Glaser. little known outside he stock
audiences in the Dominion provinces.
Glaser has ama.od r ore than a mil
lion In this sort of trouplng. He has
never appeared in New York. Walker
Whiteside, the American actor, is an
other who seldom played the metrop
olis. Year after year he made a tour
cr citlea outside. He, too. posseted
a fortune.
eer 14th street an As-nestle soci
ety displays a prlntet card: "What
has Christianity produced?" And
some roup h-and -ready religionist has
scrawled in pencil under it: "Flor
ence Nightingale for one thlna. and
top that, you mugs!"
Lonrtrm acquaintance of the r
st or Or Klraj ha stMndsd teas
whre th Jimmy Wlkars. Fanny
Soltzmann and Tom Oarafhty were
also jtuetts report hi monocle is s
mere spurt of window drev fr the
public. In private h wear, of all
thliia. etsl-rtmmd Ktacl
Pom a fashion pmphlat: "fvery
man eho drr"a noisily l tarjit
for lltt: Adidas iy paarby."
Pv?n't I hrd! Pvich sa: "Ponder
wher th maaicln show is fonieht?
e (C-'TiflU. 1(.V SJC1PMB.U
JBvndhax 1
e?r. P4TTt. IVe t: iAi Gov
ernor V d "Oia a toe in
nou n ic t p ;ie l n t mn t of t mer
A aVien. s bar.kira commis
sioner. United States senator to
succeed Thomas D Schall, who died
Sunday ha a result of injuries suf
fered when h 'as struck bv an
automobile,
Beruon. 40. advocate of public
,inrrhtp of monopolistic industry
and backer of collective barsinme
for labor, is the son of tmmicrsnt
Nor-.ve.sn parent and has Peen a
Frm'-labortte since the pi s
btrth Befrre that he was active in
the non-partisan league moemen:
in Minnesota.
KAM SUCSS0B
imw soiui
Comment
on the
Day s News
By FRANK JENKINS
BARNEY CHAMBERS arrived In the
Southern Oregon country some
years ago,
In these 30 years, his hobby has
been collecting relics, and he haa an
Interesting lot of them.
One is a vertebrae from a whale,
which was taken from the chalky
banks of a big canal over east of the
mountains when it was being dug.
Barney sent it back to the Smith
sonian Institution, In Washington,
describing the area where It waa
found, and received a letter admit
ting that it waa a part of the skele
ton of a whale, all right, and express
ing the option that It might have
been carried in by Indians.
The writer of that letter evidently
didn't live here when that country
waa a vast Inland sea, and so refused
to believe that whales could have
come In under their own power.
A N OTHER of his relics Is a tooth
from a prehistoric elephant and
If the size of the creature may be
Judged accurately from the size of
the tooth it wouldn't have been an
economical pet to own. A fair-sized
haystack would have been Just a nice
little appetizer for It.
THE real thriller of Barney's col
lection, though, is a strange-looking
weapon It must be a weapon,
for It is shaped so accurtaely to fit
a hand made of stone, and shaped
roughly like a cross. .
It la about a foot long, and the
arms of the cross are short not more
then a couple of inches In length.
Instead of being blunt, these arms are
shaped down to a fine edge. It Is
carefully made, the stone being
worked down smooth.
WHAT was ltusedfor?
Well, Barney has an Interesting
theory as to that. Not far from the
spot where this odd-shaped Instru
ment was found, he says, some 30
odd skulls were later uncovered In
the course of an excavation, and In
nearly all of these skulls were holes
that looked aa if they might have
been made with this curious cross
shaped battle axe.
BARNEY bought this weapon from
an Indian, who said he found 1c
near the spot indicated. Later, he
showed It to Peter Sconchin (one of
the Modoc Indians taking part In the
Lava Beds battle), who hsd never
seen anything like it, but offered the
opinion that it must have been a
weapon and owned by a chief.
Well, If It was a weapon, and was
owned by a chief, and If the skulls
found not far faway were caved In
with it, he must have been a short
tempered chief, as well as a muscular
one, and this writer Is Just as glad
that he lived back in an earlier cen
tury and isn't prowling around of
nights now.
He wouldn't have been a pleasant
customer to meet up with when he
was on the prod.
(Continued From Page One.)
or at least bruised, th local news
paper editors.
A girl student of Journalism, in
terviewing that V. F. O. taP) bout
her daughter and quoted her as re
plying: "My daughter 1 aoa of
yotir business, iccause I am hsfore
the public is no reason sha should
be."
A taachers cotlft da aav a
luncheon and askad what th F. F. O.
thought about home economic. The
published reply wsi "A Iris mother
should be able to tcsch her the dif
ference between hnd-md nd ma-cr.lne-made
lc without e four-year
course In collpfp." Which a hardly
what the host expected.
lut the bonniest mot of all was
when the f. f. O. turned to group
ot Can-as ladles and al4:
"Who Is your governor?"
It 1 probabl aot true, but a
arci story anyway th on about the
eminent auhllc nam-aved
hie ry'a in an rievth .
really oari not o py h
fa i ltd to drlv hia pomta hear. ua
( n euditnee. a friend 4cia to
shew him. it irrana ff th
srer to deli-ar srch tactl aa
he vanned to. in hia can ayl. but
prla'ty Into a recordlrf dvica
Than the rerord w run off on a
amplifier, which let tlaatev noa
now bad it sounded. Not only thf.
but la friendly tutor was thus en
abled to point out tn detail P'-h er
ror as It developed.
The idea will he broadcast In hopes
that, some -f th current crop of
barkers will follow suit, althoun it
would he cruel punishment for some
cf them o have to noen to their
wn spechej
Out In Kanj.. a nw recipe nas
-.evelopvt for a London cocktail fn
Fred lent 2 pa:-t Cooiidce. t part
Hoovr. 1 pr' F D Roosevelt. 1 psr
Borah, i parts London.
U-structiona. Add a daih of sell.
Shake well. Stialn out tha taxes.
It sounds as If Governor Landon
must have employed a publicity man
after all.
Another unnoticed bit of news hid
den In th TV A arguments 1 that
tv a rvnmneiop O'Brien is "cleaning i
up" within that orgsnlzation. He told
the court that the electric home and
f,rm iithnritv had been transferred
cut of the TV A. That is, the bureau
formed to finance sale of appllsncea
to farmers In the TV A area. O'Brian
clearly indicated that th movement
was of doubtful constitutionality and
that he did not approve of it.
Incidentally, also, tne unreiawa
brothers Morgan of the TV A also hsve
iirtii.v. to some extent their TVA
experiments, including chicken rsis-
ing.
The younger. Roosevelts gave no
inna ! whit House this year.
The reason for abandoning this fan
ciest of the nome-irom-couegB
iutm rnATfntlv vas that It was
getting to be too fancy.-That Is. eol-
icglans started pulling political wire
last Fourth of July to get nvii
tlons, etc,
Alan nncA In bveone davs a couple
of bottles of beer were served, where
upon a prohibition politician began
msklng speeches-about beer kegs roll
ing around the East room.
National Guard
Notes
Corp. Ralph E. Glem and Corp.
John W. Gordon have been trans
ferred to the Inactive national guard,
on account of removal from state.
Corp. Claude A. Llndley la spend
ing the Christmas season ' with nls
parents In Portland.
Non-commlsslon officers school hss
been changed to Thursday nights on
account of the wrestling matchea be
ing held on Monday nights.
Pvt. Donald Nellsonf who Is at
tending the Oregon State college Is
home for the holldaye.
Sgt. Charlea D. Wiley, who ts con
nected with the forest service, made
a business trip to the Oregon Caves
last Friday.
Company A received Christmas
g-eetlng cards from two former mem
bers of the unit who are In San Fran
cisco, Sgt. Donald Herrlott and Sgt.
Clarence K. Kunn.
Christmas greetings were also re
ceived from Pvt. Eugene E. Moffstt
who Is in Hollywood snd Albert B.
Ssnto who Is In the navy at the
training station In San Diego.
We are glad to know that the much
needed repair work on the armory
will start soon.
All members of the national guard
units stationed In the Medford arm
ory are cautioned not to miss the
turkey dinner on the night of De
cember 30. It Is also muster night,
and, hoys, the checks will soon be
here.
The holiday edition of the Oregon
Guard Bulletin has been received.
Have you got your copy, If not see
1st sergeant of Company A and get
a copy.
There are a few vacancies In Com
pany A and also In Headquarters
company for men between the ages
of 18 and 45. Earn a few extra dollars
by being a good American citizen.
Call at the armory any time.
The Enlisted Men's club hss been
holding lta meetings after drill on
Tuesday nights. All members of the
national guard units stationed In
Medford are required to become mem
bers of this club.
Due to the activity of this cluD a
feed haa been prepsred on drill nights
since its organization. The genial
cook. Private Ralph D. Smith la al
ways on hand to see that the feed Is
ready after drill.
The officers elected for the yeer are
Sgt. Clyde C. Flchtner. president, Sgt.
Earl M. Harr.aon, vice president, Sgt.
George F. Llndley, secretary: Sgt.
Charles D. Wiley, treasurer: Sgt. Al
fred E. Orr, sergeant at arms. Pri
vate Herbert Nellson. Corp. Pete Wln
ne. Sgt. Andrus H. Smith were elect
ed to serve on the board of directors.
Pvt. lalpb D. Smith was elactad as
chslrman of tha ways and mesns
committee, aevlsted by Corp. John H.
Eddy and Corp. Claude A. Lindlay.
Set. Maard C. Welch, Corp. John
H. aWdy. Pvt. Jossah t. tohauStr
laeallsta 1m Ccs!ey 4 after svv.
lis thm ysnrs.
lew tnllstmsats la CceapKiy are
Joseph H. Knowfts. lobart Frantic.
Floyd E. Porter, Woodle f. ffewburn
Quarters for the - non-commlrslon
officers of Company 4 hava Just bsen
completed to bs ued as a confernc
and school room, al a a dresing
room.
The club room for th enllstd per
sonnel of the guerd has barn remod
e)el. new cunslns on the windows,
th floor rftnlhed and othe im
provements, -hlch asaa It a coy
rlace for t! boe to span thr .
ninfs. Pvt. afaleolm C. Jaffarlea Is spend
ing the holldsy In Sin sy-iaiclsco.
Pvt. Glenn C. Bsmpton I vIMtlnf hi
parents st Rossburg durln to holi
days. Chet Woo of Ahlne) k -ret-
lln Instructor for the boy of th
guard that snt to tin out dout
the grunt snd rcn profewte.
4 number of th boys are turnlaa,
out for baabtbll prartlc.
Monday nlt. rAcamXar Is
quarterly . muatsr n lnrtton.
This chinsav frcasi Turejrlay on
account of tht being . Year's
ci s this Is the ten drill of th
sad lien the time vhen th
qurtrly reu'roll jn- c tryone
I., eeirls.'tf aj to t prsevit.
Pvt. Berbsrt .l;n InsUti th'
he I brer, pool player In Headquar
ter eomrenr. Will some one p.ig,
J. tl M. Harrison?
aiof. a-ank H Hodder. 75. head of
the University of Kansas history de
partment died today following a
hart attack. Author ot, an outline
historical atlas of the tnited Stste.
Prof. Hodder also had ten summer
lertures at the University of Califor
nia. SALEM. Dec. 27 ,4 Cly TTfiv
urer C O Rice was prepared tody to
red'em RS5 citr warrants valued to
either at btwen f2S ro nd 1-0-000.
V was estimated the call would
leave the city with approximately.
IN ,000 in unpaid warraatiw'
Flight '0 Time
Medford and Jackson Count
history from the rile of the
Hail Tribune 10 and 80 Years
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 27, 12S.
(It waa Sunday.)
Raeae creek, gospel meetings cloaa.
Three bootlegger after New Year1!
whiskey trade nabbed.
Scores die of cold in mlddl west.
Normal conditions In Oregon.
Autolat warned not to use 1034
licensee until after January 1. Mo
torist also warned to have licenses
to put on their oars January 1, .
The Mail Tribune will issue a Sun
day edition starting January S. The
Sunday Sun haa been discontinued.
Seventeen transients are given
lodging in the city Jail.
Claude C. Cats, county agent, who
will move to California, is given a
farewell dinner, end a gold watch,
by the C. of C. directors.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 27, MUJ5.
(It was Monday.)
Mitorial doubt that Oregon '"bona
dry law" will be a success, bring
many disagreeing letters from sub
scribers. United States to sever diplomat!,
relations with Austria..
Two niinoie congressmen lndlctad
for conspiracy to csuse labor strikos.-
Attorney Porter J. Neff - addressed
Irrigation congress at Portland.
Farmers report, despite the fre
quent rains, It is still too dry to plo.
Team runs away on Pacific high
way between this city and Phoenix,
narrowly missing many autos.
O. O. Cate. new county agent, an
nounces "a vigorous war on orchard
pests."
E
IS MADE FESTIVE
IN MIDWEST BELT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UP) It's hog
killing time in the Ozark hills and
throughout the rural midwest.
Frosty weather brings the butcher-,
ing season to Us height. Pork ts tha
meat of the hill folk and 1 Is sel
dom that beef Is slaughtered to pro
vide fall and winter supplies.
Butchering is second only to wheat
threshings as an occasion for gather
ing of neighbors. Those coming In
to help a family provide Its meat
supply generally go home with gen
erous portions of fresh "side meat."
Too, those who helo others In the
etuntry without fail receive assist
ance when they do their own butch
ering, building or threshing. Tha
Golden Rule still prevails in the
forming areas, and Is seldom broken.
Butchering '.s regarded as the next
thin? to plav. rather than work.
There are hug bonfires blackening
Ton barrels of water In which pigs
are scalded oefore the farmers begin
oravlng the hide.
Womenfolk suther in the kitchen
to grind sausage, mix tn sage and
other savories, following recipes that
have been used for centuries. Sau
sage Is stuffed Into muslin bags,
coated on the outside with lard.
Some "fry down" the sausage
and can it.
Despite corn-aog restrictions, there
is a generous supply of the porkers,
and families throughout the nation's
"breao basket" are planning to euro
and store more meat this year than
usual.
Hogs for butchering purpows us
ually weigh from 200 to 250 pounds.
They are fed grain to harden them
for 3ome time to make for better
bacon, hams ana slde-rlbs thnt are
a delicacy to olmost everyone who
ever tilled the roil.
for home cubing, the salt cures
are by far the test, hill folk are
agreed. Coarse salt generally Is used
to preserve meat
tatotirette's Daughter Dies.
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (API Al
lene Louise lAtourette, daughter of
Howard F. Latourette, Breaker of th
state house of representatives, died
at the family home here Thursday,
She had been ill but a' short time.
Card of Thank".
? a;sh to thank everyone for their
Wndnea during the illness and death
of our loved one. Mrs. Lizzie Wolga
matt, Mrs. W. L. Barr, and Relative.
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