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P3lGE SIX 'MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUXE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1936. Medford$&&Tribune "Everyone In Baotbera Orerotf Kwda tbe Mall Trlbone" Dell; Eicept .Saturday, Published by uvrimnn PBtNTINd CO. ll.Sf.2S N. Fir fit- Ptaon II. ROBERT W. RUHU Editor. An laapndnt Newpaper. .. wn1.rlau matter At Med ford, Orecon, uader Act ot March I. ts.s. SUBSCRIPT' RATES ttm & I Tn A 1 vatirl ! Dallr. on year... .....S.OO rtailv. month IT DailT. on month n. -..-i- m Advance- Medford. A an land. Jacksonville, Central Point. Phoenix. Talent, Gold Hill and o Dally, on rear M.OO Dally, six month Dai), on month AU term, caib Id advance. Official Paper of the City o( Med ford. Official Paper of Jarkaoo County. HEUIIKK OF TUB AHMMJIATBU PHBSB BocclvloB Full WUWU Vir tstTrriw. Th. AmanfimtmA PriM I BIG lliel VOl V 0' titled to the use for publication of all nmmm lUanatchaa credited to It or Other- wit credited In thl paper, and aleo to th local new pubiienea nerein. All rlrhts for publication of epeclal dispatches herein are also reaervoo. MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OV CIRCULATIONS Advertising Repreeetitatlvee at. n. MnfiKNSKN COMPANY Offices In New fork, Chicago Detroit San Francisco, uos Angeiea, oea.ii. Portland. MEMBER. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Terry. TH. Burlirmion Lir' club Hem their championship round Hew Year', eve, nd th. eontestsnt ll did well, without benelit of running for office. The Hon. Walter M. Pierce. East- rn Oregon congressman, I. ais guated with the Literary Digest itraw TOte, showing a trend agalnat the New Deal, and threaten a bill to bar them from the malli. The agebruah aolon allege, rapscallion Republicans are both marking ana I counting the straw votea. A while back the same atsteeman exhibited hi adroltneaa at being on both Idea ox the aame question. He de ..i.r.rf h orjDosed a Bale. Tax to nroduo. funds for Old Age Pensions, but favored a Transaction Tax, for th. aame thing. The difference oe tween a Sale, Tax and a Tranaac tlon Tax la the difference between Hoi Huml and Hum! Hoi The thing to do Is to call a straw vote Transaction ballot. The Hllo,' Hawaii, Chamber oi Commerce has appointed a commit tee to conamer way. and mean, to eombat and atop the flow, of rea hot lava Irnm Maunt Loa, a ram- pagcoui volcano. The molten river threaten the Hllo aource of water supply. No tougher taak was ever assigned a CofO, committee, and It may tax a night aeeaion, and spec ial luncheon to get result. Move, are now underway "to quicken court procedure." The main Idea 1 to have the lawyers do verythlng a fast as they yell object 1" . Jno. Anderson, the Central Point tiller, who threatened to move to Salem, la still In our midst, and showing hesitancy about departing. A aimil.r reluctance to move to Balem la not unusual, and baa been noted before. Now that the Yuletlde It over, and a New Year started. It will be no time at all until one of the Older airla reports hearing the threnody of the lark In the Alice Hanley pasture. The State Liquor Commission has decldid to have 800 less beer parlor.. The current .urplu. makes It ex. tremely difficult for the bouncer, to elect a sinning or fighting cu tomer. without throwing him Into another beer-parlor. t After standing In line for two hours Tuesday at the sheriffs ot' flee, close to 1000 autolsta made a New Year's resolution, vis: To get the No. 1 license pistes next year. ... COMMONLY CAl.t.KD ORKKfl (New York Times) The unhapplest man I know cas an Income of 290.000 a year. He wanta something more. What he want he doesn't know. Mere money, more pewer, more prestige, more social enjoyment I The rial truth la that he doesn't want any aperlflc material thing. But he haa apent so many years battling for 'more. that 'more haa now become a com plex. His tired, mlddle-ageu brain la rigidly grooved with 'more.' It can't change and relax. Thl poor old man will probably die whispering :Morel' Just Ilk. a dissatisfied child. a. Science has Invented a rig that converts aunshlne Into itim power for cheap Industrial power. It stlmsted that 15 per cent of the sunshine can be tbua utilised. This all sounds like moonshine, which was once used extensively In ope rating automobiles. ... If It Is hlsmeworthy In the mat ter It la that It haa any faith In what the Guard says It should never quote that paper without consulting a notary. (Corvallla Oa-tte-Tlmrsl--Good will breaks out among u:,steta editors. The Bmd Stampede and River Pageant, Inc., haa named commit ter for the coming Pourth of July celebration at Bend. This Is de luxe civic gumption, and tnakea one wonder 1 the Shop Barly for Christmas campaign a tarts on Oround Hog Day. . . "KICKERNICK" Undergarment, that fit at Ethelwyn B Hutfmsnn't. l'e Mall Tnbun wast ads. The College Fee Problem I TXLESS the voters pay some serious attention to the election to be held the last of this month, the result", to the state will probably be unfortunate. By unfortunate, we mean, tiitsy will be contrary to the best interests of the people of Oregon. Take this question of making the fees at the university and state college compulsory, for example. UNTjESS that question is studied and thoroughly under stood, the average person will promptly vote "no." In the first place, why make anything concerning expense in public education, COMPULSORY. In the second place, this is no time to spend any money that can be saved, and a nega tive vote would be in the interest of economy. In other words voting "no" would make a college or university education, less expensive for the average student in Oregon, instead of more. "All to th. good." Vote "no." . . e . AS A matter of fact the exact reverse is true. Defeating this measure will make education for the aver age student, that is for a MAJORITY of the students at Eu gene and Corvallis, more expensive. For if only those who wish to pay the fees are compelled to pay them, obviously the cost to each student will be relatively greater, for unless the service is abandoned entirely, those who do PAY, will have to carry those who DON'T. Now it is not likely the extra curricular activities, for the maintenance of which these fees would bo collected, will be abandoned. A majority of the students in both institutions want them, and not only from a recreational but a broadening cul tural standpoint, they should have them. Regardless of how this vote comes out, they will have them, at least a vast majority of them. So the net. result will be, the cost Co the individual student, will be far greater, under the voluntary than under the compulsory system. IX7HICH is neither desirable " practically all others in determining factor should be the GREATEST NUMBER. The question is not what a even what, because of some peculiar circumstances, might be more desirable for a small minority, but what a MAJORITY wish, and what would be best for the undergraduate bodies AS A- WHOLE. A VAST majority of the students wish these extra curricular activities maintained, and from the standpoint of their gotting the most out of their collego life and its collateral activities, they should be maintained. The lower the cost per student for such services the better for all concerned, and the only way the minimum expense can be enjoyed, is by having the expense of services open, to all, SHARED by all. CO a little study of this question, a clear understanding of just what it means and what it involves, will make it clear, we believe, to any fair minded person that a vote against com pulsory fees, instead of reducing expense of a higher education for the average student in this stata, will increase it. , Voting to sustain the fees will not only give the students at 0. S. C. and the University, broader and better educational advantages but at less expense. DUT we repeat, unless the voters of the state, take the trouble " to study the question, and understand it, merely go to the polls and rend over the question as it is presented on the ballot, the effort to accomplish this end, will in all liklihood, be beaten. Tlie same may be said concerning the sales tax and old 'ago pension issue, but discussion concerning that question will have to be postponed for another time Notes From a Medford Traveler To th Editor: It haa occurred to ma ther may b many of my home-town people nave not leit tneir firesides this win ter who msy be Interested In a few "here and there" I have noticed since leaving my southern Oregon homt for southern California. Leaving Medford on a tourist sleeper, for old time sake, I felt quite at borne, aa the car was surely th urn I had Jiggled over the rails in eighteen to twenty-three yeara ago felt the same, looked quite the aam. I understand a loan haa been mad th 8. P. for new equipment, ao It may be I enjoyed the last of th old- timers. The porter whom w "waited on." being of earn nationality ot thoae wno mad up our berth so long ago, Intrigued me greatly by hi perfect resemblance to "Step an' fetchlt." Th cab I engaged at th atatlon In Berkeley, ran up 86 cents on me In a couple of miles cabby, on be ing aared how much more he would tsgk to Includ. th cab, gilbiy re plied "Fifty cents," whlcn offer I turned down, a I felt It waa not a bargain. , Th bay cities have changed little In general appearance in all these years Just In spot where new blocks have taken plac ot old busi ness houses. A new county court house under way In Oakland, fine looking, but too amall already, ac cording to an employ. Th two bridges are of cours an outstanding cnang will help solve th traffic problem tor a while. Per sonally, 1 hope not to se the bay ferlea atop operating, as there la Hom ing 1 enjoy more than the rrmslng of the bay on a ferry, with tune to really look about at th many ship, pmg vessels and gulls wheeling about, alongside and overhead, uttering their almost constant peevish cries. Tht street car systems of Berkeley Oakland and auburba hav been tleu together so on. may travel anywhere on a transfer without designating the line )ou wlah 10 centa or seven to ken for AO cents, which Is a de cided Increase over the old ratre. But the car. are the aame Identical ones In use DO years ago. not at all im proved by passings tlni. I think the operator are the same, also I saw none but gray heads. Many bua litre gtve added trans- 1 pcrtstion fsrimies in all directions 10 Bunjr eiecuic tntatutbau. nor just. In this matter, as in a democracy like ours, the GREATEST GOOD FOR THE few students may wish, nor Msny empty mansions testify to th change In manner of living. There they atond big, with staring winuowa, as mougn purzied to know what haa become of their former owners who had taken such care In upkeep, i Many new small homes, with one to two or three smaller homes built In the rear court, teatlfy to the ef forts being made to balance the coet of living and taxe In the face of much unemployment. On enterprising laundry algn naught my attention "W waah ev eryihlng but th baby." Oakland ahowed her modern senti ment bd adding to her munici pal decorations for Ciiristmsa Gar gantuan figures of bloated mon stroaity to a bit of green flra on the atreet lampposts sa though prepar tng for Mardl Ores. Berkeley cemented herself with the "old time religion" I mean her decorations were according to old cuatom Christmas trees, green fes toons and all th reat. Leaving for Psaadena soon by auto. MRS. DORA A. PFJCR. Psaadena, Dec. 90. EMFTRlS GLACIAL HISTORY CAMBRIDOK. Mass. .(UP) The last glacier In Nrw England did not cover the whole region a far south aa long Island, but left a large area of southern Msaaarhuaetta and New llampslilra free of Ice, nccordlng to a new geological theory of tit glacial history of New Hnsland by Kirk Bryan, Harvard phjalog-aphy profes sor. Geologists have believed that the last tc. In the New rnglsnd area spread to Long Island. Martha Vine, yard ana Nantucket, and then re treated. Professor Bryan theory Is that Instead of coming In a blanket th glacier had three erme or lobea. one extending outside Cape Cod. an other in Cape Cod E-ay. and a third In th Connecticut valley, reaching Ixmg Island. rtimmlnts Leases Bill Cummlrwr left vesterclsv for Iftigene where he will resume his studv of Journalism I Um University of Oregon. Personal Health Service By William Brady, M. D. Ulltned letters pertaining to personal oealib and nygiene not to disease 3!ajnwl or treatment will he answered by Or. Bred? if a stamped teU-a-dressed envelope Is enclosed Letters should be brief and written In ink Owing to the large number ol letters received only a few can be answered No reply can Be made ro queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Or William Brady, tss HI Camino. Beverly Hills, Cat. WHEN THE DOCTO When I was young and In rny pTlme Z used to study all the time. . But now I am a wiser gink and so I study less, I think. Once I had a patient. I can prove- it by the necropsy record. I was young and c r e d u lout and believed whatever my seniors or teachers told me. There were pon derous m e d leal tomes, by auth ors whose names were famous, on that great Amer ican diagnostic fallacy, neurasthenia Moreover, my patient came ready- ticaeiea as a neurasthenic: he had been under the ix.it of several prom inent physicians and a specialist or two: he presented all the symptoms which class B neurotica know so well how to present. So I plied the poor fellow with glycerophosphates or whatever nerve nostrum was In vogue that season. At sutopsy I was barely wen, quite early in the examination we came bang up against a whale of a on sober second thought we had better not mention what we found, but It vas sufficient, as I have had occasion to remember thousands of rimes since, to Justify every symp tom that unfortunate man had ever shown. And that's why I divide all "nerve" patients Into class A neu rotics who are that way for want of a real diagnosis, and class B neu rotics who find It the easiest way to live. (More detalla It booklet "Chron io Nervous Imposition." but unfor tunately the booklet sets you back ten cents coin and a three-oent-stamped envelope bearing your ad dress, so you Yankees and Scotch men had better go on being what ever class you are now). It Is fair to assume that most pa tients who have such disabilities as chronic arthritis, chronic myocarditis, arteriosclerosis, cardiovascular degen eration, chronic Brlght's disease, dia betes, nutritional obesity, chronic col itis, msnirest signs or symptoms of heslth Impairment for weeks or months before the character of the trouble becomes olearly established so that the diagnosis may be unequlvoc ably made. During these weeks or months of Incipient or "threatening" .disability or Impairment of health. who prescribes the Invldlusl's regime? Who advises remedies or treatment If he elects to try any? Who apprises him of harmful or dangerous factors which he should avoid or eradicate? Who teaches him how to live? Who Instructs him in hygiene? Who coun sels him how best to deal with spe cific problems or handicaps which In NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyre NEW YORK. Jan. 3. The metropo Ma. believed to bo almost entirely a city ot cigarette, pipe and cigar smokers, has many devotees of what Abe Martin called "eatln' to. baeco." Every to bacconist In the Fifth and Park avenue areas keeps numerous brands of plug and scrap tobac co on hand. It Is never dis played and its users are even more accretive. 8ome of the most tmnwulnte dandles have been chew era of the weed. Chaunccy Depew was wont to slip a nip of fine cut In his Jnw when preparing son, of his famous speeches. Even Harry Lehr liked a bite of raw Burley twist now and then. Among the old time theatrical men Tom Heath, of Mclntyre and Heath, Jack Nor worth and Hap Wnrd are un ashamed chewers. And Fred Alien, of a later generation, often goes on long, lone walks Just to enjoy the soothing effects of a reflective cud. Winnie Sheehan, the film oxecutlve, takes a chew on the sly now and then when he drive his Rolls through country roads, a throwback to the days when be nas a hard-boiled po lice reporter. Julian Eltlnge, fore most of the female Impersonators, Is ilso devotee. Remembered cries: Charles Wln ninger's "Happee New Year!." Ed Wyun's "So-oo-t," A. Jniaon's "You ain't heard nothln'l." Fred Stone's 'Very good Eddie I". Jack Benny's "Day Frank!." Major Bowe "All right, ail right!.' Ben Bern let "Yow sah I," Bert Lahrs "Some fun. eh. kldt," Texas Oulnan's "Hello Suck er!," Mae West s ' You must co.r.e up to see me sometime! and Beatrice LUlle's. "PuMeerer Herb Williams recently revived hlj knock-down-and-drag-out piano skit at a gsmbol at the Waldorf. For the evening he borrowed Tommy Lamb, the venerable house cat at the t-ambs Tommy's wuking hours are spent largely at the end of the bar In con templatlve gar tug at celrbrlty cus tomers. &o when the explosion cata pulted him ovit of the pis no at the finale of the act. he I ml u iced tn a bewildered bound over the fooilUhui and down the sialc Two Iv.ira laTer. drenched bv rain, he ws at the en trance of the clubhouse, meowing to get in. Once to every r.An comes the Big Moment, And that moment or rath er hour came to Frank Fay In Holly wood recently. Admittedly the suav- et master of ceremony of his day no on ever topped hi run at the Palace he somehow landed In the "teji hmie' in cinema land The b rea k s have bee ; i a s a i n 1 him. (be studio door closuw and ecn tel low pi; era boiofc ccdiy. At aa if 4 B IS A BIT BAFFLED terfere with health conservation? The answer to these rhetorical ques tions la: Anyone and everyone but a regular physician. And whose fault I that? Nothing rhetorical about this question. It Is partly the old time physician's fault, for he attempted to draw a definite line between "organic" disease and mere "funotlonal trouble," and he still does make light of complaints for which he can find no clear-cut "organic" basla. And It Is psrtly the layman's fault, for he willfully per sists In his Ignorance of phyaiology, hygiene and the science of health acqulsclng. If not actively participat ing. In the efforts of the qusckery and nostrum Interests to keep these subjects out of the common and high school curriculum, or to make the "health courses" taught In the pub lic schools as Ineffectual as possible. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Lard and Other Shortening. Our health class Is taught that (a vegetable oil mixture) Is preferable to lard for cooking . . . (Mrs. W. W. A.) Answer1 I'd as soon lard were used for cooking my food. However, If the vegetable oil mixture Is satisfac tory for the purpose, there Is no ob jection to It. that I know of. Someone Is Wrong. You stated that It Is nonsense to imagine 50 per cent of the nutritive value of vegetables Is lost when they are cooked In water . , , But Dr. -and also Dr. both stated In - magazine that from 75 to 90 percent or the mineral salts are lost when vegetables are boiled In water .. Now are these authorities wrong? (Mrs. O. V.) Answer Which authorities? Let's concede that half or more than half of the mineral salts are dissolved out of the vegetables by the water. The vegetables atlll retain practically all of their nutritive value. Then let us suppose we use the cooking water, as we should, for gravy or In making soup. That gives us all the mineral salts. If we don't like gravy or soup, or if we are too laz-y and Inept to make these things, then we must get our mineral salts by eating plenty of greens and such vegetablea as may be eaten raw celery, carrots, onions. radishes, lettuce, cabbage, and a fair ration of one or another kind of cheese dally. More cheese, and leas trick physiology, would be a good thing for public health and public welfare. (Copyright. 1938, John r. Dille Co.) Etl. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D., 2C.1 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. auspicious film gathering Donald Og den Stuart failed to appear as m.c. at last moment. Fay was rushed In with no preparation. His reception waa al most cruel as he took the floor, but for an hour he fairly rocked them with delicious foolery and shrewdly sly mrusis. it was the most versatile and dazzling one-man exhibition Hol lywood had seen. Just aa suddenly as he began he dusted off his hands as though finishing some distasteful task, threw back his shoulders and walked out of the hall. A sweet re venge. ' I've often thought of the better bits of now oomedy between Fay and the Palace orchestra leader, Benny Roberts, a half dozen years ago. Fay had returned from a London engage ment and appeared In & tweedy set of Bond street togs with pawed -off vest and pantaloons In mile-wide pleats. "Rather swank, eh what?" he beamed to Roberts. Benny nodded and archly inquired: "Where's the banjo that goes with It?" Thingumabobs: Lucius Bcebe is lecturing in the Midwest on column ists . . , Brock Pemberton Is one of the few producers to look In nightly on any play he Is offering . . . Harry RIchman la out to bag the heaviest tan of the winter in Florida . . . Pat ricia Zlegfeld is showing great talent tn the technical side of the movies. . . . Clifford Odets, playwright, and Clifton Fadlman, book critic, are members of the Communist party. . . , Monta Bell has bought a house In London nnd may remain perma nently . . . The Kingdon Ooulds have sliver napkin rings In their dinner service . . . Fanny Farmer, the candy lady, Is a Canadian man named O'Donnell. A fellow wltr. an uncontrollable roaming eye sat at the adjoining desk of a telegraph office with Ward Morehouse Inst eventng. Morehouse had Just written: "Have contracted" when he felt the stranger's glance and added "'leprosy." It worked swell. In his flight the peeper even left his fountain pen. which la a dandy with a dingus to look through that shows the Kremlin by moonlight and every thing. i, Copyright, 1938. McNsught Syndicate) A national survey conducted by the New York Times Indicatea there will be a larger volume of mod ernization tn 1038 than there naa been this year. It Is estimated that building repairs and modernization generated by the Better Housing Program have reached a volume ot more than a billion dollars since the tlrst of the present year. An analysis of Portland building permits, covering a period of twenty years, indicates that greatest volume of construction occurs in March The month of Noemher Is eleventh on the list and December is cre-Jiteo with lean activity of th' twelve months. January Is given tentn position. 4 A man prominent In business In Washington. D. C . and described as a "cautious observer" of buMness trends, is quoted as stating that s veritable boom may arrive next pring one that wili a'moM ever- n:eht chance the whole pictur ot the American business aud icclai I discontent. j Comment on the Day s News By FRANK JENKINS ANOTHER old year has ended, and a new one Is beginning. BEING AMERICANS, we are all quite certain that the new year will be much bet ter, in every way, than the old ens. 14 A FTER all, that is a fine wsy to be, You remember, of course, the myth of Pandora's box. The box was very beautiful and very alluurlng and the fact that she had been for bidden to open It made Pandora all the more curious about Its contents. Finally she yielded to temptation and OPENED IT, and out flew every conceivable variety of plaguing In sect and stung her terribly so that she cried and moaned and covered her fare Willi her hands. Then, from the very bottom of the box, flew HOPE and by a touch of caressing fingers cured the pain of the stings. PANDORA was an exceedingly hu man young woman, and we're ALL a lot like her especially we Amerl cans. We get dissatisfied with what we have and want something better but don't want to WORK TOO HARD for It, so we tamper with alluring boxes and release a long series of evils which sting us grievously, and we cry and moan and wall that it Is more than we can bear, but In the end OUT FLIES HOPE and soothes our hurts and calms our fears and restores our courage. Hope Is the great consoler. Without her, this would be a dark world. AT THE beginning of the new year, we're Inclined to make resolu tions to say to ourselves that In the future we'll do better than we've done In the past; that we'll PROFIT BY EXPERIENCE. Then, being human, we forget these good resolutions and go on more or less In the old way. Pandora, probably, was like that. THE myth, unfortunately, stops be fore It gets clear to the end. It doesn't tell us, for Instance, whether or not Pandora, after re leasing the horrible cloud of stinging Insects, profited by her experience and NEVER AGAIN opened strange boxes Just to see what waa In them. But It doesn't need to. Pandora, you see, was HUMAN, and so we may safely take It for granted that while the Insects were stinging her and she was in terrible distress she cried pen itently that she would never, never do such a thing again and then, as soon as Hope had cured the pain of her stings, she probably opened the very next alluring box she came upon. We're all like that. BUT very, very fortunately Indeed for all of us hope nestles at the bottom of every Pandora's box. and after the cruel Insects have flown out and stung us almost be yond endurance she comes forth and soothes our hurts. The New Year is especially the sea son of hope for something better than the past held, and for that rea son It Is a PRECIOUS season. We couldn't possibly get along with out U. ' (Continued prom Page One.) Kine liar chia T jit. rnniTTfiu make it mandatory that the president apply embargcea against warring na tions, but permit him full discre tion sa to when. Under the present neutrality act, he Is compelled to Impose arms embargoes against both sides when the wsr breaks out. Under the proposed compix tnlse, he could hold off for a while. iPi-tr niimnt. in cajte of war be tween Britain and Italy, we could then refrain from imposing an em-h-0Yi TViis wnitiii leavA Britain free to buy here. The British fleet woulC see to It that Mussolini ranea to receive whatever he bought. Mus solini would know that. It Is the executive theory that therefore be would hesitate to start a war. Also that our diplomatic offices could thus be better used to promote world pes-ce. ViMi ftn hink nn It that the ultimate com premise will be some thing along hta line. Nary a ripple of excitement " created In Washington when the first lady turned columnist. Three years eg- It would have been social sensation. There are two rea sons it was not. Mrs. R. has broken precedent so often that It Is news only when she doesn't. Also the inner understanding Is that she undertook the work In hope ol (.romotlng projects and Ideals tn which she Is Interested. At the best bridge tables, even money Is being wagered that Mrs Roosevelt will tire of the daily tlnt before lone.. Tie hart -rending thine, shout ' ia that me advarus.u tot W;a. Bi column Sm completely snowed un der th fact that Alice Roosevelt Longworth 1 also starting one January e. . Some well informed authorities have doubted that the securities end of the Morgan business could be as bare aa hinted in a recent column. A further check at the registry office here indicates that the name of the Morgan Stanley company (which la handling the serurlty end of the old business) has appeared oftener than most firms on recent registration appli cations. But those highest inside the trade know that these refund lng Issues are old bones bearing little meat. The only Juicy morsel lately, 'tis said, waa that of a cer tain railroad which appears to have been grabbed by Mr. Jesse Jones RFC. The truth still Is that no, one la making any real money in that business. Note To keep the record straight, the reason why the J. P. Mcftgan bank la so bare Is because most of the clerks and some of the part ners have departed with the securi ties end of the business. Morj than one returning con- gressman haa been grumbling about writing letters to regional resettle ment administrators and falling to get response until weeks later. Then along come very nice replies snd offers of co-operation. One congressman decided to In1 veatlgate. He waa Informed that Prof. Tugwell had ordered all re gional administrators to send let- tera from senators and congress' men to him here In Washington. before replying. Whether Tugwell wanted to sat' lsfy them or check up on their political pressure, the congressmen do not know. However, they are satisfied, which Is more than they were a yee.r ago with anything Prof Tugwell did. It Is additional proof that he' Is learning the ways of the Washington world. SCIENTIST SEES 'HEAVY WATER' AS ELIXIR OF YOUTH MORAGA, Cel. (UP) Ponce le Leon, who wore himself out In & search for a fountain of eternal youth, may have had the right Idea after all, according to Dr. Stephen J. Tonier, dean of the school of science at St. Mary's college. A recent discovery of science, heavy water," Dr. Tomer believes. may hold the key to the elltr of youth and also to that other elusive object of science, a cure for cancer. Deuterium oxide, which is the overweight name for "heavy water." differs from the ordinary variety of the fluid In its greater density, caused by the extra weight of hydro gen. There are said to be 10 dif ferent types of "heavy water." All available evidence." says Dr. Tomer, "points to the fact that 'heavy water' slows down the nor mal chemical life processes. I am Inclined to believe that as our fron tiers of knowledge In this respect are pushed back, we will find that the accumulation of Heavy water in the tissues may tend to prolong youth rather than to Induce prema ture old ae. With regard to the possibilities of the newly-discovered liquid In the treatment of cancer. Dr. Tomer said : 'If cancer Is nothing more than a wild and uncontrollable growth of cells, developing out of propor tion to their normal cells, then I sincerely believe that 'heavy water in concentrated form may be Just the thing to Inhibit this growth." Chief handicap to adequate re search In "heavy water." Is its high rost, Dr. Tomer revealed. It costs $23 to manufacture a single gram of S9 per cent pure "heavy water." L BE BY FRENCH PAIR HONOLULU (UP) A double-out rigger canoe, the same kind of lean skeleton-like craft In which Polynes ian navigators aalled the 8outh seas hundreds of years ago. probably will carry two Intrepid French scientists through the same waters In effort to solve the problem whence the Ha waiian people came. No sooner were capt. Eric de Bls schop and Joseph Tavtbouet, of the French Geographical society, rescued after their Chinese Junk had broken up on the Island of Molokal than: they began a search for new means; of transportation to continue their' research Journey. 8tudles of Btshop museum record! convinced de Blsschop that a double, outrigger was the thing. "If the Peij. nesiana of old could sail the seas m sn outrigger canoe. I'm sure we cat.-' he said. "We will build one hen." The captain Is a former officer In the French navy and a marine architect. He said sails for the outrigger will be patterned after those used on the ill fated Junk. These he found ettrenely rractical and easy to handle. The two have spent two ynii studying the peoples and Islsnd nun tries of the south Pacific. De Bis. schop is intensely Interested tr the origin of the Hswallan race. Spos edt.v the Islanda mere first popilsted by daring Polynesians whose aitrlg-gei-s were driven to Hawaii fror, tt ther south. De Blsschop contends the Polynes ians came from a country otfcrr than the Orient, aa Is one popular theory He believes they came froa either North or South America an! hopes to prove It. From Honolulu the pair tin head for the Marquesas and tvclelr islands. ' eventually vl.ittng Parent whence' my mil tail for tea Panto caL I Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County history from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and Z0 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY January X. 1926 (It waa Friday) Medford start off New Year with parties, watch meetings, and social gatherings. Nineteen twenty-six pro mises to be the best In the history of the city and county. George Wilson, all-American half back of the University of Washing ton, may Join processional football ranks. Work to start on new normal acaool at Ashland February 1. Icy glaze covers streets of rlty, slowing down autolsta and pedes trians. Cold foggy weather continues. Local s" rrMl service expected to start about April I. Alabama defeats Washington 30 to 19 In the annual Rose Bowl game. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY January Z, 1916 (It was .Saturday) Henry Ford "peace party" given right to cross Germany; heavy fight resumed on Western and Eastern fronts; British liner "Persia" sunk with loss of 300 lives In Mediterran ean. . Heavy snow blankets Portland. Rainfall during December totaled 224 Inches. Jackson county Is third In state In number of University of Oregon graduates. City welcomes New Year with gay est parties In years. There was "a wet greeting." to the start of the new dry regime In Oregon, and all saloons of the state are closed today. City election takes on interest with two tickets In the field. Dr. J. Mr. Keene Is being urged to run for the council from the second ward. SOVIET DEVELOPS TRAFFIC PICKS UP MOSCOW tUP) Under the driv ing force of Lazar Kaganovltch. .re cently appointed commissar of trans port and the Soviet Union's most dynamic executive, the Russian rail road system, the most backward In the western world, Is gradually developing In both size and effic iency. After nine months In office, Ka ganovltch haa been able to report to the government greater progress In stimulating transportation than could any of the four men who preceded him In Russia "toughest Job." During October car-loadings reached an all-time peak of 74.000 cars a day. marking an Increase ot 18.000 within four months. Just what this means may be seen from the fact that In the pre vious four years 1930 to 1934 car-loadings expanded only by 10. 000. or from 48,000 to 58,000 a day. Meanwhile Kaganovltch. hit report shows, has been speeding up not only the construction of new rail road lines, but the Improvement and modernization, by .double-tracking, electrification and Installation ot block signal systems of old ones. The tremendous scope of Rus sia's Job In building a railroad ays tem lultable for a modern Industrial natinn can be Illustrated by the fol lowing comparison: At the end of 1934 the Soviet Union had In operation only 58.100 mll of railroads. 10.500 or which had been constructed during the first and second "flve-vear plans." The United States, with half of Russia's land area, finds necessary 248829 miles, or nearly five times as much, railroad trackage to meet Its freight and passenger-carrying needs. But Kaganovltch ha attacked thit Job with vigor. several thousand miles of rail- roid Is being equipped with auto- reitlc block signal aystems. which transportation engineers estimate will enable them to carry double their present volume of traffic. Last month saw the opening of tn electrified trunk-line railroad oo the Kola Peninsula. It la the northernmost electric railroad In the a-orld. In Middle Asia a new line Is being c-.nstrueted between Karaganda and Kounrad. Another win connect Rubtsovka with Ust-Krmenogorslc. Also a new network Vif lines H tinder construction in the Far East, he most Important of whlrh will parallel the preent Trans-Siberian. though running 80 miles north ot It. from Lake Baikal to the Pacific. Feeder lines to connect with 'i will provide transportation to the new Industrial towns now being built up In the Far East. Around lsnte cities like Moscow and Lenlnerad. net-work of elec tric auburban llnea to serve eom munters Is being developed. Msny of these reads already are In opera tion. Walter S. Schmidt, president ot the National Association ot Real Estate boards, advises heme-mlnded cltlrens to build or buy now He predicts the cost of home owner ship will Increase 60 per cent In the net few years One of the reasons for that Increase, he says. Is th growing shortsge of skilled aorkers In the building trades field, csuseo by death nd the lack of appren tices iurlng the last few" yeara Building construction contracts s-rsrrlfs dirrlng October were 40 per cent over last year. The volume during the first hslf of November showed a 58 per cent Increase Pri vate enterprise, which hss attained the largest vo'ume In four year, accounts frr more than hslf of tn current coruuuctlon.
