P3lGE SIX
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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.