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By Arthur Terr;.
Service tatlon of the Peelflc
Coast ore, request suggestions lor
Improvement.. They Mem to have
verythlng, but a Ire. lunch along
side the air pump.
.
Bright sunshine, with Just touch
the softness of aprlng In the sir
eame yesterday, causing many to
neglect buslnes. to play golf, end
Just as many neglect both.
...
The glddlnea. of the new song,
The Music Goes Round & Round"
waa heartily cussed last evening
by a vocalist, whose rendition ten
years ago of 'Paddlln' Madeline
Home' was hailed with huzzas.
pOURNAMSTitV OUMPTION WANE").
(Roaehurg Times)
In many Instance, the budget
allowance was exceeded. The
same ha. been true In year,
past. Rather than clutter up the
psno. of The Times with a con
glomeration of figure., this news
psper would rather say In past
ing that the business of Rose
burg has been conducted In an
efficient manner during the past
year.
,
The first, citizens, away from home
when Al Smith enunciated over the
radio have returned and reported,
pne .aid he heard nothing but pralae
lor the speech, and the other could
detect nothing but commendation.
"Hear diligently my speech, and
let this be your consolation. Suffer
me that I may speak: and, after 1
bave spoken mock me." (Job. at:
-.) Text for the campaign.
...
Fletch Flh, the boom day tenor
ef Phoenix, while .trolling Mon.
discovered a fine place on a stde
walk to fall down, and have a dam
age ault.
...
The English Sparrow Association
lias adopted resolution, condemning
chickens running at large. In the
bis. area. The latter devour all .tray
morsel., and because of .Ire and
aggressiveness dominate the situa
tion, the reaoluton cites. The Im
mediate use of a frying pan. was
urged as a meana of correcting the
evil. "Famine .talks In our midst,"
said J. Elton Sparrow, spokesman
for the association, "Unless relief
1. provided, we will scratch up all
the gardens, due to be planted oon.
The chicken, downtown are more
of a nuisance than we are. We build
fiesta In awning., but we don't lay
eggs In doorway.."
...
BALLOT RECOMMENDATIONS
The following suggestion, for vot
ing at the special election Friday, in
event you have nothing else to do.
and feel like struggling to the polls
need not be used:
Primary Change Iaw This meas
ure 1. to change the primary from
May to September, not to permit
the candidate to change hi. mind,
snd not ran. It would cut the csm
paign from six months to 8 days.
Ol Yeah! The candidates will still
be running twelve months of every
year, with three day. off to observe
Christmas. Vote as you pleas. It
will make no difference.
Sales Tax to Provide Funds for
Old Ae Pensions, care the blind,
and aid to dependent children
The purpcee. of this measure ar.
noble and needed. Many Old Folks,
snd most of their Professional
Friends oppose It. The Old Folks
argue It will prevent the coming of
their s'JOO per month ralnlraw. If
the measure 1. defeated, there will
b. no pension coin, until that hap
py day.The blind are a small rot-
Ing factor, and dependent children
have no votes, so what they think
and feel, mnttera not with the poli
ticians. Vote Yes. as a matter ot
human kindness, and general help
fulness. Authorizing Raise In Pay for Leg
islator. They now receive 3 per
day. and knew what the salary was.
when they decided to run to serve
the people, as It Is called. The bill
would let the solon. fix their own
psy. The present pay Is not enough,
but fit punishment for legislative
boondoggling. Vote No.
Compulsory Student Fees In
slate college. Thl. ts nobody's busi
ness but the students and the board
of higher education, but something
to fight about earnestly. It would
be Just as sensible for the general
public to vote on the Orand Mnstr
of the Orange. Vote yes. as a pro
tect .Rainst canipua agitators, and
those who have never been on a
campus, I
Improve Fire
OERIIAPS just perhaps--there may be one measure on the
ballot this Friday upon which there will be general agree
ment. This ii the proposal to put the Medford Fire department
under civil service.
There should be no material opposition to auch a construc
tive and desirable proposal. There is everything to be said in
fuvor and nothing against.
Medford baa one of the best fire departments in the state
now. But it could, of course, be made better, and instituting
civil service would do just that, make it better.
EUGENE, Klamath Falls, Salem and other cities in Medford 's
class in the state, have adopted civil service for their fire
departments, and the experiment in each and every case hat
been a success.
Why shouldn't it be! Civil service simply means purging
public service of polities, and putting publio service upon a
nonpiirtisan MERIT basis.
It is essentially nothing but good business and common
sense. Politics should have no place in a fire department, per
sonal or partisan. If a member of a fire department is com
petent, capable, has done and is doing good work, he should
not be kicked out, just because some politician may not like
him, or wishes to replace him with someone who happens to
wear a different political label. This is the spoils system, and
it is bad in any department of the public service, but partic
ularly so, where inefficiency or lack, of proper organization
may mean the loss not only nf property but of lives.
MEDFORD not only has one of the best fire departments
in the state, but one of the most capable and experienced
fire chiefs. If any citizen has doubts regarding the adviseability
of introducing civil service, Fire Chief Elliott's enthusiastic
support of the proposal should remove it. For everyone knows
the chief and knows he would not favor any change that could
injure the department in any way. Civil service might mean
more work for him at times, but it would be for the good of
the department, and the good of the department is all he is
interested in.
.
lVTOT only would civil service
' efficient, but it would improve Medford's fire rating, and
its adoption would lend to other changes which eventually
would no doubt result in lower insurance rates.
A we view it; civil service in the fire department should
have the unanimous endorsement of the people of this city, for,
as before stated, there is everything to be said in favor of it,
and nothing against.
The Days Ahead
TPHESE are restless times. The days ahead of us will be rest-
less days. As the party campaigns warm up Americans are
going to be subjected to one of the hardest political battles in
many years. And on every band we're going to be bombarded
with the threat of losing our liberties.
In fact, it's a safe guess the campaign will be fought out
more or less along the line of American liberties. One faction
is going to contend that the American liberty will pass and
fascism or communism or a dictator or some other ism will
supplant it unless that party is returned to power. And just
as hard-hitting will be the other party using about the same
arguments.
And so' when the smoke ot the battle vanishes one wonders
if the good old American Constitution still will be intact despite
the battle scars.
WELL, as one writer recently summed up," this country Iibs
gone through a good many hard battles political and
otherwise, and it's still a going concern. The Civil war and
other wars have come and gone; depressions and booms have
been hard, but the United States has weathered them. And then
there have been auch uprisings as the Populists,, and the Kn
Kluxers and the Know Nothings and the Green Backers and
abolitionist and prohibitionist ernsj the agitation for women's
suffrago and the scandal of Teapot Dome. Thes. and many
more have come along and split the nation. Some have hurt
and some have helped, but the country always has muddled
through and the Union still stands.
So when you are worrying about the coming battle keep
this thought in mind we, the reople, have fought and bled
and died for something called liberty; it is most deeply rooted
and it won't be easily uprooted, New Deal or not, Supreme
court or not. Emporia Gazette.
llalM
(Continued Prom Pax On.)
velt withheld because he could not
find a suitable farm man.
Thua did Alchemist Roosevelt draw
confirmatory strength from the sen
at and provide hi own leadership
for the board. The reault la a key
formula to Mr. Roosevelt's fundamen
tal method of operations.
Note 1 There Is a story going
Around that Al Smith's peer), had
something to do with the selection
of the federal reserve board, which
came out 80 houra later. It could
not puaibly be true because the cor-
reel Hit of new bcarrimen waa In the
handa of aenatora and certain bank-
Inn authorities confidentially several
days before they were Announced.
Note X You may suspect that the
Appointment of the seventh board
member will control the board, but
that may or may not be. The six
may or may not split equally on po
lltlral or economic 1 1 ties.
The overwhelming i-afrernms In con
gress to tote the bonus waa a private
laugh even for some of the veterans'
lobbyists.
H Is popular belief In congreaa
that veterans1 support Is the heat an
ambitious public man inn et, hut
inert) have been several notable un
Department
make the local department more
published experience to prove the
contrary.
A certain senator waa up for re
election In s, mid western state lsst
year. He had voted against the bo
nus ftnd naturally waa fearful when
his campaign opened. He thought
the lasue mlrrht be raised to the det
riment of others more ImportAnt.
He was agreeably surprised when
no one mentioned the bonus until
the last week of the campaign. Then
ft man In the front row got up with
the missing question. The senator
replied directly, aaytng he wauld vote
to pay only what was due under the
old law at any given date, but no
more.
The senator was amaced when his
heckler deplored his stand but con
gratuleted him for hi forthrtghtneaa.
The crowd cheered It could not have
worked out better for the senator
If the heckler had been a plant, which
he was NOT.
Note The senator waa Vandenberg
of Michigan, the only Republican
presidential possibility In congress
who voted against thai bonus.
It sounds Improbable but a New
York congressman swears It la true.
At any rate the story now Is being
told In the house cloakroom that the
newest boondoggling scheme In Con
nectlcut Is to plant briar bushes to
make better cover for rabbits and
thus Improve hunting.
Authorities around the senate who
know Mississippi do not believe that
Bilbo can beat Pat Harrison, but are
lamenting the vague possibility. Hr
rlson ts very popular.
Mr. Fcosevelt ha been doing a
g.est deal of work In bed or at his
dk In the mansion, staving away
from the office until late in the
morning or after luturt. The man. Mon
give him seclusion.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M 0.
(lined letter, pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to disease
dlsgnotls or treatment will be ansstered bj Dr. Brady If a stamped self-addressed
envelope I. enclosed. Letters ahould he brief and written In ink.
owing to the large number of letter, received only a few eau be answered
No reply can M made to queries not
Wllllsm Brady. ZSo EI c.mlno. Beverly
CHaNGB Of ATlirt'l F TOWARD INJECTION TBEATMRNT Of HERNIA
"The popular writer on medloal
subject," rreamed the omnlsoent
bla-bla man of tV poor old Amer-
'car, MedlcaJ lus-jcfAtitn referring to
s, "unfortun
ately. Is not Ln
poawaslon of the
records of peo
ple who have had
those Injection
e,r.d subsequent
ly developed gan
grene from which
ttey died."
The ublqultou
Morris Is right
svxut that. I
have no u e h
record, I chal
lenge him or any
one else to produce such record.
Barly In 1934 I quoted here the
conclusion reacneu by a surgeon of
hlgn standing who had carefully In
vestigated he injection treatment of
hernia, and observed the) result In
a sv'rle of ;wi He said:
"I have a it. red at the conclusion
that If I had ft hernia I would
have It operated upon, and there
fore my '4 vice must be that peo
ple who come seeking Injection
treatment ahould have the opera
tion." I . was with regret that I learned
of the surgeon's conclusion, for I
belie ved ha waa nsotentlou ln hie
Investigation of the method and un
biased in his Judgment. I mentioned
It here because on a previous occa
sion I had mentioned the surgeon's
Interest in and me of the method.
My own preference. 1: I had hernia.
wa and atlli is injection treatment,
although I don't mind having & clean
major operation Indeed, from per
sonal experience I am convinced most
people grossly exaggerate the "ordeal"
of an opera Mon In fact, If you are
seriously 111 or disabled an operation
is rather a heaven sent relief.
Today th same surgeon writes:
"My ft-A'tu-ie toward Injection
treatment ha changed. I am con-
' vlnced that It la a vMuable method
with soma definite limitations. The
result are showing up pretty well.
It Is still too early to talk about
tgure on that but I am advising
people to have It ln preference to
operation. In case which I think
are suitable .
We ere starting a clinic in the
Outpatient department of
Hospital, whlcn Is definite evidence
of my change of opinion."
The surgo.n lc one of high stnd-
Ing, a profciwor In a clas A medical
school. (Only medical colleges may
learn his name).
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By 0. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Msury H.
B. Paul Is among the very fortun
ate few who seem never worn down
by the furious pace. As the society
writer, cnouy
K n l o k e r
bocker, he is al
ways on the go
with a speed
that suggests
the roulette
ball and yet
never loses en
thusiasm. On top of this
he probably pro
duces more copy
than any two
of the most pro
lific c r I bblera
in Manhattan. Now and then he
hikes off for Palm Beach or the Riv
lera, but never without typewriter.
In hla early 40', he ha been main
taining this tempo for two decsdes.
It is not likely that ne can recau
a dusk that donning dinner Jacket
or white tie and tails was not a
part of hi routine. A bouncing sort
of fellow, ruddy, bright-eyed, he may
attend four or five affairs an eve
ning and have time for a night cap
drop into a supper ulub.
A bachelor, lie wnn n
mother, to whom he is devoted, di
viding time between his apartment
Kut 87th street and a country
place In Connecticut. He Is a Social
Reglsterlte. drive ft Rolls, and has
familiar scrape with everybody of
social importance In the greater
city.
Willie and Eugene Howerd are on
the boards again after a romp In
Hollywood. No two performers have
a more loyal New York following.
Employing practically the same ngn
marole of their vaudeville days, they
rarely tire. Willie has made that
enormous and despairing shrug "
much a part of the theater a the
footlights. It looks to be broad bur
teaqu. but you reallw It'a art as
definite In Its expansive wav as a
fluttery mlgnon gesture by Duse.
ty first view of the Howards was
from the Columbia's peanut heaven
in Cincinnati. A standard turn bill
ed as "The Traveling Salesman and
the Messenger Boy." The chief fun
waa ln Willies trick exploding dg
aret. Just as he raised It to his
moath pop pop. As he registered
fright then, it was rowdy bellr-laugh
stuff and I have no doubt it would
be today. Certainly his ajy pesklng
at a heaving bosom during a bur
lesque quartette rendition of "Rlgo
letto" is as funny as anything on
the stage today.
Neither H. O. WeiU nor jomerei
Maugham missed many brass ring
on the New York carousel during
thetr stay. They took the Bohemian
as well as the Gold Coast in stride
parties at A C. BH.menthal's. fti
hig floor shows In Broadwav res
taurant. Jimmy Kelly midnight
madness in Houston street and the
inevitable Scotch woodeook break
fast st Ruben's Heretofore their
vi.mu they restricted association to
the literati a 114 dull leas of pub-
1 '
kW. . -
conforming to Instruction., address Or.
Hill., CaL
Ii another clinic the lnjeotton
method ha been taught for several
years, and phystclsns who learn the
technic ln that way are the one who
hare success wl'h t ln practice. The
doctor who tl-lnks be is smart enough
to go ahead with such a method
without careful instruction by a ma,
ter of the rcetnod 1 likely to have
and give disappointment.
Of the lnJ-ctlon or tmbulant treat
ment of hernia at of the diathermy
or ambulant treatment of infected
tonsils, we mav say the more con
servative method 1 here to stay, In
spite of the furny effort of the A.
M. A.
QUESTION 4.ND ANSWERS
Calclnm for Rheumatlz.
luj wife 1 suffer! with what the
doctor calls 'heumatold arthritis. She
stilj keep quite active but her
knuckle ache and swell and her
knees bother . a friend told her
you advocate calcium treatment . . .
4. P. O.)
Answert yo. I htve mentioned that
some physluans have reported great
benefit from administration of cal
cium ln ch.-vnlc arthritis. Send ten
cents coin and stamped envelope
bearing you. aodres, ;ot booklet "The
tils Called Rhymat'sm." Do not
send stamps
Mornliig Water Drinking.
Please ad se about drinking a glass
of hot water each morning. Doctors
say oold water Is not the proper thing
ear-. in the morning. Why not? Is
there any publlcat'on about this sub
ject for lay readers? . . P. W. J.)
A us we r Suit your preference.
Water, hot or cold stimulates forma
tion of gastric ilce and so promotes
digestion. Elder'y or feeble folk may
tike It hot. yourger. vigorous folk
enjoy it cold. Pof Hawk's "What We
Eat and What Happens to It" (Har
pers) deals with the subject.
Varicose Venules.
Had some tiny broken veins ln my
legs treated by Or. who tried
to Inject th-m but could not get tho
needle Into the veins . . . Ml H.
J. P.)
Answer ior yjccessful obliteration
of such venule a special fine needle
1 necessary and the doctor should
use a good ight and Dlnocul&r loupe.
Tho unsightly condition has been cor
rected in a great many case ln this
way
(Copyright, A03fl John P. Dllle Co.)
Ed.-Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Or. Brady
should send letter direct to Or
William Brady, M. D 2t5 E'
Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Ushers or dull publisher teas
but this time the shackle were off.
Incidentally, Maugham thinks he
found the perfect prepositional title
for his autobiography In: 'Of Me 1
Slngl"
Ruben's, cracking the cocoon of
depression to spread Itself ln mlr-
rory and silvern decor in the heigh
ho Plaza purlieus. Is a testimonial
to the popularity of Its owner, Arn
old Ruben. Plus, of course good food.
He Is liked by stage, screen and ra
dio and scores drift there nightly
to receive his cheery. Tuxedoed mid
night to dawn greeting. It has be
come a night out routine like go
ing to Jack's ln other days. The new
f. .indeur is a far cry from Ruben'a
aawdust carpeted hole-ln-the-wall
on upper Broadway 30 years ago.
And he proved dellcatessentng like
so many unpolished callings can at
tain eclat and splendor.
Abel Oreen and Jack Pulaski con
tinue to turn In a smart perform
ance, getting out the weekly Variety.
They were hand-picked, coached and
moulded by Slme himself to carry
on. Slme. shrewdly hard-boiled and
softly sentimental, realized that In
cleaving to the idiom of Broadway
he was satisfying a language hunger
far beyond Manhattan. Indeed, It
extends from coast to coast and
across the ocean. Variety Is hawked
along the strand, Unter den lin
den and the Paris boulevards in the
same fashion as ln New York. When
the late Lord Reading was Viceroy
of India he often asked for Variety
with his gin -sling at his exclusive
club. It fascinated him.
A musical argument with a pro
fessional pianist over appeggols. 9
finger exercises and things like that
has broken out ln the next room.
As a second mandollnlst and could
I go to town on the full notes of
"Over the Waves 1" with Prof. Ed
Womeldorffs Silver Bell orchestra I
have a notion- to go In and drive
home ft few point. With a suspen
der thumbing flourish.
(Copyright. 1938, McNaught
Syndicate)
Communications
Tan't Vnderstand It
To the Editor:
After reading over the preamble for
a 3 per cent sales tax to be voted on
the 3 1st of January, me have come
to the conclusion that It would take
a pair ot Jim Crow lawyers and a mi
croscope to pick out the fine points
in the bill so that an average cltlren
could grasp the full meaning as to
what It was all about.
It the government and states would
cut out all this milling around and
get behind the Townsend plan and
instead of running us In debt more
and more every day, we might get
somewhere on solid ground Instead of
a swamp of despair.
P. J. KIRKPATRTCK
Star Route, Box 37. January 37.
e or No?
To the Editor:
Concerning the 9 per cent tax on
which we wtll vote January 31. many
people think by defeating this law
they will not have to share the ex
pense of caring for our old people.
If this law is not ratified fhe state
of Oregon vtll be compelled to pro
vide help lor Uit aged by some other
mean and whatever means 1 sup
piled will have to come from the
taxpayer.
A favorable vote on this law makes
Oregon's old age pension law conform
to the federal pension law which pro
vide up to tlS for old age pensions
ln Oregon.
Thl question resolves Itself Into
business proposition: If we vote yes
the federsl law will pay one-half of
the pension. If we vote no, the tax
payers of Oregon will have to pay
all of whatever relief Is supplied by
the state. Is It not good business for
we taxpayers to support this law by
voting YES?
T. N. KERR, Ashland, Or.
January 37.
Opposes Primary Change
To the Editor:
I am positively opposed to chang
ing the date of primary elections.
The one outstanding progressive
step that has been taken by the state
of Oregon Is the direct election of
delegates to the national conventions
of political parties. In this way
alone do the people themselves make
use of their Inherent right to have a
voice in the selection of candidates
for president and vice-president of
the United States.
Do you wish to abrogate your pres
ent right to a click of political
bosses?
Do you wish to abrogate your pres
ent right of electing Independent can
didates should those candidates se
lected at the primaries fall to meet
with your approval?
Surely, all progressive citizens. In
this community, agree with me when
I say: "No, we do not wish to return
to a reign of political bosses." Hence,
the undersigned will vote "no"
on prorosltlon 301, on Friday, Janu
ary 31.
HENRIETTA B. MARTIN.
Medford, January 30.
ROBINSON CITES
IN RADIO REPLY
(Continued Prom Page One.)
ism" when advancing soclsl policies.
Disputes ( onstuurion rionreo
He rilsnuted the 'assertion the con
stitution waa being flouted be the
administration. In that connection,
the senator read a newa dispatch ot
early 1933 ln which Smith discuss
ing the depression emergency was
quoted:
"Let u. look back a few yeare to
l'sn and 1918. What did we do then?
Why we took the constitution and
wrapped It up and put It on the
shelf."
npv ial nrlnclDles. Robinson con
cluded, constituted the platform of
"the nappy wamor 01 wo; um
th nnliHe nf the llbertv leaRue
have become the platform of the
unhappy warrior.
The capital watched to see what
rfff. t.t attitude nf the adminis
tration would have on Smith, who
threatened to "take a walk" unless
the PhllsdelDhla convention repu
diates Roosevelt policies.
Wars On Own People
Tn Rmlth'ji charee that the 'new
deal has tossed aside the psrty plat
form and become sociBii.tic, rtou
Inaon replied that Smith "waa wa
rin. Mffslnst his own Deople and
Mrnlnst- the men and women with
whom he fought shoulder to shoul
der ln the past.
The senator, who as Smith',
running mat In the 1928 presiden
tial campaign, aald.
"Alfred E. smith sought the presi
dency In 1928 when a man who
rieri hla voice on behalf of the
great causes of aoclal Justice and
democratic principle, was regaraea
by the stock-ticker patriots with
.mug- toleration or a. a potential
enemy of his country.
"Now we are on the threshhold of
another national campaign with the
same two srmles fsclng each other;
The preliminary skirmishing Is un
der way, and what Is our smaze
ment to ftnd Governor Smith en
throned In the camp of the enemy
.
High Hat For Brown Derby
The brown derby has been dis
carded for the nign hat."
Declaring Smith's narangue w
barren and sterile" Robinson chal
hi. atntAment that there has
been no progress. He contended the
country haa come a long way
the days of 1933 when hungry peo-
i. n-ar. "searchlna the garbage
palla" and "American farmers were
halting court foreclosures oj puj".-
cal force."
As for Smith's chsrge mat m,
platform we. violated. Robinson
said:
"Smith started to read the demo
cratic platform but never finished
it. I wonder why? Was there some
thing further along, condemning
.tn.v market manipulations, that
he didn't like to read before hla
wealthy friends?"
Robinson reiterated the tate
mnt. nf other administration men.
that Smith levelled the same charg
es of socialism against tne new
deal that Hcover hurled at the New
Torker In 1938.
Declaring that the new deal had
carried out the verr nollcle. advo
cated by Smith. Robinson said.
Hooter with mm
"t am sure Mr. Hoover was with
you in spirit, his rhmible face
agleam and his chubby hands ap
nl.iirllnir ec.tstleallv. as Ton repeat
ed against Mr. Roosevelt the very
speech which he himself dellvereo
against you ln 1938."
The democratic party. Robinson
aid. rennet be purchased bv the
im.HMn ns.rf. l.n The finan
cial anslaa of the league will dis
cover thev cannot buy a monopoly
in the name of freedom In the same
wav tTiev have purchased monnoHes
nv.r ll en.l itnA water Bower."
It Is "strsnce" Robinson said, "to
see Smith In the r.-mpany of mem
bers of the "power trust." of men
who "de.polled" the nsttons natural
resources.
Smith, the speaker said, hss turn
ed aa-sv from the east side with
thoe little shop sod flh markets,
snd n-nw his cr?e rc.ts lo-.!n:v up
on the gilded towers of Park are.
Comment
on the
Day's News
By PRANK JENKINS
THE senate Joins the hous. ln pass
ing the bonus bill over the
President', veto, snd It Is now a
law.
Its cost wUl be sbout two and a
naif billions, wblcb would be a lot
of money If one bsd to count It
all, a dollsr at a time. A billion Is
a thousand millions, snd a million
la a LOT.
It doesn't sound so big a. we read
the headline., because we have be
come so accustomed to reading ol
billions.
f-e
WE haven't yet become accustom
ed to PAYING them because,
ao fsr, we've merely added these
billions to WHAT WK OWE.
The paying will come later.
T-HIS dlapatch from Chicago Inter-
m. ests us out on tne pacuic uoa.v,
because when the OTHER FELLOW
gets nasty weather It'a always In
tereatlng: "Ice-locked from the Rockies to
the Atlantic by a week of zero wea
ther, a frozen nation today (Mon
day) gave up all hope of relief for
at least three days."
(Note that thl. "frozen nation"
la located by the Chicago dispatches
aa EAST of the Rockies. Back there,
they think of the nation that way.)
IT'S really cold, 'though, as may be
Judged by this sentence from
the Chicago weather dispatch:
"Niagara falls remained frozen
over for the third consecutive day
for the first time ln man's mem
ory. (White men's memory, presum
ably.) .
Thirty yeara hence, that will be
something for the old-tlmere to tell
about. Which reminds us that 30
yeara from now the youngsters of
today will be old-timers.
THIS hesdllne Isn't unexpected
New Dealers Open Attack on
Al Smith." He opened the fight on
them, so It', natural and logical tor
them to fight back.
If Al had PRAISED the New Deal,
the New Deal would have praised
him. That', the way politics goes. .
YOY may have noted this sentence
from the Washington dlapatch:
"Political leader, were seeking to
reckon the significance of Smith's
projected "walk' If the Democratic
convention endorses the administra
tion, a. expected."
It raises this question:
"WHERE WILL HE WALK?"
INTO a third party?
That Is Improbable, for Al
Smith and those who feel aa he does
are seasoned campaigners who know
by experience that a third party Is
apt to be nothing more than a fu
tile gesture of protest.
: They want RESULTS not futile
gesture, of protest.
THE way It looks now, there will
be two msjor parties ln the
coming election. the New Desi psrty
snd the anti-New Deal party.
The Democratic party, as a mat
ter of course, will be the New Deal
party, for the New Dealers are In
command and control of It. The
Republlcana, who are out and want
to get In and are therefore the party
of protests, become logloally and
naturally the anti-New Deal party.
But ln the campaign that Is be
ginning "Republican" and "Demo
crat" will be only empty name. Tne
real Issue on which people will di
vide will be New Deal and anti-
New Deal.
LANE COUNTY REDUCES
RELIEF QFFICE STAFF
rrmrNir.. tan. 29. tIPt The reslg-
nsrion Df Mr- Martha Wyatt aa aoclal
ervlce director for the Lane county
relief eomm.'tee we. In the handa of
the committee today. No successor
has been ap'olnted
In accordance with a proeram of
curtailment made necessary by lack
of funds, the committee today re-
teased one ose worxei ana io
noRTsphera.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
EYES COAST BRIDGES
SALEM. J'-n 21 Ar The atat
highway commKsfm begins a two
dav Inspect'cn tour ot the new Ore
ron Coast highway bridges today
Member, will apnd the night at New
port Vembere of the commission are
Henry Cbe.l Portland, chairman: T
L. iuVelle. Medford and Ed Aldrlcb.
Pendleton. B -i Baldock. state hleh
wsv engine! wll sccompany the
party.
K1CKERNICK"
Undergarments that fit at
Ethelwyn B Butfmann'a.
Individually designed Spencer dr-as
and surgical garmenta Mr, R M
Welshaar. Phone
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FOR INDIOtJTlONJ
E V f
Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson Count)
history from the flies of the
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years
go.
, TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
January 29, 1936
(It was Friday)
H. Chandler Egan wins golf cham
pionship of Bermuda Islands.
Professor Vlnlng of Ashland, ln ad
dress at Portland, "visions develop
ment of Oregon" coming year.
Drive against speedlug continues In
city and county with 15 arrests.
Heavy rains fall ln valley and mow
covers the foothills and high moun
tains. Lively demand for hogs and csttle
pleases farmers.
Funds started for building of new
church at Phoenix.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
January 29, 1916
(It was Saturday)
The East Side Shakespeare club
meets with Mrs. H. C. Stoddard. '
Mrs. Jonas Wold is hostess at Elks'
Ladles' party.
Mrs. George M. Roberts entertained
the Friday Bridge club at her home
on North Orange street.
The Colony club is meeting daily to
sew bandages tor Belgians.
President Wilson favors each n- '
tlon making Its own war munition'
Pancho Villa. Mexican bandit less
er, reported surrounded by Cnrramia
forces.
Ye Poet's Cornei
Lazy Willamette
Hushed like the rtlllness of the West,
Smooth and clm, Z see It flow;
Against the shore its wave Is prest
As It lazily does go.
To the Columbia Its way
It takes; now when there Is no
breeze
The water glides smooth, does not
roaring play
And fierce. I see It through the
trees.
The forest In autumn colours Is
decked.
Through which the river slips e.wsy;
It many years this path hath trekked
k And will until the latest day.
O lazy Willamette gliding by,
I see your smooth and quiet flow.
Ayl glide on, past the meadows nigh.
As you have done since long ago.
PERCY MADDUX,
Ashland, Ore.
Dawn
Softly rosy light comes stealing
Into our windows at morn.
Quickly our eyea fly open,
For another day is born.
Loud and clear we. hear, the cock
crow ,
Calling all to awake;
From afar we hear the birds' call
Coming from across the lake.
Cattle softly lowing, horses
Neighing from the doors,
Seem to tell us to hurry
And get to our morning chores.
All these things we see and hear
At the dawn of another day,
Fills our hearts, and sets us singing,
Makes us thankful here to stay.
MARY PERRY,
Same Valley.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 39-. (AP) Dr.
El wood Mead, late commissioner of
reclsmation. was burled today ln
nearby Arlington cemetery, after fun
eral services conducted by Colonel
Alva Brasted, chief of the army chap
pis In corps.
Save 30
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