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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry.
ThmnffVinnt. tha atat manlV boa-
omi hava atarted to heave mightily
m behalf of the Old Folks, via the
Townsend plan, and many of the
beavers have started thumping same,
to aid their candidacies.
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George Russell bought the Vrdo
Fairchlld home laat week. George
a bachelor and we are wondering
why. (Joseph (Ore.) Times) Come
more of everybody's business.
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Musicians report a tenor soloist
Is developing hereabouts, who should
to far.
a a a
A Los Angeles scientist has dis
covered, he clslms, that "onions and
garlio will cure tuberculosis." What
would It profit a patient to get rid
of a cough, and gain halitosis?
West Msln stem residents report
their boulevard reverberate! fre
quently to the roars ot autoa going
76 to P0 miles per hour at 3 o'clock
la the morning. The speed of the
Juggernaut la ao great, the lace cur
Juggernaut 1 so great, the lace cur
tains on boudoir windows are sucked
out Into the night. There Is no busi
ness In Jackson county of sufficient
importance to necessitate traveling
at 76 miles per k0" ln tns ay'
time, let alone at 8 o'clock In the
morning.
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While Oregonlana are laughing at
the California ban on bums, another
special session of the legislature la
sneaking up on Oregonlan. It would
toe Just Oregon's luck to get both
the bums, and a special session.
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FACE It FDD KN I NO ITEM.
(Merrill (Ore.) Keoonl)
She lived with ye editor In
Klamath Palls more than 30
yesra ago while she was attend
ing high school ln that city.
V . gave us her recipe for
successfully holding a husband.
Hh essays: "Humor him; defer to
him, and- STUFF HIMl" V
Is a good cook Is why she In
sists on the last Item. But her
philosophy is good, even If It
Isn't every woman who can
make It work.
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The asp will soon be running in
he trees, as well sa driving every
where. a a
"SAFE WAY TO PICK MUSH
ROOMS TOUT (Hdllne Del Norte
Triplicate) Pick 'em right off the
grocery store shelf.
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The first robins of spring have
shown upand look It. The first
boys with alrguns are late.
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"Mahoney la worth hearing as an
eicellent example of demagogic cam
palgnlng but he need not be taken
seriously." (Coo Bay Times) He
seems to be all right, though all
wrong.
a a a
Tomorrow la the anniversary ot
the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Rev
erence will be paid his memory
throughout the nation. Once he asld:
"You can fool part of the people
part of the time, but you can't fool
all of the people all of the time."
The wisdom of this comment has
never been doubted, but Its truth
has been subjected to heavy wear ln
the nutty notions of the past 1
months, seeking the great divide of
the other fellows' wealth. There have
been periods in the past five years,
when a goodly portion of the peo
ple, thoroughly enjoyed being foaled
The Lincoln recipe for happiness
would be rated as horse and buggy
stuff today, though sound and
sensible. It holds no promise of a
rainbow, and reads as follows:
"Po not worry, est three square
mesls a day, say your prayers,
he courteous to yo u r cred I tors ,
keep your dlnestion good, eer
clae. go slow and go easy. Maybe
there are some oth-r things that
make you happy, but my friend,
these I reckon will give you a
good life"
A candidate couldn't be elected
dog-catcher on that platform this
year.
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Tracy Boothby of Prospect towned
Monday, encountering a dentist.
ROOD RIVER. Ore.. Feb. II. (API
State police and deputy sheriffs
raided me resorts st Wveth and Cas
cads I-irks. seired six pin -ball games
and slot machines snd cited operat
ors to appear in Juntire court here.
KlCKRHMCK'
Ontifigarmente that fit at
Et&siwTa B. Hoffmann s.
ASM BE
The Fess-Borah Comedy
TOR those who hove and can retain a sense of humor, this
- presidential campaign is going to have iU compensations.
Ve said "RETAIN." F'or possessing a sense of humor ia one
thing; retaining it during such a rough and tumble "battle
royal", as this campaign promises to be. is going to be some
thing else again. Before the votes are counted the strain will
be terrific The senses of humor that survive, will be of a
quality that will deserve the term heroic. Our prediction is
there will be precious few of them entitled to such a distinction,
when the tumult and the shouting finally dies.
HOWever thus early in the game, just an average, common
garden variety of the humorous sense, has ample oppor
tunity to function. Take this devastating blast from former
Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, for example! The redoubtable
Simeon last Saturday rose on his hind legs to read the pontifical
William E. Borah, out of the Republican party. Apparently
encouraged by the reception he received, Simeon proceeded on
Monday morning, to read him out the second time with even
more vehemence and particularity.
NO MAN, declared the former champion of rugged individu
alism in Yellow Springs, Ohio, can aspire to the Republican
nomination, who did not support more "Republican than Demo
cratic measures", during the present lamentable and subversive
New Deal administration.
JuBt what "Republican measures" the ex-Ohio solon had in
mind, he did not stste, but as the record fails to reveal any,
at least any of importance it is only reasonable to assume that
the self-appoinfed spokesman for the Republican party really
meant, "anyone who voted for more provisions of the Rooscvell
program, than he opposed."
This eliminates the senator from Tdaho, no doubt. But we
believe the record will show it also eliminates every other mem
ber of the upper house who has been suggested, as a nominee.
It certainly puts our own Senator McNary out of the running,
as it does Senator Vandenberg of Michigan. And in all likeli
hood it eliminates every Republican of presidential calibre in
both houses!
Thus in one fell swoop, Sapient Simeon, excommunicates
all the members of his own party
chance at the Cleveland convention is concerned. '
B
UT that is not all. The blow
ing, alao knocked Governor
of loops. For contrary to the impression created by the gover
nor's keynote speech at Topeka, he is jnat as favorable to the
New Deal and juat as far from being eligible for the Q. 0. P.
old and inner guard, as Messrs.
of being. In fact, more so.
For the record shows, according to an authoritative article
in last week's Collier's that if he had been president not only
would Mr. Landon have "vetoed the soldiers bonus" as Presi
dent Roosevelt did, but "he would atand for quite a number of
things F. D. R. standa for." "We quote:
He would abolish child labor by federal constitutional
amendment. He likes the federal administration's soclsl secur
ity legislation. He would not fight Senator Wagner'a labor bill
nor take serious exception to Senator Ouffey's coal regulation
ideas. He Is for AAA subsidies to farmers and, while decidedly
opposed to Inflation, doesn't Join Messrs. Hoover, Mills and
Fletcher when they sob broken -hear tedly over the debauched
dollar. Banking reformt He' for that, although nobody (In
eluding himself) knows whether his heart la with Carter alass or
Mr. Msrrlner Boclea of the Federal Reserve System. And so on
"And ao on" ia right I
Now if even some of our more rabid and tempestuous Re
publican friends can't get a laugh out of this, then we maintain
there is something seriously wrong either with their souse of
humor, or their political metabolism.
The spectacle of this ex-lightweight champion of total absti
nence and the higher education,
bridge, defying Senator Borah to
of Republican orthodoxy, and at
tically every other available
same "cocked hat", atrikes us
to come on the political stage,
Prohibition and Standpat Republicanism, cheered AL SMITH
so hard at the Liberty League dinner, that an SOS bad to be
sent out for his vial of digitalis!
For a sense of humor comes
portion moves out. The former senator from Ohio so completely
lost HIS, and as timo goes on so many of the leaders in both
parties, are going to lose THEIRS!
WHICH is all to the good, the humor we mean.
This ia iroinff to he a horritYrous and pestiferous cHmnnivrn.
For the first timo in many years
separated by real and important issues. These issues will be
taken seriously (and for that matter should be) but unless there
s coriiic relief now and then, and
approaching a perspective, they
TOO seriously.
So seriously that friendships
tered, families split up and estranged, even a few riots in the
market place and a knock down and drag out fight, in your
neighbor's back yard.
Which would be all to the bad and entirely needless.
For it's only a political campaign. And whichever side
wins this country isn't going to the deinnition bow wows, it
never lias, it never will. More than that. whichever side wins,
the desirable reforms of the Roosevelt administration are going
to remain, a change in administration would prohahly delay
this process but not prevent it.
So lot's have more Fess-Borah skits, more Liberty League
walkatlions, more things to relieve the political tension, and
above all a preater chpacity to
We shall need all the lanu'hs
Lady On Lookout
For Eighth Mate
SKA m.K, Feb. 11 (API Mra
Caroline M. Owen, SS. was looking
for her eighth husband today, al
though she said she whs doubtful
the right men's been born yet.
5he charged rough treatment n ob
taining a divorce from tester Wal
lace Owen, marine engineer, Citody
of her 9-year-old daughter alao ai
given her. She said she divorced six
of "her ae.en himnsnds snd the
other ws annulled.
Dse UaU Tribune vanl ads.
in the congress, as far as any
that knocked Bill Borah kick
Landon of Kansas for a aeries
Borah and McNary ever thought
standing like Horatio at the
cross to the sacred precincts
the same time knocking prac
candidate in his party, into the
as the finest bit of high comedy
since that certain champion of
in when a proper sense of pro
the two major parties will be
the ability to gain something
will almost certainly be taken
of long standing may be shat
appreciate them.
we can eet. before the war ends.
Snake Hotel Found
By Dynamite Blast
COt.VIU.I, Wash.. IVb. II. ( API
Blssters on a rocky hillside near
here discovered something new in
ftnake hibernations In dynamiting
sn area where a stream ws emerg
ing from a crevice.
They found a writhing miM et
several hundred reptiles, hibernat
ing for the winter. Ftattleenskes.
hulls, blue r seers and llrards had
holed up for the winter on a fm
IW hM. Miwi of them were killed
Dse UaU Tribune want ads.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M D.
Hlgned letter pertaining to personal health and b.vgien not to dlaeaae
dlagnoila or treatment will be answered bj Dr. Brady If a atamped telNad
dressed envelope la ent-luaed. Letter, ehould be brief and written In Ink
Untng to the large number of lettera received onlj a few can be answered.
No reply can im made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr.
William Bradj. 265 F.I Camlno, Beverly Hills. CaL
BREAD AND MILK
Doctors have harped so much on
the Injuries done by overeating that
few offenders hear them and none
heed until their
Infirmities cramp
their style In eat
ing.
Most persons
eat three meals a.
day as a matter
of custom, habit
and example. The
custom or habit
has become Used
through genera
tions, or at least
through the life
time of the Indi
vidual. Tet quite
frequently It Is an Illogical habit, for
the energy requirement of the indi
vidual may be far from the energy
requirements of his ancestors who
established the custom, or his own
output of energy now may be lower
than It waa when he developed the
habtt. His an oca tors long ago, per
haps he himself in his more active
career or vigorous youth, earned three
square meals by honest work or play;
In his sedentary, white collar, para
sitic mode &t life, perhsps living by
his wits or, as he flatteringly calls it,
'doing head work" or "brain work,"
actually has a much lowered output
of energy and a correspondingly slow
and ladylike metabolism. So If force
of example keeps him on the three
menls - a - day schedule, when his
most lifelike activity- screaming or
"rooting" In the grandstand or
bleachers Is Itself vlcsrlous activity.
It Is not strange that so msny things
hsppen to htm, to wit and for ex
ample: Now, children, this la going to hurt
me more than It will hurt you. But
I've let myself In for It. Some of you
will wonder when and where I wrote
this. Haven't I told you repeatedly,
I am ln heaven. Here In heaven
they bowl the yenr around. In fact
the greens are more nearly perfect in
winter than ln summer. That Is prob
ably due to the higher hulmdlty.
more moisture In the air here, as
well as the warmth of radiant heat
from sunlight. Back there where you
have to have steam heat or a furnace
or stove of some sort going all winter
to keep you warm, the air la excess
ively dried out, and not healthful for
plants or for human animals. It
would be more hygienic of you could
heat the rooni with an open fire, or
a radiant heater (gas or electric), for
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Peb. 11. They were
talking of amusing true stories. This
revival of one ft few years ago which
came In the mall
today Is my no
tion of the all
time high;
J. P. Morgan,
the elder, was
coming 'to tea at
the Dwlght Mor
rows when the
present Ann
Lindbergh waa ft
little girl In pig
tails. Fearing
the frankness ot
childhood, Mrs.
Morrow had the
governess bring little Ann to her
for a talk.
Very gently, the mother erplatned;
"Now, dear. I think I should tell
you that when Mr. Morgan calla
and you are presented you will no
tice he Is a great big man with a
very large nose. I need not tell you
It Is rude to comment on any per-'
sonal things about people you meet
anything peculiar.
"So, of course, If you notice Mr.
Morgans nose is different you won't
say anything about It. Just stay for
a few moments and make your
curtsey because Nurse will be wait
ing for you to take your nap." Upon
meeting the famous guest Ann fixed
her eyes relentlessly on the cele
brated none.
Her mother noted this with trepi
dation, but It seemed nothing em
bnrraAelng would be said. Mr. Morgan
uttered the usual kindly little com
monplaces. Mrs. Morrow's fingers hov
ered a hit nervously over her tea ae
coutermrnt. as she tried not too ob
viously to speed Ann's departure.
At ist the child was gone, safely
gone. Mrs. Morrow breathed an In
ner sigh of relief and drawing some
tea Into a cup she asked her visitor
with a new complacence: "And
now Mr. Morgan, will you have cream
or lemon In your nose?"
Firot radio pi Ire for the week: "For
diver reasons" pronounced dlwers by
one of the Mg stations.
Josephine Armstrong Owynne Is
popping over from London and Paris
In a few weeks to occupy ft swanky
elaborate suite at Pierre's only few
block from the dressmaking estab
lishment which she left 6 years aso
to be an mannlkln In the salon of
Pa ton In Paris. She left Patou's to
marry the socially prominent Krsktnc
Ownne. whom she divorced. Today
"Fmie." a nickname tribute to her
red hair. Is the reputed fiancee of
the rich loid Pud'.er. a pal of the
King, a lady for whom the door of
Msvfalr and the pink marble pslsree
of the Rots de Bolounge npen jra
elously Much of her time Is spent
on luuriou yachts crutsins the
Medtterrsnesn snd at shooting lodges
in Scotland.
Nrsl O'Hnra. one of my rivals In
adolescent admtratmn for I'hrisiir
MarDonald. recalls her Mmc-us petti
coat song In "Miss Hook of Holland'
he sane she daintily pulled up
one petticoat after another to these
lyrics;
Ml I -I UM
CLIO RFDIVIVl'g
radiant heat warms you more and the
air leu. The cooler the air the more
water vapor It retains. In heaven here
the air temperature, out of the direct
sun, is usually around 60 to 66 Je
greea F.
Long years ago when I waa not so
squemlsh about mentioning symp
toms we organized the Bread and
Milk Club, and frankly announced
that It was Just a scheme to inveigle
overfed people Into resting their over
worked metabolism a bit. That was a
happy compromise, that phrase over
worked metabolism. After all the lazy
so-and-so's have some pride. (Con
tinued next week)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Stomach Flu
For ten days had continuous
cramps, sometimes severe. Physician
suspected appendicitis. Sent me to
surgeon. He gave me bismuth meal
took X-rays and found everything
o.k. He gave me a pain killer and
said I had a cold. Seems every one 1
know has had a similar attack, and
they alt Insist It Is stomach flue. (A.
J. B.)
Answer Which means as much as
the good old dodge the so-called sur
geon worked on you.
Epilepsy
Please Inform me If epilepsy Is In
heritable. Will children Inherit it from
a mother who has had It, If the father
Is normal? (J. H.)
Answer It Is not directly heritable,
but offspring of an epileptic parent
aro more Ilkoly to be feeble-minded
than are offspring from normal par
ents. Galvanic Sore Mouth
I have a burning sensation and
slight soreness on the side of my
tongue for several months. Could this
be caused by a large silver filing I
had put ln seven months ago? The
sore spot rents against the filling. I
also have ft wledom tooth filled with
copper cement. (Miss C. M.)
Answer Two such metals as sliver
and copper In the mouth may make
a miniature electric battery and cause
not only constant metallic taste but
also burning and someimes sores
which persist until the one or other
metal Is removed. Gold and porcelain
are the preferable materials for fill
ings. Inlays or other dentures.
(Copyright 1936, John F. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brad
should send letter direct to llr
William nrady, M. 0., 265 E'
Cnm I no. Heverly Hills. Calif.
I've a pretty pink petty from Petei
And ft pretty blue petty from John
A red and a yellow
From some other fellow
And one that I haven't got on.
And another glossophlle a made
up word for word beaglers and hark
backers sends me what he thinks la
top In smart rhymes from one of
those old Wodehouse, Bolton and
Kern shows:
I have often t In a
Seat at a matinee.
The dress-upper's only chance for
variation In evening array Is in his
choice of a Ispel flower, And even
this Is limited to the white carna
tion, red rose or gardenia. So the now
calico carnation, ft white one with
tints of brilliant red Is a welcome in
novation of the horticulturists. It
floriated the same evening on three
of the most conspicuous men abcut
town William Rhinelander Stewart.
Dwlght Flako and Maury Paul and
thus a vogue was launched. The most
consistent of the carnation wearers
Is Ouernsy Curran. He has had a fresh
one for morning, afternoon and eve
ning dally for 24 years, other flownr
fanatics Include Paul Whlteman. A.
C. Blumenthal and Eddie Duchln. O.
yes, Blumenthal Is the town's heaviest
orchid buyer. And P. S. Irene Hayes
introduced the calico carnation.
I care for the Lucius Beebe yarn
about tV smugness of the Boston tan
motoring to Hollywood. Asked ln cln
cmaland. what route he had taken,
he replied: "Oh, the one that goes
through Dedham." (Dedham in case
one is rusty on topography Is about
as far from Boston as Pelham la from
New York I.
(Copyright. 1036. MeNaught
Syndicate)
SALEM. Feb. 10. ( AP) The sec
retary or state's office reported 24.
311 Oregon automobile licenses sold
this year, as compared to 319 99
at the corresponding time in 1935
Of these permits 114.43S were dis
tributed through the mail, 33.98tt
over the counter at the Ssiem main
office, S3939 from the West Port
land of rice. 34. IBS from the East
Portland orrire. S017 rrom the Pa
cific Automotive club. 11. 4M from
the AAA. .-.frices In Portland. 80S3
frcm Bugene and M5S from Oregon
City.
The last two distributing points
named were opened (or the first
lime this year.
Road Commission
Will Meet Feb. 19
Ml.FM. Feb It ,4. A speclsl
meeting of the state hicha-av com-
miwion hss been called for February
1 19. It as announced today. The neU
rrvular se,eon has reen set f v Merch
I'J. Both will he held In Portland.
The meeting Feh-usry 10 ru ached
' ulcd In order to clear the comnil
j a! on a docket of regulsr business mat
' te-s up to thai date. B;ds on hUh
f wv work will .e opened st th
Much session, the prcific projec.
I d.H yet haunt been determined.
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
FROM ft reader of thts column (who
Is apparently ft critical readei)
comes this letter:
"In one of your Editorials on
the Day'a News, ln which the
speech of Governor Landon la re
viewed, you make this statement
concerning the constitution: lt
ought to be flexible enough to
permit us to take other TRULY
PROGRESSIVE steps.
"Just what do you mean by
other truly progressive steps? In
following your editorials, I have
failed to find just what your Idea
of progress Is. Every Issue you
have reviewed so far you seem to
be against.
"Many of your readers would
probably like to know Just what
you believe would be steps for
progress. As we are all Interested
In progress, something definite
along this line should be enlight
ening to a great many people."
THESE seem to be honest, straight
forward questions, and as such
they deserve honest, straightforward
answers. This writer will try to ans
wer them ln that spirit.
WHAT la progress?
That 1b hard to answer for
everybody, because different people
have different Ideas. What Is progress
to the radical thinker, for example
ISN'T progress to the conservative
thinker.
But we can say truthfully that
progress la whatever brings the great
est comfort, happiness and freedom to
the greatest number of people. Theo
dore Roosevelt was thinking along
that line when he said: "This can't
be a good country for ANY of us un
less It Is ft good country for ALL of
us."
WHAT progressive step should be
taken NOW?
This one:
The government of the United
States should stop spending more
than It Is taking ln.
-
WE all know (most of us by hard
and bitter experience) that U
we go on spending more than we
earn our credit Is destroyed. We must
then do one of two things beat our
bills or work and slave and deny our
selves for months or years while we're
paying up our debts.
In that respect, governments and
Individuals ars exactly alike.
IF the credit of the government of
the United States should be even
WEAKENED, as a result of persist
ently spending more than Is taken,
the consequences to all of us would
be terrible.
HOW shall wegoabout checking
the persistent spending of more
than the government takes in?
In this way:
The Republican party (which Is
the party of opposition, and therefore
the logically effective vehicle for pro
test) should adopt the Democratic
platform of 1932 the sound, sane
Platform that Franklin D. Roosevelt
campaigned for, pledged himself to
uphold and then THREW OVER
BOARD and forgot and arter that it
should nominate a sound, liberal
minded, progressive candidate who. I:
elected, will KEEP his platform
pledges.
Then let the people decide for In
this country we accept what the ma
jority votes for.
THESE suggestions, of course, are
only the opinions of this Indi
vidual writer, set down here for whst
they may be worth. In answer to what
It Is not expected that all will
agree with them.
SENTENCE LOVERS
TO DEATH IN CHAIR
SALEM, N, J., Feb. 11. (API
Mrs. Marguerite Fox Doblow, 30-year-old
rcrmer school tescher. con
victed with her boyhood sweetheart
or murdering her husbsnd, faced to
day the prospect or being the first
woman to die In the electric chair
In New Jersey.
The attractive, chestnut - haired
widow snd her reputed lover, Nor
man Drtscoll, h u a k y. 3.-year-old
farmer, win be taken to New Jersey's
death house In Trenton tomorrow,
to swit execution, set for the week
of March IS. for the axle slaying
of Harry T. Dolbow,
A Jury convicted Mrs. Doblow snd
Drlscoli last night snd Judge Frsnk
F. N rut re Immediately pronounced
the mandatory death sentence.
The trial began Jan. 27. The state
introduced testimony to show Mra.
Dolbow and rtrlscoll csrrled on a
clandestine love affair for month,
during which they plotted Dolbow "s
death.
Clipper Postpones
! Hop For Honolulu
SAN FRNCIi5CO. Feb 11
; Another 34 hours' postponement of
the chiita Clippr'B tt:ght from A;-J
meda to Honolul;: - announced to.
day by Pan American Airways offic- 1
isls.
5torm conditions still prersiled be-t-tcen
here and the Islands. I
Cm alail Tribune want ftdft.
LATE INVENTIONS
E!
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SPOKANE, Waah., rVb. 11. UP)
Science la m,ln the lot o! the tot
eeter an easier one. and la cutting
down the coat of flrea. group ol
workers learned here today.
Forest service attaches from region
No. 1 In western Montans. northern
Idaho and eastern Washington, are
meeting to study new gadgets design
ed to help them In their work, learn
how to use them, and to atudy latest
methoda In caring for the forests. The
conference will laat two weeks.
The foresters were shown tiny mo
tors, with one to four cylinders, used
to drive portable pumps for fire fight
ers. From one to four men can carry
them. Theae help to extinguish flroa
before they spread Into heavy timber
The airplane also la being studied.
It la used for "spotting" new blszes,
for speeding crews of fighters to in
accessible regions, and for ferrying
ln auppllea and equipment. Formerly
lookouts, stationed on high strategic
peaks, discovered most of the fires.
The tlghWrs went by truck or other
means to the end of the trail, hiked
the rest of the way, often spending
days on the march. The airplane cuts
the time to hours.
Varloua other mechanical gadgets,
auch u "chain" sawa. operated by
motors, and amazingly compact radio
seta, were explained. The sawa re
place the old type cross-cut, and en
able foreatera to cut a tree ln a com
paratively few minute with a mini
mum of effort. The radio la doing
away with tedloua construction of
telephone lines.
RB
BATTLE FOR LIFE W
LAKE MICHIGAN'S ICE
CHARLEVOIX, Mich., Feb. 11.
(AP) Clayton Brown. 26-year-old
fisherman given up for lost with
two companions swept Into lake
Michigan Saturday before a 0
mlle sub-zero gale, csme back to
day to tell how he refused to die.
Brown crawled on frozen hands
and legs seven miles across rough
shore lee after Claude Beardsley. 61.
his father-in-law, and Earl Cun
ningham, coast guard surfman. froze
to death In the small boat before H
Jammed Into a floe and stuck.
BVown's life was saved, physicians
said, by the ministrations of an
Indian family Into whose cabin he
stumbled early last night.
In a hospital here today Brown
told hla family of the 48-hour strug
gle to keep his companions from
freezing and how he stumbled
shoreward after the boat grounded
"because I figured I'd Just as soon
die on my feet."
Brown and Beardsley were In a
party of fishermen caught In drift
ing Ice. Cunningham saved three of
the five ln the party, but waa
swept out Into the lake after he
got Brown and Beardsley Into his
row boat.
L
PROGRAM STARTS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. py The
army's five-year program for modern
izing Pacific coast harbor defenses,
particularly in California, was starts
ed on ita way Monday with introduc
tion ln the house of the war depart
ment appropriation bill.
long-range guns and anti-aircraft
Insulation are among the major
project the army plans to undertake
on the west coast, the sub-committee
was told by Major-General Psul B.
Malone. commander of the ninth
corps area.
General Malone said with existing
facllTties the army could fulfill "only
a part" of Its accepted mission of
denying the important harbors of San
Francisco. Los Angeles and San Diego
to an enemy.
Malone said the "next Important
need" of the west coast was anti
aircraft guns.
Approved plana of the war depart
ment, ho said, "contemplate assign
ing additional mobile anti-aircraft
regimen te for the Pacific coast In
time of war, and Installing In the
harbor defenses In time of peace cer
tain fixed .anti-aircraft gun.'
DOCTOR LOSES FIGHT
OVER RUPERT ESTATE
SALEM. FfS. tl. (API The state
supreme court today upheld the will
of V. C. Rupert, former owner ol
the Orster Loaf of Portland, in
which the estate, estimated at W0.
ooo, waa left to his nephew, Arthur
A. Rupert. In an opinion handed
do-n by Justice George Rresman.
The opinion Invalidated a will
executed eisht days prior to Rupert's
death in July. 1934. in which the
bulk of the estate was bequesthea
to Dr. E, D. Schmidt, a naturo
path w!io treated the deceased for
some thne bfnre his death. The
nephew, who had Joined the uncle
earlier In business, was excluded
from the latter will.
CURTIS BARNES ELECTED
TO DRAMATIC HONORARY
WrWFORD I'NTVER.MTY, CU Feo.
11. ipl.i Curtl Barnes, Stanford
student, artlM. snd actor from Med
ford. elected last wre to Sword
and 5-:id;. mn s honors -y dramatic
ocety. It ws announced yesterday
Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson Count
history from the files ol the
MaU Tribune 10 and 20 jean
ago.
TEN YEARS AOO TODAY
February ll, 1D26.
( It waa Thursday.)
The Owen-Oregon Lumber company
announces It will erect a new sawmill
and plant here.
Stripes to be vogue for all convicts
at state prison who fail to behave,
Werden Lillle rules.
Snowfall t Crater lake now eight
feet.
More fire sirens to be Installed on
Main street.
Heavy increase in car licenses In
state noted, despite fact many Ore
gonlana hve not yet purchased their
1926 license plates.
In honor of Lincoln's birthday to-,
morrow, streets of city are decorated
with flags.
TWENTY YEARS AOO TODAY
February 11, Jfllfl.
(It was Friday.)
Lindley M. Garrison, secretary of
war, resigns ln pique - ver bill pro
viding for reorganization of United
States army.
Berlin claims two British warships
sunk by torpedoes.
President Wilson pledges nation "to;
keep out of war."
Russians renew offensive on tha
Galtrlsn front; all quiet on the, west
ern front. s
Cooler weather checks flood danger
upstate.
Mrs. H. E. Conger returns from trip
to San Francisco.
Miss Helen Dahl entertained a num
ber of friends et her home at a pre
Valentlne party.
E
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 11. (AP) Crime
In Snlem, usually considered & quiet
city, has become a real problem dur
ing the past six months, a checkup
of police records since August 1, 1935,
revealed.
During the six "months period Sa
lem police discovered or received no
tice of 73 burglaries, nine robberies,
six cases of larceny Involving losses
of more than $50, 73 automobile
thefts and 73 cases of petty larceny.
Loot ln cash totaled more than
$500 plus 2000 In personal and busi
ness good I.
Five persons were arrested for bur
glaries, clearing only seven of the
cases. One of the robberies was solv
ed by the capture of an ex-convlct
from Los Angeles. Five cases of petty
larceny were cleared.
All but one of the stolen automo
biles were recovered.
FIRE PREVENTION
SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 11. (AP) State
Fire Marshal Hugh H. Earle announc
ed today the launching of a state
wide home fire prevention campaign
through the rural schools.
By counties, rural schools will be
visited by a deputy fire marshal who
will conduct rigid inspection , fire
drills and illustrated lectures cover
ing common fire hazards.
The activity was launched as a re
sult of the successful campslgn con
ducted during fire prevention week in
the cities, which brought about the
removal of 84,000 fire hazards, Earle
stated.
The state-wide campaign will start
In Josephine county and cover thor
oughly in order all counties In the
state.
CHICAGO. Feb. 11 ( AP) Friends
and members of the newspaper
world mourned today the death of
Henry Justin Smith. 80. msnsging
editor of the Chicago Dally News,
author and historian.
Suffering from pneumonia, he
collapsed under an oxygen tent in
the suburban Evanston hospital last
night and died shortly afterward.
8mlth, whose proteges Included
Ben Hecht. Carl Sandburg. Lloyd
Lewis, Vincent Starrett and the late
Keith Preston, became ill last Mon
day with a cold. Apparently im
proved, he went to his office on
Thurxdtw, but suffered s rrlapse.