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MEDFORP MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1936.
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Ye Smudge Pot
Br Arthur Perry.
a, t.inn ftt a Northwest Power
Agency, for the markatlng of elec
trical power generated at Bonnevlll
dam has been recommended. It pre
sages an "Industrial awakening,"
and will alao wake up the politic
ians. By fall every candidate, will be
an electrical wizard, like the late
Thomaa A. Edison, and able to climb
a power pole, with or without rub
ber gloves. Every front yard will be
promised an arc light, that casts
ralnbow-hued shadows. Alt office
seekers will be srmed with screw
drivers, ready to fix the kitchen
range, before he kisses the voters'
baby.
A Missouri court has ruled the
womenfolks have the same right as
men to stand at the bar and drink
liquor If they want to, which msny
do. This decision brought forth sin
cere sarcasm from St. touts bsr
tenders, one mixologist describing
the female bar-fly as "the worst
pest In the liquor business." Pos
sessed of the same gurjsllng right
as man, good manners and plain
courtesy demands that In times of
unruly bolsterousness a lady be thrown
out the same door as her escort, II
any.
' Peorta Bill Oates, the energetic
friend of the valley tomato, has
started out to do the same thing
for the onion, which, like the po
tato, will not grow In these parts,
unless planted. "Onion raising Is a
back-bending task," states Mr. Oates,
"and, I will bend .every effort, to
produce them here."
Religion Is now mixed In national
politics. It Is time to show a little
Christianity, and atart praying for
both.
Editorial compliment showered
upon the weather, as compared to
the upstate and Mid-West variety,
has resulted In the weather shower
Ing right back.
t
The formation of a "Lelt-Republl-can"
wtng la now threatened. Feara
are felt this will result In the Oat
loft Republican psrty.
The Plrst-Lady-of-the-Lsnd In her
dally column yesterday recounted
a conversation she hsd with a New
Tork City taxi-cab driver that left
many of her readers tilled with a
desire to vote for the taxl-csb driver.
.
noi'Nreop.tTHY.
(I.nian (Wjo.) lender)
It was decided that sn opera
tion would be necessary and Dr.
Allen brought Mr. Anthony to
Logan In his rsr. Ths Jar of ths
car gave Mr. Anthony soms re
lief and the possibilities are that
an operation will not be neces
sary. "CONORE88 THWARTS '(ITOP
OAP' LEGISLATION" (SP Chron
trie Hdllnel Nevertheless, It's still
an excellent Idea.
One of the Older Olrla wrltea, "the
fact .three chickens have roamed
Msln Street for a month, speaks
well for the honesty of our people."
It may be necessary for the CofC. to
appoint a committee to transport
the chickens to a rural area, and
appoint a subcommlttee to go out
and atesl them. Besides spesklng
well for general civic honesty, the
roemlnp of the poultry Indicate a
lack of famine.
The esteemed Eugene News. In
tsklng a mild edltorlsl awing at a
brigadier-general, who In a apeech
at Salem protested against the
formation o? a cmmnnistie incu
bator at "Old Oregon." declares the
militarist In sn "earnest search of
the University csmpus foe Com
munists might possibly find one
person who could qualify as such,
and t'0 or, three students who like
to ssy they ere Communists." Even
so. this la four too msny slleged
"Reds" running around the campus
of an Institution operated by tsx
monev. The total does not Justify
the time snd effort of Isdy hell
raisers, coming sll the wsy from
from New York or Los Angeles to
make nine speeches In a single dsy
to the pink quartet. PVir a campus
thst hss no Communist there sre
too msny Communistic tracks snd
tricks.
"BRI.IEVE WRECKED AUTO EN
COUNTERED TROUBLE" iLskevlew
Examiner Hdlinei Within the reelm
of possibility, and It sura looks
like IU
The Townsend Probe
AS an official investigation of the Townsend plan is ordered
Representative Mell of Missouri, declares the worthy
doctor to be "a charlatan and a quack, as a doctor of the ills
which afflict our social structure."
Representative Ccller of New Tork, claiming Dr. Townsend
and his co-founder and secretary, R. E. Clements are making
$2000 a week from the movement, concludes that Dr. Townsend
is "cither a fool or a knave."
Such charges strike us as a bit premature.
A man is assumed to be innocent until his guilt has been
proved, and we believe it would be well not to impugn Dr.
Townsend 's motives or condemn his character, until evidence
lias been presented to support such accusations.
OUR own idea of Dr. Townsend, as before stated in this
column has been that he is honest, well meaning, and
just as much a victim of his own twisted economic theories, as
thousands of his followers are, and have been.
There is nothing new about it. The phenomenon is as old
as human history and runs all the way from the dream of the
ancient alchemist, through that pot of gold at the end of the
rainbow, and Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth to per
petual motion.
It listens well they ALL listen well. But they just don't
stand up under careful analysis, they don't hold water, and
those who fall for them, eventually have only disappointment
for their pains, bitter disillusion for their credulity.
rllS, in fact, is the serious and the sad feature of this
entire Townsend business.
We are not worrying about the leaders, whether they are
making fortunes out of their racket or not; nor about the self-
seeking politicians and the hypocritical demagogues, who are
USING this organization for their own selfish ends when the
Townsend plan is generally accepted as just another mirage on
the desert of wishful thinking, THEY will not suffer, they will
land on their feet, and go on to other ways of gaining their
various and sundry livelihoods.
But not so with the thousands
worthy men and women of advanced years who have accepted
this alluring doctrine in good faith, and have become convinced
that it is only a matter of a few
thein dreams will come true. Only sorrow and tragedy can bo
the result for them, and at a time of life when bitter disappoint
ments are most difficult to withstand.
WE wish there were SOME way of rescuing them now,
showing them not in an atmosphere of hostility and con
tention, but in one of friendly reasoning and consideration, that
this entire proposal is just one of those things that CAN'T be
done. But we fear this is impossible; The proposal has passed
from the mental to the emotional stage, it has long since ceased
to be a matter of logic and come to be a matter of feeling,
intense, devout, those who oppose it are accused of being
either selfish or stupid; ONLY those who favor it, arc credited
with the vision to picture this new Promised Land.
Too bad I But as we see it Nature wall have to take its course,
the slow and painful process of ultimate enlightenment will
have to go ou.
This is the more deplorable for such a psychology only ren
ders it more difficult to secure, what practically all right think
ing people desire, a practical and feasible system of old age
pensions, which will give the elderly and infirm, that security,
freedom from suffering and want which they deserve; and
which is the responsibility of modern civilization to provide.
Were it not for the high and false hopes, aroused by the Town
send plan, there is little doubt Oregon today would have, at
least an adequate system of old age pensions, a great step in
advance would have been made, and in this state the problem
would have been solved.
But the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow was just too
alluring, and that time honored fable of the dog that reached
for the other bone, is repeated again.
So, well "Time marches onl"
Suspicious!
X1TE are too far away, and too unfamiliar with the facts, to
" pans final judgment on that sensational Liggett case in
Minnesota, the first phiiRC of which closed yesterday with the
acquittal of Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfield for the murder
of the militant newspaper publisher, Walter Liggett. But from
this distance it doesn't look good, in fact it looks decidedly
the reverse.
Entirely circumstantial of course, but we have always had
our suspicions of defendants accused of murder, who upon
acquittal, make such a terrific fuss over the jury that has freed
them. Somehow it doesn't conform to the natural reactions of
a person entirely innocent of a capital crime, whose arrest and
trial had been a gross and complete miscarriage of justice I
Wouldn't such a person behave as if ho had only received
his just desserts, and walk out of the court room in a dignified
nnd perhaps even a defiant mannert We think so.
nut this Kid Cann ,ex bootlegger, .fixer and professional
gunman, went to even greater extremes. Before the reading
of the verdict had been completed, he started to weep on tin
shoulder of his lawyer, and his lawyer, did likewise on the
shoulder of his client. At its conclusion he not only rushed for
ward to shake the hands of the jurors, but he kissed all the
woman members, and then was swept out of the court room ou
the shoulders of his celebrating pals.
Yes an innocent man, by a combination of circumstances put
on a hot spot, MIGHT do the same. But somehow, if Kid Cann
were entirely innocent, we can't quite picture this as his normal
reaction.
HPIIE widow of the murdered editor, a pathetic figure in black,
remarked the police had done nothing to aid the state, that
her life had already been threatened, and gave herself about a
month to live, should she try to continue the publication of her
husband 's paper.
Not an impHttm! witness. But Colonel MeCormick of the
Chicago Tribune is. Only a few hours before the verdict, he told
a group of newspaper men in Chicago that not only Walter
Liggett but Howard Ruildford, another Minneapolis publisher,
had been killed with acquiescence of authorities in Minneapolis
and Miunesota,
and thousands of sincere and
months or perhaps a year, when
We don't believe a man of
and reputation would have made such a statement if he had no
evidence to sustain it. .
At any rate this much is CERTAIN; until the slayers of
these two Minneapolis newspaper men, are apprehended, con
victed and punished, to the full extent of the law, the authorities
of that state will be under grave suspicion, and it will be diffi
cult to avoid the conclusion, that there is today something ex
tremely rotten in the state of Minnesota.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M D.
signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene nut to disease
diagnosis or treatment will be ansnered by Ur. Brady If a stamped self-addressed
emelupe Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In ink.
Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can be answered.
No reply can on made to quertra not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr.
Wllllsm Brady. 205 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, cat
UNDERWATER TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ARTHRITIS
For nearly 14 yean Dr. Charles W.
Lowrnan has been treating Infantile
paralysis with conspicuous success by
underwater gymnastics. The more
or less paralyzed
patient Is carried
or helped Into
the water of a
large pool, and
the buoyancy of
the water, which
opposes gravity,
seems to free the
muscles and per
m 1 1 movements
which are beyond
the patient's pow
er when not Im
mersed. When
desired the water
in the pool may be hot enough to
give the additional relaxing effect of
hyperemia and to decrease muscle
spasm. Both lmmerslan and hyyper
emla combine to diminish pain on
manipulation or passive movement In
the water. Massage and passive move
ments or manipulation by a trained
attendant under careful medical di
rection, are a valuable part of under
water therapy.
More recently, following the lead of
Dr. Lowrnan, physicians have been
adopting underwater treatment for
other conditions than the disabilities
remaining after poliomyelitis. ,
Underwater treatment of chronic
arthritis proves particularly favorable.
The water, I regret I must stop here
to explain, la quite warm the tem
perature of the pool Is 98 or 00 de
grees, rhata precisely .the Internal
temperature of the healthy body. Now
a good many of you ninnies will think
of course, the water has to be very
warm so the patient won't take more
rheumatism. Well, 't
you still think like that It is sheer
waste of time for you to read things
like this . You should go right back
to the funny pictures and read 'em
again they're suited to your men
tality. The heat maintains continuous my
peremla during the treatment, aiding
the buoyancy of the water In pro
ducing general relaxation, decreasing
muscle spasm, and Increasing the de
gree of motion of an affected Joint
without pain. It also brings more
blood to the Joint, stimulates nutri
tion of tissues, promotes removal of
waste material (through lymph and
circulation). The heat enables the
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, FVsb. 30. Slme Sil
verman's son, 9yd, has become a
sort of Man Nobody Knows In a
world where life's
major motif is
personal three
sheeting. And In
'this shrinking
obscurity has
made his views
felt In the the
ater, on the
cin and on
the radio. He's
proved a sur
prise package.
His father gave
him Variety, the
paper he found
ed, several years before his passing.
On sudden Impulse, ten minutes be
fore going to press he went to the
composing room and flew the boy's
name at the masthead. It was In
this way the next day the on
learned of his proprietorship.
Most peoplo thrMiRht it a mere
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muscles to do more work without be
coming fatigued. It facilitates break
ing down of Inflammatory exudates
and adhesions which stiffen the
Joints. Heat thus applied while the
Joint Is Immersed and while massage,
passive manipulation and exercise are
being used, la probably more bene
ficial than Is superficial heat by bak
ing apparatus or by light-cabinets fol
lowed by the massage or manipula
tion. Pulse and respiration are slightly
Increased and blood pressure slightly
lowered for three or four hours after
each Immersion. The patient feels
pleasantly relaxed and usually enjoys
a nap.
Imagine what pleasure and confi
dence and new will to get well it
would give a patient unable to take
a step on his own, to find that in
the pool he can walk about quite
freely. Day after day he Is eager to
try new movements, and looks for
ward to the pool treatment with an
optimism whtcn is indeed a great fac
tor In recovery.
QUESTION'S AND ANSWERS
What. In a Health Column?
Would you please tell me If colitis
causes a very weak feeling, severe
nervousness and a confused, thick
feeling In the head? . . . (Mrs. H. J.)
Answer Now. now, madam, this is
a health column. For. your health's
sake I can only assure you that It Is
best to leave the Interpretation of
your symptoms to your physician.
Angleworm Oil.
Kindly allow me to differ with you
about angleworm ri., which you re
gard as a bad Joke. It Is an old rem
edy marketed by My
wife's mother was agent for It for
years and nearly all the older resi
dents kept a bottle on hand . . .
(N. E. r.)
Answer They got away with It in
the old days, perhaps, but It would
not be so easy today.
Wet to Dry.
How can I break my six-year-old
son of bed-wetting? . . . Mrs. A. W.)
Answer Send stamped envelope
bearing your address, and ask for In
structions. Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communlcoate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D.. 265 El
Camlno, Beverlv Hills, Calif.
sentimental gesture they were great
pals. But Slme evidently had a pre
monition. The two were precise op
posite. Slme rough and tumble with
a flair for bombast. A hall fellow, a
check snatcher and one of the best
beloved roisterers on Broadway.
The son, frail, shy. college bred
seemed an Incongruous successor.
But Variety went right ahead, cir
culation Increased and depression
pay cuts were recently wiped out.
Sime's faith was not misplaced.
Young Silverman Is happily married
to the former Marie Saxon, dancer.
So many who came newspaperlng
rore and greatness, snooting and
double dealing found Slme Silver
man an anchor of strength and In
spiration. He had been through the
milt and knew how to take It and
come back for more. I remember
writing him one day about a worry
that seemed portentlous. He wrote
across the bottom: "Tuck this away
Holds False Teeth
Tight All Day Long
Fasteeth, a new Improved powder,
keeps plates from dropping or slip
ping. No gummy, pasty feeling.
Sweetens breath. Gives real teeth
comfort alt day. Praised by people
and dentists everywhere. Avoid wor
ry. Get Pastecth at your druggist.
Three aires.
m
and look at It six months from now
and have a belly laugh." I did and
aid.
That was, of course, a variant of
the small town philosopherevery
village claims him wno stopped hts
whittling one dawn to yawn: "I've
had lots of troubles in my time, but
most of them never happened." Still
a honey to remember when every
thing goes black.
Some analyst could write a maga
zine piece on the odd ways hungers
for certain foods are destroyed.
Laurence Htalllngs was once a lover
of link sausage. On a battlefield one
day he came upon a body. Clutched
In a hand was a sausage the victim
had been eating when killed. Stal
llngs could never eat such meat
again. Carot.the painter, loved wild
game as food. One day a wounded
wilt duck fell on his farm, became
domesticated and a great pet. Corot
was never able to eat fowl of any
kind.
On the grand boulevards near
the Place Bastille I used to pass a
splc boulangerle which displayed the
most tempting cream puffs I ever
beheld. They have been a favorite
delicacy -since the boyhood days of
Mrs. Jenny's Ice cream parlor. Some
how or other I was always in
taxi or walking In a hurry when
passing the place and never stop
ped.. One Sunday morning I made
a special trip to procure a batch
for dinner. There was the same
fresh display. Opening the door tin
kled a far-away bell. The propriet
ress appeared smiling. I bought a
dozen but with no gusto, and on
the way home dropped them in a
refuse bin. Never after have I been
able to eat cream puffs. The pro
prietress was heavily must ached!
Tableau: Legend has It that the
most luxurious of night clubs. The
House of Morgan, was erected by
the devoted admirer of the starry
eyed Helen Morgan. And every night
when she hops on the piano to sing
he sits Immobile in a darkened cor
ner, listening to her laments, and
when lights come on his eyes are
always moist.
Thingumabobs: Sophie Tucker won
the popularity vote conducted by a
London newspaper for the best liked
player America ever sent over . . .
Paris, Mo., la to name a street for
Its local luminary, Martha Dean
. Phil Baker, who used to be
billed as "a bad boy from a good
family," won't set foot out of his
home now without his wife . .
Lawrence Tlbbett would rather sing
Glory Road" than any other song
. ... Prank, of the Paris Rltz bar.
Is plotting a Park Avenue bistro.
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Intyre has an undoubted flair for
the alliterative, but he's never been
able to think up one to go with
that first name."
Don't be rldlcl Otiose Odd.
Copyright, , 1936. McNaught
Syndicate)
Flight 'o Time
Med ford and Jackson County
history from the flies of the
Mall Tribune 10 and 211 years
ago.
TEN V1EARS AGO TODAY
February 20, 1926
(It was Saturday)
Rum ship, flying British flag, and
lying off New York, Is accidentally
hit 69 times, by U. S. coast guard
boat in target practice.
Inltlatable bill to repeal the Oregon
auto title law and results, If ob
tained, is held not to be worth the
trouble.
Ashland high defeated by Medford.
22 to 18, In first game of annual
series, using the "stall" in the final
three minutes. Llthian rooters pro
test its use vehemently. Al Melvin.
a reserve, flashed for the locals, scor
ing 12 points. It was his first full
game. Archie Lalng. played center.
Snowfall at Crater Lake below nor
mal, with a depth of nine feet at
the rim.
John C. Mann and Clarence Meek
er return from state meet of mer
chants at Eugene.
T WEN TV YEARS AGO TODAY
. February 20, 1916
(It was Sunday)
Evangelist holding revival meeting
at the Nat to preach five times to
day. - -
Slavs advance along the entire
Eastern front, and Germans capture
French outposts In the Artols.
Women or the city start planting
roses.
"Who Killed The Widow" at the
Page: Ethel Clayton and House Pet
ers In the "Great Divide" at the
Star.
This fine weather has dried up
nnr rnnris nnH nui- nalohhnr tvVin
own autos were all out Sunday en
Joying the spring sunshine. (Ant-
iuuh items; .
Medford high school basketball
team beaten by O. A. C. coast champ
Ions, 22 to 16. Gene Narregan play
ed center for the locals, and "tuck
ered out" In the last half.
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10 ENCAMP
Headquarters battery of the third
field artillery brigade. Port Lewis,
Wash., will encamp In Medford, May
0, during a practice march that, will
include most of southern Oregon.
MaJ. George R. Owens, commander
of the Medford COC district, arranged
today to accommodate the unit at
the fain?rounda where OCC headquar
ters detachment Is stationed. Tha
unit will also occupy a COC site dur
ing its stay at Crater lake. The Jack
son County Chamber of Commerce
cooperated with MaJ. Owens In mak-
Headquarters battery has a maxi
mum enrollment, ui two onn.cr nuu
60 men. It will start Its practice
march from Port Lewis, May 5. trav
eling In ten transport motor trucks.
It is a specialized communications
unit and the purpose of the march
Is to test its mobility. It will oe
here a day and a night.
Advance plans for the march are
being made by Herbal E. Robinette,
staff sergeant, who was here today
to confer with MaJ. Owens and A. H.
Ban well, manager of the chamber of
commerce.
Feel sorry for Martha
because she couldn't shop at
ETHEL WYN B. HOFFMANN'S
where Dresses, Coats and Hats are
selling for 91.00 to $10.
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