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PAGE EIOHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1936. MedfordWTribune "JEverrone to Sntithvro Oregoa Heads lb Mail Trlbun" Daily Except Saturday. Publlihd by MBDFORD I'RINTINO CO. :t37-: N. Kir St- Phone . ROPERT W. RUHU BMltor. ERNEST R. OILSTRAP, Man a or. An Indapandant Nawapapar. Bntarad aa aacond-claaa mat tar a,t Mad- ford, Oragon, undar Act or Hirer) a, in. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Hw Villain Ailvanci! Daily, on year I 00 Dally, tlx montha 3.71 Dally, ona month ao By carrier, m Aavanra anmaiorv, n land, Jackaonvllla, Central Point, - Phoenix, Talent, Gold Htlt and tn hlvhwivl. Dally, one year l-00 Dally, aix montha I-1 Dally, ona month All tar ma, caah fn advance. Off I rial Paper of the City of Medford. Official rajier of Jackaoo Connty. Ur.MIIKK OF THE ANSOCIATKU I'HF.Sfl Receiving- Full Leaked Wire rwvic. The Aaaoclated Praia la eiclualvely en titled to the uae for publication of all nawa dlanatchaa credit ad to It or other vrlee oradltad In thti paper, and alao to the local nawa pubMahan narein. All rlirhte for publication of apeclal dlapatchea herein are alao raaarved. 1IKMBBR OF UNITED PRESS MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advertlrtna: Repraeentatlvaa M. C. MOOENSKN COMPANY Off lea a In New York, Chlcafo Detroit, Ban Franc lac o. Loa Anielaa, Seat'le, Pnrttntvl. MB.MBER Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. The secretary of state figured out last week that every living toul In the state expended 99.1ft for gasoline last year, which Is more than they pungled up per capita for beans. Roy Prultt rolled 300 points bowl ing on hit birthday. He Is not the type that because they rolled 300 points on their birthday, wants to do nothing else the rest of their life but bowl. Bowling is a fine sport, and excellent for getting out of mow lng the lawn. The balmy weather of the past week has caused a number of plants to do their best to look green; and the Older Girls to get window screens out of woodsheds, that won't fit in the windows they came out of last fall. at Quite a number of citizens have started confoaslng bankruptcy pub licly. Thla Is a good sign they are going to buy a red automobile, and go to the poor farm In style. The city has bought a new street arwoeper. It will be nice to know that even If the street Is rough, you are bouncing on a well swept thorough fare. ' a a The birthday of O. Washington was Observed Bat. by the banks clos ing up. The next event la the 17th of Owney Put ton, followed by AH Fooled Day. a a The political campaign Is coming along fine, and looks like It would lack Interest and vituperation. a The co. agt Is getting ready to poison squirrels, which are quite numerous and bothering the farmers, t Several cltleens have recently crossed the California,- state line, without being sassed by a Los An gcie policeman. " a -a Democratic war-horses met Thurs. and discussed plans, and cussed Al Smith and the governor of Georgia. Peoria BUI Oatee Is working for more lettuce growing and onion planting by the other fellow In thee parts. a a Elmer Chllders, the carpenter, who had his overcoat stolen, has acquired another one by fair means a a a J no. Anderson of C. P. la still In our midst. He was supposed to go to Salem, Jsny. 1, but Is evading It like he had plenty of money and a good lawyer, a Atty J. Fllegel and J. Wilkinson, proud Paws, reported brlRht aaylnga of their boy last week, which caused them to guffaw unrestrainedly. The Fllegel boy, threatened with a spank ing, escaped on a technicality of his own making. Donny Wilkinson, dur ing an argument Invited his Paw to "skip It." a a Mushroom picking la In vogue among the epicureans, and so far they have all been mushrooms. P, Bybee, the J'vllle serf has some new sheep, for which he hopes the coming March winds will be tem pered. a a Dock (.5 Pu.) Durao Saturdared in Eugene, and held a reunion with his O) dOregon quint of 1010 Jim Bat?, the rhlnwharker, find brother Rill disputed history Bat. They claim Dewey captured Manila on July 8, 1898. History states it was May 1, but the Messrs. Bates are ada mant, firm, and as fixed as the North Star, if not more so. a Ashland trsmpled on the basketball honor of this city Ptl '.light, after s hectic atrunHle, two-thirds of the way. Hevfrai good teams throughout the nation also bit ins dust over the weekend. a v A man was hero the 1st of the wk Inipf-rtlng gas p-.in.ps to see that au touts nre not under squirted. a Pannrrs flocked to town Sat. and complained it was too wet to plow If they wanted to. a a Democrats are now talking econ omy, an.l fears are felt tn many quar ters th'.a will be the cruel fate. KICKEHNiCK' Onlt'iKtrmi-ii that rit tl CUitlwyn B. Hun mum Editorial Correspondence EN ROUTE 8. P. TO L. A., Feb. 21. Awoke early at Wood land, where Douglas Ferry, gold dredge magnate from Foots creek got off to inspect some raiiiing, with dark clouds, like almost touching the tops of the of the Sacramento valley like coming up through the water, water water everywhere; sheep htidled together on a dry spot in a field look forlorn and in need of water-wings. A. sudden dash of light and color, as the tmio rushes over glistening rails through the gloom, believe it or not! an almond orchard in full bloom 1 Spring has come early down here. Social note: Mrs. Ferry is continuing to San Francisco, where she will meet' her son, John, researching at Stanford, also the famous debating twins, who as expected, are knocking out straight A's every semester. Later, all to be joined by Jlr. F., for a family gathering. Off at Martinez. 8:15 a. m. five minutes ahead of schedule. Thanks .to Rosey, fine service all the way down and practically entire train crew seeing that ye editor gets off safely with ALL his impedimenta intact. Still mining! Martinez porter says it has oeen raining steadily for three weeks. Looks color, bank high a rain-washed stream under the bridge. Across it one can make out the Vallejo armory on the other side. This was where the many Mizners once livyd. When Addison fllizner divulged his birth place to a San Francisco friend in later years, the latter in quired: " WHERE was your mother GOING?" From the dirty water-soaked station platform one can understand the scepti cism readily not a part of California one would choose to linger in. Inquiring about a place for with water dripping off his nose, says "Steve's" is the best liUce in town three blocks up the main stem. "Steve's" proved to be a Greek restaurant, with heer bottles in ths window. However, with the San Jouquin Fiver due in less than an hour, choosey. Something incongruous about breakfast in a "lobster palace" deserted but for one sad faced waiter talking to the fat-faced chef, about some of the incidents of the night before. "Orance juice and eggs" brought forth a schooner of the former with a hunk of ice floating in it, the eggs in another glas-i goblet, accompanied by a potatoes: also a discarded shaving-mug brimming with "javy." Not much to look at, but everything very good and the place neat and clean. Later the porter came in to get HIS breakfast. Trust he gets a commission. Emerging after breakfast, the rain had stopped a warm, brilliant sun coming through broken, fluffy clouds. What a difference just a little sunshine makes I Everything bright, and sparkling and the country and hills round about a clean, fresh, vivid green. No doubt on such a spring day, Papa Mizner de cided to settle down. . . Just before leaving Medford shocked to learn of,VoIn?y Dixon's sudden death. Had known Volney for over 20 years, always cheery and bright, ever a friendly greeting, a kindly word He will be sorely missed by his many friends. Incidently the Grim Reaper appears to be devoting entirely too much at tention to Medford and Southern Oregon I Only a few weeks ago Jack Thompson, ALSO in his early 50's what should be the prime of life with an expectantcy of many useful years, suddenly taken in much the same way. Aye verily, the only certainty about the future is its uncertainty! , ..... The conductor of this "FLYER" has NINE gold' stars on hi sleeve, dopsn't look so old, but walks exactly like CJiic Sale in his grand army role. As the going isn't so smooth, he has some difficulty in keeping his feet, but up to date hasn't fallene down. Strange how differently age affects different peo) le. The porter thinks "dad" is about "70 yeahs old," hut he has a thick mat of black hair tousled over his head; busby, sandy mup.'ache without a touch of gray those 70 years have all gone iito his back and legsl ' ..... A nice train parlor car, diner, etc., etc., but that "Flyer" is rather nrch.iic. Won't reach L. A. until 10:25 tonight around 14 hours from San Francisco! Not so slow, but neither is it "FLYING!" Such a trek to some would bo tiring and tedious, but. not to this R. R, hound train trips are always restful, relaxing, and if through country where we haven't been for some time, interesting. A relief to have all the re sponsibility for getting to one destination ELSEWHERE. ...... Just leaving Merced sun still shining but the country like a water-sonked sponge. Looking from the carVindow as the train rushes on mud and ,ooze and impromptu streamlets ill along the right of way one marvels there is nary a skid and even the old G. A. R. vet hobbling up tho aisle has no heed to fear one! R. W. R. Communications The Townsend rrobe To the Editor: Regards the Townesnd probe. You say Representative Celler atatea R. C. Clementa and Dr. Townsend make ajooo a week: that's (1000 apiece, lava the lawa of thla country got ao rotten that It la agslnat the law for a learned man Ilk. Dr. Towaend to make eioort a week? In leaa than two yeara we will all have to make at leaat that much or we won't b. able to pay our tales I don't hear anyone aay. lng that all congressmen and repre aentatlves that make eiooo a week have loat their mind and belong In the crar.y houae. Representatlr, Celler and the Town a.nd probing commit!, remind ma of a bunch of English bulldoga asking for help to whip a fo terrier: they are not paying one cent toward Town send's wages, and If the Townaend fol lowed want to pay him a million dol lar, a week, what business la It of Representative Celler? He la getting hla ain't he? Or la he going to tell ua ha never made a thousand In a week. If the old folka don't get heir two hundred a month, they can lay down down and die In peai-e now; thev have done all they could to straighten out croked politics, and aa tar as their fecllnga are concerned most ot the old folka never had a break. k what la one more disappointment to them? I'm not a member of the Townaend club, but I'd walk a hun dred mllea to vote the ticket becauar It la the beat thing that can happen to thla country. Vou aay If It was not for the false honea of the Townaeiiri plan the peo ple of Oregon would have aolved the old folks' penalon plan. You aurely are not referring to our gocrnor's salee tai. In the Medford Mali Tribune about December 19 1838. ha figured Uiat U Uia peonla dredging properties nearby, hull (smudge smoke, hanging low eucalypti, trees. All this part ONE rice field green shoots it Sacramento river chocolate freighter moving slowly up breakfast the station porter. ice blocks, sea food and frosted no time to scout about and be largo order of toast and fried voted for the tax It would take In $3,000,000. The day before election he figured again and figured that If tha people voWd tor It. It would take In 7,000,000: then here about a week ago, I aea In the Tribune where they have put It on the coming election ballot, and IT It passes. It will take care of the old folka, the blind folks, and there will be money left to take care of tha people on relief. That aurely makea the Townsend plan a. penny-anta proposition, don t It? Doc Townsend makea the people fight thla tax-lnfetd country for 60 yeara before he win give anyone a meal, but our governor, according to your paper, takea them out of the maternity hospital and takea care ot them until they go to heaven, and I don't hear any editor making an commenta about hla leaving hla mind in the barracks when ha left the army, do you? It seems aa though both you and Mr Celler show the same partiality, but don't say why you do It. C. K JAOOEIt. Rout, I. Boa 147. Medford. Ore. February 33. 1P39. Derldetlly lnn(1fartorT To the Editor; Concerning your article entitled "Attendance Increase shown by schools in Trail neighborhood." And published February 19, I will Hint evidently your Informant rtkl not point out to you that the in crease in attendance of the Stiadv Cove school is partially due to the faft that the said (.Ixtrlct furnlMiti transportation and tuition to to other school districts, Dibcnger Oa, No. 50 and Hatchery No. B4. aero-d lng to the' financial statement oi June 17. 1035. Shady Cove School District's net Indebtedness ft-aa ia?, 01S.AH and the bonded Indctttcfhvt 3.000 and the asseiuied valuation 1114,070 80. So that providing the school dis trict Issued bonds i tt full lex rapacity there womd Mill remMi. indebtedness of i.30tf e.) over a.ut Personal Health Service By William Signed letter, pertaining to Dentinal health and hygiene not to disease diagnosis or treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady If a atamped self-ad-dreued envelop, I, enclosed. Letter, ahould. be brief and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of letter, received only a few can be answered No reply can M made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady. 268 P.I Camlno. Beverly Hills, CaL THIS DECADE IN Tn an article entitled "The Rupture Cure Game" I said. In an article ten years ago: Mo adolescent or adult should consent to worry through life with a hernia If there Is no ' absolute bar to operation. Just how late In life the radical operation should be resorted to Is a question hard to answer, tho generally the op eration Is advis able at any age up to fifty. 1 The operation Is not a sure cure. Much depends on the healing pro cess. If this is normal, with no In fection or other complication, the cure la assured. Ordinarily a pa tient Is kept at rest about three weeks for the hernia operation. .... Any truss, supporter, salve, plaster or treatment other than surgery which purports to cure rupture Is a plain fraud. That was my candid view of the matter when the article was publish ed, Sunday, August 8, 1030. The rad ical operation was conservative treat ment then. Today I believe the her nia patient of any age, even well peat fifty, la best- treated by Injection, PROVIDED a reputable, skilled phy sician gives the treatments. The reactionary Interest In medi cine oppose and condemn every de parture from traditional practices and methods. This Is fortunate for the laity, for the weight of such criti cism is generally sufficient to crush and dispose of any new treatment idea of It is not really effective. Re call the miracle fads of yesterday turtle serum, Metobnlkoff's Bulgar ian culture, Voronoff's rejuvenation. ; Abram's electronic hocus-pocus, aci dosis All as passe aa petti coats now. If the new Idea Is sound It will withstand all criticism. This la the history of Medicine. The diathermy method of extirpa ting tonsils has taken Its place In the practice of every well equipped phy- I elclan or throat specialist, though it was somewhat hastily and lntemper ntely branded useless and dangerous by the old timers. Likewise ambulant treatment of everyday rectal troubles such as piles has become the method of choice and the radical surgical procedures have been relegated to a secondary place In the past few days. The venom in the criticism the old guard uttered about these modern methods was irritating to the men who took the lend In establishing the fibove Its bonded Indebtedness. Probably the boart1. of directors who contribute a veiy small amount towards the financial support of thn school, your informant and a few others who pay little or no tax con sldcr this condition "very satisfac tory." However, I believe those on whom the school depends largely for its sustenance consider the condition decidedly unsatisfactory K. PEILE, Trail, Ore. February 31, 1038. . The IlHiiptniann Disgrace To the Editor: I have Just read your splendid edi torial, "The Hauptmann Disgrace," In the February 17th Issue of your pa per .which should receive the com mendation ot every good cttlzeu. If other papers would reprint your editorial with equally forceful editor ial comment, a vigorous public senti ment might be created against this meddling with orderly court pro cedure, from which we might ulsc hope that our country may cease to be the fool's paradise and the haunt of the criminal element of the whole world. It would then become unpop ular for these so-called socialites and thrill searchers with money extracted from nitwit scions of wealth to pur chare maudlin propaganda pamperi-ig hardened criminals or for sob -sisters and sentimentalists to endeavor to Influence parole boards. It might alao deter shilly-shally public official from seeking the headlines. If blundering governors and sim pering and sometimes venal parole boards are allowed to carry on as they have, the courts may as well ad journ sine die. A. N. SOM8S. Compton. Calif., Feb. 30. 1D38. (Continued from rage One.) existing subsidies. It Is doubtful whether ths powers here will care to arouse shipping antagonism greatly In a campaign year. The Palm Beach social register has been reKtaterlng the fact lately that the Al Smiths of Oliver street have been royally entertained this season in that center of American society. The fact has also been registered on the political register here. t umbrr Cargoes ialn SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 33 AP The Pacific lumber Inspection bu reau of Seattle said today shipments of lumber to world markets from the IVmctas fir renton of Washington. Oregon and British Columbia totaled It4.139.000 board ft in January, an increase of 3 070,000 over shipments in lt-ember. Phone "4.1 Well haul away you! refuse. City Sanitary Service. BmWd Brady, M. D. RFBNIA TREATMENT I new methods, but It did not quite oucourage tnem, ana mac, too, is fortunate for the laity. The Injection treatment of hernia, called ambulant treatment because the patient remains at hla usual oc cupation while under treatment, loses no time from work, has no hos pital charges' to pay, no hazard of anesthesia and a major operation, no confinement to bed for several weeks. consists of a series of Injections of medicine Into the tissues about the opening thru which the bulging or protrusion occurs at Intervals of several days, for from 6 to 30 times, more or less, according to the condi tions of the Individual case, I re peat that this treatment Is perfectly safe, In the handa of a reputable physician who Is skilled In the tech nic, and It is no more troublesome than an equal number of treatments by a good dentist In the attempt to save a tooth. It offers practically as good a chance of permanent cure aa does radical surgery. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Drinking Water What do you think of distilled water as a regular drinking water? , a . (E. T. W.) Answer I should take It only If natural drinking water were not ob tainable. Generally tap water Is the best drinking water, in communities where the municipal water supply Is pure. Tonsils Will removal of tonsils raise a per son's resistance to cold Infections? Would the benefit to be derived from the operation compensate for the dis comfort and danger? ... (S. R.) Answer Removal of tonsils cer tainly does not Increase immunity. If the tonsils are Infected It may be wise to extirpate them, to guard against systemic Injuries by focal In fection. Minimum of discomfort and danger involved In diathermy extir pation and this modern method gives every advantage that surgical tonsi lectomy can give. Heartburn I have persistent heartburn, espe cially after breakfast. I have It also three or four hours after other meals. (P. S.) Answer Send ten cents coin and stamped envelope bearing your ad dress for booklet "Guide to Right Eating". For temporary relief ten grains of prepared chalk (calcium carbonate) may be taken whenever the heartburn occurs. - Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communlcoate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Hradr. M. D., 265 EI Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. Ye Poet's Comei 2'he Touch of a Hand. Have you ever felt the touch of hand ' ' On an ugly 'heart of clayf A twist and a turn and a Beautiful love Is brought to the Sight of day. It might have been used for a Thousand things, And It might have been thrown away, And but for the touch of that one hand, It might have remained still clay. There are lonely lives In this world of ours. Lonely night and day. You pass them by with a tear And a sigh, And never a word do you say, But there's beauty there Un fashioned and hid. Be it ever ao little or much, And the chords that have Long been dormant and still Will respond to the loved one's touch. ELIZABETH WILKIE. A white frost drawn With Icy breath It offers us a world transformed And still as death. Wralthlike clouds Pass slowly from our view. And we may glimpse beyond The pure cerulean blue. Clou da ever-changing Aa doubt and feara drift past. Calm skies remind us Truth will last. In silver gleams Each stately tree Held in tranquil Reverie. And quite unreal The garden seat. The spangled roof And quiet street. And spider's web In patience spun. Fair as a snowflake; Brief as one. How strange an hour can make Familiarity. And how Illumine and define Life's destlnv. HAZEL A. SLONKKER. Medford. January, Deny Drunk Solon's Plea For New Trial WASHINGTON, Feb. 33 ( API Conviction of Representative Marlon A. Zioncheck (D.. Wash.) on charges of being drunk and disorderely in an apartment house lobby early In the morning of New Year's day, was up held today In police court, Zioncheck had asked for a new trial. Police Judge Walter Casey denied Ztoncheck's motion and thn form erly sentenced the congressman to pay tines of 110 on the drunkenness charge a-d IS on the disorderly con duct chargf. NEW YORK DAY BY DAY. By O. O. Mclntyre NEW YORK. Feb. 23. Purely per sonal piffle: Most people think writ ing a column la aa ea; aa broad c a a 1 1 n g a Joe Louis fight. Noth ing ltfta my aplr lr Ilka a heavy fog. Or gives an all gone feeling like constant sunshine. Just a Kasper Hauser. Grand story 'll er: Arthur Mc Keogh. Made up de scription of a harbor twilight: "Like billows of gray gauze flung haphazardly against the sky.' No man In mnri. em literature Interests ma aa a r. sonallty so much aa Booth Tarklng- ion. ttunner up: Tneodora Dreiser Rudy Vallee Is a aucker for Dober-man-Plnschers. Champs Elysees, 1936: The Clar Idge shuttered. 10 shoo, u'lth t..n. rupt aale signs and two "Unlprtx" mo irencn woolworth atorea. I've heard more vicious gossip in an hour In New York than In sir week In Hollywood. Plrat person I ever wrote a inn leccer: oeorge Arllss for his aupport of Mra. Plske In "Tho New York Idea." And ha replied: "Your epistolary bouquet has tho fragrance of touch ing sincerity." Mv father a hat save when going out of town. i uae toe wiuiam saroyan Memorial Foundation Idea: "For the Scientific Discouragement of People Who Want w dc writers. No American dtv haa the xlannit.v bang of Chicago or the calm of vu&rieston, a. c. jittery jabber: Verne Porter rushing Into a tire re pair ahon for a anare left the, -r. my spya terrier read?" Harrv Rv.n lain give more oounce to a party than any one or nn day. Nothing look8 ao rich as a Inrcpr i1m.w nr monogrammed handkerchiefs. I read .i uuoks last year. But I'm what grandma calla a "skimmer." Ia Gen eral Hugh Johnson doing a fade-out, or do I Just Imagine It? The most iragic parent: The mother of Dickie Loeb. At an Elsa Maxwell dinner where theV DlaVed fOUr-Word d.Wrntlrm. nf celebrities 13 out of 14 correctly guessed red hatr, green eyes" aa Katharine Heoburn. Tn oni- .ittinn room hung the Scotch couplet: "May the mouse ne'r lea'e mm nuntrw vat a teadrop In Its ee." From a letter I wrow my mother-in-law aftr two yeara in New York: "We want tn .r.v on but the most I have made since the magazine blew up was $7 a week. More olten nothing." Writer' who wrote too little: James Huneker. Tip to Edmund Pearson: Why not a re vamp of the" famous Pearl Bryan headless murder in Ft. Thnmn r ? 'Two cops I knew fairly well have been pistoled by holdup bandits wiinm a year. Needlessly. Heart lessly. One Of mv dark hnrju. rhrtlo. fn. president: Henrv FoM. Ri-.n inin said: "So long as Henry Ford lives wuuiiumsm can get no foothold In America." Add enaafflnv irrlnn.i.. Will B. Johnstone, the cartoonist. Twice I have rushed from parapets to skyscraper roofs for fear of vault ing wvki. tvuice: iry xo mnae it next tlmel) Even F. D. R. and Major Bowes over the radio use the solecism "each and everv." And whv rxnfy Vain hope: A dinner without a dis cussion oi "a new world and a new consciousness." Most determined of the feminine chins: Doris Duke's. Crack Investigating reporter: Sanford 8tanton. The tune "Chinatown" always tingles a vague happy memory of something I cannot recall distinctly. One of the flowery writers who usu ally has something Interesting to say: Percy Hammond. Nearest I ever felt to the unknowable: Walking on the dead leaves of centuries In the sun down hush of a Fontainbleau eve ning. And with not a word spoken a hard-boiled Texaa with me flicked his eyes with a handkerchief now and then. Two books that ahould be read ever ten years: Robinson Crusoe and Huckleberry Finn. Km Hubbard waa the onlv news paperman I ever heard of who went to an office to work at 8 a. m. although he could work when and where he nleased. Never aato Mnriivn Miller at a party that ahe did not " too evening dancing. When I came to town evervbodv h.ilMt Charlie Towne as the reigning young oaon.ior. And the" place to go on the loose was Lalov'a fis cent tahl d'hote. With a quart of vin ordi naire gratis, noooay can give "foist" the East Side twang like Al Smtlh. Or "wur-r-rld" the Scottish roll of ex-Premier MacDonald. Delightful morning park scene: Grover Whalen bowling to work, spatted and gar drnlaed. The only successful writer I ever knew to announce he would quit writing and stick to It: Carl Van Vechten: Why not low number li cense plates only to careful drivers? The greater the care the lower the numoer! jt would politicians squawk too loudly? PACIFIC CLIPPER HOPS FOR HAWAII ALAMEDA. Cal . Feb 22 (API The China Clipper left here todsy for Honolulu, the first stop on the trans Pacific flleht to Manila. Inclement weather, which haa held the giant plane at Its base here for weeks, suddenly cleared after weeks of storm. Pan-American Airway offi cials declared the forecast was the best In a month. Besides Cspt. E. C. Muslck and hi, crewerf six, an official of an aircraft companv and a Pan-American official are making tht trip. 01,111 lWHaW.ia.M,,4?, S; Comment on the Day s News By FRANK JENKINS. THE supreme court upholds the right of the government to dis pose of surplus power from the great Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals. In the Tennessee river. Presumably, therefore, It' will uphold the govern ment's right to dispose of surplus power from Bonneville, Grand Cou lee and Boulder dam. ' Bonneville and Grand Couleo are strictly New Deal projects. The su preme court, you see. Isn't alwaya against the New Deal. THE court'a reaspnlng in the TV A case (the Wilson -dam-Muscle Shoals project la known officially aa the Tennessee Valley Authority TV A, according to the alphabetical system) Is clear and eaally followed. The Wilson dam, the court holda. was built aa an act of national de fense and for the Improvement of navigation In the Tennessee river. National defense was to be aided by the manufacture of explosives wltn the power to be generated from the dam, and navigation waa to be aided by control of floods In the Ten nessee river, a navigable stream. Congress haa power, under the constitution, to provide for the na tional defense and for improvement of navigation. HAVINO built the WIlBon dam in order to provide electric current for the manufacture of explosives and in order to Improve navigation In the Tennessee river (both of which things it had constitutional power to do) the government found itself with a ' SURPLUS of powsr on its hBnds. Power is PROPERTY, just like wheat, or cotton, or .woolen cloth, or steel. The government has un questioned power to dispose of sur plus property, and doea ao when ever It gets a surplus on hand. Since power Is property, and since the government has on Its handa at Muscle Shoals a SURPLUS of power It has a right to go ahead and diS' pose of the surplus In whatever manner seems most advisable ana appropriate and In the public In terest. So runs the reasoning of the court. . . i f F you are a holder of private utll- 1 lty power stocks, you will object to the government's going into com petition with you and so depreciat ing the value of your property. That la human nature. But, In that event, your redress lies In electing a congress that won t put the government Into competi tion with you, and NOT in an ap peal to the courts. It sounds like plain ' common sense. " t AT NNER CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 33 (UP) President Roosevelt waa both cheer ed and booed tonight aa he entered Harvard university's Fly club to be honor guest at that exclusive organi zation's 100th annual dinner. The boos appeared to come from undergraduates grouped in a corner ss the chief executive passed slowly through the door on the arm of his son. Franklin, Jr. The cheers came from others in a crowd of several thousand that pack ed the vicinity to witness Mr. Roose velt's latest visit to his alma mater. Mr. Roosevelt, wearing no overcoat despite the raw cold, turned momen tarily to acknowledge the cheers. During the confusion marking the president's entrsnce to the Fly club, two photograph era' flash bulbs boom ed as they were shattered on the side walk several yards from him Tonight's Incidents recalled Mr. Roosevelt's visits of last year, when undergraduates exploded firecrackers. and of 1033 when he also was booed by some of the undergraduates. -4 Use Mall Tribune want sda nfln...fl Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County history from the flies of the Mall Tribune 10 tnd 80 years ago. TEN Y1EARS AGO TODAY f February 33, 1926 (It Was Tuesday) Campaign launched In east to "end prohibition farce and fizzle." Jackson county moonshiner In state prison, stabs fellow-convict and put in "bull pen." Democratic senate group attaoks President Coolldge's "economy pol icy". Republican senators reply, "there will be no Bourbon spending orgy." An irate local resident reoorted to police yesterday that two young wo men were using the sidewalk for a' bridle path while horseback riding yesterday afternoon. With thla inci dent in mind, Chief of Police Adam today stated equestrians must limit their activities to the streets, else ar rests and prosecution will follow. . Police called to suppress orator at Salvation Army meeting. New lambs and new chickens re ported in Sams Valley district. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY February 23, 1918 (It Was Wednesday) Fine spring weather, with dust fly ing on the country roads. America faces gravest crisis of war with Germany over submarine Issue New business block to be built at Main and Fir streets, and old Moore Hotel will be torn down. Kaiser directs great battle on west era front near Verdun. The French coin the historic phrase: "They shall not pass." Prospect school will close next Fri day for the year. "Mutt" Williamson to give Imita tion of Charlie Chaplin at high school play. Two high school girls appropriate Ford parked on Main street for s "noon Joyrld.e." Police Judge Gay "starts drastic war on speed maniacs," by fining one 5 and costs.' "This nonsense has got to stop." Judge Gay declared. "And It will be, If the law holds out. CALIFORNIA FACES FLOOD PERILS IN WAKE HEAVY RAIN (By United Press) Spreading death and destruction swollen streams, high waves and unusual tides swept across northern California Saturday, aftermath of a 13 days of almost Incessant rainfall caused by a low pressure area In the Pacific off the California coast. Flood dangers in the upper Sac ramento river valley were at their most acute stage in 10 years. Many homes already have been washed away by flooding streams and an agricultural empire of 350,000 acres) was In danger of Inundation. Four persons were drowned, three in streams, one In the ocean. Others were killed in automobile accidents caused by rain which dim med drivers' visions or by skidding on slippery pavements. The rain loosened earth Into which workmen were boring in a vehicular tunnel under the Berkeley hills and poured tons of dirt on the workers. Three men were In lured . one criti cally tn the landslide. .The flood danger spread from, Reno, where the Truckee river waa threatening to spread Its course to far south in the San Joaquin valley, where the run-off of rains nnd a In the Slerraa Increased stream depths beyond normal. There was no Immediate .prospect of a letup in the rains which have been general for Almost two weeks. The U. S. weather bureau said "con tinued Intermittent rain tonight and Sunday" could be expected over the; area. MARSH FIELD. Ore.. Feb 23. (AP) P. J. Shepherd, Marshfield fire chief, said today loss from yester day's fire at the Prosper mill would approximate glO.OOO instead of $15. 000 first estimated. Ke said the last waa largelv covered by Insurance. Brill Metal Works, Inc. GENERAL SIIEHT METAL Furnaces oil Humeri 109 E. 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