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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.
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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. '
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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.
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The political campaign Is coming
along fine, and looks like It would
lack Interest and vituperation.
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The co. agt Is getting ready to
poison squirrels, which are quite
numerous and bothering the farmers,
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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.
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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,
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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."
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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.
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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.
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A man was hero the 1st of the wk
Inipf-rtlng gas p-.in.ps to see that au
touts nre not under squirted.
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Pannrrs flocked to town Sat. and
complained it was too wet to plow If
they wanted to.
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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.
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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.
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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. Stb St. Phone 418
Eva's Echo
Madame de Gevlgne. the
brilliant French lady of let
ters, waa noted for her lora
ly voice. Huaky. rasping
speech In a woman la un
pleasant aa well as danger
oua, for when hoarseness
peralata It mrana chro
nic disease of the respira
tory tract. At the first sign
of throat trouble see your
physician.
A Prewlptlnnl.t nils
Bxs Carefully at
HEATH DRUG STORE
Medford Building
Phone 884
lAfo Aft