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PGE FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDrORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1936. ' MEDFORDt$JTRIB MEvrjron In Hoathiirn Orjo Read tb UmU Tribune" Dallr Except Hatorday. Published by JMBDFORD PRINTING CO. I5-1T-3I N. Fir BU Ptiooe " ROBERT W. RUHU Editor. URN EST R. aiLSTRAP, lUnnnr. An lDdpndnt Nwppr. (SaUred ie sMond-clsss matter a Med ford, Oregon, ander Act of Mrch t. ' TlRSf-RlPTION RATES Hf MiU ID ancii Dully, one yevr r.H w x mnnthl Dallr, on month -J' Bf Cirner. in awt--.. - lend, Jukion villa, Cntrl Potnt, Pboenlx, Talent, Gold HUI and on hlt-hwaya. m .11.00 n.ii ! mnntha Dally. oo month Ail terms, eash In advance Official PPr of the CMy of Uedford. UiriciKi raper 01 " UEMBEB OF TUB ASBOCJ1ATKU MikS KOOeJTlng CT1U IvfltWMi ' The Associated Prase ! exclusively an; dtlad to the use for publication of all nawe mnpwwnvm - wise credited in this paper, and alao to All rlfhta for publication of apaolal ijlspatehes herein ar alao reeervod. HEMDEH OT UNITED PRESS MBUBEQR OF AUDIT "BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS AdvartWnr Representatives U, 0. MOGKNBKN A COMPANY i Offices to New Tor. Chicago Detroit Saa Franolaco, Los Angeles. Seattle, Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. Tb first North Dakota drouth refugee, with Tola. lloense on hi auto, and a mellow southern drawl, bowed up over the week-end. He al lowed aa bow It would be as laborious to plow an Oregon hillside ai a Mid Wen prairie. "Several people still go buckleber rylng even II the fire risks are a worry but most of them only come home with enough for a pie, If any." (Mc Ewan (Ore.) News) Such Journallstlo aoouracy Is to be commended. We Bow report thst a man returned Thursday from a Jaunt to the huckle berry patch, where he picked six gal lons, that be purchased from an aborigine. Amid the general and Jl-around euaaedness of humanity, a exhibited in wars and crimes, It has bocn gener ally overlooked that Chinese pirates are again peatlcatlng along the China coast. The horror of Secretary Ickus over the support (If It Is support) of Wil liam Randolph Hearst of OOP. Nom inee Landon. Is not as horrible as Democrats pretend. Republican spies have discovered the president's boy, Illlott is vice-president of Mr, Hearst's radio stations In Texas snd Oklahoma, and right smart of a hand, ( " Experts on European affairs are now speculating on "the fate of Prance" when the amoko and turmoil of the Spanish civil war cease. No one bereabouta seems to care what happens to Prance, and, further feel whatever It Is, It won't be enough, One of the late books Is "How to Worry Successfully." There has been some very successful worrying around bare, In this and previous years. Un der the system the pear crop ruined by the froat In April takes longer to pick than expected In September. IT SUKB 1H1 (Southwestern Oregon News) Billy Leatherman of South Date California, said, after being here two days, that he liked Oregon. Quite a contrast with th Orcen acre Callfornlans of three years ago. Quit a number of the Older Olrla have returned from vacations, snd ex pect to hsvs the dishes washed, and general havoo created by their mates, cleared away by the loth. Life-long Republicans, wbo have al ways voted the Democratic ticket. bave started writing letters to ron- Isnd editors, explaining wrathfully and exhaustively, why again this yesr their conscience moves them to snub the party of Abe Lincoln. Mnny can recall the local "Abused Psrm Wile," mad at Warren O. Harding, who turn ad out to bs a Marlon county Demo crat with red whiskers, and a federal Job. , The Portland baseball team con tinues st the top of the heap in the Coast lesgu and nobody around here seems to give a whit. An American Prison reform society psmphlet reports, "many brilliant men are In penltentlarlea." Bring where they are, they sure are. "The people are sharply divided Into two classes at this time: The Ignorant, Illogical, prejudiced and emotional rabble and those who are going to vote for your candidate." (Washington Post) The complete and nest slse-up. "Psrts of World Still Par Prom Safe for Christians" (Headline Ore gonlan) There are parts of America where a Christian better not get too frisky with his pocketbook. Some minor Plood Control work Is going on, suoh as fixing roofs. PRIMA FACIE. Th audacious young msn who used to tell the world, as he rested one foot on the brass rail and bis elbow on th mahogany bar, that he could drink or let It alone, Is now telling the same wrinkled old world, he can drink and still djlv home. He wa a liar with his foot on the rail. He la still a Har. with hts foot on the gas. Wo have the evidence of the trattlc officer who fished him out of the wreckage of his car at the foot of th grade, and who found a flask In his hip pocket and a Jug In the rum ble seat. We have the evidence of the coroner snd the undertaker that he couldn't drtnk and drlv home. Red Bluff (Calif.) News.) A m cv 5 Editorial Correspondence STONINGTON, Connecticut, August 29. Your correspon dent a week ago conceived the bright idea of taking a vacation. We felt a particular urge to get away from politics. We have spent seven days trying to do this, and truth compels ns to state it hasn't been a very conspicuous success. Among other things we motored over to the ancient whaling station of New Bedford, Massachusetts. While the older girls made the rounds of the second-hand stores we sought sanctuary in the famous Bourne museum, which is devoted largely to the whaling industry. , About the first thing we ran into was an oil portrait of "Commodore" Delano, and the information from our guide that the fine old gentleman was President Eoosevelt's grand father, a leading figure in the New Bedford shipping industry. Mrs. Delano Boose velt, the president' mother it seems, had been two days before just where we are standing, and had visit ed the old Delano estate, near New Bedford. We saw it coming and tried to dodge it but no luck. The guide launched at once into a discussion of politics I ( . . e We finally shook the guide and wandered down stairs. The first room we entered contained a collection of ship models, very fine ones too, one made of bone, of a French frigate valued at $30,000. There was quite a group of sightseers in the room, andiwe had barely cast an eye on the first exhibit, before a bald-headed gentleman on our right was telling his party that President Roosevelt's hobby was ship, models, and he thought it a great pity, Franklin Delano had not devoted his energies to ship models and stamp collecting instead of going into politics. The country he opined would be the better for it. So we beat a strategio retreat to the first floor again and proceeded to the main exhibit room, famous for it reproduction of the elder Jonathan Bourne's whaling ship the "Ijagoda" which nearly fills the main floor, and whose masts and spars rise nearly two stories to the roof. It is about one-third the size of the original ship, and is a perfect reproduction in every particular. An elderly gentleman, a veteran whaler himself, took us in tow and showed us around. We told him we were from Oregon and had known Jonathan Bourne, Jr., who was senator godfather of the once famous the initiative, referendum and recall. "So ye knew the senator, "Wall ho was in here jest a week back, to look things over. His sister built this model here. ' Calculate Jonthan, Jr., is in his eighties now, but he's purty spry, and as bright as they make 'em. He went out to Oregon rand got some fool ideas I gueRs, but no nonsense about him now. He's fer this man London and hns no truckin with Roosenfelt. How do things look out your way, and do ye it s going to be a hogs racel" The old salt escorted us up get a birdseye view of the whaling ship below, and look over the office of the senator's father, office was very interesting with stands, ledgers and account books. A plaque on the wall read: Jonathan Bourne, born 1811, in the whaling industry of New Bedford for 50 years, Distin guished by indomitable energy, great foresight, courage and resourcefulness." "He wuh a great man" Baid He owned a fleet of 15 whalin' ships and managed a score of others, and for half a century they made money. That Lagoda there was his best ship. Do ye know that there boat in 12 trips netted $680,000 yes sir, that's big money, or used to be, hut with this here New Deal what's a few hundred millions now." "Is there any whaling around here today" we asked. "No no profit in it anymore. Oh there's whales out there, hut the Norwegians get what they is, but they play mostly in Anlarctio waters. The last local whalin was ten years ago, and ye can see pictures of the whale on the first floor, "Yes sir, the old man Bourne was a hard worker, and a smart trader; a real Quaker-Yankee, with no foolishness about him. You can see the old stone Honrno wharf and warehouse down the street, now, it's still riinnin', but the city is goin' to take it over, lie had a room up near the top with a cubby hole where he could work and also see what was goin' on below. If any man tried to soldier on the job he tagged him, and Rent him Ncoot.in. One day they say he fell off the wharf missed the gang plank in a gust o wind and three of his whalin' boys jumped in artcr him. They drug him out aputterin' and half drowned, but did he thank 'cm, and give 'em the drinks around? He did not as soon as he could git the water out of his mouth and git his breath, he yelled at the three of 'em 'what did the three of ye jump in fur, couldn't one do the job, and two of ye, keep at your wu-r-r-k.' That's the way ho was business all the time he worked hard and expected everybody else to no boondogglin' fer Jonthan Bourne, no sir" no BOON DOaGMNM" We made an after dinner call on some friends here in Stonington nice people for a pleasant, informal evening, a little cut in bridge, knitting and general conversation. Ten minutes after our arrival, some bright person hopped up to announce that Governor Landon was speaking at Buffalo, and she led a concerted dash for the family radio. Thus the Repub lican candidate furnished the pieco do resistance for the eve ning, tho best speech he has delivered thus far, to our way of thinking. The proceedings were enlivened by the sharp-eyed lawyer from Toledo, Ohio, keeping one ear glued to the dial piece, and at every telling point, slapping his hands and ejacu lating "that-a-boy give 'em hell, Alfy." The unexpected expression of "cock-eyed" brought down the house, yes indeed, a pleasant time was had by all 1 Kscape from political this stony beach, below our window, now being swept by a cold, rainy sou' caster, might as well try to escape from the tides, high and low, it can't be done, males, it can't be done. However wo made the attempt and that like the mnn biting the dog. is news, REAL news I R. W. R. IN PROCURING FEDERAL WASHINGTON (UP Inmates of Alcatraa prison might b turprlsed to lesrn that the federal government which sent them there, came close to showing them how to escspe. Prisoners sent there know that the only way to eactpe would b to swim to shor through a particularly treacherous stretch of water. Only the vlgilsnc of sn official In the federal bureau of prisons pre vented the government from sending to Alcairaa. aa part of a Hat of ap. proved books, a useful tome entitled: "How to Swim, In 10 Easy Lemons." Inquiry into general reading mat ter approved for Inmates of 30 fed. ernl prisons revealed a wide choir of Mihjrci's which the government be lieve might add to their knowledge and culture. A regular list of book from Oregon, and at least the Oregon system, distinguished by did ye" queried the old boy. think they kin beat him guess in the baleonv so we could the original Jonathan. The the old mahogany desk, ink died 81). Master merchant our guide, "and a hard worker. titles Is mad up In tb main of flc here every month, and librarians of prisons allow Inmates to choose from th list. On of th favorlta selecUoni Is en titled "Why Be a Mud Turtle?" Calculated to soothe shattered nerves during th long stretch Is "How to uve on 34 Hours a Day.' Two other consoling treatlaea are on "Why Men Pall" and "Nerves and th Man." Ther Is also a gentl reminder called "Life's Little Pitfalls" and a volume analysing an art at which many of thla select group of resder already are quit proficient, entitled "Breaking Into Print." Probably of most Interest to kid napers Is "On the Track of the Great." and a series of practical stu dies alto Includes authoritative late menu on "How to Oet What You Want." "Freedom o' Life" and ' Bras Check." Th largest numhr of titles In any classification on a recent list were of volumes of poetry. Kdgar Oueat Is the most popular bsrd. followed by Kipling and Tennyson. Be correctly corseted n aa Artist Model ay StJitii-yn A. Hoffinina. Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal bealtb and byglen not to disease diagnosu or treatment will bs answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letter mould tic brief and written In ink Owing to tb large number ol letters received only a few can be answered No reply can be made to q aeries not Dr. William Brady, 265 El Csmlno. Beverly Hills. Cat ARB TOO A HIT AND STOP AND 8TA What makes the hit and run driver behave that way? Pear. But a driver of good character, good education or training, good Judgment, can ordln nsrlly restrain the Impulse to run away and does so. However, glv that ssme person a few lit tle drinks of liquor and bla or her good Judg sLaSt M' meni Ior 1 I . 4 ',tl ance. In an I emergency such I STrlS,'! driver, under 4 II the Influence of aaaaaBSamaasaaaali the narmtle. acta upon the Impulse and tries to get sway. Not every hit and run driver Is under the Influence of alcohol, but I believe this nareotlo effect of alcohol Is a factor in most cases. Our laws are lenient aa long aa the driver under the Influence of alcohol can walk and talk the police read ily acquit him or her of responsi bility for whst few little drinks have done. The public, too, sanctions killing or maiming as long as the culprit can bring witnesses to testify he or she hsd only a drink or two and an indulgent police officer swears he or she could still walk and talk fairly well. Not quite so low. but yet low enough In all conscience la the stop and stare passer-by. I mean the ghoulish person who rushes up to make sure of a front seat whenever anyone Is badly Injured. This type of ghoul Is scarcely human, but ob viously degenerate. . There should be a rigid rule re quiring the ghouls to remsln not less than ten yards away from the scene of an accident or the point where first aid or resuscitation Is being given: and good swift kicks for those who venture closer with out being asked to help. Casual wit nesses of street accidents .ususlly desl with the hit and run driver when they see th accident; the de cent publlo should be educated and urged to deal with the stand and Htare degenerate. In like manner. There is a vast difference between being overtaken by disaster to one In your own vicinity or party, and hurrying up from a distance to gloat over some luckless strsnger's plight. Too many good people are unpre pared to render Intelligent or helpful first aid In ordinary emergencies. They have never received any In struction in simple first aid and they have only vague, perhapa futile or harmful Ideas of th proper methods of caring for anyone In an emer gency. For example, It Is safe to say that the majority of you who read O.QMclntyre NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Diary: The nip of Full, my olectest season, and melancholy In th sir. Came an auto graphed copy of the play Charles O. Nor r Is so bravely writ for Bohemian Orove. And a Jingle from Carolyn Wells about the traveling Hattle Bell- Johnston. Also no tea from Julian Street and Amos n' Andy. So abroad, passing Maury Paul, the fumed Cholly Knicker bocker, spruce In a aurtout of tan with flowered cravat. Then talking to Dick Berlin about his visit to the lAwlonn in Kansas snd home to find a Q. B. 8hw quip about a recent mention of his gloany beard. Driving to Connecticut In the eve ning cool, stopping by Faith Bald win's farm. And, coming on to rain, we supped at a rustic Inn by lamp light and I was hoi pen ttirlc? to chicken dumplings. Bnck to the city writing moon -struck messages to Betty Rogers. Raymond Dickson and the Gilbert Whites. New York's No. 1 stunt for sight aoers la now the stupendous 17 wind ing miles of Trlboro bridge. The most creditable civic performance tlie metropolis ever turned In. No one csn approach or traverse It without a tingle. What might have been a complicated structure has been made marvelously simple bv explicit guiding signs. The, toll keepers, alert Jimmy Cagney tvpes, tise the quarter In the slot revolver-like hooduses In the manner of the avenue bunes and have been trained to a smiling courtesy, a sort of Roxy usher effect. So far, the bridge' dally Intake averages $13,000. Swing music maj become the na tional nuance. Certainly the vogue shows no signs of abating. The same was said of Jsr. But this can be chalked up for the Hit of other days; It has lost none of It charm. On a recent hodge podge program the big gest hand went to a Clay 00 quartett singing "Only a Bird In a O tided Cage." Por an encore. It offered two modern sours and went off to eoant applause. A popular band the other night failed to hook the crowd until It offered the "Old Gray Bennett." There was. too. that pretentious mvislc show that stumbled indtffer nly through modern song numbers and then lifted the audience to Its feet by havlifg Irene Franklin warble a rlp-roarlng music hall favorite. A Jlegfeld show registered Its biggest hit when Ruth Ettlng Impersonated Nora Bayes will, that, old favorite. 'Shine On, Harvest Moon,' Fgbert Van Alstlne knew the trick of popu lar tune cofiiposlnjg when he turned out "tn the Shade of the Old App! Tree." too. Personal nomination for the best t Brady, M P. conforming to Instructions. - Address RUN DRIVER OR A RE PASSER-BYt this could not apply artificial res plratloa If one near or dear to you wore to need It tonight. If you are not certain that you could give such a victim the best possible chance for life. I hope you may have a very bad dream tonight and that you will send me a stamped envelope bearing your address, for a copy of my booklet on "Resuscitation." which describes and Ulustrstes the correct method, clearly enough so that any adult or any child can learn to use artificial respiration In any emer gency. Note particularly that the correct method la NOT that which American Red Cross instructors tesch. The cor rect method is the prone-pressure method as devised and given to the world by Sir E. A. Schafer. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ever Have a Cramp Sleeping Following a suggestion In your column, as quickly as possible when I feel leg cramps coming on at night, I take from one-third to one-half teaspoonful of baking soda In- water. It seems to prevent further cramps. . . . (Mrs. M. C.) Answer Another remedy, where leg cramps at night occur frequently, Is calcium lactate, gluconate or chloride ten grains of either, dis solved In water, sweetened and flav ored with fruit Juice, three times a day after food, for several weeks. Why nrlng That Up? Recalling your early enthusiasm for dlnltrophenol, did you notice the report of the death of a doctor In who was believed to have taken very heavy doses of vitamin D for arth ritis? . . . (F. C. J.) Answer Why can't you let a fel low bury his mistakes quietly? I have apologized here several times for having been misled by the Jour. A. M. A. Into using dlnltrophenol myself and recommending It to my correspondents. The doctor whose death was attributed to vitamin D was taking far greater amounts of It than any physician has advocated for therapeutic purposes, Moreover, there wsa no convincing evidence that vitamin D had anything to do with th fatality. Invalidism Preferred Mother Is not willing to try your vsrlcose veins remedy. She fears . . . (H. C.) Answer As I recollect, mother Is practically Invalided by chronic var icose ulcer, and she refuses to ha-e the underlying varicose vein obliter ated by Injection.' Such Invalidism Is a sin. Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr Brady should send letter direct tn Dr. William Brady, M. DM m El t'amlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. half hour of popular music on the air Meredith WMIson's broadcasts from San Francisco. Broadway la another street Satur day night. It's given i over almost completely to Suburbia the gen tler non-pushing folk from tho cot tages out where tho pavements end. The Paramount clock, for the only ntght of the week, floats up light like Jinn rising from a bottle. One no tices a pronounced courteay in side walk traffic; the Jostling brash nes that characterizes the street Is miss ing. The gurgling laughs In contrast to the honed facea and raspy asides. Too, the street becomes amar.lngly de serted by midnight. The pickpockets have a harvest this night as a rule, also. Ultra something or other: Marlene Dietrich engaging a drawing room for her trunks only. So ahe could change costume frequently enroute to New York. Bagatelles: Arthur Brisbane dis covered Ford Frick writing poems Qn a Colorado Springs newspaper and brought him to New York . . . Rae Van Buren. Illustrator, started out to be a circus tumbler , . . Paul White man Intends to quit dieting at SO and go In for real eating from then on . . . Frank Ward OMaltey was once Park Row most highly paid reporter at $135 a wek , . . Cab Calloway is said to be runner up to Bill Robinson among Harlem's wealthiest . . . Ma jor Bowes was thinking of retiring when caught up by his radio fame . . They were talking of remembered Jokea from Punch. Mine: The bum. ordering a drink, tossed a coin on the bar. Crusty bartender: '"Ere, I didn't like the ring of that florin." The bum. with fitting air of dis dain: "It'a an optimist you are. What do you expect for two bobs a peal of bells?" A hundred modern gsgs radiate from that one, vlntagcd 30 years ago. (Copyright, 193tS, McNaught Syndicate) TyphoonKllls 39I SFOUL Korea. Aug. 31. (API Three hundred ninety-one persons died, an official announcement said today In a typhoon which swept th southern Korean peninsula. GOOD NEWS FOR MOTORISTS! Wo Are Glad To Announce The Addition To Our Staff Of "CHAT" EIDE formerly Associated with L. C. Grimes of Central Point Mr. F.lde Is a rerofnlted expert In Automotive Electrical end Ignition Work . . . Let him solre VOl'R problem along this line. Firesone Auto Supply & Service Stores Ninth and Rhentlde. fd Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THIS headline tells a crisp and terse story: "Rebels Plan To Re store Bpantsh Monarchy." A dispatch from rebel territory adds: "A military dictatorship will be constituted Indefinitely to exterminate all loyalist elements and to rule the country without any; parliament whatever, high officials of the fascist Junta, as serted.' N "Then, they said, will come a plebiscite (election) to deter mine upon the restoration of the bourbon dynasty." IT IS Interesting to speculate upon that proposed plebiscite (which Is a fancy diplomats' word for election). With a military dictatorship running the country, and no parliament what ever to bother It, and thla military dictatorship aet ' upon the Idea of restoring the Spanish monarchy (meaning some member of ex-King Alfonso's family), Juat how many votes, do you reckon, would be counted AGAINST the restoration? Not many, probably, as they do things In dictator-ruled countries. ANOTHER paragraph from this rebel territory dispatch Is In teresting. It reads: "Close collaboration with Ger many and Italy, friendly nations, which, fascist leaders said, have stood by the rebel army tn the present civil -fear, would be maintained, officials of the fas cist Junta asserted." THAT Is to say, Germany and Italy (both fascist ruled) have been backing the Spanish rebellion. Rus sia, communist-ruled, and France, with a radical socialist government, have been at least secretly patting the Spanish communist government on the back and telling It to do Its darndest. - All of which Is leading up to a new alignment, communist on one side and fascist on the other, which offers excellent possibilities of again plunging Europe jnto bloody and prolonged warfare. If such a war should begin, no one can say where It would stop. But It requires no son of a prophet to figure out that by the time It stop ped, common, everyday sort of peo ple In Europe would be reduced to unbelievable poverty and want. THERE la a distinct effort in this country to realign American pol itics along radical versus reactionary lines, abandoning the economic Ms sues upon which our parties have divided In the past and substituting for them the social Issues that have divided European parties for the past several generations. j Let's think a long, long time be fore we do anything like that. Eur ope s radical-reactionary political 1 alignment Is bringing It to the verge ! of a frightful abyss. Pioneer Burled. ALBANY. Aug. 31. (AP) Norrls H. Looney, 84. who died In the house In which he woe born In 1863 near Jefferson, was burled Sunday after funeral services In the old residence. His parents came to Oregon In 1843 and at one time he was a state sena tor. He later was In charge of a state training school, for boys at Salem. Senator Frederick Stelwer was a cousin. Teachers' Psy Boosted. NEW BERO. Aug. 31. (AP) Teschers salaries here thla year will Increase about 7 per cent despite a $3,000 slaah In the city budget to 39,185. The reduction waa brought about by a marked decrease In out standing warrants and consequent fi nancing charges. Heaslile Booms. SEASIDE. Aug. 31. (AP) This coast resort Is experiencing the best season since 1931, with business show ing a 38 per cent increase over 1935 and bank deposit gaining 8100,000. Nell M. Robertson, banker, sain mkibj. nrowns In Mill Pond SI1.VERTON, Aug. 31. (IP) A fall Into a mill pond here cost the lite of x-year-old Richard Copple. A com- 1-anlon. Donald Jonea. 1. tried to res cue him but was unable to pun nif friend to safety. Tunlatln llolel Hums MtT.t.qnORO. Aun. 31. (P) Fire rniinta .laahinffa in the Bla creek marka of northwestern Oregon, the Tualatin hotel. Damage was estima ted at 83.000. Four tenants etcsped without inlurv. Plremen said the blare apparently started In a hall- vay. 4 Buckingham's Ice Cream. Oandj a party Specials The Crest 330 8 Cent Tfteland, Manager. (Continued trom page One,) still suspect Lemke and Smith will be left hand-ln-hand, while Dr. Townsend will walk off with the glove. " Both the Dr. and his weekly were openly hesitant about Lemke until recently when the weekly came out with a more or less Lemke editorial. It Indorsed Lemke. but offered the slogan: "A 'vote for Roosevelt la a vote against the Townsend plan." The slo gan neglected to say what a vote for Landon would be. The campaigning technique which Governor Landon la following ha caused private debate among political technicians. His continuous underlying purpose, aa they see It from the results of his first eastern trip. Is primarily to es tsbllsh a contrast with President Roosevelt. It was not fully apparent, but hla West Middlesex speech was written a a response to the presi dent's acceptance speech at Phila delphia. Anyone who takes the trou ble to compare the two texts will con firm the Impression that Mr. Landon dictated the Middlesex speech with the Roosevelt text In his hand. The second speech. In a more no ticeable way, was intended to assert his independence. Nearly everyone caught the proper Interpretation of his refusal to go along with William Randolph Hearst In the matter of teachers oaths. These first two speeches, likewise, were Intended to lay the basis for the campaign. "The American Way.1 etc. The third speech was really the first of the series which Landon is planning on the different .Issues. It covered the fiscal aspect. All In all. they denoted the Lan don purpose to build up his contrast gradually, Issue by Issue, without per sonalities. Some of the Democrats privately concede the handling and the purpose showed shrewd political knowledge. Mr. Roosevelt nas taken great care lately not to say anything, in handl ing government business, which might be taken as an indication tnat ne Is confident of reelection. At a press conference the other day, he was reading from a memo, saying there would have to be an other appropriation next spring for seed loans. As that depends largely on who Is In the White House next spring, a sharp newsglrl shot the question: "By whom?" The president did not even hesitate long enough to change the tone of his reading voice, ss he shot back: "By the congress." Then he stopped reading, leaned back his head and roared, saying "You nearly caught me thcre.', Ye Poets Corner The Moon (A poem for small children) By Slroy W. Anderson The pretty moon hangs In th sky Just like a great big light: While tiny stars around It dance , .. Like candles shining bright. Sometimes the moon la big and round. Just like a yellow cheese. And then sometimes It's cut tn half; Then quartered. If you please. And then a long thin crescent shape Just like an archer's bow. And then sometimes no moon at all To light the earth below. WPA Camp Burns ST. HELENS, Aug. 31. Tl Dam rge estimated between $10,000 and $15,000 resulted from a fire of unde termined origin which swept the. buildings at a WPA camp 31 miles v.est of here last night. The blase destroyed a bakeshop. kitchen and a tlnlng room wings and burned sup plies. 3-DAY CELEBRATION LAKE O' WOODS. Sunday and Labor Day. Boat-rsclng. swimming, wster sports. Boats, Dsnclng. Csbln fsellltles for week-end parties. BUILDING A HOME of your own hag never been so easy. FHA hag made it financially possible through payments as low or lower than rent. CALL FOR PARTICULARS and DEPENDABLE BUILDING ADVICE BIG PINES LUMBER CO. Telephone 1 Flight 'o Time Med ford and Jackson County history from the flies of the Mail Tribune 10 and 20 years ago. - TEN YEARS AGO TODAY August 31, 1926 (It was Tuesday) Two inches of snow falls at Crater lake. Rain falls In the valley. O. V. Myers stolen sedan traced to Crater Lake park. BUI seeking to quaMi all existing liquor lawa of state filed at Salem. Troops called to quell strike dis orders In Rhode Island. Air mall service to start Septem ber IS, postal depart merit announces, Fire started by fire bug burns 3,aoo acres In Evans creek district. Autolsts nabbed for double park ing, beaming fire engine to fire, and running over fire hose afterwards. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August SI, 1916 (It was Thursday) Both sides In rsllroad controversy prepare for strike next Monday, . Sultry weather continues with mercury at 95 degrees. Farmers report their watermelon patches are being robbed In day light. Owing to the war, the price of wheat atraw cigarette papers ad vanced a nickel. The price of white collars also Jumped 15 cents, owing to conditions In Europe. , Charlie Chaplin at the Page tn "The Police"; Viola Dana at the Star, in "Aching Hearts and Tired Hands." Congress tolls on law to bring rail road strike peace. ADD TO BEAUTY OF NOTED LAKE CRATER LAKE (8pl) Th lm portanc of the Civilian Conservation Corps In the maintenance and Im provement of Crater Lake national pork la shown In the numerous activ ities of the Annie Spring oamp. The Improvement of park camp grounds Is now well underway with the construction of 50 log tables and benches and 35 fireplaces to provide for the increasing needs of camp ers, especially in the rim area. This campground was appreciably enlarged lost year by an. extension, offering choice campsites. The general beautlficatlon of tho rim area and park headquarters I continuing with commendable pro gress. Considerable landscaping Is be- ' Ing undertaken In the vicinity of the cafeteria, restoring native grasses and shrubs to hitherto dusty sections, and Is in keeping with landscaping begun several years ago in the entire area, similar planting Is also under way at park headquarters. The construction of three em ployees' cabins was recently begun In the same section. Outside of a skilled' carpenter for each building, CCO en rollees are supplying most of th manual labor. A new rustlo bridge over Munson creek near the rsnger's dormitory has been completed, re placing an antiquated structure which had been in use for many . years. A parking area In the rear of the new administration building was completed a week ago by CCC men. providing parking space for govern ment and private automobiles. The parking area has been sttrsctlvely landscaped and In It construction Included the use of peeled logs and large rocks. On the program for the CCC en rollees la th building of four motifs at the east. west, north and south entrances. The motif at the south entrance, built of rocks snd logs snd approximately 13 feet high. Is near Ing completion snd will be followed by construction at the west entrance. AUTO LOANS AND REFINANCING W. E. Thomas, 45 S. Central. ) Sixth and Fir Sts. 0