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Lawyers wu ..
fiercely In the Almee wnpl McPher
on lawsuit now uierway t If
Angeles, with no noticeable uplift
ing effect on the lawyer, as yet. The
financial situation, however, 1 -ceedingly
rosy, as the following news
report attests:
"It took three men to carry the
collection to a counting room
last night, Giles Knight, temple
business manager, said."
The collection plate tonnage, it
should be explained, Is due to the
congregation depositing cash and or
namental jewelry, eVen unto gold
teeth, "to protect the prleete of the
Lord."
The police report, In actions against
.ilAl.tnr. nt thft DSTklnS rules,
they always lose by 5-4 decisions. It
Is also alleged some of the irked and
irate feminine offenders have threat
ened to yank off a high-heel shoe
and pin back the ears or tne law.
Upstate letters to editor tend to
.hnur nn.ffnnla.TU do not share tha
fear of the Portland Mayor over the
California border inspection psiroi.
It takes the revenue producing Cali
fornia Sales Tax to affright, startle,
astound, astonish, terrify, outrage,
alarm, dismay, cow, frighten, and
care the dayllghte from an Ore
gonlan. The visit of the - 30th infantry
caused a number of World War vet.
rana to fear, if a recruiting office
had been handy, they would have
enlisted again.
The wives of bowlers entertained
with a buffet aupper Monday night.
This diplomacy may, or may not, get
the lawn mowed.
THICKS IN ALL TRADES.
(Oakland (Cal.) Tribune)
"It often happens that when a
radio trouble-shooter Is unable
to locate the source of the Inter
ference he must blame some-,
thing to maintain his "profes
sional" dignity, so he says that
a vacuum cleaner in the next
apartment, or a heating pad
across the hall, or an X-ray down
the street and It la too bad, but
people will have these annoying
appliances and he departs, and
everybody Is happy except the
radio owner, who Is still troubled
with noise in his radio" (Prom
a Letter).
The Portland police, the first ol
the week, were called upon to quiet
the tantrum of a young man, whose
mother had left home and taken
the automobile key with her. Con
dole nee are due the young man for
the maternal neglect, but the mys
tery is how she got hold of the key
In the first place.
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Authorities of several atates, pes
tered by "a rising tide of agitation
am seeking a palliative to curb agi
tators," It Is difficult to beat an
old-fashioned stone-walled and steel
barred penitentiary, as- a palliative
for agitators. It even beats sending
them hack to their native lands.
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"We were wondering who could fill
Mr. Jenkins' ahoes. Assuredly there
weren't many who could. Now it de
velops that he will fill them him
self. Well have another fine Jubilee.'
(Baker Democrat-Hherald) Self
solving problem.
"Human rights" have been sus
tained once more by the baa m trig of
a ISO fine against a teacher, woo
feloniously and heinously paddled a
21 year old boy. The defendant s
pocket book was hit harder than the
boy. who was warned by the court
to behave, and mind his teacher. In
the days of "rugged individualism"
the father would have paid the fine.
and paddled the boy again.
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"It Is an amaslng thing that there
still exist people who are silly enough
to buy the bootlegger's product when
good liquor U available at such rea
sonable prices." (Astoria Astorlan
Budget) It's no sillier than the peo
ple, who still think they ran make
better beer at home than Mr. CrhVte
can brew In Milwaukee.
TJee Mall Tribune want ads.
A Parable
A GREAT many yearg ago we spent a month on a small cattle
ranch near the Spanish Peaks, south of Colorado Springs
Our host was "Duke" Jones, "drug store" cowboy, who had
been disappointed in love, and was living alone with a prize
English bulldog, known as Mike.
Mike was about as useful, on a cattle ranch, as a tap dancer
in a coal mine. He was a pedigreed show dog, that had been
presented to the Duke, by an eastern "dude", had a slobbery
undershot jaw, bow-legs, watery eyes, but an EXTREMELY
peaceable and affectionate disposition. .
The Duke, however, was devoted-to Mike, and perhaps be
cause of his frustrated romance, showered the battered old pup,
with sweet nothings, baby talk, and the most UN'-cowboy-like
affection. And Mike was devoted to the Duke, dogging his
footsteps all about the place, and whenever opportunity offered,
licking his boots, and face and hands. (But when the Duke rode
out on the range, Mike had to be shut up, for he was extremely
limited in wind, and powers of locomotion.)
......
ONE afternoon we were sitting on the porch, when there was
a sudden commotion behind the woodpile, and out jumped
a jackrabbit, with old Mike directly on his tail. Away they
went across the alfalfa field. The rabbit was obviously more
surprised than alarmed, no doubt had never glimpsed anything
as novel and grotesque as Mike was in full flight and as he
proceeded gracefully across the field, seemed to look back at
his pursuer, at the apex of each hop, in somewhat amused
speculation.
NOT so with Mike. His blood was up, like Toggery Bill he
was deadly in earnest and in spite of hell and highwatcr,
he was plunging forward (he thought) to the kill. Because of
the nature of the two beasts and the character of the terrain,
Mr. Jack Tlabbit, still under wraps, gained at every hop ; while
poor old Mike, putting everything he bad into every lunge, was
sorely in need of Ethyl gas, a supercharger, and a pusher.
WE settled down with a chuckle to enjoy the comic tableau
in slow motion, but not so our host. The Duke jumped
up at once, grabbed a rope from a nearby peg, and started after
the rapidly receding pair, yelling at the top of his lungs "Hey
Mike I hey Mike 1 stop ! hey Mike you blankety blank, etc.,
etc.," meanwhile swinging the
his head. . .
Seeing it was no use, the Duke retreated slowly backward
to the porch his eyes still on the chase, and mumbled half to
himself, "Can't do a thing, can't do a thing, he's got his mind
set on that rabbit, and it'll kill him, it'll kill himl But can't
do a thing t."
Then he turned to us, and in
CHOKED, said : "If I could only
somethin', that's the only thing
damndest fool dog when he gets
be the end of him."
WELL it wasn't the end of him, but it was a close squeek.
The Duke knew something we didn't know, that at the
far end. of the alfalfa field there was an open (and empty)
irrigation ditch, which Brer Rabbit could take in his stride,
but which bow-legged Mike couldn't.
The sound of the Duke's voice, had done what Mike's asthma
tic yelp, and painful contortions had failed to do, Mr. Rabbit
quit fooling, slipped into high and disappeared over the hedge,
while Mike miles in the rear continued in full cry and then,
suddenly vanished.
THE Duke brought him back, covered with mud and muck;
still breathing but out for the count. The next morning
Mike appeared about as fit, as usual which isn't saying much
but the Duke wrote us later, that he had never been the same
dog since, instead of chasing jackrabbils, jackrabbits were
chasing him I .
That is a true story. It really happened APPROXIMATELY
as related, some 35 years ago.
So whatt
WE'LL use it as a make-shift parable, boys and girls. Label
the Duke, "ardent Roosevelt supporter"; the rabbit, "the
Supreme Court issue", the open irrigation ditch "public opin
ion", and Mike "F. D. R,", and there is a moral in it some
where, isn't there t
At least we know one ardent Roosevelt supporter, who, as
he sees the president persist doggedly in his determination to
catch that Supreme Court rabbit, feels just about as emotion
ally wrought up as the Duke the old softy! and seeing that
open irrigation ditch ahead, prays to High Heaven he (or
someone) had a rope and could use it!
The Great
' I "HE man who murdered his wife iu a jealous rage at Santa
Cruz seems to be in enough trouble without the misfortune
of a lawyer who defends him by asserting that .."he did what
any red-blooded man would have done under the circum
stances." To pump bullets into the body of a defenseless woman, on
the mistaken assumption that she had been caught in infidelity,
is a sign of red-hloodedness if red-bloociedness means uncon
trolled savagery.
The phrase had been sufficiently discredited even before
Attorney Sanford Smith of Santa Cruz applied it to the defense
of his client. Those Mississippi lynchers who tortured one of
their two negro victims with blow-torches probably gathered
first in some bar-room and told each other how rcd-bloodcd they
were. There's no lack of red-bloodcdness in the Fascist butch
ers of Europe. Contemplating instances of brutality far and
near, we suspect that it is time to stop using "red-blooded" as
a term of praise.
There's a break for news readers in tl'ie story published
on the same day, also from Santa Cruz, of the Mountain View
man who risked his life in the boiling surf to save a pet cocker
spaniel. That's the kind of red-bloodedness the world needs.
San Francisco News.
To Plant Clam.
HONOLULU (UP) The territorial J nort of fresh clams or other shell
fish native tft tht vilm har The
board of agriculture and forestry has
decided tbat steps shall be taken to I
lariat rather impotently around
a voice that (believe it or not)
rope lnra, when he gets chasm
that'll save him. But he's the
his mind made up, and this '11
"He - Man
I see to tt that the island, never run
to tM,gln wlth
propagation of climi.
Personal Health Service
By William
- signed letter, pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be amwered bj br. Brady II a .tamped self
addressed envelope l enclosed. Letter, should be brief and written In ink
Owing to the large number ol lettera received only a few can be an.wered
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address
Dr. William Brady. t6S El Cam I no, iseierij, Calif.
THE NATURE AND COIRSE OF SVnill.lS
Article Number Four
The popular notion that syphilis
is "blood poison' probably grew
out of the exploitation of that term
by quacks and
trrtwv .?" nostrum monzer
of bygone times.
Syphilis Is no
more blood pois
on than la tuber
culosis or typh
oid fever. Syph
ilis Is a contag-
AAi' M 'I 1oub constitu-
iviMr ' tional d lsease
I A running a course
ft, 1,,77 other U1"ly to
airect any pare
of the body. Skin rashes, eruptions
or lesions which may occur In the
course of the disease are among the
least harmful manifestation. In
volvement of the nervous system,
brain or spinel cord, In the third or
later stage of the disease is perhaps
the most harmful manifestation, and
this, like other grave complications
or sequels, is the less likely to hap
pen the more thorough the treat
ment in the f ret year of the disease.
Invariably ihe beginning or first
sign of syphilis is the development
of a hard sore, called chancre, at
the point of inoculation or Infection,
whether the Infection occurs through
Innocent casual contact or through
immoral relations. A period of incu
bation elapses between the moment
of Inoculation or infection and the
development of the chancre, usually
three to five weeks. During this In
cubation period, however, the germs
(called spirochetes, genus Trepone
ma pallidum) arc too few in num
bers' to cause any evident reaction,
but as they multiply they Induce lo
cal Irritation, and the chancre ap
pears. This primary sore, the first stage
of spy hills, is usually a single pain
less sore, resembling an obstinate
"cold store," and It persists from
four to six weeks before it heals,
perhaps leaving a hardened spot for
months. A week after the chancre
first appears lymph nodes nearby
become painlessly enlarged, end
within two or three weeks lymph
nodes throughout the body are so
enlarged a week or two before the
secondary stage of syphilis, tho skin
eruption (if any), sores .in mouth,
general malaise and fever resembling
the onset of mild "grip."
Positive diagnosis of the primary
sore is obviously uf great Import
ance, for on this diagnosis must
hlngo the success or failure of treat
ment. Ill-advised self-treatment of
the "cold sore" may so change Us
character as to render diagnosis dif
ficult or Impossible, There Is a much
better chance of an accurate diag
nosis in the first stage If the patient
seeks medical advice at the very be
ginning. Microscopic examination
may reveal the specific spirochete or
NEW voiiK. April 22. The Uni
versal Order of Fred Smiths contin
ues to grow. There are, for Instance.
more than 80
Fred Smiths in
the metropolitan
area. none, of
whom had ever
seen the other
until on sudden
Inspiration they
got together and
held a mammoth
b a n a u e t this
i 1 I The order
l'm,:'itmfZM atarted this wise.
One morning
Pred Smith, an ex-Troy. Ohio, ad
vertising man. ptciced three Fred
Smiths at random out ofthe phone
book, called them and asked if they'd
Join him at the Commodore for
lunch. All came and thus so simply
was the idea launched.
Then came the national roundup
for a banquet. The Fred Smiths range
from a filling station attendant to
a headmaster of an exclusive boy's
schools in New England. And since
the banquet for 50 In New York, the
country-wide membership la one
thousand and expanding weekly.
The Smythea and the Schmltzes
are barred, but there was a notable
exception at the banquet. He was
Smith Frederick, who backed into
the bflhqnet hall, ate out of his lap
with his back to the table and did
everything backwards. Next to the
Fred Smiths tie John Joneses are in
profusion.
I Just wangled a glsgle via the
radio. An accordion player referred
to his instrument as a "stomach
Steinway."
John Chapman, the most searching
of the columntsts, recently dug up
some interesting data about Mans
field Hall, the last of the alMheat
rlcal hotels in tne 40'a. For years n
whs the renrtervons of trouper but
A Case of "Nerves"
QROWING girli
and many wom
en often are sufferers
from female irregu
larities, periodic pains
and nervousness due
to functional disturb
ances. Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
is a beneficial tonic
at such times. It
KimuiJtei the arrtn and lncre ihe in
lake ol food thrrrhy ttrlnt lrrn(tih to ihl
bo,lv Hear what Mr. Jam TieHi ot 115 No.
CifMUne St.. Spokane, Wash, uld: "I wl
In a weakened, dtAitsTd-out condition. Kvery
ihlni sot on mv nif and 1 could scarrelv
do amtl.tng without ronijni tired 1 tried
Or Serves Fivoiii. Prescription u a tonic
and I can Uuthfyltr sy it Is juM aft ttccn
mended "
B'iv now of vcir nfidiPOfhoM drutiirt.
New sue, tat l.id H CO k i .'i.
,,WH MIiW.Wt.JlUW
Brady, M P.
treponema and settle the question
absolutely, and thus weeks before a
blood test would give any depend
able information.
Occasionally chancre, the first
stage of syphilis, may be multiple
and also painful. Sometimes It ap
pears only two weeks after inocula
tion. Sometimes it may not become
very hard but remain throughout a
soft sore. Sometimes It seems little
more than an obstinate pimple or
chafe or crack In skin or mucous
membrane. Sometimes it is mistaken
ly regarded as a burn of the Hp
or tongue or a simple infection of
a scratch or cut on the hand. In any
case the safest course la to consult
a physician if there Is the slightest
doubt about such a sore. Not Just
any doctor but one of good stand
ing who la trained and equipped to
make a scientific diagnosis.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What, No Soap?
Wife had suffered terribly from
Itching skin, though no visible rash
used every sort of lotion doctors
said "nerves" and nothing could be
done after reading your article ahe
quit soap entirely, using oil instead,
a little on the skin after washing or
bathing in plain water she has
found complete relief and wonts to
tell the world, for there are probably
many who suffer as she did. (W.
A. W.)
Answer Probably more people suf
fer from bath pruritus, (itching aftsr
bath) than from itching from need
of a bath. Monograph "Care of the
Skin" tells how to deal with the
trouble. Send 3-cent stamped envel
ope bearing your address and ask
for it. '
Laceration
My first baby, born 14 months ago.
I am 21. Recently had appendicitis.
Doctor then noticed laceration 'of
cervix. Read article recently which
said this may cause cancer. (Mrs.
J. It. Q.)
Answer Every woman who b?ars
a child has mora or less laceration
of the cervix. As a rule natural heal
ing occurs and there la never any
untoward effect. Sometimes compli
cations Interfere with Immediate
natural healing end then there may
be more or less trouble until the
injury is surgically repaired.
Hay Fever and Asthma
What suggestions have you for a
poor geek who gets severe hay fever
and asthma about the last week of
May each year? (C. G.),.
Answer Send stamped envelops
bearing your address, for mono
graps on subject.
Tomnrrow The Contagious Stage
of Syphilis
Ed Nate: remans wishing to
cummimirote with Or. urady
should end letter direct to Itr
William Brady. M O.. 263 El
Camlmi. Beverly mils. Calif.
today is about SO percent commercial.
Among the now famous who lived
there during their coffee and cake
days were Lee Tracy, Bobble Arnst.
Martha Raye. Ray Bolger and Andy
Sennella. Mansfield Hall was also a
stamping ground for midgets In the
vaudevllls days.
In fact, one of the managers of
Mansfield Hall is of The Little Peo
ple. In the touring days there used
to be an average of SO Lilliputians
appearing In the metropolitan area
constantly during the season. They
are, hotfl men say, most satisfactory
guests. Not only scrupulously neat
In their rooms but are invariably
orderly, well-behaved, non-complaln-Ing
and pay their bills with punct
uality. It has been rough Bleclding
for most of them with the collapse
of their chief vocation. th stnee.
Copyright 19J7.n,.Wilk.n Family. ELT"T ITS It VOfrj, JW
Inc., AladJin, Pa. Executive offices: ICT C No V H H nWHl I Ififfl
N.Y.C.Th.WUken Family Blended DIMT Vn ' l'HFLV0 l Mi
WM.k.T-90 proof-,h. straight IINI jTV JJ 2S7C KfeS'i' " & Ifl
T.hi,klc.lnthl.procluct.r,lSmonth. LSaJ!' Wn";!!Lr . .gtf 3
or mora old. 25 straight whliklesj ntlADT 1 A f L ..l 1 1'
75sgrain.u,r.I,p.ri.20Ssrr.igh, QUART 1.4U No. 2S7A mBWM
hi.k.y is momh. old, 3 straight AVAILABLE IN OREGON "WMulm .
whiskey 4 year, old. "
in the pair few years both here and
abroad. There la no record of a mid
get begging on the streets in the
metropolis. And s;ldom are they In
volved In lawlessness.
It Is one of the newspaper shop
legends thst after one works for a
score of years in the Journal is tim
trade he is Instantly marked by the
Indefinable brand of his calling. Yet
I do not believe any endeavor leaves
such little Impress. Among long es
tablished newspapermen I know there
are those who look like actors,
chorus men. bankers, artists, small
shop-keepers, and even gangsters.
And I have never known a person
who upon wanting to see some news
paperman and having him pointed
out was not surprise. Always a dif
ferent sort of person from what was
expected. Except Lucius Beebe, of
course. One expects to see a fashion
plate and does.
Battery Park, overlooking the har
bor, always has its scatter of leather
complexloned. squinty-eyed men Who
Look Out to Sea. No matter how
cold the wind blows they are on the
benches watching the gulls rise, drift
and wheel and the tiny dots that be
come first bright funnels and then
gradually full-sized ships nearlng
port. They are the seamen who
through economic conditions are no
longer able to breast the waves.
The annual dog show in New Tork
Illustrates the trend of the metro
politan mind toward the pedigreed
pooch. For three days each winter
11 brings an audience that pays 30,
000 dally at $2 a head to see the
benched bow-wows in Madison
Square Garden. The limousine dis
play at night of arrivals Is the fin
est to be seen, exceeding that of
opening night at the Metropolitan
opera.
Thingumabobs: Toscanlnl is re
turning to America for a tour be
cause of homesickness , . . Bruce
Barton divides his times between
New York and Phoenix. Arizona,
where his daughter Is making a re
markable comeback from an accident
Injury . . . The first Mrs. Jimmy
Walker plans to open a perfume shop
in Miami . . . Grover Whalen has
the fattest distillery executive Job
$90,000 a year . . . The Sidney R.
Kents are on a tour to Australia.
A beplumed flunkey at one of the
avenue hotel entrances rushed to an
arriving taxi. A stewed fare stepped
out, squinted at the splendor of the
uniform and got back in the cab
mumbling: "Thash trouble with this
world, getting too pretty.".
Editorial Comment
Alr-Minded Medford.
From a village of minor Import
ance, Medford haa grown In two de
cades to be the largest and most
thriving of southern Oregon commun
ities. In spite of this rapid growth, the
construction has been modern, sight
ly and happily planned. The streets
are well laid out and much paving
has been done. The residential dis
tricts are Ideally located and gener
ally well segregated from the busi
ness sections. The natural growth
of trees has been utilized to good
advantage in the home area beautl
flcatlon both on home grounds and
along the streets of the home areas.
A garden club, long active, has play
ed a major part In the home beauti
ful program. Tha effect Is a city
that has a big business and Indus
trial volume but Is sightly and al
luring to the sense of beauty. A
civic center, with architectural har
mony and the landscaping of the
grounds, Is part of the plan on
which the city has been developed.
Medford has already been described
on this page as definitely and em
phatically air-minded. That fine
city built the first airport In Oregon.
That waa In 1922, and It comprises
280 acres and la located but three
miles from the city. The total cost
of the facilities la 1190,000. The
number of men employed at the port
Is 21, three of the United States army,
four of the department of commerce,
airways radio, teletype and direc
tional range beacon, five In the Unit
ed States weather bureau, six from
the United Airlines, two from the
city of Medford, and one In the post
office department.
Approximately S171.000 has been
obtained in WPA funds, and at the
present time 75 men are working on
a project at the airport. When this
la completed. In a few weeks, the
main runway will be 5500 feet long
and 200 feet wide, the cross runway
2800 feet long and 200 feet wide. Ade
quate warming-up aprons, flood
lighting system and spotlights around
the field are included In this pro
ject. Two years ago the Medford port
was selected by the 31st bombing
squadron of Hamilton field. Califor
nia, as the base for spring maneuvers,
and approximately 125 officers and
men camped there for ten days.
Medford is a city of progressive,
alert and cultured people. Oregon
Journal.
Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson Count
history from the flies ol the
MaU Tribune 10 and 20 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
April 22, 1927
(It was Friday)
Crime wave in Portland contlnuss
unabated. Loan office and poker
game robbed by bandit pair.
Summerliko weather prevails over
Rogue River valley.
Julius Wolf of Ashland returns
from a vacation trip to Los Angeles.
Citizens urged to burn all trash
at once ere dry weather starts.
IS
NEW FORMALS
JUST ARRIVED FOR
GRADUATION
The loveliest for the price
that we have ever seen
$495 to $1 750
THE BAND BOX
"The Store That Saves You Money"
Si
p
HOTEL
Governor Ritchie of Maryland In
speech declares "class prejudice will
be downfall of American democracy."
Eggs sell at IS cents per dozen In
city.
E. E. Ash's new house Is about fin
ished. (Trail Items).
State files suit for Its share of th
O-C tax refund money.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
April 22. 1917
(It was Sunday)
Shortage of eggs keep prices up
in valley. There la a shortage of pro
duction owing to the high price of
grain. Price Is 30 cents per down In
trade, 26 cents cash.
Children to 'is admitted to Red
Cross benefit aiiow at Page by pre
senting a nice, sound potato at ticket
window. The potatoes will be sold
for the Red Cross. Manager George
Hunt offers a prize for the largest
spud presented.
Greater Medford club plans fare
well party for members of Company
7 before they go to Fort Stevens for
training.
Corbln Edgell has returned from a
business trip to Denver, Colo.
Fierce battle again rages along the
French front on Western front.
Insist On Delicious
Lost River
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