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PAGj.', six n- 1iIEDF0T?D MAIL TRIBUNE. MEPFORD, OREO ON". TTEDXERDAY. .TULY 14. 1937. MedforivOTribune TM7Nt IB Soolbsrn Orecoa JUad the stall Trlbona. Dally EinpI gatardar. Publlihfld by MBOFORO PRINTING CO. N. nr U Pbsae II ROBERT W.RUHU Editor. ERNEST R. OILSTRAP, Uavosser. Aa ladpodtnt Nipipr. Initrtd aa Hoond-oliu matter at U4 far, Ortffbi). ondM Aot of March I. U. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mitl-ln Advance. . Dally, ona yaar Dilly, ! monhi 1 Dally, on month v. V a 'S By Carrier, Id Advaneo Manford, Aaa land, Jaakaonvtilo. C o t r a I Point, Pboaoli, Talaou Gold BUI and an Dally! alt muntha Dally, ooa month 10 All torma, eaah la advance. Orf I Ha I Paper of tho City of Uedtord Official Paper of Jackwon Coaoty RMHRH OF THE A0KOCI A TED HHfcttH HfTtlvlOf ruil lmmo Mir of"" Tho Aaaoolatod Praw la iolulalr en lltlod to tha uu for publication of all bow dUpatcbaa credited to It or other wlae credited to thla paper, and alao to the local newe pabllahed hereto. All right for publication of epeolml Slapatchee herein are aleo reeerted. MEMBER Or IfNITKD PR BBS MEMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU Or CIRCULATIONS Advertlelos Repreaentetlrae Offlcea IB New Tork. Chicago, Detroit, San FraoelKco. Loe Anitelee. Seattle, P rtland. CL Louia, Atlanta. Vancouver, B. O. tolto Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. The public fretting over ths ex pending of money, in ths search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator, lout "aomewhere In the Bouth Pa cific" continues. It Is a strange at titude, for a people who filed no protest against monumental govern- mental spending on achemes that, like Amelia's ill-fated flight, appear ed alao "Just for fun." It wan all right to flirt with national bank ruptcy, hb long aa the leader grinned charmingly while proposing new ex travagances calling for the ahovollng away cf billions. The flight should have been classified as WPA Projoct No. 3.367,890-AA. It would have been glorified, and brought no spon taneous outburst for Uncle Sam to be a tightwad. The veterans of '98 went homo today, leaving many compliments for ths water and tho weather. t The Chinese ore now blamed 'or Inventing the slot-machine. No won der they want to fight Jnpan. . H. Luy, the Antelope cowman, towned Tuns, looking for hay-hands, of which thero Is the uaual deficit and paucity, t MAN Till, TAI.I. THINKER. (Chlrnj'o News) ''In the hearts of millions Is the thought that dying In a trench is no worse than living In a gxittcr. They listen hope fully to the promise of one poli tician after another, but life get no easier. Instead, It gets harder. The promised land Is al ways Just over the hill and each year the hill seems to get steeper." 'Kothing can be said for the one headlight auto menace of the high ways" notes an exchange. Thry are better than the no-headlight-at-aii auto menace, and a pleasnnt roller from Juggernauts with glaring beams that burst across the vlalon like comet, but never burst. Seven years come next month, the flrat Medford boy squat tod In a tree and allowed ho would repine and rep05e there until school was well underway, or until kidnaped by a woodpecker. Since then there has only been chain letters, handles, knock-knocks, and a couple hun dred plans for everlasting ratnbows, and eternal blue sklra. The Oregon Democracy Is now In the throes of a 'antrum, and fight ing among themselves. Nobody know what they are fighting about leant of sll the active combatants. They plan a harmony meeting, at which somebody will got shot. Prosperity has returned to the metropolis. A visitor from the hin terland met a friendly blonde, and hss asked the police to find her. and hla 9230. WORKINf. TUB 1YORKKR. (Newsdom "He recently purchased a 37, S00 home in aristocratic Alexan dria, Virginia. It will coat close to $60,000 to restore It, A uni formed chauffeur drives his Cad illac Vft limousine. He collects antiques and reads the classics. His aon attends r private school "Who? J. P. Morgan? No. John U. Lewis." "His feature are somewhat the same, yet greatly different. 'The Kid' hsa grown up." (Pendleton Bast Oregonlan) How come? A survey shows the bearded barley in i no last rain did not get its whls kers aa wet as ''ret feared. SOAP CREEK LOGGER KILLED IN ACCIDENT VRBKA, Csllf.. July M.-(AP Ald.n Galbreth. 38. was crushrd to death tort i y when a boom pole broke M crashed on Mm at the Kmdle Oalbreth laftttna camp on Soap creeit. Ollbrrth It survived by Ma widow and family, retldlna; t Omnia Put, Ore ton. Phone M2 we'll natit away tuui rat use. City sanitary fteryio. Russia TES, you have to hand it to these RuMiana!" In a little over three weeka, two Run.ian planes have flown from Moscow over the north pole to the United State, without serious mishap. The first plane, due to fog, failed to reach its objective. The second plane also failed, in this direction, but instead of falling short, travelled on, nearly 500 milea further than it planned, and established a new non-stop record. Great achievements, both of them. All credit to the Soviet airmen! TIESE two aerial feats, coming immediately before and immediately after, the Amelia Earhart tragedy, accentuate the vital importance of proper equipment, for any plane at tempting long distance flights over land and sea. By proper equipment, we refer, particularly to the radio and navigation field. Miss Earhart had an experienced navi gator with her, but no radio operator and neither she nor Koonan were experts in that department! In fact Miss Earhart abandoned the radio equipment at Miami, that would have allowed her to keep in touch with ships at sea, a fact chiefly, if not entirely responsible, for the disaster. SO like most tragedies, the Earhart tragedy teaches a valuable lesson. It required the lfss of two lives, one of them America's leading aviatrix, to clearly establish the fact, that without proper radio equipment, and an expert operator, an airplane that has lost its bearings at sea, is like a ship without a rudder. Only a miracle can save it. 'With such radio equip ment, barring accident, an airplane could fly as safely over sea as over land, and anywhere near the ship lanes, sea flying would probably be safer. According to press dispatches the government intends to grant no licenses for trans-oceanic plnnes, hereafter, that are not properly equipped in the radio and navigation departments. This should be done. The experimental stage has passed, the novelty has gone, it has been demonstrated planes CAN fly around the world over sea and land. Safety and common sense dictate standardization. It's a terrible price to pay, too grcut a price, but the Earhart tragedy, in the history of air navigation, will properly be given tho credit for it. Looking Forward THERE were three men on nnA Russia's nee nilot. the third, a radio cxrert. . Thanks to such complete equipment and an ample gas sup ply, they were sitting pretty all through last night. They didn't wish to risk a night landing so they soared leisurely about until daylight, finally settling down near Talm Springs. Through the night the Russian lads knew where they were, but no one down below did. All the boys and girls along the coast knew, was that the plane was roaming about somewhere aloft, t he exact point unknown. WE have no wish to introduce what some may consider neither an appropriate nor a pleasant note into the chorus of welcome and acclaim, that is greeting our Soviet visitors. But we might as well face the facts. And perhaps by so doing wo may contribute something to the cause of world peace. For what two Russian plnnes can do, a fleet can likewise accomplish. And what can be done in peace, can be done in war. And finally what Russia can do, regarding the United States, the United States can do regarding Russia, and all countries likewise and vica versa. So whatt nPHANKS to the amazing developments in air navigation, as Colonel Lindbergh pointed out in Germany several months ago the old national frontiers no longer exist. Oceans, and lakes, frontier forts, and heavily guarded mountain passes no longer count, for the enemy comes and goes unhindered, in the unguarded sky, above them. And consider the situation the people of this coast would have confronted last night, if instead of a friendly visit by one nirplime, this hud been a hostile visit by a squadron of them, armed with bombs and machine guns, instead of orange juice and vodka 1 Not a eity large enough nor a village small enough to be safe. From tho traditional military standpoint, not a few strategic points to be protected, but every square inch of the stale, and quito obviously that couldn't be done. Glance at the methods adopted by both sides in this Spanish conflict, and then consider what WAR, any way on a large sunle, would mean, to this country or any country involved in itl They toll us the strongest instinct in man is the instinct of self preservation. If this is true then only those entirely devoid of both intelligence and imagination, can be excused for not fighting war, and particularly the ELEMENTS THAT l'UODL'CE WAR, as long as they live, with all their will and all their strength I , QMclntyre nrw YontC. Jul 14 Kverv morn- 1 lic betwtfen a and 7 there strolls northward on Madison arenue In the 50 s a Tuxedord gentleman, a bit weanr. on his war home. Strangers! turn slowly and smile knowingly. To them tit course, he Is an other stay out on the hut lap of a hectic niiht. But to famil iars he Is Arnold Reuben, the dell oatoAaen man. whose restaurant for more than 30 years In various parte of town has I been a fixed haven of the clenrlt'e I of the ttsfe, tlnem snd radio tnd Wins that Russian plane last nignt. the second an expert naviirator. nonchalantly in a cow pasture, other callings identified with amuse ments. Reuben has stood in the entrance ivs a greeter from the time hla place was a two by twice sandwich shop cn upper Broadway until It reached its present opulence. He knows the inside Uvea of his customers more than moct anyone of hi day and there are few he has not befriended. The Reuben crowd does not really oegin to collect until around t a. m. It Is composed largely of those in white ties who have been doing ths town, from Greenwich Vmve to Har lem, and do not consider a night out complete without having stopped olt at Reuben's. No newspaperman has been so suc cessful In complete cessstion of ac tivities after s busy life as Karl Blck el, who decided to retire as ths bcd of s pirea association a few years o Bickel had worked furiously snd at top speed for more than 25 years and there were those who eaid he could never be happy away from ths grind But he burned all his bridges behind him, built a horns at Saratoga, Fls ind. a he says, "Just loafs." Some times with ths local banker, other Personal Health Service By William lined letten pertaining to personal health and hygiene not to dleee w dlafaoala or treatment, mil be stuwered by Ur. Brady It a tumped teit Addressed cnrelooe It eaeloeed Letter abould be brief and written to Ink Owlnf to tbe large number of letters recalled only e few can be mattered No reply can be made to qoerlee not conforming to Instructions. Address Ur. WMlim Brady, ZJ El Camino, ttererly, caUf. BREAD Bread is three tlmss as nourish ins; or fattening as potato. Tor "bread" substitute cake, cookies, crackers, rolls. toast, rye waf ers, wheat cakes or whatever cer eal product you imagine is not so fattening and you'll get prac tically ths same effect. I'm still rea sonably Irish, but dang It I tell you I don't like po- tatoea and I won't have 'em In any way, shape or manner. It all began the first Thanksgiving din ner at Grandma's. Turkey and every thing, but at the last minute Father insisted that each serving of turkey must be accompanied by a gob of mashed, potato. Ugh., I'd as lief not have any turkey either, thank you. For several years I tried valiantly to like French fried potatoes, but the American culinary school has knocked that Idea out of my head, too. French fried potato on an Amer ican menu la a swindle and .there should be a suitable penalty at tached. Nevertheless as a health teacher I cannot stand by and see the potato libelled as It is by silly women who carefully exclude potato from their diet and eat bread stuff in the com placent belief that potato la "fatten ing.' Potato yields 440 calories to the pound; bread 1320 calories to the pound. A baked or boiled potato weighing leas than 3 ounces yields 100 calories; two slices of bread or toast 4x4 Inches yield 140 calories. Boiled potato contains 75 per cent water. 2.5 per cent protein, 0.1 per cent fat, 20.0 per cent carbohydrate (chiefly starch, a little sugar or glucose) and 1.0 per cent of mlperal salte. White bread contains 35 per cent water, 9.2 per cent protein, 0.8 per cent fat, 53.1 per cent carbohydrate (chiefly starch, a little dextrin) and 1.1 per cent of mineral salts. Bread contains practically no vi tamins. Potato contains fair amounts of vitamins A, B, C and G. Both potato and bread are carbo hydrate or starchy food. Either la appetizing, palatable, digestible and nutritively well bslanced when com bined with milk, butter, gravy, cheese, meat, egg or fish. But there la no point In taking breadstuff and potato In the same meal; such a combination Is not particularly at tractive or appetising; however, if you like both potato and bread you need have no qualms about the per fect digestibility of the combina times with the shoe cobbler or watch es horseshoe pitchers. So preoccupied la he doing nothing he only looks at his mall once a week. In the mall cornea a letter asking for m,oney and on either aide of the letter, the left and right margins, Is a Hat of patrons and patronesses. So long a list that If each lady and each gentleman would give $5 to the charity It would be a considerable sum. The precoclousness of the modern youth continues to bewilder oldsters. Fannie Hurat has , friend who was doing a difficult cross word puzzle and was stuck for a word meaning long and pointless talk. He asked his married daughter, who did not know, but hla nine -year grandson, who was not asked said: 'Try filibuster." Later he came on "flying buttress," which also stumped the household, but the grandson gave the definition at once. Not only that, he knew when It was first used and why and gave a short description of this particular archi tecture. Sentiment: In Woodlawn cemetery, not far from the Whit Plains road, ta a marble monument of a small boy on a bench. A hand of the boy holds a flower. Each day, wind, snow or rain, a fresh flower Is placed In the hand by a florist who has a shop near by. A spy tells of a neat trick In sell ing norlda real estate that rarely falls to alng the bell. When the real tor has prospective customers he ex pands on the glorlca of real estate and tho natural advantages of Flor ida and at the proper moment In his preoratlon suggest a little native snort. He then puts up a ladder on one of the cocoa nut trees of the place, cuts down a likely looking specimen, and. slicing off the top. pours the milk Into glasses filled with Ice. The result is startling. The milk turns out to be a heavenly ambrosia with ah oopsie dslsy. As a rule the host soon hss the visitors signing on the dotted line. He doea not. of course explain he has taken precaution the day before to bore a hole in the co co a nut. added a goodly portion gin to the milk. He then replugs the co coanut and In 34 hours the gin and milk hare fermented a lulu. The perennially youthful Fanny Ward the first time In her indeter minable yat face obesity. All her life she ha been able to eat and drink what she pleased without a round of vChan&Chan , t'hlneae Medicine Co. eft He relieved at once b vr,l . n ii tia.n- A.llllllS ft WiVr-'H e v reier. atanmrh lei ..af rmtilile. Contliatliui. chronic Cough. Hheumall.m. si nil. Trimble. Plies. Arthritis. Co llll. Serine, Apiiendlrltit. Illr.lt lllood ITciire. Pnwtate, Hut. Liter, HlaiMrr. Mriiier. Lungs, lllo.Kl. lunar trnuhles. Herb. Ill glte you relief, to a.m. to pn.: TueMlaj-lhucdsv 10-11 a m. Clvfrrd Sunday. 111 ' i y v Brady, M. D. VS. POTATO. tion. It Is what your taste or appe tite calls for, not what some self constituted "food specialist" says about "wrong combinations." A frequent inquiry 1 whether there Is any harm In eating raw potato. Certainly not. On the con trary, If one craves or enjoys raw potato It Is quite wholesome and healthful to eat. There Is little ground for the popular belief that baked potato and toasted bread Is more digestible than potato or bread otherwise cook ed. This, too, la mainly a question of Individual taste the form that ap peal most to your taste Is most di gestible for you. qtXSTlONH A ANSWERS. Testimonial. Another great help for which I have you to thank la the use of borax water for tired eyes. I use It dally. M. L. 8. Answer Teas poonful of borax or boric acid dissolved In a pint of boiled water, best rain or snow water or distilled water, but tap water If these are not available, la moderately antiseptic. non-Irritating and usually soothing to use as eye drops or ss eye wash. Belly Breathing. You might fairly aay that ths belly breathing exercises you have popularised so widely Is (a) a her nia preventative, (b) that it causes the liver and Intestines to move around to some extent and so aids peristaltic and other functions. Have you found any belly breathers who are constipated? I opine not? H. W. K. Answer Thank you. I have to re strain the Impulse to recommend belly breathing for many things ths wiseacre dumbbells will conclude It la no good If we give the im pression It la good for everything. It Is all described In detail In ten cent booklet "How to Breathe" which will be mailed to any reader who asks for It and provides a three-cent-stamped envelope bearing his address. Tod In and Cough. Last winter I began taking lodln ration as you recommended, and In a short time a winter cough I had had for many years cleared up. You may use thla statement If you wish. J. D. E. Answer Thank you. All I know is that the lodln ration does no harm. Glad to send any reader who asks for It, "Instructions for Taking lodln Ration." Inclose a three-cent-stamp ed envelope bearing your address. (Copyright, 1937, John F. DlUe Co.) Ed Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady fhonld send letter direct to Ur. William Brady. M. D.. 265 El Cnmlno. Beverly Hills, Calif variance and her thin, graceful fig ure has often been remarked. La dles would see Miss Ward rounding out a gala night In the old Paris days with a steaming bowl of onion soup would glance at her figure and heave an envious sigh. In her 60's she would sweep on the dance floor with the floating grace of a puff ball. But Time always catches up with Its runaways. And now Miss Ward has been forced on a strict diet with drinks barred. When Rube Goldberg flew oer the Grand Canyon to the coast recently he looked down and started to tip his hat. Ho thought at first It was Martha Raye smiling and saying hello. (Copyright 1937, McNaught Syndicate. Inc.) Burnside and Union Worst Crash Spot SALEM. July 14. (AP) If you went to evold the place where moat traffic eccldenta occur, keep clear of Burnalde street and Union avenue In Portland. Secretary of State Earl Snell aald today that 65 automobile accidents occurred there Murine; the first five months of IB37. the figure being the hiRheat for any one point In the atatc. Broadway snd Interstate ta the second moat dantrerous spot In Port Isnd. 37 accidents having occurred there. JUNE GOLD IMPORTS SET UP NEW RECORD WASHINGTON. July 14. (API The commerce department reported today June imports of gold Into the United States, totaling 283,103.813. were the largest for any month since the gold sterilization program was started last December. May Imports totaled 1155.366,073 and in June. 1936, 1277.851.371 worth of the metal was brought Into the country. Exports of gold during June totaled SB0.744. Lawn morei service, 'all snd del l.ieal B:kt atuv T! 859 411 R Main Dairymen! Attention! meeting Is to be held In freM-ent City on July 30th be tween southern Oregon rreamerimen and Northern fall torn Is Crmmrrrnieti for the purpoe of request Inf that Cullfornla creameries rut the price of butterfat they buy tn Orreon. Now. do yon want competition and pretalllng price, or do tnu want no competition and rut prlcesf It's np to you tlalrjmen. t urgently request that ou voice your opinion on thU matter b sending a postcard or letter to the following named California creamery. (Hined) . M. Pom. DEL NORTE MILK PRODUCTS COMPANY Box 95. Grants Puss, Oregon Comment on the Day s News By FRANK JENKINS VFU'VE probably read this psra- graph from a New York dis patch: ''Having won recognition from Mae west of his marriage to her In 1011, Frank Wallace, exhibition dancer, today prepared to de mand: his attorney aald, a half share In the movie actress re puted $3,000,000 fortune." (Which, It should be sdded, he DIDN'T HELP EARN.) IITELL, It takes all kinds of people " to make a world. Some are good, some bad and some merely contemptible. You will decide for yourself, of course, which kind Wal lace Is. nia time movie stars, on their way u to "location," pause in southern Oregon on a hot evening. Just at the dinner hour, and Instead of staying hidden away in their alr-conditloned cars, as so many celebrities do in the smaller cities, mix wtlh the popu lace on the platform, get . wrlter'6 cramp signing autographs, smile and pose and generally make good fellows of themselves; giving .everybody a big thrill. SUCCESSFUL business people wel come an opportunity to get out and meet the cash customers, and in the case of movie stars NEARLY EVERYBODY 1 a cash customer. And when you live by the box of fice, It ISN'T a bore to find people gathered by the hundreds or the thousands, wherever your train stops, to get a look at you. Instead of being a bore, It ta a SIGN OF SUC CESS. THIS dispatch Is from Washlng- ton: "John L. Lewi today (Friday) branded as 'drool ings from the pallid Hps of a traitor1, a state ment by William Green that the Committee for Industrial Orga nization lost Its steel strike by 'stupid blunders.' " . UST to keep the record straight. let's see what William Green SAID In his statement. Here la a part ot it: "The violation of agreements, the seizure of public property, violence, riots and uprisings can have no place In the social, eco nomic and Industrial life of America. "No union of workers who resort to the use of aucb meth ods, can succeed. . . . Workers of the United 8tates understand this to be true. They are will ing to strike and fight for high er wages and Improved condi tions of employment, but they will do so as law-abiding peo ple ... In an orderly way snd in conformity with the laws of the land." YF Mr. Lewis regards that state- ment as traitorous, Just what would he regard aa patriotic? what the appointment meant. So did they. The democratic party owes Mr. Johnson a debt for wTiat he did in organising the veterans' division of the national committee In the last campaign. But it wasn't so much the way he helped the president In the election as the way he opposed him in another matter that probably won President Roosevelt's regard. That alt happened 'way back when Lewis Douglas, then director of the budget, was attempting his futile balancing act. He was planning to cut the compensation of veterans. Including some who were wounded In actton. Johnson, then commander of the Legion, had the delicate job of turning on the heat. He handled It with gloves and not army gauntlets. Instead of advanc ing on the White House like an army with banners, he telephoned in advance offering to submit data. The president accepted, went over the memoranda with Director Doug las. Later Mr. Johnson arrived and after a rorthright conference It was possible to draw up a lotnt state- aJiCcf (Continued iioro Page Ons.) ment which assured ths tetersns that ths compensation cuts would ks. mnrfiriawi and extricated the presi dent from an embarrassing situation. Enter another lady Into the ex clusive precincts of the state de partment, though at this writing it hasn't been mentioned. Neither has It been mentioned that Keith Mer rill, executive assistant to Assistant Secretary of State Carr. has resigned hla post. His duties were the super vision of the furnishings of the for eign service buildings, legations snd embassies. Mrs.' Warren Delano Robbln. wid ow of the president's cousin, veteran diplomat and late minister to Can ada, will now look after the govern ment's Interior decorating Job. Mrs. Bobbins will not hold Mr. Merrills title. That will go to an architect, soon to be named. Mrs. Rob bins (who tints her hair heliotrope) comes to her Job well equipped. Aa a foreign service wife she has opened 33 official homes in temperatures ranging from 104 above to 46 below. She will remain in Washington for two months and then start an Inspection tour of Uncle Sara's parlors, bedrooms and baths. The next shake-up In the state department will be In the legal di vision. The resignation of Dr. Ernest Gruening, aa head of the Puerto Rico reconstruction administration, predicted In this column some time ago, will probably be acted upon within the next few weeks or before the return of Oovernor Wlnshlp. who is at present In Washington, to his post. Dr. Gruening, when relieved of this extra added assignment, will be able to give more time, he hopes, to his real Job of director of the division of territories and Island pos session?, of the department of Inte rior. If all goes well he expect to give some personal attention to Hawaii when he is relieved of his duties of rehousing the Puerto Ricans FORD PLANTS CLOSE FRIDAY FOR VACATION DETROIT. July 14. (AP) The Ford Motor company announced to day Its River Rouge plant and forty other assembly unit and branches throughout the United States would close for the annual Inventory and vacation period Friday, July 18. Operations will be resumed on August 9th, the announcement said. with a dally production schedule of 6.000 cars and trucks. That Little Cottage You've Been Dreaming of BUILD IT NOW! There's no time like the present to Bt'lLD that home you've wanted to start putting your tent money Into something you OWN. Rents are ttavnnring, too, unj it time to become Independent of landlords! COMPLETE SERVICE! We offer service that starts with the planning and fin ancing of jour home and does not end until you have moved In assist ou in securing an V. H, A. loim waled to the IndUldiinl Income In 10, 1.1, ?0 years joii will own your home free and clear. Let us tell you more about this splendid building service! WOODS LUMBER CO. EAST JACKSON AT GENESEE DOWN HOTEL DRAKE-WILTSHIRE STOCKTON STKEET. AT UNION SI1UARF. Cont'f mr nl to eery Point oj Interest 350 newly decorated roomi with bath and thower and many with panoramic view EXCELLENT COFFEE SHOP Kates from S2.00 Single $3.00 Double CEOtCB T. THOMPSON Uni!nf Director Flight 'o Time sled ford snd Jackson County btstury from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY July 14, 1927. (It was Thursday)) Decline in pear crop of Paclfls coast states forecast. Two-way traffic to Crater lake now in effect. Four highway speeders fined In police court. Campaign for neater mall-boxes la city underway. Salvation Army drive nets 91900. Copco to build new office build ing Grants Pass. Nick Longworth, Republican, be seeches Democrats "to show signs of life and be up and coming, to main tain a responsible two-party govern ment to preserve American democ racy." TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY July 14, 1917. (It waa Saturday.) Far western states rising against the I.W.W. menace. Oregon to furnish 717 men for first war draft. The M. B Chase orchard In the Table Rock district Is making excel lent progress, the district correspond- cnt reports. A daughter Is born to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mann. Forest fires are feared unless ram comes soon. "Who Stole My Gal?" at the Star; "Diamonds of the Damned," at the Page. OREGON GAS TAX OVER AVERAGE FOR COUNTRY SALEM, July 14. (AP) The na tional average for state gasoline taxes is 4.34 cents, compared with five cents In Oregon. Secretary of State Earl Snell said today. Florida. Louisiana and Tennessee have the highest taxes of seven cents, while Missouri and Rhode Inland are low with two cents. Every state has such a tax, as well as the federal one-cent levy. PHONE 108 - TOWN VC3
