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PAGE ETOTTT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, frfEDFORD, 0KEC10N, TUESDAY. AUGUST 17, 1937. MEDFORDvrTRIBUMZ Bead the Hell rrihu." DeUj CiMpt ttotsrday. Hubllahed bf LIllWIDIt DRfUTINfl GO. n-n sa n Kir st phoo n RUU1CR1 w ttUUU Bditor ERNEST R OIU8TRAK UnBr. Aji independent Newspaper. Entered u tenond-claee militr ii Mad Cor. Oregon. anr Aol of Het-ch 1. 8UBSCR1PTION RATES By lieil In aiencei Dell, on rear Dillv. els months. II. fit ........ Dally, ane month .7 V.' ' 7 J! lend. JaokaonTlllo. Ciotnl Point, Pboenix. TlnU Gold Bill &sd on higbwaya. nll. DO ffMT 99.9V Dally. ll mouth Dally. one month All terme. oaah Id danoe. Olflclai Pnpn At tbe Olty ol Medford Of final feuer of Jnchaoo Voaulj MKMHKH OF 1I1E PHttth Rttelrtnf run iihj The Aaaociatart Pre la eicluanely tu tit tad to the uia (or publication of Ml new diapaune credited to it oi other wise oreditefl to thl paper, end aloo to iba local new published herein. All rlghta for publication of peelai dlapatchaa haraln ara alao roeorred. MEMHER OF UNITED PRESS UEMBEH OF AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Advartlalng RepreeentAtleee Offtcaa in Now Tork. Chicago, Dfrrtu San Pranclaoo, Lob Angola. 8 a 1 1 1 a, Portland, BL Louie. Atlanta, Vanooavar. B. C. Ye Smudge Pot Br Aitnui perry. The President's selection tor the supreme court bench of a lormer Alabama police Judge seems to have pleased no one but the ex-pollce Judge, hl wife, and the President It la cited ai a horrible example of what the nation would have received In the way of Judicial appointees, If the chief executive was empowered, as he proposed, to name six Justices The comforting thought abides there are not six men in the land as un fitted as the Alabama senator. The Presidential choice Indicates, In the event America went to war, the gen eral picked to lead the armed forces abroad, would also be dandy. ... No complete check has been made as yet, but there seems to be as many "Swltzerlands of America" In Oregon, as there are "Gateway Cities to Crater Lake." ... The Postmaster-General and Na tional Chairman of the Democratic nrArilfttj. Run. Vandenbura of Michigan will be the Republican nominee for President in mu. now up to the Republican party to be helpful, and pick out a Demo cratic candidate Sen. Vandenburg can beat. ... A scientist saya Insects' nerves quiver when they hear music. Well. If they've been listening to some re cent radio program the buga have nothing on us." Houston (Tex.) Fot-DIpatch) Bo say we all. ... NOTHING MUCH WRONG. (Atlanta (leorxlan) 'He la wrong, of course. He Is wrong because obviously he Is acting like a stiff-necked, ln corrldlble, bigoted, credulous, pro vincial, uninformed, arrogant, discourteous, pompous, foment ing, politicking, preening, puf fing, magisterial, Pharisaical, of ficious, ostentatious, opinionated, dogmatic, churlish, contumacious, disingenuous, dissembling, calcu lating, humorless, a n 1 1 - social holier-than-thou-Yankee." ... Safety experta proclaim "a 13-year eld boy lacks the mental qualifica tions to drive an auto." Besides his legs may not be long enough to resch the brake pedal. . . The CofO. roof caught afire last night. It la not known whether it was caused by lightning, a carelessly tossed cigarette, or a red-hot speech aimed the wrong direction. . The esteemed Klamath Falls Her ald editorially wonders where the politicians get their money for con tinental Jnunts and expenses to Grange and Townsend club picnic. They seem to have an Inexhaustible supply of both wsmpum snd wind. A I.M.V STHIKKS OIIT. (Town snd Country) "On the afternoon of the fourth day a mesAsge came Inviting her to visit her host that evening. She went, about nine o'clock. He received her In a long room overlooking the gar dens. Candles were lit In the room. Hr begun to talk. He talked, with extraordinary force and Imsgery. about politics, poetry, religion, love, the human soul. The candles burned down. The night grew pale outside. The sun rose over the gardens. He tslked until seven In the morning, then, with grsce and courtesy, he bade her goodbye. When she got back to her rooms, the msld was packing for her. She left." ... An Alaboma Townsend club has a president, who la only nine years old. and a boy orator besides. By the time he la flo, he should know now to take up a collection. ... The esleemed Corvallls Garette Tunes Is edltorlslly mildly agng. at the news scientists In Marylsnd are endeavoring to produce red clover lhat will lesve the bumble-bee with out his traditional Job of polllnla- tng with all due respect to sci entists, who csn tell to a split sec ond when a comet will be visible from the esrth seve. years before it la. there is no grounds for alarm that Nature will not contlnu. to do a good Job, and continue aa boas Phoos 54i we'll hsui away your rslua. City sanitary Samoa. We Editorial Correspondence "WASHINGTON, D. C-, Aug. President Roosevelt is still a as fit as when we last saw him, it may be this unspeakable Washington climate, or the way things have been going polit ically or a combination of both. His color is not as good, his eyes not as bright. But that alertness one might term it al most a startled alertness is still there, head in the air, chin high, the winged-victory, sort of thing hasn't diminished in the slightest. Outwardly at least he is still the "Happy War rior." Thanks to Onrl Smith of the Journal we were introduced to Davidson, of the White House press bureau, and admitted to the President's press conference this morning. Because of the Claude JtcColloch hearing before the senate judiciary commit tee neither Smith nor Johnny Kelly of the Oregonian were on hand at the White House, so Davidson took us in charge. .We had no intention of meeting the President, for our theory has always been, that the President's time is too valuable to be tak en up by hand-shaking, and chit-chat, moreover we have never been greatly interested in that sort of thing. ..... But when the conference adjourned Davidson picked us out' of the crowd and without a word took us up to the President's table, and introduced us to Steve Early, one of the President's secretaries. We had met Early at Grants Pass a few years ago when he came west with the late Secretary Howe, and he was smart enough to remember it. He was slightly non-plussed how ever when Davidson introduced us as the EDITOR of the Port land Journal of Portland, Oregon, so were we. This broke the ice so-to-speak as we explained our exact status, and we were properly handed over to F. D. R., as a country editor of South ern Oregon. The President was very nice of course he is nice to every one, and we passed a few pleasantries about the ancient past, and a few mutual friends in the Webfoot state, including one in Medford. But what struck us so forcibly was that mental alertness. A portly gentleman had preceded us, some foreign newspaper man spending a few days in Washington, and had engaged the President in some discussion of the Greek language. The President showed a keen interest, and talked for several minutes on technical linguistic problems which were entirely over the country editor's head. Then we came tip, and one might have excused the President for spending a few seconds in adjusting himself to such a different spectacle and environ ment, a somewhat weather-beaten country editor from far off Oregon, whom he hadn't seen for 35 years and didn't know intimately then but not at all. Presto changeo Greece was out, Oregon was in and that was that. ..... Perhaps this is an important Vftlt nhnrm Rut if idti 'f noriinnol his remarkable memory, a genuine personal interest in people, and a superlatively alert and active mind. It must be a strain on bis vital forces this constant tension. We have an idea the President will never grow old, never slow up as most people do, and gradually fade away, but when he goes will go at once and entirely, not sick or wounded, but in FULL FLIGHT quickly brought down. President Roosevelt intends to visit Oregon sometime in the Fall to turn on the juice at Bonneville. The exact date is not known and won't be until everything is arranged. Trips have to be managed this way. If they weren't the White House would be flooded with Chamber of Commerce messages requesting the chief executive not to overlook this place or that. The same old army game, local pride and injured feelings. Thanks to the President's appointment of Senator Black to the Supreme Court yesterday, a large crowd of newspaper men and women were on hand when the conference opened. The procedure in such things has changed since we last attended a President's press conference in Washington. In the Harding ad ministration the newspaper boys were seated, there were both written and oral questions, the President was some distance from the reporters. But now, the President .sits at a long oval desk, and the newspaper crowd marches in, like a mob scene in a movie only the fleetest of foot, get up against the table and thus have a view of the chief executive. They are near enough to tap him over the head with a pencil if such a pleasautry should be desired. The President's secret service body gunrd stands near him, Charley Michclson is directly behind him (or at least was today) son James, his new personal secretary at the end of the table, Secy. McTntyre between him and his father, and on the other side Steve Early, and a husky young man we failed to identify. All the conversation in the ante room had been regarding the Black appointment and all we heard was extremely cric ical, so naturally the first question concerned that. The Pres ident smiled, cocked his cigaret at an angle and had nothing to say, other than that lie had taken every precaution to not have the news leak out, hud therefore written the order in his own hand and sent it to the senate by a special messenger. Fifteen minutes before this action, the newspaper boys at the White llouso had been told by Steve Early that so many names were being considered for the Supreme Court place, that it would be some time before any appointment would be an nounced. Therefore another question was pertinent "Did Steve Early know of the Black appointment?" Still smiling, and flicking a eignret ash, the President said he had been apolo gizing to Steve and Steve to him ever since the announce ment, obviously this was one appointment he had been able to make without Mr. Early's assistance, etc. etc. This caused considerable laughter. The general atmosphere of the conference was genial and friendly enough on the surface, but the present writer thought he detected a certain tension and absence of any real comrad crie underneath. This was not suggested by the President so much as by his associates. Son James, Michelson and Melntyre. They all looked extremely solemn, funeral in fact. We have an idea the popular reaction to the Black appointment had not pleased them. The conference didn't last more than 15 minutes. It was end ed by one of the big shots in the front, row saying "Thank you, Mr. President" and starting out. The crowd there must have been 75 or SO in all, followed him. We hurried over to the Senate judiciary committee room over a mile away just in time to hear Senator Borah interro gate Claude Mi'Colloch on his qualifications to be a federal judge. From a news standpoint this was as big a flop as the President's press conference. The dope had been Walter Pierce opposed the appointment and would come before the committee to present his objections. "Our Walter" was not there, and nunin according to grapevine, refused to accept an invitation to appear. As a result nil the evidence presented was favorable to the Klamath Kails attorney and none against. Borah pushed various telegrams and letters lie had read across the table, picked up his briefcase and said he was satisfied. Everyone else, including the chairman appeared to be. And certainly Mr. Mc Oolloeh was, for this means a life job for him, at an excellent salary, higher honor and security. Might add that he made a fine impression particularly his fr.'ik straighforward, admis sion that he hail been an attorney for the California Oregon Power company and for certain large lumber corporations. (A good attorney in Klamath Fulls naturally would beV And Mr. Mahoney who was there also, didn't appear to be downcast by the way 1 ltinirs turned "lit ! Everyone congratulated the "judge" and hurried away for lunch. R.- W. K. 13. The dominant note of smart alertness. He doesn't look factor in the kell-known Roose- nhnrm in u.ltiil, wtt rnfav Tf it, ' Personal Health Service By William Digued letters pertaining to persons, neaitb tod Hygiene qui to disco, Jiaguosls or trestnual will M uuwerefi by ur. Brady u a tumped self, addressed envelope is eocjusea Lector mould he Drlel and written in ink Owing to the large oumbei oi letter, received oni a few can be answered No reply can oe made u queue, ool conforming to Ins tractions Addresi Ur. William Brady, 28c El caminu lleveriy cam OUT BEYOND It was a great disappointment that we fulled to run onto the celebrated Adding ton 81ma when we visited Se attle. If Ad and the memory training system that made him famous only a little while ago have vanished, Roy O. Blv of our high school days marches on. It was Roy, you wtl recall If you were fortunate enough to at tend school be fore they merged physics with "general science." who kept the spectrum In order In your mind the component waves In the order of ther wave lengths red. orange, yellow, green, blue, Indigo and violet. Wave lengths of radiant energy longer and less rapid than the long est and slowest perceptible to human senses (red light) are Infra-red or radiant heat rays. Wave lengths shorter and more rapid than the shortest and most rapid perceptible to human senses are ultra-violet, ac tinic or chemical rays. Other wave lengths of solar energy (all energy or life comes from the sun) outside tne limited field of our ordinary sense perception are radio waves. X-ray, gamma rays from radium, for all we know perhaps telepathic and clairvoyant rays. Too many unsophisticated custom ers are deceived by gllb-tongued sharpers Into thinking visibly violet rays are the ultra-violet rays which have remedial value. There Is no remedial value in violet colored light rays from any source than there Is In green or blue light. Ultra-violet rays are Invisible. Imperceptible to human sense. For Instance, plenty of sunlight and considerable of the heat of the sun will pass through or dinary window glass, but the ultra violet rays of sunlight are almost entirely screened out by ordinary glass. Special glass may be used for windows which will permit a large part of the ultra-violet rays, not all. 10 pass inrougn. if you want to get 1 an or the ultra-violet the sunshine KjQMclnfvre NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Cafe com petition has become so complex that even the big money making restau rants are begin ning to worry about profits the margin of which la unusu ally large. Al most everybody whose bank roll begins to bulge, buys a few tables, rents a room and hangs up a sign. The astonlsh- (I A.:fMit ing block on UlEfisSSSj West 52nd street now solidly lined on each side with every sort of eat ing place Illustrates the Idea. Broad way has scarcely any enterprises any more save movie houses ana restaurants. The upper East Bide la being fairly overrun with new eat ing places, Sherman Bllllngsley has been giv ing gold coins to favorite Btork Club customers. "No. 21" publishes an ex pensive book filled with contribu tions of famous author guests. An other gets out a weekly tabloid with pictures about the headllners who gather there. Every sort of entertainment Is being offered with food. Ladles on the flying trapeze, crystal gawrs, pslmlsts, ventriloquists and such. The domestic problem Is a boon to the new order. People who rarely dined out are now seldom dining home because of servsnt trouble. IVank Case's daughter, Margaret Case Harrlman, Is an example of lit erary surroundings Inspiring the writing urge. Miss Case's formative years were spent In her father's Al gonquin, the haven of wrltera lor a quarter century. Aa a child. Prank Ward O'Malley used to take her to the circus. She waa surrounded by such whilom guesta aa Rex Beach. Edna Ferber. Sinclair Lewie and others who resided at her dad's Inn. So It was natursl she should turn to writing In time. Aside from an editorship on a woman's magazine, she has lsnded as a contributor on the New Yorker. Red Book. Vogue. Vanity Tslr and the Saturday Eve ning post. Prank Case, himself. Is no mesn shakes as a lutersieur although hid ing most of his bravuras behind anonymity. He has under sundry pseudonyms contributed to most of the newspaper columns, to the so phisticated weeklies snd Is now. at leisure moments, finishing a book that will recount experiences tor years at (lis West 44th street tavern. Resident of Harlem are noncom mittal about the headlined Messlsh. Father Dlrlne. Even those who op pose his religious frenzies and tney sre In majority keep their tongues held In silence by the Inherent negro fpsr of voodoo-uice punishment. Sev eral of Psther Devtne's delraoiors have mot with strange misfortune Of course, every Instance was sheer coincidence, but to msny lu Hsrlem It meant Divine held some strsnge Juju Jungle witchery over event snd persons. In fsct, this supersti tion saved hint from almost complete rout by his followers In a recent ruckus that sent him fleeing the lew. Morgan Dennis nsj hec-nie Vurl caa foremost etcher rtf dogs. His Brady, M. D. THE VIOLET contains, you have to take it raw, that Is, on naked skin with no screen or covering to filter out part of the radiant energy. The mid-day sunshine n mid summer contains the largest propor tion of ultra-violet. The sun In equatorial' regions contains more f than the sun In polar regions. The sunshine of elevated places contains more than the sun of lower altitudes. It Is this Invisible, colorless ra diant energy out beyond the violet that affects the photographic plate or film, bleaches or fades colored fabric, tans the skin exposed to sun, converts ergosterol In the human skin. In the animal body, In plants, in foosd and In dilations In the sea Into vlosterol, otherwise called vita min D. Ultra-violet rays (from the sun or from artificial sources) hasten hatch ing of fish eggs and fly eggs, stimu late reproduction in tissue cells and hence promote healing, destroy many bacteria Including tubercle baclUI, prevent and cure rickets, purify water, favor the development of the highest degree of immunity against respiratory infection. In the cosmic sense it Is far out beyond the violet where life begins. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Two Dollar Word for Hives Kindly tell me what urta carrier Is and what causes it. Please give me some advice for It. (Mrs. P. D.) Answer. Nettle rash or hives is sometimes called uttcaria. Send 3-cent-s tamped envelope and ask for monograph or advice on hives. Nu merous foods and other thinna mav cause It. Allergy Please inform m eof the name of the medicine you said persons - with allergy may take. (P. R. b.) Answer. Calcium lactate, lOgralns three times a day after food for sev eral weeks. Plus a dally ration of vitamin D to promote assimilation of calcium. (Copyright, 1937, John F. Dllle Co.) Kd Note: Persons wlihinn to communicate with Dr tiraa ihould fend tetiet direct to Ur. William Hrad M D. 26ft EJ Cam l no Beverly Hill. Ualll collection is exhibited each year at a 6th avenue gallery and brings out the dog lovers of note. He Is In constant demand by owners of prize winning pooches to immortalize their pets, but rarely takes on a personal assignment, unless the subject Is a dog that strikes his fancy. Pew so-called playboys, have been as successful in business as Billy Seeman. Although a settled family man now, following his marriage to the beautiful Phyllis Haver, he was in bachelor days a generous host to Broadway. During the period Mayor Walker was on the upbeat. Seeman was his psrticular pal. At his pent house parties, one might find Paul Whlteman or Oeorgc Gershwin lead ing a suddenly made up orchestra But never, during these high-stepping years, did Seeman fall to show at his office next dav nr In eight hours hard work. He lived high ana nanasomeiy. Kept fit by regular exercise and worked like a Trojan. And thus escaped the wlndup of the usual playboy. The finest compliment ever paid a certain totsy New York restaurant came from a Texan dining with a friend. The head-waiter had been Instructed to overlook nothing. Un tucking his napkin after the feast, the long-horn beamed: "Partner, that was boardln'." (Copyright. 1937. McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) Hawaii Invites Realtors SAN FRANCISCO. (UPI As a re sult of development of real estate, aerial transportation and rising pop ulation In the Hawaiian Islands, efforts are underway to hold the 1038 convention of the National Real tors of America at Honolulu, accord ing to Paul W. Stark, president. 'ealanders l'se Telegrams WELLINGTON. New Zealand (UPI More telegrams are sent per person In New Zealsnd, it is said, than In any other country In the world. In the last year for which complete world figures are available. 1034, New Zealand led the way with 3.5 tele grams per capita. MESS IN CHINA. This detachment of Japanese warriors look t lunch atop after an engagement In North China. They keep rrarlr hands upon their guns. Feeling asatnM the prr-rnce of th tro;;'. mri"; -d higher after the fall ot Pelping and Its rich farming country. Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. (Continued from Page One) fire before the vote on recommittal. It covered eight states, representing "doubtful" senators, and ammunition was being plied up to be used on the rest of the country, If needed. With the court Issue out of the way. there was a lull until another head was raised. Senator Black be came the shining mark. Meanwhile, another excellent Issue is developing In the New England state flood-control compact. It will come to' the fore when the Black smoke settles. The New England compact an agreement between New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Con necticutwas not. administration of ficials admit, drawn up with ulterior motives. In fact, it was a highly laudable effort to avoid the disast rous floods in New England. But the compact, ratification of which has been opposed by the pres ident and his advisers, has now be come the spearhead of an attack on the whole federal policy of regional planning. If carried out, it could wreck the whole program and make other "authorities" like the TV A im possible, say the new dealers. The federal power commission points to one sentence in the com pact which contains the dynamite. This sentence reserves to the states involved "all benefits and advantages of water conservation, power storage or power development" that might be created In carrying out the plan for building flood-control reservoirs. That, says the F.P.C., would knock the whole flood control act of 1936 cold and stymie the federal power program. There isn't space here for argu ments pro and con, but the point is that the same "old generals" whose grim and familiar faces the adminis tration's friends claim to recognize behind each barricade against new deal policy are said to be ready to lead the battle. They would have New England lined up and ready to go with a spirit that would make the skirmishes at Lexington and Con cord pale affairs. On the other side of the fence, the administration la piling up Its own ammmiltlon for a nation-. ide campaign. Details of the plan, re vealed in this column some weeks ago, are leading out in hints on the nature of the president's plans for a number of speeches reinforced by a whole network of others under the auspices of the Good Neighbor league. The nomination of Senator Black for the supreme court raised a lot ot cain with the sugar bill, though only a small group knows about it. This Is the story as told by some of the folk who are grinning with glee: It seems that Senator Black was scheduled to make a radio talk on wages and hours and other contro versial matters last week. When he learned of his designation for the bench, he was a bit worried over the wisdom of public pronounce ments on measures upon which the Judicial body of which he Is soon to be a member may have to pass. He consulted with a friend in the senate. "Oh. no," said his friend, "you mustn't do that. Why don't you get Senator Pepper to do the Job?" Senator Black agreed, and the Flor ida solon was pleased to substitute. Senator Pepper was naturally con cerned over his speech and left a session of congress to give It. In fact, he was so concerned that he forgot that he was the man who was to take a cut to introduce a sugar quota amendment during the debate in the senate on, the sugar bill. Howevor. rlRht In the midst of his radio piece, he remembered. Forget ting all else, Including the "great un-1 seen audience," he fled back to the floor. ' - 4 1 The earliest complete clock or which there is certain record was made by a Saracen mechanic In the 18th century. Comment on the DaU s News By FRANK JENKINS THESE statements are culled from censored news accounts of the battle of Shanghai: Japanese assert they shot down 35 Chinese planes with minor losses on their own account. The Chinese say they shot down 36 Japanese planea with a loss of five of their own. Chinese mstntaln they captured the Japanese headquarters near Hongkew park, key point of Japanece shore positions. The Japanese say this claim is ridiculous. Chinese planes claim to have dis abled a Japanese submarine and two gunboats off Woosung. The Japanese assert that no such thing happened WELL, the war over there is appar ently being fought according to the latest and most modern propa ganda rules, which are to claim everything In sight yourself and deny everything the other fellow gives out. FIT IS true, aa the wise men tell us, ths't Soviet Russia wss seeking by means of spectacular flights over the roof of the world to Impress her enemies with the magnitude of her aerial progress, It seems sadly certain as these words are written that she didn't know when to stop. THIS has been a yesr of spectaculsr aerial disappointments. First the German dirigible Htnden berg la destroyed by fire Just as It begins to look as if the Germans had learned the secret of llghter-than-alr flying. Then Amelia Earhart is lost on her round-the-world trip. Now the Russians, after two flights so spectacularly easy as to make it appear that they are invincible In the air, run Into trouble. If not dis aster, on their third attempt. Man still has a lot to leam about flying. STILL, do you suppose the casu alties among all the airplanes are any larger (In proportion, of course) than the casualties among all the birds? WASHINGTON The house ap propriations committee today (Monday) recommended a $78. 300.000 deficiency appropriation after cutting $42,809,530 from budget estimates for the final major supply measure of this congress session." The modern Idea of national fi nance, you will note, is save a dollar and then turn around and SPEND TWO DOLLARS. Freak Accident EUGENE, Aug. 17. (AP) Harry Barnum. lumber worker, was in a lo cal hospital today suffering from a brain concussion received in a freak ish logging accident. A log. falling from a truck, atruck a plank which flew up and hit him under the chin, hurling him 20 feet. Pioneer Dies EUGENE, Ore.. Aug. 17. (AP) John LaRue, born In 1852 in a log house in the Halsey area, died Saturday. Use Mall Tribune want ads. REGARDLESS OF THE , y STYLE YOU CHOOSE UtAC AlcpA ahsL yrnVL AoacL Id uoIwl ! OThe remarkably well planned, beautiful and comfortable demonstration homes have been designed in accordance with the 7 principles of sound building practice. These homes are unusual in that they demonstrate in a prac Thr it also a rtv tBarkabl book el in lernjoboo. "Th High Cost el Cheap Con struction." V nttoB in a litnple, under standable way. it fcringi you a world et Toluablt building sTnewlodae, You may bare It to lead at your leiiure. Timber P MIDFOKD PHONE 7 R0DUCTS Flight 'o Time atedtord and Jackson County ojiiurj crom tn fUes at tht Mail rrtbnni lu and U rears ago. IN VEAES AGO TODAY August 17, Wil (It was Tuesday) Aolr race to Honolulu now under way. James A. Mott of Salem decides an will seek Congressman Hawleya seat. J. C. Penney will open local store Friday. Gold H1U bridge over Rogue river open to travel. , Copco to erect large electric sign. Seven cars of local pears shipped to canneries today. Home building costs in city so far in August S 17,360. Medford woman Is left large sum by Wisconsin millionaire. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 17, 1917 (It waa Friday) Bootlegger caught In Slsklyous es capes by drawing pistol and fleeing into brush. British continue hard offenstv along the western front and force Germane back. Uncle Sam to deal drastically with I. W. W. outbreaks to binder war preparations. Seeley Hall of the aviation branch, at San Diego arrives on a week's fur lough to visit kin and friends. Relief from car shortage on tha Espee promised. Sprinkle over city rouses hopes of hunters no ban will be placed on deer hunting to protect forests. Communications What's Wrong With Plan? To the Editor: In reply to the question that transaction tax will not work. To the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions, the doctors, dentists and all business men, listen: If you were to take all the people 60 years or over that would qualify as "prosperity agents" to distribute whatever a 3 per cent transaction tax on all gross sales would bring, come Into your place of business and each spend $10 worth of new business which you would not get unless you help put these "prosperity agents" to work putting money In circulation as there are some that need medical aid, some that need new teeth, some that need new clothes and other goods and services, do you think that would hurt your comfort and well being? One man said "His company paid In processing tax $4,325,017 In 1935." A 3 per cent tax on that amount would be 9000,000. Is it consistent that an annuity of $000,000 would be ruinous, but that a processing tax of $4,376, 017, nearly five times that amount, could be paid without batting an eye. Now my good friends, please think this over and tell me what Is wrong with the Townsend plan. I have been trying for three years to find someone that can honestly say that H. R. 4109. the Townsend plan bill now before congress, is unJ fair and Impracticable. A. T. PLUMMER. Medford, Ore., Aug. 10, 1937. President Jackson in 1628 launch ed an attack on the Bank of the U. 8. as he considered it a detri ment to state banks. tical and understandable manner, that the most economical home is the well-built well-planned home. Here you will find suggestions where comfort and utility are su preme yet the beauty and individ uality of each design remains intact Sound Values are Easily Financed Because these homea hove bean wisely planned and properly built ot si and aid malarial, ineludina precisioncut 4 Square Lumbar in exact lengths they ean be successfully and soundly financed with surprisingly mcdesl down payments. Cora in and set them. Company eataoM End of N. Central
