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MEMBBH OP AUDI'l BURBAO
OF C(RiUJLATlUNi
Vrlvertlalna Rapraaantatlva
omci Id N r. Ctilcssy. OWM
See 8anel.oo. bo. Annlea, JL,'t
Portland. t Atlanta. Vsnonevar
Ye Smudge Pot
Br Arthm Perrf.
n..MM hnn ndlourned. leaving
the Democratic party spin mm
henna to breakfast, and half way
back again. Nothing gcta any mad
der than a Democrat at one of hie
own political Ilk, and the pain In the
necks extend from the White Houao
to the proclnot committeeman
the moat mountalnoua precinct of
Jackson county. The November man
data called for nothing like thla. The
A riMjwiiint dlidnlos of the
New Deal have emaahed their Pho
nographic recorda of "Happy uaya
Are Here Again." and are trying to
aevar their Jugular velna with the
Jagged plecea thereof.
...
The irrwat Dolfera have come and
gone, leaving many local addlcta
anri an nnrnnlured thav mow
the lawn the flrat time the wife
commanda It.
.
The Department of Agriculture haa
determined, In response to Inquiry,
that the talla of plga moatly twlet
to the left, we would use w auuw
from which aide of the plg'a moutn
the aqueal emerges when alaughtered
to eetabllah "planned plenty."
.
THE QUAINT OLD WEST.
(Ijiliramlr Observer)
"Early tills afternoon people
In and around the Sacajawea ho
tel had a rather exciting time
and eo did a shoulder-high
ateer that had atrayed quite A
wave from hla uaual haunta.
The ateer, somewhat ruffled at
all the attention he was creat
ing, tried to get Into the hotel,
but the crowda ahooed him away.
Although he leaned against the
big wlndowa twice, they did not
' break although they gave way
quite a little. Finally, after the
ateer had been driven farther ,
down Adama avenue, the police
came to the reecue.'
...
Robert Taylor, a fascinating euaa
of the movlea. sailed for Europe Sat
urday, and 3000 women equeeled
and fainted, and had their hata
knocked on straight, In a feminine
riot on the dock. If a group of males
actd the name way, the police would
allrge they were drunk. One enrap
tured female, whose hand was
squeezed by the he-beauty, an
nounced she "would never again
wash that hand." tt nerda a aoaklng
IB dishwater.
.
Shanghai report Indicate the Chi
nese are gaining victories over the
Japanese, even If they don't know
what they are shooting at.
...
A Nevada ball game with a mem
ber of the legislature as the umpire,
ended In a riot. Detalla are lacking,
but tt waa probably due to the sa
lon making a speech every time he
called a strike.
...
A Nebraska resident who found a
wallet containing enrtno. and re
turned It promptly to the owner. 1
now suing for possession. The time
to start sn Argument In such esses.
Is st the time of discovery, when
the law of finders keepers, la In
full force end effect.
...
THF FAIR ST. fOMKTIMKa.
(Chlro (fnllf Enterprise)
"Dear Miss Chalfleld:
My girl haa played fast, and
loose, hide and aeek. come and
an with me for a year. 1 bet ahe
has told me a thousand lies In
that time. Vel In spite of It all.
t love her and can't help It,
Could you give a guy a little
encouragement?
Jack"
t
"Sunday was quirt, but while sit
ting In the gsrden of our friends'
horne shell exploded nearby."
(Press Dispatch) It was so quiet,
one could hear a bomb explode.
...
The 'ncldent In France, whereby
John, the president's son. washed
the Mayor of Cannea' face In cham
pagne, and bounced a 4-pound bou
quet otf his neck, has been officially
hushe.d. The young man was Just en
Jovlng the more abundant life, and
the fullneM thereof.
Cm Mall Tribune want ads.
Editorial Correspondence
NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Aug. 19. To most of us a trip
to Europe is Bometbing of an event. Not go with the average
New Yorker, nor to William van Hoogstraten, conductor of the
Portland Philharmonic orchestra. Mr. van H. sailed on the
Aquitania yesterday for a visit with his daughter in Holland
and a motor trip through Italy, Germany and Switzerland. To
him a trip to Europe is no more of an event, than taking
Rosey'g "cannonball" from Medford to Portland, to see a foot
ball game, or something.
Night before last four members of the Medford delegation
took a t ip up to darkest Harlem. We visited Father Divine's
church, but found it closed and a group of "angels" engaged
in removing the furniture and fixtures. All has not been
ambrosia and nectar in Father Divine's "heaven" of late. There
have been such vulgar and mundane notes of discord in the
celestial harmony, as damage suits, indictments, and receiver
ships. We couldn't find out where "heaven" is to be moved,
but we surmise out of New York's legal jurisdiction, somewhere.
esse
Tt was a hot night, and Harlem's "Broadway" was crowded,
from steps to curb, with a slow moving mass of dusky human
ity, nil shades, all pizes, all ages out for a breath of air.
The watermelon dealers were enjoying a brisk trade, as were
the stands offering ice cream, at two-bits a pint. The ladies
of the party adored the scantily clad little pickanninies. We
didn't believe that on such a night there would be much to
see at the Savoy "400" club, but decided to take a chance.
see
Admission was 50 cents, dancing on the second floor, the hat
check stand in the basement. There were show cases en route,
exhibiting men's dress suits and ladies' dancing frocks, for
rent, but as far as we observed no customers. Wc decided to
conserve what energy we had, and passing up the hnt check gnl
in the basement, proceeded at once to the ball room.
The hour was about ten-thirty, and the temperature, as
indicated, hot enough to melt a celluloid collar. But the
"swing" band was in action and there were 20 or 30 couples
on the huge floor, executing various interpretations of the
'fliindy hop." A majority were colored, but there were half
a dozen pure whites, while the spectators were practically all
from down town, at groups around the tables, sipping cool
drinks, and apparently enjoying the spectacle.
We took a table at the end of the hall and ordered beer,
one of the lady members of the party, immediately ente.-ing
the spirit of the occasion asking for "DARK beer." But no
dark beer was to be had, so she had to be content with pale
amber.
The Lindy hop is well named we don't believe Iiindbergh
himself could execute an aerial maneuver, that wasn't dupli
cated on that floor, before we departed shortly after midnisht.
As the evening progressed the
and larger, the dancing more and more spirited and bizarre,
and one swing band was replaced by another, aud now and then,
both bands banged and blared and gyrated together.
e . .
We left with a greater respect for the colored race, than
we had before. There was nothing offensive, or even rowdy
about the dancing that was put on by the colored girls and
boys. It wag violent, that's all. Just how they could go on
and on in that atmosphere without collapsing, is a mystery,
but they did. And not all of them were young either. Certainly
the Harlem black belt has plenty of physical stamina. None
on that floor could be training on cigarets and ginl
And how they enjoyed themselves, how impersonally and
completely they gave themselves up to the dance. When that
music started well they just couldn't keep still. That was
the spirit of the plaoe as far as the assembled Africans were
concerned. (We couldn't say as much of the few Caucasians,
who danced cheek by jowl, and made feeble attempts at some
thing more primitive from time to time.)
Some of the members of our party were shocked to see
colored men dancing with white girls and vice versa. There
was soma of this, but not much. A couple which appeared to
draw no color line occupied the box next to us. The girl was
black as the ace of spades, the niBn far lighter than the average
life guard on any nearby beach. Moreover he was slender,
had delicate features, a high forehead and sensitive, intelligent
face. But his hair was kinky, he greeted other colored man
familiarly, and merely demonstrated that one drop of colored
blood, is ENOVQH. There were many similar examples both
sexes, there being all shades of color, amber-ivory to eoal
black; and features ranging from the pure negroid, to the
Grecian type. As a whole, the blacks wore in one group, the
whites in another. And the blacks, MY
ess
But they all had a fine time. And if we may say so,
rather an innocent light-hearted time, the joy of life, and
music and rhythm in it. One felt they were in their natural
element, expressing themselves, in harmony with the traditions
of their race. Barbaric yes, but not decadent. They were not
devotees of Bacchus, or Aphrodite, but the pagan god Pan,
joining in the great dance of LIFE 1
Yes there wag the Lindy hop, the rhumba. the Congo Cuddle,
and variations and improvisations too numerous to mention.
If we HAD to describe the spectacle as a whole we would
call for a rooster. We would then cut off his head, and throw
him on a huge dance floor, dimly lighted, with colors of red.
and copper, all about, and then let nature take its course.
As the headless rioster hopped about, the right leg would break,
and revolve about madly as if on a swivel joint, then the left
leg would break and the same performance would be repeated,
and all would be in perfect time with the tom-tom music.
And the rooster wouldn't stop until the music did; and the
rooster would never fail to arise and start to jerk about when
the music started. This would be a solo performance it is true,
but it should he emphasized that, these dusky couples performed
in perfect unison, like a couple of acrobatic puppets on one
stick. That may not be a rff'- simile, but it is as near as
we can come to describing the general visual impression created,
by spending two or three hours in the Harlem Savov night club.
a
In front of the library at the comer of Fifth Avenue and
t'.'nd street, saw a street vendor with quite a crowd nbniit him.
Edned to the inner circle and discovered he was selling toy
Scott.ies, which he wound up and placing on the sidewalk they
proceeded to wag their tails, jerk about, and elp. Terribly
cute, and the young man was selling them, almost as fast as
he could pass them out twenty.five cents each. A yoiinu
woman, nicely dressed with a sporty looking Sealyham on a
leash, came up, and the crowd got a big laugh when Sealyhum
proceeded to nose one of the toys, and whine, in an ingratiatine '
fashion. We houi:ht one of course, and to the delight of crowd
ed Fifth Avenue, proceeded to try it out in an open space,
near the corner fence. The tail wagged OK, the head bobbed
but there was no yelp. Sn we returned and complained to the
street vendor, informing him we had purchased an imperfect
specimen. "Oh no" said he, "yon have to make the noise
yourself, and he banded out a whistle, which he proceeded to
place between his teeth. "You can have your money back if
you want " he added. No we didn't want our money back, the
toya continued to sell like hotcakes we stuck around a while
to see some other people gyped even- sinele toy demonstrated
appeared to yelp. Rut whistles apparently were only given to
those who came back.
Well it was worth two-bits. Ho Hum THAT'S .- York !
R. W. R. I
crowd on the floor grew larger
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed lettera pertaining to personal liealtb and hygiene, not to disease
dlAgnoals or treatment, will be Answered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self
Addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief And written la Ink.
Owing to the large number of letters received only a few can b answered.
No reply ran be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address
Or. William Brady. 285 El Camlno. Brverly, CaUf.
WHAT, PAY FOR TESTIMONIALS
Vague recollection we used to hear
bout "un aoI .cited testimonials."
Not In recent years, however, for that
quaint Idea has
2VA been drowned
out by the
shouting of the
professional tes
timonial givrs
who boast of
J heir easlly-earn-
s, m g 41 pin money ana
I.M Joke about the
r. SHI d0?110" they
I v,;W-4l hv practiced.
II ir m n unsolicited
testimonial ex
pressing
the pleasure and benefit he haa ob
tained from reading this column for
years, and wishing me success, hap
piness and peace for many years to
come. He goea Into some personal
details to show why and how he has
benefited, and then offers a novel
suggestion.
Practically the man proposes an
essay or letter contest for readers of
this column. He would have us of
fer prizes for the best letters or brief
essays teillnir actual experiences
whereby the writers have gained In
mental or physical well being, free
dom from 111 new or perhaps recovery
from a o m e abnormal condition
through knowledge or advice given
here or by correspondence.
No, no, brother, It can't be done.
That would be buying testimonials.
The hope of winning a prize would
naturally Inspire some readers.
If any one has benefited or thinks
he has benefited In any way by rend
ing this colum or by writing to me
for information or advice, there Is
no law to prevent the bird from
saying so.
Perhaps I'm queer about this, but
It only gives me a pain when some
one says I'm Just wonderful and I
do so much good and will I kindly
send prescription for this or that.
But. boy, I still get a thrill out
of a le t ter I rece 1 ved se veral yea rs
a$o from a mother who wrote to
thank me for having given such
clear Instructions for artificial res
piration. She had dragged her child
out of a pond and resuscitated the
child by following the Instructions
I had given. Or from this letter
written by a man in the northwest:
". . , . white spot on my Hp . , .
seemed to be spreading . . . plant
doctor said only a little Irritation
, - read In your column warning
about white spots around the mouth
OnMcTnfyre
NEW YORK, Aug. 33, Diary: A
note from Lowell Thomas for me to
pitch for his team nt Pawling when
the writers play
the Washington
rorr espondents
But my round
house out-curve
Is not what It
used to be. A
matey screed, too,
from Burton Bas
coe. roaming the
western plains.
Came a halt
dozen ties from
Charvefs In Paris
without a card
but T suspect Charlee O. Norrls. So
bedecking myself In one of au
tumnal russet and off with my lady
to Esther and Bruce Barton's lor
Bruce's birthday party, and to Mary
Armstrong's Jam shop for some pre
served cherries.
So at dusk driving to Mrs. Made
leine McOlone's on Pelham Park
way to see her fine Bostons and
one. as frisky aa a puppy, ten years
old and blind. Such a wrench I was
in a dolor. And we remembered
pasalng the Claremont we had not
dined, but hearing Jar music, on
home to the ice box.
One thinks of Ted Healy with hU
slouchy walk, rowdy twinkle and
sloppy su rtou t as the rou phest et
hard guys. Especially when he hauls
ofr and slaps his stooges a prawn
pink, yet there arc few with a more
prartlred eye for beautiful things
In life. Now and then he goes on
a flower hinge, sending exquisite and
personally selected posies to those
he tikes. He la also a frequent vis
itor to the galleries, standing en
chanted before some canvas that haa
caught his eye. He is an astute Judgo
of fine paintings. In New York and
Hollywood he often sneaka off by
himself to watch a sunset from
some particular vantage. A news
paperman rauaht him one evening
drinking In the beauty of a day's
dying splendor over the Palisadea.
He was aked what he was doing.
"Just a mugg musing.- he replied.
Clowns frm Psgtlaccl down have
alwsvj hsd their pensive moments.
Orork. the famon Furopean mime.
Is never happier than when spading
tn his garden Toto. at the Hippo
drome, used to sit on the fire es
cape In the evening to watch the
sun In dying splendor. Silvers llkeo
to sit on the battery rail and look
out to sea. And Jimmy Savo is a
frequent visitor to the Tmpire tower
to watch the scatter of start.
Personal nomination for the tin
nleet. silliest tune of the recent hit
crop: "It Look lake Bain in Cherry
Blossom Ijsftne."
Walter ChrvsW. Jr. ha become
one of the discriminating younger
trommel. Pomeone refers to him a
"The Boy Frank Crnwnlnshleld." His
dinner parties, at home and in the
cafe are models of Kplcureau select
ness He give small parties, but In
profusion The late Ernest Ceruttl.
who knew fords a well as anyone
of his day. satd that dinner with
more than 13 diner became un
wieldy for everybody, nvhitltng Viot.
waiters and chefs, H thought
Brady, M. P.
. . . went to another doctor who
pronounced It first stage of cancer.
Not satisfied X went to two other
doctors, and they all agreed. Then
had radium treatment. It sloughed
off, healed up and never has re
turned. I truly believe I have you
to thank for the fact that I am still
living. Your column Is doing more
to educate people against their most
formidable enemy, health Ignorance,
than you can possibly realize. . , ."
QUESTIONS AND AN8WERS
Cryptorchidism
Just learned that my JO-year-old
son has undescended testicle. Recall
you had article telling of successful
glandular treatment for this devel
opmental fault. 8. B. H.)
Answer. Any good doctor can give
the child a series of Injections of an
terior pituitary -like hermone, which
will probably correct fault.
Girls Are Taller Today
I am 5 feet 74 lnchea tall, 33
years old. I have grown an Inch In
the last seven or eight months. I
think I am too tall for a girl. Com
mon belief la that people stop grow
ing at the age of 31 years. Has my
diet anything to do with It? I have
Indulged In much cheese, ice cream
and milk. In the effort to put on
weight, also a great deal of greens.
Or would you blame It all on glands?
(Miss J. O.)
Answer. Growth In stature may
continue until the age of 36 years,
though after 18 or 19 the average In
crease In height la usually less than
an Inch. Measurements of college
women recorded for many years In
dicate that girls today are an Inch
or two taller than the average height
of girls 20 or 30 years ago. Whether
the explanation of this Increased
stature is a question of nutrition or
ductless gland function or climate or
heredity. Is conjectural.
Chromium Plated Hare
Since reading in my son's chemis
try text-book that lead Is used In
chromium plating I am afraid to use
some chromium plated kitchen uten
sils. (Mrs. H. V. A.)
Answer. No hazard Involved. Kitch
en utensils or cooking utensils or
Iron, tin. enamel ware, stainless steel,
aluminum, chorlum, plated, nickel
plated, silver-plated, or copper ware,
are perfectly safe.
(Copyright, 1037. John P. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D.. 263 El
'amino. Beterly Hills, Calif.
correct number should be fight. And
there was the conclusion of that
trencherman. Count Bonl de Castel
lane. who thought no dinner could
be well eaten with more than one
guest. And even then. there should
be no conversation. It la true that
many of the most celebrated lovers
of food liked to dine slone. Diamond
Jim Brsdy entertained extensively,
but several times a week would
square off to himself and lick the
platter clean. Cesare Rltz, the hotel
man, always had one luncheon and
one dinner each week with no one
present save the servers. Those were
the meals he enjoyed most.
Bagatelles: "Around the Corner."
by Charlea Hanson Towne, la King
Alfonso's favorite American poem . .
Ernest Hemingway, after starting a
novel, tries to write one chapter a
week . . . The first thing Jascha
Heifet?, does on awakening Is to see
thst his vloltn Is safe ... A special
truck awaits to carry perishable gift
to hospitals after Major Bowes broad
casts ... Ed Swarey, crack adver
ttslng man, cant stay awake In air
planes which he uses almost con
stantly. Nothing so complexly swamps me
as to be announced by a butler at
one of those formal dinners. It has
happened twice and each time when
I stepped forward I expected to do
either a split on the polished floor
or hook an off foot In the yawning
mouth of a Polar bear rug. Bo a
friend dropping by today has rare
medicine. Last night, so announced
at one of the stiff affairs, he got I
half way across the floor and let go
a lulu of a hiccup.
(Copyright, 1037, McNaught
Syndicate. Inc.)
Communications
Approves Comment On attack
To the editor:
I am writing you tn regard to your
comments on the appointment of Mr.
Black tn the issue of August ifl.
can very truthfully say I osn not
say I approve of everything our pres
ident hss done by any means, but
you bve In the comments mentioned
expressed more good common sense
over an Issue than you win find lr
reading many newspapers. Tou have
not only shown good common sens
but It Is the embodiment of logic and
good philosophy. Would that all
who are trying to mould public sen
timent could follow after you.
Respectfully yours.
T. W. HCWJWN
440 Chestnut St., Ashland. Ore. '
Aug. s. Ml.
flenulne Relief
To the Editor:
After reading the hysterical, mud
dled and mlslesdlng stuff thst his
been poured out turouah the press
during recent weeks rncernlng the
constitution and the supreme court.
it was a genuine relief, aa well as
pleasure, to read your remarks lln
ThurMe-y's Mall Tribune.
We are also reminded that honest
and Independent opinion m still
be found In the newspaper field.
J. A. M i Name on file).
Medford. Aug. 33. msT.
Klamath Hutrhers' rnlon
KLAMATH FAU. Aug. 3.1 (API
Klematb Pails butchers' union to.
dar joined the culinanr alliance In
It fight against a new cttv ordinance
requirint phvsi,i examuieuc-AS fftr
All food handlers.
Comment
on the
Day s News
By FRANK JENKINS.
PORTLAND haa a labor dispute In
lis lumber Industry. It Isn't tne
old-fashioned kind, between employer
and employee. It follows the sew
fashion, which has sprung up since
the Wsgner labor relations act be
came a law.
The row 1a between the AFL and
the CIO I rival labor organizations),
with the employers looking on aa
helpless bystanders.
THE national labor relations board,
operating under the Wagner labor
relations act, offered It "assistance'
in settling the dispute. It received
this answer from Abe Mulr, vice
president of the AFL carpenters in
ternational union:
"The Brotherhood (of carpen
ters) has had two cases before
the regional (labor relations)
board, at Onalaska and at Omsk,
and In two years the board has
yet to show It has offered labor
any relief,
"Compared to the no-beneftta
the board has given labor It has
given the employers also noth
ing but embarrassment. We dont
want ANYTHINO TO DO WITH
IT. We will straighten out our
own affairs."
THE Wagner labor relations act
has been in operation somewhat
over two years, it has never had the
confidence of employers, for it has
been partlsanly anti-employer from
the beginning.
We now have the word of Abe
Mulr for It that the national labor
relations (Wsgner act) board has
lost the confidence of a considerable
element of labor.
IN these two years of operation
under the Wagner act, the labor
situation hss gone from bad to
worse, it has now reached the point
where no employer knows at any
moment whether he will be per
mitted to operate for more than a
week and where no WORKER knows
whether he will HAVE A JOB more
than a week.
The result Is fear of the future
on the part of both employers end
workers. Fear of the future l an
other term for lack of confidence.
Lack of confidence has always been
the predecessor of hard times.
THE opinion Is growing that the
Wagner labor relations act has
made a mess of Industry. But, in
stead of profiting by the mistakes
that have been made, we seem to
be getting resdy to step on into NEW
AND MORE DRASTIC regulation oi
labor and Industry by means of the
Black-Connery wages and hours bin
which will give to another govern
ment board more power over the
Uvea and fortunes of both workers
and employers than any set of men
ever had In this country before.
This writer can't escape the con
viction that we would do better to
go SLOWER in that direction, rather
than faster.
Bunker Hill monument was begun
In 1827 and flnlhrt in tail
a discontinuance of the work for
lack of funds.
Let as Assist you In pun
ning VOI R home . . . pro
vide QUALITY materials
for Its construction and
secure for you competent
builders . . . well gladly
outline our COMPLETE.,
DEPRNDARLE building ser
Tire to you.
ECONOMICAL TO BUILD, TOO!
POR the .mall family, this picturiqu Southwest bunjajow
la wpaeialty luitabla . . . tha im, eoBvanlant floor plan
may be adapted to other types of mall homes . . . Easy
rHA payments enable YOU to have a bunfalow of your own
RIGHT NOW , . . How much more satisfactory than paying
the same money on rent I
BIG PINES LUMBER CO.
Dependable Building Advice
Phn 1 6th and Fir Streets
Behind
Washington
Headlines
By H. R. Baukbage
Copyright 1937, b.v The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
(Continued from Pag One)
realized that he waa bawling out
hla -other self." A laugh would end
what might have been A painful
situation.
Bo when that framed document
comes down from hla wall In the
executive office upon which the
president "caused the sesl ol the
United States to be affined" while
"reposing special trust and confi
dence" In one Stephen Early. It will
be a moment of mixed emotion for
lte owner.
If congress shuddered when It
witnessed that bald. If affectionate,
piece of nepotism, the appointment
to the aenate of Mrs. Dixie Bibb
Gravea by her husband, the governor
of Alabama. Its own face may well
have turned red at the same mo
ment. For not in forty years has a
congress msde such efforta to ad
vance the spoils system, break down
the plan for "merit" selection of
civil servants.
So far, no Irate civil service re
former haa added up the numbet
of Jobs removed from the classified
civil service by legislation passed this
session.
But at leaat 130 bills were Intro
duced many of them paased pro
viding for complete exemption from
the classified civil service of the
personnel which would be required
when and if they became operative.
For no known reason, the CCC
clerical workera, the positions under
the new housing authority and two
disaster relief organlzatlona were
notable examples.
In the fsce of this deluge of pros
pective patronage, a new civil service
commissioner, with strong "reform"
tendencies, has been sppolnted. He
is Samuel Ordway. Jr., who has
served on the council of the civil
service reform league and has been
a civil service commissioner In New
York. He may raise caln, but there
Isn't much he can accomplish of a
practical nature alone, even with
the unanimous support of the com
mission. On the wall in a neat three-story
office Just off Washington's fash
lonsble office district hangs a map.
3btel ward
aaJaraajtV
$Z!2up
I I
l Double kaasi I
$32! up
3 Minutes from Bus Stations
10 Minutes from R.R. Stations
Fireproof1 Gnt fai Cosnactloa
Autos CbeKhetJ at the Door.
Shopping and Theatre Center
Across Its surface, stretching from
the Pacific coast and the middii
wear are traced ominous red lines.
They are the routes by which thou,
sands of unemployed have moved on
Washington under the auspice of
the Workers' Alliance.
No housing facilities have been
provided by the promoter of the
cavalcade. No food. For nights they
have alept on cots beside the Wash
ington monument. Comfortable
enough If It doesn't rain.
The flrat delegation waa made up
of cripples. They had no place to
sleep and David Nlles, assistant WPA
administrator, offered to pay from
his own pocket for their accommoda
tion in the V. M. C. A. and the
y. W. C. A. He was informed, ac
cording to s WPA official, that hla
help wasn't acceptable because "It
would spoil the publicity campaign."
Flight 'o Time
Sled ford and Jackson County
history from the flies of the
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
August 23, 1927
(It was Monday)
Navy search of the sea finds no
trace of lost Hawaiian filers. Air
derby Is costly in lives and gold.
Government seeks 2000 settlers for
reclslmed Oregon lands under the
Owyhee project.
County court serves notice it will
provide no cash or gas for stranded
tourists.
John C. Mann appeared In the Old
Hat parade with a plush plug hat of
the 1890 vintage.
Grange hell at Eagle Point is com
pleted. Local Red Cros packs Christmas
bsgs for foreign lands.
Cows thst have pastured on the
landing field for planes at the county
fair grounds ordered tied up.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 23. inn
(It wss Thursday!
Talent district votes 1600,000 Irri
gation bonds.
Merl Merrlman. 18, la home' for a
short furlough. He is enlisted In
the army.
City council to take action to curb
attempt to raise wood prices.
Glenn O- Taylor returns from a va
cation In California."
O. and C. land grant counties to
accept overdue taxes.
Highway up Oregon and California
coaata pledged by both states.
Shortage of fruit boxes menaces
ocl fruit crop.
H. C FBYMAN, Proprietor
8. H. wAGENR, Manser
m LOS ANGELES
SIXTH AND SPRING STREETS
"Oft Iht Hayward HaUt"
a
The
ROMANCE
OF THE
SOUTHWEST
Lives In This
Cozy Bungalow!