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Ye Smudge Pot
Bj Arthur Parry.
Inourabl Democrats of the, parts
the past week offered a cut alibi for
the President's appointment of
Klanaman Black to the high court
bench. They argued everybody makes
mistakes so what?
a a a
. A copious rain fell Frl. catching
farmers with hay down, and city
folks with leaky roof.
a a a
The Dub Watson boy la mastering
the slip born, or trombone, and Is
harder to atop than a radio sopoano.
a a a
Bddle Carleton of Table Bock and
Harvard or Is It Yale U on the co.
Budget Com. T. Wagner of Ashland,
and B. Thelrolf of here are cohorts.
The O&lshevlkls are letting their
back hair grow long, to get a do-up
that Is all the rage In Paris, and
hides the neck.
a a a 1
The Elk cat had a fight Thurs,
vng. and received the usual licking.
During the combat, a neat unberblt
was clawed on the right ear.
a a a
Peoria Bill Dates spoke Thurs. on
the Applegata, and made the welkin
and Orange Hall rafters ring,
a a a
The Mai Pleroe boy has recoaered
(rem an attack of spring dancing,
and a cold, and la himself again,
a ' a
O. John Patton and Atty. T. Miles,
local citizens who possess umbrellas,
need same Frl.
a a a
A number of valley calvee looked
too much Ilka a deer the paat week,
and will moo no mora at the hay
stack. a a a
Charlie Wing peddled some of his
apples In Egypt last week.
...
Pumpkins are showing rotundity,
and then will be plenty tor plea and
Hallowe'en rambunctlouanesa.
a a a
Borne son of mighty Oregon went
to Eugene, on their week-end to see
the Stanford tussle.
a a a
everybody hereabouts la behaving,
and sawing wood, If he can't get out
of It,
sea
The work of Ironing out the at,
has stsrted. B. Jackson got the first
treatment, and has only needed fil
ing for as years.
a a a
Thurston Daniels Is back from the
hill where he chased the aloe cervua.
P. Fry Is the chlnwhacker Is still on
the yonder tide of Mt. Pitt.
. a
The Monday morning coaches were
plentiful Saturday, aa a result of
the rrlday night mlscue,
a a a
The John Mann store Is celebrat
ing Its 27th birthday.
a a a
Valley pioneer will meet this week
to tell how they hewed the mighty
oak. and Jabbed the laay 01 with a
broomhandle, while poking across the
plains.
a a e
Cltlwna able to buy caviar, are
putting down sauerkraut, aglnt a
tough winter.
a a a
Several of ths Older Olrl have
been caught by autumn colds.
a a a
Speed Idiots were busy Sat. night
demonstrating the need of ths return
of prohibition, with mora speed
than they travel.
a a a
Tom Carleton and boy of Flounoe
Rk. towned Bat. They were In high
dudgeon.
a a a
Skirmishing ha started over mud
In the Rogue. It Is not likely to last
long, as the flan bills, or a railroad-to-the-Coast,
but apt to end the
aame.
a a a
Con DeVore's grandson called at hi
meat house Wed. and l getting
heavier than a quarter of beef,
a a a
Old Oregon trampled Stanford Sat.
but not much more. The score w
1-e Bob Smith, a loci) product, did
noble.
Editorial Comment By State
and Nation Press On Black
Oregon Press
Salem (Ore.) Capital Journal
Mr. Black denied nothing essential
to the allegations that have been
hurled at him, answered nothing, and
confessed everything ... It Is algnl
flcnt that Black did not refuse the
life membership card, return It or
denounce the organization conferring
It for the un-Amerloan principle he
now tardily professes to scorn.
Portland (Ore.) Journal Justice
Black' speech was a confession. It
was honest. Justice Black appealed,
as a man. to many who readily for
give a fault when confession la clear
and penitence sincere. But the main
Issue Is not thereby changed. Justlco
Black convicted himself. He should
resign.
C. A. Sprague, editor Oregon States
man Associate Justice Hugo L.
Black's address, In explanation of his
alleged Ku Klux Klan affiliations.
was frank and clear cut but should
have been made at the time the sen
ate waa considering his confirmation
member of the united States
supreme court. A statement by
Black at that time probably would
have avoided the recent attacks and
aaved him embarrassment.
The New York World-Telegram
"Hugo Blsck'a address to the nation
waa the work of a brilliant prosecu
tor auddenly turned to the defense.
It wa an eloquent plea for tolerance.
It wa clever. But like too many of
the recent happening In the region
of the supreme court, 'too damned
clever.' . . .
We can't overlook the throne
which waa all but burled In the rose
bed of hi rhetoric 'I did Join the
Kln.' "
Cleveland New Hugo Lafayette
Black, Mr. Roosevelt's first gift to
American Justice, last night at last
admitted what he could no longer
deny. He confessed what had al
ready been proved up to the hilt.
Hla presence on the supreme court
bench of the United States must be
never-ending Insult to American
Ideals of government and American
ideals of manhood. He la a dl'
grace to the court and a disgrace to
the president whose reckless action
put blm there.
Philadelphia Evening uuiioiin
'The new member of the court asks
the country to believe that Black
the Justice Is fundamentally opposed
to the principles which Black the
candidate waa willing to profess to
advance politically. . . . Nothing In
the statement rellevea the Justice of
the charge of equivocation In the
assurances given his colleagues In
the senate In his behalf when the
rumors of his Klan connection were
first bruited. Hla own admissions
mske It clear beyond dispute that
the nomination should never have
been made: that It wa confirmed with
Inexcusable refusal to sift the charges
made and that his future useful
ness has been gravely compromised."
The Kansas City Star The plain
fact 1 that the Justice waa trying to
explain away something thnt in the
nature of the case could not oe ex
plained away.
Accumulating evidence since hla
appointment confirms Mie impres
sion mads at the time that hla ele
vatlor to the supreme court .was a
traglo offense against the American
people.
Washington Evenlug Star Justice
Black's statement regarding his Klan
connection comes late. He would be
In better case today had he made It
at the time hla nomination to the
court wa before hi fellow senators
for confirmation. . . . the country
will Judge for Itself.
Dayton Dally Newa "In view of the
widespread taint of the Klan In those
dark post war days some forgiveness
can be claimed and allowed. We wish
that Justice Black could have . . .
made a clean confession of error.
plead the disturbed mentality of the
times, then ahow forth, aa uiacx
could and did do. fruits meet for the
repentance professed. Blsck did not
go this whole way . . . and by that
length he failed of that fun ciaim
to public aympsthy."
Minneapolis Journal (Independ
ent) "From his uneasy spot at the
bar of public opinion. Mr. Black re-
Justice Black and
(Borothy Thompson In N. Y. Herald
Tribune)
More significant and more disturb
ing than the fact that Mr. Justice
Black may have been, and may still
be. a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
la the belated reaction of the so-
called, "liberals" to the story. Shock
ed, during the first days, they have
now gotten their bearing, and evi
dently all from the same place. For
tha chorus haa a monotonous regu
larity. And so zealous have become
the aupporters of the program tor re
organizing the supreme bench that
anything Is condoned In the adher
ents ot that program.
So we have the amaaing spectaclo
of "The Nation" and "The New He-
public," with a flock of editorial
writers and columnists of the New
Deal school actually putting forth
an apology for the hooded night
riders. We are told that the exposure
of Mr. Black was a "conspiracy" on
the part of Mr. Hearst and big
business; that Joining the Klan
believe it or not, this is "The New
Republic" talking "wa much like
what joining Rotary or Klwant li
In some small mtd western town " We
are asked to believe that Mr. Black
took the oath like "thousands."
"without realizing the full signifi
cance of the hooded order." The
Inference of the latter being that
he was not a rascal, but only a sap.
By another "liberal" commentator
Mt. Black'a membership Is called a
"red herring" drawn across the path
of liberal progress by the wicked.
We are asked to recall only that
Mr. Justice Black has waged heroic
war on the utilities. Whatever else
be may have done is really unimpor.
tant.
Now and 1 ahould have thought
ibvlously the question l not the
'haraeter or the motives' o( the men 1
who turned up the Klan evidence.
plled to the Ku Klux Klan charge as
follow:
"'Oullty. but I wa Jut foolin.'"
The Boston Traveler (Independ
ent) "Hugo Black'a pitiable defense
of his political chicanery was both
an lnault and threat not alone to
the three groups the Ku Klux Klan
persecuted, but to every American,
whatever hla race or religion. The
discussion Is not ended. The Amer
lean public does not accept the scold'
Ing. It may have to accept Hugo
Black on the highest bench. To pry
a man loose from a $20,000 a year
Job I not always easy.
"What do you, Mr. President, think
of It?"
The Chicago Dally News (Ind.)
"Justice Black's answer to the charge
Is a confession of Its truth, ... No
secret has been made of the embar
rassment of the president in the
whole matter . . . millions of Ameri
cans of every racial stock and every
religious belief will hot forget this
sole tangible accomplishment of
President Roosevelt's attempted "li
beralization' of the aupreme court."
Newark (N.J.) Evening New "The
New said at the time of hi nomina
tion that Its objection to Mr. Black waa
that he Is Mr. Black. Now he Is more
Mr. Black than ever, so let him put
on his robe, and let the court, with
lta eighth and It one, resume It busi
ness." St. Louis Poat-DUpatch "Black
stands, by his own testimony, con
victed of unfitness to be a member
of the supreme court. . . . the taint
of the Klan oath that he took
though he forswears It now Is still
on him. It stigmatize him. the sen
ate that confirmed him and the presi
dent who appointed him."
The Baltimore Evening 8un (Inde
pendent Democrat) ''Since Hugo L.
Black was a southern politician of
the cheaper sort, it was almost In
evitable that he ahould have Joined
the Ku Klux Klan In Its halcyon
days. ... a little later It went Into
ecllpae. The fact that it waa a racket
, . . became more and more apparent
until even the moat backward polltl
clans could see the writing on the
wall and publicly denied any con
nectlon with it. Hugo Black differs
from the othera only In the unimpor
tant detail that he didn't see fit
either to admit membership or to de
nounce the objectives of public ad
mission of laat night, the fact re
mains that he did try to slip into
the supreme court wluthout letting
the unpleasant acta In his record be
known. ...
The Richmond (Va.) News Leader
"A full, frank statement, ringing true
In every word and ending with an
offer to resign In order that the
president and the party might be
relieved of odium, would have given
Mr. Justice Black a reputation we
fear he never can get now. The
spectre of a white hood amid the
black gown of the court will not
down."
Milwaukee Journal "Why were the
people of the United States asked to
listen to thla humiliating una oy a
politician who Joined tho Klan when
It suited him. resigned when It suited
him? He loft President Roosevelt In
Ignorance of his Klan affiliation. He
sat In the senate and heard hi breth
crn question his affiliation when a
single word would have enlightened
them. Mr. Roosevelt thought he
ought to have six appointments to
the court. And Hugo L. Black Is
what he did with the one appoint
ment he has had."
The Nashville Banner (Ind. D.)
"Associated Justice Hugo L. Black
may posses courage, but he assuredly
lack candor. ... It was an effort a
clearly marked by Inconclstancles as
bv ita secretlveness, where silence
was the conceived better strategy and
by suppression of the record where
the whole truth would have been
destructive In Iks embarrassments.
. . . the silences of the speech were
eloquent of fear to make a full dis
closure."
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
(D.l "It w a atralght-forward con
fession without apologlea and should
close the Incident. . . . compllotlon
of comment . . . shows plainly that
the row over the Justice mrmBer-
ship In the Klan Is purely political."
the Liberal Spirit
H is whether the evidence la true,
and If so. what Is It slgnlflcsnce.
In criminal trials, courts do not In
quire Into the private motlvea of
detectives, or into their character,
but only Into the question of the
evidence that they present. Every
on knows that one of the principal
props of law enforcement la the
stool pigeon, who Is certainly a low
older of humsnlty. It Is not the
Pittsburgh Post Gazette that is on
trial before public opinion, but Mr.
Justice Black.
What so-called liberals are now
doing, Is not only to stoop to making
an apologia for the Klan, but ac
tually to justify any kind of per
sonal behavior, If It la politically
expedient for furthering what they
believe to be a good cause. And now
we are getting Into dark waters. For
the minute that you grant that the
end Justifies the means you have
abandoned the ground upon which
you can attack most of the evil in
the world, from espionage in In
dustrial plants and the third de
gree In American police stations,
to concentration camps In Germany
and wholesale executions In Russia
You have abandoned any criteria
for personal or public honor. And
you might aa well Join the chorus
of those who say that Mussolini has
made the trains run on time, and
Hitler haa given Jobs to everybody
tn Germany.
These "liberals" are putting them
selves Into a false and extremely
dunge rout position. It is granted n
all aldea, and waa clearly indk-ated
by the president, that It he had
known of Mr. Black'a alleged Klan
affiliations he would not have ap
pointed him. It la known also tnat
many senator would not have lotrd
confirm him
Mr. RU-k I t:trr-
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NEEDLES
A good many letters from people
who seek endorsement of their
schemes or an opinion on a diag
nosis or some such special favor be
gin with those
ominous words
"Needless to say."
Ol' Doe Brady
getting some
thing off his
chest. It does
not refer to any
one In particular,
Just to human
nature In general
I don't mind a
bit of blarney or
an extra line ex
pressing thanks
or approval when
a correspondent la writing for some
thing. I like a pat on the' back or
a kick In the pants when It Is sin
cerely given. But for heaven's sake
don't tell me what la needless to say.
I'm out of the third grade now.
Some readers may infer that Ol'
Doc Brady la a grumpy, hard-boiled,
unsympathetic old meany. May? They
do. and I admit they do It effec
tively; at least It makes considerable
bother for me trying to smooth out
the wrinkles without surrendering my
Individuality completely as certain
nice gentlemen do who have their
stuff all written for them by hacks
nonentities who confine them
selves to harmless old tomes for ma
terial. Occasion for this outburst la a
letter received from an Inventor. I
have nothing against Inventor, mind.
This one, however, has Invented
three guesses no. It's a new type of
tooth brush. At first brush I sus
pected the fellow had sent It to me
as a facetious gesture, but after ten
tative application of the gadget I
was disposed to think It may have
some merit. The brush has perhaps
one-tenth as much bristle as tooth
brushes usually have. A step In the
right direction, I think.
This new type toothbrush has one
feature that even I cordially com
mend. The part carrying the bris
tles Is detachable and may be ster
ilized In boiling water. A great de
terrent In mouth hygiene, to my
mind, Is the unsanitary condition of
a 'toothbrush that has been used
more than once since It was steril
virtue of having withheld a material
fact. His appointment now Is con
doned by the "liberals" merely be
cause It is a fait accompli. If It
had been known a few minutes be,
fore Mr. Black's appointment, that
he had ever been a member of the
Klan, most of his present support
ers would have favored appointing
somebody else. But If, In full pos
session of the facts, they could not
have defended his appointment a
few minutes beforehand, how can
they defend it now?
They can only defend It by at
tempting to show that the Klan waa
an Innocuous organization and that
Mi .Black only Joined It for reasons
of political expediency, and that Is
what they are doing.
If the Klan was innocuous in 1923,
it follows that It should be equally
Innocuous In 1937 or 1938, If It were
revived. It follows that If you can
object but half-heartedly to ita poli
cies of persecution, cruelty, and
bigotry In the paat, you can object
but half-heartedly In the future.
And If political expediency alone Is
to be the guide of men's conduct, It
follows that politician In the fu
ture will be Justified in using the
Klan. or any similar organization, as
an Instrument of political power. Do
the "liberals" want to be responsible
for a revival of the Klan and all Ita
kindred organizations, such as the
Black Legion and the Nazi organi
zations, on this soil?
The Klan, In Its revived form In
the 30's, was a money-msking racket
for the men at the top. playing
upon the prejudices of the Ignorant.
If now they want to revive the Klan
they have an excellent argument, i
They can, and will, say to thousands
of the same kind of men who joined ;
It before, that the president appoint- 1
ed Mr. Black to the Supreme Court
because he waa a Klansman, and
that the administration Is behind
the Klan. And don't think that the
boya will shrink from using this
method. They also believe In politi
cal expediency.
If political expediency Is to be
the guide of man's conduct, then It
follows thst all the noble spirits
tn the world are plain fools. It was
certainly far easier. In Alabama In
1923, to Join the Klan than to tight
It, Just aa it Is easier now In Ger.
many to Join the Nazis than to
oppose them. Yet thousands of Ger
mans have endured prison, death,
and exile rather than give even ltp
servlce to the Hitler regime. Martin
Ntemoeller Is In Jail, Thomas Mann
Is In exile, because they were willing
to pay a price for principles.
Any member of the Klan In Ala
bama In 1923. whether he actively
participated In night riding, assas
sination and arson or not, condoned
these lawless practices by his mem
bership. In the language of the law
he was an accessory before the fact
The Klan came Into communities
where Protestant. Catholic. Jew and
Negro had lived in peace. It turned
these communities into armed camps
It set neighbor against neighbor,
f i lend against friend, and created a
reign of terror. If you go into t:iee
communities today they have not
et recovered. There were men In
the South who fought the Klan
then, at the risk of their physical
and political Hits. It took a great
deal more courage to fight the Klan
la Alabama In 1923 than It doe to
fight the utilities In a New la.
cngre. But Mr. B!ck was not
one of the people who took rlski tor
his principles,
if (gf i Jg
Brady, M D.
S TO SAY
ized or made absolutely clean. But
perhaps I am too squeamish about
this. Many people who purport to
be sticklers for cleanliness and would
not think of using a towel or a wash
cloth more than three weeks without
resterlllzlng (laundering) consider It
perfectly sanitary to use the same
old toothbrush for months and
months without ever sterilizing It.
The detachable bristle part of this
new type toothbrush resembles the
special attachments the dentor uses
when he Is cleaning and polishing
your teeth. The bristles are extra
ordinary fine and firm and In such
compact form that they easily reach
the grooves and Interstices that or
dinary brushing falls to reach. . The
Inventor does not claim the new
brush will remove fixed tartar you
must go to your dentor periodically
for that anyway. But when your
dentor has cleaned your teeth, the
new type brush will more nearly keep
them clean than ordinary brushes do.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Urinary Aridity.
Please tell me whether acid In the
piine would be the cause of pus
found on a urine test? (L. R. C.)
Answer No.
Faulty Development of Teeth.
Large spaces between my upper
front teeth, due to the fact that I
could not drink milk until here three
years ago, as It always seemed to
make me sick. Any hope of getting
my teeth better developed ? I am
now 17 years old. (Miss A. 8.)
Answer it Is a bit late, still there
may be some benefit to be gained
by a diet containing plenty of cal
cium and phosphorus and a dally
ration of vitamin D to supplement
the diet and Insure utilization of the
calcium and phosphorus. Well train
ed dentors, especially those who do
orthodontia, can accomplish much to
ward straightening Irregular teeth
nowadays. Send ten cents coin and
stamped envelope bearing your ad
dress, for copy of booklet "Victuals
and Vile."
(Copyright 1937, John P. Dille Co.)
td- Note: Persons wishing to
communicate wltb Dr Brady
should end letier direct to Dr.
William Brady. M o. i65 El
Camlno. Beverly Hills, tall!.
How In the world can "liberals"
oppose the presence of a man like
Justice Roberts on the Supreme
Court on the ground that he was
once a corporation lawyer and con
done the presence of Mr. Black de
spite the fact that he was once, by
Implication, an assassin of civil
liberties?
In this whole affair we see, in a
most flagrant light, the degeneration
of the liberal spirit. And It Is such
degeneration which la wrecking the
whole world. The aubjectlon of
means to ends is the final eclipse of
public and private morality. The
lie becomes the instrument tor
achieving what Is conceived to be
the public good; non-intervention
becomes the Instrument for aggres
sion; a crusade against communism
becomes the mask of Imperialism;
the torture of a helpless minority
becomes the vehicle of race purifica
tion: lynching becomes Justified by
dilatory law enforcement.
This way lies moral anarchy.
11
yO.O.Mclntvre
NEW YORK, Oct. 2. Until recently
I had not attended a funeral since
14. At that time I was so emotionally
upset by the ser-1
vices for a play
mate, killed in a
hunting accident,
that I wa in a
state of hysteria,
str u g g 1 1 n g to
keop from laugh
ing instead of
joining the weep
ers. Those muffled
sobbings, with
now and then
the agonised1
shriek of parent, left an Indelible1
mark. I tlll see the solemn under- I
taker and hear the lugubrious lilt ot
the wheezy organ and wall at the i
open grave. The feeling wa hope- i
Ices of Inevitable doom. ;
But much of this gloom seems to
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There are msny inefficient ephe
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have vanished at the modem funeral
There are no mourners swathed In
crepe nor swoonlngs at the bier. Eyes
are not always dry, of course, but j
the chapels somehow are surcharged
with a hope the departed may be go
ing away only for a little while.
Preachers are no longer wringing j
hearts with poignant panegyrics.!
There are no tlp-toelngs and atti
tudes of shush. Many services are
restricted to the mere reading of
some Psalm full of promt, a bene
diction and a solo chanting hope of
a better world ahead.
I know a man who sends those be
reaved a copy of the anonymously
written eesayette "The Ship." It
reads: "I am standing upon the sea
shore. A ship at my side spread her
sails in the morning breeze and
starts for the blue lagoon.
"She Is an object of beauty and
strength and I stand and watch her
until at length she Is-only a ribbon
of white cloud Just where the sea and
sky come to mingle with each other.
Then someone at my side says:
Therel She's gone.'
"Gone where? Gone from my sight
that la all. And Just at the moment
when someone at my side says:
'Therel She is gone!' There are other
voice to take up the glad shout:
'Therel She comes!'"
Newspapers have done much to
blunt the sting of death as have writ
ers of fiction. The rather terrorizing
term death Is not often used any
more. Not even demise or passing
away. The term Is now "passing nn."
That is what most of us believe no
matter our faith that we pass on
to at least another state of conscious
ness, with perhaps a clearer realiza
tion of life and It infinitude.
One of my established friends until
his passing a few years ago wa a
venerable doctor with years of prac
tice. He often stood by, helpless, while
the so-called King of Terrors paid
ruthless visit. And he liked to com
pare such visitation to the gentle
opening and closing of a door through
which someone suddenly passed. In
variably he noticed that before actual
dissolution there wa a slight and
convulsive twitch. and then as
though one had faced a horror that
did not exist a relaxing of facial
muscles Into almost beautific expres
sionindeed often a faint smileT
One notices, too, a change In the
decor of funeral parlors and chapels.
There is little to suggest grief, but
rather studied cheerfulnesa. Bright
flower that seem to whisper Iran
quality and peace. Attendants do not
move about in long-faced solemnity.
They are brisk and alert, and while
sympathetic not mawkishly so. Fun
erals were once forums of frenzied
despair. All that ha passed for a
sane feeling of loss but not one that
is permanent. More and more Is
death viewed as temporary separa
tion. Great poets, I have thought, in
striving for lyrical beauty and effect,
globed Death with a sickliness not
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deserved. Nothing Is more stirring or
beautiful to read than Thomas Cray's
elegy written in a country church
yard. Yet It plunges one into dolor.
We are haunted by thoughts of mop
ing owls, beckoning shades and
clinging, damp Ivy.
The young generation has banished
much fear that afflicted many when
our world was Juvenile. We lived In
fear of the Unknowable and went
away quaking after hearing the Hell
Fire and Brimstone sermons. The
souls of modern youth are not hung
with the dull weight of Intolerable
Fate. They absorb all phase of life
with the zest of thirsty earth soaking
up rain, and find It refreshing. The
world war showed how the young
could die gallantly.
(Copyright 1937. McNaught Syndi
cate) Flight 'o Time
Med ford a nd Jackson Cou nty
hUtury rrum the files ui the
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years
ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
October 3, 1927
(It Was Monday)
Largest clock In county is under
erection at Main and Riverside
avenue, and will contain advertising
on its face.
Real estate men plan new publicity
drive.
Cash Woods is named pastor of
Eagle Point church.
Citizens seeking building permits,
must present plans when making ap
plication, under new city rule.
Pears selling at Portland for $2 50
per box.
Yankees defeat Pittsburgh In first
game of world s series.
TWENTY YEAKS AGO TODAY
October 3. 1!H"
(It Was Wednesday)
Second Liberty Loan drive starts
throughout nation.
Hunters report scarcity of Chinese
pheasants.
War officials announce that sold
iers in France "would rather have
cigarettes than socks. In the trench-
School registration is only 920, a
below normal figure.
Gold Hill Irrigation district bond
issue carries 27 to 6.
Army representatives who purchased
a carload of horses here for service
in France turns out to be a million
aire. Congress to end special session next
Saturday.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads la 1:30 p. m.
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DON WILSON ("Play. Don")
Oppose Spud Control
CORVALLXS. Oct. 3.-;p) Sixty- y
three per cent of Oregon's potato
growers who voted In a national AAA
referendum Just closed favored estab
lishing goal for potato production
under the 1938 program, a tabulation
at Oregon State college showed today.
Bombs Kill 50
MADRID. Oct. 3. (JP) A checkup
today listed 60 persons killed and sev
eral hundred wounded , tn the heavy
insurgent air bombardment of Bar
celona yesterday.
Workers Unite
LA GRANDE, Ore., Oct. 2. (tfV
Lumber and sawmill workers In Union
and Wallowa counties are organizing
under the A. F. of L. banner.
Effective Oct. 8th
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Main Line Schedules
between
MEDFORD and
CALIFORNIA POINTS
will operate over New State
Highway between Ashland
and Siskiyou.
No change in
Klamath Falls Service V
via Klamath Falls Junction
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LAST RIVER
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