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gamee." To do a real good Job of
getting the new., a hard-boiled
scribe should be assigned to report
on how the colorful and interesting
crowd underneath the grandstand
are coming along with their hem
stitching. .
Sociologists advocate the ourblng
of crime by making prisons more
-home-like." The theory aeems
sound. There might be erring Broth
ers and sisters, with no more desire
to go to the penitentiary, than
home.
...
A metropolitan committee In a
report recommends oharges In the
Oregon primary system, Instead 01
Its complete abolishment a fate de
served by the legislature. The rec
ommendations would csll for a num
ber of changes, that reek with
common-sense, but. because of that,
have no more chance of adoption,
than some primary candidates have
of winning at the po- nort
ballot, a short campaign, and a
cash deposit from aspirant, to atata
offlcea Is urged. This lest Idea should
stir the blood of patriot no end. a
It requires something more sub
stsntlal than a windy willingness,
to run for office. The proposals are
excellent but should require an aa
plrsnt for high office, possess at
least one minor qualification lor
the post he seeks. Thla should e
no great handicap or Is Itt
MINI OVKR WEATHER
(Pord Rock News)
"This Is Indian summer ana
we are enjoying the most beau
tiful days, and the writer want
to call everyone's attention to
our sunsets during these days.
Of courso there are some like
Brltt Webster who can't enjoy
these Indian Summer day. to
the fullest extent because he
Is sure old Squaw Winter la
Just around the door, but moat
of us newcomers hsven't sense
enough to worry about winter,
yet."
The International situation be
comes more and more complex, with
Premier Mussolini of Italy, editor
ially charging through his orflclal
newspaper, that American guns are
used by Spanish Loyalists, first pass
ing through the hands of Russia,
n Due holds this don't Jibe, with
whst he calls the "Chlcsgo sermon"
of the president, and Indicates
America Is hell for peace, and me
profits of strife, at one and the
eame time. Some keen observers see
ominous signs of war, In all the
diplomatic log-rolling, not writing,
and parleys. Others hold the man
euvering Is nothing more serious,
thsn paving the public mind tor
a presidential enilae to Kurope. on
a battleship early next spring, cli
maxed by a atem-wlndlng talk for
world unity. In london, or Peris,
with a larger radio audience than
listened to King Edward when he
quit, or Aunclate Justice Rlugo
Black, when he didn't quit.
.
An event that brought a large
number of parked cars down on
main street last Saturday was the
shower given Mrs. Ralph Alexander
(formerly Miss Martina Ogburnt.
Ninety-four people attended and a
great many present were received
by the honored newlywed." (Lake
view Examiner). Romance spurs
business.
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Upstate night hunters wounded a
fellow hunter In the shoulder, and
peppered his camp tent with shot,
when they mistook the rear license
plate of hie auto for a cougar. This
is going some, but as yet no nim
rod. hss mistaken his own right
foot for a ooyot.
Terrorism relgna In Pslesttne. as
the British and Arabs battle, and
agitators flourish in Jerusslem. This
Is not the well known .holy Ter
ror!" C luting time foi too bat to Ola,
alfy Ada I 140 p. m.
Advartlaloi Rapraaanttlva
Gcnl. Hugh Johnson, Columnist
ENERAL HUGH JOHNSON ig nothing if not an oppor
tunigt. Which it only mother way of laying he ia an
excellent political columnist, for to make a aucceaa of a political
column, one muat be an opportunist, if one ezpeota to hold hia
job. Not owning any of hia newspapers, he can't say what he
thinks, and let his circulation manager, do the worrying. If he
persists in going against the tide instead of riding with it, be
soon finds himself, with a growing list of dissatisfied and dis
gruntled clients, interspersed
sooner or later usually sooner,
tract.
KTONB of this Don Quixote stuff for General Hugh. He may
fight a windmill or two,
windmills, he wastes no time
poker and grabbing the cool one.
When President Roosevelt
Court plan for example, H. J.
found he waa not only out on a
to beat a retreat to terra firma
for the dust. In fact the General ia so fast in hia changes of
front, and ia so vigorous and uncompromising, in every new
position he takes, that many
has been any flip flop, at all,
up with the general's scorching dialectics.
SOME of them do however, particularly the more ardent and
less discriminating Roosevelt supporters. And recently
they have been hopping old "iron pants" for being a traitor
and a turncoat. They point to,
of F.D.R.'s most fulsome idolitors, and now he is one of his
most caustic and unrelenting critics. They don't like it and
accuse General Hugh of treachery and politics.
With characteristic gusto the General switches his verbal
"flame gun" on the recalcitrants, and dares them to present
any proof for such libelous and mendacious statements.
POLITICS f . He only asked the present administration for
one job, and declined that before it was refused. He has
made so many enemies in the higher political brackets, he
couldn't be elected dog catcher,
never deserted Roosevelt, but Roosevelt deserted him, and he
proceeds to give hia view of the original New Deal, to prove it.
Moreover he likea thie job of being a political columnist,
intends to keep at it as long aa be lives if he can, and one
might add parenthetically, that as long aa he continues his
present course, he can, for the aine qua non of a successful
columnist, is not to mold public opinion, but to follow and
sympathetically interpret it.
A ND aa publio opinion has changed Hugh Johnson has
changed. We don't mean public opinion in the mass
necessarily, but public opinion in the literate and articulate
sense, which is the only public opinion with which a columnist
need be concerned, for he only
the NEWSPAPER reading
And th ia "public" did oppose
it has changed rapidly during
pro-Roosevelt, to an extremely
ANTI Roosevelt position.
A ND there too the redoubtable general stands, just where
he should be, if he wishes to please his paying oustoiuers
and hold hia job.
It isn't treason or treachery
a good columnist and being SMART. The columnist depending
upon a large number of metropolitan papers for his bread and
butter, either must keep his ear fairly close to the ground, or
sooner or later, he is thrown out ON it. If we had to establish
our case, we would only need to call in Heywood Broun, Stanley
High and "Pop Off" Franklin to prove it. Love may make
the world go round, but. it's money that makes the syndicated
columnist click, for the number
out cash money week by week,
can be counted on the fingers of
SO while we don't join with
"turn enat" w An recArrl
good one only exceeding in degree, rather than character,
other distinguished members of the craft.
KJOT that he ia intellectually dishonest, or insincere. That
' isn't the point. We don't feel General Johnson hss ever
written anything he DOESN'T believe he waa once a strong
Roosevelt supporter, now he is a severe critic, well there are
many private citizens, who have undergone a similar metamor
phosia. What we do believe is, that General Johnson is naturally
of the intense mercnrisl type,
regarding what IS popular and what ISN'T. Re isn't a person
of atrong convictions, though whatever convictions he hss, he
expresses in a STRONG way. He is never going to be the
martyr of any holy cause, he is going to be its ardent advocate
as long as it isn't "LOST."
WHEN the going gets really
in ha somewhere else
We haven't the space to go into General Johnson 'a past, to
bring up evidence to sustain this contention, but there is quite
an interesting supply of it, particularly if one could have access
to the private files of Barney Barnch. Only last Friday for
example, General Johnson tore the everlasting hide off those
who would play the stock msrket, and wrote one of the most
effective lectures against Wall Street gambling we have ever
read.
That's a very popular theme TODAY, with five or six
billions lost, in the last few months, snd the public OUT of the
market. It wasn't so popular, the first of the year, with stocks
soaring and the public IN. And then when it might have done
some good. General Hugh had nothing to say about it.
Well THAT'S General Hugh Johnson. Thst's what we
mean by terming him an out and out opportunist. That 'a why
he's auch a successful columnist and promises to continue to
be. He not only knows what to say, in a most picturesque and
readable fashion, he knows WHEN to say, and when NOT to,
SAT itl
Among tbe foreign residents of
Japan. Chinese number more than
10 timet a many a any other na
tionality,
with cancellation orders, and
the cancellation of his con
but when he discovera they ARE
in dropping the hot end of the
first announced his Supreme
waa for it, 100. But when he
limb, but all alone, he proceeded
so fast, no one could see him
of his readers fail to note there
tbey are too busy trying to keep
how a year ago H. J. was one
if he went after it. He has
reaches the writing and reading
public.
the Supreme Court plan, and
the past year or so, from a
critical if not out-right,
or politics, it ia just being
of newspapers that will pay
for opinions they don't like,
the armless freak.
those branding the General a
him aa an nnnnrtnniat. and a
with a keen instinct at all times,
tough the General is going
'
Production of srnthetic resins In
creased from eight million r-xinds In
1?4 to mora than 100 million pound
Is IIM.
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters partaJnlag pereueai ueajta see Hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will uunerrd by Or. Brady u a lumped sell
addressee) tavalop I enclosed Letters should be brief and written id ink
Owing to the Urge nomber of letters received only a few can be answered
No reply can b mad to q aeries not conforming to Instructions. Address
Or. William Brady, tea CI Camlno, Beverly, Calif.
BR WHO HAS VITE
Whatever the cause msy be, some
people have a rather lax or loose
evacuation habit on an ordinary
mixed diet. Th colon or large bowel
la irritable. They
muat keep the
Indigestible resi
due, the "rough
age" or "bulk" In
their diet low and
follow what Is
known as a "soft"
or "smooth" diet
In order to be
comfortable and
avoid Intestinal
disturbance or
manifestations of
'.MOlltlS."
This concept of "colitis" Is prob
ably a hundred times as prevalent
among wlsacres a actual Inflam
mation of the colon is among the
general population. The obsession la
Inculcated In the physlology-lgnorsnt
by charlatans who have nostrums,
freak diets and peculiar treatments
to sell.
Among the vegarlet the physlology
lgnorsnt learn from their Instructors
the charlatAns ia the notion that
certain foods are bad for one because
they are "mucus-forming." Thla ab
surd notion belongs In the category
with the quaint prohibition against
eating friend foods, starches, greasy
things or fats, nitrogenous material
of animal origin or dark meat, cane
sugsr or, well, anything one would
naturally eat. There Is Just as much
foundation for these queer fancies
as there wss for denying a feverish
child or adult the comfort and aid
of all the oold water he might want.
People are credulous and seem to
cling to these . ancient fallacies long
alter intelligent doctors have dls-
csrded them.
Prom reading almanacs old-timers
learned that the liver la perversely
torpid, lsfcy and, like the kidneys,
hss to be constantly urged to do
Its work. From reading quack liter
ature today people get Inoculated
with such polecat terms ss "suto-
intoxlcstlon," "lntestlnel stasis," "ab
sorption of- toxle wsstea" and are
eaally persuaded to follow some freak
diet, or to take "Internal baths" or-
to use "Intestinal lubricants" ha
bitually to corect theae Imaginary
evils.
The' Immediate" effect 'of a dcee
of castor oil Is one or several loose,
fluid, unnatural evacuations. The
-O.O.Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. Diary: A
gay letter from Gene Fowler in
Prague on hia way to Doom to see
the ex-kaiser, a
Joint poat - card
from the aong
aters MartlnelU
and Mme. Alma
Claybergn in
Vichy and an
autographed
copy of Wilfred
Funk'a neweet
book "So You
Think Ife New."
On wading a
macabre tale by
Ambroee Bierce
with the central figure a man from
Galltpolle. I wondered If Bierce had
ever been there. So working, then
to Conde Nant'a party for Luc ten
belong, of Purls, and stayed so late
we mlMed the Stork Club's gam
bado for Madge Evans, of the cin
ema. To the Colony with Oene Crawley
for a feast of grouse. And Bertram
Taylor sent over some scoop ings
from a Spanish melon plugged with
Jamaica rum and lemon, mignty
delicious. Then chatting a moment
with Aksel and the well-groomed
Flf! Wldener Wlchteld about our
dog. And to my couch.
The end of pushcart In the me
tropolis la at hand. An editorialist,
commenting thereupon. observes :
"The minute anything becomes pic
turesque In this country we (a)
abolish It or (b) make a museum
piece of It." The pushcart has been
on It way out tor some years, nut
Mayor La Qua ret t seems to have
given It the final push. It Is argued,
and doubtless deservedly that they
crowd the street, leave decaying
vegetable and other refuse, and
often hawk ware of dubious fresh
ness. Gradually the metropolis has
been establishing clean and aanl
tired open air market in the area
of the pushcart. This process, will
be widened until pushcart go the
way of slum lung blocks.
A study In the value of the cheer
Is forcibly illustrated by Dr. A. 8.
W. Roarnbach. the bibliophile. A
quiet, mouse-like man until he be
gins talking about rare edition,
and almost Immediately a room of
chattering folk will grow silent to
listen. I heard him In action several
time at Major Bowes' apartment
Arwnyi. everybody stops gobbing He
can make some musty old boon
you never heard of fairlv glow witn
interest. 1 rarely leave him without
firm resolve to Join the collectors
What the-use-note; After jrears
of collecting shaving brushes in
varloua parts of th world have
been converted to a non-lathering
shaving cream.
Interlude; On a slaving hua top
last evening wa on of those- gen
teel old colored fellows, carefull)
dressed, a very black skin contrast
ing with the spotless white collar
and tie and gold rtmmed spectacle
He waa th sort you down
front at th Baptist church singing
a fog-horn bass to "When th Ron
la Called Up Yonder." He was eat
ing from a bag of ptsnuts. c:u:?h
d between his knee and bt'd give
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Brady, M D.
NEEDS NO PHYSIC
after-effect, more prolonged. Is bind
ing and that la why physicians pre
scribe cantor oil for acute diarrhea.
Every laxative or cathartic ha simi
lar effects first, aa an Irritant, pro
ducing an unnatural evacuation of
more or leas violent If not uncom
fortsble or painful character; and
then a binding or costive effect
which Is more prolonged thsn the
prlmsry taxation.
The first dose of castor oil In
flicted on the bsby by the misguided
parents or th neighborhood 8alrey
gamp ususlly Introduces the consti
pation habit and a train of trouble
that will run for years or foi life
unless by good fortune some one set
In the bsby'a behalf with an Injunc
tion against further pernicious inter
ferences with the automatic natural
regulation of the digestive processes.
For many years 1 have maintained
that any one who Is habltuilly con
atipated and a slave to physic, enema
or other unnatural interference, can.
If he will, win freedom for the rest
of his life. If he will, I say. Purpose
of these harsngues Is to give them
the will power.
QCKSTIONS AND ANSWBRS
Keeping Canned Food
How long may one keep canned
goods in the home? (L. P. D.)
Answer Depends on how freely
you give your relstlves access to Ice
box. store room and larder. Canned
food keepa for an Indefinite number
of years.
Indigestion
List of food one should not est
If troubled with Indigestion seems
to Include about everything good to
eat. Please list foods. If any, that
one should eat. (Mrs. W. P. L.)
Answer List I gave was not for
one troubled with Indigestion, but,
as I specifically mentioned, for one
subject to hyperacidity, sour stomach,
hyperchlorhydrla. heartburn, water
brash, acid dyspepsia or peptic ulcer.
Details Bre Included In Guide to
Right Eating In booklet "Victuals end
Vlte" for copy send 10-cent coin
snd ttsmped envelope bearing your
address. "Indigestion" Is too vague;
some clue ss to what ells the plsln
tlff necesssry.
(Copyright 1937, John F. Dille Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate ' with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D.. 365 el
Camlno. Beverly. Hills, Calif.
great roll of cheeks and tongue,
forcing fragment of nut forward
in his mouth where he could give
them a, lot of fast, choppy little
bites with his front teeth, squirrel
like. As he munched his eyes rolled
in a sort of ecstatic rapture and
his beefsteak lip smacked a pleas
ant relish. He was about the hap
piest specimen I've seen since the
market crack-up.
No noneymooners soem to be hav
ing more fun than Talullah Bank
head and her new husband. They
are seeing all the openings from
the down-front pew, rings id ing at
the cafes and night clubs and in
dulging other explorations to see
Just exactly what makes Broadway
tick. And few couples turn more
heads, pssslng by.
Bagatelles: Mary Livingstone's real
name' 1 Sadie Marx . . . John U.
Rockefeller likes to watch rehearsal
at the Center theater . . . Frieda
Innescourt was once a social sec
retary to Lady Astor . . . Richard
Watts not only squires his mother
to almost every flrat night, but ne
bedecks her with orchids . . . Max
Marx, once a well known, Broadway
tailor, is In the business again witn
a Fifth avenue firm . . . Elissa
Landl ts the most versatile linguist
tn the movie world.
Nocturne : Along the bay recent
night have been mottled clouo
effect, thinly veiling the moon,
creating an enchanting overhead. 1
am lulled under such a sky as one
is aoothed among the cathedral-like
poplars in the Rockies. It may dc
vain fancying, but somen w it all
seems to suggest that somewncre
there might be a sweet serenity lar
above our little battle. We wosderl
Communications
n War l Olorlousl
To the Editor:
The following letter Is an answer
to O. L. Bullen'a communication ol
October H.
So war Is glorious; something to
be raised on a pedestal like a god.
and worshipped. A god who crushes
out the live of thousands merely
for the pleasure of a few.
Men alt back In their nice sale
oillcee. mile from the front llnea.
and pull the strings. So. hundred
of thousands of boys go Into thst
nightmare of exploding shell, poi
son gas, death or worse than death
to become one ot the llvtng dead
snd do as they are commanded.
Why? Because they want to kill'
Nbl It they had met under any
other clrcuimtancea they might have
been friends.
When enough lives have been ot
tered up to the god of war, merely
to appease some conceited msn's
vanity, the perpetrators of this
ghastly mess gather around a lame
and settle their quarrel. A result
that could Just as well have been
accomplished In the beginning Alter
all. we are supposed to be a fairly
Intelligent people, why not use that
intelligence? Medieval methods and
Idea might have been adequate in
their day but thev certainly do not
belong in the modern world.
It la the right of every person
tn thi country to expect to live
a comparatively free life tn the pur
suit of happiness. Is it fair to take
a boy who hat yet to lire hit lite:
have his hope and dreamt realised,
and send him out to be killed: to
break the hearts of thce who love
him? Ar happiness, contentment
1 snd peace such a tin that mutt
' war .nd kill to be a worthy nation
I "Peacet, on th other hand, I
I wasteful, extravagant and It seai
! out advocate a misguided lot.'
Now, Mr. Bullen, I aak you, where
can a more vivid example of waste
fulness and extravagance be found
than In war? War Isn't any exult
ant pageant, It I the most horrible
wrecker of human life, mind, health
and morals that man ever Invented.
"Peace la a dream." World peace
IB a dream, but a dream thtt MUSI
become a reality If this world and
Its civilisation are to continue.
People with warped Idea that
war it auch a glorious thing, should
be put In a "80-ton Christie tank"
and shoved off the deep end.
V. P. W.
(name on file)
Medford, Ore., Oct. 16, 10S7.
Hpare The Christmas Tree
To the Editor:
I see in your paper of recent date,
the Rogue River national forest have
sold more than 8,000 Christmas trees
to Ban Fnmclaoo Interest. Since
when have the forest service decided
to sell the little tree from the
national forest? And where are they
going to get the trees?
I hear they are being cut from
thickets, that Is where the little trees
'axe too thick to grow int mer
chantable timber: Christmas trees
simply don't grow In thickets, espe
cially ss perfect trees as decorated
the streets of Medford last Christmas.
The first class lumber we get today
did not come from trees that were
thinly scattered, when they were
little trees. When we want power
poles. 40 to t50 feet with no limbs,
we go into where wa once a thicket.
Trees must be crowded when young.
It forces them to shed the limbs and
to grow up Instead of spread out
as do shade trees.
Now folks. If you want to raise
a mesa of knots for the coming gen
erations, by all means thin out the
little trees, but if you want tall
timber, clear of knots, thicken up
the thin patches and don't disturb
the thickets.
Let nature do th thinning. It
has done a good Job In the past and
is capable of doing as good a Job
in the future. Here ts hoping no
more Christmas, or little trees for any
purpose, are sold from our national
forests.
M. L. MEADOWS
October 18 Rt. 1. Medford
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THROUGHOUT the nation, It Is
estimated that about 30 per cent
of automobile travel Is at night.
But 8IXT PER CENT of the
fatal accidents occur during the
hours of darkness.
THE lesson Is as plain as a lesson
csn be. If you went to keep a
whole skin. SLOW DOWN a night
begins to fall.
IP you are going to drive fast and
KEEP ON LIVING, you must be
able to see far enough ahead to stop
your car within the range of your
vision.
Darkness snd approaching head
lights CUT DOWN the range of your
vision. So (if you want to stay alive)
you must do the next best thing and
cut down the speed of your ear so
that you can stop within th shorter
range of night vision.
A UTOMOBILE
manufacturers are
A,
doing what they can to reduce
the glare of approaching headlights.
although aa yet their effort are far
from successful. But night Is still
night, and the figures quoted at the
head of this column Indicate thst
for drivers of tutomoblle night 1
a time of danger.
The danger can be tremendously
reduced by REDUCED SPEED.
OOOD drivers Insist that they are
Just ta safe at reasonably high
speed as at lower speedt. But the
figures tell a different story.
In accident at speed up to 30
miles per hour, only one accident
out of etch 1 It fstsl But at speeds
of 80 miles snd more per hour ONI
ACCIDENT IN SACH ELEVEN Is
fatal.
These figures tell their own ttory.
IT Is probsbly true that good drivers
on open, straight roads, with good
visibility, are reasonablllty, are rea-
vtslblllty, are ressonsbly safe, so far
a THEY THEMSELVES are con
cerned, at fairly high speeds.
But there Is always the poor driver
to consider. And the poor driver,
who doet the wrong thing In an
emergency, may kill not only himself
but may smash Into the good driver
snd kill him also.
If ycAi ar going to dnvt safely, the
other rellow must always be con
sidered. Kern and Klnhe Luw
HOOD RIVER. Oct. lg.a Low
bidders for construction of a new
highway approach to the Hood Rlver
White Salmon bridge on the Oregon
side was submitted by Kern at Klbbe.
Portland. Their bid of H3 JM awaits
confirmation by the U. S. dtl.trtet en
gineer. BALTIMORE, Oct lg I API Dr
Frank Morley. T7. father of three
Rhodes scholars. Christopher D. Mor
ley, the author: Pelli M. Money,
editor of the Washington Post, tna
Prank V. Morley. English publisher,
died here Sunday.
Never wear too much csetume
Jee-elry. It I better to leave most
ff It off. rather than run the risk
f appearing cheaply dressed.
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By H. B. Baukhage
Copyright 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
(Continued from Page One)
. No wonder It takes a steady nerve
and a lot of It to balance . the
budget I
For In stance:
On psge A-91 of the presidents
budget messsge for the flscsl year
1838, there Is this little ltm:.
' "Federal surplus commodities cor
poration "Under the provision of section
of the act of congress of June M.
19396 (public No. 739, 74tn., con
gress), the authority for this cor
poration to operate expires on June
30th, 1837. Accordingly, no estimate
In transmitted for 1938."
But, despite this glib statement
of the demise of - the organization
which was organized to buy surplus
agricultural commodities for distri
bution to state relief agencies. It
has refused to die.
Probably the papers of June i
failed to note. In the rush, that a
little 27-llne bill was passed ex
tending the life of this organiza
tion. But while It still Indulges in
huge purchasing of butter and eggs
and prunes and cheese, and fish
and even great btg apples, the cor
poration has considerably changed
Its color.
Under the original act. It wa
financed by funds contributed by
state relief agencies. Now It is fi
nanced by funds specially set aside
for this purpose by Secretary Wal
lace. Originally, the sole purpose of Its
purchases was to feed hungry
mouths. Now, Its. main purpose, ac
cording to AAA .officials, la to sta
bilize the market for agricultural
products ns a part of the triple A
farm relief economy. The state re
lief organizations are merely . the
convenient outlet for the surplus
products, whatever they may ne,
pecans, grapefruit, raisins, onions or
potatoes.
Right now it's the big apple crop
that la threatening to upset the
market, and so the corporation is
buying apples. Tomorrow. Unci Sam
may be the nation's number one
butter-and-egg man.
In 1937, the budget esttmatea
three million dollars for the surplus
commoditie. corporation. As we
mentioned, since the budgeteers
thought It waa dead in 1938, there
was' no estimate. But' the PS.CU.
is rolling right along, at how much
a month inquiry doesn't reveal.
The ways odds are running now
at the fashionable Burning Tree
golf club near Washington. It looks
a if a valuable gift from the mtk-
ado ambassador might soon rest
on a White House mantelpiece.
Ambassador Sal to offered the
prizes In a golf tournament plan
ned long before Mr. Roosevelt bad
called his nation "an aggressor" ana
such.
The president's three secretaries.
Including hia son James, his phy
sician. Dr. Mclnttre. and at least
one of his military aides are all
possible contenders, with son James
well at the top.
All the prizes are' handsome and
valusble a beautiful silver trophy,
a set of gold studs and links, a
watch.
It Is whispered that the golfers
are hurrying the tournament lest
some untoward event in the diplo
matic. world occur before the prizes
are distributed. It would be a pain
ful experience for a member of the
official White House family to be
caught carrying a silver urn along
Pennsylvania avenue marked "made
tn Japan" If the United States had
suddenly declared a boycott on "ag
gressor" nations.
Sick Wail Beaufii
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SI iii.il I Itlfel
Imperishable Asbestos Siding
Placed Right Over the Old Walls
THE chirm of fine wood shin
gles, plus the permanence tnd
freedom from miintenince of
stone are found in the populir
new Johns-Nfinrille CecUrgrtin
Asbestos Siding Shingles.
If your house looks "down it
the heels", reside it with this
modern asbestos trmot which em
neither bum nor wear out jnJ
Big Pines Lumber Co.
Dependable Building Advice
Phone 1 an. ..J j a. .
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Flight fo Time
Medford ana JartsoD Coonty
nitunry from tha rues the
Mall Tritium 10 tad M fear,
to- .
TEN YEARS AGO IODAV
October li. 1821
(It Was Tuesday)
Teapot Dome caae, with Former
Secretary of Interior A. B. rail a
one of the defendants, start.
Crater Lake highway to be paved,
snd Pacific highway widened.
President Cool Id ge see no end ta
present prosperity, plenty of money
and farm relief situation Improve.
Claud Stevens of the fir depig
ment shoots a deer. P. C, Bljhtm
catchet a fish in the Rogue.
Infantile psralysl quarantine In
city school to be lifted tomorrow.
TWENTY TEARS AGO TODAY . .
October 18. 1911
(It was Thursday)
Russians move capital to Moscow;
American troop ship homewsrd bound
1 torpedoed by U-boat off Enfllsh
coast.
Liberty loan subscription in. Wed
ford total SS,800.
Elk creek forest fire Is checked
and under control.
Douglas Fairbanks tn "Down To
Eerth" at the Page: Marquerlte Clark
in "Pate Hit Hard" at the Star.
Presbyterian church to hold pa
triotic rally Sunday.
Citizens start payment of pavlnf
assessments in gratifying manner.
The Grange
Pams Valley Grange
Sams Valley Grange met In regular
session October 16. Considerable Im
portant business was taken up. Mas
ter Autenrelth announced annual
election of officers will be held next
regular meeting, Nov. 6.
Alt are reminded of the special
meeting for Initiation In the first and
wcond degrees Friday evening. Octo
ber 22. Lecturer announced that Oold
Hill Orange will present an enter
taining program after the degree
work. Other Oranges have been In
vlted to brln? their candidates te
Sams Valley that evening if they d
slre. R. E. Nealon reported some Inter
esting facts on the legislative com
mittee and a resolution was adopted
condemning a recent secret meeting
In Salem where candidates for stt
officers were picked by ft few dis
gruntled grangers.
Those contributing numbers during
lecture hour were Norma Sage. Helen
Burreson. Dorothy Straus. Ruth Kin
ne and Roberta Hamlin.
John Hoist announced another big
work day on the Grnnge hall will be
held October 20. The ladles will furn
ish a hot dinner at noon. All men
who possibly can are urged to come
and help finish the roof.
After Grange closed the refresh
ment committee served spaghetti and
coffee In a rather novel way, requir
ing even-one to eat with native chop
sticks, which caused much merriment
during supper hour.
Weather
California: Fair tonight and Tues
day; temperature above normal; mod
erate northerly wind off coast.
Oregon: Pair tonight d Tuesday;
but morning fogs In west portion;
cooler In Interior of southwest por
tion tonight; frosts In east port loo;
gentle changeable wind off coast.
Ru tines Leader Dies
SEATTLE. Oct. 18. (APi Seattle
business leaders mourned today the
death yesterday of Harry W. Kent,
56. president of the Kenworth Motor
company and vice president of the
Washington Tug and Barge com
pany. He was a former president
of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
and the Pacific Northwest Manu
facturers association. He was a 32nd
degree Mason.
Phone 642 Well haul away your
refuse City Sanitary Service.
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