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Get Out and Vote!
A HEN'T you a bit weary of politics and politicians f Haven't
you felt that way for some timet
Haven't you wondered why it should be, why one man in
publio office should be so much like another, when he GETS
there. As candidates they differ, but once elect them, and they
all seem to slip into a common groove. And this, regardless of
party, Democrat, Republican, Independent or what have you.
...
ONE gets terribly fed up on such public officials. As candi
dates they may be frank, forthright, outspoken and effi
cient. But once let them get (he job they are after, and 9 times
out of 10 there is an immediate and depressing transformation
Instead of being efficient they become interested only in
building up their party machine, handing out jobs to faithful
time-servers in their own organization regardless of their capa
bilities. -
Instead of being frank and open and saying what they think,
they suddenly become cagey and secretive, and never say any-
thing direct or intelligible if they can help it, for fear they
might offend Bomeone and lose a vote or two at the next elec
tion.
The more important and controversial the issue, the more
careful such public officials are to side step it, for when the
people are divided upon some important question, to back
up one side means to lose the support of the other, and hor
rorsthat just CAN'T BE DONE; Mr. Office Holder might
find himself eased out of a job at the next day of reckoning.
W
A nine-year-old Chicago boy M
buay malting political speeches. He
comes out flatfootedly and fearlessly
tor a 300-foot stick of candy every
month for the young.
...
December and May mingled Mon
day. Aa a result, the weather failed
to add up, either May or December.
-
Tha H. Flewher dog, Klpp, la a till
limping, due to an auto not getting
out of the road. The Intelligence
of thla dog la almost human, and
may be so muoh so, he Is trying to
get out of helping with the spring
olesnlng In the dog-house.
.
Supporters of Harry Bridges, the
Faclflo coast agitator, demand an
apology from his critics, who Bpeak
slightingly of his nuisance-value, and
bellttlngly of the tender solicitude
tor his welfare, displayed by the
Madame -Secretary of Labor. Free
born Americana ahould learn to ourb
their tongues, when discussing alien
disturbers of Industrial life In their
midst and hair.
MAW NATURB BAFFLES rXPKKTS
(Country Gentleman)
"It chanced the first year that
a number of plots were left va
cant and these produced a dense
crop of weeds. In preparation for
tobacco growing, both the so
ealled soil-improving crops and
the weeds were plowed under
1 and the tobacco was planted on
all alike. When the experiment
was checked, tobacco following
the weed growth was found to
yield from (100 to SloO per acre
more than that grown after the
supposed soil-Improving plants."
...
A Crab Festival, attended by 35.000
was held at Newport, Ore., Sunday.
It wasn't a bit like a primary elec
tion campaign, reports state.
Ah. Banwell, the ever-ready orator
f the CofC. Introduced the gladi
ators at the weekly tussle at the
Armory. He got a firm grip on him
self when ho almost presented the
keys to the city to the Or-srk Wild
cat (205 pds.)
Georgia Porter, 6. has been asked
by hla drandpaw and former Mayor,
to take m to the circus, May 11.
...
J. Kort Hall, the fretting horticul
turist. Is through with his frost
danger worries, and has started fear
ing there will be no lat November
rains.
roRKKt'T!
(Thomastnn Oa.) Times)
"Of the Admlnlatratlon's plan
to revive business, some bird
stuck his head up and said: 'It
Isn't priming the pump It's
pumping the primaries.' A fel
low like that ouitht to have his
reller cut off. his social security
card canceled and his right to
the more abundant life anatched
out from under him."
The government plans a 1100.000.
000 ship building program for the
Pacific coast, to provide fortnightly
service to the Orient. This should
provide work, snd lively strikes,
both In construction, getting the
ships started to sea. and en route
to the Orient.
Oregon remains in the Republican
column, but only by a whisker. The
ranks hsve shriveled from s 175 oon
lesd In I93S. to a mere le.ooo. to
date. It seems the Republican party
Is prone to vote every wsy but Re
publican, and often not at all. In
these stirring times.
A visiting wealthy nrlton In Los I
Angeles, lost 1160.000 In a stud poker
gsme. and now requents the district
attorney to save him from his folly.
The technique of the winner was
admirable, but how he ever got from
London to California, with so much
money without losing It. presents an
angle as Interesting ss how he got
hold of It In the first place,
t
'"Just becsuM he Is running
asalnit me Is no resson why I sTTCHin MCCT TrtMlfSUT
lit and try to blow up ' ' -' mi-i-i lumuni
E don't say this is or has been true of ALL office hold
ers in this state, or any other, but we do sayMt has
been common, all too common. And we believe an overwhelm
ing number of people, as a result, have for a considerable time,
LONGED for a change, longed for someone in high office,
who wasn't a politician and refused to play politics, who per
formed his public job precisely as he would a private job, as
capably as possible, hewing to the line of wbat he believed to
be best for his state and its people, regardless of the brick bats
and dead cats that might be heaved in his direction.
.
WELL, when the people of Oregon elected General Charles
H. Martin governor of this state they got such a man,
they were given such a longed for change. They got a man
who, as a candidate promised to do certain things for this state
and has done them, a man who before election was sane and
frank and forthright, and since his election, has been precisely
the same.
It may seem a trifle far-fetched to associate with one so hard
bitten, outspoken and two fisted, as the Governor, anything as
diaphanous as a dream; nevertheless it is undoubtedly true
that to many people here in Southern Oregon and throughout
the state, the administration of Governor Martin, has been in
a sense the fulfillment of a dream, they had always hoped tor
an absolutely fearless, efficient and non-political administra
tion of affairs in Oregon, but they feared it would never come
to pass. With the election of General Martin it did come to
pass.
SO what!
Just this. It is one thing to get the sort of state govern
ment you have always hoped for, it is quite another thing to
KEEP it.
It can't be kept, by giving the Governor banquets, or shak
ing his hand or extending hearty congratulations, (nor by
writing laudatory editorials us far as that is concerned!)
It can ONLY be done by going to the polls, on May 'Jinn,
and marking a ballot, and following that up by a similar vote
at the fall election.
For yon can't have an efficient fearless, non-political gov
ernment, without stepping on toes, on a lot of them. And von
can't step on toes without losing votes. And don't forget this,
those "sore-toe" votes are going to be at the polls primary day,
they always are.
And if you and TOU and YOU, expect to have the sort
of government you believe in, retained, you and you-and-you,
will have to be at the polls also.
X short, as hns been frequently stated in this column, we the
people, in the last analysis, get just the sort of government
we deserve no Better and no worse.
For four years we have had good government in this state-
in the judgment of this column the best state government in
our history, but we won't continue to have that sort of gov
ernment, unless we go en masse to the polls at this primary
election find vote for it, and at the general election and vote
for it again.
Certainly Governor Martin has done HIS part. It is now up
to the people of the state who believe in good government to
do TIIK1RS!
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M P.
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease,
diagnosis or treatment will be answered by Or. Brady If a stamped self
addressed envelope li enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In Ink.
Owing to the large number uf letters received only few can be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address
Dr. William Brady, 205 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
SOME PEOPLE GET H.B.P WORRYING OVER H.B.P.
ifi jit
Prom the queries and comment In
letters from readers It would seem
that the quaint popular notion that
meat, especially dark meat, yes, and
eggs too. cause
high blood pres
sure. Is still tak
en too seriously.
It may even be
that some doc
tors, relics of the
nineteenth cen
tury, still hand
out funny diet
lists that warn
persons with
high blood pres
sure off from
such rood.
Overeating, that Is taking more
food than Is necessary to maintain
normal weight, growth, repair and
physical efficiency, Is probably a
common factor of high blood pres
sure ( HBP) ... snd If not corrected
probably hastens the development of
cardiovascular degeneration, heart
artery wearing out (CVD)... and pre
mature old age. But neither scien
tifically nor clinically Is there any
evidence that meat, light or dark,
or egg, or any other food containing
protein (nitrogenous) material Is
any more tto blame than any other
food material. Indeed the more re
cent Investigations tend to Incul
pate carbohydrates and fats as the
main offenders.
When Btefansson and Anderson,
tha Arctic explorers, lived for a -year
on an exclusive meat diet, under the
constant observation and study of
physicians, physiologists, patholo
gists and chemists. Stefaiuson's blood
pressure remained unchanged thru-
out the year, while Anderson's which
was 140 systolic, 80 diastolic at the
beginning of the test was 120 sys
tolic 80 diastolic at the end of the
test."
So any one with high blood pres
sure need be In no hurry to cut ac
quaintance with the butcher.
My blood pressure has been meas
ured a good many times In the past
twenty or thirty years, but I have
never been sufficiently Interested to
know Just what It Is. Who cares j
about such things? Only the poor j
goof who has been frightened Into
believing the blood pressure Is seri
ous matter and that high blood
pressure Is a dangerous state.
Many things may cause the blood
pressure, to rise above the normal
or ordinary, and most of the things
that do so are not particularly seri
ous. Worry or anxiety may do so,
even worry over the height of one's
blood pressure.
How widely the normal blood
pressure for Individuals varies Is In
dicated by the figures recorded In
reference to the meat diet test Just
mentioned. Both men In their prime
and In good health; Stefansson's
pressure, 105-70; Anderson's, 140-80
to 120-80. Obviously It Is Inaccurate
and misleading to attempt to set up
any arbitrary scale of blood pres
sure according to age, aa so many
bunk-merchants who cater to fuss
budgets do.
People who Imagine cutting out
meat or eating less meat reduces
blood pressure If the pressure Is too
high, ought to be Informed that If
the blood pressure becomes lower on
such a regimen It la not because they
have cut out meat but because they
are entlng less salt, which animal
flesh contains, and perhaps also less
salt In and on their food.
Ise that tha operating subsidiaries
will bo disposed of.
Lest this seem too much a song
from Pollyanna, it must be added
that amiability does not reign every
where among tha holding companies.
At least one of tha largest ones Is
suspect by the BEC, and suspects
the SEO in turn, although outward
good relations have been preserved
co date. A violent lntro-mural quar
rel Is also developing within the
utilities Industry, over the control
of the new Integrated systems.
Finally. It should be pointed out
that the SEC's friendliness Is based
on the expectation that the holding
companies will fulfill their responsi
bility to the satisfaction ff the SEC.
If, after a year, certain companies
have failed to do no. Chairman
Douglas will mark off the sheep and
the goats and go after the goats
with his accustomed toughness. But,
at the moment, the Important thing
Is that he does not Jong for any
such punitive expeditions.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Clabber
What can I put in sweet milk to
make It clabber quickly? Am very
lond Of It. (Mrs. H. R. D.) ,
Answer Par-boiled or pasteurized
or scalded milk of course does not
sour as quickly as pure raw milk
does. You can hasten the souring
process and clabbering by using
starter a tablespoon of today's
sour milk added to tomorrows fresh
milk.
Crust
Please let me know If the crust of
bread contains the same amount of
fat, starch and vitamins as the In
side of the, loaf. (Mrs. J. C.)
Answer The same amount of fat,
less starch, more dextrin, less vita
min B (heat partially destroys vita
min b. ir any left In the flour, and
of course the crust Is heated more
than the Interior of the loaf during
baking. Any time you-Invite me to
lunch, I'll take all the crust and you
can have all the Inside of the loaf.
Copyright 1938 John P. Dille Co.
Ed Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with- Or. Brady
should -.end letter direct to Or.
William Brady. M. D.. 265 El
Camlno Beverly Hills. Calif.
Tax-Exempt Bonds
DF.MOVATj of the tax exemptions of public bonds seem to be
urged mainly as r matter of social justice. The President
speaks of "s reservoir of tHX-pxem.pt securities in the hands
of a very few persons who equitably should not be relieved of
taxes on their income."
The reform also seems desirable from the viewpoint of fis
cal policy, because this tax-exempt reservoir deprives the fed
eral and state treasuries of monev thev need for nuhlic mir-
poses.
But there is also a sound business reason for abolishing the
exemptions. As wealthy citizens more and more have tended
to "lock up their funds in tax-exempt securities," they have
thereby lessened the quantity of funds available for direct in
vestment purposes. Money hns gone into bonds instead of going
nto business. Perhaps when the income from exempted bonds
is liixed like ordinary income, a great deal of idle wealth will
be put to productive use in .irivate enterprise. Such diversion
of wealth is greatly needed at the present time.
There are delieate problems involved, such ss the lowered
ti.diket value of bonds when thev are taxed, the effect on in-
iiiiiih'C companies and other fiduciary institutions and their
clients. There will be difficulties during the period of read
justment. But in the long run the general situation should be
improved. 1. S.
SOFTBALLER LEADERS TO
houid go out and try to blow up
hi home or fefd him ft round g!aw,
HoTman , ddrd " (Portland Tele
gram) One can go too far.
Two Softball leagues will be
Kanirrd. th pown!n.t clnir of the 1
ion set, aud rules discussed touigM transacted.
at tha M. N. Hogan company broker
Me office.
All team managers and sponsors
are urged to attend the meeting, as
much important businr r will be
Man About
Manhattan
By OKOKOE TL'CKBR
NEW YORK. One day last week,
aa previously reported, this corres
pondent had dinner with Dr. Hoy
Akagl, scholarly Japanese author and
lecturer who Is counsel In this coun
try to the South
Manchuria rail
way. We talked
for hours and
most of It dealt
with Par East
problems, with
Japanese expan
sion, with Rus
sta. China and
world affairs In
general.
But In report
ing this conver
sation I omitted
one specific story
toid me by Dr.
Akagl. a charming story of ceremony
snd manners, a way of doing things.
It seems to me, that belongs in an
operetta, and not In a column mixed
up with European "Isms'" and talk
of war.
If our conversntion hadn't token
placo over the dinner plates I am
sure this story would never have
suggested Itself to my companion.
But dinner it was, and presently we
were discussing the design on the
dishes, and that was the way It came
about.
GEORGE TUCKR
Por it concerns the difference be
tween the western and the Oriental
manner of serving a meal.
"These are charming plates." said
Dr. Aksgl. "But have you ever no
ticed that dinners in America are
served on dishes that have the ssme
pattern? I mean the plates, the
saucers, the cups, the craw bowl.
the vegetable dishes, all are of a uni
form pattern. And that is very nice.
especla.'v If the patterns Is pleaa-
Int:. as this one assuredly is.
"But In the East. In the Japanese
hemes, we like to think that a blan
ket pattern does not always make for
the utmost harmony. So we do It In
this way:
"We permit the food Itself to de
termine the color and the contours
of the dishes. Perhaps ths flrar
course may be served In an oval bowl.
of light blue In color. The second
course may be served In a triangular
or an oblong dish, or even one tht is
curved like an 's: But the color
of the food snd the sape of It al
ways determines which dishes we use
bust of Mozart, perhaps some manu
scripts of Wagner, and. oh, sure,
modern American Jazz. Modern Tokyo
could not get along without Ameri
can Jazz. You see. we Japanese may
hurry like mad New Yorkers through
the eight-business hours of the day.
but In the after hours we like to
think we still retain a sense of lei
sure, a casual ness that rests us and
permits us to enjoy some of the
pleasures and beauties of life."
The
Capital
Parade
(Continued from Page One,)
Comment
on the
Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
SOME time when you have a few
minutes to spare, ask yourself
this question:
"Just what are we doing for our
children In these supposedly modern
and enlightened days?"
WE'RE educating them, of course,
and their schooling takes about
half of ell the local taxes we pay.
But we're doing something else. 1
We're loading them down with
debt, and thus making their lot
harder than ours has been. We're
borrowing our way deeper Into1 the
hole every day, and saying cheer
fully: "Oh hell, let the kids pay this off l"
AND they'll have to PAY I
A debt of 37 billions can't Just
be laughed off. It takes WORK to
pay off 37 billion dollars work and
self denial.
It's a lot of fun to spend like a
drunken sailor, happily heedless of
where the money Is coming from, but
It Isn't going to be so much fun
when the time comes to pay up.
The paying will be done by our
children and their children.
IP YOU have average parents, you
must 'have heard them say a thou
sand times:
"We want you to have an easier
time of It than w did."
Well, we of this generation HAVE
HAD an easier time than our parents
did. (Or at least our grandpar
ents). They built the finest civili
zation the world has yet known,
and WE are enjoying It.
And, generally speaking, they PAID
AS THEY WENT, leaving us few
debts.
Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
history from tha riles of ths
Mall Tribune 10 and 20 years
aito.
revenuo department at Portland. ar
rivet and will bs In this section for
six weeks.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
May S. 1928
Edgar B. Piper, editor of the Ore
gonlsn passes.
Italian airship. In chsrgo of Gen.
Noblle starts on North Pole flight.
Drive for cut of fruit freight rates
started.
Orchsrdlsta of vslley smudge for
third night in row.
Medford to Join with Klamath
Falls In rati celebration.
Free flower seed at CofC for plant
ing along Psclflc highway.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
May 3, 1918
Sunday tourlsta to Hilt and other
California points are warned not to
attempt to bring back liquor as dry
agents have been posted on the Sls-klyous.
J. C. Mann spent a few hours In
Esgle Point Thursday.
German drive against Italy he-gun.
Third Liberty Loan goes over the
top In all sections of the Isnd.
British losses In latest German of
fensive total 250.000 man, and many
guns.
John Wilkinson of the Interns!
Chevrolet
J,NGLES
- p4-
Wonder bow Cleopatra
would look in a modern
skirt?
One of those new, short ones
way up out of the dirt.
Bet she'd find it mighty
convenient, too,
If she rode with Mark on a
bicycle for two.
What a lot she missed, liv
ing so long ago,
But she knew her wiles, how
to hold a beau.
She should have had a Chev
rolet when in her prime,
For she was the original
"Come up and see me
sometime."
Chevy M. Hurd
Rope River Chevrolet
Main and Riverside
Service Dept. 32 No Klversldr
I'sed Car Lot Riverside at tb
lowed it In receiving the plans of
the holding companies for the re
classification of their securities, the
integration of their structures, and
so forth.
Instead, the SEC has accepted the
plans on a tentative basis, examined
them, and. If some fault was found,
avoided making a definite finding.
Where faults have been found, they
have been privately pointed out to
the utilities executives, and then the
corrected plans have been approved.
The greater coopcratlveness of such
a method Is obvious.
Again, the General Electric com
pany Is technically xinder the sway
of the SEC, since It has some ope
rating utilities subsidiaries. Yet the
SEC has done the unheard-of thing
among government agencies; It has
refrained from exercising Its power,
preferring to promise the General
Electric a two-year exemption, in
return for a General Electric prcro-
And here Is another thine. If you
were to walk suddenly Into the living
room of a Japanese home yen would
think : 'What a hare, untnterestlnc
room.' And you would oe correct,
for there would be no decorations
no tapestries, nc flowers. But ere
is antlnfactory remon for this. THls
room Is reslly a stat. When a Jap
anese Invites vou to his home he
studies you carefully, he tries to Im
agine the thtnss you like, the tort
ct surroundlnes y-nt prefer to be In
Then he hurries rome and dresses
the room accordingly.
If you sre a writer, for Instance
the room will become coally arranged
with many books and a ftrep'ace
snd perhaps trinket. that the host
knows you admire.. If oi are a mu
Irian, t'e room tafcrs on t'-e am-
phere of a music! study a p;sno, a
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SWEM'S
.IRI'lTINC. rRP
WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Announces the Appointment of
JOHN E. ENDERS
As Associate General Agent
for the Southern Oregon Agency 203 Medford Building
HIGH LIGHTS of TWENTY EIGHTH
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT Dec. 31, 1937
Assets of ?13,9S6,3S6.91
Surplus to Policyholders, including voluntary reserve,
over S 2,275,000.00
On deposit with the State Insurance Commissioner of
Montana securities of S13.10S.S66. 7 4
This Is per rent In exce.s or the amount reuqlred hv Mnmnna's rtrpo.lt law.
Bonds government, municipal, railroad, public utility
and industrial $ 6,011,183.75
The bond account represents owned (Including the Home Of
43 19 per cent of all assets, and flee, which cost f'45 516 22 in
87 per cent of all rated bond 1924 but carried as an asset for
holdings are A or higher; 53 per only one dollar) represents s trllle
cent of them triple A: 13 per more than one-half of one per
cent sre rsted triple B, double cent of the total sssets.
B or B. No bond holdings of CCC For each 10O of obligations,
or lower. the Western Life hss $119 45 In
First mortgsae loans. (94 per resources
cent of which provide for the Since it began business In 1910
psyment of Interest monthly snd the Western Life has paid In total
a reduction of the principal), benefits or holds In trust for
reprejent S7.90 per cent of the policyholders and beneficiaries.
Compsny's resources Res! estate the grand total of $:n SS1.II7.6I.
A Copy of the Statement Will Be Sent to You from the
Home Office at Helena Upon Request
MYRLE C. ADAMS JOHN E. ENDERS
General Agent Klamath Falls Associate General Agent--Medford
WESTERN LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
asoci.ti:
M. A. Bowman. Merrill r. B. Hveener, MerKord
T. . O'Brien. Klamath Fslls frtwarrt F. Core. Mrdtorr!
F. C. fierce, Klamath Fsll