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PAGE EIGHT MEDFOKD MATL TRIBUTE, FEPFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 11, 1938. MEDFORD, uBvnynM la tfoothrra Ortf Heads the Mall WbiM." Oelly ftirepl aaterdar. PuMtsnwi by HKUITURD PRINTING CO. fl-If-l N rit 8L PhOD n RUtsURl W RUUU MUST. BRNB8T R OlbaTRAK ftlsnaier. A.o 1 nil penitent Newepaper. Entered Monofl-tw mattei at Med ford, Oregon. ondei Act if March I. !! .110 .. IT dllBSCRIP-riON RATES By Mall to Adaneei Oallr. ona rear Dally, all months Dally, ooe monin By Carrier, id Advane Mtdrora. Aah la oil, Jacksonville. O o t r I Point. Phoenix, Talent, Oold Bill in oti blfhwarai Dally, ona rear M.W Daily, all montha Ms Dally, ona month All tarma eaah In advastte. Official Pa in of tbc City of Mtdferd Off trial Pa ( tt Jet-amp County. MBHItKH Of rHB AHSWI ATBII HBBMH Rmltlni Poll I.mim) Wlr Karri c The Actaial Preee ia exciueielj au titled to the uaa foi publication of all now dltpetchee credited to it or other wise ore1lted to thtt papar. and Ja to the tocai new published nereis. All rifhta Tor publication- of ipsetaJ diepatohe haraln ara alan reserved. UEMHBR OF UNITED PR BUS afRWRBR OF AUOI1 BURBAU OP .IIROHLATIONB AdwtltlDK riapraaanUtrn Oftlc., In N.w Tork, Oblotgo. D.troft. Aid sv.nolteo. Lot Ani.Ui. assttla. Fortius. SL bnls, Attaata, TliMU'll, B O. Member, Vr.eabh iNewtpapei IXUociilio! Ye Smudge Pot By Arlhur fttry. The boys are back from the "Bea ver State" sessions, under the aus pices of the American Lesion, where they were told of governmental fun damentals, etc. The "Beaver State" should not be confused with any state that acta like It had been over looked by the squirrel a or taken over by wildcats, due to labor strew. The voter of Idaho Tuesday slap ped a senator off the presidential eoat-talls. whose main qualification for the Job wni his Idolatry for New Deal notions. His rubber-stampman ship was a model, and perfection In blind following. His opponent vowed he would not eternally aqulah like a hunk of putty If elected, and he was. The result may stop Oregon candidates from flying back to Wash IriRton. D. 0-, when the campaign gets hot for pats on the head from political moguls and naoons. THE BIX OF IT (Sunset Magazine) "There are many men's garden clubs In other sections of the country, too. So many, la fact, that a National organisation has been founded. It la called the Men's Garden club of America and Its slogan Is 'More Pants In the Garden." , A lie -detector registered Douglaa OorrlRan, Impromptu aviator, was not telling the truth, when he claim- d he flew across the Atlantic to Ireland "by mistake." That makes It practically unanimous, nobody was fooled. a The season for getting lost In the timber Is at hand. The first of the week nine boys and a full grown man, failed to get home for supper, but showed up the next day, under their own steam, before a posse eouid be organ! vd. A little later, when storms are brewing. Is the most advantageous time to climb a moun tain that don't need climbing, and onto the rront psge. Then the howl of a bllrmard drowna the yella of the sheriff on rescue bent. The Dlonne, quintuplets, 111 with sore throata, and separated, raised a fuss, against Dr.' Da foe's orders, This is the first time they have shown any traits of their Papa, who created, a rumpus, when forbidden to sign up his family with a circus. One report from the Husso-Jsp battle front In Siberia says the trenches of the foes, at one point, are only four feet apart. This la too olose to permit much hating. A swig of Russian vodka would knock the average Japanese twice that far. Wonders never cease. In a Call fornla town, a couple of wrestlers were actually as mad as the sport In? editor wrote they were. . THEY 1 1 A VEN T V II A NCI El) "The purification of politics is an Iridescent dream. Government is force. Politics It a battle for su premacy. Parties are the armies. The Decalog and the Golden Rule have no place tn a political campaign. The object Is success. To defeat the antagonist and expel the party In power la the purpose. "The Republicans and Democrats arc as Irreconcilably opposed to each other as were Grant and Lee In the Wilderness. They use ballots Instead of guns, but the struggle Is as unre lenting and deaperate and the result ouch t for the same. "In war It Is lawful to deceive the ttdveraary, to hire Heastans. to pur chase mercenaries, to mutilate, to destroy. The commander who lost the battle through the activity or his moral nature would be the de rision and Jest of history. "This modern cant about the cor--.tption of politics Is fatiguing In the extreme. It proceeds from tea rnatard and syllabub dilettantism and frivolous aentlmentallwn." (Writing cf John J. Ingalls. 1B80.1 Where Theresa Will WELL, where there's a will, there 'i a way. Where there is a will to peace, there ii somewhere, aomehow, a way to peace. The truce between Russia and Japan, signed according to press reports last night, proves this. . ' ' Not only were all the elements that make war present on the Mauchoukuan border, but the fighting had already started. There was only one ray of sunshine in the picture, namely that neither Japan nor Russia, really WISHED war on a large scale, at the present time if it could possibly be prevented. BUT the usual questions of pride and face saving, of rivalry and hatred were involved; the usual feara that if one side didn't jump in for all it was worth the other side WOULD, and thus enjoy an advantage that might spell victory in the end, In miniature the situation was almost identical with that which existed in 1914 when Germany marched across the border of Belgium, and the fat was in the fire for all Europe. The one difference was a universal hatred and fear of war that didn't exist then, and a desire on the part of PEOPLES pretty much everywhere, white or black, red or yellow, to prevent war on a large scale if possible. - And this feeling public opinion if you prefer, was un doubtedly the element that finally made it possible for Japan and Russia to comn to terms. IT doesn't mean there will be no war between these two natural enemies, nor does it mean, the conflagration in the East will not eventually spread to Europe. But it DOES mean, that as long as there is a prevailing WILL for peace, somehow someway, a way CAN always be found to maintain peace. It's a slim hope but as we see it the only hopeof saving what is left of the civilized world. FromPearl White to Snow White . pVTEARLY a quarter-century ago, Medford movie fans thrilled AV tn thn hreath-takinir adventures of Pearl White in Ine Perils of Pauline" und "The Exploits of Elaine." When the conclusion of each episode left Pearl dangling over a oliff or about to be devoured by man-eating tigrs, the gasping audience quieted its sorely strained nerves and filed out of Medford's old Star theatre to endure the agony of a week of suspense until the flickering silver screen would once more reveal her fate. Manv will recall the first excitement when doors were thrown wide; the anxious wait until the piano player nonchal antly dusted off the worn keys as a prelude to his playing, which was keyed to the spirit aud tempo of the picture. ROLLICKING slap-tick comedy; with a generous assort- ment of advertising slides heightened the suspense until the eagerly awaited two-reeler would rush the indomitable Pearl out of one impossible situation into another. Old files of the Mail Tribune offer proof that the press agent of those days was on the job; the dictionary had been scoured for superlatives to describe the "exciting, thrilling, daring and stupendous" adventures of the erstwhile queen of cinema thrills. rlOSE who recall those "good old days" were saddened by the recent word from Paris of the passing of Pearl White ; saddened because it brought to memory the days wlien lite wasn't quite so complex and two reels of Pauline's perils or Elaine's exploits would furnish enough thrills to last a week. Other Medford theatres, the Isis, Ugo and It, were alive to the competition of past years and billed such thrillers as "The Million Dollar Mystery"; the then-new Page theatre offered such attractions as "Tillio's Punctured Romance" with the advertised promise of "a kick in every foot". Pearl White's weekly adventures could always be depended upon to "pack 'cm in", however, and her rating as a box office attraction is indicated by the fact that her annual earnings, at the peak of her popularity, exceeded a third of a million dollars 1 Even in this day of million dollar pictures and highly pub licizd stars, that is important money I STARTING her career iu the days of tent shows and show boats, Pearl White made her stage debut as "Little Eva" in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" back in Missouri 40 years ago. She was a real "trouper"; she worked hard to achieve a place in moving pictures, then being pioneered. The fortune and fame she acquired were justly deserved : BUT what a change has come over the movie world since she retired and moved to Paris to make her home. Aye verily Time DOES march on I In fact from Pearl White to "Snow White", only a jiffy as the world wags on, yet it marked a LIFE-cycle in the art of the silver screen, a transformation from swaddling clothes, inooherency, crudity, to an era of maturity, literacy, and truly creative and artistic imagination. The world of course has greatly changed in that time, too, but we doubt if it has changed as fundamentally and rapidly, as our contemporary cinema, not only as it passed from silence to sound, but as it changed from a primitive aud slap stick pantomime, to a highly civilized, sophisticated and all in all satisfactory form of dramatic expression. Packed into those few years, a vital, tireless and energetic young woman had time to attain Tame and fortune and retire and "the mewling and puking" infaut of the silent drama had time to grow up, become audible and coherent and adult. Really an EPOCH in the evolution of drama, crammed into a couple of DECADES 1 Personal Health Service By William Brady, M P. sinned letter! pertaining to penonal nealtb ana hyjltne. not to dlseaat diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Or. Brad; If a stamped eelf addrewed envelope la encloied. Letter, should be brief and written In tnk. Owing to the large number of lettera received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Addreaa Or. William Bradj, 265 El Camlno, ueferrj Hill,, Calif. A WORD OR TWO ABOUT DISEASE MANIFEST ' BY COUGHS A ND WHEEZES Sill to check cough, A wording to thf V. 0. office of education there were in t933-34 almost fifto.eoo irachers In cUnientan arti .jolt. JM.000 In c:ondarj chooU and 90,000 tn collegrs. One subject to chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis or emphysema should never forget that a certain amount of coughing Is b e n e f 1 clal for two reasons, first It Improves cir culation In ab domen and tho rax; second. It Is necessary to aid expectoration or drainage from the breathing passages. It la serious error, therefore.'to take or do anything unless under the immediate care of the physician. In some cases of chronic winter cough attended with wheezing small dally doses of lodld or lodln some what larger than the dose In the lodln ration are helpful. In all cases of chronic bronchitis, bronchi ecu sis or emphysema, as well as bron chlal or spasmodic asthma, the pa tient should have a regular lodln ration, In my Judgment. The attend ing physician should prescribe the lodld or lodln If more than the amount In the lodln ration Is to be taken. The real trouble In some cases purporting to be chronic bronchitis of recurring winter cough Is ne glected chronic sinusitis. Some as tonishing cures are obtained by the discovery of underlying sinus Infec tion and Its drainage. Two or three drops of purified oil of turpentine (not the crude spirits of turpentine Intended for Industrial use), on a little sugar In capsule, twice dally, after food. Is an old and useful remedy In many cases of chronic cough. The turpentine de rivative called terpln hydrate Is per haps easier to take I do not know whether It Is as efficient medicin ally may be taken Instead, In dose of two or three grains In capsule or tablet after food, for many months. In any chronic cough with expec toration the patient should assume an Inverted position for flro minutes every morning. Lie prone across bed with your forearms resting on the floor. This Is especially helpful tn bronchiectasis (dilation or balloon ing of bronchi) any emphysema (ballooning of air cells In lungs.) Children or adults disturbed by coughing on going to bed will get much relief from dropping In each nostril two or three drops of blsnd oil (vegetable oil, not mineral oil) containing vitamin D. Any means of maintaining a fair degree of humidity In the air, by evaporating water, especially during the season when art if lei si heating Is necessary, tends to soothe or rather to prevent undue Irritation of the breathing passages and should be used for victims of chronic cough or wheeze. In my Judgment Infant child or adult with any chronic respiratory trouble should receive an optimal dally ration of vitamin D, and the less the patient is exposed to sun shine the greater his need for vita min D internally. I believe from 3000 to 6000 units dally la an opti mal ration of' vitamin D for a child; perhaps an adult requires a little less. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS It Will Be Clear Now You are not very clear about nasal drops or sprays. In one place you do not recommend the oily kind snd In another you suggest one with a blsnd 611 base. H. F. H. Answer I do ndt recommend nose drops, sprays or Inhalants made with a MINERAL OIL base, for mineral oil (liquid petrolatum) is a foreign sub stance and cannot be absorbed by mucous membranes) : I do recom mend the use of nose drops or in halant made with a vegetable oil base as vegetable oil is food and can be absorbed by mucous membranes and can never accumulate anywhere In the body to cause trouble. X-Ray for Enlarged Tonsils Prom experience with two children I believe X-ray treatment preferably to diathermy for enlarged tonsils. One received about eight X-ray treat ments without any discomfort, and no trouble since. The other had dia thermy treatment, which proved sat isfactory In the end, yet entailed more than a dozen visits to the doc tor's office and - some sore throat after the first few treatments. Mrs. T. H. A. Answer Thank you. The X-ray treatment Is sometimes quite satis factory, of course. In the hands of a physician experienced In X-ray work. Red Wetting Our six-year-old son still wets the bed. Except for a nervous tempera ment he seems healthy enough. W. L. S. Answer Bend stamped envelope bearing your address, and ask for monograph on Correction of Bed Wetting Habit. (Copyright, 1938, John F. Dllle Co.) For example, Edgar Dunlap la the local counsel - of Jesse Jones' Re- construction Finance corporation. He is also the extremely astute behind-the-scenes manager of the Osorgt campaign, the companion of the senator on his oratorical expeditions, and a principal moneyralser. Then the RFC 'a Georgia manager Is Scott Candler the same Scott Candler who was photographed for tha papers paying George's election entrance fee. Informed sources state that Ma rlon Allen, collector of internal reve nue, and R. E. Matheson, tate di rector of the federal housing admin istration, are both friendly to the George candidacy. The collector of customs In Savannah and the fed eral attorney at Macon are also nam ed. And so It goes. Ed Note; Peron wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M D., 263 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif. On every side, the president's nat ural allies have left him In the lurch, Indeed, the Georgia situation Is a horrid proof of the old adage that the only way to be sure you've got a politician Is to nail him down. A leading renegade outside the federal payroll Is the blowsy. bump tious governor, Ed Rivers. Rivers has always prociaimea nis new ueanem from the house-tops, and before it was discovered that he was an avowed Kluxer, when there was thought of running him against George, he showed great interest In the purge. But now he tells you, "I'm neutral on the senatorshlp. I'm for the New Deal and the president, but I'm stay lng out of everything except my owji race for re-election." Poor Rivers might like to do something, but, as one shrewd politician remarked to your correspondents, "It doesn't mat ter a damn what Ed wants. The Georgia Power company and Fred Wilson have taken over most of the state machine." It might be added that Wilson, one of the smartest power lobbyists in the business, Is a personal friend of Senator George. Then there Is Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr., another self-proclaimed New Dealer. Camp and Rusaell are former college roommates, and Rus sell was expected to come out strong ly for the New Deal candidate. In stead, he Is lying low. while his brother Bob Is supporting George. Only Russell's father, the chief Jus tice of the state and Its grv.nd old , man. Is openly opposed to tieorge. For all these reasons, people will tell you that "If the president doesn't openly attack George and come out for Camp, Camp will be In a tough spot. He's In one now." They add, however, that "you've always got to remember Gene Talmadge." The truth la that Georgia pollt'cs seem to be an Ideal field for the Tal madge talents. The most expensive saddles, made I of hand-worked leather and chased with silver, sell from $200 to $250. A California man recently paid the I record top price of $2,000 for a sad dle. I Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County history rrom ti e flies of the Mall Tribune 10 and to rears ago. TEN VEABS AGO TODAY August 11, 192S (It waa Tuesday) Herbert Hoover In acceptance speech declares "for better human system, and a better economic sys tem." Pledges millions In cash for farm relief. "New Idealism" held need of country. Hundreds flee homes In Florida to escape rising flood waters. Ashland Leads In Auto Registration SALEM, Aug. 11. ( AP) A total of 38.053 out of state automobiles were registered In Oregon during July, including about 18.000 from California and 3241 from Washing ton. Secretary of State Earl Snell said today, i.hinnrf with 9196 registrations, did more business than any other station; Cave City was second with 3593. followed by Brookings with 3213 and Grants Pass with 2223. Snell sold the tourist season ap parently reached Its peak lsat month. Farewell ball of Artisans state con vention to be held at fairgrounds tonight. Two forest flrea reported in Butte Fella district. whtakoy Auto load of Canadian seized on Slsklyous. - Frank Stlmaon named president of Copco Forum. TWENTY YEABS AGO TODAY. August 11, 1918 (It waa Sunday) Prof. Relmer of the Southern Ore gon experiment station is spending a vacation at Pelican bay. Announcement was made yesterday In tills city that Rev. L. Myron Booz er, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Grants Pass, had accepted the call to the -pastorate of the Presbyterian church of Medford. which was ex tended to him some time ago, and would aasume d:arge of the church on September 1. Medford flro chief la fined $5 In Ashland Justice court for non-possession of a state license on his auto Chevrolet Leo Williams writes from the front that Medford boys In France are now stationed at Limoges, Power In 18 Months PORTLAND, Aug. II. vP) Eugene and other Willamette valley townn will have Bonneville dam power In approximately 18 months. Adminis trator J. D. Ross said yesterday. 3 iiaini rr 1 jinuLto Copyrighted 9L tr "Tis a shame to drive 'round with a bashed-in fender, When our shop has an ex pert car body mender. Don't you know it may take only a dollar or two, To ding out the fender make it look like newt. ' You're bound to get messed 1 up in some traffic jam, Somg times when you're parked they hit you and scram. But if you knew what a swell job we can do You'd drive 'er right in, let us fix it for you ! Chevy M. Hurd Rogue River Chevrolet Main and Riverside Service Dept. 32 No Riverside U.ed Cm Lot Riverside at 4tb CANNING PEACHES NOW READY BRING YOUR OWN BOXES WOODLAWN ORCHARD CENTRAL POINT PHONE 127 ' Harry DuBuque sukuuisjHiuuiv-wainspsjBwsajpswBwi i sfi It siTn n sT l irsi ifmisis Ileal isii. Man About Manhattan By OKOHUfc rllCKKB He, MUslBkttBNSsESMSai EUGENE BOY KILLED WHEN CAR HIT BIKE EUOENK, Aug. 11. OP) Omer Biggs, 13, waa killed and Gerald Rainwater, 11, Is In a Eugene hos pital In serious condition tod a when the bicycle on which the two were riding was hit by an automobile here late Wednesday night. Both boys live In Eugene. The sccldent occurred when Dr liner Miller. Junction City service station operator, ran into the bicycle. He told State Police Bergesnt Lowell Hlrtr! that the btke wn isvrllngl .vl'hout lights jin.! that hf did not SLEEPER SAVED FROM BLAZING RESIDENCE PORTLAND. Aug. 11. &) Two courageous youths saved C. U Pierce from a fiery death last night Pass lng his house, they noticed a fire and rushed Inside to warn the owner. They found Pierce asleep on a daen port, and dragged him to safety. The house was destroyed. William Goers, fire Investigator, said Pierce appar ently fell asleep while smoking a cigarette. NEW YORK Tell me, magic mir ror, why Bnrlc Madrlguere. has such a sad face. I saw him last night at a private showing of "Alexander's Rag time Band." His resemblance to Tyrone Power was so striking I con tinually had V look from one to the other, to sat isfy myself that I wasn't seeing double. But only Mad rlguere. was tere really. He at fifth row on the Aisle, holding his straw hat In his fcfcOKOE TuckU lap. r a z I n '0 strnlsht ahead. Tyrone Power was on the scrcrn, sharing honors with Don Amrche end playing the role of a sensitive, somewhat melancholy young man who seemed hurt but didn't want any one to know It. And by some curious chance of studio make-up he had become Mndrlguera a twin. I have always thought that Madrl guera's countenance was exceptional ly sensitive and sad. On the few oc casions I have seen him he has never spoken to anybody unless they speak to him. Sometimes In nightclubs, oc casionally in theaters, once In a taxi I saw him, and always he wore tiiat quiet, resigned expression of brooding melancholy. When he sees this he probebly will demand. "What the hell do you mean telling people I'm a Pagllaccl?" And I won't have any satisfactory answer to give except, as I say. to me he always seems lonely and sad- back to New Tork. It has been 13 years since "the genius of Hawaiian music" has been In town. Harry has come back now to plsy In the new Royal Palm roof of the Blltmore further evidence of the widening sphere of hula Influence In Manhat tan. You will have to admit that when better Hawaiian songs are written, Harry Owens will come pretty close to writing them. His masterpiece, of course. Is "Sweet Leila nl" And lie has also written "To You, 3weetheart. Aloha," which Is his signature, and then there Is "Hawaii Calls." I asked him: "Have you got any others, any new ones pretty as Lel-lanl?" ' "You bet I hive," he replied. "I've got a lullaby, 'Little Angel.' It's a se quel to 'Sweet Lellanl.' And then ti.ere's 'Kohata.' That's a ?irls name. Walt till I play It for you. Kate Smith Introduced it on the air Just a few weeks ago." It was mighty nice talking to Har ry Owens again, for he knows every body you know, end he tells you about them. He has seven months moro In the States ('Tm on a yenr'r leave of absence from the Islands") and then he goes back to Honolulu. As I write Mils I oan hear the tlnk. le of a ukulele and the distant boom ing of the surf. Tell me. Magic Mir ror. If I buy a ukulele, can I be ro mantic too? t think you are going to enjoy "Alexander's Rngtlme Band," tf for no other reason than that It Is an album of Irving Berlin's music. They take you back, these old tunes do. They make you realize how old you are. But there Is compensation. Ever since I saw the picture I've oern whistling "Everybody's doing It . . doing what? . . , Turkey trot. etc. Remember that one? Tvafs Just the beginning, o-o-o-nly the be-gln-nlng And each Is more reminiscent than the other. After the showing we went ver to the Blltmorr to welcome Hairy Owens The Capital Parade (Continued from Page One.) -""Si"' fight, but seasoned observers are unanimous that he can greatly short en the odds against his side. If the president cracks the whip, some people are going to have to per form pretty undignified flip-flops. The estimate that three -quarters of the federal officials are publicly or privately backing George comes from a person close to the senator, It Is entirely confirmed by Impartial ex perts. It Is further supported by the almost ludicrous openness with which certain federal bigwigs are working for the man who once called the president a "traitor." A farmer who a century ago could row five acres of orn can toda. bv the use of 'n-Hern marhln-rr ?r the two ho until too late to and equlpm.-nt plant, cult! ate an: (avoid atrlkmj them. I bat est 20 times that much. DEPENDABLE BUILDING ADVICE at BIG PINES LUMBER COMPANY Phcne 1 6th and Fir through a FIRST NATIONAL FtOA LOAN NOW you may borrow to1 buy, build or refinance your own home and repay like rent! First National loans may be arranged for as much as '16,000, rep resenting up to 80 of the appraised or purchase value of the lot and improve ments. Complete details at any branch. 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