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PAGE POUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17, 1938. MedfordvHkTribune "Bftvyoae t tfoatbtr Ormi RMd tbe Mall tiibon," Dally Bxrepf Aatordar. PubMina t HBUruRO PRINTING CO. l-tT-l N rif 81 PhoM W RUBER! W HUHL dltor. SJKNEKT R OILBTRAP. Uvoir. A.d ioipDHot Nwpapr. Enured as coort -ol mittt at Med ford, Orgoo. andai Aof ot Utrab I, lilt. UBSORI Pt'ION KATES Ulllvlll lllflBMI Daily, oo rr Dally, ill month ITS Dally on month to y Carrlar. lo 41vanoe Medford. ih Ikiid. JaekaonvMla. OiSlril Point, Phoaoli, Talent, Odd BUI u4 on hlfhwaysi Daily, one year 11.90 Dally. 1i moot ha I.SI Dally, obo month .,,,. (0 All torma caah IB a1 vase. Official Paper ol (far City of Mrdford Official Papm of Jarawio Count r HEMI1KH Of IHE 4MOCIATBU HUBMH RmlTlD Pull banaod Wire Srlr Tha Awooiatart Prow ( soluolroljr on tltlod fo tho uaa foT publloatlOB of all new diapofchoo oroditod to it M ethor wtaa ororiltod to chla papar. anil lae to tho local now published horela. AH fiht (or publication ot ipeoiel lapateha horeln ara Alan roMrvod. UBUUBR UF UNITED PRBNS HRUR&A Of AUDI'I BUREAU OP OIRCMILATIUNS Nut ton 1 ArlirrllRlriK HeprMentstl.et WCBT-HOIXIUAY CUM PA NT, INC. Offim In New York, Clilrago, Detroit, flan Prtn eliro, lii Anitlu. Suttk, Portland, St. ltiil. V 'wrlT - Member, OregoiTNewspflpei siOcUtio Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. War and rumors of war, with th tramp of an armed hot leaving Europe Jittery; million starving and Ill-clad In a land that produoea too much food and too much clothing, while statesmen haggle and strut ao what? Why, after five years of threatening' a Mexican film actrcaa 1i given a second divorce from i movie "Tarean," and former swim mlng champion. And, the lady testl fled the caveman waa cruel to her. ... The Congressional Committee In- Testlgatlng un-American activities, throughout the land, heard testi mony linking the CIO with Moscow and Its Paclflo Coast chieftain, Hen, recolvlng aid, comfort and ad vice on how to behava himself from the Department of Labor, to keep from being deported to hla native land. The tender solicitude of high officials for the gent la something the average American never dreamed he would live to see. When they pro- tented they were aa much aa told to keep their placea and not Interfere with the "new philosophy of govern' ment." There Bre many who feel It would not take forever to end depression If organised cuasednesa was attacked. Instead of admired, by thoso with the authority to crush It ... DON'T PRESUPPOSE! (Corvallts nazette-Tlmes) "One Corvallla man, returning from Tangent after 9 p.m. last v night aald he counted numerous motor cara parked along the dark cross-country highway. While he didn't atop . to Investigate he presumed each car contained the Inevitable girl and boy." ... Tho Hohlaa Deuel woodyard has a neat outdoor display, showing an early fall ensemble of stove-wood artistically piled. ... "Youth la that period when young man has to call hla new mus tache to the attention of his friends." (Kxehangc) Commonly designated as a misplaced eyebrow. ... Voters who have attended political picnics on the Sabbath report the tninnesa or the ham In the ham sandwiches Indicates they were com plied before the sandwich commit tee heard five speeches promising tne "more abundant life." ... Laundrlee are now using Invisible Ink for making of laundry marks on shirts. The msrk la said to be harder to find than the shirt that didn't come back. ... . The etate department has evolved a 7-polnt program to establish peace In Europe and Asia. If it works, it will later be given a workout at strike-bound northwest sawmill. ... VOUNfl MEN AND ROOHTKRA (Coos Bay Times) "Toung roost ra are now be ginning to crow, If the creaking equnks they drag forth from hap hazardly feathered throats may be called crowing. They seem to undergo real physical torture In these first attempts snd I am reminded of young sons In this tame stage of adolescence and the pained look on their faces aa they took to washing their own eara for tha flrat time. We always knew this meant a girl m the offing ao that now I eye these young roosters, look over the plump pullets and won der which one among them la accountable for tha Impassioned but highly amateur attempts to A Democratic whirlwind waa here Tuea. He did not whirl, locally. ... Nlmrods are at large In the rural areas. So far nothing haa been hit but "No Shooting" eigne, and a few recumbent and defenseless pumpkins, hearing maturity. Mahnney To Report WASHINOTON, Aug. 17. (API Willi Mshoney Oreon Democratic senatorial csndltate. haa not replied to the campaign expenditure com mittee's questionnaire because a va cation Intruded, he telegraphed the committee yesterdsy. Its said the In formstlon would be forwarded this week. TOW. Editorial Correspondence PORTLAND, August 15. full of Monday morning tourists. At least the lobby was packed with them at the breakfast hour, trains from all directions arrive here between seven-thirty and eight-thirty a. m. And we would say there were Bt least ten movie cameras to every twenty visitors. Those who didn't have movie cameras had compact foreign looking ones the shoulder. This country is Well no news of war in Europe as yet, and according to our confidential correspondent the zero hour hag passed. Stocks took a tumble but nothing as precipitous as predicted, so another crisis has passed. Speaking of war that German plane that bopped from Berlin to New York and back again so non chalantly, demonstrates that if this country should become involved in another European war (which Heaven forbid) the enemy over there could drop bombs on New Tork, and we could drop bombs on them. Island say at the dinner hour, 1 p. m. the following day at the Adlonl The Brandenburg, be it noted made the return trip in less than 20 hours 1 ..... If anyone wants political gossip they can always get it in the lobby of the Imperial. But one is foolish to put much stock in what is being passed around now, for that is all it is, gossip, of the most flimsy and meretricious sort. The plain truth is NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS, at least state politics now, for tho good and sufficient reason that nothing politically has even STARTED -to jell. That dues not prevent a certain well known Portland Republican from pontifically announcing that if Charley Sprague will only have enough sense to sit on his back porch and keep his mouth shut he will win in a walk. That's the familiar G. 0. P. technique, so successful with Harding and going to take we wonder to show these old boys, that political conditions in this country changed more fundamentally since the Ilarding-Coolidge era, than any similar period of time, since Lee laid down his arms at Appomatoxl The people ar in no mood to vote for ANY man for high office, state or national, who acts on the assumption all he needs to do, is conduct a one-man sitdown strike! Speaking of being hopelessly behind the times how about tho movie critic of tho esteemed Medford Mail Trillium I Uelieve it or not he never HEARD of the Hardy family, until by acci dent he dropped inlo the United Artists theatre here last night. Judging by the way the packed house yelled and whooped, at an offering entitled "Love Fiuds Andy Iliirily" this feature must be a familiar one on the air and screen, for them was that certain 1 IK ARTY exuberance manifest, which only comes from long association, familiarity and genuine affec tion. At least that was the way the M. T. movie scout was impressed, not only did the audience, roll in the aisles figura tively speaking, but they greeted Fay Holden as Mrs. Hardy and old friends. Or had this nothing merely being M. G. M. has hit out another MASTERPIECE. Whatever the true explanation the M. T. critic goes on record here and now, as declaring "Love Finds Andy Hardy" as one of the most amusing, entertaining and altogether divert ing comedies, seen since W. C. Fields last appeared before the Kliojr lights. The authors were too "sexy" in such a natural one sequence, but aside from tho greatest human juvenile portrayal of the fresli young love nnd with three girls on the 4-star class I WHEN G. R. W. R. Comment on the Days News By FRANK JENKINS w ELL, Au sunt 10 passed without In Europe. In England, people lowed down on their frantic purchase of gold, which had been sending gold prices kiting upward. In this country, the atock market quit going down and went up a trifle. , The world aeema to have stuck Its nose out of the storm cellar for a cautious look around. (The cause of the disturbance, you know, was a rumor that the Ger mans were going to use their annual war maneuvers as a smoke screen for Jumping onto Cseohoalovakla. Either the rumor was a fraud or the Ger mans, finding that their scheme had leaked out, decided not to do It. Fig ure It out for yourself you'll prob ably be Just aa close to the truth as the rest of the world.) WHY were the British, and other Europeans, buying goldf Because they were SOARED, and when people are scared about the financial future, gold still looks safer to them than any other form of wealth. In this country, we cant buy gold when we get scared, because the gov ernment won't let us. Probably we're Just as well off In the long run. THE Jap-Russian ruckus up on ths Siberian border, which seemed to be all calmed down a few days ago. Is getting hot again and might boll over. The Japs are accusing the Rus sians of doing something they had agreed not to do. and the Russians are accusing the Japs of the same t..lng. Meanwhile Japan Is all excited about a rumor that Russia Is getting ready to help China more aggres sively than she has yet done. And Monday seemed to be the day for the Insurgents to do their winning In Spain. W ARS and rumors of wars, The world full of people who are Jittery and uncertain what to do next and the longer they remain Jittery and uncertain the more likely Another nice day snd the town dangling from strap over certainly picture eonscious. . . . Think of bombing Manhattan 7 p. m., and having luncheon at Calvin Coolidgn. What is it Lewis Stone as Judge Hardy, Mickey Rooney as Andy, like to do with it, the explanation the bullseye again nnd turned guilty- of being just a wee bit and wholesome atmosphere, in that slip a slight one here is comedy of the year Mickey's kid, m the throes of adolescent his hands, in fact puts him in Hunt gets it, don't MISS it. they are to do something reckless snd destructive. Isn't It a pity that people can't Just settle down to making things and selling them to people who want them and living their everyday Uvea and getting their full share ot the tremendous benefits that modern science and Industrial progress could bring them If they'd only permit It? 'What foola these mortals be." Man About Manhattan By QfcORGB r(JC K KB NEW YORK On the night of the John Warde tragedy I was having dinner with Commander Baylla of the coast guard . All through din ner report on the a 1 1 e mpted rescue were com municated to the commander by telephone. At this tlms the melan choly young man had been crouch ing on a hotel ledge for nearly 10 hours, threat ening to Jump Thirty-five thou- 6tO&e luc sand people mill ed underneath him In the atreet. The police were desperately trying to devise some meana of frustrating this attempt. Suddenly Commander Baylla leap ed up. "They ought to get a cargo net." he aald. "He couldn't get awa from a cargo net." He hurried to the telephone and Instructed his men where such a net waa to be found. Then he came back and re talked about Warde and about a hundred other things, I guess, from rescue work In tha Arctic to tropic cruises. About 10:18 I said goodnight and walked out Into the street. All day people had been saytng. "Let's go down and have a look at that fellow on the ledge." But I hadn't gone. I didn't think he would Jump anyway, not after waiting that long. But before I knew It some force waa dragging my steps toward the hotel. I took out my police card and stuck It Into the bsnd of my hat, ao the police would let me through the line. And there he was. a tiny object on far ledge. 17 stcvlea above the sidewalk. He wa smoking a cigar ette. Suddenly hla cigarette described an arc as a cigarette docs when It Is nipped In tne dark. I had been standing there lea than two mtn utea when he Jumped. They are say ing now that he didn't really Jump. Ihst he fell. Jump or fall, what does It matter now? He Ml like a plum met, so swiftly that you hardly fol- Personal Health Service By William signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease dlugnosls or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If stsmped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Utters should be brief and written la Ink. Owing to the large number of letter received only few can be answered No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions, address Dr. William Brady, lies El Camlno. Beverly Bill, Calif. MALARIA, ETHIOPIA, When I began practice In the un - compromtslngly healthy vUlago of Penn Yan (there Is, too, J leave It to any Oazeteer), If one accepted calls a they came, regarrles of how many other doctors the clients had al ready failed to pay, there were atlll three or four case of ty phold fever to attend each aut umn. Todsy In the same com. munlty It la un usual for t h dozen doctors to see that many case of typhoid In a year. But rushed, or endeavored to give the appearance of rushing, from typhoid patient to typhoid patient, and wan dered whether some of them might relent. If I pulled them through, and actually pay me something on account, I was harassed by a mel ancholy regret that I had not oe gun practice there five or ten years earlier, for In the nineties a Pcnn Yan doctor confidently expected to have 30 to 40 typhoid coses on his visiting list every autumn. The ultl mate conquest of typhoid fever seems at present as remote a the conquest of China. The ultimate conquest of malaria, however, seems ss likely aa the con quest of Ethiopia, notwithstanding the southern states and the estlmsied 125.000 human carriers among the apparently well population. Wherever malaria prevails the gen eral population Is below the avenge physically, mentally, economically. Not to engage In the chtcken-or- egg controversy, I believe the cure for the malaria problem Is education. The malaria commission of .he League of Nations recommended, and the United States Public Health tr. vice modified and approved what U now established as The short Ifiilnlnf Treatment for Mnlnrla. As soon aa chills and fever (fever and ague) begin the adult patl?nt should receive 30 grains of QUININE SULPHATE dally from a to 7 days. wnen au quinine should be stopped. inis is nest given In divided doses say one dally dose of 10 grains, the other two dosea of 5 grains each. lowed him, until he struck the mar quee. But after that It was as If he moved In slow motion, aa It took him five minutes to fall the 30 feet from the marquee to the street. Meanwhile from windows above the fatal ledge hung long ropes, sailors' ropes, to which was attached a great empty net. It waa the cargo net, the one recommended by commander Baylla, and If Warde had waited a few minutes longer he couldn't have got' away. It waa closing In around him when he Jumped. But then, as so often Is the case, even a apllt second can mean a very long time. And to John Warde It was the dif ference between Now and Forever. Check-up and comment: Dick Ma ney la writing a piece on Billy Rose for the Ssturday Evening Post . . . Where Is Ina Claire? She's still at Belgrade Lakes. Me., and won't leave until she goes to Cape Cod for a summer stock engagement, some weeks hence , . . Ray Kinney, be tween appearances at the Lexington Hawaiian room, raunts Chinatown, and takes his kids with him. Says It reminds him of the Chinatown In Honolulu . . . The old horseshoe bar which used to adorn the Belasoo room at the Central Park Casino Is now being desecrated by beers and hotdogs at Palisades Park . . . That new plnce In 53nd street is known aa the Elbow Room, and admittance Is by membership only. third. In the second, the temptation was to make tbe summary of evi dence an accusatory stump speech. Instead, as written by able SEC Trial Examiner Samuel Clark, it la a coldly factual recitation devastat ing because the facts are devastat ing, but not aimed, as It might have been, straight at the heads of J. P. Morgan and company, or the ex change old guard, or any other per sona Involved In the story. No indi viduals are blamed. The facta are merely allowed to underline the lack of protection afforded outsiders In the financial community. Par more significant than part two. however, la the third part, con taining the SEC recommendations. It must be admitted that here the SEC is using the Whitney ca- to obtain reforms which Chairman Douglas and others have long advo cated. But. whether or not these particular reforms are thought wise, reform la always ushered in by such unfortunate happenings aa the Whit-n-y case. Segregation Is the key word In the SBC recommendations, aa now writ ten. The stock -broker's functions as agent for hla customers and his functions aa underwriter and private trader in securities are regarded by the SEC as Inherently conflicting. The SKC and the exchange officials, headed by young President William McC- Mart In, are now searching, therefore, for a way to disentangle then funrtton without disrupting the whole machinery of the ex change. Even as It is, ths recom- I" s Capital Parade (Continued from Page One.) Brady, M P. TYPHOID AND CHINA 1 Children should receive smaller dose. according to their weight for - ample, a child weighing half aa much (70 pounds) a the avor.ige adult (ISO pounds) may take 10 gralna of quinine dally for S to 7 days. The advantages of the SHORT QUININE TREATMENT are first, It chespness, and freedom from un pleasant by-effect sometime caused by longer doses of quinine; second. Its effectiveness In most esse; third, Its compsratlve safety. For prophylaxis the dally do of quinine sulphate advised for persona during their stay In malarlour re gions I SIX GRAINS either one dose of six grain every day, or m pill or tablet containing two grains of quinine sulphate three times day. If these methods of prevention and treatment could be followed In all cases, we might soon see malaria becoming as rare a yellow Jack I In the United States. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS norlsm. I Uke the taste of borax In drink ing water. I there any harm or benefit from using It? (8. P. O.) Answer Borax should not be taken Internally. It Is likely to produce borlsm etomash Irritation, ,kln rash snd swelling, absence of normal flkln oil and moisture, depression of hesrt, spinal centres, spirits and low body temperature. Cold Water. We keep a large bottle of water In the Icebox for cooling for drink ing. Have done so for yesra. Now have Ben Told this Is bad practice. (A. L. P.) Answer So do we. If one prefers cold water for drinking. It 1 a healthful practice. Quinine, Will three grain of quinine a dav for three years have a harmful effect on a pereon? (Mrs. R. W. H.) Answer I know of none. If you are In doubt, try going wl'hout quinine for three months. If you feel as well without It, why bother with it at all? 0 (Copyright. 1938, John F. Dllle Co.) Ed Note. PerMm wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. IVIIIIam Brady. M D., 20S El ranilno, Beverly Hills. Calif. mendatlons may force some large houses to spilt Into two parts.-putting otit trading and underwriting of shorts. The establishment of a great in dependent trust, to act as repository for customer securities and funds now deposited with the brokers; the separation of the parts of a broker's capital usrd In his brokerage busi ness and his private trading or underwriting: a closer watch over the financial condition of the bro kerage house! these are some of the new ventures now being contem plated. There are a number of minor schemes, such as one for a require ment that brokers report their pri vate borrowings, and another for an exchange rule Increasing members and officials' responsibility for gen eral self-regulation. But segregation Is the real nubbin of the business. It Is not expected that the re port will soon be put In final form or given to the public. One commis sioner has named early December as the likeliest time for the report's publication. But that Is only one more slsn that the SEC and the ex change will use every effort to ar rive at a mutual agreement. Clearly. In considering such far-reaching pro posals as the report may contain, there must be Initial disagreement. Indeed, exchnng and SEC officials msy fall to agree even In the end. nnd the whole tone of the report may be changed. But, for the pres ent, the Important thing Is they are trying hard. Communications Cooperation Appreciated. To the Editor: The Oregon Shakespearean Festival association wishes to thank you for your excellent help In connection with the fourth annual Festival hlch closed last Saturday. The entire cooperation of ths en tire Mall Tribune staff was a great help In making this season's PcsMval a success. Very truly youra. OREGON SHAKESPEAREAN FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION. Walter H. Leverette. Business Mgr. AAhland, Ore.. August 18, 1938. COOS PILCHARD PLANT PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL MARf HP1ELD, Aug. IT.-h1 Ed ward David, a part owner from Mon terey In the Cyprew Fiaherlea pilch ard reduction plant here, said today the operation would close permanent ly on September 18. Tn four season, operations have been successful only once. David said the equipment would be mored to another location, yet to be chosen. No fish were handled at the plant this season. CERTIGRADE CEDAR SHINGLES at BIG PINES LUMBER CO. Phone 1 Stennetts On Vacation Find Reno Lively Town; Virginia City Inspected RENO. Nev., Aug. 15 (Special Cor respondence) Tbe writer and hla friend wife left Medford the after noon of August IS for a vacation In Nevada and the first night waa spent In a northern California auto camp where the cabins were of nor mal size but tbe garage waa so nar row that we had to use a shoe horn to get the car In, and after entrance waa gained we discovered we could not open the door wide enough to get out of the ear. The operator of the camp suggested we push the car In and pull It out In the morn ing. I suggested that we might crawl out the window and up on top of the car and slide down the rear end out the door to the garage. He said it would be all right with him. We arrived In Reno about 5:00 o'clock Sunday evening and wero soon comfortably settled In a cozy auto camp near the city limits of Sparks. After we had dinner we drove Into Reno, which surely lives up to Its motto of being "the biggest little city In the world." We drove many blocks before we could find a park ing place, and then practically out side tha business district. The wholo business district was ablaze with Neon signs. Most of the churche were dark- which gave everyone an opportunity to visit and patronize the night clubs. At Harold's, a class B gambling hoiise, without bar fac ilities, we found a mass of human ity, both men and women, that pack ed the establishment to capacity. There were a dozen games, varying from roulette to craps, in progress. end the crowd was so dense that it was Impossible to view the games at most of the tables. Twenty-four slot machines, with entrance fees varying from one cent to one dollar, were liberally patronized, but no Jackpots were dropped while we were In the place. About the only winner I saw while In the establishment was an old lady about 85 years of Sfge who made several good wins on the forUine wheel and consequently was very Jubilant. Today we visited the school of mines at the state university and viewed one of the largest and finest mineral exhibits we have ever had the pleasure of seeing. While there we ran Into a geologist who volun teered to act as our guide on a trip to the ghost town of Virginia City to see the famous old Comstock mine. We left for Virginia City early In the afternoon via the new govern ment highway over the Virginia mountains, a highly Interesting scenic route, traveling part of the 1 Rogue River ROOUE RIVER, Aug. 17. (Spl.) The H. E. club of Live Oak Grange met at the country home of Mrs. Perry L. Walt, Thursday afternoon. August 11. Nine ladles were pnoent and spent the afternoon In tearing and sewing carpet rags to make a rug which will be for sale at their booth at the Gold HtU fair. Plans for the fair were discussed. Plans for a new Grange hall were looked at and discussed. At close of thfc afternoon cake and coffee were serv ed by Mrs. Walt. Those present were Mrs. Zorah Wiley, Mrs. Lore Carter. Mrs. Effle Badley, Mrs. Letsy Miller. Mrs. Millie Walker, Mrs. Hattle Yor ton. Miss Marie Block, Mrs. Myrtle Whipple and Mrs. Walt, On Sunday. August 8, the Grange enjoyed a picnic dinner under the live oak tree In Mr. and Mrs. Gus Rhuling's yard, and all report a nice time. We are sorry to report the serious Illness of fflra. Martin Burkhart. Mrs. Burkhart suffered a stroke Thursday morning and Is unconscious. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reed of San Francisco are visiting Mr. Reed's nephew. Reed Carter and family at the Wiley-Carter ranch. Mr. and Mrs. George Sothman of Klamath Palls spent the week-end with Mr. So th man's sister and hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Smith, Mrs Smith's mother, Mrs. Caroline Soth man of Redmond, Ore., la also a visitor at the Smith home. August 6, about 80 friends of the Arden Teyrrell family came down from Central Point after church and en Joyed a picnic dinner at the Teyrrell home on the bank of Evans creek In the afternoon Rev. Strang of Med ford preached. Mrs. A. J. Jen 1 eke of Portland re turned to her home Tuesday after noon, spending some time visiting her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs Leo Smith. , Those In O rants Pass recently srere Mrs. Cloyd Dick. Mrs. Myrtle Randle man. Roy and Amy. Mrs. The) ma Randleman, Carrol and Thelma Jean. ' Mrs. Roy Holl later, Mrs. A. H. Press- ; lar, Mr. and Mrs. Ssm S n dry. Mrs. Nellie Jones, Mrs. Lee Hug, Mrs. John Dunlap, Mrs. Ivy McLaren and Mr. and Mrs. James Whipple. Mrs. Tom Burdette and Elizabeth, who have been In Klamath Falls for i some time, returned home Satuidas evening. Mr. and Mra. "Bud" Shulta moved from Selma where Mr. Shulta has been driving a truck this summer, and plan to leave soon for Klamath county where they will spend the winter trapping. There will be a Townsend meting Wednesday evening In city park. A 6th Fir 1 time at an elevation of 8709 feet. The distance la 30 miles from Reno, which we negotiated In about an hour. The main business street In Vir ginia city Is about half a mile in length, flanked on both sides with one, two and three-story brick busi ness blocks, most of them vacant, yet a few lines of business is carried on here and there along the atreet. Tbe sidewalks are of the old wooden variety and are worn half through. The first place In Virginia City that we visited was the Crystal oar and hotel, famous resort In the days when the Comstock wss at Its best. The old oil lamp chandeliers are still hanging In the bar room and the main one la highly decorated with crystals and various colored lamp shadea. It contains 24 oil lamps. The walla of the barroom are decorated with pictures and advertis ing a half century or more old. We examined the hotel register for the names of notables, and among them we found Thomas A. Edison of Orange, New Jersey (the world famous electric wizard), who was a guest at the hotel August 9, 1878. We next visited the Museum of Memories, containing thousands of relics of the heyday period, news papers and oooks from 50 to 70 years old. The old weekly Enterprise office, where Mark Twain worked, still stands, and In the window Is a plaque to the memory of Mark, who was beloved by the entire city. We visited St. Mary's of the Moun tain Catholic church that was built In 1888 and Is still used for religious services. The church Is still In good repair and for the period In which It was erected Is richly finished on the Interior. The Comstock mine, now abandon ed and fast going to decay, during Its operation produced $400,000,000 In silver and $300,000,000 In gold. There are now some small mining operations near Virginia City but tho output Is so small that It hardly attracts the attention of the few re maining citizens. We returned to Reno via the ghost towns of Oold Hill and Silver City. Gold Hill has given up the ghost completely but Silver City shows fome signs of activity, not In mining silver but gold Instead. We visited a stamp mill there that reports con siderable gold production. Tomorrow we will visit Carson City and Lake Tahoe and my Impressions of that trip will be written for a later Issue of the Mall Tribune. A. P. STENNETT. Townsend talk will be the main event of the evening. t Mrs. Nancy Wilson of Central Point, who has spent the summer visiting a daughter In Fresno and one In San Francisco, returned Wednesday ind Is spending some time now vUitlnc her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs Tom Wilson. Five ladles of the Civic Improve ment club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Sam Sandry and arranged a very Interesting pro gram for the coming year. Friday, the Rogue River Holiness association met at the camp-meeting grounds of 'The Church of God." The church has been holding meet ings for several daya and nlghta and has had very good attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell and son have bought and torn down the house on Broadway known as the Woodcock house, and are mo'lng the same to their acreage Joining the Harold Nourse plaoe. Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Burnett "of Sardine creek spent Sunday at the home of Melvln's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Burnett. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lake werc dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mra. Tom Wilson. Newspaper frld. COTTAGE GROVE. Aug. 17. Leonard S. Ooddard and A. W. Shof stall announced yesterday the snfc of the Cottage Grove Sentinel to W. C. Martin, former co-publl&ner of the Artesla, N. M., Advocate. Mir tln will take over the paper Immedi PERV woman should enjoy summer leisure so he 1-i ran devote herwlf to k-eplnr her family coo and comfortable, w do jour family lanndrv ' fanltles.lv, economically, and call and delver promptly. Do jo.irwlf favor call g7j. American MWH CENTRAL AVlNtl .MEDFORD, CRE. f-PHONE 873 rw, rv. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson Connty history from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and to years ago. TEV YEARS AGO TODAY August 17. 1918 (It waa Friday) Shortage of help In orchards and packing houses, ae fruit harvest gate Into full swing. Ashland plans to mske Itself flower center, as well aa resort. Hoover sdvlses people "to be fair to all, and scorn religious Intoler ance.'' New pear freight rate to go Into effect August 34, and will aave $100,- 000 for frultmen. Southern states raked by new storms. Chinese pheasants liberated In southern Oregon fields. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY August 17, 1918. (It was Saturday) American troops continue to pour Into Prance. Military experts predict offensive to end the war will start In late September. Word from Prance says that George A. Codding, an attorney of this city, is now a sergeant-major In Prance. Showers and chilly nlghta hold back late garden stuff In valley. Mayor Gates and family leave for a two weeks' outing at Eagle Ridge Tavern In Klamath county. Rains In the hills Improve deer hunting conditions. Fichtner Installs Complete Re-tread Equipment Is Word Carl Fichtner, who owna and oper ates Ftchtner's Garage, located at the northwest corner of Sixth and Fir streets, announced today the Instal lation of a complete new retreading depsrtment. Retreading with the new American retreading machine gives a sharp, clear-cut tread design assuring max imum skid protection and nearly the mileage of the original tread. No heat Is applied to the atdewalls thus eliminating danger of double-curing or scarring of the sldewslla, he ex plained. Fichtner started In the tire busi ness 39 years ago and la believed to be the oldest tire repair man In Medford. He has been at the present location for the past 14 years. At his spacious garage all types of auto mobile services are now offered in cluding general repairing and stor age. Chevrolet wW JINGLES Copyrighted Now harvesting our very best crop of the year, As all the "foreign" can and tourists are here. Have you noticed how many of 'em drive Ohevrolete? They want oomfort and eoonomy on vacation days! They're not out to see how much they can spend, But to see all the sights before holidays endl They know a few extra miles on a gallon of gas, Is a wonderful help in con serving their cash. Chevy M. Hurd Rope River Chevrolet Main and Riverside Service Dept ss No. Blveratde I'ted Car Lot Riverside at Hn Laundry
