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Ye Smudge Pot
By Art hui Perry.
A West Virginian won the tobacoo
spitting championship last week with
a mighty squirt of 0 ft. 0 In. As
usual, he was not aiming at any
thing In particular.
e e e
Dot Fuehrer Hitler of Germany,
whose military capers and paranol
oaJ boastings kept the world In Jit
ters all last week, confronted with a
mild display of diplomatic back
bone by France and England, and
firm, stand by Russia, changes his
tune anent Czechoslovakia. Arrange
ments to occupy the Sudeten Imme
diately have been changed to become
affective In a week. The world Is
advised. It Oer manic orders are
olosely followed. Germany will bring
urope peace. Der Fuehrer has been
busier than a 'one -armed paper
hanger with the Itch." Once a paper
hanger himself. Mr. Hitler, before his
conniving la finished, may wish to
return to the craft. If. and when.
the Itch will be the least of his
worries.
e e e
"The ourrent issue of the Satur
day Evening Post carries Its an
nual football predictions but Is of
little Interest to yours truly, same
being entirely silent as to Willam
ette university and Salem high
school, an omission we hope they'll
rectify another year." (Salem Capital-Journal)
Neither did they say
anything about Camas, Wash., (7),
Salem (0.)
a a
F. Fry, the tonsorlal artist, led an
expedition Into the wilds of the Cas
eades Sunday a.m. Dock Hayes went
along as exeiud aa his 10-year-old
boy.
a e e 11
A PESSIMIST CHEKRS
(Grants Pass Bulletin)
"The approaches and new road
to the new Tew creek bridge
on the Robertson bridge - road,
are a disgrace to the county.
Ruta ten inches deep, the alibi
being "waiting for It to settle."
Some day a car will settle there
and posslsbly for goodl
The county has refloored the
bridge over Harrla creek. The
day of miracles Is not paat."
(Merlin Items.)
a e
A mid-west savant proposes 11000
per month for housewives. Husbands
and candidates as yet, have not
emerged flatfooted for the notion.
The rumor Is being circulated
, throughout the state a careful
hunter last werk actually shot a
deer for a deer, by mistake.
e e e
"The advance predictions give 80
e very-Thursday a majority In Cali
fornia. You can't fool all of the
people all of the time, but this Is
unnecessary." (Exchange) And, the
delirium Is grand.
e e e
MILADY TOP PIF,CB
(Red muff (Calif.) News)
The most hilariously amusing
thing in the show windows in
the city Is the new fall styles In
women's hats. There should be
a label attached to each exhibit.
This Is a hat Of course no two
hats are alike. That Is unthink
able In women's wear. But with
all the hundreds of deilftni, and
twists and kinks and curlicues
no one looks like a hat. They
might be referred to aa cocky,
and audacious, and even reckless,
but never as hat. They hang
on but they dont cover. They
are to be worn on any part of
the hesd except the top."
e e e
H. Fredenburg, the butcher bny,
rested Bun. pm. temporarily In the
seat of the mighty.
e e a
Between the press, radio, and those
who roll their own, there Is a sur
plus of war news, these days.
I'nlque Week Observed.
SAN FRANCISCO. (UP) This city
has hPld "Illuminated House Num
bering Week." in which all cltlrens
were urged to install Illuminated
house numbere ao that ad
dresses oould vnslly be located at
night by visitors to the lew Golden
Gste and International Exposition.
Closing time for Too Late to Clas
sify Ads is I SO p m
Dse Mali Hi Duns want A4S.
SNfVSS i
A World Gone Mad
S0fE thirty-odd years ago "The Man from Man" came down
(in a play) to this spheroid of dirt, and didn't like what
he saw.
We wonder what he would think of the place today t
WHEN he came before, although the usual amount of lieing
and cheating and double-crossing wag going on, the world
waa at peace. Most of the people haa enough to eat and drink,
and weren't bothering their neighbors.
In fact the main troubles the Man from Mars discovered
were internal, so to speak, concerned the selfishness and stu
pidity in the home ratber than the viciousness and depravity of
the human animal, abroad.
But now what a difference "just a few years" make !
e e e a
fUR observing Martian would note today that less than 20
years after one world war, the genus homo is doing every
thing in his power to start ANOTHER I
He would look into the records of that world war, and find
the total casualties reached the astounding figure of 37,494,186.
nd he would realize every single figure in that total represent
id a normal human being, who was just as dear to his family
ind friends, to whom life was just as dear, and to whom pain,
and disease, suffering and death were just as undesirable, as
to the 37,494,185 OTHERS.
. . . .
DELVING further he would find the cost of the war, aside
from human life, virtually incalcuable', reaching figures of
such astronomical proportions that even a university 'graduate
from Mars could not comprehend them. Instead of in millions
the total was in billions. More than, that the war had so
dislocated the prevailing social and economic structure, that
there had been no normal material well being, since. Precious
little security and contentment also. And every intelligent
observer on the face of the earth agreed, this world war, and
nothing but the world war, had been responsible.
A ND yet there, he would see them, the pesky little ants !
dashing to and fro, issuing orders and counter orders,
shouting from the rostrums, screaming over the radio; march
ing and counter marching, mobilizing here, unlimbering the
guns there; not only REPEATING the performance that pre
ceded that other holocaust, but LIKING itt
I
!
Yes indeed, the greatest "big
flags flying, bands playing, the stalwart, bright-eyed boys
marching, each for the glory of HIS fatherland, each with the
blessing of HIS God. Isn't it just thrilling, boys and girls,
what's the latest from the front and didn't Johnny look too
adorable in his uniform I
QADLT the Man from Mars would conclude that on this
planet at least, war with all its horrors and sacrifices must,
in the final analysis, pay. So he would ask precisely what the
world had gained from that other war. The answer, from all
sides, would be "NOTHING I"
Oh the map had been changed here and there, a few new
boundaries decided upon, but instead of settling anything
definitely or permanently, instead of really making the world
safe for Democraey or anything else, the net result had been
the exact reverse. In fact BECAUSE of that war, and the
decisions reached by it democracy had not only steadily de
clined, but it was to undo some of itsdeeisions that another
war now seemed necessary 1
would the Man from Mars conclude t What would
" ANYONE, with his detached point of view, his sophisti
cation and bis wisdom conclude?
There would be only one answer the human beings on this
ball of dirt had simply gone raving MAD and he was taking
the first air express for home, never to return until at least
the world's SANITY had been recovered I
Wilson Was Right
VTES, the world has gone mad at least the other side of it,
and only those who fail to realize what a strong lure war
has for the normal, full-blooded human animal, will predict
that if a general war really comes this side won't go mad ALSO.
Yet what could be more sane, more true, more completely
convincing than President Roosevelt's appeal, issued around
3 o'clock this morning, and particularly this conclusion:
"I earneatly repeat thai ao long aa negotiation continue,
dlfferencaa may ba reconciled. Once they are broken off r.an
la banished and force asserts Itself. And FORCE PRODUCES NO
SOLUTION for the future good of humanity."
True, EVERLASTINGLY true, and almost universally ad
mitted to be true, and yet, what good is this plea going to do
at this late hour!
Here is our prediction :
A great deal of good, for those European powers that
REALLY desire peaee, for it gives them moral support and an
"out", toward peace. It gives them another chance to replace
armed force with peaceful mediation.
But no good whatever, with those nations (if any) that
really desire war and believe the opportune time has come for
them to HAVE it.
Whyt
Because the only way to restrain a nation, or an individual,
in THAT frame of mind, is FORCE.
11THAT a difference, if President Roosevelt did not speak
today for a nation, thousands of miles away, determined,
if it is humanly possible, to keep out of war and particularly
another European war, but spoke for a strong vital League
of Nations of which his country was a member, and with inter
national force behind it I
One of the tfrimest ironies of the present situation is the
charge that Woodrow Wilson because he favored the formation
of Czechoslovakia is in a sense responsible for the tragedy that
faces not only Europe but the world.
He did favor the formation of Czechoslovakia, but every
thing be favored, everything he did, was on the assumption
that out of it all would come a world league, based on justice
and right, and with sufficient power to maintain them both,
and therefore at all times be a determining force for peace.
He was eternally right. But apparently the world will have
to go through another war, perhaps destroy what is known
as civilization itself, before it can SEE it
- game sport" of all, WAR! 'i
Personal Health Service
By William
Slgoed letter, pertaining to Dentinal nealib and Hygiene, nut to disease
diagnosis or treatment, "III ta answered by Ur. Brad; U a Uamped self
addreaaed envelope la anelosad. Letter, should be brief and written In tok
Uwlnf to the large number ol letters melted only a te can be aniwered
No reply can be made to querlee out conforming to Instructions. Address
Or. William Brad;, im El Camlno. Ueverly aula. Cam.
FOR LOCAL APPLICATION
In recent years It hu been found
that the local application of warm
solution of epaom salt four ounces
") to the pint of
water on dress
ings of gauze or
absorbent tot-
ton glTes relief
.In spraJna and
local Inflamma
tions. The same
wet drawings of
magnesium sul
phate solution
are grateful for
burns of both
first (reddening)
and second de
gree (blistering). Physicians some
times inject magnesium sulphate hy
podermlcally. or Into the vein, or into
the spinal canal, for Its sedative ef
fect. The thought of taking a dose of
salts Is repungent to many. There
Is an alternative remedy which Is not
at all unpleasant to take, even for a
child. It la official In the U. 8. P. as
Mquor Magncflll Cltratls, solution of
magnesium citrate. This, the drug
gist prepares and keeps cold in tight
ly stoppered 13-ounco bottles. The
liquid Is effervescent and tastes like
lemonade. A moderate dose as a lax
ative la one-half bottle. The whole
bottleful should be taken If pre
ferred In divided doses every 16 or
20 minutes where active catharsis
Is desired. Solution of magnesium ci
trate is the answer to the salts prob
lem for hypersensitive patients and
children; It Is acceptable to the stom
ach. It should be purchased, a bot
tle at a time, from the neighborhood
drugstore, only as It is needed.
The ' third saline loxatlve or ca
thartic 'I recommend Is Compound
Effervescent Powder, V. 8. P., com
monly known as Pclcllltz Powder.
Seldlltz powders come In pairs -
the blue paper contains sodium bi
carbonate and'Rochelle sslt (potassium-sodium
tartrate) about two
level teaspoons of Rochelle salt: the
white paper contains tartaric acid.
Contents of blue paper should be dis
solved In one-third glassful of water,
end If desired a little oranga or lem
on syrup may be added; conterits of
white paper should be dissolved in
another one-third glassful of water;
then the two solutions mixed and
taken before effervescence ceases. The
colder the water the less the taste of
the salts. One pair of Seldlltz powders
Is a moderate dose; sometimes a pair
may be taken every three or four
hours until free catharsis Js Induced.
Seldlltz powders are more acceptable
to the feverish or nauseated patient '
than ordinary salts.
Of the many saline laxative con
Man About
Manhattan
Bj OEOBOI rUCKEB
N15W YORK "Cafe Society" Is
About ready. We were privileged to
sit In on the composition of the lasts
hw-i movement of this
tirvr-- A 1 ltest suite by
JT1' f II Ferde Grofe, who
sometlmea 1 1 k as
to Indulge the
whimsy of hav-
V$ V I n" biw nd
V " ? I chains clank In
his musical com
pos) tlona.
They did this
In v "Metropolis."
In 1 "Grand Can
yon Suite" you
get the pitapat
of donkeys com
6 EC RGfc TUCKER
ing down the trail. From "Missis
sippi" Is the color and excitement
of Mardl Gras In New Orleans. And
now, In "Cafe Society." Prde Grofe
has painted a musical picture of an
Integral part of New York life.
You know what cafe society In
New York Is. of course. It Is mostly
a conglomeration of snobs, visiting
royalty, and upper - drawer social
swains and iwalncttes who like to
nattier and be seen in the be:ter
cafes and restaurants.
And ao Senor Grofe, who haant a
drop of Spanish blood In his veins,
has a broad canvas to sketch. He has
peopled It with ft swell lot of char
acters, each fitted to a tune, and
the riuiithed product la a bit of New
York that everybody who knows this
town will easily recognlxe.
Among the various movements Is
the "Ballet of the Drinks. and the
drinks Identified are champagne, rye
and ginger ale; gin. and scotch and
soda.
We are especially interested In this
movement for Mr. Orofe waa kind
enough to ask us for an opinion on
how the gin should he treated rind
our suggestion was accepted and
ut Hired. The champagne, of course,
will be a waits. Then cornea the rye
and ginger ale. which will be a ga
votte. And the Scotch and soda will
Incorporate a suggestion of Scottish
bagpipes, or ft reel, to be heard In
the background. It was the gin that
purzled Mr. Grofe. who hasn t a drop
of French blood In his veins, snd
we suggested that In-as-much as he
wanted the movement to be as va
ried aa possible he should treat It
In the low-down, moaning blues
manner of a Gulf wharf scene. This
he has done, and now "Cafe Society"
Is about ready for Itas premiere.
This latest Orofean exercise, which
will run about 35 or J0 minutes,
takes in the full sweep of a metro
politan cafe. There are the haughty
waiters, the cigarette girl, the hat
eheck girl. Visum royalty come In.
The htghgrowa saunter to their
tables and are seated. Too. come a
honeymooning eouple, snd the heavy
weight champion with his manager
and retinue of pugilisms, followers,
asking for autognph
In aa xubrtoua moment the
Brady, M P.
BPSOM SALT IS VRRY OOOD
coctions urged upon the publle by
their manufacturers, and especially
those containing not only dashes of
alkali to correct the ra u c h-touted
but wholly Imaginary "acidosis" and
even such drugs as acetanlllde. as
pirin, phenacetine and other coal tar
derivatives having nerve-numbing ef
fects, we can only say the public
gets a thoroughly bad deal from the
federal and state authorities who per
mit the sale of such dangerous nos
trums In such Innocent guise. There
Is no legitimate warrant for incor
porating dope in such medicines.
Qt.E8T.ONS AND ANSWERS
Bladder Trouble
Reading an article of yours enti
tled "Need a Gentleman Be a Mar
tyr" X am prompted to Inquire
whether treatment similar to that
which you recommend for bladder
trouble Is applicable to bladder trou
ble In a woman? (T. L.)
Answer No. Generally chronic
bladder trouble In a woman Is more
readily relieved or cured than It Is
In a man.
Stomach Acidity and Gas
Some time ago you suggested diet
and a simple medicine for stomach
actdlty and gas. It proved a perfect
relief In the case of my sister Please
repeat the Instructions, as my hus
band now has the same trouble. (Mrs.
M. McC.)
Answer Best anti-acid. I think, la
ten grains of calcium carbonate, as
needed for heartburn waterbrash or
other manifestation of hyperacidity.
Less objectionable than soda and oth
er alkalies for frequent use. For
menus, send ten cents coin and
stamped envelope bearing your ad
dressask for booklet "So You Have
Indigestion?"
Quinine for Muscle Rigidity
A friend of mine says you had an
article a while ago recommending
quinine for myotonia, I am subject
to this trouble and would be grateful
for any Information you may give me
about the use of quinine. (P. C. S.)
Answer Moderate dally doses of
quinine may diminish the muscle
spasm or Tlgidity when voluntary
movement Is attempted. For average
adult moderate dally dose would be
six or eight grains of quinine best
taken In two or three divided doses
morning,- noon and night. I have a
monograph on "Quinine in Modern
Medicine" which Is yours If you pay
the freight stamped (3c) envelope
bearing your address.
(Copyright, 1938. John P. Dille Co )
Ed, Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D.. 265 El
Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif;
Champ selves the bride and embraces
her. The groom punches the Champ
In the Jaw and kayoes him. They
take the Champ out, feet first, to
the strains of a dirge. It goes on
like that through eight or nine
movements. It you know your Grofe
you have an Idea what this Is to be
like.
And about the time you are read
ing this It will be having Its premiere
In Chicago. Grofe, himself, will di
rect. And of course, of that premiere
a master record will be made.
I certainly aim to get a copy of
It, too.
4
High School News
by
STUDENT REPORTERS
By Dorothy Flynn
Initiation of all sophomores snd
new students was Informally closed
at noon Friday, September 23, with
'kangaroo court."
The meeting was opened by Bur
ton Daugherty. president of the A.
S. B.. and later turned over to Lela
Henderson, president of the Olrla'
league. After the student body sang
the school song which waa led by
Mary Shreve. accompanied by Dor
othy Wilder. Pauline Vincent enter
tained with a piano solo. Betty
Hsrdy sang two numbers with Roger
Woolf at the piano, who followed
with a solo of his own composition.
Barbara Franklin gave a reading.
and Nona Heyland concluded the
program with a dance, accompanied
hy Carol Catkin.
The meeting was again turned
over to the A. S. B., and a Junior
high student made an announce
ment about Marquis the Magician,
who will be at their school Wednes
day, September 28.
At thla point, the Order of M. took
over the meeting to open "Kan
garoo Court."
Sophomore boys held for trial were
Louts Thurman, Bill Ltttiell, Dowd
Cooper. Bob Taylor and Mickey
Miller. Each was made to do some
hilarious act. The sentences were
finished with the singing of a Junior
biv- . song by Boy Taylor and Mick-y
Milter to music without rhythm.
Btll Caples. a member of the
Order of M., to Juggle two r?gs.
When both of them dropped to the
floor, a taunt from a sophomore
boy sent more water-filled eggs in
a'.l directions.
The meeting was adjourned with
the announcement that the Boys'
league had won the contest held
between the leagues to sell student
body tickets.
Professor Attack "Parasite.
WOLFVILLE, N. fl (UP) Cana
dian mothers are creating "parasites"
by sending boys to college against
th-.c wishes. Prof. E. W. Robinson,
professor of education at Acadia Un
iversity, said In an address before
the Nova 8cotla Federation of Home
School Association here.
Freak Poialo Orown.
ATHKNS, O. 1 tTPl - A new potato
growing Inside an old potato was
found at the home of F. H. Mc
Laughlin. The old potato had been
grown In the Mclaughlin garden last
year, dug Up tt fall nt had been
kept in a barrel during the winter.
Europe's Reaction
To FDR's Appeal
(By the Associated Press)
ROME President Roosevelt's appeal
to Chancellor Hitler and President
Benes for peace received scant at
tention In fascist circles.
Fascists regarded it as "showing
sympathetic Interest In the mainten
ance of peace, but seeming to con
tribute little to the solution of the
Czechoslovak problem."
MOSCOW President Roosevelt's
peace appeal was welcomed In Soviet
circles aa further encouragement to
Czechoslovaks to stand up for their
rights.
At the same time, the communist
party newspaper Pravda declared
Adolf Hitler's memorandum to Czech
oslovakia amounted to a demand for
extermination of the Czechoslovak
republic.
"Chamberlain British prime min
ister) has been taught a lesson
that concessions only Increase the
appetite of aggressors," Pravda said.
President Roosevelt's appeal awak
ened no enthusiasm In Czechoslovak
circles here.
BERLIN A foreign office spokes
man said nobody In Germany but
Chan oe 1 lor Hitler himself could com
ment on President Roosevelt's appeal
for peace.
"We cannot even give you an In
timation as to how official Germany
reacts to It," the spokesman said.
"A few hours before Hitler's own
statement to the nation It would be
tn the worst possible taste to antici
pate him."
The German public by noon was
not yet aware of the appeal. The
official Germany news agency. D.N.B..
carried a brief dispatch from Wash
ington, Indicating the president's
message was Issued too late for Ber
lin's two noon papers.
LONDON Premier Daladfcr of
Prance, leaving London after momen
tous face-to-face councils with Brit
ish ministers, gratefully replied to
President Roosevelt's appeal for peace.
Daladter said:
"Your moving appeal reached me
in London at the very moment when.
In close cooperation with the Brit
ish government. Prance makes a
supreme attempt with a view to
safeguarding all possibility of amic
able settlement of the conflict that
is threatening.
"It is of special value to me that
under your high moral authority the
devotion of the entire American na
tion to the principles which have
been recognized and publicly ack
nowledged by all parties to the Kel
logg pact la now solemnly reaf
firmed." WASHINGTON. SenT. 26. API-
Great Britain "hailed with gratitude"
toaay president Roosevelt's appeal for
world peace.
The state department, announcing
Britain's reply to Mr. Roosevelt's
dramatic message, disclosed It con
tained a statement from Prime Min
ister Neville Chambeilaln he Is mak
ing today a "further earnest appeal
for settlement by negotiations In
which his majesty'0 government
would be ready to lend their frond
offices."
"In thla critical time," Chamber
Iain cabled, "It Is Indeed essential
to remember what Is at stake and
to weigh the Issues with an w.vif.v
before embarking on a course from
wmcn mere may oe no retreat."
begun to receive between 400 and 600
letters a week, all demanding that he
stand for the presidency, all telling
him to speak out, and calling him
the "hope of the country." Since,
then the Texas Democratic conven
tion has unanimously endorsed him
as the state's 1940 candidate, and
many or his own beet friends have
urged him to make the race. Under
such pressure, few men could with
stand temptation. Jack Garner Is one
of .the few. He may yield, but he
won't do so unless mature considera
tion of his chances shows that he has
a really good bet.
It would be wrong to suppose that
a reconciliation between the Presi
dent and Oamer Is no longer possible.
When he took office, he told the
President he had two rules that he
would never ask for a single appoint
ment, and that he would never vol
unteer advice to the White House.
If the President should go to him
for advice, and take it; If he should
Indicate that the purge mood Is past.
Oarner would let bygones be bygones.
He Is that sort of fellow. The trouble
Is that the chances are 100 to 1
against the President's doing a n y
thing of the sort.
That is why It's virtually certain
that the "bureau of education' will
be the scene of so much horse-trading.
The controlling motive of Garn
er's political life is the adoration for
his party which old-fashioned South
erners have. He Is satisfied with the
Democratic party as It is today. He
d.-esnt want the sort of new-fansled
democracy desired by the President
And he will work to keep the party
as he knows and loves It,
tn the Immediate future, he la like
ly also to be the behlnd-ecenes lead
er of congressional opposition. To
those who have urged him to "speak
out. he has always answered that he
"made his views known where they
did the most good" namely amorw
the Senators and Representative. He
win be doing that aealn when he gets
back from hit quiet summer of fish
ln. newspaper reading and loaflns
among the Uvalde pecan groves
While he Is dong It. he will be con
sidering hit own chances, and the
chances of Bennett Clark, those of
Burt Wheeler, and of Jim Fary. And
hit eventual d-eisin Is llke'.y to be
come a major factor In American pol-ttiot.
I The
Capital
n i-
ro.ra.ae
(Continued from Page One j
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
QAN FRANCISCO: They have ser
(S vice clubs here, Just as in the
smaller cities. And for some time the
members of the clubs that, meet In
the Class A hotels have been pay
ing around 1.25 for their luncheons.
This Is a trifle steep, and a while
back an lnter-club commit We was
named to negotiate with the hotels
for a reduction in price. The 'In
vestigations of this committee
brought out some Interesting facts.
THE hotels, for example, brought
In their books and showed to the
committee that under existing con
ditions SERVICE ALONE not In
cluding food and overhead costs 45
cents for every meal served.
That la to say, if you eat a 46
oent club breakfast at a Class A
hotel the price you pay covers only
the cost of having the meal served
to you and the hotel Is out the cost
of the food the general overhead,
etc.
Every large hotel In the city, the
committee was told. Is losing money
on Its dining rooms.
THE committee reported that since
the price of luncheons was raised
to the present figure service club
memberships have dropped nearly
one-third.
The hotels countered with a bet
ter one than that. They pointed out
that whereas before the present scale
of costs and prices went Into effect
one of the largest hotels in the city
was serving an average of 4000 meals
a day, It Is now serving only 1000
meals a day.
That Is what high prices do to
business.
THE IDLE docks and the ships tied
up out In the bay have been
mentioned In these chronicles. As to
these, ono of the largest shipping
men In the city has this to say:
"No, that condition Isn't entirely
due to labor trouble, although labor
trouble Is an Important factor. Nearly
every nation In the world, you know,
has been trying to live within Itself.
That CUTS DOWN1 world commerce.
"Then the government has been
making changes In Its mail subsidy
system and these changes have
worked against shipping lines run
ning out of San Francisco. Higher
operating costs on the ships have
turned a lot of business to the rail
roads and the trucks.
jfVN TOP of that, the cost ol
w getting cargo from the docks
to the ship's hold haa more than
doubled, due to higher wages, shorter
hours, restrictive rules, etc. The re
sult of ALL of it la that a lot of
ships can't be operated, and so have
to be tied up."
f ERE ta the point:
When, because of costs necessi
tating prices higher than people are
willing to pay, a big hotel drops
; from 4000 meals a day to 1000 meals
a day. there Is less work for cooks
and waiters to do.
When, because of costs necessitat
ing shipping rates that are higher
than people are willing to pay, plus
lack of business due to other causes,
ships have to be tied up Instead of
being operated there Is less work for
sailors, longshoremen and all of
those employed by the shipping in
dustry to do.
Incresalng recognition of this ex
ceedingly fundamental fact Is what
Is troubling San Francisco. There's
a lot of serious thinking going on
as to what Is to be done about it.
In fact, this writer has never seen
San Francisco, which Is normally
gay and happy, in quite such a se
rious mood.
Communications
A VIm Mnn
To tha Editor:
We find It very hard to read about
Hitler without losing our Wmpera.
but the moment we lose our tempers
we lose our vision snd where no
vision Is the people perish.
In so far as Adolf la working to
make national boundaries coincide
with racial boundaries he Is laying
the foundation of lasting peace. If
tha Versailles convention hsd been
likewise guided, we should perhaps
not be In the pickle which u keeping
ua awake Just now.
RAMSEY BENSON.
Ashland, Oregon. Sept. 29.
Cloalng time rot row Lata to Clas
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Flight o' Time
Med ford and Jackson County
history from the files of the
Mall T lib one 10 and SO years
ago.
TEN YEARS AUO TODAY
September 28, 1928
(It waa Wednesday)
Al Smith flaps O O P. for oil graft;
Hoover held sole hope for farm aid.
Masked Ohio mob attempts to
lynch man and woman, but flee when
mask fells from face of leader.
Greater Med ford club announces
program for year.
Jamin Woods Drugstore at Main
and Central opened.
Medford high to play Chemawa
next Saturday. Contest attract state
wide Interest.
World series games to start October
4. Winners in both leagues still un
decided In hot rsces.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
September 26. 11)18
(It Was Thursday
British start Invasion of Bulgaria;
Americans and French report new
gains on Western front.
Sheriff Ralph Jennings la called to
the colors.
J. F. Wortman of Phoenix re turn I
from trip to Eugene.
Ample supply of water for Irriga
tion district reported.
Military experts predict a long war.
Meteorological Rep on
Monday, September 26, 1938
Forecasts
MpHfnrri And Viclnltv: Fair tonlsht
and Tuesday, temperature above
normal.
Oregon: Fair tonight and Tuesday,
temperature above normal in tha in
terior, gentle northeast wind off ths
coast.
Loral Data
Temperature a year ago today:
Highest, 89; lowest, 43.
Total monthly precipitation, fl
inches.
Deficiency for the month, .01
Inches.
Total precipitation since September
1, 1938, .01 Inches.
Deficiency for the season, .01.
Inches.
Relative humidity st 8 p. m. yes
terday, 32 per cent; 8 a. m. today,
91 per cent.
Tomorrow: Sunrise, 6;04 a. m. Sun
set, 6 p. m.
Observations Taken at 5 a. m
130 Meridian Time.
TO & A (fi 5
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I pi is
Boise 82 84 Clear
Boston - ... 66 48 Clear
Chicago 72 54 Clear
Denver 84 54 Clear
Eureka 58 52 Cloudy
Helena 78 42 Clear
Los Angeles 86 52 Clear '
MEDFORD 80 49 Clear
New York 70 44 Clear
Omaha 86 62 Clear
Phoenix 100 68 Clear
Portland - 72 56 Clear
Reno . 80 38 Clear
Roseburg ............ 76 f0 Clear
Salt Lake 86 54 P. Cdy.
San Francisco 70 58 Cloudy
Seattle 66 .50 Clear
Spokane 74 46 Clear
Washington. DC. 74 46 Clear
Yakima - 78 52 Clear
Champion Fasts 48 Eggs.
WICKFORD, R. I. (UP) LOUIS
Tlllinghast clatma to be Rhode Is
land's egg-eating champion, and to
prove It he downed four dozen eggs
without losing a yolk a.t the annual
carnival of Elcke-Tefft Post, Ameri
can Legion of Narragansett.
Chevrolet
"M JINfilFS
Plumg don't always grow on
a tree
The biggest ones, so the
politicians agree!
Are the "appointments"
for this job and that
A private office where they
can hang up a hat.
Maybe a checkroom for
coats when it rains,
Sometimes, I suspect, they
"check". their brains!
Im not interested in "of
fices" or political ways
I've the appointment to sell
EVERYBODY good
CHEVR0LETSL
Chevy M. Hurd
Rogue River Chevrolet
Main and Riverside
Service Oept S2 .north Rlterstda
I'sed Car Lot Riverside at h
6TH AND FIR
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