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7 PAOE FOUR MEDFOTCT) MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOTtD, QREOOy, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1938. v Medford 1 1 "Eforynna Id Snitthrrn Orroo Honda the Mutl Trlliun." Dally Eicrpt Saturdar. Published by URnvoiin PRINTINO CO. tl-37-19 No Kir St. Phont Tl ROHERT W RUHU E 41 tor. BRNEST R OIL.8THAP. Maniftir. Ao fndapanitant Nwipapar. tr.nia.rari urnnrt-fliit matter at Mad ford. Oregon, under Act of March I, 1S7I 8IJH3CRIPTION RATES H Mall In Advanca: naiiw mil Sunday ona yaar 11.00 Dally and Huniay l montha... 10 Dally and Sunday thraa montha 100 Datl anrl flunrla w ona month .. B (-'ai-rlar In AAvmnem Madford. Ath land. Central Point. Jacksonville, Qnld Hill. Roane River. Phoenix. Taien and an motor rouiei: Dally and Sunday ona year 0.00 Dally and Sunday ona month Tl All terme eaah In advance. Official Paper of the City of Med ford Official Taper of Jacuaoo ununiy MKMHKK OF Til B AKHOt'l A IKD PKRND Becelvlna Full l.cad Hire iwrncc The Aaaociaied Presa la etclualvaly an titled to the um for publication of all newa disDarrhaa credited to it or otner wise eradlied to this paper, and also to tha local news published neretn. Alt rights for publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. UBMtlKR Of UNITED PRESS MEM HER OK AUDIT HIIRBAU OK OIRCiri,AT!ONS National Arliertlilnf HeprncntattTN WE8T H01.LIDAY COMPANY. INC. Offices to New York. Chicago. Detroit flan Francisco. Los Angeles, Seattle. Portland. 61. Louis. Atlanta. Vancouver. Member- Ore'g&rTNewspaperpOblifl Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. Its all over but the shouting and tha counting, as candidates for high office check up to see If they have left a word unsaid, or a promise un made. It don't seem possible. , Claims are made upstate dairy men use water Instead of altlm milk s the state milk law, provides, In correcting a technical error on the part of the cow, In not making the , xnllK right in tne rsL pmcc. Joel If the milk needs any auuuon, it 1b a matter for the cow to adjust, -within herself, instead of the state legislature. MILTON-PREBWATER. Nov. One outraged householder had bis inning Hallowe'en night and three blusrrtng Milton youths were .reared lor buckshot wounds here Tuesday morning." (Press Dispatch) Sit- down boyal a The Democratic gubernatorial as pirant fearlessly discusses his stand on labor goons, and their terrorism. He states, "I oppose racketeers In labor, and in business." Thus he impugns to an Innocent group, the nroven crimes of another group. It la the oldest trick in the repertoire of demagogues. "CUP-UP WRECKS AUTO" (Yreka Journal) Means cut-up, but "cup up" is near enough, e e An - auburn -haired Gorman film queen and beauty, arriving In Amer ica, denies sh Is the girl friend of Hitler. In shining up to the lady, swnlns should remember what hap pened to Czechoslovakia. e e A CITIZEN FLARES UP (Coos Day Times) "To the Editor: I have been roundly accxised of Instigating, promoting, or se cretly advising a candidate for the offloe of mayor of the city of Marsh He Id at the election Tuesday. Such accusations are absolutely false. Whenever I have a statement to make for or awnirutt any candidate for any office please know that I have sufficient Internal fortitude to make It. X am taking no part In the present race." see HO OOKR FOOTBALL "1 haven't a notion who won the game. Though I'm rather a football fan. I haven't been told who dashed to lame Or the number of yards he ran; But, knowing the ways of the sport ing rywa, I'll bet the proverbial cruller. Or chalk or money or marbles or shoes That "the stands were a riot of oolor." Read It, Before You Vote! "Wake up working people, preserve your right of free ipeech and vote 317 No." , v We trust none of our working people (or anyone else) will be deceived by the above which has appeared in an advertise ment, circulated throughout the state, in an effort to defeat the anti-picketing measure. Preserve the right of free SPEECH 1 What in time and creation has that to do with this proposal 1 Absolutely nothing at all 1 IF you have any doubt of this, look up your voters pamphlet and BEAD THE MEASURE, it's brief, one can read the entire bill in a few minutes. You will find, that by no possible stretch of the imagination could anything in this measure be construed to affect the right of free speech of anyone, in any way. Under it the man who works with his hands, his head, or doesn't work at all, can TALK about anything he wishes, on a soap box or off it, anytime, anywhere, and the provisions of this bill can not affect him in the slightest particular. And what is true of free speech, is true of free assembly, free press, the right to worship God as the individual wishes, and every other right guaranteed by the Constitution of the state and the United States. IN fact when individual freedom is eoncerned, this measure . instead of abridging it in any way, extends it. It makes it possible for the individual to work as he wishes to work, as the member of a union or not, as he himself desires, and no one can FORCE him to do otherwise. And it is this principle of individual freedom that has so aroused the anger of the union labor zealots, who seek to deny the right of the individual worker, to do as he wishes, but would compel him by law to join a union.. IT'S the old, old question of the closed shop. Now as a practical policy that may be desirable or undesir able but certainly it is NOT in harmony with the traditional American conception of human freedom, as embodied in our Bill of Rights. And it is both ironical and illuminating that a state wide effort should be made to defeat this proposal 316 on the ground that it abridges the constitutional rights, the freedom of the worker, when that is exactly what it does NOT do I More tnan tnat, it does, or seelcs to do, the precise REVERSE 1 QTRANGE, strange, VERY strange I We can entirely understand why organized labor partisans, should oppose this measure, but we can't understand why they should find it necessary to so flagrantly and shamelessly mis represent it. That frankly is beyond us. But this is certain, and plain to anyone. If the organized labor zealots, believed they had a strong case against proposition No. 1G, AS IT IS, anything that was really socially undesirable they would not waste their time and money trying to convince the public, it IS what it ISN'T, QO we, end more or less where we started, as far as this bill la nnnrtArnprl READ THE MEASURE BEFORE YOU VOTE ON IT, form your OWN opinion concerning it don't take the opinion of anyone else. If you do that we are convinced you will agree with this column that under conditions as they exist, this effort to place the publio welfare of this state, above the selfish welfare of any minority group, SHOULD PASS I VOTE 316 YES. Why Be a Sap! my favorite team, of I've choaen course But I haven't yet learned Ita fate. For I'm writing these llnea aa a tour de force Before they've opened the pate. If I trie' to gueje how It all turned out T fear I would prove a dud But I haven't even the faintest doubt That "the field waa a aea of mud." The things that can happen to foot ball teatna Discourage prophetic souls You can figure It out to a dot, It seems, And n-.lsa by aoventeen goal, 1 But one prediction la left to me. Of which I am not ashamed, And that'a that the losing team will be "Beaten, but not outgamed." Exchange) Stutterers to Tulk PHILADELPHIA, Not. 7 (AP) It will be the speeches, not the turkey, that will highlight the Klngsiey club's ThankNjlving dinner. Mem bers are stutterers, or former atut terers, club having been formed aa an aid to overcoming the Impedi ment. John Koke, of Eugene, Ore., a newcomer, will attempt hie first public speech thla year. An outbreak of human sleeping sickness In Ma?snchuiatta haa been traced to horse that d!e of ence phnKnryelltia, a similar ailmeut In horses. 11TE are grateful to Willis Mahoney for one thing, he allows this column to end the campaign on a laugh. And inci dentally he confirms everything we have said about the insin cerity and slickuess of the Klamath Falls opportunist. To make this doubly clear, we will have to be somewhat personal for a moment. We have a close friend, just one, who has been for Mahoney from the start and at last report, was still sticking to his guns, in spite of his spiritual isolation. And his one excuse was this: Believing 100 in Roosevelt, and the Democratic party, he wanted Oregon to send a Demo crat and 100 Roosevelt man to Washington, although he admitted he didn't think so much of Mahoney, from the stand point of abilities, character, or past record. X17F.LL perhaps you have noticed Mahoney 'i sudden turn of front during the final days of the campaign. Apparently finding that Roosevelt and the New Deal, had ceased to be the sure-fire campaign bait it was two years ago, resourceful Willis has appealed for support on the ground of how useful Senator McNary, the Republican leader, has been to Oregon, and how effectively Willis, 100 Democrat, can work with "Charles", 100 Republican. DLEASE get the tableaux! The 100 Roosevelt supporter and devoted Democrat, announcing how closely he will ! work with the distinguished leader of the Republican opposi- ! tion, and thus by playing both ends against the middle, briug home the bacon for the great commonwealth of Oregon. I True, it's smart politics, an adroit 11th hour appeal to mass self interest. But where does it leave our idealistic friend, who agreed to swallow Willis, solely because of his consecrated devotion to the. White Knight of Democracy and Liberalism t Out on a limb, of course. Where all the other high-minded supporters will eventually be, if they too should be as gullible, as to believe that Mahoney has any principles or convictions, political or otherwise, when they fail to attract the votes! Recommendations on Measures 1E print herewith this paper's recominendstions regarding " measures to be voted on at Tuesday's election: GOVERNOR'S 20-DAY VETO AMENDMENT: There is no objection to this extension of time, after the Legislature has adjourned, from 5 days to 20. Vote 300, Yes. REPEALING DOUBLE LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS IN STATE BANKS, This merely places atate banks on a footing in respect to liability with national banks. In both, depositors may have the protection of Federal Deposit Insurance. Vote 302, Yes. - RAISING PAY OF LEGISLATORS FROM $3 TO $8 PER DAY.' ' , There are some pretty strong arguments in favor of raising the remuneration of legislators, but we don't believe this is either the time, or the precise schedule to adopt. Vote 305, No. REQUIRING MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS,' PHYSICAL AND MENTAL, WHEN SECURING MARRIAGE LICENSES. There is nothing more important than health for future gen erations, for health, mental and physical, is the corner stone of lasting human happiness. The measure is in harmony with modern medicine, and enlightened principles of sound social hygiene. Vote 306, Yes. REQUIRING SLOT MACHINE SEIZURE BY SHERIFFS: This is a referendum by the people, which compels sheriffs ! to seize nickle-in-the-slot machines and similar devices. This paper has never been in favor of blue-law legislation per se, but we see no reason to sanctify these one-arm bandits, any longer. Vote 308, Yes. PROHIBITING SLOT MACHINE, PIN BALL, DART AND OTHER SIMILAR GAMBLING GAMES: Granted gambling is a deep seated instinct, and inherent in all activities of life, there is no justification for legalizing and encouraging these forms of flira flaming the public, particularly when those who lose most by it, invariably can least afford it. Vote 310, Yes. TOWNSEND PLAN BILL: An initiative measure on a familiar proposal, which if ap proved would direct the legislature to propose to congress that an amendment to the Constitution, legalizing the Townsend plan, be adopted. Such a gesture doesn't amount to much one way or the other, but being convinced the Townsend plan, as at present constituted is entirely impractical, we ca;1't recommend affirmative action. Vote 313, No. CITIZENS RETIREMENT ANNUITY MEASURE: This is a vicious and indefensible proposal and should be snowed under. Even Dr. Townsend opposes it. If passed it would increase the price of every Oregon product, in competi tion with the products of California and Washington. Even those who favor the fundamental idea should not wish their own state to be made the goat, but insist upon a national transaction tax or none at all. Vote 315, No. BILL REGULATING PICKETING AND BOYCOTTING BY LABOR GROUPS. This measure has been explained several times in the editor ial column of this paper, and has been endorsed, as a step toward industrial stability and peace, desirable alike for capi tal and labor. It is not a flawless measure of course, few measures are, but if beaten, it will be interpreted as notice to the country, that public opinion in this state, favors special privileges for organized labor, and any attempts to secure remedial legislation as far as labor abuses are concerned will be impossible, either at the coming legislature or soon thereafter. Its defeat will be as deplorable as the defeat of Governor Martin, and for much the same reason. Vote 316, Yes. WATER PURIFICATION AND PREVENTION" OF POL LUTION BILL. This is a desirable measure creating a state sanitary board working in conjunction with the state board of health, for the purpose of preventing the contamination of our forest streams, and at the same time, not jeopardizing legitimate commercial pursuits along them. Vote 318, Yes. BILL REGULATING SALE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR FOR BEVERAGE PURPOSES : Some provisions of this measure are desirable, but other: aren't and the destructive effect of the latter, overbalances the constructive benefits of the former. Moreover in the present Knox law Oregon has one of the best liquor regulatory systems in the country, and as a general principle the less we tamper with it the better for all concerned. Vote 323, No. LEGALIZING CERTAIN LOTTERIES AND OTHER FORMS OF GAMBLING : If this constitutional amendment legalized lotteries for relief purposes and stopped there, this paper would be for it. But it goes on to authorize pool halls, bank nights, punch board games and what have you, taking in far too much territory. If economic conditions continue for the next ten years as they have in the last, undoubtedy some form of public lottery to finance relief will be endorsed by public opinion, but that time has not arrived yet. Vote 325, No. Recapitulating the above here are the net results: Mail Tribune's Recommendations Upon Candidates Put good men in public office and you have good govern ment. Put bad men in office and you have bad government. Put neither good nor bad men in office but men who are just so-so, untried or clearly inefficient, and you have so-so government, which as this section of the state knows by sad experience, may be as disastrous in its net results as outright, bad government. . - From the standpoint of selecting what this paper regards as the best men for their respective jobs, and from that standpoint ALONE, the Mail Tribune makes the following recommendations regarding the candidates for public office, at Tuesday's election: These endorsements are not necessarily reflections upon other candidates on the ballot, they merely mean, that, in the opinion of this paper, those mentioned below, are for one reason and another, more to be desired, than their oppo nents: U. S. SENATOR (Short term) Robert A. Miller U. S. SENATOR (Regular term) Rufus Holman REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS James W. Mott (present incumbent) GOVERNOR Charles A. Sprague SECRETARY OF STATE Earl Snell (present incumbent) SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Rex Putnam (present incumbent) COMMISSIONER OF LABOR C. H. Gram (present incumbent) STATE SENATOR George W. Dunn STATE REPRESENTATIVES William McAllister ' Earl T. Newbry COUNTY COMMISSIONER Wm. Perry ' ' SHERIFF A. E. Brockway JUSTICE OF THE PEACE W. R. Coleman "JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (Ashland District) .Herb. Moore. 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 4s enclosed. Letters should be brief and written tn Ink. Owing to the Urge number of letters received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady. 28S El Camlno. Beverly mils. Calif. FOLKS AND MEDICAL ETHICS THE MAIL TRIBUNE RECOMMENDS: 300, Vote Yes, 302, Vote Yes 305, Vote No 306, Vote Yes 308, vote Yes 310, Vot Yes 313. Vote No 315, Vote No 316, Vote Yes 318, Vote Yes 323, Vote No 325, Vote No Communications SAYS PR. TOWNSEND IS TWISTt.D To The Editor: Dr. Townsend haa Just reported In the Townsend Weekly of November 7th on the Hawaiian transaction tax. He aya It works nne there and every body Is enjoying It: that they have paid of their debt: have money tn their treasury and have raiaed wages. At the same time Dr. Townsend ears It will not work In Oregon. Now Oregon Is a state, Hawaii is a ter ritory. The only difference Is one haa eon grejsmen and senators and the other has not. Hat-all haa an em of OS. arte, square miles. Hawaii Ma a pop ulation of 360,390. Oregon has a pop ulation of S3, 788. Hawaii In 1033 had wealth totaling 393.301.897. while Oregon had 3 844.000.000. How Hawaii tradca with the United States In other words with the rest of the United States a whole lot more than Oregon does. In fact practically all her business Is exports and lmpo-ta. ao If ahe lost business so would Ore gon, but If she did not. neither would Oregon. So when the good doctor says a transaction tax If working successfully tn Hawaii but will rot work in Oregon he la clear off the track and his reasoning Is twtstM. Townsendltee who object to this tc.ke notice and If they have a different answer let them produce It. L. F. LOZIER Box 913. Medford. Ore Last July a query from a reader prompted me to offer to pay for an Answer. If one good enough to print were received, to the query: "How can I know a competent phy alcian from a quack?" The other day I printed here the winning ans wer, and present ed the award (35) to the read er -who aubmltted the answer. In many of the letters sent In by readers mis apprehensions were manlfeat. For In stance, one reader thought that an honest doctor ought to guarantee his diagnosis and treatment to the extent of paying for consultation with another physician In order that the patient might have a suitable check, etc. What haa become of that legend about the Chinese custom whereby the doctor receives a sti pend as long aa the patient remains well, but paya through the nose If the patient happena to fall HI? The postmark on this reader's letter was Boston, not Utopia. Another contributor to the sympo sium thought that the quack In ethical clothing, the quack who still retains membership in the . medical society, could be assayed by the lay man by the fact that sooner or later he la called before the medi cal aoclety to explain why he lost a certain case . . . but, alas, no such inquisition ever occurs. A medical : society may summon a physician i before It only to defend himself ! agslnst an Informal charge of un ethical or unprofessional conduct. StlU another contributor auggested that one should select only- a phy sician who haa shown himself com petent In the paat and acceptable by the standards of reliable, criti cal. Intelligent patlenta. That la not : a bad criterion, but It rather leaves ! the young physician out In the ' cold. I Another participant would rely mainly on the knowledge that the doctor in question never advertises That la a good algn, of course, al though a doctor may be an egregious quack -yet never advertise In the ordinary sense of the word. Several contestants pointed out iha fact that a doctor of good standing doea not Insist on the pa tient patronizing a particular drug gist nor have the name of a drug gist cn his prescription blank. Sev- Phone 542 Well haul away rout refuse. City Sanitary Service. eral others said that an honest doc tor, if he wishes the patient to use some proprietary or "patent" medi cine tells the patient the name of the medicine and leu him obtain It where he finds It. Instead of writ ing It in prescription form and mak ing the patient pay an additional tee for the formality. That la the simple truth. QUESTIONS AND ANSHEBS Embedded Wisdom Teeth Your advice concerning embedded wisdom teeth. M. Told Jaw too email to allow two lower wisdom teeth to come through, hence will have to nave teeth removed by operation to cost S50. Mlsa V. M. Answer Nearly half of aU adults over 35 years of age fall to cut from one to all four third molars (wis dom teeth). Only occasionally doea any trouble arise from the impacted, embedded, unerupted root of such a tooth. Time to consider exhumn- tton of the tooth when one suffers some trouble one's physician ascribes to the presence of the Impacted tooth (which X-ray fnm reveals burled In Jaw or under gum). Aa sensible for everybody to have his appendix removed at age 39 or 30. to prevent possible serious trouble, aa to have anything done about un erupted molars for fear they may "-uw iiwuip later. Soft-Hrarted What la meant by "soft heart" si indicated by excessive beating of the heart on going un stairs, etc ? Mra. L. o. c. Answer It means the heart mm. cle lacks "tone." resiliency, reserve power. One common cause of soft heart la nutritional deficiencvj... peclally Insufficient dally intake of vmmin a complex. Try aupplement ing your regular diet with ontim.i ration of vitamin B complei for a ivw monms not less than 130O in. ternal unlta vitamin B and the other nctoi oi me complex every day. 1 v.-uH)rigni, jonn r. Dilie Co.) j Ed. Note: Persona wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should tend letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. p. 2BS El Camlno, Beverly Hllla, Calif. teat year the agricultural exnert. ment station at North Carolina col lege examined 4.300 samples of soil submitted from 1.100 North Caro lina farms. Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County history from the files of the Mall Tribune 10 and 20 yean ago. TEN VEAR8 AGO TODAY November 7, 1BJ8 (It was Wednesday) Herbert Hoover la elected presi dent, and Virginia, Texas and Flor ida go Republican for the first time In history: Oregon goes two to ona for Hoover: Republican gain alx seats In senate. H. D. Norton of Oranta Pass Is elected circuit Judge: A. W. Pipes elected msyor of Medford. Paris decrees women's aklrta shall be long next spring, women proteat. Oregon . voters defeat Income taxf bill. V Oregon banks show Increase In de posits during October. Ralph Jennings Is elected sheriff, George A. Codding district attorney. TWENTY VEAHS AGO TODAY November 7, 1918 (It was Thursday) Jacksonville street car Is hit by a lumber truck at crossing in south west Medford. Foch gives Germans Allies' pesos terms but declines to call off hos tilities. Kaiser given until next Mon day to answer. Allies declare there will be no haggling, Germany either accepts the terms or fighting con tinues. Red flag flies In a number of German ports: American troops continue drive on the Meuse. Henry Ford defeated by Truman Newberry In Michigan senatorial race. In national election Republicans gain control of the senate by one vote, and e. substantial majority in Communications Isn't Dorothy Too Pessimistic To the Editor: Isn't Dorothy Thompson's pessi mism Just a little touched with hysterics? If democracy is doomed. It wont be the first time. Democracy prevailed In Greece, and passed. It prevailed In ancient Rome, nnd passed. It prevailed In medieval Italy, and passed. But always It has come back. Once, In France, a century and a quarter ago. It came back with such a bang that the Dorothy Thompsons of the day were dreadfully upset and could n't see so much as a glimmer of Ught ahead. Are we not still. In spite of our boasted sophistication, rather too fond of believing that because the world doesn't wag our way, it Is necessarily headed for the demnitlon bow-wows? RAMSEY BENSON Ashland, Oregon. Ed. Note: Has democracy ever re turned to Greece or Rome? Is It making much headway today in France? We hope Mr. Benson la right, and approve his optimism, but think his evidence from the stand point of democracy Just a trifle sketchy. Weather Northern California: Fair and mild tonight and Tuesday but occasional cloudiness extreme north portion; Gentle variable wind of coast. Oregon: unsettled tonight and Tuesday: occasional rains west and local snow or rain northeast portion; somewhat warmer In Interior tonight; moderate to fresh south to west wind off coast. Cae Mai! Tribune Want Ada. Ose Mall Tribune Want Ada. h. Chevrolet rV- JINGLES St Copyrighted If interested here's my defi nition of a GOOD Ameri can: One who goes to the polls be he Democrat or Eepubli, can; Takes enough interest in our country's welfare to vote, Even though we do cut some ambitious p o 1 i t i c i a n's throat. 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