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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry
Last Saturday ni the out annl
Ternary of the driving of tho laat
spike In the construction or jsepee
to Ashland. The laat ahovel full of
paving material for the new freight
truck and auto atage right-of-way
across the Siskiyou, will be beaved
by the Fourth of July.
.
A group of Southern Oregon coun
ty officials, express the need of a
aalea tax, to alleviate the financial
and taxation palna, aa It Is doing
In the eleter atate to the north, and
the south. The aalea tax haa two
mean features, It works, and nobody
can get out of paying it. Further
more, It causes the Professional!
Friends of the Farmers to sob, and
Wall St. to chase S. Morris of Table j
Rock.
. t
Quite a number of outdoor
thuslasts Journeyed to the anowy
wastes Sunday, and Jumped around
on aklls, like a ballet dancer.
.
CLIMATE AHHAHSIN
(Grants I'nss Bulletin) -"Water
pipes frora up, ground
like a rock, wood pile shrinking
hourly, radiator water fauoeta
burst, house plsnts gone, hens
with blnck combs, no eggs, feed
low ain't we In good humor to
day not by a JufrTulttl Florida,
my Florida, how my heart yearns
for theell" (Merlin Items.)
.
Seventeen membera of a Maryland
glee club were wounded by shotgun
fire after singing. Police attributed
the shooting to matters, other than
the vocal effort.
...
The Older Olrla are hoping to
awake on the glad Yule, and see
snow on their lawn. It will probably
be a gang of roblna too laay to fly
south.
Scrap iron from these part Is
again being loaded on flat-cara for
shipment to an unknown destination
for an undtvulged purpose. It won't
be used for mnklng cast-iron Christ
mas wreaths,
The senior senator from Oregon
announcea his opposition to the pro
possl to put the Senate on record
aealnst a third term for President
Roosevelt, on the grounde It would
be "Ill-advised, Ill-mannered, and
beyond the function of the Senate
to expreaa Itself on the question."
However, the Oretjon aolon, on prin
ciple, Is opposed to the President
holding a third term." Thla appears
to be a neat bit of at raddling, while
flirting with both sides of the politi
cal fence. There ahould be a resolu
tion providing senators locate on
one side or the other, and staying
there.
Thirty years ago another Roosevelt
possessed mild third term notions,
and Henry L, Watteraon, then editor
of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
penned an editorial, aa applicable
now as then. In part, It reeda;
"An Intrigue to prolong any
man's tenure In the White House
hryottil the limit set by Washing
ton and followed by Jefferson and
Jackson snd eapectslly an occu
psnt so etremtous and eelf-wllled
as Theodore Roosevelt would be
reeognlred by the people of the
United States, snd scceptrd by the
m-orld at larRe aa a proclamation
that th old order hss passed
sway, and that upon the ruins
of the eonfmed failure of eonatl
tutlonsl government In Amerlcs
may be established a new order
ol autocracy."
LIFE DECREE FOR
LA GRANDE KILLER
l.A OnANDE. Dec. 10 (AP) A
Jury of farmers and businessmen con
vlrtod Jcms Philips. 3s, of second: de
cree murder for the fstsl shooting of
rrank Bryant, 44. after deliberating
arvrn hours Sundsy.
The conviction carries a msndetorv
life Imprisonment sentence. Philips
was tried on a first degree murder
Indictment for shooting Bryant and
wounding Mrs. Elsie Carlson on a
rrMentlnl street laat October 1.
Philips pleaded self-defense when
he twilled Bsturdsy.
Editorial Correspondence
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16. Strange as it deems, Mr. Hix,
thio is our first glimpse of San Francisco in nearly a year.
Our last trip south was in May, but we skipped the Golden Gate
and' went directly to Beverly Hills. In the interim all of our
trips have been to the northward, mostly Portland, a couple to
Seattle and one to Victoria, B. C. We have an idea that is
our longest absence from S. F. in 16 or 20 years, for if the great
sport of football hasn't brought us here, "urgent business" has.
So coming across the bay on the ferry and walking in the
bright sunshine across Union Square, was like greeting an old
and very dear friend, we enjoyed it very much, don't know
about. San Francisco!
Plain enough Sun Francisco is Exposition-conscious. The
taxi driver volunteered he expects to make a killing at an amuse
ment concession on Treasure island, can't wait until the Fair
opens, while the bell boy, sniffling fresh paint in the halls,
said the hotel had had its face lifted and a brand new make-up
put on, in readiness for the big show.
The exposition Nky line as one comes over on the ferry,
isn't so impressive, but we wager the finished product will be
something worth talking about, trust San Francisco to do the
thing in style. It has never fallen down on any public venture
we can recall and 1939 is no time to begin.
. . .
It's a perfect day, clear and cool and bright, several young
girls and boys, from the University of California extension on
Powell street are eating their lunches on the grass in Union
Square, Bea gulls are careening around them expectatntly,
can a sea gull smell by chance, or is the eye quicker than the
nose, whatever the cause, these birds certainty seem able to
spot food miles away.
The present travelogue promises to be even more personal
than has been the case in the past. For your correspondent is
rushing to New York to preside at the wedding of his daughter,
and until that historic event is over, there will be no opportunity
to go news gathering, or do anything else apparently but what
concerns the ceremony.
This is a great surprise to ye editor, for he always assumed
that in a wedding the papa of the bride simply didn't register
one way or the other. This was Gus the Tailor's idea also, when
we went to see if he could mend the moth holes in a certain
garment that was considered quite "au fait," 30 years ago
"Sure I can fix it" said Gus, "don't buy a new one, you won't
count anyway, you could wear your sun suit and no one would
know the difference, all eyes
Gus and ye editor are behind
from other sources, at least, if the old man, should have a button
in the wrong place, or his necktie on the "squn-gee" (as usual)
his picture would appear on
next morning as a horrible example.
.....
Strange, very strange! Your correspondent in the mauve
decade officiated in a minor capacity in at least a dozen wed
dings, and can't recall ever having seen the papa of the bride,
though as all the gals had them, they must have been somewhere
around. Certainly they were conspicuous by their sbsenoe
except in the brief period of walking up the aisle, and Gus
is right no one knew they were there much less what they
had on. But now his part is important,. or at least "so they
say." Wonder if the movies are t6 blame. WE DISTINCTLY
RECALL, one in which the papa walked up the aisle and carried
on a vigorous' conversation in a stage whisper, urging his gal,
to make a get away while the going was good, which she did.
Bet it's a Hollywood idea, most bad ideas are!
.....
So those among our readers who don't care to see ye editor
take his hair down from time to time, (remark from the gallery
"WHAT hair.' ') better make a note to skip this column for
ten days or two weeks. There is not going to be much about
the situation in Europe, or Mr. Roosevelt, or the reciprocal
trade treaties, or the Cascade Wonderland, in fact ANYTHING
that doesn't concern him very personally. We will try not to
be TOO INDECENT about it but as long as- we still draw
wages for filling this column, we feel obliged to recite our im
pressions and our experiences, as they come and go. So if
any of our long suffering subscribers suffer from acute nausea,
during the jolly Christmas season, don't Jet them say we
DIDN'T warn them I
The report here is that the new Governor will pardon Tom
Mooney about five minutes after his inauguration. Well that's
Okeh by us. We have always felt that Tom would be less dan
gerous free, than locked up, less a menace, at large and
recognized as a rather lop-sided and ill tcmpeil crank ; rather
than a martyr in stripes, with a halo around his top-knot
More than that we have always felt no man, guilty or Innocent,
should be imprisoned for life, or for a year, without a fair trial.
And no sane person bclioves Mooney had a fair trial. So wc
hope Mooney is let out, but we wonder why an indefinite parole
might not bo better than a pardon. !ust in case,
.....
They are putting up a large lifo-size Christmas tree in Union
Square and having W. P. A. band concerts during the noon
hour, no place in the world has more true Christmas spirit
than San Francisco. On the bench next to yours truly a woman
who looked like a stage hag, with a yellow wig and wrinkled
cheeks heavily rouged threw a handful of rice on the rath,
in no time at all there was a large flock of pigeons strutting
about and picking it. up avidly. When about 50 had gathered
tho old gal produced a bag from which she drew out. a handful
of dried pons, whole ones, not split. In two whisks of a lamb's
tail she bad five or six pigeons on her arms, hat, shoulders,
everywhere along the upper works eating out of her hand liter
ally. Quite a crowd gathered around to sec the show, and the
old' Kill enjoyed it. tremendously. Probably a suppressed exhibi
tionist complex stowed away there somewhere. R.W.R.
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Capital
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rat thousand dollars In bills on the
table. And the third was that Cor
deJI Hull's appointment wss thought
to give ths south Inadequate "rsp
resenatlon." Having picked him as secretary of
commerce, the president then pro
ceeded to forget about him. While,
hurt by it, Uncle Dan put up with
his oblivion, being happy to be allow,
id to make his department a teem
ing hutchful of political appointees,
snd to enjoy all ths other pere qui
si tee and emoluments of his place.
Indeed, he enjoyed them so much
that It practically took blasting pow
der to get htm out. Long ago, he
began to receive tempting otters of
alternative employments. But he
knew where he was well off.
Then, this tall, cabinet reconstruc
tion was decided on. Uncle Dan's
name led ths list of the proscribed.
The sx seemed about to fall at
lunch at the White House. An hour
and a half before the lunch. Uncle
Dan announced to the press that
will bo on the bride!" But guess
the times. Judging by reports
the front page of the tabloids
he had "no Intention of resigning." I
t Thus, the executioner's hand was
I briefly stsyad. His friends ssy that
he was finally requested to retire
1 onlv a day or so before his unln-
i tended resignation was published to
! the world.
Although Uncle Dan was born in
j South Carolina, and plays a Csro-
llnlan's part, he haa actually been
a Washington Job-holder most of his
life. Prom that day. In 1899. when
' he left home to become clerk of the
senate committee on Interstate com
merce, hts career was a steady up
ward climb through the hierarchy of
political placemen. He was off the
public payroll for only one brief In
terval until 1020. when Harding's
lection forced him to resign the
commlsslonership of Interna) rev
enue. The next rears he devoted to
am riming fortune aa a lawyer, often
practlcltvg before the government de
partments, snd then, In IMS. Roose
velt put him on the payroll again
He was an agreeable representative
of his peculiar type, using kindly.
Invariably soft-spoken, well turned
out and benevolent looking. He was
always ready with a speech or state
ment, always tactful, always loyal to
the president. But. under his regime,
the commerce department virtually
ceased to function, being unable
even to produce adequate commercial
statistics. And, although Uncle Dan
was ss nice an old fellow as you
could Imagtns, the value of the ins
tern which put him In chares of a
cast governmental agency is at least
to be questioned.
Personal Health Service
By William
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 Is enclosed. Utters should be brief and written la Ink.
Owing to the large number of letters received only few can be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not Conforming to Instructions. Address
Or. William Brady. 265 El Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
ANCIENT AND MO
Jamet Llnd. Edinburgh, itudted
modtclne u in apprentice there,
entered the naval medical service
where he had
plenty of exper
ience with scur
vy for aevemj
yeara, later prac
ticed In a naval
hospital near
Portsmouth. He
was the first to
describe scurvy
He had seen dO
men out of
crew of 3 SO on
one ship com
pletely d 1 a abted
by the dlaeaw. In nJa hospital prac
tice he sometimes had as many mm
1000 scurvy patient under his care.
Und published his treatise on scurvy
about the middle of the 18th cen
tury. Here part of his description
of scorbutus as doctors call scurvy):
The first Indication of the ap
proach of this disease Is generally
a change of color In the face from
the natural and usual look to a pale
and bloated complexion; with a Hat-
lessness to action, or an aversion to
any sort of exercise. When we exam
ine narrowly the lips, or the car
uncles (Inner angles) of the eyes,
where the blood-vessels He most ex
posed, they appear of a greenish cast.
Meanwhile the person eat and
drinks heartily, and seems In per
fect health: except that his coun
tenance and lazy. Inactive disposi
tion portend a future scurvy.
The change of color In the face.
Although It does not always precede
the other symptoms, yet constantly
attends thorn when advanced. Scor
butic people for the most part ap
pear at first of a pale or yellowish
hue. which becomes afterwards more
darkish or livid.
Their former edvcrslon to motion
degenerates soon Into an universal
lassitude, with a stiffness and feeble
ness of their knees upon using exer
cise; with which they are apt to be
much fatigued, and upon that oo-!
caslon subject to a breathlessness or '
panting. . . . u !
In his book "The Friendly Arctic"
Vllhjalmur Stefanssan gives an ex
cellent description of scurvy and
shows, from his experience, that lack
of fresh food Is the cause and almost
any fresh food eaten raw is the cure
fresh meat proved curative for
Man About
Manhattan
By OEORGE TUCKER
NEW YORK It may be that those
five major playwrights who banded
themselves Into a private producing
unit some time
last yesr may
have the honor
of salvaging the
theater from a
moat embarrass
ing season:
Certainly with
out them the
prospects would
not be half is
pleasant as they
are. For when
you consider the
current plight of
the Ouild. the
fact that the
SOGE TUCttt
Mercury Is turning more and more
to radio, snd that the Group doesn't
neem to be going anywhere in pat
ticular, you begin to appreciate how
valuable this new Playwrights Pn
duclng company may turn out to be.
Remove this unit and what remain-.?
Very little, for, with the ex
ception of . Its work snd of one Im
portant Importation ("Oscar Wilde"),
a couple of musicals ("The Boys
From Syracuse" "Leave It To Me"),
and a screwball revue built around
the antics of two reformed vaude
ville hoofers ("Hellrapoppln") the
theater has done very little to Just
ify Itself since the season began.
Even George 8. Kaufmann. that
Mldaa of the midways, seems tem
porarily to have lost his touch. He
helped author an ambitious and pre
tentious production called "The Fab
ulous Invalid," which advanced the
opinion that some new group always
arrived In time to keen the theater
from..,ay,n . t Ironically enough
the "Invalid" did die. Its scenery hss
been burned, and Its memory remains
a sad ghost lost amid the shuffle
of marching feet.
You probably know that the mem
bers of this corporation are Maxwell
Anderson, 8. N. Behrman. Sidney
Howard, Elmer Rice, Robert Sherwood
and John P. Wharton.
Their first preductlon of the year
wna Mr. Sherwood's "Abe Lincoln fn
Illinois.' and It may or may not be
alttniricant that It Is the most eagerly
attended play on Broadway.
The public Is also showing marked
agility tn Jumping to the bo-offtce
for ticket to Mr. Anderson'a "Knlfk
erbocker Holiday." In which the In
teresting Walter Huston dances
around on s p8
It Is too early to state precisely
what ths fat of "American Land
srspe.' the third production, written
by Blmer Rice, will be. but the In
dications are that It will receive the
public's blessing.
Mr. Rice, you may recall, bitterly
denounced the critics some years ago
and declared he wws through with
Broadway forever. But he is bs-k
now.
An Interesting point about Mr.
Sherwood ts that he was once fired
off an Important magartne snd one
of his ro-workers walked out with
him, saying she would leave too It
Sherwood's Jcb was not given back.
Her name wss Dorothy Parker.
Mr. Anderson, aa noted tn pre
vious c-lumns, is tho lord of High
Tor. a fan teay -loving poet, and the
Brady, M P.
DERN SCl'RVT
Stefansson's men who suffered from
scurvy.
Orange juloe Is now regarded
the best preventive and cure for
scurvy. Lemon Juice, lime Jules, to
mato Juice, and other fruit Juices
are about equally good. It Is the
custom today to add some orange
Jules to the diet of every infant
dally for the purpose of preventing
scurvy, and this is especially import
ant if the Infant takes pasteurized
milk or sterilized or boiled milk or
cooked food as the main part of the
diet, for boiling or par-boiling (pas
teurizing), cooking, and long storage
or preservation or sterllzlatlon
canning or drying diminishes or de
stroys the scurvy-preventing factor
of such foods. The scurvy prevent
ing and curing rector is now known
aa vitamin C, or ceblon, or tn the
pure form cevitamic or ascorbic acid.
Vitamin C in fruits or vegetables is
likely to be destroyed by oxidation
In the usual home canning process,
but Is well preserved by the vacuum
process as used In commercial can
nlng, so that factory canned tomato
Juice Is practically as good aa cange
Juic as an a ntl -scorbutic tn an In
fant's diet.
The Irritability, peevishness and
gloomy disposition are the earliest
symptoms of scurvy.
In many cases of scurvy In in
fants or young children the trouble
has been mistakenly diagnosed as
"rheumatism."
"Black and blue" marks on the
body may occur from trifling or no
apparent Injury if the Individual
(child or adult) is affected with mild
scurvy.
QUESTION 8 AND ANSWERS
Speed Mania
Doctor here ssld he would remove
my tonsils surgically or by diathermy
whichever I prefer, but the diathermy
way takes from six to ten weeks and
costs Just as much as the operation
which can be completed In a few
hours. What would you do If you
were In my place? (Mrs. J. W.)
Answer Being in no great hurry
to see what the next world Is like
I would look a little further snd
find a doctor who rates safety above
speed.
(Copyright 1838, John P. Dllle Co.)
Ed. Note: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D 2fift El
Camtno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
hardest man to Interview on Broad
way.
Sidney Howard, another capable
cltt sen, Is fsmous as an adaptor, and
much of his success has come from
his ability to dramatize novels Into
successful plays.
The men who compose the Play
wrights Producing company are off
to a whale of a start. It will be In
teresting to see where they go from
here.
Communications
Carle Fingerprinted
To ths Editor:
Well "I've gone and done It" as the
.saying goes. I've been fingerprinted
in our Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion. I am now carrying a card with
my fingerprint, and the P.B.I, haa a
similar print. On the back of the
card In the F.B.I. are names of per
sons in various parts of the United
States one of which Is to be notified
If he P.B.I, receives a report of my
death, or dlssbllng accident, or at
tack of amnesia. In our trip through
the building today we were assured
that If a fingerprint ts sent to them,
and if they have It In their collection
they can Identify It in four minutes,
sorting It out of 6,000,000.
The statement seems Incredible.
But It Is mostly done by a machine,
and this statement seems stll) more
incredible than the other. We saw
the machine work. A system of per
forated cards ts used, each card de
noting s type of fingerprint. A card
denoting the type wanted Is put Into
the machine. Then other cards are
run through at the rat of 400 a
minute. Whenever a card of the
wanted type comes along the machine
shunts thst one away from the rest.
We aaw a large pile go through, and
only two were picked out.
We were shown the fingerprint of
Joe Dlllenger after he tried to dis
guise It. We were assured that the
only successful way is to amputate
the finger. For myself t came away
with ths thought thst I would feel
sorry to know I wss guilty of a crime
and that the F B I. was on my trial.
, I have long thought that if every
county had tlw fingerprints of all
Its residents it would go a long way
to help prevent crime, snd to clear
the Innocent whn the criminal Is
unknown. Some people object to
oelng fingerprinted thinking It ranks
them among the criminal class. That
ts a great mistake. Several thousand
are being receive 1 here every day for
recording, from alt over tht U. 8.
These sre kept tn different section
from the criminal class.
And this reminds me of the inscrip
tion over the entrance to th supreme
court building: "'Fqual Justice Un
der Law." Is that good English? I
con few to a feeling of chagrin. Can
there be more than one kind of Jus
tice" Clave in rhetoric speak up.
I came hem Monday: thts ts Sat
urday. I expect to leave next Mon
day for Rsndleman, N. C. But I have
aeon only a very little of what Is here
to he seen: there la so much of It.
We have had two days of rain and
plenty of wind to almost b'ow me
off my feet. But that Is more ac
ceptable to me than the snow I saw
tn Phil, and N. Y. City. Expect to see
Florida soon.
WM. M. CARLE.
Dec. 10, 19.18. Wsshlngton, D. C
Dl fferTlvilh Pis n well
To the editor:
Saturday noon, December 17, Mr
Banwel! made this statement (In
substance) over the radio:
. Out of 60 serrlc station operators
and waitresses interviewed on a trip
from Eugene to Medford ha (Mr.
Ban well) found only two that wen
courteous. However, h said that the
condition did not prevail In Jackson
county.
I wish to gin my testimony In go
ing over this same road, on an aver
age of ones a week for ttha three
years past.
In the first place I do not find
the trades people different in Jack
son, Josephine, Douglas and Lane
counties. They are the same people,
anxious to have whatever business
comes their way. In the second place
In the three years Just past I have
failed to find one service station at
tendant or restaurant employee dis
courteous, snd I have stopped at
more thsn sixty In the three yesrs
past. I. E. SC HITLER,
1318 N. Main St., Medford, Ore.
Deo. 16, 1038.
Answers Townsend
The Editor:
I would like to have th privilege
of using the columns of your paper
to reply to an article "Wants Action
Against Reds," which appeared In the
December 16th Issue.
I have no fsult to find with Mr.
Townsend 's desire, but I most cer
tainly take issue with him when he
dlscrlmlnstely labels labor leaders as
"reds."
He, himself. Is not very sure of
his claim for It Is noticeable that he
does not offer to Introduce cne lota
of evidence to back up his conten
tion. Instead, be like many of his
predecessors goes on with a long
rambling tale that reads like the
pages of a weird story magazine and
are about as senseless.
For Instance he. like the others,
uses the term radical. He attempts
to Infer thst the word means some
thing that It does not. A moment's
study of the Webster dictionary or
that treasure house of words, "Roget's
Thesaurus" would enlighten him a
great deal. He would ds! cover that
the term means Improvement.
But perhsps he Is too busy battling
Imaginary foes to study books of
learning. With this thought In mind
I will move to his reference to aliens.
It Is evident of course thst Mr.
Townsend has no animosity toward
an alien unless he or she happens
to be a recognized labor leader. At
least he falls to mention any others.
and God knows we have millions
of them. Many are In business,
His reference, however, was toward
Harry Bridges, who so long as he was
an obscure coal miner here on Coos
bay, was not considered dangerous.
Thst has changed though now. Why?
The answer Is simple. Because he
has proven to be a good, militant
leader who could not be bribed and
who Is too smart to be framed.
Bridges has requested a hearing
time after time to determine whether
he la a Communist, but up to date,
the powers that be have seen fit to
ignore the request. Why? Because
they wish to discredit him and his
followers. They know that their
charges can not be substantiated and
the blarned head-lines would be no
more.
It Is apparent that Mr. Townsend
Is either Ignorant of how strikes sre
called or he hss a personal axe to
grind when he refers to strikes.
In ths first place strikes are not
called by one man. At least not tn
the C. I. O., where the workers them
selves decide the course they will
pursue oy secret bsllot. And in the
second place the majority of the
scriKea are the fault of the manage
ment. In making this assertion I will
quote the words of W. R. Burrows,
vice president of the General Electric
company, one of the 10 largest cor
porations In the United States. When
speaking before the Schenectady
County League of Women Voters,
he sa!d. "Nine times out of 10 strikes
are the management's fsult. and nine
nmes out of 10 where there r
grievances, it Is the fault of the
management."
Mr. Townsend refers to the action
taken by the French government re
cently but he fsiled to refer to the
action taken by the French people
some years ago when conditions be
came unbearable. Neither did he
refer to some of the reasons why the
workers have been forced to nursue
a policy as laid down In the pre&mble
of the Declaration of Independence.
in oraer to save Mr. Townnri
bit of effort I will quote a few fig
ures on living costs. Before th r.
In 1913. the city worke paid 88 per
cent more for his food than the
larmer received for It. Bv 1030. the
trusts had lncressed this spread to
to per cent and by 1936 the last
year for which figures are available,
to 128 per cent. Rents in some cen
ters Increased 100 per cent from 1938
10 in37. But of eourse tt is the
workers who paralyse Industry. As
the late Andrew Melon said, it Is up
to the housewives to spend to bring
the country back to normal. He for
got. however, to mention where the
housewives were to obtain this money.
In closing. Mr. Townsend referred
to the antl-pleketing bill. Personally
I can not see how any citizen could
condone a measure whose backers
refuse to divulge the source of their
revenue. It is a cinch it did not
come from farmers. And. for his
benefit I might state thst w have
searched In vain for a district attor
ney with the intestinal fortitude to
Invoke this meagre, wh Ctin u
be that they are afraid if the con
sequence? W. L. HARRIS,
t- Coqullle, Ore.
Pierre To Ask Fund
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. (API
Representative Pierce (D.. Ore.) said
today he would ask congress to ap
propriate s.vk.,000 for the establish
ment of a plsnt at Bonneville Dam.
Ore., to manufacture chemicals for
use in fighting the spread of nox
lous weeds on western farms,
Phone 543. WsirhauTaway your
refuse, city Sanitary Service.
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By FBANK JENKINS
"nUNLSIA (on the Mediterranean
1 coast of Africa) la much In the
news these days because of Musso.
Unl's latest bluff. Tunisia Includes
the site of ancient Carthage. What
happened to Cartbage la Interesting
In the light of much that la happen
ing In the world today.
IN the third Punic war (the first
and second Punle ware were
fought with varying fortunes) the
city-state of Carthage waa utterly
destroyed by Rome.
Of the Carthaginian population of
800,000 when the struggle began,
only 50,000 were left when the city
finally surrendered, and these were
sold Into slavery by the victorious
Romans.
The city was rased to the ground
and the ground Itself was plowed
In token of conquest. The site of
Carthage waa condemned by the
most solemn Imprecations to "He
desolate forever."
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IT waa Cato who whipped the
Romana Into fury against Car-
thage, croaking hoarsely every time
he arose In the senate that famous
line that every high school student
remembers: "Delenda est Carthage,"
(Carthage must be destroyed.)
Cato hsd made a tourist trip to
Carthege and waa so Impressed by
the clty'a prosperity that he came
to the conclusion that Carthage
must be destroyed If Rome was to
remain aecure.
So he came home and started his
historic campaign.
iARTHAOB waa destroyed all right.
V but the Punic wars so weak
ened Rome as to start her on the
decline that led to her downfall.
Hitler might do well to remember
that In hla cockier momenta, when
he Is thinking prldefully of con
quering the world.
THIS old Cato was known as The
Censor, and he seems to have
been a good deal like all the censors
who have followed him. He spent
his time snooping around and getting
something on somebody, and when
he managed to hang a choice scan
dal on someone he went to town
with It In a big way. He had a
long face and a holier-than-thou
manner, and he seems to have gone
around whispering In a shocked
tone: "Have you heard about so-and-so,
and Isn't It AWFUL?"
Quite the sort of person one In
stinctively yearns to throw a ripe
egg at. We have plenty of his kind
yet, unfortunately,
IN PACT, that la the exact point
that la sought to be made here
that human nature hasn't changed
much In all the thousanda and
thousands of years of which we have
a historical record. Maybe some of
the meaner traits have been skimmed
over with a thin veneer of what we
call modern culture, but It la still
true that when one man gets too
much power, hell la apt to pop.
That la why dictatorships are auch
a menace to the world.
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AND, apeaklng of the historical
record, It Is an Interesting fact
that written history waa started by
a garrulous oll Greek named Hero
dotus, who had the Itching foot and
wandered from place to place much
like a modern tin-can tourlat, writ
ing travelogues about what he saw.
And then cornering his friends and
reading his stuff to them when he
had them whan they couldn't get
away.
More proof, you tee. that human
nature haan't changed much.
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BOUGH? By PUBLISHER
The House of Olory," a new book
dealing with Bible prophecies and
Egyptian pyramid mysticisms, win ee !
published about mid-February by
William H. Wise & Co.. of New York,
It waa announced today. 1
The book waa written by Worth ,
Smith of Rogue River, author, trav- i
eler and lecturer. With hla wife. Mr :
Smith la staying for the present in
Kismath Falla. He plans to remain
there for about another month when
he will leave on a lecture tour that I
will continue until June. I
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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
history from the files of the
Mall Tribune 10 and 10 years
ago.
TEN YEAUS AGO TODAY
December 19, 1928.
(It Was Thursday)
Stores to remain open In evenings
until Christmas, as Yule rush starts.
Chicago gangster war breaks out
anew.
Secretary of Chamber of Commerce)
first to be arrested for violation of
one-hour parking law In business.
Close check -up of autotets to be
made.
' Dense fog and chilly weather cornea
to valley.
Cltlien fined (10. for throwing
empty whiskey bottle on pavement.
Christmas mall recelpta reach peak
at post office.
Government bureau reports Its ac
tlvlttee hampered by Coolldge econ
omy. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December IS, lots.
(It Waa Thursday)
Germsn cabinet resigns, and plant
started for establishment of a re
public. Senator Knox, battling the League
of Natlona Ides, declares policy of
"America for Americana." .
I. W. W. launch movement for a
four-hour day, and pensions when
not working.
Two shoe shine stands In city
closed while proprietors are absent
from city.
Biggest crowds In weeks on streets
aa people get over the flu acare.
Mayor Gates glvea vlewa on flu
situation and "urges public to co
operate." GIRL DIES IN CRASH
EN ROUTE TO WEDDING
GOLDENDALE, Wash., Dec. 19.
(AP) Miss Cells Branlsn, about 30.
of Aloha, Ore., was killed In an auto
mobile accident near here yeaterday
while en route to her mother's horn
In Hood River, Ore., to be married.
The accident occurred when an
automobile, driven by her fiance, O.
L. Henry of Yakima, skidded on an
icy road and crashed Into a telephone
poie.
Chevrolet
JINGLES
Copyrighted
Never cared much for the
idea of a house-trailer,
Think I'd feel ag though I
was locked up by a jailer!
Even though there's no bars
on windows or doors
I'd still like a foundation
under the floors.
I'm keen to get around the
country see the sights,
But I want a good hotel
bed and shower each' night
Lots of nice folks have the
'packing box palace' erase
And thousands are dragging
'em about with Chevrolets
Chevy M. Hurd
Rogue River Chevrolet
Main and Riverside
Service Dept 32 North Riverside
Used Car Lot Riverside at 4th
CHRISTMAS
MONEY
TUEN IN YOUR OLD
OAR GET THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ONE-THIRD DOWN
AND THE VALUE OF
YOUR OAR
IN CASH
ON A BETTER USED
CAR OR NEW CAR
First Payment Feb. 1st, 1939
Green Stamps
ON USED OARS
Rogue River Chevrolet
fed Car Lot Rlrenlde at 4th
6TH AND FIR
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