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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1939.
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By Arthur I'erry.
Berlin announces any peace
offer by the United States
States "would be a waste of
time." Under the circumstances,
there is nothing to do, diplomat
ically, but waste the time some
place else. Other European re
ports say Herr Hitler, with all
.ciuiet on the fighting fronts, "is
rhamping the bit." It serves him
right, but is a bit tough on the
"bit."
I
The reported discovery of a
gold pocket in a California mine,
that yielded a million dollars,
brought the observation from an
Applegate prospector, "That's
fair money for a miner." In his
own scampering around the
hills, he once came upon the
end of a rainbow, that went
$7.86, and left him agog.
Residents of the hills report
warm and balmy weather, with
violets blooming on the sunny
side of the barn. They do their
fall plowing in bathing suits,
and don red flannels, and put
hay in their shoes, after they
get to town, it seems.
In a gun battle in a southern
city with the police, a bandit
ahot the hat off a lady pedes
trian, across the street, leaving
her mnd but unhurt. As a poet
once said: "There Is a little good
In the worst of us."
It's about time for a down
trodden husband to show up,
claiming he likes chicken best,
but will have to cat turkey next
Thursday.
The term "White Russians"
appears frequently in dispatches
telling of diplomatic dealings of
Russia with tiny Finland. The
"White Russians" don't act it.
A JIBE & A JAB
(Yreka, Cal., Journal)
"Apropea of Thanksgiving, there
U a sign In the window or ft
storekeeper: 'Do your shopping
now. Who know, tomorrow may
be Christmas.' "
The esteemed Orcgonlnn to
day editorially bemoans the
passing of the Barber Shop
Quartet, and explains the why
ness of its whencencss. The mus
ical organization of which the
great daily speaks so tenderly,
is now the Tonsorial Lea Rue for
the Whacking Into of the Taxes.
If the old time melody was any
thing like the present day logic,
ye gods!, it must have been ter
rible. As an observer, who goes
to the barbershop every dnv ex
cept Sundny, and when they
close up because the banks Ho,
for more than 30 years, we have
never found a barber foursome.
in any mood to sing, and pos
sessed of anything to sing about.
If a customer started to warble,
he would be commanded: "Keep
your mouth shut, and give a
man a place to work!"
HERE COMES UTOPIAI
"The war In Europe appears to have
eet off ft bunch of screwballs who are
perpetrating their nutty achemea up
on an unsuspecting people, resulting
tn a revival of the chain letter nuis
ance. And we opened our mall the
other day to find the following plan
now going over big since Ham A Ffcgs
went Into the discard. Here it la
This chain Is atartcd In Reno In the
Hope of bringing happiness to all
Unlike most chains, this one doea
not cost any money. Send ft copy
of thla letter to five male friends.
then bundle up your wife and send
her to the peraon who heads the
llt. When your namea work up to
tn top of the list you will receive
Is. 178 lovely femmra. Have fslthl
Do not break the chsln. lt the good
work go onl'" (Del Norte (Calif )
Triplicate )
Closing time for Too Late to Claa
Ify Ada Is 1 30 p. m.
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tree Mall Tribune want ads.
This Thursday
'T'HURSDAY, November 23rd,
Official proclamations by the
and the Governor of Oregon have made it so.
Those who cling to the tradition that the "last Thursday in
November" should be Thanksgiving Day should bear in mind that
this particular time actually was not officially designated until
1863 and then by Abraham Lincoln. It was NOT the official day
in early colonial times.
AFTER winter of great suffering and privation, when bounti
ful crops were gathered by the Pilgrims at the Plymouth
Colony in the fall of 1621, Governor Bradford proclaimed a "day
of thanksgiving."
In years that followed, similar events were celebrated with
appropriate religious observation and feasting in various localities
but it was not until 1789 that the first NATIONAL "Thanksgiving
Day" was proclaimed by George Washington. In that year,
November 26,th was the day set aside.
Thus, Thankiving Day, as we know it today, has not always
been observed on the "last Thursday of November", so there
should be no disposition to resent the recent change by executive
order, as in any way the upsetting of an ancient and long-established
tradition.
EVEN in 1621, the custom of celebrating the gathering of the
harvest with solemn services and feasting, was net new.
The Bible tells of the festivities of the Canaanities and the
Israelites at harvest time. Later the Greeks celebrated with a
festival known as the 'Thesmophoria", and the Romans wor
shipped their goddess of the harvest, Ceres, with the inevitable
feasting of thanksgiving. In early England, when the sickle was
laid down and the last sheaf of grain gathered, there were the
autumnal festivals in which everyone participated and the
bountiful table had an important part in the celebration.
SO, this harvest festival of Thanksgiving was by no means of
modern origin; so it was quite natural that the Pilgrims, after
their first difficult year in the New World, should give thanks for
abundant crops as they did.
Therefore, it is not a question of WHEN we observe Thanks
giving nearly as much as WHY we should observe it.
With the echoes of marching armies, the rumble of tanks and
the drone of war planes reaching these shores from the Old World,
Thanksgiving Day certainly should have new significance in
America this year.
AS the Pilgrim Fathers set aside a day for "thanksgiving and
praise to God for the mercies of the past year," "we the
people" should set aside next Thursday as a day for humble
gratitude for the PEACE that we now have; reaffirming our deter
mination to maintain this peace in a world, torn with cruel, sense
less, destructive war.
A SMOOTH sea never made a skillful mariner; the storms of
adversity excite the prudence, skill and fortitude of the
voyager.
And so it is with America! We learned a bitter lesson in the
last war. The memories of its horrors and sorrows, its devastation,
degradation and havoc are still clear in our minds.
We are fortunate in this fact. It will strengthen our vigilance
and bolster up our determination to bave no part in and these
are the words of a Britisli "Tommy" in the trenches today "the
filthy, contemptible business of war!"
With a widespread, earnest desire for peace on the part of
American people; with wisdom and restraint exercised by our
statesmen; with adequate defense to command the respect of the
greedy, ruthless despollers who have thrown the world into a
turmoil, we CAN maintain this peace.
WHEN the people of Medford and Jackson county, and the
people of this state and other states of this great nation,
gather at the Thanksgiving feast next Thursday, they should
reflect upon their good fortune to be Americans.
No people on earth have so
grateful.
Remember, too, that no Thanksgiving is complete without its
generous thought of those who
than wa are.
By all means, celebrate next Thursday with fun and good
fellowship, eat heartily of turkey and all the trimmings, see
Medford play Coquille, dance and
Don't forget to be thankful, for YOU are very, very lucky to
enjoy the freedom and security of this great and PEACEFUL
democracyl H. G.
Coogan Planning
Second Marriage
Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 20
(() Jackie Coogan. grownup
child screen star whose Holly
wood marriage went on the
rocks last summer, says he's
going to wed again and try fol
a career on the New York stnRe
He said he would marry Har
riet Hnddon In New York CUy
next fall The wedding cannot
take place. Coogan explained,
until a divorce from his first
wife, screen actress Betty
Grable, becomes final 10 months
from no.
DiMaggioand Bride
On Honeymoon Tour
San Francisco, Nov. 20 OD
Joe DiMnggio. the San Francis
co ftsher.Ytan's son who bntleil
his way to baseball fame, was
off on an automobile honey
mnon tour today with his aotre.n
bride, thp former Dorothy Ar
nolclinc Olson.
One of the biggest crowds ev
er to attend a wedding here
jammed St. Peter and Paul
church and the street and park
outside as the two were married
at 2:30 p. m. yrsterday by
Father Francis J. Parolin, priest
of Joe's parish.
Weather
Northern California: Fair to
night and Tuesday; little change
in temperature: local morning
fog on coast; light northwest
wind off the coast.
Is Thanksgiving
ii Thanksgiving Day in Oregon
President of the United States
much for which they can be
are less favored or less fortunate
make merry, but
Bumpy Air Blamed
In Double Tragedy
Alameda, Calif., Nov. 20 (?')
A woman who saw her husband
and another man die when their
planes locked wings and crashed
near the San Francisco bay air
drome said today she believed
"bumpy air" might have been a
cause of the tragedy.
"The air was very bumpy dur
ing, the afternoon," said Mrs.
Ruth Vienot, whose husband.
Chester Vlenot. 33, was killed
with Peter C. Peterson, 28, pilot
of another private plane. Both
men were San Franciscans.
Luxury Llntr Calls
Portland. Nov. 20. ;pl The
finest luxury liner to call here
since the Matson Line's Malolo
docked 10 years ago. arrived
Sunday. She was the Dutch mo
torshlp Kllpfontein, 18.900 ton
craft, with a 138 passenger ca
pacity, a crew of 132. She is the
first of four Dutch ships to be
transferred to the trans Pacific
trade routes from the European
South African run.
CIO Raps Diet' Work
Portland. Nov. 20. (D
Lodge No. 2070, Amalgamated
Assocition of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers of North America
(CIO) sent a resolution to Presl
dent Roosevelt and the Oregon
congressional delegation Satur
day asking that the Dies com
mittee "cease its un-American
activities."
. . 4 . .
L'se Mall Tribune want ada.
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed tetters pertaining to personal bealttl and hygiene, not to disease
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Urady If a stamped self
addressed envelope la enclosed. Letters should be brier and written In Ink
Owing to tba large number or letterl received only rew can be answered.
No reply can be made to queries not conrormlng to instructions. Address
Dr. William Brady. 166 El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Caur.
BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY
I am feverishly scanning the
table of contents of every medi
cal journal that comes to my
lounge these days, in the hope of
finding an issue that will have
no article telling of the 34.11
per cent of cases of something
or other that showed improve
ment under
treatment with
s u 1 fanilamide
or s u 1 f a p y-
rldlnt. So far
not much luck;
on the con
trary. In fact I
wouldn'' be so
greatly aston
ished to see a
report of the
action of eith
er of these
miracle medi
cines on a bad case of retrodis
placement of varicose veins.
In the present stage of investi
gation It seems fairly well estab
lished that these new remedies
may gain a definite place in the
treatment of certain infections,
but as yet their practical value
has not been specifically deter
mined. Fairly illustrative of the
present trend of the investiga
tion is the following case, which,
incidentally, is typical of a com
mon serious illness of children:
Boy aged 7 complained of
pain in right ear. Next day he
was drowsy and remained so for
four days. Then he complained
of being "dizzy" and having pain
in the back of neck when he
tried to raise his head from the
pillow. He was removed to the
hospital. Examination showed
ear drum bulging, but no ten
derness or swelling over th?
mastoid bone behind the ear.
Doctors suspected meningitis,
took specimen of spinal fluid,
found it contained a greatly in
creased number of cells (one
sign of meningitis or inflamma
tion of the membrane covering
brain and spinal cord) but no
germs. Sulfanilamide treatment
was begun at once. The bulging
ear drum was opened, giving
vent to a large amount of thick
pus. Next day type I pneumoc
occi (pneumonra gcrmsi were re
covered from the spinal fluid
cultures and from the pus cul
tures from the ear. and from
cultures made from the throat.
Then sulfapyridine treatment
was used instead of sulfanila
mide, daily for four days in full
doses. After four days hema
turia (blood In urine) appeared
with passage of some clots. Sul
fapyridine was immediately
stopped, and within four or five
more days the kidney function
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Released by The North
American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.
Washington, Nov. 20 In Eng-;
land, Macaulay's report on East
India Company personnel and '.
the order in council of 1870 are1
remembered by all thinking peo-1
pie as two of the great events of
the nineteenth century. On these
historic documents the English
civil service Is squarely founded.
If they do not live in utter chaos,
the next American generation 1
may perhaps have a similar;
memory of the findings of the
president's special committee on1
civil service improvement. j
This half-forgotten body which I
includes Justice Stanley Reed.
Justice Felix Frankfurter, the
shrewd engineering expert.
Cano Dunn, and others amply
fitted for the task, has been
quietly working for nearly a
year. With the full backing of,
the president, they propose to
try to meet one of the crying
needs of our time procuring
the best men available to serve
the public. They will publish
their suggested program in a
month or so. All auguries favor i
their success, and not least the ;
fact that one committee member, 1
William Henry McReynolds, is a
pretty good model for the civil
servant of the future.
M,-Kevnolda Is ft tall, lanky Individ- j
ual with a wrinkled, humorous face
and the slow, quiet drawl and easy
going manner of an American plais-
man. If he wore brlt.-hes and hlth
heeled boots Instead of lnconpt.-lous
store clothes, you muht take him for
one of the frlenda and mentors of
Owen Wlaler's Vlrglnlsn. He spends
his days, generally with his fet on
his desk, In one of the early General
Grant rooms at the state department
set aside for the president a executive ,
Brady, M D.
became normal, spinal fluid cul
tures negative, and the patient
maae a complete recovery. The
ear drum had healed completely
when the boy left the hospital.
Before the ear drum was In
cised to give vent to the pus the
temperature had been around
103 but followed an irregular
course, as it generally does when
a collection of acute pus forma
tion is present anywhere. Fol
lowing the opening of the ear
drum the temneratnre returner!
to normal and remained normal.
(Question, at least to my mind,
is whether the sulfapyridine
changed the course of the ill
ness in anv deeree. 1
whether the simple incision of
the bulging ear drum and free
ing of the pent-up pus would not
nave given tne same prompt re
covery, without the hematuria
which is one of the untoward ef
fects of sulfapyridine.
QUESTIONS AMI ANSWRRS.
Cooking Vegetables.
I cook vegetables only short time,
to retain more of the vitamins. On
a visit to the shore last summer I
had only thoroughly cooked vegeta
bles, suffered from constipation.
Left 2 year old aon with grandmother
who also cooks vegetables thorough
ly. 8on became constipated. A week
after we returned home we both be
came regular again. Mrs. D. M.
Answer Raw or slightly cooked
vegetablea or fruits are more laxa
tive than thoroughly cooked vege
tables or fruits. Send ten cents coin
and stamped envelope bearing your
address, for booklet "The Conatipa
tlon Habit."
PotasMum Chloride.
I asked the druggtat for potassium
chloride. He gave me 'a Chlor
ides. Is that what you advise one
to take for relief of allergic condi
tions? Mrs. L. O.
Answer. No. Potassium chloride
(NOT chloate) is available In readily
soluble ten-grain tablets. The dally
dose Is ten grains In a glass of water
two or three tlmea a day. for aeveral
days or a week at a time. In 'many
cases of hay fever, atnusltls, spaa
modic asthma, eczema, hives, etc.,
In eome cases of headache of mi
grainous type, due to allergic aensl-
tlvlty, thla brings much relief. In
some cases only five grains give con
siderable relief. Never swallow the
tablet or the powder but take It dis
solved In plenty of water.
Hulled or Distilled.
Are boiled wntcr and distilled wat
er the same? Mrs. C. a.
Answer No. Distilled water la
free from mineral matter. Bain or
snow water Is nearly as pure as dla
tlllpd water.
(Protected by John P. Dllle Co.)
d. Note: persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. D 265 CI
Camlno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
assistants the famous "secret six."
As the president's executive assist
ant In charge of personnel, his Job
Is to keep the government's vast,
complex human machinery running
with reasonable smoothness. For
thirty years. Improving that machin
ery has been the ruling passion of
his life.
His approach Is beat Illustrated by
two anecdotes. In the 'twenties, he
was charged with setting up the civil
service commission's classification
system. Medieval rates of pay atlll
persisted In some of the older govern
ment department, and McReynolds
wa Intent on enabling these depart
menta to hire good men. An Influen
tial Republican on the house appro
priations committee, who was a
penny-wise, pound-foolish economizer
sent a message that. If McReynolda
went on costing the government
money, he would be ruined. McReyn.
olda replied that he would do his best
according to hi lights, preferring to
be fired and keep enough self-respect
so that he wouldn't have to shade his
eyes when he shaved In the morning.
One of McReynolds' civil servant
traits la his ability to gain the respect
and confidence of political leaders
of the most various opinions. He was
a trusted lieutenant of Ogden U
Mills, as he la now of the president
and Henry Morgenthau. Jr. Harry L.
Hopkins Is also one of his cronies.
and one day. when the WPA's admin
tstratlve horrors were particularly op
prewlve. Hopkins dropped In for a
chat with McReynolds.
Hopkins complained bitterly of his
agency, but McReynolds. who was
then in charge of treasury personnel.
replied thst Hopkins' troubles were
Hopkins' fault. Hopkins half lost his
temper, swearing at McReynolds, and
telling him that, because the treasury
insisted on turning down all the mis.
fit Job-seekers. the WPA had to find
pistes for them.
"Well. Hnrry." said McReynolda.
"von pet no sympathv from me. You
took these people for political rea
sons, but. If you and evrryone elae
had the guts to face the facts, you
would know that good administration
Is always the best politics in the
end."
McReynolds entered the govern
ment almost by chance, taking ft civil
service examination for the fun of
the thing while really Intending to be
a lawyer. Rut. alx weeks after he was
assigned to the post olflee depart
ment's inspection service, he was
placed on ft committee studying the
depsrtment's administrative prob
lems. That injrvtcd him with his life
puMon. In the Isst three decades.
he has had all aorta of titles In all
kinds of administrations, but ha has
stuck to tin chosen task till he knows
more about the government service
than anv other man In the country.
To find the oe.t way to run tlilius
It all he care about, and. In order to
do so, be has atudled the French.
I English and German civil services,
; read Interminably, and spent vaca
I tlons learning the methods of such
j great corporatlona as Standard OH.
' American Telenhnn mnit UmtrnnnHtan
Life. Under the present civil service
system, McReynolda la an Improbable
accident. Under the one be la helping
to devise. It la to be hoped that men
like him will become the rule.
At the
National Capitol
With
John W. Kelly
(Continued from Pae One.)
trade treaties be approved by
'.he' senate and not by the state
department.
MOTE: Concessions on apples
1 ' and pears have been made
in 16 of the 18 trade agreements
negotiated by the department of
state. Each concession had a
more or less direct affect on
the fruit industry of Oregon and
Washington.
IT ISN'T supposed to be known, but
according to whisper, overtures
have been made to the Duponts to
eatabllsh ft rayon or cellophane plant
somewhere within the range of Bon
neville power. Principal Ingredient
of these products la wood and there
la an unlimited amount of the raw
material available In the Pacific
Northwest.
Also In the "conversation stage.
discussion of locating a plant to
make beryllium, tha master-alloy,
with the mineral known as beryl
(name come from NeroV monocle
of beryl crystal) occurring In Ore
gon. Washington, Idaho and Nevada,
and plenty of copper supplies from
the same states. Only three of he
92 known element In the world are
lighter than beryllium and two of
these are gases, hydrogen and hel
ium. Beryllium Is found In 34 metals,
many of which are depoalts in the
Pacific Northwest.
WAOE-hour administration has de
cided that nlacer mlnlntf In
Oregon. Washington and Alaska la a
seasonal occupation and the 40-hour
week doe not apply. The ruling in
cludes the gold dredge operations
and all open-cut mining, but not
where the mlnera work under
ground. Another seasonal exemntlon from
the law benefits President Roose
velt. The cuttlnK and shlDDlnff of
Chrlstmirs frees Is Included In the
ruling. The president Is carrying on
that business as a side line to his
administration of national affairs.
He has a few acres of trees at Hvde
Park.
ADMrRAt, Land, chairman of the
United States maritime com
mission, says he Is willing to have
Portland Chamber of Commeroa aub-
mlt a proposal for the establishment
of a Columbia rlver-Orlental steamer
service.
The chamber ha Indicated that
local Interests are willing to oper
ate such ft service with a subsidy
from the commission an arrange
ment similar to a Seattle-Oriental
service. The commission dickered
with a Portland exporter but Imposed
such provisions that the Portlander
declined, with thanks. Admiral Land
la now . ready to atudy other propo
sition. GOVERNMENT probera have been
advised that the big ateel com
panies in the east are "soakltur"
Oregon, Washington and California
by not charging on the cost of pro
duction in the west, but on the east
ern price of steel, plus the trans
portation charges. The companies
manufacture some steel on the Pa
cific coast, but charge as much for
It as though made In the eastern
mills and then add the freight. The
monopoly committee ts gathering
data on the aubject.
He Hopes So.
Washington, Nov. 20. tT)
Senator Murray (D.-Mont.), an
administration supporter, de
clared today that "there is a
strong feeling throughout the
country that President Roose
velt should run for a third term."
984 Elk Killed
Pendleton, Nov. 20 i-P) A
total of 984 elk 685 bulls and
500 cows fell under hunter's
guns in northeastern Oregon
during the season which closed
Nov. 12, A. V. Meyers, checker
said Thursday.
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BLUE RIBBON AT 7.tl little- girls ho dream of
owning ft pony mlcht envy pretty Jill Botuell, of Wrllclev
Hills, .M.i whose ponv. f. Inter, won a blue rihbo.i for her
" misUew at the annual horse show in Monlpelitr, A U
In The
Day's
News
By FRANK JENKINS
TODAY'S (Friday's) dispatches
disclose considerable cau
tious angling (most of it, appar
ently. Inspired by Germany) to
get Roosevelt to ask both sides
for a statement of war aims. If
both answered truthfully, they
would say:
"1. To lick the other fellow.
"2. To take his shirt."
(No official statement of Euro
pean war aims, of course,
WOULD be truthful. If made, it
would be all prettied up to look
like a Sunday school program.)
TODAY'S dispatches disclose
also that 2,000 Czech stu
dents have been demonstrating
against the government set up
by Germany in the Bohemia
Moravia part of seized Czecho
slovakia. Everything isn't settled, you
sec, when a powerful conqueror
grabs the territory of a weak
neighbor. The conquered popu
lations remain to be dealt with.
We could put our own western
Indians on reservations, for ex
ample, but we had trouble mak
ing them stay there.
One of the first principles of.
conquest is that you have to han
dle 'em after you conquer 'em.
pENGHIS Khan and Tamer-
lane had a method of their
own for handling conquered
populations. They simply
KILLED THEM OFF, one good
massacre solving the problem.
Hitler probably isn't ready for
that yet or even Stalin. The
world has changed a little since
Genghis Khan and Tamerlane 1
not fundamentally, but in mat
ters of detail.
IT'S still a war of words, with
Hitler threatening bloody mur
der about every other day but so
far pulling his punches.
Don't ask why. NOBODY
KNOWS possibly not even Hit
ler. TJERE is a hunch:
Hitler is cooking up some
thing; probably a new deal with
Stalin. He expects it to be good
when he gets it ready. Mean
while he is stalling along, taking
no chances.
Bear in mind that this is only
a hunch, and may be wide of the
mark. But this war to date (aside
from the smashing of Poland) is
too polite to be true.
Something nasty MUST be in
the wind.
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THREADS Starting her
Slst year at the task, Mary
Pfelffer with Infinite patience
spools the gossamer threads
spun by 200 spiders In a scien
tific plant at Hoboken, N, J.
Threads are used in the dia
phragm of surveying telescope.
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the (lies or the
Stall Trlbon 10 and to years
ago.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
November 20, 1929
(It was Wednesday)
Housewives and street depart
ment worry about how to get
rid of autumn leaves.
Need of a harbor at Crescent
City told railroad commission by
local residents at San Francisco
hearing.
Buying on Wall street shows
a bullish trend. Economists pre
dict a severe depression is in
the making.
Movie theater to be opened
at Jacksonville by Felton
Franks.
Seeley Hall is named manager
of airport and Mrs. Vivian
Barto, dance matron, by Mayor
Pipes.
Amateur weather prophets
predict hard winter with much
snow for this area.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
November 20, 1919
(It was Thursday)
Senate adjourns without tak
ing vote to ratify the peace
treaty as proposed by President
Wilson. Six months of talk
wasted.
Wyoming train robber sends
Union Pacific a message thank
ing them for money he gained
in sensational crime.
John L. Lewis, head of the
miners' union, laughs at em
ployers' offer of 20 percent in
crease in wages to avert coal
strike.
Ethel Clayton in "The Sport
ing Chance" at the Liberty; Mil
dred Harris Chaplin in "Home"
at the Rialto.
Sheriff pours near beer seized
in recent raid, in Bear creek.
Ye Poets Corner
A Baby's Death
(By Russell Mitchell)
I picked up their trail in a fresh
fallen snow,
Instinctively guessing which
way they would go
The tracks soon revealed a baby
and doe.
With savage delight I followed
the trail
With the sure Intuition that a
hunter can't fail
To enjoy the sight of a white
bushy tail.
As I crept 'round the ridge,
there came into sight
The pair as they plowed through
the snow with delight
She was urging her baby to be
careful in flight.
Two beautiful creatures In coats
of steel gray
Were romping and feeding that
cold winter day,
When a bullet destroyed their
innocent play.
He fell in the snow, then tried
to arise
As the cruel -mist blinded his
innocent eyes;
His body a-quiver with dumb,
silent cries.
She started to fly when she
looked up at me,
But turned in her tracks with a
heart-breaking plea
That he rise to his feet and
continue to flee.
She rushed to hr side as he
lifted his head
And kissed his frail nose, now
bloody and red,
Then quickly she left him alone
where he bled.
I tenderly laid him beside i
huge stone
And cried as I left him to sleep
all alone;
Somehow I wonder if I can
atone.
By writing this verse of that
savage deed
I vow never more to make dumb
babies bleed
For the mere satisfaction of my
animal greed.
This Is his monument, built for
him here.
With a moral argument meant
to be clear;
Erected by me to protect baby
deer.
mm EASTERN
Portland. Nov. 20. iVTi
Four Oregon Kiwanis clubs,
formerly in district 8, were
shifted to district 7 at a reg
ional Kiwanis conference Sat
urday. Clubs at Baker, Burns, On
tario and Pendleton. Ore., were
shifted to the new division
which includes Keneewick,
Pasco. Walla Walla. Pomeroy.
Dayton and Lewiston-CIark-ston,
Wash.
C. of C. Secretaries Elect
Eugene. Nov. 20. (Ore
gon commercial secretaries
elected George Layman, New
berg, president, at a meeting
Saturday. Fred Brenne, Eugene,
was elected vice-president and
James Baker, Marshfield, secretary.