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PAGE FOim MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 27, 1939. MEDFORDjWTRIBUNE MEirrsa I Boat hero Oregns ttwj tha ala.ll rrihnn." Dally ttvrvpt Batardaj. Pub) la bad by MBDfORD PRINTING CO fft-lt-1 No Kir BL Phona H ROBERT W RUHU BUtor. URN EST R- QII.STKAP Utniftr. AM Indapatnlant Nawipapar. ittara1 aacoorl-elaas matter at Mad fard. Or agon, unrtar Act of March I. III! SUBSCRIPTION RATE! Br Hall Id Adtnct Dally and Sunday on yaar If 90 Pally and Sunday all month!... 1 a0 Dally and Buudar thraa mootha. 100 Dally and Sunday ona month.. 7 aT Carnal In Advanca Madford, Aah land. Cantral Plnu JaeaanntrJIle, Oold Rill. Rntftia Rlwar. Phoanls. Talant and motor routaat Dally and Sunday ont vaar l Dally and Sunday ona month... Tl All tar ma oaah In advance. Omrlal Pmpr ot ttt City ol Miwlfnrd OrflclaJ Paper of JarkMD County. HEMIiftK OP THR AaacMIIATEIl PRlCa RMlvlnt Pull leBf4 Wire Herrlra. Tha Aaaodaiad Praaa la loluaWtly ' aaitltlad to tha ua for publication of all aawa ditpatrhas oradltad to H or Bihar aria crad'lad to Ihla papar. and alao e tha local niai publlahad haratn. All rlfhta for publication nf apaoia lapatohaa har.1t. ara alao raarvad. HdUBERS OF UNITED PRESS MEMBER OP AUDIT fill READ OP-CIRntILATlONB Advartlalng Rapraaaniatlvai WEBT-HOLUDAT COMPANY. IXC. ffloaa la Ntw To?k. Chlcao. Detroit, an Pranrlaco. Loa Anajalaa. Saattla, Portland. St houia. Atlanta. Vanoouvar. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. The Mayor reports: "San Francisco is tired of Harry Bridges." Neither could the lien labor agitator win a pop ularity contest in any other Pacific Coast port. ... Secy. Ickes last week in a tirade, expressed a desire to drive an armored car down the highways, forcing ZO-ton trucks Into the ditches. The way the public feels the truck driver who forced Secy, Ickes off the road, would be a sure-shot Re publican presidential nominee next year. ... CLEAR AS MUD (From "Quest For Certalntlty) "When, on the other hand, It Is seen that the object of knowledge Is prospective and eventual, being the result of In ferential or reflective operations which redlspose what wa ante emtently existent, the subject matters called respectively sen sible and conceptual are seen to be complementary In effective direction of Inquiry to an In telligible conclusion." A New Jersey hunter shot a ditch digger accidentally for a duck. The victim was flying low at the time, but not quacking. ... Forty Chinese froze to death Sunday in the streets of Shang hai. Famine, flood, poverty, wnr, everything bad, nothing good, is always happening to the Chi nese. ... "My father got a new pair of glasses the other day. He complained that he couldn't ace any better with them than with the old ones. He says he looks at all the pretty girls but he can't soe them looking back at him. We pointed out to Pap that maybe the reason he didn't notice them returning his glance was that tn fact they were not doing so. He admitted the possibility; said hs hsd the samo trouble with the old specs." (Pittsburgh Press). Just a glimmer of the glamour. STAND-BY CALLS Ssn Francisco, Nov. 27. (P) Globe wireless reported today that the States Line freighter Michigan was moving through rough seas toward the Quaker Line steamer Peter Kerr, which hsd broadcast a general call for ships to "please stand by us." ine i-iooc report quoted a messago from the American Presidents liner President Cool Idge as follows: "Peter Kerr No. 1 hold full water but no immediate dnnger as long as bulkhead holds out. Michigan is hound toward Kerr." The Michigan, bound for Osaka, jHpan, from San Fran risco. was reported at B p.m. yesterday 1302 miles from Osa ka: the Kerr, proceeding to Ha kodate, Japan, stood 555 miles from Hakodate. Despite the rough sea, weather was reported clear. Sen. Bridges Coming For G.O.P. Confab Portland. Nov 27. IAt Sen. Styles Bridges, (R-N.H.) republl n presidential aspirant, will onfer with Oregon party lead ers Friday after meeting Lane onnty republicans at Eugene rlier In the day. War Food Rationing London, Nov. 27. (,V) The date for the rationing of bacon, ham and butter and the volun tary rationing nf sugar will be given tomorrow in the house of commons, the food ministry an nounced today. Is This the rES thli li ( cock-eyed war. In the world before. But to date it has certain advantage! over the World War ! Af far a war on the land ii concerned, Instead of killing ' millions of men, and then running into a stalemate of mutual fear and exhaustion, the stalemate has been reached without firing a shot, or only a few. In terms of the World War in fact there has been no major engagement as yet. And while the lateness of tha season may have been a vital factor, isn't there just as much reason to believe that neither side has wished to make the sacrifice that a major j offensive at any time would involve? AND if the latter IS true, then certainly a great advance has been made over 1914. In fact, this may be not only a cock eyed war, an entirely unprecedented sort of conflict, but it may be the LAST WAR! BY the "last war" we don't mean the end of ALL international conflict, but war on any large scale, war between forces of approximately equal strength, anything that could come undei the heading of the long-predicted Armageddon. Not on moral grounds. But solely on the grounds of enlight ened self interest; namely that modern war, on any large, equal, and extended scale, demands a price, which no modern nation can afford to pay. THIS might not preclude such China. Italy waged against China, Italy waged against against Austria and Czecho slovakia. But it would preclude the repetition of any such conflict as Germany launched on September 1st, against Poland, and thus prevent the extension of that conflict, on any such scale, as threatened the destruction of civilization, a quarter of a century ago. This might not be considered a GREAT advance, but it is SOME advance, certainly. And if it be clearly demonstrated that war on a large scale between forces of approximately equal strength, can't be profitably waged by either combatant, this may be a start toward the rationalization of the entire war problem, for nothing is clearer than a small grow into a larger one. I In fact, this is the great contribution of England and France : to world peace at the present time, a, we see it. j And the vital need of an allied .victory. But for their action, ' Hitler would have waged war With It, just as Mussolini waged war against Ethiopia and got away with it, and Japan has waged war against comparatively defense- j less China, and may, or may not be getting away with it. ...... . B.rm , , . , , , . UT that little Polish war has now bloomed into a European war and nlainlv Herr Hitler is un against It. I To win, he must win quickly correct, he can't, by the nature of things, win on land, and while he can cause England serious damage, there is even less chance he can win, on the sea. SO while this war may not end ALL wars, as far as isolated, and what might be termed, policing wars are concerned, It may eliminate all danger of future WORLD conflicts, and thus be the first REAL step toward establishing a world of International co operation and international peace. How About Russia? THE above, of course, is predicated upon a victory for the allies, the annihilation of Hitler and Hitlerism, the return of Germany to the concert of CIVILIZED nations. If Hitler SHOULD accomplish the impossible, defeat England and France, then of course, neither this prediction, nor any other, would have the slightest validity. (In fact, what the world would be like In such an event, sur passes this department's imagination, we fear the often remarked "end of civilization" would prove to be rather an aenemic term for it.) And as before stated In this column, the one disturbing factor in this direction is Stalin, and what the "bear that walks like a man" REALLY Intends to do about it. If Hitler and Stalin should join hands not only politically, but in a military and naval fashion, then while the complete defeat of England and France would still seem unlikely, the elimination of Hitler and Hitlerism, within any reasonable time would seem equally so. BUT as before stated, we can't believe this is Stalin's intention. Not because of any moral scruples. Not at all! As time goes on and the drama on the eastern front unfolds, it becomes more and more apparent, that morally Stalin and Hitler are brothers-under-the-skln. In fact, all evidence indicates, that the Boss of the Kremlin, not only thinks and feels as does the Boss of Berchtes gnden, but has taken over his neighbor's "power politics" tech, nique, from Alfalfa to Zucchini, bait, hook and sinker. Observe If you please what Stalin is now doing in Finland, diclal robes have been officially It's the Hitler technique against Austria, Czechoslovia, and Poland draped about the attorney gen all over again! I"1'" '""- ' interesting to speculate on what sort of STALIN has no Intention of force. HEAVEN FORBID! force. HEAVEN FORBID! But the determination of Finland to wage war on RUSSIA is so obvious; It's perfidy and treachery so plain; and the overt act now so well established (Petrograd reports a Finnish attack on Soviet forces resulting in the killing of four inoffensive Soviet soldiers!) that In self defense Stalin must act and act promptly, unless the government of Finland promptly agrees to withdraw its armed forces, so many miles the other side of the Russian border. Just compare that situation few days before he marched into Then too, there was no Intention of conquering Poland, (the verv Idea!) hut unless the nrovocatlve and hostile tactics of that country were abandoned, unless were stopped, unless Poland agreed to abandon Danzig and the Polish corridor, in SELF DEFENSE the armed legions and Nazt Germany would have to march! IT now remains to be seen whether the next step will be an order by Stalin to march Into Finland, as Hitler ordered his mechan ized forces Into Poland. We doubt It, for while Stnlin has adopted the Nazi technique, we don't believe he Intends to make the Nazi mistakes. Rut if he DOES. then watch out. it will be only a step -and a short one, to a Nazi-Soviet OFFENSIVE alliance! "Last War"? Nothing like it hai ever been seen a war as Japan is waging against Ethiopia, or Germany threatened Ethiopia, or Germany threatened isolated war may at any time, , against Poland and gotten away I But if the above analysis la ' " i conquering Finland by armed I with the one Hitler presented Poland. 1 , , the outrages against Germans Personal Health Service By William siintd letters pertaining to pcrsunaj neaitb and njiterte. not to dueue l5no tre.tra.nt. -hi b. .nw.red b, Dr. Br,i, u . sum dm ii. owing to the large number of letter received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to qurrtes not conforming to Instruction, address Or. William Bradj. tSS El Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif. YOU SCARCELY NOTICE Reader M. R. Q. quotes the following paragraph from page 63, circular No. S07, U. S. de- partment of agriculture "Diets of Families of Employed Wage Earners and Clerical Workers In C 1 1 1 e s," by Stiebling and Phipard: "There Is probably little danger of seri ous vitamin B deficiencies if Individ uals r e g ularly se share of their from foods lect a goodly needed calories which have not been artificially refined or depleted of their vita min Bl bv the processes of preparation." Read this fast and carelessly, says Reader M. R. Q., and you get one impression. I, Ol' Doc Brady, tried it, and I got the impression that all this bla-hla about vitamins is the bunk, and all you have to do is have a diet of wholesome foods which will give you all the vitamins you need. In fnct, I believe some such vague as surance has been given by other experts holding jobs in govern ment bureaus. T3... A It l...l.. .... 1..J , voursclf ,avs M R O and you get the real truth of the matter, if you emphasize the JZuy'ntte dan- ger of serious vitamin B de- ficiencics if individuals regu- .es'fro'm foods which have not been artificially refined, etc." I" other words, concludes M.' R- Q-, there's a rhythm to de- ception. So that's what rhvthm is. I've won.n?rea Z ",l ve -aH,n enmlai-c, Knp.il,, -..-., ouilt.l.-, Klll"K past the trick word "helps when describing the wonders the nostrum will work. That's I It they never emphasize helps. If you are not alert for It you may not know they have men tioned It at all. I A great many individuals who have accepted the implied as surance that ordinary food sup plies enough vitamins for or dinary requirements have learn ed by experience that the same food, supplemented with addi tional vitamins, materially im proves what they had formerly considered good health. By this I mean that in many in stances functional efficiency may be considerably bettered by simply adding 600 to 1200 in ternational units of vitamin B to the diet dally as by taking The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Washington, Nov. 27. Frank Murphy's appointment to the supreme bench seems so sure that even now. hpfnre the lu. judge he may make. The problem is probably best approached from the necative angle. Murphy will not resem ble the conservatives, for he has not James C. McReynolds' cold ly angry faith In an antique reading of the law, nor the chief justice's Jehovan certitude, nor the genial practicnl-mindedness of Owen Roberts Nor will he be very like the liberals. Hugo L. Black's tireless pursuit of his 1 logic's ultimate extreme will I never be Imitated by the more sentimental Murvihy. Both Black land Douglas are further to the 'ell than lie, and Douglas nu- morous earthincss is foreign to llin, Ft,,ix Krankfurt(,r is far more lonrned and more brilliant. lie has little kinship with the colorless Stanley Reed. j that 1 AItO(rrthr. It would aeem Murphy will be , eort of middled- I ilv-mnrter among th nrw ltal Jn tlr H(t wilt b llhrl anoi(Eh to fttl.fr th president, hut h will not follow Black 'and Don: all the way 1.I0T14, tht trull they ar new Maying. He It ft rather solemn, ploua fel. low, .mrt h will accept Frankfur ter' hieh view of the lu.it.Mtl func tion, ta UUi reaped beinf mora rof - Brady, H O. THE WEASEL WORDS four to eight vitamin B com plex tablets, each containing 150 units of Bl (thiamin) and all of the other factors of the natural B-complex. This is not just a pipe dream of mine. It is experience of a great many readers who have tried it. To illustrate, take bread. Made as it was a hundred years ago, bread would be a rich source of vitamin B-complex, and as such, aside from its gen eral nutritive value, it would be and should be the main part of the daily diet. Refined white bread is practically devoid of vitamin B. Yet it supplies a goodly share of the calories in many diets. QIESTIONS AND ANSWERS Leg Ache Daughter, aged 4. complains of leg ache at night and crlea with It. We have to rub her legs till shs get relief. (Mrs. W.F.A.) Answer-Perhaps she needs more calcium and vitamin D. Sometimes children have such pains, wrongly called "growing pains." from septic foci In tonsils, as a precursor of acute Infectious arthritis ("Inflam matory rheumatism"). Oood local application for rubbing Is compound ointment of menthol prepared after recipe for this given In National Formuary which every drug store has. This Is commonly called anal gesic balm. Or prepare a liniment by mixing a teaspoonful of oil of wlntergreen (or betula or teaberry or sweet birch with a tabtespoontul of coarsely powdered camphor In enough warm olive oil of cottonseed oil to fill a four-ounce vial. Keep tightly corked. Chilblain Formerly suffered every winter with chilblain. For slight Injury to leg was advised to do series of sim ple foot exerclsps every day. After doing these exercises a month or two I notice that when winter came I no longer had chilblains. This may be only coincidence, but . . . (Miss N.A.K.l Answer Not unreasonable to be lieve the foot exercises Improved cir culation and tended to prevent the trouble. One subject to chilblains may well added a few foot exercises to the dally minimum of exercises outlined In "The Seven Keys to Vlte" for copy of booklet and 35 cents coin and one-cent stamped envelope bearing your address. In some cases of constantly recurring chilblains best treatment Is a few light X-ray treatments. Up and Coming 1 8on Is two years old. three feet tall, 30 pounds, eats vegetables, fruit, a little meat, wheat fterm, loves cod liver oil and orange Juice and takes a part of milk dally. Mother lnslsta he ought to have wheat bran and bread too. iMrs. F. E.) Answer Aa you were. Let mother rave on. The young man la getlng an excellent diet. (Protected by John F. DUle Co.) Ed. Note: persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D.. 266 El Camlno. Beverly Hills. Calif. allst than the king. And. as he al ways suggests an ascet'i oddly stray, ed from his appropriate cloister, he will make himself very much at home within the cloisters of the court. Perhaps It Is this trace of frus trated Monastlclsm which causes Murphy to mske such a curious Im pression on the casual beholder. He i Is soft-spoken, youngish, with a high j complexion, conspicuously blue eyes. ; snd something btrdllke In his ex pression and gestures. The pattern Is not monkish, yet the monutlelsm I Is somehow there. ! His personsllty Is equally puaallng. . He Is. as such things go. an extreme- I ly successful man. His family wens Michigan Irish of moderate means snd he got an excellent education st the University of Michigan and Trinity college In Dublin. He taught law, was named Judg . of Detroit's recorder's court, entered politics snd was elected msyor o' Detroit, was sent . j the Philippines aa governor general and finally returned to be come governor of his state all with apparent ease. His record as governor made him tht biggest of the new deal's 1038 lam. ducks, and his choice for the attorney generslshlp was an obvious move. At the Justice department, h. hss achieved much, particularly Im proving departmental management snd the system of Judicial appoint ments. Yet. Murphy cannot claim great Intellectual ststure. He thinks rather slowly, and his tendency to Celtic sentiment snd drama sometimes mis leads him. The answer to the punle must be sought, therefore. In his peculiar terror, the Intensity of his belief in what he Is doing, and the frankness of his good Intention. He insist upon them with such nslve emphssls that cynics are In clined to accuse him of self-rlgM- eousness. but sympathetic eve dls- cern the truth in hi pl(t Npw itwrtioni. in En eland phnuw. hm ia mn of ' good lights." He la eminently available for .hii- ttce Butler'a vacant teat on the high bench, belnu Roman Catholic, g.- graphically aultable, and reasonably popular with rank and file Demo crat. Hli greatest political liability uaed to be tha prevailing though confused lmprewion of hla handling of the lt-4own atrlkea. By now, everyone know that he only delayed enforcing the law aalntt tha strik er in ordr to obtrtn a w atrike ettlemfnt. During thw negotia tions, there rvt itimcc scan at. when John L. Lewis darted Uurphy to do his worst and Murphy return ed anawertog defiance, and when Lewis took to his bed. feigning Ill ness, and Murphy followed him to the pretended sickroom to force re sumption of negotiations. In fact. Murphy's settlement of the alt-downs, In the opinion of hla new deal friends, was his great eat achievement. There la talk now that, before hla elevation to the court, Murphy may be asked to use hla arbitrating talent for the last time. Despite the opposition of Sec retary of Labor Frances Perkins. Im portant elements in the administra tion would like to see Murphy em powered to Impose peace on the war ling C I O. and A. F of L. At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued from Page On-) by a secretary in the cabinet. PROM the office of Senator Holman, Oregon, Secretary Ickes has received a communi cation suggesting that Bonne ville Administrator Raver, with in the limits of existing appro priations, plan the work of the industrial activities section of that project in order that: "a conference of Informed leaders from the state and federal agen cies be held to formulate ways and means for securing a com bined and coordinated mineral, economic and utilization sur vey." "It is hoped," continues the communication, "that as a re sult of such a conference rec ommendations would be made as to a requisite detailed pro gram, the advisability of estab lishing pilot plants and the type of research sales efforts needed to promote desirable industrial expansion and the utilization of the region's mineral resources. Such program should not dup licate existing efforts, but rather coordinate and extend the same along commercial lines." ANOTHER suggestion offered is Investigation of how forestry and agricultural raw materials can be developed commercially In the re cently authorized agricultural labor atories, one such laboratory being In California to service the Pacific Northwest. ' Secretary Ickes Is reminded that one of the great needs of the Bon neville region la adequate topograph ical maps covering mineralized areas. ' REPRESENTATIVE John Rankin, Mississippi, self-appointed cham pion and defender of the people. Is not entirely satisfied with the way Administrator Raver 1 running Bonneville. Ho says that the Bon neville power sold recently to Forest Grove. Ore., 1 too low; that It la lower than the TVA rates and that TVA rates should be used ss a yard stick for the nation. TVA ratea. In cidentally, are not as low as Ta coma ratea. which Rankin frequent ly quotes and says people are rob bed who pay more than Taeoma rates. EXPERIMENTS are to be con ducted In Clatsop county, at Corral! Is, Ore., and the experiment station at Union. Ore., to determine whether cattle can b fattened for the market on a poor grade of for age and wheat, aa a substitute for "topping" them on corn. The exper iment, promoted by Oregon's Senator McNary and Representative Walter M. Pterce, If successful, will remove some of the 3ft million bushels of soft wheat surplus In eastern Wash ington and Oregon. Disposal of the surplus wheat of the Inland Empire Is a problem slnoe the hostilities In China. Soft wheat of Washington and Oregon ta adapted particularly for biscuit, pie crust and cake. Unlike hard wheat, Its market Is somewhat restricted. Heretofore cattle fattened for the market were fed com. and there Is almost no corn grown in the Pacific Northwest as the nights are too cool. All auch corn for feed la Imported, either from the com states of the middle west or from South America. If the cattle can be "finished off" on soft wheat. It will reduce the surplus and eliminate the erpenae of importing corn. In the vlelnlty of Corvallls the experiment will be conducted at Squaw Mountain; in Clatsop county the stock will be on cut-over land, and In eastern Oregon the experi ment station at Union will be the laboratory. In addition to cattle, wheat will also be fed to aheep and hos. The result will be of Interest to all stockmen and buyers In the area where soft wheat ta available. Y AFTER 50 YEARS Lynn, Mass., Nov. 27. (PI Fifty years ago Nov. 26th Wil liam E. Kelley, now a deputy fire chief, was injured slightly during a $5,000,000 fire which swept this manufacturing city. He was slightly hurt again yesterday on the SOth anniver sary of the conflagration while fighting a blaze which damaged six houses and made three families homeless. The 1889 fire spread across 25 acres, destroyed 158 wooden factories. 129 dwellings, 32 I brick buildings, 12 stables and la church. In The Day's "News By Frank Jenkins San Franciscrj The last time this writer was here. Northern California was scared into a blue funk. The ham and eggs cloud was on the horizon, and nobody knew what kind of storm might come out of it. The worst was expected. The cloud has blown over, and San Francisco is sighing with relief. Even the current labor troubles can't entirely down the feeling that the fu ture is brighter. WHEN you have a bad tooth ache so bad you simply can't stand it you go and have the tooth out. When you have a "misery" in your back that takes most of the fun out of life and keeps your nerves on edge, but doesn t altogether in capacitate you, you're apt to put up with it and drag along some how. San Francisco's labor troubles are a misery in the back. They take a lot of fun out of life and they cause worries as to the future. But they are a dull ache that can be endured, and there is a hazy feeling that the cure might be worse than the pain. Besides, nobody knows what the cure is. So things just drag along. ""PHE threatened recall against Governor Olson hasn't ma terialized as yet, although it is generally accepted that it will come. The impression is that Olson will win. Business reasons like this: The ham-and-eggers are seek ing vengeance because Olson opposed them In their recent campaign. Spite recalls seldom succeed. Besides, business feels that anyone the ham-and-eggers are likely to put up would be so much worse than Olson that it will be necessary to sup port Olson in self-defense. Confirmed anti-Olson people are hoping the recall doesn't make the grade, as they' feel that its effect will be to strength en the governor materially in the long run. "PHIS is written on Friday. Tomorrow is the day of the big game between California and Stanford, and the fact that it will be a contest for tail-end position doesn't seem to detract any from the interest. It's hard to get any interest today in any other subject. Communications A Word from Vermont To the editor: This morning's mail brought to me a clipping from your paper. Thank you for all you said about Vermont. Of course it is all true, but I am sorry that you did not continue your trip to this little city and we could show you scenery "wot is" scenery. We have for a back ground the mountains (hills to you) green as emeralds in the summer, tender gray-green in the spring and the wealth of color you so well describe in the fall. Then to our west we look over beautiful blue Lake Cham plain and across to the Adiron dacks. To the north we can often see the mountain peaks in Can ada and the panorama of the lake stretching south and north for miles. I hope you saw a sun set. "The glories of the world" are then spread before you and one says "what art man that thou are mindful of him" and again to the hills "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help." That is what makes us leaders In politics and a pattern for all others to follow (I hope). Right here in this county (Franklin) the best dairy pro ducts in the country are to be had. There are more cows than people in this county! No one is very rich, but in standards of principles we have a rich herit age. O yes. And as to the winter. We can furnish the best skiing in the country and as you may know the old rhym: Vermont is noted for four things Men, women, horses and maple sugar. The men are strong, The horses are fleet, The women and sugar are good and sweet, And all are exceedingly hard to beat. My husband, the late Colonel William C. Miller, loved Oregon better than any state he had ever lived in. Although he was a I Floridan he never lost his love ! for the great state of Oregon. I am sure if he had lived we ' would have seen all this beloved country and know that the best place in the world is our own I U. S. A. So east greets west, the real west that my dear husband loved. Come to Vermont again. Mrs. Wm. C. (Sally Yard) Miller St. Albans, Vt Flight (V Time Medford and Jackson County Ulstury from the file of the Mall Tribune 10 and to year go- TEN YEARS AGO TODAY November 28, 1929 (It was Thursday) City and county observe Thanksgiving with many family dinners. Ashland defeats Med ford 19-12 in final game of season. Medford and Talent irrigation districts plan to irrigate ground to aid farmers In plowing as long drouth continues. Forest fires along the Oregon coast gain. Rain needed over entire state. Forest fire burns in Ap plegate. Bose sales in Detroit again set new price mark. Congress favors cut in federal income taxes. Middle west hit by first bliz zard of winter and record cold. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY November 28, 1919 (It was Friday) Civil war breaks out in Mex ico City. Cold weather causes rush of orders to wood yards of city and supply is running low. Mrs. Ed Janney and daughter leave for Los Angeles for ex tended stay. Mae Murray in "Twin Pawns" at the Liberty; Bill Russell in "Six Feet Four" at the Rialto. Medford loses to Ashland 14 to 0, in final contest of year. Vance and Irish Coleman played a brilliant game. Poor field gen eralship by Medford gave Ash-"t land their first touchdown. Ye Poets Comer The Siskiyou By Russell Mitchell The Siskiyous are natural freaks A multitude of little peaks. All in among a million creeks, With forests stretching up in streaks. Their convolutions fore you swarm, A mountain range without a form; With igneous rocks that are still warm. For average height there is no norm. Some peaks are high, but most , are low. ' The rivers run both fast and slow. How long they are or where they go I cannot tell; I do not know. They wind around and twist about As if they're lost. They don't come out. There are no roads; there is no route By which to go to get some trout. The hills are high and hard and steep. The gulches dark and rough and deep. You cannot walk; you have to creep, And coyotes wake you from your sleep. Occasionally you see a farm , A tiny house, a great big barn, A With lawns and gardens full of charm. They're out of reach of taxes' harm. Because the state, If they can't pay Can never find them where they lay. I've looked for friends for many a day. Who lived a mile or so away. But we who live in these old hills Love all their peaks and rocks and rills. We fear no snakes nor porky's quills; We pay no rent and run no bills. We take our time; we do not rush. (We can't because there's too much brush). We eat our oats, but call it A mush; The maidens here know how to blush. Newark. N. J., Nov. 27. (ff John Miller, 58. Elk Grove, Calif., ranch worker and saw mill hand, arrived at Newark airport today by airliner from San Francisco, to claim his prize for winning the men's di vision of a national crocheting contest, a three day tour of New York city. Miller, six feet tall and weigh ing 190 pounds, said he had been crocheting 30 years and worked his prize-winning bed spread during the winters of ranch work. f f
