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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1939. 'r.Trrtm In BontlWn Oref-oa Ka.lt the Mall TrtbiiM." Plly Excrpt Saturday. P-ibllshcd br UEDPOHD PKINTJNO CO. Sl-tT-3) North Fir Bt. Phona . ROBKRT W. Rt'KU Editor. ERNEST R. OILSTRAP, JIns An Indpndent Nawirpapar. Entr4 Meond-claM mitur at MI forfl, Ortion, undr Act of March I, !?. aiiBscHtwroN ratks 9r Mall In Advance: Daily and Sunday one yaar Daily and Hundnv lf month-.., a.o Dtlly an1 Funrlay thra monrha. I. on Dally and Sunday one month... Br Carrier In Advance Mdfnr.!. Ah land. Central Point, Jarkannvllle. O'.ld Hill. Rogue River, phoenix. Talent, and on motor routea: Da I It and Sunday one year ft." Dally and Sunday one monlh... .1 All terms caah In advance. Offlrlal Ppr or the i ity of Mrlford, Official l' per of Jnrkon County, UEMHKR OF Tlf K AKMiriATKII PRI-SS RncdTing- Foil Lfotu'd Wire Hrrxtrv, The AnHated lrM la exclualvely entitled to the uie for publication of all news dlpatrha credited to It or other wise credited to this pnper, and aleo to the local newa rubllii1 herein. All rlrhte for publication of epectal Jlepatch'ii herein are aleo reserved. MEMBBH UK VNITBD PRErtH MEMBF.R 'F AiOIT HI'REAU OF CIRCUI-ATIONfl Advertlnlnp; Reprefientntivea WEBT-HOLLIDAY COMPANY, INC. Offices In New York, Chlr-nm, pelrofl, Sun Pranr-lsco, T,oi Anseles, Boat'le, Portland, HI. Louie, Atlanta, Vancouver, C sVyUTIM Ye Smudge Pot Br Arthur Perry. ' A delegation of "Future Farm ers" from Amity worn the Corn Judging contest at OSC last Sat urday. It should not be confused with the corn judging contests of the prohibition era, on any day of the week there was corn to judge. Sen. Norris of Nebraska has advised the President to main tain silence on the third term Issue. Inasmuch as that Is ex actly what the chief executive la doing, the advice of the Ne hraskan comes in the middle of the Gallant Hush. ... The duck season ended yes terday. The shooting was never poorer, and the chances of catching pneumonia while do ing it never better. ALL-STAR NON-COMBATANT ELEVEN Left End Peoria Bill Gates. (Peoria was left on the end of a limb, with his every predic tion, throughout the entire sea son.) Left Tackle Dock Butler. (He is accorded the post, because in case the referee swallowed his whistle, his ability to make a noise like a mocking bird would come in handy.) Left Guard Jerry Jerome. (Mr. Jerome has been timekeep er for all football games here for 20 years. Its about time the people had a chance to see him do something, besides hang onto a watch, at a grid contest.) Center Jim Collins. (The as sertion of this selection he 'never gels a kick out of foot ball' may be corrected. Right Gunrd Herbert Strang. (Mr. Strang is given this post, solely because ii wouldn't be right.) Right Tackle (There Is no use making a selection for this spot, as the one above will be trying to play it for him.) Right End Stanley Sher wood. (He was All-Southern Oregon end 20 years ago, and carried the mail for Old Med ford, before he did for Uncle nam.) Quarterback (As everybody knows more about calling sig nals than the quarterback, make your own selection.) Right H:ilfback Al Tiche. (He did a good job of showing his boy how to play this post.) Left Halfback Dick Singlcr. (This is a bow to the past, when for ten years no Medford squad was complete without a Singlcr.) Fullback Everett nrnyton. (He has the power to make ham burger out of the foe.) The above team, as consti tuted, should go far. Some will argue no matter how far they go, it will not be fur ennuuli No coach has been named, be cause all are their own coaches. John Mann is picked as Yell Leader. He coins his own battle cry, as the game goes along. For many moons his favorite war whoop has been: "Up and at 'em, boys!" It is polite, yet has the ngni amount of viciousiioss Bulla Falls Thanks. Butte Falls. Dec. 6. (Spl Hustlers' club of Butte Falls expressed thanks today through the president, Florence Marian and Secretary Blossom M. Smith to all persons and organiraliona contributing Inward the re shingling of the church Can McNary Ever Be President? THERE is a natural disposition to take the presidential boom for Senator McNary, as just "another one of those things." A resident of Oregon has never been President; never been nominated by either party, or seriously considered at any party convention, for President, and according to accepted political tradition, never will be. So this move launched by the senior senator's friends, and now endorsed by Governor Sprague, is just another one of these familiar "favorite-son" gestures, a nice compliment to extend our veteran representative in the Upper House, but that's all, seriously and realistically considered, it won't get to first base! THAT would have been true eight or ten years ago. But the world has changed materially in the past decade, and the United States of America with it. And nothing has changed much, more than the domestic political situation. We grant the prospects of Senator McNary actually securing the Republican nomination, are slight, at the present writing, and may not be much better when the convention opens. But we also are convinced the chances in his favor are far greater than has ever been the case with a resident of this state, before; and from an entirely realistic and practical standpoint, are better than was the case with Senator Harding of Ohio, at the same relative period, before the presidential campaign of 1012. Yet Harding was nominated and elected. YES "times has changed," and politics with them. But the dominant desire of the Republican party, or any other porty, at the time the party convention meets HASN'T CHANGED, and that desire is simply and solely to select the can didate who can get the most votes. In view of the probable formidabllity of the Democratic party, and the relative mediocrity of the Republican aspirants, that feeling will be particularly strong at the G. O. P. convention In 1940. AND it will be apparent then, we believe, if it isn't now, that the nominee who will appeal most, not to the strongly parti san Republican, or the rabid Rooseveltphobiac, but to the rank and fllo and PARTICULARLY TO THE INDEPENDENT VOTER, will obviously be the best bet in that direction. For without the votes of these two groups, or a considerable part of them no Republican candidate can be elected. And who qualifies in this classification more perfectly than the senior Senator from Oregon? GRANTED, McNary's coming from the Pacific coast and par ticularly from Oregon with only five electoral votes will be a handicap; the undeniable fact remains that Senator McNary Is not a sectional but a national figure, and is known not only throughout his party, but throughout the country, and most FAVORABLY known. Nothing illustrates this fact more strikingly, perhaps, than the comment in yesterday's Alsop and Kintner column, two of the most reliable and conservative political commentators in Wash ington, whose bias, If any, could be termed typically eastern. We quote: (The comment concerns President Roosevelt's pres ent course regarding the formation of his foreign policy.) ' Arrrbng the Republicans, the senate leader, wise Charles L. McNary of Oregon, was the president's natural confidant. Indeed, McNary has achieved a curious personal position. Although he is official chieftain of the senate opposition, he is so shrewd, tolerant and careless of partisanship that, whenever national interests are at stake, the president and Democratic leaders freely admit him to their councils. This has been repeatedly illustrated In these last difficult months. During the spring, when war began to threaten and the decision wos reached to repeal the arms embargo, Secretary Hull called McNary to a Sunday conference in his hotel apartment. The two men are old cronies, and Hull frankly declared his. intention to press for action in the arms embargo matter. He asked McNary how the Republicans would feel, and McNary said that he would find out and report. A few days later, after a round of talks with his flock, McNary dropped in on Hull to tell him that five or six Republicans would vote for re peal, but that, In his Judgment, the regular session of congress could not be persuaded to take up the question. THIS report was proved to be accurate to the letter by subsequent events. Then, during the neutrality fight in the special session, McNary virtu ally became an unofficial member of the adminis tration steering committee. He was against the ad ministration himself, and on the senate floor ond in the corridors he did everything he could to support his side. But he felt that he had an equal interest in "not letting the senate make a fool of itself." and he wanted the issue brought to an early test. Conse quently, for example, he was at the White House when Vice President Garner reported on the state of the house, and participated in numerous other meet ings of the same sort. THIS position which McNary has made for himself has real significance nowadays when a reason ably free and dependable relationship between con gress and the president is vital to the national wel fare. McNary docs not sacrifice his own opinions, or weaken the proper force of the opposition by his open policy toward the other side. He only attempts to assure efficient and prompt consideration of prob lems in which partisanship has no place. In truth. McNary's dealings with the Democratic leadership are the pattern of the relationship that should always exist between the leaders of the two parties when non-partisan issues are being consid ered.. The penalties of a sterner Republicanism are obvious enough. In the house, for instance, the mere fact that Representative Hamilton Fish (strongly partisan and ami Roosevelt i is senior Republican on the foreign affairs committee makes it IMPOSSIBLE for the state department to keep (he committee adequately informed. '1-nr.ntruHL, wnile we admit, maker would quote Senator McNary', present chances for the! I While House as better than one to ten; the fact remains, that,! under the present peculiar political conditions existing he has nil a vrt" ..: ! i v.ii.-r. m-u.mc ana appreciable chance, which Is more than can be said of any resident of th,s state. or any resident of , the Pacific coast, before. Tongue Point. Washington, Dec. 6. (.11 The navy today awarded a $,'110.11(10 contract for industrial buildings lit the Tongue Point, Ore . naval air .station to H. J. Scttergten, Portland. no hard headed political book- Business Better. fcdmonton. Alta. (U.P Al- ' bcrta business men have re-' ported that business in all parts of the province is on the up-1 tiend and that the ort'ook is brighter In spite of the war. J Personal Health Service By William Slfnetf letter, pwuinlnf lo perianal nealtb and njflene. Dot to dUeaaa dlasDMls of treatment, aril ba answered by Dr. Brady 1 a tamped self addreased entelopa Is enclosed. Lettcra ahould be brief and written In ink. owing to tba large number ot letters racelred only a rew can ba aniwered. No reply can ba made to queries not conforming to Instruction. Addreae Or. William Brady, tea El Camlno. Berarly Hills. Calif. WHAT, NO At the age of six or seven years a child cuts the first of the permanent teeth, the so-called "six-year molars" which come in back of the temporary molars. Eight bicuspids, cut at the age of 9 or 10 years, take the place of the eight molars of the first or temporary teeth. If any of the baby or tempor ary teeth are olreody carious or decayed when the child cuts the four "six year molars" It will probably not be long be fore these first permanent teeth become decayed too, and loss of these teeth is serious, for it presages irreg ular develop ment of the remaining teeth and early decay. For this reason parents should see to it that any sign of cavity formation or decoy in the child's teeth Is brought to the attention of the family dentor and pro perly treated before the six year molars appear. Generally beginning cavity, if the child is given the advantage of early ex amination of the teeth, may be arrested by a simple, painless temporary filling. It is a sad mistake to neglect decay of baby teeth on the ground that the child will lose them In a year or two anyway. Aside from the permanent damage which may be done the permanent teeth by the carious process unchecked In the young child's mouth, the presence of decayed primary or baby teeth is a common cause of infected tonsils and adenoids in children. In fact decay in the back tooth or teeth In any mouth is quite likely to cause tonsil infection the back tooth and the tonsil are nearly in contact during the process of swallowing. It is astonishing how often people neglect this feature of hygiene even when they believe and practice so-called oral hy giene so far as the use of tooth brush and dentrifice are con cerned. I consider a sound tooth worth at least $1000. However I waste neither time oior money on the "oral hygiene" just men tioned. Not that it does any harm, if one enjoys such mon keyshines. But whether you in dulge In tooth brushing or not, there is one way, and only one. to keep your teeth clean, ond that is by regular visits to the dentor for scaling, polishing, and proper treatment of any fissures or beginning cavities his inspec tion may reveal. And there is one way to insure sound, even The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by The North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. Washington, Dec. 6. The next act of the annual tax com edy has downright cataclysmic possibilities. It is learned on pos itive authority that the presi dent is now favorably consider ing recommending severe tax increases to the next session of congress. If he lets the wish be father to the act. he will ask for excess corporate profit taxes, higher personal income toxes in the middle brackets, and minor revisions in the tax system to plug loopholes. It is still an open question, however, whether the president will rv the risk of obeying his impuls Wuat he wants need he in doubt uc .nver. But to do what he w..ts. he must ig nore the wishes of certain of the most influential congressional tax leaders, and probably even destroy his new accord with the conservative democrats. It is a distinct possibility that this lat ter consideration will persuade him to hold his hand. The treasury position haa not al wava been entirely plain. After play ing with the Idea of a tax program limited to removal of needless Irri tants to business. th treasury briefly derided to a-sk for no prosrsm ef any sort. Secretary Henry Morgen thau. Jr . did not feel strongly in the mstter. howev.'r. and was open minded to the social usefulness ot taxes on munitions profits. Thus, he will probsblv be ismhIv to go aloiy Mlh 'lie pr.su:. -nt. The treasury ts no longer talking Brady, M.D. SILK HAT? teeth, and that Is by good nu trition good nutrition of your mother before you are born, good nutrition in Infancy and throughout childhood and youth. If your dentor (dentist to you, old-timer) advises brushing your teeth with a particular kind of brush, in a special way ond with a specific dentrifice for a speci fic purpose, he knows best what your teeth need. Otherwise, it Is my conviction that neither a toothbrush nor a silk hat signi fies gentle breeding. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. No Book. Borne time ago I acted on your auggestlon, Bent a stamped envelope bearing my address, asked for your monograph on falling hair and dan druff. I received a circular contain ing some Information and advice, which wa all right, but I have never received the monograph. That means a book to me. W. 8. Answer No.' monograph la a writ ten account of a single aubject. you received It. I am glad to send a copy to any reader on request, If he provides a stamped envelope bearing hla adclrem. Can't give away books, much as I would like to do so. Vaccination. Can't understand how you can take the position you do In reference to compulsory vaccination yet advise people that they had better have the "protection" of vaccination. Surely you muat know that If It were not for the fee In It, Intelligent doctors would atop thla vlcloua practice. H. T. A. Answer The fee acarcely pays for the materials ued. If the doctor looks after the vaccination wound as he should. I do not advise every one to have such protection against amallpox. Having it myself I don't mind at all If you prefer to take your chances without It. Believing In the efficacy of vaccination against amallpox I recommend It to every one who aska for or cares about my advice. I can see no reason why I should force vaccination on any sane or responsible Individual who doesn't want It. Dlabrles and Nephritis. Please explain the difference be tween diabetes and chronic Brlght's disease. L. o. C. Answer Brlght's disease (nephrit is) Is chronic Inflammation of kld- neya, usually associated with Impair ment of arteries and heart. Diabetes la failure to burn sufficient fuel to supply the energy requlrementa of the body, so that an excess of suiar Is constantly present In the blood, as Dr. Don Duffle, Central Lake. Michigan, expresses It in hl fine Book for Us Diabetica" (the guide book costs SS.00 and Is worth It). the blood augar rldea round and round on the delivery wagon Instead of being delivered. Diabetes and nephritis have, nothing In common. though In a few Instances both dis eases occur In the samo individual. ... (Protected by John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to rommmilrate with nr. Hrndy shoulll send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. p., 2B.S F.I ramplno, rteverlj Hills. Calif. about taxes. But. since the president hna openly stated his tax plana to others In his entourage. It seems virtually certain that he has also confided them to Secretary Morgen thau and his staff. The president Is understood to havn made up hli mind at a rather recent date, but, If not before, he had tho chance to talk to Morgenthau at their regular lunch together on Monday. Tax Ideas similar to the presidents have lately been mentioned by sev eral others. Only a few daya after the outbreak of the war. when the business boom was Just declaring Itself, members of the new deal group discussed what they called "war prof. Ita taxes" among themselves. lAter their Interest cooled, but It has now revived again. Meanwhile. Chairman Marrlner S Bccles. of the federal reserve board, the treasury's ancient enemy, also spoke out for tax Increases. And. at Warm Springs, the president himself announced that "the people must decide" whether to borrow -or tax for national defense. His present state of mind may be taken aa a crystal lisation of the mental atmosphere In which the Warm Springs an nouncement originated. The pattern of 1936 deserves to be recalled. That year, the president was firmly economising. In order to present a better budgetary picture to the electorate. Hla conservative critics made fun of hla economies, whereat he answered them. "Very well, if you want a balanced budget, t will give It to you with whips and scorpions." Tho result waa the celebrated undistributed surplus tax. now no more. Exactly the same pat tern has lately been repeated, and. one must suppose, Ir having the same result. As the president has only got as far as wanting new taxes, their exact nature cannot be specified beyond the broad categories already men tioned. The excess corporate profits tax. If presented at all, will probably be offered aa a tax on wartime profits. Higher personal Income taxes In the middle brackets from around aioooo to sso.OOO annually ate an old scheme contained In the Roswell , Magtll tax memorandum, which hss been kleklng round the treasury for I two years. A sample loophoe-p:u-A'Sng revision Is one whloh would not t permit the basic pr'sonsl exemptions : to be applied In calculating suruxea j Politically KppHkinc. thf prrMdrnt' mtrrrnt In nfw lurs mint b MKon ft. ft trend ba.-lc toward tlip recently forMl'.en new rter! .ivup of ft.:vis.rfc ComerM-ly, n is also a ttend away from tha conaervatlvt Democrats. Anything ilka a repetition of tha undistributed surplus Us row would split tha Democratic party from nava to chopa. Conaervatlvs Democrat are all for taxation, but not for taxation of the tort the president wants. To repeat, thla consideration may still move tha president to keep his tax plans In tha amall class of hla sup pressed desires. In The s :News By Frank Jenkins. A S THESE words are written, Winnie Ruth Judd, describ ed as the "frail, mad murder ess," is loose again. A few cynics still remain who hold that if she is smart enough to get away from the asylum whenever she feels like it, she was smart enough to know what she was doing when she killed her two best friends for mak ing eyes at the man she wanted. 1 (Such, however, will do well to keep their views to them selves. In these days, those who figure things out accord ing to common sense rules are regarded as peculiar.) 1 DRINCESS Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Bl-year-old daughter of Queen Victoria, who has just died, was known throughout the greater port of her life as the "rebel princess," because she defied royal conventions of her time and married a "com moner." The commoner she married was the Marquess of Lome, who later became the ninth Duke of Argyll. How common you are, you see, depends upon those you are compared with. If the comparison is with roy alty, you are pretty common, even if you are a duke. "JUT HERE in the greot Amer lean West, where we are all Just common folks, the title of commoner is still, thank for tune, one of distinction. DACK in the Middle Ages, the plumed and armored knight carriodon his shoulders most of the romance of war. In these days, his place has been taken by the aviator, who is the aris tocrat of modern fighters. Left to himself, the aviator would be a pretty decent citi zen, confining his fighting to enemy aviators. It Is when he is ORDERED BY HIS GOVERN MENT to bomb women and children that the veil of ro mance drops away from him and he becomes just a common murderer. Governments hove a lot to answer for in this world. ""pHE impression prevails in this country that American built planes in the hands of British and French aviators have proved themselves superior in speed and fighting ability to the German Messerschmidts although, of course, that im pression may be merely the re sult of propaganda. Not hav ing seen the planes in action, we can only judge by what we read. At any rate, speed Is extreme ly important in air warfare. If you con run faster than your enemy, you ca,n cither run away from him or catch up with him. depending on which you need to do. Communications Thinks Calf Law Unfair To the Editor: I saw in your paper where two men had been fined for selling calf pelts under 30 days after butchering. If that is real ly the law there are but few who know it. We often hear of suspended sentences being given on conviction of crimes much worse than this, so it seems to me it would hove been much better to hove given these men an idea of what the low wos and perhaps made the law known by publishing it in the paper so people would have known there was such a law. One of these men is but an orchard worker with four child ren and one is a victim of In fantile Paralysis. It looks like rather a poor pick to make an example of. It seems to me it would be a good idea to publish such laws occasionally so people have a chance to avoid break ing them. "Pioneer" Medford. Dec. 6. (Name on file) Pro America Electi. Portland. Doc. 6. (Pi The Oregon chapter of Pro-America elected Mrs. Roy T. Bistop. Portland, president, yesterday. Among other officers were: Trustees. Mrs. Frank Chambers. Eugene: Mrs. Blaine McCord. Woodburn; delegates to national convention. Miss Jcanctte Cal kins. Eiiqcne: alternate, Mrs. Everett Fisher. Alhany. l'e KUil Tribune nt U. TV' At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued froaj Paa On:) lem rests on whether wood coke can be manufactured suffici ently cheap. ANEW agency ba ben created In the bureau of flsherlea which la preparing to give technical advice to salvage the fish In streams of the Willamette Valley project, which project for navigation and flood control was launched this year. At hearings of the army engineers when the Willamette project was being presented, one sour note against the development was sounded by natural ists who voiced alarm that a series of dams on the Willamette and trib utaries would Interfere with fish life. Thla new division of the bureau Is called the "hydraulic section" and Is Intended to study methods of pro tecting fish supplies from the many dams being constructed in streams, such as Bonnevlllfj, Grand Coulee Willamette project, the Shnsta dam south of the Oregon line, and the loss of fish through irrigation projects. Harlan B. Holmes, planner of fish ways at Bonneville, has been desig nated chief of the new section, spe cializing in aquatic biology, with O. W. Llndgren as hydraulic engineer. Both officials are known to fishery students In Oregon and Washington. ONE duty of the hydraulics section will be to see that screens are placed In Irrigation canals, money being earmarked by congress for this purpose. The largest rotary fish screens In the country have been Installed In the Wapato canal, near Yakima; Echo feed canal on the Umatilla project Is now being equipped and screens are under con tract for Black Canyon dam In Idaho, and on a canal near Prosser, Wash. APPLICATIONS continue to roll In at reclamation headquarters for farms on the Owyhee project In Oregon and Idaho. The last area opened for homestead entry found four applications for every farm unit available, says John C. Page, com missioner of reclamation. These farm units were snapped up during ths past year. One potential reclamation project Investigated this year Is in Orande Ronde valley, Union county, Oregon. Final report on this Is still Incom plete as there are 79 such possible projects receiving study by the sen-Ice and each requires time to collect data on land classification, reservoir and canal surveys, economics and water supply studies. SENECA Indians claim the bed of Niagara river, which means the water and tho w. k. falls, and have protested Niagara Power company's application for more water for tur bines. Secretary Ickes haa written the Federal Power commission to ftlve the protest of the Indians consider ation. This is a hint to Umatilla. Cayuse and Nez Perce to advance claims; to the Shasta tribe and the Molalla tribe; to any tribe that lived on or near a stream whose waters are now used for power project. LATEST new deal foe to resign Is Col. O. R. McGulre, who was counsel to the comptroller general. Col. McGulre Is known to the Oregon Bar association as he has been a guest of and played golf with mem bers of bench and bar In that state, when visiting as chairman of a committee of the American Bar asso ciation. Back of the colonel's reslg. nation Is his activity in pushing legislation which would end prac tices of NTjRB. SEC and other new deal agencies and "regulate the reg ulators." Ye Poets Corner Bully. (By Elroy Anderson.) Shame upon you, Mr. Stalin. It was sure a real surprise. One would think the "man of iron" Would pick on someone near his size. What you did was really "shock ing. Never will the world forgive Such a cruel and unjust ruler. Who wouldn't let a neutral live. Time will come when you shall answer For this base and horrible deed . . . Cutting down a weaker nation: A coward's act of lust and greed! I 0 .e( . . Ceevr.jm Stwii, 0.ui(. Corp. N. I. , Flight 0' Time Medford and JackioD Count; Blftory rrom thi rile of tht Mali Trlbun 10 and to yean ao. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December (, 1929. ( It was Friday.) Bids have been called for th general overhauling and repair of the postottice building. County court plana double election boards to speed ballot count in elections. Pittsburgh named as Rosa Bowl foe for Trojani. Peargrowers' meeting urgei co-operation to boost sales. Seventy-six boys turn out for first high school basketball prac tice. Chinese nationalists threaten new revolt. Russia blamed for unrest. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 6, 1919. (It was Saturday.) Storms in North Sea hai brought to the surface mines sown during the World war, that menace shipping. Pendleton, with zero weather prevailing, has only a week's supply of fuel. Allies back down, and agrea to refer the matter of paying Germany indemnity for the de struction of their fleet to the Hague tribunal. Mercury drops to 21 degrees this morning, and everything Is covered with ice. A freakish wind last night blew off mony Christmas trees tied to lamp posts. Phone tolls to Jacksonville lasting over five minutes to cost a nickel. Editorial Comment It Couldn't Be Helped. It is regrettable, If the facts are as reported, that In attempt ing the arrest ef a suspected deer poacher in Jackson county the state police were compelled, there really is no other word for it, to end the hillman's life with a bullet. The police them selves probably regret it more than anyone else, but lest they be hastily accused of Imprudent action it is as well to review the asserted circumstances. Two members of the state police searched the hillman's cabin, on the Dead Indian Soda Springs road during the absence of the suspect and confiscated a quantity of venison found there. On their way in to Med ford they were halted by the suspect, with rifle in hand, who ordered them to restore the venison under threat of death. And fire at them he did. Sev eral shots were exchanged and the suspect tried to escape. He was shot and killed. While public opinion would not approve the shooting by officers of ordinary game law violators, who were attempting escape but who had offered no resistance to arrest, this instance is manifestly different. The suspect had given ample evi dence of his dangerous char acter, and the police were for tunate to emerge from tho fight unscathed. Had they withheld that last shot, and allowed him to make good his escape, it is probable that other lives would have been lost in subsequent attempts to capture him. An 1 embittered hillman at large in familiar country with a rifle and ammunition has not infre quently caused the public to regret that he was not slain at the outset. The Oregonian. War Debt .Worries. Portland, Dec. 6. Lord Ltirgan. British house of lords member from north Ireland, de clared during a visit here yes terday that Britain hasn't yet paid for the battle of Waterloo . . . "How are we going to pav for this war?:- Portland. Dec. 6. 0P) For mer Governor Martin told Dr. A. K. Higgs. Oregon Jackson club president, last night that he was not a candidate for the club presidency. ii
