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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1939.
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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.
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